Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1894 — Page 2

TOPICS OF THESE TIMES.

QBANT3 TO ROYALTY. Few people In the United States •re aware that the munificent grants of money and other valuable concessions to the royal family of England are made as a result of a fair agreement between the nation and the ancestors of the reigning Queen. Originally the crown held in fee simple vast estates, comprising mining royalties, forests, lands in country and in cities, water rights and other property, in all of almost fabulous value. These were made over to the nation, and in return the nation was to provide the sovereign and the sovereign’s family with a civil list, and to maintain them in a manner compatible with their rank and the dignity of the English nation. The Queen and her children have, therefore, received the numerous grants, of which the American people have heard and wondered at so much, not as a gratuity but rather as an annuity founded upon the enormous capital once surrendered by their ancestors to the State. The nation got the best of the bargain in many ways, as is shown by the discussions that always arise in Parliament when one of the good Queen’s numerous descendants is to be provided for. The property surrendered has long ago vastly overreached the original amount on which the probable outlay by the nation was based, and each succeeding grandchild on receiving his grant, large though it may seem, is only receiving a por tion of his patrimony instead of the much larger amount that time and the accumulations of a well-admin-istered trust would have surely brought him. These facts have recently been brought to public notice by a discussion in Parliament concerning a decision by the Duke of Coburg, the second son of Victoria, who recently succeeded to the ducal throne of Coburg, to retain $50,000 a year out of his grant of $125,000 a year from the English nation as Duke of Edinburgh. There was no legal or valid reason why he should not -have retained the entire amount of his annuity, and his voluntary surrender of $75,030 per year was an act of patriotic generosity 'or which he has received little credit at home and noneat all abroad. The widowed Empress Frederick of Germany has received $45,000 per annum from the English nation since her marriage, and several of the sovereigns of Europe retain their English grants because of their descent and because they are entitled to it as a matter of common justice.

MALEVOLENT MICROBES.

A new phase of the money question has come before the public for consideration. It is too late to influence the action of Congress on the repeal of the Sherman law, and any remarks made in this connection can therefore be regarded as strictly non-partisan. Money, 01 rather the love of money, is the root of ail evil we have been told by Holy Writ. But that an insignificant bank note of the lowest denomination, or a subsidiary coin of the lowest fractional value could become a messenger of destruction and death has been realized by few. Scientists, ever looking for new worlds to conquer, have of late years devoted considerable time and talent to a study of microbean origin of disease. Latterly they have located various forms of these microscopical enemies of animal life upon the obscure surfaces of the currency of trade and commerce. Bacteria had accumulated upon a bank note of the Bank of Havana in sufficient quantity to perceptibly increase its weight when subjected to a critical examination by experts. On two bank notes the scientists were able to count bacteria to the number of 19,147. Among the microscopical multitude of. germs of unknown species the learned men positively assert that they were able to detect the organisms peculiar to erysipelas, diphtheria and of consumption. One microbe of an unknown tribe was given an opportunity to display his powers by being introduced into the circulation of a dog. The dog speedily died. The further history of that microbe is not recorded, but it is gratifying to know that he is not traveling up and down the world on a bank note seeking whom he may devour. But it was awful rough on the dog! The less risks we run with money the better. It is a dangerous quantity and leadeth. .men astray. How we should congratulate ourselves and the country at large that in spite of frantic efforts many men cannot get

a dollar wherewith to inoculate their helpless offspring with diphtheria or smallpox. “Sweet are the uses of Adversity," and this last and great achievement of Science but adds a further charm and value to her helpful and reformatory influence. Death to the transitory, tramping, globetrotting microbe that essays a con-

tinental tour upon the smiling face of the Nation's current notes or chin! Great is Science!

THIEVES AND THIEVES.

Word comes from London that John Bull is ‘’squealing” about the manner in which he has been repeatedly “held up" by ill advised investments in American enterprises of various kinds. He has “got enough," if dispatches may be trusted, and now regards all American projectors of railway, brewery, or other syndicates as belonging to the same general class of thieves who “hold up" railway trains and relieve' the passengers of their valuables, or of card sharpers and confidence men who ruthlessly rob their victims of their last dollar without compunction. A writer in the London Financial News says: “This dirty business has been overdone, and the British goose is not likely to lay any more golden eggs. If the peoplehave any sense left they will give a wide berth to everything American, and especially to the manipulated, treacherous securities of American railways.” The lamentations of this character coming over the water are numerous, and while they will no doubt afford amusement and satisfaction in many quarters, they are certainly not to the credit of the American people. “Honesty is the best policy," at home and abroad, and if indeed American enterprises have become synonomous with fraud and treachery in the markets of the world, then we shall rue the day that such a condition became an accepted fact. “They' who sow to the wind shall reap the whirlwind.”

