Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1903 — Page 6

POLITICS OF THE DAY

• BnlMiidjr Grafter* Getting Bn*y. Tho ship-subsidy grafters are showing signs of life again. They got a resolution passed by the Ohio Republican State Convention a few days ago, saying: “We favor every encouragement possible to our merchant uiHrine lu tbe extension of American .commerce and American ships upon every sea." A few days previously the New ?York Board of Trade and Transportation appointed a special committee •to inquire into “the alarming slate of •American shipping in t lie foreign i trade. ’ Just why our shipping is more •‘‘alarming" now than for 40 years jwo are not told. It is true that at •no time during the last 40 years h&s •'more than a small percentage of our !ocean carrying trade been done with 4 ships under the American (lag. This fact, however. Is because our capitallists arc making more with their cap- • ital on land. In protected or uon-com-•petitlve industries, than they can make ;©n tbe high sea, in open competition iwltta tho other nations of the earth, jin other words foreigners are willing ito transport our goods over the writer i/or less than we can afford to do this • work. That the present system of ’giving the Job to tho lowest bidder Un good for us Is shown by the fact ‘ttrat under It our foreign trade has (Increased more rapidly than lias that of any other nation. But the sibsidy hunters are not real I‘y concerned about our foreign trade i or the flags that fly on tha ships. iThelr “patriotism” is bottomed on 'something more substantial. They tsee in this subsidy scheme an opportunity to abstract money from the people’s pockets. They are getting •through tlio “protection” scheme all fthet is possible in this way. They expect, with their subsidy scheme, to get any loose change wo may have left. Hence they bodily ask Lucie Ram to donate to them enough to enable them to make the exorbitant prof•its on the free ocean that they are making on the protected land. , Although they have failed in two Congresses these subsidy beggare are preparing to beset the next Congress. Of eours* the greater portion of the subsidy would go to two great Mor■gau trusts The Ship Trust and tlie ißliip Building Trust. Three fourths of the capital of both these trusts la waiter on which dividends will never be •(Mtid unless they are paid out of Uncle Sam’s pocket. The United States Ship Building Company formed a year ago, with $70,000,000 capital, is already in a bad way, and is being reorganised. The International Mercantile Marine Company, organized last Octo,l»er, with $170,000,000 capital, is also In such a bad condition that its common stock Is selling at (» l a, and the •preferred at 20 cents on the dollar, and (Mr. Morgan U said to have hurried 'home from Europe to keep this trust afloat as long as possible. He Is finding out to his sorrow that it ts not an cany to float a successful trust ou the ocean, where competition Is free, as in a country where competition is restricted by high tariff walls. While, therefore, these two trusts are t>adly in need of more capital, if dividends are to be paid on their •highly Irrigated stocks, yet there does amt appear any good and sufficient reason why Uncle Sam should contribute several millions a year to help Morgan and these trusts out of a%ole. What view the next Congress will take of tills proposition remain* to be acen. it is however, perfectly evident that if Congress will repeal our antiquated and absurd laws, so that foreign built ships owued by Americans can fly the American flag, all ■of Morgan's great fleet of steamers, composed of seven great lines, may *oou be doing business under the American flag. But, as said be.fore, they are loss troubled alwut the “flag” than about the “appropriations” to go with it. We cannot, however, hut admire their colossal gall.—Byron W. Holt.

Lai Management. The Government official# at Washington are lucky dogs; a generous country pays them good salaries and allows them 30 days’ leave of absence .during which time they are also paid. If sick, they are allowed a further 30 days’ leave, during which time they are paid. No corporation, private Arm. or individual, eau afford to be so liberal with its employes. The wages paid to the office holders are also on the same generous scale, but few could earn as much and the great ♦Majority could never command half as much iu private life. Nearly all of those known as “high officials.'’ seem, however, to imagine that they are above the law, rules, or •emulations and (Hat they have the right to come aud go at will. The rule In the departments that all the employes- must begin business at 9 o'clock and continue until 4 o’colck, with half an hour for lunch, la ignored. In some of the bureaus a calks* •win be fortunate to find some of the chiefs at their desks by 10 o'clock. In the matter of leave or vacation, the eatae laxity prevails, and these "high •Steals," woo are universally pets of >• dominant party, evidently think SfctU their private affairs and polltl-

cal schemes are more important than the business of the government. The lmd example set by President Roosevelt lu spending over three month* during the past year in Mumping tours and bear hunts, and in retiring from Washington to Oyster Bay as soon as summer set* in, has been imitated by his Cabinet and the higher subordinate officials. Much of the scandal and corruption In the departments lias been caused by lack of supervision by those in authority, and the delegating of their authority to sign contracts and vouchers to confidential secretaries and other minor officials.

