Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, November 19, 1898, Page 4

By E. C. KILEY. ‘WO DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE +05 0e ix Months. $1.00 | Three Months. catered at the Postoffice at Grand Rapids, Minn., «5 second-class matter. I , LESSON FOR AMERICANS. nt Londoners Show to Treat Kailway Managers. y morning at 9:21 a train from on stops at Streatham to take contingent of siock brok- ‘ ua at order: that “pulls” and I be safte.y ensvonced ions before the ays the London Daily 5 have already car- y clerks, “business and a sprinkling of pros~ ot the early-rising e1 ones ure provided for and the com- is the stock upen which some < brexers dispiayed ity de clothes, arrival of their re was no fog, and Wimbledon ter- y yrth mentioning. ould the delay arise? cd every mind perusing such t or the Cape ~ the subse- Presently a ad to remark, genial- in very late this sived the astonish n’s hoff, sir.” “ears had 1 ‘aouths re- *s the statiou ciptitude ‘that € xty shouting d into the station answer to their ons the official repre- L. B. & S. ©, railway 1 that, as the train n to Wimbledon that s afraid it would not ] Court promptly re- ing of a spurious presented an ul- form of ordering er to stop the express He refused to do fic blockade was t other pres- ts of claim- demands for the re- ney, fel! unheeded up- ear. Pale-faced he met ad by the exam- h a sturdy non- from the back Master should be to the platform and public- of his nether garments. i doings in the ached the station apitulated at dis- Mite! , the ex- d the Mitchamites, Streathamites as 1e Tulse-hillers, by surprise to tance by bar- doors, to che train by sixty flushed with L. B. & S, C. rail- carriage r private -! up service was resumed } on the following of the French Revolution, of the French Reytlu- the celebrated French atue of Voltaire we d in the foyer of the rancais), was thrown into nie. Houdon, in despair, and with streaming nis assistance. Barras ; he feared he could do udon was a man of genius vetore, as David was one of tre judges, he feared chance for vp refusing to accept this a1 and using all the arts ments of which an astute y is capable, Barras at last 1 to ask her if her husband atue for sale at that time tudio. Madame replied that finished statue at present in r was a figure of Saint Schol iding a scroll of MS, in hey is the wily Barras rang d to his answering sec- Houdon has just com- adid tue of ‘Philosophy Revolution.’ Hasten ublime work of art, in the Assembly.” vere carried out, with not only was the sculp- ed, but he received more ons far statues than he was cute. On such small issues ves of men hang in those tre- endous times. i the Reavids Meraia- Review | | im existence in the year 6000? Tnem Hov | | many blessings he conferred on Egypt y it ig timed to deliver | Lunadon bridge | jing, until at-length it gained an emi- there | his salvation. | Not Disqualified. It is wonderful what good reasons | en have for not serving on juries, but | bright judge is generally equal to | “ie occasion, | In the Quarter Session Court, Judge | iddie on the bench, says the Pbiladel- | hia Record, a German asked te be ex- ised from jury duty. “Wh?” acked the inaga THE CANAL OF JOSEPH. as Useful as Ever at thi End of 4000 Years. ; How many of the engineering works of the nineteenth century will there be Very few, we fear, and still less those that will continue in the far-of 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 | eeased its office, on which the life of a fertile provinces absolutely depends to- day. We refer to the Bahr Joussuf— the canal of Joseph—vulit, according to tradition, by the son of Jacob, ant which constitutes not the least of the during the years of his prosperous rule This canal took its rise from the Nile at Asiut, and ran almost parallel with jit for nearly 250 miles, creeping along under the western cliffs of the Nile Valley, with many a bend and wind- 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 @ 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 diy 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 ft, can be verified to- day, and it is not mere supposition or rumor. Until eight years ago it was firmly believes that the design has al- ways been timited to an irrigation scheme, larger, no doubt, than that now in operation, as shown by the traces of abandcned canals and by the slow ag Bregation of waste water which had ac cumulated in the Birket el Querun, bur 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 largs that it not only madified the climate, tempering the a winds of the desert and converting them into the balmy airs which nourished the’vines and the olives into a fuilness and fragrance un- knowa in any part of the country, but also added to the food supply of the land such immense quantitie 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 ot industry and prosperity.