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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-10-28
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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-10-28

Miss Bertha Stanley, teacher of the
Lambertson school, visited with Mrs.
Emory Chickering last Wednesday.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-03-11
Exploiting the Antique.

A gang of swindlers arrested by the
Toulouse police had for stock in trade
a beautiful antique cabinet and con-
siderable stock Of audacity. With
these they took, for short lease. a
historic chateau near Toulouse, in
stalling venerable old lady to play
the part of owner. Then they found
collector of antiques, persuaded him
to visit the chateau and sold him the
really valuable cabinet at a good
round price. After the bargain was
concluded they invited the victim to
lunch, and while he was eating the
meal the real cabinet was replaced by
perfect imitation, which the victim
carried off with him. The swindlers,
before their arrest, succeeded in selling
their cabinet thirty-three times, at
prices varying from $500 to $4,000.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-03-11
WINGED BURGLARS.

Buchner in his psychic Life Of
Animals speaks Of thievish bees
which, in order to save themselves the
trouble of working, attack well
stocked hives in masses, kill the SEN
tinels and the inhabitants, rob the
hives and carry off the provisions.
After repeated enterprises Of this de-
scription they acquire taste for rob-
berry and violence. They recruit whole
companies, which get more and more
numerous, and finally they form reg
ular colonies Of brigand bees. But it
is a still more curious fact that these
brigand bees can be produced arti-
flcially by giving working bees mix
ture Of honey and brandy to drink.
The bees soon acquire taste for this
beverage, which has the same disas-
trous effect upon them as upon men.
They become i'll disposed and irritable
and lose all desire for work, and final
ly, when they begin to feel hungry,
they attack and plumber the well sup
piled hives;
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-03-11
ENGLISH Huntinu Dress.

When out hunting everybody should
be dressed as a gentleman, and the
most detrimental thing to fox hunting
is the modern innovation Qeally gross
laziness and an insult to the hunt and
the MASTERY of young gentlemen COM
ing out dressed in rat catching clothes,
shooting caps and fancy costumes of
their own, and much harm is done.
There is nothing the farmers dislike
so much as this habit, for they never
know whether such persons are rough
riders or gentlemen or people from the
towns or who they are galloping over
their land and over their fences.
There is but one proper and legiti-
mate fox hunting dress for gentlemen,
and that is red and black coat, white
breeches, top boots and high hat, and
certainly thirty years ago nobody
would have dared to come out dressed
otherwise. Where the hounds belong
to the country, landowners are en-
titled to wear the hunt button, but
do not think that this entities the sub
scribers to wear it unless they are in
vited to do so by the master or by the
committee, as the case may be.-"The
Highest Authority" in Baily's Maya
zine
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-03-11
SEEING THE ALPS.
Tourists Who Do Their Mountain
Climbing by Telescope.

The tourist of today who visits the
Alps and who lacks the physical en-
durance or whose time Is too limited
to make the ascent of some Of the IA
nous peaks nevertheless is able closely
to survey the panorama Of mountain
scenery through the medium OF power
full telescopes located at the terminals
of the mountain railroads. By this
means the rocks and glaciers and pc
culiar formations of these historic
mountains may be carefully studied,
though the spectator need not ap-
proach them within many miles.
Each of these mountain telescopes Is
mounted on a forked cradle and is so
nicely balanced that its position may
readily be fixed by the tightening of
small thumbscrews after the focus
has been adjusted with band wheel.
The magnifying power of the fnstru-
ments varies from 35 to 116 diameters,
but is adapted for landscape observa-
ton only.
When weather conditions are suita-
BILE, climbers on the Titlis may be seen
through the telescope at Uetliberg,
near Zurich, distance of forty miles,
and the hotel on the Faulhorn, sixty
miles away, may be recognized. Every
step of the toilers on the slopes Of the
Matterhorn can be followed by means
Of the instrument on the Rtffelalp
above Zermatt Several lives have been
saved by the means of these glasses,
for signals of distress on the noun
tains are seen by the watchers at the
telescopes.-Harpers.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-03-11
Wild Animals Asleep.

