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THE SMALL BOY'S LONGING.
TO GET RID OF RATS.
Part of the Show That Was Woefully
Disappointing.
Little Willie's father took him to
the show. It was a variety show, end
ing with a sketch called "The African
Belle," in which, after a missionary
had been bound to a stake by a lot of
dancing savages, he is rescued by the
chief's daughter after the manner of
Capt. John Smith. This last part of
the show Willie's father thought
would please the boy immensely but
the son and heir fell Into a state of
gloom at its close. On the way home
the fond parent inquired: "Willie,
didn't you like the part where all the
savages come out?" "IMo,"^ replied
Willie with a sigh. "Me and the other
boys play that. When you pay to go
to a show I should think they might
kill the missionary."
PEA8 FROM PHARAOHS' TOMB.
Their Product Unlike Anything Known
at Present.
There are bargains and finds to be
made in the plant world equal to any
picked up in old curiosity shops. Some
time ago a Glasgow gentleman re
ceived from his son in Egypt an en
velope full of peas, which were said
to have been found in the tomb of one
of the Pharaohs. He sent them to a
friend of his at Kames, in the Isle of
Bute, who sowed them. They grew
up into plants quite unlike anything
known at present, strong and about
six feet high, with a great white flow
er having a red center. The pods
were long and full of excellent peas.
This new old variety found a ready
sale at good: prices.
Muscular Christianity.
Prof. Bryce, in his biographical
study of Bishop Fraser, of Manches
ter, tells of a clergyman of Fraser's
diocese who had knocked a man down
who had insulted him. The bishop
wrote him a letter of reproof, point
ing out that exposed as the Church of
England was to much criticism on all
hands, her ministers ought to be very
careful of their demeanor. The of
fender replied by saying: "I must re
gretfully admit that, being grossly
insulted, and forgetting in the heat of
the moment -the critical position of
the Church of England, I did knock
the man down^fctc." Fraser was de
lighted with the turning of the tables
on himself, and afterward invited the
clergyman to visit him.
Superfluous Boys.
A British parliamentary paper
shows that, as usual, nearly 20,000
more boys than girls were born in
I the British isles last year. Whence,
then, the "superfluous woman?" The
boys die, during the first weeks and
months of life, at a far greater rate
than the supposed "weaker vessels."
In a few months they have sunk to an
equality and soon woman takes the
lead, numerically, and keeps it, nu
merically. The reason is not uncon
nected with the larger size of the
baby boy's head, for which he either
pays the penalty very early or reaps
the rewardif woman will forgive
the hintlater.
Why He Disliked Spelling Reform.
Senator F. Dumont Smith of Kins
ley lectured on "Words" in Wichita,
Kan., a few nights ago. He is for
spelling reform, and in advocating it
in his lecture said that he knew of
only one argument in favor of the old
way and that was given by an Eng
lish bishop who declared that the
present method of spelling helped the
churches. According to the bishop:
"By the time you can make a boy be
lieve that 't-h-r-o-u-ga' spells
through,' that 't-h-o-u-g-h' spells
'though' and 't-o-u-g-h' spells 'tough'
you can make him believe anything."
Motor Cars in Switzerland.
Should the experiments in progress
in the neighborhood of Berne prove as
successful as is anticipated travelers
to Switzerland in the summer of this
year will be able to cross the moun
tains by motor car instead of the
usual post diligence. The actual trials
will be made in tne spring, and the
result, if successful, will be not only
to allow travelers to make the differ
ent journeys in half the time, but to
open the mountain roads, which are at
present closed to them on account of
the horses.
Much Money in Tramp-s Clothes.
A lot of young fellows in an Ohio
town had a good time with a tramp
last week. They took him into a shed,
gave him a good bath, shaved him
and cut his hair. They then bought
a new suit of clothes, white shirt and
stand-up collar and dressed him out
complete. But when they attempted
to burn his hobo clothes he objected
and fought for them with such des
peration their suspicions were
aroused, and upon searching they
found $1,400 sewed up in the coat.
