Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 6, 1910, Page 4

THE BEMIDJT DAILY PIONEER THE BEMIDJ! PIONEER PUBLISHING 0. E. H. DENU. Q. E. CARSON. Entored In the Postoftice at Bemid)l, Minnessls, as second class mattor. 00 PER YFAR 1N 2DVANCE SUBSCRIPTION--- CITY OF BEMIDJI County Seat. Population—In 1900, 1500; 7000. Summer Resort—Hundreds of outsiders make their summer homes on Lake Be- midji. Fishing, boating and bathing ac- commodations are second to none in the United States. Area—Ten square miles incorporated. Altitude—1400 feet above sea level. Water Power—2200 developed horse- power, Mississippi river. ‘Water—Absolutely pure. Two artesian wells. Water Mains—About ten:miles. Boating—500miles by lake and river. Death Rate—5.4 a thousand in 1908. Annual Rainfall—33.7 inches. Temperature—20 above, summer, mean. Sewer Mains—About five miles. Cement Sidewalks—Twelve miles. Lakeshore Drives—Ten miles. Parks—Two. in 1910, Peary for his “unpa;alled achieve- ment of reaching the north pole” combine to make the message one of extraordinary interest, The Pioneer is able to give all the vital points of the document without causing its readers to wade through an ocean of uninteresting words. MARY BAKER EDDY.. The sweet, little old woman of Chestnut Hill has given up her world astounding fight for the ‘triumph of mind over matter, yielding, with the century mark of her existence scarcely more than ten years away, to the leveling hand of death. With uo though as to the right or wrong of the religious organi- zation of which Mrs. Eddy was at the head, this much can be said: this Boston woman’s life was as beautiful as it was devoted and as sublime as were her teachings. winter; 75| Her church, the Church of Christ (S cientist,) oras it is more commonly known Christian Sgientist, sprang from the mind of Mrs. Eddy. Her theory has been so convincing that Water Frontage—Ten miles, two lakes | men and women of culture and mas- and Mississippi river. A Home Town—1600 residences. Taxpayers—1200. Charches—8. School Houses—Four. Bank Deposits—$800,000. Manufactures—Hardwood handles, lum ber, lath, shingles, and various other industries. Great Distributing [Point—Lumber prod- ucts, groceries, flour, feed and hay. Postal Receipts—$17,000 for 1909, 10th place in stateZoutside of St. Paul, Minne- apolis and Duluth. Railroads—Great Northern. Minnesota & International, M., R. L. & M., Minneapolis St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie, Wilton & Northern, Grand Forks to Duluth, and Bemidji-Sauk Centre. Railroad Depots—Three. Passenger Trains—Fourteenjdaily. Hospitals—One. Distances—To St. Paul, ;230 miles; to Duluth, 167 miles. Hotels—Fifteen, Breweries—One. Sawmills—Four. Handle Factories—One. ‘Wholesale Houses—Four. Banks—Three. Auto Garages—Une. MEN AS DISHWASHERS. Since the women in the state of Washington have been given equal suffrage and a club formed for study- ing politics, under the auspices of the Washington Political Equality league, Mrs. F. F. Emery, anti-suf- fragist of Spokane and actively iden- tified with woman’s clubs and chari- Yable work here, proposes to give mere man lessons in cooking. The idea started at one of Mrs, Emery’s Sunday evening dinners, when, a2 number of young men being present, she announced that the men would have to wash the dishes. The Woman’s suffrage question brought up the suggestion that she teach the men how to cook, and the hostess declared her willingness. “I only meant to joke,” said Mrs Emery, “but I am ready to make good. The men have already learn- ed the most important part, the dishwashing. = When women vote the dinners should be ready when the women come home after the strenuous day’s work in uplifting tbhe politicians, and the men should learn how to run the kitchen right away.” THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE On another page of this issue of the Pioneer will be found, in con- densed form, President Taft’s mes- sage to the congress which convened yesterday. Itjisa document of un- usual interest, not aione because the president makes many fearless ter minds in all corners of civiliza- tion have adopted it as the true doct- rine—modern edifices in hundreds of cities bearing evidence of this fact. The Mother church in Boston has a membership of 100,000, while in such cities as Minneapolis, where a hand- some stone chnrch has been erected, the adherents to the Eddy faith are numbered by the thousands and the cult appears to be growing in strength. The Christian Scientists publish a ofodern, and be it said to their credit, remarkably clean daily news- paper in addition to many other publications. The growth of the church has heen phenomenal. And all these things—the great churches, the kneeling: multitudes happy in new found religious inspi- rations, are due to the sweet faced old lady who, despite the theory of her teachings, failed to withstand\ the chilling breath of the Grim Reaper—going on to those realms of beauty of which she taught, leaving her material form behind, a cold mass of worn out clay. 1 | WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY I You're Not the Only One Could you live on $25,000 a year? inquires the headline of a story in ;‘he paper. Well, I have never done it yet,—Larry Ho in St. Paul Dis- patch. Minnesota Inventor Dies One of our exchanges states that “Willard Stephen Whitmore, inven- tor of the papier mache matrix pro- cess of sterotyping died in Washing- ton, D. D., aged sixty-eight years. He was born in Laporte, Indiana, and was the founder of the Stillwater Gazette and the Minneapolis Chron- icle, then the only paper in Minne- apolis, which was later consolidated with the Tribune. At the time of his death Mr. Whitmore was a stereotyper in the government printing office. He received no material benefit from his invention.” —Northwestern Printer. Paying the Fiddler. They are holding high carousal down at Charlie’s grog ‘ bazaar, and the boys ‘are burning -money 'where the shining bottles are; you may hear their joyous laughter, you may hear them shout and sing, and they’re finding life a solace as the noisy hours take wing. recommendations, but because the|But the morning, O the morning present session will be the last time when the singing rounders wake! that the president will have an op-| When the mouth is like -a hen'’s portunity to work with a house con-|nest, and the head a mass of ache! trolled by the party of his own affiliation. O the agonies remorseful, and the wailings that ascend! For all The president’s desire to effect a| men must pay the fiddler when closer trade relation with Canada, his review of the economies effect- ed and effect of the Payne tariff bill, his discussion oy the Panama the dance is at'an end. There are fellowp all around us who are cutting quite a swath, thinking that unless they’re stylish they canal and plea for small tolls for|are surely in the broth; and they’re vesst?ls using it, his remarks -re.|buying motor wagons, and they're garding the judiciary, his views re. | jaunting off to Rome, -with a lot lative to the wiping out of the post- al deficit and bold assertion that the “franking” privilege has been of bon’ovged money and a mort. gage on the home, And some day a beastly panic on the land abused, his plea for conservation|will spread a pall anda lot of and his tribute to Commander stylish alecks will be backed against the wall; then you’ll héar a lot of pleading—pleading all in vain, my friends; for a man must pay the fiddler when the dance is atan end. Little Cora Jane De- Jiggers has her " feeling badly miffed, for her mother often tells her that her gait is much too swift. With her swagger girl companions through the streets she likes to roam, she sees themoving pictures when she ought to be at home; she is flirting with the Johnies in her harmless, foolish way, and she may invest in sack cloth on some bitter future day; fcr the laws that govern mortal never yield and never bend—girls, like boys, must pay the fiddler when the dance is at an end.—Walt Mason. FAMOUS STAR GROUP. The Constellation Orion In Legend and < Literature. The constellation Orion is mentioned in the literature of all ages. In Egypt it represented Horus, the young or ris- ing sun, in a boat surmounted by stars. closely followed by Sirius, which was shown as a cow. It has also been found sculptured on the walls of Thebes 5000 years ago. And on the men of that early time it shone down from the same position and with the same brightness as it does on us today, a striking example of the unchange- ableness of the heavens. From the days of the early Hindus | to the present the constellation has for gome reason borne always a stormy character. Allusions to its direful in- fluence are found everywhere among the classic writers. Thus Milton wrote: ‘When with fierce winds Orion arrived ‘Hath vexed the Red sea coast. The loss of the Roman squadron in the first‘Punic war was ascribed to the fleets having sailed just after the ris- ing of Orion. The group has also been employed as a calendar sign, its morn- ing rising indicating the beginning of summer, its midnight rising the season of grape gathering and its early even- ing rising the arrival of winter, with its attendant storms. In recent times the group has always represented a gréat huntor or wi r. Its present title eame into Greek nomy from the Euphrates and ori. dly signified the light of heaven. = BABY TURTLES. They Know Just What to Do and Do It Without Guidance. Just so.soon as a baby turtle emerges'| from the egg off he scuttles down to the sea. He has no one to teach him, no one to guide him. In his ‘curious o A CARDINAL'S SALT CUP. Monumental Work of Art Designed by Benvenuto Cellini. At the same time that the cardinal gave me some other commissions to execute he employed me to make a model of a saltcellar, but desired -it should be in a different taste from the common ones. * * * I designed an oval almost two-third of a cubit in size, and upon this oval as the sea appears to embrace the earth I made two fig- ures about a hand high in a sitting pos- ture, with the legs of one within those of the other, as some long branches of |/ the sea are seen to enter