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The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-26

BEFORE HAVING YOUR TIN
ming work done, call and see US; good
work done at reasonable prices. Repair
work our speciality. L. A. Mccarthy
e. Son 142 Drayton street
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
A Great Railway.

The Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul
Railway owns and operates all equip
ment on its 5000 miles road includ-
ing Sleeping Cars, Parlor Cars and
Dining Cars, maintaining an excel
lence OF service unequaled on any rail-
way in the world.
It's Daylight Express making direct
connections at St. Paul and Mime
apolis with morning trains from the
North and Vest leaves Minneapolis
$50 a. m. and St. Paul $50 a. M,
daily, reaching Milwaukee 700 p. IN.
and Chicago 9:25 p. m. same day.
This train is electric lighted, carries
new Coaches of latest type. Observa--
ton Buffet Parlor Car, and Dining
Car serving supper.
Its No. 2 (connecting at st. Paul
and Minneapolis with the fast trans
continental lines from the coast leaves
Minr eapolis 5:25 p. IN. and st. Paul
600 p. m. daily, reaching Chicago
200 O'Clock next morning, at which
point direct connections are made with
all trains for the East and South.
This train is electric lighted, carries
modern Coaches. first class Standard
Sleeping Cars, and Dining Car serv-
ing supper.
Its PIONEER LIMITED-the
Famous Train of the World -leaves
Minneapolis 500 p. m. and St..Paul
S:35 p. NJ, reaching Milwaukee 700
and Chicago $50 next morning. This
train is brilliantly lighted by cleo
tricity, inside and out, and carries
Compartments Sleeping Cars, Standard
Sleeping Cars, Buffet Library Smok
ing Car, Free Keeling Chair Car,
modern Coaches, and Dining Car
seruing breakfast la carte. The
equipment composing the Pioneer is
the costliest and handsomest in the
world.
In purchasing your tickets to the
East or South, request your home
ticket agent to route you via the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & st. Paul Ry. from
St. Paul.
For folders, maps and lowest rates
to all points. write to W. B. DIXON,
Northwestern Passenger Agent.
St. Paul. MINI.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
TO CURE a COLD.
Uncle Allen Sparks Knew of Many
IhfalIibIe Remedies.

Uncle Allen Sparks Knew of Many
nfalIibIe Remedies.
Uncle Allen" asked the young
man, do you know anything that's
good for cold?'
Mr.. Allen Sparks opened his desk,
took from one OF the plseonholes
large number Of newspaper clippings
tied with a string, and threw it over
to him.
do I know of anything that is good
for a cold?' he echoed. Ny boy, l
know Of six hundred and twenty-s
infallible ways OF curing a cold. I've
been collecting them for forty-nine
years. You try these, one after the
other, and if they don't do you any
good, come back and | Will give you
one hundred and sixteen more. Bless
mel" added Mr.. Sparks with enthu-
siasm, you can always cure cold il
you go about it the right way
He dug up a bundle OF yellow, time
stained clippings out of another pig
eonhole and the visitor hastily left
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
Good Word for Mosquito.

The announcement comes from
Washington that the New Jersey mos
quito is really a blessing in disguise
Not only is its bite not dangerous,
but, it is asserted, this voracious in
sect destroys poisonous immigrants
of it's genus that come from the south
to threaten people with malaria, vel
low fever and the like. All this may
be true enough, but it is not likely
that the long CHILLED New Jersey variety
will be cultivated as household pets
until some way is devised to muzzle
them during their working hours. Few
of us can stand the loss Of blood nee
essary for their salubrity-Indianap-
oils News.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
BEASTS BORN in CAPTIVITY.
Those That First Sc. the Light In
Bristol, England, Are the Best.

Those That First See the Light In
Bristol, England, Are the Best.
The birth of a litter OF lions at
Haslemere Park, a private menagerie
IN England, leads one Of the English
papers to note a fact that has for long
puzzled biologists, and that is notori-
GUS among those who interest them
selves in the study of wild beasts in
captivity, this being that nearly all the
Hon, tiger and leopard cubs born in
that country have a cleft palate, which
prevents them from being properly
sucked. and usually leads to their
premature death. But, beyond this,
more astonishing TACT still-and one
that also greatly puzzles biologists
that which determines that of all the
wild animals born in England those
born in Bristol are regarded as the
finest and as the most likely to live.
So we'll known is this to professional
showmen and menagerie keepers that
bristol born" is recognized brand IN
eslR wild animal trade
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Overflow From the Wires in Con-
deneed Form.

