Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 15, 1908, Page 2

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED RVERY AFTNRNOON, BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. By CLYDE J. PRYOR. Wutered in the postofice at Bemidji. Minm., as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER ANNUM —_— TAFT THE FORERUNNER OF PROSPERITY. Judge E. H. Gary, chairman of the board of directors of the United States Steel Corporation, is becom- ing a chronic optimist. He has not ceased during the" period of depres- sion to preach good times and to assure the faint-hearted that there is nothing but good fortune ahead; that the country and the people are too rich to be seriously affected by a little panic in Wall street. He sailed for Europe a few days ago and the last thing he did before going aboard ship was to talk to the newspaper men on the financial vutlook. His last views are even more hopeful than those he had given out before. He says that conditions are improving all along the line. He is confident that there will be a marked advance in the business world just as soon as “there is a general feeling that the nominees of the Republican convention are absolutely certain of election. The necessities of the purchasing communities are greater than ever before and the ability to buy is greater than ever before.” He qualifies the last statement by saying that some railroads are embarrassed by temporary lack of funds, but that the lack is only temporary. Conditions with the railroads are improving. There is plenty of cheap money, and those that are in need of equipment and improvements are beginning to realize that they can get funds if they have good security to offer. The sales per day in some branches of the agricultural imple- ment industry are the greatest in the history of the trade. This demonstrates “that the farmer has confidence in the return of good times and is not afraid to spend his monev. It also demonstrates that he is confident of a good crop this season. With good crops and a return of confidence in ali lines of business activity there would be sure to be a period of unrivaled prosperity. The people have more money today then ever. Financial conditions are improving and only absolute confidence is lacking to start us on the high road to pros- perity. Just as soon as the financiers, merchants, manufacturers and the farmers have absolute confidence in the future, business conditions will become satisfactory. Judge Gary, who is a shrewd observer and a broadgauge business man, is con- fident that assurance of the success of Taft and Sherman will mean general prosperity. Nor is he alone in that belief. There are tens of thousands in the country who may admire Bryan but tremble to think of the probable or at least possible effect his election would have on the business world. They realize that political theories may appear well in platforms, but that it is confidence that counts and confi- dence is what we need now. For the first time in many years Judge Taft is now a private citizen and is enjoying the high honor of being one. He has been in public life in some capacity for many years and no man is better acquainted with the needs of the people than him. That he will make good there is no doubt and when he leaves the office to which he has been nominated he will be as popu- lar as his worthy predecessor. This is the prediction of this newspaper on the ground that he will be elected for there is little doubt of that. Granite Falls Tribune. OBSERVATIONS. IBy A. G. Rutledge.] Do your best—but not your best friends; Some sound arguments consist mainly of loud talk. Gray hairs need be honored only when they adorn honest heads. A hot-headed woman and a stick of a man ought to make a good match. His Satanic majesty would soon have to shut up shop if he did busi- ness on the C. O. D, plan. It must make the owner of a $5,000 automobile feel cheap when chased by a yellow cur that wouldn’t bring 30 centsat a sausage foundry. Africans and the Locomotive. The children of the desert iere lled tvith awe when first the silence of the primeval solitude was broken by the puffing of the steam engine.. Down at]| the other end of the Cape to Cairo:line | the simple Matabele. w ' first " con- fionted by a locomotive, were certain that the strange machine was worked by the labor of an indefinite number of oxen, which they assumed were shut up inside; hence, when the engine stop- ped, they gathered_in curious crowds, waiting to see the door open and the oxen come out, nor could they for many days be persuaded that the power of the locomotive could come from other than the strength of the ox. The Arabs of the Sudan, more imag- inative than the Matabele, saw in the fire horses of the rallway one of the Djinns of the “Arabian Nights” har- nessed by the magic of the infidel to the long train of cars. The steam en- B gine was to them a living, sentient being, of which belief there is curi- ous evidence in the fact that on one occasion a sheik made an impassioned remonstrance against the cruelty of making so small an engine draw so huge a train. Composite Names. “One of the differences between the east and the northwest,” said a Puget sounder, “is the names of places, and the Skikomishes, the Snohomishes, the Snoqualmies, the Wahkiakums and the lot of them give'a man funny feelings, and when be runs across Bucoda, on the Northern Pacific railroad in Pierce county, Wash., he doesn’t know wheth- er it is Chinook or Siwash or what. But it is none of them—like Kenova, in ‘West Virginia, which is near the junec- tion of Kentucky, Ohlo and Virginia, or Delmar, where Delaware and Mary- land come together. Bucoda is a com- posite name, and its story.is simple enough. When the Northern Pacific came in a town sprang up, and it must have a name. There were Indian names in plenty, but something more novel was wanted, so Messrs. Buckley, Coulter and Davis, all Northern Pacific officials, put their heads together first and their names later, and the name Bu-co-da was evolved, with an ety- ‘mology: very apparent to any one who is at all informed in terminology. Bu- coda it has remained, and it is not half bad as names go in the Puget sound country.” Beggars on Horseback. “¢Whoa, thar,” he says, pullin’ up his hoss, and then he whines: “‘For the love o' charity, kind gent, would ye be so good as to gimme a crust o’ bread for meself and a handful o’ oats for the old mare? ” The sailor smiled thoughtfully and stirred his ice cream soda with a long spoon. “Yes, Hal,” he resumed, “there’s ac- tual beggars on horseback in Roosia. They travels from town to town In caravans. They beg grub for them- selves and fodder for their nags, just as I been tellin’ ye. “0’ course, in the Argentine, where a hoss don’t cost a song, it’s only nat- ural ye should see beggars on horse- bacl, and I aln’t sapin’ nathin’ abant that. But in China they ride, too, while there’s a Maltese beggar down Malta way what even drives a spring wagon an’ takes his gal along. Inter- rupts his canoodlin’ to ask you for a copper to stave off starvation, then starts right in again where he left off.” —New Orleans Times-Democrat, An Unaccountable Falling. It was a severe trial to Mr. Harding that his only son’s memory was not all that could be desired. “Where in the world he got such a forgetful streak from is beyond me,” sald the exasper- ated father to his wife on one occasion. “What has he forgotten now?” asked Mrs. Harding, with eyes downcast and a demure expression. “The figures of the last return from the election on the bulletin board.” And Mr. Harding inserted a finger in his collar as if to loosen it and shook his head vehemently. “Looked at ’em as he came past not half an hour ago, and now can’t tell me. “As I said to him, ‘If you're so stu- pld you can’t keep a few simple figures in your head, why don’t you write ’'em down on a plece of paper, as I do, and have done all my life, long before I 'was your age? " A Candle Trick. Let a candle burn until it has a good long snuff, then blow it out with a sudden puff. A bright wreath of white smoke will curl up from the hot wick. Now, if a flame be applied to this smoke, even at a distance of two or three inches from the candle, the flame will run down the smoke and rekindle the wick In a very fantastic manner. To perform this ceremony nicely there must be no draft or “banging” doors ‘while the mystic spell is rising. His Fate. The race of consequential vergers is not yet extinct. Dean Pigoc has a story about one of them, who, when a bish- op asked him at what polnt he was to malke his appearance, replied: “First I take the choir people to their places, and then, after they are seated, T return for you, my lord, and conduct you to the haltes London Telegraph. Expected Reduction. Grandpa Macpherson — How amany do two and two make, Donald? Don- ald—Six. Grandpa—What are you talk- Ing about? Two and two make four. Donald—Yes, I know, but I thought you'd “beat me down” a bit!—London Punch. No Accent. French Professor—Ah, yes, mademof- selle, you spick ze French wizout ze least accent. Miss Breezy—Do I, real- ly? French Professor—Oh, yes—zat “ees, wizout ze least French accent. —_——— An Author Who Hated Waten Mme. d’Arblay, better known as Miss Fanny Burney, who took such am important place in the literature of the eighteenth century, had an extraordi- nary and most undesirable pecullarity. She had the greatest aversion to wash- ing and water. Sir Henry Holland was the physician who attended the glfted authoress during the last year of her life, and she confided to him that she had not washed for fifteen years, One .| Fllh Didn't Grow. ' A number of men were telling of re- tarkable catches off Atlantic City, and #ne of them said that ome day he eaught a very small cod, and, not car- ing to take home such a little fellow, he took a piece of copper wire, ran it through the tail of the fish, and on one end of the wire he attached a copper tag with his name scratched upon it. “The next year when I was off there,” continued the man, “I got a heavy pull on the line, and after five minutes’ fighting landed a twelve pound cod, and there on its tail was my tag.” “That reminds me of a similar ex- perience off there,” said another man. “I caught one of those small cod, and I wanted to hang some sort of identifi- cation on it, but I couldn’t find any- thing in the copper tag line from one end of the boat to the other. I did| find, however, a little tin whistle in “one of my pockets, and, running a wire through the tail of the fish, I hung on the whistle and threw the cod back into the water. - “The following year I got a most pe- culiar bite on my hook, and after pull- ing in the line I got the surprise of my life. There was the same little cod. He hadn’t grown an inch, but hang- ing on his tall was a long fog horn.”— Philadelphia Press. Put Through His Paces. The wealthy Briton is confessedly the most fastidious man living as to the quality of his personal domestic service.. The concentrated energy with which an Englishman will rebuke his servant for an offense so slight that the average American fails to observe it bears out the above statement. Those who propose changing servants are not content with references and a perfunctory interview with the man or maid under consideration, but in- sist upon a full dress rehearsal of both manners and appearance. The serv- ant in lvery is put through all his paces, must display the size of his calves, the haughtiness of his pose as well as breeding in handling a card, announcing a guest or serving at the table. Nothing is taken for granted. The master and the mistress sit by and discuss the points of groom or but- ler as they would those of a high priced horse or valuable dog. Domes- tics are taken with great seriousness by the upper class Englishmen, and for that reason nothing is left to luck in peopling the servants’ hall. Wink at S8ome Things. “When you have mastered the gentle art of winking,” said Lord Beacons- fleld, “you hold the key to success in your hands.” Every one’s personality is made up of trivial failings and trivial talents. Foster the good qualities in your friends and subordinates and wink at those failings so dear to their possess- ors. Not to see everything is a rule ‘which will strengthen friendships and help you to get the best results from your fellow workers. “He is no good,” said the great Na- poleon of one of his officers. “He is continually looking into the privates’ stew pot!” “I want a {80 Who can keep his eye on the ultimate result and ignore little failings; never mind how aggravating,” sald Nelson. And General Gordon once remarked that the man who lost his temper because a private’s boot lace ‘was tled loosely on the day of a battle aid more to lose the day than all the enemy’s guns. ‘The Mysterlous Gegenschien. There is visible in the night sky, un- der favorable circumstances, a faint light, rounded in.outHne and situated always exactly opposite to the place of the sun. It is called the “gegen- schien” and is one of the most inex- plicable objects known to astronomers. According to a sclentist, it may be a #ort of cometary or meteoric satellite attending the earth. He supposes it to be composed of a cloud of meteors, situated about 1,000,000 miles from the earth and revolving around it in a period of just one year, so that the sun and the meteors are always on op- posite sides of the earth. He estimates that the size of this ghostly satellite may be nearly the same as that of the planet Jupiter—viz, about 86,000 miles in diameter. An amusing incident occurred in one of the New York courts the other day. The lawyer for the defense was mak- ing a very lengthy cross examination of an old lady when he was interrupt~ ed by the judge with the remark, “I think you have exhausted this wit- ness.” “Yes, judge,” she exclaimed, “I do feel very much exhausted.” Quick Change. “Who,” she asked, “is that scrawny, bowlegged, ridiculous looking person talking to Miss Rockingham?" “That is Count Brisczpicksnitzel.” “Oh! What an aristocratic, noble bearing he seems to have now that he has shifted his position so that the light strikes him properly!”—Chicago Record-Herald. The Cowslip. “l saw a cowslip by the rivers brim,” sald the long haired boarder who had just returned from a stroll. “I hope ‘twan’t ome of my cows,” sald the practical farmer. “Did she slip clear in?” A Surprise. When a woman calls her husband up by telephone without his knowing ‘who she 18, she 18 always surprised to see how politely he addresses her at first.—Somerville Journal,_ Since time is not a person we can overtake when he 18 gone, let us honor him with mirth and cheerfulness of heart while he is passing.—Goethe. The Word. “News.” On the derivation of the word “news,” which has been a puzzle to many learned philologists, there is the following: The word explains {tself without a muse, And the four letters speak from whence comes “news;” From north, east, west and south—the solution’s made. TOATTACK PLATFOAM % AN APPEAL TO THE RADICALS Republicans Declare Democratic Doc- ument Was Framed to Attract Cer- tain Voters and to Inflame Class Feeling. Hot Springs, Va.,, July 15—From present indications William H. Taft's letter of acceptance will be a judicial scoring of the Democratic platform adopted at Denver. All day and late into the evening Mr. Taft’s time was devoted to a study of the platforms of the two parties. When he has con- cluded his labors he will be not only an authority on the work of the re- cent conventions but on political plat- forms of the past. Mr. Taft became so thoroughly in- terested in his studies of the records that he did not find time to dictate a line of his speech of acceptance. After his usual morning game of golf he again delved into the records. He is securing the complete seclusion he desired, as there is not a single party leader here to interrupt his work by requests of a conference. Republicans are frank in their dec- laration that the Democrats have framed up their platform to appeal solely to the radicalism of the West and t0 inflame whatever class feeling there may.be in the United States. The Taft acceptance will be a warn- ing to the radicals to halt while there is yet time and an appeal to the sane- ness and reasonableness of the coun- try to make progress, but to make it in such a way that there shall be no evil consequences. ‘The party now in power is convinced that if the Demo- cratic platform is ever put into effect the harvest will be the most stagger- ing blow to prosperity that the coun- try has ever known. PROVISION PRICES DROP. Pork, Lard and Ribs Show a Heavy Decline. Chicago, July 15—Provisions, par- tlcularly pork, took a long backward leap, scoring losses| all along the line ranging from 27% to 90 cents. The market was demoralized. An over- bought condition revailed owing to persistent purchases for a week or more by both local interests and by outsiders and some of the more timid longs, who had come in at top prices, attempted to go out of their lines and they gave the signal for a general selling movement that sent prices downward. A gool many stop loss | orders. came out as prices moved downward, the execution of which oBravated kol Eeneral wuahacss: September pork, from $16.7214, went off to $15.82%,@15.85, other deliveries making almost as greatilosses. Lard netted losses of 27% tp 2215 cents and ribs of from 37% to 50 cents. The packing interests were credit- ed with much of the selling and there was little demand for the product un- til the recession had progressed far, when commission houses checked the decline by absorbing the offerings on resting orders. PROHIBITIONISTS GATHER. Many Names Mentioned for Presiden. tial Nominee. Columbus, O., July 15—The day opened up lively for the Prohibition- ists, with delegations from various states arriving and being escrted to their respective hotels by 1 band headed by a gaily decorated water wagon, drawn by four milk white horses and attached to the rear a mule bearing a big placard, “Missouri two-thirds dry.” The refusal of Seaborn Wright of Georgia to allow his name to come be- fore the convention as a candidate for president left the delegates very much at sea as to candidates, but certainly not for a lack of material. A new boom makes its appearance every twe or three hours. Following the boom for Dr. A. B Leonard came one for Professor Charles §. Scanlon of Pittsburg, field representative of the Presbyterian church in its temperance work. Fred F. Wheeler of Los Angeles is still strong and Joseph P. Tracey of De troit, Daniel R. Sheen of Peoria and Alfred L. Manierre of New York are all making active campaigns. Willed $3,000 by Cleveland. Kendall, Mont., July 15.—Miss Mary Hastings, a nurse in moderate ciroum- stances in the raflroad company hos- pital at Kendall, is one of the bene- ficiarles of the late Grover Cleveland. Not a person in town knew Miss Hastings was related to the former president until the news was made known that she had been left $3,000 from the estate. .She is the daughter of Anna Hastings, sister of Mr. Cleve- land. Death Held to Be Accuden;nl. St. Paul, July 16.—A coroner’s jury has decided - that George Belmont’s death was due to a gunshot wound at the hands of himself and 'Margaret White during a struggle in the latter’s apartments to gain possession of the gun. The accident was recounted from beginning to end and nc grounds oould be found for the theory that the White woman had been jealous of Bel- mont. Foiled. “Ah!” said Bragley, with a- view to making Miss' Wise jealous. “I was alone last evening with some one I ad- mire very much. “Ah!” echoed the bright girl. “Alone, ‘were you?'—Philadelphia Press. A Losing Scheme. “They tell me that poor Jolly is a victim of bis own good fellowship.” ‘Each quarter gives account of war and trade., —Minneapolis Journal." - ——n nF‘FI‘-‘(‘TI\IE PAGE “That’s so. He lost his own health in drinking other peonle 's.”’—Baltimore Amerlun. CREATES ‘€ONSTERNATION. Carrie Nation'a Guest of Blg Chloago Hotel. Chicago, July 15.—The advent of Mrs. Nation into the ‘Auditorivm An- nex created consternation among em- ployes and excited interest among guests when it became known the celebrated “hatchet wielder” wag im the house. Chief Detective Frank Repette was hastily summoned and inside of ten minutes he had a cordon of house de- tectives thrown around the hotel, the ‘watchword being “Don’t let her get into the Pompeiian room whatever she does.” So Big Jim Cella was stationed at the ‘main entrance to the room, but Carrie failed to even find out there was such a place. She came near finding it, however, by accident. As she left the desk after registering she started to turn into “Peacock alley,” as the corridor leading to the big re- freshment room is. called. The face of the .bellman turned White as he grabbed her by the arm and almost shouted: “Here, don’t go that way,” and as Carrie turned an inquiring ' eye ke hastily continued: “This way to room 1912,” and she followed him, none the wiser, to the elevator, Mrs. Nation did not remain long in her room, saying she would go to Co- lumbus, O., on a night train to attend the natioual Prohibition convention. SOUTH DAKOTA DEMOCRATS State Convention in Session at Rapid City. Rapid City, S. D, July 15—The Democratic state convention was called to order at Derthick Opera House by Hon. Harry Wentey of Rapid City, state chairman, with ev- ery county in the state fully repre- sented. A large crowd in addition to the delegates was in attendance. An- drew Olson of Deadwood was chosen temporary chairman. Committees on rules and order of business and cre- dentials and resolutions were ap- pointed. The platform will contain planks calling for immediate tariff revision, income tax, inheritance ‘tax, strong anti-trust, anti-injunction, opening of the Indian réservation lands to settle- ment and on state issues the physical valuation of railroads, remodification of the present primary law, economy in state affairs and points with pride to the record of Andrew Lee as gov- ernor from 1896 to 1900. HELD TO BE UNLAWFUL. Payment by Certain Railroads of an Elevation Allowance. ‘Washington, July 15.—In an opinion rendered by the interstate commerce commission the payment by certain railroads of an elevation allowance of three-quarters of 1 cent per hundred pounds was held to be an undue and unlawful discrimination and the de- fendant carriers were ordered to dis- continue on Oct. 1 next such pay- ments. The decision was in the case ©f. the trafv- burcau and the Aor. chants exchange of St. Louis against the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy; the Missouri Pacific; the Chicsgo.! Rock Island and Pacific; the St. Louis | and San_Francisco and the Missouri, BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. One Chinaman 'was killed and two ‘white men were slightly injured in a Dpistol fight in Chinatown, Philadel- 'phia, following a quarrel over a game of cards. The attorney general has transmit- ted to the various United States at- torneys information against eleven railroads for violations of the federal safety appliance law. MARKET QUOTATIONS. Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, July 14—Wheat—July, $1.123%; Sept., 97% @97%c. On track —No. 1 hard, $1.17%; No. 1 Northern, $116%; No. 2 Northern, $1.13%@ 1.13%; No. 3 Northern, $1.08@1.11. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, July 1¢.—Wheat—To arrive and on track—No. 1 hard, $1.15; No. 1 Nortkern, $1.14; No. 2 Northern, $1.- 10%; July, $1.12; Sept., 98%ec. Flax —To arrive, on track and July, $1.23; Sept., $1.21%; Oct, $1.20%; Nov., $1.20; Dec., $1.18. . St. Paul Union Stock Yards. St. Paul, July 14.—Cattle—Good to choice steers, $6.00@6.75; fair to good, $5.00995.75; good to choice cows and heifers, $4.50@5.50; veals, $3.76@5.00. Hoge—$6.50@6.70. Sheep—Wethers, $4.00@4.86; good to choice lambs, $4.50€5.16; springs, $6.00@86.50. Chicago Grain and Provisians. Chicago, July 14—Wheat—July, 91c; Sept., 913%@91%ec; Dec., 93%ec. Corn—July, T3%c; Sept., T4c; Dec., 62c. Oats—July, old, Bll%c; July, 60%c; Sept., 43%c. Pork—July, $15.- 7244; Sept, $15.82%@15.85; Oct., $15.85. Butter — Creameries, 18@ 21%c; daires, 17@20c. Eggs—1T%c. Poultry — Turkeys, 14c; chiokens, 10%c; springs, 15@16c. Chicago Union 8tock Yards. Chicago, July 14.—Cattle—Beeves,* $4.40@8.00; Texans, $4.00@6.85; West- ern cattle, $4.50@6.30; stockers and feeders, $2.60@4.75; cows, $2.30@ 6.00; calves, $4.50@6.50. Hogs—Light, $6.36®6.90; mixed, $6.35@7.00; heavy, $6.35@17.00; rough, $6.35@6.60; good to choice . heavy, $6.60@7.00; pigs, $5.26@6.20. Sheep, $2.75@4.65; year- lings; $4.60@5.30; lambs, $4.00@7.00. Unrequited Genius. The world has never learned the name of the genlus who conceived the ; idea of spreading buiter upon hiy| bread, a combination of food elements | more palatable, more wholesome and | more - universally popular than any that the combined wisdom of all the professors who have ever lived has been able to devise.—Epicure. An Expert Carver. Mme. X. wishes to secure a new but- ler. “You know how to serve the ta-! ble and especially can you carve well?” | she asked an applicant. “DMudawr way rest assured of 1" Lo replied. “When one has been ten years a surgeon’s servant in a dissecting Toom one ought to understand his busi- | ness.” WHEN HER BAGK ACHES A Woman Finds All Her Energy and Ambition Slipping Away. Bemidji women know how the aches and pains that come when the kidneys fail make life a burden. Backache, hip pains, headaches, dizzy spells, distressing urinary troubles, all tell of sick kidneys and warn you of the steaithy approach of diabetes, dropsy and Bright’s disease. Doan’s Kidney Pills perman- ently cure all these disorders, Here’s proof of it in a Bemidji woman's words: Mrs. Edward Jewett, living at 1112 Park Ave., Bemdji, Minn., says: “I am recommending Doan’s Kidney Pills and from my actual experience I know them to be a reliable remedy. I did not take them as caréfully as I might have, but still the results received were satisfactory. The attacks always come on with a dull ache in my back and while they were at their height, I felt weak and mis- erable. I sent to the Owl Drug Drug store and procured a box of Doan’s Kidney Pills. Thep helped me right away and I am well pleased with the results received.” For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name—Doan’s "1and take no other. As Others See Us. “Mem-sahib,” asked a young East In- dlan girl of her English mistress, “why do you wear those sad colors? I don’t like them.” “I am In mourning, Lattoo. It is the custom of English ladles.” “But black is the color of night, mem- sahib, and yet you believe that when you die you go to heaven at once. Then Wwhy not be glad for your friends who die and wear colors such as we see In birds and flowers and falllng water when the sun shines? God doesn't make your colors. Ah, well, Christiang are strange people!”—From “The In- dian Alps.” _ A Woman's Country. The Frenchwoman may not be so classical in form or outline as many of England’s beautiful women, but she has undoubtedly the gift of charm, and by virtue of this elusive, tantalizing quallty she has for centuries bewitched and enthralled all the men of her coun- try. Frauce (vday Is the wost wowun ridden country and also the most peaceful, prosperous and contented. The women rule by charm.—Stormy Petrel. Pri nting The Pioneer Printery Is Equipped with Modern Machinery, Up-to-date Type Faces, and the Largest Stock of Flat Papers, Ruled Goods and Stationery of All Kinds in Northern -Minnesota. We nave the highest-salaried Printers in Beltrami county, and we are leaders in Commercial Printing. Try us; we’ll Suit you. Pioneer Printery PR VNG W