Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, April 28, 1906, Page 5

j After Published Every Saturday. By E. C. KILEY. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE “Ratered in’ the Postoffice at Grand Rapid Minnesotu, as Second-Class Matter, IN NAPOLEON’S LAST EFFORT. * Six Battalions of French Guard Made Final Attack at Waterloo. Further light on the battle of Water- Joo is shed by Prof. C. Oman of Eng- land. From the archives of the French war offices he has obtained informa- tion—never before made public— which is in the form of a return, sign- ed by Deriot, on the morning of the battles of Ligny and Quartre Bras. It will be recollected that M. Houssaye has stated—and it has been generally accepted—that only five battalions of the French Guard were engaged in Ney’s final attack on the British light center at Waterloo. He says that the Fourth Chasseurs was a small regi- ment originally, and suffered so severe- ly at Ligny that it was consolidated into a single battalion on June 18. These assertions, Prof. Oman remarks, are contradicted (1) by the fact that it certainly had 1,041 bayonets—two full battalions—on the morning of Lig- ny, as shown by the new return which has been discovered, and (2) by the tables of M. Martinien, which dem- onstrate that the regiment lost not one single officer killed or wounded at Ligny. It cannot possibly have had more than twenty or thirty casualties in the rank and file, probably less. At ‘Waterloo, therefore, it must have been stfll over 1,000 strong, and form- ed two full battalions. Ney’s attack, therefore, was delivered by six, not five, battalions, supported, as we be- ‘lieve, by two more of the Second Chas- seurs somewhere to the rear of the echelon formed by the others.—Brook- lyn Eagles ‘WON WAGER BY BAITING VICTIM. Much Provocation Conductor Was Caught Napping. Some time in the seventies a party -of friends en route to Boston from Portland on the Boston & Maine rail- road, with Payson Tucker as conduc- tor, hatched up a plot, and made a wager of a quart bottle of wine that “Tucker couldn't be caught napping. One of the party said that he would take the bet. He separated from the others, and, vas the conductor came along, asked what station they were then passing, and on receiving the reply he an swered, “That’s what I thought.” This act was repeated several times, and finally “Conductor Payson” became very indignant, and said: -“Do you ‘take me for a d——d fool?” “That’s what I thought,” replied the other, who now owned a quart of the finest wine.—Boston Herald. The Baron Himself. A great Turkish player qt a big hotel in Constantinople had been beating everybody within a wide ra- dius at chess. One day a mean-look- ing stranger watched the game. He quietly offered to play. The Turk re- marked, “I’ll play you for a hundred sequins!” The stranger said: “Very well.” An unusual “gambit” was of- fered by the stranger. Its acceptance by the Turk caused the latter to lose the game. He said: “Sir, I thought there was only one man in Europe who understood how to take advan- tage of that move—Baron von Moltke.” “Sir,” retorted the stranger,’ “I am Baron von Moltke, at your service.” The Late Stranger. An attorney in Philadelphia, who makes a specialty of prosecuting suits against railway companies growing out of injuries due to accidents on the line, tells of the trouble experi- enced in the cross-examination of an Irish witness. This witness bad evi- dently been carefully coached by coun- gel for the company, for, when the question was put to him: “Was the’ man found on the track a total stranger?” the wary Celt replied: “IT should say not, sir. Seein’ that his left leg was gone, I should say, sir, that he were a partial stranger.” —Woman’s Home Companion. PHENOMENA OF DREAMLAND Scientists’ Explanation of the Visions of Sleep. A scientist explains some of the strange phenomena of dreams by say- ing that they are due to what he calls “hereditary memory.” He takes the “falling through space’ dream and points out that after suffering the mental agony of falling the sleeper escapes the shock of the actual stop- ping. The explanation is that the fall- 4ng sensations have been transmitted from remote ancestors who were for- ¢tunate enough to save themselves, after falling from great heights in tree tops, by clutching the branches. The molecular changes in the cere- ‘ral cells due to the shock of stop- ping could not be transmitted, be- eause victims falling to the bottom would be killed. In a similar manner, iby reverting to the habits of animals which existed centuries ago, the same investigator finds an explanation for the mental state experienced’ by individuals in various dreams—the “pursuing monster” dream, the “rep- tile and vermin” dream, color dreams, suffocation dreams, flying dreams and the like. When in need of anything in the tine of Job Printing let the Herald-- Review