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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-05
Sixteenth Special venire.

San Francisco, March The SIX.
teenth special venire Of jurors sum.
moned in the trial Of Patrick Calhoun,
charged with bribery, was exhausted
without result. When the last tales
man had been examined Judge Lawlei
excused the defendant and his attor
neys for the, day. In the meantime
the seventeenth special venire was
given its preliminary examination by
the court. -
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Learning Early.

A Sunday school teacher had been
telling her class the story Of the good
Samaritan. When she asked them
what the story meant a little boy said,
"It means that when I am in trouble
my neighbors must help me. "-Uni-
yersalist Leader.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-05
Hospitality.

Administering, see you took two
pieces Of cake instead Of one, as told
you. Why did you do that !? Tommy
Well, mamma, was playing that. an
other little boy was visiting me, and ]
knew you wouldn't mind me giving
him piece Chicago News,
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He Had Been There.

Rodric Howdy, old man? We are
going on camping trip soon. Did you
ever enjoy a camping trip where you.
had to do your own cooking and sleep
beneath the stars? Van Albert Nope.
Rodrick-What? Do you mean to say
you have never been on camping
trip? Van Albert NO. II mean to say.
that i never enjoyed one. Chicago
News.
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-Hopeless.

Hopeless.
Martha, endeavoring to instruct a.
would be housekeeper in the mysteries
Of pudding making, was overheard.
'Yer jes' takes some bread en-
''But how much bread, Martha p
"Oh, jes' what yer needs, Miss Min,
en- den yer puts yo' milk on IT,
''And how much milk, Martha r
well, yer mus use yer Judgment
bout dat, Miss Min
But ! haven't any Judgment Mar
tha."
Well, de Lord hep yer, Miss Min,
cause can't Travel Magazine.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-05
He Crowed Too Soon.

She You'll be glad to learn, dear,
that I've got out Of visiting our rela-.
tiyes. He Grand! Splendid! It hung
over me like cloud. How did you
manage It? she-Oh, asked them.
here!
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shaH sinking and twenty holes had
been prepared. Several tons OF rock
fell over the men and 1t was several
hours before they could be reached.
Moves to Dismiss Cases.

Pierre, 8. D.. March Acting I'M.
der orders from Judge Garland Of the
United States court Attorney General
Clark appeared In the supreme court
and moved the dismissal of the cases.
brought in that court on the 2-cent
rate law. The court took the motion
under advisement.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-05
Presidents Salary $4,000.

Washington, March The salary
of President Taft will be. $4,000 each
year, according to an agreement
reached by the conferees on the legis.
lative, executive and judicial appro.
priatiOn bill.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-05
A Mean Man,

Medical Mani obson has done the
meanest thing ever heard of. He
came to my house the other night, ate
a big dinner, got indigestion and then
went to another doctor to be cured
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Jessie.

1t is related that when the young
man who afterward became General
Fremont ran away with and married
Jessie, Tom Benton, the great sen.
ator, made terrible threats Of what he
would do to the young man. he
would give him roasts and bullets, and
so on. To all Of which Mrs. Benton
quietly remarked, ''You had better
give him Jessie, my dear"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-05
Ambassador Griscom Resiuns.

Washington, March Lloyd c..
Griscom, American ambassador at
Rome, has sent his resignation to the
state department. He intends to de-
vote himself to business after reach
ing the United States.
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Won't Figures Lie?

Mrs. HoyleI am just twenty three.
Mrs. DOYLE don't see how you figure
1t. You were twenty-five when You
had your black silk, and you haven't
had new dress for ten years.New
York Press. SIS
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Freshman Mathematics.

