Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 24, 1907, Page 4

Sanatarium Opens The newly completed state sanatavinm at Walker for the treatment of consumptives, will b open for patients November lst. There will be accommo dations tor 175 patients to begin Wwith, and the commission has plans for another wing to be built next year. The buildings are planned especially for the cariying out| of open air treatment. The pres- eut wain building is buta partot the general plan, and bas been adapted to present need con taining the dining room, kitchen, laundry. apartmeunt for superin- tendent, room for other employ- es and a ward each for men and women patients, with locker rooms and excellent bathing facilities. The piazzas are sufficiently large for all patients to sit out at one time and are ‘thoroughly screened. Patients sleeping in these pavilious are practically out of doors. The circular about to be published with reference to the opening of the sanatorium con- tain the following statements: As this institution was estab- lished for the treatment ot those cases that are showing the first symptoms of pulmonary tuber- culosis, it will be the endeavor ordance with the law, to admit only those patients who have slight disease, and who offer a cure, or of such amelior- ation of symptoms that they may become wage earners again. Itis furthermore, intended as an educational institution,'where patients will be taught the simple but important laws of hygenic living. The sanatorium should in no sense be considered & home of the hopelessly sick. Patients must have resided in the state for one year. Appli- cation for admission should be made to the superintendent at Walker. When a vacancy exists he will send an order for the patient to go to an examiner. The examiner will send the report of his examination to Dr. Marcley, who will admit the patient if he is considered a suit- able case for treatment. The charge for patients will be uni- form, at the rateof $7 per week. County Commissioners are authorized to pay this charge for any patient they send. Lyceum Course. The Lyceum Course consisting of five entertainments to be given by the ladies of the Presbyterian church, is one of the best and most expen- sive courses of lectures ever given in the city. . The first lecture of this course will be given Saturday night at the Pres- byterian church and will be a lecture by Prof. Elliot Boyl. ~Mr. Boyl is counsidered among the very best lecturers in the country and for an entertaining and instructive lecture, you should not fail to hear this the | | first number of the course. Packing Up for Winter. Thomas Nesbit and wife of Grand Forks came over from their home yesterday and will remain in this city for several days. Mr. Nesbit is a member of the Grand Forks colony which spend their summers here, and he owns a fine cottage at Grand Forks Bay, having been one of the original three who purchased the land at the bay. Mr. and Mrs. Nesbit are here for the purpose of packing their things at the cottage and leaving the premises in good condition for the winter. G. F. Ross Improving. Word comes from Duluth to the effect that G. F. Ross, who was re- ported as being very seriously ill and confined to a Zenith City hos- pital, is improving and will undoubt- edly rapidly recover his wonted health. Mr. Ross is the senior member of the firm of Ross & Ross, cedar dealers who operate extensively in the country north of Bemidji, and he has many friends in Bemidji and vicinity, all of whom will be pleased to learn that Mr. Ross is on the road to recovery. Pleased With Bemidji. Geo. T. Chambers, after spending Tuesday night at Redby, returned yesterday to his home at Cando, N. D., satisfied that the man who was drowned here recently, was not his brother, but a different Arthur Chambers altogether. Mr. Chambers was greatly pleased with Bemidji and surrounding country and expects to return as soon as his fall’s work is finished and invest in some of the excellent lands along the M., R. L. & M. Ry. The Earth's Shadow. The earth has a shadow. but very few ever see it, except in eclipses of the moon, or else few recognize it when they see it. Nevertheless, many of us have noticed on fine, cloudless evenings in summer shortly belore sunset a rosy pink arc on the