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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-10-29
Made Over Prescriptions.

'There is one loss sustained by drug
gists that very few people know
about" said the experienced clerk.
"That is in the prescriptions that have
to be made over, the same as clerks,
stenographers, writer's and artists, no
matter how painstaking, frequently
have to do their work over. The most
careful drug clerk in existence is bound
to make mistakes sometimes in meas
urfng and mixing. He may pour in too
much Of some kind Of liquid or sift
In too much of certain powder. In
most cases the overdose would not real
~ affect the value of the medicine, but
the conscientious clerk isn't going to
take any chances on numbering any
body, so he throws away the whole
mixture and makes up another pre-
scription. New York Globe.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-10-29
Psychology of Broken Jaws.

It might be a bit Of strange fact,
but you would be astonished to see
the broken jaws which are presented
at free institutions on holidays-elec-
ton day, New Years day and the
Fourth of July. A great number of
fractured jaws are the result Of uar-
rels among the very lowest classes. It
surprises me that the number Of bro
ken jaws is not on the increase on &C.
count of the heated newspaper discus
sions that we are constantly having
on various topics of the day. 1t has
been said that were it not for the
mouth nine-tenths Of the gossip and
the mischief of the world would be
prevented. And very often were it
not for the mouth there would be
broken jaws.-D. B. Breundlich in New
York Medical Journal.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-10-29
He Writ,

A well known dramatic critic visiting
STAFFORD on Shakespeare's birthday
and, hearing the clangor Of the bells
which, from their tower in the old
church where the poet lies buried,
awoke the little town to its devotions
approached a wintry headed street
sweeper in front Of Irving's inn and
said: "Who is the fellow they're max.
Ing this fuss about? I see you have
Shakespeare hotels, Shakespeare gin
gerbread, and only the other day I saw
a man driving to town some pigs
called 'Shakespeare's BEST Who is he
the fellow who lived in that tumble
down shanty yonder?" The "oldest in
habitant' megaphoned his ear and,
wheeling, replied, IT think he writ"
'tOh, he writ. did he? What did be
write-books, confessions of a deer
stealer, magazine articles-what" "
think he writ for the Bible"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-10-29
A PHILOSOPHER In a Cyclone.

Il believe in OPTIMISM" said the
cheerful citizen, "but there is limit
even to that. 1 saw a man the other
day whose house had been carried
away by cyclone, and he was the most
cheerful citizen in town. Why said,
4 thought you had lost your house2'
"'1 did lose it, he replied, but thar
wus nobody in it but me at the time,
an thar wuzn't hair O my head hurt.
The cyclone lifted the house high, all
but the ground floor where was Sleep
in peaceful in my bed, an hain't
never seen nor hearn O. that house
sence! An, anyhow, didn't have any
fire insurance on it an wuzn't able to
put up lightnin' rod, an eff the wind
hadn't took it away who knows but
lightnin' would "a hit 1t, an I've got
the rheumatism 50 bad I couldn't run
IN case o. fire. "-Atlanta Constitution.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-10-29
Woman the TOUGHER Sex.

Although men, as they run, are per-
haps muscularly stronger than women,
their inability to Withstand the ele-
ments and their reliance upon clothes
place them considerably below the so
called weaker sex in the matter Of un-
clothed toughness. Women wear clothes
for ornament. Men use them as pro-
tect1ve covering. A group of men ma
rooned clotheless on an island in the
temperate zone might be expected to
die off in a month from drafts and
colds and rheumatism. The health of
women similarly placed would suffer
little from the enforced exposure. The
fact appears to be, therefore, that in
everything but muscle-in vitality, rug
gedness, character, disposition, brain
power, etc.-woman is the tougher, not
the weaker, sex.-Kansas City Journal.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-10-29
Tired of Him,

At trial in Scotland lady got into
the witness box to be examined, when
the following conversation took place
between her and the opposing coun-
sci:
Counsel-How old are you?
Miss Jane-Oh, weel, sir, I am an
unmarried woman and dinna think it
right to answer that question.
The Judge-Oh, yes; answer the gen.
tleman. How old are you?
Miss Jane-Weel-a-w T am fifty.
Counsel-Are you not more?
Miss Jane-Weel, I am sixty.
The inquisitive lawyer still further
asked if she had any hopes of getting
married, to which Miss Jane replied:
''Weel, sir, Wilma tell lee. I hin
ma lost hope yet" scornfully adding,
'But widna marry you, for am sick
and tired O. your palaver already"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-10-29
Sally's Iron.


