Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, March 14, 1903, Page 7

" Public school at Owatonna. The vote ae the Morley bill, which was defeated & Hi ‘ “bill raising/ the standard of apportion- > ment of, ' renewal of the original records of the , Civil war nowinuse Week in the . wae State Law Mill . : In the Senate. E: St. Paul, March 6. — The senate ssed the bill removing from the, durisdiction of ‘the state board ef con- trol the state university, the normal Schools, the institutions at Faribault for the deaf and blind and the state Was 36 to 25. The measure is the same “in the house Wednesday. The sejate also passed Representa- "tive Larson’s bill requiring gasoline »and benzife cans to be painted red, a labeled with their contents. A bill to prohibit manufacturers and Bikeatcrs from adulterating meal and ground feed was introduced by Sena- tr Eberhart. The measure is recom: ended by the state dairy and food commission. . The senatg ‘passed Senator Barker's tate air among school chil- district court, who has served twenty- five consecutive years on the bench, <and who is seventy years old. § In the House. _. Representative Randall introduced in the house a bill to provide for the in the adjutant ®eneral’s office. The registration of medical practi-| “tioners by the state board of pharm- ‘acy without ‘examination is provided ‘for by a bill introduced in the house by Representative Jacobson. A commission to codify the election laws of Minnesota and report to the legislature in 1905 is provided for in a Dill introduced by Representative Girling. A bill was passed appropriating $34,- 112 to pay newspapers for the printing and distribution of the laws of the extra session of 1902. In the Senate. St. Paul, March 7.—The senate re- “fused to prohibit school boards from compelling the vaccination of pupils. Senator Hardy’s bill prohibiting com- pulsory vaccination was passed only after it was amended by Senator Cole, leaving the law practically as it is. A bill to prohibit discrimination in the charges of telephone rates in vil- lages and cities was introduced by Senator Thompson. " Insanity is constituted a ground for divorce in a bill introduced by Senator "Wilson. A bill to make it easier to punish husbands for non-support was intro- duced by Senator Alley. In the House. The Morley bill, removing the state educational institutions from the juris- diction, of the board of control, was again the bone of contention in the house yesterday morning. The matter came up on motion of W. A. Nolan to take the bill from the table, his pur- pose being to force a vote and encom- pass the measure’s defeat. In the end the supporters of the bill won out, de- feating the motion by a vote of 64 to 44. | Representative Walz introduced a/ concurrent resolution fixing Aprii 15! as the date for adjournment. ‘The res- | olution went over under notice of de- bate. The house in committee of the whole recommended for passage the bill re- pealing the corrupt practices act of | 1895. The act was intended to limit the amount of money that a candidate | for public office could spend during a campaign. Representative Hinton introduced a pill to improve the quality of kerosene that may be legally sold in Minnesoto. The bill requires all kerosene sold in the state to pass a specific gravity test, as well as fire test. Representative Krostue introduced a bill providing for the improvement of roads designated by the postoffice de- partment as rural free delivery routes. | In the House. | St. Paul, March 10.—The prevention of the sale of fake mining and oil stock, without giving the public an op- portunity to secure reliable informa: | tion as to what they are buying, is the object sought by a bill introduced in the house by Representative Bardwell. Representative Burns introduced a bill to abolish the office of town over- seer of roads, and to do away with the “working out of poll taxes ‘on the roads. Representative Bardwell introduced a bill providing for perpetual trusts for the care and maintenance of ceme- teries. The judiciary committee introduced jn the house a bill to take the place of several pending measures, legaliz- ing bonds issued by villages in whicb some technicality was overlooked. In the Senate. The senate passed under suspension of the rules Representative Bouck’s pill which puts the national guard on a new footing and appropriates $15,- 000 annually to carry out the provis- inva bill Representative Peterson. whole, | passage ‘the ill. by Randall providing for displa’ schools in the state. — with insanity, or with being spend- thrifts or incompetent | an autograph letter from Washington resolution susan in the house by Representative Peterson. er The taxation of all ‘terminal or.local, roduced rain in eleva+ & pvided for swe f the, “The, house, in committe ed. to'y United “States ,flag...omy,all” public A jury trial for all persons charged to manage their estate, is provided for by a bill introduced in the house. j In the Senate. A city or ‘county is made responsi- ble, in a bill introduced