Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 29, 1910, Page 6

—————————————— SAYS HE FELT PULSE OF NATION Gifford Pinchot Gives His| Views of Situation. | OPINIONS OF THE VOTERS| Former Chief Forester Outlines What He Regards as a Composite Platform of the People of All Sections of the Country—Says Progressive ldeas Are Growing: Also Lack of Confi dence in Congress. Detroit, Oct. 29—Speaking at a! duncheon tendered him by the board of commerce of this city Gifford Pin chot, former chief forester of the Unit E ed States, summarized his opirion ot| the general political sentiment of the country as he has found it in the course of his almost continuous trav- eling since early in the summer. Progressive views have obtained ¢ strong grip on the voters of all parties according to Mr. Pinchot. Sentiment against legislation designed to benefit special interests is growing and he had, he said, noticed strong hostility against the Payne-Aldrich tariff law and a growing loss of confidence in .congress, which seems to be regarded as not representing those who elected it but rather the interests. In sum- ming up, he said: “If we could hear the voice of all the people upon some current issues, it would, I think, declare itself in sub. stance as follows: *I believe the people should directly nominate, elect, control, and recall their own legislative representatives. “I believe in publicity of campaign contributions and expenses both be | fore and after election and in strictly limiting by law the amount that may ‘be spent and the manner of spending it. “I believe that it should be unlaw- ful for any lawmaker or other public servant to be employed by or to re- Teceive compensation from any inter- state or public service corporation, or for any public servant appointed and not elected to office to be an officer in any political party or organization, or to attend any political convention. Would Register Lobbyists. “I believe it should be unlawful for any lobbyist or other representative of any interest to advocate or oppose | any measure to any legislator or leg- islative committee without first pub- licly registering his name, the nature of his compensation and the name of his employer. “I believe that the most pressing patriotic duty of today is to revive popular government by driving the special interests out of politics and that complete publicity of all the af- fairs of every interstate and public service corporation is necessary to that end. “I believe that corporations have certain rights that should be respect- ed, but they have no political rights, powers or duties, and they should bhave no representatives in congress, in the cabinet or on the bench. “I believe that the special interests, through their control of politics and business. ard $rincipally by means of the tariff, are mainly responsible for the exorbitant cost of living. “I believe that our laws and insti- tutions shovld be planned, made and changed solely as the necessities, ad- vantages and iculties of the people Tequire ard not or the benefit of the special interests. "I be e that presidents, cabinets, lawmakers, officials and judges are all servants of the people; that they hold office for tiie benefit of no special class or political party, but solely for the benefit of the people; and that they may justly be held responsible by the pecple for what they do.” First Jewelry Store. It may interest women to know that the first jewelry store was started in the city of Chang On about 3.000 years ago. The Celestial millionaires of that period knew nothing of the fascination of diamonds. because diamends were bot in vogue at that B. C. period. Pearls and jade and coral and other unpolished mineral substances had to content them, and. as if to make good the glitter of revieres and tiaras, the princes of Chang On employed arti- sans to fashion them the most wonder- ful gold and silver ornaments, which in themselves were far more costly than diamonds. Base envy withers at another’s joy and bhates the excellence it cannot reach.—Thomson. MYRA wcoe 15 IMPROVING Condition Following Operation I8 Satisfactory. Ashland, Wis,, Oct. 29.—Myra Deitz daughter of John F. Deitz, who was operated on at St. Joseph s hospital to drain an abscess that had formed along the course of the wound made by the bullet fired by Sheriff Madden's posse nesr \Vinter, Wis., a few weeks ago, passed a comfortable night. Her pulse is 30 and her temperature nor- mal. Sues His Mother-in-Law. Spring Lake, N. J., Oct. 29.—"Jack” Howland, the young swimming in- structor, who married Miss Helen O'Brien, daughter of a St. Louis mil- lionaire, at Avon last summer, has begun a fight to recover $100.070 from his mother-in-law for ths fleged alienation of his bride's afic...uas. Auto Driver Is Indicted. Minneapolis, Oct. 29.