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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-03-22
SPRING USHERED in
BY BAD STORMS
Continued from first page).

der the feet of team of horses and
severely hurt. :ass
The first effects of the storm were
felt south and east of Chicago. Wires
routed around the south end of Lake
Michigan went down within an hour
of the time the storm struck. Then
the territory west of the city was
cut off; and about two hours later
the last OF the above ground wires
along the north shore succumbed to
the combined forces OF ice and wind.
The only lines which survived were
two wires to st. Louis. Over these
were carried very small part of the
mass OF intelligence which normally
is received and sent out from Chi
cago. The only crumb of comfort to
those charged with transmitting
press and commercial teelgrams was
that Good Friday holiday relieved
them of the usual burden of broker
1age and market reports.
Six hours after the storm broke the
sun forced it's way through the clouds
and the disturbance ceased almost as
suddenly as it had begun. Estimates
of the loss to wire and. transportation
companies placed the figures as high
as $150,0OO.
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Origin Of Playing Cards.

Although it is, commonly reported
that playing cards were invented in
France in 1892 to divert Charles VII
D'Allemagne, a French writer on the
subject, mentions them as being in
use in Belgium in 1879, and probably
something analogous to them-mark
ed disks or counters--have been en-
ployed in the east from remote an
tiquity. It is now usually thought
that it was in Italy playing cards were
first made, about 1870, and at Venice
The attempt to connect their inven
ton with astrology arises from the
four suits. and SO cards in all, being
associated in Ingenious minds with
four seasons and the number OF weeks
in the year. 1t does not appear likely
that there was anything more asso
,ciated with the cards than amuse
ment at the first, though gambling
was a vice with the Greeks and Rom
ans long before the Christian era, and
games for gain with some kinds OF
counters were doubtless found among
$Lu0ms
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PROVED END OF THE ROMANCE
Contemplation of Work That Really
Was Work Too Much for This
Weary Willie.

ooh, yes, we have romance in our
lives" said the tramp, "but there is
always something to spoil em. l had
my last one last fall. I was pegging
along Rhode Island highway, think
ing more of good feed than romance,
when a couple Of wearies ahead Of
me turned into farmhouse. turned
in as we'll when I came along up and
I walked into the kitchen just as they
had locked a girl up in a closet and
were about to 60 through the house.
They Invited me to take hand in
their game, but took two in my own.
They made it interesting for me for
three or four minutes, but the average
weary is no boxer. He depends upon
wild swings instead Of straight
punches. 1 had 'em both down when
the farmer came up from the field
and the girl was released and the fell
lows sent off to Jail.
well, currant jam, big red apples
and mince pies were none too good
ter was school ma'am about twenty
years of age and l had won her TO-
mantle heart ere three days had
passed. 1 think the old man would
have sanctioned the match, but he
didn't take me right. On the fourth
day Of my stay he took me out and
showed me a .ten-acre lot of the ston-
lest ground ever saw in my life and
intimated that might start in plow-
ing next morning. 1t was too much.
That night left the house by way Of
window and daylight found me seven
miles away. I would have helped
gather apples or husked corn. but
when it came to blowing among boul-
ders as big, as barrels romance fed,
and followed close at her heels"
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For the Easter
Bride From
Her Friends

II BY JOHN D. FALLON - 49,
: The problem of making appro-
pirate wedding presents is no longer
the task that it used to be. Of
course, if one proceeds along the
old method of purchasing without
forethought. without knowing what
to buy or where to buy, the prob
lem is one difficult of solution.
Today, however, merchants who
make a specially of appropriate
wedding gifts advertise them. in
THE PIONEER. By reading these
advertisements closely and con-
stantly every night you will be able
to choose at your leisure, know just
what you want and purchase to
best advantage. .a-..s- -. -. .
- Among the most pleasing gifts
for the Bride are Sterling Silver
ware, Electric or Gas Lamps, Glass
ware, Cut Glass. Hand Painted
China, Dinner Ware. Labor-saving
Household Utensils and novelty
Furniture. All these things are
advertised III THE PIONEER from
time to time by Bemidji's most re-
liable merchants.
Keep your eye on the advertise
ments which appear in THE Pho
NEER-they will keen you posted
on the new things just out" and
enable you to purchase everything
you buy with forethought.
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TEAM CONGRATULATED
Continued from first page).

