Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1887 — Page 6

3UCCEBS. —r fittest sways with th» hrv«tti of wvea, Ami though thou thlnkvst that thou knoxxost sure Thy victory, yet thou eatiit not surely Know. For xv» all. like swimmers in the »v». PoiCdon the top of a huge xvare of fate, Whi«h hangs uuoertain to whieh »Lle"io fall, JLnd whether It will lia*r*,us up to lautd, Or whether it will roll u* oat In »•», ; Back oat to aaa. to the deep wave* of death, Be knoxV not. and no nenrith will make tls kuoxx. Ouly the eventwill toaah us ha.hoar. , i Al’ ' ■ dFMaUbow Arnold.-

A ROBBERY.

Something very unusual to quiet. Talmlev lmd happened, and Talalley ■was decidedly uncomfortable about it. Of course everybody knew, as everybody, kt\e\v everything in that ddllghU ful little place, where-each neighbor was a friend, each friend a brother; and what the village folk knew was this—tlie miller, old Harvey Jameson, had been robbed. x • “A queer business,neighbor Greene,” ; said the miller, shaking his xiristy bead I solemnly, and telling the circa instances j for the fiftieth time.-IIN-ohody knewJ that 1 bad the money but my daughter < Jamie and young Levon, and 1 can’t suspect a single soul. 1 put the money in a tin fcp;t and put that among a lot of o.her boxes in the cupboard, waiting ; till I could go to the bank with it, and lo and behold! when I went to ge; it out yesterday, there wasn’t a single sign of a box or money there, I can’t understand it.” ■ . ; “Neither do I . neighbor,” said Greene, running a brawny hand over hie shock of untidy hair; “neither can I. But I do think ye set too much’store by that young Levoe ye’ve took into your house is a mil] hand, aa’.mebbe vonr mistook in him. He's a deal too fine about his clothes and his hands and his hair to be any too honest; but,” cautiously as he saw the flush that stole over Jameson’s face, “but meblre I’m talking to fast; but it’s mighty curiouV, anrione don’t know what to think.” Then Greene bade the miller goodday, and betook himself to his duties on the farm hard by the milL *T’U just keep my eyes open, and not let on for awhile.’’ thought the miller; “but as Greene said, who else could hare stolen the money?” - He perceived no change in Dick; no confusion, no sign of guilt; hut, greatly to the good man’s consternation, he discovered something else. The young man was in love with pretty Jennie, and she was feflly-convinced oLthe fact. Here was a new difficulty, and one which the miller, did not care to meet. “An’ Jennie an’ him seem to understand one another far tod well,”. he soliloquised. “I used to like the lad, but now I’d as iief see my girl care for old blind Jack the fiddler as this fine gentleman. As Green says, he’s to fancy about himself to be honest. I’ve often heard ‘the greater the rascal the more genteel,’ and I guess that I’ll load the rifle,” __ He did load” the rifle, and place,'; it near Tus ImlTTeiiiiig his wife that he - warn't going to lose any mure money, but the first one that came for dishonest purposes would lose his life.” That night his wife's sleep was broken by the strange;-: and most thrilling of sounds, no less startling than a heavy fall and loud, harsh, reverberating re--7 port, as thong!; a cannon had been fired almost at her ear. There was a rush of feet in the hall without, a stout shoulder sent the door inward with a crash, and Dick Levoe, who made this unceremonious entrance stood there , with a light abo*ve his head, his keen eyes scanning the small apartment swiftly. It took him but .a moment to comprehend the situation of a flairs,'and then he laughed with an immeasurable amusement. The miller, clad but lightly, was - sprawling on the floor, a dazed wonder in his face, the old rifle, which he had struck as he fell, lying harmless beside him, and now unloaded. A window was open, and through it came a fine sheet of rain. The old man was soaking wet, and rain drops glistened on his hair and scanty garments. His hare feet were muddy, and altogether he presented anything but an agreeable or presentable appearance. “I’ve been walkin' in my sleep, sure ■ as you’re a livin’ woman!” groaned the disgusted miller to bis wife.- "And I’m all wet, so I must have gone out of doors, an’the Lord only knows, wife, where I’ve been or what I’ve been do n’.” He broke off suddenly, and hurried to the spot in which he bad hidden h:s money. 11 was not there. "Lad,” the miller said solemnly, “I believe I’ve robbed myself. I’ve heard of just such things, an’ now I believe I’ve done just that, and I ha’n’t got a notion where I gut the money.” "Then you had best put on dry clothes, sir, and I will go and try to follow the tracks you have probably left in the garden. Your feet are so muddy* Tm Sure you must have. HI report in a few moments.” ‘ the soft soil of thegarden. Dick followed them on, across the road, and found that they ceased at one corner of the BUIL A loose board had been freshly replaced. He drew it out, and there in tiie aperture found a small tin box. Taking it out he hurried back, to find

