Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 8, 1910, Page 7

4 i % e o A Coin In the Sea. A coin dropyved into the sea will sink to the bottom. however deep it is, ow- ing to rhe fact that the metal is heavier than the volume of water it displaces. It is a common but mistaken notion that the density of the sea increases with its depth and consequent pres- | sure. as does the density of the atmos- phere. which we all know is greatest | at the earth's surface. The air. how- ever. like all gases, is elastic and when under pressure (as with its own weight) shrinks in volume and gains in density. \Water, on the other hand, is ab- solutely incompressible, and. although the pressure in the sea increases at the I rate of one pound for every two feet we descend, the density of the water re- mains the same; consequently the pen- ny continues to outweigh the water it | displaces. and the coin sinks until it finds a solid resting place. The pres- sure of the water has no influence at all on the coin. acting as it does on all sides equally. Decline of the Mustache. Permission to wear a mustache was eagerly sought after in the middle of the last century. But now the virile decoration is discarded. Why? In those old days the Bank of England would not allow its employees to wear it and issued an order which might have come more appropriately from a bank of Ireland. It was to the effect that the mustache was not to be worn in business hours! A large drapery firm in London objected not only to the mustache. but to hair parted down the middle. There is more tolerance now. Men look younger when clean shaved. They are also more readable without the protection given by the mustache to the upper lip. If hearts can be worn on sleeves thoughts can be read on upper lips. But is it always wise to leave the legend unbidden? Men seldom like to be divined. as La Rochefoucauld remarked once and for all time.—London Express. An Old Alarm Clock. At Schramberg. in the Black forest, there is a respectable alarm clock that warned sleepers it was time to get up when Charles 1. was king of England. This was made in 1680. and it is deem- ed a remarkable piece of workman- ship. In form it resembles a lantern wherein is a lighted candle, the wick of which is automatically clipped ev- ery minute by a pair of scissors. The candle is slowly pushed upward by a spring. whiclh also controls the mech- anism of the clock. and at the required hour of waking an alarm is sounded, and at the same time the movable sides of the lantern fall, and the room is flooded with light. A Spurned Gift. A charity expert was discussing promiscuous almsgiving. “Promiscuous giving,” he said, “is money thrown aw Nothing should be given to beg except work. A friend of mine said the other day to a beggar: “4 can't give you any money. my poor fellow. but if you call at my | house I'll give vou plenty of work. * *Thanks.’ the beggar answered. ‘I've got plenty of that at home.’” Conscience. “On what grounds do you desire to withdraw the plea of ‘not guilty? "™ | “On the simple ground that we are guilty. However, we must call the at- tention of your houmor to the regret- table fact that the statute of limi- tations lets us out. Too bad we were not asked about this matter earlier.”— Philadelphia Ledger. The Very Good Man. “He's forever prating about what his conscience tells him. What does his | conscience tell him, anyway?’ “It usually tells him apparently what awful sinners his neighbors are.” —Philadelphia Press. New York and the Surf. Few New Yorkers ever stop to think that one of that city's chief attractions is the surf, Philadelphians must go fifty-six miles to the ocean, Though the folk of Baltimore and Washington live on tidewater, they must travel for surf bathing to the capes. Boston is the only other lurge town on the At- lantic seaboard besides New York that has the ocean at its back door. San Francisco and Los Angeles are the only Pacific coast cities within trolley ride of ocean beach. None of the Mex- ican gulf cities can be compared to New York as a seaside resort. and as to New Orlea another Mecca of the pleasure seekers, that lies more than 100 miles above the mouth of the Mis- sissippi. But, including Coney Island and Rockaway, a good many miles of Greater New York are bounded by the ocean. This fact, just to consider the money making side of it, means an enormous revenue to the metropolis from the inland parts of the country. It is an advantage other great world centers, such as London, Paris and Berlin, do not enjoy.