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Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-14

twas with no inconsiierable degree
II detection that the prisoner at the
tar received rigorous sentence for
stealing a roasted chicken. lie had an
artificial brown compile sion. relieved
by short bnt cpious ~hiskers lie
sigbest ani looked very sd. May I
say few words7" he faltcred. turning
an appealing glance toward the court
You may Tae prisoner cleared his
throat Il wish" he said. soleTnnly.
'tn warn mv fellow men 10, u nus,
49, implicitly In the promises 81 re-
lil-i"n - tUe mus, certainly have
noticed the str among the spectators.
h1t h@ di3 not pause was assured
- ,~opie V hose words ! revered tia,
Heaven helps him who helps himself
heip~d myself AMI look &" nu. The
strong arm - ~ law interfer-d sbd
he uss hurried swsv - lie troit TrihrE.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-14
81 m~sers

STEPHEN 4. Douglas on one ocrsssoa
~aN al" - give utt>rance 90 his.or-
icsl r~tort
Aftsr some me hsf h~en abusing
hin in The senate ~ the most severe
P~-souel d~pun~ist,cn Dougias arose
la - s~st and said
What ~ gentle man should ar ~
tcmIartou
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-14

ctlties he said: Il never ralized until my
wife aud son began treatment for catarrh
with DIR. Rankin what remarkable rcsults u
skillful physician can accomplish with
ca'arrh and its attendant evils. The doctor
has already benefited my wife "a an amax-
ing extent. and think he ha- cured ny boy
George. entirely. George had been troubled
with catarrh for somc time and IL had hf-
f.cisd ms h.arina quite badly. He SEEMED
To IL gradually growing wor-e. too. instead
of better. n. had all the symptoms Of a
tcd cold all the time. DR.. Rankin put him
under treatment and inside IL a month had
cured him. HIS hearing nov SEEMS IA 10
normal ana II also seems to he a permanent
thing. - he has suffered no -clap-. since he
creased the treatment. have i~gun n course
az treatment with the doctor. too. for throat
trouble and IL IL helping me right along. I
would strongly advise parents who have
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-14
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Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-14

a neg-p miner ~ Knob So-ter. No
fell eighty foar feet down shaft
striking on his heal The force - The
o.,noussion broke his shoulder. bu, his
reed sustained only n scalp wound
- snish s'a1~nt rosne out ~fth
partv - shorpt rabbits "a. tod 10.
- ak. lest - should frirh,~n TIE r.s
btaS When fh> timid cr~ssu--s sc-
F-sar~d ~ u't@r>s 81 exclamation AZ
istsn. hich frightened them s-,v,
49, ursrn his eonpsnio~s blaming
Rim Ne $40, who s~ynl1 hs-. s.p
pos~4 tbss rsbeits usderSsAnd f>asgsy
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-14

Rsfez<sees ~ ave hunaEsd c1rsd s~s,enss
IL the ciiy alone.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-14

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Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-14
1.-THE WORLD IS M|NE!"

We do not want it all, as the crowds that
throng our store would seem TO indicate
But when it comes TO values, qualities and
terms, we mount the perch higher than the
tower of Babel. and from its lofty hight
absolutely and fearlcssly
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1893-03-11
WHERE Is THE. NARoNIcf

The Ship May Have Been Caught and In
jured by Some Submerged Vessel.
The White Star Steamship Naronic
has not been heard from and her where
abouts is as great mystery as it was a
week ago, before SO much anxiety was
felt for her safety. Half dozen trans
atlantic steamers have reached New York
but not one of them had any report to
make of the overdue vessel Anxious
inquiries were made of the captain of
each vessel by the officials of the White
Star line as soon as he reached port. tc
know if anything had been seen of their
vessel, but there was no consolation for
them. At the office of the line all who
made inquiries for the vessel were told
that she had not been reported yet. but
there were still chances for her safety.
The impression has gained ground that
the Naronic has been caught in some of
the submerged derelicts, of which sew.
eral hundred are floating about the track
of North Atlantic bound vessels, and
possibly wrecked. The Naronic has on
board a crew of seventy men, many of
whom live on this side Of the Atlantic.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1893-03-11
big New England Families.

