Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1883 — Page 2

®t« Republican. ' ■ - - \ , f ■ BT QUO. K. MABSHALL RENSSELAER, : : INDIANA

Herman Hllden, the Milwaukee boy who shot hie step father dead and tried to kill his mother, was acquitted. The jury found that he was crazy when he committed the murder, but that he is sane enough now. There is altogether too much of that kind of insanity going on. A hungry little girl was begging in Dee Moines. A man dropped a five-cent piece into her hand. A tramp came along, told the child he had eaten nothing for a Week, and SO impressed her with his greater distress that she forgot her own, and gave him the coin. Then he went to the nearest groggery and bought a glass of whisky. The climax of the story is a tremendous whipping given to the tramp by the original donor of the nickel. Indiana comes to the front as the producer of more wheat to the square mile than any other State. The big figures ' for the big wheat States are as follows: Bosh, of Square Bush, to wheat miles. sq. ml. Indiana 45,4*1,800 85,810 1,205 Ohio 45,453,600 40,790 1,115 Illinois 52,302,900 56 0(0 933 Minnesota 37,030,500 79,025 368 California 34,566,6(0 165,183 22 The coal indusiries of the United States now represent an annnual production of about 80,000,000 tons. About *hree-fifths of this is anthracite and five-eights bituminous. A very small quahtity of anthracite comes from Rhode Island; otherwise it is found exclusively in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania also produces enough of the bitaminous product to entitle her to the reputation of furnishing threefifths of all the coal used in this country. Ohio follows next with 9,000,000 tons oi so. Illinois ranks third and Maryland fourth. When the southern and eastern parts of Ohio are honeycombed with railroads, a state of things which is fast being brought about, the showing of the Buckeye State will be even better.

Outside of Maine it is probable that no prohibitory amendments will pass the State Legislatures this year. The general drift of legislation on the temperance question appears to be towards high license laws. Such restrictions on the liquor traffic, find much favor in Ohio; Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, and Missouri. The latter State has, in fact, passed a law imposing a heavy tax upon the sale of intoxicants, and it has been signed by the Governor. A similar measure would have gone through the Illinois Legislature had not its opponents delayed it. It has now passed to a first reading. As prohibition has failed in so many cases, the publib will watch with much interest this latest effort tcf' deal with a troublesome question.—N. Y Tribune. ' London recently took down her Hyde Park statue to Wellington and found that the interior of the marble arch on which it Btood was absolutely honey - oomed with makeshift apartments, which were occupied by a colony consisting of nearly twenty persons, including the janitor ana his family, half a dozen police constables, and a medical student. This calls to the memory of the London Telegraph the fact that when the old palaoe a Somerset House was pulled down to make room for a new pile of Government offices it was found that a prolific colony of beggars and oripples had for many years been tranquilly |<juatting in tue apartments formerly tenanted by the maids of honor; that a gang of coiners plied their trade in one of the kitohens; and that the oellars dose to the river had long been utilized as a storehouse for stolen goods by a confederacy of longshoremen.

Thb White House undergoes a good many interesting changes in the matter of guests—that is, of private guests. The parsons have always had free tickets to the White House tables, but the character of the other guests has changed frequently according to the tastes of the occupants. Now the parsons seem to be supplante > as regular diners by the actors. The President acknowledges the influence of the ohurch by keeping a whitechoker person somewhere about the premises, but the praotioe of keeping vacant chairs at the table for stray parsons —a practice which was pretty well observed in Grant’s time, and which was a a regular thing under Hayes—has been abandoned. Instead of denominational suppers we have suppers with Charles Wyndham and his pretty actresses. We came near to a supper with Patti, and Rhea expresses her delight at White House honors. The fact seems to be that the handsome President has an eye for pretty girls who have had boarding sohool sentiment taken out of them on the stage —roticking beauties who can be ohucked under the chin without expecting a marriage proposition in oonsequence. He is the first President to reoognize dramatic

