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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-18
HEARD AND SEEN HERE AND THERE.
By Earl Goodwin.

Eggs at cents a dozenv
Uncle Joe Cannon on the same ticket
with Abraham Lincoln!"
You would scarcely believe it-but
these two EXPLANATIONS came from two
different people who were looking at
the same thing. One was young
woman to whom the price of eggs is of
more Importance than the Constitution
of the United States. for she has just
begun to keep house; the other, of
course. was her husband, young man
full of life and knowledge, the epitome
o. wisdom to his wife.
But even with this touch of intro
duction. l can feel the reader tugging
and straining at the ropes. trying to
find out the connection all this has
with the days of Abraham Lincoln.
What has that to do with the price
OF eggs?'
This much. 1t was a copy of the
Douglas County Shield. published by
Sellers & Bro, Tuscola. ILL.,. Saturday,
| three days before one of the most
eventful happenings in all history since
the beginning of time-I mean the
election of Lincoln and the defeat OF
Douglas This paper. now In the pos
| session Of l.. White Busby. was being
glanced over by these two young things
with the expressions as to the price OF
eggs and the politics Of Lincoln and
Cannon.
Yes. sir. In those days. when the re-
publican party was a little boy in short
breeches, Joe Cannon was right there
among 'em.
Up at the top Of the ticket were these
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
For President.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
And down near the bottom were
| these:
For states attorney,
Joseph G. Cannon.
| And in another section of the paper
an editorial paragraph commented
| thus:
IF you would have an efficient prose
cutting attorney, vote for Joseph u
Cannon
Uncle Joe was twenty-six years old,
and his opponent was DR.. Harvey J.
| Bassett. whose sons are in business in
Tuscola today. 1t was the first time
the name of Cannon had been on any
| political ticket.
The issue Of the paper came out on a
| day when national politics must have
been at a white heat and affairs were
at a greater tension than any Of us
youngsters can realize. Yet the typo
graphical display would do credit to
| the calm, methodical arrangement of a
conservative prayer book. In these
Gays, When some newspapers keep
flock of trained type for every occasion
and when nothing outside of a national
| calamity gets on the first page in the
crisis Of a political bombardment, it is
| soothing to see the first column, first
page, of the Tuscola Shield of November
! 3. 1850. given over to blase announce
ment of the various news agencies OF
Illinois which handled the paper.
| Following this there is the important
| statement that H. Clay Niles is en-
powered to solicit job work and ad-
vertisements. and to receive money and
receipt for the same.
| Then getting down into the politics
| of the day the Shield presented the
work of some placid political writer
who did a days work in few minutes
and didn't make the least fuss about
| it, for he said, in casting up the issues
before the people:
There are other reasons why it il
important to keep the legislature out
of the hands of the democracy. and we
should not mention it did not we think
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-18
NOVEL WAYS OF EARNING.
Discovered by Young Women Stu
dents in New York CITY,

From New York Letter to the Pittsburgh Dis
patch.
Some of the young women who work
their way while studying in this city
have found new fields for earning along
regular lines
Il am visiting bootblack," declared
a young western girl who occupies
fiat on the upper West side. Yes, 1 do
other things besides backing boots, but
1t was that particular branch of my
trade which attracted attention and got
me my clientele. 1 mend and clean
gloves and renovate the wardrobes of
men. women, children and dogs. NV
clients all admit that it was the boot
black that attracted them. Women hate
to go to a bootblack and sit in their
high chairs while they have their shoes
polished. I learned this from one wom-
an. so l had some cards printed which
read, Visiting bootblack and valet
Then went to prosperous looking
apartment hotels. and after finding out
the names Of the residents, sent up my
card"
Across the hall in the same nathouse
live three more girls who are working
their way. One is from Pennsylvania,
one from Texas and the third from I'D
state.
Il clean parlors," said the New York
girl. Il suppose you might call me
visiting parlor maid, for that is Just
what I am. There are many ladies' who
live in apartment hotels who, while
they cannot AFFORD to keep a personal
maid. are willing to pay some one to
come once week to give their rooms a
thorough cleaning. There l come in"
The girl from Pennsylvania found her
field in the apartment houses with
kitchenets as cook and general house.
worker. She has all the work she can
do. and declares that she is well paid
for it.
There are good many women in
New York living in small apartments
that for one cause or another do not
keep a girl who are very glad to get
some one to come in once a week to
clean up and do a little baking and
fancy cooking" the Pennsylvania girl
explained. "Of course, there are many
women and girls who go out by the
day who charge less than I do, but
none of them. at least none Of whom /
have heard. can bake cakes and cook a
really good dinner"
MY work Is buying and selling sec
ond-hand lace and jewelry," the girl
from Texas admitted. II didn't oriei-
nate the work. 1t might be called an
inheritance. l make a good living out
Of it,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-18