Overflow From the Wires in Con-
deneed Form.
Champion Jim Jeffries and Jack
Monroe have agreed to meet In Los
Angeles Oct. 16 for a twenty-round
contest
Arthur Larcom, of the British for
eign Office, has been appointed Brit.
ish agent in the Venezuelan arbltra.
ton proceedings.
Abe Attell of San Francisco re-.
ceived the decision over Johnny Rea-
gan of Brooklyn at the end Of the
twentieth round at st. Louis.
The Pekin correspondent of the
London Times says it is practically
certai.. that the editor and staff Of the
Chinese reform newspaper at Shang-
hal, the Supao, will not be SUIT en-
dered to the Chinese authorities.
The San Francisco promotion COM
mittee has sent telegram to the
president OF the New York Yacht
club inviting the committee to select
San Francisco harbor as the next
course for the defense Of the Ameri-
cas- cup,
Five persons we're severely injured
in wreck on the Lake Shore electric
road near Sheffield, Ohio. An east
bouno car speeding toward Cleveland
ran into an open switch and crashed
into gondola loaded with coal. The
passenger car was completely
wrecked.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
THE MARKETS.
Latest Quotations From Grain and
Live Stock Centers.

Latest Quotations From Grain and
! Live Stock centers.
ST. Paul Sept. 5 Wheat = No.
! Northern, s4W87c; No. 2 Northern,
82@s3c; No.-3, 7O@81 1-2c; rejected,
73@8oc; no grade, 7o@7ec. Corn
No. 8 yellow, SIC; No. 3, on track,
81 1-2c; No. on track, Sic; no grade,
47@4Sc. Rye-No. Q, 49@49 lie
Minneapolis, Sept. 5.-Wheat No.
hard, S71-2c; No i Northern.
Sc 1-2c; No. 2 Northern, "a l2c.
Duluth, Sept. S, Wheat No.
hard, 81 3-4c; No. / Northern, 81 SAC;
No. 2 Northern. 80 SAC; flax, sl0O II;
oats. IS 1-Sc; rye. SIC; barley, 350 SIC.
Milwaukee, Sept. s. Wheat No.
Northern, 86@9Oc; No. 2 Northern,
84M86c. Rye No. 1, 81 q Sd l-2c.
Barley-No. 2, Csc. ats-Standard,
Sc 1-2@37c. Corn--December, 511-4c.
Chicago, Sept 8. = Wheat - No.
2 red, 80 1-2@83 1-2c; No 3 red, 81@
SEC; No. hard winter, S1@83c NO.
hard winter, 7s@S2 1-2c: No. 8
spring, 80 q $50. Cash Corn-No. 2.
1894 q SIC; No. 8, 50 10 a 523-4c.
Cash Oats-No. 2, 34c;; No. 8, 33 lie.
Sioux City, Iowa, Sept 5. Cattle
- Beeves, 81 a 5; cows, bulls and
mixed, S2.50@4; stockers and feeders,
$250@3.7O. calves and yearlings. $3.50
@3.60. Hogs. s5.o5@5.25. bulk, s5.15
@5.2O
Chicago, Sept Seattle - Good to
prime steers. S5.3o@6; stockers and
feeders, s2.5OW4.25: calves, s3@6.75;
Texas steers, 50. 25@5.15; Western
steers, s3.25@}4.so Hogs-Mixed ana
butchers, s5.2o@5.9o; good to choice
heavy. $5.30@5.65; light, $5.60@6.1O;
bulk Of sales, $5.3O@5.60 Sheep -
Good to choice wethers, $3@3.7O: fair
to choice mixed. 1925 q 8; Western
sheep, S2.75@3.6O: native lambs. $3.50
| @4.75: Western lambs. s4@5
South ST. Paul. Sept. s. - Cattle -
Good to cnoice steers. s425@5; good
to choice cows and heifers. 50 @ 4;
steer calves. s175 a 2.25; good to
choice stock COWS and heifers S2.15@
2.35: good to choice mich COWS. 1850
IS: common to fair. s1S@25. Hogs
Price range. s4.6O@5.75: bulk S52O@
$50. Sheen - Good to choice shorn
lambs. s5@5.35: c Us and stock lambs.
S275@4; good to choice ewes, medium
weight s3.15@3.35; heavy. $3@3.25;
culls aud stock ewes. s2,50@2.75
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
Necklace Awaits an Owner.

