Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 November 1894 — PEOPLE. [ARTICLE]

PEOPLE.

"Therefore pride compasseth them fcboutas a chain; violence covereth them as a garment” The clam is not an especial object »f emulation, yet he has strong points. Although his mouth is cavernous in extent he never indulges » gossip, and may be depended upon to keep a secret. Gov.-elect Morton, of New York, las filed his expense account with the Secretary of State at Albany ind sworn to the same according to the law of that State. He claims to »ave expended a total of $19,790 in »is own behalf. Political honors evidently come rather high in the Empire State. There was a great crop of wheat raised in the Northwest in 1894, but hundreds of acres —possibly thoutands—were not harvested because >f the low price. Owners claimed that although their fields would yield twenty bushels to the acre they could lot sell the crop for enough cash to pay for 'harvesting and threshing. There wfere many cases of this character reported from Spokane county, Washington.

A ball-bearing locomotive is now being built in the shops at Pa. The drive-wheels will be extra arge, and the builders expect the Machine to exhibit phenomenal speed —not less than 100 miles per hour. With the object lesson of the safety bicycle before their eyes for years, 4 is remarkable that machinists lave been so long in making this ipplication to heavy machinery. That locomotive certainly ought to >e a ‘‘go.” There is a man in Manchester, England, whose eyes magnify all objects to fifty times their real value. Sold sovereigns appear to him as arge as wagon wheels, and recently ae supposed that he had more gold ihan he could spend in a life time, when he came into possession of twenty of these valuable coins. Such •yes might prove very useful sometimes in magnifying some of the in--snitessimally small men who, unfortunately, are too numerous in this country. There is said to be a Napoleonic revival in France, but it can hardly compare with the revival of Napoleonic literary matter in the American piress. The vast amount of antient history being injected in to Metropolitan journals by typesetting machines at this time may be useful in the way of giving printers something to do, but its value as a jouraalistic feature will be appreciated by very few readers comparatively. There is always the possibility of “getting too much of a good thing,” is the man said who tried to eat thirty quails in thirty consecutive lays. Reports from the gas belt are not reassuring. The Jay county field is oeing rapidly drained by the Ohio Pipe Line which supplies Dayton, Lima and Springfield. The sinking )f numerous oil wells is also believed to have contributed materially towards reducing the pressure in ?as wells, which, in many cases, has fallen from 325 to 150 pounds. The Inexcusable waste —which in far too many cases amounts to criminal recklessness —continues at the leading centers where the precious fuel is produced. Counterfeiters continue to contrive ingenious representations of our currency. The latest discovery by the U. S. Secret Service is a photographic $lO note, check letter B, act July 14, 1890, series 1891; J. Fount Tillman, Register of the Treasury; D. N. Morgan, Treasurer of the United States; portrait of Gen. Sheridan. The seal and numbers have been colored maroon, instead of a carmine red as in the genuine The portrait of Sheridan is very dark and itn perfect. All of the soloring has been unskillfully done with a brush and the paper is scratched with red ink to imitate the silk threads in the genuine.' The note will deceive only the most inexperienced.

A bad cold is generally considered quite a misfortune, and 'is always a source of annoyance and as a rule the cause of expense rather than profit to the person suffering from true affliction. Doctors and druggists manage to extract coniWraable revenue from the great public because of colds, and the patients generally are willing to part with a portion of their wealth for the sake of immediate relief. Proha-

bly the only person in the world who ever realized an almost immediate financial benefit from a severe cold is a Mr. Masterman. of New London, O. He was in charge of an exhibit at the World’s Fair and exposure resulted in a cold. His physician advised that helet his beard grow to protect his throat. He did so and very shortly began to attract the attention of artists and photographers on account of his remarkable resemblance to the accepted ideal of Christ’s personality. Mr. Masterman has found employment as a model for "Christ Head” photographs and paintings. He also poses as a classical model for Cataline and other ancient Roman characters —all on account of a bad cold.

Civilization has not entirely succeeded in eliminating the savage instinct from the Caucasian race. This is constantly evinced by the atrocious lynchings in different parts of the country and the almost innumerable cases of "hazing” at the different colleges and institutions of learning. These ebullitions occur among otherwise orderly and lawabiding people, and are in no way connected with what are generally termed the "criminal classes.” The latest exhibition of this survival of savagery occurred at the Massachusets Institute of Technology, at Boston —right at the fountain head of culture, so to speak. A student was "initiated,” and part of the ceremony was supposed to consist in compelling him to stand all right on the bank of the Charles River, blindfolded, clad only in a full dress suit. The unfortunate young man finally fell down from exhaustion,and at last accounts was under the doctor’s care. His parents will prosecute the perpetrators, but that very proper action will in no way repair the injury sustained by the victim.

A reversible double-back action bank note is said to be afloat on the commercial sea. Its mate turned up at the Treasury Department the other day. It was a S2O note or a $lO note, according to which side was up. Investigation led to the discovery that when the bill was printed the "plate” contained three of one denomination and one of another. By accident a sheet dropped on the floor after one side had been printed and was by oversight replaced upside down. This sheet was printed on the other side with a S2O on the reverse of a $lO, thereby bringing another $lO on the reverse of a S2O. Hence it was known that there were two "10-20’s” in the lot. The bill was returned to the Treasury for redemption by a Jersey City cashier. There is no reasonable explanation why these two bills were passed through by all the numerous "counters,” who are experts, without discovery. Yet such is the case, as they could not have gone into circulation in any other way.

Lord Breadalbene can ride 10C miles in a straight line on his estate in Scotland. The remains of the murdered Mr. and Mrs. Borden, in Fall River, are now covered by a $2,250 monument, erected by the heirs. A hale pld couole of Litchfield, Mich., Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Turrell, celebrated their ruby wedding, Xhe sixty-fifth anniversary of their marriage, a few days ago More than two hundred French cities have resolved to erect statues of honor to the late President Car not, and it is expected that soon almost every French town will have a Carnot street or square. Sardou’s father has just died al Cannes at the age of ninetv-three. He began life as a commercial traveler, but he took up school teaching and wrote some educational text books. He did his best to keep his son from writing, as he wished him to become a doctor. It is not generally known that Mr. William Froude —an elder brother of the historian, who was born in 181<! and died in 1879, was one of ths greatest masters of applied mathematics of modern times. He took s first prize in mathematics in 1832. his tutor being Cardinal Newm..n, He devoted his attention largely tc investigations on wave resistances, and most of his conclusions have been adopted at the British Admiralty. —New York Post.