Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 April 1885 — Page 7

iThe Republican. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. , ——... G. E. MARSHALL, - - Publish**.

Miss Annie Hooper, of Daly’s company, is paragraphically paraded as “the daughter of the United States Consul-General at Paris,” but she enjoys the greater distinction of being the daughter also of Mrs. Lucy Hamilton Hooper, who is considerably the larger half of the Consular family. The intensity of the cold during the month of February may be inferred from the fact that Seneca Lake, in Western New York, has frozen over for th®/first time in more than thirty years. It is the peculiarity of this lake that in ordinary winters ice rarely forms but a few inches in depths along' the shore. To render new wainscoting and oak furniture dark and give it an antique appearance, ammonia, says a high authority, is the cleanest, best, and cheapest material that can' be used. The liquid stains commonly used raise the grain of the wood, whereas in the use of ammonia it is simply the fumes that color, and do it so completely that it is difficult to tell whether the wood is really new or old. It is proposed to erect an iron tower 984 feet in bight as one of the novelties of the Paris Exposition of 1889. This will be, by all odds, the highest structure in the world. The projectors of the enterprise claim, in addition to being a novelty, the tower will be scientifically useful in measuring upper air currents and experiments with lighting. Its value in enabling the French to keep an eye on England is not alluded to officially.

A n aged colored woman at Glasgow, Kentucky, was attracted one day last * summer by the humming of a swarm of wandering bees as they passed over her cabin. She ran out, and by ringing bells and beating a tin pan induced them to settle in a tree in her yard. She then climbed the tree and with a small broom swept the swarm into her apron, descended, and as nothing else was handy emptied her capture into a nail keg. They prospered, and she now has a good start in the bee line. The industry of sweetheart-shooting followed by suicide has revived again, after a-brief stagnation. There is no way of reaching this class of crime, because there is nobody left to hang after the tragedy. A return to the mideival style of burying suicides at cross-roads with a stake through the body might be a remedy were the, class who indicatetheir love by murder less brutal. Such men would hardly be affected by the idea of any post-mortem punishment. How to prevent the class of crime referred to is one of the problems of our cheap literature civilization.

Es is almost an assured fact that Mr. Arthur has never contemplated resuming the practice of law, and that his future life will be one of ease and retirement, unless, indeed, he should reenter the political arena. From the White House Mr. Arthur goes to the residence of his friend and premier, Mr. Frelinghuysen, then|p to'Fortress Monroe, thence to his New York home, thence to Canada on a fishing tour, and thence probably back to New Yprk to spend next winter. Mr. Arthur is fond of Washington, but has not yet decided to make it his future residence, although there are many circumstances tempting him to such a decision.

Mb. Goldwin Smith, in a severe notice of Carlyle’s “Life,” expresses himself in this wise. “When a man, being in a diseased and highly irritable condition, belies es the whole world, hiiaself and his own little circle of admirers excepted, to be a moral, political, social, and economical Gehenna, the world being, in fact, nothing of the sort, are the theories of life and government founded on that belief likely to afford sure guidance to mankind? On Carlyle’s transcendent excellence as a painter of historical scenes, and as a sardonic humorist it is needless to dwell. In his philosophy there is nothing reatly positive or constructive, any more than there is in that of Swift.” They have a “feeling” for high art in Philadelphia which could scarcely be excelled even in St. Louis. The theatrical drop curtain painted by Gustave Dore, and which attracted so much attention during the centennial year, has been cut up into “flats” to be used in the cantata of the “Haymakers.” The curtain had been carefully rolled up by one manager until an artist could be found willing to venture on repainting some damaged spots. Another manager wanted the flats, and, finding no other material at hand, took the curtain, though informed of its value. It is not much satisfaction to the .admirers of the picture, who have just made the discovery, to learn also that the vandal manager has since died. Editob Labouchebe, of the London Truth, says: “We l»egin our education at the wrong end. Instead of cramming a child with Latin grammar at the age of 6, we ought to teach him French, German, and Italian while he is young enough to master the pronunciation correctly. Then, as a sort

of extra polish, let him, if, he has time and talent enough, study Latin and Greek, beginning, say, at about 15. If he has no aptitude for these dead and practically useless languages, let liim at once abandon them. By our idiotic system, we make a boy waste the whole of his school days in vainly endeavoring to write languages which he most probably detests, and then expect'him to pick up French and German as he best can in the course of a long vacation tour abroad/*

