Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, November 12, 1898, Page 4

By E, C. KILEY. ILLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE 50 ths.......,$1.00 | Three Months... atthe Postofice at Grand Rapids, inn., as second-class matter. ‘SSON FOR AMERICANS. ut Londoners Show Them How freat Kailway Maaagers. morning at 9:21 a train from stops at Streatham to take contingent of siock brok- ‘ty it is med to deliver ition at London bridge in order that “pulls” and may be sateiy enseonced statious before the ys the London Daily r trains have already car- of city cierks, “business ’ and a sprinkling of pros- rchants of the early-rising n; later ones are provided for rd journalist and the com- or. The 9:21 is the stock reated by them way. A few days on shone brightly down rm, apon which some tock brokers displayed ot ity-made clothes, al of their re was no fog, and m the Wimbledon ter- worth mentioning. 1 the delay arise? tated every mind !s of perusing such t or the Caps ffeet the subse- lang Presently a to remark, genial- ain very late this eceived the astonish. n's hoff, sir.” respecti and he arrly eg pairs of ears has y, a dozen iaouths ré- ? Where's tle-Station ne prooiptitude that sty shoutin; med into. the statio: r answer the official repre- B. & S.C. railway. d that, as the train to Wimbledon that s afraid. it would not Court-promptly re- veing of a spurious tly presented an ul- form of ordering stop the express He refused to do blockade was al- thout effect other pres- i. Threats of claim- Geinands for the re- ney, fell unheeded up- r. Pale-faced he met ed by the exam- with a sturdy non- a voice from the back n distinet terms ter should be form and public- ether garments. nilar doings in the reached the station capitulated at dis- to Mitcham, the ex- and the Mitchamites, the Streathamites as pise the Tulse-hillers, 2 en by surprise to ive resistance by bar- age doors, to the ivate train by sixty ‘okers, flushed with B. & S. C. rail- 21 up service was resumed ation on the following 1 running. “f the French Revolution, of the French Reytlu- the celebrated French e statue of Voltaire we aired in the foyer of the icais), Was thrown into Houdon, in despair, Barras, and with streaming niored his assistance. Barras s head; he feared he could do Houdon was a man of genius store, as David was one of tae rs judges, he feared there © chance ior his salvation. icp refusing to accept this finai and using all the arts ments of which an astute s capable, Barras at last to ask her if her husband le for sale at that time fe) Madame replied that hed statue at present in 1s a figure of Saint Scho}: ing a scroll of MS. in her ug this the wily Barras rang id said to his answering sec- ‘M. Houdon has just com- vlendid statue of ‘Philosophy s on the Revolution.’ Hasten chase this sublime work of art, ave it placed in the Assembly.” s’ orders were carried out, with sult that not only was the sculp- life spared, but he received more issions for statues than he was to execute, On such small issues he lives of men hang in those tre- ous times. Not Disqualified, ~~ is wonderful what good reasons have for not serving on juries, but ight judge is generally equal to vecasion. the Quarter Session Court, Judge e on the bench, says the Pbiladel- | end stood 17 fect above low Nile, while | dowing it with fertility and supporting still easentially the same in character. and repeated in monkish legends or to theif’ 7 Record, a German asked ta be ex- _{ from jury duty. Thy?” acked the indea THE CANAL OF JOSEPH. o ae Useful as Ever at ths End of 4000 Years. How many of the engineering works of the nineteenth century will there be in existence in the year 6000? Very few, we fear, and still less those that will continue in the far-orf ages to serve a useful purpose. Yet there is at least one great undertaking conceived aad executed by an erigineer which dur- ing the space of 4,000 years has never | ceased its office, on which the life of a fertile provines absolutely depends to- day. We refer to the Bahr Joussuf— the canal of Joseph—sut, according to tradition, by the son of Jacob, an? which constitutes not the least of the many blessings he conferred on Egypt during the years of his prosperous rule This canal teok its rise from the Nile at Asiut, and ran almost parallel with it for nearly 250 miles, creeping along under the western cliffs of the Nile Valley, wiih 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 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- 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 