Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 30, 1910, Page 3

S Penkniv. -Nowadays 'we use penknives princi- pally for sharpening peucils. There was a time, however, when they were used primarily for doing something else. They used to be just what their name would indicate—they were ‘‘pen- knives.” The ancients used pens made of goose quills, just as our fore- fathers did up to about a hundred vears agc. The quill pen was made by hand, of course, and whenever the point of one would break or lose its elasticity it was up to the penman to put a new point or “nib” on the quill. This was done with a small knife, and hence we bave the word that has out- lived the quill pen a hundred years— “penknife.”” In . the olden times the penknife Was a necessary accessory of the writing desk. When the clasp- knife came in the smaller sizes took their nawe from the little desk knife, while the bigger ones were called “jackknives.” *jack” signifying any- thing masculine or big and strong.— Kansas City Star. —_ Unapproachable. Tall Stadent—Your father is touchy, isn’t he? Short Student—No. That's the trouble. You can’t touch him at all.—Chicago News. . WOMEN'S WOES, Bemidji Women Are Finding Relief at Last. It does seem that women have more than a fair share of the aches and pains that afflict humanity; they must “keep up,” must attend to du- ties in spite of constantly aching backs, or headaches, dizzy spells, bearing down pains; thev must stoop over, when to stoop means torture. They must walk and bend and work with racking pains and many aches from kidney ills. Kidneys cause wore suffering than any other ‘organ of the body. Keép the kidneys well and health is easily maintained. Read of a remedy for kidneys only that helpsand cures the kidneys and is endorsed by peogle in this locality. Mrs. F. Sankey, of Becida, Minn., says: “My back ached and was so weak that I could scarcely do anything. I also had dizzy spells and at such times spots apparently floated before my eyes. Since I used Doan’s Kid- ney Pills, I have had no trouble of this kind and have enjoyed good health.” For sale by all dealers. Price 50 ceats. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the Unit- ed States. Remember the name—Doan’s— and take no other. OM SMART DRAY AND TRANSFER SAFE AND PIANO MOVING Resldence Phone 58 - 618 Amerlca Ave. Office Phone 12 EW PUBLIC LIBRARY Open daily, except Sunday and Mon- dayllto12a.m.,1t0 6 p.m., 7 to 9 p. m. Snuday 3 to 6 p. m. Monday 7to 9 p. m. BEATRICE MILLS, Librarian. T. BEAUDETTE Merchant Tailor Specialty. 315 Beltrami Avenue F M. MALZAHN & CO. * REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE FARM LOANS, RENTALS FARMS AND CITY PROPERTIES 407 Vinn. Ave. Remidii, Minn HORSES We are ready at all times to fill your horse requirements and make aspecial feature of handling the logging trade. Fill your wants at the big Stock Yards market where a large ., stock is always or hand and where the best prices prevail for good stock . $0. ST. PAUL HORSE CO. - 80.°ST. PAUL, MiyN. “The House With a Horss Reputation.” PULLEYS, s auo al' POWER ca et to the consumer 5 Carge. wne Shop in the West 4 MiINNEAPGLIS STEEL AND MACHINEPY CO. MINNEAPOLIS MINN \ >~ R. F. MURPHY FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER Office 313 Beltramli Ave. Phone 318-2, THREE HUNDRED | MEN DROWNED PersianDock Laborers Swept Out to Sea, SUDDEN STORM ON CASPIAN Scores of Ships Sunk at Their Moor‘-l ings at Different Coast Points and | Considerable Loss of Life Results. Flooded and Hun- dreds of Inhakitants Are Rendered Homeless. _Seven Towns Astrakhan, Russia, Nov. 30.—During a sudden tempest in the Caspian sea a landing stage on which were '300 Persian dock workers was dragged from its moorings and swept out to sea. The storm was so violent that at- tempts at rescue were futile and all hope that any of the men will be saved has been abandoned. Scores of ships, several with their crews on board, were sunk at their moorings at difterent Caspian coasf towns. I Seven towns along the coast were flooded, the inhabitants in hundreds * “FENNEL. It Is to the ians Snnvuwhn‘t as Cel- ery is to Us. “’Tisn't often that an Italian table d’bote furnishes anything that takes ‘me back to my grandinother's time,” said a New York man. “but that was my experience last night. The first nibble of something I'd supposed was celery sent miy mind wandering back fifty years-to an old New England vil- lage. “‘Fennel ? 1 asked the Italian waiter. He nodded and smiled and gave me the Italian form of the word, which I carefully wrote down on a scrap of paper, ‘Fennocchi.’ 1 suppose it showed my ignorance, but never before did I know that fennel is to’ the ‘'Italians what celery is to us. Evidently the large bases of the leafstalks are bleached in similar fashion, and from the way it was served 1 could see it was intended to be dipped in salt, as we eat celery. My obliging waiter told me that it was deliclous as a salad and when boiled and served with cream sauce it made a popular Italian dish. “But after all what did those cull- nary details matter? What really counted was that strange, penetrating flavor which took me back to my child- hood. As 1 thoughtfully nibbled my fennel stalks the last fifty years seemed a blank. 