Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 19, 1896, Page 3

ee RISKY HOARDING. Old-Fashioned Méthods of Hiding Valuables in the House. The stocking bank of our gcandmoth ers is not yet obsolete in the country districts, and the daily papers give fremjent accounts of its insecurity. 8 pas are not buzglar-proof, either, and ~he occasional bank robberies and the failures, too, keep alive the fondness of women for searching for queer hid- ing places for their savings. Some of the old-time “banks” showed consider- able ingenuity in their construction or covering. An old lady living in a New Hamp- shire town had a set of large station- ary drawers, topped by cupboards built into one of her huge closets. The lower drawer, instead of resting di- rectly on the floor, ran on grooves per- haps two inches above it. She would pull out the lower drawer, place her jewel cases in the space left below, and then push in the drawer, which she kept well filled with linen. Equally shrewd was an Ohie woman «ho, whenever she went out. put her money and jewelry in the coal scuttle, covering them up carefully with sev- eral layers of coal. This might have proved a rather risky experiment in the winter months when the fire had to be fed; but their owner felt no bur- glar would never think of looking there. A favorite hiding place for money, cially for bills of large denomina- Ss always been the big family le and the unabridged dictionary. is still common in rural places. s the praetice of sticking money y under a corner of the icularly under some large of furniture. This a method has much to commend it. 1 caddies and sugar bowls make lent temporary safes. Another ing place is the old-fashioned coun- try clock, which is almost historic as a spot for tucking away little bundles of valusbles. afe to say that the number of women who put away jewelry in pock- et books under a mattress for safe- keeping, afterward carefully smooth ing the bed down, can be numbered by the thousands, The pocket of an old dress that hangs in an unconcealed way in a clos- et is regarded by many women as one of the safest places imaginable for spare rings, brooches and bracelets, and even for a pocketbook. Old shoes, standing in their proper place beside new ones, are likewise much esteemed, for a deal can be put down in their toes without giving the slightest lence of the value therein.—Boston veler. AGE FALLS, An 1 Actor Tells flow Ex- rts Make Them Without Injury, here are certain stage secrets which the public are never allowed to know,” said an actor lately. “So jeal- ously are these guarded that dramatic tutors absolutely refuse to teach them ir own pup: unless such are ‘bona fide’ members of the theatrical fession. Among these wrinkles are the methods of preventing contussion uge falls. “The chief secret, quite unknown to in the trick known as . inhaling while falling, ation of air, which enor- »s the body weight. t uhardt, Sir Henry Irving and Mr. Becerbohm ‘Tree all inflate; and no artist could otherwise fall nightly for hundreds of performances ious injury. So essential is inflation that in forthcoming na, in which an actor has to fall ym a house top to the solid stage floor, he will wear under his costume a complete suit of rubber, inflated with hydrogen s, a contrivance recently invented. Few people, by the way, e aware that here are several London tc y had opportu- uities of studying ‘falls’ from soldiers shot through the heart or head upon the battlefield. One is especially prom- inent, whose reali ‘death falls’ are the result of his observations in hot action in the Soudan and Zululand. fr. Charles Wyndham, too, when acting as a surgeon with one of the Confederate armies during the Ameri “an war of secession, and Mr. Charles Collette, who held a commission in the Prince of Wales’ Third ragoon Guards, have witnessed many impressive enes, While Mr. Pennington, a hero the famous Balaklava che Charles Benningham, who went through the Ashant M. Coquelin, the elder, who, with the late M. Marius, fought for France in | the Franco-P: jan war, have since | ence on the stage.” y Journal. English nes of Africa generation. speech of the abori ies with almost ev Has for a Fifth of a Century ared all forms of ... KIDNEY and LIVER DISEASES. THE DREAD BRIGHT’S ‘DISEASE Both c: if treated in time with Safe Cure. Large bottle or new style smaller one at your Cruggist’s. Ask for either and accept no substitute. Ruperfovt Pars IT IS A FALSE PLEA. MONEY LENDERS OF COUNTRY NOT PATRIOTIC, The History of the Past Weighs Them in the Balance and They Are Found Wanting — Constitutional Money Wanted. The patriotism of the bankers and moneyed men of the nation is frequent- ly alluded to as one of the reasons for much of the special legislation enact- ed to preserve and maintain the public credit. As a matter of fact the mon- eyed men of the nation have never as a rule displayed any patriotism. Those among them who went into the field against the enemy during the late un- pleasantness are exceptions. If they were drafted they sent a substitute. It is a matter of history that the men who lad money employed a horde of lobby- ists to besiege the national capital for the purpose of exacting the most ex- tortionate terms from the government in the hour of its need. The banks con- tracted to loan the government $150,000,000 in coin, and when they had furnished but $70,000,000 