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The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-25
Only Bruised by Long Fall.

1t does not happen very often that
4 man falls head first down an eleva-
tor shaft from the eighth hoor OF Z
Suilding and lives to tell the tale. An
irish steel worker, employed in the
erection of twenty-flve-story ONCE
building in Maiden Lane, in New York,
had that rare and rather exciting ex-
perience the other day. While fixing
the doors to the elevator shaft on the
eighth floor the man stepped on q
loose plank and shot head first down
the shaft, followed BY several boards
and big pane OF glass. Fortunately
for him he became entangled in the
cables suspended in the shaft, which
broke his fall and saved him from be-
ing dashed to pieces when he reached
the top of one OF the elevator cages
on the ground hoor. A few cuts and
bruises were the extent Of his u
duries.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-25
FIRE DOG UNWEL COME GUEST
Even Boarding Him One Day In tho
Week Almost Gives Woman
Nervoue prostration.

Ask any f1reman's wife what day in
tho week she breads most, and the
chances are she will tell you the day
the fire station dog takes his meals
at her house, says the Philadelphia
Times.
J. ''Not that we don't like the dog
one woman said, "but because we
have to be so careful about our cook.
Ing. The men at the station where
my husband works are afraid to bring
Barney up on restaurant food. They
think he will thrive better on good
homo cooking, so they take turns at
entertaining him.
Wednesday is his day here. He
comes for all three meals. It is day
Of anxiety. II I make things too rich
Bob swears I'll give Barney ipdiges-
ton. II they aren't rich enough ho
will not be- sufficiently nourished. I
don't mind cooking for Bob nor for
any amount Of company, my mother
in-law included, but fixing things for
Barney gets on my nerves."
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-25

Before I went to Europe" said the
school teacher, lit was one Of the
mysteries Of my profession how every
British child enrolled in our schools
came to be authority on the spelling
OF chilblains. Teachers might hesi.
tate over one ''l'' or two, the children
never. They might make photographic
mess of the simplest one syllable
word, but the tiniest tot from the
British isles went to the head of the
class on chilblains every time. One
wintry month In those same islands
told me why. It is the word they saw
oftenest. In drug stores, In clothing
stores, in shops of all kinds cures
and preventives Of chilblains are uni.
versally advertised. Owing to the
exigencfes of the climate there is q
regular chilblains literature present.
ed for those children's absorption, so
no wonder they know how to spell
their universal afliction.''
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-25
EpIstelary Caution.

Before the customer paid his bill
the hotel stenographer tore several
pages out Of her notebook and hand
cd them to him.
"Only the notes Of his letters" she
said to the next customer. about
once In six months somebody comes
along who keeps such watchful eye
on his correspondence that he won't
even let a stenographer keep his
notes. OF course it Is nothing to us,
and we always give them up when
asked to. I don't know what the eau
s1ous folk do with them. Destroy
them maybe. Anyhow, there il no
record Of foolish utteranoes left IN Tho
stenosrapher's books"
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-25
carborundun In Furnaces.

Carborundum, the artificial substi.
tute for emery, which is said to rival
the diamond in hardness, is employ.
ed, because Of its extraordinary re.
sistance to heat, as coating for the
interior Of furnaces. Finely powdered
and made into PASTE it is applied
with brush, like paint. to the brick
lining. It Is said that a#layer= Of only
two mllimeters in thickness will pro.
tect the bricks from the effects Of the
highest temperature that is produced
In ordinary furnace combustion.
Carborundum Is itself product Of
che electric furnace, being composed
OF silica and carbon fused In the pres.
once OF salt and saWdust..-Harper's
Weekly. 80
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-25
"7rust God and Sally,"

The worthy people Of the historic
town Of Newark, Nottingham, Eng.
land, have lately been much exercised
In their minds regarding the selection
OF motto to go with the borough
arms. Ultimately it was decided that
the motto Of the town should be the
historic remark made by Major Smith
IN 1916, "Trust God and Sally"
It was In that year when Newark
was surrendered to the Scottish army
after sustaining three sieges during
the civil war, and the remark was
made to Lord Bellayse when the Tor.
tunes OF King Charles I were at tho
lowest ebb. The word sally" Of
course, as used in Newark's motto.
means to rush forth, leap out, or issue
euddenly.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-25
AIbIno PuZZIo.

