Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, July 20, 1907, Page 6

aaa ” Published Every By E. C. KILEY. (TWO DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE Entered in the Postoffice at Grand Rapid Minnesota. as Second-Class Matter, \ THE HERALD-REVIEW IS THE Official Paper of Itasca County. Official Paper of Village of Grand Rapids. Official Paper of Village of Cohasset. Official Paper of Village of Keewatin. Official Paper of Village of Nashwauk. Official Paper of U.S. Dis- trict Court in Bankruptcy Proceedings. Designated by State and National Gfficials as the Of- ficial Paper for the publica- tion of all legal notices to be made through their re- spective offices in Itasca Co. Recognized by Everybody as the Leading Weekly Newspaper of Northeastern Minnesota. PROGRAM OF EXAMINATIONS The examination for teachers ‘ommon school certificates will be held in the office of the county indendent of schools at the House on the dates giyen Monday July 29. Second Grade Studies. ) Enrollment. Arithmetic. Physiology-Hygiene. English Grammar. Reading. Drawing and Music. Tuesday, July 30th. d Grade Studies Continued.) Professional Test. 000 “Spelling. 9:30 Geograbhy. mposition and Penmanship. 1 U.S. History. 3:15 Civics. Wednesday, July S1st. t Grade Studies. ) eometry. 10:00 Physics. Algebra. 2aphy or Gen. History. cs is now required for ie and limited certificates. Harrie F. Booru, County Superintendent, 11:15 ¢ t Mind; She Didn’t Care. » had made several ineffectu- > propose to the object of but on each oceasion his courage failed him at the last moment. After thinking the matter over he fing ecided to telephone, which he did Is that you, Samantha?” he in- quired upon being given the proper number. “Yes, it’s me,” returned the lady. “Will you marry me, Samantha, | d marry me quick?” “Yes, I will,” | the reply; ” al his affecti w aS “who’s speaking? Unusual Revival. Captain Knowles, superintendent of aving service at Providence, ot his men working uninter- for one hour and forty-five 2 in the effort to restore to life a man who had been under water nearly half an hour before the body was rescued and taken ashore, his poat capsized. The efforts were suc) cessful, though the unfortunat’e limbs were stiff, teeth were clinched and body cold and purple as a plum, show- ing that there was no surface or local circulati mn. the life Explicit Directions. A tourist just returned from a holi- day in Ireland tells of an inscription which he saw on a stone at the edge of a small river.in County Cavan, says the London Tribune. It read: “When tone is out of sight it is not safe rd the river.” This reminds one of a finger post erected by one of the surveyors of Kent roads some years ago, on which “This is the bridle path was painted: to Faversham. If you cannot read this keep on the main road.” Peanuts as Food. The little peanut that only a few years ago was considered by the phy- sicians as unfit to put into the stom- ach is now the basis of the food pred- ucts of one of the largest sanitariums in the country—analysis proves jt to contain three times the nutriment of beef—hence, as it becomes better known and its value realized it enters the bill of fare in the shape of peanut butter, salted peanuts, ~soup, cakes, etc. Many vegetarians throughout the country use no other bread lubricant than peanut butter prepared from the roasted nut. Wiles of the Raft Spider. The raft spider gets its name from its habit of building a raft of dry leaves and other light materials, fas- tened together by threads of silk, im order to pursue its prey in water. out, hesitation., Several explanations have been offered for the conduct of insects in ‘this respect. An official of the Smithsoniag Insti- tution not iong ago made experiments, reported to the institution, from which he concludes that the peculiar facetted structure of the eyes of insects is the cause of their difficulty in traversing nets. To an insect, he thinks, a net looks -like a’ continuous ° partially opaque surface, the separate lines be ing unnoticed, and accordingly, on ap- proaching @ net the insect alights be- fore overing that it might have continued its d passed through. ons eget Watch as a paniinaa Few are aware of the fact that in a watch they have a very excellent compass. If you wish to use it as such all you have to do is to. point the hour-hand to the sun and the south is exactly half way between the hour and the figure XII on the face of the watch. Inasmuch as each min- ute is marked off there need be po difficulty in calculating this accu- rately. Made His Own Teeth. Charles Bennett, aged 60, a Frank- lin cougty convict serving five years in the Ohio penitentiary for burglary, not only pulls his own