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A Gentle. Gentle One.

What is my kick on the 4:5o order7''
he asked. .'Only a mild ones T the
authorities want the clerks to take
half an hour longer to do a days work.
that is their right. I suppose. under Ghe
law. but all that 1t win accomplish VIII
be the Notwithstanding of the employees.
Close. unremittept desk work Is the
hardest work in the world 50 far as all
round. exhaustion is ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
as well as physical-and FIVE or six
hours day is all that any. man or
woman is fit.to put in at It, and ne or
she viii do as much, In that length OF
time as in the longer But the
order enables somebody to make a big
bluff, and in this case nobody Is. in po-
sition to call II.
And 1 might say the same thing
about the official carriage agitation.
This Government is a great, big,
wealthy institution. perfectly able 20
provide facilities for its officials to at
tend TO their duties in a manner teft-
ting the great positions they occupy in
such great institution. II is owing to
these haw-eating ideas OF economy that
the Government does not pay such sal
aries as to attract to its service the
greatest talent within its borders. Out
side OF the honor attached to the posi-
ton. how can the Government compete
IN securing the best legal talent. with
it's salaries ranging from two to eight
thousand dollars, while the great cor
~Na.~..
To fifty thousand 10 get the best the
market afrords2 There viii always be
men willing TO take and even strive for
Government positions. whatever the
salaries and the Johnny Cheap accom-
paniments. but why shouldn't the
greatest have the best. with such sur
rounding conditions as beft its great
ness? More hours for the clerks. fewer
conveniences for officials, more money
Cor grafters, more slusa to appease
votersl Pah and faugh?'
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During this next scene the star may
be supposed to stand on balcony or
a staircase. There being no balcony
or staircase. she is perched on shaky
stepladder. where she occupies most
uncomfortable position for halt an hour
or more. At the end Of this time an
important dramatic episode comes up.
The impresario takes charge. his coat
off. his hat damned over his eyes. f7ot
thrice only does he go over the scene,
but a dozen times, the twelfth tine
finding the actors crouching on the floor
ia utter WEAKNESS. He is an excep-
tional stage manager who is not SUI
fciently tired by now to be in an ex-
ceedirgly. nasty humor. IN which case
his sarcasm helps no little in making
things unpleasant. At ? O'Clock there is
a ffteen-minUts intermission for lunch.
and then the rehearsal Is continued un-
til or o'clock.
Must Be Letter Perfect"
The company departs to spend the
night studying lines. having been in
structed to be letter perfect IN the
first act tomorrow" and to arrange
such details as costumes and makeup
Three weeks Of this sort of thing brings
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house. over which 1 have no control.
and for the accumulation OF which snow
I am in no degree Responsible. Further
than to clean the snow of OF It I have
10 more control over that sidewalk than
any man who walks on It But the
snow on sidewalks abutting vacant lots.
which is Just as big a nuisance as that
in front Of my house. nobody cleans OF.
and after providing a clean walk for
others use I have 10 plow through
other peoples snow. the reason given
being that the owner Of the ve.cant lot
may live in China or some other IN
reachable, country. I want the District
to clean all snow of. and pay The ex-
peass out or the trxes assessed against
al property. it 'eing for the good Of all
on, yes. i know everybody is employed
at remuneratiVe wages who win work:
but enough men and boys to Saean all
the sidewalks Of Washington after
every snow will readily be found as
exceptions to the everyoody-at-work
r7Ile
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the average company TO final dress
rehearsaI-the Misunderstanding affair at
which everyone seems incompetent, the
play impossible the scenery possessed
OF a thousand devils. and the work Of
almost 4 month TO have resulted IN
nothing hundred dress rehearsais
equals one. 1T of lunacy. The players
are hauled over the Goals without mercy
and depart to astonish themselves the
night following. when keyed up TO the
highest pitch, by giving a perfect per-
Torrance. It Is not an unusual thing
for dress rehearsal to last sixteen
