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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-17

1t begins to look as If Patti, the
once great singer, did really make
her last farewell tour the last
time she was over here, some five
or six years ago. But Patti was the
past grand master of that fare
Well business, and everybody cX-
pected that there would be still an
other last in America" tour.
That January and May" mar
riage of Patti. now G7, and the
Baron Cederstrom, half her age,
was not so much the cause of the
last tour being the last as her
growing inability to touch the high
spots in grand opera. The baroness
is now living in Crag-y-Nos castle,
fstradgynlais, Hreconshire, South
Wales, which is something of an
address when placed southwest OF
q 2-cent postage stamp, but it's easy
for anyone who has tackled dago
grand opera as successfully rs Patti
has,.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-17
SHREWD YANKEES
MEATFOR FRENCH
Gobble Up Fake Paintings and Harpsichords Marie An
toinette Played Omit

the Teniers of the old school, and
the Henners and Items of the mod
ern, the Corots seem to be big ia
vorites nthe United States. A
statistician has figured it out that
If all the Corot canvasses in Amer
lea were genuine, the master must
necessarily have lived more than
500 years.
Marie Antoinette's harpsichords
are probably next in popularity.
The original one is all over the
world. but there are more in the
United States than anywhere else.
The same statistician has it that, II
poor Marie played but one minute
on each of the instruments connois-
seurs pretend are genuine, she
must have played 149 years. seven
months and some weeks, days and
hours.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-17
ENGLISH WILL FIGHT
CORRUPTION AT POLLS
Boast That British Politics Are Pure Compared to Amer
lean Without Foundation-League Formed to
Stamp Out Evil Practices.

call 1t. In its way the description
Is accurate. The liberals see the
conservatives manipulating the
elections unfairly to the latters' ad-
vantage, and of course they whine.
Having discovered, however. that
by itself whining is ineffective
they propose to try something a
little more drastic-like the prose-
cution of a few thousand corrup-
tionists and intimidators, for in
stance.
The conservatives probably really
think they are neither corrupt nor
oppressive in what they do during
election time. Their methods are
hallowed by precedent, and if you
can find precedent for thing in
England you have done what
amounts to proving that that thing
is right.
EASY TO CORRUPT.
Doubtless it would be unfair to
say that the conservatives are any
more at bottom than the liberals.
1t simply happens that the con-
servatives are able to corrupt and
intimidate, while the liberals are
not-not much, at any rate. If the
liberals could it is likely enough
that they would.
1t is easy enough to understand
why the conservatives can and the
liberals cannot. Point out an Eng
lishmen of wealth. power and posi-
ton, and 999 times in 1000, you
have pointed to conservative.
These are the men who are able
to corrupt and intimidate lesser
voters. The liberals are mostly
poor Such strength as they pos
sess is purely the strength of num-
bers. Most of them are of humble
origin.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-17
FAMOUS soRBoNNE WHERE T. R. SPEAKS

institution of learning in Paris found
e. de the thirteenth From its
has been the center of intellectual
activity revolution recognized
the theological learning The faculty
their opinions the important questions and
decisions of authority
buildings reconstructed by Cardinal Rlcheieu
beginning the century and in 1889
building the departments of science and letters
completed is probably the finest university building
. in the world
letters of the University Of
building than 10000 students
= less closely with the Sorbonne.
. . . = . . . . Q . . . . . = . =
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-17

many suburban stations upon a
was Sunday.
The reason for their surprise was
that numerous city men We're catch
ing the trains as though it were
an ordinary week day. and their
talk was of stocks and shares.
Many firms of brokers and job
clerks were asked to work overtime
on Sunday to bring the books up to
date and to see that all the con-
tract notes We're posted.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-17

Are you the Comte de Castel.
lane?" inquired the deputy. You
should have introduced yourself
Pardon me. You see, I've been sit
ting by mistake in your seat all
along-kind of used to it, YOU know.
Pan don me, pardon me-"
Honi said it was all right.
anyway" he added. looking AT
the huissier's book, lit wasn't much
Of a mistake. Yours is the seat next
to mine"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-17
RUBBER THROAT
LATEST THING IN
LONDON NOW

LONDON, April 16.-The rubber
throat" is the latest affliction of the
stockholders and clerks who are
working overtime these days be-
cause of the boom In rubber shares,
as well as oil and Rhodesian inter-
ests,
The throat comes from the in
cessant shouting of the latest quo
tations in the boom, and is mani
ftaSed by a terrible hoarseness.
porters and ticket collectors at
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-17
On Land Given by Sultan of
Turkey to Kaiser's
Ancestor.

