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The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-05-13
THE ORIGIN OF FUDGE"
EXPRESSION Now Common Is Not Easy
to Trace.


to Trace.
Where did that very common word
fudge" come from, and what does it
really mean? The antiquarian OF the
Boston Journal says the first appear.
ance of the word in literature is the
description of the cell of Lady Blarney
and Miss Carolina W1lhelmina Amelia
Skeggs on the Vicar of Wakefield's
households: But previously should
have mentioned the very impolite be-
havior of Mr.. Burchell who, during
this discourse, sat with his face turned
to the fire, ard at the conclusion OF
every sentence would cry out Fudge.
an expression which displeased us all,
and in some measure damped the rls-
ing spirit of the conversation. Does
the word Zone from the provincial
French "fuche" or the Low German
"futsch"? Or shall we trace=it to the
story of 100 quoted by the elder
-D'Israeli: There was, SIR in our
times one Captain Fudge, who always
brought home his owners a good cargo
of lies, so much that now aboard the
ship the sailors, when they hear a
great lie told, cry out, You fudge it,"
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-05-13
ORIGIN OF NUNS HEAoDREss.
First Placed on Pretty Head by Gal
liant French King.

liant French King.
Very few persons, says a French
paper, know the origin of the head
dress which so many nuns wear, and
which hides SO much of their faces.
1t was formerly the custom for con-
vents to send nuns to the various
cities and towns for. the purpose Of
collecting aims. and as rule two
nuns, one old and the otter young,
went to each place. They wore small
caps, and We're peculiarly known as
Swallows OF Lent" 4 @
On a certain Ash Wednesday two
of them succeeded ia obtaining admls-
sion to the kings palace in Paris, and
though the monarch and his courtiers
were at dinner, they did not hesitate
to solicit aims from them. One OF the
nuns was very pretty, and the young
mobiles who were feasting- cast such
bold glances at her that she blushed
with shame, Whereupon the.king rose
from the table, and, taking his nap
Kin, folded it in two and placed in on
her head in such a n1anner-that it
concealed her bushes. Ever since
that day, it is said, this kind of head
dress has been worn by nuns.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-05-13
khartoum,s Paper.

Khartoum is very shortly to pos
sess it's own paper. The native jour
nal, All Mokattam, has, 10y agreement
with the government of the Soudan,
established the first printing estab-
lishment at Khartoum. where all of.
fetal documents will be prilted. Most
of the work will be in Arabic and
French. THERE'S also to De, in-cen-
nection with the undertaking. a new
iournal-tne first in the Seudan. At
first it will be printed in Arabic. but
later it is hoped to add an English
section.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-05-13
Legally Qualified.

An old but still sprightly patriarch
stepped up to vote How long have
you resided in this precinct?' asked
one of the judges of the election. Let
me see said the old man, musing-
ly, Il moved here the next year after
Lamech was born. Seven from nine
leaves two. Eight from sixteen is
eight. One to carry Two from nine
is seven. Something over 7S0 years,
gentlemen. am old enough to vote,
to-if anybody should ask YOU
Whereupon, there being mo objection,
Methuselah-fo it was he-was al
lowed to deposit his ballot.-Chicago
Tribune.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-05-13
And More Economic al

On account of the thieving propen-
stiles of the "paleface" the Indians
have abandoned their old burial Gus
tom of depositing valuables belong
ing to the deceased with the corpse.
The Breeze of Bliss, /. T., is author.
ity for the statement that the In
dams now place money in the bank
and put the certificate of deposit in
the coffin for the dead Indians to
take along to the Happy Hunting
Grounds, as they have found this to
he a much safer method.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-05-13
An Enormous Appetite.

One of the leading restaurants Of
Kieff, Germany, was patronized the
other day by powerful, well-built
man. who entered about II a. m. and
ordered lunch He consumed nine
helpinss of outlets. six bottles of beer,
five bottles of wine, two of settler
water and fop glasses of Benedictine,
paid the bill OF 60 15s., giving As as
gratuity to the walters, and left the
restaurant none the worse for his
hearty meal
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-05-13
Tea a la Smith in the Dark.

