Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 8, 1910, Page 8

His Sarcastic Friend. He was very proud of his new auto- mobile—talked automobile, dreamed au- tomobile, read automobile. Finally to his friends he became a nuisance, and | each to himself swore softly that he would bide his time and at the prop- er moment give him a little verbal thrust. Finally one long* suflering individual was asked to go for a ride. Excuses fvere of no avail. He was bundled into the machine and taken for a spin through the parks and over the boule- vards. In due course of time, without : any serious mishap, they pulled up at the Automobile club. The auto crank and his guest were soon surrounded by several of their friends. “How did you enjoy your ride?”’ was asked of the auto crank’s friend. ' «“Until today I never thought an automobile could go so fast,” was his reply. (Here the auto crank was all attention. That was some praise for his car. Right out in public too. That would silence some of the scoffers who vaid his machine should be called Snail) “Why, do you know there was a car went by us at such a clip that T could hardly see it.” The auto crank glared. and under his gaze the group melted away. They had REF...GERATO" "ARS Evolution of the Idu of “an Icohox on Wheels.” s 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- erator car Is suid to have made its trip from Ogdensburg, N. Y., to Bos- ton. The car owed its origin princk 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 had their revenge.—Pittsburg Gazette- | 5 regular service on, using a number Times. Juvenile Suicides: ‘“A generation ago the taking of their «own lives by minors was almost an un- heard of occurrence,” said a physician. “Now it is becoming alarmingly fre- quent not only in this country. but in Europe. In most cases the phepome- non can be set down to the artificial life people lead and to the complex conditions of modern existence. Very -often parents are too ambitious for their children and by constant appeals to them so work on the nervous tem- perameuts of their offspring as to bring on a derangement of the mental faculties. One of the most noted spe- cialists of France, Dr. Berillon, who ‘has made a study of the matter, as- serts that children who have a suicidal tendency are for the most part want- ing in the sense of smell. He makes recommendation that all who suffer from this defect should be taken to an -expert for examination, as it might tend to forestall some future tragedy. -—Baltimore American. The First Automobilist. ‘Nicholas Joseph Cugnot was the first @automobilist. Many years before Ste- phenson had introduced his railway locomotive Cugnot., who was a mili- tary engineer, had made a locomotive , Tor roads. His locomotive has been plously preserved at the Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers. Cugnot died in #AB\4. His {ot was not that of many ;geniuses. He did not die in want. Na- poleon had secured him a pension of 1,000 francs—passing rich on $200 a year. In this respect the premier con- sul showed more enlightenment than he did in regard to Fulton of steamboat fame, whom he considered—it is dis- iressing to write—an adventurer. Cug- no s carriage was built to transport arms and he had designed a service gvm These achievements alone would be a passport to Napoleon’s favor.— Hondon Globe. ] His Luxurious Pillow. . “When sleeping cars first came in,” said a railroad man, “the bedclothes in the berths were very scanty. On -One of these early cars one night after ~everybody had turned in and the lights were low a loud voice called from an upper berth: “ ‘Porter, got a corkscrew? “The porter came hurrying down the aisle. “‘Boss,’ he said in a scandalized tone, ‘we don't allow no drinkin’ in the berths. It's against the rules.” **Oh, it ain’t that, porter,’ the voice answered. ‘I just want to dig out a pitlow that's sort of worked its way ‘into my ear.’™ . The Persian Crow’s Beak. There is a weapon known as the ‘crow’s ‘beak which was formerly much in use among men of rank in Persia and north India. It was a horseman’s weapon and consisted of a broad «curved dagger blade fixed at right :apgles to a shaft, pickax fashion. The shaft incloses a dagger. unscrewing at the butt end. This concealed dagger is a very common feature of Indian arms and -especially of the battleaxes of Persia. Her Question Answered. ' Yes, Geraldine, we quite agree witb you that the crunching of celery is a qoise abhorrent to the sensitive soul. A much better way is to cut the stalks into medium sized pieces and hold them iin the mouth until they dissolve. Write again, Geraldine. We are al- ways glad to dispense useful informa- tion.