talent if we except Lincoln’s unhappy experience with Falstaff Haokett—Milwaukee Sentinel. Thebe seems to be somethin jin the air and life of Germany extraordinarily favorable to the digestion. Bismarck has thriven on mixtures of champagne and porter, washing down meals at the description of which the American trembles, but he does no more than the other most famous ruler of his country,Frederick the Great Here is what Dr. Zimmermann saw him devour when a septuagenarian invalid. “A very large quantity of sonp, of the strongest and most highly spiced ingredients, yet, spiced as it already was, he added to each plate of it a large spoonful of powdered ginger ani mace; then a good piece of boeuf a la Russe-beef steeped in half a pint of brandy. Next he took a great quantity of an Italian dish, half Indian corn, half Parmesan cheese; to this the juice of garlic is added, and the whole is baked in butter until there arises a hard rind as thick as a finger. This, one of the King's most darling dishes, is called Polenta. At last, the King having expressed his satisfaction at the excellent appetite which the dandelion gave him, closed the soene with a whole plateful of eel pie, so hot and fiery it seemed as if it had been baked in hell! At other times he would eat a large quantity of ohilling and unwholesome fruits, especially melons, and then again a Vast number of sweetmeats.” It was not many years since Russia was regarded as the granary of Europe, but of late years the United States and India have to a great extent become the sources of supplies. This has resulted in the change in the cultivation of the soil by which freed labor was substituted for that of serfs, but owing to a number of circumstances of which the usurer and the land laws play an important part the new method is less efficient than the old; and. second,from a change in the manner of marketing the grain. Formerly Russia wheat was held in very high estimation, and at the different markets quantities of wheat whose excellence was guaranteed by a knowledge of its source could always be had. Now, as a rule, cultivators are in financial (traits, and mortgage their crops 4° speculators, who do not hesitate to mix a high grade with a low grade and export it as all high grade; wheat. These dishonest methods have become so general as seriously to affect the foreign demand for Russian cereals, and a system of government inspection is proposed as an extreme remedy for the sitnasion. Were as effective a system of grai n inspection as exists in this country adodted we may well fear the results of Russian oompetdtian; and if our export of cereal products is diminished how can we hope to maintain the favorable “balance?” "

Pains have been taken in Philadelphia to ascertain what proportion of the young men who are learning trades are native Americans. The result shows that in but two of the trades do American apprentices predominate—in the machine shops and printing offices. In nearly all the trades the German apprentices were found to be much in the preponderance. They are learning to be weavers, or turners, or furnituremakers just as their ancestors have done before them for generations back in the Fatherland. But while the foreign-bom apprentices are deserving of the hearty commendation they are receiving for their willingness to learn trades, and to acquire by slow stages and persistent endeavors a comfortable home, there is a word that should be said for the boys who have been bom on this side and taught by word and example that great opportunities await them. The two trades which the American-born boys in Philadelphia seek to learn in numbers greater than can be accommodated are not of the dilletante order, but quite the reverse. Why are they chosen? Because they are trades that offer scope for a higher order of intelligence than is found in a tannery or a tinshop, or in the making of clothing or shoes. The printer or machinist may not receive any higher wages than the tanner, but they live in a larger world. It is the American boy,it appears, who disoems this fact, and writers who do not see in this discernment something for praise are lacking in the brightness which is his characteristic.

Digging His Own Grave.

Fayetteville, N. 0., special: This quiet little town, the scene last week of bo much excitement on the occasion of Senator David Da\is’ nuptials, to-day had a sensation of another kind. John Tvler, an old grave-digger, was this morning engaged in his gloomy work. He hod reached the depth of over seven feet, and it is supposed was stooping down when the side of the exoavationcaved in aod fell on him, and, being old and feeble, it is supposed he must have been unable t • move after falling on his face. The earth and rocks covered him +o a depth of three feet When he was discovered life had been extinct for some hours. He had dug his own grave and buried himself. I

WASHINGTON NOTES.

It is estimated that the reduction of the public debt during the month of March will be about $10,000,000. The Patent Office has prepared, and has now for sale, an index of all patents relating to electricity granted by the United States prior to June 30,1882,comprising about 4,000 patents, and making a volume of 250 pages. The acting secretary of the Treasury has decided that the rate of duty as between the old and new tariff, is to be fixed by the date of arrival of the importing vessel at the port of entry,and that goods imported before the Lew act takes effect and shipped to western ports under immediate transportation will be dutiable under the present tariff unless they remain in. a public store or bonded warehouse until the act goes into operation! It has finally been decided to begin work on the Washington • Monument on May 1. The ‘appropriation of $250,000 reads “to finish;” so that the shaft will it is to be hoped, as it is to be done at all, now be sent up to the intended 555 feet It is now 340 feet, and when- finished will be forty feet higher than any other artificial work in the world, topping the tallest spire of the Cologne Cathedral that much.

