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The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-08-29
The MAY It Read.

The editor Of little paper was in
the habit Of cheering up his subscrib-
ers daily with column Of short peril
nent comments on their town, their
habits and themselves. The depart
ment was the most popular thing in
the paper. "
The editor, as he saw it growing in
favor, gradually allowed himself
wider latitude in his remarks until the
town passed much Of its time conjec-
turing "what he'd das't to say next"
On hot day when the simoom whis-
tied gayly up the street of the town,
depositing everywhere it's burden Of
sand, the editor brought forth this gem
Of thought:
"Al the windows along Main street
need washing badly"
The next morning he was waited on
by a platoon Of indignant citizens, who
confronted him with the paragraph in
question fresh from the hands of the
compositor and Informed him fiercely
that he had gone too far. After hasty
and Mortified glance he admitted that
he had. 1t now read:
Cali the widows along Main street
need washing badly
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Tho Cunning Actor.

A specialist in dipsomanfa was talk
Ing about the cunning with which dip
somaniats in confinement will obtain
liquor. n
"a certain noted but Incorporate ac-
tor" said DR.. Gresham James. was
once locked up by his manager in or
der that he might not spoil the even
ing performance by overdrinling. Els
confinement was close. Windows,
doors-everything was locked and bar
red.
but the actor beckoned to a man in
the street, showed a greenback and
bawled to him through the closed win
dow to go and buy bottle of brandy
and clay pipe. ILL., -
'When the man returned with these
purchases the actor called:
"'Stick the pipe stem in through the
keyhole.'
"This was done.
"'Now,' said the actor, pour the
brandy carefully into the BOWL
GAS the fluid fell into the bowl the
actor sucked it up, and when his man
ager came to release him that even
ing he lay in corner quite glorious
ly drunk - Pittsburg Chronicle-Tele-
graph. ...-
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-08-29
Same Kind Of Cat.

Ethel, aged eight had succeeded In
making her dog stand up on his hind
legs. but her efforts to make the cat
do likewise resulted in the little girl
getting q bad scratch. whereupon she
exclaimed, "You D. d catv'
Her horrified mother, who overheard
her, punished her severely, but, not
.disheartened, Ethel the next morning
again endeayored to induce puss to
emulate the dog, and again she felt
the force of the feline claws. You
the angry child began, when her moth
er said warningly: "
"Ethel!'
WELL" she continued, "you are just
the same kind Of cat you were yes
terday."-Judge.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-08-29
The uncertainty of Thinus.

This is the great misfortune Of life
that 1t Is changeable and never remains
In the same state. Man." says Job,
"that Is born Of woman is Of few days
and full Of trouble He cometh forth
like q flower and Is cut down. He
deeth also as q shadow and continueth
not"
What Is more changeable? We are
told that the chameleon assumes in an
hour many colors. The sea OF the
Euripus has an evil name for it's many
changes, and the moon takes every
day Its own peculiar form. But what
Is all this compared to the changes Of
man? What Proteus ever assumed SO
many different forms as man does ey-
cry hour? Now sick, now in health:
now content, now discomfort; now sad,
now joyous; now timid. now hopeful;
now suspicious, now credulous; now
peaceful, now recalcitrant; now he
wishes, now he wishes not, and many
times he knows not what he wants.
In short, the changes are as numerous
as the accidents in an hour. SO that
every one of them turns him upside
down. The past gives him pain, the
present disturbs him, and the future
causes him agony.-Luis de Granada.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-08-29
SpeechIess, but Graphic.

A knowledge of the art of drawing
Is sometimes very useful. A well
known caricaturist had done himself
very we'll at a dance and was being
put into a cab by some friends, none
Of whom knew where he lived, and
he himself was more or less speechless
At last however, he managed to extri-
cate a pencil and a sheet of paper
from his pocket and drew a sketch,
which, when finished, he handed out
Of the cab. The drawing was a clear
sketch Of we'll known church steeple
In Langham place. They all recog-
nized it, and, with shrieks of laughter,
handed it to the cabman, who re-
marked:
"All right, I knows it-Langham
street," and he drove off.-Illustrated
Bits.
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Presence of Mind.

