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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-01-28
s3741a
COURT-HOTsE AND GENERAL
EXPENSE

The cost of maintenance for the
Somerset Court House, together with
items of miscellaneous expenditure
are given below:
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-01-28

+. EMERSON. Travelling Representative
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-01-28

The fellow who always has a skate
on doesn't cut much ice.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-10

Hind quarters genuine
Spring Lamb, each. -. 91.75
Fall Lamb Shoulder Roast,
| per pound .7Mc
r Fresh Leaf Lard, 9 lbs .S1.oo
Armour's Star Hams, per
pound -. ........ 12Hc
Morton = Gregson's Coupon
Hams (best brandt, per
pound ..............12M
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-10

Long sleeve Jersey rib
bed corset covers, all
sizes, will go on sale,
at ...........19C
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-10

.omen's M u n S / n g
Union Suits, sleeves,
tight knee, fine rib
bed suit ......49G
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-10
Grocery Specials for Saturday

l5-ounce cans, X. C. Bak-
ing Powder, per can. 1870
2h-lb cans Apricots. =. 900
3 Pigs Corn Flakes. .9sc'
2-lb cans June Peas. e. loo
Imported Sardines, A-lb
TINS ....... .I1o
S-ounce cans, Calumet Rak-
ing Powder SO
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-10

Women's vests, fine
fine ribbed, long and
short sleeves, high
neck, worth 25c. 9
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-02-20
A Beggar In a Basket.

Perhaps the most curious use to
which Mexicans put their baskets is to
hold gamecocks. Sometimes the cocks
basket is woven for the purpose; often
er it Is made from a sombrero, the
wide, high crowned, straw hat Of the
country, into which the bird Is put, a
hole cut in the crown to give him air
and the brim carefully tied down that
he may not escape. The bullfght has
been called the national sport of Mex
leo, but cockfghting Is much more uni
versal, for the humblest peasant may
have his gamecock, which he keeps in
a carefully made cage in his patio,
watches with pride and tends with
care. ~
One of the strangest uses to which a
basket has probably ever been put was
the daily appearance in the streets of
a young man carrying in huge BUSH
ell basket on his shoulders his great
grandmother, Of unknown age, who
held out skinny hand to the passer-
by for the centavo which was almost
unfailingly given. Surely a trust in
Providence could go no further.-Elea-
nor Hope johnson in Outing Maya
zine. 49,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-02-20
Dreams of tho Blind,

In my dreams I have sensations,
odors, tastes and ideas which I do not
remember to have had in reality.
Perhaps they are the glimpses which
my mind catches through the veil Of
sleep of my earliest babyhood. I have
heard "the trampling Of many waters"
Sometimes wonderful light visits me
in sleep. Such flash and glory as 1t
is! gaze and gaze until it vanishes.
smell and taste much as in my wax
ing hours, but the sense of touch plays
a less important part. In sleep I al
most never grope. No one guides me.
Even in crowded street I am self
sufficient, and I enjoy an independ-
ence quite foreign to my physical life.
Now seldom spell on my fingers, and
it is still rarer for others to spell into
my hand. MY mind acts independent
Of my physical organs. am delight
ed to be thus endowed, If only In
sleep, for then my soul dons its
winged sandals and joyfully joins the
throng Of happy beings who dwell be-
yond the reaches of bodily. sense
Helen Keller in Century.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-02-20
Oddities Of Color Blindness.

Color blindness, or the inability to
distinguish certain colors, is by no
means rare. Incomplete color blindness
is when a person cannot distinguish
one Of the fundamental colors, red,
green or violet. If a person is told to
select colors resembling violet, he will
It red blind usually select blues as well
as violets. If he is green blind, he will
select green or gray, with possibly
some blues and violets of the brightest
shades. Violet blindness is rare. To a
red blind person the American flag APP
pears to have green and white stripes,
while the white stars appear on vio-
let field. To a green blind person the
stripes have the proper colors, but the
field for the stars is red violet. To a
violet blind person the stripes are nor
NAL, but the stars appear to be set in
dark brownish gray field. To a person
who Is totally color blind the blue Of
the flag appears light yellowish
brown, while the red stripes seem to
be darker brown.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-02-20
:, Tn. Pole, Star.

