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The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
The Lono-sufferinu Editor.

A Queensland contemporary re-
Gently published the following: Our
foreman printer recently measured
up the space occupied by obituary
notices in the Herald during the last
couple of months or so, and found it
made three and three-quarters yards
This is so much dead loss to the pa
per, and if fatal epidemic struck
the town ruin would stare us III the
face. We have, therefore. decided to
future to charge for such notices. So,
when people feel like dying, we hope
they will give directions to their next
of kin in respect Of paying for the
same"
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
Here, 2 New Aprinko cure.

A novel remedy for the drink hab-
tor, rather for enabling those
who have Sworn off" to remain
.son the water car" consists of ice
water drunk through a raw potato.
Take a.. bowl of Ice water and a pota-
to. Peel the potato and cut down one
end of it until 1T 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 1t 1t
any one is afflicted with a thirst
which they really and truly desire to
lose
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
,,,nehaon Decided Success.

A lady in, Buda-Pesth recently gave
a charitable luncheon party to the
poor of her district. She placed no
limit on the number OF invitations,
and the result 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 opin-
ions about the success of the func-
ton. The guests to a man declared
that they had never assisted at SO in
tense and exciting luncheon before
in their lives. They we're quite cut
I'D when the time came to go.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
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, 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, 1903-09-05
COMO Road for Motor Cars.

The Congo Free State government
is constructing a road in the northern
part of the state for the transport OF
passengers and goods by means OF
motor cars. The new route, of which
nearly $50 miles have been completed
will join the important trading centers
of -Dongu and Eado. While making
the road local engineer hit upon the
happy idea of driving forty elephants
up and down the projected highway
until the thick underground was
trampled down, allowing the natives tc
complete the task.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
superfluous Boys.
itish parl1amentary

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 "superfuous 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 Keeps 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, 1903-09-05
Few Motor Cars in PORTUGAL.

Motor cars as yet show no signs of
being used in Portugal Last year only
twenty we're 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 IS 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, 1903-09-05
FAD OF A FAMOUS JAckDAw.
Bird Took Trips on Buses and Gave
His Foes a Tongue Lash ing

his FoeS a 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. All
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 journe- o the city or else.
where was accomplished, when he
would fly back to his -Brixton home.
He was a bird Of strorg likes and dis
likes, and when any of his masters
customers failed to find favor in his
sight he would assail thcm with the
most embarrassing flow OF language.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
Got It.

At the close of the third act the
gifted ragedian was called before the
curtain My friends he said, ap.
parently much astonished and embar-
raised, your kindness oyerwhelms
me. l have striven co1scientiously to
win your approval, but was not pre-
pared for SO magnificent a welcome
and in the surprise of the moment
find myself utterly hesitate for
want of suitable word "Rats!s
shouted a gallery hoodIum.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
London's Army of Horses.

In recent paper on Electric Auto
mobiles" read before the Institution
Of Civil Engineer, 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, 1903-09-05
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, 1903-09-05
THE SMALL BOYS LONGING.
Part of the Show That Was Woefully
DisappointnQ,

Little Willie's father took him to
the show. 1t was variety show, end
ing with sketch called The African
Belle" in which, after "a missionary
had been bound to a 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 Willie's father thought
would please the boy immensely; but
the son and heir fell into state Of
gloom at its 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 a sigh. me and the other
boys play that When you pay to go
to a show | should think they might
kill the missionary"
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
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 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, 1903-09-05
Inspecting American Railroads.

]. T. Tatlow, John Wharton, George
Banks. f. r Dale and H. O'Brien, Off
'cials 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.
-partm ents-of II the Lancashire and
Yorkshire road.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
Too Much for Him,

"Aud do you mean to say" ex-
claimed Farmer Brown to policeman
in Lebanon, Pa, as he gazed at the
trolley wire, "that that thing is used
for travelin' purposes?" yes" HUI
man bein's go that a-way?" "Of
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, 1903-09-05
PEAS FROM PHARAoHs' TOMB.
Their Product Unlike Anything Known
at Rrasepf

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 a
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 great white flow
er having a red center The pods
we're long and full of excellent peas.
This new old variety found a ready
sale at good prices.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
Will Loan Money to Poor.

A body of philanthropic New York
ers have formed themselves into the
Personal Protective Loan Associa-
ton, with the purpose of loaning
money to the poor at 6 per cent per
annum. The capital of the organiza-
ton is $4,000 and the incorporators
are Thomas M.--,MHlry, Edward F.
Cragin, Rev. Dr. David j. Burrell,
Father A. P. Doyle and Robert B.
Miller. Individual money lenders
never charge less than 80 per cent
and sometimes great deal more
There are 300 pawnshops in New
York. .
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
Costly Skipping-Rope.

