Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 21, 1907, Page 2

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLINHED NVERY AFTRRNOON, OFFICIAL PAPER---CITY OF BEMIDJI BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. CLYDB J. PRYOR A. 0. RUTLEDQE; Business Manager | Managing Bditor ®ntered (n the postofiice at Bemidji. Minn., as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER ANNUM l Overloaded. A Unlted States seunator had been Inveighing at a dinner against long speeches, “But, senator,” sald a congressman, “you can't accuse me of ever having made too long a speech, can you?" The senator smiled, “Perhaps not.” he sald, “and agaln— but did you ever hear about the tem- perance lecturer? No? “Well, you must know that there was a temperance lecturer in Maine who visited Ellsworth and lectured. He hit out pretty hard from the shoul- fer at these so called moderate drink- ers, and at the end of his remarks an Ellsworth man took him aside and said In an aggrieved tone: *‘Look here, Jim, 1 am a moderate drinker, as all the town knows, and to many people It is going to seem as if a good part of your lecture was polnted straight at me. What did you want to do it for, Jim? You never saw me with more on board than I lecturer. “‘You never saw me with a bigger load than 1 could carry, did you? “The lecturer frowned. ““Well, no’ be sald slowly, ‘but I have seen you when I thought you'd done better to go twice for it."” Wireless Money Lending. One of the most Interesting types on the American track Is the professional money lender. Money lending is ab- solutely forbidden, and so the entire transaction must be conducted sub rosa, but if a person who Is on goes broke and he has some article of jew- elry of value with him it is easy for bim to realize money on it. The lender I3 an Irreproachably firessed person who sits on the grand- stand with the rest of the crowd and is known in bLis true colors only to the habitues of the track. A man who ‘wants some capital makes an unobtru- slve sign to him and twirls a ring he may be wearing at the time. Shortly afterward both will proceed to a res- taurant, where, for the benefit of on- lookers, they will greet each other as ordinary acqualntances. The exchange 1s then made over the drink they order; the loan broker has the ring and the bettor his capifal. If the latter cashes in on the next race he will return the money and the agreed upon premium and will recelve back his ring.—From “The People and the Ponles,” by C. F. Peters, in Bohemian. Spoiled the Encore. The nobility and gentry of Little Plowboro were recently gathered In the village schoolroom to enjoy some tableaux vivants by local performers, says Pearson's Weekly. The curtain had just fallen on a really creditable picture of the death of Nelson, shown to slow music, when one man, who was known to be a friend of the gentleman representing the greatest naval hero, rose and tried to make his way toward the stage. “Keep your seats, please,” said the stage manager. “We're much obliged for your kind applause, ladles and gen- tlemen, and we're going to give you the death of Nelson over agaln.” “'Oh, are yer?" came from the hero’s friend. “Then if you'll tell Nelson 'is kitchen chimney’s afire p'raps 'e won't dle 8o blessed lingerin’.” He Settled It. ‘An amusing story ls told at Strat- ford-on-Avon, In the smoking room of a hotel there an Englishman and a Bcotchman engaged In a heated argu- ment. John Bull was declaring Wil- llam Shakespeare to be the only poet of the world, and Donald McPherson ‘was standing up for his Robert. Burns. Words ran high and blows seemed imminent when a self confident little commerclal traveler determined to throw ofl on the troubled waters. “Gentlemen,” he sald, stepping be- tween the heated disputants, “let me settle this amicably. Who is this Bhakespeare-Burns?’ — London Tele- graph. Crowded OQut. “I am thirty-five years old,” an- nounced a woman of fifty-six at a tea last week. “And I am twenty-six,” sald the wo- man of forty-five. Then, turning to a glrl of seventeen who stood near by, #he asked, “How old are you, Ethel?” “Oh,” replied Ethel, “according to present reckoning, I'm not born yet!” “The Smallpox Devil.” The natives of the west coast of Su- matra object to belng vaceinated. They 6tlll make offerings to the smallpox devil. The heart and liver of fowls and buffaloes are mixed with yellow rice and other ingredients, placed in the model of a full rigged ship, carried in procession and finally launched into the sea.—Singapore Free Press. —_— e Proof. BSkrappy—When I married you I had no idea you were such a fool. Mrs, Skrappy—The very fact of my con- genting to be your wife should have re- moved any doubts you had on that point.—Illustrated Bits. Apprentice Examination. Preliminaries for membership in the Ananias club: “You may not belleve it, but;” “Now, leaving all Joking aslde;” “Serfously now;” “It may seem strange, but.”