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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-03
1ne FIRST bathing Machine.

There does not seem to be much
doubt that the first bathing machine
was seen at Margate and that it was
the invention Of worthy Quaker
named Beale, who placed his hopeful
invention on the Margate beach in
1850. "The public are obliged to Ben
jamin Beale, one of the people called
Quakers, for the invention" writes the
author Of "a Short Description Of the
Isle of Thanet,' published in 1896
But it was the old story, the public be-
came grateful after the inventor had
been ruined by his enterprise. His
successors had reaped the harvest.
Old Benjamin Beale's widow could re.
member in her last days the first fam
lily that ever resorted to Margate fo1
the purpose of bathing being carried
into the sea in a covered cart. In 1903
Beale's machines were one of the in
situations Of Margate. It was alarm
ingly claimed for them that "they may
be driven to any depth into the sea by
careful guides."-T. P.'s London Week
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-03
The Public In SDecuIatfOu.

The public as body never buys any.
thing when it Is cheap. There are nj.
merous reasons for this. TO begin
with, the point Of view Of the success
full Spectator and that of the public
trader are entirely different. The first
named operates on deductions, on care
fully erected theories Of what condi.
lions will be year-two years-hence.
The unsophisticated trader acts upon
whatever Of the future is already ap.
parent. It is again platitude to say
that Wall street discounts everything,
good or bad, but how many people
who mouth this axiom extract it's full
meaning? They do not realize that this
discounting means, not the gauging Of
the known, but Of the wholly unknown.
The man who acts today on the proba.
BILE conditions of the long, unseen fu-
ture is the man who makes money, In
Wall street or In any other enterprises
for that matter, and the man whose
mind goes farthest ahead makes the
most money. IF could only see the
tape a month ahead" cries the tyro.
There are many men who see it a year
ahead, not in it's furries and fractions,
but in it's great and important entirety.
Thomas Gibson in Moody's Maya
zine.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-03
Running For Exercise.

A professional runner gives the fol-
lowing suggestions for exercise: Rise
at $50 a. m. Put on old clothing, easy
shoes and sweater. Time for dress
ing, five minutes. Walk one-fourth Of
mile; time, five minutes. Then run
a mile at a dog trot in eight minutes,
arranging your circuit Of a mile and
quarter so that you will finish at
your door thirteen minutes after start
ing. That exercise will expand your
lungs and stimulate your heart action
and land you at your doorstep at CAB
a. m. painting for breath, thoroughly
exhausted and perspiring at every pore.
You are then ready for your bath and
shave and breakfast and for the nat
ural routine Of the day. The man Of
sedentary habits who patiently pur-
sues this exercise may kiss all drugs
goodby.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-03
Furs Not Always What They Seem

Furs Not Always What They Seem.
Does the average fur buyer know
that the far eastern mink is simply a
dyed marmot with the black stripes
painted in with toothbrush? Does
the buyer know that the low priced
black lynx sets are nothing but COM
mon wildcats or Roumanian cats or
in some cases soft Chinese wolf skin?
Does he know that the white ermine
pillow muffs selling for a song are
really weasels, and yellow weasels at
that, since a white weasel commands
almost as high a price as its dear rela-
tive, the ermine? Then the sable lynx
scarfs and muffs that sell for few
dollars are of course nothing but coney
or hare, while the cheaper caracal sets
are simply kid astrakhan, which Is
something entirely different from cara
cal-as different indeed as ordinary
Persian is from broadtail The beau.
tiful imitation white fox sets that ap-
pear also are generally mouhon, or in
some cases combed white tibet.-Nu-
gents Bulletin.
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Peculiar Light Giving animals.

