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FILARIA 13 A NEW DISEASE.
Responsible for the Death of Many
American Soldiers.
Capt. Charles Kieeffer, a United
States army surgeon, says the Phil
ippines are infested with mosquitoes
more troublesome and dangerous from
a medical point of view than those
that swarm in the Jersey swamps. A
strange malady known as fllaria is
traced directly to them, and is com
mon among the American soldiers
quartered on the islands. Soldiers
contract the disease by drinking
water from stagnant pools in which
the mosquitoes have laid their eggs.
The first indication of fllaria ap
pears In the form of a worm in the
victim's thorax. This develops into
elephantiasis, which causes the pa
tient terrible pains, accompanied by
a constant cough. The sufferer is
worst at night, and the patient be
comes a prey to insomnia.
The only remedy "ilea' in an opera
tion, which itself is dangerous and
rarely successful. If the worm, which
Is a female, is Injured "and dies
through the operation, its poison gets
Into the blood, the disease is Increased
a thousandfold and the chances of re
covery are small.
CAME BACK FOR HI8 OWN.
How Wilkinson Was Outwitted by a
Brainy Tramp.
When Wilkinson went to his office
one day last week he felt calm and
contented. He hadn't any need to
worry about his wife's loneliness any
more, for he had bought a capital
watchdog for her.
But, alas! when he arrived home
his wife met him with the deplorable
news that the dog had gone.
"Eh!" said Wilkinson, "did he break
the chain, then?"
"No," she- replied "but a great,
ugly-looking tramp came here and
acted so impudently that I let the dog
loose. But instead of tearing the tramp
to pieces the nasty dog went off with
him."
"Great Scott!" said Wilkinson, "that
must have been the tramp I bought
him from!"
Danger in Big Guns.
Recent accidents disabling some of
our best battleships offer rather start
ling evidence of the weaknesses that
are inherent in vessels of this type.
For years inventive genius has been
applied to contriving guns of bigger
size and longer range than those used
before, and each increase has added to
the demands laid upon the strength
guns and turrets and their mobility
In action. Inevitably the line of safe
has been passed and the result Is.
shown in accidents which have caused'
loss of life, besides exposing the para
doxical delicacy of massive machin-'
cry.Philadelphia Nortu American.
The Modern Race After Wealth.
The mania for money-making has
developed into downright madness.
And the explanation is easy. People
see that it is fast becoming the chief,
If not the only, standard of respecta
bility. When Talleyrand was asked if
be was not ashamed to sell bis influ
ence in making treaties under the
first empire he replied: "My friend,
do you not see that there are but two
things left in Francemoney and the
guillotine?" We are rapidly ap
proaching the period In our own his
tory when there will be but two things
left in Americamoney and contume
ly.Louisville Courier-Journal.
Enjoyaole Denunciations.
Society to-day in search of fresh sen
sation floc'-s to hear its manifold follies
denounced from the pulpit, and the
more outspoken the preacher the more
it enjoys his discourse. Times have'
changed since the day when Lord
Melbourne walked out of church In
disgust after a rousing sermon on the
consequences of sin, exclaiming:
Things have come to a pretty pass
when religion is allowed to invade the
sphere of private life!" To-day society
revels in hearing itself denounced and
plumes itself with Joy when a fashion
able preacher discourses on bridge
scandals and divorce cases.
Cecil Rhodes' Dream Realized.
The dream of Cecil Rhodes is real
ized in Amp'ica before the funds left
by him have made it possible In Ox
ford. The workshop university in the
great electric manufacturing works at
Schenectady. N. Y.. has among its
studentsall college graduates
young men from England, Scotland,
France, Germany, Switzerland, Nor
way, Sweden, Denmark, Holland,
Spain, Italy, Russia, Brazil, Mexico,
Canada, Siam and Japan. Nearly all
the leading engineering schools of the
world are represented there.
His Strong Recommendation.
The old gentleman showed his dis
pleasure plainly. "It seems to me
rather presumptuous for a youth in
your position to ask for my daughter's
hand," he said. "Can you advance
any good reason why I should give my
consent?" "Yes, sir." replied the
young man promptly. "What?" "I
am comparatively modest and eco
nomical in the matter of my personal
expenditures, and I think you wta find
me less costly to maintain than any
other son-in-law you could pick out!"
The Spare Room.
The guest from the city sat in the
bedroom that had been alloted to him
in his brother's house in the little
country town. He watched his breath
turning to icy clouds as it left his
lungs and wondered how long it took a
man to freeze to death, "They cair
this the 'spare room,' he 6aid, ahiver
lngly, to hlmselt "And it is weli
named. I dont wonder they can spare
it. I think that I could get along with
out it myself."- -Magazine of Humor.
