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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1911-04-11
Giner, Ser's pcritcbt.

Game Tim Geltaurant): r0ie
Eortion lit bod aber gar 81 fleit!"
aellner: .Iber id bitt' Sic, ena-
Oises 5r1i,lein, fir ioldb Elm Miino.
hen!"
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1911-04-11
ltntcr JrennSen.

,Ienfer Dir, Der @robian Wtiiacr
bat mir aeitern elm rRbino5eros" an
Den 8opf gcporfet."
Ienid, uno babel bit on unbe-
ihdbigt geblieben? aber ih babe es
ia inttner sciaet: Ger Glimrtc hats
@Iiif!"
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1911-04-11

Wann (ber i'm 2erifon aiif ben
Hamen 9rahen itoBt): Shait, MIte,
on Bit ia aud ifon i'm aonperin-
ttcnslerifon!
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-23
A CURIOUS BIRD.
The Crested Hoactzin When Hatched
Has Four Legs.

The Crested Hoaetzin When Hatched
Has Four Legs.
The crested hoactzin of British Gui-
ana is the only survivor Of a certain
race Of birds most of which are now
known only as fossils. The hoactzin
inhabits the most secluded forests of
South America, and its survival be-
yond its congeners is doubtless owing
to it's retiring habits and to the fact
that it feeds on wild arum leaves,
which give its flesh most offensive
flavor, rendering it unfit for food.
The chief peculiarly of the hoactzin
consists in the fact that when it is
Matched it possesses four we'll develop
ed legs. The young birds leave the nest
and climb about like monkeys over the
adjoining limbs and look more like tree
toads than birds.
The modification of the fore limbs
begins at once after Matching, when
the claws of the digits fall off and the
whole clawlike hand begins to fatten
and become wing shaped. Feathers
soon appear, and before full growth is
reached not vestige remains of the
original character.
The adult birds not only have no
claws upon their wings, but their
thumbs even are so poorly developed
that one would hardly suspect that in
the nestlings we have the nearest ap-
proach to a quadruped found among
existing birds.-London Tit-Bits.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-23
BURNT coRK.
The Pasts ussd by Minstrel Perform.
ers When "1lackina Up."

q ( \ 4 s . q .
The Paste ussd BY Minstrel Perform.
ers When "6lackins Up"
The popular impression as to the ap.
plication Of burnt cork by minstrel
performers and actors in general is
that it is rubbed on the face and hands
Of the player from cork whose end is
charred In q convenient gas jet. This
impression is, however, incorrect The
burnt cork used by MINISTRIES and
others is the product Of the theatrical
paint factories" just as is any other
cosmetic or pigment employed by the
profession.
One house makes it in the following
manner: The corks are placed in three
tin vessels, resembling wash boilers.
with holes punched in their sides and
bottom. Alcohol is sprinkled over the
corks, and they they are fired" When
the corks haye been properly charred
they are placed in muslin sacks, which
are kneaded in barrels Of water. This
operation forces the powdered charcoal
through the sacks into the water.
When all the charred corks have
been worked through the sacks into
the water in. this way the water is
drained through a close canvas sack,
and what remains in that sack is
ready for the. performers. The stuff
Is put up in cans, from which, when
the minstrel Is ready to "black up" he
takes a little Of the black paste in his
hands and applies it to his face, neck
and sometimes his hands.-New York
Herald.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-23
LIBERTY BELL.
It's Connection With tho Declaration Of
Independence.

It's Connection With tho Declaration Of
independence.
The famous Liberty bell was cast in
London in 1852, brought to America
and subsequently recast in Philadel-
phia. It bears the inscription, "Pro-
claim Liberty Throughout the World
and to All the Inhabitants Thereof" 1t
was cracked while being tolled after the
death of Chief Justice John Marshall
in 1885. 1t is kept on exhibition in In
dependence hall, Philadelphia. It has
had fictitious Importance. owing to
the popular belief that it's ringing pro-
claimed the adoption Of the Declara-
ton Of Independence on July 4, 1776.
Concerning this belief, however, Fried
enwald in his "Declaration Of indie
pendence'' Q9OA says:
"There is no shadow of authority
even for associating the ringing Of the
bell with the announcement Of the
agreement upon independence. The
mythical legend of the blue eyed boy
waiting outside the door to give the
signal to the man in the bell tower is
the product Of the fertile imagination
Of one of Philadelphia's early TO-
mancers, George Lippard, who first
gave currency to it in his appropriate
~ called Legends of the Revolution
This book was published in 1847."-
New York American.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-23
A STUDY IN FIGURES.
Calculations Necessary to Produce thu
Nautical Almanac.

