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Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-15


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Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-15

Uniacky.
81 found t5oon Broadway yesterday
REALTY You are lucky
mo, I'm not. l felt % good over Il
] blew it all in before night. and when
1t was all gone found the owner. I
had TO give him my note for thar
per's Bazaar.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-15
DIR. SCHENCK'S

Mandrake Pills have value ss a household
remedy far beyond The power Of laneuaGs 10
describe. Tho family can hardly he true TO
itself that does not Keep tnen on hand iof
Use IN emergencies
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-15
MarrIage I.icrnaes.

The following In list OF the marriage
licenses issued since last publication, with
the names residences (whea out OF the city)
and ages of the parties: Age
Jacob Longstreet aud Jessie Folkerts-
ma Paris 2l-ls
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-15
MANDRAKE

7. tho only vegetable substitute for TIA,
dangerous mineral. MERCURY. and while
it action ss q curative Is fully equal. a.
Possesses none OF the psriloas enccta
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-15
NETRoIT. GRID HAVEN &
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Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-15

In Constipation. Mandrake acts mon The
bowels without disposing them to subsequent
Costiveness
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-15
Rank Cienrinyx

Yesterdays bank clearings amounted 20
t1.bi5.32 The clearings for ths CORE
spending day of last year we're 2ii ,511.9f
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-15

No remedy scis a. directly on she liver,
nothing - sn~e.iGy cures Sick Hcedarhe.
iGG, ..s.. :. ,l ..a PILLS.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-15

Rg-rTrs-1paE - per pound.
Eeas-2oc Ter Dozen
It NNfr=--a5c FER bushel
CsRkoTs-e5 3nc Ter bushel.
HosrY-Fsncy white. fgj.c Per pound.
PssuKv-s,sc per dozen.
fsNIclss--,zSss. zoe per bst-heL
CEswsY--isc per dozen stalks
RxEra-35tf &c pr ba~hel.
Nrxr-.1p pr dozen bnnches.
Avn rs--75cefxi o. PER bashel
Caassar- per dozer.
Ser ssBHs-t :. 4 D. Der pound.
Csf-i frfo~ss-Si.s 20 per dorsn.
Fsssv frs--so. Ter 0ushel
Is1rrs s-Hot house, isc-
NA1sa Cssss-1lc per doten bunchcp.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-15

Hay and Wood.
TIxoIHr-so. o0a 20 per ton.
CLovEK-Ss.oo per ton.
SrRAw--s60o(s6 per ton.
wooD--l6-isch beech and maple, dry
500 por cord, green. si.75 per cord.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-15

lor "a boxes for ea cts or sent b. met. po-ta ~
frss. On receipt OF prioe Dr. \ n tehssek q
Ten. fhiisdeipbta
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-05-06

fict. Lieut.. James Calhoun, the bril-.
liant young officer, was the husband OF
Cen. Clusters sister Margaret, or Maggie,
as her fond brother always called her.
Thus five of the Custer family persisted
in that brief and bloody battle. 1t was
then that the strong religious nature OF
Father Custer asserted itself most
valiautly. and while he mourned for
his boys it was not as onewithout hope
He loved to recount their noble deeds;
to dwell on their home life, and the
davs of their boyhood. That he was
proud of his 'syellow-haired laddie,
was not to be gainsaid, for he saw in
him all his fondest hopes realized.
George made himself what he was
without anyone's assistance" he salt
once to the writer of this paper. "He
asked me once to see Congressman
Bingham about getting him an appoint
ment at West Point. Bingham and
were opposed politically, and didn''
want to ask him to do anything fol
me or mine. But the first thing knew
George had the appointment-he stol'
a march on his father and asked Bing
J ham himself. And knew that Bing
ham was always glad and proud tina
he gave it to him. 1t makes me sa'
every time l look at this picture ant
think of my three boys who were kilie'
in one day."
If Father Custer had lived until DE
cember 10, 1892, he would have com
pleted his eighty-sixth year.
Mrs. NJ. L. RAYNE.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-05-06

