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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-06-21
How Nora Coaxed the Tips.

A group Of women were standing in
the corridor of summer hotel when
an aged scrubwoman started upstairs
with pail Of water. Just then a
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 off
upstairs with 1t. =
''How thoughtful of NoraW isn'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.
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WAS BOUNDED TO HIS DEATH
Executioner of Haymarket Rioters Ex.
pires Suddenly.

Executioner Of Haymarket Rioters Ex
pires Suddenly.
Mason City, a., June 21.-D. w
Nickerson, the man who hanged the
Haymarket rioters in Chicago, was
found dead in his bed at his Floyd
county home.
One Of the strange condolences in
connection with his death, caused by
apoplexy, is the fact that both Sheriff
S. F. Hatchett, who was at that time
sheriff of Cook county, and w. H.
Gleason, who was the chief clerk, both
came to this county and both died
very suddenly from the same cause
and within three days of each other.
This was about three years ago.
Mr.. Nickerson never spent a day
without thinking of this affair. He
left Chicago in 1902 and came to the
prairies Of the West, where he
thought he could bury his hauntings.
But he was in constant receipt of
letters from anarchists threatening
his life. and he was literally bounded
to his death.
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Oddities Of Color Blindness.

Color blindness, or the inability to
distinguish certain colors, is by no
means rare. Incomplete color blindness
is when person cannot distinguish
one Of the fundamental colors, red,
green or violet. If person is told to
select colors resembling violet, he will
If red blind usually select blues as we'll
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 ap-
pears to have green and white stripes,
while the white stars appear on vio-
let field. To 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 person
who is totally color blind the blue Of
the flag appears a light yellowish
brown, while the red stripes seem to
be darker brown.
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Notice to Electrical and Plumbing
Contractors.

Sealed bids will be received at the
Office of Graham M. Torrance, clerk
of Independent School District of
Bemidji, Mimi, until 500 p. m.
July 1, 1909, for the installation of
gas piping, electrical work, and addi-
tional plumbing of a High School
building at Bemidji, MINI.
Each bid must be accompanied by
a certified check in the sum of five
per cent of the amount of bid
made payable to T. ]. Andrews,
treasurer, as a guarantee that the
successful bidder will enter into con.
tract and furnish a Surety Company
Bond satisfactory to the School
Board in full of the amount of his
bid.
Plans and specifications can be
seen on file with Graham M. Tor
rance, at Bemidji, Mimi, or at the
office of the Architects, w. r. Par;
sons & Son Co., at COL Phoenix
Bldg, Minneapolis, MINI.
The work must be completed on
or before the 18th of August, 1909.
4. The Board Of Education reserves
the right to reject any or all bids.
By Order of the School Board.
Graham M. Torrance,
Clerk.
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is ON HIS WAY TO ENGLAND
President Reyes Of Colombia Leaves
:. Vice President in Power.

Washington, June PA dispatch
from the United States of Colombia
received at the state department re-
ports that President Reyes of Col
ombia is on his way to England, hav-
ing left Santa Marta for Manchester.
The dispatch indicates satisfac-
tory condition of affairs in Colombia
when the president left the country
The political situation was quiet, va
rious reforms were being instituted
and general amnesty had been grant
ed. During General Reyes absence
the presidency is left in charge Of Dr.
Jorge Holquin, the vice president, a
warm friend of Reyes. If President
Reyes does not intend to resume Of
flee on his return to Colombia no Of
fetal information to that effect has
reached the state department
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Our Language Is So Explicit!

Our Language Is So Explicit!
The tradesman had rendered his bill,
waited month and then wrote:
"Please, sir, want my bill"
Back came the bill with these words:
certainly; here it is" -
The bill was returned, and in a
month the tradesman again wrote:
KINDLY send me the amount of my
BILL" -~.t. ---~.
And the answer came promptly and
politely:
certainly; it is $1O426."
The third month the tradesman again
wrote:
"Will you send me a check for the
amount of my bill?'
The answer came, with blank, un-
signed check:
certainly; here is the check. have
kept the amount of your bill.' .-
The fourth month the tradesman
wrote:
-- II want my bill paid"
And the answer came back, $50
do I" ---- ----
Then the tradesman gave it up.-La.
dies Home Journal.
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HONOR CONFEDERATE DEAD
Bids Opened For Monument to Mark
Their Resting Place.

Bids Opened For Monument to Mark
Their Resting Place.
Washington, June 21.-At the war
department today bids we're opened
for the erection of monument to the
Confederate dead who are buried in
the Films Point National cemetery at
Salem, N. J.
The monument, which is to cost
about $500, will be erected by the
United States government to mark the
resting place Of 2,460 officers and men
of the Confederate army and navy
who died as prisoners of war at Fort
Delaware between 1852 and 1865.
The adoption of a general monu.
ment for the purpose is due to the
fact that it has been found impossible
because Of imperfect records to place
a distinctive headstone at each indi-
vidual grave, as contemplated by the
act of congress. p. ~. a-.. p. ~
The commissioner for marking the
graves of Confederate soldiers is Gen
eral Edwin M. Coates, retired.
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The Nervous Mother.

