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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-04-19
HORACE GREELEY is 0UTD0NE
Joaquin Miller Is Believed to Be the
Worlds Champion at llIegible
go. Writing. a.:

Old-time printers are never tired OF
telling weird stories of the unreliable
handwriting of Horace Greeley. In
modern times 1t has been said that the
copy" of Mr. William Winter was a
task to worry even the smartest COM
positors, but it is said that the cham
pion illegible writer is Joaquin Miller,
the poet of the Sierras." 1t is re-
lated that some time ago the secretary
of a we'll known club in San Francis
co wrote to Joaquin Miller, asking him
to take part In some celebration. In
response to the secretary's letter
came a four page letter from the poet,
but none in the club could decipher
1t. =. 49, -,
There was nothing for it but to
write again to Mr.. Miller stating that
It could not be determined whether
his letter was an acceptance or a re-
fusal, and the secretary added, to
make sure: If you will be present on
the date mentioned, will you kindly
make a cross on the bottom of this
letter, and return It? If it will be i'm
possible for you to appear, kindly
draw a circle"
BY return mail the secretary's letter
was returned to him, and at the bot
tom was the sign as he had been re-
quested.
But it was absolutely impossible for
anyone to tell whether the sign was
meant to be a cross or circle.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-04-19
Woman's Factory.

A silk spinning factory near Mar
settles, which. was organized by q
woman and is managed by women,
boasts that within the nine years OF
its existence 1t has never had q
strike. One thousand women are en-
ployed by Nine. GARNER, the owner.
The only men In the factory are
those employed to fill positions un-
suitable for women, such as stokers,
etc. .* ~
Nine. GARNER planned the factory
herself In every detail. The machln.
cry for silk spinning is an invention
OF. her own, and has! proved so sue.
cessful that she IL enabled to give her
employees t more than tho average
wages and still compete successfully
with rival industries, Perhaps some
of our own manufacturers would do
well to 60 and take a few lessons
from Nine. GARNER. -.~
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-04-19
SAGE TEA WILL
DARkEN THE HAIR
Restore Faded and Gray Hair to Ma.
tural Color Dandruff Quickly
Removed.

There is nothing new about the
idea of using Sage for restoring the
color of the hair. Our grandmothers
kept their hair dark, glossy and abun-
dant by the use of a simple Usage
Tea" Whenever their hair fell out
or took on dull, faded or streaked
appearance, they made a brewo Sage
leaves, and applied it to their hair
with wonderfully beneficial effect.
Nowadays we don't have to resort
to the old-time tiresome method of
gathering the herbs and making the
tea. This is done by skillful chemists
better than we could do it ourselves;
and all we have to do is to call for
the ready made product. Wyeth's
Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy, con-
tanning Sage in the proper strength,
with the addition of Sulphur, another
old-time scalp remedy. .s -
This preparation gives youthful
color and beauty to the hair, and is
one of the best remedies you can use
for dandruff, dry, feverish, itching
scalp, and falling hair. Get fifty
cent bottle from your druggist today,
and you will be surprised at the
quick. results. All druggists sell it,
under guarantee that the money will
be refunded if the remedy is not ex-
actly as represented. .... -
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-04-19
Dy Camel Across the sahara.

n. 10 More, q FTenchman, u years
old, has just completed Journey hy
camel across tho Sahara from Al
giers to Timbuctoo, in the French
soudan. His object was to mark out
the route for a proposed aeroplane
flight avross the desert. He was away
from civilization for Is months, and
covered more than 5000 miles. At
Ain Saiah, which was reached after
y days, the traveller met another
Efenchman and his wife, living in
the lonely district. After that the
caravan went: FOR 20 days without
meeting another human poine.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-04-19

One Of Lies Best Pleasures Missed.
Of all the things that make life
worth living friendship comes near
the top. But friends are rare, be.
cause we are too busy.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-04-19

Soda Water From Tablets.
Bohemia has what is called soda
bonbons." The .bonbons" are tablets
Of two kinds, acid and alkali, and one
pair is sufficient to produce about half
q quart of soda water.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-04-19
Half a Million Animals

Half a Million Animals.
There are 5O5,00O known species OF
animals, according to paper read at
the session of the American Society
of Naturalists, held at Princeton, N. J.
The Argonaut.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-04-19
1aby's Advantage,

