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The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-06-19
Hare as a Universal Provider.

In the economy of nature the hare
is the one creature that stands be-
tween most of the carnivorous animals
and starvation. In the northern woods
where snow lies on the gnand for
more than half the year, and where
vegetation is Of slow growth, the hare
serves as a machine for converting
birch twigs into muscular, lean meat,
and providing it in such quantitiea
that hawks, owls, wildcats, weasels
and foxes can live in comparative
luxury A pair of hares under favor
able conditions produce 10000 indi-
vtduals in four years.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-06-19
SCRAP OVER TITLE.
Little Falls Business Block Seems to
Have Uncertain Owners.

Little Falls, Mimi, June ia suit
commenced by j. G. Flynn against
Foley Bros. of st. Paul involves the
title to the largest business block in
Little Falls, owned by Congressman
Buchanan and worth $4,000. Some
years ago Flynn gave the Foleys a
mortgage on the block to secure the
payment of loan of $4,000. Not be-
ing able to pay it, he gave them deed
with the understanding that If he
could pay up within fourteen months
the property would revert to him. He
now claims that within month after
this agreement the Foleys sold the
block to c. D. buchanan. Flynn sues
to recover $4,000, less the amount of
the mortgage and interest.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-06-19
Cats to kin Prairie poas.

The owners Of an enormous sheep
ranch In Montana suffer so much loss
tom the consumption by prairie dogs
Of the tender shoots of grass, tAa:
they have determined to import cats
enough to exterminate the dogs. The
drst company of 100 cats is being re-
cruited at st. Paul. A facetious writer
in the New York Post shows anxiety
for the future of the cats, their work
being accomplished. He says II they
do kill the prairie dogs they will have
the choice, subsequently. Of starva.
ton, cannibalism or brigandage.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-06-19
Evicted kaffirs.

The correspondent of a London pa
per, writing from British South Afri
ca, says the Kafirs 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, 1903-06-19
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Josh BILLINGS Wit.

R. R. Beatty Of Washingtonville,
N. Y, told this story the other day.:
81 was we'll acquainted with Josh
Billings and his family when he was
an auctioneer He once sold a lot OF
cows for Mr.. Haight, who lived near
hackensack, generally known as Dea-
con Haight, because Of his strong
religious principle-in which not a
great deal of confidence was reposed.
One Of the cows made a bolt and ran
square over Joshua, knockinA him
down. He arose in his wrath and be-
gan swearing. whereupon Deacon
Haight stepped up and said: Tut
tut, Mr.. Shaw; you should rot swear
Josh scratched his head and remark
ed: Well, Deacon, you pray a little
sometimes, but | think neither of US
means much by it
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-06-19
Bait!

A class in a Sunday school was list
ening to lesson on patience. The
topic had been carefully explained, and
as an aid to understanding the teach
er had given each pupil a 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-"bait!"
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-06-19
Duluth Man Chosen.

Washington, June 19. Henry r
Greene Of Minnesota has been appoint
ed civil service commissioner to sue.
coed Mayfeld. Greene was Endorsed
for this appointment by the entire con.
gressional delegation from Minnesota
the chief justice and associate justices
of the supreme court of Minnesota and
by President Woodrow Wilson OF
Princeton university. Greene is a law.
yer of Duluth.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-06-19
Cure for Smallpox.

A subscriber requests the publicae
e,on of the following: II am willing
to risk my reputation as public
man." wrote Edward Hines to the
Liverpool Mercury, IF tho worst case
Of smallpox cannot be cured in three
Gays, simply by the use of cream Of
tartar. One ounce of cream Of tar
tar 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, 1903-06-19
Try for Corn Crop.

Pierre, S. D., June ia number OF
those who have settled west of the
Missouri river will give corn raising in
that section a practical test this sea
son. Small patches have been put out,
and will indicate what can be done in
that direction. Horace Dean, one of
the settlers who started last year is
giving a twenty-acre field trial this
year, am says it is in first-class shape
to the present time.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-06-19
Cecil Rhodes, Dream Realized.

