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Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-01-27
why doth the underwater roar
Why hath ke sroA de''ghts
-Four huaered ana SIX cozsn mere
Young doctors. rius Just twenty score.
DID graduate last night

Some humcris:s write Jokes for psy
and some for amusement II has been
said that there is more pay than amuse-
ment to be got out Of most joleA bet
the man who said IL was emily joking
for his own amusement Some people
arc easily amused
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-01-27

London Punch IS the best comic paper
ever published by the publisher OF
Punch Jcgs KxxpRfcx BAEes
The Wichita daily eagle., 1892-10-14

what appalling to capital. But two
other branches are already surveyed
one off south to GAIA, and the other
north to Samaria. Nazareth, Galilee,
etc, and these will probably be built
within two years And that TO Danas-
Gus is begun. All of these railroads.
under the charter, pass into the posses
sion of the Turkish government Eratu-
itously IN seventy-five years"
Can you give me the reasons which
have induced capitalists to believe that
this road up to Jerusalem wial pay?"
Certainly: with much pleasure. OF
course we began b. making an estimate
CT the regular traffic. The government
owns this turnpike between Jaffa and
Jerusalem and collects tolls OF every
thing that passes. Every camel that
pissters-about 10 cents-aad every
carriage so cents There are about
100, 600 passengers a year and 1900
tons of freight The pasha, who col
iects tolls for the government, receives
about 100000 francs year. say so. 600.
During the busy season there are more
than f,ooo canneis on the road every
day"
The chief tool used' here. and prts,a-
bly throughout Syria. is 3 dwarf hoe
as,out as big as the palm of the hand.
with short handle 70 IL. snd the ma
tives squat down and hoe mp little
heap OF sand with TINS and then carry i.
off in the dirty little napkin on their
heads.
1t Seems certain that the railroad viii
actually be finished in . few weeks.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1892-10-14

Hal shades, and the lavenders and terra
cottas push themselves aggressively for
ward.
Next chemises-if you wear them;
scarcely anyone does these davs, eX-
cept, perhaps, the combination chemise
and skirt. Everything we wear must
be a combination of some sort, or 1t
finds no favor in our eyes. ANYTHING
to get rid of superinous folds and IN
necessary garments The chernise is
seen sometimes with deep round col
lar of fine lace, sometimes with narrow
alternate rows of embroidered lace in
sertion, running up and down in widen
ing and narrowing lengths, so as to
form deep points all around. Two pref
ty ones from Paris, one of batiste and
the other of finest nainsool, are both
run with pale blue ribbons tied in full
shoulder knots, and both trimmed With
fine hand embroidery. One hasa round
neck and two tiny ptrfings all around
it; below wider putting, from which
hangs the deeply seanoped embroidered
ruhae. The other, of square cut, has a
small embroidered ruffie at the neck
ano below a oeep yoke or rucks ana en-
broIdery.
knickers ere either cut Turkish
trouser style or else made with puffings
above the knee to widen the shape.
Lace rufifes hang very long from them.
Everything. in fact. has tendency
to puff. Corset covers are made with
very fun yokes, and night robes have
likewise yokes that are a mass of little
The Wichita daily eagle., 1892-10-14

The swordstick, or ''gupti," IS of In
dian origin. There is one form If it
which is peculiar to chiefs and men Of
the handle of the stick. is crutch
shaped, and the owner, when lying on
his divan, would have his arm resting
upon this, SO as never to be taken
quite unarrned. II was called in Per-
sian "takiah-i-zafar," or cushion of
victory" Another form OF concealed
sword Yves made 50 flexible as to be
worn around the waist like girdle.-
Chambers Journsi
1t is reported that . Jewish rabbis,
200 priests and 5000 Jews have been
converted, and are now members of the
church of England.
Three hundred wonaan-students are
IN attendance at the Boston university.
OF this number. forty-three are in the
medical department, seven in the law
school and eleven in the school OF
theology.
The bishop of London has raised a
small tempest in small teapot By ap-
pointing diocesan lav-readers with the
right 10 preach in parish churches.
Some of the clergy think that the in
novatiou will lower the dignity of the
cloth.
The school of pedagogy in the uni-
versity of the city of New York is a sue
cess Us object is 10 give graduates ef
other schools and colleges preparation
for teaching. and it is conducted on The
same basis as the schools OF law, medi-
cine and theology.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1892-10-14

