Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 26, 1896, Page 7

Le ations, in Dattid, Gey are the firse sensations of the attlefleld? Zolz, Tolstoi and Stephen pane have imagined them, and com- thing whizzed past me like a big blue- Dottle on the wing,” says Lieut. “Her- bert” of Pleyna fame, “and the current of air caused by its rapid passage touched my ear. Another—another. ‘All at once I realized that these were ‘the enrPiy’s byliets, and, horrible dictu, the .Q&covery ‘vrought on a sudden | Violet attack of cholera-like disposi- tion.” The passage may be compared hwith Zola’s description. “The now con- Stant hissing of the bullets, with their Sharp ping or buzz whispering around, and sometimes into us, gave me a Sickening feeling and a cold perspira- tion. sort of faintness and lack of strength Yin the joints of my legs, as if they would sink from under me. These Symptoms did not decrease when sey- eral of my comrades were hit,” says Mr. Lee Goss, a former private in the ‘Army of the Potomac. knows how he will behave. “No man,” Iam quoting Wilkeson’s stirring nar- rative, “really enjoys a battle. One has to string up his nerves and take | a firm grip ou himself morally, and hold himself in the battle-flames for a few moments until warmed to passion. The impulse is to run out of danger.” If the raw soldier is there and then led forward against the enemy, trial to hi than if he has to wait under a heavy shell and shrapnel fire to which he can make no reply. other case he will only hay dan- to think of. This w y, in the w: ST German soldier rushed impatiently against the French positiens. “The beat of the drum went before the thun- der of our guns, and our power was shattered by the fire of the foes’ un- shaken infantr He was anxious to end the period of tension, and to come | to hand-grips with his enemy. But he paid, and paid very dearly, tor his im- patiepce.—Portnightly Revigw. Buy the Best, They Cost No More. matin Star Fur Coats are made of soft, dur: i i full skirts to protect the i nteed for one year inst any defects. Ask your clothier for them and don’t let him talk any other make. St. Paul, Minn. Lanpher, Finch & Skinner The Fish of Florida, When the dweller in the North wants to go fishing in the winter or spring he comes to Florida as the Mecca of all lovers of the sport, and he is never dis- appointed in his success in angling. Tish of every variety are t obe had for the simple trouble of dvopping into the water a hook and line provided with the proper bait, and the man who can- not make a success of a fishing trip has not sense enough to carry on any other mission in life. But the people of Florida do not seem to realize the importance of the opportunity in this particular industry that lies before them. In no waters yn earth can the pompano be secured nm such quantity and such perfection | the Florida coast, and the same may be said of the trout, and many other varieties of table fish that are zommon food to our people, but rare lelicacies to other sections of the y. With the growth of refrig- lites in ‘yhich prov tself day bj Flori- Ai fisheries must become utions of national importance.—Jacksonville Times-Union. as on Demand for Dogs Decreasing. Dealers in dogs say that the denand far their stock has decreased rapidly. they declare that the woman who for- fondled puppies and terriers for mer amusement now devotes herself to her | bicy so enthusiastically that she has no leisure for dogs. The demand for large dogs has almost ceased, because the men who used to take them on their walks now ride a wheel, ‘and don’t want to be bothered with dogs. Several men who ride regularly on the boulevard are fo.lowed by dogs, but this hasn’t become a fad. A man who owns a kennell offered ‘to make me-a ; ent ofa St. sernard pup the other This fact of itself bears out the int of the dog dealers, for the breed 1€ ed me to choose from used to be quoted high here and elsewhere.—New York Letter. pr current at their full English coi ralue in Australia; notes are not—not even tank of land notes; but a sovereign is ; worth twenty shillings, and one shilling twelve-pence. One variety of the cricket has Its ears in hind 1 secured to every woman by the use of Sug 2 N women have been cured t by its use. Thy not You? A Purely Vegetable Preparation. A Remedy with a Remarkable Record. -ce bottle or new_stylé smaller vote aciste, Write for Medi- Seseeeeeees No one quite | the | nerves will be less Severe ! In the one case he | and occupied, in the I transportation, | i : Thousands of afflicted ' h wide collars to protect | j ‘ ly availed themselves of the opportun- | pitiable state of the family, and citi- zens of Dallas have taken steps to try |. There is not a town of any size in all ‘ou into buying | ' this means that there is not