Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 5, 1908, Page 4

B “Justice Bailey Saturday afternoon Arrested for Violating Game Law. Grand Rapids, Oct. 5.—(Special to Pioneer.)—Jesse Harrie, local warden for the State Game and Fish commission, made a splendid coup here last Saturday, when he arrested ‘Wm. Jackson, proprietor of the Grand Rapids hotel; “Bill” Anderson, who operates a summer hotel at Pokegama lake; and W. B. Perring- ton, also of Grand Rapids, on the charge of having moose meat in their possession. Warden Harrie caught the men red-handed. The men were arrargned before and the case was continued until to- day, bail being fixed ot $200, same being furniahed. It is said that the moose was killed out of season, very recently, and a conviction seems certain in each case. Jesse Harrie and Art Seamans, the local wardens, have done splen- did service since they have served as wardens, early last fall. W. J. Markham Owns Peculair Stone. W. J. Markham of this city wears a pin that is something of a curiosity and which attracts the attention of all who see it. The pin is made trom a piece of stone called saginite, which is white, with thin streaks of red running through it, making it a striking piece of jewelry. Mr. Markham states that he mined the stone himself, on a piece of land which he owns in North Carolina, and which is considered of considerable value. School Tablets. ‘The Pioneer has prepared a special school tablet of the uniform size, 6x9, which we will retail at 5 cents per tablet. This tablet has been prepared especially for the Bemidji public schools, and with cloth back, which makes the tablet very durable. These should be purchased by all pupils. Tho Retort Toui.teous. A young man in a hurry went through the left side of a pair of swinging doors in the senate wing of the capitol at Washington last session and almost knocked over a senator ‘who was about to push through the right side. The young man apologized profusely. “I'm very sorry—I didn’t know I was ~—I am in a great hurry.” “That's all right, son,” said the sen- ator. “But 16t me give you a piece of advice about going through doors llke these. Always go through on the right side and turn to the right. Then if you meet anybody coming through and bump into him you needn’t apolo- glze. He'll be a durned fool, and it ‘won't be necessary. Good morning."— Baturday Evening Post. Greatly Underestimated. “Bobby,” asked his Sunday school teacher, “do you know how many dis- ciples there were?” The little boy promptly said that he did and answer- ed, “Twelve” Then he went on, “And [ know how many Pharisees there were t0o.” “Indeed!” “Yes'm. There was just onme loss than there was disciples.” “Why, how do you know that? It is mowhere stated how many Pharlsees there were.” “I thought everybody knew it,” said Bobby. “The Bible says, ‘Beware of the 'leven of the Pharisees,’ doesn't it?” —Youth’s Companion, The Grandest. “What is the grandest thing in the| universe?’ asks Victor Hugo. “A storm at sea,” he answers and contin- ues, “And what is grander than a storm at sea?’ ‘“The unclouded heav- ens on a starry, moonless night.” “And what is grander than these mid- night skies?” “The soul of man”—a spectacular climax such as Hugo loved &nd still, with all its dramatic effects, the picturesque statement of a vast and sublime and mighty truth. Crazy. Wigwag—I believe there’s a tinge of insanity in all religious enthusiasts. Henpeckke—Yes; take the Mormons, for instance. Any man that wants more than one wife is plumb crazy.— Philadelphia Record. Highly Practical. “Your business college for young la- @ies seems to be all right.” - “It is all right.” “Do you give the girls a good practl- cal business training?” “In reply to'that question I can only say that G0’ per cent of our graduates marry their employers the first year.” —Louisville Courier-Journal. Absent Treatment. "“What is the matter with Mrs. Spicy? 1 saw her sitting on her porch as I came by gritting her teeth and looking daggers into vacancy.” “Her husband is a half hour late. and she is giving him absent treat- ment.”—Chicago Journal. Excelsior. Uncle—And what will you do when you are a man, Tommy? Tommy— I am going to grow a beard. Uncle— ‘Why? Tommy—Because then I won't have nearly so much face to wash.— Harper’s Weekly. Getting Personal. “How does a man get a ‘game leg,’ pa?” * “Well, you see”— “Is it by getting Into a game and having it pulled?’