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At the Christian Church.

The pastor will present at the morn ing service the full meaning and ob- night the journey of the spirit through five worlds, suggested by the death of an infant Electric fans, special mu- sic and a short service will delight the audience All are cordially invited
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An Ob!iaina Man.

Heine tat the village barber'sj-i i say do you know why this mans shop Is hung all over with sacred picturcsi Beine-Oh, yes. that is for the ccnveu .ence of his customers, so that they may call on all the saints when he shaves them. Meggcndorfer Platter.
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First Baptist Church.

The pastor, Reverend Ross Moore, will preach at both hours of service. Subject of the morning discourse, Christian Unity" Evening subject, What Sin Can Do For Us.' Sunday school 9:30 a. m. B. Y. P. U. p. m. All are cordially invited to attend these services.
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Carr Memorial Church.

Services Sunday at II a. m. and s D. III. held by the pastor, Reverend R. A. McClintock. Sunday school at 9:45 a. m., M. s. Frank, superintendent. Junior League at 7:15 p. m. All are cordially invited to attend these ser vices
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Lutheran Church,

The Evangelical Lutheran Trinity church, East Sixth avenue, corner Of Florida street, will hold German ser vices at 10:45 a. m., English Sunday school at 9:30 a. m All are cordially invited 10 attend these services.
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Helped Her Up.

Orchestra Leader-I never heard the prima donna do that high note as well as she did last night. Stage Map ager-Nor | You see. lust us she reached Ii she saw d mouse in th. w1ngs.-Yonkers Statesman
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Cures baby's croup, Willie's daily cuts and bruises, mama's sore throat, grandma's lameness-Dr. Thomas Ec- lectri Oil-the great household rem edy. (1)
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HaWley Memorial.

Sunday school at 10 a. m. Preaching at II a. III. by the pastor. Senior League at D. m. The annual chil- dren's day service at D. m.
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Christian Science Service.

No. 10S Pine street. Sunday II a. m. Subject, Life" Reading room same address. All are welcome
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-08
How to Shoot a Rather.

The writer once saw an Indian kill
, rattlesnake in very peculiar man
ner. The RATHER was about ten feet
from the Indian, who was resting the
rifle on his knee, apparently taking aim.
Whenever he moved the weapon a few
inches the snake would move around
and get exactly in line with it. Then,
to show how the thing was done, the
Indian moved about the snake in cir
Gle, and the reptile moved as if it's tail
were on a pivot, always keeping it's
head and body in line with the gun.
The Indian then agreed to bandage his
eyes and shoot the snake in the mouth.
The writer bandaged the Indians eyes,
and, holding the gun by his side at
arms length, the latter pulled the trig.
ger, and the ball entered the snakes
mouth and passed the whole length of
its body. 'How do you take aim?" was
the query. ''The snake, he takes aim,''
was the reply. We have, talked with
an old hunter on this proposition, and
he claims that rattlesnake will al
ways range directly in line with a gun
Or stick pointed at it.-Exchange.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-08
Snakes as War Weapons.

When Hannibal, the great Cartha.
glnian, was fighting Eumenes of Per-
gamos with a feet of very inferior
strength he hit upon an artifce which
would scarcely be sanctioned by the
laws Of what we are pleased to cal.
civilized warfare. He discovered by
means of bogus message Tnder flag
Of truce on which ship thu king was.
he then caused poisonous snakes to be
Enclosed in earthen jars. These he dis
tributed among several slips and or
dered them to close up on the kings
galley. In the melee that followed
the jars were flung on to the deck. The
curious bombs were greeted at first
with ridicule, which soon cha nged to
panic when the nature Of their contents
made itself manifest. The galley was
extricated from the fight as soon as
possible, and the captains Of the others,
believing that the king had taken flight,
followed suit, with the result that Han.
nibal gained complete victory.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-08
Perpetual Motion cranks.

