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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-10-15
Henry Clay,s Popularity.

The greatest popular idol In a po-
utical sense the country has ever
known was Henry Clay. Only one
other American statesman ever pos
sessed the quality called personal mag
netism to the same extent that he did,
and no other ever had more enthusi-
astic personal following. He was an
aspirant for president from 1924 to
184S. but never reached the goal. He
received 81 electoral votes in 1924, 40
In 1882 and 1O5 in 1914, but never
enough to elect him. Clay was elected
speaker of the house Of representatives
on the first day Of his term in that
body and was five times reelected. He
was twice elected United States sena-
tor, once unanimously by the Kentucky
legislature, and held several other high
Offices. II there was ever a popular
idol in the politics of this country, it
was Henry Clay, but he could not be
elected president -Indianapolis Jour
nal. 5,.arS II
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-10-15
The Old Plane Tree Of Cos.


In the island of Cos, In the Egian
sea, there stands, jealousy guarded, a
huge plane tree measuring nearly eight
cen yards in circumference. It Is sur
rounded by podium, or raised plat
form breast high, doubtless built to
support the trunk of the tree after it
had become hollow and weak from age.
The lower branches are still we'll pre-
served and have been shored up by
pieces of antique columns, over the up
per ends Of which the branches have
grown like caps in consequence of the
pressure Of their own weight. Close by
the tree Is solid marble seat, which is
said to be the chair Of Hippocrates, the
father Of medicine, and it is supposed
that he taught the art of healing from
that seat. He was born at Cos 400 B.
G. This gives clew to the age of the
celebrated plane tree, which must be
considerably more than 1000 years old.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-10-15
Oar Hoices Deepen,

The primitive inhabitants Of Europe
were all tenors; their descendants OF
the present time are baritones. and flu
ture generations will have semlbass
voices. The voice has tendency to
deepen with age. The tenor Of twenty
becomes the baritone of twenty eight
and the bass OF thirty-six. The inferior
races have higher pitched voices than
the more cultured The negro has a
higher voice than the white man.
Among white races, the fair complex
Toned man has a higher voice than his
darker skinner brother. The former Is
usually a baritone or tenor, the latter
q contralto or bass. 1t Is asserted that
tenOrs are usually Of slender build,
whereas BASES are stout, but there are
too many exceptions to such rule for
1t to be reliable. The same remark ap:
plies to the statement that thoughtful
men have deep toned voices and vice
versa. The tones Of a voice are per-
ceptihly higher before than after a
meal, for which reason tenors are gen.
orally careful not to sing too soon after
dinner. Pearson's Weekly.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-10-15
This Peculiar World. 1.

This is a peculiar world, says an ex-
change. One is struggling for justice
and another is fleeing from it. One
man is saving to build house and an
other is trying to sell his for less thar
cost to get rid of it. One man is spend
ing all the money he can make in TAX
ing girl to the theater and sending
her flowers, with the hope Of making
her his wife, while his neighbor is
spending what gold he has in getting a
divorce. One man escapes all the dis
eases that flesh is heir to and gets kill
ed on a railroad. Another escapes WITT
a scratch and dies with the whooping
cough. One man stands off his credi-
tors and goes travelling while another
pays his debts and stays at home.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-10-15
Measured the Time.


8 An old sailor was being examined In
m assault case by cute young law
yer. who questioned his veracity re-
garding matter OF time.
You had no watch, and yet you are
POSITIVE that the defendant was only
ten minutes absent. II doubt II you are
able to estimate ten minutes OF time
correctly he said.
Try me-" said the old tar.
The lawyer drew his watch from his
pocket and said, "When call out
Now you allow ten minutes to pass,
and when 1t is up call out Time up"
II The old salt nodded, and the lawyer
called out Now Slowly the time
passed, and the lawyer, with watch in
hand, tried to wheedle him into an ad.
mission that time was up. The sailor
paid no heed and exactly at the end
Of the ten minutes shouted, Times
up" The bewildered lawyer turned
round confused at the courts loud
laughter, and his eye lighted on the
courtroom clock behind him, which had
assisted the oil sailor in his task.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-10-15
THE N0N.ADvERTlsER.

