Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 1, 1902, Page 4

Preratae'Review Published Every Saturday. By E-C°KILEY & SON. ‘AR ADVANCE VO DOLLARS A Y. qntered in the Postoffice at Grand Rapids Minnexota, as Second-Class Matter Oficial Paper*of Tasca’ County, .Village of Grand Rapids ands Deer#Rwer auds Town af Grand: Rapids. REASONS FOR REFUSING. fous Women Who Preferred Ne Levers to Those They Had Accepted, A young woman of Birmingham, England, became betrothed last sum- mer to a young solicitor, preliminaries were arranged and the fond couple only awaited the arrival home of the bridegroom's father from a lengthy sojourn in America to be made one. In due course he came, but when the bride beheld one who, while he would have easily qualified for “fat man” at a fair, asserted that in his son he once again beheld himself in youth, she refused to fulfill her promise, and now seeks a lover to whom the future does not threaten such ample propor- tions. Some years since a lady was en- gaged to a gentleman who bore the name and was a relation of o certain gallant soldier, who, a month previous to the date appointed for the cere- mony, while on service abroad had the misfortune to meet with a severe reverse. No sooner did the news come to hand than the lady, a member of whose family had been wounded in the disastrous action, declined, unless he should promise to change his name, to become his wife. To this caprice the gentleman refused to sub- mit, so the match fell through. HIS FIRST FIRE ASSIGNMENT. The Cacuse Given by a New Reporter for Neglecting His Duty. “Say, hustle down to the stockyards right away,” said the city editor to the new reporter, says the Chicago Chronicle. “There’s a fire down there, It may turn into something big, but even if it doesn't we want a good lite tle story on it anyhow.” The new reporter shot out of the door, with perspiration starting at every pore. The fire did not turn out to be a great conflagration, so no more reporters were sent down to the yards tv take care of it. The city editor depended upon his new man for the story. But for some unaccount- able reason the reporter failed to re- turn to the office and the paper had to go to press without the account of the fire. The next day about noon the new man strolled leisurely into the office entirely unprepared for the thunder storm that broke over his head as soon as the city editor caught sight of him. ay, what the dickens is the mat- ter with you anyhow?” sald the edit- or. “Why didn't you write up that fire that I told you to?” “Why,” gasped the youth, “there wasn't any use to write it up, every body was there and saw it.” KNEW ALL ABOUT GUNS. oPpiet” Joubert Astonished All Hear- ers, Including Krupp the Fam Himself. An American woman tells of a visit she and some friends paid to the Krupp gun works at Essen, Germany, years ago, and of encountering Peter Joubert before he thought of going to South Africa. The woman was the guest of the American ambassador and his wife, and at the works they were met by Krupp himself. In mak- ing their tour of the arsenal they were joined by a man who followed through each department, and in a few moments responded to a casuai question about guns from one of the party Once having spoken he jaunehed forth into such detailed de- scriptions of their manufacture that FErupp. who had hitherto been talk- ing, kept still and simply followed as one of the anditors. The man accom. panied the party, explaining as he went, until the tour had been made, Then he bowed and retired. “Who is that man who knows ew much about guns?” demanded one of the party. * “Oh, that's a Dutchman named Pete Joubert,” reglied one of the eff- aol The Five-Ciawed Dragon. In China the five-clawed dragon is the emblem of royalty. Usually it ig pictured ag arising from the sea and clutching at the sun, thus expressing the idea of universal dominion. The Emperor's person is called the -ara- gon’s body, his throne the dragon's throne. To gee the Emperor, a privi- lege allowed to but few, is to see the dragon's face. The Emperor's crest is @ dragon; a dragon appears on the €hinese flag. The dragon is called “Jang” in China, and symbolizes all that is imposing and powerful. The mass of the pecp'e believe in the dra, gon as an actual existence, and waste much time and money in attempting * ¢o propitiate the monster. The dragon has been described by Chinese writere 2s a most fearsome looking monster, and they give it all sorts of extraorat. pary attributes. PROCEEDINGS | OF BOARD Zor County Commissioners —OF— ITASCA COUNTY. Auditor's Office, Itasea County Minn January 7th, 1902. Pursuant tothe law the Board of county. Commissioners met at the Auditor's office this 7th day of January, 1902, Koll call full Board present. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Upon motion duly made and carried Com- missioner Brooks was elected chairman for the ensueing year. A communication was read from Geo. King in which he agreed to accept $10. per acre for the lan’ used for road -purposes accross his land, the land to be used for such purposes being about four acresand for the sum of $40, he agreed to give a warrant deed for the land so used. Commissioner’Moore moved that upon delivery of a properly executed deed by George King to the Board of county commis- | ioners for the amount of land used by the | road crossing through his lands, that the sum Of $30. be paid toGeo, King The mot- ion was duly seconded and upon roll call was unanimously adopted. J.J. McDonald & Co, made application for a licence to be granted to them to sell intox- icating liquors for a period of one year at ' their place of business located on lot 11 see- tion 7 town 53 range 22. The application be- ing accompanied by a cheek for $500. on mo- tion duly made and carried the application was receivd and notice of hearing ordered published. Acommunication was read from Duncan T..McPhee culling the attention of the com- missioners to the fact that an error had been made in the date of his liquor licence, same | being dated May Ist and that he did not open | for business untii tie ‘4th day of May. The | communication was received and ordered filed. At this time the Board proceeded to the election of the County Board of hewlth. It | was decided that the Board of Health should consist of six members to be comprised of five members of the Board of county commission- ers und one physician. On motion duly made and carried Dr. Geo, C. Gilbert was elected asa member of said Board, The members of | the county Board were then duly elected as menibers of said County Board of Health. Commissioner Lang moved that the salary | ofthe physician on the County Board of | Health be fixed in the sum of $0, per month The motion was duly seconded and upon roll call was unanimously adopted. Applications were presented from Drs, ‘Thomas Russell, Charles M. Storch and Geo. U, Gilbert applying for the appointment of County Physicians for the ensuine year. Commissioner Hennessy moved that Dr. Thomas Russell be appointed as county Phy- sician, The motion was duly seconded and upon roll call was unanimously adopted. The matter of saluries for the ensuing year was taken under consideration. It was moved and seconded that the salary of the CountyPhysician be fixed in the sum ot $0. per month. On roll call the motion was unanimously adopted. It was moved and seconéed that the salary of the Supertendent of Schools be fized in the sum of $500, per year. On roll call the motion was unaminously adopted. It was moved and seconded that the salary of the Judge of Probate be fixed in the sum of $300. per year. On roll «ull the motion was unanimously adopted. It was moved and seconded that Geo. Hewis be retained as janitor of the court house and jail and that his salary be fixed in the sum of $60. per month. Messrs Buck and Gilleame before the Board and requested that the Board proceed to open the ro d recently laid out by them, known as the Hill Lake road, and requested that the opening of susd road be commenced as soon as possible. On motion duly made and carried the county Surveyor was instructed to prepare a contract und specifications for the cutting out and opening up of said road, There being but one bid receiqed for the cutting out of said Hill Lake road’ the contr- act was awarded to J, E, Gill & Co. and #1 per rod for all portons cut out 2 rods wide and $1.50 per rod for all portions that needed to be corduroyed and cut out 4 rods wide. At this time anadjournment was taken to Wedresday Jan. 8th at 9 a. m. January 8th, 1%2 Pursuant to adjournment the Board met at at 9a.m. Roll call full Board present. Frank Larson came before the Bourd and presented an apvlication for the licence to construct and maintain a sinice dam across Rice river, on the N43 of Sw and the Swh of Sw section 27, Se4 of Sea, section 28, township 61 range 26. After a careful consideration of the application the Bourd were of the opinion that a sluice dum was unnecessary at that point on Rice river und on motion duly made and carried the application was rejected. Commissioner Lang offered the following resolutiom und moved its adoption, Wuereas. In the cause of the State vs. Wil- liam Randolph the said Randolph gave bonds for his appearence at the June term of the District court 1901, and he baving failed'to appear at the said term and the said county having been put toan expense of 20. same being paid to the sheriff of said county for his service of a bench warrant on the said Ran- dolph for bis appearance in the said court, and the county Attorney having been instr- ucted by thie Board to proceed ag-inst the bondsmen of the said Randolph for the recovery of the expense incurred in causing his appearence in court and the said county Attorney refused or neglected to act. in said matter, Now there- fore be it hereby resolved, that the couuty Auditor be. and is hereby instructed to de- duct from the salary of the county Attorney the said sum. The resolution was duly sec- onded and upon roll cull was unanimously udopted. Upon motion duly made and carried Thomas McHugh was retained as sadertend- ant of the county hospital at a salary of $65 per month and 88 per week for. bourd of in- mates. J Applications were presented from James As Quigg and James Murchie for the position of county Assessor. 