Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 15, 1919, Page 3

LR T A T i o e I BN A e ——————— - ive MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 15, 1919 THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER Mcn’mui_ “OAK MARKS VENERATED SPOT Tree Planted Where Abraham Erect- ed Altar to the Lord Has Been Carefully Preserved. It is recorded that when Abraham “ was promised the possession of the land of Canaan and was commanded to “walk through the land,” he “re- moved his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar to the Lord.” This spot is still marked by a great oak, venerated alike by Christian, Jew and Mohammedan. It i{s to this protection that one must attribute its preservation in a region cledred of almost all trees by the im- provident Turk. The species is not uncommon in Palestine and Major Portal, while stationed at general head- quarters +of the British army there, sent to Kew gardens a’ small box of acorns which were recognized as the fruit of Abraham’s tree. Sir Joseph Hooker visited the spot in 1860 and wanted to secure a specimen of the wood for Kew, but no one would cut off a bough. It was’only when the snow, which visited Jerusalem in 1856 and which did not spare Hebron, -had broken down one of the oak’s branches he was able to secure a portion of it which is to be seen to this day in one of the Kew museums. But a more practical fame awaits the tree, for it is with it that the Syrian forests will probably be rehabilitated in the bright era which is dawning now that the Turk no longer rules the land. Armenia’s Homer. Arnienla, as well as Greece, had a Homer. Like Homér, Moses of Khorene, who wrote in the seventh century, was held to be dealing alto- gether with tradition until archaeolog- 1cal discoveries revealed the fact that some of his personages were historic, according to the Christian Science Monitor. Semiramis, the queen who built the city of Van, much as Homer describes Dido building the city of Carthage, has been found in’the rec- ords of the past; but the civilization of her day was overthrown by Cyrus and his successors, and the land be- came Armenia, and entered upon a period of about a thousand years when general f{lliteracy obtained among the population. = Concerning this period practically no record sur- vives. Not until the fourth century . did the land, now influenced by Chris- tianity, begin to find self-expression; 0 it is hardly strange that what Moses of Khorene wrote was long held to be wholly of his imagination. DIRUGS FEARFUL AND AWFUL Amazing Concoctions That Our Ances- tors Swallowed; Believing That They Had Medicinal Virtues. The medicines used down to even recent days sound most extraordinary to our ears. As late as the eighteenth century dried toad was seriously con- sidered a specific against the plague. In an article in the New York Med- ical Journal Dr. Willam Renwick Riddell of Toronto, Canada, mentioned a few of the remedies in vogue. A plaster made of arsenic was ap- plied to cancers. Bleeding was prac- tlced on all occasions, even in the time of our grandparents. But the sovereign remedy of all was known as mithridatium or theriaca. This was the great antidote of Roman phar- macy. It originally had 40 or 50 in- gredients, all vegetables, but Nero’s physician, Andromachus, added the flesh of vipers. Every physician had his own variation of the formula, and Matteoli in the sixteenth century put no less than 120 ingredients into if. The name theriaca or theriac, un- der which it was commonly known, was derived from the Greek “therion,” a wild beast, as the stuff was consid- ered a specific against the poisonous bites of beasts and serpents. The ‘French word “theriaque” was corrupt- ed into the English “treacle,” and the medicine was known in England as “Venice treacle.” It was the famous Sydenham who first opposed the use of drugs. In fact when Sir Richard Blackmore asked him for a good guide in practice, he replied: “Don Quixote,” and declared that the arrival of a good clown would do more for the health of a city than that of 20 asses laden with drugs. Pearl’s Transformation. For two or three’years in the seas of Japan, the Agtilles or the Indies, at a depth of not more than ten or twelve meters, the marvel known as a pearl