hours at a stretch.
Brady and His People.
william A. Brady. who staged Pretty
Peggy for Grace George. is credited
with being most considerate Of his peo-
pie He is one of the bear directors IN
America. and Pretty Peggy" is said
to be remarkable for nothing more than
the ingenuity of its business. the beauty
OF its groupings. and the strength OF its
hig mob scene. The company support
ing Miss George in the piece had a total
OF forty-seven rehearsa1s. sggregatirg
something over 400 hours OF preparatory
work.
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paper. because it gives EhA news fresher
and with equally great particularly
No. man can AFFORD to be an
ignoramus. and he is an ignora-
mus who does not keep in touch
with the news OF the day Why.
the business opportunities a man misses
by not reading a newspaper viii cost
him more than the paper. If his bust
ness be no greater than demanding
pair Of trousers. shoes. or a hat once IN
a while The people who get played for
suckers by the get-rich-qu.ck schemes.
get fiimfammed. get 'cOuned out OF
their money. take Knockout drops IN
drinking with strangers, and get gold
bricked by everybody. are the ones who
don't read the papers. A newspaper
ought 10 be regarded as being as nee
essary in every mans house as a gas
bill
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o CLOCK In the morIsng. the operation
OF the road has shown hat there Is no
smoke. cinders or gust and that sleen-
ing Ger passengers will be able to open
their windows in summer. The onargs
for berth and fare between the two
cities is $. which is less than the dav
coach fare on the competing steam ran-
roads. .
Progress in the East.
Although in the Eastern States the de-
velopment OF the electric railway has
not yet reached stage where sIeepers
and dining cars are in use. still the i'm
provements in the equipment and fit
tirgs Of the ordinary service cars are
keeping pace with those of lines in
other parts OF the country. The Fonda
Johnstown and GIoversville Railway
has pat on new palace cars. which are
said to be the largest and mgt expen-
sive ever seen.
Finely Fitted Cars.
They are fifty-five feet in length and
weigh forty-three tons. High-baclz. re-
versibie seats. finished in plush. with
roll headrests and footrests increase the
comfort Of the passenger. Each car
seats hfty-six persons. over each se9E
is an electric light, and the electric
keeps the passenger in close
touch with the conductor. A telephone
connects both platforms. so that the mo
torman and conductor can talk with
each other and also with the general
offices of the company. The cars are
geared to forty-hve miles an hour.
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There is class Of amateur kickers.
without any sufficient training 10 make
them efficient in that great art" said
the Kicker. meditatively. who vent
their impotent spleen on the street car
service. the particular object Of their
kicks being open cars OF the half-and-
halfs that are run on some OF the roads.
and yet I'll bet a lanyard cigar the
same fellows would ride I'm an open car
rage for half day and talk FOR weeks
about it. The average street car trip Is
not Of more than fifteen minutes dura-
ton. and nobody could suffer very Sc
vetely I'm that time. They are Of the
same class as those who without the
excuse Of a piece Of burning punk in
their lips, stand on the platforms Of
cars so that smokers are deprived Of
their comfort and other. decent people
are prevented from getting in and out
of the cars without climbing over the
big feet that always go with a hoggish
disposition.
But" looking a little ashamed OF
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which enable everybody to have these
conveniences. while here in Washington
no one of moderate means or income
can afford them. Why is it? Every
house in Washington could be lighted
electrically for the amount now paid for
gas used for the same purpose, and the
gas. If put at a similarly reasonable
figure. would find an ample market for
heating and cooking purposes-the- only
uses for which it is Mt in these modern
days. The profits to the companies
telephone. electric. and gas-would be
as great with the greater use as they
are now. and everybody would be ac-
commodated. II would probably be a
paying investment for these great public
corporations 10 consider the interests Of
the people occasionally-at any rate. II
is field that has never been worked.
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TROLLEY CAR is NOW

