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Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-03
PROMISE OF A BABY KEPT.
ouccr Anti-Nuptiai Agreement be-
tween Two Women

KALAMAZOO. Mich. Nov eighteen
years ago Mrs Wright and Mrs. May
Robinson. both residing in Niles. were
intimate friends. and each promised
that II one died leaving small child 1t
should be left on the door step OF the
other. Mrs Wright's husband died and
she afterward married Harold z. Smith
and came 10 live near this city. On
August 10 OF this year Mira Smith died
in childbirth. and the babe. q boy, was
cared for by her sister One evening a
week ago q babe was found on the steps
OF Mrs Robinson's home in Niles. and
the little thing was taken in and cared
for. A day or two ago MrR Robinson
received letter from Harold K. Smith.
the ehild's father. who lives near this
city. stating that he had put the baby
boy on her door stop in compliance with
his wife's dying request. and had
watched In the dusk until he saw il
taken IN. He wished il named Richard
ID. Smith. enclosing go 10 pay for pres
ent needs. and promising to pay all
future expenses.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-03

cousfy Agent Holconb has letter
from Duttoa, wriftsn BY Mesdamss
Names and shaw. stating that they rep
rssent large number OF persons who
would like 10 go Mrs Howard chill.
drea rsfnrned % her. snd asking Ar.
Holconb 20 interfere In their behalf
Justice Hoicomb viii investigats the
case upore fully.
November Is was set in the superior
court yesterday Tor striking jury in
the opening II Watson street. and No
yenber IL tor hearing the case.
The viii % Efiie Homer VAS hled tor
probate yesterday. She left property
sorth 1900 az Cooperssille.
Nathan e. Thomas vas divorced yes
ferday from Iuza ID. ThomaA
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-03

There are thousands Of ladies'
throughout the country whose systems
arc poisoned. and whose blood is in an
impure condition from the absorption
OF impure matter. due to menstrual IT.
regularitcs. This class are peculiarly
benefited by the wonderful tonic and
blood-cl tansing properties OF Prickly
Ash. Poke Root and Potassium II. u. r. !
Roses and bounding health take the
place OK the siciSly hook. the lost color
the general wreck OF the system by the
use of Prickiy Ash, Poke Root and
Potassium, az hosts of fumales will
testify. and many certificates are in
possession OK the Company. which they
have promised not to publish. and ali
prove p. L. +. blessing to womankind.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-03

5tziss nosEf yastenssf seeepted the
r.<igsztion q Albert a. Hsnsy q -
tso.t zs receiver and sppsinted the
IirhIzsn 1rass conpsny - hie s8eees'
scr. The sfsirs q TIE Peters company
are nsarly sefflad and under the eir.
eamstzBess II was thoa9ht o<st D. al
PARTIES eone~rned 70 place the Whole
naffer n me hand< q The Michigan
Trust con pany, a. that eempAny nog
has controf q the 4. q. Peters salt a
Lnmher en mran4 a. rkceiHer
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-03

Mary Bromieic. No. % Quimby street.
Valley City; Jeneva Collins. No. 207 Mt.
Vernon street. st. Andrews; Dirk Van
kenselaar. McReynolds street, Green
wood; Patrick Mealy. No. Ninth
avenue. Minneapolis; Frederick G. Davis.
Pettibone street, Valley City.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-03
Nervous headaches promptly cured by
Bromo- Seltzer--trial bottle 10 cts.

There will be an ouction sale this az
ternoon at Radclif / Holt's warerooms.
South Division street. at ,. Of all the
personal effects OF Mary A. ChafFec. de-
ceased. Emily C.. Sproat. executrix.
Tho goods to be sold consists OF furni-
ture, lewelry, etc.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-03

Original = Willis Morse. Hersey;
Christian Holtz. Riga Additional
Peter Runsh. Lasalle. ncrease-Sam-
uel T. Lewis. Shelby. Original. widows,
etc.-Elmira Sargood. Grand Rapids.
Widows. Indian wars-Esther Slater.
Fairfield.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-03
Po.tma.ser. oomm,.sioned.