—New York Press. BATTLESHIPS Arrival at Manila Evokes - Great Enthusiasm. THOUSANDS VIEW SIGHT Vessels Present a Magnificent Ap- ‘pearance as They Move Slowly and Majestically Across the Battlefield Where Dewey and His Men Fought Their Historic Fight With the Span- ish Fleet Ten Years Ago. Manila, Oct. }—With the brilllant tropical sunlight pouring down on their polished guns and gleaming paint and a swift land breeze whip- ping their many flags out straight from the staffs and stirring the bun- ting that covered the half hundred launches and excursion steamers that, crowded with cheering thousands, es- corted the big ships up the bay, the Atlantic battleship fleet steamed slow- 1y into Manila bay and, sailing majes- tically across the battlefield where Dewey and his men fought their his- torfc fight with the Spanish fleet ten years ago, dropped anchor off the city. The ships presented a magnificent appearance as they moved slowly a2long and the sight of the long line evoked the wildest enthusiasm and admiration of thousands that crowded every point of vantage. As the Con- necticut led the line past Corregidor the garrison there fired the admiral’s salute. The passage of the channel was made in single column, but as soon as the last ship in the long line was safely through signals were hoist- ed for the double column formation amnd in this manner the ships steamed up the Day two abreast. As the ships anchored General Weston, military commander in this city, sent a wire- less message conveying the greetings of himself, his officers and the men of the army to Admiral Sperry and his men. Admiral Sperry replied, thank- ing him for his kind welcome. Governor General Smith witnessed the arrival of the fleet from his launch, where he entertained a large party of officials. The fleet will sail for Japan on the evening of Oct. 9. WILL BE COURTMARTIALED Charges Made Against Two Naval Lieutenants. Manila, Oct. .—Lieutenant Frank Taylor Evans of the battleship Louis- {ana and Lieutenant Charles Burt of the battleship Georgia will be tried before a special courtmartial board which will assemble on the battleship ‘Wisconsin Oct. 5. The charges against Lieutenant Ev- ans are being absent from his station while acting as chief of the deck, us- ing profane and disrespectful language to a superior officer and intoxication. The charges against Lieutenant Burt are for “conduct unbecoming an officer &nd gentleman.” Rear Admiral Seton Schroeder of the battleship Wisconsin will act as president of the court. Midshipman Richard Bernard of the battleship Louisiana was tried before a courtmartial board at Albany, Aus- tralia, and the sentence was dismissal from the service. Bernard was found guilty of being under the influence of liquor while on parade in Melbourne. Midshipman Edward H. Connor of the battleship Minnesota will be tried on the charge of being under the in- fluence of liquor while at Albany, Aus- tralia. Captain Hugo Osterhause of the battleship Connecticut acted as president of the court which sentenced Midshipman Bernard. ‘Washington, Oct. .—TLieutenant Frank Taylor Evans, who, according to a dispatch from Manila, is to be courtmartialed on various charges, is the son of Admiral Robley D. Livans, who took the battleship fleet from Hampton Roads to the Pacific coast. No report of the charges affecting young Evans has yet reached the navy department. STORY ALARMS RESIDENTS Reported That American Battleships Would Seize Amoy. Amoy, Oct. .—Local agitators have Yeen eirculating a report to the effect that the American battleship Heet, which will visit this port the end of October, purposes to seize Amoy as a base of operatious in a forthcoming war against Japan. The people be- came alarmed and began leaving the city. Then, to prevent a general exo- dus of the population, the municipal authorities issued a proclamation for- bidding people going to the interior to take heavy baggage with them. Two of the agitators have been ar- rested and punished with severe whip- pings. For Murder of Mrs. Gunness, Laporte, Ind., Oct. .—In the cirenit court here Judge J. C. Richter set down for trial on Monday, Nov. 9, the case of Ray Lamphere, charged with the murder of Mrs. Belle Gunness and her three children. Lamphere is also accused of complicity with Mrs. Gun- ness in the murder of Andrew Hel- gelein. State's Attorney Smith said that he would have no difficulty in proving the death of Mrs. Gunness. OFFICIALS IN CONFLICT. in Dispute Over Care of Cholera Patients. St. Petersburg, Oct. .