1 was a child again, picking big -lusters of yellow, aromatic fennel seeds in my grandmather's gar- den.”—New York Sun. AFRICAN WITCH DOCTORS. They Make Themselves, Like Their of cases being forced to take refuge in haystacks. The plight of the suf- ferers is pitiable, as intense cold has added to the general misery. A number of steamers have been sent from this port to aid the suffer- ers. UNITED STATES LEADS WORLD Thirty Thousand Men Killed in Coal Mines in Twenty Years. Denver, Nov. 30.—Thirty thousand men have been killed in coal mines in the United States in the last twen- ty years. At least three miners are killed in this country to one in other countries. Explosions of coal dust are 100 per cent more deadly than explosions of gas. More than half of the coal mine ac- cidents are caused by falls of roof and coal and practically could have been prevented. The United States is far behind/ Idols, as Hideous as Possible. The most important period of the young African’s life is that between youth and manhood (or womanhood). It is then that the witch doctor is ex- tremely busy with his various mys- terious rites. It is an important part of his calling to be hideous, as in most cases he undoubtedly is. A ridiculous mask covers his head. and wildcat or other skins are hung around his loins. Pigment of varigus colors is plenti- fully daubed over his body, and in this hideous state it is not to be wondered at that he strikes terror into the maidens’ hearts as he dances wildly in the dim firelight, glaring at them with fiendish eyes. The timid young creatures are like the hare which trem- bles as the hovering bird of prey flut- ters over its bead. Self will is crushed,’| and the erstwhile playful, willful child is transformed in most cases into a frightened creature, with, for the time being, no will of her own. It is a curi- ous thing that nothing connected with other countries in the conservation of men. what one may call the spiritual side of the blacks’' life Is ever beauti- AN INSOLENT “FOP. Beau Brummel’s Impertinence and a g Brewer's Tart Retort. Beau Brummel, the famous English fop, was as notorious for his insolence as: for his fine feathers. At the Pa- -vilion, at Brighton, he ordered the foot- man to empty his snuffbox into the fire because a bishop had taken a pinch unasked. A man whom he had met at dinner offered him a lift in his carriage to Lady Jersey’s ball. “Thank you exceedingly,” said the beau, “but how are you to go? You would not like to.get up behind, and I cannot be seen in the same carriage with you.” He made uo secret of his humble birth and when asked about his parents de- clared that “the poor old creatures both cut their throats years ago eat- ing peas with a knife.” Once at least Brummel met his match. He was playing hazard at Brooks’, when a well known alderman, a brewer, was one of the party. “Come, Mashtup,” said Brummel, who was the caster, ‘what’s your bet?” “Twenty-five guineas,” was the reply, “Well, then, have at the mayor’s puny,” said Brummel, who proceeded to cast and by a run of luck won the stake twelve times in succession. Pocketing the money, he thanked the brewer aud promised that in future he would drink no one’s porter but his. “I wish, sir,” replied the brewer, “that every other blackguard in London would tell me the same.” i - Rolling Clgars. It is common to hear inea complain of poorly made cigats, but it is not always because a cigar is indifferently or badly made that the wrapper curls up and comes off. Much oftener this comes from the cigar having been rolled by a maker’s left hand and later smoked from the hand of a right handed man. All cigarmakers must use both hands equally well, and econ- omy both in time and material is the prevailing rule in tobacco factories. When a piece of tobacco is cut for the wrapper it is cut on the bias and rolled from left to right on the filler, and at the same time and by the other hand the remaining pieces are used, being necessarily rolled in the opposite way. For this reason the man who holds a cigar in his right hand, which always glves a few twists during the coucse of a smoke, rubs the wrapper the wrong way, and easily enough it be- comes loosened.—Chicago Tribune. Our Friendships. Our friendships hurry to short and poor conclusions because .we have made them a texture of wine and dreams instead of the tough fiber of the human heart. The laws of friend- These are a few of the facts brought | ful. Their carved figures are always, | ship are great, austere and eternal—of out in the lecture of Professor James C. Roberts of the federal bureau of mines, touring this section giving in- struction in rescue work at the School of Mines. “The general government cannot compel mine operators to use the safety devices, as only states have that power. We can only recom- mend,” he said. “Most of the mine disasters could have been prevented by the use of common sense.” FAVORITE WITH POLITICIANS Will Known New York City Newsgirl Is Dead. New York, Nov. 30.