Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 11, 1913, Page 10

e e B Won Their Pardons. "7 Prom the time of the story of Damon wnd Pythias various reasons for tem- ‘Porary release from jail have been giv- en. It is related that in the Napoleon- % era a soldier confined in a military Prison for a minor offense against the wervice during a brief time of peace ‘was released in order that he might e present at the christening of his in- ®ant son, born during his imprison- . ment. But Napoleon, in order to test the intensity of the man's desire, made him agree to serve a year longer for the privilege of a three day furlough. The soldier gladly did it and when he returned found a pardon and a cor- poral’s warrant for his infant son, to be valid when the son had “served with credit six months in the emper- or's army of the future.” Frederick the Great released an audacious cap- taln under sentence of death so that ‘the captain might *“tell him a few beneficial things about himself.” The things told face.to face influenced the great king to pardon the blunt death defying soldier.—New York Sun. Beecher Found Them. Henry Ward Beecher used to visit his old friends once a year for many Yyears, but in the latter part of his life he was not able to do this. In his vety last year, however, he was able to spend a day in Indianapolis and went ‘round the place. That evening he was recelved by the ministers, and the chairman in welcoming him said: “Doubtless you find few of your old friends here in Indianapolis after so many years of absence, but we who are here welcome you just as warmly.” Mr. Beecher in reply said: “Your chairman has said that I have found few of my old friends here in the city. It is true. I found only Mr. wee, Mr, — and Mr. —” (naming four or five of the old men of the city). “But this afternoon we drove out to Oedar Hill” (the cemetery), “and I found them. They are all there, sleep- ing just as peacefully as they used to @0 under my sermons.” Speed of Animals, According to the naturalists, no ani- mal is known to have exceeded' the speed attained by the famous race horse Sysonby. Instantaneous photo- graphs show the full length of one tomplete stride of about twenty-six feet. In the stride of the fastest racers the hind quarters and limbs are raised eonsiderably higher than the shoulders and from this relatively great height is brought downward and forward, wide- 1y separating from each other, as a sportsman says, “to.avoid striking the fore legs.” The hare which is hunted ‘with fast dogs has not in reality the ‘speed of the dog. The dog, on the other ‘hand, does not attain the speed of the horse. The giraffe is said to run at the rate of fifteen yards per second under the most favorable conditions. The elephant, going at a rate of two yards @ second, carrles a weight approximat- ing that carried by six horses. Perpetual Silence. A curious mourning custom obtains among central Australians, who, al- though representing perhaps the low- est and most degraded type of human beings. have managed to evolve a most ‘complex system of rites and ceremonies ‘which governs almost every action of their lives. When a husband dies the ‘widow paints herself all over with white pigment and for the space of a year must not exhibit herself to a male Wember of the tribe on pain of death. For the rest of her life, unless she mar- res again, which is sometimes allowed, ‘she must not speak, but communicate ‘with the other women by means of a slgn language, consisting of move- ments of the hands and fingers, which has been developed by these savages to ‘a marvelous extent and by which their limited stock of ideas can be fully ex- Pressed. Fancy Mice, ‘That the rearing of fancy mice can be made not merely an interesting hobby. but also a source of substantial profit, is illustrated by the experience of a Scarborough (England) man, hun- dreds of whose tiny pets find their way annually into the hands of the British admiralty. Tame mice are required principally for use in submarines, ‘They are exceedingly prone.to suffoca- tion. The Scarborough fancler. Mr. Beanland. {llustrated this by covering the palm of his hand with ordinary lquid paint and placing a tame mouse on it. The tiny creature was at once overcome by the smell of the paint and suffocated in an incredibly short time. Byron’s Habits. While Byron was in Ravenna, Italy, he adopted strange habits. It was his custom to rise at 2 in the afternoon, breakfust and ride and dine at 6. Then he would sit and talk antil 5 or 8 in the morning. or. if no company were there. he would write a bit of \under oath, specifically =~meeting and “Don Juan” But his life was like that of Aubrey Beardsley—upside down —the day was the night. In Training, “Have you been to sea in the last six or eight years?” “Not exactly,” replied the mariner, *“but I'm not out of practice. Every ‘evening | go to the club and spend hours in a rocking chair whose motion has given many men seasickness.”— Washington Star. —_— Eugenies. The self made man was speaking. He ®ald: “My father was a raiser of hogs. There was a large family of us.””, And then his yoice was drowned by the applause.