Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 13, 1912, Page 20

WAged Negro Was Unused to Literary Composition and It Made His Head Ache. The Atlanta Constitution tells about wn aged negro who asked his “boss,” lonel Yerger, to write a letter for to his sweetheart. : *“All right, Sam; I'll do it,” agreed e colonel. ! "“Has yer got de paper and de ink pnd de pen ready, sir?” | “Yes, Sam; go ahead.” | “Write Thompson street, New ork.” ! “All right.” “Has yer got hit?® *“Yes.” “All of hit?” “Certainly.” “Thompson street, New York.” “Dat’s hit. Now write May de foum nf.” F""Yes." “Has yes got hit down, weady?” “Yes.” “G’way, boss, you’re jokin’! to me.” “May 14th.” “Mah goodness, you has got hit fown all right! Now, boss, read hit all over from de berry beginning.” “Thompson street, New York. May 4th.” “Dat’s right. Whew! Say, boss, Set’s res’ awhile; I'se tired. My head aches like hit was gwinter split.” boss, alk Read STILL SEARCH FOR TREASURE Colored People of the South Vietima of Sharpers, Who Sell Them Divining Rods. The restaurant orchestra had just Pnished playing “Dixie.” “Speaking of buried treasure,” said @ southernetr after the noise had died away, “the search for the hidden Tiches of Captain Kidd isn't in it with the hunt that is going on con- Rinually all over the south for wealth that is supposed to have been se greted during the Civil war. Two classes of persons are engaged in it. 1t is the pet avocation of the negroes, but not more than one in a hundred thousand ever finds anything. The <class that gets the real coin is the sglick Yankee who travels through the south selling divining rods and things of that sort to the negroes. These ‘witch sticks’ are supposed to draw their holders irresistibly to where the treasure is buried. They sell for a big price—$10 to $50—it de- pends on how much the purchaser has hidden away under his own hearth: stone.” Shapes of the Satellites. Photometric studies of six of the principal satellites of Saturn, made by Guthnick, indicate a confirmation of ithe previous conclusions of other ob- servers that several, and perhaps all, of these satellites behave like our own moon in keepirg always the same side toward the planet around which they revolve. In regard to the satel- lite named Tethys, an interesting hy- pothesis is offered to account for its very marked changes of luminosity. The theory is that Tethys possesses the form of a long ellipsoid, the two principal axes of which are to one an- other in the ratio of five to two. A similar suggestion has been made con- cerning the shape of the asteroid Eros, which likewise exhibits great va- riations of light, according to its posi- tion in its orbit around the sun— Harper's Weekly. » a0~ Indian Rice Rolls. The cultivation of rice in Indla in- cludes divers varieties, differing in size, shape and color of grain, as well as in suitability for culinary purposes. More than seventy million acres are annually put under rice in India, and samples of all the varieties produced have recently been analyzed in Eng- land. One of these is peculiar in that it is too glutinous to be boiled in the ordinary way. Thi# difficulty is avoid- ed by boiling it in bamboo tubes, and after being thus prepared it is left in the tubes to be eaten cold, especially by travelers. When the rice is eaten the bamboo is peeled off and a long roll of rice appears, which forms an excellent substitute for bread.—Harp- er'’s Weekly. Human Fellowship. In trying to find a basis of univer- sal fellowship, what is the first con- sideration? Not money. That is not & basis for fellowship. Of course, there are exceptional circumstances when money may pay for travel and | culture and so aid in the formation of character. But money is rot a guaranty of either culture or, 1c & ality. It is the work we do in | the world, not the money we have, that qualifies us for fellowship. Every known being must do his work well in the world, whether it is paid for or not, in order to qualify for the fellow- ship of the common life.—Twentiéth Century Magazine. | Cruel Name to Give Child. The most burdensome name ever pbestowed on a child was that given by Arthur Pepper, a laundryman of West Derby, Liverpool, to his daughter. It comprised one name for every letter of the alphabet, and was certainly in- genious in its way, running Anna Bertha Cecelia Diana Emily Fanny Gertrude Hypatia Inez Jane Kate Lou- {se Maud Nora Ophelia Quince Rebec- ca Starkey Teresa Ulysis Venus Wini- fred Xenophon Yetty Zeno. P, of course, was provided in the surname, Pepper. "'"#AD TO GIVE BRAIN A REST| THOMAS CARLYLE ON WAR Great Scotch Philosopher Induiged In Some Severe Strictures as to Its Effect and Necessity. What, speaking in quite unofficial language, is the net purport and up- shot of war? There dwell and toil in the British village of Drumrudge usually some 500 souls. From these there are successively selected, during the French war, say thirty able-bodied men; Dumrudge, at her own expense, has suckled and nursed them; she has, not without difficulty and sorrow, fed them up to manhood and even trained them to crafts, so that one can weave, another build, another ham- mer, and the weakest can stand under thirty stone avoirdupois. Neverthe less, amid much weeping and swear ing, they are selected, all dressed in red, and shipped away at the public charge some two thousand miles, or 8ay only to the south of Spain, and fed there till wanted. And now to that same spot are some thirty simi- lar French artisans, from a French Drumrudge, in' like manner wending; till at length, after infinite effort, the two parties come into actual juxtapo- sition; and Thirty stands facing Thir- ty, each with a gun in his hands. Straightway the word “Fire!” is giv- en; and they blow the souls out of one another; and in place of sixty brisk, useful craftsmen the world has sixty carcasses, which it must bury' and anew shed tears for. Had these men any quarrel? Busy as the devil 15, not the smallest! They lived far| enough apart; were the entirest | strangers; nay, in so wide a unlverse,l there was even, unconsciously, by commerce, some mutual helpfulness] Detween them. How then? Simple ton!. their governors had fallen out; and, instead of shooting one another, had the cunning to make those poor blockheads shoot!