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King and Pedagogue.

King Christian of Denmark received
the following letter a few days ago:
Tear King; We are four pupils OF the
school at Flakkeberg Our master
thrashes US every day with a heavy
steel rod. which he picked up in the har-
Dor, and we want to let you know that
II he doesn't stop We will be obliged TO
do something Desperate"
The King at once instructed the min
lister OF Justice TO investigate the affair.
and then he took the first train TO Flax
keberg. with the intention of having d
talk with the pupils himself. II hap
pencd that the master was absent, and
the King, seating himself at his desk IN
the schoolroom. summoned all the pu-
pills before him and asked them 20 tell
him freely of their grievances. This
they did and the aged monarch replied
by assuring them. that they would be
better treated IN the future.
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Indian Superstition.

Considerable excitement has been
caused in British India by the strange
story OF an incident which recently oc-
CURED in the district OF Pegou- The
natives there suddenly became convinced
that a six-months-old child was the re-
incarnation OF the late Mr.. Tucker, su-
perintendent of the district. who was
killed by bandits in 1894. and from that
moment the unconscious infant became
the most important parsonage in that
part OF the country.
II was taken to several places in which
Mr. Tucker had lived and. according 10
its attendants. its conduct showed clear
ly that IL remembered all the incidents
of its former life.
Finally ii was taken to the place
where Mr.. Tucker was murdered. and
the story goes that at sight of the fatal
spot IL trembled all over and almost
went into commissions. Indeed, its par
ents say that IL would certainly have
died there If they had not hurried away
with It.
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Woman Sold at Auction

While some furniture was being sold
recently at auction at Orkellyunga, in
Sweden. a curious incident occurred. A
young girl pushed her way through the
crowd until she was quite close to the
auctioneer-so close, indeed, that she
somewhat impeded him, when he desired
to make effective gestures. Being a man
OF humor, he resolved to get rid OF her
in a novel manner, and, therefore, TAX
ing her by the arm. he shouted:
Here. now, IS an excellent bargaini
young girl, age nineteen, very pretty and
we'll educated What am l offered
Como, well start 1t at 5000 crowns
At once there was brisk bidding, which
continued until an elderly bachelor
farmer offered 10000 crowns. The auc-
tioneer tried to get higher bidder than
this, but failed, and 80 he declared the
farmer 20 be the purchaser of the girl
All those present thought that IL was
a good joke, but 1t was more than that,
for few days later the farmer and the
girl were married In the presence of the
mayor, and before the ceremony the
farmer presented the young woman, who
Is an orphan, with 10, 900 crowns. the eI-
act amount which he WAS willing 10 pay
for her at auction
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A Female Cannibal.

One of the most shameless criminals
that ever lived was recently arrested
near Cairo. For some weeks children
had been mysteriously disappearing from
the streets of that city, and finally the
rumor spread that they had been kid
naped and subsequently, cooked and de-
voured by a woman living at Kafr- -Sakr,
in the Charkieh district.
The police at first paid no attention TO
the rumor. thinking IT absurd, but as
children continued to disappear they
finally took action, and detective was
sent TO Kafr- -Sakr with instructions TO
make a thorough investigation. On his
arrival he went TO the woman's house
and caught her in the act of eating an
infant, which she had just cooked. Two
hours later she was lodged in Jail.
Numerous children are missing, and IT is
believed that they have all been killed
by this woman.
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The Mississippi River is a wonder
The soil it carries south produces grain
northward, cotton intermediately, and
sugar on the southern frontier. TIE
areas are clearly defined In like sue
cession the crops are gathered. first
the grain. next the cotton, and lastly
the sugar. Various devices have been
tried to gather the cotton. Millions
have been invested in inventions, but
still the negro continues to be the
standard cotton picker OF the day.
In Arkansas "Old Black Joe," seen in
the illustration, is considered worth
more per head than all the cotton pick
ers ever invented In the YaZoo VAL
ley, or Delta, or bottoms, few white
men can survive in the terrible malarial
and missmatic fogs that arise. An aver
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age Of about che white to five negroes
is maintained by liberal doses OF corn
juice and quinine. Whites invade the
area, induced by agents and railways.
but soon disperse or die. and those that
struggle and maintain an existence ccx-
tinually drop out. Hence several coun-
ties IN Mississippi are called the Shoe
string district and the Black Belt. where
necessity requires that black men hold
most OF the Offices.
The black mems skin is impervious
to the malarial germ. explain il who
will. Nowhere In the South are healthier.
finer looking blacks than in the Yazoo
Delta, where they own dwellings ard
cotton fields. have bank accounts. and
where fortunes OF s100. 900 are common
TO the colored race.
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Two toads are shown in the accom-
panying picture. and truly one looks like
an infant beside the other. Yet the
small toad is fully grown, whereas its
huge. companion is still growing, and
will probably become even larger than
II now is. The difference in the size OF
the two animals is accounted for by the
fact that one. the small toad, is a native
OF Europe, while the other was born in
South America.
Bufo marinus is the scientific name of
the South American toad, a specimen OF
which was recently imported 10 Ger
many and placed in the Berlin Aquarium.
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THE SEED CHAIR.

