Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1883 — Page 3

VICIOUS DOGS.

Bow a Distinguished Chicagoan Puts Them to Flight. A man carrying a sword-cane called ’ at the office of Uncle Phil Hoyne, and, •drawing the rapier out of its sheath, asked the Commissioner if there was anything going on. “Nothing.” said Mr. Hoyne, looking at the deadly weapon; “what do voq •carry that thing around for?” “That,” said the man, ramming the Wade hack to its place of concealment, ■“is a sure protection against unknown and dangerous dogs. Give ’em that to jpick their teeth with and you won’t stand much show for hydrophobia. ” “Are you afraid of dogs?” said Uncle Phil. “So am J. I’m not afraid of men at any hour ®f the day or nights—no, nor of women, neither —well, to tell you the truth, I am afraid of dogs. But I have a better safeguard against dogs than a dagger cane like that. I suppose you carry that around to get off' a joke about your canine protection, Oh?” “Now let me tell you,” oontinued the Commissioner of Deeds, “something about a theory of mine which I lighted upon about fifty years ago, when there was no dog ordinance hereabout, and which I have often put into practice. I did it the other night on the North Side—l forget the name of the street, but it is the same one Frank Agnew lives on. I was going along there in the evening when a savage dog flew out on me, evidently ready to rend mein pieces. 'Now, what d’ve suppose I did?” “Whipped out your pistol, I presume, and let fly at him. ” “Not a bit of it. I simply lifted my hat. Don’t laugh. The dog stopped, looked at me, growled and finally crouched back to the doorstep and began wagging his tail. I have done the same thing over and over again, with the same result. ” “How do you account for the result ?” “This is how I figure it out,” said Mr. Hoyne. “Dogs, in my Opinion, think—in a crude way. They see a man, such as me, walking along, say with a plug hat on his head, and so forth. To him I present a complete picture, just as a dog with flapping ears, swishing tail and four legs presents'One equally complete. Now, mark! The four-fobted picture cannot, so to speak, disintegrate. No dog ever saw another dog take off his tail, or lay down his ears, or throw away one of his hind legs. This human apparition suddenly begins to take himself to pieces. He lifts off his hat. The dog don’t know what is coming next, perhaps. He begins to think. He is overawed. He meets with a power which is beyond his apprehension, and he succumbs. ‘ Mind you, this is only my theory, but I have tried it on several times-, and I always found it to succeed with the brainy kind of dogs.” It was suggested that perhaps the dogs were simply overwhelmed by the extraordinary size of the Commissioner’s hat, but Mr. Hoyne stuck to his peculiar notion. He is. said to be preparing a paper on the subjeCk for the Academy of Sciences.— Chicago Journal.

Making a Start.

“I am on my way East, and have -about three hours in which to see Detroit,” said a stranger to a policeman on J efferson avenue. “I want to begin right. Now, then, you of course have ths finest fire department in the •country ?” ~ “Yes, sir.” “Ah! Exactly —, exactly. And the best police force?” .“Yes.” “Just as I had expected—exactly. This is, of course, one of the healthiest cities in the world ?” “It is.” “Ah—yes. You have a noble river at your doors ?” “We have, sir.” “Exactly—l presumed as much. You have churches and schools for all, of course ?” “Yes, sir.” “Exactly—of course. Taxes are low, the local Government efficient, and law and older prevail in all directions ?”_ “Yes.” “I supposed so—yes. The city is improving, and is certain to become a great metropolis ?” “That’s what we think. ” “Of course—of course. You have pure air, good water and freedom from epidemics ?” “Yes, sir.” “Exactly—exactly—just as I supposed. They said the same in Buffalo, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, Indianapolis and Milwaukee. If you will now have the kindness to direct me to a ■5-cent barber shop I will enjoy a shave .and then see the city. With the start you have given me I cannot fail to do you j ustice.*’ — Detroit Free Press. « _ ,

Gongo Vegetation.

The vegetation that clothes the precipitous shores on the south side of Stanley Pool, near the entrance from the Upper river, is one of the most magnificent spectacles that the Congo oilers, Rising nearly perpendicularly from the water, the serest climbs the hillsides higher than the, eye can reach, without a single break in its luxuriance. The variety of colors, too, at this season, when most of the trees are in blossom, is particularly striking. One treetop will be covered with scarlet flowers, .■scattered with a liberal hand; another has pendulous flowers of a pinky white, lianging gracefully by their long stalks amid the, somber masses of foliage; while errant creepers in exuberant growth trail their yellow blossoms over the victims they entwine. There is every note struck in the gamut of greed, and the trees that form this mass of foliage may vary in tone from blue-green to greenish yellow, and from greenish white to russet red, and they will differ equally in form and aspect. While some are compactly massed in their leafage, others grow erratically and in disordered tufts. Beautiful mimosas dominate their fellows,clothed in foliage of dark green velvet, •dracoenas raise their spiky heads here and there from out of the soft, verdant mass. The large, flat leaves of a fig alternate with the feathery palm fronds, while many stems are completely dis-

■' ' . . . • guised.by the net-woyk of graceful creepers, which mask them like a veritable cobweb. A climbing palm makes a sort of lattice-work fence, rising straight up from the water’s edge, and seems effectually to forbid trespassingin the fairy forests, while along the river’s brim lines of white lilies stand like sentinels to see the barrier is not passed.— Cor. London Telegraph. >

What We Spend on Base Ball.

