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The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1897-04-15
THE NEW WOMAN IN EARNEST.
Women All Over the World Taking W
Mems Work.

Mems Work.
Miss Colfax has had charge OF the
Michigan City lighthouse for ABOUT
thirty-five years, says the New YORK
Journal. She was a cousin OF the late
Vice-President Colfax. Her assistant IS
Miss Ann Hartwell, who is also her
dear friend. Mrs. Theodosia B. Shep-
herd of southern California conducts
wholesale and retail business IN pulps'
seeds and plants. She also grows rare
and valuable plants and has Drought
out several new blossoms. She has very
large greenhouses Miss Alice Farley IS
the proprietor of a large cotton planta-
ton in Louisiana. The estate came 10
her by inheritance, and as her health
was never good at home she decided 10
leave New York and try plantation HE.
She has met with success, not only
physically but also financially. Women
are teaching the amazed old world
q whole lot of lessons nowadays.
Wholesome lessons they are, too, TOT
the most part. Lessons in pluck ana
thrift and independence and matter-of-
fact courage. When a woman is left
with living to earn, and no regular
way to earn it, she does not retire to
nunnery and weep her heart away.
She goes to work-and we'll, just read
this list of women who have answered
the question Of How to eat three
meals a day and pay for them" Mrs.
Hill of southern California is most
successful ranch owner When she was
left widow she had three little chill
dren and small ranch, which was COW
cred with mortgage of S. 400. She first
took boarders; then, when she could
afford the time and money, she raised
chickens for market. This was fol-
lowed by working the ranch in gen.
eral way. When the debt was paid off
she added to her possessions, until now
her ranch includes 400 acres. Two hun
dred acres she plants now with py-
rethrum. The blossom of this plant is
dried and ground into powder used to
kill insects. The water-mill, where
the grinding is done, Mrs. Hill built.
Upon the rest of her ranch she grows
flowers and fruits and nuts. She en-
ploys nearly 100 workers, including
men, women and children. Her chill
dren are highly educated. Mrs. Hills
property is valued at more than $780,
600. Mrs. Pollock of Pittston, Pa,
mends shoes. Her husband was cob
bier and she frequently assisted him
through a rush. When she was left
dependent upon her own resources she
bravely picked up the last and awl and
continued her husbands business. This
new departure-a woman cobbler-cre-
ated much CONSERVATION in the neigh
borhood. This dismay resulted in de-
cided decrease in patronage. But Mrs.
Pollock knew the way to woman's
heart and offered to mend shoes at bar
gain rates. When she cut down the
rates fixed by her husband the women
ventured to try her. She turned out
such good work and the orders were
so promptly filled at the low prices
that she soon had large trade. She
now employs a man to assist her and
earns from $40 to SIS a week.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1897-04-15
Soil incubation.

Some years ago, when the writer was
In England, he had an introduction to
the noted Sir Joseph Paxton, the world
wide known horticulturist,w who declared
that the then discoveries in fertilizers
would result in the possibility Of a
farmer carrying sufficient for an acre
of land in one of his vest pocketswrites
H. Stewart in Country Gentleman. It
was said by some one after that, that it
might be so, but that the crop SO grown
might be carried in the other vest peck
ct. And now for dollar and quarter
we may have Paxton S idea carried out,
and get a small bottle of nitrogen
germs to fructify whole acre of land.
But seriously, are We not making too
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1897-04-15

An aged Chicago spinster. with the
usual fondness of her kind for cats, has
recently had an unpleasant expert
ence on account Of her pets. She had
an unusual number Of feline compan-
ions; in fact, about thirty pussies were
domiciled in her apartments, and the
neighbors have made complaint to
the health officers that cats are not de-
sired in that neighborhood in such
numbers. The woman has occupied
the same rooms for eight years, and the
aandlady says that her door was always
kent locked to keep out intruders. The
health officer has ordered the cats re-
moved, and great is the grief OF their
fond mistress.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1897-04-15