The dream Of Cecil Rhodes is real.
ized in America before the funds left
by him have made it possible in Or
ford. The workshop university In tho
great electric manufacturing works at
Schenectady, N. Y, has among Its
students-all college graduates
young mon from England, Scotland.
France Germany, Switzerland, Nor
way, Sweden, Denmark, Holland.
Spain, Italy, Russia, Brazil, Mexico.
Canada, Siam and japan. Nearly all
the leading engineering schools of the
world are represented there.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-06-19
His STRONG Reco mmendation.

The old gentleman showed his dis
pleasure plainly. 1T seems to me
rather presumptuous for a youth i'll
your position to ask for my daughters
hand" he said. Can you advance
any good reason why should give my
consent?" eyes, sir" replied the
young man promptly. WHAT" Il
am comparatively modest and eco.
uomical in the matter of my personal
expenditures, and think you wlll find
me less costly to maintain than any
other son-in-law you could pick out"
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-06-19
A Real BARGAIN.

''In time" said the struggling artist,
athat painting will be of great value.
All you have to do is to tuck 1t away
In an attic somewhere and keep 1t
for about 200 years, by which time
I will have become one of the old
masters. Then you can sell It easily
for $4,000. You see, know the rules.
bat unfortunately I am not tn a fnan-
ciaI position to carry them out So,
II you want q real bargain. TIL let you
have this lixsse gem for s1.50."
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-06-19
A Healthy Snot.

The healthfulness of certain sum-
ner resort is advertised by this story.
Recently visitor began to talk to
an old resident of the town in question
and asked him his age, whereupon he
said: II am just over seventy.
.sWell,' said the visitor, you look az
If you had a good many years to live
vet At what age did your father die?''
"Father dead?" said the man, look
ing surprised. Father isn't dead;
why, he's upstairs just now putting
grandfather to bed!"
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-06-19
Poodle Saved the Dali.

French poodles, for all their fop-
pishness, are cast in the heroic mold,
at witness the latest story from
Paris. A fire was raging in the Rue
Monsigny, and while the family shiv-
cred on the cobbles their poodle
sprang through the flaming door,
raced up the smoldering staircase,
and In trice returned, with the
baby's doll in his jaws.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-06-19
Less Flax Acreage.

Devils Lake, N. D., June 49, - Inac-
curate reports as to the fax acreage
of North Dakota have appeared in a
number of papers. A careful compila-
ton of the assessors returns for Ram
sey county, just completed, shows The
fax acreage to be about half of what
it was last year. Authentic reports
from adjoining counties show a like
curtailment of flax planting.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-06-19
A POINTER for Women.

Queen Alexandra's laces, linens and
silks are perfumed by method which
almost any woman can copy. Tbs
drawers in which they are kept are
lined with white paper, strewn with
rose petals. On this is placed layer
of the fabrics to be scented, over that
layer of rose leaves, md SO on in
alienation until the drawer is filed,
At the end Of twenty-four hours every.
thing in the drawer will have q deli
cate perfume that will cling to it for
long time.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-06-19
FENCING GOOD FOR WOMEN.
Exercise That Will Impart Grace and
PHYSICAL Strenuth,

Exercise That Will Impart Grace and
Physical Strength.
Those who have seen women Sho
are expert fencers recognize that it
is an extremely graceful amusement.
Many ladies are taking fencing les
sons.
Strength of leg is necessary, as
well as of wrist, and much activity.
But it is most admirable exercise.
improving the figure and developing
the muscles, and is worthy to be
made an art.
1t is not only physical strength that
is required for this amusement, but
keenness Of the eye and dexterity Of
the wrist. and these are quite woman:
y. Qufckness OF perception and ac-
tian are necessary.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-06-19
Pleasure in Doinq Good.