6aby8 Advantage.
A baby is tolerably helpless, but he
has one advantage-he doesn't have
to listen to the foolishness grown men
talk to him unless he wants to.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-12-10
eOur Personal Guarantee
70 all Skin SUlee S


bottle VIII cost you nothing Yen $3.50
RESfn ana aaa3n " nave Oeen hogg 6.
fe4y drops OF this simple lo9l- e.Pf'llssQ
SANITY And the cures al Deen 70 -
permanent.
q n D. I.aDOrafoftes OF Cheap =
ssorIpoSed OF 6hyu1ol. Eiyo1r1ne. OIL OK
ysnteFCrecn End other heal 8. seospi1ss
cooli-l.s 1nc-rcdicI.ts Ind Il you 9E9
i.ist cray Efth ifcn. son VIA fssl
,s..ofbed and cooled, The frcl1 q absolutely
vy-asiIed away tine srsoment you applied
tnis .. .. Z.
We nave made 4o1t aE4e4lal0 81
re.pecy to q skin suderef here aA.g
ihers. ana I've want yuu try 4 nov.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-12-10

we haVA been Sn 6nSiness IN this town
for some time, and We are looking 70
build up trade by always advising our
patrons right
So when we tell you that We have
Found the eczema remedy and that We
stand back of il with the manufacture $
iron clad guarantee, hAGRed by ourselves
advice not in order TO sell a few bottles
OF medicine to skin sufferer. but De
cause we know how it wiH help or
business if We help cur patrons
We Keep IN stock and sell, all the well
known skin remedies But We VIII say
this: # you are suffering from any
Kind Of skin trouble. eczema. pSortafisS
rash OF. letter. we want You to try fuli
IIZe bottle Of D. u. D. Prosecution.
And. s. & does not do the work. this
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-12-10
One Has Been Prepared to.
Submit to the Legs
IStuFe.

CHARLESTON, Dec. 10-one 81
the measures recommended for pass
age by he Legislature. as shown in
the report Of the Mining Investigation
Commission. recently made to Gov
ernor Glasseock. - a workman
Compensation act The bin reeome
mended by the commission Was draft
ed by DR.. p. B. Reynolds, OF the West
virginia University. a similar Bib
has already been adopted BY sixteen
states OF the Union. It is claimed
thar such law viii mean the es-
adjustment OF better relations be-
tween employer and employees: the
tendency by the better class OF labor
to seek the state where such laws are
enforced; less expense TO the public.
for in the last analysis. the people
pay the enormous cost incident 70 &C
cidents in the fields Of labor, either
in caring for the injured and those
dependent upon him. or in maintains
ing the judicial machinery necessary
70 try the claims arising from in3ur-
les sustained: a diminished number
of casualties and accidents in the feld
of labor. The fact that the employer
and employee both contribute to the
fund from which the injured must be
paid. naturally brings about a greater
degree of watchfuIness upon the part
of both. in other words, each is ma-
tualIy interested in the projection Of
the right OF the other. The bill pro-
posed is as follows:
Workman's Compensation Act.
A bill to provide compensation to
certain employees for injuries re-
suling from accidents in the course
of their employment.
Be it enacted by the legislature Of
West Virginia:
dciaries.
l. All persons. firms and corpora
lions, except common carriers en-
gagged in interstate commerce and
subject to the provisions Of the fed
eral workman's Compensation laws
regularly employing labor for prof
it, or for the purpose Of carrying on
any form Of industry in the state OIL
West Virginia, are employers within
the meaning of this act and are sub
| ject TO its provisions.
2. All persons in the service Of
employers, as herein defined, and
employed By. them for the purpose OF
carrying on the industries in which
they are engaged. are employees
within the meaning OF this act, and
are subject to the provisions thereof
and entitled to the benefits therein
provided for.
Section 2. Industrial Accident
Board.
I. For the purpose OF carrying Out
the provisions Of this ac5 an Indus.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-12-10
mi TIC Coed IleSulta VIM


