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£ » THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED NVERY AFTHRNOON, - BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. By CLYDE J. PRYOR. Tntered in the postoffice at Bemidji. Minn.. as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER ANNUM ——————————— BROTHER TAYLOR TO RETURN (7) We learn from Bro. Taylor, pub- lisher of the Enterprise, that he is seriously contemplating the removal of his paper to the county seat in the near future.—Blackduck American. Brother Taylor’s “serious thought” has undoubtedly taken tangible form, asit is a matter of common rumor that the “Enterprise” man will again move his portable paper to Bemidji and, backed by local capital, will re-enter the field with a publication that will espouse the cause of those who are in charge of the “Beltrami County Tax League.” ANOTHER “SCARE” EXPOSE. We refuse to be agitated by the New York World’s special “‘expose” of the Kaiser’s suppressed Century article. There yet lingers in our memory the fact that the World, in another special expose, accused Theodore Roosevelt of selling the Republican party “body and bones” to Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan. If we recollect aright, there was but the lamest and most belated retraction when this wierd dream was dis- proved. CAUSTIC COMMENT. (A. G. Rutledge.] Some people dispense sympathy because it dosen’t cost anything. You may say what you please if you are not anxious to please others. There are no tomorrows on the cal- endar of the man who does things. It’s easier to make a sacrifice for your friends than it is to bear the after effects. Tact is the ability not to look sol- emn when a rich relative gets off an alleged joke. No man on earth would want his friends to know what he knows about himself. The Shah of Persia decides against a popular constitution. His own can’t stand it. ' He’s a smart young man who is smart enough to refrain from boast- ing of his smartness. - Everything comes to those who wait—witL the. exception of a hus- band to the waiting spinter. A women is more or less suspic- ous of her husband when he doesn’t forget to kiss her just before going out. Andrew Carnegie, urging the country to reduce the tariff on steel, seems desirous of assisting the other steel magnates to “die poor.” Even if a man has no other bad habit he is apt to send souvenir post cards to his friends every time he has occasion to go to another town. Those Missouri ministers, who had agreed to pray on Thanksgiv- ing day for a tariff on zinc ore, probably started right off with ‘‘ore pro nobis.” Worst of All. Mr. Lane, Mr. Hobart and Mr. Meek bad been off fishing the day before. They had gone unexpectedly from the postoffice, where they met, and neither Mrs. Lane, Mrs., Hobart nor Mrs. Meek bhad been informed of their where- abouts until nightfall “And it did beat all what poor luck we'd had!” said Mr. Lane when the three friends met the next day. “I tried to explain to Sadie that we kep' staying in the hopes of fetching home something that would show why we'd stayed, but she said we’d acted like a parcel o’ yearlings and it would be one while before she’d have a hot wpple pie for my dinner again and dumplings. She ran me uphill and fown, I tell ye!” “Maria spoke of my clothes,” said Mr. Hobart forlornly. “She pointed out the way the dampness had cockled that coat I had on. She said *twouldn’t ever be the same again and if I knew of anybody that was going to spend summer days heating great irons and pressing out clothes for a man like me she didn’t!” “Marthy never said a word,” said #r. Megk as the other two men turned to him, but as they remarked with one accord, “That's the kind of wife to have!” Mr. Meek looked much de- pressed. “The only trouble is,”” he added, “she hasn’t spoken yet, and I don’t know when she will.”_ The Uses of Adversity. - “Grogan,” said the head of the de- partment store, eying him sharply, “yocu've quit drinking, haven’t you?” “Yes, sor,” answered the red headed Hibernian who worked in the pack- ing department.” “I haven’t taken a dhrink av_annything sthronger th'n iced tay f'r three months.” “I am glad to hedr it, Grogan. I'll make it an object to you to stay quit. But how did you break yourself of the habit?” “Be- hittin’ me thumb nail wid a hammer whin I was packin’ a box o goods.” “I don’t see how that could cure you.” “Well, Misther Barker, it was this way. If I'd been sober, d’ye moind, I'd nivér have done it, but I wasn’t. Whin L whacked me thumb instead av the | nail I was thryin’ to dhrive it made a black spot at the root av me thumb nail. I says to mesilf: ‘Grogan, T'll punish ye £r that. Ye shap’t have a dhrink av ayther beer 'r whusky until that black spot has gone.’ “Well, sor, it was two months befure It had growed out to the end o’ me thumb an’ I cud cut it off, an’ be that time I'd lost all me appetite f'r beer an’ whusky. “Thin I says to meself: ‘Gfogan, I'll reward ye f'r that. Ye’re a sober man now, an’ ye'll stay sober.” That’s the ‘whole story, sor.”—Youth’s Companion, The Russian Joke Teller. Story telling and jesting have al- ways been counted the favorite amuse- ments of semibarbaric people. To the first we owe the “Arabian Nights” and to the second the clowns, who were formerly the appendage of all great houses. In Russia the paid Joker still flourishes, and the people pay so much an hour to listen to his jokes and witticisms. He provides himself with two or three hundred tickets, and, mounting a sort of ros- trum, he announces that he is going to regale his audience with choice tid- bits of mirth provoking lore. He be- gins selling tickets at a peunny each, and when he has sold enough to war- rant his beginning he turns himself loose, and the audience remains spell- bound by his humorous stories for an hour or two. A recent traveler who saw a number of these jokers in St. Petersburg says, “I listened to them several times, and, although I could not understand one word the joker said, I was sure from the way the au- dience greeted his stories Wwith roars of laughter that the jokes were above the average.” Adam, Eve and Some Apples. How many apples did Adam and Eve eat? Some say Eve 8 and Adam 2, a total of 10. Others say Eve 8 and Adam 8 also; total, 16. But if Eve 8 and Adam 82, the total will be 90. Now, if Eve 81 and Adam 8 1 2 the total would be 893. Thenif Eve811stand Adam812 the total would be 1,623. Or, again, Eve 814 Adam, Adam 81242 oblige Eve, total 82,056. Though we ad- mit Eve 814 Adam, Adam, if he 8181 242 keep Eve company; total, 8,182, 056. All wrong. Eve, whenshe81812 many and probably felt sorry for it, and Adam, in order to relieve her grief, 812; therefore Adam if he 818 14240fy Eve's depressed spirit; hence both ate 81,896,864 apples. —Kansas City Independent. Marriage Customs In Savage Africa. The charge which is sometimes brought against white men of “marry- ing for money” cannot be used against their sex in Africa, for there it is the other way about, husbands having to purchase their wives. When a man has a wife bestowed upon him as an act of charity he feels that she is not properly his own, and she, if she will, can treat him with contempt. This custom of wife purchase, although it is to be decried as tending to lower marriage to the level of a commercial contract, is an incentive to young men to work. Lazy youths cannot com- pete with energetic ones in the matri- monial market, as they are despised by the young women and rejected by their parents as being unworthy of their daughters.—Wide World Magazine. Sea Roses. The sea rose is a leathery looking creature which attaches itself to a stone at the bottom of the sea in its infancy and ultimately attains a size about three inches in length and an inch and & half in breadth. When quiet and feeding under water its top opens and blossoms into the semblance of a large pink rose, with petals fully an inch long, a really handsome ob- Ject. As soon as it is disturbed, how- ever, it shuts itself resolutely into its leather pod. Southern Spoon Corn Bread. Pour two cupfuls boiling water over a cupful cornmeal; cook five minutes, stirring continually; add a tablespoon- ful butter, two eggs well beaten, a cup- ful milk, a teaspoonful salt; beat thor- oughly, pour into a well greased bak- ing dish and bake thirty-five minutes in hot oven. Serve from the dish in ‘which it is baked.—What to Eat. Overburdened With Memory. “Your son tells me that he is going to take lessons to cultivate his memory.” “I hope not,” answered Farmer Corn- tossel. “He can remember every fool tune that was ever whistled.”—Wash- ington Star. Quite Light. Marie—I think Chollie is a delightful dancer. He’s so light on his feet! Lil- llan—When you're better acquainted with Chollle you’ll discover that he's light at both ends!