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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-11-15

This leaves me just two dollars whole
And twenty cents for my bank roll
From this large sum | pay for eats,
Must buy my clothes and fancy meats
Three meals day for ten cents each,
An Insurance job is sure peach.
Can any expert tell me VOW
To make decent showing now.
On thirty cents for food and drinks
For laundry bills to pay my Chink.
To pay for soap, halrcuts and shaVes'
Beside the sum that should save?
Advice, Advice, humbly seek
How 10 live on five cents per week.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-11-15

Curtain ends, | II yards
long Dollar Day, 3 for Sl.CO
One lot of muslin under
wear, consisting of gowns,
teddies,. SKIRTS. modestry
drawers, the kind that sold
at S1.49 to S1.98, Dollar Day
each .............. Sl.OO
One lot of women's beau
tiful camisoles, dark and
light shades, Dollar Day
each ......... 2l.OO
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-11-15

Sc inch cretonnes, sold
regularly at 49c a yard, Dol
lar Day, 3 yards 49,. Sl.0O
One lot of infants bonnets
and sacques, sold as high as
$1.9S special for Dollar Day
only ........... Sl.0O
Mems good quality PAL
amas, Dollar Day 49,. Sl.OO
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-11-15

Women's 15c hose colors are black, white and tan, Dol
lar Day, 10 pairs Sl.O0
lot of womens silk hose Seconds but very nice quality
coors are black white ana tan Dollar Day pairs SIT
Mems socks colors in the lot Dollar Day Special Il
pairs Tor
Mems socks very special quality Dollar Day. pairs or SOO
Womens good quality $50 and $500 outing flannel 80
gowns, special each Sl'Oo
nsv Zach Io''7 s1OO
lot of pretty dresser scarfs pillow shams and center
pieces S1.49 to Sl69 values Sl.0O
lot dresser scarfs and center pieces for SlOO
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-11-15

s1.49 to S1.69 MILDLY blous-
es, Dollar Day, each :. S1.O0
S1.39 to S1.69 house dress
es. Dollar Day, each :. S1.00
Children's rompers and
creepers, each ...... S1.00
29c percale, Bingham and
curtain scrim, excellent
quality for Dollar Day only
) yaros ,... Sl.OO
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-11-15

Csc buck towels, Dollar
Day special, 5 for -. Sl.OO
SOC turkish towels, Dollar
Day, 3 for ...... Sl.OO
29c turkish towels, Dollar
Day, ) for Sl.OO
Women's soc pink bloom
ers, 4 pairs ...... Sl.0O
Knitted caps, very we'll
made, 4 for ..... Sl.00
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-11-15

. c,,,. oh 81 or
Bows fine cashmere and blue serge knee pants all sizes
i'OsG w.; '''e ........... S1.OC
Very good 81 80 quality khaki Shirts we'll made, two
eacn D@'OO
Mems ribbed union suits all Sizes fine quality garments
ne enah '''@' ''''''' ......... S1.OO
10 wards of long CLOTH put up at the mills sell regular at
9, co io 9 ~ | = ...... S1.OO
Round and square linen table cloths Dollar Day each SOC
72y9 sheets some seamless and others with seams Dol
lar Day, each OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. !.oo
1x90 seamless Sheets fine quality Dollar Day each SlO
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-10-14
Superstitions in Wales.

Superstitions Of the country folk Of
Wales are discussed in the quarterly
report Of Dr.. Arthur Hughes, medical
health officer Of the county Of Car
marthenshire. Despite the fact that
fortune telling and witchcraft are pro-
hibited under the English law, large
numbers Of Welsh peasants bring
their ailing children to the witch doc
tors rather than to medical practition-
ers. One fetish that appeals to these
superstitious people is that a witch
doctor can cure a child Of backward
ness by means of making slight in
cision in the cartilage Of the child's
ear. The operation must be performed
during the waxing Of the moon and the
art is handed down from generation to
generation, the "doctor' usually being
a woman. If cure does not result
the operation is repeated until the
child is cured. It is said that many
women practice this art and that the
people pay large sums to have dull
children so treated.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-10-14
GAP JOHNSON CHANGES MIND
Native of Rumpus Ridge, Ark, Decides
Not to Take Second Help
mate After Dream.

