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New-York tribune., 1906-11-25
By GEORGE HOWARD

lac weaknesses. Richard Dudley was one of these
r-eu- That IS why he paced before the Ralston
.-1e Tor half hour after his cab had deposited
----l ~ the door.
At last, however, he threw away his cigar and.
E--klng up the steps rang the bell. The butler
opened the door. With the defe-ential air OF the
eli trained servant he bowed. took the visitors hat
and coat. and uOtIOned HIM toward the library.
y ou VIII ind Mr.. Ralsron here, sir" he said.
Dudley crossed the hall anu entered the diInlv
-Lred room. Ralston was sitting staring at the
emily he deep N thought Tor he did not notice
t-ar anyone had entered. That instant gave Dud-
l-r opportunity 10 look At him closely. He had
grown Vs-b-y older IN the last SIX months and his
t.-e was even more gray and grim than usual.
D1ley saw no more, Tor the other became aware
q his presence and turned
As he recognized who The new conner was, he rose,
and upon his face there came srnIle-One rarely
was seen there. Dick he said, advancing with
o-s--t-etched hand.
Yes replied the other
i n glad TO see you said Ralston cordially.
And / n glad To see yo-1, returned Dudley, and
-.~ei rather aVvbTa-ilr-
The other observed his rn0rlenrary embarrassment
Sir down by the fire and have a chat. You have
neglected Us shauefullv. Dick. YOU know"
! have been busy returned Dudley as he seated
himself IN q chair, and have gone out little
1u must have been, returned Rals-on. " Why.
J. least SIX months since have been here.
Yes replied Dudley. II has been at least that
RalS-o1 looked 81 him cu-i1usly. Dudley was not
usually Of such few words For time there was
--re. Then Dudley spoke again.
/ Is about YOUR sister that [ have come to
speak, he said slowly You are her guardian.
New-York tribune., 1906-11-25

pale face gazing steadily into the fire told him moth
ing. Sometime since, he said Carelessly; 4
scarcely know how long"
Was 1t two years, or year, or six months:"
Again Dudley looked at him suspiciouslv
Within year, he said at length.
There was a pause. RastOn sat gazing steadily
at the fire. 1t seemed almost as though he had
forgotten Dudley, until the latter stirred uneaslv
IN his chair
If you marry my sister, Dick" he said at last.
what IS to become of the other woman:'
scarcely see what that can have 70 do with
me, was the answer.
Your kiss, ~ said Ralston, was pledge which,
even though YOU did not mean it, YOU are bound to
keep. Your absence was only a tribute to her honor
Some day she may call upon YOU fulfil that pledge
And If she calls to you after you married TO
my sister, what can you do? Do YOU not see that
YOU might break her heart and the other woraans
too?"
And that" said Dudley, rising and very white.
is your answer
Yes, said Raston quietly, unless"
Unless what?
Unless the other woman should release YOU"
4 do not understand"
" II she should write YOU letter saying that She
Yes" interrupted Dudley eagerly.
Il will consent TO your engagement with nv
sister; provided he added, you, in strictest con
fidenCe, show the letter to me.
Good Heaven! MOI cried Dudley.
g You refuse?
Why, such thing would be impossible,"
I will give my consent upon no other terms
returned Ralston.
For instant they stood staring at one another
across the table. Then a slight rustic at the door
caused them both to turn. A graciously beautiful
New-York tribune., 1906-11-25

