Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, November 8, 1902, Page 5

Canned hieats of all’kinds at Kre-| When you want pure tea and i Ki , the coffee go to Hughes & Co & wyatt gee A SAD GAS TALE. “You'd think it an easy proposition to get the gas turned on, wouldn’t you?” asked young Flat Hunter, setting down his glass and putting his foot on the rail under the bar, says the New York Sun reporter. He bad» been telling the erowd about the gem apartment he had struck. It was really a $1,200 flat with a trimming to match, but he had got it for $600 and two monthe’ rent free. “When we moved,” he continued, “the gas was the last thing in the world I thought we would have trouble with. You see, my deposit was up. I left a five-dollar note with the company two years ago, and I always paid the bill when the collector called. Therefore, the mere transfer of the account from one house to another did not strike me as a herculean task. In gas man came to the old house in the morn- ing and shut off the meter. “Toward five o'clock that afternoon, when we had got most of our things to rights in the new flat, I suggested to my wife that a right place. hen t help the girland they*soon got things in ‘we discovered that the,gas wasn’t turned and we didn’t even have a kerosene lamp. the drug store on the corner and said a gas office. He didn’t seem to mind them mueh, ‘but toldme to hold the wire while on the gas but there was no one at home. I knew he was fibbing, and told him 80, but he evaded the direct issue and éaid the matté would be attended to promptly in the morning. He dlso promised to put in a new gas stove. “The next morning before we were out of bed two men-came with the stove. When they found that there was no gas they went away, leaving the stove behind. In the aft ernoon they came back and set it. Then one of them went into the cellar and turned on the gas while his pal tried the stove. “‘Oh, I am so glad we have got gas at last,’ said my wife. “The man grinned from ear to ear. ‘Sorry 1 have to turn it off again, mum,’ ke Why, what d’ye mean?’ I cried. “ ‘No authority to turn on the gas,’ he said, grinning harder than ever. ‘Me and my pardner work in the stove depart- ment.’ “So they went away, leaving us a fine new stove with no fuel to feed it. I made another trip to the drug store telephone and uttered some more passionate words into the gas office man’s.ear. Again I held the wire while he looked the matter up. This time he told me the meter man was on the While I was gone an- visited the flat. He was the burner man, he said, and come to look over ‘he fixtures. After he put on some new tips, he, too, went into the cellar and caused the gas to flow. “But our hopes were dashed again. After he tried the burners he.shut the meter off repeating the chestnut about ‘no authority.’ Things were beginning to look desperate. Here we'd been for the best part of two days living on delicatessen and finding our way about. the model flat at night by eandle light. The girl could neither cook nor wash and if we wanted to heat anything we had to use an alcohol lanip. * “I bustled down to the gas office, which was two miles away, to have a heart-to- heart talk with the mar who had so grossly deceived me. I started in at the cashier's window and was passed along the whole row until I reached the place where the telephone calls were received. The two youths in charge were conversing earnestly about the relative merits of the Giants and the Brooklyn ball teams, and I could see from their manner that they regarded my presence as an intrusion. ‘Go round to the first window,’ said one, after I had stated my case. “Following his direction, I found a sad- eyed man behind a low railing facing an angry crowd of men and women. Most of them were kicking about the size of their bills. Others had complaints of a similar nature to mine. The sad-eyed man listened patiently to what they had to say and occa- sionally called down the speaking tube to the basement workshop about their com- plaints. “By the time it was my turn I had begun to feel sorry for the sad-eyed one, and in- stead of calling down the wrath of Heaven is head, told him mildly that we couldn’t it any longer to have the gas turned on. Again he talked down the speaking tube, and after awhile received a reply. “ ‘They're on the way to your house now,” he said. “I returned home with hope in my heart. In the kitchen I found the gas stove ablaze and a man stooping over it. “Come to fix a leak,’ he said, cheer- fully. ‘I guess she’s all right now.’ Then he went into the cellar and shut off the meter once more, “My jaws moved, but I couldn’t speak. My wife sank despairingly into the rocking- chair and the baby began to cry in sym- pathy with her obvious woe. But there was no help for it. It was apparent that we were doomed to more eold meals and at least another night of candle light.’ 1 appealed to the janitor, but that functionary had no remedy to suggest. Then I formed a resolve born of desperation. “I would seize the next gas man. that came to the flat and hold him captive until he con- sented to open the meter. But no more gas men came that day. “The next afternoon the meter man came. But he would not turn on the gas until I had signed a printed application for the meter. Turning it over I saw on the back a long list of questions concerning my ability to pay, how much I was good for and was I prompt in settling up. I am pleased to say they were all filled out in a manner favorable to my good name. Perhaps that was the reason that I gave the meter man a cigar and promptly forgot all about the inconvenience the eompany put me to.” : Story of Lord Kelvi Nothing gives a man of learning a ruder shock than to have doubts cast on his abil- ity to maintain a position of authority on the subject to which he has given a lifetime of study. This was strikingly: illustrated in the life of Lord Kelvin, the eminent sei- entist. Orie day, when lecturing on elec tricity, he told his class that while a volt age of 3,000 or so would be fatal toa man, a voltage of, say, 300,000 would be harmless, He was going to give a practical illustration on himself at_once with a current of far more than ordinary voltage, but the star dents cried out: “Try it on an animal! Lord Kevlin turned in dignity and east™ look of reproach at his class. That his = pupils should doubt him! “Didn't 1 jad it out myself?” he said, quietly, as he liked to the apparatus and safely turned the tremendous voltage into himsell. fact it slipped my mind entirely after the | bite of something hot would hit me in the | She flew‘to the kitchen to | shape*to cook the steak and potatoes. Then | ‘on. There. was no coal range in the place | “I went right down to the telephone in | few passionate words to the man in the ; he looked the:matter up. When he came | baek he said the man had called to turn | CALLS IT A MIRACLE. New York Preacher Who Had Lost His Sight Cured, He Claims, by Divine Intervention. Religious cireles in New York city are interested in the announcement by Rev. Dr. Charles M. Herald, pastor of the Bethesda Congregational i church, Brooklyn, who was recently ‘attacked by blindness while in the pulpit, that he had recovered. Dr. Herald appeared at the council of Congregational ministers at the Im- manuel Congregational church, called to sanction the resignation of Rev. Dr. E. P. Ingersol, who has accepted the position of secretary of the Amer- ican Bible society. In speaking of his recovery Dr. Herald declared that God had re stored his sight. He said: “When the surgeon. performed the operation he said there was no hope of my eres recovering my sight. I then fought the battle, the most stubborn and most trying battle I have ever known in my 12 years’ ex- perience as a preacher of the Gospel. | The enemy of my soul then appeared and jeered at'me, saying: ‘Now do you believe that the grace’of God is all-surviving, as you have preached to your congregation for 12 years? | Now will He help you?’ God heard my prayer and did what man could not do. He restored my sight.” “PAUL SPRAGUE” | J. M. Eastwood's Black Stallion Brought .to Itasca County. Horsemen of this county are much Pteased with the advent. of. ‘Paul Sprague” to the farm of J. M. East- wood on Trout lake. This magnifi- cent animal will get a number of colts next season in this vicinity. a beautiful jet black, 6 years old, 154 hands high, weighing 1,075 pounds. In style and form he is much like bis site and grand dam: long neck, high head, eyes large and bright, short back, long body, deep shoulders, has hair as fine as silk, and his appearance is exceedingly grace- ful. Pedigree: -Paul Sprague was sired py.Beaver Dam Boy, who is registered in. Wallace’s American Trotting Register No. 10,364; he sired by Badger Rprague, No. 1,097; dam Lucy K., by Swigert No. 650. Badger Sprague by Gov. Sprague No. 444, who also sired Kate Sprague, (2:18, with thirty others in the 2:30 class) placing him at the head of speed pro- ducing stallions of: his age. Dam Beaver Dam Boy, Badger Girl (2:224)+ byBlack Flying Cloud N.o 378; Gov Sprague by Rhode Island No. 267, No. 15, who stands ut the head of speed producing stallions of any age; having 40 performers in the 2:30 class. Dam of Paul Sprague. Jennie Lind sired by St. E.J, Farrel Miller ‘yndall Chester L. Pratt ‘ A. B, Clair I. D, Rassmussen 1. S$. Huson mes Murchie homas Kussell irs, Hattie F. Booth ERS. Surveyor. Coroner Supt. of § District ..A. D. Brooks Distri Frank S. Lang Distri W. G. Moore Distri H. Hennessy District } John Fraser Egpeident Trustees . Recorder. Trea: Attot Street © Marshal D*® CHAS. M. STORCH, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office and Residence, Cor..Kindred and 3rd GRAND RAPIDS. DE >. Costanzo, DENTIST. ' — Office in Marr Building.— GRAND RAPIDS, MINNESOTA. “GEORGE THAYER CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER. Stone Walls, Cisterns and Chimneys Built. Practical Plasterer, Grand Rapids, Minn. Call at Residence on Sleeper avenue, Opposite J. J. Decker. \ _ For everything in the line of bread cakes, cookies, etc., go to the Grand Rapids Bekery, opposite post office. | ihe ee ee California-fruits—Plumbs, peaches apricots, cherries, new apples at Metz ‘gers market. When you want real maple syrup go to Hughes & Co, Dam; Bell Brandon by Hamiltonian | J.S. GOLE Dealer in REAL ESIATE Insurance written with some of the largest companies ia the world. Hill City Lands a Specialty. Agent for desirable city property in Grand Rapids. FARMING GRAZING PINE AND MINERAL Lands Bought and Sold. Office on Fourth street cant of Michigan Grand Rapids, Minnesota. AE ee a ae a ae ee ee ae ae eae ae G. C. 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And 815-816 Torry Building Duluth, Minn SHSSOSHSSHSTSHSESSSRSSOR SEED | i Father Marquette “1866 PURE RYE - WHISKY A Masterpiece of Distillation It is absolutely free from fore- ign ingredients. Its boquet the amber color from the oak in which it is kept. J Real age has accomplished - and taken the place of expert blending, and the addition. of flavoring oils, prune juice, sacch- rine, glycerine, etc., which is often used to make new whisky palatable. ‘Father Marquette is a natural, pure, perfect, article ripened only by real age... It is recommended to those seeking a f} high-grade pure article, John Hepfel Sole Agent ‘f] GRAND RAPIDS MINN. TAYLOR... THE PAINTER Fancy Inside Finish Paper Hanging Calsominng, Etc.. Seo him at Hotel, Gladstone, or a postal card will bring hine to yeu |. RHODES, PAINTER AND FP aper hanger All work guaranteed. Leave Orders at Steven’s Hotel. Grand Rapids, Minnesota. W. E. NEAL, Pine and Farming Lands. The finest List of Agricultural and Grazing Lands in the County. The Most Excellent Sites for Manu lacturing Enterprises. Prospective Settlers Located. Correspondence Solicited. © Grand Rapids, = \ dion reer Itasca County: Abstract Office ABSTRACTS, » REAL ESTATE, FIRE INSURANCE, Conveyances Drawn. Taxes Paid for Non-Residents, KREMER & KING,* Proprietors; GRAND RAPIDS. * < : MINN A. B. GLAIR, Register of Deeds of Itasca Countg Minera Pine ana Farming Lands Pine Stumpage Bought. ABSTRACTS OF TITLE. GRAND RAPIDS. e SHALES CCAS AS SSS HSTS ESCO SST CESCCSRSeee GRAND RAPIDS tlie aE ae ee ae a a Grand Rapids Village Lots A. M. JOHNSON Has some very desirable residence lots in Grand Rapids that he has placed on the market. many are located in different parts of the village and include some of the handsomest sites within the corporatjon. .Call at his place of business on the cornorof Second strcet and Leland avenue. : Ieriritiiitit tty ++ M. 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