Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, December 23, 1905, Page 8

This is the Season for. Blankets and Robes Litchke has them in abundance and they can be bought at prices that compete with any city figures 2 offered. Don’t send out of town for anything in the Harness line before getting price: of LITCHKE KINDRED pig 0 - WINTER IS HERE, AND ALSO IS LITCHKE The Pioneer Harness Maker and dealer in all kinds of Leather Goods for Horses. GRAND RAPIDS, ' MINN. MASTER OF MANY TRADES. Louisville Man Shouldn’t Be Very Long Out of a Job. The thriftiest man in the United Ss lives in Louisville. He has 2s peat fit any climate, seagon or day. As an example of ersatility, a friend tells story of an average day the life of this strenuous man. One g last week he started to sell on commission nt house. He sold the ame back and took out he also disposed of. noon he was called by an under to embalm a body, which he did. rtaker sent for him to e to the cemetery, ant isposed of this errand y he preached a short ser- ve the hearse back to town n an afternoon for a candy- ho was taken suddenly ill. ng he worked from 6 till 8 o'clock in a barber shop, and from that hour until midnight set type on a aily mewspaper. Admired tke Judge’s Language In the days when dentistry was not the s ree it is now the pounding of a hie y plug into the space between the teeth taking the place of modern work, the elder Judge Peckham, >» was noted for his picturesque of profanity, visited a dentist. work had hardly started when judge began to swear. When the of the hickory plug increased his language became torszid and when, in time, the dentist gave blows the patient arose from ir and fairly shattered the sphere with a weird, terrible tor- of profantyi As the judge Ww flow The wasn’t really cisponeare is nd 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!” VARIOUS KINDS OF DAYS. Word Said to Have No Real Meaning Without Defining Adjective. Five kinds of day are 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 »stronomical day, the apparent solar tay, the mean solar day, and the sid- ereal day. The civil day begins at tae 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 ween, therefore, that while 16h. 12min., January 1st astronomical time, is also 10hr. 12min. January 1st civil time, yet 22hr, 12min., January 1st as- tronomical time, is als> 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 undoubtedly 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) tbat children are not one whit better brought up by the smart, white frocked, certificated nurses so much sought after nowadays than they wera “zy 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 ther loving care when they were children, and tuey will never forget her “treats” that used to delight their hearts. “Best of ell,” says a woman, “was lantern tea, when all the lights were put out, and the nursery was illuminated by penny tin lanterns, containing colored can- dies, which cast weird shadows on the salemn faces round the festive board” Try the Herald-Review for any- thing iv job printing. J Say, Pa, Why Don’t You Buy “The Me- nominee Seamless” Sensibie boy, that, He made a buil’s eye wnen 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 heir growth in the first place. The Menominee Seamless Union fiade Shoe is casy-to- wear, eisy-to-buy, easy-to-sell, For Sale Ry J. §. KURTZMAN, The Shoe Man PSS SMBS SISA SFIS VWE “HPS TSPSCSPSVWSTE WS TMS LSBS’ i“ } Grand Rapids Minnesota | GUARANTEED TO*OUT-WEAR ANY SHOE ON THE MARKET. SSS SLOSS SLES BPSLSLIOVTWGSE SEES SVSSSOSLS WSS CHD HHH GEO. ‘“BOOTH’S CIGARS eSeSseqq2SSse2Ssas For sale every where. BOOTH, Cigars : 2 y GRAND RAPIDS, //NN 19 Have achieved an excellent A a all over Northern Minnesota. They are made of the finest selected stock by experienced workmen in Mr. Booth’s own shops here, and under his personal supervision. This insures the utmost cleanliness and care in manufacture, Call for them. 2S 5 8S 2 SS SS SS eS WHY HE WAS ALARMED. Feared Death by Lightning Stroke Might. Run In Families. Gen. Jamé@® 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,” began 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 I 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, and when I shouted to him to come back hc answered: “No, sire-ee! 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 would have opened oysters.—Pittsburg Dis- patch. NINE A MYSTICAL NUMBER. Many Superstitions Connected With Three Times Three. Nine is a mystical number. A cat is said to have nine lives; there are nine crowns in heraldry; possession is “nine points of the law,” and the whip for punishing evildoers has nin2 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 fourleaf clover. The hydra had nine heads, and leases are frequently granted for 99 or $99 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 eurse 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 sone amusing thing,” said the observant man. “I do not know, I am sure. Of 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. Laughter is no doubt good capital in 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 laugh and a time not to laugh.”"