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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-02-09
Throw EN- Down Rah;e.

49, Nv Ill SS"u oADlS9s IL
II wonder unused the young father,
what there is in a baby's makeup
that prompts him to drop things. It
isn't really dropping, thoughts
throwing. My baby is good about
sleeping and behaving when there is
company, but everything he can snatch
he Immediately filings to the floor. I've
noticed and known lot Of others, too,
who do the same thing. It's not only
the joy of throwing, but the delight in
seeing somebody pick the stuff up.
Babies certainly seem to take q fend-
ish delight in watching their fathers
and mothers or nurses pick up the.
toys and other things which they
throw out Of their beds, carriages and
chairs. My boy used to be quite pleas
ed with rubber toy attached by
string to his carriage SO that it just
escaped the ground. He would grin
and bangle it for hours. Now he yells
as soon as he discovers it is fastened,
and the minute we give it to him loose,
bang, it goes on to the ground, while
he laughs aloud in his joy. There's
probably a reason, and the psycholo-
gists will discover it some day."-Ex-
change.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-02-09
Eiouuence Of the Welsh,

Here Is a little story Of an English
man in Wales: "On the comparative
qualities Of the English and Welsh
tongues let me tell of the Welshman
who saluted me in the Welsh. was
compelled to confess ignorance. 'Ah,'
he said, turning f1uently enough to
English, you should learn the Welsh!
My wife was English, and she can
speak conversations now quite WE'LL
II acknowledged my Shortcomings
and admitted that I had always under
stood the Welsh to be a remarkably
eloquent tongue. Yes, yes, it ISIS so,'
said the native In Welsh man can
express exactly what he means. AS
for the English, call it not language
at all-only dialect.
You hat noted that an Englishman
or foreigner in speaking his language
waves his hands and arms about to
help out the meaning Of the words, but
a Welshman who can speak Welsh
well he bass no need to move his
hands. In the Welsh he can say all
that he means. Chicago News.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-02-09
Two Great Orators.

As an orator Demosthenes was head
and shoulders above Cicero the Ro-
man. The great Athenian stands in a
class all by himself, If we are to be-
.leve the consensus Of learned opinion.
Cicero, it is said, prided himself on his
faculty Of extemporizing at need, but
probably trusted little to it on great
occasions, while with: Demosthenes it
was the rule never to speak without
the most careful preparation. The
speeches Of both were spoken without
manuscript. They would never have
made the reputation they did If they
had been tied down to their notes.
New York American.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-02-09
A Poor Defense.

speaking of poor Defense" said a
lawyer, reminds me Of the valet who
was accused Of drinking his masters
wine To this valet the master said:
Look here, you! believe that you
have been at this decanter of claret
and then filed it up with water
oh, no, SIR said the valet in an
aggrieved tone.
We'll, it tastes like It, said the
master, and he set down his glass with
a wry face.
'Oh, no, SIR said the valet excited
~. in the first place, sir, never
drink wine; in the second place, when
I do drink it never think Of filling
the bottle up with water, and, in the
third place, when I do put water In
always am very careful to add little
brandy 50 that the wine may not lose
Its strength"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-02-09
Fife Wheat.

Years ago, about century, David
Fife, Scotchman of Otonabee, Ont,
sent to friend in Glasgow for a
small bag Of seed wheat to try in a
cleared patch Of the backwoods. The
friend obtained some seed from a
vessel just In from Danzie Unfortu-
nately it was a fall When ia reached
David Fife in the spffng: Neverthe-
less David Fife soWed it in spring.
One can guess how feverishly the
backwoods farmer watched for the
growth Of his experiment. Only three
wheat heads survived till the fall, but
those three wheat heads were entirely
free Of the rust that had ruined his
neighbours crops, and those three heads
really represented a new variety of
wheat, fall wheat turned into a
spring wheat. David Fife treasured
the three heads and planted them in
spring: Such was the beginning of
Fife wheat in America -Aghes g. Laut
in Outing Magazine.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-02-09

Danville, ILL.,, Feb. 8.--John o. Tai.
bert, John F. Burrow and George W.
Boswell, township commissioners, and
Daniel w. Lloyd, road foreman for
Danville township, were indicted by
the grand Jury on charges Of malfeas-
ance In office and ENFORCEMENT. The
indictments are the result Of an In
yestigation of an alleged shortage Of
SIS, 900.
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Their Only Job.

