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HE ALSO HAD RULES.

He had opened q restaurant in Buff.
falo, and after two or three weeks hi
called at a bank to get the cash on a
small check received from some one in
Philadelphia.
Have to be identified. SIR" said the
teller as he showed It back.
But I am Blank of the new restau-
rant around the corner"
Must be identified first"
This In payable to me and have in
dorsed it, he said.
Cant help IT. sir. rules Of the bank"
The man went out and brought some
one back to identify him. and the
money was handed over. Three DAYS
later the teller dropped In for q lunch
at the new restaurant. He had taken a
seat and given his order when the pro-
prietor came up and said:
Have to be Identified. sir"
3 How, whatT'
Have to be Identified before you can
get anything here, SIR"
'1dsutinede don't understand you"
protested the paying teller.
Plain - day. cir: Rule Of the house
that al b0nk ofacials have TO Be iden-
tidel Better 60 out and md some re-
spoSsibio party who knows you"
: fSaGeA II I Dol" growlod the teller,
and Sangs1 the door hard - . went
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HE WENT WEST

II was about ? O'Clock in the sv,,;r,
that he suddenly rose up of a hoy :,
front OF a store on Chambers s,rsa, sra
acCOsted me with:
Say. do YOU live here"
Yes"
Regular New Yorker"
Yes"
Proud OF the town. of course and
wouldn't live anywhere else for a mil
Ion dollars a year,"
"Weil?''
wei. she's a buster. Lots OF things
to be stuck up over. Don't wonder yo,,
So aT"gna pattlns Yourself on the back.
say don't live here
Live way out West in a cbip,,o,k
Town OF 2sO inha bitants Just going
noms tonight. Sorry TO go. but got to
Yes
want to take away with me n pleas
AM impression Of your great and noble
clear home. and when I get there want
70 go down to the grocery and say to the
boys: Boys. IL hain't no use TALKING
She beats all creation. and them New
Workers Is the all-nredest. richest. smart
world IA on 'nis
Il see. but where do come i'm.
Right here. You hand me a dime. A
dime produces plea impression: pleas
ant impression makes me a friend OF
. ew ork's. Present impression huctu-
ates and wabbles; mebbe I like New
fork-mebbe l don't. Sec? Better fix
me-
l FASTENED to tx him. and after assur-
ing himse II OF the value Of the coin he
lifted his hat. bowed gracefully and said:
Impression 10 now all right, and is
going TO be Fighter in about 1--WE min
utes. Westward no, Ia my watchword-
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victim. Under the excuse that the house
might be broken into. II left to guard IT.
TO the movies with him while Mrs.
'bowser remained at home. Dear
mother accepted the invitation and her
daughter shed few tears during the
lonely hours she had to pass.
The Ola ladv- mad never been to Zoo.
Mr.. Bowser took her to one while Mrs.
Bowser had to remain at home to see
about the dinner.
tan town. the mother-in-law had never
seen the inside of a theater. Mr.. Bowser
took her to one and after the first shock
she enjoyed tn play much as any old
sinner. Mrs. Bowser would have enjoyed
il. too. had she been there but she
wasn't there. II WAS the cook after
noon and evening out. and that house
must he guarded like gold mine.
one evening at the dinner table Mr.
Bowser announced that he had received
an invitation to deliver an address be-
!"re the Gulliver Club.
And YOU will co. asked Mrs. Bowser.
Not by a long shot | am going to
earn mother how to play euchre this
evening
And ne did. despite her Puritan no.
tioms. and Mrs. Bowser's pale. wane
look. She suggested a game of cut
throat. but Mr. BOwser said the mother
was not advanced enough. The next day
the mother said to the daughter:
Sarah this is intolerabIe We must
.haEGc it
But hcw can we?' was asked
Til, TO is but one way-let him he
Bowser again. I liked his old way better
Than his new ores"
so did L.
And tho dear mother" took an early
oppnrt unity to say:
Samuel. nv son. you are acting too
dsrnsd good Pl. age make change.
And few hours later. as Mr.. Bowser
came uron Mrs BowSer using the carpet
sweeper. ne saw tears in her eyes as she
looked up at Rim.
oh Samuel YOU are too good-too
cood PIE Use go back to last week and
he bad again. You have punished me
enough
Hanged IL | don't he a bad man with
a big T. and carry two guns and
knife H.. laughed.
And next time YOU hear Mr.. Bowser
Won will learn that h" has resumed
business at the Old stand
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WITH THE ADVANCE