A skipptng-rope has been presented
b5 fond Pittsburg millionaire to his
six-year-old daughter. The handles
are gold, studded with an odd jewel,
while the cord, the finest procurable,
cost more than a dollar per inch.
When the child grows little older
she will be able fully to appreciate her
papa's gift. At present she treats it
as il it were an ordinary rope. -
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
Few Automobiles in Washinoton,

kindly to the automobile and very
few persons in the executive OF dip
lomatic service are seen in vehicles
other than carriages. The president
is too fond of horses ever to take up
the craze. He has always shown a
preference for surveys and seldom
drives out of town in any other kind
CT vehicle,
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
Woman's Louic,

AS one phase of life this is interest
ing. A woman was overheard to re-
mark to her companion: les, she
was terribly sore about that day she
lost S45 on the races" What did
she do it for?" asked the man. why,
she must have some fun: she works so
hard all the rest Of the time"
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
NOT TO BE TRUSTED.
Why Conductor Thought Wome

Should Not Have Ballot.
How many-sided and how funny is
the life load in city street car. Not
long ago 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. "Aint, Ell; there's 95 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 to vote"
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
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, 1903-09-05
Why He pisliked 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 a 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, 1903-09-05
A GOOD PLACE TO BE CAT"
Incongruity Of Surroundings in Wild
Country.

One Of the strangest sights ever
saw in wild country was little min
lister CARRIED in solemn black. white
"dog" collar, buttonless vest and stiff
black straw hat. The dominic was
standing in a leaky boat in the midst
of a primeval woods, fishing the boil
ing waters of mountain torrent At
his back cataract roared and
pounded the rocks, churning the water
to white suds; above him the eternal
snow glistened on the mountains, and
but few yards away a gaunt CHINA
mon bear was quietly nosing among
the driftwood-Da Beard in the
Worlds Work.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
From Immense Wealth to Poverty.

From Immense wealth. TO Foverty.
George Kettler, an aged cobbler
who died recently in Argentine, Kan,
at one time was worth s12,oo0,00O.
Kettler was of German birth, and dur
ing the Franco-Prussian war operated
a large shoe factory in Hanover.
Profitable army contracts swelled his
fortune to the figure named but he
lost everything in speculation. Then
he came to this country penn1less to
begin life anew.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-02-07
A Sleepy Little School.

A funny old professor kept a school for
little boys,
And he'd romp with them in playtime
and he wouldn't mind their noise;
While in his little school room, with
its head against the wall
Was a bed of such proportions 1t was
big enough for all.
IT'S for tired little pupils. he eX-
planned. for you viii find
How very wrong indeed it is to torce
a budding mind;
Whenever one grows sleepy and he
can't hold up his head,
make him lay his primer down and
send him off to bed.
and sometimes it will happen on. a
warm and pleasant day,
When the little birds upon the trees go
tooral-looral-lay;
when wide awake and studious 1t S
difficult to keep,
One nv one they'll get a-nodding till
the whole class is asleep.
"Then before they're all in dreamland
and their funny SHORES begin,
I close the shutters softly so the sun
light won't come in;
After which put the school books in
their order on the shelf,
And. with nothing else TO do, l take
a little nap myself.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-02-07
AUNT BUSY HAS HER SAY.

Dear Nieces and Nephews:
Aunt Busy wishes to give the usual
warning she gives you every year about
ST. Valentines day. Aunt Busy's real
old "chums" remember the previous
lectures. The custom of sending valen-
tines is such a pretty one, but of late
years the habit of sending COME val
entines has become general. Now,
Aunt Busy devoutly hopes that none
of her girls and boys will be guilty
of sending those horrible caricatures
TO anybody. 1t is the most positive
proof of ill-breeding and vulgarity and,
OF course, the dear nieces are perfect
little ladies. and the dear nephews, are
perfect gentleman, so they cannot co
anything that would be ill-bred or
vulgar consequently they will not send
comic valentines to people they like or
to people they do not like. Aunt Busy
would like real well for the girls and
boys To send a pretty little valentine TO
their good parents. Don't you think
il would be a nice way Of expressing
your thoughts and love for them? Dear
nepheWs. you will never have such
SWeethearts as your dear mothers, and
dear nieces, you win never meet such
sWeethearts as your dear fathers, so
remember them on good st. Valentines
day and don't. don't forget, please
don't forget the warning about the
comic valentines. the warning from
your truly devoted.
AUNT BUSY.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-02-07

