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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-02-25
EDWARD STRIDE
Expert Plano and Organ Tuner and Repairel

Especially church organs) Practiced in
Europe for years. Is leading in the profess
counties. Has made Bemidii headquarters
for three years. where he has upwards OF 200
steady customers.
Thoroughly familiar with United States make
OF pianos You will save money and get better
satisfaction if YOU take him into your con-
fdence before buying your piano. He will
be pleased to meet you and explain the
different instruments and will enjoy aiding
you in making your selection.
Address Sis BsmldJI Ave. Telephone 81 or $40
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-02-25
MRS. HARRY MASTEN
4VA Instructor Of Piano and Pine Organ
ARTS

Graduate of the Virgil Piano and
Pipe Organ School of London and New
York. Studio Brinkman Hotel. Room
SO, Phone 535.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-01-12
Hitherto Unpublished Version Of the
Real Cause of Thomas c. Patt's
Resignation From the Senate
Given by e. j. Edwards.

In a recent number Of a popular
magazine the late Thomas C. Plat
tells, IN his autobiography, his YER
sion OF the situation that led him and
Roscoe Conkling to resign from the
United States senate few weeks after
President Garfield had sent TO that
body the nomination of Judge William
H. Robertson as collector Of the port
OF New York. In one place the sena-
tor says that when he learned that the
man who had been instrumental in
defeating the Grant movement for a
third-term nomination had been ia
vored Of the president without the
knowledge and approval of the New
York senator's, who had fought for
Grants nomination, He, Platt, walked
over to Conkling and exclaimed: 81
shall send my resignation to Governor
Cornell tonight" Then the two went
into conference, Conkling insisting
that we should wait and fight it out
In the committee to which the Robert
son nomination had been referred"
But, II finally induced Conkling, on
May IA, to join me in offering our
Joint designations
Why did Senator Plat not desire to
fight 1t out in the committee" to
which this nomination, which was so
distasteful to him, had been referred?
Because 1--WE have been. so Inundated
as United States senators from the
great state of New York." is the rea-
son he gives. That may have been the
reason in part, perhaps, but as the
belief is quite general in old-time ma
tional political circles that Senator
Platt did not reveal all he knew about
the Robertson incident in his autobi-
ography, l am telling today hitherto
unpublished version of the real reason
of Platt's resignation, and 1 tell it on
the authority of the late Col. John R.
Van Wormer.
THE real, and not the ostensible
reason of Mr.. Platt's resignation from
the United States senate dates back
to the closing days of 1880 and the
first days of 1881 when, prior to the
Republican legislative caucus at AL
bany, the party leaders were busily
engaged in trying to determine upon
The man to succeed Francis Herman, a
Democrat, in the United States SEN
ate," said Colonel Van Wormer. THAT
legislature was Republican by a safe
majority, and, therefore. Mr. Herman
could not be reelected.
Nov, there was a strong element of
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-01-12
How the Bankers of the East Re-
sponded Instantly to Secretary
Salmon p. Chase's Call
for Financial Aid.

The late George S. Coe Of New York
and New Jersey was one of the great
bankers of United States at the time
of the civil war and for twenty years
thereafter. During the first two years
OF the war he was more intimately as
ISOLATED with the Lincoln administra-
ton on the financial side than any
other of the country's prominent bank
ers of that period. OF course, he thus
came into close and intimate contact
with Salmon P. Chase, who has gone
down in history as one of the coun-
try'J great secretaries of the treas
ury.
For number Of years before he
became member of Lincoln's cabinet
I had conceived a high admiration for
Mr.. Chase" said Mr.. Coe to me when
old-time finance was Under discussion,
but not until some months after the
outbreak of the civil war was l privi-
legged to meet him, and that meeting
resulted in one of the most dramatic
incidents in connection with big
finance Of which / have personal
knowledge.
"At the height of the uncertainty
over the governments financial condi-
ton, following the outbreak of war,
the bankers of the east-New York,
Philadelphia and Boston-received an
intimation that the secretary of the
treasury was anxious to meet them in
confidence, for he had message of
great Importance to communicate to
them. An appointment was at once
made for Secretary Chase to meet us
In the directors room of the bank Of
which / was then president.
There, prompt almost to the Sec
end, Mr.. Chase appeared on the day
and hour set and we were introduced
one after the other to him. The gra-
cious dignity of the man, a certain
majesty of Manner do not know
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-01-12
Famous Quarrel Explained

