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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-26
The Faithful Little Guide.

Outlines have seen tall ship glide
by against the tide as if drawn by
some invisible towline with hundred
strong arms pulling it. Her sails hung
unified; her streamers were dropping;
she had neither side wheel nor stern
wheel. Still she moved on stately in
serene triumph, as If with her own
life. But I knew that on the other side
of the ship, hidden beneath the great
hulk that swan so majestically, there
was little toiling steam tug with a
heart Of fire and arms Of iron that was
hugging it close and dragging it brave
ly on, and knew that If the little
steam tug untwined her arms and left
the tall ship it would wallow and roll
about and drift hither and thither and
go off with refuent tide, no man knows
whittier. And so have known more
than one genius, high decked, full
freighted, wide sailed, gay pennoned,
that but for the bare toiling arms and
brave, warm-beating heart of the faith
full little wife that nestled close to him
so that no wind or wave could part
them would soon have gone down
stream and been heard Of no more
Oliver Wendell Holmes. -...
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-26
Monster Spider Crabs.

II have collected specimens of crabs
In all parts of the world" said nat
uralist, "but I shall never forget the
pleasure I experienced in securing
monstrous specimen Of the Japanese
spider crab, the largest ever found.
The combined length Of the feeding
arms of this monster was more than
twelve feet, while the body portion
was about twenty inches across. When
alive, it weighed about seventy five
pounds. One of the oldest things
about these creatures Is their ability
to assume disguise. This feat they
are able to perform owing to the fext-
bility of their pinchers and to the
hooked hairs and spines with which
their numerous arms are studded. By
means of their pinchers they tear of
small fragments Of sponges and sea-
weeds. After first putting these to
their months, which contain glutinous
saliva, they place them on the sur
face Of their limbs and bodies by
sticking them fast with a rubbing
movement. By this method the crab
succeeds in completely changing its
appearance and rendering itself indis-
tinguishable from the materials COM
mon to the bottom Of the sea. While
crawling along 1t seems as though a
portion Of the ocean bed was In mo-
ton, SO close is the resemblance"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-26
A Policeman,. strategy.

When Captain w. e. Weber was =
patrolman clothing store upon his
beat was robbed one night. The thief
had taken off his own old clothes and
left them in the store. He had put on
a new suit and worn it away. The old
suit was that Of boy about fifteen
years old.
Weber gathered up the clothes and
took them to the old fire patrol house
at Seventh avenue and Wyandotte
street. He put them upon the floor
and, turning the hose on them, drench-
! ed them with water Then he went
down to the junction, where at that
time the newsboys congregated in
great numbers. He gathered dozen
Of them around him.
"Boys," he said, "the police found
some clothes down on the river bank
this morning. 1t looks like boy had
been drowned. l want all Of you to
come up to the fire station and look at
the clothes, Maybe you can tell me who
they belonged to-
No sooner had the "newsies" gath
cred around the pile Of water soaked
clothes than one little fellow spoke up:
'"Them's Nifty Smiths. I seen him
wearin' them red galluses, an he sew
ed that patch on the knee there his
SELF"
Other boys corroborated this story.
In less than an hour the officer had
corralled Nifty and made him confess
to the robbery.-Kansas City Star.
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The Fractured Ler.

A visitor was going through the chill
dren's surgical ward of one of the city
hospitals when he spied a little fellow
with his legs In the air and his weight
resting on his head and shoulders. Co.
Ing closer, he saw that the boys feet
were fastened with ropes which passed
through. pulley above. At the other
ends Of the ropes were weights, just
heavy enough to hold the boys legs in
the air without lifting him entirely of
the bed. i ,.s-.@
whats all that about?'' asked the
visitor. doesn't it hurt him7"
~. "Not at ALL" answered the physician
who was accompanying. "He doesn't
look unhappy, does he? That's the
way we always handle fractures Of
the leg with a child. Otherwise the
youngsters squirm around SO that they
work the splints loose. Only. one Of
this boys legs is injured, but they are
both swung in the air for his greater
comfort. New York Post.
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Hog and Boiled Turkey.

