Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 23, 1909, Page 4

Baking Powder Story in a nut-shell. Adulteration Cheap Impurity Baking Unhealthfulness ) Powder High Price Trust Indifferent Leavening Baking Residue of Rochelle Salts ) Powder Most Leavening Power ) CALUMET Purest Ingredients BAKING Moderate Price POWDER Received Highest Award ‘World’s Pure Food Exposition Chicago, 1907. The DOINGS AMONG BEMIDJI'S COUNTRY NEIGHBORS Live Correspondents of the Pioneer Write the News from Their Localities. Solway. June 22, Ray Dickinson was a Bemidji caller Tuesday. Mrs. Nels Arbougan is visiting with friends in Bemidji this week. Mr. Tony Coulters of Bemidji visited Mr. and Mrs. Peterson of this city, Sunday. Mrs. Elzie Wallace died Sunday morning leaving a husband and four children. P. J. Rock, our pathmaster, is doing a little repair work to the roads in this district this week. Mr- Melvin Lamon left for Moor- head Monday, where he will work the rest of the summer for Jas. Wil- cox. Taurtle River. June 22, Clarence Skivseth was a busines yisitor in the village Saturday. Miss Ida Hallady of Bemidiji is here visiting her sister, Mrs. B. Kirtland. Mrs. Nels Otterstad and son, Martin, were Bemidji visitors last Saturday. Rev. T.S. Kolste and wife went to Bemidji Saturday, where they remained for several days. Rev. I. P. Johnson of Minne- apolis, who is living at Turtle Lake, out on the island, where he and about twenty other families from Minneapolis are spending their sum- mers, was in town last Friday. N. W. Butler was a visiter in town Monday. Mr. Butler is circulating a petition for a rural route which is to go from Turtle to Buena Vista and back. There are seventy signers of the petition already and indications are that a new route will soon be in operation, which would be a good thing for the settlers liv- ing out that way. Clementson. June 19. Miss Jackson of Winnipeg was a visitor here Saturday. Messrs. Middelton and Severson of Baudette transacted business here on Wednesday. Miss Stella Clementson, who visited for ten days with friends at Spooner, has returned. Mrs. Alex Miller was a guest of Mrs. A. Sea, at Clementson Hotel, Monday and Tuesday of this week. William Ford made a brief busi- ness visit to International Falls on Thursday, returning Friday morn- ing on the boat. Messrs. Clark, Dodds and Part- ridge were among the prominent Baudette people who spent Sunday about Clementson. Mrs. Lewis Monson of Baudette spent a couple of days here as the guest of Mrs. Ed Farder and Mrs. Helic Clementson. Saniuel Heagey and Martin Devil- bliss left for International Falls Fri- day night to act as witnesses to the Robert Trotts homestead final proof. Notice to Electrical and Plumbing Contractors. Sealed bids will be received at the office of Graham M. Torrance, clerk of 1ndependent School District of Bemidji, Minn., until 8:00 p. m. July 1, 1909, for the installation of gas piping, electrical work, and addi- tional plumbing of a High School building at Bemidji, Minn. Each bid must be accompanied by a certified check in the sum of five per cent of the amount of bid made payable to T. J. Andrews, treasurer,as a guarantee that the successful bidder will enter into con~ tract and furnish a Surety Company Bond satisfactory to the School Board in full of the amount of his bid. Plans and specifications can be seen on file with Graham M. Tor- rance, at Bemidji, Minn., or at the office of the Architects, W. R. Par- sons & Son Co., at 601 Phoenix Bldg., Minneapolis, Minn. The work must be completed on or before the 15th of August, 1909. The Board of Education reserves the right to reject any or all bids. By Order of the School Board. —Graham M. Torrance, Clerk. Examination of School Records Com- pleted. J. M. Gayner of Litchfield, deputy public examiner, who has spent the last three weeks in Bemidji, examin- ing the books, accounts, etc., of the Board of Directors of the Independ- ent School District of Bemidji, states that he has completed the examination and that his report has been forwarded to his chief, Public Examiner Anton Schaeffer. While it is not known as to what the report of Mr. Gaynor contains as to the condition of the affairs of the school district, it is known that the deputy examiner delved thoroughly into the records for the past years, it being said that there are no records at hand for actions previous to that date. Many