Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 20, 1909, Page 2

S — S S A S THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER| PUBLISHED NVERY AFTERNOON, BEMIDII PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. By CLYDE J._PRYOR. Wntered in the postofice at Bemidjl. Minn., a8 second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION--$5.00 PER ANNUM NORTH COUNTRY FULL OF GOOD ENTER.| TAINERS. Says Stillman H. Bingham, the St. Paul correspondent of the Duluth Evening Herald, who is “doing” the legislature this winter for the benefit of the Hearld: The members of the normal school committees, who have returned from their Northern Minnesota trip, taken to look over the various communities that want the proposed new normal school, are loud in their praise of the hospitality which met them in every town, ‘The foregoing only backs up the statements made by the writer hereof to Mr. Bingham and the members of the joint normal committees before they left St. Paul to visit this north country, to the effect that this north part of the state was full of “good fellows” who could eatertain just as royally as the Hon. P. H. McGarry, and all of whom could give the Hon. Dan Gunn “cards and spades” at being genial. The committee is also now convinced of another statement made by tke writer—that there are other good towns in northern Min- nesota besides Cass Lake; in fact, from what we have heard since the committee got back to St. Paul they are prone to take issue with ‘‘the gentleman from Walker”” for insinu- ating that a trip “up north” would be all that was necessary to con- vince the committee that no other town up here was worthy of consid- eration, when compared to Cass Lake. Bemidji has always recog- nized the good qualities of her neigh- bors and is at all times willing to pocl her interests with the “bunch” and abide by any impartial decision. Our Cass Lake friends are differ- ent. They should have the pro- posed school because “they need it, and it would help build up their town.” And this on top of the fact that Cass Lake has a United States land office; Walker has a state sani- tarium, and wants a big appropria- tion for that institution; and Grand Rapids wants an agricultural school to operate in conjunction with her experimental farm, Verily, thereis such a thing as being hoggish. Give Bemidji a small look-in, WHOLE THING A FRAME UP Police Discredit Story of Assault In Chicago Hotel. Chicago, Feb. 11.—Belasco never sat a stage with greater care, than ‘Hlla Gingles did for the sensation which was created when her unconscious, bound and gagged -form was found in & general bathroom at the Wellington hotel, according to Chief of Detectives O'Brien. Captain O'Brien, dropping into the vernacular of the police, de- clared the whole thing was a “frame up.” He had been assured by the physiclans who attended the young lacemaker that there had been no as- sault, although she may have had as- sistance in tying herself to the bath- iub. Even the blood in the tub and in the washbasin, it is now asserted, was composed largely of port wine and water. Captain O'Brien sald -he hoped to clear up the mystery in de- tall by another interview with Miss Gingles, who was reported at the hos- pital little the worse for her experl ence. TO RAISE WRECK OF MAINE House Committee Decides on Prelim- inary Steps. ‘Washington, Feb. 19.—The house committee on appropriations is to in- clude in the sundry civil bill an item looking toward the ultimate raising of the battleship Maine, the wreck of which still remains in Havana harbor. The sub-committee which is preparing the bill has decided to insert a clause which provides for a commission that will be directed to investigate the oondition of the wreck and determine the feasibility and cost of raising it. CRITICISES LA FOLLETTE Penrose Says Wisconsin Senator Is an Obstructionist. ‘Washington, Feb. 19.—Senator Pen- rose, during consideration of the post- office bill, sharply accused Senator La Follette of obstructing legislation and of using language which “better becomes the vendor of a patent medl- olne than a senator of the United States.” Mr. La Follette replied that the sen- ate could not deter him from mair- taining his rights. Four Skaters Drowned. Norwood, R. I, Feb. 19.—While skating hand in hand over the ice on Sand pond four children were drowned when the spongy formation gave way, another was barely saved pnd several persons who attempted to rescue them narrowly missed being engulfed in the icy waters. Injured in Coasting Accident. Hornell, N. Y., Feb. 19.