This singular chair grew from the seed
of a japanese gingko tree, and repre-
sents twenty years OF careful training
by a Corean gardener. Strong ropes
were used for tying the branches in
place, and, as the tree expanded. great
knobs of wood formed on either side
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on this hand. and in the box are several
thimbles, the diameters of which cor
respond with those of the bosses. The
thimbles are not attached TO anything.
and the trick consists in moving them so
that they will take their proper places
on the finger tips 1t looks easy, yet 1t
Is quite difficult. for the thimbles some
how seem to have an aversion for the
tips. and it takes an expert 10 place
them quickly in their proper positions.
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Giant Soldiers.

One OF the most conspicuous persons
in Germany is the soldier whose portrait
accompanies this story. The reason Is
because he is the tallest man in he
army, being nearly seven feet in height.
His name is Tapplich, and he Is one
Of the imperial bodyguard. Emperor
William has high opinion of him, and
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Herr Bruno Duerigen has studied it
carefully there and gives an interesting
account OF IT. II looks a giant. he says.
beside the largest European toad, and is
more beautifully colored, its upper part
being brown and black and its lower
part yellow and brown. Its ears are IN
usually large. and il has black eyes.
Winter is its dull period, but during the
spring and summer 1t enjoys. itself vast
ly, feasting continually on tiny frogs and
worms. II manifests an amazing alert
ness whenever danger threatens, but at
other times is satisfied to enjoy life
basking in the sun.
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DECORATIVE RUINS MADE TO ORDER.

and surrounding estates prepared where
the need OF ancient ruins is particularly
felt To supply this demand for an an
cient ancestral estate many landscape
gardeners are now prepared 10 build
the most ancient looking ruins at very
short notice. Old abbeys, castles. for
tihcations of all kinds. even ancestral
tombs, are on sale which. II is said,
cannot be detected from originals.
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WAGNER AND THIRTEEN.

In the life OF Richard Wagner the
number thirteen played a curious part
He was born IN 1913. the numerals Of
which, added together. are equal 10
thirteen, and he received a name the let
ters of which when added 20 those of
his family name are also equal TO thir
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Thimble Puzzle.

Here is a new thimble puzzle, and very
different il is from the one which has
proved such an attractive feature at
country fairs for the past century or
more.
AS the accompanying picture shows,
its principal part is a box on the bottom
OF which is the representation of a
human hand. Bosses or knobs, which
look like ordinary finger tips. are fixed
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BABE In ORANGE.