there was some danger which the peo-
pie should avert. 1t is known that the
state holds mortgages on the property
Of Gov. Matteson to the amount of over
100000. for the payment of money
which he stole from the public treas
ury.''
I know reporters who would take a
month to say as much as that, with
words day. screening and yelling
with all the display type in the shop.
Later on in the same article IL is
recorded that the governor must be re-
elected OF he will be bankrupt. and that
he is spending stolen money" right
and left:
He gave a ball last spring which
cost him $1,000. at which Don Morrison
danced all night"
At Vernon Castle prices
But what has this to do with the
price or eggs?
just be quiet a minute and you will
see.
In another section there is the start
ling political announcement:
III you are opposed to polygamy, vote
for James T. Cunningham for Con-
Just above il is brief paragra phi. re-
Winding us that slavery was a political
issue When one thinks OF the oceans
OF ink and the acres OF type that have
what he did for the slaves 1t is remark
able to read this one paragra ph-the
only mention in the entire paper of the
slave question:
cry be extended over all our territory
and be protected by the federal govern
ment. or shall our territories be re-
served for the home of free white
men? Lincoln is for the latter
II there is anything more to the point,
let's have It,
The people OF Illinois paid heed to the
slavery question:. but Mr.. Cunningha m 5
violent appeal on the ground Of polyg
amy awaited him nothing. for history
relates that Mr.. Cunningham never saw
the House of Representatives. His OPP
ponent. James c. Robinson. was the sit
ting member at the time. and saw sew
eral more years in the Capitol
X X * x
One Of the electors on the Lincoln
ticket was our fellow townsman, for
mer Senator William Pitt Kellogg. a
Vermonter by birth and later a sena-
in politics and soldering He attended
every republican national convention
from 1858 to 1896, and had a civil war
record as long as your arm.
There were three tickets in the field.
the democratic ticket, on which Ste
phen A. Douglas ran for the presidency.
opposed to the republican nominee. Abe
Lincoln. Then there was the Bell and
Everett tlcket-d lot or SoreheadS, &C.
cording to an old timer. who told me
about it.
x j.
And as to the price of eggs
Well. on the first page. along with
the news OF the historical crisis about
to break. is the list of current prices
for salt, hides. corn. chickens, etc.
Sugar was Is cents a pound; but
chickens were priced at a dollar and a
doIiar ana quarter a dozen. That's q
fact. You chaps who buy HER Chick
en- q Ia king" at So chafing dish full
need not faint: that price in the days
or Abraham Lincoln was the regular
thing. Uncle Joe Cannon says no one
ever thought of buying one lone. poor,
1oriorn chicken. They made a party
OF 1t and bought a dozen. And eggs
were from to 8 cents a dozen. Corn
was 20 cents bushel of green ears
wheat sold at IS cents a bushel. Pork
was cents pound; beef was cents
ana here paid a dollar for q steak al
the Press Club last night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-18
ADVANCE SHOWN IN BUILDING
PERMITS ISSUED IN FEBRUARY
Construction Work to Cost $50, 219,0 98, an
Increase of2OPer Cent Over Same Period
of Last Year, Begun Last Month.

reflected by the
of
received by the Con-
s5s21soss against ssooo
in
sometimes 10
show In o
slight
parat
excellent OIL
increase of cent he detai
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-18
PROCESS TO SEASON LUMBER
ARTIFICIALLY IN ONE DAY
Invention Is Declared to Make Valuable
Millions of Acres of Southern
Timber Land.

are interested in the new lumber vul-
canizing process. among them being
John H. Parker of the John H. Parker
company. general contractors for the
new two-million- dollar office building
Tor the Interior Department. now in
process of construction. It is expected
the new process will within a few
years add to the revenues Of southern
lumber producing states amounts which
1t 1s not now possible to estimate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-18
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

