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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-10
Not Such : Dude as 10 Looked.

A prominent western man has two
Eons. One is big and husky, like his
father, but the other is more slight.
and at times he rather vexes his ia
Their by his affectation Of rah-rah boy
clothes and general air of lassitude
and dudishness. The two sons and
the father were in the library one
night, and the name of prizefghr
referee came into the conversation.
The rah-rah boy had been sitting by,
twiddling his thumbs, but his ears
pricked up ut the mans name, and he
dra wled: II rather like that chap.
He's all right" 49,, A. *
what do you know about him?" the
other brother asked rather contemptu-
ously. vi. s.... -....'
ooh. he gave me a shade the best of
it one night ..-
Gave you the best of it?'' both ia
Their and brother shouted.
Eyes. You see, fight under the
name of Young Ryan, and he counted
pretty slow one time when l was
down."-Saturday Evening Post.
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Space and Time Uncomfortable.

No cheating or bargaining will ever
get a single thing out of natures .''es-
adjustment" at half price. Do we
want to be strong? We must work.
To be hungry? We must starve. To
be happy? We must be kind. To be
wise? We must look and think. No
changing of place at a hundred miles
an hour nor making Of stuffs a thou
sand yards a minute will make US
one whit stronger. happier or wiser.
There was always more in the world
than men could see. walked they ever
so slowly; they will see it no better
for going fast. And they will at last,
and soon, too. find out that their grand
inventions for conquering (as they
think) space and time do in reality
conquer nothing. for space and time
are in their own essence unconquer-
able and, besides. did not want any
conquering-they wanted using. A fool
always wants to shorten space and
time; wise man wants to lengthen
both. \ fool wants to kill space and
kill time; wise man, first to gain
them, then to animate them.-John
RuSkin, ~ @-.. . -. s-F
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-10
Safety Valves Of the World.

Terrific as are the forces of volcanic
action. they have served and do yet
serve their ordained purpose in the
magnificent scheme of cosmic develop
ment Volcanoes form natural vent
for the pentup internal forces result
ing from the slow cooling and CONSOLE
alton Of the earth's mass. They act
as the safety valves of the world, with
out which the crust of the earth would
in all probability burst with explosive
force and with il resulting cataclysm
appalling to contemplate. Volcanoes
tend. in fact, to maintain the nornn$l
stable equilibrium between the interior
and the outer surface of the world.
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Wanted q SLEEPER,

A certain physician sat in box at
the theater the other night. 1t hap
pened that he was the first man to
take his seat in that particular box
The next man ushered in had been
hitting Just few of the more elevated
points in The highway prior to coming
to the theater
Am ! intruding?" ire inquired ever
so politely Of the doctor: Have you
this section engaged all for yourseIf?"
NO, l., haven't got it engaged all
for myself. Sit down" replied the
doctor brusquely. for he didn't want
to encourage the stranger TO carry on
any extended conversations
"All right, then" replied the stran-
ger IF you haven't got the whole
section T'll tell the porter to- go ahead
and let down the upper BERTH
Washington Star:
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The Wav Out.

a we'll known Boston physician was
on his way to bis Office one winter
morning when the sidewalks were q
glare of ice. While going down the
street he met lady coming in the
opposite direction. The lady was a
stranger to him, although he was not
unknown to her
In trying to avoid each other on the
icy pavement they both slipped and
came to the sidewalk facing each 9th
er, with their pedal extremities consid-
erably entanged. While the polite
doctor was debating in his mind what
was the proper thing to do under the
trying circumstances the problem was
solved by the quick witted lady, who
quietly remarked:
doctor, if you will be good enough
to rise and pick out your legs will
take what remains"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-10
The Crow That Wear. a Fools Cap


The following clever way Of keeping
crows away from grainfield is used
by the farmer Of Holland: He makes
some small caps of stout paper and
smears around the inner side Of the
mouth of each some birdlime or other
sticky stuff. In these he puts some
grains of corn and stands them about
his fields by pressing their points into
soft earth. When the crow finds one
of these paper caps he thinks himself
in great luck until he attempts to peck
at the tempting grain. when. to his
establishment. he finds the cap attach
ed to his head--a regular FOOLS cap
which will not even allow him to see
what course to take If he flies up.
However. he succeeds in reaching
some coarse grass or bushes and after
much bewildered scrambling and flop
ping about gets his head out Of this
undesirable cap and ever afterward
avoids the field where there are more
of them. -. bt
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NapoIeon's Custodian at St. HeIen

