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The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-23
Razor $50 Years Old.

Charles Morton Of Bardstown, KY.
is the proud possessor of a 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
ly owned by Judge Veneble Of the col.
ony of Virginia, and who was 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 1851,
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, 1903-09-23
Bird Vengeance.

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.-Pearsons Weekly.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-23
PLAGUE 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 numbers.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-23
The Butcher and His Hat.

II always thought it paid to be po-
lite until got into this business" re-
marked a prosperous retail butcher,
''but | find that it costs me about $25
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 month new hat
is no longer At to wear. Grease is
about the only thing that won't come
out of derby, and I 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, 1903-09-23
a Good Place TO stop.

He really ought not to have gone
into the Latin class that day. He was
called up first, and read as far as he
had prepared. Then he skirmished on
a little farther, This is the way 1t
went: II, Ulysses, saw her (Dtdo's)
heavenly form advancing like a god
dess IN the sunlight l sprang to-
ward her, and she welcomed me. Her
hair fell down upon her shoulders like
the sunbeams on Olympus. Her eyes
shone like two jewels of the sea. III
threw my arms-my arms-about--
about her-her -neck-and-and
that's as far as got, professor. =
Philadelphia Ledger.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-23
Demand for Roliina Stock.

The exceptional activity in Cana
dian railway circles, with the admit
ted scarcity of rolling stock and mo-
tive power, has led to a large number
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
ciflc 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, 1903-09-23
Advancement Of Women.

At q meeting Of the English Wom-
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 1t 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 80 frequently
bring against them Of their being mar
row and craven. Much more he could
say, but he has short time at his COM
mand /"
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-23
SWISS PASTORS KEEP INNS.
Are Forced Thus to Supplement- Their
Scanty Incomes.

Are Forced Thus to supplements Their
scanty Incomes.
A note from Geneva states that q
fortnight or so ago q 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 1925 q
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, 1903-09-23
Search for Prehistoric Horses.

For two years past agents of Will
liam G. 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 resuTrected from their burial
places in the rocks of the pre-Adamite
ages. The horse, in its origin, had
several varying prototypes. The Ma
tional History Museum in New York
already specimens. Last autumn the
fossil remains of a 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, 1903-09-23
a GATHERING OF ARTISTS.
commIng'lng Of Great Voices Made
the Windows Rattle.

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 favorite trysting place for many
of the song birds during the long New
York season; and Nine. Campanari
serves spaghetti Edouard de Reszke
can say how we'll. The singing giant
used to forego almost any other graft
flcation Of the palate to enjoy the
GampanaH Italian paste, together with
strange sauces, anchovies, bovoli, fag-
ioA, and caytare, like the fellow in
Cynthia's Revels."
"Alas!" mourns the versatile and
sempera paratus baritone, what Sun
day suppers they were; and how Ed
Guard and did sing; and how the win
dows ratified. New York Mall and
Express.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-23
Doom Of Ruzzard.

The buzzards that have long infest-
ed Vera Cruz and served a useful pur-
pose as winged scavengers are
doomed. A London firm is putting in
a modern sewer and water system.
The birds have become so numerous
that they are pest. The protection
of the municipality has been removed
and when the new drainage system
shall be completed the city will be rid
of the pest, the numbers of which have
already been reduced somewhat by
catching the buzzards and placing
them in wooden cages to be taken to
the sea and drowned.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-23
heavenh Had Its Limits.

There was once Boston woman.
says Congressman Powers of Massa-
chussetts, who had afternoon teas. be-
longed 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. well,
my dear" inquired the husband, "how
do you like. heaven?" Very WE'LL" she
replied. I'VE 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, 1903-09-23
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 20
liceman that II 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 Manufacturing (Conn,) Amer
lean.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-23
THE PACIFIC OCEANS FLOOR.
What Would Be Revealed n WatSs
Were Drained on,

Leslie's Weekly says: II the waters
of the Pacific could be drained there
would be revealed q 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 tremendous 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 2,7OO fathoms. In shoaler
spots there is a mean depth Of from
1900 to 2,400 fathoms Deeper spots
show from $500 to 1900 fathoms.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-23
Misouotations.

