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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-05-24

We have Money on hand to
loan on Real Estate. at low rate
of interest. M. B. Cassell 4 Co.,
SherbrOoke, N. D.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-05-24

Now is the time to order that set OF
light driving harness you was speaking
about; double or single. all hand made;
also that good work harness can be had
cheap just now. Always anxious to
please. F. e. Mayes.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-05-24

The newest styles in hats and trim
mings at Mrs. Bowen's millinery store.
Call and judge for yourself.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-05-24

The Steele County Bank has placed a
large plate glass window. with the
words "Steele County Bank" in large
handsome gold letters, in front. 1t. is
a big improyement-cause Lou Finn
done the work.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-02
ROBERTS's TWINS.

Philadelphia Press.

Philadelphia Press.
.sTry the cowcumbers," said Sairey Camp
to Betsey Prig one time when they were
'pardners, off and on" in caring for a pa
tient in hospital. And Mrs. Camp did not
forget the recommendation when she was
giving the chambermaid a list or the eat
ables and d~rinkables that would enable ner
to dc her stint of watching.
If Mrs. Camp were still in the flesh and
Mr.. Brigham III. Roberts, of Utah. should
consult her as to what would be best for
him to do to arouse some public sympathy
in his favor, she would undoubtedly reply:
'"Try the twins" The twins are the chill
dren of Mr.. Roberts and Mrs. Celia Dibble-
Roberts, second wife of the alleged con-
gresham from Utah. They are both girls
and are old enough to have a baby brother,
born a few weeks ago, and so old enough
to max a journey as long as that from
Salt Lake City to Washington.
What Mr.. Roberts has lacked all along.
and lacks now, in his contest for a seat in
the House of Representatives, is the SYM
pathy of the public. He probably thought
to gain it by leaving his three wives at
home and bringing his grown daughter
along. The sight of a young woman, born
and reared under polygamy, Mr.. Roberts
doubtless hoped would mollify the OPPOSE
ton to him and perhaps win him support
ers enough to keep him in Congress. The
young woman has acted her part well. So
far as known she has conducted herself in
a ladylike a and besides. has submitted
to newspaper interviews like a veteran. But
she has not softened in the least the oppo-
SilaOu dioWliS a poiy6diuiSt W tdhc d
seat in Congress.
There is one more card Mr.. Roberts can
play. He can try what effect his pair Of
girl twins will have on public sentiment in
Washington. II is true they would be indis-
putable evidences that Mr.. Roberts is a
polygamist and has broken the pledge I'M
der which Utah came into the Union, and
has violated the laws of that State. But as
he has never entered a square denial to
this charge the twins would not make his
case look any worse than 1T does now.
And they might save him from a unani-
nous opposition vote. He might have the
pair sit In the gallery of the House when
the vote on the report of the committee
investigating his case is taken or rundled
up and down Pennsylvania avenue when
congressman are going to and from the
Capitol.
Let Mr.. Roberts try the wins If they
have no effect upon the hearts of his op-
ponents then the latter must be as obdu-
rate as Bestey Prig was when she at
tackled the Identity of Mrs. Camps dearest
friend. Mrs. Harris. by asserting: at don't
believe there's no SIGH a person." In hat
case Mr.. Roberts might as well pack his
luggage and return to Utah.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-02
NO SUBSTITUTE FOR WOODRUFF.
Manufacturers Unable to Find One
Buying Spruce In Canada.
New York Evening Post.

