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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-12-30
Lisbon's Great EARTHQUAKE.

Lisbon's Great Earthquake.
Each recurring All Saints day. the
first day Of November, recalls to the
people Of the city Of Lisbon the most
awful event in the history Of that coun-
try or indeed in all Europe. the great
earthquake Of 1855. At 9 o'clock in
the morning on day clear and serene
came hollow rumbling sound, as Of
thunder, and Immediately after the ter
rible CONFUSION Of the earth which
shook down houses and buried or
crushed 10000 persons. Many of the
churches were at the time filled with
their congregations. and each one be-
came huge catacomb entombing it's
worshipers.S Twenty-Five successive
shocks were counted. In the city
prison 800 were killed and in the hos
pital 1,200. The sea retired from the
harbor, which it left dry. and then re-
turned in gigantic wave fifty to sixty
feet high, Overwhelming many who had
escaped the falling houses. 1t was es-
timated that in Lisbon and its imme-
date neighborhood nearly 5000 per-
sons had perished. "
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Blankbook Sale

IS per cent to 33 1-3 per cent off
on Blank Books, Ledgers, Journals,
Cost, Day and Record Books; all
sizes from 100 pages to 600 pages.
The Bemidji Pioneer Office Supply
Store
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1t Really Doe;

''The rain falls alike on the just and
the UNJUST
"A good arrangement"
"Why SOP
:'Seems to afford considerable salts
faction to both classes" - Chicago
Journal.
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His Busy Time.

"How high did de ole mule kicl:
nim?"
go long. man! You think he had
time ter measure de distance?" -Atlan-
"a Constitution.
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION
FOR
LIQUOR LICENSE

STATE OF MINNESOTA, }.
County of Beltrami. }ss.
City of Bemidji.
Notice is hereby given. That application
of said Cty of Bemidii and fled in NV V ONCE
praying for license to sell Intoxicating liquors
for the term commencing on Jan. gath. 1912,
and terminating on Jan. gath, 1918. by the
following person and at the following place
as stated in said application. respectively
tO-wit: u
JOHN E, GROOM
at and in the first floor front room of that
certain two story frame building located on
lot "a, block IS. origin al townsite.
Said application will be heard and deter
mined by said city council of the city OF
Bemidji at the council rooms in the city hall
in said city of Bemidji, in Beltrami County.
and State of Minnesota. on Monday. the 18th
day Of JAN. 1912. at O'Clock p. m. Of
that day. @s~ :.
Witness my hand and seal of City of Be-
midi. this 18th day of Dec. 1911.
(SeaD T. GEO. STEIN.
City Clerk.
Dec. 3D. an. 6,
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Good Care Assured

'Are you sure he is a good doctor?'
well. he is recommended by the
president of the insurance company
that has a $4,000 policy on my life."-
Smart Set.
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Appropriate.

"When was a tiny boy with ring,
lets.' said the man with little hair,
"they used to call me Archie"
II suppose now they call you Arch
ibald"
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suitcase with brass trimmings.
Return to Pioneer.
MISCELLANEOUS

ADVERTISERS--The great state Of
North Dakota offers unlimited op-
portunities for business to CLASH
fed advertisers. The recognized
advertising medium is the Fargo
Daily and Sunday ~Courier-News,
the only seven, day paper in the
state and the paper which carries
the largest amount OF classified
advertising. The Courier-News
covers North Dakota like blank
ct; reaching all parts of the state
the day of publications; it is the
paper to use In order to get re-
suits; rates one cent per word first
insertion, one-half cent per word
succeeding insertion; fifty cents
per line per month. Address the
Courier-News. Fargo, N. D..
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WANTED TO TRADE-What have
you to trade for new standard pia-
no? Call at second hand store,
Odd Fellows Bldg. -.
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AGENTS WANTED-Wep pay $50 a
month salary and furnish rig and
all expenses to introduce guaran-
teed poultry and stock powders;
outfit free; new plan, steady work.
Bigler Co., x 984, Springfield, H.
linOis.
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An Extensive Sin.