Napoleon's Custodian at St. Helena.
Sir Hudson Lowe. the man appoint
ed by England to be the custodian of
the emperor, arrived at st. Helena on
April II, 1916 His appearance was
not prepossessing He was extraordi-
narily thin, with stiff carriage. He
had long. bony face blotched with red
and scanty hair Of dirty yellow color.
His hollow eyes cleaned under thick
reddish eyebrows. but were furtive
and restless, never looking straight at
any one save by stealth.
THAT is a bad man." declared Ma
poleon when he had seen him. His
eye as he examined me was like a
hyena's caught in a trap
He really resembled this horrid, sly
animal in it's walk as we'll as in hair
and eyes. He never sat down when he
was talking, but swung about hesitat-
ingly and with abrupt jerks.-Stokoe,
with Napoleon at St. Helena
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Tho Eeer Of Channeieons.

Chameleons. as no doubt readers arr
aware. all belong to- the old world and
particularly to- Africa. In sheir tongue
their feet and their eyes they differ re.
markahsy from, ether lizards. Theil
feet, shongh possessing five' toes, are
divfded' into two .rasping groups, look.
ing like. Il hand irr mittens; and: only by
close examination you: perceive the
presence of the tNNss' or the tlisee Oppos-
ing Respectively. bat so close together
as to, appear like sne broad, one. On
the padded Soles> or. palms Of these
grasping limbs, yon' can feek and see
the smaEl-may Oia say-paIpi. which
enable. them to- grasp so tirmly that 1t
is difficult to- detacn, a chameleon from
its foothold. These elinging feet, to-
gether with. their prehensic tail, EN-
able tisem to sustain themselves on
the branches. in the strongest gale:
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Tho Stork's Lazy House Building.

The most interesting sight in the
Rotterdam zoo was the stork, whose
nest is set high on pinnacle of the
buffalo house. He was building in
the leisurely style Of the British work
1ngman. He would negligently de-
scend from the heavens with a stick.
This he would lay on the fabric and
then carefully perform his toilet, look
Ing round and down all the time to
see that every one else was busy.
Whenever his eye lighted on toddling
child or perambulator it visibly
frightened "My true work. he seem
ed to say. This nest building is mere
bypaths Of industry" After drinking
and overlooking and congratulating
himself thus for a few minutes he
would stroll off over the housetops for
another stick. He was unquestionably
8 king Of the garden.-Lucas in "A
Wanderer In Holland"
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The Forehead' and Health,

The forehead is the first feature Of
minute ones stomac h. is out of. order
there will he yellow spots on the
brow. When one feels faint the fore
head will instantly show it, When
one is sick there will DO freekles and
pimples upOn the brow, which was
smooth and clear before: The fore
head is as good au Indication Of oNe.s
general health as is the pulse.- Lon
don Globe.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-10
Turn About.

At Christmas dinner in Wasfsins-
ton statesman who had been much
in the public eye WAS called upon
after the meal to. make little speech.
He rose and began: You have been
giving your attention SO far to tur-
key stuffed with. sage. You are now
about to give your attention to sage
stuffed With, turkey!"
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Strono Hold,

Bill-Experiments with thousands OF
subjects have shown that the average
man attans his maximum strength i'm
his thirty-6rst year.
Jil-A woman's strong age is twenty
eight. suppose.
Why"
Haven't you noticed how they hold
on to itY'-Yonkers Statesman.
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ke Wan, paralvzed.

Tile bell rang. and when she WENT
to the door she found Al sad aaced wo,
man. :... . !. Es3 d.
please, mum. can you. help me
some?> T. got six children ans me hus.
hands is paralyzel:" 1s
Why. certainly. Here's 81 quarten:
Where is your hnsband?' VI. Il
"He's in Jail, mum" 2@
"In Jail! Why, what is he. in. jail
for?"
For gittin' paralyZed, msam!'-New
York Journal
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A Wronu Impression.

Fair Critic-Oh. MI Smear, those
ostriches over there are simple per.
feet! You should never paint anything
else but birds. Artist (sadly)-Those
are not ostriches, madam. They are
angels.-London Opinion
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Taken at His Word.

