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FRIEND TO FRIEND.
The personal recommendations of peo
ple who have been cured of coughs and
dolds by Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
kave done more than all else to make it a
uple article of trade and commerce ova
krge part of the civilized world.
Barker's Drugstore
PUBLISH BI CWRY AJTKRNOON.
OFFICIAL PAPER-CITY OF BEMIDJI
BEMIDil PIONEER PUBLISHING CO.
CLYDB J. PRYOR
business Manager
Worth the Difference.
A big jobber sent an aspiring young
man on the road to open up a new ter
ritory where a new railroad was going
through. All the towns being new,
there were no hotel accommodations,
and it was necessary for the salesman
to secure meals and lodging at restau
rants, etc., where the price was 25 cents
per meal. On looking over the expense
account the manager noticed all meals
charged at 50 cents.
"Look here, Charlie I see you have
charged us 50 cents per meal on your
trip, and I am reliably Informed that
It is impossible to get a meal for more
than 25 cents In your entire territory.
How about it?"
"Well," said the salesman, "you are
right. It did cost me but 25 cents per
meal, but I tell you, sir, it's worth the
ether 25 to eat those meals."New
York Times.
How Tin Foil la Made.
Tin foil, which Is extensively used for
wrapping tobacco, certain food prod
ucts and other articles of commerce, is
a combination of lead with a thin coat
ing of tin on each side. First a tin
pipe Is made of a thickness proportion
ate to its diameter, proportion*not giv
en. This pipe Is then filled w4th molten
lead and/rolled or beaten "to the ex
treme thinness required. In this proc
ess the,tin coating spreads simultane
ously VitH the spreading of the lead
core .an&t continuously maintains a
thin, even coating of' tin on each side
of the center sheet'of lead, even though
It may be reducje4t a^ thickness of
.001 Inches or less American Inventor.
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XV He Explained. --^r-
The stranded^automoblHst was work
ing over bis car. IJptdame a sarcastic
follower of ttyfc Dfltfw*.
"How many* horsepower. Is she?'" he
mirthfully lnquirefd.v
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Entered in the postofflce at Bemldjt. Minn..
as 9econd class matter.
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Willed Away tha Laundry.
When a perfectly strange woman
came for the soiled clothes the mis
tress of the house came to the conclu
sion that her own laundress had sim
ply employed a new messenger and
made no comment on the circum
stances.
But when two weeks had gone by
tnd still the old laundress, known as
Susan, no last name having been men
tioned, did not appear the mistress of
the house felt that she would be lack
ing in her duty if she did not make
Borne inquiry about her.
"Where is Susan?" she asked the
tall and bony structure who came for
the clothes.
"She has gone to Pennsylvania to
live, yessum." returned this person,
with composure. "She went to Penn
sylvania some time ago, an' she lef
goortby fer yuh, but s* long es yub
didn't seem tuh notis I didn't say
nuffin'."
"But why didn't she come and te'l
me and allow me to make some ar
rangements about my laundry?" asked
Susan's ex-mistress.
"Well, she lef yo' clothes tuh meh.
She made a will an' lef dem clothes
tuh meh. Wese alius been good frlen's,
and so w'en she lef she say I may
wash yo' clothes long ez I wush tuh.
an' dore wuz no use worryln' yuh
'bout it. now was dere?"
To which moderate and sensible ques
tion the mistress of the house could
only remain speechless. Baltimore
News.
Satisfied Her Curiosity.
A certain south side lady has come
to the conclusion that curiosity can no
longer be indulged in with any degree
of safety. One night she entertained
a group of friends and at the moment
of departure, when conversation al
ways lags trifle, her eye fell idly on
a package cnrried by one of the men.
"What is It you have there?" she
asked, with hardly a thought of what
he was saying.
"Well," said another guest, springing
forward, with mock Indignation, "if
he's going to be searched, I feel that
all of U3 should be subjected to the
same indignity.'*
"Oh, I," commenced the hostess, her
face flushing"I give you my word
thaf"-
"I can prove the ownership of thla
watch," cried one man,
"This was my mother's ring," ex
plained another. And BO it went down
the line until the laugh came Just
In time to save the life of the hostess.
Hereafter one of her guests can
"walk off with the grand piano and be
free from remark.Kansas City In
dependent.
VI,
"Sixty," replied tbe autompbillst.
"Then, by heck, why don't she go?"
