Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 17, 1906, Page 1

——p VOLUME 4. NUMBER 181. HUNTERS “REJOIGE AT DEEP FALL OF SNOW Many Who Have Been Waiting, Have Now Leit for the Woods. WHITE BLANKET AIDS SPORTSMAN IN THE TRACKING OF HIS PREY Also Enables Him to Tell Number of Deer in the Terri- tory. Many local and outside hunters have gone out into the woods, yesterday and today, who have waited for a good fall of snow be- fore venturing in the country in search of deer and moose. They have had everything in readiness for astirt in an hour’s notice, and when the snow of yesterday fell, it took only a short time to get in readiness for the shooting. While snow is not really neces- sary for deer hunting, a man stands a much battar show of getting what he is after if two or threeinches of snow covers the ground. Notonly is he able to foliow the animals wherever they Operation Successful. A. B. Allen received word this morning from Rochester, Minn., to the effect that the operation which was rperformed at the Mayo hospital at Rochester yes-| tarday on Mrs. Charles, pub- lisher of the Sentinel, was suc- cessful, Mrs. Charles went to Roches- ter the first of the week and con- sulted the Mayo’s relative to a| cancer with which she has lately been afflicted. She was told that an operasion might be beneficial and decided to submit to the surgeon yesterday. This morn- ing the following telegram was received by Mr. Allen: “Mayo saysoperation all right.” Mrs. Charles’ Bemidji friends will be pleased to learn that the first effects of the operation are favora le, and hope that the out- come will be her entire recovery of robust health. Harris Goes to Canada. Bruce Harris, ‘'who was in the city the forepart of the week, has removed his family from this city to Prince Albert, Canada, where he will make his future bome. Mr. Harris,who has a re- munerative and responsible posi- tion with the Prince Albert Lum- ber company, expresses himself as being well satisfied with his new location.-Crookston Journal may lead him, bus he can, read- ng the tracks correctly, tell within an hour or two how long since the deer or moose have been in certain places, and even a novice is enabled to tell by the number of tracks whether he is in a country where there is good hunting. This end is not so easily accomplished before the first fall of snow, and it takes one well versed in the arts.of the{ forest to tell, without the aid of sunow, whether the game isin sufticieat numbers to pay one to remain in the viciaity. Another advantage is that with snow the hunter does not make so much noise geing through the brush as he does when there is no such carpet to keep his feet from closer contact with the sticks and twigs and dry leaves scattered over the ground. Fine Entertainment. An audience that was taken on a most delight{ul tour of [reland by the widely-known Rev. Ruderick J. M oney, rector of St Luke’s and Holy Apostles’ churches in Duluth, pronounced the entertainment at the opera house last eveniug an entire suc- cess. The selection of scenes of 1 eland were many and beautiful, The musical numbers given by Prof. Symington, Miss Mabel M:Taggart and Mr. Ashelman, with Miss Boyer as accompanist, weure especialiy good and were received with much enthusiasm by the audience. Last evening’s entertainment was of greut educational value and much credit is due vhe ladies of the Episcopal Guild, She ‘““Made Good.” Miss Grace Allen, daughter of Colonel Allen of the Sentinel, is to be congratulated on the work which she did in getting out the Sentinel this week. The ‘old man” was called to Minneapolis; Mrs. Charles, the publisher, wen: to Rochester to und.rgo a serious operation, G -ace was left alone—publisher, editor and business wmanager, the triune, as it wure, She looked after the “ghost’’ for Sat urday; wrote several columns of local matter and last, but not least, filled the colonel’s “Growler” column with selec- tions.from ‘Word and Works.” Miss Grace is all right, Mill Closed Down. The Crookston Lumber com- pany’s sawmill shut down yes- terday for the season, and the army of men who have been em ployed at the plant will seek other occupations until the and Miss, Mr. Harris is a brother of A E, Harris of this city,and is well known in Bemidji, having lived here while in the employ of the Crookston Lumber company. Sunday Dinner at Markham. Don’t have your wife fret over a hot stove tomorrow, getting your Sunday dinner. Take her and the rest of your family to the Markham hotel and enjoy the 6 o’clock -dinnerserved there every Sunday evening, A poverty social will