Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, November 21, 1896, Page 4

Pore teen rae ae cneereneeey * Grand ‘Rapids TheratdeMReview Published Every Saturday. cE Ne TWO DOLLARS a YEAR IN Six Months ....,$1,00 | Three Months. | immense pecuniary value; and by so doing, restricts the liberty of all other citizens. This is monopoly” The president then followed up his | message by giving eight diflerent and good reasons why he vetoed the meas- | ure, too jong to enumerate here. Iv jdisplayed throughout marks both of Entered in the postomiee at Grand Rapids| ability and earpest. conviction—the Minnesota. as secoud-clas8 matter Dispatch. shall What seed was sown on election day, Noy. Uhe har and as surely as seed time and bar- vest will come io as surely will there be consumimat The victor: tinue to prosperit reaping aS of the election of 1896. | tell us that we shall con-/ have and | . The Dispatch ag with replying that we shail | honest ind of woney | »bie en- | veland, | € kedly dishonest money on the face of the earth, en- riching the rich and impoverishing | the poor, enabling the creditor to} rately steal from the debtor in the name of the Jaw, and by magnify- ing money. under processes which dwarf the products of man and the spirit of American manhood. ‘I'he Dispatch also replies that we shall have the same kind of sprosperity under Mr. McKinley that we have had previous to his election, which is that kind of good times that makes the rich richer aid the poor poorer. Those who are today rejoicing in the election of a gold standard presi- dent of the United States and in the defeat of bimetallism are telling the world that the mines will immediate- ly open and pour forth their hidden wealth; that the wheels and the spindles will turn; that the anvils and hammers wili be beard; that the saws will bu: that the lathes will swing; that blast furnaces will glow, and that a thousand other imple- ments of industrial activity will be applied, and that all these will unite in giving forth the wealth of Ameri- can resources in available forms; nay, they even tell us that because of the gold standard Repuplican rule the soil will respond more liberally to the touch of the husbandmen, and that the Almighty, who has promised that the seed time and the barvest shall not fail, will see to it that His cove- nant is more abundantly fulfilled dur- ing the ensuing four years than ever before. The Dispatch is ready to concede all thisand add much more of the same intent thereunto. This paper will go further, and it here and now declares, in pursuance of this argu- ment, that in all probability the next four years will be the most productive of wealth in the history of this orany other land. There are many reasons which might be cited in proof of this expectation. The supply of almost everything is exhausted, and if the were nothing more than the natural wants of man back of this declaration it would be realized. But remember, the prosperity that is before us will be even more jug- handled than that which we have left behind. The intelligent advocate of the restoration of silver never stated by pen or mouth that there would be no prosperity under a con- tinuation of the gold standard. But what he did say, and what The Dis- patch is that there never can be any prosperity for the masses of the American people under the single gold standard. We have admitted that the prosperity of the country is likely to be greater for the few than during any previous admin- istration, but wo declare that under the same unalterable law, the poverty of the ma: s must be greater. now reaflirms, ANDREW JACKSON'S SPIRIT. The present contest of the masses, led on by William Jennings Bryan ugainst the organized national banks, is muck uilar in kind to the fight Andrew Jackson carried on against the United Stat bank and branches over 60 years ago. A little review of history will un- doubtedly be of interest at this time; for the objections raised to the re- chartering of the United States bank in 1832 applies with equal foree—why congress should not now extend the vicious national bunking system of today. The bill rechartering the United States bank passed the senate on the 1th y of June, 1832, by a vote of 28 to 29, and the house oa the | 3d day of July, the same year by a vote of 109 to 76. It was presented to} the president, Andrew Jackson, on the 4th day of July and by him re- turned to congress, vetoed on the 10th day of the same month. The message accompanying the! vetoed bill was one of the longest and most adroit ever sent to congress by a president. The obj raised by the president to the renewal of the bank charter may be summed up in one word, and that word is monopoly. “Here,” said President Jackson, “is a certain smail body of men, up- on whom the government has bestow- ed, and by the genewal bill proposes to continue, exclusive previliges of its vest be? The|of we ular order, just | the ‘economy message finally concluded with the following admirable words: “Distinctions in society will aiways [exist under every just government. | Equality of talents, of educotion, or lth, cannot be produced by human institutions. In the full en- joyment of the gifts of heaven and fruits of superior industry, and yirtue, every man is equally entitled to protection by law. But when the laws undertake