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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-04-29
The Fishing Worm,

William Brake Is a little fellow liv.
ing in Eastern avenue. Birds fishing
worms, crickets and spiders are
strange creations to him this year and
he has not been fully able to deter
mine Just what kind of noises they
make when happy and when angry. A
few days ago William was watching a
neighbor woman prepare ground for
flowers. An unusually large fishing
worm came to the surface.
"What Is that2" William asked ex-
citedly.
"That Is fishing worm"
swell, thought I heard her going
'tweet,' 'tweet' while ago when you
commenced digging" he said, and ran
to tell his mamma Of the strange
MISUNDERSTANDING News.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-04-29

tain a particle Of alcohol, nor anything
deleterious to women's delicate constitu-
ton. For fifty years it has proven its
merit, and can now be had in tablet as
well as liquid form at almost any drug
store, or send 10c for trial package of
tablets to DR.. Pierce's Invaiitis' Hotel,
Buffalo, n. Y. Write DR.. Pierce for
Tree medical advice ii there is need.
That weak back accompanied by
pain here and therc-extreme nervous
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. faint spells,
chills or spasms-all arc signals OF dis
,trcss for woman. She may be growing
from girlhood into womanhood-pass-
ing frc n womanhood to motherhood--or
later suffering during middle life, which
leaves so many wrecks Of women. At
any Of these periods Of woman's life,
"Favcri.c Prescription" is the best
herbal TOXIC and nervine prescribed for
just such cases by physician of vast
experience in the diseases from which
women suffer.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-04-29
WHEN BEATTY PUT 70 SEA
Like Drake Of Old, Commander Of
British Fleet Left the Tennis
Court for Battle.

Scarcely had I arrived at Aberdour
when learned that some unusual re-
port had come In from the sea. Lieu
tenant Hunter writes in the Worlds
Work. The admiral had arrived be-
fore me and continued to talk on
his open wire for some moments. The
fleet at once dropped from four to two
and one-half hours notice for steam
and shortly afterward twas making
preparation for departure at a mo-
ment's notice. When Sir David came
out to the tennis court he suggested
that need not answer the recall
signal from my ship as expected. but
return with him. II don't believe they
intend to shove off without me-" he
added. We started our game, but
over the wire the admiral had thrown
the scent into the kennels and already
the leaders Of that great pack, So
apparently listless a short hour be-
fore, were bristling and snarling on
the new-found trail. With pleasant
smile Admiral Beatty jerked his
racket toward the Firth. From the
court which overlooks the entrance
could be seen the first Of the screen
ing groups as they slipped quietly to
sea. Division followed division. as
destroyers, light cruisers and scouts
passed on to their appointed tasks
The grand flee, was In motion. In
motion at the direction Of Its great
commander In chief. who. while ac-
tually commanding his fleet by wire,
was also my partner In game Of ten.
mis-. Messages came to him too often
for his liking, as far as the game was
concerned. Several he dispatched In
reply. but it soon became too hot,
forcing departure for steruer game.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-04-29
Found an Executive.

The boys In small Indiana high
school desired football team, but got
no encouragement from their principal.
who is a young woman. Finally they
asked her If they could hold meeting
to organize team. She gave her con.
sent, but offered no comment other
than, I'm afraid you boys aren't good
enough executives to manage such an
affair" "a
The next morning they told her the
result Of their meeting. eve organized
our team" they said. "and. remember.
ing what you told us about needirtg
good executives. we elected you can-
tafn"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-04-29
indigestion, Gas
and B|oat From
Acid Stomach

An acid-stomach cannot digest food
properly. Instead, the food sours and
1erments and, passing into the intes-
tines, becomes a breeding place for
countless millions of deadly germs
toxic poisons they are called. These
poisons are absorbed into the system
and cause untold misery. So, you see,
it is just acid-stomach, nothing else
that makes so many people weak,
listless and unfit; saps their strength
and energy; robs them Of their vigor
and vitality. Biliousness, bad liver,
nervousness, binding, splitting head
aches, rheumatism, 1umbago, sciatlca
these and many other still more
serious ailments often are traced 20
the common source-an acid-stomach.
Take EATONIC and get nd quickly
of the pains of indigestion, heartburn,
that horrible, lumpy, bloated feeling
after eating; disgusting, belching,
food-repeating; sour, gassy stomach.
These stomach miseries are caused by,
what doctors call "Hyperacidity.
It's Just ACID STOMACH. And in
addition to the pains and miseries 1t
causes, ACID STOMACH is the starter
OF a long train of ailments that most
people never dreamed are in any
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-04-29
HOW LANGUAGE is ENRICHED
New Words and Phrases Most Ere.
quently Have Their Origin In the
Patter of Thieves. Il