A Iou- state OF The general ne2llth
& now che ACCEPTED cause OF back
T-ardnesE IA chI3drcn. So IN the case
OF a a,ac1susar3 child Il $ best . lock
go7Papds building up It's health. Il VII
f,eno1Iy,l,e eound tsat cle main trouble
e "a the fOoG. IN lS,e,s q sllstU'itA ton
l--a SIeeSsIoa. IIonce carc should be
aiken IN the kin dOe fOotlsEiven 60 the
child This. With pbezl2y 81 ass and e4-
ercise. should bring about change
fo- the beeter.
watch -ehe conditions OF the bosae Is.
70 note whether the waste Is being
passed on or not. or Whether It's be-
INK passed OF freely Il either con-
SIition prevails give n small does OF
rhas Zentlest Of al laxatire-ton1cs.
DIR. Ca!daelIs Syrup Pepsin- Thou
sands % mothers VIII testify to the
voaderssft has wrought IN the lives OF
their own children. and Tor chat rea-
son 1esions OF families Ike those OF
Mrs. william Elvidge. mother OF
Master ElridGe. Facforyy'Il!e Pa.
and Mira. J Hea}y. col I celerain Ave,
Cincinnati. O.. are never without Il
IN the house. II Is pleasant TO the
taste and so perfectly safe that Il IS
given to infants, and yee Is equally
enectiye for grown people All drug
<ssts seH e and the price Is only z1fty
cents and one dollar a bottle, the lat
ter Cor families who need Il reSu-
syrup PepsiR has no equal as a
cure for constipation. indigestion.
binousness. headaches. sour stoTacl1
gas Oh the stomach. liver trouble and
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-12-10

kindred sSoz1p3aists. It has - UIaulS
adyantaEes that those who Once uea.
4: forever after discard clt1lTe-es,
salts. pills and other coarse neNaedlleSs
for they are seldom adviSRble ana
should never Dc gwen 70 childfeN.
II no member OF your Gagnily has
ever used syrup Pepssn and you would
ike 30 make a personal tE5lI o e BE-
fore buying il in the regntE way e 9
druggist, send your addreG1. I,cleal
VIII do--to Dr. W 3. CaideBell AZ
washinktoa St.. NIontFceI III. ana
free Sample bott3eS vii Pc 1l1lltetl
you. Results are 11C.ays EaaFanteeo
or money VIII be FeH.nd IA DYER
tisement
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-12-10
Fit His Case Exactly.

-'sWhen fatherwas sick aboutUix yeQEsaRo
he read an advertisement of Ghannberlain'o
TabIets IN the papers that st his case ex.
acily-," writes Miss Margaret Campbell Of
II. Smith, Ark. she purchAsed box of
them and he has not been sick since. Ny
sister had stomach trouble and WaB alsO ben
cited BY tilem" For sale by all dealers.
"A dverfisguleut
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-12-10
sfGoo! That zEl0
Feels Good, Ma! .
For Prickly Heat, Pimples, Blotehel
Blackheads, Eczema and 0andru9
ZElEO Is q New Wonder.

At last. remedy for skin tortured
that makes everybody smile and say,
Is really extraordinary, as any man 0FI
woman can prove Immediately at = cost
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-12-10

CConfinued on page eighty
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-12-10

zeno is sold and guaranteed by
druggists everywhere and In clarhs-
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-08-01
NAN WITH AMAZING MEMORY

William E. Putnam, connected with
the postoftice at Niles, Mich, is a
walking encyclopedia. Niles is town
Of more than 5000 people, but Putnam
is able to name every householder or
occupant in the place and to give his
correct street number. He is able to
reclte the entire constitution Of the
United States, of hand. and he Will
give you the capital of. every state,
country or island In the world. As
e, dates. he is sbie to give you the ex.
act time when any event Of any con.
sequence happened years and decades.
back in history. Putnam. along with
his other accomplishments, 'ls a Bible
student and Sunday school worker.
He has record of having furnished
a publisher a large list OF Biblical
verses, locating each verse at Its prop
er place, book, chapter and verse, the
entire list being made up from mem.
DRY, IN InfH 70;
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-08-01
FLOWER PICKING MACHINE.


