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The Bemidji pioneer., 1899-01-19
The Bemidji Pioneer.
EDW. KAISER & CO.. Publishers
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY.
Entered In the postoffIce at BemtdJl. as sec
ond class matter.
COMPARISON.

Beltrami county has a real estate
assessed valuation higher than
that of seventeen other counties in
the state.
Beltraml has more acres Of land
on her assessment rolls than any
one Of fifteen other counties in the
state.
In number of persons assessed
on personal property in 1898. Bel
trami stands fifth from the foot of
the list of counties iii the state.
In total amount of personal
property assessment for the year
1898, Beltrami county stands sixth
from the foot of the list, exceed
ing Aitkin, Cass, Cook. Kanaheo
and Lake, Hubbard coming
next above with a personal valua.
tion of $160,OOO.
In October, 1896, the number
of school children reported for ap.
portionment in Beltrami county
was 60, and 143 III 1897. la Octo-
Der, 1898, the number had increas-
ed to 2S5. The next apportion-
ment will show up about 600.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1899-01-19
a Li.tle sernoa.

Hold your dull life up to the light,
and see how 1t will be transhsured..
Life Ia not meant to be path OF
ease. but stesp and rugged: and 1t 10
only through self-denial, discourage
msnt, discipline and trial that you
may attain the higher life. Believe
me. you can no more develop the spir'
itual powers without use and exercise
than you can the physical.-Light on
the Hidden Way.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1899-01-19
Bis Game.

A gentleman was one day having q
walk down a lane with gun In his
hand to see what he could shoot. Whilo
he was going down he met little
school boy and said to him: is there
anything to shoot down here, my little
boy?'' YES" said the boy, there's
the school master coming over the
hill."-Tit-B Bits.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1899-01-19
or,s,a ef Honey Moon,

An early Anglo-Saxon custom,
strictly followed by newly married
couples. was that Of drinking diluted
honey for 30 days after marriage,
From this custom comes the word
honeymoon, or honeymouth.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1899-01-19
State of Minpesots,

State Of MinResots,
County OF Beltrami.
On this 7th day OF January, 1899, personally
appeared J. II. Haner, County Auditor. Who
being duly sworn says that the foregoing Is
correct list Of the taxes LEVIED in Beltrami
County for the yearas97 IND which are unpaid
and delinquent ON the first Monday in January,
1883.
J. H. HANER,
Subscribed to and sworn befory me this 7th
day of January, 1859. ~
tsEALl G. W. SPEELMAN,
Clerk District Court Beltrami Co, MINI.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1899-01-19
State Of Minnesota,
Comfy Of Reltrnmi.

District Court. Fifteenth. judicial District.
court, do hereby certify that 1 have compared
the foregoing paper writing to which this Ger,
tifcate is attached, with the original list MED
by the County Auditor of said County rs the
same appears on file in the Office of the Clerk
Df said Court, and the same is true and cor.
rect copy thereof. further certify that said
original list of delinquent taxes was He'd IN
my Office on the 9TH day Of January, 1SN
In testimony whereof, have herenn9
set my Aaild and affixed the seal OF said
The Bemidji pioneer., 1899-01-19
LIST OF TAXES
On Lands in the County Of Beltra1ni De-
linqNent on the First Monday in
January. A. D. 1899.
Srs=s or MsSSEsoTA
Dirtttct coart, Fifteenth Judicial District.
,osutx Of HeltrnHi.

Dir ctCoatFf feenth
onAproE
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laappe
ap+rh Minnesota
The Bemidji pioneer., 1899-01-19

