Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 October 1901 — Page 2

JOT COBWY DEMI. r. t. BABCOCK. [OiIOR AND PUBLISHES.

PAYING OIL IN AFRICA.

Official Reports Indicate Petroleum De* posits Are Extensive. » Consul General Stowe, of Cape Town,sends a report from Mr. Seavill, mining and land agent, of Kimberley, on the -discovery of indications of mineral oil in South Africa, with reports on said indications by geological ind mining experts, from which the following extracts have been taken: “The supposed oil belt in South Africa extends from the Ceres district across the country to Mossel bay on the coast, 250 miles east of Cape Town. The geological formation is the Devonian period throughout, locially known as the ‘Bokveldt beds/ Tre marked indications of the existence of petroleum in this belt are small quantities of gas escaping near the contact between the shales and sandstone; iridescent, oily looking paaches of film upon the surface of itanding water near these contacts; mysterious fires occurring on the bare veldt, burning for two or three months at a time. In the Mossel bay district another evidence of the existence of petroleum is found in the shape of the pitchy, bituminous substance between shales in the Gourits river. The geological and physical character and condition of the rocks in the Mossel district are favorable. The shales of the Bokveldt series are j compact and retentive in depth, while i the sandstones and other beds of the table mountain sandstone which ac- j company the shales are-well fitted by j nature to act as reservoirs.

“Two small companies have been formed in Kimberley for the purpose of securing prospective rights, and have obtained some GO,OOO to 70,000 acres. A syndicate has also been formed in Kimberley which has secured contracts covering about 200 farms in the Mossel bay district, but, beyond getting reports and putting i down a three-inch bore hole to 120 feet on Bailies. Gatt, nothing has been, done in the way of active prospecting. \ Neither the two Kimberley companies nor the Mossel bay syndicate are in a financial position to carry on the 1 work nor are they at present able to j secure the necessary capital for the j purpose. “The difficulties surrounding prospecting for petroleum in South Africa are very great and may he stated asfol- [ lows: First, the urgent want of experienced oil prospectors, competent i to decide authoritatively on oil formations and conditions, to locate proper ! spots for borings and'to conduct oper- ! ations to any neces-ary depth, and, second, the want of capital. The area of country showing indications is so great and' the land so cheap that it might be worth the serious attention of Americans interested in the oil industry. There are no laws in Cape i Colony referring to petroleum mining., and up to quite recently the crown has claimed no rights whatever, but the surveyor g. neral has had such rights reserved in all recent issues of titles to crown lands.”

A MODERN SHREW TAMER.

The Farson’s Way of Meeting and Subduing a Virago. While a well-known divine was still a lay preacher he was warned about a certain virago, and told that &he intended to gi\e him a tonguelashing. “All right,” he replied, “but that's a gatne at which two can play,” Not long after, as he passed her gate one morning, she assailed him with a flood of abuse. He smiled and said: “Yes, thank you. 1 am quite well. I hope you are the same.” Then came another outburst of vituperation, pitched in a still higher key, to which he replied, still smiling: “Yes, it does look rather as if it was going to rain; I think I had better be getting on!” “Bless the man,” she exclaimed, “he’s as deaf as a post; what’s the use of storming at him?” And so her ravings ceased and were never again attempted.—London TitBits.

Still on the Statute Books.

An unrepealed law of the pilgrim fathers in New England reads: “All women, of whatever rank, profession or whether maids or widows, who shall, after this act, impose upon or betray into matrimony any of his majesty’s subjects by virtue of scents, cosmetics, washes, paints, artificial teeth, false hair or high heels, shall incur the penalty of the law now in force against witchcraft.”

GIVING HIM A TIP.

Bat the Boarder Had Mistaken Man Ha Waa Talking ToWhen the new boarder went into the dining-room and sat down there was only one other person at the table. The new boarder had a kind heart and thought he would be affable. ' “I s’pose you’ve boarded here for *ome time?” he said to the other man.

