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The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-13
BEASTS BORN IN CAPTIVITY.
Those That First See the Light In
Bristol, Enuland, Are the Best.

The birth of littel, OF lions at
Has1emere PaTk, private, menagerie
IN England, leads one Of the English
papers to note fact that has for long
puzzled biologists, and that is notori-
GUS among those who interest them
selves in the study of wild beasts in
captivity, this being that nearly all the
lion, tiger and leopard cubs born IN
that country have cleft palate, which
prevents them from being properly
sucked, and usually leads to their
premature death. But, beyond this,
more astonishing TACT still-and one
that also greatly puzzles biolcgists-is
that which determines that OF all the
wild animals born in England those
born in Bristol are regarded as the
finest and as the most Likely to live.
So well known is this to professional
Khowmen and menagerie keepers that
Bristol born a recognized brand In
ri wild animal trade
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-13
reeeotatism In Texas.

When Gen. -1orace Porter was ir
Texas he cane d less a man who
went about telling everybody, in great
surprise. that he had struck a big
thing here" What's the matter?'
people asked. Why" he answered,
II was sent down here by temper
ance society in Kansas to distribute
these tracts. Well, whenever l hand.
cd a man tract he glanced over 1t,
hauled out revolver from one pocket
and quart bottle of whisky from
the other and then said: Look here,
you just have a drink of thar, or my
gun'll go off, Would you believe it!
/ haven't had to pay for a drop OF
LIQUOR since came here to distribute
teetotal tracts"
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-13
Full Of Absen,1es.

There was larger attendance than
usual in the Amer corner" at the
Fifth Avenue hotel last night. and
these wee some Of the interesting
stories told: Judge Gildersleeve. re-
marked George w. Wanamaker, was
telling the other night of laughable
bull made by Maj. Leach,, once IA
nous as the head Of the Irish rifle
team. The judge was visiting in Ire
land and remarked: Major, is it true
that much of the trouble in this little
country of yours is caused by alb.
sentee landlords? 1t is, SIR re.
sponded the major. Sure, our little is.
land is full of them. New York
Mail and Express.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-13
I B.ait!

A class in Sunday school was list
ening to a lesson on patience. The
topic had been carefully explained, and
as an aid to understanding the teach
er had given each pupil card bearing
the picture of boy fishing. Even
pleasure" said she, requires the exer-
else Of patience. Look at the boy fish
ing! He must sit and wait and wait.
He must be patient" Having treated
the subject very fully, she began with
the simplest. most practical question:
"And now can any little boy tell me
what we need most when we go fish.
ing?" With one voice was the answer
shouted ait!''
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-13
Historic Portrait 8 ,olled.

Among the best portraits in the
white house previous to the recent
renovation was that of Mrs. Benja-
min Harrison by Daniel Huntington,
for many years Americas foremost
portrait painter In the restoration"
this portrait has been rehung to suit
some modern Interpretation of the
alleged original plan Of the mansion
by George Washington. In doing this
the paint has been scratched and
scraped and In some important spaces
has been knocked off entirely. Worse
than this, hole about three inches
long has been punched in the canvas.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-13
Cures Diseases Of Plants.

By his method Of feeling through
the stems instead of the roots S. A.
Mokrsezki, the Russian entomologist,
believes that trees and plants can be
cured of disease and greatly stinulat.
ed in growth. His special apparatus
is intended 10 introduce salts of iron
--either solid or in solution-into
apple and pear trees, and he has used
it for applying chemical treatment to
800 fruit trees on the southern shore
Of the Crimea. The weak and dis
eased condition Of the trees was
remedied, while an unusual develop.
ment followed.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-13
Cure for Smallpox.

A subscriber requests the publicat
zion of the following: Il am willing
10 risk my reputation as a public
man" wrote Edward Hines to the
Liverpool Mercury, IF the worst cass
of smallpox cannot be cured in three
Gays, simply by the use of cream Of
tartar. One oEace of cream Of tai.
ar dissolved at intervals when cold
Is a certain, never-failing remedy. 1t
has cured thousands, never leaves a
mark. never causes blindness and
avoids tedious lingering. Canton
SATURDAY. Roller.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-13
Evicted Kaffirs.