—Flowers from many well known politicians and prom- inent business men grace the bier of “Winsome Winnie” Horn, a newsgirl, who for nearly twenty years sold pa- pers at a stand near Twenty-third street and Sixth avenue. Her regular patrons in the old days included the members of the “Amen corner” in the Old Fifth Avenue hotel, notably Senator Platt, Governor Odell and Senator Mark Hanna. It was “Winsome Winnie” who gave to Sena- tor Platt the nickname, “The Easy Boss.” She was a favorite also with numerous Tammany chieftains. DIES ALONE IN LIBERIA Wisconsin Editor in Africa on Diplo matic Mission. Spokane, .Wash,, Nov. 30.—Sur- rounded by savages in the interior of Liberia, where he had gone as an emissary of Secretary of State Knox to settle the boundary dispute between England and Liberia, Frank Abial Flower, formerly of Wisconsin and one of the best known newspaper men of the Middle West, died Aug..16 of this year, Word of his death has reached his brother, F. George Flower of Spokane. Death occurred in a negro village with no onge to take a last message or ‘ perform the last offices for the dead. 5 Given $25,000 for Services. St. Paul, Nov. 30.—Judge Walter H. Sanborn of the UnitedStates circuit court has entered -an order allowing Judge Charles E. Otis $25,000 for his Services as master in chancery in the Minnesota rate cases. This was the sum named by the master as reason- able ' compensation and it was al- lowed over the protest of E. T. Young, former attorney general, one of the attorneys representing the state in this litigation. North Dakotan Dies in Fire. Garrison, N. D.,, Nov. 30.—Frank McGregor, aged forty-three years, was | burned to deatk in his home in this city when a fire destroyed the struc- | ‘ture. The flames had their origin from some unknown cause, and before help could be procured McGregor had been overcome by the smoke while trying to make his way to the door. to say the least, grotesque and calcu- lated to frighten rather than comfort the bereaved.—Wide World Magazine. Twenty Volume Novels. The longest novels of today are pyg- mies compared with those published in the seventeenth century. Mlle. de Scudery’s “Le Grand Cyrus” ran into ten volumes, its publication being spread over five years. And when' it was translated, or, to quote the title page, “Englished by a Person of Hon- our,” it appeared in five folio volumes of some 500 pages apiece. Another novelist of the same period, La Cal- prenede, was even more diffuse. one of his works, “Cleopatre,”” extending over twenty-three volumes. These novels found plenty of readers despite their enormous length. The Paris pub- lisher of “Le Grand Cyrus” made 100.000 crowns by the first edition alone. Nearly all the works of Scu- dery and Calprenede were translated into English as soon as they appeared and many of thém finto German as well.—London Chronicle. A Historic Spot. Linlithgow palace, on the shore of the beautiful name in Scotland, is somewhat square and heavy looking. Linlithgow was the birthplace of Mary, queen of Scots; in Linlithgow church James IV. of Scotland was forewarned by an appa- rition of the coming disaster at Flod- den Field; in its streets the regent Murray was shot; close by the town Edward 1. had twg ribs broken by his horse the night before Falkirk, and on: its loch a chancellor of the exchequer, bent on economy, issued instructions that-the royal swans should be kept down to a dozen.—Argonaut. Good at Arithmetic. “For goodness' sake. John, how long did you boil ‘hege eggs?” *“Just as long as you told me to, my dear.” “Impossible! They’re hard as bricks.” *I1.boiled them just twelve minutes.” “Twelve! Why, [ told you that three minutes ‘was ‘long’enough for an egg!” “Yes. dear. but I boiled four of them.” —Toledo Blade. In Musical Terms. Chief Editor—Look .here, Sharpe. here's a fiddler been hanged for mur- der. How shall 1 headline it? Musical Editor—How would “Difficult Execu- .tion on One String” do?—St. Louis Times. English as She Is Spoke. “Must you go?" E “Yes. The wife’s sitting up for me. and if 1 miss the last train I shall catch it.”—Lippincott’s. A Hard Job, - Husband—What are you looking for, dear? Wife—I was looking for the in- visible hairpin 1 just dropped.--Ex- || change. Belug” angry /is - like emptying the pepper pot into your own-porridge i sheet of water of that'|] one web with the laws of morals and of nature.—Goethe. /”f”/ s s / W 7 OU’LL beinterested, we're sure; in seeing the variety we offer in overcoats; from the regular Chesterfield, or the box-back style, to the big storm coats, for driving. Hart Schaffner & Marx make them for us; and we've got them heie for you. - Overcoats $18. to $35 Suits $20 to $35 C32cy, Clothing House This store is the home of Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes price. cash.” Now ...... Now ...... Regular price $10 NOW & s e o Regular price $20 Regular price $25 Now ....... 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