BERLIN, April 16.-Prince E!tel
Frederick, son of the kaiser, is at
tracing attention at the moment.
The eyes or all pious Germans have
just been turned to Jerusalem
where, on April 9th, the prince was
present at the conservation of the
German church and hospicc, to be
known as the Kaiserin Augusta Vic
toria Foundation, after the present
kaiserin
Jerusalem, for a few days, was in
possession of Germans The visit
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-17
Sure Way to Prevent Ty.
phcid Fever-Tried It
on Monkey.
BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS.

PARIS, April 16.-There seems
to be one sure way Of not having
typhoid fever-have your big intes-
tine amputated.
DR.. Metchnikoff, the savant Of
the Pasteur Institute, so well
known in America for his sensa-
tional, ife-prolonging experiments,
has been working on typhoid vac
cine and believes he will soon have
it successfully complete. Monkeys
are the victims of science this time.
After repeated attempts to pro-
duce typhoid fever experimentally
DR.. Metchnikoff has succeeded
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-17
FERDINAND Of
AUSTRIA IS
TO Be FEARED
Emperor Wilhelm Trembles
at Prospect of His AS
cent to Throne.
BY HERBERT A. WHITE,
Berlin Correspondent of the United
Press Association.

II ERLlN, April 6.-Austria-Hun
X garys recent astonishingly
rapid growth in Importance,
influence and power is beginning to
cause Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany
acute uneasiness.
Germany and Austria Hungary
are partners, and Wilhelm naturally
wants Germany's partner to be an
efficient one. At the same time.
he wishes it distinctly understood
that Germany is the head of the
firm. Austria-Hungary's progress
has been so astonishing of late that
he is getting afraid.
While Emperor Franz Josef of
Austria lives there is no danger.
Wilhelm can manage Franz Josef.
At the age of so, however. it can.
not in the nature of things be ex-
pected that Franz Josef will last
much longer. Wilhelm fears he
will not get on so We'll with Franz
Josef's nephew and successor, the
present archduke Franz Ferdinand.
WOULD RIVAL WILHELM.
Franz Ferdinand is what Teutons
term a 'pan-German." The part
nership between Germany and Aus
tria- Hungary suits his purposes ad.
mirably. Also because it promotes
the interest of the Germanic peo-
pies. His ambitions are broader
than Austria-Hungary alone. He
seeks the advancement of the inter
ests of the entire Teutonic race.
But here is the difficulty--Franz
Ferdinand considers himself the
providentially chosen individual to
direct this advancement Needless
TO say Wilhelm has other ideas.
is SINISTER FIGURE.
IL looks as if Franz Ferdinand
would be q formidable proposition
fer even the masterful Wilhelm to
handle. In two years, while still
only heir 10 the throne, the Arch.
duke has altered the entire Euro
pean political situation. At pres
ent he is the most feared and hated
parsonage in the old world, and he
has not Yet attained to anything
like what will soon be his full pow.
er when he ascends the Austro'
hungarian throne.
To most of his future subjects
as we'll as to the outside world
Franz Ferdinand is a mysterious
sinister figure. His capabilities and
qualities, his tastes and character
his intentions and program are
known to but a limited circle OF
acQuaintances and advisors. Those
who do know him either WORSHIP
him OF stand in terror Of him.
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LONDON $$$ PARIS "% r. % BlRl I'm $ % CABl i
FRENCHMAN HAS plan
TO PREVENT FLOODS
Would Avoid Future Disasters Like Recent One by Retain
ing the Rain on the Land as It Falls, Allowing
It to Sink in Gradually

