Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 24, 1899, Page 5

a ELLY’S Has always on hand a full line of Foreign aud Domestic Wines, Liquors and Cigars. % Fine Liquors for Medicinal Purposes a Specialty. THE ONLY BILLIARD AND POOL ROOM IN TOWN. G ‘ Leland Ave. Grand * Rapids. i ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS TO ST.LOUIS. Doe i a ead Ge al) > Enough For all the Winter Evenings ALMOST FREE. will send, on receipt TOWN TOPICS, 2se"srt 208 5th Ave., N. Y., pith gylgpeced the following prize novels (two HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SIX pages, regular oes FIFTY cets.); for FIFLY cents any FOUR; for ONE DOLLAR any TEN; for ONE DOLLAR AND AHALF the whole library of SIXTEEN volumes. SALE OF A SOUL. By 0. M.S. Mc- N OF THE KING. By A. 8S. Van By Clarice 1. * By Charles Stokes Wayn ¥ VIRTUE. By Champion Bother b! TP MOAR. Wy Harold le M-A DEAL IN DENVER, By Gilmer MeKen- 3-WHY? SAYS GLADYS. By David Christie 16-A VERY REMARKABLE GIRL. By LB.” CAGHAGE FOR HATE. By Harold R POR THE SULPHUR, By TC. De Teon. ¥ WRONG OM. By Champion It HOUND TADPPINE! SPERIMENT By Harold anyhow " tt is the only bow (ring) which cannot be pulled from the watch. To be‘had only with Jas. Boss Filled and other watch cases w stamped with this trade mark. A postal will bring you a watch case opener. tch Case Co., ee A Reason. ‘Washington Evening Star: “I some- ttmes wonder,” said one enthusiast, “why the baseball season doesn’t be- gin earlier.” “It’s a wholly imprac- tical idea,” replied the other, “They've got to give us a chance to get over our spring colds. Otherwise how could we yell?” Persians Support Him. His Excellency Mirza Mahmoud | ~ Khan, the shah’s ambassador at Con-*) tinople, derives his only income nas ee upon. the 5,000 Persian sub- jects in the Turkisb capital, » ESTEVSSSSSS IF YOU WANT A FIRST-cLass MODERN'PRICED HOTEL Stop at the ST, JAMES HOTEL, WHEN IN DULUTH 213-215 West Superior St, DULUTH, MINN. 9 5 4 | al is u 2} 5 Py Q > iS a i) $100 PER DAY. AND UPWARDS: Steam Heat, Electric Light, Electric Bells. Baths, Ete a THE Sisters ot St. Benedict WILL OPEN A Boarding School for Girls The terms being so very reasonable, it is expected that quite a number of the good | people of the surrounding country will take advantage of this excellent opportunity anc send their ughters at once. ‘Terms, per session of tive months, PAYABLE STRICTLY IN ADVANCE: Board, Tuition, Washing and Bedding... Day Scholars, per term of five months. at 5 Music lessons will be g' 10, 01 violin, mandolin, guit PIVATE AND CLASS VOCAL L bor particulars apply toSi dict. en on pi her or ersot Duluth, Mississinp & Northera. = || = | co | = 349 p. m.Ar. D. M. PHILBIN, J. F. KILLORIN, CAVEATS, TRADE MARK w COPYRIGHTS. 4 50 | - Benton & Lawrence | 2 ‘ ‘ 9 | 4. Haye just opened a | Sample Room With a FINE LINE of Wines, Liquors and Cigars. Sawyers’ Bldg, Leland Ave. GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. SOSLSS SWVSBSLARG SBSBSOSWSISWSOSOSIBTOTVSETSE | ere oe PETE. “anythicg new on the dramatic stage | this season?” . hi “Yes, we going to run ‘Uncle | | Tom’s Cabin’ with the cabin lit by | electric lights, and Bliza getting shied | over the ice on a horseless sled.”—Ch cago Record. No Value, “I csa offer your daughter nothing gut my devoted heart,” said Scroggs. “Um! Well, I don’t find hearts quoted on the stock list,” grunted the worldly parent.—Philadelphia North American. Something Wrong. Mrs.—Am I still “the star of your life,” as 1 was when you used to write love letters to me? Mr.—Of course, dear. “I don’t seem to be drawing a star salary, th ugh,”—Washington Star. Not ‘Altogether Hopeless. “I shall never marry,” declared Miss Elderly in a tove meant to be firm. “Don’t say that,” answered her best friend, Florence. “Women older than Should Accept It. Priscilla ( just arrived)—Are there any men her? Phyllis—Oh, there are a few apologies for men!, Priscilla— Well, if an apology is offered to ma I shall accept it-—Tid-Bits. Ae have had proposals.”—Detroit Free | ess. Lung Lived, | “What is the average life of a goed bicycle, Sprockets?” = ~Welll, some of them last until they are naid for."—Chicage Record. Smee is ing a pipe. Is it fr: | the first thou | Royal Academy of § | get some of the s: | Legion of Honor. | Sir John Gordon Sprigg Av | politics serviceable, ORIGIN OF THE BICYCLE, It May Be Traced as Far Back as the | Ninetceath Centurv It has often been said that “to trace the origin of the bicycle we must go back to the beginning of the century;” and as this has not been denied it is probably true. I shall try to show that the bicycle grew from experi- | ments in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, and that the Celerifere, first invented in 1690, was the earliest form of the “safety” of today. The first at | tempts to ride wheels date back as far as the fifteenth century. True, the machines