Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 29, 1909, Page 2

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED NVERY AFTHRNOON, BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. By CLYDE J."PRYOR. Watered in the postofice at Bemidjl. Minn., as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER ANNUM KLING WILL HELP PROBE CHARGES. The State fair management “has fallen upon evil days. It appears that in a recent report they gave some bulk figures about the revenues and expenditures of the fair and announced that a detailed state- ment could be had on application to the secretary. A member of the house made such application to Mr. Cosgrove, but no details were forth- coming. Now he wants an inves- tigation, and the house, without debate and with scarcely a dissent- ing voice, promptly appointed the necessary committee. The resolution presented was very strongly worded and more than hinted at the use of buildings erected at public expense for per- sonal and private profit and the abuse of concession privileges. What will come out of it the Pioneer does not predict, but there is every indication that the State fair man- agement will be thoroughly probed and that all the books and papers will be subjected to an exhaustive examination unless indeed the board of directors choose to defy the authority of the house, and, although we are not sure that technically the State fair managers are responsible to the house or even to the legis- lature, they would be very foolish to defy its authority. Elmer Kling, the Little Falls attor- ney, is a member of the committee appointed to investigate the state fair management, and he, for one, is determined to probe to the bottom of the implied charges made in the house resolution. Kling is an able attorney, and he will no doubt bring out everything that is desired in the forthcoming investigation. ALLIGATOR STEAK DINNER New Orleans People Plan Unique Treat for Taft. New Orleans, Jan. 2'.—Determined that Louisiana, anent the Georgia pos- sum dinner, shall not be behind in furnishing unique and typical viands for the delectation of President-Elect Taft Secretary M. B. Trezevant of the Progressive union, which organization is taking a prominent part in arrang- @g for the entertainment of Mr. Taft on his visit here, has advanced a plan to give the distinguished visitor an alligator steak dinner in New Orleans, For Misappropriating Funds, Lansing, Mich., Jan. 2}—Frank P. Glazier, ex-state treasurer, was found guilty by a jury in the circuit cowt of misappropriating state funds. August Belmont Operated On. New York, Jan. 2 .—August Bel- mont, the banker, underwent an op- eration for appendicitis in the Memo- rial hospital in this city. The opera- tlon was regarded as successful and the condition of Mr. Belmont there- after was regarded as satisfactory to his physicians. No doubt is enter- tained of his recovery, New York Magistrate Removed. New York, Jan. 28.—Otto H. Droege has been removed from his position as city magistrate by order of the ap- pellate division of the supreme court. The Bottle at Ship Launches. Down to Charles [I’s time it was eustomary to name and baptize a ship after she was launched, sometimes a week or two after. The old Tudor method used for men-of-war was still In use. ‘Pepys’ “Diary” shows that The ship was safely got afloat, after which some high personage went on board with a special sllver “standing cup” or “flaggon” of wine, out of which be drank, naming the ship, and poured & libation on the quarter deck. The oup was then generally given to the dockyard master shipwright as a me- mento. When did the present usage of naming and baptizing a ship before she is sent afloat come in? I trace the last explicit mention of the old method to 1664, when the Royal Katherine was launched (see Pepys). The first men- tlon of smashing a bottle of wine on the bows of a British man-of-war that I have found is in a contemporary mewspaper cutting of May, 1780, de- scribing the christening of H. M. 8. Magnanime at Deptford, but nothing s hinted that it was then a new custom. —London Notes and Queries. . Almost at Rest. A kind hearted but somewhat close fisted man who was sorely afflicted with a consclence came to a friend, holding a visiting card In his hand. He looked deeply troubled. “I know,” said he, “this man wants to borrow money. I know he will drink it. What am 1 to do?” “It I8 perfectly slmple,” sald ‘the friend. “Send down word that you are out.” “I cannot,” he said. told a lle in my life.” “Then,” said his friend, “lend all'your money to me, and you can tell him you haven’t a penny in your pocket.” After some heslitation the kind heart- ed man complied and, having seen his ealler, returned. “Well,” asked his friend, “are your eonscience and mind at rest?’ “Not quite, man,” he replled, “but they will be as soon as you have given e my money. back.”