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The Washington bee., 1911-01-14
JUDGING 4 CIGAR.
The Only Real Way to Find Its Quality
Is to Smoke It-SmeIIing
1t Is Useless.

On no point is the average smoker so
III Informed as that Of judging a cigar.
Nine times out Of ten, upon being
handed a cigar, he will hold it to his
nose, unlighted, sniff at the wrapper
with a critical air and deliver his YER
dict In a self satisfied manner. This
Characteristic maneuver is always q
source Of amusement to any tobacco
man who happens 10 observe it. There
Is only one way to ascertain the quail
tty OF cigar, and that is to smoke 1t.
No expert will pass judgment on 8
cigar until he has lighted IT and
smoked it well down toward the mid
die. The first and most important
point upon which he bases his opinion
Is the burn" Tobacco may have ev-
cry other virtue, but If 1t does not hold
the fire and burn evenly it is poor to-
bacco. Next in order OF Importance
comes the aromatic smoke must
have a pleasing ''smeIl;" next comes
the havor-the smoke must be smooth
and not ''scratchy" or bitter. Then
there is the color-rich brown, indicat-
ing ripe leaf, well cured-and last is
workmanship-good If the wrapper is
put on smoothly and the bunch is
made so that the cigar draws" freely
and Is neither too hard nor too spongy,
bad II the reverse.-Bohemian Maya
zine
The Washington bee., 1911-01-14
ADEN0IDS.
The Way These GroWths EndAassr
the Health Of Children,

The Way These Grovvths EndAasar
the Health Of Children.
Adenoids are curious little cauIifiow-
eF-like growths which appear at the
junction Of the nasal cavity and the
pharyrx. They are often observed at
birth, but they seldom cause discern
fort until some months later. Then
they interfere with respiration and
cause the baby to be restless. It tosses
In its sleep and wakens suddenly, cry
ing out as II in distress.
II adenoids are permitted to remain
they deform the mouth, teeth, throat,
chest and face. At their worst they
produce pop eyes and what is called d
frog face. They cause mouth breath
ing. with sn It's attendant evils. They
open the way for a hundred and one
us, from rupture of the eaFdrum, run
ming from the ears, coughs and tonsili-
tts to pulmonary tuberculosis.
L slight operation suffices 10 remove
th>m- The baby suffers little pain and
loSeS little blood. Out thsy come. and
with them the overgrown tonsiIs that
commonly accompany them. II they
are suffered TO remain they may never
be discovered. But Il is certain that fn
one way or another, directly OF indi-
rectly, they will cause damage.-Dr.
Leonard Keene Hirshbergin IN Define
HtaP
The Washington bee., 1911-01-14
An EpistoIarY Hint.

In the letter from Boston was q
special delivery stamp.
what did she send that for?" the
woman wondered. THE information
she wants can be sent in an ordinary
letter. 1t won't need to be sent spe-
ciaI."
''That stamp" said the man, ',s q
delicate hint to be quick about answer
Ing. It is a hurry up device used by
many men. 1t is very effective. A
two cent stamp does not always spur
one on to any special effort, but spe-
ciaI delivery stamp means that the
writer wants what be wants when he
wants 1t, and the most dilatory cor
respondent alive is not going to let any
grass grow between the scratches Of
his pen when answering. New York
Press.
The Washington bee., 1911-01-14
A Versatile PariSisn

A quaint Partisan character was
Mile. Montansier, an actress, who,
while on the stage one night, heard
Marie AntOinette say, How good that
cabbage soup they are eating smellsv'
The actress took a bowl round TO the
royal box and that night supped with
Marie Antotnette, an honor to which
the highest mobiles in France dared not
aspire, thence IN due course becoming
manager Of the fetes at Versailles.
Later she was a sort Of queen Of the
Palais Royal and sent to the war
band Of actors who performed farces
between two battles. She obtained
S,OO0,0 francs from the revolutionary
government, almost married Napoleon
or so Barras said-and had her last
love affair when she was eighty-fiYe
When she died she bequeathed all her
creditors to the king of France.
The Washington bee., 1911-01-14

