Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 19, 1911, Page 4

Head of Episcopal Dio- cese of Maryland Dead.’ AFTER LINGERING ILLNESS Bishop Paret, Widely Known Church- man, Passes Away. Baltimore, Jan. 19.—Bishop William Paret of the Episcopal diocese of Maryland and one of the most widely known churchmen in the United States, is dead at his home in Balti- more following a lingering illness. Mrs. Paret, wife of the bishop. died last week. FIREMEN SAVE MANY GHILDREN Dozens of Unconscious Little Ones Garried From Building. Binghamton, N. Y., Jan. 19— Prompt work by firemen and attend- ants of the Susquehanna Valley home may have saved the lives of all the 165 children inmates when fire broke out in the boiler room of the dormi- tory building at 5 o’clock in the morn- ing. A careful search of the building by the firemen failed to reveal any bod- ies. Dozens of the children were carried out unconscious from suffocation. SMALLER PAY FOR FARRELL New Head of Steel Trust Will Get Half That Paid Corey. New York, Jan. 19.—After a spell of close figuring James A. Farrell, the new president of the United States Steel corporation, has decided he can live on §$50,000 a year and will accept this salary from the steel trust, de- spite the fact that it is a cut of $50,000 from the salary paid his predecessor, ‘William E. Corey. Considering the fact that Judge Gary is the real head of the steel trust and receives a salary of $100,000 the finance committee decided that the nominal head of the concern was not entitled to more than half that amount and the cut was made forth- with. GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, Jan. 18.—Wheat—May, $1.07%@1.07%; July, $1.08%. On track —No. 1 bhard, $1.09; No. 1 Northern, $1.07@1.08%; No. 2 Northern, $1.04% @1.06%; No. 3 Northern, $1.02%@ 1.05%. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, Jan. 18—Wheat—To arrive and on track—No. 1 hard, $1.09%; No. 1 Northern, $1.08%; No. 2 Northern, $1.06% @1.06%; May, $1.09%; July, $1.10%. Flax—On track and to arrive, $2.68; May, $2.70. St. Paul Live Stock. St. Paul, Jan. 18.—Cattle—Good to choice steers, $5.50@86.50; fair to good, $4.50@5.50; good to choice cows and heifers, $4.00@5.00; veals, $6.50@7.75. Hogs—$7.70@17.90. Sheep—Wethers, $3.25@4.00; yearlings, $4.00@5.00; spring lambs, $5.00@5.90. Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, Jan. 18—Wheat—May, $1.01%; July, 97%c; Sept, 95%@ 95%c. Corn—NMay, 50%ec; July, 51%sc; Sept., 51%@52c. Oats—May, 34%@ 34%c; July, 34%c; Sept, 33%c. Pork —Jan., $20.45; May, $18.87%. Butter —Creameries, 17@25c; dairies, 16@ 22c. Bggs—22@27c. Poultry—Tur- keys, 17@22c; chickens, 10@13c; springs, 12@12%ec¢. Chicago Live Stock. Chicago, Jan. 18.—Cattle—Beeves, $4.80@7.00; Texas steers, $4.20@5.40; ‘Western steers, $4.60@6.00; stockers and feeders, $3.85@5.90; cows and heifers, $2.60@6.40; calves, $7.50@9. 50. Hogs—Light, $7.85@8.10; mixed, $7.85@8.10; heavy, $7.80@8.07%; rough, $7.80@7.90; good to choice heavy, $7.90@8.07%; pigs, $7.70@8. 20. Sheep—Native, $2.60@4.65; year- lings, $4.70@5.90; lambs, $4.75@6.60. The Cruel Reason. Mrs. Gossip—How does it come that Mrs. Newrich invited you to her party? 1 thought you were enemies. Mrs. Sharp—We are, but she thought I bad nothing fit to wear and wanted to make me feel bad. So Foolish. “She I8 neglecting her game of bridge dreadfully.” “Why is she doing that?” “Some silly excuse. Says the chil- dren need ber, 1 belleve.”—Pittsburg Post. s o, - -~ 'SEES NO PRODF * OF CORRUPT ACT Senator Burrows Pleads to Clear Lorimer. DISCREDITS CONFESSIONS Chairman of Committee on Privileges and Elections, Which Investigated the Case, Declares There Is Nothing /in the Evidence of Any or All of Them to Justify the Conclusion That the Charge of Bribery Is True. ‘Washington, Jan. 19.