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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-12-21

meal ticket at every restaurant. l left my chum
right there. l paid my fare as far as l could and
beat it the rest of the way"
The court some years back, having broken into
town in substantially the same way did not hear
the boys story without feeling. During the re-
cital. the judicial mind had gone back to that
other day, now long gone, when he, penniess
lad had said good-by to his native town. So he
said to the boy:
my son, let me commend your judgment. ANY
boy who will ride the trucks to New York in
preference to going to Chicago and living with
his chum's aunt has the right spirit think this
town needs boys like you, and am going to let
you stay. Discharged"
Nothing can illustrate better than this incident
the lure Of New York. Perhaps other city ever
had so large percentage of the worlds popula-
ton blufed A bigger word than "bluffed" is
needed here but 1t does not come. The point is
that the city has the power to cast great spell,
and casts it. She makes comparisons. To
make comparisons would be to admit that there
are others in her class She says only: Il am the
wonderful city-come"
The call goes north to the edge of the frozen
world; east to the point where the east is west;
south as far as white man lives and west till
the west is east Not everybody comes, but every
body hears. Millions would like to come but
can't Everybody would like at least to see the
siren city. And, untold thousands do come One
railroad thinks nothing of dumping 100 900 stran-
gers into New York in a day
The reason for much coming is plain. Ev
erybodys likes to be mixed up with success The
bigger the success, the better. New York is uni
versally regarded as big success. 1t has the
tallest buildings, the richest men, the whitest
White Way" that ever cut streak through the
night and some Of the most prodigal disbursers
OF the circulating medium that ever dazzled any
community
In variety Of ways comes the message to
mix with this great successful become a part
Of this wonderful bigness Perhaps the newspa-
pers and the stage do the most to spread the lure
New York date-lines appear over the most impor-
tant Items of news. There seems to be only one
place in which anything worth while can happen.
Has Mr.. Morgan bought an old master or formed
a new trust? Where did he do it? New York.
Has Mr.. Rockefeller paid his annual visit to the
Office of Standard Oil? Yes-a New York dispatch
says so. Has Mr.. Carnegie slipped In the icy
park and sprained his ankle? What park Why,
Central Park, in New York, of course. And when
ever an Italian opera singer, a Russian revolu-
ZIONIST. or Irish patriot comes to this country
where does he land? At New York. What city
sends out the news? New York
As an advertiser of the glories and splendor of
this great town, the stage second only to the
press.
Twenty years ago. Nevada youth went to see
q show in Carson City The show was that old
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-12-21
Breaking a Hobo's Heart.

Manager Gus Hartz was standing
near the opera house box Office when
one of two panhandlers who had en-
tered the lobby approached him, and,
holding out an addressed and sealed
envelope, begged for the price of a
postage stamp.
ITS for me mudder, boss" he sniv-
eled. "You'se wouldn't turn down err
guy fer de price er de stamp, would
youse?"
Never said the manager, deftly
grasping the envelope and throwing it
through the box office window. Here,
Fred" ADDRESSING himself to Treas.
urer Fred Coan, STAMP this and have
it mailed"
The velocity of the proceeding fair
ly took the panhandler's breath away.
Then, backing away to where his part
ner awaited him, he whispered: Moth
in doing, bottle guys wise. "-Cleve-
land Leader.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-12-21

Keep your house and your belong,
ings clean. Let the blessed sun, the
greatest physician in the world, get
all through you and all about you.
Get your full share of the free air OF
heaven. Eat to live and not live to
eat" as a sage philosopher of the long
ago tells us. Keep your house clean
in which you live and keep the
house" in which your life lives
clean, and all will be well.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-12-21

thrown out. Next the question of wear
and tear Is considered and again the
specification is stated that each special
kind of cloth will stand a strain of so
many pounds to the inch work way
and so many pounds to the inch filling
way. So after weighing, the next test
Is to cut sample and try in a ma
chine the strength of the cloth. If it
won't stand this test the cloth is
thrown out
After the cloth has been pronounced
perfect for weight and strength. the
dye tests are made: It must stand two
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-12-21

