Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 18, 1898, Page 4

~Srand ‘fRavids Preralds'Review sy EB. C. KILEY, JARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE at Grand Rapid nd-class matter. a PLATFORM, ww mas adopted +by the ate convention yester- y fairly voice the popular dis- otent with the results of repeblican 1achine rule io this state. Its yment of republican admnistra- Minnesota during a priod of ich extends without a break hmore than thirty years, is . scathing and jusi. Practic- y, the same machine has nominated he party since the organization of he state, growing more greedy and isolent as the years rolled by, until oday it deties public sentiment, and tughs atall predictions of its over- tThe suggestion that the may find its usurpations and obberies intolerable and arise ind cast it out, it treats with laconcealed contempt. Its boats is hicits organization so thorough and I-disciplised as to be invincible. laughs at public opinion and guards the voters as its servitors, befooled and boasted tool through ich it aeco:aplises its sordid and hrow. ones schemes, ist What Lhe machine has done ite of Minnesota, the plat- 1 -the best democratic platform sented to the state—d ite- ales. Itisa terrible arraign- « bill of particulars—to which publican organs aud stumpers save lo make specific answers og Lhe campaign. Every republi- who reads it wi'l be compelled to ecoguize the depths to which the maciine has dragged the party which was once the best representa- » of the patriosm and courage and moral purpose of the state. They will be c mpelled to realize that the only hope bringing the party back to its old mooring and placing it once more in the line of progress towards patriotic and beneficent ends lies in ridding itself of the machine incubus which it has been carrying for so long. ‘The democratic: platform is tinctively a state platform. It plainly the purpose of the democra- tic leaders to dissipate none of the party's energies, nor distract the public attention dy dragging in issues that have no relation to the state government or to the state concerns. lts reference to the war is patriotic aud timely, evincing as it does the party tbat purposes to stand by the presidentand the administration with loyal:resolutions in the wis: and etic conduct of tne war. It makes ten distinct and positive piedges, atl of which are in the line af greatly needed referins, 1t is too much tu expect that these pledges will all be carried out,but the recogni- tién of their imperative {need is a graud step in advance of the democra- tic party—the party which hasso long rested under the imputation of Bour- bonism. It is difficult tosee how the plat- form, as the rallying point of the dis- contented and dissatistied elements of th: state—by which is meant the great urmy of citizenry that bas become utterly dissatistied with boss rule—could have been improved. it remains now for the anti-machine force everywhere, of every party, to awake to thelr duty and throw off the yoke of the politieal oligarchy which has so long cursed the state and has been acurse and a blight upon its own party as well. If the friends wf good government. the enemies of bossism, and all who desire to see the affair of the state administered in the interest of the people and not for the pecuniary profit and political advan- tage of a yenal cabal of self-seeking politicans, will stand together in this “of year” campaign we shall see the the end of machine rule in Minne- sota, and the state government released from an getopus which, like the horse leeches daughters, forever cries, ‘Give! give!” and never says, “Tt is enough!” The populist platform is substan- tially the-same as that of the demo- crats. In one respect it ssup- plies one omission of. the plat ‘form. It denecunces in no uncer- tain tone the conspiracy to consoli- date the Northern Pacific and Great Northern railroads, In one or two ‘other respects itis more aggressive than the democratic resolutions, but ‘on the whole the difference between the platforms is too slight to ocea sion any controversy.—Minneapolis ‘Tines. Spectacles Used of Old. A monk named Rivalto, in a serman preached in Florence in 1305, said that spectacles were first used jn the year 1285. te NEXT-DOOR COMPETITION. Shops tm France Not Allowed to Crowd Each Other. In France two shops selling the same thing are not allowed to exist within & certain area. In provisions this absence of competition materially increases the price, bat, says a woman who has large experience in house keeping in France, your taxes are less, and you have in return clean streets, good gas, constant water supply and perfect sewerage. It addition, by vir- we of state supervision, you never re- ceive short weight or inferior goods. There is no quantity so small that the grocer will not sell it. And in doing this and in delivering it he is as scrupulously polite and careful as ‘mn buying larger amounts. The butcher is the cook’s friend and will trim the meat and take out the bones with loving care. Meatis dear. Good beefsteak costs from thirty-seven cents to fifty centsa pound. Fish is very expensive, but poultry is reasonable and good and butter and eggs good and comparatively cheap. A good deal of cooking in small households is done with gas, and gas stoves are loaned by the gas companies for this purpose. Sugar, matches and all imported ar ticles are dear, owing to the high tar- iff. The lowest price for servants is $10 a month. Charwomen ask siz cents by the hour. Englishwomen say that life on the continent is much more agreeable for Americans thap for themselves, owing to the fact that in each consular town the consul and his family make a nucleus for