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The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-15

THE NEW ARMY RIFLE.
1t Is Practically Certain to Be the
Best in the World.

The new United States army rife
is a remarkable evolution in small
arms since the old Springfield single
loader had its day. Practically twelve
years cover the period Of the develop
ment, although the experience Of the
Spanish and Philippine wars has nat
uraIly made the progress more rapid
since 1898 than before that time.
when the Krag was made the basis Of
the army magazine rifle there was
more or less criticism, but 1t was
poorly conceived. The Ordinance de-
partment has never regarded any
model as necessarily a finality, but has
ever been bent on improvements.
Consequently notifications have been
numerous and steady, and there is no
reason why, with this constant appli-
cation Of experience and inventive ge-
MUS the United States service maya
zine rife should not be equal to any
in the worlds Springfield (Mass.) Re
publican.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-15
THE GOAT AND THE PLUG.
Old Darkey Was Satisfied the Animal
Could Read

Three colored men were discussing
the intelligence of different animals.
One claimed that the dog knew more
than all other animals put together,
The horse was favored by a second
man, but old Peter Jackson said that,
in my opinion de goat am de tell
gentest criter livin'. kin prove dat
de goat kin read. saw him do it,
an | know it am true. Several days
ago, WIZ walkin down street,
dressed in nah best suit OBJ clothes,
an wearin' man new plug hat. When
I got down on de main street seed
a BILLBOARD on which 1t said, Chew
Jackson's plug. A goat wuz standin'
thar when / passed, an when WIZ
about ten feet away he must hab rec.
ognized me- for de next thing knew
went sailin' out in de mud. When
looked 'roun, dat goat wuz chewin'
nah plug hat for all he wuz worth.
Gem men, da is no question in nah
mind about de 'teIligence OBJ de goat.
He am wondah."
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-15
BOY WAS TOO PREVIOUS.
Came Near Causing Physician t
Lose Patient.

Came Near Causing Physician to
Lose Patient.
A doctor tells a good story in con-
nection with a lad who until recently
was in his employ. 1t was part Of
this youngsters daily duty to answer
the surgery bell, and usher the pros
pective patients into the consulting
room. One morning there presented
himself at the surgery entrance a
mechanic, with whom Buttons was on
speaking terms. "Hullo, Jackson!" he
remarked, what's the matter with
your ooh, just want to see the
DOCTOR" replied the visitor. Have
yer brought yer symptoms with yer?"
inquired Buttons, Zoos that's the fust
thing he'll ask yer about If yer amt
got EN- ye'd better pop back an get
en-" "And would you believe it,"
adds the doctor, that fellow was actu-
ally about to act on the boys advice
when l entered the surgery! Pear
sons Weekly.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-15
Differing Views on Providence.

A recent traveller in Macedonia
writes: THE views on Providence
entertained by Turks and Jews re-
spectively and the extent to which be-
lief influences the conduct of each
are we'll illustrated by the following
anecdote: A Turk and Jew were
one day in boat. Suddenly the
weather changed and a fierce squall
arose The Jew proposed that they
should turn back at once. The Turk
was for going on. Fear not, my
friend: Allah is great he said, Allah
is great retorted the Jew, but our
boat is small.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-15
Charity in EnuIand.

Some idea OF the charitable DISPOSE
ton Of the British people is found in
the report of the charity commission
eG5s just issued. The total value of in.
vestments held by the official trustees
Of charitable funds at the close OF
last year was e22,314,735, divided
into 22,79S separate grants. The ag-
create income from stocks, securities
and annnities aggregated e646,517 in
1902. During the three-quarters end
ipg Dec. 81, 1901, 1,670 new charities
founded by will or deed came to the
notice of the commissioners involving
a capital Of 6 6,500,00o and upward
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-15
TO GET RID OF RATS.
Writer Recommends Dipping the Yer
min in Narnish. a~

All tradesmen being liable TO the
incursions and depredatfons of rats,
it may not be out of place to mention
a method of getting rid of these pests
which is recomm ended by a cores
pondent of the Birmingham Daily
Post This consists in thinning down
with petroleum ordinary slow-drying
tar varnish such as bedstead makers
and japanners use and pouring the
mixture into the runs OF the rats.
The vermin are said to loathe the
smell of the stuff, and will do any
thing to get clear of it. A still more
effective plan is said to be to catch
rat alive, dip it up to the neck in the
varnish and turn it loose. Its fe.-
lows will fee from 1t as from the
dell. The dipping process is said to
be harmless to the rat. But some
ironm ongers may not care to dip
live rat up to it's neck"
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-15
Motor Cars in Switzerland.

