Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 March 1888 — Page 6

AMELIA AND AUGUSTUS. BY lakby linnet. . MELIA is m neat and trim jfflt /vX\-J A * maiden 'Well jfcl M w> c&n be • /VTv 1“ P riveite Rbe * 3 y~3X I Jkf' UK A thirty-one. y-jWff/jrh Nk In public, twen/■yXT? 'Av j\ M ty-three. ’ xUVn I sbe wearg a i aun - I*l* MB vs 1 ty sailor hat. L“J JBW '* I Well back upon r 4 I 'W M / her head, fyCj ' g v While underneath JL ZyL' ■ I hang pretty fM/yY FTAa I curls—jlW , I Mohair, I’ve / Gftlj llw st heard it said. The village folk are wont to say— Of course in undertones — That “sne would be quite nice and stout. If ’twasn’t for her bones." She is five feet eight inches tall, And weighs one hundred jtouxids ; A poodle waddles in her wake While on her shopping rounds. Augustus is a dainty dude, Whose bank account is cheek. With small conceits displayed at large On five big dollars to each week. His height Is not above five feet. And yet with silly pride, He thinks himself a giant quite With Amelia by his side. They ramble through the city parks, A picture strange to see; She is so lank and straight and tall, So small and thin is he. They may get married some fine day, And if they do, ’tie plain, That when Amelia’s tantrums come, She'll use him for a cane I

ON THE PLAINS.

BY FRED J. HAMILTON.

An accident had happened on the night express train coining into Buffalo, and a good many of the boys who were going west were compelled to stay over. I suppose there were a dozen or so who had assembled in the hotel parlor, and among them “Old Tom” Gregg. Everybody knows Tommy Gregg, who is one of the veteran drummers in the clothing trade. Tom is pretty well in years now, and although fairly well off he has never been married. He still aticks to the road with the pertinacity of a knight errant, for the simple reason that he can’t leave it alone. Be that as it may, Tommy was the life of the party, and the accident suggested the recital of several experiences under somewhat similar circumstances. Short and interesting stories were told of how several of the smart young men had got ahead of time even under more trying circumstances than a commonplace railroad collision. One reminiscence brought up another, and then Tom was asked to give his experience. The old fellow, for he must be well into the fifties, took a drink, laid down Lis cigar, and said: “Well, boys, I’ve told many yarns in my day, but there’s one subject upon which I have purposely kept silent. 1 think it is now about time to ‘let her go;’ but why I have kept silent is because I have been somewhat nervous about its moral effect, that is to say, that I was a little afraid I should be set down as the darndest liar in the business—not even excepting Dick Chapman yonder, who at present holds the champion’s belt for knocking out the truth. ” “Well, Tommy, you go ahead,” remarked Ed Green, who is in the suspender, or, as he calls it, the “stretcher” trade, “and if you can discount Chapman, you must be a daisy indeed!” Chapman said he had nothing to say, and even if he had it was too late to get a notary public to swear him on his affidavit

