Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 5, 1918, Page 4

DAYS OF BLACK MAGIC ARE PAST Old Conjurer’s Shop in New York City Is Closed for Lack -of Trade. FEW MAGICIANS LEFT Fakirs in Far Off Indla 8till Stick to Illusions That Amused and Mys- tifled Public. Throughout - " World. New York.—Black magic, known also as the art of legerdemajn, is pass- ing. Its somber hue has faded into pale gray. Soon, it is predicted, it will have disappeared in the white page of oblivion. Francis Martinka says SO and Francis Maxtinka knows. Kor 88 years Martinka manufactured the in- struments which the artists in. leger- demain used for the bewilderment and amusement of - audiences, manufac- tured and sold them In his old curlos- ity shop on Sixth avenue. Now he _ has sold his old conjurer’s shop and re- tired with his memories, simply be- cause the trade is-dwindling. Virtual- 1y the only call “worth ‘mentfoning comes from fakirs in India, and they, too, appear to be going out of busi- ness. LRk 4 E A During the early years of his busi- ness career Martinka traveled about the world from England to Cape Col- ony, from San Francisco to Ceylon, to study the methods and instruments of those who practiced sleight of hand. The Hand Must Be Quicker Than ‘the' Eye. He regards Hermann and Kellar as the greatest magiclans the world has known. With their passing the art de- clined, and while there are some clever maglcians still Hving, the public is in- different to their skill, as 1s evidenced by the small audiences they draw to séeé theld illusions. iN@ Call for the Best Tricks. The proof of the passing of legerde- maln, in' the 'opinfon of Martinka, 1S found in the decline of sales of the best trjcks. In Kellar's time Martinka sold & cannop from which mén seemed to be shot for $1,800. It was his best toy. The cheapest was a-ten-cent pack of cards. In these days of the decline of maglc some of the best tricks bring only $18 and $20. A fundamental proposition of leger- demain is that the hand must be quick- er than the eye. Occasionally courts have been mys- tified by the apostles of magic. There 18 a legend of the English court at Lucknow, India, bewildered by an Eng- lish woman who had been arrested for swindling. She had been placed in jall. While the attorney for the crown was pleading another case & quall flew In at the window and hopped about the floor, unaffrighted by the presence of humans, busily picking up imaginary grains, “Remove the bird,” court. “Bhoo,” sald the court crier, ‘Whereupon the quafl vanished and in its place stood a man, one of pres- ence so imposing that the court dared not say “shoo.” In the confusion which followed the man disappeared. Neither man, Woman nor quail has since been seen in the court room at Lucknow. No Magicians at Convention. Back of Martinka's conjurer shop in New York is a small theater withseats for 100 persons. In it In former years gathered the annual conventions of the American Soclety of Magiclans. From the stage of the theater a beautiful young woman once rose in the alr, ap- parently defying the laws of gravita- tion. Gardens of beautiful flowers that seemed to bloom out of the alr were first disclosed to view. On this ordered the stage rapping hands knuckled mes| sages to the amazed and spirit cabi- nets ylelded their mystifying contents. These are only a few of the mysteries presented in this theater. But the group of magiclans finally dwindled to a corporal’s guard. Finally the last convention, scheduled for -Carnegle hall, had to be called off because no magician could be found to conduct the performance, _e ' Campaign Mansger of the Minnesota ) Dry Federation. Senator Jones is the youngest mem- ber' of the Minnesota Senate, a na- tional ‘leader of union labor. His bril- liant generalship was largely respon-| sible for the dry victories in Duluth and later in St. Louis county and on the :Range. JOHN BARLEYCORN TAKING THE GOUNT W. E. McEwen. (Former Labor Commiscioner, in Du- luth Labor World.) John Barleycorn is fast climbing un the water wagon with the rect of us old tanks, by compulsion if not from choice. He was handed several se vere wallops this week and in places on his wasted carcass where he liitle expected it. B Old John has gotten more out of the traffic than any of us who played the game with him. When we lost he won. Now he is losing and the whole nation 'is‘ rejoicing in his downfall. He has few sympathizers outside of his backers, seconds and time keep- ers, and even they will turn against him when he takes the final count and they discover how much more eatis- factory it is to ply their energies l\n life-giving rather than in death-dealing avocations.. Barleycorn is a versatile old roost- er. He