The cars already run, irregularly, up to
Artoref, half way to Jerusalem. The
Holy City and unholy civilization are
being connected. with unwonted ties
ties that bind steel rails to each other
and to the enduring earth. And the
sluggish Arabs. becoming aware of the
emulation of these new-fashioned sleep
ers, rub their eyes aud yawn, with Ian
guild resentment in their hearts, sit up
under the cactus bushes and stare at it.
In little while the lively conductor
will cry out, "Chorazin! Chorazin!
Change cars for Capernaum!' or the
bold rider Of the real chariot Of FIRE will
salute his passengers in the valley of
the Jordan with ''All out for Cherith,
where Elijah was fed by the ravens.
Twenty minutes for refreshments!'
The one thing which most astonishes
me here is the utterly barren and desc
late character Of the whole country in
late summer Palestine is cluster of
mountains, without rivers or wells for
irrigation. The tourist travels for days
without seeing single running stream,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1892-10-14

puiiings and that reach often down to
the waist line. Night robes are made
OF dainty China silks in pale shades,
with lace anywhere, everywhere.
They're the prettiest things imaginable,
and since woman has the feather stitch
ing fad she loves to sit and prick her
pretty fingers making row after row of
fancy stitches on her gowns.
Skirts are still cut bell shaped for the
most part. What silk ones are worn
look very much like the silk summer
edge. They have fancy rufies. and
puffs, and ribbons, and choux, and
pretty fanciful arrangements, just as
our summer gowns had. A pale pink
imported one in a certain brides
trousseau is trimmed almost half way
to the top. First on top is a
row of fine lace insertion over the
pink silk, finely scalloped at each edge;
below another band of insertion, much
wider; then deep ruf3e of lace hang
ing over another one just as deep. The
heading Of the upper one is caught up
all around in scallops and around the
line of the scallop is embroidered a mar
row band of roses, all in pink It's
perfectly lovely. The skirt has no belt,
none of them have; they all tie with
ribbons or have the slight fullness put
in at the sides or back.
It's step from pretty lingerie-for
the French word is so much nicer than
ours that think we should always uso
ito pretty morning and deshabille
robes The loose jacket that one slips
on to lounge in is made, like the night
dress, of China silk and laces.
For an entire costume, however, soft
wool goods make very attractive house
gowns. One have been admiring is of
pale mauve cashmere of fine texture,
draped to quite an extent in front and
closing at the side. At the neck, long
pointed chemiscttc of white surah is in
serted, cut quite low and round.
Around it is berthe Of dotted chiffon,
and there is a ruffie of chiffon at the
The Wichita daily eagle., 1892-10-14
THE FUN OF BEING BLIND.

How tho World Seems to {. Man Who
Cannot Sec the Light.
Blind people are proverbially happy,
but one would hardly expect to find
even a blind man giving a lecture
with the above title, 'sTbe Fun of
Being Blind" There is such a man,
however, and he lives in the sunny state
Of Kansas. Here are q few points in
the lecture:
1t is very curious to notice how peo-
pie will ask questions Of blind man
which they never think of asking of a
person suffering from the loss of other
senses.
For instance, almost every person 1
meet says: 'How did you become
blind? Was it gradual loss of sight,
or Gid you become blind all at once?'
Now, how absurd it would be for a
person to inquire Of a bald-headed man:
"How did you lose your hair? Was it a
gradual loss of hair, or did you become
bald all at once?"
There are many pleasures which a
blind person enjoys in a peculiar man
ner. His sense of hearing is keener. and
he feels sensations as persons with full
sight can never feel them. This peculiar
sensation is like none of the other
senses; it may be called. very properly,
the blind mans sense.
This is what gives him such keen
pleasure in music. | can hear sounCj
from piano or violin which not even
the performer is able to detect.
i have heard sounds made by certain
insects, which my friends who have
their eyesight never can hope to hear.
And when the breeze is in a certain
quarter ! can catch the sound of the
ocean surf-beat, many miles away. That
is not while am in Kansas, but while
visiting in the New England states.
Among the pleasures of being blind is
the impossibility Of seeing ugly sights.
And blind man never has to behold
physical deformity and suffering.
Then again. all the friends Of the
blind man are beautiful. You remem-
Der in Victor Hugo's terrible story,
"The Man That Laughs" Dea, the blind
girl, always thought Gwinplaine was
handsome young man, although in
reality he was hideously deformed.
The blind are always happy. They
see the face of God, and that is enough.
Youths Companion.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1892-10-14

