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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-11-15

ficers, instructors and helpers and
training was given in 8 industries
or trades, in addition to the academic
work. Since 1882 more than 5000
graduates and such young men and
women who had taken partial courses
have been sent out, all qualified to do
good service as teachers or industrial
workers. - >.sas*8 5at4
The remarkable success of the In
stitute, which was incorporated in
1892 under the name of Tuskegee
Normal and Industrial Institute, was
due, entirely to the emine emit ability,
tremendous energy and unflinch1ng
determination of Booker Washing
ton. His efforts received universal
recognition in all parts Of the ,coun-
try and MR Washington was honored
as one of the greatest men of his
time and especially as the greatest
benefactor of his race. Harvard uni
versity and several other universities
and colleges conferred honorary: de-
grees upon him. He travelled great
deal, delivered many important ad-
dresses and was the author of several
important books dealing with the race
problem and the education of the
American negro. ...,,.-.
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DEER HUNTING.

And now a Twin City scribe gives
us the following deer hunting rules:
Don't take pot shot at the figure
in the cornfeld. It's no credit to
bag a scarecrow. Besides it may not
be a scarecrow-these modern styles
are deceiving. ..-.t
Don't fire a round of buckshot into
a haystack. There may be somebody
sleeping inside it who doesn't want
to be called so early, either to this
life or another.
In climbing over fence with a
loaded gun, first unload the weapon,
let down the hammer, unscrew the
barrel and knock off the sights to
make it harmless.
Don't shoot at perfect strangers.
Don't shoot at close friends. Be So
cable.
Remember that a guide who works
for a measly per diem and smoking
tobacco isn't supposed to double as a
moving target.
Be not deceived by any moo" that
may sound to the windward. How
weak is the mere unsupported testi-
mony of the spoken word.
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Stay on the farm-develop it
promote it-nurse it-and it will be
one of the wisest acts of your life.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-11-15

The dog without teeth seldom
holds the bone. And isn't Uncle Sam
about in the position of the toothless
dog?
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-11-15

New York, Nov. Is. The twenty
weeks grand opera season which op-
ened here today is remarked by music
lovers as being, curiously enough,
the only grand opera on a great scale
that there is in the world this year.
The war practically has stopped Eu-
ropean opera.
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Uncle Sam is having about as siren
uous time in keeping out of the war
as the other fellows are having in it..
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their own jokes they never discover
that they are alone in their mirth.

Keep right on scowling. Tt makes.
you as handsome as a baboon and as
winsome as q Fiji islander.
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FOR SALE--RubDer stamps. The
Pioneer will procure any kind Of
rubber stamp for you on short no
) tice.
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Now let's forget Mexico-for an
hour or two zssass ''
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Fifteen months of war and not all
dead yet! ~ II ssssxz
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FOR SALE-Coal stove, cheap; near
lysnew. -. Telephone sos ,4d1115
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(, The Pioneer. is the, place to buy
your rolls 3. Of adding; machine paper
for Burroughs adding machines. One
roll, a dozen rolls or q hundred rolls.
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FOR SALE.

FOR sALE-A good Garland base
burner stove. Apply at Bemidji
Welding & Machine Co. Tel. 50.
! dit
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Some people laugh so heartily at
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~sPioneerr want ads. pay: os ,>e.:sc:.
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: FOR GENT.

FOR RENT - Nine-room modern
house, 7os Minnesota Ave. T. G.,
Bailey, Phone 40. TT
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FOR RENT-Five nice rooms up
stairs, for housekeeping. Tel.
26-F-11. 5d1118
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J. minneapolis. +, MINI, Nov. 15:-:Al
city Prepared program to educate
policemen, firemen, nurses, doctors,
and citizens in system Of emer-
gency relief work in case disaster
visits the city, was started by Mayor
Nye today.
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San. Francisco NOV. -15.-G George
Washington, Of cherry tree 3fame. had
a day all his own at the exposition.
IA colonial ball such as Washington
attended, and ,pat-lotic society pro-
grams. were planned Each state
had a booth in the ball room.
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FOR RllENT--Furnished rooms, 1909
s,Bemidji Ave. r,~,~-,..-.~- s-. dill
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= HERE AND THERE IN s~s,s ~
x THE NEWS OF THE DAY X

