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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-11-24
To Give Him the Sack.

Two noblemen in the reign of Maxi
milan u.-1564-1566-one a German
the other a Spanlard. who had each
rendered a great service to the en-
peror. asked the hand of his daughter
in marriage. Macmillan said that as
he esteemed them both alike it was
impossible to choose between them.
and therefore their own proves must
decide it; but, being unwilling to
risk the loss of either by enga ging
them in deadly combat, he ordered
large sack to be brought and declared
that he who should put his rival into
it should have his fair Helena. And
this whimsical combat was actually
performed in the presence Of the i'm
perial court and lasted an hour. The
unhappy Spanish nobleman was first
overcome, and the German succeeded
in enveloping him in the sack, putting
him upon his back and laying him at
the emperor's feet. This comical COM
bat is said to be the origin Of the
phrase 'Give him the sack" so COM
mon In the literature of counting.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-11-24
The Retort Genial.

A southern woman who is now past
her prime. but whose ready wit still
makes her a welcome guest wherever
she goes, tells the following story
about an encounter with what she
terms northern iceberg She was
at musical entertainment at pri-
vate house in New York, and at the
end of song which had been delight
fully rendered she turned with an ex-
clamation Of pleasure to a lady who
sat near and whom she knew by
sight, but had never met The wom-
an addressed looked at her in surprise
for a moment and then asked coldly,
Have 1 the pleasure of knowing
your
NO. was the answer. '3but I felt at
liberty to speak to You on account of
your being under such very great OBJ
legations to me-
"@WiH you have the goodness to e1-
plain what you mean?" said the New
York woman haughtily.
Merely that refused your hus-
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-11-24
The Vegetarian Oyster.


Oysters are most exemplary in the
matter of diet The oyster is well
nigh a vegetarian, living almost ex-
clusively on seaweed, including the
minute pine pollen OF the water.
Smaller animals form only 5 per cent
of his food. He is methodical feed
er, always dining between the hours
of l. and in the afternoon. When
he wants his meals he simply opens
his shell and let's the water flow in
through sort Of gill, which retains
the food, allowing the water to run
out again. 1t is only in frosty wealth
or that the oyster goes off his feed.
In order to protect himself as much
as possible from the cold he lies with
the bullying shell uppermost- In this
position he cannot open his shell and
must perforce go short Of food But
he would sooner starve than let the
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-11-24
cold water in to chill his delicate flesh.
Bless him!-London Chronicle.
In Mourning For Tigers.

The Mosa-Aroi, otherwise known in
Darrang as Bagh-l-aroi, the tiger folk,
subtribe or sept OF the Bara race.
still regard it as the correct thing to
go into mourning for tWenty-four
hours or so whenever tiger dies near
their village Solid food is tabooed-
no slight privation to the Kachari,
stout fellows and. in fact, the navvies
of Assam par excellence Then at the
end of the fast there must be gen
eral cleanup, the floors and walls be
ing smeared with a mud, clothes and
brazen utensils being thoroughly
cleansed in running water and earth
enware vessels that have been used
at all being actually broken and thrown
away. Lastly. santi=jal, the water OF
peace" is drunk and the flesh OF a
sacrificed fowl or pig eaten by all the
clansmen in common.-London Athe-
naeum
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-11-24
WAN TED

Ladies we are employing agents tn
sell our fall line of shirt waists. We
pay salary and Commission. Write
at once for full particulars to L. 3.
Bridges Co., Boston Block, Mime
apolis, MINI. o.
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band twenty nve years ago, replied
the little seutherner as she moved
away to seek a more congenial atmos-
phere
The Ordway new era., 1911-11-24

EW YORK.-No matter how
many times you walk along
Amsterdam avenue. In the
sixties. you will never see
Elizabeth O'Rourke in the
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PHYSICIAN ADVISES
CUTICURA REMEDIES

