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Cuts or Mounds.

A wound produced by a sharp cut
ting instrument will heal without
trouble when the edges are nicely
brought together and left so, without
putting on any salve, provided the &C
cess Of air is shut off and the person
possesses a good constitution. If the
wound is produced by a rusty nail or
a similar cause, so as to be jagged,
it will soon become very infamed,
and in such a case it is recommended
to smoke the wound with burning
wool or wooden cloth, says Woman's
Life. Twenty minutes in the smoke
of wool will take the pain out of the
worst wound, and if repeated once or
twice will allay the worst case of in
fammation.
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FEED CHILDREN
On Properly Selected Food. 1t Pays
Big Dividends.

\lf parents will give just a little in.
telligent thought to the feeding Of
their children the difference in the
health Of the little folks will pay,
many times over, for the small!
trouble.
A mother writes saying: Our
children are all so much better and
stronger than they ever were before
we made a change in the character Of
the food. We have quit using pota-
toes three times a day with coffee and
80 much meat.
Now we give the little folks some
fruit, either fresh, stewed, or canned,
some Grape-Nuts with cream, occa-
sionally some soft boiled eggs, and
some Postum for breakfast and sup
per. Then for dinner they have some
meat and vegetables.
1t would be hard to realize the
change in the children, they have
grown SO sturdy and strong, and we
attribute this change to the food ele-
ments that, | understand, exist in
Grape-Nuts and Postum.
"A short time ago my baby was
teething and had a great deal Of
stomach and bowel trouble. Moth
ing seemed to agree with him until !
tried Grape-Nuts softened and mixed
with rich milk and he improved rap
idly and got sturdy and we'll"
Read The Road to Wellville,"
found in pkgs. There's a Reason"
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
interest.
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Lavender Disinfectant.

The following directions were given
once upon a time in a sick room for a
disinfectant. 1t was there discovered
to be so agreeable that it has ever
since that time been employed in the
same household to disguise the smell
of food in the kitchen. Every one
knows the value of burning coffee for
the like purpose, but that is 30 iden-
titled with the use that n thinks at
once, when shifting its odor, Of the
smell which it is covering up. To
make the lavender disinfectant, soak
sheets of common brown wrapping
paper in satpetre and water, then
set them away to dry till wanted.
When brought into play, throw on
one of these leaves of paper some
flowers of lavender and burn them
on a shovel, as in the case of the
~coffee.-Woman's Life.
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How the Roman Empire Grew.

Rome was founded B. c. $50; the
kings were expelled e. C. 500; and il
was not until B. c. 900, 400 years
after the founding Of the city, that
the Romans conquered their imme'
date neighbors, the Samlites, Latins.
etc. 1t was not until B. C. 266, fol.
lowing the defeat of Pyrrheus, that
Rome was supreme in Italy, from the
southern boundary of Cisapline Gaul
to the Sicilian Straits. For $50 years.
from the foundation of the city, the
Romans could stand on the hills OF
their city and almost look across thei1
entire territory. as it stretched away
only some twenty miles on either
hand. After the consolidation OF
their power in Italy, however, it took
them but $50 years to conquer the
world.-Review of Reviews.
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Wine I, to Crypt.

The historic vault under the Ca
puchin Church in Vienna, which con-
tains the remains of nearly all the
members of the imperial family who
have died within the last 200 years,
has been enlarged by the inclusion of
the monastery's wine cellar.
Two new vaults have thus been
added. The walls are lined with
white marble. The smaller II now
contains the collins Of the nearer rel
atives of the Emperor. Here also the
last resting place of the present En-
peror will be.-Week End.
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Wintering Farm Horses.

At the Michigan Experiment Sta
ton an experiment was recently con-
iucted for ten weeks using a variety
IF cheap substitutes for oats and tim
othy hay as a feed for horses. Six
horses at work received a regular ra-
ton of timothy hay and oats at an
average cost of 29.6 cents per day, es-
timating the feed at current prices.
The horses lost on an average CT
eleven pounds each. Six horses were
fed a cheaper ration, consisting OF
shredded co%rnstalks, oat straw, hay,
ear corn, oats, beet pulp, bran, Oil
cake and a few carrots, the average
cost Of which was IT. cents per day,
and the horses gained on an average
fourteen pounds each. Four horses
we're also fed the cheaper ration, but
as they were at rest part of the time
they we're not fed so heavily as the
other lots. The average cost of main
tenance in this trial was 1873 cents,
and the average loss in live weight
for each horse four pounds.
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Watch Crystals Of CeilIloid.