to add to these natural and just advantages artificial distinctions, to grant titles, gratuities, and exclusive ‘privileges, to make the rich richer and the potent more powerful, the bumlle members of society, the farm mechanics and laborers, who have neither the time nor the means of securing like favors to themselves have a right to; Complain of the injustice of their | government. Many of our rich men have not been content with equal | protection aud equal benefits, but | have besought us to make them richer by act of congress. It is time to pause in our career, to review our principles, and, if possible,revive that devoted patriotism and spirit of com- promise which distinguish the sages of the evolution aud the father of our nation.” ‘This message settled the fate of the United States bank. It came with | convincing power upon a majority of | the people of the United States. If President Cleveland’s proposition to extend more special privileges to the national banks is seriously con- sidered by congress, AndrewJackson’s | message will rise ‘rom the grave, in | the volume of presidential messages, where iv sleeps forgotten, to crush the proposition.—H. D. Stoker, Jr., in Penny Prees. and Be winter caps at 25 Itasea Mereantile Co. Men’s cents. A WYMENEAL MISMAL. The Mride Went Through the Ceres mony Under Diiliculties. All wedding ceremcnies do not go off as smoothly as that of Miss Mae W. Clemmons and Ezra Twitchell Shedd, who were married night before last at Mr. Shedds resize. o28 Forest avenue, and arreyus of this fact, in the course of the evening the Rey. Simon J. McPherson, who offi- | ciated, telis of a bride’s affliction in |} the following amusing story: “It was a very swell wedding. Just as the bride had reached the altar she f that something connected with the waistband of her Skirts had given away. It was an appalling mo- ment. In anticipation cf departing for the East immediately after the i donned two warm 1 silk one and a little of these two had “4s at a loss to con- veive, In an agony of apprehension she lowered her hk a hide the color w: face, and while she extended one hand to receive the ring which was to change her, at the teuch of an en- rs wand, frem Miss to Mrs., ed the other fightly against ber waist in hopes to avert the ex- pected catastrophe. Thus, holding her hand in the same position, she proceeded down the le beside her husband, experiencing, as she told an intimate friend, tLe tortures of the damned. By the time she had reached her carriage she had lost con- trol cf the pettico She stepped in an? :t fe}! at her feet. She kicked it und ne £60 nd burst into tears.” “Which pettice s ity’ asked an sn ed lady a . “it was the little flannel one.”—Chi- ergo Dispatch. SEEING THE POPE. Days and Places Where Visitors Aré Allowed to See Him, “How can I see the pope?” is one of the first questions asked by many vis itors for the first time in Rome. On the seventh day of February is the anniversary of the death of the late pope, when a requiem mass is cele- brated by Leo XIII. or by a cardinal officiating for him in the Sistine chapel and is the greatest function of the year at the Vatican, the pope al ways celebrating the mass. To be present is a great treat, the pope being carried in his chair on a platform sur- rounded by his Swiss guard, cardinals, bishops ard cth wearing his tiara rnd blessing the people as he passey through the crowd. The bestowal of hats on the cardinals recently created, and the ceremony of the beautification of new saints, these are the few fune- tions at whicu those who have been able to obtain tickets have the privi- lege of seeing the holy father. In at- tending any of these functions, ladies must be in black, with veils on their heads, no gloves; gentlemen in fuli dress suits, no outer garments or hats allowed in the chapel. Those persons who have influence with a cardina: can sometimes ebtain the privilege of being present at the private chapel, which holds about fifty persons, on a Sunday morning when the pope cele- brates the mass. After the mass a few reeeive the holy communion from the holy father, then a priest cele- brates mass, fmmediately after whick ose who have received the holy com. munion are received in turn by his holiness, kneeling before him and re- ceiving his blessing. He holds a shor’ conversation with each person, and is very kind. The ceremonies are al) im charge of the master of the Camere, throngh whom tickets are obtained.— Churchman. | Hence it is that if electri ASCE SiC aN EXPOSING POISONERS. Wonderfal Work of the Chemical Analyst. Though the dream of the ancient al chemist of transmuting base metals into nobler ones has never been real- ized, the chemist of this era can ac- complish marvels that almost surpass belief. The skilled toxicologist, reveals ‘the presence of polsons, ofren when enly faint traces exist, by removing them from their surrovndings, with solvents, requiring hours, days and sometimes weeks for the separation; exciting them to form combinations with other elements, he causes them to appear in solid liquid or gaseous con- ditions. Many of them he arrays in yaried colors, or in erystalline shapes, seen distinctly by the achromatic or apochromatic lenses of the microscope. Others he volatilizes in flame, and he views their cae snes vapors through the prisms of the