A Nassar girl said she liked her
tea best with orange peel and pine
apple in it-while a young woman, a
Smith product always adds a tea
spoon of Jamaica rum and slice of
lemon. Some one-I think it was the
Smith girl again-told how to make
tea punch a la Smith, with the
lights out. Into a quart of boiling
water put an ounce of green tea.
Have heated a bowl, and put into it
one-half pint of brandy, one-half pint
of rum, juice of one lemon, and one
quarter of a pound of loaf sugar.
Serve in glasses when the flames
have subsidized.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-05-13
FIRST USE or cHLoRoFoRM.
Prof. Simpson, the Discoverer, q d
minjstered II to Child,

The first child born under the In.
.Auence of chloroform was the daugh.
ter of a doctor friend of Prof. Simp-
son, who is credited with the discov-
cry of the drug, and she was christen-
ed Anaesthesia to celebrate the cir
cumstances of her birth, as the
first child to be vaccinated in Russia
was christened Vaccinoff The be-
ginning Of the new era of chloroform
was on night in November, 1S47,
when three men sat around supper
table in an Edinburg dining room
with glasses charged with--chloro-
form! They were DR.. Simpson him.
self, with Dr. Keith and DR.. Duncan,
and as they sat talking all three be.
gan to inhale the fumes from the
glasses. Suddenly the talking ceased
and three. senseless- men fell like dead
bodies -onzathe floor For some min
utes thereon was as, still as a grave
and then DR. Simpson awoke. This
is good, he said, as he found Dr.
Duncan snoring under the table and
DR.. Keith creeping on to his feet
Eleven days later the first public trial
Of chloroform was made at the Edin-
burg mfr mary.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-05-13
QUAY STOPPED THE PANIC.
Brave Act Of Pennsylvania Senator
in Civil War.

A great many persons do not know
that Senator Quay won a deserved
reputation for bravery in the civil
war; said DR.. Edward Bedloe at
the Waldorf-Astoria 1T was in the
charge upon Marye's Heights where
Quay was a volunteer aide de camp.
When an effort was made to rally the
breaking line he noticed a backward
movement among the men.
ON it, boys! he cried what
are you lodging for? If can sit on
my horse and the bullets go over my
head, they certainly can't hit you
His presence of mind stopped the
panic. New York Times.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-05-13
France to Law More Cables,

The question OF an extended system
French submarine cables, which
has been so long Internationally occu-
-pving the attention Of the government,
now promises to come speedily to an
issue. Ever since December, 1899, a
special committee has been Studying
the matter ceiling in expert advice to
help them, and the result is bill, just
finished, which the government pro-
poses shortly to present to the cham
Der. This bill outlines an agreement
with the French cable company for
the construction and care of an ex-
tended network Of cables, aggregating
nearly 10 600 miles in length and g.
O00 600 in cost.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-05-13
Thirty Years of Service.

James M. swank completed with the
close of last year thirty years OF con-
tinuous service with the American
Iron and Steel association, first as its
secretary and latterly as its general
manager. AS a souvenir of this in
teresting fact Mr.. Swank has pre-
sented to the members of his assoc
citation neat little booklet contain
ing complete statistics of the pro-
duction of iron and steel. iron ore
and coal in the United States, Great
Britain, Germany. France and Bel
GUM. with other statistics of interest
to the association down to the close
of 1901.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-05-13

JUDICIAL INDIGNATION.
A Judges Verdict the Conduct of
Two Ungratefui Young Men.

n OuuBob VIZ suo >S"~eSS -
Two Ungratefui Young Men.
Street Cleaning Commissioner 1gle-
hart was in Philadelphia few days
ago on business c. injected with his de-
partment, and met a friend who Of
fered him some whisky Of an untold
age and most nectarian flavor. Now,
Col. Iglehart is member of the South
River Club, and it goes without saying
that he is judge of a few things
besides the best way to clean streets.
His description of that whisky is some
thing to give the strongest blue-rib-
boner a pang of regret. He will not
tell the name of the brand or where 1t
is to be gotten, for he says ii he did
large part of male Baltimore would
move codily to Philadelphia.
But Col Igleharts friend told him
little story in connection with that
whisky. seems that there is club,
where it can be secured--or could be-
ferez=it= -soZsearce, One zday=tWo
young men entered and called for this
brand Each poured out drink and
each-horror of Horrors! poured wat
er into it and tossed it Off. The bar
keeper fell up against the wall and
then quit work for the day. The board
of governors held a meeting and sus-
pended the two young men for year.
Some time later this same friend OF
Col Iglehart who tells the story fell III
with Judge R., enc of the eminent
.jurists of Philadelphia, at that time
holding place on the bench. He Of
fered the judge some Of the famous
whisky and told him the story of the
two young men who had watered 1T.
The judge closed his eyes and allowed
his head to fall back while he enjoyed
the enhancing liquid.
Suspended them for a year?" he
SAID at last. only that? I'd have
hanged the 49, rascals if I'd had any
thing to do with it! "-Baltimore Sun.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-05-13
DUTIES OF "MY" DOCTOR.
Physicians of Mllonaires Must Be
Up to Date.