—Argonaut. The Short Step Between. “] was on an ocean liner when ske ran on the rocks off the English coast SoIne years ugo. aid a traveling man, “and in the panic that ensued there is one incident that stands out’ in my memory, illustrating the slender thread between the tragic and the ridiculous. We had a fellow on board who had managed to keep pretty well loaded all' the way across. and when we struck the rocks he was in his usual condition. When everybody thought for sure we were going to the bottom he sat down at the piano in the saloon, and what do you suppose he began playing? ‘Home. Sweet Home.' Some- body went to him and begged him to stop. Immediately he switched off from the doleful strains of the old song to the rollicking melody of ‘Down Went McGinty.” The absurdity of the thing seemed to strike everybody at once, and a general laugh followed. The tension was relieved, and there was good order after that.” The Restaurant Piccolo. Writing from Dresden. an American says: “There is at least one thing in a German restaurant for which one would look in vain in our country. That" is the piccolo. You may think that 1 mean a musical instrument and that any orchestra in any country might have one of these. but you are wrong. My piccolo. the one at the restaurant. is a buman being. He is a boy twelve to fifteen years old. who as: s the regular waiters. He wears the regulation waiter's costume and looks funny in his spiketail coat. He is as solemn as a funeral. knows how to extract a tip and for the high priv- ilege of retaining his place and taking his first degree as a waiter must en- dure much abuse at the hands of the head waiter and his underlings. He ‘is a funny little fellow, this piccolo. who because of his appearance could never prosper in our country.”—New York Tribune. A New Game. William is the only son of a pious minister, and. though he is only three and a half vears of age. his father considers it quite time he learned properly to observe grace on coming to the table. His parents have more than once endeavored to explain to him the reasons for his so doing. but the little boy regards it as no more than an amusing game. The other afternoon his older sister made another attempt to interest him in this duty. All were seated at din- ner. and on the first words of the grace William's small head dropped in his hands in apparent reverence. His sister, secretly pleased with her success, stole a glance at him. when. to the consternation of the family, he sprang up. shouting gleefully: “Oh, Sis. you're it! [ saw you peep!” | —Woman’s Home Companion. THOMAS BAILEY FOR SHERIFF T hereby announce myself as a candidate for Sheriff of Bel- trami County to be voted on at the general election Tuesday, November, 8th 1910, Thomas Bailey. { Generous and Independent, In front of a confectioner's shcp in Paris there used to sit a wowman with two wooden legs. She sold pictures and songs and played well on the vio- lin. In 1848 she was there, very pretty and dressed with a good deal of taste, and when Louis Napoleon, then mere- ly Prince Louis, used to go through the street nearly every day, he never passed without giving her something. She knew him and was also aware of his pecuniary embarrassments and bis political ambitions. One evening she said to bim, “Monsieur, 1 want to say a word to you.” “Say it, madame.” “They tell me that you are a good deal cramped just now. I have at my house a comfortable sum which is earning nothing. Let me offer it to you. You will return the favor when you are emperor.” " Prince Louis did not accept the mon- ey. but he did not forget the kindness, and when he became emperor he offer- ed her a small annuity.” The woman was as independent as she was gener- ous. “Say to the emperor.” she replied. “that it is exceedingly good of him to remember me, but I cannot accept his offer. If he had accepted mine 1 won’t say what might have happened, but as it is. no!” A Daring Horseman. | The famous Jobn Mytton once gal- loped full speed over a rabbit warren *to try whether or not his horse would fall.” The horse did fall and rolled over Mytton, who, with good luck, got up unhurt. Shortly after he attained his majority Mytton gave a dealer an order for some carriage horses and went to see what the man had got for him. He put one of the lot in as tan- dem leader to *“try” it and with the dealer at his side drove out on the highroad. As they drove Mytton in- quired if the horse were a good timber Jjumper, and, the dealer giving a doubt- ful answer to a query he did not ex- pect in respect of a harness horse. Mytton instantly said he must “try” him. Forthwith he drove at the turn- pike gate which barred the way before } him. The horse cleverly cleared it. leaving the wheeler. the gig and its‘ occupants on the take-off side. Won- derful to relate. neither the horse nor the man was hurt. The gig, bowever, stood in urgent need of repairs.