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The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-01-29
The Crocodile,s strong Jaw.

Sir Samuel Baker in his "Wild
Beasts" says that the power of the
jaws Of the crocodile Is terrific. Once
he had the. metal of large hook, the
thickness Of ordinary telegraph wire,
completely bent together, the barbed
point being pressed tightly against the
shank and rendered useless. This COM
preston was caused by the snap of the
jaws when seizing a live duck which
he had used as bait, the hook being
fastened beneath one wing. On one
occasion he found fish weighing sew
enty pounds bitten clean through as If
divided by a knife. This, again, was
the work Of snap from the jaws Of a
crocodile. NJ. Paul Bert once made
experiments on the strength of a croc-
odile's jaws by means of a dynamome-
ter. He found that a crocodile weigh
ing 120 pounds exerted force Of 3O8
pounds in closing his jaw. The lion
has an enormous jaw power. On one
occasion an African traveller pushed
the butt end of his gun into lions
mouth, and the pressure Of the jaws
cracked It as though it had been struck
by steam hammer. " E,&2.,la.,
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-01-29
Was Best Show Yet!

"a Woman's Sacrifice,'' which
was given at the opera house
last evening, proved to be one OF
the strongest plays that have
yet been given by the Henderson
company. Both Mr., and Mrs.
Henderson, who had leading
parts in the cast, did exception.
ally clever work, Mrs. Hender
sons portrayal of the leading
part showing her to be an
emotional actress of rare ability.
The remainder of the company
all did we'll.
"The Convict's Wife, is the bill
for tonight. This play was writ
ten by Mr.. Henderson and is re-
plete with strong climaxes and
thrilling scenes.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-01-29
A Mothers Argument.

"The most to be regretted act of my
life" says commander of the navy.
"was letter wrote to my mother
when about seventeen years of age.
She always addressed her letters to me
as my dear boy. I felt atsthat time
/ was man, or very near it. and
wrote saying that her constant ad-
dressing me as boy made me feel
displeased. received in reply letter
full Of repreaches and tears Among
other things, she said: You might grow
to be as big as Goliath, as strong as
Samson and as wise as Solomon; you
might become ruler of a nation or en-
peror of many nations, and the world
might revere you and fear you, but to
your devoted mother you would al
ways appear in memory in your iLno-
cent, unpretentious, unself conceited,
unpampered babyhood. In those days
when washed and dressed and kissed
and worshiped you, you were my idol.
Nowadays you are becoming part Of
gross world by contact with it, and
cannot bow down to you and worship
you, but If there are manhood and
maternal love transmitted to you, you
will understand that the highest COM
pliment that mother love can pay you
is to call you my dear boy."'"
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-01-29
Will Against viii.

A cestain prosy professor of physics
Is so great misanthrope that he de-
liberately announces his lectures for
the days when he has reason to think
that his students will least want to at
tend. He commanded their presence
on an election day once and drove them
nearly wild by delivering tedious es-
say on will power. 49,.
IF he wills it, man may accom-
plish anything" he droned. LET him
make up his mind not to die, and he
will live In spite Of disease; let him
decide that life is not worth living, and
he will drop peacefully out Of it.
challenge any student to cite an in
stance In which the power Of the will
has not triumphed over everything."
Up shot the reprobate of the class, a
youth beloved by all his companions
for his daring humor.
"Sir, I accept your challenge. You
are wrong" he said.
"Pray mention an example," retort-
ed the professor dryly.
with pleasure, sir. An hour ago l
willed that this lecture should be
brought to a speedy conclusion. I've
willed the same thing sixty times since,
but up to now it hasn't come off,"
Nor will it," said the professor, "for
I have not only willed that this lecture
should last another hour, but am per
fectly willing that it should do So"
And 1t did.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-01-29
vermont.s Two Seasons.