“Yes.” “How is it?” Any good ?” “Yes, pretty fair. I have no comj plaint to make.” “Landlady treat you decent?” “Well, perhaps I ought to—” and , then he -hesitated., “Oh, never mind, old man,” said j the new bo-arder. “That’s all right. | I’m on. But say, mebbe you never tried chucking her under the chin once in awhile? That’s the way to get on with’em. I never had a landlady that didn’t treat me A 1 yet. It’s all in the way you handle’em. Call’em ‘sister’ and give ’em soft, sweet, cozy talk about their looks. That’s the way to fetch ’em. I’ll bet I can live here for a month right now without being asked for a cent. Watch me nudge her when she comes in. Before this time to-morrow she’ll be telling me her family history. Poor old girl! She looks as if she’d had her troubles. Probably got tied up to some John Henry who was about man enough to shoo chickens out of the yard, and that’s all. My name’sHudfon. Let’s see, I haven’t heard yours, have I?” “No—no, I believe not. But it doesn’t matter, I’m just the landlady’s husband”—London Tit-Bits.

TOO SUCCESSFUL.

Tke Lesson an American Learned in Paris About Advertising. “Wanted—A young French woman to give lessons toan American gentleman. Apply Hotel , ten o’clock Friday.” The foregoing advert i sem en t, prin ted in a Paris paper, almost caused a riot at the hotel at the hour named. The American gentleman was G. Webster Jones, of San Francisco. Mr. Jones left orders that he would receive applicants in a room at the hotel. and they might be admitted to the corridor pending his arrival. When he got there he found a line that reached out into the street and extended all the way to the Place Yendome. b ive hundred dashing Parisian women were clamoring for a sight of the “American gentleman.” They were unanimously resolved to give him lessons. Jones was paralyzed at the sight, and fled, leaving the hotel people to get out of the scrape as best they might. The manager and clerks argued in vain. The women would not be pacified. They clamored fora sight ot the evasive American. The police were called. The women were suit out. but more women kept coming all day. The hotel was under police protection for 24 hours. Jones fled to another hotel, a wiser, and perhaps a better man. He is now convinced that people read advertisements, hut he has retired from the business.—Paris Mi -sengtr.

SLY DOG!

Th.ujjht He Knew a Way of Gaming a Sweet Reward. A number of children were having a lively time playing on the end of a pier when one of them in his excitement overbalanced himself and fell into the sea. His playmates cried loudly for help, but no one old e nough was near. Just as the child was rising for the third time a great Newfoundland dog ran amongst them and plunged into the sea after the child and brought him safely to land. Vi hile the child was being taken home a number of the younger children took the dog to a confectioner’s shop and there treated it with cakes and sweet things. Next day some of the same childre n were playing on the pier, when their friend the dog again came to them. Finding that no one had fallen into the water, he watched his chance and pushed a tiny girl over the edge. He j then made a rush up and down, darted into the water, and brought her to her friends, at the same time looking at the children waiting for the treatment he had received the day before. But this time they were not so ready to spehd their holiday pence. —London Tit-Bits.

Don’t Lend.

Some people are good friends till they owe you, and then they get mad. —Washington (la.)Democrat.

A General Desire.

Almost anybody wants to be considered a good neighbor.—Washington (la.) Democrat.

HOW JONES SAVED THE EGGS.

Bat Vu GUd to Lot the Fool Fowl Escape. George Washington Jefferson Jone* is a colored man with a reputation, says the Milwaukee- Sentinel. .Heis one of the most highly respected inhabitants of the “bad lands.” On Sundays he attires himself in his “glad rags” and presides at the church door in the capacity of deacon. Mr. Jone 6 has the proverbial fondness of the negro for chickens and eggs, and a familiar sight in the vicinity of his hack yard is the black man applying the ax to the neck of alive chicken. • Georeg was on Third street and Grand avenue on a recent Saturday. He carried a large market basket on his arm and trudged along contentedly humming a ragtime melody. It was an extremely innocent looking ; market basket he carried, and it j looked strongenough, too, until some- j thing began to stir under the cloth i which covered it. George stopped j whistling and grasped at something I underneath the cloth, but he could j not stay that squirming.

