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HOW NOME WAS NAMED.
Insignificant Error Which Deter
mined Its Appellation.
There Is to be a considerable rush
for Nome next month, if one may be
lieve what one hears among mining
men. Tnere is no more sensational
Ism, but plenty of effort and inten
tion. Men are going there who have
thought over the situation very seri
ously since the wild craze of a few
years ago, and they will go prepared
for hardships and disappointment.
How was Nome named? By a man
on the Herald, one of the Franklin
rescue ships. When tne manuscript
chart of the Cape Nome region was
constructed attention was called to
the fact, that the cape had no name
'by the'insertion of this"? name?"
The interrogation point was inked In
1 a draughtsman as a "C." and the
"a" In "name" being indistinct he
Interpreted is as an "o" hence "G.
Nome"Cape Nome." This little ro
mance occurred in 1853. What's in a
name? Nome.New lork Press.
"JACK HARKAWAY" COMING BACK
Story That Thrilled the Boys of a Gen
eration Ago.
I For a regular thriller commend me
*to "Jack Harkaway." Thirty-five
years ago this sensational bit of fic
tion exercised a greater influence on
the character of the average boy of
10 to 15 than father, mother and the
Ten Commandments. It was devoured
by millions on both sides of the water.
"Jack" was the ideal of the youth of
all English-speaking countries. I see
that it has been started again for a
long run in a periodical that claims
1,250,000 circulation. Bracebridge
Hemyng died in 1901. He wrote not
only "Jack Harkaway," but forty-odd
volumes of readable fiction, yet you
will look in vain for his name in "John-
son's," "Appleton's," "Chambers'," the
"International" and the "Standard"
.cyclopedias, and in the "Ridpath Li
brary of University Literature." The
editors of all such works seem to make
it a habit to leave out just what one
wants to know.New York Press,
Mayor Cleared the Sidewalk Himself.
They tell a story of Mayor Studley
In New Haven that is characteristic.
He was walking along Church street
one day when he found the way
blocked by a "hog" of a builder who
had filled the sidewalk with cement
and planks, forcing everybody out into
the street. The mayor picked up the
planks himself and threw them into
the street and rolled the cement after
them. He left word with a near-by po
liceman that if that sidewalk was
obstructed again the builder would be
arrested. Some men can do that sort
of thing without diminishing their dig
nity and greatly to the increase of
their popularity. Studley is one of
those men.Waterbury (Conn.) Amer
ican.
Plague of Wolves.
Wolves are still the scourge of the
Russian peasantry. During the present
winter they have succeeded in de
stroying 16,000 head of cattle in one
district of eastern Russia alone. In
the governments of Novgorod, Tver,
Olonetsk and Archangel and in Fin
land these animals are met with in
great numbers. The frequently be
come such a plague that the govern
ment orders them to be hunted down
by entire companies of soldiers, who
surround the woods in which they
dwell and afterward shoot them down
in considerable numbers.
Doom of Buzzard.
The buzzards that have long infest
ed Vera Cruz and served a useful pur
pose as winged scavengers are
doomed. A London firm is putting in
a modern sewer and water system.
The birds have become so numerous
that they are a pest. The protection
of the municipality has been removed
and when the new drainage system
shall be completed the city will be rid
of the pest, the numbers of which have
already been reduced somewhat by
catching the buzzards and placing
them in wooden cages to be taken to
the sea and drowned.
Opulence at the Capital.
Old-fashioned residents of Wash
ington deplore the fact that social life
there is taking on many of the objec
tionable features which characterize
the "rude and rich" New York set. It
it believed that some of this is due to
the fact that the president hails from
New York, the Roosevelts being allied
with many families notable on Man
hattan island. Opulence at the capital
is making great display in equipages,
luncheons, dinners, cances, etc., and
its coming to be understood that now
adays money not only talks, it howls.
The Prodigy.
The infant prodigy had thrown her
self on the floor and was vigorously
biting holes in the matting, while her
toes drummed a quick march of fierce
anger and her shrieks rent the air.
"What in the world!" exclaimed the
prodigy's keeper, in alarm. "Here is
a newspaper account of m*3
which neg
lects to say that I am 'utterly unspoil
ed with all my popularity,' wailed
the prodigy as it continued to scream
and kick.Los Angeles herald.
Chance for Every Old Thing.
WantedMr. Edgar Hogan wants a
wife. He is not particular about what
kind most any old thing will doan
old maid or some brisky young miss.
Any unmarried lady that wants to get
a husband should write Mr. Hogan, or
see him at his office or home. Hia
postoffice is Bethany. His office is
anywhere on the square at Bethany.
