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Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-04
1 DEATH OF MRS. BAILEY.
She Passed Away Yesterday Morning 81
the Age Of OF.

the Age Of 81.
Mrs. Sophia Bailey died at the resi-
csnce or her daughter, Mira Ina l..
benson, No. l5e Henry street, yester-
day morning. Old age ana its attend
ant weakness Was The immediate cause
OF her death. She was ~ years old
June Is, and was one Of the most ven
Grated and respected pioneers III the
county. Mrs- Bailey Was born n kut-
land. Vermont, June IS, 1901. She
WAS one Of the daughters Of Jeoidlah
Denlsou, who WAS one OF the heroes OF
the revolutionary war, having served
with General stark and his Green
Mountain boys. Mira Bailey Was IL
years old when the war Of 1872 broke
out. and the family MAS residing IN
Canada near Quebec, where her father
piled his trade. that of q wheel wright.
He hastily returned To the States and
his some enlisted IN the army. Suisse
quentiy the family removed 10 SomeT-
Get. \. u. where she married Joseph
;. Bailey February 3. 1921.
In 1876 their eldest son. the Hon. s.
S. Bailey moved 10 Michigan and locs-
ted IN Paris township. The remainder
of the family soon followed. Mrs.
BAILEY conunuod 70 reside IN fhrle
until the death of her husband IN 1870.
Since that time she ass lived with her
children who hive wed with each
other IN providing former comfort and
wants. During the past two or three
years she has tesn IN i'll health and
has resided continually with her
daughter, Mra. Denison. Last August
she was taken sick and has been con-
fined to her bed ever since. Every
thing was done that could be 10 restore
her TO health, but the frall body weak
ened by the weight OF its ninty-one
years Was unable longer TO Withstand
the strain, and yesterday morning che
passed quietly away into her eternal
rest.
She leaves six children, Slumsu
3. Bailey OF Paris, Freedom +.
who resides at No. 69S Wealthy av-
enue. Gilbert q. OF No IL Union street.
Joseph s. of Plsinfeid, Edwin A. OF
Paris and Mrs. Eta l.. Denison.
The funersl will be held from the
residence IF b. NJ. Denison, No. les
Henry sire Il ut 2 o'clock this afternoon.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-04
PASTORS CONFERENCE /.
The First Session Of the Season Was
Held Yesterday.

Yesterday afternoon at the Y. NJ. c.
A. parlors the ministerial conference
met for the first time eince the long
GUNNER vacation. The Rev. DIR. Null
hern presided and the venerable Rev.
Il. c. Crawford was an honored visitor.
The session opened with prayer by the
Rev. vs.. A. Frye, after which letter
from Prof. Prescott was read, In which
he expressed regret at beng unable TO
deliver the promised lecture, on &C
count of his removal from the city.
Owing 20 the small attendance the
regular order OF business, the election
OF officers. was deferred until next
Monday. and the afternoon was pleas
sntly passed with an Impromptu pro
gram Contributed by the Rev. W. A.
Frye, the Rev. I. VI. Dawes and the
Rev. Thomas @. Smith. each OF whom
gave sn outline OF tie sermon preached
sunday morsing before. The Rev. r.
Il. c. Crawford reviewed briefly the
sermon preached by the Rev. William
A Denmsn sunday morning. Prayer
was offered by the Rev. Dawes end The
conference adjourned.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-04
LowelI's Gresses, Fsir.

r. D. Eddy Of lowell. secretary Of
TIE Lowell Far association, was .
guest "a the Morton yesterday. Eve
have the largest number Of entries IN
the different departments that we have
ever had" lac - q. AL TIE races are
filed and re expect 70 see some good
tine made. George Rotens, &. NJ
Waiter. and other hors.nsn Of the
city have made entries IN ne specs de-
psStment. 7he Ear will open Tussssy
rr6alb ton day. We expect q have
speeches By John Rssse.l and Myron
II. Walker. Thursday the republican,
VII have . time. &nd John +. Rsrh
GeFrist J. Disksns, George Mcbride,
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-04
We Cotton To Our.

The worm which 10 said Ia be making
such havoc with the OAK trees IA THIS
vicinity. mention of which wac made
IN the Observer iast week, IL said 60 b.
the old-fsshioned army worm. IL snv
one knows of any effective means Il
removing the pest, they wall confer a
favor upon many by letting u be
known.-Portland Observer.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-04

With GOOD roads the wagons will last
much longer, and the labor IF the
teams be lessened. The cost Of trans
portation from the farm 10 the railroad
lie very heavy item on q bad road.
When the team can haul q heavy load
over good road. instead o, halta load
over a Dad road, II is not only = saving
of labor, but also y great gain in time.
Reed CITY CLARION.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-04
Herold-Bcrtsch Shoe Company.