A correspondent sends the followfng
popular Interpretations: The absurd
tautology, Like angels visits few lin.
stead of shortl and far between;
Money is the root of all evil" for
1.-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, 1903-09-23
Fakjno 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 postof1ce very in
geniously. On sticking 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 postonce. and
can easily be washed off, SO that the
stamp is once more serviceable.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-23
Onulence al the CAPITAL.

Old-fashion ned residents of Wash
ington deplore the fact that social life
there is taking on many OF the objec-
tionable features which characterize
the rude and rich" New York set. It
it believed that some Of this is due to
the fact that the president halls from
New York, the Roosevetts being allied
with many families notable on Man
haitian island Opulence at the capital
is making great display in equipages,
luncheons, dinners, dances, ETC., and
its coming to be understood that now
adays money not only talks, it bowls.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-23
HOW AE 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 q
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 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; The 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 q mil
lionaire."
That's what told him." replied
the agent, but he only answered,
Suppose should be lost at sea 2 :
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-23
THE RAINFALL IN ENGLAND.
CycIontc Disturbances Had Little Ma
teriai Effect.


Fortunately for the south Of Eng
land the cyclonic disturbances, which
this year have been more than usually
numerous, have kept fairly regularly
to their normal track, says the Lon
don Chronicle. This course has TAX
en- them across ireland and Scotland,
and as q result the rainfall account
In these two countries is now much
ahead Of tbs average. Scotland north
has had an excess Of nearly ten inches
the surpiusage In the west and east
being nine and five inches, respective
~. Ireland has beaten the average by
between five and six inches. The
south of England has had but trtfe
more than It's usual allowance; the
eastern counties, on the other hand,
being nearly an inch short.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-23
Feather Beds Coming Back.

The feather bed, after it's Danish
ament during about half century. is
being received back into favor in cold
er countries. Hygiene experts con-
demned 1t on account of its heating
nature and the difficulty of thoroughly
airing and purifying; neverth eless, 1t
fs actually being recommended during
the winter for delicate, nervous, neu-
ralgic women, and particularly for ell.
derly persons and those who are trou'
bIed with insomai"
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-23
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 1882, $3.50 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
Chile 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, 1903-09-23
New to Londoners.

The Londoner will be greatly an
noyed by innovations when the
American electrical cars are running
in the Metropolitan underground and
tu'penny tube railways. The fare
will be five cents for any distance;
there will be no first, second or third
class; the high speed will be over
sixty miles an hour. and the twenty,
second limit to stops will give him a
Chicago education in movement.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-23
Matches Eiaht Inches Long.

The latest luxury for the smokers
tray is the new English match that
measures eight inches in length. Fifty
of these fit a sumptuous silver and
leather box, which, with the cigars, IS
set upon the table at the conclusion
OF a dinner party. One match VIII
Tight from ten to twelve cigars or
cigarettes. Som etimes, for the use
of feminine smokers. these matches
are made of Syrian cedars or aromatic
East Indian woods and burn with the
most delicious perfume.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-23
The Prodiov.

The infant prodigy had thrown her
self on the floor and was vigorously
biting holes in the mating, while her
toes drummed a quick march of fierce
anger and her shrieks rent the air.
.What in the world" exclaimed the
prodigy's keeper, in alarm. Here is
newspaper account of me which neg
lects to say that am utterly unspoil-
ed with all my popularity, . walled
the prodigy as it continued to scream
and kick.-Los Angeles Herald.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-23
The Editor Ate Too Much.

The editor and wife had another
Uquare 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 or lady readers we will
state that they had chicken and the
stuff that goes with such layout, and
strawberry sAortcake 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, 1903-09-23
FIimflammed Again?

Has the alert ]. Pierpont Morgan
been fooled egein? 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, 1903-09-23
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, 1903-09-23
Amethysts in High 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
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, 1903-09-23
Etiquette Of the Feud.

THERE'S just one thing, sah,' OBJ
serbed Col Gore of Kentucky, in
which we are away behind Turkey y
whats that?" Col Bullet asked,
quickly. well, sab, after a general
KILN the porte always sends a polite
note of apology to the survivors of
the massacre. II we could only end
our feuds in that way, sab tBut
we can't. sah," exclaimed Col Bullet,
excitedly. "for the simple reason, sab.
that when one of our feuds ends no
body's left, sab, to apologize to!"
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-23
To Clean a SEWING Machine.