Jameson, his wife, and Jennie up and dressed, waiting for him. The miller took the box eagerly and opened it with scarcely steady hands. There was All) and under them the money of which he had thought Dick had robbed him. "Lad,” he said, turning to his employe, M I’ve been thinking ill of you for the last few days an’ I ask your pardon. If t can ever do you a good turn call on me.” “1 take you at your word, sir,”, said .Dick, cheerfully, going straight up to Jennie, and takiiig her hand; “I want your to consent to my marrying Jennie I somealay, when T have proved myself able to care for, fier. We'love ericli I other, and I bop", sir, you’ll not forgot what love w as to yourself once;” “No, 1 don’t lad,” said tip- puller, with a tender glance toward his wife. “But a mill hand gets very poor wages, as you know, lax), an’ you’ll have .to wait awhile.” “As for that,” said Dick, “I think you’ll have to- look up another mill hand, Mr. Jameson,.for 1 'have another offer, and intend taking it. I wasn’t brought up to labor, aftd was at college when my father died, leaving me, instead of the thousands T expected, nothing but my empty untrained hands. 1 left the college and fate led me hither. If I hare whoxvn ho talent as a miller, I have won the sweetest girl jn the world to love me. Now a friend of my father's offers me. a position as bookkeeper in Lis bank at a salary on which Jennie and I can live, Iknow. I didn’t take your money, sir, and I will forgive you for suspecting that I did if you- will give me Jennie.” “I love him, father,” she whispereifr “Then I’ll only say, God bless you both,” said the nuller.

A BAD TEMPER.

What Befell a Very Beautiful Mexican Bride. Two Republics.. One of the prettiest girls of Zacatecas, belonging to one of the best families in the State, has just been admitted to the Insane Asylum in that city a hopeless maniac. The story of the trouble which wrecked her reason is one of the saddest that has ever been written. Born the daughter of wealthy parents, an only child, she was indulged in everything. and in consequence her naturally Bweet disposition was thoroughly spoiled, and whenever an attempt was made to cross her wishes she had the most frightful outbursts temper, which always ended in all around her yifflfling and Allowing her to carry her point. On the 4tli of March of the present year she was married to a w ealthy hacendado, whose extensive place is located near Zicatecas. The wedding was a grand affair, and the young couple started life together: with the brightest possible prospects. Soon after marriage, however, there arose Blight disputes between husband and wife, which ended, as nad been the case all through the girl’s life, in her favor; thehnshapd- ratursily a highspirited man, yielded invariably beTore j her awful violence. This, finally, j however, became unbearable to the young married man, and he determined to break his wife’s awful temper and assert his manhood, trusting that they would live more happily in the end. So upon the next occasion when there farose. a .difference, of opinion on some trifliug matter he remained firm and utterly refused to yield his point. His wife stormed arid flew into a perfect rage of passion,-but he remained unmoved, and finally,-when the exhibition of temper was assuming a phase where the young woman commenced breaking the breakfast dishes—they were ■ at their morning meal when the trouble j arose - in the impoteuey of her wrath, | he clutched her tightly hv the arm, and in a rough tone insisted that she should quiet down. She gave him one awful look, then with a wild shriek she tore herself from his grip, and moving away a few steps fell to the ground foaming at the mouth. Medical aid was at once summoned, but for hours she lay unconscious, occasionally struggling violently, and then releasing into quietness again. After a while she opened her eyes, took a look around upon the i people gathered about her bed, and with a blood-cutdling shriek sprang from the bed. Before any one could prevent she was out of tne house and racing madly over the fields. All present gave chase, and after a leng, exhausting run the mad woman was overtaken by her held fast until assistance arrived. The best medical aid procurable was obtained for k=ir,' but her reason remained in the darkness, and the physician predicts there is ! positively no hope <or her reooveiy. The Pitcher at the Well. Nexxm.u Independent. Sunday school Teacher— ‘}Vhat did j the woman of Samaria take to the j well?” - Pupil—“ She took a pitcher.” “What djd She take the pitcher to the well for?” “She wanted to drown him because hecouldn’t make the up curve.”Progressing Fineijr. ... Cjtixen (to baae-ball manager)—How is the third baseman’s hand getting on. Manager (h°P«htily)—^Nicely. He hinks that by the end of the week he will be able to draw his salary.