A well dressed man was hurrying
along the Rue &c Passy. Paris. when
he slipped and. falling forward. dash
ed his elbow through the window Of
wine shop. The proprietor rushed out
to claim the price of his window, and
large crowd gathered to see fair
play. The man who had broken the
window protested that he had no mon
ey. search him. shouted some one
in the crowd. There were no police
men about, so the wine shop keeper
and few friends took the law into
their own hands, searched the mans
pockets and found 500 franc note.
The crowd advised the wine shop
keeper to pay himself we'll for his
broken window. He took so francs to
pay for his broken glass, and the un-
popular man who had broken it went
away with a torn coat and $50 francs
change. The 500 franc note was
forgery.
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Love-.

At twenty love is a rosy dream, at
thirty it is a thrilling reality, at forty
it is calm contentment. and at fifty
it is "Reminiscences. g.. T.
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Blankboo Sale.

Is per cent to 8 s1-3 per cent off
on Blank Books, dgers. Journals,
Cost, Day and Record Books; all
sizes from 90 pages to 600 pages.
The Bemidji Pioneer Office Supply
Store.
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Handsome diaries, all sizes, at the
Remidji Pioneer Office Supply Store.
25 cents to $3.50.
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THIS May
CONCERN
YOU

Just at this time as we
are about to start upon a
new year we desire to
again call your. attention
to the fact it is our ear
nest and constant endeav-
or to please every patron
of this store perfectly-to
carry out in fact our oft
repeated guarantee of
satisfaction or money
back. So we want to say
right now that if any one
has purchased here any
article that has not proven
to be worth all we charged
them for it, we want the
opportunity to make it
right. No dealers any,
where examine III e ir
goods with greater care,
and none are more par
ticular about the kind of
goods they sell, but we
are only human, hence we
sometimes make mistakes
Of judgment, and if we
have sold you anything
during the past year that
has proved unsatisfactory
in any way we want to
know about it. Drop in at
your earliest convenience,
tell US about it, and we
will see to it that you are
reimbursed for any short
comings in the goods we
have sold you.
We make satisfaction
sure by guaranteeing it,
and we carry that guar
antee out to the letter.
We wantyour business for
1912, and we want your
friends and your friends
friends business. w e
consider the advertising
our customers give us the
best advertising we can
have for this store, there
fore we make it a point
to see to it that every
customer of ours gets full
value for every dollar he
spends here.
Gill Brothers
Bemidji MINI.
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China's Haunted Spots,

In China there is a strong belief that
spots in rivers. creeks and ponds
where people have been drowned are
haunted by specters who spring out
upon the unWary and drown them.
Should the hauntings become very fire.
quent the spot is exercised. This cere-
mony consists in the decapitation Of a
white horse by specially selected exc
cutioner on the site Of the hauntings.
The head Of the slaughtered animal is
placed in an earthenware jar and
buried in the exact spot where it was
killed. which spot is carefully marked
by the erection of stone tablet.
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The Best Xmas Gift

nlnfuTo The Best Xmas Gift
TH0c VIS for a boy is years
good reading. To get
it send so cents today for leading boys
monthly magazine Of America High
class stories, educational manly, sports.
games, electrical, mechanical, carpen-
try, wireless, aviation, poultry, pets,
camping, trapping and Boy couts dept.
Keeps $4,000 boys interested now. Sent
to three homes a whole year for 81.
Remit to THE NATIONAL YOUTH, 80
Kedzie Building, Chicago, Ill.
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w neutrality-suspicious. girl for
general Homework. Mrs. John
Wilson, 11O1 Dewy Ave.
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HELP WANTED


WANTED-For u. S. A.my-Able-
bodied unmarried men between
ages of Is and 35: citizens of the
United States, Of good character
and temperate habits, who can
speak, read and write the English
language. For information ap-
ply to Recruiting Office at Scroe-
der Building, Bemidji, or 217 Tor
rey Building, Duluth, MINI.
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WANTED-Dining and sleeping car
conductors, $75-s125. Experience
unnecessary, we teach you, write
Dining Car World, 1926 w. Van
Buren,, Chicago.
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Honey Bread.


