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The Ordway new era., 1907-03-15
SURGERY FAILS TO REFORM BOY
Ineorrisible, Said to Be Cured by Tre'
pannins, Sent to Reformatory.

Toledo. O.-Surgery has failed I'd
make good boy of 16-year-old Harold
Hurley, SO he was sent to the Ian,
caster reformatory to be reformed
after good, oldfashioned notions.
Hurley was believed to have been
permanently cured of his badness q
few months ago by trepanning oper.
alton. Surgeons at that time contend.
ed that his viciousness was due to
pressure on the brain. The boy was
transformed from vicious runaway
to a docile, obedient child. with am,
bitions and tastes directly opposite
to his former inclinations.
While swimming Hurley struck hia
head upon stone and suffered re,
lapse into his former bad habits. A
second operation was performed;
which appeared successful. but Hur.
ley again returned to his bad habite
and became 20 incorrigible that the
juvenile authorities were Obliged "a
ssua him to the retcrmetory.
The Ordway new era., 1907-03-15

Sheer white goods, in fact, any hns
wash goods when new, owe much Of
their attractiveness to the way they
are laundered, this being done In .
manner to enhance their textile beau.
ty. Home laundering would be equal.
ly satisfactory II proper attention was
given to starching, the first essential
being good Starch, which has sufficient
strength to stiffen. without thickening
the goods. Try Defiance Starch and
you will be pleasantly surprised at the
improved appearance OF your work.
The Ordway new era., 1907-03-15
Honor Robert Fulton.

$4,000 or 100000. which is regarded
sufficient for the purpose. AS soon
as congress has made the desired ap.
preparation commission will proba-
bly, be appointed to gather from mu-
seums and other places relics worth
sending to the exposition.
The exposition Is being promoted by
the French Maritime league under the
guidance Of the ministers Of marine
and commerce Of the French govern.
ment.
The Ordway new era., 1907-03-15
|SMITH Twice SAVED
TWO INDIAN MAipENs RESCUED
GALLANT CAPTAIN.
Poeahontas Won Famous Explorer for
Whom Another Gave UP Her Life.
According to Ancient Doeu-
ments Just Found.

Bangor. Me.-Robert II. Gardiner of
Gardiner has. in rumaging through
some old papers relating to the early
history OF the Kennebec river, dis
covered that Pocahontas was not the
only Indian maiden that saved the life
Of Capt. John Smith; that there was a
Pocahontas in Maine named Schools,
who died romantically while shielding
the gallant captain from arrows aimed
at him with deadly intent.
In the summer of 1914, according to
the papers, Capt. Smith made visit
to the Kennebec valley, ascending the
river to the chief village. where now
stands the city of Gardiner. Schools.
daughter OF the chief, famed among
the Indians for her beauty. seems to
have been something of tiirt. for
Capt. Smith had scarcely set foot in
the village when she struck up an ac-
quaintance and began the practice of
all the arts and wiles known to the Ca
bassas feminine society in order to
win his favor.
Although Smith was most gallant
and courteous man. the princess made
affection was occupied with important
affairs and had no time, even II he had
the inclination. for sentimental adven-
lures.
When, having been most cordially
received, Capt. Smith and his men
were ready to take their departure
one of his lieutenants named Hunt, a
quarrelsome and ambitious man, mu-
tinted and, Joined by some of the
| party, set out on new expedition.
taking along with them several OF
the Cabassas tribe as captives.
The chief of the tribe. not knowing
OF the mutiny, and thinking the whites
to be all of one party, pursued Capt.
Smiths band with n large force. eager
for revenge. Schools. wishing To
warn the captain, ran on ahead of the
| avenging braves and came upon the
white meL Just as they had encamped
| for the night, n few miles down the
river.
The chief and his warriors were
| close behind. and Just as Schools flung
herself in front OF Capt. Smith show
er of arrows fell upon the camp. One
| arrow pierced the devoted maiden !
breast as she stood shielding the cap
tain. and thus. while he was saved
| she fell dead at his feet.
The chief of the Cabassas. amazed
and Mortified at this tragedy. ordered
hostilities to cease, and thus Smith
had an opportunity to explain that II
was the mutineers who had taken the
captives. The red men conveyed the
body OF Schools back to their village
and, having with ceremony laid hel
away near what is now Randolph
churchyard. went in pursuit OF Hum
and his party, who were overtakcr
and slain near Norridgewock.
Mr.. Gardiner. who came upon the
record of this romantic episode. Is try
| Ing to locate the grave of Schools
with the intention of having Ii suitabl,
| marked.
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Anticipating q Need.