Paper manufacturers are still searching
for a substitute for wood pulp in the man
ufacture Of paper for the daily press; not,
1t is said, because there Is any probability
of an immediate scarcity of wood, but be-
cause of the inordinate charges of the
trust.
Then. too. manufacturers are dependent
upon weather conditions, which produce
plenty of water with a good head In the
because wood-pulp mills are not
only dependent upon water for power, but
also for washing, mixing and bleaching
purposes. The weather is too uncertain
q quality for manufacturers to depend
upon for these things. The present search
ty of wood pulp is attributed to the dry
weather of the autumn.
Experiments have been made in as many
as fifty different kinds of vegetable fibres
to make a suitable pulp. but so far none of
them has been productive or anything
equal to wood. The nearest that chemists
have come is a pulp which will make a fair
grade of wrapping paper. In Holland this
pulp is made out of potato stalks; in Loui-
siana It is made out of a substance called
bagasse. taken from sugar cane. and In
Kansas the sunf1ower. None. however, can
fill the space occupied by spruce timber.
This is the wood most generally used, but
often, in regions where spruce is not plen-
makes excellent pulp. but it is considered
too valuable as a building timber to be
utilized in the manufacture of paper.
1.-The danger of a future scarcity of wood
IOr pup purposes, Sdlu Il man III the paper
trade to-day, appeals to no one more forci-
bly, than to those who own the present
available tracts of spruce timber.
This land is owned in huge blocks in the
A~dirondacks, i'm Maine and in New Hamp-
shire, yet the bulk of the present supply
does not come from these sections; it comes
from Canada and Newfoundland where
spruce is to be had in almost any guam
tity. The reason for the Canadian supply
is readily explained. The owners of the
timber tracts I'm the States have already
taken alarm at the waste that has been
going on, and some of the promiscuous cut
ting which hitherto prevailed has been
stopped. Spruce is now cut only for the
paper trade, and in cutting for this only
the older timber Is taken out, the younger
trees being left to mature.
with an eye to the future, probably, the
lumbermen are thus most carefully nour-
fishing their young spruce, while drawing
upon the forests of Canada for their i'm
mediate supply. since they find they can
with profit buy, cut and carry sufficient
spruce across the border, while letting
their young forests gain strength each
year.
Canada is likely to shut the door on
spruce, as it already has On some other
kinds of building timber. When that time
comes the lumbermen in the States can
fall back on their healthy young forests to
bring them increased revenue"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-02
Lady and Horsethfef.
st. Louis Republic.

The civilized world is awaiting with in
terest the Boer explanation of the fitness
of exchanging Lady Sarah Wilson. aunt of
the Duke Of Marlborough. war corre-
spondent for a London paper, for "Viljoen.
a notorious horsethief and convict" An
explanation is due and should come as
soon as the Beers can find time to make II.
The custom in exchanges of prisoners is
Tor privates to be exchanged for ~privates.
lieutenants for lieutenants, captains for
captains. Like must be given for like, rank
for rank and office for office. The puzzling
question therefore arises what the Beers
meant to insinuate when they EXCHANGED
the aunt-by-marriage of Consueio Wander
bilt for a notorious horsethief. Was the
English nobility, of which the lady was a
glorious scion, the target? Was the biting
animadversion leveled at the calling of
war correspondent. Of which the lady was
a humble exponent? Or, serious TO con-
template. was the affront offered to the
whole fair sex, of which the lady was a
respected though misplaced representative?
will be held in allowance until
the facts are known. 1t may be that the
lady possessing so many different qualities
was placed on the unclassihed list the
same as the horsethief. and so the fearful
malapropism came 20 pass.
There are women. though, stern in mold
as Lucretia. Tarquin's victim. who would
have pinned their sweet. pure lives away in
deep. dark and dismal dungeons sooner
than be exchanged for a horsethief. There
are So IT must be said sadly that there
was none OF the stern sense of the eternal
fitness of things in the unfortunate lady
which characterized the steamboat cap
tain who regained consciousness Just as
his shipmates. thinking him dead, were
carrying him to his grave on the river
bank. He sat UP In his coffin. awake to the
situation.
lis the flag on the boat at half mast?"
he asked stcrnly.
forgot that" answered the crew.
quailtng before his glance.
Then this funeral stops right here"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-02
ARMOUR'S FIRST JOB.
Four Days at Work Proved Him a
Failure and He Quit.
Brazil Qnd.) Miner.

Brazil Qnd.) Miner.
George a. Sheldon, who died on Oct. q
after forty-six years Of continuous service
with the Lake Shore Company, was a veri-
table encyclopedia of railroad incidents.
among the best of the incidents he related
the following: Zone day there stepped
aboard my train a well-dressed business
appearing man, who, as he rendered his
fare. remarked:
81 see you are still on the road. Mr..
Sheldon
"'Yes. I am still at it, 1 replied. but 1
am not certain that I remember you,
though 1 think l have seen you before
YES, you have seen me before en-
phasized the passenger, and while you
doubtless have forgotten 1t, l still remem-
Der that you once did me the greatest ia
vor OF my life. Come to my seat when
you get time and I'll tell you about it,
when / had finished collecting fares /
dropped into the strangers seat and he
continued Years -ago / was four days
the four days you took me aside and re-
marked in a tone of sympathy: I'm sorry
90 have to tell you so. but the fact is,
young man, you are too much Of a fool
20 ever be a good railroader. Take my adj
vice and quit / took your advice and
went into other business and the result is
! made a fair fortune. I thank you Mr..
Sheldon for your wise counsel
What is your name?' / asked.
"'Phil ID. Armour, of Chicago replied
by ex-brakeman, and I shall always re-
member your kindness. I was a stupid
railroader. and you advised me for my
good
Until this interview" added Mr.. Shell
don. II never realized that Mr.. Philip d.
Armour, the packer, was the brakeman
4 discharged years before"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-02
THE WIFE


