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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-08

THE CIRCULATION OF THE TINES
~ LARGER THAN EVER BEFORE IN
IT'S HISTORY, AND is STEADILY IN
CREASING.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-08
AINOOO TRADITIONS,
One That Agrees In the Main Details with
Our Biblical Account of the Flood.

One That Agrees in the Main Details wit h
Our Biblical Account of the Flood.
1t may be said wit hOut fear of con-
tradiction that at least two-thirds OF
the nations and races of the globe have
some tradition lin many cases very
ia int of what we call THE deluge or
flood of Noah. In India these myths
or semi-sacrcd legends appear in many
forms, one at least, that conta med in
the lIindoo Maha bharata. agreeing
with our biblical account in all of its
main details. Rrahma did not spec
with voice of thunder from a cloud. ="
but appeared to Manu-, the Hindoo's
Noah, in the form of a fish, this on the
River Wirin;. From thence he was
transferred to the Ganges, having
grown too large for the Wirini. and
after an astonishing increase of bulk
from disporting in the sacred riv, r he
was transferred to the Indian ocean.
But even here Manu- On oah) was within
speaking distance, and it from that
oceans depths that Bra hma gave orders
for the building of a great life-saving
vessel (ark). Manu- did Brahna di-
rected, and on the approach of the
great flood took good care to stow away
seeds of all kinds we'll the living
creatures Of the earth. Last Of all he
provided quarters for the seven Rishic
or holy beings which were to outride
the storm Then the flood ca me, much
but the account does not say in as
many words that 1.-THE fountains of the
great deep were broken up and the
windows of Heaven opened
When the flood was well on and
the whole surface of the earth was
Gov cred in water to a depth of one hun
dred and fifty cubits." Bra hma APP
peared to Manu- in the form of a great
fish swimming alongside the vessel
This Bra alma fish was an enormous
creature with gigantic horn, and to
this horn Manu- dashed his vessel with
n stout rope of virgins hair. Then be
gan a series of wanderings that throw
[ lvsses and the 'Flving Dutchman's'
feats into the shade. For wears the
great vessel plunged hither and thither,
now on this side of the globe and then
on that, but always at the mercy of
the god fish, the horn and the hair rope !
After an age of aimiess plunRing over !
the great sphere of water the outlook |
at last catches a glimpse of land, or |
more properly, rock, for it was the
very apex of Mount Himarat (probably |
meaning hiches. peak OF the Hima- !
layasl. and to that point the fish pilot !
sseered the great craft Cod BOW Rp-
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-08

Anybody can measure, approximate
1y, the breadth of a river without a sur
vcVorS compass or any mechan lea
means whatever. The man who dc
Sires to make the experiment shoul, id
place himself at the edge of the stream
then stand perfectly still, face the op-
pOsite bank and lower the brim of his
hat until it just cuts the opposite bank
Then let him put both hands under
his chin, to steady his head, and turn
slowly round until the hat brim cuts
some point on the level ground behind
him. Mark the spot where the hat brirn
cuts the ground. then pace off the dis
lance and it will hc found about the
breadth of the river-St- Lou is Globe
Democrat
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-08
An Cd Outfit.

Mr.. bennett, of Cape Eliza beth, Me.
who supplies the cottagers with milk
eggs and garden truck, has rig that
attracts good deal of attention. 1t
consists of a two year-old bull with a
ring in his nose, bearing crooked woke
on his neck, harnessed to n nat-bot-
toned cart which will float in the
water The animal is driven by Mr..
bennett like horse. Rcins of rome are
attached to the ring of the bulls nose:
they pass up over the horns through
rings attached to them. With this
queer tear Mr.. bennett makes the trip
to the bach two three times week
fording the Spcrwin< river a high tide
The bull swims the river like a dog and
the cart floats like boat and will sus-
tain the weight of Mr.. bennett and his
load of produce safely. When Mr.
De"ett and his unique team are seen
approaching the cottagers throng the
banks of the river in order to see him
make the passage.-N. y. sun.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-08
The Old Venetian Carnival,

phe carnival then last ed six mon his
nd ma skiing was universal ha bit. 1t
has been sd id that in the beginning the
mask was token of fratcrnal con-
dcScenSiOn on the part of the rich and
noble toward their interiors; 1t levcled
all ranks, like the grave, though in n
more aErcca bic manner. But this
utopian Justification of it soon passed
out. of date. 1t became instead the
very best possible vehicle for intrigue
and social corruption. That in effect
was what it was. During carnival time
no one thought of going out of doors
except in disguise. The maid sent on
an errand must first don her tina sk-of
which no doubt her lover or lovers. had
the key The mother With a child il,
her arms masked both herself and the
child-Fortnightly Review
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-08
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
Does This Stream Provo That water