In describing some of her associates
of the stage, Ellen Terry, in McClure's
Magazine. tells of her dresser, Sarah
Holland. She had an extraordinarily
open mind, writes Miss Terry, and
was ready to grasp each new play as
it came along as separate and entire
ly different field of operations.
She was extremely methodical and
only got Hurried once in a blue moon.
When we went to America and made
the acquaintance of that dreadful
thing, lone night stand" she was as
precise and particular about having
everything nice and in order for me
as if we We're going to stay in the town
a month. Down went my neat square
of white drugget All the lights in
my dressing room were arranged as
I wished. Everything was unpacked
and ironed.
One day when I came into some
American theater to dress I found
Sally nearly in tears.
"What's the matter with you, SallyY'
asked
dVcu 1tO d IuOIScI u neat al
day, dear, and can't 'eat my iron"
"Eat your iron, Sally! What do you
mean?"
Sow am I to iron all this, dear?'
walled my faithful Sally, picking up
my Nance Oldfeld apron and a few
other trif1es. 1T won't get 'ot!'
Until then I really thought that Sally
was being sardonic about an iron as
substitute for viCtuals.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-10-29

Dream Troubles,

"Once when I was blue" said bust
ness man, "a friend told me was wor-
rying over imaginary troubles. He
cheered me up with a yarn about his
little nephew. This little fellows SIS
ter said one morning:
"'Oh, Gussie, had such lovely
dream last night! dreamed was at
a cake shop, and had such loads Of
good things-ice cream, pie, strawberry
shortcake, chocolates, jelly macaroons,
kisses and lots of other things BESIDES
1.-THE little boys eyes glistened. He
smiled with delight
"'And what was I eating?' he asked
eagerly.
"'Oh, you wasn't there, Gussie.'
''Then, overwhelmed with sorrow, lit
tie Gussie hid his face in his hands and
wept bitterly"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-10-29
Hercules Labors.

The twelve labors Of Hercules were:
To slay the Nemean lion; to kill the
Lernean hydra; to catch and hold the
Arcadian stag; to destroy the Eryman-
THAN boar; to cleanse the stables of
King Augeas; to destroy the cannibal
birds Of Lake stymphalus; to capture
the Cretan bull; to catch the horses Of
Diomedes; to get possession Of the
gtrde Of Hippolyte, queen Of the ANA
IONS; to capture the oxen Of the mon
ster Geryon; to get possession Of the
apples Of the Hesperides and to bring
up from the Internal regions the three
headed dog Cerberus.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-10-29
A Xantippe Outwitted.

An Englishman of Lymington had
the misfortune to live in a continuous
quarrel with his wife, who was mod
ern Xantippe and threatened in case
she survived him to dance over his
grave. 1t was her lot to outlive him,
but it was not so easy to carry out
her threat. The husband had the pre-
caution to make an injunction in his
will requiring his body to be buried in
the sea near his residence and without
ceremony. The injunction was COM
piled with.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-10-29
Shootinu Stars.