One winter when Thaddeus Stevens
had come back to his Vermont home
he was the victim of severe cold
and could not leave the house for many
weeks. One of his callers was Lewis
Clark, man of short stature, who
In earlier days had been playmate Of
the "Old Commoner" and was near
neighbor of the Stevens family In their
Peaeham home. Vermonters had just
begun to wear buffalo coats, and Mr..
Clark arrived at the Stevens home al
most lost. in coat which reached to
the ground. His upturned collar COM
pletely covered his ears and face, while
a fur cap completed the disguise.
"Is that you, Lewis?" asked Mr..
Stevens In an incredulous tone.
eyes, Thad." he replied.
""Well, skin yourself and sit down."
exclaimed the other. -. "'.-s- 7
During the interesting conversation
which followed Mr.. Clark asked Ste.
vens If he wouldn't come back to his
Vermont home and live. s1.r. -
"No," replied Stevens. "You have
but two seasons here-winter and late
in the fall."'-Harper's Weekly. -, -
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-01-29
Who Gets Your Voter

"Do you see that man thereY re-
marked barber to customer in his
chair. 'sWell, he has had one and the
same job for the past forty seven years
and has been married all that time,
and his wife has never at any time
during that period known what salary
her husband was getting. The wife
gets SO much a week and no more and
has never been able to learn what
amount of money her husband has
been receiving in exchange for his la
Dor. Now, what bothers me Is which
should have the diamond medal say
diamond, as in this case the finest
would seem to be needed-the man for
being able to so long battle woman's
curiosity or the woman for surviving
so long an unsatisfied curiosity
lumbus Dispatch.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-01-29
Buying a Gift Book.

The principle Of choice should in gen
eral follow the taste or need of the
friend for whom you are selecting a
book. Yet it is also we'll now and
then to open new channel of interest
by giving volume outside Of your
friends habitual line. We are often
thankful to a friend who has drawn us
out of our mental sheep tracks. There
are few writer's that stand as per-
manent figures in the modern literary
World-Writers who have given out
seminal ideas that seed and beautify
the field Of thought. Chief among these
men are Shakespeare, Carlyle, Ruskin,
Emerson and Victor Hugo. Until libra
ry possesses at least the best writings
OF these five men it is sadly deficient.
You are doing kingly service when you
make these men known to any thought,
fuf mind.-EdWin Markham in Success.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-01-29
5GIasses and the Eve.

Every one knows that: In using a
field glass it is necessary to adjust ID
to a proper focus. Suppose that you
put one of the tubes at your focus and
the other tube at. a focus that suited
some one else and then you looked
through both tubes. You would have
more or less blurred vision, and IL
you kept on looking the chances are
that you would feel giddy and get
headache. Now, the two eyes are sup
posed to have an equal natural focus,
and when by any chance that focus is
unequal headache results The rem
edy is pair Of glasses or single
glass to make the eyes equal in power.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-01-29
Valuable Pebbles.

Between the northern point Of Long
Island and Watch Hill lies a row of
little islands, two Of which, Plum is
land and Goose island, possess a Pc
culiar form Of mineral wealth. It con-
sists in heaps of richly colored quartz
pebbles, showing red, yellow, purple
and other hues, which are locally called
agates. They are used in making stain
ed glass windows, and there is a sufi-
cient demand for them in New York
to keep the owners of one or two sloops
employed in gathering them from the
beaches, where the waves continually
roll and polish them, bringing out the
beauty of their colors.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-01-29
An Anatomical Puzzle,

Behind the bridge Of your nose is a
little cavity in the skull, the origin Of
which appears to- be unknown. 1t
probably was a gland, consisting Of
two tiny lobes, Joined together, and is
named the Sella turcica. Psychologists
believe that this is the remains of, a
sixth sense, which was Of practical
value to our antediluvian ancestors,
but whether it enabled them to see In
the dark in days before they possessed
fire or helped them to find their. way
through trackless forests as wild beasts
can today or what other purpose it
may have served we do not know and
probably never shall know. -. 90, j.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-01-29
A Fearful Duel.

The most terrible duel fought at any
time in Paris was the one between
Colonel D., an old Bonapartist officer,
and M. de g.. Of the Gardes du Corps,
a mere youth, but Of herculean
strength. The two men, lashed togeth-
er SO as to leave their right arms
free, were armed with short knives,
placed in hackney coach and driven
at a tearing gallop around the Place
de la Concorde. They were taken out
OF the coach dead. The colonel had
eighteen stabs, the youth only four,
but one Of these had pierced his heart:
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-01-29
Hllmcrs of Tra nslation.