THE NUMBER SEVEN IN HISTORY. HE SOLD HlS HEAD.
Has Had Deep Significance in Ancient
and Modern Times.
It was frequently used as a mystical
or symbolical number in the Bible, as
well as among the principal nations of
antiquity.
There were seven days in a week,
and the seventh was kept sacred.
There were seven deadly sins
pride, covetousness, lust, anger, glut
tony, envy and sloth.
There were seven virturesfaith,
hope, charity, prudence, temperance,
chastity and fortitude.
There were seven champions of
ChristendomSt. George for England,
St, Andrew for Scotland, St. Patrick,
for Ireland, S David for Wales, St.
Denis for Prance, St. James for Spain,
St Anthony for Italy.
There were seven wise men of
Greece,
There were seven ages of man.
Borne was bftflt on seven hills.
There were seven ancient wander
ers, and the seven sleepers were he
roes of a celebrated legend.
HE U8ED A TACK.
How Undertaker Made Sure the Wig
Would Stick.
As the story goes, an Irish under
taker was laying out the deceased hus
band of a Weeding Hibernian widow.
The corpse wore a wig, and it was
very difficult to induce it to stay on
straight, as wigs ought always to do,
even if 'they don't The bereaved
widow was called in to assist "Go
an' git me a pot of glue, Mrs. McGov-
ern," said the undertaker, "so that I
may keep his wig where it belongs."
Mrs. MocGovern set out after the
sticking material, and after a time she
returned. "Here is the glue for ye,"
she said with a sigh.
"Mrs. McGovern, you kin take back
the mucilage," said the undertaker
"the difficulty is fixed. I used a tack."
Buffalo Times.
Good Work of the Rocking Chair.
Some one who was interested in the
fact has discovered that while Amer
ican women are shorter than their Eng
lish sisters, their legs are much more
symmetrical and their ankles more
graceful. The belief is expressed that
the reason for this lies in the great
love of the American women for rock
ing chairs. Here a woman will sit
down in a rocking chair, and, appar
ently happy, rock by the hour, were
Bhe not disturbed, perhaps not know
ing that the mere movement employed
to keep the chair motion does, by
repeated pushes of *.he toes, make the
instep high, the calf round and full,
and so keep from the angle an accum
ulation of flesh.
American and English Railways.
The reasons urged in explanation of
the great number of persons killed and
injured on American as compared with
British railways are: We have more
than eight times as many miles of
road Great Britain has but 9,000
miles of single track, while we have
176,000 miles in Great Britain roads
can pay interest on an investment In
construction of $200,000 a mile, but
many American roads built to develop
sparsely settled districts fail to pay
an investment of $70,000 a mile heavy
traffic In Great Britain justifies the ex
pense of block systems and interlock
ing switches.
Many Favor Universal Language.
"Esperanto," an artificial language
made by Dr. L. Zamenhof for a uni
versal language, has gained 80,000 ad
herents, among them members of the
French Institute, professors in conti
nental universities, Count Tolstoi and
W. T. Stead. Its object, as stated by
a writer in Le Monde Moderne, Paris,
is: "To furnish people who need to
communicate with foreignerstravel
ers, scientists and business menthe
way to a mutual understanding with
out necessity of resorting to the study
of many foreign languages."
Where to Apply.
"Dear Miss Scrubblns," wrote the
wise mother to her son's teacher, "if
you want an excuse for Willie's ab
sence from school, ask him for one.
He's the Sest boy for excuses that
lives. He gives them to me a dozen
times a day. He can give an excuse
for anything that happens, whether
it's a rip in his trousers or a fight with
a neighbor \oy. As long as you have
him in yoi'r room, I do not see why it
should be necessary to apply to me
for an excuse at all."
Much Red Tape Over a Cent
The postmaster at Elolse, Fla., being
short one cent hi his cash at his last
settlement with the government made
up the deficiency out of his own pock
et but In checking his accounts the
auditor for the postofHce department
found an arithmetical error whereby
Uncle Sam had been overpaid to the
extent of a cent. Thereupon the de
partment sent the postmaster a draft
for one cent which he has just re
ceived.
The Traveled Widow.
The Sunday sctoool superintendent
was quizzing a class at small girls the
other day. "And what was 'the widow's
cruse?' he asked. There was a mo
ment's silence then a little hand went
up timidly. "Please, sir," said the
youngster, "the widow was one of the
people that went with Noah in his
yacht."