Celluloid watch crystals have ap-
peared and are guaranteed not to
break like those of glass. The cellu-
loid crystals are not favored by deal
ers in the higher grades of watches,
but are placed on cheap timepieces.
Of late the German manufacturers
have been employing these crystals.
They cost a little more than glass,
but are liked because of their dura-
bility.-Scientifc American.
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Cleanliness in Hog Feeding.

1he hog responds as readily to
cleanliness and are Us II other ami
nal on The farm. Not long since l
was greatly impressed with the lack
of sanitary conditions around the
yards and houses of a man who has
been growing hogs more or less sue
cessfuiiy for ten years. His feeding
troughs were foul with decayed food.
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Germany is losing ground in China.
Fifteen years ago it's exports tc that
country exceeded those of the United
States and Japan combined. To-day
they constitute only a little over four
per cent, whereas America has nine
per cent, Japan fourteen and Eng
land about fifty. N.Y.-23
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Die COMPOUND.
was sick three
months and could
mot walk, l SUIT
|fered all the time.
The doctors said I
)could not get well
without an opera
for I could
hardly stand the
In my Sides
especially my right
lone, and down my
leg. i began
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1t is calculated that no fewer I'll"
$4,000 people spend their lives on
the canal boats and barges Of Eng
land alone.
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WOMAN !.
: ESCAPES
VAST Cured byLydiaE Pink
ans Vegetable Compound

Elwood, Ind.-"Your remedies have
cured me and I have only taken SIX
bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-'
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An Alabama man., ninety-seven
years of age, says he has eaten hot
biscuits regularly all his life.
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Ambiguous.

'"I wonder what the teacher meant
about the singing Of my two daugh-
.ers?" ..
What did he say?"
He said that NAMES voice was
good. but Maude's was better STILL"
Cleveland Leader.
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Try Murine Eye Remedy
For Red, Weak, Weary, Watery Eyes and
Granulated Eyelids. 1t Soothes Eye Pain.
Murine Eve Salve, Csc. I'D Loo.
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An electric machine has been madt
to wash and purify the 2tr 10 apy
room.
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A womsn's heart strings are almost
as easily broken as her shoe laces.
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Mrs. Wiuslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, s%oftensthe gums, reduces intlamma.
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The English army now has $4,000 total
ahStainers
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Try Murine Eye T

North American reindeer usually select
an old doe for their leader.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-12-21
The 1ombiqbee,

"Do you know the origin of the
name of the Tombigbee river?" asked
the we'll Informed man. ''Well," he
went on, lit is ChoctaW, every syl-
liable, only the word is not '"Tombig-
bee;;' it is Tomb Ik-bi,' two Words
the i being short in each instance.
Long ago Choctaws inhabited the Sec
ton now embraced within the states
of Mississippi and Alabama and trav-
ersed by the stream that song was
about. Nearly century ago white
mana carpenter--came among the
Indians. He lived on the banks of
the stream and among other things
made rude collins for burials. Indians
at that time ''buried" their dead upon
an arbor supported by poles, but they
gradually came to the white mans
custom of burying in earth and went
to the white man carpenter to get
their boxes. From this incident, I am
told, the stream received it's name,
'Tom-bi' meaning box and '1k-bi'
meaning make or maker, only they
added the word box which signifies
river or creek, so, literally translated,
the combination means the river
where lives the man that makes box
es' Time as we'll as the Anglo-Saxon
disposition to round corners in pro-
nunciatiOn AngliciZed Tomb Ik-bi'
into 'Tombigbee'-W Eagle.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-12-21
FENNEl.,
It Is to the Italians Somewhat as Col.
'...r. .~ r. ery Is to Us. p. ~.

