Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, April 29, 1905, Page 5

Brand Rapids Published Every Saturday. By E. C. KILEY. FW DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE Entered in the Postofice at Grand Rapid Minnesota, as Second-Class Matter, Composition of Galf Balts. The first golf balls were made of Yeather of untanned bull's hide, two round pieces forming the ends and a piece for the middle. These pieces were softened, shaped and firmly sew- | ed together, a small hole being left | through which the feathers might | afterward be inserted. Before stuf- fing the leather sphere was turned outside in—an operation net without its difficulties—so that the seams would be on the inside. The skin was then placed in a cup-shaped stand, the worker having the feathers in an apron before him, and the stuffing was dene with a steel rod. The aperture was then closed, the seam sewed up, and the only seam showing was this tiny one. But the life of each ball was short. At present the balls are made of gutta percha. Life’s Silences. For, somewhere in the scheme of things, We vainly seek a way In which our hidden purposes Shall find the light of day. The deeds we might have justified When honor held us still; The ith we did not barter For a fickle crowd’s good will. The loyalty to higher aims When sed by greed and gain; The smil and the passing jest That covered up our pain, But. only in the silences of ls is found the cost Of failures bringing victories, And battles won when lost. Enough, if in the scheme of things 's purpose be made clear; And we may walk the hights we reach, Serenely, Without fear. —Corrine I. Cone. Tramp Was Conscientious. Wearily the tramp wandered up the garden path one summer’s day and took off his hat to the woman of the house. She eyed him keenly. “Look here, are you the man I gave a big meal one February morning?” she demanded, sternly. “I’m the man, mum,” w the reply. “Well, do you remember you promised to shovel all the snow out of my back yard and then sneaked off without doing it?’ asked the woman. “Yes, mum; an’ me conscience smote me,” answered the tramp. .“That’s the reason f tramped all the way here through the blazing sun to finish the job.” Training for the Bride to Be, A young society girl of this city who is to be one of next fall’s brides, in order to prepare herself to take charge of her own home, has been given the entire management of her parents’ home. Her mother is almost like a boarder in the house. The young bride to be orders the meals, pays the pew rent in church, pays for the newspapers and periodicals—in short, she has the handling of all the expenditures of the home. One thing is certain, this girl has a wise mother, and the result of the training in home management cannot but be successful. —Uelvake Mass.. Telegraay To My Soul. My soul, thou art a climbing vine Whose root is in the sod. Oh! make the best ideals thine And learn to be a god! ‘The golden rod of higher thought Points out the highest way, The mountain peak has ever eaught The first smile of the day. Think thine j things Great souls have understood. And lo! thou, too, wilt put on wings To reach the greatest good. purely—make own the Uplift a brother from the ground, Stoop ashen lips to kiss, And_ with ngle sudden ‘bound Achieve vicarious bliss. Forgive all evil, none deride— The effort onward rolls— The mighty ego thrust aside, That stumbling. block of souls, The mantle of unselfish love Throw o'er another's sin— A latch is lifted far above; A heart has entered in. My soul, thou art a climbing vine, Whose root is in the sod. But make the best ideals thine, And thou wilt be a god. —Margaret Hunt. Most Fertile Cause of War. A famous French political economist drew up a statistical table some time ago on this very question, and the analysis showed that nine-tenths of the world’s wars have grown out of quarrels that arose directly from com- mercial disputes. No fewer than fifty- five wars were classified as civil; for- ty-one were wars of succession of Crown claims; thirty under the pre- tense of helping allies; twenty-eight were religious wars; twenty-four were wars of retaliation; twenty-two were for commercial rivalry; and eight on points of honer. Changes in National Features. Whether we look at portrait gal- leries, like Hampton court, or turn over illustration in old books, it is evident that some physiognomical ehange has been taking place. The stout, plethoric, muscular, ruddy-faced man of stolid expressicn is becoming exceptional, and his place is being tak- en by a thinner, more alert, active type. The modern face is more keen, leaner and of less coarse mould than those of the older pioneers who laid the foundation cf their country’s greatness.