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The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-11-09
TOO MUCH EVEN FOR IMAGES
Statues on British Parliament Build
inos Unable to Stand Awful
Climate Of London.

The outer walls of the houses OF
parliament In London are crumblinQ
Hundreds of carved images, mostly OF
imaginary royal figures, have been un
able to withstand the ravages Of the
weather, combined with the smoke
laden London atmosphere. They suffer
also from the lack of respect shown
them by hundreds of pigeons which
roost on the scepter and sharpen their
beaks on the noses of kings.
Scarcely q day passes but a mon
arch's hand or toe falls into Palace
yard. Not long ago a kings head was
found In fragments on the terrace.
During the recess scaffolding will
be erected and many workmen en-
ployed, at a cost of $4,000. picking of
the loose bits. Thus may one man in
a day uncrown scores of kings.
Sir John Gilmour, who represents
the government department hat looks
after public buildings, is of the opinion
that none of the kings or other distin-
guished folk will be allowed to stick
1t out much longer on the outer walls
of parliament. II think the day will
before long," he says, when all
the statues will have to be taken away.
The situation does not agree with
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-11-09
APE EXPERT MONEY TESTER
Bald to Be Impossible to Fool Animals
Of Siam With Any Counter
felt Money.

The people Of Siam are very fond
of keeping monkeys of various kinds
as pets Owing TO their close associ-
alton with human beings, these cres-
lures become very intelligent.
One of the most remarkable things
that these monkeys al do is TO test
money. In Siam there is q large
amount of counterfeit money, perhaps
more than In any other country in the
world. AS a consequence, the lot of
the merchant is a difficult one. They
have, however, surmounted the trou-
BILE to a large extent by making use
Of apes to test the coins. Sitting by
the side of each merchant is to be
seen a solemn-faced ape. Every piece
of money handed to his master is at
once given TO the ape. The animal
tests the coin with his teeth. If it
is good, he throws 1t into the money
box If 1t be bad he filings it to the
ground.
The strange part about the busi-
ness is that no white person has yet
been able to discover how the apes
tell the good money from the bad. The
merchants politely refuse to explain
hsw the creatures are trained to carry
sut this useful office. The only sure
thing about the affair is that the apes
never make 8 mistake.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-11-09
USED ODD WEDDING COACHES
steam Pillow, Traction Engine, Tram
car, and Other Vehicles Havs
Transported Bridal Parties.

An American bridegroom who made
his journey to the altar IN q steam
pillow has had many rivals In matri-
monial carriages.
1t is not long since q bridal couple
and their guests made a dramatic ap-
pearance in a Kentish village o. a
traction engine, and q procession of
trucks gayly decorated with flags, flow
ers and evergreens, says London An
swers.
A wedding party drove up to st.
Marks church, Birmingham, one Eas-
ter Sunday In mourning, the coaches
and the horses being anonymously
adorned with white rosettes. A pref
tily decorated tramcar vas the chosen
vehicle of a Wolverhampton bridal
party, the driver and conductor wear
ing white gloves and smart button
holes and the journey to the church
being heralded by the explosion Of
fog signals.
But perhaps the most novel journey
Of all was that of a young Austrian
couple, whose wedding procession slid
down a steep hill from the brides
home to Paysback church on sever to-
boggans decorated with pine branches
and flowers.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-11-09
STATUES THAT HOLD SPIRITS
Suddhists Firmly Believe That Souls
Of Long Departed saass Are
Present In Images

