Bloomington Courier, Bloomington, Monroe County, 2 August 1895 — Page 3

TRUTH IN ZADKIEL.

HAS MADE SOME STARTLING PREDICTIONS. Superstition and the Lack Gossip About Two Things Which Come Nearer Our Daily Lives Than Some of Us Would Like to Admit. j England a publica tion Known as "Zadk i e 1 ' s Almanac," that has been for forty years a favorite in English households of the fairly intelligent class, as it is too abstruse for the ignorant to understand. Not less than 200,000 copies are sold yearly, and this is purely a history of the coming year, based on the researches of judicial astrology. These calculations are made by means of the sun, moon and stars the signs of the zodiac and the various aspects and relations of the planets. In astrology nations, like individuals, are subject to and are governed by the planets. The greater part of England lies under the cardinal sign Aries but Gemini rules the west of England and the United States. Some of Tadkiel's predictions are curious enough to puzzle intelligent persons. For instance, in 1886 occurs this passage: "Shocks of earthquakes in the seventy-seventh degree of west longitude may be looked for. Great thunder storms and waves of intense heat will pass over the States; there will be great excitement in America." In 1886 shocks of earthquake reached North and South Carolina on the night of August 31, between longitude 76 and 78 west and the heat was intense, many lives being lost. In 1853 Zadkiel put forth the following prediction as to the future of Louis Napoleon: "Let him not dream of lasting honors, power or prosperity. He shall found no dynasty, he shall wear no durable crown, but in the midst of deeds of blood and slaughter, with "affrighted Europe trembling beneath the weight of his daring martial hosts, he descends beneath the heavy hand of fate, and falls to rise no more." It is undoubtedly true that in three horoscopes taken by different men entirely independent of each other a bloody ending was predicted for the emperor, but only Zadkiel foretold the extinction of the dynasty. In the horoscope of Lincoln and Garfield the malific planets Mars and Saturn ruled their house of life when their end came, and in a marked degree the history and career of the Bourbon family corresponded with the state of the heavens at their births, according to the theories of astrology. A belief that human events are affected by the stars was accepted by many of the ablest minds. Wallenstein died at the very moment when he thought the danger past. He had the astrologer's reading of the stars in his hand as he was struck down. Goethe begins his autobiography with his "Nativity." "On the 20th of August, 1749, at midday as the clock struck 12, I came into the world at Frankfort-on-the-Main. My horoscope was propitious. The sun stood in the signs of the Virgin and had culminated for the day. Jupiter and Venus looked on him with a friendly eye and Mercury not adversely, while aturn and Mars kept themselves indifferent. The moon alone, just full, exerted the power of her reflection all the more as she had then reached her planetry hour. She opposed herself therefore to my birth, which could not be accomplished until the hour was passed. These good aspects which the astrologer managed subsequently to reckon very auspicious for me, may have been the cause of my preservation, for through the unkindness of the midwife I came into the world as dead and only after various efforts was I enabled to see the light." But this, of course, Is dry humor. In all horoscopes the happy life and fortune of the subject depends mainly on the friendly aspects of Venus and Jupiter, while the signs of the zodiac .give strength and disposition. The writer can recall a remarkable case in which the nativity of two people was taken and the curious result that followed. About 1838 a man named Hague practiced astrology in Philadelphia. He was a man of learning and much Tespected, having many distinguished people for his patrons. He made the -nativity for two infants, cousins, and although the time of their birth varied -only eigth hours their destinies were widely divided. One promised to be a favorite of fortune, the other's fate waa marked by trouble, apparently coming about his majority. One prospered as soon as he entered life, the other was wild and reckless, went to California and fell in a brawl in his 22d year, but he was, curiously enough, the one on whose birth fortune was presumed to hine, and his cousin falsified his sinister predictions by prospering beyond the usual lot of man. House of Hapsburg. There is a curious custom among the daughters of the House of Hapsburg, whose bridal trains, instead of finishing an honorable career in the ballroom, are bestowed after the ceremony on -the church whose sacred floor they have swept. Only a short time ago, during the centenary celebration at Rennweg, the altar floor was covered with a sheen of satin and silver, mellowed by the breath of age, that had once formed part of Marie Antoinette's wedding garment.

Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood. Tennyson.

BIRTHPLACE OF POTATO.

A Missouri Town Claims the Honor of First Producing It. Jackson county promises to bo famous in history as the birthplace of the Irish potato. Some of the local botanists of Independence have discovered this fact, and have traced the lineage of the vegetable, which is now known to every table in the world as the "Irish potato," back to its birthplace, Little Santa Fe, in the southern part of this county, says Kansas City Star. The botanists give the name of the plant frora which the potato grew &3 "dioseorea batata," and feel confident in their assertion that the history of the potato can be traced back to the town of Little Santa Fe. Dr. Ballard, a well-known botanist and geologist, had in his possession yesterday a plant which he claimed to be a specimen of the "dioseorea batata," found at Little Santa Fe. By tracing the plant back some 300 years the doctor says that undoubtedly the dioseorea batata was the progenitor of the socalled Irish potato. It appears that the aborigines of this section knew the art of propagation of plants by cultivation from their wild state, and by such knowledge produced the tuber now so generally in use and found on every table. "It is a matter of history," said the doctor, "that the potato was first used as an edible by the Indians near what is now known as Little Santa Fe, Jackson county, Mo. From there it became an article of barter. The edible was so palatable that its use spread rapidly and became common among the Indiana in Virginia. The potato fell into the hands of Sir Walter Raleigh in Virginia, who recognized a good thing when he saw it. Sir Walter took it on one of his trips to Europe, and by reason of the soil and climate of Ireland it at once became a staple article of food, hence the name Irish potato." BIG VESSELS FOR THE LAKES. They Will, Era tons, the Great Bulk of the Carrying Trade. Plans already formed settle the question whether lake steamships 400 feet long or upward, with a capacity of carrying 6,000 tons of freight at a load, will be common after the opening of the channels twenty feet deep through all the shallows between Duluth and Chicago, and the ports of Lake Erie. There Is no longer a doubt that such monster vessels will rapidly multiply within the next few years, and they are certain to do a great part of the carrying trade of the lakes, perhaps most of it, before the end of the century. The steamships already contracted for and those which are certain to be built before next spring -will undoubtedly so far surpass all vessels now in use in ability to make money at low rates for freight that other vessel owners will be forced to follow the pioneers in this latest step forward in the construction of splendid lake carriers. Even an over-supply of tonnage such as is very likely to be the result, will not prevent the work of replacing small craft with steamers of the largest size from going on steadily. In one sense it will hasten the change, says Cleveland Leader. Only the biggest vessels can make money in such seasons of general over-competition for cargoes, and in order to continue the business- the owners of old boats must let them go and put in commission steamships equal to any on the great lakes. ANATOMISTS ARE PUZZLED. Here's a Colored Man Whose Vital Organs Are Everywhere They Ought Not to Be. Herbert Place, a negro, 27 years old, walked into Belle v ue hospital, New York, a recent morning and said he would like to be examined, as his heart was on the wrong side of his body. The clerks were incredulous, but, finding that Place was in earnest, he was referred to the house surgeon. Afterward, in the presence of the entire surgical staff, a thorough examination waa made of him. It was found that not only was his heart on his right side, but that his right lung was on his left side, and the left lung on the right side, the liver was on the left side, and the spleen on the right side. Place is of medium height, strongly built, and has never been seriously ill for a day in his life. Last fall his wife urged him to have his life insured, and he underwent a medical examination. The insurance doctor discovered the misplacement of his vital organs and refused to pass him. Climbing Mont ISIanv. It is an expensive a3 well as a very tiresome undertaking to ascend Mom Blanc. It costs at least $50 per person, for by the law of the Commune of Chamouni each stranger is obliged to have two guides arid a porter. So far as the danger is concerned, it is now reduced to a minimum, but almost every year the mountain claims a victim. Bad weather is the chief thing feared by the guides, and so swiftly does it come that a cloudless sky may in fifteen minutes turn to a blinding snow-storm which beats you to the ground. Thu.s it was that oomc years ago a party of eleven persons perished. Five were found frozen stiff in the snow; the other six still lie buried in the Glacier des Bolssons. Forty years is the time allowed for the glacier to yield them up in the valley below. A French idea. In the French market and at the family grocery stores of New Orleans housekeepers desiring to make vegetable soup can, with 5 cents, obtain what is known as a "soup set," consisting of a section of cabbage, a few sprays of parsley., one large potato, carrot and onion.

