Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 30, 1910, Page 8

Why Boiled Water F.cezes Easily. Water which is hot of course cannot freeze until it has parted with its heat, but water that has been boiled will, other things being equal, freeze sooner than water which has not been boiled. A slight disturbauce of "water disposes it ro freeze more rapidly. the eause which accelerates the freez- ing of boiled water. The water tbat has been boiled has lost the air natu- rally contained in it. which on ex- poxure to the atmosphere it begins agiin to attract and absorb, During this process of absorption a motion is necessarily produced among its parti- ; eles, slight certainly and impercepti- ble, yet probably suflicient to accel- crate its congelation. ‘In unboiled wa- ter this disturbance does not exist. ¥ndeed, water when kept perfectly stili ean be reduced several degrees below the freezing peint withont its becom: ing ice Cute Little Girl. One day while Katherine’s mother was ill a cup ot beef tea was prepared for her, but Katherine fancied it and drank almost all of it. Her father was gbout to scold her \vhen her moth- er said: “Never mind; it does me just as euch good to see her drink it.” Shortly after this a dose of castor ©il was prepared for Katherine, and she poured it Into her doll's mouth. *“Why Katherine,” sald her aston- ished! mo!her, “what did you do that for?" “That's all vight.” Katherine replied, “it will do me just as much good if she drinks it." - Boston Herald. The Danger of Criticism. If you simply cannot help criticising at least be caretul iu selecting your wietim magazine editor to whom O. Hen- hind promised a story many times ithout delivering it sat down one day and wrote him thus: “My Dear O. Henry—It 1 do not re- <eive that story frem you by noon to- day I am going to put o2 my No. 11 shoes and come down and Lick you down your own stairs. I never fail to fieep my promises.” Whereupon O. Henry replied: “I. too. would keep my promises if Z could do all my work with my feet.” —Chicago Tribune, Old Time Carving. An ancient buok on- carving says #hat the only weats that were *“carv- wd” were mutton and beef. You had wo “break a deer, rear u guose, lift a =wayn, sauce i capon, spoil a hen, frash a chicken, unbrace a mallard, unlace a cony, dismount au beron, dis- play a crane, disfigure a peacock, un- joint a bittern, untack a curlew, alaye @ pheasaut, wing a partridge or a quail, mince a plover, thigh a pigeon or any other small bird and border a ‘game pie.” and this is | i | the Across the Hall. “Say, Snibbs, let me use your phone, will you?" “Sure. yours?” “It’s all right. 1 want to telephone to my wife that I'm going to bring a man from out of town to dinner.” “Well 7™ ) “He's ~itting in my room now. and 1 hate to have him watch my face when my wife tells me what she thinks of proposition.” — Cleveland Plain Dealer. What’s the matter with An Essay on Marl. What a chiinera, then, is man! What a novelty, what a monster, what a chaos, what a Subject of contradic- tion, what a prodigy! A Jjudge of all things, a feeble worm of the earth, depository >f the truth, cloaca of up- certainty and error, the glory and the shame of the universe.—Pascal. —— Careless. She—My litlle brother shot off his gun this morning. and the bullet went through my hair. He—How careless of you to leave it lying around.—Ex- cthange. A Previous Question, She—Papa asked what your inten- tions were last evening, George. He— Didn’t say anything about his own, did he?—Boston Transcript. If you get angry with a man or wo- man make up your mind what you are geing to say and then-don’t say it. Toned It Down. “King Edward.” said an English vis- itor in New York, *‘hated snobbish- ness. To show how ridiculous snob- bishness was he used often to tell about an alphabet book of his child- nood. “This hook had alliterative sentences arranged under each letter, thus: “‘Callous Cavoline caned a cur cruel- ly.! ‘ ‘Henry hats.” “Under the letter V came the face- tious sentence: “*Villiam Vilkins viped his veskit.”’ “But the young prince’s snobbish tutors thought this sentence too vulgar and low ror their charge and accord- ingly they substituted for it the more refined and genteel line: “‘Vincent Vining viewed a vacanf Stuck to His Bargain. _Exasperated Purchaser—Didn’t you guarantee that this parrot would re- peat every word he heard? Bird Dealer—Certainly 1 didp “But he doesn’t repead a single word.” “He repeats every word he hears, but he never hears any. He is as deaf as a post. & hated the heat of ueavy' His Two Seats. = A large and poumipous person, wear- ing a high hat. a long coat, yellow spats ‘-and a congenial sneer, for sev- eral days made himself obnoxious around a Washingion hotel a hit ago. He announced he was from New York, ragged the bellboys. jawed the clerks. cussed the service, roared at i the food, complained about his room and the elevator and the telephones rand the bar and everyihing else. Oune afternoon he walked over to the porter and said: “Here, you; I'm geiug to quit this town and go back to New York, where I can get some decent service. 1 want you to buy me two seats in a parlor car on the 4 o'clock New York train. Get wme two seats, now, and meet wme at the station with the tickets. [ want one chair to sit in and nne to put my feet in.” The seats were delivered at the tr'lln just before it pulled out. One of the seats was in car No. 3 and the other “wis located in car+No. 4.—Saturday Evening Post. v Solon’s Answer. “What is the most perfect form of government?” was once propounded at the court of Periander, king of Cor- inth. one of the seven wise men of Greece. His six fellows werespresent, and of them Blas answered first, giv- ing as his opinion, “Where the laws have no superior.” Thales of Miletus. the great a§tronomer, declared, **Where the people are neither too rich nor too poor.”* In his turn said Anacharsis. the Seythian, *Where virtue is honored and vice detested.” Said Pittacus of Mitylene, “\Where dignities are always conferred upon the virtuous and never upon the base’ Said. Cleobulus. “Where the citizens fear blame more than punishment.” Said Chilo, the Spartan, *\Where the laws are more regarded than the orators.” The last to reply was the youngest but wisest of them all. Solon of Ath- ens, who said, *Where an iujury done to the meanest subject is an insult to the whole communits ™ Fascination of Golf. “I’ve ’eard of Nero a-playing on 'is fiddle. sir. when ‘is 'owe was a-burn- ing.” said the landlady. putting down the local paper. “but this ‘ere game of golf must be the most faskinating 'obby in the world. I've been reading about the fire up at the golf ground last Friday. and it says, ‘The fire bri- gades promptly responded to the call, and when darkuness closed in they were still playing ypon the ruins of thie clubhouse.’ "—Golf Illustrated. Fooled Him, “Why am 1 like a pin?" asked \Ir Jones trinmphantly of his wife. He expected she was going to say. “Be- cause you are so sharp.” and he was simply paralyzed when she replied: “Because ‘if you' should get lost it wouldn’t be .worth while to spend i time looking for you." You ever saw. Two hundred Suits and Overcoats for men and boys--- “broken lots” to be sold at one-half “This means regardless of price. cost.” One lot of men’s heavy black kersey overcoats, mostly large [sizes. Regular price $10 Now ......0 Regular price $15 INOW « x% ns v 58 5565555 ¢ 6 Regular price $20 NOW : 66 505 5a ks 5.8 s oa e Regular price $25 Now ...... $5.00 $7.50 . $10.00 . $12.50 Boys’ suits and overcoat_é broken lots to be sold at 1-2 regular price of its regular value. Don’t miss-this rare opportunity of securmg a suitor over- coat-at 1-2 price. Madson-Odegard & Co. One Prlce clothlers sretreating BATTLES WITH LOCUSTS. | In 1780 an Army Was Arrayed Against the Ravaging Pests. ‘ Since the dayk of the pharaohs the ! locust has been an unmitigated plague. Pliny relates that in many places in Greece a law obliged the inhabitants to wage war azninst the insects three times a year—i. e, in their various states of egg, larvae and adult. In 1749 locusts stopped the army of Charles X11.. king of Sweden, as it was from RBessarabia after its defeat at Poltava. The king at first imagined that he was being assailed by a terrific hailstorm. In Transylvania in 1780 the ravages of the locusts assumed such disastrous proportions that the army had actually to be called out to deal with the pests, .and whole regiments of soldiers were employed Rathering them up and put- ting them into sacks. A welrd. uncanny looking customer is the locust. The general color scheme of his body is a kind of indefinite green, relieved by pink legs and wings of a whitish color. Two huge. blank, unmeaning eyes give an expression, of }| utter imbecility to the lnsects counte- nance. To atone in a measure for their de- structive proclivities the locusts ure edi- ble. The Arabs are particularly fond of them. Camels, to which they are glven after being dried and roasted between twa layers of ashes, look upon locusts as great delicacies. The flavor resembles that of crabs, || and in Bagdad they are consumed so extensively as to affect the price of meat.