A peculiar light giving animal found
In southern Californian waters is the
heteropod. The metropolis, dazzling
white and almost shapeless, can often
be seen floating OH the clear water.
Their bodies are almost transparent,
and they have in addition to long
tail a powerful sucker, by Which toy
cling to seaweed. When these crea-
lures are irritated they seem to emit
a light from all over the body, though
one writer describes one in WIKI b the
licht-red in this case-seemed t. radi
ate from the center Of the animal OF
all the light giving animals the saloa
is said to be the most wonderful. Like
the heteropod, this animal is provided
with clasrers that enable it to fasten
to seaweed and rocks. So plentiful axe
they in Californian waters that the
Santa Catalina channel, which is from
eighteen to twenty miles wide aud
about forty-fve miles long, IS at times
literally covered with them as far as
the eye can reach. Covering the entire
surface and cleaning like gems in the
sunlight, they present beautiful pic
ture. These animals constitute del
icacy much sought for by whales.
Some of them shed a silvery light,
while others yield blue and others red
light. -..-
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Hard on a Drowning Man.

Vieuxtemps, the famous violinist
used to tell the following story: When
crossing London bridge one day he
was suddenly brushed aside by a
wretched tatterdemalion, who climbed
the parapet and plunged out into the
river The foot passengers crowded
around Immediately to watch the I'M
fortunate man as he rose to the sur
face, and in trice some one shouted
It'll bet he drowns!'
1.-TWO to one he'll swim ashorev' was
the answer. The rest of the pedestri.
ans joined in the betting.
Meantime Vieuxtemps rushed down
to the river bank, secured a waterman
and rowed out to the rescue. Just as
the boatman was about to reach forth
to grasp the poor fellow, who by this
time was aoundering about in the wa.
ter, having lost his desire for death,
the spectators above cried out: leave
him alone! There's bet on itr'
The oarsman drew back into the
boat, and the unfortunate wretch sank
before their eyes.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-03
Ants as Guests ,of Plants.

The' ants which are treally protective
tO plants are not those which obtain
their food, indirectly for!the most part
through the aphides, from the vegeta-
Die kingdom, but those which are real.
~ carnivorous. These ARE numerous in
temperate climates, and, their useful
ness to agriculture. and sylviculture is
tncontestable. Thus the, field ant Is a
great insect destroyer. "a nest Of this
species is capable Of. destroying as
many as twenty-eightsca and
grasshoppers minute, or 1000 an
hour, and such la colony is at work
day and night: during the pleasant
season. In the arid plains Of America
the beneficent work of ants is revealed
In the isles of verdure around their
hills. There are plants hospitable to
ants, which furnish them shelter and
often food, within the cavities Of which
the Instincts Of the ants prompt them
to take their abode. This is the case
with several ferns, among them the
Polypodium nectariferum, the sterile
fronds Of which bear nectaries on their
lower face and are, moreover, of a
shape favorable to sheltering the in.
sect.
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Rivers That Flow Backward.

Near Argostoli, town on one Of the
Greek islands, four little torrents Of
sea water, rolling on an average fifty
I've gallons second, penetrate into
the assures Of the cliffs, flow rapidly
inland and finally gradually disappear
into the crevices Of the soil. Two of
these water courses are sufficiently
powerful to turn all the year round the
wheels Of two mills constructed by
an enterprising Engllshman. This
seems at first sight absurd on the face
Of It, but it is quite easily explained
The hills Of the island are of soft, cal
careous rock, full Of assures, and suck
up water like immanse sponges. In
consequence the pools in their subter-
ranean caverns are always lower than
the surrounding sea. so to restore the
balance these little brooks, fed by the
waves, are always descending inland.
The curious yet natural result Of the
constant evaporation of the sea waite,
Is that gigantic N asses Of salt crystals
are constantly forming in the caves
Strand Magazine.
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Sex and Rebirth.

The theories concerning the posi-
bility of our having previously existed
seem to be endless OF them all think
the one best which suggests that sex is
reversed at rebirth and that when we
turn up cons after we previously ex-
listed we do so either as men or women
according to whether we were women
or men aforetime. This largely ac-
counts for the suffragette and for the
long haired, thin voiced creatures who
potter around boudoirs, play the piano
like "sweetly pretty" things and call
themselves men. Presumably the best
material of which we were fashioned
then is now used in our composition,
for the most manly women and effemi.
nate men generally have some good
points about them. But if one is to
keep on performing these Protean feats
through all ages it hardly seems worth
while worrying over sex problems. It
seems to me, in the long run, that we
shall each get about equal, according
to this arrangement-London World.
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The city of Great Britain.

