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Beat tho Banks system.

The hoy entered the Cleveland bank
and laid q half & dollar with his bank
book on the receiving teller's window
I'VE don'..recejve deposits Of less than
a dollar" said 1.-The teller The boy
yielded reluctantly to til. system and
drew back But he did. not leave the
bank He crossed the corridor and
seated himself on settee The teller
noticed him sitting there and also no.
ticed the reflective look on his face
Tie boy waited for some time think
ing It over Finally he arose and went
to the paying teller's window. A mo.
ment later he confronted the receiving
teller. II want to deposit this dollar
and a half" he said The teller
grinned. The boy had, Just drawn
dollar from: his little balance and was
using 1t as an entering wedge for the
rejected halt dollar, And 50 the sys.
TEN was beaten BY the boy, and con.
siderable accession %of bookkeeping la
Dor was the price Of defeat.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer. @E5 =,
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Why Kitty 10 Puss.

A great many years ago the people
of Egypt. who had many idols, wor-
SHIPPED the cat among others. They
thought she was like the moon. be-
cause she was more active at night
and because her eyes changed like the
moon. SO they made. an idol with a
cats head anu named it Pasht. The
same name they gave to the moon. for
the word means the face OF the
moon" The word has been changed
to Pas and "Pus'' and has come at
last to he "Pass.' the name the most
Of US give to the cat.
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When the Super 10 known.

A risky uncertainty in one night
stands is the super. In smaller places
he works until 6 o'clock in the even
ing, peacefully partakes Of his supper
and presents himself at the stage door
at Z. This leaves Il very brief time for
his drill. The mysteries Of makeup
have not been solved by him. and,
worst Of all every inhabitant knows
him. .. i.
"Once.". as Lawrence Marston tells
it, I'VE were doing Richard ILL., ltwas
one night stand. with raw supers.
All went well until the moment when
the bearers, with King Edwards body
on a stretcher, emerged from the
wings. .s. ~
"'Set down, set down your honorable
load began Queen Anne.
"'An' do it aisy. Moike O'Brien!
called voice from the gallery. New
York Tribune. ~
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She Wanted Both.

The matinee performance was about
half over when a distracted looking
woman with a curly haired youngster
of six sought out the man in the box
Office.
''There are boxes on your chairs In
there" she began, land they say drop
a nickel in and get box Of candy"
Yes, see." asserted the man in the
box Office.
WELL" she continued Indignantly, II
dropped nickel in for my little girl"
and couldn't you get the candy?"
queried the box Office man. ''Watt; I'll
see if we can get it OUT
"Oh, yes," answered the woman; II
got the candy all right, but I couldn't
get the nickel out"
And to the ticket man at least this
remark furnished a more dramatic mo-
ment than any in the play.-Louisville
Times.
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.CHINA'S REP
uNSA.'T|SFA TORY
Russia Concentrating Force
on the Frontier.
DEMANDS UNWARRANTED

Celestial Empire Declares That to
Grant Request Of Cars Government
Would Give to the Latter a Com
mercial Monopoly in Mongolia,
Eren to the Exclusion OF. Chinese
Trade.
st. Petersburg, Feb. 21.-China's
"ultimatum," unsatisfactory in almost
all of its conclusions, has been re-
ceived here.
The answer falls so far short Of
Russia's demands that the war Office
has already concentrated large Rus
sian force on the frontier, preparatory
to Selling the Kuldja district of Chi
nese Turkestan. s~@
China says that to grant Russia's
demand would give the latter COM
1nerciai monopoly in Mongolia, even
to the exclusion of Chinese trade. -
The third article in Russia's note
denanded:, j.. - =.
"Freedom to trade and liberty to
travel and reside for, Russian subjects
in Mongolia and territories behind the
gceat WALL" ..
China contends that this is an un-
warranted extension Of the idea of
freedom of trade, particularly as Rus
sia demands exemption of taxation
for her people.
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Tolstoy's lntensity.