COMMERCIAL CLAIRVOYANCE.

Clairvoyance has been regarded as a mythical talent by the mass of people, and comparatively few of the believers in its actual existence have claimed for it a commercial value, or that it could be practically applied to business transactions. It has by common consent been relegated to the domain of quack doctors and fortune tellers. Yet we are now told in all truth and earnestness that a woman in Wayne county has located a fine gas well by means of this mysterious power. This is an improvement over the old style of clairvoyance, and if the talent for practical wook can be attached to the worthless manifestations which have hitherto marked these exhibitions of an alleged higher intelligence or supernatural powers, then will the business world shortly be on a new footing. Clairvoyants will be in demand, and who shall say that in the near future we may not have clairvoyant institutes —as we now have business colleges and stenographic institutions —that shall open a way to financial independence to the downtrodden sex that is ever panting for the rights of man while still claiming and retaining all the deference and privileges that are accorded to wotnan.

The Kaiser’s Sister.

New York Tribune. One of the cleverest and most charming of the royal princesses of Europe is Charlotte of Saxe-Meining-en, the elder sister of the German Emperor. She is the most attractive of all the Emperor Frederick's daughters, and is in temperament, in will and impulse much like her brother, Wilhelm 11. She is not beautiful in feature, though her figure, like her mother’s, is exquisite; but her coloring is lovely and her personality is so piquant and dainty in detail and effect that she fascinates everybody who knows her. She might easily be pretty in an odd style if she would send her maid to New York to study hairdressing. Like most of the feminine relatives of the Princess of Wales, the German Princess wears her hair in the woolly, wiggy tower of tight curls which pan nfever, by any chance, be becomihg to anybody. It is soft, fine, dark brown hair, and she has a great deil of it—and she completely spoils and wastes it in wearing it ala Alexandra. Princess Charlotte is, in some respects, the favorite granddaughter of Queen Victoria. She is so witty, so sarcastic and full of- fun that the venerable Queen looks forward with delight to her visits, sure of amusement and exhilaration. A not particularly happy marriage seems to have little effect upon the Princess’ high spirits. She lives in Berlin most of the year and is very popular there.

There is far more satisfaction in a woman going to market herself than by doing this part of the household duties by proxy. It is genunine satisfaction to pick out, choicest and best for home consumption, and besides that in seeing so much, many new dishes aresugested that would not be thought of if the buying were done by telephone or through the mediun of a third party.

An Unmistakable Sign.

Ch'oago Record. Charles. — There's the doer-bell ringing. I wonder who it is? Ed ward.— A. man. I just saw sister Nellie run to the looking-glass.

FARMS AND FARMERS.

Co-Operation in Insect Killing. In the spring, when the sun warms the earth, the insects appear regularly. There are hundreds of species and their ways differ. Some can endure the lowest temperature while others hide beyond the reach of cold. It is in the winter when they are inactive and helpless, and as "the habits of many kinds are well known they can be destroyed with but little effort. A farmer, alone, can do something in the way of attempting to lessen the number of insects, but no doubt the discussion of this matter before the farmers’ institutes would lead to united action and more satisfactory results. It is a fact that the greatest protection to insects is a very cold winter. Cold does not destroy many kinds at all, while others go down in the earth below the reach of frost. It is the warm winter, during which the earth alternately thaws and freezes, which increases their liability to destruction. When theground is warm it becomes damp after a rain, and should the ground then suddenly freeze the result is fatal. To withstand cold, then, the insect must be protected against dampness. Instinct prompts it to guard against sudden changes of temperature. Eggs that are glued to the limbs of trees are protected to insure hatchinid tlic spri d 3nd thousands of hiding places are utilized to protect those that seek seclusion under shelter. While the farmer can accomplish much by examining and cleaning his trees and vines as far as he is able to do so, as well as burning all refuse and stubble, he can do the insects heavier damage by plowing his fields as soon as the ground will permit. If not prevented by the frost the ground should be turned up, and many insects will thus be brought to the surface in a condition of helplessness, the first rain, followed by freezing of the ground, putting an end to them, cocoons being softened by the moisture and broken by the frost. Fields that are overrun by cutworms can be ridded of them in this manner if the plowing is deep, and while the work may not destroy all of them on very heavy sod ground, yet it will certainly reduce them in numbers. As stated above, however, the best results obtained in insect extermination is when the community is determined to destroy them; but the individual farmer can accomplish much by seeking to protect his own farm, and using the plow for that purpose whenever an opportunity is afforded for so doing.

