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Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-25

That the thrilling voice of Joan Of
Are II Kansas Will probe the vital
issues that concern tie MASSES. Hart
nan :. February -. Tickets - cents
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-25

Private Diseases. Private Rooms. Pri-
vate Consultation. Speedy. Perma-
nent Cures. Rooms Is and IA Widdi-
comb Building. corner Monroe and
Waterloo streets.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-25
GRADUATED Sugar

Tomorrow. Saturday. - pounds 81.
GREAT ATLANTIC SDP AcIFIcTKA Co.
Phone 1884. lUs Monroe street.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-25

Buy DuIlams Great German II cent
Liver Pills. forty in each package, at
.cyihner * AldWorfh's
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-25

HCAp the great agitator. Mary T..
HLHH Lease, urge the right of all 10
Land. Labor. Money and Home
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-25
Pcckham's Group Remedy cure
whooping cough.
For Tn. Week Only.

Is your blood poor. Take Beecham's
Ib-fl,
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-25

It's a piece of luck-that's
all.
Through achance which sell
dom happens we bought those
shoes at a discount.
We have taken that discount
off, and part of our profit, and
these are the prices left. They
are made just to advertise.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1893-06-29
A Writer of Stories.

Just few years agoa sharp nosed,
bright eyed young man used to haunt
the secondhand book stores of this
city. He would buy and eagerly de-
your all the cheap novels, blood and
thunder stories, etc, exposed for
sale. One day he astonished an old
bookseller whom he found reading
an interesting story by informing
him that he was the author of it.
One day he disappeared, and later it
was reported that he was writing for
the weekly story papers in New York
city.
The other day came the news that
he was at tho head of q novel pub,
fishing company and wrote about 100
continued stories himself yearly for
his weekly story papers and library
publications. He is said to have an
income of about $4,000 year. He
has concealed his right name, it is de-
clared, and writes under any number
of MONS de plume. Cincinnati Times
Star.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1893-06-29
Honeymoon Incident.

A we'll known local carpenter tells
a story that is intended as good
Joke on his wife. When they were
married, they rented apartments in q
block, the rear of which overlooked
one of the rivers, and among the
wife's earliest culinary efforts was q
batch Of bread. The young husband
sampled his wife's contribution to
the worlds stock of the ''staff of
ife," and arising from the table
playfully remarked:
MY dear, cast your bread upon
the waters"
The wife took offense Mt the injunc-
ton, and as her husband left the
house she flung tho remaining loaf
out of the window into the river. 1t
struck passing boat, crashing
through the bottom and sinking in
the waters murky depths. The next
she knew the boatman, dripping wet,
made tour Of the block, bent on dis
covering who dumped the hod of
brick into his craft.-Binghamton
Lender.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1893-06-29
No Blanks in this Competition

This is a competition Of rather all unusual
nature 1t is common to OTTER prizes tor the
best story or picture, or architectural plan.
all the competitors risklng the loss OF their
labor and the successful one mercy selling
his for the amount OF tn" prize. Bnt TIE
Press Claims Companv's offer is something
entirely different. Each person is asked
merely 10 help himself, and the one who
helps himself to the best advantage is to lie
rewarded for doing il. The prize is only Il
stimulus to do something that would bc well
worth dong it, The architect whose com
pc,live plan for club house on certain
corner is not accepted has spent his labor ON
something of very little use to him. But the
, person WHO patents simple and useful de-
vice in the Press Claims Company's C"mpc
,i,ion, need not worry if he tail To secure the
Dllze. He has II substantial result to show
/ for his wurk-onc that will command its yal-
uc in the marke, at any time.
The PLAN man who uses any article in his
daily work ought to know better how to IN
prove 1t than the mechanical expert who
studies it only from the theoretical point OF
| view. Get rid of the idea that an improve
mcnt can be too simple to be worth patent
ing. The simpler the better. The person
who best succeeds in combinin" simplicity
| and popularity, will get the Press Claims
COMPANIES twenty five hundred dollars.
The responsibility of this company may be
udgcd from the fact that its stock is held by
ubour three hundred of the leading ncwspa,
pcrs of the United States
Address the | ress Claims Company, John
! Wcddcrh,lrp managing a'iorncytlS II street.
! n W., Washington. ID. Z. my4
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1893-06-29
One Thing Bishop brooks Did.

