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didn't wish to die: either that death
would cut him on from some happiness
or that 1t would bring grief to some
one else. I kept him cheered as well as
could by assuring him that he would
recover and that before we should make
port.
He did not give me his confidence
until he was well on the way to recov-
cry. True, he told me that by my un-
ceasing attention, encouragement and
more than all my sympathy. ! had
saved his life. He was sure that with
out this he would have died. What
had preyed on his mind was this: He
was In love with young lady. Miss
Bradley, who, though In love with him.
was 10th to marry him for some rea-
son that he did not tell me. Whether
he knew her reason or not he did not
make It known. inferred that he knew
1t. but was so delicately sensitive AZ to
giving the lady's Affairs to stranger
that he refrained from doing 80. She
was with her aunt, who was great
traveller. having visited all the coun-
tries Of the occident and was now see
ing those of the orient.
got Ainsworth in pretty good condi-
ton to 20 ashore and meet his lady
love agreed to see him in a few days
in Hongkong. and he went down into
the tender that was to take him ashore
looking quite cheerful. He waved q
hand to me as he sailed away, calling
to me not to forget our appointment.
When the time came round went to
our rendezvous and found him waiting
for me. He seemed delighted to see me,
and we had not been long together
when he told me that be had been mar
ried to Mss Bradley. but that the mar
riage had been kept secret from the
brides aunt. Why this was done he
did not tell me. He did not say even
that the aunt was opposed to his mar
rying her niece. though he did tell me
that his wife was an orphan and could
marry whom she pleased.
The way the wedding had been ef-
fected was this: Ainsworth had invited
the ladies to 20 with him to see 4
statue of heather god. The aunt, BE-
ing indisposed. declined the Invitation.
The lovers instead Of going to see the
IDOL called on British clergyman and
were married. From the ceremony
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n.v,e.,,.. On IL. ossss.

One Of the very crookedest streama
anywhere b the Usage river In ME
souri,. In that region they tell Of
farmer living on the banks Of that nv
er who had q small natboat which one
day be loaded with produce and noated
down to market. six miles away. He
exchanged the produce for goods q
one Of the stores and loaded bis goods
In the natboat.
How are you going to get your stun
home, BillT' asked q friend Got &
steamboat to tow you backT'
~ am going to fioat back" was thu
response.
How arc you going to do that1
don't understand"
II guess you don't know much about
this river. II doubles on itself Just be.
low hero and runs back to within less
than a quarter Of mile Of my place
I've got landing on both banks and q
team Of horses than can drag the boat
over from one landing to the Other. -
Kansas City Journal.
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Avoiding:
Tour
Was Brought Aboat F:
BY a Pickbocket /;
BY HELENA c. rowNs


Miss Pulver was rather young 20
marry any one. but George Guernsey
was steady fellow and. though bare
ly of age. gave. promise Of making her
an excellent husband Indeed. 70 much
confidence did Myra's parents have In
him that they were perfectly willing
their daughter should marry him ut
once. Perhaps the fact that her father
was I'M invalid without expectation Of
living much longer had something to
do with 1t. He desired that she should
be provided for during his lifetime.
But though George was devoted to
her. though In all gatherings of young
people In which they were present they
paired together. though 1t was con-
sidered among their friends that they
were spoons" they were not engaged.
Myra could not be induced to speak
the final word.
Myra having been invited to visit q
friend in another city. George offered
to be her escort on the journey thither.
A day or two before their departure
he said to his chum. Charley Brown:
Charlie. wish you to tell the fel-
lows and the girls Of our set that
Myra and are going on the same
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ove,, e,.k rnj,,.

These old books said the anti.
quarry a. he pointed to dizzy uppes
shelf. ARE curious for their titles
Here Ii a volume Of sermons print
ed In Salem In 1872. Sermons to
Asses' ID It's scornful name.
"Here IL 4 book dated 1743 that 10
called Look to 1t or I'll Stab Fe.' 1t 10
= treatise on polygamy.
"rhls ID q pamphlet by q spinster
against the young men Of the seven.
teenth century. Its title ID "A Dis
sertation on the Pertness Of Our Youth
In General. Especially Such a. Are
Trained Up at Tea Tables
"a return blast to that dissertation Is
this other pamphlet Of the same year:
'Quippes For Upstart Newfangled Gen
tlewomen: or. A Glass to View the
Pride Of vainglorious Woman"
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BROKE IT GENTLY.


