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1 9A Kg 7 && V|!,t PAGE FOUR S^" WtFE A STRANCER I Victim of Aphasia Has Remark- |'f afele Career in Mexico, and United States. Denver, Colo^Physicians In Den i,ver are puzzled over an extraordinary ^form of aphasia that has come to their attention through the story re -counted by the principal himself. The & name of the man Is not disclosed, but 'he Is being treated by Dr., Grover Phil lips and other specialists. Though he I was a gas engine expert, a mine pro moter and prosperous business man, Now Hla Memory Is Sealed. the victim of the disease remembers nothing back of the date on which he was stricken. His wife and baby are utter strangers to him, so utterly has hl peculiar Illness wiped out the man's memory. The only aid the man can bring from his obliterated past Is whatever recollection his young wife may have concerning any point that he may desire to be enlightened upon. In answer to queries he Is forced to say: "I don't know, but my wife tells me. so and so." Even the identity of his wife had to be impressed on the man by physicians. The afflicted young man, who Is be ing treated In Denver, is thirty-six years of age, of good physique and pleasing personality. He seems to be a man of ordinary refinement. Prior to his affliction he was an expert gas engine mechanic. According to the wife's story, her husband used to talk over business affairs with her and always-assured her that if anything happened to him there was sufficient funds ahead to care for her and their child. Now his memory is sealed and there Is no way Jto learn where that fortune .Is. Before the Mexican war the victim of aphasia was engaged in mining en terprises in Mexico, but these were wiped out by the war. Then he went West to'regain health and fortune and recently purchased a farm tractor on which he hoped to recoup hjs fortune. He wtts working,on this machine when stricken with a disease first diagnosed as quinsy. Later it affected his mind. store is your doctor's "first aid0" We know that the phys ician's business is to bring recovery to his patients, and we have the same thought in filling prescrip tions. When you bring the doctor's prescription to Barker's, the man who fills it for you is an expert, graduate pharmacist who is as careful- and partic ular in compounding the prescription as he would be were it medicine for a member of his own fam- Being a Rexall store, we are able to provide you with all that is worthy in proprietary medicine at the very lowest prices. Barker's Drug & Jewelry Store $17 Third Street Phonographs Records INSANE MAN CUTS UP HIS FAMILY Chloroforms Wife and Children "Then Seriously, Slashes Then* With Razor. London.The Health association re cently discovered one of the queerest cases of insanity in Canadian medical annals. As a result, Frank Bolton, a former regimental bandman, now is in an asylum for the Insane, while his wife and two children are in a hos pital, recovering.from starvation and wounds inflicted upon them by. the in sane man." Bolton's Insanity manifested itself in a novel form. He labored under the: delusion that he was a famous British Operated on Hit Wife. surgeon, and his mania led him to "keep his hand in practice" by operat ing on his wife and children. Bolton obtained a bottle of chloro form, and, mounting an Ironing board on the backs of chairs, he put his wife to sleep for the purpose of operating for the removal of an imagined can cerous growth.' The woman did not explain why she submitted, but when found by Investigating nurses she was suffering from Incisions made In three places. A dangerous wound had been Inflicted in her abdomen, another In her hip and the third in her right leg. Bolton, after cutting his wife, had taken his eight-year-old daughter and had operated upon her, making numer ous incisions with a crude collection of old razors. "Why did you do It?" he was asked in court. "I am a noted surgeon,'' he replied, "I.operated to scrape the bones." A younger child,-a boy of four years, was just recovering from an anesthet ic when the nurses arrived. He, too, had been operated -upon. ALARM CLOCK DRAWS FIRE American Patrol Leader Strung It on Wire in Front of German Trenches. Paris.Americans who had been trying to draw the fire of certain Ger man batteries used an alarm clock to fool Fritz and- caused the Germans useless expenditure of large quantities of machine gun and rifle ammunition. In order to fool the Germans an Amer ican patrol leader tucked an alarm clock under his arm and crept into "No Man's Land" in the darkness, fastening the clock to a wire.