Articles of incorporation have been
filed bv the Herold- Bertsch Shoe COM
pany, whose authorized capital stoSk Is
$4,000, of which $4,000 is paid In.
The officers and stockholders OF the
company are rs follows: President, c.
Bertsch; vice presdent, A. Herold; sec-
retary, George l.. Modes; treasurer, A.
c. Wetzel. The officers, together with
Russell w. Bertsch and Fred +. Wal
Their, each have / 900 shares Of stock.
The company has now moved into lite
new building, Nos. 5 and Pearl street.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-04

Nh. PECK, the New York labor com
missioner. threatens TO explode another
bomb n the democratic camp. II is
surprising that he is not arrested as an
anarchist
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-04

Ma. MoRsE will read the returns on
election night and his face will wear
an express oo so panied and tired that
his wife Will call for an introduction
TO him. Poor Ben, il is too bad that his
friends have tempted him to the crush
ing defeat that awaits him November 8.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-04

wHEs . candidates for public Office
has advanced 20 far in his own estims-
ton Of his popularity with the masses
that ne can boast that he does not de-
sire the support Of those able to assis.
him. he courts the suspicion that he is
either an sss or an idiot
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-04

New YORK democrats have settled
down to such quiet and peaceful hsr-
mony that the roars of the Tammany
tiger are as soft as the purring of a
sonnolent kitten. just now the anti
snappers are making an awful din, but
it is done to emphasize the quiet and
harmony that prevails in the party.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-04
Is a Christian Endeavor Society.

The Young Peoples society of Foun-
tain street Baptist church adopted q
last night and will hereafter be known
as one of the latter societies. The Of
fcers of the old society will be con-
tinued by the new.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-04

IT now appears that McQuecn's en-
dorsemen. was brought about by a
snap committee meeting. Between
snaps and snti-snsps the democrats
manage to keep in an eternal state of
turmoil.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-04
WEAInEB.

wAsHfsGrOs, Oct. Solicitations
for lower Michigan; Far, northwest
winds, slightly cooler In southeast
warmer IN northwest portions-
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-04

DocroR RRfses vii be spared the tor
ture ~ an scclessstiesl trial until after
.ae election Of a president !. decided.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-04

JuDeE CooLEy u reported to be about
70 declare fer Cleveland. Hrs political
career has been 40 variable that az
much might have been anticipated.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-04

Growers latest literary production
Is letter denying that his wife ever
snubbed Winnie Davis. It's about
time that Grover ceased to faunt the
name of bis wife and baby in the polit-
ical arena. Everybody ought to know
that Grover would not be so foolish as
to snub, or permit to be snubbed, any
friend or relative of jeff Davis.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-04

fr's a quiet month in the Sid ard
woody vest when two or more towns
are not ia open hostility.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-04

ONLY kind OH the market worthy of mention
They are coated with pure tin, and thus
rendered imperviOus to rust or discolora-
ton. They are unaffected by acids. are very
easily cleaned and very desirable in every
way. The choppers are simple. easily taken
apart and will last n lifetime with moderate
care The process of cutting is rs follows:
The meat is fed into the hopper and carried
forward by the screw until it reaches the
drilled plate. the pressure of the screw fore
ing it into each of the small holes i'm the
plate. ut which it IL chopped OIL by the re-
vOlving knife. which makes four cuts
for each hole with every revolution of
the crank, the small pieces thus cut being
forced out by the next pieces so cut The
simplicity of this ingenious machine makes
IL particularly desirable for family use.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-04

What vii Be tsksn ss blow ss ths
psrochisI raool = the result Of the
sehool election 10 Fsribsnlt. where sui
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-04

The Armada fair was the only one
held this fall in Michigan in which
horse racing was not q feature. 1t was
. success, however.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-04

CHiCaao ga great town for microbes
and wheat deals, but II has few
thinTs ret 20 lsArn about universities
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-04

YsrFws mac, tura cut 70 the meeting
N the Lincoln club room. tonight
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-04

TONIGHT the young republicans Of
this city will band themselves together
for the campaign, and they will decide
TO exist rs q permanent club. Upon
them will rest the duties of citizenship
for years to come. and they cannot
learn these duties themselves better
nor impress them upon others more
effectively than through the medium
of an organization. The purpose of
the club is such IS to deserve large
gathering Of young men at the initial
meeting this evening at the Lincoln
club rooms.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-04
GENEROUS EsTHUslAsM.

