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The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-09-25
NAMES OF FISH.
Curious inconsistencies in the Use OF the
Plural Form.

A few days age was asked by
foreigner: "Why do you say two
herrings' and two soles' and not two
Gods and two salmons::' | do not
think my answer was very satisfac-
tory, but the question suggested the
thought that there are several cases
in which it would be difficult to say
whether there is anything like con-
sensus of opinion as to whether a
plural form of the name of a fish is
admissible. We all speak of soles,
herrings, sprats, lampreys and an
chovies, the singular form never, I
believe, doing service for the plural.
No one, think, says mackerels, Gods,
salmons, trouts, Dreams, shads, carps,
places, BASES, barbels. Sturgeon,
perch, mullet, pike, turbot, tunns
and skate have not unusually the
plural form in ''s." : ''-.''"
Fishermen and fshmongers are in
clined to avoid the plural form in
some instances where it is employed
by the majority of educated people.
In some cases there is considerable
uncertainty. This have ascertained
bv means of fair number OF tests.
Among them are carps, shads,
tenches. Compilers of English
grammars, so far as my experience
goes, in treating of plural forms Of
nouns make no note of the names OF
fish which do not vary in the plural.
Notes and Queries.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-09-25
TURKEY SENSE.
Fowls Which Seemed to Know of Trees
Impending Doom.

''People generally think turkeys
have the least sense of all the do
mestic fowls" said Frank Wilkinson,
Virginia farmer, the other day, ''but
I've got some that seem to have more
gray matter than great many hu-
man beings know. ...,-..>s. ..a,. se..,.s-.
Gone night short time ago, my
wife and l and some visitors were out
driving in the evening. As wasput-
ting up the horses after returning
home, noticed my turkeys were not
roosting as usual in the big button
wood tree by the barn. Instead, they
were perched on the fence posts and
in the limbs of other trees.
1T struck me as mighty funny, as
turkeys on the place had roasted in
that tree ever since I could remem-
Der. / mentioned it to my wife when
I went in the house, and she said she
had noticed it when we drove in, and
thought it peculiar.
'sThat night about midnight a
hard wind and rainstorm came up,
and the old buttonwood blew down.
Now, how did those turkeys know
that tree was doomed? At sundown
there was no sign of a storm, and the
buttonwood was fully so years old,
and apparently as stanch as ever. I
tell you, I've had great respect for
the judgment of turkeys since then"
Washington Star,
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-09-25

full of the truth. The brazen
and malicious falsehood uttered
by the Sentinel in the foregoing
paragraph, as well as the letter
itself, ought to shatter the con
fidence of every reader in sthat
sheet.
Mr.. I. B. Olson denies posi-
lively that he has written the
letter published in the Sentinel,
and he also says that the Senti-
mel will soon be called upon to
produce the letter. 1t will either
produce the letter or be branded
for what it is, and it will have to
show that Mr.. Olson has written
the letter or it will find a libel
suit on it's hands. The Sentinel
will soon find itself up against
the real thing.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-09-25
MILITARY FORCE OF JAPAN.
Equipped, Organized and Drilled Like Eu-
..r ropean Armies. .

The japanese army is equipped,
organized and drilled like a Euro
pean army and many of its officers
have received their education in Eu-
tropean countries, says the Philadel-
phia Times. Conscription was intro
4duced into Japan in 1874 and the reg
ulations now in force were adopted
in 1888. Every male citizen between
the ages of II and 40 years owes mil
itary service, which is given three
years in the active army, four years
in the first reserve, five years in the
territorial army and II years in the
national army or the second reserve.
For the year 1901-02 the budget pro-
vides for 13 divisions of "A brigades
of infantry, each brigade composed
Of two regiments of three battalions
each.
The cavalry comprises II regi-
ments or 81 squadrons. The artil-
lery has 10 regiments or ia field
and mountain batteries. The engi-
neers have at present 2S companies
and will soon have 80. The army
service corps has 13 battalions Of two
companies, with one battalion (three
companies) of railway troops and one
battalion (three companies) of tele-
graph troops. Besides the Is di-
visions of infantry there are three
regiments of coast guards and two
battalions of foot artillery and spe-
cial brigade of four battalions Of in
fantry, cavalry, artillery and engi-
neers (the Yesso brigade). The ag-
gregate is S,116 officers and 135, ,533
men on a peace footing. The war
strength is 392, ,220' men and 1 ,O9S
guns, the reserves excluded. When
it is remembered that recent cam
paigns have shown the japanese
army to be Of frst-rate quality it is
obvious that the military power of
the new nation of the Pacific is for
midable.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-09-25

