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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-22
Omceholders Warned.

| 1t Is a little late-perhaps too late-to
| do any good or to frighten the office
holders of the south away from political
| conventions, but nevertheless Secretary
Straus ought to have the credit of doing
| his duty. / have not seen or heard of
any such circular from the Post Office
Department, nor the Treasury, and l am
certain that the commissioner of internal
revenue has not heard anything about it.
because he was very conspicuous In man.
aging the recent state convention of
South Carolina and securing delegates
from that state to the republican national
convention at Chicago who will vote the
right way.s But the officers and employees
of the Department of Commerce and La
Dor cannot offer ignorance as an excuse
| If they are called up to answer the charge
of pernicious activity. Wherever they
are. near and far they have received the
following admonition:
March 30. 1908.
ITO Officers and Employees of the De-
partfnent of Commerce and Labor:
by direction of the President your at
tention is called to the following extract
from letter of the civil service commits
sion:
United States
Civil Service Commission.
Washington. D. c.. March %. 1908.
The commission. in recommending punish
| rule l. has heretofore been guided by the fact
| that the rule was only adopted in June 1907;
hibiting political activity on the part of com
| petitivf classified employees have been public
ever since 1902; yet In actual practice the IF
Presidents instructions in this connection has
only dated from The adoption Of the rule in June
last. which gave the civil service commission
the right to investigate and report on charges
OF improper political activity on the part Of
those in the competitive classified service For
this the commission has hoon
lenfent in recommending punishments. But a suf
hs,nt time h has now elapsed for US to assume
therefore. that the time has come 'f for !:
We recommend. therefore. that the several de-
ployes in the competitive classified service the
fact that any man violating the provisions Of
the lnie IN question renders himself liable to
ordinates in the several departments be acquaint-
ed with this recommendation SO that in the
event of any misconduct by them in future the
commission may feel at liberty to recommend
their removal.
I'VE have the honor to he very respectfully.
JOHN 4 .;o MsIIHExS5:
Section of civil service rule / is as
follows:
No person in the executive civil service
shall use his official authority of influence
for the purpose of interfering with an
election or affecting the result thereof
Persons who by the provisions of these
rules are in the competitive classified
service. while retaining the right to vote
as they please and to express privately
their opinions on all political subjects,
shall take no active part in political man.
agement or in political campaigns
OSCAR S. STRAUS, Secretary"
The Archonides.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-22

Newness is the magic charm that wins approval
for this stores stock of Mems Clothing Besides the
decided changes that with each new season there
constant arrivals of lines of suits that show fur
ther development of popular models-thus emphasizing
the character and distinctiveness of Saks Clothing
We direct your particular attention to the lines of
Mems Suits at SIS to SIS. All new models from the
conservative to the extreme-in browns new grays
and the best plain and fancy serges At each price
there's evidence of far greater value both material
and workmanship
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-07-15
Put THROUGH His PAGES.

The wealthy Briton is confessedly
the most fastidious man living as to
the quality Of his personal domestic
SERVICE The concentrated energy with
which an Englishman will rebuke his
servant for an offense so slight that
the average American fails to observe
it bears out the above statement.
Those who propose changing servants
are not content with references and a
perfunctory interview with the man
or maid under consideration, but in
sist upon a full dress rehearsal Of both
manners and appearance. The serv-
ant In livery is put through all his
PAGES, must display the size Of his
calves, the haughtiness of his pose as
well as breeding in handling a card,
announcing guest or serving at the
table. Nothing is taken for granted.
The master and the mistress sit by
and discuss the points of groom or but
Ter as they would those of a high
priced horse or valuable dog. Domes-
tics are taken with great seriousness
by the upper class Englishmen, and
for that reason nothing is left to luck
in peopling the servants hall.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-07-15
Composite Names.

zone of the differences between the
east and the northwest" said Puget
sounder, lis the names Of places, and
the Skikomishes, the Snohomishes, the
Snoqualmies, the Wahkiakums and the
lot Of them give'a man funny feelings,
and when he runs across Bucoda, on
the Northern Pacific railroad in Pierce
county, Wash, he doesn't know wheth-
er it is Chinook or Siwash or what
But it is none of them-like Kenova, In
West Virginia, which is near the juno
ton Of Kentucky, Ohio and Virginia,
or Delmar, where Delaware and Mary
land come together. Bucoda is COM
posite name, and it's story Is simple
enough. When the Northern Pacific
came in a town sprang up, and it
must have a name. There were Indian
names in plenty, but something more
novel was wanted, so Messrs. Buckley,
Coulter and Davis, all Northern Pacific
officials, put their heads together first
and their names later, and the name
Bu-co-da was evolved, with an ety.
mology very apparent to any one who
is at all Informed in Technology. Bu-
coda it has remained, and it is not half
bad as names go in the Puget sound
country
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-07-15
one Fish Didn't Grow.

