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Cleanliness mud Arsc,i,

In Syria and Garlnthia there is much
arsenic eating among the peasants. The
women take II TO give themselves n
good complexion and TO make their hair
fine and glossy. The men take 1t be-
cause they believe TINT 1t gives them
wind In climbing in the chase after
chamois. There Is nothing of this sort
In Cornwall and Devon.
In Styria and Carinthia II Is known
that nm arsenic eater can never be bro
ken of the habit and that II arsenic be
compulsorlly kept from the eater death
rapidly ensueS. 1t IL believed In the
lamar and this IL perhaps true that
nm arsenic worker Is ut for no other
work. He must remain ut this oceupa.
ton. Health and breath fall him at
other cmploymrnis. Eventually II may
be that chronic arsenical poisoning en-
sues. But this mny be STAYED Off, IL not
wholly prevented, by scrupulous clean
llness by care taken not only To wash
In the changing house." but TO battle
freely at home. As one of the foremcn
said TO the writer. against arsenic the
best antldotc IL soap taken externally"
Chambers Journal.
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Purely For Ornament

The trained nurse has to meet many
curious conditions which arise among
her poorer patients. One of these faith
full women who had sick girl in
charge In II miserable tenement house
noticed that the oranges which had
been provided for the fever patient
were not eaten. They were placed in
an old cracked blue bowl on little Ia
Bile by the sick girls bed. and there
they remained untouched.
MARY" said the nurse one day
don't you Hike orangesY
"Oh, ycsm," answered the girl.
you haven't eaten any of these" the
nurse suggested.
Mnry's mother answered. ooh miss"
she said cngcrly, "Mury, she ct half,
an M an Jimmy, we ct the other hnlf,
an Mary an me- we says we wont eat
any more cause Il looks SO nice an
wealthy To have oranges scttln' round"
Youths Companion.
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WHEN WOMAN PROPOSES.
Methods of the Hungarian Gypsies
and Burmese Mnidens.


In England leap year Is supposed to
confer upon the fair sex the privilege
of choosing her life partner for better
or for worse, but the custom is more
honored In the breach than In the OBJ
scrvance. The gypsies, especially In
Hungary. enjoy and make very extern
slve use of the right nj all times In ne
rordance with an ancient custom. Thus
II marriageablc young gypsy girl In the
land of the Magyurs ms soon rs her
heart is smittcn takes good care that
the smitcr shall hear of the havoc he
has wrought and have a chance OF con-
selling her. With this praiseworthy OBJ
jcct In view she has love letter IN
dited, places IL coin In piece Of dough,
bakes II and throws the cake and billet
doux during the night into the bed
chamber OF her bridegroom elect Then
she possesses her soul In patience and
awaits developments.
The Burmese maiden begins her mar
rlage campaign Mt Il much earlier stage
In order To get together goodly gath.
ering of yoHnE men from whom TO
choose she places n lamp In her window
at night II Is known rs the lamp of
love"-and entices all those youths who
are candidates for the order of Benc.
diet. In sunny Andalusla the peasant
girl whose heart has been stolen by Il
stalwart young husbnndman prepares
a tasty pumpkin cake and sendsNt TO
his home. II he eats 1T and the Anda-
luslan girls take good care TO make 1t
highly edible the palr are forthwith
betrothcd. London Telegraph.
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The sacred scarabIus was for many
centuries vencratcd by ancient Egyp-
tians, cult shared recently by Hotten-
tots and akin TO that of the holy cricket
of Madagascar
In explanation of this Thespesion
snld, The Egyptians do not venture TO
give form To their gods; they Use SYM
bols of occult meaning" A black and
golden green beetle were both regard
ed ms emblems of Ra, the sun god; of
Ptah, the creative power, and OF re-
birth, resurrection and Immortality.
Every beetle was held to be male and
self produced. Its thirty toes symbol
lied the days of month"; and the pei
let OF dung In which It rolled along its
eggs was type of the movements of
the sun.
In ancient Egyptian philosophy the
sacred scarab Is spoken of MS the first
living creature that sprang from tho
mud of the subsiding Nile. 1t was
closely connected with astronomy and
used rs nm amulet of sovereign virtue
for the living and the dead
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BOER ADJUSTMENTS.
Among Them Are Pole Climbing, Az
Throwing and Spade Racing.

