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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11

shoulders with a withe of willow, then
stood a moment calculating the dis
lance to the island. I was not a good
swimmer and disliked the prospect; in
deed, had not the distance been broken
by the island, l would not have dared
to make the attempt. However, death
by drowning was preferable to death
by hanging, so I walked into the
water.
Lord, how cold!
I struck out Justify, but the cur
rent was SO rapid that by the time I
had gone two-thirds of the distance it
had taken me pretty near the south end
of the island and there was aprospect
of my being carried beyond it. IT so,
I would have to swim the whole width
of the river without a rest. But I kept
my head, and taking a number of long,
slow strokes soon found myself in shall
low water, and walked up on to dry
land. Going to the extreme south end
of the island I looked down the stream
for Margaret. At that moment a cloud
passed over the face of the moon, dark
ening everything.
l resolved to swim the remaining
part of the river, but stood appalled, at
the water, which looked so black, SO
merciless. 1 went in, feeling that I
was not equal to the task. My strokes
did not seem to pull me forward, but
II kept on till I could swim no longer.
Clicked by water, I sank with a pierre
ing cry.
The next thing I knew I felt a hand
grasp my collar, then another pass I'M
der my arms. After a little my head
was drawn out of the water, and my
two arms rested on the gunwale of a
boat. I looked up and saw Margaret.
"Can you hold on?" she asked.
"No."
II can't get you into the boat with
out upsetting it,"
Holding me with one hand, she
reached the painter in the bow of the
boat. This she passed under my arms
and fastened the end, holding my head
out of water. Seeing me thus support
ed, she took up the oars, seated herself,
and began to pull a quick stroke. 1t
seemed but a minute before we had
reached the shore and she was drag
ging me up on to the bank. I tried to
rise, but failed.
Margaret gasped, show did you
find me?"
ST heard you cry"
why were you not at the creek"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11

aThey were watching the ferry. i
waited q long while for . chance to get
by. If it, had not been for that cloud
over the moon T would not have sue.
.ceeded."
THAT cloud was a. blessing in dis
guise."
I made another effort to rise, Mar
garet giving me a hand, and stood on
my feet. A man dislikes strength sup
piled by o woman; I grunted mythanks
in no very warm tone, nut retained
Margaret's hand, both because T need
ed it's support and because I found it
very pleasant standing hand in hand
with her. After I had walked to and
fro a bit and stamped my feet and
swung my arms, / led the way back to
the boat, and, getting in, was about
to take my seat at the oars when Mar
garet stopped me.
"In the stern, please"
who's going to pull2"
81 am"
"Not with an able-bodied manin the
boat, and that man q soldier"
But the mere standing on my legs
was too much for my overtaxed
strength; and feeling a premonitory
buzzing in my ears, I obeyed her or.
der, getting into the stern, and, pulled
BY a girl, meekly assumed the ignoble
duty of steering with a barrel stave.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11
Thinks Columbus Made a Mistake.

We liked Americans very much, indeed
the kind of Americans one meets; but we did
not like the American mob, the human back.
ground, the kind one doesn't meet; and it is
unfortunately the mob, the human back
foreground, that gives a country it's char.
acter, its dominant note. American food,
American hotels, American railway car.
riages, American shops land the ladies'
and gentlemen" who flung things at us in
them), American officials, American serv-
looking American landscape, and Last ast but
by no means least, the great American. eli
mate, ended by. getting on our nerves to
such a degree that we were compelled to
wonder, with a French friend of ours, whose
affairs necessitated his residence in New
York, "why Christopher Columbus had not
graceful discovery a secret" London
Chronicle.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11
XVII.
RIVER FLIGHT.

