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The Washington times., 1905-11-05
Name a Matter of Personal Right.

Yet there is hardly anything in the
way of a personal right that men are
greater sticklers for than their lawful
names and the laws OF all civilized
countries surround them with a degree
OF sacredness- A man who forgets his
own name or who falls into the danger
Gus habit of using sOmbody else's is
liable to get into trouble from which no
amount OF academic reasoning will ex-
tricate him. Much as you NAV dislike
the name your ancestors have given
you, name which perhaps they cid not
know the origin OF any more than you
do, you cannot change it except in con-
formity with the law. This statement,
of course, applies only to men. Women
have peculiar privilege In this regard
and may change their names almost at
pleasure. Yet the law has something
TO say about IT in their case. too.
Under the present law of Indiana any
person may have his name changed by
applying 70 ths circuit court sad con-
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of the dinner at the store In her
mind she could hear the girls shriek-
ing over a pull-bone, could hear old
Bachman's roar over his own deep
ly-concealed jokes, could see the dia-
monds of fat Mrs. Bachman, who
came to the store only on Thanks
giving days, could see Mr.. Ramsay
moving about alert, kindly, looking
to the comfort of all.
At four in the afternoon, with an
expressionless face and a lifeless air
she slowly made her way TO Schle-
gels shop and told him she could not
pay the 81 due on the dress.
"Gott," cried Schlegel. angrily.
For what do you look so glum?
Take him away. He is ready. Pay
me some time. Haf I not seen you
pass mine shop every day IN two
years? If l make clothes is it that
I do not know how to read peoples
because? You will pay me some
time when you can. Take him away.
He is made goot, and If you look
bretty in him all right. So. Pay
me when you can"
MAZDA breathed a millionth part
of the thanks in her heart, and hur-
ried away with her dress. Az she
left the shop a smart dash OF rain
struck upon her face. She smiled
and did not feel il.
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ThrockmOrtOn Boiled Down to Morton.

January Is, 1913. the Legislature passed
a law changing the names of James Gee
and his sons. Lewis. John, James and
Salathiel and his daughters Amley and
Amanda. al of Carroll county. from Gee
10 Ratli1f. They probably were tired Of
being commanded by their neighbors to
gee when thev often wanted to haw.
The Legislature of 1850 changed the
names of Belson Barsheba Inglewright
ana Marcellus Josephus Inglewright to
Thompson. The Christian names might
have stood some condemnation, but they
were not changed. The LEGISLATURE OF
1857 passed twelve special acts changing
names. Since then the matter has per-
tanned to the courts.
There are some instances OF a man
changing his name without legal
action. Oliver P. Morton was chris
tened oliver Hazard Perry Throck
Morton. The original family name was
Throckmorton. but Mr. Morton's father
separated 1t into two names When
young Morton grew u he discarded two
OF the middle" names and wrote Il
Oliver Perry Morton
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Sought Changes From Meek and Bully.

