Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 25, 1909, Page 2

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON, BEMIDII PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. By CLYDE J.IPRYOR. Wutered in the postoffice at Bemidji. Minn., a8 second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER ANNUM R Able to Hear It. Joseph Medill of the Chicago Tribune was somewhat deaf, although his abil- ity at times ta hear what was said In an ordinary tone of voice was frequent- ~ Iy remarked. It is related of him that he dropped Into the business depart- ment of the office one day to make an inquiry about something that had oc- curred to him, and a young man who had been in his employ only a few months undertook in a loud tone of voice to enlighten him. “What did you say?” asked Mr. Me- dill, putting his hand to his ear. The young man repeated the ques- tion in a still louder voice. “I can’t hear you,” sald the editor. “Oh, chase yourself around the block, you old granny!” muttered the impa- tlent employee just above his breath. “I am not an old granny,” said Mr. Medill, turning away, “and I shall not ghase myself around the block.” The fresh young maa made imme- dlate arrangements to say goodby to his job, but the great editor probably thought that the lesson he had re- celved was sufficient and did not dis- turb him. A Famous London Tavern. The Mermaid was the name of u fa- mous London tavern frequented by noted literary men and actors during the relgn of Queen Elizabeth. All the wit and talent of the time assembled there for convivial enjoyment. Au- thors have made it the scene of great mind combats between such men as BShakespeare, Ben Johnson, Beaumont, Fletcher, Selden, Carew, Donne and others of reverential memory. It was the gathering place of the celebrated Mermaid club, the origin of which is ascribed to Sir Walter Raleigh. The Mermaid tavern was located in Bread street and was handlly reached from three thoroughfares, so that it has been often referred to in various ways. The Mermaid in Bread street, the Mer- maid in Friday street and the Mermaid In Cheap street were, however, all one and the same. It was the nearest to Bread street. The Mermaid was de- stroyed in the great London fire. There were other Mermald taverns, one in Cheapside and another in Cornhill, but they had no such associations as clung to that of Bread street. Origin of the Word “Bogus.” ‘The word “bogus” 1s sald by Dr. Ogll- vie to be derived from Boghese, the name of a notorious American swindler who about the year 1835 flooded the western and southwestern states with counterfeit bills, sham mortgages, etc. Others connect the word with “bogy,” a scarecrow or goblin, and so applied to anything fictitious or chimerical. Lowell in the “Biglow Papers” says: *“I more than suspect the word to be a corruption of the French bogasse.” This bogasse was the sugar cane as delivered in its dry, crushed state from the mlill, also called can trash and fit only for burning, being synonymous with useless rubbish. Again, according to Brewer, there is in French argot or thieves’ slang a word “bogue,” which signifies the rind of a green chestnut or the case of a ‘watch, and this also brings us to the idea of an outward seeming without any solild or reputable foundation.— Kansas Oity Journal. The Queerest Salad. ‘A gourmet as he mixed a salad of chicory said: “The world’s queerest salad, and possibly its most delicious one, 1s eaten by the Inoits of northwest Greenland. It is a salad of undigested moss from the stomach of a fresh killed reindeer, a bitter, sharp, stim- ulating salad, as good for the diges- tlon as an electrical massage. The Inoits live almost exclusively on fish; hence salads are a favorite dish with them, But no salad in their minds compares with that which they wrest from the slaughtered reindeer. They say this salad Is crisper, tenderer and more appetizing than any other, and they say it wards off indigestion; They fight for it, they spend their last penny on it, quite as the Indlans do with frewater.”—Exchange. Too Much For Him. Bmithson used to labor under the im- pression that he was a born humorist, but he has given up trying to be funny now. He called one day on an old school friend and was shown Into a room where his chum’s sister was busy ar- ranging a quantity of dried grass which she had collected. ““What a quantity of dried grass you have collected, Miss Ritchie!” he sald, Then his humor burst forth, “Nice room for a donkey to get into”"— “Make yourself at home, Mr. Smith. son,” sald the girl pleasantly, ‘When he arrived home all the humor was crushed out of him forever.—Lon- don Scraps. In the S8ame Boat. The stranger advanced tcward the @oor. Mrs. 0'Toole stood in the door- way with a rough stick in her left hand and a frown on her brow. “Good morning,” said the stranger politely. “I'm looking for Mr. 0’Toole.” “So'm 1,” sald Mrs. O’Toole, shifting her club over to her other hand.