Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 21, 1908, Page 2

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISRED NYERY AFTRRNOON, A A A A A A A A A A A AN OFFICIAL PAPER---CITY OF BEMIDJI BEMIDII PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. CLYDE J. PRYOR | A. Q. RUTLEDGE, Business Manager Managing Editor Tntered In the postofiice at Bemtd)l. Minz., as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER ANNUM The newspaper that sells its advertising at a cut figure is always conscious of its own weakness. A newspaper that has the circulation is neither willing to cut its ad- vertising rate nor could it continue to remain in business if it did; white paper costs too much. The Pioneer treats all advertisers alike. Exacts a fair price for its adver- tising, which commensurate with circulation and service is the low- est in Minnesota. When you ac- cept a cut rate from a weak news- paper how do you know you have reached the bottom price? Better realize that the best is always the cheapest and stick to it. OBSERVATIONS. (By ““Doc” Successful men possess either abil- ity or nerve. It’sa poor tool that can’t be worked both ways. The simple life is all those who can afford it. right for The tricky man may succeed but his success never sticks. Few people are as smart as they think other people think they are. Ifa man is afraid to lie out- right he begins by saying, ‘“They say” No man can tell what his wife is going to do by what he tells her to do. A conscience is a good thing not to have if you are in a hurry to get rich. Most people who are in love act as though they were delightfully mis- erable. If a man isn’t capable of govern- ing himself, it’s up to him to get married. Golden opportunities are the kind fate hands to the other fellow on a silver platter. As soon as the average girl ac- quires two or three stickpins she begins to talk about her jewels. Nothing is more exasperating than a fool friend who is always remind- ing you of your faults for your own good. ~ r’ ) A Little Too Far. *“There is such a thing as overdoing your part,” declared a man of the law who now has the knowledge gained by much experience. “Shortly after I began practice iu the west I was called upon to defend a man who had drawn a revolver on another and threatened to kill him The accused did not have a character above reproach, but the prosecuting witness was also shady in reputation, and I made the most of this fact. 1 plctured him as a desperado of the most dangerous type, a man that was a constant menace to the community and one who would recognize no other law than that of force. Such men as he, I insisted, made necessary the or- ganization of vigllance committees and injured the fair name of the west among the older communities of the country. “The jury returned a verdict of guil ty and my man was sentenced to a year's imprisonment. As soon as court adjourned the foreman of the jury came to me and sald: ‘Young feller, you spread it on too thick. After that there rip snortin’ speech of yourn.we couldn’t do nothin’ else ’an what we done.’ “‘I don’t understand you, sir.’ “‘You don’t? Why, we found the durned gerloot guilty 'cause he didn’t shoot.’ "—Detroit Free Press. Ballet Shoes. Ballet shoes fit like a stocking. They are of leather, with a thin leather sole about an inch wide and with the up- pers sewed so that they come under the foot. The ballet dancer wants no rubber heels, instep arch supports nor any other of the foot supporting or reforming devices which are common- 1y used by ordinary mortals. The toe dancer desires a hard box toe oa her ballet shoes, but the ordinary dancer seeks only shoes that will give perfect freedom of movement of the joints and muscles of the feet. Tt is a rule of good dancers, a shoe man of experl- ence says, to wear shoes that will al- low for space between the toes. It 18 a point of good fit that all persons should heed, he says. High heels are put on to stage shoes for effect, not to promote good dancing. Mnany stage shoes are made with short fore parts and high heels to make the feet look smaller and the person taller.—Boston Globe. POSTAL SAVINGS BANK Bill to Establish System Intro- | duced by Semator Knox. ITS PROVISIONS IN DETAIL Measure Embodies the Plan Outlined by Postmaster General Meyer in His Annual Report and Advocated in His Public Addresses. ‘Washington, Feb. 2 .