then made were crude, elumsy, and imperfect; yet they. de- serve mention, for they were a dis- tinct step in the history of the wheel The first of these wes a heavy carriage driven by means of ropes attached to and wound round its axletree. To the other end of the ropes a pole was tied, and this pole was used as a lever in front of the vehicle; and by this means it was slowly drawn forward. Little was done in the century following; yet in the “Memoirs of Henry Fether- stone” it is told that a Jesuit mission- ary named Ricius, who was traveling down the Ganges, having missed a boat that plied at regular intervals between points he was to visit in his journey, made up for lost time by building a cause so few details are told, the truth of the author's a as been doubt- ed or discre In one of Giles’, dow of stained x een a cheruly by: horse, or: Ww: in separate date of the design, m attired in puri- ng the violin, the is pockets, smok- mi this desigf that ht of the hobby herse taken? Before the ces, in 1693, Ozanam read a paper describing a veh- cle driven by the pedaling of a fort- man, who stocd in a box behind, and rested his hands on a bar, level with his chin, attached to the back of an awning above the rider in the con- veyance, This may prove that Fether- stone’s account was not untrue Oza- nam’s vehicle was followed ky an- other, built on a somewhat similar plan, by an En: man named Oven- den, about 1761, for a description of the machine in, the Uni- was said erto been e covered “with iele is stated to on Sour; with a e ten miles. vith a pair of stand two you tan dress, one other, with hanc of other days iCH KILL BEAR MOSQUITOES W Yukon Insects Force Deer to Fiee to the Snow Line, Not only attack men From the De: do the Yukoa r overwhe 1 dogs, and , that is often has succumbed to come down to the river G the early fall to n that are often when the thrown upon the. banks 1 cf a swarm of not his wits about ay has come. The insects t allover him, His fur pro- body, but his eyes, ears and nose Will soon be swollen up and bleed- ing, and unless ho gets into a river or a strong wind he will be driven mad and’ blind, to wander about hopelessly until he starves to death. Although the Alaska summer is short, tWo broods of mosquitoes hatch eut each year, and are ready for busi- ness from one to ten seconds after they ieave the water. It rains a good deal along the Yukon, and rain is welcomed, for it drives the mozquitoes to cover. They hide under leaves and branches antil the shower is over; then they come out boi with rage at the time they have. been foreed to spend in idleness, and the miner has a harder time than ever efter his respite. Mosquitoes and snowflakes are not contemporaries fn the states, but in Alaska it is diff Snow does not bother them so eh as rain, and an early snow may fall while they are still on the wing. Fog docs not choke them, either. They appear to like it. They float about in it as in umbush,. and take the unwary prospector hy sur- prise. Jules Verne. Jules Verne is an offic:r of the There are many ethers who wear this distinction, and there is nothing noteworthy about this fact except that.the decree conferring tne honor upon him was signed only two hours. before the fall of the em- pire. His well-known book, “Round the World in WHighty Days,” has brought his publishers about $2,000,009 and to himself a goodly share of the | proceeds. From Stenographer to. Premior. Like many another suctessful man, to. the Cape in his youth because delicate to live comfortably Eng- ' Jand. His occupation was at first that of a shorthand-writer, but he quickly found his talent in the direction of ahd has been premier no fewer than three times in the Cape parliament. A Greater Necessity. “A French oficer has invented o noiseless cannon.” “Wish somebody would invent a noiseless pugilist.".— Cleveland Plain-Dealer. £ MYSTERIOUS FALCON ISLAND. Which Has a Way of Disappearing and Reappearing at Wil. - Far away out in the deep Pacific ocean exists a small strip of land which shows that it has a sweet little | will of its own, for it will not undergo allegiance to any country. Govern- ments often experience considerable trouble in preserving the <lecgiance of people they have conquered, but as a rule a piece of property or real es- tate has been looked upon as likely | to remain in the same place for a | eonsiderable period of time. This lit- | tle isiand, which has received the | name of Falcon Island, proves an ex- ception to the rule, however. No soon- | er has it been annexed than it disap- | pears off the face of the globe, leav- ing only a dangerous reef to indicate its former whereabouts, aad coming up in a few years’ time, when the country that has performed the annex- ation has given up all claim. Our old friend, John Buli, always on the watch to inerease his imperial empire, was the first to encounter it. In 1889 the British