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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-12


| The year given to Spanish subjects in
| Cuba and Porto Rico by the Paris Treaty
| of Peace within which to declare their
| political allegiance expired yesterday At
| the date of the last official report from
| Cuba, in regard to the number of Spanish
| subjects in the island who had made afi-
| davit that they would continue their allie
! glance to the Spanish Crown about II. 600
| names had been so registered. The require
ment as to registration OF political af-
| fliation concerned only persons born in the
| Spanish peninsula.
| That part of the treaty governing the
matter provides for the protection of
| Spanish subjects born in the peninsula
| in the territory coded to the United States
| by Spain In regard TO the determination
| of the nationality of these subjects the
| treaty says:
In case they remain in the territory
they may preserve their allegiance 20 the
Crown of Spain by making before court
OF record, within a year from the date of
the exchange of ratification of this treaty
declaration Of their decision. in default
Of which declaration they shall be held to
have renowned it and to have adopted the
nationality of the territory in which they
may reside. The civil rights and political
status of the native inhabitants of the ter
ritories hereby ceded TO the United States
shall be determined by the Congress-
All subjects in Porto Rico who failed to
make declaration within the year ending
yesterday. acknowledge themselves as I'M
der the sovereignty of the United States
Spaniards in Cuba who did not declare
themselves arc in an anomalous poll .ical
position. They must become citizens of
whatever government is established in the
island 1t is said in official circles that
great many Spaniards who reaffirmed their
allegiance would have willingly renowned
sovereignty to Spain by the negative pro-
cess provided, if they had received any as
surances or had reason to believe that Cuba
would become American territory The
period within which Spapiards in the Phil
ippines must declare themselves was re-
Gently extended for six months from yes
terday by protocol signed by the Spanish
Minister in Washington and Secretary Hay
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-12
A New We Presidential Boom.-A

A New We Presidential BoOm.-A
wild and Imid boom was started at the
Capitol yesterday for the Hon. James S.
Sherman, of New York. for second place
on the ticket with the amiable Mr.. Nc
Kinley. The fact that Mr.. Sherman sue
cessvely was defeated for Speaker of the
House and Secretary OF the Senate seemed
to have no effect upon the ardor of his
boomers. His supporters declare that he
is the strongest member CT the Republican
contingent of the New York delegation in
the House, and that he would poll the fu
party vote in the Empire State If Mr.. Han
ma and Mr.. Mckinley should be wise
enough TO accept him as New York's choice
for the Vice Presidency. 1t is said that
he stands high with the Plat machine. and
that also the Roosevelt following could he
united upon him. Repeated efforts failed
to elicit from Mr.. Sherman any expression
on the subject of his candidacy. 1t may lie
that like so many statesmen OF deserved
eminelce, he is still in that chrysal Is state
of development described by the pc iticians
as being in the hands of his friends. II
this be the case, then there can be no
doubt that Mr.. Sherman is in exc lent
hands, for his boomers yesterday made
more noise at the Capitol than was pro-
duced by the leather-lunged Payne wien
for a half hour or more he strobe msjesti-
cally up and down the aisles OF the House
eXpatiating upon the constitutional merits
of the Porto Rican bill. AS far as noise
goes no higher encomium than this could
be paid to the supporters of r. pre- entative
Sherman. Nevertheless. until Mr.. Hanna
approves the candidacy of Mr.. Sherman.
there is no sort of thought that he viii be
seriously considered In the ligt of Vice
Presidential possibilities.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-12
THE INsULAR REGISTRATION.
Fifty Thousand Residents of Cuba
Retain Spanish Citixenship.

HAVANA, April 11--Today was the last
chance Spaniards had to register '.nder the
provisions of the Treaty of Paris in order
to retain their citizenship. There was no
great desire manifested to register. Every
man who presented himself in this city
succeeded in getting his name on the rolls
The last applicant was photographed. The
total registrations approximate 90, 600.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-12
The Versntiie Sshurz.

(From the Peoria JournalO
Carl Schurz will speak for Bryan this year. lie
is the same Carl who spoke against Bryan in 1896.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-12

In an editorial under the caption Of NO
School of Diplomacy Needed the New
York Sun" says:
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-06-28
A STORY FROM LIFE.
How FruEnlity and Virtue Were re
wnrded In the Case of a Young
Kansas Farmer.