Nitrogen Nodules for Bemidji Root Crops. Prof. L. P. Harrington, principal of the Crookston Agricultural School, diplayed this mornirng to the Pioneer a large alfalfa plant and also a bunch of clover which he found on a knoll near Diamond Point, Professor Harrington diplayed the roots on these plants showing nitrogen nodules on both, more especially the clover, which is in- dicative of the fertility of the soil around Bemidji and also the atmos- pheric conditions which are so desir- able for the suceessful raising of Toot crops. Harry Brooks, the Brainerd com- mercial traveler, who “makes” all the towns in this vicinity, went north last evening over the M. & L. rail- way. Ghe Bemidji Decorators * J. A. Hoft Pearl Barnell J. C. Hand Painting, paperhanging and decorating done neatly and promptly. First class work guaranteed. onable Office 315-4th Street Prices reas- i Phone 202 Grand Forks Lumber Co. Hoisting Logs. pany is taking logs from a big drive in Lake Irving, which is timber that was cut last winter in the LaSalle lake country, near Lake Itasca. There_are more than 1,000,000 feet of timber in the drive and the logs have been boomed on the east shore of Lake Irving. It was necessary for the M. & I. railway company to repair the old hoist and side-track before the hoist could be used. The lumber company brought their hoisting engine from points north of here on the M. & I., which has been used this springin collect- ing the logs for the Grand Forks people. The logs will be taken to East Grand Forks by train and sawed into lumber at the mill there Twister at Bagley. Bagley, June 22.—(Special to Pioneer.)—A twister that accom- panied the high wind that preceded the rain storm here yesterday after- noon scattered the lumber of the Grover Lumber company’s area and raised the sides and roof of the Bagley Lumber company’s sawmill and blew down tne smokestack. Fortunately. none of the workman in or about the mill were injured. Several had very narrow" escapes. P. Peterson, one of the employes in the lath department of the mill, found himself buried in a sawdust pile at least twenty feet from the machine where he was at work at the time the storm struck the mill. To Quebec and Return $30.00 Via the South Shore in connec- tion with the Annual Pilgrimage to Ste. Anne de Beaupre. Tickets on sale July 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22nd and good for stop over. Limit Aug- ust 31st. Excursion fares to all Eastern points; tickets on sale every day, return limit Oct. 31st. For further particulars and reser- vation write A. J. Perrin, Geueral Agent, Duluth, Minn. Nymore Warrants Payable. Notice is hereby given that Vil- lage of Nymore warrants registered prior to Jan. 1, 1909 are due and payable and that there is money in the treasury to pay same;and that interest will cease from and after thirty days from the date of this notice. Dated at Nymore, Minn. this 23rd day of June, 1909. Willis Nye, Village Treasurer. Week-End Excursions. Via the South Shore for Detroit, Toledo, Cleyveland and Bufialo’by rail to St. Ignace thence D. & C. N. Co.'s steamers, leaving Duluth every Friday. June 4 to July 30. To Detroit and return $17.00. Limit Sept. 15th. Swedish Picnic. The Swedish people will give their annual midsummer feast at Diamond Point Sunday afternoon, June 27th. Music will be furnished by Masten’s orchestra and refresh- ments will be served. A cordial invitation is extended to everyone. Only a Letter Out. “Talk about scholards,” sald the proud Sam Smith. “Listen to my lit- tle lad talk about grammar. Tommy, what gender 1s thy fayther?” “Masculine,” sald the learned Tom- my. “Bean’t it wonnerful!” said the proud father. “And thy mither, Tom- my?’ “Feminine,” replled the erudite ju- venile, “Hear that agen!” crled the delight- ed father. “An’, noo, Tommy,” he proceeded, picking up the family tea- pot, “what gender is this?" “Neuter,” said Tommy. Sam’s face fell, “Well, well,” he exclaimed, “it's allus the way, Still, not but what the little lad was far oot. He only said neuter 'stead of pewter, that’s a’l”—London Tit-Bits. . T e wm——y . Cheaper. Bervant—Please, sir, missus wants you to send for the plumber, ’cos she's dropped her diamond ring down the bath pipe. Mr. Nuriche—Tell your mistress not to be ridiculous. I'll buy her another dlamond ring! — London Mail. Snow fell in Furope for forty days in 1434, Expected Some Cussing. A West Philadelphia husband had just comfortably seated himself for his after dinner cigar-the other even- ing when his good wife arose and took the parrot from the room. This done, she picked up a couple of envelopes and approached the old man, all of which occasioned that gent consider- able surprise. “Mary,” sald he, “what in the world did you take that parrot out of the room for?” “I was afraid@ that you might set him a bad example,” answered wifey. “What do you mean?” demanded the wondering husband. “I mean,” answered wifey, handing father the envelope, “that I have just recelved my dressmaking and millinery bills.”