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ENDORSED AT HOME Such Proof as This Should Convince Any Bemidji Citizen. The public endorsement of a lo- cal citizen is the best proof that can be produced. None better, none stronger can be had. When a man comes forward and tebtifies to his fellow-citizens, addresses his friends and neighbors, you may be sure he is thoroughly convinced or he would not do so. Telling one’s experience when it is for the public good is an act of kindness that should be appre- ciated. The following statement given by a resident of Bemidji adds one more to the many cases of Home Endorsement which are being pub- lished about Doan’s Kidney Pills. Read it. P. M. Dicaire, Prop. grocery store, 1101 Irvine Ave, Bemidji, Minn,, says: “The statement I gave about Doan’s Kidney Pills some years ago holds good. The benefit they brought me has been permanent. I took this remedy for the pains in my back and | 1 | Hard to See Under Water. There is no scientific instrument of the “scope” character which enables oae to see down to 50 or 60 feet under water. When the sun shines vertical- ly over water, a box or bucket with a glass bottom is often used to look into the water. A cloth covering to exclude light from the box or bucket |s sometimes employed. But without electric or some other light in the wa- ter these devices are not very satis- factory, 8cotch Query. A Dbluff, consequential gentleman from the south, with more beef on his bones than brain in his head, riding slong the Hamilton road, near to Blantyre, asked a herdboy on the roadside, in a tone and manner evi- dently meant to quiz, if he were “half- ‘way to Hamilton?” “Man,” replied the boy, “I wad need to ken whar ye hde ‘come frae, afore I could answer your huestion.”—Exchange. House Plans Important. The care in the home and all other forms of household work are greatly tacilitated by right planning and the ‘use of suitable materials for the construction and furnishing of the home. An adequate and convenient other symptoms of kidney trouble';water supply and other conveniences and it proved its merits by making me well.” For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New Yory, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name—Doan’s— and take no other.—Adv. BETTER YOUR POSITION ‘We have an opening for an honest man in your locality to represent us and engage l‘: ;t:o:.d paying business without capital, UNITED CO-OPERATIVE REALTY (0. Am. Nat. Bank Bldg., St. Paul, Minn. Try a Want Ad 12 Cent a Word---Cash _ EGROTH'S Only 10 shopping days till Santa “delivers the goods” and the choicest gifts and best opportunities are for the early shoppers. pre essential, not only for comfort and for saving labor, but also from ! the standpoint of home hyglene. Herolsm in Everyday Llife. “Not in clanging fights and des- perate marches only is heroism to be Jooked for, but on every railway !bridge and fireproof building that is oing up today. On freight trains, on he decks of vessels, in cattle yards, pn lumber rafts, among the firemen and the policemen, the demand for pourage is incessant, and the supply pever fails.”—William James, Freak of Nature. . A phosphorescent sea, often visible n the tropics but rarely seen in the higher latitudes, was noted all along the New Jersey coast one night re- cently. The gleam cast a circle ot light above the water and reached far up the shore. As the breakers came in their crests broke in a shower of dull, glowing fire and the air far in shore was filled with a peculiar odor. Emblem of Charity. Love, kindness, toleration, what- ever charity may be, or if she is com- pounded of them all, I know not. All that I.do know is that she is rare, and that her emblem on a sailor'’s arm ‘—is always drawn between the anchor ;:d the cross.—Cunninghame-Gra~ m. : To the Rescue. “I am at present devoting a good deal of time to the Bacon-Shakespeare controversy,” sald Old Ed. Howe, writ- ing in his own magazine. “Think of the absurdity of it” he continues. ‘We do. Our notion of nothing to get excited about is this Bakespeare con- troversy. Obsolete Garment. A New York firm of petticoat manu. facturers falled with $700,000 of lia- bilities recently, and gives the ex- planation that women’s skirts are so tight they have quit wearing petti- coats. Did you know that?