49, ~~sSzU OI AusceTxxrEI FC L unnACu-
raj, but 1t IS not my fault. When the
general who had surrendered a repub-
lican town returned. saying easily, Il
have done everything" RobeSpierra
did ask, with an air Of inquiry,
"AFe you deadT' When Robespierre
coughed in bis cold harangue Garnier
did say, '@The blood OF Danton chokes
you" STAFFORD did say OF his own de-
seTtiOn OF parliament, eff 1 do it may
my life and death be set on a hill fer
all men to wonder at" DisraeH did
say, ''The time will come when you
shall hear me-"
The heroic is a fact, even when it is
fact OF coincidence or Of miracle,
aid fact is a thing which can be ad-
mitted without being explained.-G. Z.
Chesterton In London News.
The Washington bee., 1911-01-14
ROYAL MAIDS.
Il Is They Who Must Always % the
Proposing When They
Wish to Marry,

When a reigning queen is to be mar
red she must be the one to broach the
subject first to her future eonsort.
The same rule holds good with regard
30 all royal ladies who marry COM
moneFs.
The late Queen Victoria has told how
she mana ged to put the question to
Prince Albert-how she frs. showed
him Windsor and its beauties and the
distant landscape and then said, "AiI
this may be yours" The queen Of Hol-
land on a like occasion simply sent 8
sprig Of white heather, begging Prince
Henry to look out its meaning in a
book Of flowers and their meanings.
The Duchess OF Argyll took the fol-
lowing means Of proposing to the Mar
quts Of LorHs: She was about to attend
q state bail and gave It out that she
would choose as her partner for the
nrSt dance the man she intended to
honor. She selected the marquis, who
subsequently became her husband.
But perhaps the most interesting OF
al ways chosen was that Of the Ouch
ess OF Fife. She took the earl, as he
then was, to q drawer and showed him
its contents. There he saw q number
Of tribes he had given her at different
times, including sprigs OF several kinds
Of flowers, now dead, he had picked
for her at various times. He was
much impressed at the sight, nor did
it require words on her part to make /,
her meaning plain.-London Answers. |
The Washington bee., 1911-01-14
CORRECT SPELLING.
There Was Time When 1t Was MOI
Considered important

There Was Time When 1t Was Not
Considered Important.
The art of spelling words correctly
Is Of comparatively recent repute.
Time was when men and women did
not care, but wrote ahead without re-
gard to strict orthography. Nine. de
SeYigne, for instance, never learned
the proper way to write her name,
while it was remarked by Mime. de
MAintenon that at the College of st.
Cyr much precious time was wasted
IN learning how to spell.
It remained, however, for the En-
press Eugene tn 1868 at Compiegne to
put to q practical test the spelling
standard which obtained even among
the highest literary authorities. Thus
under the pretext OF theme proposed
to them for an examination g number
Of French academicians took down
from dictation a composition by Pros
per Merimee. Not one Immortal"
wrote without mistake.
As TO the empress, she could not un-
derstand 50 many faults being made
until it was conveyed to her that she
herself from the same dictation was
responsible for no less than pinety.
The emperor, again. made sixty. It is
but fair to add. however. that the die
tation was compiled expressly with
view TO focusing the difficulties not
only Of spelling, but grammar-Har-
pers Weekly.
The Washington bee., 1911-01-14
Yarmouth's Marrow Street.

