Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1883 — Page 3

WASHINGTON NOTES.

■ - MSUas W. Burt, nominated chief exam* liner of the civil-service commission, deft rirwmuamnnflr Raum promises to modftjfr has ruling that no person may become ■surety on the bond of more than one dis- ■ Van Vorhis, of New insulted Page, of California, ft '.Thursday night, in the discussion of the ■mr and harbor bill, and only e-caped Expulsion by an apolog} . MF Tb** Navy Department is preparing a East of naval officers on duty at Washing■fcmand the length of time they have ■ been there. Officers who have resided ft&ere a long time seem to feel that a genst end denning out will be the result ft** The committee in charge of the postftwffice appropriation bill has decided in ftlbvor of fast mail service between New ■ York and Chicago, and has agreed to ft : < October las the date for the fttwo cent postage to commence. ■ ~ Secretary Lincoln has reported to the ■Senate the names of eighty-two officers ft«f the army cn duty at Washington. ■Secretary Chandler places the number ftef navy officers on duty at the capital at ■ML B. Williams, one of Dorsey's coun ftiel in the Star Route trial, has been inftdicted for receiving stolen goods—a watch ■stolen from Mrs. Ellis a year ago—from ■parties for whom he acted as attorney. ■Mr. Williams says the charge is absurd ■and is the outgrowth of the ill will of the ■Department ci Justice because he has ■taken an active part in the defense of ft Milton Turner, ex-minister to Liberia ftis in Washington, seeking to obtain govftemment aid fcr 30,000 negroes who are ftliving in the Indian Territory in a state ‘semi-slavery to the Choctaws and ■Chickasaws. They want to be removed ■from among the Indians to the Oklohama ■lands which Payne and his marauders ftlfe frying “jump," and a bill to give ftffiem the assistance sought has been Wrafted by the Secretary of the interior. ■The existence of the poor negroes, who ■were once slaves to the Indians, was ■Wholly unknown to the Department, and ftthe whole country will share in the sur- ■ The resolution offered by Representaftfrre Townshend, of Illinois, to prohibit ■he importation of German wines was a ftfeta'iatory measure, provoked by the acEonuftlie German government in forEliding further introduction of Etoerioan meats into the markets of that ftfountry.- It is not likely that anything ESH come of this resolution, but it may ftrtiggest a plan of retaliation that will put ■ stop to the reckless issuance of further ■rbitrary orders from foreign govern■Sente against American meats. These Mrders have invariably febeen made in ■obedience to a clamor from traders who Ere jealous of the growing popularity of Emarican meats among the working Easses of Europa. Our packers have Erand a great market for their cheap ■oeate in the crowded communities of the ftMd World, aui their goodi are far supe ■nor in every respect to] J the meats the ■European consumers st small means can ■obtain from their local butchers, besides ■being much cheaper. The drive and en■ferpriee of Americans in pushing their ■products into foreign markets has alarmed Ktedrforeiga rtvilan I as a result of ■heir-machination i American meats are ■n a great meas ire deb irred from sale in ■Flarge portion of Europe, to the ■he detrimeet of the laboring classes ftshd to the enrichment of those who have ftflkus been enabled to keep up the price ftof meats to a point beyond the reach of ■the wage getters. It has been suggested ■that the best way to bring these foreign ■governments to a sense of their short ■sightedness is to put an absolutely profthibitory duty on wines, silks and a ’ hunftdred other luxuries which are now admitftted in American ports on the payment of Immoderate tax. “This," said a promiftnent Western Senator, “Would put a stop Eo farther foolishness. The. cry of disfteased meats, which is the excuse set up by and Germany for the embargo mhey have placed on American m?ats, is gammon. The government officers ■Siad to have an excuse, and this was ■adopted for the double purpose of giving ■them ground to stand on and to excite an ■ignorant populace against the property ■they were trying to drive out of their ■bbtne market” This matter is one of ■peculiar interest where hogs, corn and Entile are raised. It is very] probable ■hat this question will come up promi■iMCttly before the next Congress. ft r President Arthur has transmitted to ■toe Senate a repart from the Secretary of ■Btate in response to Mr. Van Wyck’s ■resolution, inquiring whether the minieIter of the United States had been inEdmoted to invite or accept the mediation ■at European powers in settlement of the ■difficulties between Cnili and Peru. The ftftecretary says he received a dispatch ■from Mr. Partridge saying that the rep■arecntatives of Great Britain, France, ■fttaly and the United States, (Germany ■Wining taking any part) considered the