Every day the newspapers contain notices of the departure or return of members of the Cabinet from some Jaunt or trip for their own business or pleasure, though such are often taken under the guise of official trips at the public expense. It Is well known that the railroads and steamships furnish these hjgh officials free transportation and the free passes fufiiished by the corporations expected to return good Interest by official favoritism to the railroads or steamship companies. The special trains on which President Roosevelt has made his hunting trips and stumping tours have cost thousands of dollars, and the railroad corporations when granting such great favors, must be expecting some return. The administration is posing as opposing the merger of some of the railroad colorations that granted these favors and is trying to make political capital by pretending to fight them. No former administration has received so many favors from the corporations as the present one and no other has beeu so lax in the management of the affairs of the government. It Is a buppy-go-lucVy, hit-or-miss management that this administration is giving us, with a dose of strenuousness occasionally administered to charm those who do not look below the surface of public affairs. The ! experienced student of politics and | the statesmen, iiowever, fear the esI feet of the general laxity of management and arc not surprised at the scandals that are being discovered and look for even worse ones to be developed In the future.

Porto Rican Scandal. Tho Torto Rican smuggling scandal lias taken on a much more seriou* phase by the declaration of the officials of the Department of Justice that "the action relative to' the dismissal of proceedings in these cases was upon the orders of the Cabinet, and that they came from the President himself.” Tho above quotation Is from the Washington Star, which is well known to be an administration organ, and what it says must be taken as coming with authority. This acknowledgment that President Roosevelt ordered the proceedings against the army and navy officers dismissed is an extraordinary usurpation of power unwarranted by the constitution. The President ha* the power to grant pardons, but the power to compromise felonies before conviction, if allowed to pass without serious objection, might in time grow to be a prerogative of the executive, which would, in the hands of a tyrant, allow his partisans to commit any crime and no proceedings at law to be taken against them. The laws must be obeyed by President and people alike, or in time despotism and even anarchy might overthrow all tlie safeguards granted by the bill of rights. The President has certain powers granted his office by the constitution, and they are very great, but to be Judge and Jury is not one of them.

Immigration is rapidly reducing the difference between wages here and abroad.

Closer Than a Brother.

Tess —Yea. Mr. Crabbe called to ace me last evening. I think he'a very nice. ,i ~* Mias Cbelhis—What! He'a a perfect bear! Teas —Isn’t he, though? No matter how often l threatened to scream ha wouldn’t atop.—Philadelphia Pres*

OLD BRITISH GARMENTS

Origin of Word* la Da* to Th*hr Stylo. {The origin of many word* In common use to-day as name* Cor various kinds of wearing apparel date* back to ancient Briton prior to the Roman invasion. ' At that remote period, as wo are informed by historians, the dress of the British chieftain* consisted of a close coat or covering for the body, called by Diodorus a tunic, and described as being checkered and of va-, rloua colors. It was open In front, and had close sleeves extending to the wrist. Their lower garment consisted of loose pantaloons, called by the Irlah brlgls, and by the Roman* brages and bracae; It Is from this we derive the modern term “breeches.’* Over their shoulders was thrown the mantle or cloak, called by the Roman* sngum, from the Celtic word sale, a skin or hide, and from this we can trace the modern word “sack” or "saeque;” the latter being merely a French version. Diodorus says these cloaks were nearty always black or blue, but the predominating color in the checkered trousers and the tunic was red. The head covering usually consisted of a conical cap, which derived Its name from the “cab.’tS* or hut of the Briton, owing to a similarity of shape. On their feet were shoes made of raw

SHOES OF THE EARLY BRITONS.

cowhide that had the hair turned outward and which reached only to the ankles. Odd as it may seem, such shoes were worn in Ireland within recent few years. Our engraving is from specimens in the Royal Irish Academy. On 6 is arranged to be held in place by a string over the instep, and the other by a leather thong which draws it together like a purse. The material is untanned cowhide.

In the dress of native female! during the period of Roman supremacy in Briton, we find equally queer taste displayed. The British gwn, from which comes our modern word “gown.” descended to the middle of the thigh and had short sleeves barely reaching to the elbows; it was sometimes confined by a girdle. Beneath this was worn a longer dress which came down to the ankles. Upon the feet, when covered at all, were sometimes shoes of a very expensive pattern, such as we know the Romans themselves to have .been very fond of. When opening a Roman burial place at Southfleet, Kent, in 1802, an extremely beautiful pair was discovered. They were found in a stone sarcophagus between two large glass urns or vases which contained a considerable quantity of burned bones. These shoes were of superb and 'expensive workmanship. They were made of fine purple leather, reticuled in the form of hexagons all over the outer surface, and each lace-like, six-sided division was worked with gold in a beautiful and elaborate manuer.

