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The Washington times., 1907-11-20
Sociefp Sarcasm

Many girls seem to imagine that the
most desirable of social acquisitions is
a quick tongue, usually devoted to sar-
castle sayings OF the sDlartly cynical
brand.
They think that in the practice of
this art they are the admired or all
behOlders. and that men by the score
viii fail conquest TO their cleverness
and charm.
Never was there a greater mistake.
No one likes TO feel that ne is being
made the subject Of ridicule. and what
the sarcastic girl viii say 10 one she
will say OF one
so while men and women alike laugh
at her bright salliss. and profess them
selves entranced by her Wit, they are
unlikely indeed 20 feel a very warm
affection for her, and usually prefer
that she should he absent when they
are ia anything but a filppanJ and cyni-
cal mood.
Don't do IT,
Indeed, it doesn't pay.
J on are only displaying 10 the world
that YOU have no faith in humanity.
no trust in your fellow-beings, and that
you find no object worthy OF more
than ridicule and levity.
STaightforwardness and sincerity. In
nocentr Sood-natured nirth and kind
ness of heart will accomplish more thar
the most brilliant sarcasm ever can
The Washington times., 1907-11-20
poRe-Bonnets 10 Come

Thers - more than rumor In mo-
distic circles in Paris that the old-fash-
Toned poke bornet of huge dimensions
is about to re-aDDear. and win be look
ed upon with favor this winter. Wheth-
er or not the side ringlets Of old re-
nown will be revived again to meet the
requirements Of this particular style OF
headgear remains 10 be seen; bot there
Is 10 denying the fact that. provided IL
is fairly resinstated once more, the
whole style Of dress will have to be
altered 10 bring II mo focus with early
Victorian ideas AS far as can be
judged already, the 1907 poke bonnet
VIII be carried out in fine silky beaver
or IN drawn tafTetas or satin. the lat
ter providing at present the most pODu-
lar material for headgear ia general
Like all the newest forms Of millinery
the brims viii be lined with a different
color or with glistening white.
The Washington times., 1907-11-20
THANKSGIVING AntiCIpOtlOnS

OF course We'll have a turkey,
a great, big, husky Teller.
N vegatabuls Of every kind
Pertaters, white and yeller,
Turnips, n squash, n onions, too
I'm! I'm! M celery,
N stuffin', that's the best of all,
Fixed Up with saVOry.
N pies! Wen. I'm prepared to say
All other kinds is fakes
Alongside o the punkin ones,
An mince, my mother makesi
Besides, they s apple turnovers
To cap the hull array,
An I can have two slabs of each,
Cause it's Thanksgiving DAY.
But after eatin' fruit n nuts
N candy with the rest,
1 bet III feel ike letting out
The buttons on my vesti
N walkin' round the block IS good
For appetites ike mine;
Then afterward III feel like more
Gei amt Thanksgiving fine!
Maize V. CarUthers. in LIppincotts
The Washington times., 1907-11-20
SICK Room Sand Bags

One OF the most convenient articles
for use in the sick room is a sand bag.
Get some clean, fine sand, dry Ii thor
oughly IN kettle on stove Make a
bag about eight inches square. OF fan
mel, fl it with dry sand. sew the open
ings carefully together and cover the
bag with cotton.
This will prevent the sand from sift-
ing out and IL also enables one TO heat
the bag quickly by placing IL Ia an
oven or even on the back OF the stove.
It viii be found very much better for
warming The hands and feet Of iuVaIids
than the hot-water bottle or a brick
II Is especially good In neuralgia or
rheumatism. and is also very helpful Il
one is suffering from toOthache.
The Washington times., 1907-11-20
Kris kingIO'S Mail
Cones TO The Tines

enumerated her wants. This young lady
evidently wishes to start housekeeping
Ia earnest. Her letter follows:
Washington, d. G, Nov. Is. 1907.
Dear Mr.. Santa Claus:
Please bring me little tub. because
my other one Is busted; a little stove,
litter and all; q doll with q Gordon
pleated dress: a little bureau, and little
table and a little sideboardi also doi' s
high-chair and a little plano, and a
clock.
Now. Mr.. Santa Claus, please give
me those things and I VIII be a good
girl for a whole year. Your little friend,
GERTRUDE McALEER.
II live at II p street northwest.
Washington, D. c."
The Washington times., 1907-11-20
Walnut Hair Dye

