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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-01-18
Sixty Cents Wine Sucoaas,

Mrs. Alice Ray found tho cost OF
Diving had climbed beyond the reach
of her husbands salary and she look.
led around for some means of bridg:
ing the gap. With a capital Of exactly
$50 cents she opened q candy shop,
using her own parlor window as q
show winder and buying candy with
g~l1ttering prizes" that attracted the
children. When the first go cents
worth of candy was sold she reinvest
ed the money. After awhile she be,
gan making her own candy and added
cakes and pies to her stock. shelve,
transformed the front room" into q
neat little shop. It was always a tiny
shop, but as it was in the heart of q
thickly settled town a brisk trade
grew up. The little shop always pa{d
and was still thriving when ciroum,
stances compelled her to give it W
suddenly.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-01-18
Was There to Give Advice, Not All

Was There to Give Advice, Not Aid.
Pat" Burns, one Of the old-time en-
gineers on the northern division of the
Missouri Pacific, recently raj into q
split switch, as the railroad men call
It.. The jam derailed the wheels of
the front truck and the engineer and
fireman, with crow bars. jacks and
other necessary equipment, were earn.
estly striving to get the wheels back
on the rail. A villager was an inter
ested observer Of the operations and
with painful regularity made recon-
mendations as to how the work should
be done. Burns finally lost patience
and calculated:
Mister, we're not looking for ad.
vice as to how to get this engine back
on the track; what we need is help.
Put your hand to that jack there and
pump a little ii you want. to partict-
pate in these proceedings"
But the stranger hastily beat it to-
ward the postoflce. He vas not look.
ing for work.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-01-18
SMALL LINES THAT DO WELL
Have Small Trackaos, but Volume q
Business Means Dividends for :
Those Who Hold Shares.

One Of the most prosperous Of the
little fellows among railroads is the
Lake Champlain and Moriah railroad.
that run from Port Henry to Mine.
vile, N. Y, a distance Of between
seven and eight miles. In 1910 its net
earnings were $4,000, and this year.
90 it Is claimed. that amount will be
greatly surpassed. It was opened IN
1869. SO that it is quite an old timer.
It has six locomotives, three passen.
ger cars and 326 ore cars. It is oper.
ated almost entirely in connection
with the iron mines of Mineville. Last
year 1t moved 626,631 tons Of freight.
Its surplus is $12S,360. Not so bad for
a dwarf road.
Public interest in the work Of the
Tuskegee Institute, Ala, Of which
Booker T. Washington is founder and
president, to- q very great extent is
explanatory Of the present prosperity
of the Tuskegee Railroad. This road
runs from Chehaw, Ala, to the insti-
tute, a distance Of about six miles. It
has only. two locomotives, n pas.
eenger and one mail and express car.
yet in 1910 it earned net 0,773. car.
ried 24.487 passengers and paid a d.
vidend of IA per cent.
But the little road has had it's trou-
bles. It was incorporated In 1860;
was reorganized In 1871, after its pub.
lie sale for debt; chartered in 1902,
and opened for traffic about a year
later. Between its Incorporation and
it's first operation it's history is that
of tedious and intricate litigation.
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May Settle vexed Question.

In the course Of a few weeks it il
expected the electric locomotive II
Chicago's Northwest Side freight yard
will be drawing 100 heavily loaded
freight cars 4 day over q mile Of track
shunting them onto the correct switch
and sending an equal number Of emp
tied cars back to the main line, with
almost no disturbance to the resi-
dence neighborhood in which the
which the work is done. While the
use Of electricity IL common In pas.
senger traffic. this is the first time
the current has been used to any large
extent in switching freight cars,
Doubt as to the practicability 81 using
electric locomotives in Chicago freight
yards is considered the greatest OBJ,
stacle to e~lectriication, and records
made by the new line are expected te
help in settling the question.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-01-18
Bread Without Flour.

