Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 11, 1898, Page 4

Grand Rapits Peratas'iReview By E. C. KILEY, 5 — TWO DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE Six Months. 1.00 | Three Months. Eatered at the postoffive at Grand Rapid Minn., as second-class matter. eee It is a matter of sincere regret that the facts cannot be correctly conveyed to the controling powers of Spain con- cerning the fight for Cuba’s freedom. Ifthe Spamards could but know and appreciate the spirit of the men who make up the army and navy of the United States, as shown, for example, by the unanimous response for service in an exploit almost certain to end in death in the entrance to Santiago har- bor on Saturday last. Lieutenant Hobson and his heroic seven seamen performed an act of dauntless bravery that has challenged the admiration of the world. Keep your eye on the cyclone of popular enthusiasm that will sweep over the Sixth district when it is wired from St. Cloud on the 14th inst. that Hon. Charles A. Towne has been again nominated for congress by the allied forces of reform, He is the favorite of every genuine Democrat, every patriotic Populist and every silver Republican inthis great district. That cycle of popular approval will strike terror to the half-hearted shout- ers for little dned-up Page Morris, while it will cheer the followers of the great silver champion to renewed de- termination in the strite for money emancipation. A local Republican politician who attended the Anoka ccnvention last week, remarked within hearing of this scribe that the most sigmficant thing in state politics at present is the fran- tic efforts of Sixth districtward healers of the party to get standing room in the Van Sant band-wagon.. The in- ference is that it has been authoritive- ly -tipped off to the gang by the administrations machine that there is to be but one nominee anc his name shall be Van, and at his shrine they must pay homage or remain forever ostraci sd. The gang is composed of “wise guys” but their peculiar brand of patriotism should not be investigat- ed too closely. Hon. Charles A. Towne delivered a scholarly address in Duluth last week before the conference of Congega- tional ministers, taking as his subfect, “ The Sources of National Greatness.” Without any regard to partisanship this address of Mr, Towne’s is conced- ed to be among the most able and powerful that the famous orator has spoken. It shows to our frends on the wrong side that Mr. Towne isa profound thinker—a man of vast and versatile mind. The little gentleman of raven ringlet notoriety who is now rattling about in the seat formerly oc- cupied by Towne is really too infini- tesimal to bear comparison with the intellectual leader of reform who will direct the toiling masses of the Sixth district to certain victory. “ Aitkih county wants the senatorial nomination given to one of its many brilliant sons,” says the Barnum Ga- zette fellow. “Carlton county would also like to be thus honored,” he says, “but it seems to us that Itasca is gc- ing to be the favored one. C. C. Mc- Carthy, the gentleman whom Itasca will present, is one of the able men of the state, and we predict that he will be the choice of the convention, which means a large majority at the polls and an able and brilliant senato- from this district.” Well, Noyes, if you're determined not to give us Demo- cratic fellows any chance at all, and if this district is to remain in the Re- publican column, just go ahead and elect our man McCarthy. He’s a far brainier man than Morris and infiniter ly his superior in political knowledge and integrity. To Throw Whitney. A Republican who is thoroughly familiar with the situation informs The Tribune that it is now generally conceded that Hon. J. D. Jones, of Long Prairie,will be nominated for senator from this district, and that Geo. A. Whitney, the present senator who aspires to succeed himself, is now practically out of the race, While Mr. Whitney has made an*exelent senator and according to all party rules governing reward for faithful service, is entitled toa renomination it nevertheless, seems to be a setteled*|- fact, that Hubbard county has united forces with Todd county and will con- trol the convention in the interest of Mr. Jones. Mr.Whiteny should and undoubtedly will, receive the solld support of Wadena county, but unless Hubbard county also suppurt him he cannot hope to be nominated. In view of the fact that Seaator Whitney is a goed stump speaker, popular in his own country and always ready to give his services to the cause, it would seem to bean injustice for the party to turn him down especia'ly at this ime. However, as The Tribune is a Democratic organ, it is not for.us to say who willbe the nominee and we will therefore be content with simply stating the facts. Wadena ‘Trib- une. IGNOBLE REPUBLICANS. . Administration newspapers are ex- tremely solicitous that the Democrats bury all partains thoughts, give their aid loyally to the prosecution of the of