The following poetic effusion
has been going the rounds of the
press and somewhere in the
shuttle the name of the paper
that sprung it first has been
lost. But it is worth reading,
especially if you happen to be a
merchant with goods to sell.
The poem runs:
Breathes there a man with
soul so dead that to himself has
never said, "My trade of late is
getting bad, I'll try another ten.
inch ad. y If such there be, 90
mark him well. For him no
bank account shall swell, no
angels watch the golden stair to
welcome home a millionaire. To
such man the noisy din of
trs ftic may not enter in, for bar
gain seekers by the score shall
pass, nor heed, his dingy door.
Tread lightly, friends, let no
rude sound disturb his solitude
profound. So let him live in
calm repose, unsought except by
men he owes. And when he
dies, 90 plant him deep, that
naught may break his dreamless
sleep; where no rude clamor may
dispel the quiet that he loves so
well, and that the world may
know its loss, place on his
grave$a wreath Of moss and on
the stone above: "Here lies q
chump who would not advertise. !"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-10-15
Subjective Drowning.

The dentists chair was tipped SO far
back that escape for the village seam
stress, a lady of remarkable converse
tional ability, was impossible. Wads
Of absorbent cotton We're tucked be
meath her tongue, some patent appli-
ance held her jaws apart, and all the
lower half Of her countenance except
one back tooth was concealed under
a decidedly damp rubber dam. The
patients mouth was full of water,
speech was impossible, and the poor,
naturally laxative lady was suffering
agonies of discomfort.
The engrossed dentist paid no heed
to her squirmings or to the appeal in
her eyes. Fortunately, however, the
patients hands were free. Cropping in
the reticule that hung from her belt,
she brought forth paper and pencil and
wrote:
Help! Help! I'm drowning
Youths Companion.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-10-15
Rossini's Laxiness.

Rossini was one of the most indolent
Of men and In his younger days used
to do most Of his composing in bed.
Once he had almost completed trio,
when tn 4 sheet fell out Of his hand and
went under the bed. He could not
reach it, and, rather than get up, he
wrote another. The lazy man, If he.
works at all, does SO by spurts, and
Rosslni, working against time, wrote
The Barber Of Seville" in thirteen
days. When Donizetti was told of this
he remarked, ut is very possible. He
is so lazyv The overture to the "Gazza
Ladra' was written under curious cir
cumstances. On the very day of the
first performance Of the opera not a
note of the overture was written. and
the manager, getting hold Of Rossini,
confined him III the upper loft of La
Scala, setting four scene shifters on
guard over him. These took the sheets
as they were filed and threw them out
Of the windows to copyists beneath.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-10-15
Cons,olinx.

A New England congressman once
went to Franklin Pierce demanding an
office for a constituent. Pierce sent
him to James Guthrie, secretary Of
the treasury. By and by the congress-
man returned to the president in great
dudgeon.
What did Guthrie say to you about
appointing your friend?' inquired the
president. "He said he would be hang
ed If he would.''
did Guthrie talk that way to you?'
"He did,
We'll, that's the way he talks to me,
too" was Pierce's consoling reply.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-10-15
GemmiII Enjoying a Boom.

M. D. Stoner returned this
morning from - Gemmill, the
original tewnslte of which he is
the proprietor, and where he
spent Sunday.
He says that business is rush
ing at Gemmill and that he sold
several lots there Saturday night.
The M. & I. steam shovel is being
used at the gravel pit near
Gemmill and azslarge crew of
men is WORKING with the shovel
and the gravel train, which is
hauling the ''sand" to Big Falls,
where it is being used to fill in
the approaches to the bridge
being built by the M. & I. over
the Big Fork river.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-10-15
4 poet. Curiou. Compliment.


II was the habit of Richard Henry
Stoddard, the poet, to always speak
well of every one. No matter how bad
the character of person, the good
gray poet invariably found some trait
to praise. One day in his Office on
Park row some friend entered and
asked him whether he knew SO and SO
and, If so, what was the mans reputa-
ton. 1t happened that the man had a
shady reputation and was well known
as "gold brick" operator. The aged
poet lighted his pipe and answered.:
Eyes, know him. He is the most
energetic, progressive, irrepressible.
good natured, artistic kind of an un-
mitigated rascal that I ever met. -
Leslie's Weekly.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-10-15
"A Tree Of Mons. Power..