Though Puritan children had but
few recreations and amusements, they
must have enjoyed very cheerful,
happy home life. Large families
abounded. Cotton Mather says:
One woman had not less than
twenty-five children. another had no
less than twenty three children by one
husband, whereof nineteen lived to
mans estate, and third who was
mother to seven-and-twenty children. -
Sir William Phips was one of twenty
six children, all with the same mother.
Printer Green had thirty children.
The Row. John Sherman, of Water,
town. Lad twenty-six children by two
wives-twenty by his last WIFE
The Rev. Samuel Willard, first
minister of Groton, had twenty chill
Iren, and his father had seventeen
children.
Benjamin Franklin was one of a
family of seventeen.
The little Puritans rejoiced also in
some very singular names, the off
spring of Roger Clap being good ex-
amples: Experience, Waitstili, Preser-
we'd, Hopestill, Wait, Tna: Ss, Desire,
Unite, and Supply.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1893-03-11
For Leisure Hours.

One of the most pleasant occupations
for young people who have taste for
literature or art is the making Of scrap
books. With taste and care they may
become things o. beauty. and as useful
as thesr ere attractive. In family Of
the writer's acquaintance each member
of the household is provided with large
scrap books, in which to collect pic
lures of various subjects. The father
calls his three volumes "a Study of
Human Nature, and portraits of men
and women from all the different walks
of life are collected therein. The
mother gathers Bible scenes the old
est daughter, reproductions of artists
pictures, the subjects of home scenes.
animal pictures, Bible pictures and
views from America, Europe, Asia and
Africa 1t is remarkable how rapidly
these scrap books have grown. Mag
azines and pictorial papers have been a
fruitful source from which to gather,
and interested friends have also con-
tributed. The fact that the books are
divided into separate subjects adds
much to their interest, aud their in
structiveness to children is great.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1893-03-11
An Ancient Birdland.

For ages before its occupation by
man New Zealand swarmed with great
wingless birds, which found here no
carnivorous enemies, but an abundance
of vegetable food The moas not only
existed in vast numbers, and for thous-
ands of years, but had such diversity
OF form as to embrace no less than
seven genera, containing twenty five
species-a remarkable fact which is ua-
paralleled in any other part of the
world. The commonest kinds in the
North Island were only from two aud
one-half to four feet high Those of
the South Island were mostly from four
to six feet tall, while the giant forms
reaching twelve and thirteen feet were
always rare. Immense deposits OF 1fioa
bones have been found in localities to
which they appear to have been wa. he'd
from the hills in tertiary times. Skele-
tons or. the surface of the ground,
with skin and ligaments still attached,
have given the impression that these
birds have been exterminated in very
recent years, but other facts point to
different conclusion. Tradition seems
to show that the moa became extinct in
the North Island soon after the arrival
of the Maoris in New Zealand-that is,
not less than 400 or 500 years ago-and
in the South Islands about 100 years
later. The fresh appearing, skin and
Hgaments are supposed to have been
preserved by unusually favorable con-
ditions
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1893-03-11
Mr., RIaine's Gupst.

Many anecdotes are related of the
late Mr.. Blaine, showing him in the
light of warm hearted, loyal friend,
a bold and even andacious foe, keen
humorist and satirist, and with strain
of almost n eliaval gallantry in his
makeup that was as surprising as it
was delightful. He took especial
pleasure in telling of an incident that
occurred at a reception he gave while
he was Speaker of the Maine Legisla-
ture in the sixties. An old fellow from
Aroostook, or some other out-of the
way locality, had sampled almost all
the dishes on the table. and finally ho
struck plate of ice cream. Gulping
down a great spoonful, he seemed
startled and panied. He pushed the
plate aside, and, looking up, saw Mr..
Blaine surrounded by a group of
ladies and gentlemen. He edged up,
and, nudging the young statesman,
said:
"P'r'aps We don't know it, Mr. Blaine,
but that puddin's froze clear through. ;"
With rare tact, and without even a
smile, Blaine came forward and tasted
the ''puddin'. - so it is, he replied,
sadly. 1T is too bad, declare
The Aroostook guest was pleased at
having called the hcrt's attention to so
important fact, AID the other guests
almost sufocated in the effort to hide
their laughter.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1893-03-11
JOHN BROWN.
Weighing His Course in the Even Balance
Scales of Impartial History.

