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The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-06-23
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1t was dinner time when Jumbo Sam
rode UP to the Hat Six ranch. Hospi-
tally is tie first law of the cattle
country, and Jumbo Sam, who had
eaten breakfast seven hours before,
was in no mood to transgress it. His
saddle creaked as it was relieved OF
his 200 pounds, and the jadeG COW
pony shook himself with satisfaction.
Dinner is now ready in the dinin'
car" sang out the cook. Come an
git it while it's hot"
In response to the welcome call tho
crowd Of COW punchers filed into the
dining room.
Come on, Jumbo" said Rufa
Thompson, foreman of the Hat Six.
Better hit the grub trail right now, if
Won don't want the cook to work over
slme. Them COW hands is liable to
clean off that table as quick as a
beaver workin' in patch @ fresh will
lows. They amt got no more manners
than one O. yer bears when it sets
down to an antelope carcass.
Jumbo Sam was a bear hunter by
occupation, and the smile was not
lost on him He made a hasty pre-
tense of scrubbing his bearded face
in the water trough at the side of the
kitchen, and followed Thompson into
the dining room.
Set yere, Jumbo. right acrost from
Peg Simmons. You know Peg. Al
least if you don't you'd orter.''
Other than an Involuntary start.
Jumbo Sam gave no sign that he rec
ognized Simmons. He took the seat,
however, and bent his head so low
over his plate that Jack Fulmer, his
nearest table ompanion, said after.
ward that he thought the hunter was
about to ask a blessing.
This expectation was not realized.
for Jumbo Sam, with head still low
cred, swept the table with sidelong.
chances and Helped himself literally
to beefstealz, biscuits and potatoes SIS
the food was passed to him.. AS he
had a reputation for conversation OF
that personal variety known as brag-
gadocio, his silence was notice able,
His close attention to the business in
hand, however, seemed to remove any
mysterious cause for this lack of To-
auacity Not once did he refuse ta
help himself to the contents of the
meat platter or pap of biscuits. Had
it not been for his peculiar manner
during the meal his reticence might
have been passed by without com
ment Not once did he raise his eyes
to Peg Simmons. The strange twist
of his thick neck suggested rheumae
tism, spinal trouble, earache, almost
any i'll, in fact, which could be con.
tracted by a man Who sometimes
tracked a grizzly in fresh snow for
two or three days with stopping until
he found his game.
Peg Simmons on the other aand
seldom looked at his plate. His small
blue eye rested almost constantly on
the bowed head across the table. He
was little man-hardly five feet
eight, and his slight frame contrasted
sharply with Jumbo Sans bulky fig
ure. Moreover, he was a cripple. One
day while trying to lead refractory
steer in .gopk~r ground his pony had
stepped in a prairie dog hole and
| thrown him. Simmons left leg was
4 broken so badly that it had to be
| 8syit Ills.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-06-23
LANG &. CARTER exclusive agents
for Bailey's addition.
miss Cleveland Runs a Farm.

Miss Rose Cleveland. the sister OF
ex-President Cleveland, is success.
full farmer. She now owns about one
half of a 7O0-acre island near Isles.
boro, Me-, having within few days
acquired an additional tract Of land.
Miss Cleveland has about 800 chick
ems, a large herd of cows and a big
vegetable garden on her island, where
she raises prize pumpkins, fat chick.
ems and makes prime dairy butter She
handles her affairs herself, it Is said.
but employs a large force Of men.
There is but one other cottage on the
island.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-06-23
saloonkeeper Commits Suicide.

Saltwater, Mimi, June %. = Hang
ing to a rope suspended from rafter
in the woodshed adjacent to his resi-
-dence at Lake Elmo was found the
body Of Carl Helry SEVERN. The dis
covery was made by his wife. SEVERN
owned a saloon at Lake Elmo.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-06-23
Rain in South Dakota.

