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The daily sentinel., 1908-02-05
February 8, Q a.m.

February 8, o am.
, Temperature, 10.
, Relative humidity. 90.
; Direction of wind, north.
Velocity of wind, 2 miles.
Precipitation. 0.
Weather, clear.
The daily sentinel., 1908-02-05

Fred Mantey-saddles and Joe
Moon buggies.
The daily sentinel., 1908-02-05

Get the best-Rio Grande playing
cards. Ouly 10 cents.
Why should they beat US on har-
ness? Fred Mantey.
The daily sentinel., 1908-02-05

Have you read the Book clln ad
The daily sentinel., 1908-02-05

Maximum temperature, sc: .
minimum. 10; mean, IS; de- .
) parture from the normal, Il. :
LEON J. GUTHRIE. .
Observer. I
The daily sentinel., 1908-02-05

We are proud of our Joe Moon
buggy business.
The daily sentinel., 1908-02-05

A. l.. Patterson, the well known
fruit nursery man, was an arrival
last night from Salt Lake City.
The daily sentinel., 1908-02-05

Call US up when you want q
plumber on tnat rush Job. ]. q. Nc
kenzie. phone Red ISL; S4S Colo
RADIO.
The daily sentinel., 1908-02-05

Attend the Rebekah ball Friday
night.
The daily sentinel., 1908-02-05

FOR sALE-Strictly modern house;
five rooms; good location. Apply
The daily sentinel., 1908-02-05

Have you read the Book clifr ad
The daily sentinel., 1908-02-05

FOR RENr-Furnished rooms for
railroad men; 1 " blocks from de-
pot. 318 Pitl1in.
The daily sentinel., 1908-02-05

FOR RENT-Modern housekeeping
rooms at 300 South avenue. Phone
Black 31S2.
The daily sentinel., 1908-02-05

FOR RENT-Three furnished rooms
for light housekeeping. Apply at
sos Pitkin.
The daily sentinel., 1908-02-05

FOR RENT-Partly furnished s.
room house; with pantry and
bath; at S33 West Main street
For further particulars inquire at
Bonds second hand store
The daily sentinel., 1908-02-05

e. F. ELDRIDGE.
]. s. CARNAHAN,
Stockholders
The daily sentinel., 1908-02-05

FOR SALE-Fine 2-year-old filley;
weight about 1150. Apply to A
l.. Zellers, or phone Red S51.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-04

crude factory stood the most preten- tious building on Manhattan island the city hall, whose foundations had been laid in 1899 with the stones talk en from the bastions of the old pal isade. Beyond this, and almost ad- joining 1t, lay tho Presbyterian church, a substantial brick edifics, and at the head of the street on Broadway squatted the ugly, square, like wooden building with a dispro- portionately tall steeple which had sheltered the congregation of Trinity church since 1696.
 Such was the condition of the street which had Is less than half century acquired political, If not .so- cial ascendency over all other thor oughfares of the city, which now boasted a population of nearly 10000 souls The most potent influence ef- fecting this result had, of course, been the selection of the street as the site of the city hall, for that building was not only the seat of government, but the social center. New York In those days being ruled by an aristoc- racy whose nod made the laws and set the fashions. Trevor Hill in Harper's Magazine.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-04
THE WORLDS DREADNoUGHT.

