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Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-10

sacred To the memory of King Henry's
shade is that of tagging" The first
and second day of every term. when the
whole school has returned, a sort OF
slave market is held in each house. at
which the upper boys have the priyi-
lege of choosing from among the lower
boys their own particular flag" for the
next three months or SO. In some
houses where the lower boys-that is,
bows who have not reached the fifth
form-are numerous, an upper boy may
have two such servitors for his own ex-
elusive use.
The right of selection Is exercised ac-
cording TO seniority, the boys known to
be the quickest and best servants" be-
ing naturally snapped up first, except
in the case of new boys, whose looks
have To be taken as credentials. as Of
ten as not. 10 the ultimate disgust Of
the fagmaster, for the smartest looking
boys are very frequently the LATEST at
their work The duties of an Etou fag
are many and various Not few of
them would be declined by their IA
Tiers servants ut home as far too me
NAL TO suit the dignity OF the modern
James de la Plnche. The flag Is respon-
sible for getting his master out of bed
in time for early morning school-a
dangerous AMI thankless task to per-
.osEn on q big boy who is hard
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-10

sleeper and free with his fists. and quick
az throwing shoes when once awakened.
School over. the fag has To prepare his
masters breakfast. lie lays the cloth.
makes the tea and toast-woe betide
him IL the latter be burned or cut too
thicS-bOlls the eggs and fries any ex-
ira Injuries in the way Of bacon or sau-
ssges his master may send him to pur-
chase in the town. The meal prepared.
the fag Is by no means free to 60 and
get his own breakfast. as he has 10
wait At table. be ready 70 fetch hot
water from the kitchen aud. IL or
dered, fy of to the town % one Of the
''sock shops" for pot of jam or mar
malade. tie is lucky boy il he can
snatch a clear ten minutes for his
breakfast before the chapel bell begins
% ring
The same round of duty has 10 be
gone through again at supper time. the
only difference being that there is more
tine 20 do IL in. and fagrnasters are
generally in better temper when school
for the day Is over. But tagging at
meals is by no means the only service
which the lower boy has 10 render.
He has To scrspe the mud OFF his
masters football boots, to put his
clothes away after cricket or running
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-10

was due to return in about two minutes
she decided not to wait. With her
heart full of that narrowing satisfac-
ton which comes to all Of us when our
worst fears are realized, she broke the
seal, and taking the oldest letter from
the bottom Of the packet read these
sentimental lines:
6S THAYER. May IL, 1879.
DEAR HowpY: Fate has got me by the bosom
Of the trousers. 1 am . gouer. Old Bones is
waiting on the stairs He will have his money
or blood would skip out OF the back window,
but the rope is In Nicholson's room and 1 owe
him ten Promised IL to him to-day Send me
all you can raise, and II you haven't any money,
for Heavens sake send me another rope.
FoxY.
p S-Or gun.
came in just as Maude, having fin
ished this letter, was trying to look as
if she hadn't expected to find anything
in particular.
$50 you thought you'd found some
love letters?" said l. "Well, they're
not what you took them for, but there's
more real affection, and more genuine,
nineteenth century blight on it in that
little bundle than you'll find in a
month 5 SESSION. Oh INC ui'oIcC Coui I.
Since you've brought these letters to
the light, let's look them through and
see what became of the only man l ever
really loved
"Who was hep
Henry Nelson Brown, called Foxy
at college, where that note was writ
ten. Those are his letters to me. You
will observe later that while the ex-
preston is charmingly varied, the sub
ject is substantially the same in all. In
answer to that note sent him $40 and
a ball bat, telling him to pay Nicholson
and kill Bones. But Foxy was too
shrewd to pay a whole debt when he
could scale it down, SO he gave Nichol-
son s. and only half killed Bones. Both
were entirely satisfied, and Foxy bought
plug hat with the s. which remained.
Let us turn to his next letter, which is
on the paper of Holcomb, Reardon &
Co., hides and leather, of New York.
He was clerk for the firm at So week,
after his graduation with highest hon.
ors in music Here is the letter:
NEW YORK, Oct L. 1872
DEAR HowDY: Send nc fifteen dollars
Quick. The cd man is coming TO town. and II
he finds me without my watch he viii send up q
horrible howl But II everything Is o X. will
work him for enough to pay back the fifteen and
the rest that owe you, and then we will 60 and
have a red-cyed racket with it Ever yours.
Foxy"
$50 you used to 60 on rackets?" said
Maude, In the severe tone OF woman
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-10

sion when they were sent for the penny
bun. to purchase that comestible at one
of the sock shops" in college, and en-
velop it in the wrapper as evidence of a
journey that has not been undertaken.
On the whole. Elton boys don't seem
TO mind tagging much. and the system
at any rate seems TO have the advan-
tage of being the same for all. Every
boy knows that though he has to fag at
present, he is certain to be able to fag
others in short time.
ERNEST F. NEVILLE.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-10

