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The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-01
CLEANLINESS AS A VICE.
Young Matron criticises Methods ct
Her M other-in.laM

Cleanliness is next to goodness,
know" said the young matron whose
moth er-in-law lives with her, but
there is such thing as carrying 1t
too far, think. Now, my husbands
mother is fearfully and wonderfully
neat. In fact, at times feel that to
live in pigpen would be relief.
From morning till night there is moth
ing but clean, clean, clean. Bits OF
carpet are laid in the places most
likely to trip you UP. These are in
tended to keep the floor underneath
free from stain and then the carpets
are taken up and the floor underneath
scrubbed as carefully as if it had not
been protected all the time. You can.
not imagine just how trying it is. But.
the other day she reached the limit.
She came in, took off her shoes, care
fully washed them ard set them out
to dry! Think of it! It's wonder she
did not wash her hat"
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-01
Overlooked a Detail.

A Long Island farmer came to
Brooklyn with his wife to do some
shopping the other day. On his way
back the thought came to him that he
had forgotten something. He took
out his notebook and went over each
item, checking it off, and saw that he
had made all the purchases he intend
ed. AS he drove on he could not put
aside the feeling that there was some
thing missing. He again took out his
notebook and rechecked every item,
but still found no mistake He did
this several times, but could not rid
himself of the idea that he must have
forgotten something. When he
reached home and drove up to the
house his daughter came out to meet
him, and, with look Of surprise,
asked: why, papa, where is moth.
er?"-Mail and Express.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-01
LAWYER MADE AN APOLOGY.
Revised the Opinion as to the Intellect
Of the Court.

Some years ago there was an old
Judge on the bench in Berks county,
Pa, whose decisions, in consequence
Of numerous re.e1sais did not always
command universal respect. One day,
In case III which he was sitting, one
OF the lawyers lost patience at his in
ability to see things in certain light,
and in the heat of the moment re-
marked that the intellect of the court
was so dark flash OF lightning could
not penetrate it. For this contempt
the Judge showed a disposition to be
very severe with the offender, and it
was only after much persuasion by
friends of the latter that he yielded
and decided to accept public apol-
ogy. The following day the lawyer,
accordingly, appeared before his honor
and made amends by saying. re,
greet very much that said the intel
lect of the court was SO dark lightning
could not penetrate it. | guess it
could. 1t is very penetrating thing"
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-01
ROYALTY AT THE RECEPTION
Wearisome Duties Imposed on Those
In Hiph Position,

Wearisome Duties Imposed on Those
In High Position.
How royalty and their suites ever
manage to survive those weary hours
OF standing is always a mystery to me.
says "The Countess" in the London
Outlook. "You get used to it in
time" say the maids of honor, but ap-
parently not till they have been car
ried out two or three times in faint
do the gentlemen-at-arms tightly but
toned up in uniforms and smothered in
helmets get used to the ordeal.
1t is within the memory of many
how in Dublin a certain distinguished
viceroy in the middle of a drawing
room gave the order to close the
doors, and having cleared the room the
entire viceregal party sat down on
the floor in various stages Of collapse,
and often wonder how it is that our
own king and queen are not similarly
overcome on these occasions. Royal
ty is the best paid profession, but as
suredly, it must be also the most
wearing.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-01
Governor Saves Boys Life.

It is fortunate for one Georgia youth
that Gov. Garvin of Rhole Island is a
physician and surgeon Of standing.
The governor and number of north
ern friends were at Andersonville to
attend the dedication of a monument
in memory of Rhode Island soldiers
who died in Andersonville prison.
While the exercises we're in progress
a carriage team took fright ran away
and upset the vehicle. Edwin Gala
way, one of the occupants, had his
leg broken, the Jagged bone severing
an artery Gov. Garvin, on hearing of
the boys plight. hurried to his help,
tied the severed artery and cut the
broken bone, just in time to save the
sufferer from bleeding to death.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-01
FlLARIA is A NEW DISEASE.
Responsible for the Death of Many
American Soldiers.


