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

fer 10 the medicinal substance forneray
known a. Eanmmy, which kept It's place
N our dlspensatories until pretty late
in the last century, IL was yarsogsly
composed and nos always CT the same
'o1sistenee, but IN general appearance
would probably resemble that Of soft
pitch / speak now Of the spurious
2inds, which were doubtless most com
mon Even the genuine sorts were not.
however, necessarily Egyptian
"Penieher. in his 1ralte des En-
baumemsns. gives directions for the
competition % mummy from human
desh expressly for medicinal purposes
he recommends certain parts OF the
body to be used, and these 10 be dried,
maecrated and spiced oat OF al likeness
20 their natural condition Mummy 50
prepared entered into great variety Of
'balns and other nledieants, for
which Penieher IA his concluding chap
ter gives recipes from old writers
Some Of these have the consistency OF
OIL, others that Of an ointment. liz Is
clear, from tho references in Mares,
that mummy and its preparations were
well known and from the make
mummy of my flesh. which Mares
quotes from an old play, TO beaten To q
mummy Is natural and easy stop"
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-01
QUEER PHENOMENON.
An E1pisnAtion OF Fiorss:a's Curious Spider
Web nsia-


Web nsia-
A subscriber living in Gainesville.
Fla, sends TO the Scientific American
for Identification white thread-hke
substance which he states fell to the
earth in large quantities during rain
on September 90. 4 sample Of the ma
terial had already been forwarded by
another person 10 the Smithsonian in
stitution and was thence sent 70 DIR.
George Marx, of the department of ag-
riculture, who makes the following re-
port:
The sample Of white substance
which fell in large quantities in Gaines
vile, Fla, has been handed me by the
botanist of this department for exami-
pation-
This very interesting material is
without doubt a product of the spinning
glands of spider, or rather thousands
OF spiders. The chemical reagencies
prove it Is not q vegetable matter, but
animal. and the fact that strands can be
dissolved almost infinitely into minute
threads, and further. the great length
Of the strands, hundreds Of yards,
causes the inference that only a spider
could manufacture ii.
The species Of this spider Is unknown
to me, but 1t Is not improbable that it
might be Nephla, q very large orb
weaver, which ebounds In the southern
part of the United States and the West
Indies.
The young spiders of many genera
avail themselves of their spinning
products to migrate from their birth
place by floating through the air to
localities at great distance. Should
rain moisten these weavings. the spider
web becomes too heavy to float in the
air, and sticking together In great
masses, falls from above.
"A similar occurrence was reported to
me from vallicita, Calaversa county,
Cal, November Is, 1891. 1t has oc-
CURED there for the last four years in
October and November"
This Is the first time this phenome-
non has occurred in the south. The
web IL perfectly white and appears to
be- a mixture Of silk and cotton, but
mostly silk.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-01
A DIFFICULT FEAT.
To Catch . Bsr Dropped from . Height
Il Five Hundred Feet.


A few years ago-in 1884. / believe
several weil-known baseball players at
tempted the impossible feat of catching
and holding = regulation Spalding
dropped from the top of Washington's
monument, says the St. Louis Republic.
The experiment was tried by Trott,
Hines, Baker. Snyder and several lesser
lights In the fraternity, but none of
them succeeded in holding it or even
materially checking its progress to the
ground The men named above were
all experts at their trades, but it is evil
dent that they gave their sports more
attention than they did their philoso-
ply during their school days, otherwise
they would have known that body
dropped from such n height would be
travelling with speed of 1877 feet per
second at the time OF its contact with
the earth. The reason why no living
man could catch and hold ball travel
ing with such velocity in plain enough
BY making some hasty comparisons:
The greatest distance ball has ever
been thrown is lo5 yards foot and i
inch The longest hit on record is
few inches over 900 yards. In this last
instance the ball was sent into the air
at an angle OF forty-five degrees. Now,
mind this; Allowing the same ball to
have been bit in tho same direction at
the same angle. with sufficient force to
give It tho velocity at the starting
point that it would acquire in falling
IN falling from a height Of 555 feet, 1t
would have gone 544 yards instead of
bare fraction over 900 yards And then.
even think of trying to catch ball the
instant II leaves the bat on = 200 yards
trip Ouch! Is it any wonder that the
boys let The bail slip through their fin
gers when it was ON the ''home stretch"
after having fallen from the apex of the
memorial n the father Of his country?
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-01
COST FOR THE YEAR
Of Grand Rapids Special
Street improvements
HALF A MILLION DOLLARS
Was Expended in Grading, Paving. Sew
efs and Water Administering shown
in Present Pumping system.

