Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, May 16, 1903, Page 4

I ‘Pheratae'Review Published Every Saturday, ————— eal By E.C. KILEY. — lo SpA gpgae On gg IE WO DOLLARS A YE R IN ADVANCE Ratere in the Postoffice at Grand Rapids Minnesota, as Second-Class Matter CITY COUNGL = PROGEEDINGS, Minutes of Regular Meeting of Vil- lage Council. May 11, 1903. Ocuncil was called to order at coun- cil rooms and as the ladies were using the hall, same adjourned to Kecord- rer's office. Roll call at Recorder’s office was ‘answered by Presidenf Riddell, Trus- tee Becker and Recorder Gole. Minutes of last meeting read and on motion approved. Petition for a sidewalk signed by ‘taxpayers residing on east side of De- Laittre avenue between Second and Third streets , was read; also another petition was read and presented pray- ang for opening Fourth street avd making same passable frem Duluth avenue east to De Laittre avenue. Both petitions were referred to com- |. mittee on streets, alleys and sewer- age. Petition for poundmaster ot T. Carr, was presented and after discus- sion of same it was referred to a com- mittee of two appuinted by the presi- ‘dent, to lucate place for said pound and make appointment if deemed satisfactory. Communications from Edward P. Burch regarding completion of water works building; also from Fort Wayne Electric Works referring to defective ameters, were read and on motion ordered filed. The following bills were read and ‘on motion allowed: Wm. Hoolihan, receiving bens als prisoners . $13 00 Wm. Hoolinan, boarding prisoners 172 days .. seeee 86-00 Wm. Hoolihan, co: rants... 820 Justice McBwan, costs in justice court 12 00 Justice Huson, costs in justics court... 18 00 Ttasea Paper Co., 8,390 pounds of coal at 18 88 Yong & Lebigh Coal Co, 42,200 pounds -of coal at $4.50.. » 79 13 ¥.J. Decker, lumber und wood 16 80 J.8.Goule, postage, express, messages and hotel expenses for experts........-. 6 70 Reports of Justices Huson and Me- -Ewan were read and on motion order- ved tiled. Report of treasurer read aud on anotion accepted and ordered filed. Water rental complaints were then -discussed and on motion said com- plaints were referred to electric light -and water committee for adjustment. *Bids for coal hauling were then presented and on motion the bid of . W. Forrest was accepted and con- tract urdered made for same at 50 «cents per ton for the balance of this council year. Sewerage question was then dis- «cussed and referred to committee with instructions toattend to same. Waterworks committee were, on re- ‘Quest granted more time Lo report on work to be done on Fourth street, in matter of putting in mains on said street. Electric light discussion was then taken up with Messrs. J. G. Robert- sson and A. H. Savage and decided thai council have tests made by them vat 8:30 o'clock on Tuesday morning, May 12th. Rates for electric lights were thep discussed an on motion the president “was empowered Lo appoint a commit- tee of three to adjust rates, com- plaints and with assistance of village attorney frame ordinance to assist in controling above said rates. The president appointed on said above «committee Trustees Clair and Beck- ver and Recorder Gole. The help question was then discus- ‘sed and on motion superintendent was instructed to discharge one man at plant and co'leetions ordered made abrough Recorder’s office, and on mo- Zion an extra compensation of $31.67 ger month was granted to recorder for making said collections. On motion meeting adjourned till -8:30 o'clock a. m., May 12, 1903. May 12, 1903. Meeting called to order by Presi- alent Riddell. Other members present were: Trus- dee Becker and Recorder Gole. On motion, the council adjourned dua body to the electrictlight station au witness the test of the plant, after which they again met at the rocorder’s zotiice. Eleceric light plant was again dis- cussed and upon Mr. Robertson sig- nifying his willingness to complete said plant, where same was incomplete as yet, it was on motion decided to issue an order of $1,500 payable at unce.and another order of $1,000 pay- - jble.in thirty days, and to accept said plant when fully completed. On motion Recorder was instructed 49 insure electcic light aud water station at once, placing $2,0000n build- ing and $3,000 on machinery. ; On motion meeting adjourned. J. 8. GOLE, Recorder. TREASURER’S REPORR. May 11, 1903. To the Honorable | Village Council, Grand Rapids, Minuesota. Gentlemen:—I hand you herewith a statement of the village funds re- ceived and paid out since my report of April 13, 1903, RECEIPTS. Amount in contingent fund last ro- POPE) ose seeserees . $4,718 51 Amount received from H. 8. Huson, fines... 