Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 26, 1910, Page 3

PROFESSIONAL CARDS ARTS HARRY MASTEN Piano Tuner Formerly of Radoenbush & Co. of St. Paul Instructor of Violin, Piano, Mando- lin and Brass Instruments. Music furnished for balls, hotels. weddings, banquets, and all occasions. Terms reasonable. All music up to date. Phone N. W. 535, or call at 213 Third Street, upstairs. HARRY MASTEN, Plano Tuner LENN H. SLOSSON PIANO TUNING Graduate of the Boston School of Piano Tuning, Boston, Mass. Leave orders at the Bemidji Music House, 117 Third St. Phone 319-2. Residence Phone 174-2. RS. T. SMART DRESS MAKING PARLORS All Work gnaranteed to give satistaction. I have summer quilts, also dress patterns, tailored waists, underskirts, corset covers, trimmings, ete. Bring Your Orders to T. BEAUDETTE Merchant Tailor Cleaning and Pressing a Specialty 314 Minnesota Avenue PHYSICIANS AND SURCEONS R. ROWLAND GILMORE PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office—Miles Block R. E. A. SHANNON, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGECN Office in Mayo Block Phone 396 Res. Phone 397 R. C. R. SANBORN PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office—Miles Block A. WARD, M. D. ® Over First National Bank. Phone 51 House No. 601 Lake Blvd. Phone 351 R. A. E. HENDERSON PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Over First National Bank, Bemidji, Minn. Office Phone 36. Residence Pone 72. R. E. H. SMITH PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office in Winter Block R. E. H. MARCUM PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office in Mayo Block" Phone 18 Residence Phone 211 DENTISTS R. D. L STANT DENTIST Office in Winter Block DR. J. T. TUOMY DENTIST 1st National Bank Build’é. Telephone 230 R. G. M. PALMER DENTIST Miles Block Evening;Workiby Appointment Only Uiy LAWYERS RAHAM M. TORRANCE LAWYER Telephone 560 RANK A. JACKSON LAWYER Bemidji, Minnesota E. McDONALD * ATTORNEY AT LAW Office—Swedback Block, Bemidji, Minn. H. FISK = ATTORNEY AT LAW Office over City Drug Store Miles Block OM SMART DRAY AND TRANSFER SAFE AND PIANO MOVING Residence Phone 58 818 America Ave. Office Phone 12 EW PUBLIC LIBRARY Open 1o a. m. to 8 p. m., daily except Monday; 2 p. m. to 6 p. ‘m. Sun- day. Miss Beatnce Mllls, Librarian. M. MALZAHN & CO. * REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE FARM LOANS, RENTALS FARMS AND CITY PROPERTIES 407 Minn. Ave. Bemidji, Minn BISIAR & MURPHY FUNERAL DIRECTORS 117 Third Strest Dayphone Calis Answered at All Hours SOCIAL AND |PERSONAL| Items phoned or ha‘nded In for this column before noon will be printed the same day. The more it is washed the harder it gets— Mound Oitv Floor Paint. W. M. Ross. Fire insurance. C. J. Pryor. C. S. Giles is here from Gully, Minnesota, on a short trip. O. S. Hanson, of Grand Forks, 1s here 10r a few days at Lavinia, Money to loan on improved city property. Apply to J. F. Gibbons Matt Thompson, of Blackduck, was in Bemidji on a business trip yesterday. Mrs. S. A. Sarff is visiting friends in this city. Her home is in Bowerville. B. Teney is accompanied by his wife on this trip. Their home is in Hutchinson, John Fabel came up from Wadena last night and will spend a day or two in the city. Mr. and Mrs. Brenig accompanied by Earl Thurber, returned yester- day from a week’s visit at Erskine. Mr.and Mrs. C. E. Reed, of Thief River Falls, visited friends in the city yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Latimer, of Turtle River, are in Bemidji on busi- ness ard to attend the Bible con- ference. F. J. Bass, of Grey Eagle, ar- rived here last night and will com- bine business and pleasure for a few days. 0. 8. Quale, now of Durand, Wis- consin, passed through the city yesterday on his way to Shotley his former home, P. C. Allen, of Crookston, was in the city over night. He is superin- tendent of the northern division of the Great Northern. J. H. Griffin, of Grand Forks, who is district freight agent of the Great Northern, was here yesterday on company business. Miss Marie Walsmith left this morning for a trip to Minneapolis, Chicago and Milwaukee. She will be gone for several weeks. Mrs. Marion Van Syckle left for Grand Forks this morning’ for a few days. She will return to her cottage in Lavinia at the end of the week. Look this up. A $400.00 Piano for $275.00; a $350.00 Piano for $225.00. Snap if taken at once. Bemidji Music House, J. Bisiar Mgr. Richard Evans, the contractor who bhas the Soo work east of Be- midji, was 1n the city over night in consulation with the Soo