All members of the board OF public
works were present ~ the meeting yes
tsrday. Engineer Bates reported hav-
ing pumped so. 267 $50 gallons Of water
during the week and having burned
l54 900 pounds of coal. He retorted
that Tor the corresponding week Of
1891 there WAS pumped 1886. 600 GAL
Ions of water, burning l5l. io7 pounds
of coal. Last year coal cost s3.27 per
ton. The cost of pumping 1000, 900
gallons last year was s6.25. During tho
past week coal has cost SS.07 per ton,
making the cost of pumping l.o00, 900
gallons S4.27. This saving, he said.
must be accredited to theimprovements
made IN the machinery during the past
year.
superintendent Davis submitted his
annual report as follows:
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-01
Holiday Excursion Rates.

The Michigan Central, The Niagara
Falls Route," will sell round trip ex-
curson tickets from Grand Rapids to
all POINTS on the Michigan Central in
the United States and Canada, and to
points in the state OF Michigan upon
connecting lines. except that to points
on the D., $. ). & A. railroad, 90 cents
will be added, at the rate of one and
one-third. lowest frst-clsss fare for the
round trip. Tickets will be cold De-
cenlber "a, 25, &c and 81, 1892, and jan
nary and 2. 1898, limited 70 return
January 2, 1898. and are good upon all
trans excepting 5, s, 10 and 20.
For tickets, time tables, etc, apply
10 George w. Munson, Union ticket
Office, No. 81 Monroe street: A. Aim
Guest. ticket agent at Union passenger
station. FRED VI. BRfGGs,
General Agent,
No Q5 Monroe street.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-01

IL Wa Helen Hunt J aclsson. IL il said,
VINO named The Garden of the Gods"
IN colorado. Riding past Tho cabin Of
q prospector from the south In one of
the early days Of the settlement. she
was attracted By beautifully kept gar
den. IN which two negro servants. a
man and woman. were working. In
answer to question The man informed
neT mat MS name was Jupiter and the
womsn's juno. vher-upon she ex-
claimed. Then shis must be the garden
of the gods
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-01
DIED Al HIS DESK
William r. Mare, Telegraph
Editor of the Eagle
FOUND DEAD IN HIS CHAIR
he Became Despondsnr Through DRINK
snt 50 Committed Suicide ~ s"4i-
loving Mospa.n--Ei.s Lit--

Dependency and whisky have
.usec william &. Maze. wao was until
luFsday telegraph editor OF the
gle, 70 commit suicide. Yesterday
saing At O'Clock tso PEintsrs Who
i iass reported in found "Biliy," a.
wzs iamIlaTly known, seated =.
desk. apparently asleep. Not de-
q % awaken him. they passed into
5 composing ROOM Here their Talk
tied 10 a threat Maze hat made 10
IA life, aai fearing ne nignt
done 50, they attempted to "aken
IL was useless: and a bottle con-
small quantity Of morphine
plainly now The end had come.
- notes nad been left, one ca MS
desk and one on L. NJ. SArpen-
The former said.
y The matter of the estate, Tue
srs IN tns case are a. my SISTERS On
I Bridge street. aud some OF them
ir. Carpenters, my late readence.
ns ons LETT for Mr. Carpenter Vas
1.l1Ns
hAys read the notice which you
ia my room. | dOn't know whether
nan ever really died from heart
a or not. But my heart broke
ca / read g. Nv. K MAZE.
Yielded To Appetite.
sze vas gold cure graduate aud
n0t touch hquor for nine months
taxing the treatment. but the OLD
elite was too strong for hlm and
or SIX weeks ago ne went On an
spree, but sobered of. The rrss
- week no again began drinking
Mr.. Carpenter. At whose house ne
ed. left the foiloslng note IN his
Thursday night:
lr. Maze-Will you kindly leave
key, and as soon as convenient
ate the room? | deeply regret the
-sslty which eompels me to make
request. but rscen. events have
me- no other alternative. Your
ere friend.
THO. NJ. CAKPESrxR."
riday morning the KEY wac found
DE note Maze disappeared aud
not seen around the office until
10. Wnen he did appear he told
rhe Tunmore that ne was gong to
himself by jun ping from the win
', and ne then opened the window
apparently repeutIng, ne seated
iselt A. MS desk and Tunmore left
q.
eceased was 50 years old and . Gin
man. Both of MS parents are dead
brother, Harry Maze. and two
,rs. Mrs. w. Il. Foiger and Mrs.
n Bird, survive him. During his
Spaper career ne had been tele-
"a editor of the Democrat and had
.ed ca the Bismarck. Dakota, Trib-
Later ne was chosen register or
IL and treasurer of the county in
n Bismarck Is located. He Was a
nosr OF tue Y. NJ G. A. and the
50 club, and had many friends and
one ensmy-his appetite for liq-
r. He had q bsg heart and WAS gen.
pGs TO fault.
N last ThanSsgiving he told an as.
,lRte that De was going TO the lag
st.tute" again aad II they could not
rs MN, be was gong TO kill him.
z 81 be was tired OF being drunk.
he funeral will be held from the
sdence of his slater, Mrs. w. Il. Fol.
Fl. No. ij5, West Bridge street, At
lock Monday afternoon.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-01
DEFENSE OF THE PEACOCK.
At IL Not True. said. That Ills Feet Arc
Usly-How HE Coarts.