United States Conul Astwood, at San Domingo, reports to the State Department that, owing to the bar which has formed at the entrance to the harbor, that port is virtually closed tu commence. Vessels drawing more than eight feet of water can not enter the harbor withont great risk of stranding. He says unless dredging is resorted to to clear out the mouth of the river the commerce of that progressive district must become paralyzed. The returned seamen of the Jeannette were before the board of inquiry Friday. They all said they had no statements to make with regard to the management of the expedition bes ore or after the sinking of the Bhip, and no charges to prefer against any officer. They believed everytmng was done that could be done to ensure the safety of the crew, and thought that Lieutenant Dautnhower in particular had displayed great skill and good judgment in bringing the whaleboats safely to land. Representative Flowers’ return of $458. 50 to the tresury, because he was absent a sufficent number of days to take that much out of his salary, recalls the fact that if certain othec representatives followed his example they would not have drawn enough to pay their board bills. Wood and Cornell, of New York, for instance, did not occupy their seats more tnan halt a dozen times daring the session while Hubbeli, of Michigan, was away about half the time, and Facheco was only in liis seat the last four days of the session. Mr. Flowers is from New York.

The department of Agriculture will begin issuing monthly crop bulletins, in April. These reports are becoming very valuable, and eagerly watched for by grain dealers, growers, and speculators tHroughout tlie country. Tire April bulletin will be one of the greatest importance aB it will give the first reliable reports of the damage done to wheat in the West andin the .Northwest by frost and snow. Many of the operators in Chicago and New York in a measure anticipated the regular reports of the Agricultural Bureau, but their information is unavoidably more limited in its scope, and not so impartially reliable as those furnished from Washington. The bureau gets returns from 2UOO reliable and experienced crop observer every month, from April tc December. The growth of the postal order system at home and abroad has been remarkable. It was created by the aot of May 17, 1864* during the civil war. In toe fifth year of its existence the orders amounted to about $24,800,000. The system now extends to the remotest countries. The domestic and international orders of the last offical year aggregated $120,000,000, about $6,501,000 being on foreign account. No attempt has been made.to glorify |this branch of the publio service, or to puff its achievements. It is modestly and well manag'd. Confidence has been gained by good management. The system has beoone a most important element of the postal servioe, an immense convenience to tlose who wish to send small remittances without risk of loss or danger of repudiation. Instead of it being a charge on the treasury, the money order system is actually a source of profit, At the end of th« last fiscal year, after deducting all expenses of every sort, induding the appropriations made by"oongress the business had to its credit the respectable sum of $165,000. It is said the Naval advisory board will report in saver of equipping the League Island yard with plant and machinery necessary for the construction of iron and steel ships. Navel offioers. believe that the action of Congress in authorizing the construction of the , f new steel cruisers is a foreoast of the future

policy of this government touching its navy; that the war ships in future will be of steel or iron, and that this government will soon appreciate the importance of being able to build its own ships. A prominent official of the Navy Department remarked: “Now that the vexed question of monitors is out of the way, we may confidently expect to have a navy. The great mistake of this government was in undertaking to have its ships built by contract instead of at its own yards. When wooden frigates were in vogue ours were in every respect the finest in the world. We have the most skillful and intelligent artisans, and our frigates were the admiration of all nations in every part of the world; but wooden ships are now out of date, and we have fallen behind in the construct! >n of iron vessels. Sooner or later, however, Congress will realize the importance of equipping some of our yards for iron and steel ship bnilding and I have no hesitancy in assorting that it will soon be found that we can excel other nations in this character of ships, as we always have done with our wooden vessels.” Comptroller Lawrence has rendered a decision that the salary of Congressman Ochiltree, of Texas, must be paid to himself, notwithstanding his indebtedness to the United States, on the grounds that his office is a constitutional one, and that if his salary was withheld he would be deprived of the means of support and his constituents t of representation. Torrito rial delegates, however, are not constitutional officers, and it is held that in their case their indebtedness to the government can be set off against their salaries. It is said that not less than 75 per cent of the retiring Republican members of the Forty-seventh Congress have applied to the President for appointments of one kind and another, and their claims are pending. Ex-members do not go about this business like the general run of candidates for office. They do not overwhelm the Executive with cemetery petitions and formal written applications Instead, they call on the President in person and urge their fitness for some place they have fixed their eyes upon, going at him thus: “This position (including the one they want) is one for which lam especially fitted. I possess every qualification for the place, and I want it. I haver served my party long and faithfully, and it owes me that much n recompense.” Congressman are not mealy-mouthed in telling what they want when it is an office they are after. They go at it with no more ado or fuss than a private citizen would in entering a store to buy a paper of pins.

History of Two Vulgar Persons.

