Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 19, 1920, Page 3

! 1 | » \ | eal' Which Family Con. cd- Netted a Profit of $71,000 “for His lfl,itl. ? It would seem that the plumbers ca] ty for 1finflng money is not nec-. ‘essatlly conflned to his business. Wiliiam ‘B.- McCormick, writing in Arts and Decoration, tells of one with nothing except his instinet, to guide hip who bought a superb Corot. that: enriched his'éstate by many thousands of dollars. - 7 EF During th exhibition” of a~ famous : collection of art objects in New York; twenty-five*years ago, the attendants ~ 'in the gallery where the collection was \ - shown noticed an unfamiliar-and. not * very well-dressed man spending a con- siderable time each day in front of Corot’s “Lake Nemi,” one of the pic-. tures in the collection. On making inquiries they found he was a well- to-do plumber, whblly unknown in the plcture-buylng -world. It appeared later that he told his family he intend- ed to buy the painting if possible and there 'was a_ fine family row over the matter. But he .stuck to his plan and-on the night the canvas came up for sale it was knocked down -to him for $14,000. As long as) he lived his family never forgave him for his. ex- travagance. But they were forced to change their-opinion of his action lat- er. For when the painting was sold after his death it brought $85,000, No single investment of this man's life- time ever brqught him so large a profit. HAD A* 'DEGREE 'OF MERCY Executioners of Chinese Robber, Sen- ~ tenced ..to. Be .Buried Alive, \ Shortened His Agony. A correspondent in China sends the following: "~~~ - ~ G In Ha Tony, n little village just north of Canton city, there lived one Tsao, Ah _Sum, There was shrewd ~sugpicion that he had stolen many oxen—fifteen, to be precise. The,ox s.a sacrosanct beast of burden, and under -village law to steal one is-a capital offense. Tsao Ah Sum stole his last ox"a month or two ago, and { when the -hue and: cry went out he fled. He Was eventually caught and he Mad to face 'trial before the elders of three villages\for he had not con- fined his depredations to his immedi- ate neighbdrhiced. He was found guil- ty and given the maximum -penalty, namely, to be buried alive. On the day of execution the village watchmpn Dbeat the gongs and all the young men of the village gathered around a rec- tange eight feet deep. Beford Tsno Ah Sum, was invited to make his rest- ng place in the hole he was feasted .with winie anM meat while the elders performed sacrifices for the benefit of his soul. =!['h? rite being ended two watchmen' lowered Tsao Ah Sum into the hole, head downward, and -whil all the yourg men. and spectator: shouted the watchmen of another vil- lage shot at the convict with a native gun loadéd with shot which pierced the body, of the victim in numerous . places, y A v Coral Reefs FaF From Ocean. Mention of coral reefs naturally brings to one’s mind a picture of palm- ~ ddtted inlets girt with white sands in a. tropical sea, but- geologists have tound coral reefs in the middle of the great continents, These, of course, be- long to the past ages of the earth's history, and. Paleozoic coralg have been found !n ‘the Timap-Urals and in the Salurlan rocks .of the New Si- berian islands, but the most striking characteristics of these, fossil corals qre similgr to those of 'the corals of today. It s assumed that you re- fer to 2 number of remarkable coral reefs that within recent years have been explored near Bainbridge, on the Flint river, in Georgia. , These reefs are ascribed to the ’.():mary age, and in -one casg a.very “large portion of the reef exposed consisted of coral heads, some of which were more than ¢ foot in diameter. Between 25 and 30 species of- coral have been recog- nized in these reefs. ¥ i i No ‘Husband Is Perfect. | “Don't expect all the virtues in one man. If he is good natured he may be lazy; if he is scholarly, he may be cold; if he is thrifty, he may be stingy; if he is gegerous, he may be wasteful ; if he is smooth, he may be deceitful. -The man who.charms you with his~ fmmaculate appearance Is likely to be something of an old maid; _the man’ who is careful to pick threads off your skirt is prone to pick flaws in you; the man who takes an undue in- terest in the selection of your hats may take dn undue interest in the’bill which comes home; the man who, be- fore marriage, jumps to open the door, lest your fingers be contaminated by the knob, .may after martiage, allow those same fingers to be cohtaminated by the washboard.