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The Washington times., 1912-04-22
"Round-up" of 200 silk
tsa Rain or Umbrellas at $2.47
with rare hand carved handles

$500 the usual price for umbrella with handle equal to
these Striking unusual dgns-ome BIRDS carved out of rich
woods; Others with human figure models heads full forms; still
Others in delicate ower-ke forms that to grow out of the
wooden sticks with the grace natures handwok Some have
bird figures carved from horn, and mounted rustic finished ham
dies The umbrella of ak ea in back and coorS
NEVER SUCH AN UMBRELLA VALUE AT S2.47 BEFORE.
Bargain Tables-Street floor.
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Preservation of City Trees.

The Twentieth Century club wants the city to spend S25,OO0 a year on caring for the shade trees in our streets. The demand is a modest one. We have thousands of trees worth S200 each or more, not to speak ot the commoner ones of less value. What manufacturer who had invest. ed hundreds of thousands of dollars in a plant would allow it to go tc wreck for lack of few thousand dol. lars a year for maintenance? Yet that is what we are doing with our trees. We spend money freely in set. ting them out and then we leave them to the mercy of insects and other pests. It would be far wiser tc spend what money we can spare in taking care of the trees we have rath. CT than go on setting out more, know. ing that in few years they will in all probability have succumbed to the unnatural conditions in which they are set. By all means preserve our trees. There is, nothing which beauti fies city more, nothing which, with 8 proper annual expenditure, yields g better return.-Detroit Journal.
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caIIe Only for 3 Little Taste.

We have all of us seen the little cottage, with hardly more ground than 2 postage stamp, embowered in roses and growing flowers, and We have en vied the owner his patient genius As 8 matter of fact it requires neither native genius nor native patience The work of making flowers and vegetables grow takes such hold upon one that the patience and genius come as 9 matter of course. With just little taste one can lay out and plant a small garden in which edible vegetables and beautiful flowers are so intermingled that the whole makes a beautiful color scheme. If you have never known the early morning hour in the garden. before the hustle ot the day begins, try it this year. II will open to you new and lovely vista of life.
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Home I0llJIl. | ' ' Helps ' :.
TkR's BAD EFFECT ON TREES
Road surtaeIng, So Common in This Country and Europe, Shown to
 Be Injurious.