U=Iy-How HE Courts.
WHO says the peacock has ugly feet7"
remarked Taxilerrsist Wood. of the
Smithsonian institution. 70 Washing
ton star reporter. II have heard and
read that piece Of nonsense ever since
was a child. aud I understand that 1t Is
recorded as an archaeological truth In
eIassi, Greek AID Latin. You will come
across mention OF IL even In fables To
my mind 10 affords an illustration of
The fsct that most people never use
their own physical senses actively but
9 pcud Tor thciz notion OF life and
things upon the observations Of others.
"a have inst finished mounting this
pair - pcacocks. Isn't the male bird
beauty? You can see for yourself that
his feet are decidedly pretty and well
shaped and rather small in proportion
20 his sl,e They are very slightly big
ger thanthose OF a turkey and are de-
ciiesuv ,auds7rucr The same can be
said q t,s hen bird insttractive though
The lattefis IN other points. Wherever
n tire fcahsrcd kingdom the cock bird
Is The harisomsr Ne does The courtiog
while IN The comparatively unusual
c1se vhers the female is more gorgeous
she e Is Aat takes initiative in the
love maizirr.
re j. a crious thing 70 observe that
che male PNcoclS Ia counting his chosen
Ia-a.c appsacbes her not with the
brightly coired face OF his feathery
fan toward her but backward. Then.
On coming Csc. he wheels suddenly
about With very plume trembling in
the sunlight nj dszxles her al a. once
with his heety As for the popular
rai7s-7neeptic respecting bis feet there
can DE 10 Dot as 70 how IL originated
When ne Peaock Is pointed at. being
naturally a y bird. he IA apt to drop
NJ. fan and ssttie away Thus the
impression vaAonvsye.~ 20 the i1nor-
ans hat he im'ined his feet % ~ OBJ
iers q stt@ien and accordingly
so-rhs 70 hide TIN. OF course nothing
eouid be more aAr5-
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-01
Cheap excursions 70 Canada.

"Thc Old Reliable" Detroit, Grand
Haven q Milwaukee, and Toledo, Ssgi-
nav \ Maskegon railways will give
their annual Canadian Excursion. The
rate 70 nearly all prominent points in
Canada ~ili be HATF-FsRy, and the
long lirnitof The tickets " II allow ercur-
sionists TO pay an extended vis't TO rels-
tivss and friends In Canada. The sue
cess Of tness excursions N former
years hss induced these Ines TO again
repeat the same this year. Tickets at
these cheap rates will be % sale a. AL
stations for al trains on December %.
q and y, valid 10 return q January
10. 1898, giving from Is 30 % days for
TIE visit. For information make sp-
pilcstion 70 al agents Of D, q. III. A
M. and T., 9. a NJ Railway.
JANIS CsxFssI1,
City Agent, IS Msaros street.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-01

A Happy New Year DO TO p ssq io. s,,.
am headquarters for game, poultry,
fish and oysters. Ask for the cele-
brated Anchor brand oysters.
+. j. DETTESTHALER.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-01
The Lily Of the Valley.

