Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-08-04


A. 10 O'Clock last evening Mars wss
only 81. 900 600 miles from ths earth.
He viii not be - near again until 1902
Every telescope ia the country was
leveled az the planet last night, and
the eartn's most interesting solar neigh
Dor wss watched BY thousands Of keen
eyed astronomers. In 1877 Hall DIS
covered ths two satellites OF Mars
They are the smallest objects known IN
the solar systen and can scarcely be
seen BY means Of = tweive-inch glass.
Tnis year three or four projections on
the southwest limb of Mara have been
seen. Their character 10 not known,
bus il will be tested during the next
two or three weeks IL 10 possible that
valuable information concerning the
physical eharacteristics and phenom-
ena of this most interesting planet may
be discovered. The dream Of the
scientist. the astronomer and the evo-
lutonist may yet be realized and Mars
proved TO be inhabited.
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"THE Thirteenth Annual Report OF
the Secretary of state of Michigan. Re
lating to Farms and Farm Products
lss0-'sl," came TO this office in yester-
days mail. IL contains 209 pages,
mostly figures. While il 10 far from
what 1t might be. the report is filled
wIthincontrovertble arguments in favor
of protection. Careful psrussl of it
will knock tthe vapid maunde-ings OF
the calamity howiefs and populists into
smi,nereens. The secretary Of state
will send copy to any address free Of
charge.
Ir il to be regretted that the dem
ocratic papers have begun to throw
mud at the peoples party candidate
for governor. II il said that he began
suit for libel against q newspaper
that charged him with misappropris-
ton of public funds and that he paid
the costs of the suit. This may be
quite true but the democratic papers
ought to be thankful with the nomina-
ton for it might have been worse.
ONE OF the most encouraging tokens
OF republican success in the coming
election IL the fact that the party is
divided by no isms and presents q solid
front to the enemy. There are no fac
tional divisions to mend and no per
sonal grievances to set right. If the
democrats were only half as miserable
as they are, they might be happy.
PRISONS given to fright at the least
provocstion are assured that the break
ing out Of the cholera in Europe simul-
taneous with the democratic demon
stration in Madison square does not
portend that the cholera will spread in
sympathy with democratic enthusiasm.
Democratic enthusiasm this year be-
gets chills and fever. IL has passed
the cholera stage Of infection.
WHEN the patent medicine men shall
hear that the state pharmacists have
practically boyeotted rats-cuttinR in
the sale Of their preparations they will
join in . stampede to secure member
ship in the ASSOCIATION. If they can
prevail on the undertakers to maintain
prices tho pill business will experience
. genuine boom.
FROM the very beginning it bas been
the ambition of the worlds fair pro-
jectors to keep the fair aloOf from pol
itics. IL renamed for the cheap and
sinister democrats of the house to Vi
olate the rule. They have dragged
themselves to the verge of infany and
somebody ought to push them over.
IT was 400 years ago yesterday that
Columbus SGT sail from the port of
Palos to discover . shorter route to the
Indies. Heaven has been very merc-
full. and today there 10 not . single
"oldest iuhabitany' alive who has any
recollection of the event, or even heard
| his grandmother mention Is.
II the Chicago Herald, Kalamazoo
Gazette and other papers continue to
print items taken from this paper and
credit them TO the Democrat it won't
10 long before the general readers OF
tina. paper will fall into the habit OF
reading its editorial page.
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NEWTON l.. BUNNELL declares in the
No rth American Review that the time
has come when the farmer should de-
mand 10 have his political existence
recognized. Has Mr.. Bunnell seen the
ticket nominated by Michigan repub-
licansg
ALTHOUGH stoutly refusing to "fuse.
with the democrats the peoples party
did the next thing 10 it by nominating
Tho two-faced Janus now holding the
Office of attorney general for the same
Office on their own ticket.
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/ NOTWITHSTANDING the deadlock In
the house that bright and rncy ex
change. the Congressional Record, con.