an informal meeting at Mr. Partridge's house, and concluded that each should declare to his government his belief that the only way of bringing about a cessation of hostilities Would be an agreement to address representation to the Chilian Government expressing a wish to see peace made on the basis of the cession of Tarapaca. The ministers further declared that they considered it to be their duty to urge their respective governments to take the step indicated at once. Upon receipt of this dispatch Mr. Partridge was telegraphed by the Secretary of State in substance that the leave or absance He had requested was granted, and he was expected to return to the United States by the first steamer. He was further informed that the action set forth in his dispatch having been taken by him without authority was disapproved, and he was directed to so inform those of his colleagues who had acted with him. A note was at the same time sent to the ministers of the United States in London, Paris and Rome, informing them that Mr. Partridge had joined with the representatives of Great Britain, France and Italy to their respective governments to intervene in the Chili-Peru difficulty, and instructing them to inform the governments to which they are attached that this action was taken by Mr. Partridge without authority, and has not been approved. While the provisions of the act to reduce the revenue go into effect, generally, on and after July 1, 1883, exception is made in respect to traiff duties upon sugar, which take effect Jdne 1, and internal revenue provisions relating to reduction of taxes on tobacco, snuff and cigars, and reduction of special license taxes, which go into effect May 1, with t provision that all claims for drawback oi unbroken packages of tobacco, snuff, cigars and cigarettes held by manufac turers or dealers at that date, must be presented before July 1.

Neal Dow’s Rat Story.

Communication to the Boaton Congregationaliet. My house is supposed to be a rat-roof, and was so when quitqjiew, but. at one time, more than twenty years ago, we had a largo colony of the rodens, greatly to our annoyance, and it was with us a matter of daily wonder where they found a weak spot in our defenses against them One evening a young lady from a friend’s family, iiving in a large, fine house nearly a mile away, was with us, and the talk turned on rats as we heard ours gallopingin the ceilings and scampering up and down the walls. The young lady said that none had ever been in their house and she did not think there was any point at which they eould enter. My eldest daughter, a great wit, said:g‘Tve heard that if politely invited to do so in writing, rats will leave any house and go to any other house to which they may be directed, and I will tell ours that at your house they will find spacious quarters and an excellent commisariai” At the moment, before us all, she wrote a most grandiloquent letter to the large family’jof rats that had so long favored us with theipresence, pointing out to them that at No. 6 Pearl street was a large, fine phouse which had never been lavored with the presence of any of their family, where they would find ample quarters and a fat larder. When finished she read the missive to the company, and we had a great laugh over it. As an old superstition she then put lard upon it, and carried it into the attic, where it would probably be found by to whom it was directed. A few days after the young lady was at our house again, and burst into a laugh, exclaiming: “Our house has been overrun with rate!” That recalled to us the fact thaf we had heard none in our walls. My daughter want 13 the attic, and the letter was gone While we were talking and laughing over the curious affair a friend came in, and hearing the talk said that two evenings before, in the bright moonlight, he saw several rate running down Congress street We have never been troubled with them since, but I have not heard how it has been with the house to which our beneficiaries were directed.

The Horrible Traffic in Girls.

Pall Mall Gazette. Horrible and revolting as have been the revelations as to the export of English girls to Brussels and Paris, that trade is trivial compared with the vast organized system which prevails in Germany, Austria and Roumania for the sale of young women to dealers in human wares all over the world. They are regularly bought, shipped and consigned like any other kind of cattle. The European slave dealer has his agents and his travelers, who, under the disguise of theatrical agents, supply the maisons de tolerance of the world, from Hong Kong to Buenos Ayres with helpless victims. “I met a German girl,” says Herr Joest,“who had been sold nr this fashion, at Chitka, on the far side of Lake Baikal.” When once they pass into the hands of their purchaser* their doom is sealed. Nor is there any hope of escape from the prison-house to which they are consigned.