lost the brave and gallant soldier
George, but in that brief and terrible
battle Mr.. Custer lost three sons, q SON
in-law and a grandson. With all this
burden of sorrow the strong spirit OF
the father was not utterly crushed. In
losing his son George, he lost the COM
panion of his middle life, the boy who
had inherited from him a marvellous in
tensity of purpose, a strong, passionate
moral nature, and the fearlessnesS OF
heroic spirit.
In after wears no more pathetic pic
ture could be seen than that present.
ed by the venerable man who, with
| indomitable will, proudly rode his sons
war horse, Dandy, wearing the spurs
and gauntlets of the unconquered,
while the wide band of-black Grape on
| the hatlwhich rested on his white head
| was his only outward semblance OF grief.
For many years Father Custer has
been content to remain within the limits
| of home, as comprised by the boundaries
|! of Monroe, where he has lived since
1912. He was native of Maryland,
but lived, many years in Ohio, where
his son George was born at New Rum
ley in 1888.
Mr.. Custer had for some years made
his home with his son, Nevin ]. Custer,
and it was there that he died peacefully
on November 81, 1892. His wife had pre-
eeded him, her death occurring twelve
or fifteen years ago, it being fastened
by grief at the death of her sons.
| Mr.. Custer had two, persisten Mt
theories, religion and politics He was
intensely, passionately religious, and
he was intensely, passionately political.
There was no hesitation in either ut.
tribute. He was an ardent, impulsive
Methodist, and a staunch, uncompro'
!, missing democrat People who did moi
believe as he did in either way he
! would not even argue with, unless the
, argument was all on his side. His boys
liked to stir their father up by pre-
. dieting political disaster, in spirit OF
fun, but they were soon compelled tt
; show their true colors, or hear con
yincing and forcible statement of thu
situation, given with the power ant
: charm of native orator. His positive
, character would brook no weakness o
/ profession-he was outspoken hlmsel
: and had the courage of his convictions
and he expected all the members OF hi
{ family to be equally sincere.
q He cast his first vote for Andrew
O Jackson, and his last for Mr.. Cleveland
{ riding a distance of five miles in tn
K cold bleak weather for that purpose
$ saving he could not die happy If hi
q party did not elect its candidate. Iii
a death was consistent with his life, an
a he felt sure in his last hours that his az
IL tions were the result of an honest b'
r lief that the course he pursued was tn
le right one.
,e When Father Custer was seen ava
from home, there was always some on
IN to point him out and say: ''There is tn
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-05-06

father of Gen. Custer" / remember
seeing him at the Cyclorama OF the
Little Big Horn when it was here in
Detroit. That terribly real semblance
of the battle field had SO overcome
ordinary spectators that they had
tainted from the effect. Yet this brave
old man'regarded the scene OF carnage
with a calm and stately courage that
was truly wonderful. While he sat and
watched the scene man who wore the
badge of a Michigan cavalryman touched
him on the shoulder:
..Excuse me, comrade. You are Gen.
Clusters father" :,
aYes, SAID the fine old man, with a
rloy of pride at his hero's name, me
was my son. =
Il was with Gen. Custer when he
made that raid out of Winchester. and
broke through Early's lines said the
cavalry man.
Then another came up:
II was with him in the first cavalry,
said another, when his brother Ton
WINS wounded in the leclz.
II remer, Der that engagement. SAN
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-05-06
MIR. custer, as If repeating a Matter OF
history. .'Tom brought that necktie
home. and have it yet"