A correspondent has made the following rough estimate of the mtpenses attending the eight professional ball clubs'in the country: Salaries of eighty men (average) including substitutes.s9o,ooo Car fare 12,000 Hotel expenses while traveling 12,000 Salary managers 10.000 Salary umpires S,O(X> Traveling expenses of umpire and managers. 3,000 Rental of grounds. QXO Printing 7,000 S.orers’ pay 1,1500 Bat, uniforms, and balls 2,500 Board while clubs are home i>layiug 5,000 'Expense- of ’busses, etc..... .... .... 7«o Incidentals 1,000 T0ta1.'.5155,700 This calculation, which has to do with only one association, or eight clubs (called the Teague,) is evidently too least SIB,OOO in the. first item, for one thing, for salaries. paid to base ball players must average $1,500. One gets $1,500 or $2,000, another $2,500. Some of them get $3,000 a season. Some of the best editorial writers in New 'Sork do not command more. The time has

been when even a higher figure would have expressed that average, but the law of demand and supply appears to be gradually equaTwnguiings, even in base ball. Our correspondent probably underestimates the aggregate expenditure for the League; the truth, likely, would be $200,000 instead of $155,700. But even that $200,000 represents only one association. There are others. In the association of which the Philadelphia Athletic are members, that club is said to have expended—or, which is for our purpose practically the same thing, its backers have expended for it > —the sum of $34,000 this year, and yet it is said the club has cleared a profit of $70,000. This surprising statement becomes possible in the. light of sifch crowds as that famous club has drawq, in its encounters with other noted clubs in some of the cities, 18,000 being in attendance, for example, to see one game at St. Louis, representing $9,000 for that one game, while gatherings of 10,000 have been noted in that and other cities. Probably $250,000 would be an underestimate of the total expenditures by the associations and individuals that back up the various professional nines in the three associations of 1883. But that large expenditure represents only One side of the question, On the other side are the unknown sums that have been paid out by the base-ball loving public for the privilege of witnessing the 370 games. That base ball “pays” financially is indicated by the continuation of the-clubs and the wilespread public interest in the subject. If a quarter of a million has been paid out in keeping up the clubs of 1883, a considerably larger sum has been paid by the spectators of the games. Six hundred thousand dollars would perhaps not be an over-estimate of the total expenditures for base ball this year. Besides the 392 League games, at 50 cents admission, the clubs wind up the season with a series of half-price “exhibition” games. The total expend.tures no doubt exceeds $600,000. —Hartford Times.

Sitka Showers.

After the scattered villages and trad-ing-posts along the shores of the archipelago Sitka came upon us like a vision of metropolitan splendor, says a letter in the St. Louis Glo'je-Democrat, and the town full of mossgrowu and weath-er-beaten houses was quite impressive. We wandered continually up and down its winding streets and dilapitated sidewalks, and strolled out the graveled path that leads down the beach and through the woods to the rippling waters of the Indian river, and qever wearied of Sitkan scenes. It rained constantly, but none of us minded that, since Alaska rain has a cheerful, steady, all-the-year-round pattern that even a stranger gets accustomed to in a little while. Gossamer cloaks and rubber shoes are full dress in Sitka, umbrellas bob contentedly up and down the street, and no one dreams of foregoing any outdoor pleasures for the rain. Hard as it may pour, there is not the dampness to be felt that one experiences in other climates, and although we live on shipboard, and keep stateroom windows and doors wide open, neither shoes nor kid gloves have any .refactory claminess about them when it comes to putting them on in the morning. Clothes will dry hung under 9 shed or an .awning, no matter hard the rain may be falling within a few feet of them, and there are many paradoxes and puzzles about this wonderful climate of Alaska.

True Liberality.

The old man Jones was rubbing his bands and smiling all over as he met Brown, and the latter felt compelled to inquire: .. “Has your silver mine turned out a bonanza?” “Haven’t heard from it in over four weeks.” “You look as pleased as if you had a thousand tons of ore in sight. ” ■ - “Oh, no;- I’ve just been giving away $50,000 worth of stock.” “Not giving it away ?” “Yes, sir; didn’t cost the recipient a penny.” “Well, what kind of a way is that to run a silver mine?” “Oh, don’t you worry. Brown—not a bit. We’ve got to have some shares out in order to make an assessment, and, next week, we shall call for 70 cents on the dollar in order to meet the expenses of survey and machinery. Do not worry about me, Mr. Browq,”—Hh/Z Street News. A Massachusetts paper says of a recent fiTe that when the fire was first Been, “that building was too far gone to be saved, an 4 the other buildings were too near to be saved."