"Why, Mrs. White," began the sum-
mer visitor newly returned to Say
mouth, chow those naples of yours
have grown since last year! It's per
fectly amazingv'
"Oh, I don't knows it's anything to
wonder at" said Mrs White easily.
."They amt got anything else to do. -.
Youths Companion.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-02-09
Unsettled.

Skinner-Good morning, ma'am. Did
you ever see anything SO unsettled as
the weather has been lately? Mrs.
Hashley there's your board bill,
Mr.. Skinner-Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-02-09
In a Bad WAY.

"Here is a doctor who says you
mustn't eat when you're worried
"But suppose you're always worried
for fear you amt goin' to get anything
to eat Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-02-09
COULDN'T Scream.

II was afraid you'd scream when
kissed you"
+" II didn't dare. Mamma was in the
next room and would have heard me-"
Houston Post
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-02-09

/ Deputy Sheriff Joe Markham lief
yesterday afternoon for Crooksto1
on official business.
Birch wood, jack pine and tamarac
four foot and sixteen inch. Haytf
wood yard, rear of P. 0. block.
| Reverend S. E. P. White of thi:
city went to Tenstrike last evening
to hold Presbyterian services during
1.-The remaindet of the week.
! Arthur VanTassle came in yester
day morning from Turtle River TO,
a short pleasure trip to the city and
returned home on the evening train.
J. H. and W. J. Beagle of Duluth,
two state land examiners, left last
evening on the M. & I. passenger
train for two weeks trip out from
Nolthome.
Everett Haycraft returned last
evening to his home near Farley
after enjoying few days visit with
friends in this city as guest of
Claude McIver.
Valentines at Peterson's. .
A. F. Ross, senior member of the
logging firm of Ross & Ross. return
ed to his camps near Kelliher last
night after spending the day on bust
ness in Bemidji.
Miss Blanche Boyer, who clerks
in the Office of M. A. Clark, the
judge of probate, is unable to attend
to her duties on account of severe
attack of the lagrippe.
Wanted-5OO cords .lath bolts.
Will pay $500 for balsam, spruce,
Norway, white pine and jack pine
lath bolts delivered at our mill.
Douglass Lumber Company, Bemidji,
MINI.
Reverend Copper, the district
superintendent of the Methodist
church went to Puposky yesterday
afternoon on the Red Lake train to
hold quarterly conference at that
place. ..
A few children's sleds at half
price still left at Peterson's.
J. B. Anderson of Kelliher came
in yesterday morning for a brief
combined bushes and pleasure visit
in this city, returning home last
evening on the northbound passen-
ger train. ~
Archdeacon H. F. Parshall of
Cass Lake passed through the city
last evening on the M. & I. train on
his way from Walker to Interna-
tional Falls to hold Episcopal ser
vices there.
A. w. Danaher, one of the county
commissioners and who is engaged in
the logging business near Tenstrike,
returned to his camps last evening
after spending the day on business
in this city. -.
Attorney John F.. Samuelson of
this city went to International
Falls last evening on the north-bound
M. & I. passenger train on business
for a client and to visit in his old
home at the Falls"
A. G. Wedge, vice-president of the
First National Bank of this city,
left last evening on one of his
periodical trips to the nOrth-cOuntry
banks in which he and F. P. Sheldon
of Minneapolis are interested.
Henry Funkley, one of the local
attorneys, went to International
Falls last night to attend to. some
legal matters before Judge Wright,
who is presiding there at a term of
the district court for Koochiching
county.
Valentine post cards at the
Pioneer office. T..
George H. Gardner of Brainerd,
court reporter to Judge B. F. Wright
passed through Bemidji last evening
on his way to international Falls to
assume his duties at the present
session of the district. court which
is being held at the Falls"
| 49,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-02-09

The power Of necessity is Irresistible.
-Aeschylus.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-02-09
How to Fill Up Hole. Ia. Wood.

