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The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-21
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.the down
in considerable numbers.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-21
The Butcher and His Hat.

81 always thought it paid to be po-
lite until 1 got into this business" re-
marked a prosperous retail butcher,
.sbut I find that it costs me about S25
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 q 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
bareh eaded.' st 49,. ,
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-21
Bird venqeance.

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
6 .ound to see where it's 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-Pearson's Weekly.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-21
Doom of Buzzard.

The buzzards that have long infest-
ed Vera Cruz and served 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 a 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, 1903-09-21

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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 a builder who
had filled 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 po-
liceman that If 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 men, Waterbury Comm Amer
lean.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-21
"JAcK HARkAwAY" COMING BACK

Story That Thrilled the Boys of Gen.
Grafton Ago.
For regular thriller commend me
to Jack Harkaway.' Thirty-five
years ago this sensational bit Of fc-
ton exercised a greater influence on
the character of the average boy of
10 to Is than father, mother and the
Ten Commandments. 1t was devoured
by millions on both sides of the water.
jack was the ideal of the youth of
all English-speaking countries. see
that it has been started again for a
long run in periodical that claims
1,250,000 circulation Bracebridge
Hemyng died in 1901. He wrote not
only Jack Harkaway," but forty-odd
volumes of readable fiction, yet you
will look in vain for his name in John
sons" "Appleton's, 80 Chambers" the
International and the STANDARD"
cyclopedias, and in the "Ridpath LII
brary Of University Literature" The
editors of all such works seem to make
it a habit to leave out just what one
wants to know.-New York Press.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-21
srATlsTlcs CT naHr HERoNs
They Are Sought by the Smithsonian
insticution.


Eight hundred night ilerons are wan
dering free about the United States,
each wearing on che leg an aluminium
band inscribed Smithsonian Institu-
ton" and number. If any person
shoots ore Of these birds he should
write to Paul Bartsch, 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..
Bartsch 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 We're 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 1t
covers in it's wanderings. 1t is be-
lieved that by the time few Of the
mum ered aluminium bands have been
reported some of these facts will have
been established to the satisfaction of
the ornithologists. - Cleveland (O)
Plain Dealer.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-21
French Commissioner Disguised.

Michel Lagrave French commissions
er to the St. Louis exposition, arrived
there recently with Nine. Lagraye,
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 a 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, 1903-09-21
A LinauaI Phenomenon.

can you says, Brer Eph'm," said
the convert, thoughtfully. dat All
KANT cuss nor sw'ar none after Use
been baptize'?" DE Bible says so,
Brer SAUL Nor say Good LORI nor
one O dem t'ings?" mot unless you's
in meetin', Brer Saul. y "Umh! I amt
drive no mules in meetin' en- KANT
take de meeting ter de mules. Dat
Baptis' 'ligion ain no 'ligion fu' a
mule driver. De baptism li'bIe ter
swink his bocabulary."- gton
Times.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-21
Amethvsts in Hiot 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
bags. One woung woman is the envy
of her associates by reason Of a 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, 1903-09-21
queen victoria's Love of Flowers.

Queen Victoria's Love of Flowers.
Queen Victoria was a great flower
lover from the days when 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, 1903-09-21
Opulence at the CAPITAL.

: Old-fashioned residents of Wash
ington deplore the fact that social life
there is taking on many of the objeo-
tionable features which characterize
the rude and rich New York set. II
it believed that some of this is due to
the fact that the president halls from
New York, the Roosevelts 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, 1903-09-21
New to-lendoners,

The Londoner will be greatly an
noyed by innovations when the
American electrical cars are running
in the Metropolitan underground and
tupenny tube railways. The fare
will be five cents for any distance;
there will be no first, second or thirc
class; the high speed will be over
sixty miles an hour, and the twenty
second limit to stops will give him q
Chicago education in movement.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-21
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 it
went: Il, Ulysses, saw her (Dido's)
heavenly form advancing like a god
dess in the sunlight. 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-neck-and-and
that's as far as l got. professor.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-21
Matches Eioht Inches Long.

