Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, March 10, 1906, Page 4

Bes q "Rovias Peralds iRevier lished Every Saturday. Cc. KILEY. WO DILLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE ‘atered in the Postoffice at (+ Rapid Minnesota. as Second-Clase Matter, BELLS OF “MERRIE ENGLAND.” Peals Stiii Rung Have Significance From Olden Times. In some parts of the country the oll which tolls the old year out is evlled the “Old Lad’s Passing Bell.” In western England the bells peal aoerrily 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 the pudding may come out of the a. very 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 ordanee with the number of stu- at the foundation of the col- Youth’s Companion. NTS OF THE PILES BURNED. arkable Case of Spontaneous Ig- nition Recently Noted. A remarkable case of spontaneous ‘ion that recently occurred in ting the walls of the new Rotter- y is related by the Technische au. had been in use there for ome time, which by 180 or 200 per minute caused a steady of the piles. The foundation wes such that the pillars had to be iriven through the quicksand down to he solid ground. On withdrawing some piles, the points of the latt«r were found, owing the enormous friction, to have ed entirely and heated to int as to begin burning r sly on coming in contact with the air; nor could iron shoes reyent this spontaneous ignition. When leaving the piles in the ound this ignition would not result in any damage, the charring remain- ing confined to the surface, and the being rapidly carried away in the moist surroundings, trokes advance AMMUNITION FOR THE PASTOR. Sinners Alone Need Have Feared Con- tents of This Box. Rev. Edward Lloyd Jones, a nester, England, minister, tells a of his experience in Fenian ys. He was traveling from a Welsh lage to Brecon, and had with him a ong wooden box filled with heavy ecological books. At Shrewsbury > detectives who were on the look- t for explosive machines and the suspected this heavy box and i was sent on to Brecon. When ne young minister stepped out of the train he was astonished to find a € ant and several constables waiting him. “I think you have a x with you,” said the sergeant. duite right,” said the preacher, who egan to scent ~ joke. Out came the ox and its weight excited fresh sus- picion about its contents. “This is your box?” ‘Yes.” “It contains am- munition? “It does.” “Very well, onsider yourself in charge. Open the box.” The company stood away while the sergeant found it contained noth- ing more explosive than Adam’ Clarke’s “Theology” he expressed his indignation freely to the minister. All that he got back was the soft ans- wer: “Why, bless my soul, man, you asked if the box contained ammuni- tion. That is my ammunition. I am a Methodist parson, and that’s what I shoot with.” JUST MAKING A FRESH START. Boy Well Knew Bishop Wasn’t Near End of Sermon. The late Bishop Eastburn of Massa- chusetts was @ man of very imposing appearance, and whenyrobed in his big- sleeved canonicals gave the impres- sion of sailing under full canvas. In the pulpit he had a habit of drawing himself up at intervals, with chest raised and head .thrown back, which gave him a very pompous air. A little boy of Newburyport, not fully inured to long sermons, and earying under his heavy periods, mildly suggested to his mother that he would like to “cut the rest of it,” but she tried to beguile him with the as- surance that the good man was just ready to stop, when he eagerly re- plied: “Oh, no, mamma, he isn’t, ‘cause he’s just blowed hisself up again.” Wouldn’t Take the Office. Patrick Plunkett, a well-known Irish- man of Portland, Me., wished to be elected an officer of some well-known society. The members having as- sembled one day, he arose and said: “I nominate Patrick Plunkett.” See- ing that nobody moved, he again arose and said: “I second the motion.” But still they failed to notice him. This time he cried out: “But be d—d if I'll take it.” WAY PIPE SHOULD BSE LIGHTED. : ANCLENT BEDS -100 SUMPTUOUS. Wantep. —.Men in each state tol eeeeasesseessecussesascsas Subject of Vastly More Importance Beautiful and Imposing They Were, Than Appears. There has been a little newspaper discussion recently 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 @ man made testy, and a man made | testy is a man looking out 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 frightfuily true thing that causes a hush in the noisiest assembly. What, then, should the man in the train do? I will tell him. He should carry a box of wooden matches, and 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. Ordered by Richard Coeur de Lion as Punishment for Theft. We learn from the annals of the his- torian Hoveden, who was court chap- lain to Henry III, that the old custom of tarring and feathering is one that dates back to tho 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- toms which has been classed com- monly as “American,” while in truth, it originated with us, and was im- ported by them from Europe.—Tif Bits, London. 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 homesteaders were lamenting their ill fortune of having no meat in the house they were startled to hear heavy thuds against the outside of the puilding, when investigation with a lantern disclosed the fact that wild cucks 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 that night in their journey south. Milk Kills More Than War. Thus of a million babies born in 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- kle, and many other wrinkles will be avoided. And of materials, remember serge and most vailes 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 ara 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 | the garden 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 erder.” Turning to his men, he shouted, in his most mar- tial tones: “Attention! Here comes the car-r; company, schplitt!” But Not Comfortable. In olden times beds were very sump- tuous articles of furniture, and the gift of one in a will represented in many cases a large sum of money, the bedstead with its fittings frequent- ly having cost several hundred pounds. In Elizabeth’s time and earlier, bedsteads were imposing crea- tions of oak, richly carved in