Weighing His Course in the Even Balance
Scales of Impartial History.
When John Browns attack on Har-
per's Ferry ended in arrest and inn
prisonment, his dreams of many years
had been shattered. The result was
what any man of Judgment would have
foreseen. In the light of common
sense, the plan was folly from a mill
tary point of view it was absurd. The
natural confguration of the ground,
the inaccessibility of Harper-s Ferry to
Washington AMI Baltimore doomed
him in any event to destruction. 10
attack with eighteen men village OF
1,400 people, the State of Virginia and
the United States Government seems
the work of mailman. Only by TAX
ing into account his unquestioned faith
in the literal truth of the Bible can any
explanation Of his actions be suggested,
for Brown was in ordinary affairs a sane
man as ever lived, and of no mean
ability as leader in guerilla warfare.
To Emerson, he seemed ''transpar
ent, pure idealist.' Gerrit Smith
thought of all men in the world John
Brown was "most truly Christian,
and that he did not doubt the truth of
one line of the Bible Like the Pun
tans of two centuries before he drew
his most impressive lessons from the
Old Testament; he loved to dwell upon
the wonders God had wrought for
Joshua and for Gideon. His plan
seemed no greater folly than was the
attempt of Joshua to take a walled city
by blowing of trumpets and by shouts
of the people nor was he more foolish
than Gideon, who went out to encounter
a great army with 800 men, bearing
only trumpets and lamps and pitchers.
Yet the walls of Jericho had fallen fat
at the noise, and Gideon had put to
flight, amidst great confusion, INDIAN
ties and Amalekites, who were like the
grasshoppers for multitude. As the
old Puritan was doing Gods work, he
felt that God would not forSake him.
A century may pass, perchance, be-
fore an historical estimate acceptable to
ali lovers of liberty and justice can be
made of John Brown. What infinite
variety of opinions must exist Of man
who, on the one hand, is compared to
Socrates, and Christ, and, on the other
hand, to Orsini and Wilkes Booth ! The
likeness drawn between the old Puritan
and these men who did the work Of
assassination revolts the muse of his
tory yet the comparison to Socrates
and Christ strikes a discordant note
The Apostle of Truth and the Apostle
of Peace are UNNECESSARILY remote from
the man whose work of reform con-
sisted in shedding blood +; the teacher
who gave the injunction, Render unto
Caesar the things that are Caesars, and
the philosopher whose long life vas
one of strict obedience to the laws, are
a silent rebuke to the man whose re-
nown was gained by the breach of laws
deemed sacred by his country. As
time went on, Emerson modified his
first exuberant judgment, and, when
printing, ten years later, his lecture on
Courage, y omitted the expression here
cited as his opinion of the old Puritan.
james Ford Rhodes in the History
of the United States.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1893-03-11
NO SENTENCE.
A Curious and Amusing Story From Be
yond the Sea.

A Curious and Amusing Story From BE-
yond the Sea.
a French gentleman who visited Dal-
malta in Austro-H Hungary tells how he
unconsciously posed as native digni-
tarv. He visited the police court Of
cara. the capital of the country. one
day to take some sketches of the Dali
matian peasants who had been sum-
moned from neighboring villages AS
witnesses in a case that was being tried.
Among others he sketched two fine
looking women.
Each wore on her head large, snow
white turban trimmed with red ribbons,
and great braids of false hair, ted with
green ribbons. Their broad silver
gird!es were ornamentel VITA uncut
Jewels. They stood with she:r hands
clasped. motionless. and apparently
frightened about scmtlling, | could
not tell what.
Later the Judge called me to him,
and told me that the two old peasants
who bad posed for me an hour, with
such apparent good will, mad come to
him to make complaint.
They had solemnly stated how "a man
had kept them standing an hour look
ing at them sternlv and writing all the
time, and that finally lie had given
them each a flsrin, bat had not passed
sentence on ihen.
The two poor old women had thought
that [ was a judge, anil that while [
was studying them tu catch the express
sion of their faces and tho pose of their
heads [ was trying to read their hearts
and discover if there we're any guilt in
their consciences.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1893-03-11
A Convenient Brother.