Pierre, S. D., June %. = A general
drilling rain prevailed over this sec
ton of the state last night, bringing
relief to vegetation, which was be-
ginning to show the effects of the dry
weather.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-06-23
PLUNGED From Balcony.

Savannah, Ga, May 21.-1obert j.
Hilton, aged thirty-four, a civil engi.
ueer employed by the government IN
Savannah harbor work committed sui
eide Yesterday by Jumping head fore
most from the balcony Of st. Joseph's
hospital. He went to the hospital the
previous night to he treated for fever.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-06-23
Stabbed at a Dance.

Black River Falls, Wis, June %. -
During drunken row at dance at
Clay twelve miles from here, Charles
Station and his son Tony were stabbed
by a man named Flood. The former is
in a serious condition.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-06-23
HANGS HERSELF TO RAFTER.

.Demented Woman Commits Suicide
by Hanging.
Flandreau, S. D., June 49, Mrs.
Thomas Monson, living near here,
committed suicide yesterday morning
by hanging. She ran out of the house,
climbed windmill trestle, jumped
into lake of water, then ran to the
barn and while watched by two men,
who were waiting for her husband to
arrive, terminated her life by hang.
ing herself to rafter. She was in.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-06-23
BEES ATTACK FARMER.
Doctor Saves His Life by Giving an
Emetic

Emetlc.
Cedar Falls, Iowa, June 23-Thomas
Dobson, a farmer of this vicinity, was
almost fatally stung by swarm OF
bees which he was endeavoring to
place in a hive. His head and face
were mass of stings and swelled to
enormous size. The administration OF
an emetic was all that saved his life
the physician in attendance says
When found the family thought he
was dead, as he lay unconscious on
the ground, while the bees were still
attacking him.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-06-23
Militia Protects Street Cars.

Dubuque, Iowa, June 23-Street cars
four companies of militia guarding the
company's property. There was no
disturbance.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-06-23
Bio Crop of Wool.

.Sturgis, S. D., June %. = The wool
growers of the range are beginning to
get their years crop to the market,
and are very much pleased to find
that prices have advanced several
points since last year.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-06-23

ANYONE desiring to buy a rotary
sawmill IF 100000 feet capacity write
ssNo. 500 care this Office.
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correcting Data or Temperatures.
The British weather service Is col.
lecting reports from the North Allan.
tic and Mediterranean of the tempera-
lures observed by shipping masters.
The data thus collected are to be
worked up in charts This will show,
among other things, the extent of tho
gulf stream
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-06-23

~Heerd you been shootin' off-yer
yawp about Nell" he says
amputated. The surgeon did the job
in such bungiing fashion that the op-
Grafton had to be repeated. When
Simmons recovered he came to the
Hat Six ranch, where he formerly had
been en- }loyed. The proprietor gave
him money to buy wooden leg, and
in few weeks Simmons had won the
nickname of Peg" and the reputauon
of beingsnne of the best COW punchers
in the Big Horn basin IN spite of his
misfortune. Norman in the outfit was
his superior in roping steer, nor
according to common report-in hand
ling a six-shuoter.-
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-06-23
Not Looking for NotorIety.

No author of the day has been less
photographed than Joseph Conrad,
who has just published book Of sea
stories. His publishers, when his
book was about come out, having
failed to persuade him to face the
camera for new picture, hunted high
and low throughout England and
America for soD,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 half-tone, enlarged
and retouched, that all pictures OF
Conrad recently published have been
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-06-23

EXCELLENT chance for man with
small capital to get into paying
hotel business at Crookston, MINI.
For particulars address letters TO
proprietor of Commercial hotel,
Crookston,- MINI.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-06-23

FOR sSALE-Two thousand cords of
l6-inch wood. Yves Wright. 34-tf
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The Celebrated Scientific
PalmiSt and Clai1'V0ya1lt

