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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-01-03

lie Success Made Justice an Enthusi-
asst from That Moment.

The celebration by Supreme Court
Justice Harlan Of the 30th anniversary
Of his elevation to the bench by play
ing golf all day recalls the story OF
how he was first infected with the
golf microbe,
As a weekend guest OF Senator
Newlands he drove over with a party
Of guests to the links, where the sena-
tor was to play. The Justice was urged
to take a club and begin the game,
but steadily declined. with some side
remark about 1t being a foolish sub
stitute for real sport, and popular
probably only because 1t was British.
'But you will never know what II
really IL until you try" urged Senator
Newlands, good-naturedly. Take this
club and try a stroke at the ball"
The justice is no ki'l-ioy, SO he took
a driver. and with a mighty swing
swatteds a terrific swat at the liver
pin. The unexpected happened. There
was q sharp, crisp kiss of the wood
and the ball and the almost startled
justice saw the littlo white sphere sail
gracefully away for $50 yards, What
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-01-03
Proof of the Genuine

Jugt why DR.. Wiley. the govern.
ment's pure food expert, should have
cared TO take chances with restaurant
food Ii not known. Not long ago he
walked into a Washington safe and
took q seat. He evidently knew Just
what he wanted, for, waving aside the
bill Of fare the bowling waiter prof.
fered, he said:
Bring me a chicken pie--one OF
those little individual pies"
A few minutes later It was set be-
fore him, brown and hot, and with q
smile OF anticipation he broke the
crust, to find, Just beneath, q three
inch feather.
Take this away" he commanded.
what does Il mean, anyway; tell me
THAR"
The waiter was evidently a man Of
resource, for he Immediately leaned
over and said In q confidential voice.
"Why AIN tell 20. sab. It's dis
a Yo know dat Or. Wiley been
raisin' such or howl bout food moi
bein' what nit was claimed Ter be, a
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-01-03
a.ooo Marks for Best PLAY.

The management Of the Theater an
der Spree, In Berlin, has offered .
prize OF 5000 marks for the best play
which will have the city Of Berlin as
the real Of action and the characters
representative Of the various strata
OF Berlin's population. The ~aspirants
for the prize and honor r warned to
avoid the complex, psychological or
problem style. but they are at liberty
to submit any form Of play from farce
to tragedy, and In all . It must
be remembered that tho Berliner, des.
pite all his faults, 10 - Jolly good
fellow"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-01-03
aeArA RESULT OF syoLur,oN.
over Organisms Come to Their End
Only az Victims Of Accident.

Death is not a universal accompani.
ment Of life. writes Prof. Charles 8.
Minot in the Popular Science Month
ly. In the lower organisms death
does not occur as q natural and
sary result OF life. Death with them
is purely the result of an accident.
some external Natural death
is a thing which has been acquired
in the process Of evolution. Why
should 1t have bean acquired?
You Will, | think, readily answer
this question II You hold that the
views which / have been bringing
before you have been well defended,
by saying that it is due to differentia.
ton, that when the cells acquire the
additional faculty OF passing beyond
the simple stage of the more compli.
Gated organization. they lose ONE
thing of their vitality. something OF
their possibilities of perpetuation; and
as the organization in the process OF
evolution becomes higher and higher,
this necessity for change becomes
more and more imperative. But It In.
wolves the end. Differentiation leads
up, as its inevitable conclusion, to
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-01-03
Got His Answer.

The victim of the dentist held up
his hand.
Doctor" said he, before you put
the lid on my conversation, VIII you
answer a question:"
yes" said the dentist, selecting a
square piece of rubber and shipping 1t
with his scissors.
do people chew more on n side
of the mouth than the otber?"
Sure" said the dentist, picking up
the clamps.
"How interesting! Which side?'
1.-THE inside" replied the dentist,
slipping the rubber dam over the
verbal one that issued from his pa
TENTS lips.-Lippincotts.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-01-03
A Short Christmas.