II saw a strange thing the other
night said the bachelor girl. II was
with friend at cafe when another
friend, tall. handsome, bearded chap,
came over and asked me II he might
have his dinner brought to our table
and sit with us. We said OF course, ;
and It was done. When he had near.
ly finished his dinner he took the last
chop. folded It up In his napkin-in
the presence Of the waiter. too, and
put It In his pocket.
"T always wake at about three in
the morning he explained. nearly
starved 70 death. 10 every night Of
wrap up what q left cS ny dinner 70
sat at that hear N
The Ordway new era., 1907-03-15
Dog and Rabbit Are Friends.

A correspondent tells an interest.
ing story Of friendship between a
Scotch terrier and hare at Dun.
fermline, Scotland. The pair occu.
py the same hutch and lie down side
by side. The dog. evidently consider
ing himself the guardian Of his weak
or companion. watches suspiciously
the movements of any stranger who
approaches too near.
z When the hare gets an outing IN
the garden the terrier remains In CON.
slant attendance. apparently to AFFORD
sush Drotsctioe . nay - nssdsA
The Ordway new era., 1907-03-15
g(oav or A SHAFT PILED
WITH ekgLeToNs.
leepeetsd to Have Found
HFepeeeys Once Worked
~ Dsseribed as Be-
n1u1ot1o Riei ess.

Galns, about % miles
ancient Spanish
rcovered by w. w.
1o4Gupposed to be the
1|x ~ gold and silver
~ Dndition us OF fab
~ have gone in
80 Tradition says
n Don were employ
~ were all mas
~. = mo covered the
M 0I6vidence Of It's ex.
arooors' discovery Is
- mine in company
& M men. They dis
II Rft opened into n
1 W depth OF only 20
= ~ 1oDco. In this cham
f3vlD ~ Ckeletons. number
~ ~ I These were sup
~ ~ 11D1ns OF the miners
~ ~ -. IN tho same
E11Et Found many an
~ 1nI IN so guns OF an.
N1uin1 ~ = found.
1ltion there were
1pusand dollars of
God at the mine at
; - 111} ) was made by In.
"a Id his companions
~ lon.
l0;0 eo me shaft the ruins
~ q ing furnaces oper.
ID - nth the mine were
ln4s. Of the old ore
~ Gtanding.
I1( of this mine has
r ut throughout this
e - Mr.. Chambers has
|Eo4 ms adjacent to the
1p4 ~ mining prospectors
NJ ~ locality and all of
~ miles surrounding
a. prospected for min
"a ~ old records the
~ more than s2.OOO.000
The mine during the
worked 1t. Charles L.
on, Mass. made sew
cate the San Saba
ago. 1t is said that
The Ordway new era., 1907-03-15
Hie cexste1 eeneeelea.

@IAsrs q one feeling sure voujo
me 70 have before ! de-" said the
thoushtful young man ~ he looks1
up from the magazine story he was
reading.
"And what is that?" asked his corr
panion. who sat looking out Of the
club window.
'T should like to feel . 'berserk
rage whatever that Is. that all these
novel heroes have when things 30
wrong with the heroine. But perhaps"
he sighed drearily. II shouldn't know
It II I had 1t. / might think itswas
hives. or Indigestion. or epilepsy com.
ing over me. It's an awful thing NOT
TO have an education. Judge.
The Ordway new era., 1907-03-15
Monastery to BE Authors Homo.

Maurice MaeterlInck. the Belgian
author, has bought Wandrinne abbey.
the beautiful old monastery on the
banks of the Seine between Rouen
and Caudebec. The building used to
be the home OF 400 monks and,
though it is 1900 years old. may be
restored to q habitable condition.
The Ordway new era., 1907-03-15
Display at Bordeaux
Exposition.

display at Bordeaux
Exposition.
Here is every indica-
b of the state de-
hgress will answer
by the department
lt and by him
the house and ap-
Dr the governments
d the international
- at Bordeaux this
play will be opened
= the centennial Of
beam navigation by
his name will bs
The family Of
D some of the great
and some Of the
bop. It II expected
. American warship
prdeaux during the
Sat nations, includ-
fitain. Japan, Italy,
8, will send exhib-
nes nenof.war.
has IN mind the
kvilion, lt Will b
eust more than
The Ordway new era., 1907-03-15

w. A. Mitchell. dealer in general
merchandise. Martin, Ga, writes:
My wife lost in weight from 130
to 6S pounds. We saw she could
not live long. She was a skeleton.
so we consulted an old physician.
He told her to try Peruna.
"She gradually commenced i'm.
proving and getting little
strength. She now weighs LOG
pounds. She is gaining every day.
and does her own housework and
cooking"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-10-29
Came Near It,


