Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1894 — PEOPLE. [ARTICLE]

PEOPLE.

•'Day untt> da\ uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge,” or as the Dutchman put it, ‘‘The longer we lif' the more we find efery day owit.” The raillenium may be approaching, but evidently the heavenly shadows have not as yet cast any gloom over old England. The marriage registries for the first quarter af1894 exceed the first quarter of any year since 1883. Ax experienced New York business man is of the opinion that big money is waiting for the man who will invent articles to sell for one cent that will prove popular with children. Here is a chance for all to use, their inventive powers. We are right in it. Let the Japs r and Johns fight it out. We can furnish them all the cold lead necessary. The biggest lead mine in the country was discovered at Dubuque, la., Aug. 14. It contains caves, full of lead ore, as large as a meeting house. Fifty thousand pounds are being taken out daily.

The “sun cure” is a fad with the bald headed men of New York. They jail them “sun worshippers” in Central Park, and numbers of them can be seen any clear day exposing their shining polls to the fierce rays of a summer sun. It is stated on what appears to be good authority that many bald heads have raised a "crop” this year in spite of the drought. Tiif. California fruit crop is said to be unprecedented this year. The lemand for these luscious products as the Pacific slope, in the Eastern States, has also increased in proportion, and prices are “firm” in spite as “hard times.” California fruits »nd wines are now in demand in several European countries, and apparently there is a promising future for this industry.

John P. Chinaman is beginning to “catch on” to American ways, and 'ere long we may hear of the “boss” laundryman organizing and ordering a general strike with disastrous results to those dependent on John for clean' linen. Already a union for mutual protection has been organized in New York. Dop Sang Kong Saw is at the head of the movement. Chinese merchants will co-operate with the “washee” men, and American lawyers have been retained. “There’s nothing in a name. ” Nevertheless, people take a pride in high-sounding cognomens* and an exceptionally suggestive title that invariably awakens mirthfulness or unpleasant thoughts is a positive detriment to any man who assumes to rise above the common level. A Wabash county man is complaining that he is badly handicapped in the race of life by the name which ho ,inherited from his ancestors. He never gambled in his life, and is ignorant of all games of chance, yet he is compelled to answer when addressed as Heironimcus. He certainly has a grievance against fate and is entitled to sympathy.

The Union Stock Yards at Indianapolis appear to have escaped the “general depression” we read so much about, reports for 1894 so far showing a comparatively large increase in nearly all lines of live 6tock. For the first six months of 1893 the receipts were as follows: Hogs, 374,719; cattle; 33,326; sheep, 20.337; horses, 3,960. The shipments were: Hogs, 214,817; cattle, 17,146; sheep, 15,512; horses 3,727. For tbe-first-six- Haonlhs.. of 1894 the receipts were: Hogs, 480,475; cattle, 36,717; sheep, 36,173; horses 3,227. The shipments were: Hogs 281,503; cattle, 20,17'-*‘; sheep, 28,333; horses, 3,201. The campaign for the Congressional nomination in the Lexington, Ky., district., continues to develop interesting and sensational episodes. Col. Breckinridge appears to be in the lead, and his supporters are devoted to his interests to a degree that Hoosiers of any party appear to be quite incapable of. They are ready to “tight to a finish” with all oppo~ nents, and are frequently dated by the supporters of Owens. The Breckenridge men have brought out a new “card” against Owens, alleging that he is badly in debt to Chicago gamblers. A Kentuckian who won’t pay his gambling debts is regarded as “very low down." A Breckenridge man was shot,' the other day, while trying to kill a colored man. Big barbecues are the order for all the factions, one at JLexingtpn getting away with ten

beeves, 1,500 pounds of mutton, 1,000 gallons of “burgoo” an 4 6,000 loaves of bread. Altogether the good people-of the Ashland district appear to be having a good deal of a “time,” and are certainly under some obligations to Miss Pollard for breaking the monotony, if not for having tarnished the good name of their eloquent Representative. A more forcible illustration of the vanity of all human affairs can hard-4v-be4mnfri ncd than--the dowufall-of “Plunger*” Ed Pardridge, of Chicago, who was recently taken, a rav_ing_maniac, to the Washingtonian Home for Inebriates in that city? Pardridge had been for years a bold and successful operator on the Board of Trade, and also conducted an immense dry goods business. His wealtbls estimated in the millions. =His3domesticctelations -were all that could be desired. Yet King Alcohol brought the proud man low and rendered every possession that his cunning brain had brought with years of effort worthless. Life is indeed a Dead Sea apple to such a man. For years he conducted his great and successful enterprises while under the influence of intoxicating drinks, while sober men by the score went to the wall. \Vas it Alcohol or was it Pardridge that amassed the millions?

Senator Sherman has stated positively to his friends that he will retire from the Senate at the expiration of his present term and refuses to be a candidate for re-election in any event. He will be seventy-six before -that time and feels that he is too old to again resume the cares and responsibilities of the position. At the expiration of his term Senator Sherman will have served thirtyfour years in that body. This record is without a parallel in American history. Thos. H, Benton served in the Senate twenty-nine years and two months. Mr. Sherman’s service in the Senate has not been continuous, because he served four years as Secretary of the Treasury under Mr. Hays. Intimate friends of Mr. Sherman think he will write a book of “Recollections” after his retirement from public life. Such a work from so distinguished an author will doubtless be of interest and prove profitable.

Few residents of inland districts far removed from great harbors of the ocean, can realize the magnitude of shipping interests. Still less can they properly appreciate the appearance and size of the monsters of the deep that modern genius has made a reality by the aid of modern wealth and modern enterprise. Recent maneuvers by cruisers of the English navy have established one fact, that when considered affords a data bv which a landsman Can grasp the idea of a modern war vessel of the first class. The vessel in question was loaded with coal at the rate of nineteen tons an hour. The bunkers held 850 tons, and the roustabouts, aided with all the machinery that could be brought to bear, worked constantly for forty-eight hours before the load was stored in the capacious hold. The facilities for loading coal are considered inadequate for war vessels by naval officers, as a delay of two days in an emergency might prove fatal to any cause dependent on prompt action by its navv. • i i —|

Prof. Asa Gray says that the Washington elm at Cambridge has been estimated to produce 7,000,000 leaves, which would make a surface radiation of about five acres in extent, and give out every fair day, in the growing season seven and three quarter tons of moisture. The ruler of Coburg, batter known as the Duke of Edinburg, is a mail of many hobbies. Among them must be’ counted his curious mania for entire Gogroimaiure.siLv.er_ships! At the present time he is the proud possessorof a fleet numbering over fifty. The Rev. John S. Eberlie, a Baptist minister of Glendale, Pa., eats only one meal a day. For about thirty years he has eaten a hearty meal at noon, but fasts during the other hours of the day. "• In the morning, instead of a nutritious breakfast of eggs, chops and hot cakes, he goes to the well, draws a pitcher of cold water, and drinks copiously. In the evening no salads or luscious fruits grace his table. Instead, he again fares sumptuously on cold water. Bishop Arthur Cleveland Coxe, of the Episcopal Diocese of Western New York, has written a number of beautiful hymns. In commenting on this fact the Christian Advocate (Methodist) says: “Some of Bishop Coxe’s hymns are found in the collections of every religious body in America except in the official collections of his own church. This is accounted for by his too scrupulous modesty; as a member of thehymnal committee in 1869 and 1871 be refused to permit the insertion of hi* own lyrics.