Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 12, 1919, Page 2

PAGETWO MULES GIVEN SHOWER BATHS Experiment Made by Coal Company Has Had Excellent Resuits and Will Be Continued. The Tennessee Coal and Iron comipany provides shower baths for the mules that work in its mines. Emerging from the subsurface work- ings, grimy with coal or iron ore dust, the animals halt under arches of spray pipes, and stable attendants tirn on the water, which at inter- vals is medicated to exterminate parasites that otherwise might find the animals agreeable camping grounds. This system of bathing the ani- mals is in vogue at most of the mines and the mules have become #0 habituated to regular bathing that they no longer require to be led to the showers. They go under the arches of their own accord and wait for the water. One of the unexpected results of the bathing has been a reduction of feed bills. This, however, has not been entirely due to the shower baths, but principally to the general campaign against winged pests. Free from flies, mosquitoes, the mules, it bas been found, eat less and keep i better condition. g “BREAK” HARD TO EXPLAIN Why One Girl No Longer Sees Any- thing Funny in the Use of Absurd- ly Incorrect Grammar, During my sophomore year in col- lege several of my girl chums and myself used to Jerive a great deal of pleasure in using incorrect gram- mar; such expressions as “ain’t” with as many negatives as possible in the same sentence. While I was at home for the sum- mer vacation period a young lawyer in whom I was much interested called with his mother one after- noon. With tea mother served some delicious home-made cookies. After eating several, the young man turned to me and said: “I suppose your mother often sends you a box of these while you are at college,” and I returned, “No, she ain’t never sent me none yet!” just as I should have, had I been with my college chums. While speaking I was unconscious of the remark, but as soon as I had finished and saw the expression on his face I wished I might vanish for- ever.—Exchange. HIS HARD LUCK. An American Red Cross nurse gerving in a French hospital where American wounded had been sent was approached by a couple of French nurses much excited. Come quickly! An American boy has something the matter with his leg. Every time we move it he says some- thing and we cannot understand.” When the nurse arrived at the bed- side of the American there were a couple of orderlies, several more French nurses and a convalescent patient or two, all trying to do some- thing to his leg, which was in a cast. “What's the matter with it?” asked | gifts THE BEMIDJI DAILY PleBER the nurse. “Nothing,” he said. “Tcrl THE WIT OF CLEMENCEAU. the love of Mike, call them off! I'm trying to tell them it’s comforta- |’ ble.”—Kansas City Star. NATIONAL ANTHEM PICTURED. Teaching the national anthem by means of pictures supplementing the words is the idea of a Philadelphia man, and the method is explained in the Popular Mechanics Magazine. He has caused to be printed al pamphlet, on four pages of which are the words of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” one verse to each page. Be- sides each line is a picture visualiz- ing the idea expressed by the words. These pictures are printed in red ink, which gives a patriotic color scheme, as the words are in blue and the paper of the pamphlet is white. ELECTRIC ARC CUTS ROCK. Use of the electric arc for cutting rock in tunneling operations proved quite successful in recent experi- ments in California. The rock was removed at the approximate rate of one pound a minute, and the cost figured out at about one-half cent a pound.—Popular Mechanics Maga- zine. HIS SUGGESTION. “We’ll have to economize this Christmas, my dear.” “Yes, but how?” “I've an idea. Let’s give your relatives the same kind ‘of cheap i always give my folks.” WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 12, 1919 RAGS Bring us your clean eot- ton rags--no buttons, bands or woolen cloth acoepted. Another piece of M. Clemenceau’s wit is delighting Paris. At a meet- ing of the interallied committee there was a question as to what time they would resume in the afternoon. Signor Tittoni did not want it too early, because he liked to have his siesta early in the afternoon. Mr. Lansing did not want it too late, for he wanted to have his drive in the Bois, and then his siesta before din- ner. M. Clemenceau then summed up. “The meeting will be at three,” ::f:;‘;d'it’ ?}f‘“‘;fl’g‘;:’;“ ci“: :}:g e T R T T after it, and Mr. Balfour and T can sleep during it.”—Manchester Guardian. PHONE 77 FOR YOUR LIVERY CAR Day or night the year round. New Dodge and Ford Cars at your service - - WARD BROTHERS FURNITURE AND UNDERTAKING H. N. 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