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NY S."' ". ~"
young su'no. ANU eI''e. ~no ~
eo'ne u oe M au'nor'ty upon ess.aso
uooer" phaSe o! euuea'on' went rev
oayH aKo 10 oenver III" u1ss seSt01s ~
{ girs scnooi. ne mao 'ectured oefofe'
out never NJ young mo.e ssmi'
nary ana az TWO wnite trockeo. curry
uaiTeo usher" 'eo niu' OUT ~ tne psas'
TORN ano ne Sat Gown DeS'oe Tue ma
irony princ'pa' among .ne women Woo
maze up rue iacu'ty ano 'acso - Of
Qris Iaeee pc was young enouan 20
!ees DIT Of emma! lassment u'nasei1.
u was ratner dimcoIt az nrss' oat once
tne lecture was started tn'heS went ~
ngnt'
NJ uhssoe0 Wnat % nso 70 ~ ana
~ COVE. Ine auossnse ena - e.
ttoniS tanslFa' mo - "Ssneo 70
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Fle.aI p.ath L.s.nde.

By the Mexicans mArigolds are known
A. death flowers from an exceedingly
appropriate legend that they sprang up
on the ground stained BY the life blood
Of those who fell victims to the love Of
gold and cruelty Of the early Spanish
settlers. Among the virginian tribes
too. red clover was supposed to have
sprung from and to be colored BY thu
blood Of the red man slain in battle
with the white INVADER. In similar
manner the red peoples which followed
the blowing Of the field Of Waterloo
were said to have sprung from thu
blood Of the killed and wounded in that
famous battle. According to tradition
the Danish invasion u the cause Of the
dnneweed. coarse. asteraceous plant
common In England. ~ II sprang from
the blood Of Danes slain In battle, and
II cut on . certain day In ths rear u
blssda The dwarf elder, Tor ~ saznt
reason. v callsA Aanswoet anA dAns.
blood. -Suburban Lis,
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THE cv1rLeFIsH.
its oussr Jnk Csc and ~ Ahllsty -

its ovssr jnk Csc and lts Abilsty -
Change its csiss.
sepia Ii q peculiar animal substance
obtained from the ink bags or ink sacs
Of cuttietixh.
The cuttlefixh are group Of singu-
lar SEQ creatures allied to slugz. snaiIs.
oysters aud other no called shell jxh. !"
The cuttIefish has sort Of shell be-
uenth the skin ts0ld under the name OF
''cnttlebUne"p u pair Of large eyes and
q horny beak. Like all molluscS. they
have no real limbs at all. but from
around the head there spring eight or
ten long teDtacles. each armed with
numerous suckers.
By forcibly squirting out the sea wa
ter which 1t has taken In the sepia
can shoot backward through the water
with great speed. The sepia II inter
esting. too. az being able to change its
color 10 a measure 70 as to harinouize
with its surroundings. Just under the
topmOst layer Of skin there are dis
tributed all over the surface OF the
body a number Of cells. containing
dark pigment. When these cells are
expanded the surface Of the body be-
comes dnrkly spotted, but NJ they are
contracted the creature looks paler.
Though best developed In the sepia
and its nearest allies. nearly every
member Of the cuttlensh group pms.
se~ses an Ink sac. The ink sac con.
tains the dark pigment secreted b. q
special gland. When discovered or
pursued BY an enemy the sepia dis
charges some Of its ink through
sort Ut funnel or tube The pigment
mixrs with water very quickly and
forms q dark clond Of inky water. be-
yond which the sepia will dart into
safety.
SepIas are often caught in nets with
Dish. The fishermen. despisins the
cuttleA throw them out mon the
beach. and then they may Be seen ~
Ing In tiny pools of dense biack liquid
and continually oozing out more Ink IN
vain attempt at coucsalment-Chi
cago Tribune.
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I'm English inns" said man who
had Jnsr returned from a long coaching
trip In England. they do not use lem
ons In our hnphaxnrd fashion. They
make the use Of one more or less Of q
solemn rite. remember asking for q
horses neck In little inn in the north
country The landlord had never heard
Of the drink. and ! explained to him
TINT IT WINS ginger ale with lemon
reel In It. He went back to the bar
and returned presently With an empty
tray. I'm very sorry. SIR be said.
hut we haven't got lemon open Just
uOw.' New York Tribune.
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Nails.

