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Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-06-19

Cutting speaks Preach nneasiy they
fell 70 talking over tAis very
subject Mr. Cutting recalled the
words If the FrenehIaan Is his own
How can the weil-dressod, fzshiona oae
voter be indifferent ia the slightest Do
gree 90 his suffrage duties" said NJ
simon. when on every hand his sensi-
tive aud appreciative nature can b. %
easily Jared and offended BY lax gov
ernment7"
That idea Is clear 10 anyone who
he's visited Paris" said Mr. Cutting.
There the best of fashionable pleasure
lies ia the ability 10 avail ones self of
the splendid bouievards. the Bots. and
the thousand aud one outdoor attrae-
tiops. Let loose system Of govern
ment prevail and what would become OF
Paris beauty Look at Pittsburgh be-
fore natural gas came into use As
fuel. The life of a man who enjoyed tine
raiment was burden on account Of
the smoke and SCOT. This state Of
things was less observable 10 the be-
grimed toiler. London 10 an instance
in point Ii the aesthetic or cleanliness
loving powers made their influence felt
aud compelled the abatement Of the
smoke nuisance. how much brighter
life would be for everybody. Thage are
other considerations 10 influence a voter
than purely commercial ones"
Nor must forget To mention ex-State
Senator Lispenard Steward, now in
Japan. whose influence has been ex-
erted in the direction of getting out the
better class OF voters. His work in the
state senate was exceedingly effective
l recall only one young man of fashion
whose political career promised as well
as does that of Mr.. Stewart refer to
the deplorable case of Ray Hamilton.
But for the disgrace in his marital life,
his political life might have been the
equal of that of his great ancestor.
Ward McAllister is an ardent politi-
clan. His family was prominent IN the
politics of Georgia and brother is now
serving as judge in California He be-
lieves that the man Of fashion should
exercise his voting privilege whenever
an election occurs, be the Office of a
most trivial character or be ii the pres
idency.
At the Reform club / met 4 great
grist of fashionable voters, and found
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-06-19

Robert Cutting thought of possible
political advancement, that Cyrus Field,
Jr.. received his first impulse to go into
the diplomatic service.
$50 my advent in the political arena
was really of some good" said Mr.. Teal
10 me Il believe + inspired many q
bright New York man to go into poll
ties, to try his hand at reform In the
municipal, state and national field, and
have reason TO believe that you will
find no ADLER set of men in the public
service than those who need the Office
least, but whose education fits them
best of all for great work.
Almost all of New York's clubmen
are college bred. most Of them are in
professions, and many have knowl-
edge of constitutional law that fits
them well to shine in any branch of the
federal judicial service
Contrast the finely dressed man OF
fashion, a man of education. of tact, a
man with the power of systematizing.
with some of the grasping ignoramuses
in power now, and the fitness of the one
and the unfitness of the other will come
home to you with startling effective
ness"
/ found . really patriotic senti-
ment prevalent throughout clubdom.
In the Manhattan, at the Amsterdam, at
the Union League, at the Lotus, there
was but one answer to my query: "Do
you voter" Invariably the answer was:
'Always!" At the Lotus club the news
paper element has infused q certain de-
gree of political enthusiasm into its af-
fairs. At the Manhattan and Am
sterdam the factional war of the DEM
ocracy Of New York state is the sole
| topic of discussion, and not the least
| important member In these bodies but
has his say and his vote. In fact quite
| a delegation from both clubs was at
| Syracuse in attendance on the "Anti-
| snap convention.
At the Union League the prominence
| of Dr. Depew, the membership Of such
| men as Russell A. Alger and others as
well known in national affairs, has
given the club partisan flavor that is
noticeable on any and ali occasions. At
the Knickerboclzer politics are abjured.
| but such men rs j. " s. eddie, Thomas
! Martin and Commodore Gerry never
| allow themselves to be outdone in polit-
| ical enthusiasm when it comes to a cam
| paign or an election, either municipal,
state or national
1 had a chat with Mr. eddie at the
| New York Yacht club rooms on Madi-
son avenue day or two ago, and. swell
as he is. he showed wonderfully keen
Judgment and sharp insight on matters
of political interest.
