Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 December 1884 — Their Ignorance. [ARTICLE]

Their Ignorance.

The population of Nevada is steadily dwindling away. The Carson Tribune estimate* that there are-now not More than. 12,000 voters in -the State. ' In 1876 there were cast 20,467 votes, and in 1880 the total vote Was 16,711. Only one county has 3,000 voters, and •of all the others only three a voting population in excess of 1,000 each. One county is credited with 200 voters only, and there are five counties whose -combined vote will not exceed 2,500. The wages of servant girls in Liverpool, average $6.68 per month; in Marseilles, $6.75; in Philadelphia, sl4. "Wages of cooks in Liverpool, average $9; in Philadelphia, S2O. The consular Teport indicates that the average paid to all servants of this class in England is about $3.84, in France about $6.27, and in this country, while the wages ■are somewhat lower than at Philadelphia or in other large cities, the average is at least sls. If we suppose that there are now 1,200,000 employed in this country, their wages are about $216,000,000. There has been much betting of late that some people have got so into the spirit of the thing that they can not refuse odds. One of these fellows was met by a friend recently in Portland, Oregon, and saluted with the remark: ■“Hello , drunk again, are yon?" “No, shir, not b’anv means.” “Oh, yes, you are boilin’.” “I’shay, ’tain’t so; I’m sober as you.” “Well, I bet you ten to one that you're drunk.” “Hash all right; I’ll take.” Here another friend interposed and said to the inebriated one: “Look here, don’t be foolish enough to bet on it, even if he gives you ten to one, because you know you’re drunk.” “Yesh, I know that, but just look at the odds.”

One of tbe most impartial incidents •of tbe presidential contest of 1884, one which illustrates above all the absolute fairness of the American people, is found iii the death by dynamite of the two employes .of the factory at Slouchsburg. One wag a Democrat and the other a Republican, and they paired off to- the deadly task of running B 0 per cent, cartridges for a political parade. They were certain one of the twain would be killed, it having been determined that the survivor should cast his vote and explode the cartridges. They shot up simultaneously, however, into the starry empyrean and fell with absolute imparti* ality into the territory of coroners of their respective political creeds. After the nomination of. Horace <Jr<|ely for the presidency, in 1872, Wliitelaw Reid, Mr. Albert, of Balti/more, and a number of other gentlemen Bad a dinner. One bottle of wine was left after all had been satisfied, and it was agreed to place on it an inscription to the effect that it was not to be drank until after the election of a Democratic president. All present affixed their signatures to the agreement, and Mr. Albert has religiously preserved the bottle ever since, and now has it in his possession, with the signitures still legible. As a Democratic president has been elected, and as no arrangenent was made as to who should drink the wine, Mr. Albert will send it to Presi-dent-elect Cleveland, with an explanatory letter.

A favorite amusement of Dom Pedro IL 'b f Brazil is to leave his gorgeous turnout in a side street, and, accompanied by a gray-haired chamberlain and a stalwart life-guardsman, walk the distance of a square or more to a manufactory or other establishment and surprise the proprietor and employes by his sudden and unannounced appearance among them. Of course he is given the liberty of the establishment, and he takes his time in examining the machinery and modus operandi. With a kind word of encouragement and commendation, he goes away, perhaps to pay a similar visit to another establishment. These visits he makes impartially to the mechanical and mercantile establishments controlled by ioreigners as well as natives. Forepaijgh’s famous white elephant, <( Light of Asia,” that had its sanctity •established at great expense through the mediumship of advertising, recently died in Philadelphia, and the remains have been forwarded to the College of National Science in Chicago. It is presumed this is some stroke of Providence visited upon the sacred beast for allowing herself to be abducted from the temple in Burmah; at any rate the ordinary elephants made a terrible uproar at her death, and Bocks, one of the largest'.in the herd, pulled his leg from its socket in endeavoring to escape , from his chains. The demise of the “Bight es Asia” produces a sensation the circus and elefan tine circles, aha/now Chicago science has the honor of having the “sacred” remains confined to her care. Mother Mary Frances Clare, the nun of Kenmare, has come to this country to raise at least $250,000 among the good people of the United States. When she has collected this amount, ehe will peck it in her little hand-bag and go back to England, to found an

—» - -w -■» t --;r ■ > . establishment whore young girls and women are to be taught their duty as wives and motners, and be fitted Toi home circle. This is an excellent scheme, and. there is proably plenty ol room for such missionary work on the, other side of the water, but the average American does not love his English brother sufficienlargt sums for-tlite~ sake of providing him with a good, wife. If Mother Mart Clare will agree to establish a matrimonial bureau in this country, in connection with her school, -she may then hope to realize handsomely on her collooting tour.