He latter marriage)-What! You
have no fortune? You said over and
over again that you were afraid some
one would marry you for your money.
She-Yes. and you said over and over
again that you would be happy with
q cent. #|.| ~. ~ ,e
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Pe1aItv Of aziness

Head Of Department-W What's this
lying on my desk? The last dunning
letter received; from my tailor. duly
initiated by all my clerks Oh. dear!
What have done? Actually sent it
around to be duly noted by the whole
staff without taking the trouble to
look at it!-Fliegende Batter.
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Quite q Joker.

+ Tall Sophomore-O'Frat is making
oil kinds of money writing jokes. Fat
Junior = Writing jokes? Tall Sopho-
more-Yes. In his letters home he
tells his father he leads his class
Chicago News.
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Figure. It Out.

A. farmer takes some pigs to, market
in, basket He puts the first in with
its, head poining one way and the
next with, it's head in the opposite di-
rection, the next with it's head point
ing the same way as the first, and so
on. He stops when he has three heads
pointing one way and three tails the
other. How aany pigs does he put in
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A Richer Strike.

lis it true that Maude refused
man worth a milliOnY'
1T is"
"Was she crazy or in love?"
Neither. She accepted a man worth
two millions. "-BostOn Transcript.
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He Was Dense.

Blobbs-W When she wasn't looking I
kissed her. Slobbs-What did she do2
Blobbs-Refused to look at me for the
rest of the evening.-Philadelphia Rec
ord .' ..
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Tho Sudden Shock.

"Your wife has received some sud-
den shock. What has happened"
IT don't know. doctor. I came home
early last night
"Ah, that presumably accounts for
ft"-Washington Herald.
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There IS not any benefit so glorious
in itself that it nay not be sweetened
and improved by the manner Of CIV.
ing it.-Seneca.
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Bad Enouah.

Magisrate-Do you know that drink
drives man into bad company? Pris-
oner-Yes. your honor. 1t brought me
before you.-Philadelphia Times.
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Dodqinq INDIGESTION.

Hoax-Sillicus was engaged to an
teiress. wonder why he broke it of?
Joax-He had an attack Of indigestion,
and the doctor told him to avoid all
rich things.-Philadelp Record.
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Spiteful.

80. SpitefuI.
"Why do you hate him?"
"He has been knocking me to the
girl go with" e. g.. ILL
what did he tell herr"
"What my salary is."-Houston Post.
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Ono Of Those Question

1T was his third attempt at sui
eide" Is 49,
"And didn't be succeed at either Of
the thersY'-New York Press
The evening times., 1911-07-22
BANDITS MAY Be
STORE ROBBERS
Fergus Falls Place Burglariz
ed and Authorities Believe
Same Men Did It

Fergus Falls. MINI, July 22.-Rob-
bers entered the large general store
Of Anson Marquard at Elizabeth. eight
miles north Of this city.
They cut the screen and forced the
inner door open. Once inside, they
helped themselves to everything In
sight, taking shoes. shirts, overalls,
neckttes and other clothing and some
jewelry. They also robbed the cash
drawer, but 1t contained little money.
The entire loss is estimated at $500.
ss It 10 suspected that the burglars
are the bandits who held up the Nor
thern Pacific train Wednesday night
at Buffalo. N. D.. and that they enter
ed the store to secure 9 change Of
clothes, then helped themselves to
other articles. @
No robheries have occurred there in
recent years.
It has been Learned that the burg
lars who robbed the Elizabeth stores
made the trip there by automobile.
and Elizabeth people heard the auto
mobile going through there In the
night. y :5
At the Alarquard store one Of the
burglars left . pair Of shoes which
he had been wearing. They were
sold BY the Mnllett department store
ak Salt Lake City.
This lends strength to tho theory
that the burglars are the Northern
Pacific train robbers, and that they
are bandits from tho west.
The evening times., 1911-07-22
FARGO MAN TO Be
COURTMART|ALEO
Is Charged With Death of a
Fellow Marine in Fist
Fight