Everything in Tolstoy's character,
says Russian writer, attains titanic
proportions. "As drinker he absorbed
fantastic quantities of liquor: AS
gambler he terrified his partners by
the boldness of his play. As soldier
he advanced gayly to bastion four, the
bastion of death at Sevastopol. and
there he made dying men laugh at his
witty sayings. He surpassed every
one by his prodigious activity in sport
as well as in literature"
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Playing Her Cards.

Tommy-May stay up little long
er? Ethel-What do you want to stay
up for? Tommy-I want to see you
and Mr.. Green playing cards. Mr..
Green But we are not going to play
cards. Tommy-Oh. yes. YOU are, for
1 heard mamma saying to Ethel that
everything depended on the way in
which she played her cards tonight.
.5 u: Bravery.
"You spoke very admiringly Of that
mans courage
Yes"
but he was never soldier or Z
fireman or policeman"
81 h No. but hes ssmnshroomss that ~
has gathered himsslf.' =
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A Heartless information:

A young Partisan, noted for his
grace and readiness as a second in
many duels, was asked by a friend to
accompany him to the mayors office
to af1ix his signature as witness to
the matrimonial registry. He con-
scented, but when the scene was reach
ed forgot himself. Just as the mayor
was ready for the last formalities he
broke OUT "Gentlemen, cannot this
affair be arranged? Is there no way
Of preventing this sad occurrence"
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The Duration of a Dream.

One evening Victor Hugo was die
tating letters to his secretary. Over
come by fatigue, the great man drop
ped into slumber. A few moments
afterward he awoke, haunted by a
dr>em which, as he thought. had ex-
tended over several hours. and he
blamed his secretary for sitting there
waiting for him instead of Weakening
him or else going away. What was
his surprise when the bewildered Sec
rotary told him that he had only just
finished writing the last sentence die
tated to him. $3.50 ~.
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Goodness.

Whatever mitigates the woes or In
creases the happiness Of others Is q
just criterion of goodness, and what
ever Injuries society at large or any
individual in it is a criterion of in.
iquity. One should not quarrel with
dog without reason sufficient to
vindicate one through all the courts
of morality. T..
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Plain Hunger.

doctor, what disease is the most
prevalent among the poor?"
can alarming condition in which the
nerve Examinations in the stomach
stimulated by accumulated secretions
Of the gastric glands send irritations
to the spinal cord by way of the pneu-
mogastric nerve" a
Goodness! How awful! And to think
that we rich people can do nothing for
those unfortunate ufferersw-Cleve
land Leader. .<.t-
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A Request.

81 shall never forget" says the emf
nent man Of wealth during the course
of his little speech on "How to Become
as I Am" II shall never forget how I
saved my first hundred dollars"
At this juncture weary individual
in the audience, who has heard this
story many times and has read It
many times more, interrupts:
~"Well, if you can't forget it, foI
heavens sake give the rest of US
chance to"-Chicago Post
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Agriculture.

No other human occupation opens 50
wide field for the profitable and
agreeable combination Of labor with
cultivated thought as agriculture. Ere
long the most valuable of all arts will
be the art of deriving comfortable
subsistence from the smallest area Of
land-Abraham Lincoln.
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A Friendly Tin,

Sapleigh-Would you-er-advise me
to- er-marry beautiful girl or SEN
sible girl? Hammersley-I'm afraid
you'll never be able to marry either,
old man. Sapleigh-Why not? Ham
mersley-We beautiful girl could
do better and sensible girl would
know observation-disclosures.
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All They Could Find

: "What's all that noise in the next
room?''
..My wife and three of her girl
friends are trying to play whist with
only forty seven cards in the pack
Louisville Courier-J Journal.
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FOR SALE-Houeshold furniture,
Majestic range, dining room taGIe
and chairs, iron bed, box spring
and mattress, chifioner, baby
buggy and cupboard. 423 Bemidii
avenue.
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PANIC BU|iC||IAl|.BI0O
BROUGHT out
Extra Session Bad for Busi-
ness, Old Guard Says.
DOUBT IT WILL BE CALLED

