Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1900 — Page 5

COUNTY OFFICERS. H.Coover Sheriff Nate J. Reed Auditor. ..........W.C. Babeock Treasurer. .. R. A. Parkison. Recorder.. ..Robertß. Porter Surveyor., Myrt B, Price Coroner. Truitt P. Wrijrlit Supt. Public Schools...;..Louis H. Hanilton A55e550r........!.. John R. Pmlli]>s COMMIHSIONBBB. I Ist District......’ ......Abraham Halleck 2nd District Simeon A, Dowell" 3rd District.;—..FrederickWaymire Commissioner's court—First Monday of each month. CITY OFFICERS. ’ : Mayor Thomas J. McCoy Marshal Thomas McGowan Clerk Schuyler C. Irwin Treasurer C. C. Starr Attorney Harry R. Kurrie Civil Engineer H. L. Gramble Fire Chief .Edgar M. Parcels COUNCILMAN. Jst ward.., G. E. Murray, Chas. Dean, 2nd ward .John Eger, C. G. Spitler 3rd ward........ ..J.C. MgColly, J. C.Gwin JUDICIAL. Circuit Judge. .. .Simon P. Thompson Prosecuting attorney Charles E. Mills Terms ofCourt.—Second Monday in Febru■ary, April, September and November. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. TBUSTBM. TOWNSHIPS. Robert S. Drake. Hanging Grovo A. W. Prevo ..Gillum John F. Pettit Walker Samuel R.Nichols. Barkley James D. Babcock Marion Marcus W. Reed .Jordan Jackson Freeland Newton C. C. Bier ma.. Keener J. C. Kaupke Kankakee Albert S. Keene Wheatfield John A. Lamborn..., Carpenter George W. Caster Milroy B. D. Comer Union TOWN OB CITY J. D. Allman Remington J.F. Warren... Rensselaer Edward T. Biggs Wheatfield Louis H. Hamilton, Co. Supt Rensselaer

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COMMUNICATED.

Compulsory Army Service. Editor Democrat: Their is?no question but the administration people have their heads thoroughly bent upon revolutionizing •things generally ‘in the United States. We are to become a world Power. We are going forth, Like England and Germany, in quest of adventure, and in knightly arirtors our navy will seek to redressthe wrongs of all the world. The time was when we bad enough to do to attend to our own business, and we have found it exceedingly profitable to do so. But all that, we are told, is in the past; the United States has outgrotvn its infancy and must take up the white man’s burden along with the pelf-seeking European powers. We must have a finger in every pie that is opened, and with our sword must help to open many more, in China and elsewhere. Of course, this requires a vast navy, and we are going to have it, if it costs any amount of money. And now comes a proposition from Mr. Secretary Hay that we shall have a great standing army, and that in order to keep the ranks full of men, we must adopt the old world methods of compulsory service for every American citizen from eighteen to forty-five years bf age, after the laws and methods of France and Germany. The people are not going to volunteer with sufficient alacrity even to keep the ranks full in the Philippines, much less to carry on any qew service in foreign parts, for greed of gold. Perhaps the American people will have something to say about a standing army that will necessitate compuleojy service, for our citizens. But all the same, the politicians who are out for empire are figuring on this, and if their plans are carried out it will become necessary to resort to compulsory military service, so the British-American republican party can carry out its hellish designs and favor England and Germany in their schemes, that they may become the three powers on earth, and all the rest of the world empires will be controlled by those three nations. ' W. M. Lakin. Aurora, Neb. Warren & Irwin are making loans on farm or city property at a low rate of interest and commission and on more liberal terms than can be obtained elsewhere in Jasper County.

FREE OF CHARGE.

Any adult suffering from n cold settled on the breast, bronchitis, throat or lung trouble of any nnnature, who will call at A. F. Long’s, will be presented with a sample bottle of Bo§chee’s German Syrup, free of charge. Only one bottle given to one person, and none to children without order from parents. No throat or lung remedy ever had such a sale as Boscbee’s German Syrup in all parts of the civilized world. Twenty years ago millions of bottles were given away, and your druggists will tell you its success was marvelous. It is really the only Throat and Lung Remedy generally endorsed by physicans. One 75 cent bottle will cure or prove its value. Sold by dealers in all civilized countries.

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The County Council.