A DETECTIVE’S EXPERIENCE.

His SuecemfM Undertaking and Escape from an Impending Fate. 1 [From the Buffalo'(N. Y.) News.] One morning several years ago, just as the dull gray light was beginning to show itself In-the cast, a small band of men might have been seen deployed about 3 house on Ferry street, in Buffalo. There was iiutblng special either in the dress or appearance 6f the men to indicate their intention, .but it was plain that they had business of importance on hand. Suddenly a nqm appeared at one of the windows, took in the situation at a glance, and, swinging himself outward with Wonderful quickness, scaled the roofrof the house. This man was'i'chu Ballard, the. notorious couuierfciter; and, armed to the teeth and fully realizing his situation, he defied justice and the officials below him. Some of the officers, knowing the desperate character of the man, proposed to shoot him until he was killed, but one of the number promptly protested, and declared that if his brother officers would assist him to ascend, ho would capture the , man alive. Accordingly he began the difficult and dangerous task, and succeeded in bringing his prisoner to the ground in safety. The man who accomplished this task was Mr. Thomas U> .• tin, the present Su perin tcndent of city police of Buffalo, N. Y. Mr. Curtin is A man who is known by every prominent detective and policeman in America, and he stands pre-eminently in the front rank of his profession. Quiet and gentlemanly in appearance and manners, he, possesses a courage, combined with marked physical powers, that make him the terror of evildoers and the pride of law-abiding citizens. Few people can realize, however, the trials, exposures, and even privations, to which the members of every municipal police and lire department are exposed. Compelled to be on duty at, uncertain hours, Subjected to the most inclement weather, and often necessitated by the nature of their duties to protracted undertakings, they endure a nervous and physical strain that is terrible. Such was the experience of Mr. Curtin in former days; and it is not surprising that he found hihiself suffering from a mysterious physical trouble. In relating his experience to a representative of this paper he said: “At times when was I on duty I would feel an unaccountable weariness and lack of energy. My appetite was also uncertain, and my head seemed dull and heavy. I did not fully understand' these troubles, but supposed, hs most people suppose, that I was suffering from malaria. I tried to throw off the feeling, but it would not go. I thought I might overcome it, but found 1 was mistaken, and I finally became so badly off that it was almost impossible to attend to my duties. I have known any number of men in the police and fire departments of this country who have been afflicted as I was, and I doubt not there arc to-day hundreds similarly troubled who, like myself, did not know the cause, or really what ailed them.” “Your present appearance, Mr. Curtin, does not Indicate much physical debility,” said the interviewer as he looked at the 220 pounds of bone and muscle standing nearly five feet eleven inches in height before him. “O, no; that, is altogether a thing of the past, and I am happy to say that for more than a year I have enjoyed almost perfect health, although 1 ndw realize that I was on the road to certain death by Bright’s disease of the kidneys and traveling at a very rapid pace.” ' . ■ “How did you come to recover so completely?” “That is just what I want to tell you, for I believe it may be of great service to many others in my profession; who may possibly hear of it. 1 began the use of a popular remedy at the earnest solicitation of a number of friends in this city, and found to my great qualification that I began feeling bettor. This feeling continued and I gained in strength and vigor until now I am perfectly well—and wholly through the instrumentality of Warner’s Safe Cure, which I.bolieve to be the best medicine for policemen, firemen, railroad men, or any other classpf people exposed, to danger or a change of weather, ever discovered. Since my recovery I have recommended it •everywhere, and never knew a ease where it failed either to cure or benefit. 1 would.not be without it under any consideration, and I am positive it is a wonderfully valuable and at the same time entirely harmless remedy. Indeed, I see that Dr. Gunn, Dean of the United States Medical College of New York, indorses it in the highest terms.” “So you experience little difficulty in the execution of your duties now, Mr. Curtin, do you?” “ None whatever. Our department was never in better condition than at present.” “And do you never have any fear of some of the desperadoes whom you have been -the means of bringing to justice? ” “Not in the least. Such men do not try to retaliate, partially because they have not the courage, but oftener because they respect an officer who does his duty.” The poiicemen. flremen, letter-carriers and other public employes in this country have a particularly trying life. When, therefore, a siinplb andpure remedy that can restore and sustain the health of all such men is found, it should be cause for great congratulation, especially when recommended by such u man as Superintendent Thomas Curtin of Buffalo.

