Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 1, 1901, Page 7

7 } I <n — ne TS OLD WORD ODDITIES. How Annuities Were Registered in the Eighteenth Century—An Odd Wedding. \ Some curious relics of the eighteenth century have just been discovered in a secluded corner of Martin's Bank in Lombard street. A wooden box, which has lain there time out of mind, was moved to make way for other things, and in it were found several bundles of dry, worm- eaten wooden eks, which had been there since 1 They were exchequer annuity tally-sticks. Each stick Is a little over a foot long. s a string tied around it. The n the sticks themselves, had Ny succumbed to the ravages of and the figures written upon them in ink in the dawn of the eighteenth century were as legible as though they were written yesterday. The dates range from 1705 to 17 Th good ink in the reign of Queen 4 One of the tally-sticks bea name Moreau, and stcod for an annuity of £14. There were notches upon them large and small, to denote various sums of money. “Wher ernment in those days,” said one of the officials in Martin’s Bank, while show- ing the sticks, “the ps iculars were put down on two parts of a stick. The Ex chequer kept one part and you kept the other.” They were all ninety-two ye annuities. “The last time our people touched them evidently about 1753, for the box, you see, is lined with a copy of the Whitechapel Evening Post of Feb-} ruary in that y. “The total amount represented by the whole boxful is £340. IT was in hopes we might be able to claim some money from the Exchequer with them, but the money part of the matter was all over ma years ago.”—London Daily Mali. AND MEASURES. WEIGHTS Two Proposed Systems—The Decimal and the Duodecimal Substitute the Metric Syste In view of the port of the hous: of the bill to off metric system of wi ures, it may be inte mind the very serious which have been urged recent favorable re- sommittee in charge ly substitute the hts and meas- sting to call tc objections against the general adoption of the former. They are based on the fact that there is a much more perfect system within a mos an e2 reach—a system which has stood the test of time, and which has largely persisted in France and Germany for the practical dai ness needs of the people, despit legislation reqquiring the use of the so- called decimal system. This is the duo- | decimal system, which makes twelve In 1 of ten its basis. The great ad- antage claimed for twelve is its di ibility by two, three, four and as ten can only be divided exe y two. This repeated div subdivision into aliquot parts six, te on and has been shown by Mr. Spencer to be per- sisted in, and, in fact, essential to the conduct of the small retail trade, th world over; that is, in weights and measures and in money matte Although we have practic y adopt- decimal notation in our mone- stem, halves and quarters are gely used, and stock exchange ion are given in halves, quarters, . ete. The scheme ef the duo- decimalists is to add two new digits in in place of ten and eleven, so that ten would represent our present twelve. and then to use twelve in duodecimal system exactly as ten is used in the present metr ystem. One hundred would be equivalent to our present 144 1,000,000 to 2, 94.—New York Com- | mercial Advertiser. No Faith in Prayer. “The cashier informed me,” said the} president, ed to skip with the funds, but that he locked himself up with n. prayed over them all night, and finally oyer- temptation.” came the “I know it.” said the chief director. “T had a detective at the door, one at} each window, and one on the roof. he 000,000. J1 RECKON, IN OHIO, A, MASS., AND IOWA. WHAT DO YOU ESTIMATE ? $15,000.00 'N CASH TO BE CIVEN AWAY.... 1000 Cash Prizes! First Prize $5,000 On Popuiar Vote for Governor of States of Ohio, Massachusetts and lowa For further imformation see the St. Paul Daily or Weekly Pioneer Press. ~ Clubman Consults Thiet. Clubman (to sergeant at police sta tion)—I would like to have an inter- view with that burglar you arrested for breaking into my house last night. Sergeant—I don’t know that I can al- Jow it, unless you first tell me what you want toe see him about. Clubman—Oh, there's nothing secret about it. I just wanted to find out hhow he got into my house go easily; it’s more than I can do at night.—Boston Courier. The hands of Christ were the pulses ef the heart of God. | tine are, as all know, similar to those ‘in the Western United States, mere you lent money to the gov | pronchos, | | | | | | that he was strongly tempt- | Some Horse Statistics, It is not a question of how many horses a nation has, but of how many good horses. In every country are horses of no particular value. A re- cent report on the horses of the world gives the following estimates: Great} Britain has 1,526,680 horses; India, 1,-! 109,020; Australia, 1,500,000; Canada, 615,524; Austria, 1,035,832; Hungary, | 208,810; Belgium, 241,045; France, 1,-| 501,658; Germany, 3,100,000; Japan, 1.