District Court III the Village of Bemidji
in the said Comfy Of ReLtraml tfe
tenth day Of january, 1899 ;,
SEAL s5F S$ e. w. SPEELMAM,
Clerk OF said Court.
The foregoing copy Of delinquent tax list
was tiled in my Office this tenth day Of january.
1869. SEALl j. H. EIANER,,
County Auditor.
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real eason for the change, but in thu
tomb scene I don't see how they could
help feeling 1t.
Those of us who saw it from the
| wings will never forget 1t. The women
were in Mysteries and the stage hands
and fymen were nearly ~ bad. I don't
know how Merriam: ever lived through
it, but this I do know. He raj a Diff
ferent man from that night. He
seemed to lose all his ambition and he
withered up so, that when I met him
at a rehearsal two years later, I hardly
knew him. He was bent much as you
see him now, and was playing char
acter old lei Every year he dropped
down further, until they wouldn't trust
him with anything better than bits
and servants. Yes, sir, and that old
man has played Romeo with the best
Of them"
The story was finished, but the man
dolin still tinkled. The leading mans
face was drawn, and jerks sat think
ing. Perhaps the former was thinking
of his W high tide of prosperity, and
of what the future had in store for
him.
But sympathy and curiosity are
closely allied, and soon the two men
were tiptoeing through the passage
way. They paused before the old act
or's room. A ray of light filtered
through a crack in the thin pine door.
Merriam was dressed and made up for
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LAND OF MEDALS.
Frenchmen Cannot Hope to Escape, b
ing Presented with One.

Frenchmen Cannot Hope to Escape Be
ing Presented with One.
France is the land of the medal. No,
taking into account the thirty odd mil.
itary ones, all Of which 10 soldier
and, owing to CONSUMPTION, every
Frenchman is one-has been able. ia
dodge, there are 10 labor medals and
some ~ awards of merit. II you. are
a clerk or have been employed in. q
commercial house for 30 years, yousget
a medal. All government officials, from
~doorkeepers to heads Of departments,
get a medal for being true to the repub-
lie. If you are a farmer-and any one
who owns one acre Of land can call
himself one-you are decorated with
the Order Of the Leek. Crossing sweep.
ers also have their own badge Of good
conduct. Apropos Of this they tell q
story of a Frenchman who lay dying in
Paris, yet, although he was dying Of
starvation, he seemed! happy. His. few
friends, standing round his bed, wait.
ing for the end, asked the reason. "Ah!"
he replied, II have lived, for So years
without having received one medal"
Two days passed and still. he: fingered
en- the borderland. On the third. al
he was fast sinking, a parcel came by
post. 1t was from the Anti-Medal so.
ciety, and decorated him with it's badge
of membership made in bronzeE
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rbe Reliraou. "slot-Maohin..-.

The Religious "slot-Machinet"
In the Adirondack mountains, at &
place of popular resort. there Is 8
chapel where the contributions; arr
often liberal in the summer season,
but where the contributions still
chiefly consist, as far as bulk goes, o!
small coins. The rector Of this church
who is a man Of dignifled and. minis.
terial appearance, Is accustomed to &c
with the Sunday offerings to one Of
the hotels and receive a check for the
amount Of It. One Monday morning
he was counting the money at the desk
Of the hotel cashier. and was at that
moment scraping together the. nickela
and coppers, which were in ahund.
ant supply. Just then a bell-bay came
mp who seemed to. have something, on
his mind. what is 1t. my little MANI"
asked the rector, in his most honeyed
tone. beg pardon, sir" said the boy.
"but are you the man what runs the
alot-machine downstairs" The boy
could eve understand. why all the
people. including the rector, laughed
at him. The laugh was really on the
Sunday contributors to the church
funds. Many clergymen. we have no
doubt. will sympathize with this sup.
posed proprietor of the slot-machine.
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WARS FROM THRILLING CAUSES:
Petty Quarrels Have Brought
bloody Conflicts in the Past.
%lza2lEEZl2:lMW