Philadelphia, July 22.-During a
fist fight at the Philadelphia navy
yard A. D. Smith Of New York, a
marine, received injuries from which
he died today in the hospital, and An.
ton Aowalski of Fargo, N. D.. a
marine, who was his opponent is be-
ing held a prisoner and will be tried
by courtmartial. Smith it is said
challenged Aowalski to come out be-
hind the barracks and fight it out
Aowlski readily accepted. For ten
minutes the two men fought and then
Aowalski swung his left arm against
Smiths left temple. The blow was SO
hard that it fractured the skull and
broke an artery which formed blood
clot. Smith was removed to the
naval hospital where he died.
The evening times., 1911-07-22

his escape with probabilities of even
further action by the officials against
other parties, are expected in conse-
quence OF the escape effected by Will
liam Schumacher arrested at that
place on ID charge a., yiolsting the
prohibition Law. Ehat Schumacher
was aided In making = his getaway
through the instrumentslity-, Of an
automobile, hired by Wolford party
is the contention of the officials. They
have already caused warrant to be
issued against the livery driver on a
charge of aiding a. prisoner to es-
cape.
Schumacher, 1T is claimed, was Civ
en- assistance through friends. He
was in charge of a. deputy sheriff in
Rugby at the time of hiS escape. Tenn
porarily gaining the attention of the
deputy elsewhere, the prisoner made
his getaway Shortly afterwards the
authorities landed the auto livery
driver, but Schumacher, it is claim
ed, had already been taken away.
The evening times., 1911-07-22
.CAM0RR|STS'
LAWYERS ON STRIKE
Refused to Participate in Case
and Asked Postponement
Until Wednesday

Viterbo, Italy, July 22.-The
lawyers for the defense have struck
and as a. consequence the Camorrist
trials were adjourned today until
next Wednesday to afford them time
in which to decide upon their future
attitude. Unless some agreement
with the court and the prosecution is
reached before the sessions are re-
sumed, it is probable that the trial
will be definitely stopped and later
begun all over again.
Today's Strike was the result Of
yesterdays trouble when Capt Eabe-
toni denounced Lawyer Lioy as sub
orner Of perjury. When the court
opened today only four Of the attor-
neys were present and they came to
lay the case Of the defense before
the court. They asked the court to
postpone the trial to Wednesday, say
ing that they wished in the meantime
to consult with their colleagues in
Naples and Rome regarding what ac-
tion they should take. They said that
they would insist upon protection
from what they called the provoca-
tions of the carbineers, and intimat-
ed that in exchange for this protec-
tion they would bring about the with
drawal Of Attorney Lioy from the de-
fense.
The prisoners objected to the delay
and protested that between the un-
promising attitude Of the lawyers on
the one hand and the red tape method
of the court procedure on the other,
that they had already suffered five
years imprisonment
The evening times., 1911-07-22
FOUR SUSPECTS I.
CAUGHT AT RUS0
Posse Of Fifty Surrounded Au
tomobilists This After
noon-Sure of Men

Bismarck, N. D., July 22.-Four men
In an auto were surrounded by posse
of fifty at Russo this afternoon and
were arrested as suspects Of being
the train robbers who held up North
ern Pacific train No. Wednesday
might.
The men passed through Turtle
Lake this morning headed for Ruso
and as soon as possible posse was
organized to pursue them. About
fifty were in the party and the cap
ture was effected without any diff
Guilty.
{ Although reports Of the affair are
meager, the leaders Of the posse feel
that they have the men wanted. The
fourth man is supposed to be the man
with the automobile. in which the
robbers made their escape.
T0lna Suspects Released.
The three men captured at Tolna
and held as suspects Of the affair
were released today, when they prov
ed conclusive alibis. They were
brothers by; the name Of Yellows and
their home is at Bottineau.
The evening times., 1911-07-22
SPERRY CASE TO
START on MONDAY
Sensational Nelson County
Murder Will Be Aired in
District Court