the party in favor of the election of
Richard Crowley, who had represented
one Of the New York districts in con-
gress for a number of years. Dick
was very popular man. He was a
very strong Stalwart, the name of the
party faction headed by Conkling.
"But there was a wing of the party,
under the leadership of Chauncey De-
pew, which, while not exactly opposed
to Senator Conkling, was disposed to
be friendly to Judge William H. Rob
ertson, who had taken such a leading
part in blocking Conkling's plans for
third-term nomination for Grant. This
Depew-led wing was rather favorably
disposed towards the nomination of
Tom Plat for senator.
'But when we who were backing
Crowley heard that Levi P. Morton,
who, It was thought at that time,
would be secretary of the treasury un-
der Garfield, looked with favor upon
Platt's candidacy, we at last had a
meeting with Platt At that meeting
we told him that if he would pledge
himself not to make any war upon
Judge Robertson for upsetting the
Stalwarts' plan to nominate Grant
if he would not encourage any further
factional disturbances in the party
we would throw the Crowley support
to him, and thus assure him of the
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building purposes, but principally to
rid the country of the insects which
are the most formidable pests Of that
climate.
In founding a nest the termites erect
first a single pinnacle several feet
high and very small about the base,
and then others near it; finally these
are consolidated into a single dome
and the middle pinnacles, having per-
formed their part as scaff0lding, are
removed. When it has reached it's
maximum size the nest is rounded
dome of hard, solid clay upon whose
outer surface grass and weeds grow
freely, and in the dry season it looks
not unlike a haycock.
The injuries wrought by these in
sects are terrible. They invade every
vegetable fiber except cotton and de-
stroy wood, mating, linen and wooden
clothing, books and parchment by sap
and mine. They habitually avoid the
air and light, not because Of an an
tipathy to them, but because of their
helplessness and their necessity of a
moist atmosphere. In consequence of
this popularity their ravages are I'M
observed till everything sinks into
ruins. When they desire to reach q
certain point a covered gallery is i'm
mediately built to that point, that they
may reach it unseen. African villages
which have been abandoned, in year
or two have utterly disappeared and
the ground on which they stood is
found covered with vegetation. Posts
are sometimes so riddled that slight
kick will dissipate them. leaving moth
ing in their stead but a heap Of dust
and debris. At Tourney, Charente,
France, whole dinner party, guests,
host, table and all were let down
through the floor into the cellar with
out a moments warning in conse-
uuence Of the termites' depredations
in the flooring and beams.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-01-12
The Preservation of Venison

Venison, as everyone knows, re-
quires careful preservation. If in spite
of every care it seems likely to go
wrong, an old English housewifery
book gives the following recipe for it's
redemption.
Take strong ale, and put to it wine
vinegar, as much as will make it
sharp. Then set it on the fire and boil
it we'll and scum it and make of it a
strong brine with bay salt or other
salt; then take it off and let it stand
till it be cold, then put your venison
into 1t and let it I've in it full twelve
hours.
Then take out from that meer sauce
and press it well. Then parboyl it,
and season it with pepper and salt, and
bake 1t"
The venison, the housewife goes on
to say, must be baked in a Coffin
j. O., inclosed in paste case well lined
with butter. After it is baked pour
through hole in the case some melt
ed butter, three tablespoonfuls OF vim
egar and six of claret, and let it lie
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Ae1lr Npllth 8
ot Yf6trr:nl1!q@14Eg!! T..

senatorial nomination and election.
"Tt would be impossible to conceive
of any more earnest assurances than
Mr.. Plat then gave US. He declared
he was sick and tired Of factional dis
turbance and wanted to bring about
a general reconciliation, and with that
pledge made to us Mr.. Platt was able
to secure sufficient number Of votes
to place him in the United States SEN
ate.
"a few weeks after Mr.. Platt had
taken his seat, President Garfield, un-
known to the senator, sent to the sem
ate the nomination of Judge Robert
son as collector Of the port of New
York.
'sTom Platt was in a fix. l have
heard that the night following the an.
nouncement of the nomination he did
not sleep a wink. He had more to be
worried about than Senator Conkling,
even, for there was that pledge to us
old Crowley men. 1t was that that
bothered Tom Plat most, and it was
that that finally forced him to reach
his unalterable determination to re-
sign. L can't vote to confirm Robert
sons appointment, was his conclu
sion. But, on the other hand. | am
under pledge to those who made my
election as senator possible not to op.
pose that appointment with my vote.
l am between two fires. There is
nothing left for me to do but to re.
sign from the senate
Copyright, 1910, by E. j. Edwards. ALI
Rights Reserved0
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Appeal That Got $50, 900, 900