10 00 Amount ‘reecived ‘from. i. McEwan, fines 80 00 Amount ree water rent......- 642 70 J, 8. Gole, electric Tight. 1.234 64 Total.. wees + $6,680 85. ‘DISBURSEMENT: Amount paid by village orders...... $2,810 85 Balance in contingent fund 3,870 50 Amount in interest fund... 308 19 Amount in electric light fund 22.90 Amount in general fund. 6 92 Amount in library fund. 65 81 Amount in Gilbert judgment ft 89 92 Amount in Waterhouse judgment fund .. 86 M4 Amount in Wetterstein ‘judement fund.. 326 02 Amount in Bank of Aikin judgment fund . 36 95 Total cash on hand seeee B48 15 Respectfully submitted. C. E. AIKEN, Treasurer. HOW HE HORRIFIED HER. Wife of President Hadley Unable to Echo His Wish, One pleasant day last fall, so the story goes, President Hadley of Yale was stroiling through the beautiful campus of Dartmouth college with his wife on his arm. They were ad- miring the beautiful buildings which dot the campus, several of them hav- ing been erected by wealthy alumni. Presently they came to an especially noble hall, built of stone, and occu- pying a commanding site. Over the main entrance was a marble tablet which announced that the hall had been erected by “John C. Blank as a memorial to his Beloved Wife.” President Hadley stood and looked at the noble pile for a moment. Then he heaved a sigh that was almost en- vious. - “Ah,” he sald, “that is what I should like to do for my college.” And to this day, the boys declare, President Hadley cannot understand why his wife should have looked so horrified.—Si. Louis Mirror. PARIS BANTING IN NEW WAY. To Eat Cold Food Only the Latest Plan of Reducing One’s Weight. The new Parisian cure for too much flesh is to take all food, or nearly all, cold. The early breakfast of toast and eggs is eaten cold, and the food is washed down with cold coffee or milk. At luncheon there is nothing but cold meats and cold puddings, with bread, cheese and salads. At night the meal consists of only mayonnaise of fish, cold entrees and entremets; no hot vegetables, but perhaps, as a bonne bouche, a hot cutlet, lean, of course, Many people in Paris who are in- clined to be stout, especially among the women, are assiduously following the new cure, and most of those who tried it assert that they have ob- tained satisfactory results. For Those With Stomach Habit, A Philadelphia baker is authority for the assertion that the latest fad of dyspeptics is bread made with sea water, instead of fresh water. ie has a saltier taste,” he says, “than we are accustomed to, but it is very palatable. In fact, he who likes salty things is apt to like it better than the other kind of bread. A physician asked me about three months ago to make some of this bread for his patients. At first I made six loaves a day, but now I make thirty. My sea water comes up to me from Atlantic City three times a week. The dys- peptics who buy the bread say it is the only kind they can eat fresh without discomfort.” . Japanese Signs. Nearly every shop in Japan for the sale of foreign goods is furnished with a sign in a foreign language. No mat- ter whether the language is intelli- gible, if it is only in foreign characters that is enough. Many of these signs are a study. “The all countries Boot and Shoe Small or Fine Wares;” “Old Curious;” “Horse-shoe maker instruct by French horse leech;” “Cut Hair Shop;” “If you want sell watch, I will buy; if you want buy watch, I will sell. Yes, sir, we will, all will. Come at my shop. Watch-maker;” “Hatter Native Country;” “The House’ Build for the manufacture of all and best kinds of Hats.” e Music an Incentive to Work. It was shown at the Brooklyn navy yard the other morning that the gov- ernment’s plan of having the band play while the men are coaling a war- ship is most efficacious. While