Walk and Retain Health.

Walking is the simplest, the most natural and the most wholesome of all exercises. No athlete ever trains for a contest, no matter what its nature may be, without walking a considerable distance in the open air each day. Many keep in vigorous health by this alone, and no matter what other exercise you take you must walk. But, first of all, learn lfdfw to walk. A great many people walk in an aimless, shuffling manner and secure but little benefit from the exercise. In walking for exercise the effect is better if the mind Is directed toward some pleasurable end. Walk with consciously directed movement until you have brought every muscle under perfect control of your will. > Moping along in an aimless fashion, lackadaisical manner does little good physically and harms one mentally. The necessity of maintaining a proper, erect position of the body must, says a writer In the April Cosmopolitan, be borne in mind. Bear the weight on the balls of tlu* feet, keep the shoulders back and down, the chest high, but do not hold the al>domen Inward, as is taught by many athletic Instructors. Let it be relaxed, for this part of the body should move In and out with each breath. There should be perfect freedom to breathe normally. —New York World.

Where it Comes From.

“Where does the electricity come from that lights our houses,” asked a .teacher ioeaa uptown school the other day. “OUt of the wall,” replied a tiny girl who lived in an apartment house; “the janitor goes and unbuttons it”—New York Times. V■' * -

The Automobile Out West.

Tourist —I suppose Brimstone Ike has killed his man. Native (witheringly)—His “man?” Why, Ike has got five nicks In the steerin'-handle of his automobile already.—Judge.

Women Clerks in Germany.

Women clerks employed hi the German state railway offices are not allowed to work later than 10 p. m. or begin earlier than 6 a. m. We have noticed that the smallest alimony is always given in amiit where the wife has the largest brow •f children to care for. t .

FARM AND GARDEN

LIVE STOCK AND WEIGHT, It has been demonstrated that when •n animal is kept fully up to Its work It can be made to gain over two pounds dafly for twelve months. This gain, however, depends upon the age of the animal and the manner In which It Is fed. In the case of young steers, under three or four years old, the farmer In attempting tj> fatten them has a different duty to perform from that of adding weight to a fully-matured steer. A small proportion of a certain kind of food will often perform a greater service for young stock when the steer is more advanced In age. and yet this matter is often overlooked by farmers when raising cattle for the butcher. The principal aim of the farmer is to Increase the weight by having the steer as fat as possible, for the reason that at times fat is more easily produced on an animal than either lean meat or bone. There are periods when It is impossible to create an excess of either of fat or lean on an animal, and this is influenced by the age. For instance, if one begins with a yearling steer, the natural inclination of the animal is to grow, and during the process of growth the system demands material containing but a small proportion of fat, but growth adds to the weight, and the more rapid the growth the greater the increase in weight, which for the quick gains made by young steers as compared with thoge approaching maturity, and which has given rise to the claim that “baby”*beef is the cheapest. Baby beef can certainiy be produced in the shortest time, but whether it is the cheapest is a question yet to be decided. It is true that young beef can be made in larger quantities and and at a more rapid rate than matured beef, but there will be a difference in the cost, from the fact that the material fed to a young animal will not give the same results when fed to one that is matured. A young steer must have the material for promoting the growth of flesh and bone, and this must be provided before an ounce of fat can be deposited on any portion of the body. It may receive a liberal supply of food, but there is a risk of deficiency in some particular essential that may be overlooked. Progressive farmers know exactly what progress they are making, and feed for such results They combine the qualtites of the feed and the breed, and endeavor to get as much as possible in the shortest space of time. They know the breeds and use them. They are aware of the fact that some breeds assimilate more food and give off less waste than others, and as their motive is to convert food Into saleable product, they endeavor to do so quickly and economically. Farmers, therefore, will find It to their advantage to frequently weigh th? young stock, and note the ratio of increase in weight. By so doing they will he enabled to discover the cause of any failure on the part of the stock and to correct all mistakes. The time is coming when no farmer will be satisfied with less than two pounds a day from birth for his 2-year-old steers, nor less than a pound a day tor his barrows and wethers up to one year of age. After approaching maturity the gains are not so great, but previous to .hat young animal should be pushed.—Philadelphia Record. SOWING GRAIN. In speaking of the method of sowing grain thick or thin a Pennsylvania correspondent of the Country Gentle-