believe’ that the design has al- ways been simited to an irrigation scheme, larger, no doubt, than that now in operation, as chown by the traces of abandcned canz!s and by the slow ag gregation of w e water which had ac cumulated in the Birket el Querun, bur Many accounts have been written by Greek and Roman historians, such as Herodotus, Strabo, Mutianus and Pliny portrayed in tLe 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 tne Fayoum, and so largs 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 th: 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 {mmense quantities of fish that the royce! prerogative of the right of piscary at the great weir was valued et $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 late discovery of scientific | medical men is that the human eye may be tattooed any coler. It is now quite within the bounds of possibility for even doctors to tattoo a man’s eys bright s<arlet or green. Of course, eyes are iattooed only in cases weere one of them ‘s blind and has azsumeé in consequence a peculiar dead ané 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 feilow. The operation of tattooing is:perfurm- ed by first treating the eye with ep: 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 otler 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 vounds 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 generally known that the present system of diving was first suggested by the action of the ele- phant, which «wims beneath the sur- face, breathing meanwhile through ita trunk, which it bolds above the water. —New York Wortd Out of the World, Members of the Nansen expedition gay that so tired did they become of seeing the same faces and hearing the PROCEEDINGS Official Publication of the Pro- ceedings of the Meeting of OCTOBER 6TH, A. D, 1898. Of the Board of County Com- missioners of Itasca Co Auditors office, Itasca Minnesota. Pursuant to call the Board of Coun- ty Commissione:- cf Itasca county met at the Auditor’s office this 6th day of October, 1898. Present, Commissioners, Robinson and Finnegan. The proceedings of the last meet- ing were read whereupon motion was made and carried, that, that portion of the proceedings offering a re\ard for the apprehension and conviction of ‘he murderer of Henry Ward, was excepted from the said proceedings and placed before this Board at this time for further consisderation. Upon motion the remainder of the proceedings were approved. Commission Finnegan offered the follgwing resolution. Whereas, at a meeting of this Board duly held on the 38rd day of September, 1898, it was determined to, and this Board did offer a reward of $500 for the apprehension, detec- tion and conviction of the murderer or murderers of Henry Ward, on or about the 8th day of August 1898, and Whereas it now appears that the mfrderof said Henry Ward, has made aconfession, and acknowledge to the killing of said Henry Ward, therefore be it resolved. That the ‘action of this board taken at the meeting there fore be it resolved. That the action of this board taken at the meeting thereof duly held on the 3rd day of Septerr ber 1898, offering a reward of $500 for the apprehension, detection and conviction of the murderer or murderers of Henry Ward, be and the same is hereby rescinded and an- nulled in all things. Said resolution being unanimously adopted. Application of the Benedictine sis- ters for the cancellation of taxes upon property that:should have been - county, Wilder, jexempt, (being block 21 original plat of Grand Rapids for the year 1897,) was recommended to the State Au- ditor for approval. Application of W. D. Washburn Jr. for an abatement of taxes upena large amount of cut over lands was denied. Certificate of Clerk’of Court show- ing the names of those who as grand and petit jurors at the last term of the District Court was read where- upon the Board proceeded to draw eighteen names to be added to the former list of petit jurors, to be used instead of those serving at the last term of the District ;Conrt. The County Treasurer presented to the Board the Sheriff’s return of the collections of personal property together with the Treasurers certifi- cate as required by law. After due and proper consideratiov the Board came to the conclnsion that the taxes levied against the following named persons could;not be collected and ac- cordingly cancelled said taxes as follows: David Ackley‘ Koochiching John Maines, Deer River. George Cox, Bass Brool Matt Holliday, Bass Broo! Frank Tibbetts, Bass Brook James +Kirkwood, Ra; Lyle Mining Co., Ray. L. S. Budd, Village of Grand Rapids. P. H. Varley, Village of Grand Rapids. W. Greenwood, Village of Grand Rapids. 