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Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-09

The letters mentioned, and the date,
1861, tell the present generation that
here lie the remains of the greatest
poetess of the nineteenth century.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
And the memory of another notably
intellectual woman employing the
English language as her vehicle Of
expression comes to you as you look
from the arches on the old bridge OF
Florence down to the river below
and to the banks on the left side
This is George Eliot, whose tale OF
''Romola,' with its scenes laid in Flor.
ence and it's immediate vicinity, has
almost assumed in the mind Of read.
ers the dignity of history; nd the
places mentioned in it are visited by
those who have read it before or after
coming here. as If they had been
made memorable by the deeds of real
living beings.
Here at the left of the bridge, with
it's quaint house-a survival, with that
of the Rialto at Venice, of this old
habit of inhabited bridges-is the
spot where the body of the half-dead
Tito Melema was cast up, and where
his abandoned father found him.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-09

leries rather than with nature in the
fields" And what renders it so
worthy of praise is that nature and
art, Gods works and mans, the past
and the present, are here together,
all within sight. nay, within touch.
Such are the motives that lead one
who, knowing Florence well, admires
IL above other cities. In the very midst
of the busiest street in the city, which
is, | suppose, the Via Calzaioli-"the
stocking makers street"-where the
crowds press both ways, from the
Duomo to the SignCria, and from the
Sisnoria TO the Duomo, you have but
to look beyond the end Of the stree.
toward the Duomo to see the high and
distant Fiesole. white and shining
against the vines and trees that clothe
the hill to the very summit.
Nature in all it's charm and rich sug-
gestions Of exquisite landscape, and
rare views over fertile plains, and
rich harvests and vintGges, now that
the golden wine month witnesses the
bringing in of the grapes, lies before
the eye OF the spectator. At his side,
rubbed up against by the people COM
ing and going, is one Of the grandest
combinations Of the architectural and
sculptural arts to be met with in this
land of art, the quaint formed church
OF Sar Michele.
Here also, at the corner of this
street and the Cathedral square, one
of the prettiest and tiniest bits of
esrly Florentine architecture-the
Loggia del Bigallo-gladdens the eyes.
Andrea Orcagna, the architect and
painter. was the builder of It, and
here it stands, over against the Bap-
tistery and opposite Giotto's Tower,
and the marble wonder OF the Duomo,
and still it is not out of place-rather
its exquisite charm is rendered more
conspicuous by their vicinity.
Turning to the other side of the city
the eye rests with pleasure on the
hill of San Miniato, with it's Expresses
around it, suggestive of the graves
within its walls. Looking south from
Lung Arno, the eye is gratified by the
noble marble facade of the Church Of
San Miniato, with its windows of
flaming alabaster. The fortresslike
building beside it takes the mind
back to a troublous time in the story
of Florence, when this height was
considered point of vantage, and
where Michael Angelo designed and
labored at the Notifications raised
upon it, and which were deemed nee
essary for the protection of the city
on this side.
You come across the memory of
this man "of four souls" as he has
been described from the fact that he
was painter, poet, architect and sculp-
tor in several parts of the city, but
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-09
A Railroad Beauty.

A railroad company that spends
large sums in illustrated advertising
has in its employ, on the regular sal.
airy list. one Of the daintiest, sweetest,
loveliest divinities ever seen. Her
duty is to look pretty in front of
camera, habited in fine feathers and
possessed of the grand air. All the
travelling and most of the stay-at.
home world know her from her pic
lures. Il little while ago she sat in
a box liz q New Haven theater and
was quickly recognized by the audi
ence, who temporarily stopped the
play to give her long, loud and con-
tinued applause. The other Gay she
wrote to the company: IL need q new
white dress for next summer; indeed.
a complete outfit, If | am to look pre-
sentable." What does this complete
outfit cost?" the general passenger
agent asked his publicity man. ooh.
about $780," replied Sir Publicity.
Holy Jupiter, $3.50! My wife can't at
ford to wear such clothes. but--but I
suppose Miss must have 'em.
Tell her to go ahead and send in the
hill."-New York Press.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-09
Navies of the World.

