Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 5, 1912, Page 8

| THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER fi,.., E | | | FRIDAY, JANUARY, 5, 1912, AMUSEMENTS GRAND THEATER Entertaining and Instructive Entire Change of Pictutes TONICHT “A Wife’'s Awakening” This is an “Imp.” picture “Grandmother’s Love” “The Mexican” Arace war story It Is Always Warm and Airy In the Grand { Illustrated Song “Sunbeams” Andrew Rood Onr New Seats Are All Installed Next Sunday night we have a . big submarine story. | Admission 10¢ Children 5¢ Pickled Steel. “To keep the iron and steel used in building big ships from rusting.” said an engineer, “is a matter ‘of supreme importance. The admiralty is very particular that every piece shall be painted the moment it is ready for building purposes. But the steel plates form a hard black surface, called ‘mill scale,’ in the process of manufacture. This clings tenaclously to the plate, and If it is covered with palnt and ‘afterward the plate gets damaged then the scale peels off, taking the paint with it, and leaving the steel bare. The plate is then liable to rust eorrosion, a serious danger to the ship. “We therefore remove every trace of acale before painting the steel plate. It is put into a bath of dilute hydro- chloric acid for a few hours, which loosens the scale. The plate is then brushed with wire brushes and wash- ed with a hose. This is what we call “pickling steel.’ ”"—London Answers. The One That Chose to Pay. Three men had been out on a spree, and on the way home late at night they made a wager that the one who did not do as his wife told him should ipay for a champagne supper the fol- lowing night. The first ove returned home, and his wife greeted him thus: “Hello, you beauty! That's right— knock all the ornaments off the man- telpiece!” He knocked them all off. The second returned and on going iinto his house fell against the piano. ‘whereupon his wife said: “Go on; get a chopper and smash it ap!” He did so. The third returned, and on going up- ~stairs his wife said: “You miserable wretch, fall down- --stairs and break your neck!’ Needless to say, he paid for the sup per.—-London Spare Moments. Kissing Ethel. She was fashionably dressed and gave out the perfume of violets as the brakeman turned to help her up the steps of the train which was due to leave. Turning to her maid, she said “‘Oh, I must kiss Ethel goodby!” “Oh, go on,” sald the fresh brake man. “I'll kiss Ethel goodby.” “No, you won't, either,” came from the woman. “That precious dog was never kissed by a stranger in her whole life!"—Yonkers Statesman. Sensible Course. "“Why do you Insist on that boy's studying music?” said the man with respect for art. “You know very well he can’t sing.” “Yes.” rveplied the patient father; know it. And I want him to learn enough about music to realize it for himself."—Exchange. Another Viewpoint. Clara—I overheard Mr. Bimberly say to a friend the other evening that 1 was a pretty yvoung lady. Maude— Well, you are pretty young: but, of course, you are growing older each day.—Chicage News. An Obstructionist. “So you are going to have a new ‘own?" “I don't know. Mother has passed the bill, but I expect father will veto it. He is opposed to all our bills now- adays.” Laughter. Laughter, while it lasts, slackens and unbraces the mind, weakens the faculties and causes a kind of remiss- ness and dissolution in all the powers of the soul, and thus far it may be looked upon as a weakness in the com- position of human nature. But if we consider the frequent reliefs we re- ceive from it and how often it breaks the gloom which is apt to depress the mind and damp our spirits with tran- sient unexpected gleams of joy, one would take care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life.