Capt. Charles Kieeffer United
States army surgeon, says the Phil
ippines are infested with mosquitoes
more tr,ou blesome and dangerous from
medical point of view than those
that swarm in the Jersey swamps A
strange malady known as filaria is
traced directly to them, and is COM
mon among the american soldiers
CHARTERED on the islands. Soldiers
contract the disease by drinking
water from stagnant pools in which
the mosquitoes have laid their eggs.
The first indication Of flaria ap-
pears in the form of a worm in the
victims thorax. This develops into
elephantiasis, which causes the pa
tient terrible pains, accompanied by
a constant cough. The sufferer is
worst at night, and the patient be-
comes a prey to insomnia.
The only remedy lies in an opera.
ton, which in itself is dangerous and
rarely successful. If the worm, which
is a female, is injured and dies
through the operation, its poison gets
into the blood, the disease is increased
a thousandfeld and the chances of re-
covery are small.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-01
Dancer in Bio Guns.

Recent accidents disabling some of
our best battleships offer rather start
ling evidence Of the weaknesses that
are inherent in vessels Of this type.
For years inventive genius has been
applied TO continuing guns Of bigger
size and longer range than those used
before, and each increase has added to
the demands laid upon the strength
of guns and turrets and their mobility
in action Inevitably the line of safe.
ty has been passed and the result is
shown in accidents which have caused
loss of life, besides exposing the para.
doxical delicacy of massive machin-
ery.-Philadelp NORTH american.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-01
THE JOKE OF A KING.
Historic Hoax Perpetrated by Gusta-
vus Ill. of Sweden.

Historic Hoax Perpetrated by Gusta-
vus Ill. of Sweden.
King Gustavus III. of Sweden had
been frequently invited to the little
court of Schwerin. In 1888 he paid a
visit to Germany and as soon as the
Duchess of Mecklenburg heard of his
approach she prepared fetes in his
honor. But 'Gustavus, who disdained
the petty courts Of the small rulers,
sent two OF his attendants page
named Peyron, and Desvouges, a valet
who had formerly been an actor-to be
entertained by the duchess. The two
personared the king and his minister,
Baron Spare, and sustained the char
acters throughout. They accepted as
their due all the homage meant for
their master, danced with the Mecklen-
burg ladies who were presented to
them, and Peyron went so far as to
ask one of the ladies for her portrait.
Meantime Gustavus was enjoying him
self elsewhere in secret.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-01
What One Man Said.

At the City Federation meeting In
the Waldorf there were many amusing
incidents. Husbands of the broad
minded women tarried in the ante
room waiting for their spouses to go
home. One of these patient escorts
was Leroy Sunderland Smith. He
gazed through the glass doors once,
sighed and returned to his chair. Men
would come, inquire for their wives.
and then retreat to the cafe below. One
man heard few minutes of certain
paper. He said: If these women s
clubs did not struggle with the prob
lem of how to raise other women's
children they would have no excuse
for being" He flung out the last
words savagely and then disappeared
to the place where highballs are con-
cocted.-New York Press.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-01
JOKE ON SWEET CHARITY.
And the coIored Porter, He thorough.
Iy Enjoyed II.

And the CoIored Porter, He thorough.
ly Enjoyed II.
The other day a colored porter from
one of the hotels was sent to buy some
tin cups, After making the purchase
he started back to the hotel and met
one of the hostlery's best patrons-a
commercial traveler-and the latter
asked the negro to carry his sample
case to a Washington street store.
A few minutes later the negro, sam
pie case, and tin cups, were in front
Of the store. The travelling man was
in the store. While waiting for him,
the negro sat down on the sample
case, and in less than a fifty fell asleep
One of the tin cups was in his hand,
and it fell forward, as does the cup
held by blind man.
Perhaps you won't believe it, but
that negro collected 43 cents while he
slumbered. Passersby thought him a
blind mendicant. And maybe that por-
ter didn't enjoy the joke! He did
deed he did.-Indiana polis News.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-01
STRENGTH OF MEN AND OXEN.
Bulk for Bulk, the Former Are the
STRONGER.

