Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, November 12, 1904, Page 8

1 | | | Our Next Governor. The splendid endorsement given to John A. Johnson, governor-elect, by the people of Nicollet, his home coun- ty, indicates what manner of man it is the people of Minnesota have chosen to occupy the executive chair during the ext two years. It was in this eounty thas Jobo A. Johuson was born and raised, where he has lived all bis life and where he has been honores Ly publie office and in other da is by his neighbors that one is best known, and Mr. Jobnsou’s neighbors is a strong Republican county testified their appreciation of his worth and character by giving him the magniticent plurality of 1100 votes over his Republican opponent. That, indeed, would bave been splen- did consolation even if he had been defeated. The reasons for Mr. Johnsop’s popu- larity at home is not far to seek. His Fg manly bearing, bis rugged hou- esty and his persistent appliction to duty are al} well known and appre- ciated. }his manly struggie asa youth against adverse circumstances and his succesful tight for a place in the world are also contributing causes. ‘These same noble qualities of mind and heart stood him in good stead in 5 campaign for the governorship. What is written in the heart will be revealed ina man’s countenance and reanor. What the people saw in A. Jalinson appealed strongly to 2s, and especially to the young- element. They saw in hima man ) approached their ideal, sike unto resident’ Roosevelt, and when they urd him speak, bis words carried iviction. 32 A. Johnson will carry into the itive chair the same high quali- mind and heart tbat have stinguisbed him throughout his life las Won for bim the cordial good and support of his friends and rs. He will be the first execu- Lo Lransact the business of that e in the handsome and imposing capitol building, and it is indeed fitting that such a man has been nosen. Ife wall till the position with nity and bis past record that he will fill it with honor to himself and to tae common- wealth. It appears to be the rule that when the independent Republican voters of Minnesota held a just grievance ways. f s of grace and di is assurance st their party management, the ) of the ticket alone is made to r their displeasure. It is unfortu- rthe weltare of the state and inate for these independent sas well, chat they chose to elect enant governor the Republican didate 1m preference to that sterl- ng citizen and able business man, F. » Winston, the Demveratie nominee. Itseems pecntiar that the repudiation id the condemnation of the ed methods of bis manag- control the Republicaa conven- y with it the defeat nes, one of the greatest ; Bub those people who be- ] in decency in public life will find some consolation in the fact that Mr. Wiustop ran far abed of his ticket, ind but for the overwhelwing drift to Rovusevelt and Republicanism would been elected along with his inguished associate at the head of" the ticket. or the splendid campaign so ably ted on bebalf of the Demo- itic ticket, free from all personali- , Miud-slinging aid abuse, the sople of the state are indebted to hairman Frank A. Day and his ass ciate and heutenant, L. A. Ros It is a matter of pride and sa tion to all good citizens that tbe cam- paign management was placed in hands so worthy and so competent. —~ Duluth Herald. did not c R have Fursucr or Parsued! Does the man pursue the woman or Lhe woman pursue the man? That is a question which Bernard Shaw, theewriter, has brought into interesting discussion. Shaw says that the idea that man is the conquering wover is one of the absurd ideas that have come down to us from the centuries. Men believe it because it ministers to thelr vanity. They think them- irres ble. Women permit them to believe it because it helps them to carry on the pretty game. Shaw says when a women makes up her mind to marry a certain man that man’s doom is sealed. Permit‘ed to think he is the pursner, he is being pursued so ingeniously that he does not realize the fact until he is in the toils. And in most cases be never finds out the fact. While woman is dragging her captive at her chariot wheels the captive thinks of himself as conqueror. He issnared in his own conceit. Rafferd Pyke, in an article in a recent magazine, agrees with Shaw und says the poets and novelists are all wrong in picturing man as the successful pursuer. Metre and brethren, are these things selves trie is it trae thet, woman spreads her ret so cuntingly that we never know we are trapped?+ At we inveigled, rwed, capturtd ‘tnd dosgesticated 7 \ # ON of creation, have done this thing? You that know, please tell us. It would be more to the point, how- ever, if some bright woman, experi- enced in Cupid’s way, would tell the truth. It is noted that the champions of this pew sex philosophy, thus far, are G.en, Tell us the secret.