Petty Quarrels Have Brought on
Bloody Conflicts In the Past.
Many wars have had trifling causes:
A dispatch, ALTERED in M or two
points by Bismarck. brought on the
Franco-G erman conflict. Palmerston
said fa%cetiously that only three men
in Europe ever knew what the Schles-,
| wig-Holstein troubles which led to the
wars were about, and two of them died
before the conflict began. while he, the
third a had forgotten. A sighting
reference by Frederick the Great OF
Prussia to Nine. Pompadour of France
was said to have been one of the
causes Of the seven years. wal. some
times called the ''war Of the three pet
t~icoats'' from the fact that France Of
| Pompadour and the Russia of Gather
inc II. joined the Austria of Maria
| Theresa against Frederick.
According to John Bright, England
and her allies drifted into the Crimean
war without realizing it until after
they got in, and they did not know
what they were fighting for. ven after
they started; while it is certain that
everything which was supposed to
have been fixed by the results Of a.
quarter of a century of war, beginning
| with the commencement Of the French
| revolution and ending with Waterloo.
pleased nobody and settled nothing"
| according to Sheridan. The average
person who lived in those days knew
| as little about the aus of the slaugh-
ter as old Kaspar did about the battle
of Blenheim when questioned by little
Peterkin.-Leslie's Weekly.
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The Soldiers in Battle.

1t is not easy for the hearts in
darkened rooms today, mourning sons
and brothers to see Gods face in the
gloom. and If we give thanks for
brave men and brave deeds, for the
heroism that faced death u~nflinching-
ly in the trenches or on the seas, 1t
should be in humility, that the world
has not progressed far enough in Gods
way to be relieved Of the curse Of war
but we can be unreservedly thankful
for the voices that have rung out in
all the land for peace. Let us be thank
full that never before have so many
men and women been pleading for the
right in defiance of the wrong. Never
before have so many thoughtful ones
faced the evils Of the times, the great
underlying causes Of sin and misery.
and sought to solve the knotty ques-
lions of our modern civilization.
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WANT YOU TO LEARN IT.
a change of bill that night, so I came
back early to get my props in shape.
as l had them to attend to as we'll as
looking after the door. When I came
back to the theater I heard Nellie
Moore playin' a mandolin. She was
always fond of music and carried the
instrument around with her.
CHOW you try she said, and Mer-
RAM answered that he didn't know q
note. =
"'I'll teach you,' she said. There's
an air I want you to learn and remem
ber.' +:
".All right said Merriam, and he
took the mandolin from her. She
showed him where to place his fingers
and kept humming the tune until he
could play it with only n or two
breaks. Then she went to her dress
ing room to get ready, and Merriam
sat there drumming until the halt
hour was called.
THAT night there was a good deal
of Misunderstanding. and the word went
around that there was to be a weddin'
at Christmas.
i"The next night on my way to the
theater I noticed a crowd around the
stage door, and heard talk Of a rum
away. I hurried up, and as l did SO
Merriam came out, his face as white
as a ghosts.
"'For Gods sake, get a doctor.
Jenks!' he cried.
II rushed to the nearest drug store
and, luckily. found n there. When
we got back to the stage door Merriam
was waiting, and, without a word. he
led us to a sofa in the wings on which
Nellie Moore was lying. The doctor
bent down over her for a minute, shool
his head and said. he was too late.
"An understudy played Juliet thai
night and Merriam as usual was thu
Romeo. The audience didn't know thu
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SECRETS OF MALARIA.
Fatal Diseases Of Men Traced to Files
and Mosquitoes.