- HE year 1904 brings us to the
quarter century mark since the
4 siemens Company. of Berlin,
first connected an electric motor TO a
truck and initiated the electric rail-
way. The car was crude and the rail-
way a small affair. $50 yards long and
of feet inches gauge, the third rail
being used. A species of sliding troll
ley on an overhead rail was invented
two years later.
In 1885 Van Depole invented the under
running trolley. wheel, making feasible
the use of overhead wire conductors.
and Wellington Adams mounted the
motor directly on the car axe-the
practice up 70 that time having been
TO mount the motor on a separate frame
and connect with the axle by chains or
belts.
Two Important Principles.
These two inventions. the under run
ming trolley and the direct connected
motors are perhaps the only features In
electric car designing which have sur
vived the contest Of changes and i'm
provements in the equipment OF electric
lines.
In the early cars a couple Of fifteen
horsepower motors were thought TO be
ample. Today an electric locomotive is
in operation on the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad propelled by eight 225 horse
power motors. a total OF 1.sOO horse
power. The first cars built had a seat
ing capacity of sixteen Sixty Is the
number Of passengers that can be
seated in the latest designs.
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klT HERE is one big kick have

II" HERE is one big kick have
about the new Union Sta
4 ton" said the About Town
Kicker. Laid out as Il is.
following the line OF Delaware Avenue.
it will stand wamper-jawed to the lay
Of the town. which is built up to the
right-angled streets. When it is com
festooned its entire length with back
yards. coal sheds, slices Of alleys.
shaved buildings with the wall paper of
former dwellings glinting in the sun
shine. side walls that were never in
tended TO be front walls, and all and
singular the sloppy. slouchy, uncouth
condition already on exhibition along its
diagonal lines. II the entire space be-
tween North Capitol and Second Streets
east had been taken. with the front on
E Street. and with plaza dug out Of
the buildings fronting on Massachusetts
Avenue. It would stand out as a mag
nificent building. with enough space
around IL to show it's gigantic proper
tions. On the present design IL will
present splendid front. running back
into squalid surroundings. II win be
a building 10 which we can point and
say. See our new Union Station-that
is, the front Of it, for the rest OF It
won't bear Inspection Unless all I'M
slightly buildings and backyard accom-
paniments are removed. IT will never be
a building that we can be proud OF. and
II all the ground were purchased up to
the right-angled streets it will still have
the appearance Of leaning toward Fish
er's MIL in the rectangular space in
which Il win be erected"
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Solid Electric Trains.
GETS FOREIGN LABEL BY TRAVEL :.

duction of this same kind of sausage
to point where 1t as good as the
French and cheaper. But the world
wants the French sausage.
So the American product goes over
the sea to France, and in Lyons Il is
packed in new wrappers and boxes. Then
IL IS shipped away again To All the
countries whose hotels are CRYING for
saucisson de Lyon. And a part of these
Franoo-American sausages find their
way back again to the United States
where they began life as plain sau-
sages.
Hamburg is noted for it's fine smoked.
canned, and jellied cells. Where do these
cells come from? From the Falls of the
Nile.
A company of Baltic fishermen has
settled I'm Egypt. catching Egyptian cells
in the land OF the Pharaohs. to be
packed in cans with the three towers
Of the Hamburg coat of arms stamped
on Inem.
American wines are forever travelling
to Europe. to come back again in a year
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doorkeeper. Inside the theater their
spirits are dampened The only light in
the house is Afforded by a single cluster
OF electric bulbs. underswhich is placed
the table bearing the manuscript and
chair for the director. The auditorium
looks like a huge black cave, from
which the whitecloaked seats rear
themselves like ghosts OF the pleasure
seekers who occupied them a few hours
ago. 1t is unbearably hot A force of
carpenters. blissfully Indifferent to what
is going on about them. hammer and
saw with distracting noise The per-
formers wait about for the stage man.
ager 10 finish a long argument with the
author or the stage manager. There
IS not place 10 sit, and they are as tired
ss, the stage manager is angry when the
rehearsal begins.
Work for the Imagination
At last 1t does begin. First actl"
cries the stage manager. Those persons
who are on the stage at the rise of the
curtain step into their places. The scene
begins. There is no setting: nothing but
the bare walls Of the theater and the
force Of car2enterS. The players have
been told mat they are supposed 70 be
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An Old. But Timely Kick.