be held in the chapel of the M. E. church next Friday evening. When a Man Lies. “If you want to tell whether or not the man you are talking to is telling the truth, don’t look him in the eyes,” said a Denver bank teller to some friends last night. “I thought itwas just the other way,” said one of tho:e pres- ent. “I've always understood that it made it harder for the liar if you looked squarely In his eyes.” “That’s a wrong impression,” continued the bank teller. “The man who knows how to lie knows how to look you In the eyes when he's doing it. And the man who isn't a regular liar, but who has made up his mind to lle to you, decides first that he must look you straight in the eyes. It is the volce, when you don’t look at the eyes, that tells you whether the other fellow is lying. We use the sys- tem frequently in the bank. A man ‘will come in to tell us some business tale. We look at his feet or his hands or his knees, but never In his eyes. If he's telling the truth his voice will be firm and straightforward, and the absence of your gaze in his eyes wil not affect it, but if he’s lying he'll be confused by your actlon, and his voice will tremble. He’ll hem and haw and clear his throat. You may rest as- sured then that he’s stringing you.”— Denver Post. Rare Ben Jomson. The epitaph, “O Rare Ben Jonson,” engraved on the tablet marking the burial place of the celebrated play- wright in the “poets’ corner,” West- minster abbey, is said to have orig- Inated with Jack Young (afterward knighted), who, “walking there when the grave was covering, gave the fel- low 18 pence to cut it” Dr. Brew- er In his “Phrase and Fable” says Shakespeare called Jonson “Rare Ben,” but does not say where. Ac- cording to Chambers’ “Book of Days,” the phrase formed the concluding played in the clubroom of Ben's clique at the famous Mermaid tavern. The epithet “Rare Ben Jonson” s said to have been first uttered after the ap- pearance of his highly successful farce, “Bartholomew Fair.” The epitaph has been copled once at least. When Sir Willlam Davenant was Interred in Westminster abbey the inscription on his covering stone was “O Rare Sir ‘Willlam ‘Davenant.” A Train For Tyler. During Mr. Tyler's Incumbency of and sent his son Bob to arrange for a speclal train. It happened that the rallroad superintendent was a strong Whig. As such he had no favors to bestow on the president and Informed speclal tralns for the president. “What!” said Bob. “Did you not fur- nish a special train for the funeral of President Harrison?’. “Yes” sald the superintendent, “and if youwll spring opening, many of them going into the woods. bring your father in that condition you mnhnemmmmcnmm" words of the verses written and dis-. the presidential office he arranged to: make an excursion in some direction Bob that his road did not run any, A Native African Food. The native food of the Malunda coun- try, in southern Africa, comprises ma- nioc and that alone. It Is a plant par- ticularly adapted to wet, marshy soll, says the author of “In Remotest Ba- rotseland.” It takes two years'to arrive at maturity and while growing re- quires very little attention. The root ‘when full grown is about the size and has very much the gppearance of a German sausage, although at times it grows much larger. One shrub has several roots, and the extraction of two or three in no way impairs the growth of the remainder. When newly dug it tastes like a chestnut, and the digestion of the proverblal ostrich can alone as- similate it raw, but when soaked in water for a few days until partly de- composed, dried on the roofs of the huts and stamped it forms a delight- fully white soft meal, far whiter and purer than the best flour. Then it Is beaten into a thick paste and eaten with a little flavoring composed of 4 locust or a caterpillar, which the na- tives seek In decayed trees. Another ‘way of eating this native luxury Is by baking the roots after soaking them and eating it as you would a banana. George Eliot's Savonarola, Savonarola Is one of the most strik- Ing characters in George Eliot's great historlcal novel “Romola,” the scene of which is in Florence and the period that of Savonarola’s career. The iden of writing the book occurred to the novelist while on a visit to Florence, and on a second visit to the city, in 1861, she began to carry out her proj- ect. The subject and design were for- elgn to the author’s genius, but she spared no pains in making a thorough study of the locality, the people and the literature of the Itallan renais- sance for the purposes of her story. In her own words, the work “plowed into her” more than any of her books. She began it, she says, as a young wo- man and finished it as an old woman. Her picture of Florence and Savona- rola is undeniably impressive, and some critics declare “Romola” to be George Eliot's greatest novel and the character of Savonarola one of the finest delineations.