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The Washington bee., 1909-02-13
Prince bismarck.

Bismarck himself, was a tremen-
dous smoker, eater, and dTinker, and
would stride about the house fol-
lowed by his dogs. The pipes and
long cigars which he smoked in 8
day would have killed an ordinary
man. He loved to pour into a huge
stein a bottle OF champagne and then
a bottle OF porter, and drink the
whole mixture of at a single draft.
Bismarck said of himself: IF there
were many eaters like me in Prussia
the state could not exist. l should
have to emigrate. p. T. o.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-13
Hanging Pictures Dangerou

Railroad casualties receive suGa
wide publicity" said an Insurance.
man, that there is a common belize
on the part of the public that one i
more liable to accidents while trlVel-
ling than when living the simple life
IN the confines OF his home. "As 9
matter of cold fact. statistics show
that accident insurance companies
pay more money to people who ges
hurt hanging pictures or taking
stoves apart than they do to the Vic-
tins OF head-on collisions. -
sounds strange, but it's the truth. =
kansas City Journal.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-13
WORTH ADVERTISING FOR.

There 599 Negroes employed here i'll Washington by the
Government alone these 99 Negroes draw salaries aggregag
$oo These than three millions of dollars right
here Washington scattered among the hundreds of adesmen
Is this of money worth bidding for? 1t certainly is and
the largest this city would refuse to get the big
of did they but realize how much money the Negroes rea
Iy spending. In ll Il ~st al t&s 4st
Now The Bee the only Negro publication this city 1t stands
without rival competitor antcoyers the field like blanket II
in this city will patronze the advertising col
of The Bee presenting the attractive bargains they have
these Negroes these 99 Negroes who draw annually from the
Government over three millions of collars will assume that D. pat
~ nhIicaton edited and operated by of their that
such firms desire their patronage And such hrns W"
receive the bulk of e millions of dollars received an'
spent by the Negroes Of Wahina ton
What clothing stores furniture what dry goods stores
and what other lines business will now make an effort to dve "
themselves these three millions tt dollars spent by washington
Negroes by advertising in The B ee?
Place your advertising in The Bee and watch these say
tive NEGROES spend their tre millions OF dollars with you
Now s he time to advertise The Bee the newspaper hat go
- - Nr home in Wahin eton. Remember, merchants OF
IEtton It's what advertising pays you not what costs
The Washington bee., 1909-02-13
SmOkeless Coal.

A London inventor claims TO have
discovered q process for producing
umokeless coal, apparently by distil-
lation OF coal at a low temperature.
This, after distillatiOn, is said to de-
posit q very brilliant substance, the
heating properties of which are far
greater than those of the original
coal, and which is absolutely free
from smoke and dirt. The inventor
contends that efforts to overcome the
smoke plague have hitherto been un-
successful because they have been
made in the wrong direction, and
that by the extraction of the smoke
producing material in coal before be-
ing burned, he has been successful
in producing a smokeless coal.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-13
Arctic Dog Life.

Nowhere In the world has the dog
such unrestricted right of way as in
our most northerly possession
Alaska. In winter, when the more
than $4,000 square miles of territory
are sealed up in solid ice, dogs are
almost the sole means Of getting
from place to place-in fact, they
seem necessary to life itself.
The aristocrats of Arctic dog life
are the mail teams in the service of
the United States Government. They
are to-day a superior breed to the
dogs employed some half dozen
years ago before great gold discov-
cries demanded increased mail SER
vice.-St. Nicholas.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-13
The ShV Man.

Women show no mercy to the shg
man, for he stands outside Of ths
compass OF convention. Could ha
break out all might be saved; the
nan might be permanently cured
But he cannot. He has been brOugm
Hp to respect convention. His nus
cles may be of steel. his heart OF fira.
but In his soul the spirit Of difndenoS
holds him In a vice. In a drawing
room be stands gaping, quGkiI &, Q
prey 70 introspective torment-hS
who would perhaps storm raD-
part with a triumphant smile -
nps.-London Observer.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-13
age AID were MOI
Cards for Everything.

So thoroughly has the card indp.
or catalogue become a part of mod
ern business that practically no ac-
tivity is without 1t. Brides keep the
list of presents on cards. Pastors
are adopting the card index to keep
the name ana addresses OF their par
ishioneTs. Not long ago the COM
plete list of Lembers of the Grand
Lodge of Masons of New York was
transferred to cards. There are a
million names. Owners of stables
and kennels keep the records of their
animals on cards instead of In books.
Writers now keep cards on which
they put down experiences" or
episodes" to be filed away and to
be used for material when they get
down to writing.-Sat. Evg. Post.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-13
Three Men TO Move Book.