woman OF thirty had entered the room
and was crossing over to where Ralst0n
stood She was tall and dark, and her
pale face showed traces Of suffering
She did not observe Dudley. who stood
somewhat IN the shadow
Well. John, she said to RaIston.
we are back again? Have YOU had q
stupid evening:' In the tone Of her
voice there was no cadence of affection
Her words. gentle enough, came only
from sense Of duty, and Ralston knew
this-his face showed it.
No. he answered her. The fact
IS Dick Dudley has been here with
me
At his name Dudley stepped into the
light, but she did not at once turn
toward him. Instead, for a moment she
gazed at her husband with an expression
in which hope and incredulity We're
mingled
Dick" she said.
Yes, Mrs RalstOn, Dudley put in
She turned as she heard his voice, and
her face was quite white, but her hands
We're quickly stretched toward him.
m glad she said simply
Where is Grace" said Ralston
quickly He did not apparently relish
tins meeting.
She went directly to the music room" ."
answered his wife, turning toward him.
There was something she heard at the
concert that she wished 10 run over
The words had scarcely left her
mouth when there drifted into the room
the faint sound of a piano.
am glad, said Ralston. Dick
and | have been having a serious talk,
and want YOU TO hearit"
Again the color left her face as her
glance went quickly from Dudley to Raj
ston, and then back to Dudley again,
where it remained Very we'll she said
quietly, and sat down. Teume what II
is about
The men followed her example; but
for a time no one spoke, Family, from
q farther room came the soft, sad notes
Of Schumann's s Romance. that ex-
quisite melody Of love, grief and part
ing, and to each person who sat there
It seemed to convey a personal message
At length Ralston broke the silence.
l. IS about Grace, he said
\ wave Of color. Of relief. swept over
Mrs Ralston's face. What about
her, she asked.
She and Dick, he said slowly while
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l-- ] want ID make -t- --lE VIE. she
t4- -9l5 me that she loves me" he
allied. $50 + Is YOUR consent alone
IS necessary.
He said no more He did not urge
~ fitness or his wealth He did not
{ - look II Rals-51 as he spoke, but
g-zeE steadily into the FIRE, nor did he
-- that gaze when he was done
= ---e ras something strangely impas-
SIZE n his manner.
R=-=-ou looked II h-u for q moment.
a-E then ne TOO looked .nrg The fire.
The room vas strangely s--L and silent.
II last Kal5-9r spoke
Iaa must pardon nae Dick" he
sid with an odd c0us--4.ur n his
voice. that / do not Al once give nav
consent Well as / know yJu, / cannot
d. that until YOU have told me some
Things about Yourself which only You
c4r tell me. ] rely on your honor To
answer NV questions t~uthtullv.'
I promise TO do that. returned
Dudley. II / can.
Il YOU cannot. said Ralsrou
C..-l1-lT. " YOU can never gain nay con-
SEM" For the first time since he had
s---eE himself Dulley turned and faced
F4-5-1n. L seemed almost As II he
knew what the question wo1ld be and
feared T. The other met his question:
i-L gaze with q smile.
You see, Dick. he said with a note
almost OF Embarrassment IN his voice,
o. l8re my sister dearly and want her
s- happy. Few women are that,
+ .sr-.nued, very few. They are for
t- most part what we men make
IN. and we make them sad Now,
know that YOU are better than most
r---. but still YOU are q man, and so
J am going 70 ask You % tell me Il
1.a have done what other men have
e ----he thing whose shadow wrecks
MANY women 5 lives
Il am afraid l do not understand
-..-- what YOU mean. said Dudley.
I mean another woman, he an
e--e~-i
D1Elev's face went white. This. then,
-- -r-a- he had looked Tor and feared
Despite this. his voice was steady
- he asked. Wha- about another
~ .-1an,
I mean 70 ask i there is one. "
---.ei Ral-tor --oL. he went on
,-5ck-r. Il mean IS there q woman
whom vo- have loved and who has
New-York tribune., 1906-11-25
The

ROCRASTINATION Is more often
an evidence Of cleverness than
cOwardlce. Some men delay the
moment Of battle that they may
more carefully study the enemy $
II -l,..-- -..-., .-,E -E.-.---..-- -, .,o.,l,
New-York tribune., 1906-11-25

from her. again questioned Ralston.
No"
How long ago was it:'
For the first time Dudley seemed
suspicious of his interrogator He turned
and looked at him quicl.!v. But the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-11-03
FRANK LARABEE,

Democratic Candidate for Congress
Fifth District.
The Afro-American, more than any
other class of the citizens of the com
munity, should indicate his approval
or disapproval of men who seek the
SURFACES of the people for public Office.
Some men are born with racial pref
udices, others acquire them You can
not judge in election times whether a
candidate has such prejudices You
must judge them by their conduct
when they are not running for Office.
One of the most important Offices
to be filled this fall is the Office of
Congressman. Afro-Americans are
more than ordinarily interested now,
when such a Negro-hater as Gov. Ward
aman Of Mississippi threatens to 20
into the United States Senate for the
avowed purpose of DISTINGUISHING the
Afro-American
The two prominent candidates for
Congress are Frank Larabee for the
Democratic party and Frank Nye for
the Republican party. Now we have
known Frank Larabee for many years
when he had no thought of running
for office, and during all that time
whether he was sick or we'll, busy or
otherwise, he always had time to say
a cheerful word and bestow a hearty
smile or extend cordial hand grip to
his Afro-American friends. We say
God speed such men, We don't know
anything special against the personal
ity Of Frank Nye, but we do know
that he has never shown to his Afro
American fellow citizen the same uni
versal kindness and goodfellowship as
has Frank Larabee.
Let us put him, if possible, where
he can speak for us to more purpose
than ever before the juries of Henne-
pin county. Voter.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-11-03
State of Minnesota, In Probate Court
County of Ramsey.
In the Matter of the Estate of
Frank Alfred.