—Ev- erybody’s. Matrimony. Youngly—DId you ever notice that the matrimonial process is like that of making a call? You go to adore, you ring a belle and you give your name to a maid. Oynicus—Yes, and then: you're taken in.—Boston Transcript. The Extremes. Lobster and champagne for supper— that's high jinks. Sawdust and near- coffee for 'breakfast—that's hyglene. Between these two eminences, how- ever, there’s room for some genuine CHAMBERLAIN'S COUG}LREMLD% GIVES UNIVERSAL SATISFAQ- TION. Best Remedy in the Market For Colds, Croup and Whooping Cough---It Always Cures And Is Pleasart end Safe to Take. “T never had.a medicine in my storo that gave such universal satisfaction as Cham- berlain's Cough Remedy,” says Mr. P. M. Shore, of Rochester, Ind. “I¢ is the liest remedy to-day on the market for coughs, colds and whooping cough. One of my lady customers told me recently that she could not keep house without it, that since they have been using it they have had'no need of a doctor.” In case of a severe attack of stoup a_physician will usnally call twice, wnd perhaps half a dozen times in a severe .| wd long protracted case of whooping couy h whilein pneumonia it is often necessary he calls once or twice a day. for a week or two. Al of this trouble and expense' may be saved by the judicious use of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy, for it is certain cure for croup, and when given as soon as_the child becomes hoarse, or even after the croupy sough appears it will prevent the at Pneumonia can also be prevented. This fact has been fully proven, as during' the al- been in i eneral use, no case of a cold or at- tack of t! haye been able to learn. It will thing at the right time, all' danger and ex- if not as stated it will not cost you a cent. Barker’s Drag Stere The Russian Joke Teller. Story telling and jesting have al- ways been counted the favorite amuse- ments of semibarbaric people. To the first we owe the “Arablan Nights” and to the second the clowns, who were formerly the appendage of all great houses. In Russia the paid Joker still flourishes, and the people pay so much an hour to listen to his Jokes and witticisms. He provides himself with two or three hundred tlckets, and, mounting a sort of ros- trum, he announces that he is going to regale his audience with choice tid- bits of mirth provoking lore. He be- gins selling tickets at a penny each, and when he has sold enough to war- rant his beginning he turns himself loose, and the audience remains spell- bound by his humorous stories for an hour or two. A recent {raveler who saw a number of these jokers in St. Petersburg says, “I listened to them several times, and, although I could not understand onme word the joker said, I was sure from the way the au- dience greeted his stories with roars of laughter that the jokes were above the average.” Adam, Eve and Some Apples. How many apples did Adam and Eve eat? Some say Eve 8 and Adam 2, a total of 10. Others say Eve 8 and Adam 8 also; total, 16. But if Eve 8 and Adam 82, the total will be 90. Now, if Eve 81 and Adam 8 1 2 the total would be 893. Thenif Eve811stand Adam812 the total would be 1,6238. Or, again, Eve 814 Adam, Adam 81242 oblige Eve, total 82,056. Though we ad- mit Bve 814 Adam, Adam, if he 8181 242 keep Eve company; total, 8,182, 05 6. All wrong. Hve, whenshe 81812 many and probably felt sorry for it, and Adam, In order to relieve her grief, 812; therefore Adam if he 818 14240fy KEve's depressed spirit; hence both ate 81,896,864 apples. —Kansas Ofty Independent. Marriage Customs In Savage Africa. The charge which is sometimes brought against white men of “marry- ing for money” cannot be used against their sex in Africa, for there it is the other way about, husbands having to purchase their wives. When a man has a wife bestowed upon him as an act of charity he feels that she is not properly his own, and she, if she will, can treat him with contempt. This custom of wife purchase, although it is to be decried as tending to lower marriage to the level of a commercial contract, i8 an Incentive to young men to work. Lazy youths cannot com- pete with energetic ones in the matri: monial market, as they are despised by the young women and rejected by thelr parents as being unworthy of their daughters.—Wide World Magazine, Sea Roses. The sea rose is a leathery looking creature which attaches itself to' a stone at the bottom of the sea in its infancy and ultimately attains a size about- three inches in-length and an inch and a half in” breadth, When quiet and feeding under water its top opens and blossoms into the semblance of a large pink rose, with petals fully an inch long, a really handsome ob- Ject. As soon as it is disturbed, how- ever, it shuts itself resolutely into its leather pod. Southern Spoon Corn Bread. Pour two cupfuls bolling water over a cupful cornmeal; cook five minutes, stirring continually; add a tablespoon- ful butter, two eggs well beaten; a cup- ful milk, a teaspoonful salt; beat thor- oughly, pour into a well greased bak- ing dish and bake thirty-five minutes in hot oven. Serve from the dish in ‘which it i3 baked.