A romantic story comes from Holly,
N. j., concerning Frank Rice, formerly
of that place, but now a wealthy Call
fornia mining man, and Miss Lizzie
Frake. The two were married quietly
in Pennsylvania in 1881. but agreed to
keep the marriage secret until success
should have crowned the efforts Of the
bridegroom in the far west Sixteen
years elapsed before the desired result
was attained, and a few days ago Rice
returned to Mt. Holly and claimed his
wife. During all this time they guard
ed their secret so well that their
friends never once suspected the true
state of affairs.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1897-04-15

A negress who died the other day In
a St. Louis hospital was probably the
latest woman ever known. She weigh
ed 600 pounds, and when she was taken
to the hospital it was almost impossl-
bic to get her through the door OF the
ambulance. She broke the stretcher on
which they carried her up stairs, and
It took six strong negroes to move her.
When she departed this life it took
over half an hour to ascertain that she
was really dead. The layers Of fat
between the epidermis and the arteries
were so thick that is was impossible to
discern the ebbing and flowing of the
blood.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1897-04-15
cermany's fifteen largest landown-

Germany's fifteen largest landown-
ers own between them 100000 acres
of German soil. Prince Wittgenstein
has 3,O0O,0 900 acres, next comes the
Duke of Arenberg with 100000, then in
order the Prince Of Thurn and Taxis,
the Duke of Brunswick, Prince Salm
Salm, the Prince of Talleyrand-Sagan,
who is a French subject; the Prince
of Pless, the Duke of Leuchtenberg'
Prince Bentheim, Prince Lowenstein,
the Prince of WED Gather OF the
Queen of Roumania) and Prince Fug-
ger. Many of these have large estates
outside Of Germany as we'll.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1897-04-15

And now DR.. Lyman Abbott OF
Brooklyn tells us that out Of the 13o
Psalms David wrote but fifteen. David
therefore, is not the poet many sup
posed him to have been. Then comes
Rev. William Lloyd, a congregational
minister in New York, who solemnly
AYERS that the story of Balaam and his
ass is not literally true. In other
words, Mr.. Lloyd does not believe the
ass spake with the voice of man.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1897-04-15

Representative Donovan Of Bay City
has introduced a bill in the Michigan
legislature to keep bachelors and
maids from going on in their single
cussedness." In explaining the Dill
Mr.. Donovan says, 1--WE won't have
any penalty for men who have done
the best they could and have been
fitted, or 30 homely that no sane wom-
an would look at them. These two
classes will be exempt from all the
penalties OF the bill" The ministers
and justices are much pleased with the
bright prospect for increased business.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1897-04-15

Right here we wish to call your at
tention to a remarkably good man, In
at least one respect. Stratton, the
Cripple Creek millionaire, refuses to
go into any money-making schemes.
''What I'm trying to do" says he to
promoters, lis to keep my income down
within the limits of decency.' Are
you not pleased to know that there IS
one rich man who has not designs on
the entire earth?
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1897-04-15
Pray Eve Times a Day.

A gentleman travelling in Persia
saws he has been in town where the
bells ring for prayer five times a day,
and business men rush out of their
offices to the churches, leaving their
places of business unlocked, and no.
body ever has a thing stolen.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1897-04-15

BY the way, who is it that is trying
TO recover the American flags capture.
by the Mexicans during the war with
that country? There has certainly
been no governmental action taken in
that direction.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1897-04-15

A preacher at Normal, ILL.,, says he
uses beer because he Is suffering from
nervous prostration, resulting from he
ing held up by a footpad. We have
often wondered at the enormous con-
sumption of the amber beverage.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1897-04-15
Dog Eat Dog.

First Neighbor-"That's very dain-
ty dog of yours. I threw him some
cold sausages this morning and he
wouldn't touch them" Second Neigh
bor-"What did you take him fora
cannibal ?"-New York Tribune.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1897-04-15

Mr.. Cleveland is now experiencing
the exclusiveness that is accorded an
ex-president. Nobody pays the least
attention to the number of ducks he
kills.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1897-04-15

A trust has been formed by the man
ufacturers Of bourbon whisky. The to-
pers OF the land have determined to
put it down.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1897-04-15

Turkey claims to have bought three
American ironclads. The sultan evil
IDENTIFY wishes to discover few more
sand-bars in the Mediterranean.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1897-04-15
Rrains in the Poultry Yard.

