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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-01-31
MONUMENT FOR BRET HARTE.
Massive Slab of Granite Erected In
FramIey Church Yard, Surrey,
England.

To mark the resting place Of Bret
Harte in Framley churchyard, Surrey,
England, there has been erected a mas
ziKe and costly monument. The mon
ument consists Of a slab of white gram
iks weighing two and half tons, on
which is placed block in the form of a
cross. Simplicity itself is the inscrip-
don:
...s
BRET HARTE,
Aug Is 1s37-May S. 1902
: Death shall reap no Drawer harvest.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-01-31

wrong for the little girl TO the bears pordse
The child likes pictures OF life and many good ones are found
the simple nursery rhymes Many of the nursery rhymes exh
all the elements OF literature The child will always like the o
Of The House That Jack Built and ages Of four nd
seven will listen without protest the story "ee Ia Wonde
land but after the age Of the child grows pdc Of a
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-26
THE PACIFIC OCEANS FLOOR.
What Would Be Revealed If Water
Were Drained Off,

were Ofsineo OF.
Leslie'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 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 a mean depth OF
from $500 to 2,7OO fathoms. In shoaler
spots there is a mean depth Of from
$500 to 2,40O fathons. Deeper spots
show from $500 to $500 fathoms.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-26
A WALTERS RECEPTIVE BRAIN
Ueed to, Quick Orders, He Becomes
an Automaton.

81 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 waters seem to work
like Photographs. 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, 1 overheard this dialogue and
monologue in one of these restaurants.
Two men seated at the same table
gave their orders to the same waiter.
I" Bring me couple OF soft-boiled
eggs and g. cup of coffee, said the first
man
Same thing for me, WAITER said
the second, adding in jocular way,
but be sure the eggs are fresh
All right was the reply.
"And a moment later his voice came
from the back Of the restaurant: Soft
boiled for two-an' have two of 'em
fresh!'"
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-26
STATISTICS or NIGHT HERoNs
They Are Sought by the Smithsonian
lnstitlt

INSTITUTION.
Eight hundred night herons are wan
dering free about the United States,
each wearing on one leg an aluminium
band Inserted Smithsonian Institu-
ton" and a number. If any person
shoots ore Of these birds he should
write to Paul Eartscl, 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..
Bartsca 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 it
covers in it's wanderings. 1t is be-
lieved that by the time few OF the
numbered aluminium bands have been
reported some of these facts will have
been established to the satisfaction OF
the ornithologists. - Cleveland lO)a
Plain Dealer.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-26
Warming the North Pole.

A novel scheme for rendering the
Arctic regions inhabitable has been
advanced by 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-
oient quantities to melt the fee 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 obstructed by three
move and would also get rid of those
rocks and reefs along the coast which
offer most impeachment to the free ac-
cess of the current.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-26
"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 a list of books begin
ming with the one INN ediately pre-
ceding the present production and run
ming back to the earliest period? i
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, sElsmere' heading the list
Eleanor ending it. wonder if that
way Of putting the cart before the
horse is a 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, 1903-09-26
VITALITY OF BURNS FAME.
It Is One of the Great Facts Of Our
Literature

Il Is One of the Great Facts Of Our
Literature.
.eThe inquest" on Robert Burns was
concluded long ago, but from time to
time the findings are reviewed by crit
ical writer's, as in recent symposium,
says Golfers. A curious result, thus
chances. From every such inquisition
the poet energies the more radiant and
triumphal-the critics are lost In the
splendor they have evoked. It is one
thing to make literature; 1T is. another
and quite different thing to write about
literature and the makers thereof. This
is truism, and yet the distinction is
often confused, especially by the writ
ers of criticism. Burns has survived
several generations Of critics, many
of whom made vain bid for remem-
brance by their praise or dispraise of
him. The vitality of his fame Is one
of the great facts Of our literature.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-26
THE TRAINING OF A CHILD.
Several Important Points That Must
Be Remembered.

BE AencnCeTGOs
To teach a child with success re-
quires only common sense, good judg
ment and gentleness. There are, how
eyer, three other important points that
must ever be foremost in the mind
of the teacher.
First of all, she must remember that
to teach is to impart instruction; not
to find fault with ignorance, with lack
Of comprehension, with listlessness or
with forgetfulness. Often, indeed, for
these last named faults, poor teaching
is to blame. Second, there is the
inf1exible rule that requires teacher
to prepare every lesson carefully be-
fore giving it, in order to present it
in an interesting and ineligible way.
Third, there is the ever present dan
ger Of OVERRIDING, against which the
teacher must always be on guard.
In the beginning short lessons fire.
quently varied give the best results.
Ten or fifteen minutes for each study
is enough, and this time limit must
not be overstepped SO long as to-
morrow represents another day.-The
Household.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-26
The Butcher and His Hat.

II always thought it paid to be po-
lite until l got into this business, re-
marked a prosperous retail butcher.
ssbut 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 month a new hat
is no longer fit to wear. Grease is
about the only thing that won't come
out Of derby, and l 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, 1903-09-26
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 resurrected 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 a complete animal can
be mounted.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-26
Advancement Of Women.