—Addi- -son. Education. “Education gives fecundity of thought, copiousness of illustration, quickness, vigor, fancy, words, images and illus- trations; it decorates every common thing ‘and gives the power of trifling without being undignified and absurd. —Sydney Smith. e e e et OSSN i RO R 0 i BTN L PO 1 SN SRS (SNSRI o S e A B R S i o o i 1 S e S S S e S e SRR S M VOTE NEW TAX DISTRICTS Commissioners Decide to Redivision Unorganized Territory in Bel- trami County. FAVOR NEW ROAD IN HINES The board of county commission- ers now in session here voted to re- division the unorganized territory of Beltrami county into new tax assess- ment districts. Viggo Peterson and County Attorney Torrance drew up a resolution which makes the list read as follows: District 1; Township 146, Ranges 30 and 31; Township 147, Range; District 2, Township 151, Range 30; District 3, Townships 155 and 156, Ranges 30, 31, 32, 33, 34 and 35; District 4, Townships 157, 158 and 159, Ranges 31, 32 and 33, Town- ship 169, Range 33; District 5, Township 157, Ranges 34, 35, 36 and 37, Township 158, Ranges 34, 35, 36, 37 and 38, Townships 159 and 160, Ranges 34, 35 and 36; Dis- trict 6, Township 163, Range 33; Township 164, Ranges 33 and 34, Township 165, Range 35, Townships 166 and 167, Ranges 33, 34, 35, Township 168, Ranges 32, 33, 34 and 35. The commissioners also decided to accept the petition filed by Charles Carter of Hines yesterday for the construction of a road in Birch and Taylor townships. Commissioners Rako and Fellows were designated a committee to look over the land through which this road will run, and report on it at the next meeting. Commissioners Myhre and Peter- son were appointed a committee to oversee the construction of roads along state drainage ditches 11 and 12; Fellows and Clementson were named to oversee the roads along ditches 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7. A Witty Reply. On one occasion an important dress rehearsal at His Majesty’s theater was prolonged until the small hours of the morning. The company grew very weary. particularly a gentleman who bad been with Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree in a good many productions. but who had never attained to more than a very tiny part. When the time cam« to rehearse his few lines he was so tired that his voice was anything but distinct. “What's the matter, Mr. Z.?" asked Sir Herbert in his most sarcastic tones “Are you saving your voice for the re hearsal?”" ; “No, Sir Herbert,”” was the retori. “I’ve never been able to save anything under your management.” : Sir Herbert, an exceedingly witty man himself, was so pleased with the retort that the salary of the small part man was raised.—London M. A. P. An English King's Death. Willlam Rufus was killed by an ar- row, either accidental or with murder- ous intent. He died in the New for- est. His body was stripped by tramps and the next day was found by a char coal burner, who placed the naked corpse on his cart, hoping to receive a reward. On the way to Winchester | the cart was upset. and the king's body fell in the mire. Covered with filth and black with charcoal, it ar rived in Winchester, where it was buried in the cathedral. A few years later the tower fell and crushed the tomb, and 600 years after the Puri tans rifled the grave and played foot- ball with the king’s skull, 1 | Damascus Swords. It is seldom that a really good speci- { men of a Damascus sword can be ob tained, for the art of working and en- graving the kind of steel of which they are made is lost. These famous | swords were made of alternate layers of iron and steel so finely tempered that the blade would bend to the hilt | without breaking. Che Needed Them All Shooting Stars. Astronomers estimate that about 150.000,000,000 of shooting stars reach this earth in the form of meteorites or dust every year. Of course shooting stars in reality are not stars at all; they are little cosmic particles, often weighing much less than one ounce and composed mostly of iron and car bon. Most of them travel around the sun in the same fashion that comets do, following very flattened elliptical trajectories. Sometimes it bappens that the trajectory of some of these bodies cross the trajectory of our own earth. If the little meteorite and the earth get to that point at the same time they naturally collide. :These | planetoids are not luminous in them- selves. So long as they fly through ether (which is utter nothingness) there is no friction; therefore no heatand no light. But as soon as they énter the atmosphere with which our globe is surrounded their speed is so great that the friction against the air immediate- Iy lights and volatilizes them.—New York World. ] Train Your Breathing. 