In Great Britain a ship of the Dreadnought type is built in two years; in Germany the minimum which 1t is hoped to reach is three years; in France all the six vessels now building will not me at sea before 1912 or 1913, and the two original Dreadnoughts under construction in the United States will take at least four years to complete for sea, so that they cannot hoist the pennant un- til the summer of 1910. This period of naval construction governs the whole problem of the British naval programme. Our superior shipbuild- ing resources enable us to adopt a waiting policy, in the mean time care fully watching the progress of naval construction In foreign countries. Af- ter a German keel is laid we can re- main qulescent for nearly twelve months; at the end of that time our naval constructors will have full knowledge of the design of German batteships, and they may be trusted to go one better, and, thanks to the expedition with which work is done in this country, have their ships at sea before the German vessels. In the case of France and the United States, | our advantage is even more notable, owing to the longer time which IS occupied In those countries in ship building.
 But it is said that the rate of construction in Germany Is going to be greatly accelerated. Those who indulge in such prophecies can know little of the intricate difficulties as- sociated with the construction of such huge men-of-war of colossal power and high speed which have now become the fashion. They should live for the intricate task of building men of-war. The rate of shipbullding does not depend solely or mainly upon the rapidity with which the hull is put to- gether. It is a comparatively simple task to organize a dockyard staff so as to complete the shell of q ship at lightning speed, providing all the plates. angle pieces, etc, are prepared in advance. The period occupied in turning out an armored ship or war depends mainly upon the time taken to make the powerful engines and the numerous boilers upon the facil- ities existing for the manufacture or the three or four thousand tons or arnor required by each large vessel but still more upo nthe rapidity With which the guns and gun mountings-- particularly the latter-can be turned t-"Excubitor, in The Fortnightly Review.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-04
PANAMA MUST BEHAVE.
That is the Real purport of Tnft's
 Trip, They Say.

Iouama, May S,--With regard to tho visit of Secretary Taft to Panama, Ri- cardo Arias, secretary of foreign rela- tions. said today
 'T believe that Secretary Tafts visit here signifies the friendly desire of the United states to settle once for all the differences now existing between pana- ma and the United States, and between Panama and Columbia"
 It Is the general opinion here, how ever, that in addition 10 paving the way as far as possible for adequate treaties between these countries, secre- tary Taft also will endcavor by friend lv advice to prevent during tho next presidential election in Panama, a repe- tition of such events as led to the oc- cupation ot cuba by the United States. The campaign already has given evi. donce of passion, some of the political factions showing considerable htter- ness, and nobody doubts, as things arc 10 day. that tho elections will result in serious disturbances throughout the isthmvs.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-04
WATER MELON LORE.
lMashlngLon lleraldl

The humoriss always associate tho African with the watermelon, assuming that the taste of Che colored man for his lavoritc dainty arises from his life in the southern states, where the melon vine grows like Il weed
 As fact, however the African taste for tho watermelon Is hereditary Tho vine is naH2e Of Africa where it is found wild in the grat central plains of the continent and has also been eul- tlvated for many ages,
 In Egypt the melons grown along the Nile rival those of southeastern Missouri,
 The melons mentioned by the Israeli ties as being among the god things they had in Egypt were undoubtedly waiermelons for In the wall paintings about the time of the exodus the melon vine is represented and in once ease q long procession of slaves Is depicted each bearing on his shoulder a huge dark green watermelon.
 Botanists say thHt varieties of tho melon arc found in soutncrn Asia, and some even claim that the plant grows wild in central and south Africa; but africa is no doubt the original homo of the melon, and in his preference over every other kind of vegetable ol fruit the African merely displays q taste hat has become fixed in his race by thousands of years of indulgence for in Central Africa ripe watermelon; are to be had every month ill the year
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-04
WALL STREET IN EARLY DAYS.

Had Captain Kidd visited Wall street some three-and- years after he had become one of its pion- ger proprletors, he would have found
 himself in strange surroundings, and 1t Is not at all probable that he would have realized the dignity or im- portance of the thoroughfare from any external evidence. Indeed, the street presented in 1734 q decidedly ragged and unattractive aspect At Its eastern end or slip, in front of the Long Island ferry, stood the 1imsily constructed meal market, whose transactions in corn and similar mer- chandise had been supplemented by more proftably traffic In negro slaves. who were daily displayed in its stands for the benefit of those de- siring to buy, sell or hire such com modities. and on either side of this unsavory mart stretched a broken line of mean little wooden buildings extending as far west as Williams street. From this point the prospect gradually improved, tho Broadway end boasting some dwellings of neat and attractive appearance, but the north side remained entirely vacant save for four wholly dlsslmilar struc- lures. The first of these on the northwest between Williams and Nas- sau street, was the property of Ga bral Thompson, tavern keeper, be- yond which loomed a huge barn-llke affair erected by the Bayards, in 1729, for what they termed the mystery of sugar reflnlng'--a mystery which Wall street has not wholly fathomel to the present day; and adjoining this
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-04
MOSLEM TEACHING
The Limited and Inadeuuate Education of the
 Children.
MEMORY WITHOUT THOUGHT
1he Decidedly Illiberai Results Of 2 Liberal Educa-
 ton.

