Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 5, 1907, Page 2

T ST FRIEND TO FRIEND. The personal recommendations of peo- ple who have been cured of coughs and colds by Chamberlain's Cough Remedy have done more than all else to make it a staple article of trade and commerce oves « large part of the civilized world. Barker’s Drug Store THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED BVERY AFTERNOON, OFFICIAL PAPER---CITY OF BEMIDJI BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. CLYDE J. PRYOR | A. 0. RUTLEDAE, Business Manager Managing Editor Wntered (n the postoffice at Bemidii. Minn., as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION---§5.00 PER ANNUM THE OYSTER. Our friend Fred Jordan recently attended an oyster supper at a place not far removed from Bemidji, and he was so profoundly impressed with the average bivlave that he hands the Pioneer man the following for publication: “The oyster is a calm, dispas- sionate being. It is unmoved by joy or sorrow, so far as I know. It leads a quite, contemplative exis- tence. It has little to do but to think. Having no feet, it does not indulge in pedestrianism, nor does it have to worry about trousers and shoes, nor about the hang of its skirts, in case itis the kind of an oyster that would wear skirts. Oys- ters have no social organization. Once one oyster at a time was in- vited to attend church socials, but since it began being mentioned in the almanacs even that has been stopped. “The oyster lives in a shell nearly all its life. It does not smoke or chew. It has no teeth, consequently toothache never affects it because of the dampness of its surroundings. No one ever heard of an oyster com- plaining of the rheumatism, indiges- tion, the grip, or any other trouble, and yet there are people who claim that oysters are not healthy. “The oyster is very fond of taking a pebble into its interior and con- verting it into a pear], which would be worth $10,000 if it were not boiled. When boiled the pearl isn’t worth even a vain regret. “That is the only chance the oyster has to get even with the world. Let us all be glad we were not created oysters.” OBSERVATIONS. What most towns need is a curfew for married men. Occasionally a dull person shines in an emergency. An empty stomach provideé a man with food for thought. Babies would rather go to sleep than listen to some songs. Women get their rights as well as their lefts—at a shoe store. It takes a bunko man to appreciate fully the good things of life. You'll never make good unless you take an occasional chance. Even girls who are not super- stitious believe in ice cream signs. A Sea Story. The good ship Falr Wind was bowl- Ing along before the nor'west trade. The captain was in the galley peeling potatoes for the men’s dinner; the mate was swabbing down the poop; the cook was shooting the sun and the apprentices were merrily shooting holes In the skylight with chunks of plum duff. “There she blows!” cried the man in the crow’s nest. Instantly all was excitement. “There what blows?” yelled the skip- per. “The wind,” answered the lookout, with a hoarse laugh. The captain burst into tears. “Kidded aboard my own ship,” he wept, but his tears were Interrupted by a wild yell from the forecastle. “Land ho!” “Whereaway?” cried the skipper. “At the bottom.” A sneering laugh from the hands. “Fooled agaln,” said the captain tearfully. And with a plunge over the side he was gone—New York The Cunning Actor, A speclalist in dipsomania was talk- ing about the cunning with which dip- somaniacs in confinement will obtain liquor. “A certain noted but intemperate ac- tor,” said Dr. Gresham James, “was once locked up by his manager in or- der that he might not spoil the even- ing performance by overdrinking. His confinement was close. Windows, doors—everything was locked and bar- red. “But the actor beckoned to a man in the street, showed a greenback and ! bawled to him through the closed win- dow to go and buy a bottle of brandy and a clay pipe. “When the man returned with these purchases the actor called: “‘Stick the pipe stem in through the keyhole.” “This was done. “‘Now,” sald the actor, ‘pour the brandy carefully into the bowl’ “As the fluid fell into the bowl the actor sucked it up, and when his man- ager came to release him that even- ing he lay In a corner quite glorious- ly drunk.’’