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Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-12-28

Factory Owners Object TO Giving
Any Authentic Information.

The board Of trade 10 attempting to
collect statistics to be used in new
publication 10 De issued the coming
year. Most OF the manufacturing con-
Germs gladly give the information. but
there are several which are too indie.
pendent 10 do this and are almost insult
ing 30 those who approach them on the
subject liz would be possible. to get
their financial standing from the county
clerks ofice. did these corporations
comply with the Law regarding the fling
Of annual statements with the county
clerk. But they have not done thia
One Of the large concerns has not filed q
statement for almost two yearx The
figures relative 10 labor can be obtained
from the labor inspector. whose figures
may be relied on. At its last session
tia board Of supervisors ordered the
prosecuting attorney to prosecute these
violstors OF the lzx. and this will prob
ably DO done in the near future.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-12-28

1--WE Halcoe,he. boob Keeper - tis
Oeterhouss a Fer Lsnber eompsay
vii sal Iaasary n fcr Soe Zeeiand. -
visit be father sho IL ~iek The "trip
ffoni San fancisco = loosD mllrs
thss Ella Freuch - he Detroit hleh
sshsel - speodlns her hashIavs 18th
her uncle ADD aunt. Mr. add Nrs ". K
shafer - Nerth Divtsion sfrset
M. snd Nre Rsok sud Ralph Ycars
% 0ho aad Charts. Dsub~f u Char
lntte are ne guests q DE- Dunhan a
Na 10 Pisinhsid evens>
" 3 Sherfnefhorn. a. inepifatiensi
lectures. rill sp~as a } a'cEsek tais AZ
fefnpes a Va - North Icaia str>st
Mr. anf Ms G r. M.srtan are in
fcnis <pensiinx the holidays 9Th rsls.
fises
~ snd Ma T. ). Carter a El,ra
Ohek sfs sisstinr rtssbves 10 this sify.
>. A Mcmillan ~. r.~sxne.l - s~~ist
AIT tisket szest fs TIE UFand kaElsis
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-12-28

w. b. Craver. a brakeman on the d..
q. II. 4 NJ railroad. was caught be-
tween two cure yesterday at the d.. G.
II. a. NJ depot aud his right hand was
90 crushed that ampusation vas neces-
sary. HE home 10 ia Ksnkakec. ILL.,
nois. where he has wife and child lie
has been working for the D.. @. Ii. 4 M.
company but three weeka DR.. Pstter-
con attended him.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-12-28

Emil Schlossmoksr. an old soldier. was
arrested yesterday on q warrant Issued
FROM Justics HoIcomb's court Schlos-
smoker imbibed too much Christmas
and made himself very obnoxious at the
home. lie was fned ti0 aud costs by
his honor. and In default went 10 jail
for tsenty days
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-12-28

The Linein club rooms last evening
we're tiiisd sith veterans aud the wives
II setsrans Who had cone 10 pay their
rsspsces 10 the nsmory % comrades y no
had died durins the past year The
rostfun was drapsd With the red.
white and blue. int>rmingisd With
the dark symbol u mourning. On
catsfsiquss IN froat q the rossrum we're
flowers and pottsd plants and cards
bearing the names u the nine comrades
Who have died during ths year and nine
empty chairs suggested the loss which
the comrades of the post have received
during <hs year. The Rev. Borgsss Of
St psufs led the devotional exsrcisss
and Min Dishnsn. Mr.. and Mrs. An
drew Fyfs and =. X. Miller led the
slnginx q hyms and patriotic songA
Comrsce Kahler read the military record
Of each dead comFade and ut the close
the SQUAD Of the muilisd drum sounded
soiennly forth Then the solemn ~
sponsise service Tor the dead. according
TO the ritual u the q. A. h. Vas rem
dered and the following Individual
sulogies delivered;
N. II. Quartsli. ......... by A. A. Aptsd
Frank innello by George Cook
A. l. Everett. ....-.by =. A. Dapper
Gen William p Innss BY Thso Putmse
Martin E. Boiand. by Capt y. Z Judd
DIR. Il. G. Stephenson .......... 49,.
............- BY Capt j. q. BeIlsire
Gen. H. =. Hastings by ]. A. =. verdier
J. w. Thompson BY Capt II. A. Hydorn
William ID. hbbit =. by Walter Palmer
After the eulcgies. DR.. J. B. Griswold
made brief. but stlrring. patriotic adj
dress. and "Americx" was sung with
vim by the veterans The bendiction
BY the Rsv. Burgess and "tcps' iights
out" closed the services Of the evening.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-12-28
HERE'S A CHANCE TO WIN.
The Seeds VIII bs coaassd In Dssssn.
thslers Pumpkin Tharsdsy.

