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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1897-03-25


District No - county OF steele, state of North
Dakota. for the year beginning January l "A. ID.
1896 and ending December 81. A. d. 1896.
1:LCEiPTS:
Cash on hand at beginning Of school
year. January J. a. u. lSHi.........S S32 O5
Amount received darin: the year from
alpOitiOnment OF stale tuition fund. G22 SS
From interest and income
FROM {''nd fines taxes: ci::: 52, 3s9 & *
Amount received during the year from
taxes levied by the district school
board including amount OF oGtstand-
lug warrants redeemed Or indorsed
takes 2,221 81
cash on hand at beginning ........... 1876 II
EXPENDITURES:
Amount paid during the year for school
house. sites and furniture. ...........S !I3 !|3
Amount paid during the year for ap-
DnratuS fixtures. etc. tc.................. AZ 90
Amount paid during the year for teach
Amount 't pad during ihe year for scrvi. ''0o ~
ces and expenses Of school officers. 80 90
Amount paid during the year Tor inter-
Amount no paid during the year Tor Tor Incl ="
Amont st paid during the year for pur '''
poses not before mentioned: :....... 43 10
E"T E"r i:at{sn ;stt{,s tess..:..:::.s 55999 53:99
For For Rebate ist on fniit,on::.:: zoo
Total expenditures during the year. 3,202 II
Cash on hand at the close OF the yeaI
December 81, 1895 ................ 474 03
Grand total, expenditures and cash on
hand to balance above total receipts. 1876 IA
RELATING TO BONDS:
d date, including ali ali iormer Years.. : 5000 90
bonds sold up to date :............. 5000 90
Net amount of bonds Issued, as to pre-
sent Hope school district, cancelled
Dy aecrees " cs''t "'o o7
at the end OF year, December 81. A.
Average rate Of interest on ali bonds '>' "
now outstanding g.................... per cts
State of North Dakota,
County of steele, So.
Hone School Dist No. -
do soeInDly swear that the within Is a true
and correct report OF all MONEYS coming into my
''''''N'' - JAHEs D BROWN.
Treasurer Of Hope School District No. !.
Subscribed and sworn 70 before me this 18th
0"' VI '"'''''' j. W. K1NrsroN,
District Clerk.
State of North Dakota,
County OF Steele IS.
Hone School Dist. No.
The within report has been examined by the
school board Of Hope School District No. -.
and compared with 4 statement from the County
Treasurer showing funds paid the school treasurer
during the year and with the warrants OF the dis
tiiCt SCn0Ol Doafu presented Lo aiiu pdtu ~ tue
school treasurer during the year, and held by him
as vouchers for the payment OF school moneys
and with the tax receipts issued by the County
Treasurer.
The report Is found TO be true and correct In
every particular and Is hereby approved this 9TH
day OF January A. y, 1897;
| By order OF the District School Board:
| JOHN SUSSEX,
President
! District Clsrk.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1897-03-25

Jim Hill has again sailed for Europe,
and many say he is over there to pur-
chase more N. P. stock; but he is keep
ing mum and nobody knows what may
turn up when he comes home.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1897-03-25
Bank Statement.
Report of the condition of
THE STEELE COUNTY BANK

State of North Dakota, ss
County of Steele
Id. d. Brown, cashier of the above named
bank. do sOlemnly swear that the above state
ment Is true to the best Of my knowledge and be-
lief.
j. d. BROWN, Cashier
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 2:;rd
day of March, 1897, T. j. MCMAHON.
IsEALI Notary Public, N. D..
Correct Attest: c. D. BnnwE. Directors.
j. b. BROWN, (
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1897-03-25
THE UNION
co,

Is open for business from
8 a. m. to 10 p. m. Office
in the Drug Store. The
best medium of communi-
cation with Sherbrooke.
kilograms forwarded to and
from the Western Union
with dispatch. Pay your
taxes over the Phone.
Price per subject, includ-
ing answer, only 25c.
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That Libel Suit.