Girl an Excellent Athlete.
Miss Agnes S. Wood, the champion
basket ball player and all-around ath
lete of Vassar college, has beaten the
girls' record at running and almost
equaled that of men, despite the fact
that her gait was somewhat impeded
by a rather cumbrous costume. She
does not allow athletics to interfere
with her studies and will graduate
near the head of her class.
Few Automobiles in Washington.
Official Washington does not take
kindly to the automobile and very
few persons in the executive or dip
lomatic service are seen in vehicles
other than carriages. The president
is too fond of horses ever to take up
the craze. He has always shown a
preference for surreys and seldom
drives out of town in any other kind
of vehicle.
Writer Recommends Dipping the Ver
min in Varnish.
All tradesmen being liable to the
incursions and depredations of rats,
it may not be out of place to mention
a method of getting rid of these pests
which is recommended by a corres
pondent of the Birmingham Daily
Post. This consists in thinning down
with petroleum ordinary slow-drying
tar varnish such as bedstead makers
and japanners use and pouring the
mixture into the runs of the rats.
The vermin are said to loathe the
smell of the stuff, and will do any
thing to get clear of it. A still more
effective plan is said to he to catch a
rat alive, dip it up to the neck in the
varnish and turn it loose. Its fel
lows will flee from it as from the
de'il. The dipping process is said to
be harmless to the rat. But some
ironmongers may not care to "dip a
live rat up to its neck."
A GOOD PLACE TO BE "AT."
Incongruity of Surroundings in a Wild
Country.
One of the Etrangest sights I ever
saw in a wild country was a little min
ister garbed in solemn black, white
"dog" collar, buttonlese vest and stiff
black straw hat The dominie was
standing in a leaky boat in the midst
of a primeval woods, fishing the boil
ing waters of a mountain torrent. At
his back a cataract roared and
pounded the rocks, churning the water
to white suds above him the eternal
snow glistened on the mountains, and
but a few yards away a gaunt cinna
mon bear was quietly nosing among
the driftwood.Dan Beard in the
World's Work.
Here's a New "Drink" Cure.
A. novel remedy for the "drink hab
it"or, rather, for enabling those
who have "sworn off" to remain
"on the water cart"consists of ice
water drunk through a raw potato.
Take a bowl of ice water and a pota
to. Peel the potato and cut down one
end of it until it can be easily insert
ed in the mouth. Dip the potato in
the ice water and suck it every time
a craving for strong drink comes on.
It is claimed that this treatment will
effect an absolute cure. The why and
the wherefore are not stated, but the
process is s"ch a simple one that
there can be no harm in trying it if
any on* is afflicted with a thirst
which they really and truly desire to
lose.
To Cut Record Diamond.
In Amsterdam a syndicate has been
formed which will bear the great ex
pense and risk attending the cutting
of what is the largest known diamond,
the Excelsior. The Excelsior was
found at the Jagersfontein diamond
mines of South Africa In 1893. It has
the size of a hen's egg and weighs in
its present raw state 970 carats, which
is nearly twice as much as the Kohi
noor weighed boforo it was roducod
to its present size. Specially con
structed machinery has to be em
ployed fop cutting the Excelsior and
great care is used in insuring its safe
ty from theft.
Luncheon a Decided Success.
A lady in Buda-Pesth recently gave
a charitable luncheon party to the
poor of her district. She placed no
limit on the number of invitations,
and the result was that 3,000 people
arrived, all eager for the treat.
Eventually' the police had to draw
their sabers to keep order among the
revelers. Tfoere were no two opin
ions about the success of the func
tion. The guests to a man declared
that they had never assisted at so in
tense and exciting a luncheon before
in their lives. They were quite cut
up when the time came to go.
Remarkable Sea Monster.
A remarkable sea monster was re
cently caught in Port Fairy bay by
some flishermen. It measured nine
feet six Inches in length, had a tail
like that of a screw tail-shaft, no
teeth, a nose like a rhinoceros, a head
like an elephant, two dorsal fins, four
side fins and two steering fins. The
skin was black and very soft. The
most experienced fishermen say the
specimen is altogether new to them.