—Woman’s \@ome. Companion. ' What Size Do you Take? ! Few people understand the mean- ings of the numbers and sizes on ar- ticles of 'clothing, says London An- swers, - - J i Tt hidts and caps the size s one-half ~the sum total of the long and short diameters of the head. In other words, if your head measures 13% inches, your size in hats is 6%. < The' size in gloves Indicates the number of incheg round the knuckles | when the hand is closed. The length In inches of your foot is the “number” you take in socks: women’s hose the length of the leg is usually ‘three times the ieagth of the foot, . Concrete Houses Built in Two Weeks 2 ,\w”‘fi%v. s - An'cxpei‘lment is being made iw sent a crypt-like appearance with yai Lomes can be constructéd within two s Buckinghuinshire, Englind, of building attractive houses with concrete. Constructed a3 bungalows,’the interiors pre- ulted roofs which will. make them des lightfully cool in the sunmimer and warm in winter. -Absolutely’ water-proof veeks. i MUSIC NOW PUT TO WORK No Longer Sufficient That “Concord*of Sweet Sounds” Shall Fall Pleas- antly on the Ear. Materialism can never let art alone; .| but always wantg to puf the horse coi- 1at on it and make it haul something. There was a time when music was the handmaiden of the soul and was asked only to buoy our spiritual selves upon ~| large black ey according™to all accounts, mvist fave been a most unworthy young: winx, She . was “bedutiful ‘enough,= with and a wealth of black hair. that aed ‘a face of healthy pallpi, and: gave excuse forgShake- spearc's refercice to her as the “dark lady.” A 3 _ Shakespeare loved herwith all his heart,-and sye returned bis love for a littlé 'space, and then* became at- tracted to ~the -earli of Pembroke. Shakespeare’s dearest friend. and pa- .|as a present to Dr. James B. Davis, In | life’s stormy sea. The most ‘utilitarian service it was asked ‘to perform was to.soothe the savage breast, and then it was in some degrees brought down from its peak tron. Probably: because she feared what thie poet miglit say, she proceed: ed to_lure him away from Sha Tnvgldom |, ANNUAL I This was abput the. year and, despaff. 1600, and hig sonets written' bei 1598 and: that*datetell the story clear;| enough.® However, lovers of :thie’ bar may have: the satisfactionof kiowing! ‘that the earl and the lady: were ctiught: i thelr ‘amour, and she’ was dismisseq: from the "court;- while the" earl ‘was sent "to .the ‘Tower-of "London.. . She was the daughter: of’ Sir Eds: Fit ton, and at_thetime of her affair with the ‘qramatist was 20 yeads old. She afterward marrled‘,;_n mere irmy cap- son-y romgtly lost sight b Fargo, Nov. 4 is being held, ap onstrhtion is to in their work: & ” 'St. Paul; Nov. Admixturel.of: Wodd: Fiber with Plas- ter-of-Paris - Has Given Most Satisfactery Results. | - P . ' « - < |completed their The stuft we call ;nlnster«)t-nnrls 18 vpsum-ground to powder. When wa- or is added'to the powder it becomes a..stone. ¥ We are familiar witlr plaster' casts,: used for statuary ahd many other put- { boses. There is'no-end indeed to the | employment . to: which plaster-of-patis is put. The wonderful and much-ad: mired bujldings of_the Chicago fair \\'ore}ot “staff,” made from gypsum. | We have in Texas, New Mexico, i Colorado and Kansas beds of/gypsum so vast,.-that they could-supply thé whole waorld for ages without hmport-|}’ [ant diminution of the ‘quantity avayl- Able. They are a valuuble asset; &8 yet hardly touched. e : “ihe United States bureau af stand- ards.has recently made successful’ ex* | i periments in the production of colored | wall plaster, by admixtures of . wood |« | fiber with' plaster-of-paris. .The wood fiber can be dyed any color desired} and the plaster made of any texture. Panels of the material have been sub: | mitted to - the Gypsum Industries asé sociation in Chieago. i secretary 'will and set at the task of accompanying the Fletcherizing in temples of gas- | [ trohomy; next it was tried as an ac- |] celerator ‘on discontented. cows. = De- signed to facilitate the flow of soul, it was found to facilitate the flow of ! +mnk. 2 2 i 1. And now what do we hear? That ‘ o | music has been fgund “efficacious”— think of it, eflicaciBus, that-toiling-and mofling word?