Hamilton: Ga, Nov 16.-Three
negroes, John Wright, Sam Couch
and West Story, are scheduled to be
hanged here tomorrow morning at
sunrise Each of the trio shot man
to try his gun" the testimony
showed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-01
Il : GRANT.

q. : GRANT.
Born April -, 1892 Died July 20
1855
- E1ERAL GRANT wac lover
EA o. horses. The following an
EfE ecdote Is told about him and
- the way he feit toward a bad
tempered driver who mai-treated q
tired horse
one day. during the Civil Var an
army vvna marching along The country
roads IN virginia The men In their
Stained bIue-coats locked tired and
cola Behind the marching soldiers
zane a number Of wagons that car
r.ed the provisions
TIE horses that Grew the heavy
w.r51a looked a. tired ana fOot-sore
A. tre men Nearly al Of the drivers
zsr- v--y kind % she poor animals
They zcpt a sharp eye on the road
Oh see which side wac rE- better, and
Be- every way t-led 90 make things as
easT az po-rib-e Tor the horses
OF one q the wagons. however.
there was cross and tired driver.
ua- not only s--oldcd his horse. but
often 1sed the whip. Finally ne came
% narshy place and % seemed i'm
possible fer the horse 20 bulge the
wagon The man became 80 angry
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-01

Pretty Stories of Spring Flowers

lowered unseen in . tree. resolved -
be revenged
II was Apollo's turn next, and ~
he raised the Quot, Zephyr caused .
breeze to spring up and the QUOT new
skyward instead of down. striking
Hyacinth on the temple, causing his
death.
MY Hyacinth," cried Apollo. heart
l roken at the death of his young
friend. And TO commemorate him he
produced a lovely. fragrant flower he
called Hyacinth and which still blooms
every spring the suns rays become
warm and the gentle xephyrs blow
on the banks OF the Tweed. SO the
story runs. there dwelt a proud chief
tain who had g lovely daughter whom
he kept prisoner in a lonely and Sc
cluded part of his castle. because she
had fallen in love with the hand
some son of his greatest enemy. She
was not permitted to leave her cham
Der or see any one except faithful
attendant who felt sorry for her
young mistress.
One day the lover induced this at
tendant TO hide a ladder made Of
silken rope under her apron.
Give this 10 your mistress" he
said, with it she can escape from her
prison"
At the appointed hour the lover
waited at the foot OF the high wall
behind which the maiden's prison was
built He saw her fasten the silker
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-01

But 20 return to the English chill
dren and their celebration: Loaded
( down with the flowers and watched by
their admirlng elders. they come to
I the old. weather-stained May-pole and
decorate it with the blooms and dance
around it
Long streauers and garlands are
fashioned Of the blooms and one end
or each streamer IS attached high up
on the pole and the other is held by
one OF the children: then. as they
dance round and round, the streame rs
move with them and become inter
twined. thus forming q most pleasing
picture in the warm May sunshine
And all about them, too, are the haw-
thorn trees in bloom
There IS another English May-day
custom in which the child also figures.
This is held high up in the tower at
MaSdaien college. Oxford, when boy
choristers. in their vestn. ents, meet
there at five o'clock in the morning
and sing mathis while the great bells
peal a welcome to May.
A short distance from Oxford 1t is
the custom for the children TO carry
garlands of flowers from door to door.
They also fashion a beautiful floral
crown of great size which is carried
in procession by four children who are
followed by lord" and g. lady" Ia
boy and a girl respectively nicely
dressed. with their wrists bound to-
gether by a white handkerchief.
In another part OF the British EN-
ptre Canada, a Queen of the May is
chosen and a celebration Is held
around a huge May-poie. By popular
ballot a ruler is chosen. robed and
crowned Then, all make obeisance to
her The crown she wears and the
sceptre she bears are both cunningIy
fashioned Of tho Springs choicest
blooms
Looking back into the past. record
has been found of a number of queer
English May-day customs. For in
stance. at one time the fair miikmaids
of London. early in the morning, used
to deck themselves in flowers and fan
tastic costume and lead their cows.
also garlanded with blossoms. through
the streets. And they danced around
the animals and. all together. had a
very merry time.
Another queer custom WAS that Of
having a man dance with a most Pc
culiar adorument- The upper half of
his body was covered by . large frame
which was concealed in blankets Of
flowers Attached to the framework
were e number OF hagons. or silver
drinking cups. Only his legs were visi-
BILE and, as you can well imagine, he
presented a most fantastic appearance
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-01

