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The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-22
"The Author Of

"Have you noticed" said the tall
girl, "that in several new books the
writer is described as the outhor Of
and then follows list Of books begin
ming with the one Immediately pre-
ceding the present production and run
ming back to the earliest period?
have in mind now the case of Mrs.
Ward in particular. Lady Roses
Daughter is by the outhor of 'Elean-
or "Tressady' and Robert Elsemere.'
A year or so ago the previous books
have been enumerated in chronology
ical order, 'Elsmere' heading the list
Eleanor ending it. wonder if that
way of putting the cart before the
horse is fad among publishers these
days, or is it merely coincidence
that have noticed several cases Of
the kind within the last few weeks 2"
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-22
RELIEF FOR RUSSIAN WOMEN.
Newly Enacted Law Blessing to
Abused Peasants Wives.

Newly Enacted Law Blessing to
Abused Peasants Wives.
BY a newly enacted Russian law
peasants wife, on showing to the dis
trict judge Construction that she is
labitually i'll treated by her husband,
or that he will not support her, and
1cakes her the drudge for his own sup
port, can demand a separate passport,
with which she is at liberty to leave
her oppressor and earns-a living else
pssh ere. Hitherto there was -nn- possible
redress or release for the long-suffer-
ing victim so long as it was obligatory
that the wife's name was entered In
the husbands passport and papers OF
climate. Anyone at all intimately
acquainted with village life in Russia
will readily appreciate the relief this
brings to tens of thousands OF peasant
women who are the grievously abused
domestic slaves and beasts Of burden
to their drunken and brutal conjugal
proprietors. B
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-22
Search for Prehistoric Horses.

For two years past agents Of Will.
liam C. Whitney have been searching
the western plains for relics of the an
cestors of the present breed Of horses.
So far many interesting bones have
been resurrected from their burial
places in the rocks of the pre-Adamite
ages. The horse, in it's origin, had
several varying prototypes The Ma
tional History Museum in New York
already specimens. Last autumn the
fossil remains of small herd of the
species called the hipparion were dis
covered in Nebraska. From them it is
believed that complete animal can
be mounted.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-22
SWISS PASTORS KEEP INNS.
Are Forced Thus to Supplement Their
Scantv Incomes.

Are Forced Thus to Supplement Their
Scanty incomes.
A note from Geneva states that a
fortnight or so ago a Swiss pastor
bought an inn at Ufhusen, little VII
lage near Basel This is said not to
be an exceptional case. In the can
tons Of Upper and Lower Unterwalden
and Uri many Of the clergy are propri-
etors of inns. The reason for this is
that the priests are so badly paid that
they are obliged to supplement their
incomes by other means. Their aver.
age income in Switzerland is $l25 a
year. The establishments under their
control are said to be models Of their
kind. The priests have succeeded In
reducing drunkenness in their par
ishes, for they attend on their custom
ers in person, refusing to serve those
who they consider have had enough.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-22
HONOR NoRwAY's GREAT MAN.
Soldiers Accord Popular Author a
Manrifjcent Demonstration.


Magnificent Demonstration.
One day while in Norway an oppor-
tunity was given to an American trav-
eler to see that the name OF B1orn-
stjerne Bjornson means much TO all
Norwegians "A battalion OF Nor
wegian and Swedish cavalry, infantry
and artillery, between 5000 and 4,Ooo
strong, was returning from its maneu-
vers to the post in Christiania," he
says. "In passing Aulestad the gen
eral in command sent his adjutant IN
advance to get Bjornsons permission
to give him an ovation. With his fam
lily and guests assembled about him
on the veranda the monumental figure
stood with barred head to receive the
military greeting. AS each regiment
passed in review below, presenting
arms as to their chieftain, there went
up deafening shout of personal
salutation from each of the soldiers,
who then joined in singing the nation
Z al hymn, to whose author they were
offering this spontaneous salute.
There was the unique spectacle OF
man in private life, being accorded
military demonstration by the nations
army which a king might envy"
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-22
"JAck HARkAWAY" COMING BACK
Story That Thrilled the Boys of a Gen.

