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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-12-27
Hurrah.

Zip. hip, hurrahr' is a modern
phrase. The hip" and the "hurrah"
do not seem to have come together be-
fore the nineteenth century. In the
eighteenth century hip amounted to
just chi" or "hello." while "hurrah"
was then usually "huzza." 1t is like the
Cossack "Oray' but it is supposed to
have been German cry of the chase
adapted by the German soldiers to war
and borrowed from them by the Eng
fish, perhaps first OF all at the time Of
the Thirty Years war. "Hurra" is said
to have been the battle cry Of the Prus-
SLAMS in the war of liberation (1S12-13)
Still, the curious fact that seventeenth
and eighteenth century writer's call
"Huzza" sailors shout lends sup
port to the conjecture that it may
really have been the hosting cry.
"Hissav' TX
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-12-27
An Art AnecdOte.

4 Edward ROseWater, fOundersand edi.
tor Of the Omaha Bee, had q sincere
love Of art. III: hated pictures that In
Dictated scamped work. SO called Inn
pressionistic pictures that were merely
rough and hurried sketches and SO
called portraits that bore no likeness to
their originals. A young painter show
ed Mr.. RoseWater one day'a portrait of
mutual friend
'"rhat portrait of Smith, the edi-
tor exclaimed. I'D never have known
it,
"Oh," the artist exclaimed, II didn't
try for likeness, you know. I tried
for an effect effect In grays.'
II know man in New York." said
Mr.. Rosewater, "who had his portrait
painted last year. It cost him $1,000,
and he was very proud of 1t. When it
came home he showed it to his cook.
"4Well, Mary he said, how do you
like this portrait?'
Sure, sir said the cook, it's lovely.
It's beautiful. It's divine
And of course said my friend, you
know who 1t tsp
"'Oh, of course do, SIR, said the
cook. OF course, of course AS she
spoke she kept drawing nearer to the
picture, studying it more and more
closely. OF course, sir, she said. It's
you or the Mistress Buffalo En-
Quirers
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The Hippopotamus,

At times the hippopotamus exudes
what has been described as a bloody
sweat" Microscopically examined, the
emulation is found to consist of great
number of minute colorless bodies, re-
sembling the colorless corpuscles Of the
blood; and a smaller number of pink
colored bodies, made up Of some crys-
talline substance forming clusters of
rodlike and triradiate form. These, be-
coming dissolved, give the surrounding
fluid medium deeper pink color than
that observable before dissolution took
place. Both the colored and colorless
matter appear to be exuded by special
pores In the skin which display activi-
ty only Immediately after the creature
has left the water.
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His Constance.

A story is told of General Sir Alfred
HOrsfOrd, who believed in q celibate
army. A soldier once sought his per-
mission to marry, saying he had two
good conduct badges and $25 in the
savings bank. "Well, go away" said
Sir Alfred, "and if you come back this
day year In the same mind you shall
marry. I'll keep the vacancy" On
the anniversary the soldier repeated
his request. "But do you really, after
a year, want to marry?" Eyes, sir,
very much" Sergeant: major, take
his name down. Yes, you may marry.
I never believed there was so much
cOnstancy in man or woman Right
face. Quick marchv' AS the man left
the room, turning his head, he said:
"rhank you, sir. 1t isn't the same
woman" .-
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whistler a Brilliant Ta1ker.

Whistler was brilliant talker and a
great debater. I shall never forget my
surprise when heard him say, for the
first time, "Bacher, l am not arguing
with you; am telling you" I never
forgot the lesson. Later found that
he had used this effectively in one Of
his letters to the London World when
he said: Seriously, then, my Atlas, an
etching does not depend for It's impor-
lance upon its size. am not arguing
with you; am telling you." He spoke
French 1uently, German less readily
His Italian was very good, especially
under excitement, though occasionally
French word slipped in unawares,
adding to the picturesqueness: recall
that he considered Poe our greatest
poet.-Otto II. Bacher In Century.
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The Sultan's Rebuke.

