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.. Twentieth Geowtury The Majority Quit Before. In a pack of playing cards it is said there are 635,013,559,600 differ- erent whist hands. ' That must mean that when a_woman has held one of ¢ach variety she ean retire from the game. wonder that a man and his wife never hold the same kind of bands. —And Never Hold Hands.— No Wonder It Costs. A London firm-recently shipped 109 cases of wine to Vancouver and r turn, purely for seasoning purp: According to experts, wine Wi tain in one ocean voyage the ing that would require thre rs on land. Yowcan easily imagine that it would be easier to keep 100 of wine for the period necessary i transport them to Vancouver 2ad re- turn than it would be to keep them for three years on land. —The Sea In Season.— He Had Some Interest. Scene: A -police court. Applicant: . “I ‘'want a summuvns against a man who assaulted me while 1 was out with a young lady lust night.” A Judge: *“What was the matter? Did he have some interest in the lady?” * Applicant: v had. He happened to be her hus- bafld.” i | —Happened Is Right.— | Will Be Close Second. It is reported that the wettest area in the world is on the Khasi Hills in Assam, but you would never think it possible if you happen to fall in the middle of oné of BemidjVs cross streets about this time of the year. . —A Poor Tinte For The Iall— Maybe He Took it For Granted. Varm Life declares. that King Sol- omon in his haste said that all men were liars, If he hadn’t been rushed for time he might have included the ‘women. > —Aint It A Fact?— For The Knockers. al The knocker who kicked about the [politician, fown of Pinerolo, at the foot of the the cold weather 2ll winter will soon be able to howl about ~the warm weather. THhe weatherman's temper- ature is going up. —Give Him Time!— The Boy In Ohio. A boy in Ohio once went around with a number of dynamite caps in his pocket. Accidentally he thrust a lighted cigarette butt into: the same pocket. The boy went around Ohio. —Police Abandoned The Search.-- Do They Get Paid? Charles Chaplin, the movie come- dian, géts a million dollars a year for playing the part of a fool. But then think of the number around town who don’t get paid for it. —Now Or Never— Get Back On Your Feet. Dear Twentieth Century: [ am badly in débt and iy sole possession is an automobile which I hate to part with. What do you advise.—i. M. Hardup. Many a man who has gone broke has béen able to get back on his feet by selling his car. —Giddap,— TWELVE-YEAR-OLD GIRL BELIEVED SOLD AS SLAVE (By United Press) Chicago, March 6.—Louise Kiener, 12-year-old Evansville - (Indiana) girl sought by police for three days, is believed by her friends to have been kidnapéd and sold into slavery. The girl disappeared on a Chicago- Milwaukee train while coming to Chicago to visit her uncle. The girl, attractive and pretty, was seen in conipany with -a woman, flashily dressed, soon after leaving Evans- ville, trainmen told her uncle. “I believe. my neice was kidnaped and sold into slavery by that wom- an,” Keinér said. H¢ said he had ‘m- tended to meet her at the train, but was a few minutes late in arriving at the station and could not find- her. “I did not notify police for several hours, believing that she would show up at our home later, because she had our address,” he said. ONE KILLED AND TWENTY WOUNDED IN BELFAST (By United Preas) Belfast, Ircland,:Marca 6.—Bayc-| net.charges and_ machine gun out- bursts tflrourh Belfast streets eariy today brougl\ to” an end’ the fierce fighting, which flared up over the week-end. One dead and 20 woundud .. was the toll of the street fighting. Ar- mored cars. rumbled -, through:. the streets most of the night, hunting down these“responsible for the out- bursts. Rl MARKETS } POTATO MARKET Chicago, March 6.—Receipts ‘83 cars; total United States shipmeénts, 986; on track, 167: Wiseonsin round | whites, sacked, $1.78 to $1.85; bulk, | $1.85 to $1.95; Minnesota; sacked, £1.66 to $1.75; Red Rivers $2.00 to $2.05; Idaho rurals $1.90; to $1.95; russetts $2.25. - {World war veteran, is to begin to- N the Liberal democratic group and as a Centenary of the birth of Thomas Foley, Catholic bishop of Chicago. Today is annual town meeting in Maine ‘and Massachusetts. The trigk of Gov. Len Small of Tliinois on” charges of conspiracy tc embezzle ‘state funds while stat. treasurer is set for today at Wauke- gan. The executive committee of the Na tional Association of -Real Estate boards will assemble in Washington, D. C., today.for its mid-winter meet- ing. The trial of Harold Nierengaricn, “Well, he nust have |a 20-year-old_youth charged with tke murder of Joseph S. Kershow, a day at Wapokoneta, Ohio. Rt. Hon.' Arthur Heighhen, late premier of the Dominion, has called a general conference of conservative!