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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-01-02
Minnesota & international
In Connection with the
Northern Pacific.

Provides the best train passenger
service between Northome, Funklay
Blackjack, Bemidii, Walker
and intermediate points and Mime.
apolis, ST. Paul, Fargo and Duluth
and all points east, west and south.
Through coaches between Northome
and the Twin Cities. No change
of cars. Ample time at Brainerd
for dinner.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-01-02

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WANTED - Girl for general
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ONE CENT A WORD.
HELP WANTED.

WANTED Good girl for general
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Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-23

This will be sufficient introduction oil wv
little group which were planning their sitl, M
Moons sport under the trees in front Oh 'i'
Hart farm house.
As the two squirrel hunters disappeapeu
down the sloping pasture to the hollow peh
cried:
''Never mind it, girls. I'll take my gun
along, and perhaps Wen beat them at taer
own game. Johnny couldn't hit a barn.door
for sure, and Bob's rather headstrong lor
dead shot" -, Nj
Good! good" exclaimed Phebe, while Nj
sic and Judith clapped their hands enthuS''''
tically at this proposal. =. -
Ben departed and quickly returned with MS
gun. while the girls were geefully discussing
the chances of beating the truant cavaliers
The little party at once set off up the noun
tain.
There were scattering chestnut trees at one
end of the mountain, mixed IN with nick
cries. Further along, nearly at the other eA'
tremity. was group of fine old beeches. From
that point it was an easy descent TO the hof
low. where Johnny and Bob had gone to
harvest gray squirrels.
The girls and their dutiful escort, Ben, were
soon drawn up in order of battle beneath the
chestnuts.
This phrase is used designedly. In good sea
sons the healthy and nanusomeiy 8rowh ehe'o
nut is eager to display himself No sooner
does Jack Frost knock at his prickly castle
than he hastens to throw the doors wide open,
and exhibit his brown frontispiece to all the
world. So ready is he to be picked, indeed
that he bounces out into the air; and if he
can contrive to alight upon the nose OF any
wandering visitor beneath his lodge, it suits
him all the better
But this season had been damp There was
an, carly frost, which cracked the burrs before
the nuts were mature. and then rains and
fogs followed after.
So the jolly nuts stuck fast in their cover
ngs. They declined to so much as peep there
from; and as to the burrs, they clung to the
twgs as if glued there.
1t was necessary, therefore, for Ben to have
resort to poles and "whangers." This latter
implement was club, whose mission was to
persuade into quitting the tree all such chest
nut burrs as were beyond reach of the pole.
"Heads!" shouted Ben, and away flew the
whaneer into the branches.
The girls emitted smothered shrieks, as the
nuts and burrs came ratting down, followed
by the portentous descent Of the whanger.
This was exciting, and especially so as the
girls essayed whangers on their own account.
II was not that the broadsides of the young
ladies' brought down such showers of nuts.
By no meansl Miss Phebe had somehow
learned the method of discharging whanger
| with some degree of accuracy. But as to Elsie
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-23

and Judith, it must be confessed, with proper
humility, that Master Ben himself appeared
to be in more danger than the nuts
Moreover, the eccentricties of aim in which
these two young ladies exceled seemed to i'm
part to their whangers the instincts OF
boomerang. 1t really required no little dodg-
ing, and vast amount of screaming, to en-
able them to escape their own missiles.
Therefore the crop of chestnuts accumulHt-
ed slowly upon the sward. And there was
another feature of the hunt which was not
romantic.
The burrs seemed determined to keep shut
in spite of the whangers. After they thunp-
ed and bounced upon the ground, their mil
dewy tenants declined to appear.
Hence it was necessary to pound the burrs
upon a stump with stone or club. Ben took
his heels to them, but this process was not
convenient for the girls. They hammered
their thumbs and the burrs together, as being
procedure more suited to the dignity Of the
sex.
Ben was quick-witted youth, and soon
perceived that the romance of chestnutting
was fading in the eyes Of his city visitors.
81 say" he cried, "let's give this up, and
go for some beechnuts"
The proposal was received with applause,
and the nutters, leaving their spoil behind
followed Ben with great zeal, and many tuin-
bles over the tangled vines, toward the other
end Of the mountain.
The whir of a partridge was heard sudden
ly, off to the left. Ben pricked up his ears.
''You go ahead softly, girls" he whispered,
"while l try for shot at that fellow"
Ben hurried away, chuckling as he went at
the thought of beating Bob and Johnny in
the game business, while the girls, with one
ear open to Ben's movements, pushed on ca u
tiously, with Phebe in the lead. This young
person, however, was too nimble for her
cousins. She leaped from rock to rock, and
tackled through the bushes, with such agility
| that she was soon out of sight.
GLOW lonesome this seems!" observed Ju-
dith, as the cracking of Phebe's footsteps
ceased
| eyes" responded Elsie, poeticaly. Nature
draws curtain of foliage between us and the
world and we are"
"Look out, girls" cried Phoebes voice
from somewhere in advance of them
"Gracious!" what can it be?" exclaimed
Judith, with a little shrek.
"Why, it's bear" screamed Elsie, gath
| ering up her skirts for run.
"It really isl" confirmed Judith, as SHE
tumbled precpitately into thicket of black.
| berries.
A creature with busy yellow tail dashed
headlong by. 1t seemed to Else's eyes fully
| the size of an eleDhant
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-23
"WHAhGlt1G" THE.
CHESTNUT TREE

