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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-11-18
CAUSE OF DEED UNKNOWN
Nora May French, Poetess and Au-
thor, Ends Her Life.

San Francisco, Nov. / Mora May
French, poetess and author, ended her
life by taking cyanide of potassium at
the bungalow Of the poet, George r.
Sterling, at Carmel-by-the-Sea, col
Ony Of artists and writer's near Mon
terey. Her friends seek in vain for
some explanation for the impulse
which prompted her. Miss French en-
joyed good health and her life to all
appearances ran smoothly, giving
every promise of brilliant career
Her father resides in Los Angeles.
the was twenty four years OF age.
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Mr.. BRYAN WILL ACCEPT.
Outlines His Position on Democratic
Nomination,

Lincoln, Neb., Nov. ).-William J.
Bryan will accept the Democratic NOM
nation for president in 1908, but he
will neither ask nor make a fight for
1t. He says that for a year or more
he has been pressed to answer the
question, Twill you accept nomina-
tion?" and he believes the public is
entitled to an answer and to know the
position he occupies. The question
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BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

John c. Jeans, day laborer of Lud.
ington, Mich, has been bequeathed
s1,e0O,O0O by an aunt, Anna T. Jeans
of Philadelphia.
A fire Of unknown origin at the
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utes Agree to Go to Work.

n Omaha, Nov. Colonel Frank
West, in charge for the government of.
the Ute Indian situation at Thunder
Butte, s. D., reports to Omaha army
headquarters that the Indians have
finally consented to accept employ
ment on the Milwaukee railroad for
the winter and that this action is tan
tamount to a solution Of the problem
with which the army has had to con-
tend. This concession has been made
by part Of the Utes and Colonel West
says others will follow.
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ST. Paul Union Stock Yards.

st. Paul, Nov Cattle Good to
choice steers, $5.50@6.5O; fair to
good, $4.o0@5.o0; good to choice
cows and heifers, $3.50: veal calves,
$4.00@5.75. Hogs $4.70@4.95. Sheep
Good to choice wethers, $4.40@4.50;
good to choice lambs, $5.0O@5.50.
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BARNEY NOT A BANKRUPT
Cause Of Suicide Something
Deeper Than Money Loss.

New York, Nov. 1e.That Charles
I. Barney, the financier and society
man who killed himself, was by no
means ruined financially appears to bs
proven by Statements as to his busi-
ness affairs, which were made public
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Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Nov. 15.-Wheat- Dec,
e4A 094asc; May, $1.02A @1.O21h.
Corn-Dec., 545s @54Ac; May, $3.50
55Ac. Oats-Dec.. 1890; May, 1870.
Pork-Jan., $3.50; May, $13.02k.
Butter Creameries, 22@27c; dairies,
21@24c. Eggs-171s@20kc. Poultry
Turkeys, 14c; chickens, &c; springs.
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hard, $1.0212; No. ] Northern, $1.06:
No. 2 Northern, $1.o3a 01.O4;. No. 8
Northern, 99c@$1.00.
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, Nov. 15.-Wheat- ON track
and to arrive-No. hard. $1.07A:
No. Northern, $1.05A; No. North.
ern, $IO4A Dec. $1.O4A; May, $1.1o.
F1ax-To arrive, on track, Nov. and
Dec, $1.17A; May, $1.24A.
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Chicago Union Stock Yards.

Chicago, Nov. 15.-Cattle- Beeyes.
$3.25@6.30; cows, $1.1O@47O; Texans,
$3.15@3.90; Westerners. s3.1O@5.oO;
stockers and feeders, $2.25@4.4O.
Hogs-Light, $4.8O@5.35; mixed, $3.50
@5.40: rough, s4.SO@4.95; pigs, 1920
OSLO. Sheep-Native, $2.OO@5.15:
Western, $2.00@5.O0; yearlings, 1856
q $40; lambs, $4.00@6.50.
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Wireless station DESTROYED.