ci0c contracts for various sorts of
cloth are elaborate and go into the
technical side of the matter; the num-
Der of threads to be use to the yard,
the kind of wool to be used in the
manufacture-for the United States
soldier has to be we'll dressed In
clothes that will stand the strain of
weather and of work. On Governors
island. New York city, there is test
ing laboratory tor cloth A specifica-
ton of the weight per linear yard OF
each kind Of cloth is weighed. and Il
1t falls short of the proper weight It Is
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-12-21
NEW NORT NI4Z7p
ERONZ ER0|H eLkRSv


big town. Going to run a
train driven by electricity!
: Going to run a train bearing
fifteen hundred human be-
ings, each of whom has put
his life, for a time, in her
sons keeping! Such conf.
dence as the company must
have had in her boy to in.
trust him with so grave a
responsibility. Oh, it is such
comfort to her to know
that her son, whom she has
loved since she felt his first
heartbeat; for whom she has
toiled and suffered and de-
MED herself-it is such a
comfort to her to know that
he has been recognized at
what she knows to be his
true worth, by the most won
derful city in the world.
A year later, what rejoicing
there was in the little home
when the boy wrote that he
was coming back on a vaca-
ton. Mother could hardly
read the letter, she was so
excited. Ran to the fields to
tell father. Ran back to get
dinner. Could hardly cook
burned the eggs to a crisp,
som ethinp she had NOT dnna
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-12-21

acid tests for perspiration and the ma.
terial must stand boiling for ten min
utes in certain soap solution, show
ing that it will stand washing. with
strong alkalis; and finally comes the
weather test, the material beng ex.
posed 80 days on the roof without
changing color appreciably, If the
cloth has passed its examinations sue
cessfully, each yard of each piece is
Inspected, being run over machines
for the purpose. while inspectors
watch for any imperfeetions in the
weave.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-12-21
CLOTH GOVERNMENT BUYS
That Stand the Strain of Wealth
err and Work.

The men of the United States army
come nearer knowing to a certainty
what they are buying in the way of
cloth than do any other consumers in
the country. When the government
gives out million dollar cloth con.
tract. it sees to It that It gets material
according to specifications. The spe-
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-12-21

A New York woman has undertaken
a crusade against the long hatpin. The
pin is real danger, and while won.
en- may resent the regulation of any
part of their attire by law, their own
good sense should convince them of
the propriety of making this article
less of a menace to the public.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-12-21

Emperor William is to have forty au.
tomobiles during the ensuing season.
but even as King of Prussia and EN-.
peror of Germany he will be unable
to ride in more than one of his auto.
mobiles at time.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-12-21

A New York Judge has severely
criticised Cornelius Vanderbilt be-
cause he crossed his legs in the court
room. Mr.. Vanderbilt should respect
fully content himself with the twid
ding of his thumbs or the twisting Of
his mustache.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-12-21

A practical joker applied a lighted
match to load of hay in East Lynn.
Mass. and achieved the gigantic
stroke of humor of burning up four
buildings. He made bigger hit than
most of his jocose tribe.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-12-21

Gotham telephone authorities assert
that there is little profanity now or
rude language used over the tele.
phone. Possibly and paradoxically.
the profanity and rude language are
when the wire is busy.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-12-21

that rich persons would not think of stealing YET
against them as the law is, patrons OF the oox'
cars nour into New York at all seasons Of the
year.
An Ohio boy, one morning last winter, was IN
court for beating his way into the metropolis He
was only sixteen years old, and rather small for
his age His coat fitted him little too soon and
anxlegrease was on It, Hadn't had time TO Slick
up since he was pulled from the trucks Still' ne
was cheerful Answered the courts questions as
II it were pleasure. Told all aboAt the folks at
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-12-21

Bugs are reported to have damaged
this years peach crop to the extent of
$4,000. 900. We sometimes wonder
whether the country would be able to
stagger along under the burden of it's
peach crop If the peaches were to es-
cape being damaged by frosts and
bugs.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-12-21

In so years. says Jap. the little
brown men of Nippon will be as tall
as any other nation. Their present de
aeiency he attributes to centuries of
squatting tailorfashion, which has re
stricted the circulation of the blood
in their lower extremities. Yet hasn't
there been something said about the
impossibility of man adding to bis
HtaSare by taking though
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-12-21

One of New England's many preach.
ers makes the announcement that
American women have ceased to blush.
Pouf! Why should any woman ever
blush at what good preacher says
to her?
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-12-21
Out of Date!