Judge Perkins. in bic speech to the
audience IN the Lincoln club rooms
last evening, phrased very pretty re-
tort to Growers famous sphorism.
The condition that confronts the peo-
pie today is so totally different from
what the democrats would have il and
what the calamity howlers picture It,
that the comparison Is painful for the
supporters of Cleveland to contem-
plate. On every hand the whirr of
busy wheels, tue hum of industry and
the music of prosperous tunes make
the welkin ring, and the democrats
make q sorry mess Of it trying to induce
Us believe We are struggling under
burdens of taxation and wallowing in
the mire of poverty.
The meeting was peculiarly happy
one. II served to call out the wealth
of pent-up enthusiasm In the several
candidates for Office. Every one of
them Is inspired with confidence Of
success. Such inspiration communi-
Gated to others must DO spontaneously
effective. The remarks of Messrs.
Sellers, Griswold. Steketee. Gould,
Eddy, Perkins, Eisenhardt and others
we're brimful of earnestness and evinced
. purpose to fight . winning contest.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-04

On motion Of Alderman Saunders
'ne contract for TIE sewer on Pam
heid avenue. vhch wa said on the
table one week sso. vas tske1 up sad
the mayor was Instructed 90 execute
the contract. The matter Of tskisx
about 2.sls from tbe vsteF~oGks ~
come fund ~ sepiy On The f1fta ward
sever roll. The city sstorney gave e ss
The morning call., 1892-05-16
EARTHs PEANUT CENTER.
The Unique Distinction Enjoyed by tn
Little City Of Norfolk.

The Unique Distinction Enjoyed by this
Little City Of Norfolk.
Norfolk has a crop which is worth mil
lions OF dollars annually-peanuts. Nor
folk supplies the civilized world with pea
nuts, says the Baltimore sun. The street.
corner Italian who empties a pint in
your oVercOat spOcket, and the Pari-
sian fruit merchant who weighs you
out a quarter of a kilOgram of the
h0mely nuts, get them from here, for
this is the only peanut market IN the world.
Smyrna has its figs, Barbary its dates, BOr-
deaux its grapes and Norfolk its peanuts.
What would life be without peanuts? One
can scarcely picture an existence which
void be toleTable under such circumstances.
The peanut magnates grow tie edible
tuber in NansemOnd, Isle Of Wight, Surry
and Southampton counties, but the COM
mon market is in Norfolk. The rows for
the nuts are laid of three feet apart.
They are maize u inches deep, and
phOsphates are largely used as an
| under dressing They are strewn along
in these trenches about the middle Of
April, and mature after the same term
which is required for DOtatOes. 1t is crop
which Is marketed like the Dutch drumhead
and purple SayoTy cabbage, running from
November to March. The nuts, however,
have to 90 through the factories before
tney are shipped northWard, and these fac
! in Norfolk. There are two factories in
! Franklin, Southampton County.
"What is a peanut fact0Ty?" might be
! asked. A peanut factory is a place where
| they put the "goobers" through some such
! process as wheat has to undergo when it is
| being cleansed of ehaff and rid Of cOekerel.
| The most complicated machinery is used
TO assert and polish the nuts, and when they
are packed in the 90-pound bags the prime
class bring by the pound from 81 70 to So a
bag. The "tops" bring this price in North
ern cities AMI are mostly used by
the swell groceries. The street cor
ner vendor sells at his apple-stand
the second grade and the old lady at
the foot Of the wharf carries q stock oil
doubtful "tailers." This is the result of a
market which yields to Virginia truckers
| $4,000, 600 annually. 1t is second in lmpor-
lance only to the sweet potato crop Of Acc0-
mack and Northampton counties, on the
eastern shore of Virginia. which is calcu-
lated at as many millions per acre as Ber-
muda has square feet, and Bermuda Is the
| only yam-raiSiDg country that can CON-
pete with the southern peninsula.
The morning call., 1892-05-16
LIZARDS IN SINGAPORE.
The Cold, Clammy Creatures Get Into
the Bedrooms.

