Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, July 28, 1906, Page 9

ISSING THE BLARNEY STONE. {conoclast Says Travelers Draw on ‘Their Imagination. “A good many people who take a trip to Furope teil lies. when they come back,” said the ex-globe trotter. “One thing they like to iie about is Kissing the blarney stone. A lot of traveiers. claim to have performed ‘lat osculatory stunt, and they dilate on the experience with a glibness that gives color to their assertion. Maybe a few of them really have accomplish- ed the feat, but their number stands in the proportion to those that have not as one to ten thousand. “Kissing the blarney stone is not an easy thing to do. If the boasters would only look up a few facts in the case and find out what difficulties are encountered in performing the rite. they would have a little less to say on the subject. In the first place, the precious stone is near the top of one of the great towers of the castle. To reach it you would have to climb 125 feet inside of a dark, cavernous don- jon. Then, when you have come to ‘the nearest opening in the massive wall, you have to be hung out of the window, head downward over a para- pet by the heels. Even when suspend- -ed in this inverted position a fellow has to be about seven feet tall in or- der to reach the stone and imprint thereon the devotional smack. Con- sidering the dizziness entailed by this atic feat and the length of body red, a lot of travelers of the saw- stone from their list of ad- New York Press. ARTIST NOT FOND OF LABOR Turner Pasted on a Picture the Print of a Vase He Wanted. On one of Mr. Edward Moran's vis- 4ts to London he made a careful study of Turner. They stopped in front of “Childe Harold’s Pi image,” and Mr. Moran, after examining the canvas closely, made the startling assertion that the se to the right was not a part of picture, but was pasted on it. Mr. Warnham laughed the idea to scorn and said it was absurd. Mr. Moran persisted that he was right and wasered a dinner and a bottle of wine he could prove it if he were given ager was accepted. The pic- ure was taken down, the glass was 1oved, and, to the astonishment of e keepe ir. Moran raised the edge er, over which, surely ase had been painted. * to save himself the trou- Evidently, ble of drawing the object, Turner had cut the vase out of some print, skill- fully hiding the point of juncture.— New York Herald. Civil and Religious Marriages. To-day marriage is a civil contract in Catholic as well as _ Protestant countries. The United States and France, since the revolution, freely recognize this fact. Marriage is legally binding, if performed. accord- ing to the laws of the land, without any int ention of the church. This result was inevitable because of the personal and property rights involved which belonged properly to the juri- diction of the state. he church, both Catholic and Protestant, retains however, its ancient privileges of ceremonial over its members, and this accords with popular _ prejudice, which likes to regard marriage as a sacrament, and which sees the ad- vantage of giving the ceremony the eatest possible publicity and solemn sanction.—Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Domestic Service in Olden Days. “Menial” was originally applied only to domestic servants to show that they were “intra moenia,” or between walls, as distinguished from the ap- prentice, so called from the French “apprendre,” to learn. Until the eight- teenth century all single men between 12 years old and 60, and all married cones under 30, and all single women between 12 and 40, not having any visible Hvelihood, were compellable by two justices to go into service. But at a still earlier date the domestic sc-vant seems generally to have beer: »me relation to the family, showing that service had no contemptible meaning in those days, and explain- jug, perhaps, why so often in old books and plays the lady’s maid or the valet‘ is referred to as their master’s or mistress’ “lady” or “gentleman.” Where a Rule Was Useful. A number of years ago a Mr. Wil- {fams, living in Cornish, N. H., was Shingling his barn, having to help him ueer old fellow by the name of sander. The work went merrily y ome time, then Mr. Williams, ring to know if he had enough to finish the job; handed jer a rule to measure the space ing to be shingled. quite a long time Alexander was busy measuring. Then he hand- ed back the rule, saying: “It’s the length of a two-foot rule, a hammer handle and about so much over,” measuring the last few inches with his hands. How Pineapples Grow, “Most people,” said the fruiterer, “think pineapples grow on lofty palm trees. They really grow, like pump- kins, on the ground. A pineapple crop iooks rather like a thick field of r s. The fruit lies on the earth above it rises a tuft of short, stiff Also from its base great . Some of these leaves are long. The pineapple, after id to be, the most profit. es shoot forth in every_ DEFECTIVE PAGE WOULD HAVE INFANTS BRANDED Contemporary Suggests an Individual Mark for All. Owing to the difficulty in identify- ing persons in after life who have been lost or stolen or perhaps disfig- ured in an accident, a new idea is that every infant should be branded by,an individual mark which may be regis- tered and kept for future use. It is rather an interesting proposi- tion and leaves much room for orig- inality’and taste on the mother’s part in choosing a design to be tattooed upon her offspring. Initials would searcely suffice, for they might easily be duplicated, there being more than one John Smith or Elizabeth White in the world. A family trade-mark in the shape, perhaps, of a coat-of- arms might suffice, but the suggestion, if carried into effect, would revive what is now almost a lost art. The idea itself is, however, not a bad one and it might almost be said to be suf- ficient to turn a would-be criminal from his wrongdoing when he thinks of the mark indelibly engraved with the consent of a fond mother, who never dreamed that this same little mark inscribed with loving care might lead to the identification of a rogue in days to come. It is a wide step between the tiny innocent baby and the hardened wretch, but who knows whether, after all, such a mark on a childish arm might not restrain the older man from a wicked act, if not restoring him to a lost identity?