Wit and humor are such elemental.
fundamental things that it has al
ways been found difficult to analyze
them. Upon some points, however,
those who have essayed this puzzling
task agree, for they all hold that wit
is an intellectual, humor an emotional.
quality; that wit is perception of re-
semblance and humor perception Of
contrast, of discrepancy, of incongru-
ity. The incongruity IS that which
arises between the ideal and the fact,
between theory and practice, between
promise and performance, and perhaps
It might be added that 1t is always or
almost always a moral incongruity. In
the case both of wit and humor there
is also pleasurable surprise, a gentle
shock which accompanies our percep-
ton of the hitherto unsupported re-
semblance or incongruity. A New
England farmer was once describing
In the presence of very humane per-
son the great age and debility Of a
horse that he formerly owned and
used. "You ought to have killed him.
interrupted the humane person indig-
nantly. "Well," drawled the farmer,
I'VE st"-Atlantic.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-10-29
Majestic Webster.

Theodore Parker gave the following
graphic description OF Daniel Webster
In the famous three hour sermon
preached soon after Websters death:
He was man Of large mold,
great body and great brain. He
seemed made to last a hundred years.
Since Socrates there has seldom been
head so massively large save the
stormy features Of Michael Angelo.
Sine Charlemagne l think there has
not been such grand figure In all
Christendom. A large man, decorous
In dress, dignifled in department, he
walked as ii he felt himself a king.
The coal beavers and porters Of London
looked on him as one Of the great
forces Of the globe. They recognized
native king. In the senate Of the
United States he looked an emperor IN
that council. Even the majestic Cal
houn seemed common compared with
him. Clay looked vulgar and Van
Buren, but fox What a mouth he
had! 1t was lions mouth, yet there
was sweet grandeur In the smile and
a woman's softness when he would.
What brow it was! What eyes-like
charcoal fires in the bottom Of deep,
dark well! His face was rugged with
volcanic fires-great passions and great
thoughts, "The front of Jove himself;
an eye like Mars, to threaten and COM
mand."
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-10-29
His Awful Fate.

An American visitor In German
city bought dachshund. The AMI
mails length Of body, short and pecul-
iarly shaped legs and "hlghly intelli-
gent dachs face" he writes, would
have made the dog conspicuous among
the finest of his breed. zone day we
missed him and were unable to find
our pet. Next day his dead body, a
little longer than in life, was shown
to me by the man who came to tell us
he had found the dog. He was very
dead, but did want to know how he
met his untimely end and after inquir-
Ing learned that he had been run over
by Neutrality-suspicious.
I could readily understand how that
would have killed even an elephant
and wanted to know why the internal
machine had been allowed to come In
to the city. 1t was relief to be told
that Observation-Disclosures
Is wagon on which mirror plates are
transported. Poor little dachs'
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-10-29
a ,i;dao,,e Drean,.

] had horrible dream few nights
ago dreamed that l was the sub
editor OF a religious weekly. There is
nothing dreadful in that Of course.
The horrible part comes later. My
editor, Just off forya holiday-edltors
generally are, you ow-instructed me
to write to several people Of eminence
and ask them to tell me their favorite
prayer. q record this little story in
all reverence. you understand) Well,
many of the eminent people replied,
including & lady novelist Of great
fame. The lady wrote:
Dear sir-In reply to your esteemed ia
vor. l have much pleasure in informing
you that my favorAte prayer Is. "Give us
this day our daily bread"
/ placed it at the head of the COL
umn, put the paper to bed and went
there myself, feeling pleased. Next
morning when l opened my copy Of
the religious weekly found that three
letters had been dropped from the lady
novelist's favorite prayer, which, to my
CONSERVATION, now read as follows:
"Give us this day our daily adj"
woke up screaming.-Keble Howard in
Sketch.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-10-29
A Strenuous Statesman.