An ambassador of a we'll known Eu-
ropean monarch was riding In the
streets Of Constantinople when one of
the sultan's carriages rolled by. See
ing 1t was guarded, his curiosity got
the better of him, and when the car
riage reached him he was daring
enough to peep in at the passenger.
He was surprised and panied to re-
ceive blow in the face from an at
tendant In charge. Mad with rage, he
demanded audience of the sultan. The
sultan listened attentively and for a
moment appeared lost in thought. At
last he spoke: 'My dear -, I have
gone carefully into the case and see
exactly how it stands. You are, of
course, gentleman. Therefore you
would never have committed such a
breach of good manners as you al
lege to have taken place. Therefore no
attendant could possibly have struck
you. The whole affair seems to be q
product of your fancy. Let US dis
miss It,"
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Daily eICepI Sny.GAy
Daily
; The Mulberry Tree.

Silk Is the great industry of northern
Italy, and the plains Of the quadrilater-
al are dark with mulberry trees The
mulberry tree Is the hardest worked
piece of timber In the world First it's
leaves are skinned of for the worms
to feed on, then the little branches are
clipped for the worms to nest in, then
the large limbs are cropped for char
coal, and the trunk has not only to
produce a new crop Of leaves and
limbs for next year, but must act as
trellis for a grapevine.
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A Pretty Experiment.

A very pretty effect may be produced
by using some aniline dye in powdered
form In alcohol. !. Fill small glass
with the alcohol and drop the smallest
portion of the dye on its surface. It
will shoot down through the liquid,
like strand of color, dividing into two
branches, which will subdivide again
and again until you have, apparently,
an inverted plant in miniature growing
before your eyes. An arrangement Of
mirrors may be made to throw the re-
Election of this on screen or a wall,
and the enlarged shadows will be very
interesting to watch.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-12-27
A street sweeper's Gratuitie..

A city merchant used to give an old
crossing sweeper sixpence every Sat
,urday. One day he discovered he had
given half sovereign by mistake.
So he hurried back to the crossing. The
sweeper said in reply to a question,
viii you come, sir, after O'Clock to
this address, and I will see If you are
right about the comp The merchant
did so and found small Office and two
clerks busy at work. Presently the
sweeper appeared, but, oh, SO altered!
He was dressed neatly and looked like
business man. ooh, yes he said
to the astonished merchant, you were
correct. Our receipts today were about
10 shillings more than usual, so here is
your half sovereign AS the merchant
left the "ofhce," vowing he would new
er give to the rogue again, the sweeper
called after him, you've forgotten
your usual sixpence, sir"-Dundee Ad-
vertiser.
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Tho Rovo1vor

The revolver is of dubious service In
war. Its only function there is as a
cavalry weapon. Indeed, it is an. evo-
luton Of the medieval purpose to pro-
vide horse soldiers with frearm. In
the cavalry the weapon is effective
only up to fifty yards. It has no value
for hunting. The average man can do
more execution on birds and beasts
with a slingshot. The only purpose
which the revolver serves is to kill
another man, and even for that pur-
pose its usefulness is overestimated.-
New York Mail
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To Our Patrons.

After Jan. l, 1907, all premium
coupons will be withdrawn and
customers will be given premium
cards on request, and these cards
must be presented at time Of
purchase or not receive cred t
for same. BE sure to bring your
card with you.
The Bazaar Store.
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The Cat Had Chickens.

The old housekeeper met the master
at the door on his arrival home.
IF you please, SIR" she said, t'the
cat has had chickens" ~ =
Nonsense, Mary" laughed he. "You
mean kittens. Cats don't have chick
ems" H..
WAS them chickens or kittens as
you brought home last night2" asked
the old woman. .~.
why, they were chickens, of course"
"Just so, SIR" replied Mary, with
twinkle. "Well, the cats had 'em!'
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British choral societie..

If In the pure artistic sense the Brit
!sh people cannot be said to be mu-
steal, there are. it must be admitted,
individuals in multitudinous numbers
who cultivate with eagerness both vo
cal and instrumental music But there
Is unquestionably no people who de-
vote as much time and earnest study
and practice to choral singing as the
English, and this from the sheer love
of tt.-Edward st. John Brenon in
Strand Magazine.
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Raising His Wares.

YOU know told you few DAYS
after he employed me that he said
he'd raise my wages In month or sol
Yes. And didn't he9
"No. I misunderstood him. He
said he'd try to raise my first weeks
wages by that time. / haven't had q
shilling YETI London Tit Bits.
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Had Plenty of Confldence.