A Paris correspondent writes that “Victor Hugo, in spite of his years, is still hale and hearty; he eats well and drinks well, and his only infirmity is deafness. Hugo himself will tell you that he is stone-deaf; but his friends maintain that he is only hard of hearing. Thursdays and Sundays, which are reception days, the poet goes to bed about 10 o’clock; other days he retires at 9 :<JQ, and in the morning he works in bed, and rises about 10. He breakfasts lightly, walks, and in spite of the supplications of his family he occasionally indulges in an old distraction of riding on the knifeboard of a ’bus. Whatever the weather, Victor Hugo still obstinately refuses to wear an overcoat, and, old as he is, persists in abundant cold-water* ablutions; but he no longer takes his ’tub’ as he used to do during the siege of Paris, when he was staying with his old friend Paul Maurice, after his return from exile, and when he used to break the ice with his heel cold mornings.”

Dr. Leland, who recently diedin Georgia, was a great sufferer from asthma, and to all appearances died several times before the final dissolution took place. On more than one occasion his family made preparations for his funeral, and a day or two before his actual death he told a remarkable story of bow he witnessed the arrangements. “Unable to lie down, I passed through all my sickness in an easy-chair. My body died several times. I, that is, my spirit, would go away from it, and, standing in an opposite corner of the room, would look back at the flesh and blood in the chair and wonder how I had ever been induced to pass so many years in its company? ‘Poor old body.’ I thought, ‘your troubles are nearly over. They will soon put you away under the ground where you will be at rest forever.’ I saw my family gather about my old frame as it leaned back, dead, in the chair, and it gave me pain to see them weep. Then I would feel something pulling me toward my body again; I could not resist it; I was powerless; and in a moment I had taken possession of it. Then there was an instant of pain, and I opened my eyes and breathed. Each time this was repeated I was more reluetant to return to my body.”

S. A. Dalbymple, of the Dalrymple farms at Casselton, Dakota, recently said: “We have had this year 32,000 acres in wheat and 2,000 acres (enough to feed the stock) in oats. Nine successive crops have been raised off this land, and this year our wheat averaged fourteen, fifteen, and sixteen bushels to the acre. Next year we will begin to summer fallow, letting about 3,000 acres lie idle each season till it has all had a rest. We expect that after the summer following the yield will be from twenty to twenty-five bushels per acre. The 34,000 acres are divided into three farms of nearly equal size. For each of these there is a headquarters, with a superintendent, bookkeeper, foreman, agent, and other officers. These farms are again divided into sections of 2,000 acres each, under a division foreman, who carries out the orders from headquarters, transmitted to him by telephone. Each division has its boarding-house, with men cooks. In the spring seeding, about 500 men are employed, and during the harvest about 1,000. In the fall all the hands are discharged except sufficient to attend the 400 or 500 horses and mules through the winter. At each headquarters there is a store, upon which the cooks make requisition for all provisions. The whole thing is so systematized that we can tell to a cent the cost of a meal’s vituals for a man and the cost of seeding, repairing, or plowing an acre of ground. We ship all our wheat to Duluth, and thence to Buffalo, where we find the best market. To-day wheat sells in Buffalo for 4 cents more, after the shipping expenses are allowed for, than at Duluth.”

Eliminated Drudgery.

The truth is, or should be, that a man takes the most solid comfort in that work which interests his whole family, and about which all the members can unite in study and ejoyment The farmer who pursues a system of mixed husbandry, has in the diversity of employment, breadth of study and thought, everything that will stimulate a healthy activity of mind and body. In the pursuit of financial success, he has problems to solve and question to decide which may form subjects for most interesting family conversation. There may be drudgery in farm life, but there need be no metre of it there than in the details of the highest art The best way in the world to embellish this drudgery, is to find questions connected with it that shall quicken thought and stimulate inquiry in every member of the household.— C. W. Garfield, in Vick’s Magazine. , s. Snakes are never found on the Island of lona, off the west coast of Scotland, although they exist on another island only three-quarters of a mile, distant „.. .

