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_- it) $_S$8! Saturday at 8 P.M. Women can buy for t) Great Boak Bargain Five Big Volumes, $1.98 i Regularly Selling at $12 00 -CI.IP THIS COUPON- The Bemidji Pioneer Everybody's Cyclopedia DAILY COUPON This coupon, if presented at the main office of The Bemidji Pioneer on FRIDAY. May 30th, or SATURDAY, May Slst, wil entitle the bearer to one five-vohme set of Everybody's Cyclopedia (regularly selling at $12) -::_:.: -MAILORDERS, ADDRESS THE PIONEER, BEMIDJI, MINN. Origin of Present-Day Garnet. Though we get our games of tennis from the eastern countries, most of pur games of bat and ball come down to us from the ancient north. Ring games and games in which light ob jects are thrown come also from for est countries, where the spear was a familiar weapon. But all of them alike appear to revert in origin to early experiences of the race by which: they worked out their salvation. The sets are too bulky to be sent by mail, but out-of-town readers can have them for the $1.98, the set to be sent by express, shipping charges to be paid by the receiver. OUT-OF-TOWN|READERS need not wait until the days of distribution, but send orders any day of theweek and shipments will be made promptly on the distribution days. Saturday the Point Special Interest 28 Dress in this lot and every one is extra value at the price, Balkan and simple tailored styles of Charmeuse, Crepe-de-chine, crepe, Meteor, Messaline and fine Serges. Regular dress values 10 QR to $29.50 at the prices of ^1__.WJ Princess Slips for Girls' at 42c and 98c Childrens' Muslin Clearance 65c, 75c and 85c Muslins Gowns, Drawers, Skirts, Waists are in this AOgk sale at IfcU $2.00 and $2.50 Mus lins at $1.38 Gowns, Slips, Combina tions and Drawers Silk anil Silk Lisle Host forc:.3pah:....,$1.00 Black, Tan and some colors ve 1 Thing That Must Be Preserved. Never esteem anything as of ad vantage to thee that shall make the* break thy word or lose thy self-re* tpect.Marcus Aurelius. Had Made a Change*. Clergyman"I have a hazy recollec tion of marrying you before." Act* ress"You did, but not to this gen leman."Life. Will be the Beautiful Dresses Here is a chance for every mother to save on Girls' Muslins, all sizes, in the lot 2 to 17 years Gowns, Drawers, Waists and Skirts All Our 25c Muslins In this Sale at......... _t_i_&rtj_-A4- 15 Corsets On Sale $3.00and$3.500 Corsets at $2.25 and $2.50*4. Corsets at ^Q5I $1.75 and $2.00(4 QC Corsestsat PIw5J $1.25 and $1.50 QA A Corsets at vOC Many lines not advertised will be found on sale at reduced prices for quick riddances. Petticoats, Sweater Coats, Bags, and' all lines of |Infants Wear and Childrens'Dresses. v..--. !_-.'f^./'^ /'.'& SHELBY GOT THE HORSE. Caltfornian Tells How Hs Lost Valu- Wd*'' MI crchants of Good Clothes for Women able Animal.v v.- was very anxious to see General Joe Shelby during my stay iu Kansas City and regret that he is away." said Charles O. Alien of Los Angeles. "My drat knowledge of Shelby was during the war and was down in the Houtbern portion of Missouri. Shelby was In command of a force of Confed erate soldiers who were galloping over the country and making it very hot for any small bodies of Federals they overtook. A Union regiment, in which 1 was an officer, was very short of provisions one day. I decided to ride on ahead of the command and see if I might possibly find something to eat. 1 was accompanied by our body serv ant, a faithful negro, ./ho on that trip rode my horse. That -horse was the pride of my heart. We were both very tired, and 1 soon nodded my head and dozed as I was riding, and while I was thus oblivious of my sur roundings the negro went on,ahead a short distance. Without warning we rode directly into a strong force of Confederate cavalry, commanded by Shelby. I was aroused from my doze by the commands to the negro to halt. 