christmas Day is only three hours
long in the Finnish town OF Tornea,"
said a traveller. Il spent last Christ
mas there. At sunrise | got up to see
my presents and to read my Christmas
mall, and night had fallen before got
through breakfast.
"Tornea," he went on, has a day
% hours long in June. Pretty good,
eh? But that is nothing beside Ward
bury. Wardbury. In Norway, has a day
that lasts from May 81 to July 22. And
Spitzbergen's longest day lasts three
and a half months"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-01-03

within three or four days, be 1t winter
or summer. At first the top part Of
the leaf will begin to wither and
shrivel up. and this Is likely to con.
tinue until the upper half has lost
It's green color. Then tiny white roots
will sprout from the edges. and in
time diminutive green leaves will ap-
pear IN these. These little oiIshoots
will sometimes grow 70 be an inch
long, and contain several pair Of
leaves. The limit Of their existence
seems to depend Of the amount Of
heat and light which they obtain.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-01-03

N"hNA ''SpN ggatF AsM t#HIF lEaAA sAh4&SHSANfE
ing.
"Carlotta draggeuF
combination pig-sty, chick coop.
goat--well, whatever you call a goat
abode. My foot panied me 80 dread
fully when | used 1t, that | was quite
content to sit down and remain with
the pigs. ! must have fallen asleep.
for after a long time Carlotta shook
me sayagely by the shoulder and told
me to march.
ARRIVING at the house, was told
that my friends had started home AZ
different times, and each n suppos-
ing me to be with the other, had @ 10
left behind. Upon their return. the
Spaniards had entered into the search.
and, finding my shoes and stockings.
they decided | had been caught by the
undertow and drowned.
This was early in the evening, and,
as a storm was approaching, the span
iards applied themselves diligently TO
the demijohn and were soon very
groggy. | made up my min TO get
away from there just az soon as ever
| could While the storm was at Its
height / managed to slip out and get
to the beach, whore ] found a boat.
The thunder, lightning and rain were
dreadful, but the water was not very
rough, 80 | pulled into the channel and
started for the lighthouse. | had gone
some distance when | began to re-
alize that | was not In good trim. 1
had not yet regained my full strength
and my foot panied me so dreadfully
that / wal weak and shaky.
For a time | thought | must give
up; then a squall struck me, and l
fought desperately. There was .
binding fash OF light. and ! saw -
yacht, and a small boat putting out to-
ward me. Presently a pair Of strong
! arms lifted me from my sinking craft
to safety, and we were DOR ABOARD
the yacht. The strong arms carried
me to the cabin, where the lights
we're all spinning around and the cell
ing kept slapping me In the face.
Some one gave me a drink that would
have made the head OF a Kentucky
colonel spin, and then ! did the most
unromantic thing. ! curled up and
went TO sleep. and never awoke until
ten O'Clock the next morning.
when I awoke. I found Nell Turner
sitting beside me. reading a yellow
novel and nibbling chocolates. think
you know all the rest. II was Jacks
| yacht and a party from Palm Beach
were cruising with him, He Is Just a
| plain, everyday Englishman, without
even a sir to his name"
"oh. you lucky thing gurgled Mary
Moore. ITO think Of all those lovely
things happening to you while we were
here twiddling our thumbs at home"
Beautiful! Beautiful" cried Nell
Turner, as she untangled herself from
the portieres. where she had been HID
den. You are the most accomplished
prevaricator ] know
you old fraud! Have you been
there all the timer" inquired Marion
Every minute"
well, they insisted OF manc and
adventure. 80 they had IT."
DO you mean to tell US that II II
not true?" walled Grace.
Jack Is true, and the engagement
Is true, but all the comic opera Span
ish town is merely a creation OF my
own brilliant mind"
Then sofa pillows few thick and
| fast.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-01-03
How He Got "ps risls.-

How He Got zoe ritIs.r
In many states there Is such q sur.
plus Of titles the stranger often grows
weary hearing them. Not long ago q
Chicago tourist, who had halted in q
little Georgia town to have the mud
washed OF his touring car, engaged
the colored boots Of the only hotel
In conversation.
Everybody 10 a Judge or a colonel
or major down here, isn't he. Samf''
he queried.
Eyes, sah.' replied Sam with . grin.
well, who Is that angular gentle
man with the white goatee?"
Dat am ledge Chester, sab"
Judge, Ell? What was he ewes
Judge Of"
oh, he's a jedge Of . good cigaA
sab. Oats how he got 10 title" /,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-01-03
Prolonged His Life.

Il can't understand" said the doc
tor, after the operation hau been per-
formed and the patient had been pre-
pared for burial, "how your husband
was able to live, with such an af.
Fiction as he had" We'll, you see
replied the sorrowful widow, ut was
years and years before we could per-
suade him to go on the operating
table."-Chicago Record-H Herald.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-01-03
i LIE Plant.