—Senator Knox has introduced a bill to establish a system of postal savings banks. The bill embodies the plan outlined by Postmaster General Meyer in his an- nual report and which he has advo- cated in public addresses as being calculated to encourage economy and thrift and to afford a place of deposit free from any possibility of doubt or suspicion for vast sums of money which might otherwise be hoarded and kept out of circulation through ignorance or lack of confidence. The bill authorizes the postmaster general to esteblish a system of pos- tal savings banks comprised of such money order offices as he may desig- nate for that purpose. Accounts may be opened and de- posits made in any postal savings bank established under this act by any person of the age of ten years or over in his own name; by a married woman in her own name and free from any control or interference by her husband; by a trustee as such on behalf of another person; by a parent, guardian or other person for the ben- ofit of a child under ten years of age, or by any charitable or benevolent society or association; provided that no person or organization shall have more than one postal savings ac- count, except that a trustee, parent, guardian or other person may have an individual account and an account in his representative capacity for each person or child for whom he may be entitled to open an account. One Dollar Minimum Deposit. The bill further provides that such pestal banks shall receive deposits of money in even dollars, with $1 as a minimum, and postmasters are re- quired to make daily reports to the postmaster general, who will forward to the depositor a written acknowledg- ment of its receipt. Deposits are not liable to seigure or detention under legal processes against the depositor and such funds are exempt from tax- ation. Interest at the rate of 2 per cent per annum is allowed depositors and the postmaster general is au- thorized to place the money deposited In postal savings banks in national banks at a rate of interest satisfac. tory to the secretary of the treasury. These national depositories are to be in the immediate vicinity of postal banks from which the money is drawn as a safeguard against centralization of currency and as a means of facili- tating the return of money to the channels of trade. National banks are prohibited from receiving any compensation for collecting any checks or any other service in con- nection with postal banks. With- drawals of deposits may be made at any time subject to certain regula- tions. The bill carries an appropria- tion of $100,000 to give it effect. MAKING GOOD PROGRESS. Milwaukee Road Will Reach Coast in About a Year. Lewiston, Mont., Feb. 2 .—Presi- dent Earling of the Chicago, Milwau- kee and St. Paul railroad has arrived here direct from his tour of inspec- tion over the entire Western exten- sion of the road to the coast. He stated that the progress made in the work was astonishing and that the company would have its line in op- eration to the coast by spring of 1909. Lewiston and this section, he said, would have direct passenger communi- cation with the East over the Mil- waukee road within thirty days. DENIED AT WASHINGTON. No Protest Will Be Made to Jap Pol- icy in Manchuria. Washington, Feb. 2. —Rumors that the state department is about to ad- dress a protest to Japan against her attitude in Manchuria and that this was to be done upon the instance of the Chinese government met with un- equivocal denial at the state depart- ment. It is admitted that complaints have been made to the department that American trade is suffering in the Orient, but it is believed other causes than Japan's attitude are prin- cipally responsible. New Mexico Declares for Taft. Albuquerque, N, M., Feb. 2 .—The New Mexico Republican territorial committee, in session here, adopted by unanimous vote of the forty-one members present a strong resolution endorsing the candidacy of William H. Taft for the Republican presiden- tial nomination and pledging the com- mittee and the Republican organiza- tion to do all in their power to fur- ther the candidacy. ‘Two Bodies Recovered. Pittsburg, Feb. 2).—The bodies of David Reed, aged forty-five, a river boat fireman, and Edward Hobbs, aged forty-four, his friend, have been re- moved from the ruins of two houses in Penn avenue, which on Monday collapsed because of the flood under- mining the foundation WHIP SUPPOSED DETECTIVE Baind of Night Riders Pays a Visit to Gracey, Ky. Hopkinsville, Ky, Feb. 2 .—The town of Gracey, in West Christian county, was visited by a band of twenty-five masked “night riders.” After taking possession of the tele- phone exchange and taking Town Mar- shal Waters prisoner they terrorized the inhabitants by firing guns and pistols. ‘Forcing James Woi White man, Who Wwas occupying a Toom at a hotel, to accompany them the “night riders” took him to the out- skirts and whipped him, ordering him to leavegown by morning. After leav- ing warning for the negroes to go to work the band rode off into Trigg county. Wooten was suspected of be- ing a detective. Determined to Enforce Law. PRurlington, Ia, Feb. 2 .