The albino is still one of the puz.
zles Of science. Beyond tho knowl
edge that albinism is due to lack OF
the normal pigment in skin and hair
the psychologist and pathologist ard
about as much at sea regarding the
real explanation of this freak of ma
ture as they were a hundred or 1
thousand years ago. AS to the ultt
mate why Of the problem-why the
pigment is missing In the albino-
there is nothing but collection OF
unconvincing guesses. Regarding the
statistics of albinism nothing salts
factory Is obtainable except in two
countries. In Italy the albinos mum
Der about one in every twenty thou
sand of the population, whereas in
Norway the rate is twice as high,
with one in every ten thousand.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-25
Threw Wooden Shoes 1t Bride.

In tho shower of missiles hurled
after the welded pair something
struck tho settlement worker with
stinging force. What on earth!" she
exclaimed; then quickly added: "A
wooden shoe! Who ever heard Of
throwing a wooden shoe at a bride?"
Most everybody who has attended
weddings in this part Of town has
heard Of it, said the officiating curate.
1T is the custom here to throw wood.
en- shoes because at some time in her
life nearly every bride has worn
pair. For the present generation they
were not her Sunday shoes, nor her
evening dress shoes, nor even her ev-
eryday street shoes, but around the
house and maybe to the nearby shops
In rainy, weather she has clattered
around often enough in wooden shoes
to justify having pair thrown at her
for old times sake. .'--Boston Herald
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-25
ALL ALONE IN THE STORM
Inside, the Merry Country Party
Voted Not Of the For|orn Figure
Out in the Cold.

It was bitter cold The snow fell
thickly, and, driven by the wind, it
beat relentlessly against the faces of
those who were not sheltered. A wild
night, indeed. Midwinter, and in the
open country, and one of the coolest
nights in the memory of the Oldest in
habitant.
He stood not far from the winding,
snowbound road, his face turned to-
ward the highway. A forlorn object
in that great storm.
His old felt hat, jammed roughly on
his head, but Unprotected his face and
ears from the chilly blasts. He wore
no Overcoat, only light and much
frayed jacket, more fitted, indeed, for
summer weather than the zero TEN.
perature of that night His hands
were unprotected by gloves, while his
trousers, thin and worn, fluttered
about his legs. He wore no shoes.
Inside the great farm, close by, the
lights blazed merrily, and through the
windows, from which the shades were
drawn, could be seen many young peo-
pie passing hither and thither. A
merry country party-youth and
laughter.
And now through the storm others
make their way to the farmhouse.
They are bundled up warm and com.
Portable, and defy the snow and the
cold. They are happy in the anticipa.
tion Of the joyful evening before them.
Care and worry have no part in their
minds.
They do not know that close by
stands that ill-clothed figure, with
arms stretched appealingly forth, and
II they knew there would be no pity
IN their hearts.
For it was only the old farmers
ecarecroW.--William Sanford in Puck
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-25
Tour Of an English Choir.

Tour OF an English Choir.
We have at least one '*big thing" to
our credit that America has not so far
accomplished. The Sheffield Choir,
now singing in Australia, represents
the biggest touring musical enterprise
on record.
It numbers 230 all told, and when
they return to Yorkshire in 4 few
weeks hence they will have covered
$4,000 miles in seven months. The
cost of the tour will be 100000, the
transport and hotel expenses absorb.
ing 945,000. The choir has sung to
crowded audiences in Canada, New
Zealand and Australia, and If the re-
ceipts are equal to the expenses tho
promoters will be satisfied. The
youngest member of the choir is q
boy of 10, the oldest man of 70.
Three of the choristers are circum-
navigating tho globe hatless.-London
Chronicle.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-25
CAME BACK TO HIS MEMORY
Long Years Of Captivity Had Not Ef.
faced Early Teachings From Mind
Of Elephant.

