Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 1, 1908, Page 4

|- e i IN PRESENCE OF JURORS. | Officer of Court Criticises Exhibits in Graft Case. Harrisburg, Pa, Feb. 1.—Criticism by a tipstaft of one of the sofas pro- duced at the trial of former Auditor | General Snyder, former State Treas- urer Mathues, Contractor J. H. Sander- sou and former Superintendent of Greunds and Buildings Shumaker in | the Dauphin county court may serve as a reason for counsel for the defense to ask for a new trial. During the! recess the tipstaff told several news- paper men, in the hearing of some of the jurors, that the wood of the sofa was not mahogany and that it was full of wormholes. The tipstaff sall | he was a lumberman and knew all| about wood. The jurors became inter- ested and are said to have made re- warks detrimental to the Should the defense ask for a new trial these newspager men will be called as witnesses in an endeavor to show that the jurrors werefbiased. The commonwealth gained an im- portant victory by the admission of thirty-three Sanderson bills, involving payments of $800,000. The introduc- tion ot these bills will give the com- monwealith the opportunity to intro- duce any of the articles of furniture charged in the bills and not confine it to the introduction of articles charged | strengthening of anti-trust in the invoice upon which the indiet- ment is based. SIX HUNDRED IN PANIC. Explosion at ‘Arsenal Causes Mad Rush of Women. Philadelphia, Feb. were injured, three of them seriously, by an explosion in the shrapnel de- partment at the United States arsenal at Frankford. The explosion cccurred | in a drill press in a room in which twelve men were at work. The explo- i tion of law. IN SPECIAL MESSAGE President Urges Necessity of Cer- tain Labor Legislation. ° OTHER SUGGESTIONS MADE Recommerds Enactment of Laws to Better Control Great Business Con- cerns and Would Prohibit the Worst Forms of Gambling in Futures. \\';\shlngmn,. Feb. 1. — President Roosevelt has sent a special message to congress in which he again calls attention to the abuse of injunctions defense. | in labor cases and urges remedial leg- islation. mends the re-enactment of the em- ployers’ liability act, recently de- clared unconstitutional, limited in | scope to apply only to interstate com- merce. He refers at length to gam- that action be taken to prevent at least the making of large sales of what men do not possess and corner- ing the market. In recommending the laws he calls attention to the bitter and per- sistent attacks on the administration now being made by corporations brought to the bar of justice for viola- The message, in part, follows: ‘The supreme court has decided the employers’ liability law to be uncon- 1—Five men | gjiutional because its terms apply to employes engaged wholly in intrastate commerce as well as to employes en- gaged in interstate commerce. By a substantial majority the court holds that the congress has power to deal with the question in so far as inter- sion shook surrounding buildings at | state commerce is concerned. As re- the arsenul, in one of which 600 wo- men were at work. They became gards the employers’ liability law 1 advocate its immediate re-enactment, panic stricken and made a rush for ! Jimiting its scope so that it shall ap- the exits. All got out of the building without any of them being hurt in the crush. About a dozen of the women became hysterical and had to be sent to their homes. Fire followed the ex- plosion, but it was extinguished before much damage was done. SLUMP IN WHEAT PRICES Heavy Shipments From Argentina the Cause. Chicago, Feb. 1. — Exceedingly heavy shipments from Argentina caused a sharp slump in wheat. The amount was over 9,000,000 bushels, which was 600,000 bushels more than had been expected. ply only to the clacs of cieses as to ticnally apply, but strengthening its provisions witkin this scope. I also very urgently advise that a comprehensive act be passed provid- ing for compensation by the govern- ment to all employes injured in the government service. Under the pres- ent law an injured workman in the employment of the government has no remedy and the entire burden of the accident falls on the helpless man, his wife and his young children. This is an outrage. It is a matter of humilia- tion to the nation that there should not be on our statute books provision to meet and. partially to atone for The market | cruel misfortune when it comes upon opened weak with a flood of selling or- | a' man through no fault of his own ders, which continued throughout the day. May wheat, which opened at an extreme decline of 15 cents, sold off until 1L touched 95%, which was a de- cline of 245 cents under the high price for the day. At times the selling was neavy enough to bring about a condi- tion on the market approaching de- meralization. what before however, quite weak. while faithfully serving the public. i Abuse of the Injunction. I again call your attention to the need of some action in connection with the abuse of injunctions in labor cases. As regards the rights and wrongs of labor and capital, from Prices steadied some- | blacklisting to boycotting, the whole the close, -which was, | subject is covered in admirable fash- ion by the report of the anthracite coal strike commissicn, which report | should serve as a chart for the guid- SHOWS NO SIGN OF REMORSE | ance of both legislative and executive Father Kills Two Children and Fatally Wounds Another. Chicago, Feb. 1.