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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-03-29
AFTER LINCOLN'S OWN HEART
Man Who Could Beat War President
at Telling Stories Got Appoint
ment He Was Seeking.

At least one man got ahead Of Lin
coin in a storytelling contest. That
was Anthony J. Blocker, who went to
Washington to apply for position.
He was asked to read his vouchers.
Soon the president stopped him, say
ing he was like the man who killed
the dog. He had kept on with the
killing after the animal was good and
dead.
The applicant agreed that it was
possible at times to do too much, and
told the story of the converted Indian
who found it hard to learn to pray
for his enemies. The Bible was quot
ed to him: IF thine enemy hunger,
feed him; if he thirst, give him drink.
For in so doing thou shalt heap Goals
Of fire in his head" = @.... =
The. convert thereupon began to
pray most earnestly and at great
length. He asked that his foe should
have pleasant hunting grounds, many
squaws, lots Of papooses, and SO on.
The priest stopped him. He had done
enough. Said the Indian: Let me
pray. I want to burn him d-wn to
the stump" ,...4s-. -,
1t is said that Mr.. Bleecker got the
lob. II ls.#s
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-03-29
Advice About Reading.

Be sure, then, to read no, mean
books; shuns the spawn of the press
in the gossiptof the hour. Do not read
what you shall learn, without asking,
In the street and the train DR. John
son said he always went into stately
shops and good travellers stop at the
best hotels; for though they cost more
they do not cost much more, and
there Is the good company and the
best information. In like manner the
scholar knows that the famous books
contain, first and last, the best
thoughts and facts. =. The three
practical rules, then, which 1 have to
offer. are (D Never, read any book
that is not a year old. (2) Never
read any but famed books. (9) New
.er read any but what you like-Emer.
son. :.5 T. - -. ~. - ...-..-s
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-03-29
Rose Culture In Bulgaria.

White and red roses are grown, the
former being easier to cultivate, but
giving only about half as much oil OF
an inferior quality. The individual
growers distil their own oil. Twelve
to fifteen kilos of roses are distilled
with 60 kilos of water until IL
kilos of distillate are obtained; eight
to ten such lots are then united, and
redistilled into long necked TASKS, In
which the oil separates on standing.
To produce one kilo of oil requires
5000 kilos Of roses Of 100000 6ow-
ers. The roses are gathered in the
early morning and distilled the same
day. The pure oil from the various
districts shows variations In odor and
physical properties, and Is therefore
skillfully blended by the distributing
houses before SALE: Adulteration is
very largely carried on by the peas
ants, who use ginger grass oil, palma
rosa oil, geranium oil, etc. The pro-
duction for 1910 was 3,148 kilos.-The
Pharmaceutical Era. = 49, ~. i,
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PAY HIGH PRIc { FOR BOOKS
Lords OF the checkbook Find Profit
In the Treasures Of the
Library.

There Is probably no lover Of books
who, having the means, would not be
glad to possess treasures OF the library
which have won additional interest
from association with great names. It
is not surprising that Jean Grolier's
copy of Ovid's "Heroidum Epistolae,' .
with Grolier's arms and device, should
have brought several hundreds dollars
at an auction sale in this city, or that
for the first collected edition of the
"Poetical and Dramatic Works" OF
Oliver Goldsmith, or that letter of
Garrick's should fetch $172.
Yet such. prices have little to do
with literature proper. Many a man
auction items may get more enjoy
ment and culture out of editions the
bibliophile would despise than the
man who simply has to draw a check
for whatever pleases his fancy.
Lord Rosebery,, in a recent address
in Scotland, defined the function OF
books as three fold to furnish infor.
nation required in the professions. to
furnish literature and to furnish rec
reation. De Quincy classified books
as pertaining to the literature OF
knowledge and the literature of pow
er In neither sense, except from the
esthetic pleasures of ownership of a
famous volume, can the high price of
rare books in recent years be justi-
fed. They are chiefly due to an erup-
ton of the lords of the checkbook into
the world of books where they have
found profit. The great Hoe library,
which has now been practically dis
persed, is said to have cost only
about $4,000, while it brought at auc.
ton nearly 100000.
With such an illustration of the ris-
ing value of rare books, there need be
no wonder at the high price. some Of
these volumes command.-New York
World, -
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Big Sculpture.

