Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, May 10, 1902, Page 4

| siete hed Every Saturday. By I E. cS KILEY wars piven TWO DILLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE stoMice ut Grand Rapids qntered in the : Second-Clags Matter Minnesota Oficial Paper of Llasca County, Villay® of Gewnd Rapids and Deer River aud Town of Grand Rapids. UNEASINESS IN INDIA. ary Preparations on the Nor@swest Frontier. ws by the last Indian mail was in- sting chiefly because of the re- :kable military preparations that xing on along the northwest which are recorded. Consid- ums of money have been ap- ed for increased accommoda- yn for the troops that are to re-in- the garrisons of Nowshera and attabad north of the railway line veen Rawulpindi and Peshawur; Dera Ismail Khan on the we&t of the Indus, 175 miles south of awur. At Attock, where the ,bove-named railway crosses the Indus of the finest bridges in Asia, y one batteries have been con- for its protection, heavily nd the principal one. Fort has been equipped with electric The works are to be com- by next month, and the garri- eased. ums of money have been ap- ted in the military budget for Brant Ravias Hreratae' Review nt of the new rifle factory and for the extension of gun carriage factory at The rearmament of the regiments is also to be eted with as little delay as pos- ible, a sum of $1,345,000 having been ated for the purpose. The re- org tion of the light and heavy field artillery and the division and bri- staffs also absorb a considerable To meet the possible military ments, the rolling stock on the is to receive large additions. my experimental balloon corps s to be exercised among the hills of zai country by which the Nowshera to Chitral, in the tion of the Russian frontier in the » pas GUM PRODUCED BY ANTS. Without Their Labors Supply of Gum Arable Would be Very Small. Gum arabic is an exudation from n species of acacia. in order to obtain the gum the stem must be cut or perforated so that the juice may exude, and we are told by M. Walter who has just been investigating m production of German East that in the majority of cases necessary perforation is accom- hed by ants, without whose labors, aerefore, the world could not get its of gum arabic—at least with the "present ease. Says M. Busse: Apart from the rare wounds in- ed accidentally by man, animals, stor etc., all secretion of gum in this country is provoked by ants. The ants perforate the bark of the acacia to gain admittance into the wood, ere they lay their eggs in the exca- which are sometimes of con- extent. . acacias with soft wood gener- , show few wounds of this kind. hardwood acacias are riddled with , each perforation being marked with a globule of gum. The ant that thus produces the gum m Ss no use of it. It is only an obstruction to her work, since it stops up the galleries that she hollows out.” —Journal d’Agriculture Tropicale. approp: gade ‘How New York Sleeps. New York is a city of infinite varie- ty. There are those who have beds thout sleep and those who sleep out beds, Three thousand of her er residents slumber in the cra- of the cana! Larges vhat come cazh m the canals of New York state, the great lakes and Lake Cham- p to spend the winter months moored In New York harbor, says Les- lie’s Weekly. In the tenement dis- tricts a man, his wife, and his four, or six, or eight, or more children sleep in a single room. And one who goes about the city finds many a device for slumber and repose. On Washington street, on the west side, where the Turks, the Greeks, the Assyrians and the Egyptians live near neighbors to a colony of Irish, is a queer little Ori- ental hotel on the top floor of a tene- ment, and the proprietor is a man who once belonged to the retinue of La Belle Rosa, a Turkish dancer of Mid- way fame. Scarf Pin in Oow's Heart. The fizding of a gold scarf pin im- bedded in the heart of a cow butchered ' at Carrollton, Ga., for market aroused a deal of interest. A local butcher who was preparing the beef after it had been slaughtered tmade the discovery. The pin had pierced its way literally into the heart of the animal and had evidently been in that position for some time, as it had grown into the tissues of that organ. has The cow was purchased by Robert SENATE'S “MORNING HOUR.” It Occurs in the Afternoon and~ Con- ! sumes 120 MI The “morning hour” is one of the queer things o: the United States sen- ate. In the first place the “morning hour” is two hours lang, though it may be completed in 10 or 15 minutes. In the second place it never occurs in the morning but begins at 12 o’clock noon, except on the rare occasions when the senate m at 10 or 11 o’clock. Sena- tor Hoa: Massachusetts is respon- sible for the elongation of the morning hour so as to make it cover 120 min- utes. Prior to fourteen years ago the “morning hour,” while existing in the afternoon, was but an hour in length, but a resolution submitted by Mr. Hoar was adopted August 10, 