An Atchison woman who Is very
nervous and inclined to worry is the
mother Of boy. She recently read
Of boy who was killed while roller
skating and Immediately put her sons
roller skates in the fire. Another
newspaper told of boy who was kill
ed riding the street cars, and as boys
are frequently killed while walking by
street cars running over them she
chained her boy to the front door.
Then she read Of boy who died of
blood poisoning caused by his shoe
rubbing his heel, and her boys shoes
and stockings came off. The story of
a boy who bit off button on his
waist and choked to death resulted in
her taking off her boys clothes. He
had left only flannel shirt, and she
Is reading now that wearing flannel
shirts is the cause Of great mortality
and is thinking Of removing that
Atchison Globe.
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Tho 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
for speculation. Homer uses both bear
and vain (wagon) In his references to
these stars. 1t LIS 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 bear and star. OF
course the polar star in the tail Of Ursa
Minor is the CONSULTATIONS 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
hil for sight Of the pole star.-Minne-
apolis Tribune.
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Is Oratory a Drawback

The great orators have not been the
most fortunate aspirants for the presi-
dency. Webster, Clay, Douglas and
Blaine were idolized by their follow
ers, not. only for their abilities and
personal traits, but also for their per-
suasive powers Of speech. Horace
Greeley, candidate Of the Democrats
and Liberal Republicans in 1872, was
not a notable orator, but was none the
less an effective talker. He made a
speaking tour in the latter part Of the
campaign, and, although his position
was an anomalous one, he acquitted
himself with credit, even if he was
overwhelmingly defeated. Tilden, who
In his free soil days made speeches,
obtained his mastery by his pen, not
by his tongue. Grant, who was called
the silent man because he could not
make speech when he first became q
candidate, learned to speak very well
in public, his speech for Garfield in
1880 being a good example Of his de-
velopment In that direcuon.-Boston
Globe. ..
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The Bloom on the Euu,

II know these eggs at least are
fresh," said the young housewife. AZ
I took them from the basket white
bloom, like the down Of peach, came
off on my hands,"
Her husband, food expert, gave a
sneering laugh.
I'm that case," he said, "1'll forego
my usual morning omelette. That
bloom, my dear, proves your eggs to
be q year or so old-maybe four or
five years old.
1.-THE bloom, as you so POLITICALLY ca1l
1t, is lime dust 1t shows that the
eggs are picked. Lime dust, which
rubs off like -four, is the surest test
we have for picked eggs-a not I'M
wholesome article, but not to be COM
pared with the new laid sort. "-New
Orleans Times-Democrat.
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A Pretty Warm Fish.


4 we'll known fisherman was fishing
for perch and was seated along the
edge Of lake near the roots of a
large tree, which was a favorite spot
for the perch. Luck had been only
fair, and he was debating on the ques.
ton Of hauling in the line and going
home when there came q powerful
tug. ....a -.s.4 .....
He knew that he had huge fish
and struggled vigorously for twenty
minutes before he landed his prize
1t was sunfish, one Of the largest he
had ever seen. He landed 1t on the
bank, and then he noticed that the
rays from the fish were so powerful
that he was almost blinded, and the
grass in the vicinity was shriveled up
by the heat. II
A few minutes later the man fell
over. He had been sunstruck by the
sunfish and was beyond hope.--Phil-
adelphia American.
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FATHER OF R.F. MURPHY
DIED ON. SATURDAY LAST
Breathed His Last at Dillingham;, Wash
ington.-Body Will Be Buried at
DeGraff, Minnesota.

R. F. Murphy has received tele
gram to the effect that his father,
John P. Murphy, had died last
Saturday at Dillingham;, WASH, after
having been ill for some time with
stomach trouble.
The telegram announced that the
body of the elder Murphy would be
brought east from Dillingham; by
Walter Murphy, brother of Ray
Murphy, and that the funeral would
be held at DeGraff, Mimi, and the
body buried beside that of the wife
of the deceased, who died some
twenty-nine years ago.
John P. Murphy was born fifty
five years ago in New York state
He moved to Minnesota some
twenty years ago and for fifteen
years lived at Minneapolis, moving
from the Mill City" a year ago to
make his home at Dillingham;, Wash.
The deceased is survived by seven
children.
Mr.. Murphy bore the reputation
of being a most excellent citizen and
wherever he is known there will be
general sorrow because of his
demise. -...
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Oyster Shells as Medicine,

