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Collections. Total Total payments Otsh on ha nd Jan. 1. I'.Ki Bonds, outstanding Warrants, outstanding Money ain'd eferyding in dis vorld, bud id takes a man mit money to be lief so. Dare has been enough hot air should der price uf coal to keeb us varm lia vinter. Dit you efcr notice id dot der bigger le humbug vot. a man is der longer vas bis viskers.' Der most eouwineing talker punctu ations his gonversationing mit many dumb, moments. I know a chentleman dot can sbeak sefen languages, bud his talk is so caeap I hate to listen py id. De fairst qvestion peoples ask abouid der man dot amounts to some dmg is how much is his amount. "Id is nefer too late to mend," as der voman eggsclaimed ven she sat ub till 2 a. m. to darn her husbandVstog gina. "Better late den nefer" looks veil in de proverbs, bud id ain'd much goot on payday.George V. Hobart in Chi cago American, LITTLE THOUGHTS. upDoi'tuniiy generally itnoeks Tu ing office hours. Health brings wealth more often than wealth brings health. COLLECTIONS AND J'AYMENTf. Current lax Imprest, unities :ind coate Delinquent tax Private redemption I'ubiie lands.. Littu"i' license Proceeds from sale of court house bonds Sn! of Lumber Sale of hunting llc*tiea Reimbursed for care of paupers State apportionment SL.t.- of Minnesota on account of wolf bounties Piling fees of candidates, primary and general rf?ctJoa State of Minnesota on account, rare uop-ivsident. .smallpox patients Forfeited 4posft Wifh application* lor liquor licenses Interest on bank deposits Collection* from ipiarainini patients cared lor by tlie county, ,-..'Ic of town manual* Collection of jury fees Balance on hand i:i treasury Jan. 1, 1W RKSOPRCKS ANO LIABILITIES. fusli. In drawer: Deposit in First National Bank of Be raid JI Deposit in Lumbermen's Sta te Bank Of Bemidji Deposit in First Stat Bank of Blackdmk Deposit in Bank of Bugley .Deposit in Merchant's Bank of Bemluji County taxy, 11KH and prior years 'onnty taxes, 1902 Court house and grounds Old court house and lots county jail Poor farm and buildings Furniture, fixtures and etc. on poor larm Books and official records of the county State of Minnesota, due on account of care of non-resident quaran- tined patients LIABILITIES. State of Minnesota, sale of hunting licenses State of Minnesota, state lands and interest DINKELSPIELERS. Der viskey uf to-day is der headache uf to-morrow. Efery man dot Is approachable vas nod touchable. Ven ve ged vot ve vant ve e'aener ally doan'd vant id. Der uneggspected alvays habbens ven' you least eggspectation id. Knowledge is ven ve learn to for get dings dat doan'd do us any goot. I know a -man dot reads all der lat est novels und sdill eats pie mit a knife. Many & man finds der current turn ed off ven he tries to use his vill power. State of Minnesota, state loans with school districts and towns .i..ti_.io X'*,*t ,.u^r,.,. S.oWl.tltl Ne resour 8222 HM.74 1 Castles in the air are all right until we try to move intt them. "Everything comes to the man Vao waits," but not while he waits. The man who has never been tempt ed may be unintentionally honest. He who plans trouble for others is the architect of his own misfor tune. The first thing to do, if you have not done it, is to .'all in love with your work. Were it rot for leve, many a girl would be unable to make herself mis erable People W'JO lament that they are not appreciated seldom appreciate others. When a man gives health for money he makes the poorest investment of his life. The man who never gets, enough will enjoy what he has more than the man who gets too much. It is singular that the man who can always tell how it should be done never did it, cr anything like it. OBSERVATIONS BY THE OWL. The sun cf prosperity often withers the soul. Be firm, but not offensive, in your opinions. A in out if-.Hi. :.:!,4( LMtt tt. "o tit 4:i 117 KM 10.5TU .-J7v i 7 137 so ,'i .vt .00 ,.vw IH TlR. T-o rti IT 00 l. t'.ti.1 ::.\.-.u I71.it*1 11.1 15,7.:lT 10.341..VS S.'.'TS.'