—Pearson’s. Size of Heads. The average adult head has a cir- cumference of fully twenty-two inches. The average adult hat is fully six and three-quarters size. The sizes of men’s hats are six and three-fourths and six and seven-eighths generally. “Sevens” hats are common in Aberdeen, and the professors of our colleges generally wear seven and one-eighth to eight sizes, Hends wearing hats of theé sizes six and three-eighths and smaller or being less than twenty-one inches in clrcumference can never be powerful. Between nineteen and twenty inches In circumference heads are invariably very weak and, according to this au- thority, “no lady should think of mar- Iying a man with a head less than twenty inches In circumference.” Peo- ple with heads under nineteen inches are mentally deficient and with heads under eighteen inches Invariably idi- otic.—London Young Woman. Safest Place In Trains. “I have one rule for my family when they travel,” said the conductor of the suburban train, “and that is for them never to ride in the rear coach or the first one and, preferably, not in the coach next to the last or first. The rea- son for it is so ¢bvious that I should think the foremost and last cars of a train would have scant patronage from anybody who reads of railroad acel- dents. If there is a smashup, those are the coaches that suffer. It seems strange that some kind of a buffer is not put behind the locomotive tender and at the rear of the train. How many lives would be saved by a device of the kind one has only to study the statistics of railroad accidents to fig- ure out for himself.”—New York Press, Lifting a Kettle of Hot Water. Some time when the teakettle is bub- bling and boiling on the kitchen range lift it quickly by its handle and set it on the open palm of your other hand. This sounds like a _very foolhardy thing to do—as If your hand might be blis- tered in a twinkling—but you will find that you can hold the teakettle which | has just come from a roaring fire for some time without hurting you. Try it and then see if you can tell the rea- son why you are not burned. Be sure, however, that the water is boiling strongly before you make the experi- ment. A Kippered Pastor. A French Protestant pastor was the guest of a Scottish preacher at a manse. One morning kippered herrings ‘were served at breakfast. The French pastor asked the meaning of “kipper.” His host replied that it meant “to pre- serve.” On taking his leave next day the French pastor, wringing his host's hand, said, “May the Lord kipper you, my good friend.” Postage Stamps, Postage stamps are peculiarly liable to become septic and to convey deadly germs, says the British Medical Press and Cireular, a fact that cannot be too Widely known to the public who find In i 1t a popular substitute for sticking plas- ter. Never Missed It. Teacher — Who discovered America? Small Boy—Dunno. Teacher—Why, I supposed every boy in school knew that. Small Boy—I didn’t know that it was lost. Somewhere. “Pardon me, madame, have geen you somewhere.” “Very likely. I go there very often.” —Le Sourire, I think T, —— It thou, love learnln‘ thou lhnlt be hrnnd.——soenhl. 1 Carlisle Wins. The Minnesola champion football oleven is being badly beaten by the Carlisle Indians in' Minneapolis today. Reports received by the Pioneer at 4 p. m. placed tho score at 14 to 0 in favor of the Indians, with minutes left yet to play. BASKETBALL GAME IS T0 BE PLAYED NEXT MONDAY Firemen’s Team and Town Will Put Up Interesting Exhibition. Team The first basketball game of the season wilbbe played at the opera house Monday evening, when the regular team of the fire department will be pitted against a five selected from all other players in the city who are not members of the fire departm-nt. The firemen’s :team will be selected from the following; Harry. Geil and Lee Heffron, who bave played at the University of Minnescta, and Harry Arnold, formerly with Sauk Center and Park Rapids, as permanent fix- tures on the team; Eirl Geil, Scott Stewart, Arthur and Ead- ward Gould. The special team will be composed of John Schu- maker, a member of the St. Cloud Normal school team when that organization won the st t: championship; Collins, a member of the old St. John’s team, and | Roy Lindsay, an ex-member of the