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The Hope pioneer., 1886-08-20
A Powerful Man.of.War.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.-The Army and
Navy Gazette says that Secretary Whit
ney. has directed the armament of the large
cruiser authorized by the bill passed two
weeks aso. The plans prepared by Chief
instructor White OF England for another
vessel will be used. These plans are for d
vessel OF greater power and speed than
any cruiser now afoat. It's length will be
1886 feet; beam, extreme, 40 feet; draft,
mean' IL feet; twin screws and a speed Of
nineteen knots per hour. It can carry
800 tons of coal, and it's complement Of
men will be 220. The battery consists of
four eight-inch and six six-inch breech-load-
ing rifles; secondary battery, eight 81 nm.
single shot Hotchkiss guns; two 81 nm. re-
volver machine guns and one short Cat
ling. The hull will be Of steel throughout,
and the steering gear is placed below an
armored deck. The machinery will be well
protected by belts OF coal ten feet thick
The vessel will have five above-water tor
pedo-launching tubes and electric search
lights. The two sets OF triple expansion
engines have 10, 500 horse power.
The Hope pioneer., 1886-08-20
A New Remedy,

He had tried every remedy suggest
ed, for his gout, and he found no relief
In conversation with his physician he
complained most bitterly.
''Why. Doctor, have tried twenty
remedies to day in order to secure a
moments relief but not one of them
will answer"
"Wcll," replied the Doctor, ..why
don't you try IN echo"
"What the deuce is that?" asked the
equity individual
can echo is q sound reverberated.
do not know that it is good for gout,
but it is sure to answer. ''-Nutioaal
Weekly.
The Hope pioneer., 1886-08-20
OF the nearly 1870. .ooo. 600 Of fra

OF the nearly $4,000, 900 Of frac-
tional currency issued in past years
tceasing in 1870 there is still out
standing SIS, ,34o,114, so that, proba-
bly, nearly all this amount has been
destroyed or lost by the people. AS
Stunning that the national bank cur
rency has suffered one-tenth as much
loss, it may be estimated that of the
Sl,237, 7,034, s35 issued $4,000, 900
has disappeared and will be clear
profit to the national treasury.
The Hope pioneer., 1886-08-20
The Governor of Texas Speaks.

The New York Herald has the following
dispatch from Governor Ireland OF Texas:
Austin, Tex, Aug. 12.-The editor OF the
Herald: You ask my views OF the Cutting
case. Cutting has never applied to me. It
may be conceded, if necessary, that Cut
ting has been legally convicted under mod
ern law; but the people and government
OF the United States can never submit to
such q rule OF law. Every editor and every
other person who writes or prints
matter in the United States obnoxious to
the views OF Mexican courts can at any
time. when found in Mexico, be arrested
and be punished as Cutting has been The
person OF Cutting is not involved. Surely
our government has not made an idle de-
mand. No one wants war, and I trust no
one wants peace at the expense OF national
honor and the rights OF American citizens.
The only way to avoid war is to be ready
ior it, and show willingness to accept it
ii it must be. Outrages have gone far
enough and have been numerous enough.
The Hope pioneer., 1886-08-20
A Musical PRODIGY.

II desire" said Miss Lonncof,in on.
terlng music store on Aust avenne,
Ito purchase piece of music for my
little brother, who plays on the piano. I"
mere Miss, is precisely what you
"What is the name of it?,
The Maiden's Prayer for 50
''Only so cents! Why, he's much
further advanced than that, for last
month he played IL piece worth Is cents.
Haven't you something for do.larp""
SiJtings.
The Hope pioneer., 1886-08-20
r n n SIMPSON, Publisher.
HOPE, NORTH DAKOTA.

The new elevated road which IS now
being tried in Cambridge, Mass, and
which is eventually to be built in Bos-
ton. is q departure from all present
system OF railroading. It. has but 4
single rail and this allows OF much
sharper curves and heavier grades.
Eight hundred feet OF the road has
been built and is working satisfacto.
rily.
The Hope pioneer., 1886-08-20
4nE LoNELIEsT DEPTn.

Gwendoline smiled and kissed her
Am NOT sadder than you my sister?
Possible loss means possible gain.
Those who still dread are not quite forsaken-
But-not to fear because all is taken
70 the lowliest depth Of human pain"
Adelaide A. Proctor
The Hope pioneer., 1886-08-20

Where ia the best place to get fatf' asked
thin honsekeeper Qf a snelghbor "All
over" was the unexpected reply itts5urah
Caronicls ~. 9.
The Hope pioneer., 1886-08-20
FOREST FIRES.