—St, Paul. News, * Head Up When You Walk. A woman is complimented because she “has-a tine carriage’, and a maa’s walk bas a whole life story in its gait. Chest out, chin up, Shoalders square, | and the world you meet, respect® you. Drooped head, listies arms aud uncer- tain knees and the world immediately guages your inconsequence. Ina recent number, Success takes up the subject of walking, and offers some ¥ery pertinent suggestions. “Neyer allow your physical standard to drop, it . “Keep up your energy; walk ay #f you were somebody and were going to du something worth while in the world, so that even a stranger will note your bearing and mark your superiority. If you have fallen into a habit of walking in a listless, indolent way, turn right about face at onceaud mak change. You don’t want to shuffle along like the failures we often see sitting around on park benches, or Jollipg about the streets. with their hands in their po:kets, or haunting intelli- gence offices, and wondering why fate has been so hard with then. - “You don’t want tu give people the impression that youare discouraged, or tbat you are already fallipg to the rear. Straighten up, then! Stand erect! Beaman! You area child of the Infinite King. You ha royal blood in your veins. Emphi vour bearing. man who is of his kinship with God, and of his power, and who believes thoroughly in himself; walks with a firm, vigor- ous step, with his bead erect, his chin in, his should thrown back and down, und his chest well projected in order to give a large lung capacity: he is the map whv does thing “You cannot aspire, or accomplish great or noble things so long as you assume the attitude and bearing of a coward oy weakling, , 1f you would be noble and do noble things, you must look up. You were made ty look up- ward and to walk upright, not to look down of to sharable along in a semi- horizonta) position. Put character, dizuify, nobility into your waik”. It is just as well, as can be seen from this argument, to walk as if you were going some place and going to win out in the object of your quest when you get there. An old-fashioned saying “Lift your feet and they’il fall themselves’’. reads: For Sale—2 iron bed steads, one dresser, one commode, round kitchen table .and single harness and single buggy. All vargains, Enqiure of Mrs. A, Lord, Irish Village of Baltimore. Baltimore, in Maryland, gets its name from a small and unostentattous fishing village in Ireland. The word Baltimore signifies the ‘village that grew up about the big house” and the derivation is plain when one sees the ivy-covered ruins of the very remark- able big house that was once the stronghold of the O’Driscolls. It is situated upon an imposing height, a sentinel over the numerous little dwellings that have sprung up and in- creased in the vicinity of its wrecked and deserted life. From the village of Baltimore enormous catches of mack- erel are sent to America. Monarch Discovered Gentian. Gentius, king of Illyricum, the east- ern boundary of the Adriatic, was taken prisoner by tha Romans about a century and a half before the Chris- | tian era for encouraging pirates, and died in custody. He discovered that a certain plant was a very good tonic, and that plant has ever since been called Gentiani, after him. This plant is generally supposed to have been the tall, coarse alpine, common in mountainous districts in central Bu- rope, and known to botanists as G. lutea, a preparation of which is still in high repute as a medicine. Reading the Milestones. I stopped to read the milestone here, A laggard school-boy. long ago; I came not far—my home was near— But ah, how far I longed. to go! Behold a number and a name, ‘A finger, westward, cut in stone; The vision of a city came, ‘Across the dust and distance shown. Arcund me lay the farms asleep In hazes of autumnal air, All sounds that quiet loves to keep ‘Were heard, and heard not, everywhere. { read the milestone, day by day: I yearn to cross the barren bound, Yo know the golden Far-away. To walk the new Enchanted Ground! —John James Pratt. About Certain Words. There is often a hint of something fpproaching to an ancient kind of slang in various dignified’ words in the English language. So respectable a term as “perspicuity,” for instance, means that a thing can be “seen through” easily. The word “apoca- lypse” means “lifting off the cover,” or, in ‘other words, the revelation of whatever, good or bad things may be concealed in a chest of secrets like Pandora’s box, possibly, or maybe enly in the lunch basket of some old Greek workingman. under the inupression that we, lords OLDEST ARMY MARCHING TUNE, pa “The White Cockade” Played Before Americans in 1775. It is the old music, after all, that puts the life into marching feet, for it carries the traditions of marching in its melodies. One of the oldest of the tunes was “The White Cockade.” This is a historical melody to Amer- icans, though many Americans may not be aware of the fact. It was the tune to which the farmers who fired the shot heard round the world marched when they determined to force the passage of the bridge at Concord. Possibly it was the only tune which the drummer and fifer of Capt. Isaac Davis’ company knew, but the fact that it was played is: histo- rical. The popularity of the tune is proof that a melody made for one par- ty is recognized as good by all if it has the'quality of being singable. “The White Cockade” was originally a Ja- cobite tune, but it made a good march for the descendants of the English Puritans, April 19, 1775, when, Capt: Davis made his musicians strike up. As they were the first American force that ever advanced to battle as Amer- icans, “The White Cockade” is the old- est melody of the American army.