The people iust nov are unusually
snxlous 10 know how many seeds are
contsised in an ordinary pumpkin. and
there's been = sight a guessing going
90. foa neednt guess sgain Begin
aing this uornine all purchasers IL q
turnkey a Detfenthslers wili be given
the correct naof,er q seesis eoatalned
Ia the pumpsie now on exhlhltson. -
they vii b. csFsfuliy counted Al per
sons Interested. here's a poiatss snd .
kie 0na.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-12-28
BOTH WE'RE MISSING.
Thomas Dohersy Looses $40 and
Hi Housek eeper

Ton Doherty. car cleaner for the
Detroit. lansing a Northsrn. was re-
lisyed Of slD OF his herd earned money
yesterday morning. he left the money
IA the pocket Of his pantaloons
Tuesday night and yesterday morning
he did not notice bat that the
mooey vas where he placed H.
Last night when he came home from
work be found that . new house keeper
whom be had employed about q week
ago was missing. lie looked for his
money add that was missing. too. he
concluded that they had departed to-
sether. 80 be reported 10 10 the police
and has furnished them with . good
description Of his late hou sekeeper.
Dohsrty lives on Waterloo street near
Oakss sfr~nt
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-12-28

Walker Brown 81 No. fs5 Buckeye
street reported 10 the police yesterday
morning, that he bad found his father
dead In bis bed a an early houE He
father. ;. ID. Brown, aged % years. has
been ous of health Tor . aumber OF years
aud II late ban been troubled with heart
disezse. Coruner Lochsr vzs notified
add on examining the body found death
bad resulted IRON natural csures Mr.
Brown bad bsen IN Q critical ststs for
soms timr. bat no fears a he immediate
death were entertained by the family.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-12-28

Michigan Central win ssll round trip
tickets at one and one-third rate 10 10
cal points In Michigan and Canada. De-
cembcr q. -. -. 30 and 81 and January
!. good for return until January =. l50A
A. ALNQUisT. Ticket Agent
Union Passenger 6tation.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-12-28

Bonnie Faneenberg. No. is6 James
street. measles; Mary Wander veen. No.
Stone street. membrsnous Group;
Derks and John Van Dyk. No ~
Tssth street, diphtheria.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-12-28

Exshsa<sp--A Lsbessi oftss.
Heary Huber opposed th< shoss ssn-
PIE room. corner ksnt and Lyon streets.
twelve yeas ngol since which tins Il
has ever been one q the meet popular
resorts in the city Oxirx 10 his isks
intsrests Mr.. Huber three ysars szo
conveyed Il 10 other psrfiss He has
now rspurchAsed the same and the
property viii AZ once undsrgo soms rad
teal improvements Ths store viii be
thoroughly oserhauled aud redeeorsted
throughout. after sfhich = grand open.
inf viii be given shout the middle Of
Jsausry. The whole gross receipts Of
tho opening day viii b Contributed %
charity, one-half gosux 10 the upper
psninsuia sufferers and the other half q
the eity's needy. This i the most lib.
eral offer reported this year.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-12-28

The old reliable iswelry house Of Z J.
Hsrvey. locatsd II 10 Canal street 10 o.
fering r4rs bargains IN diamouds.
watches. jswslsy and silveruars for Nsw
Years giftA See his notice in another
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-12-28

fIas created . sensation among physicians
BY IL wonderful effects IN speedily curing
every form Of Piles. II Il called the
Pyramid Pile Cure. Its cheap and Sim
pie to use, but nothing removes the
disease 90 quickly. safely and surely,
Any druggist win get IL FOX you
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-12-28

Augusta r. Beier. No. Isl sibley
street. 0reenwood: John r. Nelson. No.
- West Disision street. Greenwood.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-12-28

Santa Clause viii BE- ct Leonardo ell
this week. Every child viii receive .
present
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-12-28
HOLIDAY RATES
@. r. & 1.

Excursion tickets sold 70 al points on
December .. "A. 3 and December 20.
81. and January l. oil good Tor return
until January 2 1894 Call telephone
COG for full information
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-12-28

~ EswgsheFa. Censsseet
WastftN ss ssn . 81 fss.. ss.sf Sss
psss e. .ssk psE,s,ses = ne .'sfsa tss = ba'-
tsesE Celiees ehaflhkHds as HsInsi sekess.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-03-23
JEWELRY AND SILvERWARE.
Some of the Latest styles and Newest
Fancies In the Market.