Visitors to Bermuda often take
home a. . souvenir Of their trip the
leaves Of an interesting plant OF the
houssleek family. It Ii known a. the
life plant, and when the leaves begin
TO shrivel and fade they send ont
little scots which in turn bear leaves
that continue to grow and remain
frssh and srssn for months. The
leaves are ah0ut fur inches long.
rich green In coIor ~ of waxsn tex.
lure. Ii one n ~ Isayes Il pinned to
~ Vail indoors 4 w begin 70 sprous
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-01-03
Great Display to Be Held.

A great pageant OF Darkness and
a series Of descriptive repre-
Of famous scenes in the
history of missions, is being arranged
for the exhibition of the London Mis-
sionary society, to be held in London
next June, an affair for which 10000
helpers have enlisted.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-01-03

cook des puts one chicken fodder IN
each one Of dem pies to show ter folks
dat days recebin' de genwine article,
sah!"--Success Magazine.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-01-03

The above picture shows four presents recently sent to Chief SpyhucA
Of the shawnee Indian tribe by Geronimo, the famous Apache warrior, The
pipe OF peace shown In the cut Is made Of a hard wood, resembling rosewood,
or Mexican mesquite. II appears to have been in use for many years. The
wood Is used in the handle Of the tomahawk The flute is made from
ppestone, similar to the material used by the Northern Minnesota trfbe5
and is said to be taken from . quarry near the town o. ppesone, MINI the
believed to be sinew taken from the backbone Of some wild animal The
figures shown o. the pouch are all worked into the buckskin. and represent
the Apache coat Of arms.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-01-03

death. Death is the price we are
Obliged to pay for our organization,
for the differentiation existing in us.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-01-03

what a
that the rin
"Oh, tell d
Marion VIII
froD. Florida
friends had com
he adventures.
Enthusiastically of
had met at Palm i
Men Turner told
Jack and his yacht
was something drei
she did not dare TO
leave II for you when
said Amy Wallace,
"Well," began Mari
after that dreadful 81
they shipped me off to-
at the Windsor, in Jack
some lovely people VIII
way down to the jumN
rough 1t for severa,
sisted that il wa
needed; SO | de I
I'VE arrive
beautiful lit
nine o'clo2
the ass
ton
thr
h.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-01-03

M ~ EGtK Hc-N
!, T. M wcI N list office
tion OF the UniV d ]ore az
department whicI ri aun ~
fculty to it's Off eials tne us
istration Of the lhw SWIM
lection and suppl ressI uan
Iers who use thk Uni hre upon
-s.,,o a tkuerl Ahnd espe-
the people of THIS cI
cialiy upon thoste wi
thrift have enabled
little surplus algaiH -
"rainy day" .a,a,
I have been asled{ ~
words on the FubfctI
frauds that operate THIRD fnding 70
and take pleasure m
such q request Pm the
i shall say may Ihavf N A. AZ. !,
venting some hfrd-work ann,.a
person, who hap co1itr ~ hrn'
nelf-denial to s9ve Up - ~
from falling a I'eadY 49,
dreds Of schemers Eh
their wits and makfni
.konest but credulouf tnlns
Perhaps the moot VIVA.
@1ko tne pHas. lomuJot ms" by
IL tnv .-nhomhs} opera
which those familiar
ALn " 49, NJ - 4 MU|AN LlL-3
Mons recognize their
acter. koras.
one Of these EARN
ne Of excessive prda ~
another is the actue S,ah,v
cessive dividends- Ia 4
q both OF these FED &c
accompany all such tcom.
$the Gays ~ IIple's
betition for the spoaa row.
awnings Is almost q lera,
4 legitimate linss Of b 70
#S3rg Of pals s,..Id Pity.
nrge Mo.. lere
here was 81 time ~
Iromise OF big prof Eod
psure q liberal rel % M
he use Of "dividenl ho
necessary an I.
Investment q the
Hill to secu fee
lrns. N1yxaSsaA
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-07-15
A large variety of Bemidji and
lake views lust received az Peterson !.