'I cast one hurried glance in front, saw the Confederates in force, wheel ed my horse and fled up the road at the best gait possible and with enough bullets whistling around me to load a smalP wagon. It was a race that was run in earnest. The stake was human liberty, and you bet I gave that horse all the encouragement I knew how and finally was able to get back to a place of safety, But that horse! He was a fine fellow, and I lost him and the negro. Since the war 1 learned that after the capture the horse be came the property of General Shelby and was ridden by him for many months during the hardest service he saw."Kansas City Journal. An, ATXY This is the Final Clean Up Of Our Coats andSuits Suits and Coats That have been selling up to $20.00 are in this sale at Suits and Coats That have been selling up to $25.00 are CI 9 QC in this sale at ^Ifc5* Coats and Suits That have been selling up to $29.50 are CIA AC in this sale at #l"f-1 $7.50 Serge and Cheviot Skirts $3.85 This sale of skirts at $3.85 includes all skirts at $6.75 and $7.50 Serges, Tweeds, Worsteds and Novel- ty Mixtures all this seasons makes and models. $5.00 Misses and Junior Skirts S2.95 Nobby, Dressy street skirts for Girls* and Small Women at the price of $2.95 sizes, 22 to 26 waist and 30 to 34 length in all the new materials. An Ineidsnt of the War. The pickets df the Second Massa chusetts and Third Wisconsin made ar rangements with the "robs" one hot afternoon to cease hostilities for two hours. Things went'along charmingly for more than an hour, when a young officer appeared ou tbe Confederate line and ordered the men to go to firing. "We can't do it. sir." esaid the ser-' geant. "We have agreed wlth\he Yan kees to quit shooting for two hours. The time is only half up." "Sergeant, order the picket to begin firing at once." "I can't break my 'word with the Yankees, sir." "Then I will. Begin firing, every man of you." Not a man touched his gun or start ed for the pits. The young officer seized a gun and shot at the Union pickets*. That was the signal for our line to open fire. The balance of that day the Confed erate pickets in front of those two regiments didn't shoot to kill. Those who didn't shoot in the air separated the chunk of lead from their cartridges blanked them. That night a dozen or more of the pickets left their pits and crept into the Union lines, giving as their excuse the conduct of the yOung officer. Their haversacks were filled the next morn ing by. the Massachusetts and Wiscon sin boys as they started on their jour ney north.Chicago Times-Herald. Difference. To men a man pretends he is a good fellow to women what a ba4 nan he is. Ancient Spanish University. The oldest Spanish university is thai of Salamanca, founded in 1240. Love. Kisses are. love's assets, quarrels iti liabilities.Helen Rowland. Extra leople Saturday $9.95 r* fa-* wJi^ V.V~Af GIVE BACK THE FLAGS I TWINE NEW WHEATHS NSW heroes come to c_i_ applause And bask In worldly glory. To bear the people's glad bussas And shine in song and story. Past wrongs appear as present tights,, Old scores and hates are burled. And always unto fairer heights The sons of men are hurried. But rich in honor still they stand. And bright their pages shine. Who fought for their God given land And saved your land and mine. Our sires met with sword and gun We clasp hands with each other But, though the wrongs are worn away. There still are wreaths to twine For them that suffered in the fray For your dear land and mine. The scars are healed upon the trees That felt the shock of battle The ruts are smoothed upon the leas Where graze the peaceful cattle. Oh, let the tattered emblems go! Oive back each flag and token That tells of brave hearts plunged in woe And knightly spirits broken. But ever while brave hearts beat true And sun and stars shall shine Fresh laurels for the heroes who Saved your proud land and mine! General Butler and Old Ironsides. The ship Constitution, popularly known as Old Ironsides, lay at Annap olis during a part of the war. Gen eral Butler, on taking possesson of that Maryland city, learned of a Con federate plan to secure the Historic old vessel. He called for volunteers from bis men to man tbe steam ferryboat Maryland, which be bad captured, and towed tbe frigate, after much difficul ty, oat of harm's way. THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM. How One Darky Learned AH the Facts With Safety. "Negroes generally have funny an swers for almost every question." said L. W. Mitchell of Atlanta to a group of comrades at Camp itoosevelt. "You have beard perhaps of the fellow who was visiting at the scene of the battle of Antietam and met an old woolly head African, who took pleasure in ex plaining to the visitor all "tacks' about the engagement there. The negro was asked if he was present when the fight took place, and bis answer was: "'Sartinly. sab sure. I wuz right hearb.' 'Guess you saw tbe whole thing?' "Deed I did. sah. an* it wuz right bilious times, sah.' 