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00 Lawn Furniture. We have about 175 pieces of furniture, in the shape of chairs, settees and rockers, suitable for porch ana lawn. One third off the regular price to close them out. All col- ors: come earlv if you want a bargain. Kitchen Cupboard,$5.25 Made of elm. finished in golden, has glass doors, ad justable shelves', and place below for linen. Worth $9.50 Dining Tables $1.75 And Up. DINNER IN THE WOODS. Enthusiast Talks of Delights of Trout Propcly Cooked. In the deep shade of the tree the baskets are laid, and now a fire is started near by, one of Van Dyke's little "friendship fires," which shall also cook a few trout. "Get two flat stones, |rjendarid they'll be hard to find in ra^fc boulder country, but they are sometimes worn quite flat while I gather some sufficient wood." Into the fire the stones go, and the wood is heaped .about them. Soon the intense giow of live wood embers Indicates that the time has come. The trout, a sliver of bacon in each, are placed on a stone, first well dust ed of its ashes, and the other stone is laid upon them. Now the hot embers are raked about and ovQr the stones, and the lunch is spread on the big rock near the spring. Oh, ye epicures, who think nothing good unless serv ed by a Delmonico or a Sherry, go ye into the mountains, follow a brook for naif a day, get wet and tired and hun gry, sit down by an ice-cold spring and eat brook trout cooked on the spot, and delicious bread and butter liberally spread with clover, honey. Not till tLen have ye dined.Outing. NOT A POLYGAMIST. How Bishop Potter Filled Out an Of ficial Form. An army officer just returned from the Philippines t-... *his story on Bishop Potter. When the bishop went out to Ma nila a year or two ago] on his arrival at the islands he was confronted by a formidable list of about thirty questions. The list, prepared by "Uncle Sam for Chinese and native Filipinos was nevertheless submit ted Impartially to all comers. Gravely the bishop, as became his respect of forms, wrote down his name, age, occupation, place of birth. He did not even smile as he wrote "No" opposite the question "Have you any opium?" But the last question was too much. A look of mock pain crossed his fea tures. "Must I answer this?" he asked the examiner. The examiner nodded. And in the space opposite "Are you a polygamist?" the bishop grave ly wrote "Not yet." Brain and Mental Activity. Much the larger part of a brain is composed of white matterthat is, of nerve fiberswhich has nothing whatever to do with real brain work and which only carries messages. Again if research is to be trusted, it is only the brain cells of very lim ited (probably the frontal) region which have to do with the highest mental operations. When, therefore, we talk about the size of the head .-and brain and the weight of the brain goods at any price are not cheap and it is not economy to buy a thing without merit even at a little price. We've built a reputation for selling goods that yon are better pleased years after than when you first get them. This does not mean that pur prices are high. It means simply that we buy in unusually, large quantities, and can and do sell for actually less than some dealers pay. We do and always will give our customers benefit of everv cent we can save by lug buying. Our terms are carefully com putedbased upon a fair return for our money and upon the con venientability of the great bulk of the people to pay. Oak Dresser, $9.95 Made of oak and finished in golden, has 3 pood sized drawers a food, size 14x24 French Oval Bevel Plate Mirror. Worth $12.50 Book Cases, $4.50 Will buy a neat book case, made of birch, polished finish in mahogany, adjust able shelves with brass rods, one of the best Grand Rap ids makes worth $12.00. Trading Stamps Given with all Spot Cash Purchases E. L. 1MAY THE FURNITURE MAN BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA we snoura cieany unaerstanu mat i only an infinitesimal fraction of the I three pounds' weight or so of an ordi nary brain can be reckoned as repre sentlng brain cellsthat are the agents of our nervous governance. I