Minneapolis Y. M. C. A five, the other two positions to be filled by players yet to be se- lected. The game wjg be called at 8:30 sharp, and an ex-member of = the Carlisle and Plandreau basket- ball teams, who now lives at Red Lake, will act as referee. | The candidates for position on the firemen’s team and other players . have been practicing very regularly, of late, and it is expected that the game Monday will result in some very good playing. It is the intention to arrange several games to be played here with teams from outside points. Don’t forget the poverty social at the M. E chapel next Friday evening. . A Patented Plant, “One plant at least has been patent- ed,” said an inventor. “It is the Abrus precatorius, alias paternoster pea, alias weather plant. John Nowack took out the patent. The weather plant is still believed by many persons to foretell the weather. John Nowack was sure it did so, and he put it on the market along with an indicating apparatus, guaranteeing it to foretell for forty- eight hours in advance and for fifty miles around fog, rain, snow, hail, earthquake and depressions likely to cause explosions of fire damp. Alas ror poor Nowack! The experts of the bureau of agriculture took up his pat- ented plant. They proved that the movements of the leaves—to the right foretelling rain, to the left foretelling drought—were not caused by the weather, but by the light. And they proved that the plant’s famous down- | ward movement, which’ was supposed to foretell earthquake, was caused by an insect that punctured the stem, causing the leaf, naturally, to droop. That is the only patented plant I ' know of, and Nowack lost money on it Buying Birds to Free Them. Birds are often purchased in the bird parket at Lucknow, India, in order to be set free again. This is done by Hin- doos as a work of merit and by Mo- hammedans after certain rites bave been performed as an atonement, In imitation of the Jewish scapegoat. It "is egsential that a bird used for this purpose should be strong enough to fiy away; but that does not induce the cruel dealers to feed the birds, or to refrain from dislocating their wings or breaking their legs. They put down everything to good or bad luck, and leave the customer to choose a strong bird, if he can find one, and to go-away If he cannot. The merit obtained by setting a bird free is not attributed to Deity, but it is supposed to come in a large measure from the bird itself or from its attendant spirit, and hence birds of good or' bad omen, and es- pecially kites and crows, are in much demand and are regularly caught to be sold for this purpose. Cautious, Jacks — Townley Is an exceedingly .cautious man, don’t you think? Johns —Cautlous! Why, he wouldn't pay. & 8 en thout nmnk a mept ! ‘of a base runner scoring, from: "never left the third baseman’s band? | The play happened In this way: Andy | some money for the provisions he sup- A qu!er rny ln n--ey-n Here is a plny in bnsebnll tl pened long ago. Perhaps' it neve happen again. - Did any oneeve hap- will ¢ hear first base on a line drive that was c‘\lght by a third baseman and when thé ball Out of e wme,dl D of Frea{T m‘,‘lfie"cm 'edl day.s fterngon wh‘ile H.ie funeral! Moynihan was playing third base for: (Aot ki is being held. the Pastimes of Chicago In 1868 when a tournament was held. The Occiden- tals of Peoria were the opposing team. In the first inning, with a runner on first, the batter drove a liner straight over third. Moynihan shoved up his hand, the ball struck it and stuck fast in the hand. The crowd cheered. An Instant later they saw something was wrong. Moynihan, writhing’ with pain, was running around third base. The base runner at first saw something was the matter and ran down to sec- ond. Then he ran to third and finally trotted home unmolested. The trouble was that the ball, strik- ing Moynihan’s hand, paralyzed the nerves. The ball was stuck tight in his hand. It was five minutes before his fellow players could pry his fin- gers open and get the ball out.