Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 9, 1907, Page 2

R THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED NVERY AFTMRNOON, OFFICIAL PAPER---CITY OF BEMIDJI BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. CLYDE J. PRYOR | A. G. RUTLEDOE; Business Manager Managing Editor Entered in the postoffice at Remidjl. Minn., a8 second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION---85.00 PER ANNUM No up-date Teddy bear is com- plete without a trunk. When this news reaches Oyster Bay the ursus Theodorus probally will be sent packing. “Wedding dates,” we note in the society columns, ‘“are being set earlier this year.” result of greater divorce courts. expedition in the France was shocked yesterday to hear that some of her ‘soldiers had been killed in battle. Familiary with the Frence duel has led the people to hold all shooting harmless. ——— John D. is credited with the plan to build a sixteen- story church in Cleveland. That’ may help some, but at best he will find ita pretty long jump from the steeple to the pearly gates. —_— AS TO SHAKING CONFIDENCE. In the comparative stillness which has follewed the recent outburst against the President, attention may be invited to an instructive in- cident in high finance. This incident is the destruction of the books of the Street Railway Company of New York, now definitely ascertained by the Public Service Commission of that city, in the course of an inquiry nto the affairs of the company. In the destruction of these books all direct, formal evidence of the terms and conditions of the consoli* dation of the Metropolitan Street Railway Comnany with the Inter- borough company and other com- panies disappears. In the process of these consoli- dations a capitalization has been built up from a few millions to fifty- two millions. Why were the books destroyed? Because the storeroom was crowd- | ed says an official. Because there was rascality to be hid, says the public. At an earlier hearing before the commission we had a glimpse of the book-keeping of the Interborough- Metropolitan Company. We then learned that a contribution of $500 to the Civic Federation which Mr. August Belmont purported to make from his own purse was charged to the equipment fund. Also the cost of a history of the Interborough- Metropolitan—landing Mr. Belmont —and modestly distributed by him to his friends—a matter of thirteen odd thousands—was charged to the same account. Other items equally instructive were disclosed. Whether or not the Public Service Commission wiil be balked in its in- quiry remains to be seen. But mean- while the public at large has hada noteworthy example of a certain type of corporate finance. And in the comparative stillness now prevailing, it may be possible to hear the public asking itself: “What is shaking confidence?” Banlshed From Russlan Empire. ‘Warsaw, Russian Poland, Sept. 7.— M. Gradevsky, a member of the late jarllament, who recently returned aere from a tour of the United States, where he collected a large amount of money for the Polish Nationallist :chools, has been banished from the mpire for “sedltious agitation.” Absentminded. Bhe was an exceedingly dalnty lt- tle woman, who was taking a very great interest In the welfare of the convicts when she was being shown through the penitentiary the other day. Guard O'Brlen was along when she happened to speak to one of the prison- ers. “I am go sorry for you,” she re- marked In a tender tone of volce. “Of course you will be very thankful when dhe tlme comes for you to leave thls dreadful place.” “No,” retorted the man. “I'd a sight rather stop here where I am.” The little woman almost collapsed. “Isn’t It strange? she asked, turme Ing to the guard. “I had no idea the prisoners were so contented. What was the poor fellow's offense?’ ‘The guard concealed a covert grin. “He was just a little absentminded, that was all,” followed the grin, “Absentminded!” exclalmed his as- tonished Interrogator. “Yes, madam,” politely replied O’Brien. “He persisted in forgetting he was marrled, and now when his time 18 up he has five wives awalting him on the outside.” The woman could not deny that the convict had sufficient reasons to be contented with his present lot.