—Acting in accordance with Attorney General Byers’ campaign for law enforcement in Iowa the Civic federation has notl- fled the mayor and all other respon- sible officers that the gamblers must be driven out of Burlington at once. The president of the federation has received a letter from Attorney Gen- eral Byers offering all the assistance he can give them in the enforcement of the law in this city. Senator Hale Defends the Navy. ‘Washington, Feb. 2\.—That our present system of naval construction | is the best possible is the verdict of Senator Hale, chairman of the senate committee on naval affairs. The opin- ion was announced in a speech in the senate and was given, as he said, as the result of thirty years’ experience in naval legislation. Mr. Hale said the new navy as it exists today had cost $1,200,000,000. HELD FOR INFANTICIDE. Parents Tell Strange Stories of Death of Child. Rock Island, Ill, Feb. 2 ‘'.—Ensign and Mrs. Robert Booth, in charge of the Salvation Army post here, were held by the coroner accused of mur- dering their two-weeks-old son, who was found dead in their bedroom. There was a gash in the child’s neck. Booth contends that the child was murdered by an unknown person, wha left the door open and a bloody razor on a table. The wife tells of a dream during the night that she was at- tacked by a snake, which she killed with a knife. The police have a the- ory that the woman killed the child in a fit of puerperal insanity. The mothe; is eighteen years old. L3 lowa Veteran Murdered. Sioux City, Ia, Feb. 2 .—Sam Car- son, a veteran of the Civil war, was found murdered on the floor of his little cottage on the outskirts of New- ell, where he had lived alone for years. His head was crushed in and his face badly bruised. He was sev- enty years old. Robbery was the mo- tive for the crime, as Carson had just secured some pension money. What Did He Mean? Mike Maloney’s wife was an Invalld, and the doctor had been doing all sorts of things for lher, chrnging the medicine so often that poor Mike’s in- come would scarcely reach and make both ends meet, and at last {he doctor said that his wife must.go to a warm- er climate. Mike listened to that advice for sev- eral months, and finally when October came the doctor told Mike cne Satur- day evening after all of his week’s ‘wages had been spent that his wife positively must be sent “to a warmer climate without delay.” Mike left the room for a few min- utes, and when he returned he was wiping his eyes with his left hand, while with his right hand he brought an ax, which he gave to the physlcian, saying: “I hate to do it, doc. You please do it for me.”—Kansas City Independ- ent. i Practical Help For Deafness. I have proved that this is really prac- tieal. Get a common pasteboard maliling tube such as pictures or music is mail- ed in and hold it to the ear closely. The result is wonderful. A very deaf person can hear distinctly everything that is said by any one sitting on the other side of the room. At first thought one is inclined to ridicule so simple a method. I bought a good long one, large enough to fit over the ear, for 10 cents. One can get them at any business stationer’s. I tried it on grandmother, who is very deaf. She could hear well and, what was more remarkable, could also hear with her very deaf ear, with which she has not heard a sound for seven years. Try it{ That's all T have to say.—Harper's Bazar. Recipe For Making Money. First catch your capital, however small,-or if homemade, such as from savings, so much the better. Place in a steady, secure position, where it will not be disturbed, and allow to stand. Skim off all that accrues without waste and with that at the proper season make a stiff paste of business, in which place your capital or as much of it as you can use with advantage. A little ripe judgment should be added. Season with hope and enterprise and+42Y+ stir briskly with a bunch of fresh energy. While your pie is cooking watch it carefully yourself and see that nothing goes wrong. Keep up a good fire until it begins to brown and don’t take too much off the top for tasting until the whole Is well cooked; then enjoy the result.—London Graph- fe. Square Bullets. In 1718 an Englishman, James Puc- kle, secured a British patent for what seems to have been an attempt at a breechloading rapid firing gun. An original feature of the invention was the use of two different breech plates, one for square bullets, to be used against the Turks, and the other for round bullets, to be used against Chris- tlans. It is curious to find two oppos- ing tendencies in the same invention— first, the desire to construct a gun that should be more effective because more destructive, and, second, a desire to recognize certain ethical distinctions in its use. If a round bullet was too good for a Turk, a square one was too bad for a Christian.