Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 30, 1913, Page 4

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER THER BEMIDJII 'IOIIII PUB. 00- IEI’M‘. OF THE STAHDARDS lnmmm After Long Research Oum( ‘Evolved Almost Perfect g Entered at the 2t Minn,, as second- of Cunzreu of mrch ost olflce at Bemidii,] 5 Jatier under Act| sere are, undoabtedly, ‘no producta |’ of- human skill on which a greater de- gree of care is expended than: the' standards of weight and measure in use among the civilized nations. ' Two things in particular must be consid-. ered—accuracy and = durability. = Na- ture'does not, it is contended, furnish any single metal or mineral which ex- actly answers the requirements for a standard of measure or weight that shall be as nearly as possible unalter- able. It is held that the best substance yet produced for this purpose is an alloy of 90 per cent. of platinum with 10 per cent. of iridium. This is called fridioplatinum; and it is the substance of which the metric standards pre- pared by the. international commis- sion of weights and measures are com- posed. It is hard, it is less affected by heat | than any pure metal, it is practically non-oxidizable, or not subject to rust, and it can be finely engraved. In fact, the lines on the standard meters are hardly visible to the naked eye, yet they are smooth, even, sharp and ac- curate. Published every afternoon except Sunday 0 attention d to anonymous con- R : h?\:u tions. er;gr's name must be known to the ‘editor, but not necessar- 1ly for publication. . Communications for the Weekly Pion- ' eer should reach this office not later than Tuesday of each week to insure publica- ton in the current issue. [ Subscription Rates. ‘One month by carrier ... One year, by carrier ‘There months, posta, Six months, postage Omne year, postage paid . The Weekly Honm. Eight pages, containing a summary of the news of the week. blished every Thursday and sent postage paid to any address for $1.50 in advance. THIS PAPER REPRESENTED FOR FOREIGN ADVERTISING BY THE ! GENERAL OFFICES NEW YORK AND CHICAGO BRIANCHES IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIES human sacrifice was unparalleled in the. history of engineering. Yellow fever and, other tropical dlseaseé, It does surely look good to see the long trains of farm wagons hauling in’ potatoes. g ' Good Roads Day Proclaimed. The governor has designated Tues- oay, June 17, as Good Roads day and urged that it be generally observed throughout the state. He suggests that village councils provide for the improvement of roads leading to their town by dragging on that day, by removing superfluous stone, cut- ting weeds and grass and clearing the ditches along the roadways; that commerdial clubs and good roads as- sociations co-operate with the villag- €rs, farmers and others in making the day means something. The proposal of the Executive is a good one and should be carried out in some form in every city, town and village the state. ‘The people of Minnesota are awak- ening to the importance of highway improvement and there is every indi- cation that we .are about to enter upon an era of great progress toward in ~—Harper's Weekly. It is said that if our civilization should ever be lost-and relics of it should be discovered in some brighter age in the remote future there i3 noth- ing which would bear higher testi- mony to its character than these standard measures of iridioplatinum, MOST CORRUPT IN THE WORLD Ruessian Police, From Chief to Merest Messenger, Are Declared to Live on Bribes. “The Russian police,” declares an Englishman who has spent much of his life in the land of the Csar, “are the most corrupt in the world. There is a definite tariff on thieves over there; pickpockets are practically Ji- censed. The police go regularly to en- tertainments where crowds congre- gate to receive their premium from the thieves. Practically every police official from the chief down to merest meéssenger is bribed. They mnot only graft upon the thieves, but from fallen women as well. The government is helpless to deal with the situation and it is allowed to go on unchecked. “You see, the government officials know that if they attempt to inter- fere they would be killed. -If the Czar tried to bring about any reform he would be assassinated by the police and their agents. The officials. know that it would bring down the entire the Americans as unfit. for the great undertaking started;. by them in: 1905. - Piled high, one upon the oth- er, this mass of rusty:and misshapen iron stands as a mofiument to the heroic but hopelesai ‘effort ' ‘of the French, headed by the ' impracticall Ferdinand de Lesseps,,to achieve fame by ‘uniting the:Atlantic and Pacific with a sea level .cahal across the f Panama. i the dream of Ferdinand de Leflseps, after his tnumllhal comple- tion. of the Suez Canal, to undertake the construction . of a-canal -across Panama. Financed. by the French government, together with large pri- vfi‘te gubscriptions, De Lesseps, the dreamer, began work on the isthmus in 1879. . Shipload after shipload of equipment was sent to Panama, while thousands of men left France to take up the task of diggfing a great chan- nel across the isthmus, De ' Lesseps.