Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, May 14, 1898, Page 4

Grand Rapids Mrersiae'Review Published Every Saturday. By E. C. KILEY. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE Six Months. «1.00 | Three Months.........0e Entered at the postoffice at Grand Rapids, Minn., us second-class matter. ANOVEL EXPERIMENT. The Startling Result of Firing = Cam non Buried Under Water. The most curious experiment ever made with a piece of ordnance was at Portsmouth, England, says Invention. A stage was erected in the harbor within the tide mark; on this an Arm- strong gun of the 110-pound pattern was mounted. The gun was then load- ed and carefully aimed at a target— all this, of course, during the time of low tide. A few hours later, when the gun and the target were both covered with water to a depth of six feet, the gun was fired by means of electricity. We said “aimed at a target,” but the fatts are that there were two targets but only one was directed for this spe- cial experiment, the other being the hull of an old vessel, the Griper, which lay directly behind the target and in range of the ball The target itself was placed only twenty feet from the muzzle of the gun. It was composed of oak beams and planks and was twenty-cne inches thick. In order to make the old Griper invulnerable a sheet of boiler plates three inches thick was riveted to the water-logged hull, in direct range with the course the ball was expected to take if not de- flected by the water. On all of these —the oak target, the boiler plates and the old vessel hull—the effec! of the shot from the submerged gun was really startling. The wooden target was pierced through and through, the boiler iron target was broken into pieces and driven into its “backing,” the ball passing right on through both sides of the vessel, making a h»ge hole through which the water poured in tor- rents. Taken altogether the experi- ment was an entire success, demon- etrating, as it did, che feasibility of placing submerged guns in harbors ir times of war and doing great dam- “ge to the vessels which an enemy might dispatch to such points for the purpose of shelling cities. GIGANTIC REVOLVING TOWER. Freuch Ingenuity Is Again to the Fore. France started the ball with the Eiffel tower, says London Invention. England endeavored to go one better with the Wembley, which is still in an embryo stage and appears likely to re- main sv, while our American cousins struck a bright and novel idea in the Ferris revolving wheel, which was af- terwards introduced into England, and last season went merriiy round, ex- cept when it occasionaly stopped and required more or less coaxing ere it resumed its “daily round.” As a fact, our readers will remember it once had “a night out” on its own account. Now, French ingenuity is once again tse the fore and this time the idea is to construct a lofty building that will spin slowly, like a majestic top. The festive Parisians are, it is stated, to have this novelty in their midst, the site chosen being near the summit of Montmartre, the highest point within the fortifications of the gay city. The conception of this big revolving tower (about half the height of the Eiffel) is credited to M. Devic. The motive power for turning the strurture, a com- plete revolution of which would occu- py atout two minues, would be hy- draulic force. The upper part of the building would be occapied by a public ballroom, in which dancing would teke place from 11 p. m. to 2 a, m, while below this it is intended to con- struct an artificial ice-skating rink. A Great Telescope. Soma idea of the remarkable charac- ter of the proposed telescope for the great Paris Exposition of 1900 may be gained by comparing the size of its fifty-one-inch object lens with the most wonderful yet constructed, Thus, the largest instrument of this kind now in existence is the Lick, having an object glass of thirty-six inches diameter; the second largest is at Pulkowa, Rus- sia, with a glass of thirty inches; the third is at the University of Virginia, its glass being twenty-six inches; Har- vard has the fourth largest, with a twenty-four-inch glass, and the fifth in size belongs to Princeton College. The famous Yerkes telescope glass, the largest of the celebratec productions at Cambridge, Mass., is rated at forty inches diameter. And so, by some eleven inches, the Paris instrument is in excess of all others, and thus able it is anticipated, to bring the moon within one mile of us. The telescope A Subtle Distinction. “Dear me,” remarked one girl, “her parents must be very much displeased with her engagement to that musician. It is even worse than I thought.” “On what do you base your opin- ion?” “They used to refer to him as a vialinist. Mow they say that he plays the fiddle.”