How to Fill Up Holes In Wood.
It sometimes becomes necessary to
oil up cracks or dents IN fine wood
work, furniture, floors, etc. The fol-
lowing IS the best way Of doing It:
White tissue paper is stepped and per-
fectly softened in water and BY thor.
ough kneading with glue transformed
into paste and by means Of ochers
learth colors) colored as nearly as pos
sible to the shade OF the wood To the
paste calcined magnesia Is then added,
and It Is forced into the cracks or
very firmly to the wood and after dry.
:ing retains its smooth surface
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The costllness Of keeping friends
does not lie in what one does for them,
but IN what one out Of consideration
for them refra1ns from doing Henrik
Ibsen.
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Erudite,

ooh, baby exclaimed the Boston
mother, t'what does make you cry so?''
Il really cannot say" was the unex-
pected answer. 81 have never INDUCED
in introspection.''
Evening star., 1909-09-05
BY PHILIP VERRILL MIGHELS

he had ever desired in his life he wished to keep her
sacred spared from such complication as their
night out here alone might engender Yet he saw
the first little limp when she began to falter. He
was watching backward constantly, his whole nature
eager to protect her save her from hurt from the
merciless toll across the desert He onged to take
her in his arms and carry her thus, securely. He
was torn between the wish to hasten her along for
her own greater ease of mind and the impulse to
halt this hardship. He knew not what to do.
THEY had gone much less than mile, when he
brought up his pony at her side. Here, Kent,
he said You walk like bridegroom going up the
aisle You'll have to get up here and ride. He dis
mounted actively.
Beth could have dropped in her tracks for weari-
ness She was tired to the marrow of her bones.
Il can't" she answered. Perhaps better
camp hot flush rushed upward to her very
scalp; fortunately however unseen
Van regarded her sternly. I've changed my
mind l haven't time to camp out here tonight
You'll have to ride!'
1t seemed Beth that, had it been to her life,
she could scarcely have climbed to that saddle. 10
remain on the horse would. she knew, be far beyond
her strength She continued on her feet only by the
utmost exertion of her will Someway since Van had
found her in this dreadful place. she had lost strength
rapidly-perhaps for the leaning on him With
nerve resolution
Her face paled You'd better go on, If you
have to be at your claim she said, aware that
she could offer argument alternative plan,
to his wish for an onward march. "Im-not used
Evening star., 1909-09-05
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS

ID ETH KENT remarkably beautiful young woman from
- New York with her maid Elsa being driven in
automobile from the railroad to Golde, Nevada. by her
fance l. Seare Bostwick, whittier she going
her half-brother, Glenville Kent.
When at roadside station in the Nauwish Valley,
hosean called Van appeared and advised the party not to
proceed Bostwck cowardly busterer insoiently told
the stranger mind his business but the latter dis
playing gun, ordered Bostwck to depart which he did,
leaving the
broncos for Beth and Elsa and the three
started through the mountains. Vans pony fell the
edge of tremendous chasm and the horseman escaped
death only by cngng rotten shrub twenty-five feet
below Beth threw him the end of a rope, up which he
climbed to safety just his support fell into the depths
The party from their eninence, saw Bostwlck IN the
distant valley held by escaped COnvcts against whom
Van had vainy tried to warn him.
The three arrived at the stranger Monte Cristo mine
worthless property and after Van terrific battle SUBJ
dued outlaw horse proceeded to Golde where Van got
Van boldly informed Beth that she going to marry him.
The See Saw claim Van acquired proved to have
been salted; but it was rich in placer
Bostwck arrived convicts clothing the hghwaymen
compelled him DON and Beth felt repulsion toward him.
He learned that McCoppet his Gode partner had sent
Beths brother a wild goose chase and between
them they fixed up plot to have Vans clam falsely sur
veyed into the reservation boundaries they could jump
when the opened As part of this pan Beth
persuaded contribute thirty thousand dollars the
plea that it was for her brother
Van knocked down Culver, the official surveyor for
speaking slghtingly of Beth Learning this, McCoppet
offered Culver thirty thousand dollars he would alter the
Indian reservation line to include Vans claim SO
could be jumped but the Spurned the proposal
Culver murdered by Indian, and Van narrowly
capped being ynched for the crime.
Queeny mining camp habtue committed suicide be-
Van refused to marry her
Beth received letters from her brother which caused her
to suspect Bostwcks integrity and the latter
get Lawrence the deputy take Culvers place
in the plot defraud Van she made up and rode
toward Starlight brother She lost her bearings and
her horse a sandstorm but rescued by Van who
mistook her for Glenvile.
Evening star., 1909-09-05