ton of the Beauchamps plan the
instead of being carried away by
the streams. The scheme cOntcm-
plates the resodding of hillsides
and the planting of trees. In all
sorts of ways the farmers would be
expected to hinder the running Off
of water.
In this way. the crest of floods
will be greatly reduced. At the
same time the matter, with the silt,
will stay where it belongs, enrich
ing the soil.
WOULD EQUALizE FLOW.
Finally, of course, the water will
find its way through subterranean
channels to the streams, but this
is very gradual process of weeks
or even months. Therefore, during
dry seasons, rivers, instead of dwin-
ding away, will continue full.
High water marks will be mate
rally lowered and low water marks
very much raised, rendering great
service to navigation.
This isn't a hair-brained theory
of the perpetual motion order.
Beauchamps has put the thing into
operation on his own plantation. 1t
works admirably and from the
streams of small size on his farm
Beauchamps has made his Stats
tics. He has been trying for years
to solve the problem of Harvesting
floods. His creeks and brooks vary
but little throughout the year. II
all landowners should follow his
example. inasmuch as creeks and
brooks form the rivers, untold good
would result.
Experts are to be sent to Beau
champs lands to study his method
and a report is to be made to the
department.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-17
SCRAWLEY SIGNATURES
AS AN APPRECIATION

LONDON. April 16.-"Tho bad
writing of signatures is one of the
worst affectations,' Judge Bacon
declared at the bloomsbury county
cOurt
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} = . . . . . o o . . = = . .
WANTED PARAGON. Z

. BERLIN, April 16.--The fol
. lowing advertisement appears
= in a Berlin journal Young
= man wishes to marry tall,
y handsome. proud, fearless. in
= dependent, unprejudiced, self
y supporting, intellectual, artis-
. tic. economical, cheerful young
= girl, who believes that the
= greatest happiness in life is a
. love match without mercenary 4
. motives
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-17

Are the sporting pages Of The
Press. Expert sporting writ
ers from everywhere con-
tribute.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-17
THE CARNIVAL

Merchants and Travellers
Of the Inland Empire will
make this a gala week In
Spokane.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-07-26
Mark Twsin's Profanity.

When Mark Twain began to write
for the Atlantic Monthly DE came will
ingly under Its rules. for with all his
willfulness there never was more
biddable man In things you could show
him reason for. He never made the.
least OF that trouble which SO abounds
for the hapless editor from narrower.
minded contributors. If you wanted
q thing changed, very good, be chang
ed it; II you suggested that a word or
a sentence or q paragraph had better
be struck out, very good. be struck it
out. His proof sheets came back each.
veritable ''mush Of concession as
Emerson says. Now and then he
would try a little stronger language
than the Atlantic had stomach for,
and once when sent him a proof /
made him observe that | had left out
the profanity. He wrote back: Mrs.
Clemens opened that proof and lit into
the room with danger in her eye.
What profanity! You see, when I
read the manuscript to her / skipped
that" 1t was part Of his joke to
pretend violence In chat gentlest
creature which all the more amusing
~ realized the situation to their
sfriends.-W. D. Howells in Harper's
Magazine.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-07-26
Odd Shaving Habits.

1t is said that Of men who shave
themselves not one in fifty can use the
razor with both hands, and to this
may be added other curious facts
about the shaving habits Of the aver.
age man. 4 :
There is the president of a trust
company In New York who, he tells
his friends, always shaves himself
standing in corner of the room and
facing the wall. He was poor coun-
try boy and, like most boys, bought a
razor on the sly. There was no mir
ror in his bedroom and rather than
let his people know what he was about
he faced the wall and scraped away
by sense Of feeling. Once accustomed
to this method he never needed a glass;
There Is a United States senator,
formerly farmer, who for many
years shaved himself sitting on a milk
ing stool and looking at his reflection
In a bucket Of water. That was what
he did as a boy and man on the farm,
and he says that he couldn't shave
standing up.-New York Tribune.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-07-26
"ToIerance" In Coins,

The mint allows a certain degree Of
tolerance" in coins. For example, the
gold double eagles standard weight is
SIG grains, and the tolerance" allowed
Is half grain. A coin of this denom-
ination may weigh as little as 515h
grains or as much as 516h grains, but
never less than the first nor more
than the second figure. The standard
weight Of the silver half dollar is 1929
grains. and the tolerance allowed is Is
grains. This coin may weigh as little
as 1914 grains and as much as 1914
grains. but never less than the first
nor more than the second figure. The
standard fneness of all gold and silver
coins is 900. In the gold coins a devfa-
ton Of only one one-thousandth from
this Is allowed and in the silver coins
Of only three one-thousandth. The so
called five cent nickel coin Is really
only rs per cent nickel, the rest being
copper. One cent pieces are IS per
cent copper and 8 per cent tin and
zinc.-Philadelphia Record.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-07-26
Tho Starlinu's Tonaue.