Augustus Thomas, the we'll known
playwright vas talking about first
nj. rtrending anxiety of
them. 20 own first nights" he
said, II am 4 pitiable object, utterly
without hope, convinced in advance
that my play Is bound to fall. At such
times I often wish I had the self con.
f1dence of Charles Reade. He, after
he had dramatized his novel of Never
Too Late to Mend,' wrote on the mar
gin Of a certain passage, If the audi,
ence fails to weep here, the passage has
not been properly acted" "
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-12-27
Twins Born I'm Different Years.

Il have often been present at the
birth of twins," said an old nurse.
"Only once was present, though, when
the twins were born In different years. -
Twins born in different years? You
are crazy" said the young bride.
"Not bit of it." said the old nurse.
"The thing happened In Pittsburg in
1899. The first twin was born at 1880
o'clock on the night of Dec 81, 1899,
and the second was born at 1 o'clock
in the morning of Jan. 1, 1900. There
are, ma'am, number Of other cases
recorded of twins born in different
years."
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HI. Bucolic Business.

THAT was perfectly lovely gentle
man I met last night declared the
pretty milliner. HE has a good, reli-
able business too.''
What is it?'' asked her friend.
Why, he sells farm Implements -
continued the pretty girl.
What kind Of farm Implements"
Buckets nothing but buckets. He
told me he kept bucket shop. de-
roit Free Press.
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Ants a. Germ Carriers.

A. German bacteriologist was con-
Quoting an experiment in the course of
which he made use OF typhoid infected
mice. In another cage he had some
mice which We're in good health. Short
~ after the unaffected mice also devel-
oped typhoid. Investigation showed
that ants were passing from one cage
to the other. Some of these ants were
examined, and their bodies were found
to be covered with the typhoid germs,
which they were carrying from the sick
to the well mice.
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Where the Audience Was.

A London actor appearing at cheap
theater in Stafford found SO small an
audience that he sought out the man
ager for an explanation. you see,'
the manager told him, my people are
at the Halle concert "Oh," the actor
said, surprised, II should hardly have
thought your patrons would care much
for high class music" NO." the other
explained; to tell the truth. they 60 to
pick pockets"
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A Comprehensive Verdict.

A child in an English town was
killed by steam atomizing apparatus
falling on it. The coroner's jury
brought in the following curious YER
dict: death resulted from shock fol.
lowing bronchitis and whooping cough,
caused through the shaking Of the
house by the firing of a gun at the
government proof butts on the Pulm-
stead Marshes
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The Wolves Muxxle..

He was telling thrilling story of
one Of his hairbreadth escapes abroad.
and the young girl leaned forward and
hung upon his words breathlessly.
"And they were so near" he said,
''that we could see the muzzles of the
wolves"
oh" she gasped. how glad you
must have been that they had their
muzzles on!'
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-12-27
Storm Words.

"Typhoon" is by no means the only
word for storm that has come to the
English language through Portuguese
and Spanish. Others are tornado"
and hurricane" which Shakespeare
could still write hurricane" Old time
Englishmen, at any rate, spelled the
last word in at least as many ways as
Shakespeare and other people spelled
his name, and some of the spellings
indicate frantic attempts to make the
word suggest derivation Ineligible
to the English mind OF such are "furi-
cane" s.hurlecan;' ..Herocane' and
"Harry-Cain.' Even hurricane was
finally adopted no doubt as suggesting
''hurry." The original was the Carib
'huracan," or "furacan," the navigators
of Portugal and Spain having been in
strumental only in bringing it to Eng
land from the west, as they brought
"typhoon" from the east.
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PtOmaines.

Ptomaines, according to Quain, are
alkaloids produced By the decomposi-
ton of ans-aal substances. The word
ptomaine was at first restricted to al
kaloids produced by cadaveric decom-
position, but It is now also employed
to designate alkaloids Of animal origin
formed during life as result Of chem
ical changes induced by some agency
or other acting within the organism.
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Compromise.