There lies in the British Museum
the largest book yet printed, q CO.
lossal atlas Of engraved ancient
Dutch maps. 1t takes three men to
move It from the giant book case
in which It IS stored in the library Of
the museum. 1t is bound n Gather,
magnifccntly decorated, and is fas-
tened with clasps OF solid silver,
richly gilt. Il is nearly seven feet
high and weighs 500 pounds and was
presented to King Charles II. before
he left Holland in the year 1860.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-13
Dogs around Blacksmith Shops.

Two or three dogs are nearly al
ways to be found loafng about every
blacksmith shop. This fact is so
well recognized that detectives when
sent out after valuable 10. rat
have been lost invariably rs, I,rst
all the blacksmith shops in the neigh
borhood. The reason why dogs visit
the blacksmith shops is that they
love inordinately the odor and the
taste OF burning hOofs. They snih
the odor as a woman shifts a rose,
and they eat the boof parings as a
gourmet eats trufTles.-Minneapolis
Journal.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-13
Supply Of Gold.

It is mainly from Africa, Ameri-
ca and Australia that the world
draws its supply of gold, some $4O0,-
100000 worth won regularly every
year. Africa leads with about $780,
100000; next comes the United
States with about s95,OOO,OO0; Aus
traIia ranks third with some $751;
100000, while Russia, both in Eu-
rope and Asia, Mexico, Canada and
several other countries, make up the
remainder.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-13
A Long Sleep.

An astonishing trance case has
come to light in Berlin. A clerk
aged 46-a healthy normal man
suddenly fell asleep in June 1904.
All efforts to awaken him were un-
successful and the sleeper since then
has never opened his eyes. He
breathes regularly and swallows his
food mechanically, but is insensible
to the severest attempts to arouse
him.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-13
Dead Historians,

for my part believe in the dead
historians. / glory in the posses
sion of some hundreds of volumes by
them. A great deal of cant is talk
ed and written on this subject. There
is an idea in some minds that book
on history to be good must be new.
In nine cases cut of ten the new book
is a commonplace re-statement OF
facts that were better presented by
an older writer.-The Sphere.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-13
Valuable East African Forest.

The Colonial Office recentlI sent
out an expert to report on the Ken
Ia forest, in the East Africa pTotec-
torats. He finds the forest extends
2S7 miles long by eight miles broad,
and comprises 100000 acres Of
timber. Taking the average value
of the AID. per cubic foot, this
works out to G23 per acre, or total
value for the whole forest of $685.
600, OO,OOO.-London Tit-Bits.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-13
Worlds Greatest Wonder.

What is really the greatest nat
ural wonder on earth ?" 1t Is easy
TO answ-r now, says the Travel Mag
azine, since the stupendous falls OF
the Zambesi River have been dis
covered; one of the worlds might
lest rivers, two miles wide, falling
sheer 420 feet. Niagara is only half
a mile wide AMI 153 feet high, so
that It figures as a mere cascade in
comparison.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-13
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Post Omca Pea

Mustard manufacturers grew rsea.
We are told, not By the quantity ok
mustard consumed, but By that
which ls wasted and left on ths din
era plates. The saying IL recalled
~ an interesting statement made b5
the PoGtnAstsr-General as TO ths
number OF pens supplied for use -
the public in the post Offices Of tAs
country. It seems that last year the
total was 1.250,000.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-13
Lace Curtains.

Lacs ,5lnuow curtains should al
WAYS lie soaked for an hour in cold
water to which a little bOrax has
been added, before being put into
warm suds. This ge:- out the
smoky smell that is sometimes so
noticeable in curtains that have
have been used in a city.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-13
Life in Germany.

Every one who has travelled In
Germany is familiar with the word
''verboten"-forbidden. He finds t
is verboten to almost everything
which he thinks he has been accua-
toned to do IN the. United States
Chicago Standard.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-13
As to Butter.

Great Britain consumes more bus-
ter than any other nation. Ths
average per head is 13 pounds pSz
year. as against eight pounds in Ger
many, four pounds in France and
Two pounds in Russia.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-13
Bank of EngIand's First Safe.

In the Bank Of England's museuR
may be seen the cid oak chest which
was the Old Lady of Threadnsedls
Streets first strong-room. It is .
little larger than a common sea-
mans chest and in this the bank
stored its cash, notes and yaluabls
papers.-StTand Magazine.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-13
Another Way to Put It.

