Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 19, 1908, Page 2

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED EVERY AFTHNRNOON, BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. By CLYDE J.PRYOR. Watered in the postoffice at Bemidil. Minn., a8 second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER ANNUM —_—e BROWN, THE “BOOSTER” (?) In a labored leading editorial, which was undoubtedly written by one Brown, the Bemidji Sentinel refers to the editorial department of the Pioneer as being a ‘“‘cheap John affair.” Brown came here, some few weeks ago, with the intention, as he declared to the writer, of “handling Opsahl’s candidacy in Beltrami county.” How well he succeeded may be judged from the fact that Mr. Opsahl ran some 300 votes behind Mr. Funkley, in Beltrami county. © As to the “Cheap John” part of which Mr. Brown makes reference: There is one employe on the Pio- neer who has drawn more money, in salaries alone, as an all-around newspaper man than Brown has ever drawn, and who will continue to receive more, by nearly double, than that gentleman will ever get in a newspaper office, despite the fact that he carries a recommend in his pocket from some newspaper union in Iowa. The “‘Carpet-bagger” is a new man in this community, and the Pioneer has made no effort what- ever to “throw any stones in his way,” Dbelieving that the outfit across the street would possibly have at least one male office employe that could enter the ranks of de- cent journalism; but it would appear that the entire bunch are personal selections of “Old Allen,” whose high (?) moral standing is well known to every resident of this city. As to the people of this city giv- ing the Pioneer support, we believe that the business men will hesitate before they turn down an institution employing twenty-two people (which includes five families) for the Senti- nel. We pay our help every Satur- day night, and never give orders on merchants unless our employes specifically request them; and we have always followed this custom. We have not been forced to tell tales of woe to every passerby relative to our shortsightedness in handling our business. Africans and the Locomotive. The children of the desert were filled twith 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'gn first con- fronted 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 ome of the Djinns of the “Arabian Nights” har- nessed by the magic of the infidel to the long train of cars. The steam en- gine was to them a living, sentient being, of which belief there is curi- ous evidence in the fact that on one oceasion 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 he runs across Bucoda, on the Northern Pacific railroad in Plerce county, Wash., he doesn’t know wheth- er it 1s Chinook or Siwash or what. But it is none of them—Ilike Kenova, in ‘West Virginia, which is near the junc- tlon 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 sount country.” : 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. Walking Sticks. i The sixteenth century is that in which the walking stick became not merely a useful implement, but an ar- ticle of fashion, dignity -and luxury. In the seventeenth century it was gold headed and made of rare woods. It was a sign of leadership. For a long period there was little variety among Englishmen in the ma- terial used for the majority of walking sticks. The “oaken towel,” as it was pleasantly termed when an enemy was to be “rubbed down,” shared popular- ity with the crab tree cudgel, which, among rural folk especially, was much valued and classic from the conflict in “Hudibras,” when— With many a stiff thwack, many a bang, Hard crab tree on old iron rang. Classic, too, is that stout oaken stick which sturdy ‘Dr. Johnson, who, like Knox, “never feared the face of living man,” provided himself with when he went to the pit of the little theater in ‘the Haymarket in full view of Foote, who had announced his intention of “taking him off” on the stage, an in- tention which in view of the stick he did not carry into effect.—Gentleman’s Magazine. Linked Eyebrows." It is popularly believed that if one’s eyebrows meet it indicates deceit. Charles Kingsley indorses this belief, but Tennyson has other ideas and poetically speaks of “married brows.” In Turkey meeting eyebrows are greatly admired, and the women use artifictal means to bring the brows to this condition, and if art cannot in- duce thin eyebrows to grow they make up by drawing a black line with paste. It would appear that the Greeks ad- mired brows which almost met, and the fashionable inhabitants of Rome not only approved of them, but re- sorted to pigments to make up the lack which sometimes existed. Some proverbs state that the person whose eycbrows meet will always have good luck, while others state ex- actly the reverse. The Chinese say that “people whose eyebrows meet can never hope to attain to the dig- nity of a minister of state,”” and in Greece of today the man whose brows meet is said to be a vampire, while in Denmark and Germany it is said he is a werewolf.