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Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-23
blair = Candidate.

MANCHESTER. N. r., Feb. 22-Ex-
United States Senator Henry w. Blair
who has been counted as an advocate
of President Harrison for a renomina-
ton, has declared himself presiden-
tial candidate
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-23
GIG BLAZE At DECATUR, Ill.


me MsgniAeent Public Library Block
Completely Destroyed.
DECATUR, Ill, Feb. sx.-The most
disastrous 6re ever known In this city
began Sunday night NJ II o'clock and
before 10 was under control the
whole library block was con-
sumed. The Are began In the
eastern part Of the block, occupied
by the Decatur Cracker Company.
Within fifteen minutes the Ere was be.
yond control and the entire block.
facing on two streets.. was consumed
before q o'clock. The loss
on the building alone, belong.
ing 20 T. T. Roberts and
O. 2. Greene, il about 500, 900; insur.
ance, $50, 00o In the block vas the
public library Of the city. The most
valuable books we're saved. but many
volumes. with the fixtures files and
other indispeusa bles, were DESTROYED.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-23
ALBERT TWILLS!

These goods in great pro-
fusion. This material is
very durable, as well as i'm
expensive. New designs
show very choice patterns.
Black Satines at extremely
low prices.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-23
DRUG STORE
MARSHMALLOW SOAP
10 Cents Per Cake.

This soap Is manufactured by Scion Palmer.
New YORK. 1t is not made of tallow. but OF
French pomade. These pomades are used in
making Palmer's extracts for the handker-
chiefs After the oder Is washed from them
b. means of spirits. the residue gomade Is
manufactured into soap. OF course the supply
OF pomade Is limited and the output Of the
soap small; but the quality is the best OF any
soap In the market. because tie pomades are
composed Of the finest materials and are used
for extracting the odor from the flowers Each
cake weighs ave ounces. The suds are free
from the alkaline nature SO injurious TO tender
hands and faces. We have had 1t branded
Marshmallow. to distinguish II from inferior
soaps. 1t cannot be purchased In the dry
goods stores. rs the trademark "Marshmal-
low" by mutual agreement. belongs to Peck
Bros. and We decline to sell II at wholesale.
Try box Of the Marshmaliow Soap and de-
eide upon its merits. Soc for three cakes
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-23

pRApvoop. 9. d. Feb a. --Judre
Thomas has granted Mrs James q.
Blaine. IT.. al abseiute divorce IRON
Der hnsbsnd. awarded her the easss~iy
Of she child. $1,000 ssit neAey sad osoo
. assth - psrnsssst aiisoay.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-23

CHICAGO. Feb. 22--The democratic
state central committee met here ano
decided TO hold the state convention Ut
Springfield April a..
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-23
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Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-23
SLEPT FOUR WEEKS AND DIED.
Death Of Wisconsin Farmer from %
Unexplained Maisdy.

Unexplained Maisdy.
RACINE, Wis. Feb. 92--Early Satur-
day morning George Rauem. . farmer
20 years of age. died At his home in the
town of Caledonia He was single and
had resided in the town all his life.
-Four weeks ago he complained of
being terribly sleepy and went 10 bed.
His sleep lasted for forty eight hours
All efforts 70 awaken him having
failed he opened his eyes st the en-.
piration of that time bus Immediately
fell asleep again. and during the -four
weeks before bis death he vas never
awake over ten minutes ~ q time. In
his wakefnl moments he would take
nourfsb rnant
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-23
SHEPARD PLAID GIneHAMS,

Goods designed for chill
dren's wear. The splendid
results and growing de-
mand has influenced us to
greatly argument this line.
and we believe the ladies'
will fully appreciate the
varieties shown.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-23

Ryffv sfron1
rssous for trying
DR.. Ssge's Ca
tsrrh Rom edy.
In the first place,
IL cures ycur O.
tarrh-no matter
how bad your
case. or Of how
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-23

You cannot help enjoying our excellent as
sortment Of China Fabrics You have never
seen a prettier assortment or more stylish
designs. The low prices make them leading
favOriteS.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-23
Engagement Extraordinary This Week
Il Beautiful Drama III Three Aas.
Mahnees Daily.
Act 1--0pening Of our Domestic Department
New Surprises Catchy Designs.
In New Ginghams will expose the advance
styles in all their beautiful and realistic effects.