horizon opposite the sun, with a bluish gray segment under it. As the sun sinks the arc rises until it attalns the zenith and even passes it This is the shad- ow of the earth. put up by Griffin & Skelly. in the market and a trial will convince you of the quality of our canned fruits and vegetables. Prices are the same as last year. ROE & MARKUSEN Phone 207 New Canned Goods We are daily receiving our line of choice CALIFORNIA CANNED GOODS These goods have no equal The Original Organ Grinder. ‘Whed barrel organs, once the usual accompanlment of the magie lantern, came into use a native of the province of Tende was one of the first who trav. eled about Europe with this instru- ment. In his peregrinations he collect- ed money enough to enable him to pur chase from the king of Sardinla the title of count of the country where he was born, for which probably in a time of war he did not pay above 1,000 guineas. With the remainder of his money he purchased an estate sult- able to his rank and settled himself peaceably for the remainder of his days in his mansion. In the entrance hall of his dwelling he hung up his magic lantern and his organ facing the door, there to be carefully preserved till they moldered to dust, and he or- dered by his will that any one of his descendants who should cause them to be removed should forfett his inherit- ance and his patrimony revert to the next heir or in failure of a successor to the hospital of Tende. Only a few years ago the organ and lantern were still to me seen carefully preserved.— Pearson’s Weekly. The Manchester Martyrs. Along in '67 or thereabouts some Irishmen tried to rescue a bunch of Fenlan prisoners in Manchester, and a police sergeant was shot and killed. The prisoners got away, which may have had something to do with the up- shot too. The government was natur- ally sore, and they managed to hang three of the rescue party without too much fine haired fuss as to whether they had anything to do with the shoot- ing or mot. At that time Fenians and | Nationalists were at daggers drawn, and the church was heavy against the Fenians, of course, but they were all one, one In agony and shame over those Irish boys strung up in an Eng-| lish town. All their helplessness, all | the bitterness of England’s might, Eng- land managed with those halters to drive festering deep afresh. Think of a town the size of Dublin turning out a funeral procession of 60,000 people, and think of how those 60,000 Irish were feeling when I tell you they were quiet—quiet in those streets where the lowest hovels had hung out their bits of g¥pen-twined black.—McClure’s Magazine. Shop Without a Name. In the Devonshire town of Modbury there is a butcher’s shop which has no name nor has it had -ene for the last 120 years. The reason affords a strik- ing illustration of the superstitious na- ture of west country folk. When this particular business was started, the owner for some reason or other did not have his name inscribed on the prem- 1ses. Whether this fact had anything to do with the success of the business or not It would be difficult to say. Trade, however, was brisk, and the butcher duly retired, leaving the name- less shop to his son. The business has been handed down from father to son for more than 120 years, but none of those into whose occupation it has come would have his name put up on any consideration, fearing—as, in fact, the present owner does today—that such a procedure might break the spell of good fortune with which the busi- ness has been favored.—London Stand- ard. Those Who Tie Knots. Can any one tell why the landlubber in tying a cord around a package or anything else will always make a gran- ny knot Instead of a square not? We all do it in spite of thunder. To tie a reef knot or sailor's knot requires thought and experience. Yet it Is as easy as a granny knot. Never believe for a moment that sallors are the only people In the world who can tie knots. Go to an operating theater in some big hospital and take note of the skill with which surgeons and even nurses employ bandages and ligatures. Learn from them how to tie the clove hitch, the combined surgeon’s and reef knot, the Staffordshire knot, the common surgeon’s knot, the friction knot, Hen- sen's knot, Tait’s knot, ete.