Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-04-03
TALKS By THE WAY.

A lRIBUfE-->ai1 Charles n Oibso2
ssit seems emlnently proper that some
public recognition should also be made
Of the long ana faithful services OF the
ate adjutans. Maj. J. W. Long, aud as
1 enjoyed . somewhat intimate ae-
qasintance with Major Long Of over
three years, at the Soldiers Home; il
does not appear very improper for me
20 al least voice my own apprec. alton
OF his many acts OF kindness while
wss ia the honie. The zdlUtant OF the
home necessarily comes 10 know each
officer and inmate more or less
thoroughly. as be is IN almost daily
eootset u.sa them, and his fitness or
uniltness Tor MS position Is quickly
manifested. The fact that Major Long
held the position Of adlutant from tue
inception OF the home up 90 the pFesent
IS = reasonable guarantee that ne was
emsnently lifted tor that position. In
deed, With due regard tor Colonel
Wells, General Pierce and his late ex-
celiency, II may be- truly said Major
Long has been Of lnestimable value 20
that institution. The real burdens of
the management have largely fallen
upon MINI, aud it Is TO his fitness and
falthfulness that very much has been
due. IL Is this tender helpfuiness that
has endeaTed him To So many of the
veterans-and tor this he viii be greatly
missed"
POLITICAL Purs--At the city hall yes
terday two local wire pullers were
swapping lies. and the following shows
To what extent the process can 60: ''lt
Was when lived down in Ohio, | was
just about to cast my first vote for
President and il Was going for Samuel
j. Tlldsn. was q Democrat to the
bone. One day met an urebIn with a
basket of pups; have always admired
dogs good deal, and these particular
lily struck my fancy. i asked him IN
Joking way II they were Democrat
pups, and he assured me that they
were and of excellent breeding. l
bought a couple. The next week |
saw the kid again at a Republican pole
raising. He had two of the pups left.
and finally tackled a man and said:
want couple good Republican pups,
mister Here kid, said l, Il thought
you told me last week they were Demo-
crat pups" We'll so theys were them
was the answer, but now they nave got
their eyes open.'"
DIREcTIoS.-"This sense of direc-
tiop," said travelling man at the
Morton yesterday. us u very curious
thing. You know there is class of
scientists who say that man has six
senses, instead OF the five admitted by
our daddies, and they give as the sixth
sense the sense OF direction When
we are children we learu that this is
called south, that east, and so on.
Suppose We go by the cars to another
city. East may seem north or some
other direction. OF course you can
easily know by logical process what
direction it really is, but it doesn't
! seem right. Well here's an incident
about direction that always bothers me.
When was at school the map of the
United States hung on the west wall.
We used to cay top north, bottom
south, right hand east and left hand
west Well, got TO thinking of New
York City as being on my right hand as
/ sat in the school-rOom facing the
west. 1t really was behind me to
the east. / thought of Chicago as
being at my left hand, and really it was
right ahead of me. Now when l think
of California always think Of it as be-
ing over that way'-pointipg to the
south-'though of course know it is
west. It is the mysterious sense of di.
rection which got tangled up when l
was young and never got Strengthened
out 80 that things seem right, and
guess it never will. The moral of my
little philosophising is directed to school
| teachers and it 10 this: Put the maps
on the north wall 90 that the children's
sense of direction will not be forever
and hopclessly put out of JOINT. Right
here in Grand Rapids the east end IL
all straight. come up Monroe-st. and
it seems west. / go on Canal and il
seems west again, though of course
| know its north. That's ALL"