—Lon- don Stock Journal. Too Rich For His Pocket. After the war with Spain a party of Americans, including Colonel Hecker of Detroit, went to Cuba on a tour of inspection. They hbhad with them a negro messenger named Frank. One day Frank got into a place where they sell ices and cakes on the Prado, in Havana, and bought a plate of ice cream. That was 20 cents. The wait- er handed around some cakes. Frank took a few. The cakes were passed for a second and a third time. On each occasion Frank helped himself liberally. Then he called for his check. It was §1.80, Amorican. Colanol Haok- er and some friends, who were at an adjoining table, heard Frank yell. “What is the matter, Frank?” asked the colonel. “Why didn’t you stop me?’ sobbed Frank. *“Why dido’t you stop me? Doan you know dis yer nigger could eat enough of dis yer stuff to bank- rupt the bull gov’'ment?’ — Philadel- phia Saturday Evening Post. A Curious Remedy. Perhaps the most curious remedy for seasickness ever prescribed was that arranged by Sir Theodore Mayern for the English princess royal when she crossed to Belgium in 1642. Cinnamon, coriander, anise, ambergris, musk and sugar were to be made up into long tubes for her to munch on the voyage; a plaster of balsam of Peru, gum mas- tich and laudanum was to be applied to the pit of the stomach, and in addi- tion she was to inbale the comforting vapors arising from a hash of toast. orange and citron peel, roses, lavender and cloves mingled with wine, cinna- mon water and elder flower vinegar. The Reproof. It was in the midst of the football season, and the students of Professor Blank’s class, well aware that their lesson had been \neglected. were pre- pared for reproof. but not for just the way in which it came. At the end of the hour he slammed down his book on the desk and ex- claimed: “Well, that’s the worst recitation 1 ever listened to! Why, I've actually done nine-tenths of it myself!”—Youth's Companion. Unanswered. To “Anxious Inquirer,” who asks us it there are rats on a catboat and whether cowcatchers were first put on milk trains, we reply that the editor who knows all about such things is busy looking up whether or not Rich- ard [IIl., when he stopped King Henry’s bier, thus became the first temperance crusader, and will not be able to answer Anxious Inquirer until he rests up a little.—Browning’s Mag- azine. Enlightened. “Before 1 married.” said Mr. Hen: peck, *I didn’t know what it meant to support a wife.” “] presume you know now.” “Yes, indeed. I looked up the word *support’ in the dictionary and discov- ered that one of its meanings is ‘en- dure.” ” Knows What'’s Coming. Hewitt—Gruet is discharged about every Saturday night. Jewett—Yes, during the week he feels as if he were between two fires.—New York Press. Nothing is law that is not reason.— Sir John Powell. Life Saving on Conditions. A treatise on “how to be kind, but cautious,” might be written by a wo- man who played the part of good Sa- maritan io the One Hundred and Third street subway station. Another wo- man had fainted. What she needed to bring her to in a hurry was smelling salts, but nobody had smelling salts. *1 think she has a vinaigrette of her own in that bag.” said the Samaritan, *“but in the absence of a policeman 1 am afraid to open it to find out.” Something that looked like a small bottle could be discerned through the meshes of the chain bag. and the crowd, valiantly shifting responsibil- ity, said, “Go ahead and open it.” “On one condition 1 will,” said the Samaritan. “I want three bystanders to watch me and sign a written state- ment that 1 have taken nothing from the bag but the vinaigrette. I know this town too well to take any chances on being accused of theft.” The oath was drawn up in a jiffy, three signatures were appended, the Samaritan opened the bag. found the vinaigrette and proceeded with resto- rative measures.