—“There is ab- solutely no proof in the case, direct or indirect, from which a legitimate inference could be drawn that a sin- gle member of the general assembly was-corruptly influenced to vote for | Mr. Lorimer.” This was the conclusion of Senator Julius Caesar Burrows of Michigan in a speech in the senate defending the majority report of the committee on privileges and elections, of which he is chairman, confirming the right of Senator William Lorimer of Illinois to his seat in the senate. After summarizing the testimony of Witnesses White, Link, Beckemeyer and Holstlaw, Senator Burrows de-| clared: “It is obvious that there is nothing in the statement of any one of them, or of all of them taken together, to justify a conclusion that their testi- mony as to bribery is true, or could be relied upon in a matter even of minor importance.” Lorimer Not Implicated. “The labors of the committee,” said Senator Burrows, “were greatly light- ened by the admission of the prosecu- tion that it was not expected to con- nect Senator Lorimer with any acts of bribery. There was no evidence | submitted to the committee or obtain- | | able, so far as known, inculpating Senator Lorimer in the bribery or at- tempted bribery, if such there was, of any member of the legislature. Nor; was there any evidence that Senator Lorimer had any knowledge whatever that such bribery or attempted brib- ery was perpeirated by any one. “If White’s testimony is discredited then practically nothing remains which would cast any shadow of doubt upon the right of Senator Lorimer to | hold his seat. It is evident that the| testimony of the other witnesses, who 1 claim to have received money from Brown and Broderick, was purposely shaped to corroborate White's story.” Fall Kills Circus Giant. Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 19.—Arthur Thompson, known professionally as Colonel Wiman Baker, the seven foot seven inches giant, is dead at the Emergency hospital following a fall on an icy sidewalk. Baker was well known in circus circles. He was born in Kentucky. HUMAN DISSECTION. Surgery and the Anatomists In the Olden Days. For a long time Alexandria was the only medical center of the world, and the physician Galen, born about 130 A. D, had to journey from Rome to the African city even to see a skele- ton. He sent his students to the Ger- man battlefields to dissect the bodies of the national enemies, while he him- self used apes as most resembling hu- man beings, Human dissection was revived in Bologna in the fourteenth century,. where Madonna Manzolina later was professor of anatomy, un- doubtedly one of the first women doc- tors, If not the very first. Leonardo da Vinel, painter of “The Last Sup- per,” was a great anatomist, but dis- section had fallen into disuse when Vesalius finrlly revived it about the middle of the sixteenth century. Even in comparatively modern times anatomists have been the object of at- tacks by the populace. In 1765 Dr. John Shippen of Philadelphia was mobbed as a grave robber. Doctors’ rlots in New York occurred twenty- three years later and were due to the belief that the medical students rob- bed graves continually. . It was the lack of opportunity to obtain subjects regularly that led to the practice of grave robbing and originated what Dr. Keene calls “a set of the lowest possible. villains—the resurrectionists.” —New York World. Do You Help Others? It has been tritely said that for ev- ery one who stands alone there are twelve to lean against him. How is it with you? Are you one of those against whom others lean for help and encouragement, or are you leaning against some one and drawing your inspiration and courage from him? It depends entirely on yourself whether you take a positive_attitude in your! work or whether your negative char- | acteristic shall dominate. It s much easier to go through life making as little .effort as possible, but it is a poor way if we are going to make life yleld even a small modicum of ‘what it holds for us. If you are work- ing earnestly and hoping for success there Is only one way to attain it, and that is through your positive charac- teristics.—Philadelphia Ledger. Julius Caesar. Caesar was assassinated March 15, 44 B. C., and was at the time of his death fiftysix years old. It is not alone as a military genius that his fame endures. By almost common consent he was the most remarkable all round man of antiquity—masterful- ly great not only as general, but as writer, statesman and administrator. In addition to these high accomplish- ments he was a great mathematician, philologist, architect and jurist. His conversational powers were extraor- dinary, and from all accounts he was in his mancer one of the most at- A 8afeguard to Fleets of Warships In Thick Weather. Probably the greatest menace to the safety of mavigation at sea is the fog. Modern steamships are seldom endan- gered by the most severe weather, but when the impenetrable envelope