Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 April 1885 — Page 3

SljeJltniosraikStirfinsl RENSSELAER, INDIANA. J. W. McEWEN, - - _ Publisher

A physician connected with one of the hospitals in New York where children receive special attention says that many of the cases of spinal trouble brought to his notice are the direct result of the careless handling of baby carriages. The matter of how nurses and others handle these little vehicles is one to which parents may well pay Attention. The following lines Were discovered on a slip of paper found in an old-fash-ioned bottle in the center of an oak tree, cut down at Goshen, Conn.: She was young And she was fair. But the Indian Raised her hair. It is believed the paper was concealed in the tree about 110 years ago by a 'woman named Hunter, whose daughter 'was killed by the Indians. The life of George Eliot, written by Mr. Cross, is the most interesting literary production of recent years. It contains indisputable evidence of the loyalty of her nature, and the purity of motive that controlled her private acts. But, with all due respect to this great mind and heart, there are many people who will question her queer criticism •on “Jane Eyre,” where it says “she wishes the characters would talk less like the heroes and heroines of police □reports. ” One of the most remarkable oils yet discovered is that found in the Arago •oil basin in Wyoming Territory. In a shaft put down on the east side of Bath Creek, to a depth of twelve feet, oil flows in of exceptionally high specific gravity. It is, when first exposed, of a brownish color, and can be cut with a knife like soft butter. It gradually turns black on exposure. It has little color when it first comes from the shaft, though what escapes on the south side of the adjoining ridge has a slight pungency, which it loses on exposure. * Anciently, in many parts of France, when a sale of land took place it was the custom to have twelve witnesses, accompanied by twelve little boys; and when the price of the land was paid, and its surrender took place, the ears of the boys were pulled and they were severely beaten, so that the pain thus inflicted should make an impression upon their memory, and, if required afterward, they might bear witness to the sale. Later, when a criminal was being executed, parents whipped their children, so that they might take warning by the example and keep in the path of virtue. The Bev. Aaron Cleveland, the President’s great-grandfather, settled in Halifax in 1750, the year after the city was founded, and established a church known as “Mather’s Church,” after the great New England divine of that day. He remained five years, and was succeeded by a Scotch minister. The church then became known as St. Matthew’s, and was the first Presbyterian church in the British lower provinces. It is the leading church in the city to-day. Its library, established by Mr. Cleveland, still contains many volumes presented by him and bearing his autographs. There are many relatives of his still in the province. The first patent granted to an inventor in the United States is mentioned in a speech of ex-Senator Wadleigh, of New Hampshire,in the Forty- fifth Congress. The Senator said: “An intelligent gentleman of my own State has referred to me an act of the General Court of Massachusetts Bay, passed in 1646, granting to one of his ancestors, Joseph Jenks, the exclusive right of making and selling his improved scythe for the space of fourteen years. That, I think, was the first patent granted to an inventor in America. The improvement referred to changed the short, thick, straight English scythe into the longer, thinner, curved implement with stiffened back now in use." *The Montreal Witness pays this tribute to the progress in architecture in this country: “The United States is soon going to take the lead of older countries in the matter of modern architecture, as it is natural it should. A rapidly developing country, constantly requiring new conveniences, offers the most promising field for the ablest men of the age, and scarce a week passes that the American illustrated papers are not adorned with pictures of some new public building.

! grand in extent, of original design, and !of surpassing beauty. The young Western cities which have sprung up within the aesthetic era are fairy lands as compared with the new towns of thirty years ago.” Dickens is said to have found the original—or at leqjfet the suggesti on—o’ Sam "Weller in Samuel Vale, a popular low comfedy actor, whom he saw in his youth. Vale’s quaint comparisons (which form also one of the humors of Sam Weller’s conversation), for which his every-day talk was distinguished, were lavishly introduced by the actor into his part, and made a distinct hit. Among those which have been recorded we find the following: “ ‘Come on, as the man said to the tight boot;" “ ‘Why, here we are all mustered,’ as the roast beef said to the Welsh rabbit ;” “ ‘Where shall we fly ?’ as the bullet said to the trigger“ ‘I know the world,’ as the monkey said when he cut off his tail“ ‘There she is musical and melancholy,’ as the cricket said to the tea-kettle.”