It is always pretty sight to come
upon wild animals asleep, so graceful
are their attitudes. The fox curls him
self up with all the charming, luxuri-
GUS air Of a cat. He rests his head in
the lap of the two front pads, then
twines his brush neatly round over his
long pointed nose. He is light sleep
er, but hares and rabbits are still more
easily reused.
We believe they sleep with their eyes
wide open. The uncapped lenses of the
eyes remain active through sleep, SO
chat any vision Of danger impressed on
The retina conveys an automatic alarm
10 the slumberer's brain. People are
sometimes puzzled when Tn open fields
they notice dozen or more hare forms
within a few yards of each other.
They may conclude hares swarm in
those fields. Probably the reason for
the many forms is that hare likes to
face the wind when sleeping and 50
scratches out many forms to suit the
winds changing directtons-st James
Gazette.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-03-11
BEARDED LADIES.
A Partisan Snowman Says They Are
Quite Numerous.

Quite numerous
An Englishwoman who confesses to
a mild mania for attending the street
fairs common in and around Paris
says that she is always impressed by
the extraordinary number of bearded
ladies among the attractions.
81 was inclined to think that they
were fakes" she says in the London
Gentlewoman, "but when I discovered
that they were quite genuine my sur
prise at this wonderful supply of
phenomena grew stronger. And when
a few days ago I saw at the fair in
the Avenue d'Orleans lady exhibited
with a long flowing beard I could no
longer withhold my curiosity.
81 applied for information to gen
tleman well known in the Snowman
world and who acts as kind of agent
to the people owning shows, supply
ing them with the necessary goods,
human and otherwise. This gentle
man appeared surprised at my ques-
ton.
"'Bearded ladies! he exclaimed. Il
can find as many as like. You have
no idea how many women, if they
liked, could rival men as regards
whiskers and mustaches. But they
are not anxious to enter into that
kind Of competition
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-03-11
THREE EMPIRES.
Governments That Practically Sprang
Into Being Overnight.

Governments That Practically sprang
Into Being Overnight.
Prior to Jan. 1S, 1871, the German
empire, as we know it today, had no
existence. Instead 1t was tumble
Of kingdoms, states, duchies, grand
duchies and principalities, all Joined
together by like language and COM
mon political aspirations, it is true, but
otherwise quite separate and distinct.
Then came the historic ceremony in
the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles. Par
is had just been captured by King
William of Prussia, and it was held to
be fitting time and place to proclaim
him the first German emperor. Never
since the dawn of history was an en-
pire born more dramatically.
By strange irony of fate, too, its
birth took place amid the ruins of the
French empire, itself the creation of a
day, or, rather, to be strictly accurate,
Of night. France went to bed on the
evening of Dec. 1, 1851, a republic.
When it awoke next morning it was
an empire. During the hours of dark
AcSS OcCh OSCupiOd NY
troops, and the prince-president had
become Napoleon III.
Equally sudden and almost as sensa-
tional in it's way was the birth of the
modern Greek empire. After the yoke
Of the Turks had been thrown off in
the war Of independence the country
became republic. But the people
u -
government and promptly proceeded
to assassinate their first and only pres
ident. Then they met together, elect
ed king and settled themselves down
to be ruled by him in quite orderly
and contented fashion.-San Francisco
Chronicle.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-03-11
ANATOMY.
A More or Less Helpful Lesson For
Beginners.

- iuoTC VI LCSS TbSiRt6t -SSSOn TOT
Beginners.
Proceeding in a southerly direction
from the torso, we have the hips, use
full for padding, and the legs. The
legs hold up the body and are some
times used in walking, but when rid
ing in automobiles they take up valu-
able space which otherwise might be
employed to better advantage.
Attached to the legs are the feet.
Some varieties Of feet are cold Some
people are born with cold feet, others
acquire cold feet, and still others have
cold feet thrust upon them.
The surface Of the body is covered
with cuticie, which either hangs in
graceful loops or is stretched tightly
from bone to bone.
On the face it is known as complex
ion and is used extensively for COM
mercial purposes by dermatologists.
painters and decorators.
Between the cuticle and the bones
are the muscles, which hold the bones
together and prevent them from fall
ing out and littering up the sidewalk
as we walk along.
Packed neatly and yet compactly in
side the body are the heart, the liver
and the lungs; also the gall, which in
Americans is abnormally large.
These organs are used occasionally
by the people who own them, but
their real purpose is to furnish sur
geons a living.-Thomas L. Mason in
Lippincott's.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-03-11
When Animals Are LII.

