Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 10, 1908, Page 2

PATL AN - THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED NVERY AFTNRNOON, BEMIDII PIONEER PUBLISHING .CO. By CLYDE J. PRYOR. Tantered in the postoffice at Bemidji. Minn., a8 second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION-- .00 PER ANNUM EVERY BUSINESS MAN SHOULD BACK THE COMMERCIAL CLUB. A regular meeting of the” Bemidji Commercial club will be held at the| Was once the bed of just such a lake, council chambers in the city —hall this evening; and it should be the unfailing duty of every member of the club to be present and assist in the deliberations of that body. There are many matters of import to this city that will be discussed at the meetings of the club that will be held from time to time, from now on during the winter, and everyone “should “‘get busy,” whether a mem- ber of the commercial club or not; anyway, club members should back up the actions of those who do at- tend meetings and are activein “boosting Bemidji.” Among other matters that will be brought up for discussion 1s the proposed sixth normal school and the farmers’ institute to be held in Bemidji December 4th. Mr. Business Man, if you don’t belong to the Commercial Club of Bemidji you should join at once, and help advance the welfaie of this city, and if you are a member, you should attend every meeting, as these meetings will be very im- portant. CAUSTIC COMMENT. LA. G. Rutledge.] THE LEAVES, The leaves go racing down the street Blown by the blustering north wind, And some are jubilantly fleet And some tall dolefully behind. Sometimes it seems that men are blown— Each by some impulse he receives— All racing for a goal unknown As are the wind-tossed autumn leaves. Cracks are showing in the wall of the solid South. Nevertheless the people like Mr. Bryan personally very much. Prince Helie owes $10,000 to ‘a dealer in antiquities.” For his fine old name? Politics is the only trade in which a man can make a post-mortem explanation of why the tunnel caved in on him. We await a new photograph of Mr. Bryan to learn whether he has the appearance of a man who has been frazzled. A former federal ink expert has|Tnen Cloud made fruits of all kinds It would seem |to grow in front of Coyote, and he, been fined $10,000. that an ink expert should be able to keep his record ciear of blots. The Outlook announces, in con- nection with President Roosevelt’s activities as associate editor, that during his African trip “his con- tributions on questions of the day will necessarily be somewhat re- stricted.” We fear the Outlook does not know its new editor. Not Abashed. “When I was young,” sald a lawyer, “my best client was a wealthy old lady noted for saying caustic things about her acquaintances. One morn- ing, when I was staying at her house, she vilified one of her neighbors, mamed Stamford, without stint, “By way of changing the subject I proposed to read to her from a volume of lectures I had happened to bring with me. She assented. I start- ed at random and when too late dis- covered that I was In the middle of a lecture on the government of the tongue. “I was afraid she would think I had selected it to admonish her, yet I dared not stop for fear of seeming to make the offense more pointed. So on I read to the end, pretty sure that my reading would cost me a client worth two hundred a year to me. But when T ended she said: “‘Thank you, Mr. —. It is an ex cellent lecture and would fit my neigh- bor Stamford to a T.” Carrot Pudding. One cupful of grated carrots, one eupful of grated potatoes, one cupful of sugar, one cupful of flour, one-half cupful of raisins and currants mixed, two teaspoonfuls of all kinds of spice mixed, one teaspoonful of soda, one teaspoonful of salt. Mix all together and steam for three hours. Grease # small pail and put the dough in it Bet the pail in a kettle of boiling wa- ter, keeping the water well up near the top of the pail. Cover kettle over #0 all the steam may be kept in as much as possible—Boston Post. Burning Wood. ‘Wood crackles when it is ignited be- ! lied to this cause the air expanded by heat forces | Now, if @& flame be appl E its way thronghpthe pomyof the wood! smoke, even at a distance of two or with a crackling noise. Green wood makes less snapping than dry because the pores contain less air, being filled with sap and moisture, which extin- guish the flame, whereas the pores of dry wood are filled with air, which supports combustion. i i Northern Tibet is studded with salt salt Lakes. The Great Salt-lake 