It Is necessary that the language
Of nation should be refreshed and
strengthened now and then by the in
PRODUCTION Of new words and phrases,
and, as BELTS democracy, these spring
from the soil; not one of them de-
sends upon us from the Olympian
heights, observes the New York Her
aid. Neither scientific nor scholastic
bodies ever enrich the common tongue
with expressions so apt and full Of
meaning that they gain immediate and
enduring vogue. The slang Of the I'M
dergraduate collegian Is pitifully in
ept and meager. IL
For anything that can give new
zest to the vulgate we must look to
the stage, the gambling house and even
to the opium den and thieves resort.
Returning soldiers will certainly bring
with them much Of the argot Of field
and trench Of which "cooties" Is
sample. The word "jolnt" as applied
to Ubiquitous and. other resorts comes
from the joint Of bamboo from which
an opium pipe is made. "Dope" was
originally the slang term for opium
hence dope" and "dopy." Innumer-
able are the verbal products Of the
gambling house. Among the common
est Of them are flour flushing" keep
ing tab" standing pat" and down to
cases" To "give the Office" or "of-
fee" some one is a very old bit OF
London thieves slang.
The cause Of all this is quite ap-
parent to the thinking mind. Persons
of education and cultivation have a
vocabulary of their own sufficiently
large and varied to enable them to ex-
press themselves without going be-
yond It's limits. Those who are lack
ing in education sometimes coin words
in an emergency that prove SO express
sive that they acquire general cur
rency.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-04-29
Taxes Drive Out Estates,

There are, or were before the war.
nearly 1000 great country estates scat
tered over Great Britain, many Of
which have now been closed because
Of the huge taxation. OF these sixty
may be classed as private palaces, for
each required staff of from 200 to
900 servants and attendants. Outside
Of the household servants there were
many men employed as caretakers for
the grounds, gardens, parks. coverts,
outbuildings and stables. - Rocky
Mountain News.
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Scientific Aroument.

The medical officer on troop train
was explaining the nature Of the infiu.
enza g"rm to the co'ored porter.
q "Weli, Cap'n. pears TO me that that
quinn would freeze to death in this
cold weather. cause m animal O. that
size would hardly have blood enough
to keep body an soul togethah.' 49,
Frederic w. Ganzert in Judge.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-04-29
AWoznan's Health

means every
thing to her. But
SO many Of our
IA m e ri c q n
women are worn
! out, anenic, and
suffering from
the peculiar
weakness Of wG-
mankind. To
b u i | d u p,
strengthen and
cure these weak
nesses, there is
nothing so good
as@Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Pre-
scription. This
isawoman's true
herbal tonic.
Tt.f1oes not rom.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-04-29
On London's BUS Tickets.

BY simplifying the system of tickets
given to London's omnibus passengers
. saving of 100 tons of paper pulp a
year was efFeetsds.atndisnapolis Newa
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-04-29

way connected with the stomach.
Pleasant tasting EATONIC TAB.
LETS that you eat like bit of candy,
quickly put an end to your stomach
troubles. They act as an absorbent
literally wipe up the excess hurtful
acid and make the stomach pure,
sweet and strong. Help digestion so
that you get all the power and energy
from your food. You cannot be we'll
without it'll 4.
If you are one of those who have
''tried everything" but in spite of it
still suffer all kinds of acid-stomach
miseries-if you lack physical and
mental strength and vigor-begin at
once to take EATONIC. Get back
your physical and mental punch and
enjoy the good things of life. Like
thousands of others you will say you
never dreamed that such amazingly
quick relief and such a remarkable
improvement in your general health
was possible. .-
Your druggist mas EATONIC. We
authorize him to guarantee it to give
you instant relief or refund your
money. Get big box of EATONIC
today, it costs but little and the results
are wonderful
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-09-26
ICHARD LIE CALLIENNE