Rev. A. P. Doyle of New York re-
marked the other day: "a woman who
has an abundance Of the good things
of this world appreciates them ali the
more when she tries to uplift the
fallen or bring comfort to the heart
broken, and 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
Who lives for herself alone"
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-06-19
INDIANS ARE WORKING.
Indian Agents Are Urging Them tc
Build Roads and Dams.

Pierre, S. D., June Charles B.
McChesney, agent at Rosebud Indian
agency, has been in the city the past
week in attendance at the Tonahawk
Waidron contest, and reports favora;
BILE progress in putting the Indians on
the reservations at work building
roads and dams. Practically all the
able-bodied Indians on this reservation
are now at work and drawing cash for
their work in lieu of government ra
tons, and the distribution of govern
ment help is reduced to minimum
The work will be pushed for several
years, and before it is completed the
reservation roads will be among the
best in the state.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-06-19
Z Platinum a Valuable Mineral.

Platinum, which is Indispensable IN
some instruments Of precision, and Is
useful in the arts particularly, be
cause when imbedded in glass it does
not crack 1t by unequal expansion, Is
still much more valuable than gold
Nine-tenths of the worlds platinum
(about $500 pounds) comes from the
Ural mountains, which enables Russia
to control the price.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-06-19
ARE OLD OFFENDERS.
Bank Thieves Have an Impressive
Criminal Record.

Bank Thieves Have an Impressive
Criminal Record.
Sioux Falls, s. .D..June John
Abbott and James Burns, who were
yesterday sentenced at Gam Valley to
terms of four years each in the Sioux
Falls penitentiarv for the attempted
robbery of the Bank of Buffalo County
at Gam Valley on Oct. % last. ar.
rived here yesterday afternoon. 1t
develops that both men are old offend
ers and have served time in the peni.
tertiary here. Abbott has served two
terms of five and two years each under
the mar of Allen and Appleton, both
for postofice robberies in Nebraska.
Burns, under the name Of John Will
son, hes served two years for burglary
committed in Hanson county,
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-06-19
DEATH WAS NOT SURPRISING.
Britisher Realized Fall Was suffi-
cient to Kill Any One.

cient to Kill Any One.
Charles Francis Adams, who was
escorting a British friend to view
the different ob1ecrs OF attraction" in
the vicinity OF Boston, brought him
to Bunker Hill. They stood looking
at the splendid monument, when Mr..
Adams remarked: This is the place,
sir, where Warren fell" "Ah!" re
piled the Englishman, evidently not
posted upon local historical matters,
ibid it hurt him much?"
Mr.. Adams looked at his friend.
"Hurt him. said he, "he was killed,
sir"
"Ah! he was, eh?" said the Eng.
nshman, still eying the monument
and commencing to compute it's
height in his own hind. We'll, |
should think he would have been to
fall so far. ''-Philadelphia Ledger.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-06-19
FARMERS TOO CONSERVATIVE.

Statistics show that the world S
sugar crop for the manufactur,
ing year 1902 was nearly eleven
million of long tons. OF this
great quantity more than two
thirds was made from sugar
beets. If we exclude our island
possessions from tie reckoning,
our domestic production is CON
siderably less than one-twentleth
of the worlds crop, and less than
one-ffth of what we consume.
Our annual CONSUMPTION is oo
pounds per capita, total OF two
and half million tons, or one
fourth of the worlds supply.
The United States annually
imports over two million dollars
worth of sugar, although this
country is as we'll adapted to the
raising of the sugar beet as any
other. The last issue of the Cos
mopolitan attributes the back
wardness of the United States in
the manufacture of sugar to the
reluctance of capital and the
aversion of the American farmer
to adopt new ideas. The indus
try has a good start now, how
ever, and is rapidly growing.
The objections of the farmers
and capitalists have been over
come, and more land is yearly
being devoted to the raising of
the beet and it's manufacture into
sugar.
The old fashioned American
farmer is proverbially a consery-
ative fellow, clinging tenaciously
to time honored traditions and
methods, openly soothing at a new
field product or a novel idea. He
has wasted more opportunities
than he has used in the raising
of particular kinds Of profitable
Z
crops, and will adopt nothing
new as a rule until it has been
proved to be a paying success a
dozen different times.
Until very recent years, when
the ranks of the American farm
ers were recruited from the
( trained men of the agricultural
college class rooms; but very
small fraction Of the experimental
work with sugar beets was done
by our 'spractical" farmers; it
was carried on in part by the
projectors of factories, in part by
state experiment stations, and in
large part by the federal depart
ment of agriculture.
It was the same with introduce
ing alfalfa into this country.
Alfalfa is now called the saliva
ton Of certain Of the western
states; but is was only after hard
and continued effort and years OF
experimental growing that the
government prevailed upon the
westerners to devote portion OF
their land to the growing of this
profitable plant. The American
farmer is a little bit too con:
sentative.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-06-19