.l^ l.."T.v .".,(i."i7.i 71,83u.SS r.tKi.oo (i.oou 1K.OW c.r.iKt l,ooti lo.ooo :j.tKii) 5.000 K! .M_',H14.74 ^Tr^ir iv-,*! vJJ POINTED PARAGRAPHS. Occupation is the best time annibil ator. Love makes a young man sober and an old man giddy. Busy men .are seldom afflicted with fits of melancholy. Wise people respect the man fools respect his good clothes. Some men know just enough to make fools of themselves. Any man who does tyou an ill turn will never forgive you for it. Some societies spend a dollar in an effort to raise a dime for ch ity. Where should we be to-day f Adam had died with all his ribs in his body? Hrs satanic majesty expects to pave several miles of new streets this year. Working for relatives is about as satisfactory as eating soup with a fork. When a man runs short in his ac counts he is apt to run long in his travels. Taking a tumble and taking a drop are not synonymous, hut one often lead:: to the other. Children's idea of a father is a man who never puts gravy on their plates where they want it. Cupid probably confines his opera tions to the parlor in winter owing to his scanty wardrobe. If some types of beauty were more than skin deep they might prove fatal to the possessors thereof. A lot of trouble is* stirred' up by people who insist on saying things when they have nothing to say. Next to knowing when to grasp an opportunity the most important thing is to know wheu to let go of it. Nothing seems more edifying to some people than to see a bow-legged man chasing his bat in a windstorm. It is said that anointing a bald head with onion juice will make the hair grow. If bald go lose yourself in the woods and try it. A New York woman is suing her husband for divorce on the ground that he is a fool. He says the mere fact that he married her prevents him from setting up any defense.Chicago News. MANY MEN Speak scornfully of women with the idea that it is witty. Si and upon a dignity which is painfully forced and stilted. Assume a tone of voice intended to give them an upper-cruat rating. Take on lie most positive ways when tbey are the least informed. Take delight in boasting of their attention to affairs of the household. Know so many things in an imper fect way as to impair their general usefulness. Find it necessary to tell how exceed ingly liberal they are in money af fairs. Assume an indifference to the opinion of others which they arc far from feeling. Make themselves object of notice in a diningroom through negligence of table etiquette. Allow their conversation to become ponderous and pedantic through a desire to appear learned. Polly's Pride Was Humbled. Walter T. Pierce of South Charles ton, 0. who recently received an ap pointment as,fellow of romance lan guages at the Johns Hopkins univer sity, tells an amusing incident con cerning nature studies. A tree had blown down -on bis father's estate near South Charleston and a baby owl was orphaned by the catastrophe. The gentleman took the bird under his care and in time it grew to maturity residing in a neigh boring tree and on mosttriehdly terms with the household. Not long afterward a relative asked that her pet parrot be permitted to remain with the family during her own absence from home, and Polly was duly installed. Received with all cordiality, Polly declared war at once and met friendly advances with' a fierceness of beak and claw that caus ed the -most daring lo retreat. Her cage wis set inside the pane of a window. One morning as' she swung leisurely to and fro repeating for the millionth time the brilliant words, "Polly, good morning!" the great gray owl fluttered softly down, perched on the sill beyond the glass and looked solemnly in upon her. There was one blood-curdling shriek from the affrighted parrot, and the next minute she lay in a dead faint on the bottom of the cage. It was a meek and stricken bird that finally returned to consciousness, ar.d for the remainder of her stay she gratefully sought the friendly pro tection of whoever would deign to notice her.Baltimore Sun. Conundrums. Why are women like salad? Both need a great deal of dressing. Why did P. T. Barnum have more cbanee to iret to heaven than anyone else? Because he had the greatest show on earth. Why can't the news from England ever be fresh? Because it comes through salt water. Why is a lady's belt like an ash tart? Because it goes around and gathers the waste. Why are books your best friends? Because when they horelyou you can shut them up without giving offence. A Doll's Po.l8.ce Ma.de of Corks Old bottle corks may seem to some people utterly useless, but If any ordi narily ingenious boy or girl will collect a lot of them, and follow the simple directions here given, he or she can produce something unique and pretty. When cut into a cube, or a small brick, a cork bears a close resem blance, in miniature, to many kinds of stone. When a