Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 1, 1910, Page 2

How's This? ‘Weoffer One Hundred Dollars Reward for sy case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by finll s Cuarrh Oure. F.J.CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. We, the nnderslnned have known K. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him werfectly honorable in all business transac- tions, and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm. WALDING, KINNAN & MAnvm. Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrah. Oure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonlals free. Price, T5¢ per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. ‘We are ready at all times to fill your horse «equirements and make a special 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 il for good stoc! B IO HORSE G0 'S0, ST. PAUL, MIAN. “Tha House With a Horse Reputation.” WOOD Leave your orders for seasoned Birch, Tam- arack or Jack Pine Wood with |S. P.HAYTH Telephone 11 CHRISTMAS SHOPPING MADE EASY. For Father; . Current Literature (35), Review of Reviews (35). The Independent (35), World’s Work (37), Scribners_(60), Every- bodys (22). Hamptons (22) McClures (22), American (20), Success (20), Garden Maga- zine (22), Recreation (35), Outing_(47), Life (34.50), Motor (60) Technical World (22), gum;m Life (17), Saturday Evening Post $1.50). For Mother: Boston Cooking School (17), Delineator 4 (16). Dressmaking at Home_ (17), Good Housekeeping (20), Harpers Bazaar (20), Home Needlework (10), House Beautiful (#5), Modern Priscilla [12], Pictoral Review 116, Womans Home Companion [22], Ladies Home Journal [$1.50]. To find price of any selected list multi- ply sum of numbers in brackets by five. Example, Technical World [22] Every- bodys [22] 22 plus 22-44x5-§2.20. Lenith Subscription Agency DULUTH, MINN. { William C. Klein Real Estate Insurance Real Estate & Farm Loans O’Leary-Bowser Bldg. Phone 19 F. M. FRITZ Naturalist Taxidermist Fur Dresser Mounting Game Heads, Whole Animals, Birds, Fish, Fur Rugs and Horns Decorative and Scientific Taxidermy in all its branches All Work Guaranteed MOTH PROOF and First Class in Every Particular Bemidji Minnesota This is the Stove Polish All the e i o About = —_— T IS so much better than other stove polishes that it’s in a class all by itself. Black Silk Stove Polish Makes a brilliant, silky polish that does not rub off or dust off, and the shine lasts four times as long as ordinary stove polish, Used on sample stoves and sold by hardware dealers. All we ask is a trlal. Use it on your cook stove, your parlor stove or your gas range, If you don’t find it the best stove polish you over used, your dealeris authorized to refund your money. ‘Insig on Black Silk S{ove Polish. Don‘taccept substitute. Hade in 1iquid or paste-—one quality, BLACK SILK STOVE POLISH WORKS L.K. WYNN, er, Sterling, Ilinois Use Black Silk Aln—flrylng Iron Enamel on grates,registers,stove-pipes—Preventsrusting. Get a Can TODAY Lucky He 8tuck to Opinion. Pride of opinfon is perhaps the most common fault of us fairly educated and intelligent moderns, We form our judgments and then, as it were, defy any one to change them. 1t is said that no one has ever been converted by abstract argument. At the time of the great disaster in Martinique the Italian bark Orsolina was taking on a cargo of sugar there. Her, captain was accustomed to voica- noes, and he did not like the appear- ance of Mont Pelee. Not half his cargo was on board, but he decided to sail for home. “The volcano is all right,” argued the shippers. “Finish your loading.” “] don’t know anything about Mont Pelee,” said the captain, “but if Vesu- vius looked that way I'd get out of Naples. and I'm going to get right out of here.” The shippers threatened him with arrest. They sent customs officers to detain him, but the captain persisted in leaving. Twenty-four hours later the shippers and the customs officers lay dead in the ruins of St. Pierre.— Christian Herald. A Miser's Luxury. There was a Middlesex couple once who lived on a sum to shock the most reckless of our correspondents. Daniel Dancer was the man. He looked on saving as an art and saved for art’s sake, -His father left him a farm and eighty acres, and his sister helped him carry out his scheme of life. He let the land lie fallow, says the London Gest. It costs money to cultivate land. For food the couple believed in one day, one meal. The batch of dump- lings baked on a Saturday lasted out the week. For clothing he depended on hay bands “swathed round his feet for boots and round his body for a coat.” But Daniel had a weakness. He would buy a clean shirt each year. And out of this arose the tragedy of his life—a' lost lawsuit over three- pence which, in Daniel’s judgment, the shirt seller had w rongfully pocketed. He died in 1794 worth £3,000 a year. Gypsy Wordless Language. To communicate with one another gypsies now use letters—and they use the telegraph, too, when necessary— especially in this country. But the modern Romany also follows the *‘pat- teran,” tracing the footsteps or wagon tracks of his friends on the road by the same method employed by his an- cient prototype, reading directions where no words are written as clearly as the gorgio does a roadside sign- board. But the patteran can be read by the gypsy only—it is hidden and secret, although it may be in plain sight, as a signboard is open and pub- He. The patteran may be formed of sticks or stones or grass placed cross fashion at the parting of roads in such manner that only a gypsy would in- stantly notice and understand. To him it means much—first of all, the direc- tion taken by Romany predecessors.