II Is to the Italians Somewhat as Col.
cry Is to Us.
'Tisn't often that. an Italian table
d'hote furnishes anything that takes
me back to my grandmOtner's time
said New York man, but that was
my experience hast night. The first
uibble of something I'd supposed was
celery sent my mind wandering back
fifty years to an old New England vii
lage
"'Fennel" asked the Italian waiter.
He nodded and smiled and gave me
the Italian form of the word. which
carefully wrote down on scrap OF
paper, 'Fennoccni.' suppose it showed
my ignorance, but never before did
know that fennel is to the Italians
what celery is to us. Evidently the
large bases of the leafstalks are
bleached in similar fashion. and from
the way it was served l could see it
was intended to be dipped in salt. as
we eat celery. My obliging waiter told
me that it was delicious as a salad
and when boiled and served with
cream sauce it made popular Italian
dish.
But after all what. did those Gull
nary details matter? What really
counted was that strange. penetrating
flavor which took me back to my child
hood. AS thoughtfully nibbled my
fennel stalks the last fifty years
seemed a blank. | was child again,
picking big busters Of yellow. aromatic
fennel seeds in my grandmather's gar
n."-New York Sun.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-12-21
LIBERTY BELL.
It's Connection With the Declaration Of
independence.

IT'S SonneCtloT WHIT tho OeCIaFaClOn OF
independence.
The famous Liberty bell was cast in
London in 1852, brought to America
and subsequently recast in Philadel-
phia. 1t bears the inscription, PRO
claim Liberty Throughout the World
and to All the inha bitants Thereof" It
was cracked while being tolled after the
death Of Chief Justice John Marshall
in 1885. 1t is kept on exhibition in In
dependence hall, Philadelphia. 1t has
had a fictitious Importance owing to
the popular belief that it's ringing pro-
claimed the adoption of the Declara-
ton of Independence on July 4, 1776.
Concerning this belief, however, Fried
enwald in his "Declaration of indie
pendence' Q00N says:
'tThere is no shadow Of authority
even for associating the ringing Of the
agreement upon independence. The
mythical legend of the blue eyed boy
waiting outside the door to give the
signal to the man in the bell tower is
the product of the fertile imagination
of one of Philadelphia's early ro-
mancers, George Lippard, who first
gave currency to it in his appropriate
ly called Legends of the Revolution.
This book was published in 1877
New York American.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-12-21
THE HESSlANS.
They Were Good Soldiers, and Some
Became Good Americans.

They Were Good Soldiers, and Some
Became Good Americans.
There is popular belief among some
people that the Hessian mercenarles
brought here by the British govern
ment to fight the Americans remained
here after the war was over ana that
their descendants constitute consld-
cradle element Of the Pennsylvania
Germans of today. Comparatively few
remained here after the war, because
the British government was under con-
tract to return such as escaped the
casualties of the war after it was over.
The few that remained made good citi-
zens, as they made the very best SOL
diers against the Americans, and
whenever it was practical to do so
they were put in the most responsible
places by the British commanders
The intense hatred at one time
against the SO called Hessian soldiers,
some Of which still fingers with the
present generation, is very unjust, be-
cause they did not volunteer to fight
against the Americans, but they were
forced into the British service by the
impecunious German princes who sold
them to the British like so many
slaves. The Hessian soldiers would
sometimes take a notion to desert, and
they invariably found refuge among
some of the German colonists. A con-
siderable number Of them were left
behind from time to time on marches,
on account of sickness or wounds.
These always found ready welcome
among German settlers; few Of them
ever found the way back to their ma
tive nd.-"Pennsylvania Germans -
by William Beidelman.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-12-21
His Experience,

"Jasper,' said Mrs. Grigson, who
was looking over the morning paper,
there's a story Of woman who was
robbed on a street car in broad day
light, and yet the thief got away I'M
suspected.'
Mr.. Grigson said that he had seen
the item but that it was either typo
graphical error or else the story was
pure invention.
"Why do you say that?" asked bis
wife.
"Look at the item again. It says her
purse contained 500 in currency, does
it not?''
YES
ct says there was also a receipted
bill for five dollar hat, does it not p
Eyes"
"Well. no woman with $500 in cash
in her possession would buy. a five dol
lar hat."-Y outh's Companion.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-12-21
Love and the Laundry.

