Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 29, 1919, Page 4

S { A e e e SSL USSR SR SR e B S s U T R S 3 ] é i 1 54 | i i i | i | 1 i i d s i 4 1 3 [ PAGE FOUR HOW LANGUAGE IS ENHICHED- New Words and Phrases Most Fre- quently Have Their Origin in the b Patter of Thieves. It Is necessary that the language of a nation should be refreshed and strengthened now and then by the in- troduction of new words and phrases, and, as befits democracy, these spring from the soil; not one of them de- scends upon us from the Olymplan heights, observes the New York Her- ald. Neither sclentific nor scholastic bodies ever enrich the common tongue with expressions so apt and full of meaning that they gain immediate and enduring vogue. The slang of the un- dergraduate collegian 18 pitifully in- ept and meager. For anything that can give a new zest to the vulgate we must look to the stage, the gambling house and even to the oplum den and thieves’ resort. Returning soldiers will certainly bring with them much of the argot of fleld and trench of which “cooties” is a sample. The word “joint” as applied to iniquitous and. other resorts comes from the joint of bamboo from which an oplum pipe is made. “Dope” was originally the slang term ‘for opium-— hence “dope” and “dopy.” Innumer- able are the verbal products of ‘the gambling house. Among the common- est of them are “four flushing,” “keep- ing tab,” “standing pat” and “down to cases.” To “give the office” or “of- fice” some one Is a very old bit of London thleves’ slang. The cause of all this is quite ap- parent to the thinking mind. Persons of education and cultivation have a vocabulary of their own sufficiently large and varied to enable them to ex- press themselves without going be- yond its limits, Those who are lack- ing in education sometimes coin words in an emergency that prove 8o expres- sive that they acquire general cur- rency. SUBSEA VESSELS AN.OLD IDEA Inventors Had Thoughts of Such Craft Centurles Ago, as Anclent Records Give Proof. Not In 1660, when Lord Verulam first made a vague allusion to the subject, but in 1648, it seems, was first mention made of the submarine; and then at some considerable length in a memolr publjshed at “The Brazen Serpent,. in Paul’s Churchyard.” And with this discovery comes another, that the submarine, or “Ark for Sub- marine Navigation,” as the author, John Wilkins, terms it, had been tried and found a practical possibility in the days of the civil wars. “Cornelous Dreble” had experimented with “the contrlvance,” *“here in England,” and “found it feasible”” There is some- thing captivatingly Elizabethan about. this John Wilkins, “Chaplain to the Prince Elector Palatine,” and his far- sighted consideration of the subma- rine as a war auxillary. Londoners became acquainted with him one March evening recently, as they opened their Pall Mall Gazettes and dipped into the contents. ‘“Cornelous Dreble and his contrivance” arouse a tantalizing curlosity. Live Stock for Belgium. No one In Belgium rejoiced more heartily when the Germans were driven out than the small farmers whose lot under the invaders'had been made intolerable by the constant req- uisitioning of produce and stock by the enemy. A British farmer, who has just returned from the wide agrl- cultural district arourid Menin, reports that the country 1s now practically _devold of live stock and that tillage and farm operations generally are at a standstill in consequence. Efforts are being made by the agricultura} relief of allles committee to replace the ani- mals In that neighborhood killed or stolen by the Germans with good Brit- sh stock and a first consignment of dairy cattle will be forwarded in the oourse of a few weeks. These animals will, it is hoped, play a valuable part in restocking the farms of the peas- ants which lay across the path of the Germans in thefr march toward Calals, The Fishing Worm, Willlam Brake Is a little fellow ltv- ing in Eastern avenue. Birds, fishing wormsg, crickets and spiders are strange creations to him this year and he has not heen fully able to deter- mine just what kind of noises they make when happy and when angry. A few days ago Willlam was watching & neighbor woman prepare ground for flowers. An unusually large fishing worm came to the surface. “What Is that?” Willlam asked ex- citedly. “That Is a fishing worm.” “@Well, T thought T heard her going ‘tweet,’ ‘tweet’ a while ago when you commenced digging,” he sald, and ran to tell his mamma of the strange animal.—Indianapolis News. Taxes Drive Out Estates. There are, or were before the war, mnearly 1,000 great conntry estates scat- tered over Great Britaln, many of which have now been closed because of the huge taxation. Of these sixty may be classed as private palaces, for each required a staff of from 200 to 600 servants and attendants. Outside of the household servants there were many men employed as caretakers for the grounds, gardens, parks, coverts, outbuildings and stables. — Rocky Mountaln News, On London’s 'Bus Tickets. By simplifying the system of tickets glven to London's omnibus passengers & saving of 100 tons of paper pulp a I98r was effected~=Iadiznapolis Newa Censor Hun Telephone Talks, At first, all use of telephones was forbidden to the inhabitants of occu- pled towns (of Germany), but this rule has been relaxed also. In the French zone the natives are allowed telephone calls within their own city: while in Coblenz the Americans allow this and also permit the use of five trunk lines from the occupled territory into Germany. proper. Thus a German in Coblenz may talk directly to a Ger- man in Berlin. Fxcept in cases of extreme personal necessity, all such calls are supposed to be conflued to the transaction of important business, and’' of. course American army censors “listen in" on every call. This privilege was gveli to the Germans of Coblenz because it Was found that the sudden and coppléte interruption of contact betweer: the two banks. of thg Rhine caused a great deal of ‘inconwentence and suffering.