This is an old kick" he went on.
but The necessity for It comes with
each recurring winter. I am required
TO clean the snow of Of the property
of the United states-I believe the
streets are decided to be the property
of the United states-or so much OF it
as happens to be located in front OF my
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Directors Well Paid.

to stage a romantic drama than a farce
comedy.
Directors Well Paid.
A capable director, such as Max Free
man. or Frank Hatch, gets as much as
$500 a week for this service, but the
actors are not paid anything until after
the first public rendering Of plays. In
cases in which the manager Of a pro-
duction is a man of practical expert
ence he often directs rehearsals himself.
William A Brady has an assistant for
those portions Of the work vhich are OF
comparatively small importance, but
takes personal charge Of the big scenes.
His speciality is the handling Of c-awds
Of people. and he was responsible for
the great board Of trade panic In his
recent production of THE Pit" and for
the famous riot in Pretty Peggy
Big Business in New York.
At the beginning OF theatrical sea-
son there frequently are as many as
two hundred companies rehearsing in
New York The more fortunate of these
work on stages OF unused theaters, but
many are consigned to halls and ball
rooms for which an enormous rental is
charged at this time OF she year. Since
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are used, instead Of open compartments.
The roadbeds and tracks are built as
substantially as on steam roads. and a
speed of sixty-five mile an hour is reg
ularly made on some stretches. Indeed
the Chicago. Elgin and Aurora Rail
road is planning an equipment capable
of 100 miles an hour for everyday sched-
ule
Trains leave, the Indianapolis and Co
lumbus terminals at 1890 o'clock every
night. and finish the 2OO-miIe run at &
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GABLES Of exports and imports.

" ABLES OF exports and imports, is
sued by TIE Bureau OF Statistics.
Il show queer movements of food
stuffs. Almost every country seems to
export some foods and to import the
same kind. And many countries i'm
port great quantities of certain kinds
of food for which they themselves are
famous.
Russia is famous for the production OF
caviare. Yet a good part of American
exports TO Russia consist of caviaIe
made along the Great Lakes and Della
ware and Chesapeake bays.
England and Germany, both of which
are known for their manufacture Of
cheese. import lots Of IT from the
United States and sell 1t again as Eng
lish and German cheese.
Lyons, in France, is distinguished for
the production of a hard. red, highly
spiced sausage. There is an American
concern that has developed the pro-
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NOW TWENTY-FIVE YEARS. Old

In arrangements for long distance troll
ley lines. the Middle West States are
taking the lead. In Indiana five roads.
each over 100 miles in length. are finish
ed or are I'm course Of construction.
A 2OO-mile road Is in operation be-
tween Columbus. Ohio. and Indianapo-
lis, equipped with sleeping and dining
cars of the most advanced type. Exten-
sions of this line are being pushed
through TO Wheeling. w. Va, and TO
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The ..Poor ICiyil Service Law"

These amusing members Of Congress
who are always assaulting the opera
lions of the civil service law" he con-
tinued. warming up 10 his subject
seem to me TO need the advice OF the
restaurateur TO whom the customer
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WHY Is This Thus7

Hundreds Of villages and hamlets In
tie United States are electrically lighted
nd telephoned throughout" he said. as
though Kicking were the most natural
thing in the world TO him. at rates
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A Well Deserved kick

Why. in this age OF great cheap
newspapers. he unused. as though some
problems are too tough for even his So
luton, anybody should be uniformed
as to the news Of the day gets me. II
he looks ct his own interest. no man
can afford to be without at least one
newspaper a day-p-eferably an evening
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Pittsburg. and plans are being made for
connections with Cincinnati This SER
vice in another year will cover stretches
In various directions of from 200 to 500
miles in length.
Solid Electric Trains.
Solid trains are run, consisting of
sleepers. dining cars and day coaches.
all of the most improved design and
construction, the sleepers costing over
$40, 900 each. Staterooms with two berths
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A Half Hearted Kick.

the outs, who do not have the admin
istering Of anything.
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70 stage a romantic drama than farce
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-08-25
Taken With CrampS.

