Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 12, 1909, Page 2

THE BEMIDUI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNODN BY THE BEMIDJI PIGNEER PUBLISHING CO. €. J. PRYOR. G. E.CARSON. Entored In the Postoffice at Bemid]l, Minnosota, as second o or. matte SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANGE WHEN TO ADVERTISE. There is nothing on earth so mysteriously funny as an advertise- ment. The prime, first and last, and all-the-time objects of an adver- tisement is to draw custom. It is not and never will be designed for any other purpose. So the merchant usually waits until the busy season comes and his store is so full of customers that he can’t get his hat of, and then he rushes to his printer and goes in for advertising. When the dull season gets along and there is no trade, and he wants to sell his goods so bad he can’t pay his rent, he stops advertising. That is, some do; but occasionally a level-headed merchant does more of it, and scoops in all the business, while his neighbors are making mortgages to pay the electric light bill. There are times when you couldn’t stop people from buying everything in the store if you planted a cannon behind the door, and that’s the time when the advertisement is sent out on its holy mission. It makes light work for advertising, fora chalk sign on the sidewalk could do all that was needed, and a half-holiday six days in the week; but who wants to favor an advertisement? They are built to do hard work, and should be sent out in dull days, whena customer has to be knocked down with hard facts, and kicked insen- sible with bankrupt reductions, and dragged in with _irresistable slaugh- ter of prices, before he will spend a cent. That’s the end and aim of ad- vertising, and if you ever open a store, don’t try to get them to come when they are already sticking out of the windows, but give them your advertisement right between the eyesin a dull season, and you will wax rich and own a fast horse and an automobile and perhaps be able to smoke a cigar once or twice a year. Write this down where you will fall over it every day. The time to draw business is when you want business, and not when you have more business than you can tend to already. COUNTRY PRINT SHOP BEST SCHOOL. The Hastings Gazette says, with much truth: “A course in journalism is to be established at the state university, to consist of a series of lectures by newspaper men. It will be of very little practical benefit. The best school of journalism isa country printing office.” Origin of the Word “Bogus.” The word “bogus” Is said by Dr. Ogll- vie to be derived from Boghese, the name of a notorfous American swindler who about the year 1835 flooded the western and southwestern states with counterfeit bills, sham mortgages, etc. Others connect the word with “bogy,” a scarecrow or goblin, and so applied to anything fictitious or chimerical. Lowell in the “Biglow Papers” says: “I more than suspect the word to be a corruption of the French bogasse.” This bogasse was the sugar cane as delivered in its dry, crushed state from SIGN ARTICLES "~ FOR BIG FIGHT Agwément Between Jeffties and Johnson, NEGRO PRESENT IN PERSON Kot Satisfied With Articles Prepared by Jeffries, but Concessions Are Made and the Deal Is Closed—Bat- tle Will Take Place Within Eight Months Before the Club Offering the Best Inducements. Chicago, Aug. 12—Articles of agree- ment for a fight between Jack John- son and James J. Jefiries for thel hedvyweight championship of the world were signed here. The fight is to take place within eight months before the club offering the best in- ducements. All bids for the fight are to be in inside of sixty days. Sam Berger, manager for James J. Jefiries; George Little, Johnson’s manager, and Jack Johnson were pres: ent at the meeting when the articles were signed. Little, however, had nothing to do with the arrangement of terms for the big fight, he having turned the whole affair over to John: son. The articles prepared by Jeffries were given Johnson by Berger. After carefully perusing the paper Johnson handed them back to Berger, remark: ing as he did so that they were not at all satisfactory to him. He declared that he was ready to sign agreements, but he wanted to sign an agreement to “fight.” He then outlined what he considered would be a satisfactory agreement. Johnson Gains His Point, A warm discussion followed and for a time it looked as though the meet- ing would be without any result. Ber- ger objected to any mention of the purse in the articles, but he finally yielded this point. Johnson, on the other hand, was as equally insistent on the omission from the agreement of all reference to Jeffries as the heavyweight champion of the world, declaring that his posi- tion on this point was irrevocable. He finally won out and all reference to this subject was omitted. The agreement, as signed,. calls for a fight of from twenty to 100 rounds for the heavyweight championship of the world. The division of the purse was left to the decision of Jeffries. It also provides that as a guarantee of good falth each of the parties to the agreement shall post $5,000 with Charles A. Comiskey of Chicago with- in seventy-two hours, on the under- standing that the $5,000 is to operate as a side bet on the contest. MOORS MAKE FIERCE ATTACK Assault Garrison of Spanish Penal Station in Morocco. Madrid, Aug. 12.