Up 10 OdlC.
Such a man as Rockefeller or Nor
gan is life study for a physician,
and the man who can keep in perfect
order human machine Of vast i'm
portance in the community is worthy
Of Schwabian compensation The
big insurance companies are willing
to employ a physician at 100000 a
year to keep either Of the gentlemen
mentioned alive ten years. longer.
my" doctor in such case must
know what medicine to prescribe
whenever Morgan or Rockefeller
sneezes, frowns, sWears, limps,
groans, growls, thunders, kicks over
the. waste basket, smokes too many
cigars. drinks too much water eats
too heartily of corned beef and cab
bage, talks too much to his Bible
class, charges too sma1I a commits
sion for promoting a. trust or@reof-
ganizing a railroad, telegraphs sena=
tors to hold up antitrust legislation,
or. commits any other little indiscre-
ton that Millionaire flesh is heir to.
He must be familiar with the slight
est symptom and ready with his dose.
New York Press.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-05-13
Marriage a Good Thing.

1t is said that statistics prove that
in every thousand bachelors there
are thirty-eight criminals, while in
every thousand married men the
criminals snumber only eighteen. II
this is so, it surely proves that the
present-day members of the sex Ia
beled coy and hard to please have at
least an immense capabli+ for keep
ing men out of mischief. -,uffcient to
outbalance perhaps evei the unllind
reputation handed down the ages by
Mother Eye.-London Taller.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-05-13
FOG AS A BEAUTIFlER.
New York Society Woman Divuiges
Mrs. Lanqtry's Secret.

New York Society Woman Divuiges
Mrs. Langtry's Secret.
Mrs. Langtry attended a reception
in New York last week and reused
much envy among fashionables who
were present because of her beautiful
complexion, which is really marvel.
Subsequently a rather faded beauty
exclaimed: How on earth does she do
it? Why, she's so if she's minute.
Another grande dame, who spoke as
though she knew. gave this explana-
ton: Its Jersey, her birthplace. You
know Mrs. Langtry spends six or eight
weeks every season on her farm there.
She wears short skirt and thick
boots-sometimes no boots at all
goes about in a sunbonnet and lives
like farm girl. The fog OF the island
does the rest
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-05-13
DEGREES Statue Of Houston:>

The statue of Gen. Sam -HoustSn of
Texas, to be placed in the capitol at
Washington, of which Miss Elizabeth
Ney is the sculptor, is to be a dupli-
cate of the statue which has just
been finished and placed in the CAPT
toll at Austin. This statue represents
Houston as an Indian at time when
he was living with the Cherokee tribe
after his self-banishment from Ten
nessee. Judge John H. Reagan, who
knew Houston : intimately, is angry
over the Indian statue and in letter
protests against its duplicate being
placed in tie national capitol.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-05-13
MELTING OLD PLATES.
Tons of Those Used for Printing Money

Tons of Those Used for Printing Money
to Serve as Ship Ballast
This was melting day. at the Blu
reau of Engraving and Printing. All
the plates, rolls and dies used in print
ing gold and silver certificates, postage
and revenue stamps, bonds and postal
cards during 1901 were loaded early
this morning on two big trucks. Al
though the precaution had been taken
to spoil the face of each plate with a
file, four Swapping employees OF the
Treasury Department rode on each
truck. A Treasury committee rode in
a carriage.
The procession went to the Navy
yard foundry, where the plates were
unceremoniously dumped into one of
the furnaces, to come out as pig steel
and to be. used for ballast eor war
ships There were twenty tons of
plates, rolls and dies, from which
were printed last year 81, 200, 100000 in
gold and silver certificates Of various
demon nations, and $3.50 100000 in
postage stamps, besides hundreds of
millions of bonds, revenue stamps and
postal cards.
The engfavers are now at work on
the plates, rolls and dies for 1908.
Those in use now will be destroyed
next February.-New York World.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-05-13
DR.. lorenz and Slana.