1t is extraordinary how many per-
sons are under, the impression that, in
order to enable bird to- talk. it is alb
solutely necessary to cut or slit its
tongue. | have heard that this fall
lacy had its origin in the following
story: A man had number of star
lings in large cage marked "Fine
Young Starlings = Only Shilling
Each" and as each would be pur-
chaser arrived the man would say,
'There's fine bird there. SIR" point
Ing out one of them, but want half
a crown for him, because he's the only
one with cut tongue, so he is bound
to be talker." He would then pro-
coed to catch the bird and show the
cut tongue and invariably succeeded
IN effecting sale. This dodge would,
be repeated as each new customer ar
rived and departed rejoicing at his
good bargain. The reader perhaps is
not aware that all starlings have a
very peculiar formation at the ex-
tremity of the tongue, which gives the
appearance of a little piece having
been shipped out of it.-London Strand.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-07-26
Baltimore and Soft Grabs.

The genuine soft crab, or Brachyura
baltimoriensis, is the most delica.e as
it is the most delicious of all victuals.
It will no more bear transportation
than zephyr or a daffodil. The mo-
ment it is taken from it's native deep
it. begins to lose bounce and flavor, and
once it has left the Chesapeake littoral
it is no longer eatable. That is why
the soft crab is a superb delicatessen
in Baltimore and bitter disappoint-
ment everywhere else. So sensitive is
it, indeed, to climate and handling
that it is impossible to get a decent
soft crab anywhere west Of the first
tOllgate on the Frederick road. In
pittsburg, where embalmed soft crabs
are offered in the gilded lobster pal
aces, their flavor is that Of glucose.
In Chicago the soft crab is mere
curiosity, to be gaped at, but not
eaten. Baltimore alone has the genu-
inc article, and it is fortunate for Bal
timOre that it cannot be transported.
If it were possible to ship soft crabs
the whole earth would bid for them,
running up their price to 81, SIS and
perhaps even to $500 a dozen.-Bal-
timore Sun.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-07-26
DECAY OF TIN.
Remarkable Alteration Which Takes
~ Place In tho Metal, 80

Remarkable Alteration Which Takes
Place In the Metal.
Anything made of tin. it seems, is
doomed to brief existence. This
metal is subject to remarkable kind
of alteration, a species Of disease to
which it is liable. When exposed to
the air tin undergoes no chemical
change. as do iron and copper. which,
Of course. chemically combine with the
oxygen or with water. The tin, how
ever, still remains metallic tin, but
gradually becomes gray and dull and
falls to fine powder.
The disease is catching" It infects
or induces the same change in other
masses Of tin in the immediate neigh
borhood. We are told that in Rus
sian imperial magazine, in place Of tin
uniform buttons. little heaps Of powder
were found. A consignment of Banka
tin sent from Rotterdam to Moscow
in 1877 arrived at the latter place in
the form of powder. This alteration is
due to change in the internal crys-
talline structure Of the metal and Is
analogous to the slow transformation
of monoclinic sulphur to rhombic sui
phur. As result, objects of tin Of
archaeological interest are rare. Those
that have been found have been in the
form of earthenware vessels, knobs,
etc., which have been found in the
Swiss lake dwellings coated with tin
81
gle ore from which the tin has been
obtained in any quantity.-Knowledge
and Scientific News, London.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-07-26
The Crested Screa,ner.

II was surprised to run across an old
acquaintance up at the zoo the other
day. The last time l saw him was in
the lower part Of Brazil when l was
trying to push Yankee notions" said
commercial traveller. This acquaint-
ance is known as crested screamer.
He Is one of the best fighters ever
bet my money on. He is about as
large as turkey and as spry as they
make 'em when his fighting blood is
up. He has four sharp spurs instead
Of two, and the odd thing is the spurs
are on the wings instead Of the legs.
The birds ran wild, but the natives
tanned them and taught them to fight
hawks and other enemies of poultry.
They are fine poultry protectors. A
fight between two of them is the most
exciting thing in the way of sport
down there and is more popular than
a cockfght." York Sun
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-07-26
A Teacher In tho .Makinu,