“But this yam is true, boys,” responded Gregg, earnestly, “and that’s why I’m shaky on the credit you’ll give it. Here goes, anyway: “It was in the year 18G7. I was commissioned by a St. Louis house to take charge of a wagon train, consisting of four wagons with a four-mule team to each, to carry a general cargo of clothing and furnishings to several sutler posts along the dry trail of the Arkansas River, taking in the military posts betweens Fort Hays, Kansas and Fort Union, New Mexico. It was a rough job, but there was lots of money in it both for the firm and myself, for I had the privilege of buying all the buffalo robes I could get on my return journey, and for a cup of molasses, a few beads and tobacco, I could buy from the Indians and the soldiers for a mere song No. 1 robes beautifully embroidered with bead-work that would sell readily in St. Louis at from $9 to sl2 apiece—goods for which the buyers could easily get double the money. “The firm had given me a letter to the Deputy Quartermaster General of the Department of the Missouri, which was then commanded by Gen. Hancock, who had his headquarters at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, requesting that I be furnished with such military protection as the rules of the service allowed. The goods were sent by rail to Leavenworth. where I was to hire my wagons', mules, and drivers, and buy one or two serviceable repeating rifles for additional security. “The venture was then a new one, and few firms except government contractors, sent their goods out in that way. The general rule was for remote frontier customers to come into St. Louis to buy them and cart them back at their own risk. “The experience was exciting and fascinated me, for I was then a young fellow, xobust, full of energy, and the opportunity promised me not only plenty of excitement but lots of profit as well. “General Easton, the deputy Quartermaster General, indorsed my application, and said I probably wouldn’t need it until I reached Fort Hays, near Hays City, at that time the terminus of the Eastern Division of the Union Pacific Railroad. “Much to my annoyance most of njy teamsters were ‘greasers’ (Mexicans), of Whom I engaged four, and two white men. The Mexicans wanted to get back, and I thought it might save a little money by hiring them. The two white wagon bosses wouldn’t move under $75 per month and rations. To these terms I was compelled to assent. “Well, we got our train into pretty good shape and reached Hays City, about three miles from the fort, in as many days. After that we struck Ellsworth City, one of those portable settlements composed principally of traders, toughs, saloon-keepers, and a dozen ‘emporiums of fashion’ patronized by the frontier dudes of those times. “They mentally overhauled my stock and fixin’s, and said I’d have no trouble in getting them off mj- hands, ‘provided I had « clar route.’ which meant if I hadn’t

trouble with the Indians. Then I presented my letter to the commanding officer at Fort Hays and got my first set-back. “He said he hadn’t any cavalrymen to spare, as the service needed all the force be had, but if I didn’t mind taking along two infantrymen who had charge of a deserter they would give me their services until I got to the next post at Monument Station, twelve miles away. I consented and it took us two days to make those twelve miles and most of the time the soldiers and their prisoner were soaked with liquor. However,they were tolerably goodnatured over their tin cups, and no harm came of it. On approaching Monument Station, which was under a bluff, we came across a coil of about thirty rattlesnakes partially embedded in the soil, where they had hidden for warmth, for it was in the month of November and bitterly cold. They were partially torpid, butthose which were in the inner coil slowly unwound themselves on our approach. “We fired several shots into them, and the result was that sections of rattlesnake were sent flying in all directions. The frozen and exposed reptiles were broken in two just as though you were splitting dry wood for kindling. It was the most curious sight you ever saw, and not without its comical side, too.” “Serio-comic,” chimed in Ed Green. “That’s knock-down No. 1 for Chapman, anyway.” “Well, if you fellers never saw a frozen rattlesnake that isn’t my fault,” replied Gregg. “But as I’m telling this story, and not you, I’ll take the responsibility for accuracy. Monument Station was a onehorse post, consisting mainly of adobe shanties half dug in the ground. I did a little business with the sutler, but I got no escort. We stayed there one night. It was here 1 got my first wrinkle in camp life on the plains. Before leaving one of the officers asked if I had a good tent. I said yes, but wondered what earthly use a tent would be at such a time of the year. He replied that if I didn’t want to freeze to death I shouldn’t attempt to sleep in the wagon, as, being new to the country, the exposure would affect me more rapidly than one who was acclimated.

“This was his advice: ‘l’ve tried it,’ he said, ‘ and I know what I'm talking about. Get your tent out; pitch it in front of your fire, say twelve feet away. Then should it snow, get one of your teamsters to dig a small trench about six inches deep, put a couple of buffalo robes iu it, lie down and have your men pack the snow tightly around the outer robe above you; crawl in and you’ll sleep as sound as a top. You’ll find it a big improvement on the wagon bed-room and you’ll not catch cold so readily. You will have iu addition what heat your feet can get from the fire and you will be able to arouse yourself much sooner in case of a surprise.’ “I tried it a dozen times or more, and have always found it work like a charm. I never got frost-bitten, nor have I had chills or fever, which so many people get in their first experience of'"'life on the plains. “To make a long story short, however, my venture proved remarkably successful. I visited Forts Hays, Harker, Zarah, Larned, and Fort Dodge. There was no such place as Dodge City in those days. I had sold three-fourths of my stock, and had had one or two skirmishes with Indians, but, fortunately, the four soldiers and a corporal who had been sent from Harker aided me materially in keeping them at a safe distance.

