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The St. Johns herald., 1901-02-16
LOST IN A GREAT CAVE.
Note FOuad in a Bottle PurDorting to
 Be from Hopeless Wan dePeP.

While Will Russell, son of Chief of Police Frank Russell, of Bedford, Ind, and two other young men, named Orin Scisco and Nester Stevenson, were exploring a cave on the farm of a%man named Kern, 1H miles south west of Bedford, the other day, they discovered 8 mysterious note, which, if true, reveals the awful death of an unknown man.
 After going quite @ distance back in the cave, which is said to be about three miles in extent, bottle was dis covered at the top of high precipice in an indentation in the rocks, and was held in place by mud which had been daubed around it. The bottle contained @ note, which read as fol- lows:
 Have been lost here since Sunday, De- cember 20, 1896. It Is now 10:2S p. m., Decem- Der 25. Am hungry and last oil all gone.
 JAKE OLDEN, Lincoln. Neb.''
 One the back of the note was writ tent "Tell my friends I died happy.
 JAKE"
 The bottle was of quart size and had contained coal oil, as the note was saturated with 1t.
 The young men made thorough search for anything that might lead to an explanation of the mystery, but they were unable to go beyond the precipice upon which the bottle was found. The depth of the declivity seemed to be about 30 feet, and wa ter could be plainly heard falling in the depths below.
 On May 13. 1894, James Corbin and Martin Hansford undertook to ex- plore this cave and were lost through their light going out, and it was only after many hours of hard labor and perseverance that they regained the entrance.
 Whether the note was written by some one who was really lost or as a joke Is a mystery, but 1t is certainly possible that one couId enter this great cave and become lost. A search will be made again during the com ing week, when an attempt will be made to descend the precipice where the bottle was found.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-02-16
EIeetricitx In pxeins.

The dyeing of cloth is now greatly facilitated through the use of eleetrlei- ty. When cloth soaked in airline sus- phate is placed between two metal plates connected with the opposite ends of a dynamo, and an electric current is passed through it. the sulphate is converted into aniline black. By alter ing the strength of the solution and of the current shades varying from green to pure black can be obtained In the case of indigo, the cloth is iTa- with paste of indigo blue and caustic alkah. The electric current converts the insoluble indigo blue by reduction of oxygen into indigo white which is soluble, and on being exposed to the air becomes oxidized once mOre and turns blue, thus thOrouGhiv fysinS the cloth with that color.-S- l. World
The St. Johns herald., 1901-02-16
A NEW OCEAN FLYER.
Shin Which Is Expected to Cross
 in Two Days.
English Inventor Confident That His Vessel, the Yours Truly, Will Accomplish This Feat
 Xta PecuIiarities,

From Southampton to New York in two days is the latest dream of fast ocean transportation. The suggestion sounds idle, but John Richard Hudson, the Sheffield inventor, says it can be done, and proposes building boat to be called Yours Truly to prove his con tention.
 Where such obsolete greyhounds as the Deutschland and the Kaiser Will helm der Crosse have but two propel- lers each, Yours Truly will have 14, seven on each side, with about 60 feet between each set.
 Where the old steamers have the shaft horizontal the Hudson's will en- ter the side at long slant forward, inward, and upward at an angle of about 30 degrees. The old-fashioned boats dig great hole in the water like a deep railway cutting, but Yours Truly will be compelled, by its set of propellers, to rise in the water ten or Is feet. according to the speed, and as a result the inventor claims it skins and shoots forward as fast as he likes, 6AA bAC AOoI PO"OA OCAhS SOAfOA CCN into speed, and not in wasted churning or driving thousands of tons of water away for miles.
 When Yours Truly wants to stop, the propellers, being reversed, drag it back into deep water. The inventor claims the boat will not roll or cap- size. The motive power is to be cleo tricity.
 One of the big Atlantic liner com panies is arranging to have moving picture theaters on all its steamers to amuse the passengers on the voyage. The pictures are to be supplemented with photographic songs and recita- tions.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-02-16
EIectrieitx on the Ranch