FOR NEW YORK CITY.

GORGEOUS CITY HALL TO COST $99,000,000. Will Inclose a Pretty Park In This Inrlosure the Prcitent City Hall Can lie Preserved for All Time Like n Dream. PERFECTED DEsigns for a new City Hall have been prepared by Architect T. E. K. Fuerst, says New York World. Despite the oft renewed agitation for a modern municipal building the old structure in City Hall Park still smaller and more stands, squatty ss tall it on growing in appearance each year office buildings tower above all sides. Mr. Fuerst has given hi signing r fancy free reign in debuilding in keeping with New York's greatness. If it were ever built it would be the most striking and ornate example of modern Gothic architecture to be found i:i any public building in the world, rivalling the great cathedrals of Europe. The four gorgeous facades are to form a rectangular structure 440 feet long on each side, which will inclose a park 2S0 by 2S0 feet, in the middle of which the present historic City Hall can be preserved as a sort of central ornament. It is the intention of the architect to set this mammoth structure in such manner in City Hall Park that one of the fronts will be exactly parallel with Park Row, and almost flush with the sidewalk of that thoroughfare. This will result in placing the southwest and northwest fronts in such a position that the architectural splendor of one will be visible to travelers up Broadway and the other to persons journeying down New York's chief thoroughfare. The angle made by the intersection of these two westerly fronts will touch the east sidewalk of Broadway at a point slightly north of the plaza upon which the present City Hall fronts. Of course to complete the rectangle by the VIEW meeting of the northwest and the northeast fronts at Chambers street, the Tweed Court-House will have to go, but, as said before, the present City Hall will be preserved as "snug as a bug in a rug." The C03t of this mammoth municipal building, which is to be constructed chiefly of marble, is estimated by Mr. Fuerst at $99,000,000. He has, however, a cheaper or temporary plan by which his central idea can be carried out at a cost of only $60,000,000. This second plan calls for the erection of only two completed sides of the rectangle and one-half of each of the other two sides. This would do away with the necessity of removing the new Court-House until some time in the near future when the taxpayers of New York should feel rich enough for that luxury and disposed to complete the cathedral-like municipal temple according to the original plan. There is one feature of his plan which Mr. Fuerst places so much faith in that he has had it copyrighted. This is the easy and natural means of communication it affords between the several busy streets by which the structure will be surrounded. People will never find it necessary to "go 'round" this new edifice in order to cross either from Park Row or Centre street to Broadway, or from Chambers street to the Post-Office. There will be entrances and exits straight and at angles through it on the level of the street and running to all necessary points of the compass. The building is to reach at its greatest height 236 feet. It is to be of five stories, with mezzanine and attic, and thoroughly fire-proof throughout. Ills Strong Regret. The tendency to remarry is very general among the Boers in the Free State and Transvaal, as the following story will show: "A farmer had the misfortune to lose his fourth wife and wrote to his brother who lived some distance from him, informing him of the sad occurrence, also requesting his presence at the funeral. The funeral duly took place, and, on leaving the grave-side, the bereaved widower was accompanied by his sympathizing brother, who suddenly burst into heartrending tears and could not be comforted, whereupon the widower, touching him on the shoulder, cried: 'My dear fellow, don't weep! Be comforted in this, my hour of trial. I

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have buried four wives, and they were all very good women; and I live in hopes to marry the fifth, who will no doubt be as good as the others.' "Look here,' sobbed the brother; 'don't think for one moment that I am crying over your lonely state. You're all right.' 'Then why your great distress' asked the widower. 'Well, you sec, it's like this: You've buried four, and have already arranged for the fifth, while I'm still bound to the old original, whom I married twenty-five years ago!' "Pearson's Weekly.

