Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 February 1891 — Senator Shoup’s Genial Ways. [ARTICLE]

Senator Shoup’s Genial Ways.

fata th<»t-<iM>oing and more legislation, says tae~ Globe-Democrat, is "What the country would like to see in the halls of Congress. Bom*readers have observed the use “cloture” in some newspapers, while ■others uss ' ‘closure. ” The meaning of the two words is the same. The first ds French, the latter English. A new weapon has been added to the arsenal of Irish debate. A gentleman addressed a large'crowd near Dublin a few days ago, and when he went home that night he found that his opponents had answered his arguments by skinning his cow alive. Two rival steamers reached San Francisco after a lively race across the Pacific Ocean from Sydney. Australia. The time between tho two ports war • twenty-four days for the winner and a •day more for its beaten rival. The racers are the property of two com e peting companies, and it is probab.y that better time will be made hereafter by the vessels of both of them, through improvements in their ma chinery. A Philadelphia girl has been seized with lockjaw while chewing gum; a Lancaster girl has been lying at death’s door because she swallowed a piece of oyster shell which inadvertently remained in a church fair stew, and played hobs with her larnyx; a Reading girl was taken with hysterics at a theatrical performance, and any sensible physician will tell you that caramels ruin the teeth. If thissor; of thing keeps on the expenses of courtship will be reduced to zero and almost any young man can afford to have a girl.

IT does not appear that the stability •f the new Government of Brazil is in any way menaced by the recent action of the Constituent Assembly'. That body is engaged in revising the constitution that was drawn up by tae provisional Government for its own guidance after the proclamation of the Republic, and there need bo no surprise over the fact that the revision is likely to interfere in some ways with the policy of the authorities. In the formation of a Constitution for Brazil the Assembly has full power, and is responsible only to the electors. By censuring the provisional Government for certain deeds that had been left unexplained it brought about a ministerial crisis, but here again it acted within its authority, and this fact has been recognized by the Ministry itself, as well as by the Provisional President Deodoro de Fonseca. In truth, there has as yet been no ground for doubting that peace will be maintained in Bradl until the work of establishing its po litical institutions is completed. ..

There are people who sign every petition presented to them and would just as soon sign a petition asking the governor to hang an innocent man as to ask for the pardon of one who ought to be hanged. But those who take the initiative in securing the pardon of capital criminals are not of this sort. They are relatives and persona friends of the criminal, who can be excused on these grounds, but should have little influence, or they are per. sons who are actuated by maudlin sympathy for the criminal and are nearly as dangerous to the peace and welfare of the community as the criminals themselves. This may seem like a harsh judgment upon the softhearted people who cannot bear the thought that any one should suffer, eren for being bad. But it is not too AJ.sh. The sympathy of these people is entirely misplaced. It is the vic--tims of these murderers and those dependent on them that deserve th e .sympathy—not the murderers.

.Atlanta Journal. The new Idaho Senator, Shoup, is getting himself talked about because of his wild and wooly expressions. He approached Morton during the night eesaion last <eek. in one of the cloak roomsand, slapping the Vice-Presi-dent on the back, said: “Mr. Vice-President, shako; your Tolling awhile ago was dead game.” Late on he addressed Hoar as follows: “Old ncan. that was a dandy speech you made for the bill, and will stand by you untill hell freezes over.” One great point in favor of artifically hatched chickens is that they rarely have a bug or insect upon them. This alone helps to reduce the loss by death and aids In building them up strong and healthy. Too often the nest in which chickens are hatched is so foul with parasites that the chicks have but little chance to gat a start in Jheworld ;