Practically the brain ceils (of the I jerebrum or great brain at least) I bear no larger proportion to the brain's mass than the rind of a Dutch cheese does to the eatable por*' SOLD HIS SHOOTING BOOTS. Man Fooled His Wife on the Price, But the Result Was Sad. Banks knew very well tnat he could not afford to pay $20 for a pair of shooting boots, but he reasoned with himself, after the sophistical manner of those who knew the joys of ex travagance, that his twice-a-yqar trip I to his Long Island c*ab for two days of duck shooting was really the only luxury he allowed himself and his economies in other directions deserv ed reward. So Banks bought the boots, and told his wife a nice little story about a friend who had struck a bargain in boots and had let him have a pair "for practically nothing." The boots were not worth much anyhow, he carelessly explained, and congratulat ed himself oh having safely and sagaciously handled a delicate situa tion. When Banks came back from his next shooting trip he was tired and sleepy, and uirew his new boots, all muddy as they were, into a closet, to be cleaned when he should have more energy. "And what do you think happened to those boots!" he said two days later to a group of sympathetic friends on 'change. "A junk peddler came around the next day and my wife sold him my $20 boots for fifty cents. She knew th7 were of no special value, as I had said so, and thought she'd done well to get fifty cents for them." "And what did you say?" asked one man, betwixt pity and amusement. "Say? What could I say? I be came hysterical."New York Mail and Express. In the Gooci uid Days. The most memorable ride in Eng lish history was that of Sir Arthur Owen, which placed the Hanoverian dynasty on the throne of Great Brit ain. The act of settlement, by which, in 1701, parliament elected the house of Hanover to the British throne, was passed by only one vote, and this casting vote was given by Sir Arthur Owen, the member of parliament for Pembrokeshire. He arrived at West minster, dusty and travel-worn, only just in time to record his vote, hav ing ridden with furious haste from Wales for the purpose on relavs of horses kept at all the posting houses along the route. To that ride Britain owes it6 Georgian era hence its Queen Victoria and Edward VII. A/HAAVS*AA**A***/**W**^E TERMS WHEAT LANDS IN EUROPE. Broad Belt Extends from Hungary Into Siberia. We are told that the south Euro pean wheat lands constitute a broad belt of prairie 600 to 700 miles in aver age width, beginning in Hungary and extending northeastward to the Ural mountains and then Westward into Si beria to unknown boundaries. On the north and west are the "gray forest lands" and on the south and west are salt and alkaline districts and sandy wastes, and finally the Caucasus and tho Ural mountains. By both chemical and mechanical analyses the soil is shown to be re markably similar to that of our own prairies, also commonly known by the similar term of "black loam." The depth is on an average probably a lit tle greater than that of our prairie soiL From a chemical standpoint the soils of the two regions are similarly characterized (1) by an exceptionally large amount of thoroughly humified organic matter, (2) by the presence of an unusual proportion of phosphoric acid, and (3) by a great amount, com paratively, of lime, potash, and other alkalies. These soils are therefore al kaline, while others, especially of for est regions, are acid. It is well known, says the Export Implement Age, that the substances thus more abundant in these soils than in others are just those usually needed by the wheat plant. STRIKE IN JAPANESE SCHOOL. Students Demand the Dismissal of the Entire Faculty. We had to report recently a strike on the part of the students of the Miye Middle School, writes the Japanese Mail. On that occasion the fault seemed to be largely on the side of the faculty of the school and the governor of the prefecture. News now comes of a strike at the Middle School of Oita in which the stu dents appear to be chiefly to blame. The account given in Tokyo journals is that the elder students, angered by some severe strictures