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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-24
SPREADING OF SMALLPOX

time when tn re has not been
smallpox In certain quarters of all
our large cities, but Its spread to
smaller cities and towns is becom-
Ing alarming. There was a time
when to hear of a case of smallpox
was a rarity which would cause a
shudder, but now they are COM
mon. The extension of steam and
electric railroads into the suburban
or country towns is not an unmixed
blessing, and as long as the con-
struction Of railroads continue the
probability of smallpox spreading
will be proportionately great.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-24

One can scarcely pick up paper
these days without reading of the
spread of smallpox throughout the
country, and this state of affairs Is
attributed to the fact that the vast
amount of construction work on
railroads has brought Italians,
Greeks and other foreigners to this
country In swarms, and they hud.
die together like sheep and their
unsanitary methods of life gener'
ally keep the disease germs In cir
culatlon almost constantly.
There has probably never been a
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-24

A petition will be presented to
council at Its next regular meeting
night, which will be August 3rd to
have the wharf at the foot ofCharles
street extended to low water
mark. This Is an improvement
that is badly needed, and 1t Is the
general opinion that august body
will pass favorably on the matter.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-24

Every summer there comes what
Is known as the "silly season" when
people are ready to be interested In
matters which at other times they
would pass without notice. There
are numerous evidences that this
season Is now prevailing In Sis
ersville.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-24
Weather Conditions.

The high area this morning COW
ers the Ohio valley and the lake
regions, while one depression Is
ceatral over Montana, and another
over the southwest The weather
Is fair In all sections with tempera'
lures generally below the normal,
The prospects are for continuation
of fair weather over this section to-
night and Saturday.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-24

The government is going to sell
5000, 900 worth of Philippine
certificates In denominations OF
$500. Quit frittering away your
money for soft drinks and take ad
vantage of the drouth to lay away
something for rainy day.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-24

According to the government re-
ports, June was by 5 degrees the
coolest June we have had IN ten
years.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-24

The continued heavy fogs are
having telling effect on the river.
1, is recedipg rapidly.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-13
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 second
man, but old Peter Jackson said that,
''in my opinion de goat am de tell.
gentest criter liyin'. | kin prove dat
de goat kin read. saw him do It,,
an 4 know it am true. Several days
ago, | wuz walkin' down street,
dressed in nah best suit OBJ clothes,
an wearin' man new plug hat. When
got down on de main street | seed
a BILLBOARD on which it said, Chew
Jackson's plug A goat wuz standin'
thar when passed. an when l wuz
about ten feet away he must hab rec
ognized me, for de next thing | knew
| went sailln' 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 'telligence oh de goat.
He am wondah.'
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-13
THE PACIFIC OCEANS FLOOR.
What Would Be Revealed II Water
Were Drained Off.

Were Drained of.
Leslie's Weekly says: II the waters
of the Pacific could be drained there
would be revealed vast stretch OK
territory, comprising enormous pla'
teaus, great valleys for which no par
allels exist on the land surface, lofty
mountains beside which the Himalaya
and the Andes would look like hillocks
and tremendous holows or basins only
to be compared with those on the face
OF the moon.
While there are great mountains and
huge basins or deeps, the plateau areas
are by far the most extensive Rela-
lively speaking, the floor of the Pa
cific is now at last revealed on the
plateau areas in level There are un-
dulations and depresslons, but the gen
eral area is about the same depth be-
low the surface.
Soundings develop a mean depth OF
from $500 to 2,700 fathoms. In shoaler
spots there is mean depth Of from
1900 to 2,400 fathoms. Deeper spots
show from $500 to 1900 fathoms.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-13
Governor Saves Boys Life.

It is fortunate for one Georgia youth
that Gov Garvin of Rhole IslandAis a
physician and surgeon Of standing
The governor and number OF north
ern friends were at Andersonville to
attend the dedication of a monument
in memory Of Rhode Island soldiers
who died in Andersonville prison.
While the exercises were in progress
a carriage team took fright, ran away
and upset the vehicle. Edwin Gala
way, one Of the occupants, had his
leg broken, the jagged bone severing
an artery Gov. Garvin. on hearing OF
the boys plight, hurried to his help.
tied the severed artery and cut the
broken bone, just in time to save the
sufferer from bleeding to death.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-13
EnthraIIed the Congregation.