Bulk for Bulk, the Former Are the
Stronger.
Few people know that man, bulk
for bulk, is stronger than an OK, but
it appears that such is the case. The
matter was tested not long since at
fair in America, one of the attractions
of which was a contest of yoke OF
oxen against an equal weight Of men.
A drag was loaded with granite blocks,
weighing in the aggregate 1850
pounds. The yoke of oxen that made
the trial weighed 1920 pounds, and
twenty men, allowing 100 pounds to
the man, were set against them. The
men took hold Of the drag first, and
easily walked off with it. covering a
distance of IS feet in the space of two
minutes. The oxen at their trial moved
only eighty-fve feet in the same length
of time, and the men were accordingly
declared winners Weekly.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-01
STATISTICS OF NIGHT HERoNs
They Are Sought by the Smithsonian
institution.

institution.
Eight hundred night herons are wan
dering free about the United States,
each wearing en- one leg an aluminium
band inscribed Smithsonian Institu-
ton and number. If any person
shoots one of these birds he should
write to Paul Bartsch, biologist of the
Smithsonian, telling where it was and
how large was the bird. The night
heron is one of the D'ost beautiful
of the aquatic birds of America, but
scientists know less about it than they
are satisfied with. Last year Mr..
Bartsch discovered several breeding
places of these birds on the Potomac
in the District of Columbia. Recently
he visited the place with several as
sistants in the night and the 800
aluminium bands were fastened to the
legs Of as many young herons. Science
is anxious to know how long the night
heron lives, where it spends the win
tiers and how much of the country it
covers in it's Wanderings. 1t is be-
lieved that by the time few OF the
mum ered aluminium bands have been
reported some of these facts will have
been established to the satisfaction of
the ornithologists. - Cleveland co.
Plain Dealer.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-01
THE OUTLOOK FOR AUTHORS
Really Good Writers NeeI NOT Fear
Discrimination


The rush of the crowd to read a
book which may have no literary merit
or vitality, either of material or OF
presentation, simply because 1t is
talked about, is never wholesome, and
If the crowd has grown more critical
and clear.minded in its judgm ents,
and has ceased to move upon sudden
impulses and learned to decide for
itself, the loss will fall, not on writer's
Of real merit, but on few whose re-
wards were generally beyond their
deserts. The average of literary work
in this country in many departments
is high. If great books are not pro-
duced in large numbers, good books
are produced in very considerable
numbers and in soundness Of knowl-
edge, in good taste and literary work
manship, a great advance is evident
over the work of an earlier generation.
It is a period Of quiet progress, time
of preparation rather than time Of
accomplishment.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-01
The Modern Race After Wealth.

The mania for money-making has
developed into downright madness.
And the explanation is easy. People
see that it is fast becoming the chief,
If not tn Q only, standard Of respecta'
bility. When Talleyrand was asked it
he was not ashamed to sell his inf1u.
ence in making treaties under the
first empire he replied; my friend,
do you not see that there are but two
things left in France-money and the
guillotine?'' We are rapidly ap.
preaching the period in our own his.
tory when there will be but two things
left in Ameri ca-money and contume-
ly.-Louisville Courier-Journal.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-01
Chorus Girls of Wealth.

