Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 23, 1897, Page 4

Bheratd' Review Pubtlshed Every Saturday. By E. C, KILEY. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE Six Months......$1.00 | Three Months.. 50¢ Entered in the postoffice at Grand Rapids Minnesota. as second-class matter. ee a CURRENCY REFORM. A story comes from Washington that Secretary Gage has decided to recommend to congress, the annual treasury report, the adoption of the propositions regarding currency re- form which he laid before the banks of New Yerk and other cities last summer. If th's report be true, Mr. Gage will suggest to congrers the refunding of the entire national debt into a new series of bonds bearing 24 per cent interest and payable, princi- pal and interest in gold; also an issue of $200,000,000 in gold bonds for the purpose of absorbing or retiring legai tenders and silver notes; further, the selling of 8200,000,000 of gold bonds in Europe in order to procure ample gold to protect the resér and finally the authorization of national banks to issue notes upon United States bonds at id in addition, notes not to exceed 25 per cent of the capi- | tal stock of any bank, these national ink notes to be legal tender. \ While the refunding of the. public debt at a low rate of interest would ood thing, the proposition to the principal and interest pay- gold instead of “coin,” as the nt is now pledged by the bonds, would undoubt- strong opposition in It will be remembered that eland tried to induce r o authorize the issue of gold bonds, when he made his famous bar- Zain with the Rothschild syndicate to repair the hole in the gold reserve, aud although it was represented that a considerable sum would be saved thereby in. interest, and although Speaker Reed endeavored to pushal gold bond bill through the house, the attempt failed. There is no prob- « € ability that the present congress would authorize a refunding of the | debt with the condition that cipal and interest shall be payable specifically in gold, and this Suggestion by stary Gage will therefore be made in vain. As to, ssuing bonds for retiring ral i“ sder notes, the Omaha Bee, a Republican organ, says it nfidently predicted that such ay mendation would not meet the least consideration in congres. The Bee adds: ‘‘No party will assume bility for such a_ policy, there is very little popular | Si yport ror it. The very great najority of the people do not want he al notes retired at all, and hey are irrevocably opposed to ssuing bonds for their retiremens Chere wiit be no less opposition to 1s- suing bonds for replenishing the gold circumstances shall irise making such a course impera- ive, and this does not appear to be italllikely. In regard to allowing iational banks to issue notes to the yar value of United States bonds de- sosited to secure circulation, there o sound objection to this, but the ilure of the numerous efforts that ave been made to secure such (au- hori ion warrants the . opinion further in that. direction ould be fut!’ Assuming the re- ort regarding what the secretary of ae will recommend to be ywrrect, itis pretty safe to say that; fone of the suggestions referred to ill be adopted, while it is absolutely fertain that some of them will not be. The Bee might have appro- riately added that the suggestions if the voluntary currency commission ‘elikely to meet a similar fate.— uluth Heraid. unless reasury Key to the Klondike. The pioneer Alaska railway is the orthern Pacilic, and to that com- uny belongs the credit, in connection ith the Pacific Coast Steamship | mpany, of having inaugurated the le of through tickets to points in faska. The Northern Pacifle was e first railway to issue a map of faska, showing the inland passages »m Puget Sound to Sitka, Juneau d Chilkat, Those intending to go to Alaska rly next spring, after the snow on ‘ea and Skaguay passes is packed wn and the lakes frozen, or ata er date either via this route or via Michaels and the mouth of the ikon, should remember that..the orthern -Pacific is the aska line; runs steam-heated trains th dining cars, Pullman standard i tourist sleepers from St. Paul to coma, Seattle and “Portland, pas- \igers having the option of going Helena or Butte City (the later ‘greatest silver mining ‘camp in world), also via Lake Pend D’- ; ile, Idaho, or through the famous our D’Alene country. }on aft pioneer | an illustrated folder, repléte with Alaska and Klondike information up to date. Send Chas. 8. Fee, general passenger agent, St. Paul, Minn., two centsin postage and he will send you this map. Woman in Demand. Up in the Klondyke any woman is worth her weight in gold, and the handsomer she is the larger the bonus, for girls are scarce and men want, wives. The Saint Paul & Du luth railroad does not care to reduce the population along the Duluth Short, Line, but it isa fact that the Klondikers could not find better wives than the girls raised a'ong the line of this popular road. Like every- thing else there, they represent the highest grade and are calculated to make a man happy and help him save his money. This road is the people's route to and. between St. Paul, Min- neapolis, Duluth, West Superior and other important points, and has ever been a favorite with the public be- cause of its facilities and service. Any ticket agent will tell you all about it, or you may obtain informa- tion by writing to C. E. Stone, Gen- eral Pass@nger Agent, St. Paul, Minn. Only Three Trains on Earth Worthy of comparison with the 3urlington’s “Minneapolis and St. Paul-Chicago Limited.’