—Jennie Meutsch, the three-yrar-old girl who was shol‘ officers. As regards injunctions I can do little but repeat what I have said in my last message to the congress. Bven though it were possible I should consider it most unwise to abolish the by her father, William H. Meutsch, in | Use of the nrocess of injunction. The his carriage shop, is dead at St. Mary's hospital. Meutsch also shot and instantly killed his five-year-old daughter Gertrude and wounded his two-year-old son William. the boy cannot recover. Mentsch, who was arrested shortly affer the shooting, manifested no re- morse, but refused to talk when ques- tioned regarding the tragedy. Two policemncn remained on guard all night at the door of his cell to prevent him from injuring himself. Discharged Miners Suspected. Trinidad, Colo.,, Feb. 1.—The resi- dence of A. Alexander, superintendent of the Frederick mine of the Colo- rado Fuel and Iron company, twenty miles west of this cily, was partly wrecked by an explosion of dynamite. The explosive had been placed under a bedroom in which three children were sleeping. All the inmates of the honse escaped with slight injuries, It is believed that the explosion was caused by discharged miners. House Takes Up Indian Bill. ‘Washington, Feb. 1.—The Indian appropriation bill, the first of the four- teen regitlar annual supply measures to be reported, was taken up for con- sideration in the house of representa- tives. On Tuesday the bill will be read for amendment. The bill carries a total appropriation of $8,215,697, which is only $3,575 less than the es- timates, but $2,089,518 less than the appropriation for last yvear. Liabilities Over a Million. Seattle, Wash., Feb. 1.—Portus B. Weare, former president of the Weare Commission company 2nd prominent | interstate on the Chicago Stock Exchange, has judge who uses it cautiously and con- servatively, but who, when the need arises, uses it fearlessly, confers the greatest service upon our people and It is said ; bis pre-eminent usefulness as a public servant should be heartily recog- nized. But there is no questicn in my mind that it has sometimes been used heedlessly and unjustly and that some of the injunctions issued inflict grave and occasionally irreparable wrong upon those enjoined. It is all wrong to use the injunction to prevent the entirely proper and ‘| legitimate actions of labor organiza- tions in their struggle for industrial | betterment or under the guise of pro- tecting property rights unwarrantably to invade the fundamental rights of the individual. 1t is futile to concede, as we all do, the right and the neces- sity of organized-effort on the part of wage earners and yvet by injunctive process to forbid peaceable action to accomplish the lawful objects for which they are organized and upon which their success depends. The fact that the punishment for the viola- tlon of an injunction must, to make the order effective, necessarily be summary and without the intervention of a jury makes its issuance in doubt- ful cases a dangerous practice and in itself furnishes a reason why the process should be surrounded with safeguards to protect individuals against being enjoined from exercising their proper rights. Not only should there be action on certain laws affecting wage earners; there should also be such action on laws better to secure control over the great business concerns engaged in interstate commerce and especially over the great common carriers. The commerce commission should be empowered to pass upon any filel a petition of involuntary bank- | rate or practice on its own initiative. ruptey, giving his debts as $1,085,- 647.71 and assets at $383,857.08. He states that the major portion of his Indebtedness was incurred in signing notes of companies of which he was an officer. Moreover, it should be provided that whenever the commission has reason to believe that a proposed advance in a rate ought to be made without in- vestigation it should bhave authority to_issue an_order prohibiting the ad: CARTER Real Estate and @ TAIT Fire Insurance A FEW CHOICE PROPERTIES FOR SALE AT BARGAIN PRICES 607 Irvine Ave. House and | 50 by 140 to 20 ft. alley. Price 10 room house, finest location for $2,000, half cash, Two large dwellings on Bemidji Ave. Business lot, Minnesota Ave. We write fire and plate glass insurance ot; 6 rooms, finely finished; lot $1600, easy rerms. on Lake Boulevard. A snap $1600 and $1900 Price $475. Money to loan on farm . . lands bling in stocks and futures and urges | which the court says it can constitu- | vance pénding examination by the commission. The interstate com merce commission should be provideg with the means to make a physical valuation of any road as to which it deems this valuation necessary. In thie connection I desire to repeat my recommendation that rallways be