Immense line Of Satines
in new designs and new
cOlOrings. Bedford Cords
and Satin Striped Cling
hams.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-23
Act ia Happy Disclosure.

This bit of information should
cause every lady to rejoice.
think of it, we are going
to sell you Sheets and Pillows
Cases, all made up, ready for
Immediate use, much better
than you can do 1T, and at the
same prices charged for the
| goods by the yard. We have
| the Utica Mills and all other
standard qualities. This feat
ure is entirely I'm Grand
Rapids and should draw like
house afire. It's simply do
ing all the labor gratis Goods
open for inspection this week.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-23

We hope YOU will notice particularly our
handsome assortment of Scotch and Zephyr
Ginghams. We have them i'm the most OF.
quisite designs and great variety.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-23

The runaway va sighted ahout $
niee south If Newark The roads are
srv bad and he had made very poor
peed tie abandoned his horse and
m AGREES Ioss 80 Bentoa's swamp
hst the swamp proved To fall 81
sasev 10 se p>netrased snd the
agftEee took mp hls position s<Alnd .
tons wall snd faced kls psrsuer>
sfser scre psrisy he seyresssr~d -
t-pasy sheriff csiisna Ne ~a< taies
s~ek % f.yons sas hsssred is fail Ne
rs-s the nstns II wilsisn crsss
M Ne ww ton zsv Msxtss ed
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-05-19
A Cow Killed by a Turtle.

One day last week Richard Mock, Of
Miller county, after milking fine milk
COW he owns turned her out in the
woods, and she wendell her way down
to Aycock's creek to Stake her thirst
some time during the day, and while
engaged in drinking was seized by the
nose by a loggerhead turtle and her
head pulled under the water and held
there until she drowned.
Failing to return home that night,
Mr.. Mock made search for her, and
found her lying with her head under the
water, her body on land, quite dead,
the turtle still having his hold. Mr..
Mock called help, and dragging the COW
out, drew the turtle out also, he refusing
to let go the cows nose. The turtle was
killed and weighed fifty pounds, his
shell being as large as a large bread
tray.-Bainbridge (Ga.) Democrat.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-05-19
The Queens Jester.

The death of William Wallet, the
queens jester, has probably brought
that office-which, of course, was self
conferred-to an end. He seems to have
been quite a fountain of humor In his
own person. for he was also the first
circus joker to entitle himself q Shake
spearean clown!' This class is graver
and more sententious than the other,
and on the whole affects p~aterfamilias,
when he brings his children to see the
craftsmanship, with a less excessive
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Illustrated News.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-05-19
An Automatic CutOut.

An new design in automatic cutouts
for electric lighting instruments has re-
Gently been brought out. The instru,
ment is so arranged that the current
passing through the solenoid attracts a
core which is attached TO an arm about
which it swings. When the current ex-
ceeds a certain limit the core is drawn
into the solenoid and raises a lever,
which in turn releases the switch and
opens the circuit. If, as in the case of
stationary motors supplied from central
stations, the current is suddenly cut off
when changing from one machine to
another. the circuit is automatically
opened by the tension spring which en-
cages the small lever by withdrawing
the core from the solenoid and thereby
raising the lever, which releases the
switch the same as when overloaded.
The tension spring is so arranged that
it can be made to open the circuit for
any Predetermined amount Of current.
One of the main features Of the cutoUt
is that it does away with all fuses,
which is usually q large item of expense
in central stations. 1t can readily be ap,
piled to railroad circuits by using mag,
netic blowOuts at the switch contact.
The cutOut has been given practical
tests and found to work very satisfac'
torily.-New York Telegram.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-05-19