—Colum- bus Dispatch. Probably as the | Metropolitan | |l' Humorous Chinese Graft. A certain Chinese taotal (magistrate) having told his men to have two ingots of gold sent to his treasury for pur- chase, the shopmen brought them In and in answer to the query of the tao- tal told him that the price was so much In taels, but added, “This is the or- dinary price, but for your homor we will knock off one-half of the price.” Then the taotai said to his underlings: “Secing that they are to sell to me at only one-halt price, just give them back one ingot of gold and put the other in my treasury, and thus thelr account is settled. Goodby.” So the underlings of the yamen did so, but still the shopmen hung around wait- Ing. The taotai asked them why they were walting, when their account had been alveady settled. Sald the shop- men, “When did your honor pay your humble servants?’ Then the magis- trate answered with a very fierce air: “Taio nu ts-al” (Impertinent slaves), “Qid you not say that these two gold Ingots were half price to me? Then did I not give you back one Ingot and keep the other and thus settle your ac- count without the least Injustice ac- cording to your own proposition? So | be off with you or my llctors will give you a taste of the scourge.”—Harper’s Weekly. A Singular Calculation. It would require, according to the calculatlons of a sclentist, the power of a 10,000 horsepower engine about 70,000,000,000 years to lft the earth a foot In height, and to do thls work, allowing thirteen pounds of water per horsepower per hour, would require some 10,000,000,000,000,000,000 gallons of water, or more than would be dis- charged at the mouth of the Mississip- pl in 6,000 years. This would be enough, the writer estimates, to cover the entire surface of the earth to a depth of not less than 300 feet, to convert which into steam, using good bollers, would require some 4,000,000,- 000,000,000 tons of coal. If the latter quantity of the mineral was londed on cars of twenty tons each it would de- mand 200,000,000,000,000 such cars. If the latter were thirty feet long and all coupled together in one train it would reach around the earth 45,000,- 000 times and, if running twenty-five miles per hour, would consume 25,000, 000 years in running the length of it- self. So much for figures. “Crocodile Tears.” The phrase “crocodile tears” owes its origin to the imagination of some of the old travelers, who invented the fable that the crocodile weeps over its prey. One of the earliest English globe trotters to mention this fiction was Sir John Mandeville, who in his “Travels” (1499), speaking of “Etliop,” “Ynde" and an “Yle clept Silla,” says: “That Lond is full of Serpents and of Cokadrilles. These Cokadrilles ben a manner of Long Serpente, zalowe | and rayed aboven, and had four Feete and schorte Thyes and grete Nayles as Clees or Talonns, and there ben sume that had five Fadme In length and sume of six and a halfendal. And in the nyght thel dwellen In the Water and on the Day won upon the Lond. | Theise Serpentes slue men, and thel eten hem weypnge, and when thei eten thel moven the over Jowe and noughte the nether Jowe, and thei have mno tonge.”—St. Louls Republic. Me and My Father. The commercial traveler flicked the dust off his boots, straightened his tie and entered the emporium of Mr. Brown, the village grocer. He was new to the district, otherwise he would not have made the error which we now divulge. Behind the counter was a young gentleman of fourteen, with bulging eyes and a high collar. To him the traveler addressed himself. “My boy,” he said, “is Mr. Brown in?" “I’m Mr. Brown,” the boy replied. “But possibly you want to see old Mr. Brown, my father. I'll get him.” And as the boy went in search of his prematurely aged parent it dawned upon the traveler that this is indeed an age of young men.—London An- swers. Ideals. He kissed her hand. She withdrew it hastily and gazed re- proachfully at him. “I didn’t think it of you!” she said, almost tearfully. “I had always con- sidered you a young man with ideals, and"— “I—I am sorry if I have offended,” he stammered. “I”"— “Well,” she said bitterly, “I certain- ly expected you to aim higher.” So he took heart and made new res- olutions and things.—Brooklyn Eagle. Safe. Mrs. Smith—Yes, my little five-year- old girl is a great help in my house- keeplng. Mrs. Randall-Why, what can such a child do to help? Mrs. Smith—She goes down and tells the cook for me whenever we're going to have company.—Harper’s Bazar. Delicately Put. He would not say that she painted, powdered and all that. He was too much of a gentleman for that. “Stlll T may as well confess,” he eald, “that she impressed me as one ‘who thinks she can improve upon the Lord’s handiwork.” The Plagiarist. “Father,” sald Rollo, plaglarist?’ “A plagiarist, my son, is a Kklepto- maniac who lacks the courage to take anything which the police could be called on to protect.”— Washington Btar. A man can know nothing of man- kind without knowing something of himself.