Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, May 28, 1898, Page 4

_ + Brand Rapids BrereiasReview Published Every Saturday. YEAR IN ADVA 9 | Three Months... POLITICAL WARRIORS. Our great men’s sons must be pro- vided forin this emergency. True, we area democratic people and be- lieve that it is the mao bimself and not what his father was that should entitie him to public preferment. But tk ide. it seems, are con- sidered old-fashioned and out of date by the powers that be. The Wash- ington dispatches inform us that an- other big bunch of army appointments was sent to the senate this week, in- cluding nephews, and other statesmen who have ed off the stage or are still in power. The nephew of the vice-president is made a major; Wil- liam English of Indianapolis, son of arecent eandidate for vice-presid- ent; William Joyce Sewell of New Jersey, of the senator of that name; Stuart M. Brice, son of the former senator from Ohio; Seth M. Milliken, son of the late representa- tive from Maine, are made captains. Herbert M. Lord, the private secreta- ry of Representative Dingly; Sam- ual R. McMillan, the son of the late from Minnesota; Stephen Gambrill, Jr., the nephew of Senator George W. Fishback of St. Louis, who was recently secretary of several sons, relations of eld office, pa son senator Gorman; legation at Buenos Ayers, are made paymasters, and several other sprigs efour “best families’? are also au- thorized to wear the uniform of Uncle Sam. While the public has looked with inditference tothe appointment of the sons of our semi-nobility as secretaries of legations and sim where neither brains vor in- dustry is requirec, it does not view with equanimity this latest’ phase of favoritism. There is no pretense that these young men have ever done anything to entitle them to their be- ing singled out for military honors, or have the training of talents to qualify them for the places named. Itis simply the arbitrary exeicise of the executive prerogative to advance the influential over the heads of the deserving. posts, INDECENT PARTISANS RANT. Minneapolis Times, (Ind.) Asa uple of malignant and be- sotted partisan cussedness, the follow- ing from the Rock County Herald may be classed as a gem. Ever since he stepped down from the con- spicuous position to which he was suddenly. unexpectedly and undeserved! the Ch B strivin| and mouth to keep » the public. und hear ex-president candi uree of revenue and notor! soon exhausted, er, and he h to keep himself re came rom obscurity into and had himself sible occasions. be itsaid, he displayed com- mendable patriotis: even Zentso far as to commend President MceKinle: in some respects. But on some occasion: opened his mouth too wide and people of this country superabuntlant rea- son for profound and hea gratitude that McKinley and not W is pres- ident of the United States inthis great crisis when a statesman with brains and courage instead of a demagogue with a big mouth and a loud voice is needed at the head of the government. It would be interesting if it we: not ridiculous to compare the calm, clear-headed and courageous statesman Whose master mind and firm hand have thus far so wisely and steadily controlled the of the nation in its time of} supreme trial, with “the boy orator of the Platte.” It would be like comparing a giant with a pigmy. To make the compari- son fig n would need a lad- der to climb onto MeKinley’s big toe. This isa fair illustration of the in- decent lengthgto which partisan vin- dictiveness will carry even a gelf-res- pecting and intelligent man, as we understand the editor of the Herald to be in the ordinary relations of life. The paragraph is sent to The Times by one of the leading citizens of Rock county, with the request -that it be answered editorially. Really, there is not much in it toanswer. It is so exaggerated and the injustice of it is 50 apparent that to answer it serious- ly would be to dignify it immeasur- ably beyond its deserving, Take for example, the ridiculous statement that “when the war scare came on he (Bryan) emerged froin obscurity into which he was fast retiring, etc.” When was there ever any indication that Bryan was “retiring into obscur- ity?” There has not been an hour since his nomination at Chicago when “Bryan has not been an object of great- er interest to the people of this coun- try than President McKinley. ‘There is nota scintilla of evidence that he ever thrust himself forward, or sought notoriety. On the contrary, it is known that he has at no time been able to respynd to one-fourth of the invitations extended to him from ail parts of the country. A really re- e public. destinies aarkable proof of the public appre iation of his character and ability i he fact that his defeat did notin he least lessen his popularity, or iiminish the general interest in his »pinions and his personality. Itisa yuestion