Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1894 — Force of Habit. [ARTICLE]

Force of Habit.

Cbieapo Record. Prince Ponialonski (the guest of honor at Mrs. Newlyrich's afternoon reception)—-Zank you madame, I shall accept a cup of coffee wiz mooch plaizhaire. Mme. Newlyrich (concerning whose early history society is in the dark, addressing the caterer’s attendance) —Draw one! Mrs. Numan—l think I’d better discharge our nurse. I'm afraid she has deceived me about having had the caVe of children. Mr. Numan ■■ — Doesn't she take good care of baby ? Mrs. Numan —Yes; but I riotice she isn't acquainted with half the policemen in the park. “Since Tatters has found work he’s taken to hard drink.” “Great snakes! how’s he able to keep up if he don’t take nothin’ but water?” r v •

The death penalty is rarely enforced in Germany, Austria, Denmark or Sweden. In New York eleven out of twelve murderers escape without any punishment, and in the United States only one murderer in Sfty suffers capital punishment. A hundred acres of floweringpeas, making a sea of beautiful color and gales of sweet odor, is what the visi tor finds on the estate of Timothy Hopkins, at Menlo Park, Cal. Sixtyfour distinct varieties are raised there for seed this year, and the business is constantly growing. The Japanese tatooers not only | oicture dragons and flowers and tnusnees of their patrons, but, to meet, the artistic demands of Europeans, I they now produce in colors an exict photograph of any cherished friend whose image the tatooed person may desire to have constantly with him. Experiments are being conducted at the armory in Springfield. Mass., in the use of aluminum for the bay anet scabbards for the new rifle. While the metal works well in bending and is about 50 per cent, lighter than the steel scabbards, no satisfactory method has been devised for soldering the edges together.