a colony which soon gathers about them. IT WAS ONLY A SLIPPER, But Decorated With a Bogus Mouse 8 Created a Sensation. She is aroguish and jolly girl, but being an Episcopalian, she had been making a great effort since Ash Wednesday to affect a certain subdued and demure manner. But one after- noon the sewing cirele to which she belongs met. Her gown for the occa- sion was simplicity itself—of soft gray cashmere, with a plaited bodice made Quaker fashion. Her bonnet was a quaint little gray chip poke, trimmed with gray ribbon and one large purple passion flower. The tie strings were of broad gray satin ribbon. She glided inte the room very quietly and became at once intent «pon her Lenten sewing. Suddenly the sewing circle quiet was interrupted by wild shrieks of terror and the members with one accord climbed on tables and chair seats What was the trouble? Simply the demure little maiden’s new house slip- per. It was of black suede. No its place was a tiny mouse in high re- lief and made of gray suede, witb bright beads for eyes and along tai} with a regular mouse-like curl to it, Now the fair practical joker is trembling lest her rector may hear of it YOUR CHANGE, SIR. 4 Conductor Who Gets Even With @ Ten-Dollar Passenger. There is # conductor on a Cleve land street-car line who played a elever trick ona passenger the other morning, which has probably taught him to have his fare ready hereafter when he boards a car. The passenger lives away out at the end of the line, and was so punctual that he caught the same car every morning. Abouta week ago he tendered a $10 bill in pay- ment of his fare. The conductor did got have so much money at the begin- ning of his trip and told the passenger that he would pay the nickel out of bis own pocket and he cculd return it the following morning. ‘he next marning the business man again pre- sented a $10 bill. Again the conducto# paid the fare for him. This occurred four mornings in suc cession. The fifth morning the same 6)0 bill came around, but the conduc: tor was prepared. He drew a heavy bag-from benesth the seat and handed i to the passenger with the remark: ‘#fere’s your change, sir. It’s all right. I’ve counted it.” He had se- cured 1,000 pennies the night before amd kept twenty-five of them for the fares ke had paid for the business maz. The bag contained 975 copper coins The passenger took the bag and rang for the car to stop. He now rides on another car. An Elopement in Mexico. One evening recently the residence of Refugio Martinez, near Chepuite- pec castle, Mexico, was entered and robbed bya band of supposed brig- ands, who, besides stealing money and other valuables, carried off the young daughter of Martinez. Detectives }\ traced the bandits to New Orleans and tocated them in a fashionable hotel. The criminal was Louis Salazar, a ~ prominent young man, who was liv- ing with the abducted daughter of Mr. Martinez. Salazar was arrested, and made a confession of the whole | affair. He states that he was the lever of Miss Martinez, and that her parents opposed his sait and forbade ber seeing him. In urder to gain pos- session of his sweetheart he arranged the attack with a party of friends. The girl says she was not taken against her will. They were married en the day following the abduction. The daring young lover and his com: panions have been placed in jail. The Point of View. “This country is growing,” observed | the statistical editor, looking up from ois work, enthusiastically, ‘‘at a rate | Bever before equaled, not only is | wealth and ropulation, but in manu- | factures, arts, sciences and everything | shat makes people great.” | “That's all right enough,” growled | jhe sour-looking man at the desk ig The corner, “but it’s a country os ylamed fools!” The sour-looking man wea the o4itos of the answers to queries department buckle ornamented its instep, but in | {THE CANAL OF JOSEPH. Ae Useful as Ever at the End of 4900- Years. How many of the engineering works of the nineteenth century will there be io 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 ieast 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 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 aboye low Nile, while at the southern end {t 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 @ 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 ef 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 uow in operation, as shown by the traces of aband« ned 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 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 lake 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.—Engineering. 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 bright scarlet or green. Of course, eyes are tattooed only in cases woere one of them ‘s blind and has assumeé 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 its 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. 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 sus- tained is 88% pounds to the square inch, It is not generally 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 Wor'd Ont of the World, Members of the Nansen expedition gay that so tired did they become of seeing the same faces and hearing the game 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 hy himself, and care- fully avoiding his fellows. Flattering Them. Guest—Why do you print your bil *f fare in French? Fashionable Res taurateur—Because I want my patron to think that I think they can read {t.