Flows Uphill
In article published some time ago
it was stated that since the source OF
the Mississippi river is about three miles
nearer to the center of the earth than
its mouth is, therefore the water of the
river runs uphill This statement pro-
6uced wrong impression, which it is
Gesira BILE to correct 1t is true that the
waters of the Mississippi, in flowing to-
ward the equator, gradually recede
from the center of the earth. because
the earth is not a sphere. buta spheroid
hattening toward the poles But this
recession can not be accura telv de-
scribed Glowing uphill" because
that would imply that the water dis
obeys the law of gravitation.
The direction of gravity is always at
a right angle to the surface of still
water. and if the earth were completely
covered with water, that surface would
be not in the form of a sphere, but of a
spheroid, having su substantially the
same shape as that of the solid surface
of the earth taken a whole.
This is the form assumed by the sur
face of the oceans, which is called a
surface of equilibrium, because. with
out some disturbing influence, the
water has no tendency to flow in any
direction, and a plumb ne-hangs per-
pendicular to it at every point But
owing to the hattening of the earth to-
word the poles the plumb line does not
point toward the true center of the
eartl anywhere except ut the poles
and along the cqua tor.
1t follows from these facts that il
the Mississippi valley did not slope to-
ward the south below the level which
an ocean covering that valley, and
having its northern edge at the source
of the river. would assume. then the
river would be in equilibrium from
source to mouth, and would not flow
at all.
In fact. as the article referred to
stated, the valley does slope, SO that
while its lower end ought to be about
three and a half miles farther from
the earths center than its upper end is
in order to correspond with the general
form of the planet, yet in truth it is
only about three miles farther from the
center. This half-mile of difference
represent the true ''hill'' down which,
not up which, the Mississippi flows.
The source Of misapprehension in this
case seems to lie in the overlooking of
the fact that the oceans. having a mo-
bile surface, which can not be perma-
nently dcformed by local causes, meas
ure the true level of the globe, while
the continents simply elevations
thrust up above that level. 1t is the
direction of the plumb line. and not of
the center OF the earth, that detef,nines
the level Of water and the course of its
flow.
On the other hand. it must not be
forgot ten that centrifugal force plays
a part in producing the present surface
Of equilibrium of the earth, and that if
the rota ton of the globe should cease,
there would be a change in the direc-
ton of the plumb line, and then the
waters of the Gulf of Mexico might
overflow the valley of the Mississippi.
Youths Compa Mon.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-08

Many of the country DANES and dam
sells look as if they had been brought
up on soap and water. Their faces
glisten SO preternaturallv; their pots
and pans, the red tiles of their floors,
their tables and benches all bear wit
ness so unmistal>a bly, to their clea nSin O
ardor. 1 suppose n fly in the butter
they were churniag. or a rlircd foot on
the boards they nave but just scrubbed
would Be as nearly likely to give them
at as anything eaald te.--chapa bers
journal,
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-08

The dean of Gloucester claims to
have discovered that the remains of
Csric, king of Northumbria. who was
buried A. d. 729. lie beneath the shrine
erected to his memory in the famous
old abbey of Gloucesser- The shrine
was erected in the days of Henry WILL
and was supposed to be merely l. men D
rial If the claim is proved it gives to
Gloucester the distinction of contain
ing the oldest known remains of the
Saxon kings Fragments of the re-
mains of two other Saxon kings are in
Winchester and Durham cathedral
n v Sum
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-08
They Naturally Expected It,

George fixing the kitchen stovc(--
Why. the dam
'George!" exclaimed his mother, re-
provingly.
Gcorge-Psha w. the dam
Wv by, George" screamed his sisters,
how can you?
tfeorge-Whv, hang tall, was only
going to say that the dam
Lizzic-How can
George continuing desperatelv)-
That the damper is turned off and
there is no draught~ What's the mat
ter you all?-Drake's Ma Cazine
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-08
WHY THEY MARRY FoREtGNLRs.