It Was All Paid for.

The Queen of Italy, in the course of a railway journey, stopped at a certain station and was met by the Mayor and municipal big-wigs in all the glory of their robes of honor. An elegant luncheon had been provided, but the royal appetite was uncertain, and the Queen requested the obsequious deputation to get her a glass of wine, which was all tliat she required. This was promptly brought, but, while drinking it, a drop fell from the glass onto her trivelingdress. She at once sought in her pocket for a handkerchief to remove the stain, but the 'worthy Mayor, whose daily avocations behind the counter had possibly accustomed him to the purposes for which ladies seek their pockets, misunderstood the motion of the Queen’s hand, and murmured humbly, but earnestly, “Ah, no, your Majesty; I assure you it is all paid for!”

A Good Friend to the Chinese.

San Francisco. —Consul A. F. Bee, of the Chinese Consulate Office, expresses himself clearly in saying that he, as well as his family, have suffered severely from rheumatism and neuralgia, and that medicines were used in vain. At last St. Jacobs Oil was tried, which effected immediate cures in every case. The Consul regards the Oil as the greatest pain-curing remedy in existence. ’

Chinese on the Pacific Coast.

The Chinese fairly swarm in all parts of the Pacific Coast region. In all the larger and even in many of the smaller towns we find the “Chinese quarters,” in which the diamond-eyed Mongolians reside, do business and have their public houses of entertainment. The “Chinese quarter” of the city of Portland reminds one of a street in Hong Kong; it is Oriental and full of Chinese trade and traffic. Should the Eastern section of our country ever swarm with these exotics as does the Pacific slope, it would have “cheap labor” to its heart’s content, but we are well satisfied that it is not of the kind it . needs or desires.— Chicago Journal. - ‘‘Wake up here, and pay for your lodgings ” said the good deacon, as he nudged Ihe sleepy stranger with the contribution box . The Chinese should be good fighters—fast colois do not run and the Chinese certainly wash well— Bouton Bulletin. '* Clutbvllle, Ala,—Dr. W. Carter, says: -“I have used Brown’s Iron Bitters in my own , family for indigestion with great benefit.”

He Got His Change.

One of those chronic dead-beats who habitually infest society, railway and street-cars, boarded an Austin car, and proceeded to develop his little game. It was by no means a new one, and the driver immediately seized upon it, quietly collected his fare in the shape of a nickle, and for several blocks nothing was saicL Then the fraud shiyered the silence with: I “Am I going to have any change for that dollar I gave you.” “You ditffi’t give me no dollar,” replied the driver, scowling darkly. “Yes, but I did, though, and if you don’t pass me over the 95 cents, I’ll report you. ” • “But you only gave me a nickle.” “I say I gave you a dollar, and I wank some change,” and the man stood upon the platform glaring defiantly. The passengers became interested, and the driver shifted his postition. “You are riding alcng all right enough now, ain’t you?” inquired the railway Jehu. “Yes, I s’pose I am.” * “Well,” said the driver, suddenly removing his fist from the vicinity of the beat’s nose, and shooting him off the car, “now you ain’t you see. Ain’t that change enough for you?”— Texas Siftings.

What Is Money

Weighed against that health it so often fails to buy? Dross indeed. While we can none of us claim a total exemption from the greatest of all ills to which flesh is heir—ill Jiealth— we may do much to lessen the chances of incurring it, and this not alone by the adoption of such sanitary measures as are to be found in daily exercise, regular hours, prudence in anff a wholesome diet, but also by resorting to the judicious preventive medication When the fsystem is threatened by uuhealthful influences. For instance, residents or sojourners in malarious localities should use Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a defense against chills and fever, and persons who incur much out-of-door exposure should employ it as a safeguard against rheumatism. Travelers in the tropics find it invaluable also as a means of arresting liver complaint and constipation, and counteracting the debilitating influence of a torrid climate.

What is the difference between a muscular tramp and a newly-cleaned lamp? Only this, one is a well-limbed tramp, ana the other is a well-trimmed lamp.— Oil City Berwick. Rushmore, Ohio.—Dr. A. Page, says: “I have prescribed Brown’s Irpn Bitters in several instances, and in each case Obtained' good results.” ____ A bar-tender can malt-treat a man as often os he pleases, without objections being raised. An effective medicine for kidney diseases, low fevers and nervous prostration, and well worthy of a trial, is Brown’s Iron Bitters. “No mope reflections, please,” said the after it had tumbled down stairs. _________ “Your Seemarttan Nervine cured my son’s fits,” writes Mrs. S. M. Parkhurst, of Girard, Mich. ' When a hen retires for the night, it is quite proper to speak of her as a rooster. Arm pain in the nervous system, wind collo eramps etc., cured by Samaritan Nervine. Tee dissipated actor wears his “tights” on his nose. . "

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