I asked him whether he was not throw.
ing away the best part of his nature in
the race for wealth. / described the
awful hole / was in, and asked him, in
the name of our ancient friendship, to
go into his clothes and come out with
the cash. Probably my note was lost
in the mail, for l got no answer. But a
year later it happened that l was
caught between the devil and the deep
sea- I wanted money worse than the
thirsty sands of the desert want water.
Then / wrote to Foxy, and this was the
reply. l can forgive the English, for
that is evidently his stenographer's, but
the sentiments, fear, are Foxys:
NEW YORK.
HOWARD FIELDING. Esq. Dear Sir: Yours Of
the fifteenth is at hand and contents are noted
do not see now how at present shall be able
Co comply with your request Business is not
as good as II was last month, and our expenses
is heavy. My balance in the bank is small COM
pared to what it ought to be.
In conclusion let me give you a little advice:
Why don't you straighten up and save q few
dollarsf II you got . thousand or two dollars
ahead, these little financial troubles wouldn't
bother you Put aside a few dollars every week
and try and live more in accordance with your
income. Yours Sincerely.
Dictated HENRY ". BROWN per T."
"And that was the end of it. Maudey.
From Yours ever he has grown to be
Yours Sincerely" with capital s. l
am glad the stenographer put so many
dollars in that last paragraph. They
show where the trouble is. Put the
letters away Few men have such a
collection. but almost any poor man
can get one if he has few of the first
numbers as beginning"
HOWARD FIELDING.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-10
RUSSIAN COURTS OF JUSTICE.
Administration of the Law Under the
Alexandrian Regime.

Alerandrinn Regime.
Down 10 the time of Alexander H.,
says the New York Ledger. there was
very little law practice in Russia out
side of the civil courts, az the criminal
affairs of the country were in the hands
of the government officials.
Alexander was a believer in open
courts OF justice and established them,
after great opposition on the part of
the imperial council. Persons charged
with murder. robbery or kindred
crimes, great or small, are now tried in
open court before judges who are paid
By the crown, and forbidden to receive
fees under any circumstances There
Is formal act Of accusations; the pris-
orer may confront accusers and wit
resses: he may be defended; the jury
may be chosen from among men in
comfortable circumstances, having an
income of not less than five hundred
rubles tee5o) year; and a majority of
the jury can render a verdict.
Criminal practice in these courts
gives the sianlawyers more business
than formerly, and when the accused is
a man of wealth, and the case is des-
perate. heavy fees are paid to counsel,
just as in England or the United States.
1t was hoped that the establishment
Of the courts would do away with the
old abuses, but injustice dies hard in
whatever country ii may exist Though
the judges and jurors are forbidden to
receive fees. instances have occurred in
which they have done so, and we have
already seen that exile by administrs-
tive process. without trial or even a
hearing, is common practice in Russia.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-10
TALE OF OLD NOTES
Howard Fielding Tells Of a
BIighted Affection
WHEREIN HE WAS A FIGURE
He Shows That Good Fruit Cannot Grow
Up From the Root of All Evil.
Rejecting on His Sins.