Nantucket, Mass, Nov. 1.-The
Marconi wireless station at Siasconset
has been destroyed by IRE. The loss
will be seriously felt, as operations
Will be interrupted for several weeks.
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PLAINS OF ARCTIC REGION
Author Seton Calls Il the "Whits
Mans Last Opportunity"

Mans Last Opportunity"
New York. Nov. 1J.-Ernest Thomp-
son Seton, the author, who has re-
turned to the United States from his
exploration trip OF seven months
through Northwest Canada into the
great plains Of the Arctic region, is
very enthusiastic over that part of
Canada below the Arctic zone, calling
1t the white mans last opportunity"
Settlers by the thousands, he said, are
pouring into the enormous area Of
high class agricultural land which has
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PILES CURED IN 6 TO IA DAYS
PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any
case of Itching. Blind, Bleeding or Protruding
Piles in to IA days or money refunded. SOC
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-04-12

A certain young woman, who, says a
writer in the New York Evening Post,
Is fond Of being described as "spiritu-
elle," and who "commutes" from New
Jersey in the capacity of steuographer
and typewriter extraordinary and plen-
ipotentiary to coal firm, Is best known
In an adjoining suburban circle as a
"poetess." She jots her inspirations
down In shorthand notes, translates
them on her typewriter, and submits
the efusion to the local palladium of
village liberty and culture, which as
often as not finds place for them OH
the first page.
One morning there was heavy fog
on the North River, and the ferryboat
was proceeding ON its way gropingly,
with frequent stops and much whistl-
ing. Once out Of the gloom whistle,
a great big hoarse whistle, suggesting
an ocean liner, sounded close aboard.
There was stir of uneaslness among
the crowded passengers, and the poets
male companion looked up from his
newspaper with nervous frown.
Are you afraid?" he asked Of the
poet.
Afraid" The word came with with
ering scorn. afraid! 1! Why, you
know Shelley died by drowning"
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SPOILED HIS PLAN,
Worm Wrecked Michigan Mans
CrOp of Railroad Ties

Worm Wrecked Michigan Mana
Crop of Railroad Ties.
The best laid plans of mice and men
60 often wrong. DR.. A. H. Sauerman
who lives a few miles east Of Union
City, Mich, conceived a plan few
years ago whereby he expected to make
fortune. He planted quite tract Of
land of yellow locust trees, setting
them close together in rows, the tract
containing something like $4,000 thrifty
young trees. Their growth was hast
ened by frequent cultivation, good fer
tilizing and irrigation and they attain
ed a most thrifty growth until last
autumn.
DR.. Sauerman's idea was to care for
these trees for few years until they
had reached a sufficient growth to be
used for railroad ties, when they were
to be marketed and the tract of ground
replanted again to trees. An investi.
CATION showed that small worm was
creating havoc with the trees, boring
Into the trunks ana In some cases
weakening the trees so that they fell
over In a strong wind. And thus tho
genial doctors visions Of fortune
have gone ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
| TimeA
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Jersey.


The island of Jersey Is one of the
oldest corners of King Edwards realm.
Anchored within sight of France, orig
inally peopled by sturdy Normans, the
Jersey folk Of to-day present strange
racial mixture, forming little world
where French shrugs are to be seen
on English shoulders.
Within jerseys limited area Of but
ten miles one way and six In another
may be found the most varied coastal
scenery, the richest foliage and rarest
flowers, the narrowest of picturesque
streets or lanes, the oldest of farm
houses, the quaintest of fisher and farm
folk, the strangest of fish in the st
Heller market, and the largest cabbage
stalks In the United Kingdom!
Scores of bays, no two alike, inden-
the coast-some with pebbly beaches
others with white or red sand floors
some bounded by towering cliffs bearinl
ancient castles ON their SUBMITS; som,
shelving gently from the uplands. Whit,
lighthouses warn the sailor of tn,
ever-present danger from the sunkel
rocks lying In wait for their prey. Fail
to look upon in calm sea, the coas
Of Jersey is yet one Of great peril t
the mariner.-Four-Tr Track News.
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THE FOOL AND HIS MONEY.

Some Schemes Of Waldoat Promoters
fer Parting the Two.
Tho fact that one Of the firms Of
pseudo-bankers infesting lower Broad
way has been taking the fools money
Tor i've years Is an indication Of its
mccess, says Success.
Now half Z dozen mushroom bank
ing" houses. with deliberately furnished
quarters In New York, and branch Of
ices In all the larger towns In this
country and Canada and even abroad,
ire using this ingenious scheme to xelI
spurious mining. oil and manufactu-
ring stocks.
The house most successful at the
game has forty branch offices here and
abroad, besides agents in many small.
er towns It brings out a new com.
pany every little while and sells the
stoek usually by the mail order and
agency system.
Years Of experience have given
these parasite promoters an Invaluable
sucker list"-little investors all over
the country whose financial credulity
has not been shaken by repeated loss
e. These "investors"--wage earners,
country merchants clergymen. teach
ers and other professional men-are
reached through circulars and letters.
The first stocks sold by this house
paid cash dividends for q while, md
The ''investors" who were doubling and
TRIPPING their savings bank incomes
spread the glad tidings among their
friends The cash dividends were fol.
lowed by scrip dividends-in some
cases BY no dividends at all. The
stockholders who complained too loud
~ were offered in exchange for their
unsatisfactory stocks other stocks in
new companies brought out by the
house.
A trust fund" established "for the
protection Of investors" IL made up.
supposedly. Of sound mining stocks,
and when an investor gets tired Of one
spurious stock he can send 1t In and
exchange 1t for something else. This,
Of course, is just as spurious, but It
keeps the victim quiet for a while.
He 10 advised to hold the stock I'M.
til the mine strikes the expected bo-
nanaa ore, when the stock will rapidly
Increase In value. In this manner the
house manages to keep Its dupes quiet
for many months and to sell them
more stock hosidos
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WINKED AT BY THE BISHOP.

