Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, March 17, 1906, Page 4

Braet Rapits Berais'Review Published Every Saturday. tt By E. C. KILEY. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE Katered in the Postoffice at Grand Rapid ? Minnesota, as Second-Class Matter, STATE LAND SALES. The Duluth Commercial c!ub is taking hold of the campaign of ad- vertising the approaching sales of state lands in northern Minnesota in & properly vigorous manner. The map it bas issued in response to the suggestion of the state auditor includes not only St. Louis county, but al) the adjoining counties in which state land sales are to be held, as follows: Itasca, Beltrami, Hub- bard, Cass, Aitkin, Carlton, Crow Wing and Wadena. Besides showing the location of the land and explain- ing the terms of sale, the map de- scribes the nature of the svil and the weather conditions and gives a num- ber of other pertinent facts about the land and its sale. In these sales about 300,000 acres of land will be offered. Most of it is ad- jacent to the settlements and it will find a ready sale, providing it is ad- vertised extensively enough so that people will know that it is going to take place. ‘Ine efforts of the Com- mercial elub in taking up this matter of advertising the sales, and the man- ner in which it 1s being done, is well advised. The state land sales would have better success if the legislature had been more generous in its appropri- ation for advertising purpcses. The amount it grudgingly doled out was small, but it has been made to go as far as possible, and the results from its expenditure should warrant the legislature in loosening the purse strings a )ittle Sales since the advertising was done have been more largely attended and have yielded higher prices than any pre- vious sales. While the request of the state land department was simply that each lucality advertise its own county, the Duluth Commercial club ts advertis- ing the whole sale at the same time, for every aere of the land offered is in Duluth’s territory, and every settler added to the area tributary to Du- uth ts a help toward building up not only all northern Minnesota, but toward making Duluth, its metropo- jis, a greater and a better city. Meantime, all the other counties in which sales are to be beld are labor- ing to promote them and to arouse public interest in them, so that bide ding should be lively when the state’s auctioneer eomes around upon his ‘The dates of the sales are as fullows: Wuluth, April 9; Carlton, Aprit 10; Aitkio, April 11; Brainerd, April 12; Walker, April 13; Park Rapids, April 14; Bemudji, April 16; Grand Rapids, April 17.—Duluth Herald. next more. duty. Stonewall Jackson’s Love Letters. Great men have nearly always com- prehended the importance of letter writing as an accomplishment, and many of them have made it a recrea- tion and a resource in times of stress ani mental tension. And Stonewall Jaecksom, whose name stands as a synonym for the !fe strenuous, wrote letters:te his second wife (the first one lived only fourteen: months after her marriage to him), brimful of ar- dent love. My pet, my darling, my sunshine, my little somebody, he would call her, this great being whose Mfe was sacrificed for his country.— Exchange. The Girl and Her Prey. When a girl discovers that she has impressed some gentleman with the firm conviction that there fs not, nev- er was, and never will be anyone else like her in the world, and that impres- sion grows in strength the more he knows her, she has him, as it were, with a rope round his neck. It will wear to a pack thread if she neglects. it. It wants daily looking to. As to the “tame” husband, he will not ob- ject. He wil? like it the more se- curely he is fastened up in this fash- jon. He {fs not a fool.—Exchange. Development ef the Seudan. ‘The Soudan will be the great coun- try of the future. Already companies are being formed to acquire territory and build up industries on the banks of the White Nile. Several parties of Americans have already gone to Khartoum and chartered dahabeahs to take them to the great game coun- try toward Fashoda. Lower Egypt has been so overrun with sportamen that the game bes been practically extermiggted or driven away, HAD THEIR GROWL AS USUAL. Tugboat Mer Cver-suspicious of Extra Good Dinner. “I went to the high school with the late Charles T. Yerkes,” said a Phila- delphian, “and afterward I saw a good deal of him while he was in the bank- ing business here. “What I liked about Mr. Yerkes was his disposition. He never com- plained or growled. He hated to hear growls or complaints. On this head there is a story about him that few | old Philadelphians still remember. “A tugboat captain at a banquet one night said that tugboat men were the champion growlers of the world. He said they growled especially about their food, that even at a banquet