—Tit-Bits. | l ‘in describing it as a parasite of the = * it May Be Superseded by One of Lighter Color, It would apppear from one of our. trade organs that tailors are becoming a little anxious about the prospects of the black coat of civilization, They fear it is in danger of being supersed- ed by a garment of lighter hue, if not of variegated pattern. Perhaps, if they were to give voice to the deeper apprehensions, they would say that there was more at stake than the black coat. There can, at any rate, be little doubt, whether the tailors are willing to admit it or not, that with the fate of the black coat is bound up that ot the black waistcoat. Whether the tw« have been lovely and pleasant in their lives is a matter of opinion, but we feel sure that in death they would not be divided. We mean no disrespect to the vest coat. It is an humble dependent, which has only found its way into so- ciety under the wing of its influential patron, to whom it adheres with a sin- gle-breasted fidelity rewarded on the other side by an attachment which is rarely broken save for a short period during the summer months. The trousers, itis true, are connected with the upper garments by no such feudal tie; but their own opinion is complete, and, except in very hot weather, indossuluble. Hence, the fur- | sighted tailors no doubt perceive clear- | ly enough that if the black cout goes | we shall be within measurable dis- tance of the “tweed suit.” Nor are there wanting those who would do their best to accelerate the catastro- phe. Animated by the restless spirit of the age, its impatience of sobriety and Its thirst for change and color in cos tume, as in life, there is a schoe so-called reformers who are end ing to urge the wearers of black coats to revolt. Let them give free play, ex- plain their anarchistic counselors, to . % = “their taste in checks and stripes,” and they will be able to cut a far more picturesque figure at a far smaller an- nual outlay. With the outlay, of course, the public is not concerned, thangh that matter, doubtless, is not without its interest for the tailors; but | we own to some uneasiness at the idea of the entire community indulging its multifarious taste in checks and stripes in a headlong pursuit of the picturesque. We have all of us, indeed, seen the experiment tried under very favorable | * circumstances, but with little more | © than dubious results, by those little bands ef vocal and instrumental art- ists, generally six or eight in number, who are usually to be met with at race meetings or on th? sands of popular seaside resorts at this time of the year. These pioneers of dress reform have entirely discarded the black coat, preferring one of gayer color, with no- ticeable-elongated tails, and the free- dom with which they indulge their taste in checks and stripes may almost be said to border upon license. Yet the effect, even with the addition of an open shirt cellar of Elizabethan pro- portions, a ¢ d fare and banjo, eannot be described as entirely pictur esque.—London Telegraph. Floating Sani‘ariums, The sanitarium 2+ sea is a European idea. A targe steamer especially fitted up for the accommedation of invalids in need of fres air and a favorable elimate is to be constructed by a ship- owning association. The ship is to be in constant employment for eight or nine months in the year, but for at least three months out of the twelve she will go into dock in order to be thoroughly cleansed and disinfected. It is proposed to make this steamer which ts to be the forerunner of a large fleet similarly equipped, a veri- table floating palace in the matters of both comfort and salubrity. Al- though skilled advice and nursing will always be available, the accompani- ments of a sanitarium. will be kept as much as possible in the background. The prominent idea to be carried out in this new departure is the isolation of a dangerous class, with the least possible amount of discomfort to its members; and, furthermore, that by a judicious timing of moves the suffer- ers will be afforded a chance of recoy- ery under the most favorable climatic conditions, which it would be difficult to secure otherwise. A list of anchor- ages has been made, all of which have their special seasons. As soon as any yindesirable change of weather is im- minent at the port of stopping, the ship will sail for a more salubrious chmate. x? Lawn Billiards: Lawn billiards is the latest sugges- tion for the popularization of garden parties. The game is, as yet, so little known that it merits a word or two of description: A ground about the same size as that used for croquet is rolled as smoothly as possible, and its bound. aries banked up a few inches in imita- tion of cushions. Croquet balls can be used, and holes in the turf take thé pice of the regulation pockets. The and balk line are marked with white chalk, and for cues a broad-pvipted im- plement is employed with a small ‘roller at the end on its underside to enable it to run with ease over the sur- face of the grass. No stooping is re- quired, and those who have tried the game with appliances made to their own order and lawns prepared themselves are convinced that if the requisites were easily procurable and grounds upon which it could be played more nunierous, lawn bDilliards would attract to garden parties many who at i . : This popular place has recently been re 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 S ‘im. k expense “ of taking witnesses to % Duluth or St. Cloud | can be saved. Eil Business intrusted to my care HH will be given prompt ¥ attention. Kt ‘ « If You Want to File ¥ upon lands under any laws of the United States, or when you are a ready to make final proof, call at FA the office of the Judge of Probate, ‘ Court House, Grand Rapids. ‘ f E.G. KILEY. hee: ” ie een See ae eae 28% Try one of our 50c meals for... 6.05.5 25. ANo— Scancinavien Restaurant. 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