of mist incloses a ship she is exposed to the most terrible of perils, a collision at sea. _A single ship may be compar- atively safe even In a fog, but where there is a fleet of vessels the danger is greatly multiplied. There is always considerable danger, too, on account of the fact that many of the ship lines have what could be termed a beaten path across the ocean, and they al- ways follow this route when possible. In addition to the customary fog horns and sirens, a fleet of warships often keep informed of their relative positions by the firing of signal guns at intervals only a few minutés apart. Another method used is the Tog buoy. Each vessel In the fleet, especially if it is a warship fleet, carries a fog buoy, a large cask painted a vivid red. This 13 cast overboard at the first sign of a fog, and it floats from the stern of the vessel, attached to a rope of grass fiber, which does not sink beneath the surface of the water. By this means the exact location of the individual ships of the fleet is maintained, even though proceeding at a moderate rate of speed.—Wichita Eagle. AN ANCIENT CUSTOM. iling of Apple Trees Still Ob- served In Parts of England. What is the wassailing of apple trees? This is an old custom, fast dying out, but still observed in parts of Somerset and Devon. At Wooton- Basset, near Minehead, the ceremony takes place on old Twelfth eve. All assemble at the farmhouse and after a hearty meal form a procession to the nearest orchard, the master in front with a light and men with old guns, blunderbusses and anything that makes a noise in the rear. Plenty of cider 1s taken and some pieces of toast, ‘When the orchard is reached a ring is formed, and the master. in the cen- ter, seizes a branch and sings a verse beginning “Oh, apple tree, I wassail thee, in hopes that thou wilt blow.” Then all shout in chorus: Hatfuls, capfuls, three bushel bagfuls, Barn.floorfuls, tullet holefuls And a little heap under the stairs. Then follow cheers, drinking of healths, shouts of “Now, Tom Pod, we ‘wassail thee!” and the placing of the pieces of toast, soaked in cider, among the branches for the robins.—London Answers, Wa The Porcupine. Mother Nature surely must have set out to make “something different” the day she invented the porcupine. Here was an animal with a pathetically mild disposition, without cunning or courage and almost as slow and clum- 8y as a turtle. It would have been absurd to give him weapons of de- fense; he would never have the ehergy to attack anything, so he was given a coat of mail in which he might walk abroad among his enemies and yet be as safe as though he were behind a wall of steel. His upper parts, from his nose to the tip of his thick, muscu- |ar tail, are covered with a mass of sharp pointed quills intermixed with coarse hair. Each quill is provided with a number of minute barbs point- ing backward, so that when it is once inserted In the flesh of any animal the mere movement of the muscles will cause it to work deeper and deeper.— Suburban Life. Her Artistic Instinct. The girl was a dainty thing in pink, evidently a stranger in Boston. The fellow had Harvard written all over him. They were standing in the de- livery room of the public library, and he was explaining to her the deco- rations by Edwin Abbey which illus- trate the legend of the Holy Grall. As he talked he glanced occasionally at his fair listener and seemed pleased to tind her apparently lost in rapture. Finally, when his stock of knowledge ‘was exhausted, he exclaimed: “Why, I never before knew that you were so interested in art!” For a moment longer she continued to gaze at the painting; then, with a tremulous sigh, she turned to him with: “I have been wondering how many pleces. it would make if cut up into one of those picture puzzles.”—Har- per's Magazine. Oid Age of Oysters. Oysters grow only during summer, and especially during long, warm sum- mers at that, and are scarcely big enough for the mouth before the third year. It is easy after looking over a bunch of shells to tell how old an oyster is. A summer hump and the winter sink come across the shell every year, but after the seventh or tenth year full growth comes; then by looking at the sinks between the humps it 1s hard to tell anything more about Miss Oyster's age. Oysters easi- 1y lUve to be twenty years old—New York Press. A New One on Him. It was after the stone laying cere- mony, and a wire was sent to the bullder with the news, “Stone laid with great eclat.” The builder, smoth- ering an awful oath, muttered, “An- other new foreign cement!” and flung the missive from him in passionate disgust.