—Aspects of Social Evola- | qian Great Variation in Color of the Pre- cious Metal. . Few people know the real color of gold, because it 1s seldom seen except when heavily alloyed, which makes it much redder than when it is pure. The purest coins ever made were the fifty-dollar pieces which once were in common use in Caliiornia. Their coinage was abandoned for two reasons: first, because the loss by abrasion was so great, and second, because their interior could be bored out and filled with lead. The differ- ence in weight was so small that it could not be noticed in such large pieces. They were octagonal in shape and were the most valuable coins ever minted and circulated. All gold is not alike wren refined. Australian gold is distinctly redder than that taken in California. More- over, placer gold is more yellaw than that which is taken from quartz This is one of the mysteries of metallurgy, because the gold in placers comes from that which is in quarta Gold taken from different placers will vary in color. Tha gold in the Ural moun- tains is the reddest in the world— The Sunday Magazine. MASTER OF MANY TRADES. ‘Louisville Man Shouldn’t Be Very Leng Out of a Joh. The thriftiest man in the United States lives in Louisville. He has trades that fit any climate, season or time of the day. As an example of his wonderful versatility, a friend tells the following story of an average day in the life of this strenuous man.” One morning last week he started out with a rug to sell on commission for an installment house. He sold the rug, and then came back and took out a clock, which he also disposed of. About noon he was called by an under- taker to embalm a body, which he did. Another undertaker sent for him to drive a hearse to the cemetery, and after he had disposed of this errand satisfactorily he preached a short ser- mon at the grave. He drove the hearse back to town and filled in an afternoon for a candy- maker who was taken suddenly ill. In. the evening he worked from 6 till 8 o’clock in a barber shop, and from that hour until midnight set type on a daily newspaper. Admired the Judge’s Language. In the days when dentistry was not the science it is now the pounding of 2 hickory plug into the space between the teeth taking the place of modern bridgework, the elder Judge Peckham, who was noted for his picturesque flow of .profanity, visited a dentist. The work had hardly started when the judge began to swear. When the tapping of the hickery plug increased in force his language became torrid and when, in time, the dentist gave the final blows the patient arose from the chair and fairly shattered the atmosphere with a weird, terrible tor- rent of profanity. As the judge passed out the dentist remarked to @ waiting patient: “Wasn’t it beauti- ful? It wasn’t really necessary: to pound half so long, but I did so en- joy his inflection that I almost pound- ed the hickory plug into splinters. Wonderful command of language the judge has!” Proof That Dogs Can Think. The following facts, which I saw with my own eyes on repeated occa- sions, fully convinced me that ani- mals have the powers of memory and theught. I once had a_ three-parts bred black and tan terrier, which slept in a basket in my bedroom, that opened into the nursery. One of my children was, from it! health, very fractions, and whenever Tiny heard it ery she would go into the nursery, hunt about until she found a squeak- ing rag doll, take it to the side of the cot and sitting up, shake it to amuse the child. If in coing this she did not display powers of memcry, thought and reflection, I utterly fail to see to what her clever performance eould be attributed.—Correspondence in London Globe. Truth Profoundly Expressed. The profound truth that to-morrow never comes, and yesterday, although it is always passing, has never been | with us, has led a correspondent to throw off this little effort: “Although yesterday to-day was to-morrow, and to-morrow to-day will be yesterday, nevertheless yesterday to-morrow would be the day after to-morrow, be- cause to-day would be to-morrow yes- terday, and to-morrow will be to-day to-morrow, or would have been the day after to-morrow yesterday.” We thought as much.—London Answers. Regret. It’s lonesome whar de shadows fall Across de drifted snow. It doesn’t seem de place at all Dat once I used to know. Dem frien’s I hag in days gone by, Whah is dey keepin’ hid? I misses Mistah Butterfly An’ o! Miss Katydid. It’s kind o’ sad, when life grows coli An’ toilsome an’ severe, To think about geod times of old So far away f'um here. Dey seemed so wuthless as dey’d fly, De flowers an’ stars amid. But now I miss dat Butterfly An’ ol’ Miss Katydid. —Washington Star, Experimental Expenses, ‘When I asked a young man how much his employer’s stockroom repre- sented in the way of losses, he esti- mated that it would take a million dollars to cover them, but during this million dollar period his employer made four million dollars, so that everything went on cheerfully. Those who make money are not afraid of a reasonable amount of experimental expense.—Earl M. Pratt, Feared Death: Micht Run in Families. — Gen. James A. Wilson told the fol- lowing story of Washington Irving, which he had from the latter’s lips: “During a prolonged stay in Eng- land,” begen Mr. Irving, “I was one day walking in the country with a friend when a violent thunderstorm burst upon us. We stopped under a large tree, and while standing there [ was reminded of the fact that a brother of mine who had taken shel- ter under an oak on the banks. of the Hudson was struck by lightning. I mentioned the incident. The face of my friend took on a look of consterna- tion. He ran out into the pouring rain, end when I shouted to him to come back hc answered: “Ne, siro-ce! That kind of death probably runs in your family. I'll take my chances out in the open instead of by your side!” “And he did,” added the hermit of “Sunnyside” with a smile that woul have opened oysters.