ne on riding, knew Wnat a pl1Sht OF
collapse she must be approaching to
submit to the thought of remaining
here till morning He could not go
and leave her here. The thought Of
it aroused him to something like
anger. He realized the necessity Of
assuming a rougher demeanor
"Confound it, Kent!" he said.
You're no less lost than you were
before. You know l can't go of
and leave you. And 1 want to set
ahead.
She only knew she could not ride,
come what might You didn' say
so a little while ago." she ven
tured, half irnploringly. I'm sorry
I'm SO nearly dead. If you must 50
on"
That cut him to the heart. How
could he be a brute? Il ought to
60" he broke in unguardedly. Il
mean I've got to think-I've got
work to do in the morning. Don't
you suppose you could try!"
THE moonlight was full on his face.
: All the laughter she knew SO well
had disappeared from his eyes. In
its place She saw such look of yearn-
ing and worry, such a tenderness of
love, as no woman ever yet beheld
and failed to comprehend. She divin-
ed in that second that he knew who
she was-she felt it, through all her
sense of intuition and the fiber of her
soul. She understood his insistence
on the march, the saving march,
straight onward without halt She
loved him for it. She had loved him
with wild intensity, confessed at last
to herself, ever since the moment he
had appeared in the desert to save
her.
If a certain reckless abandon to
this love rocked her splendid self
control, it was only because she was
so utterly exhausted. Her judgment
was sound, unshaken. Nevertheless,
despite judgment and all, to go on
was out of the question. God had
flung them out here together, she
thought, for better or for worse.
That Van would be the fine chival
rous gentleman she had felt him to
be at the very first moment of their
accidental acquaintance, she felt
absolutely assured. She accepted
a certain inevitable fatality in the
situation; perhaps the more readily
now that she knew he knew, for she
seemed so much more secure.
His question remained unanswered
Evening star., 1909-09-05

truth seemed to pour upon
him like the waters Of an
all engulfng wave,-the
overwhelming, wonderful
truth that was also almost
terrible, in what it might
mean to them both.
There was one thing only
the man could do, ignore
this fact he had discovered
and treat her like a man.
This he knew instantly. He
turned with a mans in
difference to one of his sex
and vaulted to Suvy's back.
Come on" he said,
If you're anxious to get
under cover. He could
trust himself to say no more.
He rode ahead.
Beth did her best to fol-
low and make no complaint.
The bronco, however, was a
rapid walker. This she had
not realized while Van was
striding on in the lead. She
fell behind repeatedly, and
Van was obliged to halt his
horse and wait. She began
to be lame. 1t had been a
torture to ride; it was agony
to walk.
Van now became urgent.
He had never loved her
more. His love had taken
on a certain sacredness, out
here in the night, with
Beth SO weary and help
less. More than anything
Evening star., 1909-09-05

to speak. They had talked lntermittently, and ne
had told her his name Far off in the dimness of
the desert level the floor of second mighty valley,
a lone coyote began his dismal bowling: Beth, on
the horse felt chill go down her spine Van seemed
time like the wall Ct ghost forever lost to hope.
When the moon at last shone fairly on the bronco
and the girl, Van cast glance at her face. He was
and looked SO utterly tired Van halted, and did
the pony The man looked up at his companion
You're in no fit condition to go on he said
right here is as good as going on all night, which
don't suit my legs worth cent"
Beth was wearied almost to collapse. But-to
camp out here-all night-they two! Aside from
the that had crept to her soul sound Of the
distant COYOTE this present aspect of the situation
was appalling Indeed she began to see that Wheth-
er they went on or remained she must speno Inc
night in this mans company.
She was almost too tired to care how such a thing
Evening star., 1909-09-05
CHAPTER XVI.
The Night in the Desert

ten o'clock that night the moon
had not yet risen. Its glow was
on the eastern sky, however, and
at length it appeared, broken orb
with its waning side Topped from
its bulk
Beth was still in the saddle She
was utterly exhausted; she could
scarcely remain in her seat. For
more than an hour Van had plod-
ded onward without even turning
Evening star., 1909-09-05

to riding-much / can't ride any more tonight
He knew she told the truth knew how gladly she
would have gone on riding knew what plight of
Evening star., 1909-09-05

