Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 25, 1904, Page 5

Grand Rapids Hreratde'Review THE POINT Published Every turday. By E. C. KILEY. TWI DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE €ntered in the Minnesotu Postottice ut Grand Rapids, as Second-Class Matter UNEASINESS IN éNDIA, Military Preparations on the Northwest Frontier. ‘ News by the last Indian mail was in- teresting chiefly because of the re markabie military preparations the are going .on along the | northwest frontier which are recorded. Consid- erable sums of money have been ap- propriated for increased accommoda- tion for the troops that are to re-in- force the garrisons of Nowshera and Abbattabad north of the railway line between Rawulpindi and Peshawur; and of Dera Ismail Khan on the west bank of the Indus, 175 miles south of Peshawur. At Attock, where the above-named railway crosses the Indus by one of the finest bridges in Asia, powerful batteries have been con- structed for its «protection, heavily armed and the principal one. Fort Attack, has been equipped with electrio lights. The works are to be com- pleted by next month, and the garri- son increased. Large sums of money have been ap- propriated in the military budget for the equipment of the new rifle factory at Ishapore, and for the extension of the central gun carriage factory at Tubbulpore. The rearmament of the native infantry regiments is also to be completed with as little delay as pos- sible, a sum of $1,345,000 having been appropriated for the purpose. The re- or icn of the Hght and heavy field artillery and the division and_bri- gade staffs also absorb a considerable sum. To meet the possible military requirements, the rolling stock on the railways is to receive large additions. The army experimental balloon corps is to be exercised among the hills ot the Yuzufzai country by which the! road from Nowshera to Chitral, in the | direction of the Russian frontier in the north, passes. GUM PRODUCED BY ANTS. Without Their Labors Supply of Qum arabic Would be Very Small Gum arabic is an exudation from Sertain species of acacia. In order to obtain the gum the stem must be cut or perforated #o that the juice may exude, and we are told by M. Walter Busse, who has just been investigating the gum production of German East Africa, that in the majority of cases this necessary perforation is accom: plished by ants, without whose labors, therefore, the world could not get its! supply of gum avabic—at leass witt | the present ease. Says M. Busse: “Apart from tke rare wounds in flicted accidentally by man, animals storms, etc., all secretion of gum in! this coun s provoked by ants. The ants perforate the bark of the acacia | te gain admittance into the wood. where they lay their eggs in the exca vations, which are sometimes of con- siderable exteut. “The acacias with soft wood gener- ally show few wounds of this kind ‘The hardwood acacias are riddled with them, each perforation being marked with a globule of gum. “The ant that thus produces the gum makes no use of it. It is only an) obstruction to her work, since it stops up the galleries that she hollows out.” —Journal a’Agriculture Tropicale. Uow New York Sleeps. New York is a city of infinite varie ty. There are those who have bed. without sleep and those wh¢ sleep without beds. Three thousax. sf her | winter residents slumber in the cra dies of the canal Larges that come each trom the canals of New York state, ‘xrom the great lakes and Lake Cham- plain, to spend the winter month. moored in New York harvor, says Les- Ye’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 goez‘ 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 i the Egyptians live near neighbors to j 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, ®elle Rosa, a Turkish dancer of Mid-i way fame. | Scarf Pin in Cow's Heart. The fixding of a gold scarf pin im- bedded in the heart of a cow butcherea at Carrollton, Ga., for market has! aroused a deal of interest. A local butcher who was preparing } the beef after it had been slaughtered smade 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 ot | that organ. * F The cow was purchased by Robert Gaston, a farmer of East End, from; Mrs. Wilbur Helton, the wife of a wacksmitb néar that place. She iden- tified the pin as behmging to her, stating that it had been lost some ‘time ego.