Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 February 1894 — Death of Mrs. Janies F. Antrim. [ARTICLE]

Death of Mrs. Janies F. Antrim.

Mrs. Alvena F. Antrim, wife of ‘ James F. Antrim, ex-recorder of this county, died at '.heir home in Ku.aselaer, last Thursday, Feb. 6th at the age of 33 years, 1 month and 2 days. Shc had been sick for severs 1 years, had suffered gtfatly, and wss not duly resigned, but welcomed death as a sweet rehase. Her maiden name wa9 Bouk, and she was born in Laporte county', but was brought when but a few years old to Walker tp , this county, where her parents still live. On arriving at womanhood she taught school for a few years, and on Nov. 2ff, 1883, was married to Jas. F. Antrim, who now mourns her early death, as does also Ibeir only child, a boy of about 8 years. Her parents, Henry and Mary Bonk, two sisters and one brother also survive her. She became a member of the M. E. church at the age of 15 and remained a faithful member to the end. She was also a member of the Women’s Relief Corps, and of the Daughters of Rebecca. The funeral was held Saturday afternoon, Feb. 10th, at Trinity M. E church, and was very largely attended. Rev. R. D. Utter preached the funeral sermon. Interment was made in Weston cemetery.

**Which hope we have as an anchor for the seal, both sure and steadfast, and which entereth into that within the veil/’ Ultra-fashionable city people, with superfluous cash and a restless disposition/have started a new fad in the way of a vacation. Their desire to display their wealth has led them to flee from their homes in mid-win ter, and a winter vacation is now added to the summer tour as an additional mark of gentility. A good many fashionable people, are as much distressed about getting rid of their wealth asmany other people are to secure the necessities of life at the least possible outlay. The next World’s Fair will beheld at Antwerp, beginning May 5 of the present year. After that, according to the best information obtainable, the next will be the Exposition Uni verselle, at Paris, in 1300. An International Exhibition ha? been proposed by the Municipal Council of St. Petersburg, to be held in th t city in 1903, to celebrate the two hundredth anniversary of the founding of that capital by Peter the Great, but the details have not been perfected and its success or possibility has not been assured.

Ip you intend to make a speech at the international Congresses, which are to be held in connection with the Exposition which is to be held at Paris in 1900, you should at once notify the Commissary-General of the Exposition of your intention, stating your subject and the amount of time you desire to consume or occupy in ventilating your theories. “Come early and avoid the rush,” is the mandate already sout out to the world. Secure your dates before the programme is filled. You will then be assured of a hearing and can perfect your address at your leisure, and prune it down to the time allotted for your benefit. /

There recently appeared in this column a brief paragraph that in a humorous way gave an alleged reason for the wrath of good King David “once upon a time.” The item was “wi'it sarkastikel,” and was not inteuded to be taken seriously by any one. Yet we have been informed that certain sensitive people of an ancient race, for _ whom we have the greatest respect and admiration, have felt themselves aggrieved and offended by our evidently ill-timed but utterly innocent attempt to explain what has long been a mystery to readers of the Scriptures. To all such persons we tender an apology and hereby disclaim any intention of reflecting in any way upon the Jewish race, to whom the world is so much indebted.

Yachting is the pastime of-mil-lionaires, but the devotees of this seductive and expensive amusement are to a large extent the descendants ofhard-headedund industrious ancestors who would have scorned to pass their lives, or even a small portion of their existence, in such a worthless, impractical and butterfly way. The expensive playthings called yachts have come into use with this century and were, unlniown a huhdred years ago. Within twen-ty-five years their number has increased five fold. Latest statistics show that England has 3,000 yachts, and America 1,200 of these pleasure boats in commission, and the rich men who maintain them reckon on an average expenditure of $50,000 per annum if they, hope to keep up appearances and Wish to be counted “in the swim” among their fellow yachters.