—Thomas Carlyle. SPOT THAT DRAWS BAfHERS Natural “Shoot the Chutes” on Island of Kauai Furnishes a Delightful Amusement. There is a natural “shoot the chutes” on the Island of Kauai which would make the fortune of an amuse- ment manager if it could be trans- ferred to the United States. Kauai is sixty-five miles northwest of Honolulu, and has a volcano of its own near Kalao, but now extinct. Down one side of this lava-coated volcanic moun- tain rushes the Kopaa, a deep, wide stream of delightfully clear, cool wa- ter. Half way in its rapid descent it takes a leap of twenty feet over a| lava cliff, and, pouring downward with accelerated speed, ewm:pties into a pool ! fifteen feet deep and fifty feet wide. For fifty feet above tke pool the wa- ter has cut a deep channel in the lava, with a floor as smooth as glass. Down the curves of this natural chute the bather slides swiftly to the pool below. So steep is the chute and g0 rapid the descent that it is only & second after the bather launches himself into the stream from a natural platforra of lava above before ke plunges into the crystal pool at the bottom. Visitors to Honolulu go all the way to Kaual to enjoy the Kopaa sljde. First Presidential Elections. In the early days of the republic the electors were chosen by the legis- latures of the different states and voted without any formal instructions for' two persons, the person recelving the highest number of votes becoming president and the next highest vice- ., president. At the first election, in 1789, there were ten states voting and 69 electoral votes. George Washing- ton received all the electoral votes, 69, and John Adams of Massachusetts re- ceived 34 votes; John Gay of New York, 9; John Rutledge of South Caro- lina, 6; John Hancock of Massachu- setts, 4; Samuel Huntington of Com- necticut, 2; George Clinton of New York, 3; John Milton of Georgia, 2; James Armstrong of Georgia, 1; Ben- jamin Lincoln of Massachusetts, 1. Bo Washington became president and Adams vice-president. This practice _ continued several years. Another Enemy of the Fly. | The fly has an effective enemy other than the hand that wields the swatter, | This is the parasitic fungus known | a3 the Empusa muscae. This fungus is a deadly enemy of -the house fly, and it must destroy myriads of these | pernicious insects, especially in the | fall. The flies may often be seen in | & dead or dying condition on walls, j ceilings and window panes, surround- ed by a quantity of white powder— 1 1. e, the spores of the fungus which | have fallen from the insect's body. These spores are capable of infecting other flies which may come in con- tact with them. Whether the flies actually eat the spores, or merely get them attached to their bodies, appar- ently is not known. lession of Motherhood. It is a difficult profession—this pro- fession of motherhood. In the animal kingdom, as the offspring grow older, the parents withdraw their ministra- tions, but in the human family the older the children grow the more di- plomacy and enthusiasm is* needed | by the ruling spirits. When the boys i begin to get unruly and the girls be- ‘gm to get silly—as the husband gets : less ready to make an effort and more willing to sit quietly by the fire in the evening—then it is that many a fam- {ily drifts apart. But the mother can {have no holiday. She must always be on tap. The only difference is that as the children grow older she must pretend that it is they and not she who are managing affairs.—Agnes Ed- wards Rothery, in the Home Progress Magazine. Moving Pictures in Japan. Japanese take the moving picture seriously. The favorite theme is the mllegorical play that represents the warrior fighting for righteousness. Next in popularity comes the pathet- ic picture of the father who has lost his fortune, but who will educate his favorite son at any sacrifice. The ed- ucational fllm is also popular, and there is applause for good scenery. The love story 18 never represented In the Japanese moving picture. China also is a great lover of the cine- matograph and willingly accepts a wide range of subjects, drawing the line at nothing except indecency. The favorite pictures in Turkey are those of American cowbvys and Indians as well as detective dramas. S S o > = 2 4 BEMIDJI v FIRST_ APPLICATION " DARKENS THE HAR A Simple Remedy @ives Color, Strength and Beauty to The Hair. You don’t have to have gray hair or faded hair if you don’t want to. Why look old or unattractive? If your hair is gray or faded, you can ichange it easily, quickly and effec- tively by using Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy. Apply a lit- tle tonight, and in the morning you will be agreeably surprised at the re- sults from a single application. The | gray hairs will be less conspicuous, and after a few more applications will be restored to natural color. Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur also quickly removes dandruff, leaves the !scalp clean and healthy, and promotes ! the growth of the hair. It is a clean wholesome dressing which may be used at any time with perfect safety. Get a fifty cent bottle from your |druggist- today, and see how quickly it will restore the youthful color and beauty of your hair and forever end the nasty dandruff, hot, itchy scalp and falling hair. All druggists sell it under guarantee that the money will be refunded if you are not sat- isfied after fair trial.— Adv. ' TRY A WANT AD & v . Ol H €, oot "' i ‘.L‘ Bl { o ¢ 5 PR i i 4