Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 21, 1910, Page 4

Published Every Wednesday By E. C. KILEY. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE TASES NEBR AEST SS ORRIN RRL PONCE RII STRATICS TOE LT giye ne aupport, direct or indjrect, to the candidacy of Mr. Gray. It has the highest‘ respect for his character and ability,.and.it has no slightest word of disaparagment for him. It parts from him with regret and bids i ibettcaeiminiaitsocias Saws Oe Entered at the PostoMcent Grand Rapids, | him God-speed. Minnesota, as Second Class Matter. But The Journal declares anew and without. reservation . its . belief CHANGING THE CONSTITUTION. | that Adolph O. Eberhart ought to At the recent meeting of the Ameri| be elected Governor of Minnesota. He can Wap association President Libby|is the duly and unanimous nominat- @ild that tions will shortly require a charpetin Minnesota. t&e Woderal Constitution. That is very shocking information|every shade can fer-taose who hold up the constitutio | scruple. as @ sacred institution that must not|}state and national, tbe touched or changed in any way | Journal rapidly changing condi-|ed candidate of the Republicans of He was named on a platform on which all Republicans of stand without It declares the politics, in which the believes. The Journal is nd that must be honored to the Jet-| for him. ter no matter how greatly conditions It seems propable that Mr. Gray, may change from those visible to the ignoring the record and platform of eble none the less very human indivi-| the party, will declare for county op- uals who framed it. ia wil be fownd that those In most cases | tion. who }lieve in county option, equally with But those Republicans who be- preach so fervently the sacredness those who do not, need have no hes- o@ the constitution are men who | itancy in standing by the nominee of Bonor # chiotig because of the bars|their own party. Governor Eberhart it puts before the advance of demo-|has frankly declared that if the leg- exacy, and the protection it offers to |islature adopts county option law, he vested rights which long ago became will sign it. He will do this, because vested wrongs. Saya the Washington Star: “Mr. Libby is not alone in the opinion that mew conditiams will soon require a ehanga in the constitution. But when undertaken, the task will be a most delicate one. Im calling a con- vention for ¢hat purpose the doors will be opened for the introductior; #6 all propositions, and many will be presented. Varlety will be the spice o@ the docket. A number of the elder states have written new con- stitutions; and their difficulties— q@ly multiplied many times— will be the mation’s whem the latter begins work.” That is true enough. It will be & @elicata task to amend the con- stitutien. It was @ delicate task to treme it, but it was framed mar- yelously well, and met the needs of e@enditions that existed then most admirably. When it is amended it will be amended ably, and will meet @@e needs of present oenditions— aiways providing the people have full comtrol an@ the convention is made up of mem who truly and hon- estiy represent the people. Surely the American people are as capable of making a constitution now as thdy were 1% years ago. Meme of the shuddering about the Wedicacy agd peril of changing the eenstitution is done by those who are beneficiaries of the conditions moat needing change. There is no seal danger ig & constitutional con- wention, except the danger that the people. will not control it, and that f@0se who do control it will so swap its aims ae to strengthen the pro- tec@on now given to special privilege and to weaken the protection given to the people of the Nation. And @ere is little danger of that in these @ays. If the convention were so con- treled, amd its work directed to the wervice of priviledges, the result would be rejected by tiie people. And if a too wifd radicalism by any ehamce should make the constitution an insecure foundation for national peace and prosperity, the people would reject that, too. There is no peril in trusting the people. They.are conservative enough to handle amy branch of their own af- tains for their own good, and that ig the sole purpose of any constitu- tion—to serve the feople and to {work for the greatest good and for ae greatest number. — Duluth ead. WS FO GRAY AND EBERHART. Mr. James Gray, of the editorial eteff of this paper, has been select- @al by the Democratic State Commit- tee to run for governor in place of John Lind, who decked the nomina- tion. At the meeting of the committee last week there appeared to.be.but.on) Wissenting voice, that of Major J. M. Bowler, of this city. in the course of his protest against the selection of Mr. Gray, Mr. Bowler used sub- @entially this language. “Y have tbeen reading the lashings im the Tribune and The Journal of @ifford Pinchot and other: clean men gmo are werking for the people, and i fe@ that we are paying too high a price for thie indirect sapport. the measure will come to him as concrete expression of the peoples’ will. The legislature is the body charged with the function of making laws. “*, after a campaign in which county option was an issue, it shal pass such a law, Governor Eberhart will sign it. That puts the whole question where it belongs—up to the people and to the legislature. Major Bowler had absolutely no warrant for his insinuation before the Committee. But perhaps it was just as well he made the charge at the very outset of the campaign, since he has given the Journal an early op- (portunity to declare itself with en- tire frankness.