On one occasion Bishop Brooks re-
ceived a letter from q man i'll New
York saying, Will you please send
me list Of all the publications in
your diocesef On receiving it the
bishop did not even smile at the alb
surdity Of the request or seemed an
noyed that man should trouble him
upon such a simple matter, He ac-
cepted it as something to fulfill.
DO you think you can find what
this man wants. said he to his sec
rotary.
Il guess So" came the reply, and
the secretary, who knew the noble
hearted bishop so we'll, spent half the
night completing the task.-Boston
Globe.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1893-06-29
THE FLYING YEARS.

A a dream when night is done,
As shadow fees the sun,
As q ship whose white sails skim
Over the horizon dim,
As a life complete Of days
vanisheth from mortal ways,
As hope that pales to fear
Is the dying Of the year.
AS the first gold shaft Of light
Shivers through tho wreck Of night,
As the thrill and stir that bring
Promise Of the budding spring,
As new thoughts Of life that rise
Mirrored in sick mans eyes,
As strange Joy to hearts forlorn--
So another year is born.
Glad or sad. a dwindling span
Is the little life of man,
Love and hope and work and tears
Fly before the flying years.
Yet shall tremulous hearts grow bold
All the story is not told
For around us as a sea
Spreads Gods great eternity.
Christian Burke.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1893-06-29
Mamma Caught Mapping.
Nm | thin or fat, mamma Z

"Am thin or fat, mamna"
She had already been asking too
many questions, but her mother an
swered her once more.
why, dear she said, you are
not very fat, but you are fat enough
for little girl who is growing"
This reply was certainly diplomat
ic, but it did not apparently satisfy
the child, for a few seconds later she
came out with this terrible poser:
"Say, mamma, are there any little
girls who are not growing1'-Boston
Herald.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1893-06-29
C, Ar. NOTICE.

We take this opportunity Of informing our
subscribers that the new Commissioner of
Pensions has been appointed. Tic is an old
soldier, and we believe that soldiers and their
hers will receive justice nj his hands. We
do not anticipate that there VIII be any rad.
zeal changes in the administration Of pension
affairs under the new regime.
We would adyisr, however, that l. y. SOL
diers, sailors, and their heirs, take steps to
make application at once, if they hnyr not al
ready done so, IN order to secure the benefit
of the crrly fling OF their claim, in case there
should he any future pension legislation
Such legislation is sed m retroactive. There
fore i, is of great importance that applications
he filed in the Department at the earliest pos
sibc date.
III. =. Soldiers. Sailors, or their
Widows, ChiiNren, or I'arcnia
dcsir" information in regard To pension mat
trra, they should write to The Press
Claims Company. at Washing
ton. -. e., and lhcy viii prepare and send
the necessary application, ii they tind them
entitled under the numerous laws enacted
for their benefit Address
PRESS CLAIMS COMPANY.
JOHN wEDDERDURN, HANA AiTUxxEy
P. o. BOX 3S5. WASHINGTON, D. G.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1893-06-29

Kleptomania, which is SO often
used nowadays as a cloak for respect
able stealing, is form of monoma-
MIA DR.. Pritchard mentions typ
ical case of a mailman who would
never eat his food unless he had pre-
viously stolen it.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1893-06-29

The average weight of the Chinese
brain is said to be heavier than the
average weight Of the brain of any
other race.
" .1n many persons 1t would be a
great gain to health if they would
walk to and from their places Of
business I'D preference to riding.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1893-06-29

The temple of Ypsambul in Nubia
is cut from a solid rock, and its en-
trance is guarded by four statues,
each IS feet high, 25 feet across the
shoulders, the face feet long, the
ears over 3 feet.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1893-06-29
NNttMtCN Inc fl'1Fth NE!ZIV'
ATs,,ussI(Nts OFFER.