OF vessels, battleships, cruisers and
scouts of over 1000 tons, now in COM
mission in the worlds navies, Great
Britain has 201, aggregating 1,516,000
tons displacement; France, SO, aggre-
eating $4,000 tons displacement; Ger
many, 70, aggregating 3SS,000 tons;
Russia 43, aggregating $4,000 tons;
United States 35, aggregating $4,000
tons; Italy, 38, aggregating 295,cOO
tons; Japan 81, aggregating 100000
tons. But, il the naval vessels now in
course of building in the worlds ship
yards were completed, the tonnage Of
the United States would be more than
doubld, and she would occupy third
place instead of fifth, with France
sctill second, and with England's pow
or only three times as great as ours.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-09
TREES WE'RE WELL NAMeN.
Called "RoyaI" Palms Because OF
Their Uselessness.


Prof. Martin G. Brumbaugh, ex-com-
missioner of education in Porto Rico.
is q democrat of the democrats, and
therefore delights in this story:
About a week after / arrived in
Porto Rico" said he, Il took a trip
along tho beautiful military road from
San Juan into the interior of the
island. The tropical vegetation was
luxuriant and my attention was drawn
most particularly to some tall trees
with slender stems and Towering
stalks that grew along the road in
the greatest profusion.
''What kind of trees are those?'
asked an army man who accompanied
me-
"'Those are royal palms
"'And why Go you call them royal
palms?'
We'll, you see, all the rest of the
trees down here are good for some
thing. but as these just stand around
and look pretty, and are otherwise
absolutely useless, the title royal
seems to fit em exactly. New
York Times.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-09

tiny courtyard within contains frag-
ments of SCULPTURE arranged around
it's walls, anc II front of you. as you
enter, large Aagle with outspread
wings, carved IN "pietra serena" that
grayish-brown stone so common In
Florence, is seen on the wall, and
above it the glorious and proud lines
from Dante, 'Who above the Others
like an eagle soars!"
Il is in one or the Fra Vincenzo Mar
chese's works that the statement Is
made that tho Dominican church OF
Santa Maria Novella was also used
as a place in which Dante's "Divina
Commedia" was eXpounded in the
ages called dark. Dante, like Michael
Angelo, is all over the place. This
church of tho Badia shares with the
Baptistery and San MiniatO the dis
tinction of being the only Florentine
churches mentioned by Dante. On
the ground, near the Gates of Para
disc of the Baptistery, marble slab
has recently been inserted bearing
Dantes simple descriptive phrase con
CtIHiHS tnlS II liiAO DSi oAA
Giovanni" On the facade OF the
Badia the marble slab bearing the
verses in which he refers to it is in
serted.
When you turn away froyhthe me-
MORALS of Dante that meef-you SO
frequently, your wandering eyes can
scarcely help resting on some lovely
work Of painting or sculpture, or that
glazed terra Gotta associated with the
names of the Della Robbias.
Above one of the entrances to the
hospital or refuge of the founding
children-innocents they kindly term
them here's particularly beauti-
ful Annunciation, the work of Andrea
della Robbia.
And many such works are to be met
with in Florence. Every visitor to
this city has seen the medallions that
form so conspicuous feature in the
"Innocenti," each with it's little whito
swaddled baby On blue background
looking out SO wistfully st you as if
inviting your compassion and charity.
Everywhere you wander in and
about this city of great names and
noble art, something grand appeals to
yCu. In the cemetery of non-Catho-
les, an inclosed space high above the
surrounding roads, names that have
1T profound memory in the minds of
English speaking people, speak to you
from the monuments of the dead. Per
aps the most renowned Of all is that
expressed by the initials e. B. B. on
I great renaissance sarcophagus sup.
ported on six squat Corinthian pillars.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-09
Immense California Grapevine.

The largest grapevine in tie world
is growing in the Carpinteria Valley,
twelve miles east of Santa Barbara,
Cal, and is called La Para Grande 1t
was started from cutting siXt. one
years ESQ by Spanish wo nan, Dona
Ayala. 1t is eight feet four inches in
circumference at it's base, and one Of
the horizontal branches mea 7ures
more than three feet in circumference.
The trellis covers about a third Of
an acre and sixty heavy posts support
it. The vine produces as many as
5000 punches annually at a conserva-
tive estimate. and in good years many
clusters measure twelve to fifteen
inches in length and weigh six to eight
pounds. It's owner estimates that in
1895 the vine yielded ten tons Of
grapes.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-09
The Car as a Composer.