"The hog" said Baltimore Judge,
lis the greatest animal in the world.
Every part Of him has different fla
vor, and each favor is better than that
of any other animal in the world"
Better than terrapinY
II don't call a terrapin an animal.
The terrapin is creation. But, to re
turn to the hog, all Of him is good,
from his tail to his front feet Chine
Is great dish, but it doesn't compare
with jowl. Jowl and turnip tops in the
spring can be beaten by only one thing,
and that is boiled hen turkey. No
body but Yankee or heather would
roast hen turkey in the spring Hen
turkeys are fat before they lay, and
the favor is delicious. Properly cook
ed and served, such dish Is fit for
kings, and nations have gone to war
for less cause. Baltimore News.
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A Fatal Sleep.

Hugh Miller, the Scottish geologist
and writer, was one of the most illus
trious Of sleepwalkers. Miller, who
had been addicted to somnambulism in
his youth, found his restlessness return
while he was. engaged upon his "Tes-
timony of the Rocks" He used to
wake In the morning feeling, as he
said, as If he had been abroad in the
night wind, dragged by some invisible
power and ridden by witches. On the
night Of his death he slept alone. In
the morning they found him stretched
dead on the floor with bullet through
his breast. He had written a note to
his wife: my brain burns. I must
have walked, and fearful dream rises
upon me. I cannot bear the horrible
thought My brain burns as the rec
election grows" So intense had been
the poor fellows anguish that to make
certain his end he had torn back shirt
and vest and placed the muzzle Of the
pistol to his naked fesh.-St. James
Gazette. f. '..-~.-.. - -.
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Poisoned With Food.

If one were to say that thousands of
people regularly and almost system
atically poison themselves with food,
it would strike the average layman as
extravagant. The opinion Of the lay
man, however, cuts no figure when
compared with the scientific deductions
Of one who has carefully observed the
facts. How many people are there
who select their food with care, eat 1t
at the right time and in the proper
way to secure good digestion and sub
sequent absorption Of just the physi-
sologically correct amount Of nutriment
required to repair the waste incurred
by the duties Of everyday life? There
are very few. Some starve themselves,
but the great majority go to the other
extreme and constantly overeat. One
eats too much at regular mealtimes,
while another eats less, but feeds more
frequently. In either case the diges-
tive apparatus is overtaxed.-A Ply
sician in New York World.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-26
Men Are Bigger Now.

Until the sixteenth century armor
developed in logical way, its forms
We're governed by the necessities of
war, and changes in it were the re-
suit Of practical experience and actual
experiment on the battlefield. After
the sixteenth century it became fam
tastc and meaningless, gala costume
rather than harness. The greatest
captains opposed its use, but the no
bles chung to it as mark Of distinc-
ton. After it was made bullet proof
1T became SO enormously heavy that at
the end Of the sixteenth century 1t
was complained that gentlemen of thir-
ty were even at that age deformed by
the weight of their armor. In spite of
the huge armors Of Henry VIII, Of
Anthony Of Burgundy and Of some 9TH
ers, the average size of the modern
man is greater than that Of the SOL
der Of the middle ages and the re-
Nuisance, If we can Judge from the
armor preserved in the museums of
England and the continent, which are,
with few exceptions, small and mar
row, especially the leg and thigh
pieces.-London Mail.
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An Anatomical Puzzle.