by Senator George Wilson, for three-fourths of | damage done by mobs. Senator Wilson introduced a bill making transportation «companies lia- ble for freight for which they have issued bills of lading.: AHP The destruction of all weeds and | grasses in public highways is the ob- | ject of a bill introduces in the senate | by Senator Rieke. | REVELED IN RELICS. Members of State Historical Society | Spend Evening of Unusual Interest: Like Women reveling in their stores of laces and of jewels, the members of the State Historical society “got out” the society’s Washington and Lincoln relics recently at the capitol, St. Paul, and discussed them gleefully. Secretary Warren Upham produced | dated Aug. 12, 1754. Then the secre- tary displayed the chair used by the first president at Mount Vernon. The secretary and several members “tried” the chair. Conversation turned next upon the autograph letter in which President Lincoln authorized. the hanging of thirty-nine Sioux Indians at Mankato in December, 1862. Talking about the emancipator, Second Vice President N. P. Langford related that in January, 1864, while | snowbound at St. Joseph, Mo., he and his fellow travelers were informally entertained with dramatic readings by a young man introduced as Wilkes Booth. More than a year later Mr. Langford recognized his entertainer’s name as that of Lincoln's, assassin. George A. DuYoit of Chaska and Halsey R. W. Hall were elected life members of the society. Mrs. C. E. Chatfield of Minneapolis. was made an annual member. STATEMENT OF CONDITIONS. Normal School Managers and Effort to Throw Off Yoke of Board of Control. The state normal board has issued a “statement of the conditions and needs of the Minnesota State normal schools for 1903. The board declares itself very strongly on the board of control proposition as follows: “Finally, it is the deliberate judg- | ment of this board, as it is of all mem- bers of the board of control of state institutions, that the best interests of all concerned would be served by a re- peal of that portion of the board of control act which relates to the normal schools. The ‘problems presented in connection with the training of teach- ers are so wholly different from those | which must occupy the greater part of the time and attention of the’ board of | control of state institutions, and the difficulties in the way of establishing | the line of authority are so great that conclusion. So firmly are we con- vinced of the desirability of such sé@p- aration that we do not hesitate to say that in case the legislature should for. any reason deem it best that the normal schools remain under the finan- cial care of the board of control, we then recommend and. urge that this board be abolished, and that the board of control of state institutions | be charged with the entire responsibility. TOWN VS. RAILROAD. Citizens of Dugdale Will Sue Great Northern Road for Damages. Residents of the hamlet of Dugdale, on the line of the Great’ Northern, twenty miles east-of Crookston, will bring suit against that road for dam- ages. The company ;platted the vil- lage and;sold lots. to the residents, who have improved the place and started a flourishing trading point. It is alleged that the company prom- ised as soon as a_ stated amount of business was done a station house would be built for the accommodation of the villagers. The required limit was passed something like a year ago, and the promise was recalled to the company. Instead of carrying oui the terms of the agreement, the company erected a union station at the cross- ing of its track and that of the North- ern Pacific, at a point one a a quarter miles west of Dugdale and ordered that its trains discontinue stopping at Dugdale. The case has | been © placed in the hands of a Crookston attorney and suit will be brought. ' Forty ‘Thousand Cattle Dead. jons of the military code. The senate as a committee of the awhole approved Senator Henry Gjert- sen’s measure prohibiting bucket shops. ¢ The senate concurred in the house amendments to the bill introduced by Senator Harrington, prohibiting the . gale and manufacture of adulterated vinegar. Si In the House. St. Paul, March 11. — A legislative Gnyestigation of the rule of the Min- Ardmore, Ind. T., March 12. -- Re- ports ‘from the rangés indicate that cattle losses as the result of the re- cent blizzard have been very heavy. It is estimated that 40,000 head of ‘cattle have perished in the therritory. Ladrones Badly Scattered. Manila, March 12.—After a series of skirmishes between the government troops and the ladrones in Rizal prov- ince the ladrones have been badly scattered. Many of their leaders were both boards have been forced to this |» ‘what their shamrocks mean,’ captured. : He laid his blacke’ A moisture filled And made its hue As April's mist: YF “The Wearing of the Gi = Her s pipe aside, jis eye, soft a blue The morning frost was on his beard, The winds of March were keen, But all his soul was thrilled to hear ‘His Mary’s old and feeble now, nty locks are white, She dozes by the fire all day And grumbles half the night. But they are wedded lovers yet, And on each other lean, And still she hums in quavering tones “The Wearing of the Green.” The burden of Was lifted fi His furrowed His grizzled hair was black; The waving flags and snowy plumes They passed him all unseen, He stood again where first he sung Green.” 