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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-11-23
BROUGHT NERVE TO RESCUE
Experienced River Man Took tho
One Chance That Was Left Him
and Saved Life.

The day the ice started to move
there was a jam just above Athabas.
ca landing, writes Canadian CORE
spondent to the London Telegraph,
and as the mail for Peace river starts
from the opposite bank, the postmas-
ter hunted up man who was willing
to take it across in boat through the
clear water below the ice. Every one
In town turned out to see him cross
the river, but no one offered to go
with him. :
l was calking on boat No. 1 at the
time, and watched him start. First
he had to cross about two hundred
feet of rotten ice, dragging his punt
along after him, launch the boat into
the clear water, row across, and go
over as much soft ice on the other
side. He was halfway across the
open water when the whole river
seemed to stand on end-in plain
words, the jam broke. Strange to
say, the boatman did not at first no
tice it, for the ice against the bank
was grinding and clashing all the
time; but a man on shore fired a gun,
and everybody pointed and waved up
stream
The boatman never lost his nerve;
he rested on his oars for a moment,
glanced round, and turned the boat up
stream. Slowly at first, but soon
gathering speed, he sent his frail
craft hard at the ice. The boat hit
the ice squarely, and ran up it. It
was his only chance, for if the mass
had caught the boat sidewise, it would
have smashed it like an egg-shell.
Hanging to the punt, dragging it
from one piece of ice to another, jump
ing some pretty wide gaps once or
twice, and sometimes hauling the
craft after him with the short line, he
struggled on.
1t was the bravest thing I ever saw
in my life, but I don't want to see 1t
done again. On both banks the peo-
pie stood helpless; they could do
nothing except watch, and some could
not do that.
Finally the intrepid boatman reach
ed the shore, and, needless to relate,
he did not try to come back that day.
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Why Hermit Took Up Hermitlna.

Why Hermit Took Up Hermitlng.
A hermit was found dead in the
cave In which he had resided for many
years. When the cavern was ex-
amined a number of quaint and curl
Gus relics were discovered. A loaded
shotgun bore a tag marked: Both
barrels for practical jokers.' A bot
1t bore the legend: Poison for the
clammy-clawed pests who are always
shaking hands and calling you broth
err A card identified a bunch of
thongs knotted to a wooden handle as
a "Knout for back slappers.' Other
unpleasant articles, like bowie knives,
bludgeors, broadaxes, slungshots, raw
hides, thumbscrews and so on dis
played labels designating them for
application to the confidential whis-
perez, the person who tells you for
your own good, the nuisance who puts
an endearing hand on your shoulder
while relating an uninteresting re-
miniscence, ct al, which went only
to further show the late gentleman 8
state Of mind. Being perspieacious, it
was not hard for the visitors to decide
why he had erased himself from the
world and taken up the thankless job
Of hermiting
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Cleopatra's Pearl.

Most persons know the story that
is told of Cleopatra to illustrate her
luxurious habits Of 1iving-that she
dissolved in her wine a precious pearl.
No one seems yet to have questioned
what must have been the effect upon
the drink, but scientists scott ut the
possibility of such solution.
The fact is pearls are not soluble
In wine. The most powerful vinegar
affects them slowly, and never en-
tirely dissolves them, for the organic
matter remains behind, in the shape
Of q spongy mass that IL larger than
the original pearl.
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His Art Instincts.

Jones had invited a friend to dinner
and asked him to carve a chicken that
was placed before him. The guests
set to work with good will, but after
q deal of muscular exercise was COM
PEELED to acknowledge himself beaten.
Where in the name OF leather did
you get that bird!'', 49,. -,
Il don't know" replied the host.
srring of some hard boiled sGG-
CHICAGO News.
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XlzI / E10lx(NE1I

Georgetown, Conn.,, Nov. 23-The
body of a woman found in pond in
the edge of this town has not been
identified, but the police are investi-
eating the theory that she may be
Lizzie Downey of Bridgeport. The
Downey woman was a friend of Jen-
ME Cavilieri, who was shot to death
three weeks ago at Stratford, Conn,
and who was believed to have been
the victim of men engaged in the
white slave traffic. The Downey
woman has been missing some time.
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Presbyterian