They cannot hazard a guess as to the
species. The fish has been sent on to
the Melbourne museum.
Corean a College Graduate.
Roanoke college at Salem, Va.,
which has had more foreign students
than any other college- in the south,
will this year graduate the second
Corean to take the degTee of bachelor
of arts anywhere In the world, the
first being Kin Beung Surb, who re
ceived his A. B. at Roanoke in 1898
and his A. M. at Princeton in 1899.
Kinsic Klmm, who will be graduated
this year, is so good a speaker that
he won a prize in declamation several
years ago.
From Immense Wealth to Poverty.
George Kettler, an aged cobbler
who died recently in Argentine. Kan.,
at one time was worth $12,000,000.
Kettler was of German birth, and dur
ing the Franco-Prussian war operated
a large shoe factory in Hanover.
Profitable army contracts swelled his
fortune to the figure named, but he
lost everything in speculation. Then
he came to this country penniless to
begin life anew.
Woman's Logic.
As one phase of life this is interest
ing. A woman was overheard to re
mark to her companion: "Yes, she
was terribly sore about that day she
lest $45 on the races." "What did
phe do it for?" asked the man. "Why,
she must have some fun she works so
1-ard all the rest of the time."
THE TRAINING OF A CHILD. I
Several Important Points That Must
Be Remembered.
To tB&ch a child with success re
quires only common sense, good judg
ment and gentleness. There are, how
ever, three other important points that
must ever be foremost in the mind
of the teacher.
First of all, she must remember that
to teach is to impart instruction not
to find fault with ignorance, with lack
of comprehension, with listlessness or
with forgetfulness. Often, indeed, for
these last named faults, poor teaching
is to blame. Second, there' is the
inflexible rule that requires a teacher
to prepare every lesson carefully be
fore giving it, in order to present it
in an interesting and intelligible way.
Third, there is the ever present dan
ger of overdoing, against which the
teacher must always be on guard.
In the beginning short lessons fre
quently varied give the best results.
Ten or fifteen minutes for each study
is enough, and this time limit must
not be overstepped so long as to
morrow represents another day.The
Household.
VITALITY OF BURNS' FAME.
It Is One of the Great Facts of Our
Literature.
"The inquest" on Robert Burns was
concluded long ago, but from time to
time the findings are reviewed by crit
ical writers, as in a recent symposium,
says Collier's. A curious result thus
chances. From every such inquisition
the poet emerges the more radiant and
triumphalthe critics are lost in the
splendor they have evoked. It is one
thing to make literature it is another
and quite different thing to write about
literature and the makers thereof. This
is a truism, and yet the distinction is
often confused, especially by the writ
ers of criticism. Burns has survived
several generations of critics, many
of whom made a vain bid for remem
brance by their praise or dispraise of
him. The vitality of his fame is one
of the great facte of our literature.
Just an Incident in Georgia.
Mr. Bud Spinks was awakened the
other morning by a Strang, grunting
noise in his room, which proved to be
the voice of a medium-sized alligator
that was warming itself by the smol
dering ashes of his fireplace and inci
dentally trying to swallow his boots,
which he had placed there to dry, and
which he had bought on the install
ment plan and had only made one pay
ment on them. The saurian had suc
ceeded in swallowing one boot and
had the other downclear to the
straps, which Mr. Spinks seized and
pulled it out The 'gator is now on
exhibition at Minche's drug store, but
will soon be slain in order that Mr.
Spinks, who is going around with one
boot and one slipper, may recover the
other boot.Adams Enterprise.
The Roentgen Rays.Failed.
Hearing of tho offioaey of the
Roentgen rays for the removal of
hairs from the upper lip a lady in
Hanover, age thirty-five, applied to
Dr. Karl Bruno Schurmayer, a prop
erly qualified doctor and Roentgen
ray specialist, for treatment He
operated twice, but instead of remov
ing the su erfluous hairs the opera
tion resulted' in the skin of the face
becoming red and the lips swollen.