A Danbury man was sure some one was tampering with his meal-barrel. He drew a pencil-line to show just how high in the barrel the meal was, and the next morning the meal was fully two inches below the mark. Then he had his idea, which was to set a steeltrap in the meal. It worked well, and when he next visited the place the trap was gone, and there was a good deal of blood about, at which he chuckled greatly and told his neighbor, who praised his shrewdness, and together they kept watch for some one with damaged fingers. Before they found him this shrewd man went in haste one morning to the barrel to take out meal. There was a click, and he was caught in his own trap, which the thief had returned and set just as he did at first. He has had one finger set, and hopes to save two more from amputation.— Danbury News.

France has followed the example of Germany in raising microbiology to the rank of a recognized science. The establishment over which Dr. Koch presides in Berlin is the completest and best-equipped in Europe. He has four army surgeons as assistants; and some sixty or eighty students, among whom are not a few savants of standing, are daily pursuing their researches in his laboratories. Dr. Koch, who was a modest veterinary surgeon in Breslau four years ago, and who has never had a regular academical training, was looked upon with some distrust and jealousy by the German universities when h.’s studies in bacteriology brought him into prominence and won him the support of Prince Bismarck and the favors of the Government; but the opposition to his methods and theories has almost subsided, and he was named professor in the Medical Faculty of Berlin a few weeks ago. M. Duclos, one of the mpst distinguished of M. Pasteur’s pupils, has been appointed the First Professor of Microbiology at the Sorbonne.

Mr. David Dudley Field, in a lecture before the American Geographical Society at New York, expresses his dislike of the system of naming towns in this country, and gives his opinion of what would be the proper thing. He objects seriously to the nomenclature in vogue in the rowdy West. He does not like such names as You Bet, Sawdust, Big Coon, Cut Shin, Toad Vine, Skunk Lake, and Fish Hook. Yet Mr. Field will hardly claim those names to be un-American. There is a breeziness, a neat abandon about them which is as clearly recognizable as the air of Yankee Doodle. It is true that the objects selected as having some connection with a town’s location or origin are not the most attractive in every instance; but just at that period in a Western town’s history when it gets its name the chances are that more attention is paid to polsfer than to etymology, and that the pioneer in selecting a title has profound regard only for its applicability. The only fault with him is that he gets sometimes a trifle frisky. When Mr. Field goes further, and attacks the practice of giving American towns classical names, or of adding the French “ville” to a proper name, as “Jonesville,” or “Smithsville” he takes a stand where he will find sensible people supporting him. Equally will he be supported in his advocacy of the soft Indian names to towns in the land from which the Indians have been driven. Even Oshkosh may pass— it is American. But ought not something to be done with Bismarck, Dak., out of regard to the American hog, and to Babylon, L. L, on general principles ?

INDIANA LEGISLATURE.

