Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 1, 1910, Page 7

Warning the Colonel. A raw recruit from a remote corner of the Green Isle was engaged for the first time in a field maneuver in Eng- land on outpost duty. The sergeant in- structed him to look out carefully for the colone! coming to inspect the post. After an hour he returned and asked the soldier. “Has the colonel been here?” Receiving an answer in the negative. he went away. returning later on with the same inquiry. \ Awhile later the colonel appeared. The recruit did not salute properly, | which incensed the colonel, who as a hint asked him: “Do you know who.l am?” “Faith and 1 do not.,” answered the recruit. “I am the colonel.” “Begorra, you will cateh it then,” said the soldier. *“The sergeant has been asking twice for yez already!” The Ruling Passion. Among the well known figures of the Paris salons mentioned in “An Eighteenth Century Marquise” was Bossut, mathematician and abbe, who had tr: ed Maria Agnesi’'s work on the infinitesimal calculus. “When he was dying Maupertius was by his bed- side. No one knew whether the agony was ended “Twelve times twelve? asked Maupertius in a distinct voice. ‘One bundred and forty-four,” came the automatic answer as Bossut breathed his last. Appearances. It is the appearances that fill the scene, and we puuse not to ask of what realities they are the proxies. When the actor of Athens moved all bearts as he clasped the burial urn and burst into broken sobs how few then knew that it held the ashes of his son!—Bulwer-Lytton The First Step. Young Woman (before milliner’s window, to her maidi—That hat is per- fectly lovely. 1 must have it. Marie, be sure to remind me to kiss my hus- band when | get home. The Battle of a Week. The battle of a week was the great conflict’ at Tours in which Charles Martel overthrew the Saracens, A. D 732. The members of the Saracen army are variously estimated at from 400.000 to 700.000. and the historians say that 375.000 were killed on the field. It is suspected that these fig- ures are a gross exaggeration, but it is certain that few battles of histor have been either so bloody or so de- cisive. In the Mining Business. “I think you said. Rastus, that you had a brother in the mining business in the west?” “Yeh, boss. that's right.” “What kind of mining—gold mining, silver mining. copper mining?” “No, sah, none o’ those; calcimin- ing.”—Everybody’s. Her Conclusion. “I've got my opinion of a woman that can’t cook,” growled William De Kikkur, glaring at his better half “I suppose that if our cook would get married I'd starve to death!” liam,” said Mrs. De K. gently. cook has been married once, and I don’t consider it at all likely that she would care to”— But her irate spouse had slammed the door behind him.—Cleveland Lead er. He Smoked. “What a smell of smoke is about! Do you allow your husband to smoke in the parlor?” “He doesn’t, as a rule, but this morning”— “You are very wrong to allow any exceptions whatever, my dear woman. You ought not to allow him to smoke under any possible circumstances, even once.” “But. my dear woman, this morn- ing he simply had to smoke. His coat was on fire.”—New York Journal. 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Seasonable This is the Trade Mark of the kind of stoves we sell. It has nothing to do with this ad further than to remind you. wish to pay. pocketbook. Minnesota Ave. Sleds, Skates, Skis Merchandise We are prepared for the rush in this line. There is no other store so well equipped to supply your wants in winter sports. We have Sleds, Skates and Skis in every size and at any price you It has always been our aim to please both the purchaser and his Given Hardware Co. Bemidji, Minn. “You needn't worry about that, Wil- | “Our; WMAY NOT HAVE REACHED POLE Dr. Cook Admits He Might Have Been Mistaken. HALF CRAZED IN NORTH Declared He Made Claim in Good Faith, but Contends His Mind Was Unbalanced at the Time He Thought He Had Reached the Goal—Longs to Regain Confidence of the Ameri- can People. New York, Wec. 1.