Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 18, 1908, Page 3

ST THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER| PUBLISHED NVERY AFTERNOON, BEMIDII PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. _ By CLYDE J..PRYOR. ‘Entered in the postoffice at Bemidil. Minn., a8 second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER ANNUM An Angry Elephant. A sentinel in the menagerie at Paris has had a curious experience with one of the largest elephants. The sentinel ‘was very conscientious and always re- quested the spectators not to give the animals anything to eat, which seemed to displease the elephant in question to such an extent that he several times sprinkled the sentry's head with water from his trunk. One day a bystander offered this particular elephant a large cake. The sentinel interfered, as usual, and the elephant promptly dis- charged in his face a violent stream of water. A general laugh ensued, but the sentinel, having calmly wiped his face, stood on one side and continued as watchful as before. Soon after- ward he found it necessary to repeat his admonition, but no sooner was this uttered than the elephant laid hold. of his musket, twirled it round his trunk, trod it under his feet and did not re- store it until he had twisted it into nearly the form of a corkscrew. Then he gave a snort at the discomfited sentinel, as if to say, “Now I hope you’ll mind your own business!” A Neighing Cock. Camden says the Thames was once called the Cockney, and therefore a cockney means simply one who lives on the banks of the Thames. Wedg- wood says a cockney, or cockerney, is one pampered by city indulgenge, in contradistinction to rustics hardened by outdoor work. There is, however, a legend, almost too good to be true— namely, that a Londoner who had never before slept out of sound of Bow Bells had occasion to go into the country and was detained all night. He was much disturbed by the lowing of the cattle, the grunting of the pigs and other sounds of country life, which he could not understand, and in par- ticular he was frightened by the crow- ing of the cock. In the morning, in response to the farmer’s inquiries, he said the sound of the wild beasts had kept him awake. Just at that mo- ment the cock crowed again, and the Londoner said: “That’s the one! He's | been neighing like that for hours!” Since then Londoners have been called cockneighs or cockneys. The Python. Contrary to general belief, the py- thon or boa constrictor rarely attacks people and is looked upon very differ- .ently by the people from the hama- dryad and cobra. The python will take up his abode in a neighborhood and will not disturb anything except the henroosts. These he disturbs very much, as he has a great fondness for chickens; also for a stray dog or small goat. I know of one case, how- ever, In a floating house where a py- thon attacked a woman and, contrary to the preconceived idea, did not crush her in his folds, but attempted to swallow her, commencing with one of her feet. When she was rescued her foot and ankle were badly lacerated by the snake's teeth. The Chinese kill the python to make medicine from the llver, which has a high repute among them. They also use the dried skin for medicine. Any Chinese drug shop In Siam will have a number of python skins for sale.—Medical Journal. Woman the Tougher Sex. Although men, as they run, are per- haps muscularly stronger than women, thelr inability to withstand the ele- ments and their reliance upon clothes place them considerably below the so called weaker sex in the matter of un- clothed toughness. Women wear clothes for ornament. Men use them as pro- tectlve covering. A group of men ma- rooned clotheless on an island in the temperate zone might be expected to dle off in a month from drafts and colds and rheumatism. The health of ‘women similarly placed would suffer little from the enforced exposure. The fact appears to be, therefore, that in everything but muscle—in vitality, rug- gedness, character, disposition, brain power, etc.—woman is the tougher, not the wealker, sex.