Freshman. Mathematics.
Freshly Professor, is it ever posi-
bic to take the greater from the less2
rh here Is pretty close approach to
It when the conceit Is taken out Of a
freshman. Jewish Ledger.
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PILES cUREDN 6 TO u DAYS .
PAZO O1NTMENTis uaranteed to.cure any
case OF Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protrud-
ng Piles in 6 to IA days or money refund ed. SOC
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Chicago, March New high REQ.
ords for the season were established
by wheat, corn and oats on the board
of trade. May wheat, the supply Of
which is concentrated in the hands Of
a prominent trader, led the advance
by touching $1.191h, which is within
half cent of the price predicted by
the SPECTATOR mentioned some months
ago and only 2 cents under the high
est price of the Gates campaign four
years ago. July advanced to $1.07
The advance in the latter delivery was
based on damage reports from the
principal winter wheat states, expert
gossip having it that July would prove
to be an "old crop" month, that is, a
month in which deliveries on con
tracts would have to be made from the
previous harvest. The record break.
ing rise in corn and oats was due to
sympathy with wheat. May corn sold
at 67M cents and May oats at 56H
cents. ..S.s
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Four Montana Miners Killed,

Butte, Mont, March -Four men
were killed in the Diamond mine
through the premature discharge Of 9
blast. The men were engaged IN
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The most wasted Of all days is that
day on which one has not laughed
ChamfoTt.
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GRAINS REACH
new HIGH POINT.
Wheat, Corn and Oats at
Top Price Of Season.
MAY OPTION IS CORNERED

Wheat for That Months Delivery,
Concentrated In Hands Of Prom,
lnent Trader, Goes to S1.1sIa,
Within Half Cent Of Price Predicted
by Him Some Months Ago-corn
and Oats Advance in Sympathy.
Milford chronicle., 1909-04-30

perintendents, Prof. Carol and
Brooks assisting Prof Spaid. Sew
eral professors from white and col
ored colleges were also secured and
the instruction given was profta-
bic to those who received it. The
county superintendent made no
charge for their services, hence the
small cost of maintenance and the
existence Of a balance at the end of
the term.
This year the plan Of instruction
will be somewhat different. All
of the instructors will be colored
persons. IT is expected to secure
the assistance Of Mrs. Paul Law
renee Dunbar and Miss Bird, mem
bers of the teaching staff of the
Howard High School in Whining
ton ana also teachers from other
high schools and colleges.
Milford chronicle., 1909-04-30
School for CoIored Teachers.

The summer normal school for
Delaware colored teachers which
was tried last year as an experiment
in connection with the State Col
lege for Colored Students. at Dover,
IS to be continued this year at least
and if the means are forthcoming
it may become a permanent fixture
of State educational institutions.
It will run during the entire
month Of July this year, beginning
on the I'd and ending on the 3Ist.
From present indications it will be
well patronized this year. Last
year 22 teachers attended out of
total of about 100 in the state.
More would probably have been
enrolled had it not been for the
fact that the school had not started
until after some of them had left
the State for vacations. This year
it is known what the plans for the
school are and the teachers have
an opportunity to prepare for it in
advance. The summer school is
maintained entirely by private en-
terprise, there being no provision
for financial assistance from the
State. 1t has been made possible
by the efforts of Prof. A. r. Spaid,
Superintendent of public schools in
New Castle county, who last year
collected from among friends of the
enterprise, including a number of
public spirited ilen and women in
this part of the State, total of S5I5
which was more than enough to
meet the cost last year and it is
with the surplus that the school is
to be run this year. No additional
funds have been received this wear
The three county superintendents
Co-operated in making the school a
success, and it was through the en-
couragement of Prof w. c. Jason, /
president of the State College for .
COlored Students that the school /
was held at that institution, and
will be held there again this year.
Prof. Jason and his corps of in
structors at the college materially /
helped the project. An arrange .
ment was made whereby each .
teacher attending was given board .
for the month for SII. A matron
was employed to look after their
wants. The same arrangement has
been made for this year.
Last year courses in instruction
were given by the three county su-
Milford chronicle., 1909-04-30
Delaware College BulIetiR.

The catalogue number Of the
Delaware College Bulletin for 1909
offers, in connection with the usual
statement of officers, students and
courses of instruction, much inter
esting and important information
for prospective students and for the
graduates and other friends of this
fourishing State institution. The
new appointments on the teaching.
staff are Joseph NJ. McVey, B. A.
(Delaware), instructor in Mathe-
mates and Engineering; Victor Z
Albright, NJ. A. (Columbia), In
structor in English Thomas L.
Sturges, Jr. NJ. +. (Stevens), In
structor in Mechanical and Electri-
cal Engineering; Reeves d. String
Instructor in shop work. w.
Vaughn Derby resigned his posi-
tion as Instructor in Shop-work to
accept a position in Indiana.
Milford chronicle., 1909-04-30
The number Of students has IN