At a. 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 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 &C
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 hisscom-
mand."
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-26
a Good Place 70 Ston.

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 it
went: II, Ulysses, saw her (Dido's)
heavenly form advancing like a god
dess in the sunlight. I 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. IL
threw my arms-my arms-about--
about her-her MISUNDERSTANDING
that's as far as got, professor. =
Philadelphia Ledger.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-26
THE RAINFALL IN ENGLAND.
cyclonic Disturbances Had Little Ma
teriai Effect.

sesas
cyclonic 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 a result the rainfall account
in these two countries is now much
ahead of the average. Scotland north
has had an excess of nearly ten inches
the surplusage in the west and east
being nine and five inches respective.
ly. Ireland has beaten the average by
between five and six inches The
south of England has had but trif1e
more than it's usual allowances; the
eastern counties, on the other hand,
being nearly an inch short.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-26
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, a little
calculation will prove that these 1,600,-
600 books contained approxim ately
100000 pounds OF paper. A manu-
facturer of paper asserts that the aver
age spruce tree yields a little less than
half a 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, 1903-09-26
Misouotations.

A 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" a 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
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The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-26
Etiquette of the Feud,

"Theres just one thing, sah,'' OBJ
serbed Col. Gore of Kentucky, Gin
which we are away behind Turkey"
whats that?" Col Bullet asked,
quickly. well, sab, after general
KILN the porte always sends a polite
note of apology to the survivors Of
the massacre. If we could only end
our feuds in that way, sab" But
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 tot"
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-26
Just an incident in Georgia.

Mr.. Bud Spinks was awakened tho
other morning by strang, granting
noise in his room, which proved to be
the voice of medium-sized alligator
that was warming itself by the smol-
dering ashes Of his fireplace and Incl.
dentally trying to swallow his boots
which be had placed there to dry. and
which he had bought on the INSTALL
menu plan and had only made one pay
ment on them. The saurian had sue
:eeded in swallowing one boot and
had the other down-clear to the
straps, which Mr.. Spinks seized and
pulled 1t out. The gator is now on
exhibition at Minche's drug store. but
will soon lie slain in order that MI.
spinks, who is going around with one
boot and one slipper, may recover the
other boot.-Adams Enterprise.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-26
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 a 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 a 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, 1903-09-26
SWISS PASTORS KEEP INNS.
Are Forced Thus to Supplement Their
Scantu 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 $125 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, 1903-09-26
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 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
cifc 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, 1903-09-26

A GATHERING OF ARTISTS.
commingIine OF Great Voices Mad
the Windows Rattle.

commingIing Of Great Voices Made
the Windows Rattle.
Now that the operate artists-or
most of tnern-have gone abroad, MIR.
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 de Reszke
can say how we'll. The singing giant
used to ferego almost any other graft
fcation of the palate to enjoy the
Campanari Italian paste, together with
strange sauces, anchovies, bovoli, fag-
Toll, and caviare, like the fellow in
"Cynthia's Revels."
"Alas!' nourns 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, 1903-09-26
The worId,s 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 it's 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, 1903-09-26
The Editor Ate Too Much.

The editor and wife had another
nquare 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 we will
state that they had chicken and the
stuff that goes with such a layout, and
strawberry saortcalle 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, 1903-09-26
French Commissioner Disguised.

French Commissioners Disguised.
Michel Lagrave, French commissions
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 q carriage to his hotel. The cab.
man charged him $40 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, 1903-09-26
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.SO 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, 1903-09-26
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 a
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 Elm, and who inquired
anxiously as to the success of his in
terYieW
The agent shook his head regretful-
ly. mo 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 mil
lionaire."
"That's what told him." replied
the agent, "but he only answered,
Suppose should be lost at sea?'"
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-26
Fakina Used Sta mps.

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 postoface 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 postofice, and
can easily be washed off, SO that the
stamp is once more serviceable.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-26
The Roentaen Rays Failed.

Hearing of the efficacy of the
Roentgen rays for the removal Of
hairs from the upper lip lady in
Hanover, age thirty-fve, applied to
DR.. Karl Bruno schurmayer, prop.
erly qualified doctor and Roentgen
ray specialist, for treatment. He
operated twice, but instead of remov.
ing the superfuous hairs the opera
ton resulted in the skin Of the face
becoming red and the lips swollen
The lady thereupon brought an
action against the doctor and was
awarded $50 damages, against which
he appealed, but the decision has
just been upheld.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-26
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, 1903-09-26
Heaven 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, chow
do you like heaven?' VERY WE'LL" she
replied. I'VE have afternoon teas here,
and also Browning club. But, after
all, Henry, it's not Boston. New
York Times.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-26
WAS PRETTY DRY READING.
Teddy,s Ambition Received
Something OF a Setback.

How Teddy's Ambition Received
Something Of Setback.
For some reason desire for higher;
education had overcome Teddy. Tenn
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 fairly well-informed'
authority, and if he'd read just page.
or two Of that every night, within a
few years he'd know about everything
extant.
"Well, my boy" asked his father,
an hour after the course had begun,
chow do you like it?"
''I don't know" said Teddy. "Alge-
bra is mighty slow; but alligators-
phew!'
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-26
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.