Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 17, 1899, Page 5

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Notice is hereby given that the Village ouncilot the Village of Grand Rapids wil onor before Tuesday, January 17, 1899 receive bids for” OneHuudrad.ard Fifty Cords of Wo od. to be delivered at Water Worke pump station ee follows (150) Fifty Cords Green Tamerac Wood, ty Cords Green 4 Fifty Cords Green Jack-Piee, : It-is the only bow (ring) which | 411 wood m be FOUR FOOT LONG, somnd | cannot be pulled from the watch, aoe “To be had.only with Jas. Boss |. Tho right te msorvod to rejestany ands! | nd | upon vegetatior si be kinder painful to be. EXPOSING POISCNERS, Wenderfal Work’ o! the Chemiep. Though the dream of the ancient ak ghemist of transmuting base metals into nobler odes has never been real- fzed, the chemist of this era cam ac complish marvels that almost surpase belief. The skilled toxicologist, reveals the presefi¢e of polscxs, often when enly faint traces exist. by removing them from their surromndings, with solv ents, uiring hours, days and Seetiines. Wr eks for the-sepa-ation; exciting them to form combinations with other elements, he causes them to appear in solid Nquid or gaseous con- ditions. Many of them he arrays io varied colors, or in erystalline shapes, seen distinctly by the achromatic or apochromatic lenses of the microscope. Others he volatilizes in flame, and he views their Se ircoceee through the prisms of the spec '0SCO] Brilliantly tinted and sharply defined lines in focalities accurately noted,. re veal the existence of mee so one in quantity that they elude measur nape by the balance, with all its mod ern refinements, and so small that the tuman brain can scarce imprison the ‘thought of their minuteness. Te take one example: Suppose the finger is wetted with a drop of saliva and touched to a salt of lithium, and the adherent white powder is placed on the tongue and then swallowed. After the lapse of a few minutes, on drawing a clean platinum wire over the forehead or any part of the skin, then placing it with its traces of moist- ure in a Brunsen flame in front of the narrow slit of the spectroscope, an ob- server, looking through the little tele scope of the instrument, will see for a fraction of a second the bright-col- ored red and yellow limes character- istic of lithium. The soluble salt has passed through the entire circulatory system of the body, and its presence is announced in the perspiration!—-R, Ogden Doremus in the Forum. Vegetation and Electric Mlumina- tion. The truth about the effect of the elee tric illumination upon vegetation is gradually being disentangled from the records of a large number of exper mentalists. It appears to have beep conclusively demonstrated that electric Wumination exercises a favorable influ- ence on the germination of seeds, and promotes the lengthening of leaves and stems in herbaceous plants. Under glass the light greatly accelerates from your happy ccuntenance that you plants to assume a more intensely greeu tint. The structure is at first strongly differentiated, but prolonged ¢xposure ucts deleteriously in this direction. It would scem that it has been the cus tom to use the light much too lavishly for gardening purposes; ard, just as.a toc free use of liquid manure ané chemical stimulants wi!l do more harm | than good to the growth of plants, toc ion nas an effect ar to darkness; it tends to retard healthy developim Hence it is that if’electricity is to find any useful applicaticn in gurdenine, tay, in forcing plants for the early uarkets, it must be used canticusly The plavts must not be sir:ply “dreneh ec” with light, any morse than they should he drenched with water continu: olly; but used, under intelligent guid. auce and in moderation, the effect of \he highly stimulating rays of the elco tric light will probably prove distinctly advantageous. much electric iun) VISIT TO A MANDARIN, | Difficulties of a Buropean in Making « Call Trom the Cornhill 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 hy two strong poles resting on stones. The gates are of wood and consis‘ of three portions; the central portion of two leaves, gayly painted. with allegorical figures, is only used by the mandarin himself, his equals, or his superiors; the two side entrances, half the breadth of the cen- tral, by servants and officials of sitb- ordinate degree. If the yamen is a large one, there are two roofed or- ehestra boxes, one at each side of the entrance, and some fifty or one huh- 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 %. these degenerate days all visits are yaade in chairs. One would have thought that, with so many doors and e 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 chair waiting for a few minutes just to “take a rise” out-of the visitor. Dur- ing this mauvais quart d’heure all the congregate noisily and make rude re- marks; the chairbearers, anxious to rest, support -: ‘r burden on two threaten ty co)lezs* chine. the whole ma- +8 A Trying Oceupation. 