ASTUTE BISMARCK. Women's Indurnce In Politics Wou'.d Help iermany Ho Kays. The German Reichstag closed its session after having achieved an almost unexampled record. Of all the measures announced from the throne not a single one has become law. The chief disappointment of the session from the ministerial point of view was the rejection of the anti-Socialist bills. On this point Prince Bismarck expressed himself in a fashion which somewhat surprised those who are accustomed to regard him solely as a man of blood and iron. He said he was not sorry that the anti-Socialist bill had been rejected, "for if it had not, those to whom we look for remedies against the evils of the land would have arrived at the conviction that they had achieved something, and could now rest on their laurels. This conviction would have been erroneous, and I am therefore glad that the pillow of rest which those gentlemen intended to prepare for themselves has been taken away." For his part, he relied much more upon the influence of women than upon the defeated bill. Here is what Prince Bismarck said to a deputation of Silesian ladies on May 13: "I always regret that so little influence in politics is allowed to the better half of the human race. I do not expect ladies to deliver speeches in parliament, but I believe that the results of our elections would be more national and more satisfactory if they were more under female influence than now. Honest German women, wives and mothers, do not appear in public as Socialists, and I therefore believe that female sympathy with our political institutions is a much stronger bulwark against Social Democracy than OF PROPOSED CITY HALL, NEW our revolution bill would have been if it had been passed." Siberia's Dignity Advanced. Siberia has advanced to the dignity of supporting a concert tour. The fact would have been considered astounding by the last generation, to whom Siberia was a snow-covered waste, across which prisoners in chains were driven. In many parts of Siberia, however, there are now prosperous settlements, and even towns and cities anxious to cultivate the arts. The wellknown German flutist, Adolph Terschak, who has just finished a succesful journey, is, we believe, the first leading performer who has ever undertaken a Siberian tour, but he has already visited Ormsk, Irkutsk, Tomsk, Krasnogarsk, Kurgan, Tobolsk, and other towns, with results entirely satisfactory to himself. The "Twenty-one" Problem. Here is a table of figures. The problem is to add any six of these figures to gether and make 21. For a correct solution a "sure thing" Chicago weekly offers a prize of several thousand dollars. All answers are accompanied by a dollar for a year's subscription: 111 3 3 3 5 5 & 7 7 7 9 9 9 As a matter of fact, the solution is impossible. Any two odd numbers added together make an even number, and six odd numbers are merely three sets of twos. In other words, one odd number added to a second odd number makes an even, a third odd added makes an odd, a fourth added makes an even, a fifth odd added makes an odd and a sixth odd added makes an even. Therefore neither 21 nor any other odd number can be obtained by adding together six odd numbers. Where Life Is Worth Living. Twenty-seven trips to the soda fountains of the town of Winfleld, Kan., may be had for one rusty iron dollar. And still people complain of the hard times and the heat. Truth crushed to earth shall rise again; The eternal years of God are hers; But Error, wounded, writhes with pain, And dies among his worshipers. Byron.

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ARRANGED HIS OWN FUNERAL.

