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Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-12-14
ONE ENJOYS

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pieces q jeweirv. andi Is. besides, one 81
the preffiest ornaments Of the bureau
The second trifle is psncushion. I
was told az several fancy stores that
these cushions are no longer IN style,
hut nevertheless women cling ID them
in preference 60 the awkward little
silver trays where pins al lie with their
points toward ron
Since the cushions one buys already
stuffed are too hard fer convenience, IL
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Removal.

q. j. johnson, manufacturer OF the
S. c. w. cigar has removed from 2ls
South Lafayette to 347 South Division
street, where he is prepared to meet ali
his old patrons both wholesale and
retail
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-12-14

Flour is now cheaper than it has
been for many years. The celebrated
LILLY White" is warranted to give sat
isfaction, and if you order of your gro
Ger quickly you will get valuable
new pocket guide OF Grand Rapids
free. VALLEY CITY MILLING Co.
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istry Of tia Presbyterian church
until sucn tine as 20 zDa+
maxs manifest 10 the satisfaction
ef ths pFesoytsry as renunei4tioa y
tas errors DO las bees found 10 nola
aud ais solemn purpose 40 longer 70
ts4en or propzzate them.
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admired was soon 20 be broken.
Cant be never be Tnended again,
Uncle Geerge2" he asked -Harpers
ioung People.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-12-14

horses. and be was quite unhappy the
other day when he heard that colt he
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-12-14
Burial Permits.

Maria A. Clarke, No. $50 East street;
OAK Hill. John e. Lunoe, No. 81 Wal
uus street; Valley City.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-12-14

Buy . Christmas present at No. 81
Canal street. Trunks. travelling bags.
toilet sets, leather novelties, robea.
blankets, etc., make suitable presents.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-12-14

Cecilia Oppenheimer, age 8 years
No. 5 Blcke Place; scarlet fever.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-12-14

ff~rcvcrv ft invsfnraies the liver rsriacs
srf ,nrsrhes fhe htrd. AMI rousss every
or.rsr INTO tea5fhv arficn. By this nfeans
4 Cures Every part ~ she system feeis iss
snvinx influence DrsfepSsa. lneligesflesi.
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a. ia earlier stages al yield - is Is the
cnlr Iirer, Bisssd and Lung kernesfT that's
sesr5fferf a. teneft CT csre ca tue ulcEssy
K rafiin,ie.f IRVING terms . sd cn-oNt z :
. rsesllriae thai can carry them cur
Can anything eias, at any price. oe resliy
- chsrss,
aCahleu N~fical nssco~erf1 contains N
sirctsl - irabrists>. ard 40 strip or sugar
a. fs.rsnge di-pstisfi-
t. concentrated Vegetable extract rus
NJ n lsrxe tettles pisaSlat ~ the tssre.
snri e sllally gou<i fer adults or eeidren-
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Christmas Review today.

Siegel's Cloak store will be opei
every evening until after Christmas.
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Christmas Review today.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-05-27
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