} leaders for Ottowa today to considen[ the future policy of the party. At Chicago today the United States Reilroad Labor board will begin hear- ings on applications for increases or decreases in wages for all classes ox railroad employes, except thoe in train and engine and yard service. In The Day’s News. Luigi Faéta, who hag attempted to form a new cabinet in Italy, has loag been prominent in the political lite of that country. In the chamber oi deputies he has been identified with follower of ex-Premier Giolitti he ttrined a reputation as a resourceful He was born in the iittle Alps, 62 years ago. There he be- came a lawyer, and finally’ mayor then first a deputy from hiy native town and then from Turin. Mis abi- ities » politician were discovercd by Giolitti, who had succeeded Cr.sy as the dominant figure in Italizn [ litics, and in course of time came to be known as Giolit hand man.” - Under Giolitti’s p1emuer ship he held office ag minister vl ti interior and as minister of finance. MAKES GOOD RUN, A high run of 36 was made by L.| Boe in straight pocket billiards at the Recreation Billiard Parlor lasi week. This is the highest run of the season, the highest before being §3 with H: S. Adams and Joe Graves tied with this run. The other high runs for the weei were: billiards; W. C. Klem, 15; snooker, Ted Peterson, 2Z. THE PIONEER WANT ADS! BRING RESULTS | 3 b Ask For It! ) Expect to find the Fisherman, the 2 “Mark of Supremacy,”’ | on every bottle of N emulsion that you buy. 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Frequent dizzy spells and headaches added to my dis~ | comfort, and I got little rest either day or night. “Since Tanlac toned up my stom- ach I am like a new man in every way and eat, sleep, work and feel bectui than in years.” ¥ Tanlac is sold in Bemidji by the City Drug Co., and by leading drug- gists everywhere.—Adv. THE PIONEER WANT ADS BRING RESULTS HALF-BROTHER IS HELD FOR MURDER OF WOMAN Minneapolis, M. Joseph Beebe, 50, w death in her home early today. Louus Douephi, her . half-brother, reported it as an accident to the police, After investigation he was arrested = and ed with the murder. He was confe |Now York Children Seem to Have Abandoned “Mod- ern Warfare.” Playwrights and theatrical producers predict the return of and the swashbucklin’ melodrama. But the youngsters of New York seem to have realized this' prophecy in their games. Wooden swords, ul gers and cressbows dumwmy rifles and barrel stave artil- Jery pieces that were popularized by the World war. Sword play, with hickory rapiers and rate-cover cutlasses seem to orted a romantic appeal over charges and vocal The vacant. lot is no longer no man’s land, but a rock-strewn heath fested . moor, where fragil have Infantry bangs!” or a tin ‘can Frankie and J ny other in iortal:combat as Spantard and ‘Dutchman in the lowlands.” There is moré realism in the sword than in the pistol, must say “Bing!”. Bang!” Rock piles have become castles of the Arthurign legends and lance: armed kniglits goard drawbridges of or old doors over imitation Pittsburgh Dispatch. plank: woats. /' SENDI' FER Police will try to A BOOK"HIRYY, WANS 6 GET RIGH" 6.—NMrs. choked to arch “Hip Sings.” Police say “On Leongs” as she struggled ssion-was about. caused the shooting. in Their Games, Minneapolis, the costume play a | Leach told a meetin mbrella rib dug.| Mareh- " have supplanted ( “bing! large barn, wood she and plenty room. care Pioneer. “would “do each with' which one after the fashion ONE MAN KILLED AND: . TWO HURT IN'TONG WAR March iGeorge Leach today was a candidate ifor the United States senate. Mayor in.St. Paul Sun- iday he wag willing to be aicandidate subject to the republican state ¢en- vention, which meets in St. Paul in d, cl room. house with two 5 front, two blocks south: of Teach- ers-college. Phone 759-W. ®t3-11 ‘(B)" United Press) Chicago, March 6.