Although it Is not given to every
body to know exactly what to do at
the right moment, one woman at least
can lay claim to a presence Of mind
which may, without undue exaggera-
ton, be considered phenomenal. This
woman's little boy was ailing with
some trivial childish complaint, and
the doctor ordered him some medicine.
He had just taken his daily dose
when his mother said, with some ex-
element:
II quite forgot to shake that bottle
afore giein yet, Johnnie. Come here i"
Johnnie obeyed, and. much to his as
tonishment and disgust, was subject
ed to vigorous shaking from the
strong arms Of the parent, at the
conclusion of which he was laid down
with the remark:
'There, my laddie, that'll dae. 1t
should be gsy weel mixed up moo, I'm
thinkin', but don't let me forget
again."
Johnnie promised.-Pearson's Week
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-08-29
Bathless Rural ENGLAND.

Actual facts upset many scientific
theory. Theoretically, nine -tenths Of
the rural population ought not to at
tain maturity; as In fact, they are
the longest lived community in the en-
pire. We ought to vary our diet, and,
If not sworn vegetarians, take 60
much meat to SO much vegetables and
the rest. But the countryman does
not take meat-or hardly ever. He
cannot afford it. His wages are high
er than his fathers were, but then,
meat is proportionately costlier than
was formerly the case. He is for the
most part vegetable feeder. He
should frequently battle, but he does
not bathe at all. How is 1t, then.
that these men live so long and so
rarely experience illnessT' one of the
kind was asked the other day. "Well.
you see, sir" was the answer, 1--WE
don't need no baths. In the summer
we sweats SO at our work that that
serves for all the year roundv' Ru.
raj England does not bathe. Colliery
England and chimney sweeping Eng
land do.-St. James Gazette. -
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A Wardrobe In a Hat.

Grandfather De Voc is an artist who
appreciates fine millinery. His young
married daughter, however, was prac-
ticing domestic economy when hat,
beautiful creation in real lace, ar
rived for little Elise from her devoted
grandparent, whose eye had sur
rendered to this bit of baby apparel
the moment he saw it in a department
store. s-s..
'That hat is entirely too extravagant
for this family" remarked the young
mother. 'I'll take it back and see
what I can do"f,
A few days later the grandfather
called to see the baby in the new hat.
DO let me see how she looks in IT,
he said. "And how did you like it?"
every much, father, thank you. They
gave me two hats, two dresses. q
sweater and 80 cents in change for it."
Youths Companion.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-08-29
His Mothers Ruse Failed,

A Kansas City professional man,
who is prominently identified with Mis-
souri, politics, tells the following story
on himself:
my folks moved from Indiana to
Johnson county, Mo-, when was six
years Of age. We settled on farm
near Holden. The first Sunday we
were there and while the family was
preparing for Sunday school it was
discovered that I did not have any
shoes. My mother, realizing that folks
would talk if one of her children made
his first public appearance barefooted,
suggested that I have a cloth tied
around one foot to create the impress
sion that 1 was unable to wear shoes
because Of a sore foot. So the rag was
tied on me. Everything went along
smoothly, and learned all about bears
eating the bad children up when I
heard a snicker from a boy I after
ward licked. He was pointing to my
right foot. I glanced downward
"The rag had slipped off, and my
mothers ruse was ed."-Kansas
City Star
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-08-29
BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