The number of students has In
creased from I57 in 1905 to IS4 in
1909, apportioned as follows; Civil
Engineering, 50; Electrical Engi-
neering, 81: Mechanical Engineer
ing, IS; Agricultural, I2 Classical,
In; General Science, s; Latin
Scientific, y Irregular, 70.
Under Requirements for Admis-
sion, special attention is called to
the new requirements in English,
that "All candidates for entrance,
whether graduates of high schools
or no, must undergo an examina-
ton in English Composition "
This examination will be held at
the College on Saturday, June 10,
and Wednesday, September IS. A
foot-note on page IS announces
that solid geometry will be re
quired Of applicants in the Engi-
neering courses after the close Of
the year IqOo-IO.
1t is very probable also, that either
French or German will be required
Of all candidates for entrance after
1910.
Principals and other teachers who
are preparing students for entrance
are earnestly advised to consult
carefully the detailed explanation
of the requirements for admission.
In the matter of English they
should have on their desks The
High School Course in English, a
bulletin which is published by the
College 1t may be secured upon
application to the president.
Some announcements of special
interest are the Appropriations
given to the College and the Col
lege farm by the recent Legislature
[p. I2), Lectures and entertain
ments (p. I2), and new courses in
Agriculture opp. 32-3s)
Milford chronicle., 1909-04-30
Delaware Heroes.

Ithas been proposed to remove
the body Of Commodore Thomas
McDonough from Connecticut to
Plattsburgh, n V, along Lake
Champlain, the scene of the great
naval victory of the Americans
during the second war with En-
gland. Probably few Delawareans
know that the remains of the nav
al hero are inferred in Connecticut.
He was a son Of Delaware, but
more is heard Of him along Lake
Champlain than in Delaware.
1t seems that the descendants Of
the Commodore have objected to
the proposed removal of his body
to New York. Really if the re-
mains were to be taken anywhere,
they should be brought to Della
ware The fact is that McDonough
left the state in early life; he died
at sea and his body was inferred at
the home place of the family into
which he married.
The cbiefreminders Of him here are
the little village near MiddletOwn
that bears his name and the tablet
that was erected in Dover some
Milford chronicle., 1909-04-30

time ago. We chanced to ask two
bright, former students of the high
school. about the commodore, and
they replied they had never heard
of him, or at least never heard of
him as a Delawarean during their
school days.
This raises the question Of why
our public schools so neglect Del
aware history. Most Of our school
histories are written with the New
England or yankee bias. They are
filled with praises of New England
often to the neglect of other parts
of the country. In studying his
tory in the schools whenever Della
ware has hero the teacher should
tell the class all about him whether
the text books mention him or not
Teachers who conhne themselves
to mere text books in instructing
the young are poor teachers. Dela7
ware history and Delaware things
should be taught in our schools.
More attention should be paid to
them than is given and then we
should not have so many young
persons coming fresh from school
who lack information of their own
State or of the everyday affairs OF
life. This condition has been rec
ognized in Maryland and they had
a Marylnad Day recently which
was devoted to sounding the praises
of Maryland in history. Delaware
pay like attention to her
own history.-Evening Journal.
Milford chronicle., 1909-04-30