—A tong war flared up in Chicago’s Chinatown to- day resulting in the killing of -one|. man and the wounding of two others. The victims were members of-the: Toous English _ |'known, conceived the design of “Rob- MAYOR GEORGE LEACH IS CANDIDATE FOR SENATE Wr lots, A man said to be a:member of the entered the basement S Maybr A state-wide “Leach for Senator” organization was_launched. P e | ADDITIORAL AT, FOR SALE—Or exchange for good improved land, an 8-room house, hicken coop rite “0 “B” 6t3-11 FOR SALE—Grocery store. For par- ticulars write “H M” care Pioneer. B 3t3-9 FOR SALE— At a bargain. Seven east Pol ar Pie POLAR PIE The Popular Ice Cream Bar. —ASK FOR IT Made From ngclon’s 'Saintnry: Ice Cream LANGDON MANUFACTURING CO. DICTIONARY We Have Just 1 LEFT i Out‘\of 600 Rather than send them back to the World Syndicate, we will sell them;:without hav- ing to cut a co at— If you want one of tl_leilSA, call 922 and say to save one DO IT NOW! Immortal Story of Robi Founded on the Actual Adventures of Alexander - Selkirk. author, inson” Crusoe from the " e heard of Alexander Selkirk a Scottish of a gambling “house and shot and ‘mariner, who- hailed from the fishing killed Joe Lee, restaurant proprie- tor, and wounded two other men. Po- lice believe failure by the gambling house proprietor to. pay’ tribute to - the On Leongs, the strongest tong, village of Large, in Fifeshire. kirk was left on the island of Juan Fernandez in the Pacific punishment for mutiny, and his his- tory is: briefly ‘given: in tI tublet, which in recent times has been erected on -that island: of “Alexander Selkirk, mariner, a na- tive of Largo, -in the county of Fife, Scotland, who lived on this island in corplete ‘solitude for four years and four months. - He was the Cinque Ports galley, guns, A. D. 1704, and was taken off iff- the Duke privateer, February 12, 1708. He died lieutenant ‘Weymouth, A, D, 1728, seven years. -This tablet is' erected near Selkirk’s lookout by Powell and officers of H. 1868 A. D.” Selkirk's .cuj have been preserved and be seen in the antiquarian museum in Edinburgh. GREAT™ MAN FIRST Term Has c'nma, Down to Us in the | Present Day In a Somewhat Roundabout Manner. If you should ever be called a “dunce,” don’t feel insi show your superiority by springing this interesting bit of information. He 0_made the term famous was a | MERELY BORROWED BY DEFOE Daniel Defoe (1659-1731), the fa- great man, nson .crulol as s well account he Sel- he memorial “In _memory Among such landed. from 96 tons, 16 of H. M. S. aged forty- plied, dull to be modern.” the word “dunce,” Commodore heavy, dense, M. 8. Topaz, p and chest are now to London clubs just now. of bezique. Jpacks of 32 cqr(fs ‘each, rugs into high figures, ulted. Just game gets 250 points, s g : b —— — ] ~ Chinese Bezique. Chinese bezique ‘is- booming in the Chinese be- zique is a development of the old game It jis" played with six The scoring Bezique and double bezique score as at the old game, 400 sind 500, respectively. But it is possible to .get’ treble bezique, - which is worth 1,500 points, and quad- ruple bezique, which counts 4,500. Four aces of trumps- score 1,000 points, and the winner of the last trick of the FOLLOW Al at THE CROWDS - TO JOHNSON'S 'VERY SNAPPY NEW GOODS ARRIVING DAILY MANISH Popular MAIL ORDERS AT IR A TR “ALWAYS BUSY" JOHNSONS FOR PHOENIX : PURE SILK HOSE STORES AT BEMIDJI AND GRAND FORKS " JUST UNPACKED | ‘A Nice Shipment of LADIES and MISSES i Prices “We Have Just Received a Very Large Shipment of Ladies’ Silk Sweaters— a Complete Line of Colors and Sizes, Very Moderately Priced. PROMPTLY AND CAREFULLY FILLED the most learned doctors of the early . church and of the Franclscan order. His name was Duns Scotus, and though he was dunce by name he was not by { nature, as he was remowned for his shavpness and keenness.. ‘Bhe present signiticaice of .the word “dunce,” de- rived from the name “Duns,” is the | result of ancient theological disputes. Away back in the Middle ages the churchmen who had been educated in | the schools founded by Charlemagne were considered the savants of their age and were respected for thelr great ocean, a8 A | jearping, The time soon came, how- ever, when these theologians were no longer regarded as authorities and when their writings became unpopular because of the pondgrous aid scholar- Iy style In which they were expressed. theologlans, . called “schoolmen;” Duns Scotus ¥as a prom- inent representativejand jeager. Con- sequently when a fojlowep “of his exe pounded theories or Yuqted from the works of the “schoolmen” hé was told, “O, you are a Dung,” ‘which im- ‘0ld stuff, my boy, entirely too Hence we have meaning @ | | [