Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 4, 1898, Page 4

a Sryey 3 utasday. By E. ©. KILEY. CWO DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVA six Months. 1.00 | Three Months. Intered a5 ti9 poss> fice at Grand Rapid Minn., as second-class matter. a’ A NEW COUNTRY. ice Hopes, New Opportunities—Land of Sunshine an Ienty—Mild Climate, Fertile Bolland Cheap Lands, Where You can Make More Money to the Acre than in Any Other Parming District in the Country. HIS “LITTLE FELLER : @lorified and Made Beautiful the Humble Home. “I happened to be down in my cellar the other morning when the ashman came around tv collect the ashes,” said @ gentleman who resides on Second avenue to a Detteit Free Press man. “I was opening a barrel of great red apples at the time, and when the big, ‘dust-covered and, necessarily untidy man came back with the empty ash barrel I picked up an apple and held it | out toward him, saying as I did so: ““*Won’t you have an apple?’ “He took it eagerly, saying as he did er: “POLICE COURT CASES. feme of Them Have a Bide. A majority of the cases which we With daily are pathetic or dramat- fe, Dut there is a humorous side to the ork as well, and some of the most adicrous incidents coneeivable come «p in our courts, gays Scribner’s. The most common cause of complaint by ‘one woman against another in tene- ment-house quarrels is that “She called mae out of me name.” A woman told tne that she wanted a warrant against a female acquaintance because, as she said, “Judge, your honor, she called Homesteaders Can save time and.expense by ff proving up before E. C. Kiley,” Judge of Probate, Gragd Rapids. Filings Upon Land May also be made before him. SPLITTING LEGAL HAIRS. The Expense of taking witnesses to Daluth or St. Cloud can be saved. 80: “Thank ye, sir; I’ve a little feller at home who'll be tickled to death to git | it. I most always find something or other in the ash barrels to carry home to ‘im at night, but it ain’t often I git anything equal to this big apple. I tell ye the little feller’s eyes will ‘shine when he see it.’ “I don’t know how many times that cee me a name out of me place, and I want i her to prove it.” Those petty broils must be given a hearing and settled by such good advice as the complaint suggests. "He treats me sometimes ridiculous,” was the complaint of one much-abused wife against her hus- band. The man being brought up to answer the charge, and perhaps ex- plain it, answered: “This is a dead A Case Which Even Philade!phia | Lawyers Could Not Decide. . This in an after dinner story told by f well known lawyer the other even- e of legal difficulties that 3 in the carrying out of the most am 2 contracts; ““{here were once four brothers, who nad inherited a storage warehouse All Business Entrusted to my care will be given prompt attention. 4 from their father, and who equally di- vided the property between them. purtenances thereto was animal, and this, too, was divided, brother owning the right nt quarter, the second brother the t front guarter and the two younger the two hindquarters. :Now, ely, the cat in one of its prowls fojured the right | ps (i the elder brother attended to that portion of his property by binding d the injured member with a greases gag. bi t, thankful for this relief to its suffering, went to sleep content; | edly before the fire, but in the midst of its slumbers a falling coal ignited the rag and the animal, howling with egony, dashed throcgh the warehouse, end, coming in contact with some com- bustibles, set the building on fire. When the loss came to be figured out the three younger brothers wished to throw it all upon the eider upon ths ground that had he not tied up his part of the cat with the inflammable rag the building would not have been destroyed. He, on the contrary, con- tended that had the cat only been pos- sessed of the front right paw, his prop- erty, it would have stood still and burned to death. It was the three oth- er paws that caused the damage. The brothers argued the case untii they died, but could never reach an agree ment.—Philadelphia Record. A Purcha Floor-walker—Did Mrs. Upton buy that last piece of ergandio? Saleswoman—No. Mrs. Downton bought it. Floor-walker—Why, I thought I deard her say before Mrs. Upton eama Just One Gloat- Although golf and the bicycle are, fn the main, getting on excellently to- gether, there is still a disposition among a certain class of wheelmen to | scoff at the newer sport, as too aris- tocratic and exclusive, Retribution of @ peculiarly abrupt and distressing kind came down upon one of these rid- ers the other day and the golfer who played the other part in the scene was uncharitable enovgh to enjoy the sit- uation thoroughly. He was walking briskly along a suburban read toward the links, carrying a good-sized bag full of clubs, when he was overtaken by a tandem bicycle with only one vider. This person, from his perch | on the rear seat, immediately