—Dr. Frederick A, Cook, the Brooklyn explorer, in an art- icle which will be published in Hamp- ton’s Magazine, confesses that he does not know whether he' reached the North pole or mnot. Dr. Cook, who hsa been in hiding for over a year, has informed the editors of the maga- zine publishing his story that he will return to the United States with his wife and children Dec. 22 in order to spend Christmas here. Dr. Cook, in his story, deals with the psychology of his adventure and says: “Did' I get to the North pole? Per- haps I made a mistake in thinking that I did. Perhaps I did not make a mis- take. After mature thought I confess that I do not know absolutely wheth- er I reached the pole or not. This may come as an amazing statement, but I am willing to startle the world if, by so doing, I can get an opportunity to present my case. “By my case, I mean not my case as a geographical discoverer, but my case as a man. Much as the attain- ment of the North pole once meant to me, the sympathy and confidence of my fellow men mean more. Will Let Public Decide. “Fully, freely and frankly I shall tell you everything. Tell you everything —and leave the decision with you. If, after reading my story you say ‘Cook is sincere and honest; half crazed by months of isolation and hunger, he be- lieved he reached the pole; he is not a faker,’ then I shall be satisfied.” Dr. Cook tells the story of his life and pictures what he calls the over- powering ambition of exploration that beset him until it finally culminated in his effort to reach the pole. Dr. Cook declares that at the time he convinced himself that he had discovered the pole he was half mad. He spent two years in his quest and during that time endured hunger and privations that, he says, would unbalance any mind. The explorer states that it would be impossible for any man to demonstrate beyond question that he had been to the North pole. He characterizes the, region as a region of insanity, where one cannot believe the evidences gath- ered by one’s own eyes. He says that he had always looked upon the discov- ery of the pole as an achievement for his own personal satisfaction, for the satisfaction of a craving and desire that was greater than any other factor in his life. When he found how tre- mendous a sensation his statement that he had attained the pole created he was overcome with bewilderment. RECORD FOR DEER SEASON Twenty Fatal Accidents Michigan Alone. Calumet, Mich., Dec. 1.—During the deer hunting season which opened Nov. 10 and closed yesterday there were forty-six accidents in the upper peninsula of Michigan, twenty of which were fatal. More deaths are expected. Practically all the accidents were due to carelessness. In four cases per- sons shot accidentally were left to die without attention. In twenty-eight cases hunters were shot by mistake for deer. . More game fell and more hunters were killed' or maimed in this terri- tory this season than in any previous year. The slaughter of deer is esti- mated at 5,000. in Upper Nineteen Killed in Wisconsin. Milwaukee, Dec. 1.—Nineteen per- sons are dead, seven seriously and scores injured slightly as the result of the 1910 deer hunting season in the woods of Northern Wisconsin, accord- ing to the list of dead and injured on record here. WOMAN TO BARE HER LIFE Crowd Fills Courtroom “at Murder Trial. Vincennes, Ind., Dec. 1.—Drawn by the announcement that the woman in the case of Menloe Moore, who is on trial here for the killing of Edward C. Gibson as the alleged despoiler of bis home, would take the stand and bolster up her husband’s plea of the ‘“‘unwritten. law” by a recital of her relations with Gibson, crowds thronged the courtroom where Moore is on trial, Indiana To Promote Republicanism. , Albany, N. Y., Dec. 1.—The National Republican alliance, with prinecipa] offices in New York city, has been in- corporated here “to create, promote and maintain the principles of Repub- licanism as proclaimed by the national Republican party; to create a more widespread interest in politics; to en. &urgge voting and protect the ballot THE FOG BUOY. . A Safeguard to Fleets of Warships In Thick ‘Weather. Probably the greatest menace to the safety of navigation at sea is the fog. Modern steamships are seldom endan- gered by the most severe weather, but when the impenetrable envelope of mist Incloses a ship she is exposed to the most terrible of perils, a collision at sea: A single ship may be compar- atively safe even in a fog, but where there is a fleet of vessels the danger is greatly multiplied. There is always considerable danger, too, on account of the fact that many of the ship lines have what could be termed a beaten path across the ocean, and they al- ways follow this route when possible, In addition to the customary fog horns and sirens, a fleet of warships often keép informed of their relative positions by the firing, of signal guns at intervals only a few minutes apart. Another method used is the fog buoy. Each vessel in the fleet, especially if it is a warship fleet, carries a fog buoy, a large cask painted a vivid red. This is cast overboard at the first sign of a fog, and it floats from the stern of the vessel, attached to a rope of grass fiber, which does not sink beneath the surface of the water. By this means the exact location of the individual ships of the fleet is maintained, even though proceeding at a moderate rate of speed.