Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 31, 1907, Page 4

oS SR " - | i ] Legal Blanks, Copy Holders, Calendar. Pads, Document Files, Note Books, Time Books, Scale Report Books, Trial Balanoe Books, Rulers, Erasers, Kneaded Rubby %a e SALES ARE ENORMOUS Cooper’s Preparations Are Leading Topic in Cincinnati—Callers at Young Man's Headquarters Cincinnati, O., Jan 30.—The most interesting feature of the enormous sale of the Cooper preparations, now going on in this city, is what the medicines areactually accomplishingamong the people of Cincinnati. At the commencement of his visit here Mr. Cooper prophesied that during the latter part of his stay he would receive hundreds of callers daily who came simply to thank him for what the prep- arations had done. Healso stated that stemach trouble is the foundation for a great many diseases and that his New Dis- covery, as it is called, would prove very effective in all cases of rheumatism simply by getting the stomach in working order. That this prophesy has been fulfilled cannot be doubted after a half hour spent at the young man’s headquarters listening to what his callers have to say. A reporter, who watched to ascertain, if possible, some light on the reasons for the immensity of Cooper’s success interviewed about twenty of his callers yes- terday afternoon. The state- ment made by those seen indi- cate that physicians who claim that Cooper is merely a passing fad, have not looked into the facts. Some of these statements were as follows: Miss Sadie Middle- ton living at 1957 Central Ave., upon being questioned said: “I have been troubled with general weakness, dizziness, headache, sleeplessness and stomach disorders for a number of years, suffering all the time with my kidneys and back. I had tried a number of medicines and vigited several doctors but none helped me. I heard on all sides of these Cooper remedies and decided to try them. Any one who says they are not won- derful medicines, does not know what they are talking about. After I used the first bottle, I noticed a decided improvement. I have taken three bottles of the New Discovery and Inow feel as well as I ever have in my life, I sleep and eat as I have not done for years, and I am happier Interviewed. than I have been for a long time. I have come here to thank Mr. Cooper for what he has done for me.” The statement of Mrs, M. E. Emerson living at 630 W. Court St., was as follows: “I have suffered with stomach trouble and constipation for a year or so. When I ate I would have bloated spells, sour stomach, fermentation, bad taste in my mouth. Inthe morning, I was as tired as when I went to bed. Thad adull pain in the lower part of my back. I have taken almost one bottle of the New Dis- covery and I am wonderfully improved that I have come down here to thank Mr. Cooper in per- son and obtain more of the medi- cine.” Another statement was made by Mr, E. Luken living at 1006 Gest St., who said: “I have been a sufferer with rheumatism for several years. I could not walk or stand on my feet when Mr. Cooper came to Cincinnati. Nothing helped me in any way and I despaired of finding relief. I was in a general run down con- dition, also, and had some stomach trouble. Hearing of his wonderful work my father con- sulted him regarding my case and purchased a bottle of his New Discovery. After I had finished that one bottle I was able to walk down town and see him myself ” “I have continued to take this wonderful medicine and I am now without a sign of rheuma- tism. My general health is also greatly improved and I have not felt so well for years. I would not have believed that there was a medicine on earth that would do what this medicine has done for me. Iam so much happier that I am very grateful to the man that has made it possible for me to regain my health. He has the most wonderful medicine that I know anything about. Other statements taken from those who had previously used the medicines seem to prove that Cooper’s success throughout the country is genuine. —_— ROAST FOR (OCTOPUS COMMERCE COMMISSION SENDS REPORT TO CONGRESS ON OIL INVESTIGATION. CONDEMNS POLICY OF THE TRUST R [RUIN OF COMPETITORS ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL FEATURES OF THE SYSTEM. Washington, Jan. $—The Inter- state commerce commission has sent to congress a report of the investiga- tions made by it under the Tillman- Gillespie resolution concerning the re- lations of common carriers by rail to the production and distribution of oil. The report covers the distribution of petroleum and its products east of the Mississipp! river and, incidentally, the Kansas and Texas fields. The report points out generally the methods by which the