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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-30
The Dinner Table of Old France,

Could we restore for half an hour
the dinner able of old France and
obtain half Il dozen instantaneous pho
tographS Of d royal banquet at any
era between the reign of Francis l.
and Louis XIV. such laughter would
be heard as might disturb the serenity
of Louis In paradise The Duchess
her napkin tied securely around her
neck. would be seen nibbling bone
the noble marquis SurreptitiouSly
scratching himself. the belle marquiSe
withdrawing her spoon from eher lips
to help neighbor to sauce with it. an
other fair creature securing her plate
with her bread. Il gallant courtier US
ing his dOubet or the tablecloth as a
towel for his fingers and two footmen
holding a yard of damaSk Under n
lady'S chin while she emptied her COB
let at Il draft. All of these al one
era or another were the uSageS of 20.
lite society. During feast of inor-
dinate length it was sometimes neceS
sary to substitute clean cloth for
the one which the careleSSneSS or bad
manners of the guests had reduced to
deplOrable condition.-New Orleans
Times Democrat. p.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-30
BetrothaIs In Germany.

In Germany an elaborate method of
announcing the betrothal practically
puts an end to all breach Of promise
cases. AS soon as couple become
engaged the pair visit the town hall
and declare their willingness to marry
and. sign. with witnesses. series of
documents which render change of
mind, on the mans part practically out
Of the question: When either party
wishes to withdraw from this agree
ment the pair again visit the town hall
and additional documents are formally
signed. witnessed and sealed. The au-
thorities then determine the question
of compensation for injured feelings,
ofo
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-30
The Name Noah.

Not many persons are sufficiently ac-
Equainted with the Bible to know that
Noah was the name of woman as
we'll as of the patriarch. AT an inquest
in England Il female witness gave her
Christian name as Noah" The coro.
ner remarked that he had never before
known~a woman to bear the name,
whereupon the witness. who was we'll
posted in the origin Of her singular
prenomen,. said:
1T is a Bib lie ma me. sir; you'll find it
in the last chapter Of the book of Num-
bers''
Reference was duly made. and in
the eleventh verse of the thirty-sixth
chapter the coroner found mention
made Of "Mahlah. Tirzah and Hoglah
and Micah and Noah. the daughters of
Zelophehad."
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-30
BATTLES WITH LocUsTs.
In 1890 an Army Was Arrayed Against
tho Ravauinu Pests.


Since the days of the pharaohs the
locust has been an unm1tigated plague.
Pliny relates that in many places in
Greece law obliged the inhabitants
to wage w:r against the insects three
times a year,. e.. III their various
states of egg, larvae and adult.
In 1749 locusts stopped the army of
Charles XII. king of Sweden. as it was
,retreating from ResSarabia after it's
defeat at Poltava The king ut first
imagined that he was being assaied
by terrific haistorn. IT,.
| In Pennsylvania in 1850 the ravages
of the lOcuSts assumed such disastrous
proportions that the army had actually
to be called out to deal with the pests.
and whole regiments of soldiers were
employed ga thering them up and put
ting them into sacks.
: A weird. uncanny looking customer
is the locust The general color scheme
of his body is a kind of indefinite
green, relieved by pink legs and wings
of a, whitish color. Two huge. blank,
unmeaning eyes give an expression of
! utter imbecility to the insects counte-
nance.
To atone in a measure for their de-
/ structive proclivfties the locusts are edi-
bic. The Arabs are particularly fond
of them. Camels. to which they are
given after being dried and roasted
between two layers of ashes. look upon
| locusts as great delicacies
The flavor resembles that of crabs,
| and in Bagdad they are consumed so
| extensively as to affect the price of
| meat.-Stray Stories.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-30
"Eatinu Crow"

The term eating CROW" comes from
an ante-Revolutionary story. A soldier
of an English regiment stationed in
Virginia shot a pet crow belonging to a
farmer. The latter entered a COM
plant with the colonel, who sentenced
the soldier to eat the crow. The farm
er was left alone with the soldier to
see that he did it. After the soldier
had consumed portion of the bird
he took his gun. presented it at the
farmer and told him to eat the re-
mainder Of the crow or he would shoot
him. This was the origin of the eat
ing crow story.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-30
Didn't Awe Him.

