Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 6, 1910, Page 6

| William C. Klein M. MALZAHN & CO. o REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE FARM]LOANS, RENTALS FARMS AND CITY PROPERTIES 407 Minn. Ave. Bewidii, Minn OM SMART DRAY AND TRANSFER SAFE AND PIANO MOVING Residence Phone 58 618 America Ave: Office Phone 12 NEW PUBLIC LIBRARY Open daily, except Sunday and Mon- daylito12a.m.,1to 6 p.m., 7 to 9 p. m. Snuday 3 to 6 p. m. Monday 7to 9 p. m. BEATRICE MILLS, Librarian. T. BEAUDETTE Merchant Tailor Ladies' and Gents' Suits to Order. French Dry Cleaning, Pressing and Repairing a _Specialty. 315 Beltrami Avenue HORSES We are ready at all times to fill your horse requirements and make a special feature of bandling the logging trade. Fill your wants at the big Stock Yards market where a large stock is always or hand and where the best prices prevail for good stock . 0. ST. PAUL HORSE GO. S0. ST. PAUL, MINN. “The House With a Horse Reputation,” R. F. MURPHY FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER Office 313 Beltrami Ave. Phone 319-2. WOOD! Leave your orders for seasoned Birch, Tam- arack or Jack Pine Wood with S. P. HAYTH Telephone 11 Real Estate Insurance| Real Estate)§& Farm}Loans O’Leary=-Bowser Bldg. Phone 19 F. M. FRITZ Naturalist Taxidermist Fur Dresser Mounting- Game Heads, Whole Animals, Birds, Fish, Fur Rugs and Horns Becorative and Scientific Taxidermy in all its branches All Work Guaranteed MOTH PROOF and First Class in Every Particular Bemidji Minnesota OUR CAT IS FULL. What we want to say is we would like to send you our new 1910-11 catalogue, which is filled with bargain offers. It will solve the Christmas problem. Just write your name and address on a post card. Zenith Subscription Agency DULUTH, MINN. Established 1904. 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 keep 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 ceremany 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, i ‘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 havé 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 ds 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. Each 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 pii)k, 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 find 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 pieces it would make if cut up into one of those picture puzzles.”—Har- | per’s Magazine, Oid 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 is hard to tell’ anything more about Miss Oyster’s age. 'Oysters easi- ly live to be twenty years old.—Ne York Press. 3 A New One on Him. It was after the stone laying cere- mony, and a wire was sent to the builder ' with the news, “Stone laid with great eclat.”” The builder, smoth- ering an awful oath, muttered, “An- other new foreign cement!” and flung the missive froih him in passionate disgust.—London'Globe. Labor rids us of three great evils—' irksomeness, vice and poverty.—Vol- taire, : REFRIGERATOR SARS. ! Evolution of the Idea of “an Icebox on ‘Wheels.” 5 The refrigerator car was never in- vented, but just “fixed up.” It was the idea of a New England railway man who needed -some such thing as far back as 1851. In June of that year the first refrig- terator- car is said to bave made its trip from Ogdensburg. N. Y., to Bos- ton. The car owed its origin princi- pally to the fact that the farmers near Ogdensburg, who made a great, deal of ‘butter, were unable to ship ‘it ex- cept in cold weather. A railroad man named Wilder, at that time in charge of the through freight, thought it would be a good idea to rig up *“an icebox on wheels.” and he told this to the president of the road, who gave orders that the mas- ter ‘mechanic should plan several of them. At this time farmers were receiving only 12 cents a pound for their butter. The iced car was loaded with eight tons of it, sent through and allowed to stand in Boston till the product was sold. It brought 17 cents a pound after paying all expenses and com- missions, and the plan was voted a success. In a short time the road had a regular service on, using a number of cars, and the idea spread rapidly. ‘Wilder did not patent his idea, but allowed it to be used by whoever so desired.—St. Louis Republic. 