1t was duly moved and seconded that James Murchie be appointed as connty assessor for the year 1902, Upon roll call the motion was unanimously adopt- ed, a Continued pp page eight. | the country advising them to bet on his | horse. ‘A WINNING RUN. A number of racing men were seated in the smoker returning from the track. “Big Tom,” a well-known character, was there with a party of friends, and he made the remark that he always did have luck with ' bim when pushed to the wall. = “The luckiest strike I ever made, though,” he continued, “was in the fall of ’93 when! we were about to shut down at Gloucester. Me and my partner had a string of ten horses that were no earthly good. “We hadn’t had any luck from the day, King Solomon won at 100 to 1. That day, I remember it well, my partner had a two-dollar note om King Solomon. It was March 31, 1893. We had both gone broke and had but 50 cents left when we won out on the King. “The 200 bones soon went and then we had to hustle to keep warm. It seemed that the only thing left for us to do was to fly the town. “We decided to enter one of our horses for a bluff, just to borrow enough money to get out of town. We looked them over and decided that one of them, old Come- to-Taw—he had been a good race horse in hig prime—ought to be good enough to make a fair appearance in‘the paddock. “We had a little old man with us, a stable boy we called him, and as we could get no jockey to ride Come-to-Taw we decided to let the old man ride the horse, or at least get on his back unti! we borrowed enough to get away from Gloucester. “There was an old-time gambler down there at Gloucester who was touting for a guy from Philadelphia. “For the ‘purpose of borrowing some money on the strength of the information I was furnishing I did nothing but talk well of Come-to-Taw’s chances, and we got the Philadelphia guy wild about him. “The day of the race when we learned that the man from Philadelphia meant to bet a few thousand dollars on the horse we got scared. Then we went around to the owner of the favorite to see if he could be bought off. “The owner of the favorite told me that he could not change his plans, as he had alréady telegraphed to his friends all arouné This information just made me and my partner sick. “I went out to a hackman and made ar. rangements to have him drive me away, for I did not want to take the chance df crossing the ferry after the race, because I knew that the gambler and his Philadei- phia friend and all of my creditors would be laying for me after the race. “Well, when old Come-to-Taw appeared on the track he looked fine. We had him full of life, but we never thought he would be in the money. He opened at 20 to land then the bookmakers dropped his price and offered but 6 to 1 on him. “The guy who had agreed to bet on him was dancing around the betting ring plung- ing on Come-to-Taw for further orders. Finally the price went up to 40 to 1 and the guy came to me and asked what it meant. “I told him to keep a-betting and pay no attention to how his price went. So when Come-to-Taw went up a peg in the betting the guy kept a-plunging. He kept plunging until the horse went to the post. “Then I skipped to the end of the track where the cabman was waiting for me and I climbed up on the picket fence and sat there. “The ground was covered with snow, for it was in November. The horses got a good start and the starter, who was my friend, did not give Come-to-Taw the worst of it. I saw the old horse plowing along and noticed the little old man from the stable clinging to his back with his right hand raised in the air. “In the stretch I saw old Come-to-Taw second. I almost had heart disease. knew that if he could hold out long enough he certainly would come in for third money, and I knew that the guy from Philadelphia had bet heavily on him across the board. “T ran toward the judges’ stand. The crowd was shouting and yelling like In- dians. The guy fror; Philadelphia rushed up aud yelled excitedly: ‘We've got ’em. Come-to-Taw wins!’ 4 “I saw the sign up with Come-to-Ta first on it and my, blood ped circulat- ing. I got cold. I stood ectly dazed. A cloud arose before my eyes. Then I got a dizzy feeling and almost fell to the ground. 