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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1902-02-20

LOCAL NEWS NOTES.


s LOCAL NEWS NOTES. :
Readthe ads in the PIoNEEK.
Old papers for sale at this
Office.
The finest Of pastry cooking
at the Palace.
Ring up No. 3ewhen you want
the Pioneer. ys
Meals Or lunches served at all hours
at the Palace Restaurant.
Dr.. Featherstone next visit
to Hope will be Feb. goth and
|21st.
Kelly Merry Makers at the
Opera House next Monday eve
ming.
The county commissioners
were is session the first Of the
week.
Blank notes, mortgages, mort
gage releases, for sale at this
office.
Oysters served IN all styles at
the Palace Restaurant at all
hours.
The McKibbin hat none better
made.-atC Carpenter & Warmers.
Harry Parr movedhis harness
shop into the Philip block last
week.
The interior of the Gold Medal
Drug Store is being treated to a
fresh coat Of paint.
Mems clothes cleaned, repair
ed and pressed.
Mrs. N. g. PRESLEY.
The finest line Of chocolates to
be found in the city, at the Pal
ace. Stock always fresh.
WANTED; A girl for general
house work. $3.sOa week. In
IAEH.
quire Of Mrs. H. ]. Harness.
Those fine select fried oysters
at the Palace Restaurant are sim
ply fine. Have you tried them?
I. will be to your advantage to
see Mrs. Hogue about trees,
shrubbery. etc, for spring plant
&.
Kraabel, Johnson & Co. change
their ad. again this week aud tell
you of bargains now on tap at
their store.
When you know any personals
or locals call up No. 80 and let
us know all about them and
oblige the Pioneer hoys:
The Hope State Bank has re.
Gently put in a new Smith-Prem'
Ter type-writer-and Ed. Keene
is the happlest boy in town.
Great Reduction sale of hats
at Mrs. OIL Bowen's forthe mex
two weeks. Don't fail to call ane
look over the stock. It will pay
you.
The FirstN National Bank moved
part Of their files, etc, into the
new bank building. They ex,
pect to be doing business in thu
new block shortly.
Remcm1ssr the Pioneer is vel
equipped to print all kinds Q
sale bills on short notice. Dom
failto see us when in need 0.
work in this line.
DR.. Sprake will visit Hope d
Monday, Tuesday and Wednes
day Feb. 24th, Is and 26, Thos,
desiring his services will fin.
him at the Hope House.
Carpenter 6 Warner are hay
ing the old front torn out of thei
store building and are replac1pl
it with plate glass. It will max
Z big improvement il the looks 9
he stard,
It is reported TINT Cllas. Wa
den, formerly resident of Shei
brooke, N. D., has cemmitte
suicide near Bemidji MINI. ]
is understood that there IS
.. woman in the deal.
: Louis Nelson, who lives yves
Of town about ten niles and on
! of our best farmers, was a pleas
! ant caller at this Office Tuesda
afternoon and had his subscril
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-08
Foo and the Fair Sex.

We are having very heavy fogs at
night and morning. have seen the
British stars overhead on but three
occasions. 1t usually clears of for
the greater part of the day, but the fog
sweeps In the night like wet blanket.
They tell me it is only "a spell Of wea-
ther" and that fine. evenings will be
the order of things very soon. It Is
very demoralizing to "crimps," / OBJ
serve. And I often think of the dear
girl who told me that she lost all her
mental and moral force Of character
during atmospheric conditions that
were unfavorable to retaining the hair
in curl. And, by the way, what beau.
tiful hair tho Canadian girl possesses
as a rule! I observed this feature
when in Ontario, at Toronto and the
Thousand Islands. Sometimes they
have too much to "do up" prettily and
can only coll it in shining brown OF
golden braids. There is a great pre-
yonderance of gold red and gold
brown. I wonder If it Is due to their
ancestry from Aud Scotia, their an
cient namesake? Fine compilations
are the rule also. have just had the
pleasure of looking over the photos
of the Truro Normal School graduates,
and really a pretfier class of girls
would be hard to find.-Halifax Mail.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-08
Hons on II Small Lot.

