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fnneli Historian Ha* ^ft Deacrip.
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tien of Man Wifh- Stomach
That Was Remarkable^
Theophlle Benott, a French writer
,nd,historian, give*'the (following de
scription, of a true lit'hophagus or
e-e&ter, whom he encountered In
northern part of* France. "This
nan," states Senolt, "wbo answered to
the name of Brurida, not only swul
lowed flints an Inch andf a half long,
Z?hp full Inch broad and half an inch
i^thlckr, but any stones like marble
-%which he could reduce, to powder. I
ifexamined ,tWg man with^all the atten-
'^^jtlon I possibly could, finding: his gullet
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large, his teeth exceedingly,
'N'^trong, his saliva very corrosive and
'/t}MB stomach lower than usuala fact
4'- I .Imputed to the vast number,
*&>o flints which he had swallowed,v'
^!jfr "Upon interrogating one of the
-f'tfstone^eater's friends I
one
was told that
Brunda, had been found three years
,^**efore In-a northers uninhabited la*
*'laud, by the crew of a Dutch ship. 1
$\ ca make him eat raw flesfc with the
atones,' said'the man who was acting
4,:
asrbis keeper,,'but I could never in
dutte him to swallow bread. He will
drink water, wine, and brandy, and ap
pears to be very fond of the latter.
He sleeps 12 hours a day, but always
to. a seated posture, with his chin rest
tng.on his knees. He smokes almost all
the' time that he Is not asleep or
:ES GIVE MILKLIKE JUICE
Tropica Provide Pretty Fair' Substi
tute for the Animal Product in. V.
Use in Northern Climes.
In British Guiana and* the West
Indies, particularly on the banks of
tha River Demerara, there grows a
tree! known to the natives as the hya
ifayat which yields from its bark and
tplth a 4ulce slightly richer and
thicker than cow's milk. The tree is
About forty feet high and eighteen
'inches in circumference when fall
grown, and the natives use its Jutce-
*B we use milk, It being perfectly
harmless and mixing well with water.
.J The Cingalese have a treethey
call it kiriaghumawhich yields a
in the forests of Para grows a tree
called the massenodendron, which
Cives'a milklike juice. It can be kept
for an Indefinite time and shows no
tendency to become sour.
On the other hand, certain trees in
the valleys of Aragua and in Cauagua
yield a similar, fluid, which, when "ex-
posed to the air, begins to form into
a kind of cheese, which very soon
becomes sour.
In the Canard Islands there Is a
tree called tabaya dolce, of which the
tnllk, thickened into as Jelly, is con
sidered a delicacy.
H Hew Chinese Handle EMS.
v.. Ejfanan, China, is a very large egg^1
producing' dhitrlct Changsha hvVone 1
of the most Important distributing
centers and eggs are preserved here
for, shipment to other parts of China.
Under the old system the eggs are
collected, in the country round about
and sent to the egg commission
houses to be sold to retail dealers or
peddlers. For export to other parts
of China^ the eggs are preserved by
wrapping them In a coating of clay
and salt mixed with rica hulls. Such
clay-wrapped eggs are then closely
packed in large jurs and sealed up,
after which they are said to keep in
definitely.
REAL TURK NOT A BARTERER
Refuses to Go Out of His Way to
Make a Sale, and Is Apt to
^1 ignore Strangers.
fluid in all respects like milk while can e sai to have a seat, of the
"The Goose Hangs High."
The expression "the goose hangs,
high" comes troni the southern aniuse
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known as "goose fpulling." A
oose, Its neck carefully plucked and
ell greased, was hung by its feet to
the^braneh of a tree. Men oji horses
would ride past at a gallop, frying to
catjgh it by the neck and pull the head
i & .off.K The better the goose was in dodg
1 Ingj the greater the fun. When the
f| goo^e hung high, so the competitors
had to stand in their sttrrups, the Jioy
i&_ was^ the greatest The Whole, of this
^.TBr,ession is. "Evcrj thing is lovely
and: the goose hangs hiftfe."
MRS. CUMMINGS WAS NERVOUS
DEPRESSED AND HARDLY
ABLE TO EAT WHEN SHE
BEGAN TAKING TANLAC,
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"If any one had told me there was
a medicine in the world that would do
me tjie good Tanlac has I would not
lavse believed them, and don't feel
that I would be doing right not to
tetflothers what it has done fdt nie,
i Mrs. William 'A. titimmings, 1083
dmbnd avenue, St. Paul, Minn.
"For the past yean I had suffered
terribly from indigestion and was in
a badly run-down condition when I
started taking Tanlac. My appetite
was Very poor and I .could not digest
even the lightest kind of food. I
suffered a great deal with nervous
A headaches and at times had terribly
dizzy spells. I was nervous and weak,
felt depressed all the time and could
get but little sleep. I had lost con
ks! siderable weight and felt tired and
*&- .worn out all the time. After trying
rxv of baksheesh (gratuities) be
trays the falsely named Turk. Eager
ness to do something for you or busi
ness with yo* Is another sign of the
mongrel Turk. Some real Anatolian
Turks are merchants and sit in 'the
bazaars. But they will not go out of
their way to make a sale and they
really dp not care if you buy or not
Often they Ignore strangers some
times they, rebuff them. When you
run up against this type in the
bazaars, where all the Jews and Gen
tiles are after your money with an
Insistence that we call oriental. It Is
like a dash of cold,water in your face.