every bank suspended specie payment and insisted on the government taking their notes, and the most outrageous terms were demanded, even for this use of their credit. While the question was pending as to whether the government should is- sue legal tender treasury notes or in- terest bearing bonds with which to meet the expenses of the war, Mr. Spaulding made use of the following language: “But, sir, knowing the power of mon- ey, and the disposition among men to use it for acquisition of greater gain, I am unwilling that this government, with all its immense power and re- sources, should be left in the hands of any class of men, bankers or money Jenders, however respectable and pa- triotic they may be. The government is much stronger than any of them. Its capital is much greater. It has con- trol of all the banker’s money, and all the broker’s money, and all the prop- erty of all the thirty millions of peo- ple under its jurisdiction. Why, then, should it go into Wall street, State street, Chestnut street or any other street, begging for money? Thelr money is not as secure as government money. All the gold they possess could not carry on the government for nine- ty days. They issue only promises to pay, which if Congress does its duty, are not half as secure as United States treasury notes based upon adequate taxation upon all the property of the country. “why, then, go into the streets at all to borrow money? I am opposed, in our present extremity, to all shifts ef this kind. I prefer to assert the pow- er and dignity of the government, by the issue of its own notes, pledging the faith, the honor and property of the whole loyal people of the country to maitain their circulation and pro- vide for their redemption. The de- mand notes put in circulation would meet the present exigencies of the gov- ernment in discharge of its existing liabilities to the army, navy and con- tractors, and for supplies, materials, and munitions of war. These notes would find their way into all channels of trade among the people. * * * These circulating notes in the hands of the people would enable them to pay the taxes imposed, and would fa- cilitate all business operations be- tween farmers, mechanics, commercial business men and banks, and be equally as good as, and in most cases, better, than the present irredeemable circulation by the banks. se ® It was the influence of the wealthy class that “persuaded” the senate to attach the two exceptions to the green- back, and to provide for the payment of interest on bonds in coin. Senater Wilson realized the power and purposes of the moneyed men in that contest, and on page 789 of the Congressional Globe, 37th Congress, left these words on record: “{ look upon this contest as a con- test between the curbstone brokers, the Jew brokers, and the money changers, and the men who speculate in stocks, on one side, and the productive, toiling men on the other.” Thad Stevens, the great commoner, in opposing the “pernicious” amend- ments that discriminated between the soldier and the money lenéer, said: “I desire especially te oppose the amendments of the senate, which re- quire the interest on bonds,and notes to be paid in coin semi-annually, and | which authorize the secretary of the treasury to sell 6 per-cent bonds at the market price for coin to pay the in- terest. The treasury note bill, as re- ported first from the committee of ways and means as a necessary war measure, was simple and perspicuous in its terms, and easily understood. It was so plain that everybody could un- derstand that it authorized the issue of legal tender demand notes, to circu- late as national currency among the people in all parts of the United States. I am opposed to all those amendments of the senate which make unjust dis- crimination between the creditors of the government. A soldier or sailor who performs service in the army cr et is a creditor of the government. | manwho sells food, clothing and material of war forthe use of the army and navy is a creditor of the. govern- me!" The capitalist who holds your |». 7 S-av “ceasury notes, or your 6 per | months to sell bonds at the ‘market price,’ to purchase gold and silver in order to pay the interest ‘in coin,’ to the capitalists who now hold United States stocks and treasury notes here- tofore issued, and that may hold notes and bonds hereafter to be issued, while all other persons in the United States (including the army and navy and all who supply them with food and clothing) are compelled to receive legal tender treasury notes in payment of demands due them from the govern- ment. Why make this discrimination? Who asks to have one class of creditors placed on a better footing than another class? Do the people of New England, the Middle States, or the people of the west and northwest, or anywhere else in the rural districts, ask to have any such discrimination made in their fav- or? Does the soldier, the farmer, the mechanic, or the merchant ask to have any such discrimination made in his favor? No, sir no such unjust prefer- ence is asked for by this class of men. They ask for a national currency, which shall be of equal value in all parts of the country. They want a currency that shall pass from hand to hand among all the people in every state, county, city, town and village in the United States. They want a cur- rency secured by adequate taxation upon the