Should the experiments in progress
in the neighborhood of Berne prove as
successful as is anticipated travellers
to Switzerland in the summer of this
year will be able to cross the noun
tains by motor car a instead of the
usual post diligence. The actual trials
will be made in the Spring, and the
result, if successful, will be not only
to allow travellers to make the differ
ent journeys in half the time, but to
open the mountain roads, which are at
present closed to them on account of
the horses.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-15
THE TRAlHlNe OF A CHILD.
Several Important Points That MUST
Be Remembered

Be Remembered.
To teach child with success re-
quires only common sense, good judg-
ment and gentleness. There are, how
ever, 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
int1exible rule that requires teacher
to prepare every lesson carefully be-
fore giving it, in order to present 1t
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 oyerstepped so long as to-
morrow represents another day.--The
Household
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-15
Bird venaean

A naturalist recently witnessed an
encounter between a large swan and
little brown duck. The duck had
apparently insulted the swan by trying
to cross it's 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 it
go and sailed majestically away The
duck, after taking breath, looked
around TO see where its enemy was,
and seeing it rose into the air and
deliberately came down, tapping its
wings, on the astonished swans back.
The swan ted in terror, and the duck,
apparently satisfied, quietly swan
away-Pearson's Weekly.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-15
VITALITY OF BURNS FAME.
II Is One Of the Great Facts of Our
Literature

Literature.
"The inquest" on Robert Burns was
concluded long ago, but from time to
time the findings are reviewed by crit
ical writer's, as in a recent SYMPOSIUM,
says Golfers. A curious result thus
chances. From every such inquisition
the poet energes the more radiant and
triumphal-the critics are lost in the
splendor they have evoked. 1t is one
thing to make literature; it is another
and quite different thing to write about
literature and the makers thereof. This
is truistn, 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 a 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, 1903-09-15
Superf,uous Bows,

A British parliamentary paper
shows that, as usual, nearly 10000
more boys than girls we're born in
the British isles last year. Whence,
then, the "superfluous woman?" The
boys die, during the first weeks and
months of life, at a far greater rate
than the supposed weaker vessels. /"
In few months they have sunk to an
equality and soon woman takes the
lead, numerically, and aeeps it, nu-
merically. The reason is not uncon-
nected with the larger size of the
baby boys head, for which he either
pays the penalty very early or reaps
the reward-if woman VIII forgive
the hint-later.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-15
Muscular Christianity.

Prof. Bryce, in his biographical
study of Bishop Fraser, of Manches-
ter, tells of a clergyman of Fraser's
diocese who had knocked man down
who had insulted him. The bishop
wrote him letter of reproof, point
ing out that exposed as the Church of
England was to much criticism on all
hands, her ministers ought to be very
careful of their demeanor The of
fender replied by saying: Il must re
gretfully admit that, being grossly
insulted, and forgetting in the heat of
the moment the critical position of
the Church of England, / did knock
the man down, ETC.. Fraser was de-
lighted with the turning of the tables
on himself, and afterward invited the
clergyman to visit him.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-15
The Roentnen 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 speci alist, 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, 1903-09-15
What We're cominq To.

AS we have already transmitted fair
ly recognizable pictures of individuals
by wire we may be able, before long,
to do the same thing without wires.
Why not? And then for the wireless
p o Acknowledgment phonophotoscop
by which we can see everybody, hear
everybody, talk to everybody, when-
ever and wherever we please without
cost, anywhere on the surface of the
globe. And then, hurrah for a short
trip to Mars just to initiate our chests
and show off!-Magazine of Humor.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-15
Just an Incident in GEORGIA.

Mr.. Bud Spinks was awakened tho
other morning by a strang, granting
noise in his room, which proved to be
the voice Of a medium-sized alligator
that was warming itself by the smol-
dering ashes of his fireplace and Incl.
dentally trying to swallow his boots,
which he had placed there to dry, and
which he had bought on the Install
ment plan and had only made,o one pay.
ment on them. The saurian had sue
:eeded in swallowing one boot and
had the other down-elear to the
straps, which Mr.. Spinks seized and
pulled it out The gator is now on
exhibition at Minche's drug store, but
will soon be slain in order that Mr..
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, 1903-09-15
RELIEF FOR RUSSIAN WOMEN.
Newly Enacted Law Blessing to
Abused Peasants Wives.