? One in Eu- rope; two east of Chicago—none wes So beautiful, so luxurious, so cos a train has-never before been at the disposal of the traveling public of the Northwest. Electric lighted. Steam heated. Wide vestibuled compartment sleep- ers, diner, buffet library car. No ex- tra fares. Sole leather ro-inch black, $5.00. Kurtzman. leg, pacs, Strictly hand made by If you wish to order, call and see my samples of fine shoes. Prices $5.00 to $8 50 at Kurtzman’s. Every New Idea That’s a good idea, isembodied in the construction of the Burlington’s new “St. Paul and Minneapolis-Chicago and St. Louis Limited.” Electric light, steam heat, wide vestibules, compartment sleeping ears, buffet library cars—every thing that every other train bk and some things that no other train has, est and most cost at trains. No of the a fares. We have just. placed several new pieces of dress goods in stock. Call and see them. | Beckfelt & Mather. “‘Binest Train On Whecis”’ That is what Mr. Pullman sof of the Burlington’s new train be- tween Minneapolis and St. Paul and Chicago. Fiuisbed throughout’ in royal fashion, with wide vestibules, steam heat and electric light, and composed of compartment and sleep- ers, buffet library car, chair cars and dining car, it is without an equal in this. country or abroad. No extra fares. Two $100,000 Trains. On the first of June, 1897,'the Bur- lington Route placed in service be- tween Minneapolis and Sv.*Paul and Chicago, two new trains, built ata cost of considerable more than $100,- 000 each, and recognized by evefyene who has seen them, the finest trains on earth. The trains are lighted by electrici ty; heated. by steam; -have*.wide vesti- bules, a la cérte\dining car, a buffet library. car, chair cars—everything, in brief, that any other train has and some things that no, other train has. No extra fa as United States Land Office. Duluth, Minn., Oct. 4, 1897. Notice is hereby given that the official plat of survey cf Township 60 North of Range 7 West of 4th P.M., will be opened for filing in this office on Wednesday, November 17, 1897, at 9 o'clock a. m., and town- ship 62 north of range 18 west of 4th P. M., will be open for this office on Thursday, November 18,1 at 9u’clock a.m., and that said day we will receive applications for the entry of lands in said township. a Wm. &. CuLkIn. Register F.L. Ryan, Receiver 2a pages Che Only == ‘Free Silver eeartoon Paper ONE YEAR - + $1.00 TEN NUMBERS ~- .50 SUBSCRIBE AT ONCE Garly in November we shall issue | rs) Address UP-TO-DATE, Chicage Mention this paper. An Interesting Lectare on the History of Alcohol. At the Natural History Museum Charles E. Pellew, of Columbia Uni- versity, delivered the first of an inter- esting series of popular lectures upon alcohol last night. His subject was “The History of Alcohol,” and began by explaining the universal prevalence of stimulating or narcotic drugs as showing the universal craving of man- kind for something to hide the trials and troubles of life. He spoke briefly avout the early beverages of the an- cient Hindoos and Chinese, and then illustrated the drinking habits of the ancient Egyptians with a curious col- lection of iantern slides. The habits and customs of ancient Greece came next, and the worship of the great god Dionysus, or Bacchus, was illustrated by some splendid photographs of vases, statues and bas-reliefs. Their wine was drunk diluted, never stronger than half water, and frequently with two, four or even fifteen parts of the milder fluid. Mention was made of the curious nature of their wines, the ad- mixture of honey and spices, or rosin and turpentine, even of salt water, and the ‘questicn cf fermented and unfer- mented wines among them and the an- cient Hebrews. The use of wine among the more hardy and less civilized Mace- donians was less¢refined, and the ex- ploits of Philip and his son Alexander rivalled the tales told by the most ar- dent prohibitionist. At the feast given by Alexander at the tomb of Cyrus, a prize was offered for the boldest drinker, and the victor, Promachus, credited with fourteen quarts of wine, died in three days’ time from the effects of his debauch, along with.some fifty of his competitor Early,Rome was de- scribed as painfully temperate, espe- cially for the fair sex, who were sen- tenced to death for touching wine. It was sad to hear that kissing on the mouth was invented by the Roman husband to test his wife’s abstinence from the wine :ask. Later, however, after Greece and the East were con- quered, wine flowed freely, and the later republicans vied with the sub- jects of the early emperors in gross and unbridled drunkenness. The capacity cf the Roman must have been considerable, for a citizen was knighted by the Emperor Claudius under the title of Tricongius, or “threc- gallon man,” such having been a sin- gle draught of his. New-Engiand came in for a touch from the lecturer. It was somewhat surprising to heart that, in the first call for suppiies sent home by the Plymouth Bay eslonists, the famous appeal headed by “ministers,” there were, along with regquesis for barley, rye and wheat, fcr seed, and stores of | fruit trees, a petition for plantes” and for ‘“bhop-rootes.” minister, My in 1628, and his ship was furnished with 45 tuns beere, 2 tuns canurie, 20 Ballons aqua vitae” and only 6 tuns of