they would find something to com- plain of. “Mr. Yerkes doubted this. He de- clared it couldn’t be true. There was an argument, with the upshot that the next week he took a rum on the tug and provided for the crew a sump- tuous surprise dinner. “It was a roast turkey dinner and when it was set before the men Mr. Yerkes and the captain were hidden in a place where they could see and hear all that went on. “The men looked very suspiciously at the fine roast repast. Then one speared a big bird on a fork and hold- ing it up said: ‘“‘Go slow on this, boys. If it wuzn’t cheaper’n salt pork it wouldn’t ’a’ come our way.” HOW TO DEAL WITH HUSBANDS. Advice Probably Given by Spinster, But Here It Is. Never tell your husband that you ! give him this or that for dinner, and not what he asks for, because you know what is best for him. A man will willingly yield to the woman he loves, he will make any sacrifice she may require, but he generally draws the line at being told what is good for him. Of this he will beg to re- main the best judge, and tell you so frankly and firmly. Never complain of your husband because he now and then criticises your dress or your new hat. On the contrary, return grateful thanks that he takes notice of ;what you wear. There are husbands who allow their wives perfect freedom in this respect, for the simple reason that they care absolutely mothing whether they have a garden of flov- ers or an old saucepan on their heads. Be grateful your husband is not one of those.—Exchange. Amenities of Lawbreakers. No member of the British parila- ment is permitted to say bluntly and directly that another is drunk, but he may hint at the fact in periphrase, as when Mr. Gladstone, replying to an unconventional speech of Disraeli’s, remarked: “The right honorable gen- tleman has evidently had access to sources of inspiration that are not open to me.” A violent scene has been caused in the parliament-of Vic- toria, Australia, by a labor member saying of a legal colleague: “The hon- orable and learned gentleman was once called to the bar and he has since gone frequently without being called.” The angry barrister retort- ed: “You tea-drinking skunk!” Even- tually both withdrew and apologized. Ever Read a Cento 800k? “This volume,” said the bibliophile, “is acento. It is composed of de- tached sentences taken from the works of Thackeray. It makes a nov- el, sensible, but short, and it was composed in seven years by a bedrid- den baroness. The best-known cento is probably the Empress Eudoxia’s ‘Life of Christ,’ made entirely of lines from Homer. There is a similar life, composed by Ross, that consis*s whol- ly of detached lines from Virgil. Cen- tos are often very valuable. One com- piled by Alexander Hamilton from Milton’s ‘Paradise Lost’ sold not long since for $500. The book was a his- tory of America.” True Politeness. An excellent suggestion was that contained in the remark of a little ten-year-old girl from the country, who had been visiting a friend in her city home. “Did you have a good time?” asked the child’s mother when the girl came back from her week’s visit. “Beautiful!” replied the little traveler, with great enthusiasm; “why, they were so polite they made me feel just as if I was the one that was at home, and they were visiting. I had a beautiful time!” That is the secret of hospitality—making friends feel at home. Umbrella as Burglars’ Fool. In a jewelry rabbery just effected in London, the thieves apparently commenced operations by drilling through the flooring and ceiling and then passing through the hole an um- brella. This was then opened and held in a@ position while the ceiling around the hole was cut away, and used as a receptacle for the falling pieces , of plaster and wood work. The umbrella was found below the hole, together with a rope ladder.— Stray Stories. Favor Requested. It is an interesting fact that it was partly to aid Mercer’s hospital in Dub- lin that Handel composed the “Mes- siah.” On the morning of the produc- tion of the “Messiah” this quaint no- tice appeared in a Dublin journal: “The stewards of the Charitable Musi- ! eal society request the favor of the ladies not to come with hoops this day to the Musick Hall in Fishamble street. The gentlemen are desired to come witheut their swords.” FAMILIES A GENERATION AGO. | Seemed to Think More of Real Essen: tlals to Happiness. It isn’t often that a mother goes back to the threshold of her own mar- ried life for the benefit of her own children. When she does she may tell them that ‘‘When I married your father he made $12 a week and he did not have any nest egg in the bank. He had been taking care of his moth- er and sister and the marriage of your aunt made our union possible. We had hardly a stick of furniture at the start, and it almost seemed as though you three older children were babiec all together.” But somehow these little families of a generation or so ago managed, for they loved each other. They worked and they did not have the foolish ideas about keeping up appear- ances that play such an important part and work such havoe in homes to-day. If the mother is the kind that is not haps poverty of her early beginnings as a matron, she will endeavor to im- her girls and also the paramount one that money is not essential to happi- ness but that the love of a good man and a quiet place called home are.