The following is an instance Of an
elephants good manners and Of the
tenacity with which an idea once re-
cetved by him adheres in his mem-
Dry. &
When visiting the London Zoo, an.
Englishman who had seen service In
India got permission for his children
g ride On one q the slsphants. Aftle
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-25
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Will sell or trade Sc.
147-34 also NE. IA of the NV
IA of section 34-14734, and the
SW. ID of the SW. IA of section
: 5-146-34. Will sell reasonable or
trade for income property. Geo.
; S. Gillespie, Sioux City, Iowa.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-25

FOR SALE-Bemidj residence prop
erty for sale or exchange for land.
r. !. Swedback.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-25

United north and south amateur
gold tournament for women opens at
N. G.
Canadian amateur fencing cham
at University of Toronto.
Opening of second annual automo-
bile show at Manchester, N. H.
Opening of first annual automobile
show at Indianapolis.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-25

FOR SALE-Pure blood Rhode Island
. Red and Barred Plymouth Rock
eggs for breeding purposes. Jack
Williams, 1915 America Ave.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-25

FOR SALE-Full blooded Golden
Wyandotte eggs for breeding. E.
S S. Woodward, 507 Irvine Ave.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-25
MISCELLANEOUS

ADVERTISERS great state of
North Dakota offers unlimited op-
portunities for business to classi-
fled 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-News, Fargo, n. D.
WANTED-10o merchants in North
ern Minnesota to sci! 'The Bemid-
ji' lead pencil. Will carry name
of every merchant in advertising
columns of Pioneer in order that
all receive advantage of advertis-
ing. For wholesale prices write
or phone the Bemidji Pioneer Of
flee Supply Co. Phone 81. Be-
midi, MINI.
WANTED desire to place my new
piano with a private family who
will take good care of it. To a
responsible party, will be willing
to give a full term of music les
sons free as am anxious to or
ganize class in music. Address
1106 Pioneer, Bemidji
WANTED TO TRADE-What have
you to trade for new standard pia-
no? Call at second hand store,
Odd Fellows Bldg.
BOUGHT AND SOLD Second hand
furniture. Odd Fellows building,
across from postoffice, phone 129.
to do at home
call at 20S Mississippi Ave. Miss
Sophia Carsten.
Pioneer Want Ads
II Gent 4 Word
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-25

FOR SALE-Rubber stamps. The
Pioneer will procure any kind OF
: rubber stamp for you on short
4otice. ~. -.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-25
KNEW SOMETHING ABOUT II
Modest Appearing Man Proved He
Had Right to crltlcise Youth
full Art Student,

An art student was copying one of
Abbott S. Thayer's paintings at tho
New York Metropolitan Museum OF
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-25

FOR SALE-20 foot gasoline launch
"Silver Heels Apply Barker's.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-25

hurdles safely. The time will come
when every well-organized club will
have a veteran player on the payroll
They give the youngsters confidence
and strengthen the hands of the man.
ager.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-25
HELP WANTED

WANTED-Diningr room girl wanted
at Lakeshore Hotel.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-25

FOR SALE-At a bargain, piano
in good condition. Nicollet Hotel.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-25

Big league clubs make no mistake
in carrying such men as Robinson,
Farrell, Jim MCGUIRE and other
veterans. These old heads have a
good influence on the young players
and can steer the boys over the
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-25

BOUGHT AND SOLD Second hand
furniture. Odd Fellows building,
across from postoffice, phone 129.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-25

o O o o @ o o o o o . o o o o o
o CALENDAR OF SPORTS FOR o
i" THE WEEK o
9 9 @ 9 o 9 o @ @ o o O o o o
Monday.
National pocket billiard champion
ship tournament opens in Philadel-
phia.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-25

FOR SALE-Portable steel garage.
14x20. Apply Schneider Bros.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-25

WANTED-Sewing to do at home
call at 20S Mississippi Ave. Miss
Sophia Carsten.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-25

WANTED TO TRADE What have
you to trade for new standard pia-
no? Call at second hand store,
Odd Fellows Bldg.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-25

FOR SALE-Furniture at bargain.
Call at GIG Mississippi Ave.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-25

FARM FOR SALE-Improved, in city
limits. Address H. Brake, city.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-04-17
Granted Paroles.

The State Prison Commission
granted paroles last Thursday to
about thirty convicts, after each
case had been investigated by writ
ing to the county officials, the lat
ter recommending the paroles. A
mong the paroled ones are w. F.
Graft, Morgan county. hog stealing;
Jack Morgan, Letcher county. OBJ
tanning goods by false pretenses;
John Moore, Knott county ten years
for robbery. served seven years, and
William Fitzgerald CBll Jarrel)
Lawrence county. house breaking. It
win be remembered that year or
so ago Bill got mixed UP with
wagon, barn door and two dollars
and a half. The wagon belonged to
Bert Shannon and was in his barn
in this city Bill forced his way
into the said barn, abstracted there
from the aforesaid wagon and sold
the same for the before mentioned
two-fifty, For this he received in
the Lawrence Circuit Court an in
determinate sentence of from one
to five years in the penitentiary. He
has served about year and half.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-04-17
Woman SIashed With Razor.