VIM. Kirmse, a mem Der of the
bridge gang working near Little
port was taken suddenly i'll
Thursday night with cramps and
a kind of cholera. His case was
so severe that he had TO have the
members Of the crew wait upon
him and Mr.. Clifford was called
and consulted. He told them he
had a medicine in the form of
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy that he
thought would help him out and
accordingly several doses we're
administered with the result that
the fellow was able to be around
next day. The incident speaks
quite highly Of Mr.. Gifford's
medicines. -Elkader, Iowa, Ar
gus. This remedy never fails.
Keep it in your home, it may save
life. For sale at Barker's Drug
Store.
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b. FL. Winter: "August and
September are the poorest
months Of the year for US, but
August this year is much better
than August of last year and we
look forward to a busy winter. .
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with her sister, Mrs. r. w.
Hitchcock.
M. P. DeWolf and A. H. De-
Wolf of Grand Forks are regis
tered at the Markham.
| Leave your order at Peterson's
for fruit to preserve. He will
notify you when cheapest and
best.
There is no lever so powerful
as plain and simple cts-Mark s
Lung Balsam will cure your
cough.
The dance given at Grant Val
ley hall last night was very well
attended and good time is le.
ported.
A chance to get commodes,
bedsteads, dressers, carpets at
very low prices at the Second
Hand Store.
Mrs. 3. M. Snow and daughter,
Thera, of Little Falls. are in the
city for a visit at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. J. N. Bailey.
M. J. Leak is a VISITOR in the
city from Blackjack. Mr.. Leak
was formerly a citizen Of Bemidji
and still retains property here.
We must reduce our stock in
order to make room for fail goods.
Cut glass and china at fifty ., r
cent off. A. E. Winter, ti;e
jeWeler.
Mesdames James and Will
Winebrener left this morning f,r
Albion, Ind. their old home, fer
a visit with friends and relativ:> :,
in that city.
Mrs. T. Eich and grandson,
George Eefeld, returned to
their home at Mankato this morn
ing after an extended visit in tie
city with her son, VIM. Eich.
Mrs. D. D. Harger is arrang
ing for the organization of a char
tia BILE club in the city to be known
as the &c. B. Charita BILE Associa-
ton. The mem bership will be
made up Of ladies of high social
standing in the city, and the OBJ
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ject will be to care for the wants
OF the needy poor.
Richard Leet went to Black.
duck yesterday.
Deputy Sheriff John Bailey
went to Blackjack last night.
Remember there is nothing in
the fruit line we haven't got. Pc
terSOn.
FL. T. Elsemond, cashier of the
Bank of Kelliher, is transactine
business in the city today.
Bananas, a special consign-
ment of ten fine lunches Is and
20 cents per dozen at Pet6rson's.
j. D. Mcdonald is visiting in
the city with his brother in law
and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. A. c.
Lysaker.
We must reduce our stock in
order to make room for fall goods
Cut glass and China at fifty per
cent off A. g. Winter, the
jeweler.
Mrs. G.. N. Carson, Mrs. D.
Farley and Mrs. M. Wagner left
today for Buena Vista, where
they will attend the meeting of
the Old Settlers association.
Pears, peaches and plums for
preserving at Peterson's.
D. D. Harger has placed an or
der with Boyd & Erickson for a
quantity Of artificial stone with
which to build a residence at
Pine Lodge The residence will
be completed nextspring. George
Richardson of LeMars, Iowa,
will also build in that vicinity.
Conway's Commercial College
opens fall term Sept. 5, 1904.
Shorthand, typewriting, Book
keeping, Commercial law, life
scholarship $50. Public school
and Normal courses $25 extra or
any one public school study per
week SOC. Can enter at any time.
M. A. Sprague, who has been
afflicted with paralysis for the
past year, left this morning for
Chicago, where he will be con
fined in a hospital. He will Sc
cure the treatment of an eminent
specialist, and hopes to be en-
tirely cured Of the, disease before
his return.
Ten punches of bananas, per-
feet fruit at Is and 20 cents per
dozen. Peterson.
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tions in which he has not secured
earnest support. Mr.. Began is
in every way qualified to fill the
Office, having taught in rural and
village schools for many years
and being one of the pioneer
teachers Of Beltrami county. He
is an energetic: capable man and
if nominated and elected would
give the office of superintendent
Of schools a vigorous adminstra-
ton. Mr.. Regan is from the
western part of the county which
has little representation among
the county officers.
John Gibbons has just returned
from a short campaign tour and
is much pleased with the encour-
agement his candidacy for county
attorney is receiving. Mr.. Glib
bons does not believe that he will
receive all the votes but is conf
dent that his support is suffi
GENTLY strong to insure him the
nomination.
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p. A. Schneider: 'We are
glad to contribute something for
a preliminary survey of an ex-
tension of the Red Lake Trans
portation company road from
Nebish to Bemidji. If contri
buttons of this kind bring results
only once in a while we shall all
be richly repaid