"A number Of men were telling Of re-
markable catches off Atlantic City, and
one Of them said that one day he
caught very small cod, and, not car
ing to take home such little fellow,
he took a piece of copper wire, ran it
through the tail Of the fish, and on one
end Of the wire he attached copper
tag with his name scratched upon it.
"The next year when was off there"
continued the man, II got heavy pull
on the line, and after. five minutes
fighting landed twelve pound cod,
and there on it's tail was my tag"
s'That reminds me of similar ex-
perience off there" said another man.
II caught one of those small cod, and
1 wanted to hang some sort of identifi-
cation on it, but 1 couldn't find any
thing in the copper tag line from one
end of the boat to the other. did
find, however, little tin whistle in
one Of my pockets, and, running wire
through the tail Of the fish, hung on
the whistle and threw the cod back
into the water.
''The following year got most Pc
culiar bite on my hook, and after pull
ing in the line got the surprise Of my
life. There was the same little cod,
He hadn't grown an inch, but hang
ing on his tail was long fog horn."-
Philadelphia Press.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-07-15
Beduars on Horseback,

"'Whoa, thar he says, pullin' up his
boss, and then he witness:
"'For the love o. charity, kind gent,
would We be so good as to gimme q
crust O. bread for meself and handful
o. oats for the old mareY"
The sailor smiled thoughtfully and
stirred his ice cream soda with long
spoon.
eyes, Hail." he resumed, 'there's &C
tual beggars on horseback in Roosia.
They travels from town to town In
caravans. They beg grub for them
selves and fodder for their nags, just
as I been tellin' ye.
go course, in the Argentine, where
a boss don't cost song, it's only nat
ural ye should see beggars on horse
back, and I ain't- soyi1a' nnthir' about
that. But in China they ride, too,
while there's a Maltese beggar down
Malta way what even drives spring
wagon an takes his gal along. Inter-
rupts his canoodlin' to ask you for a
copper to stave off starvation, then
starts right in again where he left off. "
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-07-15
Africans and the Locomotive.


The children Of the desert were filed
with awe when first the silence Of the
primeval solitude was broken by the
putting of the steam engine. Down at
the other end Of the Cape to Cairo line
the simple Matabele. v "a first con-
fronted by locomotive, were certain
that the strange machine was worked
by the labor of an indefinite number Of
oxen which they assumed were shut
up inside; hence, when the engine stop
ped, they gathered in curious crowds,
waiting to see the door open and the
oxen come out, nor could they for many
days be persuaded that the power Of
the locomotive could come from other
than the strength Of the OK.
The Arabs of the Sudan, more imag-
NATIVE than the Matabele, saw in the
fire horses of the railway one Of the
Djinns Of the arabian Nights" har'
messed by the magic Of the inidel to
the long train of cars. The steam en-
CINE was to them a living, sentient
being, of which belief there is curl
Gus evidence in the fact that on one
occasion a sheik made an 1mpassioned
remonstrance against the cruelty of
making so small an engine draw 50
huge train.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-07-15
An Understandable FAILING,

It was a severe trial to Mr.. Harding
that his only sons memory was not all
that could be desired. where in the
world he got such a forgetful streak
from is beyond me-" said the exasper-
ated father to his wife on one occasion
"What has he forgotten now?" asked
Mrs. Harding, with eyes downcast and
a demure expression.
'The figures Of the last return from
the election on the bulletin board. y
And Mr.. Harding inserted finger In
his collar as If to loosen it and shook
his head vehemently. Looked at 'em
as he came past not half an hour ago,
and now can't tell me.
"As said to him, If you're SO stu
pid you can't keep few simple figures
in your head, why don't you write 'em
down on piece Of paper, as do, and
have done all my life, long before I
was your age?'"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-07-15
Wink at Some Things.

