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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-02-28
Railroad Man Writes
Remarkable Letter

In 1908 and 1904, I was terrible
sufferer for about five months with
kidney and bladder trouble. l could
not sleep nights and was obliged to
get up ten OIL fifteen times to urinate
| passed mucus and blood continually.
One doctor said was going in to con-
sumption and gave me up to die.
Had two other doctors but received
no help from either Of them and am
sure | would have been in my grave
had | not seen your advertisement in
the DAILY Eagle Star" After TAX
ing several bottles of DR.. Kilmer's
SWamp-Root I was entirely cured.
In the last two years l have been
railroad fireman and have passed
two examinations for my kidneys
successfully so that l know that my
Kidneys are in excellent condition
now as result of your great pre-
paration
Yours very truly,
GEORGE KENSLER
142z Mary st. Marinette, Wis
Personally appeared before me this
18th of September, 1909, George
kenslar, who subscribed the above
statement and made oath that the
same is true in substance and in fact
Henry Grass,
Notary Public,
Door County, Wis.
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III. Erankn.., Won.

The late Senator Dolliver said that
IN politics it paid to be frank and
honest with the people.
@ MY predecessor in the senate" he
said. was John H. Gear. On one oc.
casion the prohibition spirit was run
ming high, and public meeting was
held, with well known Quaker as
chairman. Gear was invited to the
meeting. He accepted the invitation
The old Quaker called him to the plat
form and said:
eve learn that thou dost not belong
to any temperance society and also
that thou dost drink liquor at thy dis
erection. Is this true?'
".Every word Of it is true replied
Gear, but did you ever hear of my
doing anything dishonorable
may, Mr.. Gear replied the old
Quaker chairman-'nay, we have never
heard anything else to thy discredit
Thy frankness is more to be commend
ed than thy habits. But thou hast not
lied to us, and we will support thee
"And they did," said Senator Dol.
liver, land elected him too."-Wash.
ington Star.
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Tho Seals Marvellous Instinct.

The instinct of the seal is marvellous.
It will leave its young on the ice in
the morning and, going down through
a hole, remain away all day swim
ming in search Of food. Returning in
the evening, it will locate it's offspring
in the same patch" among hundreds
of thousands of other baby seals not
withstanding that the ice may have
wheeled or drifted fifty or sixty miles
during the day from wind and tide
and Notwithstanding that the patch
may extend thirty or forty miles from
one end to the other Whether this
instinct is of the class that enables
the bird without any mark or chart In
forest with millions of trees alike to
find it's way back with ease and preci-
sion to it's nest do not know, but it
is one of those wonders in nature
before which human knowledge is
brought to full stop.-Sir Edward
Norris in Wide World Magazine.
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Her BRIDGE Prize,

A decided GOODNESS between two wo-
men who had been friends for many
years is the result of mistake made
by the maid of one of them who had
had four table bridge party one
afternoon recently. In keeping with
the custom, she had provided a prize
for each table. to be brought to the
card room just before tea was served
and placed on the tables which bore
the corresponding numbers. 1t was a
'1ovely party" in every respect, with
never a hitch until the woman at No.
3 opened the parcel which was sup
posed to contain her trophy of victory
over her three competitors. but which
really contained piece of perfumed
soap. Unfortunately. the hostess was
not in the group when the package
was opened, and much had been said
before she discovered that the wrong
bundle had been brought downstairs
New York Tribune.
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GIVES IMPORTANT OPINION
Attorney General Smith Answers
Road and Bridge Fund Question.

Brainerd, MINI. Feb. 2S.-The
county commissioners of Grow Wing
county wished to construct a $4,000
bridge at Daggett Brook, a $4,000
bridge at FIT. Ripley, sharing half of
the expense of $4,000 with Morrison
county, but all of these improvements
contemplated are stopped by an opin-
ion from Assistant Attorney General
Lyndon A. Smith in answer to an in
quiry from Public Examiner Fritz.
The opinion, referring to the law
controlling appropriations by the
county board for road and bridge
purposes limits such appropriations
to $500 to any township, city or vii
lage, unless said township, city or
village is paying one-half the cost.
Therefore the board of county COM
missioners of Grow Wing county has
no authority to make the contract
attempted by them for a bridge to
cost $2,775.
The public examiner also calls the
attention of the board to the fact
that where the county is paying one
half the cost of the bridge a COM
mittee of the county board must act
with the town, city or village auth
critics in letting the contract; and in
all other cases, which are covered by
chapter 361, G.. L. 1907, although the
county board may designate the par
ticular road or bridge upon which
the money shall be expended, it is
expended under the direction and SUI
pervision of the board of supervisors
of the town, city or village council
and upon the execution of a proper
bond must be turned over to the
town, city or village treasurer.
The county board cannot make a
contract for the work that is to be
done.
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Tho Man With a Cold.