Victor Hugo always translated the
Firth of Forth as .the First Of the,
Fourth" and swore that he was right.
too, while Disraeli noted with amuse-
ment "woebegone' as "douleur va
ten, An early translator Of Scott's
bride of Lammermoor' had it as ia
Bride de Lammermoor," the second
word meaning .bridle." and the same.
man rendered :Welsh rabbit by Ga.
pin du Pays de Gales. . The case Of
La Derniere Chemise de PAmour" for
Loves Last Shift" is classic, and
when the farce tHit or Miss was
done into French it almost was billed
as "Frappe on Mademoiselle." That
delightful piece in which Toole was at
his funniest, Walker, London" was
referred to in a French newspaper as
"Londres qui Sc Promene" The best
that the translator could do for the
"Stickit Minister was lie .Ministre
Assassine.''
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-01-29
The Danes,

The Danes, or Northmen, first be-
came prominent in European history
In 783, when they began to ravage
the north coast of France and south
ern shores of Great Britain. The dar-
Ing of these hardy seamen was re-
markable, for in their small ships they
even penetrated the Mediterranean and
became terrors to the seaboard popula-
ton Of Italy, Sicily and Greece. The
first king of Denmark is said to have
been Skiold, 60 B. g. 80.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-01-29
Fl nnra6n.

The modern meaning of FL Dorado
may be traced as follows: One of Pr
zarro's men said that he had discov-
cred land Of boundless wealth be-
tween the Orinoco and the Amazon.
This country was named Ell Dorado,
and many adventures, among them
Sir Walter Raleigh, endeavored to find
it; hence the name has come to mean
golden country Of the mind, q fabu-
lous land Of fabulous wealth, much as
Cockaigne, a fancied land Of luxury
and idleness.-New York American.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-01-29
Mastered the %

Hundreds Of people have cured them
selves Of imp edlments in speech. One
Of last years mayors as a young man
used to find it almost impossible to pro-
nounce words beginning with a ""q.''
Every day for months he used to walk
across st. James park practicing this
sentence aloud, "A quantity of quick
silver quietly quartered in a quag-
mire," until he conquered the impedi-
ment. Today he is one Of the most
fluent speakers In England.
nit-Bits,
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-01-29
Met His Match

Rev. Matthew Wilkes, celebrated
London preacher, was caught in a
shower in the famous Billingsgate
market, where the profanity of the
women who sell fish there is proven
sbial Az he stopped under a shed
among them he felt called upon to at
least give his testimony against their
wickedness
Don't you think said he, speaking
with the greatest deliberation and
solemnity, Il shall appear as swift
witness against you in the day Of
judgment?'
81 presume So" said one, .sfor the
biggest rogue always turrs states
evidence"
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-01-29
-.. L e. d.
Ben EutIer,S Refnrf

An old lawyer in speaking about Gen
eral Ben Butler said:-"Ben Butler was
terror and a torment to the judges.
On one occasion Judge Sanger. having
been bullied and badgered out of all
patience, petulantly asked, What does
the counsel suppose am on this bench
for?' Scratching his head minute.
Butler replied, We'll, l confess your
honor's got me there
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-01-29
All 1t Needed

Il made this potato salad for you
myself" smiled she. "Isn't 1t deli
cious?"
Tt would be-" assented her husband,
tf you had put little more oil and
vinegar and pepper and. mustard seed
and horseradish in the dressing and
introduced sliced egg or two and
few white onions and left half Of the
potatoes out"
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-01-29
Happiness and Hunger.

my idea Of perfect happiness," said
the seedy philosopher as he made his
fourth round trip to the free lunch
counter, sis to be in a position to go
into the swellest restaurant, put my
hand over the price list of the menu
and order what my taste dictates, IRE
spective Of the demurs of diminished
wad" - @g..--- ~
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-01-29
Tolerance I'm Janan.

Westerners seem to find 1t incon-
ceivable how the japanese can main
tain allegiance to different creeds at
one and the same time. One broad ex-
PLANTATION Of this Is that we as nation
are tolerant In mind, especially In mat
ters pertaining to religion. = Japan
Times Of Tokyo.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-01-29
K. p. Meeting Toniqht.