A Milwaukee dispatch OF the 18th gives
the following general summary OF the situ-
alton: Though the forests in the northern
tier OF counties OF this state are still ablaza
and are likely to remain SO until rains
quehuh the flames, the danger to the vii.
lagos and towns dotting them is over, un-
less heavy gales should again sweep down
upon them. While not over a d dozen cases oI
human cremation are reported, it is believ.
remote from settlements cannot possibly
have escaped. The fatality to cattle has
been terrible. Hundreds OF charred bodies
lie on the blakened track of the
devastating fire. 1t is estima ted that
in Calumet, Clark, Marathon and
a few adjacent counties 500 fami-
lies are rendered homeless and desti-
tute, and will suffer unless immediate relief
is sent them. Many OF these people had
in wells or submerged themselves up to
their necks in streams, with with wet blan-
kets covering their heads, until the
fires passed. In some places the
fire swooped down so suddenly
up on the people that they barely had
time to seek this method OF safety. In
other places the roar OF the flames was
distinctly heard, and the terror-stricken
people fled madly before the flames to the
cannot even be estimated. Hundreds OF
homes, dozens OF saw mills, lumber camps
and millions OF feet OF timber are in ashes
Acres OF ripening grain were laid waste and
hundreds upon hundreds of cattle were
burned to death. To-night's advices are
that the fires are abating considerably
by running into clearings and be.
ause the wind has died out. How
ever, fears are entertained of a
repetition should high winds pre-
vail again before rain appears. Along the
valley division OF the Chicago, Milwaukee,
and st. Paul. heavy rains to-day extin-
guished all the flames, saving the largest
cranberry marshes in that section. To-
day the suffocating clouds OF smoke from
the burning forests were borne by north
winds down as far as Milwaukee. On the
lakes, for miles from the shore, near Green
Bay, Sturgeon Bay and even further south,
the smoke clouds are SO dense that the sun
is obscured, and vessels can navigate only
by continuous blowing OF horns, it being
impossible to see 400 feet ahead at mid
day.
The losses at Spencer aggregate $780,
900. Business is suspended. Reports from
the towns OF Eaton, Bellevue and Depere
reveal much loss and distress: Nineteen
families in the vicinity OF Woodruff's old
mill were burned out. The Classen family
OF five saved their lives by getting into the
well. The damage at Pensaukee is esti-
mated at $4,000. Reports from Laney
and Angelica, in Shawano county, say that
the fire is very bad. Five families were
burned out and their crops destroyed. The
mill near Angelica burned. Fred Regan,
near st. Nathans, Oconto county, lost five
buildings and his crops.
The Hope pioneer., 1886-08-20
How the Late Gov. Ti1den Disposed Of His
Property.

~~o" e"e Aate NoV. I11oen O1spoSed or His
Property.
A dispatch from New York says: The will
OF y. j. Tilden was read at Greystone in
the presence OF all the relatives except
those in the west. The document is a long
one, containing about ten Thousand words
Hon. John Bigelow, Andrew H. Green and
George w. Smith are named as executors
and trustees. All OF Mr.. Tilden's kindred
are generously provided for in the will.
The whole estate is placed in the hands OF
the executors as trustees. Each heir is to
receive an equal share in the line OF Ills or
her consanguinity. That is, nephews
and their children certain amounts,
but they are to receive only the income
derived from an equal separate specific
sum, the principal at their death to BIZ dis
posed OF in a manner which Mr.. Bigelow
could not state. None of his relatives
except Mrs. Mary B. Hilton, his sister,
are given any specific bequest forever. To
her he bequeaths the residence No 3S West
dhlrty- eighth street, and the sum OF $780,.
except this place is placed in his executors
hands to be disposed OF as they sec fit.
Greystone and the Gramercy Park prop
erty fall under the same rule. The execu-
tors are first charged with the duty OF
setting apart for his relatives the sums
named Tor them, from which the several
incomes are to be derived. This done,
it becomes the duty OF the executors
and the trustees to carry out his.
wishes regarding certain public bene.
ticfaries. They are charged with the duty,
first, OF establishing free library
in in the village OF New Lebanon, also in
Yonkers, and ifin the discretion OF the trus-
tees they choose to establish free lib rary
in this city they may do SO, and if not they
are ar at liberty to use the fund that a free
library would cost in the promotion oi
any charitable or educational cause. A
great deal is left to the discretion OF the
trustees. In general terms the relatives
are handsomely taken care of. The estate
ls not as large AS estimated by some peo-
P PIE: The value has been placed at $1O,-
200. 900, but Mr.. Bigelow says this is
double it's actual value. As regards a
public library for this city. that mattsr is
left to the discretion OF the trustees, both as
location, sizc, equipment and cost. Hence
the city will have q library II the trustees
think that the funds in their hands cannot
De used for the public to better advantage.
The Hope pioneer., 1886-08-20
Tho Attitude of Maxico.