—London Chron} cle. Awed Into Humility. Man for man, if not woman for woman, the humility and terror of Americans in the presence of Eng- lish people of their own class or above it s, with whatever care dis- guised, a pathetic thing—London Out- look. Childrin and Ganay. Giye children plenty of pure sugar, taffy and butter scotch and they’ll have lttle need of cod llver ofl, says Dr. Woods Hutchinson in Woman’s Home Companion, In short, sugar is, after meat, bread and butter, easily our next most important and necessary food. You can put the matter to a test very easily. Just leave off the pie, pudding or other desserts at your lunch or midday dinner. You’'ll be as- tonished to find how quickly you'll feel “empty” again and how ‘“unfin- ished” the meal will seem. You can't get any workingman to accept a din- ner pall without ple in it. And he’s absolutely right. The only thing that can take the place of sugar here is beer or wine. It is a significant fact that the free lunch counters run in connection with bars furnish every imaginable thing except sweets. Even the restaurants and lunch grills at- tached to saloons or bars often refuse to serve desserts of any sort. They know their business! The more sugar and sweets 2 man takes at a meal the less alcohol he wants. Conversely, nearly every drinking man will tell you that he has lost his taste for sweets. The more candy a nation con- sumes, the less alcohol. Tho Mayor of Be One of the principal requirements of a mayor in Germany is unqualified hon- esty, for in the municipal administra- tlon of Germany graft in any form ‘would not be tolerated. To become the moyor of a city like Berlin the ap- plicant must have established his repu- tation for efficiency in governing other German clties. His career is carefully scrutinized by the members of the town council who select him, for not only must he be competent and suc- cessfully perform the duties of his high Dposition, but still so young as likely to remain competent for many years, for a mayor in Prussia is elected for a term of twelve years and if not re- elected after that period is entitled to a life pension of half the amount of his salary. After a service of six years his pension is one-fourth of his salary and after serving twenty years two- thirds. He need not necessarily be a resident of Berlin at the time of his appointment—in fact, the mayor is usu- ally chosen from the residents of other cities. Culture In West Africa. Culture and commerce are spreading In west Africa. A merchant sends us the following letter, received from a chief: “Dear Gentlemens!—I made my Step to the house of a certain amable friend of mine for invitation and wich our attention highly attracted by taken coloquy for a few minutes. I took a certain magazine in reading of Some- thing. -And I was pursing through pages over pages yours name was Sub- stantially Commeroated to me that you are the best and known Merchants In every produce in the city of Lon- don., Therefore I have found mysel? Somewhat imclimable to pen you to Send me your general Samples, to- gether with Catalogue, and I will soon forwarding my remittance to you promptly fore quantity of goods. Trust- Ing you will not refust as quick by as possible Expecting to heare from you again good news, * * * — London Standard. . Stereotyping. It s claimed that stereotyping wasr known in 1711. It was practiced by ‘William Ged of Edinburgh about 1730. Some of Ged’s plates are to be seen at the Royal institution, London. A Mr. James attempted to introduce Ged’s process in London in 1735, but failed. Stereotype printing was used in Hoi- land during the last century, and a quarto Bible and a Dutch folio Bible were printed there. It was revived in London by Wilson in 1804. Since 1856 the durability of stereotypes has been greatly increased by electrotyping them with copper or silver. The Cure. Professor W. E. Grange, author of the “History of Primitive Love,” a% luded In the course of a lecture in Bos ton to the modern cynical view of love that prevails: “I remember once hear ing a bricklayer and a plumber discuss love. ‘T hold,’ sald the bricklayer, ‘that if you are terribly in love the way te cure yourself is tc run away.’ The plumber shook his head and sneered. “That will cure you,’ he said, ‘provided you run away with the girl.’” 3 ALL TIRED OUT. Hundreds More in Bemidji in the Same Plight. Tired all the time; Weary and worn out night and Back aches; side aches, All on account of the kidneys. 