An era of good will appears to have been inaugurated. Animosities that have strengthened with years of brooding care and resentments that seemed to call for a bloody revenge to appease the wrath of men of nerve and iron, have by some magical power been appeased and the sweet dove of peace rests alike upon the verging ropes of the sawdust arena and the proud capital of the Hohenzollerns. January 25, 1894. will ever be a memorable day, remarkable for the fact that the representative gladiators of England and America met and fought as bitter and sworn enemies, as well as the contestants for the championship of the world, and yet the victor and the vanquished before they slept “shook hands across the bloody chasm," and announced to the world that they bore each other no 111-will. January 2C, 1894, will also he long remembered by the German people on account of the formal reconoiHatbn which took place between

the Kaiser and the Iron Prince, who have been “out,” if not avowed enemies, for years. Can it be that meare changing, and are no lon err inclined or abletn remain as emmies, oi* is it rather that “as rolls the ocean’s rushing tide, so human pas sions ebb and flow?” TnE wor d at Urge is i regressing along unmistakable lines of reform in irany d rections. Only recently tie tyranny of the officers in the German army toward privates arid of her s übord in at es was brought to light and ventilated in such a way as to greatly ameliorate the condition of the men who had suffered so long and grievously. Similar de^elbrought out the figjt that a barbarous custom of placing offending sql"rlWg m irons for trivial misdemeanors still prevailed, and a new rule has been issued from headquarters which does away with the needless cruelty except in cases of extreme necessity. Still another evidence that common men and people are doing their own thinking the world over is the recent action of oijl) Berlin cab drivers who have rebelled in a body against a police order requiring them to wear white glazed hats ip all seasons and" weather as a distinguishing mark of their calling. “The world do m ve.’

The fool kirler is evidently going to be overworked during this year of grace, if the January returns may be taken as an index of the balance of the year. A man at? Toledo conceived the ludicrous idea of frightening his wife with the sight of his own body suspended from a r ipe. The “joke” was a great success. The good wife was thoroughly frightened and the fool's neck was broken—thus j saving the mythical executioner an unpleasant task. Fully as successful. but in a different way, was the j “joke” of an Indianapolis physician i who concealed the dead body of an ! infant in a grocery boy’s overcoat which he found lying on a bench. The coroner was summoned, the newspaper reporters flocked like vultures to the scene, the grocery man was angry to the verge of insanity, and the poor boy who was the innocent victim of the M. P.'s mirth quaked in terror at the ghastly: sight for which he was held responsible by all the witnesses. Seeing that matters were likely to end seriously, the medico at last had the manhood tc come forward and explain that he alone was responsible, the body being that of a 'premature child that he had preserved in alcohol for some time, which he claimed to have acquired in a legitimate wav in the course of his practice. Unfortunately the doctor still survives, but if the avenging wrath of an aroused Nemesis fails to ere long reach him then indeed is the story of the fool killer a baselc-ss fairy lale.

Chicago lawyers are said to be unanimously in favor of the adoption of the English custom among judges of wearing huge horse-hair wigs, claiming that it adds dignity tt court proceedings. Many are alsc in favor of the leading counsel, in peases being tried, adopting the same custom. The question has been brought into prominence, it is said, by the proposition now being discussed in England, of discarding this fashion which has been handed down for generations. The opinion among Chicago lawyers is that an English judge without a wig would" be an innovation that the English public could not and would not for a moment endure, /meriean courts in many cases are sadly lacking in dignity, and even gentlemanly decorum is often lacking on the part of both judge and counsel, but il anything could transform an American Judge and “home grown” attorneys into star performers in a howl ing farce it Certainly would be tin adoption of this ancient and ridiculous fashion of wearing a huge horsehair wig while court is in session. The American sense of humor is entirely too keen for a such a performance to pass for dignified proceedings, and the unmerciful “guying’ of judges and attorneys that woutc surely ensue, would necessitate the employment of additional deputy sheriffs to preserve order, and they would find that thev had '‘bitten al more than they could chaw” when they attempted to check the hilarity of the spectators in the average court room.