Calculations Necessary to Produce the
Nautical Almanac.
It may safely be said that no one
outside the publishing Office has read
the entire Nautical Almanac from be-
ginning to end, but each figure of the
printed almanac is in the Office ex-
amined twice and read three times.
The total number Of figures exceeds
a million; but, great as that number is,
it is trifling compared with the num-
Der of figures employed in the calcula-
lions, as the almanac figures repre-
sent "bare" results only. The moon,
for instance, requires for its calcu-
lation more than a million and half
of figures, and similarly with other
branches of the work, such as the
sun, the planets, etc. Contrary to the
general opinion, practically every fig
ure in the book is fresh from year to
year. " 49,. - :.
The tables from which nearly all the
work is calculated have been original
" constructed from the labors of the
astronomical observer and to large
extent from the observations Of the
sun, moon and planets made at the
Royal observatory, Greenwich. Tele-
scopes and other astronomical appli-
ances are conspicuously absent, as the
work of the staff is purely mathemati-
cal and not Observation-Disclosures
Telegraph.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-23
THE Kaleidoscope.
instrument by Which tho Presence Of
Electricity Is Detected.

instrument by Which tho Presence Of
Electricity Is Detected.
The electroscope is an instrument for
the detection Of electricity. It depends
for it's action on the principle that
bodies charged with like electricity re-
pei, while those charged with unlike
electricity attract each other. The ordi-
nary pith ball suspended on silk
thread is the simplest form Of the in
strument.
The most common type Of electro
scope is that devised by Bennett in
1857 and known as the gold leaf cleo
troscope. It consists Of two strips of
gold leaf or thin aluminium foil sus-
pended from the lower extremity of
conductor within glass bottle or jar.
The upper end of the conductor ter
inmates in ball or plate in case the
instrument is to be used as a condens-
ing electroscope. If a body charged
with positive electricity is brought near
the knob of the electroscope the mega
tive electricity will be attracted to the
knob and the positive repealed to the
leaves, which diverge. If now the fin
ger is touched to the knob the positive
electricity is dra wn off and the leaves
collapse, while the negative electricity
is held bound. Removing the charged
body, the leaves will diverge again,
charged with negative electricity. In
this case the instrument can be used
to determine the nature of charge Of
body brought near it, as with a posi-
tive charge the leaves will collapse and
with a negative charge spread farther
apart-Exchange.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-23
His Experience.

CASPER" said Mrs. Grigson, who
was looking over the morning paper,
''here's story of woman who was
robbed on street car in broad day
light, and yet the thief got away un-
suspected"
Mr.. Grigson said that he had seen
the item, but that it was either typo
graphical error or else the story was
pure invention.
"Why do you say that?" asked his
wife.
"Look at the item again. It says her
purse contained 500 in currency, does
it not?"
EYES,"
1T says there was also receipted
bill for five dollar hat, does it not?"
EYES,"
"Well. no woman with 500 in cash
in her possession would buy five dol
lar hat."-Youth's Companion.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-23
Mixing His Dates.

There is story of a man who was
80 transported with JOY as he stood
up at the altar rail to be married that
his thoughts reverted to day when
he stood up at the prisoners bar in a
court Of justice to plead "guilty" or
mot guilty" to criminal charge. So
powerfully did that, the most painful
event Of his life, obtrude itself upon
his mind that when the clergyman put
the question, "Wilt thou have this wo-
man to be thy welded wife?" and so
on, the poor distracted bridegroom an
swered with startling distinctness,
mot guilty, so help me!-From Tuck
-erman's personal Recollections."
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-23
His Critic,