1888, and that provided that the “morning hour” should be two hours in length or that it should end at 2 o'clock. This resolution provided “that after to-day, unless otherwise ordered,the morning hour shall terminate at the expiration of two hours after the meeting of the Senate.” The morning hour is devoted to the presentation of petitions, the in- treduction of bills, reports of commit- tees, etc, and is the time when. all sorts of little matter of that kind are attended to. At 2 o’clock the presid- ing officer lays before the Senate the bill on the calendar, which is set aside as having precedence over other meas- ures, and that is generally the time for long speeches of all kinds unless unan- imous consent is secured to consider pension bills for a. specified time or unobjected bills on the calendar, THE ABYSSINIAN CALENDAR. Nearly Every Day a Saint's Day in That Country. A fearful and wonderful thing is the Abyssinian calendar. Nearly every day is a saint’s day, and is known by its proper name and not by its date. For instance, if you ask an Abyssinian whether a certain thing happened on the 14th of Hadar (the equivalent of our November 23), he will not under- stand what you mean; but if you say, “Was it on Abuna Aragawe (the name for that day), that you stole that sheep?” a comprehending smile will overspread his handsome and intelli- gent features. The year is divided into twelve months of thirty days each, and at the end of the year, to make up the 365 days, are added five days, called “Quagme.” Each year in succession is ealled Matthews, Markes, Lukos, Johannis. Matthews, Markos and Johannis have each a “Quagme” or five days, but Lukos, or leap year, has a “Quagme” or six days. The Abyssi- nian year begins on our Sept. 11, and, although dating as we do from the birth of Christ, they are nearly eight years behind us in time—September 11, 1900, was in their calendar 1st Maska- ram, 1893. Their method of reckoning the hours of the day is also peculiar to our notions. They: count the day as beginning at sunrise, and not at midnight, as we do. Thus our 7 a. m. their 12 o’clock day; 8 p. m. is their 1 o’clock day, and our 6 p. m. with us would be 2 o'clock night with them, and our 4 a. m. would be their 10 o’clock night. Smallpox in London, The records of the Metropolitan Asy- lums Board provide useful material for the purposes of comparison. Between the years 1884 and 1900, inclusive, 17,-1 000 cases of smallpox were-received into their hospitals and 2,198 persons were employed therein. Of these 17 con- tracted smallpox, of whom 13 were not revaccinated until after they had joined the hospital ships, while 4 were workmen who escaped medigal obser- vation. During the past year not a single case of this disease has occurred among the staff of the hospitals. A concluding paragraph in the report of the statistical committee is an extract from a report published -in 1872. This report states that out of upward of 14,800 cases of smallpox received into the hospitals, only 4 well-authenticated cases were treated in which revaccina- tion had been properly performed. Without the aid of the public, sanitary authorities and medica. practitioners can do but fittle, but with ready co- operation the prevalence of smallpox could be largely reduced. The Hoty Seat. The holy seat is nothing more nor less than a wooden chair which, ac- cording to pious tradition, was used by the Apostle St. Peter as first Chris- tian Bishop of Rome. The ancient framework of yellow oak, all worm- eaten and decayed, is preserved behind the tribune of the Basilica of St. Peter in the gigantic gilded bronze church designed by Bernini, which is upheld by the four great fathers of the church —namely, Saints Chrystom, Athana- situs, Ambrose and Augustine. , From the time that the relic was placed in the bronze chair by Bernini until the year 1867—that is to say, for a period of considerably over two centuries— no one had ever set eyes upon it. But in that year, on the occasion of ‘the | eighteenth century of the martyrdom of the Apostle St. Peter, Pope Pius IX, ordered it to be exposed for the veneration’ of the faithful. An Incorruptible OmciaL M. Mouchel, a magistrate at St. Sau- veur le Vicomte, department of Les Manches, has posted a notice on the walls of the commune warning the in- mn, a farmer of East End, from | habitants that if they continue to im- Wilbur Helton, the wife of a Dortune him to accept presents of poul- Se ckamtth near that place. She iden- tified the pin as belonging to her, stating that it had been lost some; ime oS nb Constitution. try, game and provisions, etc., “with an intention easy to define,” and stop him in the street to request him to use j bis influence in favor of their friends, | he will proceed against them with the utmost rigor of the law.