Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 20, 1911, Page 4

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER Published every afternoon except Sun- fay by the Bemidji Pioneer Publishing Company. 7 @& E.. CARSON. E. E. DENU. F. A. WILSON, Editor. In the City of Bemidji the papers are delivered by carrier. Where the deliv- ery is irregular please make immediate complaint to this office. Telephone 31. Out of town subscribers will confer a favor if they will report when they do not get their. papers promptly. papers are continued until an ex- plicit order to discontinue is received, and until arrearages are paid. Subscription Rates. One month, by carrier. One year, by carrier Three months, posta; Six Months, postage paid One year, postage paid.... The Weekly Pioneer. Eight es, containing a summary of ti‘:e n!e):vgs of the weegk. Published every Thursday and sent postage paid to any address for $1.50 in advance. ENTERED AS SECOND CLASS MAT- TER AT THE POSTOFFICE AT BE- MIDJI, MINN., UNDER THE ACT OF MARCH 8, 1879, O R R O R R R R RO R © THIS DATE IN HISTORY December 20. 1716—Thomas Gray, famous English poet, born. Died July 24, 1771. 1776—The seat of the United States Government was removed to Baltimore. 1795—Leopold von Ranke, not- ed German historian, born. Died May 23, 1886. 1848—Louis Napoleon pro- claimed president of the French Republic. 1860—South Carolina seceded from the Union. 1863—General Grant estab- lished his headquarters at Nashville. 1864—Gen. Hardee destroyed his iron-clads and navy yard and escaped from Savannah with 15,000 troops. 1871—A college for women was opened in connection with the TUniversity of ‘Wisconsin. 1880—Electric street lighting was introduced in New York city. 1883—Cantilever bridge at Ni- agara Falls opened for traffic. 1890—The Toronto city coun- cil prohibited the opera- tion of street cars on Sundays in that city, LR RO RO R RO R R ORCR R R R RO R R R R R RN OO R RO RO I RO RO RO OB R R ] Rapidly dost the time approach for Santa Claus to rattle his pins. Men may come and men may go but Bill Grimshaw goes on forever. ‘We seriously object to our adver- tiser who classifies alarm clocks un- der the heading of “sports.” An American miner single handed killed 17 Mexicans in one day, and he began late and quit early at that. President Taft apparently refuses to shrink from what he believes to be right. lower tariff on woolen goods. He has recommended a As this is the open season for daf- fodils, we give publicity to the fol- lowing, first emphatiscally denying authorship: “If the aldermen of Be- midji were out in a motor boat and the engine stopped, would Knute Rowe?” GOODBYE TO DRINKING CUP. Public sentiment is a strange and elusive force. It sometimes fails to respond, in spite of every effort to arouse its interest in a worthy case. Again, it suddenly asserts itself, without any known reason. One of the strangest of recent manifesta- tions of this force of public sentiment is the present crusade against the common drinking-cup. For physicians - sanitarians urged the danger and the filthiness With few exceptions, their words seemed to fall on deaf ears. The public, ap- parently, was not interested. But suddenly, without any manifest rea- son, the point of saturation seemed to be reached. Crystallization of pub- lic opinion began. States began to enact laws, and cities to pass ordi- nances abolishing the common drink- ing cup in all public places. State after state took it up. There was no concerted movement; there was scarcely any organization behind it; there was little special effort needed. The people had evidently made up their minds that common drinking- cups were bad and must go. So they have abolished them in at least twenty-four states in a little more than one year’s time. These states years, and have of common drinking utensils. R R A I A A A A R R R R R A R A AR R R R AR R R A A A R AR A AR AR R ARl are California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kan- sas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mich- igan, Mlnnesbta, Mississippi, - New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont and Washington. Doubt- less the other states will act as soon as they have an opportunity. The Saturate the public with facts, and when the people are con- vinced, they will act. moral is: DAN LAWLER IS EARLY BIRD. Dan Lawler is a democratic can- didate for United States senator and he doesn’t care who knows it. fact Daniel wants everybody to know it and as a result is mailing through- out the state a pamphlet in which the modest announcement is made that Daniel is a candidate and the pamphlet then proceeds to recount the life deeds of the man in whose In St. Paul, Minnesota; of St. . Paul Deutscher Krieger-Verein and of St. Paul Oestereich-Ungarischer Militaer ‘Veteranen-Verein. For several yeslrs has held Card No. 63097 as an hon- orary member of the Brotherhood of Boiler Makers and Iron Ship Builders of America.” In one part ot the canton ot Ticino, Switzerland, a very quaint marriage ceremony prevails. The bridegroom dresses in his “Sunday best” and, ac- companied by as many friends and relatives as he can muster for the fete, goes to claim his bride. Finding the door locked, he demands admittance. The inmates