The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-05-29

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'GSGS MANS nsn,. a! eI5sn os sas
there, and through
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; then the slumber from
which one is awakened not by the
Breakfast gong, but by Gabriel's truIn-
pet.
Nice house-good BEDS" said Al
fred Jingle, to the founder Of the Pick
WICK club, referring to the Bull inn, on
the High street of Rochester. And
when that jerky conversationalist said
good beds" he paid that house of ep-
tertainment the highest compliment
which can be bestowed upon any i'm.
1t is said that when Chauncey DepGw
goes to banquet he takes with HIM
MS 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 distinguished friend af
Chauncey's, namely, the prince at
wales, to dinner, one must provide a
certain brand of champagne. In like
manner many distinguished indivEd-
uats carry around with them their own
beds, and in this, doubtless, there fs
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 strange bed, and thus she lives long
and prospers, as Rip Van Wrinkle
says but she is not the only monarch
VINO INDUCES in a similar habit. The
empress OF Austria carries her bed with
her wherever she goes, following thus
the scriptural injunction, Take I'D thy
bed and walk" In Italy they do not
pay much attention to beds as a gem
eral rule, and it is not surprising to
learn that the king in that country u.s.
therefore, not particular enough about
his sleeping apartments to carry 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 well. He
has a metal bedstead of peculiar con-
struction that can be taken apart and
folded, up in small compass; this is in
yariably 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 I'M
fortunate man has to carry his couch
with him, just as if he were a giant
travelling with a circus. 1 dort 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-
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 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 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
tress with hydrogen gas and descend
unscathed to the pavement. suggest
ed to him that such a contrivance
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.
It is very simple, he says. All one