Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1893 — Her Mistake. [ARTICLE]

Her Mistake.

There are thirty thousand acres of' watermelons growing in Georgia this season. The tide of colored emigration from that section is now at a low stage. The colored man and brother knows a good IhiUg when he sees it and proposes to stay fey “dem millyuns” till the last juicy lore has parted from its encircling rind and gone gurgling down into the dusty depths beneath the ea-. paeious cavern of his woolly dome of thought. , . A modern St. Patrick has blossomed out in the State of Washington. but so far his missionary efforts have been confined to his own chicken raneh. Great numbers of snakes i made the poultry industry' very unprofitable, and he tried various expedients to save his feathered-bipeds, but without success. His eggs and young chickens disappeared in alarming numbers until he was struck by the happy thought of feeding the reptiles on porcelain nest-eggs. The snakes were thoroughly deceived and -died-ofindiffestion in 1 arge numbers..

Prof. Koch, the famous scientific bacteriaologist, of Berlin, is iuvolved in a scandal. His wife has obtained a divorce from him because of his intimacy with Bertha Forten, an actress. Miss Forten is but 32 years of age and very handsome, while Prof. Koch is a grandfather. The actress has no “fortin” but her face, figure and name, but the aged scientist is said to be “mashed” badly, and the actress threw over a young and handsome lover because of her preference for the microscopical expert. Notwithstanding the low price of wheat and the panicky condition of the market for some time past, European advices indicate that short crops will be the rule in all foreign countries at the harvest of 1893, Italy is threatened with an uncommonly short crop of all staples, while Russia, heretofore a large export country, will not have enough wheat for her own use. As a natural consequence this country must be largely drawn upon to supply the deficiency, and wheat at 68 to 70 cents on the Chicago market would seem to be an especially good investment for surplus cash. Chicago papers are finding fault with the stubborn policy of railway magnates in maintaining rates to the World’s Fair, and their criticisms seem to be well founded. If, as they allege, rates are reduced during the heated term, just when a crowd of visitors are least desired in the city, and when the crowd itself would prefer to stay at home, people will look back with regret to the pleasant June weather when they could have gone to the Fair in comfort at the same outlay for transportation had the railway officials been disposed to be reasonable. Railway managers seem to have stood in their own light in the matter.

The war ship New York, recently completed for our navy, is probably the fastest man-of-war in existence, but progress in naval architecture will undoubtedly rob it of this honor in the near future. The government \of Great Britain has already contracted for ships of much greater capacity and power, and they are expected to develop a greater rate of speed. The rapid strides of science in this direction render it practically impossible for any Nation to maintain the supremacy of the seas for any great length of time. War on land or sea no longer remains a question of valor and personal bravery, but has rather become a contest of dollars and mechanical genius.

Senator Sherman recently moved with his family into a beautiful new white stone house on the north side of Franklin Park at Washington, which he has built at a cost of $150,000. It is one of the most elaborate private residences in the capital city] and the Senator's friends are at a loss to account for his motive in burdening himself and wife with such an establishment, as they are childless and are not known as “society” people. Senator Sherman is known as a very wealthy man, and the bulk of his fortune has been made in dealing in Washington real estate. It is supposed, therefore, that this latest move is with a view of selling the residence at a profit, a process which he has repeated several times. The Senator owns a large amount of Washington realty which yields him handsome returns. In these times of financial uncertainty it is well to remember that it Is the duty of all who are able to ac-

cumulate a hoard Of cash against the possibilities of a rainy day to promptly liquidate all small claims that may be honestly brought against them. In this category comes the amount due on subscription to the county paper. If not a subscriber, then ar cash subscription will go a great ways toward relieving the stress of Unfavorable conditions in this direction. Now is the time to subscribe. A cash subscription to this journal will prove to be an investment that will return a larger percentage on the capital Involved than was ever promised by Dwiggins, et al., to their unhappy creditors, with this advantage added, that all will be satified with the transaction —neither will a receiver have to be appointed In order to realize upon the investment. The extent of the Pullman sleep-ing-car monopoly is realized by few people, even when they patronize the expensive accommodations furnished by that corporation and contribute their dollars to swell its already plethoric exchequer. The company has 15,000 employes, of whom 8,000 to 9,000 are mechanics. The dining cars between the St. Lawrence and Texas yearly serve 4,500,000 meals, every one of which is accounted for by a voucher in the Chicago office. They have built 400 cars for the World’s Fair traffic alone, at a cost of $5,500,000, and the corporation owns between 2,200 and 2,300 palace cars, which carried last year more than 5,000,000 passengers. At Pullman, last year, $10,000,000 worth of cars were manufactured for outside orders, and 13,000,000 in wages are annually paid at that place. The Pullman savings bank has over $500,000 of deposits.

Insurance in all its various branches has become a recognized factor in modern business transactions. It is now customary in the case of men taking positions of responsibility, when formerly they would have involved their personal friends in giving a bond, to go to a company that makes a business of insuring proprietors and employers of all kinds against loss from the possible shortcomings of employes whom they find it necessary to trust with the custody of large sums of money. The latest development of this phase of business life is the farming out, or settling for possible damage suits,. by railroad companies for a specified sum per annum. Certain responsible attorneys in several instances made bargains with railroad companies to defend all cases and settle with all who obtain judgments for a fixed amount of money. They are understood to have cleared a handsome sum, and the railroad officials express themselves as well pleased, as the plan relieves them from all care and anxiety as to the outcome of what has always been vexations and in many cases spiteful litigation.

The entrances to the “White House grounds have recently been closed from 2 to 4 o’clock each afternoon by order of the President, in order, as has been officially explained, to allow Baby Ruth and her nurse the freedom of the same for two hours each day. People have insisted on roaming over the campus at all hours, and have with equal pertinacity insisted on talking to the child and her nurse, kissing the baby, pressing her with unlimited quantities of peanuts and candy, until Mr. Cleveland deemed it necessary to re move the child or have the gates closed for a certain time so that his daughter could be given an airing in safety. In this connection it is recalled that Gen. Grant once ordered the gates closed so that the grounds and s lawn might be temporarily used as a pasture for a favorite pony that was indisposed. The public at that date complained loudly and bitterly, but the pony was allowed to graze at will until, one night, an indignant qjtizen poisoned the General’s pet. The next morning the hero of Appomattox realized that it was bad policy to oppose the will of a free people, the pony was buried and the gates were opened. It is hoped and believd that no such unpleasant occurrence will arise from the present order, as the gates are kept closed but two hours and are promptly opened at 4 p. m.

Detroit Free Press. “Well,” queried the Third-street woman as she opened the side door about, an inch and peered at the man on the steps. “You are making a sad mistake, ma'am,” he answered. “How so?” “Why, I’m not your husband, as has heen out on a spree all night and is just getting home to promise never to do the likes again, but a sober, respectable gentleman, who wants to know if you can spare him a cup of coffee and a crumb of bread to stay his stomach till the mayor invites him to dinner.”