Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 December 1894 — Early Salutation. [ARTICLE]

Early Salutation.

“Tht house of the wicked shall bo overthrown; but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.” ; . The German Kaiser appears to be one of “them literary fellers,” as a noted politician once expressed himself about some tyros in politics for whom he had supreme contempt.” The Kaiser often “drops into poetry”* and is said to be at present writing an opera, the music and verse of which will be wholly original with him. The fair sex in several counties of Southern California held a mock election, Nov. 5, just to “see how the old thing worked.” Twenty thousand votes were polled and the Prohibition candidate for Governor was “elected.” Dispatches fail to state how many candidates were in the race. The wedding trosseau of Princesh Alix, who married the Czar, was ordered from a Paris firm. The new Czarina is to be dressed “regardless.” The Russian Govern- ’ ment will supply part of the material, buckets full of precious-stones, furs, etc. The contract called for an expenditure of 1,000,000 francs — {200,000. To any of our readers out of employment we would say: Get appointed receiver for something—anything almost. The recent allowance of an additional $35,000 to the receiver of the Iron Hall at Indianapolis, making $50,000 for “services” in less than two years, shows that a receivership is a mighty “good thing in a family where they don’t keep a cow.” The enterprising associated press is just now industriously engaged in moving eminent Western statesmen with Populistic tend<!uck:S to “greener fields and pastures new.” Gov. Waite, of Colorado, has been assigned to Illinois, and “Jerry” Simpson to Indiana.. Both are supposed to be prospective candidates for G overnor of those com • mon wealths; Senator Peffer, so far, has not been interfered with. From 1860 to 1893 inclusive, the population of the United States increased 113 per cent. Money in circulation increased 268} per cent. Our foreign trade increased 149 per cent, and the public debt was swollen 1,000 per cent. Farm animals increased in number 81 per cent, and their total value Jan. 1, 1894, including the field crops of 1893. was estimated at five and a half billion dollars, or an average of about $1,500 for each of the five million farms.

A Chlcago “con” man swore out warrants before a Justice of the Peace the other day against two parties whom he charged with swindling him in a game of dice. He then confidentially told the J. P. he need - ed ready cash and persuaded the Justice to cash a check for $lO. The •‘con” man disappeared and the J. P. found that he had been beautifully .‘‘done up,” but ’expressed himself as perfectly satisfied. He didn’t think any mfm could “do” him that way. A very wise man once tried to formulate a motto for his own guidance through the vicissitudes of life, and the following bit of wisdom was the result: “Hope Nothin; Fear Nothing. Expect Anything. Be Prepared for Everything. That about covers the ground, and we submit it as worthy of preservation. It is of especial value to politicians—be they successful or unsuccessful—and will prove useful, in a way, to “all sorts and conditions of men.” ■ A remarkable instrumen t has been submitted to that Navy Department for trial. The inventor calls it a “Stadimeter," and if it will accomplish the results claimed it may be called miraculous, to a certain extent. It proposes to inform the mariner in whose possession it may be, upqn sighting a light house, or. any well known land mark, just how far the ship is from shore; how far his ship may be from another vessel,and in many ways proposes to prove itself possessed of semi-intel-ligent powers. Lieut. Fiske is the inventor. “There’s more in the man than there is in the land,” is a somewhat trite sentiment, the same being used to illustrate the fact that a man’s outfit for business —his tools, so to speak —need not be of the most superior quality if the man hasufnc genius for accomplishing results.

The latest and most forcible illustration of thia truth . has been made by a jail inmate, at Joplin., Mo. This talented individual. one night recently, dug through an eighteen inch-wall with a case knife and escaped. Not satZ isfied with this achievement, he proceeded to drive off a . S6OO herd of cattle belonging to a neighboring farmer. —We are not informed whether he realized on the beeves, but it x is safe to Say that the future has a great career in store for such an enterprising criminal. Weary Waggle- “t i red, ”hes ai d• —so he thought he’d go to bed.— wandered down Fifth avenue, didn’t care much for the view—spied a handsome open door opening on a marble floor, and he gently wandered in- “Gosh!” said he, “they’ve the tin.” Up the softly cushioned stair to a bed-room did repair this same tramp and laid him down on a bed —the best in town. ■ Soon the chambermaid came round, and the—sleeping comrade—found. "Strange,”~she thought, “he never asked her. This here bed belongs to Astor.” So the pulice took him in, though for sure it was no sin just to rest his weary frame in a bed that Astor’s claim.

New issues aYe already in the air. Specifications can not 1- be given at this writing, but it is understood that Grover Cleveland is at work on the details. It is believed that in his forthcoming message the President will make suggestions as to a financial policy that will have the effect of relegating the tariff question .to the rear as a question for pol i tie ian s to quarrel-abouLJ'hose who know the President best are said to anticipate some ideas and suggestions that have not occurred to any one, and many financiers seem to believe that the next Congress, although it may be Republican in both branches will be more in accord with the President and Secretary Carlisle on monetary matters than the present National Legislature.

An old proverb says that “Necessity is the mother of invention.” This probably accounts for a new machine —no less than a miniature flouring mill —that has been put on the market as a result of the low price of wheat. Farmers have contributed freely to the great prosperity of the merchant millers, but now find that it is to their advantage to save in every possible way. This machine—hand or light power grist mill—produces, or proposes to produce, superfine—flour, bran and middlings. By its use. the. farmer can be entirely independent of the miller, and if some genius should now come forward with a “pocket ’ woolen factory our “infant” Indus tries would receive an addition that would sadly interfere with the supposed exorbitant profits of capital engaged in manufacturing enter- ‘ prise. .

The terrible atrocities reported from Armenia are appalling to every sensitive mind. That such crimes can actually occur in our day seems incredible to every civilized being. Secure in our peaceful homes, sur-rounded-by all that goes to make life desirable and happy, we can hardly comprehend that the same sun that lights and cheers our way has the same day illuminated the scenes of the most revolting crimes and inhuman barbarities, perpetrated by fanatics in the name of God and Mohammed, his prophet. Stranger than fiction, more revolting than the darkest chapters o' ancient history, the story recalls the martyrs of the Dark Ages, who gave up their lives for the same cause. The scene of the outrages is believed by scripture commentators to have been the site of the Garden of Eden. It lies near Lake Van. between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers.

Texas Siftings. Mr. Whoopla and Mr. Gayboy took a lively interest in the campaign. They had been to a political meeting up in Harlem, and after the meeting they had some oysters and wine with a few friends, so it wa,s about three o'clock in the morning when they started for home. Next day they met and Gayboy asked?” “Well Whoopla, did you get jhome all right?” “Oh. yes, I got home all right, but as soon as I opened the hall door I got a box on my ear that knocked me against the wall and made me see fifteen different kinds of fireworks." , j “What did you say?” “Good morning, my dear.”