F.. G. Clergyman. funeral director. No. Is
Fountain street.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-01

Or Bluf-Mv dear fellow. This sup
posed sickness OF yours Is all magma
ton.
Mr.. Gruf-An right doctor: sup
pose. then. vou'1l Be cuntented with 40
Imaginary feet--Puck
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-01
It's the Councils AFFAIR,

Mr.. Davis and Mr.. Cotton reported
on the resolution of the common coun-
Gil regarding the demand OF John
Coleman for damages for a fill on
Logan street. They reported that the
council had established the grade, and
by unanimous vote declared the
work q necessary public improvement.
Whether he had q legal claim was for
the council and city attorney to decide.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-01

A pastel portrait, l4xl7, and a
dozen cabinets at kramer'e. No. 334
South Division street, this week only
s.. Come quick. Have It for Christ
mas
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-01

uo~ 49, Farssse n~.s-- =. Jelly
orit-s-sI
The phrses h'ssa ~ a mummy has
Ne~n fsnailiar % from my vo.sh
ard NJ. ard havefv~avs understood
r. AZ 'b~atcn - a j. snvs = writer
IN wsverlx MaEazi1 Does il no. re-
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-01

me Lily OF the V8lley.
What 10 1t makes young ladies bright?
That tunes their hearts with pure de-
light,
The only thing for which they'll fight,
lilly White.
What is it makes dear grandma grin,
And make old grandpa wipe his chin,
AS If ne were all pleased within?
Lily White.
What is IL makes the mothers face
Light up with a celestial grace,
And papa ready for . race?
Lily White.
What is it makes the children dear
So fresh and rosy to appear?
Why, that is nothing very queer,
IT'S Lily White.
IT'S that which makes the merchants
till
With gold and silver quickly fill,
Because the people must and will
Have Lily White.
What is this famous Lily White,
That fills all classes with delight,
And makes them happy, gay and
Bright?
IT'S Flour LILY White.
Who is it makes this famous brand
so we'll b. loved throughout ths land
SO constantly IN great demand?
IT'S Messrs swensburg. Crosby. Rowe,
The Valley City Milling Co.,
VINO make the LILY thrive and grow.
A. 3. NJ.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-01
DIED.

H0LUX-December 81. at her residence. No.
s37 Home avenue. Mrs. Christina Holux. aged
II years.
Funeral Wednesday forenoon from resi-
dence. Burial at Alpine,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-11-03

PENNsYLvANIA's NEW STATE LIBRARY.
dals might thus destroy documents worth
several times the cost of the new state Ii
brary ordered to be erected by the last leg
islature
AS the facts stated above prove, Pennsyl
vania will not get her new library before
she needs it, and it is matter of congratu-
lation that she should have resolved to
build good one while she is about it. The
plans call for an imposing structure of
classical architecture and dimensions that
ought to make it adequate for many genera
lions to come. 1t is to be erected at Har-
tisburg on the capitol grounds, occupying
The site of the old conservatory, between
the opera house and the capitol and will
be, when ompleted, one of the handsomest
edifices owned by the state.
The lower floor will be reserved for offices
for the governor and his executive staff.
The secretary of the commonwealth, the at
torney general, the secretary of internal af-
fairs and the auditor general will have
their offices there, and the upper floor of the
building will be reserved for the library
proper.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-11-03

few years ago a French man-of-war
was lying at anchor in Temple bay, and the
Younger officers took it into their heads to
amuse themselves with an iceberg a mile
or more distant in the straits. They would
have a sumptuous picnic on the very top Of
it. All the warnings of the brown and sim
pie fishermen went for nothing with these
gentlemen who had seen the world
1t was "A bright summer morning, and
the jolly boat with a flag went off to the
berg BY L. O'Clock the colors were flying
from the top, and the wild midshipmen
were reveling on the ice mountain. For
two hours or more they hacked it and clam
bered over it. They frolicked and Toasted
and laughed at the very thought of danger
on this solid ice.
When, like thoughtless children, the
young men mad pla, ed themselves weary,
they descended ia their cockleshell of a
boat and rowed away.
AS if time and distance had been meas
ured on purpose for the men to view the
scene III safety, the great iceberg lay silent
until the boat was a certain distance off
Then, AS if its heart had been volcanic fire,
it burst with awful thunder and filed the
SURROUNDING water with its ruins.
Awed and subdued by the scene of de-
struction and thrilled at their narrow es-
cape from death, the picnickers returned
to their ship 1t was their first and last
day of amusement with AN iceberg
Youths Companion.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-11-03
PENNSYLVANIA STATE LIBRARY.
The New Building For Its Accommo dation
Projected at Harrisburg.

