Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 June 1894 — THE CAMPAIGN. [ARTICLE]

THE CAMPAIGN.

The coupon scheme is still claiming all things for its own. You can now get a pug dog on this plan if you buy enough of Scrougem’s Serene Scouring Soap. “And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. And all the days of Noah were mine bund red and fifty years; and he died.” Quaker City, otherwise Richmond, Wavnecoun tv, is indulwing in metropolitan frills. It has a commercial club in full blast that will shortly build a first-class modern hotel with all therlatesll ux uries,cl ub rooms, etc. The venture is already an assured success and the new hotel will doubtless prove a great card for one of the most beautiful little

cities nr~the West. — Queen Victoria may embrace the Catholic religion. There is much uneasiness on the subject in England. Iler Majesty is reported to have been unusually gracious toward Roman prelates who have from time to time called upon her, and her attitude toward Catholic dignitaries during her recent visit to —Florence is -said to have been friendly to a marked degree. The rate of duty on wheat importedinto France hasrecentliLbe.cn raised from five to seven francs a hectolitre, which makes the duty about 35 cents per bushel. The raise was made as a protection to French farmers who could not compete with the immense quantitities of Indian wheat thrown on the market on account of crops raised in that country last year. The Columbian Museum at Chicago has secured a great collection of historical tapestries illustrating scenes in the liffe of Christ. They were made for Pope Urban VIII about 1620, and until twelve years ago hung in the Barberim palace at Rome. The series is valued at $400,000. These tapestries are the finest in the United States, and are equalled by only a very few royal collections in Europe. New York city is to have a ■£ ... “speedway” running close along the shore of Harlem river from Washington bridge to High bridge, some two miles in length, I for the exclusive use of those fortunate individuals who own fast i horses and desire a place to drive them. A portion of the route will be blasted from the solid rock of the bluff along the east shore of Manhattan Island.

A city exchange informs us that it is “good form’’ to cross the asphalt streets at any point a person may desire, and that it is quite unneccessary to hunt for “crossings,” “Country Jakes” who have been accustomed to “cross the road” whenever they felt like it will be greatly relieved to learn that they can do the same in the qity without incurring the jeers of fastidious, dudes who are sticklers for “form” ia all the details of every day life. Oppressed humanity will be greatly relieved to learn that Prof. Larkin has discovered that the remarkably hot weather that has prevailed this spring is caused by a solar cyclone 86,000 miles in length and 46,000 miles in width, the whole luminous atmosphere gyrating in a manner that would make a Kansas zephyr green with envy. Now that we know the cause oi our discomfort we may as well fill up,-with ice cream and buttermilk and wipe our weeping brows “till the clouds pass by.” It is a great satisfaction to have some things settled as we go along. The positive Dr. Talmage is never in doubt about anything, and in his Little Rock sermon related with great minuteness the incidents of the departure of the Jewish warriors on the expedition against the Amalekites. They were given a great send-off. Kisses were thrown and “handkerchiefs waved” just like people do nowadays. Now that it is settled that handkerchiefs were in vogue, we would like to know’ if catarrh was epidemic and whether the proprietor of Dr. Pennyroyal’s Sureenough Specific was offering a reward of SI,OOO for a case that could not be cured. lowa is still experimenting with sumptuary laws. The Mulct tax law >s the last that has passed the Legislature.' It provides for a tax of S6OO per annum for liquor ’dealers, to be equally dividedjbetween the county and raunfclpalitv In which the busiless is carried on. In cities of 6,000

and up ward the consent of the city council and of property holders residing within fifty feet must be secured. In places of le/s than 5,000 inhabitants, the consent of 65 per cenL.nf .the._vo_ters.is necessary. Prof. Dewar is something of a scientist. He has from time to time performed feats in London with the common elements that border on the miraculous. His last exhibition be-' fore the Royal Institution on the 10th of May was to float a soap bub-, ble on the surface of a glass vessel filled with liquid air. Intense cold caused by evaporation froze the bubble and it broke in two and the half spheres floated for an hour until submerged in an artificial snow drift precipitated in the vessel by the freezing air. •—-==G. ■ Not long since a New York damsel became dissatisfied with the pattern of nose that Nature Lad provided for her use and adornment, and proceeded to have it dissected while yet alive, The surgeons were I so successful that a Philadelphia girl beeame ambitious to have her ears “done over" according to her own notions of what suited her peculiar style of beauty. The operation was performed to the entire satisfaction of all concerned, and the offending ears were tucked back neatly after a ; v-shaped piece had been carved from i their too expansive dimensions.

