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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-03-04
CONSCIENCE OF THE SCOTCH
Tourists Who Wanted a Boat Ride
on Sunday Finally OVercame
Sandy's ScrupIes.

A couple of tourists staying at a
village which is in close proximity to
q we'll known Scottish loch had a fancy
one fine Sunday to so for row on the
loch. They accordingly sailed forth
in search Of the boatman, whom they
met just leaving his house dressed in
his Sunday best and carrying Bible
under his arm.
I'VE want to go for a row." said one
of the tourists.
'Dae We no. ken it's the Sawbath?'
answered Sandy; yell no. get boat
frae me the day, forbye I'll haze We tae
ken that am an elder O. the kirk.''
Yes, yes" expostulated the tour.
lists, that's all very we'll for you, but
we don't require you with us. You
can go to church; we can row our.
selves"
"4Ay, ay," said the elder, "but jist
think whit the meenister'll say"
Never mind the minister" was
the reply; "he will know nothing about
it. We will pay you WELL"
"Ah, weel," said Sandy, "I'll no. let
We the boat, bit I'll tell We whit Ill
dae. Dae We see yon wee boat1e doom
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-03-04
Graceful East Indians.

Describing the women of India,
writer says: Even the most withered
toil-worn bag has dignity Of carriage
and grace of motion that the west
ern woman might envy The sarl Is
draped in an easy flowing style and
adjusted as it slips back with grace
full turn of the silver bangled arm,
the skinny legs move rythmlcally, and
the small feet fall with silent and
pantherlike tread. 1t is the beauty
of natural and untrammeled motion,
and says much in favor OF the abolt
ton of the corset, for the Indian wo.
men retain their uprightness and sup.
pleness of figure till bowed with age.
1.-THE commonest type is the coolie
woman, who undertakes all sorts OF
rough work, carrying heavy burdens
on her head, and she is, perhaps, the
least attractive, for her workaday
garments are usually faded and dirty;
yet, even among this poor class OF
burden bearers, We see many with
handsome straight features and supple
we'll proportional figures.
mo matter how poor their gar
ments, jewelry of some sort is worn;
necklaces of gold or beads, colored
glass or silver bangles and heavy sill
yer anklets.''
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-03-04
OVERWORK is GREAT FOLLY
Words OF Two Prominent Men That
Should be Considered by Every
Busy Person.

Woman can rail at the folly OF
overwork and she gets scant heed.
Here is what two prominent men have
to say about 1t. Whether they prac-
tice as they preach is best known to
themselves. but the sentiment is all
right
Chauncey Depew has said: 81 do not
believe in overwork, and the body can
not endure it,
Kirkham, In his "Recources,' writes:
III We do not play enough it is be-
cause We are overload Of business
and because the modern ideal is, not
Il well-rounded man Of elevated mind,
healthy body and divers resources, but
rich man, man Of prOperty-of one
resource only. Another reason is, play
Implies leisure, and leisure is the
cardinal hereSy against the religion of
trade, the dogma Of business. The
orthodox view is life of constant eff
fort, followed by retirement and rest.
The fruit of that doctrine is host of
prematurely old men, synical, dyspep.
tic, nervously depleted, without re-
sources, but with money; that is to
say, dead men,"
II instead of nagging, the worrying
wife or mother has those two para.
graphs stuck in the mirror of the man
whose overwork is rankest folly, she
may make an impression before the
overstrain has earned its sure penalty
Of bad breakdown.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-03-04
M0LDING OF A CHARACTER
Matter Of the Greatest Moment to
Which Too Little Thought 10
Directed.