large variety of Bemidji and
lake views just received At Peterson's.
P. ]. Russell went 70 Cass Lake
this noon on business and returned
to the city on the afternoon train.
Mrs. ]. E. Black returned this
noon from Winnipeg where she
attended the Winnipeg exposition.
Mrs. P. ]. OIeary Of this city
went to Rosby for a few hours today,
returning to the city on the after:
noon train.
H. Mauseau went to Ferris this
noon for the Northwestern Tele-
phone company and returned to the
city on the afternoon train.
Miss Pauline Markham, who has
been visiting relatives and friends in
this city, returned this noon to her
home in Hibbing for few days.
Miss Markham will shortly return to
the city for the remainder of the
summer.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-07-15
A Curious Cipher Code,


Prisoners confined in different parts
Of jail often use cipher codes in CON-
municating with one another. In the
Kansas City Jail some years ago the
officials came across a hard one. A
fellow named Turner, in for forgery,
invented the puzzle. The writing was
On long narrow strips Of paper, on the
edge of which were letters and parts
Of letters that apparently had no con-
nection and from which no words
could be formed. One day deputy
who was passing the cell Of a prisoner
saw him passing long strip Of paper
around an octagon lead pencil. He
took the paper away, and on it were
the mysterious scrawls that had wor-
ried the keepers. But the deputy got
an idea from this, and, going back to
the Office. he wrapped the strip around
an octagon shaped lead pencil and
after several trials adjusted it so that
the parts Of the letters fitted together
and made a sentence, though the writ
ing was very fine. The writer had
adopted the simple but ingenious plan
Of covering the pencil with paper and
had then written along one Of the fiat
sides. On unrolling 1t the writing was
as mystical as cryptogram, but when
put around the pencil as it was origi-
nally it could be easily understood.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-07-15
Democratic State Convention.


A delegate convention of the Democrats OF
Minnesota will be held at the Auditorium. in
the city of Minneapolis. on Wednesday.
August 10, 1908 at II o'clock, a. M. for the
purpose of nominating candidates for Gov
ernor. Lieutenant Governor. Secretary OF
State. State Treasurer. Attorney General.
and two Railroad and Warehouse Commits.
sioners, to be voted for at the general election
Tuesday. November 3, 1903, and for the
transaction of such other business as may
properly be brought before 1T.
The basis of representation of the several
counties shall be three delegates at large and
one additional delegate for each ESQ votes
cast for Governor John A. johnson at the
general election of 1906. Beltrami county
will be entitled to eight delegates.
The county conventions to select delegates
to the state convention aforesaid will be held
on Friday. August IA. 1908. at such time and
in such place as will be fixed by the Demo-
cratic County Central Committees.
The primary election for the selection OF
delegates to the county convention aforesaid
shall be held at the usual polling place in
each precinct on Wednesday, August H.
1908, at such hour as may be fixed by the
Democratic County Central Committees OF
the several counties Of the state.
All electors who believe in government
by the people. whether or not previously
affiliated with tho Democratic party. are
cordially invited to participate in the Demo
cratic prim aries.
By order of the Democratic State Central
Committee,
Dated st. Paul. Mimi. June %, 1908.
ED. A. STEVENS. FRANK A. DAY,
Secretary. Chairman.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-07-15
Only = Dodna.
lnce expert was relating In

An insurance expert was relating IN
Chicago some oddities OF Insurance.
and then" said the expert, there
was that case Of the general store man
In Ohio. This mans store burned
down, and, because his stock was SO
heavy, the company disputed his claim.
remember one item In his stock list
1850 mourning hatbands. When
came to this item thumped 1t with
my pencil and said to the storekeeper
severely: . &. I.
Look here, this Is unreasonable
Why should you have had 1850
mourning hatbands In stock7 What
possibility was there that death would
create in a single small shop like yours
a demand for 1880 mourning hat
bands?
''The storekeeper smiled at me in a
conde descending way and replied:
I didn't keep those hatbands for
men who grieved for the death Of rela-
tives or friends, but for men who went
into mourning for the grease on their
hats Boston Globe.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-07-15
Why.