1t is serious offence for German
soldier to appear in public except in
uniform. Even when he is on furlough
he must always wear it.
A certain Lieut.. Schmidt, who was
engaged in some adventure or other
dressed up as civilian, was having a
fine time of it, when on turning a cor.
ner he unexpectedly met his colonel.
Lieutenant Schmidt, however, did not
lose his presence of mind, but in a
changed voice inquired:
Can you tell me, sir, where Lieuten-
ant Schmidt lives? / am his brother
from the country, and am paying him a
visit
The colonel gave the desired inforr
nation, and Lieutenant Schmidt hur-
ried home and got into uniform as soon
as possible. He thought he had de-
ceived his superior officer. but next day
when he met the colonel the latter said:
Lieutenant Schmidt, if your brother
from the country pays you another
visit, I'll have him placed in close con-
finement for thirty days"
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1893-03-11
Five Children SuffOcated.

A fire in six-story tenement house at
1874 Henry street, New York, resulted in
the death Of five children from suffoca-
ton. The four children of Adam Bern
stein and his wife were soundly sleeping
in their apartments in the rear of tile top
floor, their parents having locked them in
while they went marketing. They were
taken out dead. A similar errand called
Mrs. Rosen, who lived across the hall, to
the same locality, and she, too, had
locked in her three children. The fire
men rescued two of the Rosen children,
one of them stark naked, but little Fannie
was dead when the firemen found her
body in the bedroom.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1893-03-11
Immigrants Excluded.

The Chandler immigration and con-
tract labor bill, which passed the House
just before the close of Congress, and
was promptly signed by President Har-
rison, is now law. The terms of the
bill require steamship companies to pre-
pare and authenticate at the port of de
parture, lists of manifestos of their en-
migrant passengers, containing full in
formation concerning them, and deliver
the manifestos to immigrant inspectors
on arrival. instead of transferring the
passengers to the control of such inspec-
tors wholly undocumented. Doubtful
questions concerning the right of an i'm
migrant to admission shall be decided
after special inquiry by four officials,
but an appeal can be made from a de
cision to the Secretary of the Treasury.
The bill increases by three the excluded
classes of aliens as follows Those over
16 years of age that are illiterate. Grip
pies, blind persons, OF Others physically
imperfect (unless they can show satisfac-
torily that they will not become public
charge), and persons belonging to
societies which favor or justify the I'M
lawful destruction of property OF life.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1893-03-11
1t May Cause a Strike.

There is trouble brewing among the
employees of the New York Central
Railroad owing to an order issued by
superintendent of Motive Power Blu.
chanan that after May all the engineers
and firemen of through freight trains
must live in Albany. The matter has
been brought before the local unions Of
engineers and firemen nd it is stated that
an attempt will be made to have the or
der revoked. The representatives of the
unions declined to say what the probable
outcome will be if it is insisted upon.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1893-03-11
A Mighty Hunter.

1t is the custom In France for all the
fashionable world to 60 shooting in
the autumn and every owner of a
landed estate invites his friends from
Paris to visit him. When Adolphe
Theirs, the petit bourgeois statesman of
France, became presiden of the repub-
lie he was invited one autumn to take
part In the sports at the country estate
of nj. Casimir-Perier. He accepted the
invitation, and appeared in the field in
shooting dress and armed with gun.
The whole entertainment was really
in his honor. NJ. Casimir- Perier was
of course well aware that his old friend
knew nothing whatever of cunning he
instructed his gamekeeper to go with
him, and see that the guest of the occa-
sion bagged more game than anybody
else. The gamekeeper led the presi
dent to certain spot and said:
Your excellency, the game will all
be driven past this place. You have
only to remain here, and if you fire you
are bound to kill something or other.
But the president declined the OPP
portunity and insisted upon travelling
about with the other sportsmen-ex-
cept that he never went to the right
place and never got shot at all
The gamekeeper ives in despair. The
distinguished guest kept him moving
about from place to place, but always
out of range of the game. Neverthe-
less, by collision with others the game
keeper so managed it that when the
days sport was ended, NJ. Theirs, who
had not discharged his gun all day,
found a large lot of game at his feet.
That is yours, your excellency, said
the old gamekeeper.
This mine p said the president, in
establishment
Yes, your e1cellency."
The president looked up with
twinkle in his eye.
"Ah, see !" he said. II never shot
anything before became president so
suppose this was killed by the office,
not by the man T.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1893-03-11
81 Must Burn Your Shin