Story That Thrilled the Boys Of Gen.
Grafton Ago.
For a regular thriller commend me
to Jack Harkaway." Thirty-fve
years ago this sensational bit Of fic-
ton exercised a greater influence on
the character of the average boy OF
10 to Is than father, mother and the
Ten Commandments 1t was devoured
by millions on both sides of the water.
Jack" was the ideal of the youth of
all English-speaking countries. see
that it has been started again for a
long run in periodical that claims
1,250,000 circulation. Bracebridge
Hemyng died in 1901. He wrote not
only Jack Harkaway," but forty-odd
volumes of readable fiction, yet you
will look in vain for his name in John
sons" "Appletons," Chambers, the
international" and the STANDARD"
cyclopedias, and in the "Ridpath Ii
brary Of University Literature" The
editors of all such works seem to make
1t habit to leave out just what one
wants to know.-New York Press.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-22
A WATERS RECEPTIVE BRAIN
Used to Quick Orders, He Becomes

Used to Quick Orders, He Becomes
an Automaton.
II believe that there is no work in
the world that makes such machines
of men as does the business of waiting
in some Of these quick lunch eating
Places" said the business man. "The
brains of the walters seem to work
like monographs. What they hear in
the way Of orders given them is SEEM
ingly registered and reproduced with
out any apparent mental activity or
realization Of exactly what the order
means. The other morning, for in
stance, overheard this dialogue and
,monologue in one Of these restaurants.
Two men seated at the same table
gave their orders to the same waiter.
Bring me couple of soft-boiled
eggs and cup of coffee, said the first
man.
"'Same thing for me, waiter said
the second, adding in a jocular way,
but be sure the eggs are fresh
Cali right was the reply.
"And moment later his voice came
from the back of the restaurant: Soft
boiled for two-an' have two of EN-
fresh!"
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-22
Razor $50 Years Old.

Charles Morton of Bardstown, KY,
is the proud possessor of razor that
is something over $50 years old, but
is in splendid state of preservation.
and is far superior to the razors Of
modern times. The razor was former
~ owned by Judge Veneble Of the col
ony of Virginia, and who was a prom
inent patriot. Judge Veneble was ap-
pointed judge of Kentucky county by
Patrick Henry, governor Of Virginia.
Kentucky then being county of that
commonwealth. The razor was made
at Sheffield, England, in the year 1751,
and is very heavy, the blade being ex-
tremely thick and broad, with large
wooden handle.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-22
HOW NOME WAS NAMED.
Insignificant Error Which Deter
mined Its Appeilation.


mined Its Appeilation.
There is to be considerable rush
for Nome next month, if one may be.
lieve what one hears among mining
men. There is no more sensational
ism, but plenty of effort and inten-
ton. Men are going there who have
thought over the situation very seri-
ously since the wild craze of a few
years ago, and they will go prepared
for hardships and disappointment.
How was Nome named? BY man
on the Herald one of the Franklin
rescue ships. When the manuscript
chart Of the Cape Nome region was
constructed attention was called to
the fact that the cape had no name
by the insertion Of this? name?'
Ne Interrogation point was linked in
by draughtsman as &C." and the
"a" in name" being indistinct he
interpreted is as an 90; hence &C.
Nome'-Cape Nome" This little ro-
nance occurred in 1853. What's in a
name? Nome.-New York Press.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-22
STATISTICS or NIGHT HERoNs
They Are Sought by the Smithsonian
Institution.

They Are Sought by the Smithsonian
Institution.
Eight hundred night herons are wan
dering free about the United States,
each wearing on one leg an aluminium
band inscribed Smithsonian lnstitu-
ton" and number. If any person
shoots one of these birds he should
write to Paul Bartsch, biologist of the
Smithsonian, telling where it was and
how large was the bird. The night
heron is one of the most beautiful
of the aquatic birds Of America, but
scientists know less about it than they
are satisfied with. Last year Mr.
Bartsch discovered several breeding
places Of these birds on the Potomac
in the District of Columbia. Recently
he visited the place with several as
sistants in the night and the 800
aluminium bands were fastened to the
legs of as many young herons. Science
is anxious to know how long the night
heron lives, where it spends the win
tiers and how much of the country 1t
covers in its wanderings. 1t is be-
ueved that by the time a few OF the
numbered aluminium bands have been
reported some of these facts will have
been established to the satisfaction OF
the ornithologists - Cleveland (O)
Plain Dealer.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-22
Trees and Novels.

