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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-23
KERMIT is BACK IN AMERICA.
Says He Will Re-enter Harvard
81 Hardy Knew Miss Rutherford.

New York, Sept. 23.-Kermit Roose-
velt-was returning passenger tonight
by the transatlantic liner Lusitania
His departure for Europe, shortly af-
ter his return from Africa, excited
some surprise and many conjectures at
the time, but he said nothing tonight
to point the way for any of them.
I am going back to Harvard" he
said, but first 1 shall run down to
Oyster Bay"
Asked about the reports that have
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-23
Preacher as a Lawyer.

Newark, n. j., Sept 23@The Rev.
J. W. Davis. a clergyman of Salem, N.
J., will defend Mrs. Eliza Robinson.
who has just been indicted for the
murder of Walter Harvey in Pennsy-
vile, n. J., June II. The Rev. Davis
studied law before being admitted to
the ministry, The trial will begin
October Is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-23
Countess Wachtmefste nn.

Los Angeles. Cal. Sept 23.-Count-
ess Constance Wachtmeiste, former
theosOphist, lecturer and companion of
Nine. Blavatsky, is seriously i'll at the
home of friends in this city. Owing
to her age, rs, her condition is consid-
cred grave. She was stricken three
weeks ago. shortly after her arrival,
and her son, who was in Sweden, was
cabled to come Immediately.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-23

Lucy NJ. Floyd has filed suit in the
district court asking divorce from
Clarence Floyd to whom she was mar
ried ten years ago. She alleges non
support and asks custody of their two
chfIIran
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-23

Disappear Quickly When This Treat.
ment Is Applied.

At this time of year "Freckle Face"
IS with US in full bloom. And the an
guish and heart pangs those freckles
cause! Not necessary at ALL At the
first sign of a freckle, or even if your
face is already covered with them, go
to toilet goods counter of George w
Stansf1eld, 632 Kansas avenue, To-
peka, get a two-ounce package of Kin
tho extra strength apply it a few
nights (maybe only one night, and
presto! your freckles are gone like
uaaIzic. Money! back If II fails
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-23

You like fancy vests on other men. You
know how they add to ones appearance
Why not own one, two or three yourself?
You can own a vest worth from So to Sc
now for 81. IS if you come tomorrow and
take advantage of our special purchase
sale. If you know anything at all about
fabrics you will realize that this sale price
does not even cover che cost of the raw
material. And it is only on account of
some timely buying that we can offer So
to Sc vests in the incest styles for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-23
NOTES FROM THE COURTS.

Next Thursday the district court
will take up the trial of a large num-
Der of city cases, principally appealed
actions from the police court brought
for violations of the city liquor ordin-
ances.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-23

The name of Fritz Durein, which
used to be associated frequently in
police court with liquor selling charges
appeared in court again Thursday,
where he was charged as having Ii
quor in his house He drew a penalty
of a 500 fine and so days imprison-
ment, a sentence from which he prob
ably will appeal.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-16
The Preparation Of Parchment.

Parchment is the skin 0. sneep or
other animals prepared in sheets to
render them fit for being written upon.
The heavier parchment, used for drum
heads, is made from the skins of ass
es. older calves. wolves and goats All
these are similarly prepared. The
skin, being freed from the hair. is
placed in n lime pit to cleanse it from
fat The palt is then stretched upon
a frame. care being taken that the sur
face is FREQ from wrinkles The flesh is
pared off with circular knife, after
which it is moistencd. and whiting
spread over it. Then the workman.
with large pumife stone. rubs the
skin. He next goes over it with all
iron instrument and rubs it carefully
with pumice stone without chalk. Fl
nally the skin is gradually dried, tight
ening being occasionally required.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-16
Seen In a Dream.

