Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 14, 1911, Page 8

THE BEMIDJI 2l 3, 4, o - o o 8 10. i 2. 13. 14, 18, 2, 3l EACH DAY Will be added one or more suggestions Christmas gifts. They may be purchased at the Bemidji Office and School Supply Store. 18. 20. 2. 2, 2, 25. 26, 71t 28. 29, 30. 32, suitable for Pioneer 1. Subscription to Pioneer Stylo Ink Pencils Fancy Inkstand Glipless Paper Fastener 500 Letter Hoads 500 Envelopes 100 Galling Gards Leather Bound Blank Books Letter File Gard File 1 doz. Pencils Office Knife - Dictionaries Gross Pens Paper Clips 16. Postal Scales 1. Envelope Seals Gard Punches Calendar Pads Qffice Pins 1 Box Eyelets 1 Box Typewriter Paper 1 Box Garhon Leather Memo Books Loose Leaf Vest Pocket Note Books Goat Pocket Note Books Wallet Pocket Books Ledgers, all sizes Journals, ““ DayBooks," Gash Books,* Records, “ “ DO YOU BELIEVE IN SANTA CLAUS? (Continued from first page). joyment of this mythical hero the real reasons why we have Christmas are not overlooked, which I believe is often the case.’ The ‘Santa’ would be better taught simp- ly as a spirit of happiness and giv- ing to others, rather than as the real hero of this day. In this way, the children would look upon ‘Santa’ as an imaginary fellow of fun, not as the chief reason for celebrating this day, and the deeper, truer, signifi- cance of Christmas would come first, as it should.” Attorney J. F. Gibbons — “Of course I believe in the teaching of ‘Santa Claus.’ Christmas day is the celebration of the birth of Christ, our highest example of a generous, unsel- fish, self-sacrificing man. It is our duty to teach our children some- thing of this, the true Christmas spir- it, which is made so easily possible through the character dear to every child’s heart, Santa Claus. character of Dr. Gilmore Votes for Santa. Dr. Rowland Gilmore—“I believe most heartily in the good old tradi- tion of Santa Claus. Christmas is the glad, happy time of the year, and the child is made happy through his sturdy belief in his kindest of friends. But aside from this joyous, happy aspect, is there not something off deeper significance which should be taught concerning this world-wide | holiday? We are apt to overlook t.'he, more important meaning .of Christ- mas, in the busy, pleasant, task of | giving and receiving. A child’s vis- ion of Santa Claus is a happy, joyous fancy while it lasts, but he should be taught something of the truer, more significant, reasons for celebrating this day of all days.” Professor W. P. Dyer—“Do I be- lieve in Christmas? I firmly believe in Santa. He is a beautiful fancy, and would do nothing to disillusion any child in his belief of him. But the spirit which we are trying to teach in the public schools is not the pleasure which is derived from San- ta’s generosity, but the spirit of giv-! ing, and the helping of others less fortunate than we are. We are try- ing to get away from the old idea that the expense extailed is the crit- erion of the gift.” FORESTER COX WRITES A BOOK| Tells of Some ‘Astounding Inhabi- tants of Timbered Sections. State Forester W. T. Cox probably will be branded the prize nature fak- ir by people who read hastily his new | book, “Fearsome Creatures of the | Lumber Woods.” which is just from the press. In this book Mr. Cox de- scribes some horrible animals that are said to infest the forests in parts of America, For instance there is the “tripode-! ro” scientifically known as the “col- lapsesofemuris geocatapeltes,” which | inhabits the chapperal and foothills | CHURCH PARTY BRINGS CROWD| Catholic Fund Enriched While Many Red Cross Seals are Sold, The women of St. Phillip’s Cathos lic church gave a card party last night in the Knights of Columbus hall, the proteeds of which will go to the benefit of the church. Pro- gressive cinch was played, 23 tables being in use. The hall was crowded, many persons being unable to play. At 10:30 lunch was served to about 50 guests. A delegation of women of the Women’s Study Club consist- ing of Mrs. C. R. Sanborn, Mrs. L. H. i Bailey, Mrs. F. S. Arnold and C. E. Battles were present and sold Red Cross stamps, $10 worth of the seals being disposed of. After lunch At- torney P. J. Russell gave a brief talk on the sale of the Red Cross stamps, telling of their use and how from humble sales of a few years ago, the sales have grown until the seals now plaster the nation. Mrs. Sanborn ex- plained that the money from these sales would not be used largely in an effort to prevent the spread of tuber- culosis. Large orders for stamps for the Northern Grocery company and the Bemidji and Crookston Lumber companies as well as smaller individ- ual orders, were taken. The