The sympathy given to the man with
a hard cold is purely perfunctory.
We know, or at least we think we
know, that he will not die. We know
that he is thoroughly wretched, yet
we are equally certain that in three
days or so he will be coming upstairs
two at a time. This does not comfort
him, though he may know it himself
He therefore feels himself an outcast
a pariah. He is cut off from the
ordinary human relations. If he so
much as kisses his wife or child he
is a BLACKBOARD, mentally self convict
ed Of it. Nobody loves him, and he
may go out into the kitchen and drink
cough sirup.-Boston Transcript.
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The Jekyll and Hyde Idea.

II was in Stevenson's company" says
Charles Brookfeld in Random RENT
niscences," lat the moment that he
conceived the germ Of the idea Of DR..
Jekyn and Mr.. Hyde He was in.
Weighing against man with whom he
had done business and with whom he
was dissatisfied. The mans name was
Samuel Creggan, or something like it..
He's man who trades on the Sam
uel.' Stevenson declared. 'He receives
you with Samuel's smile on his face.
with the gesture of Samuel he invites
you into a chair. with Samuels eyes
cast down in self depreciation he tells
you how we'll satisfied his clients have
always been with his dealings. but
every now and again you catch a
glimpse of the Creggan peeping out
like a white ferret. Creggan's the real
man; Samuel's only SUPERFICIAL
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Washing Your Hands.

When you go to the washstand and
carefully wash your hands with gen.
erous application of soap and hard
brush do not think for an instant that
your hands are clean. The tenacious
microbe refuses to be disturbed and
clings to the flesh throughout the
whole operation. There are some chem
ical compounds which will dislodge
the busy bacili to a certain extent.
but not entirely. According to the in
vestigations of a medical authority of
the Prussian army, the best results in
the direction of giving the hands a
sanitary cleaning are accomplished by
the use Of alcohol. A bath Of pure
alcohol will remove about 80 per cent
of the germs. Where it is desired to
clean the hands hygienically it is rec
commended that the hands be not first
washed with water, for this will so
adulterate the alcohol that it cannot
accomplish it's work as effectively as
otherwise
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TRUSTS BARRED
FROM AUSTRALIA
Official Statement Issued by
the Government.
DRASTIC ACTION PLANNED

Foreign Combinations Who Hope te
Secure a foothoId There Will Not
Be Permitted to Acquire Vested
Rights-Presence of Representatives
Of American Beef Trust Reason for
Announcement.
Melbourne, Australia, Feb. 2S.-The
commonwealth of Australia has served
notice on the business world that it
would not harbor foreign trusts" The
following memorandum on the subject
was given to the press by Sir r. w.
Best, minister of trade and customs :
"For several months past it has
been an open secret that representa-
tives of the American meat trust have
been visiting Australia, ostensibly
with the object of extending it's opera
lions here. The government is deter
mined to take immediate and drastic
action to discourage and if necessary
to prohibit it's operations in Australia
It is not proposed to wait until the
combine secures vested interests in
this country.
THE minister of trade and customs
is consulting with the attorney gen
eral with the view to bring the full
force of the present laws into opera.
ton, and, if necessary, obtaining fur.
Their legislation.
THE action of the government will
extend to trust operations in Australia
whether conducted directly or indi.
rectly and will not permit the repeti-
ton in Australia of the scandals and
merciless methods characterizing mo-
nopolies in other parts of the world"
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" or through puppet, and will ma
nipulate the election to suit himself.
wEEPs OVER THE cAskET