Il have little granddaughter" said
senator, who Is very fond Of ami
mails, especially dogs. Her mother has
taught her to pronounce the word until
It sounds like dang. Her father sticks
to the good old, fashioned dawg, so
the child has compromised, and now
every canine is a dang dawg."
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An Awful Combination.

Ambling Andrew-Turn back, pal,
turn back! This town you're a-comin'
to is awful Chilly Nytes-Wot's wrong
with 1t? Ambling Andrew-W'y, every
body keeps dog, there's three cookin'
schools, a soap factory, an the towns
name is Bath.-1llustrated Bits.
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Pooling the Boss.

Casey-Yere hard worruker, boo.
ley. How many hods o. morther have
you carried up that laddher tn day :?
pooley whist, man, Dim foolin' til
boss. Owe carried this same hodful
up an down all day. an he thinks
Dim wOrrukin'.
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Old Leprosy Laws.

In the earliest code of British laws
now extant-namely. that of Hoel Dha,
famous king of Cambria (the present
Wales). who died about the year $50
A. Dive find canon enacting in
plain and unmistakable terms that any
married woman whose husband was
afflicted with lenrosy was entitled not
only to separation, but also to the resti-
tuition Of her goods.
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Trouble For Nothing.

To smuggle human skeleton into
Canada from Detroit medical stu
dent dressed it In female attire and,
seating it by his side In a buggy, cross.
ed over the boundary line. After he
got safely into his house he learned
that there Is no custom duty on skele.
tons.
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THE CITY.


Read the Daily Pioneer.
John Moberg went t. Akeley
this morning.
j. G. Parker was a visitor at
Bagley last night.
Second hand coal stoves cheap
at Fleming Bros.
Lew Gibson of Redby is a
guest at the Brinkman.
T. J. Williams Of Baudette ar
rived in the city la st night.
Dr.. Blakeslee went to Tenstrike
last evening on professional bus
mess.
D. f. Tilden Of Trrstrike was
registered at the Markham last
night.
George Mcpherson was in the
city today from international
Falls.
J. L Whitbeck of Nevis was
among the out oftow1 visitors in
the city today.
Mrs. D. r. O'C,nn"r left this
morning for Brainerd for visit
with old friends.
Mrs. R. E Miller spent last
night at Blackd u;k and returned
home this morning.
T. J. Andrews returned this
morning from Bridge, where he
is doing some logging.
A. G. Wilkinson of Crookston,
attorney for the Great Northern
railway, was visitor in the city
t)day.
W. T. Blakeley, the Farley log.
ger, spent last night in the city,
looking a'ter some business
matters.
Robert Jarvis, a prominent
business man of Cass Lake, was
a visitor in Bemidji yesterday
afternoon.
No shop made food will ever
equal the delicious cake and
biscuits you can make at home,
using Hunts Pefect Baking
Powder.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry Sullivan
and Miss Edna Tanner have been
at Grand Forks: where they
spent Christmas with relatives
of Mr.. and Mrs. Sullivan.
E. G.. Leonard passed through
the city this morning from his
home at Tenstrike to Chicago,
where he will jim Mrs. Lwnard
for week s visit with Old friends
Properly fitted glasses no
only improva the vision, b;
preserve the eyes. Call on Drs.
Larson & Larson, 2ld f ,or
SWed btck block.
Peter Lark in, ali ex-resident Of
Bemidji who is now a prosperous
dealer in wet goods at kelliher,
came down from that place this
morning and spent today in the
city.
Miss Keihm, the efficient clerk
in county treasurer French's
Office, has been on the sick list
for several days and unable to
be in her accustomed place.
J. P. Saunders of Brainerd,
game warden for the State Game
and Fish com MISSION, passed
through the city last evening
ON his way from Brainerd to
Northome, where he has some
official matters to look after.
James Lappen returned to
Blackjack last evening 10 re-
sumo his labors as cruiser for
the Crookston Lumber company.
He spent Christmas with bis
family in this city.
To Our Patrons.
flor Ian I 1907 oil nrominn m
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A Bung1e.

Jones-My wife Is very shortsighted,i
you know. and has been so since her.
girlhood. Smith (after taking look
at Jonesp- Oh. then, that explains-er
u mean-it's Of no consequence.
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Just a Hint.