—New York Press. Carefully Selected. One of the most remarkable features of life In New South Wales is the transformation of criminals into hard- working citizens. Of the 80,000 set- tlers there In 1821, 20,000 were or had been convicts. It is said that on board an American liner a boastful Austra- lian asserted loudly and over and over again that “the men who settled Aus- tralia were a remarkably sensible lot.” “Yes,” sald an American quietly, “I have always understood that they were sent out by the very best judges.” Stationery Up To Date Goods. The Bemidji Pioneer The Right Place to Get It. The Pioneer in putting in this stock gives the People of Bemidji and surrounding country as good a selection as can be found in any stationery store Departm’t Well Selected Stock Type Writer Supplies We carry a line of Ribbons for all Standard Machines, either copying or record; Type ‘Writer Oil, Carbon Paper, Box Type Writer Paper from 80c per box of 500 sheets up to $2.00. Paper Fasteners The best and most complete line of fasteners to be found any where. We have the Gem Clips, Niagara, “O K, “Klip Klip," Challenge Eylets and other va- rieties. Pencils In this line we carry the Fa- bers, Kohinoors, Dizons, in black, colored or copying. We have the artist’s extra soft pen- cils as well as the accountant’s hard pencils. Blank Books Our blank book stock is a carefully, selected line of books. Special books ordered on short notice. Our specialties are handy books for office or private accounts. We are glad to show job stock and invite you to call at the office. The Bemidji Pioneer you our stationery and. Preparing For Dinner, One of the residents of the town of Idvor was noted for his parsimony. Let us call him Mr. Wiggles. There was an old major in Idvor who said to his valet one evening, “Go and tell the cook to get me ready a chop and a poached egg.” “Pardon me, major,” sald the valet, “but have you forgotten that you are dining with Mr. Wiggles tonight?” The major frownéd. “Yes,” he sald, “I had forgotten it. Tell the ¢ook to make it two chops and two poached eggs.” Antony and Cleopatra. Cleopatra was riding in her barge. “It is a beautiful view from here,” she remarked In Egyptian words to that effect. “Yes,” responded Antony. care to get you a Nile seat.” ‘Whereat the rowers did laugh lustily. “I took Cabbage Leaves. *“Do you think cabbage Is unwhole- some?” asked a dyspeptic. “It depends somewhat,” answered the food expert, “on whether you eat it or try to smoke it.”—Washington The Clock and the Watch, “What pleased me most,” sald the man who had been abroad, “was the wonderful clock at Strassburg.” “Oh, how I should like to see itI* replied the ignorant youth. “And did you see the watch on the Rhine too?’ At the Foot End. “Alas, T am at my wit's end,” ex- claimed the monarch as he was unex- pectedly kicked by the court jester~ Bohemian. It is a beautiful necessity of our na. ture to love something—Jerrold, Dodged the Mustard Pot. During tlie rehearsals of a panto- mime In a Scottish town (Glasgow, I think; Glasgow has always been an eventful place to me!) a child was wanted for the Spirit of the Mustard Pot. What more natural than that my father should offer my services? I had a shock of pale yellow hair, I was smal enough to be put into the prop- erty wmustard put, and the Glasgow stage manager would easily assume that I had inherited talent. My father bad acted with Macready in the stock seasouns both at Edinburgh and Glas- gow and bore a very high reputation with Scottish audiences. But the stage manager and father allke reckoned without thelr actress! When they tried to put me into the mustard pot I yelled lustily and showed more lung power than aptitude for the stage. “Put your child into the mustard pot, Mr. Terry,” said the stage manager. “Hang you and your mustard pot, sir,”” sald my mortified father. “I won’t frighten my child for you or any one else.” “ But, all the same, he was bitterly dis- appointed at my first dramatic failure, and when we reached home he put me in the corner to chasten me. “You'll never make an actress!” he said, shak- Ing a reproachful finger at me.