rounded by large section Of territory
extending from the Delaw are Bay 10 the
Maryland line, nearly all the trade Of
which found its outlet at this place. Im-
mence quantities OF goods were sold OF
\ given in exchange for country produce
Nby the merchants, and several OF them
during this period OF prosperity, made
fortunes.
/ For many wears James 5. BuckmasteT
seemed 20 be one OF the leading business
men of Frederica. he was a member or
the Legislature in 1886 and state Treas
urer from lS4l to lS43. He was recoguIz-
ed as a shrewd business man and man
of wealth. Generally he was at the front
of nearly all enterprises in the town and
surrounding country. He was active IN
all public improvements and was the
principal factor in establishing the steam
boat line between Philadelphia and
Lewes, on which route the steamer II.
Nicholas was employed tor about TX
years. A pier twenty y-seven hundred
feet in length was built in 1851, at Whlch
the st Nicholas touched daily. His IN
fuence with the Levy Court OF Kent
County was sufficient 20 obtain an appro-
priation of eighteen hundred dollars for
the purpose OF building road across the
marsh as an approach to the pier. Ihls
road was open to the public in 1857.
Everything seemed prosperous for awhile
but alas the evil day came and with It
misfortunes came thick and fast. The
intensely cold winter Of 1867, caused
such an accumulation Of ice in the bay,
that the pier was destroyed by 1t. A
wear or so later, the company became in
solvent. and went into bankruptcy. The
boat was sold at q fearful sacrifice, lew II
anv of the stockholders realizing dollar
MT. Buckmaster perhaps being the great
est loser of any one individual. This
was the beginning of his downfall which
was rapid and precipitate. His losses IN
grain speculation were heavy during the
panic OF 1857, occasiOned by the tarih
tinkering in Buchanan's administration.
In 1858 he was nominated for Governor
bv the well-nigh defunct Whlg-know-
nothing Party, with but little
or no chance of being elected Not being
a full fedged politician, he allowed him
self to be "bled'' by the Shylocks OF the
party to the full extent of his llberality,
as they have bled other men before ana
since. He was defeated and his money
gone beyond redemption, but he strug-
gled on as best he could until December
1850. when the crash came, his liabilities
amounting to nearly ninety thousand
dollars. 1t was a sad day for Frederica,
when the business light OF James ).
Buckmaster, hickered and went out; it
was like the bursting OF a volcano, the
explosion of which in business circles,
shook the town from its center to its cir
conference. Many others by indorsing
his paper went down with him, losing
their lifetime savings of toll and indus
try. Some of the men who indorsed his
paper at the bank we're crippled for life
in their business relations and never
fully recovered.
ISAAC r. JESTER.
Milford chronicle., 1909-04-30

These farms have lsl51 81
the Luff family for more than two cen,
turies. He owned the brick building on
the corner Of Market and David Street,
in Frederica, now the property OF John
S. Reynolds ; he also owned a lot fronting
on Market Street nearly two hundred
feet which has lately been divided into
building lots and sold They are own
ed hy C. B Favenger, William Wilson
and $ L. Wilson respectively. Mr.. Luff
evidently believed in that quotation Of
scripture, ''it is not good for man to be
alone " for he was married four times,
his first wife leaving him the charge of
two small children, John and Margaret /;
be married sgain, his second wife being
Susan Lockwood Beswick, sister Of the
late Curtis B. Beswick She was lady
of culture and refinement, and without
any exception one Of the most amiable
and motherly ladies' the writer ever
knew. She and her husband were the
parents Of six children, five Of whom sur
vived her; they were Nathaniel p,
Annie, Caleb l., Susan, Joshua and
William Joseph. She died in Frederica
in 1916, about forty-eight years OF age.
Mr. Luff again married; this time to
Marv +. Thompson, daughter of John
Thompson, merchant and farmer of Mil
ford Neck. She died in about one year
after her marriage and without children.
His fourth wife was Rebecca McColley,
who became the mother of four children,
two of whom are still liviug-Mrs. Mary
Favenger of Frederica and Charles Luff,
Esq, of Wyoming Mr.. Luff died in
Frederica in 1859 and is buried by the
side of his second wife, in the Beswick
burial ground in Milford Neck.
In the last of the thirties, the business
interests of Frederica, in the mercantile
line, passed to younger and more ener-
getic men, ana for more than a score of
years, until the beginning OF the Civil
War, there was transacted a larger vol
ume OF business than at any other period
of its history. The men who came to
the front were James S. Buckmaster,
Caleb Smithers, John w. Hall and VIII
liam Townsend. Vessel building became
one OF the leading features of the place
and ia ten years there were not less than
ten vessels constantly plying between /
this mart and the city of Philadelphia,
in transportation of lumber and produce.
There were also several others in the .
coastng trade. On the wharves were
high piles of wood, slaves and bark, and
the graneries were crowded to their ut
most capacity with grain awaiting ship.
ment. Frederica at that time was sur
Milford chronicle., 1909-04-30
Business Men Of Frederick From
1910 to the Present Time.