Mr.. Hilprecht, professor Of Assyriol-
ogy in the University of Pennsylvania
In 1898. when puzzling over sketches
of objects eXcavated at Babylon, learn
ed in dream the solution to the diff
Guilty that confronted him. Two draw
ings represented fragments of agate in
scribed with characters. They We're
supposed to be bits of finger rings and.
being apparently of different colors.
wese not closely associated together by
the professor. But in a dream he saw
an Assyrian priest, who told him how
the priests of the Temple of Bel, hav-
ing received a votive cylinder of agate
from their king, We're ordered to make
earrings for their god. They made
three by cutting up the cylinder, and
the professor would find by fitting the
fragments together that these were
two Of them. He did this and found
that they gave continuous descrip-
ton.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-16
France Has Run tho Gamut,

No other modern nation has under
gone changes more frequent, more
radical, more sudden, bloody and dra-
matte. In forms Of government France
has boxed the compass-has been
feudal, monarchial, imperial, repub.
lican and revolutionary She has
sounded the depths of royal abso-
lutism and Of communistic anarchy
has made and unmade constitutions in
the pathetic effort to get one that
would fit; has known a military, DIES.
potism which bluntly told the women
to marry and bear children in order
that Napoleon might be continuously
supplied with troops; has known an
absolute monarchy where a graceful
manner was more effective at court
than a head we'll filled with sense and
has known government of the rabble
under which there was an Insured
ton against property and death sen.
fences passed against citizens for the
sin Of wearing aristocratic names and
clean shirts.-From 1.-THE Story OF
France" by Thomas e. Watson.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-16
Among the Honors.

One of the last times that Bishop
Burgess Of Long Island dined out was
at the Press club, where the walters
are all negroes. The head waiter bowed
Bishop Burgess and his host profusely
to their places. This way, adm'ral,"
said he. 'Tek this table. You get a
bettah view Of the harbor heah, adj
m'ral"
II am not an admiral" said Bishop
Burgess, smiling.
my mistek, suh," said the head
waiter. "Ah mout er known all the
time I was er talkin' to a military
man. You like dis table. colonel|
II am not a colonel" said Bishop
Burgess, smiling more broadly. lam
a bishop"
ITO be shuah. suh," said the head
waiter. "To-o be shuah! Ve'y sorry
for nah mistek, subj got dem titles
Of admiral and colonel wrong. sub, but
Alb was all right on de main issue. All
knowed soon as Alb saw you dat you
was one of de face cards of your pro-
fession. h."-Cincinnati Times-Star.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-16
Purely hypothetical.

"Uncle Henry, want to ask your
advice"
"Well"'
But you mustn't mention it to liv-
ing soul. Suppose you We're young
girl of my age and three men had pro
posed to you, one of them young
preacher fine looking and we'll eGu
Gated; the second one handsome
young man in business, swell dresser
and thinking the world Of you, and the
third a rich foreigner with a distin-
guished air about him and well spoken
Of by everybody Which of the three
do you think would make the best hus-
band?"
"Why, Annabel. child, consult your
own heart Which of the three do
you love best"
"Mercy. Uncle Henry, Nobodys pro-
posed to me yet I'm only trying to
get pointers, so ri know the right
man when he comes along."- Chicago
Tribune
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-16
PRIMITIVE. PHYSIC.
John Wesley as a Physician and Soma
Of His Remedies,

It is not generally known that John
Wesley in one of his brief intervals Of
leisure published Il sort of medical
wade mecum called not appropriately
''Primitive Physic." 1t was first pub
lished in 1747, and it ran into at least
tWenty-four editions. The author was
greatly surprised there was so swift
and large a demand for it. In the
later editions he was able to add the
word Tried" to certain remedies the
virtues of which he had meanwhile
found opportunities of testing. After
five years careful trial and nOtwith-
standing the objections of the learned
into the cold bath just before the cold
it," but omits to say how to time the
coming Of the fit. To prevent apoplexy
use the cold bath and drink only wa
ter. If this proves useless and fit
should declare itself you have only to
put handful of salt with pint Of
cold water and if possible pour it
down the throat of the patient" To
cure asthma take a pint of cold wa
ter every morning, washing the head
therein Immediately after" Wesley
gives four ways Of curing old age
take tar water morning and evening"
or "a decoction Of nettles" or "be cleo.
trifed daily or "chew cinnamon daily
and swallow your saliva" The two
great panaceas in the Wesleyan doc
trine are the use of cold water and the
use of electricity. and at the end Of
the book are columns of every sort of
disease which may be overcome by
these simple eXpedients.-St. James
Gazette,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-16
A POET AT WORK.
Tho Bumnnine May Have Helped
Wordsworth Out a Sit,

