Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 December 1894 — Page 2

.THE REPUBLICAN. ‘ Gxoki E. Marshall, Editor. RENSSELAER - INDIANA

“For He shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and aim that hath no helper/’ The single issue of the indianapois News of November 24 contained ;he accounts of no less than six suitides in Ind iana alon e. —~~ “Genf.rai/’ Fry, of industrial ame, is now chief lecturer to a new 'church” at St. Louis, whose creed loes not require a belief in the Deity, ihe Divinity ofChrist, or in a future state of existence. Its avowed design is to meet the the social, iniustrial, moral and spiritual denands of liberal minds who do not ind congenial surroundings in the Existing orthodox denominations.

The Minnesota Relief Commission, •rganized to aid the unfortunate victims of the forest fires in that State last summer, has closed up its work for thisyear, asfhe TreaSuryMs low empty. The Legislature will be isked for an appropriation, to con.inue the work. The commission las built 275 housbs, and complete »utfits of household goods have been urnished to over 450 families. Reief has been given to 2,400 persons. There is now no actual suffering. The times have been “awful hard” or quite a spell. There is no doubt iboutit. Still,some people have maniged to get along quite comfortably. Tor instance, there is that lonesome Orphan known officially as the ‘American Type Foundry Cotn)any.” The total assets of this “inant” aggregate $9,661,888.18. _A_ •eport filed at the session of the offijials at Newark. N. J., Oct. 24, ihowed that during the last year the running expenses of the business imounted to $153,571. The profits luring that period reached the very landsome figure of $184,004. The *ype foundry men do not appear to oe in the business “for their health.” Our readers who may occasionally read the alleged war news from China and Japan, for lack of better Bn ter tain men t not be misled by words whose ( meaning they fail to ?omprehend. The dispatches are ‘mostly Greek” to us, but we have nanaged to grasp a few facts. For instance the Chinese tael and the Chinese tail are very different articles. The Chinese tael is a silver coin valued atabout'7s cents. The Chinese tail —pig tail, so to speak — s the elongated hirsute extension which is the Chinese mark of manlood, and its value cannot be estimated in coin or bullion, —This disjunction is reasonably clear to us, jut we confess to being a little nixed on the true status and past ietails of the conflict. _■ . “Ring out the old ring in the new” s the order of the day. Mr. Blanchird, of Clinton, believes in a variation of the old custom. He was ‘rung in"—in Jail —with the old iheriff of Vermillion county and ‘rung out” —or run out—with the idvent of the new official. Mr. Blanchard, so far as heard from, is entirely entirely satisfied with the •esult of the election. He “wanted i change and got it.” Mr. Blanchtrd is “wanted” on a charge of brgery. The responsibility for his iisappearance has not been defilitely located, as lie failed to notify the retiring and incoming sheriffs of the exact moment of his departure. He probably did not like to interrupt the ceremony, being of a bashful turn, and therefore “stepped out to see a man” while the transfer was Oeingmade. The old sheriff said to the new sheriff, “Well, I’m blanked.” The new sheriff said. “Me, 'too!” The prevailing low prices for all kinds of farm animals, and especially horses, has been generally regarded is a misfortune to the agriculturalist. Yet, as with most questions, there ire (wo sides to the matter. A competent authority has recently made >otne experiments which seem to prove that the farmer, can, if he will, reap a very great advantage From this condition of the horse market. This authority states that a three-horse team will accomplish very much more than one-third more i work than a two-horse team, in al- I most any branch of heavy farm ' wbrk. The animals will remain in in far 1 bettercondition also. Where the work is always considered so heavy for two horses that frequent rests.are necessary, time is lost by ! the “hired man,” which is extremely bad economy, the man’s time beind too valuable to waste in allowing an animal to rest. By the addition of a third horse this waste is at once stopped, or at least made unaecces- ’ i.

sary. We are hot an expert on such matters, but our impression is that our farmers might find it very profitable to figure on the possibilities in this direction.

