Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1897 — Page 6

“ UNCLE JOSH.” ■fpi'f, OSH haln’t bon oz good, I s’pose, as a manorterbe; j Most any friend ’at 1 Q° v BOt ' von,d say they same ter me ; Tried mighty hard tor keep uiy page Kn^nKyy TWm\ all C ' OUl an ’ friv ° y | vVHfIB frum spots. ■ A^ V i rTuKf But ’tain’t no use m I IwKK ter hide 'em, it's fH\ fISH just plum full uv b Hr I'll hev ter do like MMHL’ak J»ll ther rest - turn XjBW over a leaf 'at's IKsBL \ new; *' A dog 'at's old don't take ter tricks, so what ther good it’ll **** do? Might full ez well quit try in' ter he anythin’ er more (Phan Uncle Joshua Whitcomb, ’at keeps the corner store. iAln’t running a bizness fer pleasure, but my measures is ginerallv full; likely ther scales is a leetle off—place Kb* wher ther weights liev a pull; pi/lulled my purtirnt ter fix 'Olll, but t lir,r be«’ ’at I could dt> i’ ! 'Would tip ther beam when a pound wuz j short on'y a ounce or two; | ,‘Taters somehow hev a way uv rangin' f ; ’emselves as ter size, jHa ter fer things ’at er bigges’ ter wauter begin ter rise. Wimiuen folks say they never did see i seek caloker afore ißz they git uv Uncle Joshua, ’at keeps f; ther corner store. (Children all seem ter like me, fer my candy is hard ter heat; Sticks all striped with red an’ pink—nothin’ ’at’s half so sweet; Riey comes ter me ’ith their pennies an’ say “Uncle Josh, now please, I want two sticks uv peppermint an’ a penny’s ’orth uv these.” lawks so bright an’ happy, ’ith cheeks so ;• plump an’ red. My oT heart swells up bigger an’ I give ’em three sticks instead: JAn* they smile back thro’ ther winder when they git outside ther door, lA-throwin’ kisses at “Uncle Josh,” ’at keeps ther corner store. ■© maybe I’ll get ter heaven if times don’t grow too tight; m fix them pesky scales up sure afore another night; m fill my measures right up full uv big an’ little, too; If ther small uns will touch bottom, why, twhat kin a poor man do? In* ter send ol’ Granny Brown a whole big sack uv flour * half er barrel uv apples ’at’s mixed *lth sweet and sour; ■he lost her boy with fever an’ her heart Is kinder sore. ]A kindly greeting from Uncle Josh, ’at keeps ther corner store.

BLOOD WILL TELL.

HE ocean was gloriously blue ffl and beautiful, it [TO being our third \|\ « day out. The great steamer's BbT] decks were jFWfr crowded with ryl her passengers, whom the fine lg|[|r weather had . _ > brought out once - more. _ No-one attraetmore general at-

Mention than a tall, stalwart young fellow, most severely English in his dress «nd manner. Over six feet in height, mt wonderfully perfect physique, he ftrod the deck w T ith a springiness and ■aee of gait rarely seen, i “Most distinguished looking,” was •lie universal feminine verdict. Several went so far as to believe him a lord in disguise, despite the plain (Charles Blake known to be his name fra the passenger list. lie was often fcceompanied by a middle-aged man as unmistakably English as himself. “No mystery at all about him,” said He genial purser, the especial friend ■f the ladies. “He and his father are ■haply two rich Englishmen who have feoen spending some years in your big lAmerica, and are now returning to Phkgland, where old Mr. Blake has large estates in Yorkshire. Do not get •xclted, ladies, and try to invent rofraanees. Young Blake is a fine-looking. Bfrther sober sort of fellow, but as far ■■ I can see nothing as wonderful and ■ayaterlous as you are trying to make ■at. He Is so dark that if I did not know he was English I should say that H had some colored hlood in his veins.” In this case, however, the women had the best of it, after all. There was a ■nystery concerning young Mr. Blake. He was, as has been said correctly, ■edately, soberly English in every way mcept, perhaps, a slightly unfamiliar least of countenance. What was it that pras puzzling? There Is always so Bnich Idle talk on a steamer. Not a groat talker, but when warmed Woaa subject, though this happened Barely, as he appeared to have e\ery ■motion under supreme control, the Hood mantled in his dark cheeks, and Ki large, black, deep-set eyes glowed th an Intense though rather sombre Mre. His English was singularly unjleflled for this slang-loving generaJBon. 1 “Tour son does not look much like CP®*.” some one would say to ruddy, bright-faced senior Blake. “No, he is like his mother's people,” fg Hr. Blake would calmly reply, but not BMitlmilng the conversation further in Mhat direction. | * “Uke his mother’s people,” aye, and Pkfr hfs father’s, too, for Charles Blake ■uly seven short years before had : pMuaed, a scarce blanketed savage, Mrer the far western wilds of North - mmerlca. A war whoop had been far natural to him then than the fine iEgitar' solos be executed now without • jpflculty. He had been a brave among rlight years before this story begins