A successful fool doesn't realize that
he is one.
When a man falls in love he seldom
lands on his feet.
The patch on a patched up quarrel
soon comes Off.
There is nobody SO easy for a WON.
an to fool as herself.
A mans credit is above par when
he wants to borrow trouble.
Trading compliments is a good deal
like swapping green goods.
So many women seem TO be good
because in comparison SO few men are.
There is nothing quite so monot-
onous as the smile that won't come
You can't reform q man by suggest
ing that he ought to be as good as
you are.
Few men can convince themselves
they are having q good time in trying
to be good.
Many man is honest because
good opportunity to be otherwise
never knocked at his door.
ASK any man IL ucocTlUo luedt
and it's doughnuts to fudge that he
will paint a word picture Of himself.
A widow usually marries again just
to satisfy herself that No. 2 will prove
as unsatisfactory as No. 1 did.
When a man isn't capable Of earn
ing a living the only thing left for
him to do is get a political job or
break into Jail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-18
Alike.

From Judge.
Philo-Did you say window or
widow?
Sopher-I said widow; but they are
both very much alike.
Philo-How SO?
Sopher-When I get near either OF
them I always look out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-18
Between Friends.

From Judge.
~"Say. old chap. you're a good friend of
mine, aren't you?'
Sure. And you're good friend of
mine. aren't your
$40"
Quiet. major, quiet. Listen. So do /,
and il you can find anybody with a few
bucks to spare. let me know. will your
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-18
Wanted Name

$500 will be paid to the lady that suggests
a name for our new town that we have started
in front Of the 4.s00-scre tract Of land pur-
chased BY the du Pont company to build their
mammoth plant near Williamsburg. Va. One
name only from each lady. The indications ara
that this will surpass our great success at Hope
we'll, Va. Names must be in by March Il.
J. NJ. woLFORD.
s0o District National Bank bldg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-18

i Es, otnerwlse: Probably nobody but
Edison would have discovered beauty
IN factory chimneys, but it was there
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-18
SALES INVOLVE $7O,75O
Recent Real Estate Transactions Are
Reported by Gardiner
& Dent, Inc.

Transactions in residential and un-
improved properties, involving total
of $70,750. have been reported by Gar
diner & Dent, Inc, real estate brokers,
as follows:
For Mrs. A. c. Clements. 1917 Column
bia road, a three-story, semi detached,
colonial brick dwelling, containing
eleven rooms, three baths. The consid-
Grafton was $4,000. The lot has wide
frontage on Columbia road and extends
back to a depth of about 100 feet. r.
N. koblegard. the purchaser, gave in
part payment piece Of Michigan prop
erty valued at $4,000. The purchaser
will occupy the premises. Edward T.
Lewis represented Mrs. Clements in the
transaction.
To Q. A. Pendleton, premises 922 o
street northwest, two-story ana
basement brick dwelling. occupying
lot 24x125 feet. 1t contains eleven
rooms The consideration was Sb,ooo.
Mr.. Pendleton has sold through the
same office three brick dwellings loc2t-
ed 1635-37-41 Kramer street northeast,
valued at $4,000.
Bought by Joseph st. Clair.
To Joseph ST. Clair. IS 18th street
southeast, a two-story brick containing
six rooms. The price was $4,000.
To Ezekiel Coopersmith. a two-story
brick building at 800 18th street south
east; consideration. $3.50.
To Peter Fritz. 1902 33d street north
west, a new two-story brick, contain
ing six rooms; consideration. $4,000.
For Miss N. E. Clark. two lots located
on Hamline street, Brookland. which
have a frontage of 100 feet and depth
of $50 feet. The price received was
For j. r. FIaislip, 1929 A street north
east, a two-story brick building. The
consideration was s4,250.
For Henry Clay Johnson. a two.fam-
lily apartment house at 1880 Trying
street northwest. valued at $1,000.
For James L. McGrew, 1856 Newton
street, two-story house containing
six rooms: consideration. $500.
House Brings $4,000.
To J. B. Caukin. a three-story and
cellar brick building at 1928 N street
northwest The house contains ten
rooms and two baths. The considera-
tion was $4,000.
10 ii. >. klnS. HVe acres ol srouna IL
Bancroft. Va. The price is reported to
have been $4,000
For Charles r. Duehay. 1925 Decatur
street northwest. Sauls Addition. a
two story and attic detached residence,
containing eight rooms and occupying
a lot 40x90 to an alley. The considera-
ton was $1,000.
For e. R Sasscer. 1859 4th street
northeast. a two-story, six-room dwell
two W a he ID.
ing $3.50.
To Mrs. Carrie Monroe, sos sth street
northeast, a two-story. six-room CO.
Ionial dwelling. the price being $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-18

ing a living the only thing left for
him to do is get political job or
break into Jail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-18