There was no rudder to the boat, but
in the bottom we found a barrel stave
which answered the purpose. With this
lookout ahead, while I padded up the
river. The moonlight shone on her face,
strove to get in among her tresses,
kissed her forehead, her lips; while
above her the simmer of the ripping
water seemed to my ardent imagina-
ton the gold braid upon her robe.
"Hark!" she exclaimed.
ceased to row., we both listened
and heard a splashing at the ford be-
low. We knew it was the sound of
horses in water.
""Mufne the oars"
Tearing off pieces of our clothing, we
made mufflers; then I gave way, and
we shot up the river, I putting in all
my strength, Margaret again keeping
a lookout ahead. Suddenly she turned
the boat into the mouth of a creek.
"There is a boat coming down. she
gasped.
pulled up by the shore and waited
under the shadow of the trees, and in
a few minutes the boat was opposite
the mouth of the creek. There were
three men in it, two pulling, and one
in the stern who appeared to hold tiller-
ropes. I could not distinguish the
dress of the oarsmen. but the moon
glistened on the gold-laced cuffs of the
man in the stern, and I knew he was a
confederate officer.
Never in my life have I kept so still.
It seemed that my very breathing
would betray us. Charon in his boat
on the Styx could not have been more
terrible to departing souls than was
the man sitting in the stern of yonder
skiH to me.
The boat seems to stop, or at least to
go at a snaiI's pace. They are turning
to search the mouth Of the creek.
No, it is my Imagination; there is the
stern Of the boat, and the officers back
full towards me. The sound grows
fainter. I draw a long breath.
What's that? Listen! Anewdanger.
Thunk-thunk! Thunk-thunk! Great
heavens! another boat! It is coming up.
We listened and heard the receding
skif hail the n approaching. There
was a parley; we could hear them talk
ing. but not what they said. After a
short conference they separated, one
continuing down, the other coming up
the river. The latter made slow head
way, the oarsmen now and again ceas-
ing to row.
''They are searching the Shore" said
Margaret. "Pull farther up the creek"
I gave a dozen strokes with a long
sweep to each, which sent us arounda
bend and right under overhanging
bushes. The approaching boat turned
into the creek as we expected, but came
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11
HE WANTED THE TROUSERS,
Which Accounted for His Inability
to Remove the Grease
Spot.

A young fellow on the South side has q
negro valet, an old-fashioned southern
darby.
"Here, JEFF; I want those trousers cleaned
and pressed today" he said, pointing. to a
rather loud-striped garment that JEFF has
long had his eyes on.
"All right, sah," said jeff, with a sigh.
Next morning jeff brought the trousers
back with a big grease spot still prominent
on one knee.
"Can't you get that spot out?" said the
owner of the trousers.
"No, sah."
"Did you try turpentine"
"'Fo' de Lawd, I done sacchurated 'em
wild ~turpentine."
"Did you try coal oil?"
eyes, sab; po'ed a quart OBJ lie on EN-"
"Did you try a hot iron?"
equity nigh bu'n't 'em upi"
"Did you try benzine?"
Ozone tried benzine an kerosene, and all
de other zines, an faint tech dat grease
spot"
"Well, did you try 'em on" queried the
master with a twinkle in his eye.
eyes, sah," replied JEFF, with a%lacrity,
can dey's a puffect fit, grease spot an all,
sah."-Chicago Inter Ocean.
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[To BE
Her Answer.

"You say that you are from Ch1ca-
go,and 40 years old?" queried the court,
who was trying to determine what dis
position he should make of the divorce
case. "How many times have you been
'married?"
The applicant for a bill opened up .
dainty shopping bag, from which she
took a little memorandum book. This
she studied rapidly while she tailed Oh
4 blank piece of paper.
Il object!" interposed the attorney
for the husband.
"The witness has a right to refresh
her memory" insisted the opposing
lawyer.
"Once," said the Witness as she fig
ured up the tallies.
'Once!" echoed the court. what dc
all those marks mean?"
II didn't want. your honor to think
that I welded my only chance. That's
the number of good men who proposed
to me before I drew this BOBBY price
Detroit Free Press.
m. u.E $50. .a.. ..+
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NORTH DAKOTA NEWS
More Excursiona.

& -a4... ..N ia AZ T "#t.....r
The beneficial results of the free ex-
eursions given the farmers along its
ines by the Great. Northern road last
spring and summer to the North Da-
kota Agricultural college were SO evil
dent that the Northern Pacific has an
nounced a series of similar excursions
next spring and summer. The farm
ers along the line will not be slow in
taking advantage of the trip, as the
college is being admirably advertised
and an interest aroused that is having
q salutary effect on the attendance.
Last year the enrolment showed that
more than 1880 farmers visited the in
stitution. They inspected the college
work, and the experiments on the coll
lege farm were shown them in detail
by the professors in charge.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11
Suicide of a Farmer.