hailed | the golf player with sarcastic famil- farity. “Bw—goin’ to play golf, are you? ‘That’s nice,” he began, turning around as he passed tc observe how his victim took the greeting. The curiosity was fatal in its effects. Just at that mo- ment the front wheel of the tandem yan against a big, round stone; there 4vas a desperate lurch to one side, and the facetious rider shot forward into the road, with the machine on top of him. The golfer said never a word, but stood and gazed, with undisguised pleasure, at the wreck. And nobody who saw the occurrence could grudge him the comic opera ‘satisfaction of “just one gloat” over his fallen enemy. --New York Tribune. Just His Size. Baron Hardup—Are you the tailor who’s been trusting my son for his clothes for over five years, and never said a word to me about the bill? Tailor—-Y—Yes, m—my Lord, but— Baron Hardup (rubbing his hands)— Ssy no more, but get right to work acd take my measure for half a dozen suits, two overcoats and an ulster.— New York Journal. b— A Subtle Distinction. “Dear me,” remarked one girl, “her parents must be very much displeased with her engagement to that musician. It is even worse than I thought.”;'*- “On what do you base your opix- fon?” ES “4 “They used to. refer to him as a violinist. Mow they, say that he plays the fiddle.”~-Washingtoa Star, ‘ Coffins from Their Favorite Tree. “James Swan and wife, an aged and wealthy couple living on a farm in Ing- ham county, Mich., fifty years ago planted in their .dboryard a cherry tree, of which they*became very proud because it grew so straight and to such a great size. After talking it over for several years the pair concluded to be buried in coffins made from their fay- orite tree, so several days ago the tree was felled and a mammoth log taken te Mason, from which the burial cas. kets will be made. Philosophy. Wallace—Why is it you always bet on the wrong horse? Hargreayes—¢ is so excellent for | P | ture | dependent upon a single rainfall. Go where pros much easier to do.—Cincinnatj gp. quirer. q’ LE 3 = MAP SHOWING THE 26 NORTHERN FEEDERS OF K. G, P. & GR. R. & Gut e building of the bs ort Ar- Railroad, an air line thur has opened up a and Arkansas, and Loutsla; es an agiioultural and fruit growing country; good. health, sparkling springs and, clear streams; where you can wert ont of doore 12 months instead of 6 The finest stock range—no bilzzards, no hot wintls; no drouths, ‘Tho earliest markets for farm products, bringing the highest prices. Living is cheap and best In tne land. Why try to Oppaze Nature? Ge toa land where na- cks your every effort and prosperity 1s not was City, Piusbui Kansaé City to hat cannot be excelled pezity is permanont. PORT ARTHUR she Southern and Seaport terminus, is the best jace in the United Siates to-day to invest or to go Into busines. This railroad now running through trains betwoen Kansas City and Port Arthur, will be running over its own tracks the entire distance by Beptember 1. Study the stap ant you will agree a large city must bo bulft at Port Axtlur; nearest seaport to Kansas City Uy 100 mites. Cut rbis ont and mat! to adress below and receive ne illustrate? pamphieis #. A. Hornbeck, Land Comminsioner C., P. &G. RR. an Manager, Part Arthur Townsite Co, KANSAS CITX, General Defeated Candidate Cries on Streets. W. F. Coey, an applicant for a school in Ross county, Ohio, made an un- successful attempt at suicide because he failed to secure it. He was elected, but a member of the board of educa- tion raised a question as to his fitness and produced another applicant who would teach for less money. Coey would not accept the figures offered by the new aspirant, but agreed to a new election, when he was defeated. He was so chagrined over the result that he ran through the streets of thé vil- Jage crying, and finished by irying to butt his brains out against a stone wall. He is believed to be dement- ed. aricn TWENTY YEARS. Mira Bascom Found she Beautiful. He did not call on her that first even- ing, thcugh he walked past the gate four times, unaware of the fact that behind one of those slanting shutters a pale woman stood watching him pass and repass, says Lippincott’s. The nun in her self-elected cell had and made use of means of communication with the world, in the shape generally of Jimmy the choreboy. She knew whose was the tall figure on the side- walk. She stood at the window when she could no longer see him; she heard his slow footsteps go by for the last time and die away. Half an hour later she went upstairs to her bedroom. -Be- tween its two windows hung a long, old-fashioned mirror, with carved can- delabra on either side. She lighted the three candles in each. The mirror showed a tall, slim figure, a face as col- orless as an anemone, an abundance of auburn hair carefully arranged. Mira Bascom studied this reflection closely. Then she unlocked a black-walnut chest which stood in a corner and lifted