For there, within q few yards. stood
a heavy sailors chest, strongly bound
around with iron. Its lid was thrown
back and a few coins lay scattered at
the bottom. while a few lay about on
the floor. I picked them up.
They we're pieces of eight!
Meanwhile Tom had stopped jabber-
ing and had come nearer. looking on
In awed silence. l showed him the
pieces Of eight.
II guess these are all we'll see of
M John r. Tobias treasure, Tom,"
! said. And 1t looks as IL these poor
fellows saw Is little Of 1t as ourselves.
Can't you imagine them with it there
at their feet-perhaps playing to d.
vide it on a gamble, and meanwhile
the other fellows stealing In through
some of these rabbit runs-One with q
knife. the other with a gun-and then :
of with the loot and up with the sails.
Poor devils! 1t strikes me as a very
pretty trrgedy-dOesn't 1t your"
neutrality-suspicious. with the vibra-
tion Of u notes.-the hat toppled of
the head Of the fellow facing us In the
most weird and comical fashion-and
that was too much for Tom, and he
screamed and made for the exit hole.
But l waited a minute to replace the
hat on the rakish ones head. As l
vas likely often to think of him In the
future I preferred to remember him
ut the moment OF u first strange
acquaintance.
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he said, the best to the last. To me,
as a layman. 1t was not nearly so at
t~ractive as other things he had shown
me-little more to my eye than Z rath-
er commonplace though pretty shell:
but he explained that 1t was found,
or had SO far been found, only In a
spot in the islands. a lovely, seldom
visited cay several miles to the north
east Of Andres island.
"What Is 1t called1" I asked, for It
was part of our plan for Charlie to do
a little duck shooting on Andres, be-
fore we tackled the business of Tobias
and the treasure.
Its called - Cay nowadays"
he answered, but 1t used to be called
Short Shrift island"
"Short Shrift island" I cried In
spite of myself, Immediately annoyed
at my lack Of presence Of mind.
Certainly" he rejoined. looking q
little surprised but evidently without
suspicion. He was too simple and too
taken up with his shell.
ut is such an odd name" I said.
trying to myself.
Eyes! those old pirate chaps GER
tainly did think up some of the rum
| miest Names"
"Gne Of the pirate haunts, was it,"
l queried with assumed Indifference.
supposed to be. But one hears
that of every other cay In the BAHIA.
mas. / take no stock In such yarns.
| My shells are all the treasure l expect
to find"
what did you call that shelf" !
asked.
He told me the name, but / forgot
it Immediately. OF course I had asked
it only for the sake Of learning more
precisely about Short Shrift island. He
| told me i%nnocently enough just where
it lay.
Are you going after it?' he laughed.
"Oh! WELL" l replied. II am going
on a duck-shooting trip to Andres be
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-09-26
The Devastated Areas,

"Yes." observed the sergeant major
(volunteer) to the unwilling working
party (retainable), 'sOmc O. you lads
don't seem to realize that you're we'll
of. You might be on the Rhine 'aving
'yms OF ate sung at you all day long.
You might be on the Somme. working
side by side with Chinks and ferries.
Instead O which ere you are In love-
ly country, good society, beaucoup
estaminary an beaucoup mademoi-
selles. An still you won't put your
backs into 1t. Very well, IL you want
a change you shall ave one. I'll ave
the whole lot Of you transferred to the
demonstrated areas !" - Manchester
Guardian.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-09-26
"REApIMc THE y

0ynOp0isHThe man who tells this
story-call him the hero. for short
u visiting his friend, John 6aun-
ders. British Official In Nassau.
Bahama Islands. Charles Webster.
. local merchant, completes the
trio ok friends. Conversation turn.
ting upon buried treasure. Saunders
produces q written document pur-
ment ok Henry r. Tobias. . sue
csesfsA pirate. made BY him In 1859.
Il gives two spots where two mil
Hons ana . half Of treasure were
buried BY him and his companions.
The conversation Of the three
friends 10 overheard BY = pock-
marked stranger. The document
disappears. Saunders. however, has
. copy. The hero. determined to
seek the buried treasure. charters
the auxiliary schooner Maggie OAR
ling. Tho pock-marked man II
taken on ~ q passenger for Span
lSh Wells. Negro Tom catches and
cures . sucking l1sh" - . mascot
for the hero: 1t has the virtre Of
keeping on the ghost Of me pirate
who always guards pirate treasure.
On the voyage somebody empties
the gasoline tank and the hero
starts things. He and tho passen-
ger clash. He lands the passenger.
who leaves q manifesto bearing the
signature, Henry II. Tobias, Jr"
With . new crew. the Maggie OAR
ling sails and IL passed by another
schooner. the Susan B. The hero
lands on Dead Mems Shoes. The
sucking Ash" proves . mascot In
deed and carries the hero through
. fight. which Is followed by sew
eral funerals. He searches for
buried treasure and Old Tom tails
into q pirates cave.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-09-26
Looking for a Telephone.