the hands Of .Bemidji people. The
local boys have not asked the busi-
ness men for donation to support
the team as the people have attended
the games and the team has been able
to clear all their debts and are now
on a firm financial basis. If possible
one more basket ball game will be
played but the boys are anxious to
organize a base ball team which they
expect to be as successful with as they
were with basket ball.
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HELP WANTED.

WANTED-Girls to WORK at Palace
hotel Blackjack, MINI. J. G.
Thompson.
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Low Spots,

It has been left to the United States
biologists to localize the most de-
pressed and depressing places on the
earth. Every continent dips some
where beneath the level of the sea. In
the states itself the lowest depth is
the aptly named Death Valley of Cal
ifornia, about 800 feet below sea level.
The old world, however, strikes a low.
er depth, 200 feet-in the region OF
the Dead Sea. We now learn that the
flooding of the Sahara, a dream OF
sang'line engineers, is impossible, for
the general height is above sea level
Europe holds her head high, except on
the Caspian shores, where she droops
eighty-six feet. Australia, one is glad
ito hear, keeps her chin we'll above wa
ter. ..-
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NOTICE OF SEALED PROPOSALS
FOR REPAIRS TO EXTERIOR AND


FOR REPAIRS TO EXTERIOR AND
INTERIOR OF COURT HOUSE.
Sealed bids will be received by the
Board of County Commissioners for re-
pairs, painting and calsomining Of the
Court House, at the meeting of April
9th 1913, at IL o'clock A. NJ. s.,
All work to be done according to the
specifications now on file with the Coun-
ty Auditor.
All outside metal tai and wood york to
moving all loose or blistered paint,
sanded on second coat.
ed where loose. and properly patched
calsomined, and places in other rooms
A separate bid will be entertained for
Surveyors room, and laying a No /
maple floor on top of same.
certified check for ten per cent of the
amount of the bid. as guarantee of,
good faith and the successful bidder
must enter into a contract with the
county, and give a good and substantial
bond for the faithful performance Of
right to reject any or al bids. BY or
sioners of Beltrami County. Dated
Bemidji, MINI. March 18th, 1918.
COUNTY AUDITOR
ga 900 Ak
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Turkish Whipped Cream.

II don't blame the Turks for refus.
ing to accept the terms of the allies"
said the avid newspaper reader.
: Why, them Turks is more than
licked" came back the man with
whom our friend had elected to start
an argument. Z
& But, according to the latest re.
ports, the cream of the Turkish army
Is still in the field : s.
The cream? Say..it's better than
thst. Its the whippea s-eamls
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SASKATOON
FOR FEDERAL.
BUILDING SITES. -. =.

=, Treasury Department, Office Of the
Secretary. ="
Proposals are hereby solicited, to be
opened in the office of the Supervising
Architect Treasury Department, Wash
April 8, 1918, FOR the sale sHeN or donation
to the United States of a corner lot,
centrally and conveniently located and
suitable for a Federal building site at
Bemidji, Minnesota. The site must be
approXima tely 10000 square feet in area,
and if the lot offered is rectangular, it's
minimum dimension must be not less
than 100 feet. ~ 49, ...E
Upon application the Postmaster will
supply prospective bidders with cir
cular giving particulars as to require
ments and instruction for preparation
of bids and data to accompany same
! w. G. McAdoo
Secretary.
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important Ihinq to Know.