In the Matter Of the Estate of
Frank Alfred.
The State Of Minnesota to All Whom
it may COncern:
The petition of Lottie Alfred hav-.
ing been filed in this court, represent
ing that Frank Alfred, then a resi-
dent of the County of Ramsey, State
of Minnesota, died intestate on the.
oath day of October, 1906; and pray
ng that letters of administration Of
his estate be granted to herself
It is ordered, that said petition he
heard and that all persons in
terested in said matter be and hereby
are cited and required to appear be-
fore this Court on Monday the 18th
day Of November, 1906, at 10 o'clock
in the forenoon or as soon thereafter
as said matter can be heard, at the
Probate Court Room, in the Court
House in the City of st. Paul, in said
County, and show cause if any they
have why said petition should not be
granted and that this citation be serv-
ed by the publication thereof in The
Appeal according to law.
Seal of Probate Court.
Witness, the Judge of said
Court, this End day of
November, A. D. 1906.
E. w. Bazille,
Judge of Probate.
Attest:
F. w. Gosewisch,
Clerk OF Probate.
Samuel G. Thompson
Atty. for Petitioner.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-11-03

crease the tax which can be levied
Tor state road purposes from one-
twentieth of q mill to one-fourth Of
q mill. The 1eRislature may levy .
less tax, but can not exceed ONE
fourth OF q mill. The prOvisO shows
how 1t Will be divided among the
counties.
THIRD PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
The third proposed amendment to
the constitution is contained In
Chapter 2S3 Of the Laws Of 1905,
and is as follows:
Section 49, Any person may sell or
peddle the products of the farm or gar
den occupied and cultivated by him
without obtaining license therefor
ThisaprOpOsed amendment Is In
tended to be added to Article one
% Of the Constitution, which Is
known as the bill of rights, and
VIII, II adopted, be Section is Of
SAID Article, leaving all of the Ar
ticle otherwise as 1T il at present.
The only change that would be
erected thereby would be to enable
any farmer or gardener to sell the
products of the farm or garden,
which he occupies and cultivates,
within any city or village In the
state by peddling the same from
house to house without taking ont
a peddler's license.
Respectfully,
Edward II. Young,
Attorney General.
dated st. Paul, July 1, 1906.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-11-03

Jarvis, the heller and saver of soles,
354 Minnesota street, says in one of
his street car signs: 81 can mend
shoes better than can write," and, if
the sign Is fair specimen Of his work
IS writer. he's right, as ne can mend
shoes all right if he cannot write all
right.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-11-03
SECOND PROPOSED AMENDMENT.


The second proposed amendment IL
contained in Chapter 212 of the
Laws of 1905. 1t is sought by this
amendment to repeal Section 10 OF
Article 8 of the CONSTITUTIONS, which
IL as follows:
"Section 49, For the purpose of lending
aid in the construction and Improvement
of public highways and bridges, there is
hereby created a fund to be known as
the State Road and Bridge Fund. Said
from the income derived from invest
ments in the internal improvement land
fund. or that may hereafter accrue to
funds accruing to any state road and
bridge fund, however provided. The
legislature is authorized to add to such
improving roads and bridges Of this
state, by providing, in it's discretion, for
an annual tax levy upon the property Of
this state OF not to exceed in any year
able property within the state The leg
islature is also authorized to provide for
the appointment by the governor Of the
HsSay 90a no IS co as thG ef
three members, who shall perform such
duties as shall be prescribed by law
without ,us salary or compensation other
sion shall have general superintendent
of the construction of state roads and
bridges and shall use such fund in the
same in the several counties in the state
upon an equitable basis. Provided,
further, that no county shall receive in
less than one-half of one per cent OF
the total fund thus provided and ex-
pended during such year; and provided
such fund .accruing. in any year shall
be expended for bridges, and in no case
shall more than one-third of the cost Of
6pdFe pe Bald bg e oad
fund -
and substitute therefor the fol.
lowing(
'ssction 16. For the purpose of lending
AID In the construction and Improvement
hereby created a fund. to be known as
the State Road and Bridge Fund.- said
frdei shall include all moneys accruing
ments in the internal Improvement land
1und, or that may hereafter accrue to
said fund. and shall also include all
t lungs, aa . to any state road and
Dridge fund, however provided. @
The legislature is authorized to add
to such fund for the purpose of con-
b sriraneelng - and nd. improving roads and
its discretion. for an annual tax levy
70 exceed In any year one-fourth GA) Of
one mill on all taxable property within
=. Provided, that no county shall receive
~ any year more than three 60 per cent
or less than one-half (1s) of one (1) per
e cent Of the total fund thus provided and
expended during such year; and provided,
Iurtner, that in no case shall more than
eone-third q-3). of the cost Of construct
ing or improving any road or bridge be
PAID by the state from such fund"
The purpose and object of tho
amendment is Qst) to eliminate
from the Constitution the require
ment that an unsalaried highway
commission shall be appointed to
nave charge of the expenditure Of
the road and brOdge fund. This
would leave 1t optional with the
Aes1slature to have q state highway
commiss sion or not; (2nD to in-3
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-11-03
And to substitute therefor tn. fol.