The tarring of the roads has come to be a common practice in this coun- try and in Europe, especially in the neighborhood Of cities where the auto mobile traffic has been heaviest. A few years ago the French botanist, Dr. Gatin, made study of the trees along the roadway in the Bois de Boulogne in Paris to find whether the treatment given the roads had any influence upon the vegetation. This examination brought out the fact that the trees that had received the dust from such roads were much affected; their growth was stunted, the leaves small, shriveled up, and became spotted. In investigations made subsequently, he tried to find out whether there were not other effects upon more deep- lying parts, and gave; special atten- tion to the eatalpa, or Indian bean," as it is called in this country.
 Comparing the twigs of normal trees with those of affected trees, all hav- ing been cut off on the 1st of July, he found that those on the normal trees were considerably larger at the base. The reduction in the affected trees is particularly confined to the woody lay CTS, as the bark is of the same thick ness on all the twigs, says g writer in Harper's Weekly. The wood cells are much smaller, whereas the layers i'm mediately under the skin are develop ed much more in the trees attacked by tar dust Specimens gathered in the autumn showed more important differ ences. Tn the normal trees the twigs had the usual deposits of reserve starch, whereas in the trees grow. ing along the tarred roads no starch was present.
 Other trees showed parallel effects. Thus the black locust and the one-leaf locust, whether collected in the early summer or in the autumn, showed un- favorable effects upon the twigs and leaves when the trees were showered with dust from the tarred roads. The corky layers of the bark developed IT, regularly, and the starch was less abundant than normally. Finally, ab. normal cork formations appeared upon the veins of the leaves of pelargenium and in the leaf stalks Of sycamore and chestnut trees.
 These effects upon the growth of the trees, and especially the inhibition of the starch formation, explain why it is that the effects of road tarring have not been observed soon after the ap- plication of the tar. The injurious ef- feet upon tree is cumulative. For two or three seasons the tree can put forth new shoots at the expense of re- serve food of previous years; but grad ually the noxious tar dust brings about the unfavorable symptoms. If some thing were to be introduced as a sub stitute for tarring, it would again be several years before we could be quite sure that it did not have an undesir- able effect upon the vegetation of our parks and roadsides.
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goatee. and prepared to sell my life dearly.
 What are you going to dof" asked Bunch in wild alarm.
 I'm going out and pull few moldy tricks till skinsh gets hsre." I an- swered heroically.
 Then I gave the warning to the leader and rang up the curtain.
 was greeted by a harsh round of applause as I stepped out and I could feel both knees get up and leave my legs.
 pulled myself together, picked up a pack of cards and began to do things with the deck that no mortal man ever saw before, while Bunch F+ood in the wings with his teeth chat tering So loud they sounded like pedestal clog accompaniment.
 Then I picked I'D an egg where skinski had placed 1t on the tabaret and started in to do something myste- rious with it.
 Just as I raised the egg to show 1t to the audience I got fash of the stage box on my right, and there, gazing curiously at me, sat Peaches and Alice Grey and Aunt Martha.
 was so surprised I dropped the egg. and it lay at my feet iu the form
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tration and the nightmare. with cine matograph pictures on the side
 All night long Sdnski had me or the stage in a wicker basket while Uncle Peter jabbed sword through me and Dodo (Skinski's partner) sat in the front row on the aisle yelling You betcher sweet" Thursday broke clear and c1oudless Just before I left home for the fatal scene Peaches said, I'm SC sorry business will keep you in the city this evening, John; but of course I real ize you have much to do before we sail on Wednesday. Alice Grey just phoned over that she has box at Q theater somewhere, I didn't ask her where, but if you're sure you won't be home I'll go with Alice and Aunt Martha"
 By all means" answered, and kissing her goodbye I trolleyed to New Rochelle.
 Bunch was there ahead of me and so were Skinski and Ma'moiselle Dodo, all working like beavers.
 I'm going to take the 11:4o to town" skinski informed us after all was in readiness for the performance
 T have g very important date, haven't I, Dodey?"
 You betcher gweet!" she pufHngly replied.
 Bunch and I 1oafed around till about an hour before show time, when we put young chap we had sworn to secrecy on the door, and then we went back on the stage and began to chatter nervously.
 At seven o'clock Dodo came in with one of those sunburst souses, and as she went sailing by to her dressing room she gave us the naughty head and murmured. You betcher sweetl"
 5even-thirty and no Skinski.
 was afraid to tell Bunch what 1 was thinking, and Bunch was afraid to think for fear he'd spill something
 Eight o'clock came and still nc skinsh.
 It was pitiful
 began to see visions of an insuIted audience reaching for my collar over the prostrate form of my partner in crime.
 At s:15 the orchestra leader came up to see why we didn't ring in and Bunch told him to ring off.
 told Beethoven, or whatever his name was. to tune up and play every. thing tn sight till I gave him the warning.
 At s:2o Ma'moise1le Dodo wa1tzed out of her dressing room made up to look like cream puff.
 Where's Skinsk?" I shrieked. 'It's nearly 8:3o and he's keering that mob waiting. Isn't he going to show up!"
 You betcher sweet!" she gurgled and passed on.
 At s:25 I rushed into Skinskis dressing room, put on a swift make. up, dove into Skinski's fright wig, hid my face behind false moustache and
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Bunch and I had engaged Skinski to go out on the circuit with his sleight-of-hsnd sketch. We needed the money Everything was ready to start, and Bunch and I attended to the shipping of all the scenery and props and trick stuff; we were too busy lads, believe me
 On Wednesday we tried all day to locate Skinski, but he avoided pun ishment until about four o'clock in the afternoon, when we finally Jagged him and began to ask him questions.