—Advices recetved here from Penon de la Gomera, Mo rocco, say that the Mocrs are direct- Ing & fierce attack against the Span- ish garrison there. The fighting be: gan Tuesday. At midnight the Span- ish artillery seemed to have sllenced the enemy, but the Moors dug new trenches and reopened with a heavy fire. Bullets are falling in the streets of the town. Some of the projectiles are so large that it is possible that the Moors possess -light artlllery. The civillans are aiding the soldiers in the defense of the place. There has been no Spanish casualities as yet. Penon de la Gomera is a fort of Spanish island, on the coast of Mo- rocco, eighty miles from Ceuta, It is a penal station. CONFERENCES ARE RESUMED Efforts to Prevent Street Car Strike at Chicago Continue. Chicago, Aug. 12.—The effort to bring about a peaceful settlement be- tween the street car companies of this city and thelr employes has ben re- sumed with renewed vigor. Union officials are still firm in their the mill, also called can trash and fit only for burning, belng synonymous with useless rubbish. Again, according to Brewer, there 18 in French argot or thieves' slang 8 word “bogue,” which signifies the rind of a green chestnut or the case of & watch, and_this also brings us to the idea of an outward seeming without any solld or reputable foundation.— Kansas City Journal. Restaurant Affillation. d The waiter in the light lunch cafe looked expectantly at the first of five men who had just entered. - “Bring me a coffee cake and a cup of coffee,” ordered the first man. - “I'll take some milk biscult and a glass of milk,” said the second. “Tea buns and a cup of tea, please” remarked the third. - “A. plece of cocoanut pie and a cup of cocoa,” sald the fourth. 3 The walter passed on to the fifth man. “Don’t say it, don’t say 1t!" he plead- ed._“I kpow what you want. You want a slice of chocolate cake and a cup of chocolato.” “No; T do not,” protested the fifth man. ,“I waat a plate of ice cream and a glass of ice water."—Judge’s Library. . An Odd Legacy. L Thomas Jefferson, the founder of the Jefferson family of actors, was re- membered curfously in the will of Weston, who was himself an esteemed member of Garrick’s company. Wes- ton’s will contained this item: = “I have played under the manage- ment of Mr. Jefferson at Richmond and - recptyed from him every polite- mess. I therefore leave him all my stock of prudence, it” being the only good quality I think he stands in need demand for a scale of 30 cents an hour for men who had been with the companies ten years, instead of re- stricting that rate to men of fifteen years’ service. The street car officials ‘were apparently willing to accede to this demand if it could be done with- out paving the way for additional con- cessions. TO GET ONE-FOURTH OF LOAN United States Given Assurances by Others Interested. Peking, Aug. 12.—At the meeting held here between Henry P. Fletcher, the American charge d’affairs, repre- sentatives of the German, British and French groups of bankers and Liang Tun Yen, president of the board of foreign affalrs, assurances were given that the United States would get one- fourth of the total of the loan for the constrnction of the Hankow-Szechuen railroad. “Miss Santa Claus” Ends Life. Philadelphia, Aug. 12.—Miss Eliza- beth A. Phillips, known widely as “Miss Santa Claus,” committed sul- cide by Inhaling illuminating gas. She was found in a room at her home with a gas tube in her mouth. THREE OF THE CREW PERISH Naval Tug Capsizes Off the. Massa chusetts Coast. “Rockport, Mass., Aug. 12—In stag- gering around Cape Ann before a westerly gale, loaded to her gunwales with anchors, the naval tug Nezin- 8cot, bound from Portsmouth for Bos- ton, capsized off Halibut point, Cape Ann, carrying down three members ©of the crew. i The second officer, the. captain’s, wife and her little boy and four of the of.” ¥ 3 crew landed at Lanesville_and report- ——— . o e e e €d that Captain Evans, the surgeon, the engineer and several sedamen were drifting out to sea before the gale on the liferaft. Half an hour later a dozen fishing boats put out from here, as well as the lifesaving crews from Straitsmouth and Gloucester, to res- cue the men adrift. Captain Evans and Engineer Bel- frio were picked up by the Dollivers Neck lifesaving crew and landed here: Dr. Trotter was washed off the grating and drowned, The men were picked up inside of Ipswich bay, about four miles off shore. BECAUSE OF POOR HEALTH Rev. Robert J. Burdette Forced to Give Up Pastorate. . Los Angeles, Cal, Aug. 12—Rev. Robert J. Burdette, the noted lectur- er and humorist, has resigned as pas- tor of the Temple Baptist church in this city. Mr. Burdette is ill and re- ROBERT J. BURDETTE. signed upon the advice of his physi- clans. He