Sire Got Ahead of Him.
Sally GeyDid he kiss you?" Doily
SwiftYes, but, oh! I was so morti
fied, I kissed him first. Sally Gey
Goodness! What made you do that?
Dolly SwiftWhy, you see, I thought
he was going to kiss me a moment or
two before he really did, and I acci
dentally got ahead of him.
Peculiar Condition in Which Wealthy
Russian Finds Himself,
A curious story comes from Russia
about a man who sold his head. About
the year 1866 tnere lived a man at
Keff with an enormous head. A Rus
sian scientist, Prof. Walker, in order
to secure the head for scientific pur
poses, bought It from its possessor for
500 roubles. The condition of sale
was that it should only be delivered
after the man's decease but when
the transaction got abroad a great
scandal was created. The professor,
however, stuck to his bargain, and the
big head applied itself to business.
Fortune smiled on the latter he fell
heir to a big fortune, and then he
began to feel uncomfortable at the
thought that the head belonged to an
other. He went to the professor, offer
ed him 1,000, 1,500, even 2,000 roubles
If only he would give him back the
absolute ownership of his headpiece.
But the professor rfeid out, and for
aught that is known to the contrary he
Is still holding outPearson's Week
ly.
TO CURE A COLD.
Uncle Allen Sparks Knew of Many
Infallible Remedies.
"Uncle Allen," asked the young
man, "do you know anything that's
good for a cold?"
Mr. Allen Sparks opened his desk,
took from one of the pigeonholes a
large number of newspaper clippings
tied with a string, and threw it over
to him.
"Do I know of anything that is good
for a cold?" he echoed. "My boy, I
know of six hundred and twenty-seven
infallible ways of curing a cold. I've
been collecting them for forty-nine
years. You try these, one after the
other, and If they don't do you any
good, come back and I will give you
one hundred and sixteen more. Bless
me!" added Mr. Sparks with enthu
siasm, you can always cure a cold If
you go about it the right way."
He dug up a bundle of yellow, time
stained clippings out of another pig
eonhole and the visitor hastily left
Good Word for Mosquito.
The announcement comes from
Washington that the New Jersey mos
quito Is really a blessing In disguise.
Not only is its bite not dangerous,
but, It is asserted, this voracious In
sect destroys poisonous immigrants
i of its genus that come from the south
to threaten people with malaria, yel
low fever and the like. All this may
be true enough, but it is not likely
that the long-billed New Jersey variety
will be cultivated as household pets
until some way is devised to muzzle
them during their working hours. Few
of us can stand the loss of blood nec
essary for their salubrity.Indianap
olis News.
Necklace Awaits an Owner.
A strange story is told about a dia
mond necklace which was found at one
of the English court balls some years
ago. One of the late queen's ladies
in-waiting picked up a diamond neck
lace from the floor. A lady came for
ward and claimed it. The finder, how
ever, declared it was her duty to give
it in to the lord chamberlain's office,
as this was the rule with regard to
anything found in the palace. The
lady protested in vain, but. the oddest
thing was that this necklace never
was claimed, and is probably still at
the lord chamberlain's office.
Hare as a Universal Provider.
In the economy of nature the hare
is the one creature that stands be
tween most of the carnivorous animals
and starvation. In the northern woods
where snow lies on the ground for
more than half the year, and where
vegetation is of slow growth, the hare
serves as a machine for converting
birch twigs into muscular, lean meat
and providing it in such quantities
that hawks, owls, wildcats, weasels
and foxes can live in comparative
luxury. A pair of hares under favor
able conditions produce 70,000 indi
viduals in four years.
Cats to Kill Prairie Dogs.
The owners of an mormous sheep
ranch in Montana suffer so much loss
from the consumption by prairie dogs
of the tender shoots of grass, that
they have determined to Import cats
enough to exterminate the dogs. The
first company of 100 cats Is being re
cruited at St. Paul. A facetious writer
in the New York Pos* shows anxiety
for the future of the cat3. their work
I being accomplished. He says If they
do kill the prairie dogs they will have
the choice, subsequently, of starva.
tion, cannibalism or brigandage.
A Healthy Spot
The healthfulness at a certain sum
mer resort iB advertised by this story.
Recently a visitor began to talk to
an old resident of the town in question
and asked him his age, whereupon he
said: "I am just over seventy."
i "Well," said the visitor, "you look as
if you had a good many years to live
I yet At what age did your father die?"