A strange story is told about dia-
mond necklace which was found at one
of the English court balls some years
ago. One of the late queens ladies'
in-waiting picked up diamond neck
lace from the floor. A lady came for
ward and claimed 1t. The finder. how
ever. declared 1t was her duty to give
it in to the lord chamberlain's Office,
as this was the rule with regard to
anything found in the palace. The
lady protested in vain, but the oldest
thing was that this necklace never
was claimed. and is probably still at
the lord chamberlain's Office.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
He SOLD HIS HEAD.
Peculiar Condition in Which Wealthy
Russian Finds Him oeIf.

HuSSldH Fl0OS T1ITn oCIBs
A curious story comes from Russia
about man who sold his head. About
the year 1865 there lived man at
Keff with an enormous head. A Rus
sian scientist, Prof. Walker, in order
to secure the head for scientific pur.
poses, bought it from it's possessor for
500 roubles. The condition OF sale
was that it should only be delivered
after the mans decease; but when
the transaction got abroad a great
scandal was created The professor,
however, stuck to his bargain, and the
big head applied itself to business.
Fortune smiled on the latter; he tell
heir to big fortune, and then he
began to feel uncomfortable at the
thought that the head belonge to an.
other. He went to the professor. offer.
ed him 1000, 1900, even 1000 roubles
If only he would give him back the
absolute ownership Of his headpiece.
But the professor held out, and for
aught that is known to the contrary he
is still holding out.-Pearson's Week.
ly.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
ENGINEER FOOLS ROBBERS.

Attempted HoId-Up Of an Express
Train in City Limits Of Great Falls. :
Great Falls, Mont, Sept. 5.-Wha-
is believed to have been an atte:nor
to hold up an express train on the
Great Northern railway almost within
the city limits Of Great Falls Wa
foiled last night by the engineer, who
ran his train by several men SO fast
that the supposed robbers did not sue
coed. Just east Of Great ans lue
engineer saw men near the track.
Some one shouted something, but the
engineer paid no attention: a shot
was fired and the ball smashed a
glass in the cab. Detectives could
find no ono at the place pointed out
by the engineer.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
Kaiser Discusses luther

Berlin Sept. Sin an address do
livered at Merzburg, Prussia, Emper-
or William. speaking Of Wittenburg,
said Martin Luther burned the papal
bull at Wittenburg and was buried
there. and said in that city the great
est German RENDERED the greatest act
for the liberation of the whole race,
and the strokes of his awakening
hammer sounded over the German
land
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
A Healthy snot.

The healthfulness of certain sum-
mer resort is advertised by this story.
Recently a visitor began to-talk to
an old resident of the town in question
and asked him his age, whereupon he
said: Il am just over seventy"
'rWell," said the visitor, you look as
if you had a good many years to live
yet At what age did your father die?'
Father dead?" said the man, look
ing surprised Father isn't dead !;
why, he's upstairs just now putting
grandfather to bed!
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
A Real Baroain.

'In time said the struggling artist,
"that painting will be Of great value.
All you have to do is to tuck it away
in an attic somewhere and keep it
for about 200 years, by which time
I will have become one Of the old
masters-Then you can sell it easily
for $4,000. You see, know TIE rules,
but unfortunately l am not in4ssa fnan-
cial position to carry them ! Ut. So,
If you want a real bargain, I'll let you
have this little gem Tor s1.50."-
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
Hare as a Universal Proyider.

In the economy Of nature the hare
is the one creature that stands be-
tween most Of the carniyo2ous animals
and starvation. In the northern woods
where snow lies on the ground for
more than half the year, and where
vegetation is Of slow growth, the hare
serves as q machine for converting
birch twlgs into muscular. lean meat,
and providing it in such quantities
that hawks, owls, wildcats, weasels
and foxes can live in comparative
luxury A pair Of hares under favor
able conditions produce 10000 indl-
viduals in four years.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
CATCHES PAIR OF TROUSERS.
Money in the Pockets Makes UP for
Loss Of Fish.

Racine, Wis, Sept. 5.-Miss Lillian
Bredricl Of Chicago has the honor OF
making the most remarkable catch
that has been recorGed in Wisconsin
during the fishing season. In the
neighborhood of Horlicks dam she
hooked what at first was supposed to
be fish OF unusual size. When It
was brought to the surface. however.
the catcn was found to be a dilapi-
dated looking pair of trousers. The
pockets were searched and s8.13 in
money was found
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
Cats to Kill Prairie Docs.