TO nothing in life perhaps, is there
directed so little thought as to the
shaping Of career-the molding of a
character. Thousands Of men and
women around us live their Indifferent
lives. and pass away without doing
anything really worth while, failing to
get out of life its best and most beau
tiful. We need not achieve wonder.
full things or become great personages
high in the esteem of the world: it
matters not whether we are king or
peasant, the stamp of merit is placed
on those who give their whole-hearted
attention to whatever they undertake.
Whether it be the making on an intri-
cate marvel of workmanship or the ex-
ecution OF everyday duties. Whatever
IS assigned to-us should call forth the
hest that Is in u.s.
Let us not be afraid to examine our
faults. 1t requires courage, certainly,
to weigh our own defects and look
them bravely in the face: but it is
only by SO doing that We may over
come them and cast them aside. Shall
we be content to drift along without
striving to rise above the level of
those who do not care? Our charac-
ter lies in our own hands. There is no
one else in the world who can
make or mar it. We may be influ-
enced, of course, by good or evil as
sociates, but with ourselves lies the
uniform molding of our career. We
are the sculptors, our life is the clay.
We can make it an indistinguishable
mass Of material or the masterpiece of
Michelangelo. Which shall we
choose
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-03-04
GOOD REASON FOR VACATION
After All, There Is Something OF
Truth In Argument Put Forth
by Whittier.

81 am determined to go on a vaca
toni"
Whittier looked almost fierce as he
spoke. Cleverton regarded him witt
a Quizzical look.
You have comfortable home?" he
asked.
"Splendid; nothing could be better
And a loving wife?'
"None more so. Studies to please
all the time. Never obtrudes herself
and is silent when desirable"
You are in good physical condi
tion?"
Very: never felt better"
mo trouble OF any sort, no hidden
worry that you want to get away
from?"
None whatever. Everything is
serene"
What, then, is the reason for your
going?'
Whittier smiled.
"My dear boy" he replied, don't
you know that when everything Is
running smoothly, when there is abso
lutely no cause for complaint, when
you simply couldn't improve on the
present condition If you tried-don't
you understand that then the pure
and unauthorized cussedness OF hui
man nature absolutely demands that
something be done to upset the har
mony of things? That's why I'm
going ON a vacation. I'm looking to1
trouble"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-03-04
GRAY Leaved Plants.

Next to green, gray is the restfulest
and most satisfactory color to be had
in foliage. We now have so many
hardy plants with gray foliage that we
can choose one for each month Of
bloom and color of flower.
Among them are the silvery milfoil,
golddust, the white and purple rock
cress, the woolly leaved chickweed,
many hardy pinks, Siebold's day lily,
Fischer's horned poppy, lavender cot
ton. woundwort and woolly thyme.
Some Of these are decidedly silvery.
Others incline to blue cast which is
most pronounced in the globe thisrles
and sea hollies. Such colors are so
unusual in nature that it is easy to
overdo them in enthusiastically
Life in America.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-03-04
Haste to Reimburse.

While carrying a ladder through
the crowded streets of Philadelphia
the other day big Irishman was so
unfortunate as to break a plate glass
window In shop. Immediately drop
ping his ladder, the Celt broke into a
run. But he had been seen by the
caught him by the collar.
"See here!" angrily exclaimed the
shopkeeper when he had rega1ned his
breath, you have orokn my window!"
Sure have" assented the Celt,
land didn't you see me running home
to get the money to pay for IT."
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-03-04
RESTORE CRAY HAIR
TO NATURAL COLOR
By Common Garden Sage a Simple
Remedy for Dandruff, Falling,
Faded Gray Hair.

The old idea of using Sage for
darkening the hair is again coming
in vogue. Our grandfathers had dark,
glossy hair at seventy-tive, while our
mothers are gray before they are
fifty. Our grandmothers kept their
hair soft and glossy with a Sage
Tea," which also restored the natur-
al color.
One objection to using such prep.
aration was the trouble of making it,
This objection has been overcome by
the Wyeth Chemical Company of
New York, who has placed on the
market a superior PREPARATION of Sage,
combined with Sulphur and other
valuable remedies for dandruff, itch
ing scalp, and thin, weak, falling
hair.
The beauty of the hair depends
more on it's rich, even shading than
anything else. Don't have dry, harsh
faded hair, when simple, harmless
remedy will bring back the color in
a few days; and don't be tormented
with dandruff, itching scalp and loose
falling hairs. Wyeth's Sage and Sui
phur Hair Remedy will quickly cor
rect these troubles, and give color,
strength and beauty to your hair.
Get a fifty cent bottle from your
druggist today, and prove this to
your own satisfaction. All druggists
sell it, under guarantee that the
money will be refunded if the remedy
is not exactly as represented.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-03-04
Not the Real ThIno

