The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-06-05

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AGzMhNl portance to us
NA@s(yz11NEg which it is impos-
ut MKMNN@M sible to oyeresti-
0S%sGN2MsMJKaJ mate, says the De-
VIZ A~aIMA troit Free Press.
MghA1IMIkN Mans birth and
O9S~ mans death occur
there, and through
all his life nothing assumes such in
timate relations with him as his bed.
The man who can sleep is the man who
can work. With sleeplessness comes,
first, insanity; then the slumber from
which one is awakened not by the
breakfast gong, but by Gabriels trum-
pet.
Mice house-good BEDS" said AL
fired jingle, to the founder of the Pick
wick club, referring to the Bull inn, on
the High street Of Rochester. And
when that jerky conyersationalist said
good beds" he paid that house of en-
tertainment the highest compliment
which can be bestowed upon any inn.
1t is said that when Chauncey Depew
goes to a banquet he takes with him
his own wine 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
Nhauncey's, namely, the prince OF
Wales, to dinner, one must provide a
aaIf9 in hynvo Nf ohor Tn,
manner many distinguished individ-
ua'ls carry around with them their own
= beds, and in this, doubtless, there is
wisdom. It is we'll known that when
the queen of England travels to the
south OF France, or elsewhere, prac-
, tically her whole bedroom goes with
her Not for years has Victoria slept
In strange bed, and thus she lives long
and prospers, as Rip Van Winkle
says: but she is not the only monarch
who INDUCES in a similar habit. The
g., empress Of Austria carries her bed with
her wherever she goes, following thus
ti$e SEQ tptura ID sTakeTfp thy
bed and walk" !" In Italy they do not
pay much attention to beds as a. gen.
eral rule, and it 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 some older monarchs may
be; 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
has metal bedstead Of peculiar con-
structlon that can be taken apart and
folded up in small compass; this is in
variably. part Of his baggage when
travelling. The reason, however, diff
fers from that which actuates the
august persons 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 bed long enough for the
Grand Duke Paul; therefore that un-
fortunate man has to carry his couch
with him, just as if he were a. giant
d travelling with circus. I 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 one ordinary every day man
who follows the example of royalty Tor
: of gypsies) in taking around his own
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 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
4 putting the lips to the orifce 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
he goes to America and sleeps in one
Of the forty-second story rooms and a.
fire takes place he can initiate his mat
stress with hydrogen gasaand descend
.unscathed to the pavement. / suggest
I: ed to him that such contriyance
would also be useful in enabling an i'm
4 peeunious man to escape his board bill.
but my friend says he is quite serious
z about the by ydrogen gas attachment.
1t is very simple, he says. All one
needs to carry issa lot Of zinc clippings
end a bottle Of shlphuric acid; with
.hese two ingredients he can generate