Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-23

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They are telling good stsTs On
travelling nasn Who is no~ = guest II.
The Merton. his wife sc.on panied
him On the trip. Yesterday he net
some a the boys and they decided Il
would i< prof<T thing 60 have quiet
Little esme. @fhs old lssis's oct sAop
ping, said the Chicago nan, -oome up
To i6.s They did. hat became - inter
ssfed IN the game tfat The, forgot about
the odd isEis She returned. accom-
panied by tell hoy and All arnlfni -
handles A knoek. lis Mr. Aoore lnsp
IL Ma the hsil hoy thai spoke. Nav.
came the RESPONSE IN Mr. Noores Own
dulcef tones Moons dossn town
Raiss YOU five The ''old lady quietly
returned 20 the farlar. After re .readlng
al the morning papers she captured an.
other bell boy and again started for No.
lo1 Again the knock. Again ste
question Again the reply Ia the same
VOICE. This time II proclaimed that Mr..
Moore had suddenly been called 20 Mus.
kegon. but would he back 1T o'einck.
Jacks up" esid the voice Say. kid.
tell my wife how IL Was aud III make il
square. seesH The cd lady, teing
sensible sort IL woman.
returned 10 the parlor Al O'Clock her
husband pranced upstairs and began ~
tell her about his unexpected trip o.
Muskegon- After he had carefully ex.
planned all the details. she said sxectiy:
How much are you out. dear. On
the game this sfierncons" I'm in
S25." said the truthful man. You
did well. dear" she responded with a
smile. '.hand il over" and he handed il
over without murmur.
There are at least coo delegates 20
the great Seventh Day Adsent's eonsen-
ton in Battle Creek" said DR. A. r..
Metcalf of that city in The Morton yea
terday. They are there FROM all parts
Of the world-eyen South Africa. Some
Of them are unusually brilliant men.
too. One Of the delegates from Cape
Town is a millionaire. diamond mine
having been discovered on his planfa-
ton. lie sold the mine 10 the company
that holds the exclusive license from the
government. and II IL said that he re-
ceiyed 100000 for his property. 1t IL
wonderful what progress has been made
10y the Battle Creek colony ~ Advent
lists. They have the largest sanitarium
in the world: the largest printing Office
III kfit country NOW tltt at& Rllit+ltl&
$4,000 asylum for children. They are
conscientious lot u persons. too. They
work Sundays. but you cannot get them
10 work Saturdays | let the contract
Of building house to firm of Advent
contractors. l was In "A hurry for the
building TO be completed, but they re
fused 10 permit their men 10 work Sat
urdays- / put extra help on that day.
and charged the accounts up 10 them.
They everlastingly kicked on the bill.
But they're generally honest, sober. in
dustrious men and women. In the bag
printing house they always stop at a
certain time and have prayers. Every
body works on Sunday. and il you
didn't hear the church bells ring YOU
wouldn't know il was Sunday in Battle
Creek
Disciples Of the square and compass
are numerous about The Morton house.
They frequent the best rooms and make
mysterious signs 10 one another in the
Hobbies. Some Of the signs are oft
times construed into an Invitation IL
take "suthin'." Among the most prom
inent Masons that are guests in The
Morton is DIR. a. j. Metcalf Of Battle
Creek. He is one al the three active
thirty third degree Masons Ia Michigan.
Hugh McCurdy Of Corunna and ID. B.
Tracey Of Detroit are the other two. The
Rev. r. A. Blades of Detroit is an
emeritus. thirty third degree Mason. and
there are perhaps dozen honorary
thirty -thirders in the state. William
Durham. ii. +. Hastings. Col. p. V. Fox
and General lines Of this city are
among them. Tx Senator Thomas w
Palmer Of Detroit is another. The
active members are elected from the
/ list of honorary members. There can be