Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1886 — Page 7

OLD TIMES IN ROBIN HOOD’S BAY.

Smuggler* a* They Formerly Existed in a Quaint English Seaport. An aroma of adventure lingers about the place, and yet life there is ndw tame enougli. In the beginning of this century bow different it must have been. Bobin Hood’s Bay, says a writer in the Spectator, was then a favorite abode ol sea captains—owners of trading vessels, once called merchant adventurers —and what with the danger of encountering French cruisers during the war, and with the perils and protits of voyages to Greenland for whales, wlten the war was over and such expeditions were once more possible, there can have been no lack of emotional interest And then there was the perpetual delight of smuggling—the hauling contraband articles up the cliff's by ropes when nights were dark, and the not infrequent conflicts with the excisemen. Worse still, there wa3 always ♦he fear of the press gang swooping down and carrying off some of the men of the place to sea. Many of the houses can still show cunningly concealed hiding places, where kegs of brandy and gin, and kegs of what they called “elly go long” (eau de Cologne), and bales of cotton or silk could bo and were concealed. Such places might do for articles of this kind, but when the press gang drew near, flight was the best chance of safety for the men. Many now alive remember their fathers hiding in the chimney or spending a day and a night at the top of some tree in the neighboring • woods to escape these dreaded visitants. One man well remembers all the fishermen’s wives getting their knives ready to go to the top of the hill and drive back the men who were coming to snatch away their master-men. Compared with this, the feelings brought into play by smuggling must have been very inferior in intensity. Evasion of the law was briskly carried on. Gin was so common that people washed their faces in it; a tumblerful could be bought for a penny, or a large jugful for fourpence; and good brandy was just as cheap. It was easy enough to get as much of these things as was wanted for home consumption; but it was very difficult • to turn them into money. They were generally taken to Whitby, and what was technically called “delivered” at a place in the old town, near the asylum. Some widow who had no man to work for her often tried to earn a livelihood by delivering spirits or other things; but other women took a part, too. They filled bladders with brandy or gin, slung six or eight of these beneath their gowns, and then set Qff to walk the six miles which lay between them and Whitby.,. The excisemen were quite aware of what they were about, and kept a sharp lookout for them. The women did not go by the high road, but crept along behind the hedges. One day two of them were on their way when they saw the exciseman on the other side of the. hedge. They tried to walk on; but he had seen them, and soon found a gap and came into the field where they were. One of the women was now sitting down ,by the hedge, crying and groaning. “Now I’ve got you,” said he; but the woman did nothing but cry and groan. “Can’t you see what is the matter, you fool?” said the other woman. “The very least you can do is to go and get a doctor for the poor creature.” He did go, and no sooner was he out of sight than they jumped up and hurried off to get rid of their burden. Later in the day they met the same exciseman in the Flower, gate. “Well, Molly, safe delivered, lass?” said he. “Ay, sir, down there by the quay,” she replied, with a grin.

The Teacher’s Vocation,

When ■wo leave our child in the hands of the teacher we feel that all that it is possible for the school to accomplish for it depends on the last analysis of his personality ; on the purity of his character; on the power of his insight; on the extent and quality of his preparation for his calling and interest in it; on his perfect mastery over what he is and what he knows; on the depth and power of his human sympathy; in a word, on his fitness to bo a teacher. We ought to be able to take for granted that he does not pursue his calling as a mere Vulgar handicraft ; as a means to some end entirely foreign to it; as the stepping stone to something else, or as a convenient substitute fdf something else. The school is not a charitable foundation for the assistance of indigent talent that is preparing for other fields of usefulness; it is not a< matrimonial bazaar for marriageable young ladies; ifor yet an almshouse for the poor or an infirmary for the imbecile. If there ever is “a divine call” to do anything, there should be one to teach. Viewed in this light there is no vocation that is more elevating, more ennobling than that of a teacher. It offers as grand a field for the highest endeavor as any occupation on earth. It is by its very nature removed from all low modes of thought, ail vulgartemptations, and all sordid and unworthy aims. Of all public vocations none offers greater or purer rewards (provided they be not estimated in money or money’s worth) and none that is possessed of so large an influence over the future. Theodore Parker once said to a young man who was taking counsel of him: “In the future of America I think the teacher will have quite as large an opportunity for molding the people to noble ends as .the preacher.” And in fact there is no estimating the power placed in the hands of the teacher. The very greatness and nobility of his office ought to fill him with inspiration. —Cincinnati Enquirer. '

The Choctaw Nation.

