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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-03-22
The Tin Of the A1,teator,. Tail.

A great delicacy in Florida, accord
ing to the Cleveland Leader, is the tip
of an alligator's tail. It tastes like
frogs legs, though bit more gamy.
Alligator tails are best just after the
ricebird season. The big alligators
float in the water With only their eyes
showing. When they see a flock of
these fat, juicy little birds they dive
to the bottom Their long, wide snout
scoops up some of the loan, and they
float to the surface again with just the
rich soil showing The birds think it
is an island They alight upon it.
When the whole family is there the big
reptile turns suddenly. Just as the
birds scramble off he opens his mouth
once They are gone. The birds are neat
little feeders, and the alligator is an
epicure at this time of the year. The
ricebird diet makes the tip Of his tail.
of which he is most vain, tender and
sweet.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-03-22
when watches Were New.

At first the watch was about the size
Of dessert plate. 1t had weights and
was used as a pocket clock The
earliest known use of the modern name
occurs In the record of 1862, which
mentions that Edward vi. had zone
larum or watch of iron, the case being
likewise of iron gilt, with two plum
NETS of lead" The first watches may
readily be supposed to have been Of
rude execution. The first great i'm
provement, the substitution of springs
for weights, was in 1850. The earliest
springs were not coiled, but only
straight pieces of steel Early watches
had only one hand, and, being wound
up twice a day, they could not be ex-
pected to keep time nearer than fifteen
or twenty minutes in the twelve hours
The dials were Of silver or brass. The
cases had no. crystals, but opened at
the back. and, front and were four or
five inches in diameter. A plain watch
cost the equivalent of 81 800 in our cur
rency, and after one was ordered It
took year to make it.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-03-22
A Famous Dwarf.

Godfrey Hudson, the famous dwarf
of Charles l., was introduced at court
during the festivities attending the
coronation. BY an odd conceit he was
concealed in cold pie, the crust of
which being removed disclosed the
dwarf fully dressed and making his
bow to the king and queen. At the
age Of twenty he was eighteen inches
high, but before attaining the age Of
thirty he grew several inches addi-
tional. Geoffrey, like most dwarfs, was
of limited intelligence, but Of intense
vanity and large self coneeit. It is as
serted by many scientific authorities
that this is characteristic of dwarfs.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-03-22
curtous storage of Hay.

An English traveller through Kash-
mir found in practice there novel
method of putting fodder up for win
ter use The country lies in valley
among the Himalayas. The chief in
dustry of the people consists in raising
fine wool and in making this into fab
RIGS which have carried the name of
the country all over the world. A GU
rious custom in some places is that of
hanging quantities of hay up among
the branches Of trees. Why it was
done was more than 1 could guess, till
my guide informed me that in winter
the snow lies five and six yards in
depth and that the supplies of hay,
which now look only as if they were
meant for camelopards, are then easily
reached by the flocks Of sheep which
abound there.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-03-22
Silenced Him.

A Kansas City woman tells this sto-
~ on her husband to demonstrate the
inferiority Of the masculine mind. One
morning as her husband was sitting
down to the breakfast table he glanced
at the dining room clock and said,
I'VE must be later than usual this
morning" Don't place too much con-
fdence in that clock 1t stopped at 5
o'clock this morning, and I just set it
going by guess" replied the good
WIFE
Were you up at oclock?' asked
the husband.
"Of course not"
what time did you say the clock
stopped?"
'At s."
"lf you weren't up at s. replied the
man, with puzzled look, 'how in
thunder do you know when the clock
stopped?"
"Why, dear, it stayed stopped" was
the reply. The man did not say an
other word that morning City
Times.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-03-22
Properly Boiled Meat.

To boil meat SO as to retain the juices
and soluble salts and yet cook it suf-
fc.ently It should be plunged into boil
ing water and boiled rapidly for about
ten minutes. After this fast cooking
the kettle must be pushed over to the
back of the fire, where it's contents will
simmer gently. This tends to coagu-
late the outer rind of the meat so that
the Juices cannot escape, If meat is
treated in this manner the inside will
be found juicy and tender, but If the
meat is allowed to boil it wilt be found
hard and chippy, the goodness having
all boiled out of it.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-03-22
Royal Roads.