A widow usually marries again just
to satisfy herself that No. will prove
as unsatisfactory as No. / did.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-18

Ask any man to describe his ideal
and it's doughnuts to fudge that he
will paint a word picture Of himself
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-02-19
1888 pounds fat from 5S1 pounds milk

1888 pounds fat from 5S1 pounds milk
in seven days. beginning her record
seventy-two days after freshening.
The oldest Guernsey COW in their
advanced registry. Belle Brandon,
MADE 42S.43 pounds fat from S,061.3
pounds milk in a year, calving at the
ago OF fifteen years
Pogis Irene H.. Jersey who holds
all yearly records for her breed for
cows over twelve years of age, made
1915 pounds fat from 1923 pounds
milk in seven days and 1904 pounds
fat from $3.50 pounds milk in 365 days.
calving at eighteen years Of age.
The average profitable productive
life of a COW is being greatly prolonged
by the official test and it will probably
not be long until instances of great
records made by COWS eighteen and
twenty years old will be as common
as the large records made by COWS
eleven and twelve years Of age that
are being reported at the present time.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-02-19
PROD ] i ! ! E IN
AGED COWS IMPORTANT

1t is Of paramount Importance to the
dairyman that dairy COW should not
only be large producer in her prime.
but that she should possess the consti-
tuition to continue to be profitable
COW and regular breeder to ripe old
age. A cow that is still lucrative when
she is sixteen or eighteen years old is
worth far more to her owner than
COW whose productive life ceases when
she is about nine or ten years old, for
in the latter instance the depreciation
is so great that the profits are seriously
curtailed
The official records made by the cows
of each breed ten years of age or over
give perhaps the best idea of produc-
tiveness Of the different breeds in old
age. The Holstein COW. Valdessa Scott
H., who made at the age of eight years
two months one day. $3.50 pounds fat
from 694.6 pounds milk in seven days,
came back at the age Of ten years two
months sixteen days and made 5000
pounds fat from 611.4 pounds milk in
seven days, and 1896 pounds fat from
2,475.7 pounds milk in thirty days.
These butter records for seven and
thirty days are unequaled by any ten
year-old COW in the world. says a cor
respondent Of Kimball's Dairy Farmer.
Among the most striking records
made by the oldest COWS in the ad-
vanced registries of the different breed
associations is that of the Holstein
COW Hark, who made 1851 pounds fat
from 1854 pounds milk in seven days.
freshening at eighteen years ten
months twenty-one days. Another Hol-
calving at the age of seventeen years
eleven months fourteen days. made
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-02-19

NEW PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Open daily, except SUNDAY, 1 to s
M, z to 8 p. M, Sunday, reading room
only, 3 to 8 p. m
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-02-19
Skim a Fairly Thick Cream,

Farmers will make more money by
separating a reasonably thick cream
lhan a thin cream. Swimming high
test cream leaves more skimmilk on
the farm to feed to hogs, calves and
chickens. Skimmilk utilized in this
way has feeding value of about IS
cents per hundred. while if the milk is
left in the cream nothing is realized
The buttermaker usually wants a
cream testing around IS or 40 per cent
butter fat. In the winter if the cream
is above 40 per cent it is rather diff
cult to get the cream all out of one can
into another or into a vat Cream test
ing about 35 per cent in the winter and
40 per cent in the summer is right for
butter making.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-02-19
BIG SHOWS End ,3rasa9ia .5I
-rreo F. LUMBER, CAMP, WORK

