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The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
A Strenuous and Travelled Rooster

WHEN city boy returned home, not
w long ago, from his uncle's farm in New
England, where he had been for several
months, he carried with him a young game
rooster which had been his care from the
beginning. for he had seen the little chicken
come to life In an incubator and had made Ii
bis pet from the first. Carefully packed in
. basket, young Chanticleer began his Jour
ney. His owner would trust him to no
hands but bis own and deposited basket and
bird safely In his stateroom on the Fall
River boat. In proper season he gave his
charge a ROSTERS supper, and at his own
bedtime, seeing that his pet was well dis
posed for the night, went to sleep to dream
sd the farm he was leaving behind.
All went well till the first streak Of day
light appeared. Chanticleer was not "house-
trained" and being proud Of the lusty, dis
cordant crow be was just acquiring, nature
commanded him to herald the dawn with
true barnyard vigor.
The first few peals fitted themselves beau
tffully into the boys dreams of the farm.
Soon a particularly strident crow walked
him completely and left no doubt in bis
mind that his pet was acting in a very
questionable manner. Growing on a farm,
even badly, may be worthy accomplish
ment, but in the stateroOm of a steamer,
before the passengers want to get up, is
quite another thing.
Evidently the rooster felt more at home
than the boy, for he continued his clarion
call at : quent intervals with increasing
fervor.
The boy rolled out Of his berth and tried
to awe the bird by peering sternly into the
basketN For a moment Chanticleer was
silenced, but the boys eye was not lion
tamer's, and even as be looked the bird
crowed again. At a rough count this was
the tenth peal.
Murmurings of discomfort could be heard
from the surrounding staterooms 'fWring
that birds neck" called out one Ileepy
traveller. A better natured man was heard
to laugh, and more distant came the words
in unmistakably Yankee accents, "Wal, /
swan, II didn't think was back In the
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whippin' dom do no decent chile no good,
and spilin don't do no chile no harm Vas.
ma am, we allus did spare de rod and spils
de chile
Nanny was now Airly started.
Master, he laugh all de time at how
much i know outer de Book about de chile.
'Chilen should be seen and not heard, says
1. Alissis says dat me an master gwine be
the ruination of dem chillen. Den / says,
No, ma'am. Cause keep tellin' de chill
len, Son, hear de destruction of yo' father
an laws sake off yo' mother
''Forsake not the law of your mother"
whispered the southerner to her friend.
''Yas, ma am. When me and de chilleu's
out on de terrace gyardin-dere's anodder
kindergyardin 1 amt tole yo' \ sbout-de
gran'pa he'd say, watchin' de chillen run,
De chile's goes farder dan de man."
Shades of Wordsworth! - whispered the
northerner.
"'Yas, ma'am,' says. Vas. sub.
Cause de chillen dey gittin' de fust legs and
us ole folks is gittin' our las legs. La
See de boy Bless de lamb! Come heah to
yo' nanny, honey. Nanny tell 20 tale
about de rabbit, nah son."
And the three year old ran into mammy's
ample arms and cuddled down trustingly.
81 think she'll do" whispered the
mother.
''Dis chile will do me-" declared nanny,
makins church steeples out of her fat fingers,
to the delight of the boy. "An' l gwine
to do right by dis chile. 1 gwine teach him
mind his manners and behaviors, and say
please and 'Thsnky, a'am,' cause many's
de time / heah missis say, How sharpen is
de serpents tooth to bite dan de thankless
chile.'''
'HaveI the real thing?" asked the north
erner of her friend.
You have; but, oh, the pity of it that
there are SO few left in the warldr'
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phones were quite so common, 60 least for
country places, it was great sport to dis
cover a comet-sport for the family. The
summer cottage is situated on the shores
of Lake Chsmplain, three miles from the
village" which had the nearest telephone.
One night in those good old days Mr.. Met
calf came down from the hill and said. Il
think I've got one One" always means
comet. Maps and charts of the heavens
were Immediately brought out and consulted.
They showed no object in the place where
he thought be saw one. That was en-
couragipg but not final, for comet has to
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made in the same way at South Hero. This
is the largest Photographic telescope used
by Harvard and is the second largest in the
world.
Even Mr.. Metcalf, will admit that his
surroundings. are-well, bit unusual,
to say the least. His observatory in the
summer, when he does most of mis- searching,
consists of box like structure that is just
large enough to hold the seeker" On good
nights he goes up on the hill, - which is in
reality COW pasture, and sets up his in
strument Then for hours, or as long as the
