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Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-01-06

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suit your convenience. and any parf paid re-
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IL you owe q balance On furniture. piano or
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ously
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Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-01-06

TUFTS can sell you that elegant new li-room
house on Terrace avenue. just north az
That tasty east front house on Paris avenue.
sixth house south OF Logan street.. at IS per
month That cosy new f-room house on North
Irson street. half block north OF Bridge street
al SIS per month. Others al iess money. Va
cant 10, on easy terms. {. W. Tufts. % ottawa
street
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-01-06

RAJ, ESTATE olrr,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-09-03
FLocKINa TO. new ENGLAND

French Canadians to tho Number OF Half
n Million Now Over tho Border.
A quictcr immigration movement on
o scale SO extensive rs that Of the French
Canadians to the United States has
never been witnessed. The majority of
our citizens have as yet no idea of the
extent and results. 1t is chiefly within
the last generation that this now no
tioG," IS it may be styled, has noisclcss-
ly ovcrGpread the northeastern states
To-day, according to tho New England
Magazine, this new population through
out the United States numbers ccnGidCr-
ably over 500, eco. In New England and
New York there arc moro than 5O0,OGO;
in Massachusetts alone the firures
reach 10000. This 10 an astounding
aggregate for the brief period of their
immigration and the extent Of the
sources of supply. This result far OK
cccds, prcpCrticnatCly, that to the
credit of either Ireland CT Germany.
According to La Guide FroncaiGc dies
Etat3 Unis 1C0), they own real estate
to the amount Of S10J, 32G, 800, and TO-
COG Of the race arc doing business for
thcmaclvcG AS we have already seen,
this people, chiefly agricultural, back
ward in education and primitive in
habit, numbered $4,000 at the time of
the ccssion Of Canada to EnGland-1759-
GO-Thilc at the present time there arc
1,TO0,0 of them, not including the out
flow to adjoining provinces and the
United States.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-09-03
A MUSICAL DOG.
uo'sang In Court to Convince tho Judge
OF Ills Ownorshlp.

Hc'sang In Court to Convince-thc Judge
OF Ills Ownership.
A very unique and amusing trial de-
veloped ont of suit of rcplevin for
dog, brought by DR.. E., T. Brady
against John A. Levi, in Justice Shan
mons court the other morning, Gays the
Kansas City Journal.
Both parties claimed the ownership
of the dog, and after several witnesses
had been examined on either siGc the
the question of ownership as at first.
MIR. Brady's attorney, however, stated
that they could prove the claimantship
beyond doubt by the recognition of the
the dog for Mrs. DIR. Brady, and she was
accordingly summoned. The dog i'm
mediately jumped from his place in the
prisoners dock and showed with every
demonstration of canine joy his recog-
milton of his mistress. In consideration
of the adverse testimony this was still
not convincing to the judges 50 Mrs
Brady agreed to give q last indisputablc
proof of the dogs ownership.
She seated that if she would sing
certain song the deg, in response to his
dog fashion and voice and sing the song
through. This she did and ut the first
words of the song the dog lcaped for
joy and fulfilled his part of the duct to
the establishment of the spectators and
the court. ... %
No further evidence was taken and
the dog returned homo with Mrs. Brady
by order of the court
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-09-03

girls on summer tours, either of travel
or stationary residence ut large hotels
or boarding places. The quick wit of
some American women saw what could
be done in SO wide fold and started in
to reap the reward, with, of course
many imitators when her success was
found to be q solid fact.
mother cannot always leave her
family to escort one member of it to
Lake George, Bar Uarbor or Newport.
Relatives may have other plans, friends
arc perhaps not exactly such guarii;.na
az she would be willing to trust hor
child with, and she longs for n reliable,
trustworthy party to undertake the
charge.
just here the paid chapcron steps in
and Is welcomed gladly. She is usually
lady in reduced circumstances, con-
7crsant with tho ways of society and
The intricacics Of travel, and provided
with indisputablc references as to char
actcr, capability, otc.
a party of young Philadelphia girls
sailed for Europe last week In charge
of ono of these paid ducnnas and court
,*rs rolled into one, She was n bright,
pleasing woman of tlirty-1ve, shrewd
and busincsslikc, yet not Extensively
watchful. Her expenses are paid and
i've hundred dollars beside for the sea-
son.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-09-03