—Bellman. “I have never Befated Revenge. “Once when I was a small lad on my father's farm In Ohlo,” said a judge, “g peddler got me to help him make some repairs to his wagon. I did so without any thought of pay, but when the vehicle was mended as he drove oft he told me the next time he came by our house on his rounds he would bring me a gift in the shape of a copy of ‘Robinson Crusoe, a book I had long coveted. How I waited for him to come again and how my heart fell when he failed to bring me the vol- ume! Again and again he promised, but never made good his word. Years passed, and I grew to manhood, but the memory of that cruel disappoint- ment never vanished from my mind. I was made a school trustee of my district, and one day a man applied for a position as teacher. In him I recognlzed the peddler who had blast- ed my youthful hopes. There was an- other candidate for the job, and mine was the deciding vote, Nothing in life ever gave me more pleasure than in voting against the.ex-peddler, who for his deception on a boy lost a good place. It was perhaps carrying the spirit of revenge too far, but there are not many who would have done other- wise.”—Baltimore American. A Skater's Daring. Few feats of skating have ever ex- celled the explolt of one of Napoleon's officers performed shortly after the fight at Jena in 1806. The emperor dis- patched an officer to Marshal Mortier requiring him to seize certaln impor- tant towns without delay. When the officer arrived at the mouth of the Elbe, where the river is seven and one- half miles wide, he was threatened with serious loss of time. The river was just covered with ice; therefore to row over was out of the question. He could not cross by the nearest bridge without going twenty miles out of his way on roads heavy with snow, and he grudged the time that would thus be wasted. So he resolved to skate across the thin, freshly formed {ice. Had he trfed walking he would have sunk at once, but by skimming along on his skates at the top of his speed he got over the river both dry and un- harmed. By this daring if dangerous deed he saved six hours, did what Na- poleon bade him do and won great credit for his bold and clever exploit. London Bakers In 1310. In 1310 we find the following Bow bakeresses accused of selling halfpen- ny loaves deficient in weight: Sarra Foting, Christina Terrice, Godiyeva Foting, Matilda de Bolingtone, Chris- tina Prichet, Isabella Sperling, Allce Pegges, Johanna de Countebrigge and Isabella Pouveste. One wonders why the husbands were not summoned. In a similar case in 1316, when Agnes Foting’s bread was seized, it was “ad- judged that her bread should be for- feited and given to the prisoners in Neugate because her husband did not come to avow (own) the bread.” Are we to assume that in the absence of the husbands the bread was merely forfeited without the infliction of a fine? An indication of the importance of the breadmaking business is also found in an enactment of the reign of Henry IIL to the effect that “every cart of Bremble (Brombley-by-Bow) or Stevenhethe (Stepney) that comes into the city with bread shall pay each day a halfpenny.”—St. James' Gazette. A Tardy Act of Justice. Marriages between English actresses and men of a high social position be- gan in the eighteenth century, if no earlier. There was Lavinia Fenton, the Polly Peachum of Gay's “Beggar's Opera,” who became Duchess of Bol- ton; there was Miss Farren, who mar- rled Lord Derby; also Miss Brunton became Lady Craven not long before Lord Thurlow married Miss Bolton. Earliest of the list, thongh, comes the Earl of Peterborough, who married Anastasia Robinson, the singer, and kept the marriage secret until a few days before his death in St. James' palace, when he assembled his relatives and friends and publicly acknowledged the woman “to whom he owed the best and happiest hours of his life,” a tardy act of justice that caused the lady to swoon away. How Ledgers Got Their Name. On the authority of the best lexi. cographers “ledger” is an adaptation of a once common word, “ligger,” sig- nifying any large book suited better for 1ying on a desk than for carrying about. Sometimes this was applied to a large account book, cartulary, or the like, frequently a great breviary for use in church, as distinct from a “por- tas,” or small one, carried by a “book bosom priest.” “Coucher” is another old synonym for “ligger,” the foregoer of the now general “ledger.” Old Theory Confirmed. Tommy, whose nose was out of joint, had been permitted to see the new baby in its bath. “Where’s his other leg?’ he asked, eying the infant with strong disfavor. “It’s doubled up under him,” ex- plained the nurse. “Yes!” he snorted. “Jes’ like de blamed stork what brung ’im!'—Puck. Saved Her Life. . Riggs—Hear about Mrs. Titewadd? Told her husband she would kill her- self if he dldn’t buy her a new hat. Jiggs—What dld Titewadd do? Riggs —Got estimates on funerals, found he could save $2 by buyling the hat and saved her life—Baltimore American. Stage Paint. Painting the face on the stage 1s a barbarous custom come down to us from the age of oil lamps and candles. With gas and electric light and opera glasses for the remote seats in the house it Is not needed.