We now come to notice the name of
Nathaniel Luff, one of the early business
men Of Frederick. Mr.. Luff comes of a
l1ng line of ancestors, he being the fourth
Of that name in a direct line Of descen-
dents from the early settler Of that name
in Delaware. He was a man of many
parts: he was alternately farmer, mer.
chant, hotel keeper and retired citizen.
He owned a large landed estate in Mil
ford Neck consisting of three farms, two
of which are now owned by his grandson
DR.. j. NJ. Luff of FELTON,, Delaware.
Milford chronicle., 1909-04-30
Up Before The Bar.

n. H. Brown, an attorney, Of Pitts
field, VT, writes: 1--WE have used Dr.
Kings New Life Pills for years and
find them such good family medicine
we wouldn't be without them" For
Chills, Constipation, Biliousness or Sick
Headache they work wonders. 25 cents
at b. H. Matthews.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-10-16

and to me directed. | have seized and
will offer for sale. FOR cash. without APP
praisement at the principal front door
of the Court House, in the Town of
Franklin, La. Parish of 1t Mary, to the
last and highest bidder, on
SATURDAY, THE BIRD DAY OF
OCTOBER, A. D.. 1905,
between the hours OF II o'clock a. m..
and O'Clock p. m., the following
described property to-wt;
That certain tract or parcel Of land,
wing and being situated in the Parish
of It. MARY. State of Louisiana. and
formerly forming part of what was
known rs the Tiger island Plantation.
and now more particularly designated
rs lot ~ of Il tract of band adjoining
the Town of Morgan City, La, upon
the North side of Brashear Avenue and
subdivided INTO lots, marked A. to NJ.
of said tract: Said conveyed lot measnr-
log Il frontage OF Fifty (5U) feet on
frashear Avenue, by depth between
parallel lines of Two hundred and thirty
t230) feet; aid lot is bounded on the
North by lands OF John hrenZ or as
signs. on the East By lot No. i, on the
South by krashear Avenue and on the
West by lot ''G" of said tract, together
with Ill ,he buildings and improvements
thereon, aud al the rights. WAYS and
privileges thereto belonging or apper-
tanning.
w. T. pETERMAN, sheriff.
Sheriff Office. Parish OF 81. Mary, La,
September TIN, 1909.
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Deputy Sheriff Chas. Pecot and
Dennis Pecot took this week the
following prisoner to Baton Rouge
for the State penitentiary, VINO
were convicted here at the term of
court just closed: Pedro Saline,
manslaughter, 20 years; Robert
Pellerin, horse stealing, one year;
Monroe Forbish, assault by will
fully shooting at, three months;
George Jackson, assault with
intent to murder, seven years:
Chester Howard, assault by will
fully shooting at, three months:
William Henry, murder without
capital punishment. life; Nose
Egtop, manslaughter, eight years.
Fall colds are quickly cured by Foley's
Honey and Tar, the great thfoat and
lung remedy. The genuine contains no
harmful drugs.
For sale by all druggists.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-10-16
To The Public.

take this method of informing
the public that l have opened a
hat esta blishment in the Lemke
building, opposite the city mar
ket, and am prepared to clean
and reblock hats of all kinds on
the shortest notice. l am an ex.
pert halter, having worked
twenty-five years in the Stetson
factory. Prices reasonable and
all work guaranteed. l use the
latest Stetson trimmings and
blocks. Will stay only a short
time.
FRENCHY, The Halter.
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MILLING MILLER.

At the home of the BRIDES par
ents, Senator and Mrs. Murphy
j. Foster, last Tuesday at noon
was solemnized the marriage OF
their daughter, Mrs. Rose Foster
Miller to Hon. Thomas NJ. Milling,
in the presence of the immediate
families and few friends. Rev.
Z. e. Wier, pastor of the Metho-
dist Church, pronounced the cere-
mony in an impressive manner.
At the close of the ceremony
congratulations were extended,
after which an elegant dinner
wa served. A fine array of
presents attest the esteem in
which the young folks are
held and will serve as life
long mementoes. Mr.. and Mrs.
Milling are too well known to
need any introduction to the peo-
pie OF this city Mrs. Milling was
born in the home from which she
went as a bride and is liked by
all who know her. Mr.. Milling
is the able District Attorney for
this district, and has a wide ac-
4uaintance, and is much admired |
tor his good qualities. We join the
many friends of the bride and |
groom in wishing them a long,
pleasant and prosperous life.