~-Washington Star. ‘Western Generosity, The cold flag is up again and we are promised a genuine blizzard from the west. We are glad to state that the most ¢ordial relations exist between that section and the south. When the west has anything out of the ordinary she ia always willing to divide with us. Many of our adopted citizens have had free transportation soeth on west- ern cvclones,—Atlanta Constitution. THE CANAL OF JOSEPH. As Useful as Ever at the End of 4900 Years. How many of the engineering works of the nineteenth century will there be fa existence in the year 6000? Very few, we fear, and still less those that will continue in the far-off ages to serve a useful purpose. Yet there is at least one great undertaking conceived and executed by an engineer which dur- ing the space of 4,000 years has never ceased its office, on which the life of a fertile province absolutely depends to- day. We refer to the Bahr Joussuf— the canal of Joseph—built, according to tradition. by the son of Jacob, and which constitutes not the least of the many blessings he conferred on Egypt during the years of his prosperous rule. This canal took its rise from the Nile at Aciut, and ran almost parallel with it for nearly 250 miles, creeping along under the western cliffs of the Nile Valley, with many a bend and wind- ing, until at length it gained an emi- nence, as compared with the river bed, which enabled it to turn westward through a narrow pass and enter a dis- trict which was otherwise shut off from the fertilizing floods on which all vege- tation in Egypt depends. The northern end stood 17 feet above low Nile, while at the southern end it was at an equal elevation with the river. Through this cut ran a perennial stream, which wat- ered a province named the Fayoum, en- dowing it with fertility and supporting a large population. In the time of the annual flood a great part of the canal was under water, and then the river’s current would rush in a more direct course in the pass, carrying with it the rich silt which takes the place of manure and keeps the soil in a state of constant productiveness. All this. with the exception of the traditions that Joseph built it, can be verified to- day, and it is not mere supposition or rumor. Until eight years ago it was firmly believed that the design has al- ways been limited to an _ irrigation scheme, larger, no doubt, than that now in operation, as shown by the traces of aband ned canals and by the slow ag: gregation of weete water which had ac- cumulated in the Birket el Querun, but still essentially the same in character. Many accounts have been written by Greek and Roman historians, such as Herodotus, Strabo, Mutianus and Pliny and repeated in monkish legends or portrayed in the maps of the Middle Ages, which agreed with the folklore of the district. These tales explained that the canal dug by the ancient Is- raelite served to carry the surplus wa- ters of the Nile into an extensive lake lying south of the Fayoum, and so large that it not only modified the climate, tempering the arid winds of the desert and converting them into the balmy airs which nourished the vines and the olives into a fullness and fragrance un- known in any part of the country, but also added to the food supply of the land such immense quantities of “fish that the royal prerogative of the right of piscary at the great weir was valued at $250,000 annually. This Jake was said to be 450 miles round, and to be navigated by a fleet of vessels, and the whole circumference was the scene of industry and prosperity.—Engzineering. You Can Have Your Eye Tattooed. The latest discovery of scientific medical men is that the human eye may be tettooed any color. It is now quite within the bounds of possibility for even doctors to tattoo a man’s eye bright scarlet or green. Of course, eyes are tattooed only in cases waere one of them ‘s blind and has assumed in consequence a peculiar dead and ghastly appearance. An eye in this condition will entirely disfigure a face, but a modern oculist may color one of these “dead” eyes and restore it to iis natural appearance, so that nothing but the closest scrutiny can detect the difference between it and its fellow. The operation of tattooing is perform- ed by first treating the eye with co- caine until it becomes absolutely sense- less to pain. When all is ready the part to be operated upon is covered thickly with India ink of the required color. The tattooing is then per- formed by means of a littie electrical] machine which operates a specially made needle.—Answers. The Diver’s Heavy Dress. The dress of a fully equipped diver weighs 169% pounds and costs about $500. It is made up, among other things, of 8% pounds of thick under- clothing. The dress itself weighs 14 pounds and the heavily weighted boots weigh 32 pounds. The breast and back pieces weigh 80 pounds and the hel- met 35 pounds. ‘he greatest depth at which a diver can ordinarily work is 150 feet. though there are rare in- stances of work being done at a depth of 210 feet, where the pressure sus- tained is 88% pounds to the square inch. It is not fenerally known that the present system of diving was first suggested by the action of the ele- phant, which swims beneath the sur- face, breathing meanwhile through its trunk, which it bolds above the water. —New York World Oat of the World. Members of the Nansen expedition say that so tired did they become of seeing the same faces and hearing the same voices day after day in the course of the slow drift northward that in the end a feeling of irritation be- came well nigh insupportable, and the men would set off on long walks across the ice, each man by himself, and care- tully avoiding his fellows. Flattering Them. Guest—Why do you print your bili ww fare in French? Fashionable Res- taurateur—Because [ want my patroua to think that I think they can read’! it.