how better to express 1.-THE great
intellectually revealed in his face, the
noble poise of his head, his entire per-
sonality, greatly impressed me, and
am certain that every other banker e
that room was equally impressed.
Soon after the introductions were
over and a few casual remarks had
been made, Secretary Chase began to
deliver his message. He spoke quiet
ly, in low tone of voice, but every
word was distinctly uttered; his was
one of the most attractive voices I
have ever heard in private converse
ton, and then 1t was that | under
stood what his great charm as pub
lie speaker was. And this was the
message he brought to us, substan-
TALLY in these very words:
Gentlemen, the government of the
United States is in need of gold. II is
in greater need Of gold than of an
army. This is SO because it will not
be difficult to raise whatever size
army we may find necessary to save
the Union. Enlistments will proceed,
are proceeding. all over the north. But
what are we to do with an army un-
less we can feed it, clothe it, provide
it with equipment and ammunition?
CHOW, gentlemen, / am no finan-
cier. 1t is my duty, under the law, to
administer the finances of the coun-
try, but it is no part of my duty, nor
is it within my power, to raise money
until congress gives me that power.
You are men of finance. 1t is your
business to know how to raise money.
l appeal to you, having nothing to Of
fer except the credit Of the govern
ment, and the preservation of the
Union for fifty millions in gold. You
know how to secure that gold / shall
know how to make wise and efficient
use of it. This, gentlemen, is the
message / had to deliver to you"
Mr.. Coe leaned forward in his chair.
"He got the gold on the instant" he
said, emphatically..
Copyright 1910, by e. j. Edwards All
Rights Reserved)
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-01-12
Chew Tea In Siam.

Tokyo, Japan.-In Siam they chew
tea in place Of tobacco. They call it
mieng. 1t is in a plug, like chewing
tobacco, and has a villainous smell,
due to the fermentation it has under
gone. The tea that the Siamese en-
ploy for chewing purposes is a very
coarse, rank plant. It is gathered like
ordinary tea, but the leaves, after be-
ing compressed into plugs, are buried
for Is days. They ferment during
burial and on their resurrection are
very, very fragrant, indeed. The Sia-
mese boatmen chew tea, the 'rickshaw
men chew it and even the littera-
tours chew it. They say it makes
them work better.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-01-12
HIRAM CARPENTERS WONDER
Full CURE OF PSORIASIS.

ct have been afflicted for twenty
years with an obstinate skin disease,
called by some M. DIS. psoriasis, and
others leprosy, commencing on my
scalp; and in spite Of all I could do,
with the help of the most skilful doc
tors, it slowly but surely extended I'M
til year ago this winter it covered
my entire person in the form of dry
scales. For the last three years have
been unable to do any labor, and
suffering intensely all the time. Every
morning there would be nearly dust
painful of scales taken from the sheet
on my bed, some Of them half as large
as the envelope containing this letter.
In the latter part of winter my skin
commenced cracking open. I tried
everything, almost, that could be
thought of, without any relief. The
18th of June I started West, in hopes
/ could reach the Hot Springs. ]
reached Detroit and was so low I
thought I should have to go to the
hospital, but finally got as far as Lam
sing, Mich, where had a sister liv-
two weeks, but did me no good. All
thought I had but short time to live,
I earnestly prayed to die. Cracked
through the skin all over my back,
across my ribs, arms, hands, limbs;
feet badly swollen; toe-nails came of;
fnger-nails dead and hard as a bone;
hair dead, dry and lifeless as old
straw. O. my God! how l did suffer.
"My sister wouldn't give up; said,
We will try Cuticura.' Some was ap
piled to one hand and arm. Eureka!
there was relief; stopped the terrible
burning sensation from the word go.
They Immediately got Cuticura Re
solvent, Ointment and Soap. I com
menced by taking Cuticura Resolvent
three time a day after meals; had a
bath once day, water about blood
heat; used Cuticura Soap freely; ap.
piled Cuticura Ointment morning and
evening. Result: returned to my
home in just six weeks from the time
l left, and my skin as smooth as this
sheet of paper. Hiram e. Carpenter,
Henderson, n. z"
The above remarkable testimonial
was written January 10, 1880, and Is
republished because Of the perman-
ency of the cure. Under date Of April
%, 1910, Mr.. Carpenter wrote from his
present home, 610 Walnut st. So.
Lansing, Mich: IT have never suf-
fered a return Of the psoriasis and al
though many years have passed / have
not forgotten the terrible suffering !
endured before using the Cuticura
Remedies %
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Confession OF John u ingalls,