I Mr. Blake, Sr., was seized with the I fever of exploration that so often takes the moneyed Englishman of to-day in j its grasp, and set sail for America and j the wild and woolly west. In ijue time Mr. Blake found himself in the far west, and, securing suitable I guides, plunged into the wilderness, wilderness most satisfactory, wilderness far beyond his wildest imaginings. , Here, with his guides, he spent many I months in hunting and exploration, ; several times experiencing the proud sensation of being the first white Quin to visit. One day the guides brought to the temporary camp a young Indian, who ( had fallen ill while on a lone hunt, and ; was unable to get back to the home ; from which he had wandered far. The guides had gone to his rescue. For weeks the sick boy lay in the little shelter of boughs, erected by the guides. "~~7 Mr. Blake, a childless widower, became greatly interested in the youthful savage, and as time went on much attached to him. Through a guide as interpreter they talked much together. Perhaps some drops of white blood ..-mingled in the young Indian’s veins. inherited from some far-away ancestor, gave him the longing - he now evinced for civilization, the desire to try a white man’s life; perhaps Mr. Blake’s arguments, representations, persuasions alone influenced the young, untamed heart.

Be that as it may, Satucket, as be was called, agreed to forsake the home, the life of his fathers, and to place himself unreservedly in the hands of this new-found friend. A certain lightness of the red brow of the ordinary Indian complexion in Satucket’s case made the plan proposed and afterward adopted by Mr. Blake feasible. All that money, tutors, summary and entire isolation from the scenes of his youth, could do for the young Indian, was done. It was not only book knowledge that he had to gain, but almost everything that comes naturally to a white child of cultured parents, and there was so much to unlearn! Now Mr. Blake felt that the self-im-posed task, interesting, delightful withal, was most satisfactorily completed. Young Blake had been taken on a tour through many large cities and fashionable watering places, and everywhere had received most flattering attention from young and old. The necessary papers had long been made out, and Charles was as legally Mr. Blake’s son as though of his own flesh and blood. A happier father and son it would have been hard to find.

With a heart overflowing w r ith triumph and thankfulness, Mr. Blake set sail for his native shores, unvisited for the past eight years. That he was returning with an adopted son his friends in the old country knew, they had had to be told this, but to strangers, the adoption, like the rest of his son’s life before he was his son, Mr. Blake kept a profound secret.

Among the passengers was a young girl, a more perfect blonde than is often seen in Britain, or even, except in childhood, in America. A sweet young English maiden,' timid, modest, lovely in every way. A child who had never before been away from her mother’s side, from the protecting shadowy of her wing, until now, returning from a

A TALL, STALWART YOUNG FELLOW.

short visit to America with her father. To her Charles was unhesitatingly attracted; the older men found many interests in common, and the four spent many happy hours on this pleasantest of voyages on a summer’s sea. Amy’s sweet face grew sweeter day by day, a faint rose tint glowed in the pure whiteness of her cheeks. Charles’ dark face became really handsome, having an animation utterly unknown before. The result of this acquaintance can easily lie foreseen. Many were the promises exchanged by the young pair: The fathers parted with assurances of continued friendship. Charles Blake was received In England as cordially as he or Mr. Blake could possibly desire. Before a year had gone by the marriage eminently pleasing to all concerned took place, and Charles and Amy settled down in Mr. Blake’s handsome home, with apparently every prospect of a long and happy life therein. Mr. Blake’s cup of happiness was now full and running over. For n time all went well, hut there was an influence at work busily undermining this fair fabric of happiness, which not even the nearest and dearest, most fortunately, suspected. Even before he left the ship, when away from Amy, Charles had had moments when the longing for freedom had been almost insupportable. In all the years of his new mode of life, though ever more or less conscious of this desire, he had never felt It so strongly, for his had been a very busy life, but as he was being taken day by day further and further from bis native land, a wild impulse often came over him to leap into the sea, to breast