per- mitted to form traffic associations for the purpose of conferring about and agreelng upon rates, regulations and practices affecting interstate business in which the members of the associa- tion are mutually interested. This does not mean that they should be glven the right to pool their earnings or their traffic. Strengthen Anti-Trust Law. In reference to the Sherman anti- trust law I repeat the recommenda- tions made in my message at the open- ing of the present congress, as well as in my message to the previous con- gress. The attempt in this law to The president also recom:| provide in sweeping terms against all combinations of whatever character, if technically in restraint of trade as such restraint has been defined by the courts, must necessarily be either futile or mischievous and sometimes both. The present law makes some combinations illegal, although they may be useful to the country. Gn the other hand, as to some huge combina- tions which are both roxious and il- legal, even if the actiwn undertaken against them under the law by the government is successful, the result may be to work but a minimum bene- fit to the public. Even though the combination be broken up and a small measure of reform thereby produced the real good aimed at can not be ob- tained, for such real good can come only by & thorough and continuing supervision over the acts of the com- bination in all its parts so as to pre- vent stock watering, improper forms of competition and, in short, wrong- doing generally. The law should cor- rect that portion of the Sherman act which prohibits all combinations of the character above described, whether they be reasonable or unrea- sonable; but this should be done only as part of a general scheme to pro- vide for this effective and thorough going suvervision by the national gov- ernment of all the operations of the big interstate businoss concerns. I do not know whether it is possi- ble, put if possible it is certainly de- sirable, that in connection with meas- ures to vestrain stock watering and overcapitalization there should be measures taken to prevent at least the grosser forms of gambling in se- curities and commodities, such as making large sales of what men do not possess and “cornering” the market. Legitimate purchases of commodities and of stocks and securities for in- vestment have no connection whatever with purchases of stocks or other se- curities or commodities on a margin for speculative and gambling pur- poses. There is no moral difference between gambling at cards or in lot- teries or on the racetrack and gam- bling in the stock market. One method is just as pernicious to the body poli- tic as the other in kind and in degree the evil worked is far greater. But it is a far more difficult subject with which to deal. If it is possible to de- vise a way to deal with it the effort should be made, even if only in a cau- tous and teutative way. It would seem that the [edleral government conld at 1 act by forbidding the use of the muils, telegraph and tele- phone wires for mere gambling in stocks and futures just as it does in Iottery transactions. Bitter and Persistent “Knocking.” The attack by the great corpora- tions on the administration’s actions have been given a wide circulation throughout the country, in the news- papers and otherwise, by those writers and speakers who, consciously or un- consciously, act as the representatives of predatory wealth—of the wealth accumulated on a giant scale by all forms of iniquity, ranging from the oppression of wage workers to unfair and unwholesome methods of crushing out competition, and to defrauding the public by stock jobbing and the manipulation of securities. The ad- ministration and those who support its views are not only not engaged in an assault on property, but are stren- uous upholders of the rights of prop- erty. The books and pamphlets, the controlled newspapers, the speeches by public or private men to which I refer, are usually and especially in the interest of the Standard Oil trust and of certain notorious railroad com- binations, but they also defend other individuals and corporations of great wealth that have been guilty of wrong- dojng. Tt is only rarely that the men responsible for the wrongdeing them- selves speak or write. Normally they hire others to do their bidding or find others who will do it without hire. From the railroad rate law to the pure food law every measure for hon- esty in business that has been passed during the last six years has been op- posed by these men on its passage and in its administration with every resource that bitter and unscrupulous craft could suggest and the command of almost unlimited money secure. But for the last year the attack has been made with most bitterness upon the actual administration of the law, espe- cially through the department of jus- tice, but also through the interstate commerce commission and the bureau of corporations. The extraordinary violence of the assaults upon our pol- icy contained in these speeches, edi- torials, articles, advertisements and pamphlets and the enormous sums of money spent in these various ways, give a fairly accurate measure of the anger and terror which our public. ac- tions have caused the corrupt men of vast wealth to feel in the very mar- row of their being. The attack is sometimes made opealy against us for enforcing the law and sometimes with a certain cunning for not trying to en- force it in some othar way than that [ which experience shows to be prac- tical. The favorite method of the lat- ter class. is to attack the administra- tlon for not procuring the imprison- ment instead of the fine of offenders under these anti-trust laws. Three Strikers Sent to Prison. Belvidere, N. J., Feb. 1.