The New Building For Its Accommodation
Projected at Harrisburg.
The founders Of the perfected common
wealth of the future will probably take a
leaf from the lessons of the past and pro
vide public buildings of sufficient ampli-
tude for ali possible contingencies in adj
vance of the PRONUNCIATION of their consti-
tuition. Then when the need for them
arises the structures will be ready with
out the necessity of appealing to the
member from Wayback. If Pennsylva-
MIA could have thus provided a state Ii
brary building for herself century or
two ago, her public records would be in
better shape than they are at present. As
it is, they have overrun the accommoda-
tions provided for them, and it has been
necessary to store some of them in all sorts
of out of the way places, in attics and Gel
lars, where they are rapidly being de-
stroyed.
Vast interests depend upon the preserva
ton and accessibility of these records, and
the provision of IA proper place for them is
in the direction of true economy An at
tOrney who was tracing a land title from
the commonwealth recently discovered an
important record half eaten by rats. The
records of the troops sent to the front by
the state during the war were stored in a
cellar to get them out of the way, and when
the cellar got overcrowded some of them
were burned before their great value was
recognized. Rodents and irresponsible van
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-11-03

heath to the more fertile soil of the Windy
City. No better biography of him can be
written than is contained in letter to a
western editor which he penned several
years ago, and which at once shows the
modesty of the man and gives a sample of
his peculiar humor. Here it is:
There are very few facts connected with my
life Facts have never entered very largely
into my composition. | was born in Nashville
Dec. -, 1872, and in the language of old Jacob,
few and evil are the days of my pilgrimage"
The main feature of my school life WAS dis
position 10 shun arithmetic and hang fondly
on the outskirts of idleness. worked about
five years on the multiplication table and am
In 1873 began work on the Franklin (l<y) Pa
triOt. Two years later | went to Gallatin,
Tenn, worked on the Neophogen College Post
for no other compensation than the privilege
of mumbling over Latin sentences. | went
through this institution and knew very nearly
as much when came out as when | went in.
In 1876 several young men and myself started
The Evening Mail in Nashville. Shortly after
ward the sheriff of the county became manag
ing editor. Then | strolled with "gripsack"
containing one shirt and six books; began
work on the Little Rock Gazette in 1873, con-
tinuing until 1881, when | took position on
the Cleveland Leader; returned to Arkansas
and in June, 1852 in conjunction With p ID.
Benham, established the Arkansaw Traveller,
and to Mr.. Benham's ability as a financier
much of The Travellers success is due.
If you can gather any points from the fore
going, all right. Yours, OPIE p. READ.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-11-03


Cleveland's order directing the return to
various southern states Of the captured
Confederate battlehags in the custody of
the war department attracted considerable
attention and was the most notable Incl
dent of his term as commander
The Obiec of the Loyal legion are very
similar to those of the Grand Army, but its
membership is restricted to commissioned
officers of the Federal army and navy dur
ing the war and to their direct heirs. 1t
has communicates in 20 states, and its
members number 10000. 1t was organized
in Philadelphia April Is, 1865, the day
President Lincoln was assassinated and
the Pennsylvania commandery is still tn 2
strongest as well as the oldest.
Commander Eairchild is a native of Ohio.
but went to Wisconsin in his youth, and in
lS49, when barely IS years of age, caught
the gold fever and started for California He
staid there six years, but brought back more
experience and good health than gold. not
having been successful in his search for the
yellow metal. In 1858 he was elected clerk
of the circuit court in Wisconsin and in
1859 was admitted to the bar. His legal
career was very short, however, for he was
the first man in Wisconsin to head re-
cruiting party on the outbreak of the war
AlC NtllO W blC liblu lIIeI dts a. captain III
the First Wisconsin volunteers but was
soon commissioned major of the Second
Wisconsin, Mt the same time receiving a
commission as captain in the regular army.
He was the first regular army officer
granted leave to serve with volunteer
regiment. He made his mark as lieutenant
colonel of the Second, being with that reg
iment at Gainesville, the second Bull Run,
Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancelors-
vile and Gettysburg. While leading a
charge at Seminary Hill in the last men
toned battle he lost his left arm at the
shoulder and retired from the army at the
age of "a, with the rank of brigadier general.
In 1864 he was elected secretary of state
in Wisconsin, and three times subsequent-
ly elected governor of that state. In 1871
he was appointed consul at Liverpool and
alterward transferred to Paris as consul
general and final to Madrid as minister