3 First. Tramp—Sometimes U wish, 1 wuz)a bartender. ; Second Tramp—Ob, I dunno. It ORR . cases ‘ids. Piles ee ile _ wares Grand Rapids, Mian., Jan. 3, tas. s' ana é " > a or ie Ou ne r RED A. KING, Keystone Watch Case Co., FE Yitiege. Racorde over liquor to other rolks, AUS pasmle’ boys and roughs in the neighborhood . Broggy poles, «h'. webbie about and ; | DEFECTIV A BYMENEAL MIsHir, The Bride Went Through the ceree mony Under Difficaltics. All wedding ceremonies do not go off as smoothly as that of Miss Mae W. Clemmons and Ezra Twitchell Shedd; who were married aight before last at Mr. Shedds resiteace 5233: Worest avenue, and apie, .s vf this fact, in the course of the evening the Rey, Simon J. McPherson, who offi- ciated, telis of a bride’s affliction in the following amusing story: “It was a.very swell wedding. Jist as the bride shad reached the altar she felt that something connectcd with the waistband of her skirts hid given away. It was an appalling mo- ment. In anticipation cf departing for the East immediately after the ceremony she had dorned two wana under petticoats, a silk one and a little flannel one. Which of these two had given way she wus at a loss to con- ceive, In an agony of apprehension she lowered her head as she stood to hide the color which rushed to her face, and while she extended one hand to receive the ring which was to change her, as at the teuch of an en- chanter’s wand, frem Miss to Mrs., she pressed the other tightly against ber waist in hopes to avert the ex- peeted catastrophe. Thus, holding ler hand in the same position, she proceeded down the aisle beside her husband, experiencing, as she told az intimate friend, tLe tortures of the damned. By the time she had reached her carriage she had lost con- trol cf the peitivoat.. She stepped in and +t fe}! at her fect. She kicked it under cue seat and burst into tears.” “Which petticoat was it?’ asked an Mm/srested lady auditor. “It was the little flannel one.”—Chi eago Dispatch. 5 SEEING THE POPE. Days and Places Where Visitors Are Allowed to See Him. “How can I see the pope?” is one of the first questions asked by many vise {tors for the first time in Rome. Op the seventh day of February is the anniversary of the death of the late pope, when a requiem mass is cele- brated by Leo XIIL, or by a cardinal officiating for him in the Sistine chapel and is the greatest function of the year at the Vatica ways celebrating the mass. present is a great treat, the pope being carried in his chair on a platform sur- iss guard, cardinals, wearing his tiara people as he passes ‘The bestowal of is recently created, of the Deautification of new saints, these are the few fune tions at whicn these who have been able to obtain tickets have the privi- lege of seeing the hedy father. In at- tending any of these functions, ladies must be in black, with veils on their heads, no gloves: gentiemen in fuli dress suits, no outer garments or hate @liowed in the chapel. Those persons who have influence with a cardingi can sometimes obtain the privilege of being present at the private chapel, ‘which holds about fifty persons, on 8 Sunday moruing when the pope cele brates the mass. After the mass a few receive the holy communion from the holy father, then a priest cele brates mass, immediately after which those who have received the holy com. munion are received in turn by hier holiness, kneeling before him and re- ceiving his blessing. He holds a shor’ conversation with each person, and fs very kind. The ceremonies are al) in charge of the master of the Camere, through whom tickets are obtained.- Churchman. rounded by his § bishops and oth end blessing th through the crowd. Men Servants Disappearing. Parisians are giving up Keeping men servants. For the sake of economy, male domestics are everywhere being | éeplaced by female. The clubs first | set the exampl> by dismissing their anale cooks and engaging women cor- dos blues. Now the tendency is gain- ing ground in all directions. People are banishiug their butlers, keeping parlor maids where they. used to keep footmen, aud -lischarging their valets, ‘he last straw has now come to break the camel’s back. The financial pro- posals of the Be® government includes a tax on men ser-ants; but the eruel- est cut of all is the new law, wherein lackeys are te be scheduled with car riage horses. No worder the domestic servants’ syndicate of is agitat- Ing against the threatentd legislation. ~ London Mail. The Coffee-Eating Habit. The coffee-eating habit is on the in- crease, and it is probably the worst tnat can be found, says a well-known physician. Coffee, when boiled and tuken as a beverage, is not only unin- jusious, but, beneficial, unless taken in very great quantity, but when eaten as roasted is productive of a train of ills that finally result in eomplete physical and mental prostration. I have had a number of cases of the kind, and they are as difficult to cure as those arising from the opium hzbit The trouble is more prevalent among young girls than any one elese. “They eat parched coffee without any definite object, just as they eat soapstone slate pencils, with much more disas- trous results. The coffee-eater be comes weak, and emaciated, the com- plexion is muddy and sallow, the appe- tite poor, digestion ruined and nerves all uastrung. Coffee will give a few minutes of exhileration, followed with great weakness. The victims nearly d+ when deprived of the accustomed szimuiant.