PLEADS SELF-DEFENSE.
Bert Ronk Admits the shooting-De.
Tense Opens.

Blue Earth, Mimi, June 10. - The
Ronk trial was resumed at o'clock
yesterday afternoon. Some unimpor-
tant witnesses were on the stand.
Verne Eberlein, son of the deceased,
testified to finding the eighth empty
rife shell some days after; also to
having skinned the muskrats that we're
in the boat. Two had been shot and
the rest trapped. Attorney Andrews
opened the case for the defense. The
shooting he admitted The plea Of
self-defense will be made.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-06-19
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SAVED BY COLLIE.
Vicious Bull Nearly Makes anzEnd Of
Farmer Williams.

arner Williams.
Waukesha, Wis, June 49, - The as
sfstance of his Scotch collie dog saved
Frederick Williams, farmer, from
being killed by an enraged bull while
he was crossing a field. Williams was
mai; ss q.
nately had been dehorned, but which
was making short work of him until
his collie interfered and made such a
fight that, injured as he was, Williams
was able To climb tree. The dog
kept the bull busy for several hours,
but could not drive it away from the
tree, where the farmer remained until
his hired man, returning from town,
found him. Three of Williams ribs
and one arm were broken.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-06-19
BOARD OF ENGINEERS.
United States Officials to Visit Duluth
on the 29th Inst.

on the 2eth Inst.
Duluth, Mimi, June ia board Of
United States engineers will be in Du-
luth June 20 to examine improvements
to navigation that have been asked for.
These include the deepening of the
channel as far as Fond du Lac, the
increase in deep-dredged area in the
present harbor limit, the establishment
of harbor at Split Rock, on the north
shore of Lake. Superior. and additional
improvements at Grand Marais. Prob
ably several of them, the more neces-
sary, will be recommended to the sec
rotary Of war
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-06-19
Almost a Homicide.

Deadwood, S. D., June 19.-Thomas
Grace is in jail on a charge of attempt
ed murder Of Walter Barker over dis
puted ground. Grace is said to have
hit Barker with an axe on the back of
the head. Both are well known.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-06-19
Iroons for Dubuque.

Dubukue, Iowa, June 19-Street cars
did not run yesterday and Dubuque Is
comparatively quiet. Gov. Cummins
wired last night that three companies
of militia would be sent. The troops
are expected to-day. z
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-06-19
Fell Under Moving Train.

+ Marshalltown, Iowa, June 19-Orra
Ball, about fifteen years of age, While
attempting to board a moving freight
train at Tama fell under the wheels.
Both legs were cut off and he will
probably die.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-06-19
Fatally Burned.

Mapleton, Mimi, June 19.-Miss Ida
Hawker, a girl seventeen years of age,
was severely burned by an explosion
from an incubator lamp yesterday. She
cannot live.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-06-19
Drowned in the zumbro.

Red Wing, Mimi, June 10. Roy
Reynolds, aged fourteen years, was
drowned in the Zumbro river while
bathing. His body was recovered.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-06-19
INDIAN BURIAL GROUND.
Bluffs Of Mississippi at Red Wing Are
Lined With Them.