WIS looking for a public telephone
and thought l would find one In Il large
office building. l walked through and
ut last saw II public telephone sign,
and MS / was In a hurry / rushed
through the doors and found myself
In the middle OF a saloon. The bar
tender looked UP and said: 'Whatll
you have. misS?' was so surprised
that could not speak for a few min
utes. but finally said I was looking for
a public telephone. AS l was backing
u the elevator starter saw me and,
as he knew me, asked IL l was In for
an eye-opencr. | Their decided my tele-
phoning could wait and rushed out
OF the MISUNDERSTANDING.
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W. N. w.. SIOUX FALLS, NO. se--1e1s.
In Vain.

He had fairly puzzled the good VIII
lage folk. had that clever ventriloquist.
and now he was going to perform his
last and greatest feat.
Ladies' and gentlemen" he IN
%nounced, with a grand bow. Il will
proceed to sing that famous ballad.
'Good-by,' in a lady's voice, which will
appear to proceed from the empty air
above your heads"
The minutes passed. Looks of strain
and agony, doubt and anger chased one
another across the performers face;
but there was no song.
Then II voice suddenly broke the
silence
"'Tain't M good. guv-nOr."- II said.
I've bin an lost the %grnmophOnc nee
dle.'-AnSwers.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-09-26
CHAPTER vuI-centinued.

~Mind yourself. sar." he called cheer.
ily. and indeed 1t vas a problem to get
down to him withodt precipitating the
loose earth and rock that were ready
to make a landslide down the hole, and
perhaps bury him forever.
But. looking about. l found another
natural tunnel In the side of the hill.
Into this I was able to worm myself,
and In the dim light found the old man
and put my flask to his lips.
Anything brUken. do you think"
Tom didn't think 80. He had evil
IDENTITY been stunned by his full, and
another pull at my flask set him on
his feet. But as l helped him up, and,
striking q light, we began to look
around the hole he had tumbled into,
he gave . piercing shrek and fell on
his knees, jabbering with fear.
Tho ghostsi the ghosts I" he
screamed.
And the sight that met our eyes was
certainly ~ to try the nerves. Two
figures sat at q table-one with his
hat tilted slightly and one leaning side.
ways In his chair In q careless sort OF
attitude. They seemed to be playing
carda and they strangely white
Tor they were skeletons.
stood hushed. while Toms teeth
ratified at my side. The fantastic awe
OF the thing was beyond telling. And
then. not without 4 qualm or two.
which ! would be = liar to deny, I went
and stood nearer to them. Nearly all
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-09-26
Eoreseeino a Funeral.

Blank is the greatest blunderer in
making excuses we cver knew. The
other day Il lady he did not particu-
larry are for met him and said We
shalt be back from the beach pretty
soon, and Id be glad to have you come
and lunch with us. Suppose we make
it Thursday, three weeks from today"
Wishing to get out OF It. Blank
stammered: "Ah-er-let me see
three weeks from today. you say? Oh.
l shall he going to n funeral on that
dny."-Boston Transcript.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-09-26
Fell Down.
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER

In the good old summer time when
fruits of all kinds are getting ripe
and tempting, when cucumbers. rad
ishes and vegetables fresh from the
garden are too good to resist, when the
festive picnic prevails and everybody
cvereats and your stomach goes back
on you. then is the time for August
Flower" the sovereign remedy for
tired, overworked and disordered stom-
achs, a panacea for indigestion. fer
mentation of food, sour stomach. sick
headache and constipation. It gently
stimulates the liver. cleanses the in
tcstines and %alimentary canal. making
life worth living. Sold everywhere. Adv.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-09-26
CHAPTER Il.

