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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-12-11
CLEARS WAY FOR CHARITY
Highest Court Denies Last Application,
ali j. - Of Wilder Heirs. ... ,

e st: Paul, Dec. / The supreme
court of the United States has denied
the application for writ Of certiorari
IN the litigation by which half a dozen
California nieces and nephews of the
late Mrs. Fannie 8. Wilder hoped to
divert her estate from the hands OF
the charity corporation to which she
left it into their own. --. ...
This makes available for st. Paul
charities about $1,S0O,OOO worth OF
property, consisting mostly of real es.
tate scattered widely throughout the
Northwest. Probably fifty pieces OF
real estate, many of them improved,
are located in st. Paul. The rest is
farm land in Minnesota, Wisconsin
Montana, Iowa, Illinois and other
states. This property comprised the
estates left to charity by the late Mrs
Fannie S. Wilder and by her daughter,
Mrs. Cornelia Day Wilder Appleby
The mothers estate is valued at about
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-12-11
five MEMBERS; OF .
. = The CREW PERISH
Big Steel Freighter Sinks Near
y. Buffalo, n. y

Buffalo, N. Y, Dec. 10.-The w. G.
Richardson, big steel freighter, sank
at point five miles up the lake from
Buffalo harbor and five members OF
the crew went down with the ship.
Captain Griesser and the lifesavine
crew went to the rescue and saved the
other members of the crew, most OF
whom had grabbed lifebelts and
Jumped into the water.
Samuel Mayberry of Cleveland, Chief
engineer of the steamer Richardson
and four members of the engine room
crew were. drowned, Their bodies
have not yet been recovered.
The steamer was owned by the
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-12-11
Strike Threats Lack Foundation.

Chicago, Dec. 10.-There is no dan
ger of an extension of the strike of
the Switchmen's union in Chicago un.
til after negotiations have been held
between the local grievance commit
tee of the union and the general
managers conference committee. This
was admitted by local leaders of the
switchmen, who added that no strike
vote had hee2 taken by the members
of the Chicago lodge. Until such
vote is taken, they said, threats of
strike are without foundation.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-12-11

Richardson Transportation company O.
Cleveland and was in command of Cap.
tain William Burke. She was bound
from Duluth to Buffalo with cargo
of 100000 bushels of flax seed. The
boat was valued at 100000; cargo
$4,000. IL --.----..-E
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-12-11

gress had appropriated 100000, 900 for
that purpose, which was more than
had ever been devoted to a similar
purpose in an equal amount of time
by any nation. $780, a%.5 s#E~ 49,"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-12-11
$1,2OO,OOO. The fortune was amassed
by the late Amherst H. Wilder, who
also left 100000 to charity.
VILLAGE is RAVAGED BY FIRE
Flames Wipe Out Business District OF
Utica, o.,

Columbus, o., Dec. 10.-The village
Of Utica, a town of 900 people, in Lick.
ing county, was practically wiped out
by fire and one man, Edward Daum of
Lancaster, O., a guest of the Hotel
Vance, was burned to death. Thirty.
five other guests of the hotel had mar
row escapes and were forced to leave
the building in their night clothes. The
entire business section of the town
was destroyed, the loss being esti-
mated at 100000.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-12-11
SUFFERERS Get.
J.. \ LITTLE. RELIEF
Red Tape Causes Delay in
Aiding the Destitute.
MAYOR BUSSE IS AROUSED

Will Demand That a Portion of the
Fund Raised in Chicago Be Turned
Over to the United Mine Workers
for istribution-Specific Complaints
by Investigating Committee From
Windy City.
Chicago, Dec. Public officials
and citizens of Chicago, stirred to &C
ton by the reports that survivors OF
the men who met death in the st. Paul
coal mine at Cherry, ILL.,, are destitute
and hungry in that doomed mining
town, will make detailed report tc
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02
HIS PREFERENCE DULY STATED
All Things Considered, 1t Was Up to
the Committee.