number of them are combined, they look like old specked and indented masonry. They have lots of brownish-gray spots and little cavities. Get as many old corks as you can, therefore, and cut them into little bricks, using a sharp penknife for the purpose. With them you can build a very quaint model of a bouse or castle. They may be fastened to- How can you keep a rooster from crowing on Sunday? Get him stuffed Saturday night. Why are bookkeepers like chick ens? They both scratch for a living. How can you keep a dog from going mad in August? Shoot him in July. What is the longeBt word in the English language? Smilesbecause there is a mile between the first and last letter. Why is Buckingham palace the cheapest piece of property in Eng land? It was bought for a crown and is kept by a sovereign. Meaning of Girl*' Names. Frances in "unstained and free Bertha, "pellucid, purely bright Clara "clear" as the crystal aea I^acy. "a star of radiant light Cntherine Is "pure" as the mountain air Henrietta, a soft, sweet "star Felicia is a "happy girl Matilda la a "lady true:" Margaret is a shining "pearl:" Rebecca, "with the faithful few Susan Is a "illy white Jane nan the "willow's curve and grace Cecilia, dear, i* "dim of sight Sophia shown "wisdom on her tact Constance Is "fire and resolute Grace, delicious, "favor meet Charlotte, "noble, good repute Harriet, a fine, "odor sweet Isabella is a "lady rare Lucinda. "constant as the day Marie mean* "a lady fair Abigail. "Joyful as May Elizabeth, "an oath of trust Ad*lla. "nice princess, proud Agatha "is truly good and Just Letitia "a Joy avowed Jemina, "a soft sound in the air Caroline, "a sweet spirit hate." Cornelia, "harmonious and fair fielina. "a sweet nightingale Lyflia, "a refreshing well Judith, "a Jewel none excel Prlaclila, "ancient of days." Easy Victim of 8windter. The police of Zurich, Switzerland, have just received a complaint from a lady that she has been robbed by spirits of $1,000. 8he was Invited to a seance, and the spirits of St. John the Evangelist and St. James were invok ed. Then she was asked, by tho spirits to lay $1,000 which she had with her on the table and told that when she returned home she would find $2,000 in a chest of drawers, a portion of which sum she was enjoin ed to give toward the building of a new church. As she could not find the fL'.ObO, she informed the police. Hairpin Water Mill. Fasten two hairpins together with a little wax or by tying at several points with thread so that they look Lay twelve dominoes face down In a row with their long sides together. Then announce that you will call off their numbers by spelling and proceed to do so as follows: You spell, ajoud, "o-n-e. one." as you say "0," you move the right-hand ed piece to the left end of the line, as you say "u" yon move the second piece (which is now on the right end) to the left end as you say "e" you move the third piece in \he same man ner, but as you say "one" you turn up the fourth piece, and. sure enough, it is a blank or one. This you lay aside and count "t-w-o. two," carrying three pieces In succession from the right to the left end aJJd turning up the fourth, which proves to be deuce-blank, or two. In this way. you may go on un-' til there is only one piece left, and that when turned will be found to bo double-six, or 12. It is a very effective tiick, because you spell the names of the numbers and move one piece for each letter. There are lots of such tricks that de pend on mere counting, but in this it seems as If the dominoes must have some mysterious knowledge of Eng lish spelling, knowing, for example, gether with fine wire, or with glue. It is sometimes desirable, in work or this kind, to give the cork some other hhape. or to round the corners, and this may be done with the knife, usinK The Cork Castle, sandpaper afterward. Or a new, keen file will answer admirably for such cutting and shaping. like one broad hairpin with a groove running along it. Bend the ends of the compound hairpin at right angles, but in opposite directions, so that as the pin lies on the table one end points up and the other down. Spread Here is a game that is equally well suited to recess at school or to the sitting room at home in the evening. Boys and girls will find It both enter taining and instructive, especially those that have a taste for drawing. But a knowledge of drawing Is not A City of Indiana. at all necessary, as success in playing the