—Minneapolis Journal. CHROUGH COMBAT TO VICTORY Strong, Vigorous Character Arrives at Fruition by Wrestling With and Overcoming Obstacles. It is the wrestling with obstacles and the overcoming of difficulties that have made man a giant of achieve ment. If we could analyze a strong, vigor ous character, we should find it made up largely of the conquering habit, the habit of overcoming, says Orison G@wett Marden in Success. On the other hand, If we should analyze a weak character we should find just the reverse—the habit of fail ure, the habit of letting things slide of yielding instead of conquering— the lack of courage, ef persistency o- crit. There is the same difference be tween a self-made young man, who has fought his way up to his own loaf, and the pampered youth who has never been confronted by great re- sponsibilities that would exercise his powers and call out his reserves, that there is between the stalwart oak which hes struggled for its existence with a thousand storms, with all the extremities of the elements, and the hothouse plant which has never beeo aliowed to feel a breath of frost or a Tough wind. Rvery bit of the oak’s fiber has reg- istered @ victory, so that when its timber is called upon to wrestle with storms and the fury of the sea, it ays, “I am no stranger to storms; J have met them many a time before J feel within me stamina and fiber to resist @he fury of any sea, because I have fought and evercome its equal @ thousand times.” ‘The hothguse plant succumbs to the first adverse wind. EXAMPLE OF PERFECT FAITH Mexican Lover Believed Sweetheart’s Story Before Evidence of His Own Eyes. For the past week the physicians in charge of one of the sanitariums here have been dealing with one of the most. puzzling and obstinate cases of eye trouble ever brought to their notice, declares a Puebla (Mexico) correspondent. Their suspicion that the subject was nothing the matter with hts eyes was confirmed by a naive confession made by the patient. The man’s name is Estanislao Rutz. He stated that he lives at Cholupla and shortly before coming here he was shogked ene evening, upon pass- ing the house of his novia, to see her kissing a very dandily dressed strang- er throwgh the bars of her window. Fearing that he might cause a scandal by interfering, he retired quietly, and later in the evening returned to speak to the young lady about it. She de nied the matter emphatically. “But I saw you with my own eyes,” he maintained. “Do you believe your dulee or do you believe your eyes?” she demanded triumphantly. “T-believe my dulce,” he answered. Where was a hearty embrace and he This gives opportunity and occa- sien to say thas The Fourwal will came here immediately to have his eyes treated. GLEN STRADER Who has a big lead for the nomination for County Treasurer, which is equivalent to election. Mary Frith, Highway Robber, the - First of Her Sex to Use Tobacco in England. M Frith, better known as Moll Cutpurse, was a notable figure in old time’ Lond e. She had the repu- tation of ie the first woman to smoke tyb: GC in England. The =o of her days is a disputed point, but it seems certain that she attained the age of over threescore years and ten. It is asserted that con- stant smoking prolonged her life. A portrait representing her in the act of smoking forms the frontispiece of Middleton’s comedy of the “Roaring Girl.” She also figures in other plays of the period. Mary was the daughter of a shoe maker living in the Barbican, and Malone gives 1584 as the date of her birth. She early took to wicked ways and became a noted “highwayman.” Among her familiar friends were the notorious Capt. Hind and Richard Hannam. She was an expert swords- woman. Single-nanded she robbed on Hounslow Heath. Gen. Fairfax of 200 @old jacobuses, shooting him through the arm and killing two of his horses on which his servants were riding. For the offense she was committed to Newgate, but on paying the genera) £2,000 she obtained her liberty. at one time Mary had £3,000 of her own, but by giving money to dis- tressed cavaliers she died compara tively poor. Her death took place in July, 1659, and she was laid to rest in St. Bridget’s. USES WINGS TO CATCH FISH Sly Old Bird Is the Cassowary, Ac- cording to Observations Made