13 gradually dry- ing up, and the inhabitants of Salt Lake City seem quite surprised. They -ought not to Le. Al salt lakes owe their salinlty to the fact of their hay- ing no outlet, and a lake_ without an outlet is a éring luke. . Nor is death us y long delayed; speaking yculugically. Lakes Koko Nor and Lob Nor were undoubtedly extensive inland seas not so very many decades ago, yet Sven Hedin found them reduced to mere acrid puddles set in the midst of well nigh limitless salt deserts that once were their beds. ‘The terrible Taklamakan degert, too, in which Hedin nearly died of thirst, So also were the salt deserts of Persia. lakes in process of desiccation. The Aral and the Caspian seas were at one time far more extensive than is now the case, proving that they, too, are un- dergoing the inevitable process of des- iccation to which all such bodies-of water are sooner or later invariably subjected.—St. Paul Pioneer Press. Negro Eloquence. Some years ago one of Texas’ widely known statesmen who is now dead was passing along a street in_ Dallas when an old colored man who bhad once belonged to him approached, took off his hat and passed a hand over his white wool as he asked: “Marster, gin de old man 50 cents.” “Dan, you are a robber.” “How?” asked the astonished darky, opening his eyes, around which rough- shod age had walked. “Didn’t you see me put my hand in my pocket?’ “Yes, sah.” “Well, you old rascal, you rob me of the pleasure of giving you money with- out being asked.” The old man received a dollar. Bow- ing almost to the ground, while tears ‘came out and coursed through the aged prints around his eyes, he replied: “Marster, wid—wid such a heart as you hab and wid Abraham and Isaac and de Lord on your side I don’t see what can keep you out of heaven.” Sitting Bull. To look at Sitting Bull one would say that he was always quiet and self con- tained. In fact, be did usually keep himself under control, but he was cruel and almost heartless. He had prac- ticed cruelty to animals and men from his childhood and as long as he lived; he was full of passion and often very angry. He was always imperious and insolent toward our generals, the In- dian agent and other friends of the great father at Washington, whom he claimed to hate. He had great talent and ability to plan campaigns and bat- tles and wonderful influence in bring- ing Indians together. Notwithstand- ing all this, he was afraid of death, and, though he planned the greatest victory which the Indians ever gained over white men, Sitting Bull himself was a coward and disgraced himself even before his own people by running away in the very face of success.— General Howard in St. Nicholas, Folklore Stories. The Journal of American Folklore has some interesting folk tales of the Nez Perces Indians: “Once the sun fell down from the sky Jjust about sunrise. Mole caught it and held it up until people got there and helped him to shove it back. The sun had meant to roll along on the ground instead of in the sky. It was from holding up the sun that Mole's hands are bent so far back. “Coyote and Cloud ran a race. Cloud bet storm and Coyote clear weather. They started far away to the south, and for awhile Coyote was in the lead. looking back and seeing Cloud far be- hind, stopped to eat. In this way 'Cloud caught up and won. This is’ why we have storms in winter time.” Long Suffering Bill. A correspondent sends the following to a remote rural organ of the people: “Our esteemed fellow citizen, Mr. ‘William M. Puckleton, has had several new ‘No Trespassing” signs erected on his place. We have had the pleas- ure of perusing the one facing the Hedgeville pike. It reads: “Notis.—Trespasers will be persekuted to the full exten of 2 mean mungrel dogs wich ain't never ben overly soshibil with strangers an 1 dubbel barl shotgun wich ain't loaded with no sofy pillers dam if I ain't getin tired of this helraisin on my property. Yurs respecful. “BILL PUCKLETON." —Current Literature. In the Customary Place. A well known English bishop some time since lost his third wife. A cler- gyman who had known the first wife returned from Africa and wanted to see the grave. He called at the cathe- dral and saw the verger. “Can you tell me where the bishop’s wife is buried?” “Well. sir.” replied the verger, “I don’t know for certain, but he mostly buries 'em at Brompton.” — Detroit Tribune. True Both Ways. “The die is cast!” hissed the villain. Then, shaking their gold locks, the chorus bounded on, “It seems,” the critic murmured, “that the cast is dyed too.”