spectroscope. Brilliantly tinted and sharply defined lines in focalities accurately noted, re- yeal the existence of metals so trifling in quantity that they elude measure- ment by the balance, with all its mod- ern refinements, and so small that the human brain can scarce imprison the thought of their minuteness. Te take one example: Suppose the finger is wetted with a drop of saliva | and touched to a salt of lithium, and the adherent white powder is placed on the tongue and then swallowed. After the lapse of a few minutes, on drawing a clean platinum wire over the forehead or any part of the skin, then placing it with its traces of moist- ure in a Brunsen flame in front of the narrow slit of the spectroscope, an ob- server, looking through the little tele- scope of the instrument, will see for a fraction of a second the bright-col- ored red and yellow lines character- istic of lithium. The soluble salt has passed through the entire circulatory system of the body, and its presence is announced in the perspiration!—R. Ogden Doremus in the Forum. Vegetation and Electric Mluming tion. The truth about the effect of the elec tric illumination upon vegetation is gradually being disentangled from the records of a large number of experi- mentalists. It appears te have been conclusively demonstrated that electric illumination exercises a favorable influ- ence on the germination of seeds, and promotes the lengthening of leaves and stems in herbaceous plants. Under glass the light greatly accelerates from your happy ecuntenance that you plants to assume a more intepsely green tint. The structure is at first strongly differentiated, but prolonged ¢xposure acts deleteriously in this direction. It would scem that it has been the cus- tom to use the light much too lavishly for gardening purposes; ard, just as a toc free use of liquid manure and chemical stimulants will do more harm than good to the growth of plants, too much electric illumination sas an effect upon vegetation similar to darkness; it tends to retard hi hy development. ‘ity is to find any useful applicaticn in gardening, tay, in forcing plants for the early markets, it must be used cauticusly. The plants must not be siriply “drench- ed” with light, any more than they should be drenched with water continu- olly; but used under intelligent guid. ance and in moderation, the effect of the highly stimulatiug rays of the elee- tric light will probably prove distinctly advantageous. A Sun Furnace, Sir Henry Bessemer, the well knowr Inventor of the steel, process whick bears his name, tells how be tried te ecustruct a “sun furnace” end failed His invention was intended to revolu tionize not only the science of metai- lurgy, bat the whole world. It was to attain a temperature of pearly 60,000 deg. and therefore fuse anything and everything, and Sir Henry puts the blame of its failure to fulfill these expectations on the stupidiiy of a ecoun- try lens maker.- The “sun furnace” consisted of a wocden building 35 feet and about 12 feet square. A few feet from the greund was fixed a large inclinable mirror for catching the of the sun; from this mirror the rays were to be reflected cn a number of powertul superimposed lenses above, which by a simple ar fo throw the enorme tays upon whatever object mi in the crucible below. Such was the nighty plan, but the manufacturer of the upper glasses Lrought it miserably to naught, for instead of turning them out uniform he made them all different, and thus spoiled the focus. Siv Henry was sc disgusted and disheartened that he refused to go over the ground again, and so the pretentious scheme lapsed, but the peculiar furnace remains te this day a remarkable monument of what might have been. w How Miners Live in Chill, The truth of the old adage, “What's one man’s meat is another 1an‘s pois- on,” is most conclusively ‘proven in the varied testimony which from time to time crops up from all carters of the earth as to the adaptability of the hu- man race to the most contradictory an¢ inconsistent dietetic conditions. Flesh eating people think that vegetarians ar. fools, and the latter regard the fermer very often as very little better thai criminals. The discussion on this sub ject is perennial, and still people live and thrive on both diets. Another wai’ of evidence on the vegetarian side hac found its way from Chili, where the 9,000 or 10,000 worknien in the coppe. mines live upon wheaten bread, har! cots, dried figs and buckwhest cakes Meat eating is exceptional, and is look ed upen as a very inferior and unwiss proceeding. The miners nre_ strong, anaemia is unknown among them, and it is stated that they would be among the finest specimens of humanity were it not that they give themselves up te alcohvlic excesses three or four times a week, and conseguently are subject tu fevers aud liver diseases. The experi- ment of giving them.meat in place of a purely vegetable. diet has been tried with the resuit that they did less work; many of im were cousiderabiy debil- itated, and from choice went back te thoir graiss, fruit amd black bread. THE MAGNETIC STROMSTADTS, They Drank Iron Water and Were Magnetized by Light: ra A remarkable story comes from the upper Yakima. Two years ago Mr. Peter Stromstadt located on a piece of land near what is now known as Barox Springs, his family consisting | of his wife and two children. A few days after his settlement Mr. Strom- stadt discovered a spring close to the shack he had erected, the water of which was strongly impregnated with iron, but was not unpalatable. Mr. £tromstadt dug out and deepened the spring, and since July, 1893, the fam ily have used the water for all domes tic purposes. On the night of April 2 a heavy elec- trical storm passed over the Cascades, accompanied by vivid displays of ligntning. The following morning Mrs, Stromstadt, while kindling the fire in the stove, found it almost impossible to separate the stove lifter from her haad. He« husband, hearing her call, ran to her assistance, when, to his sur- prise, he found that he, too, experi- enced great difficulty in detaching any article of iron with which his hands came in contact. Breakfast was finally prepared and the family sat down to the meal. Tne children, two girls of five and seven years, drank their milk from tin cups, and upon reising their cups to their lips found themselves unable to detach the cups from their mouths. Mr. Stormstadt, who is an intelligent immigrant from Sweden, was nonplussed, nd while un: account for the wonderfu nes, nevertheless laughed at his wife's ex- cited declarations that the family were bewiched. Mr. Stromstadt has written a friend in town. He says that the small bed on which the chil- dren sleep is upon roller casters and that in the morning the bed invariably pointed north and south, the bed be- ing a little to the east of north. The case in one of the most remarka- ble on record. A member of the Academy of Sciences, to whom the cir- cumstances were related, states that the Stromstadt fa.nily have become saturated with iron, which was ren- dered magnetic by the passage of elec- tricity from the clouds to the earth during the storm on the night of Apri 2; and they are actual human magnets —sacoma Daily News. OIL ON THE WATERS. An Automatic Machine Operated by the Rolling Waves. A simple device for distributing oil on rough water is meeting with adop- tion among British ship cwners. The arrangement is practically automatic, taking advantage as it does of the rise and fall of the vessel to create an air pressure, by means of which the oil is foreed from the reservoir and mixes with the sea. Briefly, a tank is placed in a convenient pesition at the fore or after end of the vessel, above the water line, and is about three parts filled with oil, the remaining space acting as an air reservoir. In connection with and passing through this tank is a tube, the lower end of which is carried as far down as pos- sible, and is open to the sea, the upper part being fitted with an air valve to admit of the air pressed up by the column of water passing into the re- serycir, In connection with the maia tube an aGditional air tube is fitted immediately under the water line which, when the vessel rises, admits air into the main tube, and by means of a valve prevents its escape. The air is acted upon by the column of math tube by the pitching of the ves- sel, and a pressure of five to six pounds can easily be obtained, which, acting upon the air stored in the re servoir, ejects the ofl through the dis- tributing pipes to the sea.—London Invention. Grim Highlanders, My father had no end of anecdotes about our ancestors, parts of which I remember, though I was only a school foom child of under fourteen when I ueard him relate them. I was, how- ever, old enough to feel keenly inter- 2sted in them. One story that im- pressed me very much was related to account for the origin of the Clan Macintyre. A party of Macdonells on cne occasion were out in a boat, when a knot of wood sprang out, causing a serious leak; whereupon one of the party stuck in his finger to fill the hole, and then cut it off with his dirk, thus saving the lives of the whole party. From this cireumstance his de seendarts were caled the Macintyres, or Sons of the Carpenter. Another story which I heard my father tell relates to the bloody hand which appears in our coat of arms. A doubt having arisen as to which of two brothers a certain estate belonged, {t was agreed that he whose fiesh and blood should first touch the property was to be regarded as the rightful owner. Accordingly the two young men started in two boats for the land in question. One of them, seeing that he was losing the race, when near the shore pulled out his dirk, cut off his hand and threw it on land, thus es- tablishing his right to the property, as his flesh and blood had touched it first -—-Blackwood’s Magazine. Combined Fish and Snake Story. A Barberton man who goes to church regularly was one day walking along the banks of Concession creek, {n Bechuanaland, eating a sandwich, nad on account of the usual disparity between meat and bread he threw the redundant piece into the water. Im- mediately a swarm of yellow fish bubbled around it, fighting for the mouthful. The man searched his pock ets for fishing tackle, but all in vain. and he was just beginning to give up tn despair when his eye lighted on & blacksnake. At that moment he re- membered how his father used to tei him that blacksnakes were very ex: pert in catching fish. He therefore grabbed the reptile by the tail, carried it to the river and held it over the struggling fish. 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