clouds keep away, he sweeps the heavens
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friend speaks Of" stateroom doors slam,
med. The rooster had won the day. early
as it was. In the train from New York to
Philadelphia the Growing went on, and when
they reached the Broad Street Station, the
tally the boy had carefully kept since the
tenth peal showed the alarming record Of
III crows.
1t was not altogether 'bad fun" for the
boy, but it was after all somewhat embar-
RAISING, and he decided that he would not
manage another personally conducted tour
with a young rooster as chief traveller.
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state of Maine, and chore time was here
Strangulation seemed the only cure, and
that the boy would not have inflicted at the
command of the captain and all the boats
officers. The rooster kept on Growing, and
the funny side of the affair struck its owner
more and more forcibly. AS he chuckled
the rage of his neighbors increased. He
soon heard sounds of getting up, dressing and
indignant protests against travelling with q
barnyard.
The angry man said, There's no more
rest on this boat than on the farm our
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move. So after an hour Of impatient wait
ing he went back only to come down soon.
saying that it had moved. But what 10 do
then? There was no automobile TO take
them to the telephone, and that even was
three miles away. If be waited until morn
ing some one else might come across the
comet and put in his announcement first
So there was nothing to do but go over to
the village in their little mortorbost. which
had room for two passengers. While Mrs.
Metcalf stayed at home and saw the boat
wrecked on every reef along the way, Mr..
Metcaf and his young daughter started out
TO telephone Harvard observatory the news
that would in few hours be C-bled all over
the world. The engine skipped, the batteries
were weak, and there was hardly enough
gasoline. This, coupled with the excitement
of the two, made the journey seem endless.
The villagers were a hard working people
and retired early, leaving the shore in utter
darkness, and they only found the wharf BY
skirting the shore and humping it head on.
But after the message had been sent the
little boat took them safely home-st two
o'clock in the morning. But motorcsrs hsvs
taken the romance ont Of life and now il is
only matter of a few minutes to reach
the telephone
ENROM March. 1918, to February. 1919
Mr.. Metcalf retired from the astronomical
world to take his place beside the boys ir
France. 1t WAS much to the disgust of Mr..
Metcalf's son that bis father beat him
over" Mr.. Metcalf saw active service st
the front and was with the Seventh Regiment
during the battle of Belleau Woods and
Chateau Thicrry. He left his boys" only
when forced to by an illness caused by the
gas on the night of July IA.
1t seems as if the comets had just been
waiting his return, for he found the first
ones to be discovered this year. There il
still some controversy over the most i'm
portant of these latest ones, some astrono-
mers saying that it is the return Of th.
comet of 1900. If this is so. it shows up sn
error in the computation of that ones Orbit,
for it was not due for several years ye:
Still others say that it is a brand-Dew one
that will come periodically and will be
visible 10 the naked eye. Ar. Metcaf re
mains neutral in this discussion. BE has
found the comet, and it is either an inter
esting new one or a famous old one that DO
one expectcd-let the astronomers prove
what they like if they can.
Beside these two latest comets, Mr.. Met
calf has three others to his credit, as well
a forty asteroids and minor planets. he
has earned several medals, of bronze and
gold. from various astronomical societies Of
the world, and has won the respect, If not
envy, of all his fellow sesrchers.
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days. His rest was barrel, and as he
turned the disc round and round the red
squirrels scurried in and out among the
leaves wondering what was going on. His
mind wis busy as well as his hands, how
ever, for Mrs. Metcalf would bring her chair
and read to him the latest philosophical dis
cussion, or recent archaeological discoveries
in Egypt or what was going on in the medi-
cal world.
The sixteen inch Metcalf telescope at
Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass, was
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with his trained eye. At the same time he
entertains visitors of various sorts. Friendly
COWS that have been left out over night cone
up to him to find out who the intruder Is.
In the winter time his observatory is
about the same size, but in quite different
place. He would put it in his back yard If
he could. but he can't, for he lives in an
apartment house. He does not mind how
ever, for the horizon is excellent and his
visitors are limited to human ones.
In the days before automobiles and tells,
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BettUeen Friends