They had scarcely died away when We
caught sight of sixty Afghans approach
ing us by narrow path way from the
west. They had been down in the
been driven off. They were a por-
ton of the garrison only. the bal
ance had been killed bv British bullets.
These fellows approached US without the
slightest suspicion and their first warn
ing was a volley that knocked over a
full dozen. Those who had been spared
ifan to cover. and from that moment
began siege. which is mentioned in
British war records combining "sa-
SaCity. pluck. and endurance to a de-
gree seldom known TO modern warfare -
On that famous march to Cabul the
watch word was Press On" In more
than a score of instances the British
army left native Earrisons to the right,
left or rear OF them. There was about
as much danger in the rear as In the
front II was constant warfare on a
line a hundred miles long We knew
pretty well what to look for and were
in no wise disappointed when the sun
went down TO find ourselves besieged by
a force of at least three hundred natives
Our camp dumbfounded them, however,
and not a gun was fired during the af-
ternoon or night They must plan how
best to overcome us And the problem
no doubt worried them. We had four
stout walls ten feet high oceans of the
purest water and provisions for sixty
days II was hard to figure against
that. and we turned in that night with a
feeling that we would be left undis-
turbed. Nothing whatever occurred to
alarm us and during all next forenoon
we did not catch sight of the natives.
Exactly at noon a native bearing a flag
of truce came across the valley. As We
did not want him to know our strength
| was sent 10 meet him ten PAGES from
the gate. He was a man about thirty
years old firm in look. and dignified in
hearing. and he did not waste any time
in getting down to business.
II demand the surrender of the fort"
he said in broken English.
And II We surrender asked
You will be put to death"
But IL we refuse .r-
1T will be death just the same
Then we refuse" I replied, having
been told by the Lieutenant to take my
own way to get rid OF him.
The native stalked on without another
word Or look and soon disappeared
across the valley. Ten minutes later
three held pieces opened nre on u With
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solid shot from the cover of mass of
rock and bushes about sco yards away.
Every ball struck the north wall. but
they might as well been outlets for all
the harm they did We let them fire ava!
for half an hour and then four of the
men who carried elephant rifles, which
had been picked up at PeshawuT, went to
the loopholes and dropped two gunners
apiece inside of two minutes. his caused
the battery to withdraw in a harry. and
we were bothered no more that after
noon. Piled against the eastern wall Of
the fort on the inside was a large guam
tity of heavy poles and rude planks. We
had at first supposed this material to
have been brought in for firewood. and
now occurred to the lieutenant that there
were enough loopholes in the wall to &C
commodate even our small force. and
that the natives had brought in this stuff
whole force at work. and we did not
knock off until midnight. Then we had
solid platform against the north and
This would enable us to use the top Of
the wall as breastwork- The other two
sides Of the fort could not be scaled
from the nature of the ground. which
sloped in sharp descent.
The night passed quietly and some of
our men began to think the natives had
withdrawn from our locality to go to the
front. Those Of US who had fought them
before ,h knew better AT oSloSk got
looking into the thickets on the other
side OF the valley l was sure I could
see at least 800 natives. That was really
only half the number. From the move
ments OF those /. could see felt certain
they were about to charge. and had
scarcely reported this when they broke
cover with yells and shrieks and dashed
at the fort. The idea OF the platform
must have been an inspiration. But for
IL the fort would have been taken In FIVE
minutes. There were. only seventeen
loopholes on a wall a hundred feet long
making them almost six feet apart.
Owing to the thickness of the wall. one
could only fire pointblank through q loop
hole. These holes were perhaps four
inches square.
As the natives broke cover the loop
holes were manned and the rest Of the
fort ordered on to the platform. Run
ming ahead of the main line were
thirty or forty men: each with q great
stick In his hand. After them came a.
many more. draSginG rude ladders. the
rungs OF which were made Of vines.
At the very hrst dash. and without
osing over three or four men the fei. |
npsss " h. rsIy dde cosns ole. :nS
against the wall without orders. :
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nusket range and steady and haras-
sing Are was maintained night and
Iery was employed. .Afthoush it was
not heavy enough to breach the walls.
IL answered the purpose OF annoying
us. Our killed We. had to bury inside
the fort nor could We get out to d.
anything with the Afghan dead. All
lay on about an acre Of ground. ana 81
near us that after thirty-siH hours We