'What position did you occupy?' "'I wuz down in de cellar, sah. I got down dar to keep out de way of de Yankees, case I know.ed dat 1 would bo 'bleeged ter whoop fer dem. an' I knowed dat Marse Bob Lee didn't spec dat of me. so I jis" get down in de cel lar an' let *em fit it out'" Miles of Telephone Wires. One American telephone company das over 14,610,000 miles of wire in use. That would be enough to make about fifty-six single wire lines to th* noon from the earth. Prepare! Never write on a subject without flrst baring read yourself full of it, and never read on a subject till you have thought yourself hungry on it -Rlchter. Pessimism From Oscar Wilde. The only way in which a woman can reform a man is by boring him so com pletely that he loses all possible in* torest in life.Wilde. As to Scratching of Heads. Do savages scratch their headst All puzzled or bewildered Europeans scratch their headsthe German slowly, the Frenchman jerkily, the Italian nervously, the Englishman vig orously. It is difficult to account for this universal white man's expression of puzzledom, unless he has an in stinct that the titailation of the scalp wakes up the brain. Uncle Remus scratched his head when the little boy's questions were particularly per plexing, but Uncle Remus may have learned the trick from his white masters. Did his aboriginal forbears cratch their heads in the presence of an aboifetnaj problemT .vJ'^t |v" FKIDAT,KAT, 1910. t" We may forgive. We may forget The wrongs which rent asunder The bonds that should have bound and let Escape the cannon's thunder. I greet my father's foeman's son As trusted friend and brother The Story Wonderful Watch of a Fifty years only, separate the clumsy, inaccurate old time-keeper from that marvel of pocket mechanism the Bemidji Special. In those days it took one man a year to build a watch. Today 12,000 are turned out every twenty-four hours in the United Statesover 4,000.000 a year. While you are reading this statement more than: 25 complete watches were manu factured. The Bemidji Special is no more like the watch of fifty years ago than the modern harvesting machine is like the old fashioned hand scythe. AROUND THE WORLD ON A DROP OF OIL Did you ever stop and think what a wonderful piece of mechanism a good watch like the Bemidji Special is? Take the hairspring for instance. One mile of this wire weighs less than half a pound. The balance wheel makes 18,000 vibrations an hour157,000,- 000 a year. It moves 3,558 miles a year on less than one-tenth of a drop of oil. If a locomotive, having six footdriv ing wheels, were started at the equator, and should run until its wheels had performed the same num ber of revolutions that a balance wheel does in one year, it would make more than twenty-eight complete circuits of the earth. The Bemidji Special is adjusted to every change and condition. Baked in an oven, frozen in a refrigerator, adjusted to position, put through a 700 hour test for accuracy, can you wonder why this wonderful watch is The Standard of this community today. FIVE YEAR GUARANTEE We give a five year guarantee with each Bemidji Special watch because they give us the least trouble in making good our guarantee. Bemidji Special movements are now being fitted in the new style 25- year case with safety bow, that can not pull or twist out. This is a very popular model and retails, tOe? for, watch complete 4^^ GEO. T. BAKER & CO. Manufacturing Jewelers I 116 Third St. Near the Lake Ask YourJOealer to Show You A Patrick-Duluth Shirt. Soft collar shirts or dress shirts. Liberal meas urements inchest sleeves long and full buttons securely sewed on. Shirts that fit per fectly. \M0 Best shirts made! Comfort, fit, lone wear". Stylish.con- servativepatterns. ________ Always in good taste. Buy a Patrick Duluth Shirt next time. F. A. PATRICK fc CO Mmxmfactmren, DULUTH A Word to "The Storekeeper" The manufacture who tries to help you sell his goods after he has induced you to stock up on his line deserves your hearty co-operation. But it is up to you to decide whether the manufacturer is actually helping you, or whether he only thinks he is. If he is creating a desire for his product without creating an actual de mand on your store for it, bis help is of little value to you. The one big advantage of newspaper advertising is that it creates not only desire, but actual demand. Most other mediums stop at desire. The best kind of advertising that a manufacturer can do for your benefit is local newspaper advertising. Tell his salesmen so next time they come around. Show them that you know by experience the value of newspaper advertising, and^that you want all the branded-goods you handled advertised in a way that wiH brim} customers to -your store _b ask for them.il I~ -*_._fv__e'