Medical practitioners can hardly be said to have as yet reduced their art to an exact science. One school says that meat must not be taken into the human stomach. Another school says that an excess of vegetable food tends to impoverish the blood. One school says that whisky of all poisons is the most deadly—ruining body and soul. Another school prescribes whisky for every ill in general and for consumption in -particular. One school says tobacco is ruining the rising generation and ignores the fact that octogenarians continue to die in peace after a lifetime of devotion to the weed. The latest fad, or discovery, is that of a down-east M. D., who has promulgated the rule “To breathe again the human breath is poison and ruinous to health.” From this source has sprung the manufacture of “twin beds” for married people, so that they need no longer run this awful risk. Those old-fashioned couples who have lately been eelebrating their golden weddings will be astonished to learn what great risks they have been exposed to during every night of the past fifty years. The “twin bed” edict is not likely to prove popular with newly married people at least.

Literary Notes.

The announcement that Harpers will print during 1895 the “Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc,” written by “the most popular of living magazine writers,” has set curious persons wondering who this author is. It ought not to be very difficult to find “the most popular magazine writer.” In order to attain this distinction, he of she must have written stories that were afterwards reprinted in book form, and the statistics of the circulating libraries would give some valuable hints on this point. Besides, the number of American-popular magagine writers who would undertake to put into a novel the most romantic series of events in all history is not large. The authorship of “The Bread winners,” we believe, has never been divulged. of men and women have claimed to know who wrote it, and several interesting persons have said modestly that they were the authors, but the public does not yet know whether anybody has told the truth. It remains to beseen whether the “Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc” will provoke as long a search for the writer as “The Breadwinners” did. At present “The Breadwinners” has no rival in popular anonymity: it hardly has a second.

NO GAS IN FOUR YEARS.

Inspector Jordan's Gloony View ol Conditions in the Belt. Indianapolis Sentinel. —Gas Inspector Jordan is in tho city conferring with W. S. Blatchley. the recently elected State Geologistj I nspector Jordan is fresh from tl.e gas fields where he has been looking up additional facts for his report which he will make to the Legislature, “Natural gus is failing rapidly,”he said in reply to an inquiry, “I am more confident of it now than I was when I submitted my last report. It is only a question of a few years when there will be a general suspension of the Inxury. I should not be surprised if in four years from now there will be no gas for the factories in the gas belt. People who live in the belt knbw this as well as I do, but they will not admit it. In many sections of the gas centre the, wells show only a presure of 240 pounds. The highest presure that can be found is 320 pounds. In many of the gas belt towns there can be found wells at this tirtte that are almost entirely exhausted. I refer to the wells in towns of course, There has been a reckless waste of gas in the last few years. It doesn’t seem possible, but I will guarantee that since the first gas well was sunk in this district there has been $25,000,000 worth of gas wasted,estimating it at the price that people are now paying for it. Of course, there are some cities in the belt more Hable to lose their supply in the near future than others. I don’t care to particularize, because it would injure the commercial interests of these cities, but mark my word for it, the supply is rapidly closing out.”

How Sherman Got Into Congress.

St. Louis Globe-Democrat. < “These are days of tidal waves,” said Senator Sherman. “We had a marked change in 1892, and have just witnessed another. Do I recolleet anything equal to the last one? Oh, yes; we had the same thing hapg'en in 1854. Ohio elected a solid Republican delegation to Congress. The election then turned on the slavery question. The tidal wave carried me into congress. I was a young lawyer, and was nominated in a district with 3,000 democratic ma jority. I hoped, of course,to be elected, but I had no reason to feel confident. Few expected it. Yet I went in with three thousand more than enough to elect me.’’

TOPICS OF THESE TIMES.

j. INDIANA REFORM SCHOOL. From a leaflet compiled by Prof. T. J. Charlton, "Superintendent of the Indiana Reform School at Plainfield, we glean some interesting information regarding the institution, its management, aims and methods. The reform school farm consists of 225 acres. There are over thirty buildings, all of brick. The schooF is under at board of control, consisting of three commissioners, ap--poiated the Governor, each commissioner holding his office for four years. This board appoints the Superintendent and all minor officials. The aim is to employ no one about the institution whose life is not exemplary in every way. Four thousand boys have at various times been under the discipline of the school. Of these 3,500 won their “honor,” and about 80 per cent, have become good citizens. Statistics show that the causes which mostly tend to bring boys to the school are: Truancy from school; idlenss; intemperance and vice on the part of parents; over-indulgence and lack of home restraint; step-parents and neglected orphanage. The school teaches every boy committed to its care habits of industry and aims to teach each boy a trade. Brick making, brick laying, plastering, gasmaking, plumbing, steam fitting, bread making, cooking, tailoring, shoe making, gardening, farming,