—Town and Country. An acre in Middlesex is worth a prin- cipality in Utopla.—Macaulay. —_— Posted Him. He (vainly)—See that sweet little gir] In pink? I was engaged to her the whole of last summer. Stranger (eager- Iy)—Very glad to hear it. I am the lawyer she’s commissioned to sue you for breach of promise. _— Lusty. Shopkeeper—Is there anything else I can send you, sir? What would you: say to a plece of this cheese? Custom. er—I wouldn’t care to say anything to it. It might answer me back. Spider Cures. In China spiders are highly esteemed In the treatment of croup. You get from an old wall the webs of seven black spiders—two of which must have the owners sitting in the middle—and pound them up in a mortar with a lit- tle . powdered alum; = The - resulting mixture must then be set on fire, and the ashes, when squirted into the throat of the patient by means of a bamboo tube, are said to effect a cer- tain and immediate cure. Black spiders are evidently full of medicinal virtue, for they are largely employed in the treatment of ague as well.. - In Somersetshire, if one is af- flicted with the unpleasant ailment, the way to get well is to shut up a large black spider in a box and leave It there till it dies. At the moment of its disease the ague should disap- pear. In Sussex the treatment is more heroic; the patient must swallow the spider.’ 5 Perhaps, after all, this remedy may not be so disagreeable as it appears, for a-German lady who was in the habit of picking out spiders from their webs as she walked through the woods and eating them after first depriving them of their legs declared that they ‘were very nice indeed and tasted like nuts.—London Chronicle. Asked Too Much. In R. F. Johnson’s book, “From Pe- kin to Mandalay,” the author tells the story of a poor Chinese scholar noted for his piety, who heard the voice of an invisible being who spoke to him thus: “Your piety has found favor in the sight of heaven. Ask now for what you most.long to possess, for I am the memsenger of the gods, and they have sworn to grant your heart’s desire.” “I ask,” said the poor scholar, “for the coarsest clothes and food, just. enough for my daily wants, and I beg that I may have freedom to wander at my will over mountain and fell and woodland stream, free from all world- ly cares, till my life’s end. That is all I ask.” Hardly had he spoken than the sky seemed to be filled with the laughter of myriads of unearthly volces. “All you ask,” cried the mes- senger of the gods. “Know you not that what you demanded is the high- est happiness of the beings that dwell in heaven? Ask for wealth or rank or what earthly happiness you will, but not for you are the holiest joys of the gods.” The Ungrateful Cuckoo. To hear the cuckoo’s cheery note you might think he had the clearest con- sclence in' the world. He can have nei- ther memory nor moral sense or he would not carry it off so gayly. We say nothing of the “raptores,” who are a race apart, but the most disreputable of birds, as a rule, are guilty of noth- ing worse than peccadillos. The jack- daw will steal for the mere fun of the thing, for he can make no possible use of plate or jewelry, and sometimes un- der temptation may make a snatch at a pheasant chick. Sparrows are, of course, notorious thieves, but they rank no higher in crime than the sneaking pickpockets. But the cuckoo, so to speak, 1s a murderer from his cradle. He violates the sanctity of a hospitable hearth. His first victims are his own foster brothers, and before he tries his wings on the first flight he is imbrued in fraternal blood, like any Amu)‘atlli or Bazajet.—London Saturday Review. Expected Some Cussing. A West Philadelphia husband had just comfortably seated himself for his after dinner cigar the other even- ing when his good wife arose and took the parrot from the room. This done, she picked up a couple of envelopes and approached the old man, all of which occasioned that gent consider- able surprise. “Mary,” said he, “what in the world did you take that parrot out of the room for?” “I was afraid that you might set him a bad example,” answered wifey. “What do you mean?” demanded the wondering husband. “I mean,” answered wifey, handing father the envelope, “that I have just received my dressmaking and millinery bills.”