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The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-21
VITALITY OF BURNS, FAME.
II, Is One Of the Great Facts Of ou
Literature.


II, Is One Of the Great Facts Of Our
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 emerges the more radiant and
triumphal-the critics are lost in the
splendor they have evoked. It is one
thing to make literature; it is another
and quite different thing to write about
literature and the makers thereof. This
is trufsm, 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 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, 1903-08-21
A Healthy SPOT.

The healthfulness Of a certain sum-
mer resort is advertised by this story.
Recently a visitor began to talk to
an old resident Of the town in question
and asked him his age, whereupon he
said: 81 am just over seventy
"Well," said the visitor, you look as
If you had good many years to- live
yet At what age did your father lSe?'
''Father dead?" said the man, look
ing surprised. Father isn't dead;
why, he's upstairs just now putting
grandfather to bed!"
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-21
Billiard PLAYERS.

The game of billiards has grown in
popularity of late with the fair sex.
According to Shakespeare, Cleopatra
played billiards with her fayorite,
Charmion, in the year 80 B. G. At
present the best women players are
the French, who frequent professional
games and eagerly follow the billiard
news Of the day. Patti is fond Of the
game and had table made in this
country to take to her Welsh castle,
for which she paid $4,000. Among
American billiard players of repute
are Mrs. George Gould, Mrs. Edwin
Gould, Mrs. Almeric Paget, Mrs.
Burke-Roche and Lillian Russell. Bill.
lizards are said to afford excellent ex.
ercise.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-21
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 a man down
who had insulted him. The bishop
wrote him a 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, l 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, 1903-08-21
FAD OF A FAMOUS JAcKDAw.
Bird Took Trips on Buses and Gave
His Foes Tongue Lashinq.

Bird Took Trips on Buses and Gave
His Foes Tongue Lashing.
The Brixton jackdaw, which was
found dead recently in the bar of the
Angel Arms at Brixton, London, was
a great celebrity in his own way. ALI
jackdaws have fads of their own and
the favorite fad of this particular bird
was to travel all over London on omni-
buses, trains and cabs. He was thor
oughly we'll known to every 'busman
in the Brixton district; he used to
take his seat on bus beside the
driver, and would chatter most volu-
bly, till the journer 70 the city or else
where was accomplished, when he
would fly back to his Brixton home.
He. was bird OF stTorg likes and dis
likes, and when any of his masters
customers failed to find favor in his
sight he would assail them with the
most embarrassing flow of language.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-21
THE TRAINING OF A CHILD.
Several Important Points That Must
Be Remembe red.

Be Remembe red.
To teach a 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
infexible rule that requires a teacher
to prepare every lesson carefully be-
fore giving it, in order to present 1t
in an interesting and intelligible 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 overstepped so long as to-
morrow represents another day.-The
Household.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-21
Just an Incident in GEORGIA.

Mr.. Bud Spinks was awakened the
other morning by a strang, grunting
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 one pay.
ment on them. The saurian had sue
ceeded in swallowing one boot and
had the other down-clear to the
straps, which Mr.. Sptnks 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, 1903-08-21
Good Word for Mosquito.

The announcement comes from
Washington that the New Jersey mos
quito is really a blessing in disguise.
Not only is its bite not dangerous,
but, it is asserted, this voracious in
sect destroys poisonous immigrants
of its genus that come from the south
to threaten people with malaria, yell
low fever and the like. All this may
be true enough, but it is not ,AIkely
that the long-billed New Jersey vasiety
will be cultivated as household pets
until some way is devised to muzzle
them during their working hours. Few
of us can stand the loss Of blood nee
essary for their salubrity.-Indianap-
oils News.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-21
The Methods Of Novelists.

And here is Maxim Gorky paying
$4,000 cash for beautiful palace on
the banks of the Volga. This is the
reward of the skilful use of his pen
in clarifying the tramp and the out
cast, and vilifying and scandalizing
their opposites in Russian society and
politics. 1t is frequently thus, though
Tolstoi began at the other end of the
social ladder, sacrificing a title and a
fortune for the rewards that have
come to him as novelist and a cham
pion of the oppressed.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-21
superfluous BOYS.

A British parliamentary paper
shows that, as usual, nearly 10000
more boys than girls were 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 a 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 will forgive
the hint-later.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-21
TO GET Rid OF RATS.
Writer Recommends Dipping the Yer.
min in VarniSh.


All tradesmen being, liable to the
incursions and depredations of rats,
it may not be out OF place to mention
method of getting rid of these pests
which Is recommended by 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 a
rat alive, dip it up to the neck in the
varnish and turn it loose. Its fell
lows will flee from it as from the
dell. The dipping process is said to
be harmless to the rat. But some
ironmongers may not care to dip a
live rat up to it's neck"
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-21
Hare as a Universal Provider.