—Chicago Post. With a Little Help. “Your customs are enough to make any clvilized man boll!” exclaimed the missionary indignantly, “With the help of a little dry wood,” asgented the cannibals gravely.—Puck, The average amount of rainfall’ be- low the equator is twenty-six inches, . while north of the line it is thirty. seven and one-half inches. Rl o e viskou PSS Laughed Away the Danger. An old traveler tells of an experience of his In midocean. The day was fog- gy, and most of the passengers were below listening to two evangelists ‘who were holding & particularly fervid gospel meeting in the saloon. Suddenly and without the slightest warning there was a terrific crash and the en- glnes stopped. Every one rushed on deck. The steamer had run into an ice- berg. Nobody knew what damage had been done, and everybody was ready to fly tuto a panle. The boats were lowered, and then for the first time the two evangellsts, who had been forgotten in the saloon, appeared on deck. They wore thelr overcoats and their hats, and they carrled rugs and handbags. They elbowed thelr way rudely to the call, with the evident intent of secur- Ing for themselves first places In the boat. It was just at a time when a breath would have sent the passengers panle stricken into the boats. The sight of the two evangelists was about to undo the work of cool headed ofticers when a pert little cockney stepped up to the gentlemen with the rugs and handbags. “Beg pardon,” sald he, tipping his cap, “’ave a cab, sir?” And in the general laugh the danger of panic was averted. Could Not Risk It A dealer in real estate tells this story: A middle aged widow came to his of- fice to try to make arrangements for the purchase of a house and lot. “We can make a small payment down,” she sald, “and would sign a mortgage run- ning for a period of five years to se- cure the payment of the rest of the money. My daughters have good posi- tlons as bookkeepers in a large mer- cantile establishment and can save enough out of thelr salaries to meet the payments as they become due.” The real estate man hesitated. “I should want to be sure of you paying for the property in the stipu- lated time,” he said. “I should feel like a criminal if T had to foreclose the mortgage at any time—and yet busl- ness is business. I shall have to see your daughters.” She brought them to his office the nest day. “Madam,” he said, shaking his head, “you will have to give me some ad- ditlonal security. Your daughters are too handsome. They will marry and lose their jobs long before the five Yyears are up.” Indestructible Cat. ‘While expounding to his wife the { alleged fact that men can control their tempers better than women can, Mr. Hinks fell over the cat and nearly broke his nose. “That settles it!” he hissed. “I've often threatened, but now I'll drown the brute!” His wife begged him to be merciful, but his mind was made up. Accordingly he placed the offending feline, along with two large bricks, in an old flour sack and hastened upon his murderous errand. On reaching the canal he threw In the bag with such vigor that he overbalanced and fell into the muddy water. After strug- gling for half an hour and incidentally drinking half the water in the canal, he returned home wet and weary. At the door sat the cat. “Well, of all"— exclaimed Hinks. “Why, I drowned the brute!” “I don't think so,” sald his wife as she let him in. “You didn't give me time to tell you that there was a hole in that bag!”—London Answers. Waves of Water. ‘Waves are deceptive things. To look at them one would gather the impres- slon that the whole water traveled. This, however, {8 not so. The water stays in the same place, but the mo- tion goes on. In great storms waves are sometimes forty feet high, and thelr crests travel fifty miles an hour. The base of a wave (the distance from valley to valley) is usually considered as being fifteen times the height of the wave. Therefore a wave twenty- five feet high would have a base ex- tendlng 876 feet. The force of waves breaking on the shore is seventeen tons to the square inch. He Picked Them. An English commercial traveler vis- iting a large Glasgow warehouse made a bet with the manager that he could plck out all the married men among the employees. Accordingly he stationed himself at the door as they came back from dinner and mentioned all those whom he belleved to be married, and in almost every case he was right. “How do you do 1t?" ‘asked the man- ager in amazement. “Oh, it's quite slmple,” sald the traveler, “quite simple. ‘The married men all wipe their feet on the mat; the unmarried ones don’t.”