Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, May 21, 1898, Page 4

Brand ‘Reavids Hreratds' Review Published Every Saturday. By E. C. KILEY. TWO POLLARS A YEAR IN ADVAN Six Months. 00 | Three Months. Entered at the postoffice at Grand Rapids, Minn., as second-class matter. THE EARLIER BENIN, Had a Progressive Monarch in the Olden Times. Benin, of h we have heard a good deal ¢ the last few months, was one time ihe center of a con- Bid yle empire, as African empires the London Saturday Review. will remind students of ear- to Ine nd especially of 00th anniversary ly vo Vasco de ¢ 1 be cele of which rated this year, that Port to India in ys was whet- ted by the re hich either a king of Beni ried to Lis- e Nestorian other n was less intimate- Christians who heid side of the Indian then associated, more ¢ ly, with Abyssinia, throw knowledge of India Benin. King Don sent forth cwo et! cu he mysterious land ice and cther cities had dray riches o dispatthed neu D on a voyage of st, with the re up for the great in 1497. Por- to the repre- king of Benin -t sea route to India, .o think that four cen- predecesscr of the burba- n who now rules in Benin was in- strumental in her navigators to new effor tually brought east and we er touch, turies oa Graphophone Against Matrimony. A con old bachelor deciares that the phophone was. the only to make the state of single far preferable to the cares thing needed bless and 11 joys of matrimony. “I says, ‘ t cn a stormy one does not feel like go- ing io the club or some 9lace of a or when one is under the use- her is confined to one’s own rcom, it pt te be decidedly @ and longs for companionship. T used to feel i books money. No ing and Iam ar have the m s e s played to me on the piano, from the epera and old bal- lads sung to me in the tenderest and sweetest of voices and a repertory that is inex! i e, for I can always usic when I em tired of the old. ave a cold I can put my feet in ter and take a hot punch end be entertained as well as if I had a wife-— and ail without the worries of a heuse- hold or any danger of the sweet voice becoming fretful or complaining. Le- sides,” continued the crusty old mis- ogynist, “I can always shut it up when I want to. I wonder how many hus- bands could do that to their woman. kind!”—New York Tribune. Coffins from Their Favorite Tree. ~James Swan and wife, an aged and wealthy couple living on a farm in Ing- ham county, Mich., fifty years ago planted in their dooryard a cherry tree, of which they became very proud because it grew so straight and tu such a great size. After talking it over for several years the pair concluded to be buried in coffins made from their fay- orite tree, so severa! days ago the tree was felled and a mammoth log taken to Mason, from which the burial cas kets will be made. Philosophy. Wallace—Why is it you always bet on the wrong horse? Hargreaves—It is so much easier to do.—Cincinnati Rn- quirer. A COLD CLIMATE. Finds It Hard Work to Keep m in the Aretics. ciy a relative term. The t of the semi-tropical countries When the thermometer falls to yhile the Laplander and Es- imo think it is comfortable at zero. or real cold, and plenty of it, one st go to the polar regions. Think here the mercury goes down és below zero in the house, of the stove. Of course, in 2se, fur garments are piled on n looks like a great bundle Dr. Moss of the polar expe- dition of 1875-76, among other things, tells of the effect of cold on a wax candle which burned there.. The tem- perature was 85 degrees helow zero, and the doctor must have been con- siderably discouraged when, looking at his candle, he discovered that the flame had all it could do to keep warm. It was so cold that the flame could not melt all the wax of the candle, but was forced to cut its way down, leav- ing a sort of skeleton of the candle | standing. There was heat enough, however, to melt oddly-shaped holes in the thin walls of wax, and the result was a beautiful lece-like cylinder of . with a tongue of yellow flame z inside of it and sending out e darkness many streaks of one tires of | ABOVE THE HOTEL SERVANT. | New Aristocracy of Help Which Lives Apart in the Big Hostelries. With the advent of the big new | hotels uptown there bas arisen a new | aristocracy, which is about as amus- wg as most American aristocracies are, says the New York World. It is the | aristocracy of help. It wears its mas- | ters’ and mistresses’ clothing, eats in | a dining reom by itself and, trying to | ape the manners of its employers, gives | an exhibition to amuse gods and men. | Passing the dining room inhabited by these haughty ones recently a re- | perter heard a snatch of the conver- | sation indulged in by the knights and | tadies of the boudoir, these gentle | men’s «ad ladies’ ladies: “Kindly pawse the buttah.” | “Beg. pahdong.” “A little of “Why, certongly. that butter.” please.” “Indeed. Do you think so? I thought there was something off cc'or | in the taste, don’t you know.” | “Anything going on in town, Tom?” “Not a dem thing, me boy, not a dem | thing.” “Your mawster goin’ year?” “Me—oh, you mean Allie. Yes, I dessay. He usually goes—to get his closet, you know. Deucid good dresser, | Allie—an’ just me own size, too—but don’t know much, Ah! if I had his al- lowance, now!” “You'd cut a wide un, James, tee | hee.” “Well, I’d try and not di | name, Marrie, haw haw.” | “I heah the suvvants are kicking up a devil of a row over their grub. Poor * i the butter, if you It’s a Little passee, abroaad this race me | treatures! I'd rather die right off than | be a hotel However, they’re | | mostly Ir as ’t Germans— ! so tt don’t ma } you feed ‘em, | I guess. Hz “Hee, hee.’ And so, t bright railerv, bright nuch diffnnee what t otatoes, | converse and ristocracy of help Meportea to Be W j Great Artists Have Played Upon it. There is a violin in the posession of Frau Grigorieff-Krudener of Lucerne, the widow of the brilliant young per- former Grigorieff, which is reputed ta be worth 60,000 francs. ys the West- minster Gazette. ne, Bianchi, Sivori and other experts have agreed in this extraordinary estimate. The great- ost artists, Paganini, Spohr, Vieuxtemps, Joachim and Sarasate, have played upon it and there is quite a collection of documents relating to its history for the last 150 years. It was originally vi the so-called “Kurtursten-geige,” Priace-Elector fiddles, twelve of rhich were made as presents to the of the holy Roman empire by elector: | Jaced Stainer Amati tha only 69,009 Francs— and t& TOBALGCO. | . Tobacco 5s classified in medica] books among the depresso-motors, a term used to describe certain drugs which by re- ducing the activity of the nervous sys- tem tend to lower the general tone of | the body. Its peculiar properties are ue entire.. to the well-known sub- stance, nicotine, which is present in a degree varying according to the form in wLich the plant is used. Nicotine, when pure, is a colorless, transparent liquid of a strong, tobacco- like odor and persistent burning taste. It is freely soluble in water, and rapid- ly disappears on exposure to the air. This active principle of tobacco is so powerful that the small dose of one thirty-second of a grain caused an in- tense burning of the throat, gullet and stomach, which was followed by giddi- ness, rausea, extreme muscular weak- ness, laborious respiration, and with icy extremities, partial loss of con- sciousness, a rapid, feeble pulse, and other indications of impending col- lapse. In large amounts nicotine acts with lightning-like rapidity. In a case of suicide, in which the amount taken could not be ascertained, the man dropped instantly to the floor, gave a long-crawn sigh and was dead in three | minutes. When nicotine is added to freshly | drawa blood the blood takes on a pe- | culiar, dark hue, and upon examina- ; Yon with a miscroscoys the minute | vital particles in the blood are found to be rapidly breaking up and dying It is doubtful just how nearly this | represents the inward condition of to- bacco-users, since during life the poi- son which gains entrance to the body is constantly being eliminated by the | various organs in the performance of their offices. It is certain, however, that abuse of tobacco will eventually lead to deterioration of the blood. And it is upon this influence of nicotine upon the circulation, as well as upon its effect upon the nervous system, that the advocates of total abstinance from the use of tobacco correctly base their arguments. The Difference. She—I can sympathize with you. I | was married once myself. He—But you weren’t married to a woman.—Tid-Bits, ‘Wostern Generosity. i 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 in always willing to divide with us. Many of our adopted citizens have ‘ had free transportation soath on west- ern cvvlones.—Atlanta Constitution. ° SPLITTING LNGAL HAIRS. A Cuse Which Even Philadelphia Lawyers Could Not Decide. This in an after dinner story told by a well known lawyer the other even- Ing, illustrative of legal diffierivies that may atise even in the carrying out of the most amicable contracts: “{bere were once four brothers, who lau inherited a storage warehouse from their father, and who eqnally di- vided the vroperty between them Among the appurtenances thereto was a cat, a fine animal, excellent for mousing. and this, too, was divided, the elder brother owning the right | front quarter, the second brother the deft front quarter and the two younger brothers the two hindquarters. :Now, unfortunately, the cat in one of its nocturns prowls ivjured the right paw and the elder brother attended to that portion of his property by eee the injured member with a grease ’. The cat, thankful for this relief to its suifering, went t> sleep content, edly before the fire, but in the midst of ity slumbers a falling conl ignited the rag and the animal, howling with agony, dashed throvgh the warehouse, and, coming in contact with some com- bustibles, set the building on fire. ‘ When the loss came to be figured out the three younger brothers wished to throw it all upon the eider upon the ground that had he not tied up hia | part of the cat with the inflammable rag the building would not have been destroyed. He, on the contrary, con- tended that had the cat only been pos- sessed of the fropt right paw, his prop- erty, it would have stood still and burned to death. It was the three oth- er paws that caused the damage. The brothers argued the case untii they died, but could never reach an agree ment.