Electricity is to be used on large ranch in Lower California this winter for variety of purposes. A unique feature, it is said, will be the placing of several searchlights on the noun tains overlooking the ranch, thus re- placing the old system of night riding to prevent thieving. The tender of each light will be provided with sig nal code, by which he can flash informa- tion to the other light tenders and anyone who may be out among the cat tie. Each light tender will also have at hand telephone connected with the main ranch. All parts of the ranch will be provided with telephone sta tions, and an electric light plant will be installed at the ranch, all of the buildings being illuminated with cleo tricity.-Little Chronicle.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-02-16
CHRISTMAS GIFTS.
Present Your Friends with Some HOl<- en of Your Love, HOwsvsR
 Small It May Be.

Once more the happy season of the year is at hand, when we begin 10 prepare gifts of love for Christmas It is indeed a pleasing indication or the rapid spread of feelings Of kind ness and good will throughout ths world that the preparation of beauti- ful articles for Christmas gifts affects the industries of all civilized nations The choice of articles for Christmas gifts is a perplexing pleasure Ae- cording to Emerson, articles of beauty rather than of use are appropriate for gifts. In giving we have to avoid. on the one hand, the imposing of sense of obligation. and, on the other. of making the discharge of just Obliga- tion the occasion for assuming to our selves the role of benefactor. The donation party given at Christmas to. the faithful pastor whose past due salary is unpaid is only an unfair method of making him appear the recipient of favor, while his just | claims are disregarded. Nor can we refrain from suggesting to the bus
 band and father: Do not make a
 Christmas gift to your wife of a new carpet or pair of shoes or a cooking stove, for she needs and has a right 10 these things anyway. Your little boy needs Q new schoolbook for the next session of school, but he would prob which it would be difficult for him to explain if he should find it in his stocking on Christmas morning. And we may suggest as an idea wholly for eign to Emerson that if the husband and father has from negligence or
 penuriousness failed to provide his
 wife with good supply of dry, well cut wood or fuel for the kitchen stove, or the needed quantity of winter fan nels, it would be equally inapprOpri- , ate for him to present her with pair of big pink glass flower vases or some
 similar article. the price of which might have added vastly to her com fort had the money been placed for spending in her own hands.
 Gifts for children depend but lit- tie on their value for the pleasure they shall give. A houseful of ehil- dren can be made entirely happy by quarters worth of mixed candy placed in their stockings, each piece of candy being wrapped in a separate paper. thus multiplying the number of gifts It is very important, however, that the gifts be put in their stockings The sweet illusion adds a priceless value to the veriest trihes.
 And so we feel like saying to our selves and to our readers: Let us prepare for a merry, happy Christ mas; let us forget for little while all the environments of our lives that are sad and depressing; let us think of the treasures we possess that ~man did not make and cannot mar" let us give tokens of love to our friends. though it should be only a geranium leaf or a rosy checked apple Let us celebrate Christmas. The yoke loOs- ened and laid aside for little will give rest and strength to the shoulders the affections of the heart called into play and indulged wi.A give strength to our soul; and both will fit us for better performance of the duties and work appointed for us in the com ing New Year.-Chicago Interior.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-02-16
Baked Bean Soup.

To one quart baked beans ada one quart water, two slices of onion and stalk of celery. Simmer 30 minutes, then rub through a strainer and add one cupful of stewed tomatoes. Season with salt and pepper. Cream together two tablespoonfuls each of butter and -four and cook ten minutes after it is added to the soup.-N. Y. Post.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-02-16
Re1irious Con.ervtng Power.

Man to-day begins life in a garden of innocence and purity, wherein are the dvinest possibilities, but where there is also the subtle spirit awaiting the chance to beguile.- In every walk as he grows to maturity, are impres- sions made on the plastic soul, and ever present is the intelligence, work ing often for good, but which may in self-suficiency beguile to evil paths. It is here that religion speaks, remind ing men of God.-Rev. J. K. Smyth.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-02-16
Cnuae for Sorro~-

Black-Why do you book so down cast?
 White-I gave my wife s2O bill. be- cause thought she would like to buy me Christmas present. She took the money, and now she is showing her friends a nice New Years bonnet.- Cleveland Leader
The St. Johns herald., 1901-02-16
Increase tD p-,oo

On the 1st of July, 1900, the price of salt In Germany was advanced from marks to S:7O marks (s1.9O to $2.O7) per l2O pounds. The salt mines of the country are owned and operated by the government. The increase is attrib- uted to the rise in the price of lahor
The St. Johns herald., 1901-02-16

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The St. Johns herald., 1901-02-16
His Own santa Claus.