—Kansas City Journal. A Xantippe Outwitted, An Englishman of Lymington had the misfortune to live in a continuous quarrel with his wife, who was a mod- ern Xantippe and threatened in case she survived him to dance over his grave. It was her lot to outlive him, but it was not so easy to carry out her threat. The husband had the pre- caution to make an injunction in his will requiring his body to be buried in the sea near his residence and without ceremony. The injunction was com- plied with. Succeeded. “No, sir,” said the stern parent, “I cannot give my consent—at least not now. Before I will think of confiding my daughter to your care you must succeed in doing something.” “Oh, I've done that. I succeeded in kissing her last night after she had as- sured me that I never could until you had given your approval.” Expensive. “No; I've decided never to accept frlendly advice any more.” “Why not? It doesn’t cost you any- thing.” “Well, I've found out that it almost invariably costs you your friends.”— Exchange. The Observing One. Patron—How can you tell whether a couple are married or not? Hotel Keeper—If he orders two whole por- tions, they are not; if he orders one portion for two, they are, A Parting Shot. Group of Shoeblacks (in chorus)— Shine, sir; shine? Seedy Masher (ir- ritably)—No, confound you all; no. One of Them—Cut the fringe off your trou- lers same tlme, sir, Qtlly'l Irons In deseribing some of hert moema of the stage, Ellen Terry, in McClure's | Magazine, tells of her dresser, Sarah Holland. ~ She had an extraordinarily open mind, writes Miss Terry, and was ready to grasp each new play as it came along as a separate and entire: ly different field of operations. She was extremely methodical and only got flutried once in a blue moon. When we went to America and made the acquaintance of that dreadful thing, a “one night stand,” she was as precise and particular about having everything nice and in order for me as if we were going to stay in the fown a'month. Down went my neat square of white drugget. All the lights in my dressing room were arranged as I wished. Everything was unpacked and ironed. One day when I came into some American- theater to dress- I found Sally nearly in tears. “What's the matter with you, Sally?” T asked. “I ’aven’t ’ad a morsel to heat all day, dear, and I can’t’eat my iron.” “Eat your iron, Sally! What do you mean?” “’0w am I to iron all this, dear?’ wailed my faithful Sally, “picking up my Nance Oldfield apron and a few other trifles. “It-won't get "ot!” Until then I really thought that Sally was being sardonic about an iron as a substitute for victuals. - Telephone Manners. Do telephones lead to politeness or otherwise? When they first came into use the answer to this question would have been emphatically in the nega- tive, but now that they are almost uni- versally prevalent an era . of good manners and “thank you’s” seems to be in full swing. In some communities it is not even possible to quarrel over the telephone, although the two women who took part in the following conver- sation came near it: “Hello! Is this Mrs. Weston?” “Yes? “This is your next door neighbor, Mrs. Lawrence. I thought you might be interested to know that at the pres- ent moment your son Thomas is sitting on one of the sheets which are bleach- ing on my lawn and is building a large pile of mud on it.” “Oh, thank you, Mrs, Lawrence!” ex- claimed the mother. “And may I re- turn the favor by informing you that your setter Rab has just rooted up my two new rosebushes and that he seems to be chewing the buds!” “Oh, indeed! Thank you! Goodby!” “Not at all. Thank you! Goodby!” Tired of Him. At a trial in Scotland a lady got into the witness box to be examined, when the following conversation took place between her and the opposing coun- sel: Counsel—How old are you? Miss Jane—Oh, weel, sir, I am an unmarried woman and dinna think it right to answer that question. The Judge—Oh, yes; answer the gen- tleman. How old are you? Miss Jane—Weel-a-weel, I am fifty. Counsel—Are you not more? Miss Jane—Weel, I am sixty. The inquisitive lawyer still further asked if she had any hopes of getting married, to which Miss Jane replied: “Weel, sir, I winna tell a lee. I hin- na lost hope yet,” scornfully adding, “But I widna marry you, for I am sick and tired o’ your palaver already.” Psychology of Broken Jaws. It might be a bit of a strange fact, but you would be astonished to see the broken jaws which are presented at free ins{df .lons on holidays—elec- tion day, New Year's day and the Fourth of July. A great number of fractured jaws are the result of ~uar- rels among the very lowest classes. It surprises me that the number of bro- ken jaws is not on the increase on ac- count of the heated newspaper discus- slons that we are constantly having on various topics of the day. It has been said that were it mnot for the mouth nine-tenths of the gossip and the mischief of the world would be prevented. And very often were It not for the mouth there would be "~ broken jaws.