Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 1, 1898, Page 7

arte J, fai | \ | " ¥ — . In a Strait. “Hit do happen,” said Uncle Eben, “that a man’s hahd puzzled whether to Pay $2 tax on ‘is watchdog or spend de money foh sumpin wuf watchin’’— Washington Star. Lost His Life Saving Others. A country boy visiting New York stopped a runaway team that w: about to dash on the sidewalk where there were hundreds of women and children. He saved their lives. but lost his own. Hundreds of lives are Saved every year by Hostetter’s Stom- ach Bitters. People with disordered Stomach, liver and bowels are brought back to good health by it. At Close Range. . Hattie—So You and Jack quarreled, did you? Ella—He said something that I didn’t ike, and I told him we must be Strangers henceforth, Hattie—And did he fall on his knees you to forgive him? Ella—Not he. You se he—that is, his knees wepre occupied at the time— Chicago News. BEAUTIFUL HOMES. The Tendency of the Age Is Toward Mural Decorations. Probably at no time in the world’s history has so much attention been paid to the interior decoration of homes as at present. No home, no matter how humble, is without its han- diwork that helps to beautify the apart- ments and make the surroundings more Cheerful. The taste of the Amer ican people has kept pace with the age and almost every day brings forth something new in the way of a picture, a draping, a piece of furniture or other form of mural decoration. One of the latest of these has been given to the world by the celebrated artist, Muville, in a series of four handsome porcelain game plaques. Not for years has any- thing as handsome in this line been seen. The subjects represented by these plaques are American Wild Ducks, American Pheasant, American Quail and English Snipe. They are handsome paintings and are especially designed for hanging on dining-room wails, though their richness and beauty entitles them to a place in the parlor of any home. These original plaques have been purchased at a cost of $50,- 000 by J. C. Hubinger Bros. Co., man- ufacturers of the celebrated Elastic Starch, and in order to enable their numerous customers to become posses- sors of these handsome works of art they have had them reproduced by a special process in all the rich colors and beauty of the original. They are finished on heavy cardboard, pressed and embossed in the shape of a plaque and trimmed with a heavy band of gold. They measure forty inches in circumference and contain no reading matter or advertisement whatever. Until September ist Messrs. J. C, Hu- binger Bros. Co. propose to distribute these plaques free to their customers. Eve:y purcha:er of three ten-cent pack- ages of Elastic Starch, flat-iron brand, manufactured by J. C. Hubinger Bros. Co., is entitled to receive one of these handsome plaques free from their gro- cer. Old and new customers alike are entitled to the benefits of this offer. These plaques will not be sent through the mail, the only way to obtain them being from your grocer. Every grocery store in the country has Elastic Starch for sale. It is the oldest and best laundry starch on the market, and is the most perfect cold process starch ever invented. It is the only starch made by men who thoroughly under- stand the laundry business, and the only starch that will not injure the fin- est fabric. It has been the standard for a quarter of a century, and as an evi- dence of how good it is twenty-two million packages were sold last year. Ask your dealer to show you the plaques and tell you about Elastic Starch. Accept no substitute. Bear in mind that this offer holds gocd a short time only, and should be taken advantage of without delay. In the Schools, Professor—So, then, by the term rep- tile, we mean a creature which does not stand on feet, but moves by craw!- ing on the ground? Will one of you name for me such a reptile? Freddy—Baby brother—Judy. Real eather Rest and Comfort. There is a powder to be shaken into the shoes called Allen’s Foot-Ease, in- vented by Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y., which druggists and shoe dealers say is the best thing they ever sold to cure swollen, burning, sore and tender or aching feet. Some dealers claim that it makes tight or new shoes feel easy. It certainly will cure corns and bunions and relieve instantly sweating, hot or smarting feet. Allen’s Foot- Sase costs only a quarter, and the in- ventor will send a sample free to any address. Warm Number. Wife (enthusiastically)—How much do you think we took in the b : Husband (quietly —How many, you mean.—Boston Traveler. The Place for Your Daughters. St. Mary’s Academy at Notre Dame, Ind., ranks first among the educational institutions for girls. Young women from all parts of America and Europe are found in its classes, The faculty have just issued a catalog that con- tains much valuable data. Parents de- sirous of sending their daughters to the best institution should send for this catalog before deciding on _ sending them elsewhere. It is under the super- vision of the Sisters of the Holy Cross and is located at Notre Dame, far from the excitement of even village life, and right among the beautiful scenes of the Creator’s handiwork. Heaven tempers the wind alike to. the smooth-faced man and the Populist. Baltimore and Qhio Engine No. 9, which has just been laid aside at Grafton, W. Va., and will be consigned to the serap pile, has quite a history. It is one of the Ress Winans camel engines, and was bul!t in 1851. There are only four of this