Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, November 25, 1905, Page 3

MORE SCHOOL IN THE COUNTRY. Average Number of Days Larger in Rural Districts. During the year ending July 31, 1905, 430,005 pupils were enrolled in the public schools of Minnesota, according to figures compiled by the state de- partment of public instruction from the reports of the county superintend- ents. This is an increase of 6,342 aver the previous year, not so. large an increase as from 1903 to 1904. when the increase was 8,155. The most significant fact in the re- port is the increased average number of days which pupils in the rural dis- tricts attended and the decreased ay- erage in the cities. In the common school districts the average ntimber of days each pupil attended has in- creased from 79 in 1903 to 82.55 in 1904 and 87.56 in 1905. In the same period the length of term of school has increased from 7 months to 7.03 months in 1904 and 7.34 months in 1905. In the independent and special dis- tricts the length of term has remained stationary at 9 months, and the aver- age number of days per pupil, which increased from 130 in 1903 to 133.3 in 1904, has this year decreased to 129. The number of pupils entitled to ap- portionment in the independent and special districts this year is 166,328, an increase of 4,180 since last year. The increase from 1903 to 1904 was 7,422. Those not entitled to apportionment were 12,787 in 1905, 12,557 in 1904 and 12,559 in 1903, an increase of 228 in two years. The total enrollment in the common school districts does not show a large increase, but the number. entitled to apportionment has increased consider- ably. The total enrollment is 250,927, an increase of 1,964 over 1904. The increase in 1904 over the previous year was 635. The number entitled to apportionment has increased from 197,886 in 1903 to 202,091 in 1904, and 208,639 in 1905, an increase of 10,753 in two years. The number not entitled to apportionment has decreased from 50,342 in 1903 to 46,872 in 1904, and to 42,256 in 1905. This is a decrease this year of 4,616 and 3,470 the previous year. Another significant fact is the de- crease in children under eight years of age, and a large increase in children above eight. This will appear in the following summary of the enrollment for the state for the last two years: Independent and Special Districts— 1905. Bt 904, 162,143 Number of pupils entitled to apportionment ........ Number not entitled to ap- portionment 166,323 12,787 79,078 Total enrollment age number of days “h pupil has attended.. 129 of school age length in months Number of pupils 5 and 8 years of age Number of pupils 8 and 16 years of agi 38,026 40.195. +-122,225 117.812 Number of pupils between 16 and 21 years of age... 15,836 _ 16,124 Number of pupils from 8 to 16 years, attending 12 weeks or More ....-..+. 90 116,279 111,736 Common School Districts— Number of pupils entitled to apportionment .......-208,639 202,091 Number of pupils not en- titled to apportionment.. 42,256 46,872 Total enrollment .......-+ 250,927 248,963 Average number of days each pupil has attended.. 87.56 82.55 Average length of school An sMHONtHS. - ,.24-h acess « 7.84 7.08 Number of pupils ‘between 5 and 8 years of age. 60,486 62,397 Number of pupils betw 8 and 16 years of age. ....174,654 172,962 Number of pupils between 16 and 21 years of age... 14,750. 12,819 Number of pupils between 8 and 16 years of age at- i tending 12 weeks or more.130,336 121,574 Total enrollment in all ES public schools .........-430,005 423,663 LESSONS ON PURE. FOOD. Food Department’s Meeting Has Been Sent for Jan. 6 at Old Capitol. The date for the convention of trav- eling men, which the state dairy and food commissioner is arranging, has been fixed for Jan. 6. The meeting will be held at the old capitol in St. Paul. The inspectors of the depart- ment will-be called in and traveling men who handlé food products will be invited and they will be given infor- mation as to just what the department requires for coming up to the standard of pure foods. Md, Most of the travelers and manufac- turers say they are willing to obey the law if they know what the department wants, and the meeting will discuss uniform enforcement of the laws. traveling men manifest a desire to help in the department’s pure food crusade and the’ department is plan- ning the convention to help make the salesmen voluntary food inspectors and pure food adbocates. PERS EERE” SO-RESPONDENT LEAVES ARMY. Lieut. Fortescue Resigns as After- math of the Taggart Trial. Washington, Nov. 