ask bim his business. and he solicits the hand of his chosen maiden. If his answer Js deemed sat- isfactory be is successively introduced to a number of matrons and maids, some perhaps deformed and others oid and ugly. Then he is presented to some large dolls, all of whom he re- Jects with scorn amid general merri- ment. The bridegroom, whose temper is sometimes sorely tried, is then in- formed that his ladylove is absent and Is invited to come in and see for breast there lurks the senatorial am- bition. Says Daniel’s pamphlet regarding Mr. Lawler: “Daniel William Lawler, born at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, March 28th, 1859, son of John Lawler, lead- ing citizen and business man of Wis- consin. Studied at St. John’s College, Prairie du Chien (now the College of the Sacred Heart); graduated from Georgetown College, D. C., in 1881, receiving the Degree of A. B. In 1887 the same institution conferred upon him the Degree of M. A. and in 1897 the Degree of Doctor of Laws. Studied law at Yale Law School, re- ceiving from that institution the De- gree of Bachelor of Laws in 1883 and Master of Laws in 1884. Has lived in St. Paul since 1884. Was Assistant United States Attorney for the State of Minnesota 1886-1888; resigned in order to be able to stump the State in the campaign of 1888 for the Democratic ticket and also comply with the spirit of Grover Cleveland’s Civil Service Order, for- bidding ‘pernicious activity’ on the part of Federal officials. “In 1891 elected corporation at- torney of the city of St. Paul and served term of two years. In 1892 nominated for governor of Minnesota by Democratic party against Knute Nelson, Republican candidate. At the election Knute Nelson received 109,220 votes, Daniel 'W. Lawler 94,- 600 and Ignatius Donnelly, the can- didate of the People’s Party, 29,862, Mr. Nelson being elected by a min- ority vote. It is now conceded that in a straight contest between Mr. Lawler and Mr. Nelson, Mr. Lawler would have been elected governor. |In 1893 was chosen by the Democrat- ic members of the legislature as can- didate of the Democratic party for United States Senator, in opposition to Cushman K. Davis, the nominee of the Republican caucus. The contest was so close that on the first joint ballot Senator Davis received eighty- five for ber tee votes, the exact number required election. In 1896 chosen mem- of National Democratic Commit- from Minnesota. “In 1893-1901 general attorney of the Chicago Great Western Railway company; resigned that position in 1901 and has since been engaged in the general practice of law at St. Paul. Since 1902 has been Profes- sor of Criminal Law and Procedure in the St. Paul College of Law. Was delegate at large to the National Democratic Convention at Denver in 1908, casting his vote for Governor John A. Johnson of Minnesota for president. In Democratic State Con- vention of that year placed Gover-| nor Johnson in nomination for gov- ernor in nomination speech, which was interrupted by applause lasting over an hour, terminating in Gov- ernor Johnson’s re-nomination. “In 1907 was appointed by Gover- nor Johnson for a six-year term as! member of the Board of Visitors to State Institutions. Was elected Dem- | ocratic Mayor of St. Paul in. 1908 ] over Joseph McKibben, Republicani candidate, by a majority of 3,962. Was not a candidate for re-election as mayor. : ’ “Is at present member of Demo- cratic State Central Committee from Ramsey county. Is an active membe: in good standing of the A. 0. H.; K. of C.; C. 0. F; B, P. 0: E.; F. 0 E.; L. 0. 0. M. and is an honorar) member of Worth Bagley Camp No himself. He enters and searches froi room to room until he finds ber in ber bridal dress ready to go to church Then all his anxiety is at an end, and the nuptials are duly celebrated. The Man Guessed Right. In 2 church at Amsterdam there is a very anclent funeral monument of white marble on which are engraved a pair of slippers of a very singular kind with this inscription. *“Effen Nyt.” which means “exactly,” and the story of this singularity is this: A man who was very rich, but who was a bon vivant, took it into his head that he was to live a certain number of years and no longer. Under the impression of this idea he calculated that if he spent so much a year his estate and his life would expire together. It hap pened that he was not mistaken In either of his calculations; he died pre cisely at that time which he bad pre sented to himself in fancy and had then brought his fortune to such a predicament that after the paying of his debts he had nothing left but a pair of slippers. His relations buried him in a creditable manner and bad the slippers carved on his tomb with the above laconic advice.