Premier BRAND M lakes Address at Flu.
neraI Of Colleague.
Paris, Feb. 2S.-Realizlng that it
was probably his last official act Pre-
mier BRAND wept over the casket of
War Minister Brun in delivering the
funeral address at the Austerlitz rail
way station.
The station was transformed into a
mortuary chapel.
Two miles of troops lined the streets
from the war Office to the station dur
ing the funeral procession.
The body of General Brun was
taken to Marmand for burial.
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FUTURE POLICY DISCUSSED
Southern Pacific Officers in. Conference
at Los AnoeIes,

Los Angeles, CAL, Feb. 28-A con-
ference which is believed to have an
important bearing on the future policy
of the Southern Pacific Railroad CON-
pany in connection with the interstate
commerce commissions recent rate
decision was participated in by Pres.
ident R. S. Lovett, James Stillman of
the National City bank, New York;
William F. Heron, general counsel
for the Southern Pacific; Robert Goe-
let, director of the road, and R. l..
Gerry, a son-in-law of the late E. "A,
Hartman.
The only statement Mr.. Lovett
would make following the conference:
I'VE discussed financial matters and
the state of the money market"
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The Louvre.

The Louvre dates away back to the
reign of Dagobert in $685. In 1904 it
was a prison and in 1864 was made
into a library. The new building was
begun by Francis l. in 1928 and en-
larged and adorned by successive
kings, principally by Louis XIV. But
it was Napoleon l. who gave the
Louvre its real glory. Turning it into
a museum. Napoleon deposited in it
the finest collection of paintings, stat
ues and art treasures known in the
world. The magnificent buildings of
the new Louvre were begun by Napo-
leon I. and completed by Napoleon III.
about 1857
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keopinu tho Actors Clean.

Some years ago, when playing in
Leeds. started a swimming compe-
tition among the members of my COM
pany and to encourage them offered
as a prize silver loving cup (won,
by the way, by the late Edward Lon
nen). The event apparently created
some interest in the town, and a friend
heard two men engage in a discussion
as follows:
First Mani say, burst to know this
ere Terry's given coop to bes' swim
mer i company?
Second Man-Aye. What's that for?
First Man-Oh, suppose it's to keep
them play actors clean.-Edward Terry
in Era Annual
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The Story Of a Famous Hymn.


The famous hymn beginning "God
moves in a mysterious way" known
as "Cowper's Hymn" had its orr
gin as follows: Cowper was all his
life the victim Of melancholia and
more than once attempted suicide.
One day, bent upon destroying himself,
he got into a cab and ordered the
driver to take him to a certain point
on the river where he intended to
drown himself. The cabman, noticing
his strange appearance and feeling
that all might not be right with him
drove him about the city and finally
stopped in front Of the poets door
Stepping out and recognizing the old
familiar surroundings and shocked at
the thought Of his narrow escape,
Cowper exclaimed. "God moves in a
mysterious way his wonders to per,
FORM and, rushing in, Immediately
composed the immortal hymn.
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Maryland Ex-Governor Dead.

Washington, Feb. 2S.-John Lee
Carroll, governor of the state of Mary
land from 1876 to 1880, died at his
home here after long illness. He
was born at Homewood, near Balti.
more, in 1880. Former Governor Car
roll was a direct descendant of
Charles Carroll, signer of the Decla.
ration of Independence.
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Federal License for Autos,

Washington, Feb. 2S.-The federal
automobile license bill introduced by
Representative Wagner of Pennsylva
MIA was favorably reported by the
committee on interstate and foreign
commerce. The measure provides a
federal license in addition: to the local
license, but exempts the automobile
from the local licenses of other states
through which it may pass. Provision
also is made for the licensing OF the
automobile driver.
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Must Remove Old Wallpaper.

Newark, N. j., Feb. 2S.-The Bay.
onne board of health has added to the
city's sanitary code regulation pro-
hibiting the pasting of new wallpaper
on the walls of any dwelling until the
old paper has been removed and the
walls made free from disease germs.
A recent epidemic was traced by the
sanitary corps to germs which had lin
gered for several months in old wall
paper.
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FIVE PERSONS LOSE LIVES

Fire Destroys Two Residences at
-.Ey Oneida, Pa. @,-' .....
Hazleton. Pa, Feb. 2S.-Supposed to
have been caused by the explosion of
a lamp fire burned two houses at
Oneida, near here, occupied by Gabriel
Gerotsky and Michael Slovak, Hugari-
ans, and five members of the Gerotsky
family lost their lives in the flames.
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Letter to
DR.. Kilmer & Co..
|Binghampton. N. Y.