'THE last SURVEYOR Of the battle of
Trafalgar, Louis Tartigny, has died at
I1ycras, aged ono hundred and one. IIo
was powder-monley on tho Redoubt-
able. md died the possessor Of the or.
der Of the Legion of Honor.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-09-03
cHAPERoNlNa AS A cusINEss

Bright Womon Who Eclicvo Anxious
Mamnlns for tho Summer.
The crylatest development in wom-
an's work is tho chapcroning of young
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-02-26

There was a meeting of the State
farmers Association at Anna polls,
on Tuesday last week. Mr.. George
8. WooIley presided. The associa-
tion decided to ask the Legislature
for an appropriation of $4,000 per
year, to be divided among all the
agricultural associations in the state,
having paid up capital stock OF $l0,-
900. There are now seven such
organizations in the state. A CON-
mittee was appointed to draft bill
asking for such an appropriation.
We are not prepared to endorse or
condemn such appropriation, bat d it
should be granted il should be made
obligatory to devote one whole day
to a Farmers Institute and we would
suggest Thursday be that day, and
that the horse trot be forever Danish.
ed from the show ring unless it be to
exhibit the fine points and action OF
the animal, and that parties be
charged a fee. for the privilege, but
no purses by the association to draw
blacklegs to the fare.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-02-26
The Farmer and the Sow.

That most unique Of news papers
ever published, the New York Voice,
puts out another long money article
in q late issue, which is curiosity
to be sure and reminds Us of the
story of the farmer and the old SOW.
The farmer suffered a long time from
the depredations of an old woods
SOW, which nightly led her litter of
pigs into his cornfeld, but only their
tracks were found in the field. After
diligent search he at last discovered
the place of entrance and exit of his
tormentor, which was a crooked,
hollow log, one end of which was in
the woods and the other in the field,
the fence resting on the log. The
farmer changed the position OF the
crooked log so as to bring both endu
on the woods side of the fence, while
the fence remained resting on the
bend of the log, the original position
OF the end in the woods not being
changed. The farmer then concealed
himself to await results. The old
SOW and her numerous family came
at her usual time and entered the
log, but on coming out she found
herself in the woods in place of the
cornfeld. This appeared to cause
her slight surprise but she did not
hesitate long, and going to the
entrance end tried it again, but
found herself still in the woods when
she emerged from the log This
appeared TO confound her good
deal and she stood and apparently
studied long and deeply the strange
results, SO different from her former
Experiences. After while she con
cluded to try again, but the result
was the same, and apparently thor
oughly disguised she started for the
depths of the woods.
Every time the Voice tackles the
money problem it comes out in the
woods. AS between the SOW and the
Voice the former has the advantage
in knowing where she was, the Voice
seeming to think it is in the corn
field, never dreaming it is still in
the woods.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-02-26
African Pigmies.

During the very hungriest time spent
by Stanley's expedition in going through
the dense forest it happened that the dis,
covery of little child of the dwarf
tribe proved truly proyidential
Upon approaching one of the settle.
ments Of these people, the natives fear.
ing that the Arabs were upon them, has.
tily retreated to the depths Of the jungle.
leaving in the village one of the young
children. He was AN ungainly little
creature, and from Saleh's description
had an enormously big head, protuding
lower jaw. and an ungainly fat body.
The Zanzibaris sat about in detected
groups, complaining Of their present hard
existence, and the sad contrast of to-day
with their joyous life in their island
home away in the Indian Ocean, The
little Teki-Teki (pigmy), although moi
more than three years old, was busily
searching for something in the dry
leaves. The Zanibaris were attracted by
the child's activity. Presently thc
sparkle of his eyes and the increased
earnestness Of his hunt showed that he
had been successful and, indeed he re
turned to the campfire carrying lot OF
pods like enormous beans. These he
scraped to fine powder, which he
iamped, rolled in some big leaves, and
then toasted in the ashes. When cooked
to his satisfaction he opened the dainty
package and the whole camp became
filled with the pleasant odor of this new
dish. The men of the expedition then
closed around and, much to the young
Teki-Teki's disgust, helped themselves to
tasting pinch.
The Zanabaris knew the tree quite
well; it was the @makneme This dis.
covery brought q CLEAN of hope to the
hearts Of these hungry beings. The
capture of the tiny woodsman was a
godsend. and Selah said that had this
unhappy little creature understood their
language he would have been over
whelmed with the heartfelt blessings
showered on him. A few days afterward
another tribe of these same small people
was met, and the child was handed over
to them to be returned to his parents.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-02-26
Mvolut,on 81 the stove.

