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Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-15

Poor Superintendent fank.ster VA
asked Yesterday how The new system
OF empioying county physicians q
Working
It's working al right" he repiied
"Wnst are - sdvsntsgss7'
"tts sdrsntsges' Why. prompt ser
wee. % - sure
How much more has q cost than
under tba old plsns,'
''o0. doat know &c 10 that vet.
hesdes. shst a tie tern Ct cost com
pared - what might - lfs ard
death matter Apply . % you self ana
ysa ~ouien't consider Is mucb."
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-15

". ', fryesskv. treasurer q Bsv
ce1rtv, sna Car Chaser. com pfrolisr
~ West BsF Ctr. rers ine CITY ye.-
ter.ssy leo<inz ovsr tne systeass Of
boesxsspinx n ne county tress8r.rs
eciee ard "a ne c;ty comptroiier's ~
ries. Tasv sd Trey hat heart tnst
tne records - Kent county snd ~ o..
etiy 81 Orsad kspias rsr. Kept n b-s.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-15
Clair-Hamil,on.

George III. CLAIR and Miss Mamie
Hamilton we're married ~ 8 O'Clock
last evening by the Rev. w. A. Frye OF
the Plainfield avenue NJ. +. church. at
the home OF the bride, No. 1i7 FIRE.
mont street. A large company Was
present. and the coupls received many
handsome gifts. They will reside At
No. e North Iafayette street.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-15

Tho new board of directors OF the
Kent County Farmers Mutual Insur-
ance company held . meeting In the
basement Of the court house yesterday.
Secretary Clements was directed to
proceed with the reorganization of tns
company as ordered BY the stock hold
ers recently. Other business OF q
routine nature was transacted.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-15

r n. Csrstenfs ievriry sior.. <o a.
Canal street. sss burg a. rer early y-s-
isrfsY mofninx. The locs % 10.
trans door va broken, hut The only
goods n1i.ag -srs taree watches and
xoid chan. voich BAD been left IN
~irdov. TIE door bad eeeu tired
~ . osaroi man "a sts ss6 a. IA. ys.-
tarasY snd found lncked
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-15

The Amphion quartet. consisting OF
II. I. Bacon. l.. 4. Flanders, DIR. A. NJ.
and J. A. Allies entertained q
large audience in the Plainfield avenue
NJ. r. church. Miss Addie Duncan was
the accompanist. The handsome pro-
grams consisted of twelve pages
stitched to heavy covers. The pro-
ceeds will 20 to the parsonage fund.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-15

n.xzor. Mich. Feb. i4-Nrs-
0sos.s Oxford. wife Of . patrolman.
vss s1rrisly barnsd thls morning. sac
cane IN from . grocery win can OF
ksrossn& sac trlpped and fell against
shs stove. the OIL ~ once exploisd,
burning me woman 80 that she nAt
A. Her mother WAS s!so badly ouraet.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-15

sAuzr sra nAKiE. Alea-. Feb A.
snsrir Haflsy. W y. Cody. John
More. .. A. Sesss. County Clerk
II .h,ssr ana B. Des~nb~sK are having
. shsspis ys<ns oasis IA vnica they W.
v,s.x ths worl1s far next suln nier.
The bsA. will be fofsy-nvs feet Iong.
1ft>so-foos beam. twsivs-fool OAK cen
tsr soasa aad cSela al fsst tarse
.uco>e deep
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-15

MoxrAors. Mich. Feb H-Last
s.xns burglars drilled the sAfe in the
civ bal sad ming q With powder.
bleu the door OF They made me
in the stove win ths hooxs ana t'wn-
sop TAX foiis. sat lels an empty
.a.sky hottie IA the ball as collassfal
for damages done - the SAFE
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-15

6ss>.tvss had not cssn involved in the
<1ss tas: tasy sos2ld navs been CT
v.ksec- TIE case may come up n tns
May tsrs1. aLtnsasG i may nsvss Agkaa
coms % ccurt-
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-15
cappon q Ber,seh Annu.l.

