1 JL ,%r+ "*, (T "C"?^W !&*•" »-a» v?rs- 4? 'i A v*i" .% 1 *. *\i Vi»V' PAGE SEVH® Leon Idas. FOLKS WE ALL KNOW Parrots Which Save Life. Leonidas, one of the Spartan kings, A goose once saved ancient Rome is placed by historians among that Automobile Tourists RULTHSf from destruction at the hands of its group of ancient leaders who perished enemies, and the parrots of Mexico, honorably in the cause of courage and When In Minneapolis Stop at particularly those of the Tierra Callente, patriotic devotion. In 480 B. C. the the hot country along the coast, army under Leonidas was intrusted have saved thousands of lives in real with the defense of Thermopylae. To fact by giving warning of approaching Hotel Lincoln withhold the land forces of the Per^ seismic disturbances. Whenever there sians the army was stationed at the is a heavy storm coming the parrots Pass of Thermopylae, between the bay silently take to the highest and thickest of Malis and Mount Callidromus. For foliaged trees in the jungle, but, two days the Persians hurled in vain NICOLLET AVE. AT NINTH ST when an earthquake is pending within against the Spartan position and all the next few hours, the parrots seek efforts were repulsed. Ephialtes, "the a bare, open, level space and alight Judas of Greece," revealed to Xerxes, OPENED SEPT. 1st. 1918 on the ground. The parrot being exclusively GOOD CARE FOR SETTING HEN the Persian leader, a secret pass over an arboreal bird, this is unusual the mountains by which the Spartans in itself but, in addition to this, Especially convenient for auto parties as Nicollet Avenue, were attacked from the rear as Attention Given Fowl Plays Important the birds, which as a rule are unbearably well as the front. Preferring death is the leading1 road from all point, and has no car tracks. Part on Number and Condition noisy, become suddenly silent, to surrender and dishonor, Leonidas Within two squares of 5 large garages. Adjoining the cities' of Chicks. emitting now and again a peculiar cry and his men perished in the pass. which they use at no other time. largest stores. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Rooms at $1.00 per day. With private toilet 25 cents Useful Chinese Saucer. The kind of care and attention given Workers Go Ahead of Shirkers. The saucer plays an important part extra with private bath 50 cents extra. In addition there a setting hen during the process Most of us are unwilling to give ourselves with tea drinkers in China. A few of hatching eggs plays an important are suites of rooms with separate toilet, each room having to our work for ten hours out of leaves of the best tea in the world— part on the number and condition of MAnier the day, much less 20—indeed, five connecting bath—an ideal arrangement and only found here. lor the Chinese never let the best the chicks when hatched. See that hours of work is as much as most of quality leave the dragon empire—are the hens are made comfortable on the us really accomplish, and many of put into a email bowl or large cup nest, allow them to come off only once Cafe in connectioi •Hotel Lincoln guarantees an atmosphere us far less than that. The artist here depicts the Easy and boiling water is poured over them. a day to receive feed and water. There is no royal road to success Talker conducting his Daily Symposium The inverted saucer fits into the bowl of home refinement. If there are any that do not desire any more than there is to learning. It on the Alleys, the liquor question, or cup and covers it until the brew has to come off themselves, they should Billy Sunday, the weather, them is said that there is no such thing aa stood five minutes. When uncovered, be taken off. Hens usually return to WM. B. CAMFIELJ •Proprietors -F. S. GREGORY an average man or woman, but if each Rooshians, operations, Bryan, the the bowl or cup is set into the of us would live up to our possibilities price of hawgs, and Ever'thing. Easy saucer, which has a circular depression For past ten years with Minneapolis leading hotels. there is no limit to what we might accomplish. Talkers are durned hard to Listen to. in the center, into which it fits In any business office you Well, We'll say So this holds the cup stationary, and prevents will find the workers and the shirkers, spilling. If tea is prepared for and very often it may seem that more than one person, it is poured Knights Not All Noble. off into handleless cups, set into china the shirkers get just as far ahead as the workers, but the probability is or metal holders. Not all knights belonged to the sublime that, should you go back after a year order of chivalry. The pages of and a day to any one of these same history tell of wild robber knights, "Kismet" and "Mizpah." offices, you will find that those whohad She joined who came out of their mountain castles Kismet is the Turkish word gismet, labored had forged away ahead to loot monasteries and rob the derived from the Arabic verb gisma, of those who had idled. merchants who passed with their wares to divide. Its meaning is fate, or appointed from town to town. Strange legends lot, and it is the key word of our are woven about the careers of some Hence the Congestion. the fatalism of the Turks and many of these fiery marauders. It is said "You have plenty of room in America," other orientals. It is useless to strive that one of them, with the easy and said the foreign visitor. 1 against Kismet, what has to be will be comfortable name of Thedal TTnverferden Bankin "Oh, yes." therefore take things easy, eat and von Wallmoden, was in the "Then why do you build so many drink, for tomorrow we die, is the expression habit of u^lng gataq jilmgeff fof a sky-scrapers?" of this fatalistic belief. Mizpah steed when he rode out witn predatory A Good Type to Select for Laying. "I guess that's because the average is Hebraic, and means a beacon intent. A grim contrast was this class KCLJU' American thinks he can't transact their nests before there is any danger or watch tower. The word occurs first with to the splendid youths who buckled business unless he's within walking of the eggs chilling, but if they in Genesis 31-49, which see for a poetical on their swords in the cause of re distance of the post office."