—Atlanta Constitution . Don’t siop just before you get there. Often you lack but one step of your goal without knowing it. Show your interest even if you are not interested. From a coarse, worl - dy standpoint it wi}! vay. ! try befe-e they’d have made OF ‘RESEMBLANCE Wherein Modern Statesman Was Like : Unto Daniel Webster. , There was in Washington a few years ago an old negro who was noted for his recollections of all the famous statesmen of antebellum days. To him one day came a rather pompous mem- ber of a comparatively recent Con- gress, who resembled some of the fa- mous forensic giants of old only in his capacity for ardent spirits. He had his customary cargo aboard and was inclined to be colloquial. So he ad- dressed the old negro patronizingly: “Uncle Daniel, I understand that you used to know Webster, Clay, Calhoun and all the celebrated statesmen of before-the-war times.” “Oh, yas, suh; I ’members dem all,” responded the old negro. “Well, Daniel, I have been told that I look like Daniel Webster. Can you see any resemblance?” “Well, yes, suh; yo’ does ‘mind me pow’ful o’ Mars Webstah in some respecks.” “Indeed! In what particulars do I re- mind you of Daniel Webster?” in- quired the now thoroughly flattered statesman. “Mos’ly in de bref, suh,” responded Daniel; “mos’ly in de bref.” END OF A CAMPAIGN. Opinion of Relatives as to a Wedding Anniversary. Things had not always run oil- smooth in the couple’s domestic life; | in fact, rather the reverse. were self-willed, each with opinions. But the thiitieth anniver- sary of their wedding had arrived and they decided to “kiss and make up” once and for all,” and to celebrate the occasion fittingly invited a houseful of friends and relatives. A pair of ir- Both repressible brothers-in-law were | among the guests. Said Brother-in-law No. 1: “What on earth has gotten into the old pair, and why are they making such a fuss over each other?” “Because this is the thirtieth anni- versary of their wedding, of course,” answered No. 2. x “H’m,” said. No. 1; “the end of the Thirty Years’ War, so to speak.” The “Fez” of the Turks. Until a few years ago Fez, the cap- ital of Morocco, where the sultan has been besieged lately by the pretender tc his throne, had practically a mon- opoly in the manufacture of the Turk- ish national head dress named after it—the “fez”—as it was supposed that the peculiar dull crimson color of the tasseled skull cap could be obtained only by: using the dye made from a ertain berry largely grown in the aeighborhood of the city. The berry és also much used in the dyeing of mo- Tocco leather. Now, however, France and Turkey, and to a certain extent Austria, actively compete with Fez for what is still a very lucrative trade. What fs a “Jambiste”? G. Washington Lobb, a Paris dan cing master, has recovered $150 from M. Alberti for lessons given in dan- cing. The defendant said that be did not receive any lessons, but attended the dancing classes as a “jambiste.” A “jambiste” is a young society man who occupies his leisure hours by act- ing as an auxiliary at a school of dan- cing, where he is always willing to dance with any of the women who are in want of a partner. He furnishes his services to the dancing school gratui- tously, but sometimes the “jambiste” meets with a rich young heiress at the school and marriage results. Peeled Chickens, A party of visitors to the country | were very much interested last sum- : mer by the remarks of some children, sent out by the fresh air fund for a day in the country. There were quite a number of them playing about a yeetty farmhouse one day, when some, passer-by stopped and began to talk te them. “Did you ever seen any chickens before?” asked one lady, as a flock of fowls came strutting down the lawn. “Oh, yes,” said one of the eldest, wisely, with a knowing shake of his head, “we’ve always seen ’em— ‘ots—only generally it was after they was peeled.” Too Many for Them. When Bernard Shaw’s play, “Arms and the Man,” was produced in Uon- don for the first time it was well re- , ceived and at the fall of the curtain there were clamorous calls for the author, to which Mr. Shaw was at length inducea w respund. The au cience was still cheering, but there was one dissentient in the gallery, who. “booing” with the full power of a pair of very strong lungs. Mr. Shaw looked up at the disturber and said, very seriously: “Yes, sir, I quite agree with you; but what can we two do against a whole houseful?” Very Neat Retort. At a recent banquet a prominent Irish lawyer related a v: clever re- tort on a case where, when first elect- ed, he was assigned to a room in a crowded hotel with a newly arrived son of the Emerald Isle. “Thinking to joke him, I said, ‘If you had remained in the old country, it would have been a long time before you would have slept with a judge.’’ My companion re- torted, ‘Yes, and your honor would have been a long time-in the old coun- you a judge.” : » Possible Catastrophe. “My dear!” said a frightened hus- band in the middlesof-the night, shak- ing his wife, “where did you put that battle of strychnine?” “On the»shelf next to the peppermint.” “Oh, Lord!” | he grouned, “I’ve swallowed it!” “Well, fcr goodness sake,” whispered his wife, “keep quiet or you'll wake the baby.” \ o strong | Clever Sczeme of Dressmakers. Two young women of Paris, finely featured and formed, travel around | the fashionable resorts of Europe and live at the best hotels. Thy are ab ways so well dressed that ,eople im | quire where they procured their cloth- ing. This is why they. are sent abroad- and a French company of dresamakers pays all their expenses. The young women are well-behaved and at times are attended by a maid.