Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 January 1891 — THE NEWS OF THE WEEK. [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS OF THE WEEK.

When Kalakua wu retired from the ■actual king business by the adoption | (of the Hawaiian constitution in 1877 his Majesty took to literature, first ae- j quiring a proficiency in French, Spanish, German and English. Aspiring , jto authorship, he brought out the j •■Legends of Hawaii," the book being ■ published in Philadelphia, Then his Majesty set in to tackle a task require Ing wide scholarship and biblical learning, and this is the task his friends prefer he should not complete, for they {ear a royal giveaway of the first class. n short, he wants to construct a re* wised theology wherein all things betfia in fire and end in the same uncom-! lortable fashion. He accordingly eliminates the deluge. The book, if ever eompleted, will be called “The Temple of Wisdom." The French Ambassador at Tangier hM made a demand upon the Sultan of Morocco for the necessary permission to construct a railroad between western Algeria, and Fez, one of the capitals of Morocco. The Sultan has appointed a committee of eight of his subjects to study the project. Morocco is known to be rich in many resources, and nothing but the fanaticism its inhabitants prevents it from reaching a development second to that of no other African country. It is more favored by nature than Ageria, and the day is doubtless coming when Europe will demand that so rich a rogion so near the northern nations shall be utilized for tho purposes of European commerce. It is not known that the Sultan of Moraccp himself has wiy special objection to railroads. Ho has in the palace grounds at Morocco a little railroad about a mile long’ complete in all respects, on which he and the ladies of his harem often make the tour of the grounds.

It may yet be necessary for seme clergyman to write a treaties on the destructive elements in religion. Fanaticism in religious belief resulted in the old daps, in to the world some of the most valuable manuscripts, Ibooks and pictures that had been garnered in Europe through ancient and mediaeval times, and now we find a young man in Omaha mutilating available painting by Bougereau because he did not approve of the dressmaking methods applied to the feminine figures. This man is probably what is j known In the slang of . the day as a ••crank.” It is not likely that he has any knowledge of art' in any of its branches, or that he is more than a vulgarian, falsely inspired to mischief. Uon ma with a pure mind ever sees anything in the nu.de paintings of legitimate artists except the skill in technique and the delicate imagination involved in the conception, yet there are thousands who deny the right of the brush to depict nature except as nature is represented by Worth and his imitators. The eating of the •pple in Eden did no more harm to any profession than to that of the painter. This particular exploit, resulting in the destruction of a paintin? worth nearly $20,000, is likely to make it difficult to borrow really important pictures for exhibition.

4. FAMOUS teacher of singing remarked a few nights since that sho dreaded the appearance of an American girl as a pupil. “Most of them, ahe said, “are delightfully sweet and winsome, but they ha~e the prevailing trait of American women, and that means death to my artistic success. Their natural endowments are frequently superior to those of the German, French and South American girls who study singing with me, but it is almost an impossibility to get them to throw off their life-iong habits of ease —lndeed, I might soy indolence. Their mothers encourage them In it, and they do not make half enough of their opportunities. I have rot a single German pupil on ray list who does not practice four or five hours a day, and many of them devote even more time than this to their v o.k by the smdy of the scientific side of musical educatior. I have never yet had an -merican pupil who would not give up her practice any morning to go to a manicure, and looked upon two hours’ pr ictice a day as an achievement bordering upon the heroic. A French girl is r.us-.-d by her mother at 7 o'c’ock in the morning and Bet to wor’r, wnile an American girl is kept in bed 111 11 by . her indulgent mother because she bad practiced so hard the day before. The only real reason why American girls whose voices indicate a brilliant future should be sent abroad fs because they gat what may be called habit of work over there from their companions."

The Harvester trust is to be abandoned. Four fatal affrays occurred at Kansas City on the 36th. Dun's agency takes leas hopeful view of the business situation: A new compulsory education law is proposed by Illinois Democrats. James Gunter Arnold of Kosciusko, Miss , was killed With a hammer by his demented son. At noon on the 7th Inst, the shock. of an earthquake rattled windows and frighten* ed horses at Toledo, O. In a wreck on tho Panhandle at Wo;ds stock. 0., twenty cars were demolished, canting a loss of $30,900. The next convention of the Republican ; League of the United States will be held in Cincinnati April 31 and 22. ! Miss Grace Hathaway, of Kent, 0., aged ! 20, deranged from overstudy, committed. 1 suicide by drinking carbolic acid. Wm. G. Jillson, owner and -business manager of the Hqpe River Warn Cain-. : pauy, bas closed the mill. An assignment is expected. Jacques Van Roalet, of Holland, has brought suit against James G. Blaine, Sec* retary of State, for pay for $120,000 in cons federate bonds. ‘ An attempt was made to rob a Southern Pacific train near Fiatonia, Tex., but the robbers were frightened off by U. S. Marshals on the train. ; Canadians in Jfavor of annexation \vith_ the United States declare they would not assist Groat Britain in the event of war with this country. Gov. Thayer, of Nebraska, refuses to yield up the Governor's office to Governorelect Boyd. He says Boyd is not a citizen of this country and therefore not eligible. A company hasbeen incorporated to build In New York city a rapid transit road to be operated' on the principle of the roller coaster. The stations will be on the street level. Saturday night a strong natural gas well was struck on the farm of A. B. Funk, near Bloomington, 111. Mr. Fuuk was engaged in sinking a well and Whop, at the depth of seventv feet the reservoir of gas was tapped, so strong was the pressure that the tools wero blown out of the well and sand and gravel were tnrovvn fifty feetinthe air. The gas ignited aud burned with a terrific roar, the flames burning more than fifty feet high.

A special'butletin was circulated Saturday from the Census Office giving church statistics. The compilations of church statistics is not yet complete and only a few denominations are given in this issue of the special bulletin. The denominations recapitulated are the United Presbyterian Church, the Church of the New Jerusalem Salvation Army, Advent Christian Church and the Seventh day Baptists. It is ascertained from the figures that Indianahas of the United Preslyterian Church twentynine organizations and 5,542 members; the Church of the New Jerusalem has four organizations and 104 members; Salvation Army, four organizations and 455 members with no Seventh day Baptist organizationsMr. Taubtneek, one of tho three farmer Representatives in tho Illinois General Assembly, said on the 11th that he and his colleagues had made up their minds to insist on fusion from either the Republic cans or Democrats on the United States Ser.atorship. They will not by their votes allow either side to get a quorum in joint assembly and elect a candidate, and should both Sides vote for their respective nominees, farmers will also vote, so that neither candidate shall receive a majorityIf a United States Senator is elected at this session of the Legislature he will have to be a man satisfactory to the F. M. B A. representatives, and peither Palmer Fanvell, nor Oglesby aro such men. Mr. Taubcueck said Grand Master Thompson or Cicero J. Lindloy would suit him,though their names had not yet been mentioned in conference: The name of the man they have most favorably considered has not yet been mentioned in connection with the Senatorsliip. The Senator they want is one who will use all honorable means in bis power to secure for farmers beneficial legislation and who will not be influenced against such legislation by the wiles of corporations nnd their agents. Such a n an should have no affiliation with either of the old parties.

FOREIGN.

The weather in England has been the severest for mally years past,— Anna Parnell writes a letter vigorously attacking her brother’s opponents; The trouble among Home Rulers has been settled, it is said, Parnell is to step aside and a nevv leader be elected. A Sicilian shoe-black, who won 4,000 lire in a lottery, fell dead at Palermo on res ceiving the news of his good fortune.