a town of | vour QUR CIVILIZATION atants fave written them. “Some-! some DAILY HAPPENINGS AF- FORD A TEXT FROM WHICH TO PREACH. if Christ Should Return to Earth Would He Defend the “Natural Law of Sup- ply and Demand” as Just and Proper— Logansport, Ind., special: Arnold Kister brought a load of garden prod- uce to town, and, being unable to sell it at a price which would pay for the | cost of raising it, hauled it to a grove I felt weak around my knees, & } i. - and dumped it out, where people glad- ity. Dallas, Tex., special: Mrs. James Billington was placed in jail here yes- terday charged with theft and burglary. Bhe was arrested 10 miles from the city by a party of farmers, who found her robbing the farmhouse of John Cook. In a camper’s wagon near by she had deposited a crate of young Berkshire pigs, several packages and other arti- cles of provisions. In the wagon was her husband in the last stages of con- sumption, with their two little chil- dren. Mys. Cook declared that she and her children were starving, her hus- band dying, and she had stolen because of their starving condition. Keen} sympathy has been aroused dyer the to save the woman from the peniten- tiary. Matter like that contained in the above two paragraphs is so common as to excite no comment as the world goes. And yet, short as they are, mild as they are—and they are as milk and water is to vinegar and vitriol in com- parison with illustrations that might be made of daily occurrences—they contain sufficient to effectively impeach our so-called Christian civilization. ‘ this mighty country which does not jcontain dozens of families who would not gladly avail themselves of the op- portunity to obtain free of charge the products of the farm, and that, too, not ‘because they wish to obtain something for nothing, but because they are really mable to get the things they ‘urgently need in any other way. And lany size in this mighty country which might not, under a very slight altera- tion of circumstances, produce its Mrs. James Billington stealing to keep life in the bodies of her helpless children and slowly dying husband. It is doubtful if more than two-thirds of the garden products of this country will find its way to market this year, not because its producers are a lazy, shiftless lot, who would rather sit around town and whittle the dry goods boxes and talk politics, than to take ‘the trouble to gather it and bring it to town, nor yet because there are not people enough to consu'me it all if they could get it, but simply because the in- fernal conditions existing in these clos- jing days of the nineteenth century are such as compel hundreds of thousands of human beings to suffer from hunger while a God-given abundance of the very same things they need is left to rot in the fields as though they were a curse instead of a blessing. Talk about “the law of supply and demand!” Say that this “great nat- ural law” is the regulator of human production and consumption! Bah, it’s a fraud as complete as any ever gener- ated in hell, a swindling pretense as cunning as any that ever robbed help- less humanity and heaped high the hoards of insatiable greed, a lying, in- competent god, the stupid worship of which is responsible for the condition of the thousands of farmer Kisters and Mrs. Billingtons, whom its heartless- ness seems to array as natural enemies! Supply and demand! Our farmers, un- der ‘God’s good providence, have cre- ated a grand “supply,” the citizens of our towns, under the long drawn-out rule of oppression which has steadily decreased their ability to meet their needs, have such a “demand” as they never had before; then why does this beneficent law not produce the effect which is said to be “natural” to it and at once relieve the distress of the Mrs. ‘Billingtons and reward the industry of the farmer Kisters? Simply because the theory that “demand and supply ‘regulate each other” is a game which ithe world’s sharpers have thus far suc- cessfully used in arraying one class of wealth producers against another to the end that the labor of both has been made to redound to the benefit of the few cunning wealth getters, Think of it, oh, ye astute statesmen who fiatter yourselves that it is be- cause of the scant supply of the kind of ability you profess that enables you | to draw from five to fifty thousand dol- dars per year from the world’s store- {house, so laboriously supplied by toil- ‘ing millions, whose annual wage is less {than three hundred dollars! Think of jit, oh, ye complacent merchant princes, (mighty railway magnates and Napo- eons of finance, who have no wish that ‘unlimited wealth can gratify unsup- iplied; and oh, ye silver-tongued ora- tors, skillful editors and God-inspired ipreachers, think of the starving Bil- ingtons and of that load of