81 was feeling sorter puny yesterday
and went to bed in the daytime, and
drempt that l was about to marry
again." confessed Gap Johnson of Rum
pus Ridge, Ark. 81 thought right well
Of the Idly, too, till after mess OF
the dogs had come in a-yelling with
several more after 'em, and all tore
under the bed and went roaring round
and round. Then most Of my fourteen
children boolged in: cussing and fight
ing among themselves over which gang
of dogs had the right Of it, and most
ly rolled under the bed with the dogs,
where all hands purseeded to pound
and bite and howl in seven different
languages.
"The bed broke down and depopu-
lated me among the dogs and children,
and they all took q whet at me. About
that time wife mixed in the anecdote
with a broom handle, and began to
club every whicha-Way. She got me
a time or two in the process, and
somrs along the line L woke up. At
ter I had waded out and the dust set
tied, I began to think the matter over.
And it peared like I wasn't nigh as
keen to marry again as IA lowed
I was."-Kansas City Star.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-10-14
NOTHING "SOFT' ABOUT THIS
Heavy Outfit and Intense Heat Make
Life Miserable for Sentries at
Buckingham Palace. y.

A reporter of the London Daily
News writing sketches Of, the heat
wave is especially sorry for the sen.
tries outside Of Buckingham palace,
Their plight, he writes, would have
melted the heart Of Mr. Winston
Churchill could he have seen them.
B. In the full glare Of the sun, clad
in thick serge trousers, heavy scarlet
tunics, with tight belts and bearskin
BUSHES, the guardsmen stood perspir-
ing and half stifled.
Their outlook was upon a roadway
stained with Oil and reeking Of petrol,
flaring beds of scarlet geraniums,
scorched brown grass and the SHIN
mering heat rejecting copper work
surm0unting the Victoria memorial.
The fountain was not playing and the
surroundings were as devoid of cool
ness as an alfalfa plain. One almost
expected to see scurrying tarantulas
and lizards. It was tropical military
service in English kit. ~
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-10-14
NOTICE OF BANKRUPTCY

In the District Court of the United
States for the District of Minnesota,
Sixth Division.
In the Matter Of Walter C. Schil-
ling, Bankrupt, in Bankruptcy.
To the Creditors of Walter c. Schil-
ling of Schilling in the County of
Beltrami, in said District, Bankrupt:
Notice Is Hereby Given, That on
the 18th day Of October, A. D. 1921,
the above named Walter c. Schilling
was duly adjudicated "a bankrupt, and
that the first me citing of his creditors
will be held at the office of the under
signed Referee in Bankruptcy, in the
City of Crookston, in the County of
Polk, in said District, on the 9th day
of October, A. D. 1921, at 10 O'Clock
in the forenoon, at which time said
Creditors may attend, prove claims,
appoint, a trustee, examine the bank
rupt, and transact such other business
as may properly come before said
meeting. .
Dated October II, 1921.
OLE ]. VAULE,
Referee in Bankruptcy.
H. o. CHOMMIE,
Attorney for Bankrupt,
Thief River Falls, MINI.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-10-14
Enqlish Roads,

, -Four times only in English history
has there been studied effort to pro-
vide new roads or improve the road
system. The Romans built the great
military roads, like Waiting street, by
which in part, the modern motorist
travels from Liverpool to London and
then there was lapse Of 1,100 years
until Elizabeth. It is curious that
neither Alfred nor William the Con-
queror nor Edward nor Warwick the
kingmaker should have set himself to
,roadmaking, the first need Of every
army, but so it was. The Elizabethan
effort was only one symptom Of the
new progressive public spirit to which
England owes the Elizabethan poor
law and revival, if not a recreation,
of the ordered life of shire and village.
christian Science Monitor.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-10-14
CAPTAIN sUBDUEs MUTINEERS
Hooch. C RACED Crew of Steamer Ches-
ter kiWanis Finds His Fist
Worse Than Hurricane.