W. E. Hampton. Charlevoix; Henry
c. Peckham, Brnnssick; w. f. Landen.
Baroda; Peter W. GAnder. Cadmus; +.
j. Manshum, Fisher Station; Il. W.
Lyman. Mud Lake; Victoria Bells. Ray
Center.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-03

Depafy Game Warden G. 2. Brewster
= ca the trail a the quail hunters
Yesterday he secured the conviction q
August klaxiteg before Justice Waite
IL Hndsonviile. for shooting quail out 81
ses=on. The prisoner vas hned 80 and
costs and xas senfsnced % ten days IN
the OttA.a county iaiA
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-03
Fen Under the Cars

DEARBoKx. Mich. Nov. 2-F. Hahn,
aged ) OF 6, while playing in Anthony
Wazner's brickyard. fell under the
Michigan Central cars. His leg was
crushed and will have 20 be amputated.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-03

Brings oomfors and improvement aud
tends 70 personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
Ger chan Others and enjoy life more. with
less expenditure. By more promptly
adapting the worlds best products 10
the needs Of physical being. viii attest
the value % health Of the pure liquid
laxative principle embraced In the
remedy, Syrup Of FigA
Its excellence is due 10 itx presenting
In the form most acceptable and pleas
ant TO the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties OF . perfect lax
ative; efIectuaily cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and levers
and permanently curing constipation:
IL has given satisfaction q millionz and
nsst With the approval Of the medical
profession, because il acts on the Kid
peva Liver and Bowels without weak
eninx them and Il Il perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs IL for sale oy all drug
gist. in Soc and 81 bottles, but IL is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name il printed on every
package. also the name, Syrup of Figs
and being well informed, you win not
accept any substitute If offered.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-03

r. fhe asttef q 90 Fissf Nsf assi
h&sk = fl4fas.se - Eirhafa s. rsfsss
q Al 1asiss kss<s@as = gas tsfs~i
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-03

JUpoK Gzovn Charles +. Cartwright
W the Fuller 4 Rice Lumber CON-
pany. sssumpsit; on trial
JupGk ApsIr-C Charles Blakeslee W the
Consolidated Street Railway CON-
rany. trespass on the case; on trial
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-03

Baby Pennell, No. Is Island street.
measles; Hattie Maloney. No. DO Ottawa
street, typhoid fever.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-03
Sup<rsor Court

JrpoE BuKLISoAAx-ln re opening Of
Wstson street. striking jury set for
November Is
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-03
Police Court

Jg-poE HAoGEKTy-G George McWha, sell
ing liquor TO q minor; adjourned until
November 7.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-03
s,,s CHICAGO AND BACK $50,

eluts5.
Round trip tickets will be sold every
Monday night during October via Hol-
land and III. 4 c. T. Co.'S steamer. City
Of Holland at s3-3J, good returning for
tea days.
Regular fare on Wednesday and Fri
day night boats. t27J; round trip. AGO.
including beyths Take 5:25 p. m. train.
Gro DEHAvEs. G. r. A.
St. Landry democrat., 1893-07-22

So much is said about the impover.
ished condition of Ireland, coupled
with statements about the depletion Of
its population, that the thoughtless
reader might be led to imagine the
grand old isle as nearly sort of inter.
esting relic, remarks the New York News.
A glance at the statistics, however,
quickly disabuses one of the idea that
ireland is National back number. The
latest exhibit of the annual value OF
crops in Ireland gives total in our
money OF about $3.50, 100000. The
deposits in savings banks aggregate
about S175, 900, 900, and the grand total
of Irish wealth figures up 81, 165, 000,-
900. When we consider, adds the
News, that ireland is less than two
thirds the size of our own State we can
realize the fact that it is worthy of its
emerald title.
St. Landry democrat., 1893-07-22
AN Ohio man has n nlIner n on

AN Ohio man has queer h len. Near
the barnyard there is q large "coolcr'
hanging on a crane; and fac hen in
question insists on regarding this cooler
as her nest. She does not get into it,
however. but sits perched on its rim, in
consequence Of which her eggs are all
broken by the fall.
A MEDICAL gentlemen in Kansas has
succeeded in an agricultural experiment
which will interest all classes. He has
crossed the tomato with the potato, and
produced a vegetable which possesses
some of the qualities of both articles
He calls it the ''potomato.
WEE Hun PENE, who was cook in a
mining camp only three years ago, is no
longer wee in the financial sense. He
owns the whole Of one and the half Of
another important mine il: Arizona, and
is rcputed to be worth at least So, 0OO,-
OOO
St. Landry democrat., 1893-07-22

The activity OF the American brain in
evolving new inventions is shown, thinks
the New York News, by the fact that the
Patent Office now issues an average OF
about five hundred patents week.
"What story of weary work, wakeful
nights, alternate hope and disappolnt-
ment lies behind the issuance of those
patents" soliIoquizes the News. "And
then think of the far greater number of
patient workers whose efforts never
reach fruition."
St. Landry democrat., 1893-07-22