Fatal Diseases of Men Traced to Fliee
and Mosquitoes.
London Times: A correspondent
writes from Sierra Leone, under date
Aug. 10: "The medical research expe-
dition sent by the School of Tropical
Diseases, Liverpool, arrived here on the
10th by the steamship Fantee. 1t con-
sists of Major Ross, of University Col
lege, Liverpool, formerly Of the Indian
medical service; DR.. Annett, also of the
University College, Liverpool, a pupil
OF DR.. Koch, and Mr.. Austen, entomol-
ogist of the British museum. ley
have been busy ever since their arrival
in making experiments and in inves-
tigating fever cases. The expedition
could not have ONE at a more oppor-
tune time, as the weather is exceed
ingly unhealthy at present and FEVER
cases are prevalent. One most import
ant discovery has been made-that IS,
that the Anopheles mosquito, which
absorbs and transmutes the fever para
site, abounds in this colony; also that
the fever parasite exists in it, after 1t
has bitten a fever patient. The fever
parasite has also been found in large
numbers in the blood of fever patients
in the military hospitals. Another
remarkable discovery is that of the
tsetse fly, which apparently thrives In
this climate. This discovery will &C.
count to a great extent for the reason
why horses invariably die after a short
time spent here, and for the great NOR
tality among cattle. 1t is worthy OF
note what little interest has hitherto
been taken in Sierre Leone, although 1t
has been in our possession for lOO
years, and hundreds of horses must
have died during that period, yet no
investigation has ever been made to
find out II the mortality among horses
was caused by the tsetse fly; on the
contrary, it was always supposed thai
the tsetse fly did not exist, and that
horses died. from lion disease caused
by eating the grass of the country. The
expenses and disadvantages of human
transport might have induced the gov
eminent to ascertain If the tsetse fly
did exist on the west coast Of Africa.
AS no accommodation had been pro-
vided for the members Of the expedi-
ton in Freetown, they have been put
up by the officers Of the West India
regiment in Tower Hill barracks, where
every opportunity has been afforded
them of carrying on their investiga-
lions. Much advantage should be
gained by the fndefatigable researches
of this expedition, and q new light has
been thrown on the treatment Of ma
larial diseases by the great benefit to
be deprived from the revelations Of
the microscope"
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HANS AND LENA.

Frau Ghefken was young and inex-
perienced of men and business, and
her temper was fruitful soil for sus-
picion and jealousy. She was not
pleased with the new arrangement, of
the store. She could not bear to think
Of Hans in the company Of a strange
woman day after day, and her pride
wal hurt that she had not been con-
suited in advance about the plan.
When the merchant went home that
night he found his wife in tears and no
dinner prepared.
After much talk and more tears Frau
Gherken recovered her good humor,
and permitted Hans to kiss her fore
head, after which it was agreed that
Prof. Van Brieden should come two
days a week to give her music lessons.
The professor was young and hand
some and a great artist, and the days
when he came to teach her music
would not seem so lonely, and she
might forget the horrid woman max
ing change at the store.
One day Frau Gherken went to the
store and surprised her husband stand
ing in the little cage with the cashier.
Their heads we're close together, be-
cause the young woman was helping
him add a column Of figures so he
could check her daily cash account,
but to the jealous wife the scene was
proof that her husband no longer loved
her. That night she charged him with
planning to run away with his cashier,
and they came near to a serious quar-
rel, for the patience of Hans was ex-
hausted.
Then you can elope with your pro-
fessor," he replied, with some spirit
and anger.
Hans remained a long time alone in
the coy little sitting room of his
home, thinking as hard as he could.
At last he slapped his hands on his
knees and laughed aloud.
II will elope," he said to himself in
makes me so miserable. She shall have
a lesson.
The young merchant closed and
locked the door, and then he spent an
hour composing a brief note. When
1t was finished he read it yer several
times and laughed softly. Then he
went to the door and listened. There
was no sound. His wife had gone out.
He then placed the note on the center
table, where it would be seen by any
one who entered the room. The note
read:
Lena: You have guessed my secret.
I have eloped. Now you will be happy
with your professor. HANS"
The little bronze clock on the mantle
chimed II o'clock when Hans turned
down the light and tiptoed out of the
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HIS THANKSGIVING