Some American Girls Prefer the Genu1ne
Aristocrat to the Api.t Home Article.
A woman writer in the current num-
Der OF a well-known magazine, whose
words indica tie she is in touch with bot h
ends of her subject. tells why it is So
many wealthy American girls choose IT,
tlcc foreigners for husb bands. From her
point of view the reason is as simple as
it is plausible. The great majority OF
men in this country whose wealth or
family connections entitle them to move
III the "hrst circles of society feel it
their duty to ape the customs and man
nerisms of titled and even untitled for
eigners. They ape the latter in every
conceivable part ocular and are never
SO happy as when they have achieved
some especially nauscating bit Of toady-
ism. To them providence is never kind
err than when it has brought into
their midst some brol<en-dolvn scion
or nobility upon whom they can
lavish their adulatiOns and from whom
they can learn some new wrinkle in
foreign snobisn. TO get as far from
everything American in their mode of
living, and to become as near like the
people upon whom the accident of
birth has placed title is their chief
and, IN many cases, only amb ition.
This being so, the writer in question:
ma intainS that it is only natural tina
American girls with money and posi-
ton should pass by the imitation and
seek the genuine: that instead of be-
slowing herself and her fortune upon
the American pc she should marry the
foreigner who is apcd.
Between the two classes it is hardly
possible for thc American hciress to GO
far wrong in choosing the foreigner.
While there is nothing so wholly
manly as a manly American, there is
nothing SO utterly useless and disgust
ing from every point of view a the male
caricature who is only happy when
tosdying to sicl>ly scions of foreign
mobility Unfortunately what are
m akenly termed the best circles of
a american society are so thiclxly
thronged with this @pitiful class that
the self-respect;ng young women who
belong to these circles must either look
a broad for their husba nds or remain in
single blesscdneSS.
The moral of all this is 40 plain that
tr a ting even the thick heads of those
who should benefit by it. The true
American girl doesn't want to &C
throug h life tied to an imitation As
foreigners our young men can he moth
ing more and the sooner they drop the
foreign manneriSlns which so illy be
come them and quit aping those who at
their best are no moro than their equals
the quicker will our wealthy girls give
up marrying titles and take to marry
ing men. But there is little hope tina t
such change will be wrought much
this side of tho millenniu1n.-Iro
Press.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-08

pears Oh the scene and gives orders for
the hair rope to be removed from the
Brahma fsh's horn and its transfer
ence to a solid column Of stone on the
mountain peak. God also conn anded
that the mountain would ever after be
known as Mount Nauba ndhana which
means ''mount:ain of ship-binding.' -
After the subsistence of the waters the
powers of God, Brahma and Manu-
(NOah) seem to have been strangely in
terwoven; for, we are told, after The
flood, by favor of Brah Manu- ere
ated a new race of people. which from
that time forward were known as
Manudsha or people born Of Manu-
ST. Louis Republic
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-08

man, when I tell you to do thing. 1
want you to do it al once" Dutiful
Son-''What cid you tell me to do?"
1rate Fashsr-'1 forget now; but
want IL aene."
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-08
In Hard Luck.

Architects Wife-You look distressed
What's happened?
Architect (despondently) I've just
found out that Mr.. Shortcash hasn't
credit enough to make his new house a
credit to men. Y. Weekly,
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-08

u don't care q wrap Is not an
appropriate ejaculation Tor q wnmau
rho wants seAasssn saeh.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-08

IF was our cook. and make as
good panca kes as she does, said Rob-
bic. Ia get absen t-Gaindsd and eat 'eyn
oil ayself by mistake, "-nsrper's Ra-
gar,
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-08

-Marian--''1'm sure you ought to be
satisfied with Georges behavior. If
by any chance he ever does anything
to offend you he always apologies so
abjectly. Elsie-"Ie-es- But L
want him to apologize abjectly when
do ything to offend him.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-08

What makes you think that new
Bowery waiter came from Boston >"
''Hrcausc. when l ordered liver and
bacon, he hov~led ont: Chicago pa t. de
f"ic graS and 1Snatius Donnelly'"-
y. y. Herald
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-08