II don't care to tell you what my
political preferences are. for they are
nobody's business, but my own, but to
| the question: Should n man of fashion
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-06-19
For The GAR.
A Highland Costume for tho Autocrnt Of
the Russians.

A Highland Costume for tho Autocrnt OF
the Russians.
An old Null weaver has just executed
wha. is for him a rather curious order.
nothing less than a suit of homespun
tweed for his imperial highness the car
of Eli the Russias The cloth il of the
usual Highland kinda homcly looking
tartan. in which the prevailing colors
arc lichcn and indigo. II il scarcely to
DC presumed that the car. tired of daz-
cling uniforms and gorgeous apparel,
has determined 10 startlc his court by
appearing in a suit Of Highland spun
tartan. Such an action, says the Scot
tish Standard. might have been expect
eel of the German emperor. but his
brother of Russia In too practical To in
dulgc in such cspriccs; and vet his or
der Of the Highland suit shows that he
is net above being swayed by the inn
pulse of sentincntalism. He has given
this peculiar order because his father,
the late ear. had for nurse q Ross of
Null girl named Catherine McKinnon.
who by some stroke Of luck found her
way into the imperial family of Rus
STA. and so commended herself to her
royal employers that rccollectIons OF
her services remain in the family to
this day. Thus il Is that the car has
ordered and obtained suit Of Null
spun tweed. woven within few miles
Of the now ruined cot where Catherine
MeKinBon spent her childhood Had
Catherine lived In an earlier age she
might have been czarina and the moth
er. not the nurse. Of ernperors. for was
not the great Catherine Of as lowly an
origin "a this cotter girl from Null?
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Constipation leads TO . multitude OF
physical troubles. II u generally the
result of cArelessrevs or indifference TO
ths snplest rule Of health. Eugene
Mckay 81 Brantford, Ont. writes;
81 had for several YEAR, heen = suf.
fefer from constipation. had taken =
gfes, many different remedies, some Of
which did me good fnf time. bat only
Tor time. then my Isahle came hack
verse than ever. | was induced by .
friend, whom hsssnfs4n's fsi~ss bad
benefited, ~ ICY them. feok swo sseh
aisht fer = weeks then one every night
far atous en- weeks sisee that tsase l
have ret sseesseseed the d sfssst dif
fie,sttv whaisysf ssd snf hawsis faees
regular every day. | helirse Hfalf
thai fes slsk sssas@s 80 "a. is~eis .nd
seriousness hsssHssfs Pate sse TAI
sspsfgss ~ say othsss"
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than il woald hold when We arrived.
The place was epen 70 the air %
Hezsea, bat tie ar very discrretly re
manned outside
While veal IA bet car mooney On the
sure slkins l left samuel between .
wooden po>t Which helped support tia
pavilion and the equally wooden in
telligenoe Of oEe IF those inen who nd
Wise newcomers professionally. As hsd
taken charge Of ali the money sammy
could spare l did not regard the prox
unity of the professional gentleman u
dangerous Nhe1 came back sammy
was booking quite pale. partly from tia
effects II tic cigar which the profess
s,onal adviser was smoking and partly
from nervousness over his money. lie
sen;urod u aSgest that my sure thing
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-06-19
HAVE A GOOD TIME
Fielding Entertaias Friend in
Metropolitan Style.