—Three Ital- fan -silk mill strikers were sentenced here to three years’ imprisonment and to pay. the costs of prosecution for beating Gustave Delcusta, a non- striker. Their names are John Porta, Frank Varcaro and, Giovanni Regis. IPPLAUSEIS GENERAL Members of House Enthusiastic Over President’s Message. LISTENED TO ATTENTIVELY Conclusion of Reading Followed by Prolonged Cheering and Clapping of Hands on Both Sides of Chamber. Senators Less Demonstrative. ‘Washington, Feb. 1.—The reading of the president’s special message to congress on labor legislation and his bitter denunciation of the rich law- breaker attracted the greatest interest in both the house and senate. In the latter body when the striking pas- sages were reached many of the sen- ators looked around the chamber and exchanged smiles. Mr.Willman seemed especially pleased with the document. Senator La Follette paid very careful attention to the reading of the mes- sage and frequently his countenance indicated especial interest. Senators Cullom, Beveridge, McCumber, Knox, Gallinger, Nelson, Elkins, Hemenway and Rurrows, on the Republican side, and Culberson, Teller, Davis, Bank- head, Overman, among the Democrats, were especially attentive to the docu- ment. Upon the conclusion of the reading of the message Senator Davis of Ar- kansas was promptly upon his feet and moved' that 10,000 copies of the message be printed as a public docu- ment. “It is the best Democratic doctrine that I have ever heard emanating from a Republican source,” said Mr. Davis. The motion was agreed to and with- out further comment the message was referred to the committee on inter- state commerce. House Shows Appreciation. The reading of the message in“the house of representatives was listened to with intense interest by the mem- bers, of whom there was an unusually large number in attendance. The mes- sage arrived shortly after the house convened and Speaker Cannon lost no time in having it read. As the reading of the message pro- gressed mnumerous members were heard audibly to exclaim “most un- usual,” “this is red hot,” ete. The president’s vigorous denunciation of wrongdoers was greeted with loud ap- " plause, as was his defense of federal judges who punish offenders for viola- tions of the law. The frequency of the applause in- creased as the reading proceeded. The ham of conversation over the message subsided and the members followed cvery word. But the climax came wiel the reading was concluded. Without regard to party the members londly applauded, cheered, thumped their desks and gave other evidences of their approval of the document. After a momentary silence the ap- plause broke out again, several mem- bers, including many Democrats, ris- ing from their seats and clapping their hands. The message then, cn motion of Mr. Payne (N.'Y.), was referred to the committee on the state of the Union. ORIENTAL BANK CLOSED. Another New York Institution Sus- pends Business. New York, Feb. 1.—The Oriental bank, on which a run of depositors was started Thursday, has suspended. A notice was posted on its doors an- nouncing that the institution was closed by order of the state superin- tendent of banks. The Oriental is a state benk having a capital stock of $750,000. According to its last statement it owed to in- dividual depositors $7,576,811 and to banks, hankers and brokers $3,477,252. It had a surplus fund of $912,000 and undivided profits of $303,947. G. 8. Leonard, a state bank exam- iner, was placed in charge of the in- stitution. A branch of the Oriental bank at 122 Bowery also was closed. The recent troubles of the Orizntal date from the failure of the Borough bank of Brooklyn and the Interna- tional Trust company in October last. The Orlental was a depository for ths capital stock of the trust company when it was organized by William Gow and others last fall. When the Borough bank closed it was discov- ered that the Oriental bank had loaned it $250,000 and it was asserted that this was returned to the Oriental as part of the capital stock of the In- ternational Trust company. Orerators and Miners Confer. Indianapolis, Feb. 1.—Coal oper- ators of Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, ‘composing the central competitive field, went into executive session with the national officers of the United Mine Workers of America and the district officers of the same territory to decide whether a joint conference of miners and op- erators shall be called to re-establish the interstate wage agreement. Suspended Banks to Reopen. St. Paul, Feh. 1.