John C. Calhoun was buried in St. Philips’ churchyard, in Charleston, Scuth Carolina, in 1850, where his remains have since lain. At the late session of the State Legislature. $3,000 was appropriated to erect a sarcophagus as a pernianent mark of the resting-place of the great statesman. The sarcojihagns was built on the precise spot of the old tomb, of Vermont granite. In design and execution it is one of the handsomest monuments in the South. The grave of Calhoun was recently opened and the remains removed to their new receptacle. Major Courtney, ex-Judge McGrath, who acted as marshals at Calhoun’s funeral more than thirty years ago, General Me Grady, and several others were present. The coffin was well preserved, as well as a wreath of laurels and cypress placed on the coffin when it w-as buried. It was placed in the new tomb, which was then sealed up.

Chicago Current: There has re- ■*> turned to St. Paul an honored citizen, Judge Flandrau, who has been around the world; and in his recital to the Pioneer-Press he has said more in half a column than most authors have been able to squeeze into a whole volume of travels* Canton surprised him; it has a million people. He saw Colonel Mosby, the ex-confederate, at Hong Kong, and Arabi Hey at Colombo, Ceylon. Cairo is the most cosmopolitan city in the world; the mosque of Mehemet Ali is the finest building the Judge ever looked upon. He saw an ostrich ranch with several thousand birds; the eggs are hatched by steam. All Egypt is in the hands of the British, just as mack as India. Rome iB having a great building boom; it reminds the Judge of a Western town; money could be made there by a Western real estate speculator. Vienna is as handsome as Chicago, and as full of life. Blarney Castle is the finest ruin the Judge saw. He was gone just six months, the exact length of time he desired to spend, and his opinion of the earth has not lessened because he could so easily girdle it with railroad and steamship tickets.

An extraordinary surgical operation was recently performed at the Mercy Hospital in Chicago by Dr, Edmund Andrews. Some six mftnths ago the of the operation swallowed caustic ammonia, presumably by mistake. The result was that the lower part of his gullet was ulcerated or cauterized, and became contracted, and the stomach began to suffer.- The sufferer was threatened with starvation, as he could not swallow food of any kind. He was then placed under the treatment of Dr. Andrews, who succeeded by the use of instruments in opening the gullet sufficiently to permit the passage of liquid food, such as raw eggs, milk, etc. The patient believed after a time that lie could depend on himself, withdrew from the hospital; but either through lack of care or through nervousness, was not able to use the instruments as recommended by Dr. Andrews in opening the food-passage or swallow-pipe. He had to return to the hospital, and Dr. Andrews failed in all efforts to open the gullet so as to admit of food of any kind. As a last resort he made an incision in the abdomen directly over the stomach, and by the use of the forceps pulled the latter organ through the wound, sewed it to the skin to keep it in the required position. He theu cut into the stomach, inserting a tube through which porridge, milk, eggs, and food of a like nature have been introduced. It is now five weeks since the operation described was performed; and the patient has daily grown stronger. Dr. Andrews fears that the external opening will have to be permanent, thongh he yet has hopes that the gullet may yet be opened sufficiently to permit of the sufferer’s taking food in the natural way. The case has, as might be expected, attracted great attention from the medioal profession.

"Walter and his little sister arrived fearlv one morning in Albany, where, with their mother, they were to spend the day with an old friend of hers, who has a home more elegant than the children had ever seen. After quite an elaborate breakfast the children were overheard in conversation by their mother. “Wasn’t it lovely!” Florence was oonfiding to her brother—“so many things kept coming, and there was so much glass, all different colors, and such beautiful plates, and flowers, and such lots of fruit—” <. '-y “Pooh!” interrupted Walter, who. in reality, had been quite overpowered by the breakfast, but who never lost an opportunity to assume a patronizing tone toward his sister, “why, the poor things didn’t know enough to have griddle cakes!*— Harper's Bazar.