—London Standard. A Rhymed Wedding. According to the Mexico Ledger, John Stobie, a Wellston magistrate, united a negro couple with this cere- mony: Jim, will you take Bet Without any regret To love and to cherish Till one of you perish And is laid under the sod, So help you God? . Jim having given the usual affirma- tlve answer, Judge Stobie turned to Bet: Bet, will you take Jim And cling to him, Both out and i, Through thick and thin, Holding him to your heart, Till death do you part? Bet modestly acquiesced, and the newly married couple were dismissed with this benediction: Through life’s alternative joy and strife 1 now pronounce You man and wife. Go up life's hill till you get to the level And salute your bride, you dusky devil! Made Over Prescriptions. “There is one loss sustained by drug- gists that very few people know about,” said the experienced clerk. “That is in the prescriptions that have to be made over, the same as clerks, stenographers, writers and artists, no matter how painstaking, frequently have to do their work over. The most careful drug clerk in existence is bound to make mistakes sometimes in meas- uring and mixing. He may pour in too much of some kind of liquld or sift in too much of a certain powder. In most cases the overdose would not real- ly affect the value of the medicine, but the conscientious clerk isn't going to take any chances on murdering any- body, so he throws away the whole mixture and makes up another pre- seription.”—New York Globe. History In July. In at least four countries perhaps the most important event in their histories was recorded in July—namely, the es- tablishment of their independence. In our own history we have the memora- ble Fourth of July, while the patriotic efforts of the liberator Simon Bolivar for the independence of Venezuela were consummated on July 5, Colombia ridding herself of the Spanish yoke on July 20. Then there is France, with her July 14, marking the date when the suffering French people stormed the famed and fearsome Bastille. The Spanish forces at Santiago, Cuba, ca- pitulated on July 16, A Famous Year. It is contended that the year 1809 gave more celebrities and persons of genius to the world than any other year of the nineteenth century. Among those who were born in that memora- ble year were Abraham Lincoln, Edgar Allan Poe, Oliver Wendell Holmes, William Ewart Gladstone, Charles Dar- win, Lord Houghton, Alfred Tennyson, Edward TFitzgerald, Professor Blackie, Mary Cowden Clarke and Felix Men- delssohn. Absolutely Free. Angry Mother (suddenly entering parlor and catching young music teach. er kissing her daughter)—Young man, is this what I pay you for? Music Teacher—No, ma’am; I make no charge for this.—Florida Times-Union. Inconsistency. “Pa, what is the meaning of incon- sistency?” asked Freddy. “Inconsistency, my son,” exclaimed pa, “means a man who growls all day and then goes home and kicks the dog for barking at night.” An Irish Tale. One day an Irishman, having put his hat upon a gate post by which he lay down to sleep, sprang up at midnight and, mistaking the object for an en- emy, dealt it a desperate cut with his scythe. Perceiving his mistake, the man gave thanks to heaven that he had taken it off before lying down. “For,” said he, “had my head been in that hat, ’tis ten to one I had laid it open with my scythe, and ’tls a dead man I would have been seein’ mesiif at this minute!”—London Captain. By the Nama of “X.) In France, where great care is taken that men shall have 1o othér name than that to which they are lawfully entitled and where every citizen's name, profession, social condition and history are carefully recorded and his goings and comings are officially kept track of, some very curious incidents| take place. On one occasion & young man was arrested in Constantine, Algeria, on a charge of stealing money belonging to his employer. When it was sought to ‘make a record of his name, it was found that he had no lawful name at all. He had been “inscribed” at Bordeaux at the date of his birth, but his father :and mother were not known, and the name of Lafonde, under which he had been Inscribed without authority, he had since been forbidden by a court of Jjustice to bear because it was not rightfully his. After having been for- bidden the name of Lafonde he took that of Bruyton and was refused per- mission to bear that. Nevertheless he managed to exist in some way ‘ithout any name at all, but when, having been accused of tak- ing some money that had disappeared, the law was obliged to take cognizance of him in some way he was entered on the lists of the court as one “X.” And it was as “X” that he was sent to prison.