Prediction Made That President Will
Change His Mind When It Is Point
ed Out That Such Action "Wouid
Invite General Business Disaster
in the United States.
Washington, Feb. 21.-That an ex-
ira session invites a general business
calamity is the answer of the old
guard opposition to President Taft's
plain ultimatum that an extra session
will be called unless there is vote
in the senate on Canadian reciprocity
before March 4. The presidents ulti-
matum was conveyed to congress and
the public by Representative Mccall
in an interview given out after a con-
ference between the Massachusetts
representative and the president.
Soon thereafter senate leaders got
busy working up the bugaboo Of i'm
pending disaster. They discussed the
matter among themselves and with
newspaper men and they sent word
to the White House that the presi-
dents determination to call an extra
session was virtually an invitation to
serious trouble in the business world.
They argued that the entire tariff
question would be opened up by the
Democrats at an extra session and
that there could be but one result of
this, particularly since the business in.
terests of the country had barely had
time to compose themselves after the
agitation and uncertainty incident to
the enactment of the Payne-Aldrich
law. ~" -. .,...
president Taft doubtless thinks
now that he will call an extra session
If the Canadian reciprocity agreement
is not ratified by the senate, said one
of the old guard leaders, "but be-
lieve that when he, sees the certain
result of this he will change his mind.
l can't believe that the president will
deliberately invite general business
disaster"
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NeW-Cash- Want-Rate
, Gent a-WoTd

Where cash accompanies copy we
will publish all Want Ads" for half
cent a word per insertion. Where
cash does not accompany copy the
regular rate of one ceut word will
be charged.
EVERY NOME HAS 4 WANT AD
For Rent--For 5aIo..Exchange
--Aelp Wanted-.Work Wanted
..Etc...Etc.
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Out of the Question.

Geraldine-What did pa say when
you asked him for my hand? E.>
Gerald don't care to give his re-
marks in detail, but I couldn't marry
you if went where he told, me to-
New York Press. EEs
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Pleasant.

The Hosts Youngest - Don't your
shoes feel very uncomfortable when
you walk, Mrs. Nuryche? Mrs Nu-.
ryche-Dear me! What an extraordi-
nary question! Why do you ask, child?
The Hosts Youngest-Oh, only cos pa
said the other day since you'd come
onto your money you'd got far too big
FOR your boots.
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A Long Swallow.

"And you give the giraffe only one
lump Of sugar?" asked the little boy
at the ZOO
"Oh, yes" replied the keeper. Zone
lump goes long way with him.
Yonkers Statesman.
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In tho Beqinninq.

Adam-What are you thinking about?
Evelyn wondering if you and l
couldn't play a two handed game of
something for the worlds champion
ship.-Exchange. p.
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He Went

Visitor-Is your clock right? Tired
Hostess lat the end Of her patience and
politeness)-Oh. no: That's the one we
call the visitor Visitor-What quaint
name! Why? Hostess - Because 1t
doesn't 60. :..
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Good Reason.

II wouldn't be in Browns shoes just
now"
"Why notY
"He left them in the cellar, and they
dumped four tons of coal on them
before Brown was up."
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lWritten bal ,Irain..

As to writing in trains Mr.. William
LIE Queux has told how he wrote his
first novel on the morning and evening
travels to and from town in the days
when he was q subeditor on the Globe
But he sent his manuscript to a typist
before publisher. Sir Lewis Morris
also confessed that he wrote most Of
the epic of Hades' in his journeys
on the old steam traction underground.
London Chronicle.
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KNOWN VALUES

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ING ASSOCIATION PAPERS
WE ARE MEMBERS
Papers in all parts of the States and
Canada. Your wants supplied-anywhere AM
line by the best mediums in the country.
Get our membership lists-Check papers
'ou want. We do the rest
publishers Classified Advertising Associa.
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Pretty Poor.

HicksEBluffer is talking Of purchas-
ing an automobile. Wicks- Buffer!
Why. he couldn't buy a charge of am.
munition for an air gin!LBoston Tran,
script
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FOR SALE-A $500 coal stove
nearly new for $500. Also
new Hoosier Kitchen Cabinet.
Inquire at 81 MINI. Ave. Cup.
stairs.
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Make me an offer on N. E. ii of S.
w n Sec. 9-147-33. This is 200
acres of good ]apd and must be
sold at once. Must have the
money. Box Sc, Brooks. MINI.
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GETTING In Debt.