To see a poem in the making, the
uninitiated are apt to think, should
prove an interesting sight. unfortu-
nately they will probably be disap-
pointed if the description, quoted by
the Rev. H. D. Rawnsley in Literary
Associations of the English Lakes" of
Wordsworth at work is to be credited.
An old retainer of the family furnished
this account of Wordsworth walking
up and down his terrace composing:
"Mr. Wordsworth went cumming
and booing about, and she, Miss Dor
othy, kept close behind him and pick
ed up bits as he let fall, and she'd
take 'em down and put 'em on paper
for him, and you may be very we'll
sure as how she didn't understand or
make sense out Of 'em, and l doubt
that he didn't have much idea ABBOTT
'em either himself. But, howiver,
there's a gey lot Of fowk as wad, 1
dare say.
"He would start a-bumming at one
end Of the walk, and it was Bum,
bum, bum" till he stopped, and then
Bum, bum, bum" back again. Then
he'd set down and get bit Of paper
out and write bit; then git up and
Bum, bum, bumv and go on album
ming right down the terrace and back
again. I suppose the cumming helped
him out Bit
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-16

Belong to the Senders Until Delivered
to the Addresses.

Under the postal regulations and the
rulings of the highest courts of the
United States letter does not belong
to the person to whom it is sent until
it is delivered to him. The writer has
a right to reclaim and regain posses
sion Of it. provided he can prove to
the satisfaction Of the postmaster at
the office from which it was sent that
he was the writer of it. Even after
the letter has arrived at the Office
which is its destination and before it
has been delivered to the person to
whom it is addressed it may be re-
called by the writer by telegraph
through the mailing office
The regulations of the pOstoftice de-
partment Of course require that the
utmost care shall be taken by the
postmaster at the office of mailing to
ascertain that the person who desires
to withdraw the letter is really the
one who is entitled to do so. and a
postmaster is responsible for his error
If he delivers the letter to an impostor
or an unauthorized person.
The vital principle in our political
system lies at the bottom of this mat
ter. In thi: country Me state is the
servant or agent of the citizen, not his
master 1t remains merely his agent
throughout the transmission of let
ter. The state may prescribe regula-
tions under which it's own servants
may carry a message for the citizen,
but it cannot shirk it's responsibility
to him.-NeW York Press.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-16
The Point Of Wow,

The world in which a man lives
shapes itself chiefly by the way in
which he looks at it, and so it proves
different to different men. To one it is
barren. dull and superficial; to another.
rich, interesting and full Of meaning.
On hearing of the interesting events
which have happened in the course of
a mans experience many people will
wish that similar things had happened
In their lives, too, completely forget
ting that they should be envious rather
Of the mental aptitude which lent
these events the significance they pos
sess when he describes them. To man
Of genius they were interesting ad-
ventures, but to the dull perceptions
of an ordinary individual they would
have been stale, everyday occurrences.
-Schopenhauer.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-16
His Eavorite Opiate.

Ushers in theaters handle some Pc
culiar people during a season. but the
experience of the employee of Chest
nut street playhouse was puzzle for
some time. A we'll dressed middle
aged man would secure an end seat in
the front row almost every evening.
He would tell the usher if he fell
asleep he was not to be disturbed un-
til after the show. No sooner would
the orchestra play the overture than
the ushers would notice that the man
was asleep. At the close of the nights
entertainment some one would rouse
the sleeper and he would leave with a
polite acknowledgment. One night he
explained his strange behavior:
II suffer from insomnia" he said.
1.-THE only relief l get is when sit
close to the drummer in an orchestra.
There is something in the rhythmic
beating of the drum that soothes me
to Sleep -Philadelphia Times.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-16
THEY BORED HIM.
And They Came Mighty NeaS Boring
Him Again With Lead.