ssSAY, old man, tell the truth now: ar.
~ you not a bit jealous of your wife -
the guest asked as they placidly enjoyed the
after dinner cigars.
''Wen," his old-time friend and host sd =
mitted, II am frank to say that I am.
1t is for that reason that / never invite 70
the house any one whom a woman Of In,
least sense or taste could possibly take /.
fancy to-"
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tcoDvrirh.. 1920. by Public Ledger Co.,

broad, much resembling the coffin of some
giant.
From the time he FIRST became interested
In astronomy, Mr.. Metcalf has had a fond.
ness for making his own telescopes that is.
for making the lenses. For one reason, good
lenses are very difficult to obtain because of
their exorbitant prices and because there
are very few places that sell them. To
give an idea of the value of these lenses,
let me say that the rough glass of one of
his lenses before grinding OF polishing cost a
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thousand dollars, and that was several years
ago. 1t was in unusual surroundings that
these telescopes were made. Most of them
we're made at his summer home in South
Hero, VT. where, sitting Under the trees.
he ground and polished the glass with in
finite patience, hour after hour, for many
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-12-17
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The English Emmanuel Lutheran
Ladies' Aid met with Mrs. Albin Carl
son Wednesday afternoon. A very
good attendance is reported. -
Henry Sawyer ia digging a we'll on
his place. Fred Murphy is assisting
him.
The Blue Ribbon girls met with
Edna Larson Tuesday afternoon. The
club is planning to purchase library
for the Union Sunday school. !,
Albin Carlson is working IN. the
Henderson and Lowe camp and Ed
ward Larson is in John Colts camp
near Bena. '.i: ..
The Teachers training class met at
the Alex Sawyer home Friday night.
Missionary Cummings was present
and led the class. y
Dallas Chase suffered broken
wrist as the result of stirring up a
cranky Ford. -. ~
Alfred and Oscar Rogholt have Just
returned from business trip to Fer
gus Falls.
Quite a number Of Buck Lake
farmers intended going to the big
dinner at Bemidji last Saturday but
we're prevented by the bad roads be-
tween here and that city.
Missionary Cummings and Carl Op-
sata of FROM township we're visiting
in this vicinity Friday. =
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-12-17
THE BEMlDJI DAILY PIONEER -"
Sun.R athin1.

1.-THE great trouble with most Of US
Is our tendency to excess" says a
medical writer. I'VE must be mod
crate in all things, but after becom-
ing accustomed 10 the sun and know
Ing just how to receive its rays. it will
always be our friend. We. should adopt
the Roman custom of having at least
one room in our home for solarlum,
This room should face the south and
the window or windows should be
slopine. The sun-bather should be on
n cot before the open window with his
head protected from the direct rays of
the sun. The first bath should not last
over five minutes, but as one becomes
accustomed to sun-bathing it may be
continued to hree.Quarters Of an
hour .,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-12-17
Sound Of Bells Carried Far.

The oral law Of the Jews, consisting
Of many traditions touching the Mo-
sale law. tells that the ancient He.
brews employed also larger bells,
which were called Megeruphita. These
were used on different occasions by the
multitude of temple officers and caused
frequently such a noise in the streets
Of Jerusalem that It was hard to catch
the words Of a speaker. Their pur-
pose was threefold: To call the priests
for service, to summon the Levites to
come and sing, and to apprise persons
generally that the unc,ean might be
brought to the gate: named Nlcanor.
These bells, so says the Misha. when
sounded Mt their fullest power, could
be heard at least eighteen miles from
Jerusalem.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-12-17
How People Die In india.

A return of he~number Of inquests
held by the coroner Of Bombay during
1919 gives us some very interesting
particulars. Among the Suicide we
find that six cut their throats, %
drowned themselves, four hanged
themselves, is jumped out Of windows,
20 took opium. arsenic'o some other
poison, four shot themselves and
eight burned themselves. Drowning,
therefore, took pride Of place last
year, whereasi self-poisoning was, the
favorite method II OF quitting life in
1918, there being 81 cases reported.
Other suicidal practices mentioned in
the report are stabbing and the act Of
knocking ones head against a wall.
No one has favored either Of these
methods during the past two years.
however. 3
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-12-17
Sea Gulls.

