Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, May 6, 1905, Page 5

Brant Reps erate Review Published Every Saturday. By E E. C. KILEY. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE Kotered in the Postoffice at Grand Rapti Minnesota, as Second-Class Matter., HOT DRINKS FOR SUMMER, Doctor Considers Important Subject in the Matter of Diet. A medical practitioner has drawn attention in the London Chronicle, to a very important subject in the mat- ter of diet. He points out that the stoker grilling in the stokehole of a Red sea liner and the explorer among the ice floes of the frozen North—pro- vided they are healthy men—have identical temperatures. The automat- ic heat-regulating mechanism in the body, no matter what the thermom- eter may register outside, sees that the body is kept at a normal tempera- ture of about 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit. In order to assist this wonderfull proc- ess in extremes of weather, it is necessary to consider the subject of food, and one of the most important items of food in hot weather is water. Water, as the writer points out, is a food, and it should be taken in sum- mer weather as a.regular article of diet. The habit of drinking iced wa- ter is discountenanted, and the ice eream is barred as\the most fruitful cause if innumerable.dyspepsias. Bet- ter than cold drinks‘are hot drinks, and tea with a slice of lemon is rec- ommended as the mest cooling drink in hot weather. VARIOUS KINDS OF DAYS. Word Said to Have No Peal Meaning Without Defining Adjective. Five kinds of day afe recognized, and it has been said’ that the word “day” has no real meaning without an adjective defining what kind of a day is meant. There is a civil day, the sstronomical day, the apparent solar e1y, the mean solar day, and the sid- ereal day. The civil day begins at the midnight. preceding mean noon, and consists of twenty-four hours counted after twelve o’clock; the astronomical day begins twelve hours after the civil day, or at the mean noon of the cor- responding civil day. These _ hours are reckoned from 0 to 24. It will.be seen, therefore, that while 10hr. 12min., January 1st astronomical time, is also 10hr. 12min. January 1st civil time, yet 22hr. 12min., January 1st as- tronomical time, is also 10hr. 12min. a. m., January 2nd civil time. There are many anomalies growing. out of this use of the civil day, and there are many arguments in favor of using the astronomical day. It is one of the reforms which undoubted!y- will come some time. The Old-Time “Nanna.” A writer in a recent number of the Queen expresses the opinion (which is shared by many other people) ‘that children are not one whit better brought up by the smart, white- frocked, certificated nurses so much sought after nowadays than they were by the comfortable “Nanna” of the days gone by. The old nurse. still holds a place in the hearts of the men and women who knew her loving care when they were children, and tney will never forget her “treats” that used to delight their hearts, “Best of all,’ says & woman, “was lantern tea, when all the lights were put out, and the nursery was illuminated by penny tin lanterns, containing colored can- dles, which cast weird shadows cn the aglemn faces round the festive boaru.” THEY HAD MET BEFORE, Business Man's Introduction Decidedly Humorous. “The most curious break I ever made, id a young business man the ether day, “was at my club. I was in the library talking with a man who was in my class at college and whom l knew intimately. As we were sit- ting there in walked another member of the club whom we both knew. We both greeted him. Then the conver sation continued, only three were in it instead of two. Suddenly it oc- eurred to me that perhaps my two friends had not been introduced. ‘Beg pardon,’ I said; ‘I suppose you men know each cther. - Mr. S——,~» Mr. T——.’ They laughed, but they grave- ly shook hands and said they weré-ac- quainted, and all that sort of thing, and then they looked at me and laughed again, only harder than be- tore. Then it all dawned on me. The newcomer bore a fairly strong resem- blance to“another man whom also I knew well at college, and I had as- sumed, not having looked at him close- ly. that he was this man. But he wasn't, after all, and the man I had introduced him to was his own brother.” . Beauty Mask Displeased King, Margaret of Navarre, queen of Hen ry IV—she whose weddirg torches were quenched in the blood of the massacre of St. Bartholomew—wore a peculiar complexion mask at night, which so irritated her husband that, not being choice in his expressions, he said to her roundly, not long after the wedding day: ‘Madam, with that confounded black mask on, you leok go much like the devil that I’m always tempted to make the sign of the cross *q drive you away” | church as well as the army. NAPOLEON at ST. HELENA. Great’ Conqueror Bitterly Resented Banishment to Island. What Napoleon thought of his ban- ishment to St. Helena may be gath- ered from the following protest: “The idea of it is a perfect horrar to me. To be placed fer life on an island within the tropics, at an im- mense