—New York Tribune. An Inspired Sculptress. As a mere girl Miss Vinnie Ream, the sculptress, visited Rome, her soul filled with enthusiasni for music and art. On one occasion she was taken to one of Liszt’s concerts and was fortunate enough to obtain a seat near enough to have touched him with® her hand. As the great master played she lis- tened rapturously to the wonderful musie, entranced and forgetful of ev- erything save the glorious sounds pro- duced by his inspired touch. At a pause Liszt turned and looked at her, and quietly, without a word, he leaned and overlaid one hand over hers and gently pressed it in silent recognition of the appreciation which glowed in her large black eyes and filled her whole being. At the close of the concert he turned to her and said, “My child, we need no introduction.” At her earnest request that he would sit for her he readily consented, and she modeled the bust from life, putting in the work the true artist’s inspiration and pewer, which alone can give to it the touch of strength and life.—Balti- more Sun. Not on the Programme. Two stout old Germans were enjoy- ing their pipes and placidly listening to the strains of the summer garden orchestra. One of them in tipping his chair back stepped on a parlor mateh, which exploded with a bang. “Dot vas not on the programme,” he sald, turning to his companion. “Vat vas not?” “Vy, dot match.” “Vat match?” “De match I valked on.” “Vell, I didn’t see no match. aboud it?” “Vy, I walked on a match, and it went bang, and I said it vas not on the programme.” The other picked up his programme and vead it through very carefully. “I doa't see it on the programme,” he said. “Vell, I said it vas not on the pro- gramme, didn’t 17”7 “Vell, vat has it got to do mit the programme anyway? Egsplain your- self.”--Ladies’ Home Journal. Vat Afier a South African Storm. ‘With the breaking of the day I went outside. The country was unrecogniza- ble. Yhe land and the scenery which I had kuown for years were entirely al- tered. 'The very hills, piled high with white hallstones, were a different shape, and torrents of muddy water poured down from all sides. And when the red sun rose into a clear bright sky the scene of ruin and desolation was awful to look at. Buildings had been hurled to the ground and were nothing more than hills of hailstones. A large dam I had spent two years in making had been completely swept away. Iu another dam which had re mained unbroken the hallstones had accumulated and piled themselves up over twenty feet In helght. There was not a sign of water in this huge dam, Just a huge pile of frozen hailstones.— ‘Wide World Magazine. Married by Blood. In the island of Banquey there is a tribe of Dusuns differing widely in langusge, religion and customs from other trites bearing that name. Mar- riages are performed in the forest in the presence of two families. There is no public gathering or feast. The rite consists in transferring a drop of blood from a wooden knife in the cal of the man's leg to a similar cut in the woman's leg. After marriage the man takes the Dbride to her home, where he resides in future as a mem- ber of the family. Legal Repartee. “Gentlemen of the jury,” said the pompous lawyer, assuming his most imposing mien, “I once sat upon tle Jjudge's bench in Towa.” “Where was the judge?” quickly in- quired the opposing attorney, and the pompous gentleman found the thread of his argument hopelessly entangled.— Detroft Free Press. Offensive. “No, 1 don’t like that woman,” de- clared Nuwed, “And why not?” , “She’s too blamed sorry for my wife to suit my ideas of what's requisite and necessary.” The avariciovs man is always in want.—Horace The Bohemian, “Ah, unce a bohemian always a bo- hemian!” exclaimed the unscissored poet. “A bohemian never changes.” “No, not even his collar,” replied the practical man, who had met a few bo- hemians.—Chicago News. Wayside Communings. - ‘Wareham Long—Wot started the hard times anyway? Tuffold Knutt—We did, ye ole fool! We wus sufferin’ with ’em long 'fore anybody else caught ’em.— Chicago Tribune. 7 ne: Fish Didn't Grow. b A fiumber of ien were felling of re- iatkable catches off Atlantie Oity, and dne of them Bsaid that one 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 thuse 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. T 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 tail was a long fog horn.”