DULLNESS OF PUPILS.

Paragraphs from a Western Teacher’s Address. By dullness* is meant that low order or temporary condition of the intellect, which renders it unable to comprehend, to understand, to reason. Dullness is the result of either pre-natal or postnatal causes. Among the most prominent pre-natal causes are parental intemperance, including excesses of all kinds, parental disease, accidents, and direct transmission according to the law that begets like. L The dull brain is a dark, cold and dreary prison house, along whose mildewed walls, pale and sickly faculties, with outstretched palms, go slowly, groping, searching for a crevice, no matter how small, through which a gleam of light may creep. We find existing outside the school, continuous or remitting causes, producing permanent or remittent dull 8; ness. Most prominent among the causes of permanent dullness are injury from accident, injury from punishment, fright, use of intoxicating liquors, use of tobacco, general ill treatment, night study. A few of the many causes of remittent dullness are worry and improper clothing, improper food, over feeding, under feeding, loss of sleep, over exertion, want of exercise, poor ventilation, injudicious punishment. Teachers sometimes ungratefully complain that they receive no credit. Teachers receive credit for this accumulation of dullness; from the parents, the superintendent, and the school board. Did Johnny fall in his infancy and crack his skull, the teacher receives the credit for his consequent dullness. Does Tommie steep his tender brain in whisky, beer, or tobacco, the teacher receives credit for his slow progress in his studies. Does Samuel’s father nightly make him the target at which to fire stove-wood and small articles of furniture, closing the parade with a few brick-bats aimed with pice precision at the boy’s head, the teacher is accredited with the boy’s lack of mental activity next day. Straps and bands are drawn so tightly around children’s limbs and bodies that the circulation of the blood is impeded; children are chilled with too little clothing, or weighted down from the hips with too much; they are stuffed at meals like a turkey prepared for the oven, or starved until their only thought is a crust; they are fed on indigestible food; allowed to keep late hours at the ball, the opera, the skating rink, or in the alleys ; they are allowed to stagnate in fashionable parlors until the blood forgets how to circulate in their veins; they are put to bed in rooms hermetically’ sealed, to breathe the same foul air over and over again until the whole system is poisoned, and yet ther* teacher receives all the credit for their mental incapacity. Those conditions, methods, and influences of the school, that may produce continuous or remittent dullness, are numerous. These may be divided into two classes—those that effect the mind indirectly, through the medium of the body, and those that effect the mind directly, through the medium of the emotions or by exertion of the brain. Among the most prominent of the first class are insufficient ventilation, want of exercise, excessive punishment or improper forms of punishment, imp roper positions, depriving of recess, and detaining after school for study. The responsibility for poor ventilation, the teachers may consistently divide with the board of education, who build hermetically Sealed boxes into which they pack children in rows, order teachers to pour over them the oil of control, and then wonder that they come out sardines. For the other causes of this class, the teachers alone must stand responsible. For dullness from over study, the teachers may share the responsibility with parents who constantly urge rapid promotion, and with school officers who put up examination papers for competitive display, and who hold up, for emulation, teachers who have accomplished remarkable results. Constant censure, no commendation, contionuous storming, ridicule, sarcasm, teacher too solemn, teacher too dignified, teacher too monotonous, punishments which destroy the pupil’s selfrespect, such as sitting on the rostrum, standing on the knees, standing on one foot, standing with back to class, standing with book on the head or on one or both outstretched hands, standing with face in the corner, sitting with the opposite sex, mouth tied up, eyes tied up, any punishment before the school The child’s emotional nature may be likened to a telephone system, of which the mind is the “central office,” sending out nerve tubes in all directions to receive dispatches, which are immediately conveyed to the “central ”