Ex-Representative Rice OF Massachu.
setts, who recently spent three months in
Mexico, in a long conversation said:
The best interests OF Mexico are involved in
the maintenance ofpeace with the country.
The suggestion that she desires war to get
rid OF some OF her northern states and their
turbulent population is wild and baseless
as a lunatic's dream. The idea that Mexi-
co, with her depleted treasury ard low fl.
nancial credit, would incur the vast liabill-
ties OF war in order to dispose OF her do
main for nothing, is too ridiculous to be
considered. If she should desire such dis
position OF her territory she would rather
aim to sell it to US at a large price and SO
replenish rather than further exhaust her
resources.
Malkinson. who killed Garvey in Miller
last March, is in the Huron jail at Huron,
Dak., for safety. He has gone stark mad,
and must be taken to the asylum.
Phillip H. Green was overcome bv foul
air and died in well on f. NJ. Ruthruff's
place west OF Grand Forks, Oak.
At Casselton, Oak, w. Schledt and his
brother were both knocked over by thun-
derbolt in their barn;t wo horses were kill
ed and large quantity OF wheat was
burned in the field. Loss, $500. One
brother was seriously hurt.
During the past few days there were or
dered to be issued about 5000 patents for
lands, the titles to which have been favor.
ably passed upon by the land office. This
s unusual number OF patents is due to the
iac1 that the work OF the board OF review
was necessarily behind, and to the fact
that Commissioner Sparks had not def
nitely decided what policy he would pursne
In certain cases. Some 1000 Of the pat.
ents we're issued for Dakota.
The heart OF the late King Ludwig OF Ba.
3sarie in q silver urn was deposited at Me-
The Hope pioneer., 1886-08-20

,-S VI . pSI CcuG DOHUA QelO
secure national bank note circulation in.
cluded in the 14Oth call is $7,e56,75O.
Postoffices esta blshed: :Dakota-Nesson
flannery county. nnesota-Dumont.
traverse county. Name changed: Dakota
battle River, Custer county, to Hermosa.
Postmasters commissioned: Dakota
Chamberlain, w. Gillian. Iowa-Walnut,
w. Hopper. Minnesota-Valley, A. Ben.
son. Observation-Disclosures Fails, w, +.
flanagan; Stockholm, E. Peterson.
On March ~, 1886. there were 1, 121 post.
offices in the State OF Minnesota, and with
the new ones created, there are now about
l.l5o. OF all these presidential and the
dliferent classes-but about $50 have been
tion is half over. There are forty-nine
presidential offices in the state, and but
tWenty-eight OF these have been filled.
Those remaining in the hands of incum.
bents in offices when Cleveland became
president are: Ada, Albert Lea, Alexan.
dria. Anoka. Austin, Blue Earth City, Fer.
gus rails, Glencoe, Granite Falls, Hastings,
kasson. LIE Sueur Litchfeld, Luverne'
Marshall, Montevideo, Morris, NorthfieId'
Charles, st. Paul, sauk Center Saltwater M
Tracy, Wadena, Wilmar.
The Chicago Farmers Review reports that
the corn crop has been burned up. too,
except in Minnesota.
Archbishop Walsh, OF Dublin in an inter.
view, said: He believed that the land pur.
chase question would never be settled ex.
cept Michael Davitt's naturalization prin.
ciples OF just compensation to the actual
holder, rather than on the principles ol
Henry George. He committed the scheme
OF DR.. Dale, as set forth in the Contempor.
ary Review OF June, accepting Mr.. Glad.
stones bill as a minimum starting point
ior the establishment OF statutory par.
Lament in Dublin and to leave it an open
question with the people OF England, Wales
and Scotland to decide whether there shall
De one, two or three parliaments. The
statement that the pope disapproyes oi
Sne attitude OF the Irish clergy toward the
Nationalists was founded upon malice
The Irish cause was sale with the pope.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-05-01
PROTECTING THEIR RIGHTS.