And to substitute therefor the fol.
1owinEs
Section 1. The power of taxation shall
never be surrendered, suspended or. con-
tracted away. Taxes shall be uniform
upon the same class of subjects, and
shall be levied and collected for public
purposes. but public burying grounds,
public school houses, public hospitals,
seminaries Of learning, all churches,
church property, and houses of worship,
institutions of purely public charity, and
public property used exclusively for any
public purpose, shall be exempt from tax
alton, and there may be exempted from
taxation personal property not exceeding
in value 5000 for each household, lndl-
vidual or head of a family, as the legis-
Iature may determine: Provided, that
the legislature may authorize municipal
corporations to levy and collect assess
erty benefited thereby without regard to
l.ss Ttprf1lor
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-11-03

The second proposed amendment IL
contained in Chapter PIP of the
Laws of 1905. 1t is sought by this
amendment to repeal Section l6 OF
Article 8 of the Constitution, which
IL as follows. ~
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-03-02

Mrs. Dora Bryson was in Battle Greek
on business Tuesday.
Elijah Russell will move back to
Owosso from the Russell farm this
spring.
Omosso Lodge Knights of Pythias
will give dancing party next Tuesday
evening at Castle hall
Mr.. and Mrs A. H. Northway were in
Byron Tuesday to attend the wedding
of their niece, Miss Chaffee.
Dr. Charles Shickle has rented a suite
of three rooms in the new Keller block
and will again practice in Owosso.
Richard Ferris has purchased the
Markham property at the corner of
Main and Dewey streets and will live
there.
The examination of F. l.. Brott and
Mrs. Ruth Mason on a charge of adult
cry, has been postponed until next
Tuesday.
B. s. STATIONS children are the pos.
SCISSORS of fine thoroughbred st. Ber-
nard pup, sent them by an uncle from
Bowling Green, Ohio.
Miss Addie Grove returned home Sat-
urday night from Saginaw, being COM
PEELED to give up her work for time be-
cause of sprained ankle.
Lenten services were held at the
Salem Lutheran church Wednesday
evening. The school children sang and
Rev. T. q. Kohn preached.
The Boston and New York Clothing
Co. has shipped its stock to Detroit, after
doing business in Owosso on Elk.
change street for five months.
Frank Fowler, who has been an EN-,
ployee at N. McBain's cafe for some
time, has purchased the business He
is a good restaurant man and will keep
the cafe up to high standard.
The social for young men and ladies
to have been given at the Y. M. G. A.
rooms Wednesday evening has been
L
postponed Until next Wednesday. Ali
young men are invited to come and
bring ladies with them.
| A communication was, received by
! the council Monday evening from G.
H. Stephenson, president of the Owos-
so q Corunna Electric Co., presenting
in full the company's side of the con-
troversy as to the tracks and pavement
in West Owosso and stating that the
franchise could not be accepted under
conditions imposed. He also stated
that the company had not made any
money but had spent large amounts for
/ the benefit of the city and if assisted in
the matter of the extension of it's lines
would do much more. The communi.
cation was placed on file but was not
ordered printed. 1t appears in full OF
the fourth page.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-03-02
LOCAL NEWS.

