Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 23, 1912, Page 4

e s e | | i T | | FIRST THEATER IN AMERICA It Was in Philadelphia and Its Walls Are Only Now Crumbling Into Dust. There is an echo of the past called up by the falling of the walls of an abandoned distillery on South street. These walls once inclosed the first theater that was erected in the United States. It was burned out some years later, but the walls have remained to this day. If surprise be moted over the loca- tlon of tue theater, it is only neces- sary to point out that in the middle of the eighteenth century the moral and civic spirit of the day prevented the profanation of the city by any such Institution, so it was erected outside the boundaries and was in what was known as Southwark. Of the troub- lous history of this artistic enterprise much has been written. It is unfortu- nate that records of the dramas given | are not complete and that we have few contemporary criticisms from un- biased pens upon the artistic worth of the thespian representations. It is of record that the city authorities ‘were much shocked, that much of So- ciety (with a large S) frowned on the institution, and that rogues and vaga- bonds were under the ban for a long | time. . But even in that day there were those who found pleasure and profit in attending the theater. A few years Jater George Washington was of those who patronized the enterprise. At that day the name of Washington might have stood against the world. and many young men at least consid- ered that it would do them no harm to follow their leader to the theater. If we can believe what evidence is avallable, dramatic managers in those days had some illumination and in- spiration, as well as being mere pur- veyors of entertainment. The supply of plays was meager and not of high class, according to modern standards. The theater was ill appointed and poorly lighted. But the actors and ac. tresses seemed to have had some epark of divine afflatus, for they re. ceived commendations from foreign vistors who had seen the best the world afforded. The dawn of the Ametican drama cast a feeble light, but we may now catch a few glintings of it as its first home in America tumbles into dust.— Philadelphia Inquirer. IDAHO A WONDERFUL STATE Even the Victims of Its Swindler: Make Money by the Fraud, Says Senator Borah. United States Senator Borah claimg that his state of Idaho is so good that even the people who get cheated with in its smiling domain make money by the transaction. On his way from ‘Washington after the adjournment of the last session of congress, he was iIntroduced on the train to an eastern woman who immediately began to tell B long, sad story about the robber like practices of western people in general and Idaho men in particular. “My husband was a traveling man,” she explained in a lachrymose voice, “and one night in Boise City some of your people gave him too much drink, | g0 much in fact, that he didn't know what he was doing: The next morn- ing he waked up and discovered that he had bought fourteen hundred dol- lars’ worth of mining stock at four Cents a share. Think of that, the greatest outrage I ever heard of. I have never even looked up the mine In which the stock was sold, but the | experience has taught me that west- ern promoters are merely burglars. My poor, dear husband was robbed him up at the point of a gun.” Mr. Borah asked the name of the mine, and she told him. Without saying a word, he picked up a news- | paper and pointed to thé stock quota- | tions. Right there that Niobe-like woman got the shock of her life. The stock was shown to be worth $140,000 that day.—Popular Magazine, . Monkey Chastisement. Monkeys do such an astonishing amount of reasoning, sometimes, that it almost frightens us into believing | that Darwin was right after all. A | short time ago a child, contrary to all ovders, put several peppermint drops |inside the wire of a monkey cage, in a circus. One of the monkeys sam- pled one and liked it immensely, but, thinking that another treat was ia store at the end of the cage, left the remaining peppermints unprotected for a brief moment. No sooner was 1 his back turned than a - mischievous little monkey made way with the can- | dies, and on the owner's return not a | peppermint was in sight. The older monkey gravely considered the situa- tion for a few moments, then -called the little monkey to -him, tested his | breath, and spanked him for dear