engineers. Miss Jessie Lycan, of Toledo, Ohio, and Mrs. G. R. Dane, of St. Paul, will arrive tomorrow evening to visit their brother, F. S. Lycan. They will spend about two weeks in Bemidji. Mrs. P. J. Breen and Miss Jose- phine Breen, of Minneapolis, arrived last night for a visit of a few days in the city. While here, they will attend some of the meetings of the Bible conference. Miss Edith McLaren, of Lewis- ton, Idaho, who has been visiting friends in Duluth, will arrive tomor- row afternoon to spend a few days with Mr. and Mrs. G. N. Jabobi, at the head of the lake. The Ladies Aid society of the Baptist church will meet in the church parlors tomorrow afternoon, July 27. The ladies will be enter- tained by Mrs. Skogsberg, Mrs, Titus and Mrs. Flater. All are invited. Frank J. Meyst and E. C. Pratt, of Minneapolis, arrived in the city yesterday for a fishing trip. After trying the waters here, they expect to go to Cass Lake. Mr. Meyst is illustrious potentate ot Zuhrah temple of the St. Paul Masons. The following persons arrived on the morning M. & I train to attend the Bible conference: Rev. and Mrs. J. C. Mapson, of Tenstrike Mrs. Carter of Hines; Reverend Barackman, of Blackduck; and Mrs. Alice Bryant and Mrs. G. Crock, of Tenstrike. Life, accident and health insur- ance written by C. J. Pryor. For Health and Pure Food Hunt’s Perfect Baking Powder Ask for Hunt’s Perfect Flavoring lExtmcLs Farm and city loans. C. J. Pryor. Mr. and Mrs. Gus Stahl, of Kelli- her, are here for.a weeks’ visit with Mrs. Stahl’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Runyan. S H. McMullen, of Minneapo- lis, and Don McMullen, of Gleve- land, Ohio, have come to Bemidji for their vacation. Mrs, P. R. Scribner and Miss Harriet Shook, of Northome, are here to attend the Bible confer- ence, They arrived last night. Mrs. McGee, who has been' visit- ivg with her sons, R. L. and James Given, returned to her home this morning. She was accompanied by her son, N. E. Given uwho has also been visiting here. DECAY OF TIN. Remarkable Alteration Which Takes Place In the Metal. Anything made of tin, it seems, is doomed to a brief existence. This metal is subject to a remarkable kind of alteration, a species of disease to which it is liable. When exposed to the air tin undergoes no chemical change, as do iron and copper, which, of course, chemically combine with the oxygen or with water. The tin, how- ever, still remains metallic tin, but gradually becomes gray and dull and falls to fine powder. The diseasé is “catching.” It infects or induces the same change in other masses of tin in the immediate neigh- borhood. We are told that in a Rus- sian imperial magazine, in place of tin uniform buttons, little heaps of powder were found. A consignment of Banka tin sent from Rotterdum to Moscow in 1877 arrived at the latter place in the form of powder. This alteration is due to a change In the internal crys- talline structure of the metal and Is analogous to the slow transformation of monoclinic sulphur to rhombic sul- phur. As a result, objects of tin of archaeological Interest are rare. Those that have been found have been In the form of earthenware vessels, knobs, etc., which bave been found in the Swiss lake dwellings coated with tin foll. Cassiterite or tinstone is the sin- gle ore from which the tin has been obtained in any quantity.—Knowledge and Scientific News, London. Baltimore and Soft Crabs. The genuine soft crab, or Brachyura baltimoriensis, Is the most delicaze as it is the most delicious of all victuals. It will no more bear transportation than a zephyr or a daffodil. The mo- went it is taken from its native deep it. begins to lose bounce aund tlavor, and once it has left the Chesapeake littoral it is no longer eatable. That Is why the soft crab Is a superh delicatessen in Baltimore and a bitter disappolnt- ment everywhere else. So sensitive is It, Indeed, to climate and handling that it is ifmpossible to get a decent soft erab anywher of the first toligate on the I ick road. In Pittsburg, where embalmed soft crabs are offered in the gilded lobster pal- aces, their flavor is that of glucose. In Chicago the soft crab is a mere curiosity, to be gaped at, but not eaten, Baltimore alone has the genu- ine article, and it is fortunate for Bal- timore that it cannot be transported. If it were possible to ship soft crabs the whole earth would bid for them, running up their price to $1, $5 and perhaps even to $100 a dozen.