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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-06-22
NEW AND IMPORTANT sTEP..
St. Petersburg Hears Rumors Of an
Armistice.

st. Petersburg, June President
Roosevelt evidently has taken new
and important step in the negotiations
kaAweep the belligerents While there
ire collateral reasons for believing
that it lslates to an armistice which
will prevent the impending battle In
Msnchtria this cannot be positively
affirmed. AIl.that can be stated def
r is that Ambassador Meyer went
Suas.enly to the foreisn Office and had
I'm interview with Foreign Minister
Lams dorff, at which it is believed the
ambassador communicated an impor-
liant message from President Roose-
srelt, but at neither the foreign Office
dor the American embassy is the
slightest light thrown on what tran-
spired.
From the extreme secrecy observed
the matter hey ond doubt is one of the
greatest delicacy, but as the state
ment IS vouchsafed at the foreign of
fee that the negotiations are proceed
ing without hitch the inference fol-
lows that it relates to a new phase in
which the president has again taken
the initiative. This is the more GER
tain since the communications between
the belligerents relating strictly to the
questions of the selection of place.,
time and number of the plenipotenti-
aries were conducted naturally through
Ambassador Cassini and Minister Ta-
kahira, through the Intern ediary Of
the Washington government, whereas
according to diplomatic procedure only
communications from the Washington
government reach Foreign Minister
Lamsdorff through Ambassador Meyer.
GENERAL LlNEVITCH REPORTS.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-06-22
LIFE CRUSHED BY ROLLER.

Duluth Workman Meets a H0rflbfe
Death.
Duluth, June %. While driving a
roller on the grounds Of the Northland
Golf club Herman Utick fell from his
seat in front of the roller, which
passed over his skull, crushing it fat
and killing him instantly. Utick was
crossing the street railway tracks at
the time and the jar is believed to
have jolted him from his seat, although
nobody saw the accident and the body
was not found until the next street
car came along.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-06-22
DUE TO GAskILL FoRGERlEs
Trust and Safe Deposit Company sus
pends at Philadelphia.

pends at Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, June 22.-The City
Trust and Safe Deposit company OF
this city closed it's doors during the
day and has gone into the hands Of a
temporary receiver, A notice was
posted, signed by A. L. Taber, acting
receiver, stating that the trust com
pany had been closed by order of the
banking department of Pennsylvania.
The receiyership is due to the dis.
scovery that the bank was a victim of
forgeries of Benjamin H. Gaskill to the
extent of $4,000. B
The Falls City tribune., 1905-07-07
PARSON BIRD IN ZEALAND.
Ihe Iu OF That Country Can Talk,
Crow and Whistle-Some of
It's Customs.

Among the feathered inhabit
ants of New Zealand there is n
bird called the parson bird. o.
"tul." 1t is about the size and
shape of "A blackbird, but has a
pair of delicate white tufts at its
throat, and is "A glossy dark green
otherwise, which looks black in
the sunshine. 1t can be taught to
crow, to speak, to whistle tunes,
and besides these tricks it has n
repertoire which is not often
equaled by any other feathercd
songster. AT vespers it has note
like the tone of bell or the clear
high note of an organ. 1t can
mimic every bird in the bush to
perfection; it will break off in the
middle of an exquisite melody
ana indulge in strange medley of
sounds which are impossible to de-
scribe, but if you can imagine "thc
combination of a cough, laugh, a
sneeze, with the smashing of a
pane of glass" il will be some ap.
proach to the idea.
The tut nests twice or thrice a
year, and has large families. Like
the other birds Of New Zealand
it seems to be unconscious of dan.
ger from man. 1t is a pity that the
birds of this island are becoming
so scarce, for they speak to us of
a time when nature was harmless.
when the snake, tigers and fal,
cons did not exist.
The Falls City tribune., 1905-07-07
LINCOLN SECURED PARDON
Tad" Son of the Illustrious, Brings
About Desired Results for n
Poor Woman.