The owners of an enormous sheep
ranch in Montana suffer so much loss
from the consumption by prairie dogs
of the tender shoots Of grass, that
they have determined to import cats
enough to eaterminate the dogs. The
first company of 100 cats is being re.
cruited at st. Paul. A facetious writer
in the New York Pos, shows anxiety
for the future of the cats, their work
being accomplished. He says ii they
do kill the prairie dogs they will have
the choice, subsequently, of starva.
ton. cannibalism or brigandage.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
Want Reuicides Punished.

Vienna, Sept. Sit is reported from
Belgrade that the Servian officers who
were not concerned in the recent coup
d'etat the assassination of King Alex
ander anL Queen Draga and their
ministers, are demanding court
martial of the conspirators. Ii their
demand is refused they will resign
their commissions.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
FAIRS SUCCESS ASSURED.
Enough Money Taken in to Pay All
Expenses.

|hSaSi "o'Sy ahSIi III " 10y NJ
Expenses.
st. Paul, Sept. 5. Bad weather
came down upon the state fair yes
terday in punches and made things
extremely disagreeable throughout
the entire afternoon for thousands
who went out to see the big exnlhi-
ton.
At noon $4,000 people were on the
grounds The people could not be
kept away even by bad weather, and
is the best evidence of what the lar
can do in the face of adverse condi-
tons
The success of the fair is assured,
for yesterdays receipts, taken In CON
nection with the sums already re-
ceived from various sources, are suf-
ficient to meet all the expenses of the
big exhibition
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
GAS EXPLOSION.
Conductor Sawyer and Wife Horribly
purr ed AZ Des Moines.

Des Moines, Iowa, Sept. 5 gas
explosion caused serious injury to
Conductor Lewis Sawyer and Wife,
who had moved into a new house
and turned on the gas before the
plumbers work was completed. The
explosion wrecked the apartments.
Sawyer has been a conductor on The
Northwestern for twenty-five years.
Both he and his wife are in the hos
pital with their hands and heads hor-
rihly burned Sawyer NAV not re,
cover.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS
Copy for changes of advertisements In
The Daily Pioneer must reach this office BY
10 O'Clock a. m. in order to insure Their
appearance in the issue of same day. "a
COMPANY MANNERS.

yUMFANI WhN IL III O.
The summer vacation is the
time when the American makes
an exhibition of himself.
To the St. Louis Fair he will
send his invention, his manu-
facture, his piano, his picture
but he carries his habits, his
breeding, his opinions to the
mountains or seashore to show
the strange folk there what man
ner of man he is.
He makes the best OF his ex-
hibits for the Fair. You may be
sure that there will be no moth
eaten hole in the carpet, no weak
hinge on the machin he sends to
st. Louis. But, oddly enough,
we all are apt to carry with US
on our vacation, be 1t three
months or q week, certain mean,
ignoble qualities which we keep
hidden at home We exploit
them freely now. The most COM
mon Of them is self-lmportance.
Briggs, being a college profes-
sor. or a lucky Chicago speculat-
or, or a boy just out OF college,
surveys the other guests in the
mountain or seaside resort and
feels that he is a whale among
minnows. There are sure to be
some shrewd, intelligent men,
some gentle, well-bred women
among them that could give him
useful ideas. Beyond, in every
town and State, are legions OF
other men and women-eighty
millions of them-each in the
opinion of the angels of as much
Importance as Briggs. In every
country around the world are
teeming myriads; when these are
dead more myriads will rise, and
so on for ages to come.
After all-who is Briggs?
But he wraps himself in
naughty reserve; he knows that
he is the Great and Only one.
There are Brigses at this mo-
ment in every summer resort,
dull and miserable. The world
laughs at them and passes them
by.
The largest body of human
pests, however, are the com
planners. All day long they find
the coffee nauseous and the band
out of tune: the eggs are cold
storage, the butter is third class
and the other guests no class at
all.
Why do we take these under
bred, offensive habits abroad
with US? We bring to these re
sorts our best coats and gowns
to make our bodies fine Why
not put into our souls and speech
little charity and kindness and
commons enoe?- Saturday Even
ing Post.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
LIVE FISH EXHIBIT

To Ee Made at ST. Louis Fair by Min
nesota Towns.
Battle Lake. Mimi, Sept. 5.-BatS1c
Lake will be represented at the St.
Louis fair in live fish exhibit. Three
hundred dollars have been pledged
by the citizens for this purpose, The
village will have two aquariums four
teen feet long and three and one-hait
feet high Five other towns will be
represented, viz: Cass Lake, Park
Rapids. Alexandria. Detroit and Glen
wood
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
Mill Burned.

