Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 14, 1910, Page 5

< """ A Wheat Hospital. *“This wheat has been through the hospltal,” said a miller. “I can tel by the fine polish on the grains. Wheat that has been through the hospital for smut disease comes out better than well wheat.” The wheat grains, in truth, shone so that one could almost see one's face in them. “You can see your face in them, ean't you?’ said the miller. “And no wonder. They've been through drastic treatment—drastic, Smut is a nasty disease, a kind of mold, that changes the starch and gluten in wheat to a black powder. When you see flour full of black specks it is a sign that sorue of the wheat was smutted. The sure Is first to wash the wheat thor- eughly. Then you dry it. Then you seour it. Then you dry It again. Finally you brush it. Wheat hospitals —they are found In most grain ele- vators nowadays—have big machines for washing, drylng, scouring and brushing the grain, and wheat on its wvery last legs comes out of those in- firmaries as spruce and blooming as a football girl."—Buffalo Express, Peace and War. “Peace hath her victories,” quoted the wise guy. “Yes, but we generally have to fight pretty hard for them,” added the sim- Ple mug.—Philadelphia Record. New-Cash-Want-Rate ',-Cent-a-Word Where cash accompanies copy we will publish all ““Want Ads" for half- cent a word per insertion. Where cash does not-accompany copy the regular rate of one ceuta word will be charged. EVERY HOME HAS A WANT AD For Rent--For Sale--Exchange --Help Wanted--Work Wanted --Etc.--Etc. HELP WANTED. WANTED—Able bodied men be- tween the ages of 18 and 35, who are permanant residents of the city of Bemidji to enlist in Company K Minnesota National Guard® For turther information call on Captain Otto at the post- office. Chamber maid wanted and to wait on table one hour at meal time. Wages $20.00 per month, Palace Hotel, Blackduck. WANTED—Piano player, young lady preferred. Call Monday at the Odd Fellow’s building.—J. W. Shaw. WANTED—Piano player, young lady preferred. Call Monday at the Odd Fellow’s building.—J. W Shaw. WANTED—Good girl for general house work. Mrs. H. W. Bailey 605 Minnesota. WANTED —Girl for general house work. Mrs. Molander, 1118 Bemidji avenue, WANTED—Lady cook. Star Theater. Apply T FOR SALE. | FOR SALE—Red Wing 16-foot gasoline launch in good condition, cheap; one No. 5 latest Model Oliver typewriter. + Must sell within the next three or four days. 113 Ninth street. FOR SALE OR TRADE—Choice Nymore Lots; for price and pai- ticulars write te —J. L. Wold, Twin Valley, Minn. FOR SALE—Rubber stamps. The Pioneer will procure any kind of a rubber stamp for you an short notice. Two choice lots for sale at a snap it taken at once, Call at go7 Minn. ave., or 116 3rd street. FOR SALE—3 good heaters; one medium size and two large stoves. Inquire at Pioneer office. FOR SALE—My residence, corner Seventh St. and America Ave. J. S. Hanson. LOST’and FOUND LOST—Pocket book containing $8.00 Return to Pioneer office for reward. MISCELLANEOUS WANTED—Position by elderly lady as housekeeper for small family. Apply corner Eighth and Minnesota, Bemidji. Money to loan on farm lands, no delay, Address P. O. box 405 Bemidji, Minn. Manufacturers of = GAS, GASOLINE and STEAM ENQINES, PULLEYS, HANGERS, SHAFTING, CLUTCHES and il POWER TRANSNISSION SUPPLIES, diract fo the consumer. Largest Machine Shop STEEL AND MACOHE MINNIANI.IE.’LIIEERY o9 FIRE LOSS WILL |- BE VERY HEAVY Much Timber Destroyed in Northern Minnesota. GRAND MARAIS NOW SAFE Although Fires Are Still Raging in That Locality the Beach in the Vicinity of the Town Is Thoroughly Cleaned Up—Flames Traveled at a Tremendous Rate of Speed, Leaping Over Wide Spaces. Duluth, May 14—Passengers who came down on the steamer America of the Booth line from the north shore tell of much damage done by the forest fires that have been and still are raging in that section. Every bit of timber between Split Rock and Grand Marais has been burned except two runways. The timber destroyed was pine, spruce and balsam, for the most part. At Pallisades . McLaughlin’s camp and farm buildings were razed, many thousands of feet of logs being de- stroyed by the flames. The Red Cliff Lumber company’s camp at McLaugh- lin’s landing was wiped out amd Mur- phy Bros. suffered a total loss at the same place. The fire traveled at a tremendous rate of speed from Cross river south, leaping over spaces as wide as two city blocks in many places. The flames rushed along with devastating fury, passing over stretches of territory twenty miles in extent. In an hour not a stick was left standing in the wake of the fire. Grand Marais is safe now, say the America’s passengers. On Maple hill the flames are raging with undimin- ished fury. The beach in the vicinity of Grand Marais is thoroughly cleaned up. With a wind from the south the flames will do as thorough a job in the interior. Serious in Gunflint Region. The fires are now at their worst in the Gunilint region