On Monday afternoon last Mrs.
James Thompson, so the story goes,
cut her sister-in-law, Mrs. John
Thompson, with razor, inflicting
several severe wounds before she
could be restrained. All the par
ties live at Torchlight. seven miles
from this place, on the c. Il o. The
razor user and her victim married
the two brothers, John and James
Thompson, and both families live
on the same property, tract of
land belonging to the heirs of the
late Sampson Billups. 1t is out of
this occupancy that the cutting grew
and which is the outcome of a
family quarrel of long standing. 1t
is said that the accused woman lay
in wait for her relative. and opened
the affray by throwing stone at
her sister-in-law
r After her wounds had been dress
ed by Dr. Marcum. of Torchlight,
Mrs. Thompson came to Louisa on
No. 80 and swore out a warrant for
the arrest of her assailant. She
presented a rather startling appear
ance with her face and arms all but
covered with bandages. IL is said
that she received cuts on other
parts of her body.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-04-17
High links in Valpo.

Valparaiso, Indiana, Apr, 13.-
Three thousand students of valpa-
raiso university last night and early
to-day rioted in the streets here
driving before them, smashing win
dows, firing revolvers and creating
general havoc. The rioters burst
into Memorial theater and drove the
audience out in panic. The the
ater furniture was smashed. The
city authorities were powerless. The
arrest of the students for. playing
baseball in the streets started the
rioting.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-04-17
D. I. { |. RAILROAD
Reported TO be Going into Hands Of
N. CIV.

There is a report that the Nor
folk and Western has been consider
ing the acquisition of the Detroit.
Toledo and lronton, the sale of
which was deferred Monday until
next October Should the deal go
through George E. Johnson will, It
is understood, be made President Of
the road, giving two members of the
johnson family that title. as his
father, l.. E, johnson, is President
of the N. and w.
The acquisition of the D. T. and l..
will give the N and W., an outlet
to the great lakes, as at the pre-
sent time it sends its lake coal over
the Hooking Valley, c. II. and D.
and the PENNSYLVANIA, part of it
coming through Cincinnati The N.
and w, in the event that the D. T.
and l. is bought, could use its own
motive power and rolling stock ON
the Ohio road. Connection could be
secured by the n. and w, at Way-
erly, Ohio, on the Columbus Divi-
sion, south of Columbus.
AT the present time the N. and
W., sends coal over the c.. II. and
D., from Ironton. The acquisition OF
the d. T. and l., with its subsequent
improvement, will enable the N. and
w, to have a longer haul on its
lake coal instead of dividing the
haul with number of other roads.
This, OF course. means more freight
for the N. and w.
The coming year the N. and w,
will greatly increase it coal tonnage.
which last year passed the 2l00O,-
000-ton mark, making it one OF the
most important coal carriers In the
country. However officials OF the
road point to the fact that the ~
and W., is other than a simple coal
carrier, as the tonnage outside OF
coal is very large. Taking 100 per
cent as the basis of all of It's ton
mage, statistics show that about go
per cent of the tonnage is COAL
while the remaining 40 per cent
consists OF miscellaneous freight
The N. and w, will invade the
Kentucky coal fields, building south
II miles from Williamson, W Va.
to Pike County. Kentucky The coal
In this field has peculiar properties
that make it an excellent product
FOR the firms manufacturing coal
Dy-products. Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-04-17
CIRCUIT COURT.
Tinker Pigg Convicted on Two Charges
Of Burglary.