"When you have mastered the gentle
art Of winking," said Lord Beacons.
field, "you hold the key to success in
your hands,"
Every ones personality is made up
Of trivial failings and trivial talents.
Foster the good qualities in your
friends and subordinates and wink at
those failings so dear to their possess
ors. Not to see everything is a rule
which will strengthen friendships and
help you to get the best results from
your fellow workers.
HE is no good" said the great Ma
poleon of one Of his officers. t'He is
continually looking into the privates'
stew pot!'
ST want Il man VINO can keep his eye
on the ultimate result and ignore little
failings, never mind how aggravating,"
said Nelson. And General Gordon once
remarked that the man who lost his
temper because a private's boot lace
was tied loosely on the day of battle
did more to lose the day than all the
enemy's guns.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-07-15
CREATES CONS STARVATION.
Carrie Nation a ousst Of BID Chicago
Hotel.

Carrie Nations ousst Of Bic Chicago
Hotel.
Chicago, July 1.-THE advent Of
Mrs. Nation into the Auditorium An
mex created CONSERVATION among ea.
ployes and excited interest among
guests when 1t became known the
celebrated Ratchet wielder' was In
the house.
Chief Detective Frank Repette was
hastily summoned and inside of ten
minutes he had a Gordon Of house de-
tectives thrown around the hotel, the
watchword being Don't let her set
into the Pompeiian room whatever
she does.''
So Big Jim Celia was stationed at
the main entrance to the room, but
Carrie failed to even find out there
was such a place. She came near
finding it, however, by accident. AS
she left the desk after registering she
started to turn into Peacock alley"
as the corridor leading, to the big re-
freshment room is called. - p
The face of the bellman turned
white as he grabbed her by the arm
and almost shouted: Here, don't go
that way" and as Carrie turned an
1nqu1ring eye be hastily continued:
"This way to room 1872" and she
followed him, none the wiser, to the
elevator.
Mrs. Nation did not remain long in
her room, saying she would go to Co.
lumbus, O., on a night train to attend
the national Prohibition convention.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-07-15

For the first time in many years
Judge Taft is now private citizen
and is enjoying the high honor of
being one. He has been in public
life in some capacity for many years
and no man is better acquainted
with the needs of the people than
him. That he will make good
there is no doubt and when he
leaves the office to which he has
been nominated he will be as popu-
lar as his worthy predecessor. This
is the prediction of this newspaper
on the ground that he will be elected
for there is little doubt of that.
Granite Falls Tribune.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-07-15
PR0HIBITI0NISTS GATHER.
Many Names Mentioned for Presiden.
tiaI Nominee.

Columbus, O., July 15.-The day
opened up lively for the Prohibition.
lists, with delegations from various
states arriving and being escorted to
their respective hotels by a band
headed by a gaily decorated water
wagon, drawn by four milk white
horses and attached to the rear a
mule bearing a big placard, missouri
two-thirds dry"
The refusal of Seaborn Wright of
Georgia to allow his name to cone be.
fore the convention as a candidate for
president left the delegates very much
at sea as to candidates, but certainly
not for lack of material. A new
boom makes its appearance every tive
or three hours.
Following the boom for DR.. A. B.
Leonard came one for Professor
Charles S. Scanlon of Pittsburg, field
representative of the Presbyterian
church in it's temperance work Fred
F. Wheeler of Los Angeles is still
strong and Joseph P. Tracey of De
troit, Daniel R. Sheen of Peoria and
Alfred L. Manierre of New York are
all making active campaigns.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-07-15
when Her BACK ACHES
a Woman Finds All Her Energy and
Ambition Slipping Away.

Bemldjl women know how the
aches and pains that come when
the kidneys fail make life burden.
Backache, hip pains, headaches,
dizzy spells, distressing urinary
troubles, all tell of sick kidneys
and warn you of the steaithy
approach of diabetes, dropsy and
Bright's disease s...s-
Doan's Kidney Pills perman-
emily cure all these disorders.
Here's proof OF it in Bemidii
woman's words:
Mrs. Edward Jewett, living at
1112 Park Ave-, Bem1dji, Minn.,
says: 81 am recommending
Doan's Kidney Pills and from my
actual experience know them to
be reliable remedy. I did not
take them as carefully as I might
have, but still the results received
were satisfactory. The attacks
always come on with a dull ache
in my back and while they were at
their height, I felt weak and mis-
cradle. I sent to the Owl Drug
Drug store and procured a box of
Doan's Kidney Pills. Thep helped
me right away and I am we'll
pleased with the results received"
For sale by all dealers. Price
50 cents. Foster Milburn Co.,
Buffalo, New York, sole agents
for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's
and take no other.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-07-15
The Mysterious Geqenschien.

