Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, July 6, 1901, Page 7

wal Tine aa, ZE [MOEDENIDEN The Best of It A Juvenile Sketch Independence Day The Crosspatch Man was sick again, and this time it must be pretty bad, for all the morning Meredith had been watching the servants spread straw before the house and mufile the big, shiny doorbell. “Poor man!” mamma said, pitingly. “He is sick so often!” “But he’s a Crosspatch Man!” mut- tered Meredith stiffly. Then he re- pented and looked as shamefaced as a very little boy with a very round, dim- pled face could look. “I‘m so sorry he’s ve-ry sick,” he said slowly. “I s’pose it hurts even Crosspatch Men.” Mamma did not notice. She was having her little noon “gossip” with papa, and they were still talking about their invalid neighbor. “It isn’t quite so bad as it seems, you know,” papa was saying. “He al- ways has the straw laid down and things muffled when he has one of his worse nervous attacks. It doesn’t mean all that it does in most cases. He is terribly afflicted by noise at al- most any time.’ “Noise! I should think so!” That was from Meredith, who pricked up his ears at the word. Didn’t he know how the Crosspatch Man felt "bout a noise? Didn’t he belong to the Rudd Street Second? Wasn’t he captain? And ob, my, the times he’d seen the Crosspatch Man a-scowling and a- fuming when they marched past his window! “But Fourth of July will be a terri- } ble day to him—poor man!” went on mamma's gentle voice. That made Meredith start a little. He had been thinking about Fourth o’ July, too. (Did he think of much of anything else nowadays?) He had been going over in his mind all the glorious pro- gram of the day. For the Rudd Street Second was going to celebrate in a worthy manner. They were going to even outdo themselves this year—and hadn’t they had the proud honor of being the noisest street in the city for two Fourth o’ Julys a-running? Let ‘em just wait till they heard this Fourth o’ July! It was three days off. That would give the Crosspatch Man time to have the straw taken up and the bell un- muffied, for his worst “times” never lasted more than two or three days. “Then he’ll have to cotton up his ears,” mused Meredith, philosophic- ally, watching the big foreign servant that wore a turban go back and forth past the Crosspatch Man’s window. The house Meredith lived in and the Crosspatch Man’s house were quite close together, so it was easy-to watch things. Unfortunately for an invalid with IN MEREDITH STOOD AMAZEMENT. the terrible affliction cailed “nerves,” Rudd Street was a regular nest of boys.They were boys everywhere on it. You ran against boys when you went east, and boys ran against you SHEER when you went west. Boys sprang up in the most unexpected places. The houses seemed to be running over with boys. And really, there was at least one boy—and on an average two or three—in every house on Meredith’s side, except in the Crosspatch Man’s house. Oh, dear me, no, there weren’t any boys there! On the other side of the street you had to skip the “middlest” house and Miss Qvilhot and Miss Eromathea’s— oh, yes, and the minister’s house, of which Miss Quilhot and Miss Eroma- thea were old maids, and the minister —oh, no, he wasn’t an old maid, but you couldn’t expect him to have boys in the house, for how could he ever write his sermons? So it was, as I said, an unfortunate street to hay> “nerves” on. And the Crosspatch Man kad so many! The three days between soon went away, and it was the night—ths very night—before it! There were only a few hours more, for, of course, you didnt’ have to wait till the sun rose on Fourth of July. Meredith had drilled the Rudd Street Second for the last time and dispersed his men. He was on his way home to supper. Going by the HE MADE A LITTLE SPEECH. Crosspatch Man’s_ house, he heard voices distinctly issuing from an open window. He couldn’t help hearing, it was so quiet in the street. Perhaps it was the “lull before the storm.” “The sahib cannot bear it,” a gentle soothing voice was saying, but Mere- dith recognized the indignation mixed with the pity in it. “The sahib will be again sick.” Then came Meredith’s astonishment, for the Crosspatch Man’s voice was answering, and it was quite calm and gentle; and it said: “Of course I shall be sick again, Hari!I’ve made all my plans to perish. But what can you expect? The little chaps must have their Fourth o’ July. I was a little chap myself—once. Shut the window,Hari. There’s a suspicion of a draught.” ; Meredith stood still in sheer amaze- ment, and watched the turban-man close the window. He was a little