—Wichita Eagle, AN ANCIENT CUSTOM. Wassailing of Apple Trees Still Ob- served In Parts of England. What is the wassailing of apple trees? This. is an old custom, fast dying out, but still observed in parts of Somerset and Devon. At Wooton- Basset, near Minehead, the ceremony takes place on old Twelfth eve. All assemble at the farmhouse and after a hearty meal form a procession to the nearest orchard, the master in front with a light and men with old guns, blunderbusses and anything that makes a noise in the rear. Plenty of cider is taken and some pieces of toast. ‘When the orchard is reached a ring is formed, and the master, in the cen- ter, seizes a branch and sings a verse beginning “Oh, apple tree, I wassail thee, in hopes that thou wilt blow.” Then all shout in chorus: Hatfuls, capfuls, three bushel bagfuls, Barn floorfuls, tullet holefuls And a little heap under the stairs. Then follow cheers, drinking of healths, shouts of “Now, Tom Pod, we wassail thee!” and the placing of the pieces of toast, soaked in cider, among the branches for the robins.—London Answers, The Porcupine. Mother Nature surely must have set out to make “something different” the day ‘she invented the porcupine. Here was an-animal with a pathetically mild disposition, without cunning or courage and almost as slow and clum- sy as a turtle. It would have been absurd to give him weapons of de- fense; he would never have the energy to attack anything, so he was given a coat of mail in which he might walk abroad among his enemies and yet be as safe as though he were behind a wall of steel. His upper parts, from his nose to the tip of his thick, muscu- lar tail, are covered with a mass of sharp pointed quills intermixed with coarse hair. Tach quill is provided with a number of minute barbs point- ing backward, so that when it is once inserted in the flesh of any animal the mere movement of the muscles will cause it to work deeper and deeper.— Suburban Life. Her Artistic Instinct. The girl was a dainty thing in pink, evidently a stranger in Boston. The fellow had Harvard written all over him. They were standing in the de- livery room of the public library, and he was explaining to her the deco- rations by Edwin Abbey which illus- trate the legend of the Holy Grail. As he talked he glanced occasionally at his fair listener and seemed pleased to tind her apparently lost in rapture. Finally, when his stock of knowledge was exhausted, he exclaimed: “Why, I never before knew that you were so inferested in art!” For a moment longer she continued to gaze at the painting; then, with a tremulous sigh, she turned to him with: “I have been wondering how .many pleces it would ‘make if cut up into one of those picture puzzles.’—Har- per’s Magazine, Old Age of Oysters. Oysters grow only during summer, and especially during long, warm sum- mers at that, and are scarcely big enough for the mouth before the third year. It is easy after looking over a bunch' of shells to tell how old an oyster is. A summer hump and the winter sink come across the shell every year, but after the seventh or tenth year full growth comes; then by looking at the sinks between the humps it i3 hard to tell anything more about Miss Oyster’s age. Oysters easi- ly''live ito be twenty years old.—New York Press, A New One on Him. It was after the stone laying cere- mony, and a wire was sent to the bullder with the news, “Stone lgid with great eclat”” The builder, smoth- ering an awful oath, muttered, “An- other new foreign cement!” and flung the missive from him in passionate disgust.—London Globe. Labor rids us of three great evils— irksomeness, vice and poverty.—Vol- taire. e HE - table silverware| should come from ajew- elry store both for the reason of true economy, which means best values for your money, and from the satisfaction that comes from contact with things of this kind being absolutely reliable. 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