Standard Oil company “has bullt up and perpetuated its monopoly and the relations of transportation agencies to that monopoly.” It is as- serted that “the ruin of its compet- itors has been a distinct part of the policy of the Standard Oil company in the past, systematically and per- sistently pursued.” “The Standard Oil company,” the report says, “largely monopolizes the handling of petroleum from the mouth of the well until it 1s sold to the re- tafler and sometimes to the consumer and under ordinary circumstances its margin of profit is very large. The profit on refined ofl from the Sugar Creek refinery at Kansas City is from 8 to 8 cents per gallon. A much higher profit is indicated for gasoline. The sale of refined oll from the large Standard refinery at Whiting is corre- spondingly profitable. Not_Result of Economy. “The evidence shows little basis for the contention that the enormous dividends of the Standard Oil com- pany are the legitimate result of its economics. Except for its pipe lines the Standard has but little legitimate advantage over the independent re- finer. “The Standard buys advertising space in many newspapers, which it fills, not with advertisements, but with reading matter prepared by agents kept for that purpose and paid for at advertising rates as ordinary news. The assumption is that this literature furnishes many of the ideas touching the great benefits conferred upon the public by the Standard Oil company. “The pipe line system of the Stand- ard is not a natural but rather an artificial advantage. It is argued that the reason why long pipe lines com- peting with those of the Standard have not been provided is found in ob- stacles in the way of such undertak- ings having been opposed by the rail- roads, whose right of way has gen- erally stood as a Chinese wall against all attempts to extend pipe lines. Or- dinarily the Standard has not received rebates in recent years, so far as has been discovered, but it has neverthe- less enjoyed secret rates possessing all of the elements of illegal rates and the advantages so obtained over inde- pendent shippers have been of very great value to that company.” Destruction of Competition. In discussing the assertion con- talned in the report that “the ruin of its competitors has been a distinct bart of the policy of the Standard Oil company,” the commission states that one method has been the organization of a perfect system of espionage over the shipments of its competitors, re- sulting in knowledge as to the destina- tion of every car of ofl leaving the refinery of an independent. The Standard agent at the destination, says the report, is held responsible if the independent oil Is sold. The assertion is made that it is the practice of the Standard whenever a Gompetitor erects a storage plant to which the oil is transferred from the tank car to reduce the price of ofl in that locality to such a point as to make the business unprofitable to such a competitor, while prices are maintained in other localities. There was much complaint that the railroads allowed the Standard to erect its tanks at convenient points on the rail: road right of way and declined to ac- cord this privilege to independent re- finers. The commission says it is sat- isfied that such discrimination has been very generally practiced in the past. WILL DESERT ZION CITY. Voliva and His Followers to Estab- lish New Home. Chicago, Jan. J».—Zion City is to be deserted by Wilbur Glenn Voliva and all those over whom he holds sway. A new Zion City is to be founded, probably on the Pacific coast, and Dr. Dowie and his creditors will be Jleft to fight out the question of supremacy here. -Rumors of such impending aotion have circulated in Zion City ever since last summer, when Overseer John G. Speicher was sent to Los Angeles to assume charge of the various colonies on the Pacific coast. It was said Speicher was to select the site for the new colony. This was repeatedly de- nied until Sunday, when the rumor was confirmed by Voliva himself at a meeting held in Zion temple. ‘Why Some Countries Are Uninhabited A mere glance at our maps impresses a few general facts upon us. We see that the largest areas of the unknown are now in lands that are too dry, as in the Sahara, the desert of Arabla, and the steppes of Mongolia; lands that are too wet and hot, stimulating almost im- penetrable forest growths, as in parts of the Amazon and Kongo basins; lands that are too cold and bleak, as portions of the northern areas of Amer- ica and Asla. Even the characteristics of the inhabitants influence the extent of the unexplored. In proportion to to- tal area there is more unknown surface in Liberia than in any other political subdivision of the world, because the Liberians, content to live along the coast, have scarcely entered their vast forest maze, though they teem with rubber and other resources.