INDIANA AND EDUCATION.

!>< r«uw University, Indiana is a great State. Especially is ' this true as regards its educatitniaHaciti- j tiespnwhichitstandsforefnofit among the! States But how few there are. in com- ! parison to the many, who really know-, "of the advantages offered at,home to those desiring to acquire a first class : education—classical, tfioelogical, profes-' sional, technical or business. DePauw University at Greencastle; Def’auxv College at New Albany; Wabash College at Crawfordsville; ; The State University at Bloomington; Franklin College at Frank-1 lin; Rose's Polytechnic Institute at Terre Haute; State Normal at Valparaiso; Butler University at Irvington; Notre Dame at South Bend; and Purdue (University at Lifayette, are a few of ■ the leading and prosperous institutions that dot the State,.butdxi nut include all or half. ' We will, in the course of the coming few months, endeavor to give a brief history of every important educational institution in the State, It has been the fashion until recently j to look to the East or .to Europe for j higher education, but the Central States j have now leached a develoomentthatputs our institutions of learning upon the same footing as those of older communities, and, in some respects, ours is j measurably in advance of those beyond j the mountains. Here co education is a success, the standard of manhood being such t hat the sexes g i side by side from j the first year to graduation without j any evil consequence, but good, rather. But in the East, where a different order prevails, and where boating and racing are the fashion in the colleges, at tlie expense of true culture, they have not yet reached a condition which in thought makes it safe for this free association of ! young men and Women in the school I room. Eastern schools nearly all travel j in the wide-worn tuts of medisevel standards, while the Western keep pace with the advancing spirit and progress of the age. DEPAUW UNIVERSITY. Perhaps no better illustration can be [ found of tlieabove than in the history of DePauw University, and what is said of it is measureably true of the majority of our Western schools. Oxford, England, i is literally a city of colleges, that have grown from small beginnings until they now occupy a large scope of country. Provision is made at DePauw for a like growth, the grounds being one hundred and fifty acres in extent, and so located as to combine utility with the picturesque. At preseht'they are occupied by different schools or eolleges, which together constitute the University proper. They are, college of liberal arts, school of theology, school of law, school of music, school of art, normal school, school of military science, and preparatory school. There is in addition an Observatory, splendidly equipped with the most modern instruments, and two dormitories where students are comfortably lodged and fed. The principal buildings are known as East College and West. College. The former is as handsome building and contains Mediarrv Hall, the main assembly room, of the University. The latter is the old Asburv College metamorphosed into a structure of greater dimensions and more modern architecture. The other build-ings-hall of music, "hall of art, ladies hall and gentleman's hall—are on contig uous grounds, while McKim Observatory is near by, and all are easily accessible to students. They are warmed by steam, and are furnished with every comfort. Tie- University lus been fortunate in ts chief officers. Mathew Simpson was the first President* serving from 1839 to 1849. He was succeeded by Lucien W. Berry, 1849 to 1855; Daniel Curry, 1855 -44*1359; Thomas Bowman 1859 telS72; Reuben Andrus, 1872 to 187-5, and Alexander Martin, from- 1875, who still

| remains at the head of the institution i which he has done so much to build up. When lie assumed his duties :East College was still unfinished, and there was a debt of SIB,OOO resting upon it. Since then East College has been finished, West College rebuilt, and other structures named have been erected through the liberality of the citizens of Greencastle and the State, and of Mr. W. C. DePauw, of New Albany and Robert McKim, of * Madison. The number of students last year was 850, and of professors and teachers 47. The enrollmen

I’, ' • for this year indicates that the number of students may reach one thousand. I Some of th4in come from New Ham phire on the Eihl to Washington Terrij tory on the West, from Virginia in the ! South to Wisconsin in the North, and j from sundry parts oFtlie old World, j This is a remarkable increase, amh is j due to the fact that the people have 1 come to understand that it is no longer necessary to send their children elsewhere to obtain an education, particularly to the E rst and to Europe. Here they are under the inosl careful saperi vision, which is a matter of the first importance to parents who regard, the future welfare and character of their children. It may be Well for those who seek unusual knowledge in some special ! line of work to go abroad for a post graduate course; but the great majority can do fully as welt here,, and at the amc time be under better influences DePauW University is a denominational institution, but is thoroughly non-sectarian, and there is not the slightest’ effort in any of the departj rnents to proselyte for any branch of the I church. There * is, however, every means provided to lead to a higher life, and the result may be seen every year

in the increasing number of young men arid women who leave its halls mentally equipped to take their places in the higher walks of life, and to become important factors in this most remarkable age of the wmrld’s history.

