Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 2, 1911, Page 2

v v 'THE NEMIDJT DAILY PIONEER THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 191L. I CREEPING CACTUS. Curious Plants That Will | Across a Desert. *“The isolation of the desert lowlands of Lower California, combined with alternations of long continued droughts and heavy rains, has resulted in the development of the richest and most extraordinary desert flora in the world,” says E. W. Nelson in the Na- gional Geographic Magazine. “Cactuses of many kinds abound, warying from giants standing with massive fluted trunks fifty to sixty feet tall to little straggling stemmed species too weak to hold themselves upright. The fruit of many of these cactuses is edible and much sought for by birds and mammals. They were once one of the main crops of the In- dians who lived in this arid region. The cactus forests often form thorny Jjungles through which it is impossible to pass. “After months among these thorny plants we supposed we had seen them in all their eccentric variations of forms. One morning, however, while crossing the Llano de Yrais, in front of Magdalena bay, I rode out from a dense growth of bushes into an open area and pulled up my horse in amaze- ment at sight of the most extraordi- dinary of them all. Before me was a great bed of the creeping devil cactus. Travel only . only . . i TIVELY NO. including ““Show Cases, Counters, Shelving, Tahles, Office Desk, Safe, Cash Regis- Not one Single Thing wilill be Reserved.’”’ This Closing Out Sale Is proving to be a record breaker. Which appeared like a swarm of gigan- tic caterpillars creeping in all direc- tions. These plants acmally travel sway ‘from the common- center of the group, and I saw many single sections twenty or thirty yards away from the others. The part of the stem resting on the ground sends down rootlets, and the older stems die in the rear at about the same rate as they grow in front, so they slowly move away from the colony across the flats where they live.” A SECRET LIBRARY. Important Papers That Were Stored Away by Queen Victoria. ‘Within the walls of Buckingham pal- ace and constructed on the ‘‘strong room” principle is a room Mnown as the “secret library,” and in this are stored documents and private letters | which were they sent forth to the world would doubtless set the whole universe talking. From the very commencement of her reign Queen Victoria assidyously stored away in nice order all family and other important papers, her only assistant in this duty being a secre- tary, who entered her service within fourteen years of her accession to the throne and who retained his place un- til her majesty’s death, though he him- self had no access to nine-tenths of TLOTD BROIY ot ter and all Fixtures. the papers which are docketed, the late queen alone retaining the keys of the safés ‘and’ c¢abinets in"'which her “gecret Hibraty” was contdined. Just before her death her majesty added to the list of her papers a batch of letters of the most private and con- fidential kind, addressed by the late prince consort to his brother, the Duke Ernest of Coburg, and it is a well as- certained fact that when possible she acquired every scrap written by her late consort to his private friends. It is said by those who are gualified to surmise that the “secret library” not only tells of royal marriages, births and deaths, but that it is virtually the private history of Europe during the last half of the nineteenth century— London Tit-Bits. European Civilization. The first pfl\emeuts in Paris were laid about the year 1200; in London. about 1417. Berlin was without pave- ments far into the seveunteenth cen- tury. No houses had glass windows before the twelfth century, and as late as the fourteenth ceniury anything might pe tarown out of the windows of Paris and London after three times calling out, “Look out!” 8Shirts were not known until the time of the cru- saders, and the fine clothes which la- dies and gentlemen wore were seldom washed, but only occasionally ‘‘scent- ed.” So late as 1550 there were to be I expect to leave the city. found in Paris but three carriages, while in’-Etgland coaches date from 1580. - Forks were unknown, and’table manners were exceedingly ‘“‘unsightly.” Occupation of ldols. Some strange occupations figure on Indian census schedules. At the last census in many villages of Haidarabad and the central provinces enthusiasti: and devout enumerators returned the village shrines and temples as “occu- pled houses.” The occupant was the idol, whose occupation was stated as “granting boons and blessings, living on contributions from the tenants.” {Other callings returned on the sched- ules include collectors of edible birds' - |mests, receivers of stolen goods. witches, wizards and cow poisoners.