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Evening star., 1921-08-21
Translated From the French By
WILLIAM L. MCPHERSON.

TIME room was large and lux
uriotisiy furnished. The big
bed, with its coverings of silk
and lace. was pulled out from
the walls and stood on a heavy car
pet. e.
Nine. Pelletier, however, was not
lying in it, because such show beds
are inconvenient when sick people re.
Quire constant attention Nearby they
had put UP another bed, simple iror
one. about which the nurse could
move at her ease.
Isabelle lay there, her cheeks a lit.
tie too red and her eyes a little toe
brilliant.
Alice Soccard, her intimate friend
sat beside her. Mme Soccard had
been there only fve minutes. but she
got up to go. Isabelle protested
''Oh! You're not going so soon, are
you?"
Yes, yes. You know that I musn'l
tire you. Ills, come back tomorrow
I'll come back every day"
Then Isabelle grew irritated.
But you don't tire me. It's ridicu.
lous. What fuss over nothing a,
all! I'm not so Sick
You still have fever"
It's all this extra care. This array
of bottles. the nufse-they give me
the1ever. Why should I have a nurse;
The whole thing is SO exaggerated"
Its more prudent. Mile. Margrave
takes good care Of you"
Isabelle laughed.
She certainly does. There's a per-
son who never forgets anything. At
o'clock the medicine, at a quarter past
the temperature, at 2 another po-
tton, at a quarter past 2 an injection
But the doctor has prescribed these
things"
.Evidently. And MAe. Margrave's
manner! : It Is dry; it is cold; 1t Is
professional She never smiles. She
opens her;, mouth only to give me
some order. Madame, it's time for
your alcohol rub Listen. Alice. It's
1-o'clock. (. Mile. Margrave Is at hel
dinner, We are left here in peace
Don't 60. Don't leave me alone. Tell
me something interesting"
- "a 4 4 & +
THE. door opened noiselessly and
Georges Pelletier. the husband,
approaohsd on his uptoes. At once
Isabelless face frightened. A happy
Evening star., 1921-08-21

lack Of feasibility Of his idea. The
number Of persons who are thus con-
WINGED, however, is relatively small,
attorneys declare.
patent on perpetual motion devices
reaches the patent examiner under
the guise Of a"power-producing ma
chine" an "energysmultiplyin mech
anism." or the like. Accompanying
the inevitably lengthy specifications
and description Of the machine are
drawings of trains Of gears, wheels,
springs and similar mechanical COM
binations. to show "how it works"
A number of these peculiar inven-
tions actually have received limited
patent rights. covering certain fea-
ing with, the legal requirements
that to be patentable an invention
must be new and useful" Most of
the devices readily qualify as to
novelty, but few meet the utility
edfct. Complete lack Of utility in
levers or train of gears. on the other
hand, is not easily proved. The in
ventor may claim that his levers will
produce more power at one end than
is put into 1t at the other, and re-
main unchallenged in his assertion
crease in power is gained only at the
expense of a loss of speed and dis
tance. His levers may be patentable,
provided he does not contend that
he gets more of all three factors out
of his system Of levers than he puts
in. The same principle applies to
gears and wheels and similar con-
trivances.
OUT Of sympathy for persons who
~ think they have discovered the
secret of perpetual motion, the patent
office has adopted the practice Of saw
ing the applicant the filing cost of SIS
by returning all petitions involving
this will-o' -the-wisp scheme without
formal examination by officials of its
merits. If the applicant still persists
in asking for consideration his ap-
plication is received and examined,
and. If perpetual motion is claimed
rejected.
In the early days of the patent
office many machines for producing
continuous energy found their way
into the light of official. approval. The
most common device took the form
cts or receptacles into which weights
were introduced on one side SO as to
swing the center Of gravity continu-
ally to one side and produce motion.
Various means for recovering the
weights and elevating them again to
the top of the wheel by the force
created in turning were provided.
Charles Batcheller. an Iowa in
ventor, was granted patent rights in
1870 on what he describes as "a sys-
tenn Of levers, weights and gearing"
Evening star., 1921-08-21
Uncle Sam Still Must Contend
With Perpetual Motion Inventors