The Cappon 4 Bertsch Leather COM
pany held its annual meeting yester-
day a. the company's general Office IN
Holland, and the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year:
President, John Bertsch: vice president,
Isaac tappon; treasurer. William
Cartwright; secretary. George Ballard.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-15

Greenvllie i sgitsrng the question
OF elk mil VITA prospects OF making
itsgo.
T.. Bellentsum's house at ssginsw
went up ia smoke N nday. Loss
81 500.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-15
Opportunity Lost

Is regained and while another opportunity may
present itself it is not certain do II you desire
to possess a valuable souvenir secure Columbian
Half Dollar of
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-15

The Nisses Gage aud Benedict gave
Q 81. Valentine hop ~ their dancing
school last evening. IL closed at mii-
night. today beng Ash Wednesday.
Mr.. ana Mrs Joseph Penny left yes
terdAy on trip to California for the
benefit of Mrs. Penny's health.
The Full Moon club gave . masquer-
ade party AT Simmons hall. On south
DlvlsIon street. last evening.
Today IS Ash Wednesday.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-15

ter shape than in any other county or
city in the state.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-15
AN EX-STREET
COMMISSIONER
Of This City Tells = Story
of Greatest Interest to
All Our Citizens.
He Suffered for Years From q
Disease isafiiing All Efforts at
Cure Until He Applied to
Drs. Copeland and Ora
ham What They
Accom- p is b e d.

Fx.strees conmiserer Martin Vsn oversn
10 70 cell knewa 20 nsed an ntroseeHen "
sa indorssu sns - tte people q crane
Rapids M. AAn sssrren Ives ~ III bates
srsss Of tals essy. lie sayss Il suffered fsr
yesrs without r,ll<f IA MY trouble vss st
ting verse ana worse 81 the tine had
rAins Ia sc br xst. bsck sua threaxh the
shoulder blas~A ass semesimss ~ nisht it
AS 20 severe aud would become lsssous
aad .rritaisd. wsu 4 .aus right sa: Of esd.
Milford chronicle., 1893-01-20

Montlaatre, which, in addition to its no
/ torious "BIasseries" and "heuglants," or
/ low music halls, Possesses also a Votive
church, has been recently witnessing a pill
/ grimage of doctors to its summit One of
the chapcls of the Basilica of the Sacre
| CRur is Consecrlted to the African saints.
Cosmo and Damian, or Damianus, who are
the patrons Of medical practitioners, and a
mass was s2id therein for the benefit of
modern yencEtcrs of The two pious brethren
who suffered martydom under the Emperor
Diocletian in the beginning of the Fourth
century
DR.. Ferran was the leader of the medical
pilgrims, among whom were numerous
members Of the faculty, not only from Paris.
but from all the large towns in France.
The pious practitioners belong to what is
known as the "Confraternity of St Cosmo,"
which is one of the oldest established asso-
Citations Of the kind in Paris. In the Four
teenth and fifteenth centuries the Paris
doctors used to repair annually TO the little
town Of LuzGrchen-Parisis, in the DEPART
ment Of the Seine-et- Disc, where a crusader
Of old had deposited the bodies of Sts. Cos
mo and Damian. IflGimages to Luzarche
church were for a long time discontinued
by the disciples Of Galen, but they have Of
late years been revived by few doctors
who were desirOus of continuing old tradi-
tions.-London Telegraph.
Milford chronicle., 1893-01-20
The MYSTERY uNRAvELEp.
A Clever Newspaper Man Divines tao
Reason Of q Tremendous Blockade.

+ A Clever Newspaper Man Dfvines tal
Reason OF Tremendous Blockade.
: "What is it7'
''Who is hurt?"
ANYBODY been run over?'
''Is it man in ftp
High above the ceaseless rumble and
roar Of traffic rose human voices in alix-
ious inquiry, and the dense throng at the
Intersection of State and Madison streets
grew denser still. 1t was just before
sunset, and the mighty heart Of Chi
cago's business center throbbed with the
feverish energy that marked the closing
hours Of another day Of toll, and the
hurrying homeward of restless, eager
thousands. The swiftly moving streams
Of humanity that are wont to meet in
eddying whirls in this dizzy vortex and
then diverge and move onward again,
each in its destined course, had sudden
ly become blocked and chaos reigncd
Pushed toward the common center by
the ever hurrying throngs afoot, in car
riages and in street cars, and unable 20
extricate themselves, men, women aud
/ children gasPed for breath, and the
crowd in the streets and on the slide
walks overfowed into alleys and sIrged
hither and yon like the resistless ebb
and flow Of a mighty sea.
a policeman On the outskirts Of tho
dense throng climbed lamppost. AND
from his elevated position surveyed tAe
scene.
"Give him air" he shouted sterl,r
waving his club Give him airl'
"Whats the matter?" inquired hun
dred voices as he climbed down.
II don't know" Unanswered, and with
gloomy, lowering brow he strutted up
the street, disappeared down a snort
flight of stairs, from which few mo-
ments later he emerged, wiping j..
mouth, and in the same stern, uucol
promising way he walked a block far
ther and sent in fire alarm.
Meanwhile the surging multitude at
State and Madison grew every moment |
more appalling and ineXtricable.
Something must be done.
Fiercely elbowing his way through
the crowd, newspaper reporter at last
was seen bearing down toward the cen
ter Of the compact mass. His hat was
off, his hair flying in the wind, and his
face was deathly pale, but with set teeth
and dilated nostrils he tore his way
along, thrusting to the right and left
every one who opposed his progress.
Reaching the center of the throng he
seized two individuals by their arms, and
in the same resolute, fearless way opened
a passage for them to the outside, and,
as if by magic, The vast concourse dis
solved; the converging streams of hu-
manity whirled and eddied as before,
and the business heart of the great city
.hrobbed again.
The reporter had conjectured rightly.
The blockade was caused by two women ,
who had met in the exact center of the ;
treet and stopped to tell each other the
roubles they We're having with their
lired girls.-Chicago Tribune.
Milford chronicle., 1893-01-20
The FIannel Cnlke NInn.