distance from any land, cut off from all communication with the world and everything that I hold in it! —c’est pis que le cage de fer de Tam- erlan. (It is worse than Tamerlane’s cage.) I would prefer being deliy- ered up to the Bourbons. Among oth- er insults,” said he—“but that is a mere bagatelle, a very secondary ¢on- sideration—they style me general! They can have no right to call me general; they may as well call me archbishop, for I was head of the If they do not acknowledge me as emperor, they ought as first consul; they have sent ambassadors to me as such; and your king, in his le:ters, styled me brother. Had they >< afined me in the Tower of Londcn, or one of the fort- resses in England (though not what I had hoped from the generosity of the English people), I shoul. not have so much cause for complaint; but to banish me to an island within the tropics! They might as well have signed my death warrant at once, as it is impossible a man of my habit of body can live long in such a climate.” —‘The Surrender,” by Admiral Mait- land. LIKE ANY OTHER TEA. Nothing Wonderful in Mixture That Brought About Revolution. A little Western girl visiting Boston for the first time was told that the museum actually contained some of the historic tea that was thrown into Boston harbor in 1773. Nothing else in Massachusetts so appealed to the little maid’s imagina- tion, and she straightway became in- tensely desirous of seeing the article that had made so much trouble and about which she had heard so much in school. An obliging uncle under- took to gratify this modest wish, but was greatly surprised at the outcome. As the child gazed at the famous relic, her eyes slowly filled and finally overflowed with tears. “Why, my dear!” exclaimed the as- tonished uncle. ‘What in the world is the trouble?” “It I-l-looks like any other old tea,” sobbed the disappointed little girl— The Sunday Magazine. Failacy Regarding Bread. The fallacy that the whiter the bread the higher iis quality, seems to prevail all over the world, and the demands for snow-white flour have been answered by the production of a flour which is robbed of considerable of its nutritive value. There are vari- ous ways of accomplishing this object, but the newest and most novel pro cess for that purpose comes from France. Here the dough has been treated with ozonized air, and the effect was that while the bread was much whiter than the untreated the cuality of the bread was very much impaired. Both ihe taste and the amount of nourishment were very much inferior. Children. What the leaves are to the forest, With Nght and air for food. Ere their sweet and tender juices Have been hardened into wood— That to the world are children; Through them it feels the glow Of a brighter and sunnier climate ¢ That reaches the trunks below. Come to me, O ye children! And whisper in my ear What the birds and winds are singing In your sunny atmosphere. For what are all our contrivings And the wisdom of the books When compared with your caresses And the gladness of your looks? Ye_are better than all the ballads ‘That ever were syng or said; For ye are living poems, And all the rest are dead. —Longfellow. Worry Too Much About Health. Most sincerely to be pitied is the man who looks at his tongue every morning and keeps a clinical ther- mometer. But it is quite certain that the number of such folk is increas- ing. The most to be commiserate} weigh their, food, observe their ton- gues in the glass every morning,-and carry pepsin powders. They avow that this and the other article of diet al- ways upsets them, as it certainly will if they expect it to do so. Nine out of ten of these good folk have just as good digestion as anyone can ask for—A Physician in the Pall Mal! Gazette. Helping Others. To help those less fortunate than themselves should be the coveted \| pleasure of those favored of fortune. There is no happiness equal to that enjoyed through making others happy The sunlight we cast into other lives concentrates: its rays, reflecting back in brighter, purer force. We cannot sift out or investigate every case of need. but we can take it for granted that truth has been told us and extend a helping hand for humanity’s sake.— Exchange. The “Alms Cow.” A curious .custom still. holds good in the village of Waddesdon, in Buck- inghamshire, England, where, on any morning or evening of the year, you can claim a free drink of new milk from a cow specially kept for the benefit of thirsty wayfarers. This ani- mal is known locally as the “alms cow,” and when she dies’ another has tes. WHY WE HAVE ONE-SIDED MEN. All Faculties Not Sufficlently Exer cised Is One Reason. Faculties must be exercised or they will not grow. Nature is too good an economist to allow us to keep any faculty or function which we do not employ. We can have just what we use, and that will constantly increase; | everything else will be gradually taken away from us. Man becomes strong and powerful and broad just in proportion to the extent and health- fulness of the activity of his faculties; | and it must not be one-sided, not an exercise of one or two faculties, or one set of faculties, or the man will topple over. Balance in life comes from the healthful exercise of all the faculties. | One reason why we have so many one- sided men in this country is because they pursue one idea, exercise one side of their nature, and, of course, they cannot retain their balance. This is one of the curses of specialties. They are a good thing for the race, but death to the individual who pursues his specialty at the expense of the de- velopment of the all-around man.