Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, March 18, 1899, Page 4

a as second-class matter. Minn.. NS WORKS FOR DESPISED MEN. D’Areambal's, Noble Efforts for Di» charged Prisoners in Detroit. A large patriotic concert was given last week in Detroit, Mich., the city’s most helpful institutions, the house of industry. The event seemed to call attention to a noble and ph:lan- thropic woman, Mrs, A. L. D’Arcambal, the founder of the home, who has made a record of years of disinterested work for prisoners and discharged convicts. The history of Mrs. D’Arcambal and her works reads like a remance. More than fifty years ago, when she was Ag- nes Harrington, a little girl in Buffalo, she went one day to the jail to take a dinner to a prisoner at the request of a friend. Her visit made a deep im- pression upon her mind and she could Mrs. not keep from thinking about the un- | fortunate men she had seen within the walls and behind irdn bars. She often went again, and began her life work of helpfulness in this small but devoted ‘ot long afterward she removed mazoo, Mich. She continued | her work among prisoners by visiting | the little frame jail. One day of each wee ye up entirely to the pris- on e went about asking for sub- c and donations of clothing, | and fruit. As many of those whom che had helped wrote to her from the state prison at Jackson, she | began a series ef visits to that institu- tion, which has not been interrupted since time. She early married, Mrs. D’Arcar 1, As the cells in the state prison were dark, she secured lights for them from the ure, and then by a great effort from city to city, she obtained:a e number of books and magazines for a library for the prisoners. No one who came under her notice failed to receive help in both material and spiritual lines. She made the prison- ers love her for her kindness and good works. When they left the institution wherein they were confined they did not forget her, but often wrote to her, i ow they were getting on. Like in “Les Miserables,” of them could find nothing tc many” do, no one to have anything to do witb | “Mo- | them, no place to go, no friends. ther” D’Arcambal conceived the idea of establishing a home for such men, where they could learn to look the world in the fore after the gloomy and degrading influence of prison life. After much hard persunal work for this end, she finally succeeded in opening the home of industry in Detroit. In the ten years during which the home has been running more than 1,200 dis- charged prisoners have been assisted to | lead lives of respectability. VISIT TO A MANDARIN. Dimicolties of a Vurvpean ia Making a» Cal. From the Ccrahill Magazine: The precincts of a yamen (official residenc- es in China) are invariably walled round, and the only entrance is on the south side. Over the gateway is a hea- vy tiled roof, and this tiled roof is sup- ported in front by two strong poles resting on stones. wood and consist of three portions; the central portion of two leaves, gayly painted with allezorical figures, i3 only by the mandarin himse?f, his equals, or his superiors; the two side entrances, half the breadth of the cen- tral, by servants and officials of sub- ordinate degree. © If the yamen is a large one, there are two roofed or- rhestra boxes, one at each side of the entrance, and some fifty or one hun- dred feet from it outside, and as the visitor enters in his palanquin ‘these orchestra boxes discourse music in the shape of Chinese airs of the squeakiest description. If the visitor is entitled to a salute (never more, never. fewer than three “guns”), three iron mortars are fired off by a man with a long stick, just as the visitor enters the gate, Military men are supposed to go on horseback, and in order to keep this semblance of mtnliness often have their nag led behind the chair, but, roundly speaking, it may be said that fn these degenerate days all visits are made in chairs. Ore would have thought that. with so many doors and eg sedan chair welcomed by guns and music the entrance of a visitor would have been a simple matter. But no; with Europeans the question is, or used to be raised whether the middle door shall be opened at all, and, however carefully the appointment may have been made, the mandarin or one of his servants generally manage to keep the ebair waiting for a few minutes just to “take a rise” out of the visitor. Dur- ing this mauvais quart d’heure all the boys and roughs in the neighborhood congregate noisily and make rude re- marks; the chairbearers, anxious to rest, support their burden. on two groggy poles, which wabble about and threaten to collapse the whole ma- chine. Thumb Test of Insanity. Dr. Burton Ward, according to the Medical Age, declares that there “is exe infallible symptom indicating whether one is sane or not. Leta per- son speak ever £0 rationally and act ever so sedately, if his or her thumbs Yemain inactive there is no doubt of fmsanity. Lunatics seldom make use of their thumbs in writing, drawing, oe saluting.” for one of | The gates are of | AS TO NATIONAL DEBTS. Spain’s Financial Condition Compared with Taat of Other Nations. A table has been published which shows that Spain owes about one-third as much as England, about one-half as much as Italy and about one-quarter as much as France in the way of national debt, and while the debt per capita of Spain is $73, that of Great Britain is $87, of Italy $76 