The Cold, Clammy Creatures Get Into
the Bedrooms.
There are lizards in Singapore, large,
scampering, suddenly dropping things, of
all sorts Of col0rs. You see them on the
walls Of your hotel. in the sunshine, and adj
mire them. At evening. sitting with fan
and iced drinks, one suddenly falls on you
and it is colder than your teddy. How can
any organism bred in this Seething spot be
so cold?
You 60 to bed, you and your wife. Each
has a canOpied couch, rods remote from the
other. for sleeping apartments are ample.
You stretch out on light mattress, over
which is one sheet. For upper covering pull
up the darkness and draw tie mosquito
nets. There is no need OF a sheet over you
any more than there is of a warming-pan.
The night orchestra, strange sounds OF
the tropic insects and trees and airs out
side finally lull you to sleep. Presently
plunk! Ana then the ScamDeCng OF some
nmble-clawed thing on the floor near your
bed. My lady, over at the other side of the
vast waste Of chamber. Squeas: "A mOuseV
Mouse be -w The dash remains up-
spoken, but you assure her that it couldn't
be mice "Mice dOu't fall from the ceiling
like a lump of mud. lis only the lizards"
This Observation-Disclosures ELECTS no saueal.
With mice out of the question. what woman
would not be brave? There Is hush in
the distant couch, silence too still Tor
sleep. You know your partner lies
over yonder listening hard for more
lizards. Presently there are more lit
tie dull thuds. The lizards seem
to be falling in several places. They
seem to be chasing seach other or some
venomous prey. or possibly making away
with your shoes. When one is tagged out
with sightseeing, to lie awake in the inky
darkness, in the midst OF a lizard carnival,
Is a little hard on the nerves All, some
thing is pulling at the canopy Of your bed,
as if a young kitten was trying TO climb it!
There comes a very subdued voice from
the distant corner: This is awful Won't
You get up and strike a light?"
"And step on the bloGmin' cold beasts
with my bare feet! You try it; you're nearer
the matches than u
but we can't lie here like this. Call
somebody"
And one Of the omnipresent "boys."
who seems to have been on guard Mt the
threshold, comes softly in. "The lizards
Will not hurt you, lady. They catch the
mosquitoes and spiders. Sometimes they
| get under the nets on the bed, but don't you
| mind"
Reassuring. very. But madame was ready
/ for one tr0piC dawn hours before IL came.
The morning call., 1892-05-16
A BUKCO GAME.
Women Victim zsd by Member OF Their
Own Sex.

New York Commercial
The only professional bunco lady in town
is to be found at the Grand Central depot
during the hours at which the majority Of
the suburban trains depart.
She is known TO the police as Coffee
Mary" the name arising from the method
which she employs to yictimize her sister
women.
In appearance she is distinctly rural ard
her cOuntenance is of cast that would mis-
lead the most suspicious of minds. The
properties with which she performs her act
consist Of a satchel aad a ticket to Bridge
port, the latter somewhat Shopworn Select
ing a woman who looks sympathetic, Mary
takes seat in her immediate vicinity and
proceeds to give an Imitation of person
who is on the verge OF an immediate col
lapse.
This, of course, ELECTS an inquiry as to
what the matter is, and gives Mary an op-
portunty to spring her little legend. She
has been all day shopping and her money
went SO quickly that 1t required the last
penny of it to purchase her ticket back to
Bridgeport
Lunch had been forgotten, and now she
| finds herself fainting with weakness for the
| lack of the coin with which TO purchase q
| cup of coffee and something warm.
Supper waits in Bridgeport, but mean
| while
Sympathetic female at once offers to loan
money. Mary takes it. gives an idyllic
| name and address, and totters away for the
| suppOsititi0us refreshments Sympathetic
| female goes home, and after a week or so
! 1t gradually dawns upon her that she has
been taken in.
The morning call., 1892-05-16