From a city apartment little Jack
was going for the first time to spend
Christmas at his grandfather's farm.
AS he ran up the steps of the old
house his grandmother caught him up
In her arms and put him down, rosy
and laughing, before the great log fire
In the living room.
Isn't that fine, Jackie, boy?" she
said. You don't have big log fires
like that In New York, do you?"
The boy looked with w1de-eyed de-
light at the huge logs as they blazed
and cracked in the generous old fire
place. but he was stanchly loyal to
his six rooms and BATH
It's nice, grandma, but It's only an
Imitation gas log, isn't It? We have
real ones in my house. "-Lippincott's
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brought to her for instruction.
ooh, what dear!" exclaimed the
young woman. Have you any broth
ers like yourself?"
'Yes'm," replied the cherub; me
and Tommy and Dick. I like Dick
best" - ~.
And why do you like Dick best?">
"'Cause he did me great favor.
He bit Tommy's leg"
But. dearie,' protested the teach
err. why should you want Dick to bite
Tommy's leg?"
"'Cause | hate the taste OF Tom
my's leg" explained the cherub.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-03-04
Snuff as an Eye Liniment.

Snuff was once used as an eye lini-
ment, "The Compleat Housewife, or
Accomplished Gentlewoman's Com
panion," which had run into IS edi-
tons by 1853, extols its virtues. Ac-
complished gentlewomen who find
their sight failing with advancing
years are advised to rub "the right
sort of Portugal snuff into the eyes
night and morning and take it also
through the nose" This treatment, it
is asserted, "cured Sir Edward Sey-
mour, Sir John Houblon and Judge
Ayres, so that they could read without
spectacles after they had used them
many years."
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-03-04
Best for Shoe Soles.

Rubber and asbestos mixed has been
utilized successfully for the manufac.
ture OF soles for outing shoes. The
material has the appearance Of a thick,
close felt, without odor, and without
any discomfort to the feet, such as at
tends the use OF pure rubber These
will be extensively introduced next
season.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-03-04

among the PUSHES? Wssl. she's ready
WI the oars inside. Jist ye gang
down there an row DOT tae the middle
o. the loch, an I'll come doom tae the
bank an swear at We; bit never We
mind, We jist row on an I'll call for
the money Monday."-Ideas.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-03-04
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
FOR TRANSFER OF
LIQUOR LICENSE
STATE OF MINNESOTA, }
County OF Beltrami tss
GitV NJ Rnmi6i1

STATE OF MIN n ESOIA,
County OF Beltrami tss
City OF Bemidj1.
Notice is hereby given. That application
has been made in writing to the city council
of said Cts Of Bemidji and fled in my Office +.
praying for the transfer of license to sell
Intoxicating liquors granted to David LaBelle
for the term commencing on March +. 1912
and termin ating on March 6. 1918. by the fol-
lowing person. and at the following place as
stated in said application. respectively to-wit:
PEkLE DAVIS
at and in the first floor front room OF that
certain two story brick building located on
lot +. block II. arginal tOWnSite.
Said applications will be heard and deter
mined by said city. council OF. the City Of
Bemidji at the council room in the city hall
in said City OF Bemidji in Beltrami county
and State of Minnesota. on Monday. the 18th
day Of NJ ar. 1912. at S O'Clock p. M Of that
day.
Witness my hand and seal Of City of Be-
midji this 18th day OF Mar. 1912.
GEO. STEIN,
City Clerk.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-03-04
light housekeeping over Gill Bros.
FOR RENT--6 and 7 room house for
rent. A. Klein.
MISCELLANEOUS

ADVERTISERS--T great state of
North Dakota offers unlimited OPP
portunities for business to CLASH
fed advertisers. The recognized
advertising medium is the Fargo
Daily and Sunday Courier-News,
the only seven day paper in the
state and the paper which carries
the largest amount Of classified
advertising. The Courier-News
covers North Dakota like a blank
ct; reaching all parts of the state
the day of publication; it is the
paper to use in order to get re-
suits; rates one cent per word first
insertion, one-half cent per word
succeeding insertion; fifty cents
per line per month. Address the
Courier-N News, Fargo, N. D.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-03-04
Not as Bad as He Feared.

