Hope Republican, Volume 1, Number 43, Hope, Bartholomew County, 16 February 1893 — Page 2

HOPE REPUBLICAN. By Jay C. Smith. HOPE INDIANA j ■ —g Several jails in Kansas are being used to store grain. Queen Victoria is charmed with a new type writer, and has sent a poem to the press which has been suppressed out of regard for the feelings of the family. A prominent European official was frozen to death while traveling in a first-class railway car near Amiens. It has been pretty cold in the United States, but we take better care of our dear officeholders than the effete dynasties of the East, and as far as heard from none of this down-trod-den class within our borders has succumbed to Jack Frosts’ paralyzing influence. A lunch served to Chauncey M. Depew, Gov. Flower and a few other representative New Yorkers in at tendance at the World’s Fair dedicatory exercises last October cost 11,500 and the bill has just been audited and paid by the New York authorities —not without hesitation, however. It is little trifles like this that make the hard working taxpayer think this world is all a fleeting show. The electoral votes of the various States when received by the VicePresident are locked in a steel safe in his private room in the Capitol, and it costs $12,000 to collect them from the forty-four States. On the day of the count by Congress the returns are carried to the Honse in a pair of well locked cherry wood boxes. In the struggle of 1877 these boxes were slept with by Doorkeeper Bassett and Senator Ferry. The old city hall in New York may be torn down to give place for a larger one, but if this is done the old building will be restored to its present condition in a new location far up town. The corner stone of this structure was laid by Edward Livingstone in 1803, and it was completed in 1812, at a cost of $500,000. In its day it was the finest building in the United States, and is still considered a splendid specimen of its peculiar order of architecture. Senator Wolcott, of Colorado, don’t like gum, and proposes that people shall be relieved of the necessity of using the artistic souvenirs of the Columbian year issued by the enterprising Postmaster-General. This is very unkind to Mr. Wanamaker, who doubtless supposed he was earning the undying gratitude of the American people when he approved the designs for this series, but the Senator’s views will meet the approval of a large majority of the business men of the country. The high personal character of exPresident Hayes, always known, has been emphasized by the eulogies bestowed by his most bitter political enemies, in whose hearts the memories of 1876 still rankle. North and South, friend and foe, have hastened to bear their testimony to the esteem in which this man was held, and add their mite to the tribute of the American people to one who acted well his part in all the relations of life to which it was his fortune to be called. Ootah gave a party in New York last week. Ootah is a poodle and her guests were from the most aristocratic families of Gotham. The occasion was one of great hilarity. Full dress was the order of the day. The most elegant cards were issued. Refreshments were served on tables six inches high. An old woman with a basket on her arm viewed the performance from the pavement and sized it up as follows: “A dog pairty, is it? Glory to God, but they must have little to do.” Great is Gotham, Henry Cabot Lodge, the newlyelected Senator from Massachusetts, is but 42 years of age. The seat which he has been chosen to occupy has been filled by seventeen men, through a period of 104 years. But of the seventeen, three have held the seat, in all, sixty years. These three have been Daniel Webster, Charles Sumner and Mr. Dawes. The list has also included among