■caring for stock, laundry work and printing are the avocations open to the inmates. The internal economy of the school is founded on what is known as the ‘‘cottage or family” system. There are eleven cottages where the boys live when not in school or at work. The classification of the boys depends on their “normal condition.” These cottages have a basement for a play room, a second story ' consisting of a sitting room, wash room and officers’ room, and a third story for sleeping purposes. All the boys, however, eat in the general dining room. Circuit and Criminal Courts can commit boys, and these only after the boy has had a fair trial in open court. For crime a boy may be committed from eight to sixteen, and for incorrigibility from ten to seventeen. The Governor may also commute the penitentiary sentences of boys over these ages and under twenty-one, and send them to this school. All boys are committed until they reach the age of twenty-one years. No boy is ever discharged until he reaches the age of twenty-one, but they are sometimes released on “Furlough” or “Ticket of Leave.” The institution is in a flourishing condition at the present time, and is open for inspection every day in the year. Visitors are always welcome.

CIVIL SERVICE EXTENSION.

- Civil service reformers continue to maintain a vigorous propagada. In time, should they attain the full fruition of their desires, the working politician will not be able to answer satisfactorily that burning question. “What are we here for?” when the heelers strike him for a jo b about convention time. Year by year, since the reform was first inaugurated, additions have been made to the classified service, until but a meager list, comparatively, remains as a reward for partisan service to be bestowed by successful candidates upon their favorite henchmen. Administrations of opposing parties have risen to their opportunities to “get even” by extending the provisions of the act, and party platforms have practically indorsed their action. The weary congressman who sailed into his seaton a sea of promises to ifis constituents, finds this tendency to contract the number of places for which he can with, propriety, urge the claims of his beloved fellow citizens, a positive relief, and the belief is growing, that however disappointing it may be to individual ambition, the ultimate re-

sult of eliminating the unseemly scramble for official place from our politics can not but prove beneficial. The latest move in this direction by civil service reformers goes farther than any previous attempts, and, if successful, will remove some of the choicest “plums” from the tree, be • ing no less than a proposition to extend the ciyil service law to all minor government positions. Under this extension all postmasters of every grade will be protected. By the system proposed the postoffice at New York would rank first, Chi-cago-second, Philadelphia third, and so on, and the postmasters would hold their offices during life or good behavior, with chances of promotion for all except the highest grade. The pldn now under Consideration is very similar to that under which the great railway's of the country are operated. Dispatches from Washdngton state that many returning Democratic Congressmen attribute

their defeat to the spoils system, and express the hope that some plan will be devised that will relieve Congressmen- from >mak i tig • recommendations for any officejn the gift of the government Republicans are said to view the present agitation with suspicion, and are said to believe that it is part of a plan to enable the President to fasten the present officeholders on the permanently.

THE CZAR'S MANIFESTO.

The remarkable state paper promulgated by Czar Nicholas 11, Nov. 26, in celebration of his marriage would seem to indicate that the spirit of the age ’had at last penetrated the obtuse brain of a Romanoff ruleir. That such a paper from the Russiah throne has been so long delayed is one of the mysteries of our day. So obviously a correct policy should have been adopted years and years before, not only for the betterment of the oppressed subject but for the advantage and additional stability of the throne and government itself: The Russian Czars —always arbitrary—have during the past fifty years exceeded all their predecessors in the severity of their home policy, yet their intercourse with foreign powers has shown them to be men of unusual intelligence, well educated and fully alive to modern progress in every phase. The friendship of the Russian government to the United States has always been proverbial, and during the war of the Rebellion that friendship wasjextremely valuable to ,the Union cause. Yet the government of the United States is in the -greatest possible contrast to the existing state of internal affairs in Russia. Rigorous repression has been the policy of every Czar for a hundred years, and the stories of Siberia, the horrors of the dungeon and the knout, and the desperation of Nihilism and every form of organized revenge upon these rulers who refused to relax in the slightest degree their rigid rules is familiar to every well read person in this country. Just why the Czars have been so f riendly to the United States is not easy to understand. Probably much the same spirit actuated them that animated the man who whipped his wife at home and was a perfect gentleman in society. They felt like being good part of the time. That a Czar has at last come to the throne who can see that a liberal policy to his own subjects is the best policy for himself, and that it is one conducive to his own safety and happiness, will be gratifying to every lover of liberty in the world. The manifesto speaks well for the intelligence of the hew Czar, and is a >'ay of light that will illuminate One of the darkest spots of earth to-day. May it be the dawn of a still .brighter day for that great, powerful and benighted land. ■