—The State Bank of St. Paul, which failed recently, is to reopen its doors for business Mon- day, Feb. 10. This information was conveyed to Public Examiner Schaffer and he says he has every reason to believe it will be done. The bank, to- gether with its savings department, is still in the process of reorganization and so far everything has progressed satisfactorily. ok Celluloid Comb - Ignites. St. Louis, Feb. 1.—While Mrs. May Green, twenty-five years old, was sit- ting before the grate fire a spark ig- nited the celluloid comb in her hair aud the ornament burned in a flash. Her hair was burned off and the scalp 80 badly seared that her physician ex- pressed the opinion that there will not he a regrowth of her black tresses. Mrs. Green is grieving more from mental anguish than from physical pain. / : Mystery Remains Unsolved. Janesville, Wis.,, Feb, 1.—No new developments have been reached in the Malone mystery here, The police and district attorney have dropped the case temporarily and the only per- son engaged in trying to clear up the mystery is Father Goebel, the Cath- olic priest, who is hunting down every possible clue. He Always Remembered. A smile lurked at the corners of Mrs. Lombard’s mouth as she listened to | the plaint of the school friend whom she had not seen for more than ten years. “I'm afraid, dear,” she said, “youw’ll have to reconstruct some of your plans. You see, I married a for- getful man too.” “Why, you told me not ten minutes ago that your husband had never yet forgotten your birthday or your wed- ding anniversary,” cried her friend, “and you told me yowd been married nearly eleven years! That’s ever since the year after father -took us ali| abroad.” “Yes,” said Mrs. Lombard demurely, “I have. That’s a long time, isn’t it? But, you see, one thing was in my fa- vor—I was born on the Fourth of July. Mr. Lombard couldn’t very well forget the national holiday. And as soon as I'd found out how forgetful he ‘was I decided to be married on an- other holiday. “I suppose as you were abroad you didn’t realize that the date of my wed- ding was unusual—people aren’t often married on the 22d of February, 1 think. But, you see, by a little ju- dicious planning I've been saved the necessity of reminding him about our anniversary.”—Youth's Companion. Sweetly Thoughtful. The De Jones back lawn was a lawn in name only. It was really an arid desert—bald, so to speak—and in -dry weather it was always as dusty as a motor track. To the astonishment of Mrs. De Smythe, who lived next door, she one day saw her devoted husband turning the garden hose upon the De Jones’ “lawn.” g “Well, T never!” she exclaimed. “I'm sure T wouldn’t trouble to lay the dust in the De Jones’ back yard, John, es- pecially as they are such a hateful lot of gossips. Small thanks you'll get for your trouble anyway.” Hubby turned to his better half with a smile which told of mixed pleasure and vindictiveness. “That's all right, my dear. Their darling little Fido was washed snow ‘white this morning. Now he's out there rolling about like a barrel and rubbing the mud well into his fleecy coat. Trust your husband, my sweet, for real. unadulterated thoughtful- ness!”—London Scraps. Women and “Sport.” s ‘When a big shoot takes place in th coverts near one of our country houses the occasion is made a sort of spclety gathering. The ladies of the house party grace it with their presence, and other ladies of the neighborhood are glad to be allowed the honor of such company. Thus a large and fashion- able party assembles, and while each beat is in progress the girls and wom- en try to look on unmoved while a wounded hare kicks and squeals upon the ground for minutes which seem in- terminable to the sensitive onlooker until the beat is over and the dogs are loosed to finish off the cripples. And, though the hare’s piteous shrieking makes its case seem the worst, the ‘mere tumbling over and over of a wounded bird is a shocking sight to see as the time passes and no one goes forward to release it of its life.—Lon- don Mail. Dodlging Thirteen. “When I lived in New York,” writes a former New Yorker from Berlin, “there was a house near Central park which should have borne the number 13, but because of the superstition of the occupant permission was secured to place the number 11a or 15a over the door. 1 spoke of the circumstance a few days ago and learned that the thirteen superstition was more clearly marked here. In the instance men- tioned by me an individual was con- cerned. Here it was the most impor- tant corporation in Wiesbaden. There i3 no No. 13 bathroom in any of the bathhouses, no No. 13 room in any ho- tel and no No. 13 place at any table d’hote. AtLangenschwalbach the baths, under government control, also have bath cells No. 12a where they should be numbered 13.”"—New York. Tribune, A Worthy Antagonist. “Did you. visit any of the old caves when you were up in Scotland?" Jor- kins was asked by a friend. “Yes,” replied Jorkins reminiscently, “and, by gum. we had to forcibly pull Maria out of one cave.” “Good gracious! She was fascinated by its beauty, I suppose.” “No, it wasn’t beauty. You see, there is a wonderful echo in the cave, and Maria couldn’t bear to think of the echo hzving the last word.”