Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1891 — CURRENT COMMENT. [ARTICLE]

CURRENT COMMENT.

(Miners and Convicts. Ji? all of' the other States In which tbs ccwm'.-ts are 'eased the same 1 sue will be made that hft» been made in Ten-nes-ce, and the p eOtfe of these States! should begin at once to consider how settle it«—fe'avanuah News. Tho trouble at Bricevilio, Tenn , wa» to be expected, and no emo can be surprised at it The State was duly warned, and should baro made some preparation, for an outbreak that was inevitable.— New Orleans Times-Democrat If it takes the whole power of the State—every man and every dollar —the Governor should call out the one and expend the other in bringing the perpetrators of the arson and attempted murder at Briceville to justice.—Memphis. Commercial. The news from Bricevilio and Oal Creek, Tenn.. i-hould mrpri-o no one. It is the legitimate outcome of the failure of tho Legislature of that State to take act! n, at Its lecent extra sess’on,. In lefeienco to the convict lease system; as it now stands. —New Orleans Delta. The greatest insult ever thrown in theteeth of Tennesser was that which :i,OOO armed arid rebellions miners porpetoatert in overpowering State employes and turning loose State convicts. No rtep should be left untaken to wipe out most effectually such insult.—Nashville American. Thera is no justification for the acta of violence on the part of tho free labor minors nor for the liberation of the convicts. That was lawlessness, but there Is little- doubt that the acts of these enraged inen will have a very wholesome effect upon the people of Tennessee.— Minneapolis Journal. \ Tho action of the Tonnessoe miners In wiping out the convict camp at Bricevlllo and releasing the prisoners cannot he justified, it is dangerous to appeal to violence. It Is nothing short of revolution, and revolution Is never Justifiable until all other remedies have been exhausted.—Atlanta Constitution. The Brlcoville miners, having successfully routed the Tennessee militia and lot loose a numbrr of (onvlcts from tho Brlcoville stockades* are justly esteemed a courageous and formidable body. Why not sentence them' to transportation for a term of mouths and make Chill their destination?—Milwaukee Sentinel.

One Hundred Miles an Hour. With such achievements Edison Is worthy of all tho decorations and enconlums showered upon him—Philadelphia Press. The Koely motor will have to hurry If it wants to keep Inventor Edison from wiping out Its last slim cbanco.—Washington Star. Edison has just completed an electrical dovlco for producing a speed on railroad trains of 100 miles an hour. All that (s needed to make Hu invention a welcome ono la a perfectly secure salety attachment—l oston News. Mr. Edison promise* to give us a motor that will make the speed of a railroad train 100 miles an hour. This will entirely blot out tho lands-apo, and suggests that some of tho “blessings of civilization’’ are dearly bought.—Now York World. Edtem has a company ready to exploit his latest application of electricity to rapid transit, and several railways have offered their tracks for the purpose. The wor d will soon know what tho now Invention is worth.—Philadelphia Inquirer. Edison says his new system of applying oloctrleity for traction purposes makes it possible to run railway trains at u speed of 100 miles an hour, or even faster if equipment aud roadbed can be made strong enough What the world now waits for is the practical demonstration of this assert!*©.— Providence Telegram. When Mr. Edison agrees to furnish a motor that will speed a railroad train 100 miles an hour, has he provided a ballasted track that will stand such going** After wo have successfully attained a uniform rate of a mile a minute on our railroads It may be questionable If comfort or necessity calls for any greater speed.—Romo Sentinel. Edison, the oloctrlc wizard, seems to labor under the improssfon that we are not traveling quite fast enough, and now comes to the front with a new electric motor that will enable railroads to speod at the rate of 100 miles an hour. This will help a man to sail Into tho unknown regions of eternity with lightning grace and ease.—Cincinnati Enquirer.

More “Artificial" Shower*. An “Artificial Ra'n Producing Company," with six Stevens County “capitalists” for directors, has a cloudy look. It Is to bo feared nothing will be watered but the stock.—Kansas City Star. The Government rain experiments in Texas have proved a sublime failure. But the money has been paid out all the same. Why not expend a few millions in an effort to soe whether a man can pull himself up by the straps of his boots?—Cincinnati Enquirer. Dyrenfnrth and Melbourne have a rival In irrigation that beats them all. It Is the California earthquake. It starts artesian wells and fountains and rivers, not only of cold water, but of hot, which, the rainmakers do not pretend they can furnish —Dotrolt Journal. Already rival rainmakers are exchanging charges that the one Is stealing the other’s thunder. As all stealing savors of sin, it may be recalled in this connection that the most thorough case of ralnmaklng on record was caused by the world’s sin—stealing Inclusive—some 4,000 years ago —Philadelphia Times. The Russian Navy. Russia has launched three new ironsides, Is leading her armies up to the “roof of the world” In Pamir, and has been sending war transports out at the Dardanelles all summer. And yet we are told there is no prospect of war la Europe.—Baltimore Herald. Russia has just launched three new ironclads, one of them of immense size If the English-German-Austrian combination expects to have its own way with Russia and France on the water. It might do weil to commence operations pretty soon. —Denver tun. The Russians are getting quite a navy for a country with but one western seaport, and that closed by ice more than half the year. The launching of the three Ironclads will cause the naval authorities of Germany to take a careful glance over their lists of modern war ships —Providence Telegram. Great in Dogs. The official dog census of New YorK City shows the canine population of that burg to be 38,503.—Louisville Commercial. New York City’s dog census havinn been completed, the valuable information is at hand that the metropolis haa 36,503 dogs of all klnua That is about one dog to evory forty inhabitants.— Rome Sentinel. A census of New York City dogs has been taken, showing that they number 36,503. This is a large number to think: of, but it Is only at the rate of about one dog to forty inhabitants, which would seem very is said that every poor man keeps one dog and every very poor man keeps two. ■—Albany Express; 1 !