At the special meeting 6f the County Council last Monday about. SI,OOO was appropriated to pay claims carried over frem 1899 that is, bills contracted in ‘OH and which were not filedrin time to be paid before the appropriations under the new law took effect. The greater part of these bills were for township poor relief. Of the bills published in the last issue of The Democrat as having been allowed by the commissioners but not to be paid until appropriations therefor were made by the Council, some were cut, or a l-sser amount appropriated than asked for in the allowances. Among these was the bill of Foltz, Spitler & Kurrie, $41.62 for “legal opinions. ”It was found that S2O of this was for services in the case of Babcock vs. Gwin, as Gwin’s attorneys when the treasurer attempted to collect those “spite taxes.” The treasurer is paid a per cent for collecting delinquent taxes, and, even were these taxes jnet, whatever expense he was to in the matter should come out of his per cent The “gall” of some people, however, seems to be unlimited, and the county was asked to pay the bill—the commissioners had previously allowed $5 for court reporter in the lower court in this identical case. The Council very properly cut this S2O out. The vote on cutting it out stood, ayes: Welch, Yeoman, Washburn. Nays: Bellows, Eldridge. ,

There was considerable discussion about wolf scalps, and two members of the Council—Welsh and Washburn—wanted to make no allowance at all. Bellows wanted to appropriate $75. Eldredge, whose son has six young wolves now on hand, did not want to vote on the matter either way. Finally Yeomau made a motion that the sum of $50 —$30 to cover allowances already made and S2O for others to come—be appropriated, and after considerable discussion the motion was carried by a margin of one vote. decided that the Councilmen try and see the county commissioners as soon as possible and have them reduce the bounty, or, better still, wipe it out altogether. According to the report of the county auditor Jasper county paid $483.50 for wolf scalps during the eighteen months previous to Jan. 1, 1900, when no more could be paid on account of there being no appropriation. This was about ten limes as much as with paid by any other county in the state during the sama period. White county has abolished tin bounty altogether and other neighboring counties pay a verv sin->D one, hence Jasper county, where the bounty whs §lO for old and §3 tui young scalps, appears to have been doing a land-oflicc business. The county treasurer was allowed §lO for some tax books which had been omitted from the estimate last full also $5 additional for postage. People having occasion to write any ot the county officers should take the precaution to enclose postage if they desiic a reply. The postage account of the officeis is limited and will not permit of their answering all communications unless postage is enclosed. The recorder was also allowed §36 for two record books which had been omitted in the regular estimate.

The council thought it would be bettet for the county to tmplov » regular attorney infctend of cttlhng upon Tom, Dick and Harry, as lint! been done, as shown from claims presented for appropriat oas to the qouncil, and such recommendation will be made to the commitsioners. The ordinance making the a;>piopriations was read Monday afternoon and unanimously adopted, after which the matter of selecting a member to fill the place in the Council made vacant by the death, of M. L. Spitler came up. Ballots were prepared and cast. exCounty Commissioner O. P. Taber of Remington, securing 3 votes and Frank W. Babcock, also of Carpenter, securing 2 votes. It is understood that Welsh, Washburn and Yeoman voted for Taber, Bellows and Eldredge for Babcock. Mr. Taber made one of the best commissioners for the people, that Jasper county ever had, and we believe he will make a valuable niember«J the County Council. Councilman Win. Cooper was not present at the meeting.

The Best In the World. We believe Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is the best in the world. A few weeks ago we suffered with a severe cold and a troublesome cough,and having read their advertisements in our own and other papers we purchased a bottle to see if it would effect us. It cured us before the bottle was more than half used. It is the best medicine out for colds >and coughs.—The Herald, Andersonville, Ind. For Bale by Hunt Bros. Druggists.

TEACHING CHINESE.

Scheme to Instruct Young Englishmen in the Language. Considering the magnitude of British interests in China, it is curious that so little effort has hitherto been made to provide facilities for the teaching of Chinese in Great Britain. It is true that professorships of Chinese are to be found at Oxford, at 'Cambridge and at King’s college, ■SLondon, but to those who know anything of the way the people of Great do business in China it is Jelear that for a long time past other •and more vigorous measures have been urgently needed to enable our merchants to hold their legitimate •place in the commercial development ■of the far east. From a memorandum issued by R. S. Gundry, the energetic honorable secretary of the China ■association, it seems that the credit of an importanbproposal for meeting ■the need referred to is mainly due to Mr. Harrison, the president of the Blackburn chamber of commerce. It was the Blackburn chamber, it Will be remembered, which organized two years ago a commercial expedition to China, and its members were evidently struck with the disadvantage at which Englishmen stand in China owing to their general ignorance of Chinese. It is astonishing how few British residents in China can lay claim to know Chinese fairly well, and how very few have a scholastic knowledge of the language. In the treaty ports English is so completely the principal linguistic medium that there is perhaps little or no inducement for our countrymen to master the other tongue. At every turn there are plenty of natives who speak and write English perfectly, and are thoroughly qualified to act as interpreters.