—New York Press. Just Goes Out. Juvenile—Mamma, when the fire goes out where does it go? " Mother—I don’t know, dear. You might just as well ask where your father goes when he goes out.—Town Topies. Isn’t This Rough? Ella—A poet wrote a sonnet on my. face the other day: Stella—Did be write it on-the lines?—Boheinian. 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. 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 speli-is mising. B " 'Von Bulow and Sarasate. In one of his letters. Von' Bulow. re- fers to Sarasate as follows: “He has enchanted me beyond measure, par- ticularly in his concert of yesterday, when he played a splendid work, ‘Symphonie Espagnole’ by Lalo— played in so genuinely artistic a man- ner that today I am still intoxicated with it." His playing also of the Saint- Saens concert piece for violin is as en- trancing as interesting. It is a shame that he cannot comé to see me.. N. B, —I have purposely avoided his person- | al acquaintance. to_see me, for over my door stands the notice: ““Mornings—not to be seen. - Afternoons—not at home, “But perhaps he did not- ring the bell. (He never .plays under 1,000 francs—he received this sum here at a private musicale.) For secretary he has Otto Goldschmidt, who sent me a pass, which I returned with the re- mark that for such an important con- cert I could certainly afford to buy my ticket. . Six marks was in no way too much to pay.” Bulow did make his. acquaintance, however, as he refers in a later letter to Sarasate coming, quite unexpected- ly, to a “conference with Johannes” (Brahms), at which he himself was present, He Preferred Mules. One of the pet hobbies of Senator Christopher Magee was his newspaper, the Pittsburg Times. He kept the pa- per well to the front, and it was a credit to. modern journalism., One morning the Times had been scooped” on a railway wreck. P “Senator,” asked an intimate ac- quaintance, “how do you console your- self on the loss of that wreck story this morning?” “By congratulating ourselves,” he an- swered quickly, “that we are among the number who missed that Ul fated trai On another occasion as the senator was approaching the Times bullding on Fourth avenue he noticed a crowd gathered about a wagon which was filled with huge rolls of newspaper. A wheel was caught in a deep rut in the pavement and could not be budged. “Senator,” laughed a friend, “they managed at last to get your paper into a rut” “Yes,” answered Mr. Magee, his eyes twinkling with good humor, “and I'm not trusting to men to get it out again, but to mules.”—Philadelphia Press, Vanity of Men. In a woman's club, over tea and cigarettes, a group of ladies cited many, many instances of the foolish vanity of males. “Take the case of bees,” one said. “Because the queen bee rules the hive, because she is the absolute mistress of millions of subjects, man up to a few hundred years ago denied her sex. He called her the king bee. “Pliny wrote somewhere, ‘The king bee is the only male, all the rest being females’ And Moses Rusden, beekeep- er to Charles II., stoutly denied, in or- der to please his royal master, that the large bee, the ruler of the hives, be- longed to the gentler sex. “Even Shakespeare couldn’t bear to think that the bee of bees, the largest and wisest and fairest, the hive’s ab- solute lord, was a female. No, all the proofs notwithstanding, Shakespeare called her a male. Don't you remem- ber the lines— “Creatures that by a rule in nature teach The act of order to a peopled kingdom, They have a king and officers of sorts." —New Orleans Times-Democrat. Casualties Expected. During one of Speaker Cannon’s bit- ter politica! fights in his district in TIi- nois the opposition resorted to desper- ate tactics. Among other things friends of Uncle Joe were summarily dismiss- ed from positions they held In the pub- lie Seérvice. Some of his friends be- came alarmed at this, and one of them called on the speaker at his residence and said, somewhat excitedly: “Joe, Smith and Jones have just lost thelr positions in the postoffice. What are we going to do about it?” Uncle Joe took another puff at his cigar and then answered, with a benev- olent smile: “Nothing. If you go Into battle, you have got to expect to have some dead and wounded.” A Precaution. “Young man,” said her father, “I don’t want you to be too attentive to my daughter.” “Why—er—really,” stammered the timid young man, “I had hoped to marry her some”— “Exactly, and I'd like to have you marry her, but if you're too attentive to her you won't have money enough to do it.”