- Shop Talk. Mrs. Gabber—And your husband is purchasing agent for a waterproof house? Mrs. Blabber—Yes, he does all the selecting and buying of gutta: percha, etc. Mrs. Babber—Then he must make long and frequent trips abuoad. Mrs. Blabber—Frequent, but not Iéng. He goes away and rubbers around for a few weeks at a stretch and then flies right back--oh, it’s a snap! Record in Hard Luck. A Texas man’s cotton was eaten by the boll weevil, and his corn destroyed | by the drouth. Hits only daughter ; eloped with a vagabond, and his son | followed the circut. On top of this his | yite gave birth to triplets. He com- | mitted suicide by the Tope and rafter route, and the coroner very properly | Returned a verdict of justifiable homi- | tide.—Halletsville Herald. 4 { May Not Try Ex-Mayor Ames. By the death the other day of for ‘mer Capt. of Police John Fichette of Minneapolis the chief witness against | ex-Mayor Ames, who is under indict- | , ment for corruption in office, has been | temoved. It being doubtful if a con- | ‘rfetion could now be obtained, the | district attorney contemplates a dis- | | missal of the case against the ex mayor. Australian Song Bird. another marvelous voice has’ come ut of Australia. It is that of Misa Marie Narelle, and is described as ‘the nearest approach to the pure dra- matic soprano that New South Wales has produced since Miss Kate Slat. tery retired from the concert plat form.” Miss Narelle is now having a large success in London. Seaweed Pavement. Seaweed or seagrass paving blocks, newly invented, are being tried in Bal- timore. They are made by compress ing the seaweed until it becomes hard | and solid, when it is bound tightly with wire. The loose ends of the grass are cut off, and the block is fin- ished by being immersed in boiling pitch or tar. ——__+}____. Brilliancy Versus Plodding. “Some men,” said the origtnal phil- osopher, “see more than others see fy first sight and then devote so much ime and energy to the task of being sleased with their own brilliancy that | they miss all the benefit of the sober and maturer second thought that comes to those less gifted.” A Finger Clock. A.novelty in the- way of an a.arm clock has been perfected by an Amer- | ican jeweler. It is about the size of a hazelnut. It is made to wear on the finger. The alarm is not a bell, | but a sharp pin, which pricks the finger at the time the man or woman wishes to rise. | Civilizing Too Rapidly. The attempt to assassinate the em- peror of Japan indicates that the Jap- anese are getting along altogether too fast with their occidental civilization. They are in danger of getting up to the Paterson standa:d by asd by.— Wew York Mail and Exrress. “Coming” and “Arriving.” “And so,” said the talkative person to the man who had just undergone that particular form of financial hem- orrhage known as crossing the conti- nent, “you came through without change?” “No,” responded the pa- tient man, “I didn’t state it so. When I used the term ‘wholly without change’ I referred only to the condi- tion in which I arrived here.” THE DARK IRON Greeley’s Piety. (gta. Eorace Greeley was one of th most profane men that ever lived. Cursing was second nature to him. He even called himself names that would cause a duel in the South it applied to a friend\ or enemy. When fe realized that he was dying he said aloud: ~ “Well, the devil’s got you at “Jast, you d—d old ——.” A week after the funeral his daughter, Miss Gabri- elio-Greeley, wrote’ to Whitelaw Reid, the young editor in the Tall Tower (Tribune), to know what were the words of her father. Reid wrote: “Your deur father’s last words were, ‘I know that my Redeemer liveth.’ ”— | New York Press. Fire Extinguisher. Ola fashioned women. always pro- vided themselves with fine gowns for use in the possible event of being forced to face a fire in a scanty night toilet. The modern women meet the same possibility by storing, in a con- venient place in every room, bottles filled with a mixture made from ten pounds of salt, five pounds of sal am- moniac and four and a half gallons of water, says the Chicago News. Should a fire start break a bottle or two of this over the burning place. Tf used in time it will put dut a small fire, and in any event may delay the ravages of the flemes till the engines arrive. Many Tons of Ore Mined. Never during the winter has so much ore been mined and hoisted to surface at lake iron mines as this sea- son, in the region about Duluth, Minn. Stock piles have been as large as now, Dut the ore on ground was an accumu- lation which several seasons of poor demand had helped to mske. Last fall there was .ery little on surface, as shipments had about cleared up the stocks of the previous year’s work. Now this newly mined ore is ready by the millions of tons for the opening of Jake navigation. Returns to the Fold. Rev. George K. MeDorald, the Bap- tist minister, who gave up his church in Astoria, Long Island, and started a saloon, has found the venture unprof- itable and given it up. Seeing the error