A Walsh county farmer named Kelly
committed suicide in what is supposed
to have been a fit of mental alteration.
He had been in good health, and in
the morning had butchered a hog, and
later in the day had driven to Mimic
with his wife. After his return he was
about to assist the hired man to carry
the butchered hog into the house, but
concluded not to do SO, complaining of
feeling unwell. He was left alone for
a short time, and on their return men,
bers of the family were Mortified to
lind that he had severed an artery with
a penknife and was rapidly bleeding
to death. Mr.. Kelly was a well-to-do
farmer, and there was no apparent
cause for his rash act.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11

H' W No NOuNn1 OHHeu SInUeS oenHUOI TIUmN WH DahOU
Hon. ". N. Roach, United States Senator from North Dakota, personally
endorses Peruna, the great catarrh cure and tonic. In a recent letter to The
Peruna Incidence Company, at Columbus, Ohio, written from Washington, D. c.,
Senator Roach says:
<tReraaded by a friend have used Rerana a a tonic, and am glad
haze been adDGsed by friends that It's remarkably efnacoas as a cure for
the almost universal complaint of catarh.
Senator Roachs home address is Larimoe, North Dakota.
Icy Peruna is not a guess o a experiment.; til a n absolute, scientific certain
ty. Peruna cures catarrh wherever located. Peruna has n substtutes-no
rivals. Insist upon having Peruna. Let NJ n persuade O that ONT other
remedy will do nearly as we'll There sn nc other systemic remedy for catarrh
but Peruna. Address the Peruna Medicine Company, Columbus, Ohio. for free
book Q n catarrh, written BY Dr. Hartman.
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XYI@CoNT1NuEp.

NOW, see here" I said with q GER
tain composure that would ~occasion-
ally surprise me by breaking the rapid
current of impulse within me, we must
lay = plan. It won't do to go blind any
farther. What do you propose, cor
poral?n
"You and the young lady git over The
river, find a nigger's cabin, and hide till
tomorrow night"
HThat's your plan; Miss Beach,
what's yours?"
III we a find q boat, we had better
go up the river. When they come here
they'll probably think we have crossed.
AT any rate, there will be three ways
for them to track us-across, down
and up the river, and they won't know
which we have taken. If we can reach
Doughty's ford, where we crossed when
we came, we will have a straight road
home"
@But we must leave our horses, and
we'll need them when we take to land
again."
IT can walk from the upper ford"
said Margaret, "if we can only get
there; I've walked there and backfrom
home often. It's only five miles"
"An right, and now for a skiff. PUNK,
you go down stream, and I'll go up.
But there must be a limit to our search;
neither of us had better be away more
than ten minutes. If we're not sue
cessful within that time we'll abandon
the plan"
Punk went off on his search with
more speed than I had ever before seen
In his deliberate person. Margaret
wishedsto dismount, and I helped her
to the ground, tied her horse to a sap
ling, and started On my hunt up the
river. I followed the high bank, look.
ing down on the margin as Iwentalong.
but used up my ten minutes without
success. Turning reluctantly, I start,
ed back to the ford hoping that PUNK
had had better luck. On the way
espied a path leading down to the river
that had escaped my notice on my way
out; following tito the brink, there in
little cove partly hidden among bushes
was a rickety fat-bottomed punt, fas'
tened to a tree by a chain and pad.
lock. I smashed the paddock with a
stone, then began to look about for the
oars, which I felt must be near, and
found a couple of short paddles leaning
up against a tree. Getting into the
punt, I showed off shore, and a few
strokes, aided by the current, took mt
down to the ford. Margaret was on
the shore waiting, and was overjoyed
to see me pulling a boat, for Punk had
returned a few moments before empty
handed. He loosened his horse, anc
mounting, rode down to- the river tt
let the tired beast drink.
"What are you doing?" Iasked, sur
prised.
5"I'm going back after that flour
faced deserter."
you'll be captured"
s"Never youmind, lieutenant, Haven
secuted ever since this war began fol
nothing. When I go back there I'll be
somebody different from what I am"
There was no time for debate. Mar
garet was in the boat, seated in the
stern. I began to pull up the stream.
"Good-by," I said to Punk. Il hop
you won't have to tell many lies"
81 can't see, lieutenant" called tn
corporal, show y kin ruckencile yel
conscience to takin' another man.
boat"
'oh, go on" And I pulled out o
hearing.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11
Instantly Killed.