It might not be incorrect to say
that the man who was smothered in
q bin of oats, died from an overdose
of breakfast food.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-13
=. g. Much TroubIs.

ma Sultan of Turkey recently
nsid sAoe 900 for q diamond. II De
doesn't wish to have trouble Win
bis harsm hs will insist on using 'nS
ssans himself.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-13
Man and q Woman.

A mans idea of being stylishly
dressed Is TO wear something IN
which he looks atrociously bad; q
vzaman's to wear something no other
G-mAn can duplicate.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-13
''Stung.''

The word "stung" has now CONS
20 meaa such a variety Of things in
the veruaculaF that the busy little
ice. the wasp. the hornet. and thsiF
liz. have especial need to think
twice before they act.
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The Washington bee., 1909-02-13
80 =, Nsw YORK Roads.

Danger In New XoFk koads-
There is an average OF seven car
ooIIisIons a day on the steam. SUB
way, elevated and surface rail"aya
Of New York r,-..--.~x-~-
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The Washington bee., 1909-02-13
a Valuable Relic

A thirteenth century copper and
EfIt ciborium, supposed to have come
from Maimesbury abbey, was sold
by auction in London for $50, 900.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-13
The Man With the Gun.

Trouble is always waiting round
the corner for the man who has .
xun IN his pocket.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-13
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ANTIQUITY OF GLASS
Made In Egypt Thousands of Years
Before the Christian Era.

Before the Christian Era.
Though the art of making glass Of
certain kinds is very old, spectacles
had to wait on the discovery or in
Vention of some method that would
preS It perfectly transparent.
Bp1%E4<ens Of glass have been found
IN the Egyptian tombs that are more
than 1000 years old, and glass bot
ties are represented on tombs at
least 1900 years earlier.
In Mesopotamia the ?~t IF max
Ing glass has been '---- least
1000 yea L ASS
of anfio Y.
anl q
v-Irr.
fr
=
Jut
5-~a m
age and were not .-.s. -rued
That window glass. sucl as is now
In current use. was slow to gain cur
rency is shown by the little panes in
many old buildings in Europe. They
are usually round, or nearly so, and
so small that one of them can easily
be held between the tips of the fD
gers and the thumb.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-13
BORN CLAIRVOYANT
AND
CARD READER
TELLS ABOUT BUSINESS.
1928 25th St. NV. Washington, D. G.
Gives Luck to Ali.
n. B.-No letters answered unless
accompanied by stamp.
n. B.-Mention The Bee
s.y.eSs 1vS<

Fireless stoves, or self-coOksrs, -
they are yariously known have been
in use in Germany for q number
of years. These cookers are used AS
follows: After a thorough heating
the food to be stewed or boiled u
placed inside the box, sealed ana
left for a sufficient time, when 1t is
opened, and the food cooked by the
retained heat, is ready to serve.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-13

fine stones
Ladies Diamond Rings, $500 to SI5o
Ladies Diamond Brooches $3.50 to
$1,000
Diamond Earrings, $500 to $4,000.
Diamond Scarf Pins, 500 up.
Diamond Cuff Buttons, $500 up.
Diamond Studs, $1,000 up.
We have Ladies Handsome Diamond
Rings set in Tiffany Mounting, which
We are selling at $1,000. This will make
an appropriate present for Christmas
Every stone ball of FIRE.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-13
DIAMONDS.
Put Your MoHr y Diamonds No Bet
ter T.. 5tHent Today.

Prices in the Diamond market are ad-
vancing, but OUR PRICES HAVEN'T
BEEN ADVANCED in some time. We
still have a large collection of superb
Diamonds which we bought consider
able time ago at lower prices than pr
vail today.
We shall not adv;nce prices on these
stones We are mer hants and not s".c-
ulators, and our fair percentage of y.
is all we ask. So, as long as these Dia.
monds last it will be possible to buy
them here under the regular market for
The Washington bee., 1909-02-13

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Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-06-23
Old Time Gas Charges,

The price OF gas in the early part OF
the last century Is shown by SEIZED,
ale OF char es issued by the i-iyeri'oC
Gasllght company In the year 1917
Instead Of 40 much per cubic foot lie
ing levied each Individual burner was
charged for and the price varied nc
cordlng to the hour at which the lish'
was 10 be extingulshed. Thus fol
using one NJ. Argand burner up vi
s D. m. Is per annum had to be paid
For the right to keep Il alight until
CO lss. was the figure. while thos'
roIstering blades who sat M I'LL 10. i
or - had 10 disburse "a los, 20 lis
and 60 IS. respectively. Imagine tbs
gas bill at house where ten or twelve
burners are haring away until IN
small hours II such method OF taxa
ton were IN force nowadays!-Lver
pool Post
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-06-23
The Smuasled Box.