1 “If one learns to breathe properly when young he finds the benefit of it j in middle and old age,” said a physi- cian. “You will notice that when a middle aged man gets into a train he holds his breath and then grunts loudly as he sits down. This is a stupid practice. It throws a terrific strain on the heart and may even burst a blood vessel in the lungs or the brain. Many of those sudden deaths we hear of are due to holding the breath while making a, vio- lent effort. Only the trained athlete is usually free from this fault. Athlete or not, every one should practice easy and regular breathing. If it cannot be managed with closed mouth then the mouth should be opened when per- forming such operations as lifting a weight, running upstairs, stepping into a railway carriage, and the llke. You may add years to your life by this lit- tle precaution.—London Globe. A Heartless Father. “] peed some help with my house- hold duties,” announced a Malden wo- man when her husband came home the other night. “What's the matter with our daugh- ter?” the husband wanted to know. “Our daughter? The idea!" Why. Jim, you know she’s awfully delicate, and she would die if she had to do any household work. She has her school, and”"— 2 “And what? Her teacher’s report shows that she isn't doing a bit of school work.” ; ‘But she is the star member of her basketball team, and you know:she is eager to take the prize at the gym- nasium contest. But that’s just like a man—wanting a delicate girl to en- gage in rough, hard labor. - ‘Be asham- ed of yourself. Jim Jeunkins! - You have no feeling.”—Boston Traveler. Modern “Dew Ponds.” The ancient ‘“dew ponds” of Eng: land have their modern counterparts on the rock of Gibraltar, where:drink- ing water is obtained by the conden- sation of the abundant dew in‘“espe- cially prepared basins. The primitive process consists in making a bollow in the ground and filling the bottom with dry straw, over which is placed a lay- er of clay. On a clear night the clay cools very rapidly, and the dew is con- densed Into water in the basin.: The pond is improved by putting a layer of asphalt or portland cement under the straw. At Gibraltar the present.prac- tice 1s to use wood instead of straw and sheet iron instead of clay. Electric Centipedes. Least attractive among the insects which give light are the so called “electric centipedes.’ black crawlers with many legs which have beeun liken- ed to serpents’ skeletons in miniature. They move in a snakelike fashion, for- ward or backward. leaving behind them a bright track of phosphoric light. However, they are most accustomed to appear in the dayvtime, when the il- lumination they afford is not visible.— London Times. Made the Cannon Balls Fit. The first battle ot the war of 1812 was fought at Sacketts Harbor, July.9. 1817 and consisted of an attack made upon the village. The inhabitants had but one gun of sufficient size and strength to inflict damage, a thirty-two | pounder, for which they had no shot. This difficulty was overcome by the patriotism of the housewives, who tore There are over 200.000 words in the | y; carpets from the floors and with English language, and most of them were used last Sunday by a lady who discovered after coming out of church that ber stunning new hat was adorn- ed with a price tag on which was written, “Reduced to $2.75.”—Norborne (Mo.) Leader. His Idea of the Show. “Whbhat do you think of the plot?’ asked the theater manager. “That isn’t a plot.,” replied the man who had paid $2 to see the show “That's a conspiracy.”—Washington Star. Another Quibble. “Don't you hate to sleep in an upper berth?* “No; 1 like to sleep when I have to take an upper berth.”—Chicago Record Herald. A Matter of Color. “Why do you refer to your youngest son as ‘the black sheep? ” “Because he paints the town red”— Toledo Blade. You complain of ingratitude. Were you mnot repaid by your pleasure in strips wound the small balls to fit the cannon. The Retort Caustio. Artist's Friend (patronizingly) —1 think those thistles in your foreground are superbly realistic, old chap! 'Pon my word, they actually seem to be nod ding in the breeze, don’t you kmow! Ungrateful Artist—Yes. 1 have had one or two people tell me they would almost deceive an ass!” The Greatest Social Force. The middle classes are the prepon- derant social force of today in repub- lcs as well as in monarchies, in Eu- rope as in America. Everything s everywhere subordinated to the neces- sity of satisfying them as speedily and as thoroughly as possible.