Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1901 — Page 2

POLITICS OF THE DAY

SUBSIDY GRAB SET BACK. j , ‘ Senator Hanna nud liis ship subsidy grab received another hard jolt Tues j jfiay. For the second time since it was (taken up for consideration in December it has been rudely and effectively displaced from its commanding position as the unfinished business of the Senate. Mr. Ilanna was on hand to nee the grab kicked about the chamber •Ike a football and he hadn't a word to bay in protest. Senator Frye, knowtag what was coming, had convenient-] ly Absented himself. Tints he was not (forced into the position of having to yield or refusing to yield. -The grab, says a Washington correspondent, was laid before the Senate at 1 o’clock while the District of Columbia appropriation Dili was dicing considered. Senator Allison, however, find no intention of permitting an important appropriation bill to be thrust aside. Acting upon the authority vest od in him by the steering committee at its meeting last week, he endeavored to let down Frye and Hanna without jolting them too severely by moving that the ship subsidy bill be laid aside temporarily. Senator Jones of Arkansas promptly and emphatically objected to fills course. He said that the effort of granting the request would t»e to continue the ship subsidy bill as the unfinished business and lie did not believe that this should be done in view of the condition of the Senate business. If the appropriation bills should fail, their failure, lie said, would be I due to keeping the ship sulisidy bill ponding, and he thought that the country should understand this provision to set aside everything else for that measure. Senator Jones declared that there were other subjects more important than the ship subsidy grab that ought to take precedence and informed the Republicans that if an extra session were called it would not he called because the Democrats had not given them an opportunity to transact the legitimate legislative business of the country. He wound up by objecting to temporarily laying the ship subsidy bill asble. Then Senator Allison reflected the oppositiou to the actual Republican leaders of the Seuate In the methods employed by the ship subsidy grab lobby by exelalmlug with determined voice: “Then. Mr. President, I move that the consideration .of the District of Columbia appropriation bill be proceeded with." Hanna looked on with reddening face aid clinched hands. He was evidently under great mental strain, but appreciating the character and quality of the olds arrayed against, him. he remained silent. Ills precious bill went tumbling down to the foot of the cal endar.

Make Them Pay for Oppression. Humor has It that a strong lobby will represent the holders of 11450,000,000 Kpanisli-Culmu bonds when the new eonstltutlou for Cuba comes before Congress. The idea Is to have Congress take some action toward Cornell Jag Culm to assume payment of that enormous obligation contracted by tty*ln In the effort to put down the Cuban revolution. Spain alone Is responsible for the payment of those bonds; Spain aloue used the proceeds of their sale to support its tyrannical rule la Cuba. If any lobby appears In Washington to urge an unjust claim against Cuba it should be Invited to transfer itself to Madrid and convince the Spanish government it was wrong when it repudiated the debt.—Pittsburg Dispatch. Tlie I-'nrthelming Junket. Then* is a delightful Junket ahead for iils>ut three eminent Americans who stand well with the administration. A ‘ ‘‘special embassy” is to Is* sent to London as the representative of the resident of tin' United States at the coronation of King I'M ward. A special era-luiHt-y was scut to the coronation of the tjzar and also one to attend the jubilee of file late Queen Victoria. The latter. It will lie recalled, consisted of Whitelaw Iteld, Admiral Miller and (Jen. Miles. It would be safe to wager, however. that (leu. Miles will not be of the nest party. Savannah News. In the lutere.t of Subsidies. It ts quite likely that the extra see ■ion. If called, will he as much for the puri*oso of granting subsidies for ships as for providing a form of civil government for tin* Philippines nud arranging the details of government In Ouba. And when subsidies are given to the shipping Interests it may Ist taken for granted that other interests will press their claims for bounty. The ndmtnistratlou will he fortuunle In that event If It shuts the doors of the treasury l>efore the surplus has vanished. Having thing* Their Own Way. The trusts are certainly havingthiugs feholr own way. It may he said, with much more ruefulness than humor, that they are preparing to ride the American people a merry race on land and sea alike. And It's the American pisiple who must pay all expenses and lose Hie race If McKinleyism and trustism continue to prevail iu American government.—St. Ixiuls Republic. Skh Plum* t > He Distributed. Koine of the Senators nt Washington betray uuusual eagerness to get the artny bill out of the way and on the •federal statute book. This measure creates, among other things, about 90U