Baron Saurma. the German ambassador at -Washington,, .motwith--standing his high position, appears to be somewhat of a nuisance to his neighbors at the National capital. Evidently he has been accustomed to live on an estate and finds it difficult to dispense with the usual accessories of a barnyard. His roosters crow at the usual time and arouse the aristocratic neighborhood. His dogs bark and howl in spite of revolvers and bootjacks. His cats eat the poison thrown to them by exasperated neighbors and die on the premises with the usual unpleasant results to Olfactory nerves in that vicinity. His servants hang out the weekly washing in the front yard in full view of the most aristocratic surroun lings. His “hired gal” throws dishwater in the door-yard and upon the head of an old lady in an adjoining lot. The Ambassador and his neighbors have been occupying the time and attention of the Police Department and the Board of Health to the exclusion of more important matters. Charges and counter charges have been made. The Police Department have exonorated the Baron's neighbors. and say the Ambassador don’t know how to live in a city—at any rate in an American city.

Gresham’s Cowardly -Foreign Policy—TheSugarTrust— Knuckling Down to Germany. - ; ‘ —l —jfcBJSSB _ ■ ■■ ~ . • A Berlin cablegram in the Sunday Tournal said: “Secretary Gresham’s paper upon Samoa has given great satisf ac tion her e. 11 is con eluded that the United States Government will support the German protectorate.” There is every reason why the new attitude taken by the United States in regard to Samoa should give great satisfaction in Berlin, for ft is an en tire a ban do nme n t of the position firmly maintained by this Government for many years, and will lead inevitably to the establishment of a German protectorate. That is what Germany has been trying ToLccomplishrTorsevernTyears, and the United States to prevent. The interests of the United States in Samoa are more prospective than present. Our present trade with the islands is considerable enough to be worth protecting, and Americans nwn some large plantations there, but the chief interest grows out of the geographical position of the islands and their prospective value as a coaling station and point for protecting American commerce. In this respect they resemble the Hawaiian islands, and while it may not be desirable for the United States to own or control them, there are strong reasons why Germany should not do so. The harbor of Pago Pago, a land-locked harbor sufficient for the acommodation .of large fleets, was secured by the United States as

a eoalin g station after years of exertion and expense. Not to speak of other results that might follow.theestablishment of a German protectorate, the United States would lose this harbor, and with it alt chance of extending commerce in that direction. True statesmanship looks beyond the interests of to-day to those of the distant future. It deals, with remote possibilities as well as present conditions. The tripartite agreement between G rea t Britain, the Un i ted States and Germany, which Secretary Gresham thinks should be abrogated, was the result on the part of the other two parties to prevent the islands from passing under the control of Germany, and to maintain an indpendent native government. The. agreement was concluded by representatives of the different governments at Berlin in June, 188.9, and its terms were formally accepted by the Samoan king in April, 1890. Secretary Gresham seems to think because the agreement was consummated during the Harrison administration that It was. exclusively the work of that administration, and therefore should be attacked by him and abrogated if possible. But the events which led to the agreement date back many years before the Harrison administration. Daring Mr. Cleveland’s first administration Secretary Bayard firmly and successful ly resisted the effor ts of Germany to establish control ovqr the islands. These efforts were not renewed during, the Harrison administration, Mr. Blaine’s views in regard to the American interests, prospective as well as present, being too well known to encourage anything of the kind. It was reserved for a Secretary of State who ordered the hauling down of the American flag at Honolulu and organized a scheme for the restoration of a rotten monarchy in Hawaii to suggest a step which is rightly construed in Berlin as an invitation to Germany to renew its aggressive policy in Samoa.