0DD VOLUMES. They Are Members of a Unique Dining Club In London. One of the most unique dining clubs in London is that known as the Sette of Odd Volumes, which was founded in 1878 and meets once a month from October to June. It consists of twen- ty-one'volumes, or members, that be- ing the number of the volumes of the Variorium Shakespeare published in 1821. There are also twenty-one sup- plementary members, who succeed to full membership as vacancies occur. The twenty-one rules of the club in- clude the following: Any Odd Volume losing his temper and failing to recover it shall be fined Discussions about anthropology, re- ligion and politics shall be put down by the president. Any Odd Volume giving to another 0dd Volume unasked advice shall be fined by the president. No Odd Volume shall talk unasked on any subject he understands. No 0dd Volume'’s speech shall last longer than three minutes. If, howev- er, the inspired Odd Volume has any more to say he may proceed: fintil his voice is drowned in the general ap- plause. Volumes have to address each other | as “Your Oddship."—Argonaut. The Major’s Tip. When Major Banks was the best known figure around the race.tracks of Cincinnati and.the middle west he was extremely generous in tippirg off his friends to “sure winners.” One man who enjoyed his confidence and played the horses according to the ma. jor’s advice lost all his ready money and finally succeeded in reducing him- self to the point where he had to sell out his grocery business. One afternoon, following the placing of his last ten dollar note as the major advised. he caught Banks by the arm and said tragically: “Major, you've made me lose my last cent. I'm a pauper., and my wife and family are practically starving. I am now about to go down to the river and drown myself: It’s all over for me.” *“‘All right,” answered Banks, “but in the event you change your mind meet me here at 3 o’clock tomorrow after- noon. I think I'll have something good for you.”—Exchange. Kongo Tattooing. In the Kongo colonies of Belgium both men and women are tattooed ac- cording to their status in society. A woman of high caste will have a de- sign not unlike a zouave jacket work- ed upon her back, and it would seem that the native is as'content with this mode of covering as if it were a sub- stitute for clothing. By injecting the juice of certain herbs the scars left by the tattooing process retain a swollen appearance, giving the effect of bas- relief work. The thorns of the acacia are generally used as a needle, while a certain black clay is used as a color- ing medium. Classified. Was there ever a better example of the witty and concise form of expres- sion than the answer of the grim man who, when asked about the character of a neighbor, sententiously replied: “Mister, I don’t know very much about him, but my impression is he'd make a first class stranger.”’—Ex- change, Frigid. Nell-That Miss Copleigh is an aw- fully cold sort of girl. Belle—Mercy, yes. Why, she’s so frigid that wher- ever she goes on rainy days it snows. —Boston Transcript. Irish Wit. Y “I never give alms to a stranger.” said old Shyster to a poor, Irishwoman. “Shure, then. your honor will never relieve an angel” was the reply.— Judge. 3 Condemned Unheard. From a notice in a Cornish church: “The preacher for next Sunday will be found hanging in the church porch on Saturday.”—London Punch. Cleanse 'the fountain if you would purify the:streams.—Alcott. by the president the sum of 5 shillings. 11 In the Spring. i The conntry schoolteacher had been telling her scholars about the seasons and their peculiarities, and to impress their minds with the facts she ques- tioned them upon the points she had given. Several queries had been put, and finally she reached the stupid boy in the corner. “Well, Johnny.” she said. “have you been paying attention?" “Yes’'m,” he answered promptly. “I'm glad to hear it. Now, can you tell me what there is in the'spring?" “Yes'm, I can, but 1 don't want to." “Oh, yes. you do. Don't be afraid. You have heard the others. Be a good boy, how, and tell us what there is in the spring.” “W’y—w’y—mum, there's a frog an’ a lizard an” a dead cat in it, but I didn’t put “em there. It was another boy, for I seen bim do it.”—Exchange. TWO HOUSES 'FOR RENT GOOD LOCATION Call or Phone 'y Office Sending a Man to Coventry. The expression *“sending to Coven- try” had a military origin. It arose, 80 it is said, in the days of Charles L, when the inhabitants of Coventry strongly objected to any intercourse with the military quartered in their town, and a1 woman known to speak to a man in a scarlet cloak was at once the subject of scandal. So rigid were the natives that the soldier was con- fined to the mess room for conversa- tion. Thus the term *sending a man to Coventry” if you wished to shut him from society took root in the English language.—London Chronicle. 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