new offices in the line and 150 In the staff, and all of these rich plums are to be distributed by the President, subject to confirmation by the Senate. It is the largest slice of patronage that lias been offered for many a year, and anxiety for Its prompt enjoyment Is naturally aroused among the patron-age-loving Senators.—Philadelphia Record. Oluey’a Words Fully Jnatifiel. The most scathing Indictment of the money power In polities during the feceut presidential campaign came from tlie pen of Richard Olney when he announced his preference for the Bryan presidential candidacy. There were many who regarded his utterance as extreme. Yet the Justification of his indictment may now he based upon the single fact of the triumphant return of Mr. Quay of ,Pennsylvania to the United States Senate. So sodden a triumph of plutocratic power impels us to turn hack to Mr. Olney's words-and ask if they were not an accurate description of tlie influence of “commercialitun” in the country's affairs.— Springfield (Mass.) Republican. Wily It Came to light. The report of the Taft commission, telling liow lovely everything is in the Philippines and how only a few policemen are now needed there, was in hand for a long time, but was not put out until 'the army bill was as good as safe. This Is close work, to be sure, but presenting the commission’s report now gives excuse for an extra session of Congress in which to do something for the Philippines, andMn which it ought not to be impossible to push the ship subsidy bill a great deal further along. —Philadelphia Times. refr.-ni'llne the Syndicatei. Even the firm and ndamantlne gorge of the administration rises at a sfiß,000,000 river and linrhor bill—not because of its wastefulness, but because of Its huge Inroads on the surplus at a critical season when all sorts of syndicates are clamoring for opportunities to empty the public treasury. Should an executive veto be deemed essential In the party interest the innocent would suffer with the guilty; the Important public work with the petty private job.—Philadelphia Record. Distributing the Plnnder, Economy in public expenditures Is now regarded by most Senators and Representatives ns an old fashioned virtue. They manage to distribute the outlay so widely that nearly every community gets Rome pnrt of It. This keeps any section from making a loud outcry. It has taken but a very few years for the expenses of running the Federal government for a two-year period to Increase from $1,000,000,000 to $1,500,000,000. How long will It be before the $2,000,000,000 mark Is reached ?-Saglnaw News.

A Quarrel of Monopolist#. 'five well-nigh universal demand that the United States shall keep hands off the latest Veneauelan Imbroglio rather disproves the claims of the Imperialists that they have succeeded in cultivating a warlike spirit in America. The i>eople of the United State* have enough of war now. They are not thirsting for blood. The quarrel In Venezuela appears to is* a controversy between those who arc engaged In trying to monopolize the bounties of nature.—Dos Moines leader. The President’* Purposes. The President believes in Laving two strings to bis bow. He Is exercislug unlimited authority as commander in chief of the army. He desires also unlimited authority as an extra-constitu-tional ruler. Thus lie will be able to give the Filipinos any kind of government, military or civil or a little of each, that his imperial wisdom may determine. What becomes of the Constitution of the United States in the meanwhile is not giving him much concern. Philadelphia Times. Something Not Yet Kxptnincd. Just why, nt the request of the national asphalt trust, the government at Washington has sent the warship Scorpion to Gunnoco filth orders to make war upon Venezuela In certain vaguely defined eventualities does not appear. The Scorpion Is not a very formidable vessel, but the Kenrsarge or the Massachusetts Is said to be scheduled to follow her. Is this the opening of a new’ chapter of expansion?—New York World. Having a bard Time. Tlie troubles gathering about Mnrk Hanna and Ills subsidy bill are increasing with tlie “process of the suns.” Nearly every new Senator who has lieen elected will he against the subsidy bill if It goes over to the extra session. The new ones who have come In the Senate this session In the place of those removed by death or to fill vacancies are not In favor of Hanna’a looting scheme.—Duluth Herald. The People Pnjr the Freight. Hanna, Depew, Frye and the Inter, national Navigation. Company, tlie Pacific Mall Steamship Conqmny and tha Standard Oil Company will doubtlesa rejoice greatly when the subsidy bill la passed. The American people will not rejoice. They pay the freight—and the freight in this instance amounts to a fISO,000,(KM) tax on the people.—Bt. Louis Republic.

AS TO WINDOW GARDENING.