—London Mask. . A Lucky Horseshoe. The Australians when they find a horseshoe throw it over thelr shoulder. A lady in Sydney found one and threw It gracefully over her shoulder. It went through a hatter's window and hit a customer who was trying on a new hat. This gentleman, under the Impression that one of the shopmen in a fit of temporary insanity had played the trick, promptly struck him and sent him through the plate giass win- dow. A general melee ensued, although on consideration nobody knew what it was all about. : 3 % A PEspagnole, “I wonder why it i3, remarked the. stranger to me. “Why what is?” I queried. He groaned and explained thus: “Why 1s it that chefs at restaurants think that the mere addition of a to- mato to anything under the sun justi- fies thelr calling the combination some- thing ‘a I'Espagnole? “I see ‘eggs a I'Epagnole” My curi- osity Is at once aroused. ‘What,’ I ask myself, ‘do the Spaniards do to eggs? Bo I order ‘eggs a I'Espagnole’ What are they? Eggs with tomato. “I see ‘chicken fricassee a I'Espa- gnole’ Nothing but tomato mixed with chicken. And thus it goes on and on through life, a continual round of bopes decelved. Spanish sauce is to- mato catchup. It is absurd; it is care- fess. Chefs have no right to be so lazy. Why, if the same degree of care- lessness {s allowed to run rampant fhrough other classes of men besides ehefs I do not doubt”— Here the stranger got positively tragle. “I do not doubt that the good old phrase ‘walking Spanish’ will be ap- plied to stepping on a tomato. I fear It; I fear 1t.” And he faded thence, shaking his head with gloomy foreboding.—New York Times, Tennyson and Lowell. Mrs. Procter, the wife of Barry Corn- 'wall, was a great figure in London lit- erary society when Mr. Lowell was United States minister at the court of St. James. Mrs. Procter was most anxious to bring Tennyson and Mr. Lowell together. Tennyson, who was whimsical in his prejudices, made va- rlous excuses and affected to belleve that Mr. Lowell was a poet of little importance and an after dinner orator whose graces of style were overrated. One day Mrs. Procter told Mr. Ten- nyson that Mr, Lowell had written some lines on her birthday and that she must insist upon reading them to him. The English poet looked at her askance and submitted with bad grace. Mrs. Procter did not go further than the opening line, “I know a girl—they say she’s eighty.” Tennyson scowled and sprang to his feet with a gesture of impatience. “Too familiar!” he growled out in high disdain and re- fused to listen to the remaining lines. Mrs. Procter persevered in her efforts to bring the two poets together, and they finally met and became intimate friends. Mr. Tennyson was a man of many caprices and had a touch of shy- ness and cold reserve which made him unwilling to meet a stranger. A Sly Dog. The late Dr. James Freeman Clarke used to tell this story of his dog: “At one time my dog was fond of going to the railway station to see the people, and I always ordered him to go home, fearing he would be hurt ky the cars. He easily understood that if he went there it was contrary to my wishes. So whenever he was near the station if he saw me coming he would look the other way and pretend not to know me. If he met me anywhere else he always bounded to meet me with great delight. But at the station it 'was quite different. He would pay no attention to my whistle or my call. He even pretended to be another dog and would look me right in the face ! without apparently recognizing me. He gave me the cut direct in the most impertinent manner, the reason evi- dently being that he knew he was dolng what was wrong and did not like to be found out. Possibly he may have relied a little on my nearsighted- ness in his maneuver.” The Care of Goldfish. The Becret of success in caring for goldfish is to keep the water they are in fresh and sweet. Thelr globe should be emptied and its water renewed as often as every second day. Lift each fish out gently in a glassful of water, empty the globe, wash it out, then put in fresh water and put the fish back again. Clear, sweet rainwater should be used, and its temperature should be raised to 75 or 80 degrees by warming a part of it. Sparkling well water is too cold for the fish to thrive in and too pure, for the animalculae of rain water form an important part of the food of these fish. They need no other sustenance than a very few bread crumbs sprinkled in their water daily, for overfeeding will kill them very quickly.—Housekeeper. Barrie’s Critic. J. M. Barrie some years ago was persaaded to take the chair at a Burns celebration In Scotland. He was ex- tremely sllent and stole away at the earliest opportunity. Next week ap- peured in the National Observer a hu- marous article entitled “Mr. Barrle In the Chalr,” in which Mr, Barrie’s lack- of social tact was held up to ridicule. Many people thought the writer had gone too far and protested. But the author of the article was Mr. Barrie himself. Influence of Feminine Dress. Few men realize the influence that dress has upon them. Man thinks that he is an unbiased being, open to con- viction, to sound logic, to unanswera- ble argument. Fond delusion! He is open to nothing except to the elo. quence of a few yards of silk and to the persuasion of soft laces.