Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, January 30, 1897, Page 4

Grand ‘Rapias Theraid Review Published Every Saturday.| 3 By E, C. KILEY, ADVANCE WO DOTLARS A YEAR IN Six Months Untered in the postemce at Grand Rapids Minnesota, as secoud-class matter. et ENATOR WHITNEY. of this district voted to unseat Day, aud thereby he has helped to jeopardize the railroad nd tax bill passed by the last legis- ure. If itis found later on that action invalidates the tax law, . Whitney will be excysed frou -uher duty ‘two years hence. THE Minneapolis raarial (Rep.) says: “The Republican senate has made a martyr of Frank Day. Now ok out for Day in the campaign of either as a candidate for con- | sin the Second district, or for nor. Time ysually makes all equal, ‘Today the senate is at the tomorrow it will be Day's urp. This thing of making martyrs uf people in politics is migh*y poor y the least of it.” Lr is wired from. Washington ‘that Cougressman ‘Towne introduced a Letition froma Duluth lumbermen the | ovber day urging a dugy of $2 per 1900 treet upon lumber, with a cor- responding duty on dressed lumber. fuis gives the lie direct to his op- pouentsin the late campaign, who ylook to create the impression that Mr. Towne ‘ad joined the free urade forces. He is as much a protec- joni b today as ever, as his career in hington correspondent who writes Republican lies for west- ern partisan papers, sent out a story vhe other day crediting Congressman ‘Towne with having -aid concerning Paye Morris that “all the reputation be will have and the only thing that will Le Known of him during the next congress will be that he is the manu who succeeded ‘lowne.” Anyone who kKoows Mr. Towne koows that he never said anything of the kind. But the truth of the comp: F son is so apparent bat it no doubt occurred to | Lie gorrespoudent and he used this uisbunest weans of circulating ast ry at would attract some attention. such will be expectel°of the man teated Lowue, and there is uot much to him. A mode! country newspaper—ably edited aud a typographical delight to Lhe eye—is the Review, of Rock Rap- ids, Iowa, by our old friend, Lon F. Chapin. It is a welcome weekly to the Hera!d-Review Sanctum asure to look and note the visitor and itisa genuine pl over its.clean pa’ idences of prosperity so apparent hioughout jts columns. In the last issue of Lhe Review, Mr, Chapin an- wuuces that be has taken in a part- ner aud it tes that the years of hard work that he has given to jour- nalism is begining to tell ypon his constitution, and that he will takea much-needed rest. The Herald-Re- view most sincerely hopes that the anticipated vacation and recreati n will accomplish all that may be dcedr ed and bring back the perfect heaivh that men like Lon Chapin are entitled Lo enjoy in this troublesome old world of ours. REPUBLIC NV ARGUMENT, The city treasurer of Minneupolis, iendered bis resignation day owjng to his inability to get the necessity bonds. The resigning off- cer has beeu treasurer for four years and during that time the city has Jost about $400,000 through rotten banks in which the city funds were deposited. And now comes the Min- neapolis Tribune in a long editorial urging the council to appoint a banker to the vacancy, arguing that bavkers are the only people qualified to bold such pusitions of trust. Itis admitted by all that the retiring offi- clal was thorougaly reliable and com- ~petent, and the city’s loss was brought op through nq fault of his. Thé real culprits are the “eminent. financiers” of whicn the Tribune speaks so flat- reringly: and frum among whom it urges the seleetion of a treasurer. This is good Jogic—of the 'Lribune ‘kind. Bankers rob the city and it reasons therefrom that they are entitled to the whole financial bakery. Here is an excellent illustration in sounicipal affairs of the single gold standard theory as conducted during the late campaign. It was resolved into a threat against the people that unless they submitted to the demarids of the plutocratic money changers they would be absolutely ground into abject and irredeemable poverty, trom which neither the divine inter- vention of Providence or the exercise of freemen’s constitutional rights could extricate them. It is the argu- ment that only in recent. years has dared to raise its traitorous hand and strike with poisonous fang in this land of the free ‘Time was in this the obher | fepublic when ull men were conceded to be Upon an exact equality before the laws, but in these latter days men’s competency to enjoy the rights and:privileges of citizenship must be measured according to hs standard of the millionaire. peda ROTA ANE Sa lent DEFEAT OF THE SANDBAGGERS. The dreamy, dawdling, do-nothing policy followed by the present con- gress has eventuated in a single triumph of sagacity and righteousness —the defeat of the Pacific railroads | funding bill, Nevertheless, it is a discouraging f: that 102 congress- wen yoted to consummate that wonu- mental and inexcusable steal. There can be uo doubt that the presence of the arch-corrupter, Huntingtoe, with his forty lobbyists and willions of money, accounts for the. shamefr spectacle of 102 congr ‘essmen voting for a piece of legislation which was thor- oughly and universally kaown to be the final sandbagging blow ina train of theft for which our national history presents no other equally monstrous | example. Senator Morgan avers that these trans-continental Ji-es now be- long to the people of the United States. If so, then the “people, through their representatives, should proceed to operate the roads to their own proitand intcrest.. If this isa gdvernment of and for the people. \then such a course is logical and | right, if it is simply a social aggrega- tion for the beneflt of individual blacklegs, then, of course, the opera- tion is radically wrovg. ‘The reader is welcome to whichever view-point | bis large or little soul may choose.