—Bal- timore Sun. A Teacher In the Making. She was a popular young normal student who had been to a party the night before, and as a consequence was “not prepared” in the geography class. The woman instructor, true to her method of drawing upon the general knowledge of a student rather than to permit a failure, after eliciting two or three inconsequential “stabs” from her fair but jaded disciple, nsked for the products of China. The victim brightened. “Tea,” she asserted, preparing to sit down. “Yes, and what else?” encouraged the instructor. The young woman smiled with sweet hopelessness. “Now you can mention others, I am sure. Just think about it.” “Tea,” drawled the flutelike voice of the pretty girl, “and,” puckering her forehead with an intellectual tour de force, “and laundry work.”—Youth’s Companion. Quick Cure. Once there was a man who made life miserable for all he met by eternally harping’about his aches and pains. He would discourse on the subject of his dyspepsia, and he would almost in- terrupt a religious service to tell of his rheumatic symptoms. If he had ‘a stitch in his side he had to pester his friends with it, and a headache helped him make everybndy unhappy. At last a bright young woman, to whom the man applied for sympathy, cured him of all his ailments, ‘When he was in the midst of a cata- logue of his sufferings she said sweetly: “Yes, It is strange how many of these things afflict 2 man as he begins to grow old.” That man never even had a symptom after that.—Wilbur D. Nesbit in Judge. When Men Were Branded. A curious relic of bygone times, prob- ably the only one in England, still stands at Lancaster castle. It is a strong iron holdfast, into which the prisoner, who in olden time bad been sentenced to be branded as a malefac- tor, had his hand tbrust and locked. The: branding iron after being. made red hot at the end was pressed against the “brawne of the thumb,” and on be- ing withdrawn the letter M branded on the unfortunate prisoner's: flesh in- dicated @i henceforwurd that he was a malefactor. The ceremony was performed in the presence of the judge and jury and in open court, and the brander invariably turned to the judge after he had done ‘his work and ex- clalmed, “A. fair mark, my lord!” Tt 18 over 100 years since the: instrument | was last used on:two.men sentenced to 1 ~|'that.” ‘pretend ' a violence ‘1n. that gentlest v Mark Twain's Profanity. When Mark Twain began to' write for the Atlantic Monthly he came:wiil- ingly under its rules, for with all his willfulness there never was a . more biddable man In' things you could show bim a reason for. He never madeithe. least of that trouble which so abounds for the hapless editor from narrower minded contributors, If you wanted A thing changed, very good, he chang- ed It; If you suggested that a word or a sentence or a paragraph bad better be struck out, very good, he struck it out. His proof sheets.came back each a veritable *“mush of concession,” as Bmerson says. Now and then: he would try alittle stronger language than the Atlantic had stomach for, and once when | sent him a proof 1 made him observe that | had left out the profanity. He wrote back: *“Mrs: Clemens opened that proof and lit into. the room. with danger in her eye. What profanity? “You see, when I read the manuscript to her I skipped It was part of. his joke to creature which all'the more amusing- Ay realized the situation to their friends.—W. D, Howe\la in Harper's Magazine. 0Odd Shaving Habits. It is sald that of men who shave themselves not onein fifty can use:the razor with both bands, and to this may be added other curious facts .about the shaving:habits of the aver- age man. There 18 the ptealdent of a trust company in New York who, he tells bis friends, always shaves himself standing in a corner of the room and facing the wall. He was a poor coun- try boy and, like most boys, bought a razor on the sly. There was no mir- ror in his bedroom and rather than let his people know what he was about he faced the wall and scraped away by sense of feellng. Once accustomed to this method he never needed a glass. There 18 a United States senator, formerly a farmer, who for many years shaved himself sitting on a milk- ing stool and looking at his reflection In a bucket of water. That was what he did as a boy and man on the farm, and he says that he couldn’t shave standing up.