Last Saturday at II o'clock the writer
appeared before Judge Boise at Sher-
brooke in that big libel suit. Atty. 7. J.
McMahon looked after our interests.
Chas. Parks was placed upon the stand
and sworn to tell the truth, the whole
truth, and nothing but tho truth"-ard
when asked by Atty. McMahon if he had
been libeled or damaged in any way by
the article in question that had been
printed in The Pioneer, he said "NO.'
So there is the whole case against The
Pioneer for libel-and the taxpayers
pays his end of the costs. How do you
like it taxpayers? On those grounds we
waived examination to the district court
and will see what Judge Pollock will say
about such foolshness. We signed our
own bond orS1O0 and came home happy.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-04-15
He Died Decently.

For weeks and weeks Tom Shep
pard had been a sick man at oul
mining camp at Black Bear valley
Everybody felt sorry for him and
yet a sick man in mining camp was
great inconvenience and a burden
One day Judge Watkins went up to
see him, and said:
Tom, don't want to seem cold.
hearted, but the boys are beginning
to wonder why you don't die or get
we'll"
" Yes, reckon they are," replied
Tom, "and you kin tell 'em Pm 90.
ing to die. I've been waitin' fur a
week or two,"
I" Waitin'? Fur what? P"
" Fur to die decently. Pm no
lord or duke, but want things fixed
up in good shape. 1 want to he
washed up, shaved, hev my hair cut
AM git into some decent duds, and l
won't die till do"
The judge told the boys what was
required, and that afternoon two or
three of 'em knocked off work and
fixed Tom up. a shirt was borrowed
or one, coat of another, a vest of
another, and by and by the sick man
was rugged out in the best the camp
afforded. When all this had been
done, he said:
Now, then, l feel more like dy-
ing, but there's one more thing I
want. l want Joe Billings to come
up with his fiddle and play me few
tunes"
But Joe's mighty busy to-day"
protested one of the men.
Cant help that. He either comes
or don't die. Pm goin' out of this
camp in decent shape or hang right
on fur the next three mOnths.n
Joe was sent for, and after consid-
cradle kicking he got his fiddle and
went up to Toms shanty. Tom was
propped up in bed and waiting, and
Joe sat down and gave him 1.-The
Old Oaken Bucket" "Old Folks at
Home," Nellie Gray" and half a
dozen other well-known airs. He
had been playing for an hour, his
eyes on the hills opposite, when
Judge Watkins looked in and said:
Cut it off, Joe; Toms dead"
And SO he was, and when the boys
came in and observed the pleased
and contented look on his face thew
were agreed that he had died de-
Gently and been given a fair start on
his way. M. QUAD.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-04-15

His neighbors are too close and
too numerous; he Is weary of the
! plow and the fenco. of fashion and
the thousand trammels that hamper
him. He will be glad when he hears
the flutter of the wings of the angel
of death, for he has heard of land
beyond the river boundless and free,
and he longs to be there.
l am in the Pan Handle Mt the
foot Of the Staked Plains. The alti-
tude here is 200 feet, and one is
made dizzy by the way these people
handle figures. asked a gentleman
this morning if he had any cattle.
4" Yes, sir" he replied, ave have
some in our pasture" What
sized pasture have you?" We
have sixty square miles, fenced"
How many cattle?" Forty-five
thousand; five thousand of them
full-bloOded Herefords. The Far
well pasture, just west of us, con-
tains three million acres and one
hundred and twenty thousand head
of CATTLE"
But of the Pan Handle and its
wonders l may write in the future.
CHOCTAw.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-04-15
POETRY.
THE CLOCK TICKS ON.

The song that we're singing bears with
it q moral,
To be taken to heart 10y the young and
the old;
While Time, envious fellow, so quietly
stealing,
Shall whisper-go print in letters Of
gold
"The clock ticks on!',
The maiden who trihes with honest af
fection,
Who thinks youth eternal, ah let her
beware;
She'll find out too late, with bitter
reflection,
That Time is relentless - she's no
longer fair.
"The clock ticks on ~
There g the note that you gave-such an
easy transaction
Three long months to elapse ere the
payment is due.
How hard to consider that Time 8 steal
ing on YOU,
And the day of protesting you'll bitterly
rue.
"The clock ticks ONT
Your friends are departing-haws sadly
you miss them
But you count not the hours so mourn
fully told;
And sadly oblivious to time that is pass
ing,
\ on dream not a moment that you are
growing old.
1.-The clock ticks on ~
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-04-15
NUMBER AZ.