"Four years ago had places break
out on my wrist and on my shin which
would itch and burn by spells. and
scratching them would not seem to
give any relief When the trouble first
began. my wrist and shin itched like
poison. l would scratch those places
until they would bleed before l could
get any relief. Afterwards the places
would scale over. and the flesh un-
derneath would look red and feverish.
Sometimes 1t would begin to itch until
1t would waken me from my sleep.
and l would have to go through the
scratching ordeal again.
Our physician pronounced 1t dry
eczema" l used an ointment which
the doctor gave me. but 1t did no good.
Then he advised me to try the Cuti-
cura Remedies. AS this trouble has
been in our family for years. and is
considered hereditary, l felt anxious
to try to head 1t Off. l got the Cuti-
cura Soap. Ointment and Pills. and
they seemed to be just what l needed.
''The disease was making great
headway on my system until I got
the Cuticura Remedies which have
cleared my skin OF the great pest.
From the time the eczema healed four
years ago. until now. have never felt
any OF its pest. and I am thankful to
the Cuticura Soap and Ointment which
certainly cured me. l always use tho
Cuticura Soap for toilet. and l hope
other sufferers from skin diseases will
use the Cuticura Soap and Ointment"
(Signed) Irven Hutchison. Three Riv.
ers. Mich. Mar. 16, 1911. Although
Cuticura Soap and Ointment are sold
by druggists and dealers everywhere.
n sample OF each. with 32-page book.
will be mailed free on application to
"Cuticura." Dept. II X. Boston.
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Pink Of Politeness,

Frederick Townsend Martin was be
ing congratulated by n New York re.
porter on his interesting book.
And | do hope. SIR" the reporter
said. that the eloquent volume will
have an exceedingly large sale"
You are very polite" said MIR. Mar
tin. smiling In your politencss you
remind me OF n little American girl.
She was guest Mt n house party
in England. and one lovely afternoon.
as we were all taking tea on the ter.
race. with the vast facade Of the old
Elizabethan mansion rising up behind
us. and the gardens and lawns and
woodland spreading before us In the
golden afternoon sunlight-our host.
as We sat thus. waved his hand before
him and said:
"'As far as the eye can reach. all
this land belongs to me-
Then the little American girl
lisped politely:
And | trust. Lord Reginald. you
are not short-slghted.'
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Defiance Starch
10 ounces to the package-othcr starches
only II ounces-same price and
"DEFIAHCE" IS SUPERIOR QUALITY
In STRANGE Company.

The Nisitor-And what Is that gray
stone structure over there?
Tie Couricr-Lat ees re armory for
Ze soldiers.
The Visitor - All. yes. And that
long. low building that looks like u
train shcd-what Is that?
The Courier-Zat ees Ze arsenal.
The VISITOR see. And what Is the
big factory with the immense smoke
stack?
The Couricr-Zat ees re gr.a-reat
sron works where Is made re big gun
an ze shot an ze shell.
The Nisitor-And that peculiar look.
ing structure across the river-the
one with the rounded roof?
The Courier-Znt ees re powder
magazine.
The Eisitor-And what Is this mag
nificent marble structure with its won
derful dome and countless columns?
The Courier-Oh. Zat ecs only 20
palace OF peace. - Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
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An Infant cuv,er.

Miss Grisgs easily induced the
wealthy Mrs May 20 let her son Fred.
die Join the vacation class in natural
history that she was organizing for
children.
I'm sure he'll love IT," said Mrs
May. with surprising enthusiasm. And
you will find that he knows lot abou,
natural history already"
Indeed! That is very pleasant" :"
murmurcd Miss Griggs. vaguely. for
she was not prepared for scientific
aitainments in spoiled boy OF five.
YES" said Mrs. May. complacent.
ly. ever since Freddie was a baby
the chef has made all his blanc mango
in the shape of rabbits and squirrels.
and only lately he has begun to make
him marsnmallow frogs and chickens
and turtles. and Freddie simply wor.
ships them-you cant get hin. to
touch anything in n plain mould"
Il am sure" concluded Mrs. May.
that you will find Freddie very nd.
vanced for his age."-Youth's Com.
panlon.
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Business Instinct Strong.

A photographer tells as joke on
himself that 4 woman, accompanied
by n little boy. come into his studio
the other day. Il want my pickchcr
Took" she said. II see that you take
pickchcrs for four dollars n dozen this
week, so come fer mine. And l
want this little boy took in the same
pickers with me- Yes. madam
but. OF course. we make an extra
charge outside this special rate when
two pictures are taken at once" oh"
says the lady. but I'll keep the boy
in my lap. That's the way do in tho
street ears. and nobody ever says
ANYTHING
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A BRAIN WORKER.
Must Have the Kind OF Food That
Nourishes Brain.