Many years ago Mr.. Hill one of the
pioneer shoe manufacturers, had a
shop in Stoneham, where he employed
as boss in his stitching room one Dan
Lowe, who, being genial, convivial
man and master Of his trade, was
liked and respected by all.
One fall the stitchers conspired to
make Dan birthday present, but
being unable to agree as to the nature
of the gift, they called on Mr.. Hill to
advise them. Mr.. Hill, after solemn
thought, located Dan on the top floor
and thus addressed him:
Mr.. Lowe, the ladies of the stitch
ing room, being DESTROYS of making
you a birthday gift as small token OF
their esteem. have subscribed $40 OF
more, and are unable to decide be
tween an easy chair, chain and seal
and several other articles. They ap
pealed to me for advice, and l thought
the wisest plan to ask you to express
your preference and thus satisfy ALL
Mr.. HILL" said Mr.. Lowe, after du.
reflection, Il have a good chain ant
paddock, strong enough to hold a ten
gallon key. A ten-galIoh key of goof
whisky could be bought for $40, anc
If had ten-gallon key of good whis.
ky well chained down in my cellar any
old chair would seem easy"
Mr.. Hill retired for further deIibera
ton.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02
JoHNNY'S HOME LESSONS.
Tells About His Work of Last Yea
and Hopes for Improvement.

Vacation is over, and must return
to school again. think of this will
the greatest pleasure. I shall fall IL
love with my teacher, and the wall
between my home and the schoolhousC
will be romantic.
Last term l had photography, writ
ing, history, grammar, mathematics
drawing, current events and about l.
other things. This term hope shall
have about so studies.
Last term I had to study all da.
and until ten o'clock at night, ant
then get up at six in the morning ant
go at it again. This term l hope
shall have to study all night and al
day Sundays. ..s.. ...
Nothing does growing boy 81
much good as to work his head 81
much that he has no appetite, and goe!
about wishing he was dead. HI
ought to be made to take up at leas
40 studies that will be of no use tt
him whatever as a man.
Last term, in order to be perfec
i'll lily StuulSS lIO1u ucy W udyv L udt
to have the help of my father, N!
mother, my brother, my sister and m!
uncle Jim. My father and Uncle jim
did the swearing for the whole crowt
Of us.
This term they will all help me
again, and 1 shall have the aid o
grandpa and grandma besides. 1 thinl
we shall get through the work every
night by midnight.
There are boys going to private
schools who don't have more than sir
studies, and who have time for recrea
ton and sleep, but don't envy them
1t is such boys that grow up to be
come pirates in the end. The way
to, make good man of a boy is t.
send him to a public school and cram
him so full of knowledge that he will
go around with his eyes half shut and
his mouth wide open. ROCHESTER
Democrat and Chronicle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02

before my steamer sailed, I had run
up to Handy, a beautiful mountain
town that is the center of Buddhism.
Buddha's tooth-or what passes for
Buddha's tooth-is worshiped there.
A black and oily Buddhist, with few
clothes and vast array of misin-
formation, had attached himself to me
as guide. He was supposed to be
educated, and a halfway Buddhist
priest himself, so he gave me quite
lecture on Buddhism, and the glorSes
of this particular shrine, winding up
with the assertion that "All the world
comes to Handy every full moon"
And he believed it. His horizon was
narrow, that was all; his little world
was peopled chiefly with dusky devo-
tees Of ''the greet gawd Bhudd''
1t Is human to think your way the
only way. The Britisher who cleverly
breaks the top Of his boiled egg and
eats the contents from the shell is
Mortified at the mussy American way
of cutting the egg in half and splitting
the whole mess into a cup. The Ameri-
can thinks the Briton queer" because
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02
Petty Extortion 1t Seems impossible
to Eradicate.

More suggestive of the books title
than the topic of libraries is the all
important subject of tips, to which Mr..
Russell devotes a chapter. Like all
wise people, he has given up the strug-
gle against the tip, admitting that you
might as well try to poultice the
hump off a camePs back as to cure
mankind of these little corruptions."
Besides, from time immemorial, every
body has had to tip-eyen George I.
This is a strange country" said that
king, according to the report of Hor-
ace Walpole The first morning after
my arrival at st. James l looked out
of the window and saw a park with
walks, and canal, which they told
me were mine. The next day Lord
Chetwynd, the ranger Of my park, sent
me ane brace of carp out of my
canal, and I was told 1 must give five
guineas to Lord Chetwynd's servant
for bringing me my own carp, out of
my own canal. in my own park" But,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02
By WILLIAM T. ELLIS.
Copyright, by Joseph B. BowIes. }