has written comedies and tragedies, burlesques and melodra- mas, all at the same time und with the gaime pen dipped in the same con- coction he has produced more mon- ologue artists than all other agencies on earth, their incoherent rambling soliloquies ‘resounding through prison cells and insane wards of every clime. He has made bums out of bankers, marchants and professional men. He has taken top-notch factory workers from. their machines, mechanics from their benches, laborers from fields, and clerks from their desks.and sent them emaciated in body and crushed in spirit to the gates of hell, and gloated over their ruin. He has turned palaces into hovels as if by magic. He has transformed happy cottages into miserable huts with the mere waving of his poisonous wand. Jeal- ous of the bloom and beauty of youth he has fiendishly plucked the blos- soms before their time, and looked on unconcerned while the human plants wasted and died. Like the man wifh the withered arm, he has stood" un- moved at the widows and orphans he has made. He has drowned cheers]| with tears, turned joys into sorrows, brought suffering where happiness and prosperity ‘dwelt, and cheated life of its sweetness and fragrance. This monster whom men defend, as some do hig living prototype across the Rhine, is now being called before "“WB&“ soet. e mh covw‘-'n"."'m"?m What the miller added b the cow (Dotted portion. indic What the forer_gor-for His whedt 04 19I5 . The accompanying chart and read- ing matter is furnished the Pioneer by food administration, Washiington, D. C., the reading matter belng the explanation of the chart: % “Since 1913 farmers have been re- ceiving for their wheat a gradually increasing proportion of the price paid by the consumer for bread. The amount received by the wheat grower for his contribution to the average pound has increased from less than 1314 cents per loaf in 1913 to more than 3% cents early this yedr. The ~ | proportion to the whole price is shown, by the relative length of the black columns of the chart. “The middle portion of Bach col- umn shows what the miller received for his milling costs and profit. ‘This has been a somewhat variable factor, but is now at the minimum (6 per cent). In this 6 per cent, however, is included. the cost of the containers (bags, sacks, etc.), shown as dotted area which has increased very nearly in proportion’ to the price of bread itself. Bags now cost abouft 50 per cent more than in 1913 and 1914. “The shaded portion of the column indicstes cost of conaines) on | -1916 1917 et ST nomer sated f v doge HALF mall house ‘Inquire Se-} W. FOR RENT: 5-99 curity State bank. ate ability shown. FOR RENT—Furnished room, 715 y Lake B'lv’d‘ house, fur- o e L P e oy ANTED—Two or three experienced stenographers, salary commensur- Apply at once, giving full details previous em- ployment, how quickly could come; also references required. ™, ‘Minne- , FOR RENT—F‘ive-roox.n sota & Ontario Power Co., Int - nished, 1219 Lake Boulevard.| tional Falls, Minn. %r&lga(; Phone 692 2-95 1, FOR RENT—House, also furnished flat for the winter, modern exceptf- heat, close in. ‘317 America. Phone 618-W Smith. 6t97 FOR RENT—Cottages. Thomas Roy-| craft, Lavinia, Minn. 823tf P o e S i i TS SR FOR RENT—Two furnished rooms, _dress P. O. Box 185. midji. i [ WANTED 10 RENT—Six room mod-= ern house, on or before Oct. 1. i WANTED - TO. PURCHASE—A well located residence property in Be- Address D44, care Pioneer, giving street number and lowest Al- 3-97 cash price. - i 10t916 1302 Bemidji avenue. Phone! ~ 452:1: 820Lf) v ANTED—Good girl for general FOR RENT—One modern furnislied housework. Case’s store. Phone room, 507 Minn. avenue. Call 327| 553. 2196 or 250. 92tE| ' ADDITIONAL LOCALS Mrs. Fred Siats of Mizpah, who has been the guest of Bemidji friends for several days, will return to her home . this evening. FIRST o The following item appearing in the Grand Forks Herald will be of in- terest to many Bemidji people, as the Jacobies "are well known here, having spent several summers at their summer home at the head of the lake. “Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Jacobi and their family have returned from Bemidji, where "they have spent two months at their sum- mer cottage. Mrs. Jacobi and Miss Ruth Jacobi expect to leave the lat- ter part of this week for Chicago, where Miss Jacobi will enter the Michael Rees hospital to take a course of training.. Rheinhold Jacobi is expectéd to return tonight from Berkeley, Cal., where he is stationed at an aviation camp, and will spend a ten days’ furlough here. Mrs. Rob- ert Henry (Ernestine Jacobi) and her represents the expense of distributing|jttje son, who have been at the fam- the flour, making