There Is nothing new under the sun
and though the modern stove is vas,
Improvement upon the ancient . fire box,
,toves in some respects quite similar to
those now in use existed 1900 years ago.
Under the lava and ashes which over.
whelmed Pompeii the Roman kitchen
was just as well preserved as the Atrium.
and the stove Of that date was as safely
kept packed in the scorie Of Old Vesuvi.
us as the statue of Apollo. There wert
some curious things about these ole
was an oven, or range, in which one-pounc
ioaves, stamped with the kind of fioul
.s'sed, were baked by the dozen. They
went in dough on one side and came out
neatly polished loayes on the other.
There was an arrangement by which a
liquid was automatically dropped upon
the surface Of the loaf while baking to
give the crust a much-prized glossy, shin
ing surface. Then there was triple
flue, too, connected with those ovens, fol
the smoke and gases, which modern
stove manufacturers advertise. Little
charcoal stoves were in use there as well
rs in some parts Of Europe now, and ip
addition to heaters there were q variety
Of urns more complicated than those OF
the present time and serving the purposes
Of the boiler and warm oven attachments
Of to-day. The Pompeiian stove was an
evolution of itself, II was the outcome
Of high state of Roman civiliza.
lion. 1t preceded the modern stove,
coming from the same common
fire-box. In colonial days our an.
cestors cooked In fireplaces, and kept
themselves warm by piling on huge logs
~ the open CRATE, but rs per cent of the
heat went up the fiue, and the room was
ieyer warm except in small segment
If a circle Immediately about the fire.
place. The old-fashioned crane sounds
sery poetical, but it had way of max.
ing vast amount Of work for the busy
housewife, who gladly welcomed tina
stove as the great remedy for many
household lila.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-02-26
new York Az a Hiding place.

Some one has told story of man
who mysteriously disappeared from his
home and haunts in this city. No mem
Der Of his family and no friend saw him
for many years. And yet all that time
he lived in back room Of house di.
rectly behind his own. He knew what
was going ON in his home and saw his
wife and children daily. But he went
abroad at hours when the rest Of tho
world was not astir, and escaped de.
lection. He was sought for in Europe
and Asia, as well as in the remote parts
Of this country, but no one dreamed OF
hunting for him in the immediate neigh.
borhood of his own home.
Another story is of well-known man
Of fashion who, having lost his property,
went to dwell in the lower part of the
city among the business houses. When
business was over and the men whom
he knew had gone home he took his
evening stroll He never went north of
Washington Square and for years was
given up az lost.
Still another is told Of young diplo.
mat who was well known in New York
society. Business reverses sent him
into retirement, and for five years no
went downtown and uptown at the houra
when the streets are full of business PEG.
pie, but when society is engaged in sleep
ing or in dressing for dinner, and he did
not meet single one of his acquaintance
in all that time.-World.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-02-26