her tears. is my little grandson
Bobbie looked up at Old Knapsack
quickly. Then the poor little boy
hadn't any father any longer. had
he?"
NO" Ole Knapsack answered and
shook his head sadly. mo. he had
no father. You see. Bobbie, IT is not
all glory and cheers and waving flags
and bands in warfare. War is cruel,
war Is terrible; and war not only
hurts those who fall on the battle
field, but also those who are left be-
hind. Right now. over in Germany
Belgium, France. Russia and Austria
OF thousands and they are bnried
where they fall or-rnore horrible to
relate-not buried At all.
And for each brave soldier who
dies there is someone back home who
mourns for him. \ father, a mother.
a wife. a child Orwell. each dead
man has some relative or good friend
whose heart is saddened by the news
of his death. War, Bobbie, is not the
beautiful. glorious thing you may
imagine Ii to be when you read about
its heroes or play with your own toy
soldiers on the floor. War
There came a rustiing and-presto
old Knapsack had vanished.
Little Bobbie sat up and rubbed his
eyes. He found himself sitting on
the floor. He looked around him.
There beside him lay the newspaper
where 1t had fallen when ne, too. had
slipped down from the stool. And
there, too, lay the dead and wound
ed of his wooden soldiers. He knew.
of course that II had all been but &
dream and that no such person as Old
Knap sack existed. And yet-and
yet
He picked up one Of the dead"
soldiers and stood him on his feet
again.
"GeeH" he said softly. I'm glad you
aren't a real soldier. for you might
have a little boy left behind and
and"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-01
spanRled.

spengled.
Not infrequently several of the htde
sweeps will dress up as girls, cover
themselves with brick dust and put
large gilt crowns on their heads. They
also carry their shovels and brushes
and even drums and hfes and rnise
great racket 10 which the other sweeps
try 70 dance. in a bo:sterous fashion
In a few of the quaint English VIII
lagos the old custom Of dancing
around q May-poie Is still in vogue
and the children are the principal
dancers. For a long time beforehand
the children have hunted the hooks
and crannies in the woods where wild
flowers bloom. And early on the first
OF May they go out in bands and
gather them-violets and prtmroses
and other sweet blossoms
II is interesting to note that the
flower called the primrose IN England
il different from the one we call by
that name, for II IS of 4 rich yellow
color and not unlike the buttercup.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-01

there loomed before him a cavern.
He entered, and beheId the most Won
derful Jewels, and masses of gold and
silver
MY luck has turned" he said.
with these I can do great things"
He filed his knapsack with this
uew-found wealth, and was about to
retrace his steps 10 his humble home.
when the two huge rocks closed again.
catching the knapsack that the old
man had fastened or his back, inside
the cave.
There he stood, as poor as before,
but he was grateful. for" he mum
bled. "a little more and I would have
been shut in. too. III go home and
stay there"
.'Forget-me-not." cried a little
voice from under his foot. and the
tiny blue flower stretched up its head
in pleading.
He took the blossom home to his
wife who. after hearing the story Of
the lost Jewels. kissed the flower ten
derby and said: I'VE still have our
little Forget me-not' to cheer us"
To this day, the lovely small blue
flower is called Forget-Ire-not-
The Greeks had many gods. One
of the most important ones was the
god of the sun. and his name was
Apollo.
Apollo loved many uaidens, and
occasionally ne became very fond OF
good-looking youths. One in paric-
ular, Hyacinth by name. was loved
by this great god.
zephyr. also, was fond OF Hyacinth.
He was the god of the west wind. and
he was bitterly jealous of the favor
Hyacinth showed toward the sun god.
one day Apollo invited Hyacinth to
play Quoits with him in the garden OF
the gods. Oh YES, the gods were
sports. and played all sorts of games
FIyacinth was scoring, and apollo
seemed pleased. while Zephyr, who
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-01
TRY 1T.