And to Make Assurance Doubly Sure Had a Dress Rehearsal. An eccentric citizen residing in the neighborhood of Avignon, France, has drawn up a special programme for his own funeral, and, in order to make assurance doubly sure, and to see that every item is faithfully carried out, lie has had a rehearsal of the ceremony. Richaud, who is described as "an excellent Republican," is no friend of the church, and he has accordingly substituted various songs of a political character for the mass for the dead. He had already had a tomb constructed in a valley, far from -the busy haunts of men, so there was no difficulty in the selection of a ground on which this rehearsal should be held, and after hiring a local band he issued invitations to the ceremony. The procession started from his house, Richaud leading the way with the banner of the Mairie, and so the party advanced to the valley in which the tomb which is to be his last resting place has been erected. When all were gathered round the future grave, a venerable Republican moved forward, and, in a voice quivering with emotion, delivered an address, in which he dwelt on the good qualities of Richaud, whom he particularly praised for having "been present during his lifetime at his own interment." Various pieces of music chosen by the organizer of this peculiar ceremony were then performed by the band, the programme concluding with songs and dances, as Citizen Richaud is kindly anxious that the spirits of the mourners when the genuine funeral comes off shall be raised ere they quit his grave and wend their way from the peaceful valley where his remains will repose back to the noise and turmoil of life. It is amusing to hear that the population was much impressed by the "grandeur" of this rehearsal. FAURE'S EQUIPAGE. It Is a Gorgeous Turnout Which Serve to Astonish the Parisians. Writing recently a Paris correspondent says: "The president's equipage, when he drove to the course at Longchamps, was an object of general curiosity, which was shown in a friendly manner. It was preceded by the outrider Mont j arret, whom M. CasimirYORK. Perier engaged, but did not venture to employ, the public thinking this kind of servant smacked too much of the Second Empire. M. Casimir-Perier was a colliery king, and was thought to be strongly reactionist, but M. Faure, being self-made, is looked upon as the people's president, and can do as he chooses. The landau in which the president and Mme. Faure went to the races is elegantly built. Two servants in tri-colored livery sat on the high rumble. The team of four bays was driven by postillions. Montjarret, whose business was to keep the way open for the presidential equipage, wore a blue frock coat, bordered with gold lace and faced with red, white doeskin breeches, top boots, and a hat with a gold band and tri-colored cockade. In all but the color of the coat the suit was exactly 4ike that of the emperor's outriders. Two men on horseback usually preceded the imperial equipage, but Montjarret served alone to-day. He had attached to his leather girdle a formidable-looking knife or cutlass. The daughters of M. Faure, a lady friend of theirs, and M. De Gall, the private secretary, followed in the second carriage. The under secretaries were in the third. STATISTICS. There are scarcely ever fewer than 200 ships near Land's End, leaving or bearing up for the British channel. There are between 14,000 and 15,000 men licensed as cab drivers in London, but only about 10,000 are actually wnployed. The sultanate of Johore has an area of about 10,000 square miles, and a population of betweeen 250,000 and 300,000 souls. According to the tenth census there were 32,453 hotelkeepers within the limits of our country, who are said to have entertained daily an average of fifty guests. The foreigners are more numerous among the domestic servants, constituting 7.3 per cent of the population, while the natives in the same calling form 5.9 per cent. Where the bottom of the ocean is bad an ocean cable will frequently last only three or four years, but on a good bottom wire taken up after twenty years has been found almost as good as ever. Accord ing to the last census there were 50,000 Germans, 26,000 Americans, 24,000 Russians, 21,000 Poles, 21 French, 14,000 Scandinavians, 10,000 Italians, 10,000 Dutch and Belgians, 7,000 Swiss and a considerable number of other nationalities in England,

KANSAS CITY FLOODED.