The correspondent of London pa
Fer. writing from British South Afri.
ca, says the Kaf1irs are bound to in
crease in population more rapidly
than the whites, whom they already
greatly. outnumber, and, being barred
from work in many cases by the i'm
portation of cheap labor from India
and forced to leave their land hold
ings, which they retain only under
lease from the Beers, to whom it has
been allotted, and under liability OF
eviction, serious uprising of the ma
tives is not beyond the possibilities Of
the near future.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-13
Not Looking for Notoriety.


No author of the day has been less
photographed than Joseph Conrad,
who has just published a book Of sea
stories. His publishers, when his
book was about to come out, having
failed to persuade him to face the
camera for new picture, hunted high
and low throughout England and
America for son,e sort Of likeness.
Finally, in the files of an old English
illustrated magazine, someone STUN
bled upon small oval head of him,
and It is from that haif-tone, enlarged
and retouched, that all pictures OF
Conrad recently published have been
made.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-13
Who Was Demosthenes7

It was in Athens that the great
orator Demosthenes was born. AL
though he had many impediments to
overcome, he worked on untiringly, uE.
til finally he became not only the first
orator Of Greece, but of all antiquity.
He remedied a stammer in his speech
by practicing with pebbles in his
mouth. On the death of Alexander
he gave his services as an orator to
the confederated Greeks, and in the
end made way with himself by using
poison to avoid falling into the hands
Of .kntipater.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-13
AGAINST Duty on Works of Art.

J. Pierpont Morgan, Chas. T. Yerkes
and other wealthy men have formed
an association the object Of which is
to secure a repeal of the tariff duty on
paintings and works of art imported
into this country. An appeal is to be
made to President Roosevelt and in
dividual members of Congress will be
asked to use their influence to have
the law changed. Mr.. Morgan has
more than $1,O00,Oo0 worth Of paint.
ings stored in London. Paris and Ber-
lin. Yeykes has paintings to the value
Of $250,OOO in his London apartm ents.
and says he will not bring them hero
until the duty is taken off.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-13
SOLD HIS SHOOTING BOOTS.
Man Fooled His Wife on the Price,
But the Result Was Sad.

Banks knew very well that he could
mot AFFORD to pay $40 for pair OF
shooting boots, but he reasoned with
himself, after the sophistical manner
CT those who knew the joys ST ex.
travagance, that his twice-ayear trip
to his Long Island club for two days
of duck shooting was really the only
luxury he allowed himself; and his
economies in other directions deserv-
ed reward
So Banks bought the boots, and
told his wife nice little story about
friend who had struck a bargain in
"for practically nothing" The boots
were not worth much anyhow, he
carelessly explained, and congratulate
ed himself on having safely and
sagaciously handled a delicate situa.
ton.
When Banks came back from his
next shooting trip he was tired and
sleepy, and threw his new boots, all
muddy as they were, into closet, to
be cleaned when he should have more
energy.
"And what do you think happened
to those boots!" he said two days
later to q group of sympathetis
friends on change. "A junk peddler
came around the next day and my
wife sold him my $50 boots for fifty
cents. She knew they were of no
special value, as had said SO, and
thought she'd done well to get fifty
cents for them
"And what did you say?" asked one
man, betwixt pity and amusement.
"Say1 What could say? be.
came hysterical" New York Mail
and ExpresL
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-13
they Dive.