People will discover at last that roy
al roads to anything can no more be
laid in iron than they can in dust; that
there are, in fact no royal roads to
anywhere worth going to; that if there
were it would that instant cease to be
worth going to- mean SO far as the
things to be obtained are in any way
estimable in terms of price, for there
are two classes of precious things in
the world--those that God gives us for
nothing-sun. air and life, both mortal
life and immortal, and the secondarily
precious things which he gives us for
a price. These secondarily precious
things, worldly wine and milk, can
only be bought for definite money.
They never can be cheapened. No
cheating nor bargaining will ever get
a single thing out of natures establish
ment at half price. Do we want to be
strong? We must work To be hun
CRY? We must starve ! 20 be happy?
We must be kind. 70 be wise? We
must look and think-Ruskin.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-03-22
The Cocoanut.

The cocoanut tree is the most useful
Of all plants i'll the tropical region. Its
seed furnishes food and an Intoxicating
drink. The shell gives drinking cups
and vessels and a hard material capa-
BILE of high polish, from which per-
sonal ornaments may be manufactured
The trunk furnishes wood for dwell
ings and boats The leaves make cloth
ing, cordage and ropes. The fibers Of
the bark and of the nut afford mating
and carpets The buds furnish succu-
lent vegetable. and from the trunk g
palatable liquor is drawn by making an
incision.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-03-22
Mitirattns Circumat.nce

a Scotch baillie recently advanced to
the bench had criminal placed before
him accused Of some very modest vio-
lation Of the law. OF course the baillie
knew the prisoner well. He heard the
charge stated.
John, man, I'm sorry to see you
here. Well just fine you half a crown"
The clerk here interviewed.
But the charge is not yet proved;
we have not heard the evidence
Then the benignant baillie:s
"Ah, well, John, my man, as the
charge is not proved we'll just fine you
m eighteenpence.a- London Telegraph.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-03-22
The Theater of Dionysus.

What was probably one of the earli-
est theaters built was the theater of Di-
onysus, which was begun five centuries
before Christ. The seating capacity Of
this remarkable building is said to have
been 10000. The theater Of Dionysus
was erected when Greek art and litera-
ture We're in their prime Here We're
presented to appreciatiye spectators
the wonderful works of Aeschylus
Sophocles and Euripides.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-03-22
The Real Thing.

Express Clerk-Value of this pack
age, please? Fair Damsel - $4,000.
Express Clerk - Huh? Fair Damsel-
You heard what said. Those are love
letters from old Bagsocoyne, and I'm
sending 'em to my lawyer cleveland
Leader.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-03-22
Encouraging Him.

Mr.. Faintart- Miss Brightly, Law
that is-Mabel. I-er-desire to-aw-
really Miss Brightly Keep right on,
Mr. Faintart; I'll consider your propos-
al and have my answer ready by the
time you have got it out. of your sys-.
Press.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-03-22
On Other Ntrhts.

Mr.. Goodtaing- does your sis
ter like the engagement ring gave.
her, Bobby: Her Young Brother
Well, it's little too small. She has
an awful hard time getting it off when
the other fel ows call. Puck.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-03-22
Perfume OF Flowers.

It is claimed that the perfume OF
flowers disappears as soon as the
starch in the petals is exhausted, and
it may, it is said. be restored by plac-.
ing the flowers in solution of sugar,
when the formation of starch and the
emission of fragrance will be at once
resumed
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-03-22
Britain,s Oldest once.

The oldest office under the crown is
that of lord high steward, which was
in existence before the time of Edward
the Cenfessor-in indeed, some -authori-
ties say that it was Instituted by Ola
in 757. For long period this official
was second only to the king, and the
office was for some time hereditary in
certain noble families.-Tit- Bits.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-03-22
AS Good as Married.

" know what life is till yer get spliced.
Second Sailor Wy, shiver me timbers,
messmate! I've never been married,
true, but I've had yelier fever and
cholera, I've been frostbit, drowned,
burned alive, eat by a shark, bowed
up at sea and operated on for cancer.
Wot more does a reasonable chap
want -Leadon4Answers.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-03-22
Translatfns the De1initfon.