''1'd like to get a sealskdn cap suitable for a Christmas present for young man."
 "Yes, sir. What size ?''
 "Well, something that will just ebOut ft me. I'm the young man-".Chi- cago Tribune.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-02-16
American Dentists in Germany.

There are 12,O99 practicing dentists in the German empire. American den- lists or German dentists who have re- ceived their education in the United States command the best fees and are held in the highest repute.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-02-16
Heatins Of sub,t.....

Water is the hardest of all sub- stances to heat, with the single ex- ceptlon of hydrogen gas. The easiest two are mercury and lead, which stand in this respect on nearly the same footing.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-02-16

in the chair with their arms around one another, fast asleep. They had
 been put to bed, but, feeling that if papa said he would come he would surely be there, they had slipped out of bed and down into the library, where they had waited until exhaust ed. Then, settling themselves in the chair, they had told one another they would just shut their eyes to rest them, but they would be sure not to go to sleep.
 ''Poor little darlings!" Dora ex- claimed, leaning down ovsr them, while her eyes filled with tears ~You shall never be lonely again if I can prevent it." Gathering the little girl up in her arms, Dora followed her husband, who had taken tAe boy, up- stairs, and placing the eh4.d on the bed tucked her carefully in, then kissing the ittIe one good night she went over to the boys bed. What splendid looking chIl0," she said, Nso like my husband, Good night, my little man," she whispered, kiss ing the childish lips. Then, turning to her husband, she said: God grant that your choice of a mother for your little ones be not in vain" And had you seen the look of happiness on the children's faces as they took their places in church the next morning, between their parents, you would say it had not been in vain.-The Evan CaIiSf
The St. Johns herald., 1901-02-16
KING OSCARS LITTLE JOKE.
GPaets Cordially AmeRicaa Visitors
 to the Palace as "FeIIow nsssa MOnaRchs." Sf

The friends of Mir. and Mrs George F. Baldwin, of Chicago, have just heard of a pleasant experience which they had in Stockholm recently and which exhibits the true courtesy of King Os- car of Sweden. While sightseeing in Stockholm they visited the royal palace and werescharmed with its beauty and dignity. They had reached the floor on which King Oscars private suite is situated when they were stopped by an attendant, who told them they would have to wait, as the king was there, but was about to take drive, when the apartments would be open. As they waited in the corridor a royal carriage dreW up at the foot of the staircase. A moment later the king ap- peared in the uniform of an admiral. As he passed Mrs. Baldwin made a graceful courtesy, which he acknowl- edged with courteous bow. Turning to an aid-de-oamp, he said:
 "Please show that lady and her friends through the royal chambers. I see that they are Americans, fellow monarchs," and with another bow and smile the king departed. Mrs. Bald win is one of the beauties of Chicago. She has many friends in New York.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-11-21
Knights Of Pythi!as.
A CLASS OF FORTY-THREE
WE'RE SHOWN THROUGH
THE MYSTERIES OF
PYTHIANISM IN THIS
3 CITY LASTMONDAY EVE
MING. THE NEW LODGE
STARTS OUT WITH
BRIGHT PROSPECTS.

Deputy Grand Chancellor Flint,
assisted by number of Knights
from Casselton, Davenport and
Hunter lodges instituted lodge
of K. of P's. in this city last
Monday evening. The new
lodge starts out with fine char
ter list and nice clean repre-
sentation of business men and
farmers of this vicinity. Owing
to the busy season OF the year
there were not as many present
from the surrounding lodges as
was expected there would be,
but, nevertheless, those who did
come, to help assist in the organ
lzation, were of the right stamp
and the work in the different
ranks was exemp1ified in a very
creditable manner. Much credit
is due Deputy Grand Chancellor
Flint, DR.. Sprake, and the other
membcrs of the Casse1ton lodge
and DR.. W. F. Hobart and Robt.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-11-21
Some Flax History.