* Soon the alarm rang, whereupon the Germans opened fire. The alarm had been so arranged that the clock cut loose intermittently, and each time drew a violent fire from the enemy. Meanwhile thp Americans rested in their trenches and enjoyed a hearty laugh. BOY'S INITIALS ON INSTEP Girl's Love Changes and She Now Finds Tattooing. Is Embar- rassing. Oakland, Cal.A pretty Oakland maiden who thought her romance with a soldier would be a lltelong love af fair had his initials tattooed across her Instep. She is now in grave distress. The bathing season is here. She has forgotten her first love in spite of constant reminder and is now infatu ated with a sailor whose initials un fortunately are different. 'Wardell Martin, Oakland tattoolst, has been ap pealed to in an effort to remove the tell-tale Initials. Martin says he will try to cover them by working In two flags on a blue ground. IttxixtrttirUititlrtrtrtiictrtritiiiti Offers to Buy Powder for Own Execution Memphis, Tenn.Otto Dohr mann, a German arrested as a dangerous, enemy alien, asked the jailer to shoot him. The jailer told Mm he was not worth the powder and lead that would be necessary to kill him. "Here," said Dohrmann, as he extended a dollar bill through the bars of the cell, 'take this. Shoot me. That will pay for the ammuni- tion." ff! wff ^^^ff^^p^i^^^^ "yw W ?i~fZ$v, Sweet Are the Uses of Peiverslty.. Abstractedly, I disapprove of fish ing hunting I think barbarous "he who wantonly treads on a worm is no friend.'of mine" and yet I fish. I do not merely -carry rod and reel I .use thenu I suppose it isitke smoking that seems to me a feeble-minded habit and yet I smoke. Working, too, seems sometimes as foolish, and yet I work. Some pessimists have convinced them selves that living is a waste of JJme, and yet, so far as I have observed, they continue to live. Sweet are the uses of perversity.-*-Bobert M. Gay, in the Atlantic. Playing It Bptb Ways. She-(sentimentally)Which do you regard more highly-^the pleasures of hope or the pleasure of memory? He-(briskly)I'm for-botli. For ex ample, I hope for a? quick turn in the stock market, which promotes my hap piness, and If it turns my way, the memory will be everything that could be desired 0"?M S v' Permanent Investment. VI think the boss wants to retai* me," declared the blond stenog. "Bought you some flowers?" "Bought me a dictionary. Nobody ca Tell when you Darken Gray, Faded Hair with Sage Tea, Grandmother kept her hair beau tifully darkened, glossy and attrac tive witty a brew of Sage Tea and Sulphur. Whenever her hair took on that dull, faded or streaked appear ance, this simple mixture was applied wi^h wonderful effect. By asking: at any drug store for "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound," you will get a large bottle of this old-time recipe, improved by the addition of other ingredients, all ready to use, for about 50 cents. This simple mixture can be depended upon. to. restore natural coloj^and beauty to the hair. A well-known downtown druggist says everybody uses Wyeth's. Sage and Sulphur Compound now because it darkens so naturally and evenly that nobody can tell it has been ap pliedit's so easy to use, too. You simply dampen a comb or soft brush and draw it through- your hair, .tak ing one strand at a time. By morn ing the gray hair disappears after another application or two, it is.re stored to its natural color and looks glossy, soft and beautiful. This prep aration is a delightful toilet requisite. It is not intended for the cure, miti gation or prevention of disease. jv*c.-.i.-f:.* A 5!W* THE BEMIDJI DAILY PKWtEtR" "Q/K." W PAR SPOONING Cleveland Chief of Police WfH No* Bother Lovers in the Publie Parks. Cleveland, O.If the cops fa your town won't let you spoon In the parks), come over to Cleveland.