1.-THE only thing I find to say against
you is that your washing bill is far too
extravagant. Last week you had six
blouses in the wash. Why, Jane, my
own daughter never sends more than
tWO.'
''Ah, that may be, num-" replied
Jane, "but ave to! Your daughters
sweetheart is a bank clerk, while my
young man is a chimney sweep. It
makes a difference, mum"-London
Tit-Bits.
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His Critic.

''The greatest compliment that ever
received says Opie Read, twas a crit
icism. Several years ago I went to
Arkansas and visited the scene where
one of my stories is laid. The landlord
of the little hotel said to me:
"'Here comes little old fellow to
whom I loaned a copy Of your book
He can't read, but his wife reads to
him. Let's see what he says about the
book.
'"Hello, Jason, did your wife read
that book to you?
"Mawnin', sab. Yes, she done
read it to me-"
"'"Well what do you think Of it?''
"'"Huh? That amt no book at ALL
I done lived hear TO- fo'ty yeahs an
done hearn folks talk that Away all
III time."' "-Cincinnati Inquirer.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-12-21
Cleaned Them Out,

First Girl-Was your bazaar a great
success? Second Girl should think
SO. All the gentlemen had to walk
home. They hadn't even a penny in
their pockets to pay their tram fares.
London Tit-Bits.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-12-21
How IL Is.

"How is it, if Love is blind, that we
hear of love at first sight?"
ut is after love at first sight occurs
that Love usually goes blind. Chi
cago Record-Herald. js.s.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-12-21
Hard Work.

Hard Work.
why did you tell me you were
working your way through collegey' .
II am
But nobody seems to know
about it,
Certainly not: my work consists of
getting money from dad buffalo Elk
press. ~"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-12-21
Her Weekly Allowance.

. Freda-So YOU have weekly allow
ance from your father? Hilda-Yes:
he allows me to have a gentleman
caller two nights a week.--Lippin
colts. ~ -. ~ . .>-r H.. a.. .~-.s:t~@s
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-31
SIZE or tFRICtN CROCODILES.
Hunter Tells Of the Largest THAT Tie saw
ar ~hoi.