-Rriggs-''Do you think that Robin
son loves her?" Griggs-"He went
shopping with her. "-Cloak Review.
II wonder what old Gen. Hackleton
can see in that odiously made up Miss
Weldon" THE old war horse likes the
smell of powder fancy. Truth.
-Lady-''So you are going to leave
us, Doctor" Doctor-''Yes, madam,
on the 18th / shall move into the new
penitentiary." Lady-''As physician"
-Fliegende Batter.
-Watts-''Your wife wouldn't object
to your joining a new club, would she?"
n. Peck-''Is it one of those suicide
clubs? L don't think she would object
to that. indianapolis Journal.
Reason to Doubt.-''Did you tell
him you wouldn't hit him if he called
you a liar?'' Eyes" Well did he
then call you liar?" ''No; he said he
hadn't sufficient confidence in my word
to do tn Y. Herald
You like the old songs, don't you?"
she sid. YES" he answered, Il be-
lieve do" Il wonder what it is that
gives them their charm" Il guess it's
the fact that they are not SO likely to
be sung. Washington Star.
And you want a pension?' That's
what" How long were you in the
ware ''Well, sir, wur married long
in 60 an peace amt been declared yit;
so you kin jes' calkilate fer yerself"'-
Atlanta Constitution.
Bachelor - Say, Henpecque, as
60, i l.,f's 30,
tonight" Benedict (shuddering)-"N
thanks: prefer change from my usual
domestic routine. Let's go to a deaf and
dumb asylum. N. Y. Journal.
-Algy-"Aw-had the gwip, old fell
lah?" Gussie-'Yaas; twice; my head
has not got over the second attack yet,
by Jove." Algy-"Curious how the
aw-weakest parts are always affected
the most. Columbia Spectator.
The Perils of the Deep.-Belated
Passenger - 30, captain, / was so
afraid that | should miss the steamer
hardly took time to swallow my lunch"
Gruff Captain-"Well, never mind, it
will be all the same in an hours time"
Kings Jester.
Your husband looks worried and
careworn all the time" Eyes, he wor-
ries about his business aud meeting his
bills" mine never does. He just takes
things easy" ''Ah. but, you see, my
husband has character to maintain"
Rome Press.
Brown --o''You don't look very
happy, Robinson. What's the matter?'
Robinson-"No: left off my fiannels
this morning and have caught cold"
Brown-''That's bad" Robinson-'O,
| don't mind about the cold; but my
wife told me was leaving them off too
soon."-Funny Folks.
Might Have Been Better Expressed.
-Black-"IIow dye do, Green? I'm
almost ashamed of myself for not call
ing before. But I've put it off and put
it off until it did seem | never would
call" Green-"Don't mention it, my
dear fellow You are very kind, I'm
sure. boston Transcript.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-05-27
sublime Faith.

The blind faith of the Italian fisher
men in the efficacy of holy relics is pa
triotic. Many of them" says cores
pendent, keep themsel yes in state of
utter impoverishment in providing nee
essary amulets and charms. Not only
is the fisherman's person covered with
these, but his boat must also possess all
possible saving power through these re-
ligious appliances. Should some great
storm arise and genuine danger come,
one by one these objects are cast upon
the waves with faith that is positive
ly sublime Meanwhile his wife ashore
possessed of the same implicit and pious
confidence, gives her most precious
relics to the sea that her husband may
come safe to land And have no doubt
that when fatal disaster comes, as it al
ways does. this man sinks into the 81
lence beneath the tempest with his last
spark of vital consciousness an un-
dimmed flame of trust and faith. N.
y, sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-05-27

"Needs a man around; that's what's
the matter. l reckon she's been dis
ap'inted some time err nother--in war
times, guess, fer-there she goes now.
was jest a-tellin' yeh how twas"
Leaving the rude stable behind the
claimshack was a rickety, old-fash-
Toned surrey, drawn by an ancient
steed of unkempt appearance. The
woman driving was angular and unat
tractive, but there was something about
the outfit that brought suspicion of
tenderness to the storekeeper's eyes
tattered flag tossing its folds in the
prairie breezes as it hoated behind the
wagon. He had followed the old stars
and stripes over too many fields not to
have his heart warmed by the unex-
pected sight.
''She does it reg'ler" went on Mark
ley. "Ev'ry Decl>eration day she gifts
out tn flag an putin in her wagin
goes over ter tn little prairie cemet'ry
an deckerates tn graves. Their amt
many ter see to yit, yer know" he
added, fer tn scttlcmnt amt very old
an only half a dozen hez died-includ-
in tn boss thief that was took sudden
with hemp disease. Ter-day's Decker
alton day"
Hester Lang drove serenely on, I'M
conscious of the attention she had
attracted. There was Sunday peace
fitness on her face and she turned often
in her seat to gaze lovingly on the
faded ensign behind her 1t was the only
bit of gay color in all the wide Kansas
landscape. The uniform green of the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-05-27
THE LAZZARONI.
A Class That Tolls Not, Neither Does 1t
Spin.