life-sus- setae produce dumped in a grove by |farmer Kister and realize in its full force the infernal lie you voice and pen nd preach when you talk about “the law of supply and demand governing he production of man!” Out upon you, ye glib-tongued talk- ers, smocth-flowing writers and melli- fluous utterers of honeyed phrases, who } for pretense make long prayers and de- widows’ houses! Who serve the devil in the white robe of Ch , pro- vided only that the stipend be such as | thou considerest meet for thy ability! | 4ogt realize that all is vanity! and that thou art a8 & whited sepulchre filled with dead men’s bones and all manner of uncleanliness. Go to, ye scribes and pharisees, hypocrites! If Christ should | return to earth would he preach the justice of the law of supply and de- mand, and in the presence of the little starving MBillingtons and sadly dis- couraged Kisters, proclaim that thou proclaimest? The question is an insult to the grandest life ever lived, to the truest, tenderest heart that ever throbbed! Should Christ return to earth and teach the same doctrine he taught in ancient Galilee, associating with the poor and spurning riches, gathering about him the penniless beggars, the blind and crippled paupers, scorning the silken-clad preachers of our many- hued millionaire built cathedrals, how long would it be before thou who stand- est in high places preaching the right- eousness of the law of supply and de- mand, would be rolling thine eyes in the direction of the ruling power and obsequiously asking, “What manner of man is this which goeth about speak- ing blasphemies?” How long would it be before the cross and crown of thorns would again be called into requisition? and what part would thou, oh, high . priest of the nineteenth century, play in the awful drama? ' BANKS HOARDING GOLD. Eastern Bankers Call Their Western Brethren to Time. Philadelphia American: When Han- nibal was encamped before the gates of Rome, the piece of ground occupied by his camp was put up for sale, and brought its usual price. In this way the Romans indicated their unshaken confidence in their final victory over the Carthagenians, even when they could not put an army into the field to face them. This kind of confidence seems to be very much wanting to the friends of the gold standard. They are not satisfied that they are going to win this year, and that the silver people will carry out their policy, so they are beginning to gather up and hoard the yellow metal, in the belief that it will go to a premium after No- vember. The banks of Kansas City have actually suspended gold pay- ments for this reason, and thus take their share in hoarding gold for fu- ture profit in selling it. The bankers of our eastern cities have wit enough to see that this policy , is pusillanimous and desperate. Be- | sides censuring their brethren in Kan- sas City, they have taken steps to re- | plenish the gold reserve of the Na- | tional Treasury by paying in gold and ' taking greenbacks in exchange. There is nothing very heroic in this proced- ure. These greenbacks are demand notes which can be converted into gold at the counter of the New York Sub- Treasury at any time. They are pay- able, indeed, in silver as well as gold, but as the treasury pays silver only to those who ask it, they are gold cer- tificates practically, and will be re- | deemed as such at any date before the | | next 4th of March, ‘On the other hand, this step is emi- nently politic. It will not do for the gold reserve to fall much below the limit of $100,000,000 fixed, without rhyme or reason, as that needed for the redemption of the greenbacks. If it fell te half that sum, and nothing happened, a sacred superstition of the monometallists would be shaken, if not shattered. Nor will it do for Mr. Car- lisle to make another bond issue before next November. This the organs of the monometallists frankly admit, would be ruinous to their cause. They thus concede that those issues of bonds to borrow gold were most distasteful not only to the silver people, but to voters whose support they count upon. | Yet, as soon as the election is over, we shall see Mr. Carlisle putting him- | self once more into the hands of the New York money lenders to increase - the national debt for the sake of mono- | metallism. Very naturally our creditors abroad and their agents in New York are in- terested, and are going to do their share. It is said that the foreign ban- kers are going to furnish sterling ex- change to the amount of 350,000,000 to $75,000,000, in order to check the ex- port of gold and obviate the need for ; a bond issue before November. This! is to be done, we are told, by the issue | of sixty-day bills, in the confidence that the tide of gold will set toward us be- fore two months have expired. That the