life. Exonerated. Indignant, Passenger (to railway manager)—Here, 1 say, I got a cinder In my eye from one of your beastly engines, and it cost me 10 shillings for & doctor to get it out and dress the eye. Now, what do you propose to do in the matter? Railway Manager—Nothing, my dear sir, nothing. We have no use for the cinder, and you are perfectly wel- come to it. No doubt, strictly speak- ing, you did go off with our property— { the cinder of course, was not yours— but we do not care to make a fuss abeut such a small matter. Pray do vot give the incident & moment’s | thought. Thornless Blackberries. I have heard of thornless blackber- ries having been discovered in North Carolina and along the eastern coast, but unfortunately the berries were not of any use for food. I have also grown so-called, but not by any means thorn- less, ones 40 years ago. Electricity was rlso known for thousands of years, but It was worthless until developed. | Steam was also useless as an aid in performing the labor of mankind until some one made it useful. It is the same with the thornless blackberry. It is now productive; delicious to eat, large and in every way valuable for food, and absolutely smooth like the twig of an apple tree. There are seed- less apples in existence today, but none of them are of any commercial | value. There was once a so-called stoneless plum, but it was not larger than a large bean, and was not fit for human food. The bush was an {ll- shaped thorny one and the frult abso- | lutely useless. Now there are, growing on my farms, splendid prunes and plums which are stoneless. Nature gives us a hint and it is man’s busi- ness to carry out the work to produce tian Herald. of The Two _Naw Reminiscences She;lock ' Holmes By A. GONAN DOYLE The Adventure of the -~ Dovil’s Foot and ‘The Adventure of the Red Circle will be printed in this paper. Read how two baffling mys- teries are unraveled by this man of remarkable powers. L] Don’t Miss the First Instaliment Fascinating Stories as surely as if those men had held | results.—Luther Burbank in the Chris. Wisdom Born of Experlence, “Ah, Jack, old fellow! Haven't seen you since your wedding two year ago. How goes matrimony?” “Very well, thanks; but, Jove, it's expensive comfort. The dressmakers alone! .If I had only known—" “You would have remained single, eh?” “No, no—but I would have married the dressmaker.”—Judge. The Peace Offering. Husband—Here, my dear, is a beau- tiful bracelet to pay for my staying out late last night, And I promise you It shall never happen again. Wife—Make no promises, darling. I think I might forgive you again—un- fer like clrcumstances.—Fligende Blatter, Not Much Relieved. “I suppose you felt when you got back from Reno as if a great welght had been lifted from your mind?” “Oh, no, I really didn't notice much of a difference. You see he hadn't made any effort at allyto get posses- sion of the children.” Forms of Utterance. : “Money talks,” said the ready-made philosopher. “No,” replied Mr. Dustin Stax, “money doesn’t talk any more. It has lo be coaxed to sing a little once In awhile, like a grand opera prima donna.” Prisoner's Plea. “Want to say anything about your sentence?” asked Judge Sandersop. Replied one Healey, up for break- ng and entering: “Your honor, I've been working steadily all the time, off and on.” THE DIFFERENCE. The Comedian (in wmetch)—Actors are not at all like ships. The Soubrette—Why? The Comedian—Ships are stranded on the rocks; actors are stranded be- sause of the lack of rocks. the vaudeville A Dreary Fate, How sad is life For one who sees His carping wife He cannot please. Not Too Many Visits. Mrs. Banks—Why do you have Dr. K for your physician, instead of Dr. 144 Miss Burke—Economy! Dr. X's wife 18 80 jealous he has to get me tured quickly in order to keep peace = his family. Shifting the Graft. “How do you like running your res- taurant on the no-tipping plan?” “First rate!” replied the proprietor. “It enables me to ralse the price ten per cent. on the bill of fare.”—Judge. One. “He is one of the most concelted men I have ever met.” “I don’t doubt, it. There is a cer- tain concelted man that it will-never be possible for you to meet.” Liquidated. Tatterdon Torn—Wot would 'you do If you had a million dollars? Thirsty Theodore—De foist t'ing I'd do would be to invest all but $999, 999.95 in a glass o’ beer.—Puck. Mental Discretion. The Nice Boy—H-have you forgot- ten that cent you borrowed of me? The Hard Case—Yes! Haven't you? The Nice Boy—Y-yes! Now that you r-remind me of it!