When a shooting star breaks into
fame in our atmosphere the residuum
Of the combustion remains in the air
and can be found in what is known as
atmospheric dust. The virgin snow Of
the polar regions was often seen to be
spotted with traces Of dust which con-
tanned particles Of iron. Like particles
are found on church towers and else
where. Among the minute bodies that
dance in the suns rays there are GER
tainly particles Of shooting stars.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-10-29
A Decorated Interior,

Mrs. Graham is an estimable lady
WHOSE hobby is house decoration. One
day the lady was careless enough to
drink a glass Of red ink, believing it
to be claret. She was a good deal
scared when she discovered her mis-
take, but no harm came to her.
The doctor who was summoned,
upon hearing what had happened, dry
~ remarked to her, Mrs. Graham,
there's such a thing as pushing this
rage for decorated interiors too far
Argonaut
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-10-29
A Famous Year,

It is contended that the year 1909
gave more celebrities and persons Of
genius to the world than any other
year of the nineteenth century. Among
those who were born in that memora-
BILE year were Abraham Lincoln, Edgar
Allan Poe, Oliver Wendell Holmes.
William Ewart Gladstone, Charles OAR
win, Lord Houghton, Alfred Tennyson,
Edward Fitzgerald, Professor Blackie,
Mary Cowden Clarke and Felix Men,
delssohn.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-10-29
Succeeded,

mo, SIR said the stern parent, 81
cannot give my consent-at least not
now. Before I will think Of confding
my daughter to your care you must
succeed in doing something"
/"Oh. I've done that. I succeeded in
kissing her last night after she had as
sured me that I never could until you
had given your approval"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-10-29
Youthful Assurance.

when I was your age" said the
stern parent Il was accommodating
money Of my own
EYES," answered the graceless youth,
''but don't you thing the public was
easier then than it is r.w ?"-Washing
ton STAR
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-10-29
Showing Him How,

"You young scoundrel," said the IA
Their, Selling his disobedient son by the
hair, ''1'll show you how to treat your
motherr'
And he gave him several bangs on
the ears and then shook him until his
hair began to fall out.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-10-29
Sympathy.

'What made you kick JimpsenT
~He called me an ass"
"Oh, well, kicking is a characteristic
of asses, but I shouldn't think you't
want to confirm Jimpson's statement
no quickly."-London Telegraph.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-10-29
Expensive.

mo; I've decided never to accept
friendly advice any more.'
''Why not? 1t doesn't cost you any,
thing
"Well, I've found out that it almost
Invariably costs you your friends''-
Exchange.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-10-29
Absolutely Free.

Angry Mother Suddenly entering
parlor and catching young music teach.
er kissing her daughter)-Young man,
Is this what I pay you for? Music
Teacher-No, ma'am; I make no charge
for this.-Florida Times-Union.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-10-29
Tim IRRESPONSIBLE Child,

Small Boy (noticing the Phi Beta
Kappa key hanging from the minis
ter's watch chain)-Did you find It
again, or is this another?
Minister-Why, my little man, what
do you mean? never lost 1t.
Small Boy-Oh, mother said you had
lost the charm you had when you were
young.-Judge.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-10-29
a PARTING Shot.

Group Of Shoeblacks lin chorus)-
Shine, sir; shine? Seedy Washer dr-
ritably)-No, confound you all; no. One
Of Them-Cut the fringe off your rou-
sers same time, sir.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-10-29
Why 1t Was There,

Aunty-Tommy, put three pies in
here yesterday, and now there is only
one. How is that? Tommy-Please, 1t
was so dark, aunty, I didn't see that
0ne!-Punch.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-10-29
The Observing One.

Paron-How can you tell whether
couple are married or not? Hotel
Keeper-If he orders two whole por-
tons, they are not; if be orders one
portion for two, they are.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-10-29
inconsistency.

'Pa, what is the meaning Of incon-
sistency?" asked Freddy
Inconsistency, my son." exclaimed
pa, 'means a man who growls all day
and then goes home and kicks the dog
for barking at night"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-10-29
The Final Shock.