1t is related that stranger once en-
tered cathedral in Sicily and begged
to be allowed to try the organ, which
was new and very fine instrument
that even the organist cid lot under
stand With some reluctance the or
ganist allowed the stranger to play,
and soon the cathedral was filled with
sounds that it's walls had never heard
before. AS the stranger played, pull
ing out stops never before combined,
and working slowly up to the. full
organ, the cathedral filled, and it was
not until large congregation had
wondered at his gift that the stranger
told his name. He was Dom Lorenzo
Perosi, the young priest composer,
whose latest oratorio, Leo" was re-
Gently performed at the Vatican dur
ing the celebration of the Pope's jubi-
lee
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-13
Warmina the North Pole.

A novel scheme for rendering the
Arctic. regions inhabi table has been
advanced by a scientist, who proposes
to widen Behring Strait and remove
all obstacles to the entrance of the
warm Japanese current, which he con-
siders then would pour down in suftl-
cient quantities to melt the ice of the
Polar seas, thus retaining vast en-
pire. Behring Strait is thirty-six miles
wide at the narrowest part, with a
depth of from thirty to forty fathoms,
but the channel is obstructed by three
small islands. These he would re-
move, and would also get rid of those
rocks and reefs along the coast which
offer most impeachment to the free &C.
cess of the current
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-13
Monument to Rumsey.

An effort will be made to secure an
appropriation from the West Virginia
legislature for the purpose of erecting
a monument to the memory Of James
Rumsey, who. 1t is claimed, was recog'
nized by George Washington as the in.
ventor of the steamboat The pro-
posed memorial will be erected on a
high cliff of the Potomac river at
Shepherdstown, overlooking the spot
where it is alleged that the first ap'
plication of steam to the purpose of
marine propulsion was made.-Scien'
tifc American.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-13
Had to PAY to Find Out.

At one of the New York theaters
they are playing piece called "A
Fool and His Money. A preacher
from Wisconsin was visiting Gotham
last week and in passing the theater
one evening was curious to know if
the play conveyed the proverbial les.
son suggested by its title. Stepping
up to the box Office, he inquired re-
garding the matter. Il think, said
the suave party behind the grating,
"that the moral of the piece is that
the fool and his money gather no
moss. 1t will cost you 81 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, 1903-08-13
Trees and Novels.

Nine successful novels recently pub
lished in the United States had total
sale of over 100000 copies. Since
the average weight of each book sold
was probably twenty ounces, little
calculation will prove that these 1,600,.
900 books contained approximately
100000 pounds of paper. A manu-
facturer of paper asserts that the aver.
age spruce tree yields little less than
half a cord of wood, which is equiva-
lent to about 500 pounds of paper. In
other words. these nine novels swept
away 1000 trees and they form but
a small part of the fiction so eagerly
read by the American people.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-13
The Editor Ate TOO Much.

The editor and wife had another
square meal Sunday on account of
having received an invitation to dine
at the hotel. Perk said he was afraid
we wouldn't accept, but we did. For
the benefit of our lady readers we will
state that they had chicken and the
stuff that goes with such a layout, and
strawberry shortcake and lettuce. Our
wife wore her blue and white and
looked real dear Mrs. Perkins had a
new skirt and looked too sweet for
anything. The editor wore his Sun
day, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday Friday, Saturday suit and
was sick all night.-White IS. ID
Leader.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-13
Chorus Girls of We alth,

Among the twenty girls who took
part in an amateur comic opera per-
Torrance in Philadelphia the other
evening were fifteen whose fathers
are millionaires. 1t is said that the
girls in question represented some
$40,000,000. The affair was the big
gest event among the Hebrews Of
Philadelphia for twenty years. A
trainload Of wealthy New Workers
went over specially to take part in or
witness the performance, which was
given under the auspices of the Mer-
camille club
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-13
Miscuotations.

A correspondent sends the following
popular Interpretations: The absurd
tautology, Like angels visits few Gin
stead of short) and far between; +"
Money is the root of all evil" for
1.-The love of money" very different
thing. He remarks that 1t is curious
that the late Dr. Patteson himself in
his monograph on Milton falls into
the snare Of quoting Fresh fields and
pastures new" He suggests, also, that
the use of the Italian phrase, in petto,
as If equivalent to in miniature, is an
other snare into which many authors
fall.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-13
Feathers by PHOTOGRAPH.