An act OF January 80. 1888, changed the
names Of John Meek and Nancy, his
wife. and their children, Julia, Ann,
Maria, Jonathan. Henry and Nancy. all
or Jennings county, from Meek TO
Childs Were they tired of being called
Meek? In January 1889. Daniel Bully,
of Hendricks county, petitioned the Leg
islature 10 chance his name TO Daniel
Thompson Lindsay. and a special act
was passed to that effect. 1t would
seem that Mr. Bully was unduly sensi-
tive. True, the word bully signifies a
quarreIsome fellow. but it also signifies
something excellent and fine
A few years later. January lS 1874.
the LEGISLATURE passed an act changing
the name OF Aaron Dyer Bull. Of Frank
lin county. to Aaron Dyer. He simply
dropped the Bull Perhaps he was afraid
of being thought related to John OF that
name. In February. 1s43. an act was
passed changing the name Of William
Todhunter, OF Allen county. TO William
T Hunter There is nothing in the
record to show what the T stood for
Mr. James COwdry Smith. CT Cass coun-
". did not like the arrangement Of his
name. and on his petition the Legis
lature in 1S45 nassed an act changing
II TO James Smith Cowdry. on the
other hand Bezaleel Thomas OF MarioT
county, did not like the spelling of hi:
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And then Grace came down to her
room crying with eyes as red as any
dress.
"She says I've got to get out" said
Grace. THE old beast. Because 1
owe her 81. She's put my trunk in
the hall and locked the door. can't
go anywhere else. 1 haven't got
cent Of money"
you had some yesterday" said
MAZDA.
Il paid it on my dress" said Grace.
<T thought she'd wait till next week
for the rent"
Snifle. sniffe, sob, snif1e-
Out came-out it had to come
Nfaida's 81
"You blessed darling" cried Grace,
now rainbow instead of sunset.
I'll pay the mean old thing and then
I'm going to try on my dress. think
it's heavenly Come up and look at
it. I'll pay the money back, dol
lar a week-honest 1 will"
Thanksgiving.
The dinner was TO be at noon. At
a quarter to twelve Grace switched
into Maida's room. Yes, she looked
charming Red was her color MAZDA
sat by the window in her old cheviot
skirt and blue waist darning a St.
Oh. doing fancy work
why, goodness mel amt you
dressed yet?" shrilled the red one
How does it fit in the back? Don't
you think these velvet tabs look aw-
full swell? Why amt you dressed,
Maida?"
MY dress didn't get finished in
time" said MAZDA I'm not going
to the dinner"
That's too bad. Why, I'm awful
sorry MAZDA Why don't you put on
anything and come along-it's just
the store folks. you know, and they
won't mind"
II was set on my purple" said
MAZDA. "If can't have it I won't go
at all. Don't bother about me. Run
along or you'll be late. You look
awful nice in red
At her window Mazda sat through
the long morning and past the time
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why Jones Instead of Robinson7

Why were your remote ancestors call
ed Jones instead OF Robinson, Dobbs in
stead OF Hobbs, or one thing instead OF
another? Who coined family names,
who superintended their distribution,
and did those to whom they were dis
tributed have anything to say about ac-
cepting them? You regard your name
very sacred piece of private property,
and so Il is in a sense. for 1t is danger
Gus for one person TO take liberties with
another persons name. especially in
drawing bank checks. But how did this
sacredness originate and by what au-
thority does any person exercise exclu-
sive control over any particular name?
No person has monopoly on the alpha
bet. IL a man choose to call himself
Hannibal Hamlin Napoleon Bonaparte
Bobbs or Christopher Columbus George
Washington Agassiz Diggs. who shall
deny his right? When you come TO
think about 1t, what's in a name?
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We are to consider
the shade known as
purple. 1t is a color
justly in repute among the sons ana
daughters of man. Emperors claim
It for their especial dye. Good fell
lows everywhere seek to bring their
noses to the genial hue that follows
the commingling OF the red and
blue. We say of princes that they
are born to the purple; and no doubt
they are. for the collie tinges their
faces with the royal tint as we'll as
the snub-nosed cOuntenance Of a
woodshopper's brat. All women love
it-when it is the fashion.
And now purple is being worn
You notice it on the streets. OF
course other colOrs are quite stylish
as well-in fact, l saw a lovely thing
the other day in olive green alba
tross, with a triple Tapped fiounce
skirt trimmed with insert squares
of silk, and a draped fichu of lace
band holding two gathered frills-
but you see lots of purple. too. Oh,
yes, you do; just take a walk down
Twenty-third street any afternoon.
Therefore Maida--the girl with the
big brown eyes and cinnamon color
ed hair in the Bee Hive store-said
to Grace-the girl with the rhine
stone brooch and peppermint-pepsin
favor TO her speech: I'm going to
have a purple dress-a tailor-made
purple dress for Thanksgiving"
''Oh, are you.'' said Grace, putting
away some IL gloves into the 6S74
box. We'll, It's me for red. You
see more red on Fifth avenue And
the men all seem to like it
II like purple best" said MAZDA
"And old Schlegel has promised tc
make it for IS. It's going TO be love
ly. I'm going to have a plated skirt
and a blouse coat trimmed with a
band OF galloon under a white cloth
collar with two rows Of"
"Sly boots!" said Grace with an
educated wink
-soutache braid over Z surplicet
white vest; and a plated basque
and
Sly boots-sly boots!" repeated
Grace
g plated gigot sleeves with Z
drawn velvet ribbon over an inside
The Washington times., 1905-11-05
Grants Name Changed by Congressman