MANY lawyers nowadays utterly
disregard honor and honesty in the
means by which they elicit evidence
or invalidate the testimony of those
opposed to them, in illustration of
which we need only adduce the fol-
lowing specimen of cross-question-
ing:
Lawyer-Mr. Jenkins, will you
have the goodness to answer, di-
rectly and categorically, a few plain
questions?
Witness-Certainly. sir.
Well, Mr.. Jenkins, is there fe-
male living with you who is known
In the neighborhood as Mrs. Jen-
kins ?"
There is."
Is she under your protection ?"
Yes, sir.
DO you support her ?"
4 do"
Have you ever been married to
her ?"
81 have not" (Here several in.
rors scowled gloomily at Mr.. Jen-
kins.)
"That is all, Mr.. Jenkins.
Opposing Counsel-Stop moment,
Mr.. jenkins. Is the female in ques-
tion your mother?
"She is."
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POETRY.
BILLS IN TROUBLE.

'e got letter, parson, from my SOL
An my OF heart is heavy as an anv;,i,
my breast WI Il Il
Ao Ihink the boy, whose futur' I had
u, once so proudly planned,
ohouid wander from the path o. right
an come to slch an end
l 'o'o nm when he left us, only three
lie ma himself a-ploughin' in a
mighty crooked row
iie MISS MS fathers counsel, and his
mothers prayers, too:
nuV ne SAID the farm was hateful, an
he guessed he'd have to go.
know thar's big temptation for q
youngster in the West,
nuU DelleVed our Billy had the cour-
age to resist;
All Wheh he left | warned him o. the
ever-waitin' snares
lhaV lie like hidden sarpents i'm life's
pathway everywheres.
but Blll he promised faithful to he
,, keerful, an allowed
lie Dulld reputation thatd make lis
- mighty proud;
wv ~ oCeniS us now my counsel sort o
faded from his mind.
AN now the boys in trouble O. the
very wustest kind
Ills letters came so seldom that some
49,. how sort % knowed
I"aC billy was a-trampin' on Il mighty
rocky road:
but never once imagined he'd bow ou1
head in shame,
An in the dust d waller his oil, daddy g
hOnored name.
lie writes from out in Denver. an the
story's mighty short;
L just can t tell his mother it II crush
her poor oil heart;
An SO reckOned, parson, you might
, break the news to her
Bill s In the Legislator, an he does mt
say What fur
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-04-15

AN amusing story is told about a
worthy vicar Of rural parish who
had waxed eloquent in the interest
OF foreign missions one Sunday, and
was surprised on entering the village
shop during the week to be greeted
with marked coldness by the worthy
dame who kept it. On seeking to
know the cause, the good woman
produced half.crown from a drawer
and, throwing it down before the
vicar, exclaimed: I" I marked that
half:crown and put in the plate last
Sunday, and here it is back again in
my shop. knowed well them mig
gers never got the money"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-04-15

A SCOTCH CHILD.-I have a small
cousin aged eight, who has already
contracted the very bad habit of
smoking whenever me gets chance
The other evening, after he had been
put to bed, his father went upstairs
to the room where no was and began
to search the youngsters pockets
The boy lay watching him for a few
minutes, then suddenly sat up and
exclaimed: "Oh, father, [ clean
forgot! l bocht a penny-'orth OF
cigarettes the day for a present tao
ye." And just then his father drew
four cigarettes out of one of the
small pockets. Needless to say, he
escaped that time.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-04-15

"I DON'T see why it takes BERTHE
so long to learn to talk" said the
young mother, anxiously. 81
spend hours every day trying to
teach him. Bless its little footsy-
tootsies Doesn't muzzer dess do
ever'sing she tan to det 1t to talky.
walky! Tum to its muzzer Pobsy
wopsy doncy duckums! Widdle-
come, biddlecome, fiddie-de dee
Toze its pity little eyes now ang go
sleepy!
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-04-15