class of engines now remaining. During the late war this engine was one of several captured at Martinsburg by the Confede-:- ates, and hauled across the country by pike to Staunton, Va., under direction of Col. Thomas R. Sharp. President John W. Garrett, after the war was over, hunted up Col. Sharp and appointed him Master of Transportation, in recognition of the ability displayed in that unparalleled achievement. POLITICAL STRAWS. SIGNS OF DEMOCRATIC VIC- TORY THIS FALL. The Soldiers Candidate for Governor of Minnesota—While the Republicans Are Machine ‘Politicians — Shoddy for Democratic Soldiers. Nominating Minnesota's Soldier Candidate. The democrats of Minnesota have nominated John Lind for governor and he has accepted the nomination. He has served as a member of congress from Minnesota and for many years has been connected with the public af- fairs of the state. A peculiarity of this nomination is that the candidate is a lieutenant in the Twelfth Minnesota regiment, now at Camp Thomas, Chickamauga, under orders to move to the extreme front. He will not return to Minnesota for political work, but, barring accidents from death, wounds or disease, will re- main in the field as long as the war lasts. He will depend on the people to fight his battles while he is fighting theirs. The republicans in various states are engaged in the quarrels of factions to make some battered oid politicians their candidates. The machine leaders are manipulating the primaries and conventions for the sake of the spoils that are to be gathered. In some cases where the condition of republican af- fairs is desperate they may be looking around for the war to develop a hero whom they can draft as a candidate. Roosevelt is the hope of each of the antagonistic republican factions in New York. But it is quite uncertain as yet whether he will turn out to be a hero or more than a dime novel hero, The Minnesota democrats have se- lected a candidate for governor from the line—not from the field and staff. The gemogratic party is the natural friend of the soldier?. Tt is the war pérty and has been from the beginning. This fact is shown by the democrats of Minnesota in the nomination of a soldier candidate for governor. In 1896, when McKinley had 54,000 majority in Minnesota, John Lind, then the fusion candidate for governor, was defeated by only 3,500 majority. As there has been a great growth of silver Sentiment since 1896, there is a good prospect for his election this year. REED WILL GO DOWN. A good deal of interest is manifested in some well known congressional con- tests which will be decided next No- vember. The reports from Maine are that Speaker Reed will have some difficulty in securing a re-election next fall. His Democratic opponent is L. F, McKin- ney, who once Hampshire district in congress, When the congressional convention was held a few weeks ago he was nominated as a candidate against the Republican czar. McKinney proposes to make a vigor- ous campaign on the lines laid down in the Chicago platform, and he will earry the war into every township. Interest in this contest is caused not so much by McKinney’s appearance as a candidate as by the conditions sur- rounding the candidacy of Reed. It is expected the convention will adopt a platform favoring the annexation of the Hawaiian islands and the new im- perial policy of the Republican party. If these things are not put into the platform they will be left out through the personal influence of Mr. Reed. The politicians are unable to see how the speaker can consistently make a campaign on a platform favoring ‘he prosecution of the war against Spain, and the policy of territorial expansion forced the McKinley administration by the Democrats in congress, Against both of these things Reed resolutely set his power and influence during the last session of congress. In so doing he believed that he represent- ed the interests of those who put up campaign money in 1896. Hanna stood back of him. He was opposed to the war and to the recognition of the Cu- ban insurgents. He fought the Ha- waiian annexation scheme bitterly, and although he was not present when the vote was taken on the Newlands reso- lJution he caused the announcement to be made that if present he would vote in the negative. . The speaker has not shown himself to be in harmony with the present ad- ministration, and unless the Republic- ans in his district are of his way of thinking it appears he may have a rough road to travel in seeking a re- election to congress. . Nor is the candidacy of McKinney to be treated lightly. He is a strong man and a Democrat sound on the Chicago platform, and will make a lively and energetic campaign. It is claimed he will poll every Democrat in his dis- trict. Heretofore hundreds of Demo- crats have supported Reed, some of them because they felt a pride in the speaker’s career and others because he was generally opposed by a candidate not entirely acceptable to the party. In 1896 he had for an opponent a gold Democrat and won by 10,000 majority. The War Revenue Law. Money for the prosecution of the war is a necessity which every American citizen must recognize. But we could not prevent the banks and the money combinations of Wall and Lontbard streets from procuring legislation to enrich themselves at the expense of the people. They were in a. position of power and could say and did say: “Give us more bonds, more contraction and more subsidies for the barks, or we will charge you with obstructing legislation to furnish money to