—Pitisburg Dis- pateh. a NINE A MYSTICAL NUMBER. Three Times Three. Nine is a mystical number. A eat is said to have nine lives; there are nine crowns in heraldry; possessicn is “nine points of the law,” and the whip for punishing evildoers has nin+ tails, the superstition being that a flogging by a trinity of trinities would be sacred and more efficacious. In or: der to see the fairies, mortals are di- rected to put nine grains of wheat on a four-leaf clover. The hydra had nine heads, and leases are frequently granted for 99 or 999 years. Milton, in “Paradise Lost,” says: “The gates of hell are thrice threefold—three folds adamantine, three folds iron and three folds adamantine rock. They have nine folds, nine plates and nine linings. When the angels were cast out of heaven nine days they fell.” The nine of diamonds was consid- ered the curse of Scotland, and to see nine magpies in the land of cakes is considered as bad as to see the de’il his ane sel’. Laughter and Worldly Success. “Speaking of laughter, I have often wondered if the laughing man and the laughing woman really get along bet- ter in the world than the man and woman who do not laugh, or if they laugh at all merely grin at some amusing thing,” said the observant man. course, you will find that men and women of both types probably in your own acquaintance have been able to get along fairly well in the world. a great many instances. It is equally true that the grim face, the sour look, I may say, has often proved a valu- able asset. The which would seem to indicate that there is a time to langh and a time rot to laugh.’—New Or. leans Times-Democrat. Question of Economy. Elmer was the oldest child cf an al- ready somewhat numerous and inter- esting while rapidly inereasing familv, and yet Elmer was only a little boy. One pair of twins had marked an epoch in the family history between Elmer’s birth and that of a little baby sister, which he was invited to go in and see before she was honpred with a name, or was big enough, in Elmer's estimation, to be designated as any- thing more than just “it.” Asked by his mother what ke thought of the dear little creature, Elmer looked at the mite very attentively for a time, and then answered, like the young economist that he was: “W’'y, mama, it’s nice, of course; it’s real nice. But do you think we needed it?”—Lip- incott’s Magazine. Dreamin’ by the Fire. Settin’ by the fire, whilst Molly’s stirrin’ roun’ I dream the old dreams over in Recol- lection town, Outside I hear the winter—see the raflin’ o’ the snow— But I'm with the old-time sweethearts that loved me long ago! The first sweet flowers she gave me—the loved, fair place I see; She leaned an’ kissed the violets, as she pinned 'em on for me! The peaceful paths and pleasant—the valleys an’ the hills, Where, hand-in-hand, we listened to the wild, sweet whippoorwills! Settin’ by the fire—ah, well! I'm gittin’ rose of May! The lights an’ shadows ‘round me like triends from old times seem— The fire does the talkin’ an’ I listen an’ dream! Atlanta Constitution. Castor Oil for Mummies, M. Berthelot, secretary of the Louvre museum, believes that he has discovered the secret of the agent used in embalming in ancient Egypt. After a laborious examination of the sarcophagi of the fifth and sixta dynasties, which date back as far as 3500 B. C., M. Berthelot has come to the decision that the oil employed was simply castor oil, such as is still used in Egypt, which has undergone some oxidation, but retained during the long period its preservative quali- ties.—London Telegraph. A Misapplied Petition, Not long since the choir in one of ‘the fashionable churches of the South rendered a long and difficult anthem— one with many frills and furbelows. The good minister sat patiently through it, but when the anthem was finished he arose and, to the amuse- ment of both congregation and choir, began his prayer in deeply earnest tones, saying, “O Lord, we thank | Thee that we are still alive!”