— Pittsburg Chronicle-Tele- graph. The Way It Read. The editor of a little paper was In the habit of cheering up his subscrib- ers dally with a column of short perti- nent comments on their town, their habits and themselves. The depart- ment was the most popular thing in the paper. The edltor, as he saw It growing in favor, gradually allowed himself a wider latitude in his remarks until the town passed much of its time conjec- turing “what he'd das’t to say next.” On a hot day when the simoom whis- tled gayly up the street of the town, depositing everywhere its burden of sand, the editor brought forth this gem of thought: “All the windows along Main street need washing badly.” The next morning he was waited on by a platoon of indignant citizens, who confronted him with the paragraph in question fresh from the hands of the compositor and informed him fiercely that he had gone too far. After a hasty and horrified glance he admitted that he had. It now read: “All the widows along Main street need washing badly.”—Everybody’s. His Mother's Ruse Failed. A Kansas City professional man, ‘who is prominently identified with Mis- souri politics, tells the following story on himself: “My folks moved from Indiana to Johnson county, Mo., when I was six years of age. We settled on a farm near Holden. The first Sunday we were there and while the family was preparing for Sunday school it was discovered that I did not have any shoes. My mother, realizing that ‘folks would talk’ if one of her children made his first public appearance barefooted, suggested that I have a cloth tled around one foot to create the impres- sion that I was unable to wear shoes because of a sore foot. So the rag was tied on me. Everything went along smoothly, and I learned all about bears eating the bad children up when I heard a snicker from a boy I after- ward licked. He was pointing to my right foot. I glanced downward. “The rag had slipped off, and my mother’s ruse was exposed.”—Kansas City Star. Speechless, but Graphic. A knowledge of the art of drawing is sometimes very useful. A well known caricaturist had done himself very well at a dance and was being put into a cab by some friends, none of whom knew where he lived, and he himself was more or less speechless. At last, however, he managed to extri- cate a pencil and a sheet of paper from his pocket and drew a sketch, which, when finished, he handed out of the cab. The drawing was a clear sketch of a well known church steeple in Langham place. They all recog- nized it, and, with shrieks of laughter, handed it to the cabman, who re- marked: “All right, I knows it—Langham street,” and he drove off.—Illustrated Bits. The Stage Doorkesper. It 1s one of the traditions of the pro- fession that every actor and actress on entering the theater shall say “Good evening” and on leaving “Good night” to the stage doorkeeper. Dur- ing the many dreary hours I have been permitted to stand in the stuffy hallways of many stage doorkeepers I have never known an actor, from the haughtiest Shakespearean star to the lowliest chorus girl, fail to greet the stage doorkeeper with enthuslasm, and I can remember but few instances of the greeting ever having been ro- turned.—Charles Belmont Davis in Outing Magazine. Her Secret Sorrow. “That woman over there has some hidden sorrow,” declared the sympa- thetic one as she came in and took her seat at a table not far away. “I have often noticed her. See.. Her com- panion orders everything she could possibly want, and yet she sits there silent with a face like 2 mask. I am awfully sorry for her.” “Don’t you worry,” advised her pessi- mistic friend. “That's her husband with her. She’s bored, that's all.”— New York Press. Question For Question. “My son wants to marry your daugh- ter. Does ghe know how to cook & good dinner?” “Yes, If she gets the materials for one. Does your son know how to sup- ply them ?’—Baltimore American. Idleness always envies Industry.- Italian Proverb. Her Mind. Hilton—My wife is a matter of fact woman. She. only speaks her mind. Chilton—So does mine, but she changes her mind 8o often that it keeps her talking all the time.