the war against Spain. Democrats have been profoundly patriotic. They have buried all par- tisan vhovghts. They have stood by the administration. They voted $50, 000,000 to be expended by McKinley at his indivual discretion. They have entered the army as privates. They have raised regiments, And what do they get for their loyalty. They are called “obstructionists,” and the representative Democrats, William J. Bryan, is abused and _vili- fled because$he is going to serve his country by raising a regiment to fight the Spanish foe. There is nothing in the history of politics more contemptible than the adminstration press towards Bryan. ‘Today every anti-democrat morning newspaper in Chicago rejoice over the fact that Alger has issued an order which will prevent Bryan’s regiment from seeing active service. Such petty, ignoble, pony spite is unworthy of men, to say nothing of prtriots. 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Hicks—Tell me frankly when Smoothebore gots to telling his army experiences don’t you sometimes wish he was dead? Wicks—No, but I sometimes wish that the war had occurred fifty years earlier,—Boston Transcrfpt. His Confession. Mrs. Dowley—John, it is really frightful the way you swear. Before we were married you said you neyer gave way to profanity at all, Mr. Dowley~And I told the truth. never was married’ before.—Cleveland Leader. * 2 . j j 1 | #@ fare in French? JHE CANAL OF JOSEPH. As Useful as Ever at the End of 4000 Years. ‘How many of the engineering works of the nineteenth century will there be 4n 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 yearg 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 eonstitutes not the least of the many blessings he conferred on Egypt during the years of his prosperous rule. Th's canal took its rise from the Nile at Asiut, and ran almost parallel with {t for nearty 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 equ 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 ® 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 jimited to an irrigation scheme, larger, no doubt, than that now in operation, as shown by the traces of ebandc ted canals and by the slow ag- gregation of waste water which had ac- cumulated in the Birket el] Querun, but still easentially 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 seryed 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 fulin@™& and fragrance un- known in any part-of the country, but also added to the fod@ supply of the land euch immense quantities of fish that the royal prerogativejef the right of piscary at the great weilmwas valued at $250,000 annually. This lake was said to be 450 miles round, and to be navigated by a fleet of vessels, and the whole cireumference was the scene of industry and prosperity.—Engineering. possible oad Wes Sask You Can Have Your Eye Tattooed The latest discovery of scientific medical men is that the human eye may be tattooed any color. It is now quite within the bounds of possibility for even doctors to tattoo a man’s eye bfight scarlet or green. Of course, eyes are tattooed only in cases where one of them ‘s blind.and has assumed 4n consequence a peculiar dead and ghastly appearance. An-€ye in this condition will entirely disfigure a face, but a modern oculfét may cofor one of these “dead” eyes and restore it to its Ratural 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 tweating the eye with co- caine until it becomes absolutely sense- less to pain. When all is ready the part to be operated upon {8 covered thickly with India ink of the required color. The tattooing is then per- formed by means of a littie efectrical machine which -operates’a specially made needle.—Answers, . The Diver's Heavy Dress. The dress of a fitty) 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 ‘weiga 32 pounds. The breast and back pieces weigh 80 pounds and the, hel- met 35 pounds. The 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 sys- tained is 88% pounds to the squ jach. It is not generally known that the present system of diving was first suggested by the acfYon of the ele- phant, which swime beneath the sur- face, breathing meanwhile through its trunk, which ‘t bolds above the water. —New York World Out of the World, Members of the Nansen expedition say that so tired did they became 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, end the men would set off on long walks across the ice, each map by himself, and care- fully avoiding his fellows. Flattering Them, Guest—Why do you print your hill Fashionable Res taurateur—Because I want my patron to think that I think they can read tt. —Tit-Bits, DECLINE OF CONVERSATION. There Are Few Really Good Talkers Nowadays. The complaint is becoming general and growing into a veritable wail that the art of conversation is rapidly sink- into “innocuous desuetude,” says the Memphis Scimitar. Two causes are as- figned for this decay. One is that near- ly all the people in these days are suf- fering from a peculiar disease that