—Stray Stories. RIVERS . OF ALASKA. The Waterway Wonders of This Im- mense Territory. ‘Were the rivers not navigable there would be little done in the interior of Alaska today. [IFirst used by the pros- | pector in his poling boat and the trad- er with his little steamer, they have become the means of opening up every camp that has been struck in the in- terior of Alaska. The Yukon is very shallow at its mouth, which is about seventy miles in width across its delta. There are places 400 miles from the mouth of the river where the biggest Atlantic liners could navigate with ease, for there are soundings which show a nine- ty foot channel in a mile wide river. The Yukon is navigable for 2,100 miles. The Kuskoquim. a sister stream, has been navigated only on the lower reaches, but with its navigable branch- es is believed to have 1,000 miles of navigable water. The Tanana has been uscended for 500 miles and the Koyukuk in excess of that figure. Scores of other streams can be used by small steamers for from twenty-tive to 200 miles. Altogether it is safe to say there are 5,000 miles of navigable streams in Alaska. The Yukon opens tion the latter part of May the Iatter part of October. " But with all its wealth of gold. its unheard call to toilers of the soil, its mountains studded with gems of rich- es—the lodes of veins of copper and other materials—this empire starves for the onhe thing that would make it thrive.—Collier’s. The Name Noah. Not many persons are sufficiently ac- quainted with the Bible to know that Noah was the name of a woman- as well as of the patriarch. At ap inquest in England a female witness gave her Christian name as “Noah.” The coro- ments. 1 16, Third St. Geo. T. Baker & Co. Manufacturers of Jewelry Are still at the same old Stand 116 Third Street Bigpreparations arebeing made to utilize space vacated by City Drug Store. Watch this space for future announce- GEO. T. BAKER & CO. Manufacturing Jewelers Near the Lake Poor Pay, Poor Preach. Once upon 2 time there was an In- dian named Big Smoke. A white man, encountering Big Smoke, asked him what he did for a living. “Umph!’ said Big Smoke, “Me preach.” “That so? What do you get for preaching ¥ “Me git ten dollar a year.” “Well.” said the white man, d-—d poor pay.” “Umph!” said Big Smoke. d——a poor preach? So runs the world—poor pay, poor preach.—\linneapolis Tribune. “that’s “Me “Eating Crow.” The term *“eating crow” comes from an ante-Revolutionary story. A soldier of an English regiment stationed in Virginia shot a pet crow belonging to a farmer. The latter entered a com- plaint with the colonel, who sentenced the soldier to eat the crow. The farm- er was left alone with the soldier to see that he did it. After the soldier had consumed a portion of the bird he took his gun. presented it at the farmer and told him to eat the re- mainder of the crow or he would shoot him. This was the origin of the eat- ing crow sto Didn’t Awe Him, The members of a Greek letter fra- ternity from a southern university were being shown through the library of congress. They were apparently stricken dumb with admiration of the beautics of the building. But the at- mosphere of awe was dissipated when one of tho party, a red headed youth, exclaimed fervently: “Gee, fellows! Wouldn't this make a dandy frat house?'—St. Louis Re- public. ner remarked that he had never before known—a woman to bear the name, whereupon the witness. who was well posted in the origin of her singular prenomen, said: “ *It is a Bible name, sir; you'll find it in the last chapter of the book of Num- bers.” Reference was duly made, and in the eleventh verse of the thirty-sixth chapter the coroner found mention made of *‘*Mahlah, Tirzah and Hoglah and Milcah and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad.” Betrothals In Germany, In Germany an elaborate method of annouucing the betrothal p\'ncticnlly | puts an end to all breach of promise cases.® As soon as a couple become engaged the pair visit the town hall aud declare their willingness to marry and. sign. with witnesses, a series of documents which render a change of mind-on the man's part practically out of the question. When either party wishes to withdraw from this agree- ment the pair again visit the town hall | and additional documents are formally signed. witnessed and sealed. The au- thorities: then determine the question of compensation for injured feelings, ete. .Ready For the Storm. . “I intend.” the poet wrote, “to con- tinue to storm the citadel of your af- fections." “Storm away.” she wrote back, “but T’ve just succeeded in getting in out of the wet by becoming engaged to a dear old man who has $9,000,000.”