The lady thereupon brought an
action against the doctor and was
awarded $G0 damages, against whicn
he appealed, but the decision has
just been upheld.
The Development of Africa.
In Ethiopia and 'the Soudan, the
work of development and exploitation
is progressing. The treaty recently
concluded between King Menelek and
the British government probably
means the early construction of the
Eerber-Suakin railroad via Kassala
(costing some $15,000,000) and the
subsequent extension of the Kassala
line southward to Lake Rudolph,
where eventually it will form a Junc
tion with the Uganda railway, at the
same time marking a long step toward
the realization of the Cape-to-Cairo
scheme.
This Lunch Was a Success.
A lady Budapest recently gave a
charitable lunch party to the poor of
her district. She placed no limit on
I the number of invitations, and the re
suit was that 3,000 people arrived, all
eager for the treat Eventually the
police had to draw their sabers to keep
order among the revelers. There were
no two opinions about the success of
the function. The guests to a man
declared they had never assisted in so
intense and exciting a lunch before in
their lives. They were quite cut up
when the time came to go.
Different After Five Years.
William Glackins, who admires
Whistler, cited the other day two let
ters written by a collector of etchings
to a certain print seller. Between the
letters there was an interval of five
years. The first said: "I do not want
etchings by Whistler. They impress
me as if flies that had fallen In an Ink
well had walked on old paper." The
second letter said: "Send me every
etching by Whistler the price of which
is not ruinous."Philadelphia Record.
Got It.
At the close of the third act the
gifted tragedian was called before the
curtain. "My friends,-'
R0YALT
he said, ap
parently much astonished and embar
rassed, "your kindness overwhelms
me. I have striven conscientiously to
win your approval, but I was not pre
pared for so magnificent a welcome
and in the suprlse of the moment I
find myself utterlyI hesitate for
want of a suitable word "Rats!"
shouted a gallery hoodlum.
A
TH E RECEPTION
Wearisome Duties Imposed on Those
in High Position.
How royalty and their suites ever
manage to survive those weary hours
of standing Is always a mystery to me,
says "The Countess," In the London
Outlook. "Yoti get used to it in
time," say the maids of honor, but ap
parently not till they have been car
ried out two or three times in a faint
do the gentlemen-at-arms tightly but
toned up in uniforms and smothered in
helmete get used to the ordeal.
It is within the memory of many
how in Dublin a certain distinguished
viceroy In the middle of a drawing
room gave the order to close the
doors, and having cleared the room the
entire viceregal party sat down on
the floor In various stages of collapse,
and I often wonder how it is that our
own king and queen are not similarly
overcome on these occasions. Royal
ty is the best paid profession, but as
suredly, it must be also the most
wearing.
THE JOKE OF A KING.
Historic Hoax Perpetrated by Gusta
vus III. of Sweden.
King Gustavus III. of Sweden had
been frequently invited to the little
court of Schwerin. In 1783 he paid a
visit to Germany and as soon as the
Duchess of Mecklenburg heard of his
approach she prepared fetes in his
honor. But Gustavus, who disdained
the petty courts of the small rulers,
sent two of his attendantsa page
named Peyron, and Desvouges, a valet
who had formerly been an actorto be
entertained by the duchess. The two
personated the king and his minister,
Baron Sparre, and sustained the char
acters throughout. They accepted as
their due all the homage meant for
their master, danced with the Mecklen
burg ladies who wee presented to
them, and Peyron went so far as to
ask one of the ladies for her portrait.
Meantime Gustavus was enjoying him
self elsewhere in secret.
Overlooked a Detail.
A Long Island farmer came to
Brooklyn with his wife to do some
shopping the other day. On his way
back the thought came to him that he
had forgotten something. He took
out his notebook and went over each
i'tera, checking it off, and saw that he
had made all the purchases he intend
ed. As he drove on he could not put
aside the feeling that there was some
thing missing. He again took out his
notebook and rechecked every item,
but still found no mistake. He did
this several times, but could not rid
himself of the idea that he must have
forgotten something. When he
reached home and drove up to the
house his daughter came out to meet
him, and, with a look of surprise,
asked: "Why, papa, where is moth
er?"Mail and Express.