Il am going to ask your father to
night for your hand in marriage"
How dreadfully old-fashioned YOU
are"
ain what way?"
Don't ask him; tell him" I
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-12-21
ResinoI Ointment Cured When Moth.
ing Else Would.

have had a breaking out on my
neck every summer with something
like Eczema, and nothing ever cured
it until used Resinol Barbara Car
penter, ogden, S. c. For sale at all
drug stores.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-12-21

home, and why he left home.
He and another boy craved
the big life. They wanted to
be in the midst of something
and be something. Only, the
other boy had a little hitch to
his ambitions. He wanted to
go to Chicago, where he had
an aunt who, in an emer-
gency, might be induced to
provide food.
The boy who stood before
His Honor waved his COM
radc away.
81 told my chum," he said,
chat | would rather be in
New York, broke and hungry,
than be in Chicago with a
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-12-21

Statistics show that 1878 persons
n minute are carried on the Chicago
traction lines. They are not all on
one car, though sometimes it seems as
they were.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-12-21
His Effort.

Now, Johnny" said the teacher,
you may try your hand at writing
short story
A few minutes later Johnny handed
up his slate on which was written:
us boys all loves our teacher
| Harper's Bazaar
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-12-21

It develops that the Gotham police
call the record of complaints from
citizens, the squeai book Which Is
racetious but hardly reassuring to the
citizens.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-12-21

ten cents day is enough for
food" opines Prof. Henderson Of Har-
ward, but we doubt whether the pro.
fessor is one of those who practice
what they preach.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-12-21
A Distinction.

Jim may not be successful man."
said the optimist, "but he's ull of pos
sibilities."
Perhaps" grunted the ,ynic. but
not of probabilities"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-12-21

A protest is being made in England
against the tone of British novels,
This ought to be just the boost to bus
mess that the publishers have been
looking for.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-12-21

A university professor of Chicago
says that detective stories are good
cures for seasickness. This leaves
something of hiatus in uses for the
higher literature.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-12-21

New York has a four-year-old boy
with suicidal mania. Possibly he has
read the theory that the good die
young.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-12-21

A dealer has been fined $500 for sell
ing loaded dice. Loaded dice are use
less, anyway, as the Industrious man
can lose enough with the straight
kind.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-12-21

An Illinois youth has been barred
from enlistment in the navy because
he has large ears. Is beauty one OF
the requirements in our navy?
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-12-21

What an awful thing 1t would be II
the son in whom your hopes are cen
tered were to grow up to be college
professor.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-12-21

It cost 1,125 lives to dig Pennsyl.
vania coal last year. The inventors
who are going to get us our heat d.
rect from the sun should hurry up.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-12-21

The Oklahoma woman who has thir-
teen sons, all under 5 years of age,
probably also has her hands full most
of the time.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-12-21

A fashionable young Boston woman
has learned to saw wood, but she has
not learned to say nothing.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-12-21

A New England woman boasts that
she is rich and has not bought new
hat in 40 years. Any woman could
get rich that way
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-12-21

A Los Angeles man drank carbolic
acid, cut his throat and jumped from
n skyscraper. If thing is worth do
ing it's worth doing well.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-12-21

A sculptor named Butensky is COM
Ing to the front. You can't keep a
man with that name in the rear.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-12-21

At all events. anyone who lives
year In Reno in order to get divorce
Is entitled to some recompense.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-12-21

1t has been decided that the ugliest
phrase in the English language is
please remit"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-12-21

Sauerkraut is said to contain the
longevity germ. But who wants
To-?
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-12-21

Better keep the straw hat in hiding
for few days yet.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-12-21

After all, what woman would want
to wear harem skirt If it did not
attract a crowd?
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-12-21
Fairly Won

who gave We tn black eye, JIM"
Nobody gave it t me. had
t. fight fer it"-LifI
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-12-21

A baseball bat in the hands Of the
small boy strikes a blow for health.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-12-21
OQpNaE1T 6I RENRSoN <Dl1 %

