Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1891 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

have the mule stop, should be a per* feet success. A newspaper cartoa® represents John Chinaman aloft In the air awaiting further vigorous action from the great foot of Uncle Sam and the great foot of Canada. Wouldn’t it be wise In the American press not to rub this thing too far? The most unique exhibit the world can produce at the World’s Fair can come from China, if China will. There seems no real necessity for offensively reminding the oldest power with whom we have diplomatic relations that the status of her citizens in this country Is that of an Intruder and pariah.

The annexation fever in Canada is exciting much attention in England, and such open advocacy of political union with the United States as has lately been expressed in Quebec and Ontario may prompt a Tory Ministry to be as foolish as those politicians who, a century ago, tried to coerce the American colonies. So grave is the situation in the Province of Quebec that startling events may happen at any moment. The French claim that their constitutional privileges have been outraged, and they say that unless England offers a speedy remedy for this, they “will turn where their rights can be pro tected.”

Anything in that line more complete than a recent exploit of an lowa outlaw has not been lately chronicled anywhere. A few miles from Boone a farmer was driving home in great content, for he had sold his hogs and had the money is his pocket. A stranger of weary and unwary appearance plodding along the road asked the favor of a ride, and it was immediately granted. Hardly was he seated beside the farmer than he drew a pistol, compelled him to give up his money, jumped from the vehicle, and, unhitching the horse, jumped on its back and galloped away, leaving the farmer seated in the buggy in a condition of dumb fright and amazement. There is a completeness in this job that will excite the envy of all the thugs who infest our cities.

There is no doubt that an effort will be made to secure a grand military review during the Chicago Fair. It is believed that it is practicable to bring together at that time 100,000 American militiamen. It would be better that this should not be undertaken than that it should be allowed to fail. The United States is not looked upon as a military power, and it has no military reputation to maintain. But If It undertakes to make a military display it should do it in a way that would reflect credit upon the nation. Congress, therefore, ought to make an appropriation in accordance with the suggestion of General Miles to pay for the transportation of all the soldiers from their homes to Chicago and return. If it shall be left to the States to provide for this expense some may not be represented at all. Besides, whatever the States may be prepared to expend upon this military exhibition should be devoted to perfecting the National Guard and training the soldiers to make a creditable appearance.

The news conies from Germany that the beginning of winter finds fiOO cases of influenza in Silesia. It is useless to expect that the same winds which blow the poison germs across Europe will not also waft them over the Atlantic and bind the western hemisphere with a broad girdle of disease. This new appearance is said to have originated in Russian churches, in an atmosphere breathed over and over again by the most wretched and dirty people In Europe. Formerly the Mohammedans at Mecca had credit for every pestilence; now the Greek branch of the Christian church—of which the Czar is sovereign pontiff—is the head and front of the offending. Medical science in the United States will now be called upon for its most strenuous efforts. Two winters ago the epidemic slew its thousands and lasffwinter its tens of thousands. If a specific has not been discovered by this time it is probable that systems weakened by the former attacks will give way in still greater numbers. Experience, however, must now have something to go upon in dealing with the earliest symptoms. Influenza, in any of its forms, should not be a closed book to the medical profession. Every public health office in the country should be made an agency for the diffusion of information as to the latest and most successful methods of dealing with the enemy.