Behind the bridge of your nose Is a
little cavity in the skull, the origin of
which appears to be unknown. It
probably was 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.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-26
Forests of Stone

Stone forests are found In various
parts Of the world. In many cases
they are hardened by some popularity
of the atmosphere and are found stand
ing just as they were when clothed
with green foliage thousands of years
ago. The Little Colorado river, in Ari-
iona, has long been famous as a local
ity for such finds. At one place more
than 1900 cords Of solid stone, tree
trunks, sections, limbs and logs, were
found by the government surveyors.
Most Of them were silicifed, many
seven to ten feet in diameter and from
twenty to eighty feet in height Geol-
ogists say that the petrified trees Of
the Little Colorado were once covered
with mari over 1000 feet In depth.
Some Of the trees have been changed
to Jasper and have assumed various
hues; others resemble opal, and when
broken open the core is often found
lined with crystals Of the most beau
tiful tints.
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IRRITATING Americanfsms

One Of the most irritating of Amer
icanisms Is the use Of limb for
branch" Limb" for 'leg'' has al
ways been accepted as an American
prudery, but what is the matter with
nch2" Careful Anglophile writer's
are beginning now to reintroduce this
latter word, but climb" has hitherto
been the transatlantic word with all
authors. If it is also old English we
shall not mind SO much, but Is it7 The
joke Of the verse is at least 1900 years
old, but how old is the English YER
sion ?-London Chronicle.
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Revival Meetings Brought to Close.

Therevival meetings which have
ben held at the Baptist church
during the last two weeks were
brought to d close last evening,
when the final meeting of the
series was held.
Rev. J. E. Conant, pastor of
the Chicago Avenue Baptist
church at Minneapolis, has been
here and assisted Rev. Broom
field in conducting the meetings.
Rev. Conant delivered some ex-
cellent addresses, and with his
really fine singing caused many
to profess conversion, and there
has been general revival of
religious spirit.
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A robust Ghost

John Leech and member of the
Millais family once stayed a night at
Cowdray hall, In England, where, many
guests being present, the two friends
had no alternative but to accept rooms
In an isolated wing supposed to be
haunted. In the middle Of the night
Millais awoke, believing that some
giant was shaking him violently by the
shoulder. This, was supposed to be
the favorite device Of the ghost. He
rushed into corridor and found Leech
sitting there trembling and declaring
that he would not for the world go
back to his room. They spent the re-
mainder of the night in the corridor,
but In the morning said nothing Of
their experiences. In the afternoon
there arrived an evening paper telling
Of violent earthquake in the locality
The earthquake was what the two Wis.,
itors believed to be their ghost.
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The Ungainly ssMud Devil.n

A most curious, ugly and ungainly
semi-aquatic creature is that which is
known by the common name Of mud
devil or hellbender. The mud devil
has neither the spiked tail, the horned
head nor the cloven hoofs that are sup
posed to be the distinguishing marks
Of the evil one, but he Is hideous
enough to suggest all sorts Of horrid
dreams and nightmares, and on that
account has been made more repulsiye
by the bestowal Of his uneuphonious
common name. He is not poisonous in
any way, has no horns or sting, but is
simply mud devil because he is re-
pulsively ugly. In general appearance
his distorted and wart covered BODY is
not exactly unlike that OF a gigantic
tadpole. His average length Is about
eighteen inches, but occasional well fed
individuals may exceed even two feet
from tip to tip. He has broad, fiat
head and sharp, sawlike Am running
from the middle Of the back tp the tall
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Sorroyxs of q Humorist.

"This thing Of being a humorist is
about the saddest thing know sigh
ed Simeon Ford. can ordinary person
can have his moods and humors as he
pleases, but must always be on the
Job. am constantly being invited out,
not because I'm liked for myself alone
or because Of my manly beauty, but
because am expected to entertain the
assemblage. The rest of the company
may be as dull as dishwater, but If
do not shake up the gathering with a
few jokes the hostess glares at me and
really feels resentful. I may be sunk
In the slough Of despond, but just as
soon as take my seat all lean forward
and eye me expectantly. Ny son.. new
er get reputation for being funny. It
Is the most mournful thing on EARTH"
New York Press. 1870.
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He Wins the Palm,

Many stories have been told Of mean
men, such as he who used a wart for
a collar button and he whose birthday
gift to his son consisted in washing the
windows so that the lad might watch
the cars go by. This man, however.
seems to have won the palm. There
was an extremely mean man in New
Hampshire who was the proprietor Of
a hotel. By his direction rules were
posted in the hostelry forbidding al
most every conceivable privilege to
those not guests Of the place. There
was absolutely no chance for the cas-
ual loafer to get newspapers, pens, ink,
stationery, etc. There were not even
free seats in the Office. One day he
Glanced to observe a chronic loafer
gazing at the old clock that hung on
the wall. The next day a sign was
placed over the clock. It read, .This
clock is for the use Of the guests of the
hotel only Success Magazine.
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Prof1igate spendthrffts.