—Washiagton Star. ‘becoming Mrs. D'Arcambal, BINDER TWINE We quote prices F. 0. B. cars, St. Paul, Minn., un‘il stock is sold, as follows: SISAL, 12 © perpound. STANDARD, (2%0 “ MANILA, 12%) “ “ uallty of ‘Twine guara ie First°come, first served. Send orders here. MONTGOMERY WARD & CO., E PAGE A Bow Who Writes cwa It as If Written Correctly. A remarkable case of what, for want of @ better name,:is termed perverted vision is just now attracting mueh ‘at- tention in North Adams, Mass.” The victim of this strange malady is John Ghidotti, a six-year-old boy who at- tends the public schools of that city. Physically and mentally, so far as sci- entists and physicians can determine, he in no way differs from other boys of his age, except that it is practically impossible for him to write in the or- dinary manner. ~ ‘He uses his left hand, writing from right to left, forming his letters and sentences backward. This peculiarity of the. boy was noticed as soon as he began to take writing: les- sons. He learned the letters quickly, and wrote rapidly for one so young, but his writing was invariably in the reverse order. Starting from the wrong side of ‘the page. he would cover his copybook with characters which looked unlike anything called writing, but if the page was held before a mirror the reflection was perfectly legible and ap- peared like ordinary writing. Strange to say, he makes figures in the proper manner. Yet he cannot explain the difference between Writing figures from left to right and Jetters just the re- verse. It seems impossible to teach this child ‘that there is anything pe- emiiar about his chirography, and he bersists that his handwriting is like that of any other petson. One may guide his right hand over a line of copy iz the proper man ter, but the mo- ment his hand is released he instantly thanges the pencil te his left hand and tommences to write in his through- the-looking-glass fashion. Another pe- culiar feature of this perverted vision is that apparently he has no difficulty in writing the handwriting of other persons, although there is such a dif- ference between his own and that of others. His teacher, Miss Alice C. Buckley, says that- he evidently tries very hard to do as he is told, but it {s as difficult for him to write in the ordinary manner as it wou'd be for another to practice his uzique method. She cannot make up her mind whether his difficulty comes from a defect in his eyes or from the fact that he is left handed, but she has little hope of remedy unless she can induce the child to use his right hand. Dr. C. W. Wright, of North Adams, specialist on the eye, after a number of exam- {nations of the boy’s eyes, has arrived at the conclusion that the child is, to use his own expression, “a freak of na- ture.” He does not, however, think that there is any unusual crossing of the nerve fibres of the eye. The doc- tor, in all his years of experience, never met with an analogous case. Some years ago a returning Arctic ex- plorer tof of a number of Esquimaux whom he met in the north of Green- tand. who, when he gave them some colored lithographs, persisted in hang- ing them upside down, and when asked. why they did so declared that only. when they were so hung did they ap, pear natural. To these natives the ac- tual individual or object seemed to occupy a proper position, but in the case of pictures, . apparently, they found it necessary to reverse them in order to appreciate them. WORKS FOR DESPISED MEN. Mrs. D’Areambal’s Noble Efforts for Dip charged Prisoners in Detroit, A large patriotic concert was given last week in Detroit, Mich., for one of the city’s most helpful institutions, the house of industry. The event seemed to call attention to a noble and philan- 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 romance, More than fifty years ago, when she was Ag- nes Harrington, a little girl in, Buffalo, she went one day to the jai to take a dinner to a prisoner at the request of a friend. Her. visit made a.deep. im- pression upon her mind and ghe could not keep from thinking about the un- fortunate men she had seen within the walls and behind iron bars. She often went again, and began her life work of helpfulness in this small but devoted way. Not long afterward she removed to Kalamazoo, Mich. She continued her work:among prisoners by visiting the little frame jail. One day of each week she gave up entirely to the pris- onerg. She went about asking for sub- scriptions and donations of clothing, books and fruit. As many of- those whom she had helped wrote to her from.the state prison at Jackson, she began a series of visits to that institu- tion, which has not been interrupted since that time. She early married, As the cells in the state prison were dark, she secured lights for them from the. legislature, and then by a great effort going from city to city, she obtained a large 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. Sbe made the prison- ers loye 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, telling how they were getting on. Like: Jean: Valjean in “Les - Miserables,” many of them could find nothing tc do, no one to have anything to do witb ; theni, no place to go, no friends. “Mo- ther" D’A: conceived the. idea of establishing a home for such