the land. And in the hand of the male figure, repre- senting the ocean, I put a ship, design- ed with great care, in which was de- posited a great quantity of salt. Un- der this I represented four sea horses, and in the right hand of the ocean I put his trident. The earth I represent- ed by the female figure, the most ele- gant and beautiful I could form an | idea of, leaning with one hand against a grand and magnificent temple. This was to hold the pepper. In the other hand I put a cornucopia adorned with all the embellishments I could think of. To complete this idea in. that part which appeared to be earth I represent- all the most beautiful animals which so small a space was capable of containing. In the remainder of the oval I placed several grand and noble ornaments.—From Benvenuto Cellini’s Autobiography. NOT A TRAMP.. The Tag That Rider Haggard Put on a Literary Hobo. Rider Haggard was on one occasion traveling-across the United States as the guest of John Hays Hammond in Hammond's private car. “What I want to see,” said Hag- gard, “is the real tramp. I haven't seen one since I reached this country. I can’t believe you have as many as his been stated to be the case.” Harris Hammond, the eldest son of John Hays, promised: “I’ll show you one at the next stop.” He had seen one riding on the trucks under the car, and at the next station he went down and called the hobo out. When the tramp entered the car he was covered with cinders and dust and looked like something from the lower regions. Hammond shook hands with him and introduced him, saying: “This is Mr. Rider Haggard.” “Rider Haggard!” exclaimed the hobo. “Why, I've read all of your books and loved every one of them!’ Then he sat down and discussed lit- erature with Haggard for half an hour. At the end of the talk Harris took “him-back, let him get some of the dust and cinders off and handed him a good cigar. little brain there is implanted a streak of caution based upon the fact .that until a certain period in his life his armor is soft and no defense against hungry fish, and he at once seeks the shelter in the tropical profusion of the gultf weed, which holds within its branching fronds an astonishing abun- dance of marine life. Here the young turtle feeds unmolested while his ar- mor undergoes the hardening. process. Whatever the young sea turtle eats and wherever he eats it—facts not gen- erally ascertained—one.. thing is cer- tain, it agrees with him immensely. He leads a pleasant sort of life, bask- ing in the tropical sun and cruising leisurely in the cool depths. Once he has attained the weight of twenty-five pounds. which usually oc- curs within the first year, the turtle is :“That . fellow’s -not a tramp,” said Haggard. . “He’s a gentleman jin.dis- tress.”—Popular Magazine. « ~ The Virtue of Traveling. There are two great fallacies based on ancient and rusty saws it were a noble deed to demolish. One is that traveling is a form of wrongdoing, founded belike on” the stupid saying that a rolling stone gathers no moss. A pertinent reply would be that a mossy stone -is never highly polished and that a stone is not a proper place for moss, anyway. The other undermin- ing caution is that one ought to see ones own new country before ope sees the wealth of the old countries. Un- less on business bent, there is no earthly reason why one who can af- ford to travel should not begin at free from all danger. After that no fish or mammal, however ravenous, however well armed with teeth, inter- feres with the turtle. When once he has withdrawn his head from its position of outlook intc the folds of his neck between the two shells Intending devourers may strug- gle in vain to make an impression upon him.—Harper’s Weekly. HOUSE; OF PARLIAMENT. Wellington’s Plea In Favor of the Thames Embankment Site. Wellington once declared that the most exciting moment of his life was not in any of his great battles, but that in which he had to forbid William IV. to attend a public banquet in the ¢ity during a time of great national excitement. Of the millions of people who every year see the English houses of parliament how many imagine that their position was determined by stra- tegic considerations? No one nowadays can think of the palace of Westmin- ster in any other position than that which it occupies. But when the old houses were burned down and the task of rebuilding faced there was a propo- sition to establish them on or near the site of St. James’ palace.. Wellington resolutely put down his foot on the proposal. The site suggested, its advocates pointed out, would be better as regards centrality and convenience than any other. But to the argument of the duke there could then be no. answer. “With a vast and growing population, such as yours in London,” he said, “you must never make it possible that you can be surrounded. You must| build your houses of parliament upon the river, so that the means of ingress and egress are safe and that the popu- lace cannot exact their demands by sitting down around you.” Sir William Fraser, in whose memoirs the story is recalled, mentioned it to Napoleon III. Just before the death ‘of the latter. “What wisdom!” he said. ‘“What wis- dom!” And it set him musing upon the different turn which the history of France might have taken if in other ways as great precautions had been observed in his own case.