Unless we command the sea we can
not keep open the roads by which our
people are fed. Britain has in effect
ceased to be country. She is now,
considered from the political and mill
tary point Of view, a city. though
city with very large parks and pleas.
aunces and kitchen gardens in which
to grow her flowers, fruits and vege
tables. A city, from the point of view
Of wal, may be described as a place
which II besieged long enough must
fall, since supplies once consumed can
not be replenished. Britain answers to
this description. The moment the SEA
roads to her are closed by an enemy
she Is, ipso facto, in state of siege.
Face to face with need so imminent,
1t would be madness for us to give
any consideration to what we hope or
believe are the intentions Of this or
that foreign power. All that we can
rightly do in considering how to secure
our national safety and independence
Is to count ships and guns and to COM
pute the units Of naval efficiency
London Spectator.
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Lum1nou. Paint as Night 1iehtx.

The connection between earthquakes
and luminous paint would hardly lie
apparent to any one without explana-
tion. 1t nevertheless exists, and the
use to which it is put invests it with
the utmost Importance just for the few
critical moments of the shock. n the
Philippine Islands, where earthquakes
are not uncommon, small metallic
plates coated with luminous paint are
so placed about the premises that at
the first warning the inmates are
quickly guided to the door and thus to
the street. In Manila it is laid on in
patches about the bedrooms and STAIR
cases, serving as guides for the door
handles and the stairs, night lights be-
ing considered especially dangerous, as
likely to set fire to the falling houses
and thus to roast the inmates in their
own homes
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-03
The Remarkable Rhea.

'The rhea of South America is a re-
markable bird" said an ornithologist.
The male rhea matches out the eggs.
He and not the female is the setter.
He sets always In quiet and desolate
place, where there is no food, nothing
to attract enemies, and as soon as the
young are born the question is how to
feed them The rhea answers that
question in advance. Three or four
days before the eggs are to open he
shoVes couple of them out of the nest
with his bill and lays them in the sun
What is the result? The result is that
the hot South African sun decomposes
the eggs, and the father breaks them
as the young birds begin to appear in
the nest, and the flies settle on them
and in twenty-four hours they are alive
with worms-tender, juicy, delicious
worms, the best food in the world for
the nest Of new born birdlings."
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-03
Gagged Until Married.

On certain island in the Pacific it
Is stated that the natives are still in
the habit of combining their girl chill
dren in cages until they are Of an age
to marry. These cages are constructed
Of palm branches, and the girls are
Imprisoned in them when they are two
or three years old. They are not al
lowed to leave their cage under any
pretext whatever, and they are only
taken out once day to be washed.
The children are said to grow up
strong and healthy in spite Of their
incarceration.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-03
woman,s Opportunity.

Meeting negro, a certain southern
gentleman asked him how he was get
ting on. The negro assumed troubled
look and replied:
"Oh, so FAIRS physically goes I'm all
right, but I sure do have ma troubles
wifi ma wife,"
"Well, Sam, I'm sorry to hear that.
What seems to be the matter?''
''She thinks money grows on trees,
reckon. All de time she keeps poster
In me for pinch O. change. If it amt
a dollah it's half or quarter she
wants."
what on earth does she do with the
money!"
II dunno. Amt nevah give her none
yet."-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-03
Pliny's Jewel Stories.

Pliny declares that a diamond was
so hard that If placed on an anvil and
struck with sledge hammer 1t would
give back blow of such force as to
shiver both anvil and hammer to
pieces. Another Of his wonderful tales
states that ''on the shore Of the island
Of Cyprus there was a stone lion hav-
ing eyes formed Of emeralds, which
shone so brightly that all the fishes
were ingloriously frightened away. The
fishermen accordingly pulled the emer-
aids out and put in glass eyes instead,
whereupon the wise fishes became
bolder and returned to their accustom-
ed nets"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-03
Original Of tsUncle Toby