Johnny-Papa what does precocious
mean? Papa-It means-a- 1T is term
applied to children who know more
than is usual at their age Johnny
oh, yes; it means fresh kid.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-03-22
His Expectation,

81 suppose said his friend, that
when the investigation takes place you
will be represented by counsel"
Eyes," said the statesman, land 1
suppose I'll be misrepresented by the
opposing counsel"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-03-22
His Model.

Critic-That villain in your story is
a perfect masterpiece Where did you
ined man possessed of all the forms
Of wickedness which my wife attrib-
utes to me when she is gry.--London
Tit Bits.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-03-22
The Burglars GRASP.

did it ever strike you that bur-
glar of all men is most sensitive to the
fitness of things?''
y"Can't say it ever did How do you
make it out?''
3sHe always throws light on his shady
transactions with dark lantern.''-
Baltimore American.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-03-22
FooIfsh,

& BY six causes asfool may be known:
Anger without cause; speech without
profit; change without motive: inquiry
without an object; putting trust In q /
stranger, and wanting capacity to dis
tnguish between friend and foe.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-03-22
On the common Hiehway.

We are learning that standard of
social ethics is not attained by travel
Ing sequestered pathway, but by
walking on the thronged and common
road where all must turn out for one
another, and at least3see the size Of one
nnother's burdens Jane Adams.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-03-22
AwfuIIy slow.

He--Darling, Il have loved you ever
since first we met. She-Well, why
didn't you say SO long ago? Did you
think was a mind reader?
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-03-22
So We Reduction

''Thnn the doctor didn't succeed IN
reducing your weight?"
why, not very much, but he left
me with quite an attenuated pocket
book"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-03-22
On ana on.

Mrs. Hightone-Y You are having trou-
BILE with your cooks? Mrs. Flashly-
The first one carried on so. Mrs. High.
tone-And how about the last? Mrs.
Flashly She carried off so. I lost two
dresses and a hat.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-03-22

A man should be upright, not be kept
right.-Marcus Aurelius.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-03-22

1417s John Goodman. labor Grass
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-03-22
STATE LAND.
EXPENSES, INMATES AT HOSPITAL
FOR FEEBLE MINDED.

1926 ]. N Tate, Supt. school for
deaf clothing and transpor- 90 -,
tation Clara Satire. >. 3Ooz
1857 A. G. Rogers, Supt. school for
feeble minded, clothing and
transportation inmates. ...;4 lN.Sa
S 134. 95
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-05
DIES OF CRAMPS.
Young Man Had Been Swimming in
the River.


Jasper, June ESPECIAL. )-wSll Cook
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Cook. who live at
Marietta, near Oalkman. died Saturday
after only few hours illness. Mr.. Cook
had been seining and is said to have
been attacked with cramps which caused
his death. He was about q years of age.
The remains were inferred yesterday af-
ternoon.
= The annual memorial services were held
here yesterday by Camp Hutto. Confeder-
ate Veterans, at the Baptist church. The
memorial address was delivered by DR..
A. p. Montague of Howard college, and
his remarks were listened to by large
audience with attention. The memorial
sermon was preached by the Rev. DR..
Wells of Birmingham. A specially pre-
pared musical programme was rendered
by the choir
. The members of the Christian church
have engaged the Rev. w. T. Brooks of
Indiana to hold a revival meeting here
beginning about the first Sunday in July.
: DR.. Brooks held a revival here about
two years ago and he is considered one
of the best preachers who has ever been
in Jasper. He will be accompanied by his
brother who will conduct the song SER
vice for the meeting.
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meat wherever they please in
Vll.-Leui sIation.