1t has long been known that the
car possessed a very pretty musical
gift, and his majesty has recently es-
sayed his power as a composer OF
music to his own verses. In these
verses the predominant note is one OF
religion. They extol tho glories CT the
Orthodox church and its saints. and
exalt the virtue of Christian selfss
rlice ard remuneration Of worldly
goods and prosperity.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-09
Caught.

A little while I said I'd stay,
When on that frosty Winter day
She asked me i'm. all fancy free.
felt she'd set her cap at ne,
But who avoids loves potent sway?
We sat before the embcrs' ray
And talked, while hours passed away.
And, passing, only seemed to be
4 little while.
Twas thus she lured me On to say
The fateful words. Regret them?-
Nay,
A maid must charm. yCu'n all agree:
And so tits only right that she
Should practice i'm her woman's way
little vile.
Francis Il. lee.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-09
IN .RUSSIA'S CAPITAL
SCENES ON THE STREETS OF ST.
PETERSBURG.
Costumes of All Descriptions to Be
Seen on Every hand-Church Per-
vadeo All Life in the Great City
Priceless Treasurer on Public View.
Especial correspondence.l

Your first surprise when you meet
Russias window toward Europe" as
Peter the Great called his new city OF
st. Petersburg, is to see the glitter
in it. The turnip-shaped towers ris-
ing above the other buildings OF the
fiat, wide town on the Neva chine
with gold. FURNISHED as no gliding OF
ours ever is, and you suddenly realize
that you are facing something which
is different not only from anything in
America, but from anything in the
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-09

The five frogs that were found alive
by a Connecticut taxidermist in the
crop of loon that he had shot, and
that hoped off gaily when they were
released, must have felt more or less
the way Jonah did when he quit the
whale.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-09
CHARM OF FLORENCE
NATURE AND ART COMBINE IN
SPLENDID BEAUTY.
italian City Teens With Masterpieces
OF Architects, Scuipiors and Paint
ers-Genius of Michael Angelo More
Than Any other Man Is In Evil
dence.
Especial Ccrresnondence !

The charms of Florence in the eyes
of the stranger, and Of those of the
sojourner in Italy, are without end. A
recent writer trying to describe what
rendered Florence supreme in the
line of beauty as compared with other
places, says: 1T is that in it you can
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-09

Arizona and New Mexico, which
congress is willing to admit to state
hood only as one state, are still pro-
testing that they hate and despise
leach other. They NAV as well get
married, however, and then fight 1t
|out like other couples.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-09

The girls at a Massachusetts college
slid down hill on dustpans recently,
and the faculty Is wondering what to
do about it, One would think the SEN
sible remedy would be to invest in a
lot of sleds and toboggans.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-09

however, appears to be excellent, for
as they walk along the street I have
often seen men and women eating as
a fruit, and with evident relish, GU
cumbers, skin and all. When | asked
If it did not make them i'll to do so
! was told, with a plying smile, Ger.
tainly not. Why should it?"
One day | saw several infants bap-
tiled in the church, none of them over
five days old. Warm water was poured
into the font and the priest took the
child from the woman who had
brought 1t and who slipped the blan.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-09

Secretary Taft says there is fine
chance for young men to make for
tunes in the Philippines. Go to the
far East, young man, and grow up
with the islands.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-09

A woman on her way to church in
Lew York was struck by an auto
mobile and instantly killed. This will
furnish some other people with good
excuse for staying at home.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-09

A Chicago professor has the petri-
fed form of fish sixteen feet long.
1t will be recognized at once by many
truthful anglers as the one that got
away when they were about to haul it
into the boat.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-09

King Edward had a fall the other
day and scraped his shin, but consid.
ering that il enabled him to get his
name in the papers in spite of the
press of war news perhaps he does
not regret the accident.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-09

Some German scientist claims to
have discovered a way to make ordi-
nary water burn like kerosene. Only
very smart man can set a river on
fire.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-09

Don jaime, the Spanish pretender,
has joined the Russians; that was bet
ter luck than the Japanese had hoped
for
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-09