Prove What Swamp Root Will Do
Send to DR.! fG &il aS@: & Co., Ding
hampton, N. Y, for sample bottle.
also receive valuable book of infor-
nation, telling all about the kidneys
and bladder. When writing be sure
and mention the Bemidji Daily
Pioneer. For sale at all drug stores.
Price tifty-cents and one-dollar.
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Causes Loss Of $2co, 900.

Cincinnati, Feb. %. - Exploding
chemicals set fire to a seven-story
building which resulted in the destruc.
ton of four upper floors in a spec
tacular confagration. The scene of
the fire was at Fifth and Sycamore
streets, in the business section, and
sent shower of sparks and debris
over adjacent buildings. The loss is
5000, 900. - #,s
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BANDITS ARE DRIVEN AWAY

Attempt to Rob Postoffice at Mckees
port, Pa.
McKeesport, Pa. Feb. 28.-Five
masked men were detected by the
police in the act OF robbing the local
postoffice.. s~
They were about to blow the safe
when Patrolman McGuerk opened fire
on them. They returned the fire, but
no one was injured. The robbers es.
capped in an automobile.
Ten thousand dollars in money and
stamps Was in the safe.
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Not "a Royal Maqaot. "

J royal maggot! am soldier,
come from the people, 1 have made
myself! Am to be compared with
Louis XVI? listen to everybody, but
my own mind is my only counselor
There are some men who have done
France more harm than the widest
revolutionaries-the takers and the ra-
tionalists. Vague and false thinkers. a
rev lessons Of geometry would do
tnem good.-Napoleon Quoted in 'aThe
Corsican').
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Women Nav Hold Office.

Christiania, Feb 2S.-The govern
ment has introduced a bill in the stor:
thing emitting women to hold office
except military, state or clerica1 posi-
tions The government wanted to in
clude clerical posts, but tho bishops
opposed it.
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DICTATORSHIP is PROBABLE

Present Situation in Portugal Is In.
tolerabIo.
Lisbon, via Fuentes de Onora, Feb.
2S:-A military dictatorship, to rule
Portugal until the presidential cleo.
ton the latter part of April, is be.
lieved to be imminent.
Troops sent out to suppress the Roy
alist outbreaks are daily acting with
greater violence.
It's believed that Fortign Minister
Machado will be in control, under the
threatened dictatorship, either direct.
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Trimmina Him Down a little

Trimming Him Down a Little. .
Elderly Swell-What has become Of
the-aw-the other pretty manicure
lady 1 used to see at this hotel?
Comely Damsel-I presume you mean
my mother. She's looking after a
husband and houseful of children.
What can I do for you, sir?-Chicago
Tribune
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See Promise Of Good crons.

Helena, Mont, Feb. 28.-According
to reports received from the various
wheat growing sections of Eastern and
Central Montana there is every indi-
cation Of a successful start for the
crops. No adverse conditions have
prevailed during the winter. There
has been more than the average
amount of snow and it has lain virtual
~ unmoved since Thanksgiving.
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Tho Cickly Golf PLAYERS.

A golf player who had been badly
beaten by his opponent explained to
him that he had been suffering all day
from neuritis. Its a curious thing"
replied his opponent, "but I've never
beaten a man in perfect health in nv
life"
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ABOLISH DAYLIGHT SESSIONS
Legislature of Wisconsin May Meet
Evenings.

