Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 22, 1917, Page 6

EXCITEMENT ON THE BOWERY Hubbub ' Caused by Cry of “Stop Thief” on New York's Noted High- way " Frightens Habitues. A thief chase on the Bowery was a daily occurrence when that famous song was popular. Then the dips and others who infested that thoroughfare would hold up any passerby who they thought had anything that looked like money concealed on his person. But the light-fingered gentry and strong- armed fellows have found other fields more lucrative, according to a New York correspondent of the Pittsburgh Dispatch. The big street is now the stamping grounds of “weary Willies” and bums whose only vocation is to panhandle the price of a drink. So one day re- eently, when the old familiar cry of “Stop thief” was heard the Bowery was almost paralyzed; everybody stood still and watched for thé culprit. Soon they saw a tall, lean and hungry looking youth darting under the ele- wvated pillars, but they made no effort to catch him. When the cops arrived on the scene the man had disappeared. “Where did he go?” bellowed one with a club, who held it threateningly over several men who stood in a doorway. “Did you see that guy running this way? Where did he go? Come on, now.” But no one had seen the thief. ‘While the cops were making their search apathetic, cringing men came from the different doorways to learn what the excitement was all about. “My God,” remarked one frowsy look- ing Individual, as the cops departed, “I was scared it was some guy offering a job.” went up along the iine. MISSING VEST HUNG IN TREE Farmer's Raiment, Containing Money, Disappeared From Bush—Crows Blamed as Guilty Culprits. Spooky things happen and some- times puzzle people. Occasionally they can be accounted for, as in this case, notes Copper’s Magazine. One morn- ing early in August Sayles Turner, an Eastern farmer, went to work in his hay field. As the morning was warm, Turner removed his vest and hung it on a small bush. When he quit work Iate in the afternoon he went for his vest, but it was gone. In the pocket of the vest was $20 in bills. Turner decided it had been stolen. A few days ago Turner and his hired man went to the woods, five miles from his house, to cut wood. The first tree cut was a large hemlock, On a Iimb near the top of the tree they saw an object fluttering in the breeze. The tree was felled and the men went to the object. vest. Nineteen of the twenty dollars werg in the vest pockets. The vest was badly torn, which may account for the missing dollar. Turner be- lleves that crows carried the vest from the hay field and deposited it in the top of the tree. v i Canacties Are Hardy. The canary is a very adaptable lite tle bird, and their biographer says that they seem to thrive ‘in any climate where not exposed to too severe weath- er conditions, and. in spite of the long period they have been protected and held in captivity, they are capable of enduring a surprising degree of cold when hardened to it. In England it is not unusual to find them in outdoor aviaries throughout the year. They also seem, he says, to be able to re- establish themselves i a wild state un- der favorable conditions. In 1909 a brood of domestic canaries was re- Ieased on Midway island, a small, sandy islet in the Hawalian group. By 1914 they had increased until it was estimated that they numbered about 1,000, Grant Got Him a Job. Col. John S. Mosby, the well-known Confederate cavalry leader, had a high opinion of General Grant's magnanim- ity. He wrote a letter, quoted in his just published “Memoirs,” to General Grant in 1885 asking the former presi- dent to aid him in securing employ- ment from some corporation. Grant was then, unknown to Mosby, on his death bed. But he dictated a note to Governor Stanford of the Union Pa- cific, says Mosby, “asking him, as a And appreciative chuckles | It was Turner's lost |. personal favor, to take care of me. 1 was made an attorney in the company and held that position for sixteen years. Ju Grant’s death I felt that J had lost my best friend.” Invented Graham Flour. The use of Graham and whole wheat bread has spread remarkably in the last few years. The inventor of Gra- hum bread and flour was Rev. Sylves- ter Graham, a New England clergy- man} who died in Northampton, Mass., 668 years ago, having devoted the major part of his life to the advocacy of a vegetarian dietetic theory. In 1839 he introduced Graham bread, made of unsifted wheat flour, and thereafter urged its wuse in books, pamphlets and lectures. At first the masses of housewives turned a deaf ear toward his arguments, but grad- ually Graham flour won its way and became an established commercial product. A Bad Precedent. “Why do you want a divorce from your husband?” asked a friend of the family. “Because he isn’t the man I thought he was when I married him,” sobbed the young wife. . “My dear child, a general application BEMIDJI DAILY PIOUNEER PRESIDENT LEADS NATIONAL ARMY MEN President Wilson mirching at the head of the parade which was staged in Washington us a tribute to the first members of the National army. ¢ l ‘Hore’s a *‘Grackerjack” A pneumatic Fountain Ink Well. The name of the well is the ECLIPSE. Nothing to get out of order. No valves, no floats. The ink from the res- ervoir falls into a small cup at the pase, which provides just enough ink to cover the pen. NOT THE HOLDER. 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