Suddenly the handle of the basket broke and the basket dropped to the ground-. It was suddenly overturned by a large hen which poked its neck out, flew out and went cackling down the street. On the ground lay the bas- 1 ket, a long stream of yellow running toward the curb. George eyed the situation philo- j sophically. “ ’Tain’t no use for me to ! folia dat hen,” he said. “A hen has a ’tic’lar ’version to colored fo’ks. | ’Sides a bird in de hand’s wuth two in : de bush, an’ I ain’t a gwine to chase | dat fool fowl. Just you all watch yoh | old uncle. Heah goes,” and so saying | the old darky picked- up the broken j egges in the market basket and swal- | lowed them one by one. He walked to the curb and craned j His neck in watching the excited boys ! chasing the hen down the street. He ! returned to the middle of the sidewalk,! kicked the remnants of the basket into the street and walked away sadly. “Nevah had no use foh dat bird nohow,” said he. “She looked at me with a mean eye when I bought her. Always buy yoh chickens dressed, men. always buy yoh chickens dressed.”

ADVERTISING IN ENGLAND.

British Newspapers Prejudiced Against Large Display Notices. An odd newspaper war is on in England, says the Syracuse PostStandard. It is between the publishers and tin- advertisers, and the contention of the latter is that they should be allowed .to use the columns of the papers for display advertising, which privilege the heads of the leading pubiications’refuse to'grant. It ie another evidence of how American ideas and methods are gaining hold in England. So pronounced lias the movement become that the advertisers are organizing to force the publishers to grant their desires. The editor of the Advertisers’ Review is quoted os expressing this sentiment: “The great London papers treat their advertisers with contempt. They lay down stupid principles respecting the kind of type that shall bei Used and adhere to it. in spite of thafact that this course is an idiotic- failure so far as advertising purposes are concerned. When asked why they persist in these methods they simply reply: ‘lt is a rule.’ There are merchants of long standing who have been compelled to quit business because the newspapers have prevented their advertising effectively. “Thousands of us concede that the fertile American mind has produced the cleverest advertising conceit* known, and we should be glad to adopt them did- not the fatuity and stagnation, misnamed ‘conservatism/ block the way. The retail merchant* intend to break the backbone of the big dailies if it takes all summer.” Display advertising, when kept within proper limits, is not only profitable to the merchant and to the publisher, but to the reader, and it is rather surprising that the English newspaper managers do not recognize the- fact.

New Kind of Glassware.

The Germans have invented a new kind of glassw are. This cloisonne glass, as it is called, is similar to stained glass, but is claimed to be superior. The design is prepared in double brass wires and the interstices are filled with small pieces of colored glass. Thedesign is then mounted upon a large sheet of plain glass, to which it is firmly attached by means of a translucent cement. Another similar sheet of glass is then placed upon the top of th» design in the same way, so that the colored glass is inserted between two shee U of giass.

HE TOOK A FEW NOTES

Te'ls British Manufacturers to Hustle, or Uncle Sam Will Surely Get the Earth. OUR COMPETITION 13 DANGEROUS. Snys a South African Agent to Britishers, and It Is Growing Worse und More of It. London, Oct. 24.—The Daily Mall publishes an interview wlthh Charles Bletteiiinn Elliott, general manager of tin- Cape government railways, on -the result of his recent visit to the United States. ’‘American industrial competition is serious,” says Elliott, “as it has only just begun. Splendid new machinery and new methods are everywhere in preparation, and work will be undertaken on such a scale as .to make successful competition difficult. My strong advice to the British firms is to visit the United States and see for themelvee. What greatly surprised me was the extent of the use of automatic machinery, nothing like which Is to be seen in England.” Johnny Ball ft Lit tie Slow.

After describing various large works ! lie visited in the United States lie goes | on to refer to the use of American locoI motives on the Cape railways, explainj ing that it was only urgent hurry which ! led to their employment, as the British | firms asked for eighteen months and ! the American but six to complete the ! order. Cape Prefers British Manufactures* I Tlie Cape Town correspondent of The aPily Mail, referring to the attacks in London on Elliott for giving orders to the United States, says he has made Inquiries of the Cape minister of railways and the managerof tlieeompantes concerned and Is in a position to exonerate Elliott. “No orders were placed anywhere." the correspondent asserts, “except with the sanction of the Cape government. Mr. Elliott’s mission being simply one of inquiry and advice. The Cape government gave a preference to the extent of 10 per cent, in price over .foreigners for all goods manufactured within the British empire: and only British inability to complete within the time limit led to the giving of some orders to the United States.” Will lie No Britifth Steel Irtiftt. London. Oc. 24.—0 n the authority of the secretary of one of the largest steel companies in England a representative of the Associated Press is able to say that there will not be any steel trust formed here. There may possibly be some combinations of the smaller concerns, but the steel trade of England Is practically in the hands of three firms, and these concerns emphatically deny that they eontemplateamalgamation or aborptlon.