The intruder wheeled swiftly, startled by
the shrieks of the two girls.
"Oh! why didn't you stop him." gasp
ed Phoebe, rushing back to the frightened
girls
"Stop himl" cried Elsie, indignantly
him, indeed"
And just then "Bang!'' resounded from
the direction in which the partridge had
taken wing.
Didn't tell you% cried Ben, joyfuIy, as
he hastily emerged from the bushes just above
them.
"Oh! he's got both of them!" said Phoebe,
with joyful laugh
Ben advanced proudly to the three girls,
holding up the unlucky partridge whose
noisy flight had served for his own death
knell.
"But what is that creature" asked Elsie,
curiously regarding the animal which Ben held
suspended by its bushy tail.
"Wel l call him as handsome fox as
ever ran. on four legs" responded Ben, with
exultation.
"Its your bear" explained Phoebe. "I
started him up, and your screams sent him
off in just the right direction to enable Ben
to get shot at his fleeing foxship"
"And my doube-barrel brought him down
neatly, too, second after l had secured the
bird. But let us go for the beechnuts now,"
concluded Ben, as he tramped on ahead, with
his gun and his game displayed to the best
advantage.
The joys of searching for beechnuts among
the heaped-up leaves can only be fully re-
allied by those who have tried it. But we
must not linger with the young folks in
this entrancing search. They gathered
enough to make a respectable showing in
their pillow-case bags, and then Ben propos-
ed that they should go down to the hol-
low and see how the gray squirrel returns
came in.
''How many?" asked Ben, as soon as he
"Not shadow of one!" he answered, dis
"And served you rghti'' said Elsie, sharp
ly. "It was only what you deserved for de-
serting us"
On the whole, however, Notwithstanding
the bad luck of Johnny and Bob this was a
good afternoon for nuts and fun generally,
when all the spoil was counted-a peck or
so of chestnuts, three or four quarts Of beech
nuts, partridge, and a fox, not to men,
ton several pounded thumbs and fingers, the
worse for having been in close contact with
numerous refractory chestnut-burrs But the
history of this nutting day is written. and we
leave the boys and girls to return home with
their treasures, tired and hungry, but firm
in the belief that they had had "snlendid
| time"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-23
1R6W5.
nuts by the pint.