Mrs. Arthur Dumond was In Duranu
Tuesday.
Miss Vera Mckenzie has been in De-
troit part of the week.
Mrs. J. T. Perkins, of Worthwhile, is
visiting Mrs. A. M. Hume.
Webster Davis and mother, of Corun-
ma, are visiting in Detroit.
The Rainy Day Club met with Mrs.
Laurence Manning Monday.
Floyd Devereaux was in Detroit on
business the first Of the week.
The interior of Osburn & Sons store
has been reprinted this week.
A. E. Willover and Steve Fraser, OF
Detroit, have been in Owosso this week.
The surpliced choir of Christ Episco-
pal church was photographed Sunday.
w. E. Collins has purchased the Il.
P. Wolaver residence on North Water
street.
The store occupied by Bunting &
Miller has been repainted and papered
this week.
John Squire has gone to Mobile, Ala,
where he will work for the l.. & N.
Railroad
Judge Matthew Bush, of Corunna,
was in Grand Rapids on probate bust
ness Wednesday.
Dr r. j. Tick has rearranged his
dental office and employed an assistant,
Miss Blanche Baldwin.
Mr.. and Mrs. William X. Tillotson,
OF New York City, have been guests at
Albert Todd's this week.
Charles Holman came home Saturday
from the Walpole Islands in Lake
Huron, bringing pony with him.
Plate glassSwindows have arrived tc
replace the broken ones at Collins drug
store and Symes & Marvin's saloon.
Mrs. Matte Warren has been in
Chicago this week on business for the
millinery firm of Warren 81 Young.
A large party Of Rekebahs attended a
social Tuesday evening at the home OF
S. Henderson, North Mulberry street.
James Day, of Ingersoll, Ont, who
has been visiting his cousin, Mrs. Frank
Williams, Adams street, returned home
Tuesday.
Mrs. A. H. Parkill and Mrs. Stanley
E. Parkin and son, returned Monday
from Colorado, where they have spent
several months.
H. E. Odell was operated on Friday
for appendicitis at st. Mary's hospital,
Bay City. His mother. Mrs. E. H.
Odell, King street, was with him for
several days.
A pleasant reception was rendered
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Labadie Tuesday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. M. d.
Roth, the ladies Of the Fourteen club
conducting it.A They are remaining in
wosso and Corunna with friends this
week.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-03-02
$50. 90 to the Pacific Coast via the
Chicago, Union Pacific & North
Western Line.

Tickets on sale daily February 10Th to
April 18th, from Chicago to San Fran
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only 81 90. For booklets, describing
the Pacific Coast, its climate and re-
sources, maps, train schedules and full
information, apply to or address any
agent of The North Western line or
w. H. Guerin, Gen'l Agt., Passenger
Dept, II Campus Martius, Detroit,
Mich
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-03-02
Choice. Hardy Perennial Plants for
Permanent Planting.

They will not have to be taken up
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and are very fine for Cut Flowers
Aquilegia, Achillea the Pearl, Aster
Novea Anglae, Aster lancefolia rosa,
Boltonia latisquama, Chelone lyonii,
Boltonia asteroides, tHelenium autumn
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Lychnis chalcedonica, Lysemachea
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Pyrethrum uliginesum, Rudbekia
Golden Glow, Spirea aruncus; Spirea
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Each 15c. 10 plants in 90 varieties,
$1.00. 20 plants in 90 varieties $l.75.
Cash withoprder please
HERMANN THIEMANN,
r. f. ID. No. 2, Owosso, Mich.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-03-02

Dell 'Lape was fined so Monday for
assaulting M. @. Campbell, of Ovid,
and Edward Mcdonald paid $40 for be.
ing drunk and disorderly. -
| have opened new coal mine on
Coal creek, one mile northeast of Co
runna, and have for sale the best
quality of block coal mined in Mich
gan. Tod Kincaid, Prop. ~
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-05-17

uoy. Westward thc duet 81 krafa 4
took ita way. Hcforo tho ocrufr0a .'
NJ that eruption n0 ono bad thc aIr...
80 suspicion that far up aluft fu'..F
miles over our heads. "a mighty fsu.
De- lnccaaautly hurryiuF With "a 1861
much Frcatcr than that ~ the aR
hurricane which once laid AZ a..
part NJ Calcutta on the ground
slew ao many 81 ita inhabitants i.--
tuuateiy Tor humanity. thlf rH
'tfado-Wlnd' docs not come
less than twenty miles ~ tho 'lr.. O.
surface. Nc are thus preserved f..l
tho fearful destruction that its au."-
tormiueut blasts would produce
blasts against which uo tree
stand ana which would. in Ten ml-
uteH. go as much damage 90 r. tt 40
would tho most violent carthg aa.'.
WHOM this great wind hal hr"H'
charged with tho dust az kIaEa'a.
then. Tor the flrst and ! may add .'r
Che only time. 10 stood revealed to .i-
man vision Then b. was seen mas
This wind clrclcd round the ear.a ~
The vicinity Of the equator and come
plctci IS circuit In about thirteen
days.