—Glasgow Times. Whisky and Typhold. It may be interesting for you to know that habitual whisky drinkers never recover when once attacked with typhoid fever or pneumonia. The whisky makes the system unfit to withstand the ravages of the disease, and death is always the result. Emi- nent physicians all over the world have noted and studled this fact.—H. V. Conden in Nashville Tennesseean, How He. Judged. First Man—Writing must have been very expensive In the middle ages. They used feathers for pens. ‘Second Man—Why should they be expensive? First Man—Well, 1 was only judging from my wite’s ‘hats, . Nearsighted. Ella—I have seen twenty-two sum- mers, Stella—I wish T were as nearsighted a8 you are.—Illustrated Bits. The’ Deadheads. “What started the riot at the per- formance of ‘Hamlet’ last night?” “Ham held the skull and said, ‘Alas, poor Yorick, you are not the only dead head in the house’” — Pearson's Weekly. Her Way. “There’s & young woman who makes; little things count.” . - . “How does she do it?” “Teaches arithmetic in a primary school.” _ Jure to love something.—Jerrold, Her Ready Wit. Though he had long adored her In secret—worshiped, In fact, the ground she pressed bemeath the soles of her dainty little No. 8’s—he had never yet been able to screw up sufficlent cour- age to put his fate to the test, Poor fellow! He was one of those shy, modest, self deprecating sort of chaps that are growing rapldly scarcer or he would have tumbled months ago to the fact that he had only to go in and win, Gertrude Alicla knew the state of his feellngs right enough, but It had pleas- ed her hitherto to keep him dangling In attendance, At last, however, she made up her mind to land her fish as soon as a favorable chance presented 1tself. And the epportunity came at the Bmythingtons’ little solree, when the bashful swaln, entering the conserva- tory, discovered his inamorata looking her lovellest amid the palms and flow- ers. ‘“Are—are you alone?’ he questioned timidly, In a moment the fair and ready wit- ted girl saw her chance and took it then and there, “A loan, Hen—er—Mr. Finnikin,” she sald, with lowered eye- lids, “a loan? Certainly not—I'm a giet” And fifteen minutes later, when they emerged from their retreat, Henry was asking himself how he could have been such a Juggins as to postpone his hap- piness so long. Neander’s “One Work.” Doctors, when they send away a busy man for several weeks of rest, do not consider that to one accustomed to work an enforced rest is both irri- tating and depressing. Neander, the famous church histo- rlan, had promised his physician on be- Ing ordered to Carlsbad to drink Its famous waters that he would take no books with him except one work, which the doctor with reluctance allowed. On the morning of the historian’s de- parture the doctor, wishing to say goodby to his patient, called at his door and saw a cart laden with heavy follos. “But, dear professor,” said the phy- sician, with the emphasis of displeas- ure, “you promised me to take no books with you.” “Yes, doctor,” replied the childlike professor, “but you allowed me one work, so I thought I might take the fa- thers with me to Carlsbad.” The ‘“one work” jncluded three or four score volumes, When Marriage Is the Topic. The wedded state is a favorite sub- Ject with the epigram makers. From a very old ballad we take this: There was a criminal in a cart A-goin’ to be hanged; Resplte to him was granted, And cart and crowd did stand To know if he would marry a wife Or rather choose to dle. ““T'other’s the worst—drive on the cartl" The criminal did reply. More modern {s this verse: I would advise a man to pause Before he takes a wife— In fact, I see no earthly cause He should not pause for life. ‘Who, by the way, is the author who describes a second marriage as being “the trlumph of hope over experience?"” Samuel Lover's matrimonial epigram Is very apposite: Though matches are all made in heaven, they say, . Yet Hymen, who mischief oft hatches, Bometimes deals with the house t'other side of the way, And there they make Lucifer matches. —Chambers’ Journal. The Lord and the Burglar. Lord Iverdale had just finished his after dinner speech and the guests had applauded when the butler rushed for- ward and announced to his lordship that there was a burglar in the house. “A burglar! Confound his impu- dence! Where is he?” “We don’t exactly know, your lord- ship. One of the maids, hearing a nolse in the library, looked in and Baw a man at the safe. If your lord- ship will allow me, I'll put Jarvis in my place here and take charge of the search.” + “Very good, Haskins. Go by all means. Walt a moment—here is the key of my desk. Take the revolver you will find in the right hand top drawer; you may need it. As soon as I can get away without alarming the ladies I'll join you.”—Munsey’s. Fun In Space. 