The Choctawis a fine sounding tongue, declared by Walter Lowry, once a United States Senator and fully capable of judging, as being the finest language in the world for oratory. It is easy to learn enough of it for trading purposes, but to learn it thoroughly ia very difficult. It has more words than most Indian tongues, the lexicon containing about ten thousand. The Choctaws for over fifty years have had publications in their language. They use the Homan alphabet, with some modifications. There are twenty-two letters. They now have.a regular representative form of government and . ■ yr - - -

have had for many yean. The Choctaw capital |ia Tuahkahomma. They have a general council, consisting of a Senate and a House of Representatives, and have County, District, and SuIjreme Courts. The Choctaw Najtion tad the prohibitory law thirty years before Maine, and it was in their constitution thirty years before Kansas had it. It is enforced fairly well, particularly as the United States intercourse laws prohibit the introduction of intoxicating liquors into the Territory. As to the general laws of the nation, they are not ss well enforced as they might be. Whipping is a favorite punishment. Journal

A Mule Concert.

Mules are chiefly found in the South and West. They have been more abused than Judas Iscariot. A boy who would not throw a stone at a mule when he gets a chance would be considered by his parents as too mean to raise. The mule is a good worker, but cannot be depended upon. He is liable to strike), and when ho strikes human calculation fails to fiild rule by any which to reckon when he will go to work again. It is useless to pound, for he will stand more beating than a sitting-room * carpet. He has been known to stand eleven days in one spot, apparently thinking about something, and start again as though nothing had happened. To fully appreciate the mule, ope should listen to his voice. You never can really know whether you like a mule or not till you hear him sing. I attended a mule concert at Chiekamauga during the war. The wagontrain was in front. The mules were starved for want. Tire gallant Cleburne was protecting the rear. Thomas pressed him hard. The rnrsic, or programme opened with a soprano solo, and then swung into a duet, and then pranced oft’ into a trio, followed up by a quartet, and ending with a full chorus of the whole army train. I didn’t hear the whole thing, for when I came to the regimental surgeon was standing over me, giving mo powerful restoratives, and I heard him say that I might possibly get out again, though I never would be a well man again. I have been in places where it took nerve to stand—such as falling out a throe-story window, and having been through the New York Exchange and spent a part of a day in a boiler factory, and have been on one or two Sunday-school excursions where the crowd were all girls —but I never knew what noise was till I heard a lot of army mules bray.— Dyersburg (Tenti.) Gazette. Costing $£09,000 to Humor a Child. Here is a good story that Lady Brassey, the irrepressible, got in Constantinople: “We went down as far as the French bridge, over which the contractor lost an immense lot of money in the following manner: The' bridge was to have been finished by a particular day, but the contractor found that this would be imposs ble with Turkish workmen unless he worked day and night. This lie obt'-ined leave to do, and the necessary lights and torches were supplied iit the Sultan’s expense. All went well for a time, till the unfortunate contractor was told that he must open the bridge to let a ship from, the dockyard pass through some time before the bridge was finished. He said it was impossible, as he would have ,to pull everything down, and it would take two or three months to replace the scaffolding and pile-driving machines. He went to the Minister of Marine and Finance. They said: ‘lf tho Sultan says it must be done, it must, or we shall lose our places, if not our heads.’ So the ship came out at a cost of a little over £IOO,OOO, aud a delay of three months in the completion of the bridge, all because the Sultan found liis small son crying in the harem one day, the child’s grief being that, though be had been promised to bo made an Admiral, ho could not see his flag hoisted on his particular ship on the nursery windows. So a large ironclad was brought out from the dockyard and moored in front of Dolmabagtcheh to gratify his infant mind, thus causing enormous inconvenience to the whole town for months, to say nothing of the waste of money, of which the Sultan pais very little, and for the loss of which, I imagine, he cared still less.”

A Severe Judge.

Judge Bicklhtou is very severe. When a man neglects a summons which comes from Bickleton’s cdUrt, he generally makes up his mind to pay a heavy fine or go to prison. There are times when the Judge is cruelly unjust, and still there are times when he is strangely merciful. Bill Nixon, who was summoned the other day, failed to appear. When a Deputy sheriff had brought him into court the Judge fiercely turued upon tlve unfortunate man, and said: “Mr. Nixon, did you not receive a summons to appear before this court yesterday ?” “Yes, sir.” “Why didn't you come V" “I was sick, your honor.” “A very lame excuse, sir. Mr. Clerk, enter up a fine of fifty dollars against Mr. Nixon, and, Mr. Sheriff, take charge of the negligent gentleman until the fine is paid. ” “Judge,” said Nixon, “now that I’m fined. I’d jnst as well tell you the truth. I was drunk yesterday.” “Ah! Well, that alters the case. Mark oil'the fine, Mr. Clerk.—Arkansas) Traveler. -- / Identified. Brown —I hare been reading about a woman who has been visiting the Igading stores and stealing everything she could lay hands on. Singular, isn’t it ? Snppose she is a sufferer from kleptomania? *" Fogg (one of the storekeepers) —I don’t know, but I know I am.— Boston Transcript. Two German pbysiolog ists have calculated the relativo liability of injury to the eye, finding that, if all parts of the body were equally exposed to injury, wounds of the eye would bear to wounds of other partß the proportion of about one in 000. As a matter of fact, the actual proportion is more than twenty times as great, or 36 in 1,000.