In France bread Is being made
without -four In q machine that trans.
forms the wheat directly into dough.
The wheat is prepared by q thorough
washing, after which operation about
= pine Of tepid water to a pound of
grain Ia added, the whole mixture
being allowed to stand some six hours
when the grains of wheat have swol.
len to twice their usual size. Tho
mixture ia then treated with yeast
and salt and poured into the machine
where simultaneously the envelop
and the body Of the grain 10 crushed,
making a homogeneous mixture form.
Ing a smooth paste.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-01-18
DOGS Wonderful Ride.

When the owner of a plain collie,
unknown, boarded a train at
Simpson. ILL.,, the faithful animal tried
to follow, but was kicked off the plat.
form by the news butcher" Just as
the train started the animal darted
under it and everybody paused to hear
his ki-yis as the wheels ground him
to pieces. But there a not a ki-yi.
At the next stop, Ozark, the news
agent and the conductor took a look
at the trucks. The dog was lying
across a brake-beam, alive, unscathed
and apparently not at all worried. He
was chased from his position and the
train pulled out, leaving the canine
hobo ditched..
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-01-18
False Cables to Exohanue.

False Cables to Exchange.
Unknown persons, presumably mem,
bers of the bear party in stocks, have
recently been taking advantage of the
unsettlement caused by the Balkan
war to send misleading cables to this
city. These messages" which have
been unsigned, have been received by
representatives Of foreign houses who
are stationed at the arbitraxe rail OF
the New York stock exchange. One
cable dispatch, which came to sev,
eral of these brokers on Friday, just
before q serious break in prices oc,
CURED, read: Markets better be,
cause Bulgaria refuses to treat d.
fectly with Turkey" It was believed
by some Of those who got this mes.
page that the purpose Of the anony,
phous sender vas to induce them ia
buy stocks here In the expectation OF
disposing of them at q profit in the
London market. No one, however,
followed the Tip"
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stands idle about five days for every
n day it Is, in motion. :. Z
The average life Of a freight a
with ordinary wear and tear and occa-
sional trips to the repair shop for the
renewal of such parts as may have
become defective, is in the neighbor-
hood of eighteen or twenty years, but
there is the possibility of the car be-
ing converted into a shapeless mass
before it is a day old. =
At the present time there are "
ed and controlled by the railroads of
the United States 2,735,121 freight
cars, which, according to the last re-
port, carried 1,S49, 600, 101 tons during
the year ending June 80, 1911.
A freight car is a great m"oney-earn-
er so l>ng as it Is kept on the move,
but from the time it stops rolling un-
til it's wheels revolve again 1t is not
paying for the oil used upon it. 1t is,
and controlling of these thousands of
freight cars that the interests of a
railroad are dependent, and the earn
ings of a road will be directly proper
Tomato to the name in which the
cars are kept on the move. .
AS these vast number of cars are
owned by more than 500 companies,
and as each company's cars are by no
means restricted to their home road, it
Is something marvellous how they can
be controlled and accounted for both
individually and collectively. The
methods, however, by which the
freight cars accounts are kept are
50 systematic and accurate that it
Is not difficult for any railroad to have
at all times a statement showing the
location OF it's entire equipment.
If it Is desired to know the where
abouts of certain car belonging
to q particular road on some
specified date, by calling on the
car accountant Of that road the in
formation will be at once forthcom-
Ing. If need be the contents Of the
car can be given, the number of the
train and hour the a left the last
station, the number of the engine
uraW1ng the Lraln, the names OF the
train crew, and what cars accompa-
MED it on it's journey.
Some roads are even, able to tell the
kind of weather the car passed through
while in motion, as we'll as the hour
Of day it was loaded and unloaded.
This array of figuring does not stop
here, but at the end Of every thirty
days the mileage is computed and the
number of miles each car travels is
put down al a part Of its history. So
there is a complete record of the move
ments of the a in detail, from it's
daily location down to the cost Of NOV
Ing it owe the respective divisions
Of the road In whatever service it
should be required.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-01-18
French Railroad Schedules

