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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-05-08
HELPFUL WORDS ]

Is your back lame and painful?
Does it ache especially after ex-
ention? /, s. =. KS 4 AZ
Is there soreness in the kidney
region?
These symptoms suggests weak
Kidneys. lug 5 Is. ,ta
If SO there is danger in delay.
Weak kidneys get fast weaker.
Give your trouble prompt atten-
Doan's Kidney, Pills are for weak
Kidneys, y -'... '...''".1.== = .@. * =.
Your neighbors use and recon-
naend them. -..',... * ~ -. s.
Read this Bemidji tetimony.
NJ Flint, SO Minnesota Ave-, Be-
midi, Mimi, says: "My trouble was
from pain and lameness in my back,
and if I worked hard or did lot
Of heavy lifting the trouble was
worse. I was also annoyed by kid
ney weakness. I have found that
can rely on Doan's Kidney Pills,
procured at Bankers Drug Store,
every time to help me out in time OF
need. They act as a tonic to my
Kidneys and soon free my back from
pain and lameness."
Price soc. at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Deans Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Flint had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Props, Buffalo, N. Y.-Adv.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-05-08
RIVER IS AT FLOOD STAGE

Highest Mark in Twenty Years Re-
+ corded at Wichita, Kan. s..
Wichita, Kan, May S.-The Arkan-
sas river at this point has reached
the highest mark known in twenty
years, Flood waters due to recent
heavy rains in Western Kansas and
Eastern Colorado have sent the stream.
ten feet above low water mark, cal1s-
ing the railroads to fear for the safety
Of the bridges. 81 81
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-05-08
Slayer HopeIessIy Insane.

New York, May Attorneys for
Chester B.. Duryea, who shot. and.
killed his father, General Hiram. Dur
yea, a retired millionaire starch manu-
facturer, appeared in police court ia
that he could go Immediately to the
grand jury. His family and physicians
believe he is hopelessly insane.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-05-08
BANDITS PURSUED EXPOSES
Masked Robbers Kill Express Agent
for Fifty Dollars.

TOT r'1ty Oo''ars.
San Francisco, May S.-Three
masked bandits who murdered and
robbed Hamilton Harris, a Wells Far.
go Express agent at Middleton, Lake
county, are fleeing through the noun.
tains pursued by constantly increas.
ing posses. go. AZ j. J.
Harris was shot dead without warn.
ing. His brother was gagged and
tied. r. :. >rsr.-. ri .a#H: #
The robbers paused to rife the dead
mans pockets and got about $50. Then
they rode away without attempting to
rob the safe Or cash drawer ....@.# 81
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-24

dog of J. C. Craft, coal merchant
Craft died and willed the use of his
handsome house to his housekeeper
to be used as home for Pete so
that ''he may pass his days in
household where there are no chill
dren or boarders. Every day is a
dog day, now, for pete" He gives
parties to which only children are in
yited and he lives like a lord on his
income of 81 200 year.
And now for little Otto Gerlach,
one of "Pete's" neighbors. Otto
spent most of his days in a nursery,
because his mother had to work for a
living. Otto is IL now and he helps
his mother to arrange the colored
strips of,cotton which mother" seWs
into little colored animals and sells
to factory.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-24
THE CONFESSIONS OF A WIFE
WAS MARY WICKED?

hastened forward and said: did
you think you could lose yourself
from me, little sister," She started
and her face that had been so pink
became very white.
Then you know" she asked.
Jack wrote and told me day before
yesterday, my dear. He asked me
to look you up, but so many start
ling things happened that l was not
able to come Immediately.
do Jacks people know"
mo, dear, not yet" assured her.
Please, please, don't tell them I'M
til after he graduates, l am sure 1
can get along, and it would be ter
ribIe to have Jack fail now when he
is so near"
Eve will talk about that later,
dear Where are you stopping?"
Again she flushed as she answered:
81 have a little room on a side
street"
"Al right. let's go over there and
talk it out"
l could see she did not want me
to go to her room, and when had got
there found that l had guessed the
reason. 1t was a poor little hall bed
room, with no fire and the, plainest
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-24