Some of the Latest styles and Newest
Fancies In the Market.
A market ba sket in silver plate is a
unique card receiver.
The Easter lily in white, green and
yellow enamel. is reappearing.
Oranges, with leaf clusters and floral
paintings, appear on the handles of
dessert spoons.
Cuff buttons, in gold and silver,
square and star-shaped, are inlaid
with portraits in enamel and mosaic.
A moss rose, the bud of pink enamel
and the calyx of delicately engraved
Roman gold, is unique design for a
brooch.
Cuff buttons, appropriate for chess
en- thusiasts, are in the form of heavy
gNld squares checkered with square
cut diamonds.
A short golden sword with an enam-
eled hilt is used as a chatelaine, the
watch being suspended from the sword
belt with slender gold chain
Alternating bangles of jade, tortoise
shell and gold produce an artistic con.
trast resti ng upon white arm. The
jade is supposed to bring good luck.
A heart in pale green enamel, around
which is entwined a serpent in gold,
set with diamonds is probably de-
signed as an appropriate gift from
jealous swa to a tickle sweetheart
Jewellers Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-03-23
FACTS AND FINDINGS.

THE devil never feels that he is losing
ground in the home where there is a
moderate drinker. Rams Horn.
HAROLD IAGAN the celebrated Nor
wegian skater, advises all athletes to
abstain from intoxicants and tobacco as
very injurious
OLE hundred and twenty-seven thou
sand working women in New York sup
port their husbands, presumably in
drunken idleness
ONE of the Oldest temperance organi-
cations in the United States is the Mas.
sachusetts Total Abstinence society,
which, in quiet way, is doing much
for the temperance cause
CANADA has ten distilleries which de-
stroy about 10000 bushels of grain
and produce some 3,49S, 231 gallons of
proof spirits annually; also 135 brewer
les which destroy an added million
bushels of grain in the manufacture of
fermented liquors.
IMAGINE the happy country where the
law forbids the sale of liquor in the ru-
raj district and for the first and second
transgression imposes fine, and for
the third, Imprisonment. Such a coun-
try is Finland and the result is, accord
ing to those who know, nearer ap-
proach to total abstinence people than
any other country can present.
In Switzerland the manufacturer of
spirits is government monopoly The
effect has been to furnish pure liquors
at high prices, thus ameliorating the in
furious results of the drinking habit
and indirectly encouraging the con-
sumption of cheaper wine and beer.
The income from the sale of spirits is
made to pay for the care of the poor
and insane.
The brewers of Chicago, who fit up
the saloons and have them managed by
irresponsible persons, are making an
effort to reduce the number of saloons
so that the expense Of fitting up so
many may be saved 1t is proposed to
reduce the number from 300 to 5, 900,
and with the expectation of selling even
more beer and making more money.
THE chronic inebriate will be found,
as a rule, defective in his entire sys-
tenn, both moral, physical and intellec-
tual. He is literally switched off on the
side track of progressive degeneration.
His intellectual capacity is only auto.
matte and thin varnish of reality. His
moral capacity is gone and he is unable
to appreciate between right and wrong
His physical power is rapidly growing
weaker, and receding into the most de-
generate forms journal of Inebriety.
IT seems that a British law, which
gives grocers license for the sale OF
wine, beer and spirits, has been demon
alizing the households of England. By
it woman can order these articles
with her groceries, have them in the
bill as coffee, tea or sugar, unknown tc
pater familias, and tipple in the re-
cesses of her house. Police and divorce
courts have shown up this effect il
startling abundance, and it is pretty
sure that thousands of English wives
and mothers, who would not drink ir
public, will sip and sip in private til
they are halfway drunkards.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-03-23
COMPOSITION OF MANS BODY.
Science Says 1t Is Formed of Condensed
Air and Liquid Gases.