80 =
The ash tree Is rich with superstition.
The old charlatans Of the middle age,
used It in their love potions, and the
damsels Of ancient times believed that
It would enable them to make their
sweethearts true and help them to dis
cover their future husbands. The In
habitants. Of Iceland still look with
dread upon the use Of mountain ash as
fuel. Their belief that 1t will make
enemies Of all who gather round 1
hearthstone on which It burns Ii deep
seated and was once almost universal
in Europe. is s5s
superstitious seekers after good luck
may still be found invoking the spirit
Of the even leaved ash. after the man
ner Of the ancient tree worshipers.
with the verses:
Even ash, do pluck thee.
Hoping thus 70 meet good luck;
Is no luck / get from thee RS.
! shall wish thee on q tree ss3
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-10-15
Cold Storage In Irish Boys.

For long it puzzled me to know what
the poachers did with the birds they
shot in July. There is no cold storage
in the north of Ireland, but they have
discovered an excellent substitute The
birds are buried four or five feet deep
In dry peat, and, l am told, come
out perfectly fresh at the end of two
or three weeks When one remembers
the bog butter dug out of the peat bogs
in comparatively fresh state after
being buried for probably 200 or 800
years, it is not difficult to believe that
grouse might keep, under the same cir
cumstances, for two or three weeks
Letter in Country Life.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-10-15

lin If Mr.. Johnson's claims are
true, what is the use of the state
paying out any more good money
during his term of Office for an
insurance commissioner, an
attorney general, public exam
iner, state auditor, a railroad
and warehouse com mission, and
even a legislature?
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-10-15
Golf or Croauet1

It was twosome. The player who
drove of first had handy legs. The Sec
ond in driving off did not notice that
his opponent had got in front Of him
and the ball ran through between the
opponents legs. Turning around in
anger the handy legged one said, Here,
mum, that's no golfv' "Weel," said the
other, III It's not golf it's croquet.'-
Scottish Referee.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-10-15

This much can be said for
Joel P. Heatwole, who just now
is busy sending out anti. NELSON
literature to all the newspapers
and to thousands of voters over
the state: He is persistent
cuss.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-10-15
Walker Pilot: The country

Walker Pilot: The country
press will join hands with the
country merchant in fighting the
parcel post system WHICH the
catalogue houses want so bad.
Many country editors are so
busy fighting for the rights of
the country merchant that the
merchant hates to bother him
with a job of printing, so he
sends out of town for it.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-10-15
Making New Rubber Plants.

From rubber plant which is grow.
ing in living room, the best way to
get plants is by scoring the bark of the
limb where you want the roots to
grow and covering the injury with
sphagnum moss, which must always be
kept damp. Roots will soon permeate
he moss, when the limb should be cut
OF and potted.- Garden Magazine.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-10-15
A CONTINGENCY.

Haven't I a right to do as I like
with my money! inquired the multi
millionaire.
You have" answered the sardonic
person, III your lawyer is smart
enough to draw up will that can't be
contested. Washington Star.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-10-15

If Roosevelt should 60 to the
senate after the expiration of his
term as president, it would be q
sight worth seeing, the way be
would shake up the dry bones in
that most potent, grave and
reverend assem- bly,.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-10-15
The Tact Market.

Chancellor James R. Day was once
advising young undergraduate Of
Syracuse university to cultivate tact.
"But, alas" he said, II fear that advice
on such subject must always be
wasted. On tact the last word was
spoken by Barley d'Aureville when he
said:
!" If tact could be bought, only those
already possessed Of it would want to
buy it,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-10-15
Kept Her Word.

This" said the school friend who
had not seen her for year, this is the
girl who vowed to me that she never
would belong to any man, eh y
II DON'T said she who had been
married the matter Of some few months
or 90. Gle belongs to me"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-10-15
An Inch OF So Below.

ITS funny" began the long winded
bore, ''but nobody ever seems glad to
see me-
Well, and have you never found out
the cause Of your unpopularity p
mo, I can't discover it. y
That's. strange, because it's right
under your very nose."-Philadelphia
Press.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-10-15
Where are the baseball play
ers of yesterday?

There are no lawyers in the
Minnesota state penitentiary.
Another argument for a legal
education.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-10-15
The Good. one.

sThere Is but one good wife in this
town" said clergyman In the course
spf his sermon the congregation looked
.sxpeetant land every married man
thinks he's got her" added the minis.
M. s s.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-10-15
Two sides 81 I Word.

