Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-23

COLUMBUS SITS sOR HIS PORTRAIT.
1888, at Genoa. tie died May 20. 1906.
vt valladolid, from collapse and coma
b~ought ON by having tried TO resemble
his different portraits
Tho mOst reliable biographer of the
great admiral who so soon noted the
value OF America IA an opening for tho
soiled and oppressed Of the Old World,
where they could come and bring their
cho lera with them, WIS Fernando Co
1om DO. tho son.
( Christopher Columbus was educated
ct the normal school In Paria. where he
stood well IA mathematics. and especi-
ally In trigunometry. or the science Of
trfsA
Antonio do Terxago was his tutor, it
Il said De TerZago was the originator
OF tho mathematical discovery that IN
addition a great saving u time and also
greater accuracy may be secured by
setting down the right hand figures and
carrying the tens ~ the next column
At shs aga OF fifteen Columbus be-
c.me a sailor and began sitting for his
pictura
Thsre weretflree sous In the Column
bus family and orp daughter, who mar
RED butcher. Her brother, IL h said,
on his first voyage brought with him
from America . dozen softshell crabs
and diamond back teraptn for his sis
ter's husband. but no one would pur-
Chase them. and they persisted on his
hands. This brother-in~Law sfterward
wrote piece for the paper stating that
reciprocity with America WIS not what
It had besn cracked mp To be.
Another biOgrapher says that Colun-
bus went 10 sea az the age OF fourteen,
but this may be because or the conflict
regarding the year Of his birth
Columbus was soon placed in com
xnand Of a cruiser and visited the archi-
pslaZo. lie also went TO Iceland. hop
ing To find an open polar sea- This IS not
generally known. but l get it pretty
struggle and have no reason To doubt 1t.
tie visited what was then called Fries
Hand. OF Ultima Thule. from the Latin
tongue. and signifytng the Jumping OFT
place. IL WIS what Ia now called lee
land. and Columbus was one OF the
earliest naTigators ~ penetrate 20 the
region OF the pole and leave pantaloOns
button on the axle q the world. On mis-
return he said that the only thing Ia
favor Of that country "a q hoane was that
fhess were nelther mosquitoes nor ma
lara there. he sraled of a town. but
thu ciaam WIS jumped by polar bear
aud rsyertsd 20 the original owners.
Las Casas describes Columbus "a hav-
ing hong face. roidy in places. an
sqniiine nose, clear gray eyes. quick.
commanding glance and light hair,
which had begun To grow gray at thirty.
He fsll in love with and nssrrse,i FIbpe
NEouts De PalestrslAo. who was IN the
ronveut where he used to pray OF =
morning. Her father WA very poor.
hsfpz e -error-of Porto Santo and try
fnsr IL hvpon hisssisry. This had never
t~sn tired before and has not been at
tn,nutesi since. He died leaving little
except a chart II the world. together
with what was Supposed then 10 DO An
accurate drawing of the undeTpiunfng
npon winch be rested
Not leasg after shis Columbus confdsti
=, paolo Ts.scarelh his belief that it
wo,Hd nov be good time to discover
AmericA
Taa,areth was q physician and cos
rnegrsnhsr of that place and man
rafFer ia advance n his time. as was
t.ol~nst,rz. Tas.-axela lived on his prsc-
tiea A 4 physician and Felled very little
ON ,.lat he could make "a = cosnogra-
pner.
as was the frst physician n discover
that the Is q spain. " collected IN large
ouarsi-ies and placed On the human SKIN.
w.nld nak,.a blister. Let us not, then,
An our enthusiasm over Columbus for
"a -ha man who discovered The blister
ami perfected v.
Cuinu,bas and Tsscarelh were great
fr,rDda. Ard one day she FORMER said 20
Tsscareliis
ssDss-. 1 feed almost cexfsin toss |. too
~, raps Z, DISCOVER scuethlng You
poW ss.l n cc-rrse slased over the Dis
eovery q the blister. hut The day W.
ccr,e when Z. 10. shs'l bs booked Mp 80
ar3 psspls will come far niles - es'
their ianrbeons over my grave
f.istla dtd NJ know then that his sslle'
void - shiuued bark ard forth -
t,ean spain and shs y est Indies ever'
tire ths.re Wa q revolution ia Cuea re-
half centr-y.
Be wss new settled thss Coiumbui
shsuhl an,iertsise the discovery Of Amer
ia. haE ne neeGsed esnstsA ks nailz