Nine successful novels recently pub
lished in the United States had total
sale Of over 100000 copies. Since
the average weight of each book sold
was probably twenty ounces, little
calculation will prove that these 1,600,-
900 books contained approximately
100000 pounds of paper. A manu-
facturer of paper asserts that the aver
age spruce tree yields little less than
half cord of wood, which is equiva-
lent to about 500 pounds of paper. In
other words. these nine novels swept
away 1000 trees and they form but
a small part of the fiction so eagerly
read by the American people.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-22
Bird Ven qeance.

A naturalist recently witnessed an
encounter between large swan and
a little brown duck. The duck had
apparently insulted the swan by trying
to cross its path, for it was suddenly
seized by the swan and held under the
water until he was sure it would be
drowned. But at last the swan let 1t
go and sailed majestically away. The
duck, after taking breath, looked
around to see where its enemy was,
and seeing it rose into the air and
deliberately came down, tapping Its
wings, on the astonished swans back.
The swan fed in terror, and the duck,
apparently satisfied, quietly swan
away-Pearson's Weekly.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-22
WARMING the North Pole.

A novel scheme for rendering the
Arctic regions inhabitable has been
advanced by a scientist, who proposes
to widen Behring Strait and remove
all obstacles to the entrance Of the
warm Japanese current, which he con-
siders then would pour down in suffi-
cient quantities to melt the ice of the
Polar seas, thus retaining vast en-
pire. Behring Strait is thirty-six miles
wide at the narrowest part, with a
depth of from thirty to forty fathoms.
but the channel is INSTRUCTED by three
small islands. These he would re-
move, and would also get rid of those
rocks and reefs along the coast which
offer most impediment to the free &C.
cess of the current.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-22
The Butcher and His Hat.

II always thought it paid to be po-
lite until I got into this business, = re-
marked a prosperous retail butcher,
'.but l find that it costs me about S25
a year. My trade is with nice people,
and when fashionable women come
into the shop have to tip my hat to
them. A butchers fingers are always
more or less greasy from handling the
meat, and in about a month a new hat
is no longer fit to wear. Grease is
about the only thing that won't come
out of derby, and will be the hat
ter's best customer until the weather
grows warm and will be able to go
bareheaded.'
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-22
THE PACIFIC OCEANS FLOOR.
What Would Be Reverted II Water
Were Drained of.

were DRAINED on.
Lesle's Weekly says: If the waters
of the Pacific could be drained there
would be revealed vast stretch OF
territory, comprising enormous pla.
teaus, great valleys for which no par
allels exist on the land surface, lofty
mountains beside which the Himalaya
and the Andes would look like hillocks
and trem endous hollows or basins only
to be compared with those on the face
OF the moon.
While there are great mountains and
huge basins or deeps, the plateau areas
are by far the most extensive. Rela-
lively speaking, the floor of the Pa.
cific is now at last revealed on the
plateau areas in level. There are I'm.
dulations and depressions, but the gen.
eral area is about the same depth be-
low the surface.
Soundings develop mean depth of
from $500 to 2,7O0 fathoms. In shoaler
spots there is mean depth of from
1900 to 2,4O0 fathoms. Deeper spots
show from $500 to 1900 fathoms.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-22
Misnl1otations.

correspondent sends the following
popular Interpretations: The absurd
tautology ,@"Like angels visits few Gin
stead Of short) and far between; !"
Money is the root of all evil. for
"The love of money" very different
thing. He remarks that it is curious
that the late DR.. Patteson himself in
his monograph on Milton falls into
the snare of quoting Fresh fields and
pastures new He suggests, also, that
the use of the italian phrase, in petto,
as if equivalent to in miniature, is an
other snare into which many authors
fall,
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-22
The Editor Ate Too Much.