—Beaconsfield. “Listeners Seldom Hear,” Eto. Two elderly malden sisters had long lived together—one gentle and sweet, the other acrid in temper and forbid- ding in appearance. The former was taken suddenly 11, and the other, anx- fous to know whether the doctors thought her sister would llve—as she was desirous of acquiring the money she knew her gentle sister had willed her—hid behind a screen in the morn- ing room, where the doctors soon after came down to consult. . “Well,” asked Dr. Harrls, “what do — e e et "what 18 a| m you think of hér?” 7= + “Think of her?’ cried Dr. Brown. “Of all the antiquated, vinalgretted old hags ever created I think she is the very worst! What is Providence thinking of to inflict pain on that gen- tle soul upstairs and leave untouched a gaunt, withered caricature of hu- manity such as this other? Jump into my motor with me, and we’ll chat about our patient as we go.” And they “goed,” leaving the eaves- dropper to come from her hiding place as they retveated.—Illustrated Bits. He Saw the Game. The office boy had buried countless grandmothers, brothers, sisters, aunts and cousins, but he felt an enthusiasm for the baseball game that day which ‘would not be downed. Suddenly an idea struck him. Ap- proaching the easy boss with an alr of familiarity which had been nurtur: ed by long usage he asked: “May I leave at noon today, sir?” “And why, my boy?”’ “There {s a fancy fair at our church and mother wants me to go this after- noon. She was so anxious that she bought me a ticket which cost a dol- lar, as she was sure you would allow me the few hours off. I have toassist at the refreshment stall, and it :seems a pity to waste”— “But surely you are above such things as that which take you'away from your work. Why not give the ticket to one of your sisters?” “Well, you see, sir, that wouldn’t be fair, for I'm the only one of our fam- iy who can be depended upon to eat a dollar’s worth, and”— His supreme nerve won the day.— Smith’s Magazine. An English Amenity. A striking difference between our manners and those of our English cousins was shown one day at a gar- den party. The hostess, an American, ‘was speaking to one of her guests, an Englishwoman of rank, “Dear Lady B.” she said, “here are some sandwiches which I made with my own hands, particularly for you. You know I've often told you about our American sandwiches and how good they are. Here are different sorts, lettuce and cucumbers, if you care for ‘grass,” or if you like a savory better try the cream cheese ones with pimentoes. I've some sweet ones, too, raisins and nuts chopped together— which will you try first?” She held a plate in each hand, a plate filled with dainty looking sand- wiches, and they were extended invit- ingly toward her guest, who looked at them critically, then said in the clear, high pitched voice of the well bred Englishwoman: “Oh, thank you, so kind of you, but do you know I never touch the nawsty things?”’—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Chance For a Home Run. A clever teacher who has the power of calling out originality in her pupils says that she would have no use for text books if she took time to answer all the startling questions asked in the classroom. One day the attraction of gravitation was under discussion when one of the boys sald that he didn’t see any need of it, anyway. “It seems to me,” said he, “there’s no particular use in having the earth at- tract things. Now, when the apple fell and made Newton think out the reason for it, that apple might just as well have stayed where it was until somebody gathered it.” “You play ball, don’t you?’ asked the teacher. “Well, suppose you knock the ball very high, what happens?”’ “It falls.” “But if there were no attraction to- ward the earth it wouldn’t fall. Don’t you think that might prove inconven- fent?” “My,” cried the boy, “what a bully chance for a home run!”