—London Graphie. Made Quite a Difference. Miss Watson—Did Mr. Sark say to you as I entered the drawing room last night, Clara, “Is that the beautl- ful Miss Watson?’ Clara—Yes, dear, with the accent on the “that.”—BEx- change. All 1 have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen~ Emerson. A Candle Trick. Lat 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. B o e STRICKEN FROM - THE RECORDS Recent Speech of Represen- !' tative Willett, » SPECIAL CONMITTEE ACTS — Unanimous in Recommending Such Course of Procedure and House Adopts Report With Hardly a Dis senting Voice—Speaker’s Remarks Concerning the President Held to Be Not Justified. ‘Washington, Jan, 2)—Recommend- Ing that the speech delivered in the house last week by Representative Willett of New York, in which the president was severely criticised, be expunged from the congressional rec- ord the select committee appointed to consider the speech submitted its re- port to the house. A letter written to the committee by Representative Wil- lett, urging that his speech should re- main on record, accompanied the re- port. Declaring that “the consideration of the speeqh in question involves a consideration of what is and what is not orderly debate in the house” the committee’s report defines the priv- ileges of members of the house and the limitations of debate. It discusses at length the relationship of the two houses of congress and the relations which must be maintained between the house of representatives and the president, in accordance with the Con- stitution. The: report declares that it would seem that the peculiar constitutional duties of the house in relation to the power of impeaching the president do not preclude a clear line of distinc- tion between that criticism of acts and conduct necessary for perform- ance of the' constitutional duties of the house and a criticism merely per- sonal and irritating. It also_claims that it is especially the duty of the house -itself to protect the president “from that personal abuse, inuendo of ridicule tending to excite disorder in the house itself and to create a personal. antagonism on the part of the president toward the house and which is not related to the power of the house under the constitution to examine into the acts and conduct of the president.” Remarks Not Justified. “Your committee has carefully con- sidered the remarks of the gentleman from New. York continues the re- port, “and finds that his remarks con- cerning the president are not justified by any considerations of the constitu- tional duties or powers of the house; that they transcend proper limits of criticism in debate; that they are de- structive of that cotirtesy, respect and dignity which: ought to be preserved and that they ought not to remain in the permanent official record of the proceedings in the house.” The committee claimed that it was impossible to -separate the objection- able remarks from the remainder of the speech and that the only way to eliminate the remarks considered out of order would be to strike out the entire speech. * Representative Mann of Illinois, chairman of the special committee, presented the report to the-house, which, he said, represented the unani- mous opinion of that committee. After the report had been read Mr. Mann offered to yield time to any member wishing to discuss the report, but as none evidenced a desire to do so the resolution striking. out the speech was passed with hardly a dissenting voice. . MEETS, APPROVAL OF ALL Bill for the Settlement of Brownsville Question. ‘Washington, Jan. 2;—Senate lead- ers have drafted a bill for the settle- ment of the Brownsville question which, meets with the approval of RESULTS TELL There Can Be No Doubt About the Result in Bemidiji. —tin Results tell the tale. All doubt is removed. v The testimony of a Bemidji citizen Can be easily investigated. What better proof can be had? Mrs. ¢ E. Cahilll, living at 817 Minnesota Ave., Bemidji, Minn., says: ‘I have never had any seri- ous'trouble with my kidneys, but a few months ago there was unmistak- able signs that my kidneys were dis- ordered, the principal one being a pain through the small of my back. I had heard so much about Doan’s Kidney Pills that I concluded to give them a trial, and procured a box at the Owl Drug Store. I used them according to directions, was cured and have felt perfectly well since. I am satisfied with the results that followed the use of Doan’s Kidney Pills in my case and have no hesitancy in recommending this remedy to other persons sufier- ing from kidney complaint.” 