BADIN BULLETIN
I Didn’t Know That
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1878. The windiest region of the globe
is found in the Antarctic regions. At
Commonwealth Bay, Adelie Land, the
Mawson expedition had an average wind
of fifty miles an hour for a whole year,
while winds of one hundred miles an
hour were common. The winds of our
American tornadoes are much too strong
to measure directly. From the effects
they produce, however, it is possible to
determine their force approximately,
and it is believed that in some cases
they amount to six hundred or eight
hundred miles an hour.
The common word “mash” is from a
beautiful gypsy word, “mafada,’ which
means “to charm by the eyes.” The
good dictionary word “vamp” was at
first a slang word, being rubbing up of
old hats and shoes. Now, from being a
cobbler’s word, it has become a classic,
and we talk of revamping the language.
A “tinker’s dam’’ has nothing to do with
swearing. It is merely the dam or
stoppage, made of flour and water, with
which the tinker stops the gap he is
mending until the tin or the pewter he
is using has cooled.
Home Calisthenics
The cheapest and simplest gymnasium
in the world, and one that will exercise
every bone and muscle in the body, and
discover for you many new ones, is a
flat piece of steel, notched on one side,
fitting tightly in a wooden frame, and,
after being greased on both sides, rubbed
into a stick of wood laid lengthwise of a
sawbuck.
There were more Smiths in the last
American Army than men of any other
name. These totaled over 51,000. Sec
ond in the list stood the Johnsons, num
bering 29,000. There were about 22,500
each of Greens and Joneses, 9000
Browns. There were 74 George Wash
ingtons, 79 Robert E. Lees, and 2 Abra
ham Lincolns.
The men who are star wise in the
naval observatory works say that the
best optical means which human genius
can devise show from a billion to a
billion and a half existing stars. But
only about 2500 can be seen even on
the clearest, frostiest night by the nake
eye.
The Pacific Coast Line of
tends over a distance of nearly
miles, or nearly four times the exten
of the eastern coast line as washed V
the waters of the Gulf of Mexico,
Queen Bll.abeth, of the Belgians, stud-
led medicine as a girl, ana was grad
uated with the degree otM.D. at Leipzig
shortly before her marriage.
If you cannot have what you like, try
to like what you have.
The Badin Band
Musicians Wanted
A meeting was held in
house, Thursday. November
purpose of reorganizing the Band,
tion of new officers and a
occupied most of the time. • ^ •
Fuller was elected president, Mr. H. J.
jHuner wa ^ Funk,
Smith, secretary, and ivir.
vor these three men also compris-
Jng^^the Board of Governors. Mr. A. L
H^^icntt was eleot^^ Band..
rided^thtt the hoard of governors draw
up a constitution and by-laws to be sub-
ot tllP HGXt HlGGt-lHS*
“now that the reorganization has been
''"‘="^;Tharh\vrrtrcia?s\and.
^her“eTs much good material in Badin
Tr a t-ut it will reciulre pract.ce
^ nersistent effort to develop it. No
and persiste
TZ Z Z he accomplished by
desired can o^h^ highest order. Each
teamw id do his share earnestly
then hTwm benefit him-
self-for the better the band is, the bet
ter musician he will become.
-ning,
“ d°°a "special practice for beginners
“iy Tuesday evening. There are about
fifteen men practicing regular y, an
thtags looh well for a good band m the
know there must be some other
• • in a town this size, and we
musician whether
wnnt everyone who can
Te has an instrument or not, and those
who would UKe to learn to Play to CO
out and see about joinmg this live
Toft'an especially good time for
. there are already several
■„Te band, and the work will be sim-
pie for the first few months. Young
Cs. scout age, can easily learn to play
and will find it both entertaining an
profitable. Instruments can be 0>>tained
easy terms, and uniforms will be
turnished as soon as a player shows will-
Lness to become a part of the organiza-
tion and devote the necessary time to it.
Anyone is welcome at rehearsals,
Who Is Your Boss
You’re working day after day in the
big shop.
You're getting a certain amount of
money for your work.
You’re either satisfied and happy, or
else you’re sore about something.
If you’re satisfied, and know you’re
getting along all right—fine.
If you’re sore, I want to ask you one
question.
Do you know who is your boss?
“Sure Mike,’" you say; “I’m working
for the man who owns this business.
He’s my boss!”
But that’s not so—not on your life.
You’re working for yourself.
You betcha are!
Sounds funny doesn’t it?
It’s a fact, just as sure as you’re a
day old! .
You’re in business for yourself, just
as much as the big guy who owns the
business.
The big guy isn’t your boss at all.
He’s your customer, and you're selling
something to him, just like he’s selling
samething to the people.
The only difference is that he’s got a
lot of money tied up in the business
which he takes a chance on losing.
You’ve got your money in the savings
bank, where it’s safe.
Now the “boss,” he’s selling goods to
his customers, the people—^because the
people need them. And you’re sellmg
your work to your customer, the “boss’
—because he needs it.
Now, supposing the “boss” starts in
to make poor goods. He doesn’t give
the people full value for their money.
What happens?
Why, the people, find it out, and
won’t buy his goods; they buy some other
guy’s goods, and he loses his customers.
Now, supposing you start in selling
your customer, the “boss,” poor work.
You don’t give him a full day’s work
for a full day’s pay—what then?
Why, the boss is going to do the same
thing with your poor work that the
people would do with his poor goods.
He's going to buy someone's else work.
You lose your customer, and have to
look for somebody else to whom to sell
your work.
The people have got a right to buy
the best goods they can get for their
money.
The “boss” has got the right to buy
the best work he can get for his money.
You’ve got to look at it this way be
fore you can get ahead.
—jirizono, Mining Journal