A Joker had some fun with the Gus
toms officials at New York some years
ago. 4 servant had gone ashore from
a German liner with basket and was
about to leave the pier when n passen-
ger whispered to n customs officer that
he had better see what the basket con
tanned. Following tine tip, the basket
bearer was detained. and wooden
box was found among n lot OF soiled
linen. The box contained another and
this still another box. the third secure
ly fastened with screws. When these
were removed card was discovered
on which was written In three Ian
guages, This is the LIST OF April
Many happy returns OF the day
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-06-23
ASTRONOMY.
Its Exaetness illustrated by the Dis
eoNsrY Of Neptune.


There Is perhaps no more striking
Illustration OF the power OF scientific
method than that relating 10 the dis
covery OF Neptune In 1896 The planet
Uranus, until then the outermos,
known member OF our solar system.
refused 10 follow the path computed
for Il by mathematical astronomers.
With the progress OF time the discrep-
ancies between Its predicted and OBJ
served positions grew constantly larger
until In the early eighteen-forties the
discordance amounted TO fully seven
ty-fiye seconds OF arc. This Is small
angle, not more than one-twenty'hfth
the angular diameter OF our moon. yet
a very large angle TO refined astron'
omy. for a discrepancy OF two seconds
would have been detected with ease
The opinion gradually developed that
Uranus was drawn from Its natural
course by the attractions OF an undis
covered planet still farther from the
sun than itself. Adams In 1913 ano
lie verrier in 1915 independently and
each without knowledge Of the others
plans attacked the then extremely dii
ficuit problem OF determining the ap
proximate orbit. mass and position o
an undiscovered body whose attrae
lions should produce the perturbation
! observed. Regrettable and avoldabl'
delays occurred IN searching for tn
planet after Adams results were CON
municated TO the astronomer royal Il
October. 1s45. lie verrier's result
were communicated TO the Berlin Of
seryatory in September 1916. with III
request that n search be made IN
disturbing planet, later named Nef
tune. was found on the first evenin
that It was looked for less than on
degree OF arc from the position a'
signed by lie verrier. II an energeti
search had been made In England ID
year befor" the planet would nav
been discovered within two degrees
the position assigned by Adams.-Pr'
fessor W. ". Campbell in Popular SC
ence Monthly.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-06-23
CHANGED HIS MIND.
influences Of a Game Of Colt opo" .
Mans Life.

A New York pastor received cai'
IN his study one morning not long ago
from a man with whom ne hau u
pleasant but not intimate acquain''
ance And the visitor told him With
ont much ado that he had called on
peculiar errand.
"some time ago" he said, "as you
know. | lost my wife. / have no chil-
dren. have no kinsfolk. and l am
very lonely In the world. Last week
by an unlucky speculation. lost my
whole fortune. am therefore withou'
companionship, without occupation.
without money. / am too old to star'
again. and have no Soy In life as IL
"a. I have deliberately decided. there
fore. 10 commit suicide. And l called t'
tell ycu OF my purpose and to ask the
favor OF you that when my body u
found YOU will make such an explana'
ton as your good Judgment ana kinu
ly feeling toward me may suggest
have come simply to ask this favoi
and not TO argue the question. which
have settled for myself II you do mt
this last service shall be very crate
! full"
The preacher said little and was ta'
too wise 20 undertake to dissuade hiii,
but he permitted the man to say al
that he had 10 say without INTERRUPT
ton.
Then as he was going away tn
preacher called to him and said
IL have not scsa you ON the gol
links for some time. You use to en-
Joy the game"
YES" SAID the other.
"weu. go out and play one NOR
game today before you carry out YOU
purpose" u.
The man smiled for the nrst t'Al
and went to the golf course and-he \
living Worlds Work.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-06-23

Re not arrogant when fortune smiles
nor detected when she frowns-Anto'
MUS
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-11-06
Haircut Now Costs 35 Cents.

Beginning with next Monday, the
price of a haircut in the barber
shops of Bemidji will be IS cents,
this agreement having been reached
by the proprietors of the six barber
shops at meeting which was held
Tuesday night.
This action was taken because it
was deemed necessary on the part of
the BARRIERS. They state that the
advance in the price charged for the
rent of shops and other high ex-
penses made conditions such that
more revenue was necessary in order
to conduct barber business success
fully.
It is also stated that the BARRIERS
in other towns are charging IS cents
for haircuts.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-11-06
Local High School Eleven De-
fedted Thief River Falls
High Il to 0.
FIRST HALF:
Bemidji High. 49,.
Thief River High. -. i
RI. FINAL SCORE: ....
Bemidji High. ........... II
Thief River High. ......