— Century Magazine. The Hungarian Crown. The Hungarian crown worn at their accession by the emperors of Austria as kings of Hungary is the identical one made for Stephen and used at his coronation over 800 years ago. The whole is of pure gold, escept the set- tings, and weighs almost exactly four- teen pounds. The settings above allud- ed to conmsist of fifty-three sapphires. fifty rubies, one emerald and 338 pearls. It will be noticed that there are no diamonds among these precious adornments. This is accounted for by the oft .quoted story of Stephen’s aver- sion to such gems because he consid- ered them “unlucky.” Battle of the Herrings. The battle of -the herrings was the comical name given to a fight between an English force and a French detach- ment not far from Orleans in 1429. The English were conveying a large quantity of supplies, mainly herrings, for it was Lent, to the army that was besieging Orleans. The English had 1,600 men, the French 6,000. The for- mer repulsed the assailants and saved the herrings, so the battle was named in honor of the supplies. Willing to Take Them Back. A letter came from the clothing firm saying that the cloth that had been sent them was full of moths. Was the wholesale house taken aback? Not it. By return post went a missive to this effect: “On looking over your order we find that you did not order any moths. It was our error, and you will please re- turn them at once at our expense.”— Argonaut. Couldn’t Help Himsalt. “He lived next door to a man for ten years without even learning his neighbor’s name.” “Can you imagine anybody being so unsociable!” “Oh, yes. You see, the ~warden wouldn’t let them -talk.”—Birmingham Age-Herald. One Consolation. “My wife is suing me for divorce,” sighed the man. “I wish I were dead.” “Cheer up, old boy. It’s.a whole lot better to have your wife spending ali- mony than life insurance.”—Detroit Free Press. Close Mouthed. Caller—So your sister and her fiance are very close mouthed over their en- gagement? Little Ethel—Close mouth- ed! You ought to see them together! —Auckland News. His Love. “A case of love at first sight, eh?” “No, second sight. The first time he faw her he didn’t know she was an heiress.” REFRIGERATOR CARS. | Evolution of the Idea of “an Icebox on Wheels. The refrigerator car was never in- vented, but just “fixed up.” the idea of a New England rallway man who needed some such ‘thing as far back as 1851. In June of that year'the first refrig- erator car is said to have made its trip from Ogdensburg, N. Y., to Bos- ton. The car owed its origin princi- pally to the fact that the farmers near Ogdensburg. who made a great deal of burter, were unable to ship it ex- cept in cold weather. A railroad man named Wilder, at that time in charge of the through freight, thought it would be a good idea to rig up "an icebox on wheels.” and he told this to the president of the road, who gave orders that the mas- ter mechanic should plan several of them. At this time farmers were receiving only 12 cents a pound for their butter. The iced car was loaded with eight tons of it. sent through and allowed to stand in Boston till the product was sold. It brought 17 cents a pound after paying all expenses and com- missions, and the plan was voted a success. In a short time the road had a regular service on, using a number of cars, and the idea spread rapidly. ‘Wilder did not patent his idea, but allowed it to be used by whoever so desired.—St. Louis Republic. 0DD VOLUMES. They Are Members of a Unique Dining Club In London. One of the most unique dining clubs in London is that known as the Sette of Odd Volumes. which was founded in 1878 and meets once a month from October to June. It consists of twen- ty-one volumes, or members, that be- ing the number of the volumes of the Varijorium Shakespeare published in 1821. * There are also twenty-one sup- plementary members, who succeed to full membership as vacancies occur. The twenty-one rules of the club in- clude the following: Any Odd Volume losing his temper and failing to recover it shall be fined by the president the sum of 5 shillings. Discussions about anthropology, re- ligion and politics shall be put down by the president. Any 0Odd Volume giving to another 0dd Volume unasked advice shall be fined by the president. No Odd Volume shall talk unasked on any subject he understands. No 0dd Volume’s speech shall last longer than three minutes. If, howev- er, the inspired Odd Volume bhas any more to say he may proceed until his voice is drowned in the general ap- plause. Volumes have to address each other as “Your Oddship.”