Not long ago, says an exchange, an
hour was spent with q farmer who,
willing to work, Is not yet able to see
the returns for his labors says Michi-
gan Fruit Grower. Years of expert
ence should have fitted him for sue
cess as a poultry keeper, because he
likes the business, yet the neglect Of a
few fundamental steps prevents him
from realizing. His hen-houses gave
no evidence Of thorough sweeping for
months; the grain Is fed in heaps,
where the hens and chicks can gorge
themselves. There has been no sep
aration of the flock, and liberal feeding
has made the hens overfat. The grain
has all been thrashed, at cost of 5 to
cents per bushel. though the hens
would do better If they had the work
to do themselves. There was no evil
dence of winter supply of grit and
gravel and no sign of a bone mill or
block where fresh bones could be
crushed. If that flock pays the ex-
pense bill for the next five months, it
will do we'll, yet it was as good a
flock of hens and pullets as one would
ask for. 1t is the neglect of these lit
tie things which, taken singly, may
not count for much, but collectively
they settle the question for the man
and not in his favor.
Seeding Clover.-As the seed of AL
sike clover is only half the size OF COM
mon red clover, from four to five
pounds per acre is nearly as good as
nine or ten pounds usually sown of red
clover. But 1t is better to put on a
little heavier seeding than this, as the
Alsike clover, perhaps because Of its
small seed, is more likely to be de-
stroyed before the plant gets firm hold
of the soil. 1t does not pay to seed
light with any kind of clover, nor yet
with grass. The space not occupied
by the valuable crop will not be vacant,
for weed seeds are always ready for
Just such opportunities. Mammoth or
pea vine clover. as it is often called,
has a slightly smaller seed than the
medium red clover. But it grows so
strongly that less amount of seed OF
the mammoth clover will give seed
ING close enough to exclude everything
else. II there were greater liberality
In seeding, many kinds of weeds would
he less numerous than they are,-Ex.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1897-04-15
QUEEREST OF TOMBS.
is THAT BUILT FOR THE BODY
OF JULIA HASDEN.
The Parents Spend Their Days There
Father, Roumanian Professor, Be-
lieves That His Child Talks to
Him.

UCHAREST h a s
perhaps the strang-
est tomb ever erect
ed in a civilized
land. 1t stands over
the embalmed body
of Julia Hasden, a
youn & authoress
who died six years
ago, says the New
York Tribune. Her
father Prof. Has
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1897-04-15
FARM j AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURIST
Some Up-to-date Hints About Cultiva-
ton of the Soil and Yields Thereof
horticulture, viticulture and Flori-
culture.

SOCIETY exists in
Holland for the
purpose of reforest-
ing waste places.
The sand dunes re-
ceive a good deal of
attention. John Gift
ford, a resident Of
Amsterdam, Hol-
land, writes in Gar
den and Forest as
follows:
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1897-04-15

In large dairy in New York, one
man does nothing but keep the stable
clean. The droppings are not allowed
to remain for FIVE minutes.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1897-04-15

The lean hog takes in the market
and 20 does the fat hog. The city
butchers say there is a great difference
in IDEALS among their customers.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1897-04-15

Mr.. Gage is declared to be the hand
soonest man in the new cabinet They
can't beat Chicago.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1897-04-15

The melancholy days for many office
seekers are here.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1897-04-15

There is bright side to everything.
The city OF Canton, Ohio, is now enjoy
Ing a brass band famine.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1897-04-15
Flip Disc ase
Was Ny Little Girl'o TroubIe-Abscesa
on One of Her Limbs-Eiood' Sar-
saparilla Healed the Wound and
Built Up Her System.