Suffers from the Heaviest Rainstorm on Record There. Kansas City, Mo., July 29. Kansas City and its vicinity were visited about 4:30 yesterday morning by the worst rain and lightning storm in the history of the weather bureau. The rainfall In Kansas City, Mo., was 4.57 inches, the heaviest on record. Reports from all over the city indicate that the damage will foot up into the thousands. Street pavements were washed out He so much kindling wood; sidewalks were carried away, smalt woodsheds aud outhouses were moved to the creek bottoms and destroyed, and the homes of a number of people were flooded, ruining their furniture. The greatest amount of damage was done in the vicinity of Twelfth street and the "lu" road. At that point the culvert which crosses Jersey Creek caved in and the water banked up as high as twenty-five feet. The pavement at Thirteenth street and Waverly avenue was washed out, leaving a ditch eight feet in depth and extending from one side to the other. The sewer at Thirteenth street and Freeman caved in, making a big hole in the center of the street. Much damage was done to private property, but the city at large, however, suffered the greater loss. The damage done to the streets alone will reach into the thousands of dollars. It is safe to say that not a street In the entire city which is paved with cedar blocks escaped damage. Many of the block pavements were swept into the Missouri by the water which flowed down the streets, making them look like rivers. The storm caused the public officials and street railroad company much work. It will take many days to repair the damage to the streets, and it may be necessary for the mayor and council to take some action in order to carry on the work. In Armourdale and Argentine, Kan., much damage was done to private and public property, because of the lowness of the ground in most parts of the cities. In the West end and along Twelfth street in Armourdale the tracks of the Metropolitan street car line were covered with water for three or four blocks during the early part of the day. In the southern portion of the city may residences were flooded with water, mud and trash. The Metropolitan cars were unable to run a part of the time between Armourdale and Argentine. HOW THEY STAND. Percentage of the Clubs in the National League Clubs W. L. P.C. Cleveland 52 34 .605 Pittsburg 47 31 .603 Baltimore 43 31 .581 Boston 42 31 .575 Cincinnati 45 35 .563 Chicago 46 38 .548 Brooklyn 41 35 .539 Philadelphia 39 34 .534 New York 39 36 .520 Washington 25 45 .357 St. Louis 2S 53 .346 Louisville 15 59 .203

Western Association. Clubs. W. L. P.C. Peoria 47 24 .662 Lincoln 46 28 .622 Des Moines 39 34 .534 Quincy 36 37 .493 Denver 35 37 .486 Rockford 33 39 .465 Jacksonville 28 45 .384 St. Joseph 27 45 .375

Western League. Clubs. W. Kansas City 45 Indianapolis 44 Milwaukee 45 St. Paul 43 Minneapolis 34 Detroit 38 Terre Haute 2S Grand Rapids 26 Michigan League. t Clubs. Wl' Adrian 3i Lansing ,v30 Owosso J.. 21 Kalamazoo .i...21 Port Huron 17 Battle Creek 14 L, 30 30 33 33 40 47 48 52 P.C. .600 .595 .577 .566 .455 JtVl .S6S .333 L. 14 17 14 14 32 33 P.C. .708 .638 .600 .600 .347 .293 EXCURSION BOAT SUNK. Reported Loss of F!rty Lives Sixty Miles from Memphis. Tenn. Memphis, Tenn., Jtyly 29. A report Is current in this citfsr that the large steamship Belle of M,emphis of the Anchor Line, bound from St. Louis to this city, with about eighty-five excursionists on board, sank last evening about sixty miles north of itere and that forty lives were lost. Telegraphic communication with any point near the river between here and the scene of the reported disaster is shut off, and as the only two points with which there is telegraphic connection could not be raised last night the rumor cannot be confirmed or denied. The fact that the rumor cannot be traced to any substantial foundation leads to the belief that it originated among the anxious friends or relatives of the boat's passengers, many of whom are from Memphis. The boat waa due here at 7 o'clock last evening and at 12:30 had not arrived. On its last trip, however, it made slow time, reaching this city late in the morning. Tipped Out Onto the Horses. Aurora, 111., July 27. A sad accident occurred here this morning. J. A. Schoeberlain, a coal merchant, hitched up his powerful draft horses and as usual took his little 2-year-old daughter on the seat with him to ride around the corner. In turning out of the yard the wagon tipped, throwing both out against the horses. The child was almost instantly killed. Mr. Schoeberlein sustained a broken shoulder and other serious injuries. Killed in His Pulpit. Mitchell Station, Ala.. July 29. Services were being conducted in a negro church near here when a pistol shot rang out and the preacher, the Rev. 11 Williams, fell dead In his pulpit. The ball entered his heart. The assassin in believed to have stood outside the church building at the time he fired. Hl Identity is not known. Many Die from Cholera. Yokohama. July 29. Since the outbreak of cholera in Japan, 9,000 persona have been attacked with the disease and over 5,000 persons have died.