The latest luxurya for the smokers
tray is the new English match that
measures eight inches in length. Fifty
of these fit sumptuous silver and
leather box, which, with the cigars, is
set upon the table at the conclusion
of a dinner party. One match will
light from ten to twelve cigars or
cigarettes Sometimes, 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, 1903-09-21
The PRODIGY.

The infant prodigy had thrown her
self on the floor and was vigorously
biting holes in the mating, while her
toes drummed quick march of fierce
anger and her shrieks rent the air
What in the world!" exclaimed the
prodigy's keeper, in alarm. Here is
a newspaper account of me which neg
lects to say that l 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, 1903-09-21
FIimfIammed Again?

Has the alert J. Pierpont Morgan
been fooled again? 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, 1903-09-21
To Clean a Sewing Machine.

Place it near the fire to get warm,
that the CONCEALED oil about 1t may
melt, and then oil it thoroughly with
parafin. Work it quickly for few
minutes, then wipe off all the paraf1n
and dirt and treat it to little more
clean parafln. Wipe it again, and
after the application Of very little
Of the ordinary lubricating Oil it 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, 1903-09-21
Feather Beds Comma Back,

The feather bed, after its Danish
ment during about half a 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; nevertheless, It
lis actually being recommended during
the winter for delicate, nervous, neu.
ralgic women, and particularly for ell.
derly persons and those who are trou.
hIed with insomnio.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-21
WAS PRETTY DRY READING.
How Teddy's Ambition Received
Something OIL 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 a page
or two of that every night, within
few years he'd knew bout everything
extant.
"well, my boy asked his father
an hour after the course had begun,
chow 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, 1903-09-21
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 2,9S2,522.80 pounds from sew
enty-eight works. The nitrate beds
are near the surface and are worked
as stone quarries.. It 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, 1903-09-21
Etiau cite Of the Feud.

There's 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 a general
KILN the porte always sends polite
note of apology to the survivors of
the massacre. If we could only end
our feuds in that way, sah-'' "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 to-"
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-21
coroner,s Jury's Qualified Verdict.

coroner's Jury's Qualified Verdict.
During the landlord and tenant dis
turbance 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 we'll 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 suspi cious circum-
stances Philadelphia Public
Ledger.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-21
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
husband should write Mr.. Hogan, or
see him at his Office or home. His
postoffce is Bethany. His Office is
anywhere on the square at Bethany
His home is on Big Creek, five miles
north of Bethany.-Bethany (Mo.)
Owl.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-21
SWISS PASTORS KEEP INNS.
Are Fore ed Thus to Supplement Their
Scanty Incomes.

Scanty Incomes.
A note from Geneva states that a
fortnight or so ago a Swiss pastor
bought an inn at Ufhusen, a 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 saiG to he 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, 1903-09-21
consequences.

Once on a time a Prudent Girl met
a Frivolous Girl. Don't you know
my dear" she said. that if you con.
tinue wearing veil that you will
spoil your eyesight?" Il saw that in
a medical journal" replied the Friv.
olous Girl, land would have followed
its advice only happened to read in
my Beauty Book that if 1 didn't wear
a veil I would spoil my complexion"
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-21
The Worlds Rarest Bird.

To find the rarest bird in existence
you must go to the mountains between
Anam and Loas, where there is 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 $780, and the
bird living would be priceless, for II
soon dies In captivity.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-21
THE RAINFALL IN ENGLAND.
Cyclonic Disturbances Had Little Ma
teriaI Effect.

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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 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 allowance; the
eastern counties, on the other hand,
being nearly an inch short.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-21
North Dakota LEGISLATORS.

There are LAO members of the North
Dakota legislature, and Of them fifty
one are farmers and only two are law
yers. Norwegians and their descend
ants are very largely represented in
the politics OF North Dakota.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-21
Tho LARGEST onera houses.

