Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1894 — PEOPLE. [ARTICLE]

PEOPLE.

Webster Revised: Industrialist —A man who don’t work. “He that gathereth in the sumner is a wlffe son; but he that sleep»th in the harvest is the son that iauselh shame.” Mr. John Jacob Astor, whose rrandfather was rich, having an abundance of leisure and ready cash, las devoted his leasure moments to writing a romance and a portion of lis wealth to the publication of the nmo. The book is entitled: “A fourney in other Worlds: A Ronance of the Future. ” The timeisthe rear 2000. and the volume describes in imaginary journey to Jupiter. The work is copiously illustrated.

Dr. Talmage will sail from Sau ?rancisco oa the steamship Alaneda, Maj' 31, on his long-contem-jlated tour around the world. His Brooklyn pulpit will, be occupied luring his absence by various “supflies.” but the Talmage sermons for ;y n dicate publication will be con - linued from the various points at which the famous preacher may deiver them,’ being cabled to this •ountry regularly every Monday. This series of discourses will be of mrpassing interest, and the impressions cleaned by such a remarkable ind intelligent observer will be iwaited by his admirers with the Host cheerful anticipations. Theodore Westmark a Scandi-

aavian, who has mad 2 two explorations of the Congo Free Slate under rhe auspices of the King of Belgium, a recent lecture at Chicano, charged Henry M. Stanley with having lunched on human flesh in Africa in 1884, to satisfy his curiosity as to the taste of human flesh. The “meat” was said to have been procured by his servant, fried in butter f.nd served with pickles. Stanley f renounced the flesh tasteless. Staney’s great success appears to have groused the animosity of all the African explorers, and apparently this Is only one of the lot of trumped-up i barges which have from time to time, been brought against him.

* May is a maiden so passing fair Chat the heavens smile and the balmy air fragrant with all the blossoms of spring greets the joyous find winsome thing; and each won- ’ (irous day a laurel wreath brings to fleck her brow and with garland firings of budding flowers bestrews |ier way, while the azure vast is f vercast with the plumes of clouds hat sailing past, play hide and seek with the god of day. Green is the parpet beneath her feet and the morning’s dawn that her dewy eyes greet is bright with the light of a passionate fire that grows with the heat of her heart’s desire to be merged and married, her heart in tune, with her lover gay, warm leafy June.

Indiana has quite a number of citizens who seem fully determined that their families shall not go to the almshouse after they have ceased to exert themselves in their behalf, and as a means to that desirable end they are carrying life insurance policies for large amounts. Among the most notable art 1 ': J. M. Studebaker, South Bend, 1250,000; Clem Studebaker, South Bend, $250,000; A. H. Nordyke, Indianapolis, over $200,000; J. C. Wright, Indianapolis, $150,000; D. P. Marmon, Indianapolis, $130,000; C. W. Fairbanks, Indianapolis, $100,000; Eli Lilly, Indianapolis, SIOO,OOO. Quite a long list of well known meh are insured for sums ranging downward from SIOO,OOO to $50,000. The fabulous goose that laid the golden egg, and was slaughtered by its avaricious owner that he might possess himself of all the eggs at once, has had a modern prototype in the great auk, but this wonderful bird has also ceased to exist as a distinct species. The eggs of the great auk are now more valuable than the fruit of the fabled goose, as the few existing specimens readily sell for more than their weight in gold. Only sixty-eight eggs are known to scientists in the world, and but ten of these are in perfect condition. The first recorded sale of the great auk’s egg was in 1853, when they sold at $l5O each. The last sale of redord was in London a few weeks ago, when h specimen brought $1,550. The auk became extinct in 1844. Irishmen, and all those who sympathize with the cause of Home Rule for Ireland, and with the woes and misfortunes of that unhappy arid brilliant race, will be gratified at the fury exhibited by Lord Salis-

bury in a recent speech’ delivered in Parliament in which he cpmplimented the Irish in America by characterizing 'them _as “the most bitter, Unscrupulous and permanent cnemies of 'cvcry thing British “that can be found4n America/’ Neither Irishmen nor their friends in this country—and that term embraces well-nigh the entire population —are likely to lose any'sleep because of the celebrated peer’s bellicose wrath. They will cheerfully agree with him in the position assumed and endeavor by their future actions to merit a continuance of his animosity.

Coxey’sday of fame is overstrange how things will come to pass —when he thought he’d, be in clover he was told, “Keep off the grass.” Yet he tarried, and he blustered, gave the coppers talk and “sass”—all unheeding, never flustered, blue-coats said, “Keep off the grass.” Then the gentle, hopeful hero calmly 'said, “I want no fight, but from far-off fair Ohio I have come to get my rights.” Stolid, stern relentless ininions of-a mighty nation’s power, all unheeding of his pleading, would not. let him talk or pass, and as calm as ’Gyptian sphinxes only said, “Keep off the grass.” So, dear reader, heed the lesson .if you hope a point to gain, in this land of law and order you will oft hear this refrain, and its meaning all-eam- gather—nothing brought to pass if you waver from the right way and thereby “tread on the grass.”

The mystery surrounding the death of Albert T. Beck, a well 1 - known attorney of Indianapolis, deepens. Mr. Beck was found dead, in his bed, with ,a bullet hole in his head. A revolver lay at the foot of the bed several feet from the dead man’s hands, with one barrel empty. An autopsy developed the fact that Mr. Beck’s skull was fractured — splinters of bone being driven into the brain —at a different place from the bullet wound. Either injury was sufficient to have caused death. Expert medical testimony proved that it was a physical impossibility for Mr. Beck to have inflicted both wounds upon himself. If by any means he could have fractured his own skull he would have been incapable of shooting himself—vice versa, if he had shot himself he could not have broken his skull after the shooting. The coroner of Marion county has returned a verdict that Mr. Beck was murdered by an unknown person. Detectives cling to the theory of suicide in spite of the contradictory character of the two injuries; It is a most interesting case from a detective’s standpoint, all the evidence to be obtained simply tending to increase the mystery in which the tragedy will probably forever remain shrouded.

i A Richmond friend of the late General Early, who because of his profanity was known during the war as “Lee’s Bad Old Man,” says that in his later years the General was ! “a daily reader and a thorough student of the Bible.” On Oct. 11, 1863, A. H. Sutherland, of Saugus, Mass., received a bullet in the neck at Culpepper, Va. ! It remained in his body over thirty years,causing frequent hemorrhages. A few days ago he coughed it up from his lungs. Dr. Ochse has invented a new cartrfde, the charge of which is acidulated water. This, on decomposition by electricity, gives oxygen and hydrogen, and an ignition of these gases suddenly devolops a pressure of 5,800 atmospheres. Congressman Blair,of New Hampshire, has consented to identify himself prominently with an inebriate asylum in Washington. He thinks that his prominence in the cause of temperance will give value to his indorsement of the institution. ■ Baron de Hirsch has again distributed the gross winnings of his horses last year—amounting to $37,500 —among London hospitals; but, not content with following his own precedent, he has this year “gone one better” by giving the same amopntin “added money,” making a total of $75,000.