Among the twenty girls who took
part in an amateur comic opera per-
Torrance in Philadelphia the other
evening we're fifteen whose fathers
are millionaires. 1t is said that the
girls in question represented some
$40, 100000. The affair was the big
gest event among the Hebrews Of
Philadelphia for twenty years. A
trainload of wealthy New Workers
went over specially to take part in or
witness the performance, which was
given under the auspices Of the MeEr
camille club.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-01
The Butcher and His Hat,

II always thought it paid to be po-
lite until 1 got into this business re-
marked prosperous retail butcher,
.sbut | find that itacosts me about $25
year. My trade is with nice people,
and when fashionable women come
into the shop l have to tip my hat to
them. A butchers fingers are always
more or less greasy from handling the
meat, and in about month new hat
is no longer fit to wear. Grease is
about the only thing that won't come
out OF derby, and will be the hat
ter's best customer until the weather
grows warm and will be able to go
bareheaded."
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-01
ENJOYABLE penunciations.

Society to-day in search Of fresh sen.
sation hocl-s to hear it's manifold follies
denounced from the pulpit, and the
more outspoken the preacher the more
it enjoys his discourse. Times have
changed since the day when Lord
Melbourne walked out of church in
disgust after a rousing sermon on the
consequences Of sin, exclaiming:
Things have come to pretty pass
when religion is allowed to invade the
sphere of private life"' To-day society
revels in hearing itself denounced and
plumes itself with joy when a fashion
able preacher discourses on bridge
scandals and divorce cases.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-01
How Snakes pecoy Birds.

That the rattlesnake uses his tail
to decoy birds has been observed a
number of times by a correspondent
of the Scientific American, who says:
1.-THE snake hides himself in the tall
grass and initiates the buzzing of a
bee. The insectivorous birds, such as
the phoebe and kingbird, are attract
ed by the sound, and become an easy
prey for his snakeship. have seen
rattlesnakes concealed in the dense
foliage of trees twenty feet from the
ground practicing the same deception
on the birds and getting the bird
every time"
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-01
Most Expensive Tree in World.

Probably the most expensive tree
in the world is in the city of London,
on the corner of Cheapside and Wood
street, about midway between the
Bank of England and st. Paul's- It
is an enormous oak and is said to be
100 years old. 1t is protected by a
clause in the deed of the property
which forbids destruction of tree or
branches. Architects were comp elled
to plan rather peculiar building to
avoid the branches. There it stands
in the corner of one of the BUSIEST
streets in London, occupying ground
of enormous yalue-and positively
the only tree in the city of London
outside Of the parks.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-01
a Good Place to Stop,

He really ought not to have gone
into the Latin class that day. He was
called up first, and read as far as he
had prepared. Then he skirmished on
a little farther. This is the way it
went: 81, Ulysses, saw her (Dido's)
heavenly form advancing like god
dess in the sunlight. sprang to.
ward her, and she welcomed me. Her
hair fell down upon her shoulders like
the sunbeams on Olympus. Her eyes
shone like two jewels of-the sea. IL
threw my arms-my arms-about-
about her-her neck-ne ck-and-and
that's as far as l got, professor. -
Philadelphia Ledger.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-01
a Paper May criticise.

A trial jury in England gave the
manager Of fifth-rate show a YER
dict Of $3.50 against a newspaper
which published an adverse criticism.
The Appeal Court reversed this, and
held that the jury had no right to sub
stitute its own opinion of the merits
of the play for the critics opinion.
The court said it was of the highest
Importance to the public that the crit
ic should not be exposed to the risk
of having a jury pass upon his taste,
and held that the trial Judge misdi-
rected the jury.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-01
An-Enterprislna Woman.

Miss Jessie McCubben of Alamo,
Oregon, is the owner of valuable
mining claim in the Granite district,
which she Jumped" precisely as the
year 1903 came in. Learning that the
claim would be vacant the LIST day of
January, she drove through blind
ing snowstorm on the night of Dec. 81,
the mercury IA degrees below zero,
and, waiting the advent of the new
year, staked her claim. Another pros
pector had done likewise earlier in
the evening, but Miss McCubben was
legally, in the right, and the court sus-
tanned her. She is Portland girl,
10 years old.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-01
Development Of the Electron.