out its contents till she came to a@ mass of pale muslin, which diffused an odor of lavender as she shook it out. It was a white gown with lilac sprigs, made with the full skirts and sleeves ef a bygone fashion. She put it on, fastened the belt of lilac ribbon, which still fitted exactly, and, standing again before the mirror, loosened slightly the bands of her beautiful wavy hair and pulled it into little curls about her face. It was a vision of youth which looked back at her from the glass. Not a thread of gray showed in the hair; the fine lines abqut the placid eyes were invisible. The skin had the dead whiteness of things kept trom the sun. But as she gazed a del- icate flush overspread her face, her red-brown eyes‘ lit up till their color matched her hair; she smiled in startled triumph. She was still beau- tiful. Then a swift change came over her. She blew out all but one of the candles and, turning her back on the mirror, took off her gown with cold, shaking finge Was stil The “Chink” Was Not Slow. From the New Orleans Times-Demo- erat: “You may talk to me about the stolid, stupid Chinee,” said an accident- insurance agent, “but I know better. The other day I insured Hop Lee’s life for $1,000. A few days afterward a weak-looking ‘Chink’ called at my office and asked to see me. ‘Well?’ said I, ‘Me wantee flive hundle dollar,’ gaid he. ‘What for?’ I demanded. ‘Hop Lee,’ responded my caller. ‘He send me. Got thousand for dead. Half dead, wantee half money—flive hundle dollar.” Say, I didn’t do a thing to what * aman.” Seer asvera: Generosity, The cold flag is up again and we are | promised a genuine blizzard fromi the west. We are glad to state that the most cordial relations exist between that section and the south. Whe the west has anything out of the ordinany she in alweys willing ta divide with us. Many of our adopted citizens have had free transportation sogth on west- ern c¥tlones.—Atlanta Constitution. untry {9 Western Misaourt | | day my thoughts were of that, big, rough-handed fellow, with that apple put away so carefully In his pocket for that ‘little feller.’ “When evening came I thought of | the ‘little feller’ who was on the look- out for the big, dust-covered father, with the calioused and soiléd hands, but with the true heart and the kindly word that made aim a king in the eyes of that ‘little feller.’ “Zt must have been a very poor and humble home to which the man went at the close of his wexry day, but then there was the ‘little feller’s’ presence to make beautiful even the bare walla and floors and to bring the love light to his father’s eyes and joy to his father’s heart. “These ‘little fellers’ glorify and beautify many a home in which poverty abides. But human affections can sweetly and patiently endure toil and rags and poverty when there is a ‘lit- tle feller’ to meet and greet’ the fataer when the long day is done.” HIS GRANDMOTHER’S GIFT. The Colonel Cooled Of When Ho Knew Who That Grandmother Was. A good story comes from Berlin. At 4 ball given there not very long ago # Pompous colonel ran up against a young officer evidently fresh from the military schools, whose only decoration wes a large medallion set in brilliants. “I say, lieutenant, what the dickens is that concern you have on?” scorn- fully asked the elder warrior. “It’s an order, colonel,” answered the young man modestly. “An order? Not a Prussian one. I know of no such,” retorted the colonel jealously. “An English order, colonel,” mildly returned the Heutenant. “And who in the world gave it to you?” interrogated the other, with his nose in the air, “My grandmother,” said the young man with a twinkle in his blue eyes. The old colonel began to think the young man was making game of him. “Potztausend, and who may your grandmother be?” he exclaimed irately. “Her Majesty Queen Victoria of Eng- land,” eaid the lieutenant, whose face was dancing with merriment by this time. It was Prince Albert of Schles- wig-Holstein. The colonel got very red in the face and withdrew, with a pro- found bow of apology, to take a back seat for the rest of the evening. Prince Albert has been making merry over the incident ever since, and even grand- mamma herself had a good laugh when she was told of it. i A Wonderful Clock. Undoubtedly one of the most wonder. ful clock in the world was that origi- nally manufactured for the late Duke Charles of Brunswick, and which is now being exhibited in St. Petersburg. There are ro fewer than ninety-five faces to this colossal time piece. It indi- cates simultaneously the time of day at thirty different spots on the surface of the earth, besides the movemen: of the earth around the sun, the phazes of the moon, the signs of the zodiac, the pissage over the meridian of more be fifty stars of the northern hemi- ere, and the date, according ty the Gregorian, Greek, Mussulman, and Ee- brew calendars. At his death, Prinoe Charles bequeathed the clock to the Swiss confederation. So