—Chicago News. Her Supposition. In the Beecher family the name of Mrs. Stowe was often quoted to the rising generation as one having au- thority. She was also quoted ad nau- seam, it would seem, from a story told by the Woman's Journal. On one oc- casion a grandniece of Mrs. Stowe be- came very angry at a playmate and, stamping her foot, sald, “I hate you, and I don’t want anything more to do with you, nor your manservant, nor your maidservant, nor your ox, nor your ass.” Her mother sternly re: proved her, asking he if she knew ‘what she was saying. Little Miss Beecher promptly replied, “Yes; the Ten Commandments,” “Well, do you know who wrote them?” The child, looking disgusted, answer- ed: “Goodness, yes. Aunt Harriet did, 1 s’pose.” The Word “Poultry.” Poultry, according to the definition glven in one standard encyclopedia, in- cludes “the whole of the domesticated birds reclaimed by man for the sake of their flesh and thelr eggs.” The word comes from the Latin “pullus,” which could mean a young horse or donkey as well as a chick (the English “foal” 18 akin to this), through the French “poule,” a fowl. But it 18 curlous that “poultry” has no French version, the nearest equivalent belng “volallle,” or “olseaux_de basse cour,” birds of the low yard. German in its descriptive way knows poultry as “federvich,” feather cattle. An Unmentioned Ancestor. Mr. B. is very proud of his anclent lineage and never lets slip an oppor- tunity to boast of it. At a dinner where he had been unusually rampant on this subject a fellow guest quieted him by remarking, “If you climb much further up your family tree you will come face to face with the monkey.”— Lippincott’s. A Piece Conference. Russian Bear—I think ‘we had better have our representatives sit in con- vention and do what we have long contemplated—diyide up Turkey. Brit- ish Lion—Yes; in other words, hold another plece conference.—Norristown (Pa.) Times. His Big Score. Beginner at Golf—How many have 1 teen? Disgusted Caddie—Ach, I dinna ken. It's no a caddle ye mneed; it’s a lmmu-d marker.—People’s Journal. — Her Purse and His Handkerchief. “The thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.” The other day a young ‘woman who had dropped her purse, full of pay money for the corps of girls under her charge, considered the thoughts of youth to be rather too “long.” She was injone of the large depart- ment stores, (and as her hands were occupled she'let her purse lie for a few momentsiwhere it had fallen. But her eye was on it. In the meantime a bright little fellow not more than nine or ten years old left his parents near by and deftly covered the purse with a handkerchief. The woman, who is a perfectly self possessed young person, could hardly belleve her eyes, but she waited to see what the boy would do. Just as he was stooping to his prize she placed her foot quietly upon it. The young- ster slipped back without-a word to the well dressed “respectable” people ‘with whom he was. Then the woman picked up her purse and, taking the handkerchief over to the lad, handed it to him, saying, “There s no reason why you should lose your handkerchief just because you didn’t get my purse!”—New York Post. Too Good to Miss. “Theater audiences have improved in recent years,” said a manager. “Why, with provincial touring compa- nles in the past maltreatment was reg- ularly expected. In fact, the compa- nies profited by it in more ways than one. “I know of a company that was playing ‘The Broken Vow’ in Paint Rock, a one night stand. The audience didn’t like ‘“The Broken Vow, and eggs, cabbages and potatoes rained up- on the stage. “Still the play went on. The hero raved through' his endless speeches, dodging an onion or a baseball every other minute and pretty sore from those missiles that he hadn’t been able to dodge. “But finally a gallery auditor in a paroxysm of rage and scorn hurled a heavy boot, and the actor, thoroughly alarmed, started to retreat. “‘Keep on playing, you fool, hissed the manager from the wings as he hooked in the boot with an umbrella. ‘Keep on till we get the other one.’” How a Tree Grows. Both earth and air are required for the growth of a plant or tree. The roots absorb moisture from the soil, which, in the form of a watery fluid called common sap, rises through the fibers of the last deposited annular ring, traversing all the branches and leaf stalks until it reaches the leaves; there it undergoes a change by the absorption of carbonic acid from the air. It then travels downward again in the form of proper sap, just under- neath the bark, which is expanded by the accession of moisture and in the cavity so formed a new layer of ma- terial is deposited which gradually hardens and forms a new annular ring. And so, from absorbing the moisture and minerals of the soil and the carbonic acid of the air the tree goes on until it finishes its cycle and dies.