19. — President Roosevelt has accepted the resigna- tion. of Lieut. Granville R. Fortescue, Tenth United States cavalry. — Lieut. Fortescue was named as one of the several co-respondents in the suit for divorce brought by Maj. Elmore Tag: gart, U. S. A., against ais wife at Wooster, Ohio. Last winter he was on duty at White House socal functions cf the FIGURES ON STATE COUNT. Official Report on’ Census Is Nearly Ready. The advance sheets of the official re port of the fifth state census have jusi been given oyt. .The official report will be out about the end of the year It will contain about 150 pages of re ports and population tables. The report of population shows that the state has had an increase during the last five years of 13 per cent and an increase of 25.7 per cent during the last ten years. The increase during the last five years was 51,743 more than during the five years preceding. There are nine counties which show an increase of over 100 per cent, dur- ing the last ten years, Beltrami and Clearwater, formerly one county, lead- ing with an increase of 1,406.7 per cent. Five counties show an increase of 50 to 100 per cent. Twenty-six counties have increased 25 to 50 per cent, fifteen have increased 10 to 24 per|cent, seven have increased 5 to 10 per cent, five have increased less than 5 per cent, and five have decreased. Fillmore has the largest decrease, 4.7 per cent. A group of twenty-seven counties in the narthern part of the state show an increase of 97,720 for the past five years, or 42.8 per cent of the entire increase of the state during those years. The increase of three big coun ties in that time is 112,215, or almost half the‘entire increase. This would leave an increase in the other fifty- four counties only about 7 per cent of the increase, or am increase in the older counties of less than 1 per cent. The increase in the state is classi- fied by groups in the following table: Northern Minnesota .........- 97,720 Central Western Minnesota ... 11,478 Southwestern Minnesota ...... 4,762 Other counties - 5,225 Hennepin county . - 64,466 Ramsey county ... . 85,776 City of Duluth ..... 11,978 POEL jie din, oe acts ere ha sib «i 231,400 Southern Minnesota decrease.. 1,907 Total net increase......... 229,493 This increase is after deducting 2,511 Indians from the present popula- tion of the state and 3,486 Indians from the population of the state in 1900, these Indians not being included in county population. The population residing in cities and villages of the state is 53 per cent of the whole; ten years ago it was 84 per cent. The proportion of the three big cities to the smalléd towns has de creased. Ten years ago these cities had 58 per cent'‘of the urban popula: tion; now they have about 50 per cent. The increase in urban popula tion during the last ten years has been 38 per cent and the increase in rural districts has been 14.5 sper cent. “Railroad construction and the natur- al desires of man to traffic, together with the powerful forces of industry and commerce, have created the new marts.” In many of the older counties are many new villages. Redwood county has ten new villages since the last census. There are in the state 137 gities and villages having a population ‘above 1,000, and 114 between 500 and 1,000. Eleven, of the large cities have kept their relative rank for the last ten years, while Crookston has moved up from seventeenth to twelfth place. WRECK KILLS FAMILY. Conductor Smiley, Wife and Child, Die in Smash on Soo Road. Detroit, Minn., Nov. 22.—Three per- sons were instantly killed here yester- day and another was badly injured. The dead and injured comprise the family of Conductor Smiley, in charge of the train standing on the main track. A freight train, with a passen- ger coach and a caboose at the rear end, heading south, standing on the main track, was run into by the en- gine of a freight following after. The engine telescoped the caboose, killing conductor Smiley, wife and infant child, instantly. Their daughter, Maude Smiley, fourteen years old, had one foot crushed and amputated above the ankle. She may recover. LEASES AT AUCTION. A half dozen mineral lea*es » for which more than one had made appli- cation at the sale on Nov. 3 sold to the highest bidder among the applicants. The minimum price,of a lease is $25 for the privilege of prospecting one year, but the six leases sold brought $500. W. D. Washburn, Jr., of Minne- apolis bought one lease for $115 and another for $170. Another parcel was’ bought by C. H. Bradley of Duluth for $110. O. J. Boner