—Cyrus C. Adams in Harper's. What Red Coral Is, The red coral that is used for neck laces is a horny axls which supports a number of soft bodied, coral-like ani- mals, or polyps, the entire structure bearing a strong resemblance to a small shrub. The fishermen, after they have brought this shrublike colony to the surface, clean the soft animal mat- ter away, preserving the red core,. or axis, which is sold as jewelry. Al though red coral contains some line, it 18 largely composed of a substance akin to horn, and, like horn, it takes a fine polish. Horn, wool and other ani- mal substances of this nature almost invarlably change their color when brought into intense heat.—St. Nich- -olas. s Historic 01a New York. Greenwich village, in New York city, was first brought into prominence when Sir Peter Warren, descended from au ancient Irish family and vice admiral of the British fleet, settled there in 1744. He married Susannah De Lancey and settled on a fine estate of more than 800 acres, running from Christopher street to West Twenty- first. It was laid out like an Hnglish park, with splendid hedges and ave- nues of trees and a fine old mansion, which was the resort of all the quality of old New York. His three daughters all made brilliant marriages in Eng land. One became the Countess of Abingdon, and her name is preserved In Abingdon square. On the division of the estate at Sir Peter’s death the homestead fell to her. She sold it to Abijah Hammond, who sold it to Abra- ham Van Nest, and it is still remem- bered by many as the old Van Nest house, demolished in 1865, Among other distinguished persons who have lived in Greenwich were Oliver De Lancey, William Bayard, Washington, Vice President and Mrs. John Adams, Aaron Burr and Tom Paine. Barrow street was originally named Reason Street in compliment to the great in- fidel's best known book, “Age of Rea- son.” A Strong Face. “Facial expression,” said the thought- ful looking man, “Is not confined to human belngs by any means. For in- stance, some time ago I went to cal) on a frlend of mine, who was not at home. However, a dog of his was there. I looked at the dog a moment, and he returned my look. Then some- thing in that dog’s face seemed to take hold of me and simply root me to the spot. It was his teeth!”—-Chicago News. The Clever Nurse® Grandmother—Why, nurse, whatever are you thinking of to ‘bring so young an infant into the open air on so cold and windy a day as this? Nurse—But you surely do not think that so small 8 child understands differences In tem. perature?—I1 Mondo Umoristico. “Naming” a Member. It {s an anclent bellef that a man's name has some mysterious sympathy with his nature, whence arlse such storles 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 {s merely a survival of this bellef, which the Norsemen brought into England. TARIFF WAR AVERTED CONFERENCE OF AMERICAN AND GERMAN COMMISSIONERS RE- SULTS IN SUCCESS. TWO PROPOSITIONS AWAIT APPROVAL GERMANY ASKS CERTAIN CON- CESSIONS . PENDING RECIP- ROCAL AGREEMENT. Washington, Jan. s3—Much satis- faction is felt here in official circles over the result of the conferences in Berlin of the American and German tariff commissioners and while details of the conclusions which will form the basis of future negotiations will not be known until the arrival in this country of Commissioner North, who salls on Jan. 80, sufficient information is at hand to convince the authorities that a tariff war with Germany will be averted. Official advices recelved here are to the effect that Mr. North is bring- ing home two propositions, one of which is that pending a more per- manent arrangement Germany will be satisfled with certain concessions which it is believed the president now has authority to grant. The second proposition, and the one with which congress will have to deal, involves a reciprocity treaty. The existing understanding between the United States and Germany will not expire for several months and it 1s believed here that the temporary plan referred to has been devised to cover the period when congress is not in session and in order that the new congress, which convenes next Decem- ber, may have ample time to deal with the question. But three weeks of the present congress will remain after Mr. North arrives here and it is seriously doubted if at the present session ‘anything can be done towards ratifying a reciprocity treaty. REFUSED TO “SHUT UP. Witness Causes Scene Before House Committee. ‘Washington, Jan. £ .