Let us step into the central office and take observations. The owner of this central is named John. Hush! a ring. “What is it?” asks central. “John, you aie a perfect numbskull!” Down goes the index ten degrees. “You don’t know as much as you did last year ?” Index ten degrees lower. “Come to me this minute!” Index to thirty. “Turn your back to the class!” Index to forty. “Stand on,one foot!” Index to fifty. “Now, children, you may all laugh as much as you please!” Index drops to the very bottom of the instrument,, where it stands for several hours, perhaps days. Let us enter another “central.” The owner of this central is named Jake. Here we find the index below zero. Hark! a ring: “What is it?” asks the central. “Jake, what makes you look so dull this morning, did yon have bad dreams?” “No, ma’am.” Index goes up ten degrees. “Did you leave your smiles all at home in your other coat pocket?” “No, ma’am, but I can’t get this example.” Index goes up ten degrees higher. “Is that all?. Well, I wouldn’t look so solemn about that; remember, it is the bright face that wins. Bring me.your slate and book.” "Yes’m.” Index goesto 100 above at a single bound. Let us withdraw from the office. : To cdnclude in the words of the immortal Widow Bedott, “We are all poor creeturs.” — G. T. Johnson, in Kansas City Journal. It is said that Lucy Stone regretfully admits that while women do most

of the amateur playing on pianos, they compose scarcely any of the music. Never mind, Lucy, when you stop to think of the murders that are committed every day on account of the good old, songs, such as “I’m Calle t Little Buttercup,” “Whoa Emma,” “Grandfathers Clock,” etc., etc., that foolhardy persons persist in singing or whistling, there will be one consolation in knowing that very few of your sex will have to account for any of the deaths. The horrid men who composed the music will be held resonaible and will be punished accordingly.— Pectfs Sun.

“Sunset Cox.”

The Hon. S. S. Cox, in 1853, was editor of the Ohio Statesman, printed at Columbus, Ohio. The sobriquet of “Sunset” was bestowed upon him after he had written and published the following description of a sunset, which appeared in the Statesman of May 16, ■ 1853. “What a stormful sunset was that of last night! How glorious the storm and how, glorious the setting sun! We do not remember ever to have seen the like on our round globe. The scene opened in the West with the whole horizon full of golden interpenetrating lustre, which colored the foliage and brighted every object in its own rich < dress. The color grew deeper and richer, until the golden color was transferred into a storm cloud full of finest lightning, which leaped into dazzling zigzags all around and over the city. The world rose with fury, the slender shrubs and giant trees made obeisance to His majesty. The strawberry beds and grass plot turned up their whites to see Zephyrus march by. As the rain came and the pools formed and the gutters hurried away, thunder roared grandly, and the fire bell caught the excitement and rang with hearty chorus. The South and East received the copious showers, and the West all at once brighted up in a long polished belt of azure worthy of a Sicilian sky. Presently a cloud appeared in the azure belt in the form of a castellated city. It becomes more vivid, revealing strange forms of peerless sanes and alabaster temples, and glories rare and grand ip the mundane sphere. It reminds us of Wordsworth’s splendid verse in his ‘Excursion.’ The appearance instantaneously discovered Was of a mighty city, bo.dly sa< A wildnerness of Buildings, sinking- her And s ls-withdrawn into a wondrous depth. Far sinking into a splendor without end. But the city vanished only to give place to another isle, where the most beautiful forms of foliage appeared imagining a paradise in the distant and purified air. The sun, wearied of the elemental commotion, sank beneath the green plains of the west. The great eye of the heavens went down without a dark brow hanging over its departing night. The rich flush of the unearthly light had passed and the rain had ceased, and the solemn church bells, the laughter of the children, out and joyous after the storm, is heard, with the carols of birds, while the forked and purple weapon of the skies still darted illuminations around Starling College trying to rival its angels and leap into the dark windows. Candles are lighted. The piano strikes up. We feel that it is good to have a home —good to be on earth when such revelations of beauty and power may be made. And as we can not refrain from reminding our readers of everything wonderful in our city, we have begun and ended our feeble etching of a sunset which comes so rarely that its* glory should be committed to immortal types-” - - -

A Man Who Skulked.