all except one, IT the rear end of the
car, and not until nearly ten o'clock
was there a head thrust between the
curtains of the lower berth, revealing
the late riser as none, other than SEN
ator John ]. Ingalls, of Kansas.
Senator, you are late sleeper"
said little later in the smoking
compartment, "and, apparently, avery
sound one. All the rest of us in the
car were up early owing to the freight
wreck that has made us so late
The brilliant Kansan smiled.
my method of spending the night
in sleeping car differs from that Of
most persons" he said II usually go
to bed an hour or so before midnight.
Then, while sink Immediately into a
physical lethargy that is luxurious,
my mind becomes very active. This
mental activity seems to bring to the
surface, so to speak, the sub-con-
scious quality that is in every human
being, and 1t continues until about
two o'clock, when / sink into a pro-
found slumber that will last for eight
hours if the train schedule permits.
"Now, when my mind thus becomes
active-and it does so only in sleep
ing carl find that / am studying
the psychological side of my nature.
You may have heard it said that / am
an atheist, or an agnostic, but both
accusations are absolutely untrue. !
am a profound believer in first, all
powerful and ever-controlling Cause,
and am persuaded that it is con-
scious Cause. But there is much that
we do not know, and we cannot know,
since the mind is mortal, and. there
fore, reasoning is confined within NOR
tai limitations. Yet, as my mind is
active as 1 lie in my berth, 1 find my
self absolutely convinced, and not by
any process of reasoning, that the
vital, conscious element In my ma
ture existed before my birth, and
must exist after my death. THAT
is to say, that part of me which l
recognize, my consciousness-has
existed from the beginning and will
exist forever"
For few moments Mr.. ingalls, sat
looking thoughtfully out of the win
dow.
'And as 1 have pondered upon this"
he continued, Il have found it posi-
BILE to project myself into the future;
| know, for instance, at what time my
service in the United States senate
will end, although l do not know why
it will end. To know that would in
volve considerations entirely apart
from my projected consciousness. And
/ also know, or am convinced that I
know, the time of my death, although
| do not know the place or cause. 1t
is a consciousness that has given me
great peace of mind. 1t has abso-
lutely relieved me from all sense of
personal danger. Ah, the soul, as dis
tinguished from the intellect, is the
marvellous part of our nature! 1t has
never been explained and never will
be; it is not part of our mortality"
Seventeen years later. with perfect
serenity, John James ingalls, ap-
preached his end. And / have often
wondered since then whether his
great peace of mind as he faced the
grim reaper Of us all would justify
the impression that he had predicted
accurately the time of his death.
downright. 1910, by E. J. Edwards. Ali
Rights Reserved.)
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-01-12
Football In Russia.

Football is taking an extraordinary
hold of the Russian youth. A series
of matches played recently in a large
Russian city attracted over 10000
spectators at each game 1t is the
English game according to association
rules that is played and the terminol.
ogy is adopted without translation. II
sounds curious to hear Russian
crowd shouting "offside," corner" or
free kick" as they watch the play.
But most wonderful of all is the vo-
cabulary Of the reporters who descibe
the matches. Apparently they are
really musical critics of some preten.
sion, for their published reports
abound in mention of the crescendo
passages and bravura thrills accom-
plished by the football players.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-01-12
How the Brilliant Kansan Told E. J.
Edwards That He Could Project
Himself Into the Future and
Determine Coming Events.