—Chlca- go Tribune. GERMAN LUTHERAN er- - vices will be held at-the-cour house, Sunday, Nov. 18, at p. m. Preaching by the pastor, E, Ulbright, BAPTI&T—Ths subject Sunday morning in the Baptist church will be “A Bruised Reed and Smoking Flax.” In the even- ing, “How to Be Saved and Know It.” Morning service at 11, evening Bervice at 8, Snndny school at 12:10, Young People’s at 7 p. m. "All wel- come, Two Lads. At one time, when De Quincey was lving at Lasswade in simple and friendly relations with the people, who respected him not as a writer, but as a good neighbor, he formed a very de- lightful friendship with a little child, 8 boy of four years. This lad, a| o'cicck. Bible class and Sun. nephew of one of the housemaids, was day »chool 12 i the constant companion of the great 3 m:, Senior C.E.7 p. m. man and would forsake any amuse- Al +8 o'clock the pastor will de- Dok forlthe /Dleaswre . of . whlking liver - the thu-g ““Illustrated round a dull little garden with him. 5 = sermon’ in the series. The One day somebody heard this conver- sation between the two comrades: public is welcomed to all these “What d’ye call thon tree?” asked services.. the child. De Quincey considered and then sald, with careful deliberation, “I am not sure, my dear, but I think it may’ be a laurustinus.” The child interrupted him with some scorn: “A laurustinus! Lad, d’ye no ken a rhododendron?” At that time the “lad” must have been about seventy years old. PRESBYTERIAN — A special service in the morning for the wembers and friends ‘of the church, All such are kindly requested to be present, 11 METHODIST— Morning subject, “Each Man Broke His Pitcher, Raised His Lamp, and the Foe Ran, Cried and Fled.” '(A wighty battle without blood- shed.) Special music, ‘‘Out of the Deep Have I Cried,” “Greatly to Be. Praised.” Time 11. Sacred concert in the evening. Time 8. PROGRAM. ‘“‘Abide With Me,” with onigin of hymn, Scripture lesson. Invocation. ¢ Ob, for a Thousand Tongues to S ng,” with origin of bymn. “Praise -Ye the-Lord,” cheir. “Holy Gity,”_Nellie Shatmnn Duet, Mrs. Peart and Miss Miiler. Solo, Mrs, Maud V. Smythe. ‘A Song in the Air,”’ choir. Violin solo, G. E Moyer. Bass solo, L. H. Aldis. Cornet solo, Mr. Symington. “Lift Up Your Heads,” choir. “In That City,” solo and chorus. Note—A silver offering will He taken, but not at the door. i Made a Gorilla King. The craze among society women for queer pets is an old story. It usually ends through being carrled too - far. There is the case of Andromeda, for in- stance, and there is that other affair of the decadent Roman emperor’s daugh- ter, who had a pet gorilla, procured for her at great cost by an Arabian trader who supplied ‘strange beasts for the amphitheater. One'day the Praetorian guard arose and murdered. the caesar. | The gorilla, who happened to be pres- ent, strangled the ringleader, who was to have assumed the imperial purple himself, with its bare hands. This so delighted the Praetorians that they unanimously elected the gorilla, whom they took for a barbarian from North Britain, to the vacant throne. On the mistake being explained by a zoologie- ally minded patrician, the divus caesar had to be killed and another one cho- sen—London News. Chinese Gambler’s Penance. A Chinese cook named Chin Kan had been engaged by a wealthy Chinese in Ho In street in Canton. All the money he earned had been lost in gambling. On one occasion his master paid him Got Three Deer. Judge Marshall A. Spooner has returned from his annual hunt for big game, in which he was fairly successful,” heing a member of a party .of hunters who secured three deer: The judge joined I. D. Ras- mussen of Grand Rapidy, clerk of court of Itisca county, and Fred Fish of Grand Rupids, deputy sheriff, and went wborth of Deer River on the Itasca Log- ging company’s railroad. They put in several days in the woods and shot three fine bucks, which were vrought into civilization, This was a “‘judicial hunt,” as it were. plied. The cook lost all the money at oné stake. Finding that his debts ‘were accumulating day by day, on the twenty-fourth day he went into the kitchen and chopped off the forefinger of, his left hand as a self punishment and warning in order to relinquish this evil habit of gambling in the future. He became unconscious through the pain, but was brought round again in a few minutes.—Singapore Times. “Naming” a Member. It Is an ancient belief that a man’s name has some mysterious sympathy with his nature, whence arise such stories as that of Rumpelstiltskin, whose power over a human being van- Ishes the moment that his name Is pro- nounced aloud. It has been suggested with some show of. reason that the modern practice of “naming” a refrac- tory member of the British house’ of commons is merely a survival of this belief, which the Norsemen brought into England. Birthday Party. Last Wednesday was the 6th anniversary of the buth of little Beatrice Kirk, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Kirk, and the occasion was commemorated by the givi: g of a birthday party at the Kirk home, in the afternoor. Games were played and refresh- ments were served. The little hostess entai tained the following guests:: Eva and Cslvert Foster, Katherine and Clara Hawkins, Lucine McCuaig, G'adys and Lois Underwcod, A.na a'd Francis McManus. A Kiss That Brought Death, Courtship in Spain is regulated by the strictest etiquette. As is well known, a young man is never left alone with his flancee. Near Malaga a beautiful young girl of twenty com- mitted suicide by drinking a cup of coffee in which phosphorus had been dissolved. It appears that the girl had been driven to the deed by the adverse comments of neighbors who became aware that she had given her sweet- heart a kiss.