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The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-01
Here's a New Drink" Cure.

A novel remedy for the drink hab-
tor, rather, for enabling those
who have .sworn of" to remain
ION the water cart"-consists of ice
water drunk through a raw potato.
Take bowl of ice water and a 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.
1t is claimed that this treatment will
effect an absolute cure. The why and
the wherefore are not stated, but the
process is such 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, 1903-08-01
The Long.sunerIng Editor.
Queensland contemnorary

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 a fatal epidemic struck
the town ruin would stare us in 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, 1903-08-01
Fu,, Of Absen,ees.

There was a larger attendance than
usual in the "Amer corner" at the
Fifth Avenue hotel last night. and
these wee some Of the interesting
stories told: Judge Gilders1eeve." re.
marked George W. Wanamaker, was
telling the other night OF a laughable
bull made by Maj Leach, once fa-
nous as the head OF the Irish rife
team. The judge was visiting in Ire
land and remarked: Major, is It true
that much Of the trouble In this little
country Of yours Is caused by alb
sentee landlords?' 1t ia, SIR re.
sponded the major. Sure. our little Is.
land is full Of them New York
Mail and Express.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-01
No ROYAL Road.

st. Clair McKelway believes that
the journalism of the future will be a
profession and that men will be espe-
cially educated for it. They are and
always have been. Did that important
and valuable member of the profess
sion never hear of ''the hard school of
journalism" There is no other, and
never will be, worth a pinch Of snuff,
in our humble estimation. The uni
versity of experience is the one which
gives the real degrees in Journalism.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-01
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 q speaker that
he won prize in defamation several
years ago.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-01
For Those With Stomach Habit,

A Philadelphia baker is authority
Tor the assertion that the latest fad
of dyspeptics is bread made WITH sea
water, instead of fresh water. cit
has saltier TASTE" he says, than
we are accustomed to, but it is very
palatable. In fact, he who likes salty
things is apt to like 1t better than
the other kind of bread. A physician
asked me about three morths ago to
make some of this bread for. his
patients. A: first made six leaves
day, but now make thirty. My sea
water comes up to me from Atlantic
City three times week. The dys-
peptics who buy the bread say it In
the only kind they can eat fresh
without discomfort
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-01
A GOOD PLACE TO BE AT"


incongruity Of surroundings In Wild
Country.
One of the strangest sights l ever
saw in wild country was little min
lister CARRIED in solemn black, white
dog" collar. buttonless vest and stif
black straw hat The dominic was
standing In leaky boat in the midst
Of a primeval woods, fishing the boil
ing waters Of q 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 gaunt CHINA
mon bear was quietly nosing among
the driftwood.-Dan Beard in the
Worlds Work
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-01
PEAS FROM PHARAoHs' TOMB.

49,.
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 q Glasgow gentleman re-
ceived from hts son in Egypt an en-
velope full Of peas, which were said
to have been found in the tomb OF one
OF the Pharaolls. He sent them to q
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 red center. The pods
were long and full of excellent peas.
This new oH variety found ready
sale at good prices.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-01
This Lunch Was a Success.

A lady in Budapest recently gave a
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 jewellers. There were
no two opinions about the success OF
the function. The guests to 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, 1903-08-01
Painting the Dome Of the Capitol.

Painting the Dome Of the Capitol.
The dome of the capitol at Wash
ington is being painted. Every five
years it's coat is renewed and $4,000
gallons Of white lead are used in the
process. The work is being done by
eighteen men, under the direction Of
ssBilly" Lewis and "Al" Ports. The
latter has been employed for such
work about the capitol for thirty-nine
years. Ports is the only man who
ever climbed to the top Of the Statue
of Liberty surmounting the dome. He
did this on Labor day, 1894, and fas-
tened garland Of electric light bulbs
around the neck Of her majesty.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-01
Remarkable Sea Monster.

A remarkable sea monster was re-
Gently caught in Port Fairy bay by
some fishermen 1t measured nine
feet six inches in length, had a tail
like that Of a screw tail-shaft no
teeth. nose like a rhinoceros, head
like an elephant, two dorsal fms, four
side fins and two steering fins. The
skin was black and very soft. The
most experienced fishermen say the
specimen is altogether new to them.
They cannot hazard a guess as to the
species. The fish has been sent on to
the Melbourne museum.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-01
Congo Road for Motor Cars.

The Congo Free State government
is cnstructing 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 Lado. While making
the road a 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 to
complete the task,
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-01
Got It.

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 striyen conscientiously to
win your approval, but 1 was not pre-.
pared for SO magnificent welcome
and in the surprise of the moment 1
find myself utterly hesitate for
want of suitable word "Rats!"
shouted a gallery hoodlum.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-01
Luncheon a pecid ed Success.