a poor woman came to the
white house one day to see Presi-
dent Lincoln about her husband.
who was in trouble, says Success.
The president was absent, but
Tad" was at home. The woman
called the boy to her and said
My husband is in prison. We
have boys and girls at home who
are cold and hungry. Your papa
can unlock the door of the prison
and let our children's papa come
home and care for us. Won't YOU
ask your father to let him com,
homew
"Tad' could not talk or think
of anything else but that poor.
distressed family, and Of his pledge
to try and bring relief. When the
president returned "Tad" was at
him at once about the case of dis
tress. Mr.. Lincoln had other
things on his mind, and did not pay
much attention to the child till
he clung 20 his fathers legs and
begged of him to sit down and let
him tell the sad story. The father
told him that the woman would
be back the next day, and he would
then know what he would do.
That did not satisfy his son, who
climbed on his fathers lap, threw
his arms about his neck and said
"PaPa-day imeaning papa. dear,j
won't you promise me now to let
the man out" IT was too much
for the great man, who said :
"Taddie, my pet, | will let him out
because you ask me to-
The Falls City tribune., 1905-07-07

a most significant natural reason
for their beauty. The climate OF
San Francisco is perfect for the
development of this great charm.
the pretty hand. 1t is soft and
moist rather than dry and free
from the harsh and cold winds
which crack and chap the hands III
spite of care. The weather condi
tions are most favorable to the
preservation Of a firm, soft, white
skin. The persistent wearing of
gloves in the open air has n
marked effect in seconding the
climate for the beauty of the
hands. 1t protects them from the
tan which thickens the skin; from
the freckles which disfigure it..
and from the dust and grit which
force themselves into the pores
and roughen the finger tips to the
detriment of the nails.
Even among the children are
gloves universally worn, for the
pretty and we'll kept hand has be-
come a tradition with our women,
and it's development in the young
er generation is matter OF
course.
The Falls City tribune., 1905-07-07
SiHtY-Ton Steel Rnno

The biggest rope ever used for
haulage purposes has just been
made for district subway in
Glasgow. 1t is seven miles long,
As inches in circumference, and
weighs nearly 60 tons. 1t has been
made in one unjOinted and un-
spliced length of patent crucible
steel. When in place it will form
a complete circle around Glasgow.
crossing the Clyde in its course.
and will run at a speed of 10 miles
an hour.
The Falls City tribune., 1905-07-07
GREAT IN BOYHOOD ALSO.
A Mirthful View of Distinguished
Statesmap's Youth - Chauncey
Depew, His Name.

One fine day in the summer of
1914 two ten-year-old boys who
had been fishing in stream near
Il little town in southern New
York became hungry and went to
Il farmers house to get something
TO eat, says the Chicago Tribune.
The farmers wife gave them Il
bountiful supply of bread and
milk, and refused TO accept any
pay for it.
One of the boys merely said:
THANK you, mn'am.'
But the other wiped his mouth
ON his coat sleeve, bowed and eX
pressed his gratitude at greater
length.
TO say that YOU have conferred
Il great favor upon us, madam, y
he said, land that we are CORE.
spondingly grateful, conveys the
idea fecbly. Here we are. miles
from home, and suffering from
hunger, having caught nothing in
the little stream in which we were
fishing. You have supplied our
wants most generously. Out Of
the abundance of your lardcr
you have ministcred to the wants
OF two hungry strangers, and with
Il hospitality rare indeed in these
days of sordid greed YOU have re.
fused to accept any remuneration
for the same. 1t is scarcely nee.
essary to assure you, madam, that
we shall always hold you in CRATE
ful remembrance and should il
ever be in our power to requite the
favor you may depend upon our
doing so with the liveliest salts.
faction. Madam, we thank you"
Good land, little boyw ex.
claimed the farmers wife, "what
| done for you wasn't worth all
that, but | like to hear you talk
You'll be big man some day"
Her foresight was unerring.
The boy grew up to be Chauncey
Mitchell Depew, the greatest
after-dinner orator of his day.
The Falls City tribune., 1905-07-07
TIME OF A DREAM SHORT.
Persons Often Speak of All-Night
Visions, But Hallucinations
Are Not Lengthy.

1t is not unusual to hear one say
that he has been dreaming about
something all night, when posi-.
bly, his dream occupied only very
short time. Many attempts have
been made to measure the time
occupied in a dream, and records
appear from time to time in the
papers, showing that often elab.
crate ones occupy but few sec
Onds. The following incident is
told by gentleman who vOuches
for its accuracy:
He was engaged one afternoon
with a clerk in verifying some long
columns of figures that had been
copied from one book to an
other. The numbers, represent
ing amounts in dollars and cents,
were composed of six or seven fig
ures. The clerk wGIld read, for
instance: "FOurteen, one forty
two, twelve" making the amount
of "S14, 1922, and the gentleman
would answer: "Check," to indi-
cate that the copy was correct.
Page after page had been read
as rapidly as the words could be
uttered, each number receiving
the "check." The work was
The Falls City tribune., 1905-07-07
SMALL HANDS WELL CLOVED
Points in Which, It Is Boasted, San
Francisco Women Excel
All Others.