The Imperial and Royal General Hos
pital of Vienna, founded by the Emperor
of Austia in commemoration of the fact
that his life was saved from assassina-
ton, is one of the largest hospitals in
the world. 1t admits patients from all
Nations and every form of disease is
treated. Every patient who enters this
hospital agrees that in case OF death his
body becomes its property, and SO large
is the number of autopsies that one still
young Professor has witnessed more
than 10000. There are nearly 5000
occupants of this immense institution.
St. Landry democrat., 1893-07-22
Tricks Of Memory.

g, nan never realizes how much of
everything is stored up in the human
nil. until he begins to draw on it for a
continuous period of time, said Marvin
Temple "Anl these two things come
back to one when entirely forgotten, and
ole really imagines that now here is
something new and original until one
learns better. This is especially true
with old songs. Airs that at one timo
flied in moments of lonGlin ess and gloom,
but with 100 other little details have
long since passed out Of mind, return.
One stops and wonders at the beauty of
them, and not having heard them be-
fore, according to memory, one takes
credit for originality. l did this once.
One morning | awoke with something
pretty running through my brain. [
framed in my mind Il jingle, and could
hear it Just as plain, but to save me |
could not give it sound. Finally, after
fr@tting about an hour and having COM
pleted my toilet, sat down before the
tire and began to rock.
Then all at once the power came, and
I hummed my new air over and over
again with extreme delight. Visiting an
old chum that evening, [ brought up the
subject of music. Then | whistled my
new tune anC asked him if he did not
think it pretty. L like that tune espe-
cia!ly because my sister, who has been
dead some II years, sang it for me when
| was still schoolboy.' | eyed him
with establishment. You never heard
that BEFORE l said. why that's origi
nall Original nothing came the re-
joinder; I'vc got the piece in my trunk
and, sure enough, after rummaging
through great stock of useless treasure
he produced a faded piece of sheet mu-
sic-my very tune, and with words to it.
Then l gave myself up to reflection, and
eventually recalled the song as had
known it years before. "-[St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
St. Landry democrat., 1893-07-22

Suicides, like fires, seem to have their
cycles. The advice of the Chicago Her.
aid is, that every respondent man and
woman should paste in his or her hat
the words which Napoleon spoke to a
person who said he would avoid GER.
tain situation by blowing out his brains.
eyes. I can do that" said the Emper-
or, shut those who wish me we'll could
net profit by it, and those who wish lne
harm would be pleased"
St. Landry democrat., 1893-07-22
A New Scheme for Fairs.

Among the new devices for making
money at church fairs and other charita-
bic entertainments is one which its origi-
majors term THE Living Library" A
certain number of books are chosen be-
forehand, and each one is represented by
some young woman who is dressed APP
propriately to indicate either the title of
the book Or some leading character there
in. Each impersonator must also be
thoroughly acquainted with the volume
she represents, and her actions and be-
havior must be in accord with the charac-
ter chosen.
4 catalogue is prepared, and furnished
on application, and whenever book is
called Tor, curtain is drawn aside, and
the living copy stands revealed. The
regulations usually governing The Liv-
ing Library" are that: First, all books
must be secured from the librarian; sec
ond, the fee for each book shall be ten
cents for ten minutes use, payable
in advance; third, books cannot be called
for twice in succession; fourth, persons
having called for and obtained the books
must relinqulsh them upon notice from
the librarian that the time paid for has
reached its limit, or, failing to do so,
shall pay at the rate of two cents a
minute for overtime; and finally, that no
book can be retained for a longer period
than twenty minutes.
The rules do not provide for it, but it
is understood, of course, that during the
busy hours of the fair no book shall be
taken off on promenade through the en-
tertai nment-roo and the books them
selves are forbidden by the unwritten laws
to drink lemonade and eat ice-cream be.
tween the hours of eight and ten at night.
Altogether this living library seems
destined to prove great success.
St. Landry democrat., 1893-07-22

. It has sometimes been argued that
mutton is not as apt to induce flesh as
beef, while it contributes equally toward
making muscle, and for this reason some
professional trainers prefer it for diet.
Certain it is that the Scotch, who are
Nation of mutton eaters, are famous for
their Drawn and muscle; while the En- g.
lish, who are beef-eaters, are apt, while
muscular, to be rotund in figure.
St. Landry democrat., 1893-07-22