—D. B. Breundlich in New York Medical Journal. t Shooting Stars. When a shooting star breaks into flame in our atmosphere the residuum of the combustion remains in the air and can be found in what is known as _atmospheric dust. The virgin snow of the polar regions was often seen to be spotted with traces of dust which con- tained particles of iron. Like particles are found on church towers and else- ‘where. Among the minute bodies that dance in the sun’s rays there are cer- tainly particles of shooting stars, Showing Him How. “You young scoundrel,” said the fa- ther, seizing his disobedient son by the hair, “I'll show you how to treat your mother!” And he gave him several bangs on the ears and then shook him until his hair began to fall out. Youthful Assurance. ‘“When I was your age,” said the stern parent, “I was accumulating money of my own.” “Yes,” answered the graceless youth. “but don’t you think the public was easier then than it is new?”"—Washing- ‘| ton Star. The Final Shock. Patient—Doctor, I don’t thigk I can use the battery any more. Will it be necessary to shock me again? Doctor —Only once more. T'll send in my bill tomorrow, ‘Wise men read very sharply all your private history in your look and gait and behavior.—Fmerson. Too Much of It. Greene—How does It happen that you don’t trade at Cleaver’s any more? You used to brag about the nice cuts of meat he always sent you. Is it because he wouldn’t give you credit? Gray—On the contrary, 1t is because he did.—Bos- ton Transcript. Tommy’s Lesson. Tommie—But, mamma, fingers were made before forks. Mamma—Yes, my boy, and dirt was made ‘before ple, but you prefer pie, don’t you, Tommie?. —Yonkers: Stammnn. ONWALL STREET Violent Break in Prices of the Active Stocks. - DISORDER ATTENDS SALES Selling Appears to Be Urgent and Se- curities Are Unloaded Without Re- gard to Values—Dissatisfaction of Financiers With the Political Situa- tion in the West Given as One of the Reasons for the Slump. New York, Sept. 18.—Violent de- clines in prices occurred on the stock exchange, the recessions amounting to from two to five points in the ‘active issues. There was a good deal of dis- order in the unloading of stocks-and the selling at times appeared to be urgent. Explanations of the selling “and lower prices were varied. One report ‘was that the situation came about be- cause of a “political scare,” resulting from recent interviews with prom- inent financiers, who expressed dis- satisfaction from the Wall street view- point with the political outlook in the ‘West. Other explanations of the break were the extent to which the specula- tion has recently run and the season- able turn-in the currency movement out. of New York bank reserves and into interior channels of trade. Ru- mors were in circulation also of pos- sible reductions in_ dividends of rail- roads owing to shrinkage in earnings. The Harriman Pacifics, the Hill group and Reading were most acutely af- fected, as they have been the medium of largest operations in the specula- tion. LOWER COURT REVERSED Railroads Must Treat All Shippers on Equal Terms. Richmond, Va., Sept. 18.—Declaring that a railroad must give all shippers the same transportation treatment whether it owns all or only part of the cars it carries the United States circuit court of appeals reversed the decision of the United States circuit court of Maryland in the suit of the Pitcairn Coal company against the Baltimore and Ohio Rallway company, the Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad company, the Fairmount Coal company and thirty other coal com- panies. The complainants alleged that they were discriminated against in the dis- tribution of coal cars by the defend- ants, especially the Baltimore and Ohio. Judge Pritchard, delivering the opinion, held that the interstate com- merce law “casts upon the carrier the plain duty of furnishing a fair and equal distribution of car facilities and this duty cannot be evaded by the car- rier claiming that it is not the owner of a portion of the cars carried over its lines.” The case was remlmled to the Mary- land circuit court. NOT YET READY TO QUIT James J. Hill, Although Seventy, Will Continue Active Life. St. Paul, Sept. 18.