next TO none. An the people live In
huts in the little villages. They go
hungry the most of the time. They all
try to get away and some succeed"
1t is not easy travelling here. There
are only two roads in all these thou
sands Of miles; the rest of the thor
oughfares are mere camel tracks. We
went on horseback down to the Dead
sea and back, twenty-five miles, via
Jericho. Didwe ''fall among thieves?'
No. verify, for the reason that the
thieves fell among us-at least the
chief of them. The wild Bedouins
claim to own all of that country, be-
cause nobody but themselves live there.
and they exact tribute. So when we de-
cided to go it was necessary TO do two
things: First, we must send the
Yankee who dwelIs here in Jerusalem
down to Jericho to open his hotel there
the only building in the town except
mud huts; and second, we must hire
the sheik of the Bedouins to be our
guide to keep his tribe from robbing
and killing u.s. We paid him five dol
lars day to ride at our head with
tremendously long rife and secure our
safety. 1t was blackmzil. But he was
q picturesque creature, with loose
baggy red trousers and an embroidered
green cloak from Baedad-he said he
paid six dollars for it--surmounted BY a
scarlet tarboosh with big puggery
around it that looked like the stars and
stripes.
One OF the oldest things encountered
in Palestine is n woman at churn-
The churn of this region was once AMI
mated, having been a goat in its better
days. Now TIE goat has vanished from
it, flesh and bone, for the table OF the
epict,re, and the good wife hangs up 90
spike on the ceiling his skin by the
meek and pours into the uncanny vessel
her wooden trays of milk Then she
churns, by seizing the ghastlv thing By
the dropsical hind legs and swinging
it half round her and back again in tire
some oscillation. as monotonous as any
old wooden ehurn in Yankee kitchen.
When the butter sets she rests her
weary arms and reioices, and then she
carefully unties hind foot which has
served for a handle. and draws out the
butterrnilk. afterwards removing the
butter br the way OF slitted hrisket-
This seems 10 be the universal churn of
the Orient
Whose milk is it7 4 goats probably.
i sheep's, perhaps A carusls occas-
ionany. I am tired cf goats cheese,
Sleeps milk and ca-eFs butter. and
when get home Shall hag The h-st
COW ! see W. A. CRorFCI.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1892-10-14
KNOWLEDGE is POWER.
The Psychology Of fnvention Defined BY
No Mezn AucNorisy.