T - - Getting n Oebt. -
Poverty is hard. but debt Is horrible;
a man might as well have smoky
house and a scolding wife, which are
said to be the two worst evils Of car
ffe.-Spurge0n. N
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She Was Flippant.

Madam, it is not faces alone
that paint; it is souls. Madam-Oh,
you do interiors, then?-BostOn Tran
Bcript. .... ..-
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Loft Whom She learna

Left Whom She Learned.
II have been spending the week
training waitress."
what for?"
For the family she is now working
for."-Life.
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FOR SALE-Job type and body
type. Fonts Of 6 point to II
point. Prices furnished with
proof sheets upon request. Ad-
dress Pioneer Publishing Co., Be-
midi, MINI.
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Action Ends Long Filibuster
on Claims Bill.
WILL EXPEDITE BUSINESS
Under the Provisions of the New Res.
oIution Appropriation and Other
Measures Can Be Rushed Through
Without Amendment After Forty
Minutes Debate When TWo.thirds
of the House So Decides.


Washington, Feb. 21.-The great ma.
iority of the Democrats in the house
voted with the Republicans, 173 to 43,
for the adoption of rule providing
that all house rules can be suspended
on a two-thirds vote during the re-
mainder of the session, so that appro-
priation and other measures can be
rushed through without amendment
after forty minutes debate.
The adoption of the rule, which was
characterized by Mr.. Bennett of New
York as a gag" had the effect of
ending the three days filibuster
against the omnibus war claims bill,
which provides for the payment Of
$1,16O,00O of war claims, but does not
include any French spoliation or navy
yard overtime claims.
The claims bill was passed by two
thirds vote. The ayes and nays were
not demanded.
The rule adopted by the house prac-
tically puts the entire conduct of af-
fairs for, the next two weeks in the
hands of the speaker.
Quorum Is Present.
As soon as the house convened the
point of no quorum was made and a
roll call ordered. The clerk reported
POI members present, quorum. The
reading of the omnibus bill for amend
ments was begun.
Representative Roberts of Massa-
chusetts, one of the new filibusterers,
offered as an amendment the entire
list of French claims and demanded
the reading of the seventy printed
pages. Mr.. Mann made a point of Or
der that the amendment was not ger
name.
While this point was pending Rep
resentative Dalzell of Pennsylvania
brought in from the committee on
rules rule providing for the suspen.
sion Of the rules on all bills from now
until the end of the session.
Whatever suspension is invoked it
limits all discussion to forty minutes
on each measure Mr.. Dalzell said the
state of the public business required
the adoption of the rule.
Rule Helps Tariff Board.
The sundry civil bill, which will
soon be reported to the house by Rep
resentative Tawney, with an appro-
priation of 100000 for the purpose of
the tariff board, is assured of passage
under the terms of the gag rule adopt
ed in the house.
The rule provides that measures
may be passed under suspension of
the rules, thus barring amendments
and points of order. The house must
accept the bill in whole if two-thirds
of the house vote to take it up.
The opposition to the tariff board
provision, in order to defeat it, would
have to defeat the bill in whole, thus
forcing an extra session of congress
regardless of what happens to Cana
dian reciprocity. The bill providing
for permanent tariff board now
pending in the senate stands little or
no chance of passing that body. 1t is
therefore imperative if the admins
tration desires to continue its inquiries
into the tariff to carry the provision
In the sundry civil bill.
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A grateful dog is better than an un
grateful man.-Saadi.
An, Oversight.

An Oversight.
A glutton once made a bet that be
could eat ten apple dumpli4gs at one
sitting II the other party would pay
for the accompanying wine. After the
ninth dumping. however. be declared
himself beaten Sadly he regarded the
tenth dumping. which still reposed on
his plate. Shaking his finger at It, he
said: '.Ah:: 4 II I'd known you'd be
left over I'd have eaten you trst"
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4 Strike.