A Class That Tolls Not, Neither Does It
Spin.
century ago there were thirty thou
sand "lazzaroni' in Naples. Neither
disease nor want has diminished their
number. Their children die at fear
full rate, but there are many hospitals
for the survivors, and neither board nor
lodging costs them much, when, at a
mature age, they are turned loose into
the world to become "lazzaroni" in
their turn, like their unknown fathers
and mothers. What is ''lazzarone?'
it may be asked. According to Colletta
he is a being who lives how he can
without working. If he puts hand to
honest labor he is no longer ''lazza-
rome" 1t may be doubted whether the
"lazzarone" will ever become extinct.
The ''resanitation" scheme will not
GUST him nor make him change his hab-
its. He is more than half what his eli
| mate makes him.
A Neapolitan has said that love is the
only occupation of the unoccupied. II
| this be really so, imagine the condition
of Naples. AS far as observation goes,
the ''laZzaroni," as class, seem to con-
slider the effort of extraneous courtship
somewhat too strong for them. They
will throw sparks in plenty into the in
tammable hearts of their fair acquairt-
ance, but it will be rather from the
sheer love of deviltry begotten of idle
ness than because they are in the tolls
of a consuming affection. "Friendship!
nothing more?" whispers a handsome
brown giant into the ear of maid as
brown as himself. whom for half an
hour he has been plying with what
seem to be insidious advances, and
whose dark eyes have begun to CLEAN
with passion. If the girl be a good girl,
she answers Certainly, nothing
more" and the chaff continues. Other
wise, frown and pout of the full lips
tel the man that he may, if he dare run
the risk, go step further. Truth to
say, woman is the prime cause of very
many of the deaths by the knife
Although human nature is in few cities
more human and less divine than in
Naples, the verdict which acquits the
man who avenges with the dagger the
wrong done to his wife or sister, or
gives him but trifing sentence, is held
to be very just-National Review.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-05-27

ravages in the faces fullness and the
thin hands We're almost ghastly in their
nervousness
Having seen that the stranger was
lying quietly, Hester closed the door
behind her and taking her buggy set
off at the old horses best pace across
the prairie after the individual who
combined the professions of agriculture
and medicine for livelihood
rs that you, Miss liester?" asked
the jolly doctor as she rode up to his
cabin after a three miles Journey.
Not sick. l hope" he added before
she could answer.
mo. but" then she stopped. the
( delicacy of the situation dawned upon
4, her sensitive mind and the faintest sus-
picion of blush freshened the wind
tanned cheek. You see it was this
| way" she began, resolutely. Il took
man from runaway an he's over to
TIL house, unconscious You must come
an fix him."
In moment the two Were jogging
along over the plain. AS they APP
preached the shack" Hester grew Wis
IDLY nervous. but her companion made
no comment. and as they found the
stranger still oblivious to the world and
itshappenings, they soon had other mat
tiers to think Of
$40 you think he will-that it is seri-
ous?" anxiously asked the woman, look
ing into the physicians face.
mo, guess not, though he had mighty
close shave was the reply. Hes like.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-05-27
A TAME AFFAIR.
The Threatened Tragedy That Never Took
Place.

Place.
In his excitement his voice rose. and
the two men in the next room heard
him say, with startling distinctness:
You're a liar - understand? What
You say is . foul, deliberate lie, and
tell you SO to your face"
The man in the next room, with his
chair against the door connecting the
two rooms got up and hastily moved
away. and he and his companion waited
silently for the climax
You re a dishonest, dirty scoundrel!"
went on the voice. Your enmitv is a
greater honor than your friendship
Your associates show that"
"There'll be trouble there in min
ute" said one of the listeners What's
the trouble about?"
Don't know" replied the other. II
didn't overhcar the first of the CONVEX
sation. But I'm glad to get away from
that door-a bullet would come through
it mighty easy.
IF man said that to me-" continued
the voice after a pause. I'D shoot him
understandable kill him, if wasn't a
skulking cowardr'
The two listeners held their breath
until they heard the man in the next
room continue in a lower voice:
That's what I'said to him. and
''Ho,' said one OF the listeners. Hes
| just telling what he said to some one
| else"
What he says he said to some one
else " corrected the other IL know tn.
class. Chicago Tribune
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-05-27