Once in a little open shop I saw a
rug that attracted me. I started to
enter. But the crouched figure on a
mat put out a long-fingered left hand,
grasped firmly my ankle, and removed
my foot outside the threshold. I,
thought there must be some supersti
tion about which foot went first. So I
tried the other. The same left hand
proved again its strength. All the
while the merchant did not speak or
look up. His right hand was string
ing beads and he was smoking a
nargile. He simply didn't want to
bother with me, and my shoe told him
that I was a frnnga (European). Later
J. got to know that old bird, and we
laughed over, stories together. But he
nefer asked me to buy anything, and
I did not want to risk Ms friendship
by making a second try for1
There
are- other things In life than.
selling and buying. And much more
important! But the mongrel Turk,
like the Christian, does not understand
this. It Isn't in his blood.Chicago
Tost MARVELOUS 1S HUMAN BRAIN
Many Millions of Nerve Cells Make Op
the Mind Which Controls the
Body's Movements.
The highest product of evolution Is
undoubtedly the human brain. This Is
the seat of the mindand, so far as. it
soul,'' also. Filling the great cavity of
the skull Is theVerebrum, thrown'into
many folds or so-called "convolutions."
This matter is gray on the outside and
white"toward the center. It is In the
gray matter, composed of millions up
on millions of nerve cells, connected
one with another, that higher thought
reasoning, association, memory,- etc.,
go on. In the brain there are certain
sensory centers which record' the
senses of sight,-*smell,- taste, hearing
and touch. There are also certain
"areas" or parts of the brain which
move various parts of the body and
these are the so-called "motor areas."
The anatomy of the brain has been
carried to such a fine degree of knowl
edge that we are now enabled to put
our finger upon -n certain spot in the
brain and say, "This group (or grbu'ps)-
of cells moves the little toe on the
left foot," or whatever it may be. Ev
ery movement in the body Is controlled
by these centers, either in the brain
or by the nerves which branch out
from the spinal cord. All activities
of the body, however other than those
Initiated by the brain, are unconscious.
Here\ynrd Carrington. in Leslie's.
Find Old Petroleum Deposits.
The asphalt springs of Hit. from
which Noah probably obtained the
"pitch" with which he made the Ark
Impervious t the "flood of walers."
have now been thoroughly ex.*tmln
with a view to their commercial possi
bilities. The petroleum deposits of
the land of Shinar, between the Tigris
and" the Euphrates, which furnished
the "slime" that the descendant* of
Noah "had for mortar" in building the
tower of Babel, have Leon measured
as well as can be. until the bit of the
oil driller Is sent down to prove'wheth
er the .geologist Is right. And the
^.sources of"bitumen which archeologists
?haye found was used as^ cement in
constructing the ancientTpalaces of
Babylon and Ninevah have undoubted
been located,
many different medicines and getting
no benefit from any of them I was
Very much discouraged and had just
about lost faith in all medicines.
"As I had seen'so much praise of
Tanlac, however, I decided to give it a
trial arid it/certainly was a lucky
day forme, for my condition began
to improve right away.1
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the nig.
So far I have
only taken three bottles, but I now
have a splendid appetite, eat just
anything I want and everything
agrees with me perfectly. My nerves
are in good condition, I sleep well
and have gained several pounds in
weight. In, fact, the improvement in
my health has been so, great all my
friends are telling me how well I
look. I don't believe there is another
medicine in the world that will begin
to compare with,Tanlac and I would
gladly pay five dollars a bottle for it
if I couldn't get it any cheaper, for
after what it has done for me I think
it would be, cheap at that price."
Tanlac is sold in Bemidji by City
Drug Store and by the leading drug
gists h* every town.Adv.
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THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER
Vegetable Beef-Steaks.
tTbe vegetable beef-steak grows on
the oak tree. It Is fungus, which is
dark red above and flesh-colored
below. When 1% is cut through, the
alternate dark and light streaks ex
actly resemble the joint from, which ft
gets its name. It is a wholesome ar
ticle of food.. 'T
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During a wet season this fungus
grows about seven feet from the
ground. It may be broiled, stewed,
fried*or. If preferred, treated liks
beetroot and added to the salad bowl.
TURN HAIR DARKV
WITH SAGE TEA
Mixed With Sulphur
Darken* So Naturally
Nobody Cain Tell
It
The old-time mixture of Sage Tea
and Sulphur for darkening gray,
streaked and faded hair is grand
mother's recipe, and folks are again
using it to keep their hair a good,
even color, which is quite sensible,
as we are living in an age when a
youthful appearance.is of the great
est advantage.
Nowadays, though, we don't have
the troublesome task of gathering the
sage and the mussy mixing at home.
All drug stores sell the ready-tp-use
product, improved by the addition of
other ingredients, called "Wyeth'a
Sage and Sulphur Compound." It is
very popular because nobody can
discover it has been applied.- Simply
moisten your eonib or a soft brush
wjth-it and draw this through your
hair, taking one small strand at a
time by morning the gray hair dis
appears, but what delights" the ladies
with Wyeth's Sage a.nd Sulphur Com
pound, -is that, besides beautifully
darkening the* hair after a few ap
plications, it also produces that soft
lustre and appearance of abundance
which is so attractive.
.After you eatalways use
Pi
one or two tablets-*** like candy.
In8tantJyrelievesHeartburn,Bloated Gassy Feeling. Stops indigestion,
foodsouring.repeating, headacheand
the many miseries caused by
Acid-Stomach
EATONIC isthebestremedy,it takes
the harmful acids andgases right out
of the body and, of couree, you get
well. Tensofthousand8Wonderfully
benefited. Guaranteed to satisfy or
money refunded by your own drug*
gist Cost a trifle. Please try it!
De-alcobobaed
Not a giape
juice but a
true matured
wine. Drink it
forhealth and
pleasure
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at the Home Plate
UR popular Ice Cream
is the real home plate,
the season is open all
time. Get into the game.
an.Ice Gream rooter.
reme
IF YOU WANT TO BUY. SELL. OR TRADE. ADVERTISE IN THE PIONEER WANT COLUMN
ask your dealer
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