Con mon Rules that Will I nan re Vine Plante. Nine-tenths of the windows used for window gsrdening are too crowded for the plants to look well or to do well. Turn a new leaf right now by throwing away every poor or insignificant growth. Better to buy new stock in the spring than to turn your precious window space Into a hospital ward for jdckly plants. Keep the foliage immaculately clean. Wash the leaves once or twice every week. A plant’s lungs are Its leaves. Showering the foliage washes the dirt out of the pores, refreshes the plant and imparts vigor. Besides this, clean plants do not harbor insects, the greatest foe of the Indoor garden, and the hardest to tight. Loosen the crusted earth at the top of the pots, says the Washington Star. The roots need air, and in soft, pliable earth they get It by capillary transmission. A hard toil crust seals the soil up as though In a Jug. Neither air nor water finds free entrance through It. Plants hi hard soil often suffer from lack of moisture at the roots, though water has been given every day. Slide tlie shades up to the top of the upper sash; take down the curtains at the plant Windows, and let God’s Invigorating sun shine in. Sunshine to a plant lg what gold is to a Klondike miner. v In extremely cold weather stay the watering pot. Plants need little water during severe weather, and they chill or freeze twice as quickly after a fresh drenching. If watering becomes absolutely necessary, have It the temperature of the room, and give only in the morning. Watering in the evening during a cold snap Is to invite.a visit from Jack Frost. Pet your plants. Turn them, train them into shape as they grow, pick off every dead leaf or faded flower. Haphazard care does not pay with house plants.

JUST LIKE RAISING THE DEAD.

An Account of a Grewaome Experiment in a Hospital in Denmark. Dr. Soren Christiansen of Missoula, Mont., was in Minneapolis on his way home after a two months’ visit In Denmark, ami told the Times of a remarkable attempt to bring back to life a man who had died in a hospital at Naestved, Denmark. The experiment was measurably successful, as resuscitation was effected several hours after the man was pronounced dead. Dr. Maag, who was iu charge, was unable to maintain life, however. The patient had died from typhoid fever and Dr. Maag decided to try an experiment Respiration had ceased completely and the body was cold. Direct massage of the heart was resorted to. The chest was cut open directly over the heart, and through the incision the physician passed his hand and sefted the heart. He commenced a series of compressions, and in short time the heart commenced to work of its own accord. The action of the heart gradually became stronger, but the man had not commenced to breathe. Only after the heart had been acting half an hour did the first gasp for air come. The patient was then assisted in this for about an hour, until finally he was able to breathe quite freely. At the some time his cheeks began to assume a natural color. He lay in this condition another half hour, but without regaining consciousness or appearing to feel the effects of the incision. Then there was a reaction and respiration ceased, although the heart continued to act eight hours longer. A seeond effort was made to induce heart action, but without result.

Manufactures in Poland.

Warsaw has a population of 675,000. In ten years this will be doubled.* Besides being a distributing point for wliat Asia wants to send to Europe, it is a manufacturing city. It makes sugar, leather, cotton, wool, iron, gold ami silvefware, and shoes for the rest of tlie continent. It sends more than a third of a million dollars’ worth of beet sugar aloue In a year to America. Warsaw's outlying neighboring city, Lodz, known as the Polish Manchester, Is fast gnining on its English rival. Its thousands of spindles turn out cotton for tlie world. The industrial and comm< rcinl impulse tlint has characterized Russia'of the present generation Is nowhere more strikingly evident than in what was the old kiugdom of Poland, and particularly iu its ancient capital, Warsaw.

Georgia Honesty.

A peculiar bill for services lias recently come before the Georgia legislature for allowance. A criminal lu Imprisonment hud been pardoned by the Governor of the State. Ity some eonfusion la th<> official papers the pardon did not reach him for several mouths after It was issued. Upon this he petitioned (lie Legislature to be remunerated for the work he had done for tlie State in the time tlint lie had continued in confinement through tlie mistake tlint bad been made. The legislature passed the net awarding the man the money. Whether it did this because of the value of ills lnlior to the State or contributed it as a compensation for being unnecessarily deprived of liberty 1* not stilted. It was liberal action In either point of view.

Conflicting Orders.

“The average philosopher," said Ilenpcck, musingly, “Is an unreasonable creature.*’ “What’s the matter now?” naked his Mend. “Oh. while my wife wna sitting for her picture to-day the fool photographer sung out, ‘Look plensnnt, please. Bo natural.’ ’’—Philadelphia Press.

GEORGE WASHINGTON.

AS BUSINESS MAN.