The Argentine Republic is the
greatest flax growing country IN
tie world. That fact may sur
prise some who have regarded it
as a scarcely explored wilder
ness. Nevertheless it is fact.
Flax growing was begun in Ar
gentine nearly hundred years
ago, but not until about twenty
years back was any attempt
made to raise it to the proper
tons of a rational industry. In
1881 some sixty-seven thousand
acres were planted to flax in the
province Of Buenos Ayres. The
success of the venture led to
wider planting IN that province,
and in Cordova, Entire Rois and
Santa Fe. Today the crop is one
of the most important in the
country, and surpasses in mag
nitude that of any other land.
It is, however, crop not OF
flax so much as of flaxseed.
There is no production of linen,
although the variety of flax
grown is the same as that from
which our linen is produced, the
dryness of the climate being un-
favorable to the production of
linen. The plant is grown only
for the seed, and as soon as the
latter is secured the linen bear
ing straw is burned. Even with
this perhaps inevitable wasteiul-
ness the crop is highly profit
able one. An average of 1000
pounds of seed is raised on an
acre. and in some cases the yield
is 1000 pounds. The report of
faxsced from the four provinces
named amount to 100000 tons a
year, which is half the entire pro-
duct of the world. "
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-11-21
Teachers Meeting.

S
A Teachers Association. will
be held at the school house in
Hope, Saturday, Nov. 23rd. 1901.
All Steele county teachers are
requested to attend, and patrons
interested in school work are
cordially invited.
PROGRAM.
1890 a. m.-Convene.
Song by the Association.
1st year 3rd no.; Class in
Reading by Miss Alta Gilmore.
12:OO-Noon.
100 P. M.-Convene.
9th year, 3rd month class in Geo
graphy by MisssFlorence Curtiss
Talk on Vocal Music in the
Common Schools, Miss Katharine
Latin, of Fargo, formerly of
Mayv,lle Normal.
The Aim of the Reading Circle
Work. Prot. j. w. Huff.
T. A. HAssELou1sr,
Co. Supt.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-11-21
HAPPILY MARRIED,
Lake City, tMinn.) Republican, Nov. 7th.

81 q ..s r.
Mr.. Joseph f. Knight, Of
Galesburg, N. D., came down
from his prosperous farm-home
in the far north some ten DAYS
ago, for the double purpose, as it
seems, of visiting his mother,
Mrs. Edwin Wilson and Mr.. Will
son, and of taking back to his Da-
kota home one of Wabasha coun-
TVS accomplished daughters as
his wife, in the person of Miss
Jennie Boss, of the town of Gill
ford. The wedding took place
at the home of the. brides par
ents, on Thursday, the ceremony
being performed by an old friend
of the family, Judge Malcolm
Kennedy, of Wabasha. The JOY
ful occasion was attended ny the
family relatives of;the bride and
groom, and a number of their
many personal friends in this
county. The newly-married
couple left fer tie rorth
On the evening train, and will
sojourn at different points on
their way home. The God-speeds
of their many warm friends and
relatives went with the couple to
their future home in North Da,
kota.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-11-21

The following are the list oi
Knights who assisted in the
work of instituting the lodge
Casse1tonDr. w. T.. Sprake,
E. S. Flint, Chas. w. Hansine.
B. F. HawleY aud o. B. DelrYm.
pie.
Dayenport-Dr. w. F. Hobart
and Robt. ]. Schultz.
Hunter-T. J. Frank, Chas. R.
Adams and A. M. Peterson.
The following are the officers
of McKinlcYlodg No.44 Knights
of PYthias:
OFFICERS.
c. CIV. E. Taplin,
V. &C. S ShippY.
Prelate-Rev. J. G. Dingle,
Nj. CT Ne. w. Dittes,
K. of R. & S.-Dr. M. c. Johnston,
M. of F.-E. o. Keene,
M. of E.-S. J. Danskin,
NJ. at All. J. Harness.
/. G.-Wm. Mowat,
O. CA. w. Graham.
Trustces-3 YearsF N. Gilmore.
2 years G. A. Luce,
/ year L. A. Jacobson.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-11-21