Mr. Schwab is reported to have
broken the bank at Monte Carlo. Mr..
Schwab sometimes gives the intend.
ed victim a fair chance to get the
money.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-09

A Philadelphia waiter who inherited
a million dollars a few years ago is
working right along as if nothing had
happened. What is a mere million
to a waiter who has a good "tip"
route?
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-09

A Toledo contemporary speaks of
woman as the heroine of three di-
vorces. They have a queer idea of
heroism in Toledo
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-09

A Princeton professor has discover
ed a new chemical combination which
he calls trisulphoxyarsenic. 1t looks
dangerous.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-09

A London journal has prepared what
appears to be a trustworthy list
OF the ten least bad novels published
in 1908.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-09

1t makes woman furious to have
her husband treasure an old pipe as
if it were the first pair of shoes the
baby ever wore.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-09

1t is hard to tell which is in greater
demand, the Georgia girl or the Geor-
gia peach. 1t is a question of peaches,
though, either way you take it.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-09

The senator's of the United States
are evidently pleased with their new
chaplain. They have raised his salary
from $500 to 81 600 year.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-09

Radium has been reduced in price
from 100000 a pound to $2,500,OOO
a pound. Possibly, it may be procur-
ed at even a more reasonable price
than that if taken in ton lots.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-09

Denmark is ready for war. The
whereabouts of her fleet is not men
toned.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-09

The Connecticut farmer who is
boasting of having bones of steel need
not get so gay about it. All the girls
have had them ever since whalebone
became scarce.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-09

Prof Loeb has created a new spe-
cies of sea animal, but unfortunately
it will not take the place of the dis
appearing lobster.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-09

A lady once asked a librarian for a
copy of "The Whole Duty of Man. p"
She said she had husband who GER
tainly ought to read it.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-09

The city of Boston will spend So
624,74S for her public schools this
year. That is one Of the reasons why
Boston maintains her reputation as
the home of culture.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-09

Some war correspondents are won
ders when it comes to predicting a
battle after it has happened.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-09

You don't hear much from Calves
ton these days. This means that Gal
weston is too busy to talk.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-09

Japan has attracted the favorable
notice of Kentucky by paying an
American whisky claim of $115,000.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-09

It will require several years for
Colombia to make a thorough job Of
kicking itself
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-09

nowheTv are you brought iD:o such
close relationship or such near and
touching association, as in his house
in the via Ghibellina.
Above the arched entrance the sign
OF the master is seen-a bronze bust
OF him inserted In q circular niche. A
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-09

sack on his arm, who had been struck
by the first and whom the Car had
refused to leave to save himself,
through the halls where articles of
historic interest, impossible to re-
place, lie within the reach OF every
one. often quite outside of cases,
everywhere the Cars poorest SUBJ
jects walk as often as they will. with
no money to pay; and in st. Isaacs
Cathedral the guide pointed to the
place in the pavement where the I'm
peror and Empress stand ct tho ser.
vices among tho people.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-09

!. A. LIsK, Publisher
The Press., 1904-07-06
A JAPANESE BABY,
Its Place Is Strapped to the Back 0l
 an Older Baby.

Its Place Is Strapped to the Back ol
 an Older Baby.
 The babies of all except the richest Japanese are carried about on the back of an elder sister or brother from the time they are a few months old. The poorer the parents the sooner the baby is fastened on to the back of some elder member of the family, and 1t is not uncommon in the poorer quarters of Japanese city to see group of children six or eight years old playing in the streets, each of whom bears a tiny baby sister or brother fastened with a few straps to it's back.
 These straps are just sufficient to prevent the baby from falling to the ground. leaving the comfort of it's pos ture entirely to its own exertions. AS a result the Japanese baby early gains a surprising control of its muscles, and it is almost impossible to drop even a tiny child from your arms, so firmly does it cling on with both arms and legs. a-s ......
 The dressing of Japanese baby is a simple matter. It wears nothing but muildLuEe klLnOHOS, tue uuulDef vary ing with the condition of the weather. These garments are fitted one inside the other before they are put on. Then they are laid down on the floor, and baby Is laid into them. They are long enough to cover the baby's feet, and the sleeves are also long enough to cover the hands. Practically there is only one garment. and the process of dressing ay Japanese baby takes but two or three minutes of it's mothers time.-Chicago Tribune
The Press., 1904-07-06
GOING SCOT FREE.
The Source From Which This old
 Saying Emanated.