THE GREAT NORTHWEST.

The Advantages Which it Peaaeaees to the Breeding of Cattle. ' Nev Yoric Tinea. The source of supply beef cattle is moving rapidly to the Northwest, and Texas and the surrounding country are losing their former importance. The change is a significant one, and the importance to the trade is quite generally recognized by those who are conversant with the facts. Persons who are at all familiar with the cattle trade know that the Texas animals are very poor stock. The climate and other conditions of the Southwest are in fact, not at all favorable for the growing of good beet. It is too warm there, and then again, the grounds traversed by the herds of Spanish blood are not “clean” as the drovers say. To place herds of native bloods on these grounds would be highly dangerous. Kansas would afford a good Held for the herdsmen were it not that the land there is too dear, and the cheapness of meat is the great desideratum. Colorado offers a fine field for live stock growing, and Texas cattle wintered there for a single season lose th* ir objectionable characteristics and become sufficiently healthy to allow of their mingling with native cattle without danger to the latter. Proceeding still further northward, large herds of cattle are found in Wyoming. On the plains of Laramie are a succession of herd 0 and flocks, part being of Spanish blood and part native. The former have been driven from Texas as calves or yearingsor, as sonastimes happens, as two-year-olds. These Colorado cattle although an improvement on those in Texas are generally a coarse-boned and roughly built lot of animals. When bred in C dorado they are a cross between Texas cows and native bulls. Grade bulls have been introduced by some herdmasters, and others have been wise enough to buyjbulls of authentic pedigree and place them in their herds. The Colorado herds and those of Wyoming are, however, gradually improving, although they have to struggle against the disadvantage of being in proximity to the herds of Spanish blood. In Montana evidences abound of the idvantages derivable from judicious and careful breeding. The herds of that Territory have been bred with great care *rom the start, and they are of rare exThe cows are obtained from Gregon and the bulls from Illinois and Kentucky. Replenishing the blood of the herds by importation from these States is constantly resorted to by breeders, and the improvement in the character of the cattle is so rapid that before many years the animals bred in Montana will rival those of Illinois and Southern Ohio. The States from which the supplies come are noted. Kentucky, owing to her excellent climate and pasturage, will inevitably keep her supremacy as a nursery for highly bred stock for breeders to choose from, and Oregon has also a fine breed of homed cattle. The winters in Montana are long and severe, but small loss is thereby occasioned to live stock, because the young animals, being bom on the soil, are naturally acclimatized, and the animals which are yearly brought in learn in a single season to “rustle” as the folks say —that is to look out for themselves under the changed circumstances. On carefully kept ranches some tons of hay are put up for winter feed for the use of the newly arrived animals, which we accustomed to, and need for the time being the care of man. Homed cattle, sheep and horses find their first winter’s roughing a hard matter, but after a summer these animals take willingly to the hills and run free on the range. The cattle acquire the habits of the buffalo in many respects. They take shelter on the side of hills where the wind does not have full sway. They march to the water in single file. They graze with the cows and calves in the center. The bulls guard the advance and bring up in the rear of the column and on the flanks are posted vedettes to give warning of danger. Beginning in April and continuing for some weeks the calves are branded, and in May the beef cattle are sorted out and left to grass as close to the . point of shipment as possible, the object being to bring them to market fresh and not fatigued. In the summer months the cows and growing , members of the herd are looked after only so far as to prevent them from straying beyond the limits of the range. The ranchmen ride around the herd in a circle to prevent straying. ■ The pastures of the Territory are natural and nutritious, arid include the buffalo and bunch grasses. The 1 tter cures on the stalk, and forms an excellent winter forage. There is some diversity of taste among breeders as regards th ? kind of cattle to be raised. The Shorthorn cross is preferred by most, as it insures a fine-ly-shaped. weighty steer. Borne, however, regard the Hereford with more favor, while others deem the polled Angus as likely to thrive best in that region, where stoutness of constitution * an essential.