 I've been busy since Monday" he explained: "brokers and bankers and lawyers, and there are doings Say you're two of the dead gamest sports ever bumped into. and no matter what happens I'm for you for keepsi"
 Whats the reason for the crab talk?" I asked sharply. Are you going to give us the sorry hand and bow yourself out after we have put up every mazooboe we possess? What kind of 2 sour face are you pulling on us7"
 Wait and see, srnirked Skinski And. by the way, nephew Bunch. met a certain old party this morning who thinks you are very hot fried parsnips!"
 You did" Bunch came back. with B yawn.
 Yes" replied skinski; "and a nice old man. too, Is Mir William Grey
 Where the devil did you meet Mir Grey?" Bunch inquired excited1y
 Back, back upi" said Skinski quietly; 'I didn't disgrace my family MT. Peter Grant introduced me to him as your Uncle and [ made good" |"
 You met Uncle Peter. tool" asked in alarm.
 "surest thing you know" said 5kinski; ''but. don't worry The Jef ferson family tres will never be blown down by any hot air from me, so rest easy Now. let's get down to cases about our opening Thursday night"
 Bunch and I were both puzzled by Skinski's peculiar line of talk, but we forgot 1t and completed all the details for the opening the next night.
 It was after eight o'clock when I reached home, and Peaches met me at the door with the face lights on full.
 Nov for the secretl' she chirped, as she dragged me into the dining room.
 Make mine small o1e,' Iadmon- lshed; "I've had a busy day.
 This is a cure for all your husi- ness worries,' she gurgled. Guess what. John! We sail for Europe next Wednesday,"
 Poor Peaches!" said sympathet- ically; that's what you get for drink ing too much tea"
 T mean 1t seriously, John!" she cried eagerly. Uncle Peter has booked passages on the Oceanic fol
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the whole family, and he is going to pay all the expenses for three months trip"
 Water water" I gasped faintly. and I meant it, but Peaches thought T was only cutting up.
 "I knew you'd be delighted" she capered on; "and it was all could do to keep from telling you long ago Uncle Peter says that this is the dull season in your brokerage business and the trip will do you 3 world of good You need only take few hun dred dollars for pocket money, and he's going to invest your s5 900 where it will be immensely productive
 could only sit and listen and pass away
 What would become of skinski and Bunch and our good money
 How could I ever account for the missing funds without leading Peaches down to Wall Street and slowing her the tall buildings they lad built with my dough.
 And while these dismal thoughts ran through my mind Peaches grabbed that European trip between her pearly teeth and shook the de- lights out of it.
 That night I lad an attack of in- Eomnia, heuraEthenia. nervous pros
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of an omelet. while the house rosred with joy
 At this moment, Skinski bounded on the stage, bowed right and left, and in five words he made it appear that l was only a comedy curtain raiser.
 Sayl I never was so glad to see anybody in all my life.
 backed off the stage, and hs pulled something on my exit that got an awful laugh.
 When the curtain finally fell Skin- ski was given an ovation. and when 1t was all over VIC backed into his dress ing-room and eat looking at each other
 That's the last" our star said. after a pause; "snd it was hot fin ish ali right"
 What do you mean?" I gasped.
 The syndicate has bought my gold mine in the Blue Hills" he answered calmly.
 And you're going to throw us after making 6 start like this? Bunch al most gobbed.
 Throw nothingl" skinski came back. Didn't I tell you once before that I am for you two guys ali the old while-didn't I. Dodey?"
 You betcher sweet," she an. swered so1emnly
 Well, that still goeg," Skinski went on. I've sold out half interest in
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 my Blue Hills gold mine, and I've got the coin to show for it."
 Sc saying, he dug up a wad that g hound couldn't leap over.
 Now, Pm going to pay you each s6,o00 to cancel my contract Skinski added, after our eyes had feasted on his roll.
 looked at Bunch, and Bunch was stepping on his left foot to see if he was awake.
 NO, by flick! I'll make it seven thousand each" SkinsN chortled.
 "Oh! pinkles!" said skinskt; what do I want to go hugging one-ntght stands for when I have hundred thousand boohoos in the kick? It's the Parisian bculevards for us, and canter on the Boy Bologna, eh, Dodey?"
 You betcher sweetl" she gurgled thirstily.
 And so 1t came about that we de- stroyed the contract, pocketed our seven thousand each, and bade Skin. ski and Dodo an affecting farewell.
 Bunch and I couldn't talk for hours afterwards.
 We were afraid we'd wake our. selves up.
 Next day I handed five thousand dollars to Uncle Peter, and he com. plimented me so highly on my ability to save money that I nearly swal. lowed my palate.
 "I'm going to invest this carefully for you, John," he informed me. When we return from Europe you'll be surprised.'
 I don't know what powers of per. suasion Bunch brought to bear on Alice and Uncle William, but I do know that there was a hurried wed. ding ceremony, and that a certain blushing bride and bashful groom and delighted old uncle who answered roll call when you yelled Bill Grey took passage that next Wednesday with us on the Oceanic.
 was promenading the deck with Peaches and Uncle Peter after we had been out two days when the old gen. tleman said: John, aren't you curious to know how invested your money?" Not particularly" I answered with laugh.
 John knows 1t is perfectly safe in your hands," Peaches beamed.
 well, I'll tell you" said Uncle Peter. "Bill Grey and myself cele- brated the finish of our long quarrel bu 1oine into 2 little h11eineeo doa1 +o gether.''
 "Fine!" said approvingly.
 We buried the hatchet," Uncle Pc. ter went on, ''by investing together in 3 gold mine"
 'rWhere?" I asked nervously.
 We formed 8 little syndicate and bought half-interest in mine owned by Bunch's Uncle McGowan, out in the Blue Hills!"
 And is that where you invested my few plunks?" I asked. forcing my. self to be calm.
 That's it," chuckled Uncle Peter, and that's where Bill Grey has in- vested s5,000 for Bunch"
 I excused myself and said I di6 t feel like promenading-the undertlv made me dizzy.
 I went of by my lonesome erd looked across the troubled sea.
 It seemed to me that I could hear 2 voice coming from far away heh that biggest wave, and the voice sei1, You betcher sweetl"
 Copyright, c. W. Dillingham; Col
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An Vaeant Lots Cultivated.