Marco Polo, the celebrated Venetian
traveller, with his two uncles, was the
krst European TO travel in China. In
the gilded statue erected to his memory
In Soo-Chow, China, the Chinese be-
ueve his spirit still resides. Accord
Ing to Chinese superstition, a fly or
spider is the means by which the
spirits OF the dead are coaxed back
to earth to occupy their statues. Five
hundred similar statues, life size, line
the walls of a dimly lighted room In
the Buddhist temple of that ancient
city. They contain the spirits of the
sages they represent, devout Buddhists
believe.
A spirit is unable to enter a statue
unless another and freshly liberated
spirit is there to receive 1t, say the
priests. Through a door in the back
OF a new statue, therefore, a spider or
fly is introduced. The door is then
sealed and the insect is left to smother.
Its spirit, futtering about inside the
Is taken possession of by the
soul of the long-departed sage. Marco
Polo was brought back in this way,
the priests say. Worshipers burn in
cense before the statue and seek con
munion with the spirit of the alien who
dwelt so long in China, and ever ruled
as governor of one of the provinces.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-11-09
Rc-Proofjnu Your Raincoat.

Whatever the time of year, one
needs a reliable raincoat In the coun.
try, but unless of a rubbered variety,
many r~aincoats quickly lose their rain
proof qualities, and are useless for
the purpose they were intended to
fill. Here is a method of re-waterproof-
ing cloth that will be found quite sue
cessful and easily carried out at home.
Take n and a quarter pounds Of
alum and dissolve this in five gal
Ions Of boiling water. In another bath
dissolve one and a quarter pounds of
sugar Of lead. Then mix the two solu-
tons.
Place the coat in the mixture and
make sure that 1t is saturated with
the liquor. Without wringing, put
the coat in a hanger and dry, plunge
into cold water and then hang out to
dry again. This time it will be fit for
use, and will withstand ordinary rain.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-11-09
The Patriotic Spirit.

Animated by this spirit the par
tisan is enlarged into patriot. Before
1t the lines Of party sink into hazy
%obscurity; and the horizon which
bounds our view reaches on every side
to the uttermost verge of the great
Republic. 1t is a spirit that exalts
humanity, and imbued with it the
souls Of men soar into the pure air
of unselish devotion to the public
welfare. 1t lighted with a smile the
cheek of Curtius as he rode into the
gulf; 1t guided the hand of Aristides
as he sadly wrote upon the shell the
sentence Of his own Punishment; 1t
dwelt in the frozen esrthworks Of Val
ley Forge; and from time to time it
has been an inmate of the halls Of
observation-disclosures l. Bayard.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-11-09
Darby and joan.

DARBY and Joan" was first applied
to a very happily married coaple who
lived In the Eighteenth century and
bore those They were John
Darby, printer, Of Bartholomew
Close, London, England, and his wife,
Joan. The constancy and devotion to
one another Of this o~ld-fashioned, sim
pie, and virtuous couple 80 impressed
Henry Woodfall, who had served his
apprenticeship with the printer, that
he wrote a poem, Darby and JOAN"
In commemoration, This poem was
printed In the London Gentleman's
Magazine, and received a good deal Of
notice. The expression then passed
INTO the English language rs symbolic
ing the eventide of happy wedlock.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-11-09
Famous Explorer.

Louis Hennepih, a French Recollet
friar, missionary and traveller in North
America, was born at Ath, in Flanders,
about 1870. He embarked for Canada
and arrived in Quebec in 1875. Be-
tw e that period and 1852 he ex-
plored the regions afterwards called
Louisiana, and, returning to Europe,
published an account Of his researches.
The geographical portions of his works
are feeble, but they present much in
terest as descriptions of the manners
Of the aboriginal races which the a u
thor visited. He died in Utrecht
about 1905.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-11-09
Seek FeIIsw Mans Best Points.

We may, if we choose, make the
worst of one another. Everyone has
his weak points; everyone has his
faults; we may make the worst Of
stantly upon these. But we may also
make the best of one another. We
may forgive, even as we hope to be
forgiven.-A. p. Stanley.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-11-09
Bio Demand for Radiun.

The principal use for rsdium in the
commercial world is as a luminous
material IN watch and clock aials and
so ON. 1t is not the fadiUm that BLOWS,
but other substances which become
luminous in the presence of very mi
mute quantities of rad;um. More than
four million watches and clocks alone
have been treated, and hardy a third
OF an ounce Of radium hss been used
In the production OF the luminous ma
teriai required.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-11-09
Salvage Ship Sets Record.