one Small Burst of Profanity Neces.
sary to Start the Western Stage.
Ethelbert Talbot, now bishop of GEN.
trail Pennsylvania, and for years the
bishop Of Wyoming and Idaho, in the,
early days Of that region, gives many
an anecdote in his entertaining book Of
"reminiscences, my People Of the
Plains"
1t both pleased and amused him to.
notice the stage drivers-a class accus-
toned to the use Of the free profanity
were wont to be respectful and clean.
spoken in his presence, and that when
one day chance let slip an oath he fol-
lowed 1t by profane apologies; and he.
gives an Illustrative anecdote from the
experiences Of Bishop Clarkson on the
plains of Nebraska.
One occasion the bishop was due to.
preach at a certain town on the prai-
ries Of Nebraska. 1t was I'm the spring.
and the mud was up to the hubs in
places. Already It was growing dark
and the lights of the village which the
bishop was trying to reach seemed still
a long way off. He became a little
nervous lest he should be late for his.
appointment Just then they encoun-
tered mud hole, and the stage coach
stuck fast. The driver laid on the lash.
but In vain the horses would not move.
The bishop was on the box with the.
driver, who was getting desperate, I'm
able to stand it any longer he turned
to the bishop and said:
do you see those wheelers looking
back at me?"
Eyes, Harry. What does that
mean"
Bishop, you know I have always
tried to treat You right, and respect
your cloth. But do you say you want
to preach in that there town tonight?''
"Of course I do, Harry. Why don't
you whip your horses?"
whip 'em, bishop! Amt I been a.
whippin' EN-. I'll get you there or
bust. What do you say. you must
preach there tonight"
"Of course must"
"Well, bishop, ask It Just once.
You see, these horses are used to my
style Of talkin' to 'em. know It's a
bad habit, and 1 know it's wrong, but
will you please give me a dispensation
just this one time? If you will I'll get
you there or bust. What do you say,
bishops"
swell, Harry, suppose I'll have to.
Fire away this one time"
Harry ripped out an oath and the
horses got down on their launches,
cleared the mud hole and landed the
bishop In town just in time to keep his
Observation-Disclosures Herald.
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n'''''f'&,

