Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 3, 1906, Page 8

WAY PIPE SHOULD BE LIGHTED. Subject of Vastly More Than Appears, There has been a little newspaper discussion recenily on the subject of “How to Light a Pipe.” This may seem to the feminine mind, a trivial matter, and quite beneath the notice of any dignified journal. How wrong! For a pipe ill-lit is a pipe ill-smoked, and a pipe ill-smoked is a man made testy, and a man made testy is a man looking ont for trouble, and a man looking out for trouble is a man finding trouble, and a man find- ing trouble is a woman in tears, and a woman in tears is the last word in hu- man dreariness. Never let us be ashamed to inquire, then, how a pipe may be lit with the utmost satisfac- tion to the smoker. One paper, I see, recommends spills. That is good, but the spills, of course, must be wooden ones. Another paper retorts that spills are of no sort of use to the man in the train. This is the kind of frightfully thing that causes a hush in the est assembly. What, then, should the man in the train do? I will tell him. He should carry a box of wooden matches, aid he should use exactly two matches to light his pipe. The first one will dry the to- bacco on the surface, and the second one will produce the vivid, even glow beloved of smokers. The man, by the way, who lights his pipe with a wax match is a bad man right from the start. Never trust him, dear friend.—Sketch. TAR AND FEATHERS LONG AGO. Importance Ordered by Richard Coeur de Lion as Punishment for Theft. We learn from the annals of the his- Hoveden, who was court chap- to Henry III, that the old custom to lain of tarring and feathering is one that dates back to the time of Richard the Lion Hearted. He tells us that this renowned king, on setting out for the third crusade, made this enactment among others, for his fleet: A robber who shall be convicted of theft shall have his head cropped af- ter the fashion of a champion, and boiling pitch shall be poured there- on, and the feathers of a cushion shall be shaken out on him, so that he may be known, and at the first land at which the ship shall touch he shall be set on shore. This, then, is one of several cus- oms which has been classed com- “American,” while in truth, it originated with us, and was im- ported by them from Europe.—Tit Bits, London. monly Sent as Substitute For Meat. An odd incident occurred south of Seneca, in Faulk county, when, on a cark, stormy night, while a family of he steaders were lamenting their ill fortune of having no meat in the house they were startled to hear heavy thuds against the outside of the building, when investigation with a lantern disclosed the fact that wild éucks had flown against it and had fallen to the ground to be easily pick- ed up in their dazed condition. This settled the meat question, and there were some who figured that the ducks had been providentially misguided tbat night in their journey south. Milk Kills More Than War. Thus of a million babies born tn France, 200,000 are lost annually by death. Of these the grand majority might be saved if only they were prop- erly treated and above all, thoroughly nourishe*. Statistics are witness to the fact that infant mortality is near- ly always due to malnutrition which in its turn is caused by milk of poor quality. Of a thousand nurslings that died before they were a year old, over a third on an average perish through digestive disorders. In some cities the average is far higher; in Nantes more than a half, in Troyes nearly four-fifths. How to Best Pack a Trunk. In packing a trunk use heaps of paper with tailor-made garments and pack them as much like a man’s suit as possible. Never forget that wrin- lle, and many other wrinkles will be avoided. Amd of materials, remember serge and most voiles pack magnifi- cently, alpaca always creases, faced cloth wants care, cashmere does crumble, but soon shakes out. Vel- vet, of course, must never be creased at all; crepe de-chine travels very well on the whole; silks vary, and anyhow, should be treated with discre- tion.—Household Companion. Brother Jinkins’ Misfortune. Says the Adams Eagle: “We are mighty sorry to report an accident that happened to Brother Jinkins last week—and it was one of the strangest accidents that ever happened in this settlement. While he was peacefully pulling off his shoes, previous to re- tiring for the night a cow—a fine Jersey cow—walked into his room, which is on the ground floor, and bit off the calf of his left leg. Some of the neighbors seem disposed to be superstitious about it.” Order to Lewiston Hibernians. In Lewiston, Maine, lived a certain policeman who was also captain of the local company of Hibernians. On one occasion a street car approached while he was marching the com- pany along the street, and, as it seemed the proper course to pursue, he decided to execute the movement known as “open order.” Turning to he shouted, in his most mar- “Attention! Here comes company, schplitt!” car-r; “aivorce frim hi BELLS OF “MERRIE ENGLAND.” | PHENOMENA fea DREAMLAND. $$0000000000000000000000000000000000000 Peals Stiii Rung Have Significance From Olden Times. In some parts of the country the bell which tolls the old year out is called the “Old Lad’s Passing Bell.” In western England the bells peal merrily on “Oak Apple Day,”= to cele- brate the escape of King Charles at Boscobel. Another bell, rung at the beginning Of Lent, is known as “Pan- cake Bell,” because in old-time phrase, it “summons people away from their pancakes to confession and fasting.” A lively peal of bells is often rung at the end of the Sunday morning ser- vice and is called “Pudding Bell.” Per- haps its purpose is to announce to the stay-at-homes that service is over and that the pudding may come out of the oven. Every night at five minutes past 9, “Great Tom,” the great bell of Christ church college at Oxford, booms out its ponderous note 101 times. This particular number was chosen in accordance with the number of stu- dents at the foundation of the col- lege.