1 dreamed last night that T was pres- ent at a committee meeting of the sun, earth, moon and stars. “I'm no coward,” sald the earth. “No, but you have two great fears,” said the sun hotly. “And those are?” “The hemispheres.” “You've forgotten the atmosphere,” put in the moon. And the comet, who had no business to 'be there, wagged his tail with joy. Hit Them Both. Jones—That was a scathing sermon on mean men the parson gave us last Bunday. Wonder what Smith chought about it? Brown—Singular! I met Bmith yesterday, and he said he'd like to know your opinion on it.—London Telegraph. Confidence. ‘Jackson—Heaven bless him! He showed confidence in me when the tlouds were dark and threatening. Wilson—In what way? Jackson—He lent me an umbrella.—London Tele- graph.: | What 1t Proved. ‘Miss Youngthing—Boo-hoo-hoo! Char- ley’s given me a ring set with a mean little turquoise. Her Mothér—That's an emblem of constancy. Miss Young- thing—It isn’t! It's proof of stinginess! 'The talker sows; the listener reaps.— Itallan Proverb. The Clock and the Watch. “What pleased me most,” sald the man who had been abroad, “was the ‘wonderful clock at Strassburg.” “Oh, how I should like to see itI® replied the ignorant youth. “And did you see the watch on the Rhine too?’ At the Foot End. “Alas, T am at my wit's end,” ex- claimed the monarch as he was unex- pectedly kicked by the court jester~ Bohemian. It 1s a beautiful necessity of our na- An Expensive Rug. I you are a steady smoker don't throw away your old tobacco bags. By saving them until he had a trunk- ful a resident of Sixty-second street got busy with a needle and made one of the oddest rugs one would find in a day’s walk. Of course this economical genlus I8 an incessant smoker. Often he smoked two bags of tobacco in a day. Then, too, he changed his brand often and in this way got a more high- ly colored assortment. He told his friends about the rug he had in mind, and they got busy collecting. As a re- sult Mr, Smoker got n blg crop each week. In less than six months he had gathered 108 square feet of tobacco bags, which was a nice 9 by 12 rug He used a plece of thick flannel as a foundation and sewed the bags to it each night on returning from work. On several occasions some of the fel- lows from the office helped him do the “sewing.” It was Interesting work. For some unknown reason many of the helpers sewed the bags on back- ward, but all were finally straightened vut, and when the rug was finally laid there was a little celebration in the genius’ room. Now as he looks at the rug In silence he prides himself upon his economy. And yet the refresh- ments that he supplied to keep the workers in good humor and on the night of the “rug laying” cost him $24.50.—Philadelphia Record. The First Teacups. Even after tea was Introduced into Burope and had come into general use teacups were scarce. At the same time coffee was introduced; but, apart from Constantinople, the.first coffee cups in Europe date back only as far as 1645 in Venice, 1659 in Paris, 1652 in Lon- don and 1694 in Leipsic. From the first, however, the conventional orien- tal coffee cup, without stem or handle, was little used, and In Germany not at all. The Chinese teacup was used for tea, coffee and chocolate as well. Speci- mens of porcelain were undoubtedly Introduced into Europe in the middle ages, yet not till the sixteenth century were cups imported from China in any great quantities, and even then it was as articles. of vertu. Most of those found their way back into China again, as collecting porcelain is a lasting fad there, and high prices are paid for good specimens. The collection of Chinese porcelain, if only the genuine specimens are desired, requires im- mense study and knowledge, as the Chinese are skillful imitators and put numerous falsifications on the market. Society Music. Mary will have to be asked to play ‘when she goes out in soclety. A proud mamma will attend to that. And Mary ‘will play with faithful accuracy some- thing from Chopin or Beethoven or Mendelssohn, and the young people will watch her chubby fingers thought- fully and wonder when the selection will come to an end. They will ap- plaud, too—when the end is reached— for that is good manners, and every- body likes Mary, anyhow. And then— well, Lucy Smith, who has never taken lessons, will rollick up to the piano |0'¢ and begin a coon song, hands and feet will beat time all over the room, half the listeners will hum the refrain, everybody will see the difference be- tween the piano as a penance and as a pleasure, and only Mary’s mamma will make unpleasant side remarks about the degeneracy of popular taste in music.