In Europe, where the food value of
honey seems to be much better under
stood than in the United States, enor-
nous quantities are used OF late
years we seem to be waking to a re-
alization of the value of honey as a
wholesome and delicious article of
food and also as to it's preservative
qualities. Cakes and sweet breads
made with sugar soon become dry and
crumbly and to get the good Of them
must be eaten when fresh. But where
they are made up with honey they
seem to retain their moist freshness
indefinitely. In France honey bread a
year or eighteen months old is prefer
red to that just made They say, ut
has ripened." 1t is the preservative
or, rather, the unchanglng quality Of
honey that makes it so popular with
the best confectioners.-C Christian Her
aid.
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2 furnished rooms for light house
keeping. 511 Third St.
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FOR RENT-Two furnished roomss
modern. 921 Minnesota Ave.
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FOR RENT-Rooms for light house
keeping, furnished or unfinished.
Over Gill Bros.
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BOUGHT AND SOLD-Second hand
furniture. Odd Fellows building,
across from postoffice, phone 129.
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House for rent Inquire of Frank
Lane.
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the Bemidji Pioneer Office Supply
Store
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FOR SALE

FOR SALE-5 room cottage on Be-
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Tenth St. Inquire 1914 Minneso-
ia Ave.
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FOR SALE-6 room modern house,
easy terms; Huffman, Harris &
Reynolds.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-04-27

team, was won by our team.
We hope they will continue to
win as long as they play clean
baseball, for then we know
they will win "for ever"
Mr.. Wigger, our superintend.
ent. was out of town Monday
and since Miss Runkle also was
absent the preparatory grade
was disnissed d for the day.
The tennis enthusiasts have
"started the ball a rolling" but
they are very anxious to see
the courts either taped or linn
ed and they expect to realize
their hopes in a short time.
No report has yet been re-
ceived in regard to the prize
winners in the recent ESSAY
contest promoted by the Com
mercial Club.
Items this week are very
scarce, and therefore we must
bid the reader to wait till next
week.
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there are other times coming.
The Rev. Mr.. Harris of Bis.
marck, gave a very interesting
lecture on the Passion Play
last "Wednesday evening at the
Opera House.
The Science School and the
Indian School played a series
of practice games last week.
The first game was taken q TO
O by the Indian team, the 9TH
er two were captured by small
margins by the Science school.
The band was out Wednes-
day and gave the town people
something to talk about in the
way of good band music, which
every one declares is first class.
They also played at the Opera
House in the evening for the
lecture given by Mr.. Harris.
Louis Shirley was absent
nearly all last week and was
burning up the roads for land
men in his auto. Walter Dunn,
another Of our Com mercial
students, is getting to be a
scorcher. Just watch him go
some day when you have a
chance.
Our base ball team went TO
Fergus Falls Monday to play
the Park Region College team.
At the close of the fifth inning
the score stood 10 to 4 in favor
of the P. r. boys, but the s. S.
boys got into the game then
and 80 shut out the other team
that by a three bagger by Zieg-
elman and later a two bagger
by McKercher, and by three
separate runs the final score
stood IL to 10 for the Science
school. This was the first
matched game of the season
for US and we hope it is a
prophecy of the teams playing
for the term.
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HIGH SCHOOL poINes