Presbyterian
Bible class and Sunday school at
10 a. m. Morning sermon at II. Jun
ior G. E. p. m. Young peoples
meeting at T. Evening gospel serv-
ice at 8. Midweek prayer service
Thursday evening at s. Please bear
in mind the Thanksgiving service on
next Thursday morning at 1890 in
the Presbyterian church. This will
be a union thanksgiving service in
which all the churches will join.
The sermon will be preached by the
Rev. Guy Chandler, pastor of the
Baptist church. Bring your thank
offering to this SERVICE All are well
come. S. E. P. White, pastor.
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o g. 9 o O o O. o . o @ @ @ @ O
o SUNDAY IN THE CHURCHES O
o O o o o @ o O @ @ O @ 9 8 8
First Methodist Episcopal-

Services at 10:45 and 1880. Sum
day school at -. Epworth league
at $50. Prayer meeting at 8. Pub
lie cordially invited. Rev. Charles
H. Flesher, pastor.
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three weeks ago at Stratford, Conn.,,
and who was believed to have been
the victim of men engaged in the
white slave traffic The Downey
woman has been missing some time.
{ -
A. Dudley of Bagley was in Bemid-
il yesterday.
H. B. Sevanson of Blackjack is in
Bemidji today.
Scandinavian delicacies at Peter
SON. s.-Adv.
R. R. Ashley was in Bemidji yes
terday Oh business.
Charles Gerlinger of Spur, is in
the city today on business.
Go to Hakkerup for photos-Adv.
E. A. Mills of Crookston was
business visitor in the city yester-
day
to Turtle River Thursday and will
return today
All the papers, all the magazines,
at Peterson 's.-Adv.
Rev. 7. S. Kolste left this morn
ing for Cyprus. He will return Mon
day evening.
Mr. and Mrs W. B. Sultan of In
ternational Falls were Bemidji Wis
itors yesterday.
Order your chrysanthemums for
Thanksgiving at Webster's Green
house.-Adv.
Stanley Knott, who is teaching in
the town of Eckles is in the city to-
day on business.
Sherman Oleson of Funkley was
taken to St. Anthony's hospital with
an injured hand
One thousand five, ten and fifteen
cent "ibraries'' just in at Peter
On'S.-Adv.
Charles Olson Of Blackjack was
taken to St. Anthony's hospital yes
terday with a broken soulder.
Hon. Halvor Stevenson returned
to Crookston yesterday afternoon. He
was accompanied by w. F. Dickens
of Red Lake.
Secure a set OF six Rogers IA tea
spoons free with the Pioneer. ASK
how. Come packed in neat lined
boxes
Mrs. j. T. Tuomy entertained the
North End Social club members and
several ladies outside the club at
$500" this afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Gill enter
tanned the "Rummy' card clut
Thursday evening" The club con-
sists of six young married couples in
the city.
We shine in fruit and confection.
cry. Remember this when buying fol
the sick and convalescent. Peter
son's.-Adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland King ex'
pect to leave Monday for Gateway
Montana, where Mr.. Cleveland will
go into the logging business with
Tom Tedford.
We have the finest lot of chrysan
themums ever raised in Northern
Minnesota now in full bloom. Gel
some of them while they last. A. E
Webster's Greenhouse-Adv.
Mrs. w. Boss of Fargo, who ha:
been the guest of Mrs. C. A. Walker
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First Scandinavian Lutheran

There will be no services tomor-
row. Sunday school at -. Rev. T.
S. Kolste, pastor.
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St. Bartholomew Episcopal

Sunday school at 1000 a. m. Holy
communion and sermon at 1890,
Archdeacon Parshall, ce1ebrant.
Evensong at 7:30. Rev. C. de L.
Harris, pastor.
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Swedish Lutheran

Sunday school at r. Services in
in the evening at 8. Rev. H. J. Ran
dahl, pastor
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Return of Sherlock Holmes % The ;s aSssns;s crs,
CONTINUED from preceding page.)