Miss Sharpe eve paid this: bill once.
7Baker- Indeed, ma'am; I'm very sorry
that !. didn't recollect it. Miss Sharpe
dare say that you are sorry that you
didn't re-collect It, but I'll take care Of
that.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-10-15
Mans Debasinr Inauence..

- This African explorer whose expe-
licences are being published in some Of
the papers says parrots are delicious
eating. ! always thought they were
very tough"
"But he refers to wild parrots. It's
their association with men that makes
most parrots tough Philadelphia
Press.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-10-15
SCHEDULE
SEASON OF 1906.
STEAMER MICHAEL KELLY
{E.5 In effect August %
SCHEDULE

I. M0NDAYS-Leave Redby at 10 o clock m.
for Agency. Cross Lake School and Shotley
Brook. =
.TUEsDAYs-Leave shotley Brook at Z
o'clock a. M. for Shotley Postof1ce Cross
"a. school. Battle River. then to Redby-
stopping at Blackduck when necessary
a. m for Agency. Leave Agency at $3.50 p. m.
for Redby. -.=z-ssc s--:,.s7t;s9r - :
only. - = : - s. -
FRIDAYS-Leave Redby at 10 O'Clock a. m.
for Agency. then to Shotley Brook. Leave
Shotley Brook at 300 p. m. for ShOtly POstv
Office then to Redby. - -
SATURDAYS-Leave Redby at 10 o'clock
q. M. for Battle River. Cross Lake School.
Agency. Stopping at Blackduck when
necessary" -
SUNDAYS--Excursio trip on lake during
August and September. =
". G. MARSON, Gent Mgr.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-10-15

WANTED-For q. S. army able
bodied, unmarried men be-
tween ages of 81 and IS, citi-
zens Of United States, of
good character and temperate
habits, who can speak, read
and write English. For in
formation apply to Recruiting
Officer, Miles block, Bemidi
Minnesota.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-10-15

HELP WANTED.

WANTED-For the q. S. Marine
Corps; men between ages 21
and 80. An opportunity to see
the world. For full informa-
ton apply in person or by letter
to Recruiting Office, Cor. Bel
trami avenue and Second
street.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-20
NEWS FACTS IN OUTLINE

The French court has decided at
Paris against all of Count Boni's cred
itors except two, thus relieving Nine
Gould of vast debt contracted by De
Castellane.
The British education bill is dead.
The lords have rejected the only con-
cessions the commons would make.
King Oscar of Sweden seems to be
making steady progress towards recov-
cry.
Lord Peterborough, British peer st
London, yesterday married Hermione,
daughter of the late F. w. H. Schen-
ley. of Pittsburg. Peterborough Is 50
years old, distinguished and very
wealthy.
George S. McReynolds, ex-member of
the Board Of Trade and grain broker,
has been convicted at Chicago OF
swindling banks. He has appealed.
The Board of Trade has expelled him.
Cardinal Richard, Of Paris, has is
sued instructions suppressing the usual
Christmas masses.
The directors Of the Reading railway
have declared the regular semi-annual
dividend of ? per cent. on the common
stock of the company.
It has been decided that James J.
Jcffries shall referee the Cans Her
man fight.
The feed and grain elevator of the
Plat Mills company at WATERFOWL
Conn, was destroyed by fire. Loss,
S55, 900.
There is now every likelihood that
the Austrian universal suffrage bill will
become a law before Christmas.
At a meeting Of the board of cura-
tors Of Missouri university it was vot-
ed to establish a chair of journalism in
the university.
There is only one case of yellow
fever in Havana and none in the In
terror of the island Of Cuba.
Colonel John [. Cham erlain, inspec,
tor general, in his annual report to the
secretary of war, strongly urges the
retention of the canteen in soldiers
homes
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-20
NAVY NOW WANTS A GAME
WITH Stages MIDWAY TEAM
Application of Eastern Manages Comes
As a Surprise and Chicago is Now
Sure of an Eastern Game.