! I have shot u number 80 ,r1"u.l les IN m.
Itmh"Si and IuuuEVt rivers and fa.. ltrr.-'
+ on" 'aU'i measured lt i''' Du. 4" ON fhs
7 Iafnh"-i Vhlr tra,aI ur ~ 'h" river
] steamer Hamburg 7 saw and wounded d
much bigger on" u was lying a-|,..fu on q
sand bank about midday and I u.,,i rul
I Tin. with soft no,.-'l hlll"r When 10"
| bullet -trEk o." 'rD.u ,i .i' ~ sol ~ tail
! IN the AIR and brought - down With thump.
a. these r-pii.s- often - when vol lt
Think inr ~ ~a- dead. pr, sol up = Tair
81 binoculars and % rough riom -tW 'l.
blood pouring ont II ~" wound hctwoan
, III" no. ! and shoulder Viii. Wis look ing
I heard ~" crack Il two Nn,d"r RITES AMI
upon turning round found that two rortI-
guese soldiers had both fred IN"r bullets
did not s'rlkc the u.oill" rr.' PASSED over
II and RAISED tho sand SONS, Il -far,o bo-
yond However. ~" ,ro,udil" -"curI 70
revive ami vs. quirlly m Do" wa'"r ncfor"
I could r-l",d and ~" agl'n
This Wa hy Tar ~" largest ,-p,n,'Is
hay" ever seen. either iu luIfa or Nfri,a.
and II seemed hail A. long again go ru"
fourteen foot OF" that I measured -.
hulk and girth w"r" -uurfuu... and fur ~
c'-'~ied eighteen foot rifltl ono" tu"a,
ured IN m" BrHhm1U'i.ru IrN"r IN N--an
The skipper Of the Hamhurg. vino had h,.,r
some tim" on Tho /Iml''-i. told ~" he had
never seen ON. aVTroa' hing o. ~ -Il" n
II d"i. hut shall ALWAYS regret that 4 Il
not m" again ard uakr -uf" 81 THIS. for
could hay" persuaded -" skipper iu stop
~. steamer and PIT nv" ashoT" - that
might haN" tHp"d ~" animal Ia fact h..
said hs would have don. - Rad th" ,rp,o-
dil. not escaped The eighteen foot garial
measured ~ h" Brahnapu'rt Ws- = large
one. hut h"liey" hay" seen a few bigger.
Ia is3g Theses animals W"r' very plentiful.
lis D. tH. NJ.
a. many I"opl" u-'.i 10 nrn ~ them from
the passing -i"am"r-
i have an thea thai ~" ltfo SIR Samuel
Baker mentions Larry" 'r"f Osi D" VA his
hook on tho -ourr'.- of the y lie. btIt b - ~
many years sine" I read ~" work IN uuc,-
tion that I haN" forgotten No" facts
'rocoi.l" ~ snawkward animal to skin.
for N" skin IL very nrmlv a'ts'he,l O." m"
hOsiy \ good many natives are killed by
ih'--" animals every ear. and VA plar,.,
~her" they ar" dangerous ~" natives make
"a CIRCULAR fsnt" 10 th" water fD pTDta. nom
selves Vhrn bathing aud drivinr wnf"r"
The passage r"i-rt.-i to by our ,prr.-
-p0nd~nt Ia me- doubt that IN W 10 E"ss,.
and Thor May-- tChapt"r MIL. where
Bak"r wrote ~ having -""n on q baro Patch
81 gray grant" on VA Island ~ tie Nt,tor.u
y lie Two vast forms. each ~ tbirk o. fhr
body of n h'ppOputnmu-. and pi enormous
length lh"~" tNo Hpf'I DO. ian monsters
guided -loWiy and fcarl"--l, along o."
gently -lppmg grant" and Whom half u,.-
Meath the water they "vuo-"d br.ldfh
Of back Which was ~" most cNirlord.uarv
SIGHT hav" over seen m my long cNpsricnrr
81 'ro"Udii"-. ~" 'ano" In which hc wa-
travelling NJ tho time NaS about ~ feet long
and h. Judged the surface Of tho granite
a. about ~ feet. but -Nould not presume to
"-tifuit" the length Of these extraordinary
creatures.
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TINE MISSISSIPPI VERY Low.
Steamboats, Can't hun. hut Pearl Hunter.
Are Happy.

~ Lo1s eorr'spoHdSHeC Of ksHsas Cifg Tinrs
IL IL only within the memory OF the olce-;
Of river men that the rivers forming the
great Mississippi system have been so low in
the summer a. they have this year The
old timers say the low stages thi. wear
can b- compared only with those Of
iss.. when the catfish had to climb out
into the fislds To moIsten their parchcd
throats with the dew
North Of 81 Louis steamboat traf,c
In almost at standstill on account Of
the low water in the upper Mizsizsippi
The Diamond Jo Line has been forced 70
take on ts through boats TO 81 Paul
and has great diniculty in getting It's
local packets through to burlington. la
Many excursion boats are tied IN sew.
eral Of tho boats have been damaged In
an effort Ia navigate. Tho river can he
waded In many places. and IL u q common
sight to Sc wagons fording tho stream
20 save bridge tolls
But while the steamboat intereats are
suffering the pearl button factorie. and
the pearl hunters are reapinx = harvest.
Hundreds Of men. women and children
can be seen along the waterfront Of every
town hunting clans. The shells are sold
TO the button fartories ager being searched
for pearls Many hns pearls have been
found. Ono found by Dubuque man was
sold for t4OO
Conditions along the Ohio River are
getting serious too. though the situa-
ton there - not a. had a. II was last year.
when practically every one Of the hum
dre,i- Of steamboats, along that stream were
either stranded In the river or tied up at
the bank
II IL were not for the water that comes
out 81 the Missouri steamboat traf1c
would be suspended between here ana
Cairo. While IN. Missouri has not risen
this year to within fifteen feet OF the
Hood stage u has maintained a steady
How Of water. enough to keep the steam
boats going on the Mississippi and enough
Tor the boats running On that stream
S'ill unless there are rains -oon IN the north
the Missouri II likely 10 20 very low this fail
although not az low a. IL has been In .oTna
years. IL has been many years SINE the
Missouri has fallen below the zero stage. IL
Il now eight feet above that STAGE. Witch
n about the usual dow IA the fall