"Why don't you go to the dance to-
night, Harold? Haven't you any
hame?''
.'Yes, dad" said the Harvard stu
dent. "a fame. ybut no fuel" Life
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FOR SALE-Case stands and racks,
number 6, double news stand with
rack for 8 full sized cases. Good
as new. Sell regularly for S3:75.
We have E of these at 81 so each.
Bemidji Pioneer Publishing Co.
Bemidji, Mimi. F.
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FOR SALE-Job cases, triple cases,
quadrupple cases and lead and
slug cases, 4Oc each. Pioneer
Publishing Co. Bemidj.
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Letter to
DR.. Kilmer G. Co..
|BinghamptOn, N. Y.
PROVE WHAT swAnp.Roo1 WILL DO FOR YOU

PROVE WHAT SWAnP-Ro01 WILL DO FOR YOU
Send to DR.. Kilmer & Co. Binghamton.
N. T.. for sample bottle. 1t will con-
vince anyone. You will also receive a
booklet of valuable information, telling
all about the kidneys and bladder, when
writing. be sure to mention the "Bemidji
Daily Pioneer" For sale at all drug stores.
Price fifty-cents and e-doIlar.
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FOR SALE-S3OO 90 handles s
room house. bal small monthly
payment. Hard wood finish. A
snap. See H.. NJ. Young, City.
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They can conquer who believe they
ran. Dryden
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Good intentions Will never justify
had actions.
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a lady wanted to do work BY the
day. Mrs. L. G. Crothers. 713
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WANTED-Girl FIR Homework.
7l6 Minnesota Ave. Mrs. P. ].
O'Leary.
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HELP WANTED.

.WANTED-Girl for general house.
work. Good wages. 1906 Dewey
avenue.
WANTED-Scrub girl at Hotel
Markham.
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GEO. T. BAKER & co.
MANUFACTURING JEWELLERS.
ZIG Third St. Near Lake
Beltrami Ave.

WANTED - Competent girl for
general homework. Goou wages.
700 Minnesota.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-10

:, Elastic Bands. serins. ana A
Get h.o Q such Harness Hns ferc
Thousands to Undergo
~" those shown ahove-tne
FUSES ,.a-strap. elastic and spring ct tn.
tpr s,a sold by druestores: use1f-styied
strnment houses ano life miserable
"a eaxervbody who wears tnenl; von can
TOT e,eiS IN hen drawn so tight you tan
scarcely stand to keep ehen
no COED "t they often do immense barn
they squeeze the rup'are, o,ee 49, none
.transulstion-di into the pvt.n sntnal
in front-press against u
column a rhs pin Truth Is This.
pn,ture-as explained IN our Tree nuon
can't be relieved or warse[unIeas con
oe kep' he,d in place. Just Is 4 broken
s stan ca neto knit" X unless the parts are
held securely together sn,,,+ ia tn.
only way a rokea bone can be neia-the
r;cit kind OF truss Is the only tn,ns "a
the world that can Keep a rup'a'e -
What a difference It will make when
you get that kind OF truss ,,. :.
And you can get exactly that klh9 Oh
truss-w:thout risklns a cen' o. S'''
It's the famous Cluthe Truss or Cluthe
Automatic Messenger.
Far more than a truss1far IN more rnn anan
luCIELy q SSASS
So different from everything else for
rupture that it has received IL separate
patents.
Thousands say it is as comfortable as
their clothing.
No belt, elastic band or springs around
your waist, and no leg-straps-nothtng
to pinch, chafe. squeeze or bind. Self-reg-
ulating. self adjusting; It IS held in posi-
ton by sucton-can't shift OF slip-the
only truss IN existence that is honestly
guaranteed never to let the rupture come
out.
Try It without Rssking a Penny.
We have SO much faith In the C1uthe
Truss-we have seen it work wonders for
80 many others-that we want to make
one especially for your case and let you
wear It at our risk.
Wen give you plenty OF time to test it
Ii it doesn't keep your rupture from
coming out, when you are working and
1t all other times-if it doesn't put an
end to the trouble you've heretofore had
with your rupture-if you don't get better
right-away-then the II uss wat cost you
I cent.