bought one for $40 and L. G. Bradley bought two leases for $26 each. Most of these leases are on lands in Itasca county. GERMAN ENEMY DIES. Leader of Hottentot Rebellion Suc- cumbs to a Wound. Berlin, Nov. 22. — A cable message received here from Lieut. Gen. von Trotha, commander of the forces in German Southwest Africa, announced the death of Hendrik Witboi, the lead- er of the Hottentot revolt. His death resulted from a severe wound received while attacking a German provision train Oct. 29. Witboi has been suc- ceeded by his som Isaak. A Confused Thanksgiving The week before Thanksgiving Mr. and Mrs. Bennett were obliged to leave home suddenly on business. The last thing Mrs. Bennett said to Janet was: “Invite some girls to take dinner with you on Thanksgiving day. Any mother will spare her daughter under the circumstances.” And poor Janet, under her heartache, took comfort. Then there was brother Jack, aged 10. Janet had him to consider; some- how they must have a happy day in spite of all. So Janet set to work to choose her guests. Now in Janet’s heart there was a wrong rankling. Her best friend had accepted an inyitation some time be- fore—an invitation that had not been extended to her! Janet had hoped her friend would decline because of loyalty to her, but no, she had gone to the party, had a good time and Janet resented it. “I will leave Helen out,” thought Janet with a hardening of her heart, “and I'll invite some fashionable girls, just to show her that I can form a circle outside our own. It may teach her a lesson.” It was odd how heavy hearted Janet was after this decision, but with a grim setting of the lips she went to work at the desk. ; Jack sat by the window munching candy. He was going to play foot- ball later on; he had an appointment with his chum and he held his big silver watch in his hand. “All done,” cried Janet, suddenly, “but not a stamp. Here, Jack, mail these for me at the corner. There’s a quarter; you may keep the change for sodas. I’ve invited the three nic- est girls in town to dinner on Thanks- giving day and will ask Ted for you. How’s that?” Jack’s eyes glistened. He snatched the dainty white notes and the money, then rushed from the room, shouting, ‘Thanks, Janet; you're all right.” At the corner drug store Jack came in violent contact with a sturdy body that nearly knocked him down. It proved to be his chum, Ted, red in the face and panting with anger and exertion. 2 “Game’s off,” he screamed in Jack’s face. “Moguls are quitters. Wouldn’t it jar you?” Something had jarred Jack, so he sat down on the store step to con- sider. “They're scared,” he said, gloom- ily; ‘seared to death. They’re meanies.” With that.Jack arose slowly, went to the letter box on the lamp post and dropped in the invitations; then he resumed his seat by Ted and began more observations regarding the Mo- guls, while he flipped the shining quarter deftly. Suddenly a look of horror spread over his freckled face. “Great guns,” he exélaimed. “whht’s up?” asked Ted, sympathet- ically. “I’ve put those letters in without stamps!” “Gee!” whistled Ted. Then Jack thought. of Janet’s gen- erosity and faith in him, and a great wave of remorse swept over his soul. “They were invitations to dinner,” he sighed. “Who to?” questioned Ted, a gleam of hope rising. “I’m blessed if I know-—but they’re the three nicest girls. Mother said Janet could invite them, and she’s going to ask you, too.” At this Ted’s interest heightened, but his hope faltered. 2 “If you only knew their names,” he sighed, “we could go and ask them and beg them not to tell, but we'll just have to guess.” t “Guess?” faltered Jack. “Yep! I didn’t know there were three nice girls in town. I only know two. Most of them are—well, you know! There’s Janet and—and Bar- bara Dale; do you know any othérs?” This was a problem, and the ‘con- spirators on the stone step looked des- perate. Peo ; me,’ boys.” “Helen’s pretty good,” mused Jack, ‘and of course Janet will haye her.” “Course!” agreed Ted, “but she’s awful stuck up,” “And there’s Barbara Dale, sure. I heard Janet tell mother once that Barbara was one of the best girls in school, only she was unfashionable and poor, and the girls dare not take her up.” “Sillies,” snapped Ted. “I told you that Barbara was nice. Now the third one. Then we can begin.” The third one was a poser until at last Jack had an inspiration. “I know!” he cried, “it’s Margaret Dow. Her mother’s dead, and her father travels, and she lives in a horrid boarding house, and once mother asked Jane why she didn’t do