The power of the camera in repro
ducing form and texture in feathers is
we'll shown in an article in "Photog-
raphy" The marvellous accuracy of
its drawing, it's power of reproducing
texture as well as form, appear to
render photography a most suitable
process for the purpose Of recording
those minute variations in plumage on
which our classifcations are based.
The one difficulty which presents it.
self, that Of color values, can be over
come by the use of tho-chromatic
plates and light filters.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-13
New Wav 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 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, 1903-08-13
Razor $50 Years Old.

Charles Morton of Bardstown, KY.
is the proud possessor Of a razor that
is something over $50 years old, but
is in a splendid state of preservation
and is far superior to the razors OF
modern times. The razor was former.
1y owned by Judge Veneble of the col.
ony of Virginia, and who was a prom.
inent patriot Judge Veneble was ap-
pointed Judge Of Kentucky county by
Patrick Henry, governor Of Virginia,
Kentucky then being a county of that
commonwealth The razor was made
at Sheffield, England, in the year 1751
and is very heavy, the blade being ex-
tremely thick and broad, with large
wooden handle.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-13
A Question Of Identity.

Thompson and Rogers, two married
men, wandering home late one night,
stopped at what Thompson supposed
to be his residence, but which Rogers
insisted was his own house. Thompson
rang the bell Justify; soon a window
was opened and a lady inquired what
was wanted. Madam inquired Mr..
Thompson, isn't this Mr.. TThomp-
sons house?" NO" replied the lady,
"this is the reside of Mr.. Rogers"
well" exclaimed Thompson, Mrs.
T-Thompson-beg your pardon-Mrs.
Rogers. won't you just step down to
the door and pick out Rogers, for
Thompson wants to go home"
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-13
WAS PRETTY DRY READING.
low Teddy's Ambition Received
Somethina of a 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 q
few years he'd know about everything
eXtant.
"Well, my boy" asked his father
an hour after the course had begun,
how 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, 1903-08-13
A GATHERING OF ARTISTS.
commineling Of Great Voices Made
the Windows Rattle.

Commingling Of Great Voices Made
the Windows Rattle.
Now that the operate artists-or
most Of tnem-have gone abroad, Mr..
Campanari is desolate. His comfort
able apartment has for several years
been fevorite trysting place for many
Of the song birds during the long New
York season; and Nine. Campanari
serves aghetti-Edouard de Reszke
can say how well. The singing giant
used to forego almost any other graft
fication Of the palate to enjoy the
Campanari italian paste, together with
strange sauces, anchoyies, bovoI, fag-
ioli, and caviare, like the fellow in
"Cynthia's Revels."
"Alas!" naourns the versatile and
semper paratus baritone, "what Sun
day suppers they were; land how Ed
Guard and did sing: and how the win
dows ratified. New York Mail and
Express.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-13
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 maria ge the bride discovered
that her husband wore a wig and re-
ceiyed such 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, 1903-08-13
carnegie's Gift 10 Tuskeaee.

Booker T. Washington was much
overcome when he heard of Carneg-
les gift of 100000 to the Tuskegee
institute. The millionaires letter re-
quests that "the modern em,ncipat-
or" be relieved of further pecuniary
cares. It also declares that Mr. Wash
ington is second Moses, leading
his people to better condition.
Maybe" said the recipient of the
compliment, "but I'll differ from my
predecessor in this-Tn not burden
my people with another set of COM
mandments. The original ten will
suffice"
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-13
Search 70. Prehistoric Horses.

For two years past agents of Will
liam G. Whitney have been searching
the western plains for relics of the an
cestors of the present breed of horses.
So far many interesting bones have
been resurrected from their burial
places in the rocks Of the pre-Adamite
ages. The horse, in it's origin, had
several varying prototypes. The Ma
tional History Museum in New York
already specimens Last autumn the
fossil remains of small herd of the
species called the hipparion were dis
covered in Nebraska. From them it is
believed that a complete animal can
be mounted.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-13
TIE MEN IN LINE.
Figures Show Immense Amount of SOL
diers Under Arms.


The land forces alone of Europe
number ION the war Footing" $4,000
900 men. Even Spain has an army
larger than our own.
Standing side by side 25,000,000 men
would make a continuous line from
Calais across Europe and Asia to Ber-
ing strait.
Parading up Broadway at the usual
pace infantry in flies of twenty, cav
airy ten abreast and field guns two
abreast, this force would pass the city
hall in about seven and half months,
parading eight hours a day, Sundays
excepted.
i On the continent soldiers are carried
standing in fourth-class cars contain
ing forty men each. Very small freight
cars we should call them. To mobil-
ize these men at once would take 625,-
900 such cars in about 10000 trains.
At a mile Roadway the trains would
reach twice around the world.-New
York World.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-13
Weather sions.