— Chicago Journal. THE FINISHING TOUCH NEEDED. Kind Words of Farm Hand to Brilliant Young Artist. press ideas of economy and truth upon | ashamed of the simplicity and per- | The late Henry Harland, author of “The Cardinal’s Snuffbox” and other graceful stories, was once recounting, at the Authors’ club in New York, his experiences as editor of the famous “Yellow Book.” Mr. Harland praised Aubrey Beards- ley. * “Though only a boy of twenty-one or so,” he said, “Beardsley was as clever in the editorial as in the con- tributing capacity. He was, indeed, practically the art editor of the ‘Yel- low Book.’ “IT was fond of him. I once took a three days’ walking trip with him. He sketched, of course, on the walk. He made a number of sketches in oil col- ors. And they were very artistic and shaggy. “A farm hand watched Beardsley one afternoon and said encouragingly: “My lad, that won’t be a bad pic- ture after it’s been sandpapered down a bit.” How to Stop Gossip. There are two words, simple enough in themselves, that introduce untold trouble into the world and are re- sponsible for more gossip, scandal and harm than any other two words in the Erglish language. These two little words are nothing more than “They say.” They have done more to ruin reputations than any other thing. If you never quote what “they y,” you may be quite certain you not a gossip. Eut if you find your self telling your friends at all times what “they say,” and at the same time lifting your eyebrows and shaking your head, you may rest assured you are saying something the world would be better for not hearing.—Exchange. Disraeli’s Picturesque Metaphor. Few men had a richer talent for vivid picturesque metaphor than Dis- raeli. and sometimes even tawdry, but it sel- dom descended to the cheap. And what could be more vivid than the figure by which he pictured one of the Gladstonian Ministries: ““The Min- isters remind me of one of these ma- rine landscapes not very unusual on the coast of South America. You be- hold a range of exhausted volcanoes. Not a flame flickers on a single pallid crest. But the situation is still dan- gerous. There are occasional earth- quakes, and ever and anon the dark rumbling of the sea.” Narrow Escapes of Soldiers. Two tales of narrow escapes at Lucknow during the Indian mutiny: “Col. May told us many thrilling inci- dents of the siege, which brought the scene more vividly before one. He brought out a wall, against which he told me he was sitting one day, when suddenly a round shox struck the wall between his legs. This, however, is not to be compared with the escape of a trooper in the relief force, who had his saddle destroyed under him by a blind shell which passed between his thigh and the horse’s back, he him- self and his horse remaining unin- jured.” Ammonia For Mosquito Bites. In hot climates, where mosquitoes abound, it is usual to carry a tiny bot- tle of ammonia in the pocket, which is fitted with a little glass point on the stopper, and, as soon as the ene- my has worked his wicked ~vill, the | bottle is produced and a drop of the liquid is applied to the spot. The same beneficial effect is found from | treating the stings of midges with am- monia, and it is useful to know of a harmless and effectual remedy for \their aggravating attentions, which often cause serious blood poisoning. Costly Supervision Necessary. The United States government will spend a whole million if necessary to | investigate the causes and correct an | error in any of its financial depart- ‘ments, even if no more than a cent is ,involved. And it could not safely do otherwise. It must dispel every sug- , estion of laxness in discipline, and {to admit an error would be simply an , invitation and a hint for open mouth- :ed crooks to make money through faud. finishing a particularly shaggy sketch | Often, no doubt, it was bizarre, | | office opposite Postoffice, Grand Rapids, Minn i i ‘THE COMFORTABLE WAY. Local Time Tabie. West Bound | ! i q , t i Train 35 | 83 “ m, :14/12:14] ....Floodwood. 11:46]12:46)...Swan Raver. Grand Rapids Cc. L. FRYE, Agent, Grand Rapids, Minn. "The Comfortable Way" es You Buy ‘The Me- nomnee Seamless” emer creer ares ee REET Sensibie boy. that. Helmade a bull’s eye when he spoke. We make shoes which put the corn- Say, Pa, Why =] cure dealers on theranxious seat. 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