1t was a pretty sight to $50 the cont1r-
ual cluster Of people in front Of a Broad
way window opposite Union square, tor
the window contained the portrait OF
the good gray poet" the late Wait
Whitman, and at the time all that was
mortal of him was being borne TO the
little tomb of his W selection. This
was the tribute Of the passing throng to
his Immortality. All day long the peo-
pie paused and looked and silently
passed on, nodding a~pprovingly.
1t was the w ali" of fifteen years ago
the hale, robust, leonine man, who
then sought the daily companionshlp OF
a certain Washington street car driver,
and could be seen standing beside the
latter on the front platform discourslng
upon the philosophy of life. The world
might reasonably envy that car driver,
who was not only permitted to love and
have the companionship of the poet, but
was himself highly esteemed for what
he was. They were often seen walking
in the fields and woods together.
The world has greatly changed toward
the poet since then, thanks to foreign
appreciation, and the dear old man went
to his simple grave known to all the cul'
tured nations Of the earth. Nobody Is
likely to contest his will, for he left be-
hind him only the record of an undyine
love for all created things.-New YORK
Herald.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-05-19
Paner Covered Bullets.

In of the enormous in
itial velocity Of the bullet in the new
Mannlicher rife and the resulting fr1c-
ton and wear Oh the barrel it has be-
come necessary to devise some method
of preventing both these evils. The
manager Of the government laboratory
at Thun, Switzerland, has consequently
devised a method Of inclosing the leaden
bullet in a thin metallic covering, while
over this he places a wrapper of special
ly prepared oleaginous paper, which re-
duces the wear of the rifle barrel to a
minimum without interfering with the
I of the bullet.-PhilaGelphia Rec
ord
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-05-19
Is Life
Worth Living?

That depends upon the
Liver. If the Liver is
inactive the whole sys-
tenn is out of order-the
breath is bad, digestion
poor, head dull or aching,
energy and hopefulness
gone, the spirit is de-
pressed, a heavy weight
exists after eating, with
general dependency and
the blues. The Liver is
the housekeeper of the
health; and a harmless,
simple remedy that acts
like Nature, does not
constipate afterwards or
require constant taking,
does not interfere with
business or pleasure dur
ing its use, makes Sim
mons Liver Regulator a
medical perfection.
I have tested its virtues personally. anq
know that for Dyspepsia, BiiiOusnes3 aIfc
Throbbing Headache. 1t Is the nest meIl'
cine the world ever saw. Have tr1eilortA
other remedies before Simmons 1--we.
Regulator. and zone OF them pave mo-,
than temporary relief, bug the hHEIi1to.
not only relieved bat cured
T.. II. JotES, MACON. Ga.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-05-19
Went on Picking.

An aged woman vas struck by a
Philadelphia and Reading passenger
train north Of Phenixville station on
Saturday and thrown into a ditch. h
was picking coal at the time, bnt strange
to say she was not injured; at least as soon
as the train had passed she commenced
picking coal again. The Grew thought
She had been killed and stopped the
train.-West Chester Local News.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-05-19
)R. j. j.

win nifty years experience as a General
,taSttloner. tenders his services TO the clti-
xIhs OF Durham. His specialtics: Mucous
Eaftlcularl. Indigestion. Bronchitis. Scrofula,
EpustipatiOu and Headache, Secondary and
hereditary Diseases. Home AT G. VI. Hcrn-
tohs Once over Jones Jewelry Store. Once
&c p. ID
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-05-19
CUT FLOWERS, BOUQUETS