Pretty but Not Practicable.

Kansas City Times. That is a very pretty story which comes from Indiana detailing how the lives of hundreds of passengers on an express traiu ou the Cincinnati and Indianapolis railway were saved by “an Oldaumie” whodi cov.-red - hat -a bridge had been burned V;own. Very pretty, ; indeed. But what .he public wants to | know is, are we obliged to depend for safety in rail way travel upotfan old aunty who happens to lx- inosei-Qg -along the track? What if the old aunty should take a day off occasionally? L’ue 'thought is to horrible to entertain. A railway I that neglects to provide trackmen, and j relies upon Providence and old aunties, seems to us to incur a rather reckless degree of responsibility.

Rebuked a Fireman.

Chicago Tribmie. • ‘ The fire in Col. Doggerty’s wagon factory' Wednesday evening,” says a ■Qolora.do paper. “w*a * largely attended. Amoni: the prominent society people who were present we noted Judge and

President- Martin .

Mrs. Witherspoon, Senator and .vlrs. Poindexter and daughter, Gov. Standisn, and Mi3S Van der Horck. Mrs. Senator Poindexter administered a neat and deserving rebuke to one of the firemen early in the proceedings. Stepopto the hose man ahe_ touched his shoulder and said sharply: ‘Play it lower down, you red headed chumpget it down where the fire is! —You feb pected To pttt qut ttie North Star!’ ” ~ A preferred creditor is, One who never asks for his money. (

“CONTRABANDS OF WAR.”

What the Federal Gun Boats Had to Encounter. Ph iladelphia Times. ’ ; Very Boon after the gun boats had forced their wav past Memphis the colored people of the ■ptentatiemrffoeked to greet them. In July, 1802, while navigating the great river, 1 saw a whiteJ draped precession streaming out across a sand. bar toward the bend aroaiui which we Were, passing. The river had fallen and the bars spread wide from shore to channel. The procession resembled one ot Cordelier monks, With their long robes flapping about their legs. The members of this ghostly procession gesticulated at our gun boat as they shaped their course to intercept us. When they reached the edge of the water they waded out toward us until submerged to the hips. They did not shout, hut simply waved their hands, i “What are those?” J asked. “Plantation nigs,” said pur pilot.“How queer!y theyare dressed.” “Them’s tow linen frocks; they’re mostly rigged so.” The drapery of slavery flapped in the wind, and there was a frantic beckon-

W. C. DePauw.

mg, but our steamer swept on unlieed ing. When our mute solicitors saw that they were unnoticed they halted, then took the back track and hastened for the woods. “Look at the blasted geese,” said the pilot. “They want us to take ’em aboard. Now they’ll skedaddle across the bottom to cut us oft t’other side of the bend.” When we rounded the bend, there, sure enough, was this fantastic company, river!s.Jbrink_ with outstretched arms. This silent appeal for rescue from these ignorant wretches was eloquent. They thought they saw liberty almost within reach, and they were reaching for liberty and life. For life indeed, for in many cases their homes had been abandoned by their masters, and these helpless beings, hitherto dependent upon the provision of superior intelligence, were left to their own resources, and were on the verge of starvation. Finally our navy was forced to help them. in January, 1865, when he anchored in the Yazoo, the influx of colored refugees was such that Admiral Porter, always compassionate to suffering, detailed a gun-boat to transport a load of “contrabands” to Cairo. We sent away only the aged, the intirm and the children. When the dusky cargo, numbering hundreds, was oil board, I ihspected it. These “fellow-creatures” seemed rather like brutes gifted with a little of the faculty oyiuman speech. They were ignorant and helpless as brutes. Squatted between a couple of howitzers I stumbled on one who was the oldest looking mortal I ever saw. He resembled a superanuatcd baboon. Father Noah beside him would have appeared youthful. He looked as if “eternity had snowed its years upon him, and the white winter ol his ai;e had come.” j “How old are you, uncle?” i ••Duuno, massa. Specs L’se done pas | two hundred.” , i “ W here-are you from ? y j “Up de Yazoo.’’ .. 8 j “Where,are you going?” j The Weared ey es gleamed up at me. i ‘G a ine to e, free.” Among all who Were intelligible I ’ found this senument— a dim but ! ine pn-gnosis of something blissful in ; store for them'. “De I.imkum gun-boats” |'ha ! come, “liberty” had come,ole massa ! was gone, and ‘Mis was-de day of de ! kmgeoui coming.” I saw them alter they reached their promised land. Crowded in Sllhv'barracks, starving on damaged pork and mouldy hard tack, swarming with vermin, rotting with smallpox and scurvey, they were even past pity. In contemplating their misery one could "only feel horror and amazement that such wretchedness [ could continue to exist. To very many I of the blacks the war was a frightful disaster. John L. Sullivan should take the contract to exterminate the English sparrers.