—London Globe. Labor rids us of three great evils— irksomeness, vice and poverty.—Vol- taire, Corrected. It 1s the custom of a well known minister to point his sermons with efther ‘*‘dearly beloved brethren” or “now, my brothers.” Oue day a lady member of his congregation took ex- ception to this. “Why do you always preach to the gentlemen and never to' the ladies?” she asked. “My dear lady,” sald the beaming vicar, “one embraces the other.” “But not in the church!” was the In- tractive of men. stant reply. THE FoG BUOY.- ~ [T~ INCURABLE. ~ i Opanl;n Cannot Overcome. Few are the steamer passengers whc fail to visit the wireless office aboard ship to watch the operation of the in struments and to question the oper ator. Needless' to say, the technical understanding of the well meaning visitors is a variable quantity. The operator must listen to wondering ex- clamations, ‘original suggestions for the improvement of the service, dis. courses on the relations between wire less telegraphy -and spiritualism and|’ other doubtful topics with uniforn courtesy. At times, however, the strain Is too great. It was a lady pas. senger with an eye for details whc came to the wireless room and looked wonderingly in, “Oh, here’s the wireless! May 1 come in? Tsn't it wonderful to think of sending those—those waves—you call them waves, don’t you? How fas- cinating to work at this! Are those Jars filled with water?” “Those are condenser jars, madam quite empty.” “Really? I don't believe 1 could ever understand it. That coll of wire looks like a birdcage.” “That is the inductance helix.” “What are those things over your ears?” “The recelving telephones.” “Then you have telephone connec: tlon too. One can hardly keep up ‘with the times these days. What does that coll do?” “That is the receiving tuner and in- terference preventer.” @ “Wonderful! Does it keep out all in- terference?” “Not all,” replied the operator wea- rily. “Some kinds of interference can’t be tuned out; we just have to stand it.”"—Youth’s Companion. EIGHT CENTS A DAY. Workers’ Pay In England When Board Was a Shilling a Week. There was a time when a workman in England received 8 cents a day as an ordinary wage, when skilled ar- tisans commanded 12 cents a day and when women worked in the field af such tasks as reaping straw, hoeing, planting beans and washing sheep for 2 cents a day, and a wise student of the subject has expressed the opin- fon that the British workman of that day was better off than he has ever been since then. That sounds paradoxical. But the explanation is this: The workman who sold his services for 8 cents a day could buy good beef or mutton for 1% cents a pound. Wheat cost him on the average only 18 cents a bushel. He could get board for 12 to 16 cents a week. The pay he would receive for fifteen weeks' services would suffice to purchase a supply of suitable food- stuffs, according to the standard of his .time (consisting of wheat, malt and oatmeal), to maintain his family for ‘an entire year. Under these circumstances 8 cents a \day—increased ito 12 cents in harvest ‘time—was a fair wage, and “times ‘were good” for the average workman. —McClure’s Magazine. Opera In Dumb Show. The late Clara Novello in her remi- niscences tells how Malibran once ap- peated in “Sonnambula” without ut- tering a note. She had taken cold and was prevented from singing at the last moment, though crowds of early comers already filled the house. “On the manager telling her, in de- spair, that, besides loss of money, these disappointed people would be dangerous she sald, ‘I can’t speak above my breath; I should have to do it in dumb show! Bunn at once caught at this outburst as if seriously meant and on his knees begged her to try this, and she, fired by the nov- elty, did so. The grateful public rav- ed i praise of this surprising tour de force, and the sensation it made filled the papers.” Bathing Machines. Somebody has inquired why “bath- ing machines,” the comfortable priva- cy of which for ocean bathing has neyer attracted bathers in this coun- try, are called machines, remarking that there is nothing of a machine about them except the horse which draws them to the beach. The answer has been found in the new Oxford Dictionary. It appears that a “ma- chine” was originally a “structure of any kind, material or immaterial,” and has nothing to do with machinery, a later word. Ships were called ma- chines, and it would have been proper to speak of a pulpit as a machine.