5.65 W. P. Brown, Village of Grand Rapids....10.64 Archie McWilliams.; Village of Grand Rapids......... 87.79 Hi Bair, Village of Grand Rapids. 24.82 Fred H. Webster, Village of Grand Rapids. Geo. Cox, Village of Grand Rapids. The board then proceeded gto ap- point judges of election for election districts in the unorganized portion of Itasca county, as follows: Hanson Brook—John Wasson, John Coch- ran and James;O’Harry. Loper Precinct—Joseph Gardner, Stoughton and Thos. Curry. Bow String—W. H. Brown, Thos. Walker and Wm. Donnelly. MeCormick—Dan McCormick, Chas, Col- linge and Dennis Mulcahy. Frank 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- fully avoiding his fellows, © \ Flattering Them, Guest—Why do you print your bill “# faro in French? Fashionable Res taurateur—Because I want my to think that I think they ct set! it. —Tit-Bits, ‘ / Swan Lake—James:,Duffy, John Palmer and J. D. Ryan. Pokegama—Claud Ottman, Wm. Lacy ard "Thos. Dempsey. Split Hand—C. U. Gravell, J. W. Fitzgerald and George VanDuzen. Lawrence Lake—Frank Larson, Nols Fayl- stad and Thos. Fitzgerald. Decker—T. J. Goodell, B.C. Shurtliff and Dr. Simonds. Bass Lake—F. M. Lund, Frank Freestone and $. L. Jellison. Kehl & Deary—John Howard, Damrose Neveaux and Angus McDonald. Long Lake—Al. Blackman, Harry Wallace and Clarence Buchannan, Hartley Lake—Thos. St. Clair, Bart Was- son and Chas. Dunton. Spider Lake—Chas. Birke, Wm. Lacroix and W. J. Johnson. Sherry—Dennis Newman, Wm. Haley and Tyos. Hurley. Bridgie—Martin Dufficy. @!fford Eddy and Maurice Moore, Deer Lake—J. H. Johnson, E. L. Mitchell and Frank Voight. Swan River—Wm. Doyle, W. H. Weaver and W W. Wright. Upon motion the board established voting precincts as follows and ap- pointed the judges therefor: One precinct embracing town 54, Tange 23, to be known as Blackberry Precinct, with poiling place at the school house on section 4 of said town 54, range 24. Judges—Chas. Ander- son, Joun Anderson and John Dennv. One precinct embracing al) of town 54, range 25, to be known as Huff pre- cinet, with polling place at the resi- dence of John Huff. Judges—John Huff, John Berg and Duncan Harris. After due egnsideration the follow- ing resolution was offered: Whereas, This board did on the 20th day of November, 1897, enter into a contract with Chas. Kearney and A. B. Clair for the com- pairing, correcting and proving the tract in- dexes belonging to Itasca. county, then in the office of the register of deeds of said county: and, Whereas, On the 8th day of February, 1898, this board did cause the said Chas. Kearney and A.B. Clair to be notified to proceed at once with said work and push the same toanearly completion, or that this board would recind said contract; and, Whereas, Nearly eight months have pass- ed by and said work has not been completed; and, Whereas, This board are of the opinion that the county of Itasca is being greatly damaged by this unnecessary delay; 4 Therefore. be it horeby resolved by the board of county commissioners, That the contract mad? and entered into by and be- tween the county of Itasca, through its board of county commissioners on the 20th day of November, 1897, for the compairing. correcting, verifying and proving the tract indexes belonging to said county, now in the office of the register.of decds of said Ttasca county. be and the same is hereby rescinded and annulled in all things, and the said county of ftasea rcljoved from all liability under s et, Said , adopt The ' anda Henry cm ‘ court... jeahaeuel ere bout n jv court Ralph Lane, court T. H. Henn sewer : Henry Manke,. sewer ...... ele forrest, 9! days M. Perreault. care of remains fees in justice T.A. McHugh, board of paupe September. T. A. MeHtugh, telegram, Chas. Leeman, work on bridge... J. A. Brown, 5 days work for boar causa ‘poad!. t. River road J.M. Hea ag 1.50 cases John Pete ©. W. Robinson. diem Allother bills were laid over untill next meeting. Upon motion the board adjourned until November 19th, 1898. Attest: 79.10 13.50 | work on Split Hand roud commissioner's per 15.00 the H. R. KING, County Auditor. It Costs No More to become the possessor of a high-grade, reliable Cloak than it does one of those ill fitting and cheaply made garments with which the up to $50.00 Label inside the collar—it’s a guar- of correct You're buying the best that’s made—a Cloak that graces and beautifies the figure as no other garment can. 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