Hare as a Universal Provider.
In the economy of nature the hare
is the one creature that stands be-
tween most of the carnivorous animals
and starvation. In the northern woods
where snow lies on the ground for
more than half the year, and where
vegetation is Of slow growth, the hare
serves as a machine for converting
birch twigs into muscular, lean meat;
and providing it in such quantities
that hawks, owls, wildcats, weasels
and foxes can live in comparative
luxury. A pair of hares under favor
able conditions produce 10000 indl-
viduals in four years.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-21
Cats to XIII Prairie Docs.

The owners Of an enormous sheep
ranch in Montana suffer so much loss
from the consumption by prairie dogs
Of the tender shoots of grass, that
they have determined to import cats
enough to exterminate the dogs. The
first company OF 100 cats is being re-
cruited at st. Paul. A facetious writer
in the New York Pos. shows anxiety
for the future of the cats, their work
being accomplished. He says if they
do kill the prairie dogs they will have
the choice, subsequently, of starvae
ton, cannibalism or brigandage.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-21
The Deacon's Climax.

YES" said Deacon Stuckup, the
works of Providence are manifold.
The omnipotence Of the Almighty is
seen in all things, great and small,
high and low. The good Lord who
made the great mountains made the
smallest insect that crawls over them;
the good Lord who made the mighty
ocean made the smallest fish that
swims in it; the good Lord who made
man, the greatest of His works, made
the smallest flower Of the field. The
good Lord, brethren, who made me,
made daisy!'
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-21
Minister Bowen's Wife.

Mrs. Bowen, wife of our minister to
Venezuela, talks very entertainingly
Of the Venezuelans, whom she de-
scribes as models of domestic virtue.
Many are also very beautiful, but they
go out very little in public, being Of
Spanish descent. Mrs. Bowen, who
is slight in figure and of girlish man
ners, was a Miss Clegg of Galveston,
Tex. She Is fond of pets, and among
the unusual ones entertained at the
legation in Caracas are several par
rots, fine peacock and some monkeys
which are allowed to roam at will in
the garden.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-21
THE SMALL BOYS LONGING.
Part of the Show That Was Woefully
Disappointing.

Little Willie's father took him to
the show 1t was variety show, end
ing with sketch called "The African
Belle" in which, after missionary
had been bound to stake by lot OF
dancing savages, he is rescued by the
chiefs daughter after the manner Of
Capt. John Smith. This last part OF
the show Willies father thought
would please the boy immensely; but
the son and heir fell into a state of
gloom at it's close. On the way home
the fond parent inquired; Willie,
didn't you like the part where all the
savages come out? No" replied
Willie with sigh. "Me and the other
boys play that. When you pay to go
to q show should think they might
kill the missionary"
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-21
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 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 travelerss+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, 1903-08-21
London,s Army Of Horses.

In a recent paper on Electric Auto
mobiles" read before the Institution
of Civil Engineers, Mr.. H. F. Joel
stated that in London alone there were
over 10000 licensed horse-carriages
apart from private vehicles, trades
mems vans, ETC., and it was estimated
that over 100000 horses were stabbed
each night in London, necessitating
the daily removal of more than 5000
tons of manure and refuse.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-21
The Roentuen 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 SchuEmayer, prop
erly qualified doctor and Roentgen
ray specialist, 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, 1903-08-21
Girl AM 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
euualed 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, 1903-08-21
This Lunch Was a success.

A lady in 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 revelers. 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, 1903-08-21

A Real BARGAIN.

"In time" said the struggling artist.
shat painting will be of great value.
All you have to do is to tuck it away
in an attic somewhere and keep it
for about 200 years, by which time
I will have become one of the old
masters Then you can sell 1t easily
for $4,000. You see, know the rules.
but unfortunately I am not In a fnan-
cial position to carry them out. So.
If you want a real bargain. I'll let you
have this little gem for $780,"
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-21
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
Of arts anywhere in the world, the
first being Kin Beung Surb, who re-
ceived 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, 1903-08-21
Few Motor Cars in PORTUGAL.

Motor cars as yet show no signs Of
being used in Portugal. Last year only
twenty were imported, of which
eighteen were French, one English and
one German. The bicycle trade is
also languishing; only 572 bicycles
were imported in twelve months-222
from the United States, ISL from
France and 35 from the United King
dom. The population of Portugal is
about the same as that Of London.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-21
Here's a New Drink" Cure.