The editor and wife had another
square meal Sunday on account Of
having received an invitation to dine
at the hotel. Perk said he was afraid
we wouldn't accept, but we did. For
the benefit of our lady readers weSwill
state that they had chicken and the
stuff that goes with such layout, and
strawberry shortcake and lettuce. Our
wife wore her blue and white and
looked real dear. Mrs Perkins had a
new skirt and looked too sweet for
anything. The editor wore his Sun
day, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday Friday, Saturday suit and
was sick all night.-White Is. d.
Leader.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-22
HOW HE MIGHT LOSE.
Millionaire Could Not See Why He
Should Buy Burial Lot.

Should Buy Burial Lot
Not long ago prominent financier.
whose most prominent characteristic,
according to the popular opinion, Is
close-fstedness, was the recipient of
visit from an agent whose line it IS to
solicit orders for burial lots.
On emerging from the private Office
Of the moneyed man the agent was
met by a colleague who had been
waiting for him, and who inquired
anxiously as to the success Of his in
terview.
The agent shook his head regretful-
ly. "No CO." said he; "he was afraid
he might not get the full value OF his
investment"
What could he mean by saying
that? Confound it, man must die
some time, even though he Is mill
lionaire."
That's what I told him." replied
the agent, t'but he only answered,
Suppose should be lost at sea?"
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-22
ElimfIammed Again?

Has the alert j. Pierpont Morgan
been fooled again? In consequence
of the announcement that he would
place on exhibition collection OF car
pets that formerly belonged to the
royal house of Spain several Spanish
newspapers have asked for an investi-
cation, as before the reign Of Alfonso
XII. the royal collection was complete.
The Heraldo of Madrid insinuates that
Pierpont Morgan has been the victim
of INSCRIPTIONS dealers, who, it al
leges, have palmed off limitations on
the multimillionaire.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-22
Feather Beds COMING Back,

y: The feather bed, after its Danish
ment during about half century, is
being received back into favor in cold
er countries. Hygiene experts con-
ldemned 1t on account of it's heating
mature and the difficulty of thoroughly
airing and purifying; nevertheless, 1t
,ds actually being recommended during
the winter for delicate, nervous, neu.
iraIpic women, and particularly for ell.
DERBY persons and those who are trou'
bled with insomnia zzzz.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-22
Heaven Had Its Limits.

There was once a Boston woman,
says Congressman Powers of Massa-
chussetts, who had afternoon teas, be-
ionged to Browning club, fell i'll, and
finally died. When she had been in
heaven some days her husband called
her up through a spiritualist. We'll,
my DEAR" inquired the husband, "how
do you like heaven" Very we'll" she
replied 1--WE have afternoon teas here,
and also a Browning club. But, after
all, Henry, it's not Boston. New
York Times.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-22
Production of Nitrate of Soda.

The annual report of the Nitrate
Association of Chile, which controls
the worlds supply of nitrate Of soda,
shows the production in 1902 to have
been 2,9S2,522.80 pounds from sew
enty-eight works. The nitrate beds
are near the surface and are worked
as stone quarries. 1t is anticipated
that the immense amount Of nitrate
the United States now gets from
fChile for use in fertilizers will ulti-
mately be supplied by factories max
ing it by electrical process from the
air, as is being done at Niagara Falls
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-22
TO Clean a Sewing Machine.

Place it near the fire to get warm,
that the CONCEALED oil about it may
melt, and then oil it thoroughly with
parafin. Work it quickly for a few
minutes, then wipe off all the parafin
and dirt and treat it to little more
clean parafin Wipe again, and
after the application of a very little
of the ordinary lubricating Oil it will
be ready for use. People often shirk
the trouble of thoroughly cleaning
their machines like this, but clogged
and "heavy" machine under this treat.
ment will become like new, and Its
easy working will be an ample reward
for any trouble incurred.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-22
A Linqual Phenomenon.

can you says, Brer Eph,m," said
the convert, thoughtfully, dat All
lkain't cuss nor sw'ar none after Use
ibeen baptize'?" de Bible says so,
:Brer Saul" "Nor say Good Lor',' nor
.one O. dem t'ings?" mot unless you's
in meetin', Brer Saul" "Umh! | amt
drive no mules in meetin' en- kahn t
take de meeting ter de mules. Dat
Baptis' 'ligion ain no ligion fu' a
mule driver De baptism li'ble ter
swink his vocabulary. Washington
Times.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-22
Bits About the Moon.