Ground oyster shells were given by
the medieval doctors to children suf-
fering from ricketts, and scrofula. Now
it appears that they were right. The
shells contain lime, nitrogen, iron, sui
phur, manganese, magnesia, -four, bro
mide, phosphoric acid and iodine, all
excellent for feeble children. They say
that if growing children were to take
powdered oyster shells in their food
the teeth would be improved. Lion
don Answers.
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Ing out Miss Paul amounted to 500,
600. The bridegroom is brother Of
Miss Currie Mum, who was reported
engaged to Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.,
in the spring of this year.
The ceremony was performed in ST..
Martins church, Radnor, and was wit.
messed only by the immediate families
and few intimate friends of the
bride and bridegroom. Mr. Mum is a
senior in Harvard, and the young
couple will occupy house near the
university until he completes his
course. Later they vii reside near
PHILADELPHIA,
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Bank Cashier Convicted.

Clarksburg, w. Va, June 21.-Fred
erick B. Wood, former cashier of the
West Virginia bank, was found guilty
of making false entries in the books
Of the bank. The punishment is from
two to ten years in the penitentiary
Wood asserted that the banks loss.
about $4,000, was sustained through
loans made by him. and that he de-
rived no benefit.
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PUMPING PLANT /
For Bemiidjl, Minnesota.

Sealed proposals will be received by the
Citv Clerk of the City of Bemidji. Minnesota.
1859: for the furnishing Of one tripiex pump
direct connected to SO horse power motor.
one single stage 1900 gallon centrifugal pump
one 1000 gallon stage pump and motor: one
inch turbine meter and all piping. valves.
and fittings and the complete installation Of
the piping and machinery.
The Ciey Council shall open aud consider
all bids. submitted in regular form. at their
regular meeting held in the evening Of the
above date but reserves the right to reject
any or all bids or accept anv part of any bid:
A certified check on Bemidji Bank for 10
per cent. of the amount OF the bid shall
accompany each proposal. No other form
Of check can be considered according to the
City Charter.
Plans and specifications may be received
upon application to the City Engineer.
THOMAS MALOY.
M. D. STONER, City Clerk
City Engineer.
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facing the north. There is ample
shelter for more than 800 contestants
Should the weather prove stormy, and
the appointments are equal to any
thing Of the kind in the world.
The schedule Of events adopted by
the Interstate association includes the
preliminary handicap on Wednesday
and the event of the year for trap
shooters, the Grand American handi-
cap, on Thursday.
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PLANTACNET TELEPHONE
COMPANY IS PROSPECTING
Directors Of Company Held Meeting Sa'-
urday.-WiII Extend Line to the
Lake George Country.

The Plantagnet Telephone COM
pany is in a prosperous condition
and is doing nice business, accord
ing to reports which were submitted
to the board of directors, who held
a meeting in this city Saturday and
discussed the affairs of the company.
" The directors declared a dividend
of ten per cent and were we'll salts
fed with the reports submitted by
the officers.
1t was decided to extend the
present line, during the coming
summer, from Lake Plantagnet to
Lake George. distance of over
twenty miles; which will be matter
of great convenience to people
living in the territory south oil
Bemidji to Lake George.
The present line extends east
from Bemidji to the Jester farm, on
Lake Plantagnet, and the addition
of the Lake George extension will
give an independent line of con.
siderable deminsions.
The present line has quite a
number of private lines which con.
meet with the Plantagnet line, giving
long distance service over the wires
of the Northwestern Telephone COM
pany at Bemidji.
The officers of the Plantagnet
company are A. H. Jester, PRESIDENT
F. S. Lycan, treasurer; E. A. Schnei-
der, secretary. These officers, with
J. A. VESSEL of St. Paul and Charles
Vandersluis of Bemidji, constitute
the board of directors.
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Weekend Excursions.

Via the South Shore for Detroit,
Toledo, Cleveland and Buffalo by
rail to St. Ignace thence D. & C.. N.
Co. S steamers, leaving Duluth every
Friday. June 4 to July 80. To
Detroit and return $1,000. Limit
Sept. 18th.
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National Conversations.

If you see three men standing to
gether on the sidewalk in any given
country, you can guess the subject OF
their conversation. In Germany it is
the army; in Russia, the bureaucracy;
In France, women; in the United
States, business; in England, sport,
and in Turkey nothing at all.-Brussels
Derniere Heure
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The Diuinn Bell.

The celebrated philosopher Aristotle
speaks of a diving bell which was pat
over the head Of the diver, but there
is no proof Of the use Of the bell In
ancient times. John Jaesnier, who
lived In the early part Of the sixteenth
century, makes the earliest mention
Of the practical use Of the diving bell
in Europe. In all probability the first
real practical use Of the diving bell
was In the attempt at rescuing the
treasures Of the Spanish armada off
the English coast, 1890 and on.
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Why He Refused.