2 For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn : Co. - Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. = e g A REPUTATION WORTH WHILE UHAMBERLATN'S COUGH REM- EDY A FAVORITE EVERY- WHERE. ‘| Enormous Sale on It Largely Due to Personal Recommendations of People Who Have Been Cured By It. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy has beenon the market for over one-third of a century: Btarting from a small beginning it has grown in favorand popularity until the demand for it often requires shipments in carload lots. It is now on sale at almost every drug store and most country cross road stores in the United States. There is no question as to its merits; in fact, the enormous sale on it has been brought about to a large extent by the personal recommeridations of people who have been cured by it. When you use a remedy for a cough orcold and find it far superior to any other that yon have ever tried, it is natural that you should tell your friends of your good fortune. It has become the mothers’ favorite for coughs, colds and croup, as they found that it can always be depended upon, and that it contains no opium or other harmful drugs. During these years in which we have been making, selling and using this prepa:ation we have never known of a single case of a cold resulting in pnen: monia when Chamberlain's Congh Remedy was used, which leads us to believe that it is a certain preventive of that disease. The fact that it can be depended upon in every case has crowned it with the successit enjoys. For. Sale at Barker’s Drug Stere President Roosevelt and Sénator Fo aker. The bill provides for the appoint- ment of a commission of general offi- cers to consider all applications of the discharged mnegro soldiers for re- enlistment. The conclusions of the commission are not to be final, but ,must be submitted to the war depart- ment for review. In the event the commission finds that there is no evi- dence to connect the applicant for re- enlistment with the Brownsville af fray the applicant is to be restored to service. REFUSES TO ACCEPT-OFFICE New Insurance Commissioner of New York Objects to Criticism. Albany, N. Y. Jan. 2!—Governor Hughes has withdrawn the nomina- tion of Frederick A. Wallis as state superintendent of insurance. The nom- ination was withdrawn at Mr. Wallis' request. In a letter to Governor Hughes Mr. Wallis said: “While the criticisms which have been directed against me since my nomination are each and every one of them utterly without foundation, and nothing has been or can be devel oped which can reflect upon me in any manner whatsoever, T do not care to accept the office to which so much political opposition has been directed. I have therefore decided to continue in my present position with my com- vany.” WANTS JAP CONSUL " GENERAL RECALLED Resolution by Memker of Call fornla Legislafure, Bacramento, Cal,, Jan. 2)—Senator Marc - Anthony introduced in - the upper house a joint resolution calling upon congress to request that the Japanese consul general at San Fran- cisco be recalled by his government on the ground that the official had at- tempted to influence the action of the California legislature. The alleged offense of the consul was that he had called upon Governor Gillett and asked him to prevent the enactment of anti-Japanese bills pending. In the assembly, on motion of As- semblyman A. M. Drew, author of the anti-alien land bill, action on all anti- Japanese bills was postponed for one ‘week, when the measures come up as a specia] order of business. ‘When the . Drew" bill: prohibiting aliens holding land was called up for consideration in the assembly its au- thor asked that it be put over. M Drew has held a conference with Go ernor Gillett and will amend his measure to conform to the wishes of the federal government. KAISER FIFTY YEARS oLD Anniversary Celebrated in an Unusual Manner. Berlin, Jan. 2 .—The fiftleth anni versary of the birth of Emperor Will- fam' was celebrated in an unusual manner. All the crowned heads of the German states, excepting the aged Luitpold, regent of Bavaria, came to Berlin to present their congratula- tions. The emperor first received the con- gratulations of the members of his family and his entourage and then those of the visiting prices, including the crown prince of Denmark. = After religlous services in the chapel the emperor and the empress took up a position in the white room of the cas- tle, before the throne, where they re- ceived the congratulations of the members of the diplomatic corps, in- cluding Dr. Hill, the American ambas- sador, Chancellor von Buelow and the other ministers. The conferring of a number of dec- orations and elevations to the nobility have been announced. IN MESSAGE TO CONGRESS President Asks Appropriation to Re move Wreck of the Maine. ‘Washington, Jan. 2J.—President Roosevelt has sent to-'congress a message approving the recommenda tion of Governor Magoon that an ap propriation be made to remove the wreck of the battleship Maine from Havana harbor. 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