corvette Egeria was sent on a cruise among the South Sea Islands, with orders to seize upon any Islands ; or ccral reefs that had hitherto been d, and to take possession in me of the queen. Cruising around d from afar off a prominent island, towards which she sailed. Tall palm trees were growing on its south- xtremity, which was a command- , Tising 150 fect above the sea. g received the report of this voy- age, the admiralty next year sent out a transport ship, with orders to make further discoveries and réports. What was the dismay of the captain of the Egeria, who happened to be in com- mand of the transport, on arriving at the place where he had the year be- fore left the island sporting the union jack, to find that it had disappeared from view. Instead of the beautiful island standing out so prominently from the ocean, was a low and dan- gerous coral reef with the sea beat- ing and surging up against it. Two years later France, also seized with the desire of annexing rew territory, sent the cruiser Duchaffault to the Pa- cific. Cruising around she found her way to Falcon. There, instead of find- ‘ing a sunken recf, whitened with the rs, the vessel’s crew iscovered an island the exact shape of the ist: corvette in 1889. Secarcely two years had passed away when a brig sent out by France to revisit her possessions found her way to Falcon Island. It had i ii ared, it being simply a | to navigation, where- 2ce was obliged to give up s of possession.—San Francis- all right co Chr NO WONDER SHE KICKED, Ample Reason for Not Wishing to Re= move Her Picturesque Hat. Mrs. Fails Front had been the lead- ing spirit in the movement to call a meeting of women to protest against the theater regulations which call for the removal of women’s hats in tho various New York temples of Thespis, | She visited seventeen different ladies | and urged ‘them to attea she pro- cured the use of a hall fcr the meeting and when the ladies came together she made no less than five speeches, de- | claring that the removal of hats in the theater was an iniquitous innovation | that the women of tnis great and glori- ous land of the free should rise up and crush, Her vehemence was so noticeable that after the iniquitous innovation had been duly crushed by weighty pre- eambles and resolutions several women who attended the meeting were won- dering why she threw!so much spirit into the crusade. “She was so fierce in her denuncia- tion of the hat-removal regulations,” | said Mrs. Upton Howles. “I never saw her so much in earnest before.” “Yes?” said Mrs. Willard Henderson, “Did she have any good reason for be ing so afdent?” “Reason!” cried little Mrs. Gadsby Teller. ‘Did she have any reason? Well, rather! The first and only time she was compelled to remove her hat in a theater her frizzes went with it!” —Harper’s Lazar. SiN OF OMISSION. Enthusiastic Lawyor Carried It Too Far, “There is such a thing as overdoing your pa declared a man of the law who now kas the knowledge gained by fouch experience. “Shortly after I be- gan practice in the west I was called, upon to deiend a man who had drawn a vevolver on another and threatened to kill him. The accused dia not have a character above reproach, but the prosecuting witness also was shady in \ reputation and I made the most of this fact. I pictured him as a desperado of the most dangerous type, a man that was a constant menace to the commun- ity and one who would recognize no | other law than that of force. . Such men as he, I insisted, made necéssary the organisation of vigilance commit- tees and injured the fair name of the west ameng the.older communities of the country. he jury returned a ver- dict of guilty and my man was sen- tenced to a year’s imprisonment. As soon as court adjourned the foreman-of d found by the English | contemplate. When we were A VETERAN’S REMINISCENCES. He Began with a Camp Stove Outtit and ‘Wound Up with Camp Kettles From the New York Suu: -“When- ever I see that picture illustrating the Bible story of the two men carrying 2 great bunch of grapes hanging from a pole resting on their shoulders,” said a civil war veteran, “it reminds me of the way we used to carry our camp kettles sometimes in the army on the march. We had, when we left our state, a stove for each company, de- signed for camp use. It was made of sheet iron, about five feet long by two high and a fcot and a half wide. It was stayed inside with iron bands riv- eted to the shell, to keep it in shape. The boilers, to boil meat and things in, were shaped like square wash boilers, and when we moved, these, with the Test of the ‘cooking outfit, went inside the stove to save room and for con- venience in transportation. When the stove was packed in this way two men could lift it into the wagon, and there you. were, everythixg snug and com- plete. But while the stove with its outfit was a good thing, we never had bnt that one; it was like