When a train gets in the habit of
being late On ar American railroad
something drastic is done about it, but
on the state-owned railroads of
France they have a different plan.
On the Paris-Rouen run the time of
the express trains used to be an
nounced at one hour and forty-fve
minutes, but the actual time was two
hours and six minutes. So they re-
arranged the time table to fit that
actual elapsed time. What could be
simpler? And then the traffic man
ager put across another rearrange-
ment. The $50 train from Paris got
In the habit of arriving twenty-four
minutes late. So the traffic boss
started it thirty-one minutes earlier,
thus getting passengers into Rouen
seven minutes ahead of the time It
used to be officially due.
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MISCELLANEOUS

.ADVERTISERS-The great state of
North Dakota offers unlimited op-
portunities for business to CLASH
fed advertisers. The recognized
advertising medium in 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 S in order to get re-
suits; rates nj cent per word first
insertion, one-half cent per word
succeeding Insertions; fifty cents
per line per month. Address the
Courier-News, Fargo, N. D.
ONLY AUTOMOBILE RADIATOR
FACTORY IN
Eleven years knowing how. Why
send your Radiator down East when
you can ship it to us; save time, ex-
press, freight, money and get best
workmanship. Prices right. Make
new Radiators; allow for old one
Mailorders receive special attention
TODD MANUFACTURING CO.
$40 Mary Pl. Minneapolis, MINI.
WANTED-10O merchants in North
ern Minnesota to sell "The Bemid.
il" lead pencil. Will carry name
Of every merchant in advertising
columns Of Pioneer in order tina.
all receive advantage Of adyertis.
ing. For wholesale prices write
or phone the Bemidji Pioneer Of
flee supply Go. Phone 81. Be.
midi. MINI.
BOUGHT AND sOLD-second hana
furniture. Odd Fellows building,
across from postof1ce. phone 1923
WANTED-To buy second hand
steel range: Not used over two.
years. Address a., care Pioneer.
WANTED--Position by Photographer.
Inquire ~ Pioneer once.
g. -EEHa
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Longest Lived Animal.

Undoubtedly the longest lived an
imal on earth is the whale. its span
OF existence being estimated by Gu
vier at one thousand years. The next
largest animal, the elephant, will, un-
der favorable conditions. live four
hundred years. The average age Of
cats is fifteen years, of squirrels sew
en- or eight years, Of rabbits seven.
A bear rarely exceeds twenty years,
a wolf twenty, . fox fourteen to six.
teen. Lions are comparatively long
lived, instances having been recorded
where they reached the age Of seventy
years.-Tit-Bits.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-01-18
Quseniy queen.

Carmen Sylva, the Queen Of Rou-
mania, had her eyes bandaged for
weeks while she laboriously learned
to write Braille, the raised letters for
the blind. It 10 said that not only did
her eyes ache, but her right hand -
we'll; but by the process she became
one Of the most. helpful friends the
blind people In all the world have
ever had. She established . school
for them, where they were taught
music and many industries, % that
they could earn their own livelihood.
Christian Herald.
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POSITION GAME TONIGHT
CONTINUED from nrst page).

the visiting team. A small charge
will be made to pay the expenses Of
the hall and the music. The Foss-
ton boys have their own referee
with them. Jacobson, guard on the
city team, will act as umpire. Prof.
Earl Carson will act as score keeper.
The Fosston line UP will be as fol-
lows: G.. Movold, r. f.; c. Fogelberg,
Il f.; A. Hanson, c.; l.. Rue, l. g.; c.
Quarness, r. g.; r Rierson, sub.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-01-18
Valuable Medicine.

No family medicine chest should be
without peroxide Of hydrogen. This il
OF the greatest value in disinfecting
any abrasions of the skins which may
have been suffered. It destroys all
germs with which It comes in contact
and should be Immediately applied to
pin. prick or any other Of the so
called triling hurts. AS q matter Of
fact, q pin wound is often more dan
gerous than one Z hundred times its
size. for the point may contain some
deadly poison which IL injsote1 bedDso
TIE prick 4 even notioeA
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-01-18
Case 81 Nerves.

