Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 14, 1909, Page 6

DIVISION D.—SEWING (Open to all girls 15 years of age or under, en wn school.) Lot 1. Fancy Apron Lot 2. Work Apron . 25 "Lot 3. Hemmed 'Patch .25 Lot 4. Buttonholes .. 25 Lot 5. Three Cornered Darn. 25 Lot 6. Hemstitched Handkerchief. :25 Lot 7. Stocknet Darning - 25 Lot 8. Hemstitched Towel 25 Lot 9. Hemstitched Pillow 25 Lot 10. Doily 25 Lot 11. Drawn Work .. 25 Lot 12. Sofa Pillow 25 r‘Ylled 6 3. Quill Point Embroidery. e .50 54. Ralfa Work ... S O .50 55. Mexican Embroidery - L S 50 56. Irish Point Lace... N5 .50 57. Specimen of Etching. A .50 58. Swiss Embroidery -. 75 .50 59. Fancy Tidy --- 75 .50 60. Fancy Apron 75 .50 61. Fancy Toilet Cushion: 75 .50 62. Fancy Cotton Tidy-__. 75 .50 63. Specimen Beaded Work by Chlp< pewa Indians .. 3.00 64. Display of Oil Paintings. 1.00 DIVISION L PHOTOGRAPHS. CLASS 22. 1st. 2nd. 1. General display from one gallery____ $5.00 $2.00 DIVISION M VEGETABLES. o CLASS 17—POTATOES. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 1. Early Ohio, 75 bu.--$5.00 $4.00 $3.00 $2.00 $1.00 300 200 100 3. Burbank, 74 b 400 300 200 10O 4. Carman, ¥ bu 400 300 200 100 5. Best ¥ bu. not named above —-—- 508 4.00 3.00 200 10O ‘We have cut out all other varieties as no markets on potatoes can be established at any of our railroad towns until we raise a strictly first class merchantable article. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. 49. 6 (only) Turnips. $2.00 $r1.00 50, “ Rutabagas 200 100 s1. “ “ Turnip Beets 200 1.00 52, ¢ “ Blood Beets —_ (s J—— 53. “ “ Mangle Wurtzels - X 200 1.00 54. 10 “ Stock Carrots .. X 200 100 55 “ “ Table Carrots .50 56: “ “ Red Onions -- 1.00 57.“ “ Yellow Onions . 1.00 58.6 “ Cucumbers - .50 50. “ “ Parsnips .50 . ¢ Celery - X 1.00 6. “ “ Winter Radishes - -{ I 62. / bushel Ripe Tomatoes.. 200 100 63. ¢ Green Tomatoes 2.00 1.00 64. 3 (only) Cauliflower.. 1.00 50 65. 6 Peppers ———- - 1.00 50 66. 1 “ Pie Pumpkin 2.00 50 67. 1 “ Feed Pumpkin _ 2.00 .50 68. 1 “ Squash, Hubbard -._. 2.00 .50 69. 1 “ Squash, other varieties 2.00 .50 70. 3 “ Cabbage, late __ - 2.00 1.00 o1 3 “ Cabbage, early - 2.00 1.00 72.3 “ Citrons - 75 .50 73.2 “ Watermelons _ 75 .50 74. 5 “ Muskmelons - —___ .75 .50 75. 5 “ Muskmelons, Rocky- j ford __. -] J— 76. Show of Vegetable hibitor S T [ GRADED AND HIGH SCHOOLS EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT. I—INDUSTRIAL WORK. 1st, 2nd. 1. Sewing— Primary ____ . $o.25 Intermediate - | .25 Grammar . .50 25 2. Weaving— a. Primary paper weaving- .50 .25 b. Primary yarn weaving._. 50 25 c. Rattan or Raphia, primary. .25 — Rattan or Raphia, intermediate. .50 25 3. Any other useful article made in school— Primary ____ .25 Intermediate _ 25 Grammar - .25 IL—DRAWING. Only original work must be entered in this department. 1. Design— 2nd. Intermediate - $0.25 Grammar __ - .50 a. Book cove b. Sofa cushion. ¢. Border. d. Surface pattern. e. Historic ornament. . f. Any useful decorated article used in school. 2. Landscapes— Primary, Intermediate, Grammar. a. Pencil ___ - .50 25 b. Crayon . .50 .25 c. Water color - .50 25 3.:Still life— Primary, Intermediate, Grammar. «@. Geometrical solids .50 25 . Familiar objects .50 25 c. Native fruit __ .50 25 .d. Native vegetable .50 25 e. Native flower _ .50 25 f. Native animal = +50 25 g Any pleasing group or study not included in the foregoing .50 .25 h. Pose drawing —-—————————_____ .50 2 1IL.—HISTORICAL. Best historical map 6x9, illustrating the ist. 2nd. Peninsular Campaign - $0.50 $0.25 1V.—LANGUAGE. Best Illustrated Langnage Lesson— Tst. 2nd. Prima $0.25 Interme .25 V.—PENMANSHIP, Best specimen page of penmanship, vertical— Ist. 2nd. Prima $0.25 .25 Grammar The school furni ished with a banner to hccmm the property of the school holding the same for two successive years. “0il Painting— Fruit study 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 “Water Colors— Fruit study 1.00 Flowers __ 1.00 Landscape 1.00 Portrait. - 1.00 RURAL SCHOOL SECTION. (Including all but graded or high schools.) DIVISION A.