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Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-01
DRESS GOODS DEPT.

Black Faille Silk, worth S1.oo, at. ;.
Colored Faille Silk, worth SI.oo, at
Colored China Silk, worth 65c, at :.
The herald., 1893-05-16
The watch Trick.

Here is a puzzle very entertaining and
used to some extent as an evidence of
mind reading. Take the dial Of a watch
Let your friend think of any number
from / to 10, keeping the same to him
self. With the point of your pencil tick
at random upon any figure of the dial
and let him mentally add one to his
number for each tick When he has
counted to 81, let him call ''Stop,v and
your pencil viii be found to be on the
very number he had chosen. AS you had
no previous knowledge of this number
and as your pencil slcips about at ram
dom it provokes astonishment to find
that you unerringly strike his number
as soon as he has reached 81.
The explanation hinges on the powers
of9. The highest figure on the dial is
12. Add to this and you have 81. Count
your ticks (which, as stated, may be at
rsndon1) and be ecareful that at the ninth
count your pencil is on 70. fyour friend
has chosen "a, he will say ''Stopl" hav
ing on his part counted to 81. Should he
have selected another number keep on
ticking in regular rotation to the left,
and your pencil VIII inevitably be on
the correct number when he cries halt. =
Philadelphia Times.
The herald., 1893-05-16
onra,nasness with fa,wder.

Michael Faraday, the gAeat scientist,
and Sir Charles Lyell, wersesent as gbv-
eminent commissioners towatch fhgl I'M
quest upon those who had died by tho
explosion in the Haswen collAery IN 1874
Faradav cross examined the witnesses
very pertinsntly. Among othyh sques-
tions he asked how the rate. of 6Jw of
air currents was measured. An in
spector, In reply, took pinch of gun
powder from box, as il it were sunff,
and lot it fall through the fame Of can
die. His companion, with watch, not
ed the time the smoke took to travel a
certain distance.
The method satisfied Faraday, but he
remarked upon the careless ha5pdling of
the powder and asked whepe it was
kept. "In bag, tightly tiedy' was the
reply. "Yes, but where do yon keep the
bag?' "You are sitting on it, :" answered
the inspector carelessly. Farsday's agi1-
ity IN vacating the seat of honor may be
imagined. w ashington News.
The herald., 1893-05-16
The Cost of1,ivtpe n Boston.

A young man in Boston asks for bill
of fare ''from Monday noon to Saturday
noon, at "a cost Of So or less" This young
man must be humorist or a stranger
in Boston. He can live for SO for a week
on fine, warranted beans, pork in mod
Grafton, Cambridgeport selected crack
ers, iced water. In fact this would be
extravaganza. Dio Lewis lived for a
week or two on cents worth of beans
and cents worth of vinegar, and we
believe he always looked back to this
period of his life with feeling that he
had been squandefing money and living
grossly. One portion of vinegar for two
would have been enough and more than
enough.
The herald., 1893-05-16
Grownup Garls and Dorla

As nothing in The Master Builder has
exercised tho minds of the critics and
the public so mach as Mrs. Solness
'nino lovely dollsg' you will perhaps al
low'me to put on record little incident
connected with them which strikes me
as curious. at q recent first night
happened to be seated Just behind well
known critic. He turned auound to ne
and said: 81 went ybn to teli me what is
your theory Of those 'nine lovely dolls.
OF course ono can SEQ thntathey're entire
Sysymbolical."
I'm not so sure fthat, . I replied, re-
membering q Norwegian cousin Of my
own who treasured a'favorite doh until
she was nearer so than 90, and may do
so for ought know TO this day. "They
of course Symbolic the unsatisfed pas.
sion OF motherhood in Mrs. Solness
heart, but have very little doubt that
Ibsen makes use OF this symbol because
he has observed a similar case or cases
in real life" "7EhatP' cried the critic.
s'I1e has seen grownup, middle aged
woman continuing to live with her
dolls"
was about to say that it did not seem
to me SO very improbable when lady
who was seated next me, total stranger
to both Of us, leaned forward and said,
Excuse me for interrupting you. but 1t
may perhaps interest you to know that
have three dollsto which 1 am deeply
attachedi' will not be SO rude as to
conjecture this lady's age, but we may
be sure that a very young woman would
not have had the courage to make such
an avowal. Does it not seem that Ibsen
knows a thing or two about human ma
ture--English as well as Norwegian
which we dramatic critics, though bound
by our calling to be subtle psychologists,
have not yet fathomed2--W Westminster
Gazette.
The herald., 1893-05-16
The piscovery Of 1lthoerapbv,

