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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-03-23

and that has so many associations
with happenings and events in life
as a watch. On display in the win
dow of George t. Baker are six
gold watches, which the Pioneer is
going to award to six ladies Of the
Northland. Each one is treasure
in itself. Beautiful to look at and of
real substantial value. The kind of
a watch any lady can be proud of
and willing to display at any time
or any place. A watch that will
last you lifetime. One that you
can hand down to the future genera
ton with a Renaissance of former
days.
The Way the Prizes Will Be Awarded.
First, The lady receiving the
highest number of votes in the con-
test whether she reside in District
A or B will receive the White
Streak" Model 10 Buick. The Pho
neer is going to give as Capitol
Prize in this Contest.
= The lady receiving the second
highest number of votes in the Con-
test, whether she reside in District
"A or b will receive the $3.50
Kimball Piano. The Pioneer is
giving as the Grand Prize in this
contest. ~
After these two prizes are awarded
the lady residing in District B who
has the highest number of votes, will
receive the 500 diamond ring the
Pioneer is giving as the District
Prize in this Contest.
After these prizes are awarded
(the Capitol, Grand and District)
the ladies having the highest num-
Der of votes in each sub.district in
District A Gone, two, three and four)
will receive the $50 Musical Scholar
ships. In District B in Sub-districts
5 and Is the watches. 3s5@
Then the ladies in District a.
whose standings are next to that of
the winners of the Musical Scholar
ships will receive the Watches. s.
Then the lady receiving the
largest number of yearly subscrip-
tons in District A will receive the
$3.50 Ansco Camera on display at
the City Drug Store.
Then the lady receiving the larg-
est number of yearly subscriptions
in District B will receive her choice
of any $500 Dress or Cloak in T.
J. Cranes & Co.'S store. ##.
District A.
Sub-District No. 1. E
Comprises all the territory north Of
Fourth street and east of Beltrami Ave-,
including north side of Fourth street and
the east side of Beltrami Ave. .-s
Bertha Benson. --.-ss &.2697
Ethel Getchel, 10 .21o
Miss Gladys Kreatz, $50
Mrs. G. M. Torrance, - + loo
Mrs. W. L. Brooks. = Loo
Mrs. Stangland, loo
Miss Olive Miller. 800 loo
Maude McCawley, loo
Lottie Mcdonald, loo
Mrs. R. H. Schumacher, loo
Mrs. E. A. Barker, loo
Mrs. Edwin Gearlds. loo
Mrs. r. L: Given, .:&g loo
Mrs. Tuomy, Loo
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.1 .,,or.csf, in Australia as he might be FolIo,
ING that etther comes Thady, TO take care Of me n
my oud age, he says. Is he near the door yet
Michael1''
He's not; they're a good bit down the road" an.
svered Michael.
NV lad" said the old woman in passiona..
whisper. I'm hearrt scaIded being took care of
Thadv won't let me breathe widout asking me how
do feel i liked it all furrst; but now I m clan.
wore out and that the truth There s times Won
der can he name it; but why he should kape it NJ
then unless to WORTH me INTO my grave before ry
time, dinna.
his brain was quick. on Thought, II you CAV.
him a little white thing like Sheelagh to sake care of
he couldn't be bothering you so much"
Something of that SORT. grinned the old W.
man 1T does me good to confess it, Michael And
mind you, like Sheelagh: She's my own godchld
and the way wild herd charm the burrds off II,
bushes / won't deny too that the two places ivjna
side by side to make it suitable the as +
wouldn't do to separate your property and Naggies
IT'S land should make the matches. and love Can
come afther that
Thady and Sheelagh We're near the gate now
Michael looked at them moment and said slowly.