—Puck. In and Out. “So Brown has it in for me, has he. What would you advise me to do?” “Have it out with him.” Green, Indeed. Diner—Bring me a dozen fried. Green Walter—VYes, sir—eggs of oysters? - ¢ Good Nature In Politics. Differ in politics with those about fou in good feeling, holding your own Ivinions and respecting those of oths )rs. In all disputes give .your oppo- pents credit for honest views. Be theerful and tolerant. If you have lost your temper find it again and set XA AKX A AR R AAAARAKN A AN AR NN AR NN pthers on the same quest. Thus you Wwill help eradicate the epidemic of bitterness which appears to have trav- eled around the world, and you will earn the exceedingly great revard which is reseryed for. thepeacems- | EREEA KR XE KR KKK * HOW TO FIND x tion Commission Quarters, 39-* Third Street,” South, Minne- apolis, For the benefit of the readers of the Pioneer this motice will appear in both the Daily and Weekly Ploneer for tlie next six month, - On leaying the union depot turn to the left and continue up Nicollet to Third street, crose- ing that thoroughfare, turn to the left and procced half a block, toward the postoffice. From the Milwaukee depot, turn to the left on Washington avenue and continue to First avenue, turn'to the left and go one block to Third street and then one half block to the rignt. Daily Pioneer will be found on file here. KKK K KKK XKF XK I R R 2 e e P R e RS SRR RS ALL WINTER ABOARD WRECK he How Two Plicky Newfoundland F! ermen Rescued a Derelict 8chooner From an Ice-Floe. - In winning salvage the Newfound landers do not seem to reflect upon the length of hardship and peril to which they must go. This is charac- teristic of thelr lives In every. respect; it 1s a proverbwith them that they €0 when they can, and leave getting back “to luck and good conduct.” Not long ago an American fishing schooner, abandoned by her crew in the Strait of Belle Isle in early winter as hope- lessly lost, was carried off in the ice- floe. It was the slimmest chance in the world that the derelict would ever be seen again. There was not the glightest expectation; indeed, that she would be; the underwriters paid the insurance - settlement without com- plaint or question, and crossed the schooner off for lost. But the schooner was not lost. ; She was sighted in her wanderings by. two fishermen. They boarded from. shore, found her hard and fast in the ice, but still tight and worthy, a craft to their taste, a valu- eble property to which they must cling, no matter what came of it. It cost them dear; the ice would not loosen its grip on the schooner—nor would the fishermen. They might from time to time have escaped ashore; it would have been the part of wisdom, perhaps, and certainly the part of cau- tion, to do s0; but rather than abandon their salvage these two cheerfully reckless fellows stuck to the ship.for the rest of that bitter winter. When navigation opened in the spring of the year, the first mail steamer sighted the craft, still fast in the ice and manned by two gaunt skeletons. They had subsisted through the winter on one barrel of flour and some frozen herr- ing. Having accomplished this, it was child’s play for; them to take their prize to port when the floe released her.—George “Harding, in Harper's Magazine. ¢ - Cows Tried for Murder. Old documents of the middle ages tell us of numerous cases where ani- mals were put on trial for serious offenses charged against them. Kor example, in 1370 three cows were tried for having killed a boy; the whole herd were arrested as accom- plices. All were discharged but the guilty three, these being condemned to be executed. The sentence was pronounced by the Duke of Burgundy. —Our Dumb Animals, Good Old Times! A Central Ka man says it makes bim weary to hear a man _talking about the good old times. It makes him think of the days when the bank- er would tell him that seelng that he had been his friend he, the banker, was going to accommodate him. And then he would take a chattel mortgage on six cows and the cook stove and loan him $15 at 2 per cent. a month.