—A conflict has arisen between General Dracheff- ski, prefect of St. Petersburg, and the municipal sanitary commission over the premature discharge of cholera patiénts from the city hospitals. As soon as the attention of the prefect wag called to the danger of infection Russians An ugly criticism makes more noise than a good book.—Talleyrand. from this source he issued an order that all patients be detained until the v peared. The members of the zommis- sion declare this course to h@‘tmpm& ticable so long as the epidemic con- tinues. Experiments are being conducted at several of the hospitals with a new anti-cholera serum discovered by an Rtalian named Serimberi, but the re- sult so far has not ‘been conclusive. The rabbis of St. Petersburg have recommended thae the Jewish popula- tion. disregard the customary fast of Yom Kippur on Oct. 5 because ab- stinence is favorable to cholera. This recommendation' is said to be without precedent. The death from the cholera of Nich- olal Pavloff-Silvansky, professor of meteorology at the Institution for Higher Learning for Women, removes one of the most brilliant of the young- er Russian historians. Street Car Hits Automobile. Detroit, Mich,, Oct. |.—Mrs. Hattie Demer of Kalamazoo, Mich.,, was in- stantly killed and Louis J. Feys of Detroit was fatally injured when the automobile in which they were riding was struck by a street car. Mr. Feys sustained a fractured skull and a broken arm and survived several hours. Mrs. Demer’s neck was broken. CHINESE SMUGGLING RING ON THE BORDER Government Inspectors Alleged fo Be Involved, San Francisco, Oct. .—The Chron- icle publishes a statement to the ef- fect that the recent changes in the immigration department in this state were the result of an investigation disclosing widespread corruption in the service along the Mexican border by which hundreds of Chinese have gained illegal entrance to the United States during the past two years. The details of the plot, which is alleged to involve Chinese and Mexican resi- dents of Mexico and Southern Califor- nia as well as Americans holding offi- | cial positions, are said to have been communicated by one of the govern- ment agents who discovered the exist- ence of the smuggling ring. It is said that the prices paid were $275 for delivering a Chinaman at Los An- geles, or $500 for landing him unmo- lested in New York. During these two years, it is af- firmed, small bands of Chinese, in box cars and on county roads, were being arrested and deported. It is now as serted that many of these were labor- ers from Mexico, who were desirous of being returned to China without ex- pense to themselves. . The Chronicle’s informant has dis- closed the names of Chinese, Mex- fcans and Americans alleged to have composed the ring. Tt is said that the government, after securing sufficient evidence to warrant summary action, chose to dismiss for incompetency a number of the immigration officers on the border rather than bring criminal prosecutions. THIRTY FAMILIES EVICTED Fire Destroys Considerable Property at Chicago. Chicago, Oct. \—Seven persons were rescued, more than thirty fam- ilies were driven from their homes, many of them in scanty attire, and property valued at many thousands of | dollars was destroyed when fire start- ed in the rear of the Columbia livery stable at 350 Rush street, destroyipg the building and firing several others in the vicinity. More than cne hun- dred horses quartered in the barn ‘were rescued by stablemen, but six- teen of them were burned. The fire is thought to have been the result of an explosion on the fifth floor. The loss on this structure is estimated at $50,000. The loss on the surrounding property is estimated at $25,000. Thirty Million Pickles Burned, New York, Oct. The big pickle factory of Allert & Maguire at Hicks- ville, L. I, has been destroyed by fire. Forty tons of sauerkraut was roasted to black cinders. Thirty tons of pickles, averaging 1,000,000 pickles to the tom, or 30,000,000 pickles in all, were destroyed. Refuses the Nominatinn, Manchester, N. H, Oct. !—Judge George H. Bingham of this city has declined to accept the Democratic nomination for governor. He was notified of his nomination by a com- mittee of the convention and shortly after announced that he would be un- able to accept. School Children Insufficiently Fed. Chicago, Oct. '.