Just the Time.--Su fferer-stExcuse
me for saying so, but that fancy vest of
yours actually takes away my appe-
tito" Dashaway (easerly1-s.Is that
SOP Come and dine with me.--Truth.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-08

A Sure sigma Woodward avenue
voungster was given a large doll for
Christmas 1t was thing of beauty
and was attired in the full dress of a
fashiona BILE woman. '.Oh," said a lady
to the little one, what a pretty doll"
Yes, Santa Claus gave it to me- re-
piled the kid. lit isn't a little girl
doll, either; it's a grown woman, isn't
it?" Nom, it isn't; it's only dolly
doll. 1t isn't woman" Yes, but it
is. Look a its dress" That doesn't
make any difference. It's just little
girl doll. 1t doesn't tall all the time"
Detroit Free Press.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-08
Geography OF the Moon.

Sir Robert Ball is reported to have
said. in his lecture on the moon, that
the geography of our satellite was bet
ter know even than that of the earth.
There was no single spot on the moon
the size of an ordinary parish in En-
gland that had not been fully photo
graphed and observed. OF course this
remark can only relate to the side of
moon which is ..iways turned iowa rds
us. Nearly one-half of her surface has
never been seen by mortal eye. and
never will be, unless the lunar globe
should be tilted by collision with
comet some such crratic body.
Otherwise it is a fact that photogra ply
has done more for the carth's attendant
than for itself. 1t is analogous to the
further fact that the only things which
man can predict with certainty are not
those that ha ppcn on the sphere he in
habits. but the movement of worlds i'm.
IncnsNlV dista n I. London TELEGRAPH.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-08

The Beth Eden Baptist church of
Oakland, Cal, is in the throes of a very
interesting row. For attending a cake
walk me m bcrS of the church were
recently bla clll listed and expelled from
the church by the pastor. Mr., McGuinn,
who rules his church like n car. A
year 100 he summarily dismissed a lady
from church mem bers ship because she
attended the circus and served wine at
dinner. Another lady was expelled for
expressing desire that the members
of the church might have som ething to
say in the management of its affairs. A
lady and her husband were also ex-
peeled for tending odd fellows en-
terta.nment and dance. A committee
waited on Pastor Mctiuinn a short time
ago and asked him to consider the adj
visibility of resigning his charge He
received it CURLY, and the next Sunday
promptly expelled the deacon who
headed it and the next prominent mem
Der.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-16

With il because It's PRINCIPLES are an
errlng and demonstrated BY the follow
ing prlncipls and rule. following 1.-The
narrow way" VINO DEGREES the sci-
enee OF music because is knowledge 10
obtained oaly by rigid adnssunee 10
method and rule. The world and even
followers OF the church Will all have
to learn there is but one way to the
truth. the highest harmony OF mind,
the nlgnsst happiness. and this 10 by
the narrow one. ~ disciplining our
selves after the highest idea OF man.
Jesus the Christ.
Ii 10 the wonderful light thrown
upon Jesus saylogs and the Bible
which has illuminated the understand
ings Of thousands throughout the
world This light has come from the
pages Of ssciencs and Health" its
result has been an elevation Of mind
and health of body such ~ the undl-
vided never before realized. For the
unfolding OF the principles of Christian
science We commend this book 10 ali.
Epr IL. HAMMOND.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-16
Our Little Agents.

We would like to invite the attention
of those who have in view q change of
climate, or q desire to make money,
whether in the capacity of small farm
ers, or as investors, to our hand.
somely illustrated pamphlet entitled.
Natures Chores" also clever little
booklet relating TO the advantages Of
fered by the North Galveston sssocia-
ton, entitled, "a Peuny's Worth"
These little pamphlets will give q
variety of information rs to the oppor-
tunities offered for judicious invest.
ment, whether In city property or
small fruit farms. The North Calves
ton association is represented in Grand
Rapids by w. X. Scribner, who will be
happy to furnish any additional in
formation desired. The address of the
general Office is box 963, Minneapolis,
Niuu.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-16