A new salvage ship recently COM
pleted in England, said to be the larg-
est and finest vessel of It's kind afioat,
is equipped with portable pumps which
can deal with 1000 tons of water in an
hour. That is to say, a 12,0O0-ton ship
could be emptied of water In less than
three hours.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-11-09
Baked at Wearing old Costumes.

At Princess Mary's costume ball no
one could be found to represent the
fashion between 1880 and 1900, In the
fashion parade. They were so ugly
that no n would wear them, Crino-
Ines were there, and other eccen-
tricities Of fashion before and after
that period, bat that tine of bustles,
full and heavy trimmings, big sleeves
and ridiculous hats were voted out al
together; they were not even consid-
cred funny or quaint enough to be
given a place la the procession Lon
don Times.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-11-09
Chinese Have Fondness for Birds.

In addition to using birds and their
nests as food, the Chinese keep birds
as pets. Their fondness for birds is
one of the most pleasant features of
their national character. Birds furnish
them with much amusement.
Several kinds of bird pets are taught
to catch seeds thrown into the air
after jumping from perches held in
the hand. Except in winter, one can
always see people going into the open
country early in the morning with
their pets, to catch grasshoppers to
feed them, and to teach their pets new
ssHgs.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-11-09
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
The Church with . Program
Robert II. Allen. Minister

1000 A.. M.-Sunday school.
1900 A. M.-Morning worship.
1880 p M.-Evening worship.
This church invites you to worship
with US at these services.
"Wayside Affairs" Evening sermon,
"The Lure of Compromise"
Will those who are going to bring
fruit or any other gifts for the hos
pital at Glasgow, please bring it on
Sunday so we can send them on to
the hospital.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-11-09
OCTOBER WAS DRY MONTH

There was less rainfall last month
than during any October since 1889,
the total precipitation for the month
being .09 inches. There were IL
perfectly clear days and only three
days when the sun was totally OBJ
scured by clouds. The first killing
frost was registered on the 7th when
the murcury went down to 81 de-
gress above zero.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-11-09
Baby's Big Head.

A baby's head is, proportionately,
four times the size of n mans. AS
the mar grows UP his head, in a rela-
tive sense, shrinks until its measure
ment from crown TO chin is only one
eighth of his height. When he was
an infant the same measurement re-
presented one-fourth of his stature.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-11-09

To remove tarnisl from silver, put
n tablespoonful of borax powder in
each quart of water. Put in the silver
and bring to boiling point. Wipe with
a flannel cloth. It gives a wonderful
polish and saves time, labor and sill
yer.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-11-09
Spirits.S

Elemental spirits were beings who,
according to popular belief In the
Middle ages, presided over the four
elements, living in and ruling them.
The elemental spirits of fire were
called salamanders, those of water
undines, those of air sylphs and those
of earth gnomes.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-11-09
A Short Turn.

I was out prospecting with Larry
the other day-in the mountains, you
know-and said, "See that little butte
over there" Larry is in the hospital
now. He was in such a hurry to turn
around that he sprained both ankles.
Saturday Evening Post.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-11-09
The Wlaer Course

The Atchison Globe says a young
man was Tilted in that town the other
night because he is always telling
what a great man he is, and the young
lady is going to marry another man
who is always saying what a great
girl she is.-Kansas City Star.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-11-09

This phrase first became current az
the title OF a history Of the Civil war
by 4. A. Pollard, published in 1886.
tion for the purposes and aims which
the southern people vainly sought to
realize in the permanent establish
ment of the Confederate States Of
America.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-11-09
Some Fail to Recognize Truth.

Thou dost give audience everywhere,
o. Truth, to all who ask counsel of
thee, and at once answerest, though on
manifold matters they ask thy counsel.
Clearly dost thou answer, though all
do not hearst. Augustine.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-11-09

An English writer claims to have
discovered the ideal elegiac." 1t runs
"Here lies a nan who would have
laughed to read how he was cpl
taphed."
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-11-09
Road twenty Centuries old.