The story of u Kansas hoy contains
food for reflection, and other boys
might p%roftably follow his example.
Charley Troup is an industrious young
man who lives with his parents on a
farm near Jewell City. Charley's
grandfather is a member Of the Troup
family, and the old gentleman exer.
cises a great deal of influence over him.
Many times when Charley had lost
money by having II good time with the
boys of the neighborhood he would tell
his grandfather about it. The old gen.
tleman worked on Charley several
years before he induced him TO change
his habits. Finally the young man
agreed to hand over to his mother for
her needs all his spare change. He dis
cardcd his old associates and devoted
his time to work, turning Il dollar
wherever he could.
Last week Charley was very much
discouraged. Grandfather Troup made
inquiries us to the cause, and Charley
told him he had hunted the country
ever for a farm to rent, but had failed.
IF I were you, Charley" said his grand
father, II would buy a farm instead of
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-06-28

and breaking my left leg. I had IL
use of that leg for the next ten years,
but now it is all right again. The blow
knocked me off my horse, and as I
stood there I received several thrusts
of the confederate soldiers going past
me. I was a fairly good swordsman,
however, and parted them. Then L
noted an old tree with some grapevines
about it. I threw myself down into
the vines and tainted. I must have lain
there an hour, for when I came to there
was no one in sight. 1t was very quiet.
dragged myself slowly up and crawled
along to the road. I was staggering
down this when I saw some cavalry
coming. I thought it might perhaps be
the confederates, sol hid behind a tree.
AS they came nearer, however, I saw
they were u troops. 1t was the Sec
ond Iowa. I came out, and as the men
saw me they gave me a cheer. They
carried me back to camp, and after a
time I got well again. It was that battle
that made Sheridan a brigadier gen.
eral, and it was upon his recommended
ton for my services in it that I was pro-
NOTED to be major, and later on made
lieutenant colonel Of the Sixth Michi-
gan cavalry."-Cleveland Leader.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-06-28
A SISTERS
Her Heroic Efforts to Save. Her
Brother Who Was Condemned
to Death.

The civil war abounded in life dramas.
but none more touchingly pathetic or
f1aught with more devotion than the
one in which Mrs. John Brooks, of New
Madrid, Mo-, was the heroine.
She is very modest and has seldom re-
ferred to the thrilling episode which
taxed her ingenuity to the utmost, but
which was triumphantly crowned by
the liberation from prison of a brother
condemned to be shot by a federal
court-martial. Only recently has the
story been told by Col. Henry Newman,
who is now in temporary possession of
The key which played an important part
in the drama.
Mrs. Brooks was a Miss Dennis. She
was just budding into womanhood
when the war came. With it came the
departure of her only brother, George,
for the front, wearing the gray, and
with heart and soul in sympathy with
the southern cause. Days, weeks and
months passed, and to the little home
ct Bonneville there came no word.
There had been battles in which her
brothers regiment had been engaged.
One day a letter came. 1t was from
Alton, and told how he had been cap
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-06-28
UNCLE a ADVICE.

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My Uncle Hiram used to say. envy lad.
take my advice,
Ana never buy an article until you have
the price.
Be like your Uncle, pay your bills and
you'll not have to fret,
And never (here he'd fiercely' stamp no,
never be in debt!"t
l watched my uncle stamp his foot.
His words Impressed me more
Because his creditors had nut
A keeper in his store.
Tobacco is a filthy weed!" my uncle oft
would cry.
"And only fit for nasty hogs that wallow In
a sty.
Oh do not cloud your youthful brain with
smoke or chew or SNUFF.
It's only human pigs. my boy. that ever
use the stuff"
And from this text would Uncle draw
A speech with precept ripe,
And only stop to take a "chaw,"
Or pause to light his pipe.
''Shun liquor, boy!'' said Uncle Hi, "shun
drink, my lad" he said,
Nor taste nor touch nor look upon the
wine when it is red,
1T biteth like an adder yes. and stingeth
somewhat worse;
] bid thee hun the flowing bowl for tits
~ the nations CURSE
And with the words of wisdom blent,
From Uncle's lips would come
A very strong and healthy scent
OF old New England rum.
Oh, blessed sage of %childhood's hour, oh,
uncle dear, to thee
And thy advice I WI my all and all I hope
to be.
I would not steal, I would not drink, I
would not smoke nor chew,
Because I feared that. If I did, I'd grow to
be like you.
So bless you, ancient counselor.
With blessings deep and ample.
Not for YOU sermons, no, but for a.
Your horrible example. E J.
Joe Lincoln, in L. A. W. Bulletin.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-06-28
GEN. ALGER's c A
He Rode So Close Between Wv Con.
federates His Knees Were
Skinned.