Those familiar with the characteristics of the Scotch cattle value them as being eo> pecially suitable tor the rough life they have to endure as well as tor the fineness of their flesh, which is not surpassed even by the Shorthorns.

A Story of the Sea. San Francisco Chronicle. Captain Francis Oliver, a Yankee skipper, arrived at San Franscisoo by the City of Tokio the other day. He has been trading between Hong Kong and Shanghi, but wants no more to do with Chinese waters. He once sailed in his lorcha, Rose, for Shanghi. On bfa way he sighted a piratical junk. “She bore down upon us, he relates, “until I could see at her fore and mainmast heads the arrangements always carried by these predatory villians for throwing Jburning ‘atink-pots’ down on the decks of their enemies. The junk was four times as large as the Rose, and swarmed with pirates. The Rose was headed right for them. I had eight cannons on board, besides rifles, boarding pikes and cutlashes sufficient for all purposes. As we drew near the junk, I observed one of her men go up to the ‘stink-pote’ at the mainmast head and another to those on the foremast. At length I observed what I had been watching for—a little flash of fire and a thin line of blue smoke eurl away from the fellow at the mast head. I knew that in pnother moment a burning ‘stink-pot* would be on our deck, unless we made sure sail and quick work. I gave the word and we fired almost simultaneously. Both of the pirates fell to the deck of the junk and the 'stink-pots* they had ignited with them. The Rose was to the windward of the junk. I put my helm hard down, got close alongside, and fastened to her with grappling-honks. The pirates made a rush on board my lorcha. They were armed with spears and pikes. About fifty of them crowded upon me, and a spear was driven through my body, entering my left side below the ribs and coming out on the right side. It was drawn out, but I immediately became insensible. My men thought I was dead, but kept up the fight, The junk had caught fire from the burning ‘stinkpot*’ that fell from aloft. The Rose oast off the grappling-hooks and got away from the junk, standing off a sufficient distance to see her burn and go down. Every one of ths infernal crew were killed or drowned.

Guides to the Capitol. Washington Special. At last one of the gang of swindlers who watch for visitors to the Capitol, charge them for admission and play other confidence games upon them, has been arrested. The amount in question is very small; but the man arrested is an old offender, and if he is held it will go far toward breaking up the band of sharpers which have so long plied their vocation about the doors of the capitoL Mr. Wiggin,of Massachusetts,told the story to the police. He said that he arrived in the city yesterday and took a walk to the Capitol. As he was entering the West, door he was acc isted by a young man who asked him if he was a stranger. He replied that he was. The guide then pointed across the park, remarking that ‘‘that was the Potomac,” and that was “the Washington monument,” and a number of other such remarks. As he was about to enter the building the guide demanded seventy-five cents for his services, and showed a badge, stating that he was a guide and must be paid. Mr. Wiggin gave him fifty cents, but the guide insisted on the full amount. Mr. Wiggin then made complaint to the Capitol police, and the confidence man was arrested. A few days since this crowd sold a stranger an entrance ticket to the Capitol for fii The same crowd carry season tickets to the Capitol for which they have been known to ask 812. Family Man’s Acceptance of a Challenge Two friends happening to quarrel at a tavern, one of them, a man of hasty disposition, insisted on the other’s fighting him next morning. The challenge was accepted on condition that they should breakfast together previous to their going to the field at the house of the person challenged. When the challenger arrived next morning according to appointment, he found every preparation ma<le for bre ikfast, and his friend, hie wife, and chi.dren all ready to receive him. Their repast being over and the family withdrawn, without the slightest hint of their fatal purpose having trans pired, the challenger asked the other if he was ready to attend. “No, sir,” replied he, “not until we are upon a par; that amiable woman, and those six innocent children, who just now breakfasted with us, depend solely upon my life for their subsistence; and until you Can stake something equal, in my estimation, to the welfare of seven persons, dearer to me than my right hand or my right eye, I can not thinkftthat we are equally matched.” “We are not, indeed!" replied the other, giving him his baud; and they became firmer friends than before.