America has the honor Of having
made the first cut nails, toward the
close Of the eighteenth century. Before
that nails were made BY, hand. and
their manufacture was household IN.
durtry. Cut nails are made by machin-
cry from plates rolled to the proper
width and thickness. They may be
made of steel or Of malleable iron.
Wire nails. though originally . French
invention. were brought to perfection
in the United States.
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A Sea Doctors
Story
He Relate, a Singular
HAPPENING
BY JOHN p. BOWLING

There arc strange bouleversements In
the world-one thing IL intended, an
other totally different takes place; a
child Is born to fortune. perhaps q
throne. and another child far removed
mounts the steps and wears the crown;
q woman In early life bears children.
they lose her and are brought up by
another, who becomes the only mother
they remember.
have been q participant in one Of
those strange happenings. When
and after graduating at the College Of
Physicians and Surgeons and spending
some time at hospital work, being Of a
rowing disposition. accepted position
as medical odlcer Of q stea plying
between San Francisco and Hongkong.
After making several trips l had be-
come 20 attached to life at sea that
/ had NO thought Of leaving 1t. Never
tbeless. looking ahead. foresaw that
uniess broke away from 1t very soon
and settled down in my profession on
land must always be wandsrer.
without home or family ties.
On one Of my trips out from San
Francisco ] became intimate with one
Of the passengers. named Ainsworth.
He was about my age. but that was all
the similarity there YVES between VI.
1t was our differences that drew US
together. have not noticed during
my experience that similar traits pro
ducs marked friendships. Al in the
case Of marriage dissimilarity II the
bond Of union.
One thing that drew Ainsworth and
me together was the fact Of his falling
III during the journey. From the time
he was taken down till he became con-
valescent. a week before we reached
our destination. I not only attended
him as physician. but as nurse. He
was pretty sick and got It into his head
that he was going to die. There seem
Cd TO be some especial reason why be
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THE 6no1 AND RICE TBnoWHo BEGAN.
train together and get them to come
to the station to see us Oh. And tell
them 1t would be good joke to send
q shower Of rice and old shoes after
US as though we were bridal couple
going on our wedding journey"
"Certainly. old man. III do that for
you. But do you mind telling me your
object In 1t all?"
1.-The only way can get Myra to
make up her mind II to have 1t gener-
ally understood that she belongs to me.
When girl il on the fence with refer
ence to a fellow and her friends con-
slider her AZ his girl it's powerful in
ducement for her to close the deal"
"A better way il for him to let her
suppose he's going to drop her"
1--WE tried that. and 1t didn't work"
On the day of Georges and Myra's
departure rs they entered the station
Myra was surprised to see dozen Of
her friends congregated to bid her
goodby They ran up to her and were
very demonstrative in their salutation.
"What surprise" she exclaimed.
land how kind Of you all. especially
since I'm going to be absent only for a
week."
"Oh. we thought" said one. that
you were going to leave US altogether.
Some one said you were going to live
in another state"
Another state! What slater
1.-THE state of Maine"
Do FtNhau sl,av oil lauuho6 md MvpA
looked puzzled.
The young couple got into the train,
and George put up window. through
which Myra could continue to chat
with her friends. 1t was \ merry party
and attracted the attention Of those In
the car. When the train moved out
the shoe and rice throwing began and
continued till the objects Of the demon
stratiOn were well on their way.
This plainly indicated to the other
passengers that they had bride and
groom aboard. and greater interest
was excited from the fact that the cou-
pie were 80 young. Myra could have
passed for fifteen. and Georges beard
was slow in coming. There Ii nothing
prettier than young couple scarcely
entered on man and womanhood on 4
bridal tour. From time immemoriai
such have been especial objects of in
terest. There was not a person in the
car but leaned forward or turned back
ward to get glimpse Of these young
sters supposed to be Just starting at
life's nest building
Tickets"
Now comes scene that the leading
gentleman 10 :he comedy had not pro
vided for himself. Reaching fer his
pocketlook. In which he had placed
the tickets. he stated and paled. 1t
was not where be expected to 6ud It.
Quickly he went Though every pocket
without dnding 1t All the cash -
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In the Balkan countries the ballad
makers have certainly been 1t least a.
Important a. the makers Of laws. Ser
Was national ballads. commemorating
the glories Of the Bervian Emperor
Dushan, the fatal battle Of Kossovo
and the legendary exploits Of the hero
Mako Kralyevich and his horse Sha-
rats. are Of Homeric proportions and.
sung to the Accompaniment Of guitar
with cords Of horsehair tails. have
kept national feeling warm for CEN
turtles. In recent years the Servtan
government published popular edi'
tion. In Macedonia Sir Charles Eliot
heard 4 schoolboy recite Bulgarian
poem which took an hour and quar-.
ter. with q simple but significant plot.
The pasha Of SODA summons Bull.
,garian hero who 10 his friend and tells
him he has orders to execute him.
The Bulgarian asks why. The pasha
says b. DOES mot know. but he must
do 1t. and he does.-London Chronicle.
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When Lord Chancellor Campbell,
then plnin Cumpi,eii. married Miss
Scariett und departed on his wedding
trip. Justice AbtOtt observed when q
cause wax railed on In the iench:
II thought. Sir. Brougham. that Mr..
Campbell wis In this case."
Yes. my lord replied Rrougham:
but understand be In suffering from
Scarlet fever."-Chicago Record Her
aid.
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A Lens Time Out Of Uss.
"A man told me-" says cynic in the
American Magaxine, that during the
San Francisco earthquake he and his
wife knelt down and began the Lords
Prayer. but forgot 1t in the middle II
takes time to renew an old acquaint-
apce."
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A prsNisats.