~ OME-MADE toys are lots more
Sc fun than bought ones. First you
have the pleasure OF making the
toy. then you saJoy playing with it
ToH all know how 20 cut dolls out
OF paper. Would you like 20 see these
dolls dancer a pane OF glass. about
10 by II inches. Will do che work
Support this glass on two books about
and IL inches from the table.
placing these boohs as far apart as
the glass Will allow.
Nov place your tissue-paper dolls
on the table under the glass with
a linen handkerchief rub the glass
oris<Iy. rubbing IN circular direction.
until che friction causes the paper fig
ures 10 dance. hop. turn and tumble.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-01

have you. my young friend" he said.
with a sad shake of his head
Bobbie. Still staring at him. nod
ded- The old. white-haired man with
the queer fioppy hat was unlike any
man ne had ever seen
I've been in q war" said the old
man Civil War"
What was that?" asked Bobby.
why" said Old Knapsack. smiI-
diers of the North and South fought"
Sitting down by the doorway Old
Knapsack began a story.
II remember" he said, "a certain
night during the last year OF the war
We had been aghting all day and we
had beaten the enemy. A bright
moon was shining as I walked over
the battlefield and by its light 1 saw
a man in the enerny's uniform. lying
on the ground
II gave him a drink OF water. He
had been shot through the chest and
was dying, but he was still able to
speak-though his voice was very
low.
VIII you do ne one favor?' he
asked. as I bent over him
IT said that I would. He pulled a
little package from his pocket and
handed It to me.
Go TO that address, he said, and
tell them that / died in battle.
1T was months and months before
finally reached the dead mans
home. The little house was badly out
of repair just as most OF the houses
OF the South were In those days
"a beautiful old lady met me at
the door. She was the dead soldiers
mamma. When I told her that her
son had dice on the battle field she
cried and cried as If her heart would
break ! tried TO comfort her
And while she was crying a little
boy ran into the room. The old
woman stopped crying and shook her
head at me so that ] wouldn't say
anything until the little fellow had
lsft the room. Who is hep I asked
her.
'He-he-.' she replied through
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-01

of peace when there Is no cruel war
such as the one now devastating Eu-
rope-even TO this day the coming of
May Is heraided far and wide: and
several OF the ceremonies are peculiar
ones.
In London. great. busy, up-to-cate
London. the chimney sweeps have
unique procession which. you may be
sure. these little soot-covered lads en-
Joy 20 the uttermost-
They array themselves IN fantastic
costumes OF their own devising and
parade through the principal streets
81 the city. laughing and whistling and
cheering. Every now and then certain
one, OF them pass the hat" among
the crowd OF onlookers: and not many
people are unwilling to toss q SIX
pence or two to the roguish little beg
Ears-
Always. IN the procession. there Is
a float built like a fower-covered bow
er. above which waves the British nag:
and IN which Is seated n sweep grot-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-01
& CURPUZZLE
6COQFSEQ

HDDEN SEWING ARTICLEs.

HIDDEN SEWING ARTICLES.
Toz vii need Isss eggs. the more
you beat tlc cake.
Charles plays pool - well az bill
Aarda
You Iook chic. Ots0. notwithssAnd-
inE your reFiIree shirt
You must look sharp IN shooting
game
SAY -ta-ta,~ Percy, and III know
y5u'I mean tank you
WORD PUZZLE
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words Vhich are pronounced alike.
bu- spelled differently and with cir-
f-rel- me1zlugE-
TAe news was such surprise
tr-t -a- - f=it no needed a lit
-Ie
The - looked over tho --
fgids and sighed
Use could not nsd the - OF
the - v- heard n the evening
a teEuEIfII -- was 10 be given
90 tle one who v-uule -- II
Answers
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B1r1l -IlE barren ?. CGHEe and eoicS.
fr rT1 earn.
HtteE s~,-t-g Articles- Needles.
s'11- eltt1H. ri7. fcDs
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a Grant Anecdote

that he raised the whip and brutaIIy
struck the horse. using bad language
all the while.
He was IN such an excited state that
he didn't see General Grant as he
came riding up OF his fine black horse.
Grant was Mortified and called out:
You scouudrcI, Stop beating that
poor horset"
Naturally the whip fell out OF the
mans hand. and he was scared TO
death 10 be caught by his superior
ofHcer. but he never said a word. eager
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-01
Old Knapsack' Plea for Peace