Important Thing to Know.
If a man is dependent upon his life
work by means of his thinking it is
just as important that he should
choose that time when he is best
qualified to think, as it is important
that he should look before he crosses
q street.
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Chamberlain's Tablets for Constlpa

For constipation, Chamberlain
Tablets are excellent. Easy to take.
mild and gentle in effect Give them
a trial. For sale by Bankers Drug
Store, Bemidji. Minn.--Ady.
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He Was Careful,

II thought you told me Bunch could
talk Russian" 49,.
so he can"
"'rhen why wouldn't he talk to the
Russian gentleman who came here yes
terday?' "a,
because that. liberated tooth has
made his jaw so TENDER
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As a Bracer.

How do you feel this morning?"
My tongue feels like an old rug
81 Mine, too. Well, the best thing for
that fuzzy feeling is a Compton cock
tain with mothbaIl IN It."
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The Washington times., 1913-11-24

present grave juncture, and since the trouble
began, those resources have not been used? Does
anybody suppose that the State Department is not
in constant contact with every consular office in
Mexico; that if has not Secret Service men at work
to get it information; that its files 90 not contain
a daily record of all that has transpired; that the
past records of Carranza of Villa of every import
ant political parsonage military leader there has not
been looked intoo To get such information is part
of the State Departments ordinary routine business
The public has not this information; the press
hasn't it. 1t is perhaps fortunate that they have
not 1t is not bad thing when, in serious interna-
tional crisis the Government is in the lead of the
people We take this event, that event, shift our
ignorant opinions, jump at the conclusion that with
every change in outward expression of its policy the
Government has abandoned its old plans and adopted
new ones. To the layman, though he be with the
Administration in its demand that Huerta must 60,
the question After Huerta, what?" is staggering.
Does anybody suppose that the Administration has
not weighed it that it is so short-sighted as to be
trusting to luck for the solution of its international
problems, in Mexico or anywhere else?
1t was the French public that drove France into
her disastrous war with Germany. 1t was the Amer
ican public that drove US into an unnecessary war
with Spain. The hopeful sign in the present
crisis is the fact that the United States Government,
which is in position to know, and which knows, the
true situation is still the guiding factor
The Washington times., 1913-11-24
THE CURRENCY DEBATE.

The currency legislation, it is now certain can.
not pass during the extraordinary session of Con-
gress. For many weeks, this conclusion has been
very definitely in the minds of most observers famil
lar with the Congressional attitude of mind 1t is OF
the commonest notoriey that while the Democratic
majority of the Senate has now been brought to an
appearance of substantial solidarity in support of
the Administration measure, yet this is not reflective
of the real feelings of the Democratic Senators.
There is disposition to criticise both the measure
and the methods by which the President has under
taken to force its passage. This criticism at times is
bitter. Ii is ndulged with rather surprising frank
ness in the personal exchanges between members
of different parties. Democrats make little pre-
tense in the seclusion of the cloak room, the cafe,
and the private Office, of being pleased with either
the measure or the manner. The situation is very
much like that which preceded the outbreak of Re-
publican insurgency against the Payne tariff
Gentlemen whose inner personal views are
known not to coincide with those which, as Admin
istration supporters they feel compelled publicly to
espouse, of course not taken very seriously by
the associates who know their personal sentiments
This intimate knowledge of the divergences between
public and private opinion is so widely indeed uni
unusual cyncism is apparent.
This is not a reassuring atmosphere in which 10
approach the long debate such subject That
there will be currency legislation before March is
now generally accepted. 1t is unfortunate for the
Administration program of other legislation which IS
to be pressed when currency is out of the way; but
at least it insures that there will be real consider
alton of the currency measure before it passes.
The Washington times., 1913-11-24
MERCURY POISON SAFEGUARDS.