creating compound power" Batch
eller claimed that his apparatus, per-
fectly balanced when at rest, after be-
ing started would Accumulate power
more rapidly than an ordinary balance
wheel" Mr.. tBatcheller claimed in his
power he also obtained an increase in
speed, pointing, out that while his
compound lever makes one revolution
the inside shafts and wheels make two
revolutions" This ambitious machine
would not work, however. because of
frictional and gravitational factors
which the inventor failed to take into
consideration. :
OF more recent date is the patent OBJ
tained by Horace Wickham, jr., of Chi
cago, on his machine for motive
power" This machine" had the ap-
pearance. in the drawing, submitted in
connection with specifications, of a
rocking beam on an antiquated steam
boat. only of smaller dimensions. On
the beam were mounted runWays, in
which, it was declared, a hollow ball,
partly filled with quicksilver. would
cavort in such manner that the beam
would be put in motion like seesaw.
transmitting power to a fywheel ar
rangement. This invention, although
given several years. handicap. tappar-
emily has not revolutionized industry.
Clergymen in times past have found
time to probe for the mystic formula
for creating limitless and endless en-
ergy. Conradis Schweirs patented a
form Of gravity wheel in 1890. The
wheel was provided with pockets for
receiving balls, with an elevator for
raising the balls to the top of the
wheel, dumping them into the pockets
in rotation and recovering them at the
bottom.
The movement of the wheel caused
by the addition of weights to one
side was supposed to operate the ele-
vator and thus continue the process
Indefinitely. AS an inventor, DR.
Schweirs was a good preacher. 1t has
been remarked by persons examining
his Invention"
Another Variation of the weighted
patent numbered 133,139. Metal
balls were allowed to enter a runway
which fed them into receptacles on
awheel, shifting the center of grav-
ity. On turning, the balls would be
precipitated into a lower runway
which conveyed them to q vertically
operating belt conveyor. elevating
the balls again to the upper runway
~ \ X -
MOST of these gravity wheel ar
A rangements are patented after
the celebrated wheel devised by the
German mathematician, Orphyreus,
in 1917. A publication Of that date
asserts that this wheel moved con-
tinually without visible motive pow
er from November. 1717. to January,
171s. The wheel was twelve feet in
Evening star., 1921-08-21

~ Ss~A -
~ and minuteness with which the
human body is now studied. in
the effort better to under
stand. it's powers and functions, is fur.
nished by a paper read at meet
ing of the Royal Society in London on
1.-THE Rapidly of the Nervous I'm
pulse in Tall and Short Individuals
Even the difference in time required
for NERVE telegram" to traverse the
bodies ofsdifferent persons is regarded
as a matter Of scientific Importance.
A series Of observations has shown
that the length of the nerves does
affect the velocity with which an inn
pulse passes between the brain and
the extremities. and consequently that
more time is needed if< fhe path Is
long than II 1t is short. It follows
that a short man should feel step on
his corns quicker than a tall map.
but the difference is SO slight thar
the offender has no better chance 6f
escape In one case than In the other.
Evening star., 1921-08-21

Caruso should meet the New York
newspaper critics for friendly little
getting together symposium IN the
Metropolitan. Enrico begged me to
go with him. He spoke practically
no English then and asked me to help
him out with the critics, upon whom
he naturally was anxious to make a
good initial impression.
so we attended together, and I
Evening star., 1921-08-21

and speak acceptably in French and
had a fair working use of English.
Everybody knows how clever he was
In caricature. Doubtless. he could
have been successful artist, had he
SO elected:
LESS we'll known than his bur-
lesque caricatures is the fact that
Evening star., 1921-08-21

was making a nice little speech in
English. sketching the career of my
friend, who stood blandly smiling
upon the critics Caruso became
more and more restive, not under
standing my English eloquence. At
last he nudged me and interrupted.
Tell them about the time they hissed
me off the stage in Sicily. Toto he
demanded. 1 complied to the extent
Evening star., 1921-08-21

his first aria the Sicilians groaned
and hissed worse than before and
shouted. For Gods sake, send US
back the drunken one"
"Enrico used to love to tell this
yarn at his own expense among close
friends. When he came to New York
it was arranged by Charles Henry
Meltzer, who was publicity secretary
to the Conried management, that
Evening star., 1921-08-21
Jokes in Architecture.