and of France $116. These figures are misleading, for they do not take into account two important elements—first, wealth of the coun- try, and second, its credit. For in- stance, the debt per capita of Holland is $95.56. That of Italy is $76.06. Os- tensibly the burden of debt isyheavie:’ in Holland than in Italy, but the facts are otherwise. Holland is a wealthy country; the people are thrifty; the internal taxes are light; the commerce is large and the profits of its colonial possessions are enormous. Italy is a poor country; it has few manufactures and it has practically no money invest- | The aggregate wealth of | land, live stock, mer- | chandise, ships, goid and silver, rail- |. ways, buildings and personal effects, } } Italy, in averages about $590 for each inhabit- ant. In Holland the average wealth is $1,500 for each inhabitant, and the } Dutch can therefore much better sus: the average than can the Italians the debt of $76 Iu the matter cf interest on debt | obligations, England’s position has lo:.g been an enviable one among Eu- ropean gations. English consols pay- ing 2% per cent sell at about 112, and it may be said roughly that the English government can borrow all the money it needs and a good deal more, no floubt, at an average rate of 2% per vent. The pay ostensibly 4 per cent, but Spanish bonds are gelling at less than one- | third their face value. Actually, there- ) fore, the Spanish government is pay- ing 12 per cent on ‘he money borrowed —a ruinous’ rate when com € ed with | England’s 2%. Spain’s total debt is | equivalent to about $1,250,000,000 and Eigland’s to $3,390,000,000, but the wealth of Great Britain is four times greater and its credit is: five times as good. In all computatio: of national debt still another error has come to be gen- eral. France's debt per inhabitant is now $116. while that of Germany is $1 This disparity would be difficult to explain were it not cwn that each of the countries or divisions making up the Ger- a separate debt of its nee, Bavaria has a debt (1,730,000,000 marks) has a debt of $90,- ser than the debt of the is only $77,000,000. ow ARCK AND THE SERGEANT BIS™ von Chaneellor Declares That) He 208 Not Intend to Die Just Yet. the occasion of th niversary of Prince Bi trance into the Prussian military serv- ice, the Second regiment cf foot guards, | of which the Iron Chancellor is an hon- { orary colonel, sent him a present arid | an address. The person selected to convey the regiment’s greeting was Sergeant Karl Sielhaff, an interesting account of whose experience is given in the Berlin Boersen Courier. The sergeant presented himself at the castle in Friedrichsruh at 9 o’clock in the morning of March 25 and announced his errand to Dr. Schweninger. While waiting for a reply in the hall the prince’s body servant came to him, and in the course of the conversation found out that the sergeant came from the neighborhood of Varzin. He told the prince of this. whereupon Bismarck ex- | claimed: “If he is a fellow country- | man of mine I must have a look at | him,” and Sielhaff was admitted to his pretence. Bismarck was sitting on a “vange by the fireside. On seeing Siel- aff, who is a broad-shouldered fellow six feat two in height, enter the bed- | room, he cried out, “Donnerwetter, ; these Pomeranians are all stout fel- lows!” Then he beckoned to the ser- geant and told him to take a seat while he examined the present and read the accompanying letter. He ther. began | to write an answer, with questions about Sielhaff’s coloy el, his captain, his family affairs, and 30 on till Dr. Schweninger warned him that he must not talk too much. The yzince kept on, however, speaking of he pains in his face, from which he sad never been free during forty-three years, and saying that now gout in his jegs had been added to them, but his body was still sound and for the pres- ent he had no intention of dying. When he had finished his reply he called for one of his photographs, rote on it his name and the date, and presented it to Sielhaff, asking him to greet his com- manding officer and the Second foot- guards for him. As the sergeant rose and fell in position for the salute, Bis- marck nedded to him and said, “Come here and give me a good, strong hand- | shake as a good-bye.” after which he gave orders that Sielhaff should hare breakfast in the cas‘!. before leaving. | | | | | She Felt Her Responsibility. Washington Evening Star: “Dear me!” exclaimed the girl with pensive brown eyes and ink on her fingers. “I er.” ‘What is the matter “Things are in such an unsettled state that I scarcely know what advice to give my country in my graduation es- say.” nehing and Practice. Judge: Miss Penstock—What be- came of the clergyman who preached such a sermon on “The Sin of Covetousness?” Miss Hamma’ that offered him a larger salary. | tain the national debt of $95 each on | anish government loans | interrupting it | wish I had entered school a year soon- | nd (ef. TRAMP WINS A WIFE. Runs. Off with the Daughter of His { Farmer Employer. Pretty. Lizzie Gordon of Mattawan, N. J., has eloped with Charles Davis, who less than a year ago was a tat- tered tramp, while Lizzie was a bloom- ing rural beauty, who might have had j her pick of the eligible farmer lads in the neighborhood, Her father is Court- } ney H. Gordon, a rich farmer, whose place is three miles from Mattawan, i N. J. ; “Early last s: torn and foct weary, arrived