him share. / said / would willingly do so, but
that she would not have He said, Let get
her married first, and after week two she may
see things bit different said I would have
nothing to do with violence. So he went off ours
ing like the foul mouthed blackguard that he was,
and swearing that he would have her yet. She
was leaving me this Weekend, and I had got trap
to take her To the station, but was so uneasy in
my mind That followed her my bicycle, She
had got start, and before could catch her the
mischief was done The first thing knew about it
was when saw you two gentlemen driving back in
her dog-cart
Holmes rose and tossed the end Of his cigarette
into the CRATE.
'1I have been very obtusc,. Watson" said be.
'Whep in your report you said that you had
the cyclst as you thought arrange his neckte in the
shrubbery, that alone should have told ME all How
ever, we may congratulate ourselves upon curious
and in respects, unique case. perceive three
of the county constabulary in the drive and am
clad to see that the little oster able to keep pace
with them, it is likely that neither he nor the
by this mornings adventures. l think, Watson
fiat in your medical capacity you might wait upon
Miss Smith and tell her that if she is sufficiently
recovered shall be happy to escort her to her
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to. the winds and followed the false
friend, who brought her poor silly
feet to the Road Of Agony. And
when her husband knew, he went
after his wife, and he took her
home and comforted her, and stood
her friend, and no one ever dared
to hint to the man that any one
but he himself and the wife and
the other man knew Of the wretch
ed heartbreaking story.
And all who knew the real truth
of the affair admired and respected
the man. for they knew that he
did what he did because he realized
that his wife was foolish, light
headed girl and that the husband
should not have left her alone so
long. And they knew that he
took her back, not to crafty a
whim of his own, not to minister
to his comfort. not to have her
and keep her no matter what she
was, Just because she could make
him comfortable, but because he
loved her in the higher sense. He
loved her enough to protect her
from her own folly and his own
carelessness. And in all his little
world no man walked more in the
light of esteem and friendship than
that man.
Another 7 knew once, long ago,
in the far west.
A girl came from an orphan asy-
lum to great city. She was in
love with boy who had been at
the same asylum, and the boy was
in love with her. and they had
promised to marry each other as
soon as the boy had home for
the girl.
The boy went to the wild lands
and took up a claim and in time
built d little house Of logs, and
wrote the girl that he was coming
to take her home.
And when the girl received the
letter she was in hospital very
i'll, and she held in her arms a
little child, a child Of misery and
disgrace.
She was very young and very
helpless, and the man who had
brought the cruel shame upon her
was man of experience and OF
cunning. and she had had no more
chance against him than a little
whivering, white rabbit has
against a snake.
So she wrote the boy she really
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his letter, "I love her and I be,
lieve she really loves me. She is
a helpless little thing, and / don't
see what she can do without me,
and / believe it would kill the boy
to part him from his mother. What
is The right thing for me to do7
] want to do the right thing, just
the right thing; that's all. -
Bless your heart, man alive. [
wonder what YOU arel So big that
You are almost godlike, or so small
that you are beneath contempt
Do you want to forgive the WON,
an because you love her and are
sorry for her and anxious to do
the right thing for the boy7
IF that your idea-why, then,
hats of to Man, every inch Of
him.
You are doing the noblest, kind
est, bravcst, truest thing a man
can do.
Or do you want to take her back
because you can't be comfortable
without her? Do you care so little
for her that you don't care what
she has done. so long as you can
have her again7
That IS different, quite different.
Do you know where you stand
yourself7
The path Of man who takes q
woman back because he doesn't
quite know where he could get as
good a housekceper is never strewn
with roses, or even poppies, and it
should not be,
I've known such men; one 7
think of in particular. His wife
ran away from him with his dear
est friend. and he followed the pair
and begged the woman to go home
with him; and the woman went,
and that man never let her have
one moments peace again
He twitted her. tormented her,
suspected her. until she ran away
again, and this time she stayed
away. and all the mans world de-
spised him and avoided him as they
would avoid creature with lepro-
sy. and / always thought he did
haye-moral leprosy.
I knew another man who did the
same thing, but for quite a differ
ent reason.
He went away on a long Journey,
and while he was gone a man he
knew made a fool of the mans
wife. and she threw her good name
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-25
Braddock's Defeat
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY

IT was one hundred and fifty-seven
years ago that Braddock met his
melancholy fate in the dark forests of
the Monongahela.
The five objective points of the
Franco English struggle known as
Fort Duqucsne (Pittsburg). Louis
burg, Crown Point and Ticonderoga,
Niagara and Quebec
Fort Duquesne was the key to the
region west OF the Alleghanies, Louis
burg threatened New England;
Crown Point and Ticonderoga con-
trolled the way TO and from Canada
via Lake George and Lake Champlain,
Niagara lay In the line of the great
fur trade Of the upper lake region.
and Quebec commanded the st,
Lawrence.
1t fell to Braddock TO open the ball
with an attempt upon Fort Duquesne.
and by July Q. 1855. he was within
FIVE or six miles of the post he was
expected to capture. having with him
two regiments of British regulars and
few companies of Virginia militia,
In all about 200 men.
Hearing OF the English approach.
Beaujeu, with a force Of 500 French
and 500 Indians. slipped out into the
thick woods and pounced upon the
advancing redooats. It n. has be- been
in the ordinary sense OF that word. It
was simply fight in the tangled will
derness between British soldiers.
trained for lighting In the open. and
the French and Indians. who were
perfectly at home In all kinds OF forest
tactics.
The result. as might have been ex-
pected, WAS a massacre, so far as the
English were concerned. Scarcely an
Indian was seen during the whole
battle Wedged in among their dead
and dying comrades, the English SOL
diers simply fought against puffs OF
smoke, which seemed TO come from
all points OF the compass"
OF the 1875 British regulars all but
$50 were killed or wounded Out OF
eighty six officers only twenty-t three
ESCAPED, Braddock himself WAS killed
after having had four horses shot un-
der him. The VIrgipians, who scat
tered and fought In Indian fnsnlon.
suffered but little
Braddock's defeat Is one Of tho
most powerful sermons In the world
confidence To the wise Franklin. who
cautioned him against the wiles Of
the Indian In battle. Braddock re-
Piled: "These savases may be a
formidable enemy to your raw Amer
lean militia, but upon the kings
troops, sir. 1t is impossible that they
should make any impression" Tho
friendly Chief Scarroyaddy kindly Of
fered TO give the British general a
was turned away with contempt
The chief interest In this crushing
disaster. so far as Aoercaps are
concerned. lies In the fact that the
retreat from the bloody field was
largely conducted by one George
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Divine Forgiveness
BY WINIFRED BLACK.