THE IKON HALL RECEIVERSHIP.

Perhaps no recent specific act of official conduct has created as great a sensation as the arbitrary “allowances” by Judge Winters of the Marion County Superior Court, in the Iron Hall receivership case at Indianapolis. In two years the receivership has cost $157,335.04. Gt this great sum Mr. Failey, the receiver, “receives” $50,000; the law firm of Hawkins & Smith, attorneys for the receiver,, “receive” $30,000; other lawyers, one of whom is a son of the Judge making the allowance “receive” nearly $50,000. All of these eminent gentlemen are said to be conspicuous in the business, professional, social, and even “religious”(?) life of the capital The episode is only one more of a series of similar transactions —the Haughey swindle, the Coffins’ confidence game, and the questionable handling of the Grand Army Encampment funds last year —that have gone to make the extremely discreditable financial history of the Hoosier capital a by-word throughout the country. It appears to be an impossibility for public funds, or even private funds, to escape the clutches of the eminent~gennemeE" who would be shocked if their portraits were demanded by the authorities to be hung in the Rogue’s Gallery. A. P. K.

Decline of the Cossack.

Whether Nicholas 11. is or is not a peace-loving monarch like hisfathe?; the present Czar will have one less temptation to wage war than Alexander 111. had at his accession. The difference lies in the waning power of the Cossack so well described by Poultney Bigelow in the November Harper’s Magazine, Instead of becoming the terror of Europe in a Continental war. it is probable that the Cossack would now meet his match, if not his superior, in the German cavalryman. The Cossack, whom Mr. Bigeldw describes as the Russian Cowbpy, is bpipg civilized, and, as a consequence* ail his dash and pride of race are being conventionalized out of him. The Cossack of history, like the Cowboy of ol romance, is fast disappearing from the earth before the railway and tbs steam-plow. His nose Is red! but then who And his fingers too, are blue. ; BuVgtTe him a chance and ke.w ill say, “Is this cog! enovgh tor you?”

FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.

The Senate was in session only half on hour, Tuesday. Mr. Lodge introduced two resolutions, which were passed, calling for information concerning ths Hawaiian and Bluefield.matters. Tuesday’s House session was dull and the attendance was small. Bills for the dedication of/the Chattanooga military park, Sept. 19. 1895, and for the establishment of a military park at Shiloh battlefield were passed. Wednesday’s session of the Senate was brief but lively. Mr. Vest advocated the adoption of a cloture rule, whidh, he had become convinced, was imperative. Mr. Chandler spoke sarcastically of Vest’s sudden conversion. A sharp debate on the Chinese-Japanese question followed. Mr. Morgan thought the United States should not take any action at this time that might appear to favor either belligerent. Mr. Lodge also spoke against fcneddling, a.<d held that our Government had already meddled too much in the matter. Mr. Peffer arraigned the Secretary of the Treasury and other public officials for perfidy in the matter of issuing bonds, and offered a resolution calling for information which was adopted without division. Mr. Vest, gave notice that he would renew his efforts in behalf of a cloture rule on At 2:55 p. m. the Senate adjourned. In the House, Wednesday, the railroad pooling bill was considered. The printing bill; a bill to prevent the free use of timber on public lands; and a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to receiv« unsatisfied.military land warrants under act of 1858 at the rate of >1.25 per acre for land located under subsequent acts, were passed. At sp. m. the House adjourned, Thursday’s session of the Senate was brief/ The President’s message, submit-' ting information concerning the arrest of an American citizen in Peru, in response to a resolution, wasreceived. Mr. Turpie took tho floor spoke in behalf of nls