—Chicago News. A Clever Manager. The Groom (very wealthy)—~Why did you ever marry an ordinary chap like me? The Bride—I haven't the slightest American. ol B T, lea. Mamma maneged the whole af- i Willed Away the Laundry. When a perfectly strange woman came for the solled clothes the mls- tress of the house came to the conclu- sion that her own laundress had sim- ply employed a new messenger and made no comment on the circum: stances, But when two weeks had gone by and still the old laundress, known as Susan, no last name having been men- tioned, did not appear the mistress of the house felt that she would be lack- ing In her duty If she did not make some inquiry about her. “Where Is Susan?’ she asked the tall and bony structure who came for the clothes. “She has gone to Pennsylvania to ltve, yessum,” returned this person, with composure. ‘“She went to Penn- sylvaula some time ago, an’ she lef’ goodby fer yub, but 8' long es yub dldn’t seem tuh notls I didn’t say nuffin’.” “But why didn’t she come and tell me and allow me to make some ar- rangements about my laundry?” asked Susan’s ex-mistress. “Well, she lef’ yo' clothes tuh meh. She made a will an’ lef’ dem clothes tuh meh. Wese allus been good frien’s, and so w'en she lef’ she say I may wash yo' clothes long ez I wush tuh, an’ dere wuz no use worryin’ yuh ‘bout it, now was dere?” To which moderate and sensible ques- tion the mistress of the house could only remain speechless. — Baltimore News. Satisfied Her Curiosity. A certain south side lady has come to the conclusion that curiosity can no longer be indulged in with any degree of safety. One night she entertained a group of friends and at the moment of departure, when conversation al- ways lags a trifle, her eye fell idly on a package carried by one of the men. “What is it you have there?’ she asked, with hardly a thought of what she was saying. “Well,” said another guest, springing forward, with mock indignation, “if he’s going to be searched, I feel that all of us should be subjected to the same indignity.” “Oh, 1,” commenced the hostess, her face flushing—“I give you my word that’— “I can prove the ownership of this watch,” cried one man. “This was my mother’s ring” ex- plained another. And so it went down the line until the laugh came just in time to save the life of the hostess. Hereafter one of her guests can walk off with the grand piano and be free from remark.—Kansas City In- dependent. Worth the Difference. A big jobber sent an aspiring young man on the road to open up a new ter- ritory where a new railroad was going through. All the towns being new, there were no hotel accommodations, and it was necessary for the salesman to secure meals and lodging at restati- rants, ete., where the price was 25 cents per meal. On looking over the expense account the manager noticed all meals charged at 50 cents. “Look here, Charlie; I see you have charged us 50 cents per meal on your trip, and I am reliably informed that it is impossible to get a meal for more than 25 cen!s in your entire territory. How about it?” “Well,” said the salesman, “you are right. It did cost me but 25 cents per meal, but I tell you, sir, it's worth the other 25 to eat those meals.”—New York Times. How Tin Foil Is Made. Tin foil, which is extensively used for wrapping tobacco, certain food prod- ucts and other articles of commerce, is a combination of lead with a thin coat- ing of tin on each side. First a tin pipe is made of a thickness proportion- ate to Its diameter, proportion not giv- en. This pipe is then filled with molten lead and rolled or beaten to the ex- treme thinness required. In this proc- ess the tin coating spreads simultane- ously with the spreading of the lead icore and continuously maintains a thin, even coating of tin on each side of the center sheet of lead, even though It may be reduced to a thickness of {001 inches or less.—American Inventor, Amsterdam 1is the nearest European capital to London, being only 199 miles distant. Genlus is a combination of aspira- tion and inspiration.—London Truth. MAY YET BE AVERTED. Threatened Strike of Railroad Men of United Kingdom. London, Nov. .