Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 March 1888 — SHAM SICKNESS DETECTED. [ARTICLE]

SHAM SICKNESS DETECTED.

Mr. Blaink will mil for America on the day the Rspublicaa national convention convene*, and says that under no circumstances will he take part in the campaign. There are som@ people who profess to believe that Blaine will receive the nomination and accept. Thkrv seems to be considerable of a disposition on the part of Prohibitionists in the South to take separate party action. If this design should be carried out, it will probably affect tfie Democrats no little, it being conceded that they will draw the more largely from the Democrats in the Sooth, as they do from the , Republicans in the North. For the present, how--7 ever, the probabilities are the South will go Democratic as heretofore.

Th* Chicago anarchists, after a few months of comparative quiet, are getting loud again. One Currlin, the editor of an anarchist paper, made a speech Sunday to a crowd of sympathisers in which he expressed a great anxiety to become a martyr; If this peculiar animal, the anarchist, had any real grievance against our manner of government which could be remedied, he ought to be heard, and the evil, if any, remedied. Such is not claimed. Complaint is made against the present order of things, which have existed, in a more or lees perfect degree, since the days of Adam, and which are possibly as prolific of good to the masses as human agency can foresee. In the meantime, therefore, it would be well to gratify the worthy ambition of Mr. Currlin, if such extreme measures are required to close up his mouthtrap. There must be no more Hayraarket massacres.

An Amasing Incident in Which Castor Oil Played a Part. Mobile Regteter. Colonel Bevier, of the Confederate army, relates that his surgeon came to him one day, saying that he bad 175 men on the sick list. Many of them were believed to be playing sick, and the Colonel and the surgeon agreed upon a course of treatment. The result showed that, whatever progress may have been made in the science of medicim, nothing is more effective in many casee than a certain very simple and odd-fashioned remedy. —-r —--- Next morning at roll call I had the *->rgeant-major form the sick in double file and match them to the doctoi’s quarters, where he stood ready with a backet of castor oil in one hand, a tablespoon in the other and his sleeves rolled np. One hundred and eighty-two sturdy invalids in open ranks were before him, and the solemn preparations had attracted bo much attention that half the brigade were present to see the fun. The doctor gravely approached the head of the line. “Well, Brown, what ails you this morning?' 1 “Oh, doctor, I have such a nervous headache!” “I think a dose of castor oil will help you,” and with a wry face, amid the snouts of his comrades, Brown took '.it. “Mullins, are you sick?” “Yes, doctor; I have the plumbago.” “GtftQXoU is the vary thing for that,” ‘ said the doctor, with an audible smile, and Mnllin’s “plumbago” was greased With a heavy dose. “Hallo, Melton! What’s the matter with yon?" “Colic," said Melton, feebly.

“Bad?” asked the doctor. ‘ Not very. I don’t needany oil.” “You must taxethie," said the doctor, ~‘We6syou are watt enough tcrgo back to duty.” “I’ll go back then,” murmured Melton, looking around apprehensively: “Adjutant,” I said, “put him on doub’e guard for shamming.” Thus the issue was clearly defined, castor oil c r double duty, and quite a number of them accepted the latter. The fun among the outsiders was up roariouf , bad jokes fell thick and fast The curative properties of castor oil bordered on the mtr villous, for next morning not over fifty men were on tbe sick list. How to Preserve Pineapples. New York Telegram. The pineapple season is now at its best, and housekeepers who wish to preserve the fruit should take advantage of its "present low price. Excellent pines may be purchased for 10c or 15c each, and half a dozen will make as many good-sized jars of preserves. Care Bhould be taken to select perfectly sound fruit and that which is not too ripe. The skin should be removed with a sharp knife and the pine cat in uniform slices about half an inch thick. Half a pound of sugar to each pound of fruit is sufficient. ' Put the sngar in the preserving kettle with b half-pint of water to each pound of sugar, boil to a Syrup about two honn, pat in the sliced frui' and bring to a boil. Remove from the fire and seal in glass jars. Tbe jars shonld be put into hot water before the fruit is placed in them. They should be filled to overflowing to prevent any air getting in between the juice and cover, and eealed tightly.