something for Margaret, and ‘Janet laughed and said that Margaret was nice, but queer, but when she had a chance she would invite her to a good square meal. I'll bet it’s Margaret all right.” “Surel’» agreed “Ted. hurry.” ~ So away they went with kindness in their hearts, and never a doubt that Janet’s idea of nice and theirs might differ. They went to Margaret’s first. A frowsy maid opened the door and let them standing on the stoop while she called Margaret. Poor little Margaret, pale dressed in black, soon appeared. “Won't you come in?” she smiled. “No, thank you!” bluried Jack, “my sister sent mé—least she wants to in- vite you to——” “A good sq—,” Ted broke in wild- ly. “Squiet dinner!” groaned Jack, trying to save the day, and glaring at hapless Ted. “It’s for Thanksgiving, and she wants you very much, and please when you answer—” here Jack pleaded awkwardly: “Please don’t mention us—just an- swer as if you had got a note!” Margaret laughed, promised merrily, and the boys went gratefully on their way, Next came Helen. door herself. “Hey ho; Jackie and Ted,” she said, familiarly, ‘glad to see you.” “Janet wants you to come to Thanksgiving dinner,” began Jack, seating himself in the hall on the same Chair Ted had chosen. “Wants me?” cried Helen, dimpling. “I thought she was angry.” This was a surprise to Jack and he paused, but Ted ably plunged in. “She was,” he said, premptly, “but she’s ashamed of herself. She wants to make up, and it’s lonely—and it’s Thanksgiving—and—she hopes you'll say yes. “And please,” here Jack cleared his throat; “when you answer, just make believe you got a stunning note and not mention us!” Helen burst into laughter. “ll beg mother to let me go,” she “Now* let's and She opened the gasped; “and Jackie, here’s some fudge; fill your pockets. Oh! dear, but this joke is delicious!” “Joke!” glared Jack. “Fudge!” laughed Helen, “excuse So that was settled. Now there was only Barbara. She lived in an unfashionable part of the town and was slighted by the girls of the school every place. She was being educated by a rich relative, but found it no easy task to wear shabby clothes and mingle with others who were far better arrayed. “But it will pay by and by!” was brave Barbara’s motto, “education now, and easier times ahead,” sunny porch studying algebra. “Hello!” they greeted. Barbara looked up surprised. She had few callers. “Why, it’s Janet’s brother!” she smiled, “come in.” So they went in. i “We've come to invite you to Thanksgiving dinner,” Jack began the formula, “mother and, father are away.” ; “So are mine,” Barbara interrupted, | “grandmother is sick.” “Well, Janet wants you, she’s asked ty ‘ i The boys found her on the |» some others. We're going to have fun.” Barbara was dimpling prettily as Helen had done. “It’s odd that Janet thought of me,” she mused. “She’s going to take you up,” began Ted, determined to do his share of the business. He got so far when Jack turned a strong stare upon him. “This isn’t your party!” he warned. “He means,” Jack continued to Bar- bara, “that Janet’s sorry she hasn’t invited you before. She’s asking you to something special now, to make up.” “Oh!” smiled Barbara, dear.” “She was in an awful hurry,” Jack went on, “and so when you answer just do it as if—as if——” “We were a note!” nodded Ted, ris- ing above Jack’s snub, Barbara. was laughing helplessly. “All right!” she gasped. “Well, I tell you!” groaned Jack as he and Ted scampered away, “I’m glad ‘that’s over! Now we can have an ice cream soda.” ’ The next day Jack sat in his sister’s room reading the last Henty book and Janet was sewing by the further window, when the maid brought in three letters. Janet took them, opened them one by one, and as she read her face grew strange to see. Jack, innocent and happy, read his “she’s @ book. At last he was roused by Ja- net’s cry: “What—does—this—mean?” He looked up. : “What?” he asked. “Just read them!” Janet had to confide in some one, and Jack was near at hand. The three notes were happy ac- ceptances, and not one word about the boys. - “Well,” sighed Jack with “what’s the matter? Didn't want them to come?” “Want them?” sobbed Janet. “I never asked them. This—this—is an impudent trick.” It was Jack’s turn to grow amazed. “You said the three nicest girls,” he wailed. “And Ted and I—” “Ted and you!” Janet had him by the shoulders, “now—tell—me—all! I dare you!” Jack never took a dare, and out the story came. Janet listened, then she turned to the notes so sweetly filled with faith in her and her kindness. As she thought, a shame for