In his ECLIPSE and O'Kelly" Theo-
dore Andrea Cook tells a story Of the
English statesman and sport Fox. He
had wagered something about a waist
coat which could only be obtained in
Paris; went off to Dover by night,
caught the mail packet, posted to Par
Is and back to Calais, and remembered
he had horse racing at Newmarket.
BE chartered a fishing boat bound for
the eastern counties, just got to New
market in time for the race, took the
post back to London and stopped on
the way to dine. In the middle Of the
port and dice after dinner he was
caught by special messenger who had
been tearing over half of. England in
search of him and reminded that he
had to move to bring in a marriage bill
In the house Of commons He rushed
to the stables, reached the house in
time to make brilliant speech in re-
ply to North and Burke and defeated
North on division by single vote.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-10-29
The Sheik and His House.

When the French came into contact
with the Bedouin in Algeria, it was
thought that ready way Of civilizing
him would be to assist him to build
himself permanent habitation. A
sheik who was thus favored was full
Of gratitude to the French engineers
who had built him q house.
''Since my house was finished" he
said, II have not lost single sheep.
I lock them up in my house every
night, and next morning l find them
all in safety"
'Then where do you sleep yourself2"
asked an officer in amazement.
ooh, for myself, sheik can live
only in his tentw said the other, with
dignity.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-10-29
THINKS HANGING BEE" WILL BE
- - BENEFICIAL. -

q. The Grand Rapids Independent
has the following to say relative to
the imposing of the death penalty
on Mum and Mathieson and the
setting of the dates by the. governor
for the executions:
Governor Johnson is loath,
according to press reports, to set a
date for the execution of the Bel
trami county murderers. If the
governor only knew what a wide
spread effect for good the executions
would have in this north country,
he would hesitate not a minute, but
hasten the date, that justice would
not have a chance to miscarry. The
governors contention that capital
punishment is a relic of barbaric
ages may be all right, alright, but
the same mi ght be said about shoot
ing fellow man in cold blood, and
looks to us as though something
more than year or two or three in
prison and then a pardon ought to
be done to put stop to the
extremely careless use of life-des-
troying implements in this great
state"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-10-29
The Bees Feet.

Naturalists say that the feet of the
common working bee exhibit the curl
GUS combination of basket, a brush
and pair of pinchers. The brush, the
hairs Of which are arranged in SYM
metrical rows, is seen only with a high
grade microscope. With this brush OF
fairy delicacy the bee brushes it's VEL
vet robe to remove the pollen dust with
which it becomes loaded while suck
Ing up the nectar of flowers. Another
delicate apparatus is the spoon shaped
appendage that receives the gleanings
that the bee wishes to carry to the
hive. Finally, by opening the brush
and the basket by means of neat lit
tie hinge, the two become a pair of
pinchers, which render important serv-
ice In constructing the cells for the
reception Of the honey.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-10-29
Blond Indians.

One of the mysteries of Mexico Is
presented by the Maya Indians, who
inhabit the Sierra Madre mountains in
the lower part Of Sonora. They have
fair skins, blue eyes and light hair, and
students Of ethnology have always
been puzzled to account for them.
There is tradition, however, that
these Indians are the descendants of
the crew and passengers Of Swedish
vessel wrecked on the Mexican coast
centuries before Columbus discovered
the new world. But this tradition is
founded on nothing more substantial
than folklore tale current among
them that their ancestors came over
the big salt water hundreds Of moons
ago.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-10-29
Trades That Kill.

One Of the most dangerous Of trades,
according to the Pilgrim, ''is the cover
ing of toy animals with skin, channels
leather being used, for instance, for
the elephants, calfskin for the horse
and goatsl1in for the camels. This
covering must Of course fit without
wrinkle to look natural, so the wood
en- model is first dipped into glue, then
sprinl1led with chalk dust; then the
skin is put on. The chalk is so fine
that it fills the air and is drawn into
the throat and lungs. A year Of this
sort of work often results in death.
Another very injurious toy is the rub
Der balloon. The fumes and solvents
used in reducing sheet rubber to the
necessary thinness while retaining it's
strength and the dyeing Of the bril-
liant yellows, greens and purple are
most of them poisonous.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-10-29
Reading the Face,

Restless eyes denote a deceitful, de-
signing disposition; greenish eyes mean
falsehood, malice and love Of scan
dal; blue eyes tell of tendency to CO.
Quetry; black eyes mean a lively, spir-
tied and sometimes deceitful charac-
ter; eyes with a yellowish, bloodshot
white usually betoken strong emotions
and hot temper; gray eyes mean dig
nifty and intelligence and brown eyes q
tender, true, kind and happy nature. A
mouth had better be too large than too
small, for a very small, pursed up
mouth Is seldom significant Of good
conversational power. Large mouths
are more often found in conjunction
with liberal dispositions than very
small ones. A person with pointed
chin Is fanciful, refined in taste and
difficult to please. A broad, square
chin signifies ardent love, often accom-
panied by jealousy. A broad, round
chin means ardent love, with a stead
fastness and purity Of affection.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-10-29
A SwelIed Head