—In his address at the reunion of Great Northern em- ployes at Lake Minnetonka on the oc- casion of the celebration in honor of his seventieth birthday anniversary Chairman James J. Hill of the board of directors of the Great Northern railway announced that his holdings in the big railway were not over 5 per cent of the whole. “I have not worked to make money for myself,” said Mr. Hill. “Now I am like the boy that had the steer by the tail. It is better to hang on than let go. I'do not want to lay down my burden until certain large enterprises are advanced far enough so that they will not be so hard for those who come after me as they are for me.” Mr. Hill indicated that his view of the - future was not altogether favor- able. FURTHER ARRESTS LIKELY Others Implicated in Glg:nhc Alberti Frauds. Copenhagen, Sept. 18.—Further de- velopments in the Alberti frauds are expected to come to light any day and it is believed that through them other prominent persons will be implicgted. The police are keeping these persons under surveillance. It is believed that M. Alberti, who formerly was Danish minister of justice, soon will make another confession justifying the ar- rest of the persons now under sus- picion. It is presumed also that Alberti had accomplices in London since the hand- writing of the falsified accounts of his butter business has strong English characteristics. It is believed here that Alberti has a fortune stowed away in tke safe deposit boxes of vari- ous English banks. Reaffirms Open Shop Policy. New York, Sept. 18.—The United _Typothetae of America has adopted a declaration of policy confirming the open shop plan. Among other planks it contains the following: “The Unit- ed Typothetae are opposed to any agreement between the local typothe- taes or individual members thereof and employes’ unions for the control of trade or membership.” _— Moving Pictures. Moving picture cameras are remark- able pieces of mechanism. The filmg are only three-quarters of an inch wide. These are in rolls, sometimes 800 feet long. When taking pictures the camera man reels off these rolls Just #8 rapidly as they are unreeled when thrown upon the canvas for the spec- tator, at a rate of ten or twelve films a second. Moving pictures are simply & number of views thrown upon a ‘white sheet one after another so rapid- Iy that the eye cannot detect the inter- golden wedding ‘celebration of Willlam Singer, the millionalre iron manu- facturer of this city, received $4 000;- 000 each in the form of “fayors.” - As there were four guests this item of the feast alone cost the princely sum of $16,000,000. - The consolation_ enjoyed by the iron king in parting with so many of his millions lay in the fact that every recipient was a member of ment in the future of large sums in succession duties to the government. It developed that Mr. Singer invited his four children to the family abode on May 27 to assist in celebrating the golden wedding. None but the ohil- dren was invited and each found by his or her plate a small dinner favor and checks; bonds and deeds amount- g to $4,000,000. Every effort has been made by aristocratic Singer con- nections to keep the matter quiet and they succeeded until Wednesday, when the filing of papers made it pub- le. Shoots Woman and Himself. Decatur, 111, Sept. 18.—In the pres- ence of Mrs. Edna McClelland’s four- year-old child John Cook, a farmer seventy-eight years old, living near Philo, 11, shot and killed Mrs. Mec- Clelland with a rifle. He then turned the gun on himself in an ineffectual attempt at suicide. The woman js the mother of. three children and was housekeeper for Cook. FOREST FIRES NOW RAGING IN GANADA Setilers Exhausted After Long Battle With Flames. Parry Sound, Ont., Sept. 18.