bankers are willing to take such a risk is proof how great is the inter- | est of the foreign money-lenders in the maintenance of the gold standard. ' Honest Money for Pensioners. : In order to get the vote of the Grand Army veteran for the gold standard, a | great hullabaloo is being made about “honest money for pensioners.” When these pensioners were baring | their breasts to the Ieaden bullets of the Confederates, they were paid in greenbacks, worth their face value in national credit, but depreciated by! these hoarders of gold to 40 cents on, the dollar. These same gold men bought government bonds for 40-cent greenbacks, and then demanded pay- ment at 100-cents gold. Now they come and talk to the old soldiers about “hon- est dollars for pensions,” forgetting that these pensioners offered their lives for their country when gold owners conspired to put their pay at 40 cents on every dollar. It is a wonder that the old soldiers don’t offer to mob a scoundrel talking | “honest dollar” to them. in times of peace when their lives are not in dan- ger.—X. | During the “greenback craze” the plutes teld us that gold and silver was God’s money. Then they went and de- monetized half of it. “The Old Salt Doctor.” From the World-Herald, Omaha, Neb. Mr. William C. Hart, favorably known among his friends and acquaint- ances as “The Old Salt Doctor,” is probably the most familiar character in the vicinity of Twenty-fourth and Franklin streets, Omaha, Nebraska. Mr. Hart is now over 80. An interesting history of his recov- ery from a common malady follows: A little over five years ago I became afflicted with a malady, the name of which I do not know. My family have been troubled the same when they ar- rived at my age, cnd they said I was on the same road and that there was no cure for me. The symptoms were, dizziness, loss of memory, and an utter prostration of the nerves. The most no- table trouble was a swimming of the head, when I came in from a walk or Was out standing in the sun or doing any kind of exercise at all. When I would sit down, my head would swim and everything would dance before my eyes, and I would become so dizzy that I would have to hold to a chair to keep from falling; or if I were sitting down and got up suddenly, everything would whirl before me, and I would have to hold to the chair for some little time; a memory was so poor that it was dif- cult for iis to. remember si of my best friends, Ghis St4té of times Con faved fof about a year and a half, an pt getting worse and worse; I cowl not remember anything, and my head was in a constant whirl; everything swam before me so that life was really miserable. “On the recommendation of some friends, I went to my druggist, Mr. Shrader, on Twenty-fourth and Clark streets, and got a box of Pink Pills for trial, and after taking a few doses I began to feel the effects and found that they were doing me good. When the first box was gone I got another and another until I had taken four boxes and I was entirely relieved. And now, although my memory is not so good as it was forty years ago, it is greatly improved, and is better than many men’s memory that are much younger than I; my dizziness is entire- ly gone, and my nerves are strong as they were ten years ago, and Dr. Wil- liams’ Pink Pills did it too.” Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale now given to the public as g blood builder and nerve restorer, curing all forms of weakness arising from a watery condition of the blood or shattered nerves. The pills are sold by ali dealers, or will be sent postpaid on receipt of price, 50 cents box, or six boxes for $2.50 (they are never sold in bulk or by the 100), by addressing Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y. A False Report. Birmingha:u—I hear that young Mr. Hilltop is studying for the ministry. Manchester—That must be a false re- port. “Some one certainly told me that be was a divinity student.” “That may be. The pretty Miss Northside is the divinity, and h rery faithful in his attendatce.”—Pitts- burg Chronicle-Telegraph. All First Class Clothiers Have Them, If your clothier does not have the cele- brated North Sta 2 and will not order one for you, write Lanpher, Finch & Skinner, St. Paul, and they will inform you where you can get one. Remember, they are guaranteed; if they prove defective they will be repaired without charge. Trained Down, Wickshire—You seem to he pretty ined since you gut your wheel, and yet I never see you riding. Mudge—I don’t have to ride. It keeps me thin worrying about the payments. —Indianapolis Journal. Agents Wanted. The Home Life Insurance company of New York issues the most attractive poli- 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 as a local agemt. Special territory and Uberal contract will be given. References required. Address or call on Fred F. Loomis, general manager, 306-9 Ploneer Press building, St. Pant Liberal, Dealer—I want you to understand just what this parrot is; I admit that he will swear, Customer—That’s all right; I don’t want a parrot that is any better than I am.