Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 November 1893 — PEOPLE. [ARTICLE]

PEOPLE.

“A man void of understanding striketh bands and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.” Statistics show that one-half of the young men of Switzerland are incapacitated for military service because of physical infirmities induced by the excessive use of alcoholic liquors. A. young man in Mishawaka is said to have been arrested and '‘’fined ten dollars for disturbing the peace by smging the song “After the Ball” on the streets. That y. m. is very anxious to interview the author of the song, who is said to be receiving 11,200 a day royalty from his (in) famous production. In no one particular has modern progress attained such universally successful results as in the elimination of the patch from the wearing apparel and footgear of the human race. Patches are seldom seen, even on the garments of working people, it being cheaper to buy new than to try to repair the old. Shoddy and machinery are responsible for the change; as a rule.

A New York dude has opened a shop in Fifth avenue for the sale of flowers of his own cultivation. It is the first instance on record where one of the species has been known to do anything useful or ornamental. He needs money, and having a taste for flowers, thinks he can make a handsome profit, as he can, no doubt, if he attends to business. Special qualifications for any business will succeed in the majority of cases. Progress is the watchword all along the line. Veterinary surgeons do not lag behind. Horses with glass eyes and cows with wooden legs are becoming a common result of every day practice. Trephining a horse’s broken skull often saves a valuable animal. Nervous horses are treated with cold water douches or hypodermic injections of cocaine. Dogs with impaired hearing are successfully treated for their infirmity. A St. Louis man was the possessor of two hearts until a few days ago. He decided to have the one in his leg “cut out.” It was situated •on the inside of the right leg, four inches above the knee, and was caused by a severe blow on the limb by a piece of machinery directly over the artery. Technically the growth was termed “aneurism,” but it exhibited all the peculiarities of a heart, beating and throbbing in unison with the original organ. The man was in danger of death from hemorrhage at any time and the Operation was deemed necessary to save his life 2L 1

, “Marion Harland, 1 ’ whose every day name is Mrs. Mary Virginia fferhune, who is a literary character of considerable note, sailed from New York Oct. 11, for a pilgrimage through the desert of Syria to the Bedouins and lepers. She will penetrate the mysteries of a harem at Damascus, visit the Druses of Carmel, the Sea of Tiberias, stop at the tomb of Abraham at Hebron, and visit the Grand Rabb’ of Jerusalem, whose blessing she confidently expects. Mrs. Terhune will be accompanied by her son, and will adopt Oriental customs and costume, and endeavor to penetrate to the inner circles of every place of note she visits as no Caucausian has y?t been permitted to do, and hopes to return to New York in March with ample material for her literary projects. Indianapolis is felicitating itself over the recent occupation of its new public library building. It is of white stone, the architecture being of classical beauty and simplicity and is surmounted by a noble group in lasting bronze. Competent critics who have seen both pronounce it equal to the Parthenon at Athens in point of beauty, and it is said to resemble that famous structure very much. The site of this gem of architecture is on Meridian street one-half square north of the Soldiers' Monument That immediate locality in the Hoosier capital is rapidly be Ing transformed into an art center of great interest and remarkable excellence —one that will favorably compare with anything of the kind in the United States at least. Indiana within the memory of men yet young has vaulted from a position of obscurity, and from being a type of Western life and manners but one degree removed from the customs that prevailed on the Western frontier, into an assured standing and indisputable recognition among the cultured commonwealths of the

East whose present refinement has been the accumulation of hundreds of years of enlightened civilization rather than the result of the inherent enterprise and irresistible energy which is the one great characteristic of all Western progress. Hence the artistic treasures which are year by year being gat h; >red at our capital will be viewed by every Hoosier as common property, and as a heritage to coming generations which shall tell the eloquent story of a wilderness transformed to blooming gardens and fertile fields, and the wild beasts’ lair to teeming cities of grandeur —into homes of love and palatial institutions whose enduring walls shall shelter and instruct the Hoosier millions yet to be.

Comparatively few people who visited Jackson Park, and stood awe struck and overpowered amid the realistic exhibitions of immortal genius that hovered everywhere around, are able to recall the inscriptions on the western facade of the grand arch of the Peristyle. Read amidst the glamour of the wondrous Court of Honor they were impressive to the last degree, and for the benefit of the scrap books of our readers we herewith reproduce a part only of them, believing that many will cherish them as a valuable souvenir of many happy days; ‘YE SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE." ‘‘TO THE PIONEERS OF CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY.” “But bolder they who first offcast Their moorings from the habitable past, And ventured chartless on the sea Of stiirm-eiig ndering liberty.” The California Mid-Winter Fair, having a conspicuous object lesson fresh in the minds' of the projectors, is marching on ward toward the opening day with strides that give assurance of a great success. Golden Gate Park is being transformed into a populous city. It is expected that the five main buildings will be in the hands of the decorators by the end of November. The “sinews of war” are promptly forthcoming as they are needed and the work will not falter for lack of means or enterprise. A majority of the attractions of the Chicago Midway Plaisance will be removed to San Francisco; some being already on the way. Railroad rates are promised that will be a revelation in transportation circles, and everything indicates a repetition of the triumph that attended the World’s Columbian Exposition.

-A valuable flute was stolen, two months ago, from a show-case in the Manufacturer's Building at Jackson Park. It was the property of Prof. Giorgi, of the Royal Academy of Music of Florence, Italy. The flute had cost the Professor years of '»bor and thousands of dollars in cash, ancT was highly prized. Recently the musical Italian has begun to receive humorous epistles from an unknown correspondent signing himself “The Modern Robin Hood,” stating that he had stolen the flute on a bet that the Professor would stand on the Ferris wheel platform in a swallowtail suit with a sunflower on bis lapel and cry the sale of a waltz he had written in order to secure the return of his beloved instrument. Other propositions of similar absurdity were received, but the thief managed to conceal his identity and the Professor fails to see any humor in the proposed jokes, and refuses to comply with the terms laid down. The loss has lost Mr. Giorgi a number of valuable engagements, and the thief continues to make him miserable.

The Rev. T. W. Cu”tiv, arrested for preaching or. Boston Common without a license has besn fined one cent. Lord Dur.ravcn, of fachting fame, derives a goodly portion of his income from the proceeds of his farming operations in America. Ex-Breiuier Crispi of Italy says that men who want war are fools. Generals Grant and Sherman took the same view. Cramp, the great ship builder, says that he does not go abroad more frequently because a:i ocean voyage prostarte* him with sickness. Senator Morgan, of Alabama, is a self-made man. He went to school but one year. His lack of eduAt'.on, however, did not prevent him from studying law at an early age and becoming a successful practitioner. His literary acquirements, for which he has a reputation, were gained by reading in later years. Mr. Agnew, the London art dealer, has given to the print room at the British Museum some two score etchings and engravings after pictures by Burne-Jones, Rosetti, Landseer, Lawrence, Gainsborough and other British artists, living and dead. Although the museum receives copies of all illustrated books in England, it depends for etchings i and engravings on the gifts of the generous.