No MeSn AueAority.
In all that has been written on how
to invent. methods Of invention. sug-
gestions TO inventors, etc, Tho 6dv!ee
usually given when condensed to the
fcwest words has been: Keep on think
ing" This i. good as far zs IT goes. but
THINKING, unless it has a basis Of
knowledge. is vzluesess The iuveAtor
must deal with czistfng materials.
whether they be thoughts or matter. ia
various forms. He is no more able TO
create thoughts than matter. The
mind cannot be coerced, new thoughts
Will not come at command.
II a conception Of any subject be care
fully investigated. IL win be found to
have some relation to former ex-
perienee. Possibly such experience
may have Been of such nature as 70
produce mental impression 50 slight
as to be received urconsciously, and
still sufficiently strong % develop into
well-defned thought or idea under
proper mental conditions
Invention being practically svnony-
nous with new thoughts, and thoughts
being the outgrowth Of knowledge, the
value ot knowledge to the inventor 10
apparent. sven though II may be in the
nature of obscure Impressions of the
memory, vague suggestions frcm ncn
ard things, or broad We. accurate and
practical information on auy subject
Il Is fact that the mind, when oecu-
pied On a given subject. and forced 20
consider correlated subjects. acquires
the penetrating quality which is vital
90 the success Of the inventor
II IL while knowledge Is bring ae-
ruiree: in any direction th., inventions in
that Iine bceorns possible, and concei-ed
rurler such conditions they possess
greater value. because the work IL done
and in the Ugh. Of f1nda-
mental knowledge
The works Of su,h AZ inventor are
aseribcd 70 genius. while th~y rcaTiy
persistent effort supported hy
knowledge.
The term invention II here appfiesi
with rs broaSer meaning. which 81
ciEdes the idea # ealing into eztstciscs
sDFtAing based on or originating N 8
nev thorght. whether IN the realm os
s.ienee, abstract or applied, or art or
Letters
After all Invention Is iit.ic oore than
an excursion beTond the Boundaries Of
present. kaowssdge. rendered pes-Sible
oy the accumulated experience -f eyes
past Proyrrss j. hirseeresf isY the far,
a. men reeazet tie sane tszingz e~r-
tratioa after generation Instead of 60
sgiring kB0p Lodge q xhz. has
already }@szn accomplished. and. with
sDeh kEsos Wedge 2z = basis, ps,Es1ng tor-
ward 70 rew feds
Iuveasog. w ~ AAss s..ssssa the 3.ay /.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1892-10-14