power of the British Empire,
well knowing that the trade OF
the world bows to courage and
power as we'll as to cheap goods
and long credits. But we
Americans have found our home
soil so productive, our mines,
fisheries and forests so over
whelmingly rich, that we have
not dealt in the problems OF
abroad, and dc not fairly com
prehend what the worlds spirit
demands of us in the way OF great
men, great methods and great
institutions.
Upon the very threshold of our
iavelin's throw, SO to speak, with
our feet set and the dart in the
air, there is a certain stumble to
our attitude, and we are IN
imminent danger that the shaft
will fall helpless upon the from
tiers of our development. We
are intensely jealous OF the
American-the courageous and
successful American---and will
easily sacrifice our community,
our state, and the broadest
national interests to a certain
narrowness of vision, which
swells and magnifies the Hills
and the Morgans into gigantic
ogres who are about to eat up
the substance of the people.
And that is the population OF
the republican party.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-09-25
ALL ACCEPT TIPS.
Except tho Elevator Man, According to
tEst t.. the Waiter.

cam l." said the waiter, "the only
man who takes tips? No, not at all.
"You, for instance, tell your to-
bacconist that in few days Smith,
the millionaire, will be in to see him
that Smith was looking for good
dealer, and you recommended him
to go there. Well, Smith goes there
and leaves a heavy order. Hence
you are not surprised when you re-
ceive, little later, a box of fine ci-
gars, with your tobacconist's compli-
ments, and if those cigars are not a
tip, what are they? ar*
Brown is buyer for big manu-
factory. The firm he patronizes is
sending him every week OF two boxes
of toilet soaps, cases Of perfumery,
dozens of golf balls, and barrels of
CLAIMS. Those are Browns tips-the
gratuities he gets for his patronage.
T.. "Robinson sends a rich friend to
his tailor with note of ofintroduction,
and the rich friend buys four suits.
Isn't Robinson being tipped when
the tailor, the week following, makes
him a present of set of English
fannels?"
The waiter made a disdainful ges-
ture and calculated:
''Pish! Tipping, they say, is un-
American, and a waiter of proper
pride and independence would scorn
to accept a quarter or half in return
for the serving Of meal. But I say
that tipping runs clean through our
social system, from top to bottom,
and all of us, excepting only the ele-
vator man, are taking tips of one sort
or another all our lives. ."-Philadel-
phia Record.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-09-25
POINTING OUT A MORAL

In a current issue VI ule
Crookston Daily Times, the edi-
tor took occasion to review the
wisdom Of the voters OF the 6lst
senatorial district in general, and
Beltrami county in particular
and points out a moral that goes
to show that the people have bit
off their noses to spite their
faces. The article is worth read
ing: .... .s. ...,.
The defeat of w. F.. Street for
the republican nomination for the
state Senate in the 61st district,
comprising Beltrami, Red Lake
and Norman counties, may point
out a moral. =.
Mr.. Street announced himself
as a merger candidate and
throughout the campaign he was
dbubed "the merger candidate. "
The returns show that he is
badly beaten. In Red Lake and
Norman counties his opponents,
both of whom were comparative,
ly unknown men, ran far ahead
of him, and in his home county
of Beltrami he was decisiyely
beaten by Swedback, lumber
dealer with little or no exper-
ience in public affairs. Mr..
Street is an able man. His SER
vices to Beltrami county have
been very great. But for his
efforts Beltrami county might be
unorganized to this day. He has
fought through the courts after
everyone else has given up, suits
which have saved thousands of
dollars to the people of the coun-
ty. He is heavily interested in
Beltrami county real estate and
the liberal advertising he has
given the county has attracted
hundreds of settlers.
!. = Had Mr. Street, been nominal
ed and elected, he would have
been power in the senate, and
a powerful senator is handy
teing for the people of any dis
trict to have. Neither of Mr..
Streets opponents are in a posi-
tion to render the district a tithe
of the service which was possible
with him. What are the views
of the senator from the 6lst dis
trict as to the merger, is a mat
ter of ABSOLUTELY no practical i'm
portance to the people of the
district, but what their senator
can do for them is a matter of
the greatest Importance.
The people of the 61st district
have demonstrated their hostility
to the merger at considerable
probable cost to themselves.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-09-25
ABUBBLE PUNCTURED.
Here is the way the Sentinel