—As the re- sult of a coasting accldent at Alfred six professors and students in Alfred university were injured. Professor C. L. Clark is in a hospital in a critical conditlun.. Explosion Fatal to Seven. Steubenville, 0., Feb. 19.—Three persons were burned to death and fo fatally injured by an explosion keg of mining powder in a coal er’s home near Colliers, W. Va. \{ PULLIAM MAY BE RETIRED Fate of President of National League in Balance. Chicago, Feb. 19.—The National league is reported to stand 4 to 4 on a proposition to retire Harry Pulliam from the presidency. Another report is that the vote was on a motion to grant him leave of absence for ‘& year. Garry Herrmann presided, Pul- liam not being present. Probably Buried In Snowbank. Racine, Wis., Feb. 19.—It is feared that George Elholm, one of the most prominent attorneys and business men of this city, has been buried in a snowbank bétween this city and Ives. He has been missing since last Monday, when he started out in the storm. Executed for Attempted Assauit. Richmond, Va., Feb. 19.—Charles Gillespie, a negro, who a month ago attempted an assault on a young lady of this city while she was on-her way to church, was put to death in the electric chair in the penitentiary here: A Beggar In a Basket. Perhaps the most curious use to ‘which Mexicans put their baskets is'to hold gamecocks. Sometimes the cock's basket 18 woven for the purpose; often- er it 1s made from a sombrero, the wide, high crowned, straw hat of the country, into which the bird is put, a hole cut in the crown to give him air and the brim carefully tied down that he may not escape. The bullfight has been called the national sport of Mex- ico, but cockfighting s much more uni- versal, for the humblest peasant may have his gamecock, which he keeps in a carefully made cage in his patio, watches with pride and tends with care, One of the strangest uses to which a basket has probably ever been put was the dafly appearance in_the streets of a young man carrying in a huge bush- el basket on his shoulders his great- grandmother, of unknown age, who held out a skinny hand to the passer- by for the centavo which was almost unfailingly given. Surely a trust in Providence could go no further.—Elea- nor Hope Johnson in Outing Maga- zine. Dreams of the Blind. In my dreams I have sensations, odors, tastes and ideas which I do not remember to have had in reality. Perhaps they are the glimpses which' my mind catches through the vell of sleep of my earliest babyhood. I have heard “the trampling of many waters.” Sometimes a wonderful light visits me in sleep. Such a flash and glory as it is! I gaze and gaze until it vanishes. I smell and taste much as in-my wak- ing hours, but the sense of touch plays a less important part. In sleep I al- most never grope. No one guides me. Even in a crowded stréet I am self sufficient, and I enjoy an independ- ence quite foreign to my physical life. Now I seldom spell on my fingers, and it is still rarer for others to spell into my hand. My mind acts independent of my physical organs. I am delight- ed to be thus endowed, 1f only in sleep, for then my soul dons its ‘winged sandals and joyfully joins the throng of happy beings who dwell be- yond the reaches of bodily sense.— Helen Keller in Century. v f Luscio The Pols Star, ~ "~ Ursa Major and Ursa Minor are known also as the triones and as the Greater Wain and the Lesser Wain, It 18 curious to note that the larger con- stellation was given the figure of the bear by the Arabs and by the Iroquols red men. The assumed forms are or- dinarily fanciful, and the identity of the names In.this instance affords food for speculation. Homer uses both bear and waln (wagon) in his references to these stars. It s evident that the name bear was a translation from some original Aryan language, as the constellation 18 called “in Sanskrit riksha, a word that in ‘different gen- ders means both a bear and a star. Of course the polar star in the tail of Ursa Minor is the constellation’s polnt of glory.” In this case we may say fairly that the tail wags the dog, because the group of stars was once called the dog’s tall, or cynosure. From that we have:our word cynosure, that toward which all eyes turn, as to the dog’s il for sight of the pole star.—Minne- apolis Tribune. How Nora Coaxed the Tips. A group of women were standing in the corridor of a summer hotel when an ‘aged scrubwoman started upstalrs with a pail of water. Just then. a bright faced, buxom Irish chamber- maid came up. ““This looks purty heavy for the likes of ye,” she sald cheerily to the old woman. “Better let me help.” She took up the paid and whisked off upstairs ‘with it. “How thoughtful of Noral” “Isn’t she kind?” and similar expressions rose to the lips of the women. The proprieter of the hotel and another man also witnessed the incident. “Clever girl, that Nora,” sald the hotel man to-his companion. “She's always doing something like that when there are people looking on. She gets more tips than any two other girls in the house. She could afford to pay me for the privilege of working here. Every summer she makes enough to spend the winter in idleness at her old home in Ireland.”