The appellate bill was put on its passacre in the Senate on the Ist inst. An amendment was proposed by Senator Lavis reducing the salaries of the Judges from s4.< <»0 to $3,500 a year, and a motion to reject it was defeated bv a vow of 25 to 20. The bill was then referred to a special committee, with instructions to incorj orate the amendment. Mr. Hilligass called up Representative Sayres’ bill to prohibit compulsory contributions from employes by companies or corporations, and on his motion the constitutional rule was suspended toi its immediate consideration on the third reading. ’J he bill specially affects the Wabash Railway Company, which requires its employes t< each give 5U cents per month from their wage? tor the sup]H>rt of a hospital for injured or disabled railroad men The bill was passed; alst the bill authorizing appropriations from tin county treasuries for the educ tion of paupei children. In the House, Mr. Smith’s bill concerning apjteals to the Supreme Court wascommltted to a s|>ecial committee of three to make certain amendments. The committee api>ointe<i to consider Senator Weir’s hill exempting Mate officers and’ Prosecuting Attorneyacting as r Jators for the State from the payment of costs in suits, made a report r •commending an amendment that the State should T>ay the costs of such proceedings in which the tin ling of the court was for the defendant, which, after discussion, was adopted. Senator Schloss bill for the relocation ot county seatwas amended in accordance with the report ol the special commi tee so as to provide that nc removal shall be Jess than three miffs, that tht decision of oonnty boirds on such matters m<y lie appealed from, and that th y sh II donate the oia building and grounds to the town whence the county seat was removed.. A concurrent resolution providing for the payment ol the expenses of the investigation ot the condition of the new insane hospital was passed. Senator Johnson. of Tippecanoe, introduced resolutions in the Senate, on the 21 inst., which were unanimously adopt.-d.'expressing it as the desire of the Legislature of Indiana that Gen. Manson. Lieutenant Governor, should be given “honorable recognition befitting his merits." The general appropriation bill occupied a large part ot the session. In the House the consideration of the specific appropr ation bill, which wns the special order tor the morning hour, was postponed until the :id, so that it might be printed, and the House bills on the Speaker's table might be disposed of, this action indicating that the House was still in no great hurry to adjourn. Mr. Shanks called up the substitute fee and salaiy bill, proposed by the committee on that subject, and objection was raised to its consideration on the ground that it was not the regular order of business. After a long discussion the bi 1 was recommitted. A copy of the Senate amendments to the bill prohibiting base-ball playing on Sunday was sent in and the House concurred in the amendments, which passes the bill in both houses, and it now only awaits the Governor's signature to become a law. In the absence of an emergency clause, it will not go into effect, however, until the Jaws are published and distributed, which will be about July 1. A concurrent resolution to amend the constitution by striking the word “male” therefrom was defeated. Gov. Gray signed the following bills, and the same are now laws: An act to validate the acknowledgments taken before officers whose commissions bad expired; amending the act providing for the organization of Circuit Courts; fixing the time for holding court in the Thirty-fifth Judicial Circuit; legalizing certain acts of the Board of Commissioners of Brown County; concerning libraries in certain cities; to cou inue the terms of court, which would expire during trials, until the end of the same. The bill to reimburse Township Trustees for the loss of funds in the defunct Indianapolis bank gave rise to a prolonged debate in the Senate, on the 3d inst. A long and strong argument against the bill was made by Senator Winter, who said it was a fundamental principle of government that public officers should be made responsble for the loss of trust funds, and It would be a dangerous precedent to now pass the bill. The bill finally passed—27 to is. 'the Senate increased the allowance of Purine University to $24,000, and agreed with the House to adjourn sine die Monday, April 13. In the House the bill prohibiting telephone companies from charging more than $3 per month for the rental ot one instrument or #5 for two when used by the same person was passed. The Senate concurrent resolution complimenting Gen. Manson on his distinguished services to h:s country and his party and recommending him for substantial recognition by theadminlstrati. n was concurred in by a unanimous vot •, Messrs. Smith and Townsend, from tpe l epnbli an side, speaking in its favor. Helms’ bill, rrovid ng that a wife-whipper shall be punished by receiving from fifteen to forty stripes on his bare back, was called up and considered, on a motion of Mr Smith to make the maximum punishment thirty-nine stripes, in accordance with the scriptural provision. 'lhe bill was engrossed. The following bil s passed: Legalizing the incorporation of the town of I acoma, Harrison County; authorizing Boards of County Commissioners to change and straighten the course of streams; authorizing the construction and maintenance of free gravel roads and turnpikes.