If there were a man in the moon"
the earth would look sixty-four times
larger to him than the sun does to us
on earth. The surface area of the
moon is about as great as that OF Asia
and Australia combined. Once in
twelve and half years there is a
"moonless month";" that it, the moon
has no full moon. The last moonless
month fell in 1898 and the next one
will fall in 1911.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-22
Mayor Cleared the Sidewalk Himself.

Mayor Cleared the Sidewalk Himself.
They tell story Of Mayor Studley
in New Haven that is characteristic
He was walking along Church street
one day when he found the way
blocked by 'hog" of builder who
had filed the sidewalk with cement
and planks, forcing everybody out into
the street. The mayor picked up the
planks himself and threw them into
the street and rolled the cement after
them. He left word with nearby po-
liceman that if that sidewalk was
INSTRUCTED again the builder would be
arrested. Some men can do that sort
of thing without diminishing their dig
nifty and greatly to the increase OF
their popularity. Studley is one Of
those notwithstanding (Conn.) Amer
lean.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-22
Fakinu Used Stamps.

Rogues in this country are gener-
ally about as artful as we desire them
to be, but evidently they have some
thing to learn yet from the heather
Chinee. In West Java All Sin man.
ages to cheat the postofice very in
geniously. On sticking a new stamp
on an envelope he smears the stamp
on the face with paste or thin glue.
This takes the impression of the de-
facing stamp at the postoflce, and
can easily be washed off, so that the
stamp is once more serviceable.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-22
Demand for ROLLING Stock.

The exceptional activity in Cana,
dian railway circles, with the admit
ted scarcity of rolling stock and mo-
tive power, has led to large numb er
of orders being placed by the railway
companies for new equipment with
both Canadian and American firms,
and the facilities of the companies
have been taxed to the utmost to fill
these orders, while the Canadian Pa
cific has had to go to Scotland and
Saxony in order to obtain the loco
motives required by the road.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-22
Amethysts in Hiah Favor.

Amethysts are in high favor. Some
times they are set in gold, but oftener
in gun metal. They are seen as sash
pins, belt buckles, long chains, as we'll
as in the tops of purses and wrist
bags One woung woman is the envy
of her associates by reason of superb
heart-shaped locket composed of a
single deep hearted amethyst which
she wears dangling from gold snake
chain.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-22
A GATHERING OF ARTISTS.
commineIlng of Great Voices Made
the Windows Rattle


Now that the operate artists-or
most of tnem-have gone abroad, Mr..
Campanari is desolate. His comfort
able apartment has for several years
been a favorite trysting place for many
of the song birds during the long New
York season; and Nine. Campanari
serves paghetti-Edouard de Reszke
can say how well. The singing giant
used to forego almost any other graft
fcation of the palate to enjoy the
Campanari Italian paste, together with
strange sauces, anchovies, bovoli, fag-
ioli, and caviare, like the fellow in
"Cynthia's Revels."
"Alas!' mourns the versatile and
semper paratus baritone, what Sun
day suppers they were; and how Ed
Guard and did sing; and how the win
dows ratified. New York Mail and
Express.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-22
Advancement of Women.

At meeting of the English Won
ems Liberal association letter was
read in which the daughter Of George
Meredith, the novelist, said: My
father, George Meredith, wishes me to
say that it heartens him to see women
banded together in union. What ma
ture originally decreed men are but
beginning to see-that they are fitted
for most of the avenues open to en-
ergy, and by their entering upon ac-
tive life they will no longer be open
to the accusation men so frequently
bring against them of their being mar
row and craven. Much more he could
say, but he has short time at his COM
-
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-22
plaque Of Wolves.

Wolves are still the scourge of the
Russian peasantry. During the present
winter they have succeeded in de-
stroying 10000 head Of cattle in one
district of eastern Russia alone. In
the governments Of Novgorod, Tver,
Olonetsk and Archangel and in Fin
land these animals are met with in
great numbers. The frequently be-
come such a plague that the govern
ment orders them to be hunted down
by entire companies of soldiers, who
surround the woods in which they
dwell and afterward shoot them down
in considerable mum bers.