Bichloride of mercury poisonngs are not being
ignored by health departments. Dr. Lederle, the
health commissioner of New York. has reported
recommendations for official action in relation to
the sale of the poison On account of the numerous
cases of poisoning from bchloride of me-cury-t is
corrosive sublimate-that have recently occurred in
New York and elsewhere, the department has had
under consideration the advisabty of adding sec.
ton to the sanitary code controlling its sale.
The following tentative resolution was submitted
at the last meeting of the board Bchloride of mer-
curry shall be offered for sale or sold at retail in
dry form except in flat triangular or three-corner
tablet coored blue and the same shall be dispensed
in a blue amber-coored corrugated bottle con-
spicuously labeled Poison in red letters" Or as
an alternative the following resolution also sub.
mitted That the sanitary code be amended as fol-
lows: 'Bichoride of mercury, otherwise corrosive
sublimate, shall not be offered for sale or sold at
retail except upon the prescription of regularly
licensed practitioner.
The board of health has these two resolutions
under advisement and is considering which of the
two plans will be the effective in accomplish
ing the protection of the public against accidental
poisoning by mercury tablets, which are Usually dis
pensed in the form of tablets containing seven
,ra1s to be added to pint of water With the de-
velopment OF asephc as opposed to antiSeptIc sur
gerry, the of these tablets by surgeons has de-
creased At the present time the statement made
by the governor of Pennsylvania that bichloride Of
mercury has become in household use "a household
commodity" is true.
Whatever plan is adopted to diminish the dan
gers of accidental poisoning by the misuse of mer-
curry tablets, is certainly desirable that some Of
fetal action should be taken in the matter and that
ii should be of an effective ind
The Washington times., 1913-11-24
THE RAILROAD RATE CASE.

Beginning today with the statements of the case
for the railroads. there will open before the Inter-
state Commission perhaps the most important con-
sideraton that body has given to underlying as
poets of the transportation question. Whatever the
outcome may be- it will establish significant prece-
dent; more significant than will be realized at the
time the decision is made.
The Eastern railroads have filed tariffs making
what is stated to be advance of per cent in their
freight rates. These have been suspended by order
of the commission, pending the inquiry that begins
roday, as to the justiableness of the increases.
This inquiry is likely to occupy many weeks with
taking of testimony, arguments, and the like. After
that there must be long consideration by the COM
mission, and the preparation of decision that shall
set forth the reasons for the action taken.
There are reasons to believe that neither side
will win a complete victory, the railroads, asking the
blanket advance, their opponents, obecting any
advances. More likely, the effort will be made to
work out settlement that will give some advantages
of increased revenue to roads and regions that need
II. 1t has recently been observed by of the
thorities, for instance, that the Boston, and Maine
needs and is entitled to higher rates. How to grant
that increase to road and not to all its compet-
tors is question nobody has yet answered.
In the widest view, the railroads must be main
tanned at such earning capacity will insure the
hest service to the community. Business must have
the best rates that be given to it, consistent with
proper consideration for the interests of the rail-
roads The subject is one Of vast complexities, and
without question the forthcoming inquiry will bring
great deal of new light to it.
The Washington times., 1913-11-24
THE WHITE HOUSE WEDDING.

. All the world loves White House wedding. No
other social event quite widespread an in
terest among the whole American people. 1t is the
crownng affair Of democratic social life. To II
60 forth the sentiment and interest and sympathy and
good wishes that cannot gather about a mere formal
ceremonial. The White House itself is peculiarly
American institution; other better Npefes the
simplicity and the essential modesty that have char
acterized the development of our Governments in
stituton and ideals There many other republics
in the world, but in none OF importance is official
social formula so simple, so direct little removed
from the ways of the plain people. The White
House is all that National Palace would be in a
country of more pretentious titles and forms; but
here il is also the simple home of an American
family.
Within that home will take place tomorrow the
wedding of representative couple of American
young people II is the center of national interest
because it stages on national stage a ceremony
than which none makes quite so much appeal to the
sentiments and affections of all people From all
the world will 60 up chorus of genuine good wishes
for the White House bride and groom.
The Washington times., 1913-11-24
GOVERNOR GLYNN's OPPORTUNITIES.