One of the greatest discoveries ever
made was the result Of the purest acci-
dent. It was the year 1895. The citi-
zens Of Munich had just witnessed the
first triumphant performance Of Mozart's
opera Don JUAN" and the theater was
deserted by all save one man, Alois Sem
nefelder, who, after making round of
inspection in the building to see that no
sparks had ignited anything combusti-
BILE, retired to his room to stamp the
tickets Of admission for the day follow
ing. When he entered his apartment, he
had three things in his hand--a polished
milestone which he had purchased for
sharpening razors. ticket stamp still
moistened with printing ink and check
on the treasurer Of the theater for his
weekly salary. As he placed the latter
upon the table gust of wind swept it
high up in his room for moment and
then deposited 1t in o basin filed with
water.
Sennefe1der dried the wet paper as
we'll as he could and then weighted it
down with the milestone, upon which
he had before carelessly placed the print
ing stamp. When he returned to his
room the following morning, he was as
tonished at seeing the letters Of the
stamp printed with remarkable accuracy
upon the dampened paper. A thought
came to him. He wondered whether by
some such means he could not simplify
his work Of continually copying the songs
of the chorus. He went out and pur-
chased large stone, commenced making
experiments, and, as we all know now,
finally discovered theart Of printing from
stone-lithography Boston Herald.
The herald., 1893-05-16
A vsrsasile 1.itrarr woman.

Probably one of the most versatile lit
erary women in the country today is
Miss Alice z. Ives. Her newspaper work
is phenomenally voluminous, and she
writes any number of funny sketches,
humorous and sentimental verses and
short novelettes for the weeklies and
magazines.
Miss Ives best humor, though, is ex-
hibited in her plays, or perhaps. it is be-
cause it is brought into sharp and abrupt
contrast here with her magnificent pa-
thetic and tragic work. She has written
two or three meritorious comedies. The
range of Miss Ives work nnSy be under
stood when 1 mention that she is the
principal art critic ON twotSunday pa
pers and voluminous contributor to
The Art Amateur and two or three mag
azines besides writing any number of
short stories for the dailies and week
lies. York Recorder.
The herald., 1893-05-16
A soathing Reply to a bishop.

Alta clerical meeting the subject of the
separate mode of administering the COM
munion came up. One of those present
said that when there were q large num-
ber present at the celebration he often
preferred to give the exhortation to sew
eral persons together, as it made the
feast more Of q communion than when
each was isolated from his fellow wor-
shippers by the separate inodeof adninis-
tration. Bishop Wilberforce, with sar-
castle mien and tone, replied, ~ under
stand you, Mr.. Eardley, toprefer admin
istration by wholesale?"
Mr.. Eardley rejoined, "My lord bish-
op, when the divincfounder of the feast,
addressing the II apostles, said, Drink
ye all of the cup do not think that
even Judas Iscariot would have dared to
sneer at him as wholesale adninistra-
tor" The bishops usual readiness de-
serted him. and he had nothing to say
San Francisco Argonaut.
The herald., 1893-05-16
pretty women leaning ,itly on the silver