women who ménaged the card party were: Mrs. R. F. Murphy, Mrs. T. J. Burke, Mrs. P. J. O’Leary, Mrs. J. C. Parker, Mrs. Chas. Nangle, Mrs. Jas. Fuller- ton, Mrs. D. Gainey, Mrs. Jos. Fleck- enstein and Mrs. J. Moritz., HERE TO RELEASE BARACKMAN Adams Presbytery Grants Request Blackduck Minister to Duluth. A meeting of the Adams Presbytery is being held here today for the pur- pose of issuing a dismissal to Rev. F. J. Barackman of Blackduck. On January 1, 1912, Rev. Barackman will leave his church at Blackduck to become pastor evangelist of the Duluth Presbytery and the action to- day is to permit this transfer. The ministers from out of town who are attending this meeting are Dr. R. N. Adams of Minneapolis, Rev. D. K. Laurie of Thief River Falls, Rev. F. J. Barackman of Blackduck, Rev. R. Drysdale, of Mallory, Rev. J.,C. Map- son of Tenstrike. Jewelry Stock Moved. Rented building at 350 Beltrami ! Ave., Geo. McTaggert’s building, un- til Jan. 1st, for final windup of big sale. Dutch auction each evening and private sales ahy time durihg the day. Chas. L. Cummer. Wes Wright Gets Wood Contract. Out of 17 bidders, Wes Wright last night was awarded by the board of education the contract to furnish the schools of Bemidji 500 cords of wood. Biow the Steam Aside. The wise wowman sent a sudden vigor- ous puff of breath at the jet of steam | rising from the copper teakettle she was tilting, repeated it hastily as she filled the blue teapot and set the ket tle back on the stove with a nod of tri of California. The animal is said to! have two legs that can be lengthened | or shortened like a telescope and also has a tail like a kangaroo. It raises itself above the brush by elongating, its legs and when it seems its victim ' it attacks him by throwing quids of ' dried clay at him. The animal car- ries a supply of these clay quids in its left jaw. The head is nearly alli mouth and with this the “tripodero”: blows the quid at its victim. Then it stays by him until bones and all‘ are devoured. Similar thrilling descriptions are | given of the “wapaloosie,” the “snoli- | goster,” the “hugag,” the *“lepro- caus,” the ‘“‘agropelter,” and several other monsters. Vivid pictures show | the animals in action. In the introduction to the book,f however, Mr. Cox explains that the! stories are simply related as told by | the lumberjacks. Mr. Cox says that the woodsmen everywhere have a habit of weaving these fanciful de- scriptions of horrible monsters and that these stories go the rounds of | the camps from coast to coast. As' the lumber camps and the forests are| rapidly dwindling away, he wants to preserve in print a few of these tales of the lumberjacks. i Experts on Sheep Meet. Fifteen hundred men' who are as: familiar with the names of Cots- wolds, Hampshires, Angoras, Ram—; bouillets and other varieties of sheep | and goats as they are with their A, B, C’s gathered in Omaha today for the opening of the 48th annual con- vention of the National Wool Grow- ers’ association. The flockmasters believe that the wool growing in- dustry in the United States has reached a critical stage of its exist- ence and they have come to the con- vention prepared for exhaustive dis- cussion and vigorous action. - Sched- ule “K” and the report of the tariff board will be the leading subjects of consideration, | vate baths than any other city, . world is at Vienna. umph. ‘“That trick has saved me many a scalded hand,” she asserted. “Wheth- er I read it or was told it I am not sure, but until I tried it I was always | getting most painful little burns. Steam is so easily blown aside if you have the presence of mind to remember it that you can easily keep it from reach- | ing your hand until you can set down the kettle or pot. ~Don’t forget it next time the lid slips or the steam comes unexpectedly from the kettle spout. You will bless me for the hint.”—New York Tribune. Public Baths Abroad. London probably possesses more pri- but in the matter of public baths it can- not claim first or even second place. | says the ILondon Chronicle. Tokyo. Japan, has over 800 public baths, where 800,000 persons bathe daily at a cost of about one halfpenny each. Constanti- nople probably’ ranks second; then | comes St. Petersburg, famous for the | vast vapor baths to which the Rus- sfans flock in thousands every Saturday evening. The finest public bath in the It has a basin 578 feet long by 156 feet wide and can accommodate 1,500 persons. The wa- ter is changed thrice daily. Germany's Telephone “Girls.” Telephone “girls” in Germany can- not work after the age of seventy, though they can retire on pension prior to that advanced day. Positions are obtained by civil service examination. The average on entering the business must be near thirty, and, as many re- main for life, it would be ungallant to speak intimately of ages. ste).