—“You are the most insulting and' contemptible wit- ness Iever saw before a committee,” Was the-retort of Representative Gros- venor t6 Professor Henry W. Elliott of Cleveland at a meeting of the house ways and means committee to con- sider the Southard measure for regu- lating sealing-in Alaskan waters. “You can’t shut me up. All this evidence is coming. It'll go on the floor of the house,” Mr. Elliott shout- ed in reply. “Take it into the house as soon as you wish,” Mr. Grosvenor replied, calmly. The controversy arose through Pro- fessor Elliott’s attempt to read to the committee much testimony concern- ing the case of the J. Hamilton Lewis, a sealing vessel, which was finally settled before The Hague tribunal. General Grosvenor, Chairman Payne, Representative Dalzell and other mem- bers of the committee attempted to explain to Mr. Elliott that the docu- ments he was reading were of no value in the hearing, but he resented their interruptions and attacked the members of the committee with a vehemence which afforded much amusement to the committee and the spectators gathered in the room. IDENTITY NOT ESTABLISHED. Young Couple Sulcide by Standing in Front of Traln. Camden, N. J,, Jan. 39—The iden- tity of the man and woman who are believed to have entered into a sui- cide pact and who were killed by an electric train near here has not been established. The motorman claims that when the couple saw the train approach they kissed each other, em- braced and waited for the train to strike them. Despite the efforts of the motorman to stop the train struck the couple with considerable force. The man’s body was thrown into the cresk and it floated under the ice, which fills the stream. It has not been recovered. The body of the young woman is at the morgue. She was about twenty-five years of age and wore a wedding ring. The woman was well dressed and carried sus- pended from her neck by a gold chain & watch on which the initials “W. C.” Wwere.engraved. HACKDRIVER 18 HELD. Charged With Mysterious Murder on New York, Jan. »4.—Moses Sflver- man, the St. George hackdriver, who was arrested after Dr. Charles Wilmot Townsend, a prominent physician, had been shot and.mortally wounded at his home in New Brighton, Staten Isl- and, was arraigned in court and held in $25,000 ball for further examina- tion. Dr. Townsend died Sunday morning. Many Concerns Burned Out. Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. : -.—Fire which broke out in the Columbia building, an eight-story structure in Seneca street, destroyed the entire interior, causing & loss estimated at between $400,000 and $500,000.. The fire broke out on the top floor, which was occu- pled by C. B. Russell, printer, but Rubber Stamps and Pads, er Squares, Township Plats in book form, Fine quality colored Fountain Pens, Letter Copy Books, Paper Clips A Lemon Instead. “Do you ‘know,” a pretty bride of three months said to a friend the other day, “I think all these jokes about young wives having so much trouble with butchers and grocers and being cheated and all that Is just too fool- ish.” “Then I presume you are getting on all right with yours, dear?” her friend inquired. “Why, of course I am! Anybody would if they would just deal at a re- liable place,” the young wife declared. “Now, there Is my grocer,” she con- tinued; “he is just as obliging and thoughtful as can be. The other day X ordered a dozen oranges, and when they came I found there were but elev- en in the bag, so when I went to the store again I told him so. “‘Why, yes, ma’am,’ he said, ‘I know there were. I had put in a dozen, but I noticed that one of them was spoll- ed, and of course I wouldn’t send you any but the best goods, so I took it out.’ 4 “Now, don’t you think that was nice in him to be so thoughtful and hon- est?” she concluded —Harper's Weekly. Gladstone as -an Orator. It was a budget last night—about a page of a morning paper spoken in two hours by Mr. Gladstone, and he hard- ly referred to a note, never paused a moment, broke through cheers, dashed over interpellations—logic, figures, il- lustrations, extracts—all pellmell, with a whirl and fury that took the breath away. And he did it all with the ut- most ease and got to the end without turning a hair. Mr. Gladstone took it all quietly and did it quietly and left the house and went home quietly, probably mentioning to Mrs. Gladstone as a reason for being rather tired that he had been saying a “few words” that evening.