—New York Times. The Real “Sherlock Holmes.” It was a well known Edinburgh pro- fessor of medicine wbo. all uncon- sciously, gave Sir Arthur Conap Doyle the idea of “Sherlock Holmes,” the most famous detective known in fic- tion. Sir Arthur studied under him as a medical student. “Gentlemen,” this professor would say to the students, “T am not quite sure whether this man is a cork cutter or a slater. I observe a slight harden- ing on one side of his forefinger and a little thickening on one side of his thumb, and that is a sure sign that he is one or the other.”” Or to a patient he svould say. “You are a soldier, and you have served in Bermuda as a non- commissioned officer,” and then. turn- ing to the students, he would point out that the man came into the room with- out taking off his hat, as he would en- ter an orderly room; that his manner showed that he was a noncommis- sioned officer and that a rash he had on his forehead was known only in Bermuda. A Fellow Feeling. A burglar, entering softly by way of the window and looking around him, was rather disconcerted to find a large piece of paper on the table with the words “The Burglar” written on it in large letters. **Meant for me evident- ly,” he said to himself and picked it up. This is what he read: *“I know you are coming tonight—never mind how. If you will take away this par- cel and lose it effectually you are wel- come to what else you can find in this room.” Wonderingly he opened the parcel, but at once his face cleared and he understood. *“Pore chap, pore chap!" he murmured feelingly. *“I’ll take ’em for '{m right enough and let "Im off easy too. I'm a father meself!” For the contents of the parcel were as Tollows: ODE 10y trumpel, onc drum (large), one toy concertina, one .tam- bourine, one musical box. one mouth organ, three tin whistles, one air gun First Jewelry Store. Tt may interest women to know that the first jewelry store was started in the city of Chang On about 3,000 years ago. The Celestial millionaires of that period knew nothing of the fascination of diamonds. because diamonds were not in vogue at that B. C. perfod. Pearls and jade and coral and other unpolished mineral substances had to content them, and. as if to make good the glitter of revieres and tiaras, the princes of Chang On employed arti- sans to fashion them the most wonder- ful gold and silver ornaments, which in themselves were far more costly than diamonds. Well Answered. “Do you see much difference between Americans and Englishmen?' a band- some, spoiled English guardsman is said to have asked a sparkling Amer- fcan girl newly arrived in London so- clety. “Oh, yes.” was her quick reply. “Over there the men admire us: here we are expected to admire you.” They say the astonished soldier al- most fell off his chair at the unexpect- edness of it. The Ut an. “Hello. Johnny!" said the village blacksmith. “T bear your paw has gone into politics.” “Sure.” “How’'é@ that happen?” “Well, my uncle left him a silk hat and a Prince Albert coat in his will, and paw had to do something with them.”—Washington Star. The Remains. After many unsuccessful attempts a little girl managed to spell “that” cor- rectly. “Now,” said her mother, “what remains after ‘t’ is takep away?’ “The dirty cups and saucers!” was the reply. Another Shock. Bore—I've had an awful shock. 1 went for a long walk on Sunday morn- ing with another man, and he commit- ted suicide on Sunday evening. Bored (surprised)—Not until evening? She Had Reason. “Johnny, what is the meaning sought to be conveyed in the assertion, ‘Free- dom shrieked when Kosciusko fell? “Freedom’ was prob’ly what he fell on, ma'am.”—Houston Post. A Comforting Map. There is always the right kind of weather in some parts of the United States, according to the weather map. —Dayton News. A —— 5 1 Rt 8. e e 3 | There are a few choice lots left in Brandborg’s Addition If you want one call at once. Prop- erty is continually changing hands. If you want a nice home ranging from $900 to $5,500 I can supply you. H. E. REYNOLDS ing Contractor and Real Estate Broker Room 9, O’Leary-Bowser Building Office Phone 23 House Phone 316 Bemidji, Minn. MR. RENTER Have you ever stopped to think that every few years you practically pay for the house you live in and yet do not own it? Figure it up for yourself. Theodore Roosevelt says: “No Investment on earth is so safe, 8o sure, so certain to enrich.its owners as undeveloped realty.” We will be glad to tell you about the City of Be- midji. and quote you prices with easy terms of payment if desired on some of the best residence and business propertv in that rapidly growing City. A letter addressed to us will bring you full particu- lars or if you prefer to see the property, call on H. A. Simons, at Bemidji. 2 The Soo Railroad will be running its freight and passenger trains into Bemidji within a few months; investigate the opportunities offered for business on a small or large scale. Bemidji Townsite & Improvement Co, 404 New York Life Building ST. 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