ly to come ter his senses any time now,
an then it will depend on how he sands
it. If he's wanderin' when he gets son-
scious, there's danger. If not. there's
hope"
''Ill send the parson down durin' the
evening"" he called. as he started out
for home, IAN mebbe I'll be here nv
self"
Hester went quietly to work at her
evening tasks taking now and then an
anxious look toward the bed. The old
horse was feed and the stable door
closed against the damp spring air.
81 didn't deckerate tn graves after
all, did I?' exclaimed the owner of the
claim, talking to herself, ''an' tn fow-
ers is all in tn wagin. I'll take em
in fer ham ter look at-it'll be Jest as
we'll"
A tender expression came into her
face at the words.
Loaded with the wild blossoms-the
wind-fowers, violets and early red
roses which she had gathered during
the past week-she reentered the cabin
and placed the rude bouquets beside the
soldiers couch.
Something in the fragrance of the
blossoms, or in the approach of Hester
reached the drowsy senses of the sleep
err, and as she leaned over the bed his
eyes suddenly opened and their blue
depths looked steadfastly into the
brown ones of the hostess.
Tho xxurls
lively from the pale lips.
"Jim!" she replied, with a dry, hard
sob that seemed to come from her in
most heart.
I've looked for you so long" wits.
pered the man, 81 thought Id never
find you"
And thought you'd never come"
you knew me when did meet your"
Eyes, Jim, I'd know you always. But
me! I'm so changed. How could you
know me?"
Yes, you're changed and so am I,
but those eyes could belong to no one
else"
Then flowed on the stream of talk as
she sat beside him with one of his white
hands clasped in both her wrinkled
brown ones. He told of confinement in
southern prisons; of long delays before
he could work his way home; of finding
her gone to the west; of search that
was unsuccessful and heart-sickness
that resulted in start for home; of the
runaway while en- route. She told of
troubles in her family; of being thrown
on the world alone; of mourning him as
lost; and her life on the plains.
1t had grown quite dark, but they
took no heed of time.
Suddenly footsteps were heard out
side and hearty knock shook the cabin
door.
"It's the minister" whispered Hester
nervously, hes come to see you. We
won't need him now-shall tell him
ter go home?"
Jim chung to her wrist. Eyes, we dc
need him" he pleaded, you know what
for. Have him stay and we'll settle it
for sure
She hesitated moment and then
throwing open the door invited the
minister and his companion, the doctor,
to enter.
1T didn't take more'n ten minutes
fer TIL preacher ter catch onto tn fine
pints in tn case an splice tn two wan
derers as tight ez tn law could hold
en- said the doctor the next day at
the settlement store. ''Th' feller's git
tim along elegant an they're ez happy
ez kittens. She didn't do her usual
thing by tn dead soldiers, but she
made a live one mighty comfortable an
that'll do fer one Memorial day."-C.
M. Harger, in Detroit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-05-27
NOT TO BE TOLD QUIETLY.
A Boston Maids Kindly Intention Thwart.
ed by Defect of Hearing.