—London Daily Matt. CABINET OFFICE NUI ‘NUMBER fHNE, This Will Be the Next it Approved by the President. The President's family, like Topsy in “Uncle. Tom’s Cabin,’ may be said.to have “just grow’d.” The original Cab- inet members were five. The office of Secretary of State was the one first created, in July, 1780. That of Secre- tary of the Treasury was established September 2; that of Secretary of War, combining the affairs of the military and those of the marine, on August 7, and the offices of Postmaster-General and Attorney-General om September 22, all in the year 1789. These five of- fices constituted the “original Cabinet,” from the members of which the Presi- dent was authorized, under section 2 of article 2 of the Constitution, to “re- quire the opinion in writing of the principal officer in each of the execu- tive departments upon any subject re- lating to the duties of their respective offices.” 8 Such was the historical origin of the Cabinet. There was no direct provi- ston for it in the Constitution other than the one quoted, and all laws or regulations as to Cabinet members, or the order of their succession to the presidency, in the event of a vacancy in that office and in the vice-presiden- cy, are matters of statutory provision. The office of Secretary of the Navy was created on April 30, 1798; that of Secretary of the Interior, with duties. partly taken from the State, Treasury and War departments, in 1849, and that of Secretary of Commerce at the head of the Department of Commerce and Labor will, if passed by the House and approved by the President,’ bring the membership of the Cabinet up to nine. | THE CHARTER MEMBERS. Exhilarated Actor Relleves the Formal- ity of @ Club Meeting. One of the most conspicuous features of a recent entertainment at the Play- ers’ Club was a pyramid of lobsters in the grillroom awaiting the time when the flow of soul should give way t appetite. It was a beautiful pyramid and not a single lobster was under the prescribed length. The dignity of the occasion was equaled by its solemnity, and every one was talking when an actor who happens to be a member came in. He was slightly exhilarated, but after listening to the conversation a few minutes he became sober. Sud- denly he saw the pyramid of lobsters. He grabbed the arm of a guest, led him into the grillroom and said sol- emnly: “Here is where the house of bishops lunched once.” “Indeed?” “Yes. How would you like to meet a stack of-our charter members?” “Delighted, I’m sure.” Taking the guest to the table where the lobsters were piled the actor in- troduced him to them very formally. He devoted his attention during the rest of the evening to introducing as many people as he could persuade to go into the grillroom to the pile of lobsters. His exhilaration returned by the usual process, and even such of the charter members as were present admitted that the evening developed in a lively fashion.—New Yorx Sun. Save Your Eyes. If your eyesight is good, take care of it, is the advice of Ainslee’s. Look away off yonder every time you get to the bottem of a page in reading. If it is defective, let no foolish pride pre- vent you from wearing the proper glasses. There is no sense in handi- capping yourself in life when a piece of glass befure each eye will make your vision as good as it possibly can be. The oculist will not advise you to wear glasses if you do not need them any more than he will prescribe a drug you do not need. Plenty of people, though, do not know they have defec- tive sight because they have never really seen at all. They have head- aches, inflamed eyes, styes, even much graver troubles, from the strain of try- ing to see with eyes that were put up wrong. There are cases where homi- cidal insanity has been completely cured when impaired vision has been eorrected. Four Generations of Soldiers. Soldiering seems to run in the blood of certain families. A typical instance of this is furnished in the person of Mr. William Smith, chief janitor at the | Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. Smith’s father was a soldier, he himself and | four of his brothers “took the shilling” one after another, and he has given four sons and a grandson to the army; says the London Telegraph. This, therefore, is a case of “soldier- ing” carried through four successive generations, and the youngest of them all is able to make the proud, perhaps unique, ‘boast that not only his great- grandfather, his grandfather and his father, but four granduncles and three uncles all served their sovereign in the ranks. A Mysterious Author. The traveler who happens to be weather-bound in one of the Italian cities may find some amusement in the library of one of the hotels. Among the contents of the shelves there isa considerable. sprinkling of English books, but to the visitor’s surprise a large portion of these are by a mys- terious author, “Bart,” of whose name he is probably ignorant. But when he finds that Bart has written “Ivanhoe” and “The Last Days of Pompeii,” the key to the mystery is discovered. ey local publisher has taken the author's title of “baronet” for