England's oldest road, which must
have been made at least 1000 years
ago, runs between Winchester and
Canterbury.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-11-09

it is somebody else's turn. The diff
ferent kinds of Biblical Laughter will
prove an interesting topic, and we
are glad that it will be suitable for
the present time.
"The Crown of Thorns," will be
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-11-09
Point Sometimes Overlooked.

He that fancies himself very en-
lightened because he sees the deficien-
cies of others may be very ignorant
because he has moi studied his own.
-Bulwer-Lytton. ~
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-11-09
Valuable Material for Doors

Many of the fifteen-foot-high doors
and portals to Havana houses are built
of solid mahogany and other richly col
ored native woods.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-11-09
Housefly Quick Thinker.

The housefy is the cleverest of in
sects, its intelligence surprising that
of the ant and the bee. An authority
asserts that it can think 100 times
quicker than a man.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-11-09
EXPLOITED by the Camera.

Some of the satellites of Jupiter
were discovered photographically, and
have never been seen except on photo
graphic plates.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-11-09
IL Miuht Be Worse.

1t might be worse. Suppose the fly
and the mosquito had the same work.
ing hours.-Birmingham News.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-11-09
.sAII is VanitvD

The vanity Of human life is like a
river, constantly passing away and yet
constantly coming on.-Pope.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-11-09
Maybe He Works While He Sleeps.

Among the things we don't under
stand is how a mosquito can get along
without any sleep.-New York World
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-11-09
Thouuht for the Dan

Too many of us spend our time
making in words instead of
making good In works.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-11-09
CHURCH

Sunday School at 10 o'clock.
Morning Services at II o'clock.
The Y. P. S. will have a short
Business Session and Social Hour on
next Friday evening, Nov. II. Come
and enjoy the evening.
Confirmants meet at 2:3O Satur-
dav afternoon
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-11-09
Other Service.

Nov. IL. No services out of Wolf
Point.
Nov. 19-Oar Saviors congrega-
ton at the Coll school house, 2 p.
m. Trinity congregation at 4:30
p. m. Communion services at Vida
at the John Beck home, 7:30 p. m.
Nov. 26-First Lutheran congre-
cation . Ladies Aid and Worship at
the Nels Christianson home, 2 p. m.
Pershing school house, 4:30 p. m.
Woods school house, 7:30 p. m.
Rev. A. o. johnson.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-11-09
Unlike the Bore

Well say this for the burglar, he
busy.-Boston Evening Transcript.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-11-09

the Morning theme.
Fill up the churches F, make the
coming Sunday a get-to-gether day,
and the preachers will be at their
best.
S. McIyor.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-11-09
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Morning Service II A. M.
Service 7:30 P. M.

Sunday School 10 A. M.
Evening Service 7:30 P. M.
"The Laughter of the Bible" will
be the subject for a special sermon
on Sunday evening. This sermon
will deal with Wolf Points second
great political triumph. Poplar
laughed when the temporary county
seat election went their way. Now
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-11-09
Maxine Friends and Enemis.

If you want enemies, excel others:
If you want friends, let others excel
you.-Colton.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-11-09
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CATHOLIC CHURCH
Services will be held at the Catho-
lie church every Sunday. Low mass
at 500 a. m, high mass at 1000
a. m. Father Benedict, pastor.
New Ulm review., 1922-12-27

Miss Wanda Nelson who is at
tending the Normal school at Man
kato is spending her vacation with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. N. E.
Nelson. v .-,--.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Rosenau and
family of Colgan, N. D. are making a
two weeks visit at the home Of Mr..
Rosenau's mother, Mrs. Fred Rose
nau, residing on South Minnesota
street. Esy Rsrs.{ rtr,e. 5ss8
Mr.. and Mrs. P. W. Muske and
4. DAUGHTER Luoile of Albert Lea spent
Christmas at the home OF the former
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. August Musks
and with other local relatives anc
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. Witt entertained
at one o'clock Christmas dinner al
their home on North State street
Those present from out-of-town We're
Mr. and Mrs. Hintz Of Courtland anc
Mrs. q. simons Of Chaska.
New Ulm review., 1922-12-27
PAGE 'l' SEVEN.
Disn,isses Charge.