Il am literary man whose nervous
energy Is n great part OF my stock in
trade. and ordinarily have little pa
tience with breakfast foods and the
extravagant claims made OF them. But
cannot withhold my acknowledge
mcnt Of the debt that | owe to Crate
Nuts food.
Il discovered long ago that the very
bulkiness Of the ordinary diet was not
calculated to give one clear head.
the power of sustained. accurate think
ing. / always felt heavy and sluggish
in mind Us we'll as body after eating
the ordinary meal. which diverted the
blood from the brain to the digestive
apparatus.
Il tried foods easy of digestion. but
ment. experimental with many break
fast foods and they. too, proved un-
satisfactory. till reached Grapc.Nuts.
And then the problem was solved.
"Grape.Nuts agreed with me per-
fectly from the beginning. satisfying
my hunger and supplying the nutri-
ment that SO many other prepared
foods lack.
Il had not been using it very long
before found that l was turning out
an unusual quantity and quality OF
work. Continued use has demonstrate.
ed to my entire satisfaction that
Grapc-Nuts food contains the elements
needed by the brain and nervous sy%
TEN of the hard working public wrl-
ter" Name given by Postum Co., Bat
tie Creek, Mich.
There's reason" and 1t Is eS-
planned in the little book, The ROAD
to Wellville," in pkgs.
Ever rcnd the above letter. A new
one appcnrs from timc to time. They
nre genuine, true, md full OF human
interest.
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doesn't realize. might laugh or shout
at me-"
Her Life's Monotony.
what do you do with your time?"
l asked.
Nothing. l help with the house,
work. but that's soon done. Then
there isn't anything else. walk
around-from the door in there TO
the window-and look out-then back
to the table in the back room. and
then to the window again. There
isn't much to see. There's no use for
me to try to fix up. or make clothes
I've Just let myself go. What's the
usa? I'm in prison. amin prison.
What do you think about. Eliza
beth?"
II don't know-most of the time
about my trouble. cry a great DEAL
am so sad. live 1t all over. every
day. What Is there for me to think
about? Or hope for? Or plan about!
You don't know how wretched / am.
Sometimes l cry out. But what's the
use?
II try to be patient. But what's the
use? What the reward? There isn't
anything in the world for me-.
We sat looking out the window at
the chimneys and the Uttered fire.
escapes and the washings Tapping IN
the wind. After few minutes
Elizabeth went on.
when first knew anything in the
hospital. they wouldn't let me see my
self. For weeks before that l was In
darkness, because Of the injury to my
eyes, but when | was in the light
wanted a handglass. They wouldn't
give 1t to me. My head was all bound
up. but didn't know.
"The nurse tried to break 1t to me,
but l didn't guess. Finally the day
came when they first unwound the
bandages from my head and saw
what had happened. l thought
couldn't live. The tearing the day 1t
heart. thought l would kill myself
rather than live thing like that.
But I didn't don't know why"
Keeps Torn T-esses.
Miserable Quasimodo. looking out
| over Paris from your refuge in Notre
Dame and watching the dying strug.
giles OF the only woman who had call.
ed you friend-wretched Man Who
Laughs" eating your heart out with
your Wolf-unhappy Cyrano. resign
ing your dreams OF love-were your
sufferings like this?
We sat there In silence. a few min
utes. then Elizabeth said. would
you like to see my hair?"
Without waiting for my answer.
she went over to an old trunk and be-
gan taking things out OF 1t.
| Finally she brought out shoe box.
I cannot explain the feeling Of horror
l had when l saw II. felt as II
were going to see dead thing. Not
a peaceful. quiet corpse. laid quietly
away. but some strnngled creature,
whose unhappy ghost refused to be
laid.
Then she opened II. and we stood
looking down at it-a great mass OF
curling auburn hair. that had been
cut from the machines when the acci.
dent happened. Some Of It was
snarled and broken. but in places It
triumphed into the Furnished waves
which had once laid so smoothly
upon the poor. marred head.
1T was pretty. wasn't IT," she said
putting gentle. caressing finger
lightly upon n curl.
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lingering the skirt Of her shapeless
black dress.
Twelve years ago. when Elizabeth
was l6. she followed the precedent OF
all her seven sisters and brothers
and went out to make her living. She
got a place with drug manufacture.
Ing firm. and from that time on all
the working hours OF the day were
passed there.
Before the Trouble.
1t was an uneventful life. Perhaps
II you had asked Elizabeth then II
she was happy and satisfied she
would have hcsitnted at declaring
that she was.
Two years ago Elizabeth had be-
come what Is technically known as a
pill-coatcr. In good times she made
seven dollars week-in slack sea.
son-well. she made less. II Is easy
to imagine that muniGccnt sum did
not purchase all the things Elizabeth
would have liked to ndorn herself
with to 20 to Coney Island and the
church fairs and the picnics OF the
O'Brien association with her young
man."
But Elizabeth had one glory-be
sides nice disposition and n simple.
kindly facc-she had n head Of beau
tiful. curling auburn hair.
We'll" said Elizabeth. "one morn.
ing--that morning l mean-the blow
pipe OF the machine kept falling down
on mo and l was very impatient
Every time 1t did that 1t meant that
| had lost time and could coat fewer
pills that day. You see. got two
cents n thousand. and to make dol.
lar you have to hurry. 1t fell down
again. so I climbed up to fix It. I
was getting down when I felt n lit.
tie tug at my head.
1T was my hair. caught in the
shnfting. I tried to pull 1t out. but 1t
wouldn't come.
II felt myself going up. scream.
ed I felt n horrible. horrible pain
something tearing-I was way up In
the air-I couldn't stand it-that tear
ing.
"Thcn something gave way. fell
I didn't know anything moro for Il
time. I couldn't see.
THE doctor came and put some
thing in my arm. It was days and
days later when ! came to In the hos
pital.
1t was sickening to hear It. But
she had described Just what had hap
rened. Her scalp had been torn on.
and her forehead and her ears Her
eyelids. too. were torn away. and only
a rclenting Fate forbore to snatch
along with them her eyes.
So you can see why she came in
to see me looking rs II she expected
n blow. She conceals her scars the
best she can. but what woman could
ever venture forth with that terrible
blight across her face and In her
soul?
Il cant bear to go any place." she
said. People look so. and I can see
many of them turn away In disgust.
You can't imagine how you feel to be
thing like that. And. oh, the chill.
dren-thnt is what I hate and what
hurts me most. They stare at me so
and the smallest ones are afraid Of
me-that's the worst. And I'm always
afraid some bad little boy. who
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Hopeless Task,