The Brown the Bucllwheat, Brown tht
| Wheat Man, was in his glory as he neve
was before
Not only were the orders ringing in hi,
ears faster than he could ill them, but ar
| admiring circle was constantly formee
outside his show window and watched hi.
| operations with an interest which showed
! that those in it were not to the manner
| born. To the everlasting credit Of Brown
the BucSwheat, Brown the Wheat, be it
said that he realized his position as
one of the great attractions Of the city and
rose to the spectacular occasion in a man
ner which showed him not only to be an
artist in butter cakes, but in histrionic
way as we'll
With what an air he polished his yard
wide guddle with IA swab of CREASED cloth
and bestirred the batter! With how beau
tiful aflourish he poured out the rich golden
mixture upon the slippery surface! How
like prestidigitateur he performed the
hiphap actl And with what overwheln-
ing grace he piled the brown circles upon
the plate and with lOrdly air summoned
the waiter to "Take 'cr awayr' How plump
and fRir are his bare arms ard how white
and immaculate the cooks cap upon his
headl
The master Of the griddle is an old story
to some Of us, but we must confess that he
is a picturesque and pleasing figure Of city
life. His flannel cakes are often very aan-
mel, and his maple sirup often tastes more
of the glucose factory than the maple
bush" But neither tastes badly if the
appetite be good, and when we realize how
picturesque he is and what a comfort to
the eyes Of the guest from out of town, we
forgive him foI his eatable liver pads and
pay Cue honor o his artistic talents.-New
York Herald.
Milford chronicle., 1893-01-20
narriet. the Modern r1nses

Just outside the limits Of the city Of Au
burn, n. Y, stands an unpretgutious little
house, surrounded by motley yet pictur
esque collection Of tiny cabins, sheds, pens
and kennels.
! This modest home shelters varying
crowd Of lame and halt and blind, widows,
! orphans and wayfarers, all dependent for
| care and support upon an old black WON
/ an, whose heroic deeds in plague stricken
| camps and on bloody battlefelds as scout
and spy, as deliverer of her people and de-
| fender Of the oppressed, have made for her
a name as worthy Of being handed down
to posterity as Grace Darlng's, Florence
Nightingale's or Joan d'Arc's.
This woman, a full blooded African.
thick Tipped and heavy eyed with the signs
Of her seventy years set fast in deep wrin-
kles and STOPPING shoulders, has perhaps
done more than any single Individual to
free her nation and hasten the "crash of
slavery's broken locks"
After making her own escape, by almost
superhuman Efforts, from slavery, taking
her life in her hands, she returned to the
south nineteen times, bringing back with
her nearly 400 slaves to the land Of liberty.
At the beginning OF the war she was sent
to the south by Governor Andrews, Of
Massachusetts, 20 act rs scout and spy for
our own armies. She was trusted friend
and confdante of John Brown, who drew
up his constitution at her house, and who
used to refer to her Us General Tubman."
This woman was a personal friend Of
Thomas Garrett, Gerrett Smith, Wendell
Phillips, Fred Douglass and William Lloyd
Garrison, who delighted to introduce her to
q cultivated Boston audience as his "foster
sister, Moses"
Whes in Concord she resided with the
Fmersons, Alcotts, Whitneys, Manns and
other well known families, who respected
and admired her as one of the most ex-
traordinary persons Of her race-House-
hold.
Milford chronicle., 1893-01-20
A Long Tran,p.