\arges | cannot be effected without consider- able red tape. When an operator has worked up to $450 a year and $150 extra for house rent, she stays at that pay-until retired on pension. On Her Birthday. “Congratulate me,” said Younghus- band. “My daughter is just one year old today.” “This is her birthday, eh'I ‘What did you give her?” “I don’t: know whether it was sooth- ing sirup or paregoric, but it was one of the two.” Exlnmn of Temperature. & ‘Sclence reasons that the lowest tem- peratures .at the earth’s surface are not found directly at the poles, but at some distance to the south of the ‘| north pole and to the north of the south pole. Likewise the greatest de- gree of heat is not, as might Le sup- posed, to be found at the equator, but prevails at some distance to the north and to the south of that imaginary line. The coldest place on the earth's surface of which there is authentic record is in Siberia. The lowest tem- perature ever recorded in the open air was 90 degrees below zero I". at Wer- chajansk, central Siberia. on Jan. 15, 1885. The highest temperature of which there is an’ authentic record is 124 degrees above zero I'. in Algeria, northern Africa, on July 17, 1879. These places of extreme heat and ex- treme cold give a range of tempera- ture covering the whole inhabited world of 214 degrees. or two degrees more than from zero to the boiling point. Don't Breathe Lazily. “If you are consumptive, if you think you are drifting into consumption, sing!” said a medical man. “Of -course singing alone will not save you from consumption or cure you. Besides singing you must have plenty of fresh air and good food. And. speaking of fresh air, 1 must say that not one person in a hundred knows how to inhale it. People seldom breathe deeply enmough. They seldom properly ventilate their lung cavities, which resemble stuffy, insanitary apartments, where all germs thrive un- disturbed@. Acquire the habit of tak- ing the big, deep breath which is a pri- mary requisite for any kind of singing, bad or good, and the physical joy de- rived from it will never allow you to relapse into lazy breathing. Further- more, the mere effort of singing com- pels. the singer to stand straight and to throw out the chest, a good correc- tive for the bad physical habits of weak chested ‘people.” Killed by a Shout. A joyful shout thoughtlessly given by an Italian smuggler on having eluded the customs guards on the Swiss frontier was the cause of his six companions being killed by an avalanche. The party. coming from the Grisons. had, with a- thousand pre- cautions, successfully negotiated the Forcola pass on the Swiss-Italian bor- der. TFive of the men were loaded with valuable contraband goods. and two acted as guides and scouts. When they were all safely on Italian soil one of the guides named Maretoli gave vent to a joyful yodel. In the still air the least sound causes a vibration which may set enormous masses of snow moving. This is what occurred here. A quarter of a million tons of snow, detached itself from the moun- tain side and came thundering down upon- the party, who were swept in an instant into an abyss. Maretoli alone was able to extricate himself. Checkmate! In these days. when various schemes are being suggested by which the loser of personal property may recover it without offering an extreme reward. it Is interesting to note two advertise- ments which appeared last summer in a German paper. In these advertise ments nothing so bald as a suggestion of reward appeared. They seem mere- Iy to present two wits fencing, and the reader forgets the matter at stake: Berlin, Aug. 5.—The gentleman who found a purse, valuable beyond ex- planation, in the Blumenstrasse, is re- quested graciously to forward it to the address of the loser, as: he is recog- nized. Berlin. Aug. 6.—The recognized gen- |tleman who found a purse, valuable beyond explanation, begs that the loser will call at his house at the earliest convenient heur. The Green Kind. A naval officer who has seen consid- erable service in South American wa- ters once brought home two parrots. one of which he gave to the house- maid and the other to the cook. For a long time there ensued ani- mated discussions as to the merits of their respective birds. Finally the housemaid said: “Your parrot may be a better talker than mine, though I don't believe it.” Then, with an air of presenting the final clinching argument in her favor, she added, *‘Besides, you'll have to ad- mit that mine has the most beautiful foliage.”