—Ferrero in Paris Figaro. Two of a Kind. Polite Neighbor — Everybody says your husband 1s such a wide awake man, Mrs. Jobbles. Mrs. Jobbles (with a sigh)—Yes, and the baby takes after bim! There 18 no utter failure ia trying to doing good ?—Levis. S e i e e e ey e do what is good. He Was Prepared. An honest old Philadelphia Quaker was refused a vote because he could not show the necessary papers. He at- tempted to cast his ballot, but was turned down by an inspector. “Why. my friend, thee knows me. Thee knows that I live in thy ward,” said the Quaker. *“I know you by sight, but I must see your papers,” was the reply. “1 would not tell thee a falsehood. I bave the papers at home, and I will go and bring them to thee.” “Get the necessary papers and you can vote.” The old gentleman went home and got the papers and cast his ballot. The next year he again appeared at the polls and the same inspector challenged his vote. “Surely thee would not have me go again a mile to get thee my papers?”’ asked the Quaker. “Thee must know that I have a vote.” . “No papers, no vote, sir,”” answered the inspector. “I thought thee might be so vicious.” said the old man, as a smile played under his broadbrim, “and I have brought them with me this time. Thee will not have the pleasure of having me walk a mile for them. I will bring them next year, too.”—Washington Star. Wall Street’'s Name. Wall street got its name from a mili- tary wall or earthworks that was thrown up by the Dutch in 1654. The English colonists in Connecticut, lay- ing claim to all the land “‘as far as the ocean,” woved down and settled on WVestchester creek in what is now Bronx borough. The Dutch of New Amsterdam were in great fear of a hostile move down on them and sent an armed force to arrest the approach of the invaders. At the same time they hastily built the wall from river to river to make sure of effective resist- ance if the enmemy should decide to make a hostile move against New Am- sterdam. For a time a regular patrol of soldiers was distributed along the military wall, detachments being as- signed to keep close guard over the two gates in the wall, one at what is now Broadway and the other at the East river end. At that period the wall marked the northern boundary of the town of New Amsterdam.—New York Times. Not Discouraged. “There’s a New York man,” said a Brooklynite, “whose daughter during a winter in Nice got engaged to a cer- tain Count Beau de Beau. The New York man was rich at that time, but a few weeks before the date set for the wedding he went to smash. *‘My dear Count Beau de Beau.’ he groaned that night, ‘I'm’ very sorry for you. You are to marry my daugh- ter—you were to have had $37,000 a year—but the crash has come. I'm ruined now. How sorry I am, count! “But Count Beau de Beau gave the New:. York man a reassuring slap on the back. “‘Oh,: don't you worry about me, sir” he said., with an easy laugh, ‘With a title like mine, you know, I can find another heiress tomorrow.’” — Ex- change. “Overhang” Houses. By the year 1670 -wooden chimneys and loeg houses of the Plymouth and Bay colonies were replaced by more sightly houses of two stories, which were frequently built with the second story jutting out a foot or two over the first and sometimes with the attic story still further extending over the ‘second story. This *‘overhang” is pop- ularly supposed to have been built for the purpose of affording a convenient shooting place from which to repel the Indians. This is, however, an historic fable. The overhanging second story was a common form of building in England in the time’ of Queen Eliza- beth, and the Massachusetts and Rhode Island settlers simply and naturally copied thelr old homes. England’s Silver Greyhounds. The “siiver greyhounds.” as the king’s foreign service messengers are called, wear a broad silver disk stamp- ed with a greyhound in full gallop. sur- mounted with a crown. They are in- trusted with the most delicate duties. The chief qualification for the post, as defined by Lord Palmerston to a friend who applied to him for the office, is a knowledge of the gentle are of “hold- ing your tongue in several languages.” —London Express. Declined With Thanks. The Duke of Wellington, who had a taste for anything that Napoleon had liked, applied to David, the artist, who had painted Napoleon’s portrait, re- questing David to execute one of him- self. “8ir,” replied David, “I paint onmly" historical characters.”