Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1900-03-09


succeeded in turning up another Hip-
doc genius, one Ramakrishna, whose
life and sayings have been translated
by Max Muller. We shall now be del
oged with the smart things supposed
10 have been stored up in the Himalayas
for the last 10, 900 years and now inst
put on tap. Whether this philosophy
and wisdom are qnite up to the level o.
Uncle Rastus or Petroleum " Nasty is
not at all the question with public
furnishing for the occult. It will have
to be conceded that Petroleum v. Nasty
lacked atmosphere At his very best he
could not become esoteric and foggy
Ramakrishna does at times remind rs
more of Eli Perkins than of Emerson
For example, in moment of inspira
tion he says, Common folk talk bags
full of religion, but do not act grain
Of it," Possibly it required centuries OF
umbilical contemplation to evolve such
chunk of characterization as that
1.-THE Lord can pass an elephant through
the eye of a needle. He can do what
ever be likes "God tells the thief to
go out and steal and at the same time
warns the householder against the
thief" It may occur to some people in
the west that it is great waste of the
centuries to put them to any such use
as this If one mnst have wisdom. why
not get it fresh from the dairy. instead
Of buying it condensed in these old
cans2 IA woman" says Ramakrishna,
''likes to be astonished. Therefore be
true to her. That ig East Indian.
"When woman is old and bilious
,ays the Atchison Globe, ''she becomes
poetical and explains her cond1r1on by
saying she is fading away" But tho
Atchis IN Globe is not esoteric. Rama.
krishna will be the delight of many
fair intellectuals this summer on hotel
verandas and in occult haznmocks But
where will he be next summer
Japan is long way off, and this
charming story of how courtships are
carried on among the elite Of their 60
ciety comes to us from this faraway
land. In certain districts, in houses
wherein resides daughter of MARRIAGE
able age, an empty fowerpot is encir-
cled by string and suspended from a
window or the veranda Instead of sere-
nades by moonlight and other delicate
ways Of making an impression, it is
etiquette for the japanese lover to ap.
proach the dwelling of his sweetheart
bearing some choice plant in his hand,
which he reverently proceeds to plant
in the empty vase. This takes place
when be is fully aware that mother and
daug inter- are at home.
This act of placing a plant in the
f1owerpot is equivalent to a formal
proposal to the lady of his choice. The
lover, having settled the plant to his
mind. retires, and the lady is free to
act as she pleases. If he is the right
man, she takes every care of his gift,
waters it and tends it carefully with
her own hands, that all may see that
the donor is accepted az a sutton. But
il he is not the favorite, or if the stern
parents object, the poor plant is torn
from the vase and the next morning lies
limp and witbered on the veranda or in
the path below.
E0rsekhOcs.
In Japan most of the horses ars at1~
with straw. Even the clumsiest of oat>
horses wear straw shoes, which, in
their cases, are tied around the ankle
with straw rope and are made Of thu
ordinary rice straw, braided SO as to
form a sole for the foot about half an
inch thick These soles cost about 4
halfpenny pair. In Iceland horses are
shod with sleeps horn. In discussing
this subject writer in The Horse
shoer' Journal says: In the valley of
the Upper Oxus the antlers Of the
mountain deer are used for the same
purpose, tho shoes being fastened with
horn pins. In the Sudan the horses are
shod with socks made Of camel's skin.
In Australia horseshoes are made ii
oowhidec A German not long ago in.
vented horseshoe of paper, prepared
by saturating with oil, turpentine and
other ingredients. Thin layers of such
paper are glued to the hoof till the re-
quisite thickness is attained, and th6
ahoes thus made are durable and in1-
penetrable by moisture.