The most remarkable proposal ever
made about Mount Athos was that of
the architect Dinocrates. His plan
was to cut it into the shape of g.
gantic statue of Alexander the Great,
holding in the right hand a city, in
the left tank that was to receive all
the waters of the region. Alexander
was much taken with the scheme. But
It was eventually rejected on the
ground that the neighboring country
was not fertile enough to feed the in.
habitants Of the projected city. An.
other of Dinocrates' plans was tenn
pie to the wife. of King Ptolemy OF
Egypt, with a roof of loadstones that
would keep an iron statue of her float
ing In the air.
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MONEY is NEEDED
BADLY IN OHIO
Continued from first page),

Government and private life savers
are doing great work but the thou
sands must be fed.
From Delaware the report came
this morning that twenty-five are
known to have been drowned and it
is believed the number will reach
thirty-three. One man was taken
from tree where he had been for
thirty-six hours but he died shortly
after. The water reached the foot
of University hill. Ohio Wesleyan
university students, under charge Of
the athletic director, did most of the
rescue work. The University puild-
ing, most Of which are located on a
hill. and the fraternity houses were
turned into emergency hospitals.
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PROUD OF HIS SELF ONTROL
Mrs. Brown Could Agree With hss
LIege Lord, Too, That Il Was
Something Uncommon. rs

Mr.. Brown was excitable by nature.
out he often prided himself audibly
upon his self-control One night while
I the family were gathered at the tea
table the chimney began to roar g the
furnace draft had been opened and for
gotten. StraightWay panic ensued.
Don't lose your heads-keep cool! /"
cried Mr.. Brown. It's nothing seri-
ous.'' S% II la IS sSss #2s.8
He dashed up the stairs, discovered
that the metal cap over the only I'M
used stoyepipe hole was already red
hot, and dashed down again faster
than he went up.
''K-keep cool!" he gasped. as he
passed through the room where the
family had gathered in nervous appre-
hension. .'Ill be back in minute"
He was back In less than that time,
having observed that the flames were
spouting several feet high from the
chimney, and that q shower of sparks
was falling upon the roof. AZ s5's..s
'Wh-where's the step-ladder p he
painted. z@
He was gone before anyone could
answer the question, and presently
was heard believing from the roof Of
the woodshed.. He presented an heroic
figure In the glare of the blazing
chimney. e. ..@.,s u sl. 5 .zszs
Eve got one end of the hose!" he
called. "Some one attach the other
end and turn on the water-quick!"
Two long minutes passed. .sz. i. III.
why doesn't some one do as I or
dered?" he Numbered. DO you want
the place to burn up?" $ : : n
1--WE can't, .Henry!" called Mrs.
Brown, tremblingly. "You haven't got
the hose-you've got the cow-rope. It
was hanging next to the hose in the
shed. And anyway, the roof is covered
with ice, and don't think there's any
great danger outside. You'd better go
and watch the chimney from the in
side." #~ = =
A ,half.hour. later the family were
again at the tea table. Tx:
III this had happened in some
homes" remarked Mr.. Brown, 1.-THE
family would have lost their heads
completely and sent in an alarm. Self
control is an excellent thing-and far
from common" ~@ss,@z>s
Indeed it Isl" agreed Mrs. Brown,
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Companion.
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We Are Creatures Of Habit.