EXPENSIVE, BUT IT'S SPORT
And There's . Good Deal IN Name
Betting Fifty Dollsis on the Tenor
and Other Fun

AS a rule. when people whom used
to know. but whose good points have
forgotten, write to inform me that they
viii visit the city and viii be pleased 10
see its sights under my direction, in
went pressing engagement In the In
terror of Connecticut But Samny's
case was different Sammy has . lot
of money, and ! could not bear 10 think
Of the chance that, in this great and
wicked city, he might be robbed-by
somebody else l determined ~ pro-
tect him; a. stand between his inno-
cence and the itching palms of my fell
low citizens So when he wrote that he
was coming. promptly replied that 1
would meet him at Delmonico's about
dinner time. His rcjoinder by wire re-
quested me To meet one Of the
Sound steamers and breakfast with
him at 1880. / have not break
tasted at that hour since compulsory
prayers were abolished at college in my
freshman year; and the indications were
that his visit To the great city would
result in more novelty for me than for
him However. arranged little pro-
gramme which i thought would give
Sammy u very fair idea of life and
death in the American metropolis
shall here endeavor To describe his i'm
pressions 30 that the reader may get.
for the moderate price Of Sunday
newspaper, an amount Of information
and diversion which will cost several
hundred dollars more if obtained ON the
spot.
The first thing that struck Sammy
was the vast and hurrying throng. II
struck him in an elevated railroad train
and nearly tore his clothes of. New
York is a very crowded city. The nu
merous and comparatively cheerful
cemeteries of Brooklyn, on the one
hand. and the malaria of New Jersey
on the other, do not furnish sufficient
outlet for our surplus population. The
way we fall over each other is appalling
to stranger. l thought the spectacle
would be novel and instructive to Sam
my, who lives in an interior Massachu-
sets city, where one may walk down
the principal street in business hours
and meet not even = creditor.
We passed the forenoon as agreeably
as could be expected. A forenoon isn't of
much use anyway. Most people use 1t
to work In. but never could reconcile
myself to beginning q day that way.
took Sammy to Park Row, 70 show him
the big newspaper offices, and for a
time we amused ourselves watching a
man throwing rolls of paper, weighing
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-06-19
NAPOLEON NOT A GEORGIAN


~ Wotereetco kYAsS>1e Eoofo - -
the Great cen0ssror.
II WAS at ext~rnporc review head =
the presence Of the enemy 1t Rnfks1uo
that Napoleon first granted er~An6otuD
10 private soldiers. appointing thsm
knights OF the empire and members =
the Legion Of Honor.
An old grensdicr. who had made -
campaign of Italy and Egys<. nct 49,
ing his name called, came up. aud -
calm voice sslxcd for the crosH-
But" said Napoleon. ''whs2 -
you done 20 deserve it,
1T was /. sir, who In the dessrt q
Joppa, when IL WAS 90 torritay hots ouUI
you . watermelon"
Il thank you for n sessn; bot 60
gift of the fruit Is hardly worth -
cr,es Of the Legion OF Honey"
Then the gransdier. who up tsll than
had been as cool as Ice, working him-
self up into frenzy. staustcd with thn
utmost voluhility: "wen. and dcnt yea
reckon seven wounds rec,ivod ~ o.
bridge of Arooia. ~ Lodi. and cnnefR-
lone. II the PyrzInia<. IT Acr~. Auor
tralitz, FriediAnd. eleven campaigns 4
Italy. Egypt. Austria. Pr.ssiA> ~
land"
But the emperor cut him short. lsuuDp
ing aud. mimicking his excitr1 unnnuus
cried: There. there. nov YOU uoz1E
yourself up when you come On NE -
sentisl point That Is where yon ouo1t
20 have begun; IL Is worth much mseo
than your mescm- 1 make you . 1<nixh1
of the empire with pension Of typo1vp
hundred francs - boston Globe.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-06-19
OUR MAN OF STYLE
He is an Ardent Political En-
thusiast and Voter.
NEW YORK POLITICAL CLUBS
Young Ssslls Take Deep Interest N
Pol.tacs-J. v. 5. Otcie's Ideas
on Economics

The man Of fashion as voter might
seem a paradox bat for Oliver Sumner
Teal, the whiloin secretary Of the peo-
pies municipal league, and the boomer
81 political reforms among the so-called
.'silk-etockings" of New York Those
who remember him ia the zenith of his
glory, surrounded by bevy OF pretty
typewriters, and ordering his fashion
able ward workers Ia various political
duties. will not be surprised To learn
that the eampaign in which he was eff
fective, or rather Ineffective, saw the
dawn of political ambition in the heart
and head OF many New York swell.