Early Radishes. The radish is one of those vegetables that grow freely when the thermometer is but a little above the freezing point, and it is therefore one of the easiest of Vegetables for an amateur to bring forward early. Any little glass frame placed over the natural earth, in which the radish seed is sown, will bring them forward very rapidly. In case they freeze a little they will not be materially injured. The soil for radishes should be very rich —indeed it* cannot be too rich if a mild and tender root is desirable. The poorer the ground the more likely the roots are to be biting and bitter. As a rule, the turnip-rooted radishes are fit to use before the longer ones, and they are the best where great earliness is desired. Points on Fea lllzers. A farm can be made very fertile without an ounce of manure by the use of commercial fertilizers, and although the fertilizer may apparently be more expensive, yet the increased yield of the crops will be an advantage gained. Fertilizers are more certain in results, as they supply plants with food that is available from the start until the maturity of the crop. Marl was at one time in great favor, and gives excellent results on grass land. It consists largely of lime, and is excellent for composting with manure. Its bulk is the greatest obstacle to its use, as the cost of railroad transportation and hauling renders it more expensive than should be the case. Where it can be procured cheaply, however, it will be found of much value in proportion to the cost of some other fertilizers.

Live Stock Notes. It is foolish to attempt to improve cattle by selections on the farm. The shortest road in that direction is to begin w ith thoroughbred males. In a few years the characteristics of the entire herd will be changed. Whenever the trough is filled with 'c ’-cold water, and the cow is compelled to drink from the trough, she will lose heat exactly in proportion to the heat imparted to the cold water by her body. The appearance of animals on a farm tells a good deal about the

A Merry Wag and a Wilted Dude. Indianapolis Sentinel. There are some men who are gentlemen by inheritance; others whose gentility of manner is acquired. Then there are many others whose politeness is a rank counterfeit, as transparent as it is spurious. The latter individuals constitute that class popularly know as “Smart Alecks." The" Pic' ings man yes terday heard of one of these individuals—a would-be brilliant young man, well known about the court house, who tried to be funny with an old man who works as a i janitor in the building. The smart young man was chattering like a magpie with a group of acquaintances at the foot of the east stairway in the upper hall, when the janitor, wearing a new, but cheap, suit of clothing with clean' white collar and tie, was seen approaching. As the old man came air up the pert young man with a simulated of air suprise accosted with: “Hullo, my ancient friend; d—d if I didn’t takeyou for a gentleman.” The answer came quick as a flash; “Is that so? Wull, sor, it’s a mishtake no man will iver mak’ wid the loikes o’ you.” It was a center shot. The real witty young sprout was evidently satisfied and left hurriedly for the recorder's office.

THS NSW CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBBART.