—Philadelphia Telegraph. The Grand Forks Lumber com-| tains a height of only about five inches, said, lasts for hours. The saccharine power is much greater than that of isugar.—Youth'’s Companion. = . How Queen Besa Dined. = The setting out of the dinner of Queen Elizabeth was a ceremonious function. First came a gentleman with a rod, followed by a gentleman carry- ing a tablecloth, which, after they had knelt reverently three times, was spreal upon the table. Then came two others, one with a rod, the other with a salteellar, a plate and bread. They knelt three times, placed the things on the table, knelt again and retired. Next came a lady in walting, followed by a second. The first lady, dressed in ‘white, after kneeling three times, ap- proached the table and solemnly rubbed the plates with the salt. Then entered twenty-four yeomen of the guard clad in scarlet and each carrying a dish of gold. These dishes were placed upon the table, while the lady taster gave to each of the guards a taste from the dish he had brought in for fear of pos- sible poison. These guards were se- lected from the tallest and stoutest men in all England. At the close of this ceremony a number of unmarried ladles appeared and with great solem- nity lifted the various dishes and car- rled them to the queen in her private | apartments. The queen dined and sup- ped alone, with few attendants, and it 'was seldom that any one was admitted at this time, and then only at the inter- cession of some one in potver. Coal Used by Romans. 1t is believed by some historians that coal was used by the Romans on the continent and by the Britons on the is- land before the arrival of Caesar. As early as 1234 Henry IIL. granted a li- cense to dig coal near Newecastle, but a few years later the use of coal was forbldden in London, the smoke being deemed prejudicial to public health. In 1306 the London gentry petitioned the king against its use, declaring that in spite of his royal order certain ma- licious persons persisted in burning it. Coals began to be brought from New- castle to London in 1381, during the reign of Richard II. By the year 1400 coal wag commonly burned ‘in London as a fuel, though 200 years later, in the relgn of Charles I, its use was far from being general throughout Eng- land. Anthracite coal, which, except the diamond, is the purest form of car- bon known, was first used by a Con- necticut - blacksmith named Gore In 1768 and as a domestlc fuel by Judge Jesse Fell of Wilkesbarre, Pa., in 1808, A Fairy Tale Kingdom. The kingdom of Uganda is a fairy tale. You climb up a rallway instead of a beanstalk, and at the end there is a wonderful new world. The scenery is different, the vegetation is different, the climate is dlfferent, and, most of all, the people are different from any- thing elsewhers to be seen In the| whole range of Africa. Instead of the breezy uplands we enter a tropical garden. In place of naked painted savages clashing their spears and gib- bering in chorus to their tribal chiefs a complete and elaborate polity is pre- sented. Under a dynastic king, a par- llament and a powerful feudal sys- tem an amiable, clothed, polite and in- telligent race dwell together in an or- ganized monarchy upon the rich do- main between the Victoria and Albert lakes. — Winston Churchill, M. P., in Strand Magazine. A Promise Unfulfilled, 0. Henry, the well known story writ- er, once promised the editor of a mag- azine that'he would deliver a short story to him on the following Monday. Several Mondays passed, but the muse was refractory, and the story was not forthcoming. At last the wrathful ed- itor wrote this note: My Dear O. Henry—If I do not recelve that story from you by. 12 o'clock today I am going to put on my heaviest soled