SHORTS.

Kansas has as a million of people now Buttons are small for dresses, targe for wraps. How to get out of a scrape—let your beard grow. All laoes are fashionable, and thia is to be a lace season. The traveling cotton-gin is a new enterprisein the south. > A French doctor says Bismarck is good for twenty years yet. Fully 8500,000 is invested in truck farms around Savaunah. Greek priests, unlike Catholic pricsta, have wives and children. More than 3,000 Central freight oars pass Batavia. N, daily. * The timbered lands of Arizonia embrace an area of 5,760,000 acres. They are Iplanting orange groves all along the Mississippi coast If men do us an evil turn we write it in marble; if a good one in dust One Rochester store has graduated a dozen married clerks in a year. An Ulster, N. 1., man has an apple, preserved in spirits, grown in 1787. Subscriptions have opened at Berlin for the sufferers by the floods in America. Clasps on the collars in and the neok of drees take the place of brooches and lace pins. The one railroad in all Greece is fire miles long and each mile of it took a year to build. Gambetta’s father has alarge colleotion of his son’s letters which he proposes to publish. Goode, the assailant of Queen Victoria in 1887, died in the Breedmoor lunette asylum the other day. Georgia has had sixty-thre governors from 1733 to 1883. The first governor after Oglethorpe was Stephens. It is said that Oapt. Howgate, the defaulting signal service officer, is spending the winter very pleasantly in Florida.

A Story of Thackeray.

London Letter. I heard a curious story of Thackeray last night, and believe it to be nnprinted. Thackeray was one day sauntering away from the Garrick Club, then dose to Covent Garden, and, strolling through Cranboume Alley, stopped opposite a, pie shop around which several urchins of both sexes were congregated, looking with wolfish eyes upou some pork pies which the baker had just placed in the window'for sale. Thackeray had a great kindness for children and dumb animals; in fact for any creature that could not hit back if injured, so* his soul was touched by the hnngry-looking children. Calling the tallest, a slip of a girl some eleven or twelve years old, he gave her half a crown, telling her to buy five sixpenny pies, take one tor herself, and give the others to her little companions. Presently he saw the girl with five pork pies, one in her hand and the others in her apron, making off at her best pace. Overtaking her he reproached her for taking all and not giving her friends any, whereupon the girl screamed out: “Let me alone, you nasty, dirty old beast, or I'll call a policeman!” The novelist, it is needless to say, dropped this Flower of St. Giles like, as he said, “a hot potato,” and never dabbled in practical philanthropy again. He took a cynical pleasure in relating the story as an instance of early depravity. All who know anything of juvenile vice in Txradon will understand that there is nothing wonderful in the incident, except that the girl spent all th-, money in pies instead of pocketing, if she had a pocket, the silver.

A North Carolina Gold Mine.

Fayetteville Special to Boston Herald. North Carolina has a bonanza king who now counts his wealth by the hundreds of thousands. The lucky man is John Barnes, of Moore county. A few weeks ago his earthly possessions consisted of half a dozen half-starved coon dogs, and a twenty acre lot of barren land in Moore county. About a fortnight ago Barnes discovered gold on his farm. He prudently kept the secret to himsel. and moved the precious metal as best he could. He obtained more than one hundred pounds of gold, then disposed of a portion of his land for 8148,000, reserving h large share for himself. Barnes is now considered the wealthiest man in Eastern North Carolina. Barnes is preparing to build for- himself a handsome residence a short distance from the spot where he discovered his gold mine. The coon dogs, who were his constant and almosl sole companions in his poverty, are to be kindly carbd for.

Why Judas Was Ruled Out.

Every year an abbreviated version of the 'Passion Play'’ is presnted at San Antonio, Mexico. Last Christmas there was no Judas in the cast The leaders explained his absence by saying that the year before the other apdstles had to choke him black in the face before he would give up the thirty pieces of. silver, and they had decided not to allow him to have a hand in it at all this time.