water. The lecture closed with a short de- scription of the last century, charac- terized by the growth and development of the temperance movement. Some fine illustrati:ns were given from Cruikshank’s powerful plates of “The Bottle,” and a comparison of the drink- ing habits of both the educated and un- educated classes of the present day as sompared with those of a hundred or ven fifty years ago showed the great advance uf the present civilization. “vyne The He Didn’t Mina. Andrew Lang, in the illustrated Lon- don News, gives an anecdote of Dean | Stanley’s amiable simplicity. The dean was invited out to dinner, and was very late. When he arrived his collar was unfastened, and the ends vibrated like little white wings about the head of a cherub. People could not but look at him with curiosity during the din- ner, and at length, with due precau- tion, his hostess ventured to ask him if he knew that his collar had broken adrift. “Oh, yes!” said the dean. mind?” “Not at all,” said the lady. hen I don’t mind either,” answer- ed the dean. “The button dropped off while I was dressing,” and he contin- ued his conversation. “It was not,’ says Mr. Lang, “ab- sence of mind, but unrivalled presence of mind that Stanley displayed on this occasion. Any other\ human being than he would have been at the point of changing his shirt.” “Do you sily Gaugeds “Johnny,” said the farmer, “go down in the cellar and draw a pitcher of that eweet cider. Take a candle with you.” “Don’t need no candle,” said Johnny. “Ah, my lictle man,” said the min- ister. who was staying over night, “you must have quite an accurate judgment to have filled that pitcher in the dark without running it over.” . “Aw,” said Johnny, “it ain’t no trick at all. When it got up to the ‘first joint of my thumb 7 stopped.”—Cin- cinnati Enquirer. ’ X-Rays from Glowworms, A Japanese man of science, Mr, Muraoka, reports in a German scien- tific journal, Wiedemann’s Annalen, the curious results obtained by him last summer while experimenting with the light of glowncrms. He operated with 300 glowworms at Kyoto, and he says that the light which they emit- ted, when filtered through cardboard or copperplates, showed the properties of X-rays, or Becquerel’s fluorescence rays. Not So Bad. Slutter—Do you suppose it’s such a very bad thing to be sarcastic? Cutter—Not nearly .so bad as to think you are and not be so.—Truth. ‘ Higginson, was duly sent | -| bargain, or will exchange for Farm $4.30—EXeursion F: Minnesota S ‘Via St. Paul & Duluth R. R. Ex: ;cursion tickets to St. Paul and Min- neapolis on sale September 4th to 11th inclusive, at the rate of $4.80 for the round trip. Includos ticket of ad- mission to fair grounds. Tickets good returnifg September 13th. Purehare them via St. Paul & Duluth R. R., the shortest and quickest, and the only line running three daily trains, leaving Duluth Union Depot 9a. m.; limited, 1:55.p. m., and 11:15 p. m. b Frocure tickets from yout home | home agent or at the Union Depot or |at the City Ticket Office, 332 West Superior St., Providence -building, Duluth. F. B. ROSS, Agt. Burlington FINEST TRAINS ON EARTH FROM | ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS | TO ST.LOUIS. | Electric Lighted and Steam Heated. | The “DOMESTIC” Is absolutely the best Sewing Machine made. latest and best improvements, SIMPLEw PRACTICAL DURABLE Lea For over 30 years has teen endorsed by the public as the most satisfactory of all sewing machines. We want your trade and can save you money. Write for free catalogue and prices. THE DOMESTIC S. M. CO. 298 Wabash Ave., Chicago. Pianes at Less Than Cost. Ihave leased the elegant store atl No. 222 West Superior St., Duluth, and am closing out at less than cost prices the stocks of R. C. Munver of (St. Paul, who assigned, and W. F. Edholm of West Superior, who also }went into bankruptcy. ‘The sale of these pianos is now going on, and I pect all of them to be closed out early next nueek. Do you want a piano? Ifso, get on the train and come to Duluth and see me. I can save you from $150 to #200 and you may never again have a similar ichanee. Tbe pianosare of the best makes and grades and, by the order of the courts to turn them into money, I am selling them at less than jcost. All you have to pay is $25 down land $10 per month. We are selling tine upright. piano: $98, $125, $127, $165, $150 and $178. hey are of the following standard makes: New Eng- land, Haines, Smith & Co.and Briggs. We also have organs at $15, $20 and $25. Come in and see us at once. A. E. WuITney, Selling Agent. | No. 222 West Superior St., Duluth For Sale. Eight luts in block 24, Third Divi- sion of Grand Rapids, for sale ata Stock of any kind ‘These lots adjoin model farm and are clear of incumberances. For par- ticulars address. J. A. BLACKWOOD, Duluth, Mino. or Herald-Review, Grand Rapids. Homesteaders Can save time and expen: se by proving up before E. C. Kiley, Judge of Probate, Grand Rapids. Filings Upon Land May also be made before bim. The Expense of taking witnesses to Cloud Duluth or St. can be saved. All u siness Entrusted to my care will be given prompt attention. If You Want to File upon lands under any laws of the United S ates, or when you are ready to make final proot, call at ¥ the office of the Judge of Probate, ff Court House, Grand Rapids. i E. C. KILEY. ————————————————— ee a ) i? ES Fils BETTER CIGARS ARE MADE THAN THE. . 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