IL Is strange that where so much has been written on the intellectual, social and spiritual decline of tho Moslom world, so little has been Sald of one of the great causes of this de- cay, namely tho Moslem theory of ed- ucatlon. To begin with, that theory shuts out girls from the privilege of learning. The author of Ahlnk-i-Jll- all, standard work on othlcs, who says 1t is not advisable to teach girls to read and write, until very recently voiced the general feeling among Mos lens. IC a girl knows how to recite the Koran and the liturgIcal prayers, she Is considered highly educated, All lah created girls only to be sacrificed as early as possible at the hymeneal altar Mohammed Is related to have said: "Whosoever does not marry his daughter when she hath reached the age of 12 years Is responsible for any sin she may commit" In the time of ignorance" the heather Arabs were wont to bury their daughters alive; but since the Jays oi Mohammed. the veil and the harem serve the same purpose.
 The education of boy, says tradi- ton, is to begin at the age of four years, four months and four days On that suspicious day, he Is taught to repeat the Blsmillah, or opening chap ter of the Koran. Soon after the child, if of well-to-do parents, is sent to day school and taught the alpha bet The school Is most probably a corner of merchants shop or an al- cove In q mosque. without any furnl- ture save mats and rahils (small fold Ing bookstands resembling a tiny saw huck). The schoolmaster sits on the floor In the midst of the lads, who all drone out their lessons at the same time: there ls no attempt at grading the pupils nor Is there order In the school-room. The masters trained ear can however distinguish a mlspro nounced vowel or detect a word omit ted from Allah's book, though a score of voices make a confusion of tongue, like Babel One lad Is still at his al. phabet; another has gone as far as Abjad, or the numerical value of the letters; a third is spelling out the first surah; while yet others are reading
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-04
'FRISCO'S WELCOME
!t Min be Worth Sailing 1i,000 Miles
 ior--s0O0OO Visitors Expected,

N' Nfa's 'b NF'ANAA AAAhlAb A'1''" Aha'N'
 ior-S00,00O Visitors Expected. San Francisco, Cal, May S,"-In ea- ger expectancy San Francisco Is awaiting the arrival Of the Atlantic battleahip fleet. The meats are baked, tho house is In order and the feast is set, Tho members of the household are clothed in their best raiment md are busy with the final arrangements of bows and other Gdornment,
 Flutterlng flags, navy pennnats and streamers and the picture of Rear Admiral Evans Is everywhere. Mar ] ket street is q long vista of bunting in the national colors and flags way ing from white poles fifty feet high every ono hundred feet. one large and a cluster of lyo smaller flags flying from each one, and terminating in tho hugo red, white and blue shield on the tell ferry tower,
 on each side of the tower stretched on long wire cables are the words Welcome to the Atlalitic fleet In tho colors of tho International navy sigral code flags and pennants, while on Tel egraph hill tho word Welcome stands in letters fifty feet high, which can be read for many miles and which at night will be Illuminated by 2,50O electric lights Festoons of incandes- cent lights run on both sides Of the principal streets and prominent build ings are outlined in electric bulbs, fur nlshlng at night most magnificent H. l lumnatlon.
 Relatives and friends are coming from all directions for the entertaln- ment and to witness the pomp and pageanuy of an event which beyond kindllng pride and love of country marks the beginning of an epoch in the development of the Pacific ocean.
 It Is estimated that there will be be. tween 100000 and S000)0 persons ir San Francisco on the day the fleet ar rivcs The railroad companies estimate that they will bring ar icnst l00,O1' from yoiuts ns far east as omaha, ant from British Columbia on the north lC the international boundary on th' south. Twenty special trains from Cal lCprulJ points and the Pacific coa8 states are scheduled Two specials, on' of nne slecpers, carrying the Salt T,ak, City High school cadets, who will nt Admiral Evans honorary escort, aut another of ton Pullmans arrived thl evening from Salt Lake City
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-04
WHAT JUDGE CRAY MEANS.
Willing to Run for the Presidency
 but Not for the Candithcy.