Five years ago this Spring~3enator Taboi was a poor man,keeping a small store in a gulch near Leadville. Two acquaint ances, one of them a shoemaker, persuaded him to a mining partnership. Tabor was to furnish the “grub stake,” that is,a few tools and provisions, and the other men were to do the digging. The shoemaker and his friend went up the hill a little way and began work. Tabor thought the spot selected for operations unpromising, and threatened to withdraw from the combination, but his partners had the tools and provisions and kept on digging. They very soon fonnd ore, and Tabor bought them out. In six months he had sold between $300,000 and S4OO, 000 worth of ore. The mine thus opened is known as Little Pittsburg, and was the basis of Tabor’s fortune, which is said to amount to $10,000,000. In 1889-80 he served as Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, which was his first political honor. Then he became ambitious to go to the United states Senate as the successor of Henry M. Teller, who went into the Cabinet, but the prize eluded him on account of the scandal which was caused by the suit for maintain anoe brought by his deserted wife with whom he lived twenty five years in humble circumstances. The oourt, it is pleasant to know, decreed that she should be supported in a manner suited to her husband’s wealth. Tabofinally got into the Senate for the term of one mouth as the suooessor of Secretary Teller’s successor. Miss Lizzie MoCourt to whom he has been twioe married, is the daughter of a custom tailor living in Oshkosh, Wis. She married Harvey Doe, the son of a wealthy lumber man. They went to Denver to live where her husband lost all he had in an unfortunate mining speculation. It is said to have been for this reason that his wife sought a divorce within a year after their marriage. In the mean time she had become acquainted with Tabor. Since she captured him her parents have moved from th Jr humble home in Oshkosh, and are in the enjoyment of a SI,OOO bed room set Miss MoUourt’s acquaintances refrain from assailing her reputation, but say that she is quite indifferent as to the opinion entertained of her. In the New Orleans eleotion fraud cases, Wednesday, Deputy William Buokney, who was a supervisor of election, swore he could not identify his own signature on a tally-sheet, and was arrested for perjury.

ALWAYB A SHADOW Thw’* always a shadow on everything— Always a shadow to the wistest wind; * Always a shadow t the brightest son, Pram early morn till day is done. There’s always a shadow to the clearest stream; Always a shadow to the sweetest dream; Alawayn a shadow to everything here— Only in the Hereafter will aU be clear.

For the Household.

Hot irons should never be used for embroidery. Spiral mignonette is used in great profusion for flower decorations. Cornelias in pots are much used in decorating hall, drawing and dining room. Alum is one of the best additions to make whitewash of lime that will not rub off. ‘ - Mirrors should not be hung where the sun shines directly upon fhAm, > To relieve hiccough at onoe, take a lump of sugar saturated with vinegar. Hemorrhage of the lungs or stomach may be quickly stopped by small doses of salt. A broom may be kept in good condition for a Ion? time if it is washed ouoe a week in clean hot suds and then hung up to dry. An orange eaten before breakfast cures the craving for liquors and improves a disordered stomach. If you wish to produce glue that will sesist water, boil one pound of glue in two quarts of skimmed milk. Folding screens for holding eight or ten photographs are handsome when covered with plush or velvet.

To prevent sausages from bursting when cooking, never make a hole in them with a fork while turning them. Therags for Japanese ornaments of all kinds for rcoms, halls, parlors chambers and boudoire, is on the increase. Among house decorations none are so popular as jardinieres of fine majolica filled with artificial plants and flowers. Those who have remnants of plush ow take them to tbe picture framer to be made into plush frames aud easels. A thin coat of varnish applied to straw matting will make it much more durable, and keep the matting fresh and new. To extract ink from cotton, silk or woolen goods, dip the spots in spirits of turpentine, and let it remain for several hours then rub thoroughly between the hands, and it will all disappear without changing either the color or texture of the fabric. Dried bark of sassafras root put around dried fruit will protect it from worms. Raw starch, applied with a little water as paste, will general by remove all stains from bed ticking, To remove spots from furniture, take four ounces of vinegar, two ounces of sweet oil, one onnoe of turpentine. Mix, and apply with a flannel cloth. Spirits of ammenia, diluted with water if applied with a sponge or flannel to discolored spots of the carpets or garments, will often restore the color. Soot falling on the carpets from open chimneys or carelessly handled stovepipes, if thickly covered with salt, can be, brushed up without injury to the carpet. Jefferson Ullery was acquitted, Wednesday, at Greenfield, of blowing up a saloon at New Palestine, with dynamite. The trial attracted much attention, and a large part of Sugar Creek township was in attendance.

THE MARKETS

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