When Maude found that packet Of
letters in my desk she instantly knew
by the exercise of her fine feminine
faculty of intuition that they were
from a woman She also knew that
this woman was perfectly horrid, and
that l had loved the dreadful creature
all the time, and never said one word
about it to my wife. She knew that
il she read them she could never be
happy again, and she immediately sat
down with fearful enthusiasm to do it.
She wished that were present so that
she could see me squirm; but though
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-10

who thinks that she has drawn a
shrewd and damaging inference.
II didn't go on any with the money
Foxy speaks Of" I replied. II never
saw il. The old man Brown came TO
town with all his pockets seved up"
And didn't he pay you at all? /
think he was real mean"
No. he wasn't mean in those days
lie was poor lie would have given ne
anything he had-in the days when he
didn't have anything. Take this note
for instance"
December - 1872
DEAR Howpy, I viii tcrn 20 every cent T
can for you. Ms winter overcast Is in hocs al
ready. but II spout the light one II the weather
n1oserates. Neanwhiia. = yop can spare =
quarter for iurch I'll e5ve 81 % zen with TIE
other Perhaps the Gru VIII give ne a raise
I ssEed tte head clerk what he thossht Of ny
chances and ne said the nrrn world either raise
ne or bounce ne the first 81 tn year. eat II he
was n betting ran MS mc1ey would 80 On the
bounce. III see ro1 SATURDAY. Foxy
Did he give You any money on Sat
urday3r asked Msade
No. bat he would have done IL IL I
HAD let him met him Just going into
pawn shop with his light coat on his
arm 1t was pretty nearly the coidest
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-10

with the beagles. and take notes 10
other boys in other houses.
II Is strange ~ think II Lord Sails
bury bad only gone % Eton few years
earlier than be did he might have had
- clean Mr. Glsdstone's shoes and run
errands for his future rival Mr. Glad-
stone wa somewhat lucky in his
fsgxing at Elton. as he Jagged for his
olsier brother Thanas. and naturally
got Iet down easier than il be bad been
apportionesi 20 some strange bov The
present duke Of Msrlbororwh-
shen marquis II Bla1ferd-snd his
brother Lord Randolph Churchill. had
the repntstion Il being ineorriZibsy
Sle fsxs. bas when they chose 10 exert
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-10
Tags" OF OLD ETON
~6tatesmen Who Boiled Eggs
and Cooked Bioater
IN The GOOD 0LDEN TIME
MIR. Gladstone Got OF Easy. as He Was
g HE Brothers "Fsg"-Lord Sails
bury and GlAdsrone's Shoes.

Most people contemplating . debate
IN the house of lords from the gallery
would De surprised to hear that good
ly proportion Of the grave and reverend
ssgniors engaged in settling affairs OF
state ON the very steps of the throne
were adopts at frizzling the toothsome
sausage and cooking the homelike
..bloater." Yet 50 il is. for very nearly
half OF the peers Of England are old
Etonians, and one of the oldest institu-
tons still cherished under the shadow
Of the distant spires and antique towers
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-10

Young Man-You are older than am.
and want u ask ron a question. Does
a woman always mean what she savs2
Old Man Alwavs-that Is, IL she's
married -Demorest Magazine
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-10

Still to sell of those included in
the sale. With the evidence of
many requests and inquiries
which have flooded our daily
mail from people all over the
state asking that the sale limit
be extended in orGer to permit
those from distant points to at
tend. we have decided to open
the doors again to this unpre-
cedented opportunity, ana in
wife tLose as not yet served, to
visit our cloak rooms, where
they will be ent titled to the same
privileges and prices as IN vogue
during the past week. This
decision by US means a distri-
Luton of many thousands Of
dollars among those who pur-
chase garments during the six
days ending Saturday night,
Nov. IL, ga. 1t means that
some will wear cloaks for So.
worth Sac and S7s, and that all
will Secu' these garments at
one gu rter and one-third of
their actual value.
The catalogue Of styles in
clude the newest and most de-
sirable fashions. The most
durable and artistic weaves.
Unbr6ken assortment of La
dies, >, Misses and Children's
Warm Wraps down TO the title
ones JUST old enough to walk.
The frosty weather suggests
FURS. As an emphasis to
cloak interests, we invite an in
spection of our vast and distin-
guished variety of furs, includ-
ing all popular kinds and
modern styles. The atmos-
phere OF low prices on cloaks
has touched the cloak man S
pencil with downward stroke,
and bargains are the result.
See if il isn't so.
A lively vibration among the
importing houses has been GO
ing on in New York by our
RESIDENT BUYER. He's
caught some of the over sangu-
inc importers with too many
dress goods. That always
plcases him, for he knows they
can be moulded TO his price,
and with the cold cash in his
hand, he wields mighty argu-
ment that lays the finest fabrics
on our counters at far under
the market prices.
Do you want to sh are In the spoils, Then
visit our dress goods department with a little
cash this week. Vel show you nsv and
fashionable patterns. tnd astou1d You With
pr ces strangely low and Incompatible with
the superior fabrics offered. ifs hard iust
now % keep enough ind nfwear Tor daily csa
sumption. tonst tnt drafts upoa the Whole
sale stock furnishes the solution. No matter
what yoB may cal fer. either n sng,e gar
neuf o. combination suit u can te Trofucef
IN a. weighis snd veeyes. aeeo panied wlfh
a price magic that will VII yeBr patronage ~
once.
Brin fuli is our Glove Depaxt a. the
rsH' late styles and shsfes ard zen via fnd
much pleasure ~ study Of Paris fashions
II oar stock q Fur Trimmings we're veal
we'd letr 81 II We cont inst III fur fhfnss
that woman want ve have in profusiau- It's
the furrteSf year IN tie ffi mining vas that
you ve seen for q dfcade- most every ts1i
o. garrueHt j. noF edged win furs many - ne
dress and e'osEi 81 sfuTs hasmonsze 18th req
ttiu 81 the fnrs. wing = touch q fieea zee 70
the enSefsih'e No matter whaf cert 81 far or
friurn TX Fou vsat. court on fndins Q here
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-10