Ursa Major and Ursa Minor are
known also as the triones and as the
Greater Vain and the Lesser Vain. It
Is curious to note that the larger. con-
stellation was given the figure Of the
bear by the Arabs and by the Iroquois
red men. The assumed forms are or
dinarily fanciful, and the identity Of
the names In this instance affords food
tor speculation. Homer uses both bear
and vain (wagon) in his references to
these stars. It Is evident that the
name bear was translation from
some original Aryan language, as the
constellation is called In Sanskrit
riksha, word that in different gen.
ders means both a bear and star. OF
course the polar star in the tail Of Ursa
Minor Is the considerations point OF
glory. In this case we may say fairly
that the tail wags the dog, because the
group Of stars was once called the
dogs tail, or cynosure. From that we
have. our word cynosure, that toward
which all eyes turn, as to the dogs
tail for sight Of the pole star,-Minne-
apolis Tribune.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-02-20
The Wickedest Bit Of Sea.

Nine out Of ten travellers would tell
inquirers that the toughest piece Of
water is that cruel stretch in the Eng
lish+ channel, and nine out Of ten trav-
elers would say what was not true.
AS matter of fact, "the wickedest
bit of sea" is not in the Dover strait or
In yachting, for example, from st. Jean
de Lufz up to Pauillac or across the
Mediterranean race from Cadiz to
Tangier, nor is it in rounding Cape
Horn, where there is what sailors call
true" sea. The "wickedest sea- is
encountered IN rounding the Cape Of
Good Hope for the eastern ports Of
Cape Colony.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-02-20
How Nora Coaxed tha Tine

How Nora Coaxed the Tips.
A group Of women were standing In
the corridor Of a summer hotel when
an aged scrubwoman started upstairs
with pail of water. Just then.
bright faced, buxom Irish chamber
maid came up.
'This looks purity heavy for the likes
Of ye," she said cheerily to the old
woman. Better let me help"
She took up the paid and whisked OF
upstairs with it.
"How thoughtful Of Nora! 's1sn't
she kind" and similar expressions
rose to the lips Of the women. The
proprietor Of the hotel and another
man also witnessed the incident.
Clever girl, that Nora" said the
hotel man to his companion. "She,s
always doing something like that when
there are people looking on. She gets
more tips than any two other girls in
the house. She could afford to pay me
for the privilege Of working here.
Every summer she makes enough to
spend the winter in idleness at her old
home In Ireland" New York Tribune.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-02-20
WHOLE THING A FRAME. UP
Police Discredit Story of Assault Ia
Chicago Hotel.

L &
Chicago. Feb. 1l.-Belasco never sat
q stage with greater care. than Ella
Gingles did for the sensation which
was created when her unconscious,
bound and gagged form was found in
a general bathroom at the Wellington
hotel, according to Chief Of Detectives
O'Brien. Captain O'Brien, dropping
into the vernacular of the police, de-
clared the whole thing was frame
up" He had been assured by the
physicians who attended the young
lacemaker that there had been no as
sault, although she may have had as
sistance in tying herself to the bath
tub. Even the blood in the tub and
in the washbasin, 1t is now asserted,
was composed largely of port wine
and water. Captain O'Brien said he
hoped to clear up the mystery in de.
tail by another interview with Miss
Gingles, who was reported at the hos
pital little the worse for her expert
ence.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-02-20

I'm sorry 7 saw him. He didn't
look at all like an author mo long,
wavy hair; no dreamy expression; no
eyes fixed on the stars as IL to read
the secrets Of the heavens; no musical,
low voice nothing to suggest the
genius No, I found him leaning on
the garden gate, in his shirt sleeves,
swearing at grocery boy! And his
hair was close cropped, and he looked
as II he hadn't shaved In a week. He
was the most terribly human specimen
ever saw."-Atlanta Constitution.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-02-20
SUBsCRlPTI0N..s5.00 PER ANNUM
NORTH COUNTRY FULL OF GOOD ENTER.
-' TANNERS.