4. “People crowded around and talked\and shouted. I heard their voices, and although I had my eyes open I could not see them. My partner finally came strolling along with a big cigar in his mouth. He was per- fectly cool. “When I recovered from the shock of hearing that Come-to-Taw won the race I glanced at my partner and tried to say something. He grasped my hand and said: ‘Well, Tom, there isn’t a horse in the eountry that can.beat that one, and I told you that last night.’ “ ‘Well, we knew that well enough to get the money on him,’ added the man who had bet on Come-to-Taw. “Then a crowd of my friends, owners, | bookies and stablemen, proceeded to abuse ; me for not letting them into the secret : that Come-to-Taw had a cinch on the race. The guy then handed over two hendfuls of tickets as a present to me, and I went! eround to the various bookies and cashed them, | “I saw my partner with his hands filled with tickets and he told me that our Phila- delphia friend had staked him, too. Well, when I got through cashing in I counted up $4,220 and all of it mine. { “T staked the old man who had ridden the horse, and he immediately got drunk and went around declaring that he was- the greatest jockey in the world. They did some funny things in those days at Glou- cester, but none of them seemed half so funny to me as the winning of that race j by old Come-to-Taw. t “How did he win? Well, that’s what I’ve" been tryirg to figure out ever since.”—N. Y. Sun. The Cat Was Killed. When an accident of any kind oceurs.and } a cat happens to be around it is ene oe | belief that the feline escapes unhurt. Not, 20 with this Richmond (Va.) puss. Three boys chased the cat up a tree, from which — lofty perch she jumped on the back of a° horse, attached to a buggy with three odcu- ' pants, and stuck her claws in his skin. The; faster a Pini ae pod en, eat! drove her claws, un mi lopin; animal collided with a railroad trestle. The : man, his wife and child were picked up ovt | of the splinters of the vehicle unconscious, but not seriously hurt. The horse was un-| scathed and the cat alone was killed. Stndying Botany with a Gan. na being at alli fain ‘Norfaike hi pe it e ask portiinien of a aat eek eae en over his “What for?” he wanted : to know. “Oh, izing,” Meat to do a little was the rep! ere was a pause while the landowner scratched his head. a BY ROBERT B. GRANT. “Click! Click!” went the hammer on the drill, through the stillness of the afternoon. ringing musically over the lonely sun browned hills. In the little gopher-hole ot a tunnel, up in the dark end, Ah Sing bent to his work, his brown leather face, with the black pig-tail coiled above it, as motion- less.as the rock he was boring. Only the eyes showed life, gleaming like the earth- demon’s he resembled. Near the mouth of the tunnel lay a shovel and pick, and sev- eral cans. In one of these was powder and in another a coil of fuse. Ah Sing was stripped almost naked, for it was a warm summer's day, and the white man’s work was warm work. Ab Sing knew e white man’s trade almost as well as the it of them. He was tired of cooking and had gone prospecting on his own account. Figuring that an old hole was just as good as a new one, and a near prospect as good as one distant, he had plumped himself down on an old claim that had been Sawhorse Jule’z, and was hammering away with the industry of his race. A few rods down the sloping hill stood the little shack which was his new home. “Click! click!”. The hole was nearly deep enough. A few more strokes, an ex- amination, and then the drill was with- drawn, and the hole cleaned out. Without wasting time in stretching and heaving sighs of relief, Ah proceeded to put in the charge and attach the fuse. Soon he had all plugged up securely and the slow end of the fuse burning, and then he withdrew to the outer air to await results. Somewhere in that hill, maybe, there was gold, glittering yellow gold, which would furnish wings to far-off China, and luxury there for life. Perhaps it was destined for bim, had been kept from the greedy eyes of the white pig for that purpose. Ah Sing watched and waited—waited until his little strong friend, the powder, should do its work for him. A minute passed, and then camea muffled explosion, shaking the arth under Ah Sing’s feet. He waited and the smoke came curling slowly out. 7 Several minutes later Ah Sing knelt in the back end of the tunnel, among the shat- tered fragments ot rock. The air was heavy with the smell of powder, and still clouded with smoke. But Ah Sing minded not these. He was gazing through the smoke, hia whole soul gleaming out thrqugh his bulg- ing eyes, and a trembling fascination upon bim that