~ TITLE Bobbie was playing Sol
diers" IN the nursery BE d.
b vided his men and cannon into
"a two forces. one OF which he
named the Allies and the other the
Germans. Then a herce battle en-
sued. with Master Bobbie as the COM
raander-in-chief of both armies.
OF course. in real warfare such a
procedure would have been impossi-
Bile But Bobbie. you see. had way
Of being commander-in-chief to two
armies fighting each other without
being unfair TO either OF them.
Really. his plan was quite simple.
He stood the Allies IN rows on the
floor az one end OF the nursery. and
the Germans at the other. Each side
had a csnnon-ierrible. dreadful i'm
pIsrnents of war despite the fact that
all they could shoot was a marble
forced out Of their gaping mouths by
a spring suddenly released.
OF course Bobbie would have liked
II much better had they been real
cannon with real smoke and real bull
let's
But. lacking these. he set the spring
on the cannon IN the Germans camp.
dropped the white marble into the
barrel Of the gun. knelt down and
took careful aim at the forces of the
al the other end OF the room. Then
he released the spring and cried out
Bang Bang" Straight down the
floor the deadly marble sped and
moved down a whole row OF brave
wooden soldiers.
Bobbie waited until the smoke of
battle" had cleared away and then
marched over 20 the camp of the Al
lies, 20 be their ommander-in-chief
for a while. He set the spring on
their cannon and dropped the same
white marble into its barrel. Kneel-
ing down, he took careful aim at his
former comrades in arms and re-
leased the spring, crying out Bang.
Bang" with Just as much fervor as
he had before. A whole row OF
wooden Germans bit the dust
Just then he espied the morning
paper with its interesting photo
graphs of battle scenes in the cruel
war now being waged in Europe. So
he placed his little stool between
what was left OF the two armies. and
sat down upon u with the paper
opened out before him.
Goodness. how tired he was The
pictures were certainly thrilling-but
why couldn't he hold his eyes open
instead OF blinking and blinking
and
Attention." cried curt voice sud
denly.
Bobbie looked around and TO his
arnazeruent discovered a tiny soldier
peering out at him from the center
OF the open newspaper.
Attention" cried the small author
itative voice again. And its owner
hoped lightly 70 the floor and stood.
stin as ramrod. and saIuted. Y
am called Old Knapsack," ne said. 7
believe 1 have the honor OF address
ing the communicative chief Of these
two hostile armies"
Bobbie tried TO click his own heels
together. return the salute and reply
IN the affirmative: but. somehow. he
couldn't so much as crook his little
singer.
yes. they call me Old Kuapsacl. 80
the queer l!ttle soldier continued. HIS
uniform was covered with dust and
its gold lace was sadly furnished. but
ne was as erect and alert as any
soldier could hope 10 be
so you've been playing a. war.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-01

removed This adherent substance re-
sist= scrubbing with soap and all ordi-
nary means of removal. Even scrap
ing ~ith a knife fails TO remove the
CRIME and sickness completely. But
a few drops of gasoline. benzine. ether
or chlo1 oform on a piece of cloth will
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-01

ote habitually searches about camp
fires for stray bits of meat and is
therefore less wary. The FIRE oblit-
crates the traces OF the set. eliminates
the tracks and smell of a human be-
ing. and the odor OF the burned meat
will attract him from a long distance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-01

THIS Is the May-hne Of the year
The time that girls and boys hold
dear.
Bnsg out the Pole with ribbons gay
And we can dance The time away.
Nov under one. now over go,
TnDDinq hghtly-heel and toe.
The ribbons gay float IN the air.
The children SKIP now here-nOw
there
Around the PC'e-out on the lawn,
Conc ION the dance. The fun IS on
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-01

He Is more likely to walk into the
trap thus disguised with the remnants
of a campfire than any other unless
you have a carcass literally surround
ed with traps with severe winter on
and no other carcasses within miles
W. F. Wilcox in Farm and Fireside-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-01

Such fun you hardly ever find
As round the Pole you ribbons
wind.
Now in. now out. keep going round.
So fast you scarcely touch the ground.
Pull tight. pull lard. now dance again.
And wind your fancy-ribboned cham.
The Pole with ribbons tightly wound
Is such a sight-hard to be found.
a pretty thing to meet your glance
Come then and join the May Pole
dance