Latest reports from the mutiny on
the shipping board tramp steamer
Chester Kiwanis while she was an.
chored Off Staten island early the other
morning, indicate that it was not for
3 assistance Capt. Job Cunningham
called the harbor squad Of the police
department. The captain and his chief
engineer, although they were only two
against thirty-four drunken and
quarrelsome seamen, finished the job
of quelling the mutiny in such work
manlike manner that they thought it
a shame there were no witnesses to
the results of their efficiency, the New
+ York World states.
The miNup started when some OF the
white sailors. having struggled aboard
quantity of bootleg hooch, renewed a
quarrel with the eight negro members
of the crew, who appealed to the
captain for protection. There had
been friction all the way over from
Boulogne, from which port the Chester
Kiwanis cleared and Capt. Cunning
ham was pretty we'll fed up with argu-
ment.
Therefore he went to the foclsle,
where he found the crew had BAR
ricaded itself in. With one blow or
his huge fist the captain shattered a
panel of the door, driving his fore
arm clear through. At this point a
sailor made a tactical error of biting
the captains wrist. After that the
captain laid out every sailor within
reach, and he managed to reach about
all of them. Chief Engineer Michael
son Joined the fray and although he
got a couple of black eyes, he gave
better than he received, and it was
not long before all was quiet along the
Staten island shore.
That was the time that the captain
and the chief decided it was too bad
no one could see their handiWork.
Therefore, when one Of the crew below
started to yell they summoned the
police boat, explaining that they
"feared a second outbreak"
Current opinion among the crew IS
that those two officers are not in fear
of anything.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-10-14
Businesslike 7oads

After lizards, batrachians are likely
to be the popular favorites; indeed, I
prefer a couple Of wise old natter
jack toads to anything else, writer
says in the London Express.
/ Their manner when about to take a
meal may not be graceful, but it is de-
cidedly businesslike. A few strides
take the natterjack alongside his prey
Il nice fat worm.
! He arches his neck and waits for an
other sign Of life; then, unseen, his
tongue t1icks out and with series Of
very, pronounced Swallows" the eyes
sinking into the head each time, the
morsel gradually disappears.
Flies are great favorites with batra-
chians of all sorts and | have now
pair Of natterjacks that will sit side by
side in my hand and flick the insects
off the window pane.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-10-14
REGU LATiON OF TEMPERATURE
According to opinion Of Experts
Proper Mark for the Home Is
.. About 60 Degrees. t

Heating experts tell us that churches
should be kept warmer than lecture
rooms. Whether this implies that the
lecture room audience is more apt to
forget any discomfort due to tenn
perature than church congregation
they decline to say.
According to the scientists versed in
the subject 65 degrees is the proper
temperature for a church, while that
of a lecture hall should be between 60
and Ga degrees.
Public buildings, the experts agree,
should have temperature between 6S
and p degrees, while schools should
be kept uniformly at 70 degrees.
The proper temperature for the
home is about 6S degrees with bath
rooms at between 20 and IS degrees.
Entrance halls and vestibules should
be kept at temperature between 81
and GO degrees; gymnasiums 60 and
natatoriums IS degrees.
These are the temperatures for
hospitals: general rooms, u tots de-
grees; sick rooms, T.; operating
rooms, 20 to 80.
Experts apparently do not believe in
making prisons attractive in cold
weather, as they recommend a temper
allure for them between so and GA de-
grees. Factories and shops should be
kept at a temperature of 60 degrees
boiler shops and foundries. 80 to 60;
machine shops 60 to G5; paint shops,
so.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-10-14
Put the Umpire in a Cage.

Safety first, the oft-repeated warm
ing, was very religiously needed by
the umpire at a recent benefit ball
game on the Pacific coast. He APP
peared, Popular Mechanics relates, at
the park with a large wire contriv-
ance that looked like an exaggerated
bird cage. When the game started
he took his stand inside the cage.
On top of the cage were mounted sem.
aphores, lettered very plainly with
the usual umpire's verdicts, "ball,"
"strike," "out," etc, and his decis-
ions were announced by raising the
necessary semaphore. Thus, he was
not only safe from unintentional foul
balls and the intentional pop bottles
of irate fans who differed from his
Judgment but he also saved himself
from much expenditure Of lung
power.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-10-14

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A Bacteria Census.

Not long ago there was made known
the result Of an examination made by
one of the government scientists OF
the colonies of bacteria residing on
the surface Of unwashed fruit taken
from the market.
This scientist computed the number
of bacteria found on half pound Of
each Of the fruits named, as follows:
Huckleberries, 100000; damsons, 470,-
600; yellow plums, 100000; pears,
100000; gooseberries, 100000; gar
den strawberries, 100000; raspber.
ries, 4,O0o,0OO; grapes, 100000; cur
rants, 100000; cherries. 12.O0O.OnH
assxsa.e.es1s@--. s~assssEnssssass :
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-10-14
Suspended Animation.

Insects which spend most of their
lives in torpid or semi-torpid con-
ditlon are seldom injured and never
killed by being frozen. There are
numerous instances Of travellers in
mountain regions having found bee,
ties aud butterflies above the snow
line which We're stiff, frozen and APP
parently dead. When carried down to
the warmer air in the valley, however,
they revived in very short time.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-10-14
a Substitute for Fiction.