unlnspected meat wherever they please In
the United States.
Vll.-LegisIato
l. Examination before slaughter is of
minor importance and should be permits
sive instead of mandatory. Examination
after slaughter is of supreme importance
and should be compulsory.
2. Goats, now exempt from inspection,
?. Goats, now exempt for inspection, in
tended for foreign or interstate commerce,
should be included in the list subject to
the inspection of the Bureau of Animal
Industry, and should be equally controlled
by the regulations of the Secretary of Ar
riculture
3. The examination of all meat prod
ucts intended for interstate commerce. at
any state of their care or treatment
should be consigned to the Bureau of Ami
mai Industry, and no mark or sign de-
claFing that inspection has been made
by government officials should be al
lowed on any can, box, or other recep-
tacle or parcel containing food products
unless the same has been subject to gov
eminent inspection at any and every
stage OF the process of preparation, and
all such labels should contain the date of
10 erasa aItar -. NC a .ii'susii,edhor
Meat nroducts ana oa,no az a'or iaoels.
niclxIad MEATS w., 80. - - WI pr
inc ~ oo,,r,ir,n aatat,,,et,nt s'.S paeA-
10 tho sa,,,a 49,, - -s1ne'
f,,,tha~ ,r.,,,o,t,a,, suoi
tion from other meat products as the
Secretary of Agriculture may prescribe
,ator,, - Aasnio,,,.,, e'sn - ne oee
ree,,,a 49, .oar5t,, ~ NAaNe etes anu
oov,str,,oti,,, Ts ~, e, ,,,, e anu
tendaa " ~ ,,saa 81. .n uaeu " u,
nroduo,s CO.., i,serstata s.e VI ioou
and ~ maize s,,ol, raa,,,ot,an e uaue'
daan, naoassarv 10 otborr,,sa ,.roteo. a 10y
eIea,,i,nass aod ',I,oIear ",ae alls
nro1,c+s p-enarad o,a cola for foraissz
ana interetata oomnarca
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-05
PEACE FINALLY
COMES In HOUSE
Mr.. WILLIAMS CEASE FlLl5USTER
SINCE REPORT HAS BEEN MADE
ON STATEHOOD BlLL-ADJoURN
IN RESPECT TO eoRMAN.

Washington, June 4.-Peaee spread its
pinions over the House today, the leader
of the minority, Mr.. John Sharp Williams
of mississippi, being willing to call off
the forces Of opposition, now that the re-
port of the conference had been made on
the statehood bill. This being suspension
day, a number of bills, both oil local and
national interest. were passed with little
or no debate.
The House being officially notified by the
Senate of the death OF Senator Arthur Pue
German of Maryland, Mr.. Talbot of Mary
land presented resolutions of coincidence
and after the appointment of seven MEM
bers to attend the funeral services, the
House as further mark of respect to the
late senator from. Maryland, adjourned I'M
til noon tomorrow.
Previous to adjournment 1t was unanl-
mousy agreed that the first two hours of
tomorrow shall be given over to bills un-
der suspension of the rules.
During the afternoon under suspension
of the rules the message of the President
relating to conditions in the packing
houses were read and referred to the COM
mittee on agriculture.
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mittee will endure only so long as the
memory Of the committees work Is fresh,
and reerudesence OF the abuses Is alb
solutely certain.
urge the immediate enactment into
law of provisions which will enable the
Department Of Agriculture adequately to
inspect the meat and meat-food products
entering into interstate commerce and TO
supervise the methods of preparing the
same, and to prescribe the sanitary con-
ditiens under which the work shall be
performed. l therefore commend to your
favorable consideration and urge the en-
actment of substantially the provisions
known as Senate amendment No. 20 to
the act making appropriations for the De-
partmet OF Agriculture for the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1907, as passed by
the Senate. this amendment being COM
monty known as the Beverdge amend
ment THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
The White House, June 4, 1905.
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slide part way into a filthy mems privy.
1T was picked up by two enpolyes, placed
upon a truck, carried into the cooling
room and hung up with other carcasses,
no effort being made to clean it.
Treatment of Meat After Inspection-TNhe
radical defect in the present system of
inspection Is that 1T does not go far
enough. 1t is confined at present by law
to passing on the healthfulness of ami
mails at the time of killing, but the meat
that is used in sausage and in the vari-
Gus forms of canned products and other
prepared meat foods goes through many
processes in all of which there is posi-
bility of contamination through insan-
tary handling. and further danger through
the use of chemicals. During all these
processes of preparation there is no gov
eminent inspection and no assurance
whatever that these meat-food products
are wholesome and fit for food-despite
the fact that all these products, when
sent out, sbear a label stating they have
been passed upon by government inspec-
tors.
As to the Investigation of the alleged
use of dyes, preservatives, or chemicals
In the preparation of cured meats, sau-
sageS and canned goods We are not yet
prepared to report. We did look into
the matter of sanitary handling of the
meats being prepared for the various food
products. The results of our observations
have already been partly given. Other
instances of how products may be made
up, and still secure the stamp of govern
ment inspection are here given. In one
well-known establishment we came upon
fresh meat being shoveled into barrels,
and a regular proportion being added of
stale scraps that had lain on dirty floor
in the corner OF room for some days
previous. In another establishment,
equally we'll known. a long table was
noted covered with several hundred
pounds of cooked scraps of beef and 9TH
er meats. Some of these meat scraps were
dry, leathery and unfit to be eaten; and
in the heap were found pieces of pig
skim and even sonic bits of rope strands
and other rubbish, Inquiry evoked the
frank admission from the man In charge
that this was to be ground up and used
in making ''potted ham"
All of these canned products bear
labels of which the following Is a sample:
ABATTOTR No. =.
The contents of this package have been
Inspected according to the act of
Congress of March 8, 1901,
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Wedding Did Take Place.