shoes, come down to your house and kick you downstairs. I always keep my prom- ises. ‘Whereupon ‘0. Henry sat down and wrote this characteristic reply: Dear Sir—1, too, would keep my prom- ises if I could fulfill them with my feet. —Success Magazine. B A Defect. A little girl was playing with a gir] friend of her own age on the porch of her home. An elderly gentlemmn, her mother’s father, -and an elderly lady, her father’s mother; were sitting on the porch talking pleasantly with each other. The little girl had often wished her grandparents were of the same name, like other children’s grand- parents. Presently the little guest re- marked, “What a nice grandmother and grandfather you havel” “Oh, yes,” she saild, with a sigh, “but they don’t match.” An Explanation. “How long has this restaurant been open?” asked the would be diner. “Two years,” said the proprietor. “I am sorry I did not know it,” saild the guest. “I should be better off if I bad come here then.” “Yes?” smiled the proprietor, very much pleased. “How is that?” “I should probably have been served by this time if I had,” sald the guest, and the entente cordiale vanished.— ‘Harper’s Weekly. Cause and Effect. Old Hunks—When I came to this town sixteen years ago, real estate in the block where I live was higher than 1t is now. 0Old Hewligus—It would be so in any block where you'd settle down.—Chica. go Tribune. Generous. Mr. Smith (in street car)—Madam, take my seat. Mrs. Jones (who has been standing fifteen minutes)—No thanks; I get off at the next corner Smith—That’s all right. “ 8o do I It is unpleasant to turn back, ever though 1t be to take the right way~ German Proverh. z Paraguay’s Sweet Plant. A herb called by the natives caa ehe, but botanically Eupatorium - re- baudianum, grows wild in Paraguay. It 18 remarkable for its sweetness. In- deed, the native name means the “sugar plani It grows along the bor- ders of the river Amambahi and at- The smallest bit of this plant when placed upon the tongue produces a surprisingly sweet flavor, which, it is ¥ Jookey's Tricks. “There are tricks of two kinds in Jockeying,” sald a jockey, “the legiti- mate and the {illegitimate. Use the first and you'll prosper. TUse the last and it’s all up. “Illegitimate tricks are pulling a race and getting left at the post.- If you lose, you are always afterward an ob- Ject of suspicion, and ten to ome if you ever pull another horse you are done for. But getting yourself left at the post is a big and complex subject, and it is the ome trick that a clever Jockey can work time and again with safety. “To cause a rival horse to swerve 1s an fllegitimate trick that often wins your race. You cause the swerving by straightening out your leg so that your heel nearly touches the other horse's nose, or you make a wide slash with our whip so that it nearly touches e other horse’s eyes. ‘“The legitimate tricks are— But why glve them away when it has taken all my life to learn them?’—New Or- leans Times-Democrat. We Work Too Hard. Lady Headfort during her American tour said in New York that she ap- proved of international marriages. “They correct us,” she explained. “Our Englishmen work too little, your Amerfcan men work too much, and the International marrlage tends to bring about a happy mean. Your men do work too much, you know,” sald Lady Headfort. “I have an English friend who attended the funeral of one of your hardest workers, a multi- millionaire. My friend’s wife said rather bitterly to him at the funeral: “‘How you haye missed your oppor- tunities, my love! Place yourself be- slde Mr. Ritch there. You are both of the same age. You both began life to- gether. Yet you are a poor man, while he dled a multimilionaire.” “‘Yes,’ said the English husband. ‘There Ritch lies, dead of nervous pros- tratlon, without one single penny in his pocket, and here I stand, hale and hearty, with a wallet in my coat con- taining quite a hundred dollars.’” Talismans In Malta. There are still to be found in Malta a number of small stones shaped and colored like the eyes, tongues and other parts of serpents. The superstitious among the Maltese connect these with the tradition that St. Paul when shipwrecked was cast on their island and that it was there that while lighting & bundle of sticks for a fire a viper fastened on the apos- tle’s hand. St. Paul calmly shook the reptile off into the flames, and no harm- followed. The