II will be your Nemesis!" she
Kissed.
"All right" :: he sneered. Il was
afraid you might take advantage of
the fact that this is leap year and in
sist on being something e]se." =
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-03-04

PILES CURED IN TO IA DAYS
Your druggist will refund money if PA
20 OINTMENT fails to euro any case
of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protrud-
ing Piles in to IA days. soc.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-03-04

DisIiked the Flavor.
A kindergarten teacher In Philadel-
phia fell in love at first sight with a
cherubic youth Of four who was
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-03-04

WANTED TO sTRADE-What have
you to trade for new standard pia-
no? Call at second hand store,
Odd Fellows Bldg.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-03-04

WANTED-Dining and sleeping car
conductors, s75-$125. Experience
unnecessary, we teach you, write
Dining Car World, 125 w. Van
Buren,, Chicago.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-03-04

BOUGHT AND SOLD Second hand
furniture. Odd Fellows building,
across from postoffice, phone 129.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-03-04

WANTED-Positio as stenographer
and bookkeeper Address P. p.
Pioneer Office, Bemidji, Mimi.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-03-04

WANTED. Washings, Mrs. Dorr, "a
q and Erying, City.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-03-04

FOR SALE-Breeding stock and
Matching eggs, single comb White
Leghorns, 523-14 St.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-03-04

FOR SALE-Belting of all sizes.
cheap. o. j. Weekly, 1907 Bel
trami Ave.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-03-04
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Lunch room 16x40, cor
ner lots, 5Ox130, Main St. Spleen
did opportunity for $500. liver
Rockvog, Pinewood, MINI.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-03-04

FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE-Two
full-blooded r. C. r. I. Red Roost-
ers; strong and vigorous birds.
w. A. easier, phone 40S-2.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-03-04

FOR SALE-5 room cottage, choice
location. Address 907 Irvine Ave.
FOR SALE-Hay ten dollars per
ton. N. E. fuller.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-03-04

FOR SALE-Rubber. stamps. The
Pioneer will procure any kind Of
rubber stamp for you on short
notice. r.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-03-04

FOR RENT-Two furnished rooms
suitable for light housekeeping.
511 3rd street.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-13
GIRLS DRESS
SHOCKING
Woman Judge Points out Cases of which she
calls "FIagrant Immodesty in Clothing"

Sleeves too short Skirts too tighl
Stockings too thin Necks too low
cells too high"
That is how a large percentage OF
young girls in Chicago dress for tn,
treet. according to Miss Mary NJ Bar
.eme. public guardian OF delinquent.
md assistant judge Of the Juvenil,
Court, who toured the business districts
% point out cases OF what she cali.
fragrant immodesty in clothing"
In short trip through the bushes,
streets | saw at least fifty girls in COS
.umes which would have caused their ar
rest ten years ago" she SAID
ANY of these girls would look pref
tier in a simple frock, not too tight,
fitting. Instead they display their ply
seal instead OF their girlish charms
nd their appearance is really shocking
What we need is a few old fashioned
mothers to institute a dress reform
1mong girls Conditions are growing
worse all the time"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-13
Official Finds Number of Male Work
ers to Be Greater by 1885.

LANSING, Mich,-While there has
been an increase of e,355 men in the
number employed in the factories of the
State. over last year, yet the number Of
women employed in this class Of labor
has decreased 6i3, according to statis-
tics compiled by Labor Commissioner
Powers for his annual report.
The document shows total Of 269, 402
men employed at general factory work,
as compared with 261.137 in 1910, and
44,s2s women as compared with 44,9l1
in 1910
Wages Of the men were increased 10
cents a day or from $219 to $2.32. in
1911, while the wages Of women we're
increased cents day, from S1.1s to
$124 The report shows the number Of
boys employed in factories decreased
from 2,3s2 to 1895 and their wages de-
creased two cents day, from 90 cents,
their stipend in 1910
More Factories Running
There were 800 more factories in the
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-13
Satire.
''Ouir

When an editor says: "Our
esteemed contemporary"
When one woman says to
another; SLOW young you look !"
When lover says to a rival /;
$50 glad you came"
When stout woman says to a
thin woman: "How well you
look.n
When bachelor girl says to
the engaged girl: 81 am so happy
that you are going to be married.
On the Wrong End.
Teacher-"Don't say, How it is
rainin'" Pronounce your 'g.''
Little girl-1I know. teacher. Let
me say it."
Tcacher-"Say it,
Little girI-"Gee! How il is rain
IN z!"-Judge.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-13
innocent Wedding Ring Figures in
Divorce Case.