Kansas City, Mo, cultivated it's va cant lots last summer. A nine-aere tract, for example, was planted in vegetables, and worked by people in destitute circumstances. The scheme was under the direction of the City club, which engaged practical gar dener to supervise the cultivation.
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Enlarging Your Business

annually, and then carefully note the effect it has in in. creasing your volume of busi. ness; whether a 10, 20 or 30 per cent increase. If you watch this gain from year to you will become intensely in. terested in your advertising, and how you can make it en. large your business.
 If you try this method we believe you will not want to let single issue of th,s paper go to press without something from your store.
 We will be pleased to have you call on us, and we will take pleasure in explaining our annual ontract for SO many inches, and how it can bs used in whatever amount that seems necessary to you.
 If you can sell goods over the counter we can also show you why: this paper will best : serve your interests when you want to reach the people of this con-munitv.
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for charity, or do you adver= sise for direct resultsf
 Did you ever stop to think how your advertising can be made 8 source of profit to you, and how its value can ba mea sured in dollars and cents. If you have not, you are throwing money away.
 Advertising is a modern business necessity. but must be conducted on business principles. If-you are not satisfied with your advertising you should set aside a certain amount of money to be spent
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If you are in business and you want to make more money you will read every word we have te say. Are you spending your money for ad- vertising in hap hazard fashion as if intended
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-04-19
Ultra Violet RAYS Purify Air.

AT a recent meeting of the Compar-
alive Pathology society at Paris M.
Daniel Berthelot brought out the fact
that ultraviolet rays could be used
for purifying the air in submarine
boats. Such rays are produced in
great quantities by the quartz mer-
curry vapor lamp, and their sterilizing
power is now we'll known. The Sc
cret of the great power Of the ultra.
violet rays is simple, according to
him, for they correspond to the high
est temperatures that we know. In
fact, the temperature of the mercury
vapor lamp which produces them is
even higher than that of the sun. He
mentions also an interesting point
that is, il we expose to the rays a
mixture of carbonic acid gas and am.
monia they combine and give rise to
formic amide, which is the base OF
protoT'asm and living matter.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-04-19
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
Apri1 10.

l775-Battles of Lexington anC
Concord, the first engagements of the
American Revolution.
lS16-lndiana authorized by Con.
gress to form constitution and state
government.
1S24-Lord Byron, the poet, die6
at Missolong Chi, Greece. Born in
London January %, 1888.
1S40-Rt. Rev, James Lartigue
Roman Catholic Bishop Of Montreal
died. Born June 20, 1777.
1S50-Great Britain and the Unit
Cd States concluded the Clayton
Bulver treaty.
1S62-Simon Fraser, explorer of
the Pacific Northwest, died at St.
Andrews. Ont. Born in Vermont in
1776.
1S64-Con gress passed an act to
enable the people of Nebraska to
form O. state government.
1S82-Charles Darwin, author of
"The Descent OF Man," died. Born
Feb. II. 1908.
19O4-Large part of the business
district of Toronto destroyed by fire.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-04-19

Hello. Bill" CHEEKY saIutation FRS,
Heard at Minneapolis Reunion
Of 1897.