Washington. May Richard ]. Beamish, who is in charge of the Judge Gray bureau in thls ely was asked if the Ptttsburs Interview credited 10 Judge Gray would have any effect upon the presidential movement In the Dell awareans behalf,
 The statement attributed to Judge Gray, in pittsburg, said Mir Beamish. has been made by him several times, and is 10 be taken literally. Some time ago 1t became known that Judge Gray would not be candidate but that if nominated he would not refuse the call of his party This stand is well known to al his supporters. and the pittsburg declaration in no way conflicts with his past attitude
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-04


 The American has expressed time and again the lack of good reason for tho existence of the saloon. Indeed, tho American has gone further, and often said that nobody, not even the men who own and run saloons, can defend them or uphold them on any sort of ground except the desire to make money even at the expense of the health and usefulness of q constant customer, for all constant patrons of saloons become useless to themselves, to their families. to socety and to the saloon.
 The too convenient saloon Is the ,n- vitaton to drink when often or othcr- wise the desire would not exist or cer. tainly be gratifed.
 As for prohibition there does no. seem 10 be the same reasonable demand for that as for the obllteration of the sa- loon. To say man may not. at his meal, at his club, or at his home, tako n drink if he chooses, will mean next that he shall not smoke cigar. It has almot come to that nsow The ;n- tolerant spirit seems to prevail, ani men who get power use 1t to carry out the special beliefs with which they may for the time be possessed
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-04
JACK T\Rs TO BE BLOWN

Melbourne, Australia, May 3.--Re- ferring to-day to the visit of the American fleet to Australian ports, Sir William J. Lyme, minister of trade and customs, who Is treasurer of the reception fund, said that the bulk of the expenditure would be on the sail- ors. "We are determined" he said, that they must leave with good impression"
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-04

In the St,250 to S2,000 class in the recent Fort George Hlll-Climb Con test the CORBIN car entered was a 1906 24-H. P. runabout which had been in constant service for two rcars,. It defeated seven other cars The only car in that class making bet ter time, and that by only few sec aDnds, was 35-H.P. 1908 NEW LIAR. This shows how the CORBIN fstands up in actual use.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-04
NEW ENGLAND PLUMBERS.

Boston, May 3.-The annual con vention of the New England Asssocia- ton of Plumbers. Steamfltters and Cashiers was held here to-day. It was voted to hold the next convention in Pawtucket. R. l., the first Saturday and Sunday in May, 1909. The fol- lowing officers were elected: President, Martin ]. Dowd, Providence. R. I.; vice president, John T. Tochig, Brock ton; secretary treasurer Robert Me- Geary, Providence. R. I.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-04
HOME FROM TORPEDO TEST.

Newport, R l., May S,--The cruiser Montgomery arrived this evening from Pensacola, Fla, where she has been experimenting with torpedoes The Montgomery Is to be used as an ex- porimental ship and attached to the torpedo station.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-04

"Tne first thing the Pilgrim fathers did after landing was to make q set clement" said the student boarder "Yes, reJoined the bill collector, "and that's about the last thing some of their descendants want to do,".-Chica- go Daily News.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-04
BEAUpRE OFF FOR NEW POST,

Buenos Ayrcs, May 3.-Arthur M. Boaupre, the former American minis ter to the Argentine republic, sailed rem here today on the German steam CT Cap Arcona for Hamburg, en route to the Hague, where he will occupy the position of American minister.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-04
SOLDIERS AND POLICE CLASH

Guayaquil, May 3.-A serious conflict occurred today at boja, capital of the province of Loja in the southwest por- tlon of Ecuador, between soldiers and the police Several persons on both sides were wounded.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-24
big BEMIDG" Will PLAY
AGAINST DEER RIVERS
Local Basketball Players Will Be Seen
in Action Thanksgiving Night, Also
Friday Night.

The first game of basketball in
which an out-of-town team will CON-
pete against big Bemidg" will be
played at the Coliseum Thanksgiving
night, when the Deer River basket
ball five will line up against the
locals for game; and the same
teams will play again on Friday
evening.
The Deer River five claims to
have defeated Floodwood, and the
organization has the reputation of
being fast and aggressive. They
had no team at Deer River last
year, as far as is known, but this
year they intend to play the game
all winter. y
The members of the Big Bemidg"
team are all in fairly good shape,
and with the practice the boys have
had since-the game with the high
school team last Friday, they should
be on edge" for Thursday evenings
game.
This game, which is the first on
the championship schedule, will be
called promptly at 9 o'clock p. m.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-24
ITALIANS SOLVE PROBLEM
Independent Wireless Communication
Now Possible.