at the Gordon farm and Asked for work. He said he was of good family, but in hard luck, and he besged so hard for employment that Farmer Gordon hired him, Davis seemed to put his whole ‘heart in the work he had to do about the farm, and the farmer liked him so well that he kept him employed until about ten days ago, when the farm. work slackened ard his heip was not needed. avis then tock up his residence at Keyport. few wecks Davis was able to buy him- self good clothes. Upon ceeasions he donned his best and m good appearance. The longer he stayed at | the farmhouse the ter he was liked by the Gordon fa Tt was noticed that Miss Lizzi iled upon him, n seen strolling They were seen § 50 often toge bors- began to ren Davis fellow see to his young r rious was thoug however, and the dau ed to receive the man After leaving the farm down ‘upon several occa Miss Lizzie. One day came to the house a horse and buggy and took her for a drive. went to Keyport and ‘since then have not been seen. The parents sea and found that she had taken a sa ings bank book which contained a cred- it for wick of by the fa allow- ions to see t month he HANDSHAKE OF THE Offspring of a Rotary Mind, It Takes a Circular Twist. ble for a new The bicycle is respon salutation. been evolved the wheel to shake. new handshak From the wheel to ride has - The amusing; The bicycle handshake is here to s' and neither ¥ hor rumors of war will diminish popularit The yele ndshake the natural offspring cf a rotary mind busied 12 hours in the day with its own, and other people's wheels. If men and | women e wheels an little els but wheels s only na al that t i scon begin to think wheels he think speedy cie face, 1, the puncture-, e and the chainless and ng whee punctura high and Ic proof self. convers ability 2. part parcel of ee nd now hs ake adds ‘the final | touch of refin To ride on the s2ddie of ccnvention- your hand and the in tandem, describing a 100-inch sprocket eel in the air, while you indulge in verbal scorching about the weather—and wheels. In other words you grasp the hand of yo attempt to wrest his arm cut of its socket by ma ; a human windmill of him. If, you don’t indulge in the bicycle handshake—well nd of your friend whe n, and that means social and business ostracism.—New York Jour- nal. TOOK ACCUSTOMED PLACES the Criminal Dock. “T have just i to the scuthwest, whenever I happ where a court w business to was disp shall be namei said a lawyer, * d.to be in a town made it my, how justice In one town, which Ss, the tris] of a man who hss been mie of shooting a neighbor’s dog w ‘out to begin. I found the court room crowded with lo- cal characters, each tting I see slick oiled and well lozded. these fellows had been drawn for the it was easy to sce that they felt their | own importance. By and by there was an agitation near the door, and | | in marched the judge. Seating him- self on the bench he rapped for silence, and, acting as his own crier, he shout- ed in a massive voice: “This court will now come to or- der,’ end it camé. Another thump on his desk, and then the judge said in a decisive fash‘on: : ““The gents who have been drawn for the jury will now take their accus- tomed places.’ 1 ® “Twelve heavily armed men arose ag | one man and ten of them filed into the dock.”—New York Sun, An Old English Firm, For more than 300 years a drapery | business has been carried on in the same building at Sheffield, under the, title of the Sign of the Crowne, and since 1750 the business has been con- ducted by one family. Which Half? | An American judge remarked the | other day that Chicago held “more | saints and more sinners than any other i city in the world.” He ts about half | right.—-Piek-Me-Up, i hed the girl’s room $100 at a bank in New Bruns- | jend and | you're not a; jury, and as they swazgered around | | geeeooerovossoosesoscoooooooooes: tattered;*|4 After having worked for Gerdon a/|P. They | WHEEL. ality you must grasp right grip of . Duluth TA45pm — 6.80am | a friend when you mect him or her, | i oF ue cles, eae i : i Bae S Pas | c finest and fastest trains. jegan ree elevate your digital handlebar above [elining chairs on all day-trat ? your chin azd push off jnto space with ping carson ail nf, trains. Ties | cts sold to and from all points in the United | ive written cere er one of whom lene money. Doo’ sndisavise free. Address mounted at least two rapid pte guns, |Paval Ma Twelve of ee | c.W. Hastixcs. | FASTER TIME LOWER RATES Offered by D.S.S.&A.Ry. Leave Duluth 6:30 p. m. (Except Saturday.) First Arrive Class Fare Saginaw, next day,’ 6.27 p. m..-----$16.47 -$24.00 -$26.50 -$25.00 Montreal, second day, 8.10 a.m. Boston, second day, 8.30 p. m. New Yorks second day, 8.45 ps m. West bound trainarrivesDulutht 8:50a.m. (Except Sunday.) “T. H. LARKE, Com’ Agent, 426 Spalding House Block, Duluth, Nina, PTIPe VOOM ere eewreee te SSOOOPSSO SLOG OOO OPAE OO 9 OGG SOOOO oo F. P. Srgnpon. Cashier C. E. AIKEN, Asst. 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When we show you that we can take off one-third from the prices that other dealers ask you.for the same grade of Pianos you will see what a bonanza we struck and we’ propose to share A greater stock to select from than ever offered be- the time to buy Pianos low. it with you. fore at the head of the lakes. Duluth Mus i_ “cade nos in our E. G. CHAPMAN, “gr, REE AE EAE a ee ae am aaa ae a ae he ea a aE aa a 4 oz, ple L