Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 26, 1913, Page 4

CoH: ASSET Imperfect Page DEPA Imperfect Page RIMENT IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE COHASSET, MINNESOTA, FEBRUARY 26, 1913 be th tk te es ee ee : Cohasset Locals WO Leedonteoatoetontentontoetoetontondontoetoatoetontoeteatonteetenteetonter I. E. Gary has been unwell for the jast week. Miss Vivian Cochran spent Sun- day with her parents in Cohasset. Mr. Glidden had his hand badly sawed at the woodenware factory Monday. He will probably loose fiwo fingers. Earl Berthong was in Cohasset again Sunday after an absence of several weeks, Prof Baldwin spent the latter part of the week visiting with Su- perintendent Keenan and his schooll at Deer River. Mrs. Wheeler, who has been ataying with her uncle Harry Hill at Spring Lake is visiting with friends at Cohasset. | Robert Stokes, the little son of | Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Stokes, “has been quite sick for the past week, but is much better at this writing. Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland are mak- ing their plans to leave immediatel | for Gai S. D., and other points for an extended visit with friends and relatives,. Mrs. Henry Ranfranz entertained a number of little people last Wed- nesday afternoon in honor of her daughter Alice, it being her fourth birthday. Mrs. W. E. Newton, east of Co- hasset, has been very sick for the past two weeks. Her condition is still critical but hopes are en- tertained for her recovery. Mrs. W. W. Fletcher is spending a few days in the Twin Cities, where she will purchase a complete line of millinery for spring and summer. She was accompanied by her son Leonard. | The Misses Sommers, who are at- tending the High school at Grand Rapids, came to their home west of Cohasset for a week’s visit. The family has recently moved to the McMahon home near here. The Winners class of boys, of the M. E. Sunday school held their reg- ular meeting last Tuesday night at the home of Arthur Baker on Bass Lake. The evening was spent in playing games and a very pleasant time reported. A fine luncheon wad the recipient of many beautiful gifts served. A large number of new books has been added to the Cohasset reading room library. The read- ing public can use them for two weeks at a time in their homes. The school at Cohasset has be- come more and more a social cen- ter. Eunice Curtis, who has been spending the winter with her grand mother has returned to be home in the Layton Brook neigh- borhood. Eunice has made good progress in her school work, so that her schoolmates will regret to see her go. The Sunday school class of the Christian church is growing so fast that it was necessary for the Bible class to move into one of the up- stairs rooms last Sunday. The school meets at 11:30 each Sunday morning immediately after the preaching service, and the steadi- ly growing attendanec shows a wid awake interest. The ladies aid society of the Christian church meets Thursday of next week at the home of Mrs. Phair on Bass Lake. There is much interest in the work of so- ciety and they expect to hava a fine meeting the coming week. The Junior chorus of the Christ- ian church met with Evalynne Lan last Tuesday evening where they were pleasantly entertained. Miss Lane has them under her direction and is getting some fine work done. .|They met Tuesday night as the guests of Clarence and Maurice Thompson at the Thompson home int ther west end. Attended Bosket Ball Game. A large delegation of Basket Ball enthusiasts went to Grand Rapids | Saturday night to witness the game of basket ball between the Cohas- set team and the high school boys of Grand Rapids. The game was well played and our boys sur- prised their friends in putting up such a formidable game with the trained players of the county seat. A return game has _ been set for the near future. School Art Exhibit. The art exhibit that has been showing at the Grand Rapids schools this week will be placed in the Cohasset school for one day, Thursday. This is one of the finest collections in this coun- try and will be the best exhibit that has ever been before the Cohasset public. It consists of two hundred subjects, including master pieces from and public galleries, not only American but also foreign. The public are cordially invited to at- tend. Honored by Ladies’ Aid Society A most delightful afternoon was spent last Thursday at the M. E. church, when the Ladies Aid So- ciety held a "bundle shower” in honor of Mrs. Jellison, who recentl lost her home and contents, by fire. The affair was planned as a surprise and it was carried out suc cessfully, a proof of howthe ladies can do things when they once at- tempt anything. Mrs. Jellison was for which she was very grateful. All went to their homes over joyed at the pleasure they had bestowed upon one of the oldest members of the society and the memory of it will linger long in the hearts of all present. An elaborate lunch was warved. eo Eyes! Dr. Larson, the eye specialist, will make his next regular visit to Grand Rapids on usual dates the 15th and 16th of every month. All those having defective eyes or in need of the proper service for the fitting of glasses, are cordially invited to call at Hotel Pokegama the 15th and 16th of every month. LARSON @ LARSON. ry Goods Millinery Fancy Goods Irs. MW. W. Fletcher Cohasset, Mimuuesota important private; ‘SIGNS OF SICKNESS Symptoms That May Alarm and Yet May Not Be Serious. | CAUSED BY SIMPLE AY.MENTS. Spots