In the days of the Mayfower tbs
drst perpetual motion inventors too.
out their patents for Engines which
being put in order will cause and main
teyne their own mocions with continu
ance and without any borrowed force
Of man, horse, wind, river or brooke, ;
and in the last century they have ap
piled for about 600 patents which are
based chiefly on the force of gravity
loss Of equilibrium specific gravity OF
floats and weights immersed in water
or other liquid, accession Of receptacles
Inflated with air or gas under water
compression and subsequent expansion
Of gases and of the surface tension OF
liquids. So sanguinely hopeful are
these ingenious designers that in many
cases they provide brakes to stop thei,
machines if necessary or to prevent
any dangerous increase of speed. The
care and thought expended on the prin.
ciple and detail Of many Of the inven.
tons demonstrate that many men OF
mental ability cling to the idea that
perpetual motion is possible and that
they themselves are successfully solv.
ing the problem.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-08
Cats as Retrievers,

ut is claimed" said a Chicago an
hquary, "that cats may be trained as
retrievers-trained to swim to your
slain birds and bring them back to
you in their mouths. The thing sounds
incredible, but look here"
He held up the photograph of an
ancient Egyptian painting. Men with
spears rode on the Nile. In some Of
the boats large cats sat on their
launches in the stern, while toward
others several cats swan with dead
birds in their mouths.
'This picture" said the antiquary,
"proves that the Egyptians used cats
for hunting dogs. If they, why not
we? The original of the picture is in
the British museum, where there are
also several pieces Of carving that dis
play the cat in the role of retriever"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-08
The German and the Fatherland.

Alderman always remains German.
he respects and loves his fatherland,
although isolated and separated from it
by boundless oceans and vast CONT
nents. A German heart always re-
mains true to the country where it first
commenced to- beat until it is silenced
by death. AS rule, to which there are
few exceptions, man who is loyal to
the country of his birth will be loyal to
the country Of his adoption.-Dr. Niche
les Sem.
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Summons for Publication.
er doant Gr Of HRB eltrami. ss