An incident related in the recent bi
ography of Sir Provo Wallis, admiral of
the British fleet, brings home to the
reader the cruel nature of war. 1t oc-
Cured during the war of 1912. An
American captain had taken fine ship
to Lisbon, where he had sold her cargo
for the use of the British army under
Wellington, and received several thou
sands of dollars in return, which were
on board. Meantime war had been de-
clared, and on her homeward way she
fell victim to the British squadron
One of the principal objects of her cap
tors was to obtain information
The American captain was sent on
board the Shannon-which afterward
captured the famous Chesapeake-but
was kept in ignorance of the war and
of the fact that he was prisoner. He
answered unreservedly all the questions
put to him and Captain Broke, who
greatly disliked the deception he had
been obliged to practice, now felt it diff
ficult to make the prisoner acquainted
with the next step which must be
taken. At length he forced himself to
say:
Captain, I must burn your ship"
The American, overcome by surprise,
cried:
Burn her ?"
Indeed 1 must"
Burn her for what Will not
money save her She is all my own
and all the property have in the world.
Is it war, then q
Yes, said Broke. Both parties were
painfully moved, and the scene did not
end without tear from each but duty
was duty, and the prize was destroyed.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1893-03-11
AN oLD-WoRLn COUNTRY,

know an Old-world country,
Where travellers never stray,
Whose wood paths wind sequestered
For miles and miles away;
Whose fields of Towering grasses
To Swallowed dingles slant,
Where elves are wont to whisper,
And nightingales to chant!
There still the Old-world homesteads
In calm contentment thrive,
Gray haunts of fail and sickle,
OF dovecot and of hive.
Invention ne'er invades them
With Decorating hand;
No steam plough ever plunges
Amid that placid landi
There Old-world greens still flourish
With ale-bench and with stocks;
The village danes drop courtesies,
The village kinds wear smocks;
Sleek Dobbin shakes his ribbons,
Dick Shepherd plies his crook,
And daisy-sprinkled burrows
The belfries overlook.
There, in that 0ld-world country,
Beneath its noiseless spell,
Amid its sweet composure,
Who would not choose TO dwell.
Where troubles never trespass,
Where Time unruffled flows,
And every morn brings gladness.
And every eve repose!
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1893-03-11
Extremes of Gallantry,

In the days when Charles Surface
and his rollicking friends drank to any
woman who proved an excuse for the
glass, . it was not uncommon to quaff
the bumper from her shoe. The Earl
of Cork relates an incident of this kind
and to carry the compliment still fur
ther he states that the shoe was ordered
to be dressed and served up for supper.
The cook set himself seriously to work
upon it; he pulled the upper part
(which was of fine damaskl into fine
shreds, and tossed it up into ragout,
minced the sole, cut the wooden heel
into thin slices, fried them in batter,
and placed them round the dish for a
garnish. The company testified their
affection for the lady by eating heartily
of this exquisite impromptu."
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1893-03-11
Iron Hall Affairs,

James Failey, receiver for the Iron
Hall, commenting on the status of the
orders affairs, at indianapolis said: we
have on hand about $75O,O0O State re-
cievers have been appointed by State
courts in Maryland, New Jersey, New
York, Pennsylvania, Massa ,husetts, Mis-
souri, and Michigan. The receivershp
case here has been appealed TO the SUI
preme Court Of Indiana, and will be
heard in few weeks. There can be no
distribution of funds until this case is
decided and settled. We can not figure
On anything at present. After the Indi-
ana case is decided the several State re-
eeivers will doubtless send in their re-
ports and pay their money here. There
ought to be in the neighborhood of ST.
100000 if we get it all A great many
branches are holding off waiting for the
decree; after that they will probably
settle.