Said a prominent veterinarian: can
imals when sick are the most helpless
and appreciative Of all creatures, and
the way Of administering relief and
medicine in many instances is as novel
as 1t is effective. The most savage and
revengeful animals during spells of Sc
we're pain are, as rule, as docile and
tractable as child. Relief must come
from human being, and come quick
ly, and they seem to know 1t. The
most vicious horse when groaning
with pain would allow a mere child to
administer relief, and many of the
wild animals when in sickness seem
to forget their savage instincts"
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-03-11
A REAL CLOUDBURST.
One That Descended Upon Mountain
In Scotland.

One That Descended Upon Mountain
In Scotland.
What real cloudburst is like is de-
scribed by Scotland correspondent OF
Country Life: "a cloudburst OF e1-
ceptional size descended on the Calrn-
gorm mountains, and an old watcner'
who has his hut almost exactly wnere
the cloud burst, gives the Following ue-
tails: On July 10, 1901, the morning
opened brilliantly fine and warm, Win
a cloudless sky and brilliant sunshine,
but toward noon heavy clouds formed
on the hills, and it rapidly became SO
dark that 1t was almost Impossible to
read. He was standing in the door OF
his hut, when suddenly he heard from
the hill across the glen report like
thunderclap, followed by a noise ike
the tearing Of linen, only thousand
times louder and more maJestlc III
sound. Then he noticed that a sol1d
mass of water had struck the hilltop,
and part of it, bounding up again with
the force of the impact, had descended
on the hilltop Immediately behind his
hut. Immediately afterward ire
mendous volume of water came pour
ing down both hillsides, forming great
riffs in the hills as it swirled, irres1stl-
BILE in it's course, down rocks ana
stones. The channel the flood scooped
out was in places quite twelve feet
deep, and large rocks were tossed down
it's course as if they had been pebbles
The sand and stones brought down by
the water so damned up the river Dee
that quite an extensive loch was
formed. During the time Of the cloud
burst the weather mile or two up the
glen remained fine, but to the south
the clouds were black as night"
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-03-11
A Free Handed Prince,

The following is told Of the famous
Prince Of Conde. He left his son,
aged nine years, 80 louis dor to spend
while he himself was absent in Paris.
On his return the boy came to him
triumphantly, saying:
Papa, here is all the money safe.
/ have never touched it once"
The prince, without making any re-
ply, took his son to the window and
quietly emptied all the money out of
the purse into the street. Then he
said:
"If you have neither virtue enough
to give away your money nor spirit
enough to spend it, always do this for
the future, that the poor may have a
chance of it,
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-03-11
CHiNA's GRAND CANAL.
Sometimes 1t Holds Water Enough to
Float the Boats.

Float the Boats.
OF some of the crude and outgrown
methods used on China's Grand canal
q writer in the North China Daily
News remarks: "The junction Of the
real canal with the Wei river was not
by means Of lock, but simply high
and steeply sloping mud bank, over
which the grain vessels had to be
dragged by the force of perhaps many
hundreds of men. 1t should be borne
in mind that in China the lock of a
canal is not much more like our idea
Of what that name connotes than it is
like a paddock Amid constant and
often serious changes of level, with an
uncertain and not infrequently a
scanty supply, of water, and with a
grain fleet which Travelled in blocks of
some eighty vessels under one officer,
it was necessary to devise some way
for keeping them together and for
transferring them as a consolidated
unit with this in view.
"For this reason a Chinese lock on
the Grand canal is nothing but stone
gateway into which large boards may
be lowered through a groove in the
stones, restraining most of the water
from its flow, until there is a depth
sufficient to float all the craft, when
the boards are pulled up and the en-
tire feet passes through.
"After this the boards are again
lowered for another division Of the
grain boats. In case the water gives
out-a by no means unlikely occur
rence-there is nothing to do but to
wait until more comes from some
where"
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-03-11
A Birdseye View.

The following incident occurred dur
Ing terrific thunderstorm at the home
Of a contractor who lives in the vicini-
ty of Tampa, Fla. The contractor and
his family were sitting on the veranda
watching the storm when a bolt Of
lightning struck a tree, not fifteen feet
from where they were sitting.
The shock was terrific, but no one
was injured, although they were all
badly frightened. The young son, with
great excitement, was telling that he
jumped two feet high.
"How do you know you jumped SO
high?" said his father.
why" said Johnnie, 'I looked down
while was up."-Youth's Companion.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-03-11
Waaners Swan.

