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The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-08-02
The Vo..cy Cvc. Inc Grave.

The firing Of volley by soldiers
over the grave of a dead comrade is a
survival Of a very ancient custom. In
days gone by. when superstition was
practically universal, it was generally
believed that making noise kept
away evil spirits. and the passing bell
came into vogue for that reason. When
firearms were invented volley firing
was substituted for the passing bell,
the belief being that the sound Of bat
tie would be more ehicaciOus IN the
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-08-02
Episcopal Services.

Service next Sunday morning at III
o'clock at the Presbyterian chapel.
Rev. Bartlett will preach.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-08-02

FOR SALE-My acre in the Gar
den Tracts. Seven room house, all
finished; good well and out building;
land set to fruit. $500 cash, balance
to suit purchaser.
A. 3. FRENCH.
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Hover Notes.

Mr.. and Mrs. Mckinney returned,
Friday from Walla Walla. They en-
pected to be away thru harvest but
were not able to do so on account of
MIR. Mckenney's poor health.
Messrs. Rounds and Warren are in
town this week looking after their
stock interests.
ID. S. Stewart returned, Tuesday.
from Spokane. He has be9n absent
for several days visiting his wife,
whose health is improving rapidly.
Mrs. Hanson was taken seriously
i'll Monday.
Frank Hedington, OF Finley, was
in Hover, Sunday evening.
Rev. Il. H. Dry announced Sunday
that he would be absent on a yaca.
ton trip to the Blue Mountains for a
few weeks.
Mr.. Waldorf and family, of Finley,
were visiting friends in Hover Sun
day.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-08-02

The secret of fashionable beauty.
asked the question of beau special.
ist. In order to be round, rosy and
very stylish, take HOLSTERS Rocky
Mountain Tea. IS cents, Tea or Tab
let's. The Columbia Pharmacy.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-22
England,s Historic Miser.

John Camden Nelld, whose magnif-
cent beQuest to Queen Victoria sup
piled the funds out of which the prince
consort built the present Balmoral
castle, deserves place among the
great misers and was as remarkable
man as any Of them. He was educat-
ed at Elton and Trinity college. Cam
bridge, and was a barrister at Lin
coins Inn. At the age Of. thirty
MS fathers death placed him In pos
session Of fortune Of f25O.O0O, and
from that moment he became con-
6rmed miser. Neild lived at s Cheyne
walk, Chelsea. Els big house was SO
meanly furnished that 1t did not even
boast Of bed. Two old women, who
did his chores, and black cat were
bis sole companions. When he visited
his large estates in the Midlands,
which he did frequently, he generally
walked unless he could gets lift for
nothing, and he was not even above
taking a gratuitous seat on dung
cart. Sometimes he was compelled by
the weather to take a seat on the
stagecoach, and there he would sit
outside, shivering and dripping, for he
never wore a greatcoat, an object Of
commiseration to his fellow passen-
Uota
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-22
French Economy.

France in her system of finance and
in her whole scheme Of economy aids
and encourages saving among the peo-
pie. The government conducts vast
banking institution whereby every
postofee has its savings bank depart"
ment-its "caisse d'epargne." Here
any one may make deposit as low as
/ franc GO cents), which deposit is re-
corded in ones "livret de la caisse
d'epargne" Savings bank book). A
convenient feature of this system tend
ing to make saving easy is that one
may make his deposits in any post
pd1ce anywhere in France and may
withdraw any part or all his savings
ut any postof1ce, without regard to
where the deposits have been made.
have never had a servant In France
who had not her "livret de Ia caisse
d'epargne." and yet the girl or woman,
If she had no family Of her own to
support, almost invariably contributed
to the support of her fathers family.
have had one middle aged femme
de chambre'' on whose face each day /
could read pretty we'll how the bourse
was going.-Flora Mcdonald Thomp-
son In Harper's Bazaar.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-22
The Stale Bread of Hungary.