San Francisco is the greatest
glove town on earth, say the glove
dealers of the city in the ChrOn-
icle. There are more gloves sold
here in proportion to the number
Of inhabitants than in any other
city on record. There are more
expensive gloves sold here to the
class of women who do their shop
ping in the retail houses in the city
than there are elsewhere. There
are more perishable light-colored
and lightweight gloves worn on
the streets in the daytime in San
Francisco than there are in any
other American cities. Finally,
according to the glove dealers, the
hands which these gloves cover
are on the average nOticeably
smaller and more shapely than
the hands of the average eastern
woman.
The average sizes worn in San
Francisco, and so ordered in large
quantities from eastern sources,
are the 81, 81 and 6. The sixe of
the average San Francisco wom-
are the 81, 81 and 6. The size of
tween the two numbers last
quoted.
The biggest sales of gloves in
the east are in the sizes from 6 to
65. The large lines of small
sizes ordered by their San Francis.
co branches are a constant source
of surprise to the eastern houses
who must be told again and again
that big consignments of the
larger sizes will not be sold.
Women of all degrees of wealth
are equally particular about theiI
hands. Shop girls of San Fran
cisco earning Sc or IS a week
spend $3.50 or 81 every month OF
so for a pair of gloves, concern
ing the quality and fit of whicl
they are quite as particular a;
is the wife of the prosperous bust
ness or professional man. 1t is t
tradition and a habit among SaI
Francisco women of all classes tC
appear ON the streets we'll glovet
and well shod. They may hav,
to rob Peter to pay Paul, but tn,
fact remains that these two ad
juncts of the toilet are consistent
ly as correct as possible.
In addition to the evident car,
bestowed upon the hands there ii
The Falls City tribune., 1905-07-07
RARE STAMPS ON LETTERS
Finds of Value Sometimes Made
Stamps to Look Out For-Ad-
vice of Dealer.


"Neyer burn nm mr. tbrow owov
old letters or miners witbout FIRST
uiviny tbnm - cnror,l ox,m;,,
tiou." said . Tvnntv.third st,oot
stomr da,lar to , Xou. No,J. So
rnnortor of,r tl,o ne ,,n, nm
nnporantlv ,yo,t,los, rio,n o.c 49,,
per thot h,o,.s , sta,rn ,,h;oh
would hripo IN o,an r,,,lot hn,
drcds and moybn tbor.,,ds ~
dollars
.'Thern ,ro nlo,+. or .n,o ,,,
uostmostor ,tn,r,,, ,tui :, ...;,.
onrp. for ineto., ., l,aro ,.o,,. =,
ure9t r,oo,. ~? .;.,,Il,.
sued. and If t... .on .o ,,,,
aur. ss,.-1 ..., .r,,.....,.'.
in aotira.s. ,,,.. -, ~,
those p,.,,. i,.,,.. =, n,,,I, ,,..,.,.
a203 mn i,,,,,. ,,,,, ,,a. ,,.',,,'..
10 old rc. ..,,.. ,...,. c,a,' io',n
to 1855 ouobt to hmm In, a,,I,
mamrs,
"Ynr rbf,r ro,s,, u1,,. ....
of these nl. ston,re b,,.o.. 49,, ,..,.,,
..i:, '' '''.
The Falls City tribune., 1905-07-07
Counsel's Record Fee

What is probably a record fee
has just been earned by a distin.
guished counsel in an important
colonial arbitration case. The fee
paid to the learned counsel was
25,OOO guineas. This puts into the
shade the 10000 guineas Mr.,
Fletcher MOulton received for con,
ducting the case of one of the com
panies in the Metropolitan Water
company's arbitration.
The Falls City tribune., 1905-07-07
drowsv. and it was with difficulty