MIR. Custer, as ii repeating MATTER OF
history. .'Tom brought that necktie
home, and have 1t yet"
"Let me speak to Gen. Clusters IA.
Their. My son fought under him." said
an elderly woman in black, coming for
ward.
'He fought under good man, them"
said Mr.. Custer, in his quiet way.
As he passed out some men wearing
the grand army badges gave him almost
en- ovation. knew him, and as saw
his face paling said:
"Oh. Mr.. Custcrl they are glad to SEQ
you-how pleased they are"
sIt isn't for me-" he said. and no
ticed that his voice was husky; they
are thinking of him-and so am !.
He was very fond of his only daugh-
ter, Mrs. Margaret Custer Calhoun, and
Gen. Clusters widow, Mrs. Elizabeth
Bacon Custer, and these ladies were
with him when he died, Mrs. Calhoun
| going from Lansing, Mich, where she
is state librarian, and Mrs. Custer from
her home in New York. When the two
lived temporarily here in Detroit Fa-
Their Custer used TO come to visit thcm'
and it was amusing and pathetic to see
the interesting trio engaged in the
amusements of an evening.
However much they smiled or talked
when their attention was concen'
trated on what was around them, there
was always sad preoccupation or
feverish restlessness when the atten
ton was withdrawn. Then it was thai
those who knew bowed their heads ane
felt the infinite pity of it-and looked
upon these as set apart and consecratet
through national loss and sorrow.
But they could be very jolly, too, =
times, and perplex staid, practical Fa
ther Custer with their jokes at his ex
. pense. and even make merry over occa
sional "reminiscences of greater joke
, perpetrated by "Artie," their pet nam
! for the general.
|, 1t is not generally known that tw
brothers of Gen. Custer were kiiie
, with him. One only is mentioned pan
ticularly, Tom, the younger brother
!, The other one was Boston Custer. Th
|, youthful Artie Reed was grandson c
Mrs. Custer by former marriage. 30:
ton Custer and Artie Reed were not i
Gen. Clusters command, but were yves
, for visit, and for their health, and az
companied their gallant relative a
: volunteers, having entire confidence
his ability to engage safely in the col
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-05-06
Ar. These tho Old Aztec Mines /,

According to advices received ~
Chihuahua during the last few ds'1
there is no abatement in the mining ex-
element near Ures, in the state OF So
nora, over the rich gold finds that
were made there afew weeks ago. 1t
is estimated that the new camp now
has population of $4,000 people, most
lv Mexicans, with few American
prospectors from the southern part OF
Arizona. Traces of old workings have
recently been discovered, and this fact
gives color to the belief that the long-lost
mines of fabulous richness of the Aztecs
are about to be rediscovered. There has
been no trouble SO far between the
prospectors and the Yaqui Indians. al
though the latter view with sullen
silence the encroachments upon thciI
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-05-06
HUMOROUS.

-radv--"T don't exactly like tho
frieze in this room; it, Landlady-
"Mercy, the heat isn't turned on full
vet."-Inter-Ocean
He (about to travel) do you real
" want me to come back socn? She
sWell, perhaps you had better. You
see, have promised not to forget you.
-Absence Of Mind-Miss van Wou-
YER (bencvolently)-'I haven't q cent
of change, my poor man. | am SO
sorryl Could you change fve-doiiar
bill?"-Judge.
Mother quitting the boy out OF the
| nantry)-.How many more times Will
| have to tell you to keep ont OF tna6
preserve jar?'' Small Boy tsoboing)-
ssNo more, mamma They're all gone!
"A Bad Dict.-Mrs. Giddy Ito her
phvsician. who has recommended resti
-.But. YOU know, doctor, that variety
IL the spice of life" DIR. Bluff-May,
be, madam; but people can't subsist on
seasonings. Truth.
-Harry-s.Darlingi love you"
Darling-"Yes. Iknow it. Harry; pus
| l was in hopes you'd have some news
to tell me tonight haven't seen
soul to-day, and I'm just dying for
news."-Boston Transcript
-Lexicographers Please Note. -
Whipple-"Can you tell me just what
a s.varicty actress" Is supposed to DOR
Snapper-.sI think by that name one
usually refers to person whose acting
varies between bad and worse. Puck.
Elder Berry, had . long talk to-
, day with q pickpocket. He said ne
would reform little later, but couldr't
think OF it just now" Mrs. Berry
. "What is he waiting for now?" Elder
lBerry-sFor chatelaine watches to 90
i ont
! Something in Name. Little Will
: Ilie-"Say, honest, are you mulattoy
4 Crosshatch (the artist mo, indeed
4 What gave you that dear why. ST.
/ said YOU was one OF the bestrknowl
: black.and-white men in the country
l. Truth.
ri -"You were gone good while, {" salt
v the invalid to her husband, who hal
n been to the drug store; lit must hsv
is taken the clerk good while to put u
u the prescription" II don't know;
think he must have spent good des
of the time putting up the price. =
Washington Star.
~ don't know what has come owe
=; - our SON since he went to work in
:. shoestore," said Mrs. Blaggins. II
was looking at calendar and he spoil
~ Of the figure 'e' as s. and = as Q. a
s mind must be going" s'Oh." replis
her husband, that's all right The
have put him to work selling shoes
!, the lady customer" = Washingtt
p. Star.
10 An Afterthought Before biddir
her good night he begged to be Pc
II mltted to kiss her. Job, no.. she sal
% Il conld not permit such a thing. y
ct sides. somebody might see MS" Ina
Il true he said. There was . pans
III after which she said, with l,g
as laugh: elbow quiet It is here. The
s. appears 10 be nobody about IN.
Press
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-05-06
4 BOHEMIAN LIoHTNlNG-RoD
How tho One Invented by Divis Was Com
structed.