There is visible in the night sky, I'M
der favorable circumstances, a faint
light, rounded in. outline and situated
always exactly opposite to the place
Of the sun. It is called the "gegen-
schien" and is one Of the most 1nex-
plicable objects known to astronomers.
According to scientist, it may be a
sort Of cometary or meteoric satellite
attending the earth. He supposes it
to be composed of cloud Of meteors,
situated about 100000 miles from
the earth and revolving around it in a
period Of just one year, SO that the
sun and the meteors are always on op-
posite sides Of the earth. He estimates
that the size of this ghostly satellite
may be nearly the same as that Of the
planet Jupiter-viz, about $4,000 miles
in diameter.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-07-15
SOUTH DAKOTA DEMOCRATS
State Convention in Session at Rapid
Hifu

City.
Rapid City, S. D., July 15.-The
Democratic state convention was
called to order at Derthick Opera
House by Hon. Harry Wentzy of
Rapid City, state chairman, with ev-
cry county in the state fully repre-
sented. A large crowd in addition to
the delegates was in attendance. An
drew Olson of Deadwood was chosen
temporary chairman. Committees on
rules and order of business and Gre
dentials and resolutions were ap-
pointed.
The platform will contain planks
calling for immediate tariff revision,
income tax, Inheritance tax, strong
antitrust, anti-injunction, opening Of
the Indian reservation lands to settle
ment and on state issues the physical
valuation of railroads, rehabilitation
of the present primary law, economy
In state affairs and points with pride
to the record of Andrew Lee as gov
ernor from 1896 to 1900.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-07-15
PROVISION PRICES DROP.
Pork, Lard and Ribs Show a Heavy
Decline.

OGCnnes
Chicago, July Ii. Provisions, par
ticularly pork, took long backward
leap, scoring losses all along the line
ranging from 2713 to 80 cents. The
market was demoialized. An over.
bought condition prevailed owing to
persistent purchases for a week or
more by both local interests and by
outsiders and some of the more timid
longs, who had come in at top prices,
attempted to go out of their lines and
they gave the signal for a general
selling movement that sent prices
downward. A good many stop loss
orders came out as prices moved
downward, the execution of which
-aeere|-at~a- -tAo5'- Eenerru1--rv rs1,1r0o,,
September pork, from $16.72h, went
off to $15.S2k @15:85, other deliveries
making almost as great losses. Lard
netted losses of 271s b 2211a cents
and ribs of from 371k to SO cents.
The packing interests were credit
ed with much of the selling and there
was little demand for the product un-
til the recession had progressed far,
when commission houses checked the
decline by absorbing the offerings on
resting orders.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-07-15
HELD TO BE UNLAWFUL,
Payment by Certain Railroads Of an
Elevation Allowance.

Washington, July 15.-In an opinion
rendered by the interstate commerce
commission the payment by certain
railroads of an elevation allowance of
three-quarters of 1 cent per hundred
pounds was held to be an undue and
unlawful discrimination and, the de.
PENDANT carriers we're ordered to dis
continue on Oct. / next such pay
ments. The decision was in the case
Of. thotroHiob.aroau and tho Nor
chants exchange of st. Louis against
the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy;
the Missouri Pacific; the Chicago.
Rock Island and Pacific; the St. Louis
and San Francisco and the Missouri,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-07-15
As Others See Us.