whether this would have seen true of Mr. McKinley had the vositious of the two mea been re- versed. The comparison which the Herald would draw between Mr. yand MeKinly, judging the men vy any fair stondard, is altogether | in favor of the former. The Times is no adorer of individuals, nor is itin the habit of judging men from the uarrow partisan standpvint. A man’s litical party connection is neither reliable test of his qualifications yy public office nor a guarantee ot sis personal iategrity, It is not only iosurd, it is positively indecent and intrue, to characterize a man to yhom more than six million freemen n this country loyal and gladly zaye their suffrages as “i demagogue with a big mouth and a loud voice.” Mr. Bryan’s mouth is no bigger and a ice no louder than Mr. McKin- | ley’s. The difference between the | two men is one of brains and courage, and in sucha comparison there is net the slightest doubt that the Herald’s | idol shows to a great disadvantage. [he newspaper that deliberately gives it as its opinion that ‘Bryan would a ladder to ciimb onto McKinl big toe” invites gre suspicion of its sanity or vei city. Probably a majority of American peo- ple continue to differ with Mr. Bryan on the silver question, but there is not the slightest doubt that a far larger majority of the American peo- ple recognize that he posseses many qualities of mind and character | which entitled him to their admira- tion and regard. He is unquestion- ably a man of ability, a great debater a tire and dash, an impet- uous enthu: m and impulsesi o dor, which have captured the popular faney more than any man has cap- tured it since Blaine. His mistakes have been those of a genuine convic- j tion and honestn»purpose. No one can say to him that he has ever erred in } the direction of treachery or mean- ness or cowardice. Moreover, his personal and public life has been ab- solutely clean and hono: ble, which is far more than may be said of most | of his traducers. need ey’s who posse Mira Bascom Found She Was Sti) Beautiful. He did not cail on her that first even- ing, thcugh he walked past the gate four times, unaware of the fact that behind one of those slanting shutters a pale woman stood watching him pass and repass, says Lippincott’s. The nun in her self-elected cell had and made use of means of conftmunication with the world, in the shape generally of Jimmry the choreboy. She knew whose was the tall figure on the side- walk. She stood at the window when she could no longer see him; she heard his slow footsteps go by for the last time and die away. Half an hour later she went upstairs to her bedroom. Be- tween its two windows hung a long, old-fashioned mirror, with carved can- delabra on either side. She lighted the three candles in each. The mirror showed a tall, slim figure, a face as col- orless as an anemone, an abundance of auburn hair carefully arranged. Mira Bascom studied this reflection closely. Then she unlocked a black-walnut chest which stood in a corner and lifted out its contents till she came to a mass of pale muslin, which diffused an odor of lavender as she shook it out. Tt was a white gown with lilac sprigs, made with the full skirts and sleeves ef a bygone fashion. She put it on, fastered the belt of lilac ribbon, which still fitted exactly, and, standing again before the mirror, loosened slightly the bands of her beautiful wavy hair and pulled it into little curls about her face. It was a vision of youth which looked back at her from | the glass. Not a thread of gray showed in the hair; the fine lines abaut the placid eyes were invisible. The skin had the dead whiteness of things kept from the sun. But as she gazed a del- icate flush overspread her face, her red-brown eyes lit up till their color matched her hair; she smiled in startled triumph. She was still beau- tiful. Then a swift change came over her. She blew out all but one of the candles and, turning her back on the mirror, took off her gown with cold, shaking | finges= The “Chink” Was Not Slow. From the New Orleans Times-Demo- erat: “You may talk to me about the stolid, stupid Chinee,” said an accident- insurance agent, “but I know better. The other day I insured Hop Lee’s life for $1,000. A few days afterward a weak-looking ‘Chink’ called at my office and asked to see me. ‘Well?’ gaid I. ‘Me wantee flive hundle dollar,’ said he. ‘What for?’ I demanded. ‘Hop Lee,’ responded my caller. ‘He gend me. Got thousand for dead. Half dead, wantee half money—flive hundle | dollar.’ Say, I didn’t do a thing to that Chineman.” ‘Western Generosity. The cold flag is up again and we are promised a genuine blizzard from the west. We are glad to state that the | most sordial relations exist between that section and the south. Wh@ the west has anything out of the ordinary | she in always willing to divide with | us. Many of our adopted citizens have had frae transportation scath on west- ern evtloncs.