How tho One Invented by Divis Was Com
structed.
The lightning-rod Of Divis was con-
structed as follows:
A pointed, slender iron bar formed
the main part of the machine. Fast
ened to it were two cross-bars, thus
making four arms. across each OF which.
in turn, a shorter bar was laid. And
each of the twelve extremities SO Ell
fected bore a box filed with shavings
of iron in which twenty-seven brass
needles were stuck, making three
hundred and twenty-four needles In
all. The main bar was supported by a
wooden column sufficiently high forty
eight feet at first, afterward one hum
dred and thirty-two feet to secure
protection for the building and its I'M
mediate surroundings. Several iron
chains connected the main bar with
the earth. The effect of the machine
was to divide the lightning into 81
many sparks Is there were needle.
three hundred and twenty-four), ane
thus lessen its force. 1t might, there
fore, more properly be called light
ning-divisor.
Scarcely had the rod been erected
when a storm came rushing on from
the north. Thunder-clouds hung owe
Prendice, and occasionally white SHAFT
of lightning were seen darling iron
the clouds and flying toward the con
ductor In few minutes whit
cloud enveloped the machine, and tn
storla soon passed away without doin'
any damage. For two years Divis con
tinued experimenting with his light
uing-rod; the results were published b
DIR. Scrinc. in the Prague News 1754l
Having satisfied himself in regard
the utility of his new machine, Div
|, offered to the emperor plan for cree
, ing a number of conductors in variou
. parts of his empire. The emperor sui
| mitted the plan to viennese math'
maticians, who were unfortunately
: little behind the times, and reporte
' unfavorably upon the bohemian
proposition. The plan was cons
. quently never carried QUIT. J. kra
!. in Popular Science Monthly.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-05-06
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

John Ireland, who may succceo
Gov. Hogg Of Texas, in case the iaster
should 20 to the senate two years
hence. is.the man who was afraid that
immigration to Texas would become SO
great as to elbow the old settlers inec
the sea.
-Ex-Gov. Robert L. Taylor OF Ten
nessce Is something of philosopher
when asked about his defeat for the
limited States senatorship by Gen. BATE
he said: ~ will not cry over split MIX
nor Quarrel with the COW that KICKED
over the pail. But 1 shall always be-
lieyc that the pail ought not to nave
been kicked over"
-Ex-President Hayes invented an IN
renions method of shaking HANDS WIN
8 crowd. He once made short speech
to 10, 900 people in Columbus. regreteing
that he could not shake hands Win
everyone present "But have Plan
! said HAYES. sTll hold up my hand, ana
when shake everyone shake" be oio
it. and it seemed as though 10000 nands
went up.
Mrs Jane G. Austin, the novelist,
Spends her winters in Boston Her
health is not robust, but she contrives
TO accomplish good amount OF ut
erary work. She has q genial, kindiy
face, an abundance OF white hair' anu
she generally dresses in black.
Nameless Nobleman" was the nrst Doos
written by Mrs Austin, and contained
the story Of her great grandfatners
life.
The Countess Louise Cianciana, ~
! ;s stated. now sells matches on the
steps of the palace of Monte CitorAo.
where the italian legislature meets. =
|, BODY over which her husband presioed
as speaker some years ago. The count
was also one of Garibaldi's most distin-
: 0uished associates. mayor of Rome, ETC.,
all of which is duly set forth upon
: placard which the countess wears nunR
! around her neck while having matches
!, for sale.
!, There will be worlds parliament
Of religions at the Worlds fair, begin
: ming September IL. Preceding this VIII
: be a Catholic congress, which will be-
: gin September 5, and contemporaneous
with It Protestant denominations con-
crosses. Among the speakers VIII DC
}. Mozoomdar, representing progressive
Hinduism, and a scholar appointed o5
the Chinese government to represent
;. Confucianism Let all the religious
world unite on all that is best for tn
i purpose and press it for all that IT y
!. worth. Y. Herald.
ISL Mrs. Frances HodRson Burnett'
4. newest book. which is, indeed. book
d let of eighty pages about The Drur'
e Lane Boys Club" of London, bears tn
rs Interesting inscription: Copyright Q
20 Vivian Burnett" and is printed 1t tn
e press of The Moon. Mrs. Burnett o.
n plains that her new publisher u X
n lation by marriage, and that the so
~ Vivian, who is but lad. publishes
n. little paper, which is called The Mool
70 as a less ambitious title than In
M World, The Sun or The Star. Mrs. Blu
On nett adds to her reputation as woma
N Of great literary genius the still mo-
ne honorable fame of a wise and devote
-. n, other
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-05-06
rAE MOUNTAINS. ROOTS:
Mercury and Plumb-Line In the SicinAS
OF Great Rnugea.