The green huIls are pounded and the
Juice pressed out by squeezing In a
tincture press.
To two ounces of juice. use two
ounces of rectded spirits. a few drops
of oil of cloves, and a teaspoonful Of
common table salt. Allow TO stand for
two weeks, with occasional agitation.
Then flter and it is ready for use.
The color can be regulated BY adding
VIII stain the skin. therefore should
not be allowed to touch the scalp, and
rubber gloves should be worn when ap-
plying
The Washington times., 1907-11-20
LOCAL MENTION.
Good Bread Is the Foundation

OF health and vig0r. Schneider Malt"
Bread represents the highest achievement
or modern baking methods Nutritious
and appetlZing. At your grocer s. &C.
The Washington times., 1907-11-20

Christmas is six weeks of. but mail
20 Santa Claus has TO travel. oh, such
q long long ways that the children Of
Washington have not only ciogged up
the ehimneys with fond entreaties to
Old st. Nick, but letters addressed to
Kris kingle have been directed to him
IN care OF The Times. Many unique re-
quests are sent TO Santa Claus and in
the majority OF instances the wants OF
the writer's are most costly and ex-
tFavagant
Such is not the case with "a Good
Little Girl" wac wrote to Santa Claus
at The Times Office this morning, and
The Washington times., 1907-11-20

An invisible. instantaneous skin perfumlng
beEutifer, describes Satin skin powder.
The Washington times., 1907-11-20
Welsbach Lights,

go years experience. DIS. Buchanan & /
Nineberg, 709 X st. NV. N. 659l.
The Washington times., 1907-11-20
Winner CoLozs

All the new colors for winter have
been stolen from flower and fruit
Gowns are not made of yellow or pur-
pie, but OF bloom of apricOLs" or daft
fodil materials.
Our blouses may be fashioned Of bats
wing chiffon, our hats wreathed with
pain Of pansies'' tulIe.
A toilet is arranged to represent au-
tunn IN shades OF copper. fame, and
dead orange.
A sunshine robe is cloth of gold
Nol4ed IN turquoise gdUZe, and a storm
gown Is In shades Of gray chiffon.
The Washington times., 1907-11-20
Use of SdChef Powder

One OF the little lavender bags which
may be bought at almost any depart
Inent store, If placed IN a drawer or
small chest, VIII retain its freshness for
many months and impart q delicate
fragrance TO the linen among which IL
lies. Powdered orris root, scattered
about in small silk bags or in tissue
paper, leaves a scent Ike that of VIC
let's Fresh orange peel If left for a few
hours in the water basin viii soften the
The Washington times., 1907-11-20

All Mantels and Repairs
Also Natl Inverted Light
u & @. c. A Muddiman q Co. SIC 18th St
The Washington times., 1907-11-20
"A Queen'S Wedding Dress

The wedding dress of lilac poplin worn
by Queen Alexandra on the occasion Of
her marriage A years ago, and in which
she won the hearts o. her future sub
Jects, is still very carefully preserved
by her majesty. This dress was chosen
IN compliment To Queen Victoria, who
always had a love for lilac.
The Washington times., 1907-11-20

Eyes Examined and Glasses Furnished.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-19
Will Log Near Farley.

Walker & Akeley, the big log
ging concern, have decided to cut
a large amount of pine which
they own near Farley, and have
established two camps in order
to get at the work Immediately.
The timber is located four
miles west of Farley, and there
are several million feet of pine in
the stand, on which the company
will log during the balance of the
winter.
The Walker & Akeley company
will make Bemidji it's headquar-
ters for the majority of supplies
for the camps, and w. P. Hebard
will have charge of the clerical
work connected with this Job.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-19
FLOOD CONDITIONS GROW WORSE
ALONG THE OHIO AND ITS
TRIBUTARIES.
HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES HOMELESS
GREAT SUFFERING AMONG RESI-.
DENTS OF LoWLANDs AT VA.
RIoUs POINTS.

Cincinnati, Jan. 19.-Flood condi-
lions continue to grow worse At z
a. m. the stage in this city was sos
feet and rising. Every hour added
materially to the flooded area and the
suffering among the residents of the
lower sections of this city and the
Kentucky suburbs was great Street
and railroad car service was badly
crippled, many electric lines having
impossible gaps several blocks long
and improvised trains for transfer ar
Management were inadequate. There
was no indication of immediate relief
from up the river, although some of
the tributaries of the Ohio were re-
ported as falling. The colder weather
which has been looked for to stop the
rise did not materialize, but a heavy
rain is falling, adding greatly to the
discomfort of those who had been
driven from their homes and increas-
ing the damage to property in process
of removal from river front cellars.
At noon the sixty-foot stage in the
river here had been reached and the
river was still rising. Reports of SUI
fering continued to come in during the
day from towns along the river both
above and below the city. The town
Of New Richmond was reported flood
bound, nearly all the houses in the
place being submerged, and the people
have been compelled to move into the
second stories or else vacate their
homes entirely
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-19
TWO TEST SUITS BEGUN
UNITED STATES SEEKS TO COM,
PEI ADMISSION OF JAPs TO
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