natives wear these stones as talismans, in which character they suppose them servicea- ble In warding off dangers from snake bites and poisons. They dre found in St. Paul's cave imbedded in clay and are set in rings and bracelets and when found to be in the shape of a tongue or liver or heart are hung around the neck. They are also taken internally, dissolved in wine, which method is attended, ac- cording to some people, by more im- mediate results.. ¥ Blessings. She wus the daughter of the village physician, a sunny curled darling of six, whose big blue eyes rested on the face of the Sunday school teacher with an attention and intelligence most encouraging. So when, after a discourse to the children on the beauty of appreclating their blessings, the teacher asked for an explanation of a blessing the doc- tor’s little daughter rose and sald: “If my papa was to have a patient and she was to get well, and she was to pay my papa, and my papa was to give the money to my mamma, and my mamma was to buy me a new dress and take me down to the vacant lot and let me ride the great big fierce lion on the merry-go-round, that would be a blessing.”—Woman’s Home Com- panion. A Witty Reply. A witty but not overindustrious Celt ‘was one of a street gang. A few min- utes before noon one day he threw his shovel into the gutter, sat down on the curbstone and proceeded to light his pipe. Just then the superintendent of streets came round a corner and, seeing Pat, roared out: “Here! What are you throwing down your shovel for at this time of day? “To cool it, sorr,” said Pat. Wasted Opportunities. “How did you like my talk last night?” asked the beginner in the lec- ture fleld. “Well,” replied the candid critic, “you didn’t take advantage of your many opportunities.” “I didn’t?” “No; you had a number of opportuni- tles to quit before you did.”—Philadel- phia Press. . Declined In Rebuttal. Authoress (of the budding varlety)— I got level with the editor last night. He always rejects my manuscripts. But I have bad my revenge. Friend— How did you do it? Authoress—I de- clined his son with thanks.—Plck-Me- Up. . Driven From Home. “DId you hear that the daughter of that rich man in the next street had been driven from home?” “No! When did it happen?” “Just after she got into the carriage.” No_Wonder. Jack—Yes, poor John may have had his faults, but his heart was on the right side.” ‘Wagge—Is it possible? No wonder Ye dled. “Smart” Manners. A well dressed crowd is always the worst behaved crowd. If any onme doubts this trulsm let him ask any London policeman who has had to grapple with a crowd of fashionable ladies.—Nottingham Guardian, Cured Him., Mrs, Naggs— My husband used to find fault with the coffee, but he doesn't any ‘more. Mrs. Howells— How did you break him of the habit} Mre. Naggs—I induced him to make himself one morning, A0 once pull a fast horse and make him || you 20 per cent. 116 Third st. OUR REPAIR DEPARTMENT Is famed Ethroughout [this and adjoining states. We have built up a reputation as being experts in the repair of high grade watches, repairing and manufacturing fine jewelry. We carry one of the largest stocks of Precious and Semi-Precious Gems in the State. Diamonds, Rubies, Emeralds, and the cheaper stones direct from the cutters and importers, and save Estimates given ‘on Special Work. Chains, Emblems, Rings, Pins, made to order. GED. T. BAKER co. Manufacturing Jewelers WATGH INSPECTOR M. & I. RY. Y900 We buy Near the Lake i Followed Suit. On the day of the admission of M. Rostand to the French academy the author of “Cyrano” and “L’Aiglon” gave a breakfast to a few of his friends, the guest of honor belng Mme. Bernhardt. The actress was dressed in a handsome gown, which had been made expressly for the occasion. At the end of the breakfast she arose and in an impressive manner took a glass, held it high and said, “I drink to the greatest of French dramatists, M. Ro- stand, and ‘I drink after the Greek manner!” She then poured the con- tents of her glass over her head and gown. Two of Rostand’s small sons were sitting at a side table wearing new velvet sults, also made for the oceca- slon. In the silence which followed Bernhard’s dramatic tribute the elder of the boys arose and, imitating her manner, said, “I drink to the greatest of poets, my papa, and I also drink in the Greek fashion!” and straightway deluged himself and his small