Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-07-03

feLlafAAIle increase lN trHAir 1NiflilcS
lately Committing suicide b. drown
ing has been the issst resort Of unf0rtun-
ats women Cor many years. But az this
time a nauiber of women u respcctablhty
and position are taking their hives for
causes unknown o. the world Phiioso-
piers should come 20 tho front and en-
tighten us A. to the eause of this ten
dsney
EvnsY once in a while the opponents
~ the c,-education % the sexes and the
higher education Of women run face 20
face with such "a stunning fact a. this:
Miss Brown. Of Concord. Mass, has Just
graduated from the Harvard Annex with
higher average than that ot any ~ her
male comF stitors Tier grade in the
classics was phenomenaily high. But
tte boys still hold the drst place at the
las AMI ths oar. 50 what p the difference
IHEgE is touching pgthos IN letter
which the once proud Empress of France,
Eugenie. wrote recently 10 M0usiguor
GoddarL She says. II am lett alone,
the sole remnant oi a shipwreek which
proves how fragile and vain ara the gran
dears of this world" The widow Of the
Emperor Napoleon has suffered fate
scarcely less sad than that % the widow
~ Macmillan who became Emperor Of
Mexico 40 Napoleon's instance.
Tur latest dispatches. from Washing
ton. announces that Colonel Messmore IA
to be- appointed Register OF the Land OF
fice a. salt Lake City. II the appoint
ment is made it viii be another proof
that VI Cleveland has forgotten the
clause To tine platform en- which he was
elected. which declares that territarial
officers should BE- selected from bona ide
residents oi the territories. a clause on
wtlcb Col Msssmore himself frequently
dweit n has stump speeches.
THs woman with the iron Jaw" has
proved that she does not possess an iron
he,sL When she fell at Van Amburgh's
circus on Tuesday her forehead was
crushed ln and she received other inlur-
ies which vail probably prove fatal Bur
a death or two now and then Will not
,ieter people from going 20 see Just such
performance. and iust as long as people
demand chem and pay for them So long
terrlble risks VIII be- nan aud lives viii
be Iost
TEr interview with senator Conger
published iu taa news columns of IHE
rstnsRsar this morning VIII be very in-
terasiing bat very unpleasant reading Tor
thoss Democrats who have been appoint
al or hope to hs appointed to places made
vacaut ov removals If offensive parts
tisaus.~ lt wiil uot pat tae new appoint
ees in very good working condition. But
tbe senator talks -hoss sense. EIe saws
the Senate li try tn ind ont whether a
new sppointee is an offensive partisan
or not What is sauce Tor the goose :
ssuce for ihe zander
II pennsv they have a law. such
ne they have also u New FORK and ss
Michigan sboutl have. protecting the i'm
teVrity ~ the primary elections. Last
week tbe frst convection was attained
under the law m Philadelphia. and the
xs.lty pertv vac sent to Novariensinr
o. spend the heated seaaou. There - no
r,pl -ess1n why primaries should not
be- protected AGAINST fra1d AMI Improper
vating quite ss carefully a. Tire general
elections Tae practice ~ packing can
c'tses vith men noe voters In the 1.stuct
represented Is sitagether h1o common iu
al parties nenn3ers ami bsliof-sh thieves
AZ primaraas ara none tfe less deserving
~ punishment heenuse thev generally ss-
cape e.
THr Ner Trrk rsees hsvng pnh-
hshei several ccutreaicflous - tbe ts-
pasrh b. she ssfa- rscautly partially re-
,rrsluce1 IN this ccl1m8, concerninz
differences between the Presalent and
.secrefarv Ravani snd smon0 theu ore
'rou Secrata~v Lamar tts san -eriies
hat -Tf Mr. Lamar esuid learn TIE name F
r the author N fhe information he eon- F
ra.iicfs. he rnuid open hrs eyes Eider +