Another case OF q mans name being
changed by circumstances was that OF
General Grant. RE was christened Hi
ram Ulysses Grant. but the Congress
man who had him appointed 10 West
Point gave his name as Ulysses 5.
Grant and II was SO entered on the re-
cords. The young man was known at
West Point as United States" Grant
and Uncle Sam Grant and be got 50
used TO the name Ulysses 5. that he
adopted il. a somewhat similar mis-
take changed the official name of Gen
eral Burnside. of civil war fame. who
was born at Liberty. Union county. IN
diana. Nav %. 1924 The attending ply
sician on the occasion was Dr. SylYanus
Everts. The chiId's mother had no
choice of names and as Mrs. Everts.
a dear friend of hers. had lost a son
named Ambrose. the baby was named
Ambrose Everts Burnside. Seventeen
years later, when he was nominated
for West Point, his name was errOn-
eously entered Ambrose Everett Burn
side and so 1t stands TO this day. The
records of the circuit courts of India
ma during the last forty years would
doubtless disclose many curious and
amusing instances OF changes OF name
on the petition q the. owner
The Washington times., 1905-11-05
THFPURPI>E DRESS
By O:TTNlBN

Mr. Ramsay was the head clerk;
and as far as | am concerned L am
for him. He never pinehed the girls
arms when he passed them, in dark
corner of the store; and when he
told them stories when business was
dull and the girls giggled and said:
ooh, pshaw," it wasn't G. Bernard
they meant at all. Besides being a
gentleman, Mr.. Ramsay was queer
and original in other ways. He was
health crank. and believed that
people should never eat anything
that was good for them. He was
violently opposed 70 anybody being
comfortable, and coming in out of
snowstOrms, or wearing overshoes
or taking medicine or coddling
themselves in any way. Every one Of
the FIVE girls in the store had little
rork-chop-and-f -fried-onion dreams
every night of becoming Mrs. Ram
say. For next year old Bachman was
going to take him in for a partner
And each one Of them knew that If
she should catch him she would
knock those cranky health notions
Of his sky high before the wedding
cake indigestion was over.
Mr.. Ramsay was master of cere-
monies at the dinners. Sometimes
they had two Italians in TO play
violin and accordion and had a lit
tie dance in the store.
And here were two dresses being
conceived to charm Ramsay-one
purple and the other red. OF course,
the other three girls were going to
have dresses too, but they didn't
count. Very likely they'd wear some
shirt-waist-and- black ck-skirt-affairs -
nothing as resplendent as purple or
red.
Grace had saved her money, too.
She was going TO buy her dress ready
made, Oh, what's the use of both
ering with a. tailOr-when you've
got a figger it's easy ito get a fit
The ready-mades are intended for a
perfect figger-except have to
have 'em all taken in at the waist
the average fgger is so large
WASTED.
The night before Thanksgiving
came. Mazda hurried home. keen
and bright with the thoughts of the
blessed morrow. Her thoughts were
of purple. but they were white them
selves-the joyous enthusiasm of the
young for the pleasures that youth
must have or wither. She knew pur-
pie would become her, and-for the
thousandth time she tried TO assure
herself that it was purple Mr.. Ram
sey said he liked and not red. She
was going home first to get the 81
wrapped in a piece of tissue paper
in the bottom drawer of her dresser
and then she was going to pay Schle-
gel and take the dress home herself
Grace lived in the same house. She
occupied the hall room above
Maida's.
At home Mazda found clamor and
confusion. The Iandlady's tongue
catered sourly in the halls like &
chum dasher dabbling in buttermilk
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forming to the provisions of law in re-
gard to publication of notice, proof, etc.
Bat it requires a formal decree of the
court Under the old constitution it
was done by special act of the Legisla-
ture and the records show numerous
acts of the kind.
In many cases names were changed for
family reasons or TO conform the names
of adopted chi dren TO that of their
adopted parents, but in other cases the
reasons for a Change were evidently per-
SOnal.
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ing for pretty things-to starve eight
months in order to bring a purple
dress and holiday together. What
difference If it rained, hailed. blew.
showed. cyclOned?
Mazda had no umbrella nor oTer-
shoes She had her purple dress and
she walked abroad. Let the eie-
ments do their worst. A starved
heart must have one crumb during
a year. The rain ran down and
dripped from her fingers.
Some one turned a corner and
blocked her way. She looked up
into Mr.. Ramsay's eyes, sparkling
with admiration and interest.
why. Miss BIaida,' said he, you
look simply magnificent in your new
aress. And of all the girls l ever
knew. you show the greatest sense
and intelligence. There is nothing
mere healthfuI and invigorating
than Drawing the weather as you
are doing. May I walk with your.
And MAZDA blushed and sneezed.
Copyright, 1905. by Press Publishing Conn.,
pany. New York World-)
The Washington times., 1905-11-05