There was no rush at the moment
and the ticket chopper had time to
talk to the man waiting for a friend
In subway station. Eyes. we see
lots of queer people here" he said,
"and we have nearly the same people
every day and at the same hour.
know men who do not vary q minute
In a week in their reaching the ticket
box. The queerest man we have at
this station we call The whistler.
Every morning at 1920 he drops his
ticket in the box and he always
whistles. That wouldn't be so funny,
but for years it has always been the
same tune We all know the tune.
but no one knows the song. His
ticket goes in the box at the same
note every morning, and then he
walks to the third post, opens his pa.
per and whistles till the train comes.s'l
New York Tribune.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-03-29
Birds and Beasts of Old Times

Birds and Beasts OF Old Times.
Plants, animals and birds of the
Bible have been made the subject of
a special exhibition in the natural his
tory department of the British muse
um. Among the striking bits of infor-
nation contained in this work are the
following: The common fowl is not
mentioned in the old testament, and
was probably introduced into Pales-
tine after the Roman conquest The
unicorn" of the old testament was
probably the Syrian aurochs, now ex-
tinct. That the "behemoth' was not
the hippopotamus is believed probable
because of the fact that there is no
record of the latter animal in Syria
or Palestine in historical times The
"tares' of the Bible were darnel grass
es, whose seeds are poisonous; the
rose was probably the narcissus.
while the lilly was the poppy anem.
one.
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Partisan Solomon,

1t is not given to every arbiter to
cut the Gordian knot. Two customers
in a Paris restaurant disputed, as Gus.
toners will, whether to- have the win.
dow open or shut. The apostle of
ventilation had dined; the other was
fresh conner, who had brought his
stock of fresh air with him. The res.
taurateur decided for the monsieur
who had not yet dined. The decision
satisfied the claims of justice and
business at single stroke, and II
one client had grievance it was open
to him to ventilate 1t (and his lungs)
outside. 7. =: ~
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-03-29
Community in NeWa.

At a friends southern hunting lodge
his wife has learned that her ring
up" on the telephone is accompanied
by the click of receivers all along the
line. Every one is obviously listening
to what she says. On one occasion
telegram was telephoned to the
lodge, and the following day, when
her husband met a rural neighbor on
the road, the latter drew rein to con-
verse. y.
: Mr.. Grey" said he, 81 didn't ketch
tn fust part o. that telegram we got
yesterday =r.-7@. 49, ...,. -
Mr.. Grey accordingly enlightened
his ignorance forthwith. York
World. "-~-,--.-. .-G-.- %~ -. -
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Farmers SUGGESTION,

A Florida farmer who was raising
strawberries for the market sent a
shipment to New York and the COM
mission merchant wrote back that the
berries were too ripe, consequently
poor prices and small return checks,
50 next time the grower picked them
earlier and the results were about the
same, as the New York man said they
we're too green for the market; so the
next shipment the man pulled up the
plants by the roots, packed them in
boxes and said. "You can pick them
when just right for your particular
market" zs:.s s a. s. -: &
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PRESBYTERIAN

Presbyterian:
Bible class and Sunday school at
10. Communion service at IL. Juni-
or Endeayor at 4 Young People
meeting at 7. Evening gospel SER
vice at g.
An offering for the relief of the
food sufferers of Ohio will be taken
at the morning service. Bring your
offering for current expenses in enve-
lopes and your offering for relief in
loose contributions. All are welcome.
S. E. p. White. pastor.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-03-29
Made Doc. and Rats FIGHT.

For keeping premises in Soar Lane,
Leicester. for dog and rat fighting,
Walter Manship was at Leicester yes
terday fined s5 under the protection
of animals act, and for assisting him
Ernest Manship and Albert Martin of
Leicester, Joseph Ward of Hinckley
and James Mason of Birming cham were
fined Ell each. It was stated that
on Boxing day terrier dogs were
placed in a rat pit and a number OF
rats were killed. All the competing
dogs were badly bitten and in one
competition two rats were seen hang
Ing from the bleeding jaws Of : dog
London Mail. 5s .sss...5s
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Cuttinq Dorm Expense


