Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1891 — Just Full Enough to Telegraph. [ARTICLE]

Just Full Enough to Telegraph.

From the Oregonian. v He was a tall, good-looking man, with regular features, and was dressed in the height of fashion, but he was awfully drunk. He came from the East a few days ago and registered at an up-town hotel. Immediately he went on a “tear.” The clerk who knew him in the East, relieved him of an SBOO gold watch and about 11,000 in currency and locked them! in Hie coin box for safe keeping. This happened while the fellow wai about half sober. Then he went oft and imbibed some more, and When he strolled into the hotel office a few hours later he was able to see thd clerk, but that was about all. “I want to send a telegram to my wife,” he began. , “Have you the money to pay for it?” asked the clerk. “No. You have my money in the safe, and you pay for it.” “Indeed, I will not, returned the clerk. Then followed a noisy wrangle between the clerk and the fellow, which the latter broke off abruptly, and putting his thumbs in the armholes of his vest, walked about the corridor and told the occupants of the chairs what a shame it was that $ man could not telegraph to his wif« that she was a peculiar woman ana would not come west with him; that he was a weak man and would noil keep sober unless she was with him, This, of course, amused the listeners. This went on for twenty minutes. When the man returned to the desk in a more specific mood and the clerk accommodated him. After a good deal of talking the telegram was flni ally written, and here it is: Portland, April 16 —Mrs. —, Chicago, Ill: Arrived safely but am as full as an Irishman’s goat. Jack. The answer came yesterday and was short and sweet. It follows: .■ Chicago, 111., April 17.—Mr. —— Portland, Ore,: You are a fooL Will start for Portland to-day. . Mart. The World’s Present Population. From Public Opinion. In the proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of January, 1891, it is estimated that the popular tion of the worly in 1890 was 1,487,* 000,000; representing an average of 81 to the square mile, and an increase of 8 per cent during the decade. Of the continents, Asia has the largest population. 850,000, and the lowest percentage of increase, 6 per cent. Australasia has the smallest population, 4,730,000, and the smallest average per square mile, 1.4, but the highest rate of increase during the decade, 30 per cent. Europe is the most thickly settled continent, with a population of 380,200,000, which is 101 to the square mile. The population of North America is estimated at 89,250,000, which is an ave.age of 14 to the square mile, and represents an increase of 20 per cent durin g the pasl decade. _____ According to a pamphlet recently issued by the London Congregational Union on “Can the Churches Save London, and Will They?” the averagi growth of London’s population is 291 per day. To meet tnis two new churches, accommodating six hundred worshipers, ought to be finished and opened every week. The average population of London is 8,475 to the square mile. One person in every five will die. if the present conditions remain unaltered, in a work-house, hospital or lunatic asylum. Onethird of the crimes in the United Kingdom are committed in London. Gail Hamilton has succeeded better than some-writers in keeping the facts of her life to herself