An automobile editor is out In west
ern Kansas making n log" for n
transcontinental road. A curious
former asked him what he was doing
Trying to make n log" replied the
auto editor.
You're up against 1t. stranger" re
piled tho farmer. THE Lord tried tc
make logs grow In western Kansas
but gave IT up long ago."
The Ordway new era., 1911-11-24

group OF women standing
around the entrance Of the New York
fiat building In which she lives laugh.
ing and exchanging the neishborhood
gossip or running out to the stores
near by. writes Maude II. Neal In the
New York World.
II you should nsk for her OF any
of the tenants they will look puzzled
and not be sure than any such person
lives there. although they could tell
you in n second II Mrs. Cnsey's hus.
band came in sober the night before
or whether Annie Allen Is still keep
ing company with her young man.
Yet It Is not 20 very long ago that
Elizabeth ORourke was one Of tina;
same group-a plump. good.natured
Irish girl. giving back rs good rs
she got" In the banter Of the neigh
borhood rs It passed In the early
evening hours. when the streets are
turned into n sort Of promenade for
the young people who have been tied
up in factories and stores all day.
Every morning she issued forth
briskly at the same hour and every
evening she came back. more or less
wearily. n well.known. well-likcd fig.
ure in her little world.
II you recall these facts to the Cos.
siping crowd at the doorway n flash
Of recollection will come across one
OF the faces. and In n low voice she
will say:
"Oh. you mean-why. she lives
fourth floor back. on the right"
AS you start to climb upward II
seems to you that you have left n
hush in the chattering group behind
you-a strange. significant silence
that you do not understand.
But II the world has forgotten
Elizabeth O'Rourke you find her very
far away from that same world when
you have entered her three-room fiat
where she lives with her old mother
and her brother. The chances are
that you won't see her.
Visitors Not Welcome.
When you have told the old woman
who peers out whom you are seeking
she bids you wait n moment Then
there is the sound OF hurrying steps
inside and door closing before you
are admitted. Then the mother tells
you that Elizabeth is not at home.
T1'WeNei, L uiu ctc ueCduSe
had called on business. to find out
what progress her suit for damages
for the loss of her hair had made.
knew Of her misfortune. so was
prepared to conceal any shock I
might feel. and very glad was that
! had myself in hand when she stood
before me with n hesitant. fearful
look in her eyes. like one who is ex.
pecting n blow.
1t was easy to see that Elizabeth
had been n goodlooking woman. with
soft, almost childish expression on
her face. She is 2S years old. and on
account of her good features her mis-
fortune has left her less repellent
than It otherwise would. Her health
seemed excellent, so that she is quite
likely to live to be 20 or so. but she
was very nervous at first as she sat
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a Hard. Cruel World.