men, where they. could- learn to look the | after.the gloomy and world in the If I have a cold I can put: my; ticle entitled, “Silk and Cedars,” by ‘over again,of the “Cedars. of Leban- on;” but very few have any idea of the locality and surroundings of the famous grove. It is a popular error, by the way, to suppose that there are no other cedars remaining besides this groupe at the head of the “Wady” (val- ley or canon) Kadisha. There are, to my knowledge, ten other groves, some numbering thousands of trees. This particular group that we are about to visit is called by the Arabs by @ name which means, “Cedars of the Lord.” They number about four: hun- dred trees, among them a circle of gigantic fellows that are called by the atives “The Twelve Apostles,” upon he strength of an old tradition that Jesus and his disciples having.come to this spot and left their staves, stand- ing in the ground, these staves sproute ed cedar-trees. There is every reason to suppose that in the time of King Solomon these scattered groves were part of an enor- mous unbroken forest, extending the entire length of the Lebanon range of mountains, about one hundred miles, rnnning nearly parallel with the Medi- terranean shore from a little below Beirut. The summits of the range are from fifteen to twenty miles from the coast, The Lebanon—that is the “White”— does not derive its name from glitter- ing snow-peaks, but from. the’ white limestome cliffs of its summits. The first historical mention of the trees is in the bible (2 Sam. v.11): “And Hiram, King of Tyre, sent messengers to Da- vid, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons; and they built Da¥id an house.” From that day to this the people have been almost as reckless and waste- ful of these noble giants of the moun~ tains as our own people are of these cedars’ first cousins, the redwood trees of the California coast-range. As we approach the grove, which stands upon the top of a small hill, the foliage is al- most black against the snow-covered crags of. Dahrel-Kadib which rears its highest peak over the ten thousand feet above the sea. There is a Maronite chapel in th: grove, its patriarch claiming the sole right to the sacred trees; and, luckily. the superstition with which the trees haye been surrounded has been the!* salyation. All the cedars of Lebanon would have been demolistied for red- wood years ago were not the people threatened with dire calamity should: thev taka s single stick, THE EARLIER BENIN,, Gad a Progressive Monarch Im the Olden. Times. Benin, of which we have heard a: good deal during the last few months, was at one time, the center. of: a: con- siderable empire, as African. empires. go, says the London Saturday Review. The name will remind students of ear- ly voyages to India, and especially of: Vasco de Gama’s, the 400th. anniversary of which will be ceiebrated this year, that Portuguese curiosity with. regard to India in those far-off days was whet- ted by the reports which eithér a king of Benin or his envoys carried’ to. Lis- bon. of T’rester John and the: Nestorian Christians who held sway. on:the other tide of the Indian ocean. Henin was then associated, more or Jess intimate ly, with Abyvsinia, through whieh tke knowledge of India reached the king of Benin, King Don Joan of Portugal sent forth two envoys. via Egypt: to. dis- zever the mysterions land whence Ven- ice and other cities had: drawn untold riches. He also dispatched Bartholo- meu Diaz on a voyage of discovery down the African coxst, with the result. that. the cape was accidentally rounded and the way cpened up for the great, voyage of Vasco de Guma in 1497, Por-, tugal for years previous to the.repre- sentations made. by the king: of Benin dreamed of a direct: eea route'te India, and /t is curious io think that four cen-- turies ago a predecesscr of the barba- tian who now rules. in Benin: was, in- atrumental in inciting her navigators, to new efforts which eventually brought. east and west into closer touch. Graphuphone Against Matrimony. A confirmed old bachelor declares that’ the graphophone was: the oniy. thing needed to make the state of single blessedness far preferable to. the cares. and doubtful joys of matrimony. “I admit,” he says, “that on: a, stormy night, when one does not feel like: go- ing to.the club or.some place of-amuse- ment or when one is under the weather. and 1s confined to one’s own-room, it is apt tobe decidedly dull; one.tires of* books and: longs for companionship, That isto say, I-used to feelin this way at times, before I- bought the best graphopbone that could be had for the money. Now I have only to set It go- ing and I am amused althe evening. I have the most charming and soothing selections played to me on, the piano, snatches from the opera and old bal- lads sung to me in the, tendeérest~and sweetest of voices and a repertory’ that is inexhaustible, for T can always hy new music when I am tired:of the o! iF aud’take a hot:punch hot water degrading Influence of prison life. After’| 5 much hard personal work for this. she ily succeeded» in. opening home of industry in Detroit. “Tn ten years during which the. ho: been running more than: ais charged prisoners have been assisted to lead lives of Tespectabil(ty. . + fF 7% ¥