and along the Pidgeon river, where much standing timber is being leveled and destroyed. Pidgeon river is on the boundar§ line. Captain Alexander McDougall, who has been on the Brule river directing the fight against forest fires for the past few days, came to Duluth to get more men for the work. -He will re- turn shortly to continue the fighting. All of the cottages and lodges on the Brule have been saved, but terri- tory of about 100 square miles of land has been burned over and valuable standing timber and small pines with great possibilities for the future have been burned. The value of the timber destroyed ie not estimated so much in a mate- rial way by the owner, but on the basis of the beauty of the Brule val- ley, which has been considered one of the most beautiful spots in this part of the country. ROOSEVELT HOME JUNE 18 WIll Sail on Kaiserin Auguste Vic- toria as Scheduled. New York, May 14.—Fears that the. commission he has accepted to act as the official representative of the Unit- ed States at the funeral of King Ed- ward might delay the return to this city of former President Roosevelt, necessitating a change in the plans for his welcome home, were set at rest by the receipt of a cablegram from him announcing that he will sail on the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria as scheduled. This will insure his arrival in New York on June 18. Sharpshooters of the Revolution. As soon as a pioneer boy was big enough to level a rifle he was given powder and ball to shoot squirrels. After a little practice he was required to bring in as many squirrels as he had received charges under penalty of a severe lecture or even of having his Jjacket “tanned.” At the age of twelve the boy became a fort soldier, with loophole assigned him from which to fight when the settlers rallied against an Indian foray. Growing older, he became a hunter of deer, elk, buffalo and bear, skilled in trailing and in utilizing cover, capable of enduring long marches through trackless moun- tain forests. At night he was content to curl up in a single blanket beside a small fire and sleep under the roof of heaven. If it rained, in a few minutes he built him a lodge of bark or boughs with no implement but his one pound tomahawk. Incessant war with the Indians taught him to be his own gen- eral, to be ever on the alert, to keep his head and shoot straight under fire. Pitted against an enemy who gave ng quarter, but tortured the living and scalped the dead, he became himself a stanch fighter who never surrendered. The wilderness bred men of iron, © The Age of Man, It is generally admitted by sclentists that men lived on the earth contempo- raneously with the big nosed rhinoc- eros, which became extinct about the beginning of the glacial period. That period, so high an authority as the late John Fiske assures us, probably began not less than 240,000 years ago and came to an end 80,000 years ago, How long man existed on the earth prior to the glacial period we have no means of knowing.—New York Ameriean, Ve | | i + | b | An Amateur Conjurer. . During a little pedestrian trip a gen- tleman came unexpectedly upon a country race course and on one por- tion of the ground found a thimblerig establishment in full work. Notwith- standing the remonstrance of his com- panion, the gentleman, who was a bit of a madcap, insisted on watching the game. “Now, would the gent like to wager a crown he could find the pea?’ re- marked the expert. “Yes,” was the reply. The money was on both sides depos- ited, and the pedestrian, lifting up the thimble, pointed out the required pea and took the stakes. A second bet, “double or quits,” end- ed, to the surprise of the expert, in the same result. Then a third wager, “a pound or nothing.” steadied the nerves of the loser, and the trick was accomplished with great caution. The gentleman lifted up the thimble and showed the pea, ot the same time pocketing the stakes. “S'help me,” etc., “I didn’t put it there!” exclaimed the bewildered art- ist. “No, but I always carry my own pea,” rejoined the man who had come! out right as he went on his way with the spoils of war.—London Tit-Bits. In Modern Egypt. Douglas Sloden’s book on Egypt contains some curious anecdotes. For instance: “My doctor was called to see an Egyptian who was in a very low state. ‘What is the matter? he asked. ‘I think it is only depression. I have been a fool and lost a law case. I would not backsheesh the other man’s lawyer, and he backsheeshed mine.’ Later on when another Egyptian told my friend that he had won a law case my friend said, ‘I suppose you back- sheeshed the other man’s lawyer? The Egyptian gave a beautiful smile and said, ‘How did you know? ” And again: “I was at Luxor when they were recruiting for the army. If a young man was found to be phys- ically fit his relations were plunged in grief. Professional mourners were hired to squat outside the police sta- tion where the recruiting took place, yelling and weeping. If, on the other hand, he was rejected as undersized or a weakling or tainted with a loath- some disease, his relations and friends flew to him rejoicing and kissed him and hung on his neck.” The Churchyard Yew’s Secret. “Why are yew trees found in.ceme-: terles only?” said a forester. “Why, all over the world—saving here, where they don’t exist—do you find in ceme- teries great yews of immemorial aEC‘. Antiquaries have tried to attach some druidic significance to the matter. Yews grow in churchyards and nowhere else; hence they were sacred to the dead in the time of the Druids, and it was as erroneous to plant them in your gar- den as to plant tombstones there. I have exploded that superstition. On a walking tour of England one summer I asked every farmer I met why he had no yews on his place. The answer was always the same: ‘Do you think 1 want to lose my cattle?” or ‘Had one, but cut it down. The beasties got- at it, and yew leaves is poison to the beast- les’ ' Yes, that is the secret of the churchyard yew. It grows only in cemeteries because the farmers have destroyed it everywhere else, its leaves being injurious to live stock.”—New Orleans Times-Democrat. Eyes Only For Her. Martha—You don’t mean to say you have accepted that Mr. Spooner? Why, he is so awkward, you know! 1 saw him holding an umbrella over you the other day, and all the water it caught he allowed to drain right on to you. Nancy — What better proof could I have that he is in love with me? He hadn’t the least idea that it was rain- ing, the dear man!—Boston Transcript. Not Surprised. Mrs. Gramercy—She must have been surprised when her husband gave her such an expensive present. Mrs. Park —Not surprised, my dear, but ’suspi- clous. You may try to do many a day’s worry. but you can do only one day® work at a time. MOUNT VERNON Indestructibility and intrinsic value alone may appeal to a few, but the purchaser as a rule has grown more exacting as to design of Sterling Silver Tableware than ever before. Mount Vernon Pattern is pleasing and satisfying to the most critical. We carry a very large assortment in Fine Sterling Silverware in all the Better Brands and Exclusive Patterns. We buy in large quantitios direct from the factory and save you the Middle Man’s Profit. Hand Engraving on any article purchased of us, free of charge. Geo. T. Baker & Co. Manufacturing Jeweler 115 Third Street “Goes” of Whisky. Forty “goes” of whisky had been consumed by the licensed victuaker, and still he was sober—at least so he told the city coroner. “Goes” is a com- mon term in this connection, but it lacks the full appropriateness to the situation of its Scottish equivalent in the story of another big drink told by Dean Ramsay. It was at a party near Arbroath, held to celebrate the recon- ciliation of two farmers who had long been enemies. When the party at last broke up, at a morning hour, the pe- nurious lady of the house, who had not been able to sleep a wink for anxiety, called over the stairs to the servant: “How many bottles of whisky have they used, Betty?” “I dinna ken, mem,” was the answer, “but they've druncken six gang o’ wa- ter.” To the poor girl, who had to “gang” to the well for the qualifying fluid, these were “goes” indeed.—London Chronicle. . Expert Figuring. A well known actor tells a’ story of a ne’er-do-well in a little New Enge land town where he has often spent his summers. “I was walking down the main street one day,” said he, “when I saw old Silas grinning from ear to ear. I hardly thought that he was that glad to see me. So after speaking to him I said: ‘Why the smile that won’t come off, Silas? What has happened to make you so happy this morning? ‘I’ve been a-gittin’ married this mornin’;’ was the unexpected re- ply. ‘Married! You? I exclaimed. ‘Why, Silas, what on earth have you done that for? You know you can’t even support yourself as it is” ‘Waal," said Silas, ‘you see, it’s this way: I ken purty near support myself, an’ 1 kind of figured out that she could fin- ish up the job.’ ”—Argonaut. A Sensible Person. An old Scottish lady during her last fllness was assiduously attended by a physician, to whom she invariably gave a guinea when he came to see her. He told the friends with whom she lived that her death would proba- bly be very sudden, and one day when she seemed to have become uncon- sclous the doctor was hastily sent for. On his arrival he found that his pa- tlent had ceased to exist, and, taking hold of her right hand, which’ was closed, but not rigid, he calmly ex- tracted from it the customary fee, re- marking as he did so to the attendant friends, “Sensible to the last!” times. your trade. ‘Satisfaction Guaranteed EMPLOYMENT Near the Lake Our Aim Phones 65 and 390 Corner Fourth and Minnesota Our Business Hours From 7 a. m. to 8 p. m., ex- cept Saturdays we close at 10 p. m. Is to please the trade at all Kindly give us W. G. SCHROEDER men and Conductors on the Snelling and University Avenues, St. Paul, Minn. 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