Kansas Letter in the Outlook.
We may not be, as the writer's say, edu-
Gated in art; some of. us cannot tell the
difference between a chrome and an oil
painting; but what difference does that
make? Looking from our kitchen door we
can see a picture made by nature herself.
We do not know much about woman's
clubs in this benighted region, but from
all l hear of them their members waste a
great Zeal Of sympathy on that poor, for
Torn creature" the farmers wife. Not long
ago a club woman, speaking before a
farmers institute, told the farmers wives
that their lives were bounded ION the
north by a washtub, on the east by a cook
stove, on the south by a sewing machine,
and on the west by a cradle" This may be
so, but even then there is room for the
semi-cardinal points of w~ifehood. mother
hood, home and happiness; and In this age
of the diffusion of the best literature the
farmers wife, when she finds time has the
same opportunity as others; and, as Tar as
my observation goes, the wife Of the Amer
lean farmer, be he Eastern or be he West
ern, will compare favorably in general In
telligence with the wives of any other class
of men. She ought to feel grateful fer the
interest and sympathy so often expressed
for her by club women and lady journalists.
who only know her through the statistics
Of insane asylums" and the reports or
''close observers Of farm homes; but she
cannot understand why she should be sim
gled out to be thus insultingly pitied. The
farmer did not compel her to become MS
wife, he QlQ not VIII z ~ " INV
spear, as in savage times: he did not even
run away with her on the more modern
mower or harvester; she became a farmers
wife of her own free will, walked with her
eyes wide open into the sphere that is to
send her to the insane asylum or make OF
her an irresponsible machine" The ma
jority Of farmers wives come from farm
homes and know what to expect; know
from experience that a life of ease and
luxury is not to be found in the farmers
home. In conclusion let me say that we,
as farmers wives, have not the slightest
objection to the establishment of home In
dustries and domestic manufactures" by
any class of women who have time Tor
them; but when the attempt is made to
put them into our already overburdened
hands, we most emphatically object. The
spinning wheel and the loom are for US
things of the past.
New occasions teach new duties;
Time makes ancient good uncouth,'
is as true for the farmer's wife as for the
rest of the world. What we need is not
more work to do, but more time in which
to do the work we have to do: we look
forward to the time when, by the aid of
labor-saving machinery in the house, as
well as on the farm, we will be able so 70
systematic our work that We may have
time to keep step intellectually in the
worlds grand march of Improvement with
others Of our sex.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-02

heads Of the people Of the State and they
are yet conservative in public expendi-
lures.
getting along without any state regulation
OF railroads. commonwealth that for
years has worried about the railroad 'oc-
topus" and trembled at its supposed
power. 1t used TO nave a railroad board
that had something to debut not much.
Then. just as he was going out Of Office,
Governor Leedy declared an emergency"
and called his Populist Legislature to-
gether and it created a court of vista
The court has been shorn of its powers by
the federal court and is out of business;
but the important point in its history is
that in the ten months of its existence it
had but two cases before it, neither Of
more Importance than the location of a
freight depot.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-02
INFLUENTIAL, But UNKNOWN.
Companion" Owner Was a
Man of Retiring Disposition.
Boston Transcript.