TIME builders of the old churches
in England were not SO seri-
i GUS but that they now and then
perpetrated a joke. even in
stone. On more tnan one Of their
creations they carved in relief a scene
representing a monk preaching sols
EMMY to flock Of geese. The same
humorous spirit is sometimes to be
detected in the domestic architecture
Of early times. Here is an instance:
Just upon the boundaries of Bed
fordshire' and Hertfordshire formerly
stood rambling old farmhouse. The
living room was long and low. and
on the enter beam that went across
the ceiling was inscribed this legend:
"If ysu are cold. go to Hertfordshire."
This seemingly inhospitable invita-
tion was explained by the fact that
one-half of the room was in one
county and one-half in the other. The
fireplace was in .Hertfordshire.
Evening star., 1921-08-21

INTIMATE Rolectons of the Great Tenor From His First Success Milan
Until His Death0per Idol Possessed Rare Talent GAist and
Scuptor-Ear Italy $40 Nght-Tres
Details Perfectng Himself for His RDgnea His Own Costumes
Wonderful Memory. @:.-4s
Evening star., 1921-08-21

THE. door opened noiselessly and
Georges Pelletier. the husband,
approAohed on his uptoes. At once
IsabeIleps face frightened. A happy
Evening star., 1921-08-21

yAS Caruso's life prolonged
NM or shortened by his leav-
ing New York for Italy?
Evening star., 1921-08-21
.Nerve.Tirning.

i CURIOUS instance of the care
\ and minuteness with which the
human. body is now studied, in
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-01-26
BELTRANll COUNTY WILL
STUDY FARM MANAGEMENT
One-Day Schools to Be Held
at Hines and Bemidji By
State Extensionist

Two OF the farm management
meeting or one day schools conducted
over the state by w. L. Cavert, farm
management demonstration Of the ag-
ricultural extension division will be
held in Beltrami county, one at Be-
midji on Friday. February !, and the
other at Hines on Saturday, Febru-
airy S. Mr.. Cavert has selected FUN
Der of subjects dealing with the cost
Of production, the seasonal trend in
prices OF farm products, keeping ac-
counts, as we'll as planning we'll
balanced cropping system. One other
such meeting may be arranged in the
county later.
Only two topics may be discussed
at one meeting. The cost Of produce
ing potatoes and dairy products have
been chosen by the Hines commun-
ity and perhaps the same topics will
be taken up at Bemidji. In consid-
ering costs, the farmers present will
be asked to make estimates rs to each
item of production expense. The
items will be placed on a black board
summarized and discussed by those
present, led by Mr.. Cavert.
WhelV the cost of production and
its relation to prices of farm prices
are receiving so much attention.
meetings of this kind are sure to
draw the attention of every farmer
and even the consumer and ensure 4
good sized attendance.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-01-26
CITY SCHOOLS TO OPEN
new SEMESTER MONDAY
State Engineer Gives Estimate
of Area Needed for Pupil.
in New Building

The second semester in the city
schools will commence Monday, Janu-
airy 81. All children six years of age
at that time will be provided for.
This week the Junior department and
High school are finishing up their ex-
aminations for the present semester.
The manual training department
In the Central school under the SUI
pervision of Instructor Porten has
made about fifty blackboards for use
q the various class rooms in the Ju-
or department and High school.
SIS department has also made a
lumber Of coat racks which are NOV
able and which will be used in the
various buildings where the classes
are being held
A large number of books have been
received this week and sufficient are
now available for use in the depart
ments which were deprived Of their
supply by reason Of the fire, The
board decided to charge 81 per pupil
per semester as rental for the books.
This applies to the High school only.
Any High school pupil may purchase
the books at cost price if they so
wish. Book rent is to be paid at the
Office of the superintendent by Feb
ruary 10 for the second semester.
s. A. Challman, state engineer, has
presented an estimate Of the required
area for the accommodation of the pu-
pills in the new school when 1t is
built. " Provision is now being made
for an increase of about Is per cent
over the present attendance.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-01-26
Report States Mining Camp
Has Been Attacked Ry
Bandit Leaders,
MARTINEZ WILL TEST
STRENGTH OF .AERITAS
Americans and Others at Camp
Are Believed Cornered
at Pettahuanes
(By United Press)

Mexico City, Jan. 26.-Fears
were~felt here today for a large num-
ber- Of Americans at mining camp
Pettahuanes, in the state of Durango
which it is reported has been at.
tackled by strong force Of bandit
leaders under the Aerita brothers
reported several days ago to be the
best bandit hunters and the ones sue
cessful in running down Francisco
Villo. 1t is also reported that they
have a large following.
The government has appointed
Eugenio Martinez, who brought
about the surrender Of Francisco Vii
la and who has reputation envied
by all Mexicans, to test the strength
of the Aeritas- Immediately. and he
will get we'll under way on Friday
with strong forces.
The Americans and others station
ed at the camp are feared to be corn
cred as the camp borders on the
mountains in thu state of chihuahua
the scene of Villas escapades. -.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-01-26
WONDERFUL PROGRESS
MADE BY FARM BUREAU
Membership in County Bureau.
Has More Than Doubled
in Past Year