"Because, my frieiid, thirty are pull
ling eayn way,"Cleveland Plain Deal-
ta*
Trying the Wrong Man*
An unusual verdict was rendered by
the jury in a case tried la a California
town a good many years ago. The
question was as to the ownership of
several head of cattle which the de
fendant was accused of having stolen
from the plaintiff. As the case pro
ceeded and different witnesses gave
their evideuce, it became apparent to
all listeners that the defendant was au
Innocent man. When it came time
for the jury to retire to consider their
verdict, they did so, but returned to
the courtroom in a few moments.
The foreman looked the judge straight
In the eye and said with a drawl and
twang which betrayed his New Eng
land origin:
"Jedge, we find the plaintiff guilty."
"The court is not trying the plain
tiff, but the defendant," said his honor
hastily, and the matter being explain
ed, the foreman was at length induced
to express the Jury's opinion that the
defendant was not guilty.
"Howsomever," adde4 the foreman
solemnly, "'pears to me we're con*
slderlng the wrong man, your honor!"
Holy Land a World Center.
It used to be a fancy that the Holy
Land was the center of the world. In
a sense not then meant it was indeed
central. It occupied a strategic posi
tion. Three continents converge here
all the continents known aa the an-
cientsAsia, Africa and Europe. Con
tiguous to Palestine on the south Ilea
Egypt and on the north Syria. Or, tak
ing a wider view, on one aide of it
were India, Persia, Assyria and Baby
lonia, while on the other side of It were
Egypt, Greece and Rome. babe
among giants the land of Jesus was in
deed little among the geographical
tribes but, like a babe, It was men
arch of the household of lands.
From its central vantage tiny Pales
tine saw through the march of centu
ries the procession of these mighty em-
piresAssyrian, Babylonian, Medo
Perslan, Greek and Roman, being it
self during much of the time a center
of influence and determining force that
have helped form the character and
history of the dvUtaed world.Ex
change.
A Clash of Prayers.
Haggle, with her fair face and Mood
hair, and Nina, with dusky skin and
kinky wool, had played together at
mud pies and had swung on the same
gate ever since they could remember,
for Nina's mammy was Haggle's nurse,
says the Housekeeper. They were now
seven years old. Maggie loved Nina
in spite of her color, yet she had a
feeling that her friend deserved te be
white, so she added to her prayer each
night:
"Please, God, make Nina white."
As the weeks went by and Nlaa re
mained unchanged Maggie felt that her
petition needed re-enforcement, so she
confided In Nina, begging her to pray
for the greatly desired bleaching. But
Nina in surprise looked at Maggie
with wide open eyes and exclaimed:
"Me? No, alr-ee. Fo' da Lawd,
Maggie, I doan wanter to be ne white
child, an' I's Jes* prayin* with all my
might fer you to ceme Week!"
The Intelligent Bird.
Two negroes in Washington were
overheard discussing the mteWgesce
of birds in general.
"Birds is shore sensible," observed
one darky to the other. To* km learn
them anything. I tutor work for a
lady that had one in a dock, an' when
it was time to tell de time it osier
come out an' say euckoo jest as many
times as de time was!"
"Yo' doan' say so7* asked the ether
negro incredulously.
"Shore thing!" responded the flint
darky. "But de mos* wnodtrfal part
was dat it was only a wooden Mrd
too!"Harper's Weekly.
The BuiMere.
"The Egyptians were the builders,"
said a contractor enviously. "Mo won
der their monuments will endure for
ever. Labor waa nothing te them. Aa
you would spend a cent en a newspa
per so would an Egyptian king pet
10,000 men to work upon a temple.
Labor, you nee, coat nothing, A atrik
lng example of the Egyptian prodigal
ity of labor Ilea in this fact: No leas
than 2,000 men were employed far
three years In carrying- a single atone,
a stone of unexampled sloe, from IBe
phantine to Sals."
Unluoky at Bridge.
"Do you believe in this thirteen su
perstition?" asked Tete de Vean.
"I do," replied L'Olgnon. "I could
never understand why I waa se on
lucky at bridge till I dincevenad that I
was always dealt a hand ef just thir
teen."Exchange.
A Little Mixed.
A Hindoo barrister thus escusaft an
absent client whom sickness had pre
vented from coming to court: The
man has fallen unwell, your honor,
and be has sent a man here to any
that he is lying and ffiot
A Theory.
Tommle-Pa, how do storms sjtt ent?
TompkinsGet out? What are yea
driving atout of what? Tommie
W'y, the weather bureau, o* eumse. I
didn't know but mebby the man left a
trawer open.
A Failure.
"When she gave yon the pleee ef
cake, did yon say Thank ytuf
Tea, ma, bat it didn't d* ne
"Didn't do any goedf*
"No she .didn't give ate
piece."
Three thing* too much and thnee tee
little are pernicious to man4o apeak
much and know little, to spend much
and have little, to presume much and
be worth little.Cervantes.
True Chartty.
Every good act la charity. Cttvlng
watar to the~thlrsty la charity. Re
moving stones and thorns from the
road la charity. Exhorting year fel
low men to virtuous deeds la charity.
Smiling in yonr brother's face hi char
My. Putting a wanderer In the right
path is charity. A man's true wealth
Is the good he does in thai world.
When he dies mortals will ask what
property haa he left behind him, but
angels will inquire, "What good deeds
hast thou sent baton theel"Moham
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A Simple keclpe.
Everybody in Cedarby owned that
Mrs. Hanson was the queen of cooks,
but they were likely to add that when
It came to explaining the processes by
which she arrived at her excellent re
sults she left a good deal to be de
sired,
Tour scalloped oysters are the best
we ever have at our church suppers or
anywhere, and you know It," said a
neighbor, endeavoring to win special
favor from this culinary goddess. "Most
folks get 'em either too wet or too dry.
I tell 'em I don't know how you man
age it so yours are always just right.
I don't suppose you could tell exactly
yourself."
"Why, yes, I could," and Mrs. Han
ton smiled Indulgently at the eager,
hopeful face of her neighbor. "All I
do la butter the dish, put in a layer of
oysters, salted and peppered, then a
layer of buttered crumbs, then a layer
of milk and back to oysters again.
Easy aa pie, 'tis."
"A 'layer* of milk?" faltered the
neighbor.
"Why, yes," said Mrs. Hanson cheer
fully. "That's what makes 'em about
rightlayer of oysters, layer of
crumbs and layer of milk. Leastways
that's what I do, and you say you like
m."Youth's Companion.
A Welsh Sermon.
The Welsh are noted for their fond
for sermons and music. The an
nual eisteddfod, the national bardic
congress, is attended by thousands,
who on the great. day of festival
^chair" the fortunate bard, the winner
of the prize.
A similar enthusiasm greets the
Welsh preacher who is eloquent in
speech and practical in expounding the
Scriptures. The following story of a
Welsh preacher, told in the "Journals
ef Walter White," Illustrates the
graphic, simple exposition which con
manded the attention of the congrega
tion:
"Noe worked at the ark, driving
nails, plump, plump, plump. The hay
then came and said: 'Noe, there's good
hunting in the woods here, hares and
foxes. Leave your work and come and
hunt' But Noe kept on hammering,
plump, plump, plump.
"The haythen came again: 'Noe,
there's good beer at the Red Lion.
Leave your work and come and drink.'
Bat Noe kept on hammering, plump,
plump, plump. And then the rain
came, and the flood lifted up the ark
and carried Noe away and left the
haythen all screaming and squabbling
In the water."
Fate leads the willing, but drives the
stubborn.French Proverb.
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OVER TWO THOUSAND
VISITORS A DAY
Cooper Explains Reason for Remarkable
Average of Boston Callers.
During L. T. Cooper's- recent stay
in Boston, it Is estimated that sixty
five thousand people talked with him
and purchased his medicine. This
is an average of over two thousand a
day.
His success was so phenomenal as
to cause universal comment both by
the public and the press. There must
be a reason for this. Here is the
reason given in his own words by Mr.
Cooper when interviewed on the sub
ject. He said:
"The immense numbers of people
who are calling on me here in Boston
is not unusual. I have had the same
experience for the past two years
wherever I have gone. The reason is
a simple one. It is because my medi
cine puts the stomach in good condi
tion. This does not sound unusual,
but it is in fact the key to health. The
stomach is the very foundation of
life. I attribute 90 per cent, of
all sickness directly to the stomach.
"Neither animals nor men can re
main well with a poor digestive appa
ratus. Few can be sick with a diges
tion in perfect condition. As a matter
of fact, most men and women today
are half-sick. It is because too much
food and too little exercise have grad
ually forced the stomach into a half
sick condition. My medicine gets the
etomach back where it was, and that
is an that is necessary."
Among Boston people who are
Staunch believers in Mr. Cooper's
theory, la Mr. Frank D, Brown, of
See for Yourself
Strained the Jar.
what the
Northern Pacific Railway
offers its patrons. On a daylight trip the
Day coaches and Smoking cars are comfort
able and clean, with high-back upholstered
seats. For night travel the Pullman Tour
ist and Pullman Standard sleeping cars
have large and comfortable berths. Din
ing cars on all important trains,
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A little old woman with a sharp nose
and sharper tongue was in the country
grocery store buying supplies. Among
other things she brought in from her
cart was a battle scarred jug, which
she ordered to be filled with treacle.
At last, v.'iica her purchases were
completed, she be:?an looking over the
account,. itc:: by Kern, before paying.
"What's ibis:" Khe exclaimed. "You
have charge:1 mo'for two gallons and
a half of treacle."
"Yes, iiiu'a:n,v'
"But that jrsr holds only two gal-
Ions."
"You must l* !Mi'"{ i!.c:i. I measured
the treacle caro.'ully, nu It took two
gallons anvl a half to fill It."
"Well," sr.kl VAZ oil woman with a
slgb. "I don't.so much mind having to
pay for the treacle, but 1 da'object to
having tho.o'd jug strained by your
putting i:i half a gallon more than It
will hold"- Strand Magazine.
P.'cno Sailing.
.All plain faili :jr. This term Is so
speiled even .In nautical works of some
age, but plane sailing is the correct
form. Before- Morcator invented the
sea chart whtoh r,oes by bis name all
charts were on a plane projection. In
usiug these the ship's course was treat
ed as au angle and the distance, dif
ference of latitude and departure as
the sides of a"r:g!it angled triangle.
There were very large errors in plane
charts, yet all the worjd was charted
on them niv.l vM t/.o groat voyages of
discovery made before Mercator's pro
jection came? into use. Plane sailing
was the sii-.y.erst of all sailings, and
thus came the preseut meaning of the
term.
Absurdities.
Some absurd clauses have found
their way into certain acts of the Brit
Ish parliament. One statute enacted
punishment of fourteen years' trans
portatlon for a certaia offense, "and
upon conviction one half thereof should
go to the king and the other half to
the Informer." Then there is an acf
of parliament for the rebuilding of
Chelmsford pvlrr-on which stipulated In
one clause that the prisoners should
be confined in the old prison until the
new one was built and in anotheran
amendingclause that the new prison
should be constructed out of the ma
terial of. the old one.
He Didn't Put It Off.
"Gracious!" exclaimed Mr. Staylate,
"It's nearly midnight. I should be go
ing pretty soon, I suppose."
"Yes," replied Miss Patience Gonne,
"you know th? old saying, 'Never pui
off till tomorrcr.v what yon can do to-
day.' "rUilaaeipbia Press.
Bloomingdale street, Chelsea, Mass.
He says:
"For five years I have sought re
lief for indigestion, stomach trouble
and dyspepsia, spending nearly all my
wages with doctors and obtaining no
results. I had dull pains across my
back, radiating to the shoulders. I
had splitting Jieadaches, which nothing
seemed to cure. There was a gnawing
and rumbling in my stomach and
bowels. I was troubled with vertigo
and dizziness, and at times almost
overcome by drowsiness.
*'I felt tired and worn out all the
time, my sleep was not refreshing,
and I would get up in the morning
feeling as weary as when I went to
bed. My appetite was variableraven
ous at times, then again nauseated at
the sight of food. Sometimes my face
was pale, at other times flushed. I
was constipated and bilious, and had
catarrhal affection in nose and throat,
which caused me to hawk and spit
a great deal, especially in the morning.
I heard so much of the Cooper reme
dies that I decided to try them. After
taking one bottle, a tapeworm 50 feet
long passed from my system. I felt
better almost immediately. All my
troubles disappeared as if by magic,
and my improvement was rapid. I
now feel entirely well, and can honest
ly recommend Mr. Cooper's medicine
to anyone who suffers as I did."
We sell the Cooper medicines
jvhich .give-, universal satisfaction.
n. NT French & Co.
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The 'Old' Buffalo Dayi.
There Is on record at the war de
partment, Washington, a document
hearing witness to how plentiful buf
faloes were within the memory of
many men now living. It Is the "re-
turn" for several rounds of cannon
ammunition expended in Kansas In
1887 to divert the course of a great
herd of buffalo that was bearing down
toward camp of soldiers with a
force that threatened to overwhelm it.
At least one officer is alive who saw
these shots fired, and be describes the
herd as literally reaching as far as the
eye could see. It was a long time In
passing the camp, whose occupants
watched it in silence, awed by the
spectacle. General Philip St. George
Cooke at once halted a regiment of
cavalry on the plains to permit a great
herd of antelope to pass, and he was
not a man easily halted when on duty.
His humanity impelled him to with
hold the regiment from mangling and
maiming the antelope, which were al
lowed the right of way.Boston Tran
script
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