by Naturalist. Habits of the cormorant and of our native fish hawk are generally known. Their methods of taking fish are very much like those of birds of prey. But the cassowary fishes according to a method of its own. A well-known nat- uralist witnessed its operations on 4 river in the island of New Britain. He saw a cassowary come down to the water’s edge and stand for some minutes apparently watching the wa- ter carefully. It then stepped into the river where it was about three feet deep, and partially squatting down, spread its wings out, submerging them, the feathers being spread and ruffled. The bird remained motionless, and kept its eyes closed as if in sleep. It remained in this position for a quar- ter of an hour, when suddenly closing its wings and straightening its feath- ers it stepped out on the bank. Here is shook itself several times, where- upon a quantity of small fishes fell out of its wings and from amid its feathers. These the’ bird immediately picked up and swallowed. The fishes had evidently mistaken the feathers for a kind of weed that grows in the water along the banks of the rivers in this island and which resembles the feathers of the casso- wary. The smaller fishes hide in these weeds to avoid the larger ones that prey en them. The Consoling Volume. There was a backward student at Balliol who, for failure to pass an ex- amination in Greek, was “sent down.” His mother went to see the master, Dr. Jowett, and explained to him what an excellent lad her son wag. “It ig g hard experience for him, this dig- grace,” said the old lady; “but be will have the consolation of Teligion, and there is always one book to which he ean turn.” Jowett eyed her for a mo ment and then answered: “Yeg ma dam; the Greek grammar. Good. morning.” WOMAN SMOKER <IVED LONG |NICETIES OF LEGAL TENDER Somewhat Perplexing Question Which Very Few Seem to Properly Understand. One of the prominent officials of the treasury ‘department ,recently ven- tured the opinion that not one banker in a hundred and probably not half a dozen members of the senate or house could tell accurately what parts of the United States currency are le gal tender. He went on to say: “A great many people know that the definition of legal tender is money of a character which by law a debtor may require his creditor to receive in payment in the absence of a special agreement. But when it comes to stating just what money is legal ten- der you will find the banker all at sea. “Gold certificates are not a legal tender, but are receivable for customs, taxes and all public debts. Silver cer- tificates are not legal tender. Neither are national bank notes. They are re ceivable, however, im payment of taxes, excises, public lands and all other dues to the United States, ex- cept duties on imports. Trade dollars and fractional currency are not legal tender. Fractional currency is re receivable for postage and revenue stamps and also in payment of any dues to the United States less than five dollars, except duties on imports. Foreign gold and silver coins are not legal tender. “The following are legal tender in all that the term means: “Gold coins of the United States, standard silver dollars, subsidiary sil- ver coins, minor coin of copper, bronze or copper-nickel, up to 25 cents; United States notes or green backs, demand treasury notes, treas- ury notes of 1890. Columbian halt dollar and Columbian quarters. Sub- sidiary silver coin, including Colum- bian half dollars and quarters, are legal tender up to $10.” ee Too Tough a Morsel. “Tenderfoots” are not necessarily fools, as the guide of whom a writer in the New York Herald tells discov- ered. He, was recounting some of his early experiences with the brethren of the wild, for the benefit of his open-mouthed audience of easterners. “Yes, sir,” he said, “ it was my first grizzly, and I don’t deny I was proud of having killed him in a hand-to-hand struggle. We began fighting about sunrise, and when he finally rolled aver, done for, the sun was going down.” He paused. No one said anything, and so he added slowly, “for the sec- ond time.” : “Do you mean that it took you two days tovkill a grizzly?” asked the Eng- lish tourist. “Two whole days and one night,” replied the guide. “He died mighty hard.” “Choked to death?” asked the tour ist. “Yes, sir,” the guide said, calmly. “Well, well! What did you try to get him to swallow?” Se For Parents Only. Parents nowadays have good cause to grumble. When they were young, father and mother were paramount. Now that they are old, pa and ma don’t count a straw. “After all,” exclaimed the young lady visitor to the paterfamilias, who had supplied her plate with all the choicest titbits from the roast fowl, “there is nothing in the world like the breast of a chicken, is there?” “I can’t say,” replied paterfamilias enviously. “I have never tasted the white meat in my life. 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