—GRAINS. Ist. 2nd. 3rd. “Class 1. Corn, SiX €arS-—-ccocec-! $1.00 $0.75 * *Next .5 premiums 50c each. DIVISION B.—VEGETABLES. 1Ist. 2nd. 3rd. Class 1. Potatoes, one peck-—_____. $1.00 $0.75 * *Next 5 premiums 50c each. Class 2. Onions, one-half peck.__. .50 40 .30 Class 3. Table beets, one-half peck .50 40 .30 Class 4. Pumpkins, two 75 .50 25 DIVISION C.—BAKING. (Open to girls 15 years of age and under.) 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Class 1. White bread, two loaves__$0.75 $0.50 $0.25 Class 2. Graham brefld two loaves .75 .50 25 «Class 3. Cake, one, any kind___.___ 75 .50 25 Lot 1. Map of country_. Lot 5. Best lésson’— o Falnlid e .50 .35 25 DIVISION E.—SCHOOL WORK. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. $0.35 $o.25 .35 25 35 25 illustrated Lot 6. Best historical map of early settlements by European . AAtONS~ - ialud iyt .35 25 (Open to pupils of 7th grade) Lot 7. Best historical map, 6x9 inches, illustrating the peninsular campaign -_. .50 .35 25 (Open to 8th grade pupils.) Lot 8. Best specinien page of copy- ing or dictation exercise .50 .35 25 DIVISION F. School furnishing the best exhibit will be presented with a bansner to become the property of the school hav- ing won the same twice in succession. Entries must be made by presenting the articles in person at the fair grounds September 15, in the morn- ing, or sending the same to the county superintendent. ““The Russian Joke Teller. Story telling and jesting have al- ways been counted the favorite amuse- ments of semibarbaric people. To the first we owe the “Arabian Nights” and to the second the clowns, who were formerly the appendage of all great houses. In Russia the paid Joker still flourishes, and the people pay so much an hour to listen to his jokes and witticisms. He provides himself with two or three hundred tickets, and, mounting a sort of ros- trum, he announces that he is going to regale his audience with choice tid- bits of mirth provoking lore. He be- gins selling tickets at a penny each, and when he has sold enough to war- rant his b‘eginning he turns himself loose, and the audience remains spell- bound by his humorous stories for an hour or two. A recent traveler who saw a number of these jokers in St. Petersburg says, “I listened to them several times, and, although I could not understand one word the joker said, I was sure from the way the au- dience greeted his storfes with roars of laughter that the jokes were above the average.” Adam, Eve and Some Apples. How many apples did Adam and Eve eat? Some say Eve 8 and Adam 2, a total of 10. Others say Eve 8 and Adam 8 also; total, 16. But if Eve 8 and Adam 82, the total will be 90. Now, if Eve 81 and Adam 8 1 2 the total would be 893. Then if Eve811stand Adam812 the total would be 1,6238. Or, again, Eve 814 Adam, Adam 81242 oblige Eve, total 82,056. Though we ad- mit Eve 814 Adam, Adam, if he 8181 242 keep Eve company; total, 8,182, ‘05 6. All wrong. Eve, whenshe81812 many and probably felt sorry for it, and Adam, in order to relieve her grief, 812; therefore Adam if he 818 14240fy Eve's depressed spirit; hence both ate 81,896,864 apples. —Kansas City Independent. Marriage Customs In Savage Africa. The charge which is sometimes ‘brought against white men of “marry- ing for money” cannot be used against their sex in Africa, for there it is the other way about, husbands having to purchase their wives. When a man has a wife bestowed upon him as an act of charity he feels that she is not properly his own, and she, if she will, can treat him with contempt. This custom of wife purchase, although it is to be decried as tending to lower marriage to the level of a commercial contract, is an Incentive to young men to work. Lazy youths cannot com- pete with energetic ones in the matri- monial market, as they are despised by the young women and rejected by their parents as being unworthy of their daughters.