The surgeons of New York have in
dulged in considerable quiet amuse-
ment over the manner in which the
English language has at times taken
a fall out of DR.. Lorenz-especially the
department OF American slang He
was speaking of the-fees he had
earned while here We are told. !"
said one of the younger men. that
you pulled Armour's leg for $50. OOO"
Me- said the doctor gravely, sit
was 100000. But not the fathers;
it was that of the leetle daughter -
New York Press.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-05-13
MUST DO THEIR WORK WELL
Incompetent Dentists Liable to Damages
for Their Bungling.

for Their Bungling.
The courts are taking cogniZance of
the competency or incompetency Of
professional men, A short time ago
a New York tribunal held that a ply
sician was liable for unskillful or neg
ligent treatment of a patient and now
the court Of appeals Of that state has
rendered decision holding car
poration liable for unskillfulJ dental
work This corporation, according to
the complaint, represented that it car
ricd on the practice Of dentistry in con-
nection with it's other departments
The plaintiff, a woman, having under
gone treatment, sued for alleged re-
sultant injury and received verdict.
Apparently the defence of the corpora
ton was that the dental business was
not, in fact. carried on by it, but was
owned by the dentist. But the court
held that the company having held it
self out as carrying on dental de-
partment and the plaintiff having been
ignorant of the fact that the company
was not the real owner Of the dental
department, the corporation was
estopped from making such denial
For, under the circumstances, the court
said that the plaintiff had right to
rely not only on the presumption that
the company would employ a skillfnl
dentist as its servant. but also on the
fact that if that servant, the dentist,
whether skillful or not, was guilty
of any malpractice, she had a respon-
sible party to answer therefor in dam
ages-Chicago Chronicle.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-05-13
WESTERN WATER FARMING.
Wisconsin's Many Lahss Give Promise
of Great. Profit


Scientists who make it their business
to look ahead into the far future are
now busy telling what will happen
after all the land in the United States
has been put under cultivation. When
there are no more quarter sections up
on which the settler can establish him
self, it is predicted that water farm
ing will become general occupation.
This information is comforting to resi-
dents of Wisconsin. No state in the
Union has better facilities for water
farming than the one famous for the
number and beauty of its lakes When
the time comes for men to fence off
acre plots on the crystal waters of the
inland seas Wisconsin will have a
boom worth while waiting for with pa
tience.sCf course there will be draw
backs to water. farming, but the in
dustry offers great possibilities. AL
though 1t will be difficult to keep ones
crop Of fish from being mixed with
ones neighbefs'. there will be no plow-
ing or narrowing, no wrestling with
stumps and no trouble over irrigation.
After the fish are planted each season
there will be nothing to do but to wait
until harvest time. BY d little diplo
matte advertising water farmers may
persuade city men to spend their va
cations on the lakes as assistants dur
Ing this harvest season. Households
on the water farms would be ideal
places of residence during the hot
months. 1t is estimated that the fish,
cries Of the United States produce food
of the value of $45,0oo0oo every year.
AS soon as the water farming industry
has a good start Wisconsin will be
able to add millions to this amount.
If the calamity bowler cannot find any
thing worse to prophesy about than the
water farm, this state can pursue daily
its business pursuits without any fore
bodings.- Milwaukee Sentinel.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-05-13
Iale of the kanaaroo,s Tail

A young teacher in one Of the Phil
adelphia public schools was giving a
lesson on the animals of the different
zones to class composed almost en-
tirely of foreign children. Mentioning
the kangaroo, she said: ut has tail,
but not much to speak Of" Later,
when the children wrote about the
animals native to each zone on the
paper of one little girl appeared this
sentence: 1.-THE kangaroo has a tail,
but we must not talk about it"
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-05-13
Offered His Card.