—Philadelphia Telegraph. * The Diving Bell. The celebrated philosopher Aristotle speaks of a diving bell which was put over the head of the diver, but there 18 no proof of the use of the bell in ancient times. John Jaesnier, who lived In the early part of the sixteenth century, makes the earliest mention of the practical use of the diving bell in Europe. In all probability the first real practical use of the diving bell was in the attempt at rescuing the treasures of the Spanish armada off the English coast, 1590 and on. A Change. “It used to be the height of my ambi- tlon to own a motor car,” said the wor- ried looking man. “And what. is the height of your am- bition now?” asked his friend. “To sell it.”—Philadelphia Inquirer. - Ample Cause. “What on earth possessed you to be- come engaged to Herbert?” a young lady asked her friend. “You don’t love him an atom!” . “I know,” was the candid reply, “but that horrid Jones girl does!” Poor Angel. “I wonder,” said the sweet - young thing, “why a man is always so fright- ened when he proposes?’ o “That,” said the chronic bachelor, “is his guardian angel trying to hold him back.” Marked Him. “Are you aware who I am?” “Sure! Didn’t I just call.you an old 1diot?’—Cleveland Plain Dealer. 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 'tis a dead man I would have been seeln’ mesilf at this minute!”—London Captain. VESSELS CRASH "IN DENSE 6 Steamer Fina “ce Lost in Col- lision Off New York. EIGHT PERSONS PERISH 8even of the Ship’s Passengers and One Member of the Crew Are Miss- ing and Are Supposed to Have Lost Their Lives—More Than One Hun- dred Others Take to the Boats and Are Picked Up. New York, Nov. 27.—Seven passen- gers and ohe member of the crew of the Panama line steamship Finance are missing and may have lost their lives “as the result of the sinking of the Finance by the White Star freighter Georgic in a dense fog in the lower bay. Both stearaships were under way at the time the collision occurred, the Finance outward bound, | while the Georgic was slowly creep- ing up the bay in an effort to reach her dock, after having been at anchor for- two days waiting for the heavy fog to lift. Within ten minutes after the Georgic struck her the Finance sank with a great hole on the star- board side just abaft of the funmel. Owing to the wreckage the crew were unable to launch any of the lifeboats from the starboard side, but the boats and liferafts on the shore side were quickly dropped into the water and the ‘eighty passengers and the sixty- five members of the ¢rew started to board the small boats. The final count was taken and showed that there were missing four first cabin passengers, thrze second cabin pas- sengers und the second engineer. Those rescued were transferred to the Georgic, which had come to an- chor close by. The fog lifting disclosed the wreck to the marine observer on Sandy Hook, who notified the Sandy Hook lifesaving crew, which promptly put off to the ship. The tug Cerebus also soon reached the’ foundered steamer and a wrecking tug. was summoned from Staten Island. The Georgic stood by until all the rescued passengers were taken on board and then proceeded up the har: bor, leaving Captain Mowbry of the Finance and several members.of his crew on board tugs near the sunken steamer. ‘The Finance is really owned by the United States government, which con- trols the Panama line. She was built in 1883, was of 1,490 net tons, 300 feet long, 38 feet beam and 23 feet in depth. SEVEN TRAINMEN INJURED Great Northern Flyer Crashes Into Freight. Benson, Minn.,, Nov. 27.—Seven men, either members of the train crew or postal clerks, were severely injured at Clontarf Station, five miles northwest ‘of Benson, when Coast flyer No. 4, running east on the Great Northern, crashed “Into the rear end of a freight train which was standing on the main track. Those injured were Engineer Ira Denney, St. Paul, of the passenger train engine; his fireman, two bag- gagemen and three postal clerks. Den- ney was caught under his engine, which was overturned by the shock of the collision, and was badly scald- ed, but in the opinion of the surgeons will probably recover. - The engine of the passenger train plowed its way, before it was derailed and fell on its side, through the ca- boose and two freight cars. The bag- gage car, mail car and three passen- ger coaches were mingled in one ruin, Fire started up almost instantly and all the passenger train cars, as well as those of the freight train which had been . telescoped, were quickly burned. i PLAGUE NOW ERADICATED No Cases on Pacific Coast Since Last of October. Washington, Nov. 27.