We'll. Mrs Mulvaney, don't know that knoct.
ing around the world has taught much; but
have Earned that what IS he Is and he stavS
like that. Ii it's Thadys nature TO set his hand tn
der your elbow to- help you over the stones and
It's his nature interfere wid your food and your
pleasures that he'll do if he had thousand wives
i'm thinking if you want to get nd Of him. you'd
betther move into the village
Mrs. MuIVdney iOOkt1 s.C MIN WIZ VIDE dis
MAYED ewes Them wild thick heads often hit on
the truth she said dispiritedly. Wei Michael
you'd betther go and settle it Wild Maggie or the
neighbors II be up this afthernoon to show you how"
0BEDIENTLY Michael left her cottage and
~ crossed the road to his old home. Maggie xas
in the doorway to greet him and as he Went in with
the tail of his eve he Sheeagh and Thadv enter.
ing Mrs Mulvaney's gate. But they did not find the
old woman IN the kitchen; for the sight Of Thadvs
obliging face unnerved her She anticipated only
too vvidlv the tender reprOaches he would give her
for having troubled herself TO make tea for Michael
and his offer to get his meal for himself She
chose to go out and sit the stone fence in the sun
Her fingers quivering to dig potatoes but
she knew the attempt would bring Thadv upon her
She had sat only little while in fretting solitude
when Sheelagh Joined her.
The girls white face flushed a delicate pink
and she yelled her eyes before Mrs Nulvaney's
quick glance. Mrs Mu1vaney reflected that Thadr
had probably begun his 1Overnaking, not being one
who let grass grow under his feet. No matter what
Michael Thought once Thady married he'd have
to- give some time 70 his wife and neglect his aunt
accordingly More cA---tr1y she waited for a
from Sheeiagh- hat n vain Then she
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door was open and that white curtains crossed tne
windows. Mrs Mulvaney read his thoughts saying a
on .ed Maoo;e WAS living down in the village wild
the the Clancvs' and them crowded out OF house ana
home as it was! $1,000 .. T.. oo,g
Michael said nothing 1t was strange 10 De sohs
would not be standing in the doorway Maggie casey
mnst have realized this; for she SAID almost ten
DERBY. , 80 - own Mich
III 70 America That's what Sheelagh
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approached the subject with ohv iot1s 'ndHee-
ton.
.'Michaels gone acrass to say the word 70 Mag
gle She said
Il thought he might; that's why didn't 60
home, replied the girl
It's wonder YOU didn stay inside wd Thady,
suggested Mrs Mulvaney-
IT'S yourself is very good company. turned
Sheelagh with a slow smile
Oh, aye, returned MR. Mulvaney: hut VIVA.
I'm asking YOU is. Did Thady say the word 70 yo1
this morning.
He did
Well I'm glad tbs settled. That's q nee place
of Monaghans and when I'm dead and gone he w
of YOU II have this and whatever else Iave. Wei
C-rtraeG regs II
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You'll be needing another pair of brains to help
you wild all that grand property; ,,. ban 10 holm
;ny me said Michael drinking tea and, for all his
gloom ENJOYING it. because it was Cloonagh brew
Mrs Muvaney clocked her tongue impatiently
against her teeth Maggie ClancyS the tome
She is agreed Michael warmly. " Twas good
of her to give me the freedom of my old home
Dear oh dear but you re sowi' said Mrs. Null
vanev That heart scalding Thady would have
took my m aiming long before this
WHAT might your ma aiming be, a'am:' asked
w Michael simply.
Well your head made soft and your body
hard" said Mrs Mur aney,. trying to veil her it,
csm of Providence but all the ne1ghbOrs are talk
ing about it, and what can Maggie do but expect
Expect what, Mrs Mulvaney!
"TrOth it isn't me that should be prompting you;
but your own heart and your own pocketbook, you
omadhaun!' said the exasperated old woman.