Gen. Russell A. Alger had a number
of narrow escapes during his service.
One of his most desperate engagements
was at Bonneville, Miss, in July, 1862. 1t
was shortly after his appointment as
secretary of war that he told me the
story of his engagement. 1t has never
been published, but l think my memory
will enable me to give it substantially
as he told it to me-. Said he:
81 was captain at the time, under Col.
Phil Sheridan as commander. We had
all together about 800 men and were
at Bonneville, when about 1900 confed-
crates under Gen. Chalmers attacked
us. The evening before the battle, l
remember, I did not feel at all well.
I was suffering from jaundice and was
as yellow as saffron. I was lying down
in my tent when Sheridan came in. He
was then only a colonel, but he had the
same habits that he afterward dis
played. He was, you know, very quiet
and backward, except when a possible
fight was at hand. Then his whole
nature seemed to change. His eyes
would flash. He would become profane
and would use expressions which he
never uttered in his quieter moments.
He asked me how I a I replied that
I did not feel well, but that I could
do anything he wanted done. WELL
said he, 4 do want a job done. Gen.
Chalmers is coming against us with his
army. He is almost upon us now, and
we must stampede him. I want YOU to
take all the men you can get and quiet
ly move around back of the confeder-
ates, and within an hour from now
want you to charge into them with a
yell and knock h out of them. We
will hear your yell and will charge
them in front at the same time
"After a few words further we shook
hands, Col. Sheridan saying he thought
it might probably be for the last time.
I called my men together. We were
about a hundred in all. We went around
through the woods and got behind the
confederates. and then made a dash
right up the road, which was filed will,
them. We gave a yell as we charged.
We had men in the woods at the sides
of the road, and the cheer went up from
us all as we galloped down on the sur.
prised confederates.
"We went so fast that in passing be-
tween two c~onfederates I remember ]
had both my knees skinned. We lost
half our force within less than two
minutes, but the rush and surprise was
such that we stampeded the confeder-
ates and went almost through them. In
the meantime Sheridan had attacked in
front and was forcing them in the back,
We could see them coming, and I or.
dered my men to turn and retreat. rs
I saw we were being swallowed up by
the men coming toward us. The road
vas filled, and we had to go into tho
woods to get out of the way. My horse
carried me against the limb of, a tree,
which caught me in the ribs, twisting
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-06-28

4oO AISoW ! ia LIN ! AN 1 NUN l..
renting" The young man looked at
him with surprise. you know about
my affairs" said he, land you know l
haven't any money"
Then the old man stepped into an
other room with 5000, which he showed
over to his grandson and said: There
is the money you gave to your father
and mother, and also the interest i,
has earned. Your mother turned every
dollar you gave her over to me and !
caused it to be loaned out for you.
You haven't had quite SO many good
clothes as you might have had, nor
had such a sporty time with the boys
as you could have had with more money
to spend, but you showed the kind Of
stuff that was in you when you denied
yourself these things for the sake of
your father and mother. You may BE-
sure that we are all pleased in getting
started, but we are better pleased that
you have this money to help you o.
that you have so much real manhood
and generosity in your character."-
Chicago Chronicle.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-06-28
PRONGHORN ANTELOPE.
The Element of Luck Ii an Important
Factor in Capturing These
Creatures,