Has arrived and remains a short time only. The
Professor is recognized by press and public as the
q foremost and most able Scientific Pamist and
Clairvoyant before the American public, and he
especially invites those to call who have been dis
appointed deceived IN the past by some incompe-
tent person-they will notice the difference be-
tween an aCept and a Dretenoer
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ARE you IN TROUBLE

you that with all Of your natural gifts and talents that
oaed discouraged unsuccessful If and be
the your bad luck and how
change your bad conditions and happiness hous
today bless and credit of their app
this wonderful Are you sick? II to me
will you charge what as do not give med-
cine you without asking single question
convinced Pamst1Z and Clairyoyant TAUGHT
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.STRAYED-Gan1e to my prem
ises one white dog and pup.
J. Gilbertson, Diamond Point.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-09-11

In this game some well-lnown nov.
ellst is selected, Dickens. for instance.
and each player chooses on6 OF his
characters TO personate, telling no one
tho choice.
Then one OF the players relates tho
life as though Il were her own. and
portrays with voice and gesture the
character she has assumed. or course
no names must be mentioned.
Tho person who FIRST guesses what
character IA porsonatod has the privi-
lego OF deciding who shall BIO tho next
TO tell her story.
The game OF assumed characters"
will prove TO be very entertaining IL
each player does her part and mallos
her narrative as amusing and interest
ing as possible.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-09-11

Tho FIRST arch was capped by a dom
ino with two plps or spots Ga double
90 over Il, and 30 on consecutlvoly
TO the sixth arch, which was topped
by a double G, the domino with tho
greatest number Of plps, there being
10.
After these arches were constructed
the small checkerboard was laid nat
on the floor, closed with It's edge
pushed up against the entire back OF
the bridge. this forming a brace and
making six compartments out OF tho
six arches-as shown IN drawing.
Now. where do tho checkers come
INF" you ask.
George and lew quickly showed
their use. George took ,cn reds, NhIT
Lew got an equal nu' 'c. " hlr
then thoy toed J ~,
away from the 'front.' < the = ls. o.,
from where they now tried 10 roll tho
checkers under the arches George
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-09-11

accompanying picture represents one
end Of the spool with the strips tackled
on.
Now bore a hoio through tho strips
whore they intorscct. at both ends. so
that these two holes may be n con.
tlnuatlon OF the hole through the
spool.
Your next step is TO cut six strips
from the cigar box. and having made
them the right length, tack them
across from the strips on one end OF
tho spool TO the strips on tho other
end, like tho paddles OF real water
wheel Use small brads in all tho
lacking.
Now take n piece OF soft wood
about six inches In length. and with
your knife trim part OF Il down TO the
right size TO slip easily into tho hole
through the spool, and let this part
be long enough 10 extend half an inch
out OF the other end Put n brad
through II there TO keep the spool
from coming on.
The untrimmed part OF the stick
will serve as handle for you TO hold
the wheel by, and as II is larger than
the trimmed part, OF course the spool
cannot get of that end.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-09-11
How 10 seeure Wlld Petn.


The gentle. graceful littlo jumping
mice whlte.footed mice. shorttailed
meadow.rats and nylngsqulrrols are TO
be found In almost any rural place In
this country. These interesting little
creatures can be captured with ordi.
nary box.traps. figure fours or tho
square or round wire mouse traps. The
white footed mice. or deer mice. may
be found in the abandoned nests OF
other rodents. in holes in the fence
rails. and under clods OF old plowed
fields. Or beneath brush heaps In tho
fence corners.
Sometimes birds nests arc found
with a neatly matched roof over tho
bowl. and a round doorway OF access
TO tho interior. where. snugly curled
up in a warm he'd OF down. tho little
viii O-footed mouse IS sleeping.
You may capture these little fellows
by hand, II you use due caution In APP
rroaching their hahitation. and shield
your hand with an ordinary pocket
handkerchief. They will make delight.
full pets. and you win and them much
more interesting than tho common
white mice Give them n tall, narrow
cage with plenty Of head room. wire
branch containing n last summers
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-09-11
Toy Water Wheel.