pretty women leaning idly on the silver
rod surrounding the pool, their damp,
clinging sheets affording fleeing
glimpses of white ankles while they ex-
changed laughing comments with com
rades splashing and swimming 81 the
clear, cold water. Attendants rushed
about fleet footed and perspiring, hurry
ing their charges through the different
stages Of the bath. A group Of girls sat
singing in q corner while they slipped
lemonade from long, frail glasses. Near
them duet Of portly anazons disputed
volubly over a pound OF two.
When had left the steamroom for the
hntechamber, where drying, manicuri1g
and weighing were attended to, / realized
fully the real luxury of the bath. In this
room dozen girls, wrapped to the chin
in heavy toweling, lay on long couehes,
and while attendants brushed and per
fumed their hair, or manicures polished
their nails to luminous pink, they lay
supine and drowsily happy, some nib
bling sweetmeats, some reading the daily
papers or one Of the latest novels and q
few smoking the thinnest of cigarettes.
"I think, said one very drowsily, ''that
if life could flow on in one continual
Russian bath, if I could always walk
barefoot over soft rugs and wear o
draped sheet to afternoon teas, would
be most incorrigible optirnist"
Oh, how heartily agreed with her
when after an hours rest in, the shaded
little roonrit came time to gol How dis
contentedly I eyed the tight fitting gown
and all the ct ceteras upon the pegs be-
fore mel How shuddered in that sweet
scented cleaning as l thought of the
warm, crowded Streets, the dusty shopsI
"Hey, to be a primitive woman and
the world 1000 years younger" sighed.
"Tinkle, tinkle, tinkle," whirred lit
tie warning bell, and there was no time
for further reflection. Ny first Russian
bath was over. EVELYN MALCOLM.
The herald., 1893-05-16
rhe ..perir,s Nose, ana ..I.ot,s ramilr.., >,

There are at least two queer freaks of
nature ON the island of st. Helena-or
rather four, for one of them is a group
Of three fgures-known the world over
as the ''Devil's Nose" and Lot and His
Daughters" Any one who is able to
study the island as it is and not run wild
over the Napoleonic legends which have
clustered about that ''sea bound rock"
since the days when the little Cor
pora1" was housed there in his living
grave will find much that will repay
for investigation, time and study.
The queerest of the natural formations
are the oddities above alluded to. The
first Of these initiative forms is rocky
promontory which has been known by
names which signify Old Nick's nasal
projection since May 90, 1902, when Juan
Castella and his men sighted the island
just in time to see the devil disappear
beneath the waves In the best harbor,
leaving his nose as a reminder of what
might happen should the venturesome
Spaniard seek to take possession of his
satanic majesty's favorite haunts.
''Lot and His Daughters are three
conical rocks which can only be conjured
into representing a man and two women
by strong play of the imagination.
According to theviews Of some writers
they are weather worn statues of colos-
al size, probably the work of some abb
originies of the island. Their gigantic
size, however, would seem to preclude
this idea. When or by whom thew vvera
dubbed "'Lot and His Daughters no
authority has ventured to say. st.
Louis Republic.
The herald., 1893-05-16
A cirl.s Taste For Exeroise.

Miss Lena Tuttle of Connecticut is
amusing herself by clearing farm and
cutting down cedar trees, for which task
she is receiving the plaudits of admiring
editors. 1t seems to be matter of taste.
Different people have different minds.
A great many women make themselves
useful In great many ways. Miss Tut
tie likes to chop wood--a very invigor-
ating and health producing exercise. r.
amuses her and doesn't hurt the neigh
bors. Miss Tuttle, if she marries at all
viii perhaps espouse a man who will be
able to wash the dishes and attend to the
knitting, and thus harmony and domes-
ITCHY will be established. New York
World.
The herald., 1893-05-16
rravelers should Always Take Notes.

First rule for all travellers: Bet down
everything you see in notebook; never
travel without notebook. Make notes
of all you observe, if it is only bank Of
primroses. Note the people in the car
riage; what they are like; what they talk
about; how the women are dressed; what
books they are reading; if they look hap
py or not 1t is interesting when the
country is dull to watch the faces of
your fellow travellers and to construct
in general terms their future, their pres
ent and their past. And in a few years I
know not whether it is more sad or more
delightful TO open these old notebooks
and to remember when they were filed.
Walter Besant in London Queen.
The herald., 1893-05-16
10. i CAN wMr."