“My next stopping place was at Fort Union, N. M. I had been out about two days when my little party was surrounded by a gang of horse thieves, of whom there were a dozen, against myself and my six men. The Mexicans, with but one exception, turned cowards. The time of attack was about sunrise, and at first I thought they were Indians. Presently I recognized they were white men. Following the Indian fashion, they succeeded in stampeding the mules, after cutting the traces of the harness. Our attention was principally directed to the mules, which then formed the most valuable part of our outfit. “One of my white teamsters was shot through the right arm, which bled so copiously that I thought he was a goner. Placing a white handkerchief on the barrel of my rifle I signaled for a parley. “The leader lowered his weapon and came forward, as splendid a physical specimen of a man as I had ever seen.

“ ‘Wot goods ’ave you got thar"?’ “I told him that I had a small stock of woolen shirts, drawers, and the usual kind of clothing worn on the plains. “ ‘We heerd tell,’ he said, ‘as you was in this section hereabouts, an’ we want some o’ them clothes, an’ if yer don’t part civil we’ll make yer.’ “Of course I had to let him take his choice. Then at a signal five of his men covered us with their rifles while the rest went to the wagon in which the goods were, cut the bales and proceeded to help themselves, trying on the garments and leaving their discarded clothing in the wagon. This occupied not more than half an hour, and then the five men were relieved and they took their turn at dressing up in new toggery. Before saying good-by the leader said: ‘That man’s arm,’ referring to the wounded teamster, ‘is in a bad way. Guess if yer come to my ’oss (picketed about fifty away with the others) I’ve got summat in my saddle bag as ’ll do him good.’ I was struck by the man’s evident sincerity and accepted his offer of a small bundle of herbs. I used it with great advantage to the poor fellow, for it allayed the inflammation. Judging by the condition of the clothes they had left they sadly needed a change of raiment. But the istrangest part of the story is yet to coffie, for sewed up in the lining of an old vest, I found a small parcel containing nine diamonds and about four ounces of gold dust. The man had forgotten to take them in his hurry to get away. Well, gentlemen, those diamonds more than paid for the value of the stolen goods.

“The party were thorough desperadoes, and was composed, as I afterward learned, of deserters and miners who were wanted by the vigilantes in Colorado and New Mexico. “The mules returned—mules, by the way, always return to a good thing —and soon after we were met by a troop of the Tenth United States Cavalry, a portion of which escorted us safely into Fort Union.” “Well, and how much did you get for the diamonds, Tommy?” asked Chapman. “Exactly $722.” “Seems strange to me that they didn’t go for your money. Tuat’s the only suspicious omission in the story,” observed Ed. Green. “It wouldn’t have done ’em any good, because it was all in checks on the United States Depository at Leavenworth, and they couldn’t have cashed them. Any more questions, gentlemen?”— Clothier and Furnisher,

BEN BUTLER.

