The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-19

all his life nothing assumes such in
innate relations with him as his bed.
The man who can sleep is the man who
can work. With sleeplessness comes,
first, insanity; her the slumber from
which one is awakened not by the
breakfast gong, but by Gabriels trum-
pet.
Nice house-good BEDS" said AL
fred Jingle, to the founder of the Pick
wick club, referring to the Bull inn, on
he High street of Rochester. And
when thai jerky conversationalist said
good beds" he paid that house of en-
tertainment the highest compliment
which a be bestowed upon any inn.
1t is said that when Chauncey Depew
goes to a banquet he takes with him
his own win and thus does not allow
his Intervals to be juggled with by
spurious mixtures which masquerade
In all countries where the tariff is high,
as wine. 1t is also we'll known that
II one invite a distinguished friend Of
C~hauncey's, namely, the prince of
Wales. to dinner, one must provide a
certain brand of champagne. In like
manner many distinguished individ-
uals carry around with them their W
BEDS, and in this, doubtless, there is
wisdom. 1t is well known that when
the queen of England travels to the
south OF France, or elsewhere, prac-
tlcally her whole bedroom goes with
her. Not for years has Victoria slept
in a strange bed, and thus she lives long
n prospers, as Rip Van Wrinkle
says. but she is not the only monarch
who INDUCES in a similar habit. The
empress of Austria carries her bed with
her wherever she goes, following thus
the scriptural injunction, Take up thy
bed and walk" In Italy they do not
pay much attention to beds as a gen.
FRA rule, and 1t is not surprising to
learn that the king in that country is,
therefore, not particular enough about
his sleeping apartments to carry a bed
with him. The German emperor is a
young man and so is not as careful of
himself as ONE older monarchs may
De; he is content to carry two pillows
with him when he travels. The Grand
Duke Paul, however, takes not only bed
and bedding, but bedstead as we'll. He
a a metal bedstead of peculiar con-
struction that can be taken apart and
folded up in small compass; this is in
variably a part of his baggage when
travelling. The reason, however, diff
fers from that which ~actuates the
august persons l have previously men
toned. The Grand Duke Paul is so
tall that there is no bed in Europe that
will fit him. European beds, as ev-
cry traveller knows, are likely to be
scant in length, and in French hotels
one often comes upon a bed that will
not adequately allow him to stretch his
legs. However, no innkeeper in any
country has a bed long enough for the
Grand Duke Paul; therefore that I'M
fortunate man has to carry his couch
with him, just as if he were a giant
travelling with a circus. l don't know
whether or not the grand duke gets
special terms at hotels for bringing
along his own bedstead and bedding,
but it seems to me he ought to strike
for a reduction Of his bill. know
of only n ordinary every day man
who follows the example of royalty Tor
Of gypsies) in taking around his W
bedding. This man prizes a nights
sleep at it's correct value, and he con-
sequently has invented an outfit. The
mattress is of very thin rubber. COW
cred on the outside with a %checkered
silk, which is also as thin as possible.
and this folds up SO completely that
it takes up but a very small portion
of a valise. This pneumatic bed doesn't
need an air pump as the pneumatic tire
does, for the mattress can be filled by
putting the lips to the orifice and thus
initiating it. Nevertheless, in order to
save his lungs unnecessary exertion he
has a small pump with him, with which
he very speedily adds bulk to the sur
prisingly small bundle. This man has
he tells me, some thought of adding a
hydrogen gas attachment, so that when
ne goes to America and sleeps in one
of the forty-second story rooms and a
fire takes place he can initiate his mat
tress with hydrogen gas and descend
~unscathed to the pavement. I suggest
ed to him that such a continuance
would also be useful in enabling an i'm
pecunious man to escape his board bill,
but my friend says he is quite serious
about the hydrogen gas attachment,
1t is very simple, he says. All one
needs to carry is a lot of zinc clippings
and a bottle of sulphuric acid; with
these two ingredients he can generate
enough hydrogen gas to enable him
self to lessen considerably the fall
Even as 1t is now, he thinks the mat
tress would be of great assistance and
If ever he is cought in a fire he is going
to jump out of a window with the mat
tress in front of him and endeavor to
have it reach the pavement first with
himself on top of it.
He carries also a set of four sheets
all Of very thin, white silk. For the
rest of his night accouterments he de-
ponds on the blankets and coverlets
he may find in the hotel. He says
that whenever he comes to a hired bed
where the beds do not satisfy him
he throws the mattress and all the rest
of it on the floor, initiates his pneumatic
bed and thus r~etires, conscious that he
will have a pleasant nights rest. Some
times he neglects to place the old mat
tress back on the bed and Their the no.
tel servants think he has had an attack
of delirium tremens during the night.