Since the abduction Indictment
charged that Doris Nelson, a minor
child, had been taken from the home
of her father for the purpose Of mar
.iage' Judge Olsen declared that no
evidence to show the marriage intent inteEln
rad .been introduced beyond the.
testimony OF the girl.
ut is necessary in such cases that
the testimony Of the girl be corro borat-.
ed Judge Olsen said, Evidence in
additicn to her state ment has been
introduced to show that she was taken
from home but this does not hold true
Of the proposal for marriage. The
charge 81 abduction will be dismissed.
New Ulm review., 1922-12-27
FARMERS SHORT COURSE.
OPENS JANUARY /. I

The ninth annual Farmers arc
Home-makers Shcrt course for ner
and women will be held at University
Farm, ST. Paul, January 1-6. Among
the speakers announced are Henry e
Wallace, Secretary OF Agriculture; Lo.
| tus D. Coffmann, president OF the
University Of Minnesota, Thomas 2.
Cooper, dean and director Of the Col.
|lege Of Agriculture, Kentucky, anc
m&ny others.
There is no charge for the course:
Railroads lave granted reduced fares
There are no educational Or other re-
quirements for entrance.
The University Of Minnesota bulletll
announcing the course declares that:
Farmers have taken their dettatlon
losses. Prices of farm products are
low. This is Obscure ging. But IT is
always darkest just before daWn!
The smaller the profits in farming the
greater the necessity for usi?g the best
farming and marketing methods. The
more . discours girg the outlook the
more need for attention to recreation
health, and happiness in the hcme. Tint
dawn Of ,lew day is breaking for the
farmer ard his family. TIE moro
wisdom they use in their farming enc
home making processes tie sooner VIII
the rev day arrive.
The latest and best scientific ano
practical. knowledge frcm farm met
and women and from the men and
women of the faculty and the leaders
in thought upon the most important
questions of farming end home-naklne
ia Minnesota will be available to you
for six days during the short course,
For eight years past, farmers, their
wives, sons, and daughters have gather
ed in hundreds at University Farm dur
ing the first week in January to ex-
change ideas and to learn new and
better ways of doing things, which they
can put into use the next year on
their own farms and in tte;r own
homes. Hundreds more will be here
this year. Will you come?
There are aiae different programs In
operation at the Sc me time fer men
and almost as many for wcmen. All
are open without charge to sny man
CT woman who wishes to atteId. Ihere
are more lectures, discussions, demon
straticns, entertain ments, I'D similar
exercises than person could attend i
he came every year for ten years.
New Ulm review., 1922-12-27
Many Hundreds Attend
Christmas Opening OF
New Lyric 1heatel

Hundreds crowded into the NV
Lyric Theater at its opening per-
forlnances Christmas day. Inc
treater, which has been remodeled ana
redecorated, presented a Christmas
appearance with it's Old Rose lighting glt
effect, it's cerise drapes and Christmas
trees sfsss On each side Of the stage. In
addition to the headliner attraction OF
photo play, Mice People" Manager
Theodore B. Melzer had arranged Tor
Marti Bros. to sing. They enter
tained at both afternoon and evening
performances.
Mr.. Meier staged an innovation at
the performances when he had the
advertising slides thrown on cerlse
curtain. This was then removed and
the motion pictures were projected on
the customary silver screen. The
new foyer lof the theater, with its
artistic drapes, gave tone OF beauty
to the entrances which brought many
exclamations Of pleasure from the
large audiences.
Mr.. Melzer announced today that
every Monday night beginning jan
uary 8 would be Family Night" at
+ the theater. On these nights if the
.ther and mother buy tickets all OF
the children will he admitted free.