Lives of explorers remind us
Folks will think our lives all crime.
If We do not leave behind us
Records where "" climbed the elm.
The Ordway new era., 1911-11-24

Smile on wash day. That's when you use
Red Cross Bag Blue. Clothes winter thas
snow. All groccrs.
The Ordway new era., 1911-11-24

The man who Is envious OF evil.
doers will soon be one himself.
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Tenses.

Teacher-Tommie. what Is the fu.
ture OF 81 give?"
Tommic-"You take."-I.ife.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-11-23
JUST BEFORE THE TROUBLE
How Could the Listener Know What
His Friend Was Trying
to Say7

II any man ever admired his wife,
that man was Howler. And when the
F~itzboodles asked Mrs. Howler to get
up and sing There Is a Garden in
My Face" the husband glowed WITH
pride.
No matter that she had a face like
a -hippopotamus and a voice like an
elephant. he sat beamjng as she sang,
and could not refrain from bending
over to his neighbor and Whispering:
Don't you think my wife's got a fine
voice."
"What?" said his neighbor. who
was a little deaf.
Don't O think my wife has got a
fine voice. repeated Howler.
"What?"
Don't you think my wife's got a
fine voice?" reared Howler.
Sorry" returned the neighbor,
shaking his head. Cant hear a word
you say. That awful woman over
there is making such a frightful row
singing"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-11-23
DICKINSON GOODS TO
BOYCOTT MUSTACHES
Hirsute Adornment Is Latest
Fad Among Male Students
Of College.

Carlisle, Pa-Special: Goods at
Dickinson college are threatening to
boycott the members of the senior
class, who are attempting to establish
the custom of adding dignity to their
collegiate position by growing mus
laches. The young men arc taking the
lea with enthusiasm, and Carlisle oar
bers are directed to stand back and
away from the %sprouting hirsute APP
pendages.
1t is quietly limited about Carlisle
that druggists Of the town are reap
ing a harvest from co!legians. many
Of whom are competing for the honor
of training the first full-grown mus
sache. The sale of skin food and mas
rage cream has increased wonderfully
during the last week.
But through 1T all there comes
volume of protests from the goods a
staid old Dickinson. who refuse to be
seen with the students growing the
rhorrid old things The threatened
boycott, they declare. will be against
he bristles and not the men.
Tie seniors. in q dignlfied way, are
enthusiastic about the lip decorations
Of various hues. but have been disap-
pointed in discovering no name suit
aole TO describe the peculiar adorn-
mentS.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-11-23
Four Spirits ore
Cause Of Divorce

ST. L~ouis-Special: Adolpll Schnell
has filed suit for divorce from Lillian
Trump Sclnell, a trance medium, who
remains in Kansas City While ne has
come home to his mother. Mr. Scllnell
seems very jealous of o spirits who,
ne says, ave been on most familiar
terms With his wife; Mike Conroy.
whom she calls her chief guide" and
shree Indians-Red Wing, his son. Red
Feather. AND High Horse.
OF course, Mi. Schnell does not name
the spirits as correspondents, but, he
says, feelingly. they have a bad habit
Of visiting his wife at night, and he
objects strongly to their attentions to
her and to the attentions she pays
them and to the attentions she COM
pels him to Il them. He swears he
cannot be happy with her while the
spirits are around: he cannot sleep
even; so, being ready to relinquish her
10 Mike Conroy. High Horse and the
others, he asks for a divorce.
You see he's as skinny as a rail-"
pathetically said his mother, Mrs. All
guest Schnell.
Il would get into my first sleep when
my wife would begin to yell" said
schnell, as If ~@rehearsing his complaint
In h suit. "When I'd ask her what
was h matter she would say, Mike
aonroy is here. He wants o to get
mp and talk to your grandfather When
Mike Conroy possessed her she talked
With a brogue- She would keep asking
me If l couldn't see my grandfather
standing owe by the chiffonier. When
she wanted to come out of a trance she
would send me to the kitchen to get a
drink of water for Mike Conroy.
couldn't see Mike, but she said he was
there. When I'd bring the water she
would drink it n say 1t made Mike
Conroy feel better. 1t was too deep for
me.
Il lost so much rest en%tertainging
Mike Conroy and the three Indians that
{ couldn't stand it any longer con-
GUIDED Schnell. plaintively.