owner and his tastes. Thin cows, withprbminent ribs - in winter or spring, are not much of a recommendation. It does not take long to stock up with hogs or togei rid of them, and it will pay to try a lot of shoats to clean out the bushes from wet places and wild plants from new ground. Make a new fence and turn them in, and give good shelter and a little grain, and they will do the rest. The “American Sheep Breeder’’ says that when you are about to purchase a ram for a stock-getter, see that his nostrils are round anfi free, not plugged up with dry mucus. Beware of one which had to be shorn in mid-summer or a little later to enable him to pull through. Such a one is deficient in vitality. All stock feeding should be done with a view of saving the fertility which is in the food and getting it back upon the land. This puts it at work in the way of producing something more that is of value, and the rotation thus procured is the highway to success. A rotation of erbps is not the only rotation to which farmers must pay attention. If you doubt about the necessity of milking cows with exact regularity, try the regular and irregular system on two of your cows and see for yourself. Milk one regularly to the minute each day, let the time vary for the other from half an hour to three hours, and see how soon the second cow will fall off in- her milk. Professor Henry says steers cannot be fattened fully on corn alone with profit, for the concentrated grain soon burns out the digestive tract and the steer comes to make poor use of his food. Oil meal or bran should be fed to lighten the ration. Bran is cooling, and lightens the heavy corn meal materially. Roots or silage have much the same effect. The “Western Agriculturist”says: If farmers who have horses to sell would put them in good order, even well fatted, they would sell better; then curry them up sleek and clean, trim off the shaggy hair on the legs, then they will sell better. We see so many thin, rough looking horses sold that should have been put in better condition, and the buyers would pay more for them.

Big Yield of Wheat. Prairie Farmer. We have recently interviewed a farmer who produced this season 300 bushels of wheat from twelve acres of land. Now this is not an extraordinary yield, and almost anyone can do as well if they will try. But the point that struck us in conversation with this man was that he was certain he could afford to continue growing wheat, even at present prices. So can any one who will take the pains to grow good crops.

IRISH WIT.

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Continual worrying, as well as giving way to paroxysms? of anger, with permanently injure the health. Mix fine sawdust with glue to a stiff paste for filling nail-holes or cracks, and the patch will hardly be discernible, especially if sawdust is of the same wood that is mended. “Look to your kneading boards," is a physician’s Warning to housekeepers. The ordinary wooden mbldingtray is an excellent harborer of the ever-alert germs and microbes, and should be kept chemically clean. A marble bread board is the best to use, until the new ones made of polished metal, shown with patent attachments in Chicago, can be had.

THE FAIR SEX.

Madame Debondy, widow of the great French sugar refiner, who left her a fortune of <30,000,000, lives in a small house at St. Cloud and spends about SI,OOO a year.. Hei son, however, is compensating foi the maternal economy by squander ing the fortune with a prodigal hand. Miss Alice Fletcher, the,ethnologist, received $8 a day from the Government as a special agent of the 1 ndian Bureau while making the allotment of land for Indian tribes. This is the highest salary Uncle Sam has ever paid any of his daughters.

A CHARMING COSTUME.

Mrs. Lewis Rice, of Frederick, Md., has collected enough money tc place a suitable monument over the grave of Francis Scott Key, author of “The Star Spangled Banner”. A flat marble slab now marks the place where he lies in Mount Olivet cemetery, Washington, D. C. There is a very han Jsome monument to Key in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. Miss Mary Remsen, the daughter of Dr. Cornelius Remsen, a veteran of the war of 1812, died, recently, in Wappinger’s Falls, N. Y., leaving nearly all of her estate of SIOO,OOO, to missionary enterprises and benevolent institutions. _.

VELVET AND PLUMES AND YELLOW HAIR.

The young person with an extravagant fondness for perfumes will fee' that she is an economist when she reads that Mme. Pompadour was in the habit of spending SIOO,OOO a year on that portion of her toilet. Here is a sworn statement of Mrs. Anna Potter’s expenses as candidate for Mayor of Kansas City: Juvenile colored band, $25; band wagon, $5; another band wagon, $5; band, $24; tickets. $18.50; four banners, $2. Total, $79.50. This is offset by the receipt of just 29 votes.

A new visitimg costume is of otter colored velvet. The corsage has the favorite basques of the period. The velvet sleeve is draped over a lining of the ordinary shape, and is surmounted by capes round at the back and full sh front.

L Attendance at’ the women’s colleges grows apace. The number in attendance at the Harvard annex r last year, was 263, of whom eighteen weregraduate students from eight colleges where women study, and nearly one-third of the remainder were regular students in the undergraduate classes preparing for the degree of A. B. Although Massachusetts furnished 197 of all the students, among the rest twenty-eight States, as well as the Dominion of Canada, were represented.