Soldiers’ Panics.

In South Africa the disaster at Isandlhwana gave the soldiers’ nerves a severe shaking, and it often happened false alarms at night led to the rousing of whole camps, and sometimes even to a reckless discharge of firearms. In some cases friendly natives or even comrades were taken by the excited imagination of a sentry for enemies ; in others unoffending cattle, even a bush or a shrub, becatno the innocent cause of a fusillade sufficient to have dealt widespread destruct on to a host of Zulus. An odd incident, illustrative of the slightness of the cause—or even, perhaps, of tho absence of any cause at all—that gives rise to a panic, occurred on the night of Tel-el-Kebir, amid a small corner of the force that was bivouacking on the battle-field. The narrator had crawled into a marquee in which, with other commissariat stores, were the rum casks in which the troops had received their liquor ration after the fatigues and excitement of the day’s fight and previous night march. Besides one or two commissariat issuers in charge of tho stores, several “odds and ends” of other corps had found their way into the marquee, preferring to rest under its shelter amid the casks and biscuit boxes than under the open sky with the sand for a bed. Suddenly, in the middle of the night, when all were sleeping, a noise and commotion began in a bivouac outside. Before the inhabitants of the tent were sufficiently awake to understand its cause the curtains were thrust aside by a redcoated soldier, who shouted to us to get up: “ The Arabs are in the camp—they are upon us!” Then h > disap-; peared as rapidly as he came. Every one sprang to his arms, aud probably experienced the especially uncomfortable sensation that is caused by a vague feeling of an unseen though imminent danger, against which one is ignorant how to guard. Outside every one around was aroused and-up, eagerly striving to discover from what quarter attack was to be expected. Nothing, however, I more unpleasant occurred than the advent of a staff officer asking the cause of the confusion. Possibly the truth never did rea h headquarters. Afterward, howeter, a report gained ground —no other or better reason was ever forthcoming—that the alarm arose from the screams of a sleeping soldier, who, overwrought perhaps by the horrors 6f the day, had been fighting his battle over again in his dreams.— Chambers’ Journal.

Did Washington Eat Green Peas with a Knife?

The following extract is taken from the “Elementary History of the United States,” bj G. P. qiuackenbos, 188’6. The author has not siuiu d enough in repeating an absurd story about an attempt to poison Gen. Washington, in June, 1776, which has no foundation, but he is also guilty of accusing the great hero of eat ng green peas with a knife: . “Fixing bis eyes upon the guilty man, he put a spoonful of peas on his plate, and asked him, ‘Shall I eat of these?’ ‘I don’t know,’ stammered the man, turning deadly pale. Washington took some on liis knife, and again asked, ‘Shall I-eat of these?’ The man could not say a word, hut raised his hand as if to prevent it.” It is interesting also to note that this “history” has been adopted by tiie authorities of the city of Brooklyn for use in their schools.— Corre pondence Magazine of American History. At the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Buffalo, Professor B. S. "Woodward, of Washington, read a paper on the rate of recession of Niagara Falls. He said that the area of rock worn away at Horseshoe Falls between the years 1542 and 1875 was 1f,500 square feet, equal to 4.25 acres; between 1812 and 1880, 24,5Q0 square feet, or 5.U2 acres-; between 1875 and 1880, 00,000 square feet, or 13.7 acres. The main length of the contour of the falls is 2,300 feet. The time required to recede one mile, if the rate is V. 4 feet per year, is 2,200 years. The minimum values for the yearly rate of recession, i. e., average rate along tho whole contour, are: From 1842 to 1875, 2.44 feet: 1842 to 1886, 2=42; 1875 to 1886, 2.38 feet. O ' : u According to the results of some experiment on the ignition of coal-dust and fire-damp, which have been published by Mr. C. Hitt in the FeVue des Mines , coals containing from sixteen to twenty-four per cent, of volatile matter appear more dangerous than either richer or poorer qualities. The ignition of coal-dust may bo induced by an explosion of fire-damp as well as by a blast ; and the explos on may I>e occasioned on firing a blast by electricity aB well as by a safety-match or a port fire. "With dynamite there is less danger, and with gun-cotton dissolved in nitro-glycerine, practically none, if it is ignited by a cap of sufficient force. Investigations by Dr. R.Von Helmholtz, described at the Berlin lloyal Society, confirm the statements that the formation of cloud in saturated air is induced solely by particles of dust, and that the finer and sparser are the dust particles the more slowly is the cloud formed. These results are also confirmatory of 1 rofessor Tyndall’s explanation that the blue color of the sky is due to floating dust. " r vjr “You had better change that rug,” said a lady to her servant. “Don’t you think it corroborates better with the 7 carpet in this Way ?” was the response. A\Jaluab!e Medical Treatise. The edition for 18S7 of the sterling Medical Annual, know n as Hostetter’s Almanac, is now ready, anff inay Tie obtained, free of cost, of druggists and general country dealers in all parts of the United States, Mexico, and indeed in every civilized portion of tho Western Hemisphere. . This Almanac has boen issued regularly at the commencement of every year for o\er one-fifth of a century. It combines, with the soundest practical novice for tho preservation and restoration ot health, a large amount of interesting and amusing light reading, end the calendar, astronomical calculations, chronological items, etc., are prepared with great care, and will be found entirely accurate. The issue of Hostetter's Almanac for 1887 will probably bo the largest edition ol a medical work ever published in any country. The proprietors.. Messrs. Hostetler <fc Co., Pittsburgh, Fa., on receipt of a two-cent stamp, will forward a copy by mail to any person who cannot procure - one in liis neighborhood. ■ -