| Very curious is the adventure through
which an Irish couple huiling from Gibral-
| ,ar have just passed The police found the
husband and wife resting in an unoccupied
! piece of ground in the Jaycl quarter of the
metropolis, and as their ignorance of
French prevented their answering tic
questions put to them they were conducted
to the commissary, and sent on by that
official with - note to the British con-
sulatc. Thence they were handed over to
the care Of the British charitable fund,
through whose instrumentality they are on
their way to England.
Michael Finnigan is I'M old pensioncr,
about sixty years Of age, little above the
middle height, thin and wears q gray
mustache. His wife Jane gives her ace rs
forty, but looks a little older Doth state
that they We're born ut Gibraltar, of Irish
parents, and they are Of swarthy complex
ion. Finnigan fought in the Crimea, and
his papers are in thorough order
According to the account which he gave
he started with his wife from Gibraltar. en-
route for Chelsea, for the purpose of look
ing after his pension, but he also spoke Of a
situation which he hoped to obtain in Lon
don. How the couple got to the Pyrenean
frontier does not seem to have been ex-
planned, but as they both speak Spanish
llQently they possibly had comparatively
little trouble in making their way.
On entering France, however, they were
not so much at home. Finnigan saws that
it took them three months to tramp to
Paris, and that most of the time they had
to sUbsist on bread and water diet These
poor people arrived in Il miserably dilapi-
dated condition - weather beaten. travel
stained and without a sou about them, but
looking withal thoroughly steady and re
sDectable.-Pari Letter
Milford chronicle., 1893-01-20
G1at rinanoiers VINO Tsar FaprT.


Tho propensity 70 tear paper into little
bits is peculiar to Wall street brokers.
Visitors in the Stock exchange fre-
quently comment on the fact that the
floor Of the large boardroom is thiclSly
strewn with tiny pieces Of paper. Each
broker carries q small memorandum
pad, and as he becomes excited he tears
of page and proceeds to convert itinto
the largest number OF inhnitesirnal
pieces Of which his fingers are capable.
Some uncommonly nervous brokers viii
destroy two or three pads a day in this
manner. Mr.. Henry Clews is a tireless
paper tearer. When he is talking bust
ness in his Office his hands are restlessly
reducing paper to snowAakes, which he
throws into the air and watches with
apparent interest as they scatter over
the floor and the furniture. He prob
ably tears up more paper and tears it
finer than any other man in Wall street.
Mr.. Jay Gould Is also somewhat adj
dicted to the habit Of paper tearing, al
though, like his friend Russell Sage, he
folds it and twists it and plays with it
for quite awhile before destroying it.
John Il. Irman tears up a great deal Of
paper while talking. General Samuel
Thomas not only tears it up, but fre-
quently puts it in his mouth and chews it
in an absentminded way. Mr.. J. Pier
pont Morgan viii carefully make rib
bons Of a sheet Of note paper while nedi-
tating upon some financial problem.
Mr., John d. Rockefeller, when inter
ested in conversation, will make fgares,
letters and fantastic characters on his |
pad. When he Glls page with charac-
ters he will tear it of, crumple 1t up aud |
throw it away, and then begin on an
other page.-New York Times.
Milford chronicle., 1893-01-20
A rndinrnn. r,.ror.

A certain French family Of this city, who
are very flmiliar with the English Ian,
I guage, with the exception Of one young
man, employ as a cook an Irish girl. The
young man is making good progress with
his English, hut is apt to grasp at a word
somewhat too quickly and to put it into
use before lac has mastered il. Then, too,
he occasionally learns something that has
to be unlearned The other day he hap
pened to 20 into the kitchen, and seeing
the cook putting skewers into piece OF
beef asked what they were.
"Them's sl1ivers, sor," answered the do
nestle
'Sl1ivers. sllivers, - murmured the young
man as he strolled away. Shortly after
this he happened to be dining out with
some American friends When the meat
was brought on and the hostess started to
carve something seemed to bar the passage
Of the blade The quick eye Of the young
Frenchman took in the situation at a glance,
and leaning forward he said;
ne skiver re skiver"
What" said the hostess, stopping short
In her work
''Ze skiver. Here it is" And the young
man stretched out his hand and pulled a
long wooden skewer out of the beef. A roar
Of laughter from the fi.mily and explana-
tions followed.-Brooklyn Eagle
Milford chronicle., 1893-01-20
nNnrrn with n Vn,.h-