Years ago my little girl fell and dis.
located her hip. Doctors set the bone,
but it worked out again, and an abscess
came on one of her limbs. The doctor
said it was caused by dead bone, and he
took out four inches of bone. He came
to see her every day and washed the
wound, but it would not heal. Finally
the doctor gave up coming. Then gave
her Hoods Sarsaparilla, and it proved to
be worth its weight in gold. It built up
her system, healed the wound and she
is now able to walk. She has gained IS,
pounds in weight since taking Hoods
Sarsaparilla. "-MRs. SYLVIA RICHARDS,
Rogers, Michigan. Remember
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-11-12
BUSHNELL IN THE RACE.
The Ohio Governor WIN Oppose the Re-
Election o. Hanna Tor Senator.

The Ohio Governor WIN Oppose the Re-
Election o. Hanna for Senator.
COLUMBUS, o., Nov. &C. V. Harris,
secretary of the democratic central
committee, says that at a conference
Of democratic leaders of the state it
was decided to pledge the votes of as
many democratic members of the gem
eral assembly as could be controlled
to Gov. Bushnell for United States
senator On condition that the govern
or could command enough republican
votes to make his election possible.
The appearance of Gov. Bushnell in
the field as a rival of Mark Hanna for
the United States senatorship from
Ohio was announced positively yester-
day in the Chicago Tribune (republic-
AM. The governor does not deny his
candidacy.
1t is believed the position of Gov.
Bushnell has been reached since it has
became apparent that Senator Hanna
has but little, if any, majority on the
popular legislative vote. One-third of
the state has been heard from and
BushnelPs plurality over Chapman is
9,118, while the aggregate pluralities
of the republican candidates for the
legislature in the same counties are
OnIv E52
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-11-12
AN IMPORTANT RULING.
Federal Judge jackson UphOlds PrOYi ion
OF the Civil Service law.

Federal Judge jackson UphOlds PrOEi ions
OF the Civil Service Law.
MARTINsBUBG, W. Va, Nov. 9.-Judge
John j, jackson handed down a deci-
sion which holds that transfer cannot
be made with trial, under the civil
service law, because it is equivalent to
removal. Jackson insists that the ap-
pointment of a man to federal posi-
ton under the civil service law gives
him a right in equity to the place
which he is not forced to surrender,
save for cause, Judge jackson re-
marks in his document that the leav-
ing Of discretionary powers in the
hands of the heads of departments
makes the civil service a dead letter.
He remarks that there is no doubt the
civil service law is entirely constitu4
tionai. His second finding is that con-
gress has never delegated to the presi-
dent and the commission legisla-
tive power.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-11-12

Der of pensioners on the rolls June 80,
1897, was 976,O14 The gain over the
previous year was $685.. 1t will thus
be seen that the pension roll has not
yet begun to show any diminution,
though it has been anticipated for sew
eral years.
The report gives thenumber of vest
ern pensioners and the amounts of
pensions disbursed for the fiscal year
1897 as follows: Missouri, 59,257 PEN
sioners, 81, 226, 1854; Kansas, 4O,849
pensioners, S6,2s4, 1856 SO; Indian terri
tory, 2, $3.50 pensioners, $3.50, OO3. 81; Okla.
hOma, 6,172 pensioners, 1911, 200. IS.
Seven widows Of revolutionary soldiers
and nine daughters of revolutionary
soldiers are still on the rolls
During the year "a, 454 pension cer'
tifcates were issued, of which number
50,1Ol were original allowances and
the balance were reissues, increases,
reservations, etc During the same
period 1884 claims of various classes
were disallowed. This number, how.
ever, does not include claims which
were made for higher rates of pen.
sions. The amount disbursed for pen
sions during the year was S1S9, 949,'
T1L35. This exceeds the amount dis.
bursed during the fiscal year 1895 by
Sl,5O4'4S0. is. The average annual
value of each pension at the close of
the year was Si33.17. The average an.
nual value of each pension under the
general law was Sl62.O4; each under
the act of June q, 1899, was SiO9. %.
The aggregate annual value of all
pensions at the close OF the year was
1929, 795, 42s This, of course, excludes
the cases that were held up. There
were A original and seven duplicate
bounty land claims admitted and 14S
original claims of this character re
! jected-
Referring to the consolidation Of
agencies, Commissioners Evans recon-
mends that the executive order of july
IA last, suspending the operation Of
the order of February 6, 1897, the lat
ter OF which provided for the CONSOLE
dalton, be continued indefinitely, and
adds: 81 am still of the opinion thai
the reduction and consolidation of the
pension agencies at this time is moi
only unnecessary, but inexpedient
/ that the disruption of business in thC
/ agencies, the business of the interior
department and the general ineonveR
fence Of the service would more thar
Offset the anticipated saving to tht
government" Attention is called to
significant saving in rentals of agen
cies, a policy still being continued. Il
conclusion, the report recommends tn,
publication Of a complete list Of pen
sioners, and Of the passage of q law t,
the end that no pension be granted t
the widow of any soldier that shall
marry hereafter.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-11-12
TO AID IMMIGRANTS.
Plan 70 Relieve the Government Of It's Care
OF Incoming Foreigner