—What to Eat. Overburdened With Memory. Your gon tells me that he i3 going to take lessons to cultivate his memory.” “I hope not,” answered Farmer Corn- tossel. “He can remember every. fool tune that was ever whistled.”—Wash- Ington Star. Quite Light. Marie—T think Chollie is a delightful dancer. He’s 80 light on his feet! Lil- lian—When you're better acquatnted | with Chollle you'll discover that he's light at both ends'—Town and Country. An acre in Middlesex is worth l prin- clpality in Utop! M’ ulay. most forty yeurs in which this remedy has |20 2POlogy indeed. e grip has ever resulted in pneu- |er forget it. monia when this remedy wasused, so faras we | rls that it was the finest specimen of ‘)eseenlhn the public apology and retraction dx- alittle forethought and by doing the right |tant. It sald: Another Way Out of It. '~ Nobhody had ever bad reason to'ae- euse Abel Pond of Leing dishonest, but be was as sharp a man in a bargain as could be found in the county. When the building committee applied to him for a site for the new library be was ready to sell them a desirable/lot, but not at their price. i “I couldn’t feel to let it go under $600,” he said, with the mild: obstinacy that characterized all his dealings with his fellow men. “It wouldn’t be right.” “You ought to be willing to contrib- ute something for'such an object,” sald: the, chairman of the committee, “If It's worth six hundred, why not let us bave It for five hundred and call it "you've given the other hundred?’ “M’m—no;- I couldn’t do that,” sald Mr. Pond, stroking his chin, “but I tell you what I will do. You give me seven hundred for it, and I'll make out & check for a hundred and hand it over to you, so’s you can head the list of subscriptions with a good round sum and kind of wake up folks to their duty.”—Youtl’s Companion: % A Real Apology. * “When the late Joel Chandler Har- ris was an editor here among us,” sald an Atlantan, “I called on him one day and found him very willing to correct an error about me that crept into. his columns. “We talked about newspaper contra- ddetions, public apologies and the like, and ‘Uncle Remus’ took down a scrap- book and read me an apology that was It had happened, he srid, in o Transvaal paper. I'll nev- I agreed with Mr. Har- “I, the undersigned, A. C. du Plessis, pense may be avoided. Bearin mind that | retract hercby everything I have said every bottle of this remedy is warranted and | against the innocent Mr. G. P. Bezulden- hout, calling myself an infamous liar and striking my mouth with the exclamation: ‘You mendacious mouth! Why do you le 80? I declare, further, that I know noth- (ng against the character of Mr. G. P. Bezuidenhout. I call myself, besides, I genuine liar of lhe first class. A DU PLussia His Cough Cure. “In my boyhood there came to our town,” sald a clergyman, “a gentle min- ister who, the very first Sunday of his incumbency, stopped 'effectually his coughing congregation. “It was a congregatlon, too, singu- larly addicted to coughing. Rattling volleys of coughs ran over it every few minutes. The minister, indeed, that first Sunday could hardly make himself heard. He had rather a weak voice. ¢ “Well, after his sermon had proceed- ed for ten or twelve minutes, now au- dible enough, now drowned under great waves of coughs, he took a resolution, und when the next outbreak was at its. height he ceased preaching. “At once the coughing ceased. There was a profound sHence. The minister smiled. “‘My friends,’ said he, ‘it seems that when I stop you stop.” “From that day in that church tkey coughed no more.” 2 i Queer Wedding Effigy. i There is a cutious custom still prev- alent in the Bellary district of Indla in connection with the wedding cere- monles among certain Brahman fam- flies. Just prior to the close of the feasting a hideous effigy of a-male figure, fantastically robed in rags, sup- posed to represent the bridegroom’s fa- ther, i3 carried along the streets In procession under the shade of a sleve adorned with tassels’ of onions and margosa leaves. Every few yards dur- ing the procession the feet of the effigy. have %o be reverently washed and Hs forehead decorated with'a caste mark by its living spouse, the bridegroom's mother. The bridegroom’s other fe- male relations have several mock at- tentions paid to them by the women of the bride’s party.—St. James’ Ga- zette. Restaurant Affiliation. The waiter in the light lunch: cafe looked expectantly at the first of five men who had just entered. o “Bring me a coffee cake and a cup ‘of coffee,” ordered the first man, s “I'll take some milk biscuit and & glass of milk,” said the second. “Tea buns and a cup of tea, p!ma," remarked the third. “A plece of cocoanut pie and a cup ot cocoa,” said the fourth. The waiter passed” on to the flfth man, “Don’t say it, don’t say it!” he pleud- ed. “I kyow what you want. You want a slice of chocolate ¢ake and a-cup of chocolate.” “No; I do not,” protested the fifth man, “ want a plate of ice cream and’ a glass of ice water.”