I've noticed the same thing In you.
hope you are not offended"
The promising young business man
chuckled. You are peach" he said.
mo, Tommy, I'm not offended. Not So
riously, that Is Yes, they're all nice
people. 1 ought not to allude to them
as a mob It was unkinG Of me.
Really, I've no fault to find with any
of my fellow boarders. love 'em all.
But, darn a boarding house, anyway
If you will excuse the profanity. You
are not offended, trust2"
1T seems to me a foolish ana un-
necessary thing to say, Richard, but I
am not offended. What Is It makes
you dissatisfied? Your room here is
really luxurious I should call 1t lux
urious. l think it's the best in the
house, and the view from these win
dows is most interesting. 1 imagined
that you were quite contented."
I'm not"
perhaps as the holiday season ap-
proaches you are becoming a little
homesick. You want to see the dear
old familiar faces and you realize that,
however well situated you may be,
there's no place like home"
do you mean my homer
"Of course"
"Well, to tell the truth, left home
| because didn't like 1t. All the same"
continued the promising young business
man, dreamily, home life Is the only
life, isn't 1t? Now, comfortable lit
| tie fiat or"
"Well?"
"Oh, nothing"
Whose picture Is that on your dress
err" inquired the divinity student, sud-
denly.
THAT? Oh, that's-er-that's a
young lady. A friend of mine," said
the promising young business man.
Chicago Daily News
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Tommy" observed the promising
young business man, shortly after he
and the divinity student had gone up
stairs, this thing Of boarding isn't
what it's cracked up to be-"
"I'm sure don't think that we have
any reason to complain" said the divin-
ity student. 1.-THE food Is wholesome
and plentiful, and exceedingly well
cooked, In my opinion"
"I'm not kicking on the provender,' u
said the promising young business man.
Its about as good as you'll get In a
boarding house, guess"
Its far better than the average y
said the divinity student, warmly.
THAT chicken tonight"
what is 1t makes you fellows 80
fond of chickenT said the young bust
ness man, in a slightly irritated tone.
There's no scriptural authority TOT
chicken, is there? Yes, the chicken was
all right, but"
But what?"
"Oh, don't know. Somehow"
didn't you like the beaten biscuits p
Il told you the grub was all right
didn't for boarding house grub
Only-well, there's always that mob. y
Everybody seems very pleasant, In
deed, to me. Nobody could be kinder
or more thoughtful than Mrs. Blim.
parker. She always speaks of you very
nicely"
"She's a good old girl. I know that
I'm fond Of her, too, as far as that
goes. I've boarded ever since I've been
In the city, and she's about the best
yet. wasn't trying to reflect on Mrs
Blimparker, you understand"
1.-THE others seem to be without ex.
ception refined and worthy people. Mr..
Gushurst appears little frivolous IN
his conversation at times, but If you
will pardon me for speaking plainly,
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inSignihcant case; had made one at q
consultation at Lincoln's Inn; had been
occupied In other ways. The only per
sonal thing he had found time to do fos
himself was to write letter to Lord
Avon. And now, the days work over,
and his dinner over, he was mentally de-
liberating as to whether he should at once
apply to the police for counsel in his curl
GUS dilemma, or wait and see what the
next day or two would bring forth
when he heard the sound Of visitor ap-
preaching.
A gentleman of free and easy manners
had run up the stairs to the door which
bore on it the name Of "Mr. Charles
Baumgarten." Knocking with the silver
head of his very elegant cane, he had
stood humming a tune until the summons
was answered by the boy, Joe. master
in?" he cried, airily, and walked forward
without waiting for a reply, as If he knew
his way about the chambers as well as
Joe himself did. The boy stared in amaze.
ment; he had never seen two people Sc
much alike as this gentleman and his
master.
Charley, lad" Joe heard him say In
salutation.
The resemblance was certainly wonder.
full. Height, figures, features, even the
voices were the same. Only In the ex.
preston of the two countenances a differ.
ence might be seen. That Of Cyras was
gay, light, laughing, as If he had never
in his whole life heard Of thing called
care: that Of Charles was thoughtful and
rather sad. And their resemblance to
their late father, the dean of Denham, was
as great as it was to one another.
Don't you know me, Charley2"
Intense surprise had struck Charles
dumb.
Eyes, know you, Cyras, my brother
but I can't believe yet that it Is really
you"
There's no mistaking the likeness,
laughed Cyras. Look at yourself in the
glass, and then look at me. Folks might
vow we were twins. You are silent with
surprise, Charley"
Il am more than surprised; am be-
wildered. Sit down. How long have you
been in England?"
"A few weeks. But most Of 1t hal
been spent in Paris, not in England. I've
been sticking to work like a brick for 6
long time, and l thought had earned 9
holiday; so came over to the old coun
try, to see you all. When I arrived
found you had all flown in different direc
tions; you gone ON circuit, and Berkeley
Square shut up"
They are staying at Great Whittor
with Uncle Avon. You should have sent
us word that you were coming, Cyras'
II couldn't. I steamed away from Wei
lington the very same day that made uI
my mind to come over. The fact is
Charley, but need not bother yor
by going into everything" added Cyras
"How is the dear mother7"
"Quite WE'LL"
"And Gertrude? Is she as pretty a.
ever? Any chance Of her getting splicedT
well, can't say anything for Ger
TAIN" hesitated Charles. But I shoulc
not very much wonder IL we heard Of q
wedding before very long. It Is Everart
Wilmot."
Ito be continued.)
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GOOD
Short

