Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, November 15, 1902, Page 4

Brand Rovits Published Every Saturday. By E. C. KILEY. TWO POLLARS 4 YE R IN ADVANCE Fntered in :the Ppstaiiice at Grand Rapids Mingesoty, a8 Serond-Clags Mutter. Oficial Paper of Itaxca County, Vi'lage of Grand Rapids and Deer River * «aud Town of Grand Rapids. KKK >>> Logging Notes. Twelye thousand’ more men are. peeded by the loggers of Minnesota zo work in the woods this winter. At the present time small lots of these sons of tojl are being sent up north daily, but the lambermen are fearful that this season will witness the most serious shortage of men that has ever been experienced. Vhe situation in the woods thy past few winters has been serious enough put the present one will probably be worse. At legst 15,000 men find employ- ment iy the Minnesota pineries every year. Of this number only about ore fifth have been sent north, About 1,500 have been sent north from Minneapolis ac- cording to figures furnished by the ticket agents of the Duluth lines in the city, It is estimated that about the same number have gone into the woods from the harvest fields ef North Dakota by way of Crook- ston. ‘ ‘There will not be near so much yailroad work in the northwest this winter as in former years. This will tend to ease things up 4 httle jater on when the men now out finish their jobs. ~ ‘he railroads in the south will try to attract them sown their way but they will not succeed to any extent, as most of tbe men are of Scandinavian origin and will not work in warmer climes than this. Wages above Duluth are higher jhan around Bemidji, Brainerd and Grand Rapids. Common woocs men are getting $30 a month this year and in many instances are getting paid at the rate of $35 above Duluth. They are asking yore in that district because the country 18 rougher and the climate colder. Loaders receive all the way from $35 to $40 per month, First;class teamsters get $35. ‘The McCarthy law which forces ihe loggers to pay their men off every thirty days is partially to blame for present conditions. The men- after they get paid off, gener- plly quit work and go to the cities to b ow their money. Asinember of a well known log- ging firm in the state in discussing the effects of the law said: ‘We now days have three .crews, one working and one going. As we have to pay the railroad fares of jhe men to the cainps, we are out a jarge sum of money every year. Every time a*man is engaged to gome and only works thirty days or so and quits, we are out so much, Before the present law was enacted, we paid the fare of the men to gamp, but they always staid by us jo the end of the season. The men wou't come if their fares-are not pale A large number of men iave been induced to go west where the lnmbering fields of California gnd Washington offer new 0, por- tunities.” The condition of the labor market will reduce tke total cut of logs jhis winter considerably. . Another thing that-is worrying the loggers corsiderably is the prospect of a late winter, judging by present weather conditions. - The cold days may arrive thirty days behind the ugual time. Minnesota 1s already one of the chief agricultural states of the Union. In grains it has long had pre-eminence. Jn: root cfsps and grasses and the various products of them—cattle and. butter— Minnesota promises to be: the leading state in the Union. Our bountitul wat:r supply, invigorating chmate and abundant-raw magerials, together with a most industrious and gntelligent population, should make Minnesota one of the leading manu- facturing states of the west. Its facilities for transportation by rail!- roads, lakes, and rivers are wasur- passed, and its products can’ be sent quickly and cheaply to any part of the world, These advantages are.at- tracting a yast influx of population and capital, and promise a splendid reward for those who have faith in the future of the North Star State, ‘Ths state's people are most progres- sive and energetic. They have de- veloped site institutions, schools and pniversity ‘systems, beautiful cities, towns and’ villages, which draw to.the state the best people trom the bes! races of the world, s Archdeacon Appleby * will hold divine service in Grand Rapids Sun- day morning, the .16th of November, at 10:15 o'clock. All are cordially jpvited to attend. There will be a ¥celebyation of thé holy communion, Derais-fReview| A NEW TOOL CHEST. SEE a SS Mr. Fulton Street, of Brooklyn, -went home one night last week, followed by.a small boy who was staggering under the weight of something wrapped in heavy. brown wrapping paper, whieh he carried on his shoulder. Mrs. Fulton Street was, ef course, curious to know what was in the bundle, sq, after dismissing the youtb with a dime as compensation, Mr. Fultor Street swelled up a bit and said: “I believe you said it would eost $1 a win dow to have those curtains put up, my dear.” “Yes,” said Mrs. Fulton Street. “And that the earpenter wanted §2 to pias some shelves ip the hail.” “Yes.” “And that a chest for the baby’s toys and one for the linen and other joba around here would cost $10 more.” “That’s what the man said,” replied Mrt. Fulton, falteringly. “Well,” said Mr. Fulton Street, “it won’t cost any more than the price of the materia] to have any of the work done. I will do it.” “Why, you haven't a tool to your name, and if you had you couldn’t—” began Mrs. Fulton Street, but her husband inter- rupted her. “Tush, tush, tay dear,” he said, “the tools are here. That’s what I’ve brought home. I shall do this work on Sunday, and if there is anything else you would like to have at- tended to, just let me know. I always was fond of puttering around the house, and the only reason I never done more of it was be- cause I never had the tools.” So impatient was Mr. Fulton Street to get to work on Sunday morning, that he got up as early as on week days and started in at once on those hall shelves. Strips and planks had been sent up at his order from a Jumber yard. Mr. Fulton Street helped himself to one long plank and tried to fit it in the space over the ice box where the shelves were to go. It wouldn’t fit. Mr. Fulton Street sawed a piece off, but made it too small. “Mrs. Street,” he called, in a voice whieh trembled a little, but was still under con- trol, “please bring me your tape measure.” “Why, Fulton, I haven’t one,” called Mrs. Street. “Haven’t a tape measure, eh? Well, how, in the world do you suppose I’m going to get these shelves up without a tape meas- ure? Bring me a piece of string, then.” Mrs. Fulton Street brought the string and Mr, Fulton Street made careful meas- urements. Then he nailed up two strips and after wasting two more pieces of board got a piece that would fit in “There’s one shelf up,” he said. “Now for the next.” “Of course you're sure it’s strong enough,” put in Mrs. Street. Mr. Fulton Street looked disgusted. “What do you take me for?” he demand- ed. “That shelf would hold a hundred pounds. Why, I can sit on it myself,” and Mr. Fulten Street actually gave a little jump from the chair on which he was operating and landed on the shelf. He came down like a ton of brick on top of the ice box, his trousers ful] of splinters and a cut on his head where the hammer had hit him, as the shelf gave way. What Mr. Fulton Street said of this ca- ‘amity need not be repeated. The gist of it was that a woman who would deliberately trick her huband into sitting on a shelf in order to enjoy the spectacle of his falling, and would then laugh at him as he lay in- jured on the floor, was just the’sort of a woman who wouldn’t have a tape measure in the house when it was needed. In the end of it all it was the absence of the tape measure that was responsible for the weak- ness of the shelf. Mrs. Fulton Street diplo- matically admitted this herself. The restoration of peace was followed by the announcement from Mr. Fulton Street that he would not tackle the shelves again until he could get a tape measure. Mrs. Ful- ton Street suggested that he put up the cur- tain poles. Mr. Fulton Street said that he would do it. “And here’s where the beauty of the brace comes in,” said Mr. Street, who was now quite restored in temper. “Watch me bore a hole,” and he reached into the tool- chest and got out the necessary imple ments. Mr. Street bored a hole three sizes tov large. for the largest screw that he had, sc he had to bore another. Mrs. Street sug gested that it got a lot of sawdust on the parlor carpet, whereupon Mr. Street turned around suddenly to say something very sharp about women who annoyed men whee they were trying to save money. He made such a quick turn that he lost his grip on the brace, and it fell on a table beneath. It hit a lamp and the lamp in faliing hit the baby, who had been watching the amateur mechanic with eyes full of won- der and admiration. The baby let out a piercing shriek, and Mrs. Fulton Street followed suit. Mr. Street came down the ladder in sucb a hurry that he lost his footing and fell in a heap on the floor. There he sat while Mrs. Fulton Street, who had discovered a slight bruise on the baby’s head, where the edge of the lamp had struck, called him a murderer and indulged in other pleasantries. When tears had jollowed Mrs. Fulton Street’s indignation, according to the inev- itable rule of things, Mr. Street got a turn, end he used the few moments allowed to bim to great advantage. Condensed his argument was, that if he had been let alone no harra wouuld have been done, and that by_ that time the curtain would have beep «waving gracefully from the pole. The. wealth of, sarcasm was not wasted om Mis. Fulton Street. She retired to her ownroom -where she’spent. the next hour rubbing. witch-hazel on the:baby’s head and telling, it things about its father quite unfit for. publication. : . Meanwhile ‘Mr.. Fulton Street retired te the dining:room<where he attempted to shift the blade: of ° plane, despite the instructions of thesman.who sold to him the tool chest, not. . \He'cut bit hand, but rather: than*have Mrs. Fultos Street. know of the accid. Swrapped it up in a napkin and proceeded lane the edge of the drawer. n rn “The blade, an inch of which’ was now ex: posed, got a good grip.on the edge ofthe drawer and when Mr, Fulton, Street ga a vigorous shove it bit out a stri seat an inch wide and three feet long: a ton Street made no comments on the situa- tion. He quietly opened the window and hurled the offending tool far into a neigh- dor’s backyard, Then he closed the tool- ehest and took it down into bis bin in the cellar, and there.it has remained ever since, and there it will remain’unless some one pomes along that would like to buy it. Mrs, Fulton Street has never mentioned the subject since, but on Monday she got a carpenter, who did all the work that Mr. Fulton Street essayed to do in.less than.an hour. and: ee Street Lar ithe bill ithicot a murmur, .» found a re -evipted <bill for, She @ toolchest in Mr, ‘8 ‘she is holding it against the when Mr. 8 Rrgae lectures on her ¥; Spa. RISE ve | mine, starts one of hia. IT WAS A Written for This Paper. Tt was a pretty affair, that bachelor’s cal endar, which Santa Claus had wished to de- posit in the worr. sock of a handsome and shy young man: The children had been in- creasing so rapidly that it had been impos- le for the dear old man to get around in his sleigh to make his annual call on the elders, so he had to use the mail. Put asthe young man opened the various packages which the mail man Santa Claus had left for him, he forgot for a time the girl who had occupied so much of his thoughts for year and allowed bis mind to wander bac to the days of his childhood before the old saint had géttem onto the new methods of the post office department, but had de posited the toys and sweetmeats intended for him in the long stocking, usually one borrowed from mother, hung beside the old home fireplace. Those were happy days, and then he thought of what other days might be if he could but muster the courage to speak to Eva, provided, of course, that she would say “yes” to his pleadings, of which be felt not at all certain. “The new way is better.’or me after all,” he said, half aloud, “for I am afraid the good! would run out of the hole in that toe,” and he glanced at the protruding mem- ber which had worked its way through the silk sock, and which had not yet been cov- ered by, either sliyper or shoe. The young mar bad been in a quandary for most of the year that was closing. Like many another of his kind, he had loved, he feared unwisely but too well. True the girl of his choice had never \atimated that his attentions were anything but the most ac- ceptable, indeed she had even encouraged them so far as she could with propriety. But the young man had not the taint of aonceit that is necessary sometimes to make guch encouragement plain to him. Time and again he had determined to end the misery by having his fate decided and know once for all whether she was to be his or not, but as often had his courage given way before the words were spoken. He thought of these things, ana of what a wonderful Christmas present Eva could make him if she only would. It was while his thoughts were engaged in this way that the maid brought him the package containing the pretty calendar. As he opened it he wondered who could have! sent such an elaborate affair, hand painted, with the little monthly calendars, two on each page, and around them pretty bunches of bachelor buttons and scenes from.a bache- lor’s life, and at the bottom of each page ax appropriate little verse. The little verse on the first page attracted his attention and he stopped to read it be- fore turning the next. It was: “The year is young, I will not hurry, Why sbould a bachelor want to marry, Maids are many and maids are fair, And bargains are promised us everywhere.” “The year is indeed young,” be mused, “but just now is the time to begin a new life How I wish F could. Why, indeed, should a bachelor want to marry? Why should a man want to go to Heaven? Who but a fool would not want to marry if he bad the op- portunity of getting as sweet a little woman as Eva? Maids may be many, but maids like Eva are not. Who could have sent this cal- endar, anyway?” He turned the pag@ to the next verse, and |: read: i “The bells a peal are ringing, hark! Go straight and what they tell you mark, Tf they say ‘yes’ wed and be blest, 1f ‘no’—do as you think best.” “The bells suy ‘yes’ to me, but to wed and be blest is another matter. How quick 1 should wed if I could but ask and get Eva, and I would certainly be blest if I did.” He turned another page, and read the next verse. It was: “With a chaffing dish we can cook our food, The laundry takes care of our washing, But oh, for a self sewing needle and thread, To mend the big hole in our stocking.” “What helpless creatures we men are, any- way. Women are an absolute necessity to us. That hole in my sock would not be there if I was a benedict instead ofa bachelor. Eva would never permit such things, I am sure. A man must suve a large amount ina year by having an economical wife such as I an, eure a, would be. ' wonder who couis have sent me this thing, anyway?” Another page was turned and here ther were but two lines of verse. They were: © “See these worn clothes hanging on the line Where's the girl to take a stitch and save the other vine.” “It would take more than one stitch te vave my clothes from complete ruimatiou The laundry is playing havoe with them That is but another one of the many ways in whieh a man with a wife wo ell as the possibility of alwas fooking decent. { tel you a wife is an ab. solute necessity to a man these days. My clothes are in a worse conditic than the ones the urtist has pictured here. but that would be changed if | had Eva. 1 wonder if my equrage will never reach that point where I can ask her to be mine? > Another page, the next to the lust, wae turned ovet, and on it he found: “He cither fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, That dures nov put it to the touch, To gain or lose it all.” ° “That's me exactly. It must have been written especially for my benefit. ‘He either fears his fate ton much,’ that’s me. I am so afraid she might say ‘no’ that | dare not try to win at all. And then I guess my deserts are small besides when I compare them with Eva's worth. Whoever sent me this did me a kindness, for I am going to muster up the necessary courage to stake all and try to win. But when? That isa question that is hard to answer. I have been saying the same thing for almost a year, and still I hesitate.” ‘He turned to the last page on which he found a surprise. There was a picture in water colors of Eva and below it just two lines: : “A dream of the girl who might have been Had-I but spoken the word in time.” > “Did Eva'send me that? I don’t think she did, but if'she did what did she mean. But one thing is sure I am not going to lose that girl by not speaking the word in time.” ry speak it to-night, even if J fail.” bons to sooth her injured feeli did not send it, but’she ha friend who is an artist, a GIRL’S Way. |, CABINET OFFICE NUMBER NINE. if possible, | Se 5 CE This Will Be the /Next if Approved by ft the President. -The President’s family, like Topsy in “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” may be said to have “just grow’d.” The original Cab- | inet members were five. The office of Secretary of State was the one first created, in July, 1780. That of Secre- tary of the Treasury was established September 2; that of Secretary of War, combining the affairs of the military and those of the marine, on August 7, and the offices of Postmaster-General and Attorney-General on September 22, all in the year 1789. These five of- fices constituted the “original Cabinet,” from the members of which the Presi- dent was authorized, under section 2 of article 2 of the Constitution, to “re- quire the opinion in writing of the principal officer in each of the execu- tive departments upon any. subject re- lating to the duties of their respective Offices.” Such was the historical origin of the Cabinet. There was no direct provi- sion for it in the Constitution other than the one quoted, and all laws or regulations as to Cabinet members, or the order of their succession to the presidency, in the event of a vacancy in that office and in the vice-presiden- ey, are matters of statutory provision. The office of Secretary of the Navy was created on April 30, 1798; that of Secretary of the Interior, with duties partly taken from the State, Treasury and War departments, in 1849, and that of Secretary of Commerce at the head of the Department of Commerce and Labor will, if passed by the House and approved by the President, bring the membership of the Cabinet up to nine. THE CHARTER MEMBERS. Exhilarated Actor Relieves the Formal- ity of » Club Meeting. One of the most conspicuous features of a recent entertainment at the Play- ers’ Club was a pyramid of lobsters in the grillroom awaiting the time when the flow of soul should give way to appetite. It was a beautiful pyramid and not a single lobster was under the prescribed length. The dignity of the occasion was equaled by its solemnity, and every one was talking when an actor who happens to be a member came in. He was slightly exhilarated, but after listening to the conversation a few minutes he became sober. Sud- denly he saw the pyramid of lobsters. He grabbed the arm of-a guest, led him into the grillroom and said sol- emnly: “Here is where the house of bishops lunched once.” “Indeed?” “Yes. How would you like to meet a stack of our charter members?” “Delighted, I’m sure.” t - Taking the guest to the table where the: lobsters were piled the actor in- troduced him to them very fornially. He devoted his attention during the rest of the evening to introducing as many people as he could persuade to go into the grillroom to the pile of lobsters. His exhilaration returned by the usual process, and even such of the charter members as were present admitted that the evening developed in a lively fashion.—New Yorx Sun, IRISH HERALDRY. Snowledge ‘of It Not Monopolized by People with English Ancestors. Knowledge of heraldry, which occu- pies people with ancestors from Eng- jand and the continent, is not monop- olized by them. The Irish in this country have crests and coats of arms more authentic and elaborate than many we see on carriage doors and fashionable note paper. Every Irish surname of any account, whether of the milesian stock—the “Macs” and “O’s”—or the Anglo-Norman or of the Elizabethan reign, has its insignia, During Ireland’s years of oppression these were lost, and many are utterly unknown to the descendants of the original bearers, says the New York Telegraph. The fatal battle of Augh- tim, fought on the property of the ounty Galway, was doom to the an- cestral pomp and glory of. the O’Kel- sys, and they scattered all over Eu- rope, went into the continental ar- mies and outfought the natives every time. The Kelly crest is a weird ani- mal, called an enfield, having the head of a fox, the mane of a “horse, chest of an elephant, forelegs of an eagle, body of a greyhound and tail of a lion. The motto in Latin is “God is to mea tower. of strength.” Forefather of the Shea family had a swan for his crest and underneath a_ white shield dotted with red fleur-de-lis. The Burkes were a Norman-Irish tribe Their flag was of ermine, white, span- gled with black, like the trimmings of a judicial robe. In the center was a large red cross, in the upper left quarter a black lion and in the oppo- site corner a black hand. The name Burke comes from the same root as “burgh,” meaning town, and the tribe originally descended from Norman settlers in Ireland of the goodly French mame De Burgho, meaning “of the town,” The Ryans and MacNamaras have coats of ‘arms more authentic and far more beautiful than many of the. folk with “Van” before their names. That of the Ryans, or O’Mul- tians, as they were originally called, is especially fine. Holly leaves and .| griffin heads were distributed over a | blood-red shield. . | Was the crest, While there was a flow- A horse rampant 4 rae Sener If You Are Going East NOTICE WARNING eg x On your summer vacation, and will 9 Banks tell us where you want to go we will _ Hunters Will Take Notice tell you the best way to get there, hires and what it will cost. | Every hunter who shoots a man in| We ean offer you a variety uf de Itasea county this fall will beprosi-| jightful. Rail and Lake Trips on the ‘ca cuted for murder. The people of this} finest trains and steamers in the county are not going to stand for the | jand. : reckless killing of men by fool hunt-| Our new electri¢-lighted trains ers who shoot men and then excuse |“'Phe North Country Mail” are just themselves by saying they thought it|out. hese trains are the acmeof | was a deer, modern car-building arty ' t Many Citizens, Write or call on us for detailed in oj z formation regarding rates, ete. i Canned meats of all kinds at Kre- tah bees POET ae Tunerey OER “ mer & Kremer, the grocers. oc s M. ADSON ~\ When you want butter made in Geperal Bae p tr seeeust PeEEL Shere Itasca county go to Hughcs & Co. oa UNAS dis 1220 SOAMIINE:t Block. Duluth, Minn. ¢ Ce) 7 ia Sar » rote adstone Is , ; _ ra A. EB. WILDER,<Prop. ‘ 3 Ig Fs ; fi FIRST-CLASS IN. EVERY RESPECT. Es Sample Room and Livery — i in Connection. is Special Attention Given to Transient Trade: ls Headquarters for Lumberimen. \s ithe tat gt Fai) rg One half Block From Depot. ND BAPIDS. 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