A woman's figure on'a Er0undto might
lnlaid with saiIow stars thae 31nsy stare
Down In tho lonesome eyes % fkMsed there
Az in vartro hppe souo,alfen lArhce ofAight
Might pisrce their woe. THelstears thatAaind
her sight
The salt and bitter blood hort despair
Her hands toss back through Aorrents Other
hair
And grin toward God with angt ish infinite.
And. Oh. the carven month, with ,ll its great
Intensity of longing frozen fast
In such a smile as well may'ded lgnate
Tho slowly murdered heart tha to the last
Conceais each newer wound, al d back at fate 7
Throbs loves eternal he-"lo. can tTaitl"
--.Iames WI itcomb Riley
The herald., 1893-05-16

SHE took my check, gave me O sheet
and led the way to one of the eompart-
ments lining the hall. These ''rooIns,"
SO called by way Of courtesy, are little
more than closets, each furnished with
roo1ny, elder down couch, Turkish ta-
BILE and mirror. Curtains on brass rods
divide them. For this reason, as soon
discovered, conversation between inti-
mates from room to room, unless car
ried ON in a very low tone, can be heard
by nearly everybody else. Before left
the bath had overheard so many bits Of
toothsome gossip, SO many characters
torn to bits, so many fads discussed, that
was bowling success at a Q o'clock
tea afterward
The place was very hot, and it was dc
1ightful to lay aside the fripperies which
our modern civilization has decreed that
no properly dressed woman can do with
out, and wrapped only in u cool, laven-
der scented sheet hurry down the hall
to penetrate the mystery Of the steam
room. AS l opened the glass door,
blurred with mist, medley Of sounds
reached my ear. There was terrific
Kissing Of steam, pouringcf water, femi-
nine voices of many qualities and ac-
cents, EXPLANATIONS, laughter, groans
and admonitions.
l. could see scarcely anything and
stood irresolute near the door until an
attendent bore down upon me with d
folded towel and an esrthen bowl filled
with water.
Gust soak your head she said hur-
riedly and led me to seat on a marble
slab where tho steam eddied in thick
circles. Women were all about me, but
I.couid not sec them distinctly. They
were half defined like so many phan-
TOMS Suddenly felt light bllt dis
tinctly heshy touch upon my shoulder
No one was sitting beside ne, SO what
could it be? It came again and again.
Well, if it was nothing mortal il must
come from above, so 1 looked up. The
explanation was so purely physical that
my embryo spiritua1istic tbrob van
ished. On the slab above me made out
n reclining, girlish form. Hen foot was
idly dangling, and as she swayed it to
and fro her big toe came in contact with
my shoulder. A very pretty foot it was,
too, belonging, as found ont afterward,
to little soubratts wnose trills in an
opera bouffe had listened to only the
preceding night.
This gives soma idea of the democracy
prevailing at Russian bath. Before
had been an hour in the place q languid
blond was chatting about the baths she
had taken the preceding summer at Ba-
den Baden, another had confded to me
that she had heart trouble, and stout
woman with q coy, apologetic manner
had borrowed one Of my hairpins.
At length, with u great spluttering,
the steam was turned off, and | saw the
place clearly. 1t WAS large room, with
marble walls and ceilings. Through a
large. half opened slSylight the sunlight
struggled with the steam. Broad shelves
In three tiers were built ell around the
room. A great rufEled pool lay in the
center, reached by flights Of steps and
fed continually with fresh water from
two massive dogs heads made of glisten-
ing silver and fastened on either side.
Half dozen shower baths were pouring
madly at the farther end of the room.
Just before me stood a quartet of
The herald., 1893-05-16
The Tmpurities Of prozen water.

