Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-02-10
Extreme Abse ntmindedness.

sThe uueerest case Of absentminded-
ness that ! have ever known Of" re-
marked the night clerk Of certain ho'
tel, "was that which happened at this
hotel early yesterday morning. Two
fellow boarders. one Jones by name
and the other whose name is Brown.
occupied a room on the third door.
swell, Brown requested me to have
him wakened at 3 o'clock so as to al
low him to catch the 4 o'clock train
He was awakened at the requested
time, and In his hurry to dress himself
he put on Jones' clothes by mistake.
He did not discover his mistake until
he reached the depot, and. would you
believe it''-here the speaker paused
"when he found out that he was wear.
Ing some one else's clothes he imme'
diately returned to the hotel and went
right to'bed.''
II don't see any observation-disclosures
about that" broke in one Of the listen
ers.
"You don't? Why, he thought that ]
tad awakened the wrong man."
Sin Eaters.
"Sln EATERS Of the old days. Ike
"mutes" Of quite recent times. were
hired performers at funerals. In con.
sideration Of sixpence In money.
bowl of beer and a crust Of bread these
sires, as they were called-"long. lean.
ugly. lamentable rascals"-. would by
10 k0t Ia
selves all the sins Of the deceased and
30 tree him from afterwards walking
the earth as a ghost. so that bis soul
might rest in peace. This custom pre-
vailed all over Wales and the adjotn.
Ing English counties and was observed
even down to 1856. The usage Is said
to have arisen from mistaken inter-
probation of Hosea ". 8. ''They eat up
the sin Of my people," The more like
~ origin Of this strange custom Is tho
Levitical scapegoat. A much later rem
nant Of this obtained at Amersden. Ok
fordshire, where. after every funeral.
q cake and f]agon Of ale were brought
to the minister in tho church porch
London Standard.
lcebsrys.
Apparently ice is ice, Of course; but.
strangely enough, there Ii 4 marked
difference in it. Sea water and salt
water in general freezes at lower
temperature than pure water, In doing
which q part Of tn salt separates and
the ice when melted gives water that
u fresher than the original, and along
this same line there exists 4 marked
difference in form between the ics-
bergs Of the two hemispheres. Arctic
bergs are Of irregular shape. with lofty
pinnacles, cloud capped towers and
differing domes, whereas those OF tho
!. southern waters are nat topped and
oolid looking. The former reach the
,ea BY narrow flords, while the latter
are more regular In formation, reach
Ing the open sea by the way Of wide
epassageways and, not subject to the
9rindin9 and breaking efforts OF their
Zopxthern relatives.--PittsburE PresA
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Baked Men.
: Workers in porcelain, factories ars
snterally baked. but BY some. miracle
they remain sufficiently UNDERGONE to
]. live. At least If they ares not quito
baked they endure a stronger heat
than that which browns the Sunday
sirloIn. The furnaces wherein 2orcs-
I lain Is finished are kept at the 6ercest
heat used In any industry. A chain
Of workmen. their heads and bodies
swathed in dreproof garments. take
the finished pieces from the fire one at
4 time and pass them to the cooling
room. The man at the head Of this
| chain-he who stands nearest the fur
nace-can only work in i've minute
shifts. In his interims Of rest he lies
on a mattress drinking glass after
glass Of ice water from the hands Of
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