Wood is very scarce in the Sandwich
islands and what there is of it comes
dashing down from the mountain
streams In the tine Of .hs spring
foods. 1t Is heavier than our wood
pad sinks to the bottom of the bays
dnto which the streams empty Thep
The natives wade out into the water
until they feel bit of-wood under
their feet and at once they dire for it,
the women aud children helping. and
all laughing and shouting and having
good time.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-13
A NEW BOILED DINNER
Little Ones Astonishment Natural I'm
der the circumstances.


der the Circumstances.
81 have a little niece" said the ra-
contour of the Sewing Circle, who
is never so happy as when she is al
lowed to visit the kitchen and watch
the servants at work. Fortunately,
her mother has good-natured servants
who rather enjoy having the child
around. so many are the charmed
hours which Jessie spends downstairs
making little pies under the cooks
superintendent, and pretending she
is grown up.
'tThe other day she descended to the
laundry to oversee the family wash in
her busy little way. She gave one
look of utter astonishment as Mary
put on the clothes to boil. and then
fairly flew upstairs to her mother, ex-
claiming:
".Oh, mamma! What DO you thiuk7
Mary's cooking the clothes for din.
ner! New York Times.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-13

First Australian Woman Physician.
The first Australian lady duly quail.
flied physician, DR.. Emma Constance
Stone, recently died in Melbourne at
the age of 46. She was the daughter
Of a London contractor of scientific
tastes who settled in Tasmania. She
studied first at the Woman's Medical
college, Philadelphia, afterward in
London and finally in Melbourne
where she started practice and en-.
couraged number of young ladies to
follow in her footsteps. DR.. Stone
was a strong advocate Of female sui
fraga.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-13
The One Ihina Wrona,

A foreigner went into one of Bos.
tons biz hotels one Sunday morning
not long ago and asked for typical
Boston breakfast. After some con-
ference with the head waiter an espe.
cially nice breakfast was served, In
GLIDING of course Goldfish balls, brown
bread and pork and beans. The visitor
ate with apparent relish, but after
some minutes summoned his man
.These beans are delicious" he said,
"and the coffee could not be better.
but"-pointing to the Goldfish ball
"you may remove the little bun.
There appears to be something dead
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-13
Mrs. MORGAN Not Fashionable.

Mrs. J. Pierpont Morgan was the
cynosure of all eyes" at the recent
election of the Colonial Danes at New
York. Contrary to the expectations
Of those who did not know her it was
found that she dresses simply and
her cloth gown looked rusty. Her
black hat was small and shapeless
and a thick veil covered her face. The
decision of the women who Saw her
was embraced in che word "frumpy."
Mrs. Morgan's disposition is exceed.
lngly retiring and whenever she APP
pears in public she seems i'll at ease.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-13
Pleasure in Dojnu Good.

Rev. A. P. Doyle Of New York 70.
marked the other day: "A woman who
has an abundance Of the good things
Of this world appreciates them all the
more when she tries to uplift the
fallen or bring comfort to the heart.
broken, aud it sweetens her enjoyment
Of Gods gifts. On the other hand,
there Is no more useless creature on
Gods earth than the woman Of wealth
~hA lives for herself alona.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-13
Lesson in Chaplain MiIburn's Life
L. &c 1<at<

Lesson in Chaplain MiIburn's Life.
1t was of the late William H. Mil
burn, the blind preacher chaplain
of the house, and afterWard of the
Senate, that William R. Morrison
once said: Mr. Mirburn is man
who fears God, hates the devil and
votes the straight ticket" Mr.. Mil
burns life illustrates what one can
do in the face Of hardships. He was
totally blind before becoming Of age,
but became a Methodist clergyman,
successful lecturer and author, keep
ing at his work until a few months
before his death at the age of eighty.
The newspapers were read to him
every day and he kept fully posted on
passing events.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-13
For Those With Stomach Habit.

A Philadelphia baker is authority
for the assertion that the latest fad
Of dyspeptics is bread made with sea
water, instead of fresh water. ut
has a saltier TASTE" he says, than
we are accustomed to, but it is very
palaiable. In fact, he who likes salty
things is apt to like it, better than
the other kind Of bread A physician
asked me about three morths ago to
make some of this bread for his
patients. A. first I made six loaves
a day, but now | make thirty. MY sea
water comes up to me from Atlantic
City three times week. The dys-
peptics who buy the bread say it is
the only kind they can eat fresh
without discomfort"
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-13
Point Of view.

