Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 23, 1911, Page 6

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER THURSDAY NOVEMBER 923, 1011, ANCIENT ARITHMETIC. Problems Schoolboys Had to Solve Thirty-six Centuries Ago. . There is a ray of vindictive comfort schoolboy in the fact 00 years his schoolboy progenitors have been worried by just such problems in arithmetic as annoy him most. Among the archaeolo; made in Egypt is a excellent condition, dating from about 1700 B. C. This roll, which had a long heading beginning, how to attain the knowledge of all dark things,” proves beyond doubt that the Egyptians of that time had a thorough knowledge of the elements of arithmetic. Numerous examples show that their principal operations with units and fractions were made by means of ad- dition and multiplication. Subtrac- tion and division were not known in their present form, but correct results ‘were obtained unervertheless. Equations are also found in the papy- gical discoveries “Directions | rus. tian schoolboy home to us: Ten measures of barley are to be di- vided among ten persons in such man- ner that each subsequent person shall receive one-eighth less than the one before him. Another example given is: There are seven men; each one has seven cats; each cat has eaten seven mice; each mouse has eaten seven grains of bar- ley; each grain of barley would have yielded seven measures of barley. How much barley has been lost? The papyrus also contains the calcu- lation of the area of a circle, attempts to square the circle and finally calcula- tions of the cubic measurements of pyramids.—New York Tribune. Look Pleasant, Please! Senior to Photographer—Which way shall 1 turn my eye? Photographer— Toward that sign, please. (Sign reads, “Terms Cash.”)—Cornell Widow. Sometimes a noble failure serves the world as faithfully as a distinguished success. Here is one that brings the Egyp- |~ ! fingers. Pit Brow Women, The pit brow women work at the mouths of English coal mines in sheds open to the weather at the sides. The work which they perform has to do with the sorting of the coal according to size and quality and the freeing of it from stones. There is some lifting to be done and some pushing. There is some risk, but not a great deal. Wo- men have been hurt by the catching of their clothing “in the belting and maehinel‘y,, but of late there has been more care than formerly in covering the parts of the machinery which proved dangerous. time accidents are rare and confined for the most part to the crushing of There is dust constantly ris- ing, and this makes the work untidy. Women working in coal get black faces as well as men, but they wear cloths on their heads, which keep the dust out of their hair, and the fact that they are in the open air, together with the constant muscular exertion required, is on the whole beneficial to their health. At the present Many of the girls are | fine figures and all have good color. T They prefer the occupation to domes- tic labor or employment in factories. The wages they earn range from a shilling to 2s. 3d. a day. In the vari- ous colliery towns there are upward of 5,000 women thus employed.—Ex- change. An Elastic Appetite. The American black bear has an ap- petite that may be appropriately term- ed elastic. He will kill a thousand pound steer and capture the tiny field mouse for a meal with equal inditfer- ence. If a pig or sheep is not handy to his reach be will dine on a colony of ! ants or a nest of wood grubs. He will feast on dainty birds' eggs or sweet stores of wild honey and on the foulest carrion with like gusto. for the savory trout. but at the same time snap any warty toad or slimy lizard that may happen along that way. He will seek the luscious wild plum when it has ripened or the wild grape among the branches where the vine clambers and bears ifs fruit, but will not miss the oportunity to make food of any snake that may lie in KiP He will fish | ambush there for birds that come to | peck at the plums or grapes. The bear bhas a comprehensive palate. There is scarcely a thing in the animal or vege- table kingdom that will not tickle it. . The Strength of Rings. Some elaborate calculations, backed by experiments, have been made to de- termine the ‘“breuaking strength" of rings. It appears that a ring of ductile material like malleable iron will be pulled out into the form of a long link before-it breaks and that the ultimate strength of the ring is virtually inde- pendent of its diameter. Fracture finally occurs as the result of almost pure tension, and the resistance to breaking is a little less than twice that of a rod of the same cross section sub- | Jected to a straight pull. As the ring increases in diameter there appears to be a slight approach toward equality, with double the strength of a bar. Thus a three inch ring made of three- quarter inch iron breke at nineteen and one-half tons; a four inch ring at nineteen and nine-tenths tons and a six lI’Il see you.” inch ring at twenfy tons, the s—fi‘ei\_g‘tfi of a bar of the same metal being ten and one-half tons. A King Full. When a man charged with disorder- ly conduct was arraigned by Patrol- man Queen before a chief magistrate in the Adams street court, Brooklyn, the court asked, “What's your name?” “Thomas King,” was the answer. “Ah" said the magistrate, “a queen captures a king.” *“Yes, but it wasn't a straight deal,” retorted King. *“‘Sure it was,” interrupted Queen. *“This man is a fourflusher.” *“What’s your busi- ness?’ “I dig for a living,” answer- ed King. “So you are a king of spades,” laughed the magistrate. *“Yes, but beaten by a club,” answered King. “Can you come across with $27" “A deuce of a fine,” spoke up King, “but He handed over the money, and Clerk Hesterberg raked in the pot. “I see a joker’s no good in this game,” said King as he was leav- ing eourt.—Exchange. And You'll Skip This Season’s MONEY SAVING CHANCE parents like our Prices, we like their trade. at sale prices. worn or out of style. Sweaters Good, warm, heavy weight, winter our Great Money Saving Event. Suits That Were Bought Here sleigh, you may be sure that that man is in a suit or overcoat bought at the Model Clothing Store Closing Out Sale and that he 1s proud of it. Just let us remind you that you are not buying anything here that has been shelf- Our entire Winter’s supply of Clothing and Furnishings are being put into this sale at sale Every time you see a man walking down Third Street or Beltrami Avenue with his chest thrown out like a Russian '_ | You never had such an opportunity at such an opportune time. | we have something here for the father, the son, the brother and uncle. Why Our Stock Is Complete We been unloading goods nearly every day. Goods we bought way back during the summer. pelled to take them and we’re going to turn them into cash. Among the Latest Arrivals are: sweaters, with the big collars and without, all colors and sizes. Regu- lar prices from $5 to $10, sale prices $3.69 to 6.00 Underwear If ever a store carried a complete stock of underwear this store will surpass them all in this line. Every weight, every size, every price 1-4 to |-2 off Men’s The assortment includes everything that style and quality possess, these are all being sold -4 to 1-2 off Footwear Extra heavy Sox for the lumberman Regular price 50 to 60c, now at y 39¢c Headwear Caps, good and warm, 95¢ to 1.50 values at 1.00 and 79¢ Shirts Christmas is fast approaching and | l OUR BIG GOING OUT OF BUSINESS SALE is winning over many friends daily. Children like our clothing’ Everybody satisfied. That’s summing up the feeling in general about | Shoes, Rubbers and Felt Boots You'll find this department most complete. department down prices. Gloves and Mittens Big shipment just in. line. Now going at If anything has run this 1 We were com- | it’s been the ' | 75c¢ and 50c¢ i ODEL CLOTHING STORE Bemidji Minnesota . 39¢c |