A quarantine against all vessels
coming from Cuba is being enforced
at all Costa Rican seaports.
The lockout of laborers at Antwerp
has ended, the men voting to go back
to work at the old scale of wages, 81
per day.
An aggregate of s2,0O0,O0O will be
spent on improvements and additions
by the Chicago Great Western railway
this year.
F. H. McGuigan, until recently vice
president Of the Great Northern rail-
road, with Offices in St. Paul, Is dan
gerously Ill at Portland, Me.
Walter Donisthorpe, alias Wilson, a
former valet of King Edward VII, is
dead at the Milwaukee house of cor
rection. He was sixty-five years of
age.
The governing committee Of the
New York stock exchange has voted
to close the exchange on both Satur-
day and Monday next, as Monday is
Labor day.
liz I'LL SSIOA . VI tuS 4lA1c 4tdAlOou
company have declared semi-annual
dividends Of 2 per cent on the COM
pany's first and second preferred
stocks, payable in 1917
Off Bar point in Lake Erie Tuesday
night the steel frelghters A. G.. Brow
er, upbound, and Isaac L. Ellwood,
downbound, collided and the Ellwood
went to the bottom with a large hole
amidsh1ps.
The Minneapolis and st. Louis on
Sunday next will establish it's first
passenger train service between st.
Paul and Aberdeen, S. D., which is
taken in by the new extension which
the company Is building into that ter
ritory.
George Heinkenschlosz, once an ar
tist of merit and whose pictures are
said to adorn many New York draw
ingrooms, was picked up from the
gutter Of a street leading from the
BoWery with fractured skull that is
likely to cause his death.
AS Emperor William was saluting
the veterans at the review at Han
over his horse slipped and fell, throw
Ing his majesty to the ground. He
arose Immediately, without assistance
and unhurt, mounted another horse
and continued the review.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-08-29
Signs Of Long Life.

In view Of the diversified testimony
Of present day centenarians on the sub
ject Of longevity and its causes. it is
interesting to get little light on the
subject from Queen Elizabeths time.
"Bacon took a deep interest in lon
gevity and It's earnarks," says a ply
sician, land Bacon's signs of long life
and of short life are as true today as
they ever were. You won't live long,
Bacon pointed out, If you have soft,
fine hair, fine skin, quick growth,
large head, early corpulence, short
neck, small mouth, brittle and separat-
ed teeth and fat ears. Your life, bar
ring accidents, will be very lengthy If
you have slow growth, coarse hair, a
rough skin, deep wrinkles in the fore
head, firm flesh, a large mouth, wide
nostrils, strong teeth set close together
and hard, grisly ear" -.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-08-29
Medical Treatment at Nioht.

Medical treatment almost wholly
confined to the daytime is thought by
Dr.. Lauder, a French physician, to be
serious mistake. Disease Is most
active at night asthma. epilepsy and
other attacks coming then almost en-
tire1y observations have shown
that medicine administered in the
night hours, or both night and day,
acts better and with greater effect
than an equal dose all given in tho
daytime. It Is explained that In the
nocturnal fasting state the body alb
serbs remedies with greater energy,
while they are eliminated less quickly.
In many instances disease has resist
ed medication by day, but has yielded
to night treatment.
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The STAGE Doorkeeper,

It is one Of the traditions Of the pro-
fession that every actor and actress
on entering the theater shall say
"Good evening" and on leaving "Good
night" to the stage doorkeeper. Dur
ing the many dreary hours have
been permitted to stand in the stuffy
Railways Of many stage doorkeepers
have never known an actor, from
the haughtiest Shakespearean star to
the lowliest- chorus girl, fail to greet
the stage doorkeeper with enthusiasm.
and can remember but few instances
Of the greeting ever having been re-
turned.-Charles Belmont Davis in
Outing Magazine.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-08-29
The Claw of the Devil,

In the middle ages people recognized
witches and possessed persons by seek
ing on their bodies for what was called
the claws of the devil. It was more
or less extensive part Of the skin In
which the subject was insensible to
any touch or prick. The expert intrust-
ed with this work would close the eyes
of the subject and, armed with sharp
needle, prick here and there the differ
ent parts Of the body. The sufferer
was to answer with cry to each.
prick, and the claw of the devil on q
certain spot was recognized from the
fact that he did not cry when this spot
was examined. - From "The Major
Symptoms Of Hysteria," by Pierre
Janet.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-08-29
Chicken, CreoJe SfvIA