—New York Tribune. “Tolerance” In Coins. '.l‘he mint allows a certain degree of “tolerance” in coins. For example, the gold double eagle’s standard weight is 516 grains, and the “tolerance” allowed is half a graln. A coin of this denom- ination may weigh as little as 516% grains or as-much as 5161 grains, but never less than- the first nor more than the second figure. The standard welight of the silver half dollar is 192.9 grains, and the tolerance allowed is 1.5 grains. This coln may weigh as little as 191.4 grains and as much as 1944 grains, but never less than the first nor more than the second figure. The standard fineness of all gold and silver | coing is 900. In the gold cofns a devia- tion of only one one-thousandth from this is allowed and in the silver coins of only three one-thousandth. The so called five cent nickel coin s really only 25 per cent nickel, the rest being copper. One cent pleces are 95 per cent copper and 5 per cent tin and zinc.—Philadelphia Record. Sir Walter Scott’s Debts. The Ballantyne fallure threw upon Sir Walter Scott the responsibility for £130,000, or $650,000, and the grand old man immediately set about the mighty task of paying it; but, notwithstanding the most herolc efforts on his part, he never succeeded In paying it all. He did the best he could, but he had to depend solely upon his writings, and the task was more than mortal man could accomplish. As his powers fail- ed he became possessed of the idea that all ‘his' debts were paid and that he was a free man, and in this belief he bappily remained till his death.— New York American. Better Dream On. “Isn’'t that a perfect dream of a hat?” she demanded of the man by her side. “l said,” she repeated after some seconds of silence, “isn’t that a dream of a hat?’: Still silence from the man. she ventured reproachfully: “Why don’t you say something?”’ “My dear, you seemed to enjoy your dream so that 1 was afraid of waking you up,” the man then replied. Then The Psalms. Many years ago a new clergyman was taking Sunday duty in a remote hamlet among the Yorkshire wolds. After morning service the old clerk came up to him and observed: “So ye calls them ‘Sauums,’ do ye? Noo, we never knew what to make o' that ‘ere P. We allus calls 'em ‘Spasms.’”~ London Scraps. Grit. | Grit is the grain of character. It may generally be described as heroism ma- terialized—spirit and will thrust into heart, brain- and backbone, so as to form part of ‘the physical suhstance of the man.—Whipple. Same Effect. Innis—Do 1 love her? Why, man, I fan’t sleep nights for thinking about her. Owens—That's not proof positive. 1 get the sumeeffect: from my tallor’s bills.—Boston Transcript. ‘Discouraging. Jester—Poor old Skinflint has his troubles! = Jimson—What! Why, he's making barrels and barrels of money Jester—1 know, but the price of barrels has gone up. Happluess Is not found In self con- templation: 1t Is -percelved only ‘when it Is reflected from another.—Johnson. —_— Sorry He Spoke. ‘There I8 a certaln West Philadelphla bachelor who I8 very fond of children. Recently “when he wus riding. on a Chestnut street trolley car u woman sut opposite him with a baby in her arms. . Suddenly the baby began to ery. Kvery one In the car seemed to || be annoyed and a geueral scowl went around—that {8, every one except the ‘bachelor.. He tried to show by ‘the benign: expression of bis face that the “Perbaps there’s a pin sticking bim,” he sald In a stage whisper aud after the manner-of. one who understands: all the: complexities and troubles of baby life. T'here was a profound si: lence in tbe car untll the mother an- swered: “No, there’s no pin sticking him,” she said at last in a tone of scorn and f| with much emphasis on the last word. Then' she continued, “He’s scared be- cause you're making faces at him.” After that the bachelor lapsed into pensiveness.—I'hiladelphia Times. Cost of Drugs Is Determined by Their Affectiveness When a man or firm stands up and advertises the best the world affords in his or their line, they must make good or suffer for the temerity of making a false claim. We have so advertised and if we have any accusers they are not among the ones who have had experience. The ‘Starling’s Tongue. It s extraordinary how many per- sons ure under, the impression that, in order to enable a bird to talk, it is ab- solutely necessury to cut or slit its tongue. I have heard that this fal- lacy had its origin In the following story: A man had a oumber of star- lings in a large cage marked “Fine Young Starlings — Only 1 Shilling Each,” and as each would be pur- chaser arrived the man would say, “There’s a fine bird there, sir,” point- ing out one of them, “‘but | want half a crown for him, because he's the only one with a cut tongue, so he is bound to be a talker,” He would then pro- ceed to catch the bird and show the cut tongue and invarlably succeeded in effecting a sale. This dodge would be repeated as each new customer ar- rived and departed rejoicing at his good bargain. The reader perhaps Is not aware that all starlings have a very peculiar formation at the ex- tremity of the tongue, which gives the appearance of a little plece having been snipped out of it.