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and this cat walked over to the fire
place and ate two live Goals and spat
out the sparks. -&#
"When are we g'wine to beginT'
said the little cat. y
1--WE can't do nothing till Martin
comes," replied the big cat.
Again the old preacher sought con-
ISOLATION in the Bible, but third cat
entered the room. This one was about
as big as a pony, and it ate three 1.-Two
Goals and spat out the sparks.
"When are we g'wine to beginT'
said the little cat; and this time the
biggest one answered.. -:
I'VE can't do nothing till Martin
comes"
The old man jumped up, put his b.
BILE in his back pocket and ran for tho
door. But before he went out he said
to the biggest cat: ;"When Martin
comes. you telk him was here, but l
could not remain."-Journa1 OF tho
American Medical Association.
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"Piazzaa"

"Piazzas" 1 have written through.
out, and I insist upon the name as
insist upon the thihg. 1t is not very
clear from what suggestions our fore.
fathers, in post:colonial days, deyel'
oped the thing, and it Is not clear al
all how they came to adopt for it an
italian name, changing the significance
as we'll as the sound.
In the South they have always said
"gallery,"/ and here at the North
porch now appears to be displacing
"piazza." But these are rightly the
names of other things, and while
there can, Of course, be no objection
to the orthodox English ""veranda," 1t
seems a pity to abandon a, distinc-
lively American name for distinc-
lively American kind Of veranda. -
Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer, in
Scribner's Magazine.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-09-20
Candies on Toast

An adult Eskimo is capable Of con.
Stunning twenty pounds Of flesh and oil
daily. A Yakut will wash down this
quantity Of flesh with quart or two
of train-oil, and take as dessert a
dozen tallow candles.
A famous naturalist, who cooked
part OF a Demonstration, declared that
It tasted very much like veal. On an
other occasion he tested crocodile and
pronounced the flesh excellent.
Frobisher and Settle both comment
ed on the way the inhabitants around
Hudson's Bay used to eat grass.
"Such grass" says Settle, "as the
country produceth, they pluck up and
eat, not daintily or salad-wise, but like
brute beasts"
Humboldt tells of men living on the
banks of the Orinoco who eat earth.
They knead the earth into balls Of
from four to six inches in diameter,
and bake them before a slow fire.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-09-20
POINTS ALWAYS. TO NORTH
Lodestone, Which Really Is a Mineral.
Can Not Be Induced to Act
Otherwise.

The lodestoneis considered the most
wonderful stone in the world, but 1t
is really not stone at all, but rightly
belongs to the mineral family. II
1t Is suspended by silken thread OF
f1oated on mercury, or on circular
raft in water, the same end Of the
stone will always point to the lode
STAR" or North star; that fact Ia
where it got its name.
The lQlestone Is a natural com
pass, such as the Vikings Of old used
to make centuries before America was
discovered. BY rubbing needle OF
thin steel bar. or lodestOne it be-
comes magnetized, and will float on
water and always point to the north
The most powerful lodestones come
from Sweden, and hunters tell stories
of not being able to pick up their guns
from the ground after laying them
near lodestones.
Galileo's original lodestone, with
which he made so many experiments
weighs only six ounces, yet it Is 300
years old and holds as firmly now as
1t ever did. 1t is exhibited In the
Tribune de Calico, Florence, Italy
The iron weight at the bottom is made
in the form Of a sepulchre, probably
suggested by the legend that Maho
NETS coffin was supported in midatl
by lodestones.. .;;s4: =. ~''>~- '
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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-09-20
Bret Harte Slapped Him.

oSSN sso' sC ~'SFFS~ ''''''
The man who knew Bret Harte was
discovered in the lobby the other morn
ing.
II was devil III the shop where the
Overland Monthly was printed" he
began, after being identified as James
H. Barry, editor of the Star, San, Fran
cisco's only Democratic paper "Bret
Harte was employed in the mint. He
sent over the manuscript Of The >Lucl;
of Roaring Camp and they finally de-
/ cidet1 to print it despite the objection
ofa sensitive fady proofreader. Some
how the proofs had to be pulled in
hurry, and the only ink available at
the moment was blue. carried the
blue proofs over to Harte. He said:
What the hell Is this blue ink for!
I can't read it. Haven't they got any
black?
II was too scared to make any ex-
PLANTATION and got the usual reprs-
mand administered to printers devils
In those days. Harte reached over
and slapped my face. always hated
him after that."-Sun and New York
Herald.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-09-20
COULD MT WAIT FOR MARTIN
Negro Preacher Had PremonitIonSThat
UnpIeasantness Might Follow
His Appearance.