began to scent the faint In the ar. II
dead there to work our destruction
and for a time 1t seemed as II SUCCESS
would attend it. On the morning OF the
fourth day we had twelve very sick
men. and the odor was something aw.
full. Fortunately the wind took shift
and relieved US just before noon. and
1ss reG Sso TO the the ,snt
on the breeze.
About noon. while rummaginx In the
storehouse. ] came across a
barrel of alcohol which had been cap
before II the Afghans knew what It
was they had not touched II; In a case
beside the barrel were quantities OF ldi-
nine. morphine. calomel, and other druEs,
same time. When I reported the find to
the Lieutenant also made request OF
him. and after considerable argument 1t
Ersn anti ro MS en- , came an o Win Over
when I was let out OF the gate with two
pailfuls OF alcohol. The natives were
firing away as usual and as ! walked
down among the dead I heard the zip
Of bullets all around me. had n satu-
ra ted cloth over nv mouth and cotton in
my nostrils and I could stand the odor
we'll. There was considerable grass and
brush on the field. and I distributed the
alcohol pretty literally over both the
soil and the dead. It took four trips to
empty the barrel. It was then knocked
10 pieces and the material carried out.
The last act was to light a match and
set fire to a paper and a minute later
was safe In the fort and the field Of the
Head was all abiase. Before midnight
we had wipei out the threatened danger,
much to the cha grin and Inclination 81
the natives. The relief came too late,
however. for .omc Of our poor fellows.
Within the next few days We had ivo
deaths. every one Of than no doubt due
10 the pestiientiai odor, and the constant
strain OF watching had begun to tell
upon all the living.
We had been afraid the natives would
bring up a mortar and drop Ghell0 into
he tort. but Ne had bean eo01aGoa ~
lhree weeks before they Sot one into !
poeition. They ouenad IRE oAo az.
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We, of the Twenty-third British Pho
neers. supported by half of the Fifth
Regiment of Ghoorkas. had the advance
as We moved out of Peshawur for Cabul.
Skirmishlng began as soon as We were
out OF the fertilization and for four
hours we were pestered and annoyed and
put to considera BILE loss of life. Then
We reached the mountain pass known as
the Kashwa. and here a road came in
from the north called the Dark Way.
While the column rested. two of us Pho
neers pushed up this way for mile on
reconnaissance: and found small but
strong stone fort which had just been
deserted by the natives. Word was sent
hack and the result was that b Com
pany. which numbered forty-seven men.
was detailed 10 occupy the fort which
The officer in command was Lieut.
Frayne. second by the orderly sergeant
and a first corporal. We had been badly
broken up in the campaign and our COM
missioned and noncommissioned officers
were badly scattered. some dead. some
in the hospital. others on detached serv-
! was the corporal alluded TO above.
The fort was built at a spot where the
way or road left the hills and crossed
valley about half mile wide. We were
at the southern edge OF this valley on
detached hill. which was higher than any
other ground within gunshot There was
nne spring on this hin, and the natives
had inclosed II in a square just covering
hundred square feet OF ground. 1t was
not the work OF an engineer. but they
had laid up walls three feet thick with
the builders at hand left holes for mus
kets. and the single gate was only three
feet wide, and was commanded by a ten
pound field piece. which had been cap
tured from Baker several weeks previ
Gus.
The garrison of this fort had been
called out to assist in holding the main
pass against our army. and II had de-
parted in such a hurry that we found
four hundred pounds OF powder, six hum
dred pounds OF lead. forty muskets sixty
blankets and large stock of proyis-
ions left behind There was also both
shell and grapeshot for the field piece
Not doubling that We should be be-
sieged as soon as the army was out
of sight we set to work to make every
thing snug. The gate was blocked, the
extra muskets were loaded and the men
assigned to positions In squads W.
took possession about noon. and IN 10
o'clock the sounds of fighting in the
main pass came plainly TO our ears
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away enough every day to feed a Jun
bred hogs. What's his name"
His name is Damon and mine is
Pythias We are comrades Where
one goes to feed the other goes When
one is hungry the other is hungry.
When the police club one, they club
the other You've read about Damon
and Pythias OF old. haven't you
II guess ] have" replied Uncle RUDE,
with doubtful look. but I've forgot
ten. I've read the Bible through
seventeen different times and all l
could remember is two or three COM
mandants. and I get them all mixed up
il | try to repeat them. But what are
Fl pmsss - hes COT his .'' SUMMONS at
last" sorrowfully replied the little
bum. as he pretended to wipe a tear
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A GOOD MANAGER.