— Philadelphia Ledger. GLASSWARE OF ANCIENT ROME. Among the Most Beautiful the World Has Produced. There is no more beautiful glass- ware then that of the Romans, which in many of the examples that still survive, is further beautified by its great age, the passage of centuries giving the surface of the vessels a bright, glossy, iridescent appearance, due te‘a composition of the outer sur- face. Roman glass was in many cases of remarkable delicacy and fra- gility; both plain and colored articles were made. It is on record that many pieces sold for very high prices even in the days of the Caesars. Nero himself was by way of being a con- noisseur of glass. Is it not related that he paid 6,060 sertertia for two small vases? The great beauty of such famous surviving pieces as the “Portland” vase in the British muse- um, and the fine vase in the Bourbon museum at Naples, are, surely, a suf- ficient vindication of the considerable sums paid for such exquisite examples of the glassworker’s art by the cog- noscenti of ancient Rome!—The Col- lector’s Magazine. Amiability Reduced to Science. The Mahratti women. of . Western India haye, the reputation of being model wives: problem of domestic peace. There are three things in the world that they have thought for. Secause of this necessarily simple life they find ked upon as_ ideal ahratti woman thinks of her husband. She worships him. Hevis her\god, her priest, her religion. Second, she-loves her children. Third, she takes) interest in her jewelry. These three aid no more. This is her life. No, wonder she is sufficiently amiable to be called ideal. Kingfisher and Goldfish. A kingfisher came to my pond in December, and stayed a_ fortnight. The goldfish held indignation meet- ings—in deep water—but he caught a good many and they suited him well. To stucy his methods was exceedingly instructive. He sat on arundo donax at first, but it was not quite conveni- ent, and so I arranged a stick for him hanging over the pond. From this point he enjoyed excellent sport. Sud- denly, like a gem falling, he would drop with a splash and then return ashore—a young goldfish in his beak. —Eden Phillpotts in Country Life. For the Dread Diphtheria. At the first indication of diphtheria in the throat of a child make the room close, take a tin cup and pour into it an equal quantity of pine tar and tur- pentine, then hold the cup over a fire, so as to fill the room with the fumes, says a writer. The patient in inhaling the fumes will cough and spit up the membranous matter and the diph- theria may pass off. The fumes of the tar and turpentine lessen the trouble in the throat. and thus afford the re- lief that has baffled the skill of physi- cians to give, but, above all, send for a doctor at once. One of Barrymore’s Last. A friend of Maurice Barrymore re- lates an incident of his last meeting with the brilliant actor, only a short time before the latter’s faculties be- gan to fail. As they were parting the friend asked: “Where are you to be feund nowadays—at the Players?” “No,” replied Barrymore, “I’m posted at the Players, but you can always find me at the Lambs. As a matter of fact,” he added, whimsically, “I'm posted at the Lambs, too, but they temper the wind there.” Locality of the Wishbone. There is an old-fashioned little girl in the city, aged seven, whose quaint and unexpected sayings greatly amuse those who know her and may cause a smile when told to strangers. One day when the family were enjoying roast chicken she asked her father for the wishbone. “Where shall I look for it?” nS said. “Why in the tail, of what makes it wag |' bi pint, it wants to, 2 asked—Chleago They have solved the’ AMERICAN SPEECH IS UNIFORM. Many Different Larguages and Strike ing Dialects in Great Britain. It has been observed that the lan. Zuage spoken in the United States is remarkably uniform. True, there are many dialects, but Great Britain, less in area than any of half a dozen states, contains such very different languages as English, Welsh and the - Gaelic of the Scottish highlands, to say nothing of the provincial dialects of Cornwall and Yorkshire and the unique speech of the London cockney, while in this country, with its vast expanse of territory, its settlement by Spanish, French, Dutch and Swedish colonists and its millions of immi- grants drawn from nearly every coun- try, large and small, all over the world, there is far greater uniformity of speech than in any other land of equal area and population. The causes can be readily seen. The public svt vols have made this a nation of readers and ‘e press has supplied books and papers without limit. Press associations have done their parz toward giving a uniform and fairly good tone to the news- paper language of the day. The tele- graph, the telephone and cheap post- age