81 am afraid my husband Il leading .
double life"
Heavens! What has aroused your
suspicionsT'
HE sneaked 50 cents out of his pay
envelope last week and tried, when l
found 1t out, to make me think be had
done 1t BY mistake. Chicago Record
Herald
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Groom Cooking over the presents,-
Did Mrs. Grumpus give us anythingi
Bride-oh. yes: She has given ms just
six months to I've together.-Chicasu
News.
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Would .. Horrible.

Would d Terrible.
The doctors are going to operate on
her"
Whats wrong!'
Something about the coat Of her
stomach. understand"
II hope they don't lind its ont Of
style. Shed never get over that
Kansas City journal.
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''Woman il considered the weaker
vessel she remarked. land yet
..WellY' be queried as she hesitated.
"And yet" she continued, IMAM Ii
oftener broke."-Loudon Opinion.
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Yon will mud as you look back upos
your life that the niOments that stand
out above everything eIae are the mo-
menta when you have done things in q
spirit Of love.- Henry Drimmoud.
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Cruel.

Cruel.
Maud before the laughing hyena's
cagel-How provokingi Here we've
been twenty minutes, and the hyena
hasn't laughed once. Ella-Srange.
and he's been eying your new hat too.
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Dispatch II the soul Of business, and
Nothing contributes more to dispatch
than msthod. Lord Chesterfield.
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news Of their sudden union reached
their home and their friends 1t created
a profound sensation. A few weeks
later they returned and found 4 room
full Of wedding presents awaiting
them. Indeed. they were more liberal
~ favored than II they had been mar
ried In the usual conventional way.
But 1t must not be expected that the
friends who had brought about the
marriage by their pointed attentions
ut the station would be satisfied with
a ceremony to which they had not been
invited. The evening Of their return q
party. with the accession Of 4 clergy
man, went to the residence of, the
brides parents where the couple were
and declared that they would not 20
away without ceremony. Myra as
sented. chose all the girls for brides
maids. George chose the men for
groomsmen. and the pair were married
q second time.
George Guernsey. In telling the story.
never fails to thank the thief who
stole his pocketbook. He says that on
coming back from the wedding tour be
found an old dame Of Myra's who had
returned from q long absence. and IL
she hadn't been married this fellow
would surely have got her away from
him. Myra always pooh-poohs this.
whereupon her husband declares,
well. then you would have died an
old maid. for you could never have
made up your mind 10 marry me-"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-07-18
Hello Nation.

Hello! We are the. greatest tele-.
phone users in the world The daily
average of talks over the telephone
last year was over 10000, 900. There
are 10000 places. towns, cities and
hamlets- from which telephone mes
sages may be sent, says Leslie's Week
". This is 5000 more than the mum
Der Of our post Offices, 10000 more
than the number of our railroad sta
lions and three times the number Of
telegraph offices In the country. There
are nearly $500, 900 telephone stations
In the Bell system an increase last
year Of over 100000. These are the
facts reported by the American Tele-
graph & Telephone company in refer.
ence to the Bell business. It earned
last year nearly $43,000,000. Will it be
believed that the majority OF it's
shares are owned by women and less
than seven per cent. by brokers'? .'
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-07-18
TREES ADD CHARM TO HOMES,
Fine Mansions Found In City, but
Pretty Homes In Country,