the highest waves, to make the most desperate efforts possibly to regain his lost freedom, to see once more his own savage home, never as dear as now when it seemed lost to him forever. The excitement o< In his new home, the days crowded with engagements, his marriage, had all served to keep his mind well occupied. But now, after the bustle, the stir, there was comparative quiet and the old temptation returned wit! redoubled power. How be hated his fine clothes, only badges of bis servitude, be bitterly thought. He longed with all liis unsubdued savage heart to throw the garments of civilization to the four winds of the earth, and roam once more the pathless forests, clad at most In blanket and moccasins. O, for his bed of pine boughs, his glorious nights under the canopy of heaven, lighted only by the moon or stars. Gas, lamps, electric lights were one and all unspeakably hateful to him. Foor Satucket! There were days when he could not eat; the dainty"food of a well-ordered

ADMIRED AND REVERED BY ALL HIS SAVAGE FOLLOWERS.

house was absolutely loathsome to him. He saw again in his mind’s eye the half-cooked slices of venison or bear’s meat of his long-forsaken home; he was starving for that food now. The end soon came, alas, poor human nature is very weak. Straggle as he might, there came a time all too soon in the short married life that had seemed to promise so much happiness, when poor Charles could no longer resi st tjwrtempter. Omc morning Amy awoke to find herself alone, a deserted wife. A dim remembrance of passionate kisses pervading her slumbers, a few hastilysorawled words on paper strangely blotted and tumbled, words that she never showed to anyone, were all that were left to her now. In one of the few tribes of hostile Indians still left in America, there is a young warrior, a chieftain, admired and revered by all his savage followers; he is their pride and glory. Except for a finer form, a more lofty carriage, there is little to distinguish him from his wild brethren. His life, his language Is as theirs. Only one difference, no squaw lives in his wigwam, or is ever bidden to enter there. —— . ■ —• • No other woman will ever take the place, once held, ever so briefly, by the sweet English girl, Amy —Utica Globe,

Enemies of the Mosquito.

There are two natural enemies of the mosquito, the dragon fly and ithe spider. The latter, as we know, wages constant warfare upon all Insect life, and where mosquitoes are plentiful they form the chief diet of their hairy foe. The dragon fly is a destroyer of mosquitoes in at least two stages of life. The larva dragon fly feeds upon the larva mosquito, and when fully developed the latter dines constantly upon the matured mosquito. The dragon fly as a solution of the mosquito pest question is not wholly satisfactory, for while there is no serious difficulty to be encountered in the cultivation of dragon flies in large numbers, yet it is manifestly impossible to keep them in the dark woods where mosl- - abound, the hunting ground of the “darning needle” being among the flowers and dry ga ideas where the sunshine prevails. For this very important reason the scheme of hunting one kind of Insect with another must be abandoned as impracticable.—Washington Star.

The Most Difficult Thing.

“What is the most difficult thing about a bicycle?” This question was asked at a diningtable in the U. S, Nat’l Museum case by an up-to-date gentleman. The question was put separately, and several answers were given, as follows: “Pushing a long hill;” “Paying for tne wheel,” remarked another; “Carrying It home on your shoulder,” was another, and so on. But the climax was reached when Professor Thomas Wilson, of the Smithsonian Institution, responded, saying that the most difficult thing and experience about a bicycle was to “Keep from talking and hearing others talk about them.”—L. A. \V. Bulletin.

Voices Altered.

Dr. Sandwas, a French physician, claims to have discovered a new system for increasing the range of a singer's vo|ge as much as two full notes In the upper or lower registera He obtains this change by inhalations of various aromatic vapors. Those of Curacao liquor are said to add volume to the high register, while vapors of a distilled extract of pine needles will benefit the lower notee. Steaming coffee and rum will stimulate the voice In general, strengthening the middle range Ijarticularly.—Philadelphia Record.