-TwentTfeTrn years aro fs~re waa
hardly eolIere-b bred negro living: fsosv
Their. ]. 900 eol liere- hr4d ministers m ,ta
southern states. Then there sveres two
newspep~rs edited ty colored men. nov
there are f54. In 1915 there we've ss.n
negro attorneys; now there are 2ss.
Then there were three colored physs-
clans. there are nosv 30 To-Day fier,
are 2s7 coiored s.,1eents 10 me anisersl.
ties Of Europe.
A papal sncvcIicai bss hesa ixs1@d
directing ttfs. On October = tyse mas of
the Trfnity be celebrated 30 ,te cs.so-
lie churches Of Spain, ftaly and & Fnsr-
ica 10 honor Of cslnmtns. Bisispss ot
other nations are aiso invs.e6 ~ "a : ths
same mas The pope tskea the T<s1.
ton that Colurn pus 7~ss primarily ia-
Epsred hy the Catholic faith. tSesne-
.nirnsted hv he splrf. ~ religion IN a
d~gree far different from thai % others
who have prosecuted voyagrs os 90.
covsrv.
The African Methods, Episcopal
church reports t.cneh - = h5aiso.~ .
g~ne-si or3cers. s1s0 iraTflinr yseaci-
ers. s.g5 iosssi preachers. So. 81 aser=-
bcrs. with I So. .eeo follos~erz. - annual
conferences. fneindiny 'he Unfbt
Sts.>s ana .eryiforsF< :he Csns,tzs.
sovz sosssa. sriss<h Wa, Indies. Brit
ish Gniana. eonsererce II HzFti sza
Domingo. .r1 tzo ia Afriea rh-
snouut err~ndsa snaBzilT tor rsis-
F5oos and educational psrposes Is tl,-
5ss. .5ss
Nile. vfryfrs. Hzs~ais. rho tiea
recently. vss she oldesi and orr ~ ihs
f-o<f suce<ssfes teachers IN France "A
rlrl .he ~-ss ,rzin~ti secnzs.ng ~
Eous.sa1's tfrnries. aad id not learn
e. read until she rSx esrfs,~en SO
retire. fresa he- p,sstion - ssaeaer So
,tar age ~ sorsy-f1xr. hz viay srassSs.t .
fortaa~ - hzis msfiso= sranes $50
I~s' ,se~ytAiRT .a ehsrisT. and desired
tSas shs 1hosfae ~ hurl~a sish isursi
~res y nqos her eosin a. to<en q
her l;te-ionz fght against .asnsAe.ssa
Asa ssnoxaneA
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apparel beneath. It's a sort Of index to
character, think. and it's interesting
to stand on the corner Of busy womap's
thoroughfare and make up our minds
about our neighbors simply from the
few inches of petticoat they display to
all eyes. Pretty soon, when trains have
disappeared from the streets, we shall
be denied this privilege.
This woman coming along now, for
instance, with the remains of a once
gorgeous silk petticoat, which is at
present all frayed and ragged, we pro-
nounce immediately careless and un-
tidy. This slim girl behind her, with
yesterdays mud still on her black
alpaca, is worthy Of no better epithet.
The immense lady following, that trails
a long piece of rufae after her in stately
fashion, is surely not aware that she
looks ridiculous, or she couldn't posi-
bly, be so dignified. But, OH to see
always such freshness and whiteness as
tho skirt that comes next displaysl 1t
is nothing moro than plain, fine muslin,
with a deep hem and above it numerous
fine tuclzs; but its spotlessness carries
the day.
Black skirts have ruled all summer to
q great degree, but the old-fashioned
white skirt is finding a larger and
larger place in our hearts every day.
Everyone thought a black skirt would
look SO neat and clean. But, after all,
black skirt trays out, black skirt
shows the mud very distinctly and
some black skirts wear very gray.
Then, when the summer girl had the
white craze Of only few weeks ago, Of
course she discarded everything that
had a speck of colcr In it, even to the
pretty rose-colored silken wear that
went next her fair skin. Then she dis
covered anew tho charm Of the dainty
white garments, and now can't bear to
go back again to the vari-colored silks.
And yet, apart from the summer girl
and the very young girl, q considerable
part of womankind still robes itself in
black through silkunion gar
ment, black corset. stockings and skirts
Nothing has rs yet superseded tho
tight-ftting silk union garment. For
both summer and winter 1t answers
every purpose, particularly with an ad-
mixture of wool Every part Of The
body is protected from the capriees of
temperature and winds in this most
whimsical climate, and the outer gar
ments can be selected with more free
dom The tirlts become more various
daily. One sees now, in place of the
faint blush pink, deep glowing shades,
like the heart of a pink carnation. The
-Ilues, too. are deeper than the old celes-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1892-10-14