—Engineering. You Can Have Your Eye Tattooed. The latest discovery of scientific medical men {s 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 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 its natural appearance, so that nothing but the closest scrutiny can detcet the difference between it and its feilow. The operation of tattooing is perfurn- ed by first treating the eye with eo 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 opvrates a specially made needle.—Answers, The Diver's Heayy Dress. The dress of a fully equipped diver weighs 16914 pounds and costs about $500. It is made up. among otler things, of 8% pounds of thick undor- clothing. The dress itself weighs 14 pounds and the heavily weighted booty 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 8846 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 World Out 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- fully avoiding his fellows. i Flattering Them, { Guest—Why do you print your bill “# fare in French? Fashionable Res taurateur—Because I want my patron ty think that I think they can read! ' it. —Tit-Bits, sof fish | James +Kigkwood, Ray. of Itasea coun ty, 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, Aiunesota. Pursuant to call the Board of Coun- ty Commissio f Itasca coun y met at the Auditor’s office this 6th day of October, 1898. Present, Coaimissioners, Robinson and Finnegan. The proceedings of the last meet- iug were read whereupon motion was made and carried, that, that portion of the proceedings offering a re\ard for the apprehension and conviction of 4° 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 3rd 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 Hengy 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 Septer 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 inall things. Said resolution being unanimously adopted Application of the Benedictine sis- ters for the cancellation of taxes upon property thatc:should have been exempt, (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 upona 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 tv 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 Itasca county, Wilder, and proper consideration the Board came to the conclnsion that the taxes levied against the following named persons could:not be collected and ac- said taxes as cordingly cancelled follows: David Ackley‘ Koochiching. John Maines, Deer River. George Cox, Bass Broo! Matt Holliday, Bass Brook Frank Tibbetts, Bass Brool Lyle Mining Co., Ray L. S. Budd, Village of Grand Rapids. P. H. Varley, e of Grand Rapid W. Greenwood, Village of Grand Rapids. 5.65 W. .. Brown, Village of Grand Rapits....10.64 Archie~ MeWilliams., Village of Grand Rapid: 37.79 H Bair, age of Grand Rapids Fred H. Webster, Village of Gran Rapid: Geo. Cox, Village of Grand Rapids The vourd then proceeded gto ap- point judges of election for election districts in the unorganized portion as follows: Hanson Brook—John Wasson, John Coch- ran and James;O’Harry. Loper Precinet—Joseph Gardner, Stoughton and Thos. Curry. Bow String—W. H. Brown, Thos. Walker and Wm. Donnelly. MeCormick—Dan McCormick, Chas. Col- Frank linge and Dennis Mulcahy. Swan Lake—James:Duffy, John Palmer and J.D. Ryan. Pokeguma—Claud Ottman, Wm. Lacy avd Thos. Dempsey. Split Hand—C. U, Gravel, 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 8. L. Jellison. Kehl & Deary—John Howard, Damrose Neveaux and Angus McDonald. Long Lake—Al. Blackman, Harry Wallace and Clarence Buchannan. son and Chas. Dunton. Spider Lake—Chas. Birke; Wm. hacroix and W. J, Johnson. Sherry—Dentis Newman, Wm. Haley and Tyos. Hurley. Bridgie—Martin Dufficy. Gifford Eddy and Maurice Moore. Deer Lake—J. H. Johnson, E. L. Mitchell and Frauk Voight. Swan Rivéer—Wm, Doyle, W. H. Weaver and W W. Wright. Upov motion the board established voting precivets as follows and ap- pointed the judges therefor: One precinct embracing town 54, range 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 Jolin Denny. One precinct embracing all of town 54, range 25, to be known as Huff pre- cinct, with polling place at the resi- dence of John Huff. Judges—John Huff, John Berg and Duncan Harris. After due consideration the follow- Ing resolution was offered: Whereus, This board did on the 20th day ot November, 1897, enter into a contract with Chas. Kearney and A. B. Ciair for the com- the office of the register of deeds of said county: and, Whereas, .On the 8th day of February, 1893, this board did cause the said Chas. Kearney and A.B. Ciair to be notified to broveed at once with said work and push the same toanearly completion, or that this board would recind said contract; and, Where: y 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 unnecesss ys Therefore. be it horeby slved 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 commissiouers on the 2th 7, for the compairing. ng. verifying and proving the tract es belonying to suid county, now in the tue register_of Ge ounty. be and the same i andaniulled in all: thi rounty of Itusc’’ rélyeved f under 5 vet. Said » adopt The ' anda Henry 4 ym ail lia court... Ralph Lan sewer ...2..... Chas. Forrest, 9:4 da M. Perreault. enre of remains of ees Ward. T. A. MeHugh, September. : T. A. Melfugh, telegram. Chas. 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