BY a newly enacted Russian law a
peasants wife, on showing to the dis
trict judge Construction that she is
habitually Ill treated by her husband,
or that he will not support her, and
makes her the drudge for his own sup
port, can demand a separate passport,
with which she is at liberty to leave
her oppressor and earn a living else
where. Hitherto there was no possible
redress or release for the long-suffer-
ing victim so long as it was obligatory
that the wife's name was entered in
the husbands passport and papers of
legitimate. Anyone at all intimately
acquainted with village life in Russia
will readily appreciate the relief this
brings to tens OF thousands Of peasant
women who are the grieyously abused
domestic slaves and beasts of burden
to their drunken and brutal conjugal
proprietors.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-15
Here's a New "Drink" Cure.

A novel remedy for the drink hab-
tor, rather, for enabling those
who have Sworn of" to remain
"on the water cart''-consists Of ice
water drunk through raw potato.
Take a bowl of ice water and pota-
to. Peel the potato and cut down one
end of it until it can be easily insert
ed in the mouth. Dip the potato in
the ice water and suck it every time
craving for strong drink comes on.
1t is claimed that this treatment will
effect an absolute cure. The why and
the wherefore are not stated, but the
process is such simple one that
there can be no harm in trying it if
any one is afflicted with thirst
which they really and truly desire to
lose.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-15
Wrona Foot Out Of Bed.

About half the world puts the wrong
foot out of bed in the morning. But
which is the wrong foot? 1t is a
superstition as old as the hills that
if the left foot touches the floor first
you will have bad luck that day.
Probably many men avoid this by
sleeping on the right side of the bed,
SO that in rising the right foot natur-
ally comes first in contact with the
floor. 1t is said to be a fact that most
people lie on their right side because
of the prevalent notion that the heart
has freer action.-New York Press.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-15
The DEVELOPMENT of Mexico,

Facts in regard to the commercial
annexation of Mexico are given in the
National Magazine. Twenty-eight mil
lions of United States capital is now
invested in that country, and forty
Mexican investment companies in Chi.
cago are sending in a million dollars
a month. In the city of Monterey
alone $10,OO0,O0O was recently invest
ed in one plant. The Standard Oil
company has invested $1S,0O0,OOO In
Mexican mines within two years, and
will put In $4,000, 900 more.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-15
Had to Paw to Find Out.

At one Of the New York theaters
they are playing a piece called "A
Fool and His Money, A preacher
from Wisconsin was visiting Gotham
last week and in pas sing the theater
one evening was curious to know II
the play conveyed the proverbial les
son suggested by its title. Stepping
up to the box office, he inquired re-
garding the matter. 81 think" said
the suave party behind the grating
that the moral of the piece is that
the fool and his money gather nc
moss. 1t will cost you So to find out
exactly" The preacher murmured
"Thank YOU and withdrew. He tells
the story himself
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-15
The Development of Africa.

In Ethiopia and the Soudan, the
work of development and exploitation
is progressing. The treaty recently
concluded between King Menelek and
the British government probably
means the early construction of the
Berber-Suakin railroad via Kassala
(costing some s15,000.000) and the
subsequent extension of the Kassala
line southwark to Lake Rudolph,
where eventually it will form a juno
ton with the Uganda railway. at the
same time marking long step toward
the realization Of the Cape-to-Cairo
scheme.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-15
Elimflagnmed 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 unscrupulous dealers, who, it al
geges, have palIned off limitations on
the multimillionaire
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-15
Wio Good Cause for Divorce

The widow of a large estate owner
in Germany, who recently married a
count of small means, has obtained a
separation from her second husband
on exceedingly novel grounds. After
the marriage the bride discovered
that her husband wore a wig and re
ceived such a shock at the sight Of
his bald head that she took violent
antipathy to him. and commenced
proceedings against him. Her suit
was successful, and she obtained a
separation after three weeks mar
riage. The grounds upon which the
decision was based were that if she
had known of the wig she would
never have married the count.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-15
A linsuaI Phenomenon.

"An' you says, Brer Eph I'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 Lor',' nor
zone O. dem t'ings?" mot unless you's
in meetin', Brer Saul" "Umh! l amt
drive no mules in meetin en- l kahn It
take de meeting ter de mules. Dat
Baptis ligion-ain no ligion fu' a
mule driver. De baptism li'ble ter
swink his vocabulary. Washington
Times
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-15
This Lunch Was a Success.

A lady ia Budapest recently gave q
charitable lunch party to the poor Of
her district. She placed no limit on
the number Of invitations. and the re-
suit was that 5000 people arrived, all
eager for the treat. Eventually the
police had to draw their sabers to keep
order among the jewellers. There were
no two opinions about the success OF
the function. The guests to a man
declared they had never assisted in so
intense and exciting a lunch before in
their lives. They were quite cut up
when the time came to go.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-15
To Cut Record Diamond.