Mercury and Plumb-Line In the SicinS
Of Great Ranges.
It is well known that mountains at
tract the plumb line, and thus renoer
ATTITUDES determined by its means or
bv spirit or mercurial level mac
curate in their vicinity. During the
trigonometrical survey OF India the
amount of this error was carefully
determined in several localities near
mountains, but discrepancy APP
peared. When the mass of the Hima-
iayas was estimated and its attraction
calculated it was found to be
more than the observed attrac-
! ton. The same thing had occurred in
the original experiment by Maskelyne
at Schehallion in Scotland, and q sim
liar deficiency in the error produced
was noticed by Petit in the case OF the
| Pyrenees.
| Many attempts were made to explain
| the discrepancy, but that which was
/ advanced by the late Sir G. 3. Airy
/ seems best to account for all the phe-
nomena, and is that adopted by Mr..
Fisher. It is that every mountain
mass on a continent has a much larger
/, mass projecting beneath the crust into
| the LIQUID substratum, exactly as an
iceberg has larger mass under the
water than above 1t. Sir G. b. Airy
argued that whether the crust were
ten miles or q hundred miles thick II
could not bear the weight OF such
mass as the Himalayan and Thibetar
plateaus without breaking from bot
tom TO top, and receiving supper
by partially sinking into the liquit
mass. The best experiments show tina
the proportionate densitics OF mos
rocks in solid and liquid state ar,
approximately as ice is to water, ant
thus no mountain masses can b
formed, whether by lateral pressure o
J other agency, without correspondent
protubcrance forming below to kee
, the crust in equilibrium. 1t is this di'
! placement of the denser substratum o
. the less dense roots of the mountains
. that leads to the total attraction Z
, such mountains being less than it OIL
{ erwise would be. In our author
!. words, s.the roots Of the mountains ca
/ be felt by means Of the plumb-line. =
A. R. Wallace, in Fortnightly Review
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-05-06
Bridgiug the Channel.

New plans have been made for the
projected bridges across the English
channel, and the promoters will apply
to parliament this session for power to
90 ahead with its construction. The
engineers are Sir John Fowler and Sir
Benjamin Baker The length OF the
bridge has been reduced about three
miles, end the number of piers has
been reduced from la1 to T3. The cam
tilever system is proposed. The greatest
span viii be 1910 feet. The masonry
piers are to be LAT feet long and 6s feet
broad. The cost is estimated ct fs2.'
nc go.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-05-06
GEN. CUSTER'S FATHER.
Memories Of the Venerable Parent
Of a Gallant Soldier.
ne WAS a Man of strong Prejudices, But
I.ovable Just tho samc--Members OF
the Custer Family Who Perished
With tho General.
,snec,al petroit (nlich.) Letter

The recent death of Emanuel Henry
Custer. father of Gen. George A. Custer,
the hero of the battle of the Little Big
Horn, brings wildly to the public mind
the conspicuous events Of that mem
orable year 1876. Father Custer, as he
was Familiarity called by his townspeo-
nile at Monroe, Mich, has been figure
Of interest for many years. 1t would
have been bereavement enough to have