"The greatest compliment that ever
received" says Opie Read, was crit
icism. Several years ago I went to
Arkansas and visited the scene where
one Of my stories is laid. The landlord
of the little hotel said to me:
"'Here comes a little old fellow to
whom l loaned copy of your book.
He can't read, but his wife reads to
him. Let's see what he says about the
book.
""Hello, Jason, did your wife read
that book to you?"
"'"Mawnin', sab. Yes, she done
read it to me-"
""Well, what do you think of it?'
"'"Huh? That amt no book at all.
I done lived hear TO- fo'ty yeahs an I
done hearn folks talk that away all
tn time" '"-Cincinnati Inquirer.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-23
THE HEssIANS.
They Were Good Soldiers, and Some
Became Good Americans.

Became Good Americana.
There is a popular belief among some
people that the Hessian mercenaries
brought here by the British govern
ment to fight the Americans remained
here after the war was over and that
their descendants constitute consid-
cradle element Of the Pennsylvania
Germans of today Comparatively few
remained here after the war, because
the British government was under con-
tract to return such as escaped the
casualties Of the war after it was over.
The few that remained made good citi-
zens, as they made the very best SOL
diers against the Americans, and
whenever it was practical to do so
they were put in the most responsible
places by the British commanders.
The intense hatred at one time
against the so called Hessian soldiers,
some of which still fingers with the
present generation, is very unjust, be-
cause they did not volunteer to fight
against the Americans, but they were
forced into the British service by the
impecunious German princes who sold
them to the British like so many
slaves. The Hessian soldiers would
sometimes take a notion to desert, and
they invariably found refuge among
some of the German colonists. A con-
siderable number of them were left
behind from time to time on marches,
on account of sickness or wounds
These always found a ready welcome
among German settlers; few Of them
ever found the way back to their ma
tive land.-"Pennsylvania Germans, -
by William Beidelman.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-23
GENERAL ALARM
IS The RESULT
Vote Buyer at Danyille, ILL.,,
Makes Confession.
CUSTOM IS WIDESPREAD

Suggests Mass Meeting of All candi-
dates and Adoption OF a Resolution
to Go Before the Grand Jury and
Tell Everything-Admits Paying &c.
900 for Job Worth 500 Month.
Danville, ILL.,, Jan. 23.-City Attorney
Frank Jones, who managed the cam
paign of Sheriff John M. Shepard,
made a complete confession of the
part he took in vote buying both in the
primary and general election and he
announces he is willing to go before
the grand jury and tell all he knows.
The confession was made after con-
ference with his friends, who told him
that under the circumstances it was
the best thing he could do.
Jones, who made his confession to
several newspaper men and in the
presence of friends, said that he had
bought a large number Of votes for
Shepard and had kept memorandum
of the names of the men he bought
and the amount paid each. Only a
few days ago he had destroyed it, he
said. However, he said that he be-
lieved he could remember number of
them and he was willing to 60 be-
fore the grand jury and tell them.
Suggests General Confession.
Jones also suggested that there be a
mass meeting of all successful and de-
feated candidates and ward captains
and that a resolution be adopted to go
before the grand jury and tell every.
thing. Jones says there Is no doubt
in his mind that hundreds OF names
of men who have sold their votes are
known to various candidates and poll
ticians and that they should be made
to tell them.
The confession has created a sensa.
ton and it is expected that numerous
others will follow from men who hope
to receive an immunity bath from the
state.
Jones has long been prominent in
politics and has been city attorney
nearly two years. He admits that he
used money in his own election, but
does not remember the amount. He
told one newspaper man that it would
run almost to $4,000. His Office pays
500 per month and is for two years.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-23
Students Welcome New President.

Minneapolis, Jan. pa rousinE
and hearty reception was accorded DR..
George Edgar Vincent, president elect
of the university, when, in the chapel,
crowded as it has not been before
since the time when the students were
addressed by William ]. Bryan in the
spring of 1907, the new president
spoke to the students in eulogy of DR..
Northrop, outlining his own general
plans and policies.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-23
ITS PROVISIONS RADICAL
Corrupt Practices Act to Regulate ILL
nois Elections.