Antelope hunting is uncertain work.
Given a %favorite range, the best posi-
BILE conditions of wind, weather and
light, assuming skill and experience in
their pursuit, and in the use of rifle
and field glass, there yet remains that
~indefinable element called "luck,"
which plays such an important part in
sport.
Often, under such conditions, whole
days will be barren of results other
than hours of useless crawling on
hands and knees through spiny cactus
and singing nettles that are such a
constant quantity on Colorado's sandy
antelope b%arrens. Nor is it con
ducive to a chaste style of expression
to hear. just as you raise your sights
in the forlorn hope of a scratch hit, the
"whirr-r-r" of a rattlesnake zeal your
left elbow. or to see him staring you
out of c~ountenance as you peer eau
tiously over the ridge it took you two
weary hours of laborious stalking to
attain.
Even with these factors eliminated
the odds are against your getting a
shot, for no animal is more capricious
and uncertain in his movements than
the one under discussion. Outlines he
will remain for hours in one spot, feed
ing industriously or kicking up his
heels in fantastic play over the small
est area that will admit of his antics.
At other times he will skip about from
ridge to ridge in the most erratic man
ner without visible cause or alarm or
reasons other than his instability of
intention.
At times the sight of a man, either
mounted or afoot, will throw him into
a frenzy of excitement and suspicion,
and at others he will watch your APP
proach with al Indifference verging
upon senility. He is always in extrem-
tiles. now fearful and suspicious, now
apathetic and mildly curious, and no
man can foretell the order of his
notwithstanding.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-06-28
RESTORING ANCIENT METHODS
The Dowager Empress Of China Abol.
ishes Some Modern
Reforms, &

Recent edicts of the dowager en-
press of China, copies of which have
been received by Mr.. WI, the Chinese
minister here, show with what a strong
hand the empress is directing the af-
fairs of the government and overcom-
ing some of the ultra-reform tendencies
of the young emperor which cropped
out just before the empress assumed
the reins of office. One of these recent
edicts restores the ancient depart
ments of Pekiug and the governor
ships of the outlying country, which
had been abolished not many weeks
ago, by an edict of the emperor. These
places had been presided over by some
of the most prominent men of China,
who had grown gray in the country's
services. They were handed down
from father to son, and great dignity
as well as considerable profit attached
to the offices. There was little work
for them, however, and, following the
reform tendencies of the western world
against sinecures, the emperor by edict
abolished all the Offices, bureaus and
governorships which he regarded as
supernumerary. While this made a
considerable saving in the Chinese
finances, it stripped many of the ven
cradle officials Of China Of all their dig
nifty and emoluments. This came so
suddenly that much sympathy was
aroused for the officials, who had been
enjoying life tenures up to that time.
The empress dowager now restores the
old regime, and in a recent edict the
departments at Picking and the govern
orships throughout the country are
placed On the same basis they had been
before the emperor's edict.
Another edict by the empress dow
ager directs that the temples be used
exclusively for religious rites, and not
as schools. The emperor Lad previous
ly inaugurated a marked reform in di-
recting that many of the old temples
throughout the empire be turned into
school houses, in order that education
might be fostered.
In each case the action of the EN-.
press dowageri is a return to the ancient
methods of the country, and is ac-
cepted with favor by the conservative
element, as well as by those who de-
sire reforms, SC long as they can be
brought about without doing violence
to the traditions of centuries.-St.
Louis Republic.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-06-28
OIL STILLED THE SEA.
Experiments with soapsuds, How
ever, Proved to BE a COM
plete Failure.

Capt. H. Gathemann, of the North
German Lloyd steamship Oldenburg,
has just made public the result of a
series of experiments with oil and
soapsuds in quieting the sea in the vi
cinity of the ship during a storm.
He began his experiment in Decem-
Der, 1897, on a voyage from Balti-
more to Bremen, and used vegetable or
whale oil to good advantage. He al
lowed the oil to drop from a series of
buckets arranged in the bow of the
ship. The wind at the time was west
northwest, with a very rough sea. The
speed of the ship was about 1914 knots;
the temperature of the air was 4s de-
grees Fahrenheit and of the sea 81 de-
grees. Presently, the waves, which had
been breaking over the ship, became re-
markedly quiet, and the sea within.sev-
eral hundred yards of the ship became
calm. The captain used about 2A
pounds of oil in an hour during this ex-
pertinent. He was very much gratified
at the result.
In January, 1898, Capt. Gathemann
DS6oh SAJAAS SooPooAS. AilALuAC
consisted of Is pounds of green soap
and 40 pounds of sweet water and, as in
the case of the oil, buckets were used,
from which the soapsuds dropped into
the ocean. The wind was north by
west, the speed of the ship over 12 knots
and the temperature of the air and sea
about the same as in the experiment
with the oil. The soapsuds could be
plainly seen floating OF the surface of
the water until a wave struck them
and then they quickly disappeared.
No quieting effect was noticeable on
the sea, however, and when the buckets
were empty they were quickly filled
with oil and presently the sea again be-
came calm.
Capt. Gathemann reports that he has
experimental with soapsuds several
times during his voyages this year, but
never found them ~efficacious, and al
ways resorted to oil with good re-
sults.-Chicago Post.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-06-28
HOW Mr.. CHRISTOPHER WALKS.