Says Stillman H. Bingham, the
St. Paul correspondent of the Duluth
Evening Herald, who is doing" the
legislature this winter for the benefit
of the Hearld:
The members of the normal school
committees, who have returned from
their Northern Minnesota trip, taken
to look over the various communities
that want the proposed new normal
school, are loud in their praise of
the hospitality which met them in
every town.
The foregoing only backs up the
statements made by the writer hereof
to Mr.. Bingham and the members of
the Joint normal committees before
they left st. Paul to visit this north
country, to the effect that this north
part of the state was full of good
fellows" who could entertain just as
royalty as the Hon. P. H. McGarry,
and all of whom could give the Hon.
Dan Gum cards and spades" at
being genial. The committee is also
now convinced of another statement
made by tie writer-that there are
other good towns in northern Min,
nesota besides Cass Lake; in fact,
from what we have heard since the
committee got back to St. Paul they
are prone to take issue with the
gentleman from Walker" for insinu.
ating that trip up north" would
be all that was necessary to con-
vince the committee that no other
town up here was worthy of consid-
Grafton, when compared to Cass
Lake. Bemidji has always recog-
nized the good qualities of her neigh
borS and is at all times willing to
pool her interests with the bunch"
and abide by any impartial decision.
Our Cass Lake friends are differ
ent. They should have the pro-
posed school because they need it,
and it would help build up their
town." And this on top of the fact
that Cass Lake has a United States
land office; Walker has state sani-
tarium, and wants a big appropria-
ton for that institution; and Grand
Rapids wants an agricultural school
to operate in conjunction with her
experimental farm.
Verify, there is such a thing as
being hoggish. Give Bemidji a
small look-in.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-02-20
What a scotsman Wears.

What q Scotsman Wears.
A Scottish correspondent, signing
himself "Haggis," writes to us as fol-
lows:
Dear 6ir-Please state In your column
that q Scotsman wears kilt, not kits.
Thus Harry Lauder went to amuse the
king clad In a kilt, not in kits.
We regret to say that we find our
selves unable to accede to our CORE
spondent's request. Respect for truth
compels us to state that a Scotsman
almost invariably wears neither kilt
nor kits, but trousers.-London News.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-02-20
Four Skaters Drowned.

Norwood, R. l., Feb. 19.-Whils
skating hand in hand over the ice on
Sand pond four children were
drowned when the spongy formation
gave way, another was barely saved
and several persons who attempted to
rescue them narrowly missed being
engulfed in the icy waters.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-02-20
Probably Buried In snowbank.

Racine, Wis, Feb. 19.-It is feared
that George Elholm, one Of the most
prominent attorneys and business
men of this city, has been buried in
a. snowbank between this city and
Ives He has been missing since last
Monday, when he started out in the
storm.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-02-20
Quite Of Her Opinion.

"Oh;rI did so want to have talk
with you! I'm simply mad to go on
the stagew exclaimed gushing young
lady to popular actor.
''Yes, should think you would be,
my dear young ladyr remarked the
great histrion.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-02-20
A sIander.

Member Of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union-Did you write this
notice Of my lecture on "The Demon
!? Editor-Yes, madam. Member
of the Woman's Christian Temperance
Un1on-Then would like to know
what you mean by saying, 1.-THE lee.
turer was evidently full of her sub.
ject,"-Judge.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-02-20
An idol Shattered.

Some one has said that people that
are fond of hero worship should never
make a pilgrimage to see the hero
Here is an instance:
An enthusiastic young lady admirer
called on her favorite author. In
speaking Of he
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-02-20
Lucky.

-. 9'I LUCKY. -
Rustic What's the matter? Motor
ist-Matterl can't get this car to 70.
Rustic-Then it's the lucky man you
are, for just yesterday a motorist got
nearly smashed to bits here because
he couldn't get his car to stop,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-02-20
Executed for Attempted Assault.

Richmond, Va, Feb. 1s.-Charles
Gillespie, negro, who month ago
attempted an assault on a young lady
of this city while she was on.her way
to church, was put to death in the
electric chair in the penitentiary here
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-02-20
Her Dia.