prosc- represented a New jgeach. cute the war. We have the press, and if you do not allow us to have our way we will brand you as traitors to the government and false to your prcfes- sions of patriotism. The commerciul press will vindicate our method of rais- ing money because it is for the interest ef the press to take sides with tue money oligarchy which now ‘controls the destinies of the country.” Five hundred millions added to the bonded debt, which has been increasing at the rate of about sixty millions a year since the success of the Republic- an-Cleveland combination at the extra session in 1893 in utterly destroying silver bullion as a money metal, will make it the largest debt, measured in the property required to pay it, which ever existed in this country, says the Silver Knight-Watchman. The war gave the people no option, but forced them to submit to the method prescrib- ed by the moneyed aristocracy which now rules the country, to furnish money to defend the honor of the flag. The surrender in November, 1896, by the people of the United States to the power of money and monopoly must be endured. There is no hope of relief ex- cept through an intelligent,and patri- otic use of the ballot, which in the hands of a patriotic people must, soon- er or later, break the chains of financia! bondage which bind the limbs of en- terprise. The war revenue bill is the-law cf the land. The war will be prosecuted with vigor and success if the patriotism of the army and the navy is not check- ed by influences which we will not ven- ture to describe, but which the people will investigate and provide again: like dangers in the future. The hero- ism of Dewey and Hobson and the gal- lant conduct of the entire navy have revived the patriotism and pride of all American citizens and will inspire them to greater sacrifices than ever. be- fore to preserve their institutions which are developing a race of patriots and heroes whose daring and bravery challenge the admiration of the wo1!¢. Where the Money Kings Live. According to a statistical article in Chambers’ Journal, we have in this country seventy citizens whose aggre- gate wealth amounts to nearly $3,000,- 000,000, giving an average of $7,500,000 to each person. One estate is returned at $150,000,000. Five individuals are rated at $100,0C0,000; six at $50,000,000; six at $40,000,000; four at $35,000,000; thirteen at $30,000,000; ten at $25,000,- 000; four at $22,000,000 and fifteen at $20,000,000. e Besides these seventy big fortunes, there are fifty other persons in the eastern states worth over $10,000,000 each. Pennsylvania has sixty-three millionaires, worth*in the aggregate $300,000,000. | Sixty persons in three New York villages are worth $500,000,- 000. Boston alone has fifty families whose wealth amounts to $10,000,000 Chambers’ Journal says: We have nothing to compare with such individual cases of wealth in Great Britain. Baron Rothschild and Lord Overton each left about $17,000,- 000; the late Lord Dudley left $20,000,- 000; the late Duke of Buccleugh, esti- mated to be the richest Scotchman, left estates valued at $39,000,000. One living English duke is valued at $50,- 000,000 and another at $40,000,000, but not many names could be added to these to place against the above list of American fortunes in the United King- dom whose incomes from business profits were returned as over $250,000 ayear. In 1886 there were only seven- teen estates which paid probate duty on $1,250,000 each year. These are bewildering figures. If wealth continues to concentrate in the hands of a few in the east for another generation as it has done in the past the southern and western states will be mere provinces, and the politics, legis- lation, commerce, industry and society of the entire country will be dominated by a few hundred families in several of the New England and middle states. Are we soon to reach a point where a few money kings will elect presidents and congress and shape the destinies of the nation with all the absolute pew- er of a despotism? Checking Vile Talk in Public President Guggenheimer of the Dem- ocratic municipal council of New York city, in his effort to pass an ordinance prohibiting the use of indecent or pro- | fane language in public places, has struck at an evil that obtains to a dis- gusting degree in many cities other than New York. The complete lack of a spirit of reverence that is so char- acteristic of some people, and the utter disregard of decency and the feelings of others that often goes with it, has come to be an evil of no small magni- tude. There are forms of indecency that are summarily punished, but the offense of the foul-mouthed brawler and street loafer is nearly as bad and demands attention. Valuable Franchises Given Away. St, Louis Post-Dispatch: A few days ago it became known that two multi- millionaires of New York were nego- tiating the sale of an intramural rail- way franchise on a basis of $90,000,000. They got the franchise for nothing un- der the late Republican administration. Plain men wonder why, if the franchise was worth so much to the millionaires, it wasn’t sold for its value by the city. There are enormous revenue possibili- ties in such grants, but municipal as- semblies uniformly neglect them. It does seem as if American cities had been captured. Why Not, Indeea? Why not issue greenbacks? Green- backs did more than a million men to whip the civil war, and the country never prospered as it did with green- backs after the war. They were mighty in war and mighty