- 592,871; Russia, 19,663,336; Sweden, 516,809; Argentine, 4,446,859. Russian horses, though very numerous, are! poor in quality, and there are compar- | atively few of them that would sell) well in the markets of the world. When Russia begins to breed up her horses, as France has been doing for genera- tions, she will become a mighty factor in the markets of Europe. At present multitudes of Russian horses are sim- ply ponies and range horses that when brought to the city are neither useful nor beautiful. The horses of Argvn- They sprang from horses introduced originally by the Spaniards, and have developed no particular form | or grace since that time. Australian | horses are also the product of animals introduced centuries ago and are of the small, wiry type always found as the result of generations of wildness. Just now there is a great scarcity of good horses throughout the world. In; the counties of Europe, as well as in Great Britain, a good many fine horses are produced, but those are the coun- | ties in which good horses are con- stantly in demand, and are being worn out in multitudes, as army horses and} in the lines of commerce. It is well- said that the United States is the only | country in which there is a surplus of good horses of the types desired by European purchasers. That surplus ex: | ists largely because the United States does not use so many for army pur- poses as do the European armies, and) a large percentage of those used re- cently have been the smaller and hard- ier sorts, that would not sell at all in Europe. In Europe there is a steady! demand for heavy draft, express, bus, coach and cavalry horses, all of which must have some style and a proper) conformation. | The requirements for horses of cer- tain types has increased the demand for those types enormously. The public is likely to become more exacting rath- er than less so. For that reason the/ wise course for breeders to pursue is to raise only horses conforming to the types in demand. It is reported that) during 1899 the shipped to foreign countries was 45,-} 778. In 1900 it was 64,722. Over the} previous year there was a gain of 18,-) | 944 in number and of $2,168,274 in val-| $5,444,342 and in 1900 $7,612,616. value per head did not greatly differ, it being $118.93 in 1899 and $117.62 in ; 1900, | | Poultry Briefs. Overfeeding of fowls seldom occurs where there is free range. This should naturally suggest to the farmer the | idea of having large yards when it is| necessary to confine his fowls, as the larger the yard the less chance will | there be of overfeeding. so 8 | There are numerous diseases affect- | ing domestic fowls, and ducks come in | for their share. Some have weak legs; backs. James Rankin, the great duck raiser of Massachusetts, says these are due to the feeding of too concentrated grain feed, to too little animal food, and often to an absence of grit, mak- ing it impossible for the birds to grind the food received. see It is necessary for the breeder of poultry to start with vigorous stock, ity that the ‘birds will succumb to ev- ery adverse circumstance. A man that build proper houses and enclose proper yards. His houses must be well drained and lighted; for even the duck tain times of life. ses During the last twenty years the duck business in the country has enor- mously increased. Ducks are a good form of meat, easy to raise and easy to market. They are a kind of fowl that can be successfully raised where the land can be used for nothing else. Low, marshy wastes and lands cut by reed-rimmed streams, where neither grain crops nor grazing animals are profitable, are suitable places for duck | pasturage. | see It is doubtful if much money can be | made from packing eggs. Some men | that have figured on the matter say | that they have never known eggs ; bought, packed and sold at a profit. A | large number of people periodically | get the idea that there is a fortune to 'be picked up in holding spring eggs for winter. Such eggs are packed in lime and salt solutions. When winter comes the eggs are sold, but, alas, for | lower prices than were paid for them. Besides, there are the losses from breakage, decay, labor, erates, and so forth. People are on the lookout for | such eggs—to avoid them. At least | they will not knowingly buy them as fresh eggs. Cold storage eggs are somewhat better but even those are | not liked by the people. What is bet- | ter than any method of preserving eggs is to have a successful method of pro- | ducing the winter layer of eggs. Prepare for the coming drouth by planting seed for some kind of a crop that can be used for summer feed when the pastures fail. The drouth ig almost a certainty any year, and should be met by a no less certain fod. | der supply. not with stock having so little vital- | starts into the breeding and growing | of fowls should have money enough to} cannot stand too much water at cer-/| OUR BISCUITS IN HAVANA. ©wo Things That Impressed a Vis- itor—The Other Was the Strength of the Coffee. 