A favorable report on Senator Adklnson’s bill providing for the appointment of a fee and salary commission was concurred In by the Senate on the 4th inst. The consideration of the general appropriation bill by the Senate committee of the whole was resumed. Senator Willard moved to amend the item making special allowances for improvements at the northern prison by requiring that the expenses shall be paid out of the earnings of the institution. The amendment was adopted. An amendment was adopted giving the insane hospital a special allowance ot $15,000 for additional water supply. An item was added to the bill giving S4OO to the State Horticultural Society. The consideration of the bill was continued and the Senate arose from its session as committee of the whole. In tne House, Mr. Brown’s bill providing that polling places shall be opened at 8 o’clock in the morning on election days was called up and discussed at considerable length. Speaker Jewett came down on the floor and earnestly supported the bill, claiming that ft was in the Interest of day laborers, who could n ot always go to the polls when they pleased. Mr. Sayre and others opposed the measure for the reason that *it would afford opportunities for fraudulent voting before daylight in the morning The bill passed—yeas 51, nays 25—but, nft'-r some ot ier business nad Intervened, Mr. Wilson, speaking to a question of privilege, claimed that there had been a mistake in the roll. It was called for verification, and it was found that Mr. Fatten, who was recorded as l aving voted "ave," had not voted at all. The Speaker had thoerror corrected, and declared that the bill had failed “or want ot a constitutional majority, ami a message was sent to the Senate recalling it. The following bills were passed: For the payment of certain claims of certain officers and privates who served in the Indiana Legion; to prevent discrimination in rates bv telegraph or telephone companies.

Satisfactory Qualifications.

“I have just arrived from England, and want to join your company.” “Have you the catarrh?” “Yes; a case of twelve years’ standing.” “Good; and have you deserted your wife and family ?” “Yes; they will be here next month to claim a divorce and alimony. The amount of good the scandal ” “Hush!—say no more; you are engaged.”—Chicago News.

A Natural Mistake.

“Pa,” said a little boy to his father, on their arrival in St. Louis, “I didn’t know people in this city had wings." “ Wings ? Certainly not, ” replied the father. “Then what are those things that stick up so high?” “Hush! my boy,” said the father, in an undertone; “you mustn’t speak bo loud. Those are ears.”— Philadelphia Call.

UNCLE SAM AROUSED.

Details of the Burning of Aspinwall by the Colombian Insurgents. Prompt Action Looking to the Protection of American Interests on the Isthmus. Prompt Action by the Washington Authorities. (Washington telegram.] In answer to a telegram sent last night by Secretary Whitney, of the Navy Department, to the President of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company at New York, relative to the number of men the company’s vessels can take to Aspinwall without delay, the following reply was received this morning: “We can carry 200 men in the City of Para to-morrow at noon, and 600 in the Acapulco next Monday." Secretary Whitney replied: “We will ship 200 men by your steamer to-morrow noon, with tents and camp equipage. The Tennessee, with Admiral Jouett. will leave New Orleans probably today, with an extra complement of marines for Aspinwall, and with extra provisions. This will place four ships and between 400 and 500 available men at Aspinwall for laud service. As to Monday s steamer, I will communicate hereafter. ” The men will be taken from the Brooklyn Navy Yard. In reply to a telegram sent to Commander Kane, of the Galena, the following was also received to-day: “ Transit is closed. The steamship property is safe in my possession: also the railroad propeity at the north end of the island. It is advisable to send another vessel." It is undestood that Maj. Chas. Haywood, of’ the Marine Corps, who is in charge of the marine barracks at Brooklyn, will have immediate command of the marines. A naval officer of rank, however, will probably be detailed to command the expedition. Capt. Kime’s Course* Defended. There was considerable excitement in naval circles over the news of the uprising at Aspinwall, and the burning of that city. The censure of Capt. Kane, of the Galena, says a Washington special, for not firing on the rebels was regarded by many as unjust, in the absence of full particulars. Officers familiar with affairs at Colon—which is the Colombian name for Aspinwall—say there is no doubt whatever that Capt Kane must have been in consultation with the leading railroad, steamship, and business men of that place, and that his movements were governed by their advice. Had Capt. Kane fired on the rebels and damaged any property, the United States would probably have been called upon to pay damages. This, naval officers say, would have caused an endless amount of claims, for which Capt. Kane would probably have been courtmartialed and dismissed. As the case stands, the Colombian Government is now responsible for all the damages inflicted. Capt. Kane has an excellent record for bravery, and his friends are confident his explanations will be satisfactory to his superior. The activity of Secretary Whitney in massing men at Brooklyn to be dispatched to Aspinwall to-morrow in the Pacific Mail steamship City of Para received commendation, ana there were many volunteers for service on the expedition. The orders issued to-day will place four ships and 500 men at Colon.