—Ten thousand school children in Chicago are insuffi- ciently nourished, some live on the verge of starvation and many are not clad warm enough to keep them in a healthy condition, according to a re- port made to the board of education. Denies Authorship of Letters. Clinton, IIl, Oct. '—Authorship of the sensational letters alleged to have been written by Mabel Snell McNa- mara of Kansas City, niece gf the late Colonel Tom Snell of Clinton, and which were the sensational feature of ihe suit to break Snell’s will, is em- phatically denied in an answer filed in the De Witt county court by the niece. The answer is made to a suit recently filed by the contesting heirs to have deeds of land which Colonel Snell gave Mabil set aside. Mob Clamors for Their Money. New York, Oct. ~.—Following close o the failure of three East Side bank- ing institutions a receiver has been appointed to examine the affairs of the bank of Edward Rosenfield on Fast Houston street and throngs of excited aliens gathered in front of the build- ing shrieking threats and hurling epithets at the bankrupt. About $80,- 000 of the savings.of the poor are in- volved. (ES ATTACK " ON SHELDON Chairman Mack Arraigns Re- publican Treasurer. STATEMENT IS ISSUED Charges That Fund Collector 1s Con- nected With No Less Than Seven- teen Corporations and Declares That for This Reason Gpvernor Odell in 1902 Refused to Permit Sheldon to Be Named for Lieutenant Governor. New York, Oct. ‘.—Chairman Mack of the Democratic national committee made an attack on the corporation affiliations of George R. Sheldon, treasurer of the Republican national committee, charging that Mr. Sheldon was at this time connected with no less than seventeen financial com- panies. Mr. Mack made the following statement: “The trust and corporation affilia- tions of George R. Sheldon, treasurer of the Republican national committee, for the past ten years make interest- ing reading in view of the recent de- velopments in the campaign. “I wish to recall in this connection that because of these very associa- tions of his Governor Odell in 1902 re- fused to permit the party leaders to put Mr. Sheldon in nomination for lieutenant governor. “Governor Odell” at that time de- clared that he would not accept the renomination for head of the state ticket if Sheldon were named as his | running mate. But while the Repub- lican party has refused to put up Mr. Sheldon’s name for a public office it has for the identical reasons for this refusal selected him for its campaign | fund collector. | “This cannot be denied. Most of the corperations with which Mr. Shel- don is identified are capitalized for millions, How much of their stocks are of the liquid variety can be easily jascertained. Yet Mr. Roosevelt has defended him and his Resignation Was Not Demanded ‘when Mr. Du Pont was invited to step down and out. Mr. Du Pont was only identified with one trust, while Mr. Sheldon is at the present time inti- mately identified with no less than geventeen - prominent financial con- lcerns. “One of-these, the Bethlehem Steel company, does not employ union labor and has oppesed the organization of its employes for the past sixteen years. “Mr. Sheldon is a director of that company. He is also treasurer and jdirector of the North American com- | pany, capltalized for concern known as the ‘mystery of {Wall street’ It is but a few years back since he was prominently identi- fied with the ‘whisky trust’ A glance at his connections with various com- {panies for the past len years will ex- plain tersely the reason of his present {position. \No further comment of mine is necessary.” The corporations named by Mr. Mack include railway, industrial and financial concerns here and elsewhere. Chairman Hitchcock of the Repub- lican national committee was shown Chairman Mack’s attack on Treasurer {Sheldon, but declined to make any statement. Mr. Sheldon said the statement did not contain anything to which he de- sired to make a reply. ROOT HIS EMISSARY. Investigated Republican Management for Roosevelt. New York, Oct. ' —That President Roosevelt sent Secretary of State Root to this city to look into the manage- ment of the national Republican cam- paign and that Mr. Root reported that the chief difficulty lay in the collec- ition of campaign funds by Treasurer Geerge R. Sheldon was the statement publisned here as coming from “a high authority.” It