"Hope springs eternal in the human
breast" remarked the person with a
mania for quotations.
.Yes,' reioined the morbid party.
"and / suppose that's why the pool OF
disappointment is always stopping
over
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-13
Tabulated Emotions.

He: Are You SIRE that am the only
par you ever really and truly lovedi
She: Perfectly sure. l went over
The whole list only yesterday.-NeV
York Weekly.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-13

Light.fialred People Live Long.
Laght-haiYed people, 1t Is said, as
q rule live longer than those having
dark hair.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-13

Gas From Peat Not New.

At the Motala steelworks in Sweden
gas made from peat has been en-
ployed as fuel for more than twenty
years past.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-13
A Wasted Attraction

sshe has an engaging SMILE" "yez.
Bot ): hasn't engaged hax-CievelAnd
2tstn Dealar.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-04-28

Kinston Free Press: A large
bunch of sheep that were gathered
up among the farmers in this section
was brought to Kinston Friday for
shipment to Virginia. There was
about 1875 in the drove.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-04-28
Preparing Wool for Market.
Editor of The Progressive Farmer:

Editor of The Progressive Farmer:
To get the full value for our wool
it insult be washed. The difference
between the prices of washed and
unwashed wool is so great that-it
pays the grower every time to wash
it. Good delaine wool will not
shrink one-third, which prices quot
ed in the market seem to indicate.
There are many ways of washing,
however, which do not prove success
full. I have seen some housed breed
ing ewes washed so that the discolor-
alton which appeared only in patches
before the operation was distributed
all through the wool, practically in
juring it's quality to a considerable
extent. By distributing the color all
through the wool it was given a din
gy appearance which Immediately
excited the suspicious of the buyers.
Nevertheless, the careful prepara-
ton of the wool for market is as es-
sential to-day as any other feature
Of the business. In the northern
wool-growing sections, cold weather
and cold water often make the work
late in the season, and this sometimes
proves quite ad isadvantage. Prob
ably what is needed as much as any
thing else in every good wool-grow-
ing section of the country is a CO.
operative securing house. This would
solve the problem and save to the
farmers a considerable part of the
profit that now goes to the commits
sion men. 1t would cost little to send
the wool to such a house and have it
secured ready for market. Secured
wool sells so much higher than the
profits in some instances would be
increased from twenty to fifty per
cent. Such a securing house could
be conducted in almost any good
s~heep-raising district on the commits
sion plan. It would pay both the
farmers and the commission men.
The two could agree on a fair COM
mission for securing the wool, and
the farmers could easily keep such a
house running. In fact, it would
draw upon a wide neighborhoOd, for
it would pay the growers to have
their wool secured at home on a fixed
basis, and then ship it to market in
this condition. As it is now the I'M
secured, unwashed wool is always
purchased at such low prices that
there is a very wide margin of prof
it's left for somebody to make before
the vol is finally made up into cloth.
There are too many middlemen who
must get their pay. By ~disposing of
a few of these the grower would re-
ceive more, and the consumer would
actually be charged less for his man
ufactured product. A good securing
house WOULD save washing, which is
sometimes an expensive process, and
also save loss i'll other ways. A house
of this kind located right in the heart
of a wool-grOwing country could cas-
lily calculate upon handling from ten
to fifteen million pounds of wool an
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-04-28