—From Whitty’s “Parlla- mentary Retrospect.” “Home, Sweet Home.” Probably no one would have been more surprised than Sir Henry Bishop himself could be have foreseen that a single melody In one of his numerous operas would achieve such celebrity that at the present day it is still sung by leading prima donnas at fashionable concerts, jangled on street organs and loved by a vast public that knows noth. ing of music, properly so called, as the purest representation of the English spirit—“Home, Sweet Home.” “Clari, the Maid of Milan,” the opera in which this favorite song occurred, has long been consigned to the limbo of forgot- ten musical works, but “Home, Sweet Home,” survives with undiminished popularity and s likely to survive ‘when many more pretentious composi- tlons have followed “The Maid of Milan” into oblivion.—Cornell Mag- azine. Keep the Armholes Down. It is strange that not one person in a thousand knows how to help a man on with his coat or a lady with her Jacket. They all make the mistake of bolding the garment too high, espectal- ly the last sleeve. They lift it so that 4 man nearly dislocates his arm reach- ing for it. The more futilely he grabg and claws and lurches for it the higher they hold it until the wretched victim would have to get on a pair of stilts to find the armhole. The proper. way? Why, hold the coat so that the arm- holes are as low down as the man’s waist, taking care to keep the skirt of the garment off the floor, of course. If there is any struggle to find the last armhole, drop it still lower. Never raise it. Drop it until his hand slips into it naturally. The “Rote of the Waven.” It is a favorite theory with the fish- Ing and seafaring people on the north- east of Scotland that in a storm three ‘waves are strong and violent, while the fourth is comparatively weak and less dangerous. This succession they call a “rote of waves.” Fishermen re- turning from their fishing ground often prove by experience the truth of thelr theory and hang back as they come near the shore to take advantage of the lull that follows, say, pretty reg- ularly after three big breakers. Happiness In Marriage. It all comes around to ome of tvo things. With all married couples who differ in habit, in taste, in opinion, in mode of life, if there is to be any hap- piness somebody has to learn to give up or give up minding that there is a difference. BEither way is as good as the other. It is surprising how many things are not of any importance if one can only think they are not.—Har- Dper’s Bazar. Fatherly Advice. “Papa,” said the girl with the new engagement ring, “did I understand you to say that you intended to buy me a plano for a wedding present?’ “Yes, dear,” replied her father, “but I wouldn’t advise you to mention it to George. He might break the engage- ment.”"—Chicago News. 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. Rosie—Yes, it's easy for him to sit quiet in the game ‘'we are playing. He 1s papa, who has come home late, and I am—you.—Wiener Salonwitzblatt. Explict. - The Kedah postoffice aunthorities 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 for murder.”—Bangkok Times. The man or woman who smiles, fill- ing the hearts of friends from day to flay with sunshine, does more for the from what cause has not been ascer-! world than all the medicines of the tained. _tenants. There were about twenty epothecary. , .= « | any of the tribe at such times all come Get Your Office Supplies at the Bemidji Pioneer Office Most Complete Stock West of Duluth lank Books, Ledgers, Journals, Etc., Stationery, Christmas Stickers, 1907 Diaries, Typewriter Paper, Scrap Books, Lead Pencils, Pens, Holders, Ink Wells, Etc. % ‘Why the Indidns Masked., “Among the North American Indians the origin of the use of masks lay,” | 8ays a writer, “in the desire to conceal | the emotions. Thus should two war-! rlors meet in combat the mask con- ceals any expression, whether or sym- pathy, fear or other emotion. For in- | stance, the knowledge that fear was ! depicted on one’s face and that his antagonist. knew it would very pos-{ sibly insure the defeat of the one ‘whose feelings were betrayed to the other. 8o in religious ceremonies the orator wears a mask that he may speak his inspired words without “in- terference or embarrassment, either of ‘which might arise were his personality not thus veiled. He must not be over- awed by anything, a condition which might ensue if he were recognized by friends, relatives or enemies, who might scoff at him. When masked the orator’s duty is merely te listen to the Inspiration which comes without ef- fort through the medium of the spirit. And since tly's Inspiration might seize masked.” A Snail’s Sense of Smell. Professor H. Yung of Geneva discoy- ered that the keen sense of smell attrib- uted to the ordinary snail is distributed over the entire body not covered by the shell, the two pairs of tentacles, the lips and the edges of the feet being particularly sensitive. In the