—The plague situation on the Pacific coast is said to have greatly improved within the last few months and the officials who have been most active in the work of its suppression are encouraged to be- lieve that with continued vigilance its complete eradication is probable. Dr. ‘Walter Wyman, surgeon general of the public health and marine hospital service, in a report to the secretary of the treasury .concerning human plague and plague ‘infested rats in San Francisco, Oakland, Berkely, Con- tra Costa county and Los Angeles, Cal, and in Seattle, Wash., covers the period by months from May, 1907, to Oct, 31, 1908, and shows that since this last named date no case of hu- man plague or of plague infested rats has been discovered on the Pacific coast. ‘Wiil Reopen Buffalo Stock Yards. Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 27.—The Buffa- 1o stock yards will be reopened Mon- day for the receipt of live stock for local consumption. This was decided at a meeting of the live tock associa- tion with state and. federal quarantine officers. Cattle and sheep for slaugh- ter only will be received. This means a resumption of the bulk of the stock yards business. ° Vermillion, S. D., Nov. 27.—Mrs. Christina Clark was found guilty of manslaughter in the second degree for the killing of her divorced hus- band. The jury recommended merey| for the defsndant. s ‘PILES CURED IN6 TO 14 DAYS PAZO GINTMENT is guaranteed to cure au case of ., Blind, Bleeding or Protrud- g Pllesin 6to 14 days or money Te! ru ded. 50c. Hill Buys New York Praperty, New York, Nov. 27.—James J. Hill, chairman of the board of directors of the Great Northern railroad, has bought the four-story dwelling adjoin- ing his residence here in East Sixty- fifth street. The consideration, it is said, was about $500,000, Mr. HII made the purchase in order to fore- stall the erection of any: structure near his' residemce which might cut off the sunlight. It is said that he will erect on the Site a residence for his son; Louls W. Hill. MEN ARE HELPLESS AS 1 GHILDREN. When Taken Suddenly Il.—Here is 4 a Common-Sense Safe- guard, Big, strong man-is as helpless as a infant when he is suddenly ill. The sturdiest chap in- town usu- ally loses his self control and is utterly unable to regard his con- dition with the common sense that characterizes his every-day actions. For example: He comes home. tired, eats a heavy dinner and sits down to read and smoke awaya quiet evening. Suddenly he notices a weight on his stomach; then sharp pains around his heart, and a feeling of suffocation. Thoughts of ‘“heart disease” rush over him, and in his agony fears the worst. His trouble was acute indigestion, brought on by overloading his tired stomach, A couple of Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets would have given him in- stant relief—would have saved him hours of suffering. Carry a package of Rexall Dys- pepsia Tablets in your vest pocket or keep them in your room. Take one after each heavy meal, and indigestion can never bother you. Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets cure stomach troubles by supplying the one element, the absence of which in the gastric juices, causes indi- gestion and dyspepsia. They enable the stomach to digest all kinds of food and to quickly convert it into rich red blood. We know what Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets are and what they will do. We guarantee them to cure indiges- tion and dyspepsia. If they fail we will refund your money. Price, 25 cents per full package. Sold only at our store or by mail. Barker’s Drug Store. Does not Color the H Destroys Dandruff -AYER’S HAIR VIGOR With the growth of Bemidji T 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. Foi' further particulars write or call BUY A GOOD LOT Bemid]i Townsite and Im- provement Company. H. A. SIMONS. Agent. Swedback Block. Bemidfi. Lumber and Building Material We carry in stock at all times a com- plete line of lumber and bulding material - of all uescriptions. 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 W0OD S . Hilaire Retail Lbr. Co. BEMIDJI, MINN. The Da.ily Pioneer 40c per Month 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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