The Long-sufrermg Editor.
A Queensland contemporary re
cently published the following: "Our
foreman printer recently measured
up the space occupied by obituary
notices in the Herald during the last
couple of months or so, and found it
made three and three-quarters yards.
This is so much dead loss to the pa
per, and if a fatal epidemic struck
the town ruin would stare us in the
face. We have, therefore, decided to
future to charge for such notices. So,
when people feel like dying, we hope
they will give directions to their next
of kin in respect of paying for the
same."
Painting the Dome of the Capitol.
The dome of the capitol at Wash
ington is being painted. Every five
years its coat is renewed and 15,000
gallons of white lead are used in the
process. The work is being done by
eighteen men, under the direction of
"Billy" Lewis and "Al" Ports. The
latter has been employed for such
work about the capitol for thirty-nine
years. Ports is the only man who
ever climbed to the top of the Statue
of Liberty surmounting the dome. He
did this on Labor day, 1894, and fas
tened a garland of electric light bulbs
a'round the neck of her majesty.
Congo Road for Motor Cars.
The Congo Free State government
is enstructing a road in the northern
part of the state for the transport of
passengers and goods by means of
motor cars. The new route, of which
nearly 450 miles have been completed,
will join the important trading centers
of Dongu and Lado. While making
the road a local engineer hit upon the
happy idea of driving forty elephants
up and down the projected highway
until the thick undergrowth was
trampled down, allowing the natives to
complete the task.
No Royal Road.
St. Clair McKelway believes that
the journalism of the future will be a
profession and that men will be espe
cially educated for It. They are and
always have been. Did that important
and valuable member of the profes
sion never hear of "the hard school of
journalism?" There Is no-other, and
never will be, worth a pinch of snuff,
in our humble estimation. The uni
versity of experience is the one which
gives the real degrees in journalism.
Was Always Running.
The Duke of Argyll tells this story
of Winston Churchill, which shows
that the talent for talk developed
young in the author and member of
parliament. Some years ago he visit
ed Harrow, and noticing a boy run
ning around the cricket field all by
himself asked what he was doing it
for. "That's Lord Randolph Church
ill's son, and whenever he talks too
much we make him run three times
round the cricket field."
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Kicked to Death by Horses.
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 tie 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 sis loaves
a day, hut now I make thirty. My sea
water comes up to me from Atlantic
City three times a week. The dys
peptics who buy the bread say It is
the only kind they can eat frssh
without discomfort"
REED & KNUTSer.17
Blacksmith and
Wago Makers
BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA
EED & 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 youwill 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 nTj-to-date Painting, Paperhang
ing, Free Hand Relief Work, Kalsomin
ing, Etc
AL WOR IS GUARANTEE
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.
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Full of Absentees,
There was a larger attendance than
usual in the "Axner corner" at the
Fifth Avenue hotel last night, smd
these we-e some of the Interesting
stories told: "Judge Gildersleeve," re
marked George W. Wanamaker, "was
telling the other night of a laughable
'bull' made by Mai. Leach, once fa
mous as the head of the Irish rifle
team. The Judge was visiting in Ire
land and remarked: 'Major, is it true
that much of the trouble in this little
country of yours is caused by ab
sentee landlords?' 'It is, sir,' re
sponded the major. 'Sure, OUT little is
land is full of them.'"-New York
Mail and Express.
The One Thing Wrong*
A foreigner went into one of Bos
ton'g bin hotels one Sunday morning
not long ago and asked for a typical
Boston breakfast. After some con
ference with the head waiter an espe
cially nice breakfast was served, in
cluding of course codfish balls, brown
bread and pork and beans. The visitor
ate with apparent relish, but after
some minutes summoned his man
"These beans are delicious," he said,
"and the coffee could not be better,
but"pointing to the codfish ball
"you may remove the little bun.
There apneari to be aomething dead
in It"
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