figure with you, ac a DEFECTIVE PAGE tials to Happiness. i It isn’t often that a mother goes back to the threshold of her own mar- ried life for the benefit of her own children. When she does she may tell them that “When I married your father he made $12 a week and he did not have any nest cgg in the bank. He had been taking care of his moth- er and sister and the marriage of your aunt made our union possible. We had hardly a stick of furniture at the | start, and it almost seemed as though you three older children were babier all together.” : But somehow these little families of a generation or so ago managed, for they loved each other. They worked and they did not have the foolish ideas about keeping up appear- ances that play such an important part and work such havoc in homes to-day. If the mother is the kind that is not ashamed of the simplicity and per- haps poverty of her early beginnings as a matron, she will endeavor to im- press ideas of economy and truth upon her girls and also the paramount one that money is not essential to happi- ; ness but that the love of a good man and a quiet place called home are.— Chicago Journal. ‘ THE FINISHING TOUCH NEEDED. Kind Words of Farm Hand to Brilliant Young Artist. The late Henry Harland, author of “The Cardinal's Snuffbox” and other graceful stories, was once recounting, at the Authors’ club in New York, his experiences as editor of the famous “Yellow Book.” Mr. Harland praised Aubrey Beards- ley. “Though only a boy of twenty-one or so,” he said, “Beardsley was as clever in the editorial as in the con- tributing capacity. He was, indeed, practically the art editor of the ‘Yel- low Book.’ “I was fond of him. I once took a three days’ walking trip with him. He sketched, of course, on the walk. He made a number of sketches in oil col- ors. And they were very artistic and shagsy. “A farm hand watched Beardsley finishing a particularly shaggy sketch one afternoon and said encouragingly: “My lad, that won’t be a bad pic- ture after it’s been sandpapered down a bit” How to Stop Gossip. There are two words, simple enough in themselves, that introduce untold trouble into the world and are re- sponsible for more gossip. scandal and harm than any other two words in the English language. These two little words are nothing more than “They say.” They have done more to ruin reputations than any other thing. If you never quoté what “they say,” youmay be guite certain you are not a gossip. But if yeu find your self telling your friends at all times what “they say,” and at the same time lifting your eyebrows and _ shaking your head, you may rest assured you are saying something the world would be better for not hearing —#xchange. Disraeli’s Picturesque Metaphor. Few men had a richer talent for vivid picturesque metaphor than Dis- raeli. Often, no doubt, it was bizarre, and sometimes even tawdry, but it sel- dom descended to the cheap. And what could be more vivid than the figure by which he pictured one of the Gladstonian Ministries: “The Min- isters remind.me of one of these ma- rine landscapes not very unusual on the coast of South America, You be- hold a range of exhausted volcanoes. Not'a flame flickers on a single pallid crest. But the situation is still dan- gerous. There are occasional earth- quakes, and ever and” anon the dark rumbling of the sea.” Narrow Escapes of Soldiers. Two tales of narrow escapes at Lucknow durins the Indian mutiny: “Col. May told us many thrilling inci- dents of the siege, which brought the scene mcre vividly before one. He brought qut a wall, against which he told me he was sitting one day, when sudde: a round sho‘ struck the wall between bis lege. This, however, is not to be comrpered with the escape of a treorer in the reliéf force, who had his saddle destroyed under him | by a blind shell which passed hetween his thigh and the horse’s back, he him- self and his hérse remaining unin- jured.” Ammonia For Mosquito Bites, In hot climates, where mosquitoes abound, it is usual to carry a tiny bot- tle of ammonia in the pocket, which is fitted with a little glass point on the stopper, and, as soon as the ene- my has worked his wicked -vill, the bottle is produced and a drop of the liquid is applied to the spot. The same beneficial effect is found from treating the stings of midges with am- monia, and it is useful to know of a harmless and effectual remedy for their aggravating attentions, which often cause serious b!ood poisoning. Costly Supervision Necessary. The United States government will spend a whole million if necessary to investigate the causes and correct an error in any. of its financial depart- ments, even if no more than a cent is involved. And it could not safely do otherwise. It must dispel every sug- gestion of laxness in discipline, and | to admit an error would be simply an | invitation and a hint for open mouth- ed crooks to make money through