In Amsterdam a syndicate has been
formed which viii bear the great ex-
pense and risk attending the cutting
of what is the largest known diamond.
the Excelsior. The Excelsior was
found at the Jagersfontein diamond
mines of South Africa in 1898. It has
the size of hens egg and weighs in
It's present raw state go carats, which
is nearly twice as much as the Kohl
moor weighed before it was reduced
to its present size. Specially con-
structed machinery has to be en-
ployed for cutting the Excelsior and
great care is used in insuring its safe
ty from theft.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-15
NOT TO BE TRUSTED.

Why Conductor Thought Women
Should Not Have Ballot.
How many-sided and how funny is
the life load in city street car. Not
long ago a woman gave the conductor
of one dollar bill On receiving the
change she counted and recounted it.
This is not right" she called after
him. "Ain't, Ell; there's IS cents.
Don't suppose yer wanter ride free"
She made another mental calculation
and blushingly subsidized. AS the man
reached the rear platform he was
heard to grumble: And them's the
things as wants toIvote."
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-15
Different After Five Years.

William Glackins, who admires
Whistler, cited the other day two let
tiers written by a collector of etchings
to a certain print seller. Between the
letters there was an interval Of five
years. The first said: "Is do not want
etchings by Whistler. They impress
me as If flies that had fallen in an ink
we'll had walked on old paper" The
second letter said: Send me every
etching by Whistler the price of which
is not ruinous. "-Philadelphia Record.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-15
New Way to Do Time.

DR.. Lillinksjold, of Butte, Mont, is
credited with having adapted hypno'
tism to novel purpose. The doctor,
having been placed under arrest, tried,
fined and sentenced to gaol for twenty
days for some small infracton of the
law, deliberately hypnotized himself,
saying he would awaken from his
trance at the expiration of twenty
days. All efforts to awaken him were
unsuccessful till the end of that peri.
cd. AS a mean of doing, time, or OF
Willing away long intervals, Dr.
Lillinksjold's plan is probably unique.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-15
corean a College Graduate.

Roanoke college at Salem, Va,
which has had more foreign students
than any other college in the south,
will this year graduate the second
Corean to take the degree of bachelor
ST arts anywhere in the world, the
first being Kin Beung Surb, who re-
sceived his A. b at Roanoke in 1898
and his A. M. at Princeton IN 1899.
Kinsic Kimm, who will be graduated
this year, is so good a speaker that
he won prize in defamation several
years ago.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-15
From Immense Wealth to Poverty

From Immense Wealth to Poverty.
George zKettler, an aged cobbler
who died recently in Argentine, Kan,
at one time was worth $12 100000.
Kettler was of German birth, and dur
ing the FTanco-Prussian war operated
a large shoe factory in Hanover.
Profitable army contracts sweled his
fortune to the figure named, but he
lost everything in speculation. Then
he came to this country penniless to
begin life anew.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-15
Remarkable Sea Monster.

A remarkable sea monster was re-
Gently caught in Port Fairy bay by
some fishermen. 1t measured nine
feet six inches in length, had a tail
like that of a screw tail-shaft, no
teeth, nose like rhinoceros, a head
like an elephant, two dorsal fins, four
side fms and two steering fms. The
skin was black and very soft. The
most experienced fishermen say the
specimen is altogether new, to them.
They cannot hazard a guess as to the
species. The fish has been sent on to
the Melbourne museum.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-15
Inspecting American Railroads.

J. T. Tatlow, John Wharton, George
Banks, f. T. Dale and H. O,Brien, Off
Gals of the Lancashire and Yorkshire
railway of England, are in this coun-
try and will make extended inspec-
ton of American railroads. They
have been viewing things in several
eastern cities and will shortly visit
Chicago. They represent the me-
chanical freight and passenger de-
partments of the Lancashire and
Yorkshire road.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-15
Girl an Excellent Athlete,

Miss Agnes S. Wood, the champion
basket ball player and all-around ath-
lete of Vassar college, has beaten the
girls record at running and almost
equaled that of men, despite the fact
that her gait was somewhat impeded
by a rather cumbrous costume. She
does not allow athletics to interfere
with her studies and will graduate
near the head of her class.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-15
Why He pis!iked Spelling Reform.

Why He Disliked Spelling Reform.
Senator F. Dumont Smith of Kins-
ley lectured on Words in Wichita.
Kan, few nights ago. He is for
spelling reform, and in advocating it
in his lecture said that he knew Of
only one argument in favor of the old
way and that was given by an Eng
lish bishop who declared that the
present method of spelling helped the
churches. According to. the bishop:
'sBy the time you can make boy be-
lieve that Through spells
through that though spells
though and tough spells tough
you can make him believe anything. .