In the picture Otto is seen carrying
a bundle of colored strips to the fac
tory. Otto and his mother earn $16
a month between them. Charity has
to pay for most of the food and
clothes they use.
Queer, isn't it, that such things
happen in big cities? Little Otto, half
starved, overworked, no time to play,
no chance to study-'Pete" Craft, a
mongrel dog, has $1,000 a year to
pay for his dog-biscuits and his dog
collars.
Doesn't it seem a pity that John C.
Craft had never heard of Otto and
his mother? He MIGHT have de-
prived ""Pete" of a few caramels or
an occasional bow of silk ribbon, so
that Otto might have an hour or two
of play, sometimes, mightn't he?
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-24
Chapter cXXxVII

SndpIef .SAAAblI-
Copyright, 1914, by the Newspaper
Enterprise Association.
l cannot understand how anyone
can find life monotonoHs. Every day
brings me a new interest, and for the
last week things have certainly been
happening. With Kitty Malram going
to marry her preacher man; Eliene
adopting twins and finding out about
her husband, and, last but not least,
the announcement of Jacks secret
marriage to Mary Dunlap, 1 have
hardly had time to think of myself.
Yesterday morning started out to
find Mary.
Miss Dunlap will be in this morn
ing for her mail, am sure" said the
polite clerk, land if you care to wait
you will surely see her"
81 will watt" l answered, because
l knew if l did not see Mary here l
would never be able to find where she
had hidden herself.
1 sat down and had almost given
her up for it was nearly an hour be-
fore she came in Poor child! She
looked so pale and unhappy.
A deep blush dyed her face clear
up to her hair when she saw me. /
The Alaska citizen., 1914-06-01
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A writer in The Designer has many interesting things to say about the entertainment of royalty.
 The hostess who has not royal apartments in readiness always re- furnishes and redecorates on an ela- borate scale, she says, and the Duch- ess of Roxburghe-before her mar riage Miss May Goelet of New York spent more than a million dollars in remodeling the interior of her home, Floors Castle, for visit of King George and Queen Mary when they were Prince and Princess of Wales. She had the famous French decorative artist. Boulanger, draw up color scheme for the royal apartments, and everything else was planned on the same extensive scale. The Countess of Warwick spent two hundred thousand dollars in redec- orating Easton Lodge for brief royal visit, and the Duchess of Dev- onshire and Lord Derby have each spent more that twice that sum. Only those of kingly wealth can en- certain kingly visitors.
 Even more important than furni ture and decorations is the question of drainage, and the plumbing must be overhauled from top to bottom This is mandatory since the visit of Rink Edward VII., then Prince of Wales, to Lord LondesborOugh, more than forty years ago, when he contracted a case of typhoid which almost cost his life.
 There are many complicated little points of etiquette involved in the entertainment of royalty. King George and Queen Mary are so close ly allied to all the foreign courts, from Madrid to St. Petersburg, that sudden mourning Is often necessary and every guest present must ap- pear in just the proper degree. Then, again, if a royal princess engages in any round dance it is not con sidered good form for another couple to occupy the floor at the same time, unless by the express wish of the royal lady herself. When the king and queen sign their names in the visitors book" brandnew pen must be provided. and it may not be used by other guests.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-06-01
How to Take Care of
 The Air i'm Your Home