chap himself once, the Crosspatch Man was! And how kind his voice had sounded, too. It made him sorry for the crasspatch Man—sorrier than he had ever been before. “He's a-dreadin’ it like sixty. He’s ’spectin’ to perish,” Meredith said aloud. “It’s goin’ to make him sick, of course—that’s what he said to the turban-man. An’ he was a little chap once, an’ his voice was kind an’ tired out.” Then Meredith went home and perched himself up on the banister post in the hall, to think. That was where he always thought things—big things, you know. This was, oh my, such a big thing! “I’m cap’n,’ mused Meredith, knit- ting his little fair brows. “I can say, ‘Go, an’ thou ghost,” like the man in the Bible; but they'll be dreadful dis’pointed, the Rudd Street Seconds will be. Still—well, he sick an’ he had a kind spot in his voice, an’ he used to be a little chap, too, so of course he used to bang things an’ make noises. I don’t think he sound- ed much like a Crosspatch Man.” In a little while, after a little more tough thinking, Meredith slipped down and out of the door, up the street. He got together the Rudd Street Seconds and made a little speech, as a captain may, to his men. The next day the city and all Amer- ica edlebrated Fourth o’ July, and Rudd Street was famous again, but this time for being the very quietest street in all the city! There were just as many boys in it, too, as ever. The Crosspatch Man’s white, ner- vous face smoothed and calmed as the day wore on, and at last it actually smiled in a gentle way, as if he was thinking about something pleasant. And the captain of the Rudd Street Seconds and his brave men, drilling and popping and banging in a distant street, were happy, too.—Annie Ham- ilton Donnell. PENSIONS FO RPOOR, The Great Plan of Baron Gustaf Raab of Sweden, Insurance against poverty on a na- tional scale is the dream of Baron Gus- taf Raab, formerly an officer in the Swedish army. He has worked on his ideal for over thirty years, and expects to have the plan in operation within a very few years. It is an immense un- dertaking,, but Baron Raab is no idle dreamer, and has interested all Sweden in his system, which is indorsed by the king, many of the influential people of Sweden and the larger organizations of workingmen. The plan is for a system of pensions, to be paid out of a fund, to which the government will appropriate liberally, but the bulk of which will be raised by assessments on those likely to become public charges when they reach an ad- vanced age. The pensioners will be di- vided into three classes: First, desti- tute people over the age of sixty years; second, invalids between fifteen and sixty years; third, dependent orphan children under fifteen years. It is hoped that aged people may be paid an annual pension of 300 kroner, Only the perliminary work has been done. Only when Baron Raab retired from the army, five years ago, was he able to devote himself wholly to his cherished work. His first task was to gather statistics and to arouse a public interest in his movement. I n this he has been signally successful. Traveling over the country and visiting the poor authorities in cities and in the country districts, he has collected and tabulated a mass of valuable statistics. A popu- lar committee was appointed through a movement headed by the big societies of workingmen of Stockholm and Goth- borg, and participated in by hundreds of societies and civil organizations. The work has now advanced so far that the committee hopes, by next fall, to sub- mit a definite proposition to the govern- ment. It will be in such shape that the government can submit it to the riks- dag next year. As it is likely to have the undivided support of the people, no doubt is expressed regarding its adop- tion. The fund to be raised will be wholly under government control. Monthly as- sessments are to be exacted, and it will be the duty of employers to see that they are paid. If they are not, the em- ployers wil! ke allowed to withhold the amount from their wages. If employers neglect this duty the sum is to be ex- acted from them. It is estimated that the ‘pensions will amount to about 20,000,000 kroner a year, of which 3,000,000 will be appro- priated by the state. Baron Raab is of the opinion that an assessment of 50 to 75 ore (14 to 21 cents) per month will be sufficient to carry out the great under- taking. NEW STEAMSHIP LINE. The Swedes Want One for American Coal. The Swedes are not at all pleased with the English export duty on coal, reports Consul Robert Bergh of Goth- enburg. As Sweden yearly imports about 3,220,000 tons of coal at