Corrupt Practices Act to Regulate I'LL
nois Elections.
Springfield, Ill.,, Jan. 23.-Rich and
poor candidates for public Office will
be put on the same plane of oppor-
tunity should the new corrupt prac-
tees bill which State Senator w.
Clyde Jones will introduce in the state
legislature Tuesday become law.
Many radical provisions limiting
campaign expenses are included, one
being that money may be expended
only by the candidate himself. or by
his duly authorized campaign commit
tee, friends and Especial interests be-
ing forbidden to spend 1 cent.
The bill will also make it felony
for candidate for the United States
senate to give, loan or promise to loan
money to any person to use influence
to secure votes in the state legisla-
ture.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-23
"Touch Not tho Queen"

Under this title Paris journal pro.
fesses to give an account Of the tragic
death Of the queen Of Siam, who was
as greatly loved as her consort. Some
years ago her majesty was boating
with ladies Of the court in a lake in the
gardens Of the palace at Bangkok. The
boat overturned, and the queen could
not swim. She was surrounded by MI.
merous personages who could have
saved her life but no one has the right
to extend the hand upon the queen.
The king alone could have held her up
and prevented her from sinking, and
he was nowhere at hand. Respectful
ly the court allowed the queen to
drown.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-23
Tung 20 and Teamak;ns.
There is but one way Of making tea,

for ~~
Unless the water boiling be
To pour on water spoils the tea.
The teapot itself should be heated
very hot before the tea is placed in it
and the boiling water poured on. 1t
should be scalding hot water or the
leaves will float to the top.
No less authority than Tung Pc, the
Chinese poet, is quoted for recipe for
teamaking. He says: "Whenever tea
is to be infused take water from a
running stream and boil it over a live
~ fire. 1t is an old custom to use run
ming water, boiled over a lively fire.
That from springs in the hills is said
to be best and river water the next,
while we'll water is the worst. A
lively fire is clear, bright charcoal
fire. When making an infusion do not
boil the water too hastily. At first it
begins to sparkle like crabs eyes, then
somewhat like fish's eyes, and lastly
it boils up like pearls innumerable
springing and waving about. This is
the way to boil water"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-23
Love and tho Laundry,

1.-THE only thing find to say against
you is that your washing bill Is far too
extravagant. Last week you had six
blouses in the wash. Why, Jane, my
own daughter never sends more than
two"
"Ah, that may be, num-" replied
Jane, "but I ave to! Your daughters
sweetheart is a bank clerk, while my
young man is a chimney sweep. It
makes a difference, mum."-London
Tit-Bits.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-23
Raising Chickens.

The suburban man was all SYM.
pathy.
whats the trouble, my dear?" he
asked as he came home and found his
wife in tears. .
".T-trouble enough" sobbed his young
wife. "You k-know that five d-dollar
incubator the man sold me? Well, it
exploded today and blew all the chick
ems through the roof"
"Oh, well, cheer up, Martha. The
man said it would raise chickens, and
you see it did."-Chicago News.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-23
A Stubborn Opening.

The head of the household was 60
ing through her husbands pockets the
next morning.
what kept you out SO late last
night?" she suddenly demanded.
1T was the opening Of the cam
paign. my dear" the lesser half re-
piled.
'tWell, It didn't take three cork
screws to open It, did it?''
And she drew the offending articles
from his side pocket and waved them
before him EleYeland Plain Daalse
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-23
funeral Of Paul M orton.

New York. Jan. 23.-The funeral Of
Paul Morton. late president of the
EQUITABLE Life Assurance society, who
died under such tragic circumstances,
took place at st. Thomas Episcopal
church on Fifth avenue. Prior to this
public service there were brief private
services at the Morton residence.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-23
OCEAN RATE WAR FEARED
Germans Alarmed Over Action of Ca.
madam Pacific.