81 w = - o. IL DtU tUts- q 41Ijst ~ L = LIZ
Ashland' Wis., Feb. 19.--lFEor the
first time in years lumber camps in
theoLake Superior region have been
compelled to shut down in consider
able 1nrmber on account of heavy
snow. st lis usual for the camps to
continue in operation until late in
March as weather conditions permit,
but several camps already have closed
down permanently, seeing no signs of
improved conditions, the heavy snow
makingo the cost &Eof building roads
prohibitive. Snow, four or five feet:
deep reported quite general, while
in ravines and ldepressions ten feet
is no uncommon depth. >4@b
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-02-19
SPRING RAINS MAY "
MEAN BIG FLOODS

st. Paul, Mimi, Feb. 19.-Resi-
dents of St. Paul threw the reverse
lever into the prayer for rain today.
Ba1my breezes we're blowing from
Medicine Hat to the west coast of
Lake Michigan. That same terri
tory was covered with from eleven
to thirty-one inches Of snow, level.
1t was the heaviest snow since 1895.
Rivers and lakes, with the possible
exception of the portion of Northern
Minnesota, afforded sufficient drain
age, experts said, unless rains start
ed. Even without rain, a gigantic
flood of water that will tax levees
has been started laundering down
the Mississippi. Pedestrians envied
Prussian swamp campaigners.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-02-19
ewMMMwwMMM wM X X ~ Y y
u DAIRY GOSSIP.

x Don't let the cows out in the X
= storms to stand around. 1t does y
y not pay. ,a9TA. Vi !-E,:.o =. ',.iH' y
y u. The COWS that produce the lar ~
y gest- amounts of butter fat do it y
y most econo mically. f.lalI .u%srS4 Y
y The calves should by all means Y
X be kept in clean, we'll lighted and y
Y ventilated stables.# y
x a gallon of cream testing Is y
y per cent should churn; a little y
y over two pounds of butter. y
Y The object of cow testing and y
y keeping records is to improve the Y
Y herd and increase the output, y
" ....:,., -, ,..a...- Y
MMwMMwMMwMMw NV
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-02-19
The Best Cough Medicine.

When you have a cough or a cold
you want the very best cough med
icine Obtainable. There are a great
many who very much prefer Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy to any
other. Mrs. Elizabeth Williamson,
Crooksville, Ohio, is one of them. She
says, II have found Chamberlain
Cough Remedy to be the best cough
medicine I have ever used" For
sale by all dealers.-Adv.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-02-19
PROPOSALS,

Bids will be received by Koors.
Brothers Co., Bemidji, MIMI, up to
March 4, 1916. for the furnishing of
materials and labor in the compile
ton Of Bakery and Ice Cream Plant
at Bemidji, Minn., according to plans
furnished by Thos. Johnson, Bemidji,
MINI. Plans may be seen at Mime
apolis, or Duluth Builders Exchange
and at the architects office.
A certified check of $4,000 will
be required with each bid as guar
antee of good faith. Check will only
be held of the successful bidder until
contract has been made and bond &C.
cepted. Koors Brothers Co., Bemidti,
Minn.-Adv. 2d219
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-02-19
FOR SALE.

The Pioneer IS the place to buy
your rolls Of adding machine paper
for Burroughs adding machines. One
roll. a dozen rolls or a hundred rolls,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-02-19

With her large frame. strength
and Vigor, the iIolStein COW comes
naturally by hardness that les
sens her susceptibility to disease,
makes it possible for her to thrive
under ordinary care and gives her
a long and useful life. With these
same factors go unusual digestive
powers, making her the greatest
of machines for the conversion of
the coarse feeds Of the farm into
money value. The bull shown is a
HOlStein.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-02-19

Pay-Up Week, Feb. 21-26, means
much to you.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-02-19
Just What You Need.

When constipated or troubled with
headache, nervousness, languor or:
blues, take dose of Chamberlain
Tablets. They are most likely just
what you need. For sale by all deal
ers.-AdV.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-02-19
OilmeaI Better Than Cottonseed.

We consider oilmeal a little better
feed, on the whole. than cottonseed
meal, says Hoard's Dairyman. OIL
meal is not as rich in protein as cot
tonseed meal. but it contains other
properties which give it a preference.
This is especially true if there are no
silage or roots to feed. Oilmeal has a
good dietetic effect upon the animals
digestion. In other words, it tends to
overcome the constipating effect of
dry feed. 1t helps to keep the animals
digestion in good condition.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-02-19
TRAVELLING MEN DESIRE
TO CAST VOTE BY MAIL

-: St: Paul, Mimi, Feb. l9:-Minne-:
sofa travelling men, in state session
Here today, launched a movement TO
urge legislation to permit them to
vote by mail at state elections. A.
T. Wixon of Minneapolis heads the
movement
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-02-19

Take advantage of a want ad.