Bis home is on Big Creek, five miles
north of Betnany.Bethany (Mo.)
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HOW HE MIGHT L08E.
Millionaire Could Not See Why He
Should Buy Burial Lot.
Not long ago a prominent financier,
whose most prominent characteristic,
according to the popular opinion, is
close-flstedness, was the recipient of a
visit from an agent whose line it is to
solicit orders for burial lots.
On emerging from the private office
of the moneyed man the agent was
met by a colleague who had been
waiting for him, and who inquired
anxiously as to the success of his in
terview.
The agent shook his head regretful
ly. "No go," said he "he was afraid
he might not get the full value of his
investment."
"What could he mean by saying
that? Confound it, a man must die
some time, even though he is a mil
lionaire."
"That's what I told him," replied
the agent, "but he only answered,
'Suppose I should be lost at sea?'
SWISS PASTORS KEEP INNS.
Are Forced Thus to Supplement Their
Scanty Incomes.
A note from Geneva states that a
fortnight or so ago a Swiss pastor
bought an inn at Ufhusen, a little vil
lage near Basel. This- is said not to
be an exceptional case. In the can
tons of Upper and Lower Unterwalden
and Uri many.of the clergy are propri
etors of inns. The reason for this is
that the priests are so badly paid that
they are obliged to supplement their
incomes by other means. Their aver
age income in Switzerland is $125 a
year. The establishments under their
control are said to be models of their
kind. The priests have succeeded in
reducing drunkenness in their par
ishes, for they attend on their custom
ers in person, refusing to serve those
who they consider have had enough.
"The Author Of
"Have you noticed," said the tall
girl, "that in several new books the
writer is described as 'the outhor of'
and then follows a list of books begin
ning with' the. one immediately pre
ceding the present production and run
ning back to the earliest period? I
have in mind now the case of Mrs.
Ward in particular. 'Lady Rose's
Daughter' is by the outhor of 'Elean-
oc,' 'Tressady' and 'Robert Elsemere.'
A year or so ago the previous books
have been enumerated in chronolog
ical order, 'Elsmere' heading the list
'Eleanor' ending it. I wonder if that
way of putting the cart before the
horse is a fad among publishers these
days, or is it merely a coincidence
that I have noticed several cases of
the kind within the last few weeks?"
Coroner's Jury's Qualified Verdict.
During the landlord and tenant dis
turbance In Ireland some years ago a
certain property owner was discov
ered lying dead near a village of
which he was owner. The coroner's
jury, knowing full well that the man
had been shot down by "the boys,"
were nevertheless loath to further in
vestigate therefore they rendered the
following verdict: "We find the de
ceased gentleman died by the visita
tion of Godunder suspicious circum
stances." Philadelphia Public
Ledger.
Faking Used Stamps.
Rogues in this country are gener
ally about as artful as we desire them
bu
evidentlty
they have some-
thing to learn ye from the heathen i
Chinee. In West Java Ah Sin man
ages to cheat the postoffice very in
geniously. On sticking a new stamp i
on an envelope he smears the stamp
on the face with paste or a thin glue,
This takes the impression of the de- i
facing stamp at the postoffice, and
can easily be washed off, so that the
stamp is once more serviceable.
Heaven Had Its Limits.
There was once a Boston woman,
says Congressman Powers of Massa
chusetts, who had afternoon teas, be
longed to a Browning club, fell ill, and
finally died. When she had been in
heaven some days her husband called
her up through a spiritualist. "Well,
my dear," inquired the husband, "how
do you like heaven?" "Very well," she
replied. "We have afternoon teas here,
and also a Browning club. But, after
all, Henry, it's not Boston."New
York Times.
Bits About the Moon.
If there were a "man in the moon"
the earth would look sixty-four times
larger to him than the sun does Jo us
on earth. The surface area of the
moon is about as great as that of Asia
and Australia combined. Once in
twelve and a half years there is a
"moonless month that it, the moon
has no full moon. The last moonless
month fell in 1898 and the next one
will fall In 1911.
Amethysts in High Favor.
Amethysts are in high favor. Some
times they are set in gold, but oftener
in gun metal. They are seen as sash
pins, belt buckles, long chains, as well
as in the tops of purses and wrist
bags. One woung woman is the envy
of her associates by reason of a superb
heart-shaped locket composed of a
single deep hearted amethyst which
she wears dangling from a gold snake
chain.
Consequences.