others, John Quincy Adams and Rufus Choate. Mr. Lodge’s ma-1 ternal ancestor, George Cabot, was the second Senator from Massachusetts in the line now filled by Mr. Hoar. The death of Gen. Butler recalls the fact the he was one of the managers in that impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson. The board on the part of the House was Bingham, of Ohio; Stevens, of Pennsylvania; Butler and Bout well, of Mass., Wilson, of Iowa; Williams, of Pennsylvania; and Logan, of Illinois. Bingham, Boutwell, Wilson and Williams still survive. Judge Bingham was also special Judge Advocate in the trial of Lincoln’s assassins, and from 1873 to 1885 was Minister to Japan. He is now 77 years of age, is still active and takes part in every Ohio campaign. Two Washington City spiritualists, prominent citizens, are amusing themselves nowadays by predatory excursions to the Great Beyond. They claim to have a mission or call to intercede for spirits in purgatory. They run across Guiteau the other j day. Found him stuck in the mud. Hunted up his mother, who stated that Charles was not altogether to blame for his erratic actions on this earth, having been injured by her in his infancy. Accordingly Charles was turned over to his mother, who will try to repair the wrong done her offspring. The missionaries think that Guiteau will get along all right now, and eventually attain to beatific bliss. Readers of this paper are at liberty to form their own opinions about the foregoing somewhat sensationaiioual statements. Dr. Cornelius Herz, now under arrest, and awaiting extradition, in London, for complicity in the Panama swindle in France, appears from all accounts to be the monumental scoundrel of our day. There has been some doubt as to the guilt of de Lesseps in this connection, but authorities agree in attributing a guilty knowledge of the fraud in all its phases to Dr. Herz. How much of “the woollen stockings” savings of the French people was absorbed by this prince of adventurers cannot be accurately ascertained, but it is believed that he secured not less than $1,500,000 francs. As de Reinach’s chief agent it was Her;, s mission to deal with men in high stations, and vast suras were intrusted to his discretion and disposal. That a large percentage of these funds remained in his own hands does not seem improbable in view of his subsequent actions. Dr, Herz was born at Besancon, in eastern Franco, of German parents, and is about forty-six years of age. While a mere child his parents emigrated to the United States and he was reared in this country. While living in New York he was married, and he took a wife in Boston, also. The Mme. Herz who shares his sorrows at the present time is said to be still another woman. and a French journal tells of a matrimonial alliance while he was studying medicine in Paris, adding also that this wife died mysteriously. Other hints from across the water go to show that the belief is general that Herz would not allow human life to block his pathway to success. The Doctor’s medical education is extensive,and was acquired in spite of abject poverty. His career in this countryas a physician, electriciar, and finally as a swindlrr of high degree at San Francisco, was marked by conspicuous ability and the arts of an unscrupulous mountebank. The outcome of the efforts of the French government to bring Herz and his fellow conspirators to justice will be awaited with interest, but it must be conceded that as against the resources of so trancendent a knave as Dr. Herz appears to be, backed by the vast wealth which he is believed to have acquired by his schemes, the issue is more than doubtful. A gigantic gorilla, measuring seventy inches across the chest, and with shoulders as wide as those of three men united, was shot by Lieutenant Morgan’s party recently at a place twenty-five days' march from the coast of Cameroon. The creature was so heavy and unwieldy that it required the efforts of sixteen men to drag it to the station. It costs the United States government $1,000 a day for firing morning and evening salutes.