The color of the sky at particular
times affords a wonderfully good guide
to the weather to be expected within
the coming twenty-four hours. Not
only does rosy sunset presage good
weather and ruddy sunset bad
weather, but a bright yellow sky in
the evening indicates wind; a pale
yellow, rain. If in the morning the
sky is of a neutral gray color, the
indications for good day may be
considered favorable. Generally
speaking, 1t may be said that any
deep or unusual hue in summer be-
tokens either wind or rain.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-13
Narrow Escapes from Death.

Fantastic escapes from death were
by no means uncommon features Of
the Boer war. There was exhibited
some time ago in the museum of the
Royal United Service Institution one
CT Queen Victoria's chocolate boxes,
in the lid of which is still deeply i'm
bedded a mauser bullet. To that same
collection there has just been added
az even more remarkable relic. This
is silver cigarette holder case,
which was struck by a bullet at dis
lance of 1,200 yards while it was in
the pocket of captain Of the Imperi-
al Yeomanry. The curious part about
it is that the officer was not aware
until afterward that he had been
struck, although the bullet also
pierced the sovereign purse and Gig
arctic case which he was carrying in
the same pocket.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-13
Tn. COMING Man.

sMrs. Frisbie is suing her husband
for divorce" Indeed? What is the
trouble?" "Well, she says she tried
not to mind when Mr.. Frisbie used
her curling irons, wore her shirt
waists and borrowed her collar but
tons. But when he began to go
through her pockets and extract her
small change after she was asleep
she felt that patience had ceased to
he a virtue. "-Brooklyn Eagle.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-13
pamand for Rolling Stock

The exceptional activity in Cana
dian railway circles, with the admit
ted scarcity of rolling stock and mo,
tive power, has led to a large number
of orders being placed by the railway
companies for new equipment with
both Canadian and American firms
and the facilities Of the companies
have been taxed to the utmost to fill
these orders, while the Canadian Pa
cific has had to go to Scotland and
Saxony in order to obtain the loco.
motives required by the road.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-13

Probably a Gold Miner.

A Maine farmer was attacked by
highwaymen and 5000 of gold filling
removed from his teeth. A bucolic
Sherlock Holmes thinks the robbery,
having been done in thorough man.
ner, must have been shared in by a
good dentist. This is bad reasoning.
In the first place, he could not do
such a bad thing if he were a good
dentist. And in the second place,
what dentist, good, bad or Indifferent,
would take such chances when he
could make that much money out Of
two or three patients without risk Of
punishment?
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-13
Descendant Of Robert Burns

The only direct descendant of Rob-
ern Burns is clerk in a Chicago
shipping Office. He is Robert Burns
Hutchinson, and his descent from the
poet is unquestioned. His mother,
Sarah Burns, was a daughter of Lieu
tenant Colonel James Glencairn Burns,
the third son of Robert Burns and
Jean Armour. Mr.. Hutchinson will be
48 this year. He was born at Chelten-
ham, but crossed the water in 1891,
when he married Miss Mabel Burnand.
Their little daughter, Dorothea Burns
Hutchinson, is the next in the straight
line from the poet.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-13
New to Londoners.

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 third
class: the high speed will be over
sixty miles an hour, and the twenty
second linit to stops win give him q
Chicago education In movement.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-13
Inspecting American Railroads.

j. T. Tatlow, John Wharton, George
Banks, F. r 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, 1903-08-13
The Ones That Suffered.

An aged Scotch minister, who was
very boastful, says ex-Speaker Joseph
L. Barbour of the Connecticut legisla-
ture, once said to his good friend.
Think of 1t! preached two hours
and twenty minutes last Sunday"
Didn't it weary you very much?" in
quired the other solicitously ooh, no"
said the minister. But you should
have seen the congregation! New
York Times
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-13
Banks BurgIarTTrap Didn't Work.

In its account of the recent bank
burglary at Allen, the Emporia (Kan.)
Gazette explains that the trap set by
the bank for robbers did not work.
The trap in question is unique enough
to be interesting. above the vault"
says the Gazette, was a thin ceiling
and about ton of sand above it.
This was there in case cracksmen
should attempt to blow open the safe,
when the ceiling would burst at the
explosion and the sand fill the vault,
making it impossible to get at the
safe. However, the ceiling did not
burst and the sand remains undis-
bed.-Kansas City (Mo.) Journal.