a
She was a middle-aged woman,
dressed in black and wearing eye
glasses. She carried both her head and
her bundles in way that indicated self
reliance, and. having failed to find
seat in the Old Colony car she entered
first, although the train was now in
motion, she bravely crossed the platform
and went into the next car.
A masculine eye would probably have
noticed nothing peculiar in her personal
appearance, but nearly every woman
that she passed noticed that the new
conner still wore a draped overskirt and
that this part of her attire. instead of
having the necessary symmetry, was
hitched around on one side in way
that was not only questionable but
entirely ungraceful and unbecoming.
Womanlike, they wanted to tell her.
of it.
She had found a seat, had seated her
self. and was calmly depositing her
bundles by her side, when a very pretty
girl in the Seat just behind leaned for
ward and said. in low tone:
Il beg your pardon, madam, but
something seems to be wrong with your
dress. The skirt is caught to one side
in some way. and"
"Hey?" said the woman, sharply.
The girl repeated in substance what
she had said before, and added humbly:
Il thought YOU would like to know, SO
as to fix it before yVi go on the street
again
The woman didn't understand. She
turned around, and. throwing her head
back in order to direct her gaze through
her glasses, carefully scrutinized the
young lady's features. Then, in a loud
tone, with due deliberation, she said:
'I-don't -think-I-
The young lady blushed. This reiter-
alton of her well-meant information
was more than She had bargained for,
and her voice, though subdued, was very
distinct. The passengers near by were
becoming interested.
Il don't want to seem rude. but your
skirt Is somewhat one-sided."
The woman mad puzzled look on her
face. and she slowly repeated: Il
don't -think-I-knowy YOU. I'm little
deaf. she added: cant you speak a
little louder"
Her own tones, by this time, were
loud enough for an open-air orator, and
the audience to the dialogue now com
prised all the passengers in the car.
The pretty girl had gone too far TO
back out. and in a tone that would have
done credit 70 an elocutionist she tried
again. Your skirt is one-sided.'
For the first time the face of the wo-
man lighted up with a show of interest,
and. with "A decisive smile that raised
false hopes in the fair maiden's breast,
she leaned far back so as to get the full
| import of the reply and shouted:
Did you say you came from Roch-
| ster?''
She was a little deaf. 1t took the
| combined efforts Of all the ladies near
her to make her understand, but when
| She knew what they wanted she seemed
| truly grateful, and turning around,
would doubtless have added to her
Acknowledgement some words of apol-
ogy to the young lady, but the seat was
vacant. The fair Samaritan was gone.
Boston Journa
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-05-27

Wy te&4Z@<~- The fairest and
statliest lilies,
And roses ofloveliest hue
Let us Irvine them in wreaths and in garlands,
In cross and in anchor and crown
And on the low graves Of our comrades
We lay them in reverence down.
There Time, with the tenderest fingers
Has hidden the soft grasses wave,
And the wild flowers blossom in beauty
Above every slumberers grave
The robin sings there his gay carols
All voices of nature are heard,
And daily their music upriseth
From breeze and from bee and from bird
She cares not II moss or II marble
Or naught mark the place OF their rest
On each fall the tears OF the raindrops,
She kcepcth each safe In her breast.
Her daisies unfold their white petals
Alike DER the high and the low:
In verdure she hides them in summer,
In winter she gives them her snow
We come with our garlands in springtime
To deck the low mounds where they lie,
Yet nature, our mother Is kinder,
For never she passes them by!
We come with our bands and our music
But once, and perchance with tear,
But the songs and the signing of nature
Never cease through the circling year!
Our garlands will fade and will wither,
Hers blossom anew with the spring;
Our songs must die out into silence,
Her anthems more joyously ring
With those whose low mounds we're adjoining
Ina dreamless sleep must we share,
And the tender arms of our mother
Enfold us with like loving care
Sonnd ,nnsic' with codaoe, ~ dirpos,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-05-27

james A. Sturgeon, who is to carry
on the ministerial duties of the London
tabernacle, is younger brother of the
late famous preacher and has for some
time been assistant pastor of the great
church. He also has church at Crov.
den, but for nany years past mos, OF
his time has been devoted to superin.
tending the agencies at work in connec
ton with die tabernacle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-05-27

The Widow Jiboose Ito the EDITOR
Mr. Shears, am perplexed as to what
epitaph to select for my husbands
tombstone. How would Conc
Editor (who knew Jiboose) Short and
crisp, Madam. That is an epitaph-
Widow was about to say, "Gone
Above What do you think of that?
Editor-Um-um, l should call that
epitaffy. -National Tribune
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-05-27

ton. "She took mp that claim three
years ago, an she's done we'll"
Looks kind o. lonesome like" said
the storckeepcr, as they left the little
claim-shack, or cabin, behind them.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-05-27

Teacher-What is the value of study
of ancient history?
Smartest boy-To learn what the an
clients did.
And of modern history"
"To see if modern history repeats it.
self"-Buffalo Express
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-05-27

How does Maude like life n the
country"
First rate. She's trimming grape
vines this week"
Really? What with - ribbon?" -
Jury.