—The prospects that the president of the board of trade, Mr. Lloyd-George, may be able to avert the general railroad strike by arranging a compromise seem bright- er. A full meeting of the executive committee of the Amalgamated Soci- ety of Rallway Servants was held and it was decided to postpone all action on the resolution in favor of a strike until after the conference which is to take place with Mr. Lloyd-George NoV. 8, to which he has invited the society to send representatives. Richard Bell, M. P., general secretary of the society and leader of the strike movement, probably will head the delegation, The partisans of the railways refer to the resolution as being a bluff in- tended to frighten the railroad mag- nates, but the supporters of the unions say the Amalgamated Society of Rail- way Servants has cleared for action and that while it has not actually de- clared war it has given its executive committee a mandate for war. Public feeling against the strike is 50 strong that the men are bound to go slow as long as the companies slow any disposition to arrive-at a compromise arrangement, ' Rallroad shares fell slightly at the opening of the stock exchange, but rose later to their normal quotations, thus reflecting the belief in a peaceful outcome of the situation. Key Strike Off at New Orleans. New Orleans, Nov. . .—Following a meeting of the Commerclal Telegra- phers’ union here, at which it was voted to permit all operators to go bagk to work who desired, officials of the union announced that so far as New Orleans is concerned the tele- graph strike is a thing of the past. T0 WATCH THE OTES Remainder of the Second Cavalry Ordered to South Dakota. COLONEL WEST IN COMMAND Is an Old Time Indian Fighter and Is Said to Ee Thoroughly Competent to Handle the Situation Whatever May Develop, Omaha, Nov. 5.—Orders have been recelved at army headquarters iIn Omaha to dispatch the remaining two squadrons of the Second United States cavalry, composed of eight companies, to Thunder Butte, S. D., at the earliest possible moment. The command immediately left Fort Des Moines. Company M, Sixteenth infantry, un- der command of Captain Harry F. Dal- ton, will leave Fort Crook shortly for Gettysburg, S. D., to take charge of the base of supplies which has been established there for the operations against the Ute Indians should they make any troublesome overtures. Colonel Frank West of the Second cavalry will be placed in command of the expedition on arrival at Thunder Butte. Major Sibley and the First squadron of four companies of the Second cavalry are now at Thunder Butte. Colonel West is an old time Indian fighter and is said to be thor- oughly competent to handle the situa- tion in whatever phase it may develop. It is possible that the base of opera- tions may be transferred from Gettys- burg, which is the end of the railway lines, to Cheyenne River, eighteen miles west of Gettysburg, on the west side of the Missouri river. Company K, Sixteenth infantry, has left Fort Crook to garrison Fort Des Moines during the absence of the Sec- ond cavalry in the field. It is not known @t army headquarters here why additional troops have been sent to the Cheyenne River peservation, but it is thought the idea is to prevent any portion of the Sioux tribe from making common cause with the Utes in their revolt against authority. The Utes, it is pointed out, are in a sense the guests of the Sioux and the Indian idea of hospitality might induce some of the younger Sioux braves to offer aid in resisting any forcible measures adopted for the subjugation of the disaffected Utes. SUMMONS IS QUASHED. John D. Rockefeller Gains Point in Ohio Ouster Suit. Findlay, O., Nov. 5.—Judge Duncan, in common pleas court, has quashed the summons served upon John D. Rockefeller in Cleveland last summer, His opinion is that Mr. Rockefeller represents a foreign corporation that is not doing business in the state of Ohio and that Mr. Rockefeller’s visit to this state was purely a personal one and not for the transaction of any ‘business. The motion to quash the summons served on the Solar Refining company of Lima, O. is overruled. Motions made by the Buckeye Pipe Line com- pany, the Ohio, Oil company and the Standard Oil company to strike out certain allegations in the petition are also overruled. The decision denies an individual the right to bring quo warranto proceedings and says that can only be