man says: A few years since I started a man to sowing a fertile, well prepared field with wheat about September 10, using a broadcast seeder set to sow one and a half bushels per acre. Unknown to us the regulator ofthe seeding works had got out of ot3er and did not sow as much as the index showe 1. When field wa3 gone ever, the man came up, having nearly half the seed left, leaving in the ground less than a bushel per acre. I s~nt him back to cross-sow it and get in the rearn'nder of the seed. When nifcht c?ms he had got over about half of the field the second time. During the night and next day a heavy rainstorm came on, and before the ground was dry enough to go on, the grain was up, and no more was done to it. leaving half the field with twice as much seed as the other half. Of course the thickest seeding covered the ground soonest, and looked the better in the fall and in the spring, but at harvest I made a thorough examination, with the following results: The thicker seeding was much the thicker, the straw slender and the heads shorter than on the thin seeding. The straw on the thinner seeding was stronger, and the heads were not only longer, but the kernels were larger and plumper than on the thicker seeding. There was not much difference in the yield per acre on the two parts of the field, and it appears in this case that less than a bushel of seed per acre was a good as nearly two bushels. , There is not much doubt that one bushel of wheat per acre under favorable conditions will produce as great a yield as a bushel and a half or two bushels. The first requirement is fertile soil adapted to wheat, to give the young plants a vigorous growth. The

second 1* early sowing, *o that the plantß will have time to spread and cover the ground before winter as protection to the roots against winter killing. Some farmers contend that It Is better to sow two bushels of wheat per acre In order that the plants need not be obliged to stool out so much and weaken themselves In order to cover the ground. It seems to be well established that a good soil and early sowing require less seed. That corn can be planted too closely ts proved by the case of corn sown for forage, where even on a rich soil the stalks will be slender and most of them barren or only producing nubbins. In seeding land for meadows, I think tho danger generally is in not sowing enough grass seed. Enough should he sown to occupy the who?b ground at once and leave no room for weeds.

THE MAKING OF A GARDEN.

It requires a considerable acquaintance with variety of character in order to grow to perfection the different plants now usually bedded out in a well-arranged flower garden, for, differing as they do in habit and tendency to bloom when transferred to the open ground, it must be obvious that some kind of preparation of the bed or border which is to receive them is necessary in order to insure a fine display of bloom at the proper season. First of all, then, a plan of the bed should be committed to paper, and the plants it is intended to put out noted therein. If overfed some of them will possibly produce more leaf than flower, others require much food to keep them growing, and, as it would be very difficult to do exactly the right thing with every distinct species, the course to adopt is to effect a compromise, and give all a little fresh soil. Take the common zonal geraniums—an ordinary soil will in most cases grow them sufficiently strong for blooming freely, while the variegated type requires a little coaxing. Most of the verbenas do best in fairly rich soil, and a cool, healthy sbil will Insure fine and continuous blooms on 'clceolarias. Lobelias and mimulus perfer a moist but well drained soil. Petunias succeed best in a moderately rich, firm soil, but not too damp, and so do dlanthus, phlox and pentstemons. Calendulas, asters, stocks, and zinnias prefer a fairly rich soil, and the heliotrope seems to thrive under almost all conditions of soil and surroundings. Dwarf nasturtiums, eschscholtzlas, poppies, and marigolds also seem happy under the most adverse circumstances. Roses, as every one knows, give the best returns in a rich soil, while the places assigned to the tea roses should be warm and well drained. It is to be hoped, now that continuous rains have fallen, that the complaint of “drought at the root” will not be heard of this summer to the extent experienced throughout the last few years.—London Telegraph.

FEEDING HORSES. Horse 3 are animals that need to be fed three times a day at stated hours as near as possible. It is as detrimental to them to have to do without their dinner, or any other meaJ, as to men. Some say that less hay and more grain will make healthier and better shaped horses, and this is true. Nevertheless, they require a certain amount of hay, and, preferably, it should be fed to them cut. This is not only economy in preventing waste of it, as otherwise more or less will be pulled down under foot and soiled, but the animals are better able to digest it. Moreover, if the hay Is clover, or partly so, the very frequent disorder of the throat, due to the dust arising from the pollen, or, when ripe, of the dry need head 3, which i 3 commonly called heave 3, is avoided. Having the feed cut and wetted, therefore, and the grain ration ground, in which case It will adhere pretty much all to the dampened cut feed, is better for several reasons, as no dust will then arise from it. A little salt .should be given at least once a week. A piece of rock salt left in the manger all the time, but this is hardly desirable, in that some horses will eat more of it than is for their good. Rather, the only safe way is for each horse owner to gause the amount himself. A feeding of roots, like carrots or potatoes, twice a week is very beneficial, and once a 'week a gran mush, substituted for oats, in case these are fed, is most excellent. Provided good care is given, supplemented with careful usage and kind treatment it is seldom a veterinary will have to be| called in and very little "condition powders” purchased. Such has been pve writer’s experience, at any rate.—Fred O. Sibley, in Agricultural Epitomist