Here Is the way tne SenGinel
puts it:
However, as straightforward
and truthful as the Sentinel was
in every line, those grating
sheets set up columns of howl
concerning certain articles
printed in the Sentinel, the Pio-
neer particularly, charging that
the |. B. Olson letter was a
fraud. The Sentinel will wager
500 the letter was not fraud,
as any one will see who will call
at this Office and see it, and Mr..
Olson himself will not deny its
authenticity unless he denies his
signature, which has been care
fully compared with other letters
that he has signed.
It win pay the Sentinel to be
careful of it's money, seeing that
it is not and never has been care
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-09-25
A Certain Cure for Dysentary
and DiarrhOea

"Some years ago was one of par
ty that intended making long bicy-
Gle trip, " says F. L. Taylor, of New
Albany, Bradford county. Pa. ~
was taken suddenly with diarrhoe, and
was about to give up the trip, when
Editor Ward, of the Laceyville Mes
senger, suggested that l take a dose
of Chamberlain's collie, cholera and
di arrhoe remedy. l purchased a bot
tie and took two doses, one before
starting and one on the route. I
made the trip successfully and never
felt any i'll effect. Again last summer
l was almost completely run down
with an attack of dyeentary. l bought
bottle of this same remedy and this
time one dose cured me- For sale
by F. A. Mayo. ~
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-09-25
THE HARP OF JUBAL.
Ancient Musician Who Was Descended
from Cain and Dwelt in Nod.

Music, says the Shanghai Mercury,
in the ancient world began with Jub-
al, who became the father of all those
who handle the kinnor, or harp, and
gugor, organ. He is said to have
been descended from Cain, who went
away from the presence of the Lord,
and dwelt in the land Of Nod on the
east of Eden. We may think OF
Cain as living eastward of Babylonia,
which was called Eden, the pleasant
land, and was remarkable for the
richness and beauty Of the vegeta-
ton.
Music has self-sustaining power
which has taken and kepts its place
among all nations. They have
stringed instruments, and organs OF
various forms and sizes constructed
of pipes in a manner simple or COM
plex. JubaPs harp would be a sort
Of Tyre or lutte. It has been sup
posed that he took the idea from the
empty shell of a tortoise which he
one day found having three sinews
stretched across the opening. From
this rough beginning he is thought
to have made a tentative kind OF
harp. Men in various parts of the
world would invent the shepherds
pipe, the drum and the cymbal.
"A Chinese poet sings in the follow
ing manner the praise of the harp,
favorite of the Chinese: "From
my YOUTH" he wrote in the Han
period, 81 was fond of music and
practiced it when I grew up. The
world has its ups and downs, but
this is. an eternal delight. Tastes
and odors may not always please, but
of the harp I never tire, for music
draws out the soul, trains the judg-
ment, equalizes the passions and
regulates the will.
eff anyone would avoid melan-
choly thoughts there is nothing so
good as the harp. It is companion
to the solitary and solace to the un-
fortunate. Add the voice in singing
in order to increase the effect, and
make the music of the harp more
human. The words of the song add
expressive sentiment to the listeners
soul" "%
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-09-25
BOOK BOOMING IN OLD TIMES.
How Daniel Defoe Caused Great De-
mand for Poor Book.

A bookseller who, in 1905, had
printed a large edition of a
translation of a very dull work
by one Drelincourt called "The
Christians Defense Against the
Fear of DEATH" found the stock
hang upon his hands. With
the tears of bankruptcy before his
eyes, he applied for assistance to
"unabashed Defoe,'' says the Book
Lover. That ingenious gentleman
devoted the extraordinary power of
verisimiltude which was afterward to
give the world Robinson Crusoe" to
composing theaceountofhow one Mrs.
Vale appeared to her neighbor the
day after her death. Among host
of the most natural details, he insin-
uated a recommendation of Drelin-
courts book at '.the best on that SUBJ
ject ever written" It needed ghost
from the grave to tell the public this,
but the effect was immediate and
wonderful "Drelincourt Upon
Death" attested by one who could
speak from experience" says Sir
Walter Scott, "took an unequaled
run. The copies had hung on the
booksellers hands as heavy as pile
. of lead bullets. They now traversed
the town in every direction, like the
same balls discharged from field
piece" ..-,
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-09-25
WHAT DID SHE SAY?
Men Made 1t UP, But Without Reckon
ing with Her.