Is advertising expense or investment? This IS
interesting question and that should command the
thoughtful. consideration of every merchant
Expense is the laying out money temporarily in the
conduct of business while investment is the act OF
ing money in the purchase Of species of property
ually of permanent nature Expense money spent i'll
running business while Investment is money spent in
building up a permanent and profitable business
We frequently hear merchant say I'll have to cut
down my advertising expense is too high The
chant really that his selling cost is high If the
merchants selling COSTS too high the real to
duce it is increase sales Advertising that mertor
ous advertising, always increases sales In this way adj
vertsng reduces selling cost Tt readily
that anything that increases sales reduces the expense
selling and becomes thereby valuable force asset
in the business How advertising be expense if it
reduces expense?
Advertising is lasting in its effect. For instance the
right kind of ad put this continues pull bust
until the destroyed and for long time after
ward The right kind Of ad will leave impression
upon the mind of the reader that time will only brighten
big retail firm in New York City said that $1,000 spent
in the right kind of advertising this year would be worth
$4,000 next year and $4,000 the next and on.
1t is very evident that advertising permanent in it's
nature and is Investment That being it is foolish
for the merchant down out his advertising
with the misguided notion that he is thus cutting
expense 4>1:..-
s.a-t"#@ Copyright George E. Patterson
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8 she Was Satisfied. !.

Oxygen, oxygen, madam. That is
what you need, y, said the eminent spe-
scialist Come every afternoon for
your limitations They will cost you
IS each. = knew our family physi-
Can didn't understand my case" de-
5clared the fashionable patient. He
told me all needed was plain. fresh
air.,'
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River Up at Cincinnati.

Cincinnati, March 29.-The river
here this morning had reached a
stage OF sixty-eight feet. Warnings
have been sent out to all low land
farmers. 1t is believed that before
night the Ohio will be the highest it
has ever been.
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X X X X X X x X x K X X x X X \ X
X SUNDAY IN THE CHURCHES X
X X X X X X < X X X x X X X X X X p
Continued from first page).

ing Sunday. Sunday school at 10.
An Offering for the flood sufferers in
Ohio will be taken in Sunday school.
Young Peoples meeting at $50.
Charles Chandler, pastor.
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Water HIGH in Toledo.

Toledo, March 29.-The water in
the Maumee river here is four feet
deep on Water street. One man,
William S. Gilman, a Waterman, was
drowned here.
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Ills Now. With Some.

5000
i A New York Judge says q man
should not be expected to give all his
salary to his wife. The question pf
carfare and luncheon for men may
become almost as pressing as that
Of votes for women Warrington
Star. ss N ISL
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Prophet and PhlsanthropI.t.

A st. Louis man left large fortune
to be applied to relief Of immigrants
passing through the city. The estate
is embarrassed by the fact that the
immigrants are disappearing and the
fortune is becoming a useless accu-
mutation. A man who undertakes to
relieve posterity Of It's cares and obli-
cations has to be something OF pro-
phet as well as philanthropist. Wash
ington Star. .sS Ss
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Twin Cities Give Literally.

St. Paul, March 29.-St. Paul and
Minneapolis have raised nearly $780,
600 which will be sent to Governor
Cox to be used in relief work.
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Enough for the Money.

Client But you tell me Of nothing
but misfOrtunes." Fortune Teller
Well, what do you expect for two
francs That you will win the big
prize in the lottery and marry . MI,
Siionaire 1"-Psle Nelo. $3.50
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New Hired Girl.

New Hired Girl.
What's become of the 4O-piece din
ner set given us by the Twobblers fol
wedding present %
1T probably numbers several thov
sand pieces now"
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MISCELLANEOUS

ADVERTISERS-The great state of
portunities for business to CLASH
= fed advertisers. The, recognized
advertising medium in the Fargo
North Dakota offers unlimited OPP
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 blank
g ct; reaching all parts of the state
the day of publication; it is the
paper to use In order to get re-
s. suits; rates one 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. e,
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HELP WANTED.

WANTED-Represe in your
County to handle summer sanitary
necessity. Many satisfied users in
your county. Some capital needed.
Security given for same. No
scheme, no fake. Minneapolis
firm. References given and asked.
Opportunity for hustler. P. O.
Box 461, Minneapolis, MINI. .
WANTED bright young man to
help in store and on delivery wag-
on. Model Manufacturing company.
WANTED-BeH hop at Markham
Hotel. %:.---..s-~ -. -.
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LOST AND FOUND

r~~~~O~~~O~~>-~~
FOUND-Pair of new kid gloves.
Owner can have same by calling
at the Pioneer office, proving prop
erty and paying for. this ad.~
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- Bakery. Il.