held him motionless. Before him, in the shattered rock, lay the yellow gold, torn from its hiding place, where it had rested for ages unseen by the many who had tramped above and around it; by old Jule, who had dug and swore and left the place in disgust—now to be found by him, son of the sacred realm. There were hundreds—thousands of dollars— wealth untold, in that wall of rock ahead of him. No wonder Ah Sing was dazed. He put forth his hand tremblingly, scarcely daring to breathe, as some one who fears to make a sound. The very walls seemed to have eyes and ears, and the stillness seeined peopled with restless spirits in hiding. Lifting a lump of the gold-laden quartz, Ah Sing looked fearfully around. _ There are eyes which can glow with the evil of the fiend, and there are momenta when humans forget that they are humans. In the mouth of the tunnel was the eye-and the moment was at hand. Never was the lust for gold more fully personified than ia the face of the man.who stood looking into the tunnel at the gold in front of Ah Sing. He was a tall, grizzled prospector, with a pack on his back, one of the straggling fail- ures of the mountains. Mixed with the greed gleaming in his eye was a ghoulish gleam of triumph. At last he bad made his find. Even as the eyes of the two met, they 1) seemed to understand each other, and Ah Sing instinctively clutched the drill that lay beside him. The move opened the con- flict. Setting down his pack, the miner drew a revolver and a knife, and advanced slowly upon his prey. His prey was easy: the Chinaman was only of medium height and slender. He would kill him with the knife if he could, and no noise would be made. If he could not, he had the revolver. Several seconds of stealthy approach, and the shaking Chinaman waited, a fly at the mercy of the spider, his eyes dilating and his lips apart in terror. The spider crept up; there was a pausé and the uplifted drill shook in the Chinaman’s unnerved hands. Then came the lunge, swift and sudden, and the Chinamar’s counter stroke. As the drill shot out in the latter's hands, a brawny arm knocked it aside, and another brawny arm buried the knife deep in the Chinaman’s breast. A shriek echoed through and out of the little tunnel—a shriek wild and terrible, seeming as the sou! departing from the quivering form that lay stretched on the ground. But vengenace was at hand. Even as the shriek ended came the report of t.e revolver, exploded by the hammer eatching on a rock, and the assassin fell forward on the hody of his victim, dead. The bullet had passed througa his heart. The Chinaman still struggled, «pulling at the knife, and partly wrenched it out. The blood spurted forth and in a few minutes death came, stilling the shaking form and glazing the eyes. Out beyond the mouth of the tunnel the sun sank slowly to rest, throwing long shad- ows and bars of light over hills and valleys. The birds flitted hither and thither, twit- tering and scolding a3 they hunted places for the night. Down by the brook the lit- tle log house waited lonely and still. Then came the moon, casting its pale light inte the hole ine the hill, over the boot of the stilled form nearest the mouth, and then going on its way. = The sun came again, and poured its heat into the hole; again the moon peered with wide-eyed wondering at the boot, and passed on. As the sun rose on the third day a dog and & man came walking down the hill above the hole. The man was old and carried a pick. The dog nosed the ground. At the hole the dog stopped and looked within. Then he growled, sniffing the air. The man stopped. “What is it, Jack?” he said. The dog looked at him, then looked into the hole and growled again, taking a step farther in. The man came and looked. “Jack,” said the man, as he came out of the hole a few minutes later, “I think this place is tolet. 1 think we'll move in.” Jack said nothing, but sniffed solemnly at the egain. Then the man “took precau- tions,” and marched down to the little town. He went to the recording office first; then, | in the leisure hours following, the coroner was notified that there were a couple of “corps” up on the old Sawhorse claim, and they ought to be moved. Men beard it with open mouths, and poured questions upon the old man, But he knew nothing and cared Jess; he was deep in business. So the crowds came to the tunnel te sec. And they | 8aw, and they said this and they said thai, ‘out only the birds knew, and they had gow siped and forgotten. And the ola may eat ‘by the gold—Qverland Monthly, . i ORSE & CO. ST. PAUL, MINN. ~ ; FROST, MFG. co.'S AUTOMATIC AND THROTTLING STEAM ENGINES. FAIRBANKS-MORSE GASOLINE AIR COMPRESSORS. ' STEAM PUMPS *° BOILERS. FAIRBANKS AND CHIEF INJECTORS. . VALVES, BELTING, PACKING, ETC. 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