Many people who had never heard of the
existence of Daniel s. Ford. for forty years
proprietor. publisher and editor of Youths
Companion, must have been surprised to
learn on Monday and Tuesday of this week
that one OF the most influential and impor-
tant citizens of Boston had died, and that
his Importance was at once acknowledged
by the press and his death presented as one
OF the foremost local events of the day.
He did not particularly aim TO make the
matter in his paper clever. but he did aim
60 make Ii pleasing to an immense number
OF people,. He seemed to his editors to be
able to see in his minds eye, and with per-
feet accuracy. all the people who were
going to read the paper and to know just
how they were going TO take everything.
he pleased them so well that his paper
came TO be read by more people than any
other published In the United States: but
he never for a moment lost sight of the
fact that It's function was to do something
more than please
Mr.. Ford's plan was to print every
week. 20 meet the demand OF boys for that
sort OF thing. a story of adventure or de-
liverance which was emotional. and which
might even go to the verge of the sensa-
tionaf. With this story he gave the boys
an excellent assortment of matter of the
Improving kind. And the adventure story
itself, though IL might be as attractive TO
the boys as anything they could get in
the fiashy papers, was never permitted to
go into certain fields nor to deal with vio-
lence or crime in an alluring way.
Though he barred out relentlessly every
thing that was mischievous, he would per-
nit nothing like preaching i'm the paper.
He always had just one. and only one, re-
ligious article in every number. and this
article has always been the hardest one in
the paper to write. Ii is a standing Joke on
the paper that one of his editors, who is a
ekeptic I'm religious matters once essayed TO
write the religious article This gentle
man thought his own freedom from bias
would permit him 10 indite a nice little
homiletic article with whose terms and
10 r~Arrl1 ht--..E
agreement. and which would just suit the
ordinary reader. He sent his article to Mr..
Ford, who instantly rejected il. writing
across the top of the first page these
words: Too ~preachy.' This editor never
again 10 write a religious article.
The least leaning toward a religious tone
In any other than this one article would be
rompt cut out by Mr.. Ford. He vel
coined and sought for amusing articles.
and his sense of humor. though some mem
bers OF his staff who had a different sense
or humor sometimes were inclined to re-
gard IL as peculiar, was undoubtedly keen.
And In this. as in everything else. he had
his great audience in mind.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-02
THE CLIMATE OF NATAL.
The Weather Which Is to Be Expect
ed During the African War.

LONDON ran Mail GdZcttSs
Consisting, as it does. of a series of ter
races rising from the coast to the Drakens-
berg mountains, the highest point OF which
is two and a quarter miles above sea level,
Natal must, necessarily, have considerable
variations in climate. The climate is off,
cially described as warm, temperate and
Observation-Disclosures rather than fnsu-
lar" Natal is undoubtedly a healthy col
ony, and in this respect differs from its
neighbor Delagoa bay, where the maiarial
swamps are contributaries TO the heavy
death rate. The nearest approach to Ma
tails climatic conditions in Europe may be
found In northern Italy. In both countries
there are warm, low-lying valleys, breezy
uplands and high mountain ranges.
There are two distinct seasons in Natal,
and only two-Summer and winter. Spring
and autumn are practically nonexistent.
Summer last from October to March. Dur
ing this period the sun rises at 5 o'clock
and sets at z. In midwinter it rises at 2
and sets at 5. Twilight, such as we know 1t
in this country, does not exist. Summer is
the rainy season in Natal, and. naturally.
the most unhealthy. At Durham the rain
fall is forty inches per annum, and at
Pietermaritzburg 1t is thirty-eight inches,
while the average number of days on
which rain falls In the year Is liz in Mar
itzburg and lbs In Durham. The average
rainfall during each summer month is
about five inches.
The heat on the coast is moist and clam
my, and very trying during December and
january: the average temperature at Dur
ban for the year is 6slla degrees. with ex-
tremes Of AZ degrees and 9s degrees. re-
spectively. The further inland you go from
the coast the cooler 1t gets. and at Maritz-
burg the heat of summer becomes dry, the
average yearly temperature being 81 de-
grees. The heat of summer In the uplands,
that is, from Maritzburg to the Berg, Is re-
lieved by frequent severe thunderstorms
and hailstorms, the latter OF which do
much damage Another climatic drawback.
more unpleasant than serious. In northern
Natal, IL a hot, parchins wind. which blows
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-02

from the north. sometimes for days at a
time, generally followed, however. by a
thunderstorm and a cool southwest wind
The nights during summer in the uplands
OF Natal are usually cool. though the heat
of the day is scorching. and in Ladysmith
one may be oppressed with heat and yet
see the snow-crowned Berg in the near
distance.
1t may be asserted, without any doubt
whatever, hat Natars climate is a healthy
one. the death rate In Durham being 16-1
per one thousand per annum last year. as
compared with AS in Pietermaritzburg
The chief maladies during the hot weather
are enteric fever, dysentery, diarrhoea,
deaths from the two latter frequently be-
ing caused by drinking contaminated water
and eating quantities of unripe peaches
and other fruit. II the military authorities
exercise careful supervision as TO the
water and fruit supply, and precautions
are taken against sunstroke, the mortality
among our troops in Natal due to disease
ought to be very small.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-02
Administration Advantage.
New York Post.