—in_therapeutics; good for boils, bunions, rheumatism, gout, b corns and paresis. \ I But’ perhaps 1t is for the best. If music can be of some use in the world instend _of being a)\mere butterfly emotlon, if can better hold its own against all the wild tempests of jazz and sy(lécol)atlnll,r—-h“ H. Collier in St {Louis Giobe-Deniocrat. ; : b P, WANT BOUNDARY LINE FIXED Both Quebec’ and ‘Newfoundland Would Be Glad to Have a Slice /" of Newfoundland. Recent surveys -of thr.r'umr, which have disclosed immeise resources of timber guitable for pulp and :paper manufacture, have led \to a- revival of efforts to bring about a determination ) s ik laid down by actual survey and i{s ki various definitions as given in docun- | ments isstied at,intervals in the Iast-| century apd_a half are so vague that | i government oflicials do not know just | I‘ how much of Labrador belongs to | Newfoundland and how much to Can- | i ada. s | That Labrador is rich in many nat- ural resources, -hicluding enormous . Phone A NEW TYPEWRITER SRIBRON OL SIS \ Our most exacting customers tell us the Ault & Wiborg Typewriter ’ " Ribbon—of Silk—not only effects agreatimprovenentintheappear. ance of their letters but allows a considerable saving in cost owing of the boundary line between New- | i wfi'—‘?lonzel‘hsmfiqflfllifi% You foundland and the Canadian province / may begin enjoying the efficiency of Quebec. This line has never been I and economy of this remarkable ribbon today, simply by telephon. * ingus your order. ¢ . PIOMEER STATIONERY HOUSE Bemidji, Minn. . | \ i 799-J water power, has lonf. been known, hut the practicability-of utilizing its for- ests for ‘paper-making was not dem- oustrated until the world-wide pap sghortage led to exhau e investiga- tons. of the tekritor, his resulted’ in applffations ‘bypromoters to the Newfoundland govériment for timber | limits ‘in Labrador. = As these codld not be acted upon until' it was deter- mined whether . Newfoundiund~owned the land in ‘question, representatives of this colony were;sent to Londofi late -inthe summer to discuss with | eminent English counsel the prepara-- tion of -a formal draft of Newfound- land’s Labrador claims-as opposed to, those of Canada. dex your Records the way : YOU want them § ey Tough Angora Goats. “On a bledk /little island in Mono Iake, Cal, over a mile and a quarter J above sea-level, and_surrounded by America’s loftiest mouitains, the Sier- yrn Nevadas, is a herd of Angora goats, totaling about a thousahd. The wa«! ter of the lake is said to be poisonous, ‘but on the island there is ‘® largze) spring, which suppliés the goats with all “‘the water they need. For the Typothelabel " ~insert it in the Tab, cuf the Tsb._the length desired—and inan lnsun(%n records are :ndeq;d the oy you want most _part _the -pasturage. is merely 1 < Fia rough” serub, and the winter climate m}}tfim ,',";,",'w__ . | in any color—moulded to protect decidedly trying. I ShA Bl the Tabels frmigy The In 1848 nine of the finest Angoms’ Swfimment and hus e of from the royal herd in Turkey. were| i it c;‘fi“nd‘,fi:f m sent by the ofder of the then sultan | oney-saving way of ihdexing records. MAKUROWN Tabs are made in 6-inch lengths and in 3/16, %' 7 znfl%'v@h.h-nflma‘{ eolors. 1déal for every kind of indexing. of South’ Carolina. They were the | nucleus of -the ‘vast herds- that now roam over America,.totaling some60,- | 000. The animal is very hardy and| | practically immune from disease. Tt | will thrive and prosper “where sheep | | and cattle -would' starve to death.. | DESERTED FOET FOR EARL’ | { | Shakespeare’s Lady Lcve Missed o | Opportunity of Sharing in ! His Fame. JFor sale by Pioneer Stationery House Bemidji, Phone 799-J Shakespeare, wgiter of a hundred | | romances, had but-one in his life, ant that was an unhappy one. It wa Nov. 24 lllll!lllllllllllIIIIIIIIl|lllllllllmllll (LT - ... Great ifitérest is being Northern Minnegota will features have been added to ) . DEMONSTRATION BEING HELD nual industrial course demonstration lege: today. ' The object of the dem- afid show tradesmen and farmers the opportunities for being more expert STATE CANVASSING BOARD ment of the ‘offi day night. 9.