Probably the Largest Land Owner in the United Btatea. As a man of business Washington was extremely methodical. Everything was figured down to the penny, and there was no guesswork about the returns from any of his properties. He was eminently successful, and his property outside of Mount Vernon, and not Including his wife’s estate, amounted to $530,000. He was probably the largest owner of land In America, his holdings exceeding 50,000 acres. The Mount Vernon estate came Into the possession of the Washington family in 1074. It originally consisted of 5,000 acres, hut when it was inherited by Washington from his brother Lawrence the property was just half that size. Washington was in the market for all the available land adjoining, and at the time of his death he owned 8,000 acres in the immediate vicinity of his residence. He made wise selections of lands which were tendered to officers of the French and Indian war, and by buying out the patents of other officers he secured ownership of more than 40,000 acres of land in the western part of the colony. He made large sales from this domain, but what was left was valued at over $300,000 in the inventory of his property. J ust after the Revolutionary War Washington and Gov. Clinton of New York obtained 0,000 acres in the Mohawk valley. Two-thirds of it was sold at n big profit and the remainder he held at his death. In the location of the new capital on the Potomac Washington invested heavily in the vicinity of the present city of Washington and built many houses. He also built bouses in Alexandria. As a farmer Washington early drifted from the exclusive cultivation of tobacco to other crops, and later introduced a system of rotation by which the soil did not btk*ome exhausted. In time Mouut Vernon became the manufacturing censer for the population of 300 people who ived on the plantation. Everything that could bo made on the plantation wns produced, and the necessity of buying from the outside was reduced to the lowest limit. He had looms, blacksmith shops, wagon shops, flour mills—ln short, every vurlety of industry where slave labor could lie utilized to advantage. He became devoted to improving the breed of sheep and of stock generally. He wns interested in n couple of banks which paid good dividends and put money into several canal companies. All in nil, he was a business man on a large scale, and while he suffered heavy losses from the depreciation of currency during the revolutionary struggle, they were more than recouped by his successful ventures In land speculate in. Had Washington been horn 100 years later he would have been undoubtedly one of the “captains of Industry” of the present era.

Washington’s Rules for Conduct.

When Washington )vas 12 yenrs old his elder brother, Laurence, found neatly written In a book rules for liehavlor, which the lad had set down for his own guidance. No one had suggested such a plan to the child, which, of course, makes the fact the more remarkable. Wo give a few of these noble rules: Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your reputation; for it Is better to be alone than in bad company. Every action In company ought to be with aome sign of respect to those present. Speak not when others spenk; sit not when others stand; speak not when you should bold your peace; walk not when others stop. Wherein you reprove another. In* unblamable yourself; for example is better than precept. Labor to keep in your heart that little •park of celestial lire called conscience. Let your recreations be manful, not ■infill. Seek not to lessen the merits of others; neither give more thnn due praise. Be not hasty to believe flyiug reports to the injury of any. Go not thither where you know not whether yon shall Ik* welcome. Give not advice without being asked; nnd, when desired, do it briefly. Gase not on the marks nnd blemishes •f others, and ask not bow they came.

What you may speak in secret, deliver not before others. Think before you speak; pronounce not imperfectly, nor bring • out your words too hastily, but orderly and distinctly. Treat with men at right times about business, and whisper not in the company of others. Be not in haste to relate news if you know not the truth thereof. Undertake not what you cannot perform, but be careful to keep your promise. Speak not evil of the absent, for St is unjnet. Show not yourself glad at the misfortune of another, though he wen youy worst enemy.

George Washington.

Down the road to Valley Forge, in t+'» grip of winter weather. Death, defeat and hunger stalked along; Phantoms grim upon tils vision; wuudTlng If his God would ever Crush th 6 tyrant, help the helpless, right the wrong. Patient in disaster he, misery and want around him Who a ragged hand of heroes led; Blackest specters of the night ever vigilant they found him. True and faithful to a cause so nearly dead. Out of depths like these he came, and the dawning of a nation Was the guerdon that he wrested from ths foe; For himself the wreath of laurel, steadfast love and adoration Of a hundred million freemen here below. Gone the day of Valley Forge, gone the misery and sorrow. Like the clouds before the sun all melt away; Aid memory Immortal will hall his nam« to-morrow As bis countrymen remember It to-day.

The Thoughtful Parent.

“And now, my son, I want to give you a little lesson. We have here a cherry tree, a little hatchet and the life of George Washington. I take a little branch from the tree and- 4

gives you a little licking thus

and now you mny road the book and enjoy it, while you have the advantage of the father of your country in experience nnd I will save my cherry tree, giving you n valuable Icason at the same Mine.”—Chicago Chrouicle.

Washington Conundrums.

"Where did Washington tnke his first ride?" “When he took n hack at the tree.” “How do we kuow he slept in an upright position?” “Hecnuse he could not lie.” “When was he apprenticed to u blacksmith?” “When he spent a winter at Valley Forge.” “Where would ho always meet defeat?” “On a postage stamp—anyone could lick him." “Why was he like a piano?” “Because he was grand, upright and mpinre.” The “nbandoued" farms of Massachusetts nrc fast being.taken up. Three yenrs ngo theve were 330 thus classed In the Htnte. A recent enumeration shows there are now but 136.

FIEND’S AWFUL CRIME.