Eleven o'clock is Elkdom's "hour Of
Fecollection,' when a toast is drunk
tic our absent brothers," The Gus
tom is said to have originated with
George Mcdonald, one of the original
Elks. The notices of the order are
| "'Eo do unto others as We would they
should do unto us" and THE faults OF
pur brothers We write upon the sand:
| their virtues upon tablets of love and
memory"
! The call of one Elk to another, by
which he is recognized in any forest
10; palms or otherwise) is "Hello,
Bill" William Goddard of Minneapo
lis lodge, No. a, is the original "Hel
10, Bill' of Elkdom, and this CHEEKY
Ealutation, which has found it's way
around the world, originated in Mime,
apo1is during the Elks' national re-
union in that city in 1897. Goddard
was chairman of the finance commit.
tee and a member OF practically every
other committee having in charge the
arrangements for the reunion. Others
might slight their work, but Billy
Goddard was always to be found at
committee headquarters.
When any visiting Elk sought infor-
nation it was a constant repetition of
roo over and ask Billy Goddard"
'Billy. can tell you," "See Billy; he
knows" And the visiting Elk fell
naturally into the formula, Hello,
Bill. I was told to see you" The
phrase caught on. 1t spread like q
prairie fire over the convention city.
Elks who never before had seen each
others faces greeted each other on
the streets and in the hotel corridors
with CHEEKY Hello, Bill" and now
when one Elk meets another, from the
bright lights of Broadway to far away
Juneau or Skagway, Alaska, the most
distant of Elk towns, it's Hello,
Bill."-Hampton's Magazine.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-04-19
KEEP THE EARTH HABlTABLE q
Importance of the Worm in the Econ.
omy of Nature Was First Ee~
veaied by Darwin.

The discovery Of new species OF
earthworm may awake but languid
interest In the layman's mind, yet
those minute studies of the humble
works Of nature that result in bring.
ing to light previously unrecognlzed
Inhabitants OF the soil really possess
very high degree of interest, since
they often indicate unsupported pro-
cesses whereby the earth is kept in
q condition to be the home and nourj
Usher of man. -...
Darwin surprised the general read
ing public by his revelations OF the
Indispensable role played by the hum.
BILE earthworm in cultivating the soil.
He showed how the strength of a
pigmy was changed into that of a
giant by the virtue of numbers and of
industry. so that the richest soil was
turned over and over again by the la.
boris of earthworms and thus kept in a
fertile condition.
When, however, Darwin discovered
the Importance of the work done by
worms, he was not aware OF the ex
tstence OF more than eight or ten
species in Great Britain. Now, owins
to the labors OF students who have de
voted their time to the study oil
earthworms in that country, at least
twenty different species are known
and a vast amount of interesting in
formation has been gathered concern
Ing their character and habits.
1t might be thought that there il
not much difference among worms
but, as matter OF fact, there is fal
more difference than exists among
many more pretentious forms of ami
NAL life. Short worms and Ions
worms; worms that climb trees, and
others that never leave the ground;
worms whose color is green, brown
rose red and iridescent, and some tina,
are described by the enthusiastic ant
adinlrjng naturalists as meat an(
pretty" figure among the various spe
cies that have been classitied.-Har
per's Weekly.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-04-19
EvERYBoDy'S FRIEND

The old family doctor, of whom so
few are now seen in this age of "spe-
cia1ists'' was the valued friend and
advisor of his patients. They de-
pended on him to keep them in:
health, and cheer them with his
counesl. He taught them the wis
dom of preventing illness by watch
ing closely after the health Of the
family.
Mrs. H. S. Dubois writes from her
home at Hampstead, L. l.: "Vinol
is an old friend of our family. We
have used it for years whenever any
Of us need tonic on account of be-
ing in run down state of health,
and it always gives perfect satisfac-
ton. We have used nine bottles this
winter
There are thousands Of families
who could and do say the same thing.
Vinol, our delicious cod liver and
iron preparation without oil, has
proved it's value by bringing back
rugged health and strength to vast
numbers Of weak, rundown men,
women and children. This is why we
sell so much and guarantee it to give
satisfaction. If it disappoints you,
you can have your money back at
once. Bankers Drug Store, Bemidji
! MINI. 81 III.