0 ride into New YorK on ITeIBHC
train Is a heinous offense. The law
says so. Railroad companies sug-
gested the law and secured its enact
ment. They prefer to handle their
passenger traffic in the regular way.
Fares cannot so easily be collected
from passengers who are secreted
around the trucks. Besides, freight
train travellers have gained the repu-
tation of being uncertain persons.
They sometimes steal small things
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1911-11-28
= Q . q q Q 90 @ 100 o 9 o
. PERSONALS. 9
80 y 90 . -

]. Reid Of Blackduck, is a business
visitor in the city today.
Miss Isla Erickson.of Tenstrike,
spent yesterday in: the: city shopping.
Attorney Geo. Spear of Grand
Rapids, issin the city today on legal
business g..
J. E. Kulander, merchant of
Walker, was in the city yesterday on
business. -:
Frank -Keyes, a merchant of Inter-
national Falls, was a Bemidji yisi-
tor yesterday.s=z~s. 50 ~
Ike Bloosten lett this afternoon for
Red Lake where he will be gone ov-
er Thanksgiving;
Mrs. E. r.. Jefferson of Duluth is
the guest Of her daughter; Mrs. A. A..
Wartield, for some time.
Stanley Thompson. son of S. E.
Thompson of Tenstrike, is in the
city for a few days for medical
treatment.
Miss Katherine sLaFontissee has
returned from a three months visit
with relatives. through the southern
part of the state.
Mrs. ]. E. Lundrigan Of Cass Lake,
spent last evening and this morning
in the city as the guest of Mrs. D..
L. Stanton, returning home at noon.
| HerbetI Rhoda of Long Prairie,
who ha sheen the guest at the home
of his brother during the past few
days, will return. to his home to-
morrow. e..
! Miss Nell Shannon, who is at
tending the Moorhead Normal, will
arrive in the city tomorrow to
spend Thanksgiving at the home of
her parents.
Miss Ethel Getchell will arrive in
the city tomorrow from Moorhead
where she is attending the Normal
and will be the guest of her parents
over Thanksgiving.
c. ]. Volliner of Thief River
Falls, is in the city today on busi-
ness. Mr.. -Volliner is a stockholder
in the new $50, ,998; hotel which will
be built at Thief River Falls.
H. Brummond of Thief River
Falls, proprietor of the 0gema Hotel,
was in the city last evening en- route
to Walker on business. He will re-
turn to Bemidji this evening.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1911-11-28
Cloani1fnaaa md Arhanio.

" AlOA1t0O10s AUQ AtO0ut0s
N Styria and Carinthia there is
much arsenic eating among the peas.
ants. The women take it to give
themselves q good complexion and to
make their hair 6nes and glossy. The
men take It because they believe that
Il gives them wind In climbing IN the
chase after chamois. IN Styria and
Carinthia It is known that an arsenic
eater can never be broken OF the habit
and that II arsenic be compulsorily
Kept from the eater death rapidly en-
sues. It IS believed IN. the Tamar-
and this is perhaps true that an ar
senic worker is at for no other work.
He must remain at this occupation.
Health and breath fail him at other
employments, Eventually it may be
that chronic arsenical poisoning en-
sues, But this may be STAYED OF, II
not wholly prevented. by scrupulous
cleanliness, by care taken not only to
wash in the changing house." but to
bathe freely at home. As one OF the
foremen said to the writer, Against,
arsenic the best antidote is soap taken
externally. - Chambers Journal.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1911-11-28
RAILROAD TINE CARDS
500 RAILROADz

162 East Bound Leaves 9:45 q. m.
163 West Bound Leaves 4:37 p. N.
1876 East Bound Leaves 2:45 p. m.
187 West Bound Leaves 1888 q. M.
GREAT NORTHERN
33 West Bound Leaves $3.50 p. m.
"a East Bound Leaves 1908 p. m.
35 West Bound Leaves 3:42 a. m.
36 East Bound Leaves 1:2O a. m.
LOS North Bound Arrives 7:45 p. m.
log South Bound Leaves 6:30 a.. m.
Freight West Leaves at 500 a. m.
Freight East Leaves at $3.50 p. m.
Minnesota & international
81 South Bound Leaves 8:15 a. m.
81. North Bound Leaves 6:1O p. m.
"a South Bound Leaves 11.35 p. m.
50 North Bound Leaves 20 q. N.
Freight South Leaves at 1880 a. m.
Freight North Leaves at 900 q. m.
Mimi. Red Lake & Man.
l North Bound Leaves 1886 p. m.
2 South Bound Leaves 1890 q. m.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1911-11-28
Artistic. Leather. Gifts.