Before the Eyes, For instance, May Mean Brain Disease, but the Chances Are Thousands to One That They Arise From Some Slight Cause. A doctor, writing in London Answers, says: People often come to me nowadays in very great dread, because they hear ringing in the ears, see spots before the eyes, or suffer from some other symp- tom which they suppose to signify se- rious disease. Nearly always I find that something very slight, or nothing at all, is the | matter; but I do not always succeed in so convincing my patients. These groundless fears make a great many people so nervous and miserable that an explanation of a few of the commonest symptoms of ill health may be of some service. Noises in the ear, as of bells ringing, whistles blowing, hooters sounding, etc., most commonly arise from nerv- ous exhaustion, slight increase of the blood supply of the brain, caused by a fit of flatulent indigestion, temporary: thickening of part of the ear and nerv- ous strain, All these are not of the least account and should cause no alarm. No doubt some really serious disease, such as enlargement of the heart mus- cles does sometimes exist. But every one who feels alarm about his health should remember that almost any dan- gerous illness will show itself unmis- takably, not by one, but by half a doz en symptoms. Spots before the eyes may signify brain disease, but the chances are one hundred thousand to one that only some very slight cause is responsible, such as a torpid liver, weariness of the nervous system, insufficient sleep or some little congestion of the brain. Flashes in the eyes form another source of anxiety, and they are really very startling. But, while sometimes due to eye disease, one of the com- monest causes is catarrh of the stom- ach. Another little eye trouble is blurred vision, which makes a nervous person think he is becoming blind. It may, of course, be due to bad sight; but, bappening now and again. it is usual- ily caused by a sluggish liver or nerv- ous dyspepsia. | Shortness of breath gives rise to ex- treme distress, for the first thought is of consumption. But this is an effect of a multitude of disorders, great and small. Congestion of the liver, anae- mia, obesity may cause it. It is com- mon in chronic bronchitis—a trouble- some, but by no means dangerous dis- ease. P Sometimes, of course, it signifies more serious maladies. But then there are many other symptoms to tell the tale. | Dizziness nine times out of ten re- ‘sults from a disordered digestion, ca- tarrh of the stomach especially, or from sluggishness of the liver, jaun- dice or temporary decrease of the ‘blood supply of the brain. I find my patients who thus suffer turn their thoughts at once to something very grave, such as locomotor ataxia or Meniere's disease. ‘ Confusion of mind and sleeplessness It is really wonderful how people always seize on the most fearsome ex- planation. But sleeplessness may be due to a hundred and one trifles and is most commonly the result of some very innocent cause. | It may be occasioned by nervous | dyspepsia or catarrh of the stomach, ‘ torpid liver, excitement of the brain from overwork, tea or coffee taken late in the evening, too much smoking, too heavy bedclothes, cold feet, a bad- ly ventilated room. I could go on for jan hour writing the common causes of this trouble. Confusion of mind may result from too little sleep, a torpid liver, indiges- ‘tion, too little or too much blood in the brain and other minor things that are of no real consequence. Drowsi- ness makes some people think they are in for softening of the brain or some other dreadful disease. It most often arises from slow digestion, an | Mmactive liver or from temporary de- crease of the blood supply of the brain. The commonest cause of all these, though, is an oversensitive nervous system. Occasionally, no doubt, confusion of the mind or drowsiness may be a symp- tom of diabetes or other serious dis- ease, but such cases, it may be said, are the exception. In all these cases the only sensible tule is to put an Iselated symptom down to some simple and harmless cause. If there is anything seriously wrong it will make itself. known by many symptoms. “No doubt any of the things enu- merated above may be the first sign | of something of rea) gravity; but MUMMY TRAINS OF BAGDAD. Bearing the Dried and Salted Dead to Sacre Soil For Burial. Finding myself not long ago at Bag- dad (old home of Sindbad the Sailor), I decided to see for myself just what Eden looks like today, notes a writer in the Christian Herald, and to get de- quainted with the people who now in- habit the old traditional homestead of Adam and Eve. I wanted to see Baby- lon, too, and the excavated palace of King Nebuchadnezzar—where the handwriting appeared on the wall—and I wanted to get a picture of the tower | of Babel, which still lifts its battered head above the flat, empty plain of Mesopotamia. So I crossed the odd pontoon bridge that spans the yellow Tigris at Bag- dad, slipped through the massive west gate, passed the supposed tomb of Zo- bedia and mingled with the pilgrim horde on the great Shia caravan trail that stretches down from Turkestan and Persia, crosses Chaldea and en- ters the golden domed mosques at Ker- bela and Nedjef. Millions have pass- ed this way in the centuries, bringing with them the salted and dried bodies of their dead for burial in the sacred soil outside the walls of their holy Shia cities. Two hundred thousand mummified human bodies have passed through Bagdad