The Source From Which This old
 Saying Emanated.
 The origin of the old saying, Going scot free" is this: Scot, from the An glo-Saxon ''sceOt," portion, signified in old law q customary tax or cOntri- button laid on subjects according tO their ability and embraced all paro- chial assessments. The conclusion is obvious namely, that to escape "scot free'' was to avoid all such payments of dues and taxes.
 Before the reform act the right. to vote for parliamentary and municipal officers was vested exclusively ill pay CTS of ''scot and lot" Rastall Q55S) speaks of it as certain tallage for the use of the sheriff or his bailiff, and in Kent the usual rates paid in Romney marsh for repairing sea walls are known by the same name.
 Scot" says Camden, ''is that which from various sources is gathered into one heap" - literally that which Is ''shot" into q general fund, from the Dutch and low German ''schot." This may have come to us through the old French "escot," diner a escot, to dine at an ordinary where each guest paid his ''shot," and any one who did not contribute would be said to get off ''scot free. e."-LondOn Answers.
The Press., 1904-07-06
HER PRECIOUS SPOONS.
She Used Them For Show at Lunch.
 con with Disastrous Results.

She Used Them For Show at Lunch.
 con with Disastrous Results.
 Considerable quiet laughter has been going on among the guests at a lunch con given by a young West Philadel- phia bride the other day to the attend ants at her wedding. There had been among the hostess presents at the time of her marriage a particularly beautiful set of spoons, and, while she had no occasion to use them at this particular luncheon, she thought that she would put one beside each cover for--well, just for instance.
 Unfortunately, however, there was one stranger in the merry little com pany which sat down about the table, pretty, OutspOken, somewhat "gushy" young woman from the west, and it was she who caused all the trouble.
 As the luncheon neared its end and 1t became apparent that the spoons were not for use she kept eying the one at her place, and finally she burst forth with this flash of inspiration:
 "These spoons-what perfectly lovely souvenirs!'
 The chorus of praise was immediate ly taken up by all about the board. The confused hostess found explana- ton impossible, and every guest went away from the house with one of those precious spoons.-Philadelph Press.
The Press., 1904-07-06
ANCIENT CHAIRS.
The Seats Used by the Egyptians 1z
 Early Historic Times.

The Seats Used by the Egyptians IA
 Early Historic Times.
 Seats more or less resembling stools that is, seats without backs-were in general use among nations possessing a certain degree of civilization in pre- historic times. What those were like in the early historic period we know from an examination of Egyptian monuments, from study of Greek vases or from Eutrurian or Roman an- iquities that are stored in European museums. The Egyptian deities are seated generally on granite blocks, the backs of which are raised a few inches only, giving distant resemblance to a chair. That the Egyptians had seats more comfortable for domestic use is possible, but we have every reason to suppose, although they possessed a high degree of civilization, that their idea of home comforts was not that of modern times.
 The common people probably sat on blocks of stone or wood or sprawled about on the ground with some sort of carpet that also served for a bed. The Etrurians, ancient inhabitants of Italy before the arrival of the Romans, ap- pear to have preferred the reclining posture, in which they are usually rep resented or the sarcophaguses in the museums.
The Press., 1904-07-06
The Ton flat.

Tall hats, ''pearking up like the spire of a steeple quarter of yard above the crowne as a sixteenth century writer describes them, were known in the time of Elizabeth, and the Puri- tans affected them until they merged into the old fashioned beaver of our great-grandfathers' days. Top hats of silk appeared first in Florence about 1900. and twenty years later silk hats with felt bodies were introduced into England.
 About 1S4O the French silk hat was placed on tue market and at once adopted in the familiar chimney pot shape. There were several varieties of it, such as the Wellington hat. with the yeoman crown; the Anglesea hat, bell shaped at the top. and the D'Orsay hat, with ribbed silk binding and big bow
 The color also varied. Thus the Earl of Harrington started craze for green top hats by wearing one in his garden with the idea of not frighten- ing the birds. He also tested his silk hats by standing upon them. The top hat. however. was never so favored by any great parsonage as to account for it's general adoption.-LondOn An swerS