passed by Mr. Uki, one of the teachers, against an increasing habit of imbibing sake, demanded his removal. Apparently the principal yielded so far as to sus pend Mr. Uki, but, at the same time, he rusticated some of the students. This led to a renewal and stronger demonstration on the latter's part. I They drew up a document arraign ing the principal and the teachers on various counts and demanding the dismissal of the whole faculty. Thir teen of them were now expelled, with the result that meetings began to be held outside the school for the pur- I pose of planning a general strike. The trouble is not over. Of course this version comes from the side of the teachers Subscribe for The Dally Pioueer. *-s NEWS IN BRIEF. Overfiow From the Wires in a Con densed Form. The armored cruiser King Alfred has been selected to take the Prince and Princess of Wales to India in the autumn. Fire in the plant of C. Dietrich & Sons, pork packers at Allegheny, Pa., did $100,OuO damage. Several narrow escapes were reported. Edward West, eighty-five years old, the first teacher of a public school in the Territory of Wisconsin, at Milwau kee in 1837, is dead at Appleton, Wif. Savings deposits in Chicago banks have passed the ?100.000,000 mark. In the past ^ear they have increased up ward of $22,000,000, or more than 26 per cent. Three m'en have been killed by a caving hank in a mine near Gecilville. Cal. The victims were Will Lucklin, a newspaper man, and two miners named Booth and Cady. Maj. E. B. Kirk, retired army officer, is dead at his home at Toledo, Ohio, after an i'lness of several weeks. The deceased served throughout the Civil war and L'*d a brilliant record in the regular army. Bennett Bibb and James Williamson were arrested at Birmingham. Ala., charged with burglarizing the safe in the union passenger station ticket of fice and taking nearly $7,000 in cash and indorsed checks. THE MARKETS. and Latest Quotations From Grain Live Stock Centers. St. Paul, May 29. Wheat No. 1 Northern, 79 l-2@80 l-2c No. 2 North ern, 78 1-2"M-2c No. 3, 77@78c no grade, 73@Vic. CornNo. 3, 4G@47c No. 4, 44 45c no grade, 41@44c. Rye No. 2, 42 49c. Barley Malting grades, 4553c feed grades, 37@42c. Minneapolis, May 29. WheatNo. 1 hard, 81c No. 1 Northern, 79 3-4c No 2 Northern, 7 8 3-4c. Duluth, May 29. Wheat ~o. 1 hard, Sic No. 1 Northern, 79c No. 2 Northern. 77c flax, $1.16 oats, 34 1-2 35c rye, 50c barley 35.f/'51c. Milwaukee, May 29. Wfreat No. 1 Northern, 83 l-2c No. 2 Northern, 82 @82 l-2c July, 73 l-4c. Rye firm No. 1, 53 l-2c. Barley lower No. 2, 59c sample, 48@57c. Oats lower standard, 36 3-4@37 l-4c. CornJuly, 44 3-Sc Chicago, May 29. Wheat No. 2 red, 8oc No. 3 red, 72 @77c No. 2 hard Winter, 74@77c No. 3 hard win ter, 72@77c No. 1 Northern, spring, 80@81c No. 3 spring, 73g80c Corn Cash, No. 2, 45c No. !s. 441-2 44 3-4c. OatsCash, No. 2, 33c No. 3. 32c. Sioux City, Iowa, May 29. Cattle Bee\ds, $4 4.90 cows, bulls and mixed, $2.50@4.10 stockers and feed ers. $3.50@4.60 calves and yearlings, $34.50. Hogs, $5.75@6.15 bulk, $5.90 0.0,5. Chicago, May 29. Cattle Good prime steers, $4.90@5.40 stockers and feeders, $3@4.55 cows, $1.60 4.50 heifers. $2.50@4.85 calves, $2.50@6, Texas-fed steers, $4@4.75. Hogs Mixed and butchers, $6^0@6.55: good to choice heavy, $6.C0@6.80 light, $6 6.3o bulk of sales, $6.35 6.60. SheepGood to choice wethers. $3.75 @5.25 fair to choice mixed, $3.75 4.75 Western sheep, $4.50 5.25: native lambs. $4.50 7.10 Western lambs, $4.50@7.1) South St. Paul. May 29. Cattle Good to choice steers, $4.50@6 good to choice cows and heifers, $3.25@4 good to choice feeding steers, $3.75@ 4.25 common to fair stock steers, $2fi. 2.75 s'teor calves, ?2)3.50 good to choice milch cows, S35@40. Hogs Price range,. $5.S0ai".50 bulk, $6.10 6.25 light and iTff&rinr grades, $5.90 6.15. Sheep Good to choice shorn lambs, $5.75@6.50 good to choice shorn yearling wethers, $4.75 6 heavy, $4.505 good to choice shorn ewes, medium weight, $4@4.50 heavy, $3(ft 4: culls and stock ewes. $2.50@3. BATTLE IS RENEWED. Fresh Trouble Breaks Out *i the West Virginia Mines. Thurmond, W. Va., May 29. The first serious outbreak Kince the late