—O. S. Marden in “Success Magaziue.” BEAGLE HAD HOMING INSTINCT. Traveled Long Distance to Reach His Former Master. County Commissioner Henry P. ‘ann of Baltimore county, who lives ai Orangeville, near Baltimore, is credited with telling the following story of the return of a beagle hound | to Orangeville, from Kent county: “About three years ago I gave away a beagle hound, which was taken to Kent county. One night recently I and my family were amazed to see the dog walk into our home and take position near the stove. It was very cold and hungry. “I cannot account for how the deg got here unless it crossed the bay from Rock Hall to Baltimore county and walked thence to my home. The | dog had frequently hunted in the por- | tion of the county through which it had to pass, if it came all the way from the bay shore. “This is no more remarkable than a homing pigeon flying 500 mites back te his home.”—Baltimore Sun. Ancient Canadian Castles. To Americans castles are associated with the storied Rhine, picturesque England or France and Spain, but it is interesting to be reminded by the St. John (P. E. 1.) News that there are a number of ancient Canadian castles still existing, the chief ones being St. Ours, Rimouski, St. Eus- tache, Lotbiniere, Montibello, Ste. Marie de Ia Beance, Vaudreil, Rou- ville, and, most interesting of all, the Chateau de Ramezay at Montreal. The latter was built in 1765 by Ger- trude de Ramezay, at that time gov- | ernor of the district of Montreal and knight cf the Royal and Military Or | cer of St. Louis. From him was de- scended the last French governor of | Quebec, at the time of the capitula- tion in 1759. How Brown Bears Catch Salmon. Alaska’s brown bears near the Ber- ing sea live largely on salmon and are extraordinary fishers. Before be- ginning to fish they always place themselves on the downward side of the river. “They seem to smell the salmon by some extraordinary means,” says a hunter, “and then be- gin dashing in and out of the river at some shallow place, rarely failing to catch a fish. They bring it out on i the bank and devour it, if possible ; selecting some thick patches of | bushes and grass in which to make their meal, which does not take them long.” British Warship Joke. A good original story is to hand from H. M. S. Alacrity, now in port. Sammy, the young Chinese steward attending on the wardroom mess, heard one of the officers at dinner ecmplaining of the unusually hot taste the mustard had. Next day the mustard pot was miss- ing and could not be found. Sammy was called and, after being ques- tioned, admitted having put it in the ice chest, as he had heard the offi- cers complaining that it was too hot. —South China Post. Might Have Answered “Fleas!” An East Side kindergartner was about to give her class a lesson, with “The Kitten” as the subject. She be- gan by saying: “Our lesson this morn- ing will be all about the kitten. Now, can any. little boy or girl tell me which grows on the kitten—fur or feathers?” A-dead silence followed for a min- ute, when one little boy said in a loud voice: “G-o-o-d Lawd! Hain’t you never seen a kitten?”—Life. The Bell. He died . Alas, th said, ith himewhat youth, nee ne wi im—what you! wi eloque: they sighed— ce eran They no had left him lonely days te wwitnholding Lad what now they fain would give. But fowl cp grave, that to the living So dark, had brimmea with starlight as he And far.away a muted bell set free Rang in immortal choirs his ecstasy. —Louise Morgan Sill in the Outlook. Humor of Clerical. Life. To those about to seek admission into holy orders, an interview with the ordinary is a time of much anxi- ety, sometimes of mental confusion. This, perhaps, accounts for the un- usual behavior of a young candidate who, dismissed on the Episcopal door- step with a solemn “God bless you," hastily answered, “Don’t mention it, to be provided by the partay, au authort-| my lord.” Strand Magaaine. | Seribner’s Magazine: ; Confidence of the tribe, WAIT LONG FOR RECOGNITION. —— Example of incredulity Met With by Explorers. Referring to the incredulity and bitter attacks which Henry m. Stan- ley and other explorers had to meet, A. J, Mounteney-Jephson writes in “{ remember one evening in Africa when we were talking together over the camp fire, his telling me, laughingly, about a certain prominent personage who was. well known for his pomposity and self- importance. He said: ‘When 1 re | turned from finding Livingstone Mr. X. distrusted me and only offered me one finger of his hand to shake. After my return from my second expedition, when I sailed down the Kengo, he ; Save me two fingers. When I had | founded the Kongo Free State for the king of the Belgians and returned to England I got three fingers; but it took me years before | got his wkole hand.’ This seems to me typically British, and I merely quote this little stcry to vindicate the grudging recog- nition which has been given to most ot the great explorers by those ‘arm- chair geographers’ who stay at home. Livingstone suffered from -his same attftude of incredulity and returned to the interior of Africa, where he met his death, because he could rot bear to face the unbelievers in London un- til he had solved the mystery of the great Lualaba river.” FAKE TOOTH WAS VALUABLE. Enabled Missionary to Gain Influence Over Savage Tribe. A well-known Church of Englaad missionary among the aborigines of Queensland, Australia, gained great influence over a certain tribe in a very peculiar manner. This tribe had the queer custom of having the front tooth of the upper jaw knocked out. The missionary, by accident, had lost this same tooth and replaced it by a false one. When he got talking with the aborigines, he would pull it out, point to the hollow place, and say, “Me, brother, belong to you!” In this way he gained the complcte converte every member of it to Christianity, and introduced as much civilization as they were capable of assimilating. The Lord Is My Shepherd. PSALM XXIII. The Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care; His presence shal! my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye; My noonday walks He shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend. When tn the sultry glebe I faint, Or on the thirsty mountains pant, To fertile vales and dewy meads, My weary, wandering steps He leads, Where peaceful rivers soft and slow Amid the verdant landscape flow. Though in the paths of death I treaa, With gloomy horrors overspread, My steadfast heart shall fear ne 1); For Thou. O Lord. art with me still; Thy friendly erook shall give me aid, And guide me through the dreadful shade Though in a bare and rugged way, Through devious lonely wilds I stray, Thy bounty shall my pains beguiie; The barren wilderness shall smile, With sudden greens and herbage crown- ed, And streams shall murmur all around. —Addison, German Betrothal Customs. When a maiden is betrothed in Ger- many she is called “bride” by her sweetheart, who addresses her thus until it becomes time to call her “wife.” Immediately upon betrotha! tke lovers exchange rings, which, if the course of true love runs smootb, are to be worn ever afterward untit death parts them.’ The woman wears her betrothal ring on the third nzer of her left hand until she is married, and then it is transferred to the third finger of her right hand. The hus- band continues to wear the ring just as the wife wore hers when she was a “bride,” so that one can easily tell at a glance if a man be or be not mort- gaged as to his affections. Memorials to Americans. Many American boys and girls visit Europe nowadays, but perhaps few even of these fortunate young folk are aware that the greatest of Eng: lish cities coutains memorials to five distinguished Americans—a President, a patriot, a poet, a preacher, and a philanthropist. These five great men are Abraham Lincoln, James Russel! Lowell, Henry Wadsworth Longfel- low, Matthew Simpson and George Peabody—five names written high in the Hall of Fame, names immortal in life and letters, names forever illus- trious in character and achievement. —St. Nicholas. Bird Sentry on Guard. I was interested on Sunday in watch- ing the movements of birds. Crumb- ling a biscuit, I threw it out, sat down on the piazza and awaited results. It was not long after the birds came and helped themselves before a cat appeared. Then a warning note was sounded by a bird, evidently on guard on the top of the piazza, where he could survey the whole scene. At his warning every bird disappeared and remained in hiding until a reassuring note was heard from the little sentry posted on the piazza roof.—Boston Record. About Books. But for the art of reading there never would have been any books. The wide diffusion of that art ac- counts for the immense increase in | the quantity of books. The lack of direction, cultivation and discrimina- tion of that art accounts for the de cline in the qualty of books. Like readers, like authors. The great need of the world of letters is the promo- tion of the habit of reading with judg- ment and the love of reading witb taste—Henry van Dyke, The listener needs no technical knowledge to be charmed by the tone of « 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. 2 S8S2 ee ¥ — rect. & SST eSeSe%ere? SOESave= CSsTSwSseseees p%a2 eter SAY, PA, WHY DON’T YOU WEAR THE MENOMINEE SEAMLESS? ) Senstbie boy, that. “He made a bull’s eye when he spoke. We make shoes which put the corn- cure dealers on theranxious seat. We cure corns by fitting the feet scientifically. The best way to cure corns is to prevent their growth in the first place. The Menomince Seamless Union Made Shoe 1s casy-to- wear, eisy-to-buy, Soren nine — For Sale Ry oe rm {p55 1S. 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