Patient-Doctor, I don't think I can
use the battery any more. Will it be
necessary to shock me again? Doctor
Only once more. I'll send in my bill
tomorrow.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-10-29

Wise men read very sharply all your
private history in your look and gait
and behavior
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-10-29

Of you desire to vote for the change of said system put
cross in opposite the word EYES, you desire
against the change of said system put in the square oppo
site the word "No.)
August by the
motion
was
O town
Of
o he county the next general ction3 "
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-05-16
WHITE GOODS DEPT

All 25c and 35c White Waist
ings, big line to select from 2lc
All 15c and 19c White Waist
ings, big ling to select from y lie
36inch Linen Lawn while it lasts l8c
SOC and 65c /" +" " " 42c
15c White 36inch Skirting as long
lasts Lie
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-05-16
Silk Department.

$1.5O, 81. rs Money Back Silks $l.15
$1.OO Black Tafetta Silks 79c
ALI SOC and 75c Fancy Silks for
Suits and Waists 42c
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-05-16
Corset Dept.

Big SEOCK Oh American IAduy
Corsets just arrived, New Spring
Models. The Price cut on every
Corset in the House.
SOC and 75c COrsets Hose Sup
poIters Front and Hips) this sale 44c
$1.OO American Lady COrsets
Guaranteed Not to Rust > .o9
$3.50 American Lady Corsets
Guaranteed Not to Rust 5l.24
$500 American Lady Corsets
Guaranteed Not to Rust l.69
$3.50 American Lady Corsets
Guaranteed Not to Rust l.9o
$500 American Lady COrsets
Guaranteed Not to Rust 2.4o
$3.50 American Lady COrsets
Guaranteed Not to Rust 2.|o
$500 American Lady Corsets
Guaranteed Not to Rust 3.65
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-05-16
Dress Goods Dept.

81. 90 and $1.25 Dress Goods, all
Colors including VOiles 83c
SOC and 75c Dress Goods all c0lOrs 4Zc
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-05-16
@ @ Come to This Great l5~Day CutPrCe Sale s SSS7f
EmbrOiderieS.

Big Line of Embroideries up to
15c yd during this Cut Price
Sale Special &c yd
The Washington bee., 1908-04-11

following the position so success
fully maintained by the proprietor of
cheap local theatre, the patronage
of colored amusement seekers is not
only discouraged but absolutely for
hidden.
They found the leaven of discrim-
ination already thoroughly at work,
and in the assurance of an unright-
eous though dominant sentiment of
approval close their doors in the face
of fully a third of the citizens of the
Capital of the Nation, who with all
others are guaranteed an equality of
civic privilege under the Constitu-
ton.
The sentiment herein indicated is
met in all places where public con-
veniences and utilities are purchas-
able.
A few days ago a number of the
officials of Baltimore, invited by the
management of the new electric line
to inspect its system and to be their
guests at luncheon, visited the city.
Among these officials was one Negro
gentleman of national repute, OF un-
failing courtesy, and mate refine
ment; yet with many regrets this rep
resentative American, clothed with
municipal authority, was informed
that under no circumstances could he
be served in the dining room OF that
hotel.
How sad a commentary is here dis
closed and how equiyocal IS thus per
mitted to appear the dignity OF place
and honors enjoyed by certain OF our
American citizens
Here and there, too, on prominent
thoroughfares are found shoe-shine
parlors. The Italian, Greek or Slav
who 'brusha da coat an shina {
shoe" has but recently imported him
self from the lemon and ciron groves
of the fatherland, but he will imme-
diately throw a fit or dislocate ar
The Washington bee., 1908-04-11
What | Saw And Heard

| have never witnessed an election
with so little enthusiasm as the pres
ent contest for delegates. 1t is be-
lieved that not over a thousand votes
will be cast at the coming election.
There will be three tickets in the
field, notwithstanding the refusal of
the Chairman of the Election Board
to qualify the third ticket.
The colored Republicans who are
holding meetings and declaring loud
ly against the Republican party must
either support their own party, no
matter who the nominee may be, or
the Democratic party headed by Var
daman, Tillman, Heflin and others.
The Republican party in the Dis
trict of Columbia is in a fearful con-
dition. 1t is in need of reorganiza-
ton.
There seems to be a lull in local
politics. What is the matter? l an-
derstand that the money has given
The Washington bee., 1908-04-11