—London Mail. The Family Game. Mother (coming into the children’s’ room)—Rosle, what are you ‘making |+ such a terrible nolse over? Look at Hugo. See how quiet he sits ‘there. Rosle—Yes, it's easy for him' to’ sit quiet in the game we are playing. He' I8 papa, who has come home late, and I am—you.—Wiener Salonwitzblatt. Telephone Lines Crossed Ole Kittelson' of this city, divi- sionlineman for the North western Telepkone Exchange company, left ¢his morning for Walker to remedy & defectin the wires be- tween Walker and the next' sta- tion south. - The wires are be- lieved to have become crossed in some manner last night and the Explicit. The Kedah postofiice authoritles have a somewhat blunt way of putting things. Coples of a Penang paper post- ed to a subscriber were the other day returned ‘marked, ‘“Addressee hanged » f0r urder, Bmg.k"k T’m.e" line was* suspended Kn.telson The man or woman who smiles, ll- | believed - ‘he wohld locate ' the| ing the hearts of friends from day to i day with sunshine, does more for the world than. all the medicine ' the lfggéfia WRITTEN Formet” City “Editor of anm" flmlblfl 1agt Night to i 2=Tuberculosis. ; NS msuse svm'ms IN uuuhnv MIRKE WITH. GREAT ,mymmr Fred Struggled Mlnmljg Kept ‘Up His W ;;maf Vefy ‘Last, <= | T S | Fred C. Carlson, for ten; years avalued employe of the Pioneer, died at 11:30 o'clock last/night, at the home of his brother.in- law, John Patterson, in this city. Fred’s untimely demise re- sulted from that of diseases, quick consumption, (called tuberculosis), the ‘“white plague.” He became sfflicted with the disease during last Jan. uary, and’ although not feeling well, he thought but li tle of his ailment, and kept at his desk in the Pionzer office, The disease took a firm hold on its victim, and Fred began failing rapidly, losing weight and be- coming afflicted with the cough that isa sure indication of the presence of consumption. Although ‘loath to leave the paper, Fred's condition.- was such that he was forced to quit his labors and seek relief in the open air, among the pines. He went to Lalte George, where he established a camp and putin his entire time fishing and living in the open air on the lake shore. But the attempts to recuper- ate had been taken too late, and after spending._most of the sum- mer at the lake, without any : beneficial results, he returned to lt.his city and’ has lived at the home of his sistor, Mrs. John Patterson. During the last month, Fred was unable to get around much, and was seen but little on the streets of the city. The remarkable nerye dis- played by the young man was a wonder to his friends. He made no complaints as to his failing bealth, and apparently ' did not realize the seriousness ef his ailment.. Even as late as yester- day he spoke of having a “slight set back, but would be all right again in a few days.” A severe hemorrhage, last Sunday morn- ing, greatly weakened him and hastened his end. Fred Carl Carlson was born in Casselton, N. D,, April 26, 1883, where he lived until February 2, 1895, when he moved to Bemidji with bis parents. He entered the cffice of the Beltrami Eagle, for the purpose of learning the printing trade. In 1896 the |Pioneer was established, and Fred accepted a posidion with the paper. He had remained with the paper ever since then, learning the trade, and also showing exceptional ability in the matter of gathering news. He was city editor of the Pioneer atthe time he was forced to cease his labors on account of his health. Fred was aboy of an unusual genial and lovable nature and he won friends wherever he was known, His early death brings sorrow to'a wide circle, and cuts {short what promised to be a long ana ‘successful career. The deceased is survived by his mother, who lives i two married sisters, Mn John Patterson and Mrs. War- ner; an. unmarried sister, Miss Kdna, and a_brother, Harry, all of whom' reside in this city. The funeral will be hield at the newspaper |home of John Patterson, Mon- L. Mmton will have ch-.rge of the most dreaded .