—Liverpool Mercury. Almost Qualified. “Help you!” scoffed the irate house- wife. “Well, I guess not. I only as- sist invalids.” “Well, mum,” responded Beefsteak Ben as he tried to remove the bulldog from his shins, “I'll be an invalid 1f T stay here much longer.” The Poor Milkman Again. The milkman was boiling over with indignation. “And you mean to say my milk don’t look right?” he snapped. “Why, lady, this can of milk is a plcture!” “Ah, yes,” laughed the keen house- wife; “a fine water color.”—Exchange, Restless. : Caller—So your cook has passed away to a better place? Hostess—Yes, but I don’t know if she’ll stay. Poor Bridget was very hard to sult.—Boston Trav- eler. “The poet is born, not made,” sayeth the proverb. In other words, it isn’t bis own fault. - 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, it 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, Take LAXATIVE BROMO but you prefer ple, don't you, Tommie? | Drugzists money Perhaps he hastried |- Missouri Rafiroads Objeci 10 Reduced Rafes. CASE N FEDERAL COURT Begin the Presentation of Evidence al Kaneas . City in an’ Endeavor tc Prove Their Contention That They Are Unable to. Operate at a Profit Under the Laws” Enacted by the Last Legislature. v Kansas City, Nov. 10.—Representa tives of eighteen leading railroads op: erating in Missouri appeared befor¢ Federal Judge Smith McPherson here and began the presentation of evi dence in an endeavor to prove theit contention that the railroads are un able to operate with a profit under the 2-cent passenger rate and the maxi mum freight laws passed by the last legislature. The state of Missouri is the defendant and it was representes by Herbert S. Hadley, the attorney general and the. newly elected gov ernor of the state. 2 The 2-cent and the maximum freigh laws have been in effect for some time past, the railroad companies having previously agreed not to contest the laws until it could be shown by their actual operation whether or not they were detrimental to these properties as claimed. Each of the eighteen rail roads will present individual petition. showing the effect the laws have had upon the financial conditions of thé particular roads. Each railroad will show its earnings from the date the laws were pfit into effect and in all cases it will be declared, it is stated that none of the roads has been able to operate with a profit. The state will produce figures to disprove this claim and it will attempy to show that the railroads have made money under the new statutes. The statistics have been gathered after months of careful work and the pre sentation of the evidence, according to Mr. Hadley, will consume two months’ time. The arguments will not be be’ gun until the end of that period has been reached. In cpening court Judge McPhersor announced that he would consider no further moves for delay. “This hear- ing,” said the court, “will be final, so that the cases may be appealed to the United States supreme court if neces- sary. If there is an adjournment it will.be on my own motion and only if it is absolutely necessary.” NO OPPOSITION TO CANNON Friends Say Speaker Is Certain of Re-Election, b Chicago, Nov. 10.—The Republican congressional committee headquarters have been closed with the final an- nouncement that 219 Republicans had been elected to the Sixty-first con gress and that a clear majority of the Republican members-elect are pre- pared to support Speaker Cannon for re-election. Vs “There is no question about the election of Speaker Cannon,” said one of the prominent officlals who was connected with the Cannon presiden- tial boom prior to the Chicago con- vention and who has been at the con gressional committee headquarters during the late campaign. “Telegrams and letters from successful candidates in the congressional districts hay¢ been received here in quantities suffi" clent to warrant the assertion,” con- tinued this official, “that there will be no opposition to Uncle Joe in the Re publican caucus at Washington next March and that he will be re-elected unanimously.” TOWN NARROWLY ESCAPES Numker of Business Houses Burned at Frederic, Wis. Frederic, Wis., Nov. 10.—Fire start- ing in the Frederic hotel threatened to ‘wipe cut the town. When brought un. der control the fire had destroyed about 875,000 worth of property. Araong the buildings destroved were Payne’s hotel and saleon, the Frederic | hotel, ' Lnke's restaurant, Diamond Bres.” barber shop, Lunon & Taylor’s market, Coddon’s clothing store, Hed- berg’s grocery, Carlson’s hardware store and Hubbard’s saloon. Favors Big Inheritance Tax. New York, Nov. 10.