nuts by the pint.
1t is rare sport, when the leaves and nuts
are dropping socially together, to scramble
over the hills, thread the thickets and tangles,
smell the fragrant pines, and bring home
pockets bulgy with spoil, as well as brown
hands, and noses diversified with bramble
autographs.
There is nothing in nutting that ought to
create quarrels.I Yet what is there so sweet
and so joyous in nature that human folk will
not disagree over it?
Even the luscious huckleberry pie some
times sets youngsters by the ears as to who
shall get the largest piece. So it turned out on
the Hustled farm, and the question was
Nuts?
The forests and hillsides were putting on
their brightest colors, and the sun was wink
ing without blinders at the fat pumpkins in
the corn fields.
The bags and poles were in readiness, and
the young people also. Yet a complaining
growl disturbed the quiet of the scene.
"Botheration take the nuts! Let's go after
gray squirrels. There's lot of them in the
grove down by the hollow"
''Now, Johnny Peters, 1 want some beech
nuts and some chestnuts," echoed girlish
voice, "and I'm going to have them, too. If
you boys won't go and help us, we can take
care of ourselves, l guess"
"All right, Elsie. You boom ahead. and
we three will roust out some squirrels Won't
we, Bob%
"That's So" responded Bob, to the great
disgust of the girls you'll go with us, too
won't you, Benz" added Bob.
''Well, dunno" the third boy replied
slowly, with sharp glance at the girls. 81
think it will be kind of handy for me to be
along with the girls-won't it, Elsie%
81 thought you knew on Which side your
bread was buttered" the girl rejoined, with
a triumphant smile. you are real good
boy, Ben, and Pm going to remember you in
my viii" -,
''and perhaps Phebe will lend you dress
Come on, Bob!
And away went the two boys, Johnny Pc
ters and Robert Hart, his cousin with guns
and dog, bound for the hollow where the gcay
squirrels held high carnival.
Elsie and Johnny Peters, with their sister
Judith were spending few weeks at their
Uncle Harts, in Burkville.
Phebe was Bob Hart's sister, and Ben
Grover was a distant relative of the Harts
who did farm work in summer, and was
hard student at the village school in winter,
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-23
Copyright by james Elverson.

r UTTING in the woods is fascinating
| ri especially to city youngsters, whose
experiments in this line have mostly
BEy&2x& been on the street corners, where
Sss grimy Italians peddle hot baked pea
nuts by the pint.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-09
smoKE CASE CONVICTIONS.

It seems ungracious TO exult in any ones
conviction of crime, but at least it is proper
to rejoice in the enforcement of law and in the
relief of the public from a nuisance. On that
ground we must regard with much qualification
which occurred on Monday. and must hope that
a similarly satisfactory disposition will be made
of the numerous other cases which are now
pending and which the various defendants were
desirOus on Monday for reasons not at all diff
ficult to discern, of having postponed.
The offending concern whose chief engineer
was convicted on Monday is very large and
important one. Because of it's magnitude, its
offence has been particularly serious. One Of
those mammoth smokestacks can pOllute the
afr and defle the city more than a score of the
smaller ones against which action has hitherto
been taken. It is OF encouraging omen that so
big an offender is thus brought to book and the
good effect Of the conviction will be increased
and confirmed If a substantial and exemplary
penalty and not a merely nominal One is i'm
posed So long as the big offenders enjoyed
immunity, the little fellows thought they might
do the same. and so there was a general ten
dency to disregard the law. With the big ones
brought to book, the little ones, and indeed all,
will be constrained to mend their ways.
1t is time for them to do so. 1t is high time
for all to understand that the ordinances against
smut smoke are meant to be enforced, that they
are capable of being enforced, and that they
will be enforced, equally against the smallest
and most obscure and the largest and most in
fluential offenders.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-09

made 10 develop new aggressive methods, so
that comparison may be made with the old
Ones and a broader field of choice may be Of
fered for guidance In future operations.
Doubts concerning the expediency OF depre-
dating on an enemy's commerce have long been
entertained by naval authorities, some of whom
believe that 'the game Is not worth the candle. >
That form Of warfare may cause distress, but
Il can hardly decide the issue between two
powerful antagonists. Still. In the case of Eng
land. something more than pecnniary losses
must be considered A large part of her food
supply comes from other countries, and
serious interruption OF it is not TO be regarded
with complacency. A commission appointed 10
consider that contingency some years ago sug-
gested that a better system of communication
between the navy and the merchant marine be
developed. Ample facilities exist, of course but
what seems to be wanted is an organized use
of them. This will be undertaken during the
coming manmuvres. After such preliminary
practice as will then be afforded, 1t should be
easier to deal with a real emergency if one
should ever arise
New-York tribune., 1906-05-09
ANGLo,RuSsIAN RELATIONS.