l1OlNG the GdEhGES the recent
~ agitation 20 induce them TO dis
n pose Of their dead By cremation
instead OF exposing them 10 be
deVoured by vultCres on their towers
Of silence" has awakened only indig-
nation. They are not prepared to aban-
don a custom which is hallowed to them
by hoary antiquity and associated with
their most hallowed religious rites
Though in European minds the thought
of allowing feathered scavengers 10
feast on the bodies Of their beloved dead
would excite the deepest feelings of re-
pugnance and disgust, as practiced by
the Parsees this method OF getting rid
OF the fleshy tenement is far from be-
ing SO horrible as is generally imagined
Indeed to the Parsees themseIves-and
they are the most cultivated and intel
hgent Of all the sects found ia India
IL seems far preferable 10 burying the
dead as practiced by Christians
Your people,. said a Parsee TO the
writer. put your dead underground
where they provide a banquet for
worms. We put ours above ground
where their flesh is eaten by vultures.
The ultimate result is the same The
bones alone are left. But there Is
great difference IN what takes place be-
fore the skeleton stage is reached. and
that difference Is all IN favor Of cur
method. Before consigning the bodies
OF your dead &c the earth you incIose
them in collins. You dare not allow
your imaginations 10 picture the horrible
changes that there takes place before
Nature RECEIVERS what she gave. We do
not seek to retard the process. The vul-
lures do their work expeditiously. There
IS no putrefaction. Christian burial
grounds. so 1 have read, are often
sources Of disease; Parsee dokhmas. or
towers OF silence" as you poeticaIly
call them. are never superior TO your
cemeteries. and with US they are usually
sacred"
But" I suggested. fire wouIG &C the
work even better than vultures."
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"PeOpIe in Glass Houses"

'Or worms" said my Parsee friend.
when you Christians take to cremation
we Parsees may possibly follow your eX-
ceilent example. There are far weightier
reasons why cremation should take the
place OF burial than can be urged in
favor OF its substitution for our towers
OF silence
The towers OF silence crown the sum
NIT OF Malabar Hiil. near Bombay. and
are situated in the midst OF a beautiful
garden whose tropical trees swarm with
vultures. They are built OF stone. and
are about twenty-five feet high. A small
The Washington times., 1905-11-05