"If I give you your breakfast Will
you do some work to pay for it?"
Madam" replied the wanderer,
manual toll is abhorrent to person
of my-ahem-esthetic temperament,
but I've had a great many adventures
in roaming about the world, and If, you
care to hear the story Of my life I'll
guarantee it to be more interesting
th..n anything you have ever read in
magazine" Age-Her-
aid.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-10-14
Crabby,

A Kentucky court holds that man
who kisses his sweetheart on street
car is guilty of a misdemeanor. But
who is going to be crabby enough
to file a complaint, if the girl doesn't7
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-10-14
New Mileage Record.

"You say he is a good prohibition
enforcement OfIicer?"
"I'll say he is"
"What especially are his qualifica.
tiOns?'
well, he has gotten as high as
twenty gallons Of moonshine TO the
mile out Of flivver."-FlOrda Times.
Union. ..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-05

imize illness and ,prolong lives. Smaller
Industrial plants are urged to encourage
eye conservation. There is no reason,
1t is declared, to believe that the race
is physically advancing.
The general conclusion reached by
the waste investigators Of the American
Engineering Council, which is the exec
utivc organ Of the Federated American
Engineering Societies, is that national
vitality is increasing. Improvement in
the general condition of the population
since Roosevelt was President is re-
corded in the report, which represents II
survey of five basic industries.
''In the report on national vitality
prepared by Prof. Irving Fisher for the
National Conservation Commission ap-
pointed by President Roosevelt in
1900" says the Waste Committee re-
port, "it was estimated that there we're
about 5000 900 persons seriously i'll at
all times in the United States and that
42 per cent of this illness was pre-
vcntnble with resulting extension of
life of more than fifteen years.
Even in the short period Of time
since that report was issued n measure
of this reduction has been noted. The
estimate of thirteen days annual loss
from illness must now be reduced to ap-
proximatcly seven. The duration of life
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-05
DURATION OF LIFE
EXPANDED ) YEARS
Findings Of Committee Ap-
pointed by Herbert Hoover
Based on Survey
100000 AL WAYS ILL

New York, Dec. 5.-Duration of life
IN America has expanded by five years
since 1909, according to the findings
OF the Committee on Elimination of
Waste In Industry of the American En-
gineering Council appointed by Herbert
Hoover. Morbiditv surveys. It Is stated
chow an economic gain to the nation Of
many millions through lcssened dis
ability and sickness.
Army figures cited bear out estimates
OF industrial loss resulting from acct
dents to the eye and defective vision.
of 2232 men discharged for physical
reasons by the military authorities in
Brooklyn and Manhattan, AGO were re-
5ected because of defective eyes. Eye
conservation, the report says, has now
become a matter of organized national
concern.
The report estimates that 2.4O0 900
people are continually i'll. Tubercu :
losis Is still the worst epidemic disease,
though its ravages'are decreasing. Gov
ernment and State action is included in
an elaborate program suggested to min =
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-05

has actually been extended probably a
period of five years"
Dealing. with health conditions in in E
duStrN, the report estimates total
loss among $1,000, 900 workers between
the ages of fifteen to sixty five of 42S,
900 lives in 1920 and probable loss
this year of 900, 900. The death rate in
industry is given as II .4G per 1000,
while in preferred occupations, such
as teachers and graduates of women 5
colleges, it is 3.24, as shown by an in
vcsttgation of mortality among the grad
yates of Smith. Wellesley and Vassar.
Mans period of full vlgor and physi
cal freedom is called brief compared Ia
his life cycle, and "to what might easily
be attained by better breeding, better
physical training, more intelligent care
OF his body and more rational adjust
ment to his work"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-05
Gwan-to-Bed Stories

once upon time, dear children,
" there was, an ambitious little apple
named Adam. hut. though his name
was Adam, he was not an Adams apple.
IIa a! IIa Joke. Laugh If you can.
(Johnny. get off the piano.
Now, Adam lived on n tree. with n
lot of Other apples who were not so
ambtous--Julius Demosthenes, Peter,
Balthazar, Augustus. Prunella, Algy,
Priscilla, Gertie-and many others.
They all started out, just as Adam. did,
as buds.
For long time Adam was undecided
whether to become an apple bud or a
leaf bud. lie finally chose to become
mn apple. because he'd amount to more
that way. And almost Immediately
things began to happen to him. First
frost came along and nearly froze his
gizzard. (Of course, he had n gizzard
1t was an apple gizzard. You wouldn't
expect him to have n gizzard like q
chickens. would you? No, sir an
apple gizzard looks just like part of the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-05