-plan was a sea level canal, with no locks or.dams. The tiny dirt'cars of the French held scarcely a cubic yard _of material. | They were expected to remove all the! dirt taken from the canal, which, ac-, cording to their plan, would demand the entire channel to be dug sixfy feet lower than the American plan . re- on the canal. seps’ company went bankrupt. Well might these cars, used as coffins. constantly prevalent over the enure {isthmus, claimed a human_toll 50 great that nothing ‘short of herolsm § could have prompted the continuance of ‘the work. 'Day after day. the re- maining workers would have first to| - bury thoge. who had fallen vietim to|- the fever before resuming their work How long human endurance would ‘have held out against. the ‘frightful death rate will never be known; for salvation came at last to the few who had not fallen victims to one or an- other of the tropical fevers. 'De Les- so closely associated with the tragic deaths. of the French canal workers, have been As the sun sets be- hind the huge pile of old equipment it casts its shadow over the graves of twenty-five thousand men, sacrificed in the impractical undertaking. What irony, that:this great pile of aban- doned cars, overgrown with tropical vegetation, should mark the resting place of those whose last days were spent in a vain attempt to prevent the jcars from being abandoned as junk. Every. da& a different human inter- est story will appear in the Pioneer. You can get a beautiful intaglio re- Find a buyer for the Second-Hand thmgs which you ‘ taken for less than 15 cents. the address printed in the ad. WANTED-—We want capable men in each town in Minnesota to repre- sent us locally. A remunerative proposition to competent. parties, any business or occupation. Apply ". American Business Men’s mn, 822 Metropolitan Bldg g Minneapo— lis, WANTED—Competent girl for gen- eral housework. Mrs. W. L. Brooks, 519 Bemidji avenue, WANTED—Girl for general -house- Work at once. Enquire of Albert LaComb, Mil Park. WANTED Two dishwashers at fhe. Markham hotel. Apply at onve. o OB e e Al et b WANTED—Cook and kitchen girl. M. no longer need—Through a “For Sale” Ad. OASH WITH OOPY ocent.por word por lssue Regular charge rate one cent per word per. inscrtion. No ad hone 31 Answer by Oorrespondence All Blind Ads using a number. box or initial for address. Do not ask this office who the advertisar is. We cannot tell you. Don't waatc ume, but write to promptly filled. Mail orders given the same careful attention as when you appear in person. Phone 3:. 'I‘he Bemldji Pioneer Office Supply Sbou. e N L S FOR SALE—Smali fonts of type, sev- eral different points and in first class condition. Call or write this office for proofs. Address Bemidji Pioneer, Bemidji, lflnn. FOR SALE—Second hand Buick au- tomobile in good repair. New tires; also one riding cultivator, nearly new. Phone 408-2. FOR SALB—Rubber stamps. The Ploneer will procure any kind ot rubber stamp for you on short no- tice. ff ———— : & 1. Hots FO! goodv Tonds: ‘Butjmore than laws.are governmental structure about their |qured. Had all the French dirt cars production of the above picture, with otel, Nymore. Phone 410. R RENT—Nicely furnished room, required. There should be aroused|ears, so they let the grafting go along jon the.isthmus been in daily use ¢on-|gfy. others, equally attractive, 7x9% |Chambermaid wanted at the Brink-| Close in, bath and phone. 602 an intelligent interest in the subject on the part of all the people in the unmolested. It is like that all over the empire, a veritable cancer. Bad as the police graft in America is, it is stantly: since. ‘1880, they could ; mot have removed the earth required: to inches in size, with this week’s “Men- tor.” In “The Mentor” a well known WANTED—Dishwasher at the West man hotel. Fourth street. -« FOR RENT—Two furnished rooms k state. The Good Roads day proclaim- | nothing in comparison to Russia. The | P2Ke & cha,uu@l;.deen gnough to unite|authority covers the subject of the| hotel. with use of bath, 703 Minnesota d by the governor is not to be a holi- | €mpire is honeycombed with it. the oceans .in,a hundred years. . |pjctures and .stories of the Week. avente el “Almost everything can be done in| Utterly hopeless as the undertaking | Readers of the Pioneer and “The Men- FOE SALE _ day, and it should not be. What iS| Rugsia with bribes and the same thing [ was, thousands of the French labor-|tor” will know art, literature, his-| ~~ LOST AND FOUND needed is a day devoted to serious ef- fort at improving existing highways and in bringing to public attention the importance of replacing the in- Yerior ones with first class roads.