An apparatus for plucking flowers
aud collecting seed consists of tube
connected with pair OF shears. At
the forward end Of the tube is a fork
which Is slipped under the flowers.
The blossoms imprisoned between the
prongs are severed by blade travel
ing upon the fork. and are dropped
through the tube into a receptacle at
the rear of the apparatus.
The device not only collects flowers
very quickly but also without injury.
When the flowers are plucked by hand
1t Is almost impossible to break a twig
without leaving behind long silver
OF bark. Sometimes even a whole
plant must be torn up by, the roots.
The apparatus can, also be employed
for collecting seed capsules which are
often crushed when picked by hand.
SO that the seed is lost. The entire
capsule drops uniniured into the re-
ceptacle at the rear. so that the seed
ia preserved.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-08-01

pieLed d Vel on the Alexander sIar
'tin.Fane lot and 1t produced no bar
rels tte FIRST tYents;tour hours.
I'm the Gore end Of the field. !.
Falls Gore township, Hooking c6d !
ty the Plymouth oil and Gas. col
pany has. completed and shot its tel
on the ]. H. Thompson farm. and
produced AZ barrels the ensuing tive
ty.four hours. 1t will settle down
a 10 or 20 barrel producer.
In the northern end Of the field.
section 5, Hopewell township, Mus
kingtim county; the Ohio Fuel o
company has drilled its test on the j
H. Chapman farm through the clii
ton sand and has duster. This !
cation Is 1000 feet northwest Of Il
Planet OIL company's good, produce
on the A, T. Ankrum farm. No. 9 o.
this last named farm was TO hav
been shot The shell was lowered b.
before the shot could be put OFF tn.
well caved and the hole filled u.
twenty feet above the shot and the.
are now confronted with the un
pleasant task of cleaning out tn
hole with about 90 quarts OF the hig'
explosive fluid at the bottom OF tn
well.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-08-01
PEACH TRAINS
ARE BEING SENT EAST FROM
RoMNEY = BIG CROP IN ATH.
EMS COUNTY.


The Baltimore and Ohio railroad is
now operating solid express trains
out Of Romney and other towns o!
Hampshire county, to expedite the
movement Of the peach crop, which
is unusually large this year. Good
prices prevail in the Eastern and Mid
die Western markets. AS the Ell
bertas ripen the number of trains
will be increased and shipments con
tinued until the middle of October
Nearly the whole of this crop goes
to the eastern cities, though Pitts
burgh- and Cleveland get a few OF
them.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-08-01
EFIf0[QoNG R
.Gg||)T3655Ray|I
THE SOLEMN PROSE.

- He SOLEMN PROSE. q
RFrom. the Denver Republican, Z
81 feel very, very solemn.''-Wood
row Wilson when informed of hi.
nomination.
FEEL ,very,syery solemn. when the
glad news comes to me-. 81,
That long forgotten uncle's left /,
~ handsome legacy; 80 ~ ?
Some men %ohld jump, through glad
ness. but I'm not built that way
I'm very, very solemn on the bright
est, gladdest day.
! feel very. very solemn and my CHR
drooBs on my neck
When an editor thus pens me: 81 an
sending you n check
For that little yarn You sent us
please dash off something
more."
Some men would dance to ragtime
but think Joy bore.
J feel very, very solemn when tht
home team wins a game
When the horse that i have bet or
makes the other nags look lame
Some men may show their gladness
but shroud myself in gloom,
And when good news has reached mt
t., I'm the saddest in the room.
J feel very, very solemn when the
'nh price Of meat has sunk; E
When my landlord cuts the rental II
just throws me in funk:
Oh, list TO one who's tried 1t, and VIII,
knows. good friend. who knows
There's no pose that Is equal to this
very solemn pose -r ,a.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-08-01

Talking about dry towns. have you
ever been in Leavenwortll, Kan.,?" ask.
ed the commercial traveller in the
smoking car. No? Well that's a dry
town for YOU, all right"
They can't sell liquor at all there?"
asked one OF the men. ,.-
only II you have been. bitten b. a
SNAKE" said the traveller. They have
only one snake in that town, and
when got to It. the other day, after
standing In line for nearly half the
day, 1t was too tired to te."-Mil-
Yankee Wisconsin.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-08-01


The Rev. DIR. Richie, OF Edinburgh
although very clever man, once mel
his match. When examining a stu
dent rs 10 the classes he attended he
said:
II understand you attend the class
for mathematics.
Yes"
How many sides has circle?"
Two" said the student.
Indeed! What are they?'
What u laugh In the court the stu
dents answer produced when he said,
promptly: -r.
An inside and an outside"
The doctor next asked: rF
And you attend the moral phlloso
nhy class also?" ,aa.#'
Eyes" za5Ti a'' ais
well, you doubtless heard lectures
on various subjects, Did you ever
hear one on cause and efect?"
Yes" D.. .st
Docs an effect ever go before a
cause?" -.a
YES"
give me an instance"
"a barrow wheeled by . man."
The doctor hastily sat down and
nrpnncad M poora n,a,tion. Gov
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-08-01
When Dewey Was pIsaus.ed.