Doesn't this suggestion in the Ladies'
World for chicken, creole style, sound
good? F.. 81
Wash one-half pint Of rice in cold
water until no more Of the -four dis
colors the water; then place the rice In
quart of boiling chicken or veal stock
and cook until it Is tender; season with
salt and white pepper. Drain out the
rice and pack it into buttered ring
mold; then invert on hot dish ana let
the ring slip out. In the meantime
have cooked chicken cut into small
pieces and reheated in a tomato puree,
seasoned with Drowned onion, to which
add one green pepper cut into small
pieces after the seeds are removed.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-08-29
EARL OF DUNM0RE DEAD
Prominent English Christian Scientist
Expires Suddenly.

London, Aug. 2 The Earl of Dun
more, a prominent Christian Scientist
in England, who last December visited
Mrs. Mary Baker G., Eddy at Concord,
N. H.. died during the night at Trim
Icy Manor, near Canterbury. He was
suddenly attacked by illness and died
4 before doctor could be summoned.
y, The earl was born in 1841 and mar
ried a daughter of the second Earl of
/, Leicester. His only son, Viscount
= F1ncastle, a major Of the Sixteenth
lancers. succeeds to the title. The
late Earl Of Dunmore owned about 78,.
800 acres Of land.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-08-29
DoINGS AMONG BEMIDJ|S
COUNTRY NE|GAB0RS
Live Correspondents OF the Pioneer
Write the News From Their
Localities.
SPAULDiNG.

Mrs. A. p. Blom is on the sick list.
A. Blom did business at Bemidji
Saturday.
H. A. Fladhammer called on M.
Rygg Sunday.
% Theo. Westgaard was shopper at
Bemidji Thursday.
The Misses Alma and Lydia Olson
visited with Miss Magda Rygg Sun
day.
The heavy frost of Monday night did
considerable damage to corn, potatoes
and some garden truck.
at Iver Why're returned Friday from an
extended visit with friends and rela-
tives at Kirkhoven and Minneapolis.
Mrs. Rygg and daughter Cecilia
visited at G. Johnson's, near Solway,
Sunday. They were accompanied
home by Miss Helga johnson, who
returned home Monday.
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WILTON.

G. F. Rogers drove to Bemidji
Tuesday.
Melvin Ronglien drove to Memidji
Monday.
Adolph Grismer drove to Bemidji
Thursday.
Robt. Ernst and family visited at A.
Zion's Sunday.
james Watkins is erecting new
dwelling house.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Hill left Tuesday
for Penn, N. D.
Robt. Stays sister and nephew re-
turned home Sunday last.
G. F: Rogers purchased new horse
from Lester Watkins Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Crottean have
moved back on their homestead.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hans Everson attended
the ball game at Bemidji Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Burnham visited
in the country Sunday, with the latter's
parents.
Yves Wright of Bemldji delivered
oil to merchants of Wilton and Solway
Tuesday.
w. D. Foote and wife have moved
into the John Dahl house, on the south
side of Wilton.
Mrs. Alta Rodgers and her sister.
Mrs. Sessie Timms, visited friends IN
Bemidji Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warner intend in
few weeks to move onto their farm
south of Wilton.
Floyd Foote is staying with his
brother w. D. Foote, and attending
the Wilton school.
Mrs. Patterson and her daughter,
Miss Arvilla Patterson, were shopping
in Wilton Saturday.
Mr.. Adolph Dahl and his bride left
Thursday for FELTON,. Mimi, where
they will visit with relatives for a
short time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alton Warner and the
formers sister, Miss Orphia Warner
OF Fowlds, were visiting with friends
in Wilton Monday.
School started here Aug. 18th, with
Miss Brogen of Bagley as teacher.
It is reported there is now in attend
ance about 26 scholars.
Mrs. Rosie Burnham took her little
daughter Hazel to Bemidji Saturday
to DR.. Marcum to have the splints
removed from her arm which was
broke few weeks ago.
While Mr.. and Mrs, Hans Ballang-
rud and son, Harden, and Mrs. M. o.
ROnglien and little son Clarence were
out taking buggy ride Sunday, the
horses became frightened at freight
train and ran away, throwing them all
out and breaking the buggy quite
badly. There was no one seriously
hurt.
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It over, will not at all contribute to the
making Of that blissful home you were
80 prone to picture to me during our
counting days. Don't you recall It.,
dearie, and how eloquent you used to
grow over the happiness the future
had in store for us2
With the spell Of his displeasure
partly broken by her persuasive man
ner, and yet with some touch Of tart
ness In his tone, he turned and replied:
Yes. do, but assure you, madam,
that in that remark there was not even
a remote hint of department store"
Boston Courier.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-08-29
PICK PAPER TRUST HEAD
N. n. '6aIlou Slated to Be President
Of Meraed Concerns.