A novel remedy for the drink hab-
tor, rather, for enabling those
who have Sworn Off to remain
con the water cart'-consists of ice
water drunk through a raw potato.
Take 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
a craving for strong drink comes on.
It is claimed that this treatment will
effect an absolute cure. The why and
the wherefore are not stated, but the
process is such a 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, 1903-08-21
Too Much for Him.

"Aud do you mean to say" eS
claimed Farmer Brown to policeman
in Lebanon, Pa, as he gazed at the
trolley wire, "that that thing is used
for travelin' purposes ?" eyes" HUI
man bein's go that away" "Oi
course" Goodbye" Where are
you going?' Back home. I'm get,
tin used to the steam cars, but I'm
burned eff I'm ready to be sent by tele'
graph"
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-21
Got L..

At the close of the third act the
gifted tragedian was called before the
curtain. 'My friends,' he said, ap.
parently much astonished and embar-
raised, your kindness overwhelms
me. have striven conscientiously to
win your approval bat I was not pre-.
pared for SO magnificent welcome
and in the surprise Of the moment l
find myself utterly hesitate for
want of suitable word 'Rats!"
shouted a gallery hoodIum.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-21
PEAS FROM PHARAods, TOMB
Their Product Unlike Anything Known
at Present,


Their Product Unlike Anything Known
at Present.
There are bargains and finds to be
made in the plant world equal to any
picked up in old curiosity Shops. Some
time ago a Glasgow gentleman re-
ceived from his son in Egypt an en-
velope full Of peas, which were said
to have been found in the tomb OF one
of the Pharaohs He sent them to
friend of his at Kames, in the Isle OF
Butte, who sowed them. They grew
up into plants quite unlike anything
known at present, strong and about
six feet high, with a great white flow.
er having a red center. The pods
were long and full of excellent peas.
This new old variety found ready
sale at good prices.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-21
TO WATCH THE TURKS.
Powers Are Sending Fleets to Scene
Of Action.

London, Aug 21-It is believed that
the vessels of the Mediterranean
squadron have been ordered to sail i'm
mediately for Salonica. Last Monday
the cruiser Vindictive and the gunboat
Speedy were detached from the
squadron of Admiral Domville, COM
mander-in-chief of the Mediterranean
station at Lagos, and they have ar
rived at Gibraltar. The remainder of
the squadron is expected Immediately.
The Italian ambassador here received
dispatch from Rome, announcing
that an Italian squadron has been or
dered to Macedonian waters. 1t is re.
ported from Vienna that Bulgaria has
ordered fifteen million cartridges from
a Vienna firm for prompt delivery.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-21
The DeveIopme MT 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 $15OoO,000) and the
subsequent extension of the Kassala
line southwark to Lake Rudolph,
where eventually it will form q 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, 1903-08-21
why He Disliked Spelling Reform

Why He DisIiked Spelling Reform.
Senator F. Dumont Smith of Kins-
ley lectured on Words" in Wichita,
Kan, a 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:
by 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. .
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-21
Much Money in Tramp>s Clothes.

W0VTI TT0rrSy . 0'0<rTSos
A lot of young fellows in an Ohio
town had good time with tramp
last week They took him into shed,
gave him a good bath, shaved him
and cut his hair. They then bought
a new suit of clothes, white shirt and
stand-up collar and dressed him out
complete. But when they attempted
to burn his hobo clothes he objected
and fought for them with such des-
peration their suspicious were
aroused, and upon searching they
found $1,4OO sewed up in the coat.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-21
To Cut Record Diamond.

To Cut Record Diamond.
In Amsterdam syndicate has been
formed which will 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 1893 It has
the size Of hens egg and weighs in
Its present raw state $40 carats, which
is nearly twice as much as the Kohl
moor weighed before 1t was reduced
to it's 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, 1903-08-21
Different After Five Years,

William Glackins, who admires
Whistler, cited the other day two let
tiers written by a collector of etchings
to certain print seller. Between the
letters there was an interval of five
years. The first said- Il 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, 1903-08-21
Necklace Awaits an Owner.

1SSVNsdCS NWdIIS All OWneTs
A strange story is told about dia-
mond necklace which was found at one
Of the English court balls some years
ago. One Of the late queens ladies.
in-waiting picked up diamond neck.
lace from the floor. A lady came for.
ward and claimed 1t. The finder, how.
ever, declared 1t was her duty to give
il in to the lord chamberlain's Office,
as this was the rule with regard to
anything found in the palace. The
lady protested in vain, but the oldest
thing was that this necklace never
was claimed, and is probably still at
the lord chamberlain's office.