The members of a Greek letter fra
ternity from southern university
were being shown through the library
Of congress. They were apparently
stricken dumb with admiration of the
beauties of the building. But the at
mosphere of awe was dissipated when
one of the party, a red headed youth,
exclaimed fcrvent]y:
Gee. fellows! Wouldn't this make
a dandy frat house?" Louis Re,
public.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-30
RIVERS OF ALASKA.
The Waterway Wonders Of This I'm
nense Territory.

The Waterway Wonders Of. This I'M
nense Territory.
Were the rivers not navigable there
would be little done in the interior of
Alaska today. First used by the pros
pector in his polling boat and the trad
er with his little steamer. they have
become the means Of opening up every
camp that has been struck in the in
terror of Alaska.
The Yukon is very shallow at it's
mouth. which is about seventy miles
In width across it's delta. There are
places 400 miles from the mouth of
the river where the biggest Atlantic
liners could navigate with ease. for
there are soundings which show nine
ty foot channel in mile wide river
The Yukon is navigable for 2. 100 miles.
The Kuskouuim a sister stream. has
been navigated only on the lower
reaches, but with it's navigable branch
es is believed to have 1000 miles of
navigable water. The Tanana has
been assembled for 800 miles and the
koyukuk in excess of that figure.
Scores of other streams can be used
by small steamers for from twenty five
to 200 miles. Altogether it is safe to
say there are 5000 miles of naviga BILE
streams in AlaSka The Yukon opens
for navigation the latter part of May
and closes the latter part of October.
But with all its wealth of gold. it's
unheard call to toilers Of the SOIL it's
mountains studded with gems Of rich
es-the IodeS of veins of copper and
other materials-this empire starves
for the one thing that would make it
thrive.--Collier's.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-30
Fascination of Golf.

"Tve 'eard Of Nero a-playing on is
fiddle. sir. when is 'olne was a-burn-
ing" said the landlady. putting down
the local paper. but this ere game Of
golf must be the most fascinating
lobby in the world. I've been reading
about the fire up at the golf ground
last Friday. and it says. The fire bri
gades promptly responded to the call.
and when darkness closed in they were
still playing upon the ruins of tie
clubhouse' "-GOlf Illustrated
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-30
The Dancer of Criticism.

II you simply cannot help criticising
at least he careful III selecting your
0gictiln
A magazine editor TO whom o. Hen.
Ey slad promised story many times
without delivering it sat down one day
and wrote him thus:
my Dear o. Ienry-lf l do not re-
<:eive that story frtm you by noon to-
day | am going to pu, o. my No. II
shoes and come down AN. Kick you
down your own stairs. I never fail to
Sseep my promises"
Whcreupon q. Henry replied:
II. too. would keep my promises If
could do all my work with my feet"
Chicago Tribune.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-30
Across the Hall.

"Say, Snibbs, let me use your phone.
will you?''
'Sure. What's the matter with
yours?" .....- 4
Its all right. l want to telephone
to my wife that I'm going to bring a
man from out of town to dinner"
"Well:"
Hes sitting in my room now. and
hate to have him watch my face when
my wife tells me what she thinks Of
the proposition" - Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-30
Old Time CARVING.

An ancient book on carving Says
that the only meats that were 'carv-
sd were mutton and beef. You had
20 S"break Il deer. rear soOse. lift a
swan, sauce Il capOn, spoil a hen,
frush a chicken, Embrace mallard.
unlace a cony dismount I; heron. dis
play a crane. disfgure a peacock. un-
Joint @ bittern. untack a curlew, alaye
d pheasant. wing a partridge or a
quail, mince plover. thigh pigeon
OF any other small bird and border a
game pie"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-30
ldfeness.