—Tit-Bits. A WOMAN DIES OF RABIES. Bitten by = Dog. She Exp'!res Three Months Luter. Miss Jennie E. Glatigny died of rab- fes at her home at Seventh and Bull streets yesterday morning about 2 o'clock. Her sufferings from spasms of the throat and larynx just before her death were terrible, and it was impos- sible to do anything for her relief, says the Savannah (Ga.) News of March 23. Dec. 29 Miss Glatigny took her dog and went out for a walk toward Mr. Kies- ling’s place, a short distance from her home, When near there she saw two dogs, one of which attacked her dog, and when she took a stick to beat it off the other dog sprang at her and bit her through the right hand, between the thumb and forefinger. Miss Glat- igny went on to Mrs. Kiesling’s, where some turpentine was applied to the wound and after some days it healed up. On Jan, 12 it broke out again and Dr. Stanley was called. He pricked the hand and let out a small accumula- tion of pus, after which it healed again and she took no further notice of it until Thursday, March 18, seventy-nine days after the bite, when, about 12 o’clock noon, she began to feel a pain in the hand, which ran up the arm, through the shoulder and gown her side. She was very restless Friday night and in the morning and com- plained that the pain kept annoying her. She was about the same Friday night and Saturday morning about 10 o'clock she sent for Dr. George H. Stone. When Dr. Stone called he found her suffering from this pain, but there were no other symptoms and it ap- peared that she had taken cold. The pain was easily relieved and it did not return. She had one choking spell and on the return of Dr. Stone Sunday morning she complained that she had not slept through the night, though she had suffered no pain. She then showed sigts of rabies in her inability to swal- low and from then until 2 o'clock in the morning, when she died, there was. a constant succession of spasms when- ever she attempted to drink water. Al- though she wished for water eagerly, and would hold a glass of it in her hand for aa hour at a time, while the sight of it did not seem disagreeable to her, yet when she attempted to swal- low it her effort would make the spasms of the throat still more intense and these kept up continuously to the time of her death, nature being unable to endure longer the severe strains pro- duced. Miss Glatigny was conscious to the time of ‘er death. She knew those about ker and would talk when she had long enough relief from the constantly recurring spasms of the throat to do so. Her case was accom- panied by all of the other symptoms of rabies, such as extreme nervous irri- tability. Touching her nose at at- tempting to blow it would bring on a fevere spasm, as would also any craught of air, no matter how slight. Gn one occasion the suggestive treat- ment was tried and she was finally en- abled to drink a glass of water through the induced belief that she could do it. But this could not be kept up and the spasms became more frequent and More severe until death relieved her. Yesterday morning Dr. Stone and Drs. Graham and Brunner held an autopsy for the purpose of making a thorough investigation of the case. There was no doubt in the minds of any of them that it was a true case of rabies. Taney took some of the virus and will culti- vate it and try its effect on some an- imal, such as a rabbit, for the purpose of more thoroughly understanding the case. The German Emperor and Empress. 1 remembered that when | lived in Berlin, when’a child, Sunday was scarcely observed in any way by the Germans. The churches were well nigh empty. You might have im- agined yourself in London upon a bank holiday. But the present empress is a woman of very firm religious princi- ples and William II, however change- able he may be in other matters, is a rock where his pious belief is con- cerned. It has been the dearest wish of both himself and the empress to in- troduce the ‘“‘Euglish Sunday” to the Ge:mans, and it is wonderful, indeed, how they have succeeded. The in- crease of belief is remarkable; the Ber- lin churches are now attended by crowds and the clergymen, turmerly at a discount in society, are feted as if they were the military. Both emperor and empress always attend divine ser- vice in the morning. The preacher is forbidden, it is true, to speak longer than fifteen minutes and the congrega- tion is warned against “staring” at their majesties. After church the royal couple entertain a few intimate friends at luscheon and before bed time the empress imparts some bible knowledge to her chiidren.—The Woman at Home, Writers of Books. Ip a pretty large experience I have not found the men who write books superior in wit or learning to those who Gon’t write at all, In regard of mere information, nonwrite’s must oft- en be superior to writers. You dox't expect a lawyer in full practice to be conversant with all kinds of literature; he is too busy with his law; and se a writer is commonly too busy with his own books to be able to bestow attea- tion on the works of other peopie.— Thacheray. The Unlikely. “No,” sighed the poster farmer as he sadly contemplated the poster cow, “I can’t say that J consider her a very likely animal, but we all have our short- comings, I suppose.”—Letroit Journal. The Difference. She—I can sympathize with you. I ‘was married once myself. He—But you weren't married to a woman.