—Tales and Anecdotes. A Curious Tea Case. A correspondent of the British Med ical Journal gives an account of the curious symptoms he experienced aft- er drinking tea. He writes: “When ever 1 take tea I go through a regular procession of events most distressing and stultifying. Shortly, these are as follows: Within fifteen minutes of walking (movement seems to be essen tial) 1 feel hot about the scalp and knees. The former feels as if pepper were dusted all over it. Then I practi- cally lose my sight and hearing and if in conversation cannot say more than ‘yes’ or ‘no’ because I am so faint and listless; then 1 lose the power of walk- ing quite straight and choose the wal} side of the path. Lastly I break out into a general perspiration, and with in forty-five minutes I return to my senses.” This correspondent adds that he has consulted many medical men. i but has never found any means of re- lief. When a Peanut Sprouts. “Few persons are perbaps aware that a thing of beauty & a common peanut plant growing singly in a six or eight inch pot and grown indoors during the colder weather,” said a flo rist. “Kept in a warm room or by the kitchen stove, a peanut kernel planted in a pot of loose mellow loam and ounly moderately moistened will soon germi nate and grow up into a beautifui plant, extending its bramnches over the pot. The leaves close together like the leaves of a book on the approach of night or when a shower begins to fall upon them. The plant bears tiny yellow flowers. There is nothing else | just like it.” Lengthy and Monotonous. One of the most curious contracts entered into by an operatic artist was that agreed to by Farinelll. When be visited Spain, Philip V. was suffering from mental depression, from which nothing aroused him until the arrivai of Farinelll. The queen was so de lighted to see her royal spouse once more interested that she engaged Fari nelli at a salary of $10,000 to remain in Madrid. This he did, singing the same four songs to the king every night for ten years. An Old Smallpox Cure. The following primitive ‘*‘cure” for smallpox was discovered by the Ley- tonstone (England) guardians in one of their registers for the year 1700 “Take thirty to forty live toads and | burn them to cinders. in a mew pot. then crush into a fine black powder. Dose for smallpox, three ounces.” 3 He Lumped It. “My coffee is not quite sweet enough.” remarked he. “Well, if you don’t like it T suppose you'll have to lump it." said she, with a smile, passing the: loaf sugar his way. A State Secret: ¥ T hope your busband has no secrets from you.” “Not = many. However,, he never would tell me what he paid for the en gagement ring.”—Kansas City Journa! Strictly Business.' ' Mrs. Knicker—Did you hold a shor: sesslon with your husband? Mrs Bocker—Yes. 1 merely .had him pass an appropriation bill. — New York 2, United Spanish War eVterans o1 Times. Jefferson as an Inventor. Not many people know that Thomas Jefferson was a great inventor. His in- ventions were all of articles of every-: day use. He devised a three legged folding camp stool that is the basis of all camp stools of that kind today. The stool he bad made for his own use was his constant companion on oc casions of outings. The revolving chair was his invention. He designed a light wagon. A copying press was devised by him and came into general use. He also invented an instrument for measuring the distance he walked. A plow and a hemp cultivator showed that his thoughts were often on agri- cultural matters. His plow received a gold medal in France in 1790. Jeffer- son never benefited financially by his inventions, but believed they should be for the use of everyone without cost. He Didn’t Know. One June day in 1862 near Freder- ickshall, Va., General Stonewall Jack- son saw one of General Hood's Texans climbing a rence to get into a cherry tree. ““Where are you going?” shouted Jackson. 1 don’t know.” replied the soldler. *“To what command do you belong?’ *1 don’t know,” the Texan replied. *“Well, wbat state are you from?" 1 don’'t kmow.” Jackson gave the man up, but he asked a com- rade what it all meant. *“Well,” was the reply, “Old Stonewall and General Hood gave orders yesterday that we were not to know anything until after the next fight.” The soldier was left to his cherries. An Innocent Query. At a dinner party in England the host introduced to the favorable notice of the company, amid murmurs of ad- miration. a splendid truffled pheasant. “Isn't it a beauty?’ he said. *“Dr. So-and-so gave it to me; killed it him- self.” “Ah! What was be treating it for?” asked one of the guests. One Disadvantage. Potts—It is a great deal better to own your own home and not have to pay rent, isn't it? Lotts—Well. yes. in a general way it is. but it has its dis- advantages. A fellow can't go round driving nails anywhere he pleases in the woodwork of his own home, you j know.—Boston Transcript. Her Advice. “Ah." he sald as he led her back to her seat after the waltz, “1 just love dancing.” “Wel he replied as she attempted to repair a torn flounce, *you're not too old to learn.” The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.—Mark Twain Somewhat Vague. The Smitten Man (fervently)—Love you. darling? Why, before I met yon I thought only of having a good time In life.