— Boston Transcript. SIMPLE TEST FOR EGGS. Method Used in Germany Said to Be Infallible. A new and simple methad for test- ing eggs is published in German pa- pers. It is based upon the fact that the air chamber in the flat end of the egg increases with age. If the egg is placed in a saturated solution of com- mon salt it will show an increasing inclination to fioat with the long axis vertical. vessel containing the salt solution so that the inclination of the floating egg toward the horizontal can be meas ured. In this way the age of the egg can be determined almost to a day. A fresh egg lies in a horizontal posi- tion at the bottom of the vessel; an egg from three to five cays old shows an elevation of the flat end so ‘1at its long axis forms an angle of 20 de- grees. With an egg cight days old the angle increases ta 45 degrees; with an eggs fourteen days old to 60 de grees, and with ane three weeks old to 75 degrees, while an egg a month old floats vertically upon the pointed end. To My Soul. My soul, thou art a climbing vine Whose’ root is in the sod. Oh! make the best ideals thine And learn to be a god! The golden rod of higher thought Points out the highest way. The mountain peak has ever caught The first smile of the day. Think purely—make thine own the things Great souls have understood. ‘And lo! thou, too, wilt put en wings To reach the greatesc good. Uplift a brother from the ground, Stoop ushen lips to kiss, And witb single sudden bound Achieve vicarious bliss. Forgive all evil. none deride— The effort onward rolls— The mighty ego thrust aside, That stumbling block of souls. The mantle of unselfish love Throw o'er another's sin— #& latch is lifted far above; A heart has entered in. My soul, thou art a climbing vine, Whose root is in the sod. But make the best ideals thine, And thou wilt be a god. —Margaret Hunt. Most Fertite Cause of War. A famous French political economist drew up a Statistical table some time ago on this very question, and the showed that nine-tenths of the world’s wars have grown out of quarrels that arose directly from com- mercial disputes. No fewer than fifty- five wers were classified as civil; for- ty-one were wars of succession of Crown claims; thirty under the pre- tense of helping allies; twenty-eight were religious wars; twenty-four were wars of retaliation; twenty-two were for commercial rivalry; and eight on points of honor. Changes in National Features. Whether we look at portrait gal- leries, like Hampton court, or turn over illustration in old books, it is evident that some physiognomical change has been taking place. The stout, plethoric, muscular, ruddy-face2 man of stolid expression is becoming exceptional, and his place is being tak- en by a thinner, more alert, active type. The modern face is more keen, leaner and of less coarse mould than those of the older pioneers who laid the foundation of their country’s greatness.—Aspects of Social Evola- tion. New Filter for Impure Water. MM. Miquez and Mouchet have de- vised a new filter for impure or sus- pected waters from lakes, rivers and springs. The water is directed over a layer of fine sand, a meter thick, with gravel underngath. The solid } Particles and bacteria in the water are filtered out by the upper layers of the fine sand, and the water escapes freely from the gravel underneath. The authors consider it well suited for the supply of pure alimentary water. —London Globe. More Stoical Than Red Indians. No red Indians were ever more cal- lous to pain that the aborigines of Australia. In their tribal fights, which still occur frequently, the severest wounds are treated with indifference. | Old Australian settlers are fond of telling a famous story of a tribal chief who walked sixty miles with a spear sticking clear through his body before he could get help to pull it out, They insist that the story is true. A scale is attached to the | Tuesday naw November 15th. |! Mr. H. Murphy, representing Gordon & Ferguson of St. Paul wiil be at our store all day and take your order for any kind or style of Fur Garment, Fur Scarf Boa, Set or muff. He will also have a great many Fur Garments and Sets in all sizes, so that you will be able to make ase- lection from his stock without wait- out waiting for special orders. Every Garment is labeled with the Gordon & Ferguson guarantee. This insures you a high grade garment at the lowest possible price. Tuesday November, 15. One day only, cos UNION MADE S UNION MADE a | New 2 piece suits for boys. PP I O N E E R So Pe} : ¥ f New suits for men. New 3 piece suits for boys. New Trowsers for boys. f New Trowsers fur men. ' New Overeoats for boys. | XtrageoD ) and * Brands McMillan ! New Overcvats for men. STORE New Hats, “MeKibben” for men. New Shoes, *Bongths” for men eee commen oe CRMC As usual we are first in the field with the Fail and Winter showings of boysand children,s school. suits. Styles are smart and becoming, and quality and pric right, RAEN CT Qur Dry Goods Departmen Is over flowing with pretty New Fall Dress Goods, including Mvuhairs, Chey iots Cravenetts, Broadcloths, Poplins, Granites and Eolines. Fall Line of Shirt Waists in Wool, Batistes. Mohairs, Velvet. and Sifk. is Iso Skirt Waists Suits for fall. Always Complete Ladies’ Misses’ and Childrens’ Shoe Departments. Crocery, Glassware and Crockery Departments. John Beckfelt Grand Rapids, Minn. whorl ml ole «ce ap