1) Must help them at their work. A Bemidji citizen shows you how: Sam Collard, living at 1907 America Ave., Bemidji, Minn., says: ‘‘For some time I had been suffering from pains 1n the small ot my back and a sort of rheumatic stiffness.in my joints. At times I was so stiff and my. back so sore that I was scarcely able to do my work. A tired languid feeling was with me constantly and headaches bothered me a great deal. I tried a great many remedies but did not receive any relief until Doan’s Kidney Pills were brought to my attention. I procured a box at the Owl Drug Store. From my experience I can recommend them highly to others suffering from kidney trouble.” For sale by all dealers, - Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y., sole agents for the United States, Remember the name—Doan’s— and take no other, Changed His Taste. The Empress Bugenle, whom Napo- leon III. chose to share his throne, had a ready wit, which, although it never velled a sneer, often confused those on whom it was directed. The late Dr. T. ‘W. Hvansi tells in his reminiscences | the story of a distinguished senator, who, on being asked what he thought of the speech in which Napoleon had declared his marriage intention to the deputies, replied: “A fine speech—excellent! But I pre- fer the sauce to the fish,” meaning that Napoleon’s words were better than his choosing of a bride. Some weeks later, at a dinner glven at the Tulleries, this senator was seat- ed next to the empress, who, observ- ing that after having been helped to the turbot he declined the sauce, said to him, smiling roguishly: “Monsleur, I thought it was the sauce you liked and not the fish.” ‘With rare presence of mind the sena- tor hesitated but a moment. A “A mistake, madam,” he said, “for which I am now trying .to. make amends.” The Corner Days. I Some aged country folk like to take note of what they call the corner days —the 20th of March and the 20th of September—when the sun crosses the line and the days and nights are of equal length and the 20th of June (the longest day of the year) and the 20th of December (the shortest). After the 20th of June they say, “When the days grow shorter the weather grows hot- ter,” and after Dec. 20, “As the days begin to lengthen the cold begins to strengthen.” Levi Beebe, a noted old weather prophet, who used to watch the weath- er from his eyrie on Beartown moun- tain, southern Berkshire, Mass., made prophecies which were greatly prized. He made his prognostications from a study of the winds, the clear, cloudy and stormy days for ten days each side of the corner days and multiplied them by 3 to tell the weather for each suc- ceeding quarter, and he made some marvelous guesses.—New York Press. We are the people, — Our demands should be respected. Give us good homes, plenty to eat and comfortable clothes. Give us education, training and good society. Give us good fathers and mothers. Give us Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy when we have coughs, colds or whooping cough. We are entitled to the best and should have it. We are to inherit the earth. Prepare us for this great responsibility by giving us what we demand, and we will become honest, industrious, upright citizens, proud of our ancestry and loyal to our country. i Barker’s Drug Store CARTER @ TAIT Real Estate and Fire Insurance A FEW CHOICE PROPERTIES FOR SALE AT BARGAIN PRICES 607 Irvine Ave. House and lot; 6 rooms, finely finished; lot 50 by 140 to 20 ft. alley. Price $1600, easy terms. 10 room house, finest location on Lake Boulevard. A snap for $2,000, half cash, Two large dwellings on Bemidji Ave. Business lot, Minnesota Ave. Time and the Man. Some one may suggest that if Crom- well and Napoleon Bonaparte and Bis- marck and George Washington and Abraham Lincoln had not appeared to do the work they did others would have arisen equally capable of doing it, though perhaps in a different way. To this suggestion there are two answers. One is that it is pure conjecture. The other answer is that history shows us many occasions when the great man was needed, and ‘when the need of him was acutely felt, and yet when he did not appear. The greatness of some men is largely due to favoring condi- tlons. Other men, perhaps more bril- liant, achieve less than their powers seemed to promise because they were not quite in key with their own age. Perhaps they were ahead of it.—James Bryce in Pall Mall Gazette. $1600 and $1900 Price $475. We write fire and plate Money to loan on farm glass insurance lands But Hard to Tell. “What is the real, essential differ- ence between mushrooms and toad- stools ?” “Exactly the difference between a feast and a funeral.”—Baltimore Amer- lcan, A blithe heart makes a blooming vis- et i The Pioneer---40¢ per Mouth Pioneer Advertising Reaches the People. Advertisements printed in the Bemidji Pioneer are read by more people than if published in any other three news- papers combined printed in Beltrami county. The Pioneer has three times the circulation of any Beltrami county competitor, and vontains more local, county and state news, hence our adver- ~ tising space brings Jarger returns. ATs We Court Investigation BEMIDJI PIONEER. s ——y