lively two-steps and marches were being played the bluc-jackets worked like beavers to fill the bunkers of the sup- ply-ship Buffalo. One of the officers suggested that it would not be a bad idea for private corporations to cheer. their men on in their work by hiring music, if nothing more than one of DEFECTIVE PAGE the little German street bands, to -keep up-their enthusiasm. Pa ew sg cereale ; away such a large package. ELIZA'S BUNCH CF KEYS, ‘They Paid Her Well Until ‘the Police Tock a Hand. “Eliza had aw pues. o peteg? We do not remember ever to havi read of a more clever plan fcr divert. ing some of the superflucas wealth of the world into ore neglected chan: nel than thai of Elize Holman, who is only 15. Her stock-in-trade, her jimmy, her center bit, appears to have been a bunch of keys. These keys were not designed to fit immediate and obvious use; they were “duffing” keys. Eliza would admit to having found them in the street, outside a public building or schoolhouse. She implied that they might happily belong to some one of the inmates, and while these keys were being tried by unsus- picious principals or headmistresses, Eliza, waitirg patiently in the sane. tum or office of the said officials, picked up there what she considered worth her while. The keys were forthwith returned to her and served again another day, There were twenty charges against Eliza.—London Sketch. A MUCH-MIXED FAMILY. Relationship That Would Puzzle a Philadelphia Lawyer. This is the way a Washington county man figures out his case: ~“I ‘married a widow who had a daughter. My father visited our house frequent- ly, fell in love with and married my stepdaughter. came my son-in-law and my step- daughter my mother because she was my father’s wife. My stepdaughter had a son, and was, of course, my brother, and at the same time my grandchild, for he was the son of my daughter. My wife was my grand- mother, because she was my mother’s mother. I was my wife’s husband’s grandchild at the same time, and as the husband of a person’s grand- mother is his grandfather, I was my own grandfather.”—Augusta Journal, But He Won’t Do It. Johnny’s mother had been anxious to instill into the mind of her youth- ful son the necessity of reading at least a few verses from the Bible each day. She is anxious that her son should have a knowledge of the Bible as wel! as other books; in fact, she thinks a reading of the great book the best means of gaining a good understanding of English ‘and history. The little fellow has been adding a verse through the Psalms, Proverbs and those books as he ad- vances in reading. The other_even- ing he was reading in a particularly deliberate style when he came upon the passage, “Keep thy tongue from evil and thy lips from guile.” ‘Keep —thy—tongue—from—evil—and—thy lips—from—girls,” he drawled out, Flatiron Pincushion. ‘ One of the latest of kitchen utensils to take its place on the dressing table is the flatiron. which has been con- verted into a thing of ornament as well as use. Its use In the bedroom is that of a pincushion, and it is stood face outward, in the position in which good housewives put away this kitchen bric-a-brac. Of course it is only a flatiron in shape, for it is made of stout cardboard cut the shape of a small flatiron face. This is padded with cotton and covered smoothly with satin. A handle of heavy wire is added and wound with narrow ribbon, which is tied in bows where'the handle joins the cushion part.—Brooklyn Eagle. Cures Diseases of Plants. By his method of feeling through the stems instead of the roots S. A. Mokrsezki, the Russian entomologist, believes that trees and plants can bo cured of disease and greatly stimulat- ed in growth. His special apparatus is intended to introduce salts of iron —either solid or in solution—into apple and pear trees, and he has used it for applying chemical treatment to 800 fruit trees on the southern shore of the Crimea. The weak and dis- eased condition of the trees wags remedied, while an unusual develop- ment followed. Australian Rabbits. A few years ago the rabbit was the plague and dread-of the whole pastoral class in Australia. Australians are learning now to turn the rabbit itself into a commercial asset. Twenty