IL was then that Louis Onativia breathed
forth his desire 10 shine in congress, that
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-06-19

John Newcoab, fesIaihg a. Itncotn
ldncoin c0antt, Aew Nextess- Hf><<uf
date ~ May Is, 81. SAYS "a dcIavu1
three years aud Three fnoati< IA c4x1ux
you notice 81 souF yailiki.e cxfe fo1
the iiqaeI habit Ny ossacs in deln1
Was - s.e SIRE that 4 i as sau teur0
scented Il 20 he. l took q "A roffee nn1
have not tasted aey kiac CT fiQQoGu
since l usea ilQnor for Over fat>V
years; "A cost int thousands 81 do<ioGo
one WAY and another, hat fer al kho< &
saved my farm and ana nov oxa,rr ~
four Ihoussnd head 81 si,eep ~
much fer sear speche l edv1nn
With some Of my friends here and ~
few OF them ~ send and get Yoon<
Specific; more have pronis<a me- -
soon as they can raise the money.
Was Is years Old on the fourth DAY a.
February. ls9z WAS very near dS5Dk
u poor ~Tetched drunk ard and e4Do1
would II 1 had not seen your notice. -
Your Specific. IL MAS = God Sud -
me"
How many farnss and how Inonv
thousands of head OF sheep ard ~
through the influence OF the ilhuox
habit. Why thea delay an obta 3n,nE
remedy that 10 At your door and ~
which you can bring home the 3ovo4
one who - now drinking AWAY, no1
only hrs farm and sheep, bat nls ~
come and wr~cking tie life. by t4ym1Z
the Dr. Ralnes' bolden sprelir. wbace,
a. you see. made 4 man VI JOHN New
comb, aud can le obtained a. b'our
drug store or of Golden speedily Co
The price Ne $500 and one tseatneut
will cure.
The Golden Specific Co. cincsrnatl,
Ohio. publishes . 4s-paee pamphiet
hrlm full of valuable information ne
specting THE great temperanee reinedys
free.
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Eve hundred pounds apiece, out of .
cart onto the heads of the passersby.
Then we strolled over to Broadway to
see a man or two run over; and 30 got
pleasantly on TO lunch time.
asked Sammy il he had ever seen a
modern buffet lunch. and he said he
never had. so took him Ia see one. He
saw it, and then he requested me to
take him where he could get something
TO eat. Sammy is man of diminutive
stature, and though he fights very well
in the lightweight class he Is not de-
signed to profit by buffet lunch. The
alleged nutrition is. piled upon q coun-
ter, and the animals take food as best
they may. My long reach and longer
experience enabled me to obtain sand
witches and cakes over the shoulders of
the throng, whereas Sammy got moth
ing but cup Of coffee. which was
poured down his back by . gentleman
behind him. However, he got q good
idea of the amount which can be OBJ
tanned by a skillful, long-legged man
10y settling my account at the deek.
Later we formulated our plans for the
day. l asked him what he had come
here 10 see. and he replied that he had
always thought that the statue of Lib
erty and the obelisk in Central park
must be very interesting.