FOR RENT-Furnished rooms, in
quire corner Sixth and Lake Boule-
ward. ~ -.-s-e5z Z. -
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LOST-$65.00, wrapped in small bill
= fold. Liberal reward if returned
to Markham hotel. ..---. -.
LOST-Geographic Magazine. Return
to Pioneer Office. :, s-4,..A -
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FOE SALE

FOR SALE-Typewrlter ribbons for
every make of typewriter on the
market at SO cents and IS cents
each. Every ribbon sold for rs
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. 81. ...z.s - i;
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100 merchants In North.
ern Minnesota to sell "The Bemid-
jf 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, Mimi.
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BOUGHT AND SOLD Second hanc
furniture. Odd Fellows building
across from postofice. phone 1919
VAN 'TED--Light wagon for delivery
purposes. I.P. Batchelder.
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FOR SALE Small fonts OF type, sew
eral different points and in first
class condition. Cali or write this
office for proofs. Address Bemidji
Pioneer, Bemidji, MINI.
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FOR SALE Young hens, Rhode
Island Reds. ]. g. Williams. q
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X X X X X X x x X X X X X X X X X r
x NEWS OF THE LEGISLATURE X
x x XXX x < fftkf X K

CONTINUED from first page).
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FOR SALE rubber stamps. The.
Pioneer will procure any kind OF
rubber stamp for you on short no.
tice. slsS
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FOR SALE-The Bem1dji read pencil
(the best nickel pencil in the
world, at METERS, Barker's. o. c..
Foods. McCuaig's. Omich's, Roe &
Markusen's, and the Pioneer Office
Supply Store at cents each and
SO cents a dozen. So
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FOR R:E!!.lg1

FOR REM Rooms also light
house keeping rooms. Over Model
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FOR sALE-six room house and
closet, good location at bargain
if taken at once 821 Minnesota
avon,Ie, sss
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-05
Orping.tons.


:. G. WHITE ORPINGTONS exclusively
We are Offering some high classed fully
developed coCNereIs from imported stock.
at s. to $40 each, Eggs, 81 80 to $40 per
10. Pen No. / is headed by a fine i'm
ported English cock, mated with two
imported hens and select hens from
owen Farms" We guarantee satisfaC-
ton. Write us. r. A. Majors, III south
Lee street Fitzgerald, Ga, 3225-1
EGGS FOR SALE. in any number, that
VIII produce winners for any show in
the South, My Bluffs win every time eX-
hiblted, and outlay anybodY's Leghorns.
Where do you expect to get better goods ?
Prices extremely low. l.. f. Bogus OK
ford, Ga 54-29-1
MAPLE SHADE Poultry Yards-Have
some very fine Crystal White Orping-
p. ) Cole, Sullivan, Ohio. S2-2l-l2
first pen Atlanta. December with the
keenest competition ever known to a
Southern show. | can furnish eggs from
SO per setting up, also few choice breed
ers. Get my mating list; it's free II
\. Black, Cartersvlle, Ga. l23-7
S. c. White Orpingtons.
Maury Adams, Adel, Ga. 123-4
THoRCUGHBRED Bun Orpington eggs.
$3.50 per 10. 126 Windsor st. Main 1858.
heavy layers Eggs $1.50 and 81 per
Is, William II. Spratlln, 81 Zackery st,
Atlanta, Ga. 1-10-36
SINGLE COMB BLACK ORPINGTONS-
My pens for 1918 are now complete
Write for my mating list and get the best
in eggs for Matching. J. w. Stephenson,
Decatur, Ga. 1873
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front or with the sides not uniform
and tapering gradually to a point,
consequently "A comb with an up
turned spike is more than likely to
get total cut Of ID to 2 ID
points. If, as you say, the pullet
in question is very fine in plum
age and shape, ! should not hest
tate to breed in one of my pens an
other year.
/ should, however. make it point to
dcetct her eggs when setting time comes