—Life. He Began to Talk Business. “I shall make you love me yet,” de- clared Mr. Stinjay determinedly. “I shall leave no stone unturned.” “Ah, ‘that sounds something like!” exclaimed the fair girl. “If the stone weighs not less than a carat and is pure white you may interest me.” Too Short. “I don’t like these modern sermons much.” “Why not?" “They're over before a man fairly gets to sleep."—Detroit Free Press. Malicious. Belle—Edgar bas such tact in choos- || Ing an engagement ring! Nell—Yes, and such knack in getting 1t back from every girl he gives it to. Every man’s task fs his life pre- server.—Emerson. B ——————— e 1 The Pioneer Want Ads I CASH WITH COPY A cent per word per Issue Regular charge rate 1 cent 5 cents. per word per insertion. No ad taken for less than Phone 31 HOW THOSE WANT ADS DO THE BUSINESS They tell what you have to sell to everybody in Bemidji. The Ploneer goes everywhere so that everyone has a neighbor who takes it and people who do not take the paper generall ad gets to them all. ly read their neighbor’s so your want 15 Cent a Word Is All It Costs Can’t Lose Much by Taking a Chance HELP WANTED WANTED—Compentent girl for general housework., Mrs. John Wilson, 1101 Dewy Ave. WANTED—Good girl for general housework. Mrs. . E. Black. FOR SALE FOR SALE—Cord wood for sale at $2.00 per cord delivered@ to any part of the city. Leave orders at the Nicollet hotel. 3 FOR SALE—Rubber stamps. The Pioneer will procure any kind of & rubber stamp for you on short notice. FOR SALE—6 room modern house, easy terms; Huffman, Harris & Reynolds. FOR SALE—Two good milch cows at 715 Minnesota avenue. FOR RENT FOR RENT—One furnihed room. 1121 Bemidji Ave. Mrs. T. J. Wish. FOR RENT—Two rooms, modern; 921 Minnesota Ave. FOR RENT—6 room house for rent. A. Klein. LOST AND FOUND - LOST—A pocketbook, either in Ma- jestic Theater or near Troppman’s store. s MISCELLANEOUS P A A e AP, ADVERTISERS—The great state of North Dakota offers unlimited op- portunities for business to classi- fied advertisers. The recogmuized advertising medium is the Fargo Daily and Sunday Courier-News, the only sever day paper in the state and the paper which carries the largest amount of classified advertising. The Courier-News covers North Dakota like a blank- et; reaching all parts of the state the day of publication; it 1s the paper to use in order to get re- ‘sults; rates one cent per word first insertion, one-half cent per word succedding insertion; fifty cents per line per month. Address the Courier-News, Fargo, N. D. WANTED — Position wanted by young man, expert bookkeeper, salesman, or will. do both; very best references. Harry Bowers, 417 East 25th Street, Minneapolis, Minn. —_— e WANTED—Dining and sleeping car conductors, $75-$125. Experience unnecessary, we teach you, write Dining Car World, 125 W. Van Buren, Chicago. ) 2 WANTED TO TRADE—What have you to trade for new standard pla- no? Call at second hand store, 0dd Fellows Bldg. BOUGHT AND SOLD—Second hand furniture. Odd Fellows building, across from postoffice, phone 129. BEGIN THE NEW YEAR RIGHT Have YOU figured up YOUR PROFIT and LOSS . account for 1911¢ Why not decide to “CUT OUT” the LOSS items during 1912. ONE of the most common “LOSS” items.is NOT ° to OWN YOUR OWN HOME. Let US tell YOU about the opportunities at BE- MIDJI— on a LARGE or SMALL scale and quote prices on business and residence lots in this, up-to-date city— either kind can be bought on our EASY PAYMENT PLAN. SMALLCASH payment-balancemontly 8 at pere. COMPLETE information regarding the city and county will be cheerfully furnished npon request to this office or by our Bemidji representative, THAYER C. BAILEY, located in Postoffice Block. | ST. PAUL to have one in- this We Are Not YOUR WIFE WANTS A ROUND 0AK Base Burner or Range. She surely ought burn less coal and can maintain a more uniform : . temperature in your home with a Round Qak than with any other make of stove. announcing a January clearance sale, but we give you the clearance sale prices at this time, Everything in our large general Hardware stock will interest you as to price, - Come in and see what we have to offer.. | A. B. Palmer Bemidji Townsite & Improvement Go. 520 Capital Bank Bullding WINNESOTA kind of weather. You’ll 8. 9k s