—Judge’s Library. An 0dd Legacy. % Jefferson. family of actors, was re- membered curiously in the will of Weston, who was himself an esteemed member of Garrick’s company. Wes- ton’s will contained this item: “I have played under the manage- ment of Mr. Jefferson at Richmond and recpiged from him every polite- ness. I therefore leave him all my stock of prudence, it being the only good quality T think he stands ln need of” fe § Not So Blind. 2R “Miranda, I want to ask you to mar ry me and to tell me”— o “Oh, George, this 1s so snddenl" g —“to tell me what date you and your | mother have decided on for our wed- dlng"'—Brooklyn Life. f Publicity. the world now knows it,” is the motto’ of & leading advertising agency. . The very truth hath ‘a color from the Alspretian of the-utterer.—Ellot, How to Fill Up Holes In' Wood. It ‘sometimes becomes necessary to Al ‘up cracks or-dents in-fine_wood- work, furniture, floors, etc. lowing 1s the best way of doing It: ‘White tissue paper {s steeped and per- fectly softéned in water and by thor ough kneading with glue transform [Into a paste and by means of ochers. i sible to ‘the shade of the wood. Thomas Jefferson, the founder of the |’ “"Twas T the newspaper, and all | de Pupll 19 Ouf el two' boys strung. thelr b!l tatch on the same string, Passing & graveyard they entered the gate ta divide the catch, dropping two fish Just as they went inside the cemeterys Passing, &n aged negro heard the two boys: “I'll take this one, you that oneg I this one, you that one; I this onq you that one;” ete, 2 The negro” listened in dismay -na ran. away as rapidly as his old legs could carry him.’ He met his negra ministeT, who called: “Deacon, ‘'why you run in auch ter- ror?” “Declare, parson, I been down yoms fler by de graveyard and over de fence heard de devil and de Lord parcelln‘ »ut de people atween ’em.” The:parson laughed at the old mu‘l fright and made him go. back with him to the graveyard:to convince him of his error. The boys were still dividing—“Yom take that, I take this” ete. Finally one boy asked, “What you going to do. with them two at the gate?” This was ‘more than pargon or-des- con ‘could stand, and both ran pellmell, neither wlsh!.ng to take any further chances, 10 matter what was going on just over the fence—Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle. Penguin Battles. The penguin, a notable diver among sea birds, wins his mate by right of conquest. - The male birds fight for the ponsession of the females: rous birds have regular duel grounds, where relics of {nnumerable combats in the shape of feathers lle scattered about. In the center Is the fighting arena, clear of all debris. The pen- guins’ feathers and blubber form an efficient shield against their opponents® beaks, 8o thé weapon ‘used is the short flipper, the only wings the birds pos- sess. The fight begins with the two combatants walking round each other walting for an opportunity to grip. Once this is done the flippers come Into play. ' The fighters shower blow after blow-upon each other. There is no record as to how: these fights end, but 1t is a safe supposition to say that they are seldom fatal. The force of the blow from a penguin’s flipper I8 such that three or four of them will draw blood from the human hand. ot How Models Make Pictures. 'The artist gazed in rapture on “The Kiss,” his latest picture. = “Do"you grasp,” he said, “the pas- slonate grace of the girl’s attitude, the warmth and the power wherewith her tense white arms draw the young man closer, ever clogser? Well, I got that Idea from my model, a shopgirl. ¢ “But for my model's suggestion I’ have put the girl in a stiff, cold poss, and the picture would never have been the masterpiece it 5. But my model pointed out to me the abandon where- with ‘a girl, whether of high or low station, gives herself up to a kisy’ charm. She illustrated the thing, ald- ed by a male model, a young medical student. Yes, she made my picture. “The fact Is, models make, with their valuable ‘hints and suggestions, lots of pictures. There’s many a mas- terpiece whose: merit is- due to. the splendid pose that the model originated for the principai figure.”—New Orleans Times-Democrat. Burma’s Popular Sports. A form of speculation. very popular fn Burma is bull racing. A certain na- tive sportsman ‘i the owner of one of these bulls, for which he has refused an offer of 10,000 rupees. It has won several Taces and 18 IGoked after and 88 carefully tended as a Derby fayorite, The owner values it at 25,000 rupees, and, it is-said, it brings him an annual income of from 12,000 to-15,000 Tupees. |; It is carefully guarded by four men lest 1t may be got 3t and “doctored.” ‘Burmans also pntromze boxing ea- gerly, but the art can'scarcely be-pracs ticed according to Queensberry rules, for we are told by.a provincial reporter that he has observed that “even the best boxers strike out with thelr eyes tightly shut, and if they do hit each other’it is more by chance than any- thing else.”