Striking progress was made in
1920 by the Minnesota Farm Bu-
reaus, according to the annual report
of F. f. Balmer, state leader Of
county agents. The membership in
county bureaus has grown from &c.
1876 in 1918 to 53,282 on Jan. 1,
1921. Sixty-six counties of the state
have adopted the SIS year continu-
Gus membership plan, and seven adj
ditional counties will do so soon.
The report says that the 81 CO.
operating bureaus of the state work.
ed upon 1,19l projects in 1920, the
grand total of all projects planned for
the yepr having been 1878. In addi-
ton to farm pro- ects, 26 counties in
cluded home economic activities in
their programs and II counties in
cluded boys and girls club work.
Fifty-eight counties published a
Farm Bureau News or similar publ
cation and 81 issued an exchange
list.
To summarize few of the many
great achievements of the year it can
be said that 1873 drainage systems, in
volving 1873 acres, were planned
and adopted in 26 counties. In "
counties 1926 farmers co-operated
in growing 4,462 additional acres of
alfalfa. The acreage of sweet clover
was increased by the cooperation of
GIT farmers in 81 counties to 6,4O2
acres.
Some splendid results are reported
in the movement for better sires and
better classes of livestock. In II
counties 1920 registered bulls were
procured and in 81 counties 1907
registered! boars were added to swine
herds. Fifty-nine counties reported
additions Of 1885 registered cows
and as counties added 1,491 high
grade cows. In 81 counties 619 cows
were discarded as Improbable as a
result of contrasting association
work. Twenty-Five associations were
in operation with 1O,O42 cows under
test. In Sc counties 1,240 farmers
were assisted in balancing rations for
livestock; in 40 counties 1901 silos
were erected. In 81 counties 24,O62
animals were tested for tubercu-
losis, and in 80 counties 1924 hogs
were vaccnated for hog cholera con-
troll.
The value Of farm products sold or
exchanged through farm bureau serv-
ice during 1920 amounted to ST.
7O1 ,533 in as counties. In So coun-
ties the farm bureaus and county
agents gave assistance to the work
of $40 associations, previously in
operation, which transacted a volume
of business amounting to $40,665,-
1858 and effected saving of $780,
3S3.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-01-26
TRI,STATE DEVELOPMENT
CONGRESS- IN SESSION
Federal Land Bank Oficial
Relates Possibilities of
Three Big States
, (By United Pressj

st. Paul, Jan. 26.-"Man power
and finance is all that is needed to
connect up the Great Lakes basin
the greatest producing industrial dis
trict in the world" E. J. Quamme,
president of the st. Paul Federal
Land bank, said, talking to the Tri-
State Development congress here to-
day.
Gas temporary chairman of the
congress, I picture Michigan, Wiscon'
sin and Minnesota the three greatest
states in producing. We are just
beginning to touch upon the resources
Of this great basin," he said.
Agricultural and mineral prod
ucts have now a foundation which is
established, lumber and livestock
rank high" He urged completion as
soon as possible of the Great Lakes
St. Lawrence tide-waterways Ito
bring the ocean liners to our factories
and manufacturing districts"
. ]. A. o. Preus, new governor of
Minnesota, was to welcome the six
or seven hundred delegates in a
speech to the congress and in an open
session to be held in conjunction with
the open forum meetings.
Ben. F. Fast, director of the St..
Paul Federal Land bank, was also to
address the delegates. Mr.. Fast, is
from Eau Claire, Wis.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-01-26
Salaries in Two State Depart
ments Covered in Bills
Before Legislature
GOODlNG WOULD RAISE
ATTORNEY-GENERAL PAY
Senator Coleman Introduces
Bill to Raise Pay Of
Education Branch
(By United Press)

St. Paul, Jan. 26.---Salaries in two
state departments will receive boosts
II two bills now before the legisla'
ture become laws.
Senator A. c. Gooding Of Rochester
introduced, a measure increasing the
pay OF the Attorney-General and his
assistants. The bill provides for a
raise for the general from $4,000 to
$4,000 annually.
The department Of education at
taches are to receive increases in q
measure being urged by Senator Cole
man Of Minneapolis. His bill pro-
vides for boosts as follows:
Superintendent Of Education, from
$1,000 to $4,000; deputy superinten-
dent, from $500 to $4,000; seven
department heads, from $4,000 to 81
500; ten department heads, from 49,
900 to $4,00oi three assistants 81
500 to $4,000; and two assistants,
from $500 to $4,000.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-01-26
COURT OF KING COLE"
WELL RECEIVED AGAIN
Harmonick ! Club Complete.
Second Showing of Play Be-
fore Fair-Sized Crowd