A negro preacher. lost his way ono
night and sought shelter. He was
told that the only place available was
a haunted house down the road. The
preacher had his Bible with him; he
went to the haunted house, built a fire
In the big room and sat .sdown to read
the good book. Suddenly small
black cat brushed past him.
isn't it NICE" thought the old man,
"that there is life to keep me COM
pany here in this gloomy placer"
The cat walked over to the fireplace,
ate live coal and spat out the sparks.
The old man opened the Bible and
began to read aloud. Before he could
go further another cat entered the
room, q cat about as big as collie,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-09-20
Silver Fox Hard to Catch.

q On Mount Whitney and it's white
crested neighbors Of the stupendous
Sierra Nevada, within sight Of burning
Death valley, and at the portals Of
semitropic southern California, says
the Philadelphia Record, trappers and
sportsmen are gradually discovering
that wild life teens in variety and
numbers as in few if any other regions
of similar proportions on the globe.
The rarest of it's treasures for milady
is the silver fox. OF these there have
been captured half dozen worth from
$500 to $1,000 each, and many of
smaller value The silver fox's coat
is coal black, with lister of burnish-
ed white metal, and a white tip to the
tail. Apparently 1t is quite abundant
in the place referred to, but extremely
difficult to catch.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-09-20
DESIGNED WITH FASfiIONAB1iE
SIMPLICITY. - =. :

Since white IS going to he so fash
donable this summer, why not a
creamwhite cotton wolfe trimmed
with imitation filet lace made after
the first model pictured? The skirt
is caught under at the lower edge
and joined to the round-necked short
sleeved blouse under a belt Of white
gros grain ribbon. Medium size re-
quires 5, yards S6-inch voile and
yards lace.
Linene or any of the +mercerized
cottons may be used to fashion tie
second frock. If one prefer serge CT
taffeta, the design will be found
quite as congenial to development in
those fabrics also. The. tab exten'
sions with embr oidered ends and
long narrow collar are features OF
the tunic blouse. Organdy or batiste
may be used for the vest. Medium
size requires 5,s yards 36-inch mate
rial:
First Model: Pictorial Review
Blouse No. S77S. Sizes, "a to 46 In
ches bust. Price, Is cents. Skirt
No. 1910. Sizes, "a to 81 inches
waist. Price, Is cents.
Second Model: Dress No. 1888.
Sizes, SO to 48 inches bust. Price, rs
cents. Embroidery No. 1882. Trans'
fer, blue Or yellow, 20 cents.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-09-20

Old wallpaper will often look like
new if a new border is put at the top
of the room. This will change the
color scheme also II desired. II Qne
of the up-to-date cut-out borders is
used the average person can put it on.
If paperhanger is employed a saving
is made by cutting out the border ones
self, thus saving the paperhanger's
time. A good sticking paste for heavy
papers can be made of eight parts Of
rye -four to one part water, adding
three more parts of boiling water and
little powdered resin. 1t pays to
patch a soiled or torn bit of wallpaper,
as q neat patch is not noticeable.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-09-20
EXCELLENT PROGRAM FOR
EASTERN STAR SOCIAL

An excellent program has been ar
ranged for the Eastern Star social
to be held tomorrow evening in the
Masonic hall. AT: Masons and Stars
are requested to be present and a
special invitation .isyextended to all
the teachers..>.sTwo splendid fortune
tellers have been secured for this roc-
casion- A good time is assured all.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-09-20
Lucky Woman.