has its birth, takes ferm- and grows in its sheltered infancy. Then there comes a day when suddenly, bru- tally, something tragic and wonderful happens. After the great excitement of a rude unrooting, the pearl awakens j to daylight like the princess of the fairy tales. Passlonate, mad eyes gaze upon her. Perhaps, already. the divers are killing each other over her. But .8 master comes and assures her pro- tection, places her among companions, and with them surrounds .her with a thousand attentions by dint of which she loses that look of extreme youth and greenness which has lingered from the sojourn in the ocean. Rocking Stones. Rocking stones belong to a class of freak stones, familiar to geologists Some of these rocking stones are made so by the force of the wind which cuts the dirt or sand out from under them. They are of harder material than the dirt and stones which surround them: So the harder remains after the soft- er or shifting material has been worn away. Other rocking stones are left by the melting ol’ glaciers. This monument,-designed by Professor Krummer and executed by Schiller, DENMARK'S MONUMENT TO FALLEN ITALIANS {4 il Oulgy‘ Urddrwovd memory of the Italian war prisoners who died in that country. CANADIAN FARMERS | LOOKING FOR WHEAT PRICE BOOST TODAY Import Embargo Goes Into Effect;, Will Raise Wheat Prices (By United Press.) Winnipeg, Dec. 15.—Farmers and grain men of Canada were looking for a big boost in wheat prices today when the import embargo on wheat was to be raised. Recently No. 1 dark northern wheat in Minneapolis has been sell- ing at from $3.10 to $3.25 a bushel. The Canadian government has guar- anteed only $2.25 for Canadian No. 1 dark northern. Farmers and elevator men of the United States have been getting more than Canadian grain traders. At the same time, Canadian grain men were looking for prices in the United States to go down. The Cana- dian wheat board has not publicly discussed the situation, except to pre- dict if such Canadian wheat goes into the United States, the shortage of hard wheat for flour milling will be dlleviated and thig will result in low- er prices. The board is reported be- hind its schedule on European ship- ments and if this is true there 'will likely be little wheat' available for sale elsewhere. Contracts already entered into with European countries will have to be protected. Proper Soll vor ‘rrocs. In planting trees and shrubbery Of | s any kind particular attention must be given to the soil. Rich soil is essen- tial. The soil around the home, espe- clally in cities, is usually fille¢ in or graded down to clay. Plants cannot grow in soil that contains an abun- dance of stones, coarse gravel, cin- ders, subsoil clay, and sand. Use rich soil, for the top layer at least, even though it may be necessary to haul it several miles. Daily Thought. . The wisest vaying of all was that the only true wisdom lay in not thinking that one krnew what one did not know ~Clcero. WOOD BROWN COMBINATION Unusual in cut but highiy successful is this afternoon gown of wood brown paulette and georgette of the same shade. The combination of these two materials will soon be seen in the ad- vance models for southern wear. Office phone 18, Res. phone 211. DOCTORS : DENTISTS LUNDE and DANNENBERG Chiropractors Hours 10 to 12 am.; 2 to 5,7 to 8 p.m, Phone 401-W % Calls made 1st National Bank Eldg. Bemidji DR. H. A. HASS DENTIST vofiice Over Boardman’s Drug Store. Phone 447 DR. E. A. SHANNON, M. D. Phygician and Surgeon DR. J. T. TUOMY Office in Mayo Block DENTIST Phone 396 Res. Phdne 397 North of Markham Hotel Gibbons Block Phonl‘ 230 DR. L. A. WARD Physician and Surgeon \ Bem{d}i, Minn. DR. EINER JOHNSON Physician and Surgeon Bemidji, Minn. DR. H. A. NORTHROP OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND BSURGEON Ibertson Block - Office phone 183 DR. J. W. DIEDRICH DENTIST Offiee—O’Leary-Bowser Bldg. D. H. FISK, Attorney at Law Phones—Office 376-W. Res. 376-R Office, Northern National Bank Bldg. Phone 181. Collections a specialty. VETERINARIANS . SPRCIALIST Dr. W. K. Denison—Dr. D. R. Burgess Eye—Ear—Nose—Threat DENISON & BURGESS Glasses Fitted Veterinarians Phones: Office 3-R; Res. 99 S — Bemidjl, n. DR. E. H. 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