Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 17, 1909, Page 9

;:_ | ? - Costly Jur of the Subway. The tuppenny tube, London's sub- way, once set fire to a house in a man. ner so extraordinary as to merit atten- tion. In a mansion beneath which runs the subterranean railway one of the bedroom fireplaces was fitted with a blower—a sheet of iron inside the grate which can be raised or lowered to regulate the draft. The blower rest- ed on a serles of iron notches. One afternoon a servant kindled a fire in the grate and when it was well alight raised the blower, so that the coal would burn but slowly, and so left it while she went downstairs. Presently, deep in the clay beneath the founda- tions of the house, a train rushed along. The vibrations from its passing were gufficlent to jar the blower from®the notches on which the servant had. left it. It dropped down. The draft in- creased; the fire raged madly. '~ The flames were enough to set the chimney on fire, burning soot set the water tank on the roof alight, and there resulted a considerable coniiagration.—Pittsburg Post. A Girl and a Snake. It is a matter of fact that men have greater fear of serpents than have wo- men. During a visit to friends in the country I was crossing a stretch of meadow in the company of my hostess’ daugbter, a sprightly girl of seventeen, when a black snake crossed the path ten feot in front of us. I caught ry companion by the sleeve, but she wrenched herself loose, gathered her skirts akont her knees, gave a running Jump and landed squarely upon the back of the reptile. His snakeship thrashed the grass and the girl’s ankles with equal futility. As soon as she could diseagage one foot she planted it upon the serpent’s head. In the ab- sence of club or stones I was com- ppelled to stand and witness a scene that to me was terrifying, but to the girl furnished supreme enjoyment. Years afterward when I read Hag- :.gard’s description of Jess’ fight with ithe kangaroo I understood the kind of entertainment that my young compan- lon had provided for me.—Brooklyn Eagle. There’s a Hare In the Moon. ‘Equally famous with the man in the :moon and the woman in the moon is ‘the hare in the moon, says Garrett P. Berviss in his “Astronomy With the Naked Eye.” The original is a Bud- «hist legend. The god Sakkria, dis- ‘guised as a Brahman, pretended to be starving and went to the animals for help. The monkey got him a bunch of mangoes; the coot picked up a fisher- man’s neglected string for him; the fox stole him a pot of milk. At last the god approached the hare. “I have nothing but grass,” said the hare, “and you can’t eat that.” “But your flesh s good,” suggested the pretended Brah- man. The hare assented. “Then,” said the Brahman, “I'll kindle a fire at the foot of this rock, and you jump off into it. That’ll save me the trouble of kill- ing you.” The hare assented again, but as he leaped from the rock the god caught him in his arms and then drew his figure in the moon as a perpetual reminder of the excellence of self sac- rifice. PEOPLE WE KNOW, They Are Bemidji People and What They Say Is of Local Interest. When an incident like the fol- lowing occurs right here at home, it is bound to carry weight with our readers. So many strange occurances go the rounds of the press: are published as facts, people become skeptical. On one subject skepticism is rapidly dis- appearing, This is one to the actual experience of our citizens, and therr public utterances regard- ing them. The doubter must doubt no more in the face of such evidence as this. The public statement of a reputable citizen living right at home, one ot whom you can see every day, leaves no ground for the skeptic to stand on. Mrs. J. E. Cahill, 817 Minne- ‘sota avenue, Bemidji, Minn., says: “I never had any serious trouble from my kidueys, but a few months ago I began to suffer from pain -through the small of my back and other symptoms pointing to kid- neyj disorder. I had heard so much about Doans Kidney Pills that I concluded to give them a trial and procured a box at the Owl Drug Store. I took them according to directions, was cured and have been in good health since. Iam well pleased with the results that followed the use of Doan’s Kidney Pills in my case and have nc hesitation in recom- mending them to other sufferers from kidney complaint,” For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co,, Buftalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name—Doan’s— .and take no other, Unintentional Sabbath Breaking. In the early days of New England It was the custom to keep the Sabbath from sundown Saturday night until the same hour on Sunday. That this practice was attended by pitfalls is shown by an incident told in “The Pa- pers of the Connecticut Valley Histor- leal Soclety:” There lived in Ryefleld a thrifty dame, an enterprising, driving woman and a notable housewife. The good wo- man was not willing to lose Sunday evenings out of her catalogue of house- work, but she was pious withal and strictly kept the day to the sunset limit. As soon as the sun was fairly below the horizon she would begin her washing and get her clothes ready for drying bright and early on Monday morning. One cloudy Sunday she, supposing the day was ended, changed her Sun- day gown, rolled up her sleeves and went to work. As she was scrubbing away in the kitchen; her face toward the west window, the clouds suddenly broke, and the great round sun shone in full on the poor Sabbath breaker at work. She gave one cry of amazement and horror and fled the kitchen. After that sinful day she never be gan her work on Sunday evening. Lincolrés Rules. On one occasion President Lincoln on entering the telegraph office of the war department, writes Mr. Bates in “Lincoln In the Telegraph Office,” was heard to remark to Secretary Seward. “By jings, governor, we are here at last!” Turning to him in a-reproving manner, Mr. Seward said, “Mr. Presi- dent, where did you learn that inele- gant expression?’ Without replying to the secretary, Lincoln addressed the telegraph operators, saying: “Young gentlemen, excuse me for swearing before you. ‘By jings’ 18 swearing, for my good old mother taught me that anything that had a ‘by’ before it was swearing.” One day Secretary Seward, who was not renowned as a joker, sald he had been told that a short time before on a street crossing Lincoln had been seen to turn out in the mud to give a colored woman a chance to pass. “Yes,” said Lincoln, “it has been a rule of my life that if people would not turn out for me I would turn out for them. Then you avoid collisions.” What He Meant. Park row at 1 a. m. and a policeman and a sailor in conversation. “Keyside, keyside!” said the sailor. “'0w will Hi reach the bloomin’ key- side?” “G’wan wid ye. D’ye think I'm a locksmith, that I know about yer old key and its side? There’s one key and lock I'll be after givin’ ye, and that's to a cell. Move on now.” “Keyside! Hi said keyside as plain as Hi could, blime!” Just then a high brow who had been to the postoffice buying stamps so that his rejected contributions would come back to him stepped up. “The man wants the keyside, what ever that is, and I dunno,” said the po- liceman. “I belleve he’s looney and Il run him in.” “He wants the quayside—the docks,” said the high brow as he directed the man to the water front, while the po- liceman said: “Well, I'll be blowed!”"—New York Press. A Slap at Mother. Dinner was done, and the family was assembled in the sitting room. Mother had taken up the evening paper and was reading an account of how a high- wayman had been operating in the sub- urbs. Father was down on his hands and knees trying to act lilke a horse while little Willle drove him around the floor. “Papa,” finally remarked the good lady, glancing toward her husband. “here is a story about another man who was waylald. Do these holdups always stop you with a pistol and then go through your clothes?” “Oh, no,” grinfully replied father, arising from the floor. “Sometimes they walit until you hang your clothes over the back of a chair and go to sleep.”— biladelphia Bulletin. Neveriheless He Got Her. “You say 1iy daughter loves you?’ questioned the old man. “I'm sure of it,” replied the young ran. : “Well, well,” returned the old man, looking the young man over critically. “There’s no accounting for tastes, Is there?" And somehow, although the young man knew that he ought to be happy over the possession of the girl, he couldn’t help scowling and speculating on that remark of the old man’s. Power of Deceiving. There 1s a Brooklyn woman who pos- sesses a servant who is a model in all respects save one—in that she is none too truthful. Lately the mistress has been using all her eloquence to make Nora see the error of deceitfulness. But at last she had to own herself beaten when Nora, with a beaming smile, turned and in a most cajoling tone said: “Sure, now, mum, an’ wot de ye sup- pose the power of desavin’ was given us fer?* Marital Troubles. Most of the people who write about troubles of married life are single. If they were married they would be so busy with their troubles they would not have time to write.—Moorhead In- dependent. Foroed Out. She—Mr. Bloom does not pay his wife much attention, does he? He— No. The only time I ever knew of his golng out wikh her Was onge when the An Unexpected Check. A man who won a reputation for cool daring and almost eccentric .fearless: ness along a thousand miles of the southwestern border was A. L. Par- rott, at one time a sergeant in Mec- Nelly’s . company of Texan rangers. One night in 1875, about six months after Parrott left the state service, he was sitting in a house in a little town in southwest Texas playing chess with a friend. It was a warm night, and the chessboard was on a table close to. an open window. Parrott had the white men. His queen was In a direct line with the black king, but a black knight was between the two pleces. It was Barrott’s move. Suddenly there was a By s ' i sharp report ottslde, and a bullet whis- tled in through the window, hit the black knight and burfed itself in the wall. Parrott had been bending over the board, and the bullet was evidently intended for his head. But for a few -seconds he did not stir. He saw the black knight suddenly vanish. Then in his peculiar drawling, hesitating way he said, “Check!” Sarcastic. Guest (Impatiently)—I say, waiter, how long have you been employed here? Waiter —’Bout a week, sir. Guest—Oh, is’that all? Then I must have given my order to some other walter. The Stone of Infamy. In many Italian cities there formerly existed what was called “pietra d’in- famie,” or a stone of infamy for the punishment of bankrupts. In Venice one stands near the Church of. St Mark, and in Verona and Florence they are near the old markets. On a day in carnival week ‘the old time cus- tom was to have all traders who had become bankrupt in the preceding twelve months led to the stone, and one by one each stood on its center to hear the reading of a report of his busi- ness failure and to endure the re- proaches heaped on him by his credi- tors. At the end of a certain time each bankrupt Was partly undressed, and three officers todk hold of his shoulders and three others of his knees and, raising him as high as they could, bumped him on the stone deliberately twelve times, “In honor of the twelve apostles,” the creditors crowing like cocks while the bumping proceeded. He Might, 0ld Golf Professional—Na, ye’ll no mak’ a gowffer. Ye've begun ower late and ye've ower muckle pottle. But it’s juist possible if ye pr-ractice harrd, verra harrd, for twa-three years ye micht— Jones (expectantly)—Yes? Professional—Ye micht begin to hae a glimmer that ye’ll never ken the r-rudi- ments o’ the game.—London Sketch. Hirsh Wickwire clothes Sincerity clothes Harvard Brand clothes Hercules Boys’ clothes a very short possible time. Prompt Action Is Necessary Act quickly. Make your selections and make them quickly. The big stock can’t last long at such a sensational cut price. advantage of this opportunity and do so at once. . 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