,.o.Ce Cut Flowers IN great variety. Bol-
t-tl>' Baskets and Floral Designs taStetully
HEtaAIcd. fampas Plumes, M~agnO,ias. Fin
Eaetkrccus, Silver and SUGAR Maple. Horse
>H'>tnuts and other Shade Trees.
'r'tErAph orders promptly attended 10.
IL. S~TEfNMETZ. Florist,
Raleigh. N {.
Lave orders with F.. II. Hcartt. AT Black
ia" y Ssu's Drug Store. Durham. y. {.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-05-19
United in "A

Mr.. and Mrs. H. V. V. Clute, OF
Granville, \. Y, after living happily
together for more than half a century
died within twenty-four hours Of each
other last week. They were buried IN
IL grave.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-05-19

a woCdchopper at Redding, Cal, shot
q stranger because he was putting on
too much style" The wounded stranger
was lately from Red Bluff.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-05-19

One Of the most eccentric OF the re-
cent orders o. William IL, according TO
his Paris critics. was that the soldiers Of
the Goslar garrison be taught an Ice
drill on skates.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-05-19

An active volcano is said 10 have come
into recent existence near the confluence
of the Colorado river and the Gulf OF
California.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-05-19
JOHN C. WILKERSON,
Agent for the sale of
Tcm3stones, Monuments
AND VAULTS.

IAT'ies in need will please see me be-
.orc Purchasing. If you fail to see me,
drop NE q postal and l will come to see
YOU.
~ The lowest nriceS guaranteed.
The record-union., 1892-03-24
THE MINING BILL.

The House Committee on Mines and
Mining has reported the bill asked for by
the miners, with a recommended appro-
priation of $3.50, 600, to carry on the works
suggested by the Government engineers.
for the impounding of mining debris, in
order that hydraulic mining may be re-
sumed without injury to the navigable
streams and riparian owners. That the
appropriation will be opposed in the
House is to be expected, but it is great
point gained by the miners to secure a
favorable report by SO strong committee
as that on mines and mining. The peo-
pie of the mining sections have reason
for the manifestations of joy in which
they indulged on receipt of the news. If
now they can secure the placing of the bill
upon the calendar for an early date they
will occupy special stand of vantage.
1t is to be hoped that the success thus far
attendant upon them may continue until
the bill is passed and signed.
The record-union., 1892-03-24

These figures, without further ampli-
flcation, show how small was the new
distributive metropolis and how great
has been its growth, and how it has mar
velously exceeded the growth of its dis
tributive rival at the Golden Gate. AS
to why these altered conditions have
been brought about we must reserve
remark for distinct article though they
have been already indicated.
Now the complaint of San Francisco is
that these through or competiti, points,
these units of the new distributive me-
tropolis, can sell in competition with San
Francisco. That is, that city complains
that the people st Bakersfield can buy of
the wholesalers at Los Angeles to better
advantage than at San Francisco: the
people of the mountain, north valleys and
central regions, to better advantage in
Sacramento than in San Francisco, and
the people of the San Joaquin Valley to
better advantage in Stockton. The
through freight rate, for instance, is the
same to Los Angeles as TO San Francisco.
but the local rate from Los Angeles to
Bakersfield is little less than from San
Francisco; the through rate to Sacramento
is the same as to San Francisco, but the
local rate from Sacramento to Nevada
City or Placerville is less than from San
Francisco, the more distant point
Whenever. therefore, it is obvious the
San Francisco merchant bids for custom
within certain radius from any of the
through points named, he finds that San
Francisco cannot appeal effectively for
trade with that locality, and thus all of
these points become competitors with San
Francisco. 1t is not, however, criminal
in them, unnatural as to condition, illegit-
innate as to trade, or an offense for which
carriers or consumers should be pun
ished, as the ethics of transportation
The record-union., 1892-03-24