In the interior things are very different, and it is there that the missionaries have been the pioneers, not only in mastering Chinese themselves, but in teaching English to the natives. I had a curious instance of this brought under my notice last year while traveling near Pei-tai-ho, a picturesque little seaside resort on the northern shore of the Gulf of Pechili, The station master approached a, member cf our party and inquired if he was connected with a large in-, dustrial enterprise then on foot—with the Peking syndicate, in fact. The Englishman disclaimed any close connection with it, whereon the Chinaman produced a letter from a friend of his in Shansi, suggesting to the station master, who was a good English scholar, that he should apply for a berth in connection with the undertaking. The letter, though written by one Chinaman to another, end coming from a remote province in the interior, hundreds of miles away, was written wholly in English. It turned out that both the correspondents had learned English in the Chinese government schools. Of course, there are plenty of Chinamen who are competent to teach our countrj’nxn the native language, but it will he readily understood that when ,cnee the British get settled in a treaty pert the temptation to plunge into actual business, using an interpreter where needful, is very strong, end little leisure remains fcr mastering the Chinese characters end vocabulary. Moreover, the British reluctance to karn a foreign tongue is co new thing. It is not surprising, therefore, to find Ifce China association persuaded that, es we are on the l eve of great changci’in China, steps I shontri be taken to instruct young | Englishmen in Chinese before they I arrive in the country where they proi pose to make their living. association points out , that the Deed of being able to com- ‘ municate freely with the natives will be greater in proportion as access to I I he interior is facilitated and places of ' contact are multiplied. As inland I navigation, mining, railway extension and other works are set on foot, engineers and clerks will certainly be required, and if the people of this country are to hold their own in competition With Belgians, Germans, Russians or Danes it is essential that the British should have some previous acquaintance with the Chinaman. Even though the education may have to be completed in China, the young man who starts with a basis or even the rudiments of knowledge and with an insight into the principles and methods of acquit ng Chinese, to which Mr. Harrison and Mr. Gundry refer, standsabetterehame than those who have avoided all study of the ’»>.- guage till they ' r e arrive lon j spot. A striking ex* pl of the m < wrought on Br . m< e it! i estsbymoreo’ • r >.» <« ence on inter] ' > the developm system, an ir

sto Anglo-Chinese business. The com-pradore—-a Portuguese word signifying buyer—is the native.official or servant who in the days of the early European trading settlers used to be intrusted with the job of purchasing produce and goods for export direct from the native growers or merchants. In process of rimetjiecompradorehas come to excellent use of his linguistic and business opportunities—as being often the only person able to talk Chinese and empowered to deal with natives—that nowadays the compradore of a British bank or firm often makes more than the firm Itself. This is pointedly commented on by F. Bourne, of the consular service, in. his excellent report to Lord Salisbury on the trade of central and southern China, issued last year. Mr. Bourne also laid stress on the want of some recognized agency for teaching Chinese, to which Mr. Harrison and Mr. Gundry are now inviting attention. In Mr. Gundry’a memorandum it is stated that, though an official decision has not been arrived at, the University of London is favorably disposed and inclined to grant the necessary accommodation for the teaching of Chinese. ‘ This attitude on the part of the university is both enlightened and gratifying, and there is little doubt that the necessary financial support will be forthcoming to enable Chinese teachers to be engaged as assistants to English professors.—London Post.

THE CHILD MIND.

Ito Processes Often Inscrutable—Guile of Infant Guilelessness. The guilelessness and sincerity of the infant mind, so popularly accepted, admits of varied and alarming phenomena that wreck the temporary peace of many an innocent adult victim. Even the best little child in the world, excited by company or novelty of environment, is liable to bring the blush of mortification to its mother’s cheeks, by a flaunting of factitious ignorance, or by exclamations that mislead. Contradiction of the irresponsible little offender, or explanation, find slim credence. The grown-ups who hear smile inwardly. Would a dear little innocent like that be capable of misrepresenting? But the dear little innocent, stimulated into a distorted view of what has always been familiar before, becomes unconsciously a poseur, and does misrepresent. “Oh, mamma!” exclaims a precious little four-year-old, under the glow and excitation of sudden “company” to dinner, “A - hat have we got flowers on the table for? Oh! don’t they look pretty—flowers on the table!” Small purpose does it serve —the reproachful reminder of the humiliated parent: “Why, darling, you know we have flowers on the table every meal!” Not a guest but secretly believes the decoration novel to the baby eyes. “Papa, what is dat big brown sing dere by you?” queries artlessly the tiny maid, to whom turkey is the most ordinary of diet, but who is excited into a pose by the presence of guests. Few mothers but have known the exasperation sometimes of the little one’s gleeful cry before visitors: “Ofi, mamma, you all dressed up! What you put on your pretty dress for, mamma?” When mamma is really in her most ordinary attire. Everybody knows such instances, and yet evenbody secretly discounts parental contradiction. Truly, the processes of the infant mind are many a time inscrutable.— Demorest’s.