—Ellen Terry in McClure’s Magazine, Preferred the Baby's Voice. A New York sclentist, the father of a large and growing family, has his troubles. One evening his youngest was holding forth in her best style. The mother could do nothing with the child, so the man of science went to the rescue. “I think I can qulet little Flora,” he said. “There’s no use humming to her in that silly way. What she wants is real music. The fact that I used to sing in the glee club at Yale and sing well, too, may make a difference.”” Accordingly, the professor took the child and, striding up and down the room, sang In his best manner. He had not finished the second verse of his song when a ring was heard. The door was opened, and there stood a girl of fourteen, who sald: “I'm one of the family that’s just moved into the flat next to yours. There’s a sick person with us, and he says, if it’s all the same to you, would you mind letting the baby ecry instead | of singing to it?”"—Success. A Considerate Musician. Many stories are told of the jealousy and {ll feeling among musicians, so it is refreshing to note that at least one genius did not fall in good natured ap- preciation of a fellow artist. It is re- lated how Rossini, walking one day on the boulevard with the musician Bra- ga, was greeted by Meyerbeer, who anxiously inquired after the health of his dear Rossini. “Bad,” answered the latter. “Fright- ful headaches, legs all wrong.” After a few minutes’ conversation Meyerbeer passed on, and Braga asked the great composer how it happened that he had suddenly become so un- well. \ Smilingly Rossini reassured his friend. “Oh, I couldn’t be better. I merely wanted to please Meyerbeer. He would so like to see me go to smash!”"—St. Louis Republie. Why They're Trams Abroad. “Abroad,” said a, tourist agent, “you must call street cars trams and street raflways you Iust call tramways. If you speak of trolleys over there, you won’t be understood. The word tram must puzzle the average etymologist. It derives from a man’s name—Outram —Thomas Outram. Outram lived in Derbyshire, and in the beginning of the last century he invented a peculiar sort of track that diminished the frie- tlon between wheels and roadbeds. These tracks of Qutram’s, though noth- Ing like a trolley track, were called first outramways, then tramways, and ‘when street lines and street cars came into existence they were dubbed re- spectively tramways and trams.” A Crocodile In a Tree. An African hunter once found a large crocodile hanging in the fork of a tree about ten feet from the ground. As the place was fully half a mile from any water, it was difficult to ac- count for the crocodile’s strange posi- tlon. When questioned upon the sub- ject, the natives explained that it was put there by an elephant. It seems that when the elephants wade into the Lake Ngaml to bathe the crocodiles are in the habit of worrying them and bit- ing their legs. Sometimes when an elephant 1s annoyed beyond endurance it picks up its tormentor in its trunk, puts it among the branches of a tree and leaves ié there.—London Graphic. Trees and the Air. According to a rellable computation, a single tree is able through its leaves to purify the air from the carbonic acld arising from the respiration of a con- | siderable number of men, as many as a dozen or a score. The volume of carbonic acid exhaled by a human be- ing in the course of twenty-four hours s estimated at 100 gallons, and a sin- gle square yard of leaf surface, count- ing both the upper and under sides of the leaves, can decompose about & gallon of carbonic acid in a day. A Legacy. “What's your fare?” asked old Flint- skin of hi§ cabby the other day and was met with the stereotyped reply: “Well, sir, I will leave that to you.” “Thank you, you are very kind,” sald old Flintskin, buttoning up his pockets and walking off. “You're the first per-; son who ever left me anything yet.”— London Mail. Hard Luck. Mrs. Dash—Mother says that shej wants to be cremated. Dash—Just my, luck! I haven't a match with me— Bmart Set. The Truth. Gobsa Golde descended painfully from his ninety horsepower automobile. “I wish to purchase,” he said, an engagement ring.” “Yes, sir,” sald the eager clerk. “We have just imported a superb ring, sir— two ruby hearts surrounded”— . “No,” said the aged millionaire in a cold, disillusioned voice; “no, that won't do. There is only one heart concerned In this affair. The girl is marrying me for my money.”