—Lippincott’s. Maternal Pride. Mr. Newlywed—This paper says there are 50,000,000 babies born every gear. Mrs. Newlywed—Oh, ‘darling doesn’t that make you proud? Mr. N. —Why should it? Mrs. N.—Why, jusi to think that our baby is the smartest and prettiest of 50,000,000.—Cleveland Leader. An Amendment. | A health hint says, “Do mnot bolt your food.” And a comedian comes &nek with the observation, *It is much etter to use a padlock.”—Exchange. Pleasant, The Friend—Your wife doesn’t ap- mear to be in very good humor. Hus- band—-No She thinks I've invited yo\l ¢o dimner.—Jean/Qui Rit. i Bad laws are the worst of tyranny —Burke. - When Major 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 0dd Volume losing his temper and failing to recover it shall be fined by the president the sum of 5 shillings. Discussions about anthropology. re- liglon 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 0dad 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 until his voice is drowned in the general ap- plause. Volumes' have to address each other as “Your Oddship.”—Argonaut. The Major’s Tip. Banks was the best known figure around the race tracks of Cincinnati and the middle west he was extremely generous in tippivg 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 dnd 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 Jjuice of certain herbs the scars left by the tattooing process retain a swollen appearance, giving the effect of pas- relief ‘work. The thorns of the acacia are generally used as ‘a needle, while a certain black clay is used as a color- ing medjum. Classified. ‘Was there ever a bettér example of the witty and . eoncise 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—Merey, yes. Why. she’s so frigid that wher- ever she goes on rainy days it snows. —Boston Transcript. Irish Wit. “I never give alms to a stranger.” s2id old Shyster to.a pook Irishwoman. “Shure. then. your honor will never relieve an angel.” was the reply.— Judge. v 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.—Aleott. "THE FOG BUOY. | A S-fogu.rd to Flaoh of W:r-lupl in Thick Weather, - Probably the greatest menage to the safety of -navigation at sea is the fog. Modern steamships are seldomsendan- gered by the most Seyere ‘Weather, but when ‘the impenetrable’ envelope of mist inclos 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 1s a warship fiéet, carries a fog buoy, a large cdsk painted a vividred.. This i3 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.—Wicqlta Eagle. AN ANCIENT CUSTOM. larvod In Parts of England. What is® the wassailing of apple trees? # out, but still observed in parts of Somerset “ and -Devon. At Wooton- Basset; near Minehead, the ceremony takes place om 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 vers beglnmng “Oh, apple tree, 1 wassail thee, in hopes that thou ' wilt blow.” Then all shout in chorus: Barn floorfuls, tullet holefuls And a little heap under the stairs. Then follow cheers, healths, shouts of “Now, wassail thee!” and the placing of the the branches for the roblns —London Answers. The Porcupine. out t6 make “something dltrereu day she invented the porcup mild disposition, without" courage and almost as slow and ¢clum- sy .as g 'turtle; It would hive been absurd to give him weapons of de- to.attack anything, 86 he was given a coat of mail in which he 'niight 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- sharp pointed quills intermixed with coarse hair. Each quill is provided with & 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 deepér 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- As he talked he glanced occasionally at his fair listener and seemed pleased to find her apparently-lost in rapture. was exhausted, he exclaimed: “Why, I never before knew that you were so inferested in art!” ~For a moment longer she ¢ontinued 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, e Oid Age of Oysters.- Oysters grow only during summer, mers at that, and are scarcely big enough for the mouth before the third year. It is easy after looking over u 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 1s hard to tell anything mor« about Miss Opyster’s age. Oysters easi ly live to be twenty years old.