The queerest birthplace that any baby
ever chose is certainly the heart OF
big navel orange. This wonderful young
ste- appeared on a small orange tree in
a Los Angeles garden. The orange is
the finest specimen OF fruit that tho
tree has ever borne and was so juicy
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looking and tempting that II was a
struggle for the owner 10 preserve the
thing. The form OF the orange is per-
fectly normal except at one end, where
appears the face OF a crying baby, as
lifelike as II IT had been the work of a
sculptor. The child appears TO be peep
ing out from its strange cradle.
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Building moldy ruins TO order Is Il
new and profitable profession in many
parts OF Europe. 1t might seem that
Europe had ruins enough of the genuine
sort to supply the demand. but as
matter Of fact the supply is insufficient.
The ruins, besides, are not always con-
veniently located. In England of late
there have been many country houses
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teen Moreover, he finished "Tannhau-
ser" on April 13, 1860, and Il was per-
formed for the first time on March 13,
1901. T~enty-two years later he died,
and again the mystical number was dom
inant. for he passed away on February
IS, 1883.
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of the binding cords. Finally the chair
was severed from the parent trunk IN
spite OF its knohby appearance. the chair
is as comfortable as most city-made
chairs. 1t weighs 100 pounds and is
feet 4 inches high and % inches wide.
Some of the knobs are p inches in cir
cumference.
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The appearance of a very high build
Ing to the camera is quite different from
the impression made on the eye. II is
one OF those cases when. II the camera
does not lie, it at least greatly exag-
gerates- The accompanying photograph
was taken in New York from the pave
ment on the west side of Broadway a
few steps below Wall Street. At this
point the buildings are higher in pro-
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The microscopes OF today will reveal
a particle the half-millionth OF an inch
In diameter. The size of an atom may
be judged when II is said that each of
such articles probably contains at least
six million atoms
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Most fishermen on the French coast
avoid going To sea on the hrs1 two dzys
of November. owing 10 z supers1i1iouS
foar Of tho death wind" and the beites
that drowned fishermen al that time rise
at that time and capsiZe boats.
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on a liberal scale. Here are shown
three-legged COW and a three-legged
calf. mother and child. and both appar-
emily contented despite their afliction.
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II is often said that there are 10000
known criminals in London. The whole
records of Scotland Yard do not contain
in all so many names. and many OF
these have been dead for years.
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or the 42.SOO newspapers published in
the world, 1880 are published In North
America and $3.50 in the United King
dom. Russia has only 745 newspapers,
or one TO every 10, COO persons.
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1t is estimated that the Eskimo pop
ulation of Alaska, Labrador and Green
land has declined from 80, 200 TO Is, 200
in twenty years, owing 10 the thinning
out Of seal, bear and walrus.
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when he visited Rome recently he was
accompanied by the gigantic soldier. To
the residents of Berlin Tappich Is a
familiar figure. and those who know
him say that his physical strength, ccur-
age, and good humor are as remarka BILE
as his height.
Modern scientists claim that abncr-
NAL height is in most instances a token
OF degeneracy, but evidently this is not
true in the case OF this well-buiIt and
strenuous German soldier.
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time this photograph was taken. When
the young birds are fully fledged the ISL
and becomes practically deserted 1t is
then that the government avails itself
of the opportunity of removing the
guano, which is. as is we'll known. of
great value for agricultural purposes.
and from this island the supply is un-
falling, for as regular as clockwork the
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The total at present paid to the Brit
ish royal family is $76s. .0c0 year. This
includes annuities and the upkeep OF
royal palaces and parks.
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A rife bullet is travelling at its great
est speed not as IL leaves the muzzle,
but at about ten feet in front of the
muzZle.
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The above remarkable picture is taken
On Bird Island, South Africa. Whence
the island gets it's name is scarcely nee
essary to explain, since the multiplicity
of birds speak for themselves.
Bird Island is situated in the Indian
Ocean not far from Port Elizabeth in
Cape Colony. and is a very remarkable
place in the breeding season. at which
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A fve-legged COW was shown in this
not long ago, but that Elor-
ida freak is now surpassed by Chicago,
which is always noted for doing things
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great sea gannets appear in their thOus-
ands to lay, hatch and rear their young,
season after season.
The government is very careful in
strictly preserving the island. for should
the birds be frightened In any way 1t Is
most likely they would seek some other
spot whereon TO nest, and where II
would be more difficult to procure the
guano-in fact, might be impossible.
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portion to the width of the street than
on any other thoroughfare in the world.
The camera, il will be seen, fails to give
the impression of great height so OBJ
vious TO the eye, but lends a peculiar
fattened appearance TO the buildings,
giving almost the impression Of look
ing down a curiously paved street. The
building apparently laid low is twenty
one stories in height.
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Waterworis Pipe System.
Mountain Iron. Mimi, .Julylst, i