in peace—Con- gressman Gaines. Sn ke cae a a eS a SNE SS cea sen sar teens Sees SST nen SS ANS SS EN SSPE a SBS tS SS Une neu uy RENNER INE rst MnP assert ae Competition in Cattle. The Scottish Farmer, an excellent exchange from the other side of the ‘water, discusses the subject of com- Petition from American cattle, and it is not able to see how, with increasing population and decreasing numbers of stock, we should be. flooding foreign markets with our live stock, both beef and mutton, and attributes it mainly to improvement in breeding by which we transform canners into better beef and increase the pounds of beef in proportion to the number of cattle. Wallace's Farmer, in commenting up- on this says: “There has been no im- Provement in ten years past in the quality of the cattle in the corn and grass states. If anything. there has been deterioration. There has been great improvement in the cattle in the semi-arid belt; that is, in the eastern portions of the plains, and also in some of the mountain states, particu- larly Idaho, Colorado, Wyoming and Montana. There is, however, a limit to this improvement in the environ- ment, to which also there is a well- defined limit. Cattle can be bred up readily to the measure of their en- vironment, natural or artificial, but beyond that the improvement cannot possibly go. The important fact, so far as cattle are concerned, which our foreign contemporary overlooks is this: That during the last two years, owing to the very low price of corn and unusually large number of acres, cattle of all ages have been placed on feed, thus depleting .the range stock to an extent which is really alarming to the ranchmen themselves. These cattle having been once placed on feed must be marketed when they are fit to go, and often before, and for this rea- son there is fully the usual number of fat cattle offered in the market and the usual per cent of them going abroad. This will regulate itself in time. It is difficult to see whence the places of these cattle are to be filled after they have gone to market. That this is the true solution of the prob- lem is clear from the fact that stock cattle, or ‘stores’ as the folks across the water call them,are relatively very much higher than fat cattle, so much so, that instances are not at all infre- quent of cattle having been shipped to market as fat, being sent back after a journey of seven or eight hundred miles and sold in the same neighbor- hood, and sometimes to the man who fed them, as stock cattle. The Hog of the Future. Mr. John L. Van Doren writes as follows: The hog of the future wi!l be bred and born with his Sunday clothes on, his head will be neat, short and tapering nicely, eye clear and bright and of good size and always open, only when sleeping. The ear will be found thin, resembling tissue paper, the neck short and strong and will set on with a good chest; the back will be broad, level, ribs well sprung and running out straight to tail, wita no crease or drooping behind the shoul- der; loin broad and strong, side deez and full and running well down to fore leg, and measures as much or more in the flank as heart girth, running smooth and even from end to end with an even under line and standing on heavy, strong, straight legs. A hog broken down in the feet is not the hog of the future. The hog of the future will have a coat of hair as fine as silk, he will be as mellow to the touch as a kid glove and shall have the style and action of a drum-major. As to his care, he shall never know what it is to want for his food, which shall consist of the best the land affords. His drink will be sweet, clean, pure, and in cold weather, stimulating. His bed will be dressed every few days and cleansed of all filth, He will be groomed and kept as a race horse, free from vermin. In summer he will be protected from the heat and in win- ter will receive attention from the cold. With the care’ which the hog of the future will have, -he will not be so susceptible to disease as the hog of the present day. Death from Anthrax.—Anthrax re- cently broke out among some cows on a small holding at Cramington, a few miles north of Newcastle, and has, un- fortunately, involved the loss of a hu- man life. It appears that a few days ago a cow died and a butcher was call- ed in to dress the carcass, which was sent to Newcastle. At that place it was seized as unfit for human food. The butcher shortly afterwards visited Newcastle Royal Infirmary with a bad hand. He refused to stay at the insti- tution, as suggested by the medical staff, but on Saturday last he returned in a worse condition and consented to become an indoor patient. He died, however, within a few hours after- wards, and the cause of death was cer- tified to have been anthrax. Altogefh- er, three cows have died at the farm referred to.—Mark Lane Express (Eng.) Useless Males.—Estimate the cost of keeping one maie for a year and it will be found that it is not less than fifty cents. Send him to market when a year old and he will not bring over six cents a pound. In fact, it is sel- dom that a male pays for his food when he is sold. His food is cheapest in the summer, because he can secure a share by foraging, the main cost being in winter. Do not keep a single male more than you may require, and do not retain even one after he is no longer a necessity. Do like the bees with the drones, which is to permit them to remain only for a time and then give them no place among the others. 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