At the re regular meeting of Be.
midji Lodge, K. of P, to be held
this evening, there will be work
in the Third rank and all visit
ing and local mem bers Of the
order are urged to attend. .,.#-
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-01-29
The Wrong Jam.

Haskell-What's Bobby crying for2
Mrs. Haskell Oh, the poor boy caught
Ills finger In the pantry door. Haskell
H'ml He evidently didn't get the
jam he was looking for that time
Pick -Me-Up.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-01-29
safe 10 Love 'rnem ,rnen,

Sa1e 10 Love Them Then.
81 like dear little babies before they
have learned to talk, don't you, Mr..
SmytheY .t.5 .-. ..:
Indeed do! Before they have
learned to talk there is no danger of
their parents telling you the remark
able things they have said" - Stray
Stories. -.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-01-29
Reasonable Request.

''The trouble" !" said the dentist as he
probed away at the aching molar with
q long, slender instrument, ''is evident
" due to dying nerve"
WELL" groaned the victim, .lts
open to you to treat the dying with a
little more respect"
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-01-29
why he wanted an Autograph.

why He Wanted an Autograph.
A young man once wrote to William
Dean Howells for his autograph. The
novelist replied in typewriter line:
Have you bought my last book7"
The young man answered:
II have not. want to sell your auto
graph In order to get money enough
to buy Il"
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-01-29
Gettfnr Rack NJ Hfm.

Hewitt got even with the doctor
who vaccinated me. Jewett-How did
you do lt7 Hewitt He ran for Office,
and 4 scratched him.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-01-29
The Combination.

Miss Millyun- One can be very hap
py in this world with health and mon
ey. Deadbroke Then let's be made
one. I have the health and you have
the money.-Illustrated Bits.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-01-29

Flattery is telling a man to his face
that which was intended only Tor his
tombstone. Dallas News.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-11-08
She Did Not Fear Death,

An old lady on her seventy-third
birthday nee said. II do not mind
getting old. and l do not fear death
but | live In constant fear of par,
aIysis."
"For some time have been wanting
to tell you of the great good your
wonderful Sloan's Liniment is doing
here" writes MI. James II. Abernethy,
OF Rutherford College. N. G.. "In fact,
all your remedies are doing noble
work, but your Liniment beats all. In
my eight years experience with med.
icine l find none to go ahead of it,
having tried 1t in very many cases.
Know of one young man, a brick-ma-
son, who suffered from a partial. e
almost complete, paralysis of one arm.
l got him to use your Liniment, and
now he car do as much work as ever,
and he sings your praise every day
| get all to use it L possibly can and
know there is great virtue in it. ]
have helped the sale of your noble
remedies about here greatly, and ex.
pect to cause many more to buy them
as l know they can't be beat"
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-11-08
SEASONING TELEPHONE POLES
The Government and the Companies
Are Both Experimenting.

The Government and the Companies
Are Both Experimenting.
The scarcity of timber suitable for
telephone and telegraph poles has of
late assumed serious proportions, says
the American Telephone Journal.
Latest reports of the census Office
show that there were in operation in
1902 approximately 700,0 o miles of
pole line. Subsequent additions, how
ever, together with certain railroad
pole lines not reported. would enlarge
this figure. 1t is. safe to that
there are in operation at present fully
100000 miles Of line. The average
line contains about forty poles a mile
so that there are approximately 3d..
100000 poles in use.
Assuming that the average life of a
pole is twelve years, it follows that for
the maintenance of the lines now in
operation there are needed each year
more than 2,650,00 poles. Such an
enormous demand must soon deplete
the available supply. This is fully rec.
ognized by the different companies
The American Telephone and Tele.
graph company, in cooperation with
the United States forestry bureau, has
been carrying on elaborate expert.
ments to determine the best means
of prolonging the life of poles.
These experiments show that sea
soned timber in contact with the
ground will outlast u~nseasoned, and
that dry wood is more receptive of
~preservative fluids thar green wood.
Experiment stations were establish.
ed at Dover, N. j.; Thorndale, Pa;
Pisgah. N. c., and Wilmington, N. c.
AS a part of the terms of cooperation
the American Telephone and Tele.
graph company supplied a fixed mum.
Der of poles each month.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-11-08
HIS WIFE'S
RE