Miss Antique-Just think Of the
nerve Of that impecunious fellow to
propose to me!
Miss Caustique ~ Nerve? Why, Il
was absolute recklessness. Milwaukee
News.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-02-20
TO RAISE WRECK OF MAINE

House CommIttee DECIDES on PFeI1ni'
mary Steps.
Washington, Feb. l9.-The house
committee on appropriations Is to in
clude in the sundry civil bill an item
looking toward the ultimate raising
of the battleship Maine, the wreck of
which still remains in Havana harbor
The committee which is preparing
the bill has decided to insert a clause
which provides for commission that
will be directed to investigate the
condition of the wreck and determine
the feasibility and cost of raising it.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-02-20
Consistent.

'Why do you wear a yachting cap,
deah boy? It's your brother that owns
the yacht
Every true, old chap. This is me
brothers cap."- Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-02-20
.PuLLIAM MAY BE RETIRED
Fate Of President Of National League
in Balance.

Chicago, Feb. 19.-The National
league Is reported to stand a to on
a proposition to retire Harry Pulliam
from the presidency. Another report
is that the vote was on a motion to
grant him leave Of absence for a
year. Garry Hermann presided, Pull
liam not being present.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-02-20
CRlTlClSES La Toilette
Penrose Says Wisconsin Senator IL
an Obstructionist,

an Obstructionist.
Washington, Feb. Ex-senator Pen
rose, during consideration Of the post
office bill, sharply accused Senator
La Toilette of obstrncting legislation
and of using language which "better
becomes the vendor of patent medi.
cine than senator of the United
States" .-..
Mr.. La Toilette replied that the sen
ate could not deter him from main.
tanning his rights. ~
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-02-20
Explosion Fatal to Seven.

Steubenville, O., Feb. 19.-Three
persons were burned to death and fo
fatally injured by an explosion
key of mining powder in a coal
er's home near Golfers, w. Va.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-02-20
Injured in coastinu Accident.

Hornell, N. Y, Feb. 19.-As the re-
suit of coasting accident at Alfred
six professors and students in Alfred
university were injured. Professor c.
L. CLARK is in hospital in critical
condition.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-02-20

Beauty Is part Of the finished Ian
guage which goodness speaks.-Eliot
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-10

Experts from a distance are not the
only ones who can spring sensation
al testimony. This was evidenced
this morning when City Attorney j.
Roy Raley was placed on the stand in
the Warner Young will contest. Raley
corroborated to a certain extent the
testimony of E. H. Thompson, the
Spokane handwriting expert, who de-
clared yesterday that the signature of
James W. Young to the so-called
first" will, is forgery. Thompson,
however, declared the signature had
been forged by tracing, while Raley
insisted that it had been reproduced
from an original genuine signature by
means of copy press.
Examining the document he first
declared that it showed evidence Of
having been held in copy press. He
then said it was possible for an or
iginal signature to be transferred on
II an entirely different sheet of pa
per by taking a copy of the original
signature on the thin sheet OF paper
contained in a copy press book and
while it was yet wet, applying it to
the paper on which it was desired TO
have it reproduced. His theory was
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-10
FAMILY is PURSUED
BY MADDENED COW

Walla Walla, Wash, July TO-
crazed by the heat, COW belonging
to G. w. Bailey on Eckle mountain
went wild while the owner was away
and for several hours ran amuck
about the farm, it first cleaned out
the barnyard, scattering and injuring
pigs, horses and cows.
Mrs. Bailey and the children fled
to the house and barricaded the doors
and windows. The maddened bovine
pursued, and in its efforts to break
in gouged its eyes out and fearfully
lacerated its head. Mr.. Bailey on re-
turning was attacked and had to Sc
cure a gun to shoot the blinded crea-
ture. Mrs. Bailey was brought to
town suffering from q nervous col
lapse.
This is the third COW thus affected
in that neighborhood and it is thought
some new disease has broken out
among the cattle.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-10
ESKIMO YOUTH STARTS
FOR THE NORTH POLE

New York, July 10.-Vowing to or
ganize an exploration party in Green
land, to carry the American flag to
the north pole, Meme Wallace, a 20
year old Eskimo youth, whose fam
lily was brought to the United States
1S years ago by Explorer Peary, sail
ed today for st. Johns, where he hopes
to catch the steamer Jeanie. bound
for the north. Before consenting to
allow him to return home, members
of the Peary arctic club forced him
to sign a declaration that he would
never carry arms in Greenland and
never return to the United States. The
club fears he might attempt to kill
Peary, against whom he Is very bitter
because he says he received frost"
when he came to this country. De-
spite this, he announced the intention
of planting the flag on the north
pole.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-10
WOMAN GOES INSANE
WHEN PET KITTEN DIES