To induce people to keep track OF 'hc'r
hrirh, ideas and see what there is III lh"n. /
the Press Claims Company has resolved l"
offer prize.
TO he person who submits to
il the AilnDIcs! and most prom
Using from II CONNER
ciaI point 0GNicW, the company
will give $4,000 in cash, in AIi-
dition 70 ref,,naing the fees for
securing tlse patent.
Itwi.i also advertise the ill.,
ycn,ion free OfcIlargc.
This offer is subject t. the f'lIowin. CON
dili"ns
Eycy competitor must obtain patent iol
his invention through lhr company. lie
must first apply Tor Il preliminary search;
the cost Of which will lie five collars. Should
thi, search Show his Invention to he rhph'
cn,ab}r, he cam withdraw without ilIr,hcl rX-
pcnsr. Otherwise he will be expected T."
complete his application and take ont a pat
ent m the regular way. The total expense,
including Government, and Bureau fees, viii
he seventy dollars For this, whether he St
cures the prize o: not, the inventor Will have
a patent that uuAh to be Il valuable optl'y
to lam. TIE prize Willie awarded hya JHry
consisting OF three reputable patent ail"rh-
cys Of W nshln2lon. Intending competitors
| should fill uut the following blank, and Tor
ward it with their application ,,
- -, 1853
II submit the within Described invention
! Gov ,h, 'rutntv- livp Hundred
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1893-06-29

The total annual loss from insects
in the United States is estimated by
the best chronological authorities a.
about 1880, 900, 900.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1893-06-29

1t is not always safe to be too con-
fdent in your assertions, even to an
ignorant man, for he may get the
better of you in an argument.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1893-06-29
Settled In Advance.

Mr.. Hunnimune-Now, as we are
going to start housekeeping, Ethel,
we should begin right Order, you
know, is heavens first law, and there
must be a head to every house,
Mrs. Hunnimune-That's all pro-
vided for, George. Mothers coming
to live with us. -Exchange.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1893-06-29

After years trial in the st. Pan
cras vcstry district of London, mu-
nicipal electric lighting has proved a
financial success.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1893-06-29

The Greeks sometimes buried their
dead in the ground, but more gener-
ally cremated them, in imitation of
the Romans.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1893-06-29
[VTSCo w SF1V'
Ns.T so HARD ASST SEEMS

A patent strikes most people as an nP!h''l
ingly formidable thing. The idea IS 'l'1 an
inventor must be Il natural genius, ike Edl-
son or Bell that he must put years TO delV'hg
in complicated mechanical problems ana
that he must spend a fortune on dc'.ca!c OK
pcrimcn,s before he can get new uHV!ce W
a-pa,cntable degree OF perfection, ms dc-
luslon the company desires to dlspc!. IL "e
sires to &c, into the head of the pubic Clear
comprehension Of the tact that 1t Is no' 'he
great, complex, and expensive inventions
That bling The b, st returns to their authors
but the little, simple, and cheap ones-.hc
things that seem So ahslrdiv trivial thai 'hc
citizen would feel somewhat ashamed o.
bringing them 10 the attention OF tue i"'e"'
! Office.
Edison says tha, the profits he has 'iNco
! from the patents on all his marveons 'l'cli
tons have not been sufficient topay inc cost
of his experiments. But the man VINO con
ceived the idea Of fastening bit or ru"ocr
! cord to a clild's ball, so that it w"nl" Gene
back to his hard when thrown MADE LOT
tune out of his scheme. The modern sew
( inr machine is a miracle OF inecnnl'y-thc
pro,luc, of the toll of hundreds OF busy oralhs
through Il hundred and fifty years, out '',e
whole brilliant result rests upon the s'shp'e
device of putting the eye Of the needle III INC
uojn, instead Of the other end
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1893-06-29
THE LITTLE THINGS THE
MONT VAIU 4 BILE.

Comparatively few people rcSai" ',em-
selves AZ inventors. but almost everybody
has been struck, at one time or another,
with ideas that seemed calculated TO re"ucc
some oflhc little hic'lons OF NE Cs",'',
such ideas are dismissed without i"r'Hcr
thought
"Whv don't the railroad company make
its car windows 50 that they could pr sl'" up
and down without break mr. the passengers
harksY" cXrlaims the Traveller. II were
running the road would make them III s'ch
n way
what was the man that made tins sauce
nan thinking of: "rumhlc, the cook ne
never had to work oyer stove, or he "on'i
have known how it oughtio have been IA'u,
Hang such collar button J! grows inc
mAn who is late for breakfast. ~ were IN
the business Id make buttons that "oh!uh
slip out or break off, or souse on, the oacK
of my neck
And then the various sufferers forget h'"u'
their gri, yanc,s and begin to think o' some
thing else. Itthry would sit down u, Tue
next convenient opportunity, put their lcr's
ahou, car windows, saucer ans, ana ro'Ih'
buttons into practical shape, and then apply
for patents, they might find themselves H.
INDEPENDENTLY wealthy as the man VINO m
vcnlt 4 the iron umbrella llng, or 'hc one
who no,,utcl the fifteen uuZXr.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1893-06-29