Captain Roger sterne, the father Of
the author Of .Tristram shandy," was
the original Of Unc.a Toby. AS captain
of Chudleigh's regiment Of foot, a
marching regiment ever on the move,
Roger Sterne and his family tasted the
most varied military and domestic ex-
periences in Flanders, at Gibraltar and
finally at Jamaica, where the old cam
paigner died Of country fcver." A
simple minded, good natured, but shift
less and rather peppery Irishman, Rog-
er bore his disappointment bravely and
carried his load Of debt with a light
heart. ''My father says Sterne, twas
OF kindly, sweet disposition, void of
all design and SO innocent in his own
intentions that he suspected no one, so
that you might have cheated him ten
times day if nine had not been suffi-
Gent for your purpose Such char
acter and such father supplied the
germ from which the genius of the son
developed his conception Of one of the
most perfect and delightful portraits in
the gallery of English fiction.
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A, M. and r. M.

Here is an excellent catch: Ingenu.
ously ask any friend or acquaintance
the meaning of a. m. and p. m. You
will receive some such answer as,
''Why, morning and afternoon" or "Be-
fore dinner and after dinner" or Cup
to IL o'clock high noon and after IL
high noon,"' or From midnight to noon
and from noon to midnight" or "Apte
meridian and post meridian; before and
after noon." It is a conservative wager
that every one to whom the question Is
put will stake his happiness on the
word meridian, while the correct word
Is meridiem. Ante meridiem and post
meridiem are abbreviated to a. m. and
D. M ...... ,.,..
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Her Valuable Tin.

Here's letter from a woman" said
the answers to correspondents editor,
"who wants to know how to make
lemon tart"
THAT'S just like woman" rejoined
the snake editor. "Tell her if the lemon
isn't tart to begin with she'd better con-
sign it to the dump and let it go at
that Chicago News. ~zHs
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Paying Him Back.

"Will you please pull the bell?' said
an elderly woman in a car to young
college looking fellow hanging to a
strap in front Of her.
mo, madam, but shall be glad to
pull the cord which rings the bell," he
answered.
"Oh, never mind" she said. "The
cord is connected with two bells-front
and back-and you might stop the
wrong end of the car" -
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At which Age.

An amuring discussion recently took
place between an artist and an author
as to which period of her life a
woman was the most fascinating. Ac-
cording to the artist a woman should
not be painted between the ages Of
twenty-five and forty, as she was in
the greatest transition period Of her
life. The author, on the other hand.
declares that she is at the height Of
her fascination and beauty between
the ages Of thirty and forty. The CUES,
ton is still unsettled. Bremen Zeitung
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Hearts Of oak are our ships,
Hearts Of oak are our men.
Habit

Habit Is one of the worlds control
ling influences. More men are swayed
by force Of habit, unconsciously per-
haps, than any other motive. The hab-
It Of doing certain things in certain
way grows from beginnings so small
as to be scarcely noticeable until 1t
forms chain that can scarcely be
broken. The habit Of right or wrong
doing becomes a master, and a more
exacting master could not be found
BrOckton Times.
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enumerated.

A schoolteacher says this sweeping
answer was made by a pupil in a his
tory lesson:
How many wars" she asked this
pupil, did England fight with Spain; ~
"Six," the pupil answered.
"six?" said the teacher. "Enumerate
them, please"
zone, two. three, four, five, SIX" said
the little girl.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-03

The personal recommendations of PEG
pie who have been cured of coughs and
colds by Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
have done more than all else to make it g
staple article of trade and commerce over
a large part of the civilized world.
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A Broken Cup.

signora veronelli Seeking servant)
Why were you sent away from your
last place?
Because broke coffee cup
Was that the only reason?"
Certainly, except that on that oc,
casion my mistress had a little wound
on the head I'll Risn
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-03
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE
DONALD LAND AND LUMBER COM
ARTICLE I,

SECTION /. The name of this corporation
shall he The Donald Land and Lumber Com
pany.
SECTION 2. The general nature of it's bust
ness shall be the purchase and sale Of timber
lands and other real estate. building materi-
ais. the manufacture of lumber and any
and all articles which may be manufactured
from wood, the selling thereof at wholesale
and retail, and to do all acts necessary or in
cident to the carrying on Of said business.
SECTION 3. The principal place for the
ton shall be at the city of Bemidji Beltrami
county. Minnesota.
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Garrick as Author.