takes the form of an exaggerated idea of their own importance, the effect of which is to do away almost entirely with the listener. So important a fac tor in the art of conversation that ev- erybody is so eager to talk either of himself, ‘his affairs or what interests him exclusively that dialogue has been almost annihilated by monologue. It is declared that the modern idea or fad “the development of the individual” is largely responsible for the disease and its effects, this fad being carried to such an extent that every individual thinks he has a right to talk amd no- body wants to listen. Such a menace does the present situation appear to hold for the art of conversation that able editorials are being written by leading newspapers on the subject in the hope of doing something to revive the listener, who, it is feared, is Hable to become extinct “in this age of chat- terers.” Another contributory cause for this decline in the art of convérsa- tion is said to be the fact that the ten- dency of the age is to grapple with ab- struse questions, to affect a mental depth, to despise the ordinary interests and occupations; in short, a foolish in- flation of ideas has caused what may be termed “small talk” to be admost ban- ished. An editorial upon this subject which appears in a contempordry of recent date not inaptly styles “smai) talk” the “small change of social in- tercourse” and declares it to be useful and appropriate on certain occasions and that the really interesting talker is the one who knows when to be earp- est and when to adopt a lighter vein Writing of English society, George SmaMpy says: “Lecturing is not cou versation. It was once tolerated in England. It is tolerated no longer. Nor does a habit of monologue recommend anybody to the good will of the com- pany. Concision, Nglitness of touch, le quick adaptability, a quick perception of the prevailing note and a degree of conformity to it—these are among the qualities which are valued and which give tone to conversation. * * * Conversation consists largely of illu- sions. * .* * There is a kind of so- cial shorthand which expresses whole sentences by a few lines and dots—a fragmentary phrase and, perhaps a gesture, a look, an intonation.” No less an authority than La Bruyere de- clares that thé:secret of conversation is not so much in a display of “esprit” as in giying others a fair opportunity to shine. The trouble seems. to be that everybody wants to shine but nobody wants to give others the opportunity to do so, and the editorial previously re- ferred to makes the following interest. ing and suggestive statement in refer- ence to the situatioh: “Thought-trans- ference would be a still further im- provement upon this ‘social short- hand,’ and perhaps we shall come to that at last when the human race de- spafrs of finding anyone willing to as- sume the modest role of listener.” Traveling with Profit. That “the dunce that goes to Rome” is not always the superior of the “dunce that stays at home” is shown by the following anecdote from Mr. A. J. C. Hare’s “The Story of My Life:” Gibson, the eminent English sculp tor, used to relate with great gusts something which happened to him when he was traveling by diligence be- fore the time of railways. He had got as far as the Mont Cenis, and while crossing it, entered into conversation with his fellow- traveler—an Englishman, not an American. Gibson asked where he had been, and he.mentioned several places, and then said, “There was one town I saw which I thought curious, the name of which I ‘cannot for the life of me remember, but I know it began with an R.” “Was it Ronciglione?” said Gibson, “or perhaps Radicofani?” thinking of all the unimportant places beginning ith R. “No, no; it was a much shorter name —a one-syllable n@me. I remember we entered. by a gate near a very big church w' lots of pillars in front of it, and there was a sort of square with two fountains.” “You cannot possibly mean Rome?” “Oh, yes, Rome—that was the name of the place.” For Care of Voung Children. fhe Paris municipality has resolved to increase from 98 to 400 the number of infant schoojs, or rather places where young chilfiren are taken care of while their mothers are at work. These institutions are a kind of second-class oPeche, serving not for infants, but for ehildren under the school age of 6. The existing institutions have 4,700 inmates and cost 80,000 francs a year. The cost will now be increased to 530,000 franca, Pataces Cn 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 dhair 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. Paul, 8:05 p. m. daily. Tickets at 306 Nicollet Ave., Min- neapolis 400 Robert St. (Hotel Ryan,‘ St. Paul. Leaves Minneapolis 7-20 p. m., St] Homesteaders ° Can save time and expense by proving up before E. C._ Kiley, Judge of Probate, Grand Rapids. Filings Upon Land May also be made before bim. The Expense . of taking witnesses to Duluth or St. can be saved. 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