Throwing and spade Racing.
The Boer Is n firm believer Ia the
advantage OF exercise, though his ways
are not ours. One fayorite form Is
pole climbing. This consists of hav-
Ing one arm tied behind the back and
swarming to the top of the pole with
the aid of the legs and the free arm.
1t sounds simple, but II Is not half SO
simple rs ii seems.
Another exercise Is throwing the
hatchct, or AK, to be more correct. An
ordinary wood ehopplng AK Is used for
this. This Is swung round the head
until ii reaches sufficient momentum,
when II Is released The man who
throws the farthcst does not of necessi-
ty win, as II is necessary that the blade
should bury Itself In the earth on
reaching Its destination. 1t requires
considerable amount Of skill tSsaccom-
pllsh this.
Another kind of amusement is spade
racing. The men stand with one foot
| on either side of an ordinary spade,
grasping the top of the handle between
| the hands. At the signal they start
forward by series of jumps. If n
mans foot leaves its proper place he
Is disqualified There Is no more Sc
we're strain on the muscles of the leg
than this The distance for such n
race as this Is generally twenty PAGES.
The Boer Is gifted with wonderful
endurance At long distances he could
hold his own with any, but he would
not stand any chance with o,lr men ut
sprint racing, ms he lacks the Mccessary
speed.
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A. III. Is. OF Ascot sent to the London
Globe some specimens of "howlers'
pcrpetrated by board school children
and collected by n board school master.
On the nature of gases, IAN oxygen has
eight sides" In natural history, "A
cuckoo IS n bird which does not lay its
own eggs" "A mosquito is child of
black and white parents and "A biz
zard Is the inside of a fowl" In geo
graphical study we get the following:
"The equator IL mennserie lion run
ming round the earth and through
Africa" "a meridian is the place where
they keep the time" and "The inhab-
itnnts of Paris are called Parasites"
Among answers we have heard before
IL that of the child who declares, "Izaak
Walton was such good fisherman that
he was called the judlClous hooker"
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A professor of Bonn university In
tracing the posterlty of habitual drunk
ards has found S3I descendants from Il
woman who for forty years was "a
thief, n drunkard and tramp" and
whose miserable life came TO an end IN
the Inst year Of the eighteenth century.
The professor has traced the lives of
100 of this woman's descendants from
youth 10 cid age, and of these 1i2 were
beggars and 81 more lived on charity.
There were In the family 10 conylcts,
including murdcrcrs. The professor
estimated that In sevcnty-fve years
this family has cost the German nu-
thorltlc3 In ahnshouses, law courts,
prisons and other institutions about
Sl,2J00Oo. Chicago Journal
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An Inspector Of schools on one occa-
sion told n class that they were the
dullest set If boys he had ever met.
A few days later he received through
the post an effusion addressed ITO the
Examiner What Goes TO -- School
1t was long letter In which the
writer complained of the gentleman's
smartness and wound up as follows:
If we're the dullest set OF boys you
ever met, why do you set sich posers?
why don't you give us n chancef You
AK us IuestshuHs as men couldn't anser.
Amy fuie can AK questshuns. I'll ak you
one of feyther's. "If II takes three hum
nerd and forty-f1ve and a half yards OF
white codderoy corduroy TO mex hele-
FAINT a black waistcoat. how long would
1t tex lame black bette to crawl
through a barrii Of treakle?' There. an
ser that!
London Globe.
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home two Sundays ago and poisoned
one Of my animals. but Belinda is
home at this present moment chewin
the cud of contentment. If you would
like to see her, judge, FL bring her
round" And there the matter dropped.
Six months later Blythe Dunton's
house burned to the ground. The in
surance companies said the fire was OF
incendary origin, but they We're unable
to prove it, and after some interesting
litigation they paid the policies. Once
more an evil minded genius asseverated
that during the progress of the fire
he had seen the carcass of n donkey
lying across the threshold of the Dun
ton house Blythe was summoned. He
appeared at once, leading his donkey
to court. The opposition when called
upon TO prove that the animal produced
was not the donkey helress failed sig
nally.
Belinda WAS confusingly versatile
and changeable In character For an
entire year after II circus had passed
through the town she exhibited tricks
and talents that no one would ever
have suspected. The following spring
she lost her cleverness and suddenly
developed temper that brooked no
approach within six feet of her heels.
Her girth, too. varied marSelously.
One summer she waXed fat and large.
BY winter time she had become meager
and scrawny. The decline was tenn
ha
painted the apple trees she resumed
her former sickness. Pickle was Be
linda, even to her tail That interest
ing member fiuctuated between hirsute
length and bony brevity In n manner
that created no little astonishment.
So matters went for five years,
during which Belinda earned ire
mendous reputation. So pronounced
was local pride that no less than ten
men were ready to make oath that
Belinda was born upon their farms.
Blythe Dunton basked In the light of
prosperity and literally denied the pre-
tensions of no one.
The following winter he died His
last words We're, Take care Of Miss
Belinda" That was impossible. for
his administrator reported that all OF
the barley fortune had been spent. As
he crossed the Dunton garden patch n
queer sight met his eyes Q saw be-
fore him nineteen mounds OF brown
earth, and over each of them wooden
slab. The slabs were all alike except
their dates aud each of them bore the
inscription:
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Thc Lnnnncsc WY.