A good toy is a water wheel. tho
kind that has handle by which n
boy can hold II in stream OF water
and see II turn. And, OF course, the
boy must make II for himself.
Here is the way to mako Il: Get
the largest empty spool you can. say.
one on which stout linen thread is gen.
orally wound, and on one end OF II
tack three strips OF wood cut from an
old cigar box. The strips should be
about FIVE inches long and half an
inch broad. and they should be tackled
on the spool 80 that the six ends are
equl-distant from each other, like tho
spokes OF a wheel.
Tack three strips on tho other end
OF the spool in the same way exactly
so that the strips at one end shall bo
opposite to those at the other. The
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-09-11
she Was Too Enthuslastle.

There n a woman IN Wost phlladel.
p1la who Is the owner OF a few houses
NLlch Eha rents, but which are much
OF the time vacant. She is n thorough
BY good woman, a prominent worker In
tho W. c. n. u. and the church. and so
enthusiastic IS she on the temperance
question that she places the Union be-
lUro The church.
Tho other day a man, whose work
keeps him out OF doors, and whose
complexion shows IT,, went to her TO
rent one Of her tcnements. She looked
him over and saldi 81 suppose you
drink"
yes. madam"
"Hard7"
Eyes. do drink a good deal this hot
weather"
whisky, l suppose"
mo"
"Then ! suppose It's yilo beer"
"No."
"Wol what DO you drluk7"
"Wator-I have been a total abstain
err all my NO."
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-09-11

ff-fff fAesaA-H Saft ffNfA elfAasf-< ~
"oh. you must understand l can't
tell youl"
Il fear that must insist upon your
trying" he said. This Is matter
OF tho greatest importance TO mo-"
"wel. it's-it's about your-your
following her about 10 much. She 10
lis angry because you havo come
here. She can't lo-cart feel toward
you In the way you wish, and your
attentions annoy herl"
II see" said the man. thoughtfully.
Miss Pringlo does me the honor to
suppose that ! am a suitor for her
hand. Ia that ~"
Eyes" very softly.
And finding me ineligible she wish.
o. me 10 withdraw my claims aud my
presence. Am I still right2"
"Yes," as before.
"H.u.mi or course you told her bet.
teri"
~ why-why-how could II How
did known"
Very rosy the face now. Such deep
tinted blossoms. In such n fair gardeni
"Oh. Ccllnda. you must have
known" he cried passiolately. y
was sure that you understood; that
you know that when sought your
aunt II was you whom was seekIrg;
that | haunted her presence that ]
might bo near youl Didn't you know
Il? And would It have made any diff
ference n you had7 Dear. love you,
and you onlyl VIII you come TO met"
Whatever the answer. II must have
been eminently satisfactory; for after
little n much tumbled head OF hair
was lifted from rs pillow on manly
shoulder, and a happy voice ridd
"Oh. Roger. what goose you wero
10 court one woman when you wanted
another"
And what goose you we're not IA
know that you were being courtodl'
WAS the gay rejoindor
Aud Miss Prngle, Just then looking
IN at q partly opened door, came tc
/ sudden enlightenment. and stole softly
away mutterlng 10 herself:
And what n goose ias 10 thinh
that was beln' courtod when
wasr'tl Il seems that there are threc
Of a kind Of as, and that I'm tho big
golt goose of tho throol"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-09-11

missed them entirely In his first roll,
but on his second trial no managed to
penetrate the arch that was topped
by the double six Each pip counted
one point. 30 George got ~. which put
him ahead OF Lew, who had managed
TO set only four and six on both his
two rolls.
The game grew very exciting and
was not decided until tho last roll.
when Lew won by Fcore Vt Is 10 70.
They called th'~ CIV Eams 'gg,
binatlon," q .r ia 10 Day 4.
here rs ano' r. couat,5r n.
81 ri taking or'y .su checkers. uss
~ as rct ~ rlt ok on a Ger.
l..aN0 81 W .O-as the win.
gnr.ug,. agG whoever reaches IL
-.H4 10 game.
Combination may not bo as sclen.
tine as its parent games. yet MS LOT
OF fun, and rs an eyo-traincr II "a 4
splendid pastimo
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-09-11

