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In the south Of Europe the rosemary has
long had magic properties asCribed to it.
The Spanish ladies used to wear it as an an
hdote against the evil eye, and the Portu-
guese called it the Eifin plant and dedicated
it TO the fairies. The idea Of the antidote
may have been due 10 a confusion Of the
name with that of the Virgin; but. as a
matter Of fact, the "R0smarinus" is fire.
quentIy mentioned by old Latin writers, in
Guiding Horace and Ovid. Tie name came
from the fOndueSs of the plant for the sea
shore. where it often gets spTinkled with the
''ros" or dew Of the sea, that is TO say, sea
spray. Another cause of confusion, per-
haps, was that the leaves Of the plant some
what resemble those Of the juniper, which
In medieval times was held sacred 10 the
Virgin Mary.
In the island Of Crete, 1t is said, a bride
dressed for the wedding still calls. last Of
ALL for sprig Of rosemary to bring her
luck. And now we come to fiHd rosemary
in close association with both marriage and
death, just as the hyacinth was, and per-
haps still is, among the Greeks. IL is inter-
same plart came TO have two such different
uses.
One of the earliest mentions of rosemary
in English literature Is in poem Of the
fourteenth century, called " The GlOriouse
R0semaIyne," which begins thus:
This herbe Is caIIt Tosemaryn
OF vertn that IS code and tyne:
But all tbe yeTtues tell nc can,
Nor troWe no erthely man.
Ali the Year Round.
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AS IT Was IN
THE DAYS OF '49.
The California Gold Fever and the Then
Shipping Trade.
Reports From the Mines Gave a Greater Impe-
tus to Commerce Than 1t Had Ever Be-
fore Received on shipboard.

But the California gold fever of 1849 gave
a greater impetus to commerce than it had
ever received. San Francisco in that year
was described by a newspaper correspond
ent as "a beehive of the largest kind"
though "the conveniences for business"
were small, there being "only q hundred
decent-siZed stores, but shanties enough of
all kinds" The retail price of flour In that
city was so cents a pound; the retail price
of pork WAC from 90 to 10 cents pound;
the retail price of bread was from 20 TO 80
cents pound. Boards sold for $500 a thou
sand feet, and brandy for % cents glass.
OF poverty there was none, with gold worth
$40 an ounce: Of prudence also there was
none. 1t was cheaper to throw clothes
away than to pay for the washing OF them.
The ship Oxford arrived in San francisco
from Boston with Ga skilled mechan-
les, who, during the voyage of 1876
DAYS. had manufactured all OF their
tents. cots and hamm0cks, had built
boat, had
MADE DAGGERs OF OLD FILES,
And lnlaid the handles with gold, and hav-
ing landed on some islands and found some
pear-Oyster shells, had covered the handles
of their knives with pearl in place OF buck
horn. They had constructed blacksmith's
shop on board, and If man broke his pen
knife there was another man who could
mend it, The captain complained that they
uS6u I'D every hHiu Ol uIdI6Ildl lueY COulu
lay hands on, and that il was with difficulty
lie kept them from cutting up his ship.
Even the boys were noted for their wits. A
Salem lad Is years of age printed on canvas
in San Francisco the words American
House" and Broadway House," and sold
them as signs FOR S22 Another day he
earned ST., and another S15, for doing some
tri1les. He and his companion picked up
the boxes that had been cast aside as
useless in the city after the goods had been
sold from them and got 81 or So apiece.
A YOUTH NAMED GLINEs.
From Newbury, Byfeld Parish, Massachu-
Setis, returned home from California with
sixty pounds of gold, worth $4,000. He
! had come, be said. only to see MS gold safe,
/ and was soon On his way back to the dig
! gIngs. The fever extended 10 Europe. A
| stock company in Geneva was organized 10
| freight ship for California. The round
| trip was To consume four months. two
| months Of which were to be expended in
! digging gold and it is expected. said the
! prospectus, that eaclt passenger will re turn
| with S100 600 in his pocket A FrenchmaR
/ met an American in railway car. and at
| once began 70 make minute inquiries about
/ California.
81 have never been there" replied the
| other.
| What" exclaimed his questioner, falling
| back in establishment, IAN American and
| have never been to CaliforBla p'-FrOm
| ''0d Shipping Merchants Of New York."
| by George W. Sheldon, in Harper's Maya
| zine for February.
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Major General United States Army.
Talmara on snurgeon.