—Philadelphia Record. A Parehase. Floor-walker—Did Mrs. Upton buy that last piece of ergandic? Saleswoman— No. Mrs. bought it. Floor-walker—Why, I thougut 1 deard her sav } re Mis. Upton eamo Downton Just One Gloat- Although goif and the bicycle are, in the main, getting on excellently to- gether, there is still a disposition among a certain class of wheelmen to scoff at the newer spori, as too aris- tocratic and exclusive. Retribution of a pecu abrupt and distressing kind came down upon one of these rid- ers the other day and the golfer who played the other t in the scene was uncharitabie enovgh to enjoy the sit- uation thorougal, He was walking briskly elong a suburban road toward the links, carrying a good-sized bag full of clu he was overtaken vy a tanden le with only oa rider. m, trom his perch on the r iately hatied the goli player with sarcastic famil- larity. “Aw—soin’ to play ¢ are you? ‘That's nice,” he began, turning around “as he passed te observe how his victim tvok the gree The curiosity was fatal in its Just at that mo- ment the front wheel of the tandem yan against a big, round stone; there was a desperate lurch to one side, and the facetious rider shot forward into the road, with the machine on top of Ekim, The golfer said never a word, but stood and gazed, with undisguised pleasure, at the wreck. And nobody who saw the occurrence could grudge Lim the comic opera satisfaction of “Just one gloat” over his failen enemy. -~New York Tribune. Just His Size. Baron Hardup—aAre you the tailor who’s been trusting my son for his clothes for ever five years, and never said a word to me about the bill? Yailor—--Y—Yes, m—my Lord, b— | but— Baron Hardup (rubbing his hands)— Sey no more, but get right to work acd take my measure for half a dozen suits, two overcoats and an ulster.— New York Journal. 25'S A NEW COUNTRY. s, New Opportunitics—Land of Sunshine and Miid Climate, Pertile Soil and Cheap Lands, Wiere You can Make More Money to the Acre than im hes Any Otver Farming District in the Country. MAP SHOWING THE 26 NORTHERN FEEDERS OF K. C., BP. & GR. BR. The building of the Kanr&s City, Pushing & Guit Kailroad, an airline from Kansas City to Port Ar- thur has opened up acountry in Western Missourt and Arkansas, and Louisiana, that eannot be excelled as an agrictiifural and irnii’ growing couatry; good. health, sparkling springs and clear streams; where you can wrk out of doors 12 months instead of 6. The finest stock range—no blizzards, no how winds; no drouths. ‘The earliest markets for farm products, bringing the bighest prices. Living is | cheap and best in tne land. Wy try to Oppme Nature? Go toa land whore na ture backs your every effort and prosperity is not dependent upon a single rainfall. Go where pros perity is permanent. ORT ARTHUR the Southern and Seaport terminus, is the best Jace in the United Sites to-day to invest or to go nto business. “‘Lhisrallroad now running through trains between Kansas City and Fort Arthur, will be running over its own tracks the entire distance by September 1. Study «ne Hap ant you will agree alarge city must be built at Port Arthur; mearest seaport to Kansas | City Ly 100 miles. Cut this out and mail to widress. below and receive | Gne filust:atg? pamphlets, I. A. Hornbpec Eand Commissioner CCE BO RR at er, Port Arihur To\nsite. 0. KANSAS CITY, M> | Jts glass being A NOVEL EXPERIMEN’. The Startling Result of Firing a Can 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— oJl 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 electric'ty. We said “aimed at a target,” but the facts are that there were two targets but only one was directed for this spe- cial experiment, the other being tha 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-one 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 effect of the shot from the submerged gun was really startling. The weoden target was pierced through and through, the boiler iron target was broken into picces and driven fnto its “backing,” whe ball passing right on through both sides of the vessel, making a hvge hole through which the water poured in tor- rents. Taken altogether the experi- ment was an entire success, demon- strating, as it did, the feasibility of Placing submerged guns in harbors i times of war and doing great dam- “ge to the vessels which an enemy might dispatch to such points for tha purpose of shelling cities. GIGANTIC REVOLVING TOWER. French Ingenolty 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 se, 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 merrily round, ex- cept when it occasionaly stopped and required more or less coaxing ere it resumed its “daily reund.” As a fact, cur readers will remember !t once had “a night out’ on its own account, Now, French ingenuity is once az ta the fore and this ‘ime the id to construct a lofty bu r ing that will spin slowly, like a majestic icp. The have this novelty in their mi the site chosen being near the summit o/ Montmartre, the highest point within the. fortifications of the gay city. The conception of this big revolving tow-r (about half the height of the Eiffel) is credited to M. Devic. The motive power for turning the strueture, a com- plete revolution of which wou!d occu- py about two minues, would be hy- araulic force. The upper part of th | building would be cccupied by a public ballroom, in which dancing would take place from 11 p. m. to 2 a. m., while below this it is intended to eon- struct an artificial ice-skating rink. A Great Telese Soms idea of the remarkable charac- ter of the proposed telescope for the great Paris Exposition of 19-0 niay be gained by comparing the size of its fifty-one-inch object lens with the most wonderful yet constructed. Thus, the largest instrument ef this kind now in existence is the Lick, having an object glass of thirty-: inches diameter; the second largest is at Pulkcwa, Rus- sia, with a glass thirty inches; tha third is at the U: f pee i vard has the fourth twenty-four-inch ¢ size belongs to Prin Coliege. famous Yeikes telescope glass, the largest of tive celebrated productions at Cambridss, Mass., is rated at forty inches diameter. And so, by some eleven inches, the Paris instrument is | in excess of all oiher., and thus able it is anticipated, to breeg the moon within one mile ef us. The telescope | largest, with a A Subtle Distinction. “Dezr 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- fon?” “They used to refer to him as a violinist. 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