h.s name, and Sir Walter Scott and Sir Edward Bul- wer Lytton are credited with but one DPC, between them, i peas Shepherd's Work Well Done- Alexander Ky Shepherd, who for three years. was at the head of the gov- ernment of the District of Columbia and who spent $40,000,000 in im- proving Washington, is returning a millionaire. When he left in 1879 tax- payers called him a “boodler” and charged all sorts of corruption. Many of these citizens, some of whom were almost bankrupted by his lavish ex- penditures, now say Mr. Shepherd’s work will stand as a monument to him. It is admitted that but for his indomit- able will Washington would not be to- day the beautiful city it is. Shepherd went to Mexico practically penniless, put was fortunate in mining ventures. He is 67 years olf. SCENT OF ONION. By Any Other Name Than Sulphuret of Altyle It Would Be as Sweet. It is interesting to make inquiry fato tke cause of this unfortunate quahty of the onion. It is simply @ue to the presence in some quantity in the bulb of sulphur. It is this sul- phur that gives the onion its germ- killing property and makes the bulb so very useful a medicinal agent at (ell times, but especially in the spring, which used to be—and still is in many places—the season for taking brim: stone and treacle in old-fashioned houses before sulphur tablets came into vogue. Now, sulphur, when united to hydrogen, forms sulphuretted hy- drogen, and then becomes a foul-smell- ing compound. Th2 ion, being sc juicy, has a very large percentage of water in its tissues, and this, combin- ing with the sulphur, forms the strong- ly scented and offensive substance called sulphuret of allyle. This sulphur- et of allyle mingles more especially with the volatile or aromatic oil of the onion; it is identical with the malo- dorant principle found in asafetida, which is almost the symbol of all smells that are nasty. Tle horse radish and the ordinary mustard of eur tables both owe their strongly stimulative properties to this same sulphuret of allyle, which gives them heat and acridity, but not an offensive sme}l, owing to the different arrange- men of the atoms in ‘their volatile oils. Tis brings us to a most curi- ous fact in nature, that most strange- ly, yet most certainly constructs all vegetable volatile oils in exaetly the same wWay—composes them all, wheth- er they are the aromatic essences ef cloves, oranges, lemons, cinnamon, thyme, rose, verbena, turpentine or onion, of exactly the same proportion, which are 81% of carbon to 11% of hydrogen, and obtains all the vast seeming diversitiex that our nostrils detect in their scent simply by a-dit- ferent arrangement of the atoms in each . vegetable oil.—Chambers’ Jour- nal, DEPEW’S. BAD. FRENCH. Zauses Him Trouble Which Results In a e Kiss. Having found a purse on the floor of a‘hotel near an armchair, where he had seen a pretty girl seated a short time before, Senator Depew deposited the purse with the hotel elerk in a Jeading hostlery in Paris. An hour later, being on the street near the ho- tel, the senator recognized by the light of a street lamp, the same gitl hurrying home from her call. Desirous of saving her anxiety when she discov- ered her loss, the senator walked briskly after her, and when he had reached her side addressed her in his politest French. The girl, thoroughly frightened and not understanding him, shrieked for help. The kindly senator tried to pacify her, and as she per- sisted in her failure to comprehend, and in crying out for assistance, grew vehement and scared her all the more Finally the foolish maiden ran to a policeman who had appeared on the scene anc appealed for protection. It was only after a long~wrangle thet the stupid officer of the law, zealous to appear in the light of the rescuer of a woman in distress. would admit the possible truth of Senator Depew’s laborious exp’anat‘ons. fhe hotel be- ing near, the po‘iceman finally con- sented to accompany Mr. Depew and the lady there, sticking close to the Jady all the way. The purse, which contained a large sum of money, was getarned ta the young woman by the clerk, and she, understanding at last, impuisively threw her arms around the senator’s neck, and kissed him on j the cheek. Austria an Old Ladies’ Paradise. Contrary to the pract:cs which pre- vails in many other count es, the def- erence shown to women in Austria in- creases with age, and the land is well | eooenere an old ladies’ paradise. No Austrian would ever dream of receiv- ing a lady’s extended hund without | bowing to Kies it. Chi'dren, even when grown, always touch ¢he hands of their. parents with their lips before venturing to raise their faces for a kiss. Girls and young married wom- @n, no matter how lofty their dignity do not consider it beneath their dignity to kiss the hands of ladies who have attained a certain age. The men are also extremely courteous, not only te Yadies, but to each other. 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