The State of Minnesota, to Charles A. Baxter
defendant:
You are hereby summoned to be and appear
before the undersigned. one of the justices OF
the peace in and for said county, on the first
day of April A: D. 1908. at TWO O'Clock in the
of Bemidji, in said county, to answer to the
complaint of Selke Mercantile Company.
plaintiff. in a civil action. wherein the plain
S2O.7D with interest thereon from the 18th
day Of May 1906. at the rate of six per cent
per annum. Should you fail to appear at the
time and place aforesaid. Judgment will be
rendered against you upon the evidence adj
duced by said plaintiff for such sum as they
shall show themselves entitled to.
Given under my hand and dated this 10th
day of March A. D. 1908.
HIRAM A. SIMONS,
Justice of the Peace.
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of this city.
See our line of house paints be-
fore painting your house. Jerrard
& Covington.
G. E. Kreatz, the contractor, re-
turned last night from business
trip to St. Paul.
A. P. Toupiu of Red Lake Falls
went to Blackjack last evening to
visit with ]. A. Bray.
Estel Peterson, Blackjack mer-
chant, returned home last night,
after spending yesterday in the
city.
Mrs. E. A. Adams of Merrifeld,
Mimi, passed through the city last
night on her way to look over some
land she is interested in.
Call and inspect goods and prices
at the new Town Market" 81
Minnesota Ave. You can save
money on stoves and furniture.
Get your Easter postals at the
Pioneer Office. Making your selec-
ton early gives you a larger line
from which to get your selection.
D. K. Laurie, of the Adams
Presbytery, arrived in the city yes
terday noon from Crookston and
left on the evening train for OUR
ing.
kidnapped for a Million" at the
Opera House Sat. April II, is
guaranteed attraction. A beautiful
story prettily staged; a tornado of
fun.
James L. George, general manager
of the Bemidji Brewing company, re-
turned this morning from a business
trip up north" on the M. & l. rail-
way.
Hunts Perfect Baking Powder is
not made by trust. Another thing
you can always trust it to produce
perfect results. This is also true of
their extracts.
Otto Peterson left this morning
on a visit to Spur No. IS; also to
Kabakona, where he has some tim
Der deals for the L. K. Deal LINN
Der company.
E. D. Alger of Tenstrike, superin-
tendent of the T. M. Partridge Lum-
Der company of Minneapolis, went
up the line last night in the interest
of his company.
The ladies of the Episcopal Guild
will meet at the home of Mrs. Me-
Kay, 921 Minnesota avenue, Thurs
day afternoon at 2:3O O'Clock. Every
one cordially invited.
Peter Myran passed through the
city last evening enroute from his
home at Florence, Mimi, to Turtle
River, where he will visit with the
M. & I. agent, Gust Ofstad.
Wendell Hayden,a brother Of Miss
Hayden, who teaches in the public
schools here, passed through the city
last evening enroute from Elk River
to his homestead near Margie.
A. w. Rundquist of Crookston,
travelling representative for the
Minneapolis Tribune, came over from
Crookston last night in the interest
of his paper. "Rund" is one of the
best solicitors in the business.
O. A. Sine, who with Mr.. Nc
Court owns the business conducted
at Solway formerly by the Solwav
Mercantile company, came over
from Solway last night and spent
several hours in the city TODAY.
W. H. Strachan, superintendent of
the M. & I. railway, came down this
morning from International Falls in
the private car, 80" Mr.. Strachan
remained in the city today looking
after some business affairs for the
railway company. He reports travel
on the M. & I. as being heavy and
business generally good.
J. H. Crouch returned last even
ing from Minneapolis, where he
and Mrs. Crouch went ten days
ago with their daughter, Genevieve,
who submitted to an operation in
Minneapolis, a week ago. Miss
Genevieve is fast regaining her
strength and will return to Bemidji
with Mrs. Crouch within the next
week.
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PILES CURED IN TO IA DAYS
PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any
case of Itching. Blind, Bleeding or Protrudnig