herself and a thankfulness that Jack had saved her rose high and strong. “J—I—do want them!” she cried. “Oh! Jack, this is going to be a real Thanksgiving day, and you made it, you dear, old chap. I can never thank you enough.” Jack was very much surprised, but dignity upheld him. And. such a dinner as that was! Four happy girls, and two radiant boys laughed and chatted around the ehry- santhemums and dishes of good things which Mammy Loo, the cook, had provided. Jack and Ted reveled in as many “helps” as they wanted, and no one kept-count. After dinner came games in the library, with nuts and cider to help along the fun, and the day ended in a halo of bliss. That night Janet wrote the whole story to her mother, finishing with, “and now I know what a real Thanks- giving means. It means making oth- ers thankful—Brooklyn Eagle. relief, you Additional Claim for Turkey. The great American bird, descend- ed from the Phoenix of old, has a way peculiar to itself of turning up at stat- ed intervals. It is indeed possible that the ancients when they wrote about the fowl that rose triumphant from the ashes, made a hitherto un- discoyered reference to the Thanks- giving turkey. Of course, there is a gaping hole in this argument, because the ancients had no Thanksgiving day nor yet turkeys, but. that is a matter for theorists to fuss about. ¥ ‘When it became known that the best shot in the regiment was going into the jungle to compass the death of a terrible tiger, the surgeon major of the regiment, an enthusiastic curio collector, at once buttonholed him. “Remember, Atkins,” said he, “I be- speak the skin at your own price.” “All right, sir,” said Atkins. The surgeon major was netting but- terflies on the outskirts of the jungle that evening, when he saw Atkins run- ning toward him. “Shot him?” shouted the surgeon Major. ~ “Yes, sir,” breathlessly replied the flying Nirarod. “How much for the skin?” “Five pounds, sir.” The doctor gave Atkins the money. “Where’s the skin?” he cried. “Behind you, sir,’ came the reced- ing answer. The doctor looked and saw the skin, with the tiger in it, coming open- mouthed and bleeding from a scratch where Atkins had “shot” it. The doc- tor didn’t get the tiger’s skin, but the tiger nearly got the doctor’s. Parliamentary Mud Flinging. The Australian labor members are distinguishing themselves as parlia- mentary phrasemakers. Mr. Prender- gast, the member for North Melbourne and the leader of the Labor party in the parliament of Victoria, has charac- terized a colleague, who interjected a remark while he was speaking, as an “alcoholized epileptic freak,” which is a distinct contribution to the litera- ture of legislative scurrility. After some demur, he withdrew and apolo- gized.—Pall Mal IGazette. Hock Declined. President Eliot of Harvard when a young man ordered a bottle of hock in a Boston restaurant, saying as he did so: “Here, waiter, bring me a bot- tle.of hock—hic, haec, hoc!” The wait- er, who had been to college, smiled, but never stirred. “What are you standing there for?” exclaimed the professor; “didn’t I order some hock?” “Yes, sir,” said the waiter, “you or- dered it, but you afterward declined it.” Respectable Parents. Little Prince Edward of Wales, who is eleven years old, has been studying English history, and he was being ex- amined recently on the period of Hen- ry the Seventh. “Who was Prince Warbeck?” he was asked. “Perkin Warbeck,” replied the prince, “was a pretender. He pretended to be the son of a king, but he wasn’t. He was the son of respectable parents.” Didn’t Have to, “Why don’t you goa to work?” de- manded the housekeeper. “Well, yer see,” began the gray- haired old loafer, “I’ve got a wife an’ three children to support—” * “But if you don’t work how can you support—” “As I was a-sayin’, lady, I’ve got a wife an’ three children to support me.” In His Place, “How is it that you are always in debt? You should be ashamed of your- self.” “Come, now, don’t be too hard on a fellow. You would perhaps be in debt too, if you were in my place.” “What place?” “Able to get credit.” Salary and Wages. “And what will be my salary?” ask- ed the actress, who had just been di- vorced for the third time. “Your sal- ary will be two thousand dollars a week,” replied the manager. “But how much will I get?” “You will get $50 a week and expenses.” High Airs. Miss Romanz—You don’t appear to care much for music. Don’t you even like the popular airs?” Miss Hunter—No. The only popu- lar air with me is the millionaire. 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