—Wide World Magazine. Sea Roses. The sea rose is a leathery looking creature which attaches itself to a stone at the bottom of the sea in its infaney and ultimately attains a size about three inches in length and an inch and & half in breadth. When quiet and feeding under water its top opens and blossoms into the semblance of a large pink rose, with petals fully an inch long, a really handsome ob- Jject. As soon as it is disturbed, how- ever, it shuts itself resolutely into its leather pod. Southern Spoon Corn Bread. Pour two cupfuls boiling water over a cupful cornmeal; cook five minutes, stirring continually; add a tablespoon- ful butter, two eggs well beaten, a cup- ful milk, a teaspoonful salt; beat thor- oughly, pour into a well greased bak- ing dish and bake thirty-five minutes in hot oven. Serve from the dish in which it is baked.—What to Eat. Overburdened With Memory. “Your son tells me that he is going to take lessons to cultivate his memory.” “I hope not,” answered Farmer Corn- tossel. " “He can remember every fool tune that was ever whistled.”—Wash- {ngton Star, Quite Light. Marie—I think Chollie is a delightful dancer. He's so light on his feet! Lil- llan—When you're better acquainted | with Chollie you'll discover that he's Uight at both ends!—Town and Country. Won Her a Diadem. 4 How did the French come into Sfci- ly? A woman did it. At a festive en- tertainment held at a. French court Beatrice, countess of Savoy and wife of Charles of Anjou, the brother of Louis IX, of France, was removed from the superior range of. seats oc- cupled by her two younger sisters, the queen of France and the queen of England. Mortified by the humiliation, she returned to her apartments and burst into tears. Upon learning the cause of her chagrin and her saying that she would be able to give up her life to confine her tresses for one hour beneath a diadem Charles embraced her affectionately and-said, “Set your heart at rest, countess, for before long I will make you a greater queen than either of your sisters.”” So he prom- fsed her. He defeated Manfred, the last of the Norman kings,-and caused Conradino, the great-grandson of the Emperor * Frederick, to be mercilessly slain, he himself and Beatrice witness- ing the scene. Upon the death of his brother Charles became king of Na- ples, thus fulfilling the cherished de- sire of his wife for a diadem. The Wrist and the Arm. The real wrist, as one might say, is the elbow joint. It is all hand, prac- tically speaking, from that point to the tips of the fingers. When you turn your wrist it is the whole forearm that makes the twist, and every move- ment of the fingers is controlled by the muscles of the forearm, The power to turn the wrist to and fro at the el bow joint is possessed only by human beings and monkeys, and even the higher apes are not able to do the trick nearly as well as we can. In this movement the great biceps muscle in the upper arm is importantly con- cerned, its powerful action in turning the forearm outward being accounta- ble for the fact that we are able to put so much more strength into a twist in that direction than the opposite way. Many of our most familiar tools Indeed, such as the screwdriver, are made with reference to the anatomical peculiarity in question. It is for this reason and no other that all screws turn to the right. Reed and Strout. Thomas B. Reed served in the navy during the civil war, and in 1865 he returned to Portland to practice law. One of the strongest men at the Port- land bar at the time was A. A, Strout. Before beginning the trial of a suit it wag Strout’s habit to inquire of every Juror ‘as to the state of his health and impress each with the idea that the lawyer was solicitous of that juror’s personal welfare. Reed and Strout were . constantly aniagonizing each other, though they were very good friends. In nearly every case of im- portance Strout and Reed were on op- posite sides. It was annoying indeed for the suave Strout to' hear Reed drawl out before the opening of a case: “Well, your honor, Brother Strout having finished. his morning task of shaking hands with the jury, we may now, I hope, proceed with the busi ness of the court.” Beating Women. “If it is true that national adages give an insight into the ideas of a peo- ple,” says the Berlin Radical, “women must occupy a strange position in Rus- sla. One of these old saws runs, ‘Love your wife as much as your mule,’ and another tells the good man, ‘Shake your wife as you would a fruit tree.” That ‘woman is not considered frail is shown by the adage, ‘You may safely beat your ivife with a broom handle, for she is not made of porcelain.’ Beat- ing must be considered a wholesome pastime, to judge from the saying, ‘If your wife deserves a beating in the morning, remind her of her faults by giving her another at noon.’ In jus- tification of this kind of attention the Russian says, ‘The more a man beats his wife the better his meals will be.’ ” The Sea Serpent Myth. It is possible, even probable, that the sea serpent myth started in all good faith. In the southern seas grow the gigantic algae, the largest of which measure from 400 to 600 feet in length These when rolled on the beach form enormous cables several hundred feet long and as thick as a goed sized tree trunk. Such cables washed out to sea by storms may very easily have given rise to the farfamed but yet undiscov- ered sea serpent.—New York Ameri- can, Nice, Easy Joh. The following advertisement recently appeared in an English newspaper: “Man required for, demonstration pur- pose an old English rack (star cham- ber pattern); would have to be slightly stretched to show how rack worked; man should be short to start with.” Quite Fortunate. New Girl (timidly)—I s’pose you are a fine cook, mum? Young Mistress— Bless me, no! I don’t know anything about it. New Girl (relieved)—Then we’'ll get along famously, mum. I don’t either.—New York Journal. The Pearl of Great Price. “Put disposition above beauty,” is the advice of a modern sage to the young man who thinks of taking to himself a wife. But it requires such a long time to discover disposition.— Providence Journal. Conflicting. “There is safety in numbers,” quoted the wise guy. “And yet we are told that too many cooks spoil the broth,” added the sim- ple mug.—Philadelphia Regord. X The brave man may fall, but he eannot yield.—Irish Proverb. TI777 The Rice’ God: In the Malay peninsula, after a gen- eral propitiatory service has been held as an “apology” to the rice for cutting it, the “rice soul” is diligently sought. First the spot where the best rice grows' is selected; then seven stems are chosen, each having seven joints. ‘Within this sacred bundle resides the soul of the whole precious field, and, dressed in swaddling clothes like & live infant, it is borne home in a basket and tenderly, reverently, placed on a new sleeping mat. After the rice harvest in Ceylon the priests take a little old god called Mareii down to the river. A hole is dug where the water is shallow, and into this is crammed a bag of dry rice, with the god placed on top. The satu- rated rice expands, forcing the image upward, so that in about fifteen days it comes to the surface and is wel- comed as a new god with acclama- tions of great joy. Both in China and Japan are held special festivals of thanksgiving and offering up of first fruits.—Los An- geles Times. Luck'In Golf. Luck, as will readily be understood, §s a factor that enters very largely into golf. Perhaps the most notable case on record is that of Jamie An- derson when competing for the cham- pionship at Prestwick in 1878. He had just teed his ball for the seventeenth drive when a little girl standing among the spectators remarked that he had unconsciously placed it just in front of the proper line. Although nobody else had noticed the fact, this proved on examination by the referee to be correct. Thereupon Anderson teed his ball again in a fresh position well behind the line and made a drive which landed him in the hole and eventually enabled him to win the match. If, however, he had played it from the original spot he would have been penalized a stroke and have lost the championship. Clearly, then, luck on the links is something to be taken into consideration whatever nonbeliev- ers may say to the contrary.