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George Law’s Poker Game.

They were telling about big games of poker, and the Alb ny man sighed so- the slosh-pots of Egypt as he said: “They are gone.” Then he went on to say that since the war, while poker had been popularized, poker pots had been minimized, until now the game was scarcely worth the candle vou play it by. “ Why,” he sa’d, “nowadays it is a big tlrng to see $5,000 change hands in a night’s poker-playing. But I remember one night before the wur, when I was going up to Albany on a steamboat with Commodore .Vanderbilt, Dean Richmond, George Law and some others of that crowd, they sat dow.n to a game of poker. I sat down to watch, and not to play, for I hadn’t money enough for their ante. I sat beside George Law, and he turned to me as the game began and said: “Don’t you be scared if I lose u lot of money to-night.” “I responded forcibly, if not elegantly, that 1 didn’t care a curse if he lost his whole fortune. I?ut I confess it stirred me to see him losing and old Vanderbilt Winning SI,OOO at a clip, until toward morning Law had lost $45,000 to Vanderbilt. Law took it coolly, and so did the rest. I did not understand Law’s coolness, for I knew he was not as rich as all that, until I met him a day or two later in New York. “Well,” said he, with a wicked wink, “I made $855,000 out of it.” “Out of what?” I asked. “That game of poker with old -Vanderbilt,” said he. “I sold him my steamers the next day for Philadelphia llecord. Mr. Arthur Shurtleff, Parker, Dakota, writes that hs suffered two years with a lame knee, which was entirely cured by the use of St. Jacobs Oil. He considers it a most wonderful, remedy. It conquers pain.

A Clean Beat.

Man (to friend) —“My uncle has made a fortune.” Friend—“ Speculations ?” “No, literary work.” “\\ ’y, I didn’t know he was a literary man. I received a letter from him once, and it struck me that he couldn’t write a grammatical sentence.” "Don’t believe he tan.” “And yet he lias made a fortune by literary work!” “Yes, sir.” “How do you account for it ?” “Why, you see, he was a General in the raiv." “Yes.” “Got into a skirmish once, and has written it up for a magazine. He showed remarkable enterprise in making a clean beat, for none of the newspapers had mentioned the fight.”—Texas Siftings. Me. L. D. Yinson, Cashier D. & I. E. K., has tried and indorses Ked Star Cough Cure. She Meant Well. Young Hoyne avenue wife to husband Charlie, I mado a lovely purchase for you to-day. Young husband—Necktie ? Young wife—And I got them so cheap, too—such a lovely bargain. Young husband—Suspenders ? Young wife—. And it is such a saving, too—so much cheaper than you are in the habit of getting them for. Young husband (reading answer in the stars) —Onions? Young wife i convulsed with laughter) —What a poor guesser you are, (’liarley. Just think of it; I bought a whole box of cigars for sl, and they’re such lovely ones, too. Young husband (returning to his paper)—l thought so.— Chicago Horakl. Young or middle-aged men, suffering from debility or kindred affections, t-hould address with 10 cents m stamps.for large treatise, World’* Ilisponsary Modical Associat.on, Buffalo, N. Y. Young Indies pjpile n p more on Wales, He is fat, and, horrors! threatened with gout.

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Storm Signals.

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