A fair4sized attendance was we'll
pleased with the second showing Of
1.-The Court Of King Cole" at the
Grand Theatre last evening under
the auspices OF the Harmonick club.
The performance was carried out
practically the same as the night be-
fore and was in every way a success.
In staging such a play. the club
has undergone considerable expense
and it is doubtful If another play of
such proportionate size will be put on
here again under it's auspicess
The. Humpty Dumpties, Ray Han
nah and Arnold Harris. made their
usual hit, Mr.. Harris displaying the
abilities of real comedian and Mr..
Hannah following closely in his
tracks. Charles Hobbs and Grace Nc
Laughlin as. Jack and Jill, Grant
Ohm and Mabel Roman as Jack of
the Beanstalk and Mistress Mary,
Alice James as Sonora, George Ora
ham and Edith Mills in the Indian
act. Miss Esther Young as Mrs. snoe,
Mrs. Harriet Smith as Mother Goose.
Mrs. Broadhurst as Bo-Peep and
Andrew Rood as King Cole perform
ef in admirable, manner. Nearly
every selection was given an encore.
Walter Balk as the minstrel man,
Percy Riggs as Senior Mora and A.
Danuser are also deserving of spe-
cial mention. With over one hun
dred persons in the cast, exceptional
ly we'll trained voices were in evil
dence in every selection.
1t might easily be said that the
chorus was onesof the best that could
be found in any city of Bemidji's size
and the production of the entire play
was we'll carried out. Much credit is
due Mrs. Harriet Purdy Smith who
has coached the cast for the past
month in preparation for what can
we'll be termed the best play Of its
kind ever shown here.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-01-26
PRELJMlNARlES STARTED
ON INAUGURAL ADDRESS
Senators Cummins and Fall
Are to Assist Harding
in Writing Speech
(By United ,Press)

Fort Pierce, Florida, Jan. 2B. (BS
Raymond Clapper.) --. Preliminary
work on President Harding's inaug.
ural message has been begun aboard
the housebOat Victoria, 1t was learn.
ed today.
Senators Cummins Of Iowa and Fail
Of New Mexico are understood to be
preparing memorandum to be used
by the president-elect when he starts
to write his address.
Extended conferences have been
held between the three of late and
material to be embodied in the mes
sage discussed. Senator Cummins is
writing data dealing with transport
tation problems and Senator Fall is
preparing data on foreign relations
with Mexico. Henry Fletcher is as
sisting with the work.
Cabinet talk is for the most part
barred during the sessions.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-01-26
FARMERS INSTITUTES
PLANNED FOR FEBRUARY
Series of Five Institutes {,
Be Held in South End Of
Beltrami County

The Farm Bureau acting thru the
county agent, has arranged fer g. ne.
ries of five Farmers Institutes to be
ming Monday, February a., and clos
ing Friday, February IS. Efforts are
being made to arrange for i similar
series for the northern end later. ,.
l. The schedule for these institutes IL
as follows: Bemidji, Monday, Febru-
larry IA; Turtle River, Tuesday, Feb
ruary Is; Blackjack, Wednesday,
February 16; Puposky, Thursday,
February II; Solway, Friday, Feb
ruary Is.
The cooperation of the Farmers
clubs is solicited in advertising theAe
meetings as widely as possible These
institutes can be successful only in
proportion to the number Of farmers
attending and carrying away with
them useful information and using
it at home on their farm in. improve
ing their farming practice. The club
can help their members and their
community by encouraging general
attendance.
L. H. Bugbee, a practical dairy
farmer will discuss livestock prob
lens emphasizing dairying, feeds, ra-
ton and general dairy practices. u.
w. Smith, from Parkers Prairie, will
take up the cause OF potatoes. Few
men are as we'll qualified to discuss
the practical side Of growing pota-
toes az is he. Efforts are being made
to secure q poultry specialist for at
least some Of the meetings.
The new Farmers Annual No. 80
on Farm Development will be dis
tributed at these meetings. This an
nual takes up the problem of land
clearing, brushing, cropping; also
tiling and general farm drainage. 1t
is OF special value to the farmers in
this section of the state.