=New York Tribune. Oddities of Color Blindness. Color blindness, or the Inability to distinguish certain colors, is by no means rare. Incomplete color blindness is when a person cannot distinguish one of the fundamental colors, red, green or violet. If a person is told to select colors resembling violet, he will 1f red blind usnally seléct blues as well as violets. If he is green blind, he will select green or gray, with possibly some blues and violets of the brightest shades. Violet blindness is rare. To a red blind person the American flag ap- pears to have green and white stripes, while the white stars appear on a vio- | let fleld. To a green blind person the stripes have the proper colors, but the fleld for the stars is red violet. To a violet blind person the stripes are nor- mal, but the stars appear to be setin a dark brownish gray field. To a person who is totally color blind the blue of the flag appears a light yellowish brown, while the red stripes seem to be a.darker brown. P An idol Shattered. ‘SBome one -has said that people that are fond of hero worship should never make a pllgrjmage to see the hero. Here is an instance: An enthusiastic young lady admirer called on her favorite author. In speaking of he “I'm Borry I saw Afm; He aidn't look at all like an author—no long, wavy halr; no dreamy expression; no eyes fixed on the stars as if to read the secrets of the heavens; no musical, low volce—nothing to ®uggest the genius, - No, I found him leaning on the garden gate, in his shirt sleeves, swearing at a grocery boy! And his hair was close cropped, and he looked as it he hadn’t shaved In a week. He was the most terribly human specimen I ever saw.”—Atlanta Constitution. The Wickedest Bit of Sea. Nine out of teir travelers would tell Inquirers that the roughest piece of ‘water is that cruel stretch in the Eng- lish: channel, ‘and nine out of ten tray- elers would say what was not true. As 8 matter of fact, “the wickedest bit of sea” is not in the Dover strait or in yachting, for example, from St. Jean de Luiz up to Paulllac or across the Mediterranean “race” from Cadiz to Tangier, ‘nor is it in rounding Cape Horn, where there s what sailors call a “true” sea. The “wickedest sea” is encountered in rounding the Cape of Good Hope for the eastern ports of ©Gape Colony. ‘What a Scotsman Wears. A Bcottish correspondent, signing himself “Haggls,” writes to us as fol- lows: Dear Sir—Please state in your column that & Bcotsman wears a kilt, not kilts, Thus Harry Lauder went to amuse the king clad in a kilt, not in kilts. — We. regret to say that we find our- selves unable to accede to our corre- spondent’s request. Respect for truth compels us to state that a Scotsman almost invariably wears neither a kilt nor kilts, but trousers.—London News. Quite of Her Opinion. “Oh;~J did so want to have a talk with you! Tm simply mad to go on the stage!” exclaimed a gushing young lady to a popular actor. “Yes, 1 should think you would be, my dear young lady!” remarked the great histrion. Consistent. “Why do you wear a yachting cap, deah boy? It's your brother that owns || the yacht.” “Very true, old chap. This is me brother’s cap.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Beauty is part of the finished lan- guage which goodness speaks.—Hlot. A Slander. = Member of the Woman’s Christlan Temperance Union—Did you write this notice of my lecture on “The Demon Rum?” Editor—Yes, madam. Member of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union—Then I would like to know what you mean by saying, “The lec- turer was evidenfly full of her sub- ject.”—Judge. Lucky. Rustic—What's the matter? Motor- Ist—Matter! I can’t get this car to go. Rustic—Then it's the lucky man you are, for just yesterday a motorist got nearly smashed to bits here because he couldn’t get his car to stop. Her Dig. Miss Antlque—Just think of the nerve of that impecunious fellow to propose to me! X2 Miss Caustique — Nerve? Why, it was absolute recklessness.—Milwaukee' News, QY 2/t — ” > N S n Al Dealers Now Supplied with . us “Sunkist” Or for ORANGE WEEK, beginning Say it Over and Over Again Headaches. Headaches. Headaches. Headaches. gofliwlnuc. &I:.t;amer. Blllouma::. Biliousness. nstipation. ation. 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