—St. 'Louis Post-Dispatch. The Smaller One. Many stories are told of Tom Reed’s sudden flashes of wit—as. for instance. .when Miss Reed struck the eartlf in- stead of the golf ball and he said. “Hit the other ball. Kitty:"—Portland (Me.) Express. » An .Instance. “We don't realize how much a thing’s | worth till we've lost it.” “That's richt. For instance, my life is insured for $10.000."—Exchange. No man is sueh a conqueror as the man - who has .defeated himself.— Beecner, The Dinner Table of Old France. Could we vestere for half an hour the dinner able of old IFrance and obtain half a dozen instantaneous pho- tographs of a royal banquet at any era between’ the reign of Francis 1 and Louis XIV. such laughter would be heard as might disturb the serenity of Louis in paradise. The duchess. her napkin tied wrely around her neck, would be seen nibbling a bane, the noble mavquis sarreptitiously scratching himself, the belle marquise withdrawing her spoon from her lips to help a neighbor to sauce with it. an other fair creature scouring her plate with her bread. a gallant courtier us- ing his doublet or the tablecloth as a towel for his tingers and two footmen bolding a yard of damask tnder a lady's chin while she emptied her gob- let at a draft. All of these at one era or another were the usages of po- lite socviety. During a feast of inor dinate length it was sometimes neces sary to substitute a clean cloth for the one which the carelessness or bad minners of the guests had reduced to a deplorable condition.—New Orleans Times-Democrat. Idleness. Tt is an undoubted truth that the less one has to do the less one finds time to.do it in. One yawns, one procras tinates, one can do it when one will and therefore one seldom does it at all. whereas those who have a great deal of business must buckle to it. and then they always find time enough to do-it n. The Hardest Thing. “What's -the hardest thing about roller. skating when you're learning?” asked a hesitating young man of the fastructor at a rink “The floor,” answered the attendant A Dilemma. Irishman (as some one knocks at his door)—Shure. if 1 don't answer it's some wan to give me a job, an' if T do it’s the landlovd after the vint”—Lon don Punch, For the Serious Moment. “I hear he refused to take chloroform when he was operated on.” “Yes: he said he'd rather take -it when he paid hiv bil}* New-Cash-Want-Rate ',-Cent-a-Word Where cash accompanies co will publish all “Wang Ads” fos izlf cent a2 word per insertion. Where cash does not accompany copy the regular rate of one ceut 2 word will be charged. SVERY HOME HAS A WANT AD For Rent--For Sale--Exchange --Help Wanted--Work Wanted - ==Etc.=-Etc. HELP WANTEDL WANTED—Pulp wood cutters. To cut 600 cords pulp 8 ft. long. Price $2.25 per double cord. $1.50 per 1000 ft. of logs. Will let same in opne or three jobs. Will alsolet hauling if wanted. Haul will average less than % mile. J. J. Opsahl, phone 177, Bemidji, Mion. WANTED—Competent girl for gen- eral house work. Inquire at 608 Bemidji:Ave. R. H. Schumaker. WANTED—Good girl for general house work. Mrs. LaFavar, 503 America ave. | WANTED—Girl for general house- work. Mrs. B. Gill, 707 Belt. Ave. WANTED-—Laundfl E.l‘l Hotel Markham. . - FOR SALE. SALOON FOR SALE—Lot, building, stock and fixtures. Best location in noréhwest. All Answers to box 307. Iater- national Falls Minn, FOR SALE—HORSES! HORSES! —Two carloads at Pogue’s barn; medium priced; all Lorses guar- anteed as represented. W. E. Barker. FOR SALE—Hcusehold Furni- ture. Call at Mrs. Sam Olson. 1207 leby Avenue, See H. M. Young for residence lots in Rose Miloe Add. Weekly or monthly payments, FOR <enT FOR RENT—Furnished rooms. All pew comfortable beds. 212 America ave. So. Mrs. E. Preston. FOR RFNT— Four room ¢ottage 1014 American Ave. Phone 461. FOR RENT—Two houses at $8.00 & $10.00. Apply to H. M. Young. FOR RENT—Two rooms for light housekeeping. 413 Minn. Ave. FOR RENT—Furnished Heated. 110 Sixth St. House for rent. Frank Lane. room. LOST and FOUND LOST—On November 9, on the Red Lake train a pocketbook contain- ing bank certificates of deposit. Please return to Mrs. Grace Free- man, Bemidji, Minn. LOST—A chain of gold beads with locket attacked and monogram L. V. B. on-locket. office. Reward. LOST—Pocket book between Red Return to this Lake Depot and Brown’s. restaur- ° ant, finder return to thisoffice. . ; 4y