In Hungary they do not eat fresh
bread. Whether it is because the Hun.
garians believe iii hygiene more than
their American or European brothers
and sisters or not has never been told,
but the Magyar Is partial to stale
bread, and the staler the better. His
''rozskenyer," or ordinary black bread,
as it is eaten by the very large ma
Jority Of the Magyar population, is
carefully laid away on shelf and dug
out for consumption months and
months after it has come out Of the
great ovens. If the huge loaf, weigh
ing something like five pounds and for
which the Hungarian pays 6 or Z
kreutzer, equivalent to about 8 or 4
cents in American money, has careful
ly been hidden away for two years, it
Is considered all the better. The Hun
garian never thinks Of where the
bread Is to come from tomorrow. He
thinks of where it Is to come from
next year, for he has at least years
supply on the shelves. The Hunga-
rian bakes her bread 1855 days ahead Of
time. Her Wednesday baking is for
the Wednesday Of year to come; her
Thursday baking for the Thursday Of
q year to come. ,.'.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-22
The Military Death Sentence.

"You know how soldier traitor is
put to DEATH" said the colonel "The
traitor stands blindfolded, and half a
dozen privates shoot at him stimuli
taneously.e But perhaps you don't
know that each of those privates,
though he take the most careful aim,
may afterward say without fear Of
contradiction that the traitors blood
does not stain his hands. This Is the
reason: Two Of the rifles for this ghast-
~ shooting are always loaded with
blank cartridges. Then they are shut
fed,c and no one knows which the
harmless ones are. The executioners
draw, and each Is as like as not to
draw harmless gun: So when they
shoot they can solace themselves with
the thought that maybe they are only
shooting a blank cartridge at the poor
blindfolded wretch before them
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-22
Life. Not Death.

There is much difference in the psy-
Geological effect Of the two ideas
"life" and death This was illus
trated, says the writer Of Letters
From a Surgeon" in the case of Gen
eral Frank Bartlett, who was wounded
on the Fredericksburg pike in 1864
General Bartlett was brought to the
surgeon bleeding profusely from a
wound In his head. He was uncon-
cious and white as death. The sur
geon called his name, but could not
rouse him. Passing his finger into the
wound, he found the ball had not pene-
trated the bone, but had simply cut an
artery in the scalp. This the surgeon
bound with ligature. He laid the
general on the ground and completed
dressing the wound.
mo harm done, old boyv' he shout
ed. "This is only a flesh wound. You
will be all right when I take a stitch
or two"
The good news seemed to bring Gen
eral Bartlett to consciousness. He
rallied completely.
Il thought I was done for" he said.
"Well, If I'm all right, here goes"
Before the surgeon could stop him
he was in the saddle and riding at the
best gait Of his horse back to the front
again.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-22
EssIer Reappointed Agent.

John F. Essler has been
appointed as the local agent for
the Minneapolis Brewing COM
pany, succeeding Charles
Knopke, resigned. William
Muenze, auditor for the Mime
apolis company, has been in the
city for Sc 'eral days, checking
up the affairs of the local agency
and getting the affairs in condi-
ton to turn over to Mr.. Essler.
Mr.. Muenze and Mr.. Kuopke
leave this evening for points
along the north line of the M. &
l., where they will also check in
the new agent for those places.
Mr.. Essler was agent for the
company prior to the acceptance
O. the position by Mr.. Knopke,
and thoroughly understands the
business. Mr.. Knopke has not
announced whether he will en-.
gage actively in business in this
city or not. -,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-22
forbidden Games.

Almost every one of England's pop
ular games has at one time or another
been made illegal. Scotland is the
home of golf, yet in 1857 the Scottish
parliament passed an act entailing Sc
we're penalties on any one caught play
ing the game.
Edward ILL.,, Henry w. and Henry
VIII. all strongly objected to football,
and Queen Elizabeth made it an Of
Tense punishable by Imprisonment to
play football. There Is record Of six
teen people being imprisoned at once
for breaking this law. . v,#
Football Is still under ban in some
parts Of the world. Two of the Swiss
cantons refuse to allow it, and in Tur-
key 1t is absolutely illegal, and those
who dare to play it are punished.
Among oddities Of laws about games
must be mentioned a French decree Of
the thirteenth century. By the kings
command the gallants of the court
were forbidden to play. tennis Gin
their shirts" Whether his majesty Of
France insisted upon coats only or
whether the unfortunate players were
doomed to practice In complete suits
Of armor does not appear. - London
Graphic.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-22
The ways of the Moonshiner.