Kitty Witches row, Great Yar-
mouth, can justly claim to be the mar
r0west street in the world, the en-
trance at one end being only twenty
nine inches and at the other fifty-six
inches. 1t gives some idea Of the
width when one mentions that neigh
bors can shake hands and put out each
others candles across the street! Why
these rows have been so constructed
has given rise to a good deal of dis
cussion. Some writer's give the reason
that when there was q very high tide
the water might flow through them;
others. in the event Of an invasion
they would prove an excellent means
Of defense or that the ground plans OF
the rows were suggested by the fisher
mems nets, which spread on the dunes
to dry, had a narrow pathway left be-
tween them, which represented the
rows. Yarmouth has 145 rows, and
their total length exceeds seven miles,
Kitty Witches being the most inter
esting and the narrowest Of all
The Washington bee., 1911-01-14
ANSWERED THE LETTER.
A Politician Won a Bet That American
Statesmen Reply to Courteous Let
ters From the HumbIest Citizens,

There is, or was a few years ago, q
neatly framed letter hanging In the
consulting room Of a Brooklyn doctor
which he found in his mail one winter
morning. 1t ran as follows:
Princeton. Jan. Il. 1854
Dear Str-I chesrfulIy accede 20 your
request and acknowledge the compliment
paid TO my wife and daughter by bestow-
Ing theH names upon your own twin
daughters, and hops these children may
be spared TO be OF constant comfort 70
thsar parents. Sincerely yours,
GROVER CLEVELAND.
The young doctors brain whIrled.
Being a bachelor and having no ac-
quaintance with the former president
be could not understand It at all.
The mystery was solved when :
friend Of the doctors, a Brooklyn poll
tician, met him. The politician had
made a bet with a cynical acquaintance
that any American statesman would
personally reply to q courteous letter
from the humbIest Of his countrymen.
The cynic took him up and named
Grover Cleveland. The terms of the
bet were that the answer to a letter
mailed on Jan 8 must be received be-
fore Jan. 25. Signing the young doc
tors name, the politician wrote Of
how his marriage had been blessed by
twin daughters Would it be asking
too much for an autograph letter to
frame which the sweet twins could
look upon and read when they grew
up and cherish ever afterward?
Mr.. Cleveland courteously and prompt
ly answered the letter and the poll
tician won his bet-New York Tribune.
The Washington bee., 1911-01-14
No Drums In the Middle Ages.

AS we come TO the middle ages,
when the nations Of modern Europe
were struggling into existence, we find
that at first the drum was not used
at all. So, although melody had been
known and practiced for many CEN
turtles, rhythm had been quite forgot
ten, for what there is left to US Of
the music Of the middle ages contains
no bars, and we know that it was
slowly and mOnotonously chanted,
without the least accent
In the eleventh century, however,
things began to improve, more partic-
ularIy as the crusaders brought into
Europe all sorts Of percussion instru-
ments from the east. Various kinds OF
drums, tambourines and cymbals were
then seen in Europe for the first time
since the days Of savages, and they
have been used, with very little
change, ever since.-St. Nicholas.
The Washington bee., 1911-01-14
MSntia Rzxs

There are X rays and z rays, and
there are also rays from those mantle
things that you put on gas burners 70
improve the light" The speaker,
photographer, pointed to a batch Of
foggkd plates. 81 know to my cOst
that there are mantle rays" said be.
For a month I stored new plates in
. closet along with mantle. and all
Of them got logged The mantle, you
see. contained tboriEm, = radioactive
substance that peaetrEtes q cardboard
PATS box as easily as It penerates
gzass- didn't know that TIL my doe
tor told me 50 lest week. Ny igno-
Eanee cost me over a hnnGzsS pIassAls
New York Press
The Washington bee., 1911-01-14
Munich an Artistic Leader.

Munich is in great part a creation Of
the nineteenth century. Yet when one
sees how artfully and lovingly she has
woven the new about whatever re-
mains of the old 1t is easy to under
stand why she has been Germany's
artistic leader for the last hundred
years and why such geniuses as Len
bach, Won Uhde. Schwanthaler, Orlan-
do df Lasso and Richard Strauss have
felt at home there. - Robert Haven
Schauffier In Century.
The Washington bee., 1911-01-14
London Snowstarms.