the language of the day ''the party of
the past" and losing their Catholicity
in proportion as they approach the
party of the future. You find them, if
not affected more or less by unbeief.
porting over the dead past, living on
their traditions, exploring catacombs,
deciphering half-obliterated inscrip-
tons. and writing history. as if they
had no sense of the present no hope
of the future. They seem to give up
the present and the future to Caesar
and the enemies of the Church. and to
feel that the most glorious epoch of
CathOlocity has passed away. They are
without influence in affairs. France,
with her 35,000,000 OF nominal Catholics.
is governed by the nOn-Catholic mind
as much so as our own country. In
Naples the monaTchical rather than
than the Catholic mind governs. In
Austria the emperor would seem to
have regard for Catholic interest. but
the Austrian bureaucracy is NOltarian.
and Catholics as such have very lit
tie if any weight in the administra-
ton. So in all Catholic countries. The
governing mind is non-Catholic. Even
in Belgium. where the great majority
are Catholic. the effective power is in
the hands of the nOn-CathOlic or anti
Catholic minority. These are facts
which are, no doubt. unpleasant to
Catholic ears, but facts they are. and
it is idle for us to seek to conceal
them or to explain them away The
non-Catholic world know them better
than we Go and find in them their only
effective argument against us. Count
Cavour the elder is pious said to be
good Catholic, but without talent,
force or energy. His younger brother
is prime minister of Sardnia-an able
statesman out a sorry Catholic"
(To Be COntinued0
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-02-07
The Street Minstrel.

his hands are soiled, his throat is
bare.
His face is sreaked with dirt and
thin,
And many a slip is in the air
He plays upon his violin;
4 sadness dwells within his eyes,
The shoes are ragged on his feet,
And scoffers stop to criticise
The little minstrel in the street.
There by the curb he plays away,
Where flakes float past and winds
blow chill,
And maybe, as the critics say,
He lacks the tutored artists skill;
But now and then a little strain.
Played faultlessly and soft and sweet,
Floats up from where he stands out
there
The little minstrel in the street.
Say ragged little minstrel, why
Must people listen but to hear
The false note, ever passing by
The strain that rises soft and clear?
Oh. ii were well with US if we
Night in our own ways sound the
sweet
And faultless notes as oft as he
The little minstrel in the street
s.. Z. Kiser in Chicago Record Her
aid.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-02-07
Help the World Along.

If every little boy and girl
Some loving word would say,
Or just one kindly deco would do,
The world would be so gay.
No matter where you CHANGED to go,
You'd never see a tear;
And as for frowns, when people smile
They always disappear.
Why should not every boy and girl
Pass through life with song,
If each one did his level best
To help the world along?
The wrong things then would soon be
right;
SO try to do or say
One kindly deed, one loving word:
Begin this very day.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-02-07
Freckles and Tan.

Say. what are these wee little freckles,
and what in the world is the tan,
That color and sprinkle all over
The face of our dear little man?
The tan is a heavily mixture
OF happiness, sunshine and JOY,
That darkness the shade of the roses
That bloom in the cheek of our boy
The freckles are scars from the kisses
That angels, in loving embrace,
There pressed, in careless confusion
All over our little boys face.
So here's to the boy with the freckles-
The boy with the freckles and tan
These glorious imprinls of heaven
Have labeled him Gods little man.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-02-07
The Best Beauty.

l know a little fellow
Whose face is fair to see,
But still there's nothing pleasant
About that face TO me.
For he's rude and cross and selfish
If he can't have his own way,
And he's always making trouble,
I've heard his mother say.
l know a little fellow
Whose face is plain to see.
But that we never think of,
So kind and brave is he.
Whose face is plain to see,
And everybody's glad
To hear the CHEEKY whistle
OF the pleasant little lad.
You see, it's not the features
That others judge us by,
But what we do, / tell you,
And you can't deny.
The plainest face has beauty
If it's owners kind and true.
And that's the kind of beauty
My girl and boy. for you.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-02-07

The other dear little girl from Raw
Inns is welcome indeed. as Aunt Busy's
niece. Such a splendid letter from
such sweet little girl Aunt Busy
would like very much to hear from
Esther and Bessie. Give the dear baby
boy, James Francis. a big hug and
a big kiss from Aunt Busy Why don't
You write letter to Aunt Busy for the
dear little man?
Marguerite Jordan is a very bright
little niece of Aunt Busy's. With
Alice Lackey. Marguerite Jordand and
your sweet self writing regularly for
the future, Aunt Busy Will have
rosebud garden of girls" in Rawlins.
Perhaps the "rosebuds" can induce
some of the Rawlins boys to become
Aunt Busy's nephews!
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-02-07
The Cat and the Doughnuts.

This is a true story that my grand
mother told me about her cat and dog.
She used to find the cover off her
doughnut Jar and also noticed that her
doughnuts disappeared.
One day she heard noise and found
that her cat was on the shelf where
the doughnuts were kept.
Then it put its paw in the jar and
drew out a doughnut and pushed if off
the shelf. and the dog, who was look
ing up at the cat, caught the dough-
nut in his mouth and ate it.
When they found they were caught
they acted very guilty-Oour Four
Footed Friends.