He Writes a Remarkable Letter to Capt. W. P. Black, of Chicago. In Which He Refers to the Execution of the Anarchists as a Judicial Murder. fChicago special.! The following letter from Gen. B. F. Butler to Capt. W’. P. Black is given to the public through the columns of the local press: “I am very much obliged to you for your letter, and I am also thankful for the receipt of your argument to the jury in the case of Spies et al., or what will be known in the long history as the * anarchist case.' "Our pleasant acquaintance under the most unpleasant circumstances—the joint unsuccessful advocacy of life for men who were unlawfully convicted and unwisely executed—has given me an insight into your purpose and character, and will make our friendship a lasting one, at least on my side. “I had not believed it possible that palpable judicial murders could again prevail in this country. They once did in what we have been accustomed to regard as the best and purest days of the colonies. It is less than two centuries since seven men of the highest standing, a majority of whom were reverend gentlemen, clergymen, as good and pious men as ever 11 id, as exemplary in every relation of life as it was possible for men to be, sat in a socalled court of justice, each morning session whereof was opened with fervent prayer to the divine source of all knowledge, grace, and power to direct the actions of nis servants as the judges of that court; and in that court were arraigned day after day poor, miserable, broken-down, superstitious women and children upon the accusation that they, had commerce with the devil and used his power as a means of spite upon their neighbors, and as one of the means of inflicting torture because thereof the devil hod empowered these poor creatures to shoot common house pins from a distance into the flesh of their neighbors’ children, by which they were greatly afflicted. Being put into the bar to be tried, they were not allowed counsel, and, thank God, our profession was not disgraced, because the attorney-general was a merchant. The deluded creatures sometimes pleaded guilty, and sometimes not guilty, but in either event they were found guilty and executed, and the pins, which were produced in evidence, can now be seen among the records of that court, in the court-house of the county of Essex, Massachusetts.

“And beyond all this that court enforced, worse than the tortures of inquisition, dreadful wrongs upon a prisoner iu order to accomplish his conviction. Giles Corey was an old man, 80 years of age. He had a daughter some 40 years of age, simple-minded, not able to earn her own living, and a small farm, a piece of land and a house thereon, which he hoped to leave to his daughter at his tMu impending death. Giles was accused of being a wizard, “His life had been blameless in everything except his supposedrtcommerce with the devil. Upon ex parte testiurony he was indicted for this too great intimacy with the evil one, and set to the bar to be tried for his life. “Giles knew that if he pleaded not guilty he was sure to be convicted, because that was the doom of the anarchists of that day, and if he pleaded guilty he would be sentenced to death, and in either case the faim would be forfeited to the king. But, if he did not plead at allsuch was the law —then ho could not be tried at all, and his property could not be forfeited to the king and tsken from his daughter. So Giles stood mute and put the court at defiance. “And then that court of pious clergymen resorted to a method to make him plead which had not been in practice in England for two hundred years, and never here ; and poor Giles was taken and laid on the ground by the side of the court house on his back, with the flashing sun burning in his eyes and. a single cup of water from the ditch of the jail with a crust of bread was given him once in twenty-four hours, and weights were placed upon his body until at last the life was crushed out of him, but not the father's love for his child. He died, but not until his parched tongue protruded from the old man’s fevered mouth. It was thrust back by the Chief Justice with his cane. The cherished daughter inherited.

“Being fully imbued with this knowledge of what good men will do when they are either frightened for their souls or their bodies, it has not been to me a source of so much wonder as it might otherwise have been how the law “was administered in frenzy in Chicago. Years hence when you and I have passed away the cases of Giles Corey and the witches and the cases of the anarchists will be compared by just-minded men more than they are now. I hope there may one fact follow in the anarchists’ cases that followed in the witches’ cases. Judge Bewail, a reverend clergyman, one of the judges of the witches, before he died learned how greatly he had erred and sinned before God, and he repented in sack-cloth and ashes, literally coming out in the face of his congregation and standing in the broad aisle of the church exclaiming, while his written confession of his sins and folly in the witches’ case was being read: * Alas I God have mercy on me for what I have done.’