Bluffs Of Mississippi at Red Wing Are
Lined With Them.
Red Wing, Mimi, June While ex-
cavating for the new building for the
Red Wing seminary on the college
bluff overlooking the Mississippi val
ley, what was no doubt prehistoric
cemetery was found. Many skeletons
were unearthed and quantity OF
beads and trinkets were found
"sizeu ups HIS Man.
Brother" Sheldon, author Of I'm
His Steps," has a sense Of hulnor. He
tells this story on himself of young
couple who applied to him to be mar.
ried. He performed the ceremony
with due solemnity and congratulated
the bride. Then he observed the
bridegroom searching through his
pockets and looking a bit Inundated
and ashamed. II am afraid, parson,' .
he said, that I amt got any money
to pay you with" Then, after a mo.
ment Of deep thought, looking up
cheerfully, he added: But can
tell you how to fix your gas meter so
it won't register
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-06-19
u ant Column

ANYONE desiring to buy a rotary
sawmill IF 10000 feet capacity write
ssNo. 300" care this Office.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-06-19

LANG g. CARTER exclusive agents
for Bailey's addition.
Evening star., 1903-07-13

seemed any person Of average intelligence
would be able to use and understand. On
twentyfour pages there Were 26S primitive
words and 22l derivative. or nearly 5000 in
all of the former and more than 1900 of the
latter. And lastly was made count OF
very common words. such as even poorly
educa ted person could hardly escape know
ing, and they were found to number 200
primitive and 300 derivative. No proper
names We're included in any Of the count
ngs.
1t would therefore seem to follow. II what
we are told of the vocabularies of Shake
speare and Milton be correct. that a person
of average education today knows at least
as many words as did the former, and one
whose school opportunities have been quite
limited is capable of walking beside the lat
ter in this respect. AS regards ideas and
ability to express them, however, the diff
ference may be worldwide
The foregoing facts seem to warrant
these general conclusions. Every well-read
person of fair ability and education will be
able to define to understand used
nearly or quite, perhaps more, than 5000
words. And the same person in conversa-
ton and writing will command not fewer
than 1000 to 20,ot0. and can add 5000 to
10000 to these numbers if he be literarily
inclined. The plain people. as Lincoln liked
to call them, use read understandings
from 5000 to loUtl words according 10
their general intelligence and conversa-
tional power while a person who cannot
read. but has a good degree of native mel-
tai ability, will command about 1900
Evening star., 1903-07-13
Cold Water as a Remedy


This is the time for all kinds of advice
regarding the weather and the way to
avoid its effects. Much of it is of the kind
any man would probably take if he could
One is advised to go to the seashore-ex-
celent advice if the sufferer is able. AS
nine-tenths Of those who read newspaDers
have not enough spare time and cash to
invest in such trip they cannot be consid-
cred within the scope of the suggestion
The same may be said of trip to the
mountains-eXcellent in itself but costly to
those compelled to work hard to earn a
livelihood What the public wants is some
thing the majority can do without too great
sacrifice.
Insomnia is common result of a heated
term-in fact, one of the most common and
disagreeable effects of torrid temperature
writer on the subject suggests the noun
tanS One who cannot sleep at home is as
apt to suffer this deprivation elsewhere-no
matter where he goes. A change of venue
is not apt to remove the operating cause
nor are the people generally able to run
away to the mountains in order to catch a
wink of sleep. A cold bath is better rem
edy and much simpler. 1t is within reach
OF every person. A bath tub is not neces-
sary. though very desirable. The water
should be cold possible to produce the
desirable effect; especially should this be
the with the victim of insomnia. He
should shock himself. and thus drive the
insomnia away. If he finds himself after
the bath tingling to his finger tips he can
go to sleep. If this fails-and 1t Is not al
ways certain-he can walk fifteen or twenty
miles. II this fails to make an impression
his is bad one and he had better
light the gas and read book until morn
ing. These are simple remedies within the
means of all. There is nothing better than
cold water. and Its use about the head and
body Ia excellent A full realization of this
would add to the number Of useful citizens
and save lives.