had his own reasons for not following it.
He had made good use Of his eyes while he
was in the mine. but he was nat satisfied.
There was heap of red ciav. mixed With
rubbish, in nne Of the drifts Which he
wanted to examine again, and in the dead
of night he made his way iuto tue depths OF
the mine.
By the CLEAN of his dark lantern he
tested and tested the stuff, but closed the
slide hastily and waited in darkness as ne
heard an approaching step. u,.,
Hank Wilson. Of rOurse. but hahh W ils1 %
grown grayer, rOugher, more despalTIng 10
these few hours which had passed was ~
regret for the better impulse when ha1 lea
him to spare the other? lie cilncheu Ills
fist and shook it at the rugged walls
You ought 10 be satisfied, curse you
You've had all there was of me-youth,
hone effort everything. And you've fooled
me as Won snail never fool any other man.
'Tain't enough for one fool TO blow out DIS
brains; thar'd be plenty others to step into
his shoes; but I've got In blast mat IL
wreck you so as no fCoFll ever be fooled Oy
YOU ag'in. I'm a-gOin' 10 set 1t of, and 1 m
a-rOin' 10 put an end To the chap that Kitty
Bunce has been waitin' for for 20 years. II
she could see him now she'd De cured OF
waitin', Pm afeared."
He had bent aud touched off fuse while
he muitered to himself. Lake had not heard
all his words.
from his belt and pressed the muZZle to his
temple that the younger man realized what
his action meant Then he spTang forward
to dash away the weapon and was hurled
out of consciousness by a terrible shock.
Ii was month after that time when Hank
Wilson opened his eyes and found himself
still alive. lie was TOO weak to lit his
hand, but he missed something as he moved
his head feebly on the pillow.
only your hair, old fellow The doc
tor had 10 cut it off, and 1t was a good
thing That and a shave makes YOU look
another man-Iike your old self, l fancy.
You can afford the crushed skull you got
in that blast, now you have pulled through
since It uncovered the big lead. LIS good
thing for YOU and bad one for me, unless
YOU will take me in as a small partner on
account Of the cinnabar lode. There's
where Vinbender thought the mine cOnld be
made to pay, for he had no more faith in
the big lead than | had. But your lur k has
turned, Wilson, and I'm glad of it, and so
will Aunt Catty be, or Pm greatly mis-
taken"
Then so shall your Kitty be-" whispered
Rank. gratefully.
And he made his words good when he
left his sick-bed by taking Lake into equal
| partDersbin,
The morning call., 1892-05-16
AN ENTERPRISING WOMAN.
Mrs. Kings Big Cattle Ranch in Texai
aud How IL Is Managed.


Richard Harding Davis In Harper's Weekly
The largest ranch in the United States,
and probably in the world, owned by one
person is in Texas and belongs to Mrs.
Richard King 1t lies 40 miles south of Cor
pus Christi
The ladies' who come to call on Mrs.
King drive from the front gate. over as
good a road as any in Central Park. for
ten miles before they arrive at her front
door, and the butcher and baker
and iceman, if such existed, would
have TO drive 80 miles from the back ga c
before they reached her kitchen. This
ranch is bounded by the Corpus Christi
Bay for 40 miles, and by 6arbwire Tor 800
more. 1t covers 100000 acres IN extent ana
100 600 head of cattle and 1900 brood mares
wander over its different pastures. This
property is under the railing Of Robert j.
KlebeTg, Mrs. Kings sOn-in- iaw, and ne has
under him a superintendent, or as the Mex
leans call ole who holds that Office, M aJor
domo, which is an unusual position Tor a
major dOmO, as this major dOm0 has the
charge Of 800 cowboys aud 1900 ponies re-
served for their use.
The thing that the wise man from the
East cannot at first understand is how the
100000 head of cattle wandering at large
over the range are ever collected together.
He sees dozen or more steers here, bunch
mile off, and even as he looks at them they
disappear in the bush, and as far as his
chances Of finding them again would be,
they might as well stand 10 miles away at
the other end Of the ranch. But this IS a
very simple problem to the Tanchman.
Mr. Kleb6rg for instance, receives an
order from a firm In Chicago calling for
1000 head Of cattle The breed of cattle the
firm wants is grazing in a corner OF the
range fenced in by barb-wre and marked
pale blue for convenience on a beautiful
map blocked out in cOlOTs like a
patchwork quilt which hangs in Mr.. kle
berg's office. When the order is re-
ceiYed he sends a Mexican on pony 10 tell
the men near that particular pale blue
pasture to round uD 1900 head of cat
tie, aud at the same time directs his super
ntendent Of send in few days as many
cowboys to that pasture rs are needed
to "h0ld" 1000 head OF cattle on the way
70 the railroad station. The boys on
the pasture, which we will suppose is 10
miles square. will take 10 OF their number
and FIVE extra ponies apiece, which one man
leads, and from one TO another Of which
they shift their saddles as men do in polo,
and 20 directly to the water tanks IN the 10
square miles of land. a cow will not often
from water, and so, with the water-tauk,
which on the King ranch may be either a
we'll with windmill or a damned
canon full Of rain water, as rendezvous,
the finding Of the cattle is comparatively
easy. and 10 men can round up 1000 head
in a day or two. When they have them
all together the cowboys who are to drive
them to- the station have arrived and taken
them off