There are more than 50 kinds OF
Rulls to be found all over the world.
Most of these are marine or sea-dwell'
ing birds, though several species are
found near bodies of fresh water. like
the Great Lakes and other inland seas
As there are many kinds Of gulis, so,
too, they have many names, some OF
which possess real charm and inter.
est. Among them are the arctic gull
the goose gull, the herring or silvery
gull, the Iceland gull. the kittiwake'
the laughing gull, and the seamews. ,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-12-17
At four.r orCy.

Theater orchestras throughout the
country have fixed on a tone standard
for general use in all theaters. The
A is toned to 40 vibrations, a second.
Louis Ruth, manager of B. 3. Keith's
orchestra, called, up local piano
tuner and asked hin, to 60 to Keithis
to tune the piano.
+ II wish you would give it immedi-
ate attention." Ruth told the piano
man. TUNE it at four-forty."'
A day passed and the piano in the
Keith pit remained untuned. Ruth
called up the man who took the job.
"You haven't touched our piano"
Ruth said bit Indignantly.
well, I was over there at 20 min
l1tes to five yesterday afternoon and
couldn't get in." was the excuse.
And then Ruth explained what he
meant by Observation-Disclosures
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-12-17
CHRISTMAS TIME.

It is the Christmas tirne:
And up and down '!wixt heaven and
earth
In glorious grief and solemn mirth,
The shining angels climb.
-Dinah Mulock Craik.
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Whx the Snort.

We sat in front Of them ut the
tbeater. 1t was during the tense m'n'
ute of the play when the heroine was
about to part forever with her sweet.
heart: "Say." said the woman behind
us to her friend: DO you break many
dishes? You know I'm awfui'y un'
lucky that way."-Detroit Free Press
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-12-17
A Dream.

A Boston banker says we are an ex'
travagant nation. In this he makes
no reference to us personally. One
Of our fondest ambitions is some day
to be able to have enough gathered to-
gcther so that We can 60 out ana
try what it is like to be extravaganza
Detroit Free Press.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-12-17
This Critical World.

It's impossible to please everybody.
and II girl has what we, in our ig-
norancc, consider good figure the
neighbor women say she Is bunchy.-
Ohio State Journal.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-12-17
L,uhtnino Likes Loamy Soil.

Lightning Likes Loamy Soil.
Lightning strikes loamy soil most
frequently. according to recent inves'
LEGATIONS. Then. In diminishing order.
sandy soil, clay, and chalk. In fact
loamy soil is struck twenty-five times
as often as chalk.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-12-17
Worlds Smallest Coin.

The coin Of the least value ever Is
sued is the ''mite," so called. such as
the widow Of the Bible contributed
to the poor Its shape was hexagona''
and it's value about one-aftieth OF
cent. It would take Eve thousand
mites to make one dollar.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-12-17
4sss =
Cynical.

ai1is friends could give no reasof
WHY he should have committed suicide
He was single."-The Stamford Advo'
cate. = 1t %.-~.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-12-17
What. Faith 0oea.

Faith Is what enables q person to
enjoy eating a currant pie in summer
when houseflies are numerous.-New
Orleans States.
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The devil isn't as black as he Is
na,nted. nor Is q woman as pink.-Car
tpons Magazine.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-23
TELL WEATHER
A YEAR AHEAD
Forecasts Possible by Solar
Observation

OTTAWA. Dec sa.--weaiher fore
casts Tor months ahead viii b. pos
sible within n few years a. a direct
result OF solar observation. II. III.
Stewart. assistant director Of the DO
mipion observatory. told tho Royal
Astronomical society OF Canada.
The sun has great influence over
varying weather conditions on the
earth. and resent observations OF Il
have led 10 belief that ob-rrvatorics
viii be- able 10 predict with accuracy
the general trend 81 weather for six
months. or even year. ahead. he
said. To b. able 10 forrtcii the
amount OF precipitation and the zen.
eral temperature for several months
in advance may take 80 or even 100
years OF observation. he added. but
expressed the confidence OF the oh
servatory that this end would h.
reached.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-23
IS
WORRYING
TREASURY
People Growing Tired Of
Paying Taxes. Secretary
Houston Declares
ny I. G. MARTIN