—New Orleans Times-Dewocrat. Her Purse and His Handkerchief. “The thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts,” The other day a young woman who had dropped her purse, full of pay money for the corps of girls under her charge, cousldered the thoughts of youth to be rather too “long.” She was in one of the large depart- ment stores, and as her hands were occupied she let her purse lie for a few moments where It had fallen. But her eye was on it. In the meantime a bright little fellow not more than nine or ten years old left his parents near by and deftly covered the purse with a handkerchief. The womun, who s a perfectly self po: ed young person, could hardly believe her eyes, but she walted to see what the boy would do. Just as he was stooping to his prize she placed her foot quietly upon it. The yoyng- ster slipped back without a word to the well dressed “respectable” people with whom he was. Then the woman picked up her purse and, taking the bhandkerchief over to the lad, handed It to him. saying, “There is no reason why you should lose your handkerchief just because you didn't get my purse!”—New York Post. Too Good to Miss. “Theater audiences have improved in. recent years,” said a manager. “Why, with provincial tquring compa- nies In the past maltreatment was reg- | ularly expected. In fact, the compa- nies protited by it in more ways than one. “I know of a company that was playing ‘The Broken Vow’ in Paint Rock, a one night stand. The audience didn’t like ‘The Broken Vow,’ and eggs, cabbages and potatoes rained up- on the stage. “Still the play went on. The hero raved through his endless speeches. dodging an onion or a baseball every other minute and pretty sore from those missiles that he hadn’t been able to dodge. “But finally a gallery auditor in a paroxysm of rage and scorn hurled a heavy boot, and the actor, thoroughly alarmed, started to retreat. “*Keep on playing, you fool,’ hissed the manager from the wings as he hooked in the boot with an umbrella. ‘Keep on till we get the other one.'” How a Tree Grows. Both earth and air are required for the growth of a plant or tree. The roots absorb moisture from the soil, which, in the form of a watery (luid called common sap, rises through the fibers of the last deposited annular ring, traversing all the branches and leaf stalks until it reaches the leaves; there it undergoes a change by the absorption of carbonic acid from the air. It then travels downward again { In the fdrm of proper sap, just under- neath the bark, which is expanded by the accession of moisture and in the cavity so formed a new layer of ma- terial is deposited which gradually hardens and forms a new annular ring. And so, from absorbing the moisture and minerals of the soil and the carbonic acid of the air the tree goes on until it finishes its cycle and dies.—New York American. Jack Tar at a Christening. A sailor went up to the font to have his baby baptized. Sailors as a class claim little stock in babies, and natu- rally enough this one presented the in- fant feet foremost. “The other way,” said the minister, and accordingly Jack turned the infant upside down. “Excuse me,” said the clergyman, “I mean the other way.” So back came the embryo foretopman to the first po- sition, to the discouragement of every- body. “Wind it, Jack” said the nautical assistant, and with an “Aye, aye, sir,” Jack promptly turned the baby end for end, and it was duly christened head first.—“On a Man-of-war.” The Alternative. The Count—Doctor, I have such a fearfully bad cough. What can I do for it? Doctor—Well, sir, you must re- member that you are no longer in your first youth and you must take care of your general health. So you had better leave off smoking: take no aleohol in any form and do not excite yourself in any way; do not— The Count—The mischief, doctor; what am I to do then? Nothing but cough?— Lustige Blatter. The Virginia Plover. The most wonderful bird flight noted s the migratory achievement of the Virginia plover, which leaves its haunts in North America and, taking a course down the Atlantic, reaches the coast of Brazil in one unbroken flight of fifteen hours, covering a dis- tance of over 3,000 miles at the rate of four miles a minute. Condensed. “Here is an article on ‘How to Live a Hundred Years.’” “Yes, and the whole subject can be condensed into two words.” “What are they?’ . “‘Don’t die’” — Cleveland Plain Dealer. Not the Music He Loved. Mrs. Talkamore—Your husband is a great lover of music, isn't he? Mrs. Chatters—Yes, indeed, T have seen him get up in the middle of the night and try to compose. Mrs. T.—What? Mrs. C.—The bab; Stray Stories. Well Named. “This is the parlor, eh®” tentatively remarked the real estate agent, who was looking over the house. “Yes,” replied the old man Kidder, “but I usually call it the courtroom. T've got seven daughters, you know.” If you make money your god, *twill plague you like a devil.—Fielding, One For the Debating Club, A group of half a dozen physlelsts, all eminent; a sheet of paper; a pencil. With the latter one of the group draws a pulley, a cord over the pulley, a tree, a bough from which the pulley hangs. To one.end of the cord Is attached a stone; to the other cord clings a mon- key. The stone balances the jnonkey. If the monkey proceeds to climb up the cord, what will happen? Will the stone rise or fall? Heated discusslon; breakup of the party; no result. Can any reader help to settle this question? CORTELYOU IS SILENT. Refuses to Say Whether He Will As sist Banks, ‘Washington, Oct. 2,—While it is belleved that some action is being taken by the treasury department in the matter of making deposits of gov- ernment funds to natlonal banks to| meet the present emergency in New York Secretary Cortelyou refused to discuss the subject in any way. Mr. Cortelyou said that not only would he not make any statement at thig time but would not discuss with any one| the matter of deposits. It {5 under- | stood that Secretary Cortélyou has | ordercd $6,000,000 distributed among | the leading national banks of New York. Will Appeal to Roosevelt, Philadelphia, Oct. % '.—Clergymen of this city have entered into a vigorous campaign to stop Sunday baseball at League island. Having found that the protests to the commandant are | unavailing they have decided to peti- tion President Roosevelt to prohibit | a sport which, the ministers say, is harmful to the city. The comman- dant refused to stop the Sunday games as he declared the sport was beneficial to the men. Overdrew His Account. Jasper, Ind., Oct. 2 .—As a result of the examination into the affairs of the defunct Peoples’ State bank at Hunt- ingburg, Ind., Samuel Wulfram, head of the Hartwell coal mines in Pike | county, Ind., was arrested and later | released on bond. It is claimed Wul- fram overdrew his account with theI defunct bank to the amount of $40, | 000. Buried Beneath Wrecked Auto. Chicago, Oct. 2.-—While racing an automobile on Michigan boulevard Adrian Sibson, twenty years old, son of a prominent attorney of Cleveland, 0., was killed and five companions were bruised. Sibson’s automobile skidded, struck the curbstone and was smashed. He was buried beneath the wrecked car, No Fun For Boys. In some of the cantons of Switzer land they have special laws made for boys. Here is a sample of them: “If a boy throws a stone and hits a man he may be fined 3 francs. 1 “If a boy throws a snowball and hits a woman he may be fined 2 francs. | “If a boy calls a girl a ‘red head’ he | may be fined from 2 to 4 francs. “If a boy throws at frogs in a pond | without being ordered to do so by his | father or teacher he shall be fined a| frane. | “If a boy throws a stone and breaks | & window belonging to some one else his father may whip him or he may be fined 2 francs. “If a boy makes a face at his teach- er or draws pictures of him on his | slate or speaks ill of him he may be{ fined 5 francs and have to beg his par-| don. “If a boy stones a dog or chases a | cat it is & fine of a franc. “If two boys fight without the con- | sept of their teacher it is a fine of 8| franes. i “If a boy steals apples or other fruit | it is a fine of 2 francs, and he should be | beaten by his father.” | The American boy who reads the! above will wonder what the Swiss boy | has to live for. About all he can do and not be fined is to have the measles | or whooping cough.