BUFFALO FAIR FINANCES

Pint Mortgage Bond* I.ook I.ike Possible Par—Others Out Nothing. Buffalo, X. Y., Oct. 24.—-The PanAmerican Exposition company had $804,000 In cash to its credit yesterday to be devoted to paying an additional proportion of the first mortgage bonds. Already $1,250,000 f the $2,500,000 first mortgage bonds has been paid. The exposition has nine days more. If it should clear $50,000 a day for the nine days it would have sufficient cash to make the last payment on the first mortgage bonds. The holders of the second mortgage bonds seem to agree that no payment will be made to them. The unpaid contractors are clamoring to get the 70 per cent still due on their claims, but thus far they have been unsuccessful.

Des Moines Gun Club Shoots.

Des Moines, lowa. Oct. 24.—1 n the first annual amateur handicap shoot of tiie Des Moines Gun club .T. M. Hughes, of Palmyra, Wis.. was first with 173 birds out of a possible l.so. Guy Burnrlde. of Knoxville. Ills., was second with 107: W. Witleaf, of Nichols. la., was third with lfid, and A. B. McDowell, of Adair, la., was fourth with DM.

Just Been L ying There Waiting.

Pueblo. Colo., Oct. 24.—The road to Buelah, In the southwest end of this county. Is lively with pilgrims on the way to tlie new gold field. Ore brought in yesterday is stated to assay $1,200 per ton. The locality is not over five miles from Buelah, a well known summer resort, and the newly opened gold veins have been in plain sight for years.

Too Much Reading Bad for Oratory.

Chicago, Oct. 24.—Dr. Harry Pratt Judson, dean of the University of Chicago, in addressing tlie seniors yesterday said: "We have no orators toibiv—that is. no orators of the first class. Tlie reason for the decline iu oratory Is the vast increase in reading." There was too much half education. he said.

record Price for Cattle.

Omaha. N’eli., Oct. 24.—Nineteen cattle. mixed steers and heifers, averaging 1,257 pounds. Tuesday brought S<;.KO a hundred, tlie highest price ever paid for beef cattle on the Bouth Omaha market. The cattle were two-year-olds of the white-face and shorthorn variety.

Carnegie Accepts the Post.

London. Oct. 24,—Andrew Carnegie, replying to the lumnimons request of the students that he allow himself to he nominated to the lord rectorship of St. Andrew’s University in succession to Professor James Stuart, whose term expires In November, has accepted the nomination.

Railways to Be Investigated.

Chicago. Oct. 24.—Alleged illegal practices of the railroads enstbonnd from Chicago In the way of jwol’ng and concessions to large Hhlpiters are to he Investigated by the Interstate commerce commission when It convenes here Nov. 1.

Fair to Close Nov. 2.

Buff.ilo. Ort. 24.—The hoard of directors of the Pnn-Amorican exposition lias adopted the following: “Resolved, 1 That Saturday, Nov. 2, at midnight be fixed as the time of tbe final closing ! of the exposition.” i

COLLEGE HONORS BESTOWED

President BoomtsU Now ■ Learned Doetor of Law. New Haven, Conn., Oct 24.—The ceremonies commemorating the close of YaJe’B second century are now a part of the rich history of that great in-

FHELPS MEMORIAL GATEWAY AND HALL, stitution. Yesterday’s exercises, the most imposing of the celebrations, were held in the Hyperion Theater and were the culminating features of the bicentennial, including, as they did, the bestowal upon men of great achievement the hoods of the university’s honorary degrees. There was an Impressive procession through the campus to the theater. Besides the conferring of degrees there were classical music, a commemorative poem and a Greek festival hymn (both composed for the occasion) and an address by Justice David J. Brewer of the United States supreme court. Tlie final official function was a final farewell reception by President and Mrs. Hadley at 5 p. m.. In which the president of the United States assisted. President Roosevelt left for Washington at 11 p. m. Among those given college honors were the following, who were made LL. Ds.: Theodore Roosevelt, John Hay. Archbishop Ireland. Bishop Potter. Bishop von Scheie. President Angell (of Michigan University) and Richard Olney. The list contains forty-seven names.