—That the state should obtain at least half of the miil- fonaire’s gold in the shape of death duties and that the poor should be freed from all taxation are two of the statements contained in Andrew Car- negie’s latest book entitled “Problems of Today; Wealth—Labor—Social- fsm.” Castro’s Answer Received. The Hague, Nov. 10.—The reply of President Castro of Venezueia to the second note of The Netherlands gov- ernment has been received here. There will be several meetings of the cabinet to discuss the communication before any definite decision is reached regarding a future course-of actiom. No New Cases of Cholera. Manila, Nov. 10.—No new cases of cholera have been discovered or re- ported in this city during a period of forty-eight hours. Great French Writer Dead. Paris, Nov. ‘9.—Victorien ~Sardou;| Parls, Nov. 10.—Victorlen Sardou, Who has heen il for a long time, 1s dead from pulmonary congostion. He “was the dean of the French dramatists aud a member of the French acad- emy. TO CURE A COLDINONEDAY, =~ | uinine Tablets it 1t falls tocure. GROVE'S siguature is on each box. 25 YOUNG GIRL KILLED. 8het by a Boy While Rehearsing an % Amateur Play. 7 Hibbing, - Minn,, Nov. 10.—Edna Geary, aged twelve, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Geary, was shot and accldentally killed while rehearsing with.other children an amateur play. She was the “villainess” and Russell Barrett, aged twelve, was the “hero.” ‘While reciting the lines of the play young Barrett aimed a gun, not sup posed to be loaded, at the girl and pulled the trigger. The little one fell dead with a bullet in her brain. The tragedy occurred at the home of W. C. Barrett, father of the boy. MARKET QUOTATIONS. Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, Nov. 9.—Wheat—Dec., $1.02%; May, $1.07%. On track—No. 1 hard, $1.06%%; No. 1 Northern, $1.- 05%3 No. 2 Northern, $1.08%; No. 3 Northern, $1.01% @1.02%. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, Nov. 9.—Wheat—To arrive and on track—No. 1 hard, $1.06%; No. 1 Northern, $1.05%; No. 2 Northern, $1.03%; Dec., $1.02%; May, $1.06%: Nov., 21.04%. Flax—To arrive and on track,” $1.37; Nov., $1.361%; Dec, $1.34; May, $1.38%. St. Paul Union Stock Yards. St. Paul, Nov. 9.—Cattle—Good to choice steers, $6.00@6.75; fair to good, $5.00@5.75: gcod to choice cows and heifers, $4.00@5.00; veals, $5.25@6.00. Hogs—$5.00@5.80. Sheep—Wethers, $4.00@4.35; _yearlings, $3.90@4.10; spring lambs, 85.00@5.50. Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, Nov. 9. — Wheat—Dec,, $1.01%; May, $1.05%@1.05%; July, $1.00% @1.00%. Corn—Nov., 62¢; Dec., 61%c; May, 613c¢; July, 61%@61%c; Sept.,, 61%c. Oats—Dec., 48%c; May, 50% @50%c; July, 46%e. Pork—Nov., $14.40; Dec., $14.4 an., $16.05; May, Butter—Creameries, 21@ 28%¢; dairies, 19@25c. Eggs—2Tc. Poultry—Turkeys, 13c; chickens, 8@ Y¥%c; springs, 1lc. Chicago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, Nov. ‘9.—Cattle—Beeves, $2.40@7.45; Texans, $3.50@4.60; West- ern cattle, $3.25@5.85; stockers and feeders, $2.60@4.60; cows and heifers, $1.60@5.25; calves, $6.00@8.00. Hogs —Light, $5.15@5.90; mixed, $5.30@ 6.10; heavy, $5.30@6.15; rough, $5.30 @5.50; good to choice heavy, $5.50 @6.15; @4.50; yearlings, $4.25@5.10; lambs, $4.00@6.10. $100 Reward, $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that scieuce has been able to cure in all its stages. and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure'is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh g a constitutional disease, Tequires a constitutional treatment. 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Ask 7 . your doctor to tell you his experience with We thoroughly belcoe in our remedis- §, 14 atistactory, then you will certainly [ We MWI: believe | "', Mku’dew, have every confidence in it. = L\imbef and Building Material « We carry in stock at all times a com- {3 3.C. Ager. Lowell plete line of lumber and building material of all descriptions. . Call in and look:over our special line of fancy glass doors. We have a large and well assorted stock from which you can - make your select’on. WE SELL 16-INCH. SLAB W00D St. Hilaire Retail Lbr. Co. BEMIDJI, MINN. BUY A GOOD LOT : With the growth of Bemidji good .lots are becoming scarcer and scarcer. We still have a number of good lots in the. residence ‘part of town which will be sold on easy terms. For further particulars write or call Bemidji Townsite and Im- provement Company. H. A. SIMONS. Agent. Swedback Block. Bemidfi. 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