Some charming. Christmas gifts can
be! made from scolored soft leather
skins, which are sold now in almost
all shops. For an example Of such
homemade. presents take magazine
covers. They can be inexpensively
constructed and are suitable, as far
as good form goes, to give to men
friends. incidentally nothing could be
simpler than the manufacture Of these
covers. for woman has only to take
the measurements Of some book and
then make the leather slip large
enough to be slipped on easily.
A fat piece Of leather is cut accord.
ing to dimensions, there being cor
responding piece Of silk, preferably the
same color. There must be a piece of
thin canvas stiffening, about half an
inch wide. in strip long enough to
go around the outer edge of the
leather. .>.s.7: ..1.s..-- 50; H.
This strip must be basted down care.
fully to keep the leather on a :flat4sur'
face and thus avoid pucker. The
canvas must then be placed about half
an inch from the edge In this way
an even, stiff line is made, and over It
the soft leather must be turned. The
silk is basted down, putting the. raw
edge in, and the whole carefully sewed
on the machine.
This, done, two ends must be folded
so they will form pockets to hold the
magazine. These pocket aaps,, as, one
might call them, need not be more
than four inches deep, for this width
will hold the book securely and yet
admit of it's being removed without, q
struggle The flaps must be stitched
together on the machine. This com.
pletes the case.
A girl. who has any. knack at paint.
ing or poker work may make most
effective round or square covers OF
leather by choosing her own designs
or by having them outlined. ': ~
Bags Of endless kinds also may be
manufactured. The leather box Illus.
trated, designed for collars and cuffs,
has drawer for holding studs and
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1911-11-28
y piscatoriaI Gunner.

- tptSSASOTt0J \SubvUVT
The jaculator. fish, the piscatorial gun
sneraof the Jayan lakes, uses his mouth
sas squirt gun and is a marksman OF
no mean ability. Go to small lake or
pond flied with specimens Of jacula-f
tors, place stake or pole In the water
with the end projecting from one to
three feet above the surface, place a
beetle sly on top Of the pole and
await developments. Soon the water
viii be swarming with inny gunners,
each anxious for a shot at the tender
morsele which the eeKperimenter has
placed, In full view. Presently one
comes to the surface, steadily observes
his prey and measures the distance.
Instantly he screws his, mouth into the
funniest shapes ina aginable. discharges
q stream OF water with precision equal
to any sharpshooter and knocks the fly
or beetle into the water, where he is in
stantly devoured by the successful
Nimrod or some of his hungry horde.
This sport may be kept up as long as
the supply Of beetles and flies holds
out.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1911-11-28
DON'T PuLLI.OuT !.
The GRAY HAIRS
: = s22-s %
a. Few Applications, Of a Simple Rem
# edy Will Bring Back the Ma
~. tural Co)er.

~ "Pull out one gray hair and doz-
en- will take its place" is an old say
ing, which is to, great extent true,
if no steps are taken to stop the
cause. When gray hairs appear it is
a sign that Nature needs assistance
1t is Natures call. for help. Gray
hair, dull, lffeless hal, or hair thar
lis falling out, is not necessarily q
sign of advancing age, for there are
thousands, of elderly people with per-
feet heads of hair without a single
streak Of. gray.
When gray hairs come, or when
the hair seems Nteless or dead,
some good, relfHble hafrzrestortne
treatment should be resorted to at
once. Specialists say that one OF the
best preparations to use is the old
fashioned "sage tea. which our
grandparents used. The best prepa-
ration of this kind is Wyeth's Sage
and Sulphur Hair Remedy, prepa-
ration of domestic sage and sulphur,
scientifically compounded with later
discovered hair tonics and stimulants,
the whole mixture being carefully
balanced and tested by experts.
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur is clean
and wholesome and perfectly harm
less. It refreshes dry, parched hair,
removes dandruff and gradually re-
stores faded or gray hair to its ma
tural color.
- Don't delay another minute. Start
using Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur at
once and see what a difference a few
days treatment will make in your
hair.
This preparation is offered to the
public at fifty cents a bottle, and Is
recommended and sold by all drug
gists.