THIS SETTLES It j Formal Counting of the Electoral Vote— Cleveland ami Stoyosou Are Elected. Early Wednesday merping Vlco-Presi-deni; Morton and Private Secretary Chilton unlocked the safe in the private apartment of the Vice-President, attached to the Senate chamber, at Washington, and took therolrom the two polished cherry boxes in which the envelopes containing the votes of the electors were to he placed. Then, one by one, he drew forth the envelopes and handed them to Capt Isaac Bassett, the assistant doorkeeper of the Senate, who deposited them in the boxes. By the time this task had i been completed the members of the Senate were in their seats, and the venerable doorkeeper boro the boxes in dignified state into the Senate chamber, and placed them upon the desk to the right of the presiding officer. ' Precisely at live minutes to 1 o’clock the Senate stopped in the midst of the proceedings, and, forming inamarchingbody, I moved louaid the House of Representatives. Captain Bassett, with a box under each arm, was in the center, surrounded by the Senators and a cordon of Capitol police in dress uniform. At the House door Charles H. Turner, the official doorkeeper, was in waiting, and, taking a position at the head of the procession, he entered the House and announced the arrival of thi\ Senate. Slowly and impressively the dignified Senators then entered I the hall, preceded by the Sergoant-at Arras, and headed by Vice-President Morton, arm-in-arm with Secretary McCook. Thememoers and officers of the House rose as the Senate entered, and remained ] standing until Vice-President Morton had I mounted the Speaker’s platform, and taken the chair vacated on the moment by Speaker Crisp, the latter taking a chair on the Vice-President’s left. The galleries were crowded to overflowing with the families and friends • of members of both Ponses, and the large number of ladies in handsome toilets gave the galleries a particularly brilliant ensemble. When qu*et had been secured. Captain Bassett, with duo formality and deliberation, unlocked the boxes and deposited them on the table immediately in front of the Vice-President. The latter, in a few words, rehearsed the act of Congress un - der which they wore proceeding, and then proceeded to open the sealed certificates and hand them to to the tellers. At the outset he stated in legal phraseology, that if there was no objection to the electoral vote of Alabama, the first state on the list, the certificate from that State would bo read and its contents noted. This course was pursued with each and everyone of the envelopes containing certifi-. cates, no objections being raised to any certificate. When the last envelope had been opened the tellers-tabulatod the vote and handed to Vice-President Morton, a report, embracing the number of electoral votes to which each State is entitled, the respective electoral votes cast for President and Vice-President, and in addition the total of votes received by the candidates of oacn party. Having scanned this report through his glass, Vice-Presi-jlent Morton proceeded to read it with deliberation of manner and clearness of tone, and then rising to his feet he formally declared that Grover Cleveland, of New York was elected Piesident of the United States, and that Adlai E. Stevenson, of Illinois, was elected Vice-President of the United States, each for theterm beginning March 1,1893, and that the announcement was by law a sufficient declaration of •„! o fact, which, with the list of votes, lie ordered should be entered on the journals of the Senate and House. THE “SUNNY ML" Great Destitution ia Louisiana—Fonr Thousand People Starving:. Four thousand people in Cathahoula and Concordia parishes, in the northern portion of Louisiana, arc on the verge of starvation. Information was received, Tuesday, that the people have been driven to desperation by suffering and hunger, and unless aid is promptly sent them, many deaths from lack ot t-.oJ will be the result. The floods of last summer destroyed the crops of the farmers, and the water remained on the earth so long that it was impossible to raise either corn, cotton or sugar cane, and nothing was planted except some quick maturing vegetables late in the season. These were soon exhausted, however, and the farmers were compelled to sell nearly all of their earthly possessions to secure food. This was only a temporary make-shift to keep the wolf from the door, and when they had nothing else to sell, the people went to the swamps and killed squirrels, rabbits and raccoons. Scarcely a family in this blighted territory has had a hearty meal for many weeks. Gaunt-cheeked babes and holloweyed mothers, unable to attend to their wants, are in every cabin, and in many homes the little ones lie in bed, unable to do more than moan feebly for bread. Many of the men have* deserted their helpless families for the time being in in search of food, knowing their presence can do nothing toward satisfying the hunger of their loved ones, and hoping to find employment in time to save their lives. A CANNON “FIRED.” , X Little Mill Between Congressman Cannon and Mr. Bacon. Congressman "‘Joe” Cannon, of Illinois, and State Senator Bacon engaged in a persona! encounter at Springfield. Wednesday, and Mr. Cannon was ‘‘fired” to the floor and received somewhat serious injuries. Ho is now an old man and his antagonist is young and powerful. The gentlemen have been regarded as political rivals in the Republican camp for some years, and the encounter grew out of these alleged differences.

“Each Spoonful has done its Perfect Work}’ la the vcs'dict of every woman who has used Royal licking Powder. Other baking powders soon deteriorate and lose their strength, owing to the use of inferior ingredients, but Royal Baking Powder is so carefully and accurately compounded from the purest, materials that it retains its strength for any length of time, and the last spoonful in the can is as good as the first, which is not true of any other baking powder.