4 “The Wearing Ti. The mossy crags and rocky dells Gave back his voice again, . And Mary in.her cabin door Took up the sad refrain. * She had a shamrock’ in her breast, The ’kerchief’s folds between, And redder lips have never trilled “The Wearing of the Green.” Come sun or shadow, once a year The bands are sure to play The good old tune—the dear old tunel Upon St. Patrick’s day! ’Tis like a’breath from bog and hill, Though oceans roll between, 'Tis sweet to every exile’s ear, “The Wearing of the Green!” Ome IO%G Gr en, is years of toil 4 m.his back,.... Lyoung,. was, smooth .and of the Green.” Vv. Se & HOW BERNARD DUNN’S HOPE - AND FAITH WERE REWARDED It was the last day that an Irishman would want to work, with the sun shin- ing as softly as it had ever done on the Connaught hills, and the bands marching past the end of the street, playing now “The Star-Spangled Ban- ner,” now “The Wearing of the Green,” and again “Let Erin Remem- ber the Days of Old.” But the water department was per- plexed by a bad. case of electrolysis; and so the foreman, putting duty first, had voluntered to find the cause of the trouble. His countrymen woula not doubt his patriotism, he knew, as he worked away on the crumbling earth. The superintendent of streets came driving up, after a time, and hitched his horse, while he stopped to inquire as to the progress of Bernard’s inves- tigations. “Great parade!” he observed, with admiration. “Yes, it’s a big one!” Bernard re- sponded, holding up a piece of honey- combed pipe for the superisientesys inspection. “T tell you, most of those young fel- lows who are wearing the shamrock this afternoon are dandies!” the super- intendent went off, warmly. “None |of your dyspeptic, sallow-faced, spin- dle-shanked Yanks in that line, you bet!” “Handsome -is as handsome does!” was Bernard’s quiet rejoinder. “They'll be all right if they stop to remember ~and he looked lovingly at his own decoration —a little green sprig sent from a far- off relative near Killarney. “Haven't I read somewhere that St. Patrick used the little plant to teach the pagan Irishman something about the three persons. of the Trinity?” the superintendent inquired, thoughtfully. “Yes, sir; that’s the story; but somehow I always like to think of the ‘three little leaves as standing for three pretty good things for an Irish- man or any man to form his life by,” the other answered, solemnly. — “And what are they, Bernard?” “For sobriety and virtue and indus- try,” was the quiet response. _ “That's right!” came the hearty re- joinder.. “A man who keeps sober will be pretty likely to be decent and in- dustrious; and a man who likes to work won’t have much time for drink- ing and wickedness!” “No; that he won’t, Mr. Merrill! Not here in America, any way!” “It’s a great old country, Bernard —for the right kind of men!” “There never could be a better, sir!” “That's right, Bernard! Sometimes I think us Yankees and you Irishmen are apt to get the big head, and to put on airs, as if our grandfathers had discovered America—instead of one of the ancestors of No. 17, over there!” and he nodded facetiously in the di- rection of the Italian, who was keep- ing up a regular ping-ping with his pick, his mind across the ocean where a tiny home on the mountainside, un- der the chestnut trees, held all that was dear to him on earth. _ “True for you, Mr. Merrill! But who knows?” was the humorous query. “In the next generation the sons of No. 17 may be running the primaries and su- perintending the streets!” His companion threw back his head and laughed heartily at this good-nat- ured thrust. Then, after a little con- ference on the condition of the water pipes, he drove away, drawing up his horse impulsively to suggest, as an afterthought: “Make a short day of it, now, Ber- nard! Remember you're not so reung as you used to be. The city can’t af- ford to lose good workmen like you! They’re too scarce!” and he smiled genially as he signaled his horse to trot on. Yes; he was getting old. Bernard Dunn realized that fact as he drew his sleeve across his eyes, which a strange mist had blinded several times during the afternoon; but he was not going to stop until plump 5 o'clock, he thought, for his heart was in his work, as it had ever been. If America had done well by Supt. Merrill, it has certainly done well by Bernard and his children, and with gratitude he pondered the superintend- ent’s words, letting his mind run on his comfortable home, his steady work and the good wages which it brought him, and then to his children—the old- est daughter a beautiful woman, wife of the judge of the circuit court; his oldest son pastor of a flourishing par- ish in a nearby town; another son a surgeon studying in the hospitals abroad; a daughter who, as buyer in the lace department of a big Boston house, commanded a salary larger than that of many a government con- sul—all well and doing well, except the youngest child! Alas and alack! Where was he to-day, his birthday? No wonder the mist rost, before. the old man’s eyes, shutting out the sights in the city streets. That they had all spoiled the lad the father. remembered with a sigh, but who could resist his sway, hand- some yourg tyrant. of the household, as he grew to be, accepting as his right the sacrifices of his brothers and sisters; he, his mother’s idol, his father’s pride! The college where his brothers had received their education ‘seemed too slow and steady-going for him,-and so, in the fullness of time, he had been sent to Yale, and had established him- self in luxurious quarters, bent upon getting all the good time there was out of life. Slowly but’ surely the knowledge forced itself upon the ador- ing little family at home that all was not as it should be, and there came a time when boyish escapades were ex- changed for disgraceful and dishonor- able conduct, and then his father had interfered, It hurt the old man even in mem- ory to recall the rebuke which he had felt obliged to ‘give his son, and the sullenness with which it had been re- ceived. That very night the lad had disappeared--ten years ago, and not one word had been heard from him since, Every 17th of March the lad’s moth- er had prepared for him those little birthday dainties which he used to like in the old days, when _dainties meant luxuries to the struggling fam- ily. Each Patrick’s night during the nine years the old man had gone hope- fully homeward, straining his eyes for a glimpse of his wife, as he pictured her, coming out to wait for him at the gate with the cheery announcement: “Father, dear, our boy has come back to us!” It was almost time to go now, and unbidden the picture rose in his mind. “The poor wife! God help her! It comes hardest on her!” he said tender- ly, as he thought lovingly ‘of the wom- an who had been the joy of his youth, the pride of his manhood and the so- Jace of his later years. And then, with a deep sigh at memory of his absent boy, he added: “May God guard him if he's living, and receive his soul if he is dead!” and the old man went solemnly about DEFEC the task of leaving the open trench for the night, directing Number Seventeen as he lighted the warning lanterns and put up the danger sign. It seemed foolish to hope; yet, as he neared his cosey cottage, with its well- kept grounds, Bernard Dunn strained his eyes, as he had so often done be- fore, for a sight of the good wife standing in the doorway ready to an- nounce the glad tidings which he so yearned to hear. But, also! She was not there! Perhaps it was the disappointment; perhaps, as the superintendent had re- minded him, he was getting old; but again the confusing blur came before his eyes, and he leaned heavily upon the gate, too dazed to go farther. After a time he was sensible of a strong arm supporting him; and then he lost himself in the mysterious lim- bo of unconsciousness. REE mo When next he opened his eyes it was to gaze upon the familiar objects in the little home parlor, and it seem- ed but natural that the big, blond giant, well dressed -and prosperous- looking, should be Gerald, standing there beside his tearful, but radiant, mother; and there were mutual ex- planations, during which the mists that had clouded the old man’s eyes and brain seemed to be effectually dis- sipated by the sun of happiness. His was not a tale of fabulous nug- gets picked up in the gold fields of Nome; but a more prosaic one of years of work in the great wheat ware- houses ,skirting the river front at Ta coma, all the time he had cherished in his heart the bitterness of resentment against the father who had rebuked him, and the determination to remain away from his home and those whom he loved with a great, heart-sick love, in spite of his boyish obstinacy. Then had come a day when his steadfast honesty had been the means of saving from great fraud and loss the men who employed him; and as the senior partner had called him into his private office to acquaint him of the promotion which meant a share in the partnership later on, the elder man had said, with gravity: “I praise you, Dunn, but most of all I praise the father and mother who brought you up! If you had not had good training, a man of your years could never have resisted the tempta- tion to go in with our enemies and to ruin us while helping yourself!” And then had the obstinacy of the boy’s heart been touched with grati- tude and love for the mother who bore him, and, like another prodigal, Ger: ald Dunn had said penitently with himself: “T will arise and go unto my fath- er!” He had brought his mother a little keepsake from the West-—a shamrock in green enamel, with a great diamond blezing like a dewdrop in its leaves. Again there arose a mist before Ber- ~wnard Dunn’s eyes; but this time it was the blur of happy tears; and, as he eased his tired head and let his gaze wander to the opposite wall—-where hung the same Madonna clasping the Christ-child which the orphans in the home revered—in this case a gift which one of the elder sons had brought his mother from the Eternal city—there came back to him the promise of God’s holy word which had been his solace’ and his hope during his. years of anxiety and doubt and suspense as to the fate of his youngest born. “For I have never seen the righte ous man forsaken, nor his seed beg- ging bread.” 