—Bailey’s Magazine. What He Was Allowed to Do. A Presbyterian delegate who was accustomed to being sent to denomina- tional conventions to extend fraternal greetings was delegated to the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church. Rising to speak, he said it was al- ways an interesting study to him to note the different receptions accorded him at the conventions of the various denominations. “Whenever I attend a convention of the Episcopal church, for example,” said he, “I find I can do anything I like except preach in the pulpit. When I go before the Baptist church I am accorded every privilege except that of taking communion. And,” he said, with a smile, “when I appear among the Methodists I notice I am allowed every privilege except taking the col- lection!”~-Ladies’ Home Journal. Housekeeping In Papua. European housekeeping in Papua is charmingly simple. Everything arriv- ed in a tin, for the most part ready for us. Meat, milk, butter, vegetables—all stood in tins in neat rows in the store- room. A diet of tinned stuffs grew rather monotonous at times, but we were able occasionally to vary it. Sometimes a man would arrive with a live turtle, which he would sell for two sticks of tobacco, costing threepence. The wretched turtle would be killed and cut up, but would still insist on quivering in 'a most realistic manner even when placed on the fire to cook. Then, too, if the season was a good one, the kitchen would be found lined with joints of wallabies, and it would be hard to know what to do with so much fresh meat.—Wide World Maga- zine. Witty Sayings. W. 8. Gilbert said of Beerbohm Tree’s Hamlet that it was “funny without being coarse.” During an Englishman’s lecture in New Haven the usher said to a late comer: “Please, sir, take your seat as quietly as possible. The audience is asleep.” A Philadelphia woman said: “Of course there will be no marriage in heaven. There will be plenty of wo- men there and a few men, but none any one would care to marry.” Spoiled by the Cook. Cardinal Manning, the famous Eng- lish churchman, was gaunt of face. The great ecclesiastic’s appearance was so ascetic that he seemed to have been almost starved. Once in Liver- pool he visited a convent, and the cook knelt to him for a blessing, which she got. “May the Lord preserve your emi- nence,” said she, and then, looking at his thin face, she added, “and, oh, may God forgive your cook!” Insisted on a Change. London Coster (meeting village idiot)—Oo are yer a-larfin’ at? Idiot— Oi bean’t a-larfin’. Coster—Well, put your face straight. Idiot—It is straight. Coster (exasperated) — Well, then, bloomin’ well bend it.—London Tatler. An Early Riser. Mrs. Hicks—You mean to tell me that you have a servant girl who gets up in the morning without being call- ed?: Mrs. Wickes—Yes. She’s in love with the milkman. — Boston Tran- seript. The Wise Way. “We should all strive to forgive our enemies,” remarked the wise guy. “Yes; then they won’t be so apt to get back at us,” added the simple mug. —Philadelphia Record. i Sierra Leone. Sterra Leone—known to fame as “the. white man’s grave”—viewed from the deck of an incoming steamer presents an appearance distinctly attractive. As to climate, the sobriquet “white man’ grave” is sufficiently instructive. Suf- fice it to say that the first of the dail; regimental orders ran thus: “Funeral parade at 6:30 a. m. tomorrow,” and it was seldom indeed that the parade was dismissed for lack of a victim to the pestiferous climatic conditions. Indeed. so arduous became the duties of sepulcher that, whereas it was cus- tomary in the beginning for the entire regiment and band to attend, only the company of the deceased and the firing party did so later on. Sierra Leone is infested with snakes, large and small! The former are of the constrictor spe- cles; the latter are all extremely ven- omous. The most deadly of all pex- haps is the yellow jack, a beautiful yellow and black reptile, whose bite is reputed to prove fatal within a space of twenty minutes.