or farm. or a fence or HEDGE. or a
house or hut outside ofthe squalid little
villages. or hardly tree cr green thing.
l wonder if the Old Testament enumera-
ton of the population is strictly accu-
rate According TO Numbers, i:zs. not
less than 5000. 000 Jews came into Pal
estine-five times as many as the pres
ent entire population. and according to
Second Samuel, 22:o, they had in
creased TO e.eot. .000-ten times the
present population This would give
an average Of so0 to the square mile
surprising that OF the most fertile coun-
tries Of Europe. But we are told in the
Old Testament that the Hebrews from
seventy-five all tod increased to 3.0o0.-
600 In about SEQ years, which implies
that each woman had more than eighty
children ! am afraid there was some
mistake in the Hebraic method OF emu
meration. How could s1lch dense n,ylI-
titudes have f-essn nof-isled on these
parchesi and dismal hills?
| asked a weli-!uformed EEglizi1nsan
In Jerusalem how the farmers gos
along.
Farmers he said, with surprised
rising infection There are none d
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Palestine. if mere location on coast
can be called wharf" Our disap-
pointment at arriving in calm instead
of storm and climbing serenely down
the wobbly ladder into the boats in
stead Of being excitedly tossed into
them from the end Of the lofty yard
arm, was partly compensated for by
the strange jargon and tropical cos
tunes of the Arabs who set US ashore.
And now. here was live fragment Of
Cape Cod with a home lingo jarring
on our anticipations again.
Hello, captain" l said. edging
around to the bale of something on
which he stood. where you from?"
''Philadelphy once" he answered,
and went on making up the caravan.
He was dressed in baggy Turkish
trousers, American boots, some sort of
hybrid jacket and a big brown turban
and yellow scarf--a composite costume,
at once a disguise and a Cancellation.
At the hotel learned that he was one
of the foremen engaged in equipping
the new railroad from Jaffa to Jerusa-
lem, and presiding over gang of Irish
men who came with him.
Shortly afterwards / met the chief
engineer, director Of the company,
GcrmanFrenchman named Gerold
Eberhard, tall, alert, ready. enterpris-
ing Of face and enthusiastic of manner,
speaking fair English. and, as learned
through the sorrow of subsequent de-
feat, good chess player.
L.
well; you shall tell your American peo-
pie this autumn-this fall-they shall
come here and not ride donkeys or old
carriages any more, for they shall be
carried al the way from Chicago to
Jerusalem by steam. The grading is
about done; the rails are nearly laid;
and the-what you call it?-the rolling
stock is already here
''Wlen do you hope to run the first
train to Jerusalem?" asked.
''It is not hope; it is fact" he re-
piled. "The road will be fully equipped
in August and we shall run the first
train up to Jerusalem in September,
opening with grand dfspfay-the sui
tan perhaps, and all that. Any time
after warm weather diminishes you
shall ride up to the Holy City. Allons!
Hurrah!'
Another thing" he added, after
minute, ''all our cars and engines are
American-all from Philadelphia. We
have bought FIVE engines-locomotives
You call them-and ten passenger cars
long Yankee cars all in one room
social. Your locomotives are as cheap
as the English. and they are more easi-
ly moved around sharp curves"
"Wen," Isaid, land about the length
of the road, the grade, the guage, etc;
give me some figures for my American
papers. please"
Length of road, f1fty-two miles.
Narrow guage, tlirty.nine inches, Is
cheaper end better fitted to
this hilly land. Our heaviest grade is
one hundred and twenty feet to the
mile-not very serious, your Yankee
engineers think"
What company is doing the work?"
"a Turkish company-the stock is
owned by Frenchmen."
This government is a tough cr1s-
toner to deal with, they say?"
He cast at me quick glance,
shrugged his tall shoulders and said:
'.Ah, no! No! The best in the worldr'
Jerusalem is your ultimate termin-
us?"
Eyes, for the present. The plunge
beyond down to Jericho-an average Of
nearly 200 feet to the mile-is some |
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hero cu,fined hare seatved oesh 6ls-
tinceion and prcunirJ rewa-s. srs IL
the general standard of invention enuld
be raissd to this Level results could %
snrompifshed yvhica vould o~crshsapv
everything Gone b the pest
There IL esrsAinly ne itnfs to tho
amount Of nssteriai syaiisbs~. II -
nniy psoesesry FOR the invertrr topis~~
hissclf tn the proper relation toe~s-.-
ing ,natsr.ais te ensblc him % reach
eut and tai1e the revzySl- -sci-nxifa
American
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a rosr,el az rotrortaye carriaps

= ~Ess7It fza.'4 " sF5sI sa-' III E1zR5
unessr direction oi Rav. .ToiEn e Collins.
secretary Of tise bureau Of supplies Of
New Haven. Ct assist bv J.. r Tin
Frais. ~ Scw YORK.. rs nosy making
tour through New England. holding ~
religious supplies % the ncr-@hrrce go
inz c.asssx
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gowns edge, and undersleeves of the
same material. Over these sleeves go
others of mauve cashmere, hanging
loose and full. Where the gown is
caught together at the side big white
bow falls very short but very broad.
EVA A. SCHUBERT.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1892-10-14

Wooi-Yhy DO they czii that Graf, q
ea.bozt?
Van Peit-Becsuse ~ 90 or. IN Il.
one should have nrne lives Truth