Washington, Jan. :19.-The United
States has begun two suits in San
Francisco for the purpose of enforcing
the provisions of the treaty with Japan
giving to the Japanese equal school
advantages. One Of the actions is
brought in the supreme court Of the
state Of California in the name Of
Japanese child for the purpose Of OBJ
tanning a writ of mandamus to, compel
his admission to one of the public
schools from which he Is excluded by
the action of the board of education.
The proceeding in the second suit is a
comprehensive bill in equity filed by
the United States in the federal cir
cult court in which the members Of
the board of education, the superin-
tendent of schools and all of the prin-
cipals of the various primary and
grammar schools of San Francisco are
made defendants.
In both proceedings the government
alleges the execution of the treaty
with Japan in 1895, which provides
that ''in whatever relates to the rights
of residence and travel the subjects
of each party to the treaty shall enjoy
in the territories of the other "the
same privileges, liberties and rights
as citizens or subjects of the most
favored nation"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-19
MESSAGE on CAR SHORTAGE.
Said President Will Advocate Recip.
rocaI Demurraqe.

Said President Will Advocate Recip-
rocaI Demurrage.
Washington, Jan. ia preliminary
report of Investigations of the North
west car shortage has been made to
President Roosevelt by the Interstate
commerce commission and the pres
ident will ask congress to give the
commission increased powers to en-
able it to deal with such emergencies.
When the commission has prepared
Its recommendation the president will
send a special message to congress.
The president made this announce
ment at conference at the White
House with Messrs. Knapp, Clements,
Harlan and Clark of the Interstate
commerce commission and four mem
bers of the executive committee of
the national demurrage convention re-
Gently held at Chicago, who had come
to Washington to take up the matter
with Mr.. Roosevelt and the interstate
commerce commission.
None of the interstate commerce
commissioners was willing to be
quoted, but unofficially they say the
recommendations to the president will
include some form of reciprocal de-
murrage, SO that the carrier may be
penalized for delay in moving as well
as the consignee for delay in unload
Ing cars, and probably some sugges-
lions for the Interchange of cars by
railroads to meet extraordinary de.
mands in one section not existing in
another.
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FOUR HUNDRED KILLED.
Rear Admiral Davis Sends Message
From Kingston.

Rear ADMIRAL DAVIS SenQs message
From Kingston.
Guantanamo, Cuba, Jan. 19-Rear
Admiral Davis, who went to Kingston,
Jamaica, with the American warships,
has sent wireless report to Rear Ad-
miral Evans at Guantanamo. His dis
patch follows:
Missouri and Indiana anchored at
Kingston at $3.50 a. m. Kingston al
most totally destroyed. Four hundred
killed; about 500 in hospital. City
now quiet. There were plenty Of
doctors, but short dressings. Have
supplied all could spare"
Rear Admiral Evans first heard of
the disaster on Tuesday night by
means Of an intercepted wireless dis
patch and prepared to send ships to
the scene. Wednesday night he re-
ceived a cable dispatch from Governor
Magoon asking him to send medical
supplies. The torpedo boat Whipple
started instantly at speed Of twen-
ty.flve knots, carrying all the surgical
supplies the fleet could spare. The
lowed and both are now in Kingston
harbor, but are unable to commune
cate by wireless with Admiral Evans
owing to an intervening mountain.
Communication, however, is main
tanned through the steamer Colon,
which is lying off the port.
Rear Admiral Evans sent the battle
ships because he knew no English
troops were in Kingston and he feared
looting by the negroes there.
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DENIES ALL THE CHARGES.
Attorney for Young Fairbanks issuea
Statement.