Owing to the Indictment
weather OF last week many
were unable TO visit our Great
Spec ial Cloak Sale, though
more than half the 5000 gar
ments advertised were sold
An iyentory discloses
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-10

Paper lanterns in fantastic shape for
exterior decoration at George A. Hail
& Co.'S
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-10

Paper lanterns IN fantastic shape for
exterior decoration at George A. Hall
q Co.'S. n
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-12-15
A PROMPT AND PERMANENT CURE.

nature, it impudently charges the evils
IL has itself inflicted on the people to
the public discussion of its pretenses
and claims
In a generation it has changed the
character and relations of our people
and of their industries, ruined small
fortunes and industries to create
monopOlieg and caste, filed the land
with tramps that q few milliOnaiIes
may b5, reduced American freedom , =
wagsmen little better than sere. .rGS G
slaves, and created classe-.--the rob
and the poor-and allie. lated their sym-
pathies aud T,yect for each other.
~ mas lone much to bring our labor
lnS people to the condition of the poor
in the old world by taxing their supplies
and diminishing the number of employ
ers by crushing out small industries
and combining large ones whereby the
rate Of wages may be reduced by arti-
fee and force.
The sovereign people are now wait
ing for Democratic statesmen to an
swer whether this system shall continue
| with its injustice and its blight, or
| whether on the other hand our COM
merce shall have the chance to rival
| meath all the stars: whether we may
| build, and lade and sail our ships to
every island, port and cline andgather
riches that await our coming; whether
the narrow and restricted notion of a
home market shall be touched by the
magic power of freedom applied to
trades so that we may add as well the
| markets of fifteen hundred million
people round the earth to tempt and
reward the industry and the skill of the
children of the great republic of the
| western world.
With the beginning of discussion pro.
| lection was doomed.
The time has already passed when
free traders can be sill lanced by clamor
and the time will soon arrive when
none will own that he ever skulked be
hind the nondescript title of a tariff
refOrmer.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-12-15
The Pittsburg Market.