RIOTING AT FULTON.

REMOVAL OF WOODMEN OFFICES CAUSES TROUBLE. 1 . Fulton Loses the Modern Woodmen Records, a Mob Threatens the Lieutenant Governor and Adjutant General and Troops Arc Sent. Militia in the Fight. The controversy over the removal of the head offices of the Modern Woodmen from Fulton to Rock Island came to an end Thursday in a sensational manner. The Lieutenant Governor of the State was kept a prisoner for four hours by a mob, the Adjutant General of the State was roughly handled and both feared that their lives were in danger. Gov. Tanner was called on for troops, both Lieut. Gov. Northcott and the sheriff of the county declaring that the civil authority was powerless to preserve order. Militia were ordered to the scene, but later the order was countermanded, but the countermand came too late to stop one company. In the meantime the seal and iirineipal books of the order were removed to Rock Island. -—Judge Gust of the Circuit-Court; who has been dissolving the injunctions re straining the removal of the offices to Rock Island as fast as they were issued, Thursday dissolved the sixth injunction at Morrison. Anticipating his decision, forty residents of Fulton chartered a special train to Aledo, where Judge Ramsey, who resides at Morrison, is holding court, to get him to interfere in their behalf, but he refused to do so. A telegram was at once sent to Rock Island telling the interested men to come and get the books and records. They came forty strong on the little steamer Hennepin, among them Lieut. Gov, Northcott and Adjutant General Recce.

The visitors were compelled to carry the paraphernalia from the office to the river, as no drayman would haul them. They took a portiop of the books to the steamer and then decided to send the remainder by express at 0 o’clock. When Lieut. Gov. Northeott and General Reece started for the depot to take a train, they were followed by a crowd and pelted with tomatoes. They took refuge in the Woodmen office. Afterward they attempted to board the Burlington train going south at 6:10. The crowd was at the depot, and when Mr. Reece showed himself it was a signal for the opening of hostilities. Mr. Reece was pounded and cuffed, but succeeded in boarding the train, where he was further assaulted while on the way to Clinton. Mr. Northeott was frightened at the outbreak and succeeded in returning to the waiting room, which was surrounded by the crowd, which kept growing. He was kept a prisoner there until 8 o’clock, the citizens preventing serious outbreak. Sheriff Fuller requested Gov. Tanner to send militia. Major Anthony of Sterling, Captain McGrath and forty members of Company G of Dixon, and fifty deputy sheriffs from Sterling arrived at 9:17 o’clock. All was quiet when the company arrived. At 10:10 o’clock Mr. Northeott boarded a north-bound train for Savanna, after being detained for four hours. The militia, under Mr. Northeott’s orders, were sent to the head clerk’s office to guard it and assist with the remainder of the removal. History of the Trouble. The controversy of the Modern Woodmen is an old one. In 1883 the several camps then in convention at Fulton, 111., organized what was termed the Head Camp. A charter was secured and the perpetual office of the Head Camp was located by the charter granted by the Secretary of the State of Illinois at Fulton. There was a board of eleven directors or executive committee, charged with the administration of the order. The order prospered and the Head Camp at Fulton became a matter of local importance. All of the money received for death benefits was sent to the town. The postoffice increased in business and classification. The local banks reaped the benefit of the deposit of the money and a large number of people were given employment. In 1890 the organization had a number of State camps and an element in the order began to chafe over the Head Camp. It was claimed that the State organizations forming a national organization had an undoubted right to administer the business of the order, and the result of a convention at Springfield was the prevalence of the opinion that the camp headquarters should be removed to Rock Island. The old board of trustees, by amendment, was cut down to five and the outsiders, as the people of Fulton term the members at large, secured control of the order. Repeated efforts to remove the headquarters to Rock Island were foiled by the rival organization at Fulton, which asserted that the old hoard wag still in power by virtue of the charter, and the building erected at Rock Island has never yet been occupied. The people of Rock Island began to take an interest in the controversy. They wanted the headquarters, and after legal obstructions were placed in their way they resorted to force. One night three months ago a train load of Rock Island people made an attack on Fulton. The sally was repalsed, a number of people being injured in the riot that followed the attempt Capture the headquarters. Since then