We Join in the Iamentation of Christen-
dom over the going away Of this great and
good man. He stood for evangelism OF the
most pronounced kind. Amid all the re-
ligous weakening Of our time on the sub
jects Of Inspiration and the divinity OF
Christ and the necessity of regeneration, he
never wayered There is great scarcity OF
such men, and the loss Of such champion
at such time is severe and somewhat
bewildering. But the trumpet has fallen
from the lips which blew it with such re-
sounding blast. What a mystery that he
should have been kept in such protracted
distress. Seven months of physical suffer-
ing and mental anxiety. How great must
have been the trial of silence for one VINO
had all his life been so active. Our SYM
pathies 90 out for his family and his chufeh.
God never repeats himself and he never
stand so far cut from the ordinary
humankind that they are like mountain
peaks. God makes no mistakes or we
would conclude that this departure was
mistake. But the Lord appoints both cradle
and grave. Sturgeon was tired and ne ae-
served a rest. He has worked right Oh, Gee
ade after decade. The world tried hard 10
put him down. But nothing stopped nm
in his career Of usefulness, and now he DIES
lamented by all the good people OIL ChIlS.
tendon. But while men die, the cause OF
truth will never die. There is generation
of Christian workers on the way up to take
the places of those who put off the harness;
We bless the memory OF those who 60, and
welcome those who come. Only lew
months ago the editor Of this paper re-
ceived a message Of love from Mr.. Spur
geon. We have many letters from him
which we will always cherish. Farewell,
great and good and enthroned spirit! We
shall meet again in the harvest home!
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= Be MI A~5sss~.a%c
Editor Christian Herald.
Woman as a Diplomatic.

In all ages Of the world, In the various
eras of civilization or SEMI barbarOus
periods, woman has exercised an immense
in f1uenee in the settlement Of grave matters
of state, and ofttimes the quick, intultive
grasp of her genius has settled questions OF
serious import to nations which the ponder
Gus and slow method OF man had failed
to elucidate through long years OF study
and trial.
In diplomacy or statecraft, in treaties of
peace or arbitration Of war, she has oft
times exhibited most extraordinary charae-
teriStics.
One Of the most important treaties of
modern Europe-the peace of CanbTay, IN
1929, was negotiated exclusively by two
women.
II was Familiarity known all over Europe
as 1.-THE Ladies' Peace" These two women
were Margaret of Austria, aunt Of Charles
V, and Louise of Savoy, mother OF Fran
els |.
When English philosophers and statesmen
had for almost century grappled with the
great problem of slavery and the West
India question aud found no solution 1t was
the statesmanlike mind of noble Quak-
eress, Elizabeth Heyrick. who with one
fash of her genius solved the problem in
one sentence, Immediate unconditional
emancipation, and these men sat down at
H6I l6eb lOI s6fGii S6dlo anu lO''l LON nv " "
free race without bloOdshed or antag-
onismS.
The noble women of our revolution in
1776. led by Abigail Adams, MercAOtls and
Hannah Iee-au far-seeing in their grasp
OF the principles of a repubIic-urged and
entreated the trainers of our Constitution
to throttle slavery in its incipient bold upon
the colonies and give us true and free ma
ton. But, unlike the English statesmen
and philosophers, our fathers failed to APP
preh end the genius of their women or ac-
cept the intuitive outlook of these great
souls; and so to-day we reap the result IN a
war which swept across our hearthstones
and expiated in the innocent blood OF the
third aud fourth generation the crime |
their refusal to accept the craftsmanship oil
American women.
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VOLAPUK.
Another Lesson In the Language That MAY
Become Universal.
LESSON IT.