It is an undoubted truth that the less
one has to do the less one finds time
to do. 1t in. One yawns. one procras
tinates. one can do it when one will
and therefore one seldom does it at all
whereas those who have great deal
of business must buckle to it. and then
they always tiud time enough to do it
in
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-30
An ESSAY an Man.

What chimera. then. is man!
What novelty. what a monster. what
a chaos. what Subject of contradict
ton. what prodigy: A Judge of all
things. feeble worn, of the earth.
depository If the truth. cloaca of up-
certainty and error. the glory and the
shame of the universe.-Pascal.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-30
Poor Pay. Poor Preach.

Once upon time there was an In
dian named Big Smoke. A white man,
encountering Big Smoke, asked him
what he did for Il living.
lymph" said Big Smoke. me
preach"
THAT so? What do you get for
preaching:"
me git ten dollar a year"
"Well." said the white man, "that's
ID poor pay"
"Umph!' said Big Smoke. "Me
ID poor preach"
So runs the worlG-poor pay, poor
preach.-Alinneapo Tribune.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-30
Careless.

She-My little brother shot off his
gun this morning. and the bullet went
through my hair. He-How careless
of you to leave it lying around.-Ex"
change.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-30
Ready For tho Storm.

II intend" the poet wrote, Ito con-
tinue to storm the citadel of your af-
fections''
storm away" she wrote back. but
I've just succeeded in getting in out of
the wet by becoming engaged to a dear
old man who has $9,OOO.OOO."-St.
Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-30
Stuck to His Barqain.

ExasperateI Purchaser-Didn't you
guarantee that this parrot would re-
peat every word he heard?
Bird Dealer-Certainly didi
But he doesn't repeat single
word"
HE repeats every word he hears,
but he never hears any. He is as deaf
as a post
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-30
Fooled Him.

"Why am like pin?' asked Mr..
Jones ,riumphantly OF his wife, He
expected she was going to say. BE
cause you are so sharp, and he was
simply paralyZed when she replied: -.
because If you should get lost it
wouldn't be worth while to spend
time looking for you"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-30
The Smaller One,

Many stories are told Of Tom Reeds
sudden flashes Of wit-as. for instance.
when Miss Reed struck the earth in
stead of the golf ball and he said.
Hit the other ball. Kitty:'-Portland
(Me.) Express. = ~.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-30
A Previous Question.

She-Papa asked what your inten-
lions were last evening. George. He
Didn't say anything about his own.
did he?-BOston Transcript.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-30
The Hardest Thino.

"What's the hardest thing about
roller, skating when you're learning?"
asked hesitating young man Of the
instructor at Il rink
1.-The floor" answered the attendant
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-30
A Dilemma.

: 1rishman (as some one knocks at his
door)--Shure. if l don't answer it's
some wan to give me- :: job. an if l do
it's the landlord after the rnt- "-Lon
don Punch. ~ =
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-30
An Instance.

eve don't realize how much things
worth till we've lost it, -
'.That'S right. For instance. my life
is insured for $4,000 Exchange.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-30
Why Boiled Water Freezes Easily.


Water which is hot Of course cannot
freeze until it has parted with it's heat
but water that has been boiled will.
other things being equal. freeze sooner
than water which has not been boiled.
a slight disturbance of water disposes
1T 10 freeze more rapidly. and this Is
the cause which acceIerates the freez-
ing of boiled water. The water that
8laS been boiled has lost the air natu>
rally contained in it. which on ex-
posture 10 the atmosphere it begins
again to attract and absorb. During
this process Of absorption motion is
necessarily produced among it's partl-
eies. slight certainly and imperceptt-
Die. yet probably sufficient to acce'"
crate it's congelation. In unbOiled wa
ter this disturbance does not exist
INDEED. water when kept perfectly still
can be reduced several degrees below
the freezing point without its becom
snS ice
Cute little Girl.
One day while katherine's mother
was i'll cup OF beef tea was prepared
Cor her, but Katherine fancied it and
drank almost all Of it. Her father
was about to scold her when her moth
er said:
Never mind; it does me just as
much good to see her drink it,"
Shortly after this a dose Of castor
oil was prepared for Katherine, aud
she poured it into her dolls mouth.
WHY Katherine" said her aston
sor2'
''Thats all right" Katherine replied.
lit will do me Just as much good If
she drinks it." Boston Herald.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-30
HELP WANTED