it into bread and getting the loaf to the consumer. “The chaft shows that the farmer is now rgcel'ving‘a much larger share of the final pricé'for his product than in the past, ahd ‘that a considerable amount of ‘‘spread” has been taken out of other expenses.” " RED CROSS NOTES ENERGETIC LITTLE QUARTET The following four energetic little maids have turned over $1.40 to’ the Red Cross which they earned selling pop corn: Misses Inez and Gladys Madson, Alvida Casperson and Eliz- abeth Winklesky. QUILT BRINGS $25. The Red Cross acknowledges with appreciation the donation of $25 from Mrs. Jens Nelson and Miss Alma Pet- erson of Buena Vista. This money was raised from the sale of a quilt which Mrs. Nelson and Miss Peterson made.- :They were very liberally, as- sisted by the friends of their commun- ity. SERVE AT FAIR. At the suggestion of Mrs. G. M. Torrance at a meeting at her home last evening, the finance committee decided to serve' refreshments at the fair grounds dufing the county fair. In order to make the net proceeds as large as possible, the committee is asking all those who will give pies, doughnuts, eggs, or money Wwith which to purchase needed supplies to notify Mrs. Torrance, 421 Bemidji|vating chemical because it accumu-j avenue, phone 151, not later than|lates in the tissues, also attacks the Monday. The doughnuts, it.is to be under- stood, are to be made of substitutes and friend, in compound. CROWDER URGES ALL AFFECTED BY REGISTRY TO OBSERVE THE CALL Provost Marshal Crowder, Wash- ily cottage during the summer, aje visiting here now. >Subscribe for The Pion'ee_r AYS H WASHES POISONS - | FROM THE LIVER ‘: Everyone should drink hot water i with phosphate - in It, J before breakfast. B | fiddle, we must keep the liver washed clean, almost every morning, to pre- vent its sponge-like pores from clog- ging with indigestible material, sour bile and poisonous toxins, says a not- ed physician. If you get headaches, it's your liver. If you catch cold easily, it's your liver. If you wake up with a bad taste, furred tongue, nasty breath or stomach becomes rancid, it’s your liver. Sallow skin, muddy complex- jon, watery eyes all denote liver un- cleanliness. Your liver is the most important, ‘also’ the most abused and neglected organ of the body. Few know its function or how to release the dammed-up body waste, bile and toxins. Most folks resort to violent calomel, which is a dangerous, sali- bones. - s - Every man and woman, sick or well, should drink each morning be- fore breakfast, a glass of. hot water with a teaspoonful of limestone phos- phate in it, to wash from the liver and bowels the previdus day’s indigesti- ble material, the poisons, sour -bile and toxins; thus cleansing, sweeten- ing and freshening the entire ali- mentary canal before putting more food into the stomach. Limestone phosphate does not re- strict the diet-like calomel, because it the bar of judgment to answer for|ington, wires George W. Harnwell,|can not salivate, for it is harmless his multi-crimes. The South has tried president of the Bemidji Ad. and - convicted him. The West has sent ‘him to perdition with loud ac- claim. . The North has pronounced his ‘doom. It is left to the Eist to complete the job and drive him from the nation entirely. club, urging him to co-operate to the ut- most in spreading publicity on the registry of men 18 to 45 years old on September 12. According to the tele- ram, much importance is attached to the stald old conservative Bay state, | scribed ages to the registrars on that has spoken. render the same verdict, as will the people. of Minnesota next November. Good-bye; John Barleycorn, we see your finish. You are soon to be nume tered among the evils that were. AN ABSURDITY. - Colonel Ronsevelt recently said: ‘‘There ts nothing more absard than the belief that the closing of the saloon will cause working men to lose thelr jobs. There are few things more imporfant to our social advancement than the foosing of the grip of the liquor Interests upon the Jabor movement. The saloon represents eco- aomic loss.” ROUMANIAN FARMERS SLAY GERMANS FOR CONFISCATING GRAIN By HENRY WOOD. (United, Press Correspondent.) Rome, Sept. 5.—Roumanian farm- ers are openly revolting against the Germans as the result of the latter’s confiscation of Roumanian crops. According to dispatches via Switz- erland, German soldiers are often killed by farmers and the uprising is growing. Near Bucharest, peasants All New England will | date. The message is as follows: , G. W. Harnwell, Bemidji, Minn. Washington, Sept. 5.