Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 19, 1919, Page 21

FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 19, 1919 et et e e T A S : | AFTER SLEEP 0OF CENTURIES Ecclesiastic May Be Said to Have Re- turned to Earth for a Few Brief Moments. There was a little gathering in the green graveyard of an old priory church. There was the rector and an old antiquary in rusty black, a few neighboring squires, the county police sergeant, the sexton and a laborer or two, while an ancient stone coffin, re- cently unearthed, lay on the ground. “Who do you suppose it is, profes- sor?” inquired the rector. The old man in black polished his glasses and adjusted them cavefully. “It must be Thomas DeBoehm’s,” he said. “Thomas who was prior here in the time of Henry IIL, about 1220. But we shall see.” A hush fell on the group as the men set to work with hammer and chisel. “All ready,” the sexton reported presently. They took off their hats and the policeman removed his helmet. The ponderous lid was slowly pushed aside and they were gazing at the calm, strong face of an ecclesiastic in rich silk vestments, wrapped in his 700 years’ sleep. “Yes, it's Thomas,” murmured the professor, with the alr of one recog- nizing an old friend. “Very like the contemporary portrait on the vellum.” As they continued to gaze, spell- bound, a weird thing happened. The vestments gradually lost their color- ing and then all that the coffin con- tained crumbled before their eyes to a mere handful of ashes. i “Dust to dust,” whispered the rec- tor. Very subdued and silent the little company dispersed.—London Times. PHANTOM GAVE GOOD ADVICE Apparition That Appeared to French Shepherd Was Possibly Some Re. lation to the Leprechaun. ¢ Irishman can tell you about wechaun, the little man who dresses in red with a peaked cap, and lives in the ditches. Only one person can see him at a time, and if he does cafch §ight of him, must never fake his eyes oftf for a single moment. Watching him carefully, he must run and catch him, and if he succeeds in doing so the Leprechaun will ransom himself by leading his captor to a creck of buried gold. At least, so runs the legend. Some years ago a French shepherd of Aveyron lost two sheep. The fol- lowing evening a figure in a black robe and with tonsured head appeared to him, and told him to look for the lost members of his flock in a cave near Altes, adding that he would there find “more than sheep.” The next day the shepherd found the cave mouth exactly as described. Inside were his two sheep. Beyond, he came upon a chapel carved in the rock and containing chalices, censers, and candle-sticks all made of solid silver, and of very considerable value. A letter found in a missal showed that the place had been used as a place of t worship during the Reign of Terror In 1793. The shepherd took the orna- wents to his parish priest and was well rewarded for his find. How Asbestos Is Produced. The finest asbestos, and the great- er part of the world’s supply, comes from Quebec. Asbestos is a fibrous mineral that can be spun and woven into fabrics as fine as silk, which are unaffected by temperatures of from 2,000 to 3,000 degrees F. It is found in layers filling fissures in certain ser- pentine rocks. It is believed that, when the rock was forming and still hot, water penetrated the fissures, wid- ened them and dissolved some of the sillca and magnesia. On drying, these crystallized as a hydrated silicate of magnesia, forming threadlike crystals building up from opposite walls of the fissures and meeting in the middle, No one has yet discovered how fine- ly asbestos fibers can be split. A microscope magnifying 900 diameters | revealed fibers that are estimated to be five one-millionths of an inch thick. Facts About Lightning. We see in the papers after a severe storm that “a thunderbolt” has fallen. This and another popular superstition —namely, that there is a protected THE BEMIDJI DAILY PYONE.ER space under a lightning conductor— were finally dispelled by the lightning research committee's report. We now know that the so-called “thunderbolt” is a very powerful flash, which disturbs the ground like a burst- ing shell. The action of a lightning stroke on an Insufficiently protected building may be compared to the ef- fect of a very heavy rainfall on a house which has insufficient gutters and rainwater pipes. The water, before it can escape, will probably flood the bullding. A single lightning rod, fixed to the chimney-shaft, will do its part by receiving some of the flash., Too Crowded. The story of a New York woman who a number of years ago remarked, upon seeing three automobiles on Broadway in a single afternoon, that she “did not know what pass we are coming to,” is paralleled by the fol- lowing paragraph, taken from “Call- fornia Desert