it dries out great share of the moisture that is in our rooms and offices and would, under natural con ditions. remain there. Just as wet towel placed over a register or radiator soon becomes dry. so does the air in such rooms become dry and unhealthy
 Another proof of this is to place a wet-bulb thermometer in heated room. The water keeps the bulb at something like the natural tempera- ture An ordinary thermometer be- sides il will show the exact tempera- ture of the dry air and it will be 20 degrees higher than the wet-bulb thermometer will register.
 This heat acts exactly the same way upon the moist surface of our bodies-it takes up the moisture and chills the body on the surface. In this manner sensitive people feel chilly in a room heated to 70 de grees in winter, when the same tenn perature in sumer, being natural heat with plenty of humidity in it. would be sufficient or even oppres sive
 There are a few remedies for this, but in the main part experts are of the opinion that We heat our houses wrong in this country, that the Eng fish with their fireplaces and air that seems chilly to us are really wise and enjoy better health. Catar rhal affections result from inflam ed congested organs which unnatur- ally dry heat produces.
 It has been found, by computing the amount of air that passes through the ordinary furnace, that fifty gallons of water should be ev- aporated daily to keep the humidity at 50 degrees Nearly every furn- ace has a water box, but it seldom uOluS more llldll l"O oI lllte SdllOlS and is too frequently allowed to re- main dry.
 Porous dishes of water kept stand ing on the register or radiator will help materially to increase the moist ure in room. Another thing neces- sary is thorough ventilation Keep all sleeping apartments at low temperature, and at night turn off the heat and open a window. Proper ventilation and the evaporation of more water in homes. offices and other places during the winter months will prove great aid in keeping the air impregnated with the mois- ture so necessary for health.-S. F. Examiner.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-06-01
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A 100000 SOCIAL.
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When planning a little home or social affair why not have hoo doc" party and make your guests do all the unlucky things you can think of? Here are a few supersti- tions which will be familiar to most of them
 The number thirteen.
 Spilling salt and the antidote, throwing salt over the left shoulder
 Starting on a journey or commence ing anything on Friday. You can have your entertainment on a Friday
 Picking up pin with the point toward you.
 Walking under a ladder.
 Turning back after you have start ed on a journey. This each one may do when leaving.
 Stumbling upstairs
 Seeing the moon over the left shoulder.
 Falling of a family portrait.
 Breaking of looking glass.
 Passing a horseshoe without pick ing it up.
 Defying fate by saying you are never sick; antitode, touching wood or rapping under the table.
 Seeing a pin and letting it lie.
 Giving a knife or other sharp ar ticle to a friend and a cent with it to keep it from cutting the friend ship.
 Dropping fork means woman is coming.
 Dropping knife means man is coming.
 Dropping a spoon means letter is coming.
 Two forks at your plate mean you will have company.
 Two spoons forecast an engage ment.
 Bubbles in your coffee mean money so do leaves in tea.
 If you hang hairpin on hook you are sure to have company.
 You will think of many others yourself.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-06-01

Good housekeepers exert every et- fort 10 keep their homes neat. clean and free from dust. but they seldom make much of an effort to take care of their air" That is. they pay little heed 10 whether the air they breathe in their homes is danger ously dry or unhealthily moist just so long as il seems 10 be about the right temperature for comfort
 IL has been discovered that just as much care should be taken to keep the air of the right humidity as to keep the dust out of the rooms. The quantity of the air in our homes may not be altogether controllable owing to our methods of living. but il can be controlled to marked degree if the householder will make a study of conditions and learn how easy it is 10 remedy many of them.
 The quantity of the air as to dry ness or moisture has as great an effect. if not greater. on the health as has it's temperature. Nearly every one has noticed that in the fall when the furnaces are started there is apt to be a period of headaches, l much higher temperature seems to be required for comfort than was necessary during the summer months.
 Humidity in the air is necessary to our health As everyone knows. We measure humidity up to loo de grees. which is rainfall or complete saturation. Our normal humidity in this country out of doors is between 50 and 70 People who work out of doors are generally unusually healthy. This seems sufficient proof that humidity of say 65 degrees on an average of the air We breathe is healthy
 Now take the air in our homes and big office buildings. Experiments have been made to test the dryness of the air in such places and it is learned that the humidity during the six or more months artificial heat is used in the modern home and of l0W o1 iaoraaS In other words, there is scarcely half enough humidity in our indoor air. Our rooms contain air that it quite as dry as that of the great Desert of Sahara.
 The reason for this is simple en- ough to understand We use what is known as a dry heat" and the heat is not only dry of itself but
The Alaska citizen., 1914-06-01
HEALTH NOTES.
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Lack of sufficient sleep soon shows in ones appearance. Eight hours sleep out of twentyfour is required for the best results.
 Clipping the ends of the hair about once a month will stimulate the roots and cause new growth. Dand- ruff should be cured at once as it ruins the hair
 The woman who has blonde hair or the one with gray hair, must keep it perfectly clean, as dust shows up quickly on light hair in most ugly fashion. Washing with alcohol will cause the hair to turn gray. Borax and ammonia are both injur- ious.
 The persistent use of peroxide of hyrogen on cold sores will soon cure them Dab it on thoroughly every few minutes, and it will draw the pus and any poison out, when of course the place will heal Use it freely on any sore that shows any indication of fostering.
 Nicotine, the active principle of tobacco is claimed by chemists to be, next to prussic acid, the most rapidly fatal poison known. What ever differences of opinion there may be upon the advisability of smoking for men, there is none what ever as to it's pernicious effect on boys The tender tissues of a grow ing boy can not absorb even a small quantity of it without most serious results. Cigarettes are par ticularly injurious.
 Celluloid contains in its compost tion gun cotton and camphor, both highly inflammable No one wear ing collar, comb or other ornaments, should place her head close to any sort of unprotected light, as celluloid catches fire so quickly and burns so rapidly that it would hardly be possible to avoid being seriously burned.
 A cough may be caused by many things besides lung troubles. There is the sympathetic cough that goes with the stomach, and the nervous" cough that is caused by some nerve causes. The cure is to remove the cause.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-06-01
Timely Hints for the Housewife