—New On leans Times-Democrat. Questlon of Economy. Elmer was the oldest child of an al- ready somewhat numerous and inter- esting while rapidly increasing family, 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 honored 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 he thought of the dear little creature, Elmer looked at the mite very attentively for a time, and then answered, like the young économist 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’ Bee the fire, whilst Molly’s stirrin’ I dreamt =the old dreams over in Recol- lection town, Outside I hear the winter—see the raflin’ Cy Ts! sare a But I'm with the old-time rachis 34 that loved me long ago! ae The first sweet flowers she gave me—the loved, fair place I see; She leaned an’ kissed the violets, as she ti pines ‘em. = Pp erge: ie peaceful paths an pleasant— valleys an’ the hills, oe Where, hand-in-hand, we listened to the wild,. sweet whippoorwills! Settin’ ye the fire—ah, well! I'm gittin’ gray; Too old to be a dreamer—to rv ae TE tg ae rao e lights an’. shadows ‘round mi ke friends tfom old times seem The ig debit the talkin’ an’ I listen an’ —Atlanta Constitution, foe ee la oe ll 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 boasir we are still alive!" Pioneer Store, $ Gifts for the Famil $OOO99090000000000000000000000000000000 SSO Man, Woman and Child Will Be Pleased to Receive. Our different departments are stocked with suitable gifts tor everybody. Gifts that will be appreciated long after Christmas has passed. Before purchasing a single present look over the things we are offering. You will be pleased and so also will the recipient. John Beckfelt | _.John Beckfelt. | Pioneer Store. ; Gifts that Every Grand Rapids. PEEPS POSCR SSE OS POSCELS OS COGS OS CSO GOSS SISOS OSS ica ttle iin cath ic HER DIGNITY AT STAKE. Weighty Reason for Desiring Change of Dressing Rooms. “Speaking of the ways of stage folk with dressing’ rcoms, reminds mo of something that happened to me just a fortnight befere our seasua closed,” said a theatrical man who is home for the summer. “In the company I manage there’s a middleaged women who has a small part. Her husband is in the company, too, and when you have a married couple in the same company .it’s a sure sign of trouble Well, the lady didn’t like dressing in the dressing rooms her position in the company called for, but there wasn’t much she could do till we struck al- most the last stand on our route. Then her husband asked me if I wouldn’t come up to their room in the hotel, because she wanted to speak to me. I went. She told me she was ill and un- able to climb stands, and as a special | favor couldn’t I ‘arrange it so she’d | have a downstairs dressing room? Of | course I could, and I said so. Nobody | who was ill should ever iack for con. sideration in my company. Then Ij went to my own room. It happened to | be the one adjoining theirs, but they | didn’t know it, and I didn’t elther, till | I lay dewn to take a nap, and found I could hear every word they said. ! And what do you think I heard? | “ ‘There,’ said that woman, ‘I’ve fixed that. Of course I’m not ill, | Charles. I never was better in my life, but I must maintain my dignity.’” E. A. LUPTON, M. D. Physician and Surgeon. SPECIALIST. Office opposite Postoffice, Grand Rapids, Minn ' Mounted by ..-6. Weitzel @ a We wil] mount your specimens cheaper than any Taxidermist in Minne- sota. We have had 40 years’ experience. We guarantee first-class work. Strictly moth proof. We pay the highest cash prices for hides, pelts and furs. We have a fine collection of Bear, Timber Wolf, Wildcat & Deerskin Rugs Geuine Indian Smoke-tanned Buckskin | Gloves, Mittens & Moose Hide Moccasins. We repair and clean Fur Garments. In this line we have had what it so ne rily requires—years of experience. A fur garment is very | easily ruined through lack of experience. We have been here in Grand } Rapids for 12 years. h Taxidermist Wm. Weitzel. and Tanner. i The Star Clothing Store Lieberman Bros., Props. Try the Elgin Shirt and you will not use any other make. assortment ot them, Our line of Underwear is complete. styles to select from. We also carry a big line of Trousers; also have all sizes in the Malon Trousers. By the way, do not forget the R. E. Z. Shoes, the shoe for comfort. The Star Clothing Store Lieberman Bros. We have a very large Many Grand Rapids, Minn. ca y | —— 4 % > ce > 1 e * } 4 — j ‘