A golfng Judge, according to the
story, had occasion to interrogate in a
criminal suit boy witness from Bala.
"Now, my lad" he said, II want to
know If you are acquainted with the
nature and significance Of an oathT'
The boy, raising his brows in surprise,
answered: "Of course am, sir. Don't
caddy for you at the Country ClubT'
In little village in New Jersey the
school mistress saw one of the little
boys crying. She called him to her and
inquired the reason. Some Of the big
boys made me kiss little girl out in
the school yard" was the reply. "Why.
that Is outrageous. Why did you not
come right to me?" "I-I-didn't know
that you would let me kiss you," he
said.
A young bride, after serving to her
husband a Thanksgiving dinner that
was $3.50, said, as the mince pie was
brought on: II intended, dear, to have
some sponge cake, too, but it has been
total failure" "How was that?" the
husband asked in a disappointed tone,
for he was fond of sponge cake. 1.-THE
: druggist" she explained, "sent me the
! wrong kind Of sponges."
Alphonse Mucha, the French artist
whose posters of graceful American
women are no less popular in America
than in Paris, was recently making a
tour of the United States. "What
pleases me in America" NJ. Mucha
! said, as the intelligence of the people
The American public is far ahead OF
| the English. On my way over here ]
stopped a few days In London, and In
! the British Museum one afternoon ]
, overheard a remark that showed vel
how benighted the English public is
Two men were looking at some ole
Egyptian coins. Them there said the
! first man, must be three hundred OF
four hundred years old, eh, Bill?
They're three thousand years DID, the
second man returned. 'Ah, garn, Bill
What do We take me forY said the firs
man. why, we're only in 1906 now.''
ut Is whispered" said a magazin,
editor, shat Mark Twain will tell IL
his autobiography story about fam
GUS novelist This novelist loves praise
when he Is sure of its sincerity. Sin
cere praise. indeed, is dearer to hin
than untold gold. And sometimes. II
the hope of getting a little of it, h,
hides his identity and talks to people II
book stores and libraries about his owl
works. One day he went Into Bren
tanos to get some novels for summe,
reading. The salesman, who didn'
know him. after bringing forth How
ellis latest, and Conrad's and Tarking
toms and George Moore's threw dow
one Of the mans own books viii 70,
try this, sirT he said. The novelist
eager for praise, threw up his hand
before his own book. exclaiming: Dea
me! can't stand that mans stuff,
Cant you, SIR said the salesman
We'll, to tell the truth, can't, eth
err"
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CHAPTER Xxx.

bright with the tender green of Spring,
and the hedges were budding into leaf.
Gertrude Baumgarten was slowly walking
through one of the country lanes toward
Avon House, enjoying the freshness of
the morning. The sun shone, the skies
were blue and unclouded, the air felt
warm almost as that of a summers day,
and the birds sung with rapture that is
30 exhilarating ON these days when all
nature is springing into new life and
beauty.
Leaning over the small wicket which
was placed only a few yards from the
large iron gates at Avon House, stood
Lord Avon, looking at her as she ad-
vanced.
you are back at last, Gertrude?"
AT last?" she repeated. why? Have
you wanted me, Uncle Avon?"
mot at all. But l have been watch
ing for you for an age. What are you
carrying in that small parcel?"
Feminine matters in which you can
scarcely be interested" laughed Gertrude
"I've been matching silks in the village
for my screen work, and it took me a
long time, for l wanted many shades
Then I went on to see old Mrs. Whit
taker, who grows more deaf and crotchety
day by day. Are you watching for some
one else, Uncle Henry?"
mo-" replied Lord Avon; I was only
thinking, Gertrude. 1 am going dowr
to the rectory presently; your mother
wants me to ask them to come In to din
ner."
"Oh, pray do" said Gertrude. st will
make it less dull for them, and for US
wish you would tell me something" sh,
continued, after a pause.
well? What do you want to known
he inquired, certain in his own mind a.
to the nature Of her request.
''The letter you were reading at tn,
breakfast table, CHANGED to see tn,
writing, you remember, and said It wa
from Charles; upon which you put
hastily into your pocket, telling me tina
I saw too much and too quickly. 1t wa
from Charles, was 1t mott"
Eyes. You are quite right"
'"Then why did you rush It away Il
chat fashion, and pretend that was mis-
taken. Uncle Henry?"
Because I wished not to draw you
mothers attention to it. I did not alto
gsther understand the letter, and wante
to go over 1t again alone. Charley ha
been getting into a mess. He was seel
at the play one night in strange company
Again, the old bishop of Denham, calm
at his chambers, found some very unor
thodox pen-and-ink sketches on his blot
ting pad. Charley forthwith went dow
In his lordship's estimation, and lost som
work the bishop had just offered him.
should like to have seen the good man
face" broke off Lord Avon, laughing.
but Is that all" asked Gertrude. ~
does not seem a very terrible affair,
there is nothing more behind It."
''It certainly sounds rather like cas-
Of much ado about nothing" assented th