Ahk WALL AASh'
Just as barber in shop on Elev-
enth street, near Chestnut, had fin
ished lathering the face Of one OF
his best customers, says the Philadel-
phia Record, well-known business
man, there swept into the place a
handsomely dressed, young and
pretty woman, who, as she rushed up
to the man with the soap-sudded face,
said: @a#s .~4..a.
''Dearie, they told me at the store
that you came here, and, as | have to
hurry to catch the train, | had to run
over here to say good-by."
She ratified this off in one gasp,
and, stopping over, she landed a
smacking kiss on the lathered mans
mouth. Wiping the soapsuds off
her lips with her dainty handker-
chief, the woman bounced out, say
ing as she went: "Now, remember,
you must write to me every day.
Good-by."
The barber, in surprise, said:
"Why, I didn't know you were mar
ried."
He was more surprised when the
man who had been addressed as
"Dearie'' answered: 81 amt, and,
what's more, | never saw that wom-
an before"
The BARRIERS laughter was inter-
rupted by a man who was being
shaved in the next chair, who said:
'That was my wife,"
Shaving operations were sus-
pended all around until the second
man could explain. The story was
simple enough. The woman was
going to Atlantic City for a short
stay, and she was to bid her husband
good-by at his place of business,
which is near the barber shop. Ar
rived at the store, the woman found
that hubby was at the BARRIERS, and,
time being precious, she hurried to
the barber shop to say her adieu.
As the first man she came to in
the place looked, as he lay lathered,
as much like her husband as the hus-
band did himself, the wife naturally
mistook him for her lord and mas
ter.
''But why didn't you stop her in
timer" asked the man who had been
kissed.
81 couldn't" was the reply, 'Sbe-
cause my barber was working on a
ticklish point on my chin, and if |
had opened my mouth | would GER
tainly have got cut. But, of course,
/ didn't imagine she was going to
kiss you
The kissed man, as if to console
the usband, said: "But she thought
it was you she was kissing" .~ =
The husband, with ''that's So"
agreed. After both men had got
out of their chairs the husband ex-
tended his hand to the man his wife
kissed and, as the two shook, the
husband said: cts all right; let's
have drink" ..a': D.. .
~ And they went across the street
and had several. "
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-09-25

In the nomination of A. d.
Stephens of Crookston, for
State Senator by the Republi.
cans of Polk county, the people
of that county as whole have
cause for congratulation. Mr..
Stephens is a man of unusual
political sagacity, unlimited
energy, and knows a hawk from
a handsaw and a cloud from an
elephant wherever they may be
found. He will make an able
senator. ..s. .+tSG
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-09-25
Great Fasters.

In fasting feats the sects of Jains,
in India, is far ahead of all rivals.
Fasts of from 80 to 40 days are very
common, and once year they are
said to abstain from food for rs days.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-09-25

Halvor Stenerson received 301
plurality over Grindeland in the
race for congress. He got 1872
of that number from the "Pops''
and democrats Of Bemidji, and
about 20 from the "Pops" and
democrats at Bagley.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-09-25
Minnesota & International
RAILWAY COMPANY.
In Connection with the
Northern Pacific.
RAILWAY COMPANY

RAILWAY COMPANY
Provides the best train service be-
tween Blackduck, Bemidji, Walker
and intermediate stations and Mime
apolis, ST. Paul, Fargo and Duluth
and all points east and west. Through
coaches between Blackduck and the
Twin Cities. No change of cars.
Ample time at Brainerd for dinner.
TIME CARD 7's
Effective Sent, lst. 1902. .@ "a
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-09-25
THE
Mi1Wa Road
TO
Milwaukee and Chicago.

NO. 6.
Day Express-Leaves the Twin
Cities every morning. The Mis-
sissippi River, the Dells Of the
Wisconsin River and the Wiscon-
sin Resorts in daylight-Milwau-
kee at TOO P. NJ. and Chicago at
9:25 Pm. Buffet -Parlor Cars and
Dining Cars. Electric lighted train.
NO. 2.
Night Express Leaves the
Twin Cities in the early evening,
arrives Chicago at TOO A. NJ, in
time efor eastern connecting trains.
Electric lighted, Dining Cars and
Sleeping Cars.
NO. d.
The Pioneer Limited-Costliest
and handsomest train in the world,
leaves the Twin Cities later in the
evening, arrives Chicago 9:3OA.M.-
Has Buffet Library Cars, Compart-
ment Cars, Standard Sleepers and
Dining Cars train that has
no equal in the world. Its fame
reaches around the globe. Elec-
trio lighted train. ~e-su..
Ask your nearest ticket agent
for through tickets and baggage
checks via the Chicago, Milwaukee
& st. Paul Ry., or for maps, time
tables or other information, address
w. B. DIXON,
Eorthacestsr7s Passenger Agent,
4a ST.PAUL, MINI.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-06
The Ja,n Mangosteen.