—Dr. A. H. (ioodrich, the St. Paul dentist, who a week ago ran down and killed Mrs, Caroline Wilson, while driving his au- tomobile in Minneapolis, was indicted by the Hennepin county grand jury on a charge of manslaughter in the sec- | ond degree. A Reproof. “Oh, children. you are so noisy to- day. Can't you be a little quieter?” *“Now, grandia, Fou must be more considerate and not scold us. You see, if it wasn't for us you wouldn't be a grandma at all.” Inconsistent. Guest—So yvour daughter belongs to the Universal Peace and Amiability society” Host—Yes, and she’s rapidly tighting her way to the front of that society. A trick is at the best but a mean thing. —Le Sage. Life Saving on Conditions. A treatise on “how to be kind, but cautious,” might be written by a wo- man who played the part of good Sa- maritan in the One Hundred and Third street subway station. Another wo- man had fainted. What she needed to bring her to in a hurry was smelling salts, but nobody had smelling salts. *I think she has a vinaigrette of her own in that bag." said the Samaritan, “but in the absence of a policeman 1 am afraid to open it to find out.” Something that looked like a small bottle could be discerned through the meshes of the chain bag, and the crowd, valiantly shifting responsibil- ity, said, “Go ahead and open it.” “On one condition 1 will,”” said the Samaritan. *“l want three bystauders to watch me and sign a written state- ment that 1 have taken nothing from the bag but the vinaigrette. 1 know this town too well to take any chances on being accused of theft.” The oath was drawn up in a jiffy. three signatures were appended, the Samaritan opened the bag. found the vinaigrette and proceeded with resto- rative measures.—New York Times. The Real “Sherlock Holmes.” It was a well known Edinburgh pro- fessor of medicine who. all uncon- sciously, gave Sir Arthur Conan Doyle the idea of “Sherlock Holmes," the most famous detective known in fic- tion Sir Arthur studied under him as a medical student. “Gentlemen,” this professor would say to the students, *“l am not quite sure whether this man is a cork cutter | or a slater. [ observe a slight barden- ing on one side of his forefinger and a little thickening ob one side of his thumb, and that is a sure sign that he is one or the other”” Or to a patient he wonld s “You are a soldier. and you have served in Bermuda as a non- commissioned officer,” and then. turn ing to the students, he would point out that the man came into the room with- out taking off his hat, as he would en- ter an orderly room: that his manner showed that be was a noncommis- sioned officer and that a rash bhe had on his forehead was known only in Bermuda. A Fellow Feeling. A burglar, entering softly by way of | the window and looking around bim, was rather disconcerted to find a large piece of paper on the table with the words “The Burglar” written on it in large letters. “Meant for me evident- 1y.” he said to himself and picked it up. This is what he read: *I know you are coming tonight- pever mind how. If you will take away this par- cel and lose it effectually you are wel- come to what else you can find in this room" Wonderingly he opened the parcel. but at once his face cleared and he understood. ‘*“Pore . chap, pore chap!* he murmured feelingly. *“I'll take ’em for 'im right enough and let "im off easy too. I'm a father meself!” For the contents of the parcel were as follows: One toy trumpet. one drum (large), one toy concertina, one tam- bourine, one musical box. one mouth argan, three tin whistles, one air gun RMAKOTATM Every young person needs a business education and it costs no more to get it at this great Business and Short- hand Training School, under exact office conditions, than at one of the small questionable ones. The results are, however, very different. 350 D. B, C. pupils went to excellent positions in banks and offices last year— over 400 will do so this year. All Fargo banks and 685 others employ D. B. C. pupils as bookkeepers, tellers, stenographers or cashiers., No other school offers such evidence of endorsement. Fooling Her Husband. That there are more ways than one of “killing a cat™ 18 a well known fact, but the newest of ways has been evolved from the fertile brain of a Germantown wouwan who is blessed with a stingy busband. This husband is generous enough in one sense of the word. His wife way have the best attire the stores afford charged to his account. but she may bandle no wouney. Women, in this man’s opinion, know nothing of the value of a dollar. On leaving for his office in the morning he Kkisses her goodby and thrusts a quarter’s worth of trolley tickets into ber hand. Now milady goes shopping. buys a few necessities and a fifty dollar wrap for which she has no use whatever. Next day she returns the latter. re- ceives a credit slip for $50 and betakes herself to the handkerchief counter, where she spends 50 cents, receiving $49.50 change. Placing some small change in her purse and stowing the roll of greenbacks in what she con- siders a safer receptacle, she leaves the shop feeling that she bas made the best of a bad bargain.