—Life. We can do what we to do, udwnnwomflnwm,h B— - 1 e e a— Fat and Fashlonable. According to the Moorish idea of beauty, the chief charm of a beautiful woman is that she can only waddle, not walk. The fatter she is the more beautiful she is considered. If she can attain two or. three hundred pounds of | flesh she is the envy of all her sex. The Moorish shape—if shape it can be called—approaches the perfection of feminine beauty when it resembles, or rather exceeds, the circumference of a barrel. ‘What a paradise for the fat woman! There she can eat and drink and feast to her heart's content, denying herself nothing, living an easy, indolent, luxurl- ous life, with no horror of accumulat- Ing fat, but rather rejoicing in. it. There the ambition of a woman is to acquire bulk. Physical, culture she would regard as an enel!uy to beauty, and to take Turkish baths and diet herself would be considered the height of folly, She wants to be beautiful, and to be beautiful she must be fat.— 8t. Louis Globe Democrat. Why Their Clothes Didn't Fit. The late Admiral Robley D. Evans during his visit to Japan was received by Mutsuhito and his empress at a court ceremony. In speaking of the Japanese court he said: “Hand kissing was not the thing. In- stead, I recelved a handshake from a very shapely and beautiful hand. I found the empress a woman of great refinement and perfect ease. of man- ner, 8o delicate in appearance and so small in stature as to remind you of some fine plece of Dresden china. She was attired in a Paris gown of helio- trope brocade, the bad fit of which I accounted for just as I accounted for the baggy trousers of the emperor. After I had been a year in Japan 1 was satisfied it was owing to the fact that a taflor would not permit himself to touch the persons of their majesties, but just looked at them and guessed ‘what the measurements should be.” Long Lived Spaniards, Though the average age of Spaniards is among the lowest in Burope—thirty- two years and four months, against fifty years in Sweden and Norway— yet Spain remains the land of hundred- year-old people. South of the Sierra Morena there | are fifty to sixty a hundred years old in every million inhabitants. In Ma- laga and other parts of Andaldsia 100 hundred-year-olds - are reckoned in every million inhabitants. And when a Spaniard once attains that age he usuoally hangs on to life for ten to fif- teen years longer. One of the famous long lived men of Spain was Dr. Manuel Barca, who lies buried in the Church of San Sebastian at Seville. having 121 years to his credit, according to the church rec- ord. He left 300 descendants.—Boston Post. Rebsieds Wife—John, wake up! There's a burglar downstairs. Husband—Well, what of it? Ever since 1 got my life insured you’ve been trying to push me to the front.—Milwaukee News. Mother of Eighteen Children. “I am the mother of eighteen child- ren and have the praise of doing more work than any young woman in my town,” writes Mrs. C. J. Mar- tin, Boone Mill, Va. *“I suffered for five years with stomach trouble and could not eat as much as a biscuit without suffering. I have taken three bottles of Chamberlain’s Tablets and am now a well woman and weigh 168 pounds. I can eat anything I want to, and as much as I want and feel better than I have at any time in ten years. I refer to any one in Boone Mill or vicinity and they will vouch for what I say.” Chamberlain’s Tab- lets are for sale by Barker’s Drug Store.—Adv. ; NOTICRE OF CONTEST. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIO. UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE Cass Lake, Minnesota. August 28, 1913. To Frank F. Finch, of Blackduck, Min- nesota, Contestee: You are hereby notified that Manson McNeiles, who gives Nebish, Minnesota, as his postoffice address, did on August 9, 1918, file in this office his duly cor- roborated application to contest and se- cure the cancellation of your Home- stead, Entry, Serial No. 04768, made August 23, 1910, for NW% NW, S tion 11, Township 150N., Range 32W., 6th P. Meridian, and as grounds for his contest_he alleges that said Frank F. Finch has never established his resi- dence upon the land above described nor has he made any improvements whatso- ever and that the land is wholly aban- doned. You are, therefore, further mnotifiled that the said allegations will be taken py this office as having been confessed #y you, and your said entry will be can- celed therecunder without your further ri%ht to be heard therein, either before this office or on appeal, if you fail to file in this office within twenty days after the FOURTH publication of this notice, as shown below, your answer, responding to these allegations of con- test, or if you fail within that time to file in this_office due proof that you have served a copy of your answer on the said contestant either in person or by registered mail. If this service is made by the delivery of a copy of your answer to the contestant in person, proof of such service must be either the said contestant’s written acknowledg- ment of his receipt of the copy, showing the date of its receipt, or the affidavit of the person by whom the delivery was made stating when and where the copy was delivered; if made by registered mail, proof of such service must con- sist of the affidavit of person by ‘whom the copy was mailed stating when and the postoffice to which it was mail- ed, and this affidavit must be accom- panied by the postmaster’s receipt for the letter. You should state in your answer the name of the postoffice to which you de- sire future notices to be sent to.you. LEST! BAR' LERé'gl ’qdl"‘ ster. B. B. WOOD, . .. 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