II submit the within Described invention
in competition for the Twenty-Five Hundred
Dollar Prize offered by the Press Claims
Company.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1893-06-29
PRIZES ON PATENTS.
How to Get twenty-five Hun
dred Dollars for Nothing.
The Winner has Il Clear Gift ora
Small Fortune, and thc Losers
isase Patents that tnHV
Bring them in still
More.

Woul Won ike to make twenty five hun
drel dollars? fyou would, read carefully
what follows and YOU may see way to d" IT
The Press Claim, Company devo'es much
attention to patents. 1t has handled tious-
ands of applications for inventions, 6ut II
woull like 10 handle thousands more. There
is plenty Of inventive talent in tins country,
needing nothing but CT c o II r e NJ Gu
to produce practical results That enc"nr'
orrmcnt the Press Claims Company pro
tn
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-12-01
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

The Swiss Minister at Washington, DIR.
A. de Claparede. has been transferred to
Vienna.
Z. Z. Francillon Of Switzerland, who is
In Washington at present, is grand
nephew of Louis Agassiz.
The New Hampshire Worlds Fair build
ing has been bought by General Charles
Williams, who will present it to the city
of Manchester.
Francis Murphy. the temperance agi-
tator. Is arousing the old-time interest in
his work at Decatur, Ill, and other towns
in the neighborhood. He is assisted by
his wife and son.
General o. o. Howard, commander of
the Eastern division of the United States
army, is frequent attendant at the
Young Mems Christian Association meet.
ings in New York.
Harriet Hosmer. the celebrated Ameii-
can sculptress, it is said. can wear as many
medals as an hereditary Grand Duke.
Miss Hosmer has renamed In Europe al
most continuously for twenty years.
General Jose NJ. Hernandez, who has re-
sided recently in New York, but who is a
revolutionist. patriot and a candidate
for the presidency of Venezuela, has been
prominent in half dozen revolutions.
Rev. r. Il. Rollins, pastor of the First
Baptist Church al Catskill. n. Y, recently
married one couple in the afternoon and
marriage sandwIched in between them.
Mrs. Shaw's visit to London seems to
have brought on W histling as a fad, for a
ladies' journal announces that ladies'
whistling club Is to be formed there, under
competent teachers. who will instruct the
members in THE higher branches of the
art"
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-12-01
WATERING THE STOCK.

A fraud is being practiced on the guile
less American maiden who goes about In
search of title. When the idea dawned on
effete Europe that good American dollars
could be had for titles that to the bearer were
an membranes rather than profit, the
question came up as to the ways and means
to make the most money out Of the new
tr affc. The number of titles of real merit
was not large. AS the guileless American
maidens went over In fiocks, each bent
upon a title of come kind, it became clear
that the genuine titles would not 60 round.
But European papas were equal to the
emergency. In every family of more than
three or four generations there are male
offshooIs who had not been considered of
much account. In some countries the
practice was adopted of giving the family
title TO each son and to the sons of each
son. In this unfeeling way the stock Of
princes was watered. There were as many
princes as there were men in whose veins
ran good sized drop of the family blood.
By this process Of stock watering a good
many rich American girls have been ena-
bled to achieve the kind Of greatness that
can be conferred by title. We are not
good judges of titles. If distinguished
looking foreigner says that he is a count
or baron or lord and wants to borrow
a little money. we accept the latter pro-
pensty as proof of the genuineness of his
claim to nobility.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-12-01
HOW 1T WOULD WORK.

