Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 14, 1910, Page 6

‘%EF...GERATOP. CARS. Evolution of the Idea of “an Icebox on Wheels.” 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 said to have made its wip 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 Republie. 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 by the president the sum of 5 shillings. 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 0dd Volume shall talk unasked | on any subject he understands. No 0Odd 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. At Hanson’s Not only fresh but pure. TMade from pure sugar- cream (not prepared paste.)| The product of skilled clean sanitary candy kitchen. A tria! will convince you. Chocolate Frappe Maple Vanilla Vanilla Nut Chocolate Vanilla 0 HUT & Gocoa Phon Chocolate Opera Yankee A. D. S. Drug Store e —— " 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 tippivg off; his friends to ‘*‘sure winners.” One man who enjoyed his confidence and! played the horses according to the ma- Jjor'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. 1 am now about to go downto 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 certaln 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 eharacter of a neighbor, sententiously repled: “Mister, I don't know very much about him, but my impression ix he'd make a first class stranger.”—Es- 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 Transeript. A Real Poet. “Poetry.” said the literary gir), “is the art of expressiug intense feeling in figurative speech.” “In that case.” replied Miss Cayenwns, “the man who writes baseball news s sure a poet.”— Washington’ Star. s (not glucose) and sweet i =3 Amencan wm‘kmen and €3 Nut Nuf Elpsm =3 Chocofate Dipmed pera Neapelitan Bouktion: | e 304 ] EXPRESS VIA SHORT LINE TIL Chicago Afg. Duluth Afg. Superior Ank. Milwaukee Ank. Chicago Duluth: Superior St. & 6th Ave, West TWINPORTS BEKVEMME OG MODERNE TOG BILLETTER OG KOIER: ' J. P.GEHREY, Dlstnct Passenger Agent Duluth_, Manitowoc l| 51 tip from Colonel R. H. Southgate;, [ Iater of the Congress hotel.. Now Roessler and his partmer, Max| L. Telch, ltave paid an even $1,000,000 | FIREMEN RESCUE BI.BBMER GIRLS Physncal Culture School Burned at Chicago, OTHER LIVES ENDANGERED i 1 i Forty Women Employes of Carfiet and Rug Compafiy Assisted Down the Fire Escapes—Girls in Gymnasium Costume Hurriedly Seek Seclusion in Nearby Office Building. Chicago, Dec. 14.—Fifty young wo men, attired in regulation gymnasium costumes of knee bloomers and sailor blouses, were rescued from the roof of a burning building. They were en- gaged in gymnasium drill in the School of Physical Educntiun and Bx- pression. The girls, engaged in' their exercise, feared to descend to the street when smoke began pouring into their gym- nasium and the instructors, giving the young women no time to don their other clothing, marshaled them to the roof of the school. From this place, which was cut oft from view by volumes of black smoke, the frightened and screaming physical culturists were carried down the fire escapes by firemen. Several of them were daring, clambering down after the firemen on their own initiative. When the flames threatened the girls’ haven an additional! ladder was run up to them from the roof of an ad- joining building and firemen carried them down this. Nome was injured. They sought seclusion in a neigh- boring office building, where they were supplied with more <¢omplete cos- tumes. The damage was estimated at §100, 000, chiefly te the building, to the Derby Desk company and the O. W. Richardson Carpet and Rug company. Crossed electric wires are believed te have been the cause. Beside the physfcal culturfsts res- cwed forty girls employed down fire escapes or assisted down by firemen. One fainted’ and was tram- pled;, but not seriously. WAITERS SAVE THEIR' TIPS, Beconve Marnagers of Largest Hote? i Chicago. in' they| offices and rug factery were earried| The Roulette Ball. B 'That capricious lttle ball that de- cldes our fortunes ut the ever fasci- nating game of roulette at Mounte Car- lo occasionally flles from the skillful croupier’s hand, though not often. One afternoon it slipped from its manipulator’s fingers and found its way into an Eunglishmau’s coat pocket. |1 So impressed was the Hnglishman that he promptly lost a couple of hun- dred pounds. But the little ball once found a far stranger destination than that. BScaping from the croupler’s hand, it Hew straight into the mouth of a German oulooker, and he was so fmpressed that he promptly swallowed it.—London Bystander. Tea In Paraguay. When the natives ot Paragnay drink tea they do not pour it from a teapot into a cup. but fill a goblet made out of a pumpkin or gourd aud then suck up the hot lquid through a long reed Moreover, the tea which they use 18 comes from China. being made out of dried and roasted leaves of a,palm- like plant which grows In Paraguay and southern Brazil. The natives suy that this tea is an excellent remedy for fever and rheumatism. Sp-rrowgr-s- It is stated that a well known riddle was written by a costermonger. ‘I'he riddle In question is a charade and runs as follows: My first’s a Hitle bird as ops; My second’s needful in ‘ay crops; My 'ole is good with mutton chops. The answer. of course, is “‘sparrow- grass.” which the tearned Dr. Parr al- ways Insisted on using ip preference to the politer "asm’irugus."—l,onnon Notes and Queries WOOD'! Leave your orders for seasoned Birch, Tam- arack or Jack Pine Wood with S. P. HAYTH Telephome 11 Christmas Presents Magazines may go te separate: :ddresses A for $3.75 Cosmopolitan. . ) Womans Bome Commnmn . Emny bodys. . Chicago, rec. 14.—Fiftesn years ago|f . . || Carl C. Roessler, a jovial German head| | waiter at a loecal garden, received a LS’ then owner of .the Auditwrium and for Southgate’s share of the: stock in the Congress Hotel company and be- eame managers of the largesfi hotel in Chicago. Roessler unfolded a story of how he and Telch, both German waiters, who came to this country almost penniless at the time of the world’s fair, have steadily worked and saved their tips until today they are virtually the pro- prietors of ome of the leading hostel: ries of the West. IOWAN MAY HEAD MINERS White of Oskaloosa Runs Against President Lewis. Indianapolis, Ind.,, Dec. 14—TUnion miners all over the country are bal- Ioting for their international officers. The ballots will be sent to the inter- national keadquarters in this city and after the count the result will be kept secret until the annual conwvention, which will be held in Columbus, O., next month. President Thomas L. Lewis: is op- posed far re-election by John I White of Oskalocsa, Ia., a former viee: presi- dent of the international organization and the present president of tfie Towa district. President Lewis declares that the balloting will be.the heaviest in the history of the organization. and at the same time predicts his own election. THREE DIE IN FARM SHA‘GKV Home&eader: SMffocated by Gas From Coal Stove. ‘Winnipeg. Dec. 14.—Summnbed by coal gas while they slept three home- steaders, Don Burrill, P. Thom and John Horrby, met death in a farm: shack twelve miles northi of Luse- land, Sask. One occupant of the shdck escaped. & P. Milwaukee Marshfield Waukesha Ladysmith Fond Du Lac Rhinelander ! Ohkosh Marinette Neenah Iron Mountain | Menasha Escanaba!/ 7:00 P..T1 7:30 P. n. 7:15 A. T 9:00 A. T1. Superior: | Winter8t. & Ogden Ave The men had gone to beg after hufld- ing a coal fire in the cooking sto: and shutting off all drafts = The gas|fl escaped in great quantities, suflocatz il ing them. 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