—Cynthia Westover Aldep in Success Magazine. A Misunderstood Jest. Lord Lytton when viceroy of India ‘was seated one day at dinner next to a lady whose name was Birch and who, though very good looking, was not overintelligent. Said she to his excellency: ‘“Are you acquainted with any of the Birches?” “Oh, yes!” replied Lord Lytton. “I knew several of them most intimately while at Eton—indeed, more Intimate- ly than I cared to.” “My lord,” replied the lady, “you forget the Birches are relatives of mine.” “And they cut me,” said the viceroy, “but,” and he smiled his wonted smile, “I have never felt more Inclined to kiss the rod than I do now.” 8ad to say, Mrs. Birch did not see the point and told her husband his ex- cellency had insulted her. A Dumas Story. Dumas the elder was rarely spiteful to or about his fellow men, but one day, when he happened to be in that mood, a friend called to tell him a plece of news. “They have just given M. X, the Legion of Honor,” he said. Then he added in a significant tone, “Now, can you imagine why they should have given it to him?” “Yes,” answered the great dramatist promptly. “They have given it to him because he was without it.” The French Brand. Customer—Why is a pipe made from French brier root better than one made from American brier root? Tobacco- nist—Because anything that's French is a little tougher than the same thing in any other country.—Chicago Trib- une. Those Girls. She—He kissed me when I was not dreaming of such a thing. Her—I'll wager you were not. You always were wide awake when kissing was in sight. ~Cincinnat! Enquirer. In’ Training. Mamma — Remember, .Ivor, you'll have to be a soldier one day. Ivor—I know, mamma. Nurse takes me to the barracks every day.—London, Telegraph. : ‘What is just and right is the law of laws.—Latin Proverb. The Truth. 3 Gobsa Golde descended painfully from his ninety horsepower automobile. “I wish to purchase,” he sald, an.| engagement ring.” “Yes, sir,” said the eager clerk. “We have just imported a superb ring, sir— two ruby hearts surrounded”— “No,” sald the aged millionaire in a cold, disillusloned voice; “no, that won't do. There is only one heart concerned in this affair.. The girl s marrying me for my money.”—New ' Orleans T Pl e Sl d SIS SRR Kangaroos Saved a Rothschild. ‘Walter Rothschild, the richest bache- lor in England, had a close call with matrimony when he was a young man, A designing mamma had managed to get the helr to the Rothschild millions interested in her daughter, and the daughter did all she could to lead the Interest up to the polnt of a marriage proposal. One night at a waterlug place, after Rothschild had retired to his room, he heard volces under his window which he recognized as those of the young lady and her mamma. “Has he proposed yet?’ asked the old woman, “Not yet,” answered the daughter, “but I'll e him hooked before long If only I can endure his conversation. Tonight he bored me almost to death talking about his kangaroos.” “I am sorry,” saild Rothschild, put- ting his head out of the window, “to have bored you with tales of my ani- mals. Forgive me, I shall never do 80 again.” And he never did.—London Echo, The Name Saratoga. The original name of Saratoga was “Serachtague.” About the middle of the elghteenth century it was “Saragh- toge.” During the administration of Governor Leisler it was “Sarachtoge.” Isn't this quaint—from 1689: Upon ye news vyt three People should be kild at Bartel Vromans at Sarachtoge by ve Indlans,— Resolved by ye Convention yt Lief Jochim Staets forwith goe with ten men to Sarachtoge to see how ye matter 1s, & bring us an accompt with ye first, & yt :\e Cito send a Post hither with ye tide- ngs. Spelling reformers would be delighted with “kild.” And “ye” is shorter than | “the,” and “yt” is shorter than “that” “Goe” is expansive, but “for- with” for “forthwith” {s a contractlon. Schoolcraft thinks that Saratoga is de- rived from the- Indjan words “Assa- rat”—sparkling, and “oga”—place.— New York Press. PILES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any case of Ttching, Blind. 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NOTICE OF APPLICATION —for—— LIQUOR LICENSE STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Beltrami — tss City of Bemidji Notice is hereby given, That application has been made in writing to the city council of said City of Bemidji and filed in my office, praying for license to sell intox- icating liquors for the term commencing on November 3rd, 1007, and terminating on November 3 . by the following person jand at the following place, as stated in said application, respectively towit: TILLIE LARSON At and in that certain two-story frame building on_the first floor and front room thereof, and located on lots eleven (11) and twelve (12) bluck seventeen (17) original townsite of Bemidji, Minnesota, Sald application will be heard and deter- mined by said city council of the City of Be- midji at the city clerk’s office in the city hall in said city of Bemidji, in Beltrami county, and state of Minnesota, on Monday, the 2ist day of October, A. D. 1907, at § ’e] k p. m.of that day. Witness my hand and seal of sald clty this 1ith day " of October. A.'D. " {sear] THOMAS MALOY, Gity