Probably no concern in the country has
adhered more strictly to the determination
to achieve success by the liberal use of
printers ink than has the Brown Chemical
Company of Baltimore, Nd. Starting bust
ness about five years ago, they have expended
over 81, 500, 600 in the preparation and circu-
lation of printed matter, more than half of
which has been paid for newspaper adyertis-
ing. All this has been done to make known
the virtues of their celebrated Browns Iron
Bitters.
As might be expected, very large sales
have resulted from this enormous outlay. In
fact, Browns Iron Bitters is about as staple
in many drug stores as is -four at the corner
grocery. Like all good things, Browns
Iron Bitters has been largely initiated.
There are INSCRIPTIONS manufacturers who
cater to just this sort of trade, and some
dealers are so lacking in principle, that be-
cause greater profit can be made on fraud
ulent than on genuine medicines, they are
willing to delude the public by pushing off
Iron Tonic Bitters and other Tonic Medi-
cines in place of the genuine Browns Iron
Bitters, which is undoubtedly one of the
purest and best medicines known. These
frauds have been practiced so extensively,
that the Company, finding all other means
inadequate, have at last determined to try a
little cold law to put stop to them. Suits
for heavy damages have therefore been
commenced aginst Frederick Stearns d Co.,
Detroit, Mich, who are known as the Non
Secret Medicine Manufacturers, for selling
Iron Tonic Bitters: against Meyer Bros. &
Co., of St. Louis, Wholesale Druggists, for
selling Browns Iron Tonic, prepared by G.
J. Lincoln, Little Rock, Ark, and against
Jas. A. Dickinson, druggist in Baltimore,
for selling Iron Tonic Bitters with his name
upon the label, which medicine was made by
Koshland, Hollander & Co., of that city, and
also claimed ais an imitation. We wish the
Brown Chemical Company every success in
these suits, as it is high time those who have
pluck enough to carry large enterprises such
as theirs to success, should be protected
from those who live not by their own genius
and effort, but by copying and counterfeit
ing things that have been made standard
and valuable by others.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-05-01
GRAND ARMY cLEANlNGs.
Items of Interest Pertaining to the r
and its Members.

Items of Interest Pertaining to the r 81
| and its Members.
The ladies of Lexington, Va, have
formed an association to aid the jackson
Memorial association in erecting suit
able monument to Stonewall jackson,
and have issued circular address re-
questing contributions. They say: ''Our
great hero belongs not only to Virginia
| proud though tine mother be of her
son-but to the entire country, and we
feel that the people of all sections, no
less than of the south, for which he died,
will gladly unite with us in honoring his
memory"
There is live post of the Grand
Army in Salt Lake City, and one of its
officers writes: 1--WE are making an eff
fort to establish camp here to accom-
modate all G. A. r. comrades who may
pass through here on their way to the
national encampment, to be held in San
Fran cisco in August. We will endeavor
to arrange for all to stop over one or
two days in this beautiful little city of
the Saints, the only spot on earth where
they dare to half mast the flag on the
Fourth of July"
One of the most interesting places to
visit in Chicago is the workshop of Com
rade A. Stone, of Ulysses s. Grant post,
No. %, at No. 100 Walnut street. He
has collected some 1000 canes which
were cut for him on tho battlefield of
Shiloh, stone River, Lookout Mountain,
Missionary Ridge, Chickamauga, and
Kenesaw Mountain. They are of differ
ent kinds of wood, and there is no doubt
but what they are exactly what they are
represented to be.
The McCune Times publishes an obit-
uary notice of Lyman S. Phelps. He
was born April IL, 1927, in Chautauqua
county, N. Y, and was married in 1850
TO Miss Mary Ham, in Pennsylvania. He
enlisted in Co. I, 63d Regiment, P. vi,
July, 1861, and served four years. He
was wounded in the hip July LIST, 1862,
at Malvern Hill, and again through the
head July Sd, 1868, at Gettysburg, the
last wound finally causing his death. ,
Burlinga1ne Chronicle: The largest
pension. it is claimed, ever paid to one
person in this country, was paid on the
18th inst, at Columbus, Ohio, to James
F. Baker, of Franklin county, the
amount being 81, 224,S7. He has been
paralyzed since 1861, and has just secur-
ed pension of $72 month and arrear-
ages.
Arrangements are being perfected for
an imposing observance of Decoration
Day at Baxter Springs, Cherokee county,
where the national cemetery is located.
A monument, which is under course of
construction at that place, will be COM
pleted by May Both, and it is also the
intention of its projectors to have it dedi
Gated OF the same day.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-05-01
A CHARMING LITTLE HOUsEEKEPER