Grant's Reticence. Gen. Horace Porter was for years on intimate terms with Gen. Grant, and at a dinner, at which the latter was present some time before his death, ho related the following story illustrating Grant’s reputation for silence; am reminded by seeing Gen. Grant hero to-night, of an incident which occurred when he was making that marvelous tour through New England, just after the war. The train stopped at a station in the country. The General was standing on the rear platform of the last car. At that time, as you know, he had a great reputation for silence, for it was before he made this brilliant series of speeches before the New England Club. They spoke of reticence, a quality which New Englanders admire so much in others. While standing there, there was a commotion in the crowd, and as it opened a large, tall, gaunt-looking woman came down towards the car out of breath. Taking her spectacles off from the top of her head and putting them on her nose, she put her arms akimbo and, looking up, said: ‘Well, I have just come down here a-runniu’ two miles, just on a jump, to get a look at the man who lets the women do all the talkin’.’ ” People ofteij wonder at the price demanded for a genuine Panama straw hat, and seem disposed to consider a man crazy who will pay $5 or $10 for such a head-piece, but they forget that a Panama hat of the best quality demands the choicest materials in its composition, and requires the labor of a man sometimes for several weeks. Once done,however, the Panama straw hat is practically indestructible, save by lire. It will bear being thrown about, you may sit on it for half a day, and it wiH resume its original form as easily as though it were made of rubber. It will last and look well for a dozen years, and though so tough, is as light as though made of feathers. Tiic Modern Invalid Has tastes medicinally, in keeping with other luxuries. A remedy must be pleasantly acceptable in form, purely wholesome in composition, truly benlicial in effect and ent -oly free from every objectionable quality. If really ill ho consults a physician; if constipated he uses the guttle family laxative Syrup of Figs. Nails should be sold at auciitn. They g i well under the hammer. FITS.—All Fite stopped free by Dr. Kline's <5re** t Nerve et. No Fits after first day's use. Marvelous cures. Treatise and $J.OO trial bottle free to Fit cues. Send to Dr. Lliuc. 831 Arch St.. Phila. Pa.

Decidedly Shaky. A trembling hand, an uncertain step, fidgetiness, indicated by restless shifting from one place or posture to another, usually mental annoyance at unexpected noises, are among the indications extreme nervousness. These seem trifling, but the health of men and women in this condition is “decidedly shaky," liable to bo overthrown disastrously by causes which the vigorous might defy. To fortify the nervous system, general vigor must, through the medium of reinforced digestion, and a renewal of an impaired power of sleeping at night, be raised to a healthful standard. A guarantee of this is Hostetler’s Stomach Bitters, which re-establishes digestion, bile secretion and the habit of body on a permanently regular basis, thus renewing that bodily equilibrium, which is followed by a gain of strength and nerve tranquility. For kidney complaint, rheumatism, neuralgia, and as a preventive of the first attack or subsequent return of malarial disorders, this medicine is without a peer. Thrice daily take a wineglassful. Visitor—How is the sufferer? Nurse— I’m quitch well, thank you. There is a large number of hygienic physicians who claim that disease is always the result of a transgression of Nature’s laws. The proprietors of Garfield Tea are both physicians, and have devoted years, to teaching the people how to avoid sickness by following Nature’s laws. They give away with every package of Garfield Tea a little book which they claim will enable all persons, if directions are followed, to avoid sickness of all kinds, and to have no need for Garfield Tea or any other medicine. A new kind of a flannel is called “tramp flannel.’’ It shrinks from washing. How About the Prudence of allowing a Cough to run on, rasping the Pulmonary and Bronchial organs, when that approve! and speedy remedy, Dr. D. Jayne’s -xpectorant, can be obtained from any Apothecary. “That is another story”—as the builder when ordered to run the walls up higher. No Safer Remedy can be had for Coughs and Colds, or any trouble of the Throat, than ••Brown’s Bronchial Troches.” Price, 25 cts. Sold only in boves. The king can do no wrong—if the other follow has the aces. Food Made Me Sick. ‘‘Fist I had pains In my back snd chest, then faint feeling at the stomach, and when I would eat the first taste would mal e me deathly sick. Of course I ran down apidly, and lost 25 pounds. My wife and family were much alarmed and I expected my stay on earth would be short, But a friend advised me to take Hood’s Sarsaparilla and soon rr y appe Became back, I ate heartily and without dist ess, gained two pounds a week. I took 8 hot* ties of Hood’s Sarsaparill and never felt better HOOD’S SOU RES in my life. To-day I am cured apd give to Hood’s Sarsaparilla the whole praise of it,’’ C. C. Aber, Canisteo, N. Y. Hood's Pills cure nausea, sick headache indigestion, billiousness. Sold by druggists.

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