The administration is very fortunately
situated regarding one issue which the OPP
position would like to raise-thatNof a large
standing army, and the whole question OF
''militarism" which is involved in Ii. Many
B~ryanites. who are sick of their financial
issue, and who see that the country feels
the same way, would be glad TO make this
phase of an imperialistic policy prominent
in the next presidential campaign. If Con-
gress were obliged to pass a law for the
support of the army during the present
session. and thus 10 fix upon its size, there
would be something definite to make an is
sue about. But the running of the military
establishment on its present basis until the
summer of 1901 is already provided for by
the law passed near the end of the last ses-
sion. and there is, consequently. no need of
any legislation on the subject until next
winter. No basis. therefore, will be af-
forded for the claim that the Republicans
favor the permanent maintenance OF a
large standing army, and while the Bryan
ties will charge that this Is the intention,
they will lack that essential implement for
effective work along such lines-a definite
course of action on the part Of their OPP
ponents. which they can view with
alarm"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-02

8 Texas and indian steers. $. so6aso: cows and
heifers. II.
Hogs-Rsceipts. 5000. Market closed stead.t at
an advance OF Sc. Pigs and lights. $3.75<f4-30.
packers. $i1oat.s5; butchers. s4.seu4:45s
200. Market steady. Native
muttofs. HOLM; lambs, ss65.S; culls and
bucks. 81. stockers. <243.
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Detroit Journal.
Her eyes started from their sockets A
cold perspfration stood upon her brow.
IL was a terrible struggle between her
womanly instincts and her conventional
sense OF duty.
All this at whist, and naturally her
Ivonaniy instincts triumphed.
Inat Is 10 say, she trumped the ace
which her husband had led.
But at once she swooned away.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-02

EAST BuFFALo. Jan: I-tspecial. Iran
dsaisrs .r rspors! cstt co.. eys ssoc 81 e sspsl Msqn
s sisba arn IS steady for best steers. and loc to l5c
half fat stocky Grades. Best heavy y'ai ste ene
: :s ;ssS.i Ssisn 81 ar ss S $ ! fiss ss . 3 ;s ;ssi s Ssss 3
a as;g poss TO es fsir "a: S. SOS . saiis.' , sGSd 10 500 sasSl
ise siss;s very s19 dsn 70 sn drq fSIi Sc ssst ioSer s'G Ssst fs s1d
ers ss7Sa4;. others, ss.5ed3. 20: choice stockers.
& .ss sgsis s l'sSs to Selt sDsd' ss +; s5gsi S,;,,s eO@ g on
s2s; fresh COWS firm; no sale for late springers
~Hoss-Receipts, 100 cars, Market .sctiye and
E ssss ssay =. ws s!ssss f sssS;. GOOD sss lis qsrs a1rh snd
i s- sssassf sISs; sss s ears' HsG ssasf' sssiSs and
higher for sheep, good lambs also stronger:
$500. s.; best tn mixed ssd%1 sheep sp' y & ioS sa IS; Co eui Kioo TO-
good, $a04; wethers and yearlings. s4.5OG5.
t.s cHi ss.eIs ana 5sn- tnGattIsmGood 70 choice ma
slow; cow market active and steady: feeders
80; poor to medium. si.l5as. 30: mixed stockerss.
choice co ss:ses S. 4o@ fssesrf seifs 4s'g 81 ssat good can to
n esd sssSps; bulls; - ee@t5o; calves. siG7.s5:
god clssranse 1 early e X al1 .ss s ana sa,c asP; SIS Sc
hssvy. .MIsss q: light. a.lo ss-sas' bu IHus n
Sheep active and Io@l5c higher: lambs l5mssc
Hlghsr. strong demand and early. clearance.
srnn wetaers. aLse6asc:' western lambs 3 M s.ssS
.RsssceiDts-cattle. 1900; hogs. $1,000: sheep.
!. IS Ss;Iss. c sng e,o Jan, l-ccsstsals-Rssslpts:
s = Heavy a:ssy'i native stHss s assqss s s'oSas i, g. 4 snaS Mel nish-
s butcher ssi's ' COWS send snd hei aea i s. ssTs 50. s. cs0rss :;
Sc 599s.s; fed Westerns. N.15GS.45: Texans ssaasss' ST.
400. Good market at 5aloc
s ssys 6: n, assy Y ,s ana 3 mixed H.ssSssS; light.
shesps.RsesiPss 800 Light supply. quickly