WANTED-Pulp wood cult s.
To cut 900 cords pulp 8 #. long.
Price $225 per double cord.
$3.50 per 1000 #. of logs. Will
let same in one or three Jobs.
Will also let hauling if wanted.
Haul will average less than Il
mile. ]. J. Opsahl, phone 177,
Bemidji, MINI.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-30

If you get angry with man or wo-
man make up your mind what you are
going to say and then don't say 1t.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-30

WANTED-Good girl for general
house work. Mrs. LaFavar,
500 America ave.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-30

No man is such Il conqueror as the
man who has defeated himself
Beecner a-.s7 j. = e.. - .-,...~ .ssss.*y#
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-30

WANTED-Laundry girl Hotel
Markham.
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WANTED-Girl for general house.
work. Mrs. B. Gill, 7O7 Belt. Ave.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-30
For the Serious Moment

:. VT Tor IHe- OerIouS WoHeHt.
II hear he refused to take chloroform
when he was operated on
"Yes: he said he'd rather take ii
when he paid his l,;!i
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-30

Neutrality-suspicious. girl for gen.
eral house work. Inquire at 6O8
Bemid il Ave. r. H. Schumacher.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-30

FOR SALE-HORSES! HORSES!
Two carloads at Pogue's barn;
medium priced; all horses guar
anteed as represented. w. E.
Barker.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-30

FOR SALE-Hcusehuld Furni-
ture. Call at Mrs. Sam Olson.
1907 Bixby Avenue.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-30
FOR SALE.

SALOON FOR SALE-Lot,
building, stock and fixtures.
Best location in northwest. All
Answers to box 3o7. Utter
national; Falls MINI.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-30

See H. M. Young for residence lots
in Rose Milne Add. Weekly or.
monthly payments. =:
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-30

FOR RFNT- Four room cottage
1914 American Ave. Phone 461.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-30
FOR ~eNT

FOR RENT-Furnished rooms.
All new comfortable beds. 212
America ave. So. Mrs. E. Preston.
, 1910-01-22
GERMANY AMI ENGLAND.

Mr.. Robert Blatchford's articles calling
alte,tion to the great danger of England
through G~ermany'5 ambitions and naval pre-
parations have been the topic Of the week,
not only in England but on the Continent
Similar warnings have, OF course, been ut
tered many times before by men of ali class
es, but Mr.. Blatchford has special claima to
attention. He has been for many years O
great Socialist leader, and mon have not yet
forgotten how once upon a time he resigned
IN appointment worth $1,000 a year because
he was not allowed to advocate his social
theories freely. The son of a brush maker,
and starting life as q soldier, Robert Blatch-
ford has had wide experience of men and
things. From the Army he turned to jour
nnIism, and soon acquired q prominent place.
He has to an unusual degree the gift Of clear
statement and vivid advocacy. His chief
fame came through his work as q Socialist
His paper, the Clarion, is the most widely
circulated SociaIistic organ in this country,
and possesses literary merits unusual in a
paper of its kjnG, His books, pleading for
the poor, have had Sn amazing circulation.
His Socialism has not blinded him to the
fact that it would he a disaster for humanity
and for freedom should England be the
victim of German ambitions. Hence this
present campaign, that is producing panic
among many who have his Socialism without
his patriotiem.-Htd
, 1910-01-22