Mrs. Gasaway-1he judges wife is
the most fortunate woman IN the
world.
Mrs. Lissen-What's the reason for
all the envy? ..
Mrs. Gassway-Her husband SEN
fences all ehc*tTamps that come under
his notice 70 beat Ter carpets and help
with ths cJenn'';s. H. 49,:
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Eiftv-fiftx

Little Homer, while out walking
with his mother one day, cried for
candy. She bought some, but didn't
give him the bag. When he cried
again she said: Homer, who paid
tor it?" He replied: "Who cried for
itT'
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-09-20

:. William D. Hines spent the week
end with his parents at Hines, re-
turning to the city last evening.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-09-20

C. r.. Middleton, E. c. Middleton
and J. r. Dundas of Baudette were
visitors in Bemidji on Sunday.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-09-20

:. S. C. Bailey left last evening FOR
Grand Rapids, where he will conduct
a land sale today.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-09-20
"WIN ONE" CLASS TO
, 49,, e MEET THIS EVENING

The "Win One" class of the Me-
thodist church will hold it's regular
business meeting in the church par
lors this evening at o'clock.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-09-20
SOCIAL AND. PERSONAL

Mrs. Carl Nelson of Nebish is the
guest of Senator and Mrs. E. J. Swed-
back, 413 Bemidji avenue. >
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-09-20

Mr.. and Mrs. o. w. Beggs OF Black
duck were Saturday visitors IN BE-
midi,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-09-20

Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Hurd of Park
RAPIDS were among the out of town
visitors here on Sunday.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-09-20

Among the out of town visitors IN
the city Friday were Mr.. and Mrs
Henry Scott and family OF Hines.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-09-20

j. r. Lambert returned, on Satur-
day evening-to his home at Funkley,
after spending a short time in the
city on business.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-09-20

Get busy-plant your peonies and
Iris now. Beltrami Nursery ana
Greenhouse. Phone 1851. 2t9-1O
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-09-20

Ladies velvet coats cl~aned and
steamed. Swiss Cleaners. Phone IS.
1920
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-09-20

" R. w. Delaney of Shevlin was.
Bemidji visitor on Saturday.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-09-20
WANTED

Clean cotton rags at Pioneer office.
Milwaukee.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-09-20

Helmer Bronson of Gully spent
Saturday in the city on business.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-09-20
j. l.. ROLAND of Thief River Fails
was a Sunday visitor in this crty.

- There will be another big dance at
the Armory-Friday evening.
1920
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-09-20

If you haven't heard the new s.
piese Bemidji Orchestra, come to the
dance at the armory Friday evening.
1t9-20
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R 3tJ-ZU
Miss Florence Bagley left Saturday
for Minneapolis, where she will en-
ter the University.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-09-20

"A. X. Mcpherson of Walker spenl
Saturday in Bemidji on business.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-09-20

r.. v. Murphy of GemmelFSwa s.
caller in this city yesterday. y n
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-09-20
WANTE"

Clean cotton rags at Pioneer office.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-09-20