She was a popular young normal
student who had been to party the
night before, and as a consequence
was mot prepared in the geography
class. The woman instructor, true to
her method of drawing upon the general
knowledge Of student rather than to
permit failure, after eliciting two or
three inconsequential "stabs" from her
fair but jaded disciple, asked for the
products of China.
The victim frightened. "Tea," she
asserted, preparing to sit down.
Eyes, and what else?" encouraged
the instructor.
The young woman smiled with sweet
hopelessness. ..' ~..'. - r.
"Now you can mention others, I am
sure. Just think about it."
'Tea," drawled the flutelike voice
of the pretty girl, "and," puckering her
forehead with an intellectual tour de
force, land laundry work. youths
Companion: .:- .>.-.. j..
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-07-26
When Men Were Branded.

A curious relic Of bygone times, prob
ably the only one in England, still
stands at Lancaster castle. 1t is a
strong iron holdfast. into which the
prisoner, who in olden time had been
sentenced to be branded as a malefac-
tor, had his hand thrust and locked.
The branding iron after being made
red hot at the end was pressed against
the "brawne of the thumb" and on be-
ing withdrawn the letter M branded
on the unfortunate prisoners flesh In
dicated from henceforWard that he
was a malefactor. The ceremony was
performed in the presence of the judge
and jury and in open court, and the
.brander invariably turned to the judge
after he had done his work and ex-
claimed, "a fair mark, my lord" It
is over 100 years since the instrument
was last used on two men sentenced to
Imprisonment for manslauehter.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-07-26

Farm and city loans. c. ]. Pryor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Stahl, of Kelll-
her, are here for a weeks visit with
Mrs. Stahl's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Runyan.
s H. McMullen, Of Minneapo.
lis, and Don McMullen, Of Cleve-
land, Ohio, have come to Bemidji
for their vacation.
Mrs. P. r. Scribner and Miss
Harriet Shook, Of Northome, are
here to attend the Bible confer
ence. They arrived last night.
Mrs. MCGEE, who has been visit.
ing with her sons, R. L. and James
Given, returned to her home this
morning. She was accompanied by
her son, N. E. Given who has also
been visiting here. "a !:
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-07-26
Sir waIter seott,s Debts.

The Ballantyne failure threw upon
Sir Walter Scott the responsibility for
100000, or $650,000. and the grand old
man Immediately set about the mighty
task Of paying It; but, Notwithstanding
the most heroic efforts on his part, he
never succeeded in paying it all. He
did the best he could, but he had to
depend solely upon his writings, and
the task was more than mortal man
could accomplish. As his powers fail
ed he became possessed Of the idea
that all his debts were paid and that
he was free man, and in this belief
he happily remained till his DEATH
New York American. s.-
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-07-26
Quick Cure,

Once there was a man who made life
miserable for all he met by eternallyt
harping about his aches and pains.
He would discourse on the subject of
his dyspepsia, and he would almost in
terrupt religious service to tell of his
rheumatic symptoms. ~. F.
If he had "a stitch in his side he had
to poster his friends with it, and
headache helped him make everybody
unhappy. Ill. =. - s.. y
At last a bright young woman, to
whom the man applied for sympathy,
cured him of all his ailments.
When he was in the midst of cata-
logue of his sufferings she said
sweetly: t.. .@
Yes, it is strange how many of
these things af1lict man as he begins
to grow old"
That man never even had symptom
after that.-Wilbur D. Nesbit in Judge.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-07-26
Better Dream On.

isn't that perfect dream of a
hatY' she demanded of the man by
her side. EE s.' =. ...~
Il SAID" she repeated after some
seconds of silence, isn't that dream
of a hatY. >s..s.f.,. -.
Still silence from the man. Then
she ventured reproachfully:
why don't you say something's
my dear, you seemed to enjoy your
dream so that ! was afraid of waking
you up" the man then replied.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-07-26
Sorry he Spoke.

There is q certain West Philadelphia
bachelor who IS very fond Of children.
Recently when he was riding on q
Chestnut street trolley car woman.
sat opposite him with a baby III her
arms. Suddenly the baby began to
cry. Every one In the car seemed to
be annoyed and a general scowi went
around that IS, every one except the
bachelor. He tried to show By the
benign expression Of his face that the
crying Of the baby was sweet music to
him. He smiled at the youngster, but
the noise only grew louder. Finally
he leaned across the car.