The young man entered the presi.
dents Office and stood first on one
loot and then on the other. He drop
ped his hat. handkerchief and umbrel-
Ia. Altogether he was In q highly
developed case Of nervousness. Well.
we'll" said the employer. Out with
It" T have come. SIR" said the
young man. and then began to STAN
mel Well, speak up. Have you
ZONE to ask for the hand OF my daugh-t
Ter or . raise In salaryf" III you
please, sir stammered. the young
MAJ, ..it's both''-Detroit Ttoo preos,
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Good Pouah for Brace

sift coal ashes fine and mix with
kerosene oil to 9 thick paste; add as
much air-slaked lime 90 can be con-
v%eniently mixed with It. Apply this
polish to the bright parts, rubbing
hard; wipe of the polish with dry
slaked lime Whiting and ammonia
mixed to q paste is another good pol
ish for brass, says the Railway and
locomotive Engineer.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-01-18

ly adapted to re-
naming station
airy on a siding
for weeks at q
time; $4,000 miles
per year ia a com.
mon record for 4
freight car to
travel, and in
stances occur
where cars make
as high q mile
age, however, is
probably not over
10000 miles q
year. or about
twenty-five miles
a day. This is
the car
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Well Answered.

When he once asked a London
CLASS Of girls, added DR.. Mcnamara,
what they would say If he told them
he saw the sun rise in the west, he
got the reply that it was impossible.
But" he persevered, 'supposing I
still declared I had seen the sun rise
in the west?' We'll" one of the
girls at length replied, II should
think you must have got up rather
ate."
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-01-18
Dust laylno In ENGLAND,

DUot Laying III GU9tdUU'
The highway departmeI: of the city
Of Leeds, England, has recently treat
ed portions of a macadam roadway
with granular calcium chloride to
combat the dust. Solutions of the lat
ter had previously been tried at
greater cost and without such salts
factory results. The road Is first we'll
swept and two applications of the
chloride are made on succeeding eve
pings of about one-half pound per
yard.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-01-18
Relic of Spanish Armada.

An anchor of the Spanish armada
period, recovered from the Wallet, a
well-known "swatchway," three miles
off Clacton, England, has been pre-
sented to Colchester (Essex) Museum.
For generations this anchor has been
an enemy to the travis of local fisher.
men, but at length one of the fukes
became worn partially away, and
the last trawl that struck it thus lift.
I'd it from the ground.
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Spain to Own Railroads.

Spain is to follow the example Of
sther continental countries and be.
come the owner of its railroads. AS
Spanish railways have been notorious
for delays and poor management, tray
elers will hope that the change prom
sea improvement In service.
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MAKING TRAVEL SAFE
EXPERIENCED MEN AT WORK ON
IMPORTANT susJKcT.
Prevention 81 Railroad Accidents Z
Matter 70 Which Grave Attention
s. e Being Given, and RECRUITS
Are Already Soon.
Thirty-one wideawake and season
ed men are helping to make travelling

on ~ratlroais safe
in tho United
States. The pub
lie rarely hears
any Of their
names, yet they
r officers Of the
national govern
ment, and some of
them + usually
present before
the wreckage Of
an accident has
been gathered up
and carried away,
writes James B.
Morrow In the
Philadelphia Rec
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Boys Essay on the Ostrich.
Ostriches are different from geese.
Geese car swim and lay eggs but can
not kick, while an ostrich can kick
and lay eggs like q horse."-Woman's
World.
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HELP ANTL


DO YOU WANT HELP-The Assoc
ciated Charities will be glad to get
a list of those who are in need OF
servant girls or women to work by
the hour and will help any girls
or women who want work with q
family or other employment to OBJ
tain it. Call or telephone Mrs. T.
J. Welsh, Phone, 2S2. 1121 Be-
midi Avenue.
WANTED-Competent girl for gem
eral homework. Inquire 700 Be-
midi avenue.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. at Nicol-
let hotel. a@
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RATIFY COLORADO AMENDMENT
BY United Press.