—-Kansas City Star. — Explained. “Pop, why do they call & man a pinhead?” “Because when he at. tempts to penetrate any idea his head won’t 16t him go very far.” Diplomatic. She—“Why do you wish to know my age?” He—*“I merely wish to know at what age woman is really the most fascinating.”—Life. His Self-Analysis. T Bave never seen a greater' mon- ster or miracle in the world than my- pelf.~-Montaigne. Moderate Statement. Bivery rich or noted man is as con- celted as a pretty woman.—Ed Howe's Manthly., Johnnie Jones' Soliloquy. ' “Gee! 1 wish I had a history thas would repeat itself.”—Judge. College Wisdom. The big responsibilities of marriage pre the little ones.—-Dartmouth Jack o’ Lantern. e — " Object to Woman Teacher. Farl Stonham, a Suffolk village, is In an educational controversy, due to-|. the village demanding a schoolmis: tress. The latter has been appointed. but the school managers have inform- ed her she is de trop. ' The woman has’ been temporarily permitted to teach, pending a conference with the educational committee. — London Globe, One Chance for Him. A Dbishop in the Church of England had in his family a domestic—a wom- so—a strict Roman Catholic, who was always talking about the impossibil- Ity of heretics getting to heaven. “Why,” sald the minister, “do you think, Mary, that I will not get to heaven?” “Well,” said she, “if you do, it will be on account of your in oonsavable ignorance.” Shopping In the Ozark District. “You keep sportin’ goods yur, don't you?” inquired a frazzled looking citizen from out on Rumpus Ridge, ad- dressing the proprietor of the hard- wore store at Polkville, Ark. “Eh- heh, that's what I ’lowed. Well, what I was aimin’ to git was a straight jacket for a crazy man.”—Kansas City Star. She Understood. “I suppose, of course,” gays the fluffy creature to the captain, “that the bow of the ship is so called be- cause it keeps bowing all the time, but why do you call one side the star- board and the other the port.” “The star boarders stay on one side and the porters on the other,” is the will- ing explanation from the officer. Mend That Cat. Little Fred’s mother, who had been glving him some training in regard to the all-powerfulness of the divin- ity, found him one afternoon with a dead cat, over which he was saying: *“God, I sald mend that cat; I've sald it three times now, and I won’t speak to you again.” Keep Vigilant. He trespasses against his duty who sleeps upon his watch, as well as he that goes over to the enemy—Ed mund Burke. ) i T VA " Minnesota Ave. Bemidji, Minn. This entire stock offers you real bargains in gitts, both from a practical and a money saving standpoint. Nothing is offered that would not be appreciated as a gift, and every item is priced to increase ‘your savings. - Now, Let's Us Get Down to Christmas Shopping Bring your list to us and let’s begin. Among the things which we are pleased to offer are Jewelry, Silverware Mesh Bags, Leather Hand Bags, Hand Painted China, Austrian Chi%la FancygDishes, Character Dolls of every descriptiog,kthat grre al'i‘nost hfehke‘;v Bliql];e, kC:llu%({nd] angt ltl'nbreakal;;_e ?olls, i , D , Games, Sleds, Skies, Skates, Tree Trimmings, Work Baskets, Xmas Stationery, Pictures, b ik P e el Genuine Hair Switches at $1.75, $2.25 and&$3.50. which are three stranded; you would Rocking Horses, Shooflys, etc., etc. Picture Frames. Big line of Candy and Nuts. have to pay as much again elsewhere. Noise? About all the Ford makes is the praise it inspires. It’s the silent car. It’s silent because it’s mechanically right. And its mechanical rightness has made it ‘the univer$al car’ =-- serviceable, economical, long=lived. Bet- ter order yours today. Every third car is a Ford. Nearly 180,- 000 have been sold and delivered. New prices—runabouts $525—Touring car $600 —deiivery car $625—to.wn car $800—with all equipment f. 0. b. Detroit- Get particulars from Northern Auto Com- pany, Phone 474 —or from Detreit factory GOARANTEED By BEMIDI! BREWING (0. UNDER THE FOOD AND DRUGS ACTJUNE 267 /906. BEMI0s1 BREWING L2 S N\ é | %}“ X RIETY STORE THE HAPPY YULETIDE SPIRIT seems to have caught everybody this season. " It permeates the air every where. The gay shop windows bespeak it, the frosty air feels like it, and the busy Holiday shoppers confirm it. ‘the mortal who fails to respond to the Glad Tidings of the Chrittmas Season must be calloused by the sordid side of life. Surely