—The date for the 18 to 45 draft regis- tration is officially fixed as Sep- tember 12. Undoubtedly you have received copies of the ad- vertising bulletin poster and other literature sent you last week. Please see that the above official date in incorporated in any advertising or literature car- ried as a result of the plan for- mulated by the committee on public information and associ- ated advertising agencies and clubs. Please get behind this cam- paign in your local community - and adjacent territory and see that all possible publicity is giv- en to this coming registration day, as it is of utmost impor- tance that every man of the spec- ified ages be notified of his duty to register. Your immediate co-operation - will be greatly appreciated. CROWDER, Provost Marshal General. ARRANGING CAMPAIGN. W. L. Brooks is at Baudette and \ attacked a train carrying to Germany, | Spooner arraning for the coming killed the guards and carried off the| Fourth Liberty Loan campaign, grain. He is expected to return tomorrow. and you can eat anything afterwards. It is inexpensive and almost tasteless, and any pharmacist will sell you a quarter pound, which js sufficient for a demonstration of how hot _water i and limestone phosphate cleans, stim- ulates and freshens the liver, keeping Massachusetts, Poetting all resident males of the pre- | you feeling fit day in and day out. WANT AD DEPT. Advertisements in this column cost half cent a word per issue, when paid cash in advance. No ad will be run for less than 10c per issue. Ads charged on our books cost one ‘cent a word per issue. No ads run for less than 25c. A FOR SALE FOR SALE—Hand made stake wagon. Will sell right. Koors Bros. ’ 810t e e FOR SALE OR TRADE—Tractor Mo- line Universal 6-12 horsepower; practically new. See Carl Opsata, Bemidi, Minn. R.No. 2. 12t914 FOR' SALE—Nine-room house, smail barn, three acres under cultivation, in town of Puposky, cheap for cash or will take Ford car as part pay- ment. F. W. Berkey, 116 Mill Park, Minn. 6t97 FOR SALE—Green tomatoes. Call 337 or 608 13.u street. 3t96 FOR RENT FOR RENT—Downstairs for light housekeeping, 208 Miss. avenue. To feel as fine as the prover,bialv work. Bemidji avenue. ' w. 'ED WANTED—Position as stenographer. { WANTED—Maid for general.house- Mrs. N. L. Hakkerup, 914 Phone 740-J. 3t97 Have had some experience. Tele- phone 8 F 12. & 6-99 WANTED—Chambermaid and dining| eral housework. room girls. Birchmont, Phone Kaplan building. 15F2 3 826t —. WANTED TO RENT—ALt once, young couple desire furnighed apartment, house or suite of rooms. Address P. 0. Box 543.7 5t97 —_— WANTED—Girl. St. Anthony’s Hos- ital. 5t99 i ene p which are rapidly absorbed by WANTED—Orderly. St.- Anthony'sithe blood and cause serious Hospital. - 51991 jisease, such as biliousness, gas-* WANTED—Cleaning girl, -board and room tu;uished. Apply at once. Markham Hotel. 94tf i IS A i S U SaCi WANTED—Kitchen range in good condition. Phone 817-J 2-95 others. WANTED—Two men to cut hay at Rice Lake. Apply Hotel Markham. 2-95 : Biyles of Bngraving :&_e : ;%g%z//}m”m’/:%o///w”wfl n-w‘._/fld ~%7um/&() _%444;1/ .L“'E M(Jd d/&flw .@l%%ft’/ we Mrs Readerich Baraly Toal . w7 Mr Banricl Clavence Lawlor s as s your health. iV[R. AR’I‘_HK_YR E. STUTZMAN | i (moman Ntiso Heleon . Hakn - Hi0 SLANTING mowDE i L we Mres.Clavence David Srevens = wis M. Qoisins ThalBiBer - ocnmmiven Hie vomine MR.WiLLIAM HOWARD TAYLOR e them and we will fill your orders. WANTED—Competent maid for gen- . Mrs. DREADFUL CONSEQUENCES When the bowels are not acting freely, waste matter remaining in them generates poisons— tritis, skin diseases and many Don’t take the risk of such dangerous illness. ter’'s Rocky Mountain Tea once a week will keep the bowels active and clean, and safeguard City Drug Store - 1 Calling cards, announcements, wed- ding invitations, etc., will be printed, en- graved or embossed right in our own plant. Bring in your plates if you already have The Bemidji Pioneer Publishing Co. Telephones 922 and 923 Bemidji, Minn. Kaplan, 95tf Hollis- Pt} - issued the following ruling: IS RENEWED AND PAID FOR.” notified to watch the YELLOW LABEL ADDRESS promptly, thus insuring continuous service. 3t97 S 7 ‘Order To Stop Paper - The War Industries Board at Washington has “ALL NEWSPAPERS MUST DISCON- TINUE SENDING PAPERS AFTER DATE OF EXPIRATION, UNLESS SUBSCRIPTION Of course newspapers «will be compelled to obey .this order and must stop papers when the time is up. Subscribers receiring their paper by mail are hereby which is pasted on the front page of your paper and which shows you the date your subscription expires. When the time of expiration approaches renew your subscription so that you will not miss a single issue. City subscribers, whose papers are delivered by carrier, will be notified by collector or through the mail of their expiration, and we trust they will renew | fw‘—' Naflactive