HOW MIR. CHRISTOPHER WALKS.
picture, and the next step by moving
forward 2, 4, 6.
The female grasshopper has a.tnbe.
ut the end of the abdomeH bysw
bores holes in wood and ear
she deposits her eggs.
In proportion to it's weis
hopper is much stronger tn. Z. : t4v1s<s
as it can pull ten times it's own weight,
whereas a horse car pull but six
seventies of it's weight.
Enormous damage is sometimes done
by grasshoppers. In four years the
Rocky mountain locust destroyed $780,
900, 900 worth of property. When the
locusts migrate they go in vast clouds,
sometimes obscuring the light of the
sun. When they alight they cover thou
sands of acres and destroy grass and
grain SO that the farmer has no gram
to reap nor hay to feed his cattle. The
farmers greatest aid in fighting the
locust is coal oil; he is also assisted by
the tachina fly, which destroys vast
numbers of the locusts' larvae, or
young.
In some parts of the world the natives
pound the locusts into powder and ou3,
of the powder make bread. 1t is said
by some that this bread is very palatl
able.-Frank K. Gerty, in Chicago
Record. II;
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-06-28
ITEMS.

Gold coins are in circulation twice as
long as copper ones.
Most Of the phosphorus used in thu
world is produced from bones.
Pins have been made for 43O years,
but needles have been used for 40 cen
turtles.
Only one cut of every thousand mar
ried couples live to celebrate their
golden weddings.
Texas recently bought 1000 acres to
be used as a convict farm, where cotton
and sugar-cane will be grown.
Some one has figured out that no few
er than 49, 0 L, 900 love letters are an
nually dispatched and received in this
country.
The smallest man who ever lived was
the dwarf Bebe, born in France in 174o.
He was just 20 inches high and eight
pounds in weight when full grown.
The bank checks passing through
the clearinghouse in London and New
York in me month would exceed the
value of all the gold and silver coin in
the world.
A hunting party in Florida recently
killed 700 %alligators, and the Jackson
vile Metropolis calls for a game law to
protect ''this attractive saurian, which
affords the northern tourist so much
enjoyment"
To enable high explosives to be used
as the bursting charge in explosive
shells the material is frozen and sur.
rounded with wet %guncotton, and is
thawed by the heat of impact of the
projectile or by a time or percussion
fuse.
Prior to 1859 Virginia was the great.
est tobacco producing state, the annual
yield being 1872, 100000 pounds. The
present yield of Virginia is approx.
imately only So 0 900 pounds per an.
mum. Succeeding the civil war, Ken.
lucky took first place in tobacco, and
holds it with ar annual yield of upward
of 225, 900, 900 pounds.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-06-28
GRANDPA N l..

Grandpa and I are beaus,
, Lillian has haG hers over q year,
And Harry a got one and calls her
dear"
And m has papa, goodness knows,
So there wasn't n for him and me,
Until he thought it out, you see:
Little love. let us two be beaus,"
Says he.
Then In his arms he held me tight
While l smoothed his hair so fine M white,
And sang him a little lullaby song:
And he thought and thought and thought
so long
Till l patted his head
And softly said:
You mustn't be lonestom. now we be-
.s long,
And then a tear rolled down his nose.
But grandpa and l are the dearest beaus.
omen Latham, l., Brooklyn Life.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-06-28
A Lincoln Story.

In ~conversing with a friend about the
way his administration was criticised
and attacked, President Lincoln said:
after all, it reminds me of a couple of
emigrants fresh from the Emerald Isle.
They were making their way westward
in search of work, when one evening
coming suddenly upon a pond of water
they were greeted with a frog chorus
"a music they had never heard before.
Overcome with terror, they clutched
their sticks and crept forward. The
enemy could not be At last a
happy idea seized the foremost. Step
ping to his companions side. he ex-
claimed: And sure, Jamie! it is my
opinion it is nothing but a noise!'"-
Facts and Fiction.