She dusts the Seyres and bric-a-brac,
With just the daintiest little knack,
And always puts my paper back,
Ny charming little housekeeper.
Rare jellies makes meringues and creams
More fair than ever poets dreams
Like drifted snow your frosting CLEANS,
My charming little housekeeper.
Nor doth the prose of cooking slight
Her bread Is sweet-and white and light,
Her biscuits are goodly sight
(Ah, charming little housekeeper).
Hhe reads with me the magazines
Although to one she always leans
She makes the most artistic screens,
My charming little housekeeper.
She sings to me with dulcet voice,
lFare PATHS notes are not SO chOice),
Then doth my classic soul rejoice,
My charming little housekeeper.
What wonder that love her-then-
As much-and even more-than when
Last May, the church beside the glen
Oh charming little housekeeper.
Received bright and joyous throng-
Rich voices swelled a marriage song
To me you promised to belong,
My darling little housekeeper.
Good Housekeeping.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-05-01
LET us RISE ABOVE OUR TROUBLES.

Let rs rise above our troubles,
Far beyond the reach of pain
That no mischief may embroil us,
And if smitten raise again.
Let as live as dwelling with Thee,
Every hour and every day,
Not on earth but in heaven,
Let us wend our homeward way.
Full of yearnings unfulflled,
And desire unsatisfied.
Tempest-tossed and comfortless,
Floating with the ebbing tide.
Burdened conscience, darkened reason,
Worried, fretted, stumbling oft.
Let Thy light like May-day sunshine,
Point us to thy home aloft-
Hide MS in Thy strong pavilion.
Till the storm be overpast;
Be our stronghold, our reliance,
We would find Thee at the last.
Give us peace and exultation
In that treasure found oh high,
Trusting in Thy promised pledges.
Above our troubles let us fly.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-05-01
Facilities for Watering Stock

4 aSAAAsACS AoI StOck.
Farm, Field and Stockman.
On those farms where there are no
running streams the difficulty of pro-
viding watet is one that receives the
consideration Of every farmer who may
be so situated as to be compelled to pro-
vide water. The water must either be
conducted to the stock or the stock must
be driven to the water. The most ex-
pensive method to adopt is the latter,
and it must be admitted ii at in cases
where there are pools in the pasture
they become dry and stagnated, thereby
compelling the stock to remain thirsty a
great portion of the time. Many farm
ers content themselves with watering the
stock in the morning, before driving
them to the pasture, and also at night,
but this interval of time, especially dur
ing the warm days of summer, causes
suffering to the animals, and in the case
of COWS giving milk the lack of water
will cause falling off in the supply.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-05-01
Churning.

From the Prairie Farmer.
The old-fashioned "up and down" dash
churns of our mothers are fast being con-
signed to the oblivion they deserve.
Whatever kind of churn you may use,
don't use one that has any dash, paddle
or any inside arrangement. The COM
mon barrel or box churns are built on
the right principle, though I am some
what partial to the rectangular" The
usual direction in regard to the proper
temperature for churning is to churn at
62 degrees. But some allowance should
be made for the season of the year, and
the temperature of the room in which
the churning is done. In summer, if
the room and day are warm, it may be
commenced at 60 degrees while in win
ter, in cool room, IS degrees is not too
warm. Prepare your churn by first
scalding with hot water, then rinsing
with cold Before putting in the churn,
or Immediately after, the coloring is to be
added, as but few herds of common COWS,
except in the early summer, make butter
yellow enough for city market. Each
dairyman must find out for himself how
much is needed by his cream. Put in
enough 80 the butter will be of bright
straw color. The churn should be turned
at about 20 revolutions per minute and
if proper directions have been followed,
and there is a good proportion of fresh
COWS in the herd, the butter will come in
thirty minutes. When the first 'swish"
of the buttermilk is heard stop churning.
The butter will then be found floating
in the buttermilk in small pellets about
as large as mustard seed or larger.
The buttermilk should now be drawn off
into buttermilk strainer. Some butter
will come with the milk, but this can be
returned to the churn. If troubled by
too much of it coming out, add guam
tity of brine, which will serve to make
the butter float better.