strike order was issued, occurred at the Big mines on Laurel creek, not far from here. The strikers began marching in a body toward the mines to induce non-union men to join them. The guards on duty opened fire. The strikers returned the fire at long range. Mar?.h?!l Brown, a guard, was killed in the battle. Several received minor injuries. More than 100 shots were fired before the strikers retreat ed. More trouble is anticipated to day. POLICEMEN MAY STRIKE. Cops in Erie Will Quit Unless Their Salaries Are Increased. Erie, Pa.. May 29.The city police men below the grades of chief and cap tain yesterday sent their resignations to Mayor Hardwick, to take effect June I unless a raise in salary was made from $60 to $75 before that date. Two months ago the men made a similar demand and threatened to -irik to enforce it. Since then the council has been dickering with an ordinance granting the increase, but the policemen believe they are being toyed with, and state that they have now issued their ultimatum. Chamberlain Is III. Manchester, May 29. The parlia mentary correspondent states that Colonial Secretary Chamberlain's con dition is causing much anxiety among hie friends. It is feared he will have to take an extended rest to escape bieaking down Female Rip Van Winkle. Paris. May 29.The papers contain long stories of the remarkable case of a young woman living near St. Quen Tin, who. after living in a trance for twenty years, awoke last night. A WEST VIRGINIA CROESUS I Henry G. Davis Has Had Rapid Rise to Affluence. Henry G. Davis, formerly United States senator from West Virginia, does not figure as often in the news of the day as he once did, but that does not mean that he is not taking a large hand in the great matters of business and politics, reports Harper's Week ly. He began life as a brakeman on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, and got his start. Then, when he had enough money to branch out, he bought 18.000 acres of West. Virginia wilderness for a few cents an acre. Extensive c:oa deposits were found and the timber yielded large profits. He built the West Virginia Central railroad, and superintended the whole work, so that the workmen said of him that he knew every nail that was used. This wilderness now has large towns and many industries. Some years ago the road reached a certain point and stopped. It was evident that an important projection would be made. A young man went to Senator Davis and said: "Senator, suppose you knew a worthy young person who had laid by a little money for investment, and you also knew where the towns were to be" located upon the new line, what would you do?" "Well," he said slowly, "I might take the young man's monny and make 1.000 ner cent or so on .my investment. Buy a Lot Beltrami Avenue. F. 0. SIBLEY, Proprietor SOLWAY. MINN. First Class Sample Room. MACS MINT Geo. McTaggart, Prop. Choice Wines, Liquors and Cigars. ~^^r A A A A A own tne laua." He had gote on horseback over the whole route, and bought up the sta tion sites and surroundings long be fore the report about the new road was published. Mr. Davisor Senator Davis, as he is universally called in West Virginiais one of the leading multi-millionaires of the country. Death on Bicycle Thieves. Judge John Stewart of Chambers burg, Pa., considers that those who steal bicycles should be classed with horse thieves, because persons too poor to buy horses use the silent steed instead. Two bicycle thieves were convicted in his court last week and he sentenced each of them to eight een months in the penitentiary. One of them said,-impudently: "Ttfank you," whereupon his honor remarked: "As you are so well pleased I shall increase your term by six months." Varying Degrees of Time. Belgium and Holland use Green wich time. In Germany, Austria, Denmark, Italy, Scandinavia, and Switzerland one hour before Green* wich time rules. Alarming Increase of Lunacy. Since 1858 the number of lunatics In Scotland has increased by 180 per cent, while inincreasede ulation cent. the sam time the pop a El In the New Townsite of LOCATE O N MALLARD LAKE, BELTRAMI CO. only 4 9 per Choicest Brands. Bemidji, Minn. i