—St. James" Gazette. .. . ) once with the richest and most beau- tiful countries, with Italy and Greece. Life is short and uncertain; one can- not tell what may happen to deprive one of sight and health and means day after tomorrow, therefore it is well to see and enjoy the best while one can. —Harper’s Bazar. Deadly Pulque, In spite of her long years of inde- pendence Mexico has not solved the drink problem. The national drink of the poorer classes is pulque (pro- nounced “poolkay’’), the fermented off- spring of a plant resembling the aloe. It tastes like stale buftermilk dashed with a strong dose of stagnant water and must be drunk within twenty-four hours of fermentation. Its action is instant and powerful, and its speedy results.are softening of the brain, pa- ralysis of the nerves and death. So deadly are its effects that no employer of labor will employ a peon from the pulque making districts until he has tried everywhere else.—Chicago News. Expecting Too Much. It was a cold, raw day, but the Nev- ersweats and the Fearnoughts were playing a game of ball on the prairie Jjust the same. > The pitcher for the Neversweats, his fingers half frozen, failed dismally in getting the balls over the plate. “Aw,” said the captain, “I t'ought ye wuz one o’ dese cold weather pitch- ers!” “I am,” said the slab artist; blowing on his benumbed digits to warm them, “but I ain’t a ice pitcher, blame ye!”’— Chfcago Tribune. 2 € Anticipating. “My wife and myself had another | , : foolish quarrel.” “About what?” “About where we would’ go if we had money enough fo travel.”—Wash- ington Herald. He Never Went There Again. Hostess (at the party)—Miss Robin- 'son has no, partner for this waltz ‘Would you mind dancing with her in- || stead of with me? Hawkard—On the contrary, I shall be delighted. XMAS | SEALS and that are in HOLLY PAPER Postoffice Corner LIEGLER & FIRE = LIFE Beautiful, Neat, Tasty Yet inexpensive Christmas Gifts = - Hand Golored Calenders and Book' Marks Gifts that are appreciated by everyone Galenders at 10c, 15¢, 20c, 25¢, 30c, 35¢, 50¢, " 656, 75¢ and 90c. Book Marks 20c, 30c and 35c. GEO. A. HANSON A. D. S. Drug Store Phcne’ 304 “THE LAND MEN" INSURANCE Real Estate in All lts Branches FARM LANDS BOUGHT AND SOLD Go to Them for Quick Action Office--Schroeder Building the reath of all. BemidJi, Minn. LIEGLER GO, = . ACCIDENT An Unsatisfactory Method. “Been walking the floor because of your debts, eh?” said the sympathetic friend. “Yes,” replied the improvident per- son. . “Any results?” “Not worth mentioning. "I walked till I wore out the carpet and had to go further in debt for a new one.’— ‘Washington Star. A Sure Method. Landlord—Here, now, you needn’t be afraid ‘you will oversleep. And if the alarm clock should by any chance fail to awaken you just give the Mttle hammer a poke with your finger, then she’ll go off. —Heitere Welt. i fications. if possible beautiful. simply appalling. ~ - lasting pleasure and not an HONEY Best in Minnesota Honey that took first price at the State Fair. The choicest Willow-Herb and Aster Honey. If your grocer can't supply you write to CARL OPSATA - BEMIDJI, MINN. Sample 10 centsand 10 cents may ap%ly on the first order that you send. CONCERNING ChristmasPresents And Buying at Home A present or gift of.a.ny kind whether given at Christ- mas or at any other, time should fill the following speci- 1. It should give pleasure. 2. It should be appropriate. _3. It should be useful. 4. 1t should be durable and efficient. 5. It shouldbe worth the money paid for it. 6. It should be attractive in appearance, If the presents you are thinking of making this Christ- .mas do not fulfill these requirments—do not make them. "It is not worth while for either giver or recipient. The money which is spent snnually by intelligent peo- ple for gifts that are merely useless incumbrances, is Buy something that the one who receives it will use and enjoy, that is the best of its kind and that will be a For example, last year one man received half a dozen neckties that he was ashamed to be seen wearing; a box of cigars that he secretly buried behind the barn; an elaborate book of poems which he never read; and a cup and saucer that were smashed next day. - Now that very man had long waited to afford a safety razor; a carving set that would eut; a decent pocketknife, a few tools for doing’ little repair jobs around the house, and a dozen other articles that his friends could have located in ‘five minutes at Givens’ Hardware Store. Then, too, anything that was not just-what was wanted could have been changed and no fuss, delay or expense about it either. Don’t buy a “cat in a bag’” or a “pig in a poke.” Buy at home and examine the goods before you buy until you are satisfied. - ; Watch this space in Thursday’s issue. Given Hardware Co. e 316 Minnesota Ave. aggravation.