—The seventh an- the agricultural col-| BONUS BOND $ALES advertise the course St. ed until the fisst of the year. It 1 results - of thy election should be made by Wednés- n ‘The report- of /the state board in (fégard to the" balloting' on president will be sent to Washington. WILL STOP NOV. 26 . P “Banks of fin- nesotu(l ve " pur rufficient bends fo keep the bonus hoard staff busy sending out checks from “ol‘:l oul thewi® due right until Jan. 1. -will meet, and:T: for the {ssuanc xpeet it to provi f borids at an in! paying a discount rate to a bank.” STEEL CORPORATION TO (By Untted Press:) HOLD 'TO PRESENT BASIS. . The legislature m::;, est rate that will attract investora 8o that the soldiers will be able to 6b- tain theif money in full and not have: to accept less thanis due them .in: WIEL MEET NEXT 11)E§DA vasslig - board” will' meet here ,next Tuesday to tabulate the tesu!m of the elections—early this month. County 'canvassing’* boards' have résults to the secretary of state— The tabulations to. the State board when it convenes. and -the board will check 1 the result: have been doing the former soldiers|y an f{njustice to allow them to have ‘|the banks giscount their claims 3% per cent: average of more than $10 » soldier—after that time as it wigild Nave been impossible to,give them their money under fhe present discount plan before January, 1,” Adjt-Gen. W. F. Rhinow, chairman of the state bonus hoard, stated, when he announced that no more ap- plications for purchase of bonds would be accepted from banks after November 25. . Checks will be sent to the vet- to inform | 'he state can- work and ‘sént - the présent’ the ~ county An " announce t; The Thrilling Tale of New ‘York, Nov. 19. \ ington St,ee} Corporation has_decided . | % ‘subsidiary, corporations that the present basic selling prices on all commodities will -continue:in force until it i8 necessary to make changes to ‘meet the altered condi- tions, Chairman E. H. Garry said .in a stateniént today. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE DAILY PIONEER LA mlumuunummmum’mmummunfiuummn i Y s ;" . A Serial Story of Mr. Kilo w{it the Wonders of a Wonder Worker, Told in Monthly Install- . ments by Kilo Watt, himself. P.S.—Don't miss a single chapter E Biggest\Busi- "ness in the World is HOUSEKEEP- ING. = Every Housewife is the General Managex, of an Im- portant Branch®of the Big- gest Business fn the World. Every Housewife who has Servants, wighes she didn’t have to have them. Every Houséwife who hasn’t Serv- ants, wishes she could have them. \ All agree that the Servant Problem today ig the Biggest Preblem in the Biggest Busi- ness in the world, just as the Skilled Labor Problem'is the Biggest Problem of Mana- gers -of All Other Business. I ‘solve the Servant Prob- ’ lem for the Housewife. Those having Servants, can secure Better Service by call- ing upon me to help them with their work; those wish-: ing Servants can have some —MYSELF and My Co- workers. \ g 1 AM the Modern, Ideal" -Servant. T am the Cook. 1 am the Maid-of-All-Work. 1 am the Handy-Man About the House. \ 3 Vacations. Serve. Youth. I shall 4 A Elks Bldg.—Phone 26 AN IIIIl"IO‘IHIIIII!II"I"IIIlIIlI|l|lll||I|IlIllmlllllllllllllII|||‘|Illlllllllllllllllll’lIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII|IIIIIII|I I am at your command, Night and Day. ~“Tuesday, Thursday and Every Other - Sunday Afternvons” find me | On The Job As Usual. I take No - Days Off; No Summer . I and my Co-workers are » Always at Home, Ready to/ 1 Save the Wages of Other Seryants; I Never Strike. I Serve Youth and Old Age Alike; I help young mis- tresses of Homes to retain the Freshness, Health and Strength of youth. the way for’ older House- wives.to Regain the' Fresh- ness, Health and Strength of 1 point tell you Next Month more about Myself « and How I turn Households of Drudgery and Discontent into Homes of Ease and Hap- piness, and . shall Lift the Veil of Mystery that has sur- \ rounded Me, g Present and My Future. Meantime, as Yesterday, Todgy and Tomorrow, I amy i At Your, Service, My Origin, My’ KILO WATT. | ~ Published by * mifNESOTA AND ELECTRIC LIGHT POWER CO. - 25, 26,27, AT NEW KIPLAN gULONG shown in the Beltrdmi Poultry” Show this year and afl the show in general. M GO T T T tepresénted here. Five cups have been offered and many Come and bring your friends. The show will be interésting as well as educational. NN T