LITTLE HELPS.
 Before frying liver dip the slices in hot water. The flavor will be much improved.
 A slight draft on bread that is ris- ing may cause it to come up very slowly, and perhaps spoil it alto gether.
 When buying fowls for fricassee never allow the butcher to splinter the bones by chopping with the cleaver. Ask him to remove the sinews from the legs and cut through the joints. Homemade lard is easily prepared, and is much less expensive than the shop variety Get a pound of flare" from the butcher Cut it in pieces, and put in a jar. Place this jar in larger one. half-filed with water. Put them ill slow oven, so that the fat will melt gradually. One pound of flare" yields nearly a pound of lard.
 When using lemon for flavoring, and you only need half of one, put the other half on plate and cover with glass tumbler. This excludes hn nt rd nrfc hn from getting mouldy Another sim pie remedy is to smear the cut lemon over with the white or yolk of an egg, and place on a shelf to dry; lemons treated this way can be kept long time.
 When making apple tarts, grate the apples instead of cutting them into slices and the tarts will look more even and taste better Some like a little grated cheese on top
 In making griddle cakes of any kind do not add the baking powder until just ready to cook them. The
 
 cakes will be much lighter if this plan is followed.
 Corned beef, ham or any salted meat should be put in cold water or luke-w warm water Fresh meat should be immersed in rapidly boiling wa ter to prevent loss of juices. Allow both kinds to boil quickly at first, removing any scum that rises, then push to back part of stove to sim mer allowing 30 minutes to the pound of corned beef, IS to 20 min utes for ham and mutton. Boiled meat should always be left in its own liquor to cool.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-06-01
This Page Devoted Principally to Women
Tyranny of Sunday
 Dinner Tradition

Why Sunday should be sacred to a midday dinner, and the balance of the day devoted to digestion is not evident. It does seem rather mater ial that so much be sacrificed to mere feeding, when it is possible to have a good hot meal that will not require more than half hour in it's preparation.
 If 1t must be roast, a loin of veal a leg of pork or pair of chick ems will be just as good if they are roasted on Saturday and set away in the dripping pan, and given the last half hour in good hot oven on the day of serving. A steak needs but little time and loin chops are better than the average leg of lamb.
 Potatoes, if boiled for twenty min utes in their skins, can be finished in the oven during the same half hour; or cold boiled ones can be Drowned In the pan with the heating roast If chops are the choice, the frying of the potatoes in deep fat, is a matter of few minutes. Spaghet- Ii. with cheese or tomato sauce, is a good substitute for potatoes, and the browning can be done in a few minutes. Any of the green vege- tables can be boiled the day before, drained and relocated with butter. Cauliflower or onions can be rejuven- ated with their cream dressing, and those vegetables that require long cooking can safely be simmering while the housekeeper is at church or taking the rest that is always considered a masculine right on the one day a week.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-06-01
NEGLiGEES.