— Gregory Mason in Outlook. WHEN BEATTY PUT Y0 SEA Like Drake of Old, Commander of British Fleet Left the Tennis Court for Battle. Scarcely had I arrived at Aberdour when I learned that some unusual re- port had come in from the ses, Lieu- tenant Hunter writes in the World’s Work. The admiral had arrived be- fore me and continued to talk on his open wire for some moments. The fleet at once dropped from four to two and one-half hours' notice for steam and shortly ntterward*c‘.was making preparation for departure at a mo- ment’s notice. When Sir David came out to the tennis court he suggested that I need not answer the recall signal from my ship as expected, buts return with him. “I don't believe they intend to shove off without me,” he added. We started our ganie, but over the wire the admiral had thrown the scent into the kennels and already the leaders of that great pack, sd apparently listless a short hour be- fore, were bristling and snarling “on the new-found trail. With a pleasant smile Admiral Beatty jerked his racket toward the Firth. From the court which overlooks the entrance could be seen the first of the screen- ing groups as they-slipped quletly to sea. Division followed division, as destroyers, light cruisers and scouts passed on to their appointed tasks The grand fleet was In motion. In motion at the direction of Its great commander in chlef. who, while ac- tually -commanding his fleet by wire, was also my partner In a game of ten- nis. Messages came to him too often for his liking, as far as the game was concerned. Several he dispatched in reply, but it soon became too hot, forelng departure for a sterner game. Found an Executive. The boys {n a small Indlana high school desired a football team, but got no encouragement from their principal, who Is a young woman. Finally they asked her if they could hold a meeting to organize a team. She gave her con- sent, but offered no comment other than, “I'm afrald you boys aren’t goo enough gxecutives to manage such an affalr.” « i The next morning they told her '.[)e result of thelr meeting. “We organiz¢d our team,” they sald, “and, remembe}- ing what you told us about needi good executives, we elected you ca tain.” Scientific Argument. The medical ofticer on a troop train was explalning the nature of the Influ- enza germ to the colored porter. “Well, Cap'n. 'pears to me that that guhm would freéze to death in this cold weather; 'cauge an animal o' that size world hardly have blood enough to keep body an' soul togethah.''—- Frederic W. Ganzert In Judge. OCEAN'S LAW MOST STRICT Among Fishes the Important Fact of Life Seems to Be, “Eat or Be Eaten.” In the Dublin museum a stuffed angler fish, commonly known as a fisl- ing frog, may be seen, its stomach still ewollen by an enormous cod which It had swallowed. In the stomach of the cod were found two large herrings. In each herring were several sprats, while each sprat, in turn, contained & number of tiny crustaceans, or shell | fish. In the salt seas, it is eat or be eaten. The fishing frog, a fish shaped like a gigantic legless frog, and provided with a luminous bait which.it dangles from a long feeler over its wide mouth, has the most prodigious appetite. As many 1s 20 flounders have been found. Inside one fishing frog; another contained 60 herrings. . H Each fish has its speclal prey. Pol- ‘ack assemble in shoals .and pursue the close formations of young cod. They surround the cod, drive them to the surface and devour them. Whit- ing, In similar fashion, pursue and de vour the herring shoals, while hake feed upon sardines. Mackerel will eat any . small fish. They devour enormous quantities of fry, being especlally fond of young mackerels. The John Dory’s favorite food is sprats, while rays are not par- ticular; they will devour any fish that come their way, . 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NORTHROP Osteopathic Physician and Ibertson Block Surgeon Office Phone- 158 DRS. GILMORE & McCANN Physicians and Surgeons Oftice: Miles Blook - A, V. GARLOCK, M.D. Eye—Ear—Nose—Throat Glasses Pitted , DR. E. A. SHANNON, M.D. Physician and Surgeon 2 Olglce in Mayo Block T Phone es. Phone 397 o, ° .N DR. E. H. SMITH Physician and Surgeon Office Security Bank Block DR. EINER JOHNSON' Physician and Surgeon Bemidji, Minn. . LUNDE AND DANNENBERG . Chiropractors Hours 10 to 12 a. m. Phone 401.W 2tob, 7 to 8 p. m. Calls made. 1st Nat. Bank Bldg. Bemidji l DENTISTS DR. D. L. STANTON DENTIST " Office in Winter Block "DR. 3 T. TUOMY BXTIST North of Markham Hote' Gibbons Block o Phane * DR. J. W. DIEDRICH DINTIST Oftice—O'Leary-Bowser Bld, PhonosOmiee T10W Res $T6-R LAWYERS GRAHAM M. TORRANCE LAWYER ; Miles Block " Phone 560 " VETERINARIANS D. R. BURGESS, D.V.M. VEBTERINARIAN Office Phone 3-R, 3rd St. & & J. WARNINGER VETERINARY SURGEON Oftice and Hospital 8 doors west of Troppman’s. Phone No. 209 - 3rd St. and Irvine Ave. _BUSINESS o TOM SMART Dray and Tramster Res. Phone 58 Oftice Phone 12 818 America MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS - Pianos, Orgaus, Machines 514 Minnesota Ave., Bemidji . ' " Prone W NORTHERN MINN. AGENCY Dwight D. Miller WE CAN Ins A ome eaything Auuhas GENERAL MERCHANDISE Grooeri oceries, Dr; n%.,”::'o. Shoés, ¥Flour W. G. SCHROEDER Bemidjt Phone 66 ENTERPRISE AUTO CO. Auto Livery and Taxi Service Day and Night Service Office Remore Hotel, Cor. 3rd St. & Beltrami Ave. Office Phone 1 Residence Phone 10]. WM. M’CUAIG Manager HUFFMAN & O'LEARY FURNITURE AND UNDERTAKING Director PHONE 178-W or R Defective H. N. M’KEE, Funeral \