Berlin, Jan. 23-News dispatches
from Hamburg represent shipping cir
cles there as alarmed over the pros
pect of differences between the Cana
dian Pacific and other English lines
affecting adversely the transatlantic
shipping pool and perhaps resulting
in a rate war.
The Canadian Pacific's cancellation
Of all agreements concerning the Liv-
erpool-C Canada traffic would affect all
lines, as reduction In the passenger
rates to Canada would divert traffic
from the ports of the United States.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-23
Boy Of Three Kills Sister,

! Des Moines, Jan. 23.-Little Clara
Corbin, aged six years, died almost in.
stantly at her home here when her
threeyear-old brother blew the top of
her head off with a shotgun which the
father had left standing by the kitchen
door upon returning from q rabbta
hunt
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-23
tt4tt,
AoM - IL

How Il 10.
"How is it, If Love is blind, that we
hear of love at first sight?"
1T is after love at first sight occurs
that Love usually goes blind."-Chi
cago Record-Herald.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-23
hELP WANTEr

AGENTS WANTED 49, Highest
Cash paid weekly with part ex-
pense allowance. No cash invest.
ment, nothing to buy; outfit Free
and Home territory. Experience
unnecessary. Do you want steady
work and be earning SIS 90 to
$4,000 per week? The Hawks
Nursery Co., Wauwatosa, Wis.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-23
TO USE TEXAS FOR TARGET

BattIeship Which Fought at Santiago
Is in Scrap Heap Glass
Washington, Jan. 23.-The cruiser
Baltimore has been ordered placed in
commission by the navy department
and within week will leave the New
York hayward for Charleston to re-
place the battleship Texas as station
ship. The Texas will be sent to the
Norfolk hayward and converted into
a target for heavy ordnance practice.
Orders have been issued transfer
ring the officers and crew of the Texas
to the Baltimore.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-23
Same Old Story.

"Does he pay his alimony promptly"
''No he has to be urged and threat
ened every pay day; but, then, Of
course, got used to that when we
were living together Cleveland Plain
Dealer -~
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-23
Chippendale's Own.

us it genuine ChippendaleT
absolutely, sir"
"But this looks like crack right
across
"Done by Chippendale himself, sir, in
fit Of rage when he heard the union
had called: the men out" London
Punch.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-23
Cleaned Them Out.

Cleaned mem OUT.
First Girl-Was your bazaar & great
success? Second Girl should think
80. All the gentlemen had to walk
home. They hadn't even a penny In
their pockets to pay their tram fares.
London Tit-Bits.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-23
NeW-CaSh- Want-Rate
!2-Cent-a-Word

Where cash accompanies copy we
will publish all "Want Ads" for half
cent word per Insertion. Where
cash does not accompany copy the
regular rate of one ceut q word will
be charged.
EVERY HOME HAS A WANT Ap
For Rent--For Sale--Exchange
--Aelp Wanted--Work Wanted
..Etc...Etc,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-23
Masculine Pervorsity.

Men are funny creatures to cater
for. A woman will buy the things she
wants, but a man will only buy the
things he needs.-Exchange.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-23

Tho Other Was important.
"Two great desires Of my life have
been gratifed. One was to 60 up In
an airship."
"And the otherW -
ITO get safely back to earth.'-Ex-
change. "-~
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-23

WANTED-Men to cut cord wood,
will pay 81 90 per cord and furnish
shack to live in for several men or
man with family. Address,
Adolph Lemloh, PuposkY.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-23

The judicious reader Of judicious ad-
vertisements always gets more than
bis moneys worth. - Florida Times
Union.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-23

WANTED-One dinineroom girl,
good wages. Apply to Super,n.
tendent S ate SaDatorium, Cas-
Co., MINI.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-23
A Real Pretty Excuse,

y- A Real Pretty Excuse.
Bessie's Mother-Bessie, did you let
that Mr.. Snuggle have kiss? Bessie
Yes, mamma. He said 1t would be q
goodby kiss, and was just dead aDx-
lous to have him go.-Puck.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-23

FOR SALE-Piano and sewing ma
chine Both in first-class condi-
ton. Inquire at GA Beltrami
avenue or phone $40.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-23

When the fight begins within himself
. mans worth omething.-Browning.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-23

WANTED-Girl for kitchen work.
Hotel Markham.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-23

FOR SALE-My eighty acre farm,
southwest of Bemldji, this is a
big snap for someone. Inquire of
NJ. c. Longballa, Crothers barber
shop.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-23

FOR SALE-Rubber stamps. Tn
Pioneer will procure any kind of
rubber stamp for you an sho,
notice.