—An al- most impenetrable vell of smoke hangs over the whole north coyntry and the forest fires continue to rage with undiminished fury. No rain has fallen for nearly a month. From the Severn southward to the northern boundaries of this district and away beyond into the districts of Nipissing and Algoma the line of fire extends. Many villages are ‘threatened and the settlers in all parts are forced to fight fire until they are almost exhausted. Port Arthur, Ont., Sept. 18.—Arriv- als from Pigeon river state that camp Numbers 2 and 10 of the Pigeon River Lumber company have been entirely burned in a bush fire and Moorings® camp on Arrow river has been en- tirely wiped out, destroylng a large section of timber. Along the Duluth extension farmers have lost consider- able. In some places they have had to fight for days to save their homes. Water is very scarce. DESTROY ALL GUNSIGHTS Crew of British Cruiser Resent Order of Officers. London, Sept. 18.—As a mark of their disapproval at being cailed out ot night to repeat an evolution which had been improperly performed in the daytime the crew of the British crujser Gibraltar, while on the way to Australia, destroyed all the gunsights on beard. As a punishment afl the customary privileges of the crew, in- cluding smoking and the use of the danteen, have been stopped untjl the culprits are discovered. The (ibral- tar is at present at Albany, Western Australia, where she took part fn the welcome to the American fleet. MARKET QUOTATIONS. Minneapolis Wheat, Minneapolis, Sept. 17.—Wheat— Sept., $1.0114; Dec., $1.023; May, $1.06. On track—No. 1 hard, $1.64; No. 1 Northern, $1.03; No. 2 Northern, $1.01; No. 3 Northern, 98¢@$1.00. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, Sept. 17.—Wheat—To ive and on track—No. 1 hard, $1.04; 1 Northern, $1.03%; No. 2 Northers, $1.01; Sept., $1.03; Dec., $1.01%; May, $1.05%%; Oect., $1.03. Flax—To arrive, on track and Sept., $1.25%; Oct., §1- 24%; Nov., $1.24%; Dec., $1.23%. St. Paul Union Stock Yards. St. Paul, Sept. 17.—Cattle—Good to cholce steers, $6.00@6.75; fair to good, $5.00@5.75; good to cholce cows and heifers, §4.00@5.00; veals, $3.76@86.00. Hogs—$6.50@6.80. Sheep—Wetheys, $3.76@4.00; yearlings, $4.00@4.25; spring lambs, $4.50@5.00. Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago,- Sept. 17.—Wheat—Sept., $1.01; Dec., $1.00% @1.00%; May, $1.- 03% @1.03%. Corn—Sept., 77%c; Deo., 653 @687%c; May, 64% @64%¢c. Oats —Sept., 48c; Dec., 48%¢c; ‘May, 0% @ 50%ec. Pork-—-sapt $16.08; Oct., $15.- 12%; Jan, $16.65@16.70. Butter— Creamenes, 20@23c; dalries, 17@208. Eggs—2le. Poultry—Turkeys, 15c; chickens, 1014c; springs, 14%ec. Chicago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, Sept. 17.—Cattle—Beeves, $3.60@7.50; Texans, $3.50@5.00; West- ern cattle, $3.20@5.85; stockers and feeders, $2.60@4.40; cows and heifers, $1.70@5.65; calves, $6.00@8.25. Hogs —Light, $6.60@7.30; mixed, $6.60@ 7.837%; heavy, $6.60@7.40; rough, $6.60@6.85; good to choice heavy, $6.85@7.40; pigs, $4.60@6.35. Sheep, $2.25@4.45; yearlings, $4.20@4.75; lambs, $3.25@5.75. Very Quiet. Lady Visitor—That new girl of yours seems very nice and quiet. Mistress of the House—Yes, she’s very quiet. Bhe doesn’t even disturb the dust when she's cleaning the room. - Part of the Trade. Plumber—Haye you got all we want for Brown's job? Boy—Yes. Plumber —Wot? . You: 'aven’t forgotten nothin’? Bless my soul, ‘ow: d@'you expect to make a plumber? Bystander. his family and that he avoided pay- | - manded of Santa. mada, a well to do real estate dealer, blackmalilers - for “the fourth time in a month sought to kill him and-his family by setting fire to his home. Extraordinary measures were taken to prevent their escape, in- cluding: the wiring of all the outside doors of the home. All the: family must have perished if a neighbor had mot discovered the fire and summoned the firemen. Sherman Principal Speaker. ‘Wilkesbarre, Pa., Sept. 17.—James S. Sherman, the Republican vice pres- idential candidate, was the principal speaker at a great rally to be held in connection with the annual state con: vention of the Pennsylvania State s vour xowexs. || St. Hilaire Retail Lbr. Co. 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