—London Strand. We have certain lines of goods in which we have _placed our faith, not merely on our own experience, but from the experience of thousands of other drug- gists, and the established standard of these goods with the people who have used them. This is the reason why, when our name appears on an advertisment, of any goods for sale in our store you may rest assured thatthe manufacturers have proved to us that the goods will do what they claim for them. The City Drug Store Where Quality Prevails The Crested Screaimer. “1 was surprised to run across an old acquaintance up at the zoo the other day. The last time I saw him was in the lower part of Brazil whep I was trying to push Yankee notions,” sald a commercial traveler. “This acquaint- ance is known as crested screamer. He is one of the best fighters I ever bet my money on. He is about as large-as a turkey and as spry as they make ’em when his fighting blood is up. He has four sharp spurs instead of two, and the odd thing is the spurs are on the wings instead of the legs. The birds ran wild, but the natives tamed them and taught them to fight hawks and other enemies of poultry. They are fine poultry protectors. A fight between two of them is the most exciting thing in the way of sport down there and is more popular than a cockfight."—New York Sun. The Da.ily Pioneer 10c per Week The Verdict. “How did your act take amateur night?” “Great! When I sang the first verse they yelled ‘Fine! and when I sang the next they yelled ‘Imprisonment!” —Baltimore Sun. | The “Don’t Need To” Theory | In a recent debate at Reno Mr. James Jefiries failed to convince Mr. John Johnson. Some seven or eight years ago Mr. Jeffries was the leading man in his line of work. Business was good and his profits were big. Having all the money he could handle at the time he concluded to take a rest. To be sure, he planned to get in the field again at the proper time. But everything was rosy and there really seemed no good and sufficient | reason why he should spend so many hours a day keepmg his muscles lithe and strong and his wind good and his heart and nerves in trim. Eventually the meeting with Mr. Johnson was arranged. Mr. Jeffries was still tolerably content with what he had done. (Brother, a has-done is about as bad as a has-been. Mr. Jeffries did not care to stand up in the training ring and punch and take punches. He did not see any necessity of practicing side-steps and feints and rushes. He knew all about them. Why, seven years ago he had done all of that he ever needed to do. Mr. Johnson did not overlook the boxing and the wrestling and the clinch- ing and the sidestepping; etc. As a result, Mr. Jeffries received Mr. Johnson'’s compliments on the point of the jaw and his business career closed. Advertising a business is the training of that business. Advertising keeds a business healthy. It tones up its liver, strengthens its biceps, steadies its heart and keeps its nerves in order. Once in a while a man decides that he is doing so much business that he can stop advertising for a while and run on momentum. Momentum is the gradual process toward a full stop. The momentum business is _usual'y prematurely full-stopped by the straight left jab of the well-trained competitor who finds his opening in the fifteenth round. If you want to stay in business stay in the advertising field. No matter how much business you may be doing, keep up the energy that makes it. You might as well cut off your legs because you are running well in a foot race as to cut off your advertising because your business is too good You might as well tell the insurance man that you are so healthy you will drop the policy for a few years as to stop advertising because the orders are piling up. : “Don’t need to,, is the eventual preliminary to “can’t do it.” The only man who don’t need to advertise is the man who has retired from business. The only policy holder who doesn’t need to pay his premiums is dead. Mr Jeffries doesn’t need to train any more. He i is licked. S The Bemidji Pioneer 3 crying of the baby was sweet music to him. 'He-smiled at the youngster, thg nolu om ‘grew ‘fouder. ' Kir he’ “The Paper Ihat Baos tnflihe ‘Homes of Beltrami County BEMIDJI MINNESOTA nl-'F'r-‘nTl\l.' DA n