4 A Philadelphian who has just re- turned from Cuba was impressed by two things, during his stay in Havana— the strength of the coffee that is served and the vast quantities of soda biscuits of American manufacture consumed by the natives. “It took me some time to get accustomed to the coffee,” he said. “At first I used to water it, but gradu- ally I fell into the Cubans’ way of drinking it, and learned to like the strong, aromatic flavor. Our own cof- fee now tastes weak and insipid to me. The poorer classes of Cuba will make a meal from coffee and soda bis- cuits. I learned that more of. those biscuits are sold in Havana than in any of even the largest American cities. Key West, although comparatively a small community, comes next in the consumption of piscuits.”—Chicaga Journal. — Anutocratic. “Of coprse I am master of my own house,” said Mr. Meekton, a little in- dignantly. . ‘How do you manage it?” “I tell Henrietta to do just what she pleases. And she goes ahead and does it.’"—Washington Star. Verdict Meant Death. Aldrich, Mo., May 27th,—Four of the best doctors in the vicinity have heen in attendance on Mrs. Mollie Moore of this place, who has been suffering from a severe case of nervousness and kid- ney disease: Each of them told her that she weuld die. Hearing of Dodd's Kidney Pills, she began to use them, and instantly no- ticed a change for the better. Her im- provement has been continuous since then. She says that the disease first manifested itself by the appearance of dark spots floating before her eyes. Her nerves were so bad that many times she would collapse completely, and she would fall down as if shot. The fact that Dodd’s Kidney Pills saved her after four doctors had given her up, has caused no end of talk in this neighborhood, and all are loud in their praises of this new remedy— Dodd’s Kidney Pils—which is curing so many hitherto incurable cases, in this state and elsewhere. To Catch ’Em on Both Sides. Alpine Guide—Here at this cross is the place where the guide Peter fell and was killed. Don’t you want to give me a little money for his poor wife and children? “Oh, yes: but how is it that yester- day, on the other side of the mountain, they showed us a cross for the same guide?” “That is all right; that is for the travelers who go up on the other side.” number of horses | —©xchange. Try Gratn-O! Try Grain-O! | Ask your Grocer to-day to show you a Package of GRAIN-O, the new food drink hat takes the place of coffee. The children may drink it without injury as well as the ue, the total export value in 1899 being | quit. All who try it, like it. GRAIN-O has The | that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure grains, and the most delicate stomach receives it without dis- tress. 1{ the price of coffee. 15c and 25 cts, per package. Sold by all grocers. Lucky Man, “There’s luck for you.” “How's that?” “Why, he’s got the butler so dignified that he even awes the cook into sub- mission.”—Brooklyn Life. Pile and Fistuia Cure. Sample treatment of our Red Cross Pile and Fistula Cure and book explaining cause and cure of Piles, ggnt free to any address for four cents in ttamps. Rea Bros. & Co.. Minneapolis, Minn. An orchestra of not more than twen- | others, sore eyes; and still others hump | ty pieces can easily make the effect of | forte. Sammer Resort Travel. Yellowstone National Park excursions by A. Lycan Co.. |Cinnabar, Mont. Write for terms. | | People who ask “time” for their debts } don’t care to spend it in jail. A family tree is one kind that isn't |admired for having a shady reputation. ‘The Immortal Hawes Inn. It was at the Hawes Inn that Scott’s learned hero of “The Antiquary,” while he waited for the “tide of ebb ang the evening breeze,” to enable him to cross, regaled himself in the sanded parlor on the appetizing bill of fare of “Caller haddies,” mutton chops and cranberry tarts. The Hawes Inn has been im- mortalized ni two romances, for Ste- venson made hero in “Kilnaped” first smell there the salt of the sea, and started him on his unpremeditated voy- > in the “Covenant,” which threw threw that rather stolid youth, David Galfour, into th eenlivening company of Alan Breck.—Chambers’ Journal. The Care of Infants. “She makes herself the slave of her baby.” she won't permit anybody else to weigh him, and the result is she can not be away from home more than two hours at a time.”—Smart Set. Explained. Mr. Ferguson—Wtat a fieery waist you h@ve on! What color is it? Mrs. Ferguson—Oxblood. Mr. Ferguson—I begin to understand now why you told the dressmaker to put in an additional gore.—Chicago Tribune. Catarrh Cure Is a constitutional cure. Price, 75¢. Frank and Free. “Excuse me,” said the very new re- porter, getting his notebook and pencil ready, “what is the first thing you would do if you had an income of $50 per minute?” “Take another breath,” replied the leading citizen. “Say, send me a markea copy of the paper containing this inter- view, will you?”