Biding out from Chattanooga towards Bridgeport on horseback I came across a native who had a seat on a rock quite a piece above the road. If he hadn't rattled a stone down just as I came opposite he might have escaped undetected. He had a gun across his knees, and I called to him: “Pretty good hunting around here?” “May be,” he answered. “What do you find?” “Nuthin’ yit.” He seemed so cranky that I was about to ride on, when he rose up and descended to the road. He didn’t look a bit good-natured, and he held his shot-gun in a very careless manner as he said: “Stranger, you mought have come frum Chattanooga!” “Yes.” “You mought have had company part o’ the way.” “Yes. A man on a mule rode with me as far as the forks, half a mile back.” “Man with reddish ha’r —long nose — whiskers on his chin—swears a good deal?” “That’s him.” “And, hang him, he turned off, did he?" “Yes—took the right-hand road.” “Jist like him—jist like the onorery ’possum he is! Stranger, that 'eye feller shot my father more’n two years ago, and he was the game I was waitin’ fur f He’s got thrse different roads to go an’ come by, and jist as sure as I’m watchin’ one, he’ll go by t’other. He’s fooled me all summer long in this way, and I’m gittin’ that desperit that if I miss him to-morrer I shall have to go up to his clearing and take a shot at him as he sots in the door smokin’ his pipe! Stranger, what’s yer real, downright, Christian opinion of a man as will put another man out of the way he has ine!" —Jf. Quad.

Sitting Bull’s Health.

“Sitting Bull made himself sick eating canned peaches,” read young Busthead in the literary department of the Blowtown Bagpipe “Why. I thought the old scoundrel was dead long ago,” said his mother. “Don’t the Government intend to hang the old reprobate?" “No, mother, I guess not; but if canned peaches and two doctors don’t kill him, it is no use for the Government to try to choke him to death with a rope.” —Newman Independent Dr. B. W. Bichabdson, an English physician of eminence, declares that the merital phenomena of typhoid fever are full of suggestions, and that typhus is marked by short, delirious dreams, remittent fevers by long, dolorous and painful dreams, and scarlet fever by realistic dreams.

UNCLE SAM AROUSED.

Details of the Burning of Aspinwall by the Colombian Insurgents. Prompt Action Looking to the Protection of American Interests on L the Isthmus. Prompt Action by the Washington Authorities. [Washington telegram.] In answer to a telegram sent last night by Secretary Whitney, of the Navy Department, to the President of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company at New York, relative to the number of men the company’s vessels can take to Aspinwall without delay, the following reply was received this morning: “We can carry 200 meni in the City of Para to-motrow at noon, and 600 in the Acapulco; next Monday.” Secretary Whitney replied: “We will ship 200 men by your steamer to-morrow noon, with tents and eamp equipage. The Tennessee, with Admiral Jouett, will leave New Orleans probably today, with an extra complement of marines for Aspinwall, and with extra provisions. This will place four ships and between 400 and 500‘availarble men at Aspinwall for land service. As to Monday's steamer, I will communicate hereafter. ” The men will be taken from the Brooklyn Navy Yard. In reply to a telegram sent to Commander Kane, of the Galena, the following was also received to-day: “Transit is closed. The steamship property is safe in my possession; also the railroad property at the north end of the island. It is advisable to send another vessel." It is undestood that Maj. Chas. Haywood, of the Marine Corps, who is in charge vs the marine barracks at Brooklyn, will have immediate command of the marines. A naval officer of rank, however, will probably be detailed to command the expedition.

Capt. Kane’s Course Defended. There was considerable .excitement in naval circles over tha news of the uprising at Aspinwall, and the burning of that city. The censuae of Capt. Kane, of the Galena, says a Washington special, for not firing on the rebels was regarded by many as unjust, in the absence of full particulars. Officers familiar with .affairs at Colon—which is ttfe Colombian name for Aspinwall—say there is no doubt whatever that Capt Kane must have been in consultation with the leading railroad, steamship, and business men of that place, and that his movements were governed by their advice. Had Capt. Kane fired omthe rebels and damaged any property, the United States would probably htfve been called upon to pay damages. This, naval officers say, would have caused an endless amount of claims, for which Capt. Kane would probably have been courtmartialed and dismissed. As the case stands, the Colombian Government is now responsible for all the damages inflicted. Capt. Kane has an excellent record for bravery, and his friends are confident his explanations will be satisfactory to his superiors. The activity of Secretary Whitney in massing men at Brooklyn to be dispatched to Aspinwall to-morrow in the Pacific Mail steamship City of Para received commendation,'and there were many volunteers for service on the expedition.» The orders issued to-day will place four ships and SCO men at Colon. U.he Burning of Aspinwall. 'T ~ The particulars of the battle of Colon (Aspinwall) and the burning of that city are still meagerly reported, says a Panama dispatch. The attack upon the rebel chief Prestan by the Colombian troops was led by CoL Ulloa. Prestan’s forces were routed after a severe engagement As soon as Prestan became convinced that it would be impossible for him to maintain his position he set fire Jo the city in various places and then made his escape. Only a few of his followers succeeded in 'getting away with him. The city is almost a complete ruin. Only three houses are leftjstanding. Much distress prevails among the people who have been rendered homeless. The following dispatch has been received at Philadelphia by Mr. Adamson, son of Consul General Adamson, of Aspinwall: “ Colon has been totally destroyed by fire. The suffering is awful. In my name in* voke Ml editors to ask subscriptions for relief. Adamson.”