The purifying effect Of snOwstorm
on city air was shown in London by
experiments which demonstrated five
times the amount Of impurities on
week days, when all the factories are
active, as on Sundays. It was figured
out that nevertheless a single Sunday
snowstOrm carried to the surface Of
the county Of London 70 tons OF dis
solved solids, 142 tons Of suspended
matters, 1G0 tons Of coal, 25 tons Of
salt and a ton of ammonia.-LOndon
Chronicle.
The Washington bee., 1911-01-14
ROMANCE OF HISTORY.

Thsss Things Read Like Legends, but
Are Matters of Fact.
a peasant girl called half witted did
promise to defeat the victors OF Agin-
court and did it; It ought to be q
legend. but it happens to be q fact.
a poet and a poetess did far In love
ana eloPsd secretly to q sunny cline:
q : obviously a three volume novel,
bat Il happened. Nelson did die in the
set OF winning the one battle that
could change the world: it is = gross
b improbable coincidence but It i too
late to alter 1t now: Napoleon did win.
The Washington bee., 1911-01-14
How Faradax Refused q Pension

Lord Melbourne once announced to
Faraday that it was his pleasing duty
TO offer him pension, but, he added,
Il suppose all this science is humbug" :"
Faraday at once replied, eff that is
your opinion. my lord, l decline the
pension" and retired. Melbourne, on
81 have had a strange thing happen.
A man has declined a pension" But
these gentlemen knew Farsday's posi-
ton and reputation better than the
premier and urged him to rectify the
blunder Faraday was again inter
viewed, but Melbourne was obliged to
retract and apologize before the pen
sion was accepted.
The Washington bee., 1911-01-14
A Suddsn Start

''You used to go to school with Cop
peTs, the new millionaire, didn't your"
II did Fact is, I gave him bis first
start In life"
"HowT'
with bent pin. ."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Washington bee., 1911-01-14
The Desire For Annearanes.

The Village Grocer (peevishlyl-Look
here, Aaron! What makes you put the
big apples In the top Of the barl? The
Honest Farmer (cheerily)-What makes
you comb that long scalp lock over
your bald spot2-Puck.
The Washington bee., 1911-01-14
On His BirkhdaX.

He-The worst thing about me Is my
nose, I've got such beastly one. She
You shouldn't say such things about
a gift He-A gift7 I-ah-dou't un-
aerstand. She-Wasn't It a birthday
present?-New York Journal.
The Washington bee., 1911-01-14
Paid.

Miss Belle (warninglyi-sally. they
used to tell me when / was a little girl
that If I did not let coffee alone IT
would make me foolish Sally twho
owes her One)-WeIl, why admit your
Life
The Washington bee., 1911-01-14

Wherever we meet misery we owe
pity.-Dryden.
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Gull. IS The pronao Cuckoo.

The drongo shrike Is q bird Of pug
nacious disposition, especially at the
nesting season,swhen It guards its nest
with, for small bird, great ferocity.
Douglas Dewar, from whom this &C.
count is taken, says that he has watch.
ed pair Of these little birds attack
and drive away monkey which tried
to climb into the tree In which their
nest was placed. Indeed, 60 able q
fighter is the shrike that some other
birds, notably orioles and doves, ire
5quently build their nests in the same
tree In order. to share the benefit Of his
prowess. The drongo cuckoo lays its
eggs In the nests Of such birds as the
king crow. These are pugnacious,
even ferocious, and without some guile
cuckoo could not accomplish this
feat. But the drongo cuckoo is so like
the drongo shrike. even having the
same odd twist to its tail feathers, that
the king crow IL deceived BY the re-
semblance and shesitates to give fight
to what she takes to be one Of the pug
nacious shrikes.-New York World.
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Butter lDairyl 3. !. b !. \, . J. D !. !,
Variety Ii p uni,hmsn,, I