In midsummer of 1883 / was on my
way to the New Mexican ranch Of
Stephen w. Dorsay, former United
States senator from Arkansas, and
during the national campaign of 1880
prominently before the country as Sec
rotary of the Republican national COM
mittee. 1t was visit that resulted il
Senator Dorsay exposing the manner
in which he had collected and used
100000 in new two-dollar bills for the
purpose of making the state Of In
diana return a majority for the Repub-
lican candidates.
Sometimeduring the night the train
on which 1 travelled between st. Louis
and Kansas City was held UP for sew
eral hours by freight wreck dead
ahead The confusion incident to the
clearing Of the track caused all the
passengers in the sleeping car to be
astir early in the morning. That is
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-01-12
AN INSECT aSKYscRAPERn
A Termlte "Ant Hill" in South Africa
Which Is by No Means
Extra Large.

Boston.-Though most abundant In
hot climates, the ternites. improperly
called white ants, reach far beyond
the tropics extending into our own
hemisphere, from Chile to New Eng
land. The African species build great
pinnacled nests, SO feet in circumfer-
ence at the base and sometimes 40
feet high. Formerly the plains Of At
RIGA were in many places thickly stud
ded with these hills, but the advance
of civilized man has driven them back
from the neighborhood of the foreign
settlements.
The nests are destroyed partly to
obtain the clay, which is valuable for
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-01-12
me REDEEMING FEATURE
When Papa Hears 1t He Urges Only
Son to Grab Girl
Quick.

The only son had just announced to
the family his engagement.
What, that grill" remarked his
mother. why, she squints.
"She has absolutely no STYLE" COM
mented his sister.
"Red-headed, isn't she?" asked
auntie.
I'm afraid she's Eighty" was grand
mas opinion.
"She hasn't any money" said uncle
''And she doesn't look strong"
chimed In the first cousin.
"She's stuck up, in my opinion" as
severated the second cousin
"She's extravagant," swas the opin-
ion given by the third cousin.
'eWell, she's got one redeeming fea-
ture, at any rate" remarked the only
son, thoughtfully.
whats that?" chorused the charit-
able band.
"She hasn't a relative on earth"
Papa had not yet spoken, but now
he did.
"Grab her, my boy. grab her." he
said.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-01-12
Wants a Long Engagement.

do you believe in long engage
ments?" he asked after she had con-
scented to be his.
Eyes, dearest" she replied. II have
always thought it was such mistake
for two people to rush into matrimony
before they learned to really know
each other"
well, about how long would you
wish the engagement to be-"
Let me see Would you think It
was too long If we did not get mar
ried until week from next Thurs
day?"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-01-12
O-O-O-Ohl.

Miss Chatterton tgushingly)-Whas
a magnificent great Dane! And, of
course, his name is Hamlet?
Mr.. Galley (the owner) Not exact
ly; you see. J-e-r, couldn't consist.
emily use that name.
Miss Chatterton-And why, pray?
Mr. Galey-The best l could do was
to call her OpheE
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-01-12
The Canary,s Ears

Boston.-A canary's ears are back
of and a little below its eyes. They
are not hard to find when one has
learned where to look. There Is no
outer ear, such as animals have. but
simply small opening which is COW
cred by feathers. 1t is quite surprising
that birds should possess the very
acute hearing which they do while
lacking the fieshy flap which enables
the animals to catch sounds
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-01-12
His Identity Disclosed

Judge What do you do during the
week?
Witness Nothing.
Judge-And on Sunday?
Witness take day off.
Judge-Oh, see. What salary does
the city pay youe-Lippincott's
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-01-12
A Shiver FIGURE.

Nov, Arthur" said his father,
you've been going to school long
enough to write decently. Don't you
know how to make figure three?"
Sure" said the boy. "You put
your PENCIL on the paper and then you
shiver."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-01-12
Divorced Woman's RIoht.

Has divorced wife, who is mar
ried again, a right to flirt with her
divorced husband? 1t is said such a
case exists in Atchison. and that
when one of the woman's friends told
her there was talk" the woman re-
Piled: Good heavens, the people in
this town will talk about anything!
Haven't l right to receive atten-
tons from the man who was once my
husband ?"-Atchison Globe.