Ladies who shop in carriages, you
do not understand Girls whose
wardrobes are charged to the old
mans account. you cannot begin 10
comprehend-you could not under
stand why MAZDA did not feel the
cold dash of the Thanksgiving rain.
At 5 o'clock she went out upon
the street wearing her purple dress.
The rain had increased, and it beat
down upon her in a steady, wind
blown ponr. People were scurrying
home aad to cars with close-held
umbrellas and tight buttoned rain
coats. Many of them turned their
heads TO marvel at this beautiful,
serene, happy-eyed girl in the pur-
pie dress walking through the storm
as though she were strolling in a
garden under summer skies.
| say you do not understand it.
ladies of the full purse and varied
wardrobe. You do not know what
1t is to live with a perpetual long
The Washington times., 1905-11-05

On the third day after the death
friends and relatives again assemble at
the house where the dead man lived
and thence proceed to the temple Of
fire" Standing before the urns, in
which the celestial fires are kept
burning, priests recite prayers for the
soul OF the departed. HIS son. or adopt
ed son, kueels before the high priest
and promises due performance OF all
religious rites and obsequies to the
dead. Friends ard relatives then hand
the priest a list of contributions 20 vari-
Gus charities. which have been subscrib-
ed as a memorial offering. This con-
cludes the ceremony of rising from
The Washington times., 1905-11-05
Z ~ Is your namel?

" THAT is your name?.
NM Readers OF this question
v v need not feel Obliged to send
their names by return mail,
mot necessarily for publication, but as
a guarantee of good faith" Names are
private property, and the query is not
prompted by desire to exploit them
against the wishes Of their owners. 1t
suggests an interesting field for specula-
tion. however, and OF research for the
mind satisfied only by the facts. Whence
and how came down to you the name
you bear? What does It represent? Has
1t any relation to the family's history?
The Washington times., 1905-11-05

first name and the Legislature OF 1Sss
passed a law changing it to Basil IN
stead of Bezaleel.
The Washington times., 1905-11-05

OW that Mr.. Gibson has
gone let us get back to
business.
We are to consider
the shade known as
urrD1a IT Is q color
The Washington times., 1905-11-05
Bombay, Oct. %.

Bombay, Oct. 28.
MONG the Parsees the recent
agitation 20 induce them 20 dis
pose Of their dead by cremation
The Washington times., 1905-11-05
The Temple of Fire" "

wards removed by a subterranean CT
ern.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1905-07-17
DEER RIVER
is TAKEN I'm
Defeated by Decisive Score Of
8 to 1 in Game Yester-
day Afternoon.

Bemidji yesterday afternoon
defeated Deer River in a base
ball game played on the local dia-
mond by the d cisive score Of 8
to l. The game was an excellent
exhibition, and had Cook, the
Deer River pitcher, been accord
ed the support to which he was
entitled the score would have
been much closer. Neither side
scored until the fourth inning,
when Hazen went to first base on
an error Of the Deer River first
baseman. Hazen stole second
and third and went home on a
caught fly. The fifth, sixth,
seventh and eighth innings net
ted Bemidji seven more runs,
while Deer River succeeded in
getting only one man across the
home bag. The pitching of Le-
Gore for Bemidji and Cook for
Deer River was the feature of the
game. Each struck out 13 men
and allowed only four hits apiece.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1905-07-17
Sibley Lost Decision.

An important land decision has
just been handed down by the
secretary of the interior in a
contest case involving a valuable
quarter section near Mallard
lake in Beltrami county, upon
which VIM. Johnson of Lowell
township, Polk county, instituted
a contestof the rights of r. O..
Sibley to same, finally winning
the contest. Sibley had filed up
on the land under the tim Der
and stone act while Johnson
squatted upon the land and con-
tended that it was more valuable
for agricultural purposes, and
succeeded in convincing the de-
partment that he was entitled to
the quarter, valued at $1,000.
Mr.. Sibley states that the case
will be appealed to the secretar !
of the interior.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1905-07-17
DEAD AT AGE
|. OF EIGHTY YEARS.
Mrs. Catherine TaIouce Pas
ses AWay--For 40 Years
Resident Of Minnesota.