II was one Of the ,yagaries Of me-
dieval law that various local courts
executed their will On prisoners with
out interference from the higher
courts. says The Customs Of Old Eng
land They exhibited considerable
ingenuity lnssthe treatment Of prison.
eers. Here Is case at Liverpool In
October, 1855: zone Thomas johnson
had been apprehended for picking
purses. apparently he! underwent no
regular trial, but was dealt with SUM
marily, the program being aslfollows:
Z First he was imprisoned several days
sand nights, and then he9was. nailed
by the ear to post at the fesh sham
gbles. As the. ext item he was turned
out naked from the middle upward.
landsmany boys with witty rods whip
ped him out Of the. town. He was
then locked to u clog with an iron
chain and horse block until the Fri
day. morning lowing and finally alb
jured the, town abefore the mayor and
3bailifs, at the same time making res
titution Of 6s. Sd. to the wife of one
Henry Myln." 81.
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A Joke eon Hal, Neiahbor.

A queer old woman had horse
which was the pest Of the neighbor-
hood It especially delighted In graz
ing on certain neighbor's lawn. This
was great annoyance to him; but,
not wishing to have any trouble, be
decided to buy the old horse. He
made the woman an offer Of $40 for
the old animal, which she declined.
About two, weeks later she came to
her netghbor one day and told him she
was very sorry to part with the horse,
but as she was In? need of a little mon
ey she had decided to accept his offer.
The neighbor said, VERY well" and,
drawing out his purse. handed her
$40. She thanked him profusely and
started to leave when the man be-
thought himself and said. Where
shall send to get the horse, madame
"Oh, he is dead down yonder In the
canyon" the woman calmly replied
and marched on out.
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Bids for Completing Fill.

Sealed bids will be received by the
undersigned to be opened before the
City Council of the City of Bemidji,
at regular meeting to be held in
the council room in City Hall on
Monday, June 9Th, 1911 at O'Clock
p. m. for
Completing the fill on Beltrami
avenue, between Second street and
the 500 Depot, approximately POO
cubic yards.
Specifications are on file in the Of
fee of the City Clerk and the City
Engineer, where further informa-
ton can be obtained
City Council reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
Dated at Bemidji, Mimi, June
LIST, 1911.
GEO. STEIN,
City Clerk.
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The Judss 90 Whistle.

The most concise summing up on
record is attributed In a volume OF
legal "reminiscences called "Pie Pow
der" to Baron Bramwell. The de-
PENDANTS counsel had closed his case
without calling a witness whose COM
ing had been much expected Don't
you call Jones, Mr.. Blank 7" said the
judge significantly at the close of
c0unsel's address. Il do not, my
lord" replied the advocate. The
judge turned around to the jury and
gave vent to low and prolonged
whistle. "Whe-e-ewv' he said, or,
rather, whistled. "Gentlemen, consld-
er your verdict #
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o o o o O o o o o o O
PERSONALS o
n >N n n nrA- a "a ~ n

Mrs. A. H. Comstock is visiting
her parents at Detroit for a week. +
H. w. Johnson and wife of Sank
Centre, were Bemidji visitors today.
E. A. Shook, of Northome was
Bemidji business visitor yesterday.
Hans Bolstad of Mcintosh, visited
at the Markuson home one day this
week.
S. E. Thompson, q Tenstrike mer-
chant, was Bemidji business visit
or yesterday.
Ole G. Lee, one of the Bagley mer-
chants, transacted business in Be-
midi yesterday.
j. R. Nicholson of Alabama, boiler
inspector for the Hartford Insurance
company was in Bemidji today.
Mrs. G.. H. Hensell of Bagley is
the guest of her parents, Judge and
Mrs. H. w. Bailey, for a few days.
R. J. Rudsee of Bagley, who trav-
els for the Sprague Mercantile COM
pany Of Chicago, was in Bemidji to-
day. .
Thomas Cooper of Minneapolis,
who is connected with the state agri-
cultural college was in Bemidji to-
day.
Mrs. David Gill is entertaining her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. Fink and
brother, Herman of st. Paul, this
week.
Miss Helen Bisiar left this morn
1 ing for Brainerd and Fargo wher;.
she will be the guest of friends for a
short time.
H. E. Diemer of Bagley, who oper-
ates elevators at Gonvick, Trail City
and Thief River Falls, was in the
city this morning.
| Charles Emerson, travelling engi-
neer for the Minnesota & Interna-
tional railroad, was a business caller
in the city today.
! J. r.. Rasmussen Of Crookston, who
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Hi. Sudden Call.