was also stated that the president and Mr. Taft had objected to the collection of cam- paign funds from some of the corpora. Itions with which Mr. Sheldon is inti- |mately associated. From others it is i:ld Mr. Sheldon experienced difficulty securing contributions. Mr. Root is said to have reported that Chairman Hitchcock was not re- sponsible for any of conditions which had aroused ecri sms of the campaign, but was doing the best he could with his part of the work. Mr. Root was said also to have re- ported to the president that there was {not enough money on hand to run the jcampaign and that speakers have been cut off the programme for that reason. Foraker Says Invoke the Law. i Cincinnati, Oct. .—That the law be Invoked against him if he has done any wrong is the conclusion of a statement by United States Senator Foraker. Before making this sugges- bion he sums up the various charges that have been made and discusses briefly the legal ethics as to service for various clients. Vessels Blown Out to Sea. Nassau, Bahamas, Oct. .—A hurri- cane swept over New Providence. There was no serious damage ashore, ' but several vessels were blown out to sea and it is estimated that six lives were lost. JAPANESE GIRL'S DEED, | | Sacrifices Life to Prolong That of Marquis Inouye. Victoria, B. C., Oct. ~.—Sacrificing herself in the belief that by giving up her young life that of Marquis Inouye, lying ill at Okitsumi, might be pro- longed Fukumora Takeho, a seven- teen-year-old orphan girl at Osaka, stabbed herself to death, ficcording to advices brought by the steamer Iyo, Just arrived from “Yokohama. ‘Before taking-her life the girl sent a post- card marked with her blood to_Mar- ] $30,000,000, a ; quls Taouye, in which She declared her intentlon of offering up her life. “The marquis’ relatives and Prince Ito may be tranquil” the message read. “I am going to the eternal sleep in the place of the Gemero. I am an orphan and there is none to mourn for me. By the time-this is rceefved T will be on the way to heaven.” A similar su:flde occurred when the present czar of Russia was visiting Jepan as the czarevitch. He was the vietim of conspirators who attempted his life. A young girl, Yuko, stabbed herself to death to atone for-the deed ard many novelists in Japan have written romances concerning her act. From Trolley to Pullman. Peoria, Ill, Oct. 3.—From trolley car to Pullman palace car was the transition made here by James S. Sherman, Republican candidate for the vice presidency, when he left this city for Rock Island, IIl, after three days’ vigorous campaigning via trolley in the corn belt district in an effort to interest the farmers in the political issues. But two days more remain of Mr. Sherman’s itinerary in the state. In this brief period, however, he will visit twelve towns, in most of which he will make speeches, one of them belng in Salem, William J. Bryan’s birthplace. GOMBAT THEORY OF DR. ROBERT KOCH Eminent Veterinarians Discuss Animal Tuberculosis. Washington, Oct. .—Pronounced opposition to the theory advanced by Dr. Robert Koch, the eminent German scientist, who minimizes the danger culosis and who declares that the are different from those of human tuberculosis, again developeds itself at the day’s session of the International Congress on Tuberculosis. The con- troversy occurred in the section on | | “the prevalence and economics on tu- | | berculosis of animals” and the Ger-| man scientist’s theories were combat- i ted by some of the most prominent veterinary physicians in the United States. Leaders in the opposition to the Koch theory were Dr. Otto G. Noack of Reading, Pa.; Hughes of Cornell university, C. J. Marshall of Philadelphia, H. Reno Rey- nolds of the University of Minnesota and Veranus A. Moore of Ithaca, N. Y. “The uniformity of the tubercle bacillus is recognized everywhere to- day,” said Dr. Noack, “and even the Prussian government refutes Koch's | theory.” |Of the English commission of 1907 that “man and beast can infect each | other.” Dr. Noack said that all meas- ures to protect man against the trans- mission of tuberculosis from animals tend at the same time to prevent the spread from animal to animal. The | principal regulations in this direction are meat and dairy herd inspection. Dr. Hughes declared that in Amer- fca there is a general disagreement with the views of Koch. He empha- | sized the importance of co-ordinating all veterinary