The dread of boredom is strongly
characteristic of the present age, but
few hate it with such intensity as the
artist who lived in Paris in the days
OF the commune and of whom c. E..
Halle speaks in his "Notes of a
Painters Life"
"a friend Of mine,' says Mr.. Halle
~to!d me that he was in the studio OF
an artist when it was visited by a de
tachment of soldiers The usual ques
ton about the possession of arms was
asked and answered in the negative,
but one of the soldiers found a gun in
the corner Of the studio, and on his
evidence the owner was told that he
must come out and be shot. My friend
was very fond of him, so he asked to
be allowed to see the gun. It was
given to him, and with the help of a
pencil he passed his handkerchief a
few inches down the barrel and
brought it out brown with rust. He
pointed out that If the gun had been
used the inside of the barrel must
have been black with powder and not
brown with rust, so the artist was
let off.
my friend asked the artist why he
had not himself suggested this simple
test, and all the answer he got was:
oh, they bored me. 1 would rather
any day be SHOT than bored.'"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-16
Found a Place.

The billposter had one poster left
and no conspicuous place to put it.
He stood on the corner and wondered
what he should do with it. Presently
an italian woman carrying a big load
Of wood on her head passed by.
Better than Broadway electric
tower for my business" said he.
Paste brush and paste were requisi-
toned, the poster was clapped on the
perambulating wood pile. and for f1f-
teen minutes the ever curious Broad
way crowd stopped, turned and even
followed to learn something about the
commodity that was advertised in that
novel manner.-New York Sun.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-16
A Fast ESoress,

The slow train is still the target for
an English wag sent the following let.
ter to the editor of his local paper
Sir is there no way to put stop to
begging along the line of the railway
For instance, yesterday an aged men.
dicant with a wooden leg kept pace
with the afternoon express all the way
from Blankton to Spaceley and an.
noyed the passengers exceedingly, 60
ing from one open window to another
with his importuneate solicitations"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-16
Prince Henry, the Navioator.

The kingdom of Portugal counted in
its royal house one of the men who
ment and practical application. He
was the son of John l. of Portugal
and Queen Philippa (who was an Eng
fish princess): he spent his life in
sending out ships on voyages of dis.
covery, and it was through this Prince
Henry, called 1.-The Navigator" that
Columbus got his idea of seeking for
8 new land across the sea
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-16
WANTED A JOB.
Therefore He Did His Best to PIeass
the Manaqer

A certain playwright relates how a
manager was much annoyed by the
persistent applications for a "job''
made by peculiarly seedy individual.
Time and again the manager had re-
ferred this person to his stage man.
ager. "See Blank" he would say, in
terrupting the mans attempts to set
forth his qualifications.
At last the applicant did succeed In
gaining audience of Blank, the stage
manager, Who was in the theater for
the time 'sizing up candidates for the
chorus
There were. of course, number
ahead of him, but this fact did not
prevent the seedy man from interrupt
ing the stage manager between songs
with requests for a job.
Exasperated, the stage manager at
length turned to the pianist and or
dered him to play an accompaniment
for the stranger. With considerab BILE
hesitation the seedy person raised
what voice he had in song. The result
was bad as bad could be.
The manager suddenly commanded
him to desist.
what do you mean by this tomfool-
ery?' he demanded, disguised. "You
certainly have COMPOUNDED impotence
to ask me for a job!'
"Look here!' said the stranger, an
CRY in turn. II don't claim to be able
to sing In fact. I don't want to sing.
I'm stage carpenter. only sang to
please you because you insisted on
itv'-Pearson's Weekly.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-16
A Tinue of Suspicion.

"That speaker always starts off,"
said Farmer Corntossel, by tellin
what the country needs"
NATURALLY and properly"
Il s'pose so. Only notice that
when a man goes out Of his way to
tell me what need It's always some.
thin in his particular line Of goods
Washington Star.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-16
Different Now,

Before we were married." sighed
the fond wife. you used to call me
up by long distance telephone just, as
you used to say. to hear my voice."
"Well," retorted the rebellious hus
band, nowadays you won't let me get
far enough from you to use the long
distance" -London Telegraph.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-16
Wanted To Know.

"Have you ever read any of my hus-
bands poetry"
Eyes, have had that-er-yes,
ma'am"
"What do you think of it?''
MADAM, are you looking for a COM
pliment for your husbands verses or
for sympathy for yourself ?"-Houston
Post.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-16
Her Weekly Allowance.