— Pioneer Press. The Boys in Blue. This country needs a new sense of the great debt owed to the boys in blue. The country owes it to this dwindling band 'to smooth out their declining years. It ought to be eas- ier for them to get their pensions. They ought not to be subjected to the annoying delays and red tape that they have been subjected to in the past, Their pensions ought to be bigger—a dollar a day is not too ,much. Moreover, pensions ought to be paid more frequentyl. There has been introduced in Congress a bill pro- viding for monthly instead of quar- terly payment of pensions, and we | hope it will pass. It is to be hoped that the new commissioner of pens- ions will require that pension mat- ters will receive more prompt treat- ment than they have heretofore, when old soldiers have been com- pelled to wait week after week, and month after month, for their pension claims to receive even preliminary consideration.. Time flies. Whatever is to be done for the Boys in Blue must and should be done quickly. MEMORIAL DAY. L On this returning floral day, ‘When golden morn adorns the blue, ‘We softly come and fondly lay A tribute on your graves anew. I Roses that whisper hope we bring, Carnations rich and lilies rare, ‘Garlands of memory scattering Their incense on the sacred air. 11 For us your daring march was made ’ In deadly storm of shot and shell. For us to live sweet life you paid In fadeless glory Where you fell. i Iv. 3 ‘While countless ages roll along, ‘Marth’s royal pageants pass away, 1 Your matchless M,.:tn?wa in song has been going on for centuries. Even In the middle ages the peasants lived under a system of graft similar to that of today.” Remark Attributed to Many. If Messrs. Wesley, Bunyan, Baxtex,l Newton. or any one of themr ‘said: *“There, but for the grace of God, goes . ” they must each plead guilty to plagiarism if the “Dictionary of Na- tional Biography” be deemed an au- thority. It attributes .the remark to John Bradford, who was born at Man- chester, England, about 1510; was chaplain to Edward VI, and was in! Mary’s reign condemned to the flames and suffered at Smithfield July 1, 1565. The authority cited says that Brad-| ford seeing a criminal driven by om his way to be executed exclaimed: “There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford.” It further intimates that Bradford’s early career was such that the remark was not inappro- priate, a statement well sustained by other authority. Seals Cut Steps In Ice Cakes. How seals cut steps in the perpen- dicular sides of ice cakes in order to rise from the water for the purpose of breathing has been recorded by members of Captain Scott’s lnt-qrctio expedition. It was discovered that the seals, which formerly were supposed to leave the water by leaping, actually cut steps in the slippery surface with the 5 great canine or eye teeth. As soon as the teeth are placed in position, the | #€ head is moved rapidly from. side to side until the ice has been .cut away sufficiently to afford a footing for the front fiippers of the animal. Bach step has to be laboriously cut after this fashion until the body is far enough out of the water to be thrust up the rest of the way by a kick of the hind flippers. - 1t Did Not Matter. L They were on their honeymoon, and were spending it amidst the. moun- tains of Switzerland. Nearly. every ‘day they attempted to climb to a fresh height. Flushed with triumph and with ex- cessive heat, parched and scant of breath, they had at last gained the summit of a lofty peak. Then M paused. “There!” exclaimed the wife vh- -he had flnllhad pant ers, led by the- impractical and im- | pulsive- De Lesseps, ‘toiled for years under conditions 'so frightful that the ness Instinct 8o Strikingly ' Dis- played by Kinsman. An_American,, visiting in England, encountered one afternoon in the ho- tel in London where he was stopping & Scottish kinsman. The Scot agreed to dine with the American, the cousins repaired to the grill, and after suit- able preliminaries a steak was set be- fore them. It was tough. The wait- er was summoned. He was all apolo- gles. Another steak would be forth- coming—or chops if -the gentlemen preferred. “Hold on,” said the Scot, as his eye fell upon a dish of asparagus which supported-the-steak on one side. 