A party Of young Hoosiers who hC3
been up to the lakes got aboard an
accommodation train in southern In
diana a few months ago. They were
mostly young fellows from the farms,
and real cut-ups. Having been away
from home over night, they were
now Travelled men of the world, they
wanted you to know, and they took
possession of that sleepy old coach
in real coltish fashion. I've seen that
type often, in so many places that
was not especially interested. Across
the aisle from me, though, occurred a
rather Illuminating incident.
Two of the excursionists, a young
man and his STEADY company" seat
ed themselves in front of Jenkins,
who travels for book house in New
York, and who is really one of the
most cultivated and urbane men on
the road. Young Hayseeds lighted
a rank cigar, and began to smoke, to
the evident distress of the girl and
several ladies near by. In minute
OSAAAAAo 4OoACu 1O1 w al u anu ldppCO IuO
smoker on the shoulder.
Pardon me, my friend, but this is
not a smoking car"
you darst smoke on excursion
trains, came back the rather belliger-
ent answer.
"Ah," very politely, "but this is a
regular train, not an excursion train.
And you will find a smoking car for
ward"
With look of triumph, and note
of contempt for Jenkins ignorance,
the pumpkin retorted: Huh! But
this is an excursion train, cause
have an excursion ticket"
On Ceylon's Spicy Isle.
There was no gainsaying such mon
umental provincialism as this, and
Jenkins sank back in sheer enjoyment
Of the situation. He has all the literary
mans love of types" l watched the
barnyard rooster turn to his compan-
ion and crow over the defeat of that
greenhorn back of him. He knew the
world, he did; and he could tell them
all thing or two.
suppose if jenkins were to moral
ize aloud over the incident he would
say that the commonest fault in all
this big world is just provincialism
Every pig thinks his own barnyard
the universe.
The episode recalled my visit to
Ceylon. had done some business for
the house at Colombo, which is a
more important city than a man from
Boston thinks, and having full day
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02

''YcG Nngrateful little devil" burst
out Mr. Legge, at length; latter the
kind way the skipper treated you, too"
Did he treat him kindly?" inquired
the captains wife, in conversational
tones.
Like fa-like uncle, num-" said
the thoughtless Mr.. Legge. Gave i'm
a passage on the ship and fairly spoilt
i'm We was all surprised at tie fuss
e made Of i'm; wasn't we, Harry"
Look here, Polly" be began.
Don't talk to me-" was the reply.
II wonder you can look me in the
face"
II thought there was something Sc
cret going on" said Mrs. Hunt. I've
often looked at you when you've been
sitting in that chair, with a worried
look on your face, and wondered what
it was. But l never thought it was SO
bad as this. I'll do you the credit to
say that I never thought of such a
thing as this.-What did you say?-
WHAT"
II said 'damn!'" said the skipper,
explosively.
Even as he spoke the handle turned,
and the door opening a few inches
disclosed the anxious face Of Master
Jones.
Mother" he said, softly.
Mrs. Hunt stiffened in her chair and
her arms fell by her side as she gazed
in speeches. amazement
Mother, can come in?" said the
boy.
ooh, Polly" sighed the skipper.
Mrs. Hunt strove to regain the utter
ance of which establishment had de
prived her.
"I-what-Joe-don't be fool!"
Eyes, I've no doubt" said the skip
per, Electrically. "Oh, Polly! Polly!
Polly"
What do you mean by calling me
'mother?'" she demanded. I'm moi
your mother"
Eyes, you are" said Master Jones.
Mrs. Hunt eyed him in bewilder
ment and then, reused to a sense OF
her position by a renewed gurgling
from the shippers chair, set to work
to try and thump that misguided man
into a more serious frame of mind
Failing in this, she sat down, and.
after futile struggle, began to laugh
herself, and that so heartily that
Master Jones, smiling sympathetically.
closed the door, and came boldly into
the room.
The statement, generally believed
that Capt. Hunt and his wife adopted
him, is incorrect, the skipper &C
counting for his continued presence in
the house by the simple explanation
that he had adopted them. An ex'
PLANTATION which, Mr. Samuel Brown
for one, finds quite easy of acceptance.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02

,,,nent on the small, forlorn piece
Of humanity standing on the W ma = },
= aHalloa, boy, what do you IVA, want : !?
cried a5@ the skipper, catching sight o.
him. -i~cam" re.
pIted the youth, who had KEPT nis =
open. - from his seal
a'i asam. your boys asking after Ter, you
said q the skipper, grinning,; ma .,l,sa A.
So .sHe e not my boy. sir, rep men NJ
brown ~ through his clenched te &c, and
0fo well you'd better come a. up u uo,1
90 Vim lin, said the other, are sou
s svT he isn't, sam?' go, saws. !,
said the skipper Hold . your how so =,
san1 where's your m one. ~ Jones
wye es on'y cot I'M now ..+ad man.
TSe 0 Skipper was kindhe art for pan
and he looked pityingiy - - as Sam was
the go 4 man Of the ship ana
light at Dinport.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02