— Up-to- bi te. His MARK Is HIGH. is! A political correspondent takes a look into the future aud draws the following awful picture as among the | possibilities of 1900: ‘There is certain gossip, as surprising as it is sub rosa, concerning Hanna. Not only do the deep-see thinkers of politics from Ohiv—his own party friends—credit him with wantiug the senate seat when Sherman goes to the state de- partment, but they say that Hanna believes hecan hereafter be .McKin- jey’s successor in the White House, aud wiil strive in the seuate and with the White House patronage to bring this. elevation for himself about. Don’t be surprised if this Le true. Hanna hasa highly he ited sort of am- | bition, anda man who has made a | McKinley president»would be much | justified in thinking be might well | have turned the trick for Moreover, with the fresh example Cleveland before him, any man who | fills the constitutional requirements anent age and birthplace might be excused for deeming the’ presidency within his reach. “What has gone to Cleveland twice, ought as’ a perch, to be neither high nor. dificult. But J repeat only what Ll lear: Hanna is reported to be not alone after a sen- atorship, which he will get; but in pursuit of a presidency, which he will not get. Andas to this last glorious | ambition, McKinley 1s reported to be fully informed and heartily in favor thereof. They even go to the point of saying that at the end of this, his first term, if the skies are fair for Hanna, McKinley will get out of his way. This Jast plan of Hanna is given, too, as another reason why Hanna did not care to become en- tangled as a McKinley cabineteer or go toEngland: hemself. Johnni2 and the Million. Here is a good one on a schoo) boy. It is said to be true, but whether trie or vol it teaches parents a lesson as well as youngsters. The boy’s name | wes Jobony of course, thirst for information wh ually got Lim into trouble. Ib ati began in the family circle. The father was reading the daily paper. Johnny was reading a paper also, ¢ mother‘ was darning socks. | **Pa.” asked Johnoy, looking up from his “how, much is’ a_ million?” 1 hellovalot, Johnny,” said his father. who never stopped his reading. Jonny accepted this information in good faithandin the schoolroom he tured it ‘to what he thoght was good account. ‘The giving Jonny’s class a talk on the immensity of figures. “How many are a million?” she inquired. Up went Johnny’s band and a smi'e of satisfaction spread over Johnny’s e. “How wiany are a million, Jebun 2” asked the teacher, ‘A hellovalot,” said Johony. Immedia- tely thereatter the teacher and Jobnoy aud a hickory switch were mixed and Jobnny gat the hot end of it. When Johony went home and saw his mother's sympathetic face be burst into tears. “W hy, Johnny, 2 event- what is “the © matte! inquired mother. ‘Phe school t iieked me,” Jobony. ‘Tne — other evening | asked pa how much was a million and pa said it was a hellov- alot. The teacher asked me today how much was a million and when [ told her a hellovalot she didn’t doa thing but try fo skin me alive.” The Fountain House, Cozest Home Hote in Itasca County. Corucr Leland ave. and Fourth St. Graud Rapids RED UNIFORMS. ’ British Inyestigators Claim 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 mili- tary clothing. Yellow or orange is excluded because these colors are particularly conspicu- 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 in Horses. | i 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 ting, whatever'it may H be, which illusion conjures up “for them. Once the writer saw a very quick and pretty instance of experiment by touch made by a frightened pony. [t was being driven 28 a leader in a pony | tandem, and stopped short in front cf | where the rails of a steam tramway crossed the roal the road. It 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 simil experience of touch would ha shown were.2s unreal as the tram rail was unsubstantial. Lastly, no horse which. has once 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 ir ible 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 Hastern rug, | the rich walls were covered with a figured silk, and the chairs had velvet | roses growing in a satin background. In a more satisfactory room done by a woman decorator, I find the floor, which has. 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 i are covered with painted tapestries, | but 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, ® Her glance fell fan ecpagd under his ardent Jogk.. “Darling.” he whisp red. “vours is the first mothe I ever really hated.” But men are sveh deceivers.—De- troit tribune. 5 Seer it Frequently Does, “What caused the fire?” “An insurance policy which was gbout to expire.” . | REPAIRING NEATLYDONE| ee Cartoon Paper the Palace, Leland Avenue. CHOICE Wines, Liquors . «a Cigars. STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS. | HENRY LOGAN, Proprietor, tris, GRAND WINN eHentteseeneetesaHenneES | GEO. F. KREMER, Contractor and Builder And dealer in Brick, Lime, Milwaukee and Portland Cement,Adamant,Land Plaster, Etc. 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