Circuit Court resumed business
Monday morning. after recess OF
a couple of days The petit jury was
dismissed on last Friday until the
following Monday, and the grand
jury adjourned from Saturday until
Wednesday and is still at work.
In the case of Mrs. Sam Carter,
charged with assault upon the per-
son of Mrs. William Hughes with
intent to kill, the jury was unable
to agree and the case was continued
Prosecutor Waugh returned on
Tuesday and the trial of common
wealll cases was resumed. There
were two cases against Tinker PiEg
for the burglary of the store of
Il. h. Shannon. Both were tried
and he was convicted in both IN
stances, This is his third conviction
for Il felony, and had fact been
stated in the Indictment it would
have carried with IL Imprisonment
for life. Each term of Imprisonment
is from to years
In the case OF the commonwealth
against George Hickman, charged
with removing brands from logs, the
of the Vansant- Kitchen
Lumber Co. of Ashland, Judge
Hannah, being one of the company,
could not preside. This fact had
been certified to the Governor, who
appointed Judge A. j. Kirk as the
trial judge. Judge Kirk came down
from Paintsville on Wednesday, auI
the parties not being ready this case
and all other commonwealth causes
set ~, this term were continued.
Sarah Carter, charged with steal
ing d diamond stickpin. the prop
srty of r. f. Rollings, was indicted
by the present grand jury and re-
eased on bail.
The jury in the case of Silas
Hunley against the c. & o. railroad
or alleged personal damage. was
lnable to agree.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-04-17
Additional Details.

A scene Of indesoribable panic pre-
vailed when the giant Titanic struck
the Iceberg last sunday night. She
was rent almost asunder by the
terrific impact with the iceberg.
The wireless operator had barely
clicked his instrument for the final
letter of his distress message, when
the water flooded the dynamo room.
He turned to his accumuiator set,
which was weak ana fluttering Mes
sages We're sent out, but they were
incapable of carrying great dis
tance than hundred miles
The first s. o. S. call was picked
up by the Carpathia. which headed
at once for the scene of the disaster.
The Titanic had gone down before
she reached the spot but numerous
pieces OF wreckage told the story OF
what had happened
Smith ordered the lifeboats low
cred. and they were filled with wo-
men and children. The lifeboats
were rocked and swayed by the wind
and rolling of the big boat and great
was experienced in get
ting the women aboard without mis-
hap.
When the collision occurred about
200 sailors sleeping in the bow oil
the Titanic we're drowned like rats,
After the impact the lights ON the
Tetanic went out in four minutes.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-04-17
Run Down and Killed.

So badly mangled was the body
of an unknown man, who was run
down and killed by an N. and w.
train near Chattaroy, a small sta
tion 60 miles east of Kenova one
day last week, that the body was
Immediately inferred alongside of
the railroad tracks No marks of
Identification were found on the
man, not even scrap of paper be-
ing found in any of the pockets of
his clothes. His dead body was dis
covered by local crew enroute to
Williamson.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-04-17
Bridge Charters.

In compliance with request from
the X. N. c., the NEWS will say
something of the steps necessary to
be taken to obtain charter to
build a bridge across a navigable
stream The essential step is to
get the permission of the United
States government. which has the
right of eminent domain over the
nayigable streams of the country
This consent Is obtained through
Congress, which must pass bill
granting the permission Such bill,
of course, does not become valid
until signed by the President of the
United States. The erection of such
bridges is directly connected with
the War Department, and must be
done under certain restrictions. 1t
must be so high as not to Interfere
with the passing of steamboats,,
and not TO interfere with or OBJ
struct navigation in any way. This
Is the government requirement In
case the ends of the proposed struc-
ture will be upon private property
this must be bought or condemned,
and where the bridge will connect
two incorporated towns. as in case
OF the Louisa and Fort Gay bridge.
the consent of these corporations
must be obtained This bridge. by
the way. is supposed to be the only
one which has the unique distinc-
tion of spanning two rivers.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-04-17
Tribune Has Suspended Publication.

With its issue OF Saturday. the
18th, the Catlettsburg Tribune sus-
pended its publication in that ci.y.
No particular cause is given for this
step. but the proprietor says that
for reasons thought to be entirely
justiflable and proper by its present
proprietor, today's issue of the pap
er marks the closing of its existence
under the present ownership and
management"
1t is intimated that the paper may
appear in Huntington as The In
dependent Tribune.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-04-17
ANIMALS KILLED BY LIGHTNING.

During the storm which passed
over this section at an early hour
last Monday morning lightning kill
ed fine horse and calf, the pro-
perty of Mr.. Henry Gains, of Potters
The animals were in barn not
far from the house, but the building
was uninjured. The horse was
fine saddler and driver, highly priz-
ed ry its owner.