Unless Chinese father happens to be
schoolmaster and at home with nothing
to do, he never thinks of teaching his
daughter to read; it would be prepos.
ferrous. It is like wedding the field fol-
some other man, or putting gold chain
around the neck Of some one else's puppy,
which may at any moment be whistled
off. and then what becomes of the chain
One of the underlying assumptions OF
Chinese society is that it is the body OF
the girl for which the parents are re
sponsible, and not the mind. To almost
any Chinese it would probably appear a
self-evident proposition that to spend
time, strength, and, much more, money
in educating the daughter-in-law Of some
one else is sheer waste.
1But she is your daughter. (" you say ia
him.
"Not after she is married, !" he replies
sshe is theirs. Let them educate hel
themselves if they want her educated,
Why should teach her to read, write
and reckon when it will never do me any
good?"
With this utilitarian inquiry the educa
ton of most Chinese girls has been ban,
ished from human thought for the space
Of some millenniums. The anxiety
which all her friends begin to feel abou,
Chinese girl as soon as she attains any
considerable size is exhibited in the in.
quiries which are made about her when.
syer she happens to be spoken of. These
inquiries do not concern her character OF
her domestic accomplishments, much
less her intellectual capacity, of which
she has theoretically. none to speak Of
but they may all be summed up in the
phrase. as she said?" meaning by the
term said" betrothei. The instructive
feeling of q Chinese with regard to girl
Is that she should be betrothed as soon az
noasible
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-02-26
A meeting of leaders of the Pro-

A meeting of leaders of the Pro-
hibition party will be held at Elkton
on March LIST, at IL a NJ, to send
delegates to the state convention
that meets in Baltimore, March 9Th.
Any persons in sympathy with their
purposes are also cordially invited.
There Is no lack of prohibition
sympathy in the community bat
they some how don't take to the
political party which exhibits in
pantomime under that namc. II
shere was the slightest symptom of
advancing the cause of prohibition
by this party there would be an
excuse for it's existence but every
member must be convinced there ls
not. The Voice, it's national organ
shows very plainly by its course that
its proprietors have given up all hope
of advance through that organization
and is looking to the Alliance and
the union of otherlabor organizations
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-02-26
Public Sales.

Feb. 2e.-Job Haines, Rising Sun, per-
senal property. Hindman, auct.
Feb. 27.-Jas. w. Abrams, near Bay
View, farm stock and nipple.
ments. Hindman, auct.
Feb. 29.-Jas. T. Miller, on farm of Geo.
L. Mccullough, two and one
half miles south east of Rising
Sun, farm stock and implements
Hindman, auctioneer.
Mar. Stephen Murphy, near Porter's
Bridge, farm stock and imple-
ments. Taylor, auct.
Mar. 3-Wm. H. Harris, near Bay View,
farm stock, implements and house
hold goods. Lynch, auct.
Mar. 4-Theo. Brickley, Pennington,
store gooda. Hindman, auct.
Mar. As. d. Mccullough. North
East. livery horses and vehicles.
Hindmau, auct.
Mar. 81. T. Burkins, Rising Sun
harness and furniture. Hindman,
auct.
Mar. Mrs. Lydia A. Knight, near
Woodlawn, farm stock, implements
and household goods. Hindman
auct.
Mar. and 10-Sarah Kennard and T.
Bradun Gillespie. exec. Thos.
Kennard, Mt. Pleasant, near
Colora, store goods. Elliott. auct :.
Mar. 9-Josiah Reynolds, on Gardner
farm near Cecil Paper Mill, farm
stock and implements. Hindman,
auet.
Mar. 10.-Emily l.. Duyckinck, near
Calvert, farm stock, implements,
household goods and real estate,
Hindman, auct.
Mar. l0-J. A. Nesbitt, near Colora.
farm stock, implements and
household goods. Taylor. auct
Mar. 15-Sarah Kennard and T. Bradun
Gillespie. exec. Thos. Kennard,
Mt Pleasant, household goods,
stock and other personal property
Elliott, auct.
Mar. 16-Jos. I. and P. F. Jackson. near
Woodlawn, farm stock and imple-
ments. Hindman, auct.
Mar. 17-Isaac H. Riale, near Calvert,
farm stock and implements. Hind.
man, auct.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-02-26
The Pay of Fourth Glass Post
masters.