~Puck. | name. What's the Matter With Thomas? There are some names which seem peculiarly suited to royalty; Louis, for instance, has a kingly sound. . Francis. George, Henry in both spellings, Charles, William, Edward and James all have served their turn. Johns there have been, and Stepbens. I remember a Robert in Sicily and a Peter in Rus- sla and Servia. Frederick has often worn the crown, and royal honors are even now pald to Ferdinand in Bul- garia. But was there ever, anywhere, a king named Thomas? Oscars and even Haakens ascend the dais, but ever through all the centuries Thomas remains the subject, sometimes strug- gling up to a bishopric or an earldom, but never attaining the crown. Nicho- lases wear the imperial purple; God- freys lord it over Jerusalem; Alexis struts in ermine; Alexanders fare forth to conquest; Julius and Leo don the triple crown, but Thomas, poor plebeian Thomas, has mnever a crown to his Now tell me, you who are wise in the occult influence of names, what is the matter with Tom?—London Idler. Washington as a Humorist. ‘While president Washington’s humor seemed to find expression in the diplo- macy of self protection. A French revolutionist came to him for a general testimonlal, which Washington did not care to grant, yet he did not wish to give offense to the French by a curt refusal, so he wrote an evasive card worthy of Lincoln—*“C. Volney needs no recommendation from G. Washing- ton.” After Cornwallis' surrender at York- town Washington treated him with high consideration. At a dinner given in honor of the distinguished prisoner Rochambeau proposed ‘“The United States” as his toast; Washington re- sponded with “The king of France;" Cornwallis, perforce, faintly suggested “His - majesty,”” when Washington startled them all by announcing, “The king of England—may he stay there!” with a ready wit that made even Corn wallis laugh.—Century. Cards and Card Playing. In a paper in the Journal of the Roy- al Society of Arts Professor H. Cheney. discussing the part played by gambling in magic, observes: “The use of cards is said to be derived from the Turot cards, which were originally employed for occult purposes. The legend which ascribes the invention of cards to the purpose of amusing a mad king does not seem at all a sufficient explana tion, and there is in addition the fact that cards of a kind existed before the said king. In further support of this idea the well known practice of telling fortunes by cards may probably be re garded as a survival of a regular form of divination by such means. It seems. in fact, that card playing for stakes is a mere development of a ceremony in which individuals cobnsulting the ora- cle decided to abide by its pronounce- ments as to the holding of disputed property. Why Not Meteors and the Atmosphere. Otie of the most useful results aris- ing from the study of sporadic meteors. is the light thrown upon the question of the height of the atmosphere, since it is the friction of the air that sets them on fire. and if their elevation is known at the moment of their first ap- pearance the probable height of the at- mosphere can be calculated. On Aug. 11, 1909, a brilliant meteor happened to impress its picture simultaneousiy on three photographic plates, at Tash kend, Iskander and Tschimgan. in Russian Turkestan. The distances he- tween these places furnished base lines from which the height could be de duced. The calculation shows that the meteor first appeared at a height of 69.45 miles above the earth and disap- peared at fifty miles. The Orange In Spain. It is considered a very healthful thing to eat an orange before break- fast. But who can eat an orange well? One must go to Spain to see that done. The senorita cuts off the rind with her silver knife, then, put- ting her fork into the peeled fruit, she detaches every morsel with her pearly teeth and continues to eat the orange without losing a drop of the juice and lays down the core with the fork still in it. Unpalatable. The Rev. Charles H. Spurgeon was fond of a joke, and his keen wit was. moreover, based on sterling common . sense. One day he remarked:te:-one of his sons: “Can you tell me the reason why th- lons didn’t eat Daniel?” “No, sir. Why was it?” “Because the most of him was back- bone and the rest was grit.”—Youth's Companion. Going the Rounds. Husband of Tomorrow (reviewing wedding presents)—That awful cruet seems familiar. Wife of Tomorrow— Yes, dear, you saw it at the Browns They got it as a wedding present and gave it to the Smiths at theirs. It's the Smiths’ present. But never mind. dear; Harry’s wedding comes off soon! —London Opinion. Adroit. “He is what you might call an adroit man.” “Decidedly. His sins never find him out and his debts never find bim in.” —Exchange. Chilly Affair. Stella-Did you give the bride a shower? Bella—Well. all her friends threw cold water on the bridegroom.— New York Sun. A strenuous soul hates cheap sue- roscas. — Rmerenn Where is the man who has the power and skill to stem the torrent of a we- man’s will?—0ld English Proverb (give him or her) or a {year’s subscription to the Pioneer with four beautiful carbon gravures which will make suitable Christmas 'gifts for four others--- $5.00 makes 5 Xmas gifts for 5 persons at $1.00 each--- a 6 months’ subscription with two handsome pictures. Makes 3 Xmas gifts for 3 persons ! at less than $1.00 each or a three months’ subscription with one beauti- ful picture, makes 2 Xmas gifts at less than 75 cts each. No they have not stopped coming for these pic- tures, nor will they until we shut off the sup- ply. Picture framers report that they’re kept busy framing them, so there will be more than a few given out for Christmas presents. Phone 31 and learn all about the above offer. [N ix w [