New York, July 10.-Charlotte
CRATER, who has been a voluntary
prisoner in the Yorkville police court
prison for five years, is insane in
Bellevue hospital. When she first
asked to be committed to the prison
she adopted little kitten which be-
came her sole companion there. The
cat died recently and the woman
grieved over the matter until she lost
her mind, the doctors say, perman-
emily.
There has always been much mys-
terry about the woman. OF apparent
refinement and superior education, it
was believed that she had sought the
prison as a hiding place from the
world, but why she did So, she would
never reveal. She was first COM
mltted for six months on her own re-
quest as vagrant. At the expiration
Of each term she was recommitted.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-10
Clarence Kearney Improving.

Clarence Kearney the 1ormer
member Of the police force who was
so seriously injured several weeks
ago by falling from a train as it was
pulling into the local station, is
slowly recovering. He is now able to
walk down town 'and the incidents
leading up to what came so near be-
ing fatal fall are gradually coming
back to him. At first his mind was
blank concerning the events which
happened from the time he boarded
the train in eastern Washington un-
til he recovered consciousness.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-10
Company Il Leaves Tomorrow.

Under the command of Captain
Dan P. Smythe and with Lee D. Drake
and d. B. Bailey as first and second
lieutenants respectively, company L
will leave for the annual o. N. G. en-
campment tomorrow. The company
is to entrain on No. 5, which passes
through at II o'clock and a special
tourist sleeper will be set out for the
company From appearances the
company will leave here with upwards
OF 40 enlisted men and officers. The
camp will be near Clackamas station,
between Oregon City and Portland.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-10
Ford Lectures at Chautauqua.

DR.. T. b. Ford, the popular pastor
of the First Methodist church, is one
of the speakers at today's sessions Of
the Willamette Valley Chautauqua
association at Gladstone park. His
address was on "The Paramount Is
sue in American Politics" What this
paramount issue is only those who
have heard the address can say. All
others have simply been told that it
Is not the revision Of the tariff
schedules upward or downward, nor
inheritance, income or corporation
tax. DR.. Ford will return home to-
night and will occupy his pulpit to-
morrow, both morning and evening,
as usual.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-10
FIRES BLAST IN WELL,
CLIMBS DOWN, SMOTHERS

Spokane, Wash, July 1O.-After
firing a charge of dynamite in the
bottom of a well he was digging, a
few miles west of Spokane last eve
ming, Alfred Bunker climber down
to see how much rock had been loos-
ened. Nearly an hour later his body
was found at the bottom of the well,
the gas having suffocated him.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-10
Commissioners Visit Farm.

County Commissioners Lee and
Walker went out to the poor farm
this morning to make an examination
of the management and conditions.
They will call meeting of the dis
trict boundary board this afternoon
and will probably close up thhe busi-
ness of the court for this term this
evening.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-10
For New School District.

A meeting of the district boundary
board is being held in the commits
sioner's room this afternoon to act
upon the question of creating a new
school district in the west end of the
county. ]. w. Sailing, T. E. Brass
field and w. o Whitsett, three of the
petitioners for the new district are
here to present their claims. So far
no objections have been made and ii
is believed the district will be created.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-10
CORPORATION WINS
BIG DAMAGE SUIT

Olympia, Wash, July 10.-Because
Conductor Henry Sipes made Mana
ger w. 5. Dimmick a party defendant
in his suit for damages against the
Puget Sound Electric company for
personal injuries sustained in a col
lision due to failure to transmit train
orders and the jury found against
the company and not against Dim
mick, the supreme court says the law
requires that the judgment for plain
tiff be set aside and the case dis
missed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-10
Visitor From st. Paul.

Henry Develin, first assistant chief
of the st. Paul fire department of
st. Paul, Minnesota, arrived in Pen
dleton today noon, and is the guest
of his brother, James A. Develin, the
local cigar manufacturer. The visit
ing fireman is on his way to Seattle
and after weeks visit at the home
Of his brother here the two will go
on to Portland and Seattle.