FHE man S wife has deceived
u him. She coufesses it aud
SAYS she is sorry and swears she
will never deceivo him again.
Shall he take her back and try to
believe her again?
She has always been good wom
an before thus. She is the most
loving, comforting little wife in the
world. She makes real home for
the man, and there is a little boy,
little laughing, roguish. clear
eyed boy, who loves his mother
and thinks she is the most perfect
being on earth. What shall the
man do7 he wants to know.
That s the worst part of it-he
wants TO know.
If he only knew himself now,
there wouldn t be any doubt Of
what to do. If he could not for.
give her, then the thing would be
settled right then and there; if
he could forgive her. and feel all
right about it, who is there to in
terfere by one single syllable7
But he doesn't know, he can t
decide.
"I love her, says the man in
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loved in spite Of it all and told
him she could never be any man g
wife, and told him plainly.
And the boy who was brought
up In the asylum did not write
and answer. He went instead to
the great city and to the hospital,
and there was a wedding in the
ward, and when the bride and
groom left the man carried in his
arms little helpless child. J could
have knelt on the ground and
kissed the great coarse shoes be
wore, and 80 could the girl he
rescued from herself.
/ saw that man and that wo-
man not long ago. They have a
comfortable home, a growing
family, and the eldest son is grow
ing up to be the prop and stay Of
it.
7 think that husband and wife
have forgotten everything but
their mutual love and trust.
What shall YOU do, oh man With
the struggling soul7 Search your
own heart and find there the an"
Swer,
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mothers home. If she is not quite convalescept
you will find that hint that we about to tele
graph to young electrician in the Midlands would
probably complete the AS to you, Mr.. Car
ruthers, think that you have done what you could
to make amends for your share in evil plot There
is my card sir, and if my evidence can be of help
to you in your trial. it shall be at your dsposal"
In the whirl Of incessant activity it has often
been difficult for me. the reader has probably OBJ
served, to round or my narratives, and to give
those final details which the curious might expect.
Each has been the prelude to another, and the
of our busy lives 1 find, however, short note at
the end Of my manuscript dealing With this case in
Smith did indeed inherit large fortune and that
partner of Morton Kennedy, the famous West
nnstor electricians, Williamson and Woodley
both tried for abduction and assault the former get
ting years aud the latter ten. OF tho fate OF
Carruthers. have record, but that bis
assault not viewed very gravely by the court,
since WoodleS, had the reputation of being most
were sufficient to satisfy the demands of Justice.
Next wcck-''The Adventure of the Priory
School -
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at the hotel, warm tired and dis
couraged.
1t was only few moments until
Warren came,
We'll, what luck7',, as he threw
himself heavily in a chair. glove,
am tired What'd you find7"
"Oh.. dear. ] found the most
wonderful place--an army officer g
apartment. Hos gone to India
and left it to be rented just as it
esting things that he's collected
most beautiful rugs-and old
Sounds pretty good. How
"Only four and half gnineas
a week. And there's caretsker
on the place TO serve breakfast
oh. it's ideal"
"Goodl When did you take it
for-tomorrowq We want to get
out of this joint.
FI couldn Il get t--that s the
trouble. They wouldn t rent 1T for
less than three MONTHS
"Couldn t get it2 Then why in
thunder are you talking about itV
Let's hear about something you
can get.
fBut I wanted that so much7 /
saw a lot Of other places, but they
couldn I compare with it,
"By George, if that isn't like
woman-harping on something she
cant get! What are the other
places ]ike?''
"Well, there was one on Great
Portland street. The agent took
me to that. Dear, what do you
think? 7 met the incest man.
Mr.. Wickham, of Edgcomb q
Wickham, !house agents And he
took me himself to look at au
apartment. Wash t that most un-
usual?'' -,
HlIuhl What about the place ~
HWell there were two very nice
large rooms on the first floor
bnt the bath was on the third
That's what J found everywhere
It's almost impossible to get
private bath. Then there was
fairly good place on Werpeck
street. but there they had only
single bed
TWell, couldn't they put IN a
double bed-or another single
HNo. 7 asked them, but they
hadn't any. You see it was an
apartment that was being .subiet
lust as it was. But the ]anitor
said 7 could rent bed at any
furniture store. Did you ever near
of such thing?'
ooh, yes, they do that here. on
can rent any kind Of furniture Icr
as long as you want, But we woi, :
bother with that What else d'd
you find 7 - ,o.h
Dear, 7 almost think we shoulu
stay here. ! don u believe we can
do better rs
"Well. we will do better, II
you can't find place. sr.,. esn,
Might have known you d nN1''
0''; Gput dear. 7 tried so hard, y
rcadv to drop-didn Z even stop for
lunch. But ] bad to wall SO 'omS
cyery pIace-they re so slow ana
deliberate, You know you said
somrseIf YOU couidp I do business
iass sssTbat' H g difrerent-i cab get an
opartment fast enough. Here II
nniy a quarter OF six now--l "
have time TO go TO couP's ua
places before dinner. want 10 eo"'e
along?" ..eu. n.oa Her
c.at ached. her back acfnd and she
could have cried at the thought OF
starting out agaln' 8.
usWell. for heavens sa ke, don I
come if you don : wa want har TO- bssita. Gta
tempt"2o%Isfy 2If you 9Us'tfns Te thns tired, ire you'd
Utter .Vg, stay here. Have your dinner
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sent up, and T'll bum around and
get mine wherever / happen to
be. -
But the dread Of spending the
evening in that hotel room alone
sent Helen to her feet with hur
ried-
''Oh, no, no, dear-I'm not tired.
7 want to go-I'd love to! Wait.
Ill be ready in just a moment, "
Hurry up, then. IN going to
find that apartment tonight. -
Warren strobe out into the hall,
swinging his cane with an energy
and vigor that suggested determ
ination to walk miles.
And Helen, trying to force back
all signs of WEAKNESS lest he be
irritated, gathered up ber gloves
and handbag and hurried meekly
after him.
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washington. whose advice. like that
Of Franklin and old Scnrrovaddy had
been urceremoniously turned down bv
Braddock,
Washington was In the thick of the
frht but escaped without a wound.
II In said that marv years after the
battle an old Indian chief came
long wav to see Washington-"the
great white chief at whom he had
to nit him"
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There's MANY an auto BARGAIN ar
ranged bv means Of The Tribune's
Want Columns. The changing of makes
md models, trading securities for au.
tos-all snch information forms rart OF
The Wants.