MY dear boy" said /. you can never
get any idea Of this town by hunting up
obscure, inanimate curiositfes of that
sort. But there is going to be prize
fight in jersey City tonight that will
be liberal education for . young man
and, in the meantime, we might run
out and see the Brokedale handicap.
have sure thing"
samuel accompanied me willingly,
for his relatives at home had told hin, tc
away by himself into places which q
well-brought-up young man sbould
never visit On the way 10 the race
course he sai<ed me what I had mean,
by q sure thing. and explained 10 him
rs much Of II ~ one can really undsr'
stand without personal expc~iepce he
said that he had never bet on anything
hut did not thsnk I. was wrong IL one
were sure not 20 lose his money -
sufta Efun tHat Sptue Oh tUe D<8f Tecptf
| knew were bsbitaal ect&ors. indeed
. few 81 them were ~ good that they
were not required n put MP essh- HI
remarked that he wcssld prefer N have
me bet his tnoney that way. and I vss
ehlig.A to confesS that l Was NOT one ol
the few
IL ss pleasant 20 watch the childish ex
estessens which lS~>~~>-- . man wher
he attends his first hor~e race Tks
aeiishtfai esacssoa lssss ali she ~ss
as~n ~ the tsset: n survives skse dus'
and csnsi.r~ ~ sohusf,sn rssi~syS. s-u'
II s~eesaily e~sesrsses ~hen ne hsd'
that he ~ ~ have only sk.znt tee min
ess~ ~ s<fosi r.sins ss.s t-r hour~ q
ssaB<tiaK afxsansi | tssck ssusei snta
she psa where The enthusiasm 49, ussl
Bofsle aAssa>i. ssss Amerss<an rsr~ l,ar~s
sssss asireestea la aksiiss~ The p~z
ssnaAhusa s.Rsssf thussnnA uum<nn61
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A New Collar Rotten.

Collar buttons, five n tozen." 1t was
the voice of Pouliski. the pcddler, rs he
pushed his head through the swinging
doors Of Ninth street saloon. Hey.
whiskers," called Billy Gayboy. as he
held his glass, have yer got any o. them
'lectric light collar buttons that shine
in the dark when yer lose 'em under
the bureau?"
mo. SIR" said the peddler.
Nor any of them with whistline at
tachments SOS you can locate them
when you lose 'cm2" sslxed another.
mo. sir" said the peddler.
well. then. get along" said Cayboy.
"You haven't got anything we want"
"vell, I tell you vot I hat got. said
Poulisiti. II haf got some Of dem talk
ing collar buttons"
THAT heats us. What ere they7-'
AAkcd one Of the crowd
Dem. sir. are de kind vot do deir own
svearin' ven you lose dem under ths
bureau. Philadelphia Record
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right track by policeman who WINS 20
ing The other way. We arrived about
. O'Clock in . great hurry, for the fight
But ct 10 O'Clock IL had not opened Al
II o'clock the master a ceremonies an
nonnced that In half sn hour the men
would take their plsces But they
d,An'N n 49, midnight WHEN tfse mes
stepped into The ring. and tlse oonmnni'
paw Terror began . new day well b.
partially closing the left eye Of The Hs'
bol<en Hurricane then bet ese Of my
young friends money on the Tcr7ur--
and he never hsd . chsnce sftervsrd
Thar fva0ht ei0h4y -sevsn rounds. tho
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voter I have but one answer: By all
means. An American citizen. be he
finely drcssed cr poorly 6ressesi. should
never fail 10 exercise his dutics To The
community ~ large. and the most Inn
portant Of these in my opinioa Il his
vote. ! ima0iue there are = great
many men Of fashion who do not exer-
else that privilege. but must say for
my own friends that they discuss the
issues - campaign with a good deal Of
arser and caAs their votes with . good
deal 81 enthusiasm !"
Mr. nvo~hho,ss Cutting does NOT hang
sro~n1 thc poila psah during eiers'o,s
hut ss,Il NJ hes Iivssy l1sa ~ the duty
~ every weli.dress~d eissx~n Of the re-
public. "a 40 ma think" he s>id the
other AAy. "tbst The so-eaiI~A man ~
fs~hk,a he's I~~n int~fess 81 stsh~ than
any oAb~v vossw La fsea he eaGhs "a
have nsr~. tsesas~ the ps<aSsf~ he ass
ytv~~ fn~a life h isywesy thss whtsh h
easily svssia< ~ I'D s.vsva~~as"
Here Mr. .cssessaa psa~s-s ~samss1
wtsis hs saiad e~t4eatsS wandered
hseh sv~ ~ psss. fss Ne s~sssss<i Ais
Interesting t>ss ~ Fefevvsss ~ . esss-
vsssatsss he hs1 90 a.se 81 k;s ssssst
ssses - faSsH 9Th ske ssssx Preach
sfstssm>s. jsies sisssS They sss ~
s>kss - nsessxs No. 60 - tA
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might 60 wrong. Thereupon . fAcc
tious person who overheard him rp
marked that my young friend was pick
ing up the business very fast
We'll, Sammy. old sport" said /,
"what'd you think Of betting ring?"