Trails,” S, Smeaton Chase's book : “The cowboy's liking for unlimited range was illustrated by my friend's complaint that new-comers were crowding hjm out. A neighbor a mile away In one direction and another four miles off in the other were the grounds of objection; and the road was ‘getting to be a durn boulevard: there were two fellows went by yesterday.’” Empty Speech. I wonder why that man doth bring Unto my bliss a blot ‘Who says some foolish little thing And then exclaims, “Eh, what!" A Candid Confession. “The world owes us a livin’,” sald Meandering Mike. “Maybe it does,” rejoined Plodding Pete, “but I can't see what we've been doin’ most of our lives to put the world under any obligations whatso- ever.” Experience. “A man who has been employed in a piano factory wants to know if we can't give him a job as a film actor.” “How is he qualified?’ “He says he has had plemty of ex- perience in the movie business.” | Subscrive for ‘Ime Dally Ploneer i in the home that is Fresh Cut Flowers specially desirable. i Mahogany Candlesticks Brushed Brass Desk Sets Fancy Candles and Shades Mahogany Bowls and Compotes Smoking Stands in Mahogany ¥y Fresh Cut Flowers Three-Piece to match. = — —] Tapestry and Leather Upholstered Davenports. Parlor Suites. Gateleg Tables with Windsor Chairs Quartered Oak and Mahogany Rock- ers and Arm Chairs. : Upholstered Fibre Rockers. Sleds, Dolls, Rocking Horses, etc. Christmas Boxes, Seals, Paper, Cards and Calendars. The Kenilworth Gift Shop is headquarters for ——— CHRISTMAS SPE/CIAL — S———————————————— — e o ey = - == = o : ONE OF THOSE Girco Gas Room Heaters Would make a most appropriate Christmas gift for your wife and family this weather. || See one in the window of The BEMIDJI GAS (0. Banded Finish Brass Beds. Oak, Mahogany and Old Ivory Bed Room Suites. Living Room Tables, many styles. Period Style Dining Room Outfits. And thousands of other desirable Gift Articles, which is worth your while to look over. Imported Dinnerware, Cut Glass, Hand Hammered Sterling Silver, Rogers and Community Silver in chests and single pieces, Chocolate Sets, Tea Sets, Trays and loads of things for the kiddies, such as Games, Books, Christmas Bells and Wreaths, all fire proof. Christmas Gifts Dinner Bell Parrot Door Knocker Basket Incense Burners G | Book Ends, Basket Carved Wood Frames Jelly or Bonbon Dishes Trellis Pattern Cut Glass Keniiworth Art Glass Hand Decorated Dresser Sets Desk or Boudoir Lamps Fresh Cut Flowers Furniture Truly Expresses the Spirit of Christmas This year people are turning to the giving of things that bring permanent Joy and genuine appreciation. They know that furniture expresses the sentiment of good fellowship as nothing else can, and in addition, it lends a decorative touch 3 . . !t § easy Fo choose a practical gift from the many handsome pieces in our furniture section. Note these suggestions. Sewing Stands Smoker Stands Electrie Floor Lamps Tea Tables Pedestals Tea Wagons Magazine Racks Card Tables Book Cases ] quar Chests Costumers K.itchen Cabinets Cicture Frames The ordinary idea of a gift store carries a bsolutely no.conception of the wonderful variety of unusual and yet exceedingly important and intimately appropriate Christmas Gift Su ggestions shown in the “Kenilworth Gift Section. There are but few stores in all this count ry that afford the public such a gift selection privileges, and, notwithstanding the rare char- acter of the suggestions, the prices range dow n even as low as fifteen cents. Bring your list with you and come in and see this wonderful display. Humidor Fumed Oak Almond and Sherbet Sets Pyrex Glass Baking Ware Japanese Pottery Flower Vases French Ivory Clocks . Decorative Novelties for the Library or Den of Redwood Burl % This is the Leading Store for several reasons—of couse values are better here Huffman and O’Leary fllllll“llllllllllllllII||IIIIIIIIlIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII||IIIIIII|IIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIII|IlllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllIlIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlIIII!IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIII|lllllllllllllllIIIIINIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllIIIIIIIIIlllllllllllllllllll g alh e P b Table and Reading Lamps Art Bronze Book Ends Wood Lacquered Novelties Attractive Smokers’ Articles Crystal Glassware Fresh Cut Flowers ———— - R NN e B e e e e e g o %IIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII|IIIIIIIIIIIIII|IIIIIIIIII||IIlllllllIIIIIIII||IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIII|IIIIIIIIII':IIIIIIIIlI|I|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Open Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday Evenings Before Christmas AR AR pr — i | e | | e 3 P