Attorney for Young Fairbanks issues
Statement.
Springfield, o., Jan. 19.-Fred G..
Fairbanks and his uncle, N. H. Fair.
banks, accompanied by Charles g..
Stewart, his attorney, have arrived
home from Steubenville. Mr.. Stewart
Issued the following statement con.
corning the charge against Mr.. Fair.
banks, In which it is alleged that he
swore falsely In obtaining a marriage
license:
1T was evident after examination
and careful inquiry that Mr.. Fair.
banks had not violated the law and
that he had not in any manner acted
d1shonorably at the time of his visit
to Steubenville.
The charge that he falsely and
knowingly made oath to certain mat
ters before the probate Judge pertain.
Ing to the securing Of marriage IL
cense 1t was ascertained beyond doubt
was absolutely untrue On the con.
trary he made no oath nor affidavit of
any kind, nor did he sign any state
ment or any writing. Further, it did
not appear that any person was de.
ce1ved or misled or corruptly per.
suaded by Mr.. Fairbanks to do any Of
the things set forth in the charge
made against him, nor was there any
evidence whatsoever that Mr.. Fair.
banks had made up so as to change
his appearance or to disguise himself
by wearing unusual apparel or by do.
Ing any other act or thing to deceive
or mislead in this respect,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-19
VOTES INCREASE IN PAY
HOUSE DECLARES IN FAVOR OF
ANNUAL SALARY OF $500
FOR cONGREssMEN.
AMENDMENT CARRIES BY 1888 TO IS
VICE PRESIDENT, SPEAKER AND
CABINET MEMBERS TO RE-
cEIvE $4,000 A YEAR.

Washington, Jan. 19.-By a vote of
1873 to IS the house has voted that the
salaries of senators, representatives
and the delegates from Porto Rico,
Hawaii and Alaska be increased to
$500 per year after March 4, 1907,
and fixing the salaries of the vice pres
ident, speaker and members of the
cabinet at $4,000.
Mr.. Littauer of New York precipi-
tated one of the most interesting and
exciting episodes in the history Of the
Fifty-ninth congress when he moved
to take the legislative, executive and
judicial appropriation bill from the
speakers table as it had passed the
senate and to amend the same by in
sorting provision increasing the sal
airy of the vice president, the speaker
OF the house and members of the cab.
met to $4,000 each and to increase
the salaries of senators, representa-
tives In congress, delegates from the
territories and the resident commits
sioner from Porto Rico to $500 per
annum.
Full Attendance of Members.
Nearly every member was present
when Mr.. Littauer made his motion,
both Republican and Democratic whips
having sent out hurry calls for absent
members, and almost instantly mem
bers were on their feet in protest to a
cut and dried programme for increas.
ing salaries without a roll call.
When the previous question was or
dered there was resounding chorus
of ayes in favor of passage of the
amendment, the nays being noticeable
through their absence.
On the division being taken the
amendment was declared carried
ayes 1873, noes 80.
Mr.. Macon of Arkansas called for
the yeas and nays, but only thirty-four
members rose. ..-- ...
mot sufficient number" declared
the speaker and the amendment was
declared adopted. ....- -....- ~.
The only other action to be taken
with reference to this amendment is
for the senate to confirm. 1t will not
again come up in the house unless the
senate should amend the amendment
The bill was then sent to confer.
ence, the conferees on the part of the
house being Messrs. Bingham, Littauer
and Livingstone.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-19
JOHN R. WALSH INDICTED
FORMER PRESIDENT OF CHICAGO
NATIONAL BANK ACCUSED
OF MISMANAGEMENT.

Chicago, Jan. 19.-John R. Walsh,
formerly president of the Chicago Ma
tional bank of this city, which closed
its doors Dec. 16, 1905, has been in
dicted by the federal grand jury for
alleged misconduct in the manage
ment of the finances of the bank.
The indictment is based upon nine
ty-two separate transactions, on each
of which it is claimed the funds of the
bank were unlawfully used, and con-
tains 1872 counts based upon the nine
ty-two financial operations conducted
by Mr.. Walsh. 1t is claimed that Mr.
Walsh placed in the bank twenty-five
memorandum notes" aggregating in
face value s2,090,00O and placed the
proceeds to the credit Of his personal
account. Thirteen transactions in the
bonds of the Southern Indiana and
Illinois Southern railway, owned by
Mr.. Walsh, are also charged, it being
claimed that Walsh sold these bonds
to the bank and placed the proceeds,
amounting to $S22,200, to his personal
credit. 1t is charged in the indict-
ment that the sums of money secured
by these transactions were paid by
Mr.. Walsh to the Southern Indiana
and Illinois Southern railways and
other enterprises Of Mr.. Walsh.
John r. Walsh was arrested March
2, 1906, on complaint of District Attor-
ney G. B. Morrison, who charged VIC
slation Of the federal banking laws.
He was arraigned the same day be-
fore United States Commissioner
Foote and after seven continuances
was, May 8, held to await the action
Of federal grand jury. Since his
arrest Mr.. Walsh has been awaiting
the action of the grand jury under a
bond of $4,000.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-19
DRINK PLENTY OF
GOOD PURE WATER
Natures Great Remedy for Rheu-
matism, the Kidneys and Bladder
Simple Home Prescription.