have brought distant parts of the country into quick and easy commu- nication and so have aided in teach- ing a commen language. The railroad has penetrated every corner of the land and made a nation of travelers. Countless human shut- tles thus are thrown daily across the ldnd in every direction, carrying with them the threads of thought and speech and doing their part to make one pattern of the whole. WHERE DEEPEST LOVE ABIDES. es God’s Goodness Chiefly Felt by These in Tribulation. Where is it that God, in Mis search- ing of the hearts of His children, hears the tones of the deepest love, and sees on the uplifted face the light | of the most Heartfelt, gratitude? Not where His gifts are most profuse, but where they seem most meager; not where the suppliant’s worship glides forth from the cushion of luxury through lips saturated with plenty and rounded by health; not within the halls of successful ambition, or even the dwellings of unbroken domestic peace; but where the outcast, flying from persecution, kneels in the even- ing on the r whereon he sleeps; by the fresh grave, where, as the earth is opened, heaven in answer opens too; by the pillow of the wasi- ed. sufferer, where the sunken eye, denied sleep, converses with a silent star, and the hollow voice enumerates in low prayer the scanty list of com- forts and the shortened tale of hopes. —Martinean. Brazilian Petes. Brazilian pebble is a name given to large masses of particularly transpar- ent quartz cr rock crystal; which is most abundantly found in Brazil, al- though material quite as. good occurs somewhat sparingly in Switzerland and Madagascer. As regards trans- parency and hardness the- Brazilian pebbic was far superior to the best product of the old glass melters, but the modern glass, is quite as good as the ecrystak In fact the mineral is now little used, and the name persists mainly as a trade epithet intended to express superior quality. Good glass for lenticular purposes is now made in the United States; but the best, such as would be employed in astro- nomical and microscopic work, still comes from France and Germany. First Known Use of Paper. There is no country which has not had its learned and elaborate inquir- ers as to the means through which Europe became acquainted some time about the eleventh century with the article of paper. Casiri, however, while employed in translating Arabic writers, has discovered the real place from which paper came. It has been known in China, where its constituent part is silk, from time immemorial. In the thirtieth year of the Hegira (in the middle of the seventh century) a manufactory of similar paper was established at Samarcand, and in 706. fifty-eight syears afterward, one You- zef Amru of Mecca discovered the art of making it with cotton, an article more commonly used in Arabia than silk. Other Uses for Teeth. The teeth, says the Medical Fort- nightly, are said to have a higher of- fice than that commonly assigned to them—namely, that’ of merely crush- ing or masticating the food. They are to be regarded as endowed with a tactile sense, a discriminating fac- ulty corresponding to that possessed by the muscles and nerves of the eye and ear. They have an extreme delicacy of discernment, both as to whether the objects comminuted be suitable as food or such as will irritate the deli- eate lining of the digestive passages. They speedily detect the smallest ‘particle of cinder that has found its way into a freshly-baked biscuit. Sized Up by “Tom” Pool. Throughout the village of Annis- quam, Mass., no greater joker can be found than Thomas S. Pool, an old- time fisherman and a veteran of the civil war. On being told of the in- "tended entrance into the fishing in- dustry of a firm composed of two young fellows, neither of whom nad much money to start with, “Tom” marked: “ITASCA COUNTY FREAK F: PRICE : -LAWLER Office in the First National Bank building. } GRAND RAPIDS fe MINN E. A. LUPTON, M. D, Physician and Surgeon. SPECIALIST. Office opposite Postoffice. Grand Rapids, Minn }~ i Bees ate A. ROSSMAN, Attorney At Law. Office in First Natioval Bank Building. GRAND RAPIDS - - MINN D* CHAS. M. STORCH, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office and Residence carner Leland avenue, and Fourth street. GRAND RAPIDs. Dr. cosrEtto DENTIT. offi. tn First National Bank Building.— GRAND RAPIDS. MINNESOTA O.W TASTINGS. F. P. SHELDON, President. Vice-President C. E. AIKEN. Cashier. First National Bank, Grand Rapids, Minn. 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Sept ies until Moi od return- Sept. 10. i Account the Biennial Saengerfest of of the Northwest, to be held in St. Paul, Juty 26-29. Grand Rapids Minneapolis and St. Paul the Saengerbund AND RETURN VIA THE Great Northern Railway Tickets on Sale July 24-25-26. Very Liberal Return Limits, For Further Particulars Inquire of C. J. FRYE, Agt., Grand Rapids, Minn. eae es asa “BOOTH’S CIGARS For sale every where. rc —————————— = GEO. BOOTH, Manufacturerof Pine Cigars GRAND RAPID, M/NN 99 Have achieved an excellent Booth’s own shops here, and under his personal supervision. This insures the utmost cleanliness und care in manufacture, Call for them. | of the finest selected stock by experienced workmen in Mr ee a reputation all over Northern Minnesota. They are wade Seer or Sesesesesesesesesesaseseses f r, right out to the. sige and thie out thew wad of any expensive attachment or eoncn skill, and your work attachment. . legible and clear. omey este pee i the typewrite for at ano. 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