OF Incoming Foreigners
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.-Senstor Fair.
banks, of Indiana, has gone to New
York for hepurpose Of making an in.
quiTy as chairman Of the committee on
immigration into the plans and pur-
poses of a company which was Or
ganized in that city last year to re.
lieVe the government of its care and
responsibility concerning immigrants.
The object Of this organization is a
mixture OF business and beneVolence.
1t proposes to erect a building upon
Ellis island, adjoining the immigrant
depot, which shall be hotel, hospital,
information bureau, forwarding agency
and land Office, and combine all
other necessary aids and agencies foE
the benefit Of the strangers within
our gates,
So far as known here the com.
pany proposes to take charge of all i'm.
migrants upon their arrival in New
York, feed and shelter them at a nomi.
nal eostas long as they wish to stay
under its protection, find them homes
and employment in such localities as
seem suitable to their condition and
welfare, arrange for their transporta.
ton and for the purchase of land if they
have means-in short, to stand between
immigrants who have no friends tc
look after them and the rest of the
world.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-11-12
FAMINE AND DISEASE.
Terrible Death Rate Among Women and
Children an Cuba.

Terrible Death Rate among Women and
Children IN Cuba.
HAVANA, Nov, 9.-Weyler has gone,
but his purpose to "exterminate the
breed" of Cuban patriots is being full
filed. Starvation is killing the CON
cenhadoes' by tens of thousands.
Hunger is doing what SPANS 100000
soldiers cannot accomplish. Women
and children, the weak, the old, are
dying like sheep; the rural population
concentrated in the towns has filed
the sgraveysrds and its dead now lie
unburied. The frightful sufferings OF
those who survive, cry out to the mercy
of the civilized world. The physicians
Of Havana are now forbidden to give
starvation ("inanieion') as a cause OF
death. Women and children starye,
and the reports Of their death are faisi-
fed
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-11-12
Florida Hotel Burned

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla, nov. S-The
San Marco, one Of the finest and most
eommOdious hotel properties IN this
city, was burned to the ground yester-
day morning, entailing a loss of about
S250,OO0, with less than $50, 900 insur-
ance. The FIRE was discovered at three
o'clock, and Marshal Higbch and Or
Ger Benet were soon on the scene and
after firing their pistols an alarm was
sounded. 1t was found that iucen-
diaries had cut the IRE bell rops, and
steam whistles had to be- rssorted to.
The citizens Of the city have offered
$500 reward for the capture Of the iH-
cendiaFies.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-11-12
SOL 49, HAPPENINes
Ara ssOosFs IA a o0ab.aes

A Judicial inquiry was held at Cha,
mute last week BY District Judge Still
well, under the Farrelly antitrust
law, Assistant Attorney General Snell-
ing conducting the inquiry. It re-
suited in placing the Kansss Whole
sale Grorers' association ia an EN-.
baTrassing position Aacora OF travel
ing statesmen were examined, and upon
their being compelled TO submit their
correspondence to the court it was
shown that the association fixed prices
on sugar, tobacco, soaps, yeast and
other staples. As a result Of the reve-
latiens it is said Attorney General
Boyle viii proceed against the officers
Of the Kansas Wholesale GrOcers' as.
soeistion by means Of injunction for
dissolution Of the sO-ealled trust w.
n. Todd, of LeayenwOrth, is president
Of the association.