The popular idea that water is purified
by freezing has been disproved by care
full experiments, which show that the
average amount of impurity retained by
the ice is 34.8 per cent of organic matter
and 21.s per cent Of Inorganic matter
AS organic matter is the more objection
able of the two, the case is worse than
was formerly supposed.--New York
,Tournal.
The herald., 1893-05-16
[special Correspondence.l


New YORK, April 27.-NIy first Rus
sian bath! Il was one of those 1anguid
spring days that seem to make ones Vi
tality ooze through the finger tips. Even
In thin spring gown felt uncomfort-
ably warm while walking up Broadway
In the morning sun, but that was moth
ing to the hot, dry draft which blew
against my face as / entered the hallway
OF the substantial mansion on a spacious
side street, luxuriously fitted up~with
Russian, Turkish. Roman, electric and
sulphur Baths. After receiving my check
from the clerk in the hall went down
quaint, carved staircase to the Russian
baths on tho lower floor.
AS fingered in the rug strewn pas
sage way taking in this first glimpse l
saw a girl coming toward me. She was
one of the bath attendants, and except
for the pile Of towels hanging on her
arm looked q veritnble nylnph. Her
clothing consisted Of two ordinary sized
rough towels. One was fastened about
her waist; the other was crossed slant
wise from right shoulder to left hip.
This scant drapery, the effect Of the light
on her smooth, shapely shoulders and
arms; her light, untrammeled step; the
damp, natural rings of hair cluster
ing around forehead and neck, made a
charming ensemble. Alas, when ! sow
the same young woman after bath hours
she yvas ordinary in the extreme. Any
one skeptical about natures triumph
over art should see bath attendant in
working gear and then with the addi-
ton of high heeled shoes, tied back
skirts, bang and tip tilted hat. The diff
ference is pathetic.
The herald., 1893-05-16
APPROXIMATION PRIZES.

100 numbers from rs, ,48S to "a, ,5s8 inclusive,
being SO numbers on each side of the number
drawing the capital prize Of $75,0oo 500.
1oonumbers from 81. $50 to SIS, ,452 inclusive
being so numbers on each side of the number
drawing the capital prize OF 100000; S60
100numbers rom IL, ,346 TO 12.446 inclusive,
being so numbers on each side of the number
drawing the capital prize OF $4,000; $40.
TERMINAL PRIZES.
900 numbers ending with 49,, being the two
last figures of the number drawing the capital
prize of $4,000; so.
900 numbers ending with OF, being the two
last figures of the number drawing the seconu
capital prize OF $4,000; $40.
The subscribers having supervised the Single
Number Drawing, Glass "E.". LOUISIANA
STATE LOTTERY, hereby certify that the
above are the numbers which were this day
drawn from the 100000 placed in the wheel
with the prizes corresponding to them.
Witness OF hands at New Orleans, La. this
Tuesday, May 9th, 1893.
j. A. EABJY,
w. il. CABELI,
L. j. vLrEeN (in place OF
Gen. G. r. BEAUREGARns
Commissioners.
No. 73g58s draws arst capital prize, SIS, ,00C
sold In BlOekkton, Ala. Washington, d. G., and
Chicago, Sll No 55 .4o2 draws second capital
prize, 10000 sold in Nabehez, Miss, and Ha-
vana, Cuba, No. 1886 draws third capital
prize. $4,000, sold in Washington, y. G.. No
%, $50 draws fourth capital prize, $4,000, sold
in Washington, ID g., Wytheville, Va. Port
Ian Ore and ChioaN0, III. Nos. 0,202 and
u $40 draw each $500
The work Of sending the oaleial list to every
drawing and continues day and night until
completed. Ehouldany Of our patrons expert
ence any delay in receiving It, tits owing W
their names helng alaone The last on theiiss.
The herald., 1893-05-16
Few Pipes to Be Seen In Spain.