We are often asked if it is possible
to keep hens successfully on a small
town lot TO the question we would
answer: Certainly, yes; II not too
many are kept. In fact, we have Of
ten wondered why so few people IN
cities and towns, who are really SO
comfortably situated, do not keep 10
or 15 hens.
This number can easily be provided
for In a yard 20 by 40 feet, and this
much can easily be spared and still
leave plenty of room for other pur-
poses. One roll Of five-foot poultry
netting will serve for a fence, and ar
rangements for housing will cost but
a trifle.
Two piano boxes, with backs taken
out and set against each other, will
keep them comfortable, and, in the alb
sence Of something better, will do sur
prisingly we'll. During the late fall
buy early Matched pullets or one-year-
old hens, and look carefully after
them, and they will supply the family
with eggs throughout the winter.
It will be an easy matter next spring
to raise a few broods Of chicks. the
males for the table and the pullets for
the layers. You will find the cost very
little and the pleasure very much if
you make the attempt. and
Farm.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-08
Science In Agriculture.

Some important and interesting
points on the planting, breeding and
selection of seed corn are given in
bulletin by the Illinois agricultu-
raj station, and while our corn crop
is just now one of the most important
in the country, it is timely to call at
tention to the best conclusions of the
best experts in corn culture. Special
attention is given to the selection of
seed corn, which will make all the diff
ference in the world in the annual
crop of the country. A little more
wisdom and intelligence are required
in the uniform selection Of right seed
corn, so that in time every ear will
be full and plump, and large number
on each cob. The yield per acre could
in this way be increased greatly with
out planting a single additional grain
OF corn. Some Of the best varieties
of seed corn are today far better than
anything planted 10 or Is years ago,
and this is due to the fact that they
have been carefully selected and cul-
tivated for 25 years, past until their
type and characteristics are pretty
well fixed. Argument is given for
,edigreed corn. Not much of this is
nsed yet, but more of 1t may be nee
essary to teach all farmers the great
value of using the finest seed corn.
oedigreed corn traces its ancestry
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-08
Rearing Calves.

Having noticed complaint from
farmers number Of times of loss Of
calves from scours, l feel it almost a
duty to tell little of our own eXpe-
rience in the rearing of calves. At
one time heifer was so badly par
alyzed by the birth of her calf that she
could not suckle it, and we undertook
to raise it by hand. 1t was large,
strong, hearty calf, and we fed. it with
milk from COWS that had been giving
milk three months. At first it seemed
all right, but after few days it be-
gan to scour; at one time 1t would be
ravenously hungry and again would
not eat at all, and few days later was
dead. At the same time, calf was
purchased that had sucked once, per-
haps twice, as 1t was taken from its
mother the day of its birth. We fed 1t
on the same kind Of milk that the first
calf was fed, and in short time it
grew sicllly and did not thrive, al
though a calf Of the same age, which
had run with it's mother until it was
q week old, ate from the same pail
and grew apace. We felt sure it would
die, when q calf about "a hours old,
slipped over bank and drowned, and
we put the ailing calf on the latter's
mother. 1t lived and got all right, and
made a fine steer. Another calf that
we undertook to raise the same way
nearly died, but we put it on fresh
COW just in time. The result was as
tonishing; the calf was so weak they
held 1t to the cow the first time, but
In week 1t was as playful as kit
ten, and is today a fine calf nearly a
year old. Our experience has taught
us to believe the first milk Of the
fresh cow is essential to the newborn
calf, and that it is best for the calf to
suckle the cow until it is week old.
IF people will follow this plan am
assured they win have no trouble
from scours If the calf is born healthy.
Miss Bessie Gross, in Agricultural
EpitomiSt
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-08
We'll Brnken Horses.

Has anyone ever noticed that ST.
lent man has usually the best broken
horses? 1t may not be true, but ali
the men Of my acquaintance who do
nG talk much have well broken
horses. Drive with them and you
will wonder how they manage their
horses. No management is visible.
The horse goes where he Is wanted
without apparent effort on the part
of the driver. One famous turfman
at least has been noted for his art in
driving horse to the limit of his
speed without making move, while
his rivals were lifting and yelling and
whipping theirs. How did he do it.?
Don't know, but he was a man of few
words.
Probably there is q lesson in this.
The average horse understands but
few things thoroughly, only a few
words, signs or commands. The ST.
lent man gives only a few. and he does
not confuse his horse. The horse is
made to know them thoroughly. He
understands the man who under
stsnds him. 1t isSa pleasure to driYc
a horse that understands. Few pleas
ures in life can equal it if the horse
Is good, cheerful driver. There
would be more Of this kind If they
were made to know few things thor
oughly-the right things.-National
Stockman.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-08
Imprison tho Machine.