HALF A MILLION DOLLARS

XVli»t n Fire Cost the Owner* of a Packing; Plant at Hammoiid. In-i. Chicago, Oct. 24.—Half a million dollars’ worth of buildings and slaughtered cattle were destroyed by a fire which broke out in the plant of the G. 11. Ilfimmond Packing company at Hammond. Ind., last night. At midnight four buildings had toppled over In ruins and the flames were roaring •high alin ve the dismantled walls and threatening to destroy the ten structures that remained standing. Hammond's fire department was utterly unable to handle the fire and aid was sent from here and South Chicago. The loss is fully insured. The following buildings are in ruinsExport beef cooler, four-story brick and frame structure containing thousands of head of slaughtered cattle: cold storage warehouse for cuttle: beef slaughtering house, and sheep slaughtering house. Besides these half a dozen other building occupied as residences by officials of tlie company, and a brick structure for the general offices were also destroyed. Tlie fire was got under control at 11:30 p. m. The plant covers fifteen acres and 2.000 men are employed.

Bissell Dines With Washington.

New Haven. Conn., Oct. 23.—Booker T. Washington, who is attending tlie Yale bicentennial celebration, was a guest of Morris F. Tyler, treasurer of the university, at a dinner at Tyler's residence on Monday evening. Former Postmaster General Bissell also accepted an Invitation to dine with Tyler that evening, and met Washington. Tyler said yesterday that the invitations were sent and accepted about ten days before Washington dined with President Roosevelt in Washington.

He Sold Mortgaged Cattle.

Sioux City, lowa. Oct. 24.—J. M. Donaghue. of Sioux Rapids. lowa, who was arrested In Kansas City, has been brought to Sioux City, where he is charged with disposing of mortgaged cattle. It is now declared his alleged frauds will amount to more than sls.(ioq. Two banks have acknowledged already filed charges against him aggregating sfi,otX>. and several northwestern I own concerns are alleged to have been victims of Donaglme's peculations.

He Is Also a Convicted Criminal.

i'alias, Texas, Oct. 23.—The jury m the ease of O. H. Alexander brought in a verdict of guilty and assessed the punishment at five years in the penitentiary. Alexander, the defendant, was charged with arson in hiring a man to burn a building in this city in December, 18!)5, on which there was $15,000 insurance. lie was formerly president of the Dallas Consolidated Street Railway and is now head of one of the biggest of the Beaumont oil companies.

Nebraska Has a Candidate.

Lincoln, Neb.. Oct. 24.—A dispatch from Isis Angeles announclnk the Intended resignation of Head Consul Northcott, of the Modern Woodmen of America, Is of particular Interest to Lincoln and Nebraska Woodmen, who have a candidate for the place in the person of A. R. Talbot, of this city. Talbot Is a memlter of the board of directors of the Woodmen, and was mentioned for the head consulship at the Minneapolis meeting.

Submarine Experiment in England.

London. Oct. 24.—Six men who had been sealed up in a marine boat, ready lor launching, at Rnrrow-In-Furnest: lor twelve hours, were released Tuesday evening. They suffered no ill effects from their confinement, the vitiated air being absorbed by the apparatus for that purpose and fresh nlr having been supplied from the eomXjressors.

Excitement Over a Gold Find.

Pueblo, Cola. Oct. 24.—A courier to the Star-journal brings news of excitement over a gold discovery at Beulah, thirty-eight miles west of this city. Five hundred claims were located In twenty-four hours. A ledge of free milling gold returns nearly $2,00(r a ton. Pueblo people are rushing to the place.