Science Says 1t Is Formed of Condensed
Air and Liquid Gases.
The following Is from the pen of JUS
tus Liebig, the greatest chemist of the
century: Science has demonstrated
the fact that man the being which
performs the greatest wonders, is
formed of condensed air solidifie1 and
liquid gases that he lives upon con-
densed as well as upon uncondensed
air, and that by means of the same
mysterious agent he moves or causes to
be moved the heaviest weights with
the velocity of the wind. But the
strangest part OF the matter is that
thousands and millions of these taber-
nacles of condensed air are going on
two legs, destroying other forms of
condensed air which they may need to
build up their own wasted tissues or
for shelter or clothing, or, on &C
count of their egotism and fancied
power, destroying each other in pitched
battles using implements which arc
but another form of condensed air, tho
material of which they themselves are
formed or composed. Chemistry sup
plies the clearest proof that 30 far as
concerns this the ultimate and most
minute composition and structure, some
of which are so infinitesimal as to be
beyond the comprehension of our senses,
man is to all appearances, at least
composed of materials identified with
those which compose the structural be-
ing of the OK or the dog, or even the
lowest animal in the scale of creation.
Solomon seems to have entertained
the same idea. See Ecclesiastes ILL, 49,
For that which befalleth the sons of
men befalleth beasts; as the one dieth,
60 dieth the other; yes, they have all
one breath, so that man hath no pre-
eminencc above a beast st Louis
Republic.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-03-23
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

-Photographer-"H a picture of
! your wife l took to-day. / call it q
speaking likeness Husband-"It must
be If it is. anything like her. boston
Transcript
Getting Over 1t Easily-"Carrie," ~
said the bashful youth, with gasp, IF
you liked somebody else about the same
rs you like me would you care to marry
him?'-Chicago News
Mrs Waldron-"How do you expect
to get along housekeeping without a
refrigerator" Mrs Kemper-'We are
not going to use ice; we've bought car
stove. Inter Ocean.
observation-disclosures poor thing, was
made out of a rib" Tom Barry-'Well,
it wasn't an umbrella rib. There never
was woman in the world who could
shut JPN. Y. Herald.
-Trotter-'l hear that Grace Will
loughby is engaged to a real live lord"
Barlow-"Well, they claim he's alive.
but I've seen him several times and I'm
rather sceptical Vogue.
Mrs Bacon-"I think Mrs. Knock
about dresses very quietly, don't you?"
Mrs Egbert-"Yo wouldn't think so
If you lived in the Hat under her, as
do"-Yonkers Statesman.
Have you any more of those genu-
inc antiques?" asked Mrs. De Porque.
NOM" replied the dealer These
strikes has KEEP us away behind with
our orders. "-Washington Star.
-Helen-"Why do they charge so
much for sending messenger boy a
few miles uptown" Jack-"Probably
because he outgrows his uniform be-
fore he gets back. "--Clothiers and
Haberdashers' Weekly.
They All Know. -Editor-"Yes, I'd
like to sell you my paper" Stranger
It'd like to buy it, sir, but don't know
how to manage one" Editor-"That
doesn't matter. Your subscribers will
tell you all about that" Yankee
Blade.
The Unexpected Answer.-Mother
Haven't told you little boys must
be seen and not heard" johnnie
"Yes'm." Mother--''Then why do you
talk so much|' Johunie-T guess /
must have inherited it."-Detroit Free
Press
about the smart things my little boy
does and says, have ~" Braggs-"You
never have" Briggs-''rhen don't you
think you can find it. convenient to
lend me s5?"-Indianapolis journal.
-Hicks-''Had q terrible confagra-
ton at our house yesterday" Wicks-
big fire, eh? Much damage?" Hicks
yes and no. 1t was tremendous
blaze, but no great loss pecuniarily
speaking. Only five cents; Sunday news
paper you ow."-Boston Transcript
What is twoubling you, deah boy?'
MAUD says | must awsk her fathaw's
consent, and don't know how to man
age it this time OF year. If leave the
doah open when go into his office I'll
let in a draught and make him angry;
but if close it I'll cut off my wetweat?"
Mrs John, what time is it?''
John (half asleep)-"Ugh?" Mrs. j.
Twenty minutes later)-"John, what
time is it?" John -"Ugh?" Mrs j.
lone hour later)-"John, what time Is
it?" John-"Seven o'clock" Mrs j.
"Well, why couldn't you have said SO
an hour ago." John--"Because it wasn't
o'clock then. "-Harper's Bazaar.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-03-23