mil- lions of Australian rabbit skins were sold in London last year, while nearly 3,000,000 rabbits frozen in their furs were sent to the London market from Victoria alone. The Australian rabbit is thus supplying the tables of the United Kingdom with food and the wardrobes of the civilized world with ornaments. Hotel Savoy’s Immense Mirror. The Hotel Savoy in New York plumes itself upon the possession of the largest mirror in the world. Only two steamships of the ocean—one of them the Friesland, in which it came —have room in their holds to stow It is a little more than thirteen feet square ana is nearly. half an inch thick. To get this perfect plate five different glasses had to be cast. It was made at the St. Gabian glass-works in Paris. Composition of ‘Gas Mantles. The composition’ used in gaslight mantles is 99 per cent thoria and 1 per cent ceria. The foundation of the Welsbach mantles is cotton fiber, but the Lehner fabric, composed of artificial silk, made from collodion, gives a more brilliant light and a far- longer life, but such mantles are nat- urally more expensive. The experi- ence of Buhlman of Berlin with man- tles made of ramie fiber have given amost encouraging results. Thus my father be-; Much rowing. “I’ve heard a good deal in my time about the foolishness of hens, but when it comes to right-down, plum foolishness, give me a rooster, every time. He’s always strutting and stretching and crowing and bragging about things with which he had noth- ing to do. When the sun rises, you’d think that he was making all the light, instead of all the noise; when ; the farmer’s wife throws the scraps dn the henyard, he crows as if he was the provider for the whole farmyard and was asking a blessing on the food; when he meets another rooster, ; he crows; and when the other rooster licks him, he crows; and so he keeps it up straight through the day. He even wakes up during the night and crows a little on general principles. But when you hear from a hen, she’s laid an egg, and she don’t make a great deal of noise about it, either,” —From “Leiters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son,” by George Horace Lorimer. By permission of Small, Maynard & Co., publishers, Boston, Mass. FENCING GOOD FOR WOMEN. Exercise That Will Impart Grace and Physical Strength. Those who have seen women who are expert fencers recognize that it is an extremely graceful amusement. Many ladies are taking fencing les- sons. Strength of leg is necessary, as well as of wrist, and much activity. But it is a most admirable exercise, improving the figure and developing the muscles, and is worthy to be made an art. It is not only physical strength that is required for this amusement, but keenness of the eye and dexterity of the wrist, and these are quite woman- ty. Quickness oz percoption and ac- tion are necessary. Concerning Jags. It is do~a in the ranks of the toil- er for daily bread that the awful blight of the humdrum is most =eenly felt, and here the need of an inteili- gent form of jag is most evident. Dress is forbidden as a luxury be yond attainment. Alcoholic excess is a curse whose hideous after results are only too well known. Blessed is the man who shall find or devise a new and harmless jag that shall come into the tired lives of the masses like a burst of sunshine on a leaden day, dispersing and haunting shadows of vice jags, and giving the necessary relief from grinding monotony with- out any demoralizing after effects.— A. K. Bond in the Booklovers’ Maga- zine. Preacher’s Witty Sermon. The old Bridewell burying ground, which is now the subject of legislation in the English Parliament, is the rest- ing place of Mme. Creswell, so often mentioned by the Charles Il. dramat- ists, who died in Bridewell prison, and left £10 for a sermon to be preached at her funeral, on the condition that nothing should be said of her but what was well. The preacher got out of the difficulty rather neatly by saying: “All that I shall say of her is this: She was born well, she lived well and she died well; for she was born with the name of Creswell, she lived in Clerkenwell and she died in esa well.” Engine Has Had Long Service. One of the earliest steam engines ever built is still the main