—New York American. Jack Tar at a Christening. A sailor went up to the font to have his baby baptized. Sailors as a class claim little stock in babies, and natu- rally enough this one presented the in- fant feet foremost. “The other way,” said the minister, and accordingly Jack turned the infant -upside down. “Excuse me,” said the clergyman, “I mean the other way.” So back came the embryo foretopman to the first po- sition, to the discouragement of every- body. “Wind it, Jack,” said the nautical assistant, and with an “Aye, aye, sir,” Jack promptly turned the baby end for end, and it was duly christened head first—“On a Man-of-war.” i The Alternative. The Count—Doctor, I have such a fearfully bad cough. What can I do for it? Doctor—Well, sir, you must re- member that you are no longer in your first youth and you must take care of your general health. So you had better leave off smoking; take no alcohol in any form and do not excite yourself in any way; do not— The Count—The mischief, doctor; what am I to do then? Nothing but cough?— Lustige Blatter. The Virg| Plover. The most wonderful bird flight noted s the migratory achievement of the Virginia plover, which leaves its haunts in North America and, taking a course down .the Atlantic, reaches the coast of Brazil in one unbroken flight of fifteen hours, covering a dis- tance of over 3,000 miles at the rate of four miles a minute. Condensed. “Here s an article on ‘How to Live a Hundred Years.’” “Yes, and the whole subject can be condensed into two words.” “What are they?" 4 “‘Don’t die’” — Cleveland Plain Dealer. Not the Music He Loved. Mrs. Talkamore—Your husband is a great lover of music, isn’t he? Mrs. Chatters—Yes, indeed, I have seen him get up in the middle of the night and try to compose.” Mrs. T.—What? Mrs. C.—The baby.—Stray Stories. Woell Named. “This 1s the parlor, eh?” tentatively remarked the real estate agent, who was looking over the house. “Yes,” replled the old man Kidder, “but I usually call it the courtroom. I've got seven daughters, you know.” If you make money your god, ’twill plague you like a devil.—Flelding. A Rigid Examination. Colonel Alexander Gardner, in his volume entitled “Soldler and Travel- er,” says that during a stay in Asia he was once suspected of being a Rus- slan spy. s This was an accusation of great consequence, as Russians were very unpopular at the time, but the traveler was prostrate with fever and almost indifferent as to what might befall taken, my boy? Is it fifteen or six- | him. Al-)pllcnuml was made to the khan of Khiva, and in'a great state of anx- fety as to the traveler's identity he | deputed three learned men “who had traveled over half the world to ex- amine him. This was the abstruse and terrific examination with which they were satlsfled: “What are you?’ asked they. “An American,” was the answer. Stlll they were suspicious, and one man, a very enlightened scholar, of- fered as a crowning test this deep and conclusive geographical question: “Could you go by land from America to England?” “No,” was the prompt reply, and the questioner, as much delighted at his own superior learning as at the tray- eler’s integrity, declared that he was convinced. This was an American in- deed. Careful Boy. Two American tourists on thelr way to Abbotsford were in doubt about the road to take and the time it would oc- cupy to get there. Halling a lad who happened to be passing, they put the necessary questions. The natlve re- plied by showing the route, but did not know how long it would take to get there, The tourists resumed thelr Journey, but had scarcely gone a hun- dred yards when a shout from the boy made them turn, “It will take you an hour,” called the boy at the pitch of his volce. “Then why the deuce didn’t you tell us that before?” returned one of the Amerlcans, “I couldna tell ye afore I knew hoo fast ye could walk”—Dundee Adver- tiser. A Beautiful Bull. ‘The foreman of a grand jury in the west of Ireland had been presented for some public service with a gold watch, of which he was very proud, and as he displayed it at a dlnner of the grand jury bets were made by members as to whose watch was most accurate. At last some one suggested that it was impossible to decide. “Oh,” sald the foreman, “there’s no difficulty about that! There’s a sun- dial in the garden, and we'll take a lantern and decide the bets that way.” Diplomatic. Stranger (watching a big row in a village inn to the landlord)—Well, they are all going for each other pretty free- ly except that big fellow. He lets every one hit him and does nothing. Why Is that? Landlord—Oh, he wants to be mayor this year, so he doesn’t want to fall out with any one.—Flie- gende Blatter. Won't Always Work. “When in Rome, do as the Romans do,” he quoted. “If you intend to act upon that theory throughout life,” she returned, “let us hope that you never will have occasion to visit an insane asylum for any purpose.” Dead Cities. “What became of Nineveh?” asked the Sunday school teacher. “It was destroyed,” said Johnny promptly. “And what became of Tyre?” “Punctured.”