game depends more on the Idea than on the execution. At the same time it will give practice in drawing. If played as a recess game it might be well to get one of the teachers to art as Judge if at home, one of the older members of the family might serve. This, however, Is not essential, for the players may select one of their own number as judge. Any number of persons may play in fact, the more players the better the game. Each player is furnished with a sheet of paper and a pencil, and when all are seated the Judge telJi them the object of the game, which is to make the nam* of a city Into a re bus or, rather, to represent the name cf a city by a rebus. A rebus, you know, is a sort of puzzle, in which things ere represented by pictures. Effective Trick to Be Doric With a. Set of Dominoes Amvising f*.nd Instructive Game for the Young Folks the legs of the pin and balance it on the point of a leud pencil stuck on a saucer with wax. The groove be tween the individual pins makes it easy to balance the apparatus and also affords a channel for a few drops of witter which you pour gently on the top with a spoon. The water follows the .bent ends and escapes as two ..n-i.oiuii jets in opposite directions, while the little mill turns swiftly on its pivot, the motion of each end being opposite to that of the jet on that side. The motion may be kept up indefinitely by adding a drop or two of water whenever lae mill slows up. 1 a that there are five letters in the word "three" and only three letters In tho word "six." In some other language in which the names of the letters are different you would think the trick would not work. But It will. Everything depends ou the arrangement of the dominoes, which is different for different lan guages. For EngllKh the four, beginning ftt (tic left, is 10, three, five. ne 11, \2, seven, two, four, six, eight, nine. The diagram shows how the doml noes should be arranged bul it Is not necessary in every ease to tuse tho particular piece here shown. One, of course, mubt be uee-blunk, but four can be ace-three, double-deuce, or foui Monk, and so on. Dog Killed His Master. While sportsman nanml Danlere nt Courcoury, France, was placing a waterfowl in his ganre-bag recently, he stood his double-barreled rifle on tho i ground, the muzzle pointing at his chest, Suddenly his dog, with a Joy ous bark, sprung toward him, and one of his pawB matching the trigger thft second charge exploded and passed through his master's heart, killing him instantly. M. Daniere's body was afterward discovered through the piti ful howling of the dog. Interesting the Birds. A scientist once put an automatic. mu*lc box on the lawn and spent msny hours watching the robins, blue tils and other birds gathering about it, A looking glass put up where the birds can see themselves in it is also very attractive, while a combina tion of a mimical box and looking glass pleases the birds more than anything else one could put out for their amusement. We often find people who have but a Kingie idea and an entirely useless one at that. Bach player is to think of a city and must keep the name secret.' Having thought of one that he may represent by one or more pictures he makes his drawing and submits it to the judge. A time limit should be fixed within which the drawing must be finished, but this should not be too short, for good work of that kind cannot be done in a rush. When the drawings have ail been finished they should be arranged so that all the players can examine them and guess what names (hey are intend to to represent. Two prizes should be offered, one for player who guesses more of the names than any other player does, and the other for the player whose work is done best. The judge makes the decision. By agreement it may be allowed for each player to write un der his drawing what state or country the city belongs to, but no other intJr A City of Austria-Hungary, matlon of the name should be given to the players. The two illustrations printed here show how the rebuses are made. They should be very simole. A NEGLECTED TOMB. MONUMENT TO REVOLUTIONARY HERO IN DECAY. Erected by the Corporation of the City of New York on the Grave of John Pauldinfc, It Is Forgotten in the Ctresc of Modern Time*. Tho pood people of the staid old Revolutionary war town of Peekskill, X. are Uttering remarks about New York. They are saying that the metropolis, with its vast appropria tions each year, Its many