LESSON IT.
The sixteen lessons have pretty fairly set forth
the facts of Noapuk grammar, ana those VINO
have carefully followed them should now be able
TO write tile language so az 10 be iutellglOie IN
il to people of all nations. Facility IN using me
language must come from practice ana u Is
earnestly recommended to all students 10 system
atieaIly follow correspondence. Those who WISH
names and addr sses OF persons willing 10 cor"
respond with them eau obtain them from those
who have revised their exercises during the les-
son course.
ing analyZe your English and translate the
sense, for in all languages there are necessary
aud also conventional or ldlomatlc phrases, anu
the literal Translation OF the latter VIII not con-
Vey The idea Intended. Thus II one WisheS 10
write what is expressed i'll English by shat DC
on hand one must translate the sense OF on mana,
moi tbe apoyds and bis translation will be shall
be present. II he wtOte obtnop su nam, an En-
elish Volapukist would laugh at II, and Chinese
Voapukist would not know what 1t meant but
Ii lie wrote 0btnop ptfSeHk or O6tnop as every
Volapdkst would understand IL 1of what II was
intended to mean.
Proper names are written unchanged, and their
genitive Is expressed by The prehx de, thelf IA
tive by The prefix al,
VOCABULARY.
No,tps Verbs AdUerbs.
Bap. humble Daldn to per Fe, certainly.
ness NIT Iano, then.
Galod pleasure. L6n0n, TO be- Nouo, formerly.
Jen fact. long to. Volopo. else
Lain, fleece. Sanjikon, TO hal where.
Ledom. palace. low.
Liam. lamb. Suk0n,to search.
Mi snow. Tty0n, TO roam.
Smiil smile Proposition.
Sill, skies. heay- Bevu, amid.
en-.
Top, place.
vi {, whiteness.
Vol, world
EXERCISES.
AsibInon v0no liam:
Al Mary a0nom.
Lain oma so yietlk
As ulf TO abin0m.
Mary Sl6fom lidmi,
Aim asagOm so.
No ltdaos, l;ino, nun0n
Jen yolapukO?
(The deviation from the usual order or con-
struction is permitted in Voapuk poetry9
Mid pleasures and palaces though we may
roam,
Be It ever so humble there's no place like home,
A smile from the skies seems TO hallOw us there,
Which. search the world over, is meier found
elsewhere.
NoTE-Lesson was published october 18th Ia
TIE CALL, with outline to the plan and fun IN
structons for the revision of the exercises. Mr.. A.
L. bancroft OF 500 suffer street, efel for the Pa
ctfc Coast who has devoted much time and atten-
ton to the dissemination o, the principles OF this
language without cost to the student to give
assistance that Will put him III the way OF master
ing the principles OF Voiapus, Commune ions
addressed to him will receive prompt attention.
There are now 65,007 postotfiees in the
pouutrV-tha highest numbar eVer reached.
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0NA No. smyj
LET HIM REST.

ron the death of the Duke OF Clarencs.l
Let him rest! the roses fade
Falling from the parent stemI
And the primrose In the glade.
COronet and diadem,
Turn to earth-the IN 9th ali d rust
Robe the wicked and the just.
Let him rest the lilies fall
BY the waters where they spring,
One by one, the funeral pail
Wraps the peasant. wraps the king;
Dust to dust all things return,
Fill the tomb and fill the urn.
Let him rest the pele flower
Blooms upon the crater's rim,
Born and Scorched within an hour,
Dying upon dangers brim
While the snowdrop lights the gloom
Ger the winter-clOuded tomb.
Let him rest Yes, lay him down,
Princely Clarence. 20 his rest;
Hertor OF England's crown,
Brltaln's star upon his breast;
Early lost. AT empire weeps
O'er the easket where he sleeps.
Let him rest! noble scion
OF race of princeIy fame
Piantageuet, Coeur de Lion,
Proud on hlstory's beaeons fame;
Englaud's roses, white and red,
o Bloom above his funeral bed.
Let him rest great TudorS' heir,
And of Stuarts' royal line,
Mourn the lion in his lair,
Weep the Bishop at the shrine,
Royal heart a Briton's tear
Consecrates thy honored bier.
hicaoo jan 20, 1889. CHARLES J. BEATTI
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TIE ARTBSIAN
WE'LL SYSTEM.
Tapping The Streams Deep Down in
Natures Breast.
P aces Where the Distribution Of Water Is
Perfected and the Desert Places Made
to Blossom as the Rose.

Over zoo. COO. 600 people are to-day depend
ent for food solely upon areas irrigated by
water drawn from underground Sources
and everywhere within the confines of civil
lzation the subject Of artesian wells is re-
ceiving increased attention. In the United
States this system Of wateT-suppIy is only
about five years old, but its gushing foun-
1ains has made the desert sands o. countless
leagues to blossom as the rose. Artesian
we'll boring says the Inter-Oeean was in
vogue among the Chinese over 5000 years
ago. proving that these peerless agriculture
lists were awake to the practicability of
tapping the cavern foods lying far down in
natures deep bosom. The French Agrieul-
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In the Jim River Valley, Oak. there are
over 200 wells whose pressure varies from
20 to l67 pounds per square inch. Besides
these there are some 1860 fow-p pressure wells
whose waters win supply small farms and
gardens When the valves are opened and
the waters Of a great we'll like that at
Woons0c ket are turned loose, it is hard to
believe the testimony Of the senses. Around
you and on every side is the vast level ex-
pause Of the great plains, the same monOt-
oDous stretch Of gray and green over which,
you have travelled for miles that are meas
ured by the hundred; and you know that it
is Just the same west TO the Rocky Mount
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story brick building, with shingle roof and
stone basement. A blaze was discovered
shooting through the comb of the roof, which
the Fire Department promptly extinguished.
AS there is no flue near the spot where the
fire originated, nor electric wire and no one
having been in the attic, speculation became
general as to the cause, when an expert In
such matters decided it incendarism and
English sparrows the incendaries. lie
claimed that inflammable material and
matches had been carried into the attic by
these pests and the matches ignited by the
picking of these birds The insurance COM
Danies will have to accept this theory,
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turaI Society of Paris. in 1918 introduced
ne modern methods of boring, and their
Intelligent suggestions s0on began to re-
ctive systematic attention.
The scenes Of the greatest development
have been in California and Dakota. The
sunny slopes of the Pacific possess the
greatest number of wells. while the Da-
kotas boast of the largest and most power
fol gusIers known III the wcrId. yeritable
giant geySers.
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A STATUE OF FRANKLIN.