There is something almost plaintive
In the truly English word "why."> It
may be Indefinitely prolonged upon the
lips. "Why" is almost poetical in it.
self and fifty introduces the best hex
ameter in the language:
"Why do the heather rage and the
people imagine vain thing?"
Its uses in poetry are almost infinite,
and one modern writer makes almost a
line Of it alone:
Why do the night winds sigh,
d. The sea birds wildly cry,
The summer clouds pass by,
The lilies droop and die,
The light fade from the sky?
Why-oh, why?
To most of the why's there is not a
good because. The inquiring mind is
puzzled to account for many things
besides its own existence. Hundreds
of such questions occur to us at every
step, and no satisfactory reply can be
expected. Life Is too short: Socrates
was always saying ''Why," and we
have all heard Of the man who called
Pope the little crooked thing that
asked tions."-Exchange
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-07-15
A Blind Mans Ruse.

my great-uncle, who was blind"
said a Frenchman, ."once buried $4,000
In gold louis under pear tree in his
garden. His neighbor saw him do it
and in the dead Of night came and stole
the money, replacing the earth care
fully. 4.s: -
"Some days later my uncle brought
fifty more louis down to the pear tree
for burial. He soon discovered his
loss, and, silently weeping, he, too, re-
placed the earth.
HE knew whom to suspect, and that
night he called on his neighbor. He
seemed thoughtful and distrait, and the
neighbor asked him what oppressed his
mind. 49,.
",'Well, I'll tell you,' said my great
uncle frankly, 7 have 1000 louis hid
away in a safe place, and today ten
ant paid off mortgage, and have
another 1000 louis in cash on my
hands,. don't know whether to seek
out another hiding place for this mon
ey or put it where the other is. What
do you adviser <.
why said the neighbor eagerly,
IL your first hiding place Is safe-and
you declare it to be SOL should GER
tainly put this money there too
my great-uncle said firmly that that
was what he would do. 1t was the
wisest course. Then he took his leave.
and when next day he went to the
pear tree again there, sure enough, was
his lost LOCO louis, all put back again.
Exchange.
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Feminine inconsistency.


i "A clubwoman, writing in the Phila.
delphia Record, reveals feminine in.
consistency in the peculiar views held
by some women about the use of their
first names. She says: ~.
"A couple Of years ago I had occa-
sion to send a letter to married wo-
man, and in addressing her I wrote
Mrs. Henry - Imagine my sur
prise when in reply I received an in
dignant letter from her, in which she
said: I do not at all like to have my
identity submerged In that Of my hus-
band. do not see why cannot be
addressed by my own name. Because
I am married is that any reason why
I should lose my individuality? My
name is Anna The next letter l
wrote to the indignant wife you can
be sure it bore the first name Of the
woman In question, but the climax
came recently, when the husband died
and my fastidious friend was left a
widow. L wrote her on club business
and, bearing in mind her first scold-
ing, took particular pains to address
her as Mrs. Anna - The answer
to this from her makes me shiver to
think about. DO you think have so
far forgotten my beloved Henry she
said, as to be willing to abandon his
name altogether? wish you would
address me as Mrs. Henry In the fu-
ture, please. 1 may be an unfortunate
widow, but still bear my husbands
name, Think"
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Misfires Of YOUNG Idea.

Air usually has no weight, but when
placed in barometer it is found to
weigh about fifteen pounds square
inch.
If g small hole were bored in the top
Of barometer tube, the mercury
would shoot up in column thirty feet
high. 49, 49,. Z. *,.f ~ . .
A right angle Is 80 degrees F.
Hydrogen is colorless, odorless and
insolvent. -..
-. A cuckoo is thing that turns from
a butterfly into a moth.
Horsepower is the distance a horse
can carry one pound of water in an
hour.
The earth revolves on it's own axis
1865 times in twenty-four hours. This
rapid motion through space causes its
sides to perspire, forming dew.-Uni-
versity Correspondent.
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Democratic County Convention.

Official Call.
A democratic delegate convention for the
county of Beltra ami. State Of Minnesota will
be held on Friday. August IA. 1908. at the
Court house in the City of Bemidji. at one
o'clock in the afternoon Of said day. for the
purpose of selecting eight delegates to the
Democratic State Convention, to be held in
the City of Minneapolis. on Wednesday.
August 49,. 1905 for the purpose of nomin ating
candidates for Governor, Lieutenant Gov
ernor. Secretary of State. State Treasurer.
Attorney General and two Railroad and
Warehouse Commissioners. to be voted for at
the next general election. and for the trans
action of such other business as may properly
come before the said convention.
The basis Of representation to the county
convention shall be one delegate for each
25 votes cast for Governor John A. johnson
at the last general election, and also one
delegate at large for each precinct.
In accordance with the above apportion-
ment the several precincts will be entitled to
the following number Of delegates: