Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, December 12, 1896, Page 4

Grand Repics Herais-Review Published Every Saturday. By E. C. KIL TWO DOLLARS A YEAR ADVA $1.00 | Three Months... Six Months Entered in the postofMee at Grand Rapids A VERSATILE Dé Tue fact that President Cicvean {a svon to retire from executive power WAGES NOT DVAGCED. shows forth quite plainly in his mes- sage to ress, Lt contained’ | prices of glass have been raised 33 small proportion of such catchy phra-| per cent according to the reports of ses us those with which his public tbe meeting of the glass trust but documents have bristled. He brought | the wages of the glass workers have tho At oand Cnban questiots | boon left where they were. Par- well into the front in full re dup was graciously exteuded to the that the brotherhood of would welcome and commend any utterance that offers a peaceful balm to the victims of persecutiou and op- ; pression, He modestly shelved the Venezula incident witha brief para- graph—placed it among the archives, as it were. recent financial and diplomatic his- tory of the nations and now ( Armenia present the most probable means of arousing patriotic feelings | inthis country when, in the near future, the opportunity to have more bonds issued may arise. The presi- dent’s remarks upon the tariff quesion are worthy of the most carefui atten tion from eyery citizen and no trac Democrat can well afford to ig e the tariff section,” “His views upou the retirement of. paper reiterated. They will meet with po little opposition: and his referetices to anking are in line with the banker's idea of “sound financial method. The meagre review of the financial questions wust be disappointing to many readers especially to those who incline to the belief that retirement of curreacy would result in further contraction thereof. The side issues of department reports and a bit of buncome about the trust: will gain attention in their respective channels but the two small para- graphs that conclude the message furnish the t of a policy of econo- my io public affairs that is worthy of more than passing notic NO SURRENDER. The first duty of.the hour is for the | jndépendent silver men to reach out to the international bimetallists, and, without surrendering an inch of their own position, to. urge them to stand firmly against the gold standard.’ In Congress the silver men of all. grades might unite in resolution declaring that the result of the electiun isa command from the people to: move strongly foran international agreemeat. No matter how much we are convinced of the | insincerity of the leaders who made the coinage plank at St. Louis, what jwe want todo isto detach their fol- lowers from these masked goldbugs. This can be done by constantly fcr- ving the issue. Compel the Republi- cans to vote for cr against their own St. Lonis platform. Compel them tv vote yes or no on resolution denounc- ing the gold standard except: as g@ temporary makeshift.— Knight- Wate @ FRONT RANK. The Denver Times has the follow- ing analysis of the leadershipt of Con- gressman Towne, as associated with Mr. Bryan, based on Mr. Towne’s lecture in Denver, following the Bryan reception: “It is the presence in the silver party and the association with the bimetallic cause of such men. as Mr. | Towne that embarrasses the gold men and deprives them of their ever elastic faith that national crime mnust sooner or later be punished. Mr. ‘Yowne is a fair type of the earn- est, soundly -convnced, and cogently forceful advocate, who isin the lead of the silver movement. mustered his subject, and he know: that he has a subject that will event- nally and inevitably master those | who are now opposing it, and who temporarily are in the position of triumph. Neither Mr. yoters with him expect to base their progress on other grounds than that of right, reason, and demonstrated fact. There is something whdlesome about the entire bearing of Mr. Towne, His voice is «strong, full timbered, eloquent and clear. His hearing js dignified, graceful and manly. His countenanceis straight- forward and suggests keen and incis- ive vision pnd iaccurate conception. In delivery he follows ains of nought that are miles an@ miles y from the hackneyed and aceept- ed standards of argument. He brings his subject. before hearers as ‘if it were fresh from new and unexplored fields, and he fills. it with a patriot- ism and a vigor that is unmistakable and unerring inits effect, Mr. Towne is a yonng man,but in his youth he demonstrates the unceasing youth of a righteous cause. He is an adequate and able assistant to the Nebraska leader, and he will be listened to with respectful attention during the It played its part in the, a aud | imoney are | He has Towne sor | any of those who are leaders and | Imperfect Page fouryears’ campaign that has now set in.” F 'To which the Times adds. regard- ing Colorado’s fut. re course toward bimetallism; ‘‘Atcer listening to Mr. Towne, and after having. the op portunity of showing to Mr. Bryan i their loyaletfection, Colorado people | y to assure all friends of bi-! | metallism that they will be found as | ictive aud determiued in their efforts for all the future as they have been since the early days of the ’60s.” smaller concerns which had previously heid out, and kept out of the combine, in consideration of the fact that they were now coming in. Thy will establisb beadquarters and will buy the product of each factory as fast as | made, each factory to have a quota of stock in the ratio of its capacity to the whole. The sales corporation willown and sell the goods at the price established. Furthermore it, was voted not to-require the ‘small rus coming in, and which have been kept running, in spite of the trust hitherto, to close down fora ays further, said to be the 14th | cone in order to limit the out- ss ot the men employed by them, aod their families. As to wages, no action was takan, but it was stated in private conver- sation that there would be no incrase in wages until the Dingley bill goes tbrough. As the Dingley bill is not to go through, wage increase goes | glimmering, notwithstanding the 33 per cent increase of prices. Holiday £xcursion Rates. The Saint Paul and Duluth R. R. li sell round trip excursion tickets etween all stations on December 24th, 25th, 31st, 1896 and January Ist, 1837 at very low rates. These tickets will be good for. | going passage ouly on the date of sale aud will be good for return trip on jany date to aud including January 14th, 1897. For tickets, time cards. rates of fare or other particulars apply to any Ticket Agent of the St. Paul & Du- luth R. R. or to W. A. Russell, |G. P. A., St. Paul. ‘The Fountain House, Conest Home Hotel iri Itasca County. Corner Leland ave. and Fourth St. Grand Rapids ‘Gand Rapids Shoe Shop Two Beors South of the Post Office. FIRST CLASS Drivers’. and Gruisers’ Boots Made on short notice. Ladies’ and Gents’ Dress Shoes Made to Order. REPAIRING NEATLYDONE Call and See Me. 1 WwW. B. HOLMAN. ——— 24 pages Five cents. Che Only Free Silver, ‘eeCartoon Paper ONE YEAR - - $1.00 | TEN NUMBERS - .650 SUBSCRIBE AT ONGE Address UP-TO-DATE, Chicage Mention this paper. Information ‘that informs é if you are going East—or South | —and want to know what the tri will cost, when you will reach your destination, and why you | should take ‘The Burlington”’ to Chicago, Peoria, St. Louis and Kansas City, write to W. J. C. Kenyon, G. F. & P. A., St. Paul, Minn, and you will receive by re- turn wail a letter telling JUST | BXACTLY what you want to know. Reclining Chair Cars— | seats free; Pullman Compartment * and Standard Sleepers: Dining. up—the combination makes com-' | fort sure, and it will SUIT YOU" Cars, serving meals from 25 cents .:|” RED UNIFORMS. British Imvestigators Ciatm That They Are Not Specially Danger- ous, : -The scarlet unifom of the British in- fantry has been greatly criticised in recent years, chiefly on the ground that it exposes the men to needless danger by disclosing their whereabouts to the enemy. The objection taken to the scarlet, however, is groundless, and scientific reasons are given why the prevailing color is for all purposes the most suitable that could be selected: In the first place, scarlet affords the best ‘attainable protection against the extremes of heat and cold to which soldiers are liable to be exposed. The darker the color protecting a warm body the more rapidly radiation pro- ceeds. White would be the best color to reduce radiation to a minimum; but white is barred by other considera- tions, as are also all the grays.. Scar- let or red comes midway between white and black or other dark colors, while with reference to protection from the sun scarlet takes a far higher place than any of the blues, greens or drabs and other shades often used for mill- tary clothing. Yellow or orange is excluded because these colors are particularly couspicu- ous at.a long distance. Although scar- let or red is more conspicuous than gray, when the sun shines directly on the troops it blurs on the sight, and is consequently more difficult to hit. With existing rifles the actual result of a fight is usually decided at a-dis- tance just outside the effective range of the weapons. This distance lies be- tween 600 and 800 yards. Nearer than that it is impossible to close without replying to the enemy’s fire, and as soon as the return fire whistles about the defenders’ heads the possibility of aiming rapidly and accurately de- creases, Therefore, from this point of view, it is unimportant whether the object to be hit is conspicuous or not, but from a@ moral point of view it is a serious consideration. Within 700 yards each subsequent advance is conditioned by fire-superiority already achieved; the defenders are shaken; the time for counting heads is past, and the mental impression conveyed by the sight of the assaulting troops becomes the main point. It is a distinct advantage that our men should bulk large in the decisive stages of an encounter ,and there is no color which enables them to do this so effectively as scarlet. On the whole, therefore, every scientific considera- tion justifies the retention of scarlet as the best uniform for our troops.—Pear- son’s Weekly. Strange Timidity im Horses. Young horses can be led up to a sack lying on the ground and induced to pass it by letting them smell it and find out that it really is a sack, and not the Protean thing, whatever it may be, which illusion conjures up. for them. 3 Once the writer saw a very quick and pretty instance of experiment by touch made by a frightened pony, It was being driven as a leader ina pony: tandem, and stopped short ‘in frost of where the rails of a steam tramway crossed ‘the roa1 the road. ‘It ‘first smelled the near rail, and then quickly gave it two taps with its hoof. After this is was satistied and crossed the line. On the other hand, a donkey al- ways tries to jump the shadows of: tree trunks on the road, though a sithilar experience of touch would have shown were as unreal as the tram rail was unsubstantial. Lastly, no horse which has ofce™ knocked its head against the top of a stable doorway seems quite able to get rid of the illusion that there sits up in the top of all doorways an invisible something which will hit again next time he goes through. Hence, the trou- blesome and sometimes incurable hab- it of horses “jibbing” when taken out of the stable. This is an obvious instance of the disadvantage at which most animals stand in regard to means of physical experiments. The horse, for instance, needs feel only the lintel to find out that it is fixed and does not move, and is not alive and waiting to hit him. But except his lips, which are sensi- tive, he has no member with which he can make the experiment. Except the elephant and the monkey, most of the “higher” animals suffer from this lack of the means of experiment. The won- der is, not that they suffer from illu- ' sions, but that they make so few mis- takes.—London Spectator. Over-Decorated Rooms, Two rooms lately seen have im- pressed upon me most forcibly the ne- cessity of having some plain surface in every room as a rest for the eye, and consequently the mind. One of these rooms was lauded as a thing of ' beauty because it existed in the house of a millionaire, and much money had been expended upon it. The other room was in the house of a seamstress, who had expended her hard-earned dollars in furnishing a little parlor with which she was much delighted. Both rooms were ugly and tiresome because of the figured surfaces that covered floor, window and furniture, and the hanging. The patterns were large and showy in the Eastern rug, the rich walls were covered with a figured silk, and the chairs had velvet roses growing in a satin background. In a more anieoag § room done by a woman decorator, I find the floor, which bas a plain hardwood border, covered by a large rug with a plain | center and a figured border. A table | cover that is also plain with the ex- ception of a scroll border is of a lus- | trous short napped velvet. The walls are covered with painted tapestries, | put the windows and doors that divide them here and there have plain hang- | ings. The ceiling of the room is cross- ed by panels of wood in a dull and a bright finish.—New York Post Deception, Perhaps, s Her glance fell confusedly under his ardent look. “Darling,” he whispered. “yours is the first mothe I ever really hated.” But men are such deceivers.—De- troit tribune. Es It Frequently Does, {What caused the fire?” ‘An insurance policy which was | about to expire.” == ae tmperfeot Page- t E , - CONSOLING HER INTENDED. George's Unnecessary Fears Were és Disstpated by One Word. She had agreed to become his wife. For a long time he had sat in silence, too full of: emotion to say anything, so great was his happiness at having at last achieved the fondest dream of his. life. At length his face, hitherto wreathed with smiles, became clouded A scowl of annoyance settled upon it. She, who had been attentively watch- ing his countenance, was quick to ob- serve the change. “What is the matter, George,” she asked in alarm. “You are not sorry you asked ne to marry you and that | consented? Ob, George, I hope that is not it.” “No, ‘dear. You know I love you as never woman was loved before.” “Then what is it that causes you dis- tress? Tell me that I may console you. It is the duty of a little wife to comfort her husband in affliction, and I am going to be your little wifie. Ain’t I George?” «‘Yes, darling, you are.” And there was silence during which no sound fell upon the air except a noise like the popping of champagne corks. “Well, Georgie, now tell me all about “Well, dear, I was wondering what your father will say when I ask him for your hand. You are such a prec- fous jewel that I dare not ask him for you. I feel as if I were robbing him of the greatest and most precious thing in the world.” “Well.” she replied, “if that’s all that’s the matter with you, I might as well tell you that father and I re- hearsed the whole act last night after you left, and I am sure he will reflect credit upon my lessons when you speak to him.” And a great load was lifted from his heart, while he immediately deposited another in his lap. HUNTERS HIT BY THEIR GAME. Instances Where Sportsmen Received Severe Blows from Bt Game killed in flight has a momen- tum that carries it a long way some- times. The London Field relates sev- eral instances where the birds have hit the sportsman. In one case George Monners was shooting if the woods of Long Island when a gronse, driven by beaters, came flying along fast and high up. He shot at it, and then, with the other barrel, fired at another bird. Just as he was about lowering his gun, after the second shot, he received @ blow on the head that knocked him senseless, The grouse first hit had tumbled against his head. That same afternoon a wheelman, riding along near the line of hunters, admiring the scenery, did not observe a big black cock till its feathers brush- ed his head. The black cockh had been killed and had nearly hit him in falling. The Badminton volume on shooting tells how the late Charles Leslie was knocked out at the battery by a grouse he ‘had shot...A strong hat. probably. ‘savedhim from serious injury.* < American “hunters have had similar experience. A: man .was riding along in-a ‘wagon some time ago, according to -Forest, and Stream,’ when ‘some- thing bit him on the head with enough force. to make him dizzy. An up- wounded partridge flying through the (Bs SSDS! Mather, our capacity to do business. Prices the lowest. Clothing an GRAND RAPIDS, ? i General Merchandise = - - * Lumbermen’s Supplies. Largely increased store room increases We always carry a complete line of the Fest quality of goods in all departments. d Furnishing Goods. Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes. Groceries and Crockery,’ Hats and Caps. THAN THE. . @teck used. ERE ea a ea Styles The, Latest, Worknianship _, The Best, Prices: The Lowest. woods had hit him fair. Why the bird did not turn aside is as much a mys- tery as the fact that partridges some- times fly against house sides and are killed in so doing. A Motion to Amend. Those people out in Colorado are cer- tainly stuck on silver. Now, the last time I was out there I attended church on Sunday, as I'always do. The min- |g gateeeeenenene * * *eeevssegoune® a EET ee a ae a a NeXt Dsor to Poatoffice, BETTER CIGARS ARE MADE N tttt GEORGE BooTs.. pesesescsesesesesece® bISISMSVEMSTS MESS SSIS SS MESOS Broeker & Whiteaker, THE POPULAR TAILORS, Pokegama oquet “Cup Defender =~ Invite you to call and examine their Fall and Winter stock before ordering your Suit or Qvercoat. . 16, comprises: _all the’ latest goods and pat: terns, and the Popular Tailors - always gurantee satisfaction: Broeker. & Whiteaker, ie: GRAN RAPIDS. ister was one of the good, old-style | ## ‘Methodists. He’d grown up in the country, though, and called a spade a spade when it was necessary. He had reached his peroration, “and when the last day shall have come,’ he said, ‘and we shall have knocked on the pearly gates and they shall have opened to us, we shall enter the beau- tiful city and walk up the golden- paved streets and receiye a golden harp of a thousand strings; then, oh, then, what joy will be—’ Just then, away down in the rear of the church, a little peaked-nosed runt with bow- legs, jumped up ané@ shouted. ‘I rise for the purpose of making a motion.’ Well, the parson looked startled and quit speaking. ‘My motion is,’ said the peak-nosed fellow, ‘that wherever in that there discourse the word “gold” appears, it be stricken out, and the word “silver” be substituted.’ ‘Well, sir, about forty of that congre- gation got up to second the motion. Now. that just shows what the silver sentiment is in that state.” “Well, what did the preacher say?” asked the listeners. “Well, gentlemen, he looked at that little peaked-nose, bow-legged runt for a minute, gettin’ madder and madder all the while, and he looked as if he was going to have a stroke of apo- plexy. He slammed the book shut and he: banged his fist down on the cover and said, ‘I’ll see you durned first! "— New York Sun. ° Ballooning at Sea. The French navy is now being fitted out with vessels which are to carry on the science of ballooning at sea. A French cruiser, the Sfax, belonging to the Mediterranean squadron, has been fitted out expressly for experiments with balloons. The balloon itself is kept on deck in a half inflated condi- tion. It does not take up much space of itself, but the equipment necessary for proper balloon work demands a good deal of room. Whenever it may be deemed necessary to learn of the presence of vessels in the neighbor- hood of the French squadron, the bal- jon will be inflated and sent up; and its occupants will thus have a view of a far greater extent of ocean than could be seen from the deck or mast of a vessel.—Boston Advertiser. Sumptuous. “Sumptuous performance? Well, I “guess. You remember the scene where the villain discovers he doesn’t ‘cut any ice?” p “Yes, perfectly.” - 9 _ “Well, théy- use real. ice there’ “I want to know.”—Detroit # Security Life Association Mutual Premium rates about 40 per cent less than old line,companies. New York, Nov. 6, 1886 ; _ January 1, 1896. . Insurance in Force, - - - $20,137,350.00° Paid Policy Holders and Betefici- ; aries, - - - > - «+ = + 308,352.41. 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