A distinctly original suggestion is
made by the Brooklyn Eagle in con-
nection with the automobile problem.
It is that the machine, not the man,
be punished for exceeding the speed
limit. When q motor vehicle goes
tearing through the streets on an er-
rand of actual or potential destruction,
the scheme Is not to touch the owner
or driver, but to seize the machine
and imprison it for number
of weeks or months. OF course,
in such a case, the usual option of
''thirty dollars or thirty days"
should not be given. as some Of
the wealthy owners would pay the
fine cheerfully and not consider it
much Of a punishment. But almost
any possessor Of an automobile would
be heart broken at having his ma
chine taken away from him and tenn
porarily put out Of business, and one
or two experiences of that kind might
have wholesome effect, The great
majority of mobolists are considerate
and law-abiding, but there are hood
lums and rufflans among them who
need some sort Of discipline. The
Eagles idea is commended to the at
tention Of the public authorities
Rochester IN. " Democrat.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-08
SoFKA, AN INDIAN DRINK.
Made Of CornmeaI-White People
Are Becoming Fond of IL.


Sofka, the national drink Of the
Creek Indians of the Indian Territory,
is to them what the mint julep is to
the native Kentuckian, says the Chi
cago Inter-Ocean. 1t is made of corn
and water. There are three kinds
plain. sour and white. The latter
two are fancy and mixed drinks.
The recent invasion by white people
of the domain of the Creek Indian has
popularized the sofka until the fashion
Of drinking it has spread all over the
Southwest.
Indians have dish made expressly
for sofka When an Indian wants a
sofka dish he goes to the woods, hews
down a hiskory tree and cuts there
from a block ten inches thick. In
one side of this block he hr,lows
bowl.shaped cavity six inches deep
and makes the inside as smooth as
possible.
In this vessel the Indian places his
corn, and with peste, which is some
times made Of stone, but more COM
monty Of hard hickory, he pounds the
corn until it Is coarse meal. Then
he takes some kind of fan, or some
thing which will take its place, and
fans the broken grains until all the
husks fly away. If the broken grains
are uneven in size he takes out the
larger grains and beats them into a
finer meal.
A potful Of hot water and two quarts
Of meal are used in making sofka.
When the corn and water have been
put in the pot and the pot has been
placed over the fire, take some vessel
having perforations in the sides or bot
tom and put in it some clean wood
ashes. Then nearly ill the vessel
with water.
Hold this vessel over the pot con-
tanning the meal and let the lye made
by the water soaking through the
ashes drip into the sofka Then the
mixture is allowed to boil for from
three to five hours. 1t is next set
aside and not drunk for days later.
This is plain sofka.
The sour sofka is made in the same
way, but the mixture is set aside until
1t has soured or fermented. This
soured mixture is the popular drink
among the full-blooded element.
White sofka Is made from white
corn and tastes much better. The
Indians have a fine white corn which
they raise exclusively for this pur-
pose. In making white sofka the
grains are cooked whole and the
flakes are eaten later after having
been boiled in the water and lye. The
corn is then known as the big hominy.
The Indians eat with their SOFIA
dish known as blue dumplings. In
the making of blue dumplings two
cups of cornmeal are used, half
teaspoonful of baking soda and a small
quantity of butter.
The meal and soda are mixed thor
oughly. Enough butter Is used to
make the meal hold together, and it
is rolled into little balls. These lit
tie halls are dropped into a pot of
boiling water, boiled from three to
five minutes removed with spoon
and served hot. The dish is fit for
any palate.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-08
Tho Culture of tho Grape