whole property of the coun- try, which will pay the soldier, the farmer, the mechanic, and the banker alike for all debts due. “Who, then, are they that ask to have a preference given to them over other creditors of the government? Sir, it is a very respectable class of gentle- men, but a class of men who are very sharp in all money transactions. They are not generally among the producing classes—not among those who, by their labor and skill, make the wealth of the country, but a class of men who have accumulated wealth—men who are willing to lend money to the govern- ment, if you will make the securities beyond all question, give them a high rate of interest, and make it payable in coin. Yes, sir, the men who are ask- ing these extravagant terms, who want to be preferred creditors, are perfectly willing to lend money to the govern- ment in her present embarrassment, if you will only make them perfectly se- cure, give them extra interest, and put your bonds on the market at the ‘mar- ket price,’ to purchase gold and silver to pay them interest every six months. Yes, sir, entirely willing to loan money on theso terms! Safe, no hazard, se- cure, and the interest payable ‘in coin!’ Who would not be willing to loan money on such terms?” In closing the debate on this bill, Mr. Stevens said: “But now comes the main clause. Ali classes of people shall take these legal-tender notes at par for every ar- ticle of trade or commerce, unless they have money enough to buy United States bonds, and then they shall Le paid in gold. Who is that favored class? The banks and brokers and no- body else. They have already $250,- 000,000 of State debt, and their com- missioners would soon take all the rest that might be issued. But how is this gold to be raised? The duties and the public lands are to be paid for in United States notes, and they or bonds are to be put up at auction to get coin for these very brokers, who would fur- nish the coin to pay themselves by g ting 20 per cent discount on the notes thus bought. * * *” But instead of a discount of 20 per cent as predicted by Mr. Stevens, the bonds sold at a discount of 40 per cent. When Mr. Stevens finally returned frem the conference committee it is re- lated that he wept as he exclaimed: “We have had to yield. The senate was stubborn. We did not yield until we found that the country must be lost or the banks be gratified, and we sought to save the country in spite of the banks.” . How different with the men who shouldered their muskets and risked their tives for their country. They ask- ed no increase of pay for extra or haz- ardous risks. They had no lobby at the National Capitol begging or bribing congressmen to pass special bills in their favor. Yet these men who risked their lives upon the battlefield—many of them—are now called anarchists because they want to restore to its original place a part of the c-nstitu tional money—silver. Our National Ticket. The action of our national conven- tion, while not fully satisfactory to many of our voters, was nevertheless the result of deliberations conducted by as patriotic a band of people as ever assembled in a great national conven- tion. Ever since the day that Bryan was named at Chicago as the candidate of the Democratic party a tidal wave of enthusiasm has swept the country in his favor, and the impress of that fact was plainly evident on the delegates who represented the party at St. Louis, and the perplexing situation in which delegates were placed can scarcely be real by those who were not present, Those who are dissatisfied with the situation should be charitable and let a spirit of loyalty and patriotism pre- vail over every other impulse, The action at St. Louis was prompi- ed by a sense of conscientious patriot- igm; and the loyal populist can with perfect consistency abide their decis- ion and cast his vote for the ticket they named.—Chicago Express. ——————__ question is the para- ad the most important ‘Widney questicn is whe “don’t know wher they nd therefore want some dard, | Uniform Game Laws. The September issue of the Western Field ind Stream, published at St. Paul, Minn., {is noteworthy as presenting a practicable \scheme for the protection of the game of {the country, which we are inclined to be- | ‘leve offers a complete solution of this much vexed problem, and its senior editor, Mr. eae Hallock, who devised and formu- fated the scheme, has also the fullest en- forsement of all leading naturalists and sportsmen who have had an opportunity to examine it. Briefly, it contemplates divid- ing the entire territory of the United States, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, into two roncessions along the line of the fortieth parallel of latitude, or near it, for each of Which there shall be uniform laws and unl- form close time, the whole to be under the , and, what is of no small moment to the police surveillance of the National Assocla- Hon for the Protection of Game and Fish through its multifarious state auxiliaries. The close time for the Northern concession will be from Jan. 1 to Sept. 1, and in the Southern concession from Feb. 1 to Sept. 1, during which no shooting shall be allowed on any kind of game whatever, ex- tepting that woodcock and shore birds of the order Limicolae may be shet in August. The general close time for all kinds of Inland fishes, recognized as game fishes, to extend from Oct. 