drowsv, and it was with difficulty
he could keep his eyes open.
Finally sleep overcame him, and
he dreamed-dreamed of an old
horse he had been accustomed to
drive 20 or 30 years ago. He could
not recall any special incident con
nected with the DEAN except the
locality and the distinct sight Of
the horse, and of the buggy to
which he had driven him. He
awoke suddenly and as a number
was ended called: "Check." He
was conscious of having slept and
of having dreamed, and said to
the clerk: "Charlie, | have been
asleep. How many of those mum
bers have ! missedw "None." he
replied. "YOu have checked every
one" Close questioning devel.
oped the fact that of the figures
IA, ,142.12 he had heard the four.
teen and the twelve, but had slept
and dreamed during the time oc-
curIed in rapidly uttering the
words zone fOrty-two." He tried,
by reading other numbers, to
measure the time, and thinks it
could not have been more than
half second.
Another story is told of a man
who SAT before his fire in a drowsy
condition. A draught, blowing
across the room, set large photo
graph on the mantel to swaying.
a slender vase was in front of it,
and the man remembers wonder
ing, in mood of whimsical indif
ference, whether the picture
would blow forward and send the
vase TO the floor.
Finally a gust of wind did top
pie the picture, and it struck the
vase. The man remembers hay-
ing been curiously relieved in his
state of drowsiness that at last
the "old thing was going to fall
and be done with it,"
Presently he was in the midst of
a complicated business transac.
ton IN a western city, miles away.
All the details of a new and un.
heard-of scheme were coming
forth from his lips, and a board of
directors was listening. The
scheme prOspered. He moved his
family west. Fragments of the
journey thither and glimpses of
the fine house he bought came be
fore his vision.
A crash woke him. The vase
had struck the floor. He had
dreamed an unlived life covering
years, and all in the time il took
for the vase, which he had seen
The Falls City tribune., 1905-07-07
Size of Circus Rinps.

Circus rings are always uniform
in size, as circus horses are trained
to perform in a standard ring AZ
feet in diameter. In a larger or IA
smaller ring their pace becomes
uneven, irregular and unreliable.
and the riders in turning somer-
saults are liable to miscalculatc
the curve and miss their footing.
The Falls City tribune., 1905-07-07
Argentina's New Industry.

During the last two years about
100000 mulberry trees have
been planted in Argentina, which
has now about 100000 of such
trees. The production of raw silk
will eventually become an impor.
tant product of that country.
The Falls City tribune., 1905-07-07
DOWN ON THE RIO CRANDE
Contractor Tells Of an Exciting Ex-
perience in Crossing Stream
in the West.


"To give you an idea of what
sort of a river the Rio Grande is
I'll tell you an experience that !
had in getting across il with
derrick" said Raymond McDou-
gall, mining man from New Mex
leo, TO a Milwaukee Free Press
man. 81 was a contractor in rock
work in those days and was tax
ing my derrick from the east side
Of the river to the Magdalenas.
The derrick was ON four wagon
wheels and four mules were haul.
ing il. had my two helpers along
and one of them drove the mules.
lie was an old timer, which was
lucky, and if | had trusted to my
own Judgment I might have w1d'
Il mistake that would have eos
me my mules and derrick, if not
my life.
I'VE reached the Rio Grandc an
hour before sundown and ! saw
Il wide river bed, but no water
only dry sand from one bank to
the other. 1t was Il new kind OF
river to me, but my driver sad
that il was all right-that il wasu
way the Rio Grande had. The
water was there, only il was flow.
ing through the sands under the
channel instead of in il. be
ing Il tenderfoot was for camping
on the nearer bank where the
grass was good, but Mccartney,
the driver, said that would never
do unless ! was willing to take my
chances of staying there Il week or
two; that water sometimes came
down the channel, u good deal of
il, and that ii would be well to get
across while we were sure that
we could.
"We were starting across over
the dry sands and | was thinking
what an easy way it was of ford
ing river when of a sudden the
two lead mules were houndering
in a quiCksand and the whole out.
fit came near being drawn in. We
got the two leaders clear of the
harness and the other two mules
drew them out, one at time. We
hitched them up pagan and by max.
ing n long circuit got past the
quicksand and to the other bank.
by that time it was ten o'clock
and the moon had risen. The
mules had just begun to climb the
bank when we heard roaring
noise up the channel. 1t came
from wall of water that
stretched from bank to bank and
was travelling toward us fast. 1t
looked in the moonlight to be four
feet high, and there was high wa
ter behind il sending it on. We
didn't need to holler to the mules.
They heard what was coming and
clawed up the bank like cats.
"We got out all right, derrick
and all-and there were not three
minutes to spare. Before we had
finished our supper the river bed
was full bank high, with torrent
that eddied and roared as il
rushed past our camping place as
/, 1t had been sorry to miss us and
would like to get up where we
were. There was not a cloud in
the sky or sign of rain anywhere
and the flood may have come from
Il cloudburst in Colorado 200 miles
away But it came near get
ting us.
81 had learned one lesson. and
that was in travelling by wagon
always camp on the farther side
OF the stream. And had learned
10 put no trust IN the Rio Grande."
The Falls City tribune., 1905-07-07
Strange Animal Rediscovered.