Grape vines will not thrive on low,
wet Soils; they succeed best on high.
dry ground, leaving enough slope to
carry off all surplus water. A loca-
,uon giving fine circulation Of air is
desirable, as in such locations there is
less liability to mildue of foliage or
rotting of the fruit.
Grapes do well on either gravelly,
sandy or clayey soil, or on combi-
nation of these. If planted on clay
soil, it must be thoroughly under
drained to secure good results. any
good, dry soil of sufficient fertility
to produce good farm crops is
suitable for vineyard planting, If
climate and condition are favorable
1t is not desirable to put manure or
fertilizers of any. kind in the hole
when planting. The roots will quick
ly find their necessary food if it is in
the soil.
When planting, place rs or so vines
in a pail of water, taking one vine
from the water as needed, thus avoid
ing the danger Of injury to the roots
by drying. Spread the roots horizon
tally in the bottom of the hole, in as
nearly a natural position as possible.
taking care not to have them cross
each other. Cover with good fine sur
face soil two or three inches deep, then
step into the hole and tread the earth
down thoroughly with both feet. Again
fill the hole full, treading it tho Sec
ond time, and finish with sufficient
Garth to cover the vine so that only
one or two buds will be above the
surface. The last filling should not
be trodden, but be let loose to act as
mulch. This frming or treading the
soil is essential to the success and
should never be neglected. When
planted in dead burrows most of the
filling can be done with plow, turn
ing back furrow against the vines,
at the same time filling the dead fur
row; but the treading and frming
should be done as above.
If the tops of the vines are below
the general surface of the ground. the
hole may remain partly untitled in the
shape of a basin, to be gradually filled
in as growth progresses. Deep plant
ing is recommended, as 1t insures a
tier of roots so far below the surface
that there is little danger of injury by
freezing, or by burning or scalding
when the soil becomes hot on the sur
face.
During the first summer after
planting cultivate the soil thoroughly
and hoe frequently about the vines, al
lowing no weeds to grow. Stirring
the ground frequently, especially in
dry weather, acts as stimulant to
growth, the finely pulverized soil
forming tho best kind of mulch. Do
not attempt to grow farm crops of
any kind between the rows. or, If
you must grow something: let it be
peas, beans or early paaatoes. It Is
not necessary or advisable to tse-up
the young canes the first summer; let
them lie on the ground.-American
Gardening.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-08
.E::|lREIj J jE}j4I IE3RF{SS
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FaaD EsGsilnents.

20 farmer wants - be unconditlon-
lily tied to the principle of never try
ing anything until IL has been proved
an indubitable success, nor, on the
other hand, should he be so bigoted
as never to credit the experience OF
others, but regard his own trial as the
only conclusive one. The extent TO
which a man may indulge in expert
mental works should be determined
by. his resources. If his credits each
year be only equal to his debts he may
we'll be conservative in hazarding his
income on uncertain experiments; but
if he be man of means, the luxury
Of experimental work on the farm
seems justifiable, for without causing
hardship to anyone, he may save 9TH
ers less favorably situated from fu-
ture failure. But whoever performs
experiments let him give his neigh
bors the benefit of the trial; If success
result it usually finds its way to the
public eye, but failure not so often
George P. Williams, in the Epitomlst.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-08
IdealitY Of Dancing.

A dancing master has propounded
new system of how to dance well. Ac-
cording to his theory, the only perfect
waltzer is the poet, the painter, the
philosopher, or the man with high
ideals.
This is how he Expresses himself:
"The three elements of grace are grav-
My, flexibility and force. Physical cul-
ture should educate each muscle of the
body, and when the body is under the
complete control of the will, If the
mind have high ideals and ennobling
thoughts, the man will be graceful.
From this flows the wonderful quality
of personal magnetism"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-08
rit,i,r Dnirv Animate for Show.