done by the attorney gen- eral or a prosecuting attorney in the supreme or circuit court. The decisions were rendered in the case of George H. Phelps against the Standard Oil company, in which Phelps sought to have receivers ap- pointed for the Standard Oil company of Ohio and the Standard Oil company of Indiana and to have their business ‘wound up. RECORD PRICE FOR RAILS Steel Corporation Closes Contract With Japan. New York, Nov. 5—All records in the price for rails hitherto sold for export were broxen when the United States Steel Products Export com- pany, which takes care of the foreign business of the United States Steel corporation, closed a cable contract from the administration of the Japa- nese government railways calling for the shipment of 12,000 tons on a basis which will net just a shade below $30 a ton at the mills. This is nearly $2 a ton in excess of the existing price for rails intended for consumption in the United States. This unprecedent- ed figure is to be paid. to assure prompt delivery. IRON MOUNTAIN WRECK. Five Persons Killed and More Than a Score Injured. Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 5.—Five per- sons were killed and more than a score injured in a headon. collision belween a northbound passenger train and a southbound freight near Rig- gins Switch, eight miles from Little Rock, on the Iron Mountain railroad. Dock Will Cost $500,000. Superfor, Wis., Nov. 5—The Pitts- burg Coal company has let contracts to the Barnett-Record company and the Great Lakes Dredging company for work on its big coal dock at Al- louez bay, Superior, preparatory to the enlargment and rebuilding of that structure. A total of $5600,000 will be expended Complete new steel ma- chinery is to be one of ths improve- ments. BAD FOR THIS COUNTRY, Folly of Americans Who Suffer From Europamania. New York, Nov. 5—More than 400 American girls have married foreign- ers of noble families and many of them have taken big fortunes to their European husbands. A French journal, Le Petit Parisien, declared the other day that American girls who had married abroad, mostly for. foreign titles, had carried with them to_Europe the astonishing sum O $H00,000,000, The Pars writer dia not assoclate this rather, startling statement with the reports of “tight money” in America, yet on this side of the Atlantic the fact that hundreds of millions have gone out of the coun- try with the title hunters may well occasion a little financial as well as social speculation, Henry Clews, the veteran financier, when asked for an opinfon on this estimate, sald: “T think that the statement that $900,000,000 of wealth has been taken out of this country, or at least that the ownership of this vast amount of assets hag been transferred to aliens by the marriage of American girls, with foreigners, is conservative. Un- doubtedly the withdrawal of such an enormous sum has had an appreciable effect upon the money market. “The folly of Americans who have Europamania is extremely costly to this country. Our tourists spend at least $150,000,000 of good American money abroad every year, most of it foolishly.” HUSBAND AND WIFE SLAIN; Malian Couple Shot to Death at Gar- field, N. J. = SE=) Triumphant Results DR. PRICE’'S WHEAT FLAKE CELERY is the triumphant result of forty years of earnest effort devoted entirely to the science of pure foods. The supe- - riority of Dr. Price’s Food over other cereal foods cannot be questioned. food that strengthens the nerves, restores tone to inactive muscles and assists in establishing healthy action to the bowels. It's the kind of 352 Passaic, N. J., Nov. 5.—Rafiile Ruf- fano and his wife, Antonette, were MAGAZINE EXPLODES. murdered in Garfield, N. J. A neigh- bor found the woman’s body on the | Several Persons Injured and Much walk in front of the grocery store which the couple owned. In the kitch- en back of the store Ruffano’s body was found. Both had been shot in the head. There is no clue to the mur- derer. Ruffand and his wife moved to Gar- fleld from New York several months ago. To acquaintances they said they had been compelled to leave Italy very suddenly two years ago, but gave no reason for their hasty departure. Mr. Ruffano seemed always in fear of Property Destroyed. Butler, Pa.,, Nov. .