The Burning of Aspinwall. The particulars of the battle of Colon (Aspinwall) and the burning of that city are still meagerly reported, says a Panama dispatch. The attack upon the rebel chief Preston by the Colombian troops was led by Col. Ulloa. Prestan’s forces were routed after a severe engagement. As soon as Preston became convinced that it would be impossible for him to maintain his position he set fire to the city in various places and then made his escape. Only a few of his followers succeeded iu getting away with him. The city is almost a complete ruin. Only three houses are left standing. Much distress prevails among the people who have been rendered homeless. The following dispatch has been received at Philadelphia by Mr. Adamson, son of Consul General Adamson, of Aspinwall: “ Colon has been totally destroyed by fire. The suffering is awful. In my name in* voke all editors to ask subscriptions for relief. Adamson." Diaz on the Situation. A City of Mexico dispatch says: The opening of Congress took place last evening. In his message President Diaz, in speaking of the attempt of Gen. Barrios against the independence of the Central American States, said that there are especial duties imposed on Mexico by its honor and sentiments of justice; its neighborhood to the belligerents, audits peculiar relations with the aggressor. President Diaz says: “I answered Gen. Barrios frankly, condemning his act. The Mexican people have approved of my action. Grave, without doubt, are the difficulties which this international emergency may produce on account of the crisis which now afflicts the public treasury. Nevertheless, the Executive is determined to sustain an attitude befitting the national honor, and counts on the patriotic co-operation of Congress to maintain intact the national honor and interest. ” The message also states that a new treaty for the extradition of crininals, arranged between the United States Government and the Mexican Minister, will be submitted to the Senate. Also a law relating to the righ's of foreigners and to naturalization. Destraction of Mail Matter. New York telegram: Cable advices from Aspinwall report a serious loss of mail matter in the destraction of that city by fire on the Ist inst The entire mail from the South Pacific dispatched from New York on the 21st ult by the steamer Colon was destroyed, and also the registered mail and ordinary paper mail for Aspinwall, sent by the same steamer. The letter mail was nearly all delivered before the fire broke out. As accurately as can now be stated the mail for Central America and the Pacific coast of South America burned consisted of 150 packages of registered mail, 10 sacks of ordinary letters, and 53 sacks of papers.

THE CANADIAN REVOLT.

The Government Taking Prompt Measures to Suppress the Rebellion. Causes of the Trouble—Character of the Rebels—Fenians to the Rescue. Causes of the Trouble. J. L. Bowen, of Calgary, Northwest Territory, arrived m Chicago the other dty, and was promptly interviewed. In speaking of the rebellion in Manitoba, Mr. Bowen sa d the residents throughout the Northwest are greatly excited, and even at his place, which is 300 miles west of the scene of the present troubles, the people aro making active preparations to resist a general Indian outbreak. Mr. Bowen, however, is of the opinion that the rebels will not go so far west unless Riel and his followers should advance in that direction, in which case the Blackfeet and neighboring Indians, numbering three thousand fighting men, might join in the rebellion with the hope of securing plunder. The Crees, who are located in the extreme northwestern part of the terrdory, and number fully 15,1 ff 0, he believes are only waiting for a favorable opportunity to join Riel. The latter has already sent emissaries among the three tribes, and is using every argument to induce them to join him. The Blackfeet and others are poorly equipped for war, but the Crees have an abundant supply of arms and ammunition, and if they should attach themselves to the rebels the outbreak will become a very serious m itter. Referring to the c tuses of the trouble, Mr. Bowen said that for some time there had been general dissatisfaction in the territory on account of the British Government refusing to recognize the land claims of the actual settlers as against the governmental grantees, and heretofore the sympathy had nearly all been with the halfbreed settlers. The recent outbreak, however, and the loss of lire had reacted against them. Before that the opinion seemed to be general that the claim of the halfibreeds •was a just one. and should have been allowed by the English Government. When asked about the future action of Riel, Mr. Bowen said he believed that Biel would eventually desert his men and seek safety for himself in the United States, and that the Government would present the halfbreeds with a grant of land, and thus prevent further trouble.