Henry Scott and family of Hines.
If you haven't heard the new B.
! piese Bemidji Orchestra, come to the
dance at the armory Friday evening.
1920
{ = Frank Sexton returned the latter
: part Of the week from the Dakotas'
where he has spent the past two
months.
: !: Miss Esther Chapman was the over
Sunday giest of the J.. M. Lambert
family at their farm home near
Funkley.
: Our dyeing department puts new
life in that. faded coat or suit. swiss
Cleaners. Phone '65. 3t9-2o
Did you ever know cheater? 4Aeet
her face to face this week at the Rex
theatre. She's more dangerous than
a vampire. 1890
:, A. Johnson, Louis Tippel, James
Devereaux and Christ Peterson of In
ternational Falls were Bemidji Wis
itOrs on Sunday. =,
= When you next need feed try the
Courtney Seed & Feed Co., where
prices are right At Grinager's Gro
Gerry on 3rd street. 9-9tf
! B. W.. Larkin returned Saturday
from Milwaukee, where be attended
- ITO U/ion0n.
! sin and Michigan lOggers.
= She cheated the man. She cheated
herself She cheated the: world.
Who? 1.-THE Cheater." See her. at
the Rex this week. 1920
Spot cash paid for Liberty Bonds.
See G. B. Hooley at Northern Gro
Gerry Co., during the day, or at the
Markham hotel evenings. 7-29tf
Harold H. Kerr left Saturday eve
ming for St. Louis, on business
trip in the interest of Clifford & Co.
He expects to be gone two weeks.
Miss Beva Crawford left Saturday
evening for points in the southern
part Of the state and in Iowa, where
she will spend four weeks vacation
from her duties at The Pioneer office.
Rev. Kehoe preached at Solway
Sunday night following the usual
Christian Endeavor meeting. C. L.
listed and W. s. Cummings accompan-
led him ito So1way.
The Bemidji Pioneer of Sept. 14th
STATED that w. S. Cummings, Sunday
school Missionary, had returned from
attending an instruction school con-
Quoted for Methodist Missionaries in
the States of Minnesota, North and
South Dakota and Montana. It should
have state that Mr.. Cummings was
attending the school of instruction
of the American Sunday-School Union
which is Observation-Disclosures.
YY 4
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Hats cleaned and reblocked-S'
Cleaners. Phone IS. 81!
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A, H. Pine River was caller In
the city yesterday.
G.. H. Roberts Of Fisher was Be-
midii visitor Yesterday. 60,
! TAKE. home orick OF Koor's ice
veam. 4-'t'
NMiss Maude Miller Of SBackus was
Saturday caller here. q
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-09-20

y Frank Sexton returned the latter
bart of the week from the Dakotas,
where he has spent the past two
months.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-09-20

Rev. Kehoe preached at Solway
Sunday night following the usual
Christian Endeavor meeting. C. L..
listed and W. s. Cummings accompan-
led him to So1way.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-09-20

Miss Beva Crawford left Saturday
evening for points in the southern
part of the state and in Iowa, where
she will spend four weeks vacation
from her duties at The Pioneer office.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-12
Wilson Hopes for End
OF Jewish Persecution
Letter Written to Rabbi Wise
Expresses Attitude of U. S.
Government

This government "most earnestly
desires that Jewish persecution be
ended in all lands and for all time,"
President Wilson declared in letter
to Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, dated at
the White House Friday, and made
Hublic here yesterday by the America =
Jewish Congress-
The letter, sent in reply to one from
Rabbi Wise, also said:
II am deeply moved by the reports
which you send me of the trials and
s'fferings endured by your fellow
Jews throughout Eastern Europe. No
American, whatever his racial origin
or religious creed, can fail to feel the
deepest sympathy with the Jews of
Eastern Europe, who continue to bear
not only the burden of war but also
the sufferings incident to unenlight-
ened and unjust treatment at the
hands of governments and peoples"
"We know in this country, wherein
Jews. of right enjoy entire equality,
how Loyalty they serve and how faith
fully they support the purposes and
Ideals of our own nation"
New-York tribune., 1920-09-12
Compers Says Labor Will
Fight Open Shop Move
Declares u. s. Chamber of Conn
merce Is Trying to Deceive
the Public

Samuel Gompers, president Of the
American Federation Of Labor, has &C.
cepted' the challenge Of the United
States Chamber of Commerce and local
chambers over the country, which have
proposed launching a national cam
paign in favor of the open shop move
ment.
Foremost in antagonism to the la
Dor movement is the United States
Chamber Of Commerce, which is trying
to deceive the people by calling its
movement the open shop movement. 1t
ought to be candid and call it the non
union shop movement" said Mr.. Com
pers. He continued:
"The United States Chamber of
Commerce has thrown down the gaunt-
let to organized labor in the United
States and the labor movement accepts
the challenge and picks up the gaunt-
let. We will continue to organize the
unorganized.
Cali over the world there is a rest
lessness and discomfort manifesting it.
self in each country in different ways.
The better day of the life of labor is
here and must be made good. Those
who think the discomfort can be
laughed at count without their hosts.
Those who would destroy the labor
movement are standing in their own
light. We will resist reductions of
wages and resist them with all the
power at our command, and regard
less of consequences"
New-York tribune., 1920-09-12
Rate ProGteering
Denied i'm Reply of
Kerr Steamship Co,
Legal Battle Resulting From
Charges of Diverting Craft
to German Trade Routes
to Continue Tomorrow