teeth but he makes new ones and puts them in him- self, says the Cleveland Plaindealer. He makes the teeth out of rosin beef bones obtained in the kitchen, using only a little saw and a penknife. He has been using two of the teeth several months and is now at work on others. He pulls his old teeth by means of a fiddle string and then makes the new teeth the shape-of the ones pulled out. They are grodved so they fit to the gum and also to the teéth on each side. Goppérneaad Comes to Town. As Miss Anna Montgomery was de- scending the stone stairway of the Carnegie library in Beaver Falls, Pa., she almost stepped on a copperhead snake coiled on one of the steps. She screamed and ran out into the street. The snake was killed. It measured over three feet. How it got on the steps of a pubic building in the most frequented part of the town is a’ mystery. Snake in Bird Cage. A curious story of a snake which points an oid time moral comes from the little village of Althorne, near Burnham on Crouch, Essex. A boy placed a cage, made of a box covered with one-inch wire netting, which contained some: young birds, outside his house. When-he went to feed the birds in the morning he dis- covered a large snake coiled up in the cage and all his birds gone. The snake, which had little diffi- culty in enter‘ng the cage, was una- ble to get out when it had eaten the birds. A man who was attracted by the boy’s shouts quickly destroyea the reptile. Legends of the Kingfisher. Many and curious are the legends of the kingfisher. One of these is to the effect that the bird was originally a plain gray in color, but upon being let loose from the ark flew toward, the setting sun and had. its back stained blue by the sky and its lower plumage scorched by the sua to gor- geous hues. The dried body of the kingfisher was once used as charm against thunderbolt and moths, and it was hung up so that it might point with its bill to the winds quarter. “In Memory” of a Murder. An “In Memorium” notice in the Bath Herald runs: “In memory of Elsie Adeline Luke, who was cruelly murdered on Hampton Down, August, 1891. Vengeance is mine, saith the Lord: I will repay.” This advertisement is an echo of an unsolved mystery which disturbed Bath fifteen years ago. The remains of Elsie Adeline Luke, a little girl, were discovered by schoolboys in a cave in one of the hills overlooking the city. ‘ Slow Spelling Development. Dr. Edward Delevan Perry, profes- sor of Greek at Columbia university and president of the New York So- ciety, Archaeological institute of America, is of the opinion that it would take at least three or four gen- erations to bring about a reform in spelling, and that no fewer than: twen- ty-five or thirty years must elapse be- fore the 300 words already simplified can become generally used. One Man's Many Titles. The duke of Wellington, who recent- ly celebrated his fifty-seventh birth, day, is prince of Waterloo in the Netherlands. He is duke of Ciudad Rodrigo and a grandee of the first class in Spain and duke of Vittoria, Marquese of Torres Vedras and Count of Vimiero in Portugal; also earl og Mornington and Viscount Wellesley of Dangan castle, in the Irish peerage. Chinese and Sea Food: The Chinese will eat anything that comes out of the sea. are good to their taste and are caught with great skill. Seaweeds are used to thicken soups, gravies and pud- dings and‘ are highly prized because they give the relishing flavor of salt, which is a luxury. to most Chinese peasants. OR 0 alk cade got Pliny’s history may be regarded gs the first re tained 30,000 | from DEFECTIVE PAGE art through such an aperture with- All the fishes, for particulars. Having a Good Time. i An uptown woman who is_benevo- } lently inclined has decided that most of the so-called charity of the present day was not, strictly speaking, charity at all.- Whoever gives, she has con- cluded, does so-for the pleasant sen- sation of seeing his or her name on subscription lists, and she does not agree with this ostentation. ‘Here, | my good man,” she said one day to a! man who had _ begged alms of her, | “here is 10 cents, and please to under- | stand that I do not give this because | I hope to be rewarded for my charity ! some day, but because it gives me | pleasure to do so.” The burly beggar : looked dubiously at the tiny coin. “Took here. mum,” he said, “In this | ‘ere wicked world we don’t often get ' the chance to enjoy ourselves. Why not make it a quarter and have a real geod time?” Much Decorated German. Court Augustus Eulenberg, grand marshal of the German emperor's | court, is believed to hold the record | in the matter of decorations. Of these coveted jewels he possesses ! about eighty, his broad chest being too small to