TTTS IoT SSSs 0PSTd tT00SSSs
The Academy of Music, at New
York, will hold 400 people The
next biggest opera house is that at
Parma, in Italy.. 1t is built OF wood,
and will hold $500.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1903-05-21
Probate Notice.

In the Probate Court,
Fremont county, Idaho.
In the Matter of tn G Estate OF Elizabeth Kan
der deceased. ,oo, -.
Now on the :Oth day of April, !9O3, came
Carl F. LEM executor of said estate ana
nrays for leave to render his final account as
such executor and to be discharged, ana ior q
decree of this court finding that said deceased
left surviving her no husband, nor children
under the age of twenty one years, nor otner
nerson or persons dependent upon or resld-
mo with her at the time of her DEATH ana no
one 10 succeed to her homestead interests IN
the lands described in said last will except
Fred LEM legatee, ana that an order pc
made distributing said lands to said Fred
Lenz ..,,a ,,, ~
n is therefore ordered that the md day OF
lime 1903 at o o'clock a. m. at my once IN
st ANTHONY idaho be fixed us the time ana
Mace for examining and allowing such ac-
count and making the decree above prayed,
and the heirs of said deceased and all persons
Interested in said estate are required 10 ap-
near at the time and place so designated ana
! Show cause if such exists, why said account
| should not be allowed and said decree maze
| and the lands describe in said last VIII anc
! testament be distributed and assigned TO sane
! cred LEM by decree of this court
| Ills further ordered that said Carr r LEM
executor give notice to all persons lnterest
| ed in said estate by causing n copy Of TINS
| order to be published in the Teton Peak,
| newspaper printed andi in general Circulation
! in said county for four consecutive week.
! prior to the day set for said hearing.
/ f John Donaldson,
First date O. pub MAY l. Probate Judge
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1903-05-21

How to Circurnvent The HessiaD Flv,
So little complaint of the Hessian
hy mas been heard at the Ohio Expert
ment Station this season that there
IS ground for the hope t''Ht there will
De no more trouble frora it for q few
years to come, but it will be wiser for
farmers to be on their guard lest It
may reappear suddenly as it did III
1889.
1t IS possible for every farmer to de-
termine for himself W thcr the fly Is
likely to appear in destructive num-
bers in his wheat each season. To &C.
complish this, let a small strip OF
wheat be sown along enc side of the
intended wheat field about two weeks
before the time when the main crop Is
usually sown in that particular local
lty AS soon as the wheat comes above
the ground examine the young shoots
carefully every day with magnifying
glass. A cheap lens, magnifyirg about
three diameters, which can be bought
Oh any optician or department store
for a dollar or less, Is sufficient. II
the fly is present its minute, reddish
eggs, One-fiftieth of an inch long, will
be found in the crcages of the young
wheat blades. Once seen under glass
these eggs can easily be seen by the
unaided eye as red specks. Often two
or more are found together. lying end
! to end.
Usually egg laying occupies about a
week, and if Tie fly, on her appear
anco, finds a little wheat ady for her,
she will soon deposit all her eggs
after which the main crop may safely
be aOwn in the assurance that by the
time it appears above ground the eggs
will all have been laid on the earlier
sown wheat.
Many farmers suppose that the so
called "fax-seeds," which are found II
October and November at the base o.
the wheat stalk, are the eggs OF thu
fly, but this is mistake; these "fa1
seeds" are the full grown larvae Of thu
fly, which undergo their transforma
ton into the winged insect within tn
brown cases called flax seeds. "-Chas
e. Thorne, Director Ohio Experimen
Station.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1903-05-21
New Life and Strength Came to Her

4 Massachusetts, aOoman, Mrs. CARRIE p HANNA
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uThese the actual facts and feel that it is due you
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Mrs CARRIE p. HANNAFORD.'
To Hon. r. v. Pierce M. D.
Young women matrons should not allow
themselves to look sallow and wrnkled because
Of those pains and weaknesses which become
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and i1nprudent care of the womanly system
Many woman would look beautiful, have {
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