—Youth’s Companion. POINTS OF THE PILES BURNED. Remarkable Case of Spontaneous Ig- nition Recently Noted. A remarkable case of spontaneous ignition that recently occurred in erecting the walls of the new Rotter- dam quay is related by the Technische Dundschau. Rams had been in use there for some time, which by 180 or 200 strokes per minute caused a steady advance of the piles. The foundation was such that the pillars had to be driven through the quicksand down to the solid ground. On withdrawing some piles, the points of the Jatter were found, owing to the enormous friction, to have been charred entirely and heated to such a point as to begin burning spontaneously on coming in contact with the air; nor could iron shoes prevent this spontaneous ignition. When leaving the piles in the ground this ignition would not result in any damage, the charring remain- ing confined to the surface, and the heat being rapidly carried away in the moist surroundings. Teal Slip Out of Hunters’ Reach. Teal leave the water with astonish- ing smartness, and if the shooting is in brush the gunner is likely to be reminded of the thunderous grouse, by the way those brown bantams, the blue-wings, slip out of reach of his sudden storm of lead. And how they ean go when they discover what their danger is! I have stood in the cat- tails by a pond at evening when the teal were coming in to roost and have .8een them burst into a speed, upon de- tecting me, that required a 20-foot swinging lead to stop at 40 yards. They are handsome birds, tco, these teal, and gross is the man that can chuck them in his shooting coat with- out a glance of admiration at the trim lines of them.—Lynn Bogue Hunt, in “Shooting Ducks on Middle Western Ponds,” in The Outing Magazine. The Wife as a Banker. Women are savers rather than spenders. And when they spend they spend to good advantage. A dollar in @ woman's hands goes twice as far as a dollar in the hands of a man. If you want to save money let your wife be the banker. This is for the man who gets wages out of a job and for the man who gets a salary out of a position. This is for the workingman, whether he labors with his hands or toils with his brain. This is for the married man and for the man about to be married. It is for men in every class of life and every walk of life. It is the best advice for the average man everywhere.—lIndianapolis Sen- tinel, About Advice. “One of the biggest mistakes in life,” said Spurgeon, “next to believ- ing that some folk know better than one’s self, is not believing that others do know better.” The difficulty in get- ting good advice is just the difficulty in finding who is really clever enough to give it, and who is interested in one enough to give it, or honest enough to give it. The man who will not ask his way often finds himself in a humiliating position. Advice light- ly and recklessly given stamps the giver as unscrupulous, just as advice lightly sought stamps the seeker as a fool. Spoke as an Oracle. An. employe of the Grand Opera House was in conversation with Man- ager Middleton the other day, and there was a question as to whether a blonde or a brunette had the quicker temper. The answer of the employe to the inquiry left a doubt in the mind of his listeners. He said: “I am ina position to answer that question from experience. My wife has been both blonde and brunette, and I find she can show spirit under each condition.” The name of the: gentleman is sup- pressed for obvious reasons.—Brook- lyn Eagle, Didn't Know the Lady. Mrs. Clancy—Yis, Mrs. Muggins, Pat and Oi part to mate no more. Oi wint to the hospital to ax afther him. “Oi want to see me husband,” sez Oi; “the man that got blowed up.” “Yez can’t,” sez the docther—“he’s unther the inflooence of Ann Esthetics.” “Oi don’t know the lady,” sez Oi, mighty dignified loike; “but if me lawful wedded husband can act loike that whin he’s at death’s door Oi’ll have a !”—Exchange. b Scientists’ Explanation of the Visions | of Sleep. A scientist explains some of the: strange phenomena of dreams by say-_ ing that they are due to what he calls “hereditary memory.” He takes the “falling through space’ dream and | points out that after suffering the mental agony of falling the sleeper | escapes the shock of the actual stop- ping. The explanation is that the fall- ing sensations have been transmitted from remote ancestors who were for- tunate enough to save themselves, after falling from great heights in tree tops, by clutching the branches. | The molecular changes in the cere- bral cells due to the shock of stop- ping could not be transmitted, be- cause victims falling to the bottom would be killed. In a similar manner, by reverting to the habits of animals which existed centuries ago, the same investigator finds an explanation for the mental state experienced by individuals in various dreams—the “pursuing monster” dream, the “rep- tile and