Mrs. Catherine TaIouce passed
away in this city yesterday at 4
o'clock at the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. j. r. Mcdonald 618 4th
street after an illness of three
months. Mrs. Talouce was born
in St. George, Quebec on Septem-
ber 8, 1926, coming to Minnesota
in 1866 settling at Austin. She
lived there with her hus band and
children until 1884, when they
moved to Lambert, Mimi, when
she resided up to last fall when
she came to Bemidji.
Although her stay here was
short, many friends mourn her
loss, won by her jovial disposi.
tion, patient suffering, and
thoughtfullness of others, which
lasted to the end of her conscious
moments. She planned her own
funeral arrangements expressing
the wish to be buried with her
husband and three children at
Lam bert in the church of which
the town services will be held.
She was the mother of fifteen
children, eight Of whom survive
her. Mrs. VIM. Lachance Wat
eryi]le, Maine, Mrs. J. R. Nc
Donald, Mrs. Jas. Miller, Be
midi, Mrs. Matte Perkins, Mrs.
E. M. Webb, philadelphia, Pa,
Mrs. Nellie Parras, John Talouce,
Lambert.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1905-07-17
Burglars at the fremont.

What is supposed to be an at.
tempt at burglary was discov-
cred at the fremont hotel last
night, when two unknown men
entered the establishment and
went through the house finally
bringing up in the room occupied
by the porter, who sent in an
alarm to the police. One Of the
men made his escape from the
house before the arrival Of the
officers but the other was arrest.
ed and received a sentence Of 10
days in the county jail in Judge
Pendergast's court this morning.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1905-07-17
OFFICERS OF
SCHOOL BOARD
E. F. Crawford, A. A. War
field, j. P. Lahr Chosen
Saturday Night.

Only a small percentage of the
voters of Independent School
District No. Z turned out to the
annual election of officers Satur-
day night, and the number OF
votes cast was rs. E. f. Craw-
ford was chosen for the term Of
one year, receiving 73 votes, and
A. A. Warfeld and j. P. Lahr
were elected for three years, re-
ceiving Is and 66 votes, respec.
lively. Thos. Johnson was the
only other candidate in the field
and he received seven votes for
the term of three years and one
for the term of one year.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1905-07-17
WOMAN GETS
STIFF SENTENCE
Ordered to Pay Fine Of $25
and Remain Absent from
City so Days.

Mrs. John Wagner was this
morning ordered by Judge Pen
dergast to pay a fine Of $25 and
costs and to remain absent from
Bemidji for 80 days. and if she
fails to comply with the order she
will be compelled to serve 80 days
in the county jail. She was given
until 6 o'clock this evening in
which to secure the money.
Mrs. Wagner was arrested by
the police at a down town hotel
last night in company with a
man. The charge against her
was disorderly conduct. Her
companion was fined $25, which
was paid
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1905-07-17
HURT WHILE
SCALING LOGS
j. w. Peck Receives Severe
Injuries at Logging Camp
Near Mallard.

J. w. Peck, a scaler for the
Crookston Lumber com mpany,
who lives at 1913 Mississippi ave
nue., Bemidji, Saturday afternoon
received severe injuries while
scaling logs at a camp near
Mallard. Mr.. Peck was working
on skidway when he became
caught between two logs and
sustained a broken shoulder be-
sides other serious injuries. He
was placed on a wagon and taken
to Solway and arrived in Bemid il
on the midnight Great Northern
passenger. Mr.. Peck's condition
is considered quite serious.