—Atlanta Constitution. | been sent TLE FELLER Slorified and Made Beautiful the Humble Home. “T happened to be down in my cellar the other morning when the ashman came around ty collect the ashes,” said a gentleman who resides on Second avenue to a Detroit Free Press man. “I was opening a barrel 3 great red apples at the time, and when the big, dust-covered and necessarily untidy man came back with the empty ash barre! I picked up an apple and held it out toward him, saying as I did so: ““*Won’t you have an apple?’ “He took it eagerly, saying as he did 80: “Thank ye, sir; I’ve a little feller at home who'll be tickled to death to git it. I most always find something or other in the ash barrels to carry home to ’im at night, but it ain’t often I git anything equal to this big apple. I tell ye the little feller’s eyes will shine when he see it.’ “I don’t know how many times that day my thoughts were of that big, rough-handed fellow, with that apple put away so carefully In bis pocket for that ‘little feller.’ “When evening came I thought of the ‘little feller’ who was on the look- out for the big, dust-covered father, with the catioused and soiled hands, but with the trne heart and the kindly word that made nim a king in the eyes of that ‘little feller.’ “Zt must have been a very poor and humble home to which the man went at the close of his weury day, but then there was the ‘little feller’s’ presence to make beautiful even the bare walls and floors and to bring the love light to his father’s eyes und jcy to hig father’s heart. | * “These ‘little felers’ glorify and beautify many a home in which poverty abides. But human affections can sweetly and patiently endure toil and rags and poverty when there is a ‘lit- tle feller’ to meet and greet the fataer when the long day is done.” sso emere HIS GRANDMOTHER’S GIFT. The Colonel Cooled Of When He Knew Who That Grandmother Was. A good story comes from Berlin. At | @ ball given there not very long ago a Pompous colonel ran up against a young officer evidently fresh from. the | military schools, whose only decoration was a large medallion set in brilliants. “I say, lieutenant, what the dickeng is that concern you have on?” scorn- fully asked the elder warrior. “It’s an order, colonel,” answered the young man modestly. “An order? Not a Prussian one. I know of no such,” retorted the colonel jealously. “An English order, colonel,” mildly returned the lieutenant. “Ané who in the world gave it to you?” interrogated the other, with his nose in the air, “My grandmother,” said the young man with a twinkle in his blue eyes. The old colonel began to think the young man was making game of him. “Potatausend, and who may your grandmother be?” he exclaimed irately. “Her Majesty Queen Victoria of Eng- land,” said the lieutenant, whose face was dancing with merriment by this time. It was Prince Albert of Schles- wig-Holstein. The colonel got very red in the face and withdrew, with a pro- found bow of apology, to take a back seat for the rest of the evening. Prince Albert has been making merry over the incident ever since, and even grand- mamma herself had a good laugh when she was told of it. A Wonderful Cieck. Undoubtedly one of the most wonder- ful clock in the world was that origi- nally manufactured for the late Duke Charles of Brunswick, and which is now being exhibited in St. Petersburg. There are no fewer than ninety-five taces to this colossal time piece. It indi- cates simultaneously the time of day at thirty different spots on the surface of the earth, besides the movemen: of the earth around the sun, the phases of the moon, the signs of the zodiac, the pissage over the meridian of more than fifty stars of the northern hemi- sphere, and the date, according to the Gregorian, Greek, Mussulman, and He- brew calendars. At his death, Prince Charles bequeathed the clock to the Swiss confederation. So complicated ; are the works that it tcok two years to put them together after the clock had in detached pieces from Switzerland to Russia The Beauty of the Greeks. The beauty of the Greeks has been greatly praised, and I was much disap- pointed at Athens; but the Greeks of the Ionian Islands are of a purer race, and one s metimes comes across a very beautiful face. There was a village on the island famed for the beauty of the women. I drove over and saw some very handsome, tall women, with the low, classic brow, and often with blue -eyes. They wore their hair plaited with ribbons and twined around the head like a coronet. I was amazed to see such luxuriant hair, but was told that it was probably mixed with their moth- ers’ and grandmothers’ hair. I think Leighton’s idea that the Greeks were originally fair was correct. for I saw several fair-haired women. My maid Marguerite had the most lovely gold- en hair anu blue eyes; she was tall and statuesque. Her sister Puterpe was no less handsome, but dark.