—Argonaut. The Major’s Tip. Whep Major Banks was the best known figure around the.race tracks of Cincinnati and the middle west he | was extremely generous in tippirg off his friends to ‘‘sure winners.” One man who enjoyed his confidence and played the horses according to the ma- jor’s advice lost all his ready money and finally succeeded in reducing him- self to the point where he had to sell out his grocery business. One afternoon, following the placing of his last ten dollar note as the major advised, he caught Banks by the arm and said tragically: “Major, you've made me lose my last cent. I'm a pauper, and my wife and family are practically starving. I am now about to go down to the river and drown myself. It’s all over for me.”" “All right,” answered Banks, “but in the event you change your mind meet me here at 3 o'clock tomorrow after- noon. I think I'll have something good for you.”—Exchange, Kongo Tattooing. In the Kongo colonies of Belgium both men and women are tattooed ac- cording to their status in society. A woman of high caste will have a de- sign not unlike a zouave jacket work- ed upon her back, and it would seem that the native is as content with this mode of covering as if it were a sub- stitute for clothing. By injecting the Jjuice of certain herbs the scars left by the tattooing process retain a swollen appearance, giving the effect of bas- relief work. The thorns of the acacia ‘are generally used as a needle, while a certain black clay is used as a color- ing medium. Classified, ‘Was there ever a bettér example of the witty and concise form of expres- sion. than the answer of the grim man who, when asked about the character of a neighbor, sententiously replied: “Mister; I don't know very much about him, but my impression is he’d make a first class stranger.’—Ex- change. Frigid. Nell-That Miss Copleigh is an aw- fully cold sort of girl. Belle—Mercy, yes. Why, she’s so frigid that wher- ever she goes on rainy days it snows. —Boston Transcript. —_— Irish Wit. “I never give alms to a stranger.” said old Shyster to a poor Irishwoman. “Shure. then, your honor will never relleve an. angel” was the reply.— Judge. ¥ Condemned Unheard.: From a notice-in a Cornish church: “The preacher for next Sunday will be found hanging in the church porch on Saturday.”—London Punch. Cleanse the fountaln if you wonld purify the streams.—Alcott. It was | The Carrot Cure. Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, refer ring to the true efficacy of carrots as a cure for wounds (a tradition which was certainly not handed down from | Crecy), writes to Dr. Hunt in 1863, telling him how a man’s heel, which || was severelv wounded at the battle of Fredericksburg, was treated by Dr. Bigelow, who did nothing but keep the wound opemand made the patient use for this purpose a little plug of carrot, which seemed to agree with him very well. Another more modern medical au- | thority says that for delicate persons an excellent supper vegetable is a fair sized carrot. boiled whole so as to re- tain its aromatic properties, then split into quarters and warmed afresh be- fore being <erved hot. It acts as a nervine sedative while being cordial and restorative.” A sense of mental Invigoration will follow., and the di- gestion of this estimable root will be readily performed without preventing sleep.—Pall Mall Gazette, The Olfactory Test. It may appear a whimsical theory that the successful grocery store can be detected by its odors, and yet there is this much truth in it—namely, that the grocery store which greets the nos- trils with a certain glorious combina-| tion of odors of coffee, tea and spices is almost always a paying investment. —Ideal Grocer. TWO HOUSES FOR RENT GOOD LLOCATION Call or Phone Iy Office H. E. REYNOLDS Building Contractor and Real Estate Broker Room 9, O’Leary-Bowser Building Office Phone 23 House Phone 316 Bemidji, Minn. JUST ANOTHER LARGE SHIPMENT OF PIANOS' Also a Large Assortment of Singer Sewing Machines _Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines, for everybody. Prices to suit you. Come early and select from stock or from our cata- logue, we can get the piano you want and are looking Give us a trial. Bemidji Music House J. BISIAR, Manager for. 117 Third Street RECEIVED All terms easy if desired. Phone 434-2 Santa Claus Headquarters This store is now ready to demon- Brass Craft strate to you its usefulness in providing you unmatchable goods for your Holi- Post Card Albums day gifts. Pyrography Many people have made it a practice Cards of doing their Christmas buying at this Stationery Novelties store for 5 years and they claim it is to their advantage to do so. The time of every holiday buyer will be well spent in looking through our Seals, Tags Christmas Boxes bright, new selection of up-to-date gifts. Our Dinnerware Can not be equaled in gquality, quan- ity and prices. 100 piece Haviland 100 plece Austrian $21.30 and $25.00 100 pisce Homer Laughlin$13.50 and $15 Muslin, Linen. Paper, Books Algers, Meades, Holmos & Southworths | Gifts for Grandma and Grandpa Coods e Gifts for Parsnts Gifts for Lady Friends Dellvered Bus Usefulgifts in the fancy china Bon Bon’s, Salads, Cakes,Sugar & Creams, Celery and Spoon Trays. $34.00 ron, Musical, Electrical and Mechanical Toys Blocks and Games Gifts for Children " Gifts for Gentlemen Friends y $tore —_—