—Liverpool Mercury. His Eminence. A French cardinal, belng small of stature and hunchbacked at that. al- ways gave the keenest repartée when | addressed with “highness” and-“emi- nence.” “My highness is five feet two inches, and the eminence I carry op my back.” Seemed Incomprehensible. Mrs. structed things these big steamships are! Mr. Somer— Why do you say that? Mrs. Sower—Just think of the breaking of a screw disabling the whole ship.—Phfladelphia North Ame:- fean. : Poor Jonss! Missionary—Can you give me any information about Deacon Jones, who labored among your people three years ago? Cannibal—Well, the last I heard about him he had gone into consump- tion.—Judge. A Spanish proverb declares that “a papelitos (a paper cigar), a glass of clear water and a kiss from a pretty girl will sustain a man for a whole day.” —_ Sllk and velvet. put out the kitchen ire.—German Proverb. ) Somer—What delicately con- | RAILROAD WATCHES HISTORICAL SOCIETY. - High Grade Watches a Specialty. Fine and Complicated Waich Repairing Geo. T. Baker & Co. Watch Inspector for M. & I. and B. F, & I. F. Rys. Located in City Drug Store The Eleventh. Archbishop Usher was once washed ashore from a wreck off the coast of Ireland. Almost destitute of clothing, he wandered to the house of a church dignitary and asked for shelter and aid of a brothér clergyman. | “How many commandments, are | there?” inquired the other, thinking to detect an impostor. “I can at once satisfy you that I am not the ignorant impostor you take me for,” replied the archbishop. “There are eleven commandments.” “No,” was the sneering comment; “there are but ten commandments in | my Bible. Tell me the eleventh and I will relieve you.” | “There it is,” said the archbishop; | “‘a new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another.’” | i | Not Quite the Same. A country clergyman vouches for the truth of this story. Having arrived at that point in the baptismal service | where the infant’s name is conferred, he said, “Name this child.” | “Original Story,” said the sponsor | nurse. “What do you say?” he asked in sur- | prise. 2 “Original Story,” she repeated in clear, deliberate tones, “It's a very odd name, isn’t it? Arve | you sure you want him called by the | name of Original Story?” “Original Story—that's right.” | “Is it a family name?” the minister | persisted. “Named after his uncle, sir,” explain- ed the nurse. And so as Original Story the little fellow was christened. Some weeks after this event the minister made the acquaintance of the said uncle—a farm laborer in another village—whose name | was Reginald Story.—London Tatler. French Superstitions. | The French superstitions regarding | deaths and funerals are all but num- berless. “If you meet a funeral while | driving, you will have an accident be- fore your drive is over unless you turn back,” they say. Many a gambler en | route for Monte Carlo will not gamble | that day if he meets a funeral. Others } will bet only at rouge et noir and per- | sistently on the black. The peasants have at least a hundred superstitions about bees. They believe (and did not | Virgil, too, 6r did he but chronicle it of his contemporaries? that bees are bred of dead men's bones and flesh. This seems to be one of the oldest of the cur- rent French superstitions, for on a very old tomb at Arles (found in the world famous Alyscamp) is this in- | scription: “This Has Become the Home of Unhallowed Bees.” —London An- swers. A Wasted Motion. *“Ladles,” called the president of the afternoon whist club—*“ladies, it has been moved and seconded that there shall be no conversation at the cird tables. What shall we do with the mo- tion?" “I suggest that we discuss it while | we play,” piped a shrill voice from | Table A. and the suggestion was adopt- ed.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Avarice. | Avarice is an incurable malady, an ever burning fire. a tyranny which ex tends far and wide, for he who in this life is the slave of money is loaded | with lieavy chains and destined to car- | ry far heavier chains in the life to come.—St. John Chrysostom. The Grocar’s Jest, “Most of my customer the grocer who had Laen out t gome bills, “remind me of users sent to the tailop.” i “How s07” inqguired the “Because they are pressed for ey.”—New York Press. Sleep and Longevity Sleep is as necessary as air or food. | Those who shirks the sleep of life are | only hastening unco; sleep of death.—Brussels Belge. WANIS ONE CENT A WORD. HELP WANTED. | WANTED FOR U. 5. ARMY: Able- bodied unmarried men, between ages of 21 and 35; citizens of United States, of good character and temperate habits, who can speak, read, and write English For information apply to Recrnit ing Officer, Miles Block, Bemidji Minn. FOR SALE. FOR SALE—Rubber stamps. The Pioneer will procure any kind of a rubber stamp for you an short notice. FOR RENT. FOR RENT: One furnished room, with or without board. 1121, Bemidji avenue. LOST and FOUND A AP P AN, LOST: Pair of nose glasses. Finder leave at Pioneer office. MISCELLANECUS. 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