of his ways—and having made a failure in the saloon business—he attended a church meeting and sought “readmission to the fold, con- fessing that he had sinned grievously. He may be restored after a time, but not just yet, it is thought. A Sample of Maine “2eer.” Prof. J. G. Jordan, of Bates college, was ~ecently asked to analyze some so-called “beer” confiscated by « sher- {ff in Maine. His report was as fol lows: “I should say that it was com- posed of the rinsings from a sour mo- lasses barrel, the .s#4s obtained in washing a barroom floor and all of the mouldy grain the liquid would absorb. It is only 2.75 per cent alcohol, but a man ought to be prosecuted for selling , such stuff.” National Longevity. Of Ew‘opean-nations the Norwegian and Swedish are the longest lived, the Spaniards the shortest. According te a foreign statistical return recently issued, the average duration of life is as follows: Sweden and Norway, fifty years; England, forty-five years and three months: Belgium, forty-four years and eleven months; land, forty-four years and four mouths; France, forty-three years and | six months; Austria, thitty-nine years and eight months; Prussia and Italy, thirty-nine years; Pavaria, thirty-six years, and Spain, thirty-two years and ; feur months. Composition of Gas Manties. The composition used in gaslight mantlés is 99 per cent thoria and 1 per cent ceria. The foundation of the Welsbach mantles is cotton fiber, put the Lehner fabric, composed of artificial silk, made from collodion, gives a more brilliant light and a far- Jonger life, but such mantles are nat- urally more expensive. The experi- nce of Buhiman of Berlin with man- tles made of ramie fiber have given most encouraging results. GRAY STALLION, “EMPIRE” Seven Years Old, Weighs 1,70 pounds. if CITY LIVERY BARN. GRAND RAPIDS, MINNESOTA. Will stand for Season at MYERS Owner. Switzer- ' Natural Cause for Alarm. Chief Justice J. M. Fitzsimmons ot the New York city court told a good story recently of his experiences in the oil regions many years ago. They were working hard for a “strike,” and boring nignt and day, and, as_ the evenings were cold, a fire was built. | One night a vein was struck from which the gas rushed to a héight of over a hundred feet, and a stream of fire shot into the air. The foreman, Tim McCarty, rushed to the door with a yell, “Get up, get up, Fitzsimmons, We've broke through into hell.” Mrs. Meekton Was Ready. “Henrietta,” said Mr. Meextou, “did you hear that lecture in which it was stated that the fact that Adam acrived on earth before Eve indicated that men should assume a certain precedence over women?” “i did,” was the somewhat icy reply. “Isn’t it absurd? It simply shows that Adam was expected to get the garden in shape for Eye’s comfort, just as the modern man gets up in the morning and lights the f£re.”—Washington Ster | BIG FORK SUMMER RESORT D, NEVEUX, Prop. ) \ } { Situated on the Big Fork river, L opposite Big Fork Postoffice. Is reached via Itasca Logging rail- road ‘The most famous hunting and fishing section in Northern Min- nesota, where wild game and fish abound. Guides, Guns, Fishing Tackle and Boats are supplied. Rates # are reasonable, and a successful A trip always assured, t Correspondence Solicited, BIG FORK D. NEVEU » POSTOFFICE fl ITASCA .COUNTY, MINNESOT. 4 LUISIANIA PURCHASE EXPOSITION. Will sell exe rates, with suitable limits. information see sion tickets at favorable For further C.L. FRYE, Agent Great Northern Ry., f Grand Rapids. St. Louis, May ist to Dec. ist, 1904. The Largest and Grandest Exposition ever held, The Great Northern Railway Our store room is apparently well filled at present, but we have several car loads of gocds that will be here in a few days. For the new goods lots of room will be requtred, and in the mean- time we are offermg a few snaps. Just drop in and ask about prices. We deal exclusively in furniture and have a big advantage over those a few odd pieces. who keep instock only Remember that FURNITORE is our exclusive line. GEORGE F Opposite Itasca Mercantile store, . KREMER, Grand Rapids. SWSLSVSSSVISLSWSBSS0PF SWSLSIWSLSVWS VISITS FSIS IFSIWSLOSLSVISE SAY, PA, WHY } DON’T YOU WEAR * THE MENOMINEE ‘ SEAMLESS? Sensibie boy. that. He made a bull’s eye when he spoke. We make shoes which put the corn- cure dealers on theranxious seat. We cure corns by fitting the feet scientifically. The best way to cure corps is to prevent their growth in the first place. The Menominee Seamless Union Made Shoe 1s_ easy-to- wear, esy-to-buy, easy-to-sell, ——— For Sale By J. §. KURTZMAN, The Shoe Man Grand Rapids - Minnesota. pw Noe oe wuaT EET DISSE SWCVTLES SG LSLESS FSCS IWSI SLES SLSL TLSLSLSS pm GUARANTEED TO OUT-WEAR ANY SHOE ON THE MARKET. PSL SLES: A a % Ts Great POE ay ag inaifwey Compeny. READ DOWN West BounD STATIONS READ UP East Bound Leave Clos “* Swan “GRAND Arrive st Cass Grand DULUTH West Superior Flood wood by Cohasset Deer River Crookston fs Arrive uet be River “g RAPIDS. «= Leave Lake 6 4 3 23 2 1 Oo: 8: Forks xe