a value of about $17,152,000, the export duty will cause Sweden an extra expenditure of about $776,644 per year, of which the city of Gothenburg will have to con- tribute about $164,000. The press and public are turning their attention more and more to the United States as a coal-producing country, and if the Americans avail themselves of the pres- ent sentiment, a permanent market for American coal may be established there. But it is necessary in scme way to re- duce the high costs of transportation; a direct steamship line between Goth- enburg and the United States would be beneficial for the American export in geenral. American coal is well liked in Sweden, and the American hard ceal is considered superior to the English product, NO TRADE WITH GREENLAND. Unless Consent Is Gained From the Danish Government. The exports from Denmark to Green- land are principally food stuffs, fire- arms and ammunition, woolen goods, implements and tobacco, says Consular Agent Harris in his recent report. Greenland exports to Denmark the hides and skins of animals abounding in that region, such as the bear and the seal, and whale oil and eider down. About 30,000 seal skins are sent to Denmark each year. In 1900, Denmark received | 2,600 skins of the blue and white arctic | fox, which were assorted and sold in packages of ten each. The commerce of Green land is monopolized by the Dan- ish government. The Royal Danish- | Greenland company has nine ships, five prigs (each nearly 100 years old) three | parks and one steamer. Ships of other | nations not touch at the ports of, | nor travelers visit Greenland without the consent of Denmark. Women Ront an Officer. Capt. Berling, of the Swedish army, has been compelled to ask for his dis- missal on account of his treatment of his wife. The feminine auxiliary of the regiment, led by the wife of Col. Bjorn- | sterna, has forced this action. The in- | trigues against the young wife were in- spired by the family of Capt. Berling's first wife, from which he was divorced. The affair has caused a Sersation, and will cause a general scandal, which will be brought to the attention of the min- istry and the riksdag. Capt. Berling is wealthy, popular, and is ranked as one of the ablest men in the army. Northmen as Boer Prisoners. Johannes Madsen, a Danish zoologist, traveling in Asia, has written a very in- teresting account of his visit -to 400 Boer prisoners at Ragama, Ceylon, About 350 were foreigners, including Frenchmen, Germans, Hollanders and six Scandinavians. Three of the latter are Swedes, two Norwegians and one a Dane. They are closely watched and are very comfortable; but their hatred of the English has not cooled in the least, and their only hope is to escape | realize considerable. to fight then. ONE GF HAGUE’S FOUNDERS. Rey. Ingvald Eistensen Called to His Reward, Rev, Ingvald Eisteinsen, one of the founders of the Hague Theological sem~ inary at Red Wing, and a well known Lutheran pastor, died at his home in St. Paul from Bright’s disease. He is survived by a wife and two daughters, Mrs, E. W. Schmidt of Red Wing, and Miss Serine Eisteinsen. Mr. Histeinsen studied theology in Norway. About twenty-three years ago he came to America and began pastoral work in Iowa. In 1883 he was chosen pastor of St. Paul’s Lutheran church in Minneapolis, and served there ten years. The succeeding three years was spent as pastor of the Trinity Norwegian Lu- theran church in Chicago, and later he did missionary work in several states. He founded the theological seminary at Red Wing, and was for two years its president. Icelandic-Americans. One-half of the 20,000 Icelanders in America are located in Manitoba. In one of the election districts they are in a majority, and have already sent one of their number to the provincial parll- ament. This representative is B. L. Baldvinson, editor of the Icelandic newspaper in Winnipeg. He is wealthy and influential. Thomas H. Johnson, a lawyer of Winnipeg, is also a native of the bleak island in the Arctic ocean, King Oscar as a Journalist. King Oscar of Sweden and Norway is an honorary member of the Stockholm Press club, and during the festival called the “press week” will take an active part in the proceedings. ‘Throughout ‘the festival, a daily illus- trated paper will be published. King Osear will be a contributor, and Prince Eugene, the fourth son of the royal family, who is also an excellent artist, will be represented’by several sketches. “Laboremus” in Russian. A translation of Bjornson’s latest work, “Laboremus,” is published in a recent edition of Novoje Vremjt, the leading Russian