WOulu appeal 11C III - AAAN@--'
it had been inescapable There was
nothing she could do to prevent the
course of events. And, come what might.
she must presently slip from that saddle,
in her weakness, faintness, and hunger,
if the penalty was all but life itself.
"I'm-sure l can walk-and let you
ride" she said I'D like to go on; but
/ know can't sit here any longer.
She tried to dismount by herself-as
any man must do. In her stiffness she
practically fell from the saddle, sinking
on her side on the ground. Only for
second was she PROSTATE thus at his
feet but her coat fell back from her
khaki vest-and a gleam Of the moon
light fell on bright little object
pinned above her heart.
NAN beheld it-and knew what
it was! His nugget, washed from
the Laughing Water claim! The
Evening star., 1909-09-05

Copyright 1903 by p V. Mighels All rights reserved.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-13
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL,
MARKET ACTIVE.
Prices Drop in Considerable List o Stocks-Result of Heavy Selling.


 New York, Aug. 12.-The speculation in stocks took on a sudden access of activity and issued in a frothy up- shoot of prices in today's market. The appearance of these symptoms after as prolonged an advance as has now occurred and with prices at as high an altitude as the present aroused the suspicion of operators of the profes- sional class. who were keenly alert for the first signs of reaction. The relapse late in the day was sharp. The comparative steadiness of some important stocks in presence of the volatile movements of others around them was suggestive of a process of distribution going on under cover of the excitement caused by the sensa- tional advances in other quarters. In the southern group. which centered at tention yesterday. the realizing process was more forcible and eau sci abrupt reactions and feyerish fluctuations. The conspicuous character of the stocks in which the principal rise oc- urred and their influential standing as stock market leaders served as effec- tive stinulants to the speculation. There was much discussion in the financial district today of report that the governors Of the stock exchange had admonished one of the most active stock exchange houses in the present market of dangerous over-e extension and thinning out of margins. Yester- days heavy selling was supposed to have resulted from this warning, which was in accord with the policy incul- cated by the report of the commission appointed by Governor Hughes 10 in- vestigate exchanges and tacitly agreed to, il was intimated, by the authorities of the New York exchange. This in- cident sharpened the watchfulness for signs of a continuation in the rise. Re- ports came from abroad that French houses would participate in the com ing Gould loan and in Pennsylvania stock subscriptions. Buying for Lon don account was a helpful factor towards strength. The days business proved the largest since the active market in June when the Paris listing for United States Steel was first claimed The latter market was de- cidedly reactionary and with a con : siderable list of stocks selling lower than last night. The feverish action of some stocks increased the suspicion of the technical position and prompted to some heavy unloading, which broke prices badly.
 Bonds were irregular. Total sales, par value. $7.073.000
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-13
FINE POINTS OF PITCHING.
Some Things That Bill Donovan Knows That Young Johnson Must Learn.

Bill Donovan's pitching arm, though l he is still one of the greatest pitchers | in the business is no longer what r. l used to be, and, in fact, has not been for several years, which, however, does not mean he will not be a winning pitcher for years to come. Donovan, like most pitchers, ruined his arm when he first broke into fast company. when he had to rely solely on the force he could put behind the ball Circum- stances forced him to give the art of pitching study, for when the arm began to weaken it required something be- side the speed he could master to fool the opposing batsrhen. In a few years Donovan has changed his style consid- erably. He works with grace and ease now, and no matter how much force he puts behind the ball he does it without any apparent effort. Whenever Don ovan sees a pitcher strain himself in pitching he feels for him and admires the pitcher who works easily. Dono- van is a great adnirer of Walter Johnson, whom he considers the great est young pitcher that ever broke into fast company, and he predicts one of the greatest futures for him. Just how great a pitcher Johnson is the average patron of the game does not realize. Here is mere boy, not yet of age, who did not have single days minor ledSue eAperlence, plLcnlnS as gOOu DdH as any pitcher in the American league and he does it all without any apparent effort. But there is much room for improvement in Johnson's work which experience alone can bring him. When he learns the fine points of the pitch ing game his work will be easier and more effective. If ever there was a youngster who stands a chance of duplicating the great record of Cy Young, it is Walter Johnson.-Wash- ington Post.