The question Of choice between two
vases was decided by patron In Il
Japanese shop when the proprietor
said: "rhnt smaller vase, madam, Is
thoroughly Japanese IN form and deco
ration. That floral pattern In gold
around the upper half Is characters
tic, and So too, Is the exceedingly mar
row and short neck The vase will hold
but n single blossom that should be
long stemmcd and stand upright. Thus
the flower will be indlviduallzed and
the vase likewise. That IS the Japanese
way"
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Friendship.

There are two elements that go to the
composition of friendship, each SO SOW
erclgn that | detect no superiority In
either, no reason why either should be
the first named One Is truth. A
friend Is person with whom | can be
sincere. The other element Of friend
ship IL tenderness. When Il man be
comes dear TO me I have touched the
goal Of fortune. Emerson.
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"Loaney tells me he hasn't been so
busy for years"
"Nonsensel That job he has is a
cinch. He never has to work hard
there"
That's just It, He's been fired, and
he's chasing around after another Job
now Exchange.
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Wealthy Citizen But said distinct
~ In my advertisement that ! wanted
"a reliable colored coachman." and you
are red faced freshman.
Applicant But. sure sor. isn't red as
reliable color as blackf Baltimore
American.
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If should kiss you what would
you do?
She never meet an emergency until
1t arises
"But II ii should ariseY
I'D meet It face to face. yale Rec
ord
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Mr.. Crawfoot-I swan. Martha prop
erty must be cheap up In the city
Mrs. Crawfoot- What makes you
think so, Sile?
Mr.. Crawfoot- Why. the paper says
they have Ave and ten cent stores. Man
could take dollar and buy a dozen OF
stores. Philadelphia Inquirer.
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London Globe.
Worm,

II am but worm" | protested, be
ing In a grovellng, penltentlal mood.
ooh, | think you're Just nice enough
to eat, actually" cried the faithful lit
tie wife.
THAT shows you're getting TO be an
old hen" whimpered |, more cast down
than ever Detroit Free Press.
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"Why do you sigh for great rlchesT
"Wcll." answered the mild hammered
man. 81 don't value money for its own
sake but I'd kind o like to be In po-
sltion where the subordinate employees
OF large enterprises will say Good
morning, sir instead Of step llvelyP"
Washington Star.
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Got II So.

Miss Black-Pm disguised with my
dressmaker; my new costume doesn't
fit little bit.
Miss White Well, l heard you tell
her you wanted 1t awful bad. st.
Louis Republic. N
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A CnI,I Isuet

The Cannbal King (his teeth chat
tcrIng) What was 1t you served with
the last meal? Eve had n prolonged
chill ever since.
Royal Cook That, sire, was female
missionary from Boston. Smart Set.
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Th. Why with Lie.

Ef you set down on board with n
tack In It the harder you set the more
tack you git, an that's the way with
life It's full o tacks, an don't you for
get 1.-THE Substitute"
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Grace Just see how much your lit
tie wife loves you. She made this
cake for you all by herself
Arthur Yes, my darling. And now
If you will eat 1t all by yourself shall
possess lndisputablc proof of your de-
yotion pittsburg Press
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"If Jack Nospud should ask you to
marry him." simpered Maudie, calling
up blush. "what would you dor
"What have always done" said Ma
bel Send him to you" Chicago Trib-
une.
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The first American newspaper was
Public Occurrences II appeared In
Boston In 1890 and was promptly sup
pressed by the government of the col
Dny.
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Mr.. Tile Your wife used to lecture
before she was married Has she given
II up nowf
Mr.. Milds Well er yes that is, In
public.
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man who Is eternally squaring him
self must be Just a little crooked
Atchlson Globe.
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as he fond OF exercisei"
"Yes; he walks In his Sleep De
troit Free Press.
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Fire and sword are but slow engines
OF destruction In comparison with the
babbler Steele
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Originality Is simply pair OF fresh
eyes HigGnson.
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YOUR MOST VALUABLE FRIEND
WHILE you LIVE, AND
YOUR EXECUTOR, ADMiNiSTRA-
TOR OR TESTAMENTARY
TRUSTEE WHEN YOU DIE.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-14
ROOT RESIGNS.