many another thing that we had when we started out—some good and some not so good —when it was worn out its place was supplied with things of the regulation kind. The stcve was certainly con- venient, and it was all right when we had a wagon to carry it in, but it was on the whole rather an elaborate out- fit for actual service, and when itgvore out, as it finally did, getting more and more battered and smashed’up, we Grew in place cf it and its boilers camp kettles; straight-sided kettles of heavy sheet iron. This was at about the time we got settled down to reat business, and camp kettles were what we had from that on until the end ot the war. We had three kettles that nestled together so as to take up less room in transportation. One was for coffee—that was the kettie most used— one for meat, aud one for vegetables. There were plenty of times when we had only one kettle in use, the meal consisting of hard bread and coffee. Many another time we had use for only two kettles, cooking coffee in one and pork or salt horse in the other. When we had all three going at once it meant coffee, meat and potatoes all at one meal, and. it was a sight agreeable te settled was at anywhere in camp the cook fi the inner end of the comps street and there was the cook tent, alse, where were kept whatever suvplies wt had on hand, in the way of hard bread, sugar, salt and so on, and where the cook slept. In cooking the camp ket- tles were hung on a pole, whose ends rested on two crotched sticks driven into the ground; the fire was built on the ground under the kettles. When we moved; if we had transportation, | the kettles would go in a wagon; if we had no’ transportation, or were going on some expedition where we didn’t take any, cr there were wagons but not room for everything, then as likely as not the. cook-and another man would tote the camp Kettles hanging from the } pole used over the fire, or, if that wa» too heavy, from a lighter pote cut fer the purpose.” COLLIDES WITH MOTORCYCLE. Fred Clark Nurses Bruises fer Steering Between the Lights. Fred Clark, chief scorcher of a north side club, is nursing many bruises from sudden and unforeseen contact with a mysterious vehicle that masqueraded during the night as two bicycles. Fred was preparing for a club road race and sacrificed all his spare moments to the acquisition of teugh muscles. He arose early in the morning and flitted through Lincoln park like some specter of the night that had overslept itself beneath the trees. Far cut on Sheri- dan road the milkman would hear a peculiar swish noise, cee a human form glide by him, and then all was sti. Many times he nad hailed the mysterious rider, hut ro word of greet- ing came back from the gliding figure. Clark was not content with the many hours of sunlight, bet invaded the night. He would distribute three lamps of 1,000 candle power about the front frame of the machine, attach two more behind, screw on a rasping horn to his handle bars and then cut the at- mosphere at a 2:02 guit. ‘The ineor- rigible scorcher bisected the north side and bounded the limits of Tim Ryan’s baliwick. Strips om cement were miss- ing from the half-mile speedway at where the scorcher had left his trail. Jackson boulevard was the site of Clark’s Waterloo. He sought ‘to dis- appear about carriages and other wheels and appear again unscathed without letting up his pace. One night he saw two lights approaching him at a speedy clip. He marveled at. the even distance between the two head- lights and with the precision of an ex- pert undertook to steer between them. There was a crash of bending tubing ‘and a stifled scream. Mr. Clark had run into a motor carriage. _A Busy Minister's Wife. The lot of a minister’s wife is not always a bed of roses. Rev. William Alderman, pastor of the Methodist church at Pawnee, Okla., has béen seri- the jury eame tomeand said: “Young | feller, you spread it on too thick. After that there rip-snortin’ speech of yourn we couldn’t do nothin’ else ’an what we dere.’ ‘I don’t understand you, sir?” *You don't? Why, we fonnd the ger-_ oot guilty ‘cause he didn’t shoot.’ ” Not That Kind. | ously ill for several weeks, during which time his helpmeet has not only nursed him, but has condueted the _ church services. She has led the pray- '-er meetings, and has preached two ser- mons each Sunday, to the entire satis- faction of the congregation. eee Old-Time Regulation of Dining, Smsck Owner (to fishes boy)—“I’m sorry to hear you were the worse for liquor last night, Sam. Y¥ou take after | your father.” Sam—“No, sir, I don’t | Fathes never leaves none to take.”