— Topeka Capital. these columns. want ad. FOR SALE—Typewriter ribbons for The Pioneer Want Ads OASH WITH OOPY E % oent per word- per issue Regular charge rate 1 cent per word per insertion. No ad taken for less than 15 cents. HOW. THOSE WANT ADS DO THE BUSINESS The ;Ploneer goes everywhere so that everyone has a neighbor who takes it and people who,do not take the paper generally read their neighbor's 80 your want ad gets to them all. HELP WANTED WANTED—A good girl for general housework. Mrs. H. W. Bailey, 605 Minnesota. FOR RENT FOR RENT--Nice furnished front room, 821 Minnesota Ave. i o CLASSIFIED CHICKEN AND EGG LEPARTMENT. FOR SALE—Rhode Island Reds. First prize winners at county fair. Mated with Stock from first prize stock at three large poultry. ex- hibits. I can spare a -few more settings. Will book others ahead. $1 for 13 eggs; $6 per hundred. Geo. T. Baker, 907 Minnesota Ave. FOR SALE — Thoroughbred Ply- mouth Rock, Rhode Island Red and Buff Leghorn eggs. Telephone 686-2, J. H. French. FOR SALE—Full bloocded Golden Wyandotte eggs for breeding. E. S. Woodward, 507-Irvine Ave. FOR SALE—Breeding stock and eggs for hatching from the best flock of full blood Barred Plymouth Rocks to be had, come and see them at 706 14th. O. C. Simonson. FOR SALE 4 I.’hone'_ 3l. 14 Cent a Word Is All It Costs EVERYBODY READS ; The' Bemigiii ‘Daily Pit:fneer ! ‘Want “Ads” These little fellows are constant workers. Buyers and sellers are constantly watching 1-2 cent a word pays a Phone 31 every make of typewriter on the market at 50 cents and 75 cents each. Every ribbon sold for 75 cents guaranteed. Phone orders promptly filled. Mail orders given the same careful attention as when you appear in person. Phone 31. The Bemidji Pioneer Office Supply Store. FOR SALE—The Bemidji lead pen- pencil (the best nickle pencil 1n the world) at Netzer’s, Barker’s, 0. C. Rood’s, McCuaig’s, Omich’s, Roe and Markusen’s and the Pio- neer Office Supply Store at § cents each and 50 cents a dozen. FOR SALE—One five room cottage, modern, except heat, on 50 foot lot and one seven room house in first class condition on 50 foot lot, Inquire 417 Irvine avenue. FOR SALE—Small fonts of type, several different points and in first class condition. Call or write this office for proofs. Address Be- midji Pioneer, Bemldji, Minn. fOR SALE—Rubber - stamps. The ®Ploneer will procure any kind ot ~ rubber stamp for vou on short <otice. ‘ FrR SALE—House at 916 Minneso- in Ave. Terms to suit purchaser. Enquire of C. W. Vandersluis. FOR SALE—_Modern 9 room house; 3 lots and barn; $5,500. 700 Min- nesota Ave. FOR SALE—Buggy nearly new. Cheap if taken at once. J. Bisiar. MISCELLANEOUS WANTED—100 merchants in North- ern Minnesota to sell “The Bemid: ji”’ lead pencil. Will carry name of every merchant in advertising columns of Pioneer in order that all receive advantage of advertis- ing. For wholesale prices write or phone the Bemidji Pioneer Of- fice Supply Co. Phone 31. Be- idji, Minn. * —Table board for three adults; two ladies and man. - Wil- ling to pay good price for good board. - Address D 2, care Pioneer. BOUGHT AND SOLD—Second hand furniture. 0Odd Fellows building. across from postoffice, phone 129. WANTED-—By experienced dress- maker, sewing by the day. Ad- dress 198 6th St. Phone 227. w. . SPECIAL Umbrella Sale For One week Only We have an assortment of handsome umbrellas with adjustable and detach- able handles. During this Sale we expect to make the price attractive enough to move every umbrella in our stock. the kind you can remove both handle and top and carry in your suit case. There need be ro more inconveni- ence in lugg- ing- around an umbrella while travel- ing. Get the § kind you can take apart and carry in your grip. The entiré assortment includes stock ranging in price from $2.75 and up. Beo. T Baker & Co, Bemidji. Third St. Try 2 Want Ad I-2 Cent a Word-=-Cash April 24 At Gity Opera House This will announce to the public that everything has been made ready for Skovgaard's appearance tomor- row night. Skovgaard will make his appearance, together with the so- prano, Miss May Wright and Miss McClung, pianoist, both bringing laurels from. their appearances for musical skill and charms of their au- dience. Skovgaard comes to us with flattering comments from leading newspapers, and from his many appearances in the bigger cities of Europe and U. 8. The critics have nothing but praise for him. Mr. Skovgaard has been engaged for notable occasions in Europe, and most of the crowned heads, have listened to the sing, ing notes enticed out from his Stradivarius violin. Skovgaard’s Concert combany will @ssure you a rare pleasure and you should not fail to hear them tomor- row night, , & ;. - Tickets for sale af Netzer's drug store. Get your reserved seats. Admission 50,35 and 25 cents, i