The ways of the moonshiner are pref
ty much the same everywhere A suit
able location consists of a secluded
spot with water in abundance. It is
important, should he ever be called
upon to defend case in court, for the
question of the ownership Of the land
upon which the still is located, to be
involved in doubt; hence the moonshin-
er gets as near the line Of bis own
land or the land he controls as possible.
The stills are primitive affairs and are
often made complete in the neighbor-
hood in which they are operated. With
two or three square yards of sheet cop
per the still maker requires but few
hours to make the "b'iler." Home
made hogsheads are usually used as
fermenters, and the only thing that the
Illicit distiller has to send "off yander
arter" is the worm. Being difficult to
secure, the moonshiner prizes his
worn" highly, and that part Of the
distillery Is usually taken away when
the operator leaves.-David A. Gates
in Metropolitan Magazine.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-22
Birds and Kttes.

No bird, so far as known records
show, has ever alighted on kite or
attacked one. While scientist was
flying train Of five kites some years
ago a large silver tipped eagle came
suddenly out OF the higher air and
swooped round and round the first kite,
looking against the sunset sky like
huge silver ball. AS the train Of kites
was pulled in the eagle followed, visit
ing one kite and then another, seem
Ing uncertain just what to do. In q
few minutes, when he seemed to have
decided that they were not good to
eat and he knew nothing about them,
anyway, he Indignantly dew of and
was lost to view. While the scientists
kites were high in the air one March
docks Of geese flying in the wedge flew
over. They invariably stopped, broke
up, lowered above tho queer object
and at last slowly reformed and few
away. While the larger birds all come
from heights above the kite, the small
birds Of the air will alight on the
string holding the kite and sway to
and fro.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-22
To Cut the Night In Two.


Professor Victor Hallopeau, member
of the Paris Academy Of Medicine,
says: ...,-
The true secret Of long continued,
valuable brain work is to cut the night
In two. The scholar, the inventor, the
financier. the literary creator, should be
asleep every night by 10 o'clock, to-
wake again at, say, 2 in the morning.
Three hours work, from 2 to 8, in the
absolute tranquility Of the silent hours
should mean the revealing Of new pow
ers, new possibilities, a wealth Of ideas
undreamed Of under the prevailing sys-
TEN. g..
From to or $50 sleep again. TAX
ing up then the days work, the brain
will be still saturated with the mental
fruits Of the midnight vigil; there will
be no effort in putting into practice
or carrying further what was planned
or begun those few hours before. 49,.
The habit may be hard to acquire,
but mechanical means Of waking at
first will induce the predisposition.-
New York World. -
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-22
origin of "Bluestockings."

Burke, apropos of "Evelina," paid
Fanny Burney this high compliment:
'We have had an age for statesmen,
an age for heroes, an age for poets, an
age for artists, but this"- with gal
liant bow to Fanny-"is the age for
women" The name 'bluestockings,"
given to these distinguished women,
arose, according to Fanny Burney in
her .t''Memoirs of Her Father" from an
apology made by Mr.. Stillingfeet in
declining an invitation of Mrs. Vesey's
to a literary meeting at her house. II
am not properly dressed for such a
party" he pleaded. "Pho, pho" she
cried. taking him and his dress all in
at glance, don't mind dress! Come
in your blue stockings" This he did,
and, .tthose words ever after were
fixed in playful stigma upon Mrs. We
sey'ss associations" IT. P.'s London
Weekly.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-22
Lincoln's Rebuke.

The saying that there are few hon.
est lawyers did not hold true In the
case Of Lincoln A man once called
to retain him on suit.
estate your case" said honest Abe.
The man did, and then Lincoln said:
II cannot represent you, for you are
wrong. and the other party is right"
'"That is none Of your business II !
employ you" said the client.
Pardon me-" said the man who aft
erward became president; my bust
ness is never to defend wrong. new
er take a case that is manifestly
wrong"
"Well, but you can make trouble for
the other fellow"
EYES," said Lincoln, Il can set a
whole community at loggerheads, I can
make trouble for this widow and her
fatherless children and by SO doing get
you $500 that rightfully belongs to her,
but I won't do It," ig
mot If pay you wellT'
" "Not for all the money you are
WORTH" was the reply.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-22
A Warrior Too.