asked that he be made pastor emeritus and this request will be granted. He has been pastor of the Temple Baptist church since its organization, July 26, 1893. FIDELITY TO DUTY _ GOSTS HIS LIFE Man With Record of Many Res- cues Dies in Hospifal New York, Aug. 12—News spread along the piers and through the streets in the neighborhood of “Suicide Pler” that Captain Bill McMahon was dead. The tiding laid a burden of grief on the district around Grand street and East river, where they will tell you that Captain Bill was tpe bravest. man in the land. The records of the United States Volunteer Lifesaving corps, in which he bore a commission, shows that he saved seventy-three lives, although he was only twenty-six years of age. ‘When ice was tumbling in the East river and the tide hurled it against the bulkheads with crashing sound Captain Bill would sit awake in the “shanty” near the old Grand street ferry, eager to respond to the despair- ing cry of a would-be suicide or the summons, “man overboard.” His fidelity to the self-imposed trust cost him his life. Two little boys fell into the river Thursday night playing in the abandoned ferry house on Grangd street. . Captain Bill had just entered the “shanty,” as the lifesaving station is known in the district, when he heard the children’s cries. He was over- heated, but sprang to the rescue, saved the children, whose names were not taken, and returned to the shanty, where he was seized with chills, Pneumonia developed and he died in Gouveneur hospital. WITH ELECTION OF OFFICERS Convention of Federation of. Catholics Ends. Pittsburg, Aug. 12.—At the closing session of the American Federation of Catholic Societies the following of- ficers were elected: President, Ed- ward G. Feeney, Brooklyn; secretary, Anthony Matre, St. Louls; treasurer, Mrs. FElizabeth Rodgers, Chicago. After spirited voting New Orleans was decided upon as the place of meeting in 1910. The date of the next convention will be decided by the new executive committee. His Cough Cure. = “In my boyhood there came to our town,” sald a clergyman, “a gentle min- Ister who, the very first Sunday of his incumbency, ‘stopped effectnally his coughing congregation. “It was a congregation, too, singu- larly addicted to coughing. Rattling volleys of coughs ran over it every few minutes. The minister, indeed, that fArst Sunday could hardly make himself heard. He had rather a weak volce. & “Well, after his sermon had proceed- ed for ten or twelve minutes, now au- dible enough, now drowned under great waves of coughs, he took a resolution, und when the next outbreak was at its height he ceased preaching. “At once the coughing ceased. There was a profound- silence. The minister smiled. 5 T “‘My friends,’ sald he, ‘it seems that when I stop you stop.’ “From that day in that church they coughed no more.” - Queer Wedding Effigy. There is a curious custom stlll prey- alent In the Bellary district of India in connection with the wedding cere- monfes among certain Brahman fam- illes. Just prior to the close of the feasting a hideous effigy of a male figure, fantastlcally robed In rags, sup- posed to represent the bridegroom’s fa- ther, is carrled along the streets in processfon_under: the shade, of a-sleve adorned with tassels of onions and margosa leaves. Every few yards dur- Ing the procession the feet of the effigy. have to be reverently washed and its forehead decorated with a caste mark by its ltving spouse, the bridegroom's mother. The bridegroom’s: other .fe- male relations have several mock at- tentions paid to them by the women of the bride's party.—St. James' Ga- zette. PROGEEDING RAPIDLY WITHOUT FRICTON Japanese Reconstruction of Manchurian Rallroad. Peking, Aug, 12—Telegraphic re. ports recelved here from Manchuria are to the effect that the work of re- constructing the Antung-Mukden rail- road by Japan from Antung to the north {8 proceeding rapldly and yvlth- out friction. * According to certain consular information the work of re- construction was begun a week before the relations between - Japan and China reached an apparently critical stage. 5 China has not yet given her reply to the latest Japanese note consenting to the reopening of the negotiations at Mukden of certain points in the matter of the reconstruction of this line. It is understood here that the pow- ers have made - representations. at Tokio,and it s belleved that Russia and the other treaty powers are show- ing activity. in Manchuria. The legations do not regard the diffi- culty between China and Japan as se- rlous and some of them supported Japan-in her contentlon that the Itme be made standard gauge, INDICTMENT IS DISMISSED Mrs. Helen Spencer Not Engaged In “White Slave” Traffic. Neéw York, Aug. 12.