maintained by San Francisco would
seem TO claim.
But let us suppose that the Transports
ton companies entering the State should
respond to the appeal of San Francisco
and make it possible for no other point
but that to be distributive, what would
be the result2 One-half the population
residing in the through points, the inte-
rior distributiye centers, would be driven
to San Francisco, and all the business
save the mere local and very circum-
scribed domestic traffic.
That this would be the result is true
because of the rule that 1.-The volume of
commercial transactions determines the
volume or quantity of population"
Thus, commerce supports in San Fran
cisco 100000 people, and in the new dis
tributive points almost an equal number
Take away half the trade of the through
points and half the people, or nearly $780,
600 will at once be thrown out of employ
ment because of the shrinkage of the
volume Of commerce which sustains
them.
If, then, the agitation being stimulated
in San Francisco at this time has in it
energy and vitality, it means that we are
upon the eve of a pending struggle for
supremacy on the part of the metropolis
to control the entire area lying west of
the Rocky Mountains, with San Fran
cisco as its one supreme commercial CEN
ter.
In order to do this San Francisco is
about to appeal to the ocean. If it can
bring freights into the State by the sea
route at cheaper rate than by land
transportation can be done. it will to that
extent be supreme, and its commercial
importance be accordingly augmented.
But San Francisco has this difficulty
confronting her. When rates are cheap
ened by sea competition a new standard
established, for the transcontinental roads
must meet the sea competition or lose the
trade. We not long ago published the
testimony of Mr.. Hill, the most expert
enced shipper and owner of vessels and
boats upon the great lakes and rivers, in
which he declared that the future of COM
petition between water and land trans
portation must inevitably be settled in
favor of the latter. This judgment may
give us glimpse of what the outcome of
the pending struggle must be as the nat
ural result of the commercial necessities
of the times.
The record-union., 1892-03-24
AN IMPENDING STRUGGLE.

When all importation was by the sea
routes San Francisco was the natural and
only distributing center for the coast.
Through the Golden Gate all commerce
had to pass, all imports there came in
and exports went out, making the me-
tropolis the entrepot for the entire com
merce Of this State
San Francisco thus became the focal
center of trade, the converging and di-
verging lines of commerce centering in
that city, and crossing each other at that
focal point. 1t was this conveyance and
divergence of commercial rays focalizing
at San Francisco which made that city at
the Golden Gate the power it was.
But there came a time when the con-
ditions changed, under which other
points as commercial centers developed
that was when the era of overland rail
transportation opened up to the coast
new vistas of commerce, and diverted
the commercial rays heretofore all cen
Il
These new points, which began to dispute
the position of San Francisco in the
seventies, are, commencing on the north,
with their present population: Seattle,
$4,000; Tacoma, 800; Portland, 10000;
Marysville, 5000; Sacramento, 10000;
Stockton, 10000; San Jose. $4,000; Los
Angeles, $1,000, and San Diego, 10000,
the aggregate population of these points
being 295,500, or almost as great as that
OF San Francisco, and this aggregate OF
population so nearly equaling that of
San Francisco became itself a second dis
tributive metropolis.
This new distributive metropolis was
the direct result of railroad construction.
Let us see. The railroad transportation
era began to be felt as new factor in
1870, was powerful one in 1880, and from
that period has been in full tide as a DO
tential influence. The commercial prom
inence Of the points named date from the
era OF rail transportation, as the table be-
low compared with figures above will
show. In the case of Marysville, Sacra-
mento and Stockton it is to be borne in
mind that as supply stations for the min
ing sections and because of their location
upon navigable streams, they early en-
joyed local distributive prominence. but
drew from San Francisco their stocks.
Marysville, because of the unfortunate
difficulties relative to hydraulic mining,
suffered check in growth, and to a GER
tain extent that cause operated upon
Sacramento. But in both places by rea-
son of transportation the character of
their trade wholly changed; they ceased
to be merely sub-distributive stations for
San Francisco, but developed as i'm
porters and original depots of supply and
distribution. -
The table of populations for the three
eras covering the period of railroad con-
struction and the radical changes in COM
mercial focal points becomes now of
special interest compared with San fran
cisco.