What interests me about Wagner,
says writer in London Opinion, is his
affection for live beasts and animals.
In "Siegfried" we have a dragon, and
in "Lohengrin," as you are all aware.
there is very beautiful swan. When
the late Sir Augustus Harris produced
this latter opera something went
wrong with the bird. Just before the
rise of the curtain, therefore, the au-
dience was considerably surprised and
startled to hear the indignant voice Of
one of the stage hands resounding
from the realms behind inquiring with
characteristic vigor, whats the mat
ter with that internal duck?''
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-03-11
The GREYHOUND.

Various explanations have been CIV
en- of the origin of the term grey
hound, some authors claiming that the
prefix grey is taken from Graius,
meaning Greek, others that it signifies
great, while still others say that it has
reference to the color of the animal
In no other breed of hounds is the
blue or gray color so prevalent, and
consequently the last mentioned deri-
vation seems the most plausible-Lon-
don Notes and Queries.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-03-11
A PARTISAN HAIR CUT.
It Is Expensive at Times, but Always
SociabIe Affair.

q SSSi0S'C FNhoii'
The Paris hairdresser cannot be per,
suaded to do anything more than pre-
tend to remove little hair. 1t almosl
breaks his heart if you insist on 6
serviceable cut.
The price charged is sometimes a
painful surprise to the unsuspecting
visitor. He has been warned to avoid
those establishments where the tariff
is not displayed and SO does not hesi-
tate when he sees the announcement,
"Hair Cutting, 1 Franc"
When the operation is over, how
ever, he is little hurt at being asked
for 8 francs.
If he knows enough French to un-
derstand, he gathers that 1 franc is
for the hair cutting, franc for ''fric-
ton" and l franc for perfume"
Frenchmen pay these charges with.
out complaining and seem to enjoy a
visit to the BARRIERS. AS they gener-
ally go to the same shop-and French
men have their hair "cut" once a week
the assistant becomes their confden-
tial friend.
His customers discuss with him their
love affairs, their ailments and lastly
their business.
He is also supposed to be great au-
thorfty on horse racing, but he is too
prudent to act on his own tips and
generally manages to save enough
money to start in business for himself
London Mail.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-03-11
The Bah.

The East Indian teacher who founded
the cult known as ''Babism" was 1.-The
Bab"-Mirza Ali Mohammed. He was
born in Shiraz, Persia, in the year
1920. He was trained at first to COM
mercial life, but pilgrimage to Mecca
awakened in his heart the religious
zeal which made him devote his life
henceforth to developing the faith
which he held. Upon his return to his
native city in 1914 he assumed the
title of Bah, or Gate" leading to the
truth. In the eyes of the orthodox
Mohammedans the tenets Of the Bal,
were rank heresy, and he was taker
to Tabriz and shot.-New York Amer
ican.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-03-11
One Reason.

There may be two reasons for a
thing, both equally true, and it may
be the height of folly to attribute the
effect to both. A gentleman to whom
art was strange thing asked friend
to whom the ways Of its votaries were
more familiar:
"Why does Conneray stand off and
half shut his eyes when he looks at
the pictures he is painting? I was in
his studio the other day, and he made
me do it too"
'That's simply explained" replied
the other. "Did you ever try to look
at them near to, with your eyes wide
open? Well, don't. You can't stand
it,"-Youth's Companion.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-03-11
DIFFERENT STYLES.
How Meredith and Browning Might
Describe the Same Incident.


Describe the Same Incident.
If Browning and George Meredith
were describing the same act they
might both be obscure, but their OBJ
scurities would be entirely different
Suppose. for instance, they were de-
scribing even so prosaic and material
an act as a man being knocked down.
stairs by another man to whom he
had given the lie. Meredith's descrip-
ton would refer to something which
an ordinary observer would not see or
at least could not describe. 1t might
be a sudden sense of anarchy in the
brain of the assaulter or a stupefac-
tion and stunned serenity in that Of
the object of the assault.
He might write: "Wainwood's men
vary in veracity' brought the baronet's
arm I'D. He felt the doors of his brain
burst and Wainwood swift rushing
of himself through air, accompanied
with a clarity as of the annihilated."
Meredith. in other words, would
speak queerly because he was describ-
ing queer mental experiences. But
Browning might simply be describing
the material incident of the man being
knocked downstairs, and his descrip-
ton would run:
What then? "You lie" and doormat be-
low stairs
Takes bump from back.
This is not subtlety, but merely
kind of insane swiftness.-Gilbert K.
CheSterton
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-03-11
Didn't Wait For II,

A couple of Scotch ministers were
taking dinner together one summer day
In a little manse in the highlands. 1t
was the Sabbath day, the weather was
beautiful, and the bubbling streams
were full of trout and the woods full
Of summer birds. One turned to the
other and said:
"Mon, don't ye often feel tempted on
these beautiful Sundays to go out fish
tngT"
INA, na,' said the other. "I never
feel tempted. / just gang"
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-03-11
Leadina Up to II.