Miss Runkle, who was out OF
school with the measles the
fore part of the week, says that
her sole reason for acquiring
the measles was to give the re.
porter some news. We are
much indebted aud hope the
pupils will follow her example
no not in catching measles
but in giving Us news.
The Junior-Senior entertain
ment which was given at the
school Saturday was very we'll
attended by those who were
fortunate to be eligible to its
joys and was greatly enjoyed
by everyone present.
The baseball game, which
was played between Brecken'
ridge High School and our
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Today he is worth much, to.
morrow nothing. He know.
himself to have broken faith
with his better.self, his wife
and the laws of the state. He
stands self accused, the object
Of pity, but not of sympathy. A
man may recover much of
what he has lost in a drinking
bout, but the gambling craze
a milestone about his neck.
When men learn that to be
honest is to honor com mercial
equivalents, they build high
wall of integrity about their
characters and rest securely
within its protection.
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OF all the evils that possess
men, the gambling spirit 10 the
worst. Let a man once fanci.
mated bv the glitter of a game
of chance in which he stakes
sums larger than he can afford
to lose AID he becomes useless
as a matter of fact, all around
good citizen. He is on the alert
for a possible chance to get
something without giving it's
equivalent. He loses his can.
dor and open hearted manner.
His nerves are unsteady and
his eye has CLASSY, yet rest.
less expression. In a word his
manhood is an undone entity.
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$25 Reward

While shopping yesterday af.
ternoon a pocket book was lost
by the undersigned containing
$500 in cash and 2 reserved
seats, for the musical comedy
"Bobbie Blake" soon to be given
here for the benefit of the
Ladies of st. Mary's church of
Breckenridge by s. J. Boomer
of Mason City, Ia. If the finder
of the pocket book will return
the two tickets; the money may
be kept and no questions asked.
MRS. r. U. GOING.
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The First Cucumbers
The DeatlDealng cuoumbsFs Of the Hot Bed vareM M,k
Their First Appsaraneso Q: tho Season In Watpeton

You know this is the season
OF the year when the death
dealing cucumber is abroad in
the land seeking whom it may
double up and make sad. When
a man goes home in the eve-
ming after a hard days work,
he finds that he is the proud
possessor of All appetite like a
self binder, and when he sits
down to the table and sees be.
fore him the first cucumbers of
the season, he can hardly wait
until he gets quantity stored
away under his base ball belt.
Under this belt said cucumbers
quietly lay in wait until the
eater has gone to bed for the
night. Then they get up on
their feet, unbutton their vests,
roll back their sleeves and pro.
ceed to business. At the first
attack the sleeper only dreams
that SO m cone has hit
him in the vitals with a base
ball bat, but the cucumbers
rapidly get warmed up and the
victims agonies increase. His
dreams become more pictures
que and he begins to feel things
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PuroslI Made q Great spssol,

~ sssSsO sOO ODOOOOU
Senator Purcell returned
home last Sunday morning
He had been the chief counsel
for the state in prosecuting q
murder trial in Adams county.
The defendant Denver Woode
was found guilty and sentenc.
ed to the pen for 13 years.
The Adams County Record
hes the following to say about
the Senators closing address to
the jury.
"The closing argument by
Senator Purcell was awaited
with intense interest as every.
one was anxious to see the ef-
fort that was intended 10 over.
come the mastery address of
the distinguished counsel who
had preceded him. The Sena.
tor began at 200 o'clock Friday
afternoon Immediately after
court convened aud talked
about one and a half hours. He
had stored up some very strong
points and in bis polished yet
forceful way he brought them
home in manner most i'm.
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Sealed Bids

Sealed bids will be received
by the President of the Board
of Trustees, Chas. 8. Quinn, at
the State School of Science,
Wahpeton, N. D., for the erec-
ton of a brick gymnasium for
the State School of Science ac-
cording to plans and specifica-
tions by Haxby and Gillespie.
Architects, Fargo, N. D. Heat.
ing and plumbing will be in
cluded in the general contract.
Bids to be opened May 18th, at
two o'clock p. N. at the State
School of Science. A certified
check of 5 per cent to accom-
pany each bid, said check to be
payable to Chas. 8. Quinn,
President.
Plans may be seen at the
Builders a n d Traders Ex-
change.Fargo, Minneapolis and
st. Paul. at the State School of
Science, and the Office of the
Architects. Successful bidder
to furnish surety bond for the
tull amount of the contract ac-
cording to State law. The
Board reserves the right TO re-
ject any or all bids.
By Order of the Board.
HAxBY and GILLESPIE,
Architects.
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Science School Items
Weekly Review Of The Events at tho State School q
Science % Told RY Our Rapraaantailxa