Independent Wireless Communication
Now Possible.
Paris, Nov. 24-Bellini and Tosi,
two Italian scientists, who with the
sanction of the French government
have been conducting experiments in
wireless telegraphy for the past eight
cen months on the coast of Normandy,
announce that they have solved the
problem of Independent wireless COM
munication.
This result, they say, has been Sc
cured by means of two rectangular
aerials fixed at right angles and so
attached to the apparatus for recep-
ton and transmission as to permit
the transmission of unequal currents.
BY simple law of mechanics these
two electromagnetic forces unite and
produce an electromagnetic fluid and
the Hertzian waves are projected in a
single vertical plane which can be
alternated instantly by means of the
bobbin device.
The inventors say that they have
picked up messages at will from every
English wireless station and from
ships at sea and that they have trans
mitted messages from Pourville to
Havre and other points without the
waves being perceptible at the other
stations lying just off the line of
transmission. They claim that their
system insures absolutely independ-
ent communication and opens up i'm
mense advantages in the use of wire
less telegraphy.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-24

The Sisters of St. Benedict, who
operate number of hospitals
throughout northern Minnesota,
including the St. Anthony's hospi-
tai in this city, have issued a circn-
lar asking for donations to the
hospitals for the Thanksgiving sea-
san. AS these hospitals are many
times called upon to care for cases
in which there is absolutely no
recompense and ottentimes a heavy
outlay, generous response should
follow the receipt of the circular,
which is as follows:
THANKSGIVING DAY."
Dear Observation-Disclosures
being the donation Day" for our
hospital, it gives an opportunity to
our good friends to aid US in the
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-24
BURT |MS0N COMPANY
WILL PLAY IN BEM|DJ|
Start Monday, at City Hall, with Fine
Repertoire. will Remain All
This Week.

The Burt Imson Dramatic CON-
pany will play at the City Opera
house, every evening of this week,
in a repertoire of spleneid plays of
merit.
The Hatton, N. D., Free Press
says of the Imson company, which
played in the North Dakota town
recently:
The Burt Imson Company which
are playing in the Hatton Opera
House all this week have been re-
ceiving quite a large attendance
each night so far. The more seen
of them the better they are liked by
the theatre going public. Tonight
they will play East Lynn, a very
hard and interesting dramma, and it
is more than likely that they do JUS
tice to the play.
Just before playing their engage
ment at Mayville this company had
the misfortune of loosing two of
their players, which crippled item
badly while in this city, but now
they are strengthened up and are as
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-24
We Don't Mind EN-.

In the last issue of the Walker
Pilot, under the caption Don't
Mind 'em 'Doc,'" Editor Dare says:
1T seems wholly unnecessary that
Doc. Rutledge should be called upon
to defend himself as a competent
game warden, which position he
recently resigned, but such appears
to be the case, and as soon as he
had disposed of Stanton Wright cleo.
ton returns, he took occasion one
day last week to open up on one of
those fellows who are invariably
found barking at the heels of the
man who is moving along tolerably
fast in the right direction. Some
one claimed the credit of Docs
removal from this office, and the
Pioneer man came back by publish
ing the personal letter of the execu-
tive agent of the game and fish COM
mission, which spoke in highly
comendatory terms of his services as
game warden.
As a game warden for this dis
trict, Mr.. Rutledge made good in
every sense of the word, and if a
letter from the Commission isn't
sufficient to quiet the bankers who
have axes to grind, Doc can gather
in a bushel or two of complimentary
letters from over the district, by
simply raising his finger"
The above is certainly appreciated.
1t is always a difficult matter to
nationally and conscientiously en-
force the Minnesota game laws in
ANY community. The writer has
tried to do that, and we presume
we have made enemies in doing so.
However, the enemity of people like
the one referred to above is not
worthy of notice. We simply desired
to let our friends know just where
we were at"