— Philadelphia Press. Put Through His Paces. The wealthy Briton is confessedly the most fastidious man Hving as to the quality of his personal domestic sefvice. The concentrated energy with which an Englishnian 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 livery 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. His Fate. The race of consequential vergers is not yet extinet. Dean Pigoc has a story about one of them, who, when a bish- op asked him at what point he was to make his appearance, replied: “First 1 take the choir people to their places, and then, after they are seated, I return for you, my lord, and conduct you to the halter.”—London Telegraph. Expected Reduction. Grandpa Macpherson — How many 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- {1y? French Professor—Oh, yes—zat ees, wizout ze least French accent. DR. REA SPECIALIST Ear, Nose, Throat, Lungs, Diseases of Men Diseases of Women, Chronic Diseases. Visiting Bemidji for Six Years Next Regular Professional Visit to Bemidji at Markham Hotel Thursday, Oct. Ist From 9 a. m. until 3 p. m., One day only Returning Evrry Foue Weeks. _ Dr. Rea has made more remarkable cures in the Northwestern States than any living man. 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Loulsv illeKy 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 0’ 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. “Q’ course, in the Argentine, where a hoss don’t cost a song, it's only nat- ural ye should see beggars on horse- back, and I ain’t sayin’ nothin’ about 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 Failing. 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- pid 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 NMORTGAGE SALE Notice is Hereby Given, That default has been made in the condition of a mortgage ex- ccuted by Elsie C. Neal and William E. Neal, ber husband, mortgagors to George E. Dangerfield, mortgagee, dated the 23rd day of May, 1907, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds in and for tke county of Beltrami and State of Minnesota, on the 19th day of November, A. D. 1907. at 2 o’clock p. m, of said day and duly recorded in Book "1+ of mortgages on page % thereof: that on the 3rd day of September, 1908, sald mortgage was as- signed by the said George E, Dangerfield, mortgagee, to the First National Bank of Fast Grand Forks, and that eed of assign- menp recorded September, 11th, A. D. 1908, at 10 o'clock a. m., in the office of the sald Register of Deeds in Book 1 assignment of mortgages on page 372 thereof: the amount claimed to be due and which is due on said wortgage on this datels One Thousand One Hundred Thirteen and 56—100 Dollars; (31113.56) and that the premises described in and covered by said mortgage are as follows: Lot Three (3) in Block One (1) in Lake Park Addition to the Townsite of Bemidji accord- ing to the recorded plat thereot on filein the office of the Register of Deeds in and for said county, situate in the County of Beltrami and State of Minnesota, That by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage and pursuant to the statute in such case made and provided said mortgage will be foreclosed by the sale of said premises at public vendue to the highest bidder for cash. by the sheriff of Beltrami County, at the front door of the court house in thé city of Bemidjl in said county and State on Monday, the 26th day of October, 198, a1 10 o'clock in the forenoon of sald day. to satisfy the amount then due on said mortgage together with the costs of such sale Fifty Dollars (350.00) attorneys fees as stipulated in said mortiage. Dated at East Grand Forks, thigsth day of September, 1908. First National Bank of East Grand Forks, . C, Massee, Mortgagee, Attorney for Mortgagee. East Grand Forks, Minn, - Lumber and Building Material We carry in stock at all times a com- plete line of lumber ‘and” building material of all descriptions. Calllin and look over our special line of fancy glass doors. We have a large and well assorted stock from which you can make your selection. WE SELL 16-INCH SLAB W00D BEMIDJI, MINN. ANCHOR CEMENT BLOCKS OUR. CLAIMS: Continuous Air Space. Moisture Proof. Can be plastered on without lath- ing or stripping with perfect safety. Any width from 8 to 12 inches. For sale by Anchor Concrete Block Co. OMICH & YOUNG, Proprietors. Yards on Red Lake «Y.” e LR ST S ST Subseribe For The Pioneer. — Typewriter Ribbons _ The Pioneer keeps on hand all the standard makes. of Typewriter Ribbons, at the uniform price of 75 cents for all ribbons except the two- and three-color ribbons and special makes. 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