Don't you remember your Uncle Terry LETT the
farm to you and Maggie in common! What did he
expect by that but you'd take the CURL: And
wasn't it all l could do this morning to keep the
neighbors from asking Maggie the question for you
then and there? Oh, It's you the lucky man,
What other in Cloonagh could hope to get
wife equal of him in riches and all and all! Maggie
the grand gurrl
She's all of that said Michael pushing back
his plate; but l wasn't thinking of marrying,
ma am
For that matter YOU hadn't been thinking of
going to America till this grand good luck overlook
YOU remarked Mrs. Mulvaney
Sure. that's true enough; but
The saints give patience wild you'll she cried.
Could YOU live big farm like that widout
wife,
II could not, ma am said Michael after pause:
but | suppose | could 90 to America and marry
wan that was used to the place
Well that shows sense, said Mrs Mulvaney
in Modified tone.
The poor Irish peasant usually has to look upon
nlatrimonv almost purely from a practical view
point and it encouraged the old woman that this
big Michael should show any foresight, however
warped. in connection with his marriage.
Then had better wait: said Michael.
You might find gurrl out there that under
stood America" said Mrs Mulvanev patiently: but
would she have money And then how could YOU
divide up the farm to suit her and You and Maggie
all three,
Terence could settle it: he's got the brains of
the Monaghans said Michael with the humility of
the one who knew his place as the soft son OF the
family.
- 1t would take more brains than Terence has got
cut in two to suit all parties. one house. three
barns, and power of cattle my lad You'd be sup
ping sorrow wild the long spoon of grief If you tried
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SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR JULY ,. 1910

o,,;cl and keen she d Farm all about America while
vou'd be wnking your eyes .,.l:s,
Don't you like the gurrlf' demanded Mrs. M"'-
yaney. e,
Sure like her, like her fine. -, ..so,. III
II saw nothing of your shanlng her before al
c,oonaph: but that's what it will come to, pointed
ont Mrs. Mulvaney: land small good it will be to
raar IN the barony except Thady, who didn't ask
her ali to wait for you, because that seemed the
natural thing and then you fling her 9if ush h
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black woe on hcri'
God help us, but you've
the tongue on you yet, Mrs:
Mulvaney," said Michael
admiringly.
"Wirra," she replied, if
I'd said half that to Thady,
he d be getting the camphor
for my head, and telling me
Twas tired and to sit a bit
in the sunshine; for himself
was the staff of my old age.
So you'll be taking Maggie,
my lad?"
I'D not be shaming
her" said Michael, and If
| am to marry I'd rather it
would be a gurrl from
Cloonagh-"
And the handsonest in
Cloonagh.'
Handsome and kind
and strong" said Michael,
warming to his fate. . and
together in the New World
we'll sit and talk of CloO-
nagh.'
Mrs. Mulvaney had her
doubts of this; but she
merely remarked that she
was glad the match was
made Michael knew that
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IN his childhood Mrs. Mulvanev had been somethir
of a professional matchmaker; indeed, he rerneri
bered hearing that she had made the match betwee
his own father and mother. receiving from one SO
of the family Churn and from the other SIDE p
He recalled with resignation rather than JOY tnat
a rich man. and he SAID
Il thank YOU kindly Mrs Muvaney, tor putin
me in the way of such good wife. Just name whf
you I'd like for yourself IN 1t.
Mrs. Mulvaney shook her head, Thank 70
kindly Michael she said but ! am doing tn
lust for sheer liking of the little boy that l used I
tell stories about the Good Little People. and Tn
witches the Lord betune us and harrm' And yor
mother out Wonder was the good ne12hbor lust CIV
me the blessings out of your hearrt, lad, and nayt
some ouare thing from America afther your settle
there.