During the Spanish.American war
the navy department, by way OF a
graceful compllment'to the great uni
yersItles, renamed two converted
cruisers Harvard and Yale. Not long
after Commodore Dewey was asked
what new names should be conferred
upon two little Spanish gunbouts that
had been captured in Philippine wat
ers. 81
oh" said the commodore. well
Just call one the Massachusetts Insti-
tie Of Technology and the other the
Pennsylvania College for Physicians
and surgeonst'-san Francisco chron,
icle. -, a.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-08-01
OIL AND Gas

= tiEtl ~ SiN iiH 4sF - Pc, fimz
lnterst In the development in Kama,
Wha county have now been transferred
from the. Blue Creek field, to Falling
Rock creek, about FIVE miles nearly
due east OF the Blue Creek field. More
than month ago attention was first
called to that section. when o'Con.
nells& Co. drilled in It's No. s on the
Goshorn tract and got 9O.barrel pro-
Queer in the Berea grit. North and
adjoining the Goshorn tract, the ]. D.
Weir OIL company has drilled In No.
70 on the Weir Bros tract and has
a show for a 16O.barrel producer.
Weir Bros. have been drilling on
their tract for number OF years.
They have, during that time. complet.
ed nineteen wells of which three are
oil wells with combined production
OF is barrels day. The others are
gas wells.
O'Connell & Co. arc drilling No. /
on the Goshorn tract. located 500 feet
south of the ]. B. Weir Oil com.
pany's No. 90. Both companies are
beginning active development work
and others are making locations.
Leasing in that section and across
the line in Clay county has been very
active. Tho headwn.ers OF Falling
Rock creek are in Clay county, and
the general course OF the stream is
nearly due north, emptylng into Elk
river.
Blue Creek Compilations. r7
On Elk river, In the Blue Creek
field, the Ohio Fuel OIL company has
completed No s on the A. p. Hays
farm, and has producer that placed
$50 barrels TO Its credit the first
twenty.four hours. On Buffalo Branch
In the central part of the field. wort
j. Jordan, special receiver. has com.
pleted No. 5 on the Edna Myers es.
tate and 1t produced 400 barrels the
first twenty.Tour hours.
In the southwest extension, on
Pinch crek, Grosscup. Rummell G
Schwab have completed No. 10 on the
David ]. jarrett farm and have a 30.
barrel producer. Shooting the oil
wells Is the general practice In the
older part of the field. Ivory c. Jor.
dan, receiver, shot Nose and on the
Edna Myers form, and they have now
combined production of 500 barrels
9 day. Few of the wells shot in the
Blue Creek field fail 10 respond to a
light dose. OF the high explosive fluid
Blue Creek Gauges.
The wells and farms IN the Blue
! Creek, field producing: 30 or more
barrels day are as follows: South
Penn Oh, company Nos. /. 2. 3 and G,
Albert Myers, 1910 barrels; Nos.
to%7. Bannister heirs. 740 barrels;
Nos. l and 2, W. S. jarrett, $50 bar.
rels; Nos. /, 2, s and 6. W. C. Myers,
$50 barrels; Nos. /, 2 and 3, Fred
Gardner. $40 barrels; Nos. l, . and
8, %. NJ. jarrett, sos barrels; No. /.
George B. Myers, lis barrels; No
p, H. It. Cline, 225 barrels; Ohio Fuel
oil company. Nos. to 10, Barth.
Schwartz, 40 barrels; Nos. | and 2.
Z g. G. and NJ. E. Myers, Go barrels;
Nos. a % and 8, ]. s. Newhouse, 90
barrels; Nos. to 4, Grace E. Myers,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. !,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-08-01

ADAarsToN.- Ralph Cowgirl. agel
six years, died at his home at Adams.
ton Wednesday night at 9 o'clock ait
er suffering twelve hours from wounds
received in both legs when he was
accidentally shot by his brother with
whom he was out hunting rats.