THE OYSTER.

Some Interestin'- Observations Apro_J>QS of the Luscious Bivalve. X. Y. Letter. September Ist the oyster monopolized attention in Neiy York. He even discounted in importance the yacht talk, the base-ball and race talk and politics. People said, <: R, there, I will now partake of the oyster.” Because" of the "R” in September the first day of that mouth has become the regular reorganized opening day of the oyster season, and people who yesterday could not be prevailed upon to partake of this succulent and delicious insect to-day are gormandizitig on the cool, seductive ocean bird. Yesterday it was not thp season and not “the thing” by a large majority. It makes no difference that appliances for keeping oysters are now so perfect that the idea of season and time has practically done away with the “R” superstition, it still holdg, and probably.alw’ays will hold, just as we still wear buttons on the hack of our coats, though the sword belts they were originally put on to support were discarded many years ago. All of the papers give a good deal of space to tbe oyster to-day, and the importance of that individual is emphasized. In one of the club 3 a dozen well known men sat last night before plates of Shrewsberrv oysters watching the clock as the hands neared the middle hour. At the last stroke of 12 they turned in on the oysters, and the “season” was becomingly opened, though the “seasoning” was scarce, as it is not “the thing” to season oysters much, aside from adropof tobasco or a bit of horse radish, and it is “the thing” to take the oyster from the shell. The good liver views with horror the use of the' fork or the puncturing of the animal. It is good form to] take the half-shell in which the white, fat ocean butterfly is alluringly lying in his own liqqor, in the left hand, put a drop of tabasco on his royal deliciousness with the right hand, put the edge of the shell against the lips, open your mouth, throw back your head and let him slip down your o»3ophagus swiftly, sweetly, to nestle in your grateful stomach. Itjs getting to be considered among the epicures as a great outrage to cook the gentle oyster in any way. And why should he be submitted to fire and batter and grease and sauce when he comes to you in his simple, natural state, the most delicious morsel nature has prepared for her hungry children, with his own flesh ready for the digestive apparatus, and his own juice prepared to assimilate harmoniously with the gastric fluids and-aid in the natural processes that shall make him presently a party and parcel of an immortal human being, instead of a dumb and humble mollusk ruminating on a mud bottom of a salt water pond. When you fry the ovster you make a nasty, greasy mess that must be chewed. When you stew him you make him into a little leathery lump, and again you must chew him. Scallops, patties, -pies, pickles, baked, roasted, steamed—they are all outrages The oj ster resents them all. H< should be taken j ust a 3 he is without one plea. The rushing of the oyster trade here yesterday and to-day has been immense Ten million oysters yesterday were shipped unshelled And three millions opened in tubs, but the supply wa9 far below the demand. This year promises to be the greatest ever known in the trade and the oysters are above the average in quality. The demand for ox ster. j»rows amazingly, and the oyster business has already become one of the leading industries. There are oyer sixty thousand people engaged in the. business in this Slafce alone. The Wcaft* ern trade has grown prodigiously and, is still increasing at as great'a rate as ever and the European demand has increased equally. Ten years ago about a thousand bafrels a week were sent abroad. Now it takes ten thousand barrels a week to supply the market. Said one dealer: p “The demand foi small oysters has increased very much during the last two years in New York. At Delmonico’s and the leading restaurants they used Saddle Rocks and the larger kind of oysters exclusively; now* the popular demand is for small Oak Island or Blue Points, which ruu 2,000 to the barrel. Then & great deal more trouble is taken with oysters nqw than there Used to be. For instance, we take up our oysters at Prince’s Pay and drop them down again in Ran way River, giving them one tide in the fresh water to take the rancid taste and sand out of them before they, come into the market. Yes, it trill probably be a big season, but many of the houses here do not begin • to open oysters lor two or three dayß yet. It’s all nonsense; oysters are as good one ! month as another.” Last year over 100,000 barrels were sent to England arid this year the amount will far exceed that.

Week-Day Poem.

Minneapolis Tribune. A man by the name of Day was married yesterday to a Miss Week, and the printer’s devil scratched his head and sent back the following poem: f - - • : ■ : .'. . • “A day In won, -—— A Week is lost; But time need not complain, - - For soon there’ll be of little Days *f' Enough to mike aWeek again.”