The wealth of many of the ancient
Romans was reckoned far into the
millions. Mark Antony during his
somewhat S1eckered career squander-
ed no less than $735, 100000, and IT,
berius left at his death over eighteen
millions, which Caligula spent In less
than year. Records show that this
spendthrift paid $15O,o00 for one sup
per. Horace tells us that Pegellus, q
singer, could in five days spend $40,-
600. and Clodius on small wager
swallowed a pearl worth nearly $4O,-
coo. The estate Of Crassus was valued
at $8,4O0,000. Lucullus .dined at the
rate Of $4,000 meal for several weeks.
Lentulus was worth not less than six
teen millions, and Apicus squandered
nearly five millions Of dollars in few
weeks
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Noblest Birth
By Honore willsie
Copyright. 1905. by G. h. sutclihe

Haryell lay in the bottom Of his ca
noe. The canoe was tied few feet out
from the shore, and the river, deep,
powerful and mysterious, tugged at the
trail little craft. But Harvell did not
heed the call. The darkness was deep,
yet luminous, with the promise of an
early moon, and the night wind that
swept from shoreward was sweet and
heavy with the fragrance of blooming
rushes.
Harvell stared upward to the stars,
every sense as keenly alive to the
beauty Of the scene as if mind and
heart had not been given over for days
to the problem which he had thrown
himself Into the canoe to solve Final
~ he stirred restlessly and said half
aloud:
mo. It's no use. can't do it. She is
too fine and thoroughbred for a great,
common born chap like me to marry.
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Teeth of Chambermaids,

Have you ever noticed that every
chambermaid who has been taking
care Of the hay and feathers for q
number Of years Is usually devoid Of a
few teeth Of the upper "case?' Vet
eran chambermaids can seldom show
full set Of upper teeth. The absence
OF the worries is explained as follows
by downtown dentist: 1.-THE teeth Of
the maids which. l replace with arti-
fetal ones are pi1lowcase teeth. They
are constantly used in putting on pill
lowcases and are not strong enough to
stand the strain. Their work Is a con-
slant wear and tear on the teeth" -
Pittsburg Dispatch. ~. !,
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Valuable Pebbles.

Between the northern point of Long
Island and Watch Hill lies 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.
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Ell Dorado.

=. The modern meaning of Ell 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 81 Dorado,
and many adventures, among them
Sir Walter Raleigh, endeavored to find
it; hence the name has come to mean
a golden country Of the mind, fabu-
lous land of fabulous wealth, much as
Cockaigne, a fancied land Of luxury
and idleness.-New, York American.
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The Prize Cow.

Take for yourself we'll bred COW,
get her on full feed, cram and feed and
stuff and cram her for, say, a year
Go to the trouble Of washing and cur
rying and scrubbing and combing her
twice day, get down on your hunk
ers, my friend, sandpaper her hoofs,
groom her legs, polish her horns and
brush her tail, and by the time show
season comes around you should have
q very creditable looking show cow
Sheridan (Mo.) Advance.
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A Different palex,