all man- ner of quaint device, with, perhaps, a grinning saiyr peering from behind a pillar, sufficiently grotesque to mur- der the slumbers of the most somno- lent. Those were the days, too, of heavy silken hangings, valances and quilts, all richly embroi’ered in silk and gold and silver thread with heavy bullion fringes to add weight and ma- jesty. Such beds may be seen in some of the valuable collections at the museums and at English country seats, such as Warwick castle and other notable old places. To modern eyes they compare very unfavorably, despite their intrinsic value, with the simple, dainty beds of modern times. DREW ADMIRATION OF RUSKIN. Alpine Bird Compelled Thought of Writer and Philosopher. While among the dark, piney preci- Pices of the Chartreuse frills, one day, the famous John Ruskin saw for the third time what he thought the most wonderful of all Alpine birds—a gray, fluttering, stealthy creature, about the size of a sparrow, but of colder gray and more graceful, which haunts the sides of the fiercest torrents. He wrote: “There is something more Strange in it than in the sea-gull— that seems a powerful creature, and the power of the sea not of a kind so adverse, so hopelessly destructive. But this smail creature, silent, tender and light, almost, like a moth in its low and irregular flight, almost touch- ing with its wings the crests of waves that would overthrow a granite wall, and haunting the hollows of the biack, cold, herbless rocks that are continu- ally shaken by thcir suray, has per- haps the nearest approach to the look of a spiritual existence I know in ani- mal life.” The Humming Bird. Scientifically’ humming birds are “trochilidae,” and those who make a special study of them are “trochi®. diste”—although the birds are not identical with the old Greek “trochi- lus” or “runner” bird, which, accord- ing to Herodotus, entersd the laws of the sleeping crocodile and obliged its big friend by picking leeches trom his throat. The Spanish name for the humming bird is “tominejo”—meaning a third of a dram, and referring, of course, to the bird’s minuteness. Rut the prettiest names are those, such as the French ‘‘froufrou,” which refer to the humming noise sometimes pro- duced by tke almost incredibly rapid vibration of the wings. ‘“Purring with her wings’ is the expression of Thomas Morton (16382), the first Eng- lfsh writer to mention the humming bird. Arctic Expedition Amusements. In the British arctic expedition of 1875 one of the chaplains had a file of the London Times twenty years old containing the Crimean war reports. One copy was given out to each ship daily; the officers had it first, then it went to the forecastle, and soon every one was as keen about the news as if the war had been proceeding. The clergyman in control of the press was besought to issue an evening edition, and when Sebastopol was about to be taken excitement ran so high that the newspaper office, a locker, was almost stormed. The editor, however, was firm, and continued with his daily is- sue, the interest being kept up to the end of the expedition. American Safety Devices. In spite of the fact that the United States lead the world in the invention of safety devices it has been shown that we stand first in the record of aceidents. The proportion of miners killed here is nearly three .imes as great as in France and about double that in other European countries. For every fiye men killed by accident in this country there are only three in all the nations of Europe combined. It is claimed that with all our quick- ness in inventing the things that make for safety we are slow to adopt them, and that many American inventions of this kind find their first recognition in Europe—Hartford, Conn., Times. Mistakes of Authors. “I do wish,” said the Omnivorous Reader, “that these fiction producers would be a little more careful in their descriptions of people. I hav- become hardened to a girl with eyes like vio- lets, lips like cherries and hair like spun gold; though such a one must be a creature fit only for a dime mu- seum. But here is Ponson de Ter- rail, my favorite French feuilletonist, who says, ‘The man’s hands were cold and clammy, like those of a serpent,’ and ‘The count walked up and down reading the newspaper with his hands behind his back.’ Now, wouldn't that jar you?” Would Kill What He Could. The following anecdote is told con- cerning Edward Sharpe, a shoemaker by trade, who resided at East Bridge- water, Mass. At the outbreak of the civil way he was called upon to defend his country in the army. At the time of enlistment and examination he was asked if he preferred the infantry. “Well,” he replied, “I hain’t much of a gunner, but I'll go and kill what ! can.” travel, pos@ signs, advertise and leave samples of our goods. Salary $75 per ménth; $3 per day for expenses. Kuhlman Co., Dept. S, Chicago... Cmtest Notice. -partinent of the Interior—United States inind Office. Duluth, Minn... Jun. 13, 1908. X sufficient contest ‘affidavit having been sled in this office by Peter H. Huber, con- costant, against Homestead Entry No. 21430. de March 1. 1905. for se¥4 of section 14,tow! 62 north, range 2 west, by William ythe. contestes, in which it is alleged “he said William J. Forsythe has vever lished a residence on said land or made improvement s thereon, but has aba: 1 ti jand that said alleged a suid Jacd was not due to his em ployine the army, navy or:marine corps of the United States : uring any war; said parties are hereby ndtified to appear, respond and offer evidence touching said allegation at 10 o'clock a. m. on March 1. 1906 before the Register and Re- ceiyeratthe United States Land Office in Duluth, Minn. § The said contestant. in a proper affidavit, filed January 11, 196, set forth facts which show ‘that after’ due ‘diligence personal ser- vice of this notice cannot be made. it is here- by ordered that such notice be given by due : er publication. BOT ee ren Wek CULKIN Register. Duluth Branch Lake Shore Engine Works; Marquette, Mich. 330 West Superior St., DULUTH, MINN. We build boats all sizes, and en- gines 1 to 40 H. P. Let us figure with you on your re- quirements. We can save you money. Write for catalogue. 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