—That an Injus- tice has been done NMrs. Helen Spencer, the woman recently arrested in Ecua- dor and brought here on a charge of having engaged in “white slave” traf- fic for the Panama canal zone, was admitted In court here when the in- dictment against’ her was dismissed by Judge Rosalsky. The action was taken on’the recommendation of the district attorney’s office. The recom- mendation was submitted in writing and read: i “Since this case was placed on the calendar of the courts here for trial the girls who are the chief witnesses have admitted to the district attor- ney, under circumstances which show good faith and preclude the prosecu- tion of them for perjury, that their testimony has been false in essential particulars. From their present state- ment it appears that the defendant did not commit the crime charged herein and the dismissal of the in- dictment is therefore recommended.” ARE WITHDRAWN FROM ENTRY Numerous Water Power Sites In West- ern States. Washington, Aug. 12.—Secretary of the Interior Ballinger will report to congress in December numerous tem- porary withdrawals of water power sites in the states in the West in or- der that proper legislation may be enacted by congress to preserve pow- er sites to the government and pre- yent monopolies. Acting Secretary Wilson, hy direc- tlon of Secretary Ballinger, has with- drawn for temporary power sites 6,690 acres in Montana and Utah. LOSS PLAGED AT ONE MILLION Fire at .Monticello, N. Y. Destroys Thirty-six Buildings, Middletown, N. Y., Aug. 12.—A loss estimated at $1,000,000 was caused by the fire which swept thirty-six build- ings from the main street of the sum- mer resort town of Monticello, N. Y. The buildings burned included hotels, stores and residences. Three hotels, filled with summer guests, mainly from New York “city, were destroyed. All the’ guests es- caped with most of their personal ef- fects. The Union National bank, both newspaper-offices and every store but one In the town were destroyed. The further spread of the fire was prevented by the use of dgnamite, Workman Killed by Lightning. La Crosse, Wis, Aug. 12—In a heavy storm here Joseph Dvorak, a workman in the employ of the Chi: cago, Burlington and Quincy Railway company, was struck by lightning and killed. The storm was unusually ge- ‘vere and washouts have occurred on all the raflroads. Another Way Out of It. il Nobody had ever had reason to ac. euse Abel Pond of being dishonest, but be’ was as sharp a man in a bargain as could be found in the county. When the building committee applied to him for a slte for the new library he was ready to sell them a desirable lot, but. not at their price. . “I couldn’t feel to let it go under $600,” he said, with the mild obstinacy. that characterized all his dealings with his fellow men. “It wouldn’t be right.””) “You ought to be willing to contrib- ute something for such an object,” sald the chairman of the committee. “If It's worth six hundred, why not let us have it for five hundred and call It you’ve given the other hundred?’ “M’'m—no, I couldn’t do that,” sald Mr. Pond, stroking-his chin, “but I tell you what I will do. You give me seven hundred for it, and I'll make out & check for a hundred and hand it over to you, so's you can head the list of subscriptions with a good round sum | and kind of wake up folks to their duty.””—Youth’s Companion. The Stick For Wives. In_the old Anglo-Norman marriage ceremony the gentlewoman used to. promise her husband to be buxom “unto. my gentil manne” The word buxom corresponds to the modern Ger- man blegsam, meaning bending or pli- ant, and- the ‘old English was “busk- am,” all of which goes. to show that things must have been very pleasantly ordered in the good old days that are dead and gone. According to the old English law, which is still unrescinded In the statute book, the “gentll manne” was allowed to beat his goode wife Ringing the Breakfast Bell. An American family who had expe- rlenced the difficulty of obtalning and retaining the services of a rellable kitchen gir] while on a visit to Ireland became_ acquainted with a promising young girl and brought her back home with them. = In a few weeks she was installed in her new home and made acquainted with her new dutles, -Among other things she was told that it was cus- |’ tomary, when breakfast was ready to be served to ring the breakfast bell. Her “all right, mum,” came in such a confident tone that her mistress gave the matter no further thought. The following morning at 6 o'clock the family were rudely awakened by the violent ringing of the front door- bell. Thinking that a messenger must be walting with some unusual mes- sage, the gentleman of the house did not stop to dress, but hurried down in his night robe and opened the door. The new kitchen girl awaited him, her face beaming’ with a beautiful smile of triumph. Bowing low, she sald in her rich Irish brogue, “Breakfast ls ready, sor.”—Los Angeles Times. Diamond Cutting. It 1s sald that before the fourteenth century no one knew how to cut and polish diamonds. They were esteemed for their marvelous hardness, but not greatly admired for beauty. There is a tradition that a journeyman jeweler in Flanders, Louls Van Berghem, dis- covered the art of cutting diamond with dlamond. But it 1s probable that he only made some notable advance in the art since associations of diamond culters had existed in France and Flanders from the fourteenth century, Louls Van Berghem’s most famous achlevement was the cutting and pol- ishing of a huge diamond belonging to Charles the Bold. Charles was so de- lighted with the result that. he reward- ed the artist liberally and declared that the diamond would now serve him for a bedroom lamp. This jewel, which was found on Charles’ body aft- er the battle of Nancy, is still in ex- istence and celebrated under the name of the Sancy diamond.