—Exchange. | Man’s Unwisdom, ONE CENT A WORD. HELP WANTED. WANTED FOR U. S. ARMY: Able- bodied unmarried men, between ages of 21 and 35; citizens of United States, of good character and temperate habits, who can speak, read, and write English. For information apply to Recruit- ing Officer, Miles Block, Bemidji, Minn. WANTED: Three carpenters. Long job. Apply to Kreatz, the contractor. WANTED—Dishwasher. Will pay $20 per month. Hotel Brinkman. WANTED — Chambermaid and laundry girl. Hotel Brinkman. FOR SALE. R et e SIS FOR SALE: One 12-horsepower gasoline engine, one 14-horse- power gasoline boat, one National double-drawer cash register, one buck-board. Apply to E. G. Leonard, Bemidji. {FOR SALE: Fine lot of Plymouth Rock Pullets and Cockerels. Come early and take your choice. Will make excellent winter layers. C.H VanDeVord, 1218 Beltrami Ave. FOR SALE—Rubber stamps. The Pioneer will procure any kind of a rubber stamp for you an short notice. FOR SALE: Driving team; span of mares; in good condition. Apply to A. E. Rako, Bemidju. FOR SALE—Magnificent moose head mounted; will be sold cheap. Inquire at this office. LOST and FOUND CHECK LOST: Check No. 3259, issued Oct. 19 on Lumbermen’s National Bank of Bemidji by Dr. R. Gilmore and in favor of W. R. Mackenzie has been lost and same has been declared void. Finder please return to Dr. Gil- more. LOST: I O. O. F. watch charm trianguler shape. Finder leave at this office for reward. FOUND—Society emblem pin. In- quire at this office. FOUND: Yale key. Inquire at Pioneer office. FOR RENT. FOR RENT: Six room cottage. Apply H. A. Miles 413 Bemudj Ave., or phone 8. FOR RENT: Seven-room flat, over Bijou theater building. Apply to A. Klein. MISCELLANEOUS. The simplest and plainest laws of | health are outraged every hour of (he“ day by the average man. Did Adam | smoke? Did Eve wear corsets? Did | Solomon chew tobacco? Did Ruth| chew gum? Did the children of Israel | make for a beer garden after crossing | the Red sea? Did Rebecca eat gum- drops and ice cream and call for soda water? Adam was the first and was made perfect from head to heel. How long would he remain so after eating a mince pie before going to-bed? Sup- pose he had slept in a bedroom five by seven, with the windows down, the door shut and two dogs under the bed? Buppose Eve had laced herself up in a corset, put on tight shoes, sat up all hours of the night eating her fill of trash and sizzled her hair. When you come to look at the way a man misbe- haves himself you can only wonder he ever lived to get there. Verily, the av- erage man behaves as if he were little better than a fool.—Woodbury (Conn.) Reporter. A Pony Sentinel. During one of General Custer’s In- dian campaigns he had a boy bugler with him who was mounted on a cir- cus pony he had picked up somewhere. The animal was not only full of tricks, but he proved himself a better sentinel | than any of the soldiers. Three times In four months he saved the camp from & night attack when no other suspected that danger was near. Upon one occasion the pony, who was loose and walking about camp, discovered a sentinel asleep on his post. That was wrong, and the animal knew It was, and he gave the soldier such a bite on the arm as caused him to yell out and arouse the whole camp. Pony and boy both died in Custer’s last battle. The pony had twelve arrows in his body when found.—Cincinnatl Commercial Tribune. As It Looked to Him. One of the ladies in fancy dress was, though fair enough, a trifie fat, and we will not say that she did not look well out of the thirties. And there spake to her a reporter: “May I ask what character you rep- resent?” ' “Helen of Troy,” she answered. “What did you think it was?’ “Well,” he murmured, ungallantly enough, as weights and measures con- fused his brain and he gazed on her ample proportions, “I thought you might be Helen of Avoirdupois!” An Anecdote of Agassiz. On one occasion a person entered Professor‘Agassiz's room with a picture which he desired to sell, deiominated a8 “Birdseye View of Cambridge.” The professor contemplated It for a moment, lifted his eyes, looked at the vender of the picture, and said, with his characteristic accent, “Well, [ PUBLIC LIBRARY—Open Tues- days, Thursdays and Saturdays, 2:30to 6 p. m., and Saturday evening 7:30 to 9 p. m. also. Library in basement of Court House. Mrs. E. R. Ryan, librar- ian, Want Ads FOR RENTING A PROPERTY, SELL- ING A BUSINESS OR OBTAINING HELP ARE BEST. Pioneer thank my God zat I am not a bird.”— Boston Transcript,