in a single year, borne by these Shia devotees. For miles along this strange highway our “arabanah.” drawn by four gal- loping mules, passed these weird death caravans, silent and; mysterious, The bodies of departed relatives were car- ried in oblong bundles, lashed to the backs of pack animals. Veiled women rode in queer, cagelike boxes, slung one on each side of a mule or a camel. The men, clad in the round, hard caps and padded clothes peculiar to Per- sians, marched behind, prodding any lagging donkey or camel. VIGOR AT SEVENTY. Great Works Performed by Men Even Beyond That Ripe Age. Who talks of fifty years as the cul- minating point in man’s career? Were all the great work performed by men even beyond seventy erased from his- tory the human race would be bereft of some very proud achievements. Jefferson founded a university by his own activity after hé had passed three- score years and ten. John Quincy Ad- ams, although he had -been president of the United States and five times a foreign minister, wrought as a con- gressman by far his greatest deeds after he was sixty-five. _His robust father sat in a constitutional conven- tion when he was almost a nonage- narian. Franklin did valiant service in helping to frame the’ constitution of the United States after he bad turn- ed a serene and contented eighty: Seventy saw Gladstone so vigorous that be was still good for the greatest battle of his political life and a pre- miership. Germany's first emperor, the vener- able William, saw Waterloo as a sol- dier, but fifty-five years later was di- recting armies at Sedan and welding an empire after the fall of Paris. John Bigelow at fourscore was mental- ly as virile as a boy, and his powers as an author were not dimmed. Frederick Fraley was an active busi- ness man, president of a bank and the national board of trade since the Span- ish-American war, and yet he was prominent enough in 1844 to serve on a committee that welcomed to Phila- delphia Daniel Webster. Science is making lives longer than they were in the days of our grand- fathers and algo far more comfortable. The same agency that prolongs bodily vigor will surely lengthen the age’ of man’s most virile mental labor.—Phila- delphia Ledger. The Heaviest American Brain. Dr. Edward A. Spitzka, the brain specialist, credits the late Edward H. Knight with having the heaviest Amer- fcan.brain on record. Mr. Knight was well known in Washington and was a patent attorney of note. At the time of his death his brain weighed 1,814 grams. General Benjamin F. Butler had a brain which weighed» 1,758 grams, the nert heaviest recorded, ac- cording to Dr. Spitzka. The heaviest brain on record anywhere in the world is given as that of the Russian poet and novelist. Turgenev, which tipped the scales at 2,012 grams. Sand Cure For Fatigue. One of the most efficacious cures for fatigue from overwork consists in walking barefoot in sand. The nerves of the sole and heel are slightly _irri- tated by coming in contact with the grains and accelerate the circulation of the blood in all parts of the body. The effect produced is highly invigor- ating. Besides this, the monotony of an ample extent of yellow sand exer- cises a soporific effect on the brain which induces sleep.—Exchange. The Sponsor.. “Say, you told me Balleigh was mar ried and had a large family, and I find bim to be a confirmed bachelor.” “He is, in a manner of speaking. but he is wedded to bis art, and he has a large family of onpaid bills: Why. man, I stood for most of them.”—New. York Times. BOOST FOR COHASSET IHC Wagon Value OME farmer saves money every time an IHC wagon is sold. Not because it costs less money to begin with, but be- cause of the length of s:rvice it gives, an I H C wagon is the cheapest wagon you can buy. The longer a wagon lasts the cheaver itis. That is why it is economy to Luy the best wagon —one that will outlast any ordinary wagon. When you buy anI H C wagon Weber New Bettendorf Columbus Steel King you invest in a wagon built of the highest grade material which experience and care can select or money can buy, built in the most thorough, painstaking manner, by skilled work .™men, in factories which have modern appli- ances for doing work of the highest: standard at the lowest possible cost. All lumber used is air-dried in sheds with concrete floors. This insures toughness and resiliency. All metal parts are made of espeo- ially ——— ape rare the longest service. ch wagon undergoes four inspec- tions before being shipped so that it reaches the purchaser in first condition, ready to be put to work at once, and able to carry any reasonable load over any road where a wagon should go. Weber and Columbus wagons have wood gears, New Bettendorf and Steel King have steel ee Tek SS dealer ig wagon is best suited to your work. en you see him get literature from him, or, write International Harvester Company of America (ncorporated) 5 St. Cloud Minn, THC Service Bureas The purpose of this Bureau is to farpish. Hh of to all, the it a better | Bhs st fi a ol — you a ~ iiding, Chicago, USA BASS BROOK HoTEL Cohasset, Minnesota A MoverRN HOTEL in Every RESPECT John Nelson Proprieter Grand Rapids Village Lots $5 DOWN AND $5 PER MONTH 4 We have choice residence lots all over town and we are seiling them on such easy terms that anybody can buy. $5 down and $5 per month is certainly easy. Come in and talk the matter over. Wealso have some choice business lots on our lists. They are for sale on easy terms. , REISHUS-REMER LAND COMPANY |