—Lippincott’s. Honored the Old Men. A unique festival occurred in Paris in 1797 in honor of the old men. The |idea was the encouragement of the family circle, and the old man who was a happy grandfather was held up to the younger generations to follow in his footsteps. *“A gracious Hebe crowned their” white locks with gar- lands of roses. while the soldiers of France presented arms in their hon- or.” Legislatively Expressed. “No one can'go wrong if he follows the Ten Commandments,” said the sin- cere citizen. “Yes,” replied Senator Sorghum, “the only trouble about the Ten Com- mandments arises from the amend- ments people try to tack to them.”— Washington Star. Stung. Teacher — Tommy, do you know “How Does the Little Busy Bee?” Tommy—No; 1 only know he doth It!—Today’s Magazine. Strategy. 3 Miss Highsee—But it is time for the guests to leave. Hostess—Yes; that'’s why 1 want you to sing.—New York _|Bun. P e e Y GUARANTEED 116 Third St, — This button is made without solder or joint and guaranteed not to break. Engraved with Initials without extra charge Geo, T. Baker & Co. MANUFACTURING JEWELERS EL KAY ONE_PIECE CUFF BUTTON UNBREAKABLE Near the Lake The Pioneer Wan_t Ads l GASH WITH GOPY | /2 cent per word per Issue Regular charge rate 1 cent per word per insertion. 15 cents. No ad taken for less than Phone 31 HOW THOSE WANT ADS DO THE BUSINESS ad gets to them all. They tell what you have to sell to everybody in Bemidji. The Ploneer goes everywhere so that everyone has a neighbor who takes it and people who do not take the paper generally read their neighbor’s so your want 15 Cent a Word Is All It Costs Can’t Lose Much by Taking a Chance HELP WANTED WANTED—Wood cutters to cut 300 cords tamarack and 300 cords jack pine; near town. Inquire of Wes Wright. WANTED—Girl for general house- work. Mrs. J. O. Harris, 703 Be- midji Ave. FOR SALE' FOR SALE on easy terms, 136 acres of rich hardwood 1land on lake shore and County road, one mile from Puposky. Improvements consist of good log house, fine hay meadow and five acres under culti- vation. There are about 1000 cords of birch besides other tim- ber. 1 will take cord wood as part payment. Call on or write to E. J. Swedback, Bemidji, Minn. FOR SALE—My 22 foot bvoat hull, steering wheel, propeller shaft, life preservers, one 16 inch Bryant-and Berry wheel, two stickler weedless wheels. Floyd Brown. FOR SALE—Nearly new 5 room cot- 100 ft. frontage; easy payments. Huffman, Harris & Reynolds. |FOR SALE—Rubber stamps. The Pioneer will procure any kind of a rubber stamp for you on short notice. FOR SALE—4 room cottage, 70 ft. lot on 12th St. $500. Huffman, Harris & Reynolds. FOR SALE—Carload of heavy draft horses by F. R. Stowell, call at J. P. Pogue’s Barn. FOR RENT—6 roomed house, 212 Tenth St. Inquire 1014 Minne- | sota Ave. FOR SALE—2 good frame buildings. Cash or wood. Bemidji Steam Laundry. FOR SALE—Baled hay and straw at Wes Wright’s. barn. Near City Hall. FOR SALE—Carload of good young horses. Apply Tom Smart. FOR SALE—Wood sawing outfit. Inquire of O. J. Weekly. FOR RENT HOUSE FOR RENT—Corner Seventh and Beltrami Ave. Inquire - 700 Bemidji Ave., or phone 351. FOR RENT—Two furnished rooms for light housekeeping or roomers. 415 Minnesota Ave. FOR RENT—Rooms for light house- keeping, furnished or unfurnished. Over Gill Bros. 2 furnlshed rooms for lighat house- keeping. 511 Third St. FOR RENT—Six room house, ad- tage on Bemidji Ave., with 50 or| joining business district. 519. Phone FOR RENT——Ho'use at 502 Fourth St. $22.50 per month. FOR RENT—6 room house for rent. A. Klein, MISCELLANEOUS WANTED TO TRADE—What have you to trade for new standard pia- no? Call at second hand store, 0dd Fellows Bldg. BOUGHT AND SOLD—Second hand furniture. Odd Fellows building, across from postoffice, phone 129, Mrs. R. H. Patno, dress and Cloak maker. 811 Irvin Ave. WANTED—Work for man and team. C. Dorr, Turtle River. Dressmaking wanted. Miss M. C. Derby, 210 Sixth St. Try a Want Ad 12 Cent a Word===Cash F. JOSLYN, . TAXIDERMIST Office at Reed's Studio Bemidji - Minnesota T. BEAUDETTE Merchant Tailor Ladies’ and Gents' Suits to Order. French Dry Cleaning, Pressing and Repairing a Specialty. 315 Belt.ami Avezue OM SMART DRAY AND TRANSFER SAFE AND PIANO MOVING Residonce Phone 58 818 Amorica Ava. Office Phone 12 THE SPALDING EUROPEAN PLAN Duluth’s Largest and Best Hotel DULUTH MINNESOTA More than $100,000.00 recently expeqdcd on improvements. - 250 , 125 baths, 60 sample rooms. Eve: convenience: Lnxnrlons lnd BRa Room, fews R, Ooi m 3 H Magnificent lobby and p‘fi‘ mam:‘ [val B Troom. bumnet, rooms un parlor nnd o Loc Mln heart ot bnumeg %fl;‘:‘"&mz to everything. L”c One of the Great Hetels of the Imillq J i oy " o4