DR.. Kaufman of Germany, in a re-
cent lecture, traced the history Of the
development of the electron. The
roots of the idea go back about twen-
ty-fve years. The growth of the stem
has taken place within the last ten
years, and now we have Furnishing
plant and a large literature on the
subject. Broadly speaking, the latest
theory accounts for inertia, suggests
cause for gravitation, explains the
leading phenomena of the spe ctra OF
! hot gases and co-ordinates hypothet-
ically host Of miner phenomena that
seem at first sight to have no discern
ible mutual relationship, says Electri-
cal World.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-01
CAME BACK FOR HIS OWN.
How Wilkinson Was outwitted by a
Brainy Tramp.

How Wilkinson Was outwitted by a
Brainy Tramp.
When Wilkinson went to his Office
one day last week he felt calm and
contented- He hadn't any need to
worry about his wife's loneliness any
more, for he had bought a capital
watchdog for her.
But, alas when he arrived home
his wife met him with the deplorable
news that the dog had gone.
"Eh!' said Wilkinson, "did he break
the chain, then?"
mo-" she replied "but a great,
ugly-looking tramp came here and
acted so impudently that let the dog
loose. But instead of tearing the tramp
to pieces the nasty dog went off with
him.
Great Scott" said Wilkinson, that
must have been the tramp / bought
him FROM"
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-01
Advancement of Women.


At meeting of the English Wom-
ems Liberal association letter was
read in which the daughter of George
Meredith, the novelist, said "My
father, George Meredith, wishes me to
say that it heartens him to see women
banded together in union. What ma.
ture originally decreed men are but
beginning to see-that they are fitted
for most of the avenues opeu to en-
ergy, and by their entering upon &C
tive Life they will no longer be open
to the accusation men so frequently
bring against them of their being mar
row and craven. Much more he could
say, but he has short time at his com
mand -
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-01
His strono Recommendation.

The old gentleman showed his dis.
pleasure plainly. ut seems to me
rather presumptuous for youth in
your position to ask for my daughters
hand,' he said. Can you advance
any good reason why should give my
consent?' yes, SIR" replied the
young man promptly. WHAT" II
am comparatively modest and eco
nomical in the matter of my personal
expenditures, and | think you Will find
me less costly to maintain than any
other son-in-law you could pick out!"
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-01
Production Of Nitrate Of Soda.

The annual report of the Nitrate
Association OF Chile, which controls
the worlds supply of nitrate of soda,
shows the production in 1902 to have
been 2,982,522.SO pounds from sew
enty-eight works. The nitrate beds
are near the surface and are worked
as stone quarries.. 1t is anticipated
that the immense amount of nitrate
the United States now gets from
Chile for use in fertilizers will ulti-
mately be supplied by factories maxi
ing it by electrical process from the
air, as is being done at Niagara Falls.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-01
The Lona-Sufferinq 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 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, 1903-10-01
No ROYAL Road.

st. Clair McKelway believes that
the journalism of the future will be q
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 profes-
sion never hear Of ''the hard school of
journalism" There is no other and
never will be, worth pinch of snuff
in our humble estimation. The uni
versity of experience is the one whic
gives the real degrees in journalism
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-01
Microbes Hard to Kill.

That the microbes which cause dis.
ease cannot be killed by firing them
out Of a gun has been proved in Off.
cial government experiments. Mi
crobes of malignant postule, of alb
scesses and of the intestine were
smeared upon the face of the gun
wad, put next the powder and fired
into sterile gelatin mad agaragar. In
each case the microbes developed,
each after it's kind, in the me dium re-
ceiying the wad.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-01
The Spare Room.

The guest from the city sat in the
bedroom that had been allotted to him
in his brothers house in the little
country town. He watched his breath
turning to icy clouds as it left his
lungs and wondered how long it took a
man to freeze to death. "They call
this the spare room,' he said, shiver.
ingly, to himself sAnd it Is we'll
named. don't wonder they can spare
1t. I think that could get along with.
ont 1t myself Magazine of Humor.