A lady in Buda-Pesth recently gave
q 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
revelers. 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 were quite cut
UP when the time came to go.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-01
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, 1903-08-01
The Development 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
Eerber-Suakin railroad via Kassala
Costing some s15,OOo,000) and the
subsequent extension Of the Kassalat
line southwark to Lake Rudolph,
where eventually it will form juno.
ton with the Uganda railway, at the
same time marking long step toward
the realization Of the Cape-to-C Cairo
scheme.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-01
Wonlan's lnnic

AS one phase of life this is interest
ing. A woman was overheard to re-
mark to her companion: Eyes, she
was terribly sore about that day she
lest S45 on the races. What did
she do it for?" asked the ma, Why,
she must have some fun; she works so
lard all the rest of the time
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-01
THE SMALL BOYS LONGING.
Part Of the Show That Was WoefulIy
Disappointing.


Little Willie's father took him to
the show. 1t was variety show, end
ing with a sketch called .'The African
Belle in which, after a missionary
had been bound to a stake by a 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 a 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 sigh. "Me and the other
boys play that. When you pay to go
to show should think they might
kill the missionary" u
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-01
Different After Five Years.

William Glackins, who admires
Whistler, cited the other day two let
tiers written by collector of etchings
to certain print seller. Between the
letters there was an interval Of five
years. The first said. 81 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, 1903-08-01
From Immense Wealth to Povert,

George Kettler, an aged cobbler
who died recently in Argentine Kan,
at one time was worth $12.000,000.
Kettler was of German birth, and dur
ing the Franco russian 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 penniless to
begin life anew
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-01
Much Money in Tramp~s Clothes.

Much Money in Tramp>s Clothes.
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 81 400 sewed up in the coat
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-01
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 rather cumbrous cos tune. 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, 1903-08-01
Few Automobiles in Washington

Few RUtOmUpIleS III washington.
Official Washington does not take
kindly to the automobile and very
few persons in the executive or 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 surreys and seldom
drives out of town in any other kind
Of vehicle.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-01
Iurns Consul Down.

Caracas, July 29-President Castro
has refused to grant the exequatuT of
the spanish consul because of domes-
tic matters which caused dissatisfac-
ton, and the disapproval of the for
eign ministers. including Mr.. Bowen.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-01
Why He Disliked Spelling Reform.

Why He Disliked Spelling Reform.
Senator f. Dumont Smith of Kins-
ley lectu-ed on sWords" in Wichita.
Kan, 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"
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Kicked TO Death by Horses.

Kicked to Death by HoTsts.
: Cedar Falls, Iowa, July 20. - Vent
Howard, young man from Cincinnati
visiting here, was instantly killed on
the F. D. Pierce farm. He was assist
ing in haying, when the horses kicked
him down and trampled him to death.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-08
"THE PO0LROOM QUEEN" DEAD
Gussie Mckee Said 10 Have Cleared
Sl5OOOO

Grace Dodd, better known as Gussie
Mckee. "the poolroom queen" died last
evening at her home, lls West Forty
seventh street. For year or two she had
been trying to cure herself of a malignant
abdominal cancer
1t is said that the cure was nearly
effected and that her death was really due
TO an intestinal trouble,
According to her friends, she was an
Indiana girl and went to Chicago as book
keeper at $40 a week. The story is that
she one day went TO the racetrack, won
sl8 on an s to shot and then gave up book
keeping to play the horses. 1t is said that
she made $50. 900 in one season.
When she got started in the racing game
she opened womcn's poolroom in Chicago,
and later came here and started another.
She told her friends a year or two ago,
when she quit, that she had cleared sl50,0O0.
She owned the house in which she died
Several years ago she married Lieut..
Edward H. Martin of the United States
Army. He was dismissed from the Fifth
Artillery in 1900 for irregularities in his
canteen accounts at Fort Hancock.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-08
NO POElGiNY ~ ITAH.


SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July In the
face of the charges made by the mins crs
and clubworen that pplygamy is flourish
ing in Utah, the special Grand Jury which
has been invest igating reported to-day
that there has not been single case of
plural marriage here since Utah became
a State The jury's finding amazed the
p,utiles. In brief. the report says:
I'VE have investigated thoroughly all
cases of alleged poygamy brought to our
attention, and have not been able to secure
evidence that single case of polygamy
has occurred in this district since Utah
became State.
"The rumors of the commission Of this
crime seem TO have grown out of innocent
circumstances which in ordinary commune
ties would have created no suspicion nor
scandal, but which here, probably owing
to feature Of territorial history, have been
seized upon and the crime assumed without
evidence, much to the injury of good citizens
and to the detriment of our State and its
reputation throughout the nation"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-08