—New York Town Topics. A Singular Form of Monomania. There is a class of people, rational enough In other respects, who are certainly mono- maniacs in dosing themselves. They are constantly trying experiments upon thelr stomachs, their bowels, their livers and their kidneys with trashy nostrums. When these organs are really out of order, if they would only use Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters they would, if not hopelessly in- sane, perceive its superiority. A Growing Field, Brown--I see that over 160 new doc- tors were added to the profession last night. I wonder what they will all do? Smith—Get people excused from jury duly.—Brocklyn Lif In 90 years the Spanish speaking people of the world have increased from 26,190,000 \ to 42,800,000. I know that my life was saved by Piso's Cure for Consumption.—John A. Miller, Au Sable, Mich., April 21, 1895. “Some naturalists say that no Insects ex- cept the silk worm feed upon the leaves of | the mulberry. ITS stopped free and permanently cured. No phate gt ayes use of Dr. Kline’sGreat Nerve Restorer, Free $2 trial bottie and treatise. Send to Da. King, 931 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa, A New Haven young lady has a remark- able throat. She has a whistling larynx, and can whistle without the use of her lips. Few cases of this kind are ever known. The first Roman Catholic camp meeting held in America opened at Atlantic High- lands July 29, 1882. Patents Issued. List of patents issued this week; to Northwestern inventors: Peter J. Caesar, Duluth, Minn., com- bined cigar cutter and lighter; James S. Holt and W. W. Eldred, Seattle, Wash.. suspenders; William H.Knautz, Blue Earth City, Minn., display device; Homer S. Smythe. Woonsocket, S. D., Buggy wrench; William J. Woods, Min- neapolis, Miun., dough kneader; John E. Paul, Pipestone, Mont., (trade-mark) mineral waters and medicinal prepar- ations centaining the same; Chris Knudson, Port Townsend, Wash., (de- sign) guitar. T. D. Merwia, Patent Lawyer, 910, 911 and 912 Pioneer Press Building, St. Paul, Minn. An aluminum boat for sportsmen’s use has been made. It weighs but thirty pounds, is fourteen feet long and will carry two people. If the Baby ts Cutting Teeth. Bo sure and use that old and well-tried remedy, Mns. WissLow’s Sootnine Syeur for Children Teething. It is said by Hebrew scholars that the same word in ancient Hebrew signified blessing or cursing. T. Hewitt Key, and many other writers on the subject, attribute the invention of language to Adam. Ua's Catarrh Cure. . Is a constitutional cure. Price, T5c. The German and Spanish languages are remarkable for one fact that every letter has a uniform sound. Saved the Expenses, “Did you tip the stewards when you were coming back from Europe, Mi- serly?” No. The vessel did enough tipping for all of us.”—Detroit ree Press. Out of Gear. First Jerseyite-I’m afraid my lawn mower is ruined. Second Jerseyite—Why? First’ Jerseyite-A mosquito got caught in it—Detroit Free Press. A Great Torpedo Confilet. During the visit of the members of parliament to Portsmouth a naval offi- cer told an amusing story of last year’s naval maneuvers. While the warships were stationed in Lough Foyle there was an alarm of a torpedo attack at night. Instantly the guns opened fire and blazed away at the torpedo boat. The next morning the admiral request- ed each captain to send in a repert of the number of torpedo boats he had seen and the quantity of ammunition he had expended. The reports were in- teresting Some officers had seen six torpedo boats, some four, others three and others two. Only one captain de- clared that he had seen no torpedo boat and had fired no shot. The cihers, however, had used an enormous quan- tity of amunition. It turned eut that there had not been a torpedo boat within thirty miles of the lough, and the torpedo boats seen from the ships were in truth a single coal barge.—Lon- don World. There were in 1801 230,000 pe: United States who spoke Frenc! now over 1,000,000. That Pleasing - — Paralyzing Pie! How good it looks! How good it is!........ And how it hurts. Why not look into the question of Pill after Pie? Eat your pie and take Ayer’s Pills after, and pie will please and not paralyze. AYER’S. Cathartic Pills CURE DYSPEPSIA. ons in the there are __> AND Loan an = CONSION YouR Grain Tt YOU 90 qo OF IT: FOR 20 oars (0 US AND WE WiLL STORE IT FREE 6 de INTEREST. VALUE AT KON ON NINN SOMOS EOE exceedingly fine quality. 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