In a conspicuous position, mounted on
pedestal before the south entrance OF the
Electrical Exhibit Building at the
Columbian Fair. will be the statue OF
Franklin shown in our illustration. The
statue is twenty-one feet high. Repre-
senting Franklin, as it does, actually con-
Quoting the lightning to the earth in his
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A Now Insole for Boots and Shoes.

A New IBsole for Boots and Shoes.
Persons with tender feet will be inter-
eSted in a new inSole for boots and shoes.
1t is made of hollow India rubber. inflated
protective covering being canvas, silk or other
similar material Inserted in the shoe it
relieves the pressure Of the leather against
all tender parts Of the feet.
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San Beruardin0 County has over 1000
aowing wells that have raised the arid
lands covered by them from value Of less
Than SO an acre to $500 and more an acre.
4 &c number OF wells in the whole State IS
not far from 5000 and rapidly increasing.
Colorado has over 1900, there being some
35Oin and around Denver alone. I tah boasts
# over 2000 and points with pride to the
agricultural results. Nevada has made a
start with 100 to her credit, and promises TO
wash the word desert of her maps with the
aid Of artesian well water. Texas has over
200 wells busily at work, and orchards are
growing where once lay the hot sands Of
The terrible staked plain.
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4LeEEE4N ARrEsIAE WELL ON TIE GREAT DESERT

tribution OF waters being perfected. and
the huge fountains that reward the down.
ward work Of the drill have brought new
life and hope to the desert dwelier; but
what has so far been accomplished is but
one bright streak against the horizon in the
dawnIng Of the new era Of prosperity.
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SpaTrows Incendiaries.
A very mysterious FIRE occurred at Louis
lana, Mo. The City Hall building is a one
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welLknown experiment with the kite in
Philadelphia. there could not we'll be found
a subject more strikingly appropriate for
the place it is TO occupy, in front OF the
spacious edifce to be devoted to the display
OF electrical appliances.
The names of forty one eminent electrici-
clans now dead will be placed over the en-
trance to Electricity Building, as follows:
Franklin, Galvani, Ampere, Faraday, Ohm,
Sturgeon. Morse, Semens. Dayy. Volta,
Henry, Oersted, Coulomb, Ronald. Page,
Weber, Gilbert, Davenport. Soemmering,
stone, Gauss. Vail, Balm, De la Rive. ,IOule.
Saussure, Cooke, Marley. Steinheil, GueT-
icke, La Place, Charming, Pripstley, Max
well, Coke, ThaleS. Cavendish.
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viii explain all this mystery away and tell
You that there is q thick sheet Of porous
sandstone extending under these vast plains !;
that on the south and east this sandstone
butts I'D against granite; and that on the
west aAd northwest she edge is upturned
and exposed on the sides Of the mountains
and IA the deep canyons. they will describe
how the waters from the mountain rains,
sn We rivers and streams are obstrueted by
the exposed edges Of the spongy sandstone
and held prisoner later on by huge beds Of
clars and shaIes that lie above and below
sac water bearing stratum. This b 1ge
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aims. east to Minnesota, north to Canada
and south to Iowa. Yet there in front Of
YOU, from that hole in the ground, pOurs a
torrent Of water, leaping. rushing and roar
ing toward the heavens like a veritable
Yellowstone geyseT. 1t is a miracle; it is
water long pent up in the rocky chasms be-
low, apparently defying all laws Of gravity,
not seeking lis level. but bounding
forth in fercely spurtive mood, as If
rejoicing at gaining its liberty; and
seeing the sunlight once more. springs
toward the zenith as If eager 10 return to the
clouds that gave it birth. The biologists
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Point Account for this as we may, its
remedy does not, in my judgment. consist in
provision made and enforced by our Gov
eminent through a corps organization.
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marks are found at each exposure; and the
resulting diagram also shows that the num-
Der of images capable of being photographed
in given time is very largely increased.
while the overlapping is only slightly ap-
parent.
Another case is that shown in Fig. 8, which
represents a man jumping The several
phases of movement are here also we'll dis
cernible, and the images were recorded at
the rate of twenty-five per second.
Although the method employed above
suited admirably for such purposes as we
have mentioned. yet Professor Marcy found
that he could not use it without modification
for all the cases 80 which he wished to ap-
ply it, The apparatus which he then con-
structed differs in many particulars from the
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There are now 65,007 p0stotfiees in the
country--the highest number ever reached.
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A Complete History Of Our
Government by Admins
trations and Congresses
WASHINGTON TO HARRISON.
THIS DOUBLE MAP CONT AIMS:

HIS UUUbLE MAP GUNl AIMS:
Diagram showing all Of the Political Par
ties 11x66
a Diagram showing all the Presidents AMI
Cabinets 5x66.
A Diagram showing the Political Complexion
Of each Congress 2x66.
A Diagram showing the Creeis Of the World
13x1O.
a Disgram showing the Standing Armies o.
each Nation. 13xl0.
Diagram showing the Naval Tonnage o.
each Nation. 13xl0.
A Complete Man OF the World. 1890.
a Complies Mau Of the United sta,sy (RaaL
MoNallv & Co.'S 1890 46x6S
Map of Central America. 10xl3
A Map of Alaska. 10xi3.
Map Of South Africa. 10xlS.
Map of Upper Nubil and HabsIh or A6y8.
sinia. 10x13.
MAP of Persia, Afghanistan and Bsiu,his
tan 10x1S
A Complete Map of the Solar systsm-bsss eva,
made 1Sxl0.
Pictures Of all the Presidents from
Washington to Harrison
1T ALSO GIVES IN BRIEF:
The History Of Colonial Politic7
The History OF Revo utionary Politics.
The History Of the Confederation.
The History CT tbs U, s. Gavernmsnt By Ca.
gressss.
The History Of the o S By Administrator
An Analysis Of the Federal Government.
Valuable Statistics on Debts
Valuable Statistics on Revenues.
Valuable Statistics on Expsaditursl
Issues of all Political Parties.
The History OF all Political Parties which ll7l
existed In this country.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-18

heard recently that they had each Sc
cured a Chicago theater for at least
part of the season.
The fireworks spectacles viii be IN
full swing. Both Pain and Brock have
secured grounds. paying enormous
prices understand. for the privileges,
and will continue the rivalry which has
been SO notable at Brighton and Man
haitian this season. Both are preparing
a Columbian spectacle. and Mr.. Pain is
arranging to tell the story of the dis
covery of America in pyrotechnics, &c
be followed by historical representa-.
ton of the great American wars, al
pictured in great masses of variegateo
fire.
Augustin Days Shakespearean re
vival in Chicago will be no mean fea-
ture of the great fair. With Ada Rehau
and his magnificent company he will
produce almost all of the comedies with
superb scenic adjuncts.
And then the circusi Bailey will De
there with his $1,000. 600 show. and he
says he viii simply eclipse the worlds
fair itself. His spectacular play is q
be under the direction Of Bolossy
Kirslfy, and viii be an opposition e
Imre's at the Auditorium Bailey says
he viii have a spectacle in which 2.ooC
people viii participate. So. with Fran.
cioh and his Eldorado produced on q
more magnificent scale even than al
WeehawlSen, lmre Kiralfy's America
atthe Auditorium, and Bolossy Kiralfy''
Columbia" in the circus, Chicago will
have its fill of spectacular.
But these are only drops in the oceans
Of pleasure that win deluge visitors tc
the fair. Incidentally might add that
Edgar Stralsosch win be there with his
boy wonder, the young soprano who Il
TO set New York wild this fan. Bis
name is Cyril Tyler, and he is clever
years old. Edgar y-ill have him ont for
the first time at Palmer's toward Tn,
close Of this month. And as ! hav,
heard him sing. can add q word O;
tribute 20 his remarkable powers. tn,
coloratur aria from Davids La Perl,
de Bresil" was sung with all the feelins
of Capoul. and Schumann's 'Du Bis'
VIE Zine Blume" was absolutely Pat
tiesque." Now Edgar is praying thai
the boys voice won't change, at least
until after the worlds fair.