The recent discussion of Anglo Russian reia-
tiOns in the "NOvoe Vremya.'' of St. Peters
burg might we'll receive more attention than
has been given to it. 1t is significant that
what is in effect elaborate and earnest plea
Tor an amicable apprOachment between the two
| empires appears in journal which is not only
of great and semi-oficiaI authority, but which
also has long been conspicuous for it's antagO-
nism TO Great Britain carrying that passion
so far' indeed, as to manifest it toward Amer
lea also because of the cordial friendship be-
tween this country and the United Kingdom.
Those circumstances alone would make the
Novoe Nremya's article noteworthy, but there
are others, intrinsic to the article itself of no
less force The simple reminder that England
has SO easily and completely established an
entente cOrdiGle with France. a country with
which she has Quarrelled and fought hun
dred times more and longer than with Russia,
is in itsef-as we have hitherto observed in
our own cOumns-ample demonstration of the
possibility of such a change of relations be-
tween powers which have been known as ira
ditiOnal enemies"
The "NovOe Vremya" goes further than that
and effectively exposes the fallacy of apply
ing the phrase traditional enemies" to Great
Britain and Russia. For a whole century the
two were in closest friendship. In the sixteenth
century England enjoyed peculiar privileges in
Russia. Peter the Great sought alliance with
England. In the middle Of the eighteenth cen
tury three successive treaties of alliance were
made between them. Although allied with
Frederick against his other foes in the Seven
Years War, England refraned from attacking
Russia. Catherine II cultivated close friend
ship with England, and would have helped
George III against his revolutionary American
COlOnists in 1916 had she regarded II possible
and prudent 20 do So In the first Russo Turk
ish war England gave Russia invaluable aid:
in 1893 a new alliance was formed between
them; in the NapOleOnic wars England aided
Russia with subsidies: at NavarinO the two
cO-operated against Turkey and Nicholas /
down to the Crmean War was always desir-
GUS OF an apprOachment and actually sought
an alliance. Down to a little more than half
a century ago, therefore, according 10 this
Russian papers own showing, Great Britain
and Russa were traditional friends and allies.
rather than enemies, and IL was only in the
strenuous days OF Palmerston and Disraeli,
with the vast expansion of British interests
IN Asia, that antagonism between them was
developed.
Having thus disposed of the historical arQ1I-
ment against Anglo Russian friendship, the
| "NOVoe Nremya" proceeds with an even more
! effective present-day argument in favor OF such
a relation. II would be advantageous 10 Rus
| STA on economic grounds, England being a close
second 70 Germany and far ahead OF ali other
New-York tribune., 1906-05-09
TRADEMARKS IN CUBA.

The Merchants Association of this city has
recently called attention to a handicap imposed
on American manufacturers selling in the Cuban
market which should be taken into account
when the time comes for renewing our present
trade agreement with Cuba. This handicap is
the lack of protection offered to foreign trade
marks-an oversight in Cuban law which en-
abIes INSCRIPTIONS local dealers to appropriate
labels made valuable by years Of use or by ef-
fective and expensive advertising Cuba was
long a purely agricultural colony, having little
need for trademarks except on sugar bags and
cigar boxes. 1t had nothing to fear from the
cOnfiscatiOn Of such labels, and, seeking no pro-
lection abroad, has not troubled itself to give
foreign producers adequate protection within its
own borders. Under the Cuban law trade
marks may be safeguarded by registration; but
the only test Of prOpretOrship is priority in
registering. and fraudulent claims cannot be
upset by an aggrieved owners proving an earlier
use of pirated label.
In this respect American and Cuban statutes
differ, for our law does not hold registration to
be final and conclusive proof Of ownership and
permits any claimant, whether native alien,
to establish his right to a label by showing
actual priority in use. We do not cOndOne trick
cry in apprOpriating a device which some one
else has originated or made valuable, while the
Cuban courts do cOndone it, If the real propri-
etOr has neglected to apply for registration
within Cuban jurisdiction. Cuban usage has
not yet OutgrOwn the narrow conceptions of own
ership which so long subjected literary property
to alien confscatiOn but which have happily
been superseded by broader and juster notions
of international comfy and international Justice.
The Merchants Association sensbly suggests
that American manufacturers take the precau-
ton to register in Cuba all trademarks Of value
which have not yet been pirated. This will stop
further cOnflscatiOns But it also urges the
government to bring what influence it can to
bear to induce Cuba to broaden the existing
registration system. Fortunately negotiations for
the renewal of the reciprocity agreement. which
is to terminate in 1908, will begin, and this
question can be discussed and disposed of in
connection with the concessions in tariff rates to
be granted by each country on the others prod
ucts. If we are to have reciprocity in trade re-
latiOns (and the interests of both countries have
been strikingly served by the experiment in
prOgress) we can also ask for reciprocity in the
protection of patent and trademark rights i'm
properly wrested from citizens Of one country
by citizens of the other.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-09
BAD TYPES OF CARS.