“I hope you will live to be present when one of the judges before whom you argued will find it his duty to take a like step; but I fear that while he has had the incredible folly of Judge Bewail in the treatment of his prisoners, he won’t have the piety of Sewall in publicly appealing to his God for mercy, as an example against all others offending in like manner. “A learned and upright judge, writing the judicial history of witchcraft in this country, sums up as follows : ‘lf the popular cry is to be the standard of what is right, the security of property is at an end, personal liberty is no longer safe, and the blood of the innocent will often seal the triumph of a popular administration of justice, in the triumph of popular vengeance.’ “Some later writer on judicial proceedings, comparing the judicial murder of the witches with the trial of the anarchists, will close by saying: Alas 1 how surely from age to age doth history repeat herself. One further fact, which I send" to you for your comfort: The determined action of a single member of our profession standing up against this craze brought it to an end. I look for like fruits to come from what you have done.”

Chicago Anarchists Reorganizing. [Chicago special.] Information has come to Chief of Police Hubbard that the anarchists in the northwestern part of the city have been quietly organizing again and have been holding secret meetings lately. It is said that a large number of the old Northwestern Group met at 703 Milwaukee avenue last Sunday and indulged in some wild talk, as well as making some progress toward reorganization. This meeting was attended by one of the ex-members of the group, who afterward visited police headquarters and told what he knew. Capt. Hathaway has been requested to keep a close watch on this section of the city for further developments.

METHODISTS FOR PROHIBITION.

The Kansas State Conference Demands Sweeping National Legislation. [Topeka (Kansas) special.] The annual State Conference of the Methodist Church, Bishop Walden presiding, on Wednesday passed a resolution declaring for national prohibition, and also resolved to support no party which did not. stand squarely on a temperance platform. It demanded the following legislation: 1. A law providing that in prohibition States the collectors of internal revenue shall be forbidden to issue tax permits for the sale of liquor except to those who have ben duly authorized by the B;ate to sell intoxicants lor the purposes permitted by the State law. 2. A law prohibiting the sale of liquor in the District of upon the military reserva-

tions, in the Territories, and wherevet the United States exercises authority. 3. A law enacting that the sale of liquors shall be subject to the laws of the ttate in which the liquors are to bo consumed, so that manufacturers and dealers in non-prohibition States shall be forbidden to transport liquors into prohibition States, except under such limitations as may be prescribed by the prohibitory laws there in force. 4. The early submission of an amendment to the Constitution of the United States prohibiting the importation or sale of intoxicating liquors, except for medicinal, mechanical, or scientific purposes.

4 BUSY LIFE ENDED.

Gen. George W. Cass, of New York, Closes a Long and Useful Life, at the Age of 78. A New York telegram announces the death of Gen. George W. Cass, who was the organizer and first President of the Adams Express Company; the builder of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago and Grand Rapids and Indiana railroads; President of the Northern Pacific, and prominent in politics. The following brief sketch of his busy career will be read with interest: Gen. Cass passed most of his active business life in Pennsylvania and Ohio. He lived for several years at Osborne Station, near Pittsburgh. Gen. Cass was born in Ohio in 1810, and passed his youth near Zanesville. He went to Detroit in 1824, and remained there several years. He then received an appointment to the United States Military Academy, and graduated with honors in 1832. He served with the topographical and military engineers. Resigning his position, he received an appointment as civil engineer on the National Road from President Jackson. It was while engaged in this work that he erected the first iron bridge ever built in the United States over Dunlap’s Creek, a branch of the Monongahela River. He was the organizer of the first steamboat line on tbe Monongahela River. In 1843 he brought the Adams Express line across the mountains from Baltimore, snd after forming a union of all the Adams Express lines between St, Louis and Boston was elected President of the consolidated companies in 1855. In January, 1856, he was elected President of the Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad Company, then completed as far west as Crestline. Ihe two corporations building the section of the road between Crestline and Chicago had exhausted their funds, and, although there was considerable opposition to it, Gen. Cass successfully conducted the consolidation of the three divisions. He retained the Presidency of the cqpipany, then first known as the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad, until 1876, when he resigned. He was a leading Democrat, and once came within a few votes of securing the nomination for Governor of Pennsylvania, being defeated by Charles R. Buckalew. He was a nephew of the late Gen. Lewis Cass of Michigan.