]. Schultz, of Davenport lodge,
for the efforts put forth by these
gentlemen in showing the charter
members of Mckinley lodge No.
a. the true story of Damon aud
Pythias. It took from 4 o'clock
Monday afternoon until 6 o'clock
Tuesday morning to exemplify
the work and the transaction of
business that naturally would
come in the instituting Of the
lodge, with the exception of one
and half hour for the banquet.
The banquet served by Land
lord Wheeler was without excep-
tions the finest ever served in
Hope. The tables were spread
fit for a King (and lie was there. }
The floral decorations were sim
ply grand, from two to five large
cut flower bouquets adorned each
table, with big red carnation at
each place, the carnation being
McKinley's fayorite flower, after
whom the lodge was named. Mr..
Wheeler is certainly to be con-
graduated on the spread and
many compliments were paid
him for the very able manner in
which he managed the affair.
Six young ladies, under the dir
ect:on OF the head-waiter, waited
upon the guests.
The instituting of Mckinley
lodge No. a. Knights of PYthias
is an occasion that will long be
remembered by the participants.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-11-21
Thanksgiving
Proclamation.

President Roosevelt has issued
the following Thanksgiving pro
clamation:
"The time is nigh when, ac.
cording to the time-hallowed Gus.
tom of our people, the president
appoints day as the especial
occasion for praise and thanks
giving to God.
This thanksgiving finds the
people still bowed with sorrow
for the death of a great and good
president. We mourn President
Mckinley because we so loyed
and honored him; and the man
ner of his death should awaken
in the breasts of our people a
keen anxiety for the country,
and at the same time a rcsolute
purpose not to be driven by any
calamity from the path of strong,
orderly, hopeful. liberty, which
as a nation we have thus far safe
ly trod.
Yet, in spite of this great dis
aster, it is nevertheless true that
no people on earth hayc such
abundant cause for thanksgiving
as we have. This year in parti-
cular has been one of peace and
plenty. We have prospered in
things material and have been
able to work for our own uplift-
ing in things intellectual and
spiritual. Let us Der
that as much has been given us,
much will be expected from us,
and that true homage comes
from the heart as we'll as from
the lips and shows itself in deeds.
We can best prove our thankful
ness to the Almighty by the way
in which on this earth and at this
time each of us does his duty to
his>itellow man.
Now, therefore, 1, Theodore
Roosevelt, president of the
United States, do hereby design
ate as day of general thanksgiv-
ing, Thursday, the 2Sth of this
present November, and do re-
com mend that throughout the
land the people cease from their
wonted occupations, and at their
several homes and places of wor-
ship revently thank the Giver of
all good for the countless bless
lngs on our national life.
In witness whereof, I have
hereunto set my hand and caused
the seal of the United States to
be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington
this second day of November in
the year of Our Lord one thou
sand nine hundred and one and
of the Independence of the Unit
ed States, the one hundred and
twenty-sixth.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
BY the President:
JOHN HAY,
Secretary of Stat.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-11-21
Ridpath's Worlds History.

You'll buy it sometime, any
how! It is fast getting into all
comfortable well-to-do American
homes. Here's a chance to get
it at clubbing rates for halfprice.
If you let this opportunity slip
you will have to pay double the
price. And you can pay for it
(if you like) at the rate of S cents
day. Isn't it common sense to
get it now?
Call and see the set and learn
clubbing rates.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-11-21
MARRIED..

At the home of the brides
parents this city, last evening,
Wednesday, Nov. Goth. Mr. Fred
Bissel to Miss Mammie Williams.
None but immediate relatives
were present at the ceremony.
Rev. Killen, of the Congrega-
tional church, officiated. The
Pioneer extends congratulations.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-11-21
MARRIED

On Saturday, Nov. 10Th, 1901,
at the M. F.. parsonage this city,
John E. Olson to Miss Pearl Dan
forth. Both the contracting
parties are cid residents of this
vicinity. The Pioneer extends
congratulations.