complicated are the works that it took two years te put them together after the clock had been sent in detached pieces trom Switzerland to Russta The Beauty of the Greeks. The beauty of the Greeks has been greatly praised, and I was much disap- pointed at Athens; but the Greeks of the Ionian Islands are of a purér race, and one s metimes comes across a very beautiful face. There was a village on the island famed for the beauty of the women. I drove over and saw some vegy handsome, tall women, with the low, classic brow, and often with blue ribbons and twined around the head like a coronet. I was amazed to see such luxuriant hair, but was told that it was probably mixed with their moth- ers’ and grandmothers’ hair. I think Leighton’s idea that the Greeks were originally fair was correct. for I saw several fair-haired women. My maid Marguerite had the most lovely gold- en hair an. blue eyes; she was tall and statuesque. Her sister Euterpe was no less handsome, but dark.—Cathotic World. | ‘The Cause of the Row. | Gibbs—How did stuters come to hit you? Snoggs—Oh, it was all on ac- count of a trifling difference of opinion between us. Gibbs—Difference of opin- ion? Snoggs—Yes, I thought he lied and he thought he didn’) ~-New Yor: ‘Tribune. eyes. They wore their hair plaited with |: piece of jealousy, your honor; don’t mind her.” An old Irish woman came before me at the Harlem court and wanted her “boy” arrested for misbe- having himself in her house. It came out that her “boy” was 38 years old, and when I said to her that he was a pretty old boy she remarked: “Sure he’s not a gu’rl, and I count a boy a man only when he’s married.” A Ger- man with a very much battered head complained that the defendant had made a “dinge” in it, and described the assault about as follows: “He do me a crack on de kopf, like dis, and I do nedings by him.” Many of these People seem to feel that when they make a complaint in court they must use all the high-sounding words they know, regardless of their meant The result is sometimes amusing enough to upset the dignity of the bengh. One woman who displayed a bruised and battered appearance fin- ished her complaint by saying: “He left marks of violation upon me arm, as your honor can see for yerself.” A man whose truthfulness was questioned said: “Does your honor doubt me voracity?” A HAUNTED TREE. The Coon vogs Turned Tall When They Struck It. Last fall a party of coon hunters from this city were in the woods in this vicinity and the dogs hunted splendid- ly until they struck this old tree, says the Danville (Ky.) Advocate. There they tucked their tails between their legs and simply flew. They whined and gave other evidences of fear and could not be coaxed into hunting any more that night. Finally the hunters them- selves became scared. One of them de- clared he heard the sound of a voice as if from some soul in deep distress. This settled it, Every man in the crowd suddenly remembered that he had bus!- ness in town and townward the whole layout proceeded without further par- leying or loss of time. The next day an old gentleman residing in Danville was told of the occurrence and he re- called the fact that he had been one of the party which had a similar ex- perience near this old tree three years ago and he said that the spot, had been haunted for many years, A long time ago an old gentleman by the name of Louis Streat was murdered for his money and the murderer had dragged the body to the foot of this tree and covered it with @ty leaves. The mur- derer was never punished by law. A young man named Henderson was ar- rested, charged with the crime, and at his examining trial was liberated on $5,000 bail. He jumped his bond and disappeared some time afterward. A New Evolution. Two or three mornings after the ar- rival of a new butler the mistress of the house took the opportunity of ask- ing the cook how she liked her new fellow-servant. The report was an ex- cellent one. “In fact, ma’am,” said the cook, “the servants’ hall is quite a dif- ferent place now.” Not unnaturally the mistress pressed for further par- ticulars. ‘Well, he talks so cleverly,” said the cook “Last night, for in- stance, he explained things to us for an hour apd a_ halt.” “Explained things—what things?” said the mis- tress, now really interested. ‘Well,” was the reply, “he was telling us how we are all descended from Mr. Dar- win.”"—Westminster Gazette. Warwhoops on the Scaffold. Not yet extinguished is the spirit of the Indian warrior’s death chant in tha northwest. Cnarcoal, ay Indian mur- derer of one of the mounted police at McLeod, Manitoba, was so infirm in the legs that he had to be carried to the scaffold, but he died full of defiance, giving three ringing warwhoops as he was taken up the stairs. Paieces On Wheels The Burlington’s new Minneapolis and St. Paul-Chicagoi and St. Louis train consists of: A buffet library car. 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