newspaper. From Far and Near. Over 200 women are employed on the Swedish state railroa.s as station agents or assistants. * A bust of Victor Rydberg, the poet, was recently unveiled in Stockholm, It is placed near Djursholm’s palace. Gunnar Hazelius succeeds his father, the late Dr. Hazelius, as the head of Skansen, the famous out-door museum, in Stockholm. The Scandinavian scientific congress will meet in Helsingfors, Finland, in 18992. The congress will work in eleven sections. It is proposed to connect the Swedish and Norwegian railroad systems via Elverum, Norway, and Orsa, Sweden. A concession for the Swedish section has already been requested. A Norwegian society, Haldens Min- der, has erected an iron tablet on the spot where Charles XII. fell when lead- ing the Swedish troops in storming fredrikshald. A popular Danish actress, Charlotte Wiehe-Bereny, who had great success in Paris, has secured an éngagement in Amefica for next season. Her contract calls for $100,000. The Women’s Suffrage Society of Nor- way has sent a request to the leaders of the various parties to nominate a num- ber of women for the municipal elec- tions next fall. There is a demand for more room at the’ library of Christiania university, Originally built for 250,000 volumes, it now contains 200,000, in very cramped quarters. Librarian Droisum has pre- pared plans for additional room. The Norwegian storthing adjourned without taking any action on the prop- osition for a separate consular and di- plomatic service for Norway. The cus- tomary appropriation for the joint ser- vice was voted without debate and without a dissenting vote. Telemarken would like to become a resort for tourists, and has sent agents to Denmark to work up an interest. Tolemarken has not such grand scenery as some places, but what it has is pio- turesque and varied. ° Plans for the new library building, which Halle Steensland of Madison, Wis., will present to St. Olaf college, have been prepared. They show a hand- some structure of brick, two stories in hight. Mr. Steensland announces that the building will be erected next sum- mer. A bottle thrown overboard by the Swedish polar expedition of 1898, under the command of Capt. Ernst Andree, was picked up on the beach of Kolter island, one of the Foeroes, on May 16. ‘The bottle was thrown over in order to determine the direction and velocity of the ocean currents. A card enclosed re- quested the finder to send it to Gothen- burg. Editor Misson, of Morgenposten, of Christiania, left 500,000 kroner, in first- clas securities, and there is 500,000 kro- ner in outstanding accounts, which will His heirs are five in number, nephews and nieces, with | several cousins and other relatives. He had begun a will, but it was in no wise complete. ————__—_— His Opinion. Jacob Hollyhock (reading newspaper) —I see the new king of England has given an order for,a bath and a garter to Kaiser William. ’Pears like to me, after he had him washed, he might have tricked him out with more clothes than that. peesesenaane keene A Burglar, Too. “Tt’s funny Jim Crack can’t break into society.” “why?” “Well, isn't he a reformed burglar?” Of Course. “TIullo, old boy; haven't seen you for What are you doing now?” an age! “lm back at the old stamping ground.” “Eh! Where’s that?” “Postoffice.”—ClevelandPlain Dealer, eee ati NEE Rlabber—I see the Pennsylvania leg- islators are talking about taxing bach- elors to support homes for spinsters. Phil Ossifer—They’re going at it wrong. The proper way to reduce the number of marriageable women in the state is to revoke the laws against polygamy.—Ohio State Journal. Like an Englishman. The Englisman had been listening to several newspaper men who were ridi- culing some alleged bits of humor in a John Bull publication, and at length blurted out, angrily: “You Americans have beastly man- ners. You are always making fun of our jokes. I’m sure I don’t see any- thing in them to laugh at.”—Judge. Are You Using AMlen’s Foot-Ease? It is the only cure for Swollen, Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet, Corns’ and, bunions. Ask for Allen’s Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad- dress Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. ¥. Started Her Song. Mrs. Brown (at Mrs. Smith’s tea par- ty)—Oh, dear; that dreadful Miss Smith is singing again. I wonder what start- ed her? Tommy Brown (age seven)—I dropped a penny down her back when she wasn’t looking.—Exchange. Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used for all affections of the throat and lungs.—Wm. O. 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