wear all of them at once. ; According to recently compiled sta- tistics there are 90,000 persons in the Fatherland wearing such decorations. Where De Quincey Went to Church. St. Peter’s church, f Manchester, which is shortly to be ‘pulled down | and in which the last services were | held yesterday, is the church which | De Quincey attended as a lad and to! which there are some entertaining | references in “The Confessions of an Opjum Eater.” The first rector was De Quincey’s tutor, and he possessed apparently | a stock of 330 sermons which the pu- | pil confessed became to him “a real | instrument of improvement.” He only ; heard half of them, because he at: j tended only the mornimg services; but he says “Those same 330-2 ser- mons (lasting only through sixteeff minutes each) for me became a per- | fect palaestra of intellectual gymnas- tics, far better suited to my childish weakness than could have been the sermons of Isaac Barrow or Jeremy | Taylor.” De Quincey gives his im- pressions of the opening of the church | which took place when he was in his tenth year. That is now 111 years | ago. | Woman Kills Big Rattler. Mrs. Fannie C. Thompson cf East Whittier, Cal., proved her pluck by despatching a three-foot rattlesnake which dared to dispute her way. Mrs. Thompson \has a ranch near the foothill country, and when the reptile coiled up in front of her, ob- structing her pathway, the woman procured a long-handled shovel and with one blow nearly severed the snake’s head from its body. ~ afterward she measured her victim and found that he was nearly forty inches long and the possessor of seven | big rattlers and a button. A BIRD’S BALLROOM. Where the Cock o’ the Rock Performs ~ Like the Whirling Dervish. Dancing is by no means confined to quadrupeds. A writer in the Strand Says that it is the principal play of | many birds. | Perhaps the 7aNe of bird dancers is the South American cock o’ the rock. Tkese birds have regular dane- ing places, level spots which they keep | clear of sticks and Stones. | A dozen or more of the birds assem- | ble around this spot, and then a cock | bird, his scarlet crest erect, steps into the center. Spreading his wings and | tail, he begins to dance, at first with | slow and stately steps, then gradually more and more rapidly until he is | spinning like a mad thing. At last, | tired out, he sinks down, ,hops out of the ring and another takes his place. Some of the quail tribe are great dancérs, and so are the American sand hill cranes. It is a most ludic- rous sight to watch a crane dancing; he is,so asennad solemn over the whole performan He looks like a shy young man who has just learned to waltz and is eed ashamed of the | 3 a <.. ‘We make this offer for the best string of fish caught this ar with any. of the famous Shakespeare Baits. Ask Anglers are invited to call at our store and get the inter- esting free books “How to Catch Bass,” “The Art of Bait Casting,” and “Fine Fishing Tackle” which tell how to catch fish and the best tackle to use, W. J.& H.D. POWER Ss, one Rapids, ISTH ANNUAL “HOW TO CATCH BASS” “PRE at OF. BAIT CASTING” ‘Free Boo E FISHING TACKLE.” We Offer $10.00 Outfit | FINE FISHING TOURNAMENT NORTHERN MINNESOTA FIRE- MEN’S TOURNAMENT ASSOCIATION { ELY, MINN. AUGUST 6, 7, 8, 9. $2,000 FOR PRIZES AND ENTERTAINMENT 10 COMPETING COMPANIES 10 Ely, Grand Rapids, Eveleth, Cass Lake, Aurora, Park Rapids, Sparta, Bemidji, Virginia, DeerRiver. Four Days of Enjoyment With the Best of music. Che Citizens of Ely Tnvite You All to be Pres: ent and Assist in the Merrymaking. REMEMBER, AUGUST GTH, 7TH, 8TH, 9TH, WM. PERRINGTON| € 7 BUYS AND SELLS LANDS IN ITASCA AND ADJOINING COUNTIES | Mineral Pine ang Farming Lands Parties located on Homestead and Timber and Stone Claims. Some of the Choicest Lands in the vicinity of Grand Rapids or con- venientto other markets, under . cultivation. for sale at Bargains WM. PERRINGTON Graud Rapids - Minnesota Ice cream by the pint or quart at Miller’s confectionery store. Goal for a fast timer. Tremendous quantities of coal will be required to run the turbine liner Lusitania’s engines. The ship’s indi- cated horse power is 65,000, which will mean a consumption of not less than 435 tons of steam each hour and a‘cor- respOnding consumption of fifty tons of coal in the same time. This would work out a total of 1,200 tons of coal day.” INTENTIONAL DUPLICATE EXPOSURE —AT THE— Pioneer Store About 75 pieces of Dress Goods, from 2 to 7 yards in length, in Panamas, Voiles, Poplins and other popular fabrics in the predominating shades, to close out This is your chance to get material for a Waist or Suit in the popular cloths ct a price that will surprise you .. .”, John Beckfelt Grand Rapids, ar: :