Mountain Iron. Mimi: July LIST, 1893.
& The iliage OF Mountain Iron, Minnesota,
will receive sealed bids. until twelve, noon,
July 18th, 1903 Tor pipe laying and Esettlng Of
valves. .hydrants, etc.. and all work modem
tai thereto. There will be required to lay {la.
Dor only) approx imately one thousand feet OF
four inch, and seven hundred feet of three
inch wrought iron screw pipe, setting two six
inch hydrants and two four inch gate valves:
also laying two hundred feet one and one-
half inch wroughtiron screw pipe with nee
eseary valves, connections, ETC. The trench
wherein the above pipe is to be laid shall be
at least seven feet below the natural surface.
All the above work is to be performed In a
thoroughly workmanlike manner, acceptable
to the Council 1T the Village Of Mountain
Iron a certified check, payable to the Vii
lage Treasurer, OF at least i've per cent. OF
the bid, must accompany each bid. s4z z
Any other information relative to the above
can be had BY communicating with the Vii
laRe Recorder. ts:sgs2~ fs.sT
The Village reserves the right reject any
or all bids: ss.$ VILLAGE OOUNCIL. 4
q L ~ t
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I The stripping work at the Haw-
:kins mine, at Nashwauk.m ovesvery
rapidly says the News Tribune.
The confrac tors, McArthur Bros,
moved about 700 ;yards of material
during June, and shaves25 yards
altogether to move. The average
depth Of the overburden is about SO
feet. The removal of the material
will uncover large body Of ore for
stean1-shovel loa ding. IL s5' >.ss Il L +.
The Hawkins mine is controlled
by the Deering Harvester Company.
and It is understood that the com
pany will limit its shipments this
year to some extent, on account of
certain contracts for ore which were
still in force. "A big force of men il
employed at the mine }diyerting the
creek which runs overt this ore body.
This work will cause the handling
of 5000 yards Of material Three
hundred and thirty men are en-
Gployed in and a bout the mine. -s.= .z z
The property, beginning this year,
will take it's position among the
larger iron 1ninessof northern Min
nesota. One shaft is down 1875 feet,
and has been opened up for heavy
operations. The stock pile Of $4,000
tons is melting away in the course
of daily shipments. e.. .ss9sc:vz;s=s...f Il
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No More Private Examinations.


County Superintendent Park has
given it outsthat there will be no
more private examinations for
teachers in st Louis county, unless
the applicant can show to the com.
plete satisfaction Of the county su-
perintendent that he or she was
kept away from the regular exami-
nation by sickness or by necessary
absence from the state. y e "
Mr.. Park states that, this action
on his part is based on a change in
the rules governing teachers GER
.tif1cates,it now being ecessary that
a teacher must hold the same GER
tificate throughout the year, to
avoid confusion and the loss 81
state aid to the school.
: Notices have already been sent
out over the county announcing
that the next regular examinations
for teachers state certificates viii
be held in the high school building,
Duluth, on the 3rd, 4th and 5th 81
August. s5=sssSssl .-s =.'#ass
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CREATES NEW DISTRICT.
Great Northern Rearranges It's Lines
I I'll. & in Northern Minnesota, s-

2 = ~ - --Z. >
Great Northern Rearranges Its Lines
!: I'D in Northern Minnesota.
The Great Northern has rear
ranged it's Eastern district under
the title of Lake district, with q. N.
Philbin as assistant general super
intendent of the system, in charge.
Official circulars announce the
changes,and give Mr.. Philbin head
quarters at Superior, Wis. The new
Lake district will cover the Eastern
Minnesota from Coon Greek juno
ten to Duluth, the Boylston-C ass
Lake line, the Saunders-Allouezline
the Brookston-Ellis line, the Swan
River: Virginia line. The lines west
of Boylston will be known as the
Mesaba division, and the Eastern
Minnesota, from Coon Creek to Du-
luth, will be known as the. Superior
division. III. III. = q. 49, II.
n. Davisis named ,superintend-
ent of the Superior and Mesaba
divisions, with headquarters at SUI
TOGflOr.s s.
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s. Col. ROBERT J. BATES has received
an appointment as deputy Oil in
.spector in q northern Michigan dis
trict, anent which the Sault Evening
News says The News extends it's
congratulations to Col. Robert j.
Bates The Colonel is one Of the
most faithful and persistent Repub.
5lican workers in the city, and he de.
serves fargre recognition than
that conveyed in his appointment
as deputy oil .inspector."-sThe Col
onel has many friends and acquaint-
:ances in Virginia.. .csz.< Z II
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90. Officers.


