Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1891 — THE NEWS OF THE WEEK. [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS OF THE WEEK.

- - Mustcia’cs should dwell together in “harmony,” but they don’t. The Georgia Legislature has passed a law disqualifying physicians ad dieted to drink from the practice ol their profession. - _ you slant your letters in writing you must quit doing it, for the doctors say so; it is unhygienic. In Austria it has been found that tht slanting ol the letters in writing causes curvature of the spine, dut to the position maintained at the table or desk. A committee appointed to consider the matter h: i presented a repert, recommending that the school children be taught t< make upright letters on’y. The more familiar people become with water the fluid is found to be. Dr. Sleich. o! Berlin, while conducting experiments with a view to determining how weak a solution of cocaine will prev.’ efficacious as a local anaesthetic it minor surgical operations, accidentally discovered that simple water in. jected under the skin with a syringe renders the flesh at that point in sensible to pain. It may be permit ted a layman to remark that water is cheaper than cocaine. f*. JLJ "J" 1 - The burning of the steamer Corcoran at Washington the other day, _ brought out the information that, in the last twelve years, this one boat has taken no fewer than 1,100,00? passengers to Mount Vernon. Every visitor to MounVVernon has to pay sl,wbk;h is said to go toward maintaming the place. Putt’ng this ani that together, one cannot believe it would have been money in Georgs Washington’s pocket to live until the present time and take unto himself the difference between the re- i ceipts and the expenditures.

The Trade Union Congress in session at Newcastle, England, hardly knows whether it wants an international eight hour law or not. An amendment to the recommendation of such a law is that, when passed it shall not bo enforced without the consent of two-thirds of the organized members of tho trades con cerned. Several of the delegates protested against the acceptance ol the amendment on the ground that by so doing the delegates would stultify the resolution passed in regard to a compulsory eight-hour law, but it was carried by a vote of 341 to 73.

It is impossible not to have a certain sympathy for that Michigan Methodist parson, Brother Arney, of Saranac, who is to be disciplined for his fondness for fast horses. Brother Arney has been admonished before as to the error of his ways, and has promised to reform, but he does like a horse that can go. Why is it more wicked, anyway, to hav? a fast horse than a slow horse? Perhaps Brother Arney creates envy among the owners of steeds less fleet than his. The mind's eye sees Bro. Arney, clad in a duster and wearing' a solemn, ministerial countenance, clucking to his favorite plug and crackling into a smile as he passes everything on the road. Brother Arney should be dealt with gently. Elijah was a good man, but he holds the record for charities.—-N. Y. Sun.

The Savannah. Ga., News tells a curious story of bow Patrick O’Keefe came to be owner and king of the is. land of Nyph, in the Pacific ocean Twenty years ago he was a sailor in the coastwise trade in Georgian waters. In the heat of an affray he killed a fellow-sailor, and, though ac quitted, he determined to leave the ‘country. This he did in 1871, sail ing as mate on a vessel bound for Liverpool. From there he shipped to the East Indies, and thence to Hong Kong. There he invested a little money in the fruit trade between the Pacific islands and Hong Kong. He prospered so in this line that in a few years he was able to obtain from the natives sole posses sion of the island of Nyph, where he is now monarch of all he surveys. He carries on an extensive trade, keeps a big bank account in Hong Kong, and is highly respected in business circles, where he is known as the‘‘King of Nyph." He has a wife and family in Charleston, to whom he makes regular remittances of money, and who have a standing invitation to join him and share his kingdom.

Gold in paying quantities has been discovered in Pennsylvania. The United States steamship Dispatch was wrecked on the Virginia shore, sixty miles northeast of Cape Charles. The crew were saved. The Farmers' Alliance of Minnesota will build a million-dollar elevator at West Superior. Wis. The capital stock is divided in shares of $10 each. Nellie Bly, the newspaper writer, who made the circuit of the world, was married to Mr. Charles Wetmore, an attorney of New York, on Wednesday. From too much hand-shaking, erysipelas threatens the right hand of Gen. E. Burd Grubb, United States minister to Spain, who Is at Philadelphia on a furlough. At Macon, Ga.. four men killed their cousin, a girl aged seventeen. They were whipping her father, and the murder was committed when she appeared in defense of her parent The Society of the Army of the Tennessee, of which Gen. W. T. Sherman was long president, has decided to erect a monument to his memory at some spot yet to be decided upon. The validity of the new constitution of Kentucky is to be contested on the ground that the constitutional convention made numerous changes after the instrument was ratified by the people, The exports of specie from New York during the past week amounted to $838,217, of which but $5,730 was in gold. The imports of specie amounted to $3,751,494, of which $3,736,602 was in gold. The Republican National committee meets in Washington November 23 to decide upon the time and place of holding the Republican national convention and to act on the resignation of Mr. Quay. Anxious creditors, whoso claim aggregate over four hundred thousand dollars are seeking the whereabouts of Salvador Malo, a prominent contractor. He is said to have gone to Europe by way of New York.

District Judge Goodrich, of Waco, Tex,, holds that- the alien land law passed by the last Legislature, is unconstitutional and void. The law excluded foreigners from buying or loaning money on Texas land, and created a severe money stringency throughout the State. With a view to preventing the introduction of cholera into the United States tho Secretary of the Treasury has issued a circular to collectors of customs stat ing that no rags shall be admitted from Marseilles, France, unless accompanied by a certificate from the United States consul at that port. Thomas Brown Sunday night at Liverpool, 0., upset an ignited paraffine lamp. Both he and his infant son wore burned to death. His wife, terror-strieken at tho flames, frantically threw hor baby through a window, which Was smashed to pieces on tho pavement below. She then jninjied through the window herself, and though not killed outright, is dying at the hospital.

Reports received at the War Department indicate that the enlistment of Indians into the United States anny has I proved tube a marked success. So far there aro seven troops composed entirely [jrf Indians, and two troops in tho course Jof formation. These enlisted Indians can all read and speak English. They obey i nlers readily, are intelligent and quick and in Jack it Is slated, make model soldiors. It is stated at the War Department that an Indian troop will probably bo transfc rrqd to Fbrt_Myer, near Washington, during the coming winter. The Bureau of Amcric bn Republics is nformed that one of the results of the reciprocity treaty with Brazil is the sale of 128 locomotives in that republic by the Baldwin locomotive-works of Philadelphia, and in addition to this, twenty-four locomotives are now being loaded at Philadelphia for Brazil, on the barkentines Maggie Thompson and Eleanor M. Wiiiliams. Under the reciprocity treaty with Brazil - kjcond ti ve and- raihvay suppi ies from t-he Ul)t!ed siat<s are adn'iitte<l free of customs duty and the railway equipment of tliat republic, which was formerly almost exclusive of English manufacture is now, tl»e bureau states, being rapidly replaced by articles of American manufac. tore,

Rev. Ir. McGlynn opened bis winter sorus of Sunday night lectures at Cooper I nion on the 11th, by-a-talk on the Pope. He said the time might cotuo when “we wifi have a democratic Popo who wil walk down Broadway with a stovepipe hat on his head.’’ Personally, he said, lie had been emancipated from diplomatic re-., latidns with the Pope, and was consequently competent to give him unprejudiced advice. He advised him not to listen to the flattery of such men as Archbishop Corrigan, who. while assuring him that he was the greatest Pope who ever lived, was getting ready to assure the next one that he is greater than all his predecessors. In the language of New Yorkei's. such flat terv was “taffy.” He commiserated the Poj>e on approaching senility, and wound up by saying: “Holy Father, I am ashau.td ot you.’’