—Lippin- catt’s, by Lightning ; Stroke” Many Superstitions Connected With | “I do not know, I am sure. Of | Laughter is no doubt goad capital in | gray; Too olG to be a dreamer—to reap the | rf proper Feeding. “There is a cause for the drink hab ft which even good Christian parents @o not understand,” says a writer in What to Eat. “They cannot realize why their children, with beautiful sur- roundings and daily Christiam influ enees, sometimes go far astray, be- coming sadly immoral, and in many instances drunkards. When they, as | well as many of the physicians, shall haxe exhausted all other efforts to lor ¢ate the cause of the trouble, let them look to the stomaech—the poor, abused stomach—and they will, in all proba bility, find the sowree of the evih From infancy many of the little ones ; are given food beyond the capacity of their digestive organs. As soon as several teeth have appeared, meats are frequently a part of the bill of fare. These, as well as the other ar ticles of food, are necessarily swak lowed without praper mastication. Pepper, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, vinegar and highly seasoned salads also find their way into these young and tender stomachs until, as the result of such a diet, fermentatiox sets in and a little distillery is created im these youthful temples. Under such conditions a child becomes irri- table, quick tempered, untruthful, and it would be surprising if it grew up to noble manhood.” PREPARE FOR LONG FASTS. Nature Takes Good Care of Animals That Hibernate. A large number of species of ani- mals undergo more or less prolonged and continuous fasts during the pe- riod of their winter or summer sleep. During such slumbers the more active functions cf the hody are to a great extent suspended, while those that are carried on act slowly and entail com- paratively little waste of tissue and energy. Moreover, before the period et the winter torpor or hibernation takes place, many animals, such as bears, accumulate large stores of fat on various parts of the*body, whick suffice to supply all the waste entailed by the respiratory function during the period in question. Fat is also ac- eumulated by the mouselemurs of Madagascar previous to the summer sleep, or aestivation, and is used up in a similar manner, their summer sleeps being undertaken fer the pur- pose of avoiding the season of great heat and drought, when food is dif- ficult or impossible to procure. “Aa Sin, Esquire.” By way of corroborating my view that the title “Esquire” is utterly de- void of meaning, one of my readers mentions that in Singapore, where he has resided for eleven years, it is not only universally bestowed on every white man, but also upon the | wealthier Chinese and Asiatics. “Ah Sin, Esq.,” looks and sounds well. It will surely lend an additional attrae- tion to life in a Rand mine or com- pound when the Celestial knows that the wealth he amasses out cf his “av- erage minimum” wage will entitle hira to such a designation. He could nov get a peacock’s feather or a yellow jacket at home for anything like the price.—London Truth. Grouse Has Many ‘Defenses. The grouse has a hundred tricks c! @efense. It will lie still until the flunter is within a yard of it, then soar straight upward in his front, towering like a woodccek; again, it will rise forty yards away, and the sound of its wings is his only notice of its pres- ence. It will cower upon a branch under which he passes, and his cap will not be more than a foot below it as he goes, and though it has seen him approaching it will remain quies- cent in fear until his back is turned. It will rush then, and when he has slewed himself hurriedly around he will catch only a glimpse of a brown, broad wing far away. One of Corea’s Superstitions. Near the city of Seoul, the capital of Corea, is a hill called Pouk Hen, which was formerly covered with trees. The legend runs that so long as a tree remained on the hill so long will Corea maintain its independence, and therefore no one is allowed to cut or touch a tree. But the natural consequence of this want of forestry has been that the trees have gradually died off, until now only one is left. On this one tree it is believed that the fate of the country rests, and } when it goes Corea as un independent state will go with it. ’ My Queen. I did not know I had a friend So near, by chance to save; It seemed my fortune here must ena, Just plundered by a knave. Her back was turned, I knew her not in my perplexity, M Yet she was there to spoil the plot Of my arch enemy. and when I saw ner regal face ‘Appear upon the scene, Victorious champion of my case, I hailed her as my queen. may be those of higher rark, Therereater ‘worth than sbe, But now the queen of trumps U thank— She took the trick for me. : —New Yorier, Counted His Grandmother. When some surprise was expressed that a small boy should prefer to go for a summer outing to the sleepy vil- lage where his. mother lived as a little rl, instead of to the seashore with its “attracticns,” the little fellow re plied: “I coust my grandmother.” In the plans of many families at this season of the year “counting the grandmother” plays an important part. Her welcome arms form for the child “the first line of reserves,” to use a military phrase. Yeuth's Cormanion The. listener needs no technical knowledge to be charmed by the tone of o Baldwin The crowded houses that received De Pachmann every- where on his recent tone-triumph tour is ample evidence of this. Geo. F. Kremer FURNITURE Carpets, Rugs and Wall Paper, etc. Grand Prix, Paris, 1900. The Grand Prize, St. Louis, 1904. De Pachmann uses the Baldwin piano exclusively. SISS SISSSISISVIESF SVOVS ISL SASISVSLSISISHSLISASLVSS += GIG 74 NO gar He EET ). SAY, PA, WHY 4 DON'T YOU WEAR 6 THE MENOMINEE SEAMLESS? 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