"Father dead?" said the man, look
ing surprised. "Father isn't dead
why, he's upstairs Just now putting
grandfather to bed!"
A Real Bargain.
"In time,*' said the struggling artist,
"that painting will be of great valua
All you have to do is to tuck it away
in an attic somewhere and keep it
for about 200 years, by which time
I will have become one of the old
masters. Then you csm sell it easily
for $10,000. You see. I know the rules,
but unfortunately I am not in a finan
cial position to carry them out. So,
if you want a real bargain. FI1 let you
have this little gem for $1.50."
CLEANLINESS AS A Vide.
Younj? Matron Criticises Methods of
Her Motner-in-Law.
"Cleanliness is next to godliness, I
know," said the young' matron whose
mother-in-law lives with her, "but
there is such a thing as carrying it
too far, I think. Now, my husband'B
mother is fearfully and wonderfully
neat. In fact, at times I feel that to
live in a pigpen would be a relief.
From morning till night there Is noth
ing but clean, clean, clean. Bits of
carpet are laid in the places most
likely to trip you up. These are in
tended to keep the floor underneath
free from stain and then the carpets
are taken up and the floor underneath
scrubbed as carefully as if it had not
been protected all tne time. You can
not imagine just how trying it is. Bui
the other day she reached the limit
She came In, took off her shoes, care
fully washed them and set them out
to dry! Think of it! t,It's
did not wash her hat"
Governor Saves Boy's Life,
It is fortunate for one Georgia youth
that Gov. Garvin of Rhole Island is a
physician and surgeon of standing.
The governor and a number of north
ern friends were at Andersonville to
attend the dedication of a monument
in memory of Rhode Island soldiers
who died In Andersonville prison.
While the exercises were in progress
a carriage team took fright, ran away
and upset the vehicle. Edwin Calla
way, one of
fhe occupants, had his
leg broken, the jagged bone severing
an artery. Gov. Garvin, on hearing of
the boy's plight, hurried to his help,
tied the severed artery and cut the
broken bone, just in time to save the
sufferer from bleeding to death.
Bank's Burglar Trap Didn't Work.
In its account of the recent bank
burglary at Allen, the Emporia (Kan.)
Gazette explains that the trap set by
the bank for robbers did not work.
The trap In question is unique enough
to be interesting. "Above the vault,"
says the Gazette, "was a thin celling
and about a ton of sand above it.
This was there In case cracksmen
should attempt to blow open the safe,
when the ceiling would burst at the
explosion and the sand fill the vault,
making it impossible to get at the
safa However, the ceiling did not
burst and the sand remains undis
turbed.Kansas City (Mo.) Journal.
Chorus Girls of Wealth.
Among the twenty girls who took
part in an amateur comic opera per
formance in Philadelphia the other
evening were fifteen whose fathers
are millionaires. It is said that the
girls in question represented some
$40,000,000. The affair was the big
gest event among the Hebrews of
Philadelphia for twenty years. A
trainload of wealthy New Yorkers
went over specially to take part in or i
witness the performance, which was
given under the auspices of the Mer
cantile club.
Brave Sailor 9oon Forgotten.
Disoouraglngly tardy progress is be
ing made with the proposed monument
to Rear Admiral James E. Jorrett It
was thought that the gallant conduct
and wide popularity of the admiral
would have called forth generous re
sponse to the committee's appeal, but
that expectation has not been realized.
The headquarters of the association
are in Washington and Rear Admiral
A. E. K. Benham is chairman of a
committee having the matter in imme
diate charge.
The Ones That 8offered.
An aged Scotch minister, who was
very boastful, says ex-Speaker Joseph
L. Barbour of the Connecticut legisla
ture, once said to his good friend.
"Think of it! I preached two hours
and twenty minutes last Sunday!"
"Didn't it weary you very much?" in
quired the other solicitously. "Oh, no,"
said the minister. "But you should
have seen the congregation!"New
York Times.
One Point of View.
"I am very much afraid that you do
not appreciate the spirit of a free
country." "Oh, yes I do," answered
the man who had recently landed in
New York, hi a dialect which it is
needless to reproduce. "What do you
understand by a free country?" "It is
a place where yon are free to do as
you choose If you manage to get on
the police force."
Had Had Opportunity.
Two society buds at the Waldorf
Astoria were commenting upon the
marriage of Mrs. Lewis Rutherfurd to
William K. Vanctorbilt. "It's a fine
match." said one: "the bride certainly
belongs to the Upper Ten.'" "She ought
to," was the tart answer, "she's mar
ried three of them!"New York
Times.