Character of the Rebel*. A recent dispatch from Ottawa, Canada, says: A gentleman, now living here, who was at one time in the employ of the Hudson Bay Company, tells something of the character of the half-breeds who are stimulating the uprising in the Northwest. He says that after the Red River rebellion a large number of these half-breeds moved into Montana and located on Milk River. In the very nature of things it could hardly be possible for such desperadoes to remain quiet for any length of time, and subsequently they organized bands to plunder stores iu the vicinity. The United States authorities sent Sheriff Healy and his deputies to arrest them and confiscate the plunder. 'The majesty of the law, however, was not vindicated by the officers, alb three of whom were captured and kept as prisoners for a full week. By way of breaking the monotony the officers were daily marched to a tree in close proximity to the encampment, and the mock ceremony of lynching carried out, amid the jeers of the outlaws. They were finally rescued by the United States troops, who recaptured the stores and drove most of the half-breeds back to British territory. This was in 1880. Fenians to the Rescue. A recent telegram from New York says: It is said here that 300 Fenians have 3 left New York for Northwest Territory to assist Riel in his contest with the Canadian authorities. Capt John McCafferty, who was supposed to be “No. 1,” has been in this city consulting with the Irish leaders during the last five days, and he left for the West to-day with an Irishman who has just ended ten years of service as an officer in the United States army. They go to take charge of the Fenian expedition. Two of Beil’s agents accompanied them, and one remained behind. W. D. Rohan, a member of the Fenian Executive Committee, said to-day that the rumors that the Fenians intended to help Riel had good foundation. He would say no more. The members of the expedition will go to Chicago, thence to St. Paul, and thence to B tittleford, Manitoba. From “John Murray” it was learned that the quotas raised in the different cities were as follows: New York, 300; Brooklyn, 100; Jersey City and Hoboken, 50; Buffalo, 100; Albany and Troy, 50; Detroit, 50; Chicago, 250; Milwaukee, 50; St. Paul, 50; St. Louis. 50; Omaha, 50; Dubuque, 25; Sioux City, 50; Grand Forks, 50; Leadville, 25; Denver, 25; Cheyenne, 25; and Minneapolis, 25; total, 1,325. Troops Leaving Montreal. A Montreal dispatch says: The Sixtyfifth Infantry Regiment of militia left here this evening by the Canadian Pacific Railway for the scene of hostilities in the Northwest. Thousands of citizens collected in and around the railway station to cheer the men on their departure. Business was partially suspended all day, through the anxiety of all classes of citizens to give the men a hearty farewell. A patriotic fund has been inaugurated by subscriptions of citizens, who give $5,000 to aid the families of all married men who have gone to put down the rebellion. The Sixth Fusileer Regiment, all English, will leave within twenty-four hours, and the Eighty-fifth Regiment in forty-eight hours. Others are awaiting orders. Cowboys Enlisting. A Winnipeg special reports: Capt Stewart, who owns a ranch near Fort McLeod, and who was at Ottawa when the rebellion broke out, returned to-day, commissioned by the Government to form a corps of mounted cowboys for service during the insurrection. The horses will be furnished by ranchers, and many who will join will, doubtless, have their own animals. Many of tlie men will have arms themselves, but; to those who have not the Government will supply.