—New York Press. A New On. on Hlm. 2 It was after the stone Inving cere- mony. and a wire was sent'to the bullder with the news; .“Stone laid with great eclat.”y ‘The bulider, 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 povexty.—-—Vol, taire. e ship she is exposed to the most terrible of: perils, a collision® Wassailing of Apple Trees Still Ob- || This is an old custom, fast dying Hatfuls, capfuls, tiree bushel bagtuls, | drinking of o Tom' Pod, we {] pleces of toast, soaked in cider, among f Mother: Nature stirely must have set: was an animal with a pathetically fense; he would never have the energy. lar tail, are covered with a mass ot} trate the legend of the Holy Grail. Finally, when his stock of knowledge | and especially during long, warm sum- | ¥ past week. Chiffon * Satin be appreciated. ‘reliable quality. i ‘that here. Glove Bonds the list at the Charity 4 many other society women have done the same thing this Crepe de Chine . gifts, but 1t is important that they be You are assured- of $1.00, $1.25, $1.50,-§2.00 and $2.25 Try to Shop earl‘y Efi}efl;thihg Ready-to- Wear Guw"s “The gowns are exquisite” said a woman yes- t erday whose name will figure prominently m Ball The soft clmgmg materials such as Peau de Crepe and the veiled beauties over Persian Silk ‘'must be seen to $14.25,$16.75,$18.50, $22.50, $24.75 and 1p Our Dress Sale which we featured during the past week is still in effect Every Handsome Coat at 1-3 Reduction For tomorrow, we place on'sale, beautiful styles in dressy black Coats, of fine broadcloth, rich mixtures and Plushes, handsomely lined. These wraps take their styles from expensive models and are‘exclusive in the highest sense. of the word. Regular Price Range, $16, $18, $20, $24 and up fo $40 Furs for Xmas---Be Sure of Your Store Furs are very fashmnahle, very handsome, very . practical and.a very good in- vestment in every way, if they are of reliable quality the skins properly treated and ‘well made. But mferlor furs masquerading as something finer are a delusion and a snare—such furs are sometimes advertised as “bargains” secured in some unbeliev- and see. Better Come_ to This Exclusive Women’s and Ghildren’s Store Now Gowns arrived, all full and rustling with dark and llght flounces in, Brown, ‘green, tan, pink, gray, blue and black. Any little lady from 14 to 18 would be hugely pleased with these two tone effects.Try it Prices $5.00 and up. “she bought one” able way Better gotoa reputahle store for your Furs—a store such as P this where every pieee of fur is exactlyas represented and the Fur youbuy is war- e | rautod to give the utmost good service for the price. 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ZVERY HOME HAS A WANT AD For Rent--For Sale--Exchange Work Wanted iy WAN TED—Laundry girl Hotel Markhar. account of sickness. Location in unrestricted dis. doing good busi: ness. Inquire of dwner, Wm. Scheidemantel, E. St, Cloud, Minn, FOR SALE—Furnished hotel cent- rally located Suitable for any kind of business. Address J. A Sallden. Litrle Falls an., No. 6, Broadway East. FOR SALE—Hotel with bar both doing good business.” Reason for selling, poor healrh. Address Joe - Sachapelle. Little Fork, Minn. FOR SALE—Rubber stamps. The Pioneer will procure any kind of a rubber stamr for vap an short notice. FOR ' SALE—Homestead, forty . acres within 'six miles nf Be- midji. J.: H. Grant, Remore Hotel 52 2 i 'EOR SALE—Six room bouse 1103 Missis«ippi Ave. This is a'snap if taken at oneb. H. M.,YnunzA FOR. SALE—1600 ‘cords tamaratl: * stumpage or will sell land cheap for c;sh. ‘0] Weekly. % FOR SALE—Residence lots one ~ block from school building. Ap- ply H. M. Young. z | FOR SALE—Twolots nicely locat- ed with. east front on Bemidji avenue. John Wilmann. FOR SALE—Cheap, a horse, at 1707 = ¢ Irving avenue. Mrs. Edward Jackson. 3 — e _ f cfOR ~RENT ————— & FOR RENT—Two or three fur- nished or unfurnished rooms with . beat, for light housekeepin; t 2l llO'SIxrh street. s g . 3 ‘ . g FOR' RENT—Four room cottage, 1014 American Ave. Phone 461. st o ot O L G O FOR RENT—Good front room fur- - nished. F. M. Malzahn. + : % 3 ISCELLANEOUS S Boy, thmeen, wants to stay with good family and go to school doing chores mornings, evenings and Saturday’s for board. Ad- . dress,'Box L, Red Lnke.-an e e i WANTED—Good second hand cuts -ter. Bemidji Steam L-nndry.