I Lakota, N. D.. July 22-Monday
there will be opened in this city
probably the most sensational murder
case that has been tried In North Da-
kota for several years, being that Of
Clyde sperry. the 1s-year-old Aneta
boy charged with the murder Of an
other Aneta boy, Kenneth Mckenzie.
His trial will take place before Judge
Burr Of Bottineau, Judge Templeton
of this district having been disquali-
fed through the filing Of an aff1davit
Of prejudice. 49,
It Is over two years ago since the
crime Of which young Sperry Is now
accused was committed. One night
young Mckenzie, carrying a lantern.
was attacked by two persons, the oil
from the lantern was poured over his
clothing and he was. set on fire. A
blazing human. torch. the boy ran
from the place where he. had been at
tackled, but soon fell exhausted. Just
before he died, though, he told the
story Of the attack on him.
Developments following the crime
came slowly. The inquest failed to
develop anything and nothing further
transpired until last February when
Roy Sommerfield was arrested at his
home in Minor, accused Of the fiend-
ish crime, and few days later in
formation leaked out to the effect
that Clyde sperry had made COM
plete confession, duplicating Som
merfield by declaring that he and
sommerfleld had been responsible for
the affair. They had, so. the alleged
confession declared, started the affair
in q joke. "a
But at the time Of sommerield's
hearing. Sperry failed to testify as
anticipated and the accused boy was
dismissed. Then came Sperry's ar
rest on the same charge. with a pre-
liminary examination being held be-
fore Judge c.. r. Templeton Of the
district court, acting as committing
magistrate. AT Sperry's preliminary
airing. States Attorney Skulason
went on the stand and related the de-
tails Of the confession which he then
declared had been made to him by
|Sperry. l.
Since the preliminary sperry, who
is the son Of prominent parents.
has been free under q $4,000 bond.
The affair has stirred up great
strife in this county.
The evening times., 1911-07-22

made no attempt to conceal his
pleasure. He was particularly glad
that the bill had passed prior to his
departure at 5:33 this evening for
a week end visit to Beverly. He will
be back in Washington Tuesday
morning. Among the Republicans
senator's who voted against the bill
were Gronna and McCumber of North
Dakota; Crawford and Gamble of
South Dakota: Clapp and Nelson of
Minnesota, and Dickson of Montana.
Myers, the Democratic senator from
Montana, voted for the bill.
An analysis Of the vote showed that
twenty-four Republicans voted
against the bill and twenty-one in
favor of it, while three Democrats
voted against it and therity-two in
favor of 1t.
The defeat Of the McCumber amend
ment was indicative of all votes on
the amendments to the bill. The Nell
son amendment restoring half of the
duty on grains and farm products
made free in the reciprocity bill was
defeated % to So. The amendment
by Senator Simmons of North Carolina
putting fresh meats and meat pro-
ducts on the free list in the reciproc-
ity bill was defeated 16 to "a. Sen
ators Simmons then offered his
amendment to put flour and cereals
products on the reciprocity free list
and it was defeated IL to 63. The
Cummins amendments then were TAX
en- up, the first reducing the duty on
the various steel products was de-
feated II to 81; that reducing the
duty on oil cloth and linoleum was
defeated II to GA. Senator LaFollette
then called up his amendment COM
prising a general revision of the
woolen tariff. 1t also was defeated
by a vote of 16 to Ga.
The evening times., 1911-07-22
CANADIAN RECIPROCITY BILL PASSED SENATE
/ BY VOTE Of EIETl:TRREE To TWENTY. Y.SEVEN
twenty-five Republicans Voted Against Measure and Twen
tyone for it, while Three Democrats Voted Against and
Thirtytwo for it-President Delighted Over Pass
ageof Measure Northwestern Senators Against

Washington, July 22.-The passage
OF the Canadian reciprocity bill by
the senate today in precisely the form
1t emerged from the house will brina
to an end President Taft's long fight
for the measure. But during the de-
pate which led up to today's final
action party lines were swept away
and Vigorous fight was waged to
saddle the measure with riders that
the friends Of the measure declare
would have meant the defeat Of the
whole proposition. Many amendments
still were on the calendar when the
senate convened. The bill under the
unanimous voting agreement reached
between the friends of both parties
was takn up, however, without fur
ther debate In the senate Immediately
upon the conclusion Of the routine
morning business. No one had figured
out In advance just when the final
vote would be reached. but it was
expected during the late afternoon
hours.
7 The fight for reciprocity; the su-
preme campaign of the present ad-
ministration. had It's inception at q
conference sixteen months ago at Al
bany, N. Y, between President TAFT
and Canadian Minister Of Finance
Fielding, and since then it has been
carried all through congress; fruit
lessly through the last one because
1t was becalmed in the senate and
successfully in the present extra SEES
sion convened by the president ex-
pressly for It's ratification.
More than two-thirds Of the senate
will support the bill. The bill passed
the Republican house last session
where 1t was introduced by Represen-
tative Mccall Of Massachusetts. The
present measure was fathered by
Democratic Leader Underwood Of the
house, chairman Of the tariff making
ways and means committee.