The wooden boards that had marked
the graves in certain rural cemetery
rotted of and were raked up in the
spring cleaning. Consequently on
Memorial day when the delegation
from the G.. A. R. arrived with flags
and appropriate floral decorations for
their departed comrades the decorat-
Ing committee found itself somewhat
in doubt as to which grave belonged
to Captain Blodgett and which to
Hannah Ericsson. The mistaken dele
gates heaped their offerings upon Han
nah's last resting place and departed.
That afternoon Ericsson, the widower,
drifted, with the rest Of his world, to
the cemetery. When he saw the flag
and the flowers above Hannah the
astonished Swede fell to chuckling
joyously.
''vell," he exclaimed delightedly,
"dose faller bane poorly smart too! Ay
tank dat vor all right and som guide
yoke on Hannah-he vor pooty guide
fighter herselluf."-Youth' Companion.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-22
Agriculture In Africa.

Excepting perhaps some Malayan
tribes the African negroes are said to
be the finest agriculturists Of all the
natural races. The Bongos are said to
have greater variety Of garden plants
around their huts than are found in the
fields and gardens Of German vii
lage. Irrigation is practiced. The An
golas, in the Kongo district, have prac-
teal irrigation. The Wachangu show
wonderful skill in irrigating their ter
raced hillsides by tunnels Of water d.
verted from the main stream. "They
have clear mode Of irrigating equally
a given surface. AS the little canals
of water are always elevated above the
cultivated plants, they will tap them
at a convenient spot above the beds to
be watered and then turn the stream
into rough conduit made Of the hol-
low stems Of bananas cut in half, the
end Of each stem overlapping the next
Then as the water enters the last joint
1t Is freely turned right and left, dis
tributing the vivifying stream in all
directions."- Southern Workman.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-22
Mysterious Glass Balls.

According to foreign correspondent
Of the geological survey at Washing
ton, among the most interesting fea-
lures Of the small island Of Billion,
between Sumatra and Borneo, an is
land long famous for it's rich tin mines,
controlled by the Dutch government,
are the "glass balls Of Billion" found
among the tin ore deposits. These nat
ural glass balls are round, with grooved
surfaces. Similar phenomena are &C.
casionally found in Borneo and Java
as we'll as in Australia. The CORE
spondent quoted thinks they cannot be
artificial, and there are no volcanoes
near enough to support the theory that
they are volcanic bombs. Besides, it
Is claimed, the CLASSY rocks produced
by the nearest volcanoes are quite diff
ferent in their nature from the mate
rial Of the balls. It is suspected that
the mysterious objects were elected
ages ago from the volcanoes of the
moon and afterward fell upon the
earth.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-22
Shooting a Rabbit.


In Sullivan county there Is man
who spent a whole day hunting, and at
nightfall he was returning homeward
empty handed when he found a rab-
bit In a snare and still kicking. He
released it and was about to dispatch
it with the back Of his hand when 1t
occurred to him that he could not say
he shot it, as no shot marks would be
found to corroborate his story. SO he
tied string to one Of the hind legs Of
the rabbit, tied the other end to the
fence, backed away twenty yards ana
fred The shot cut the string and
bunny ran away. Such good joke
on himself was too good to keep, and
he told it at the village grocery, little
thinking that it would be handed about,
until now If you want to anger him
the mere mention Of the yarn opens
the old sore.-Forest and Stream.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-22
Foster Case Continued.

The cases against William
Foster, Frank Bogenriet and
William Welcome, charged with
cutting and removing timber
from land belonging to G. F.
Ruggles, were taken up by
Justice Skinvik yesterday.
The cases against Bogenreif
and Welcome were dismissed
aud considerable testimony was
taken in the case against Foster,
when the latter case was ad-
journed until the 29th inst, Eos
ter being released on bail.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-22
AhOppinE.