Up Mont Blanc by Rail.

A railway is ta be made up Mont Blanc. The promoter is M. Fabre, a Frenchman, who has already submitted his plans to the prefect of Haute Savoie. The line will leave Houches, passing underground in a rock tunnel, and be worked by electricity. It is to be about seven miles long and have some 12 stations on the most picturesque parts of the route for travelers to obtain the views. Ere 16ng a tourist will be able to take the train at Paris and debark on the summit of Europe.

A Fence to Lean On.

Two men decided recently that their property would look better with no dividing fence between, and took it down. It was down a week when both women agreed to make their husbands put up the fence again. They had 1 >d no trouble, but a talk m ti.e backward without a fence to ean on wai like uneat without salt. The *enee * up to stay.—Atchiaon Globe.

It id Batter Bin. . out of • for butter alone.

MAKE FINE FIGHTERS.

Famous Little Ghoorkas, Who Help flap British' Soldiers in India. dE The famous Ghoorkas of the Brit-r ish army are hill men from Nepaxu They positively have no fear of death, in any shape or form, and will follow their English officers anywhere, being tractable and amenable to discipline, and having an innate love of fighting. They like to be brigaded and associated with British troops, with whom they chum in an extraordinary manner, especially on active service. It i» a popular error to suppose that they don’t possess caste, as there are at least a dozen different castes amongr them, but directly they go on service they drop all caste prejudices and eat and drink with English troops without reserve. They will accept tobaeco or a cigar from an Englishman, but a man of one caste must not smoke in the company of a man of another. The Ghoorkas trace their descent from the Central Indian Rajpoots, the Thappas and Gurungs especially asserting that they have the bluest Hindoo blood in India in their They have intermarried for generations with Mongolian woman, and onw would have supposed that in time at distinctively new type would have beeen evolved, combining the leading" characteristics of both races. But this is not so, as most of the Ghookas. have either the Afyan or Chinese cast of countenance. Europeans generally suppose that all Ghoorkas are short, squat men, with broad nostrils, high cheek bones and deep-set, narrow eyes, but this is not the case. The First and Second regiments of Ghoorkas, that have covered themselves with glory in this campaign, have a large number of Thappas and Gurungs in their ranks, who are of slight build, with beautifully chiseled and sharp features, thoroughly Aryan in every way. Ghoorkas have two noted peculiarities, which give them a boyish look. They are short of stature, and, in spit® of great care, never are able to cultivate much hair on their faces. It is on record that when Lord Roberts was marching through the Kurram, the Pathan women and children stood and jeered at the little boyish Ghoorkas, whom they thought he was leading to certain destruction, but they changed their opinion when the Afghan army was driven headlong from the Piewar Kotal with the aid of the same little hill men. A story is told of an Afghan who traveled a long way to see the terrible soldiers who had defeated his countrymen in so many battles. When he saw the Ghoorkas standing on guard at the “Bala Hissar,” in Cabul, he committed suicide in “very shame.”’ It is not known generally that air association has been formed to provide for and educate the orphan sons of Ghoorka soldiers who have died in the service or been killed in action, and the sons of Ghoorka pensioners of good and deserving character, living in India, who are in destitute circumstances, with the view of their entering the army or other government employ. Each of the 15 Ghoorka battalions in the Indian service has a widow and orphan fund, to which all ranks subscribe. The maharajah of Puttiala has given land required for an asylum, and the Nepaulese princes and others have given financial help also.—Philadelphia Inquirer.

A Woman’s Annual Tramp.

The American papers have been giving an account of an aged woman who has regularly walked once a year from Bangor. Me., to New York, 450 miles, for the enjoyment of the thing, [ since 1824, when she was 16 years old. Marquis de La Fayette was then visiting. America,Mnd the girl,’Mary Harley, being too poor to ride, walked to New York to see him, paying her way by selling pencils on the road. Shw enjoyed her trip so much that she has since then repeated it annually. She is now turned 90, yet does not look io old, and seems to be a person of natural refinement. On her trip this year her sales of pencils proved inadequate for the first time to meet her frugal expenses, and on reaching New York she was obliged to apply to charity for aid, when her curious feat became public.

Spent Two Nights at Home.

It is said that the two nights an Atchison man lay in his coffin in bis parlor some months ago were the first whole nights he had spent at home ia ten years.-—Atchison Globe.

Fools, But Not Tested.

Some people have nevsr purchased a gold fyrick for no other reason than that the gold brick man has never suspected them of having tho priest —Atchison Globo.