legislation in the in- dividual states against animal tuber- culosis. |HITCHCOCK ON FINANCES Republican Chairman Says the Out- look Is_Bright, New York, Oct. ',,—Chairman Frank H. Hitchcock of the national Repub- lican committee did not go to Wash- ington to meet President Roosevelt. Instead the chairman was in confer- jence with several prominent Repub- lcans. After the conference Mr. Hitchcock said the financial outlook was encour- aging and that sub-committees were now at work on the details of a plan which will be satisfactory, it being understood that the various states which hitherto had looked to the na- tional committee for assistance would now render assistance to the national committee. He added that he expect- ed to go to Washington at an early day on matters purely personal. 8ix Workmen Meet Death. Portland, Ore, Oct. .—A logging train belonging to the Chapman Log- glng company at Scappoose, twenty miles north of Portland, was in col- lision with a Northern Pacific train. Six of the crew of the logging train were killed and eight injured. Of the Injured one is fatally hurt, five seri- susly and two slightly. Two Killed and Mzny Hurt. Spencer, N. C.,, Oct. .—Two lives ‘were lost and twenty or more persons were injured in Spencer by the ex- plosion of a powder storage house in the yards of the Southern Railway company and most of the buildings near by were damaged by the shock ard the fire which followed. SHERIFF IS SUMMONED. Must Answer for Refusing to Produce Thaw at Pittsburg. ‘White Plains, N. Y., Oct. /—Sherift Lane of Westchester county, who re- fused to comply with an order from Judge Archibald of the United States district court in Pittsburg to produce Harry K. Thaw for examination in that court, where bankruptcy proceed- ings are pending against Thaw, hasl been directed himself to appear before that court. The sheriff said that he will respect the latest order and with his personal counsel will appear be- fore Judge Archibald. It is expected that he will be questioned concerning [ his refusal to comply with the order directing him to take Thaw to Penn- sylvania. 5 Minnesota Man Fatally Scalded. Faribault, Minn, Oct. ).—Henry Huehl, employed in the packing plant In this city, fell into a vat of boiling | of buman infection from bovine tuber- | tubercle bacilli of bovine tuberculosis | D. Arthur| 55 59,000. He also cited the statement | Teceived here from Rome says that Itrip had some new blue treasure got i eyes at the nerve shattering word the BIG ROBBERY OF DIAMONDS New York Importer Loses Over $50,000 in Gems. TRUSTED CLERK MISSING 8tealing Has Been Going on for Years and Complete Investigation Is Ex- pected to Add Largely to the Amount of the Loss So Far Re- vealed—Theft May Prove to Be One of the Biggest in Diamond District. New York, Oct. 3.—An investiga- ticn which followed the discovery that 4 diamond sunburst was missing from the warerooms of Oliver M. Ferrand, a Maiden lane diamond imiporter, has disclosed what may prove to be one of the biggest robberies in the dia- mond district. Already, it is said, Jewels valued at $50,000 are known to have disappeared and the inventory of stock has not yet been completed. It has been disclosed, also, that the rob- beries probably had been going on for | years and it seems possible that when the inquiry has been completed the total will be far in excess of the amount now known to be invelved. ‘While the investigation has been in progress Mr. Ferrand has been en-| deavoring to find one of his oldest and most trusted employes, who has been away from the city for several months. This man should have returred from -his vacation on Sept. 1, but he did not come nor was any word received from him. INDIA'S FLOGD HORROR. Natives Place Loss of Life as High as Fifty_Thousand. Bombay, Oct. . .—The correspondent of a local newspaper, who has reached Hyderabad, the capital of the flooded district, describes that city as a vast grave. The streets and bazaars have been transformed into a grewsome | mass of stone and mud and decom- | posed flesh. It is impossible accurate Iy fo estimate the death roll in the stricken region, the correspondent de- clares, but some natives put it as high Six hundred corpses were taken out of the mud at one spot. The | funeral pyres are burning day and night. The damage is estimated at | 200,000,000 rupees. Calumet Baking Powder The only high-class Baking Powder sold at a me price. WANIS ONE CENT A WORD. HELP WANTED. WANTED—Good girl for general - housework. Inquire of Mrs, H. N. Douglass, 718 Beltrami avenue. FOR SALE. FOR SALE—Rubber stamps, The Pioneer will procure any kind of a rubber stamp for you an short notice. FOR SALE—16:inch dry slab wood $1 per cord delivered. M. E. Smith Lumber yards. Phone 97. FOR SALE—One new six horse power Fairbank’s Morse gasoline engine. Douglass Lumber Co. FOR SALE OR RENT—Two pianos. Inquire of Bemidji Music House. FOR SALE—Household goods. 