The five small republics of Central
America are about to come together
under federal Government. This ought
to have been done long ago, maintains
the Boston Cultivator. Only small jeal-
ousies have separated these republics,
while uni ted they will form power
that will make itself respected. The
location of these republics on what
must be the line of commerce between
the Atlantic and the Pacific makes their
peace important to all commercial Ma
tons.
St. Landry democrat., 1893-07-22

A considerable number of Chinese
have taken to farming on Long Island,
notes the Boston Cultivator, and they
grow vegetables much as Chinese gar
deneIs do in the fowery kingdom.
They are very saving, and though not
taking advantage of all the modern
methods for making work light, their
patient industry is giving them success
in this as it has in other vocations.
St. Landry democrat., 1893-07-22
A Lively French Centcnarian.

The people of IIavrc have centen-
arian of whom they arc proud He is
Dr. De Boissy In honor of his having
completed his 1COth year recently, he
was fctcd at a dinner given by the
medical faculty of his native place. In
accordance with French custom, he pre-
sided hims If. After eating hearty
dinner he made a lively and amusing
speech, which was much applauded.
His father, he declared, lived to be 1Oa
years old, and as for himself, he had
every hope of going on for long while
to come, l9boring in the cause of suffer-
ing humanity. During the late cholera
epidemic DR.. De Boissy greatly dlstln-.
guished himself and is said to have
gained medal of honor for the ,arduouA
work he performed.
St. Landry democrat., 1893-07-22
Rite watch, fast ticking out

Rite watch, fast ticking out
All the hours of pain and doubt,
All the tumult, toll and strife
Making up our span of life,
All the heart-wrung signs and tears
Falling faster with the years,
As the petals drop and fade
From the bloom LIES Summer made,
Ali what thoughts each other chase
As I look upon your face!
Every tick your motions give,
One tick less have to live,
Did T realize this thought,
With such solemn meaning fraught,
When some newborn joy drew nigh
In the happy days comedy,
And your slight hands all too slow
Round about your face did go?
All those tardy hours have passed
Would they were not now so tastl
Never stopping in your flight
Never pausing day ornight;
Not moments rest you crave
From the cradle to the grave
With never-ceasing motion,
Steadfast as the tides of ocean;
Seeming evermore to hurry,
Yet without moments furry;
Till our worn hearts almost pray
That you would q moment stay.
All things rest-the clouds at noon,
And the leaves in nights of June;
And the grief-bewildered brain
When sleep falls like softest rain;
And the stars when day awake4,
And the day when Hesper sh'
Cleans OF gold from out the
Into wandering lovers eyes.
You alone speed on your way,
Meyer resting night or day.
Yet what joys those hands have brought!
Golden days with rapture fraught;
Golden days by sunlit fountain;
Golden days on breezy mountain;
Days made more divine by love
Than by radiance from above.
All! those hands that to the sense
Bring such joys and bear them hence;
Could we know what Time concea.s
Meath those little ticking wheels!
Yet when those slight hands shall mark
That last hour when all grows dark;
And shall still keep ticking on
When earth's light from me is gone;
Little watch, your face shall be
Still memory sweet to me,
Though diviner light may shine
On these opened eyes of mine.
our hands that never cease
at last the perfect peace.
-LTemp'e B
St. Landry democrat., 1893-07-22
Saws Once A Week The test of three

Says Once A Week The test of three.
quarters of century has shown that the
marine steam engine has two serious
drawbacks--waste aud danger. The
danger is known to every intelligent
reader of the daily press. One day 1t
may be such an accident as occurred to
the Pomerania, in which broken piston
totally disabled the vessel. Next time
it may be such disaster as occurred on
the City of Paris, where, in the twink
ling of an eye, one engine was totally
wrecked and the other disabled. The
destruction was SO complete that the
New York World said: 1.-THE explosion
of bomb would not have caused such
havoc" Again, the results may be still
worse, and cause the total loss of the
vessel, as in the case of the Naronic.
MIR. Warning, of the Guion Line, we'll
known and experienced engineer, said
that he never went to sea without serious
apprehension and feeling that he might
never rejoin his family. Considered from
the scientific or mercantile point of view,
tina steam engine has been tried and
@apnd Wantip9e -.---,.-------'-1-'
St. Landry democrat., 1893-07-22
Oldest Settlements in the United
States.