Denver, Colo, Jan. 18.-The state
senate today ratified the amendment
to the federal constitution providing
for the direct election of United
Safe senators. The amendment re-
quires the approval Of the legislatures
of thirty-eight states. Five have al
ready approved it.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-01-18
Starting IL Business

An eminently successful man gives as a basis
Of modern big business success three words: COR
game, Deputize, Systematize.' There is no ques.
ton but that. success could be thus attained in any
line Of business.
When. a man has determined to embark in a
retail business he will know several things if he. is
wise. He will know how much he intends to invest
in business, what his expenses will be, what his mar
ginso Of profit will be, and the amount Of business he
may reasonably expect to do. The better he knows
each of these the stronger will be his organization.
the sllrer and more certain will be his success.
After he has acquired a knowledge Of his bust
ness and is open for business, the first great prob
lem that confronts him lis how to get business-in 81
fact the problem of getting and holding business is
the greatest problem in the retail world TO-DAY.
The problem of getting business looks easy to
the inexperienced but is in fact most difficult. A
merchant may start out personally to drum up bust
ness, but he soon finds this very expensive. The
enterprising merchant will soon learn it is far
cheaper and more feasible to deputize someone or
force to assist, under his careful supervision. in the
task Of getting business
What medium to use is a matter for each mer-
chant to settle for himself, but if we are to iudqe
future success 10y past success there is no question
that the local newspaper is the cheapest and best
medium to use in getting and holding business, all
things considered
Copyright 1913 by Geo. r. Patterson.
" Copyright 1912 by Geo. E. Patterson
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Take His Away.

Man, says a French savant. has
six times more lung capacity than he
needs. How about the artist who
plays on the slide trombone Chi
cago Record-Herald.
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FOR RENT

FOR RENT-Steam heated room
with use of bath. Enquire at 7O3
Minnesota avenue
FOR RENT-FiYe room cottage rs
Twelfth street. Inquire DR.. ). +.
Tuomy.
ROOMS FOR RENT-Also light
house keeping. Model Bakery.
FOR RENT-FurnIshed front room.
Inquire J. e. c., care Pioneer.
FOR RENT-Unfurnished rooms. En-
quire at $40 Third street,
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LOST AMI o

LOsT-Ladies' gold watch and fob,
between Security State bank corn
er and Irvine avenue South. Find
er return to this once. Reward,
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WATCH FREIGHT CARS
ooNvEYANcEs ARE KEPT UNDER
CLOSE SURVEILLANCE.
Their Value 70 Railroads Necessarily
Dspsnds Upon Their B,lna Kept
In Use, and Perfect Track Of
Them 10 Maintained.

4 freight cal move at the rate
of sixty miles an, hour. but it Is equal.
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FOE SALE

FOE SALE
FOR SALE-The Bemidji lead pencil
(the best nickel pencil in the
world, at Netzer's, Barker's, o. c..
Foods, McCuaig's, Omich's, Roe &
Markusen's, and the Pioneer Office
Supply Store at s cents each and
SO cents a dozen.
FOR SALE-Typewriter ribbons for
every make of typewriter on the
market at so cents and IS cents.
each. Every ribbon sold for Is
cents guaranteed. Phone orders
promptly filled. Mail orders given
the same careful attention as when
you appear in person. Phone 81.
The Bemidji Pioneer Office Supply
Store.
FOR sALE-small fonts Of type, sew
eral different points and In first
class condition. Call or write this.
Office for proofs. Address Bemidji
-
Pioneer, Bemidji, Mint.
FOR SALE CHEAP-Fifty R. l. Red
pullets. Come Sunday; crowded for
room. o. G. simenson, FOG Four
teenth street.
FOR sALE-Rubber stamps. The
Pioneer will procure any kind Of
rubber stamp for you on short no.
tice.
For fresh milk or cream, call up
phone 1854. at farm, or leave orders
at the Hotel Svea:
FOR SALESMAN barn for sale
cheap, if taken at once. Inquire
lie Third street.
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FOR SALE-Rubber stamps. The
Pioneer will procure any kind Of
rubber stamp for you on short no.
tice.
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FOR SALE CHEAP-Fifty r. I. Red
pullets. Come Sunday; crowded for
room. o. G. simenson, 706 Four
teenth street.
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For fresh milk or cream, call up
phone 725-4.at farm, or leave orders
at the Hotel Svea.
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cheap, if taken at once. Inquire
116 Third street.