Clerlk. NOTICE OF APPLICATION —for— LIQUOR LICENSE. STATE OF MINNESOTA, | CoUNTY OF BErTRAMI bss City of Bemidii. = Notice is hereby given, that application has been made in writing to the city council of said City of Bemidji and filed in my oftice_praying for license to sell intoxicat- ing liquors for the term commencing on 6th day of November 1907, and terminating on 6th day of November, 1908, by the following person, and at the following place. as stated in said applications, respectively, to-wit: J. H. SULLIVAN At and in that certain one story frame building on the first floor of front room thereof being located on Lot One (1) Block Twenty-one (21) original townsite of Bemidji, Minnesota. Said application will be heard and deter- mined by said city council of the City of Bemidjl at the City Clerk’s office in the City Hall in said city of Bemidji in Beltrami county and State of Minnesota, on Monday the 2ist day of October A. D., 1907, at 8 o'clock p. m, of that day. Witness my_hand and seal of said city of Bemidji this 15th day of October. A. D. 1907, (Seal) THOMAS MALOY, " . City Clerk, NOTICE OF APPLICATION —for— LIQUOR LICENSE. STATE OF MINNESOTA, } S8 unty of Beltrami, City of Bemidji Notice is hereby given, That application has been made in writing to the city council of said city of Bemidji and filed in my office, praying for license to sell intoxicating liquors for the term commencing on October 25th, 1907, and terminating on October 25, 1908. by the following person, and at the following place, as stated in said application. re - spectively towlt: L. BURKE At and in the front room and first floor thereof of that certain two-story frame building located on lots eighteen (18) and nineteen (19), block seventeen, original town- siteof Bemidji Minnesota, Sald application will be heard and deter- mined by said city council of the city of Bemidji at the city clerk’s office in the city hall, in sald city of Bemidji. in Beltrami county, and state of Minnesota, on Monday, the 1d4th day of October A. D. 1907, at § o'clock p. m., of that day. Witness my hand and seal of sald gfi%oltm7liamldfl this 11th day of October, Lsmar] THOMAS MALOY, City Clerk, NOTICE OF APPLICATION —for— LIQUOR LICENSE. County of Beltrami, City of Bemidji, Notice Is hereby given, That application Das been made in writing to the city council of said city of Bemidji and filed in my office, praying for license to sell intoxicating laors_ for the term commencing on No- vember 7th,, 107, and terminating on Novem- 7th, 1008, Dythe following person, and at the followlng place, as stated In sald appli- catlon, respectively to-wit: W. 8. LYOAN On the first floor front Toom of that certain two story frame bullding located on lots thirteon (19) and fourteen (14). block eighteen (18) and known as "The Markham Hotel’ original townsite of Bemidjl, Minnosota. Sald application will and’_de- termined by said city council of the city of Bemidjl at the city clork’s office in the clty. hall, In sald clty of Bemlidjl, In Beltrami county, and state of Minnesota, on Monday, the Hin day of October, A.'D. 1007, at § clock p. m. of that day. 2 Witmoa hand and seal of satdcity, STATE OF MINNESOTA, %ss HOMAS MALOY. T Oty Olerk. - Witness my ‘this 11th day ‘of October A [smArL] e —— s+ N Boiling It Down, “1 should like to manage this paper for about six months,” said the new reporter of a country paper. “The present editor doesn't know his busi- ness.” “What's the matter?’ he was asked. “Why, last night I was told off to re. port a fire in Broad street, and I wrote it up In grand style, making a half cotumn article of it. I began it In this way: “‘Suddenly on the still night alr rang the shrill ery of fire, and at the same moment the little licking tongues of flame, whose light, playing along the roof’s edge, caught the eye of the midnight watcher, leaped forth, no lon- ger playful, but flerce and angry in thelr thirst and greed. Like glowling, snaky demons, the lurid links entwined the doomed bullding. In venomous hisses and spurts the flames shot into the overhanging darkness, while from every window and door poured forth a dense sulphurous smoke, the deadly suffocating breath of an imprisoned fiend. “I went on in that style for over halt a column,” said the new reporter, “and this Is what appeared in the paper this morning: “‘A fire broke out in Broad street last night, but was quickly suppress- ed” Do you call that journalism London Standard. “Packing Off of Widows.” Some curious customs in the way of pastimes prevall in Korea. Among the farming classes there is one known as the “packing off of widows.” This means a raid on a ‘certaln village known to contain a young widow. A ‘widower, accompaunied by friends, en- ters the village, carries off the woman In question and marries her. 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