A sad accident occurred at Fort
Yates recently. Little Eva Trexler, a
school girl at the agency boarding
school, had her head nearly severed
from her body by running into q barb
wire fence. Three little children were
tobogganing down a steep hill, and,
losing control of their sled, ran into
the fence at terrific speed. Little Eva
vas instantly killed, the other chill
dren escaping unhurt.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11
Will Have a Gun.

The efforts of Mayor johnson to Sc
cure n of the captured Spanish can
non for Fargo have at last been re-
warded. After several refusals by the
war department, Congressman Spald-
ing took the matter up and has landed
n that al captured from the Span
ish cruiser CASTLE at Manila. The gun
is now at Mare Island and will be sent
to Fargo at once, where it will be
given a place of prominence in the
park. It is especially appropriate that
the city should get n from Manila,
as the North Dakota regiment served
SO gallantly in the Philippines.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11
Build Il Bridge.

At a meeting Of leading business men
of Devils Lake it was decided to build
a bridge across the lake, connecting
that city with the Fort Totten reser-
walton and the vast country south.
The cost of the bridge and road grad
ing is estimated at 81, 500. The matter
of soliciting funds and completing the
work was left to u committee. Nearly
81, 600 was subscribed at the meeting.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11
ArceSted.

Frank Truesdale was arrested at
Davenport, 90 miles southwest of Far
go, on suspicion Of being: a burglar.
Some citizens found a number of sticks
of dynamite, and learned that efforts
We're being made to'burglarize some Of
the places. Last spring the bank safe
was burglarized and the robbers es-
capped. The citizens suspected four
transients, but three of them skipped
before an arrest could be made. Urges
dale was placed in custody and a num-
Der of small saws, files and other sus-
picious articles were found. He was
taken to fargo and Jailed. He claims
Montana as his home.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11
The League at Work.

The Enforcement League is deter
mined to have the ''order SYSTEM OF
disposing of liquor in the state tested.
The latest surprise sprung was the ar
rest of the Great Northern depot agent
at Hatton. He was taken to Hillsboro
and given a preliminary hearing which
resulted in his being held to the dis
trict court in $500 bonds.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11
Brief Notes.

1SrleI NOCeSs
A North Dakota boy, Norval Baptie,
is the champion skater of the world
for a quarter, half mile and a mile.
A sash, door and blind factory may
be built at Reynolds some time this
year..
State Treasurer Driscoll expects to
sell the 500, 600 of Irvine plant certifi-
Gates authorized for the use of the Bis
marck plant, within the state. AL
ready $50, 600 of the $3.50, 600 authorized
have been sold to state bankers.
Some eastern capitalists contemplate
establishing a glove factory at Fargo.
A fine hunting dog belonging to A..
G. Evans of Lisbon vas terribly
slashed with a knife.
With the bank cleariDgs for 1899 ex-
ceeding $40, 900, 900, Fargo bankers are
expressing a pardonable pride in the
city's financial record. These figures
exceed those of many eastern cities of
four to five times the population. 1t
lis due to the fact that the city is such
a prominent distributing point and the
headquarters for SO many general
agencies of the large machinery firms.
Fire in Hamilton destroyed several
buildings and damaged several stocks
of goods. The blaze was caused by
Goals falling from the stove in the Of
fee of J. L.. Browns meat market.
The Great Northern night Waterman
at Rugby arrested an elevator employee
on the charge of stealing coal. 1t de-
veloped that the elevator man was
minding his own business and he had
the Waterman arrested for using a
gun.
A Fargo man has brought suit to
have his paving assessment cancelled
on the ground that the district in
which his property is was illegally or
ganized.
North Dakota horses are low being
shipped to Iowa, reversing the condi-
lions of a few years ago, when Iowa
horses came here and North Dakota
money went there.
While packing ice in Alderman Ames'
big icehouses at Fargo, Olaf Hanson
was instantly killed. He was tending
the chute. The rope broke when a
big load was part way up, and the load
came back with such velocity that
Hanson was crushed to death.
A notice of recommendation for bre-
vet as colonel of volunteers has been
received by Lieut.. Col. Treumann, of
Grafton, from the headquarters of the
late Major General Lawton, Manila.
Charles Thompson, of Devils Lake,
has been appointed by Chief Inspector
Reishus of Minnesota assistant chief
deputy grain inspector at Duluth.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11