A typical Englishwoman, when some
one spoke the other day Of a certain
man having s'swelled head" looked
daZed. Really! You don't mean it."
cried the Englishwoman. ''I'm very
sorry" A day or so later the English
woman, happening to meet the wife
of the man in question, observed that
she was so sorry to hear that Mr..
Blank was i'll.
'But he isn't!' cried the wife. "He
was never better in his life.'
"Is that 500" said the Englishwo-
man. "Why, what could Mrs. Dash
have meant the other day when she
said he was suffering from swelled
head?'
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-10-29
A Froq of Peculiar Habits,

South America. has frog Of peculiar
habits. Dwelling in the virgin forests,
at the tops of the highest trees, it
chooses as a site for it's nursery some
hollow stump and then proceeds to
line it with resin procured from trees
in the neighborhood. This lining serves
to catch and hold the rainwater, with
which it quickly becomes filed. AS
soon as this takes place the eggs are
laid therein, and here they undergo de-
velopment into tadpoles. How the re-
sin is collected is mystery, nor is it
yet known how the separate pieces be-
come welded to form the water tight
basin necessary to insure the safety Of
the treasures deposited therein.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-10-29
CIassed as an Antique Also.

A charming hostess Of one of the
big houses" as they are called by
those who are welcomed into them,
has the added beauty of prematurely
white hair, says the Washington Star.
That which seems to her contempt
raries an added charm may appear to
the crudely young a mark Of decline,
at least so it appears in one instance
Of which the hostess herself tells with
enjoyment
The lady is connoisseur Of antiques.
At one of her teas a debutante rich
with the glow of youth, but sadly con-
strained with her sense of her own
novelty, was handed cup Of tea. The
cup was beautifully blue and wonder
fully old. The hostess, desiring to
tighten the strain on her youthful
guest by pleasingly diverting re-
mark, said, "That little cup is $50
years old"
"Oh," came the debutante's high
strained tones, chow careful you must
be to have kept it so long,"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-10-29
His Narrow Escape.

A jolly old steamboat captain with
more girth than height was asked If
he had ever had any very narrow es-
capes.
''Yes," he replied, his eyes twinkling,
"once fell off my, boat at the mouth
of Bear creek, and, although Pm an
expert swimmer, I guess I'd be there
now If 1t hadn't been for my crew.
You see, the water was just deep
enough SOS to be over my head when
I tried to wade out, and just shallow
enough"-he gave his body an ex-
planatory pat-"so that whenever I
tried to swim out dragged bottom"
Every ody's.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-10-29
A Testimonial For Veracitv.

n estImonIal For Veracity.
tits moighty foine thing to have a
character for truthfulness," remarked
OGrady when he returned home the
other evening.
"1ndade an it is that same" agreed
Mrs. O'Grady, with an approving nod,
as she hauled one child out of the fen
der and scraped the cinders of his
frock. AN what makes ye say that
Phelim?'
"'Cause me master behaves in me
veracity intoirely," was the response
Of Phelim. He lighted his short pipe
and took his accustomed seat on q
broken chair near. the chimney. II
tould him this morning that I couldn't
help being late an that 1 had run a
MOLE In minute an a half to. get
there in tonne. An what do We think
he said?"
"Mebbe that ye desarved another
sixpence week. 49,. @, ~r
Better than that These are his
very words. 'O'Grady,' ses he, OF wud
just as soon behave ye If ye sed We
had done it in half a minute So We
see what faith he has In me veracity
intoirely. London Answers.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-10-29
When Did You Oil Your w.+oh,


When did you oil your watch last3
Never? You may remember when you
fabricated your sewing machine, type
writer, lawn mower or grindstone
within a year, probably-but your
watch you never oiled, that you can
remember. Yet in period Of eighteen
months the balance wheel turns on
Its axis 1906, 100000 times. Expert
watchmakers say that watch should
be thoroughly cleaned and oiled every
eighteen months. Many persons wear
a watch for years, winding it up each
night, and never oil it. Watches are
instruments Of uncertain age: some
run indefinitely, keeping accurate time.
without need Of repairs. As matter
OF fact, nothing is so neglected as this
small, delicate and useful instrument
North American.