Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 February 1895 — PEOPLE. [ARTICLE]

PEOPLE.

‘•And Solomon slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David his father; and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.” “It is a mean thing in human nature that men and women are not' praised for doing well, but only excoriated when they do wrong.”— . Talmage. ■./ . . ■ •' • The new executive of Wisconsin, Gov. Upham, diamond breastpin at his first official levee. The Governor lays the blame upon a stranger who “accidentally” (?) stumbled against him in the crowd, apparently forgetful that “Peck’s Bad Boy” may have a grudge against him., for taking the place from the “old man.” The Universal Postal UrriKn is composed of ail the civilized countries of the world except China, Morroeco,Orange Free State,lslands of Ascension, St. Helena and Pit"Tb all other countrres a 5 cent stamp will carry a letter of proper weight, that may be mailed without formality at any postoffice in the United States. .

The Best on News Letter was the first genuine newspaper published in the United States. Its first number appeared April 24, 1704. John Campbell'was editor and also postmaster. Its publication day was Monday. The News Letter consisted at first of two pages, Bxl2 inches. The pub- * location was discontinued in 1776.

Queen Liliuoakafini was born in 1838 and is naturally getting into “the sere and yellow leaf.” Some people will find fault with our reference to “yellow” in this connection, yet, as near as we can make out, this celebrated lady has been in the “yellow” leaf at all stages of her career, age not being a necessary condition towards that undesirable attainment.

As if hard times were: not enough to deter mankind from getting married another and far more fatal drawback has loomed into the matrimonial foreground. Judge Otis, in a recent decision at St. Paul, held that husbands were liable for slanderous remarks by their wives. If this should become an established part of the code of other States it is safe to say that the demand for marriage licenses would be seriously impaired. '

The great Jeddo tunnel near (Viikesbarre, Pa., has been at last ccmpleted. The tunnel is five miles long, extending under two mountains. Its course throughout the tntirc distance is through solid rock. The work has been in progress four years, and has cost $1,560,000. It was pronounced impracticable by competent engineers, but their predictions have not been verified. Millions of tons of the best of coal will now be accessible, the tunnel Affording perfect drainage to mines that for seven years have been submerged and useless.

Tee Pacific coast, since Bawjoa srst gazed in awe upon those placid teas; has continued to be of interest nd a permanent attraction for restss man to explore. Recent events ive added a new interest to the alifornia shore, the future possibrlfies of Japan and Hawaii lending idditional attractions to the already almost boundless endowments of that favored clime. “Down the West Coast,” in February Harper’s, is descriptive of a journey from San Francisco to Callao. The article is profusely illustrated from actual photographs, and the scenes depicted ire vividly described.

The superb nerve; which has-iea-ibled Congressman Breckinridge to face a frowning world and Madeline Pollard with reasonable composure (or an indefinite period appears to oe a little bit weakened, to judge from that brilliant gentleman's somewhat violent outbreak in the House, Feb, 1. The episode, for one thing, it leustj demonstrates that there is & limit to human, endurance. The haughty Kentuckian, a few years igo, wopld have kept his head under such a trivial provocation in such a place, and would have been under no necessity of apologizing to his friend and fellow •members—as he did do most gracefully. The Colorado Legislature boasts of three states-“women,” so to speak, who have unanimously resolved,’ agreed, determined, and hereafter propose, to discard any hat, bonnet, nubia, shaker, or any other head covering whatsoever

while in attendance upon legislativt sessions. This is certainly a very sensible action on the part of the “Honorable” dimes, who, by the way, are all married women who incidentally arrived at an age of discretion that enables them to understand; what an unseemly object the average woman’s - headgear is in any public assembly, no matter how becoming the outfit may be elsewhere. ’ ■gSJJ -I > The Duke of Orleans, the Bourbon pretender to the throne of France, is said to have “packed his trunk” during tlm recent crisis in France, indulging'a vain hope that, by some totally -unaccountable combination of circumstances, he be able to “resume business _ at the ole stand.” 'Some dispatches even hint that he actuatly returned to Paris from his exile in so as to be on the ground in case “something should happen.” Nothing happened, and the latest information is thatthe “Dopk" is again back in London, where he is likely to continue tblive and reputation of "jits' ancestors—the center of a gang olFrench courtiers who are at present out of a job.

Australia,- one of the newest of al i civi 1 ized coun tries, lias for vears been giving the world lessons in reforms of various kinds. We are indebted to Australia for our present method of secret balloting. The election booth is, we may say r a “compatriot” of the festive kangaroo. The aforesaid kangaroo has also played a part upon the modern stage of action. His propensity for self-defense has been utilizqd trr train adepts in the “manly” art of pugilism, and his hide has served ts dress the pedal extremities of the fastidious and to adorn the handbags of the well-to-do traveler. A. Ward’s kangaroo is historical, and, as all know, was “a most amusin’ little cuss.” The latest evolution of Australian reform is the triumph of female suffrage in South Australia, giving all women the right to vote on the same terms as men, and with no baricr to a seat in Parliament.

Tee Indian question is still a very important one in the United States and it appears that we are not soon to be entirely rid of the care of thes-j very undesirable “wards in chancery.” A notable case in point"is that of the Osage tribe which now numbers 1,300. The United States Government holds in trust for them the vast sum of $8,500,000, or over $G,500 per head. Yet these able bodied “vagrants,” so to speak, aro supported at public expense and ra - tions and supplies are issued to them the same as if they had no fortune at interest. We do not pretend to locate the blame for this condition, as it is probably the outgrowth of a long series of transactions with th i “noble red man,” and the result has doubtless been reached because nd other could well have been the outcome, but it must be evident tha, there is room for radical reform in the management of these Indian tribesand their possessions. Their property should be made to support them at least.

Senator Murphy and Gen. Sicklei have the doubtful honor of burning more tobacco than any other twi men who tramp the marble floors o| the Capitol lobbies. Neither is ever, seen* without a cigar between hi 4 lips. General Sickles appreciates j medium 10-center, while the.taste o! his Senatorial compatriot can only b j satisfied by the big black Havana. Though he has achieved a score o} successes, a first night of one of hi| plays throws Sardou into a panic. His latest drama, “Gismondia,” was, a triumph, but when iLwas first produced in Paris the playwright did not have the courage to view it. from the theater. On the contrary, ho hid himself away in a neighboring case to await the ring of the tele - phone which was to announce victory or defeat. Alexandre Dumas has told tin Faris, press a characteristic story o. 1 the author of “Monte Cristo.” Onq day he went to visit his father, w.ho complained of being tired. “I said he ought to take a rbst,” said M. Dumbs, “whereupon he opened a drawer and, showing me two twenty-frauq pieces, said: IMv dear Alexandre, when I came to Faris, in 1823. I had fifty-eight francs. You see 1 have only forty left. Until I have made up my eighteen francs I cannot leave off work.’ ”

The projected expedition to the North Pole by Julius von Payer has a novel object. The Austrian paintI er-explorer is going into the frozen > zone in search of new landscapes and new animals for his brush. The Old World has been exhausted for the artist's canvas, he sbvs, and the popular taste is for novelties —rhinoceroses in place of tigers and lions, 1 Mormon families, negro battles, i shepherds of the Pampas, sun-wor-shipers, anything but of tho ordinary run of painters' subjects. Von i Payer wants especially to depict the i Polar night, with its topper moon and rivers of molten silver..