The legal battle between the Kerr
Steamship Company and the Kerr
Navigation Corporation, resulting
from the formers complaint that YES
sells were being illegally diverted to
German trade routes of the Hamburg
American Line, will be continued to-
morrow before Supreme Court Justice
Lehman.
The Kerr Steamship Company will
file affidavits in answer to those filed
Friday by the Kerr Navigation Corpo-
ration, Hartman concern, which al
legged, among other things, that the
steamship company had been profiting
illegally through alleged secret re
and, in addition, brief of legal cita-
tions will be offered in behalf of the
steamship company's motion for a
permanent injunction to restrain the
Hartman corporation from interfering
in the control of the steamship Ker-
lew, now at Pier 81, Brooklyn.
Seven other ships are involved in
the legal tangle which became public
information with the governments
seizure, on August 28, of $4,9OO,OOO
paid by the Hartman interests to H.
F. Kerr and Alfred E. Clegg, of the
Kerr Steamship Company, for stock
held by them.
The court on Friday gave both sides
until p. m. tomorrow to file any ad-
ditional papers in the injunction suit.
Counsel for the Kerr Steamship
Company were confident yesterday
that the injunction asked for would be
granted. Officers of either concern
did not care to discuss the litigation
last night in advance of the court de-
cisiOn
New-York tribune., 1920-09-12
Inquiry Ordered
Into rice Fixing of
Building Materials
Gov. Smith Sends Copy of
Untermyer Charges to AT.
torney General and SUI.
perimtemdent of Insurance
Special Dispatch TO The Tribune

specto! Dispatch TO The Tribune
ALBANY, Sept. 11.-Governor Smith
to-day took steps to investigate charges
by Samuel Untermyer, former counsel
to Mayor Hylan's housing committee,
that the high cost Of home building IL
largely due to illegal combinations for
price fixing on the part of material
men.
Copies Of q statement in which Mr..
Untermyer presents his views were for
warded to-day by the Governor to At
torney General Charles D. Newton, with
the request that he investigate The
Governor also transmitted copies to
Jesse S. Phillips, State Superintendent
Of Insurance, al Senator Charles C..
Lockwood. chairman of the joint legis-
lative committee on housing.
Mr.. Untermyer declares that the
relieved, first, "by dealing drastically
relieved; first, "by dealing drastically
with the pools and combinations exist
ing among the material men, from the
manufacturers down to the dealers in
Vic lOC6l COTHuuHtLlcS, anu SeCOuu, Wy
limiting the investment Of funds by
savings banks and life insurance COM
panies organized under the laws Of this
state"
In regard to building material men
Mr.. Untermyer declares that there is
"rock- ribbed combination in prices"
which has permitted dealers to make
"exorbitant profits"
"Somehow or other" Mr.. Untermyer
says, "they seem to have a political
power sufficient to call off everything
in the manner of drastic and effective
Investigations"
Mr.. Untermyer also declares that GER
tain insurance companies are still hold
ing stock which they, under the law
OF 1eo6, should have disposed of years
ago. He declares this stock is being
held at the loss of hundreds of millions
Of dollars year on the part of policy
holders. "The whole thing" he asserts,
"has become a great national scandal,
which is bound at some time to be
ventilated. 1t is my opinion if the
bonds and stocks now held by insurance
companies were to be valued at their
market prices it would be found that
most Of the companies and a great
number of savings banks would be in
solvent"
New-York tribune., 1920-09-12
Tax Collector and Aid Held
Jersey Official and Woman Ac-
cused of S4l.OOO Shortage

Harry B. Caithness, tax collector in
Kearny, N. j., and his assistant, Mrs.
Helen Grant Marshall, were arrested
yesterday on warrants issued on COM
plant Of Mayor Robert E. Torrance