fraud. ‘at the fine roast repast. “—“@oed Dinner. — ot went to the high school with the late Charles T. Yerkes,” gaid a Phila- delphian, “and afterward I saw a good deal of him while he was in the bank- ing business here. “What I liked about Mr. Yerkes was his disposition. He never com- plained or growled. He hated to hear growls or complaints. On this head there is a story about him that few qid Philadelphians still remember. “A tugboat captain at a banquet one night said that tugboat men were the champion growlers of the world. He said they growled especially about their food, that even at a banquet they would find something to com- plain of. “Mr. Yerkes doubted this. He de- clared it couldn’t be true. There was an argument, with the upshot that the next week he took a run on the tug and provided for the crew a sump- tuous surprise dinner. “It was a roast turkey dinner and when it was set before the men Mr. Yerkes and the captain were hidden in a place where they could see and hear all that went on. “The men looked very suspiciously Then one speared a big bird on a fork and hold- ing it up said: “‘Go slow on_ this, boys. If it wuzn’t ches salt pork it wouldn’t ’a’ come our way.” HCW TO DEAL WITH HU Advice Probably Given by Spinster, But Hore It Is. Never tell your husband that you give him this or that for dinner, and not what he asks for, because you know what is best for him. A man will willingly yield to the woman he loves, he will make any sacrifice she may require, but he generally draws the line at being told yhat is good for him. Of this he will beg to, re- main the best judge, and tell you so frankly and firmly. Never complain of your husband because he now and then criticises your dress or your new hat. On the contrary, return grateful thanks that he takes notice of what you wear. There are husbands who allow their vives perfect freedom in this respect, for the simple reason that they care absolutely nothing whether they have a garden of flow- ers or an old saucepan on their heads, Be grateful your husband is not one of those.—Exchange. SBSANDS, Amenities of Lawbreakers. No member of. the Bri ment is permitted to say blu directly that another is drunk, may hint at the fact in r when Mr. Gladst unconventicnal remarked: “The right boncrable tleman has evidently had acces: sources of in: ion that are open to me.” A violent seene h been caused in the parliament of V toria, Australia, by a. labor’ membe: saying of a legal colleague: “The hor orable and learned once called to the since gone frequ called.” The angry barrister r ed: “You tea-drinking sk i tually both withdrew and Ever Read a Cento Book? “This volume,” said the bibliophile, “fs acento. It is com d of de- tached sentences taken from the works of Thackeray. It makes a nov- el, sensible, but short, and it ¥ composed in seven y y a bed den baroness. T: is probably the ‘Life of Christ,’ made enti from Homer. There i composed by Ross, that co: ly of lines milar life, © whol- ly of detached lines from Vi: Cen- tos are often very valuable. One com- piled by Alexander Hamilton from Milton’s ‘Paradise Lost’ sold rot long since for $500. The book was a his- tory of America.” True Politeness. An: excellent suggestion was contained in the remark of a litile ten-year-old girl from the country, who had been visiting a friend in her city home. “Did u have a ood time?” asked the the girl came back from her week's visit. “Beaut: !” replied the li traveler, with great enth “why, they were so polite they me feel just as if I was the on was at home, and they were visiting. I had a beautiful time!” That is the ecret of hospitality—making friend’ feel at home. Umbrella as Burglars’ Tool. In a jewelry robbery just effected in London, the thieves apparently commenced orerations by drilling through the flooring and ceiling and then passing through the hole an um- brella. This was then opened and held in a position while the ceiling around the hole was cut away, and used as a receptacle for the falling pieces’ of plaster and wood work. The umbrella was found below the hole, together with a rope ladder.— Stray Stories. Favor Requested. It is an interesting fact that it was partly to aid Mercer's hespital in Dub- lin that Handel composed the “Mes- siah.” On the morning of the proé@uc- tion of the “Messiah” this quaint no- tice appeared in a Dublin journal: “The stewards of the Charitable Musi- eal society request the favor of the jadies not to come with hoops this day to the Musick Hall in Fishamble street. The gentlemen are desired to come without their swords,” THE COMFORTABLE WAY. Local Tittte Table. West ~ East Bound Bouad Bee Grand Rapids -Cohasset . at SLSE GLEZES c. L. FRYE, Aas Grand Ripids, Minn. Engine Works): Marguette, Mich. i 1 , cure deale Sensibie boy. that. You Buy ‘The Me- nomnee Seamless” a bull’s eye when he spoke. 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