Coach Stage returned to the maroon
camp from Indiana yesterday for a
flying visit and brought with him the
news that set at rest all doubts as to
the possibility of Chicagos obtaining
an eastern football game next fall.
Both Annapolis and Pennsylvania have
made application for dates with Chi
cago, the coach declared. and it is now
up to the Midway officials to pick and
choose between the eastern teams. It
Is believed at the maroon campus that
either Pennsylvania or Annapolis will
be taken on.
The application Of the navy authori-
ties was somewhat of a surprise, as
Annapolis had been left out of consid-
Grafton by most of the rooters in the
discussion OF probable dates with
Pennsylvania, Yale. Cornell and other
eastern elevens. The Annapolis off,
cials assured Stage that they were hot
for a game and would come half way
in the arrangements.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-20
BURLEW WON PLANTERS
STA4-ES AT NEW ORLEANS.
Feature of the Race Was the Alleged
Fouling of AHOwmaise by Sir Tod
dington-Judges Favor Winner.

New Orleans, Dec, 1s-The Plant
sers' stakes for 2-year- olds at seven
furlongs at City Park today brought
out field OF the best youngsters at
the track and provided good race,
although the deep and sloppy condi-
ton of the track interferred with the
chances Of some OF the contestants
The race was easily won by Burlew
and O'NeilTs Sir Toddington, an add
ed starter, which seems to revel in all
kinds of heavy going. Burlew &
O'Neiu had in also Royal Breeze, and
the pair We're heavily backed favor
ties. sir Toddington, first to break.
led from end 10 end, with Allowmaise
and Mortiboy keeping him close com
pany. Sir Toddington won by half
length from Allowmaise. which beat
Mortiboy three lengths for the place.
The race had a sensational feature
in the fact that at the sixteenth pole
Sir Toddington crossed over in front
of AIlowmaise to the rail. Jack Mar
tin. who had the mount on Allow
maise. pulled up sharply and then went
70 the outside. He made a claim OF
foul and Nicol was called into the
stand. After some elaboration the
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-20
Real Estate
Transfers

A list of transfers of real estate
Finished daily by the Lake County Title
& Guaranty company, Crown Point.
Ind
Alma A. Martin to Katie F. Car
lin, As acres off north end nwA
Section 16-32-9, ..S2, 925
Abraham Andrews to Armanis
F. Knots, lot II, block 16, c.
T. L. & 1 Cos redivision fourth
addition, TolIeston, .. 500
Garfield Lodge F. & A. NJ No. $50,
to Gostlin, Meyn & Co. lots %
and 20 and part lot 81
Muenich's add, Hammond, -. 5000
Garfield Lodge r. & A NJ No. SEQ,
to Gostlin. Meyn & Co. lots %
and 20 and part lot 81, Ham
mond, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Otto Matthias to Agnes Ambrozy,
lot II, block 2, T. r. Motifs
second addition, Hammond, .... $50
Lake Agricultural Co. to Sol. JEFF
fries, lots II and 10, block 8,
Schneider, Observation-Disclosures. 80
East Chicago Co. to VIM. A. Fuzzy,
lots "a and %, block Is sw4
section 2S-37-9, East Chicago, 325
East Chicago Co. to John Palko-
vich, lot 1S, block 7, swA sec
ton 2s-37-9, East Chicago, -. 45o
Louis T. Orr to Benjamin L.
Collidge. lots 1 to 5, 81 38, SO
to 81, block 5, lots SO to So,
block 6. second Logan Park ad-
dition, Toleston, ...
Cynthia W. Sohl to Chas. Hub
bard. lot SO, block 8, H W.
Sohls fifth addition, Hammond, 175
James NJ. Dickey to Thomas
Carew, swA mex and e1z SEX
except 60 rods off south end
section S4-32-9, containing 90
acres, ................... 6,00(
VIM. Merrill to Mary Allard, lots
10 to 10, block 7, lots AZ, 80, 45,
46, block 2. w. II. Stiver's ad-
dition, Griffith, acknowledgements. -
Jacob Sherer to Frank F. Scheidt,
n15 15 n l swA section 20
25-10, containing 6.26 acres, =. SOC
Samuel c. Fletcher to Arthur H
Farley, undivided Il wa nwA
and ne14 nwA section 6-3S-S,
containing 100 acre. S, ........ 2,50(
Eli Nicholas to Walter S. Nichols,
part e15 swA section 23-23-9.
In addition to the foregoing trans
fers there have been filed for record Z
mortgages, 2 releases and miscel-
laneous instruments.