Before Secretary Root sails
for London to sit with the Alas
kan commission, he will place his
resignation in the hands of Pres
ident Roosevelt in order that the
president may appoint a secre-
tary of war if it is deemed neces-
sary during Roots absence.
1t is expected, however, that
the resignation will not be acted
upon until after congress meets.
It has been known for some
time that Secretary Root intend
ed to retire, but he did not wish
to leave the department until the
general staff bill was in operation.
tits believed that his successor
will be Governor Taft.
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will be Governor Taft.

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT S open
letter to Governor Durbin of
Indiana is meeting cordial and
general endorsement. The Even
ing Wisconsin, published at Mil
waukee, says OF it:
president Roosevelt, in his
letter to Gov. Durbin, written
not as the executive head Of the
nation, but as an American
citizen, expresses admirably the
feeling of adherence which all
law-respecting Americans enter
tain for the form of lawless
violence which Gov. Durhin
promptly ordered out the troops
to suppress. One OF the gray
est results of the exercise Of
lynch law is the decentralization
that it occasions in communities
where it fourishes without re-
buke. The president makes a
strong point when he suggests
that no one who has participated
in a lynching can ever get rid of
the abnormal emotions thus
aroused. Jack London in .'The
Call of the Wild graphically
portrays how dog that went
among savage dogs lost the
character he had acquired by
residence among men and be
came savage himself, like this
wolfish ancestors A mob is
.nh
a pile call of the Wild to human
you cgs. Men can not stand at
inc oa'me time for lynch law and
lization.
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THE MARKETS.
Latest Quotations From Grain and
Live Stock Centers.e

Latest Quotations From Grain and
Live Stock centers.<
St. Paul, aug. H. - Wheat - No.
Northern, s3@94c; No. 2 Northern,
90@93c; No. 8, s7@S9c; no grade, 80
0S2c. Corn-No. 3, SIC; No. 4, 81 1-2c
Rye-No. 2, 471-2@4Sc. Barley-Malt-
Ing grades, 40@45c; feed grades, 81
$3.50
Minneapolis, Aug. IA. - Wheat-No.
Northern, 943-4 q 95 lac; No. 2
Northern, 80 3-4@93 3-4c.
Duluth, Aug. IA. Wheat - No. l
hard, 81 6-Sc; No. Northern, 81 l-Sc;
No. 2 Nortoern, IS 1-8c; flax, CSC; oats.
1904 lie ====
Milwaukee, Aug IA. - Wheat - No.
Northern, CSC: No. Northern, 800
94c. Rye-No l, 53c. Barley-No. 2.
6Oc Oats, 81 1-2@38c. Corn-Septem-
Der, 81 7-sc,
Chicago, Aug. Il. Wheat = No.
red, 81 1-2@92c; No. 8 red. 79@S0c;
No hard winter, 7s@Soc; No. 8 hard
winter, 77079c; No. Northern
spring, 85c; No. Northern spring, 50
@SSc; No. 3 spring, TIC soc.
Sioux City, Iowa, Aug. IA. - Cattle
-Beeves, "a a SIS; cows, bulls and
mixed, $2.50@4; stockers and feeders,
$2.50@3.70; calves and yearlings, $3.50
$3.50. Hogs, $5.15@6.25; bulk, s5.15
@5.20.
Chicago, Aug. 14.-Cattle-Good to
prime steers, s5@5.5O; stockers and
feeders, $2.5o@425. Hogs-Mixed and
butchers, $5.1o@5.7e; good to choice
heavy, s5.4o65.65. Sheep ~ Good to
choice wethers, S3.40@3.s0; Western
sheep, $2.75@3.80; native lambs, 1925
@e; Western lambs, 34.5o@5.65.
South st. Paul, Aug. II. 10 Cattle -
Good to choice steers. s4.25G5; good
to choice cows and heirers, $3.25@4;
veals, S2.5005; steer cal /, es, s2@3.50:
good to choice stock COWS and heifers,
$2.50@3. Hogs - Bulk. s5.25@5.35;
common to good heavy, $5@5.25; good
light mixed and lights. $40 @ $50.
Sheep = Good to choice shorn lambs.
$4,000; good to choice year]ing weth-
ers, $4'0425: heavy, $4,000; good to
choice ewes, medium weight, $500
2.75; heavy, 1925 % $50; culls and
stock ewes. s2.509s.
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NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS
Copy for changes of advertisements In
The Daily Pioneer must reach this office by
10 o'clock a. m. in order to insure their
appearance in the issue of same day.
THE ARMY CANTEEN.