How would you like to come to sea
with your father?" he inquired.
The grin of delight with which
Master Jones received this proposal
was sufficient reply.
At six in the morning they got under
way, the boy going nearly frantic with
delight as sail after sail was set, and
the ketch, with a stiff breeze, rapidly
left London behind her. Mr.. Brown
studiously ignored him.
Il can't have somersaults by that on
this ERE ship, SAM" he remarked,
shaking his head; 1T amt the place
for EN-"
Il wonder at you teaching i'm such
things" said the mate, in grave dis
appreciation.
"Me?" said the hapless Sam, trem-
bling with passion.
He must ave seen you do it." said
the mate, letting his eye rove casually
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02
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the English way in everything Is the
only way, and her comments upon
what she saw, made in a loud enough
voice for her neighborhood to hear,
would have been maddening were we
not all so highly amused at her.
The climax came when the whole
trainload of people had to change cars
at little junction, where there were
few conveniences except a lunch coun-
ter. Into this most of us had piled,
and were ornamenting the stools near
est to the grub when the door opened
and familiar voice called, "PaWtah!
Pawtah!"
No porter responded, for the simple
reason that there was none: and after
madam had again cried, "Pawtah!
Pawtah!" this time more peremptorily
than before, a good-natured drummer
near the door stepped up and, raising
his hat, asked if he could be of any
assistance. Giving him a cold stare
through her lorgnette, the old dame
demanded, "Are you the pawtah?"
The drummer confessed that he
wasn't, but that every American man
was at the service of any lady in
need.
ION, but I'd ever so much rather
have the pawtah, was the discomfort
ing response.
Il know it, madam, but I regret to
say that there is no porter here Can
I help your" Quite ungraciously the
snoEting traveller, muttering comments
aloud about how much better they do
things in England, allowed him to
transfer her Is pieces of hand luggage
to the other train. Then, when he
had finished, she offered him a tip!
Anybody who has been a thousand
miles from his own doorstep can null
tiply instances of this sort indefinite
ly. For the moment, though, l am in
terested in the truth that provincial
ism is one of the great factors in the
worlds religious life. 1t is petty-mind-
edness that has filed the earth with
local deities, or with partial and made
quate ideals of Supreme Being. Go
where you will and you will find local
customs being practiced, instead of
a supernatural religion. Provincial
creeds take the place of universal
truth. Puritan ancestors are followed
instead of the Almighty. We all seem
bound to worship God, if at all, &C.
cording to Luther, or Wesley, or Cal
win, or Claiming, or Campbell, or
some still smaller man.
AS have sized up the situation, the
greatest barrier encountered by the
bigness of the Christian religion is
the smallness of human nature. Seems
to me that the Founder of Christianity
was done to death by provincials be-
cause he preached gospel too big for
his time, Ever since then his true rep
resentatives have been trying to pull
men and women out of their two-by.
four state of mind into the broader
view, deeper sympathy and longer
reach of universal religion. The
spirit of provincialism and the spirit
of Christianity are deadly enemies.
THE DRUMMER.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02
copyright, Dodd, Mead COMPANY

IL was getting late in the afternoon
@ master Jones, in a somewhat
ialhlshed condition, strolled up Aid
5ate' with a keen eye on the gutter.
~ search of anything that would serve
III IN ior MS tea. Too late, he wished
.iidl ne had saved some of the stale
ell u ana damaged fruit which had
constituted his dinner.
Alogate proving barren. he turned
~ llVo the quieter Minories. skilfully
sing the mechanical cuff of the
onsIaOle at the corner as he PASSED.
he saw stranger adont a monorel
r,,u.s rs all right" said the orphan.
ISL massluily; mo coppers to chivvy i'm
1pou'' and as much grub as he wants.
Wish I'd been dog" - "
a thought struck him lust as a
stout kindlylooking seaman nassad
co. 49, : couple OF shipmates. 1t was a
s tse face, and the figure was
~ u man who lived well. A mo-
n-;t, hesitation, and Master Jones,
YIN man 2 courage born Of despair, ran
sleeve. eeo mn ny 'ne
Halloa!" said Mr.. Samuel Brown,
tooAlng round. What do you want?"
want you, father" said Master
Look here, my lad" exclaimed Mr..
Brown, goaded into action bv inter
cspung smile with which Mr..
1hafies Legge had favored Mr.. Harry
areen, you run off home"
where do you live now?'' inquired
Billy, anxlously.
NAT. Green, disdaining concealment,
Slapped Mr.. Legge on the back, and,
Laughing uproariously, regarded Master
Jones with much kindness.
You mustn't follow me-" said Sam,
severely; dye hear?"
All right, father" said the boy,
dutifully.
And don't call me father" vocifer-
ated Mr.. Brown.
Why not?" inquired the youth, art
iessly.
II you don't run away" said Mr..
Brown harshly, as he turned to the
boy, Il shall give you hiding"
Where am to run to?" whimpered
Master Jones, lodging off and on.
Run 'ome.' said Sam.
That's where I'm going" said
Master Jones, following.
Better try and give i'm the slip,
Sam, said Mr.. Legge, In confidential
whisper; thought it seems an unnat-
nral thing to do"
Wot's your manner"
Billy" was the reply.
BILLY wot?"
Billy Jones'"
Mr.. Green's face cleared, and he
turned to his friends with smile of
joyous triumph. Sans face reflected
his own, but Charlie Legge's was still
overcast.
1T amt likely" he said, impress
siyely; "it amt likely as Sam would
go and get married twice in the same
name, is it? Put it to yourself, AIRY
you'd your"
The unfortunate Sam said nothing,
but strobe haunted man down Night
ingale Lane into Mapping High street,
and SO to the ketch Nancy Bell, which
was lying at Shrimpett's wharf He
stepped on board without word, and
only when he turned to descend the
forecastle ladder did his gaze rest for
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02
Powder Proof.

Mile. Genee, the dancer, at ladies'
luncheon in her honor in New York,
said:
Il am glad to see that American
women are not using powder in the
ridiculous manner that prevails abroad.
Over there the powder is, really, laid
on quite toe thick.
"They say London man remarked
the other day to a friend:
but if il was was pitch dark, and
she said nothing, how can you be sure
that you kissed your wife's cousin by
mistake?
1t was the other answered, a diff
ferent brand of powder"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02
Cruel. Cruel.

The conductor on the surface car
was busily engaged in looking for
something on the floor under the graf
ing of wood A woman sat by, gazing
intently at him. By and by he looked
up at her.
Ibid you drop this quarter, MADAME"
he asked.
Yes" she saiG quickly.
He handed it to her and walked
away and the watching passengers
tried not to laugh.
1t was piece Of tin.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02
Woman Suffrage AGAIN,

Mrs. W. W. Crannell is the editor
of new quarterly. the organ of the
New York Association Opposed to the
Further Extension of Suffrage to
Women. The new publication contains
only four small pages. Miss Harriet
May Mills edits the News Letter. the
official organ Of the New York Wom-
ans Suffrage association, a magazine
with twenty-odd pages and subscrip.
ton list said to be larger than that Of
many daily papers.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02
TO CURE A coueH
Or Freak a Cold in "a Hours

Mix two ounces of Glycerine and a
half ounce of Virgin Oil of Pine com
pound pure with a half pint of Straight
Whisky. Shake we'll and take tea
spoonful every four hours.
The genuine Virgin Oil of Pine com
pound pure is prepared only by The
Leach Chemical Co., Cincinnati, Ohio
and is put up only in half-ounce walls
each vial securely sealed in a round
wooden case to insure its freshness
and Durity.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02
An Exnerieneed Walker.

Champion Hayes of Marathon fame,
praised at a dinner in New York a
walker.
"He is a walker?" someone said.
YES" said Mr.. Hayes, "and the next
race he enters, mark me, he will win"
why, I didn't know he had had
any experience as walker" said the
other in a puzzled voice.
Mr.. Hayes laughed.
mo experience as a walker, eh?"
said he. "And the fellows owned an
$50 secondhand motor car for the last
two years!"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-02
ALL HAVE HAD TO TIP

after all, Georges little perplexity
was nothing compared with the, grim
irony of William Lord Russell, as he
discussed the question of the tip while
under sentence of death. HE asked, .
says Bishop Burnet, what he should
give the executioner. l told him ten
guineas. He said, with smile, it was
pretty thing to give a fee to have
his head cut off. IT. P. LONDON
Weekly