Tinkle-tinkle, tinkle-tinkle, tinkle-
tinkle.
The leading man engaged in an at
tempt to remove a black spot from his
dress cravat by can Of an epplica-
ton of white grease paint, paused and
listened.
=. Its a mandolin" he said. That's
: a new wrinkle. We've had all kinds of
: fiends in this company since we started
out. everything from cigarettes to BIZ
cycles. Who's the musician, I wonder?
Oh, 1 say. jerks! jerks! Who's the
band wagon?"
There was a step in the narrow pas
sageway that led to the dressing
rooms, and jerks, the property man.
appeared in the doorway. "Sh!" he
said, mot so loud. The old man'll
hear you"
The leading man started. 1.-THE old
man, did you say-not Merriam?"
"Yes, Merriam" in a whisper.
The leading nan sat on his trunk.
THAT beats me-" he said. 1.-The An
sient Mariner tinkling a mandolin.
New I'm prepared to see Father Time
playing sentimental ditties on a jews
harp"
jerks did not laugh, a fact which
helped to sober the other man. cts
no surprise to me-" said the property
man, gravely. II says to Mrs. jerks
Just before l left the hotel, says, I,
Mrs. jerks, you know what night this
is?' Thanksgiving she says. Why,
right a I, and it'll be a hard night
for Merriam
"'Poor old man. says Mrs. jerks,
a-wipin' of a tear. Poor old man,
uppos he'll be playing of his mando-
lin again. That he WILL says ].
He hasn't missed 1t, as near as l
can Judge, for thirty years. As sure
as Thanksgiving night comes. just: SO
sure he gets out that old mandolin OF
his and tinkles away. And it's always
the same tune. God! But it does
make my mind go back. I'll never for
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49,
room. He stopped at the foot of the
stairs and listened. No m was STIR
ring in the house. Then he crept
softly up to the door of his wife's
room The door was ajar, and he
glanced inside. A lamp was burning
on the table, but Frau Gherken was
not there. He stood still and listened
for a minute, and thought he heard
her moving about the dining room
below, but the sound vas not repeated.
Then he stepped forward and turned
up the light. A sheet Of paper neatly
folded lay on the table. With a trem-
bling hand and sinking heart he
snatched it up and read:
"Hans: I am gone. You do not love
me, but I hope you will be happy now
that I am out Of the way. LENA"
Hans Gherken ran down the stairs
and into the street like Q man gone
mad. He was just in time to see a cab
turn the corner a block away. He ran
after the vehicle as fast as he could
and caught sight Of 1t in the next
street. Love, fear and Jealous rage
combined to send the hot blood flying
through his veins and lend wings to
his feet as he sped on after the cab.
For five blocks the ace was even. and
then the heart Of Hans bounded with
Joy as he discovered that he was gain
ing. Two blocks more and. painting
and breathless, he made a flying leap
and caught the .reins from the hand OF
the cabman.
Where is he? I'll strangle the
wretch!" cried Hans, who believed that
Lena and Prof. Won Brieden were in
the cab. The cabman fought back and
shouted for the police. A crowd gath
cred quickly, and two officers came and
pulled the struggling men apart as Z
weeping woman leaped from the cab
and threw her arms about the neck Of
Hans.
20, Hans, Hans, come back to met"
"Where is he?" cried the struggling
husband.
where is she?" walled Lena.
II wal foolish Lena! Why did you
leave mel"
:".You are not trying to elope:"
II swear / was only fooling. Where
IL he? o. Lena. Lena. you shall not
leave me.
"Hans. Hans. how could you believe
q wouldgleave yon?" y#5
ssVavthers iiAl thessprotessor1"
II discharged him yesterday. He Il
not coming hack"
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BUT WE'RE EATING EN- ALONE.

BUT WE'RE EATING EN- ALONE.
any more'n a mile er SO;
They 'ud take things twas given m.
an they'd settle thar IN stay,
An they'd fill the homestid table when
it come Thanksgivin' Day.
Law me! yes, them times is ended!
Little Sary married fust,
An Jim Medders lowed he'd take her
out to Idyho err bust,
An he bustid, an I've ben a-sendin'
money ever sence,
Though it's more fer little Sary tibet l
care than the expense.
An then Chrissy went to Texas
Chrissy alw'ys was our pride.
But he headed off some cattle, an he
hurt his spine an died.
An now Sammy's in the city, an that
amt so fur away,
But he's writ us that a baby's brought
'em their Thanksgivin' Day!
So we narrered down the table, bein'
by ourselves, you see,
An the turkey'll las forever, jes' fer
Sary an fer me;
An the raisins in the mince pie,
d. bought fer Sammy's special
taste,
Sence he didn't come to eat 'em, sorter
seem to be a waste.
Yep, the railroads tuck EN- from us,
an we're all alone at last,
An Thanksgivin's like l told yeh, jest
a mem'ry of the past;
But we're countin', me an Sary, on a
: better place, an then
We will have a big Th%anksgivin', an
the childr'n home again.