arm in his eagerness to have you un-
derstand that your citizenship is not
sufficiently ripe to entitle you to ser
vice at the hands of such loyal and
Americans as they.
Two boys out Fourteenth street,
who opened one of these places last
summer, and were then anxious to
serve all comers, now boldly an
nounce that only white mems shoes
are shined, and the incredulous are
further Illuminated by a sign on the
inside to the effect that an operation
on the pedal extremities of a certain
variety of sun-kissed people will cost
just twenty-five cents.
Now what is the significance of
these facts if it is not that on this
question of racial discrimination
The public conscience, both official
and citizen, is rapidly approaching q
state of complete and utter callous-
ness.
Outrages are more than half con.
doned through the indifference ot
parties themselves, when quiescent
The Washington bee., 1908-04-11

out and the boys refuse to play. They
claim that they want money. l am
confident that there are a number of
disappointed individuals. Some OF
them expected to purchase a brick
house. If you examine a few OF
them closely it will be seen that they
have no shoes on.
There are a lot of "cappers" in
and around the Police Court yet. The
new vagrant law is very much need
ed at this time.
The streets and corners are mo-
nopolized by vagrants. Many OF
them have left their occupation, look
ing for easy money.
Just why the colored people will
insist on going to these five and ten
cent theatres and be refused admis-
sion I don't know. There should be
test cases made of a few Of them at
once.
Quite a number of them are owned
and controlled by Mr.. Sidney Bieber,
candidate for National Committee
man on the Horner-Flathers ticket
A vote for this ticket means an en-
dorsement of the Jim Crow the,
atres.
The Washington bee., 1908-04-11

are to a degree responsible for the
continuance of the evil.
1t is this state, Mr.. Editor, which
each and all self-respecting Negroes
must avoid. We cannot afford at this
stage of progress to subscribe to the
doctrine of self-effacement or acqui-
esce in the suppression of any civic
or political privilege.
The sentiment which distates op-
preston and discrimination against
Negroes can wish no more effective
aid than this puerile and cowardly
attitude on the part of Negroes them
selves.
The priceless boon of liberty is still
only to be secured at the cost of
eternal vigilance. The individual or
race, of such feeble temper as to in
duce indifference to matters of just
and righteous privilege, needs wise
and humane guardianship more than
all things else.
The great majority of Negroes are
not of this class, and only ask fair
field and no favor in this contest of
the races-this second American con-
flict-the most heartless, the most re-
lentless, the most cruel, that was ev-
er waged in any land or any age.
1t is for you, Mr.. Editor, and 9th
er Negro leaders of courage to do
for the race what the Hon. Simon
Wolf and other Hebrew patriots are
accomplishing for the Jew: reducing
to a minimum the operation of a
prejudice that is both senseless and
Presumptuous.
The recent disgraceful street car
incident which furnished a capstone
for the monument of most infamous
achievement reared by the inglorious
lHeAin, serves but to emphasize the
real desperation Of the cause for
which he stands.
The Washington bee., 1908-04-11
RACE DISCRIMINATION-FIVE
CENT SHOWS OBJECT TO
COLORED CITIZENS.
April g, 1908
Editor Bee:
April g, 1908,

Editor Bee:
Have YOU noticed-but, of course,
you have-that the evidences OF an
increasing racial prejudice are ev-
erywhere manifest in thisCapital City
and that little or nothing is being
done by Negro men and women of
influence to stem its powerful current
and to resist It's onward sweep?
Recently an amusement syndicate
has thrown open to the public on sew
eral of the principal business streets,
a number of FIVE cent theatres, and,
The Washington bee., 1908-04-11

success He is loved by all who
know him, because he does all in his
power to elevate his people. DR..
Sheppard passed through the city to-
day for Philadelphia, Pa, where he
was accompanied by Editor w. Cal
vim Chase, of The Bee Both gen
tlemen will be in Philadelphia sev-
eral days.