2 TIVE PAGE Be ary comp and. in France. In Russia, according to Consul Smith of Moscow, the man- ufacture of air brakes has been be- gun by a,New York firm. The Singer company has branch works the manufacture of sewing machines in Germany ‘and Russia. » An “Amefican firm manufacturing show, machinery employs 100 hands at Frankfort-on-the- Main, of whom seven or eight are ex- pert operatives from the United States. Another American house, manufactur- ing tanners’ machinery, has stofe- houses and repair shops at Frankfort, at Vienna, Austria, and at Leicester.— Leslie’s, Weekly. 4 He Went West and Prospered. Freeland, Kan., March 9th-—One of the most prosperous farmers. in Har- per County is Mr. N, H. Mead. Some thirty-four years ago he left his home near Clarence, N. Y., and came to Kan- sas. Hev-e he has thrived splendidly, and last year harvested over one hun- dred and forty acres of wheat alone: But everything has not gone well with Mr. Mead, for his health has not been good for the last few years. He has suffered a great deal with Kidney and Bladder Trouble and could get nothing to stop it. Lately, however, he has improved a great deal, and he says that he has none of the old symptoms left and is feeling splendid again. He used Dodd’s Kidney Pills and this remedy seemed to work won- ders in his case. He says himself: *Dodd’s Kidney Pills have made me well. They are all right anda reliable remedy for Kidney Trouble. They helped me right from the start, giving me great relief, and finally cured me.” WELL, WHAT WAS IT? Splithers Was Telling a Story, but Nibblets Interrupted Him. Splithers was telling a story. “Her mistress,” he continued, “her mistress told Nora that kismet meant fate, and next morning the girl limped all over the house ané said she had—” “A punion on her kismet. That’s old,” interrupted Nibblets. “Did I ever tell you how—” “No, she didn’t say that, either,” said Splithers. dently. “I say she didn’t,” yelled Splithers, vociferously. “Well, then, what was the matter with her?” Nibblets demanded an- erily. “T’ll be hanged if I tell you,” shout- ed Splithers, glancing at Nibblets over a glass of shandigaff. And he didn’t tell, either, though we coaxed him for a long. time. Splithers is a very close-minded man at times. — New York Sun. WAS AN OBLIGING LANDLORD, One Clerk Signed Affidavits as to the Size of the Fish. “You seem to have a great trade,” said the new guest to the landlord of the Sportsman’s hotel on the shores of Lake Superior. “Oh, yes,” he smiled. “I cater to the patronage I desire, and I am glad to say that my policy has proven im- mensely successful.” “Of course,” says the new -guest, \“youw have good rooms and yqu serve good meals, and all that; but even these advantages do not seem to me to be of the kind that would explain the simply overflowing condition of your house at all times.” “Well,” explained the landlord, “I don’t mind telling you that I have one clerk who does nothing else but make affidavits to the size of the fish or weight of the game secured by my gnests.’’—Judge. ASKING QUESTIONS. An Inquiry Changed a Man’s Whole Life. ‘ When you get a man to recognize that his bad feelings come from im- proper food and that he can get well by using scientific food, the”battle is half won. One of New York's business men says: “I was troubled fora long time with indigestion, headache, and stomach trouble, and had taken various medi- cines, but with no good results. I con- cluded to see how a change of food would affect me. I never cared partic- ularly for cereals-of any kind, but ate. meat and pastry. continually and drank coffee. “I found on. inquiring that Grape- Nuts were highly spoken of, and de- cided to give them a trial. To say I was surprised at the result would not begin to do justice to my feelings. My headaches left me, my brain became clearer and active, my attacks of indi- gestion grew fewer and fewer until they ceased, entirely, and where | once went home tired, fagged out and in- disposed to any exertion whatever, I now found a different state of affairs. “My color was good, my muscles strong and firm and fully equal to anything I asked of them, instead of soft and flabby. I live two miles back and forth, if the weather per- mits. I am 55 years old’and feel as well and strong as when [ was 30, and can ride 70 miles a day on a bicycle without feeling any.» bad results.” Name given by the Postum: ashe Bat- “Yes, she did,” said Nibblets, confi- from my business and walk it daily tle Creek, Mich. i