HERO OF TRUE "GRIT”

Is Messenger Charles, of the Express Company, and Worthy of Ail Reward. HE STANDS OFF TWO TRAIN THUGS Saves the Valuables in Hls Custody at the Kink of Hts Life in a Hold-Up.„ rortland. Ore., Oct. 24.—The northbound Overland Express train on the Southern Racitilc was held up by two masked men fifteen miles south of Eugene at 3 a. m. yesterday. The robbers blew open the express car with dynamite, hut seemed no booty, having been stood off i y the express messenger. All the swag secured was one registered mail pouch. Two men boarded the train at Cottage Grove, and a short distance* this side, near (Saginaw, put off the fireman anil hls helper, uncoupled the express car, and made the engineer go ahead a short distance. Their first act was to blow open the door of the express car, which they did with dynamite, tearing the door to pieces and badly damaging the car. MeaMDiter Chnrlea Is a Brick. Express Messenger C. R. Charles was lu the car, and had made up hls mind to stay there. The robbers ordered the messenger out of the ear, but he determinedly refused to come, and held a position where he could easily bring down any person who should enter through the opening on the side made by the dynamite. “Come out of there, or we will blow you and the ear all to h —T” commanded the robbers: but he did not come. The desperadoes compelled the engineer to throw into the ear a stick of dynamite with a lighted fuse. The messenger grablted it and put out the fire in the fuse. I «st Srhsuif a Failure. They next attempted to enter the car by compelling the engineer, who was in the hands of the robbers, to crawl in through the door, the robbers hoping to gain admittance by using him as a protector: but Charles used his shotgun to good advantage and kept lip n good fire directly over the engineer's head, knowing well the robbers would attempt to follow him into the ear. Bait to Give l'p the Game. Finally the robbers turned their attention to getting away with what little they could from the mail car. They obtained the registered mail, and then one of them, taking tlie engineer on board the engine, which they cut loose from the train, ran to within half a tpile of Eugene, where he left the engine and started toward the Willamette river in a hortherlv direction. The The passengers were not molested.

THE VIEW FROM INSIDE

Messenger Tells the Story as It Appeared In the Car. The express car is badly shattered, but It was brought in with the train. “The first intimation I had of anything wrong," said Express Messenger Charles, “was when the train began to slow up near Walker's station. It was 2:45 o'clock as near as I remember. Shortly after that the train Came to a standstill and 1 was ordered to open the door. I refused to move. I was threatened with all sorts of things. ‘Open this car or we will blow you to hell,” commanded one of the robbers. 1 made uo resixmse and was given a salute with dynamite. “The liist charge blew open one of the door.- a.id knocked me down. My overalls wt re blown into shrisls and my legs somewhat scratched, but otherwise 1 was unhurt. Further commands to open up and threats followed, but without avail. 1 made no reply, knowing that the object of the robin rs was to locate me in the car ami then try to put me out of the way, either by dynamite or bullets. I changed :uy station to the other end of the car. "A second shot blew open the door at the end 1 had just left. The third shot failed to go off, as I had removed my shoes and quietly walked over to tlie dynamite and detached the fuse. Two more shots exploded, each of them blowing a hole In the floor of the car. AH told four shots went off in tic ear. '-vu failed to explode, and one I prevented from exploding by removing the fuse. “All efforts to compel me to open up or leave tlie ear falling, the engineer wa« «e»>t in through tlie opening blown in the side. I ordered him to get out. and fired a shot over ills head with my shotgun. The entire ceremony lasted about forty minutes. The engineer retired after I fired the shot and ordered him to leave, and I was not molested further.”

Fear Kills an Alleged Heir.

Wabash, Ind., Oct. 24.—Worry killed John Dye, who died Tuesday morning. He was one of the several heirs to au alleged estate of several thousand acres of coal land In Pennsylvania. Recently he received many anonymous letters stating that he would he kidnaped and held for ransom. Dye was an old man and the letters threw him Into a paroxysm of fright, which resulted in speedy decline and ‘dcnffi.

President Adama to Serk Health.

Madison. Wls„ Oct. 24.—President C. K. Adams, of the University of Wisconsin, whose resignation on account of poor health was received a week ago, wiill leave Madison on Nov. 5 for Redlands. Cal. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Adams. Dr. Adams stated Tuesday night Hint his condition was much Improved.

Fell from the Third Story.

Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 24.—John F. Conrey, of tTrbana, 0., fell out of a third story window of the Clarion hotel at 3 o’clock In the morning and died of his Injuries at 10 o'clock. No one knows how the accident occurred. Conrey came here two days ago to attend the trotting races.

Grand Army Asked to Subscribe.

Minneapolis, Minn.. Oct. 23.—Com-mander-in-Chlef Ell Torrance has Issued a circular letter asking contributions for the purpose of erecting at Canton. Ohio, a memorial to Comrade William McKinley.