—Calcutta Statesman. . The Wrong 'Lady. i S8ome young idlers-had been enjoying the fun. of hailing passing shopgirls with rather donbtful compliments, and from some of the answers returned it was “evident that not all of those ad- dressed were « taking things ' kindly. Presently one of the older boys, seeing It was_ going too far, spoke up. “Look &’ here now, fellers,” he added, “youse might think youse is wise guys an’ all that, but just keep on an’ the wrong lady’ll come along; an’ she’ll break yer face, see' 7"—Argo|mnt. A Parthian Shot. “Hven though you are my brother’l gon I am -obliged to- discharge you. But I am sorry for your mother's sake.” g .“Oh, that's all right, sir. Mother pays she don’t see how I've put up with you as long as I have.”—Judge. Preparation. % Guest—8o0 your fellow keeper Page I8 going to be married, is he? Game- keeper—Aye, sir, that-a-be. He wor prayed for in chur(‘:n' foor ‘the second time Sunday laast.—London Mail, = Raising the Ante. b Applying for a divorce, an old Georgla negro_sald to the judge: “Hit only cost me & string er fish ter git: marrled, " ‘Jedge; but, please God, ra glve a whale ter git'rid er her.” ?? ¢ . ' Wanted. the Browne—Did ‘you ever see a man who really wanted the earth? Towne — O, yes. -Browne—Who was he? Towne—A first trip passenger on an ‘ocean liner. i ¥ ; M the Eni of the Vovlu. ¥ *The only trip T don’t have to tip the The fol- | These cu- | “B'or more thau thirty years the most popular Wwoodsman's bank in Maine was a bank on two legs,” says Major Holmes Day, author of “King Spruce.” “Until he was over seyenty years: old Uncle ‘Nate Swan was con- ductor on the Bangér and Pueuuqnll raflroad, running’ between the clty and Moosehead lake. With him rode ‘the woods and driving crews. When they forgot themselves and made a racket on his train he used to cuff them into submission, ‘and’ mo man ever raised his hand against Uncle Nate. When the men came out of the woods with' their pay most.of them realized from bitter experience that the city folks would get all their money away from them' in a few days. As soon as they would get aboard the'train they would begin to strip. ten dollar bills off thelr rolls and hand the money to’ Uncle Nate to ‘sink’ for them, banking it on call. They never forgot, nor did he, and in all the years there was never a dispute between Conductor: Swan and any of his depositors.. When they came back on his train they were sure of ‘enough money for' their' fare and their tobacco at the lake outfitting store. They wouldn’t have known very well what to do with more.” Stops Falling Hair Destroys Dandruff easy terms. Her Ideal Villaln. The following anecdote, taken from “My Story,” by Hall Caine, 1s interest- ing: Immediately after the production of “The Woman In White,” when all England ' was ‘admiring the arch vil- lainy of Fosco, the author, Wilkfe Collins, received a visit from a lady who congratulated:him upon his suc« cess with somewhat fcy cheer and then said: “But, Mr. Collins, the great failure of your book is your villain. Excuse me if I say you really ‘do not know a villain. Your Count Fosco is & very poor one, and when next you want a character of that description I trust that you will not disdain to come to me. I know a villain and have one in my. eye at this moment that would far eclipse anything that I have ever’ read of in books.’ Don’t think’that I am drawing upon my imagination. The man {s alive and constantly under my gaze. In fact, he is my own husband.” The lady was the wife of Edward Bulwer Lytton. Different In Books. In the books this is the way they say it: “Outside the wind moaned unceasing- 1y, its voice now that of a child which sobs with itself in the night, now that of a woman who suffers her great pain alone, as women have suffered since life began, a8 women must suffer till life wears to its weary end. And min- gled with the wailing of wind rain fell —fell heavily, intermittently, like tears wrung from souls of strong men.” Outside the books we say: “It’s raining.”—Atchison Globe. iBuxldxng of all descriptions. How’s This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Oure. F.J. CHENEY & 00.. Toledo. 0., ‘We, the undersigned, have known F. Cheney for thelast 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transac- tions, and finarciall, lble 10 carry out any oblisations made by rm. ‘WAvLDING, Kmnfl MARVIK, Wholesale Drnlilnts. Toledo. Hall’s Oatarrh Cure ‘is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood. and mucous surfaces of the system. ‘Testimonials sent free Price 75¢ pe: tle. gold by all druggists, lee Hlll‘s Fxmfly Pilis for eonatlnmon. Ribbons speclal ma.kes. 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