Winnipeg, Man. Sept 5.-The Car
man roller mills We're burned to the
ground The Northern elevator fifty
feet istant caught fire from the i'll
tense heat and was also burned down.
The value of the mill was $4,000;
insurance, 100000 The elevator was
valued at $4,000; covered by insur.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
Ignite as smokeless Fuel.

Thousands of square miles ofllignite
underlie the Dakotas and Montana,
da to Texas. Brlquettes for fuel are
tc be made from it. The manufacture
of briquettes mas solve the problem
of smeke.eSs ft,el for Cit iifi;;5SS.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
DESTRUCTIVE STORM
Lightning Demo!ishes Fine Residence
ana Burns Grin Stacks.

Lightning Demo!isKas zinc Res!aense
and Burns GRIN Stacks.
Red Wing, Mimi. Sept. 5.-Reports
from the country Of damage done by
lightning In yesterdays electrical
storm are coming in. At WEIGH,
William Costello's new $4,000 resi-
dence was completely wrecked hv
lightning 1t was torn to pieces as it
struck by cyclone The family had
gone into the old house for some
furniture. and thus escaped instant
death. Grain stacks We're burned
and other damage done over a wide
territory
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
GALLONS CHEATED OF VICTIM

cond emned Man Found Dead in His
Cell.
Livingston. Mont, Sept 5-Mareih
Seidnar, who was to be hanged to-
day, was found dead in his cell here
yesterday morning. He=is thought to
have been deranged. He killed George
Reider, lifelong friend on Trail
creek two years ago for running his
daughter and then secreted-che body.
Seidmars wife subsequently killed
herself
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
South Dakota Fair.

Huron, S. D., Sept. 5.-The Central
South Dakota fair which begins here
on Tuesday. the Sth inst, promises
go exceed in every department that Of
last year, which was pronounce.
success in every particular
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
Appointed Deputy Game Warden.

La Crosse, Wis. Sept. 5. = George
l.. Kingsley, ,Jr., has been appointed
special deputy fish and game warden
for the western portion of Wisconsin
in place of Henry G. Schultze. who re-
signed a couple of months ago
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
Killed While Hunting.

Spring Valley, Mimi, Sept. 5.-Rev.
FIR. Pryor OF Wykoff, who was at
Ivanhoe hunting chickens. accidental
ly shot and killed himself yesterday
morning His remains will be brought
home Immediately.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
Americans Wounded.

Pekin, Sept. 5,-ln fight yes terday
between fifteen French soldiers and
four Americans. the French used bay
,onets and two of the Americans
were seriously wounded
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
EIyer ,Jumns Track

Fergus Falls, MINI. Sept, 5.-The
Great Northern flyer. vest-bouna
was wrecked at Evansville, the four
rear coaches leaving the track and
overturning. No one was seriously
ir,i Irrnr1 -
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
RAILW AY COMPANY

Provides the best train service be-
tween Blackjack, Bemidji, Walker
and Intermediate stations and Mime
apolis, ST. Paul, Fargo and Duluth
and all points east and west. Through
coaches between Blackjack and the
Twin Cities. No change Of cars.
Ample time at Brainerd for dinner.
TIME CARD
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-05
GASOLINE CAUSES FIRE.
Does Damage 10 Shop and Hotel
Two t.arhnfs.

Two Harbors. Mimi Sept Fire,
which caught from the explosion OF
a gasoline stove in the tailoring es-
stroyed the interior of the tailor shop
and damaged the Superior hotel.
Loss, S700; fully insured.
The Dolores star., 1903-12-25
When Pins Were Valued.

In the middle ages it became the
custom to give pins as New Years
gifts.
Pins were invented about the first
of the year 1900 and became popular
very rapidly, as well they would. Now.
adays one could not imagine how to
get along without pins. Before their
advent wooden pins, which were
really skewers, were used. When the
suck little pin was invented 1t made
the greatest furore. So mucn SO that
it was Immediately adopted for the
general New Years gift.
AS the time went on. however, this
fell little off, and sums of money as
gifts became the custom. These gifts
were for long time called pin
money" This was the beginning of
the phrase still common in our time,
although rather changed In meaning.