resolution favoring the election of United States Senators by the people direct. He said: “When we recall the harsh recriminations, the gross charges of pecuniary corruption and of fraudulent combination or intrigue, disgraceful and dishonorable to the whole body with which a prolonged senatorial contest is accompanied, whether in party confeeence or in the open assembly, the removal of such a procreant should be deemed a prime political necessity. It has, therefore, been said that the Granv Central railway has chosen a Senator in a certain State; that the Grand Central Bank lias chosen another elsewhere, and that the Grand Central Association of Mining and Manufacturing have defeated or elected a -third. Nothing is intended to be assumed here concerning the truth or falsity of these assertions. But these malfeasant charged have an existence. The way of this—riddance is plain. If the choice of the constituent members of this body were left to the mass of voters in the State, these perilous criminations would be infinitely lessened. They would altogether disappear. No reasonable grounds could be given for their support.” At the close of Mr. Turpie’s speech Mr. Morgan gave notice that on Monday next he would call up the Nicaragua canal bill, with a view to Explaining it and making some remarks. Mr. Dolph called up the bill exempting from duty foreign exhibits at the Portland, Ore., exposition, and the bill passed. A biff [passed for the national dedication of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park on Sept. 19 and 20, 1895, under the direction of the Secretary of War; and then, at 1:50 p. m., the Senate adjourned until Monday. The entire House session Thursday was occupied by discussion of the railroad pooling bill. No action was taken. The Speaker relieved a number of members from special committee service. Mr. Gresham, in speaking in support of tho pooling bill, said ho believed that the bill should become a law as framed with the clause giving appellate jurisdiction to the courts -incorporated in it, -because as soon as. a move was made to revoke a pooling ordqj for alleged discrimination it immediately became a judicial question which the courts should settle. The present law -enabled the larger trunk roads to cut rates and squeeze the smaller ones, and if the present system continued all railroads of the country would at no great distant time be controlled by a few greatcorporations. Mr. Morse spoke in support of the bill and Mr. Daniels'followed in opposition. At the conclusion of Mr. Daniel’s argument the House, at 4:55 p. m., adjourned.

BOLD ROBBERY,

More Than SIOO,OOO Secured by the Bandits. Texas & Pacific Train Held Up With Neatness and Dispatch. An express train on the Texas & Pacific was held up 'seven miles west of Fort Worth, Tex., Thursday .evening ats;3O by three masked men. In one respect the robbery was remarkable and sets a precedent. The iron safe of tho messenger was thrown from the car and carried off. It is learned from anthorittiavej ourcesithat upward of >IOO,OOO was secured. The train stopped at the water-tank; one man boarded it and covered tho engineer and fireman while the other two looted the express car. Division Superintendent J. B. Paul was son the train. It arrived al Ft. Worth only fifteen minutes late. J. M. Berry, of Dallas, was a passenger on the train. ‘•There is not much of a story to tell,” he said. “The whole procedure did not .occupy twelve minutes. A quarter of a mile east of Benbrook three masked men held up the train. I don't know how they did it. The first thing I knew the engineer threw the air brake. After the train stopped I heard a shot; about five mTnutcs later I Keanff another shot. I heard that the robbert broke into the express car, but nothing could be learned from the officials as to the extent of tho robbery. The express messenger got off at Ft. Worth and lie would give no information, The robbery was so quietly conducted that tho passengers were not badly awed.”

NEW TIN-PLATE FACTORY.

Judge Conners & Sons of Wabash have closed a contract at Converse for seventy acres of land upon which work will begin at once for the of a large tin factory that will employ 300 ihands. The management will be entirely under control of the Wabash parties, who are said to be amply provided for the undertaking. fl A tragedy that will end in a triple murder. occurred at Fultz Station, Ky„ on Thursday night. George Fultz, sr„ aged sixty, and his son, aged twenty-five, are dead, while Johp Phills, Fultz’s son-in-law. is dying with a bullet through his head. Thomas James, an all-around desperado and alleged illicit whisky seller, who was charged by Fultz, sr., with the betrayal of his daughter, did the shootlqg and escaped to the hills, where a posse Is yet chasing him with prospects of an early lynching. The tragedy occurred at a church where a seains of revival meet? Ings were being held.