MEM sahib," asked young East In
dian girl of her English mistress, "why
do you wear those sad colors? l don't
like them"
Il am in mourning, Tattoo. 1t is the
custom of English ladies'"
But black is the color of night, men,
sahib, and yet you believe that when
you die you go to heaven at once. Then
why not be glad for your friends who
die and wear colors such as we see in
birds and flowers and falling water
when the sun shines? God doesn't
make your colors. All, we'll, Christians
are strange peoplev'-From 1.-THE In
dian Alps''
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-07-15
A Candle Trick,

Let q candle burn until it has a good
long snuff, then blow it out with q
sudden puff. A bright wreath Of white
smoke will curl up from the hot wick.
Now. If fame be applied to this
smoke, even at distance of two OF
three inches from the candle, the fame
will run down the smoke and rekindle
the wick in very fantastic manner,
10 perform this ceremony nicely there
must be no draft or 'banging'' doors
while the mystic spell Is rising.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-07-15
Quick Chance,

"Who," she asked, els that scrawny,
bowlegged, ridiculous looking person
talking to Miss Rockingham"
'"That is Count Brisczpicksnitzel."
"Oh! What an aristocratic, noble
bearing he seems to have now that
he has shifted his position so that the
light strikes him properlyy-Chicago
Record Herald.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-07-15
UnreQuited Genius,

The world has never learned the
name of the genius who conceived the
idea Of spreading butter upon his
bread, combination of food elements
more palatable, more wholesome and
more universally popular than any
that the combined wisdom Of all the
professors who have ever lived has
been able to devise.-Epicure.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-07-15
CHICAGO Union Stock Yards,

Chicago, July 14.-Cattle- Beeves,
s4.40@S.00; Texans, $4.OO@5.S5; West
ern cattle, $450@6.30; stockers and
feeders, $2.60@47b; COWS, $4,000
500: calves, $4.5O@6.50. Hogs-Light,
s6.s5@6:90; mixed, $6.35@7.0O; heavy,
Se.35@7o0; rough, $6.s6@6.60; good
to choice heavy, $6.6O@7.OO; pigs,
s5.2606.20. Sheep, $2.7504.65; year.
lings, $4.6005.30; lambs, $4.OO@7.0O.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-07-15
BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

One Chinaman was killed and two
white men were slightly injured in a
pistol fight in Chinatown, Philadsl-
phia, following quarrel over a game
OF cards.
The attorney general has transmit
ted to the various United States at
torneys Information against eleven
railroads for violations of the federal
safety appliance law.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-07-15
His Fate.

The race of consequential vergers is
not yet extinct. Dean Pigoc has story
about one Of them, who, when bish-
op asked him at what point he was to
make his appearance, replied:
"First take the choir people to their
places, and then, after they are seated,
I return for you, my lord, and conduct
you to the halter."-London Telegraph.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-07-15
~ An Author Who Hated Water.

Nine. dArblay, better known a.
Miss Fanny Burney, who took such an
important place in the literature of the
eighteenth century, had an extraordi-
nary and most undesira BILE popularity.
She had the greatest aversion to wash
ing and water. Sir Henry Holland
was the physician who attended the
gifted authoress during the last year
OF her life, and she conflded to him
that she had not washed for fifteen
years.
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WiIIed $4,000 by Cleveland.

Kendall, Mont, July 15.-Miss Mary
Hastings, nurse in moderate circum.
stances in the railroad company hos
pital at Kendall, is one Of the bene-
f1ciaries Of the late Grover Cleveland.
Not person in town knew Miss
Hastings was related to the former
president until the news was made
known that she had been left $4,000
from the estate: She is the daughter
of Anna Hastings, sister of Mr.. Clsve-
land. - \
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Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, July 14.-Wheat-July,
Gle; Sept, s1as@91kc; Dec, 93Ac.
Corn-July, 1870; Sept, 74c; Dec.
&c. Oats-July, old, 51hc; July,
60hcI Sept, 1890. Pork-July, s15.-
724A; Sept, $15.s2h@ 15.85; Oct,
$15.85. Butter - Creameries, 1870
21Ac; dairies, 17@2Oc. Eggs-17hc.
Poultry - Turkeys, 14c; chickens,
l0hc; springs, 15@16c.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-07-15
A Woman's Country,

The Frenchwoman may not be 50
classical in form or outline as many of
England's beautiful women, but she
has undoubtedly the gift Of charm, and
by virtue Of this elusive, tantalizing
quality she has for centuries bewitched
and enthralled all the men Of her coun-
try. France toduy Is tie most wouu1l
ridden country and also the most
peaceful, prosperous and contented.
The women rule by charm-Stormy
Petrol.