Place 1t near the fire to get warm,
that the CONCEALED Oil about 1t may
melt. and then oil 1t thoroughly with
parafin. Work it quickly for q few
minutes, then wipe of all the parafan
and dirt and treat it to little more
clean paraffin. Wipe it again, and
after the application Of very little
of the ordinary lubricating oil 1t 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, 1903-09-23
WAS PRETTY DRY READING.
How Teddy's Ambition Received
Something Of Setback.

How Teddy's Ambition Received
Something Of Setback.
For some reason desire for higher
education had overcome Teddy. TEN.
porarily he felt keenly his own ignor-
ance, gloried IN hearing about the lives
Of illustrious, self-made men, and for
the first time realized his own short
comings. He decided to emulate ex.
amples. The Encyclopedia Britannica,
he thought, was a fairly well-informed
auth GRITTY, and If he'd read just a page
or two Of that every night, within q
few years he'd know about everything
extant.
We'll, my boy" asked his father
an hour after the course had begun.
how do you like it?"
81 don't know said Teddy. "Alge-
bra is mighty slow: but alligators-
phew!"
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-23
Monument to Rumsey.

An effort will be made to secure an
appropriation from the West Virginia
legislature for the purpose of erecting
monument to the memory OF James
Rumsey. who, 1t is claimed, was recog.
.nized by George Washington as the In
ventor of the steamboat. The pro.
posed memorial will be erected on q
high cliff of the Potomac river at
Shepherdstown, overlooking the spot
where it is alleged that the first ap,
plication of steam to the purpose OF
marine propulsion was made.-Scien'
tif1c American.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-23
Queen victoria's Love Of Flowers.

Queen victoria's Love Of Flowers.
Queen Victoria was great flower
lover from the days when a toddling
child she made daisy chains on the
lawns Of Kensington palace, and per-
haps wore them with more pride than
she ever did her jewels. When she
paid her one and only visit to Spain.
Queen Christina asked, is there any
thing the queen Is especially fond OFF"
Eyes, flowers" was the answer. and so
flowers In lavish profusion decorated
the streets, the houses. the railway
station, and the palace.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-23
French Commissioners Disguised.

rfCnSn COMMISSIONER OsoS1SsSN'
Michel Lagrave, French commission
er to the st. Louis exposition, arrived
there recently with Nine. Lagrave,
and inside OF twenty-four hours was
the most disguised man in Missouri
There was no one to receive him at
the depot and as he does not speak
English he had much difficulty in get
ting carriage to his hotel. The cab
man charged him 500 for the short
drive to the hotel, where he waited
until the next afternoon before his
presence in town~was recognized by
anyone connected with the exposition
M Lagrave declares that the steamer
cannot take him back to France too
quickly Chicago Chronicle.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-23
coroner's Jury's Qualified Verdict.

coroner's Jury's Qualified Verdict.
During the landlord and tenant dis.
tufbance In Ireland some years ago a
certain property owner was discov-
cred lying dead near a village Of
which he was owner. The coroner's
jury, knowing full well that the man
had been shot down by "the boys"
were nevertheless loath to further in
vestigate: therefore they rendered the
following verdict: ''We find the de-
ceased gentleman died by the vista
ton OF God-under suspicious circum-
stances" Philadelphia Public
Ledger
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-23
The Worlds Rarest Bird.

To find the rarest bird in existence
you must go to the mountains between
Anam and Loas where there is a GER
tain kind of pheasant. For many
years its existence was known only
by the fact that its longest and most
splendid plume was.,in much request
by mandarins for their headgear. A
single skin is worth $500, and the
bird living would be priceless. for it
soon dies in captivity.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-23
Chance for Every Old Thing.

Wanted-Mr. Edgar Hogan wants a
wife. He is not particular about what
kind; most any old thing will do-an
old maid or some brisky young miss.
ANY unmarried lady that wants to get
q husband should write Mr.. Hogan, OF
see him at his Office or home. His
postofTice is Bethany. His Office is
anywhere on the square at Bethany.
His home is on Big Creek. five miles
north of Bethany.-Bethany MOI
Owl