- It is all fixed here and Cupid has the key to all park. gates. Cupid* (that 1B, Chief of Police Smith) says police will not bother lovr ers in Cleveland parks If they do noit annoyr other park visitors. Rowdies, and others will not be allowed to. "spot" them with flashlights or em barrass them* to any other way, Smith orders, under pain of arrest But the chief also advises the loving jones to stick to the park benches for their spooning, instead of'searching out thp real dark spotsras the benches, are secluded enough for loving and thp. chance of disturbance is less in the open than in the secluded spots, thp chief-opines. SHELL DIDN'T DESTROY S.? American Labor Mission Finds Good Omen at Wrecked Verdun Cathedral London.Members of the American labor mission believe they found a good omen in the ruins of the Impos ing St Louis cathedral at Verdun, which they viewed during-Jhelr, recent trip to the fighting fronts in France. Before the cathedral was subjected to shellfire the word "Louis." stood out In bold relief on one part of the build* tag. A shell, or possibly two or three of them, freakishly tore away the "L^' the "O" and the "J," but left intact thp "US:" In addressing mass meetings in France and England the Americans symbolized the incident with the out standing part the United States is des tined to play in the conflict GLASS HYSTERIA IS LATEST New War Malady That Is Giving Physicians Considerable Unnec essary Trouble* San Francisco, Cal.Glass hvsterla is the newest war malady. Surgeons at the Central Emergency hospital gave it a name after E. H. Lundew had been subjected to a stom ach-pump treatment and his: fears' al layed. Lundew came to the hospital in a condition approaching panic. He had dined at a restaurant, and was con vinced that there had- been ground glass in the victuals. He gladly sub mitted to the unpleasant treatment and.was pumped out. Avcareful ysis failed to, reveal. afl glass. Women's New Coats at $18 95- Coats of Tweed, Poplin, Checks.and Novelties, your choice $18.95 New Wash Skirts Many models to select from of Piquet, Corduory, Gabardine &nci jnovelties, at $1.25, $1.50, $2, $3, $5, $6, $7.50 ST W 111 anal- Bros. Co. Phone 850 BEMIDJt, MINN. H.H.Commsky, Mgr. Exclusive Women's ami Misses' Outer Apparel at $19.95 Dressesof Crepe de Chine Taffeta, novelties and combinations, styles that are newest- Dresses worth up to $32.50, your $19.95echoic Special Women's and Misses' Palm Beach litsat $2.98 Only a few left. Sizes 16, 18, 38, worth-up to $10 ^".1 FRIDAY EYEING, JUNE 26, 1918 mmmmi YOUMUSTORDERANDSTOREYOUR NE Thjs is not an arbitrary rule made by anyone. It is one of the results of the war. Here are the facts stated just as briefly as possible: i i I i 1st. The war is causing a very heavily increased demand* for coal as* you know. if ^nd. There is plenty of coal to be mined, but labor "to mine it and railroad cars and engines to haul it are very scarce^^' 3rd. Just now, before harvest, the railroads are not so- busy as they will be when harvest begins. They are overloaded now,- but they will be laterally swamped when grain begins to,, i move, and the grain MUST move. L^l 4th. If only one-half of the people) need coal next- winter wait to get theirs as usual, until they need it, there will be a coal famine in December, January and February such as you never dreamed of, because dealers can't possibly store" enough now to fill the demand then. THE ONLY WAY TO PREVENT THIS COAL FAMINE is for you and everyone else to BUY NOW and.STORE NOW IN YOUR OWN BIN all the coal you will need next winter. The railroads can haul it now. They can't later. Now do you see clearly why you MUST order and STORE a winter's supply of coal AT ONCE? Remember your order must be in writingthat is ^Gov- ernment rule. -And orders are to be filled in the rotation re- ceived. There may not be enough coal to orders that are placed late. 'v-- Women's New Suits at $25.00 In this assortment are Suits of Serge, Oxford, Gabardine and Delhi, your choice $25.00 Formerly priced to $42.50 i i v"-"'"-fill i. We cannot deliver coal at any time to anyone-wljo has not placed a written- order, and cannot promise to deliver ANY coal next winter to anyone who does not'place a written order how. .--_.:,' ii If you are one of the few who have noVplaced' your written order, BEWAREyou are taking dangerous chances. COAL IS CASH. We can't carry coal accounts, you must get the money and^T* pay when you order, or when the coal is delivered. The Gov-^'p ernment has fixed the price at which we sell and it does not.f| allow for credit coal. ii PHONES 100^ Wash Waists ID a wide variety of styles, at $1.19, $1.39, $2.00, $2.50, $3, $5.95 i A t i~ 4 Defective