—~ : Meco BE e : the reign of Edward IIL, prohibiting anyone from being served at dinner or supper with more than two courses, except upon some great holidays there- in specified, on which he might be scr rad with three. ¥ COLLEGE GIRL PATRIOTISM. Students at Smith and Mount Holyoke — Stirred by the Events of War. From the New York Sun: On Tues- day morning last the Smith collegs girls had an opportunity of seeing at close range what the parting of thirty years ago must have been when tha soldier boys went away. A great crowd gathered at the station at 8:15 to cheer the soldiers on their way to the state camp. The band played pa- triotic airs, cannon saluted, bells rang, whistles blew and the people shouted themselves hoarse, and the college girls helped in the enthusiasm. For a week or more the college organ had been out of repair, but at chapel that morning it was ready for use again. played “The Star Spangled Banner” as the girls marched out two by two, and even the girl who did not sympathize with the war felt a thrill of the patriot- ism on that occasion. At a class meeting which lasted the entire afternoon, a few days ago, the juniors discussed the advisability of ments were brought fcrward pro and con, but it was finally decided that the best thing Smith girls could do in thesa exciting times was to keep the even tenor of their way, to do well the du- ties before them, and to hold the junior promenade on May 11. Mount Holyoke has r-ot been ‘behind her sister college in exsressions of pa- triotism. On April 27 a flag was: pre- sented to the students by Mr, Hill; the steward, and a flagstaff by A: L. Wil- lister. At 8:30 in the morning the girls marched, two by two, in long ines, from the different houses con- verging on the south campus, where the flagstaff was placed. The flag was raised amid much enthusiasm, and ; after the formal ceremonies the girls sang together, alternating college songs with national airs. On May 2 another American flag was Presented to the college, this time by the Robert 0. Tyler Grand Army post of Hartford, Conn. At chapel, Miss Hazen read a letter of presentation from the donors, saying: “In this time of war and battle when We, as true Americans, wish to show our colors, it is the desire of the mem- bers of Robert O. Tyler Post, No. 50, of the Grand Army of the Republic, Hartford, Conn, to present this flag to Mount Holycse college. Throw it to the breeze and there let it wave until victory is ours.” As Miss Hazen finished. reading the letter there was an outburst of ap- plause; the audience rose as one girl ead sang “America.” A TRAIN OF HARD TACK. One Million, One Hundred and Twenty Thousand Eiscuit for Cuba. From the Atlanta Constitution: A train load of hard tack, made in Atlan- ta factories, was shipped from here to Tampa yesterday for the army which is to invade Cuba tomorrow. . The goy- ernment, in its contract, stipulated taat the bread for the troops at Tampa be ready there today. This in itself sig- nifies that the invasion is to be made tomorrow. Eighty thousand pounds of hard tack wes sent from this city. Block’s candy and cracker factory and Lewis’ cracker factory made the hard tack for the soldiers, and the govern- ment officials said it was as good as any they had ever eaten. The order for the crackers was at first for 60,000 pounds, but it was increased to 80,000 pounds to meet the demand of the troops. Hard tack is tough cracker, in shape exactly similar to a large soda cracker. The tacks are cut with the soda cracker mclds and are the same sige, with the exception that they are much thicker. They have the little in- dentations and perforations which mark the soda crackers and can not be told from a common cracker until tasted. One million, one hundred and Garfield park, and the grass was singed , twenty thousard of the tough little bis- cuits were made here Sunday and yes- terday. It takes fourteen of the crack- ers to weigh a pound, and 80,000 pounds were made. About twenty of the crackers are served to each cf the men every day, and, considering the fact that they are solid, they make three good meals. The hard tack is only used to a large extent upon invasion marches and like ercurs‘ons. Always where a campaign of active-fighting be- gins the troops ave ‘vell supplied with the tack, so that t) cy may have bread ready cooked. > large supply of hard tack sert t- pa makes it cer- tain that the tr; © ‘here are ready to jnvade Cuba, fr “n’ess an invasion was contemplated the immense supply would not have ben sent. Advantage of Proper Training. There is one great practical advant- age to women that comes from train- ing or from proper exercise that is as much a matter of beauty and attrac- tion as it is of health—that is her car- riage. Many a woman who sweeps along in her coach with steeds of fire before her cannot boast the carriage ef her poorer sister who walks along to her destination, tempted perhaps by the beauty of the turnout to be envious of Madame Rich, but not induced to long for this luxury from any fatigue that walking produces for her ee An act of parliament was passed in ‘12 > per STANDARD, (2%0 “* Dr. Blodgett . giving up the promenade, Many argu- s ae Teepe ee ae