ANEW WOLAND MIRACLE

A Railroad Engineer Relates His Tke Wonderful Story Told by Brod C. Voso and His Mother-In-Law to a Reporter of the Boston Herald —Both are Restored After Ayony. Borton Herald. The vast health-giving results ab ready attributed by the newspapers throughout this country and Canada to Dr. Williams’ “Pink Pills for Pale People” have been recently supplemented by the cases of two confirmed invalids in one household in a New England town. The names of these people are Fred C. Vose, his wife and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Oliver C. Holt, of Peterboro, members of the same household. .......

To the Herald reporter who was sent to investigate his remarkable cure Mr. Vose said: “I am 37 years old, and have been railroading for the Fitchburg for 15 years. Since boyhood I have been troubled with a weak stomach. For the past 7 years I have suffered terribly and constantly. My stomach would not retain food; my head ached constantly and was so dizzy I could scarcely stand; my eyes were blurred; 1 had a tad heartburn, and my breath was offensive. I had physic : ans, but they failed to help me. My appetite gave out, and four years ago I developed palpitation of the heart, which seriously affected my breathing. Had terrible pains in my back and had to make water many times a day. I finally developed iheumatic signs and couldn’t sleep nights. If • I lay down my heart would go pit-a-pat at a great rate, and many nights I did not close my eyes at all. I was broken down in body and discouraged in spiiit, when some time in February last, I got a couple of boxes of Dr.' Williams’ Pink Pills. Before I had finished the first box I noticed that the palpitation of my heart, which had bothered me so that I couldn’t breathe at times, be?an to improve. I saw, that in going to my home on the hill from the depot, which was previously an awful task, my heart did not beat so vioently and I had more breath when [ reached the house. After the second and third boxes I grew better in every other respect. My stomach became stronger, the gas belching was not so bad, my appetite and digestion improved, and my sleep became nearly natural and undisturbed. Ihavecontinued taking the pills three times a day ever since last March, ind to-day I am feeling better than it any time during the last eight years’. I can confidently and conscientiously say that they have done one more good, and their good effects are more permanent than any uedicine I have ever taken. My rheumatic pains in legs and hands ire all gone. The pains in the small of ny back, which were so bad at times that I couldn’t stand up straight, nave nearly all vanished, and I find any kidneys are well regulated by them. This is an effect not claimed ■or the pi. Is in the circular, but in ny case they brought it about. I im feeling 100 per cent, better in jvery shape and manner.” The reporter next saw Mrs. Holt, who said: “I am 57 years old, and 'or 14 years past I have had internittent heart trouble. Three years igo‘l had nervous prostration, by which my heart trouble was inireased so badly that I had to lie fawn most of the time. My stomach ilso gave out, and I had continual mdintense pain from the back of my leek to the end of my backbone. In 14 weeks I spent S3OO ff r doctor bills md medicines, but my health conjinued so miserable that I gave up factoring in despair. I began to ;ake Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills last winter, and the first box made me leel ever so much better. I have taken the pills since February, with the result of stopping entirely the pain in the spine and in the region jf the liver. My stomach is again aormal, and the palpitation of the the heart has troubled me but three times since I commenced the pills," An analysis of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills shows that they contain, in a condensed form all the elements necessary to give new life and richness to the blooc and restore shattered nerves. They are an Unfailing specific for such diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis, St. Vitus’ dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache, the ifter effect of la grippe, palpitation of the heart, pale and sallow complexions, all forms of weakness either in male or female, and all diseases resulting from viatiated humors ip the blood. Pink Pills art sold by'all dealers, or will be sent post paid on receipt of the price, (5C cents a box, or six boxes for $2.50 they are never sold in bulk or by the 100) by addressing Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y., or Brookville, Ont. Murderer Heist wm hanged at Harrisburs. Pa.. Wednesday, for the killing of Emanuel Mown In February, 18U3.

Orchards,

Plant encourage your neighbor to plant, ft takes, to-day. a bushel of to buy a peck of apples—orchards pay. Stark Bros.’ share or co-operative orchards furnished without money—an Investment sot the well-to-d o. as well asfor men of limited means, and providing orchards which otherwise they might never net. A great orchard system on thorough, businesslike plans—something never before attempted. We practice what we preach, show our faith in our orcharls. in out . trees—two million trees, co-operative t per cent, plan, already planted; over tws million, over 30.nc0 acres, share plan, an< adding over half million a year. Farms with orchards doubling In value annually: a sura income. Onr helps enable beginners to succeed. Write wl— Hee adv.