IL haven't seen one yet" said he
"Fve been waiting 10 find somebody
who was 80 short that j could see over
his shoulders If l encounter y man of
that size viii endeavor 20 look about
me-"
1t was now time for the first race 60
be run, and we went out % sec IL.
saw it, but sammy got wcdged in be-
hind six-footer just as the horses
started, and il was all over before he
could move. Then he went back 10 the
bookmalsers and waited another half
houe or more.
l could see that my friend was not
having AS good a time us he might have
had il had taken him TO see the oh
elisk, so In order TO awaken his interest
in the proceedings bet ten dollars Of
his money on the second race and lost
it. As this sum trenched on our re-
serve we were obliged TO get it back, so.
by my advice. we bet twenty dollars on
the third race, and would have won IL
the procession had been moving the
other way.
The fourth race was the handicap. As
the time for starting it approached I
began TO be somewhat nervous myself
In former days had noticed that my
money on horse would anchor him 20
a post more securely than IL he were
tied to il with halter, thereby avoid
ing any danger of his falling down in
front Of the others and getting stepped
on, or in any other way interfering
with the successful running OF some
strange, new animal whom nobody had
ever heard of, and only the bookmakers
were interested in. Well. my luck had
not deserted me. When the Brokedalc
started my horse was beaded sou'-sou'-
east, while the others were pointing
nor'-nor'-west, and by the time the
jockey had turned him around there
was nothing in sight but q dim and dis
tant cloud Of dust.
As we wandered away from the track
told Samuel that the prize fight would bs
ever 50 much more fun. and besides
knew more about prize lighting. and
could pick winner IL allowed two
guesses. bar q draw. l have noticed
that many men when ON their wa,
honeward from q race track develop q
spirit of frankness with themselves
which would be of great use 10 them II
IL were not too beautiful to last.
We had some difficulty in finding tbs
hall where the prize fight was 20 h
held. but 1t last we were set upon tn
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Bill Nye believes the hssd t1mss -
farmers IL due 10 their not fos1tnR
enough bran o. their ccwN He gtvoo
his experience In feeding twan nah -
q sickiy ''taHy-colored Jersey" - I'd
lows: AZ firxt sjse would inssvt hernonn
In il mp 20 the top of her lower eye1t1
and then looking far away over The puru
pie hills. she would blow this trap 49,
ACROSS the state. md Whist DID net - -
the sleeve of nag ovcrcoAa would ch1nk
up the barn and fresaaie our family 60
risge. But after awhile she s&r otrmnIh
preediiy and socn tise bir~k eng 49,
In her sorro~inp heart She 1usUUe1rr
grief. had no more aidity ~ e1~un61s
flashes Of heat or sinking. sinxfnR ~
the earn. dizziners or tired fee1tnR, -
now she IL perfectly well LssSsan10In
ate not only her thru nea1e der. -
also . scsrict Tessnium tsAonging - -
wife. . Msckina stSs~ hs4 Of nina 49,
yards Of brocsded ribbon from ~ 60
tune Of young lady frcsn c7ic.eo ~
was patting bes on che had fuur -
lars worth 81 slsdiolus bsslhA e1f110
shirt and . oi~h ~ blanc uAnge 49,
was cooling On tfe rnsa-ws&rx bogs0o0n1
the pastor.-Coieman' Rural Wu31