A free-trade contemporary submits the
following in support of the proposed tariff
bill:
To illustrate the advantage we shall Obtain
from the reduced duties as consumers take the
single item of steel rails. The Stockton and
Bakersfield Railroad will probably require 3d.
600 tons OF rails Under the Mckinley law the
tax On this quantity would amount to S4O3. 200
Under the Wilson bill, with the English price al
$50 per ton. the duties would amount to $780,
600. There is a saving of over 100000 on
this one item.
Under the Mckinley act the rails would
be made in the United States. There
would be no duties to pay. The cost of
10000 tons at S26 per ton would be $3.50. 900,
with freight to be added. Every dollar of
this $500 would be distributed Ia the
United States. If California cannot man.
ufacture steel rails it can produce some
thing else that can be sold in States that do
manufacture them.
The example adduced by our contempo-
rary shows the inherent vice of the free
trade theory. This policy ignores national
cohesion. 1t makes nodistinction between
our own aud foreign industries. In the
matter of steel rails it would import rather
than manufacture if the importer can lay
Them at our ports for trifle less. In the
same way, when protection first became a
vital question, certain States protested We
hemently against it on the ground that it
Increased the cost of imported goods and
added nothing to the value of exports. 1t
was of no use to talk to these free-trade
States about the advantages to the nation
OF establishing manufacturing industries.
Their reply was that they received no more
for what they sold and had to pay more for
what they bought. Andrew Jackson and
Henry Clay were about the only Southern
statesmen of the period who took rational
view of the question. The protection
policy, on the other hand, is thoroughly
national. 1t creates conditions which ap-
ply in principle to all parts of the country.
Sections OR States may seem for time to
contribute more than they receive, but the
opportunities open to one are open to all.
Under the Mckinley tariff California
would at the present time have to buy her
steel rails of Eastern manufacturers. In
time, however. if present conditions are
maintained, We may make steel rails in
this State. Meantime. the men who are
making our steel rails are consuming ouI
wheat, our fruit. wines. nuts and other
things of which we have surplus
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-12-01
MORE SCARE THAN HURT.

The MERGED NetUs thinks that the silver
miners were more scared by the repeal of
the silver-Dnrchasing clause of the Sher-
man act than hurt. 1t may be. Threat
ened evils are often magnifed. There were
wise men on Wall street who thought the
country was going to the dogs because of
the purchase at its gold price of 1850, 600
ounces of silver each month The FORE
sight is probably less acute than the hind
sight. We can measure what has happened
with greater accuracy than we can predict
what will happen. In financial psnics 1t Is
pretty much all scare. There is failure
or two. temporary scarcity of currency,
and prudent men, who are not fools, begin
to provide against what may happen.
This very exercise of prudence intensfies
the conditions already existing. The man
who wanted his money if he could not
have 1t and did not want it if he could was
a typical man. If there is any fool in the
case 1t is the man who laughs at the
others supposed folly.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-12-01
UNAMERlCAN ADMINISTRATION.

The Woodland Democrat quotes from
an editorial in The CALL affirming that
the first nine months of Cleveland's sec
ond administration has demonstrated that
the great body Of the American people are
American in sentiment, thought and pur-
pose. Our Woodland friend then declares
that he would like to know by what
standard THE CALL meas ures its Amer
lcanism. The answer is, by the broadcast
possible standard. We would shape our
foreign policy In the interest Of the United
States. We would cling TO a domestic
policy which will enable US to supply the
wants of our people in the way of finished
goods without lowering the standard Of
American wages. We would exercise the
right to prohibit the coming of immigrants
whose residence in the country would IN
dermine the labor of American citizens.
We would enforce the Monroe doctrine
wherever it may be legitimately applied.
In short, in shaping both foreign and
domestic policy we would keep steadily in
view the interests of our own country.
Other nations are governed on this prin-
ciple and if we allow them to mark GU. a
policy for US we shall pay dearly for our
stupidity.
The Democrat says in the same article,
in respect to THE CALL comments on the
Presidents Hawaiian policy, that ''all of
its criticisms have been based upon a sup
postitious case, for it cannot possibly know
anything about The intentions of the ad-
minstration." In this matter we give Mr.
Cleveland more credit than his Democratic
supporters. We assume that when be
says thing be means what he says. We
assume that the Gresham letter to the Pres
ident outlines the Presidents Hawaiian
policy. If it does not Mr.. Ores ham should
have been required to resign. We regard
Mr.. Cleve!and's Hawaiian policy as thus
foreshadowed as stupendous blunder. 1t
is unAmerican in spirit and has been
conducted on unAmerican methods. 1t
began with sending a personal agent to
supersede United States Minister and
has been marked at every stage by dis
regard of the requirements of the constitu-
ton. The President had ample opportun-
ity to consult Congress- Congress
Democratic in both branches, but ne pre-
ferred to act on his own notions of what
should be done.