—Birmingham do not go back in half an hour in ordinary significance attributed to it. ligion and right. Age-Herald. weather, they should be put on the nest. Where a large number of Bells Famed in History. sitters are kept in one room it is advisable flext to let them off in groups of In Spain the famous bell In the THE STUBEE from four to six at a time. The eggs church of St. Nicholas at Velilla ir and nests should be examined and Aragon only rings at times of public Xmas cleaned, removing all broken eggs and Calamity. The bells of China, whicli washing those that are soiled in the are usually of great size, are hung in & she will latter case the soiled nesting material towers and are used for denoting th€ Sash and Door Factoid should be removed and clean straw five watches of the night. The HAVE added. Nests containing broken eggs "Jacqueline" of Notre Dame, Paris, IS NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS that the hen is allowed to sit on soon one of the sweetest-toned bells in the world, is used only on great holidays become infested with mites and lice, which cause the hens to become uneasy on account of its age, having been cast and leave the nest, often causing in 1400. In Venice the semi-triumphal We Arc Well Equipped to do All Kinds of the loss of valuable sittings of eggs. arch leading from the square of St. MILLWORK Marks to the Rialto is crowned by In mite-infested nests, the hen, if fastened a bell with a bronze Vulcan standing in, will often be found standing and you will make no mistake by getting If you haven't joined our Christmas banking club, come on each side of it. These statues over rather than sitting on the eggs. strike the bell hour by hour with pon« Many eggs that are laid in the late their prices before ordering elsewhere in and do so today. derous maces. winter and early spring are infertile. For this reason it is advisable to set Men, Women, Boys and Girls all should join and we ur^e several hens at the same time.' After you to join for you own good. Building and Contracting a Specialty Quick Work. the eggs have been under the hens Nobbs—"Why, hello, old chap! All Work Guaranteed from five to seven days, the time depending There are clubs to ft every purse—I cent, 2 cents, 5 cents, Heard you had b^en in a railroad somewhat on the color and wreck, and here you are up and 10 cents, where you increase your deposits each week with thickness of the shells—white-shelled around. Speedy recovery, eh?" Hobbs LARS STUBEE, Prop. eggs being easier to test than those the amount you started with. —"Speedy is no name for it. The having brown shells—they should be N claim agent was on the train and,settled tested, the infertile eggs and dead We also have 50 cent, $1.00 and $500 clubs where you pay 2nd Ave. and 6th St. Phcne tO with me for $5,000 right on the germs removed, and the fertile eggs in the same amount each week. spot." irafc hack under the hen. In this way it is often possible to put all the eggs that BBBHsar But join—join today. several hens originally started to sit on under fewer hens and reset the FIRST NATIONAL BANK others. For example, 30 eggs are set. rartitfrrT*— under three hens at the same time, ten under each. At the end of seven days International Falls, we find on testing the eggs from all Minnesota the hens that ten are infertile, which leaves us 20 eggs to reset, which we do by putting them under two hens, and have the remaining hen sit over Subscribe for The Press again after she has set only seven days. In this way considerable time c.'in be saved in one's hatching operations. sMMNOre Without Once Shifting Gears 4370 Miles in 7 days and 7 The* pullets and the year-old hens nights are the best egg producers. Market all cockereis not wanted iv breeders at as early a date as possible. THE UNIVERSAL CAffi A "chicken" is a young fowl, usually I 00k out when having- your Ford car under six months of age. It becomes a "fowl" after that period. repaired that the genuine Ford parts or materials are used. There are many One pound of feathers can be secured from five ordinary fowls, or "bogus," imitations, or counterfeit, socalled from ten ducks, or from four geese. Ford parts of No Bogus Whole corn is the proper food for sadly inferior quality sitting hens. They should have green on the market. Be Ford Parts food, grit, and pjire drinking water. warned against them. Eggs for hatching should be care Here Buy Ford parts and Breaks High Gear Ntan~Stop frilly selected, well-formq'd, with good have your Ford car shells, find kept in a temperature of repaired by the authorized Ford dealer 60 degrees to 60 degrees 5*. of pcttpdlM orer country lanes and street* Okkhom*—-always in sealed as this is the only way to guard against chick worth having is the chick dMriag an average of 624 miles cad I "bogus" parts. Bring your car to us ises itself from the shell with ufo to the gallon of gaaolioe. ffe and vitality that cornea for service. Come to us for Ford parti. t&e Motor tubs an doplosiaa. Not eras £ing, as it were, into life. n$ shorn cxact iuptUof Ours is an authorized Ford place. you an this inm&ricabl^ A time-saving plan is to set hens ia paire, and giving the chicks hatched C. W. JE WETl If .from both to one hen, allowing the «ifisr hen to go back to laying. *.#. 301—Second Street '1 CENTRAL AUTO CO. 1st f*a!tl8g, the mash dissolve sttfflin !k Omdmd Trntmpa the water with which the Phone 15. International Con* ta oar Him to be moistened. In this way MWil Wwy ftw T—rif (HOT yill be more evenly distribujonnce of salt Is about right 1wl8. I