PTTsBURG Dec. IL.
BUTTER-Elgn creamery, 33I5a3iIGc other
brands, 29G3lC: choice to fancy dairy and
country roll, &G42Sc fair 10 medium grades,
lSG@ic; low grades, l20lGc; cooking, 90llc;
grease, case.
CHEESE-Ohio, llI40ll4c; New York, 100
l24c; fancy Wisconsin Swiss blocks, l4II ljc;
do bricks, l2IG0I3c; Wisconsin sweitzer in
tubs, l30l3lac; limberger, l0IaGllc; Ohio
Swiss, l2IG0l3c.
EGGS-Strictly fresh Pennsylvania and
Ohio 2602Ic; special marks, 2Sc; cold storage,
22125c
POULTRY-Live-Sprin chickens, 35d45c
per pair; old chickens, 5)D6jc; ducks, 6Jd65c;
geese, Sl.25Dl3j turkeys, llGl2c per pound.
Dressed-Chickens, llUl@c per pound ducks
l40l5c geese, ll0l2c; turkeys, l3Dl5c.
WHEAT-No. red, 75Rg7G9c; No. red,
13174c.
CORNING. 2 yellow ear, 5O9jOI6c; high
mixed ear, 49G49J6c; mixed ear, 46D47c;
No yellow shelled, 4Sl9Di9c; high mixed
shelled, 411G14Sc; mixed shelied, 45l146c; new
No. yellow shelled, 47047I5c; new high mixed
shelled corn, 4GH46Rc
OATS-No. l white, 4Olh64lc; No white,
80l3diOc; extra No. white, 3SI&030c; No. o.,
S@371Gc; mixed, 85d38c.
FLOUR 0obbers' prices)-Fancy brands,
S475U4,85; standard winter patents, Si.7JIO
ter. Si,OOlD4,2j; clear winter, S375D4.00; xxx
bakers, S3.7jGD3,Sj; rye, S3.501I37j
HAY-Choice timothy, Si40J Blt.2j: No.
timothy, $l3.2j9l375; No. 2 timothy, $1,000
ESQ; mixed clover and timothy, Sl2.50Ol3 90;
packing, S7.0OGS.O0; No: feeding prairie $1,000
@lOtO; No. do, S9.OGa95O; wagon hay, Sl5.OO
0l1OO
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-12-15
FORT WAYNE FREIGHT WRECK,

o. III. Moore, a Brakeman, Received
rious Ipjuries Several Cars Mashed
Up
A section of esstbound freight No. 76, on
the Ft. Wayne road, was wrecked near
North Lawrence, between Massillon and
Orrvilie, Monday night, and o. II. Moore,
the head brakeman, was badly hurt.
The train was running at a speed Of
nearly thirty miles an hour when one of
the couplings gave way, detaching a por-
tion of the train, The detached cars colli-
ded with the forward section and several
cars were wrecked. There 10 double
track at this point and traffic was not de-
iayed.
Moore was caught between tie timbers
OF the wrecked cars. He was taken to AL.
lance, where his injuries were dressed by
the company surgeon. He is married and
resides at Crestline.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-12-15

YoUra MEN-who have become victims Of soli-
tary vice, that dreadful and destructive habit
which annually sweeps to an untimey grave thous-
ands OF young men OF exalted talent and brilliant
intellect, may call with confidence.
DRs. FRANCE End OTTMAN. after years OF ex-
perience, have discovered the greatest cure known
for weakness in the back and limbs involuntary dis
charges, impotency, general debility, nervousness,
ianguor, confusion OF ideas, paptaton Of the heart
timdity trembling. dimness Of sight, or giddiness
diseases OF the head, throat, nose, or skin, afec-
tions Of the liver lungs, stomach, or bowelsthose
terrible disorders arising from the solitary vice Of
youth-and secret practices, blightng their most
radiant hopes or antieipations, rendering marriage
impossible. Take one candid thought before il is too
late. week or month may place your case beyond
the reach Of hope. Our method Of treatment will
edily and permanently cure the most obstinate
case, and absolntely restore perfect manhood.
TO MlDplE-AGED MEk.-There are many from
the age OF so TO 90 who troubled with frequent
excavations OF the bladder, often accompanied by
slight burning or smarting sensation ening the
system in manner the patient cannot account for
On examination OF the urinary deposits, a ropy
sedmensTili be found, or the color win be thin or
milkish hue. There are many men who die OF this
difficulty, ignorant Of the cause, which is second
perfect cure in all such cases, and healthy
restoration OF the genito-urinaRy organs.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-12-15
REPORT OF FARylIW SCHOOL,

Bethlehem Township, Stark County, o.,
for Montn Ending December o, 1899,
Enrolment, girls, "a boys, 80; total &c.
The following were neither absent nor
tardy: Mary Bergert, Ora Dierdorff,
Emma Hensel, Lottie Keehn, Sybilla
Snyder, Gracie Whitmer, Roswell Bergert,
George FTber, Homer Hensel, Milford
Snyder. Allen Keehn, Grover Keehn.
Willie Meyer.
Gases of tardiness, 3.
Visitors, A. Whitmire, d, S. Bergert
and l.. Whitmer, directors.
We cordially invite parents to visit our
school and inspect the work that is being
done. b. Il. WETTER, teacher.