Freda-So you have weekly allow
ance from your father? Hilda-Yes:
he allows me to have q gentleman
caller two nights a week-Lippin
colts.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-16

Patience, persistence and power tc
do are only acquired oy work.-Ho).
land
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-11-16
Hard Work.

"Why did you tell me you were
working your way through college?"
II am"
'But nobody seems to know
about it,
certainly not; my work consists OF
getting money from d"-Buffalo Elk.
press.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-22
CRUCES VIRTUES

It Is not necessary to mention the
positive virtues Of Lee Cruce, nor is It
necessary to mention those sterling
characteristics which recommend him
TO the people Of oklahoma. He has
sufficient negative virtues to secure
his election, even If he had no posi-.
tive virtues worth mentioning.
He never signed the appeal bond Of
those seeking the destruction OF the
Bank Guaranty Law He never tray
eled on a pass issued to the Official
Railroad Bdndsmen" He never charg-
ed woodward county s4l 600 for 4
$25 900 court house. He never speulat-
ed in the ldnger and suffering of the
unfortunate inmates of the terriioria,
insane ASYLUM He never Furnished
money to fight the Oklahoma consti'u-
ton. nor voted against its adoption.
He never shaved the warrants OF IN
derpaid territorial school teachc s iia
never shaved the warrants issued to
buy food and seed for the starving
settlers Of old Oklahoma lie never
furnished money to fight the lin
Crow Car law. He neye sigacd the
appeal bond of a raiiroad in .Jelcr
that it might avoid paying damage
awarded to the poverfg stricken Wild
ow OF man killed hy 4 train. He
never collected a $500 school warrant
from two different parties But none
of these negative virItes aTa poasess-
ed by the Republican nominee, Joe
NeNeal.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-22
WHAT sHAL 1T BE?

AS. was to be expected the machine
has begun war on the grand lather
clause. Their purpose IS TO ignore
the law and oppose its enforcement
eth the hope of its ultimate destruc-
tion became apparent as refusing 10
comply with its provisions and as de-
termined to work for It's ultimate re-
neal or destruction notwithstanding
ii and Notwithstanding the fact tnat
ii Is AT present the law of the state
they refuse TO yieal obedience to lis
enforcement and 1etray their deter
mination to destroy the law II ever
given power TO do So
Thus the issue OF the recent prlm-
arv becomes the issue OF the coming
sta.e election. The people who fought
for the nomination in July must re-
new the fight in October A vote for
Cruce is vote for white domination
a vote for McNeal IS a vote for negro
domination The railroad bonds
man and his entire ticket stand now
pledged to destroy the Grandfather
clause II elected TO office. II the peo-
ple who voted for the preservation
of Oklahoma by securing to Oklaohma
white mans government wish TO
harvest the fruits OF their former VIC
tory. they must oppose the election OF
the Republican ticket. for every vote
in favor OF McNeal and his followers
Is a vote for the immediate destruc'
tion Of the political and social life.
The voters OF the state are now to
answer with their suffrage the omin-
ous question. "Shlu oklahoma be
Negroid or Anglo-Saxon2'
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-22
KGKAPD0 FRAUD HEARING
Bank Cashier Concludes Testi-
mony and Court Adjourns
Till Monday

This morning in the Kickapoo land
fraud hearing the examination of Cash
ier Schmidt was concluded without
any new material facts being shown
Following Cashier Schmidt, Senator
Barrazaluce gave the court a learned
exposition of Mexican Jurisprudence in
regard to the laws concerned in this
case and the court adjourned until
Monday, when the prosecution will
introduce more evidence.
An Attack on Bently.
In the Kickapoo land fraud cases
it developed yesterday that the de-
PENDANTS would attempt to prove that
NJ J. BentlS, who was formerly gov
enment agent FOR the Kickapoos, had
persuaded the tribe TO move 10 Mex
leo so that he could get the land
himself and that the charges were
brought against the defendants be-
cause they succeeded in getting 1t
ahead OF him.
One bright spot for the defense was
when Cashier Schmidt of the Eagle
Pass bank testified that he had paid
money to some OF the Indians who had
sworn that the deeds were forged
The attorneys for the prosecution
say that the matter of whether Bent
~ caused the Indians to move to Mex
lea for the purpose of getting their
property irrelevant and neitaer tends
to prove or disprove the issue.