NEW YORK, June 6-Declaring
that he had been forced to marry
against his will by his sister, and
brothers and that a 9-cent ring was
the token used at the ceremony, Viii
liam A. Reynolds brought an action
for the annulment which was heard
in the Supreme court, Brooklyn.
He said his wife was Mary Kilkenny
a former servant in his family After
he had been threatened with dire re-
suits if he remained single, he declared
he consented to marry and on the way
to the clergyman's home young woman
was sent with 10 cents to and 9
cent store 10 buy the wedding ring
She got one Of the best in the store and
had l cent change
Judge Kelby said he did not see how
a man Of Reynolds strength could be 50
easily inundated and reserved decision
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-13
NEW THEORY
FOR HIGH MEAT
Say il is Due TO so Much Corn Being Made
Into Spirituous Liquors.


NEW YORK. June THE increased
price OF corn and the consequent in
creased cost OF beef, poultry and eggs
IS due TO the increased use Of corn in
the manufacture Of distilled and fer
mented liquors as well as in the man
ufacture Of breakfast foods. according
to member Of the produce exchange
Sixty per cent. Of the 612,oOO.oO0 bush
els of corn produced in this country last
year is being used by the distilling es
tablishments
More corn is being used to-day in
the manufacture or distilled and fer
mentcd liquors than The entire national
corn crop Of twenty years ago" said q
member Of produce. exchange firm. II
is no wonder. considering the new uses
which have been discovered for corn in
The last twenty-five years, that the
prices OF cash corn bushel has risen
from 60 cents to IS cents in that period
When we complain about the increased
cost Of beef, poultry and other cornfed
products we forget that there are 35,-
100000 people drinking liquors distilled
or fcrmcntcd from corn every day"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-13
ARE FRIENDS
IN DISGUISE
Many Animals Looked Upon As Nuisances
Are Really Beneficial.
By +. A. Matthews.

by T.. -. MdttllCNS
The farmer makes some queer mis-
takes about the little folks OF fur ano
feathers who live on lis domains Fo'
instance, he calls the 6eld-mice his enc
mics because they make their nests il
his clover field But wait until sprinl
comes. The bumbebees will fit up tn,
empty rooms OF the small mansions, ant
proceed to raise large and industriou,
families there Everybody knows tina
the bumblebees fertilize the clover bios
SONS, flying from one to another am
distributing the yellow pollen dust tina
clings to their feet, bodies, and othe
parts.
There is funny old saying in tn,
rural districts that tells the whole stor,
in few words NO cats, no clover ;
The cats kill the meadow mice-the mic,
give homes to the charlottesville bum
blebees insure perfect clover crop.
Some farmers hate the sparrow-hawk
and say he steals the chickens. AS !
matter of fact, this bird lives mostl,
upon small mammals. mice, chip hunks
squirrels and the like He is a fin,
mouser, and is often seen hoverini
above certain field, then suddenl,
swooping down, and flying off with no
a chicken but tiny meadow-mouse.
No creature of the wild is more heart
:ly detested than the skunk He has :
reputation as a poultry thief, but IL
reality, his food consists mostly Of yer
min, and all sorts Of insects Natur,
evidently fitted him for the work Of de
stroying insects, instead OF robbing hen
roosts.
The mink is another creature with AZ
evil, but ill-deserved reputation Boil
mink and skunk are mighty hunters
IF small game, being bitter enemies OF
rats and mice
Many other creatures that seem to b,
Observation-Disclosures. and are hunted ant
killed by the farmer. are in reality hi,
best friends, his helpers in Disguise, anc
they deserve his good wishes insteao
# his hatred.-Our Dumb Animals.