ticle of general consumption. The makers
of a safety razor in America, and a British
firm who had been given the rights Of dis
tribution in this country, came to logger
heads, and the Americans handed the agen-
cy elsewhere. Thereupon the British firm
brought an action for damages. 1t came
out that the razor, which sells for 5s. retail,
costs I'd. or It'd. to make. After allowing
for a profit 20 the manufacturer and for the
cost of the box, the outside price to che
agent would be Is. Old. 1t sold to the
middle-man for 3s. Al. Placing on one side
Is. for advertising, etc, a net profit was left
of Is. Std. The agent estimated that his
annual gains should be G15,0 900 a year. The
jury granted him 10000 damages for loss
of the business. Another little illustration
of odd profits was made public in a police
court case ut Westminster. When evidence
of the means of a messenger engaged at the
Houses of Parliament was being given, it
was testified that the man, in addition to his
income, earned considerable tips. He furth-
er received payment from champagne firms
for any corks from their bottles which he
collected sometimes 81. a cork and some
times Gil, This is a familiar trick of the
champagne merchants in order to induce the
walters to recommend their particular brands
to customers.-Ibid
, 1910-01-22
THE SALTIN G COLLECTION.

The death of Mr.. George Sailing removes
from our midst one of the most extraordi-
nary men of our age, Mr.. Sailing was t]le
son of u Danish Australian shipowner and
sugar planter. He was educated at Elton
and at Sydney University. When a young
man be settled in London, living simply in
three rooms in a West-end club. His annu-
al income was counted by many tens of
thousands of pounds. He was a bachelor,
by no means q society man, and the despair
of ambitious mothers. Soon, wherever CON
n~oisseurs gathered, the name of George
Sailing became known. He set out to make
a great collection Of Oriental China, and be-
fore many years his collection was certainly
one OF the finest three in the world. 1t So
filled up his rooms that there was little space
to spare for the owner III them. Thereupon
he loaned the entire collection to the South
kensington Museum, where it has delighted
untold armies of visitors. From Oriental
ware and worries Mr.. Sailing proceeded to
collect old furniture, paintings of various
schools, Renaissance. and other objects Of
art. He was extraordinarily skilful in de-
tecting frauds, and he counted no labour too
great and no inquiries too long to ensure
the g~enulneness Of his purchases. Bond
street dreaded, yet delighted in him, for the
dealer Of whom he was buying might reckon
that for days his time would be taken up by
queries, examinations, aud the like from the
connoisseur. He bought nothing but the
best. The only two collections made in our
time that can be mentioned in the same
breath with his own are the Wallace and the
Pierpont Morgan. Many interested in art
matters are already asking what is to be-
come of his great art treasures.-I6jd
, 1910-01-22

wind set in again. The clearly defined
edges of the black masses of mud as distinct
from and not mixed with the accompanying
water can, | believe, be accounted for by the
fact that petroleum exists in more or less
quantities about this part of the Burma coast,
and the mud, probably being oily, would Of
course remain separate from the water. [
may add that think petroleum gases may
have something to do with the occasional
submarine upheavals that occur in this part
OF the world. Had It vessel been over the
place Of disturbance nothing could have
saved her, as the force represented to throw
up such a vast mass through about 80 feet
OF water and 200 feet above into the air
must have been tremendous.
] trust that this account may prove accep-
table to your valuable Society.
ARTHUR r. w. HANDBOOK, Lieut.. R. N. b.
Commanding British India
Mail Steamer Kutorju.
, 1910-01-22

that the first few days Of q new boot must
be a time OF agony for he wearsr. The
American shoes changed all that. They
were smart looking, and as easy when first
put on as when worn for a mouth. The
British bootmaksrs faced the situation man
fully. They recognized that while their
leather was the best, American manufacture
ing methods had left them behinu. They
sent for American lasts, and some of them
went as workmen to American factories to
study the ways there. Before long they had
turned out a boot as elegant and comforta-
bic as the American, and cheaper and more
durable. The American shoe invasion was
sharply checked, and now has come the
further step, invasion Of America. Even the
great American tariff wall cannot keep our
products from the States. owe are going
to sell large quantities Of shoes to America"
says the Boot and Shoe Record. why ?
Because our shoes are better and cheaper"
Duly Mail, Dee, Is.