Shopping is form Of cruelty In
dulged by married ladies toward their
husbands. It is incipient in young
girls, reaches an active condition in
brides and arrives at It's most yirulent
stage between the tenth and the twen-
ty-ffth year of married life A small,
delicate, slight, nervous, sensitive wo-
man who would faint away at an
empty mouse trap will go through the
shopping district in from two to seven
hours and come out refreshed and sus-
tained by an unfaltering trust If her
husbands credit Is good, while that
gentleman at the end Of forty-flve min
utes has to be carried home on 4
stretcher. Some women are born shop
pers, others achieve 1t, but not one Of
them has it thrust upon her. Shopping
is extensively practiced on week days,
beginning on Monday with a rush and
ending on Saturday in time for the
opera. 1t promotes industry. Without
It married meE would have time to
rest-Delineator.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-22
Too Cold For oxercoats.

"You do not find any one wearing
overcoats in Alaska, even in the win
ter" said man from that territory.
1.-THE principal thing to be careful
about is keeping the head, hands and
feet warm. In that part Of Alaska
where have been the only land trans
portation Is by dog sleds, and to fol-
low them one has to drop into dog
trot beside the sled. An ordinary suit
is plenty thick enough to keep you
warm, and an overcoat is dangerous in
that temperature. Trotting alongside
a sled wearing an overcoat would
make you perspire, and the bitter cold
would freeze, the perspiration. The
men there wear fur cap that covers
every part Of the head and face except
the eyes, and there is only a little peep
hole for them. Wool lined mitts are
worn on the hands and moccasins with
wooden stockings on the "-Balti-
more Sun. S - r.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-22
Practiclng by Ear.

When Grover Cleveland was practic-
Ing law at Buffalo among his associ-
ates was q young lawyer who. though
a bright fellow, was rather inclined to
lazlness. He was forever bothering
Cleveland about points Of law rather
than look them up himself. At last
Cleveland became tired Of 1t, and the
next time the young man sauntered in
Cleveland knew what he wanted and,
getting up, pointed to his bookcase and
said: There are my books. You are
welcome to them. You can read up
your own case" The fellow was caught,
but he rose to the occasion. "see here,
Grover Cleveland he said; ri want
you to understand I don't read law. I
practice entirely by ear, and you and
your books can go to thunderr'
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-22
Hans Breit1Aann's Philosophy

have found that If we resolve to be
vigorous Of body and mind, calm, col
lected, cheerful, ETC., we can effect
marvels, for it is certainly true that
after awhile the spirit or will does
haunt us unconsciously and marvel
ously. have, believe, half changed
my nature under this discipline. will
continually to be free from folly, envy,
irrltability and vanity, to forgive and
forget, and have found, by willing
and often recurring to it, that, while
far from being exempt from fault, I
have eliminated vast mass Of it from
my mind. 1t Is certainly true, as Kant
wrote to Hufeland, many diseases can
be cured by resolving them away. He
thought the govt could be.-Letters Of
Charles Godfrey Leland.
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what We Stand On.

The density Of the earth as whole
has been estimated, with close agree
ment among the scientists who have
made, the determination by different
methods, to be about 90, or five and a
half times as heavy as an equivalent
sphere of water. On the other hand, the
average density Of the materials form
Ing the accessible parts Of the earth's
crust Is between 2.5 and 3, so that the
mean density Of the whole globe is
about twice that Of it's outer part.
This indicates that the central part Of
the earth is composed Of heavier mate
rails and may even be metallic, which
condition, says the Engineering and
Mining Journal, would accord perfect
~ with the nebular hypothesis.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-22
John Stuart Mill.

The genius Of this great Englishman
was such that before he was twenty
he was recognized as the champion
and future leader Of a powerful school
Of philosophy and politics. John Stu
art Mill is said to have studied Greek
at the age Of three and at fourteen
had begun logic and political economy.
The writings and doctrines Of this
master mind were and are still read
and preached not only in this country,
but throughout the world. John Stuart
Mill stands out prominently among
nineteenth century thinkers.-London
Mail.