vermin” dream, color dreams, suffocation dreams, flying dreams and the like. OLD PLACE WAS GOOD ENOUGH. Comprehensive Reason Why Citizen Came Home. “Squire” Lord, of local fame in Ef- fingham, N. H., fifty years ago, had accumulated, by all sorts of methods, a fortune for the times and place. Keeping the country store, being prac- tically the “bank” of those parts and increasing wealth beyond expenditures had nourished an ambition to live in a place larger and with more social opportunities than the little village af- forded. So he packed up one autumn, took a house in Portland, which was the town 0’ the world to country peo- ple then, and with his family started in to cut a dash. To his chagrin, he found he was one of many in that place, and not a scrape or bow was coming his way. Christmas saw him back, bag and baggage, in Effingham, and that even- ing in his store, to the inquiry of one of the village loafers, “Why’d ye come back, squire, ’fore you’d calculated?” he replied: “T’ve had enough of that place. Yer see, I’d rather be a king among hogs than a hog among kings.” Hard and Fast Rule impossible. It is surprising how many people there are in this world who want to increase the discomforts of life. There is always bobbing up some professor or propagandist who informs us that everything we have ever done is wrong and that the only road to physi- cal salvation is to follow his own schedule. And now comes a man trom Chicago—where they know more things which aren’t so than in any city in the world—and tells us that we must not eat soup, pie, pancakes. pud- dings and cold meats, except ham, and apparently make our principal diet spinach, asparagus, lettuce and on- ions. Probably most persons eat more than is good for them and it is cer- tain that, generally speaking, food is not well cooked. But to lay down a jaw for the human race is absurd.— Philadelphia Inquirer. Salt and Civilization. Salt has had much influence in shap- ing the civilization and exploration of the world. It is believed by many that the oldest trade routes were created for the salt traffic. This was certain- ly the case with the caravan routes in Libya and the Sahara, while the mines of North India were the center of a large trade before the time of Alex- ander. Salt, too, has played a consid- erable part in the distribution of man. He was forced to migrate to places where it could be obtained. This brought him to the seashore, where he gained his ideas of maritime com- merce. Lastly, the preservative ef- fects of salt on flesh food made long oceanic voyages possible and thus opened up the world to commerce and civilization. Reclaiming the Sahara Desert. As a result of recent scientific in- vestigations it may be possible to re- vise our ideas of the barrenness of the Sahara desert, since it has been found by boring that there are numerous springs which rise to the surface and make possible a system of irrigation. In the territory to the south of Algeria a government irrigation survey has been at work making a series of deep test borings, some of which are as deep as 2,000 feet. In this way con- siderable water has been encountered and in certain oases already twice the usual amount of water has been made available for the palm groves.—Har- per’s Weekly. Quaint Ceremoi.y Maintained, There are still one or two houses in England where quaint ceremonies of older days are strictly maintained. Lowther Castle, Penrith, is an in- stance in point. One picturesque in- cident always takes place every even- ing, even when the Earl and Countess are dining quite alone. Lord Lons- dale drinks first to “The King,” next addressing Lady Lonsdale, to “The Ladies.” He then sits down and her ladyship rising, proposes with equal Fresh Air the First Necessity. If you wish to keep healthy and well, have plenty of fresh air; don’t think you will catch cold by it; on the con- trary it will do you good, and fit you for your work. Always sleep with a window open at night, it will not harm you, the fresh air will make your sleep sounder, but at the same time you must have sufficient light clothing on the bed to keep you from nae cold, Pioneer Store. | John Beckfelt. | Pioneer Store. ° | Off With the Old! On With the New This has so far been a compara- tively mild winter, and you may Copyright 1902 by Kuh, Nathan & Fischer. uoecoassouenesesseocesseeunseceacs a asun amnn Cm Grand Rapids Village ils ing them on such ez the matter over. REISHUS-REMER ADE AE SE AE EEE EH Mea a ae ea a ae a ae ea a RE Rapids. 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GRAND RAPIDS - - MINN, ITASCA COUNTY ABSTRACT OFFICE ‘ ABSTRACTS, REAL ESTATE, FIRE INSURANCE, Conveyances Drawn. Taxes Paid for Non-Residents, KREMER & KING, Proprietors. GRAND RAPIDS, _- - MINN Dz. COSTELLO DENTIST. —Offi. in First National Bank Building.— GRAND RAPIDS. MINNESOTA Men’s, Youth’s and Children’s Clothing is Most Complete POSSSSO SSS OSOS SSS SOOO SOO SOO SOS SOGOOOOD Renee CoE PP PESOS OOS COSCO OS OO OGD ob Printing --The Herald-Review A. B. CLAIR, Mineral Pine ana Farming Lands Pine Stumpage Bought. ABSTRACTS OF TITLE. GRAND RAPIDS, MINNESOTA. FOR SALE! about 2,500 acres of lan! 5-23 and 65-24 that I wil sell for $5.00 an acre. Write iminediately to P. O. Box 211, Mankato, Mimesota Have a Shine? Joe Craft At the Northern Sample Rooms is there all the time with gilt-edge work —Sundays included. E. A. LUPTON, M. D. Physician and Surgeon. SPECIALIST. Office opposite Postoffice. Grand Rapids, Mina