New York, June Mrs. Emma Wat
ron, daughter of Claus Sprekcles of San
Francisco, was married in this city on
Saturday no John w. Ferris of San Fran
CISCO A report of the marriage was made
on Saturday, but later was denied by the
rector OF the church in which the cere-
mony was performed. The denial and
the resulting confusion was caused by
the fact that the minister who ofhciated
made no report to the rector. and after
the ceremony left the city. The marriage
ceremony was performed by the Rev. John
Ohphant in the Church of the Transfigu-
ration.
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Mississippi Supreme court.

jackson, Miss, June 4-(speciai)-su-
preme court decisions have been handed
down as follows:
By Mayes-J. E. Donald vs.. state; mo-
ton overruled.
Elias and sallie Hyatt VS. Southern
Railway company, Lowndes county; re-
versed ~
j. A. Poindexter vs. Cunningham Bros,
Moxubee county; reversed.
BY Calhoun-J. l.. Gingrieh vs.. Abstom
Wynne & Co.: affirmed.
Insurance Company of North America
VS.. ID, w. Pitts; affirmed.
By whitfield--Mary E. ONeal VS.. Re-
fuge Cotton Oil company; motion denied.
Alfred Aileck VS.. Alex KappltT af-.
firmed.
Russell & Butler VS.. Mobile and, Vhic
railroad; reversed.
Alabama and Vicksburg Railway conf
pany VS.. Cumberland Telephone company
reversed.
American Central insurance Company
VS.. l.. Antram ct all; affirmed.
A. Griffith ct al VS.. Vickspurs WaseE
Works company; affirmed.
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Let me repeat that under the present
law there is practically no method of
stopping these abuses II they should be
discovered TO exist Legislation is needed
in order to prevent the possibility of all
abuses in the future. II no legislation is
passed, then the excellent results accom-
plished by the work Of this special COM
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-05
MEAT SERVED TO AMERICANS
GOES THROUGH FILTH

CONTINUED from First Paue,)
s~~~~~~.~~~~~~~~
Grave allegations are made in reference
TO abuses OF this nature.
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.sHam and"-swift's PREMIUM Han
and Rrookfield Eggs, for breakfast. GOOD
and appetizing. Order from your dealer
today.
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East Lake Park

CASINO THEATRE.
ALL WEEK - Matlnees Tuesday,
Thureday, Saturday, 3 p. m.
CASINO VAUDEVILLE co.
Z high class, refined acts.
Miss julie Foreman, prima donna.
kohIer Trio, comedy acrobats.
Musical Harris, Dancing Durands.
Tho MeiInot Sisters.
Tho vltagraph.
Latest San Francisco pictures.
Casino prices prevail. Seats on sale
It PARkEE's.