1 to June 1, excepting that Ashes of the order Salmonidae, including the trouts, may be caught in April and May. These close seasons conform very nearly to the distribution, habitat, and breeding seasons of tne various fauna which are sought to be protected; and where they do not, especial exceptions may be made, if deemed expedient. The laws which are to jJominate will inhere by legislative enact- ment; uniform in all the states, and co- operative throughout. Emergencies and bodily stress will always stand in plea for exemption from penalty for violation of the laws, when well proven. Mr. Hallock presents his arguments in a very logical and convincing manner, and he believes that it cannot be long before this salutary code will be in successful opera- tion, A Hundred Miles nn Hour by Elec- trie Car, An electrical engineer has been ex- hibiting in London the model of his proposed single-rail electric line for speeds of 150 miles an hour. The rail is fixed on a V-shaped trestle, and runs up into the body of the car, which, as it were, runs astride on it. The car runs on twelve bearing wheels and seats 185 passengers with space for their baggage. One of the difficulties net with in schemes for excessive high- speed travel is the tendency of the car to run off the track. By running the rail within the car the lateral tendency of the train is overcome. But in this late scheme the great difficulty seems to be tlfe passenger. What would hap- pen to the passenger when the train took a sharp curve while going at 150 miles an hour is not ¢ ined. You Are Not “Shaken Before Taken.” With malarial disease, but with prodigious violence afterwards, if you neglect Imme- diate measure of relief. The surest pre- ventive and remedial form of medication ts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, the potency of which as an antidote to miasmatic poison has been demonstrated for over forty s past. The liver, when disordered and con- gested, the bowels if constipated, and the kidneys if Inactive, are promptly aided by it, and it is invaluable for’ dyspepsia, ner- vous debility and rheumati Merely an Insinuntion, “l’ve a great story to tell you, boys, said a drummer to a group in the cor- ridor of the Lroquois, last night. “I don’t think any of you ever heard me tell it before.” “Is it really a good story?’ asked one of the party. doubtingly. “Tt certainly is.” “Then you haye never told it be- fore.” Hall's Catarrh Cure, Is taken internally. Price, T5c. They Help Their Husbands. Mrs. Haggard and Mrs. Hardy give much literary help to their husbands. The latter urged Mr. Hardy to forsake architecture for literature as a protes- sion. When he had written his first novel, “Desperate Remedies.” his wife copied out the entire work from his manuscript and sent it to the pub- lisher. As part of her work, she keeps herself well posted up on the litera- ture of the y, and ber husband con stantly draws from her knowledge. The works of Max O’Rell (M. Paul Blouet) were translated inte Euglish by his wife, who is the daughter of a Devonshire shipowrer. When a girl Mme. Blout learned French with great care, little thinking how useful the language would be to her afterwards, She is an excellent cock and a model hostess. Agents Wanted. The Home Life Insurance company of New York issues the mort attractive poll- cies of any old line company. The cash value and loaning privileges each year are plainly guaranteed in the policy. An ener- getic, live man, well acquainted, Is desired us a local agent. Special territory and liberal contract will be given. References required. Address or call on Fred F. Looms, general manager, 306-9 Pioneer Dress building, St. Paat. Their Failing. “Our statesmen,” yelled the orator, “are about to take steps——’ “You bet they’ll take ’em,” cried the professional cynic, “if they ain't nailed down.”Chicago Record. Insulted. Iabel is dreadfully vexed.” “What is the matter?” “Somebody asked her to read a paper at an old settlers’ meeting.”—Indianap- olis News. Geiger says that “all words are devel- sped from a few simple sounds.” Vauxhall Gardens, as a place of amuse- ment, was finally closed July 25, 1859. 1 English and Spanish in Mexico. It is my observation that Americans have not the lingual facuity. A Ger- man or Frenchman will pick up more Spanish in a month than an American | will in a year. I have met countrymen } of mine who have lived most of their lives here without acquiring it, but I! have never come across a foreigner | who could not make a good showing in a fortnight. Spanish, however, is a beautiful language, musical» and easy to learn. Its construction is simple, student, it is pronounced precisely as | written. An hour a day for six months should give a fair command of it to any young person of average intelli- gence. ‘The statesmen now directing the af- fairs of Mexico are alive to the impor- tance of languages. They have to deal with a people who love their language and are tenacious of custom, yet see- ing its importance to the nation’s com- merce, they have introduced the study of English into their schools, and Eng- lish is displacing French as the fas3- ionable language at the capital—Mex- | ican Herald. “Pop, what is inertia “Well, if you have it, it is pure lazi- ness; but if your mother has it, it is} nervous prostration.”—Chicago Record. 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