HE-Maria, why do you go to the
trouble to hemstitch the cover for
that chiffonier all the way around
You alway turn the back part under,
don't you? 1t seems to me women
do the toolishest things
She-What are you doing to that
necktie Of yours, John?
Helm shortening it couple of
inches. It's too long.
She-Plain string tie, isn't it?
He-Yes.
She-And you've gone to the trou-
BILE of shortening it an inch at each
end, when you could just as we'll cut
the two inches off one end.
He-Great Scott! So have.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-04-15

A YOUTHFUL CRITIC.-At Dar-
lington, recently, a minister's little
daughter was attending her first
church service. She had never seen
her father in the pulpit before, and, ,
on his entrance there, her presence
Of mind forsook her, and she piped
out, in voice expressive Of recog-
milton:
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-04-15

81 AM so glad to hear you speak
so encouragingly of Willie Gigg's
FUTURE" she said to her father. eff
did anything like that it was by
accident" Why, father - you
know you referred to him as a young
cub" ~ did" well, you know
its Willie's ambition to be a lion in
society and maybe he'll grow"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-04-15

81 WANT death certificate I" said
an excited individual, rushing into
the health Office yesterday afternoon.
He got 1t, and was asked for the Gus
tomary dollar.
WHAT'S that ?" he exclaimed,
looking surprised. "I'll give YOU
fifty cents"
"It'll never do" said Secretary
Combs, nodding his head. Couldn't
take penny less"
Well, here's the dollar" declared
the man. ~ wouldn't have had
her die for five. She was a model
wife,
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-04-15

TRAMP lat kitchen door, That
cake smells temptip'.
Cook-It's some the cookin' school
young leddies made-twinty things
mixed wild forty things.
wish / had some.n
Wull, Oi'll give ye a piece If
yell ate 1t outdoors. Oi don't want
ye to die in th' house.n
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" Why, there's my papa up there
in that Hnx-

Why, there's my papa up there
in that box ~
Avenging propriety swept down
upon the little maiden, and for a
season there was great calm. But
the service was grievously long to
such a wee worshiper, and she be-
came very restless, walking up and
down the pew and signing audibly.
Il" 1t won't be long, dear" mamma
whispered. Whereupon ensued an
other brief period of quiet, but 1t
was not to last. Tired baby nature
had reached it's utmost limit of en-
durance, and by and by over the
quiet listeners arose a little voice,
clear plausible and coaxing:
"Isn't you nearly done, papa ?u
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-04-15

" WE'LL, doctor, now that the in
terval permits my speaking calmly
OF my husbands demise, l am
prompted to ask your confirmed
opinion as to the cause of his death. -
"A complication of diseas ses
madam" Ah ! that was so like
him. He always was versatile in
everything"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-04-15

WHY haven't / six-hundred-
acre farm as we'll as that man riding
by In his carriage ?" yelled a red
nosed anarchist orator, as he glanced
at the crowd. Because he saved
six hundred dollars and bought his
farm when it cost a dollar an acre,
and you poured your six hundred
dollars down your throat" ;" responded
man on the back seat; and the
orator asked no more conundrums.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-04-15

"IF there's anythin' Oi do dis
loike," said Mr.. Dolan, "it's shu-
perstition." Who's got it ?" asked
his wife. Rofferty, the con-
thractor. He owes me thirteen dol
lars, an he's thot shuperstitious he
won't pay me for fear Oi'll how bad
luck %
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-04-15

YES" said the retired army off,
Ger, I" l can recall two occasions
when l was terribly frightened"
"Oh J" exclaimed the romantic
young lady, "do tell me about them (!
suppose it happened when you
you were fighting the Indians."-
" No." he replied a; "one time was
when l was married, and the other
time was when we had our baby
oh hriStanad ~
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-04-15