The Cynical Bachelor.

Thq harder a man lies to a woman about how much he loves her the surer he is that he is telling her the truth. —New York Press. shocking accidents first. Poets, aa a rule, will not read the newspapers at all.” —Pbllc d•\ Ua Record.

THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK Or NKNMKLMtR. INOK. L. Hollirg* worth, Ca*ht« •vocsMoa r* thb *u*ias*a •> tm« . *tat« ***«• . “ Opened March S, 1008, at the old location. NORTH SIDE PUBLIC SQUARB. A general banking business transacted; deposits reoelved, payable on time or on demand. Mon*y loaned on acceptable security: Drafts on all cities at home ana abroad bought and sold. Collection of notes and accounts a specialty. 5 per cent, farm loans. Your Business Solicited.

Chicago to the Northwest, Indianapolis, Cincinnati and the South, Louisville, and French Lick Springs. Rensselaer Time-Table, In Effect June 29,1902. South Bound. No. s—Louisville Mall, (daily) 10:55 a. m. No.33—lndianapolis Mail, (daily).. 2:01 p. m. No. 39—Milk accomm., (daily) 6:15 p. m. No. 3—Louisville Express, (dally).. 11:25 p. m. ♦No.4s—Looalfreight 2:40p.m. No.3l—Fast Mai 1...... 4:49a.m. North Bound. Noi 4-Mail, (daily)...,, 4:30 a.m. No. 40—Milk accomm., (daily) 7:31a.m. No. 32-Fast Mail, (daily) 9:55 a. m. No. 6—Mall and Express, (daily)... 3:30 p.m. ♦No. 30—Cin.to Chicago Tea. Mail.. 6:32 p.m. tNo. S 3— Cln. to Chicago 2:57 p. m. ♦No. 46—Local freight 9:55 a. m. ♦Dally except Sunday. {Sunday only, Hammond has been- made a regular stop (or No. 90. No. *2 and 33 now stop at Cedar Lake. Frank J. Rkkd, G. P. A., > W. H. McDokl, President and Gen. M'g'r. Chab. H. Rockwell, Traffic M'g’r. oMicAea. W. H. BiAikJxsnt Rensselaer.

cm. 10WIW MID COUNIT SIRICTORY. CITY OFFICERS. Mayor J. H.S. Ellis Marshal Mel Abbott Clerk Charles Morlan Treasurer James H. Chapman Attorney. .Geo. A. Wiulams Civil Engineer J.C. Thrawls Fire Chief C. B. Steward COUNCILMEK. Ist ward........... Henry Wood. Fred Phillips td ward W. S. Parks, B. F. Ferguson 8d ward.. J.C. McColiy, Peter Wasson COUNTY OFFICERS. Clerk ...John F. Major Sheriff Abram G. HardyAuditor W. C. Babcock Treasurer R. A. Parkison Recorder Robert B. PorteF Surveyor Myrt B. Price^ Coroner Jennings Wright Supt. Public Schools Louis H. Hamilton Assessor John R. Phillips COMMISSIONERS. Ist District ...Abraham Haileck 2nd District Frederick Waymir* 3rd District Charles T. Denham Commissioner*’ court—First Monday of each month. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. TRUSTEES. TOWNSHIPS. Joseph Stewart Hanging Grovn John Ryan Gillum Lewis Shrier : ...Walker Elias Arnold Barkley Charles M. Blue Marion John Bill .Jordan Geo. M. Wilcox Newton S. L, Luce ’. ..Keener Thomas F. Maloney .Jlaukakee Stephen D. Clark Wheatflold Albert J. Bellows... Carpenter William T. Smith ..Milroy Barney D. Comer j* Union Louis H. Hamilton. Co. Supt Reusseleer G. K. Hollingsworth.... Rensselaer George Besse Remington Geo. Q. Stembei Wheatheld

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