— Argonaut. Laughter and Death, He can be said to have won the game of life who at the last can laugh. That final speech of O. Henry, the short story writer, was finer than any story he ever wrote. Just as he was dying he turned to the doctor and said: “Pull up the curtain, doc. I'm afraid to go home In the dark.” The speech had in it wide courage and a sense of values. One forgives the royal Charles much frivolity for the sake of his dying speech, “Gentlemen, I fear I'm an un- consclonable time a-dying.”—Harper’s. A Complicated Case. |} “Of course, doctor, German measles are seldom serious?” i “I never met but one fatal case.” “Fatal?” “Yes. It was a Frenchman, and when he discovered it was German measles that he had mortification set " + Philosophy s nothing but discretion. —Selden. R Henry of Navarre and the Rod. Henry IV. of France was a firm be- Hver in the adage, “Spare the rod and gpoil the child.” In a letter to the governess of his son he wrote in Oc- tober, 1607: “Madame—I have to com- plain that you have not informed me of having flogged my son. I desire and request that you will flog him whenever he is disobedient or other- wise troublesome, knowing as I do that nathing will do him more good. 1 speak from experience, as at his age AMERICAN COUNTESS. Who Was Muriel White, Recelves. Threats From Blackmailers. BLACKMAILER IS CAPTURED Scherr-Thoss Gets Prison Term. Berlin, Jan. 19.—Countess Muriel von Scherr-Thoss, daughter of Henry White, formerly American ambassador to France, is breathing easier as the result of the success of the police in apprehending a man who threatened to dynamite her castle at Steinselfers- dorf, in Silesia, in an attempt to black- mail her. 1 The young American countess, who married into the German nobility in 1909, has .been pestered for weeks by letters from a man named Fiedler, who lived in the neighborhood. This man’s appeal for money hav- ing proved unsuccessful, he wrote the countess that unless she deposited a large sum of money in his bank he| would blow up her castle with a dyna-| Man Who Threatened Countess von |3 CALUMET BAKING POWDER To tully appreciate (e real pleasure of baking, buy acan of Calumet and as a test bake a batch of biscuits. See how light and wonderfully raised they come from the oven, Then break one of them open ard note how thorough. evenly and fluffily the doush has risen. " And the final test—the one that counts—butter and taste. This test will prove to you that Calumet is. a 5 o al is the most depend- able Baking Powder for every purpase. % 1t will prove its economy over the high-price trust brands and its great superiority over the cheap and big can kinds. For Calumet is highest in quality—and moderate in cost. Received Highest Award World's Pure Food Exposition. Brinkman Family Theatre Vaudeville and Moving Pictures Complete Change Tonight OPENING MARCH mite bomb. A decoy letter purporting to contain the money demanded was sent to Fiedler, who was arrested as| it was delivered. He protested his in-| nocence, but a search of his dwelling revealed incriminating évidence of | guilt. The local courts of Schweid- nitz have just sentenced him to two/ years at hard labor. If you have any bad cuts or/ strains, use Tubbs Iodomyrrh, it| does its work quickly. For man or_f beast. 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Apply Frank Hitchcock, hroeder’: o 419 American Ave. Sthroederaiatare SALE—My eighty acre farm, southwest of Bemidji, tkis is a big snap for someorie. Inquire of M. C. Longballa, Crothers barber shop. FOR SALE—Rubber stamps. The Pioneer will procure any kind of a rubber stamp for ycu an short notice. EOR SALE—Six room house 1103 Mssissippi Ave. This is a snap if taken at once. H. M. Young. HELP WANTED. WANTED—For the United States i | WANTED—Girl for general house | MISOELLANEOUS work. Mrs, Whitney, 907 Frvin Ave. | Room and board at 515 Bemidji Ave. Phore 310. 1 was frequently birched.”” lols. has just been awarded the Grand Prix atthe ~ Brussels International Exposition - carim— L