experl- | ments made a brush dipped in various odorous substances in turn was brought near the different parts of the body, and responses were noted at distances of one. twenty-fifth .of an inch to several Inches. Only in exceptional cases was odor perceived as much as fifteen or twenty inches away, showing that smell cannot guide these creatures to food far | removed. The First Astronomy. The beginnings of astronomy were on the tops of towers of Babylon and the pyramids of Egypt. It is believed by many writers that both classés of i structure were erected for astronomical purposes. As early as the time of Job, | nearly 2,000 years before Christ, most ; of the stars had been divided into con- stellations. The writer of Job men. tions Arcturus, Orion and Pleiades as | being familiar. The modern science dates from the labors of Copernicus, ' Tycho Brahe and Newton. Her Wisdom., “Girls!” quietly called old but emi- nently astute Aunt Broadhead. “Ma’am?” they replied as they flut- tered obedlently to her. “Always remember, girls, that when & man professes to have a ‘fatherly in- terest’ in you his own daughters need I, that your own father can sufficlent- | Iy supply you with it and that is the oldest of all storles save one in the world.”—Puck. | elty walls. and Fasteners, Rubber Bands, Letter Files, Invoices, Typewriter Supplies, Postal Scales, e S S | Blotters, Letter Copy Presses, Waste Paper Baskets, Rubber Type Outfits, Staplers, Paper Knives, & This Was In 1za, English opinion of the United States In 1824, from the standpoint of the fashionable London set, 1s shown in | the extract from the correspondent of John Whishaw: “You must have read some time since in the papers of a few young ‘fashionables,” Mr. Stanley (Lord Der- by’s grandson), Messrs, Wortley and Denison, ministerial members, and La- bouchere, a nephew of Mr. Baring, having sailed for New York with the intention of making a tonr of the. United States. The scheme was thought very wild and much disap- proved of by the west end of the town, and disappointment and disgust were universally predicted.” A Canton Clock ' The famous clepsydra or wutch cloca of Canton is housed in a temple on the Three big earthen jars on successive shelves and & fourta and lowest one with a wooden cover con- stitute the whole clepsydra. The wa- ter descends by slow drops from one Jar to another, the brass scale on a float In the last jar telling the hours as it rises. Every afternoon at 5 o'clock since 1821 A. D. the lowest jar has been emptied, the upper one filled and the clock thus wound up for an- sther dav. Turties as Gardeners. The peddlers with carts who supply the occupants of villas in the environs of Paris with cherries and other small fruits frequently carry for sale a few small turtles. They are purchased by the inhabitants of the villas to be plac- ed in their gardens, where they are be- lieved to serve as very effective aids to the gardener by preventing the rav- ages of the insects and other small creatures which are accustomed to do much damage to the flower beds and borders.—Youth’s Companion. Perpetual, “You always appear to be worrled about your housekeeping,” remarked the sympathetic friend. “But really,” replied the housekeeper, “there are only two occasions when I am really worried. One is when I baven’t a servant and the other is when I bave.” Friendship. There is a certain development of love in which the covetous longing of two people for one another has yielded to a higher mutual thirst for an ideal above them both. But who has found such love, who has experienced it? Its true name is friendship. On the Safe Side. Bchroeder (to his neighbor, a widow- er)—Why did you send your housekeep- er away, since she was such a good cook? The Widower—She made such splendid puddings T was afraid I should marry her.—Fliegende Blatter. A cuble foot of distilled watesr weighs very nearly 1,000 ounces. Wait for Our Spring Announcement Next Week The Greater Department Store (’Leary & Bowser. ¥ and Cloth Coats, Cloth worth up to $5.00 What we have left since our January Clearance Sales, and how they willsell Friday and Saturday, February Ist Ladies Ready-to-Wear Waists The entire line will be offered these two days at exactly one third off regular price. Our remaining garments consisting of go at one third off regular price. Ladies Sweaters Wrappers and Dressing Sacques one fourth off regular price 2nd. N ¢ Suits and Skirts will go at $1.25 All Candies are still being closed out. when you buy your Sunday Candies. The remaining Shoe values will hold good on these two days. Our Ten Cent Counter 1s still doing wonders in the way of bargain giving. Come in Friday or Saturday Don’t forget this =