—Tid-Bits. FAMINES If INDIA. | c Records of Some of the Most Destruct- ive In Former Years. With an overcrowded population of | 200,000,000 peasants whose annual sup- ply of food depends on a rainfall sub- ject to decided irregularities, it is in- evitable that India should suffer from frequent and destructive famines. Me- teorological observations have dis- closed no rule of periodicity in these failures of rainfall by which seasons of drought can be forecast with cer- tainty. They have, on the other hand, established the fact that the fall is never either deficient or excessive in any single year throughout the whole of India, says a writer in the New York Observer. There is always a re- serve of food supply in some part of the area which may be drawn upon for use in the needy districts. It has been discovered, too, that winters marked by an excessive snowfall in the Him- alayas are always followed by dimin- ished summer rainfall, generally in northern India, but sometimes in other portions of the great peninsula. Apart from these few facts, gathered within the last quarter of a century, there it little data from which seasons ot drought may be forecast, though it is known that a drought. once begun, generally extends over two or more years, The approach of scarcity can be determined only in the year in which it actually occurs, and by @ sys- tem of observations beginning with the June rainfall and continuing until autumn. Of the extent of the suffer- ing from drought and crop failure in the Asiatic world Western peoples have but a faint conception. In the great droughts in northern China in 1877-78 no less than 9,500,000 persons perished; and although during the present century at least no single fam- ine in India has attained that magni- tude, it is estimated that in the score or more disasters which have oc- curred, between 15,000,000 and 20,000,- 000 lives have been lost. That which began in 1875 and culminated in 1877 was the most prolonged and destruc- tive, resulting in the death of 5,500,- 000 persons. In 1865-66 a third of the population of 3,000,000 starved to death in Orissa, and in 1868-70 about 1,500,- 000 died from want in Rajputana. The famine of 1861 in the northwest prov- inces was a huge calamity, and the Berar drouth of 1873-74 was only pre- vented from becoming so by lavish ex- penditure on the part of the Indian government. Prior to the white con- quest famines of immense dimensions devastated the peninsula, resulting oc- easionally in an appalling decimation of the feebler classes of the population. These classes are always so near star- vation that a season of drouth reduces them at once to extremities of hun- ger. In the old days the devices for famine relief in India were of the usual Asiatic sort. First the shops of the grain dealers were sacked and their owners murdereg@. When that failed the offices of the native governments were besieged and when the royal gran- aries were emptied the gods were pro- pitiated with sacrifices, ending with the slaughter of human victims and the diatribution of their flesh over the barren fields. But during the past thirty years these devices have given way to the remedial measures of a more practical and effective kind. Taught by long experience, the govern- ment of India has elaborated a system of relief, machinelike in its opera- tions, capable of being put into effect at any time and of adjustment to the needs of any particular scarcity. The old notion that a government cannot be made responsible for deaths from starvation any more than for deaths by fever has disappeared. Every rural of- ficial is made to feel his responsibility and is minutely instructed beforehand as to his particular duty in such stages of scarcity. First a system of crop forecasts gives notice of the possible approach of famine. When the possi- bility becomes from further reports probability the government begins ac- tive preparations to meet it. Its fore- casts may not prove correct but it acts at ouce and energetically, knowing that if it waits to verify its estimates action will be too late to be effectual. Fish Chew Tobacco, Francis Harding, living near Lilly lake, N. Y., has made a discovery. He was out tip-up fishing, and had cut several holes in the ice. He had wait- ed in vain for a bite for several hours, when he happened to toss a quid of tobacco in one of the holes, Quick as a flash it was snapped up and disap- peared beneath the water. This gave him an idea, and, pulling up one of his many hooks, he placed a piece of plug tobacco on it. Instantly there was a commotion, and he pulled in a fine four-pound pickerel. Francis then dis- tributed his remaining supply of to- bacco on the various hooks, and the result was that in half.an hour he had over fifteen pounds of fish. Since then he has made several large hauls in this manner. Palaces On Wheels The Burlington’s new Minneapolis and St. Paul-Chicago and St. Louis train’ consists of: A buffet library car. A combination sleeping -car. A Standard sleeping car. A compartment sleeping car. A dining car. A reclining chair car. A day coach (high back seats.) The most costly, beautiful, luxrui ous six cars on earth. Steam heated. Electric lighted. Wide: vestibuled. No extra fares. 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