—Philadel- phia Record. A Bald Fact. It is common to deplore the lack of humor in a person. Yet the very want of wit may save a certain amount of embarrassment, as was the case on a certain occasion with President John- son. “He was one day. 1yS & writer in Harper’'s Magazine, *visiting my mother, and a friend, Mrs. Knox, a widow, came in. She had known Mr. Johnson some years before, when he was a member of the legislature, but they had not met since then. “After mutual recognition Mr. John- said: ‘How is Mr. Knox? | have not seen him lately.” “‘He has been dead six years,’ said Mrs. Knox. *“ I thought I hadn’t seen him on the street,’ said Mr. Johnson. “When Mrs, Knox left my mother sald, laughing, ‘That was a funny mis- take of yours abour Mr. Knox.” *‘What mistake did 1 make? said Johnson. ‘I said I hadn’t seen him on the street, and I hadn't.” Owning Your Home. “I have always felt that upon prop- erly appointed and becoming dwellings depends more than anything else the improvement of mankind,” said Benja- min Disraeli (Earl of Beacounsfield). To sit in the evening in your comfortable armchair; to look around you and know that everything you see there is your very own and that youn have ob- ! tained it all so that youn practically do not feel the cost: fo know also that if you, the breadwinner, were suddenly called away your home would still be your wife’s or your family's—that is one of the pleasures of life, indeed. It is a pleasure which gives you new beart in your work in the world. It sends you out every morning deter- mined to get on and to earn more mouey. and because of that very deter- mination yon do bhecome worth more money.—New York Press. A Handy Snuffbox. A curious story is told as to how the Rothschilds supported Carafa, the composer. The Iatter was far from rich. His principal income was de- rived from a snuffbox. And this was the way of it: The snuffbox was given to the author of “La Prison d'Edim- bourgh” by Baron James de Rothschild as a token of esteem. Carafa sold it twenty-four hours later for 75 na- poleons to the same jeweler from whom it bad been bought. This be- came known to Rothschild, who gave it again to the musician on the follow- ing year. The next day it returned to the jeweler’s. The rratlic continued till the death of the banker and longer still, for his sons kept up the tradi- tion. to the great satisfaction of Carafa. Little Else. A London attorney named Else, rath- er diminutive in his stature and not particularly respectable in his charac- ter, once met Jekyll. *“Sir,” said he, “I hear you have called me a pettifog- ging scoundrel. Have you done so, sir?" v *Sir,” said Jekyll. with a look of con- tempt, “I pever said you were a pet- tifogger or a scoundrel, but I said you were ‘little Else.’”—Westminster Ga- zette. They Felt Hungry. She—Well, Clarence, dear, the sit- uation is not quite as rosy as it was pictured to us before marriage, is it? He—Well, not all together so, love. She—1 wish—er—1 wish— He—What do you wish, dearest? She—1 wish we had the rice and the old shoes they threw at us when we were married. He Lumped It. “My coffee is mnot quite sweet enough,” remarked he. “Well, if you don’t like it, I suppose you'll have to lump it,” said she, with a smile, passing the loaf sugar his way: Ty o ——— . < T T \ Too Talkative. The following story is told of the famous painter Makart: The artist was a very passionate chess player, but be did not like his adversary to utter a single word during the prog- ress of a game. A sfranger who was very anxious to get on intimate terms with the famous artist thought to be able to achieve his object by means of the royal game. After many tries he succeeded at last in getting an intro- duction to Makart, and one day the latter consented to play a game with him. Being well aware of the fact that his adversary was very wmuch averse to any talk during the game. not a word was spoken, and even the word “check™ was never spoken. All the stranger dared to do was to touch his adversary’s king when he put that piece in check. The game ended in Makart being mated, when the stran- ger quietly said “‘checkmate.” Makart rose very excitedly, threw the pieces off the board and, giving his opponent a fierce look, got off his chair, turned his back to the stranger and exclaimed “Prattler!” Curious Way of Cooling Water. The average native woman in the in- terior of Nicaragua may appear ener- vated and listless, but ber method of cooling water is. strenuons indeed. She fil'ls a balf gallon earthenware jar about two-thirds tull. The jar is mu of baked clay and. not being glaz