—Youth’s Com- panion. Deafness Cannot Be Cured by local applicatlons, as they caunot reach the diseased portion:of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucus lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rambling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed, Deatness is the result, and unless the inflamation cun be taken out and this tube restored to 1ts normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever: nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh, which is nothing but an inflanied condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrah) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars free. ¥.J, CHENEY & 00., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Famtiy Pills for constipation. Lumber and Building Material We carry in stock at all times a com- plete line of lumber and bwilding 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 selection. WE SELL 16-INCH SLAB W00D St. Hilaire Retail Lbr. Co. BEMIDJI, MINN. e ROYAL . Standard Typewriter 7 $65.00 THE ACKNOWLEDCED STANDARD OF TODAY Will turn out more neat, perfectly aligned work, with less effort and with less wear on its working parts than any other typewriter made. You can PAY more, but yoy cannot BUY more Royal Typewriter Co. Royal Typewriter;Building New York 412 Second Avenue South Minneapolis, Minn. for sale. attention. land is nicely located on miles east of Northome. osition. within easy market. $10 to $15 per acre. No. 21. Minnesota. No. 23. farm. suit buyer. Winter Block Wwith a stick the diameter of which did not exceed a quarter of an inch.—New York World. Real Estate For Sale Below we offer a few of the many farms we have These are desirable for investments and the intending purchasers will do well to give them careful No. 19. $1280 buys ‘160 acres in section 19, township 151, range 27. This good road five and barn on place; soil excellent; part of timber on this quarter section is reserved, - ‘It will pay you to investigate this.prop- No. 20. Five 40-acre tracts horderihg" on Blackduck lake; mostly hardwood timber; heavy soil; some meadow; all Prices range from $300 buys the most attract- ive two-acre island in Blackduck lake. This is one of the most beautiful spots for summer resorters known in northern $3200 buys a half section of land in town 150, range 30 (Town of Langor): This place is natural meadow land and will cut upwards of 100 tons of hay; not a foot of waste land; heavy soil equal to any land in the state. timber enough on the place to pay for the land. The land is located one mile from school house; has running water and would make an attractive stock Terms to suit purchaser. No. 24. $2000 buys a good 160-acre tract in section 22, township 146; range 34, Grant Valley. Good agricultural land bordering on two lakes; 25 acres broken; balance easily cleared. Within eagy reach of good markets. Terms to No. 25. $2400 will buy 160 acres well-improved hardwood land bordering on Turtle River lake and one mile east of We have man)!{_ other bargains and if you do not see in above list what you want, we have a large list of other lands for sale. . - Remember we buy for cash and sell on time. FARMERS LAND (0. village of Turtle River. 8 acres under cultivation; 1 mile of attractive lake shore. An especially good bargain for one who desires the land for summer resort. Terms, one-half cash. No. 26. $5 per acre buys good quar- ter tract of land in section 9 township 150, range 32. Good meadow, valuable timber; some improvements; terms, cash. No. 28. 400 acres in one body. Blackduck river rumning through the land as well as school house in one cor- ner. Land partly improved; good level toil, free from stones; not one foot of waste land in the entize ground. Forty acres in crop and timber enough to pay for Jand. - Timber can be delivered on the bank of the river. No richer land in Minnesota. . $12.50 per acre. No. 29. 81,000 buys 160-acre tract east of Littlefork, in township 66, range 23. Saw timber has been sold and par- ties have eight years to remove same. No taxes to pay until timber is removed::, This is good land forinvestment. Three fourths of mineral right goss with land. Good land and geod prospects for min- eral. Terms: all or part cash. No. 30. Two 160-acre tractsfive miles north of Blackduck on the Cormorant river. House and other improvements on one quarter. Good land; good roads; a snap at $11 per acre, one-half cash. No. 81. 40 acres one mile north of Blackduck. 15 acres nice stand of spruce timber—balance good land. Snap at $500 No. 32, 200 acres at north end of Lake Bemidji. $50 per acre. Good house There is Bemidji, Minnesota