MICHAEL rose from the table and went to tn
4VA window Her words made him feel very lonely
as if CloOnagh was far away instead OF here, and
if after all the only land man could be sure {
was six feet at the last and perhaps that IN an ale
country. Far down the road he saw SheeEa9
and Thadv and he said to Mrs Muvaney:
IL suppose the other sister, her that YOU
call Sheelagh she'll be coming along wild
Maggie s,,s ,..+ -, -.n, h.rs from, her
bit place that was yours. She'd not want to
live off Maggie ayther; for she independent
for all she's not the big of bee knee and
looks soft and white. No, she's to stay
here and marry my Thadv.
rs that how the wind blows:' SAID
Michael II suppose that's why Thady -
LAS far as that goes, ! only made the
match betune Thady and Sheelagh this
morning. said Mrs. Mulvaney. t" No, Thady 1870
didn't ask Maggie. because he said he didn't
want to Fave me- and of cOOrse Magges
man would have to go TO America, TO say
nothing of Maggie wishing to wait for YOU
dirna was that all the reasons; for
Thac1v no fool she added with a sigh
There's times / wish he was
Why didn't he stay out IN Australia
wild your grandson and make money wild all -,
his foine brains1 asked Michael impatient witt
ThaClv he scarcely knew why.
All sorra these young people that go ava,
from home' said Mrs. Muvaney inconsistency
Isn't it myself working hard to Fave all i hae
to nv grandson. Mogue: Isn't 1t myself, add1n:
to what's in the blue stocking by working at thu
lace and selling a hit of ould furniture now anC
ag in the tourists. and making match here ano
there. And now MOgue my grand Young man that i
was all for he SAYS he'll not be coming back here
He rather be in Australia owning sheep farm thar
back here where every sod of TURF has IN it some
the dust of his own people. So l wrote my foln
young man that 1t was not stick or stone he get
he wouldn't back to inherit the Ould place. blu
Id Fave it all to Thadv. And MOgue wrote baCl
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wants. and me. It's the
grand fortune you and i
have; but | know 1t would
mean more to you if your
mothers grave was not
green out yonder.''
He nodded without
speaking, and stood IN the
roadway with his face from
his own home. Mrs. Null
vanev took his arm and led
him into her own little cot
tage across the way, and
he sat by the kitchen VIM
dow. whence he looked
down on the winding roads
of Cloonagh. She chartered
away to him as she brewed
tea and cut bread and but
ter. When the meal was
ready she sat down opposite
him and told him that what
would be would be, to which
he agreed with the quiet
fatalism so often to be found
in the Irish. She added
pityingly that he should
have been a poet, or one OF
the old schoolmasters OF
ancient times, and yet 1t was
the will of heaven to put
him. a rich man, in America.
Then she said cunningly
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The bold insurgent will have polled
the principal chautauqua. and will by
that time have been told how far dis
Greet his balk was, or If to follow his
attack with further demonstration or
quietly to tip-toe back upon the reserva-
tion.
The hopeful democrat will tool this
way and that way training, and hope
to have US rs rule have none OF their
explaining. He'll carefully trim up his
wicks and get his pump pulsating and
pass the grand stand every six or seven
seconds writing.
There'l be some dust put up, it
seems, when this great event gets go
ing, and some things starting at the
seams that wanted proper sewing. No
wonder Roosevelt came back, and
nowadays his gun is rusting I'm the
shooting rack, when here is where the
fun Is.
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The Best Hour of Life

is when you do some great deed or dis
cover some wonderful fact. This hour
came to j Il. Pitt. of Rocky Mt. n g.
c.. when he was suffering intensely as
he says, "from the worst cold l ever
had, then proved to my great satisfac-
tion, what wonderful Cold and Cough
cure DIR. Kings New Discovery is.
For, after taking one bottle, / was en-
tirely cured. You can't say anything
too good of medicine like that" Its
the surest and best remedy for diseased
lungs, Hemorrhages, LaGrippe, Asthma,
Hay Fever-any Throat or Lung Trou.
bic. soc $l00. Trial bottle free
Guaranteed by Bloss Drug Store, Cere.
do, and Il. Ney Williams, Kenova.