partially porous. so that it s comes moist on the outside. By means of two leathern straps firmly attached to the neck of the jar the woman causes the same to rotate swiftly in the air. The mouth is wide open, bu the centrifugal motion keeps the water from fiying out ‘T'ne endirauce shown by the Nicaraguan women ot the poor- er class in this form of calisthenics is snid to be marvelous. When, in the opinion of the.operator. the water is sufficiently cooled she stops the move- ment by a desterous twist of her wrist and hauds the jar to the person that has been waiting to quench his thirst. By thix process tepid water can be re- duced to the temperature of a very cool wmountain spring. — New York Press, An Unmanned Lightship. There is stationed off the island of Islay. on the west coast of Scotland. at the Otter rock an interesting light- ship. It is unmanned. yet it can be relied on to display the warning light to guide the mariner on this dangerous coast. It is a very ingeniously con- structed vessel and the only one of its kind. In its two steel tanks sufficient gas can be stored to supply the vessel for several months. Experiments have ! shown that the light may be depended upon to burn continuously for months at a time. The approximate duration of the lizht can always be predeter- mined, and there is no danger what- ever of the light being extinguished by wind or spray. The light is visible at a distance of from eight to twelve miles. The lightship also has a bell. which ix made to ring automatically by means of an ingenious device that utilizes the gas as it passes from the tanks to the lantern to work the bell clapper.—Huarper's Weekly. Always a Harvest Somewhere. There is a harvest every month dur- ing the year, as follows: January— Australia, New Zealand, Argentine, Chile; February—India; March—India. upper Egypt: April—Mexico, Cuba, lower Egypt, Syria, Persia, Asia Minor; May—North Africa, China, Japan and the southern United States of Ameri- ca; June—Mediterranean and southern France. central and east United States of America south of 40 degrees; July —France, Austria, Hungary. southern Russia. northern United States of America, Ontario and Quebec; August —England. Belgium, Netherlands, Ger- many. east Canada: September—Scot- land, Sweden. Norway, Russia: Octo- ber—Finland and northern Russia; No- vember—Peru. South Africa: Decem- ber—Burma, South Australia. 1t is a complete table and shows how the wheat supply pours into England dur- ing every month of the year.—English Agricultural Journal. A Brazilian Household Pet. Brazilians train a snake called the giboia as a rat catcher. It is fifteen feet long, is barmless to the human being. becomes quite a household pet. is lazy in the daytime, but at night roams about the house in quest of its prey—rats. These animals it promptly kills by twisting their necks. When Brazilians have to pass from room to room in the dark they first put on their slippers. It would not be pleasant to plant one's bare feet on a cold, slimy snake of that size. The Utilitarian, “Hello, Johnny!" said the village blacksmith. “'I hear your paw has gune into politics.” “Sure.” “How’d@ that happen?’ “Well, my uncle left him a silk hat and a Prince Albert coat in his will, and paw had to do something with them.”—Washington Star. JSINESS Our $50.00 Business Course prepares for business life, or for position as clerk or bookkeeper. The new $85.00 course in Commerce and Banking (endorsed by Bankers’ Association) will supply bookkeepers for the larger concerns and tellers and cashiers for the Northwestern banks. The Stenographic Course (under an expert re- porter) trains high grade stenographers and court re- porters. The stenographers for the U. S, District Court, N, D. Supreme Court, Third Judicial District and the _Cass County Court are D. B. C, pupils. Can any other school offer you this evidence of superior training? g IMPERIAL UNIVERSAL This Stove Weighs 540 Ihs. Without removing a bolt or nut you can take this stove apart so that the longest remaining piece will weigh less than 200 pounds. Look at our window display and see for yourself that what we say is true. This stove has no equat and is fully guaranteed to do more than any other stove can accomplish, as to it’s heating and fuel saving qualities. Let us demonstrate its further advantages to you. CIVEN HARDWARE CO. The D. B.C. has built a magnificent new building (30,000 square feet) is seated with roll-top desks, has 60’ type- writers, adding machines, billers, money changers, etc. Pupils deal with each other and with magnificiently equipped offices, using aluminum money, The work is fascinating and practical. The Northwest has “no other school like the D.B.C.” For catalogue and full in formation about any department, address F. LELAND WATKINS, Pres. ©-11 EIGHTH STREET SOUTH FARGO, N. D. e = \ s