1t is good thing for the Democratic party Of
New York and for the party in the nation that Sulzer
has been gotten of the way the executive head
of the greatest State of the Union and that an hon
est and able has taken his place. The dis,
closures now being made of graft and corruption
in the awarding of State contracts and in the milking
of contractors by politicians bid fair startle even
New York, though it has witnessed enough of that
of thing to make it all but immune surprise in
this connection.
Had Sulzer remained in power and had these
disclosures come on top of all his other shortcom-
ings the party that nominated him for governor
and was responsible for his election would have la
bored under a burden that would not only have
overwhelmed it but that might have seriously af-
fected the national situation. Imagine an election
after Whitman and Osborne finish their investga-
tions in which the people of the State were asked
to pass upon the party that had given them Sulzer
Upstate always finds it hard to vote the Demo-
cratic ticket. Ii does only when Barnes and his
crowd make it all but impossible to vote the Repub-
house-ceanng that will demonstrate his party is in
earnest in its desire to put grafters in jail what the
farmer and upstate city vote will do to the Democ-
racy in the next election can easily be predicted
Ii is fortunate that there is a year to work in
II il is not used to get results in the way of decency
ice, there is going to be a wake in New York at
which hardly enough of the Democratic party will
be left to serve as corpse.
The Washington times., 1913-11-24
AnaniaS Not So Many.

~ ENATOR CLAUDE A. SWAN
SON of Virginia told this:
~ In the corner grocery one day
young farmer said that his colt
had beaten the local train from Five
Points to town. Another essayed to
boast about his own nag.
Some time ago." said he, with an i'm
pressive air, Il was five miles from
shelter when heavy thunder storm
came up. humping on my horse, 1
started for home at a gallop, and dur
ing the last two miles the roam raced
the shower SO fast that / didn't feel a
drop of rain"
Easy to account for that" put in n
doubtful one, maybe the storm wasn't
close to you"
Wasn't close to met exclaimed the
other. We'll, / should say il was,
Only twenty yards behind me was my
Gog, and he had TO swim all the way"
philadelphia Telegraph.
The Washington times., 1913-11-24
Copyright by the Press Publishing
No. IA Spider Whose Web Spinning Led to

No. IA Spider Whose Web Spinning Led for Liberty
WORN out beaten soldier erouehd the
~ out after him He vas " % Sas @ e, @ yr IN M TS @ Inc man eft % .n @
~, was not a shred of hope left to him
an army patriot whose country was chains Here brief the
and buled by England Brave
from time to time had rusd vain shake Off the English VIII
the world has
by weight numbers
,tna hI h Robert Bruce or Robert the Bruce he
aee dead hand and rove keep alht Better Wallace
King n "0men"
Bruce crowned King of Scotland
practically brothers
hanged % and his his wife He himself was driven into hiding this
days the reward unsuccessful patriotism
And hid there his
not hanging quiet or irving to dron
swinging itself
Bruce idly watched the spider He striving
tnv And every time failed come anvwsre nsa bs vail us
being himself
being crawling mite had
% INTO Bruce % u n ] @ p E succeed ] on ] the seventh " at as'emp..an ap
reached the wall The
he had small but perfectly organized
for Freedom.
The destined to Hbeae
held castle after all
might too His repeated petty victories
his In
Edward of England with mighty
crush him forever Bruce met the English BannO
country spiders plucky example had led only
to liberty.
The Washington times., 1913-11-24
What the Donkey Did.

The late ]. X. cFritz'D Emmets
! appearance in Brooklyn used to be in
varidolv played at the old Park Theater.
! ir that city.
Theatergoers win remember q donkey
that Mr.. Emmett used In some Of his
PLAYS. OF this animal he was very fond.
The donkey's hoofs were naturally
rot the greatest aids in the world for
the preservation of the carpet on the
stage and Colonel Sinn on this occasion
had just purchased a new one q car
pet rot a donkey.
When Mr.. Emmets next enxage-
ment commenced Mr.. Sinn ordered an
old carpet used in the scenes In which
his muleship' appeared
Mr.. Emmet said his donkey was as
good as any other actor and angrily
declared he would never play the Park
Theater again. He never did.