—Cathotic World. The Cause of the Row. Gibbs—How did wititers come to hit you? Snoggs—Oh, it was all on ac- count of a trifling difference of opinicn between.us. Gibbs—Difference of opin- jon? Snoggs—Yes, I thought he lied and he thought. he didn’!\—New York Tribune. ;feme of Them Have a POLICE COURT CASES. Huamcrous Side. A majority of the cases which we deal with daily are pathetic or dramat- te, but there is a humorous side to the «ork as well, and some of the most jadicrous incidents cenceivable come “sp in our courts, says Scribner’s. The most common cause of complaint by ene woman against another in tene- ment-house quarrels is that “She called rae out of me name.” A woman told ine that she wanted a warrant against % female acquaintance because, as she said, “Judge, your honor, she called mea name out of me place, and I want her to prove it.” Those petty broils must be given a hearing and setiled by such good advice as the complaint suggests. "He treats me sometimes ridiculous,” was the complaint of one much-abused wife against her hus- band. The man being brought up to answer the charge, and perhaps ex- plain it, answered: “This is a dead piece of jealousy, your honor; don’t mind her.” An oid Irish woman came before me at the Harlem court and wanted her “boy” arrested for misbe- having himself in her house. It came out that her “boy” was 38 years old, and when I said to her that he was a pretty old boy she remarked: “Sure he’s not a gurl, and I count a boy a man only when he’s married.” A Ger- ™man with a very much battered head complained that the defendant had made a “dinge” in it, and described the assault abcut as follows: “He do me a crack on de kopf, like dis, and I do nodings by him.” Many of these people seem to feel that when they make a complaint in ccurt they must use all the high-sounding words they know, regardless of their meanings. The result is sometimes amusing enough to upset -the dignity of the bench. One woman who displayed a bruised ond battered appearance fin- ished her complaint by saying: “He left marks of violation upon me arm, as your honor can see for yerself.” A man whose truthfulness was questioned said: “Does your honor doubt me voracity?” A HAUNTED TREE. The Coon vogs Turned Tail When They Struck It. Last fall a party of coon hunters from this city were in the woods int vicinity and the dogs hunted splendi ly until they struck this old tree, says the Danville (Ky.) Advocate. There they tucked their tails between their legs and simply flew. They whined and gave other evidences of fear and could not be coaxed into hunting any more that night. Finally the hunters them- selves became scared. One of them de- clared he heard the sound of a voice as if from some soul in deep distress. This settled it. Every man in the crowd suddenly remembered that he had busi- ness in town and townward the whole layout proceeded without further par- leying or loss of time. The next day an old gentieman residing in Danville was told of the occurrence and he re- called the fact that he had been one of the party which had a similar ex- perience near this old tree (hree yea ago and he said that the spot had been haunted for many years, A long time ago an old gentleman by the name of Louis Streat was murdered for his meney and the murderer had dragged the body to the foot of this tree and covered it with dty leaves. The mur- derer was never punished by law. A young man named Henderson was ar- rested, charged with the crime, and at his examining trial was liberated on $5,000 bail. He jumped his bond and disappeared some time afterward. A New Evolution. Two or three mornings after the ar- rival of a new butler the mistress of the house took the opportunity of ask- ing the cook how she liked her new fellow-servant. The report was an ex- cellent one. “In fact, ma'am,” said the cook, “the servants’ hall is quite a dif- ferent place now.” Not unnaturally the mistress pressed for further par- ticulars. ‘Well, he talks so cleverly,” said the cook “Last night, for in- stance, he explained things to us for an hour and a halt.” “Bxplaingd things—what things?” said the mis- tress, now really interested. “Well,” was the reply, “he was telling us how we are all descended from Mr. Dar- win.”—Westminster Gazctie. ————— Warwhoops on tho Scaffold. Not yet extinguished is the spirit of the Indian warrior’s death chant in the northwest. Cnarcoal, an indian mur- derer of one of the mounted police at McLeod, Manitoba, was so infirm in the | legs that he had to be carried to the scaffold, but he died full of defiance, giving three ringing warwhoops as he was taken up the stairs. Palaces On Wheels The Burlington's pew Minneapolis and St. Paul-Chicago: and St. Louis train consists of: A buffet library-car. 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