To All Users of Incandescent Electric
Light Within the Territory of Grand
Rapids:
The claims OF Thomas A. Edison as
the original inventor of the incandes-
cent lamp, now used in all parts of the
world, have been sustained by the
highest courts of foreign countries,
and have been upheld by the United
States court of appeals in q decision
handed down on the 4th of October,
1891, affirming the decision of Judge
Wallace. rendered July %, 1892, in
which q perpetual injunction was
granted and an accounting of damages
for the manufacture. sale and use of
infringing lamps was ordered. This Is
the final decision of the court of last
resort, and fully establishes the rights
of Edison companies to the exclusive
use and control of all iucandescent
are at present in use, or will be prior to
the expiration OF the patents, and ad-
judges the costs and disbursements in
this suit against the defendant.
Under this decision all persons who
have used or are now using in this city
incandescent Tampa other than those
manufactured by the Edison company
are liable for damages ~ the Edison
Light company of Grand Rapids, and
10 the amount Of the difference be-
tween the market price in Grand Rap
ids of Edison lamps and their cost. You
are offered an opportunity TO settle
this matter out of court by giving It
immediate attention.; otherwise suit to
recover these damages will be brought
ut an early day.
McGEoRGE BUSpY,
Attorney for Edison Light Co.
GRAND Rapids, Mich, Jan. IL, 1898.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-16

veaAse No Logger . Livtne City. Bat
Merely . vass Museum.
Venetian life in the largo old sense
has since como 20 an end, and the es-
sential present character of the most
melancholy of cities resides simply in
its being the most beautiful of tombs,
says Scribner's Nowhere else has the
past been laid to rest with such tender.
ness, such . sadness Of resignation and
remembrance. Nowhere else il the
present % alien, so discontinuous, SO
ike . crowd in cemetery without
garlands for the graves. II has no
flowers in its hands, but as compensa-
ton. perhaps-and the thing is doubt
less more to the point-it has money
and little red books The everlasting
shuttle, In the piazza. of these irrespon-
sible visitors Is contemporary Venetian
life. Everything else is only a rever-
beration of that. The vast mausoleum
has turnstile at the door, and func-
tionary in shabby uniform lets you
in. as per tariff, to see how dead it is.
osity, proceed all the industry, the
prosperity. the vitality of the place.
The shopkeepers and gondoliers, the
beggars and the models, depend upon
it for living; they are the custodians
and the ushers of the great museum
they are even themselves to n certain
extent the objects on exhibition. II is
In the wide vestibule of the square that
the polyglot pilgrims gather most
densely; Piazza San Marco is like the
lobby of the opera in the intervals of
the performance. The present fortune
of Venice, the lamentable difference. is
most easily measured there, and that is
why, in the effort to resist our pessim-
ism, we must turn away both from the
purchasers and from the vendors of
ricordi
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-16

A woman in the western part Of New
York state wants to have her pSstor
dismissed on the ground that he rides a
bicycle and studied medicine in his
earlier years, which suggests the story
of the woman who wrote the following
note to the teacher: ''Pleas don't teche
my Mary Jane any Histology. 1 don't
want her to know about her lnnards.r
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-16
ST.. CLAIR HEIGHTS
|THE FINEST SUBURBAN RE6IDENCH
LOCATION
IN THE CITY OF DETROIT.

To Immediately improve this tract land the syndicate will sell ONE HUN
100000
thereof
purchasers appoint from
equitable
The funds received from the sale of
lin
property price 5000
YOU PAY INTEREST such balance leave
Every CONTRACT RECEIPTS
an ABSOLUTE GUARANTY of the foregoing statements
all applications for lots pla and further information
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-16

Columbian 9 9ai d m9sI'D for S :sl' ar, At
not counterfeits. You should be sure
10 get one that Is genuine. Ours are
guaranteed
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-16

Frank Dewitt TAlmsgr. the talented
son Of the Rev. j. Dewitt Talmxge.
lectures at Hartman hall. Thursday.
January -. on TIE Uses OF Laughter
Young Talmage Is drawing crowded
houses everywhere he lectures. Thu Is
the fifth lecture Of the Hartman hall
course and the management - offering
season tickets for the balance OF the
course for 81 only. Sale opens Thurs
day. First come first served.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-16

uiovIdsc caiv Souvenir CONS at
WuItu , I0It TuE HERALD office
today at regular price. 81 each. Call
early aud get one.