Diaz on the Situation. A City of Mexico dispatch says: The opening of Congress took place last evening. In his message President Diaz, in speaking of the attempt of Gen. Barrios against the independence of the Central American States, said that there are especial duties imposed on Mexico by its honor and sentiments of justice; its neighborhood to the belligerents, audits peculiar relations with the aggressor. President Diaz says: “I answered Gen. Barrios frankly, condemning his act. The Mexican people have approved of my action. Grave, without doubt, are the difficulties which this international emergency may produce on account of the srisis which now afflicts the public treasury. Nevertheless, the Executive is determined to sustain an attitude befitting the national honor, and counts on the patriotic co-operation of Congress to maintain intact the national honor and interest” The meseags also states that a new treaty for the extradition of criminals, arranged between the United States Government and the Mexican Minister, will be submitted to the Senate. Also a law relating ,to the rights of foreigners and to naturalization. Destraction of Mail Matter. New York telegram: Cable advices from Aspinwall report a serious loss es mail matter in the destruction of that city by fire, on the Ist inst The entire mail from the South Pacific dispatched from New York on the 21st ult by the steamer Colon was destroyed, and also the registered mail and ordinary paper mail tor Aspinwall, sent by the same steamer. The letter mail was nearly all delivered before the fire broke out As accurately as can now be stated the mail for Central America and the Pacific coast of South America burned consisted of 150 packages of registered mail, 10 sacks of ordinary letters, and 53 sacks of papers. A YOUNG man in Abbeville, S. C.. suffering from pneumonia, called in a physician, who left him a small vial of Veratrum, to be taken internally, and a liniment composed of hartshorn, turpentine, and chloroform, for external application. The patient reversed the directions, swallowing the liniment, and the next day was well. Coii. Donah is publishing the letters he receives from young ladies in the East inquiring after husbands ifi Dakota. King axfonso of Spain 1 has been investing in London real estate.

THE CANADIAN REVOLT.