BALLS OF BLUE FIRE.

Lightning Strikes the Capitol at Washington, Creating a Wild Panic. [Washington special During a heavy thunder-storm, on Wednesday afternoon, lightning struck the Senate wing of the Capitol, but apparently did no other damage than to frighten the occupants and destroy telegraphic and telephonic communication between the building and outside world. The flash was vivid in the chamber itself, and startled every one, but the source was known at once and the proceedings continued without more than momentary interruption. In the lobby of the press gallery it appeared as if a ball of fire dropped from each chandelier to the floor. In the sub-basement an engineer was prostrated. A cab horse outside was knocked down. The report was not louder than a pistol shot, but seems to have been heard in all quarters of the wing. In the Supreme Court every justice, every lawyer at the bar, and every clerk at his desk sprang to his feet, but sat down again very quickly and tried to look as if nothing had happened. Theorists have it that the charge struck the plume of the goddess on the dome, spread over the metal roof in all directions, and sought to go to the ground by the thousand chandeliers, steam pipes, and electric wires in the structure. Similar phenomena were noticeable in the House wing of the Capitol. “Balls of blue fire” played about the corridors, and each occupant of the House or the committee rooms seemed to think he was the especial object of attack. The crash led some members of the House to the belief that the roof was tumbling in. Electric lights in some parts of the wing were extinguished.

BITTEN BY A MAD WOLF.

A Kentucky Man Sails for Faris, to be Treated by Fasteur. [New York special.] Henry J. Blake, of Paris, Ky., sailed for Paris on Thursday, where he is going to be treated by Pasteur by inoculation for the germs of hydrophobia which he believes are likely to be in his system. The disease, if it lurks in his blood, was caused by a bite of a wolf. Several weeks ago Mr. Blake went on a hunting trip to Montana with a party of Kentucky friends. He became separated froni his companions and was attacked by a wolf. He had a desperate battle with the sharp-fanged brute, and was severely bitten. Mr. Blake at once returned to the East, and he deemed it prudent to put himself under Pasteur’s treatment. The wound in his head is a terrible one, and, though it was bandaged, yet a deep gash made by the wolt’s fangs, extending from the upper side of the jawbone to the left eye, was visible. The eye was destroyed, the wound had not healed, but was spreading, and is only kept habitually in check by the constant use of caustics. The unfortunate man is accompanied on his journey by two friends, one of whom had a son who died from the dread malady.

A DANGEROUS COUNTERFEIT.

Spurious 85 Sliver Certificates in Circulation in the West. [Chicago special.] Dangerous $5 silver certificates are in circulation in Chicago. Many merchants have found them in their tills, and a number of them have been passed at the banks. They are well executed and calculated to deceive the unwary, but a little care will enable one to distinguish them from the genuine. The lathe scroll wojk in the counterfeit is far from good, while the quality of ink appears to be better than that used by the Government. The very best means of detecting the new counterfeit is by the printed imitation of the silk thread running entirely across the back of the bill. In some of the original bills there are two of these silk threads, while others have but one. On the back of the counterfeit is printed one straight line across the bill. With a pin or kqife thia deception can be discovered instantly.

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GREAT EXCITEMENT

At the Valley City Mills, Which the Foreman Explains as Follows. Dea.b Fbiknd—Yours of the 26th instant was received, and I beg pardon for not answering it sooner. The fact is lam working day and night; have not been as well in fifteen years. That trouble with my stomach and the rheumatism which nearly killed me has been entirely cured by Hibbard’s Rheumatic Syrup and Plasters. Mother is now taking it, aud thinks there is no medicine in the world equal to it. AW. Thompson, Valley City Mills, Grand Rapids, Mich. Dea 29, 1887. Pliny attributes the invention of soap to the Gauls. If he attributed it to the Turks he would be regarded as an unreliable historian.— Puck.

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