Miss Backbay-Yo You are familiar, in
general way, with paleontology, are
you not? Mr.. Carondelet-No, l don't
remember that ever happened across
It. But once read Paley on "Ev'-
dences of Christianity" or something
like that, when was a boy, and
found 1t awful heavy reading. Chica-
go Tribune.
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And-no, even if she should be will
Ing, which is an insane thought on my
part I've no right to let her sacrifice
herself.7|Tll stay until tomorrow and
them plead business and disappear
There was a little stir near the pier,
as of the underbrush, then a woman 8
voice, wonderfully clear and sweet:
I Lets sit here and wait for the moon
to rise. The bungalow is so close and
hot tonight" Il
| Harvell caught his breath. It was
she. The voice that replied he recog-
nized as that Of his married sister, who
was chaperoning the bungalow party.
| "You haven't been yourself at all, Mar
garet, during the entire week"
II know it, Agnes" The voice, with
it's tired note, was very touching, and
Harvell stirred restlessly. I'm use
less to myself and every one else
every one else,' she repeated, as If. to
herself. ls
"Oh, nonsense! Peggy, you are too
fine and wholesome to talk So I
wish Agnes stopped as if not daring
to go on. -.
/ Margaret's voice continued: II want
you to help me to steal off tonight,
Agnes. want to go home, and may
| joint the Westburys and go to Paris.
The stage goes down at 8 and am
going to catch it and steal off without
word to any one. Please, Agnes"
The perspiration started to HarvelPs
face as he strained his ears to catch
Agnes reply. When it came he gasped:
Sometimes / think brother Paul Is a
foolv'
Margaret's voice was stern. agnes,
wish you would never mention Paul
Harvell's name to me. r. But her
voice was growing too faint for the
man In the canoe. to distinguish her
words, strive as he would.
They've started back to the bunga-
low" he thought. II am cad to have
listened even thus much. But, anyhow,
I've lived up to the adage I wonder
why I'm a fool''-
Suddenly a realizing sense Of Mar
garets words came to him. She was
going away, going within an hour,
and all that he had been feeling for a
year was unsaid. For moment his
stern resolve of the early evening was
forgotten. Then he sat erect, every
muscle tense with stress of feeling.
cts better so,'' he said bitterly. "It's
,, my business to begin to forget, If she
never wants to hear my name again"
He looked off toward the bank, then
gave startled exclamation. The pier
had disappeared. His canoe was float
Ing rapidly down stream, while his
paddle was safely locked in the boat
house.
I must be almost on the rapids" he
thought. With the thought the boat
turned the bend that had shut off the
sound Of the falls and the canoe was
, In the whirlpool To swim was out Of
the question, for in the river here was
mass Of Jagged rocks hidden in seeth-
Ing water. Almost instantly the canoe
was broken and capsized. Harvell,
dazed and bruised, chung to a project
: Ing rock that had wrecked him. Fight
as he would with all the force Of his
wonderful physique, he was dashed
again and again upon the stones. Yet
as he fought he was conscious of only
one thought: .
II must get there. must have just
one word with Margaret before she
goes"
Then he gave cry of remembrance.
He. with the other men of the camping
party, had been planning a footbridge
/! st -
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Mrs. MintOn Injured.

MR.. M. E. Minton sustained
painful injury yesterday. She
was sitting in a chair, when she
accidentally fell and hit her head
against a door jam, sustaining a
slight conclusion. She was con-
siderably dazed at the time, but
is much improved today, the
accident not having been of SER
iOus nature.
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Her sponxe Cake.

A young bride, after serving to her
husband Sunday dinner that was So
so, said as the mince pie was brought
on, Il intended, dear, to have some
sponge cake, too, but It has been a
total failure" "How was thatT' the
husband asked in disappointed tone,
for he was fond Of sponge cake. ."The
druggist" she explained, 'sent me the
wrong kind Of sponges."
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They Didn't Tally,

"That society newspaper published
some very flattering remarks about
me-" began Miss Devane.
EYES," replied her best friend; ''but
it was horrid Of the editor to go and
spoil it in the way he did"
"Spoil It, indeed! Why, he said I
was beautiful belle Of the younger
set and"
Yes, and then he put your photo
graph right under IT.
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A Correction.

Bertie-Father, what is an egotist?
Father-He is man who thinks he Is
smarter than any one else. Mother
MY dear, you are scarcely right The
egotist Is the man who says that he Is
smarter than. any one else. All men
think they are!