“THIS BONE IS FROM A HOG.”

injunctions end counter injunctions have followed one another in rapid succession, until hardly anyone knows the exact legal situation. Just as the affair looked darkest to the Fulton people it was decided to appeal to the Federal courts. Someone not a resident of Illinois would have to bring the bill to get it into the jurisdiction of the Federal court. William A. Penn of Clinton, lowa, volunteered to lend his name as complainant in the bill. In the bill he asked the court to restrain the present board of trustees or executive committee from further interference, pending the adjudication of the court on the issue raised. The court decided in favor of Rock Island, and since that time the battle of injunctions has waxed tierce.

ARTIFICIAL BONES.

Dr. AUport, an Expert, Creats a Sensation in the Luetgert Case. Public interest in the Luetgert murder trial at Chicago continues with unabated intensity. The testimony of Dr. Allport, an expert, Wednesday afternoon w r as greatly to the big sausage maker’s liking. Dr. AUport declared the femur, which Prof. George Dorsey of the Field Columbian museum identified ns that of a human, was the femur of a hog. Dr. Allport is a professor of descriptive and comparative anatomy in the Northwestern University. The dispute between these two eminent authorities as to the bones has brought about a crisis in the case. If the jury believes Dr. AUport the conclusion can hardly be escaped that no human body was boiled in the vat in Luetgert’s sausage factory. When Dr. AUport went on the witness stand again Thursday he created another sensation by declaring that the temporal bone which Prof. Dorsey identified as human-and from its formation probably the right temporal bone of a female, is not human. Dr. AUport emphatically remarked that there were no indications upon which to base the conclusion that

the bone was from the skull of a human being. He believed it came from the skull of some lower animal, He also declareij that the phalanges in evidence belonged to the lower animal kingdom. Dr. Allport made a statement on tlxe witness stand Thursday that caused a profound sensation for a few minutes. He was examining the temporal bone which had been identified by Prof. Dorsey and pronounced by the latter not only a temporal bone, but the temporal hone of a woman. “That bone is not a temporal bone either of a human or of the lower order of ani-

PROF. ALLPORT.

mals,” declared Dr. Allport, gazing at the exhibit intently. “It is a composition of bones put together lw artificial means. The trace here which Prof. Dorsey said was the outline of a facial nerve is a fiber of animal matter with which the bones arfe stuck together.” The statement was received with something akin to dismay by the prosecution for a moment. Luetgert leaned back in his chair and laughed.

DECIDE NOT TO STRIKE.

Chicago Street Railway Employes Will Invoke the Law. At 1 o’clock Friday morning the mass meeting of Chicago street car employes in Coffey’s Hall, 63d and Halsted streets, unanimously adopted a resolution indorsing the organization of a local branch of the Amalgamated Association of Street Car Employes of America and boldly declared for further activity.in organizing the street car men of Chicago. It was decided to notify Superintendent Bowen of the Chicago City Railway Company that the cars of the company on the South Side are now run by union men and that an injury to one is the concern of all. The plan of the executive committee to resent any further dismissals was ratified, and future action was referred to that committee with power to act. A secret ballot of the men gives the executive committee the power to order a strike without any notice to the company. It was developed at the meeting that the claims of the organizers concerning the numbers of men who had joined the union were exaggerated. Meetings of men loyal to the company were held and resolutions adopted declaring against a strike and announcing that no grievance exists. W. J, Allen, a member of Company G, 112th Illinois Regiment, an inmate of the national military home at Dayton, 0., and John Brandenberger, a soldier, were found dead. Death was probably due to heart disease in both cases.

A PICTURE ALPHABET.

Cut It-Ont and Paste It Up for Refer* ence and Study.

A Scientific Request.

"Well,” remarked the gentleman to whom Tired Teddy had applied for enough coin to secure a drink,” you are the most perfect specimen of the genua hobo I have ever seen.* “Yes, dat's right,” returned Teddy, "an’ it's fer dls reason I’m tryin’ to preserve oneself In alcohol. Can’t you kelp me out?”