"Can l offer you little more soup7''
lady asked her new paying guest.
''No, thanksy' was the quick reply.
Il hope you are not refusing because
1t Is considered bad form to take two
helpings of soup. We are not sticklers
for etiquette
"Oh, it isn't etiquette that I was
worrying about-it was the soupT
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George Cochran, the logger, spent
Saturday at Walker, returning to
Bemidji Saturday evening. Mr..
Cochran has large number of both
business and social friends at the
county seat of Cass county.
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BIG SHOOTING EVENT BEGINS
Preliminary Practice First Step To.
ward Grand American Handicap.

Chicago, June 21.-With today's
preliminary practice the tenth grand
American target shooting competition
was begun. Unless ali signs fail it
will be the greatest tournament of the
kind ever held in the United States.
The grounds of the Chicago Gun
club, on which the tournament is held,
are twelve acres in extent, and they
are equipped with five sets of traps
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Survivors Of Sea Fight Meet.

Waltham, Mass, June 21.-The sur
vivors of the crew which manned the
warship Kearsarge during her famous
sea fight with the Confederate ship
Alabama off the coast of France on
June 10, 1864, gathered in this city
to celebrate the forty-f1fth anniversary
of that encounter. OF the 1863 men
WHO comprised the crew at that time
but thirty are living.
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"Bu7TERFLY BUD" MARRIED
Girl For Whose Ball Flutterers Were
Imported Becomes Bride.

Philadelphia, June 21.-Owing to
the recent death Of James w. Paul,
Jr, the banker, of this city, the mar
rage today of his daughter, Miss
Mary Astor Paul, to Charles A. Mum,
Jr., of Washington was celebrated
with extreme simplicity, although the
bride is a member of one of this city's
most prominent families and the bride
groom's family is very we'll known
socially in Washington.
Today's bride is tho famous "but-
terf1y debutante" Of the winter of
1908. For her coming out her father
brought from Brazil and Peru 500
live butterflies, which were released
at the ball given in honor of his
daughters debut. 1t was estimated
at the time that the expense of bring
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A Change.

'It used to be the height Of my ambi-
ton to own motor car" said the wos
tied looking man.
.And what is the height Of your am
bition noW2" asked his friend.
"To sell Philadelphia Inquirer.
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DEBTS MAY BE EXEMPTED

Court Decision Will Lessen Tax Pay.
nents Considerably.
Des Moines, June 21.-Judge w. H.
McHenry, in the Polk county court,
held that debts may be deducted from
the actual value Of corporation stock
for assessment purposes under the
Iowa law. The decision settles a
question which has been mooted for
years and will knock city treasures
out of thousands of dollars annually.
The decision was made on an ap.
peal from assessment by three Iowa
insurance companies.
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In a bad WAY.

"Here Is a doctor who says you
mustn't eat when you're worried"
"But suppose you're always worried
for fear you amt goin' to get anything
to Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Ant Pupil.

'sDidn't see the grocer's boy kiss
you this morning, Martha"
'sYes'm. But he amt to blame,
ma'am. Twas the iceman set him the
bad example" F.
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FOR -Seven-room house at
I'LL Lake Boulevard. Inquire of
Henry Stechman, 719 Bemidji
avenue.
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WANTED-To exchange good
secondhand threshing machine
for clear, wild or improved land in
Beltrami county. Inquire ]. ].
Opsahl, Sentinel office. Bemidji,
MINI.
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FOR RENT-Furnished rooms with
or without board, 1121 Bemidji
avenue.
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FOR RENT Seven-room fiat above
Majestic Theater. Inquire of A.
Klein.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

PUBLIC LIBRARY-Open Tues
days, Thursdays and Saturdays
2:30 to E p. M, and Saturday
evening 7:30 to 9 p. m. also.
Library in basement of Court
House. Mrs. Donald, librarian.
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FOR SALE.

FOR SALE OR TRADE-I own
the following lots in original town
site of Nymore MINI. Lots 1, 2, 3, 4
and IL in Block 1, and Lots /, 2,
9, in Block 2, and Lot 1, in
Block 6. Write me direct. Here
is snap for somebody. A. H.
Froshaug, Twin Valley.
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Couldn't Scream.

II was afraid you'd scream when !
kissed YOU
II didn't dare. Mamma was in the
next room and would have heard me"
Houston Post
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Her May,

0er way.
II wouldn't cry like that if were
you," said a lady to little Alice.
''Well," said Alice between her sobs,
''yeu can cry any way you like, but
this is my way United Presbyterian
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FOR SALE-Rubber stamps. The
Pioneer will procure any kind of a
rubber stamp for you an short
notice.