Madison, Wis.,, Feb. 28.-If the plans
Of Speaker Ingram and a number Of
other members of the assembly ma
ture the entire plan of legislative
procedure will be changed in March
The scheme is to abolish daytime ses
sions of the legislature and substitute
evening sessions, the hours to be Z: sc
to 9 o'clock. 1t is contemplated tc
hold committee hearings upon all the
minor bills during the morning and
use the afternoon for joint hearings
in the assembly chamber upon the
most important measures.
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HELP WANTED
WANTED-Girl for general house.
work. 1916 Minnesota avenue.
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Case stands and racks,
number 6, double news stand with
rack for 8 full sized cases. Good
as new. Sell regularly for 1915.
We have 6 of these at $3.50 each.
Bemidji Pioneer Publishing Co.
Bemidji, MINI.
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EXPRESS COMPANY ROBBED

WeIIs-Fargo Car Is Looted Between
New York and Chicago.
Chicago, Feb. 28.-The mysterious
robbery of solid express train No. 10
on the Erie railroad while it was run
ming at full speed between New York
and Chicago Saturday is being investi-
gated by the secret service men OF the
Wells-Fargo Express company.
The loot, which may reach into the
thousands of dollars, has been kept
secret, the Chicago police receiving
no report on it.
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Not an INVITING Ideal,

NOT an inviting Ideal.
my son." said Harker as he pointed
to the ivy in front of the cottage, "al-
ways be like the vine-climb."
The little boy was thoughtful.
II don't think I'd like to be like that
vine," he responded seriously.
"And why not, Tommy"
"'Cause If l was I'd be a porch
climber."-Chicago News.
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Breaking It Gently.

Servant-You got cheated when you
bought chiny vase, mum. Mistress
How cheated? Servant-Why. it's
weak. It busted all to smash the first
time dropped it.-Toledo Blade.
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We are too fond of our own will.
We want to be doing what we fancy
mighty things, but the great point is
to do small things when called to them
in right spirit.
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Bank Clerks on Picket Duty.

New York, Feb. 2S.-The striking
bank clerks on the East Side are but
tonholing depositors of the twenty in
situations affected, imploring them to
take their patronage elsewhere. The
men want more pay and shorter hours.
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Tho Tank.

FREUD Ito confirmed toper)-I don't
see how you can drink so much It's
shocking. Toper-It shocks me too. 1t
surprises me. l suppose it's just luck"
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FOR SALE-Job type and body
type. Fonts of 6 point to II
point. Prices furnished with
proof sheets upon request. ADJ
dress Pioneer Publishing Co., Be-
midi, MINI.
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JURY 70 PROBE
W0MAN'S STORY
Alleges Payment Of Bride
to Colorado Jurist.
LATTER DENIES CHARGE

Mrs. Margaret Miller Tells Legislative
Investigating Committee That She
Acted as Go-6etween and Paid
$4,000 to Judge Whitford Just PRO,
to Sending Sixteen Union Miners
to Jail for Contempt. .~.,>. *"
Denver, Feb. 2S.-Judge Greedy
Whitford of the district court appeared
In the West Side criminal court and
asked for a grand jury investigation
OF statements offered by Mrs. Margaret
Miller before a legislative investigat.
ing committee that she handed Whit.
ford $4,000 a few days before he sen.
fenced sixteen miners to jail for one
year for contempt of court.
Judge Whitford declares a full in.
vestigation of these statements will
prove their falsity.
The woman's statements were made
before the committee investigating
impeachment charges against Whit.
ford filed by representatives of the
Colorado Federation of Labor officials.
She, alleged that man, whose name
she does not reveal, gave her $4,000
In cash and asked her to hand it to
Judge Whitford and says she did so
three days before the United Mine
Workers were sentenced. She de-
clared the man who gave her the
money was formerly an agent of the
Mine Owners association at Cripple
Creek and that he gave her SO for
carrying out his instructions.
Mrs. Miller is out of the penitenti-
airy on parole, having served a tern.
there on a charge of killing Mrs. Sara
Alt at Cripple Creek.
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A Good Joke. ..
what is good joke?"
ANY joke you have read that makes
you sore because you didn't think Of it
Ourself."-Exchange. ~
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FOR SALE-Lot 5 Sec. So T 148 R
80. Also the 81 Acre Island in
Turtle Lake, an ideal place for a
summer resort. Good road from
Bemidii or Turtle River. A. O.
Johnson, Turtle River Mimi.
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FOR SALE Piano and sewing
machine. Both in first class con-
ditions. Inquire at ga Beltrami
avenue or telephor $40.