A young man married against the
wishes of his parents and in telling
friend how to break the news to them
said:
'Tell them first that am dead, and
gently work up to the climax."-Lon-
don Tit-BitS.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-03-11

q drawer for an envelope. 'T had
those few"
He held the envelope toward her,
and for moment she hesitated. She
seemed about to leave the room, but
she turned and faced him again.
"You told me once that you never
would marry an actress" she said
tensely. "Was it because-because you
did not want me on the stage that you
--tha&you wrote as you didT'
'I have made no secret of my ad-
miration for you," said Hartley sim
ply, "and 1 may have made the re-
mark you attribute to me, but it was
with no desire to drive you from the
stage that framed my criticism as I
did"
"Can't you see," he continued pas
sionately, "the awful position in which
I was placed. If praised your acting,
I should have made my paper the
laughingstock of the town. If spoke
the truth 1 knew that 1 should lose
you. Every line Of the story in this
mornings paper was studied that 1
might speak as warmly as I dared
without stultifying the paper"
'It was little better than the rest"
admitted Norma, "but 1 thought you
had been a little kind so that would
not suspect how you had induced the
other critics to be so merciless."
"On the contrary, saw none Of the
boys" he declared. 81 was far too
sick at heart to mix with them and
hear their ugly comments"
"Was I really as bad as that?" asked
the girl wonderingly. II thought it
had the money to hire the theater and
the company. They always jump
upon the rich amateurs, I had heard
I thought that was it. Was I really
as bad as all that?"
"Don't ask me-" pleaded Hartley,
but the pirl persisted.
"You have a good voice and a good
presence" he said slowly. you have
some crude ability, but that is all.
You lack the spark Of genius. Even
money cannot buy that"
"Then you think will never be an
actress?" she asked with quivering
lip. Hartley shook his head, and she
turned away to the window, pressing
her brow to the cool pane, against
which the sleet ratified angrily.
For several minutes she stood thus
looking out into the whirling snow
and hail with unseeing eyes, while
Hartley silently watched her.
He would have given the world to
take her in his arms and comfort her,
but instinctively he realized that she
must fight her battle alone. She was
the one woman in all the world to
him, and yet he dared not speak.
At last she turned, and now her eyes
were smiling, though her lips still
were drawn and white.
"Why struggle against unanimous
condemnation? You must be right"
she conceded. 'I never shall make an
actress, and you said that you never
would marry an actress"
"rd marry you If you were Bern
hardt and Duse in one," he cried, "but
I rather would marry just you, dear.
Will you have me? In spite Of the
blow that I have struck your pride
can you love me?'
II hate to marry a wife beater," she
said, with a wan little smile, ''but,
Frank, I think I'd rather have your
love than to be great actress, and
I don't mind the notice-now."
Jimmie, coming in with a card,
turned and fed precipitately.
II used to think that Mr.. Murphy
had the best Of 1t, goin' to prize fights
an ball games," he said refectively,
"but 1 guess it's Mr.. Hartley that has
the cinch. I'd rather kiss that pippin
than know the hull ball team"
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-03-11
The Anchor

"Captain," remarked the nuisance on
shipboard who always asks foolish
questions, what is the object in
throwing the anchor overboard?"
young man." replied the cid salt,
"do you understand the theory Of seis-
mic disturbances? Well, we throw the
anchor overheard to keep the ocean
from slipping away in the fog. See?'
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-03-11
A BlissfuI Supposition.

Miss Black-Mr. Brown, does you
know whut bird of paradise is? Mr..
Brown-Well, of co'se 1 doesn't know
fob sure, but when 1 gifts ter de mex
worf l wouldn't be bit surprise ter
diskuvah dat it was spring chicken.
illustrated Bits.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-03-11
OVERRIDING 1t a Little.

speaking of economy" says char
acter in one of Life's stories "Gillett
says that he is saving up for a rainy
day."
"H'm! came the response. "His
wife thinks he must be saving up for
another food"