Appleton, WIS.,, Aug. 2s.-That the
next move in the paper mill merger
OF the mills in the Northwest Is the
election OF officers and a board of d.
1ectors is the latest information avail
able concerning the merger and it is
said that at least one Minnesota paper
mill man has been picked for the
board OF directors. M. H. Ballou,
president of the Menasha Paper CON-
rpany Of Menasha. Wis.,. is said to have
been assured OF the presidency Of the
merger. 1t Is declared the general Of
Ices will be located at Neenah. "
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-08-29
1dleness always envies industry
Italian Proverb.
Not The Store He Meant.

/. Not the Store He Meant.
Crumpled in his hand was batch of
shopping bills, whose intermittent rus
tling, as the clutch Of their possessor
relaxed and again frightened, afforded
ample testimony to the cause Of his
lordship's displeasure.
Gently and with all her wooing arts
evidently in hair trigger readiness the
young wife approached the offended
Sne and began:
"Lovey, now don't sit here pouting
all by yourself like bad natured lit
tie boy. Such actions, as you very
well know. L you'll only stop to think
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-08-29
Suicide Due to Dependency.
Killed by Electric Shock.

Chicago, Aug. 29.-L. H. Carter, son
Of Brigadier General w. H. Carter of
Chicago, head Of the department Of
was killed instantly by remarkable
electric shock sustained in the dairy
room Of the University of Illinois at
Champaign, where young Mr.. Carter
was a special student.
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Her Secret Sorrow.

'That woman over there has some
hidden sorrow" declared the sympa-
thetic one as she came in and took
her seat at table not far away. 'T
have often noticed her. See. Her COM
panion orders everything she could
possibly want, and yet she sits there
silent with face like mask. am
awfully sorry for her" :
Don't you worry" advised her pessi-
mistic friend. "That's her husband
with her. She's bored. that's all."-
New York Press.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-08-29
Learn to Be Genial.

There are many people who excuse
themselves from the little familiarities
and kindnesses Of life on the ground
that they are not natural to them.
These people say they are reserved by
disposition and cannot be free and
easy In meeting other people. But we
can learn to row boat or to write
shorthand or to speak new language.
That unaffected simplicity Of address
which made Ruskin SO approachable
to child or man was the work Of
long life's discipline. 3:i
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Willing to Compromise.

=, During match at st. Andrews.
Scotland, a rustic was struck in the
eye accidentally by golf ball. Run.
ming up to bis assailant. he yelled,
'9This II cost ye f5-f5" "But I called
out fore as loudly as could" ex-
planned the golfer. did ye, sir?'' re-
piled the troubled one, much appeased.
"Weel, / didna hear. I'll take fower."
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-08-29
Chicago Union Stock Yards.