IL will be seen by the following extracts
from the report of. Postmaster General
Wsnamaker that his opinion agrees exactly
with that expressed by the MIDLAND
JoURNAL.]
The compensation Of a fourth-class post
master is fixed, under existing law, upon
the basis of all box rents collected, and Of
commissions upon the amount Of stamps
Cancelled and sales of waste paper, dead
newspapers, printed matter, and twine sold,
at the rate Of 100 per cent per quarter on the
first $50: 60 per cent on the next 500; 80
pc. cent on the next $500. snd 40 per cent
on all the balance; limited, however to not
exceeding $3.50 per quarter, exclusive Of
commissions on money-order business. The
maximum annual compensation which
fourth class postmaster can therefore re-
ceive under existing law, exclusive of COM
missions on money order business, is 81 900.
At the close of the last fiscal year were
1929 postoffiees. At 44,263 of these
receipts which accrue were absorbed, or more
than absorbed, by the postmaster's pay. 10
other words, the compensation TO post
masters includes all the receipts from more
than two-thirds of all the postoffices.
Another large percentage Of Offices should
be added to this number, where the compen.
sation OF the postmaster, the cost of the
mail messenger service, and the allowance
for separating labor more than include the
receipts. The number of postoffices that
are conducted at profit is therefore very
small.
It would seem ludicrous, then, unless
conditions were radically 10 change, that
there should be any general demand for
increased compensation among public SER
wants who get everything there is; and it
seems little aDgenerous that public officers
who have eagerly sought place and succeed
ed against the candid Of perhaps half a
dozen others, or who, meeting with no
opposition In their candidates., accept place
in many instances on the implied suppose
tion that they shall never exert themselves
L
to ell it, except by deputy, should com
plain about their pay. Until the impor-
lance Of the fourth class postmaster is raised,
and additional work or direction or respon-
sibiliiy entities him, on business principles,
to larger pay, any movement TO relieve
him can only fail. Recently the thrifty
interest of an attorney or an editor of a
postal jouroal has succeeded in stirring up
little diversion on the part Of these
officials. The effort which ! refer to has
been mainly observed in the distribution Of
circulars pushing the circulation Of the
postal journal just referred to.
In order 10 get more pay he must deserve
it, either because he does more work or
| Joay xraatar =, riofv IF II
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-02-26
Love 81 amokinr.

Inveterate smokers may comfort them
selves with the knowledge that as far as
the use of tobacco is concerned they have
improved upon their forefathers; for at
one period of its history smoking was 90
common that it was actually practised in
church. English clergymen smoked dur.
ing the intervals of divine worship. any
people take long hymns. :" said Doctor
Parr. but prefer long pipe. Sir
Walter Scott, in his Heart of Midlo.
THAN, refers to one Duncan Of Knock.
1under, an important parsonage who
smoked during the whole of the sermon,
from an iron pipe, tobacco borrowed
from other worshippers. We are told
that "at the end Of the discourse he
knocked the ashes out of his pipe, re-.
placed it in his sporran, returned the to.
bacco pouch to its owner, and Joined in
the prayer with decency and attention.
The Puritan fathers were greatly addicted
to smoking; indeed, the practice became
20 common that even these strait-laced
observers Of times and seasons smoked in
church. This custom soon caused very
considerable annoyance, as the religious
exercises were greatly disturbed by the
clinking Of flints and steels to light theil
pipes and by the clouds of smoke. Hence,
in the year 1859, the colony passed law
that any one who smoked in or within
two miles Of the meeting house should be
fined. It is not generally known that the
word "cutty, as applied to species Of
clay pipe very much used, is corruption
Of Kutaieh, the name Of city in Asia
Minor, where a species of soft white
stone is found which is exported by the
Turks to Germany for the manufacture
Of tobacco pipes.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-02-26

When the silver question is set
tied political economists will then
address themselves 10 the financial
question of this country and that OF
every other country in Europe and
America. The silver question is not
the end, only the beginning Of the
end, and the Jew gold kings know it.
The present financial system of the
world is fallacy, humbug and
cheat. A system by which the
few are enabled to steal from the
many; the idle non.producers from
the industrious wealth makers;
the shrewd and unscrupulous from
the honest unsuspecting. The
idea of international money is the
the folly of follies.