a bare-headed woman with a faded
and ragged dress solicited aims the
other evening of gentleman who
TO halt and asked
is II for drink"
No. sir: it's for food
But I don't know how Won live
have to practice economy In order to
have money in my pocket. You may
be extravagant. for all I know. How
We'll. sir. I've made I cents-that
will run hve of US on cold potatoes
20 far: and II 7 can get three more
fore going to bed. Might leave out
the bread IL ! can nnd a bit of tar to
thicken the water and deceive the
children: Can you draw It any hner
The man held out dime 20 -
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realizing the situation. the seventeen
men at the loopholes made their way
to the platform. Each of us had over
two feet of space to cover. making a
long thin line. The natives swarmed
up the ladders like so many monkeys,
and though we had great advantage
in overlapping them. they showed us
such rscklessness that we had four
men killed and two wounded before
we repulsed them. After emptying our
muskets we used the bayonet alone and
some of our men killed seven or eight
of the assailants. As they became de-
moralized and started to retreat we
opened on them with the extra mus
kets. and when the last gun had been
fired we counted 1913 dead men in sight.
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Sarah. what in tarnation does this
mean
IL don't know mother"
We'll. he acts more like a bridegroom
than a son-in-law. He never liked me
and never liked him. and yet
he is as juicy and tender toward
me as rare beef steak. He said he was
ut the depot on business but I don't be-
liere II. I believe he must have got hold
Of my letter. and is playing a joke on
las. II doesn't look as il would have
chance to do any crushing this trip.
The crushing" was all in Mr.. Bowser's
hands. and Mrs. BOWser was made the
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business. You are going to the house.
of course
''Why-er-yes."
Then come along. and never mind the
hack. Well whirl over in an auto. Moth
ing is too rich for my dear mother"
The old lady was so paralyZed that
she dropped both satchel and umbrella.
and when he had picked them up, she
slowly followed him out OF the depot, and
wondered If she had arrived at Oshkosh
or Yaphank and whether his name was
Bowser or Jones. On the way over to
the house he kept calling her dear moth
er" and saying that he had been longing
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my gratitude fun de welcome handed
out to me-"
The orator SGT down amidst appiause
that broke windows and put OUT lights
ana II was continued until the police
came ip the alley stairs and dropped
three women and -four mer down upon
the SAND PIE below. The Postum party
may he said to have got hold ~ ..,,.
nursing bottle with a good grin
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swarmsd over the walls like 30 many
bees.
From that hour the, rsai eisas' was
entered upon. Bodies Of natives were
stationed ON evary side q NJ Within
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-07-10
CALIFORNIA PEOPLE
GAVE FREELY 70
STRICKEN belgium