— Pall Mall Gazette. Stumbled on the Will. Wills have often proved a stumbling block to the novelist. One flagrs case may be mentioned. A popml writer causes an old aristocrat to ha his “last will and testament” witness ed by his butler and his housekeeper yet he makes them both benefit under it. By so deing he renders the will invalid. But the author does not know it. Every Woman'’s Privilege. . Mrs. Brram—That’s the kind of » husband to have! Did you bear Mr Dike tell his' wife to go and look at some $100 hats? ‘Mr. Byram--My dear. bave I ever deprived you of the priv- ilege of looking at $100 bats?—Chicngo News. Venus will not charm so much with- out her attendant graces as they will without her.—T.ord Chesterfield. Crows’ Criss, Ornithologists have discovered thar crows have no fewer than twenty seven different cries, each distinctly attributable to a different action. Hair Stealers. It was unsafe for English children to walk out alome in 1595, lest they should be robbed of their hair for wig- makers.- Contentment is natural wealth. Lux- ury is artificial poverty.—Socrates. Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets do not sicken or gripe, and may be taken with perfect safety by the most delicate woman or the youngest cMld. The old and feeble will also find them a most suitable remedy for aiding and strengthen- ing their weakened digestion and for regulating the bowels. For sale by Barker’s Drug Store. M SMART DRAY AND TRANSFER SAFE AND PIANO MOVING Sonidence Phono 58 818 Amories Avs. Oifies Phone 17 THE SPALDING EUROPEAN PLAN Duluth’s Largest and Best Hotel DULUTH MINNESOTA More than £100,000.00 recently expended on improvements. 250 rooms, 12 private baths, 60 sample rooms. Every modern convenience: Luxurious and delightfal restaurants and buffet, Flemish Palm Room. Men’s Grill, Colonial Buffet: Magnificent lobby and public rooms; Ballroom. banquet rooms and private dining_rooms; Sun parlor and observa- tory. Located in heart of business sec- tion but overlooking the harbor and Lake Superior. Convenient to everything. One of the Great Hotels of the Northwest R. F. MURPHY[ FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER Office313 Beitrami Ave. Phone 319-2. NG 0 00T, Wfl' When asked whether he intended to open up again after this sale he said “POSI- Every article in the store must be sold We quoted afew prices last week but these and all others have cut to SMITHEREENS Not much---I am going to sell and sell quick. A LOT OF FINE PICTURES to show you that I mean business I will cut this price way below cost. Double Cupids---Regular selling price 20c Sale price Prangs---Madonnos 5x7 sellmg pl'lCC 25c Sale pl‘lCC W hen a man is going out of business a matter of price is not going to stand between me and my customer--- That were in transit and the Manufacturer would not take them back, have just arrived. Now then---Just 10c 195¢c OTHER PRICE SLASHING 6 Plates,—Regular 6 for 50c 6 for.......... e e Doll Buggies—Regular 35¢ only... 18c Teapots—Regular $1.00 only...... T 70c Teapots—Regular $1 10 only ..... [PTOT e, rereeeena e, Teapots—Regular 85¢ only......... T e Alger Books—Regular 35¢ only............. AR A AR R AR R o A 18c Box Stationary—Regular 15¢ only........ Fancy Dress Doll—Regular $3.50 1) 11 ) A $2 28 Fancy Dress Doll—<Regular $4.00 only.......... $2-40 Fancy Dress Doll—Regular $4.50 (1] 11 3 TN . $3-oo Fancy Dress Doll——Regular $1.40 only...... Fancy Dress DollRegular $200 s1.oo All Toys For Xmas Will Be Sold at 1-2 Price I Will Sell My Safe~-Barnes make, Good as New For $40, Cash BELTRAMI AVENUE [LOTD BROWN BEMIDJI MINNESOTA A