The tobacco pipe is never seen in Spain
in use among the natives, nor are tobac-
co pipes to be purchased in any of the
shops. Cigars and cigarettes manufac-
tured in the government factories in
Spain, or imported from Cuba or the
Philippines. can alone be procured and
are universally smoked by the people.
The herald., 1893-05-16
snrnnnrnns DE-. Paahodx.

According to DR.. Edward Everett Hale,
the late DIR. Andrew Peabody, while
looking over some papers one day, dis
covered that he was $4,000 richer than
he had been the year before. Thereupon
he wrote to the assessors Of Cambridge
and directed them to increase his tax
hill
The herald., 1893-05-16
cladstone,s yyay Of sayinr ..ro. .

The verbosity Of Mr.. Gladstone is pro-
verbal, but it has never been more mark
edly put in evidence than when, want
ing to answer a querist with q negative,
he used these words. Il must reply with
that brief and simple monosyltable--
NO."
The herald., 1893-05-16
It Didn't work.

Nervous Lady-Therei I've had some
ashes put on the hill outside, and nov /
guess those noisy coasters win go some
where else
Boy (outside)--Efil All of youl Here's
2 bully place to shine VIZ runners. Good
News.
The herald., 1893-05-16

The waste of a great city might easily
feed its desperate poverty. We waste
our coal and our smoke, our gas and our
water, our food and our refuse. What
we want is more forethought in times of
comparative prosperity.-Exchange.
The herald., 1893-05-16

Jimson-Hew Is your rheumatism got
ting onf
Bilson--It's gsttifg along slowly. but I'm
very hopeful now
JinGson-Pm glad to hear that.
Bilson-Ycs, it commenced in my feet
and has gradually workea up to my shou'
dersL I'm In hopes that in about @ week it
will go or into my hat. New York Weekly
The herald., 1893-05-16

A Detroit school uses the Columbia
postage stamps as a text for essays.
They form quite picture gallery and,
as is generally known, are descriptive of
the discovery of this country.
The herald., 1893-05-16
A TEST Of Merit.

A pretty young girl was corrected one day
For tapping her foot on the floor
While en- orchestra played, and the pretty
girl looked
~ can't understand why people object;
'Tis justified sura on this whole,
For WHIST earthly good is the music hear
Unless itappeaE to my soieg
---Ktaa4s,.x I2..Icr.4
The herald., 1893-05-16

Orida has q dog cemetery at her home
near Florence in which are buried al
her favorite 'sbarks," of which there has
been o considerable number.
The herald., 1893-05-16

Herenn a., the Sici1ian, showed signs
of madn1s and was confined by his
friends. Determined to thwart them he
beat his brains out against post.
The herald., 1893-05-16
Hanr Lac.

Importer and dealer in Chinese ana Jspanese
fancy goods All kinds OF silks, silk dreex BAT.
terms, embroidered SILK dressing Gowns, shawls
and nandkerchiefs, end gents fufuiahinp
wear. / respectfully call the attention Of the
pubic to he fact that all my stockis now on
fpecial sale, regardless OF cost. No sos North
The herald., 1893-05-16

A Tamil proverb expresses the idea
that tears in woman are not SO bad after
all; "a weeping man and a smiling
woman are not to be trusted"
The herald., 1893-05-16

Perseveranre, dear my IqTt
aenor bright. 70 have none is t,
unite out Of fashion, like rusty D
monumental mockery -Shakespear
The herald., 1893-05-16

Black haired and extremely light
haired men seldom become bald at an
early age. When they do it is generally
an flaa canfAr Of the hand
The herald., 1893-05-16

The violin upon which George Wash
ington's wedding march was played is ia
the possession of a musical society at
Sunbury, Pa.
The herald., 1893-05-16
aER FIRST RUSSIAN BATH
EVELYN MALCOLM, THE WRITER,
GIVES HER EXPERIENCE.

she Had Coed Time and was Perfectly
satisfied--A Nico Place TO Nibble sweet-
meats, Gossip and be Drowsily Happy.
sishs to BE Primitive.