Writing Of Garrick's literary efforts,
/ suppose not every one knows that he
was the author of such we'll known
lines as:
Their cause plead, plead it in heart and
mind;
A fellow feeling makes one wondrous
kind.
Or this again:
Let others hail the rising sun;
I bow to that whose course has run.
Or again:
Hearts Of oak are our ships,
Hearts of oak are our men,
But suppose every one knows his
epigram on Goldsmith, "who wrote like
an angel and talk'd like poor POLL" an
epigram that conveyed only half the
truth, as Garrick would have been one
OF the first to admit.-London Sphere.
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablet
Druggists refund money If it fails to cure.
'W.GROVE'S signature is on each box. CSC.
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A Mistake.

The chairman told me at the meeting
that was out Of order.''
"Well, wasn't he right?'
mo. I saw a doctor on the way
home, and he told me that was never
In better shape in my life"
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ARTICLE ".

The government of said corporation and
the management Of it's affairs shall be vested
elected from the stockholders Of said corpor-
atiod at it's annual meeting. which shall be
held in the city of Bemidji. Minnesota on the
second Tuesday in January of each year. and
they shall hold office until their successors
are elected and qualified Until the first
annual meeting Of the stockholders Of said
shall constitute the Board of Directors of
said corporations: R. G. Spooner and J. 9.
Parker. both residing at Bemidji, Minnesota
and W. r. Mackenzie. residing at Madison,
Wisconsin,.
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Stray Rome SMinHa.

Korea is perhaps the oldest country
In the world, and the customs and &C.
tons that 60 to make up the daily life
Of the people are not at all governed
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ARTICLE II.

Said corporation shall commence on the
9Th day OF January. 1907. and shall continue
for period of thirty years,
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ARTICLE III.

The names and places of residence of the
persons forming said corporation are:
4. G. SPOONER, Residing at Bemidji, Min
neSOta.
J. &C. PARKER, residing at Bemidji. Mime
sofa.
w. r. MACKENZIE residing at Madison,
Wisconsin.
JOHN e. SPOONER, residing at Bemidji,
Minnesota.
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ARTICLE V.

The officers of this corporation shall be a
President. Vice President. Secretary and
Treasurer, all of whom shall be chosen by the
BOARD OF Directors from the stcckholders of
said corporation. The offices Of Secretary
and Treasurer may be held by the same per-
son.
Until the first annual meeting of said cor
poration, and until their successors are
elected and have qualified. R: G: Spooner
President, and W. R. Mackenzie shall be
Secretary and Treasurer
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ARTICLE VI.

The capital stock of said corporation shall
be Fifty Thousand Dollars. and the same
shall Re divided into five hundred shares of
the par value of one hundred dollars EACH
Said stock shall be paid in as called for by
the Board Of Directors of said corporation.
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ARTICLE VII.

The highest amonnt Of indebtedness or liza
bility to which said corporation sh all at any
time be subject. shall not exceed fifty thous-
and dollars.
In WITNESS WHEREOF we have hereunto
set our h ands and seals this Goth day of De-
cember. 1906.
R. G. SPOONER. tSeaD
j. c. PARKER, (seaD
W. R. MACKENZIE (SeaD
J. G. SPOONER. (SeaD
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STATE OF MINNESOTA,
Department of State
hereby certify that the within instrument
was fled for record in this Office on the 31st
day Of Dec. 1905 att o'clock a. M. and was
duly recorded in Book N 8 Of Incorpora-
tions on page
P. E. HANSON.
Secretary of State.
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HELP WANTED.

WANTED-For q. S. army able.
bodied, unmarried men bs :
tween ages of 81 and Sc, cit
zens of United States, Ct
good character and temperate
habits, who can speak, reid
and write English. For in.
formation apply to Recruiting
Officer, Miles block, Bemidii
Minnesota.