A dispatch from Washington
states that Secretary Root has
practically decided torecommend
the reesta blishment of the army
canteen. This will be gratifying
news to soldiers and their
friends. There has been con-
siderable dissatisfaction in their
ranks because of the ablition of
the canteen.
It is said that practically every
officer in the army and all the
officials Of the war department
have concluded after practical
test that a mistake was made in
abolishing it, as the army has
been injured by so doing. AS a
result of that action large num-
Der of vile saloons have sprung
into existence in the vicinity Of
the army posts, and drunken.
ness has increased in the army.
The number of assertions also
have increased.
There are on file in the war de.
partment confidential reports
from officers Of the army which
show the bad results of closing
the canteen.
General Miles is the most
noted officer who is against the
re-establishment, but the facts
presented by the officers in the
field have outweighed the recon-
mendations.
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A Great Railway.

The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Pau
Railway owns and operates all equip
ment on it's 5000 miles ofroad, includ-
ing Sleeping Cars, Parlor Cars and
Dining Cars, maintaining an excel
lence of service unequaled on any rail
way in the world.
It's Daylight Express( making direct
connections at st. Paul and Mime
apolis with morning trains from the
North and West) leaves Minneapolis
1850 a. m. and St. Paul $3.50 a. NJ,
daily, reaching Milwaukee 200 p. m.
and Chicago 9:25 p. N. same day.
This train is electric lighted, carries
new Coaches of latest type. Observa-
ton Buffet Parlor Car, and Dining
Car serving supper.
It's No. 2 connecting at St. Paul
and Minneapolis with the fast trans
continental lines from the coast) leaves
MINI eapolis 5:25 p. m. and ST. Paul
600 p. m. daily, reaching Chicago
700 O'Clock next morning, at which
point direct connections are made with
all trains for the East and South.
This train is electric lighted, carries
modern Coaches. first class Standard
Sleeping Cars, and Dining Car serv-
ing supper-s
Famous Train of the World leaves
Minneapolis 500 p. m. and St. Paul
8:35 %. M. reaching Milwaukee 700
and Chicago $3.50 next morning. This
train is brilliantly lighted by cleo
tricity, inside and out, and carries
Compartment Sleeping Cars, Standard
Sleeping Cars, Buffet Library Smok-
ing Car, Free Keeling Chair Car,
modern Coaches, and Dining Car
seruing breakfast la carte. The
equipment composing the Pioneer is
the costliest and handsomest in the
world.
In purchasing your tickets to the
East or South, request your home
ticket agent to route you via the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry. from
St. Paul.
For folders, maps and lowest rates
to all points. write to w. B. DIXON,
Northwestern Passenger Agent,
ST. Paul. Mimi.
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NEWS IN BRIEF.
Overflow From the Wires IN Cor
denSed Form,


densed Form.
The Austrian Lloyd steamer Poser
don foundered on the Syrian coast
Her passengers and crew were saved
George u. Woodin, seventy-slx years
Of age, president Of the First National
Bank Of Sigourney, Iowa, died at MS
home. He was delegate to the ma
tional Republican convention at CHI
cago in 1880
Dispatches from Belgrade, Servla,
announce that three members OF the
cabinet representing the radical ele-
ment in Servia have resigned. This
is regarded as q sign Of victory for
the military party.
Col. C. w. Carpenter, for years head
of the Northwestern Stage Transpor-
tation company, died at Deadwood. 5.
D., of apople.:y He was the organizer
of the Golden Reward Mining company
and was an extensive cattle owner