REED
a wonder she
STRENGTH OF MEN AND OXEN.
Bulk for Bulk, the Former Are the
Stronger.
Few people know that a man, bulk
for bulk, is stronger than an ox, but
it appears that such is the case. The
matter was tested not long since at a
fair in America, one of the attractions
of which was a coD+est of a yoke of
oxen against an equal weight of men,
A drag was loaded with granite blocks,
weighing in the aggregate 4,959
pounds. The yoke of oxen that made
the trial weighed 3,220 pounds, and
twenty men, allowing ISO pounds to
the man, were set against them. The
men took hold of the drag first, and
easily walked off with it, covering a
distance of 95 feet in the space of two
minutes. The oxen at their trial moved
only eighty-five feet in the same length
of time, and the men were accordingly
declared winners.Pearson's Weekly.
Kicked to Death by Morses.
Cedar Falls, Iowa, July 29. Vent
Howard, a young man from Cincinnati
visiting here, was instantly killed on
the F. D. Pierce farm. He was assist
ing in haying, when the horses kicked
him down and trampled him to death.
Turns Consul Down.
Caracas, July 29.President Castro
has refused to grant the exequatur of
the Spanish consul because of domes
tic matters which caused dissatisfac
tion, and the disapproval of the for
eign ministers. Including Mr. Bowen.
For Those With Stomach Habit.
A Philadelphia baker is authority
for the assertion that the latest fad
of dyspeptics is bread made with sea
water, instead of fresh water. "It
has a saltier taste," he says, "than
we are accustomed to, but it is very
palatable. In fact, he who likes salty
things is apt to like it better than
the other kind of bread. A physician
asked me about three morths ago to
make some of this bread for his
patients. At first I made six loaves
a day, but now I make thirty. My sea
water comes up to me from Atlantic
City three tin:es a weei. The dys
peptics who buy Lhe bread say it in
the otily kin 1 they can *a *reah
without .11scorn to t."
REED & KNUTS0N
Blacksmith and
Wago Makers
BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA
& KNUTSON have opened a blacksmith and wagon shop one
door south of The Pioneer, and are prepared to handle any and
all work in their line and guarantee satisfaction to all comers. Mr.
Reed makes a specialty of horseshoeing and general blacksmith work,
and his work is too well known to need any introduction to the people
of this vicinity.
Mr. Knutson has been in the employ of the St. Hilaire Lumber
company for four years, and comes well recommended by that company.
Give the new firm a chance to show you what
they can do, and you will not be disappointed
REED & KNUTSON
Second door south of postoffice, BEMIDJI, MINN.
C. D. Steece
The Sign Man
Is here to stay, and is prepared to do all
kinds of uo-to-date Painting, Paperhang
ing, Free Hand Relief Work, Kalsomin
ing, Etc
AL WOR IS GUARANTEED
DON'T FORGET TO SEE HIM BEFORE LETTING
YOUR JOB. HE CAN SAVE YOU MONEY.
LEAVE ORDERS AT BEAUDETTE'S TAILOR SHOP.
C. D. STEECE
THE SIGN MAN
BEMIDJI, MINN.
First Class Sample Room. Choicest Brands.
Mac's Mint
Geo. McTaggart Prop.
Choice Wines, Liquors
and Cigars.
Beltrami Avenue.
Bemidji, Minn.
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Full of Absentees.
There was a larger attendance than
usual in the "Amer corner" at the
Fifth Avenue hotel last night, and
these we~e some at the interesting
stories told: "Judge Gildersleeve," re
marked George W. Wanamaker, "was
telling the other night of a laughable
"bull' mad* by Mai. Leach, once far
mous as the head of the Irish rife
team. The judge was visiting in Ire
land and remarked: 'Major, is it true
Chat much of the trouble in this little
country of yours is caused by ab
sentee landlords?' 'It is, sir,' re
sponded the major. 'Sure, our little is
land is full of thenx*"New Toxic
Mail and Express.
The One Thing Wron^
A foreigner went Into one of Bo*
ton's bis hotels one Sunday morning
not tang ago and asked for a typical
Boston breakfast After some con
ference with the head waiter an espe
cially nice breakfast ^ras served, In
cluding of coarse oadftsh halls, brown
bread and pork and beans. The visitor
ate with apparent relish, but aftef
some minutes summoned his man
"These beans are delicious," he said,
"and the coffee could not he better,
but"painting to the codfish ball
"ycu may raniove the little bun.
There aenear* to tre icmetbtng dead
In it"