ton on smaller scale of those which were
no successful feature Of the coron alton
review. rocket was fred from the soma
phore tower in the doclyard al 8 o'clock,
whereupon the darkness was suddenly
lightened by the simultaneous illumination
OF the Channel squadron at Spithead. each
vessel being outlined with incandcscent
lights, while in tho inner harbor the Kings
yacht and several wnrships, including the
Calliope, were similarly lighted. The
American ships, in addition to being OUT
lined in fire, displayed their names in huge
electric light letters.
The most brilliant part of tho display,
however, came an hour later, when the
searchlights began to play. BY means of
colored lights thrown through the leQses
upon the clouds of steam escaping from the
warships fantastic and beautiful designs in
red, white and blue were formed and the
vessels and dockyard buildings were illu-
minated with striking color effects.
An immense throng watched he illumi-
nations and paraded the streets, which
We're decorated with bunting, the Stars
and Stripes entwined with the Union Jack.
In the theatres and music halls the pre-
vailing orchestral music was American,
the audiences applauding or joining In
singing "The Star-Spangled Banner"
"Yankeee Doodle" or "There'l be Hot
Time in the Old Town Tonight"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-08
WOMAN LED TIE MON.
Wanted Man Under Arrest Taken From
the sheriff and Lynclleti.

INDIANAPOLIS, July THE town OF
Sweetzer. Grant county, was much excited
last night when mob ed by a woman
attempted to take U. s. Williams. music
teacher, from the custody Of the Sheriff
and lynch him for an alleged assault upon
young girl The girl is the twelve-year-
old daughter Of Abner Beach, and when she
reported 10 her mother that Williams had
attempted to assault her, the alarm was
given and some fifty men assisted the
mother in her search for Williams.
Meantime the Sheriff had been notified
and hurried to Williams studio and placed
him under arrest He was just leaving the
studio with mis- prisoner when the citizens
led by Mrs. Beach appeared. Mrs. Beach
pleaded with her neighbors not to let the
Sheriff take Williams away alive, and she
led the advance upon the Sheriff. The
latter swore in a deputy on the spot and
when the mother and the crowd advanced
he threatened to have them arrested IL
they interfercd with him in the discharge
of his duty.
Mrs. Beach made an effort to take the
prisoner from the Sheriff as the crowd drew
back, and the Sheriff hurried him into a
buggy and drove out OF the town in a gallop.
Williams was placed in Jail at Marion, but
this morning was taken to another county
through fear that an attempt would be
made to lynch him.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-08
GIRL SCATTERS A MOB.
SherIns Daughter Levels n llilc ut Crowd
and Tells Them to Get.

COLUMBIA, S. c., July Miss Mary
Creech, daughter Of the Sheriff, still in her
teens, stood off crowd OF masked men
who were bent on lynching a prisoner in
the Barnwell jail last night. She knows
very little about firearms, but when the
crisis came she grasped rife and threat
ened in determined voice to shoot. The
mob took her Mt her word end scattered.
On Saturday evening at dance near
Barnwell, in celebration Of the Fourth, a
quarrel between Seaborn Moore and Her
bert Sanders, two young farmers. ended
in the drawing Of pistols, and Sanders was
killed
There were threats by friends of the
slain man, and Moore rode to Barnwell
where he surrendered to Sheriff Creech,
and was locked in Jail. Last evening the
Sheriff had to leave town for several hours.
Mary was in charge Of his house, the only
other occupants being small children
The Jail adjoirs the Sherif's house
and he left the key with his daughter.
The young woman was called to the front
door about 10 o'clock. She found the
yard full of masked men. They declared
they had come TO hang Moore. Miss
CIeech said she would bring the keys from
her fathers room
She was back at the door in half minute,
but the moon fell on the barrel of a repeating
rifle which was lev.lled. The girl ordered
tbs, mob to scatter, and 1t scattered.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-08
TWO HURT ON c. STEELEs YACHT
Pipe Bursts and Scalds Fireman and As
sistant Engineer.

Two Of the crew of E. W. Bliss's yacht
Felicia, chartered by Charles Steele. we're
scalded by the bursting Of pipe in her
engine room yesterday afternoon as she
was moving in from her anchorage in Pc
comic Bay to take aboard MIR. and Mrs.
Steele at the boat landing near Rose Is Grove,
Southampton, L. I.
Mr.. Steele has summer home in South
ampton near the Peconic Bay shore He
and his family were just boarding the
yachts tender when a report from the
direction Of the yacht and clouds of steam
pouring from the engine room hatchway
warned them that something had gone
wrong
In moment the captain called through
a megaphone that the assistant engineer
and one of the fremen had been scGlded
by the bursting of steam pipe. Mr..
Steele Immediately sent for medical
assistance.
DIR, John Nugent Of Southampton dressed
the burns Of the two men and they were
made comfortable in Mr.. Steele's house
until they could be sent to Manhattan
for treatment. Arrangements were made
by telephone for an ambulance of the Pres
byterian Hospital to meet the afternoon
train at Long Island City, and the injured
men were sent to the city in charge OF the
yachts steward
The injured men are: Alfred j. Whewell,
assistant engineer. and W. A. Kruger,
fireman.
Neither mans burns are likely to prove
fatal. Whowel was scalded about the
face and is thought to have inhaled some
steam, but the doctors believe he will re-
cover Kruger escaped with blistered
hands and face.