Once on a time a Prudent Girl met
a Frivolous Girl. "Don't you know,
my dear," she said, "that if you con
tinue wearing a veil that you will
spoil your eyesight?" "I saw that in
a medical journal," replied the Friv
olous Girl, "and I would have followed
its advice only.I happened to read in
my Beauty Book that if I didn't wear
a veil I would spoil my complexion."
CLEANLINE33 AS A VICE.
Young Matron Criticises Methods of
Her Mother-in-Law.
"Cleanliness is next to godliness, I
know," paid the yourg matron whose
mother-in-law lives with her, "but
there is such a thing as carrying It
too far, I think. Now, my husband's
mother is fearfully ar.d wonderfully
neat. In fact, at times I feci that to
live in a pigpen would be a relief.
From mornii 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 the tine. You can
not imagine just, how trying It is. But
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! It's a wonder she
did not wash her hat."
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 congest of a yoke of
oxen against an equal weight of men.
A drag was loaded with gran'te blocks,
weighing In the aggregate 4,959
pounds. The yoke of oxen that made
the trial weighed 3,220 pounds, and
twenty men, allowing 160 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 i
declared winners.Pearson's Weekly.
Governor Saves Boy's Life.
It is fortunate for one Georgia youth
that Gov. Garvin of Rhoie 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 *he 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 ceiling
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
safe. 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
witness the performance, which was
given under the auspices of the Mer
cantile club.
Brave Sailor Soon Forgotten.
Discouragingly 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 Suffered.
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 thre 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, in a dialect which it is
needless to reproduce. "What do you
understand by a free country?" "It is
a place where you are free to do as
you choose if you manage to get on
the police force."
Had Had Opportunity.
Two gociety buds at the Waldorf
Astoria were commenting upon the
marriage of Mrs. Lewis Rutherfurd to
William K. Vanderbilt. "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
'Hed three of them!"Now York
Times.
HE 80LD HIS HEAD.
Peculiar Condition In Which Wealthy
Russian Finds Himself.
A curious story comes from Russia
about a man who sold his head. About
the year 1865 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' their 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 heid out, and for
aught that is known to the contrary he
is still holding out.Pearson'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
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 Ay/gits 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 enormous 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 Post shows anxiety
for the future of the cats, their work
being accomplished. He says if they
do kill the prairie dogs they will have
the choice, subsequently, of starva
Uon, cannibalism or brigandage.
A Healthy Spot.
The healthfulness of a certain sum
mer resort is 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."
"Well," said the visitor, "you look as
if you had a good many years to live
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 value.
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 on of the old
masters. Then you can sell It easily
for $10,000. You see, I know the rules,
but unfortanatery I am not in a finan
cial position to carry tham out. So,
if you want a real bargain, HI let you
have tnis tittle gem to* fl^O."
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How the Census Was Taken.
The last census in the United States
was taken with the aid of 311 tabu
lating machines, and 74 adding ma
chines.
Plerpont Morgan's Success.
Pierpont Morgan, who celebrated
his sixty-sixth birthday iccently,
achieved his greatest business suc
cesses since he reached the three
score mirk. He first became promi
nent in th financial world about
twenty .-ea3 ago. when he went to
i Europe and successfully sold $25,000,-
000 wortfc of New York Central stock.
Vhis made the old financiers gasp.
By this piece of work Mr. Morgan
won Iho "".sting friendship of the late
William rx. Vanderbilt and incidentally
cleared $1,000,000 for himselt
Missed His Calling.
An Italian has been discovered on
a fruit ranch at Riverside, working
for $1.50 per day, who proves to be
an artist in sculpture of the highest
rank, and he has been set to work
completing the stucco finishing of the
Interior of the Carnegie library build
ing. name is Luigi Ianni, and
the only words in English he can
txse are "You bet." He is now at
work on some Corinthian columns of
original des*gn that are marvels as
works of art.Los Angeles Herald.
REED & KNUTS0N
Blacksmith and
Wago Makers
BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA
EED & KNUTSON have opened a blacksmith and wagon shop one
door south of The Pioneer, ani 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 uD-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 BEAUDETTES TAILOR SHOP.
C. D. STEECE
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PILARIA 13 A NEW DISEASE.
Responsible for the Death ofMsry
American Soldiers.
Capt Charles Kieeffer, a United
States army surgeon, says the Phil
ippines are infested with mosquitoes
more troublesome ar^ dangerous from
a medical point of view than those
that swarm in the Jersey swamps. A
strange malady known as filaria 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 fllarla 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 lies in an opera
tion, which in 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.
Derivation of the Word "Gin."
The word "fin" is not derived from
Geneva, but from "genievre," the
French word for juniper.