Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-11
KEEP 1870

hEE tLEAN.
s.r Edwin Arnold does not believe IA
Quarantine znd says Il the sanitary
conditions Of a eoaatry invite cholera
L sil cone N spite OF the quarantine.
lie th.nks the bettes way IS 70 Isolate
tie sick aud enforce r.gid sanitary
measures. HIS own experience with
the cholera ia India has been that me
American aud English constitutions are
ImperyiOus 10 the disease and that no
well or prudent man need fear t.
There 10 much truth 10 Slr Edwin :
declaration. Cholera $ prominently
the result Of bad sanitary re-
gulatiOn. IL : TOO late TO begin action
after the disease has once taken foot
hold. Eternal cleanliness is at all
times the price OF health and life, and
when Is laws are violated all the
quarantine and disinfeeting IN exist
snce cannot prevent the multiplication
OF the bacillus ana microbe. Keep
yourselves clean; keep your surround
lngs clean; keep your system in good
working condition and cholera can no
more attack you than frog can climb
creased pole.
Coke production In what Is known
as the Flat Top region of Virginia
and West Virginia, IS the subject
OF Robert Porter's 200th Census Bulle-
tin. The industry has recently been
developed with an unusual degree of
success IN this district due to the fact
that the coal possesses high coking
qualities. During the year 1889 the
average number of persons employed
was 533 and the total amount OF wages
paid was Sl49.727. In 1887, S605 cars
of coke were shipped and in 1889, 20
Ss3 cars ol coke were sent out. The
combined length of the coal fields IS
about sixty miles. relatively equal 10
that of the Connellsvllle basin IN Penn
sylvanla, but the wealth - more than
five times as great
TODAY the Polish societies will begin
their annual song festival, IN commem-
GRAFTON OF their birthplace and the
bravery and genius of its sons. Never
was Roman in the most glorious days
OF the republic. more proud and exult-
AIT of his country and the deeds of its
heroes than are the children of crushed
vanquished, dismembered Poland; and
never was Spartan OF Athenian more
Jealous of q states honor than they
are of the achievements of Polish
poets. students, statesmen and warri-
ors in the days when their country held
an exalted position among the nations
of the earth.
Mr.. FISHER, the newly elected presi-
dent of the board of education, IS well
qualitiee to discharge the duties OF the
office. lie takes keen interest IN the
schools, the library and public i'm
provements generally and Is an active
friend to the cause OF education. He
succeeds one of the best presidents the
board ever had and he will prove him
self to be worthy successor.
WHERE IS the American citizen whose
heart does not expand with pat
rlotlc emotion when he witnesses the
dainty Don's debonair devotion to col
ossal Joss2 In 1t one sees the blending
of the exquisite and beautiful with the
huge and massive; the living and ad
miring confidence of the innocent
lamb and the protecting shield OF the
immense mountain.
AFTER all the cutting satire, the
ranking invective, David, the naughty
and imperial trainer of the Tiger, has
bowed down before the JOSS and will
continue to salaam until the Ides OF
| November. Poor David, he has no
where to lay his head except upon the
cold cobblestones of defeat.
ZIMMERMAN the bicyclist has beaten
/ Nancy Hanks the trotter, by going 8
mile on his wheel in 200 10 over reg
ulat.on track. "Zim" didn't have 9
running mate either, and bicycists are
| frsut;cally fanatical over his grea
/ achievement.
MANY peoples party men are begin
ming to wonder where they are at
/ The democrats seem 10 have absorbed
about all there IS worth absorbing and
the cranks have nothing left but &
spllntered platform and broker