Piles in to IA daysor money refunded. Soc
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said "a promise is promise-when
your wife issues the door keys-yes,
another bottle of those liquid hair
pins"
Then he resumed his lamentations:
81 saw some forlorn fellows solemn
ly hayfooting it down Michigan ave-
nue. this morning. They had a band
and were in a procession. Was it a
funeral? 1t was not. Was it the
doomed man walking to the gallows
with firm step after eating hearty
breakfast Of bacon and eggs? Not at
ALL Was it delegation of food suf-
ferers or a chain gang? No, but it
looked like the melancholia ward of an
asylum out for mornings airing
and it was the Knox Marching Club!
"They are here. The band is here.
They have to do something's they
fit through the hotels like lost spirits
and recall the dear dead days when
there was politics in this mans town
and a railroad attorney with book OF
transportation was bigger man than
old Grant. And that's what your re
form has done. Put a lot of Willies
in serge suits-'nine ninety eight
marked down from fourteen fifty
into control of the destinies of oul
great republic.
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FULLY NoURISHED
Grape-Nuts a Perfectly Balanced
Food.

No chemists analysis of Grape-Nuts
can begin to show the real value of
the food-the practical value as shown
by personal experience.
1t is a food that is perfectly bar
anced, supplies the needed elements
of brain and nerves in all stages OF
life from the infant, through the siren
uous times of active middle life, and
is comfort and support in old age.
'For two years 1 have used Grape
Nuts with milk and little cream, for
breakfast. / am comfortably hungry
for my dinner at noon.
II use little meat, plenty of vege-
tables and fruit in season, for the
noon meal, and If tired at tea time.
take Grape-Nuts alone and feel perfect
ly nourished.
Nerve and brain power, and mem
DRY are much improved since using
Grape-Nuts. am over sixty and weigh
1855 lbs. My son and husband seeing
how l have improved, are now using
Grape-Nuts.
my son, who is a travelling man,
eats nothing for breakfast but Grape
Nuts and glass Uf milk. An aunt,
over 20, seems fully nourished on
Grape-Nuts and cream" There's a
Reason"
~Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Well
ville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine. true, and full Of human
interest.
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ticated form. The Roosevelt policies,
as such, did not interest the conven-
ton, for it was under orders and took
only the real milk of the word as it
came through the committee, and it
believed, and probably with some JUS
LITIGATION, in the fact that Roosevelt
did not care to have his policies come
into the convention by way of Wis
consin
So it voted for the program and
went on to the next order. And the
next order was the nomination of a
president And that is a serious bust
ness.
1t is curious to know just how forms
and conventions and precedents are
worshiped without sense or reason by
apparently clear-headed men. But
there sat 1000 delegates and 10000
spectators and listened to five mortal
hours of utterly useless, entirely mean
ingless and absolutely vacuous
speeches. These speeches were made
putting men in nomination for the
| presidency who had no more chance to
| DS Nominated Judu lHey ndQ Oh PICK
ing out a harp check and joining the
heavenly choir. Boutell of Illinois
began it-naming Cannon.
The crowd stood for him with some
patience, though no one listened to
him.
Gov Hanly Of Indiana, an unusually
able governor, and an otherwise sane
man, came a little afterward and got
in a row with the convention because
it laughed at him and jeered him dur
ing the last half of a perfectly un-
necessary speech.
He assured the convention that
under Fairbanks there would be nc
government by impulse" and the
crowd knew what he was driving at
and his usefulness as an orator was
ended.
Congressman Bookwalter followed
Hanly and took a side swipe at Taft
by saying that Fairbanks was a can
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One of Bill Nye's.