Bemidji High School Football
team defeated Thief River Falls
High this afternoon, the final score
being II to 0.
Gill made fine run for touch
down in the first half, but goal was
not kicked, the half ending S to O,
in favor of Bemidji. ~..-.->
In the second half, Lycan plunged
through the visitors line for thirty
yards and scored a touchdown, goal
being kicked, half ending Bemid il
6, Thief River 0.
Final score: Bemidji II, Thief
River Falls O.,
Bemidji's goal was never in danger,
the visitors not getting nearer to a
score than fifteen yards.
The Thief River Falls boys arrived
in the city on this Moons train
and we're prepared to go onto the
gridiron as soon as the game was
called, which was set for as near
1:3O as it was possible to get the
players of the two teams together.
The visitors lined up as follows:
Barry. center; Rinker and Rice,
guards; Muzzey and Ihle, tackles;
Smith and Fossum, ends; Johnson
(captain), quarterback; Iverson and
Libscomb, fullback.
The Bemidji players were at the
park most of the forenoon going
through signal practice and trying
a few forward passes and trick
plays, and every member showed up
strong. 49, =.
| The Bemidii eleven lined up the
same as in the recent game with
the Crookston High, which was as
follows:
Brenneman, center; Peck and
Russell, guard, Mcdonald and
Larson, tackles; Neumann and D.
Gould, ends; Kreatz, quarterback
(captain); Stanton and Gill, half
backs; Lycan fullback. b.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-11-06
RICHARD EVANS TO GRADE
SIXTEEN MILES FOR 500
MINNEAPOLIS Contractor Will Grade Right.ofWay from
Cass Lake to Bemidji-Will Begin Operations
At Once, With Two Steam Shoves.

village of Cass Lake and westward
past Farris and on to the lowlands
near Rosby, and thence westward
and northward through the Village
of Nymore to the suburbs of east
Bemidji and through this city to the
Mississippi river bridge, between
Lakes Bemidji and Irving.
The grade from the Mississippi
river through the western part OF the
city of Bemidji and on eight miles
west and northward will be put in
by John Moberg of this city, who
will cooperate with Mr.. Evans in
the forming of a junction of the road
from Cass Lake to a point eight
miles northwest of Bemidji.
Mr.. Evans stated that he would
rush the work on the grade and
expected to be singing dirt" wee k
after next. With both Mr.. Evans
and Mr.. Moberg having contracted
to begin operations of grading
soon soon as possible, the work of
building the 500 will be gong on
rapidly all winter.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-11-06
Lecture on Norway.

Ola Johann Saervold will deliver
an illustrated travel-lecture on Nor
way, The Land of the Midnight
Sum-" in the city hall next Tuesday
evening.
The lecture will be illustrated by
$50 new colored views, and 5000
feet of new motion pictures. The
lecture will be given under the aus
pieces of the Scandinavian Lutheran
church.
Mr.. Saervold is spoken of very
highly as lecturer of note, and as
his address will be given in the
English language undoubtedly a
large number of our citizens will
attend.
Admission - adults, so cents;
children, rs cents.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-11-06
OLE HALVORSON BAKE is
MURDEROUSLY INCLINED
Fires Many Shots Into House of Faher-inLaW and Tries
To Burn the Home.-Exchanges Shots
And Again Escapes.

A fugitive from justice, and
evidently possessed of the deter
mination to kill his wife and child,
as we'll as all of his wife's
relatives Ole Halvorson Bake is
said to have inaugurated career of
attempted destruction that will
eventually land him in the peni-
tertiary of Saltwater or result in his
summary taking off by means of the
revolver or rifle route while resisting
apprehension.
Bake (Who is also known by the
name Halvorson) attempted to kill
his wife on Sunday night of last
week, when he shot her in the fore
head with a bullet from a 22-calibre
revolver, inficting a serious though
not fatal wound and making his
escape in. the darkness. =
On Wednesday might Bake ap-
peared at the home of his father-in-
law, Martin Reisland, some thirty
miles northeast of Bemidji, and
inaugurated reign of terror with
the free use of his rifle, with which
he fired many shots into the home
of Mr.. Reisland and his family in a
attempt to kill the whole
family.
This is the story brought to the