ONCE upon time, there was a
lady who desired to be social leader,
but she had, unfortunately, a son of
very feeble intellect, who was a con.
siderable drawback to her aspirations.
However, she managed to keep him
in the background until he was quite
well-grown youth. One evening
about the the time he was eighteen
years old, she was to give a large en-.
tertainment at her own home. Her
son was greatly interested in the ar
rangements and begged that he might
be present on the evening Of the
festivity. The mother hesitated,
but maternal feeling triumphed, ,
and she gave consent, adjuring him,
however, to station himself by a
certain window and to say nothing to
anyone, that, if possible, 1t might
not be noticed that he was simple
ton. The boy gave his faithful
promise.
On the appointed evening he took
his station and greatly enjoyed the
lights and flowers and music, and
was fortunately not addressed by any
one until late in the evening. Then
party Of young people stopped
near him. Some one made remark
to him, but he returned no answer
Another spoke to him, and still he
was silent. Another and another
tried in vain to to elicit an answer
and at last a young man of the party
turned impatiently and said, "Come
on, the fellows simpleton."
The apparently imperturbable
youth came to life at this remark
He saw his mother across the room
talking to some guests, and he pu
his hand to his lips and called out
" Mother, they found it out anyway
and | didn't say a word.n
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-04-15

LIPpER-Your friend Waters was
a very retiring fellow, wasn't he 2
Couldn't stand nOtoriety at all.
Chipper--Indeed he couldn't
that's the reason he went to Ken
lucky.
Lipper-And why to kentucky?
Chipper--Because he felt that
there his name wouldn't be In every
ones mouth.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-04-15

PAsToR-Do you ever play with
bad little boys, Johnny ?" " Yes,
SIR" "rm surprised, Johnny
Why don't you play with good little
boys?" "Their mammas won't let
'em.n
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DUMBLETON--H Won me-,

DUMBLETON--Have you met
Skipper lately?
Flasher-Not in some time.
Dumbleton-You have no idea
how he has improved since his re-.
turn from Paris, The more you
consort with him the more you like
him he really grows on you. don't
you know?
Flasher-Ah yes, see a paris
ite.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-04-15

THERE Is an uncertainty about half
Informed people. You cannot count
on them. You cannot tell what
their way of thinking may be. They
vary from day to day perhaps with
the last book they have read.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-04-15

Nelly" understand you went
to the opera last night. Were the
singers in good voice ?"
Mabel" Good voice? Well, I
should say so. Why, you could
hear them all evening above the
conversation 20
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nR. II. CLAYTON McCLUNG,
PHYSICIAN g. SURGEON.
WILLIAMSBURG, w. VA

Residence one mile north of Will
liamsburg. Prompt attention to all
calls. May 7-3 mos.
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D. II. sTRATToN JOS. II. sTRATToN
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-11-18
To Detect Changes of Speed.

Engines used in electric lighting are
required to run with great regularity
An interesting device for detecting,
with extreme accuracy, any change of
speed in such an engine is employed in
an Elizabethport factory. Two metal
plates are pierced with corresponding
Sits and placed one in front of the
other so that, when the Sits are in
line, the spokes of the fy-wheel of the
engine can be seen passing them One
of the plates is caused to 6scillate, by
means Of an electromagnetic, at such
rate that the two Sits are in line
every time spoke is passing. If there
are. six spokes in the wheel, and the
wheel turns 400 times in a minute, the
movable slit must oscillate 2,400 times
in a minute. If the speed of the en-
CINE is perfectly regular, a spoke will
always be seen directly in line with the
Sits; if the speed varies the spoke
will appear ahead or behind it's proper
place, according as the rate of the
wheels revolution is increased Or di-
minished.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-11-18

orunkard from childhood. Men, wo-
men, and even babies at their mothers
breasts, all drink; and a state of in
toxlcatlon is considered as creditable
as II is pleasant. No event is complete.
without liquor, and nothing is an Of
1ense when committed under the in
huence OF liquor. Not to ply visitor
Win liquor is considered? the, height
OF dlscourtesy, and the warmth of a
mans reception is gagged by the num-
per OF pots of liquor broached' for
!. hl Il Consequently, as may be imag-
lned, a feast is not a very edifying
spectacle. On the arrival of the guests
pigs and oxen are slaughtered and
their flesh hacked off and boiled: Dur
Ing this process drinking begins. The
guests sit in long rows with their lio-
uor pots between their knees suck
ing hard at the tube and talking very
little. When the food is ready, all fall
to, still silently, until, hunger salts
fed, they revert to drink. Then their
spirits begin to rise, gongs and horns
are produced, and dancing and singing
begin. "As the night wears on the rev
eiers become hopelessly drunk. Some
sit moodily in corners; some lie with
thelr faces in the dirt, and others
quarrel and fight with fists.''