The Masons Of Manhattan gave a
banquet. The POSTMASTER called upon
one brother whose name was not on
the program. 1t rather confused him.
Look here, Mr.. Toastmaster," said
he, this isn't exactly fair. You have
called upon me to make an ass Of my.
self without any preparation what
ever."-Kansas City Journal.
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has charge Of the IIamm Brewing
company interests In this territory
was in the city today 81 ss=s 81

has charge Of the Hamm Brewing
company interests In this territory
was in the city today
Judge q. W. Stanton, accompanied
by his court reporter, Lee La Baw,
left this morning for Grand Rapids,
where the June term Of district court
Tor Itasca county convened this
morning.
Mrs. w. "a. Mcdonald entertained
the Ladies Guild Of the Presby-
terrain Church this afternoon in hons
or Of Mrs. w. T. Dunningto and
Mrs. Weetman, both Of whom are to
leave the city next week.
L. r. Morier of Chicago. who rel
presents the Naugle Pole & Tie COM
pany Of Chicago in this territory has
returned from Kelliher where he has
spent several weeks docking after the
scompany's interests. Mr.. Morier
makes hisaheadquarterse in this city.
s.aMr. and Mrs. 4Dtek Bertram were
given farwell party last night in
their rooms in the Winter block,
Mr.. Bertram having given up his
position here. After spending sew
eral days outing on Lake Bemidji
they will visit with Mr.. Bertram's
parents in Brainerd.
T. L. Shevlin of Minneapolis, man
ager of the Crookston mill in this
city, arrived in Bemidji this morning,
and spent the day here in the inter-
ests Of his company. He was ac-
companied by George Beckwith, al
so of Minneapolis, who spent the
past winter here being connected
with the Crookston mill.
A. p White, president of the Nor
thern National bank, left last even
ing for Minneapolis where he will
join Mrs. White, and together they
will go to Detroit, where they will
go to Chicago by automobile. They
will be met at Chicago by Mr.. and
Mrs. Ike Black, of this city, and the
party will tour the east by auto
mobile
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According TO Rule.

According to Rule.
'sHow is your mother this morningT'
asked Mrs. Grey of the small boy who
came w1thsthe milk.
"She's BETTER he answered.
Can she sit up?" went on Mrs Grey.
mo, :" answered the literal young
ster. .She sits down, but. she stands
up. "-Woman'se Home Companion. as
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Aim Hioh.

No matter what you're doing. aim
for the highest point first. You may
land In jump. and II you fall that's
time enough to lower your aim. PEG.
pie. give you credit only for your best
effort. Sun.
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The Lubrioator.

Why do you always put pitcher Of
water and glass on the table before
an orator.
That" said the chairman of many
reception committees, lis to give him
something to do In case he forgets his
piece and has to stop and think
Washington Star. RI
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America.

Young Mr.. Highup- Going abroad
you say: But have you seen America
first? Mrs. Blase-oh. yes: there's
hardly spot In New York we haven't
visited. PUCK.
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Notice to Contractors,

5---s Netiee to Contractors, 81. 81 3.
I will receive bids for the construc-
ton of basement under the side
walk at the laundry to be built &C
cording to the plans and specifica-
lions of the city engineer.
J. J. TRASK,
Proprietor Bemidji Steam Laundry.