"Thc most delicious Of all the fruits
Of lava" writes n correspondent Of the
IlUsburG Dispatch, 'fs the mangos-
teen. For years an enormous reward
awaited the man who would bring n
basket 10 the court of Holland. but un-
fortunately the fruit is too perishallle
and TO taste it YOU must 20 to the coun-
try where it grows.
Inrascd in hard purple shell. lined
with an exquisite pink Cacze, are a
number of snow white sections some
thing like those of IN orange, only each
one growing smaller as they round the
core Each section contains one seed
incasod in II substance like the pulp Of
the grape. 10 describe the flavor would
be impossible. but if you can imagine
perfect blending of the flavor of the
grape, orange. pineapple ard banana
you may have notion OF the delicious
flavor Of the mauIostcen."
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-06
OIden Time "Rmiment."

In early Bible days richly emhroidcr-
ed raimcrt WIS enumerated With the
cold. silver and other valuable property
of Il rich man. In that primitive age
Dame Fashion was not The ficilc god
drSS she is at present, aud the raj.
mcnt' so frequently mentioned in the
Holy Scriptures descended from father
10 son as IA valuable part Of the mh T.
itancC. Raimcnt WAS often sent. with
gold and gems, as Il present to digni-
larIcS.
1t took not months. hut wears. to or
nam"nt. some Of these garments, and
the eol1 thread 50 layislly used in
rmhroidcring them was real gold.
Moses describes the process IF making
The god thread that WAS used in ornn-
meHting the tabernacle. The habit If
making presents of rare ncodleWork is
Sllll common among eastern nations
" ho changed their Gus. omS so slowly.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-06
Desperate PartIngs.

1t Is no uncommon thing in Suffolk
to see on some country platform q girl
starting for her first place in service,
with the whole family assembled to see
her off. There Is bitter weeping and
much expenditure of kisses, of mater
nal injunctions and presentation of
flowers. If you watch the mex xperienc-
ed traveller, you will probably find that
her destination Is no farther than the
next station. a distance of perhaps FIVE
or ten miles. To so beyond London is
considered the worlds end.-Eastern
Counties Magazine.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-06
The LRT6ST FROM KANSAS.

Kansas has again called itself into
public notoriety. Not that This is any
thing new for Kansas. for IT isn't bur
this last case is so fragrant as to call
for comment and condemnation.
State Labor Agent Gerow has made a
discovery which has caused a sensation
of thirst in Missouri and sensation
OF disgust in Maine. Forty-two other
States and at least three Territories
are amazed. Mr.. Gerow has found
that Of all the harvest hands who
enter the State, fully 80 per cent make
bee line for Ellis county as soon as
they cross the border Of the great
wheat commonwealth. There Is
method in their action, too. for they
have learned that Ellis county hangs
up bribe for their services, consisting
OF two extra meals day. with 1--WE
drinks Of prohibition whisky
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-06
.Iaf.lea Settled IL.

Two boys in a rural Scotch district
were one day discussing what sign il
WAS when the cuckoo is heard for the
first time in the year. one of them
said ii was sign of getting married
While the other said it was a sign that
YOU were going TO be rich. a farmer
oycrhcaring them, said, THAT cannot
be true, because have heard it many
times, and | am not married yet, and
| am certainly not rich"
Just then Il local worthy, known as
Daft Jamie was passing by, and the
farmer said. Jamie. can you tell us
what sign It is when you hear the
cuckoo for the first timer" Yes" said
Jamie as he took his pipe from his
mouth, its "A sign you're not deaf"
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-06
WINTER IN JAPAN,
The Natives Make little Effort "a
Combat the Try ying Conditions.

The japanese winter is most trying
on account of its continual dampurs.
but the Japanese are content To reu!:tg,
cold. They make almost no effort e
overcome it, The old 'buShido" ttl,e.
alrOusl idea Of the 'samurai" tknisht,
was that ii was cffemnate To feel calI
and such is their severe training that
they do not really feel it as We do. II.
wearing of some extra "kmonOs" ana
the Use of "hihachi' or hrazier u
which are few tiny sticks Of lighta3
charcoal are the only concessions f.,
winter weather. With the 'hhtcht
they never pretend TO heat more than
their finger tips, which they hold over
the Goals. II is used when the house j.
entirely open.
The houses, as every one knows 9rt
built Of thin. light wood, and the :. ii
ing panels which serve for doors and
windows have paper panes They are
as apt 10 be open as closed during the
day. The coolies wear thin blue cnttun
clothes aud are always padding
through the mud. The storokecpcrs 81
out in their open booths. aud the woul
On go barchcadcd about the streets II
the houses of the rich the sjill cold tte
hind the closed panels is often IL r,
intense than that outside In the sui
shine, where The air IN stirring.