ing the world, and this poison Il
alike destructive of intellectual, moral
and physical life. 1t may be truth
fully said of him who drinks it that he
drinks his own death and that of his
children 1t poisons the future, and
predestinates coming generations to
physical weakness, imbecility and
crime. 1t is impossible for anyone to
fully estimate the moral, political, So
cial and hygenic effects of alcoholism.
In nine-tenths of the maladies. the &C.
cidents, the crimes and the ruin, in
much of the uncontrolled passions and
popular disorders, one can well say cher
chex ralcohol." The ravages of alcohol
among the youth of the common classes
are frightful. There is scarcely any
longer an amusement or recreation
with which it does not mix itself. 1t
interferes with or destroys every ra-
tional enjoyment; it prevents proper
physical development; it neutralizes
the good effects of reunions for social
pleasure and relaxation. Every assem-
bly,, every excursion for whatever OBJ
ject, is in danger of terminating in
drunken debauch. Manners become
coarse, and the language as we'll as the
songs brutal Formerly the large cities
depended upon the country for the puri-
fication of the life blood The source
itself is now tainted. In the lovely
valleys that roll back among the Vosges
springs of crystal water abound, the
air is pure, and within the memory Of
man epidemic has never reigned.
But alcohol now reigns there as
master. The number of feeble chill
dren constantly increases Disorder is
in the manners, in the purse, and in the
household The fruits of life of toll
disappear. Alcohol is more terrible
than war, than pestilence, or no matter
what natural calamity. One can repair
the external disasters-one can rebuild
the world of ideas. But what can rem
edy the evil that destroys the brain, the
nervous system-that destroys the
foundations of life? In contemplating
our present civilization, it might be
asked, what is there that could serious
ly menace it? 1t could not, as in an
tiquity, succumb to an invasion of bar
barians. Its enemies, however, are not
far away. They do not first make their
appearance in the far, distant horizon,
like the Huns and the Vandals They
are in our own bosom, and the most
terrible of them all is alcohol What
hope is there for tomorrow with the
youth of to-day saturated with alcohol?
Democracy rests on the intelligence, on
the wisdom and energy of the citizen,
on the spirit of order, of industry, Of
economy. For all these one may well
fear, in proportion as brandy and alb
sinthe progresses Our barbarians are
ourselves; behold them!-Revne Creti-
enne
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-03-23
TEMPERANCE NOTES.
A WARNING.

Ny boy, when they ask you to drink,
Stop and think.
Just think OF the danger ahead;
OF the hearts that in sorrow have bled
Ger hopes that were drowned in the bowl
Filled with death for the body and soul
When you hear man asking for drink,
Stop and think.
The draught that he drinks will destroy
High hopes and ambition, my boy;
And the man who leader might be
Is slave that NO mans hand can free.
o this terrible demon OF drink!
Stop and think
or the graves where its victims are laid,
OF the ruin and woe it has made,
OF the wives and the mothers who pray
For the curse TO be taken away.
Yes; when you are tempted to drink,
Stop and think
OF the danger that turks in the bowl,
OF the death that it brings to the soul,
The harvest Of sin and of woe,
And spurn back the tempter with "No!"
e. E. Rexford, in Union Signal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-03-23
THE CURSE OF FRANCE.
A National Disorder That Is Worse Thar
Pestilence.

Pestilence.
The great black spot on the horizon
is alcoholism. No doubt it's influence
is felt among all classes of society, but
it is especially popular plague-a re-
cent plague that has made itself sensi-
BILE within the past thirty or forty
years. Alcoholism is parvenue of the
last hour, and a parvenue cosmopolite.
1t speedily acclimates itself every
where. Since by heredity it has en-
tered into the blood and marrow of :he
people, and has spread itself in the
country as it has in the city, not only
physicians have become alarmed, but
also men of the law, and by degrees all
intelligent and rejecting persons At
the present moment it increases and as
sumes the proportions of a univei sal
danger. The race is struck in it's vitals.
The hospitals, almshouses, and prisons
bear testimony to its progress. In GER
tain districts one no longer counts the
drunkards, but those who are not
That which is now drank is infinitely
different from that which was formerly
consumed. 1t is a cheap kind of liquor,
adulterated with brandy made from the
beetroot and potato with which un-
principled manufacturers are food
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-03-23

"And we have taken the teetotal
pledge, have YEP" said somebody to an
Irishman.
"Indade, have; and Pm not ashamed
of it aither."
"And did not Paul tell Timothy to
take a little wine for his stomach's
sake?"
80 he did; but my name isn't limo
thy, and there's nothing the matter
with my stomach. National Temper
ance Advocate.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-03-23
LegIbIe Writing.

There is one affectation of late years
among young ladies that ought to be
severely con denim ed, and that is ''culti-
vating' blind style of han dwriting.
What is called the English hand is con-
sidered the correct tn ing, while the
commercial hand is looked upon as
vulgar. The former has neither beauty
nor grace, angularity being its chief
feature. but it is fash iona bic. In writ
ing, as in speech, clear ness and sim
plicity are the chief charms, and we
beg you. girls. not TO be led away by
the foolishness of style" and forfeit
your 2-int-like charac tiers for an affec-
tation of the British chirography. -
Christian at Work