E«»4wi>ti| Assault Perpetrated Upow „.«» Ohio Society Girl. Walter A. Weinstock, the 18-year-old son of a wealthy farmer, made a murderous ofesault upon a young society girl of Hackhey, Ohio, Mias Nellie Morris. The

assault was committed in a lonely place which Miss Morris was passing <9 the early evening on her return from the postofflee. Weinstock lay in wait, and as she passed sprang npon her. She fought desperately, and her'assailant drew a razor and cut her throat, severing the neck muscles and laying bare the

MISS MORRIS.

jugular vein. Even then her struggles did not cease, and iu her frantic efforts to disarm her would-be murderer, she grasped the razor. Weinstock drew it from her and in doing so cut her fingers off, and then slashed her wrists, arms and back. Help came in response to her screams, and Weinstock fled. Miss Morris’ injuries were such that it was ex-

pected that she would immediately die, but her vitality kept her up. Weinstock was pursued and cap-J tured at his homeJ He confessed to-the] crime. Ever since' childhood Wei nstock has evinced vicious tendencies and has given his relatives no end of, concern. But n

WALTER WEINSTOCK

short time since he was released from the reformatory, where he served a town f6r attempting to kill his father.

NEGRO LYNCHED BY MOB.

Assailant of a White Woman Hanged lit, Paris, Ky. George' Carter, n negfo, paid the extreme penalty of his crime of assault upon Mrs. W. E. Bofid about three weeks ago at the hands of a mob at Paris, Ky. About 2 o'clock n. m. thirty determined men appeared at the jail door and demanded admittance of Jailer Kiser. He refused and the door was hurst open. The jailer was overpowered in an instant, the keys secured and in less than five minutes Carter was in the hands of the mob. He refused to make any statement. It was the work of only a minute to place a rope around his neck, and he was then half-dragged to the entrance of the courthouse. The rope was thrown over the iron arch leading to the entrance, and, while several pulled on the rope, others lifted his body. He died by strangulation. The mob then quietly dispersed. During the whole nffnir there was not a loud word spoken. Scarcely anyone in the town, outside of the immediate participants, knew that the lynching was to occur. At 12:30 o’clock the electric lights were extinguished, and the town was in total darkness. Before the men dispersed they pinned a card on the body of th 4 negrtb hearing this Inscription: “This will be the fat« of nil negroes who assault white women.’ The other occupants of the jail, who are all negroes, were greatly frightened, nud their cries and mouniugs could be heard for several blocks. The crime was a most atrocious one.

Few-Line Interviews.

Ellis H. Roberts, Treasurer of th« United States—Pennies are not composed entirely of copper, the alloy being 85 per cent copper, 2 per cent tin and 3 per cent zinc. They cost the government about 42 cents a pound for “blanks,” meaning the circular disks prepared ready to receive the impression of the die. As it takes about 148 to weigh a pound, the government apparently makes $1.0(1 on every pound of pennies minted, nnd would, in fact, make this surplus were it not tlint they are redeemable in gold upon presentation at the treasury, if ever presented, though, of course, the amount presented for redemption is comparatively small. All of the pennies coined in this country are minted at Philndtdphia by law. T. S. Gregory of Minnesota—ls it was not for a dominion law that game cannot be brought across the border into the United States, hunting in Canada would be one of the most profitable lines of business in which a man could engage, provided, of course, that he was a successful hunter. There is plenty of deer in Canada, and the large cities on this side of the line furnish a market that could not be overstocked. Even ns it is a good deal of game is smuggled across, but tlie difficulty is so grent that the business cannot be made to pay. Thb law against the export of game is one of the wisest tlie dominion government over enacted, and it is not likely soon to be removed from the statute books. Rev. P. 8. Ilenson of Chicago—l l>elieve in second marriages. Of course, a man who has experienced an unhappy first marriage would qot, as a rule, be fool enough to try a second venture. But how different it is with the man who has f.nown the joys of one happy married period. He desires to create for himself a similar condition, a second state of bliss. A man cannot pay his tirnt wife a higher compliment than by taking unto himself n second helpmeet. If a deceased wife is happy In heaven with Christ and the angels, would she not, as a matter of course, desire t 0 nee her former husband happy here on earth? Would it not add to her happiness? James It. Hnshmatin of Constantinople—The Armenians are the only civilized people in Turkey. Thuw are about 2,000,000 of them. They have five big colleges of about the size of Williams or Amherst. The Armenians desire to progress, but the Turks do not, aqd the nations of Europe, through jealousy and for trade purposes, do not want Turkey enlightened, and so there you are, and wbat are you going to do about it? Population of Bt. Petersburg, Russia, is 1,439,000. ,