—Chicago Times Hér- ald. WESTERN CANADA'S DECEMBER WEATHER Equal to That of May in Minnesota, To the Editor:—Thomas Regan and C. Collins of Eden Valley, Minnesota, went out to Western Canada last De- cember as delegates to look over the grazing and grain lands that are being offered at such low prices and reason- able terms. This is what they say: “Wearrived in Calgary about the 20th of December and although we had lett winter in Minnesota and Manitoba, we were surprised to find beautiful warm weather at this point, quite equal to what we have in May in Minnesota. There was no snow nor trace of win- ter to be seen, and the climate was really splendid. Horses, cattle and sheep were running out, in prime con- dition, with plenty of feed on the prai- rie, and really better than that of ours stabled in the south. We are im- pressed with this country as one of the finest mixed farming countries we have ever seen. The immense tracts of fertile lands well sheltered and abundantly watered leave nothing to be desired. “Leaving Alberta we returned east and visited the Yorkton district in Assiniboia. We drove out about ten miles at this point and were highly pleased with the splendid samples of grain we were able. to see—wheat yielding 25 bushels, oats 60 bushels. Roots were also good specimens. From what we have seen, we have decided to throw in our lot with the York- toners—satisfled that this part of the country will furnish good opportuni- ties for anyone anxious to make the best of a really good country.” “Any agent of the Canadian govern- ment.whoseadvertisement appears else- where in the columns of your paper will give you full particulars of the new districts being opened out this year in Assiniboia and Saskatchewan. Yours truly, Old Reader. Basket picnics are one kind of enter- tainment, and basket ball is another. mn}, "1 Followed Mrs.Pinkham’s Advice and Now | am Well.” A woman is sick—some disease peculiar to her sex is fast developing in her system. She goes to her far-ily physician and tells him a story, but not the whole story. She holds back something, loses her head, becomes agi- tated, forgets what she wants to say, and finally conceals what she ought to have told, and this completely mystifies the doctor. Is it a wonder, therefore, that the doctor fails to cure the i disease? Still we cannot blame the woman, for it is very em- barrassing to detail some of the symptoms of her suffering, even to her family physician. his is the reason why hundreds of thousands of women are now in corre- spondence with Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. To her they can give every symptom, so that when she is ready to advise them she is in possession of more facts from her correspondence with the patient than the physician can possibly obtain through a personal interview. Following we publish a letter from a woman showing the f result of a correspondence with Mrs. Pinkham. All such letters are considered absolutely confidential by Mrs. Pinkham, and are never published in any way or manner without the consent in writing of the patient ; but hundreds of women are so grateful for the health which Mrs. Pinkham and her medicine have been able to restore to them that they not only consent to publishing their letters, but write asking that this be done in order that other women who suffer may be benefited by their experience. Mrs. Ella Rice, Chelsea, Wis., writes: “Dear Mrs. Prvxsam :—For two years I was troubled with falling ané inflammation of the womb. _ I suffered very. much with bearing-down pains, headache, backache, and was not able to do anything. hat } endured no one knows but those who have suffered as I did. I could hardly drag myself across the floor. I doctored with the physicians of this town for three months and grew worse instead of better. My husband and friends wished me to write to you, but I had no faith in patent medi- cines. At last I became so bad that I concluded to ask your advice. I received)an answer at once advising me to take your Vegetable Compound, andIdidso. Before I had taken two bottles I felt better, and after I had taken five bottles there was no happier woman on earth, for I was well again. I know that your Vegetable Compound cured me, and I wish and advise every woman who suffers as I did to try Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vege- table Compound. Believe me always grateful for the recovery of my health.”—Mrs. Ext Ricz, Chelsea, Wis. Owing to the fact that some skeptical people have from time to time questioned the genuineness of the testimonial letters ublishing, we have we are constantly I deposited with the National City Bank, of Lynn, Mass., $5,000, Nature's Priceless Remedy) Rheumatism, Neural- | Hfafficted with , DR. 0. PHELPS BROWN’S | gia, Weak Back, Sprains, | Fe cyesuset Fhompson’s Eye Water which will be paid to any person who will show that the above PRECIOUS urns, Sores and all Pain. 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