The large number of articles left on the
pawnbroker's hands proves that there are a
great many people in this world without a
redeeming quality.-Elliott's Magazine.
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To freshen old furniture, wazh in
lime water; when dry, appiy q coat OF
oil
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-11
CORBETvT ENTERS HIS PLEA.
Man Who Shot MrozinsI1i VIII BE Al
lowed Rail-

The center of attraction in Judge BrilPs
court yesterday was the presence of Ed
wad P. Corbett, who, with a number of
others, were arraigned in accordance with
the indictments returned against them
the day previous by the grand jury
Corbett, still as cool and collected as
the day when he was arrested for the
murder of Joseph Mrozinski, was accom-
panied by his attorney, Stan Donnelly,
and in answer to the charge gave a plea
OF. not guilty. He was neatly attired.
and gave little evidence of his confine-
ment in the county 5ail.
Mr.. Donnelly asked that bail be fixed
for his client, but the court was reluc-
tant to act without due consideration,
and the matter was postponed until to-
day. County Attorney Bigelow said he
would offer no objection to the granting
of the same.
James Rowan, charged with attempting
to rob the offices of the Anheuser-Busch
Brewing company, gave every evidence Of
mental af11iction; and at the request of
his attorney the court ordered an exami-
nation as to his sanity before being al
lowed to plead.
Pleas of not guilty were entered by F..
~. Lilly; Thomas Curt, John Moore,
George Grandelmayer, Edward Sanford
and George E. Miller, and they We're re-
manded back to Jail to await their trial.
Frank Holmberg, charged with forgery.
and Oliver Smith, with burglary, asked
and We're granted further time In which
to plead.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-11
's'la- IQ5!!uX 0I!!QM %
OVER $4,000 BIBLES HERE,
Work of the Ramsey County Society
for One Year.

Work of the Ramsey County Society
for One Year.
The City Mission OF the Ramsey County
Bible society held its seventeenth annual
meeting yesterday afternoon at the
House of Hope church. city Missionary
Irmscher reported that during the past
year the society has distributed upwards
of $4,000 copies of Bibles, papers and mag
azines and numerous friendly visits have
been made in various parts of the city
as well Us to the hospitals and Jail. A
marked decrease in poverty and Juvenile
criminality has been noticed. The
amount received and disbursed during
the year was 81. 254.85. The treasurer of
the Bible society reported receipts Of
$479.6e
The officers for the ensuing year are
Rev. F. B. Cowgirl D. D., president;
George NJ. Morrison, vice president; c.
III. Slocum, treasurer; H. Knox Taylor.
secretary; e. r. Irmscher, agent. The
executive committee consists of Rev. A.
B. Meldrum u. d., chairman; Rev. NJ
D. Edwards, Gregory Bolt, Andrew
Peterson, Hon. H. H Brill, George n.
Hallman and T. D. Simonton The COM
mittee on mission work consists of Rev.
A. ]. D. Haupt chairman; Rev H. F.
stillwell, Rev. H. w. Knox, Rev. ]. W.
Weber, Rev o. P. Peterson, Rev c. D.
Andrews, D. D.. Rev William Laube,
Rev. A. B. Meldrum, D. D., S. H Dyer
and r. A Kirk