Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-06-25

| SioW ichstn dioHR, one OF the Demo-
cratic silver senators in a speech in
which he was rejecting severely on
the conduct OF certain senators on his
side OF the house, who were in the
habit of echoing every sentiment from
the administration, referred to them
as ''cuckoos' who sang their song
whenever the white house clock struck.
The term afterwards came into general
use to designate all followers of the
Cleveland administration
He then gave many illustrations in
likening people who depend on others
for thoughts, sentiments and ideas to
the cuckoo and argued that every in
dividual should act and think for them
selves as much as possible.
In closing his address he said: The
desire that America should stand
first in the coming age ought to
impel US TO the most earnest exertions
in the direction in which the worlds
best thought is tending. 1t appeals to
every American father to place his
own and his children's honor above all
earthly things, impregnable in its
purity and truth; it appeals to US, as
young men who are so soon to hold in
our hand the destiny OF our native land,
to build into the very frame work of
our lives the eternal principles of JUS
tice; to cause TO shine forth In the
daily business of our lives the purity
of our hearts; To cast from Us everlast-
ingly the practices OF the cuckoo
And when honor, purity and truth
stand written upon the daily actions of
our citizens the leader Of the worlds
best thought must and shall be an
American.
ELECTROMAGNETIC MAE LUSCOMB
Each and every one of us are placed
upon this globe to fight out way for
ourselves We begin the battle with
but one life at our disposal and al
though we struggle with the allied
powers OF cur genius, we are never
able to accomplish quite all We desire.
The end will come soon or later and
even though we fight with the might
lest cannon. we are forced TO retreat
from the field Yet for all that we
may leave our camp-fres burning and
the light which they will impart to
the world is proof that we lived not in
vain. The will serve as beacon-lights
TO guide our successors over that dark
uncertain road which terminates in
the garden of fame.
All may wish TO tread this road to
fame, yet how many are there who
reach the goal? At every step appears
some enticing object to lure us from
our course. We all turn aside to eX-
anime it. Drawing forth our specta-
cles we set them astride our nose and
gaze intently through them. Some
see only merits and remain behind,
saying, tomorrow | will again journey
goes and still they tarry until at last
they realize that delay has been their
ruin. Others see the evil in lingering
and so go unflinchingly ahead and
never fail to achieve their reward.
1t is therefore our way Of looking at
things which determines our success in
life This fact was the incentive
which led Roger Bacon during the
thirteenth century to invent spectacles
for the purpose of aiding defective
sight. At first they were large and
of crystal and gold seen today. But
just rs everything else they have been
improved upon, until now one may
find spectacles for the old and for the
young, for near-sighted as well as for
far-sighted people, for those who can
see and for the blind, for one-eyed per-
sons and two-eyed, for cross eyes and
for square eyes, for eyes unable to hear
the glorious light of the sun and for
those troubled by the love-sick rays Of
the pale moon. And last but not least
the single large round lens made for
that irrepressible something walking
around on air in pin-pointed toe patent
leather shoes, creased pantaloons, and
immaculate linen, commonly called
dude dude.
How different all these modern
glasses are from grandpa's oldfashioned
specs that were so often lost some
where about the house and after the
old gentlemen had stormed awhile and
searched less than he scolded we would
find securely poked back on the top
of his venerable head. How different
from the specs that patient old grand
mama wears. Sitting by the fireside
of an evening with her knitting work
in her lap she gazes through the dear
old glasses into the dim past and sees
pictured the scenes OF her childhood.
Her dear old home where SO many
happy hours were spent with the loved
ones. She sees, as il but yesterday,
her wedding morn OF long ago, with all
its joys and pleasures; then ner own
fircside and the precious little ones