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He preached about the same old
things that Teddy had been preaching,
aud most of Rome's awaBenings result.
ed from his teaching. He battled hotly
for the right and valiantly imbued it =,
and the stork could not attempt to light
but what he up and shooed it.
There was, however one affair to tell
which is 20 tattle. and that was where
this Roman beer was coming in from
battle He had, of course, put every
thing opposing him to slumber, and
Rome awaited him to sing some lauda-
tory number.
But here the parallel desists. Angus
tus said them, No, sir and when he
entered with his lists it might have
been the grocer for all the greeting that
he got from that admiring chorus, the
which desire, of course, wes not bit
like Theodorus.
But howsoever, when he died the
month that loves to sill us wrs being
written fer aud wide the see son of Sex.
titus. They wanted to commemorate
the hot time he presented the nation
with at any rate, so August was in.
vented.
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West VIRGINIA Gas In 1915.

1t was in 1915 that Captain
Jas. Wilson discovered gas in
West Virginia. He was the first
man to make this lucky find, and
it was while he was boring for
saltwater. Failing to find the
water at the depth he expected,
he declared he would reach il, Or
'bore to hell" Soon afterwards
gas was struck, the tools were
blown out, the gas caught fire and
the flames shot up high into the
air. The doughty Captain con-
cluded he had actually reached
the internal regions and ordered
his men TO stop work.-Ex.
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Dickson, w. Va.

We had a fine rain Thursday
evening and also Friday morning of
this week.
Our tobacco patches are begin
ming to look right and are rapidly
spreading out into money.
o. G. Dick has five hundred
chickens. They keep him busy
morning, noon and night.
The board Of education of Union
district has set the salaries of teach
ers at $40 for No. certificates, S35
for No. and $50 for No. 8.
Born, on the 18th inst, to Mr..
and Mrs. w. K. Paine, fine boy.
l.. 5. Dick is at East Lynn work
ing for Superintendent SAMSON this
week.
EIdridge Dunkle began his school
at Gilkerson last Monday. Be care
full, Fed, Rev. S. l.. still thinks the
earth is fiat.
Edmund Napier teaches the Bo
man Hill school and Miss Lola
Shannon has gone over into Cabell
county aud is teaching at Mount
Union.
Miss Geneve Dunkle will teach
at Hustler on Beech Fork.
Edgar Newman found a $500
Confederate note in the road one
day this week. He says it almost
made him wish the Confederate
States had gained It's independence
so the note would have been OF
some value. But John K. Newman
says t would have been Of no value
no how, for it was issued contrary
to the constitution. We'll have this
question discussed as soon as the
nights get little longer so the Mays
Debating society can resume bust
ness.
Aug. 20, 1910. DAN PATCH.
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CT August it may first be said, it's
n M is frcm Augustus, whom men
have likened unto Ted, perhaps without
injustice. He made the world 90 round
about as many times minute, and the
news was always dull without the great
Augustus i'll IL.
He had his Ananias club for liars and
for takers, and he loved to sail his little
tub among the Roman breakers. He
counted peace n sort of plague, and
never did pursue it, but let it rally at
The Hvgue, and you couldn't beat him
to it.
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The dog days Will resume again,
And tho man xuho uotad xuofor

The dog days Will resume again,
And the man who voted water
With the weather down to eight or ten
Below will grow the hotter
With wishing that he had foreseen
The season hot and stewing,
And nothing but choice between
Pink lemonade and bluing.
1t will not strike him, we're afraid,
as when the cold was stinging, and up
and down the wind swept street the
icicles were cl'nging There's nothing
like a dry parade. the shouts Of Hsl-
lelulliah End the children slillfully er-
rayed for what you want TO feel you.
It's very easy to forget there's such a
thing as summer, or such quantity as
sweat, what time the busy d. 1mmer is
L db.a-dubbing up the street million
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It somehow makes it seem that booze
is only tit for motors, and in the scuffie
that ensues not very many voters be-
think them that chance remains that
milk won't give them gristle TO last
when August boils their brains and
their ears begin to whistle.
a crafty temperance is that contriv.
ing 1t elections when Boreas Is at the
bat in these disputed sections. There
Is time for everything, to labor aud to
potter and one to sit way back and sing
inaudibly for water.