—Several per- sons were injured, some fatally, and a property loss of $25,000 resulted when the magazine of the Petrolenm Tor- pedo company, sixteen miles from here, exploded. There were 500 quarts of nitroglycerin in the magazine and the cause of the explosion is not known. The factory building of the com- pany 100 yards away was completely demiolished, trees were mowed down and a number of dwellings were par- tially destroyed. Within a radius of two miles windows were shattered. Missing Financier Reappears. New York, Nov. .—Seward Heidel- bach, president of the Fabian Manu- facturing company of Cincinrati, who mysteriously disappeared from this city Aug. 26, has arrived here on the steamer Lucania. The company went into the hands of a receiver follow- ing his disappearance, for which no explanation was given, something and always carried a re- volver. Pleads Guilty to Grafting. St. Louis, Nov. 5—Councilman George O. Linde, recently indicted by the grand jury on a charge of mal- feasance in office, growing out of a contract by his firm for cleaning the house of delegates’ chamber at a cost of $1,695 to the city, pleaded guilty in the court of criminal correction and { was fined $500. The penalty was the maximum fine for the offense. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. Henry Bishop, known as the “gold- fish king,” is dead at Baltimore, Mrs., Edmund Kirby-Smith, widow of the former Confederate general, is dead at Sewanee, Tenn. . ‘William Carney, assistant superin- tendent of the International Harvester company’s plant at Milwaukee, was accidentally killed while hunting ducks on Point Sable, near Green Bay, Wis. Geraldine Farrar, the young Amer- ican prima donna, is reported in a Berlin newspaper as condemning America as Dbarbarically devoid of artistic appreciation and as having formally announced her intention' of turning her back on America forever. Former Alderman H. H. Harrison, a wealthy sugar and coffee broker, is dead at La Crosse, Wis., aged fifty- five. The deceased was a descendant Lumber and Building Material We carry in stock at all times a complete line of Lumber and Building Material, Dimensions, ete. Look us up for your winter supply of Coal and Wood We have a large supply St. Hilaire Retail Lbr. Co. BEMIDJI, MINN. of President William Henry Harrison and on both his father’s and mother’s sides was descended from signers of the Declaration of Independence. MARKET QUOTATIONS. Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, Nov. 4—Wheat—Dec., $1.08%; May, $1.09%. On track—No. 1 hard, $1.04% @1.05%; No. 1 North- ern, $1.03% @1.04%; No. 2 Northern, 99%c@$1.00%; No. 8 Northern, 93% @97%sc. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, Nov. 4—Wheat—To arrive and on track—No. 1 hard, $1.04%; No. 1 Northern, $1.0414; No. 2 North- ern, $1.00%; Dec., $1.03%; May, $1.- 09%. Flax—To arrive, on track and Nov, $1.22; Dec, $1.22%; May, $1- 28%. St. Paul Union Stock Yards. St. Paul, Nov. 4.—Cattle—Good to choice steers, $5.50@6.50; fair to good, $4.00@5.00; good to choice cows and heifers, $3.50@5.00; veals, $4.00@5.50. Hogs—$5.30@5.60. Sheep—Wethers, $4.75@5.00; lambs, $5.50@6.00; spring lambs, $6.25@6.50. good lots easy terms. Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, Nov. 4. — Wheat—Dec., 95% @953%c: May, $1.03%. Corn— Dec., 59% @59%c; May, 605c. Oats scarcer and scarcer. still have a number of good 1 lots in the residence part of town which will be sold on For further particulars write or call ABemidii Townsite and Im- provement Company. ~H. A. SIMONS, Agent. Swedback Block, Bemid}i. BUY A GOOD LOT With the growth of Bemidji are becoming We —Dec., 49%c; May, 523 @52%c. Pork —Jan,, $14.25; May, $14.65. Butter— Creameries, 20@23%c; dairies, 19@ 22¢. Eggs—17%@20%c. Poultry— Turkeys, 14c; chickens, 9¢; springs, 10c. Chicago Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Nov. 4.—Cattle—Beeves, $3.65@7.10; cows, $1.25@5.00; calves, $5.00@7.50; Texans, $3.60@4.30; West- ern cattle, $3.00@5.50; stockers and feeders, $2.40@4.60. Hogs—Light, 36.70@6.27%: mixed, $5.75@6.82%; heavy, $5.40@6.30; rough, $5.40@5.65; pigs, $4.20@5.70. Sheep, $2.60@5.30; yearlings, $5.00@5.80; lambs, $4.25@ 6.85. Up To Date Goods. 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