The weather of the last fortnight has again
especially emphasized-indeed, they are OBJ
viOus enough the whole year rOund-the bad
qualities of certain kinds of cars which are
now widely and. we fear, increasingly used in
this city, particularly in the Borough OF Brook
lyn. We refer to those ears which are not pro-
vided with adjustable window sashes but Of
which the sashes must be either hermetically
closed or removed altogether Such cars are
used throughout the year, instead of the two
sets-One open, the other clOsed-which were
formerly used. In winter the sashes are in and
the windows cannot be opened at ALL In sum-
mer the sashes are removed and the windows
cannot be closed at all, save with OPAQUE cur
tains which shut ont light, but do not exclude
raw winds or heating rain. The result is that
at few times are the really comfortable
Even I'm winter It Is not infrequently desirable
to have n window open for ventilation or. az
any rate, to have shade or blind 10 shut ont
dazzling sunlight-and these cars have no shades
when the sashes are IN. In midsummer. too
when there is a driving rain. especially at night
it is often desirable TO have weatherproof win.
dOws.
But it is in spring and fall that the cars are
most unacceptable. During the last fortnight
there have been days when it was positive tort
ure TO ride in a crowded car with glass windows
New-York tribune., 1906-05-09
PREYTNG ON COMnERcE IN WAR.

Two extremely practical and closely related
questions will be the subjects of study and
strategy during the British naval manGuvres
next month. These relate to the proper de-
fence Of a nations merchant marine and the
best mode Of attack upon that of an enemy in
time OF war. According 10 Engineering" the
cooperation of the owners -of most of the
freight steamers which are likely to enter the
zone Of supposed danger-between Gibraltar
and England during the appointed period of
a week has already been secured. To indicate
that they are legitimate objects of prey. these
vessels will carry a red ensign. but will lower
it after the formality of capture. so that they
VIII he subject 10 no further detention Ships
bound southwark will be required TO call at
Falmouth or Milford Haven for instructions
and to travel in company with other vessels
or singly. as the senior naval officer in port
may dictate Ships that are homeward bound
will stop in like manner at Gibraltar
To the old plan of sending several vessels
together under escort there are now MANY oh
Jecuons The assembling of such a fleet can
not wei be concealed from the enemy i'm these
days of telegTaphy. Since steam has disnlacad
canvas. moreover detection at sea would Drob-
ably be much easier than it was a century ago
A third objection to the system is that In more
ways than one il would involve delays in reach.
ing a vessels destination. While precedent
viii be adhered 20 IN a few instances for test
purposes, therefore, experiments will also bs
made with methods better suited 10 modern
requirements. Obviously the chief exercise al
ingenuity win be in the attempts 90 improv,
on the past. The execution of the two differ
ent programmes will help % demonstrate
whether concentration or dispersion will assur.
the more effective protection. England has I
much larger foreign commerce than any othe
country In the world. Hence, adequate defenc,
Is more important 10 her than adequate attack
IL Is intlEnated, however, that an effort VIII b
New-York tribune., 1906-05-09
EMPERoRs TO MEET AT VIENNA.
German Kaiser's Visit Regarded as Outcome
of Algeciras Conference.

Vienna. May s.-The news OF Emperor Williams
forthcoming visit 90 Emperor Francis Joseph Oo-
casions much comment in political circles here
which attribute Il entirely TO the Moroccan confer
ence The visit Is due the initiative OF Emperor
William. who in letter to Emperor Francis JO-
seph expressed his appreciation Of Austria-Hun
garys attitude at Algecras. adding that he wished
to pay a personal visit to the Austrian Kaiser.
The latter. replying. expressed the pleasure IL
would afford him to receive his friend and ally
Arrangements FOR the visit were made month
ago. but were kept secret
The newspapers here discuss the political Inn
portance OF the approaching meeting. referring to
probable changes in the relations between the va
TtOus powers and the isolation Of Germany. The
'Neue Freie Presse' suggests that the visit Is in
tended visible sign Of the soldity Of the Aus
tro-German alliance. Emperor William Is expected
to arrive in Vienna June 5. and 20 leave the city
the following evening.