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And then September VIII return
In good autumne, fashion,
And the poet fall upon his harp
In something of passion.

Let wonderful wAsHwAx do your
family washing, saves rubbing and
saves your clothes; makes them cleen,
sweet and snowy white. wAsHwAx X is q
new scientific compound that washes in
hot or cold water without the use OF
soap. 1t is entirely har mless and differ
ent from anything you have ever used.
Send ten cents stamps today for reg
uier size by mail You will be glad
you tried it. Agents wanted to intro
duce wAshwAx everywhere.
Address Washwax Co., st. Louis,
Mo.
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evening. All will be given cor.
dial reception.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Reuben Osburn re,
Gently spent few days at Ciucin
natl.
w. p. Wood, the B. e .. brake
man, has been off duty for the past
few days.
Mrs. M. K. Adkins returned home
Monday from visit a, DAYTON,
Ohio.
Miss Lillian Meek of Neal is the
pleasant guest of her aunt, Mrs. j.
b. Eakin.
Thomas Carpenter has been laid
up for the past few days with an at.
tack of quinsy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Whaley of
II. Pleasant are pleasant guests of
kenova friends.
Miss Eliza Osburn returned Mon
day from an extended visit with
Portsmouth friends.
The baby of Charles Lambert has
about recovered from a three weeks
siege Of typhoid fever.
Mrs. j. ii. Hardin has az her
guests Misses Ethel and Mabel Har-
din of Detroit, Mich.
Messrs. Lindsey and Silas Webb
OF Portsmouth are spending few
Gays here with friends.
w. w. Jackson has charge of the
Is. ~ .. office during the absence
of Agent 7. Ii. Baldridge.
Mrs. Charles Norman of Ironton
spent few days here this week
with relatives and friends.
Mrs. VIM. Reece came down from
Huntington Sunday and spent the
day with kenova relatives.
Mrs. Burwell Bowen and daugh-
ter, Ruth, left Wednesday on
shopping trip to Cincinnati.
Mrs. :. II. Smith has as her
guest this week her sister, Miss
Bessie Wells, of Borderland.
Mrs. J. f. Beavers and Mrs. Nj.
j. Coleman and children spent Mon
day evening at Clyffeside park
Rev. Rcybould of Huntington
preached an excellent sermon at the
Nj. E. church Sunday evening.
Mrs. James Hardin, who has been
visiting relatives at Fort Gay, re-
turned home the first of the week.
Mrs. l.. l.. Shortle and children
arrived here Monday from Atlanta,
Ga, and are guests of Mrs. b. f.
Adams.
MIR. and Mrs. j. F. Spurlock of
Cincinnati spent a few days here
this week with Mr.. and Mrs. Burl
Bowen.
Mrs. Fred Cunningham, who has
been afflicted with stomach trouble
for the past few weeks, is much inn
proved.
Mrs. Charles Crossen, who 10
threatened with blood poisoning
from carbuncle on her face, is inn
proving.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. ii. Baldridge
left Sunday for Pennsylvania where
they will apend several days visit
ing friends. Before returning home
they expect TO take a trip through
several of the western states.
Mabel McKeand, who was run
down by g. 81 o. engine on Tues
day Of last week, IS on the road to
recovery. Besides the various in.
juries mentioned last week, the lit
tie girl also sustained a broken
shoulder.
Unless blood poisoning sets in
the chances are that Mabel's recov-
cry will be complete.
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AT any rate the world will spin
With very small pretension,
And the fall election will begin
To clamor for attention.
The next few weeks will fire the gun
Repeatedly and oftly,
And lot of folks begin to run
For office very softly.