909 Mississippi avenue. FOR RENT. TO RENT—Furnished rooms, heated. With or without board. 1121 Bemidji avenue. FOR RENT—Finely furnished large room. Inquire at Peterson’s. LOST and FOUND A~ A AN AN PN NN ESTRAYED:—Lively bay pony, white stripe on face, weight about 800. Seen about Septembar 26 in Grass Lake and Wilton vicinity. $10.00 reward for capture, Write R. E. Smyth, Nebish, Minnesota. Will Be Married in December. Paris, Oct. .—A special dispateh the Duke of the Abruzzi and Miss Katherine Elkins, daughter of Senator Stephen B. Elkins of West Virginia, Wwill be married on or about Dec. 10. Official notification of the wedding will be given out Nov. 10, A Tongue Twister. A member of the Players' club whose | simple delight in life is collecting old blue china returned the other day from England and as usual after such & on one of his customary off the beat- en path tramps. He showed it freely, talked about it eloquently, but always when asked where he found it evaded answering. Finally one who had noted several such evasions said to him: “You've reached the very worst stage of the collector's mania. You refuse to tell the place of your treasure house for fear of rival looters.” “You are wrong as to my motive, but right as to the fact that I won't tell. I can’t, but I'll write the name far you.” Laboriously he wrote on a card this fearsome thing: “Mynyddyslwyn.” As his questioner stared with startled collector explained that it was the true and lawful name of a parish in Mon- mouthshire, near- Pontypool, England. —New York Sun. el i The Funeral Sponge. “If you attend a Persian funeral they hand you at the door a small, fine sponge.” The speaker, a popular un- dertaker, smiled. “It is amusing to think of,” he said. “Imagine it—by means of these sponges all the mourners' tears are collected and preserved in tiny vases of crystal. They are used afterward as medicine, for they are thought to have wonder- | tul healing power. During the serv- | lce each mourner keeps his sponge | ready, and every tear that wells into his eye is sopped up before it has a chance to escape. The undertaker tip- toes politely about, he extends tenta- tively the crystal vase, and those who have anything to add to its contents squeeze their sponges solemnly there- in. Then, with a bow of acknowledg- ment, the undertaker tiptoes on his way, extending the vase politely, now to the right, now to the left, murmur- Ing in his gentle and soothing voice: *‘Have you shed, sir? Madam, have you shed?” Too Scarce to Throw Away. “They pipe water now through the burning Australian desert that lies be- tween the coast and the Kilgoorlie gold fields, a distance of about 250 miles, but in my day in that forsaken coun- try water was the scarcest commodity known,” said a San Francisco mining engineer. “It was often hard to get enough water for drinking purposes, and the man who was reckless enough of his money to buy a bucketful for a bath was the talk of the community. I once indulged in this luxury, and after I had finished I noticed that the water was carefully collected again by the vender. “‘What are you going to do with it? I asked the man. ‘Sell it to some other fellow for half price; he answered, ‘and after that I'll sell it several more times, for. you see, it's too scarce, mis- ter, to throw away after only one or MISCELLANEOUS. SV PUVNS e oo Y PUBLIC LIBRARY—Open Tues days, Thursdays and Saturdays 2:30to6 p. m., and Saturday evening 7:30 to 9 p. m. also. Library in basement of Court House. Mrs. Harriet Campbell librarian. WANTED—To purchase ten to forty acre tract of land near City of Bemidji. Address all communi- cations to Box 501, Bemidji, Minn. WANTED—Washing and ironing. Work to be done at home. Mrs. W. A. Millenburg. 1301 Irving avenue. Want Ads FOR RENTING A PROPERTY, SELL- ING A BUSINESS OR GBTAINING HELP ARE BEST. Pioneer two men have washed in it ” water and was fatally scalded. o , . e ]