The modern tendency is to make
the animal conform to an arbitrary
standard OF excellence, or scale OF
points, and its ability 10 win prizes
varies directly as do the conceptions
OF the various judges who pass upon
the conformity to that scale. One OF
the primary requisites OF all dairy an
imals regardless of age or sex, is ca
pacity. A judge likes an animal with
a large paunch as it is very essential
in economically converting a large
amount of coarse feed into milk. How
can we develop this capacity?
1t is done by feeding coarse bulky
food, in a manner best suited to the
Individual tastes Of the animals. Many
have had good success by giving cut or
chaffed hay and straw, with a mixture
of ground oats and bran, little salt,
and handful of oil meal, q small
amount of the concentrates, and all
the coarse food she will eat. The prin-
cipal object is to make her eat much
to get small amount Of grain.
The next thing that appeals to the
eye of the judge is the temperament
CT the animal, which indicates wheth-
er or not she is using in he-right way
the food she has consumed. All dairy
cattle should be free from tendency to
layson flesh, thin, and under condition
rather than too fleshy. A show ami
NAL should possess quality also, but
this to large extent Is determined by
nature, although we can assist by
keeping her in perfect health, the hair
we'll groomed and protected from the
sun, which makes 1t harsh and dry.
Kerosene should never be applied to
the hair. Where great stress Is laid on
sccretions dispense with the use Of
water for cleaning animals, as it
makes the skin appear pale.
There is a great diversity of opin-
ion among judges as to the Importance
of under development. However, when
a heifer is developing an udder we
should help her on all we can, as the
time to assist nature is when she Is
doing her best work. Many advocate
increasing the grain ration Of helfer
at this stage, even though she becomes
fleshy, as she will soon milk it off
again. All cattle should be handled
and we'll broken to lead. It is also
good practice to stand in a position
that will show her to the best advan-
tage.
Polishing of horns and hoofs,
grooming, watering from pals, etc.,
should be practiced before leaving for
the fairs, as there are enough new
conditions to become accustomed to
even when greatest care has been talk
en-. This may seem trivial affair,
but many prizes have been lost by
leading into the ring a shrunken ami
NAL which has refused to drink from
pail, or a strange tank.
l would commence feeding about SIX
or eight weeks previous to starting
for the fairs. Do not hurry or the
stock will have reached their bloom
before the exhibition. Avoid feeding
corn to show ANIMALS. as it is heating
to the blood, makes grease instead OF
bone and muscle, and upon the first
excrtion the animal will wilt. A dairy
altmal should not be fed heavily on a
grain ration, at any time, as she will
bo very easily upset.-Ralph Trott, in
American Agriculturist.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-08

lack to remote ancestors, but the Sc
lection Of each years seed forms an
established record which goes to show
that certain qualities can be depended
upon.
Practically the bulletin advises
against leaving seed corn exposed in
cribs to winter cold weather, which is
sometimes robbed Of. half its vitality.
SEED corn should be selected in the fall
and carefully kept. Only the best ears
and grains should be used, and those
Of uniform size and fullness Of ker-
nels. The grains on these ears should
test an average of 95 percent in ger
mination in the spring. If they will
rot there is something wrong, and 1t
is. doubtful policy to attempt to use
them for planting.-Prof. S. N. DotL,
in American Cultivator.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-08
pleasant purpose. With a Violent
teacher the dogs life is sad one. His

a pleasant purpose. With a violent
teacher the dogs life is sad one. His
knowledge is then acquired under the
most disheartening difficulties. Under
similar violent conditions the teacher
as 8 pupil would rise in rebellion and
implore the world to witness and right
his wrongs. Punishment is bad
measure when used as true aid to
education. 1t is part of education
when used to crafty anger. Until
the trainer can contro his temper, If
he unfortunately has one which is
fiery, and his efforts to the dogs ca
pacity and progress, he will be inef-
ficient. And these corrections of him
self, no one can do for him other than
himself His own judgment and self
control are his only reliance, since
they are personal and, therefore, en-
tirely outside of the sc>pe of any sys-
tenn presented by others.-B. Waters,
in Forest and Stream.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-08
STILL ENGAGED.

An engaged young gentleman got
rather neatly out of little scrape
with his intended. She said she had
kissed two ladies at some party at
which she was not present.
He owned it, but said, laughingly,
that, after all, their united ages made
only twenly-One.
The simple-minded girl thought OF
ten and eleven, and laughed off her
pout.
He did not explain that one was 1S
and ths other two years Of age.-Tir
Bits.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-08
MRS. i. SAILER.
President German Relief Association,
Los Angeles. Cal.

a day at time how l would feel the
next day. Five bottles of Lydia E..
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
changed all that, my days became days
of health, and havo enjoyed every day
since-now six years.
"We have used considerable Of your
Vegetable Compound in our charitable
work, as we find that to restore a poor
mother to health so she can support her.
self and those dependent upon her, if
such there be, is trucr charity than to
give other aid. You have my hearty
endorsement, for you have proven
yourself q true friend to suffering wo-
men. Mrs. e. SAILER, 1851 Hill st.,
Los Angeles, Cal. 5000 forfeit # asouo tes-
Hnonidi Is not genuine.
No other person can give such
helpful advice to women who
are sick as can MRS. Pinkham,
for no other has had such great
experience.her address is Lynn,
Mass, and her advice free-if
you are sick write her-you are
foolish if you don't.