—Cleveland Leader. dress of type. FEARS HEAVY DAMAGE SUITS Illinols Road, Scene of Recent Wreck, In Recelver's Hands. Mattoon, Ill,, Sept. 7.—The Mattoon City rallway and the Central Illinois Traction company. have been put in the hands of a recelver. The applica- tion was made by the Colonial Trust and Savings bank of Chicago and Judge Cralg of the circuit court named W. T. Avey, cashier of the Mattoon Savings bank, receiver. ‘While the receivership was granted on a judgment for $6,150 confessed by the companies in Charleston, the county seat, and held by the Colonial |’ Trust company, the action will act as a protection to the Central Illinois Traction company, the interurban line between here and Charleston, against Jamage suits which are expected to be filed against that company on ac- count of the wreck last week in which. geventeen passengers were killed and forty-five injured, In case of a property in’the hands of a receiver suits cannot be brought without the permission of the court and, while this is generally granted, the receivership prevents trouble by making attachment suits and other vexatious actions impossible. Harvester Trust Fined $35,000. Austin, Tex., Sept. 7.—The Interna- tional Harvester company of Wiscon- sin has pleaded guilty to a violation of the Texas anti-trust laws and paid n fine of $35,000 assessed by the court. The company also agreed that a per- petual injunction be entered forbid- ding it to operate in Texas. Russian Decorated by Japan. St. Petersburg, Sept. 7.—Emperor Nicholas has given Premier Stolypin permission to wear the Japanese or- der of the Sun of. Paulewnia, bestowed upon him by the emperor of Japan. This is the first time since the late war that the emperor has granted such a request. DENIES BEING A TRUST. American lce Company Will Fight Guster Suit. New York, Sept. 7.—Concerning the announcement by Attorney General Jackson that he will shortly begin an action to oust the American Ice com- pary from doing business in this state. President Wesley M. Oler of the ice company said: “We are not now and never have been a morojoly. We do not believe any action to oust us from doing busi- ness in this state can be successful and we inlend to fight any suit brougnt by the atiorney general right up to the highest co 1rts, if that course be found necessary.” The Universal Tyrant. Everybody condemns the silk hat, everybody finds it absurd—and every- body wears it.—Par’s Siecle. NIGHTS OF UNREST, No Sleep, No Rest, No Peace for the ; Sufferer from Kidney Troubles. No peace for the kidney sufferer— Pain and distress from morn to night, Get up with a lame back, Twinges of backache bother you all day, Dull aching breaks your rest at night. Get at the cause—cure the kid- neys. Doan’s Kidney Pills will work the cure, : They’re for the kidneys only— L. H. Desentell, carpenter, em ployed at the Pillsbury mill and liv ing at 905 Twenty-first avenue S., Minneapolis, Minn., says: “In the fall of 1899, after using Doan’s Kid- ney Pills, procured at a drug store I felt warranted in recommending this remedy to sufferers from kidney trouble and backache. I had kidney complaint for years, and the irregularity of the kidney secretions often caused me to loose my night’s rest. I tried a number of different remedies without effect, but when I began using Doan’s Kidney Pills I felt better from the beginning and a few boxes com- pletely rid me of all symptoms of my trouble. This lead meto give a testimonial endorsing Doan’s Kid- ney Pills ind I have beén recom- mending ‘m ever since.” i For sale all dealers. Price 50 cents. Fost. Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name—Doans— and take no other. Two Given Death Penalty. Kiev, Russia, Sept. 7.—A courtmar- dal has sentenced the mutineers of ‘he Twenty-first battalion of sappers, who on June 17 killed the commander )t the Third company, began firing rolleys at random and were not sub- lued until surrounded by five battal- ons of loyal troops. Two of the pris- mers wero condemned to death, seven were sentenced to perfods of impris- smment in the mines and eighteen re- teived lighter punishments. srer- Daily Pioneer For News That the Pioneer Gets and Prints the News Is Appre- reciated Outside of Bemidji. Tribune, published at Akeley, tays: The Bemidji Daily Pioneer Started the week in a brand new The :Pioneer is giving excellent news services. The increased advertising pat= ronage and circulation is evi- dence that the paper is appre- ciated by the public. 40 Cents per Month Pays for the Daily Read what the Akeley i i { { i