Father lat head Of stairs = Ethel.
what time is it? Ethel I'm drawing
room)-It's quarter past 10, father.
Father All right. Don't forget to start
the clock again after the young man
goes out to get his breakfast.
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A better Test.

That man Is so honest he wouldn't
steal pin,' said Mr.. Goode.
Il never thought much Of the pin
test" answered Mr.. Cayenne. .Try
him with an UMBRELLA
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Three Linkers to BANQUET.

Bemidji lodge I. Q. Q. F. are
planning banquet and entertain
ment t., be given at their hall
Monday evening, December 81
to which thev extend 4 cordial
TO II Odd Fellows and
Re bekahs whether mem bers Of
Bemidj lodge, No. 10, or not
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She Murders II.

She Murders 1t.
How long Is the life Of the average
so called popular song p
Till the girl who lives next door to
US gets hold of It" Houston Post
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All Eacaped hut Him.

All Escaped hut Him.
Mrs. Hastymatch-I had a dozen pro-
posals before yours, all from smarter
men than you too. Mr.. Hastymatch-
They must have been. How did they
manage to crawl out Of It?
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How mankind defers from day to.
day the best It can do without thinking
that lost time Is lost eternity. Muller.
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The artist uses a stone, and 1t IL .
statue; the mason uses stone. and It :
Il doorstep
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Read the Daily Pioneer.

remain in the city for several
days. . ...-.
Leigh LeGore returned last
evening to Kelliher to resume
his duties as clerks in the camps
OF Ross & Ross.
Join the crowd and spend al
hour of real enjoyment at the
Bijou, the best place of amuse
ment in the city.
Theodore Gullickson went to
Blackduck last evening in the
interest of the Hamm Brewing
company.
Paul Maynard, who has been
visiting with his brother Homer
for several days, returned this
morning to his home at Little
Falls.
H. R Mcdonald and wife of
Grand Forks are visiting in the
city. Mr.. Mcdonald is collector
for the Grand Forks Lumber
company.
She worried and she fretted,
aud grew as homely as she could
be, but now she is famous
beauty, which came by taking
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea
Barker's drug store.
j. H. Scribner, the hustling
representative for the Croker &
Crowell Land company of Minnea.
polls, came in from the south last
evening and spent last night in
the city.
"A. A. Goodrich, the local rep
resentative for the Carpenter
Lamb company, returned last
night from Minneapolis, where
he spent Christmas.
G. E. Croker, the local mana
ger for the Grand Forks Lum Der
company, lett this morning on a
tour of inspection of the camps
Of the company at Hines and
Blackjack.
W. J. McAuley, head sawyer
for the Crookston Lum Der com
pany, returned yesterday from
HID bing, where he had been with
nis family for visit with friends.
Mrs. McAuley remained in Hib-
bling and will return to Bemidj il
in few days.
E. p. Mcdonald left yesterday
afternoon for Minneapolis, where
he appears today as the prosecut-
ing attorney for Beltrami county
in the habeas corpus proceedings
of Moore, the man arrested on
the charge of forgery in con-
nection with the "American
Realty" affair.
George Kinney is among the
many who are afflicted with an
attack of lagrippe. George has
been confined to bis room for a
week past, but is getting the
better of the illness, and expects
to be out again in few days.
Mrs. Gamble has purchased
two lots on Dowd avenue, in the
Bemidjl Townsite company's
second addition to Bemidji. She
states that she will erect a resi-
d ,nce on the lots in the spring.
DR.. Koch of Blackjack spent
yesterday in the city and left last
evening for his home. He was
&C :ompanied by Miss Bisbee of
Duluth, who came over from her
home yesterday afternoon and
will visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Koch
at Blackjack until after the holi.
days.
7. J. Hat.on and family of
Jamest 'wn are visiting in the
city with the family of W. E
Walker. Mr.. Ratton is a passen-
ger conductor on the main line of
the Northern Pacific railway.
Mrs. Hatton is daughter of Mr..
Walker.
Ernest Elem ming, a prominent
merchant and logger of Bena,
came in from his home yesterday
afternoon and left last evening
for Blackjack to look at pros.
pective j'b of logging which he
may take for the winter.
H. J. Mccoy, son of r. H. Nc.