Pres. Smith represented the
Wahpeton Commercial Club at
the State Banquet at Fargo last
Friday night.
Miss Amerland entertaine d
Miss Crothers and Miss Bollock
of Fargo over Sunday, and the
ladies visited the school en-
Saturday.
The Misses Young, Hamerlik
aud Sargent, and Walter Fiere
were visitors at the school Sat-
urday.
The newly repaired tennis
court is in excellent condition
and is in great demand by
students who enjoy this sport
1t is rumored that Miss Clara
Anderson, a last terms student,
committed tnatrimony at Steele
last week. If so, congratula-
tions.
Five of the boys missed their
train at Fergus and had to
come home by special auto in
the evening. Better take your
overcoats along next time boys.
The Y. w. C. A. meeting Sat.
urday was song service led
by Miss Rose Cairncross. Miss
Florence Purdon very accept
ably rendered a vocal solo. The
girls always have good meet
ings.
The school had the pleasure
of hearing Clarence Crocker
deliver his oration at Assemble
Thursday and every one voted
that he should have fret place
in the State Oratorical Contest.
But we learn that it was not
80 decreed. The state contest
was a case of, 1--WE have met
the enemy, and we are theirs"
We appreciate Mr.. Crocker and
his oration and would just say
to our upstate friends that
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like the dancing of the High
land fling on his abdomen. The
dancers gradually enter into
the sport with more zest and
reinforcetnents keep on arriv-
ing. Things get desperate and
doctors telephoned for are in.
structed to bring h ir full.
grown o m ch pumps.
AT last, along about day.
break, the state militia, the
Wahpeton fire department aud
a brass band appear on
the scene aud join in
t h e terpischorean exercises.
When the sleeper awakens in
the morning, the first thing he
does is to feel of his stomach
to see if it is still there. He
finds the stomach there, also
the cucumbers which the night
before sat up and smiled so in
nocently at him. There are lots
of people who are harvested
before they are ripe, simply be-
cause they absorb more cucum-
bers into their anatomy than
their digestive apparatus can
cope with.
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fully on the evidence and on
that alone and stated he desir-
ed nothing more than justice.
He made a scathing arraign.
ment Of p. d. Norton for his
conduct in the case and indi
Gated that the battle between
him and Norton had but begun.
A most unusual and specta
cuiar incident occurred when
during Attorney Purcells
speech the audience applauded.
Judge Nuchols Immediately
called for order and for a time
it was thought the court would
order the court room cleared.
Judge Nuchols gave his in
structions when Senator Pur.
cell had closed and the case
went to the jury at 400 o'clock
Friday afternoon.
This has been one of the
most interesting and hardest
fought trials that has ever
been tried in this section of the
state. During the closing days
men, women and children by
the hundred flocked to the
court room.
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pressive. He made a brilliant
plea for justice for the three
girls who had been made or.
phans by the bullet fired by
Denver Woods and a plea for
the sanctity of the home. He
said that the counsel for Woods
had claimed that their client
had shot in self defense. "If
that we,e true" said the Sena.
tor dramatically, "why did
Woods then point the gun at
Lowe when he endeavored to
assist his father in. law when
the poor old man had heen fell.
ed by Woods bu]let7" "Why
did he point his gun at Nelson
when HE offered to assist the
dying man?" "Was that the
act of a man who was sorry for
what he had done?" He also
referred to the alleged fact that
the horse in dispute belonged
to. Lowe and that the Woods
boys were unlawfully on the
Lowe premises for an alleged
unlawful act. He reviewed the
evidence briefly and asked the
Jury to consider the case care.
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Tires

Automobile tires are cheaper
now than before in two years.
Rubber market going up. Looks
like an advance any time. Bet.
ter buy now what you will need
this summer. You will save
about fifteen per cent.
e. S. Babcock & Co.