—Westchester Couny ty Magazine. : What Is It, a Lobster? i That the methods of public school Instruction as applied in one city at least do not always meet the approba- tion of the parents of the pupils was evidenced when a German man whose bristly blond hair was standing per- fectly erect with anger strode into a Baltimore school one day and, ap- proaching the principal, demanded: ' “Vot is it, a lobster?” The principal explained in his suav- est tone that a lobster was a species of shellfish. “How many legs has it—der lob- ster?” The number of legs was promptly, stated. “Look here,” exclaimed the irritated Teuton, “I vork for me in a big hurry, und if your teacher he cannot find petter dings to ask my boy Herman how many legs has it, a lobster, und make him come home to bodder his fadder mit questions, ‘What is it, a lobster? it is pad business!’—] Llppi.n— cott’s. | Saved His Rupees. During a great flood at Haidarabad a native banker, overtaken by the sud- den rush of water, made his way on to a mound, where he was quickly iso- lated. The water rose, and the bank- er'’s legs were covered to his knees. “Fifty rupees (zbout £3 7s.), 50 rupees,” he shouted, “to any one who will save me!” When the water reached his shoulder he was shouting, “One thou- sand rupees!” When enveloped to his neck, with death staring him in the face, he yelled: “Help, help! All that I have will I give to any one to save me!” Shortly after the water began to recede. When once more he was covered only to his knees an offer of rescue came., But the banker, pluck- ing up his courage, cried: “Keep off! Keep off! I will not give a rupee!” and succeeded in making his escape free of charge.—St. James’ Gazette. Origin of “Bonfire.” Stow, referring to the ‘“bonefiers” which the citizens of London were wont to make in the streets on “the vigiles of festiuall dayes and on the same festinall dayes in the euenings after the sunne setting every man be- stowing wocod or labour towards them” ‘and which were an occasion of feasting and merriment, says that ‘“these were called bonefiers as well of good amitie amongst neighbours, that, being before at controuersie, were there by theé labours of others, recon- ciled, and made of bitter enemies, louing friendes, as also for the vertue that a great fire hath to purge the in- fection of the ayre.”—London Globe. Healthful Tombstone. Nobody ever dies in Tombstone un- less they brought it “with’m,” or fall into a 600 foot vertical shaft, or buy an automobile, or “sass” their mother- in-law, or try to thaw out powder, or mistake cyanide of potassium for sugar, or start off a county seat re- moval racket. Some die of old age, some old partners of Daniel Boone, but none has ever been known to die from physical irregularities contracted in Tombstone aside from the above mentioned causes and occasionally an abnormal tightness about the throat, superinduced by a coil of manila rope; or from a cold caught through a hole made by a 45.—Tombstone Epitaph. To Philip Sober. ‘When a woman who asked Philip of Macedon to do her justice was snub« bed by the petulant monarch she ex- claimed, “Philip, I shall appeal against this judgment.” “Appeal!” thundered the enraged king. “And to whom will you ap- peal?” “To Philip sober,” was her reply. The Waning Honeymoon. “I forgot something,” said the hus- band. “Yes,” pouted the wife, “you forgot to kiss me.” “That may be, but what I came back for was my overshoes.”—Kansas City, Journal. Same Old Jag. “Ebenezer,” called out Mrs. Jagway from the floor above, “have you been drinking again?”’ “No, m’ dear,” answered Mr. Jag- way in the hallway below. “Not again, Still.”—Chicago Tribune. Reminded Him. - ‘Waiter—Haven't you forgotten some- thing, sir? Restaurant Patron—I'm glad you spoke of it. My wife told me not to spend any money foolishly, and I was just going to give you a tip. —Chicago News. Adversity borrows its sharpest sting from our impatience.—Horne,