dragging the baby around the floor you
are spelling the rugs.)
GIVE a good mind to let go and end
i it all," cried Adam Apple.
Don't do IT," said Old Mother
Stick in the. Ground. for that was the
name Of the tree on which Adam was
born.
"Oh, yes, l WILL" said Adam. "I'd
like to see anybody stop me. I'm my
own boss and besides, I'm too high up
for anybody to pick me and admire me. "
admire you" scoffed the Tree.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-05
BY J. p. MeEVOY

apple. that's why you'd never notice It..
If you interrupt again, you can finish
the story yourself.)
MTELL, Adam managed to survive the
w frost and then along came the,
sprayers and they covered Adam oil
over with nrscnate Of lead and lime ana
sulphur and a lot of other nasty, pois-
onDus things. and then oil the bugs
and worms in the parish jumped on
Adam.
There were coddling moths and woolly
aphis and San Jose scale, and after that
scab fungus took n running jump and
landed on Adam. all spraddled out, and
then the brown rot and the black rot
and the bitter rot came, and then
hail storm sneskcd up on him and beat
him black and blue.
by this time poor Adam was just
about discouraged. dorothy, stop
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-05

"You ought to see yourself. You look
like three cents worth of nothing. y
"Is that so p" said Adam snceringly.
on show you," and with that he let
20 and hit the ground kersambang.
And just then little boy came along
and picked Adam up.
"Now he's going to admire me-" said
Adam to himself.
And then the boy said, ma. lookit
the ugly, little, old dried-up rotten ap-
pie I found. What'll do with it?''
And his Ma said, Give It to the
hogs. That's all it's good for"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-05
SEG07aG1 SS6qnn

r WAS surprised at the many
L articles which l saw at the store
Of Bailey, Banks & Biddle Company,
which were quite inexpensive and
which would make delightful gifts
for Christmas: small dishes of silver
or glass, exquisitely designed, and
one can never have too many; single
serving spoons, forks, knives, etc,
all sorts of table accessories. Gifts
which every woman appreciates.
Then there are desk fittings and sta
tionery, writing paper engraved with
ones monogram. 1t is often the
common-sense gift which is liked the
best. And l will tell you Of an idea
which appealed to me-a Gift for
the Home, to which each member
OF the family would contribute and which
would be enjoyed equally by all--tOr IN
stance, q silver dinner or tea set. Those
you will find at Baileys are superb
sTT SEEMS to me that no matter
i how careful am, | am bound to
get a spot on new dress" This !
heard in the dressing room after a
dance recently. And I thought how
often | had had this same complaint
and how it used to worry me, almost
spoil my whole evening, in fact.
However, since l have been sending
nv soiled clothes to Barg'S, lll3
/, Chestnut Street. to be cleaned, no
longer let it bother me. 1t is really
amazing the different kinds Of spots
which they manage to get out. And
men, too, find their work to be
equally as satisfactory. | have seer
suits which they have cleaned and
pressed which looked perfectly new
when returned. And did you ever
send any clothing to them to be
dyed? ! am sure you vii! be delighted
with the results.
DEOPLE always seem to have sc
i much difficulty in choosing a gift
for q man, and it is not hard, either
IL YOU know where to go. Almost
every one is pleased with something
TO wear, that is, if it is selected witt
care and consideration. But yol
cannot go wrong if you purchase
YOUR gifts for men at the store OF
MacDonald & Campbell, l334-3t
chestnut Street. For you know thai
thay sell merchandise of the best
mnality only. Among their list OF
chrjstmas gifts which they have
gotten out for your convenience anc
won will find the House Jackets anc
Robes particularly attractive. Th'
Jackets are made of various WOO
f. mixtures, including the new Plaia'
and herringbone patterns; and als'
81 silk and velvet.
YOU really must see those Gift b
i below Chestnut) to appreciate t.
Allied and artistically arranged wit
your mouth water to look at it. II
Hothouse Grapes from Belgium ar
against the more brilliant colors of
how they can send these Basket: as
and even guarantee perfect delivery
SIS, $40, $25, $50 and upward. '
,nanence would be out of place, t
delightful Baskets of Fruit
THE CHESTNUT S.