0SA'AhS uS III Gu4S CdpdC1GJ III SuS
costing and giving direction to
studies which are confidently believed
to have far-reaching Importance for
agricultural methods and practice,
studies which in all probability could
not have been conceived or planned
without the Investigations which have
just been briefly outlined. The re-
suits of the work indicate, as might
be expected, that the composition of
the soil moisture is largely Influenced
both by the cultivation and by the
cropping of the soil, and appear to
show in what way and to what extent
cultivation can be depended upon to
change these important character
istics.
PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL SOIL CHAR
ACTERIsTICs.
The results of the last years work
also seem to indicate the very super
fetal nature of the droughts which
so seriously affect crops in the East
ern and Middle Western States. It
has been frequently observed that in
a time of drought, when the surface
soil becomes desiccated and the
plants are suffering, the subsoil at a
depth of 1 or 2 feet contains but lit
tie less than the average amount of
moisture, and it has frequently been
observed that the crops are much
more shallow rooted than they are in
the far West. This has been various
ly ascribed to the uniform texture of
the soils and subsoils in arid regions,
and to other reasons, but the rue ex-
PLANTATION seems to be that with our
frequent and excessive rains in the
spring and early part of the growing
season, the crops find sufficient mOis-
ture near the surface and develop a
superficial root system. When the
drought and the surface soil
loses it's moisture, the crop suffers
because it is not provided with a
deeper root system. In the far West,
where spring and summer rains are
rare, the crop is planted upon a soil
which is always uniformly moist to
a considerable depth, and with no
subsequent rains the plant develops
a deeper root system, which enables
it to survive long periods Of drought
that would seriously affect it if it
was subjected to frequent showers
during the early period of its growth.
It is a familiar fact that "a lawn
which once is watered during a dry
season will have to be frequently wa
tered or the grass will suffer often
times more than if it had not been
watered at all. The first watering in
duces a superficial root development,
which must be supplied frequently
with water. What can be done to
prevent this tendency and to over
come the effect of droughts is a sub
iect of the utmost Importance, and
one which will receive the attention
it deserves.
IMPORTANCE OF THE SOIL SURVEY.
I know of no line of work which
J--L.loo &c ro0IO f71o-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-04-28
WHAT THE SOIL SURVEY HAS
TAUGHT US.

Doll VI
For four or five weeks The Pro
cressive Farmer has been giving re-
9orts regarding the soil survey work
= different parts of North Carolina.
= will not be uninteresting, there
foro TO turn now to the report of
+bo National Secretary of Agricul-
t,,ro Hon. James Wilson, and find
What he expects of this work and the
;mnortance that he attaches to it. In
his annual Report for 1902" just
issued. Mr.. Wilson says:
In the development of the soil sur
vev many questions are presented of
the possibility of improved methods
Of cultivation and handling of the
crops. as we'll as of introducing new
methods. new crops, and new indus
tries. Some of these suggestions
need more time and more study than
can be given by the ~soil-survey par
ties in the limited time in which they
remain in an area. Furthermore, the
presentation of such suggestions in
printed reports is apt to fail of Sc
curing proper recognition from the
conservative farmer, who follows
pretty much the methods used by
himself and his predecessors on the
land. Without these further studies
and a practical demonstration of
their efficiency many of the impor-
tant results of the soil survey are
liable to be lost.
ACCURATE MEASUREMENT OF SOIL
FERTILITY
For these reasons a division of
>aiI management has been instituted
in the Bureau, in charge of Prof.
Franklin II. King. During the past
year exceedingly delicate methods
have been devised for the analyses
of soils in the field. They are so SEN
~itiyc that the amounts of n~itrates,
p~hasphat,~, sulphates, and the like
which may be present, as indicated
by water solutions, can be deter
mined To within + or 5 pounds per
acre l foot deep. With these meth
eds it is possible to detect throughout
tn" Year fertilizers which were ap-
piled i'm the spring, and to trace the
H.oErlurut of these fertilizers from
tar place where they were applied
down through the different depths of
the soil. 1t has been found possible
To show noticeable differences in the
chemical composition of the soil in
Tie same field, in some parts of which
'Ar crops are growing well, and in
ether parts of which they are but
poorly developed. 1t appears that
The time has arrived, looked forward
'o with much interest by scientists
ami practical men alike, when an an
aIE>IN will show the need of any par
ur"Iar soil for certain fertilizers. 1t
Is Too early TO make a positive state
"lent of this kind, but the indica-
lions are that this can soon be ac-
compIi~hcd.
y considerable amount of work
HAS been dome with +boso on