PLEASED" in the expression every
pleased, is nothing more than the past
participle passive Of please" used as an
adjective. Very" so far as I am
aware, IS never used with any other part
Of a verb, and then only when that part
has become adjective by usage Tie
following quotation from Pope's "Du-
clad" shows its use as an adjective:
Thou triumph'st, Victor Of the high wrought
day,
And the pleus'd dame, soft smiling, lead'st
away.
A similar use of the word is when we
say a persons face has "a pleased ex-
preston" This being the case it Is as
correct to say every pleased" as 10 say
livery much pleased" Annandale's ''Iui-
perial Dictionary" subject every" has:
Among old writers very was fire.
quently used alone to modify a past
participle, and it is still to some extent
so used; thus, Sir w. Jones has very
concerned;' Gibbon, very uuqualified:
Sydney Smith, very altered, etc"
As there is no verb uuqualify, nm
qualified can be nothing else but an adj
jectiye, and concerned and altered come
under the same part Of speech. When
we say, Il am very pleased" there is no
action implied, but there Is simply a
description Of the state or condition in
which one is at the time Of speaking
f. c. Birkbeck Terry i'll Notes and
Queries.
Milford chronicle., 1893-01-20
Cooking a steak-Brollea of courss


Never wash a steak if it can be avoided.
/ This advice does not meet with the appro-
batiOn of some cooks, but these neat bodies
are very careful if the meat is given a
drenching to wipe it perfectly dry before
cooking Before you place your steak on
the broiler see that your fire is a glowing
bed OF GOALS and have close at hand butter,
salt, pepper and hot platter. Now place
the cut on the broiler and drop it upon tie
Goals for two minutes, when it must be
turned. In this way you secure the juices,
and it is then ready to receive more
moderate treatment. Watch it constantly,
and turnsO deXterously that it will not
smoke or scorch.
Ten minutes is all that is needed for =
rare broil. Take keen blade and cut into
the thickest part. If the heart has lost its
purple tinge transfer at once to the dish.
Sprinkle lberally with bits of butter. salt
and pepper. Unless You have hot water
dish do not send the steak in to the table
until all the family are seated. Tough
steak may be made eatable by laying it on
a board and making slight incisions in the
meat, when, if it is rubbed with the strained
juice Of a lemon and placed on ice over
night, it viii be ready for breakfast
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Milford chronicle., 1893-01-20
: Low q Chinnmnn I,ilIs a chieken

One might imagine that the China
man who gorges himself with broiled
rats and birds nest soup would eat any
kind Of meat prepared In any manner,
but such is not the case. John China
man has his religious notions about
snch things as well as other people.
Many Of the ALMOND eyed inhabitants Of
Chicago are not very good Buddhists.
Since coming TO the city they have be-
come apostate. But watch the orthodox
Chinaman when he goes to the market
for his Sunday chicken. He will not
take dead one because the probabili-
ties are that the fellow who killed it was
not a believer in Gautama and may have
chopped its head off with a hatchet. His
chicken must have it head on and be
very much alive.
John will go to the coop and stir the
feathered prisoners up with a stick. If
he finds one that cackles and huttcrs
about in lively manner he will buy it.
He has no use for a dumpish, sickly ap-
pearing fowl.
Having made a selection he takes the
chicken home alive, gets out dirty lit
tie image, kneels before it, makes some
queer motions with - hands, mumbles
q few words, takes from a shelf or
drawer knife with a double edged
blade which is extremely sharp, and
with much ceremony whacks off tho
head Of the fowl. This done he returns
to the image, and kneelng again apollo
gizes for having committed such a wick
ed deed and proceeds to prepare the
for dinner. Chicago Tribune.
Milford chronicle., 1893-01-20
Protectinr Sen Rennhns-

It is estimated that about 100000 acre,
on the Atlanticand Baltic shores Of Europ,
have become since the destruction Of tho
forests a moving desert of sand dunes, roll
ing inland, burying the fertile soil and
rendering the land barren by the sand
showers sprinkled over it, while following
the landward roll Of the dunes came the
resistless march Of the victorious sea.
The endeavOr Of these threatened coun-
tries has been to regain by slow degrees
the protection Of the forests so rashly de-
strOyed. First a breakwater or dixie is
constructed-occasi a mere plank
fence-against which the sand from the
beach soon forms long rows Of dunes.
These sand hills, usually the enemies of the
land, being thus hindered from drifting
inland, are impressed into the service of
the land and become its coast guard against
the invading waves.
The second step is to plant them with
beach grass, or some other sand loving
plant, to bind the sand together and by the
succession Of growth and decay finally
form soil.-Agnes L. Carter in Popular
Science Monthly