The negligee is the one garment which may be as simple or as elabor- ate as desired without overstepping the bounds of good taste. All the frills and bows that please ones fancy, if they are becoming, may be added without detracting from it's charm, and there are numberless little personal touches which will make the wearer happy that cannot be found in the ready-made gar ment.
 These creations of chiffon, lace and silk are often frightfully eX- pensive when purchased ready made,
The Alaska citizen., 1914-06-01

imported" or hand made" but with a few yards of chiffon or silk and a bit of lace delft fingers may turn out at home. if they wish, equally pretty designs at one-third the cost.
 Chiffon cloth, crepe de chine, filmy nets and laces are all suited to these garments, but the cheaper materials, voiles, cotton crepes and printed silks can be used with as good effect and at much less cost. Many of these soft cottons show delicate pastel tints which cannot be surpassed in silks.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-06-01
BED COVERINGS
 OF PURE WHITE

Pure white is the color preferred at the moment for most bed cover ings. The finest spreads are those made of heavy linen embroidered elaborately or simply in Madeira, satin stitch or English eyelet work. These spreads are expensive, but they wear we'll.
 With them pillow slips embroider- ed in the same way may be used The problem of keeping the pillows fresh without the aid of pillow shams or bolster rolls is a difficult one. There is nothing to do but to have many pillow slips and to change them as soon as they look wrinkled
 Some frugal housewives have plain cotton or linen pillow slips on the pillows at night and in the day time have embroidered slips pulled on over these. The embroidered slips are removed and folded neatly when the beds are opened at night.
 A double set of pillows is anoth- CT way out of the difficulty of fresh looking pillows The under set is used to sleep on; the top pairs are removed when the beds are opened at night and so are kept fresh to cover the wrinkled ones that are slept on
 Still another way to solve the pill low problem is to have the spread large enough to pull up over the pill lows during the day. Another meth cd is to keep the pillows in box which rolls on casters under the bed in the daytime. The spread is then arranged and a solid bolster roll dressed all in white, is used.
 Some bolster rolls are made with an opening on the under side where the pillow may be kept during the day and removed for use at night
 With old-fashioned mahogany fur niture the bed covering should be old-fashioned, too. If you are fortu- nate enough to have an old quilt. made in an elaborate pattern, espec- ially one which is pure white, use it on the oldfashioned bed. Other wise make a spread of chintz. or else one of heavy. homespun linen.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-06-01
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

It is said there are over 1900 in- stitutions in the United States today that are offering courses in home economies; some hundreds are col leges, and $50 are high schools. IE the University of California the new learning is written in its catalogue along with Latin and Greek and the higher mathematics. Instead of. as in the past. being subject of re- proach for a woman to do her own things" it is now an honor, and household economics is now high branch of learning as science. In the new order of things, there are necessarily many mistakes, but little by little the way is clearing, and the new idea of home will usher in health. happiness and higher living.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-06-01
A HINT FOR SAVING LABOR.

When wanting to make up a few pies, without the usual work of securing the pie board, it will be great saving of labor to use a piece of waxed paper laid on pad of newspapers. The whole thing can be rolled up and destroyed.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-06-01
CLEAN vARNIsHEo SURFACES.

To clean vanished paper and paint. put one pound of glue in about two pints of water, and let it dis solve over the fire. Stir now and again so as to thoroughly melt the glue. Then put half a pail of water and wash the walls with it, after which rub with a clean duster This will make the paint or paper equal to new
The Alaska citizen., 1914-06-01
CROPPING SUET.

If you desire to keep suet from sticking to the knife when chopping it. try sprinkling the knife with a little ground rice and you will have no trouble.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-06-01
TO POLISH BRASS.

Wet cloth in sour milk and sprinkle it liberally with dairy salt. rubbing the brass with it. Then rinse off the salt with more of the milk and polish with dry. soft cloth.