AT the regular Getting Of Mesaba
Lodge No.222, I. o. @. IF ], at Hawkin.
son. Hall on T thursday evening last
the following officers were installed
by Deputy Grand Master kennedy
for the ensuing Term
az. frank ". Meyers. -
2G.-M. q. Tanning. 81. SIS
Secretary Oscar Johnson.
Financial Secretary Oscar Rum,
Treasurer. Hawkinson. 80
Warden-E. -Matheson. ~
Conductor " alter Fitzgerald
RS. n. Ell sDubriel.
S. n. G-James king. 81
!. r. S. Y. CIR. LaFollette. sss
=. S.V. 6 Edw.g Johnson. sz -
IL. G. E.5W.sLashner. sss.ss5,zI5 Ill. SIS
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School Election.

!. Although thevoters of the district
will have two pluns to bestow at
the time of the annual election on
the third Saturday of the present
month, but little strife. over the
coming contest is noted, and it is
likely the election will be a more
peaceable and harmonious event
than has marked similar epochs in
the past, when the gang from the
Eyeleth mines were in. the saddle
and carried all before them.s
For the coming contest &C. But
Ter, of franklin, is a. candidate for
clerk, position for which heis we'll
qualified, while Capt. Jos.Roskilly,
of the Minorca, recently appointed
as member of the board in place
of Director Hearding on account cf
the school district division, will, it
is understood, be a candidate for
election by the voice of the people
to that position. Other names fe /
either place are. mentioned, but no
further open declarations1ofc andi.
dacy have as yet been made. sa s.,
The new board will have in charge
the matter of erecting and equip
ping the proposed new High School
building, tor which. $4,000 bonds
were voted by the people OF. the dis
trict at a special election earlier in
the season, and which have been
sold at a small premium, as noted
in our last issue: :: The added inn
portance of the coming contest is
therefore the more apparent to the
bona fide taxpayer, and while this
class is not in majority in the dis
trict they will doubtless be in evi.
dence at the polls to see that the
right men are chosen for the work
in hand. 81 -. H. =.
u
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Notice Of Aanuat Sci,ooa Meeting.

Notice is hereby given that the Annual
Meeting Ia District No. q, ii St. Louis coun-
". Minnesota. for the election Of ofacers and
the transaction Of other business required
BY law at the Annual Meeting. will be held in
the High School building in Virginia on the
18th day of July, 1908, at 700 o'clock p. m.
{ To elect Director for one year.
To elect g. Clerk for three years:
I And to vote compensation for clerk land
treasurer. .>s.zz.zssss, * 49,.
Dated this 9Th day OF July. 1903. X - -.
Z IS: A. B. COATES, District Clerk
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Tie Eaqles VIII Picaic.,

Chas. Vino hester was down. from
Tower Sunday doing little billin'
for the frstsannual picnic Of Tower
Aerie No. 351, F. @. E., on Sunday,
July Is. Excursion trains will be
run from range points and many
Mesa bates will spread their wings
in unison with their Tower brethren
on that day and enjoy the excellent
program sports prepared.
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5 While excavating for the we'll atthe
new pump house. consid erables cop
per uartz and also free copper ,,vsas
found There is aswell defined vein.
=Coppershas been found IN several
.parts East Two Harbors, and ey.
cry householder Is beginning e
wonder what under hin.
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and 1IleI haa
sensassigne sta ndliIslh ana IA.
5lers to- %. $ nney and 81 TIaw,
;kins,sof Duluth and A. +. Coates,o 81
Virgin The pr perty descrlbed
In the lease inc ud ess lots 2 ands3 of
section News ribulflIe.
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I: Len e NEAR Wolf.

HOMES Bush, 4 Section nand, Run
Over q Ore Train Satlrd =.
Thomas BUS who, with his broth.
er, was in the city saturday Scele.
brating the sFourt was run down
sbyzara= o S on the Duluth, Mis-
|s ga $ Northern, near ~ of, satllr-
day eyenill.g, receiving njuries from
which he died shortly afterward. &
S. Bush was 4 section hand at Wolf,
aged years. The bod was
brought 70 esbere's III rgue, in
this city being inferred In the Viz
giniazcemetery u onday alscounty
charge.