"The people here do not drink
enough water to keep healthy"
exclaimed a well-known author.
ity. ''The numerous cases of
stomach trouble, kinney and
bladder diseases and rheum ats NJ
are manly due to the fact that
the drinking of water, natures
greatest medicine, has been
neglected.
Stop loading your system with
patent medicines and cure, alls;
but get on the water wagon. If
you are really sick, why, of
course, take the proper medi-
cines-plain common vegetable
treatment, which will not shatter
the nerves or ruin the stomach. )"
When requested for such a
prescription for the cure of
rheumatism and kidney trouble
the answer was: "You must
make the kidneys do their work;
they are the filters of the blood.
They must be made to strain out
Of the blood the waste matter
and acids that cause rheumatism !;
the urine must be neutralized so
it will no longer be a source of
irritation to the bladder, and,
most of all, you must keep these
acids from forming in the
stomach. This is the cause of
stomach troubles and poor diges-
ton. For these conditions I
would suggest the following pre-
scription, which is composed of
only vegeta bic ingredients, which
can be obtained from any good
prescription pharmacy. =: Any
one can mix them by shaking
we'll in a bottle. Fluid Extract
Dandelion, one half ounce; Com
pound Kargon, one ounce; Com.
pound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three
ounces. To be- taken in tea
spoonful doses after each meal
and at bedtime, but don t. forget
the water. Drink plenty and
often."' This valuable informa-
ton and simple prescription
should be pos ted up in each
household and used at the first
sign of an att :ck of .rheumatism M,
backache or urinary trouble, no
matter how slight. .s
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-19
SAYS THOUSANDS persisted.
Direct Dispatch to the Associated
Press From Kingston.

SHCSS 0ISpdSCH 10 TIC ASSOC1dISo
Press From Kingston.
New York, Jan. 19.-Direct advices
Of the Associated Press from King
ston under date of Jan. 16, just re-
ceived, stated that the disaster was
as great as the calamities of San
Francisco and Valparaiso. Thousands
of persons, it was then believed, had
been killed, as the dead were being
recovered from the ruins in hundreds.
A number of Americans were. among
the killed.
The city is in ruins, but the ship
ping in the harbor is safe and aboard
these vessels the wounded are being
cared for. The dispatch also states
that the topography of the country has
been changed as result Of the earth
disturbance and that the channel into
Kingston harbor has been materially
altered. The body Of Sir James Fer.
'gusson, who was killed, was found
and buried on the day the dispatch
was sent
There have been a number of
shocks since the first disastrous one
and the repetitions keep the people
In constant state Of terror.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-19
MOST POWERFUL AFLOAT.
President Urges the Building of Two
Immense BattIeships.

FreSiuenl urges the Bulldlng OF TWO
Immense BattIeships.
Washington, Jan. 19.-In a letter
addressed to Chairman Foss Of the
house committee on naval affairs Pres
ident Roosevelt urges the immediate
construction Of two of the most pow.
erful battleships afoat. These are to
be superior in fighting ability to the
powerful British battleship Dread
nought and similar one under con-
struction in Japan.
The president in summing up the
necessity for the new battleships con-
tends that Americas power to control
the Atlantic and Pacific oceans must
not be left in doubt by allowing other
nations to outdistance us in naval con-
struction. He says the Panama canal
will be made more secure by irwin
chile naval forces.
The letter states that the nations
of the world should enter into an in
ternational agreement against build
ing big battleships, but comedies that
such an agreement is at present hope
less Of contamination.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-19
schoolboy Stays Official.

Smolensk, Russia, Jan. 19.-The
chief of the rural administration, M.
Krollau, was killed by a schoolboy
named Boriookoff as the chief was
leaving a concert hall. The boy, who
fired five shots from a revolver at his
victim, was Immediately shot and
killed by an officer who was in attend
ance upon M Krollau.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-19
BELIEVED THEY WERE IMMUNE.
People of Kingston Had Built Many
Brick Houses.

London, Jan. ia special dispatch
from Kingston says:
The recent earthquake was more
serious than any which had occurred
in Jamaica for $50 years. The first
shock was followed by fifteen minor
shocks. The wooden structures stood
well. but the brick houses collapsed
within radius of six miles. The i'm
munity Of ESQ years led the Jamaicans
to forget that they we're within the
earthquake zone and they had been
building brick houses. But for this
probably there would have been no
loss of life.
The defenses at Port Royal were de-
stroyed and the palisades broken
through. Black mud is coming to the
surface. The conduct of all classes
is admirable, but it is hoped that the
British cruiser Indefatigable will soon
arrive here with marines.