'He carefully consulted the bill of fare. Asparagus was expensive just then. “I'll tell ye what we’ll do, my man,” he went on; “if ye'll no charge us for WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME |- Canny :8cot ‘Fully Iridorsed the Busk | crombie’s boek store. Revised. Lite. . More Monn Philosophy. to hold a woman’s club together. To the Overmodest. fhink --Longtellow. THE. SPALDING ' EGROPEAN PLAN Duluth's Largest and Best Hotel DULUTH MINNESOTA b .00 ded B batbs, 60 sample the asparagus we'll keep the steak.” The waiter seemed a bit startled, but .accepted the compromise, and the Ameérican, who was paying the bill, concealed his amusement and allowed Ml guest’s arrangement to stand. He even ate—sparingly—of the steak. A few days later he related the incident ‘Another-kinsman, also a Soot.: i - “It is what I should bave done my- self,” said tho other Mnnmn sok emnly. Religion Shown by. Sacrifice. In every age a test of religion has been its power to call out sacrifice. 'l‘he great temples of the past could be built only by individual self-sacrifice. The direction’ of self-denial ‘must be lowards the noblest and most unself- in the place of self- Indulm— Christian -Register. INQUIRE OF | -Bemidjl, Thlo space reserved by the " W Bomidji Townsite & Improvement Co. For Price of Lots, Terms, Etc,, : Bammn;rownsrra &’ INPROVEMENT, co 5 820 Capital Bank Suliding. : convenience: Luxurious: mdrxe mm restaurants and buffet, FI ui’oon. Pflm‘" m.llnl arill, Oomunnmm #nlflcent lobby apd public - rooms; B uet rooms snd private R. F. MURPHY ish ends, putting the good of others | yyNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMEM Otfice'8 1S Beiltrami Ave. 7. C BAILEY or write . T gy lmnc dm“hu mka their tory, science, and travel, and own ex- quisite pictures. On sale at Aber- Price ten cents. “Mah bredren,” cried a Boston.ocoh ored preacher, “ye must be like great Caesar’'s ghost—above susspishun.”— Mutual liking is all very well, but there is nothing like mutual distrusi @ve what you have. To someone it may be better than you dare te FOR SALE—Rhode Island Reds. have won first prize at the Bel- . trami County fair for the past three years. Eggs for settings, $1 for 13. $6 per hundred. George T. Baker, 907 Minn. Ave., Bemidji, Minn. FOR SALE—160 acres good farm land, ‘clay soil, hardwood 'timber, Birch, Oak and Maple, 10 acres under cultivation, a fine spring of good pure water on the land, % miles from railroad station. This] land is worth $20 per acre; will eell for $13. Half cash; balance three years at 6 per cent interest. Address Bemidji Pioneer, Bemidji, Minn, FOR SALE—Typewriter ribbons for every make of typewriter on the market at 60 cents and 75.cents each. Every ribbon sold for 76 cents guaranteed. Phone orders ‘| MIXED WITH SULPHUR IT DARK- ENS BEAUTIFULLY AND TAKES OFF DANDRUFF. Almost every one knows that Sage " Tea - and Sulphur, properly com- pounded, brings back the natural col- or and lustre to the hair when fad- ed, streaked or gray; also cures dand- hair. which is mussy and troublesome. 'Iietter than ourselves. ruff, itching scalp and stops falling| Years ago the only way to get this mixture was to make it at home, Nowadays skilled chemists do this By asking at any dm; ltore for the ready-to-use product—ealled “Wyeth’s Sage and l Sulphur Hair Remedy’—you will get] & large bott for about fift: centl A A A A A e FOUND—Bicycle in Town of Frohn owner can have same by proving property and paying charges. Fred Vanderlaan. " R. F. D. No. 2 city: MISCELLANEOUS a ADVERTISERS—-The great state of portunities for business to classi- fied - advertisers.: The recognized advertising medium in the Fargo North Dakota offers unlimited op- Daily and Sunday Courier-News, the only seven-day paper in the state and the paper which carries the largest amount of classified advertising. The Courier-News covers North Dakota like a blank- et; reaching all parts of the state the day of publication; it is the paper to use In order to get re- sults; rates cne cent per word first insertion;. oné-half cent per word succeeding -Ingertions; fifty cents per line per month. Address the Courler-News, Fargo, N. D. BOUGHT AND SOLD—Second hand turniture. Odd Fellow’s building, across from postoffice, phone 128. WANTED—Clean cotton rags at the Pioneer office. No buttons. Subscribe for The Pioneer GRAY HAIR TURNS ITS NATURAL GOLOR JAFTER APPLYING A LITTLE SAGE TEA it’s usually too sticky, so insist upon getting “Wyeth’s” which can be de- | pended upon to restore matural color and beauty to the hair and is the best remedy for, dandruff, dry, feverish, itchy scalp and to stop falling hair. Folks like “Wyeth’s Sage and Sul- phur” because no one can possibly tell that you darkened your hair, as it does it so naturally andevenly, gist. You dampen a sponge Or soft brush and draw it through your hair, taking one small strand’ at a time. This requires but a few moments, by morning the’ gray . hair disappears and after another application or two is restored to its natural color and looks even more beautiful dna glossy {than ever.—Adv. says a_well-known downtown. drug- Ly