In 1865 the first permanent settlement
in the United States was made at St.
Augustine, Fla, by party of Spaniards
under Mclendez. Between the years
1910 and 1888 Francisco Vasquez dc
Coronado, Captain Francisco dc Coron-
ado and Don Antonio de Espejo ex-
pored New Mexico and occupied tenn
porarily various points in that region.
In the latter year Don Antonio de
Espejo took possession of native
pueblo, or town, called lucas or Toas,
and named it La Ciudad de Santa Fe,
which was identical in site with the
present capital of New Mexico. Be-
tween 1880 and 1896 forts, colonies and
missions were established in Mexico by
Juan de Ouate. In 1907 the first per-
manent English settlement was planted
ny the London company in Virginia at
Jamestown, which was so called in honor
Of James |. In 1914 the Dutch planted
an infant settlement On Manhattan
island, which they called New Amster-
dam, and in 1915 settlement was made
at Albany by the same nation.
St. Landry democrat., 1893-07-22

The latest fad, to b. INDUCED in by
the seashore this summer, is "pontho-
macy" or fate by footprints. 1t has
superseded palmistry, and now it will be
possible to tell by toe joints and curves
whether you are amiable or not, why you
are not happy, though married, and all
tho raaf
St. Landry democrat., 1893-07-22
st. Landry Democrat
BY l. A. sANDoz.
Qpeieusas, - Louisiana.

There are in this country more than
5000, 900 persons over thirty years of
age who have not been married. The
Philadelphia Ledger thinks society
should be formed for the mitigation OF
their condition.
St. Landry democrat., 1893-07-22

Black bordered stationery is no longer
the correct thing for mourning. \
thick, dead white paper, with the cd
dress engraved in rather heavy script,
and the envelope closed with black seal
ing wax, is what the fashionable womaa
now uses
St. Landry democrat., 1893-07-22

All animals whose habitat is the Arc
tic regionE turn white in winter.
St. Landry democrat., 1893-07-22

| two monuments erected by her Majestys
order to the memory of two dogs which
| she once held dear. One of these canine
| favorites was a dachshund named Boy,
which departed life in 1862; the other a
Scottish terrier, Boz once the property
of the Duchess of Kent and afterwards
the Queens favorite Her Majesty is
nowadays especially interested in collics.
The office chair occupied by ex-Post-
| master General Wanamaker, although of
| the ordinary size, has been found to be
so inconveniently small for the Hon.
Wilson S. Bissell that he has secured a
requisition for a new chair, which will
| be made of heavy quartered oak, thirty
inches across the seat, supported on
straight legs, three by four inches,
| weighing about as much as the heavy
mahogany desk before him.
IT IS contrary to law in Mexico for a
woman to take the veil. The Govern
ment is so strict in enforcing this law
that a young woman of the City of
Mexico who started the other day to
enter convent III this country was ar
| rested by the authorities and taken back
to the city. The plea was that her re-
latives were opposed to her taking the
veil.
AN earnest hand-clasp caused the
death of Dennis O'Leary, of Bristol, Pa.
He was walking in Boston park, where
he met robust friend. The latter
squeezed his hand so forcibly that the
nails entered O'Leary's palm, causing a
slight wound, from which few drops
of blood issued. Blood poisoning re-
suited, and in few days O'Leary was a
corpse.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-04-04

Exit is now commended that If
women would propose marriage to
the men there would be less divorces
and less number of unmarried
women. They make their choice in
the end, and why not make the pro-
posal to help the timid man, who
wants wife, but would die before he
would ask the woman and stand a
chance OF rejection. =
w. E. Fordham and D. D. Oeilvie,
who came in from Bullion yesterday,
inform tho INDEPENDENT that on the
oath OF March a snow slide swept
down the side of Bunker Hill, carry
ing away the blacksmith ST. op at the
Standing Elk mine and burying it
under sixty feet of snow and ice,
They report plenty of snow in Rail
road district to assure a good supply
OF water the coming season.
When Sol Hip returned to his con-
stituents in White Pine he was re
celved with fireworks and music. and
all because some wag had sent word
ahead of him that he had passed a
bill removing the State Prison to
Ely. He didn't get on to the joke
until after he had treated the crowd.
Carson Appeal. Sam, you're dis
torting the truth, as usual. There
were no fireworks and music'-ro,
nor even "treat," for Sol got home
busted, the Carsonites having skinned
him OF every dollar of his salary be-
fore he left the Capital. White Pine
News.