In Which ! Am Afforded oiimpses Int,
Futurity-Possibiy Useful.
Two or. three evenings before W.
were due to sail. at one of cur snug
gerry conclaves. / put tho question
whether anyone had ever tried the ID
vining rod for treasure in the islands
Old John nodded and said he knew
the man l wanted, a half-crazy old ne.
gro back there In Grants TOwn-th<
negro quarter spreading out into the
brush behind the ridge on which the
town of Nassau proper is built.
He calls himself q king he
added. "and the natives do, l believe,
regard him as the head Of q certain
tribe. The lads call him old kim
Cofee'-a memory I suppose Of the
Ashantee q Anyone will tell you
where he lives. He has a name as a
preacher-among the Holy Jumpers!-
but he's getting too old to do much
preaching nowadays. Go and see him
for fun anyway"
So next morning I went.
had hardly been prepared for the
plunge into Darkest Africa" which !
found myself taking. as, leaving Gov.
eminent house behind. perched on the
crest Of its white ridge, I walked a
few yards inland and entered a region
which, for all its green palms, made Z
similar sudden impression Of pervad-
ing blackness on the mind which ono
gets on suddenly entering a coal-min.
ing district after travelling through
fields and meadows.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-09-26
Source Of Fancy.

Read any new fiction lately? 2" asked
the lady with the pink hat at the
health resort.
No. must confess I have not re-
piled the lady with the blue creation.
whats wrong? Isn't you husband
writing to you while you are away2"
-YOnkers Statesman.
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"You Don't Seem Afraid Of Thieves,

"You Don't Seem Afraid Of Thieves;
fore long. and I thought / might dro'
around to your cay and pick a few {
them up for you"
ut would be mighty kind Of you, bu
they're not easy to find. I'll tell 20
exactly" He went of. dear fellow
into the minutest description of Il
habits of , while all the time
was eager to rush of to Charlie Wei
ster and John Saunders and Shot
into their ears-as later l did at tn
first possible moment that evening
1--WE found our missing cay! Shoi
Shrift island is -." Il m~entiones
the name of q cay. which, as in tn,
case of dead Mans Shoes" l am un
able to divulge.)
Maybe" said Charlie. maybe
We q try it. But" he added, "dit
you find out anything about Tobias7
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-09-26
The Army's Efficiency.

Friend-How's your boy getting on
in the army, Mr.. Johnson?
.Johnson-WOnderful I feel n great
Of security. An army that can
make my boy get up early. work hard
all day and 20 TO bed early can do any
thing American Boy.
AS the chip OF the old block Is in
clined SO the twig Is bent.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-09-26

Think of your weak point rs some
thing to conquer. not as something
likely to conquer you.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-09-26

It's just as easy to be pleasant as
grouchy-that's why there are so
many SOreheads in the world.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-09-26

When q man does his duty ms he
sees 1t half the town claims he's
crOss-eyed.
The Washington times., 1919-10-31
BROOKLANDERSALL
PRNMED FOR GAME

Catholic University will entertain
Gallaudet College tomorrow afternoon
at Brookland in what promises to be
an unusually interesting football bat
tie. The Brooklanders in three games
have yet to win. Gallaudet in three
-v,r.-s,- mas won .wo' anu one.
1t would appear that the two teams
are fairly well matched Catholic
University will probably outweigh
the Gallaudet lads in the line and Will
be outweighed in the backheld.
Both teams have been without SUI
fioient opposition all season. A late
start held up football activities and
while there appeared to be an abund-
ance of material. the squads were
handicapped by failing to get early
season practice games.
wilson, Downes, La Fontaine and
Bouchard are Gallaudet's strong play
ers. Glasscott. Young and Sullivan
are expected to produce for the Brook
landers.
Coach Tracey, of Catholic Univer-
sity, is not quite decided upon his
lineup. In this the first real home
game for the Brooklanders a victory
is hoped for. Gallaudet is known to
possess frst-class eleven and one
$apable of giving the Brooklanders
q good beating If 1t gets started prop
erly.
The Washington times., 1919-10-31
GEORGETOWN PREP
DEFEATS WESTERN

Georgetown Props had little trcu-
bic in defeating Western by Is to
yesterday on the Hilltop. The Props
outplayed the Red and White eleven.
and aided by penalties at opportune
times succeeded in making good on .
long end run and several line plunges
kreuzer and Pallen performed Cred
itably for the Hilltoppers. Kraegers
run for fifty yards for a touchdown
was star play. Pallen's line plune-
ing was the feature of the Prep play
The Preps got going early and
stuck right on the Job at all times.
romping through the center of the
Western line for goodly gains.