In 1873 a great rat-like rodent,
named Dinomys, was discovered
in the Peruvian Andes. But Il
single specimen was found, and
this is now preserved in the Berlin
museum. Last spring DR.. Goeldi,
of Para, rediscovered the Dino
mys in the lowlands of Brazil. Its
natural habitat is now supposed
to be the almost uneXplored re-
gions lying among the foothills Of
the Andes, between Brazil, Bo
liyia and Peru. The animal is de.
scribed as reminding one of an i'm
mense rat, well advanced in deyel.
opment toward bear. 1t is about
two feet long, with a bushy tail
nine inches long, thickset and, d,has
a waddling gait. Its character is
"a combination of leisurely move.
ments and supreme good nature. Z"
ltseems well provided for digging.
but knows absolutely nothing
of haste" DR.. Goeldi keeps 4
mother and her young one in a
cage.-Youth's Companion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-26

AS boy we never really believed
IN springs arrival until we could
dig angle worms out back of the
barn. Boy lore taught us, too, that
when angle worms were ripe, fish
nlbbling has begun! We paid little
attention to the bock-beer sign in
those days! 1t is ouly in. maturer
years that one learns to regard
high art with favor; but the angle
worm sign never failed. Three days
after we unearthed the first ten
tatus wiggleinktum the suckers
started on mad stampede up the
creek and every boy in town was
out after string of the fins Suck
ers and milk was fashionable dish
in those days! Alas! how our stom-
ach has retrogradedl 1t is a sure
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-26
FOR SALE BY
Martin Mcdonald
LANCASTER, WIS.
One Way of Securing Good Roads.

Over the river in Fayette county,
Iowa, farmers residing near Cler-
mont, seem to have hit upon a
practical solution of the good roads
problem. They have formed an as
soc1ation and entered into an agree
ment to construct the best possible
road to that village, and to keep it
in first class condition, binding
themselves to give it attention at
any and all seasons when necessity
arises or the condition of the road
demands work. These farmers own
the land adjoining the road, and
realize the benefits to be derived
from a road which shall be in con-
dition for hauling loads or buggy
driving at any and all seasons Of
the year. We have no doubt the
merchants of the village will con-
tribute to the proposed movement,
and that the road builders will use
such material as will make the road
bed practically permanent. With
such an organization of men vitality
interested in the road, there will be
no necessity of road tax and only
funds for bridges and culverts will
be needed. It is an experiment
" orth watching and if it results in
better or permanent roads the ex-
ample should be widely copied. In
the meantime we should like to see
a similar experiment conducted in
the vicinity of Lancaster, where
materials for permanent roads are
SO plentiful.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-26

The bock-beer sign, that indis,
pensable authority, admonishes us
that spring is here. Synonymous
with the picture of the goat ram
pant upon a pony-keg, the rural
editor notes facetiously that ''spring
has sprung, gentle Annie?" Now
that she has indeed sprung, let us
consider herl
First, let us bewarel She is a
tickle jade. To-day she may shed
her effulgent belm upon us. regale
us with her sunny showers, her
odorous aroma-to-morrow, chill
us where we wore our red f1annels
and perspired! Once upon a time
Aristotle permitted his confidence
to find Judgment in Springs volup-
tuous bosom! One rosy morning
when all nature was in tune and
the earth seemed stepped in honesty
OF purpose he saw swallow fly!
High aloft in the ethereal azure his
eye followed her Highland the
sun shone! Straightway Aristotle
went to his wife and demanded his
gauze underwear 'the ones with
the ribs in 'em." After hunting
through eleven bureau drawers,
seven trunks and an acre of band
boxes, she found the anatomy
covers, in the escritore drawersin
the guests chamber.
Careless woman" cried Aristotle,
lit is wonder they were not stolen
long ago!"
Then he took them ungratefully
and undressed, to find, upon trial,
that the summer things needed the
same SORT of repairs so common to
cane furniture. While he stood
around on one leg grumbling, the
good woman revamped them, as it
were. Then Aristotle dressed and
throwing on some new spring
rags" went out on the parked
boulevard, into the carolling world,
as happy as box-elder bug on a
chintz curtain in the front parlor.
But that night he came back as
bumped as porcupine in action.
His nose was red, sappy and pinch
ed; there were goosepimples on him
as big as the proverbial hen's-ege
hailstOnes. His voice sounded like
horse-fddle at a charivari party
and his teeth ratified like a pair Of
bones in negro ministrelsy. The
woman folks put him to bed and
the next day he wrote:
Zone swallow does not make
spring, nor yet one fine dayl"
To this day the above is quoted
frequently. Thus we see the infiu
ence of gauze underwear onI sue
ceeding generat1ons!.