An amusing incident occurred in
Judge Galloway's court the other day
during the progress of civil case.
says the Memphis Scimitar. One Of
the litigants, Beal street pawn
broker. Now, Mr.. said the
attorney turn your face to the, jury
and tell them your name and place
of business" The witness reached
into his coat pocket and, drawing
forth a well-worn bit of pasteboard,
said: Here vas mine card Judge
Galloway was obliged to pound for
order
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-05-13
How Lyddite Was Discovered.

scription, is merely a form of picric
acid melted down and allowed to
solldify. 1t was discovered in I'LL,
and for a century and quarter
served peaceful but very useful pur-
pose as dye for silk and wooden ma
terials without it's explosive powers
being dreamt of. A few Years ago a
ter, England. the flames spread to a
shed in which picric acid was. stored.
There was a terrible explosion and an
investigation took place. with the re-
st.lt that lyddite was born.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-05-13

Remarkable HailStorm,

While out driving near Tsmaru,
New Zealand, hailstorm CAME on
which was so severe that a gentle.
man was compelled to cover his horse
with his rugs and the carriage mat
to preserve it from injury. His ~wn
head he had to protect with cushions.
During the fifteen minutes that the
storm lasted the vehicle was filled
to Overlooking with hailstones ths
size of a hens egg.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-05-13
Secretary cortelyou's Pompadour

Secretary Cortelyou is one of the,
few remaining men in public life who
affect the pompadour style of brush.
ing the hair. Fifteen or eighteen
years ago it seemed as if all mankind
had the pompadour craze When
"Pompadour jim came on the stage
every sport that was a sport wore.
his bristles rampant. The style is
very becoming to Cortelyou. 1t ena-
bles him in serious reflection to run
his fingers harrowlike over his head
without disturbing his contour.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-05-13
But They May Be Happy Yet.

Accounts have been given of the
marriage at Atchison Of Lieut. Je-
rome Pillow and Miss Mary Hether-
ington. At the wedding supper, ar
cording to the Globe. Mr.. Pillow was
called on for a speech. He arose and
said: While l was at West Point
| was taught to keep my mouth shut.
and have adhered to the rule ever
since Then the bride was called
on for a speech. She arose and said:
While at ST. Mary's was taught
to talk all the time, and have prac-
ticed the rule ever since But how
sad it is to see such spirit of con-
tradiction and contrariness made
manifest even before the honeymoon
had commentator City Jour-
nal.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-05-13
Experiments Of No Value.

All eggs have a parthenogenetic
tendency, which, as Boyeri demon-
strated at the last meeting of the Ger
man Society of Naturalists and Ply
sicians, disappears through degenera-
ton of the controsoma. All that Prof.
Loeb of Chicago did was to show that
this parthenogenetic tendency could
be stimulated in sea urchins by no.
NAL salt solution. In certain infusoria
the process of formulation consists
essentially in subtle osmosis be-
tween the sexes. The experiments of
Loeb did not create life. but simply
expense of parthenogenesis. These
experiments, therefore, demonstrate
nothing as regards the cause OF life.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-05-13
Testing WARNINGS at Sea.

Twenty-Five years have elapsed
since Prof. Tyndall, at the instance of
the Trinity House corporation, car
ried out a series of experiments at the
South Foreland, near Dover, England,
to determine the value Of various
sounds as warnings to the mariner of
his approach to dangerous spots in
thick weather The result was a large
increase in the number of fog signals
all round the British coast. Much
knowledge has been sacquired and
many new inventions have been made
in the intervening period. and spe-
cial committee of the elder brethren
of the Trinity House, assisted by Lord
Raylcigh and other eminent scien-
lists and engineers have been en-
gagged for some time in making elab-
crate tests of all the latest improve
ments in the different kinds of ap-
paratus for making cautionary noises.
The scene of their operations is the
Isle of Wight One of their chief OBJ
jects is to determine the relative mer-
ducers Much attention, also. has
been given to the trumpet and various
notifications OF that instrument.
Other careful experiments are to de-
termine the carrying capacity, in GER
tain conditions of notes OF different
pitch, and the effect on the dissem-
ination of sound of the conformation
Of the coast line. etc. Another point
to be considered is the question Of the
most effective and the most economical
utilization of power-New York Post.