TIL Where are the domlnoesG"
George and Low havo EN-"
"And tho checkers are gone. tool"
George and Low have EN-" repeat
ed Marie.
"But thoy aren't playing with both
at the same time. are they2" asked
Joe In surprise.
"You don't believe It, do your" said
Marie. as Joe shook his head incredu-
lousy Come upstairs and I'll prove
f."
This Is what Joe saw; The DON'T
noes had been dumped out OF the box
on the floor. where they had been
used In building what appeared TO be
a miniature bridge, There wero six
arches. All tho domlnoes were on
ployed IN their construction. so that
the arches were strong enough 10 re-
slst the shock Of blow. A domino
with is face outward formed the top
OF each arch
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-09-11
sen sernent chaaed HIm.

Grover wehnes. tho 1s.yoaroli son
Of President Conrad wehnes Of tho
Geneva. N. ", common council, 10
telling OF an experience he had few
days ago with a Seneca lakc sea
serpent.
He says no was sailing his yacht
near Kashong Point. when tho boat
was slowed down by an obstruction.
lie lifted the centerboard. and as
tho boat went ahead nc Gays he saw
the serpent aftern. II was IA big as
a shark, round in body and had great
yellow eyes. Il kept up with tho
yacht for half n mile, when II sank,
II wouldn't take that trip again for
$500" no sald-Now York World.
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ooula Not Sand the sIIenee.

A servant girl who was taken by a
family into a quiet country place for
tho summer last week, after a few
days announced TO her mistress that
she didn't like H. and would be goln'
homo the next day" on being ques-
TONED as TO tho causes for her dislike
5ho said. well have TO pull tho
hedclothes about my head and ears to
shut out the dead silence OF the night
and can't stand Il any longer"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-09-11

garden vegetables when grass roots
are not available.
II you are expert It Is sometimes
possible TO catch chipmunks by hand.
They will enter almost any ordinary
sort OF trap. and can best be cap
turod In that way. Set the trap near
tho holo known 20 be occupied by ono
OF these scolding rodents. and give
four captivos a roomy cage. with a
dark corner for a nest They make
gentle and amusing pets. Foed them
on acorns and nuts. Crack the hard.
est nuts for them.
Tho simplest kind Of box trap,
which is almost always effective when
baltod with a slice OF fresh vegetable
Is shown in the illustration. II is very
easy to make and will capture your
little pets without iniuring them In
any way.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-09-11

A recent drowning at Biddeford,
Mo, recalls tho old legend OF tho
curse put UPON the saco river by tho
ladian souaw whose papoose was
thrown from ono OF the cliffs In Tho
Narrows." by white men who wanted
10 500 n Il could swim. That curse
vas. as tho legend has Il. that no year
hould pass without at least three
white victims OF the river. There
havo already been two this summer,
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Ii Launhter on tnn Crow.

Lot him not hope to do great deeds
Who fears that other men may laugh;
The bravery he shows who leads
a host 60 hattie ig not hnlf
NJ great ua D. hls fcnrlossn0a
Who dnrcs. though others l6urh 90 try.
VINO has the strength and Wilt 20 press
Ahead, well knowing that the hirh
Bhrlll laughter OF the fc1ncrs rings!
Who' hearing them. builds on or sings.
Men laughed NJ Alexander ere
The world had come beneath his sway
Incy muEnCd nc Byron, who could dare
10 sun keep on his chosen way
Since man nrlt sought success the crowd
Has laughed to eon the anxious try
And only they have won who. proud
And brave, have made the laughter
Who suffers men 10 laugh him down
Must not expect victor's crown.
s. Il fSiaor.