Chicago. Aug. 2S.-Cattle- e-Beeves
H.20@7.30; cows, s1.3O@5.4O; Texans
$3.75@5.25; Westerns, $4.25@6.25:
stockers and feeders, $260@5.OO:
calves, $5.5O@7.50. Hogs-Light, S..
l5@6.65; mixed, $5.9O@6.6O; heay
$6.6O@6.35; rough. $5.6O@5.65; pig
$5.70W6.45. Sheep, $3.25@5.7O; Yves
erns, $3.25@5.85; yearlings, $500
& 40: lambs &6 26M7k 20 4
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Season with pepper II liked quite hot,
salt and butter and ali the center Of
the rice ring For company meal the
green pepper can be omitted, and two
canned red Spanish peppers can be put
through the mlncer and after heating
disposed on top OF the chicken when Il
is placed In the ring. A sprig Of pars-
ley should decorate the side Of the dish.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-08-29
Chicago Grain and Provisions:

Chicago, Aug. 28.-Wheat-sept.,
9o%c; Dec, s5A @s5asc. Corn-sept..
69hc; Dec, 58Ac. Oats-sept.. soc;
Dec, 47@47hc. Pork-sept., $15.77k;
oct. $l5.S7A. Butter-Creameries, 20
@26c; dairies, 18@24c. Eggs-12k@
1ohc. Poultry-Turkeys, 12c; chick
ems, 12c; springs. 141hc.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1907-08-29
Tho llnxailind.

Great occasions do not make heroes
or towards, they simply unveil them
to the eyes Of men. Silently and I'M
perceptibly, as we wake or sleep, we
groW and wax strong we grow and
wax weak, and at last some crisis
shows us what we have become
Canon Westcott. 3ias 535 !.
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Minneapolis Wheat.

Minneapolis, Aug. 2S.-Wheat-
Sept. 99Ac; Dec, $1.01%; May, ST.
06A @1.06A. On track-No. 1 hard.
$1.O5ss @1.06B; No. 1 Northern, ST.
o4% @1.O5%; No. 2 Northern, $1.O1%
@102A.
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Hurled to Death Undsr Car.

4. Superior. Wis. Aug. Ss.-Richard
Flynn. the eight-year.old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Peter A. Flynn, was killed
and his father and mother were seri-
ously injured In collision between a
buggy In which they were riding and
. street car. The buggy was smashed
Into bits and the boy hurled by the
force OF the impact under the wheels
Of the car.
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MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, Aug. 28.-Wheat-To arrive
and on track-Sept., s1.O2k; Dec, ST.
02B; May, $1.07. Flax-Sept., $1.2O;
Oct, $1.16A Nov. $116k; Dec, ST.
1917.
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Nav Call Additional, Police.

Dublin. Aug. 2S.-The next issue of
the Offlcial Gazette will contain proc
lamations by the lord lieutenant in
council declaring that certain counties
and districts are In state Of disturb
ance and empowering the lord. lieu
tenant to order extra forces OF police
to those parts of the comntrv
Moroccan Ports Remain Calm.
Paris, Aug. 2s.-Vice Admiral Phili-
bert cables from Casa Blanca that all
the Moroccan ports remain calm. that
there has been no further fighting at
Casa Blanca and that the French
scouting parties are not encountering
PASSENGER f?H%SSSfE:1NG TRAIN WRECKED
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AVOIDING Suicide.

~ iWaiter-What is your order, sir?
Restaurant Patron-Oh,sI / don't know;
give me something that will not in
validate my life insurance.-NewY York
Press. . ~
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He Knew.

Pedagogue (severely)-Now, sir, for
the last time, what's the square of the
hypothenuse Of right angled triangle
equivalent to? Boy desperately
It's equivalent to a lickin' fer me, sir.
Go ahead.-London Express. q-r4
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st. Paul Union Stock Yards

st. Paul, Aug. 28-Cattle- to
choice steers, $5.5O@6.25; fair to good,
$4.O0@5.OO; good to choice COWS and
heifers, $3.5O@5.O0; veal calves. $3.50
@5.5o. Hogs-S5.5o@625. Sheep
GOOD to choicAwethers, s5.25@5.50;
good to choice spring lambs, $6.25@
ZOO. - =