brother with the contents of his glass. . A Scene Not In a Play. An extraordinary scene took place in the Princess’ theater, London, on the night of the first production of Charles Reade'’s great play, “Never Too Late to Mend,” Oct. 4, 1865. During the prison scene a large quantity of water ‘was thrown over Miss Moore, who took the part of Josephs, the character done to death by the warders. One of the critics, Mr. Tomlin of the Morning Ad- vertiser, rose from his seat and pub- lcly protested against the unnecessary cruelty. This aroused almost a riot among the audience, and the action of the play was stopped for some con- slderable time. I'uel was added to the fire by George Vining, the lessee of the theater, who was playing the part of Tom Robinson and who made a most imprudent speech, in which he prac- tlcally insulted every critic present, with the result that the theater was left severely alone by the press for many months. The play, however, turned out to be a popular success and had, for those days, the phenom- enal run of 140 performances. 8Splder Cures. In China spiders are highly esteemed In the treatment of croup. You get from an old wall the webs of seven black spiders—two of which must have the owners sitting in the middle—and pound them up in a mortar with a lit- tle powdered alum. The resulting mixture must then be set on fire, and the ashes, when squirted into the throat of the patient by means of a bamboo tube, are said to effect a cer- tain and immediate cure, Black spiders are evidently full of medicinal virtue, for they are largely employed in the treatment of ague as well. In-Somersetshire, if one is af- flicted with the unpleasant ailment, the way to get well is to shut up a large black spider in a box and leave It there till it dies. At the moment of its disease the ague should disap- pear. In Sussex the treatment s more herofe; the patient must swallow the spider. = Perhaps, after all, this remedy may not be so disagreeable ag it appears, for a German lady who was in the habit of picking out spiders from their webs as she walked through the woods and eating them' after first depriving them of their legs declared that they were very nice indeed and tasted like nuts.—London Chronicle. No Help Wanted. Bcene, a courtroom. A big, burl artisan is brought in by the balli and placed in the dock. He is a reg- ular Hercules in point of stature and 4s brought up on a charge of assault. It is evidently his first appearance in eourt. T ‘When he enters the magistrate is busy with his papers, but presently Jooks ‘up hurriedly and, turning to the prisoner, exclaims: “Have you engaged any one to de- fend you?” “What's that?” asks the prisoner; then, collecting himself, he adds: “I don’t want ‘anybody. Come on, any half dozen of you!"—London Answers. Origin of “Pall Mall.” “Pall Mall (pronounced pell mell) comes from paile maile, an ancient game supposed to have been played on the present site of Pall Mall by Nor- man monks, by whom it was intro- duced {nto England. The observant Pepys in his famous diary makes mention of it thus: “April 2, 1661, Into St. James’ park, where I saw the Duke of York playing at Pelemele, the first time that ever 1 saw-the sport.” . 8 ONE CENT A WORD. HELP WANTED. WANTFD—Experienced, efficient waitress, at once. Apply at City Hotel. WANTED—Girl for general house- work. Inquire 503 Beltrami Ave. WANTFD—Woman cook. at Lake Shore Hotel. Inquire FOR SALE. FOR SALE—Rubber stamps. The Pioneer will procure any kind of a rubber stamp for you an short notice. FOR SALE—Two lots, new cottage, nice location offer wanted. H. A. Bliler. 12I7 Bixby Ave. FOR RENT. FOR RENT—Seven-room house at 1111 Lake Boulevard. Inquire of Henry Stechman, 719 Bemidji avenue. FOR RENT—Furnished rooms with or without board, 1121 Bemidji avenue. FOR RENT—Five-room cottage on Twelfth street. Inquire of Dr. Tuomy. MISCELLANEOUS. PUBLIC LIBRARY—Open Tues days, Thursdays and Saturdays 2:30to 6 p. m., and Saturday evening 7:30 to 9 p. m. also. Library in basement of Court House. Mrs. Donald, librarian. WANTED—To exchange good second-hand threshing machine for clear, wild or improved land in Beltrami county. Inquire J. J. Opsahl, Sentinel office. Bemidji, Minn. Moore Push-Buttons Youve used thecelebrated MooreGlsss Push. Pins ~the Last three are younger generations of the FUSH family. 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