Fine Mansions Found In City, but
Pretty Homes In Country.
A very observant traveller of unques-
toned taste observes: 81 wish I could
more forcibly impress upon the minds
of the farmer the value of attractive
surroundings. Every farm home should
be attractive. 1t is not necessary to
have fine house or fancy cottage or
expensive lawn fence to make the farm
home pretty. TO be sure, a neat fence,
few ornaments on the house and the
free use Of paint help nightly, but the
chief attractions can be made of trees
and shrubs. A shady lawn and a
shady driveway are always attractive
Groups of trees. shrubs or flowers new
er fail to charm. The lawn may not be
kept perfectly smooth, all the trees
may not be Clearly pruned, yet the
home place ornamented with them does
not fail to convey the impression that
peace and contentment dwell there.
AS lady from the city said. "A pretty
farmhouse suggests a. happy birds
nest. We do not notice the dwelling
so much as we do the surroundings.
If the surroundings are pretty we
know the interior of the house is all
right and that it is the abode of love
and contentment and all that makes
life worth living. We look to the city
for fine mansions, but to the country
for pretty homes
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-07-18
Peculiar Needs of Plants,

Plant purchasers in doubt regarding
the best treatment for certain plants
should ask of the party from whom
they buy, for he is indeed poor nurs-
eryman who does not know more of
the requirements Of his wares than
the average garden owner. California
draws her garden vegetation from
many lands of greatly varying eli
MAKES, and it must not be supposed
thaEall will thrive in the same garden
and lIHtler like treatment Many have
pecMiaM needs regarding soils, heat,
,sahAhihss. amount of water and other
Etonditiohs, and no one better knows
these special requirements than the
dealer who has produced salable plants
Of these sorts.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-07-18
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THE CITY
CITY PLANNING DIFFICULT.
Requires Cooperative Effort to Secure
@rzsy Scientific Results. q.

Requires Cooperative Effort to Secure
-sy Scientific Results. r. ..s -.s
Lack Of adequate. planning for indus.
trial communities is vigorously dis
cussed in the Survey by George B.
Ford, city planning expert for Newark
and lecturer on that Subject at Column
bia university. He says: 2a- &A}&a
Large cities are spending millions
today to widen streets, cut through
new streets, provide parks and play
grounds in congested areas, almost all
Of which might have been saved if
the city had been originally planned
with foresight. Hundreds of millions
are spent on hospitals, asylums, SAM
tariums, jails, health, police and fire de-
could have been saved if the cities had
not been SO wastefully and .unscien-
tifically designed. EsS&& &314a&@~-a @4S
"For example, If the lot and block
units and dimensions in sections sur
rounding the factories which moved to
Norwood and Oakley, on the outskirts
Of Cincinnati, had been laid out along
lines which experience has shown to
be most economical and desirable for
workingmen's dwellings and If provi-
sion had been made for recreation for
grownups as we'll as for children, as
suggested by the English garden
suburbs, the neighborhood of the fac
tories would now be almost, exclusive
ly occupied by the employees in those
factories instead of largely by clerks
and business men, who commute daily
to Cincinnati. And Furthermore, the
slum problem Of Cincinnati itself
would be vastly less urgent.
If the lots were cut for the occu-
pant instead of the occupant being
trimmed to the lot, if streets and road
ways were designed in location, direc-
ton, character and width for use and
not according to obsolete precedent; if
transit lines were designed with the
same efficiency that the manufacturer
exhibits in designing his own plant; If
people could only realize that money
spent in scientifically designed recre-
ational facilities is paid back in many
ways to the community, then the work.
1ngmen's residential area instead of
being an eyesore and a disgrace to the
community would be what the Eng
lish garden suburbs now are-the most
charming and efficient housing areas
to be found anywhere in the world
"The problem is simple. 1t requires,
first, merely an appreciation Of the
fact that city planning pays. and, Sec
ond, it requires a cooperative effort on
the part Of the workingmen to secure
such scientific city planning."
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-07-18
Prouress Of Cremation.

No. 26 of the transactions" of the
Cremation Society of England, which
has Just been published, states that
there were 1,134 cremations in Great
Britain in 1912, compared with 1923 in
1911. A list is given of the we'll
known persons who were cremated
during the year, including the Bishop
OF Truro and Rev. Charles Voysey.
There are - crematories in this coun-
try, OF which five are municipal. Sum-
maries are given of the progress Of
cremation abroad. Some "Short Rea-
sons for Cremation" are appended, in
which the plea is advanced that it RE-
moves the possibility of being buried
alive."-Dundee Advertiser. *