New York, July 1O.-The great
Pacific coast state, California, with
"a heart bursting beyond it's boun-
daries, was one of the first states in
the Union to send complete shipload
Of food to destitute Belgium, it be-
came known today through the re-
port of the Commission for Relief in
Belgium, with head offices in this
city
And since the donation of that
ship, loaded with food and supplies
for starving Belgium, the people of
California have been most liberal in
their contributions. Among the most
generous contributors were the peo-
pie of Palo Alto and the students of
Stanford university.
The Stanford students, at the first
call for help from across the seas,
organized a local relief committee
and besides their initial contributions
they agreed to make monthly gifts
aggregating $400. They have kert
this up and only recently the chair
man Of the Belgium Relief commits
sion received check of $1,25O from
Mrs. Harris J. Ryan of Stanford uni
yersity.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-07-10
By GEORGE R. HOLMES.


Johnny Evers is the most valuable
man to his team of any player in the
game. And that statement has the
whole-souled support of sport writ
ers, critics, statisticians, just plain
fans-and in fact, every one of those
1900 odd spectators who saw the
diminutive dynamo break back into
the game against the Giants at New
York recently after a nine weeks
layoff with a bum ankle.
New York fans hate Johnny Evers
from baseball standpoint. The
reason is they fear him. His every
appearance is a signal for kissing,
cat-calls, hooting-everything that
the great American fan indulges in
when the object of his wrath floats
across his vision.
The Giants and Braves were play
ing a double header. The New
York's had taken two games from
Stallings' crew the day before, and
had taken the first game Of the sec
ond double header. AS the teams
lined up to play the second game a
slim figure slipped from the Boston
bench and made his way, limping,
to second base. The crowd knew him
Instantly, and there was veritabIe
bedlam Of jeering, kissing and yell
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-07-10
ELKS GRAND LODGE ..- >&@
(, REUNION AT LOS ANGELES

Los Angeles, CAL, July 10.-Elks
from all parts of the United States
gathered here today for the Elks
Grand Lodge Reunion. It was esti-
mated that there would be more than
$4,000 visitors in the city before to-
morrow night.
Visiting Elks and their families
will be taken on automobile rides
around Los Angeles and it's environs
tomorrow as the guests of local
lodges, which are distinguished by
the dazzling white suits, hats and
shoes worn by their members.
z All the Elks who can get into
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Defining a Batman.

What Is a batman? The term seems
to be military one It apparently
means the driver or manager of pack
horses. A bat horse is a pack horse
which carries officers luggage. bat"
is g pack saddle and, like so many mill
tary words, it is French. There is a
common French proverb, "C'est la que
le bat le blesse" That is where the
saddle hurts or, as we say, where
the shoe pinches. Manchester Guar
dian.
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customers who took advantage Of the
wonderful bargains offered by them
Saturday is proof positive. Monday,
and in fact every day of their sale,
there will be number of extra spe-
cials which the careful and particular
buyer can not afford to miss Adv.
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lg. Johnny Evers was back.

ing. Johnny Evers was back.
When he came to the bench after
the Giants had been retired, the
crowd around the Boston bench i'm
mediately "got on his neck" riding
him numerically. But Johnny
never ducked. He came right back
at them, hurting their imprecations
back into their teeth, jeering at them,
ridicu4ing them, Dragging of what he
would do first time up and pitying
them because they had to SUPPORT
the Giants.
He shouldered his bat and went
to the plate. He addressed few un-
complimentary remarks to Meyers
who was catching for the Giants. told
Rigler to "wake up threatened
Young Stroud, pitching for the
Giants, and then proceeded to slam
the ball into center field for a clean
single. From first base he jeered
at the fans nearest to him.
His work on the field was even
more surcharged with speed and cut
ting remarks. He rallied at his
teammates, cajoled them, pitied
hem-and they liked it. On the
Boston bench all that could be heard
was, Say, amt it great have Johnny
back!,'
That day he got a single, double
and homer, and his four-ply swat
drove in a man ahead of him-the
only two runs scored in the game.
The Braves won, 2 to O.
Maybe Detroit couldn't get along
without Cobb, maybe the Red Sox'I
would fall through the bottom Of
the league without Speaker, or the |
White Sox go fooey but for Collins,
but the diminutive, dynamic Johnny
EVers' worth to Boston s Braves sim
ply cannot be estimated.
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SUNDAY IN THE CHURCHES
CONTINUED from rage l.,
cordially. invited to all the services
G. w. Gilman, pastor.
Baptist.

Temperance Sunday Sunday
school at 10; morning worship, IL.
Rev. Scott will preach; special music,
Happy Song Land" (by Havens)
chorus choir. Solo by Harriet Dav-
ids. B. Y. P. U. at 1880. Subject,
Making Life Worth While. Luke
12:13-28. Evening service at 8. In
charge of young people. Special
music, "Homeward," (by GabrieD
chorus choir. Prayer meeting Thurs
day evening at 8. Leader, H. e.
Rice. I. D. Alyord, pastor. ...
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Great Name.

"Who is that long haired fellow at
the other table?'
That is Bzzxvzynskczitz, the IA
nous Russian pianist. He has made
great name for himself"
"Must have made it out OF barbed
wire, didn't he heT-Exchange.
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Lutheran Free (Nymore)

Sunday school at 1O:3O. Rev.
Peter Nelson of Minneapolis will
preach in the church Wednesday and
Thursday evenings All are invited
to come and hear him. George Lar
son, pastor. ~ IT.. ~ g. Il 49,.
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First Scandinavian Lutheran.

Sunday school at $3.50. Nor
wegian services in the morning at
1O:30 and English services in the
evening at 8 o'clock. You are cor
daily invited to attend these services.
Osmund Johnson, pastor.