\ WASHINGTON. Dee. s3--rhe
bovernmcnt viii be hard put to find
l\Qugh revenue in the next few yeara
.Arcr its activities running and
- maturing obligations. Secretary
! thc Treasury Houston told the
H1natc finance committee today. II
new tax burdens are assumed the
situation will become doubly serious.
he said
Houston was asked 10 analync the
financial situation with reference to
the proposal 10 pay a soldier bonus
OF between one and two billion dol
lars.
He put before the committee, with
the aid OF few figures. a graphic
picture OF Just what the treasury
faces between now and the end Of
1923.
In 1898. he said. $500 900 900 OF war
savings certificates and s4.ss0 600 600
OF Victory notes and bonds mature
and must either be refunded or paid.
In addition. the cost Of running the
government must be met and the
floating debt amounts 60 t2.30c. Geo..
600.
TN brief" said Houston. -we have
10 take care OF 1850 .eoo. 900 worth
Of obligations within the next two
wears in addition TO financing the or.
binary activities OF the government
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-23
Photographs of
Fairies!'''Yes,"
Says Novelist

LONDON. Dec. Fairies &C.
tually exist and have been photo
graphed THIS assertion ~ made
by sir Arthur Conan Doyle in a re-
markable article In the Strand
Magazine
The fairy photographs are rcpro-
duocd. They were taken In York
shire thnce ytars ago by two girls,
Iris Carpenter. 10, and her cousin
Alice. 10. In one Of them Alice
stands behind a hcdgcside bank. and
az her feet. IN among the flowers
and hrRcken. arc four Hitting fairy
figures OF tho traditional story book
type - long. haired. gussamcr- rohcd,
and complete with transparent
wings, Jus, tho way fairy special.
ists have always depleted thom.
The other photograph shows n
little imp or gnome dancing around
the feet OF IRIS. lie also IL true to
type. His little face il whimsicaily
puckercd and he. too. boasts a pair
OF wings OF the moth type.
Sir Arthur declares that several
expert photognphers have been
shown the original negatives OF the
fairy photographs. and have Nitis
fiod themselves that they are In no
wise faxed
'"rhc pictures either stand or fail
together" says SIR Arthur. In the
course Of his article. Both are
false or both aro true. Al the cir
cumstances point 10 the latter alter.
native"
The little girls -ay they have
seen and known tho fairies all their
lives and they regard the whole
thing as n matter OF course.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. together
with r. l.. Gardner. Of tho Thee
sophical society. intend bringing out
a book shortly on the subject Of
fairy photographs. when they Will
submit FUN evidence TO the public.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-23
Gig Sum Paid for
Old Book Collection

PARIS. France. Dec. IA total
sum of s27,535 was realized for a
collection Of books from the library
Of Comte Rene de Bears. The high
est price paid was s5.f40 for a
chronological history Of France from
Clovis to Louis XIV.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-23
sSOuRCES or REVENUE
AsE DRYING Up

At the same time. some sources
~ revenue are gradually drying up.
notably the income and excess profits
taxes
I'VE viii approach 1898 with a
deficit OF at least 81 500. oo0. 900 at
the present rate.
obviously. therefore. we must
either cut down our expenditures or
find new sources % revenue. even
n we do not take on any new obli-
cations. That viii he difficult. be.
cause there Il growing In the public
mind opposition to paying high
taxes any longer"
Houston said he strongly opposed
give Germany credit OF billion
dollars. as some farm organizations
are demanding.
THAT would Just be transferring
70 the government the had debts or
poor security which private capital
refuses TO assume. . said Houston.
He declared that II such a credit
we're granted Germany he would not
know where the money would come
from
VIM an the burdens that con.
sfront Us. II doesn't seem to me that
Nc ought to throw on the govern.
SSfnt further burdens Of that sort. -
EF7d Houston.
Some OF the chief advocates Of the
rcdit to Germany are vociferousiy
Qemanding. he said. that the debt
owed us by tho allies be Cancelled.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-23
Here's Low-Down on
How to Choose Wife

Z LONDON. Eng Dec. 33.--sir Rob
@rt Baden-po~cii. speaking at a
woman's club meeting. said that for
years he has studied character by
Watching the way people walked. 1T
Was by that method OF testing and
examination that 1 chose my wife. =
be said. "And was not wrong.
She has proved the best wife I ever
Id" He said inhabitants OF the
2sert choose their wives by the way
NE women Walked.