crowd. so oblivious to what was going
on around her that more than once she
was sarcastically addressed bv the
marketing ladies with whom She col
lided.
The noise and the hustling Of the
crowd became irritating to her. She
turned out of the busy highway into a
side street where there were only a.
few dim lamps. The silence and the
darkness soothed her nerves.
But they enabled her to concentrate
her thoughts more directly on the
plain issue that she had to face.
Lost in thought she wandered on I'D
the long, quiet street till she came to
a house with a little garden i'm front
of it.
At the gate of the garden stood a
young man and a young woman. They
were lovers. and their hands were
clasped in a tender farewell.
The figure of the young maj in the
dim light reminded her of Frank Allis.
ter.
h knew that it was not he, and vet
a sharp pans of jealousy came into her
heart. Had she deceived herself all
this time? Was it possible. that she
had begun to care for Frank? The
thought terrified her.
INC. no." she gasped; mot that
not that!"
She turned and retraced her steps
quickly, and went back into the busy
highway. At the stationer's she
bought some things she wanted, and
purchased-as was her custom on Sat
urday night-a weekly paper. She only
saw the daily papers now and then,
and so she made it a practice to take
a weekly one, in order to read the
news in a complete form.
When she got back to The Winery
"Tunia had laid her supper. She sat
down to it, and, not wanting to think
over her dilemma more than she could
help. she opened the weekly paper and
began to read it.
Suddenly she uttered a cry and the
paper fell from her grasp. There, in
print that danced before her eyes, was
an account of the successful escape of
a convict from D%artnoor.
And the name Of the convict was
John Wilson.
He had been at large for several
days, and all hope of his recapture had
been abandoned by the authorities.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-11-08
TX.
The Woman in the Wav

The day following Mark Bretting.
hams interview with his newly-found
father he received a telegram request
ing him to call on a firm of solicitors
in L%incoln's Inn Fields.
He was courteously received by the
senior partner, who, without troubling
hin with details or putting any ques-
lions, handed him $500 in bank notes.
and informed him that it was expect-
ed that he would leave London that
evening by the Continental mail, and
advise he firm from time TO time of
his address.
Il am paying you this money" said
the lawyer, by my clients i~nstruc-
lions and | shall forward YOU the
same amount every quarter to the adj
dress o communicate to me NV
clients stipulation is that the address
shall be on the Continent presume
you understand"
Perfectly" replied Mark, taking the
bank notes and then folding them and
putting them into his breast pocket.
There is n other stipulation"
continued the lawyer. You have our
address. which you will, Of course,
carefully preserve; to that address,
II to that alone, are any communica-
lions you desire to make be sent. That
also, | should inform you, is part of
the understanding on which this allow.
ance is made to you"
II quite understand the arrangemen
and l shall place no difficulty in the
way" replied Mr.. Mark Buckingham.
Il shall leave London tonight for Par
is. where l propose to remain for a
time. You can address me there at
the Grand hotel until further notice"
He smiled pleasantly, bowed, and
bade the senior partner good day.
"Humph!" said the senior partner to
himself, as the door closed behind his
visitor; another family romance to
q tt the dozens that lie hidden away
IN the black boxes of the firm. Poor
Sir Mark! l hoped Hank had got a
mares nest, but l don't think there's
the slightest doubt about the truth of
ms story now I've seen the young man.
He's a B%rettingham, and his voice is
his father's-I could have closed NV
eyes and fancied that it was Sir Mark
himself speaking to me-"
Mark Bettingham walked hrough
L1ncoln's Inn FIELDS into Holborn. He
entered the first postal telegraph office
he came to, and wrote out a telegram
to Bertram Hank:
Leave for Paris by night mail.
Charing Cross. Come to me at 5.
Room ~. Observation-Disclosures"
He was relieved when he had dis
patched the telegram.
1t was necessary that there should
be no secrets between himself and
Bertram Hank. But he had for his
own reasons kept back the incident
of his marriage. He knew from the
conversation Hank had with him in
the train on the night of his escape
from Dartmoor that, closely as the
detective had peered into his past his.