Referring to a real estate transac.
ton made by one Peter Minuit, way
back in the year 1923, Bill Nye, in his
history of the United States, declared:
New York was afterwards sold for
$24; the whole island. When l think
of this I go into my family gallery.
which l also use as swear room, and
, tell those ancestors what l think of
them. Where were they when New
York sold for s24?"
The humor of this strikes deeply
when one stops to consider what has
been the outcome of this original in.
vestment. Peter Minuit, with trinkets
and few bottles of rum, so delighted
the native indians that they gladly
turned over to him the whole of Man
haitian island, now the heart of
Greater New York.-"New York, the
Giant City," National Magazine.
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est. The visitors in the galleries are
there only to see the hero crowned,
and once the ceremony is over, and
the shouting has worn itself out, their
interest in the convention rapidly dies
away-the show is over.
Thursday was a hot day, and the
perspiration that the thousands shed
would have foated all four of the pres
ident's battleships, and the real trou-
BILE of the convention-in day of
trouble-began after the invocation
had been spoken, after Senator Hop
kins had given a visible demonstra-
ton of the platform, which no one
heard and no one seemed to care to
hear, and after Congressman Cooper,
on behalf of the minority of the com.
mittee on resolutions, began scolding
the convention.
His speech, of course, did not con-
vince. 1t was protest, rather than
an argument, and anyway the conven.
ton would not have changed that
platform, which it believed to be in
spired from Washington, if the minor.
ity had offered the Ten Command.
ments. But Cooper scolded, and when
the authorized representative from the
railroad engineers and firemen and
trainmen appeared and warned the
convention that the railroad employees
of the country were dissatisfied with
the antiinjunction planks, that made
no difference, either.
Gabriers trumpet would have beer
laid on the table for the regular order
by the convention. Its face was set
1t was under orders, and nothing could
move it. So it moved majesticall,
along. 1t adopted the platform, for
mally voting down, by overwhelmin.
majorites, planks advocating pub
licity in campaign contribution
recommended by the president in hi
messages, valuation Of railroads
recommended by the president in hi
messages, and the election of senator
by the people.
A Roosevelt Convention.
For that convention was for Roose
welt policies only when 1t had ther
in the regular order and the author
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reiterated Mr.. Handy-"the man who
i refer to Hon. ]. G. Cannon of Dan
vile, III.
where's your keynote speech in
this convention? I'll tell you; it's
fastened in Burrows time lock. Who
is going to sound a clarion note here
| to-day? There will be no clarion note.
The name of the gallant Blaine will
not be heard in the hall. The party
| that saved the country, that broke the
shackles on 100000 slaves, the party
that preserved the Union, is represent
ed here by the allies, and they are
tossed around like lot of last years
alfalfa. They came here asking for
the presidency; they were willing to
| compromise on the vice-presidency
and sprung the name Of Jim Sherman.
| st reminds me of the time Col. Ana
doneran' j. Balderson of our town
started out to be minister to England
under Cleveland's first administration
He found that job gone, and compro
missed by applying for assistant secre
tary of state. Failing in that, he asked
for United States marshal. Failing In
that, he asked for the postoffice at
home, and then, failing in that
Strengthened himself up and said:
Thank heaven, we have Democratic
governor in Kansas, and he will not
turn me down
"He came home three months later
with a pair of Gov. Clicks old trous
ers, and to that end has your reform
brought those who for 40 years have
been fighting the party's battles"
Mr.. Handy rose proudly and said;
"Reform-reform-w crimes are
committed in thy name!"
The Big Crowds Tribute.
What curious thing is big GROVE
of civilized men and women gathered
for some formal occasion. Yesterda!
afternoon the sibilant lisp of the grea
crowd in the Coliseum fell like grea
wave on the shores of the place, IL
, idle conversation as the proceeding
of the convention droned on. Thu
committee on credentials made its re
port, and the great crowd Tapped i
up as the sed laps up buc Sdhu III
: personally, uninterested, utterly idle
There was no fight, and evidently tn
, crowd knew there would be no fight
: The regular order proceeded, am
: Senator Lodge was installed as pei
Y manent chairman, and the great crow
{ the great buff sea, rocked idly t
; look at him. He began to speak wit
[ some fervor, and little ripples of al
a plause played across the, tide. Hi
: earnestness deepened the billow
slightly.
!. The voice of Senator Lodge
y strong and clear, and the words h
S spoke were simple words, made int
n simple sentences, strong and convin'
/, ing because they were earnest. Once
f when he had spoken seven or eigh
n minutes, he referred incidentally
: the president, and wave of applaus
s suddenly rumpled the face Of the bu
t, sea, and then the speaker pushe
: through 1t and went on with his arg'
r ment For he was obviously not lool
ing for applause. He was sDeakin
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Of California, seconding Taft's non.
ination. For knight has voice, anG
Mr. Burton of Ohio, who put Taft's
name before the convention grace
fully, was not heard as well as such
speaker should have been heard.
Knox also was tastefully nominated
with proper eclat and without too
much wind-jamming.
And If the young football player,
Cochem Of Wisconsin, who gave the
convention La Follette'sg name, had
cut his speech in two, it would have
made the hit Of the afternoon. But
he slid past the crowds limit, and the
smile which captivated every one
wore off and he grew angry, and "the
subsequent proceedings interested
him no more"
1t was Mr.. Understandable the
name-who, seconding the nomination
of La Toilette, started the whoop
heard round the world. There seems
to be no question that of all the can
didates besides Taft, La Toilette got
the best demonstration.
But after that complications oc-
Cured. Some one walked across the
gallery back Of the speakers platform
with flag containing Roosevelt's pic
ture, and the applause for La Toilette
merged into the futile, stupid attempt
to stampede the crowd to Roosevelt,
and for a quarter Of an hour the
yelling continued.
1t was quoted as the roll call on
president began and continued down
to Iowa. There a silence fell, and con-
tinued until Taft was nominated.
Now written down here in a thou,
sand words, this seems like the story
of stirring episode. Yet it covers
events that lasted from 10 o'clock
until $50. There was some formal
cheering of something like two and
six-elevenths seconds for each of the
allies, and this is the best part of it
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didate whose record was such that
no weak points in it had to be covered
up by a special plank in the platform,
and then "his days work was DONE"
and he sat down after fighting with
the hornets of the convention.
New York has a sense of humor,
and when the delegation was called
for New York the delegates rose
laughing and let Gen. Woodford make
the shortest and most appropriate
speech of the day, nominating Hughes
And when he said that only two men
beyond a doubt could carry New York
lone being in the White House and
the other in the governors Office al
Albany-he made the crowd FESTIVE
and quit just before his credit gave
out.
The Clarion Note.
The only real clarion note of the
convention was sounded by knight
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what has become of our common
heritage?" exclaimed Mr.. Handy, wav-
ing his glass wildly. Where is our
manifest destiny? Who's gone and
stolen the pride pointer and the alarm
viewer? Is it in the platform? No.
you reformers are making terms with
Gompers; and Taft's liberal views
as they call them, are going to pre-
vail over the fine conservative views
of our peerless leader, our grand old
man, freedoms champion, the defend
er of the faith of the fathers, the man
who-the man who-the man who