OUR PLEASURE CLUB.

“I wonder you women never lean bo w. to-get-offa strqet-eafr. ” “Ump! If we got off the righ way it wouldn’t be long before theyk quit stopping the cars for us,” Husband—Another milliner bill* Why, I paid one only day before yesterday! ■ Wife Day before- yesterday’ Goodness, how time flies’. * “Have you ever loved another Tom?” said Miss Gush to her intend cci. ' “Certainly,” replied he. ——“D>( you. wish written testimonials Iron _ my previous sweethearts?” First Convict—De Giv'rnor aink keepin’ de promise he made befort the election. —•. Second Convict —Which promises’ First Convic—Why to turn tht rascals out. A man will unblushingly-comb hii hair over a bald spot on the top ol his head, and yet expect a fruiteres to put his smallest in the top laye; of a box. “So your youngest daughter it married?” “Yes.” “Was it, a love match?” “Oh, dear, yes. She was perfect!j infatuated with the ring he gav< her.”

Teacher What important even’ has recently occurred in Russia? Miss Sixteen —The Princess Alb has had dozens of beautiful new gowns made. A teacher of a Virginia district school recently asked one of her colored pupils to go to the. blackboard and write a sentence thereon containing the word ‘‘delight. Georgg Washington Jackson went promptly to the front of the room and wrote in a large scrawling hand these words: “De wind blowed so hard jat it put out de light.”—Harper’s Young People. Woman Lawyer—What is your age? , Woman Witness —I was born in the same year as yourself. Woman Lawyer—Witness excused. Mrs. McCauber —Here’s a notice saying that if the bill is not paid the gas will be shut off. Mr. McCauber—Let ’em shut it jff. ~ Who cares? “But what will we do?” “Put in electric lights.” “But in time the bills for them will come in.” “Oh. well, perhaps something Blse will be invented by that time," Yndno'sr the wintry winds do moan :n 1 roar. The sky at eve grows dim and murky; From o’er the fields we hear the plaintive cry Of some forlorn Thanksgiving turkey. .. “Mildred, did you work any Halloween charms to ascertain who four future husband will be?” “No, Blanche, I didn’t.” “Why, you never told me you were engaged. Who is the lucky man?” “Lyersby was telling me that he had a dream that an angel appeared and told him that he would go to heaven when he died. Now, what do you think of that?” “Oh, that’s just like him—he couldn’t even dream the truth.” George—l wonder why it is so easy to get engaged to a girl in the summer. Jack —I just tell you what, George, after a girl sees herself in a summer boarMjrg nouse looking glass she’ll accept most anybody.

“WEARY WAGGLES’S” STORY.

How the Tramp Came To Sleep in the Astor Mansion. New York Special Nov. 23, There was an amusing side to tht arrest of the tramp who went tt sleep the other night in Mrs. Wtn, Astor's mansion. When “Wearj Waggles" was asked how he got intc the house, he said very soberlyi “Come to the door, and tht door was open and walked in, Didn’t do nothing, but came to tht kitchen and walked in. No one it the kitchen and walked through. Come to the stairs and didn’t see nt one. and. .talked .up.. .Didn’.t.. .di., nothing, but kept on. Kept oi climbing till I got up-stairs and wens to bed.” When asked by Justict Voorhis why he took the liberty o’ using Mrs. Astor’s house and bed the tramp replied: “Well, if I doei wrong, I suppose I must sufferdor it but th’-poor is got to sleep like th rich, and seein’ as bow I didn’t havi a bed for th’ night or th’ price of one I takes the liberty, dat’s all. See?' The judge fined him $5. The coroners’ inquests for Londoi show eighty deaths yearly fron hunger without counting personi who commit suicide in extremi want.

Weeks vs. Years.

New York Weekly. He (five weeks after marriage)“I have brought you a ‘ birthdaj firesent, my angel—a diamond neck ace, which, however, will pale before the brightness of your eyes.” He (five years after marriage)—“? have brought you a birthday present—an ash-receiver.” She—“ But, iny dear, I do no smoke cigars.” He —“N-0,-but if you have an ash receiver for me to put cigar ashes ji it will save you the trouble of sweep ing them up you know.”