The Government Taking Prompt Mea»- , ures to Suppress the Behellion. Causes of the Trouble—Character of u the Rebels—Fenians to the Rescue. Caaaee of the Trouble. J. L. Bowenyof Calgary, Northwest Territory, arrived in Chicago the other day, and was promptly interviewed. In speaking of the rebellion in Manitoba, Mr. Bowen said the residents throughout the Northwest are greatly excited, and even at his place, which is 300 miles west of the scene of the present troubles, the people are making active preparations to resist a general Indian outbreak. Mr. Bbwen, however, is of the opinion that the rebels will not go so far west unless Riel and his followers should advance in that direction, in which case the Blackfeet and neighboring Indians, numbering three thousand fighting men, might join in the rebellion With the hope of securing plunder. The Crees, who are located in the extreme northwestern part of the territory, and number fully 15,060, he believes are only waiting for a favorable opportunity to join Biel. The latter has already sent emissaries among the three tribes, and is using every argument to induce them to join him. The Blackfeet and others are poorly equipped for war, but the Crees have an abundant supply of arms and ammunition, and if they should attach themselves to the rebels the outbreak will become a very serious matter. Referring to the causes of the trouble, Mr. Bowen said that for some time there had been general dissatisfaction in the territory on account of the British Government refusing to recognize the land claims of the actual settlers as against the governmental grantees, and heretofore the sympathy had nearly all been with the halfbreed settlers. The recent outbreak, however. and the loss of life had reacted against them. Before that the opinion seemed to be generaPthat the claim of the half-breeds was a just one. and should have been allowed by the English Government When asked about the future action of Riel, Mr. Bowen said he believed that Riel would eventually desert his men and seek safety for himself in the United States, and that the Government would present the halfbreeds with a grant of land, and thus prevent further trouble. Character of the Rebels. A recent dispatch from Ottawa, Canada, says: A gentleman, now living here, who was at one time in the employ of the Hudson Bay Company, tells something of the character of the half-breeds who are stimulating the uprising in, the Northwest. He says that after the Red River rebellion a large number of these half-breeds moved into Montana and located on Milk River. In the very nature of things it could hardly be possible for such desperadoes to remain quiet for any length of time, and subsequently they organized bands to plunder stores in the vicinity. The United States authorities sent Sheriff Healy and his deputies to arrest them and confiscate the plunder. The majesty of the law, however, was not vindicated by the officers, all three of whom were captured and kept as prisoners for a full week. „ By way of breaking the monotony the officers were daily marched to a tree in close proximity to the encampment, and the mock ceremony of lynching carried out, amid the jeers of the outlaws. They were finally rescued by the United States troops, who recaptured the stores and drove most of the half-breeds back to British territory. This was in 1880.

Fenians to the Rescue. A recent telegram from New York says: It is said here that 300. Fenians have left New York for Northwest Territory to assist Biel in his contest with the Canadian authorities, Capt. John McCafferty, who was supposed to be “No. 1,” has been in this city consulting with the Irish leaders during the last five days, and he left for the West to-day with an Irishman who has just ended ten years of service as an officer in the United States army. They go to take charge of the Fenian expedition. Two of Beil’s agents accompanied them, and one remained behind. W.D. Bohan, a membet of the Fenian Executive Committee, said to-day that the rumors that the Fenians intended to help Biel had good foundation. He would say no more. The members of the expedition will go to Chicago, tjience to St. Paul, and thence to Battleford, Manitoba. From “John Murray” it was learned that the quotas raised in the different cities were as follows: New York, 300; Brooklyn, 100; Jersey City and Hoboken, 50; Buffalo, 100; Albany and Troy, 50; Detroit, 50; Chicago, 250; Milwaukee, 50; St Paul, 50: St Louis, 50; Omaha, 50; Dubuque, 25; Sioux City, 50; Grand Forks, 50; Leadville, 25; Denver, 25; Cheyenne, 25; and Minneapolis, 25; total, 1,325. Troops Leaving Montreal. A Montreal dispatch says: The Sixtyfifth Infantry Begiment of militia left here this evening by the Canadian Pacific BailWay for the scene of hostilities in the Northwest. Thousands of citizens collected in and around the railway station to cheer the men on their departure. Business was partially suspended all day, through the anxiety of all classes of citizens to give the men a hearty farewell. A patriotic fund has been inaugurated by subscriptions of citizens, who give $5,000 to aid ths families of all married men who have gone to put down the rebellion. The Sixth Fusileer Regiment, all English, will leave within twenty-four hours, and the Eighty-fifth Regiment in forty-eight hours. Others are awaiting orders. Cowboys Enlisting. A Winnipeg special reports: Capt Stewart, who owns a ranch near Fort McLeod, and who was at Ottawa when the rebellion broke out, returned to-day, commissioned by the Government to form a corps of mounted cowboys for service during the insurrection. The horses will be furnished by ranchers, and many who will join will, doubtless, have their own animals. Many of the men will have arms themselves, but to those who have not the Government will supply. A General Advance. Gen. Middleton has ordered a general advance of the troops at Qu’Appelle to make room for the troops from the East. The advance will be made in two divisions—one from Qu’Appelle, the other from Swift Current by river to prevent the rebels leaving the country. f Lindsey Muse, the veteran doorkeeper for the Secretary of the Navy, has servedin that capacity for fifty-seven yearn. Thi name of the Chinese Emperor’s wife is Kan Di. Sweet, isn’t it?