source of power in some rolling mills in Bir- mingham. It was set up in 1767, and the original wooden beam has lately been replaced by an iron one, after 135 years of continuous service. Aside from this iron beam and a cylinder that was putin new in 1802 the engine is the same as at first, even to the con- necting rod. For its special purpose the old engine has been pronounced more economical than many modern engines, and it is likely to do duty many years more, Found His Mother’s Corpse. Talking about railroad accidents, there was one with a pariicularly sad feature near New York e day or two \ ago. A middle-aged woman was run down at a grade crossing and dread- fully injured. A surgeon living near was called, but before he could get to the spot the watchers had placed a rug over the face of the victim. She was dead. The surgeon stepped up and with professional coolness re- moved the rug to see the face. Then he shrieked and fell unconscious be- side the corpse. It was his mother. A Dramatic Reprieve. On the stage it happens that the hero is reprieved at the eleventh hour when on the scaffold, and there are cases recorded in history. Few, how- ever, have been so close to death as Joe Campbell, a negro, who had been condemned to death for murder at Yazoo City, Mo. The negro had the halter about his neck and the trap- door was ready to be sprung open. Campbell then turned to the sheriff and confessed the name of his accom- plice. He was instantly reprieved. Brains of Lunatics, An eminent doctor says a heavy brain is no indication of intellectual eminence. The average weight of the European brain is from forty-nine to fifty ounces. male lunatics, taken without selection | from post-mortem records, had brains ranging from fifty to fifty-six ounces. The ebrains of three female lunatics out of twenty-two exceeded fifty ounces. It is well known that epilep- ' tics usually have large brains. S%e2ereres 4 Johnson, The Tailor, iy, stock. and SUMMER. SUITS In all Shades and the Latest Styles at kr Remember Su Johnson carries the goods in No need to wait for returns from Chicago or else- where. Come in aud loukat the Spring and Summer pat- *@ terns and styles, + i ' ALE, WILDER Prop. FIRST-CLASS IN EVERY RESPECT. Sample Room and Livery ¢ in Connection. Special Altention Given to Transient Trade. Headquarters for Lumbermen. One half Block From Depot. GRAND RAPIDS. PRR S SASS SESSA S SES 2e2 = SeeM the most complete line west of Duluth. Well, Well! Here We Are Again! With a pull line of Windows and Doors. We here We als have a large line of Screen Moors and Wind ws, all sizes, all colors, and all prices. of Ptasterers’ Cement and Re A ete ae ARE ate ae ate ea ae ate Re ae a ae a A ea ae ae A AK a ae aE AE bd ® # J & 4 %& & od s % = a & * 2 & & % & % * * = * % % = # 2 % & = ‘J 2 * ARE ae RE A ah Re De ae a ake alk ae ae ae a Se a ak FA AE ae a ae ae ARE ge aE ae aE aE a * We also carry a tull lisle Material, such as Lime, Brick, Hair, Wall Plaster. Cail on J. d. BECKER, at the Lumber Office, or ’Phone No. 9. SRE AE ee Se ae ea ae a ee ee RA ee ae ae a ate ae ae ae me ae Om ae ee A Favorite Resort for refr ments and where may be scen and heard one est phonographs in the world is at JNO. OREILY’S Sample Room The Northern. : : delightful t id Cabinet Rye Whiskey *,m" celsh Sa tat arated Rapids. We aA SG the finest whiskeys ever distilled. NORTHERN CAFE Doc, Welsh, Chef. In connection—open day and night. All delicacies of the season served at ull hours. John O’Riley, Prop. SAE AE A EA AR SER ee II a AM a a Re ae a ea a a SAE AE Ee EAE A ae a ae ge a ae a ea a a ae ey SS SS SSS S—5) lf S252 S525252 52 S82 Se2s3s5—5 'GEO. BOOTH, .- Manufacturerot Fine Cigars GRAND RAPIDS, MINN jeseseses 97 Have achieved an exeellent és BOOTH S CIGARS menue ED all over Northern Minnesota. They are made of the finest selected stock by experienced workmen in Mr. Booth’s own shops here, and under his personal supervision. This insures the utmost cleanliness and care in manufacture. For sale everywhere. Call for them. 1252525252525 2525 eS255—S5 DULUTH. SOUTH SHORE B/ATLANTIC RY BETWEEN GREAT: Stee ST “oTHE EAST. Yet five out of thirty-one |g FINEST “MODERN: TRAINS forest IN. GpCARSLA SEAS CARTE ‘ yo i —== ene Ih