historical societies, and the apparent interest manifested there in preserving historl cal spots and sites, should take better tare of a monument it erected three r.uarters of a century ago at Peeks M!l that it should send up a com mittee to ride out to the old Vancort landtville cemetery and look at the condition of the monument. A few (k.llars expended wisely, they say, will put the stone, the iron fence, and the burroundings in proper condition. The monument stands where are buried the remains of Gen. Seth Fomeroy, the Revolutionary war hero, to whose memory the Sons of the Revolution erected a handsome shaft in the new cemetery a few years ogo. Near by is the historic St. Peter's church* one hundred and fifty years old, within the walls of which Gen. Washington worshiped. A study of the letters on the monu ment, after scratching off the moss and Hcht'iiB. brings to light the Inscrip tions. On t.ie front of the pedestal is the following: licit- repose the mortal remains of JOHN l'AL'LDING. \viu died on the eighteenth day of i February, IM. *o ^h tHi ol IIIH UK*. On the south side of the stone the whole tale of Paulding ami his deed is recited In concise yet comprehensive language. On the nionilua of the 23d of Septem ber, 17*0. iii'iuunpiuilcU two young farmers of ilu Co, of Westchester, (whose names will one day be re corded on their own deserved tnonu iiK'uti, ho intercepted the Britten Spy. Andrei Poor himself lie disdained to aehulre wealth by the sacrifice of ins coiN-nty. i Rejecting the temptation of Croat itc wards. he conveyed the nrlMuscra to tin American Canto. ml this no not of M-ir-deiiiui the treason of Arnold WHK detected', the designs of the iiuiiiv biifttfil. Wft Point and the AmerloHii Army saved, and those t'liltii! Suites, Nov. by the grace or God free and Independent Mom IIIO^I eminent peril. On another Bide Rre these words: The Corporation of the City of New York elected this tomb nx 11 memorial sacred to PUBLIC CIKATITTDE. On ihe two sides that are without inscriptions are enrved In has reliel the reverse and obverae of a mcdai voted by Congress on Nov. 1," 1780, te lle three captors ,f Andre. On flee 4. 182t!, during the Mayor ally or Philip Hone, the council ol New Yoil passed a resolution direct |ng I hat a monument be erected to the memory of Join Paulding. Th members of the committee were Gideon Ostrander, John Agnew. John l.o/ier. James Cox, Abrahm.M. Valen tine, all dead long ago. James Kain and Francis Kaln were employed to design, prepare and eroel Die monument. It. Is or white murble Rlmple in design, a pyramidal shaft on pedestal, in turn on a base. Tat slone is inclosed by an Iron fence. The monument was dedicated or Nov. 22. 1827. a party of New York ers and officials coming from the eitj} in the old steamboat Ba&duiky to par ticlpate In the ceremonies. Wllllan Paulding, then mayor, delivered tht dedicatory address. Pew or the millions of residents ol New York city know that in its eary history Its mayor and officials salkw' up to Peekskill, nnd In the old come :ery two miles north of the village jedfeatad a monument that its public M'li'll hsil Inspired. P*ib)ie spirit, it fias been said frquently, should now eep it In good condition. Famous Financier^ Protested Note. John W. Rellly, 400 East 'Fayette street, recently found among some old papers belonging to his father the pro lest on a note of Robert Morris, the famous American financier of the Rev olutionary war. A copy of the note is as follows: "Nine months after date I promise to pay unto John Nicholson Esq., or order, two thousand dollars, value re ceived. Oct. 2, 1704. "(Signed) Robert Morris. "(Indorsed) John Nicholson. "Kor John. Vaughan. 'Ah. Van Buren." A regular notice of protest, signed by Peter Ixihra, a notary public In Philadelphia, is appended. It is dated July 4. 17i)F, and states that "at the re quest of the Bank of the United Htates. went to the counting house of Robert Morris, drawer of the note, and tiiere *exhlbited the same to his clerk and demanded payment. He an swered that the said note could not be paid at present." It seems a singular irony of fate that a note of the man who largely de vised the financial system of the new Republic, who freely pledged his per sonal credit for the conduct of its war for freedom, and at one time was obli gated for over $1,400,000 to keep a (campaign moving, should go to pro test on the anniversary of the nation's birth Baltimore Sun.