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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-11-05
Notice To Creditors
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
THOMAS WARD. DECEASED.

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OFF
THOMAS WARD, DECEASED.
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned
Albert T. Ward, Administrator of the Estate of
Thomas Ward late of the Town of Hope in the
County Of Steele and State of North Dakota, de-
ceased, to the creditors of, and all persons having
claims against, said deceased, to exhibit them
with the necessary Vouchers, within 9 months
after the first publication CT this notice, to said
administrator at his Office in the town of Hope i'll
said Steele County, North Dakota.
Dated September 4th A. D.. 1905.
ALBERT II. WARD,
Administrator
First Publication on che 10th day Of September
A. D. 1908.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-11-05
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE, !
g. Fargo, N. D., October LIST 1893. J
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
4 lIsoLATED TRACT
PUBLIC LAND SALE.

Notice In hereby given that in pursuance, OF il,
structious from the Commissioner Of the General
srct;on o4ss' o. S, Rev. Stat, as amended by act
Of Congress approved February q, 1898, We viii
proceed to offer at public sale on the 18TH day "
November, 1908, next at 10 A. n. AZ TINS ONE
the following tract of land, to.wit: Lot ,, SECTION
s, Township 143 N, Range 81 W.
Any and all persons claiming Adversely TIL
above described lands are advised to file then
cIaims IN this Office on or before the DAY apov'
designated for the commencement OF said sale
otherwise their rights will be forfeited.
Dated October LIST A. D., 1903.
c. c.. SCHUYLER,
2s.:2 Register
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-11-05
FOR RENT

A good quarter Section OF lano
near Hope.
G. S.SH1PPY.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-04-30
The Planet Mercury.

Though Mercury is one of the small
est of the planets, 1t is perhaps the
most troublesome to the astronomer.
1t lies so close to the sun that 1t is
seen but seldom in comparison with
the other great planets. Its orbit is
very eccentric, and it experiences dis
turbances by the attraction Of other
bodies in a way not yet fully under
stood. A special difficulty has also
been found in the attempt to place
Mercury in the weighing scales. We
can weigh the whole earth, we can
weigh the sun, the moon and even
Jupiter and other planets, but Mercury
presents difficulties of peculiar char
acter. lie Verrier. however, succeeded
in devising a method of weighing it.
He demonstrated that our earth is
attracted by this planet, and he showed
how the amount of attraction may be
disclosed by observations of the sun,
so that from an examination Of the OBJ
servations he made an approximate
determination of the mass of Mercury.
lie Verrier's result indicated that the
weight of the planet was about the IF
teenth part of the weight Of the earth.
In other words, If our earth was placed
in a balance and fifteen globes, each
equal to Mercury, were laid in the 9TH
er the scales would lang evenly.-"Sto-
~ of the Heavens"
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-04-30
WRESTLING WITH RUSSIAN.

p n
The Traveller wanted a Towel ana
Finally Got 1t.
Al. Ell. Savage I4andor. In his book Of
travel. Across Coveted Lands re-
lates an amusing railway incident that
occurred I'm Russia while he was en-
route to Persia.
"Unable to get ct my towels packed
In my registered baggage and ignorant
Of the Russian language" he says. II
inquired of polyglot fellow passenger
what was the Russian word for towel,
20 that I could ask the guard for one.
,Palatiensi,' said he, and repeated
'palatiensi, palatiensi, palatiensi,' SO
as to impress the word well upon my
memory. Having enjoyed a good wash
and shampoo and dripping all over
with water, rang for the guard. and,
sure enough, when the man came /
could not recollect the word. At last 1t
flawned upon me that it was 'palatin-
ski and 'palatienskf l asked of the
guard To my surprise the guard
smiled graciously. and, putting on a
modest air, replied, 'Palatinski MET,
paruski' ('I do not speak Latin, l speak
only Russian1. and the more l repeat
ed 'palatinski,' putting the infection
now ON one syllable, then on the other,
to make him understand, the more fat
tered the man seemed to be, and mod
estly gave the same answer.
"This was incomprehensible to me un-
til my polyglot fellow passenger came
to my assistance. DO you know what
you are asking the guard?' he said in
commissions of laughter. Yes, | am
asking for a palatinski-a towel No,
you are not!' and he positively went
into Mysteries. rPalatinski means do
you speak Latin?" How can you ex-
pect Russian railway guard to speak
Latin? Look how incensed the poor
man is at being mistaken for Latin
scholar! Ask him for palatiensi, and
he will run for a towel
'"The man did run on the magic word
being pronounced and duly returned
with a nice clean palatiensi, which,
however, was of little use to me, for
had by this time got dry by the natural
processes of dripping evaporation"
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-04-30
Breaking the steers.

During an old home week celebra-
ton in a small town In New Hamp-
shire there were present learned
Judge from q western city, professor
from Boston and q United States SEN
ator. Grave and austere of manner, as
became their age and honors, they adj
dressed each other by the titles which
belonged to their several stations. But
they had been schoolmates, and when
the senator told story of school days
the accumulated ice of forty years
thawed in a burst of laughter, and they
were John and Bill and Horace once
more. The Delineator repeats one Of
their stories:
"Bill, do you remember breaking the
steers% laughed Horace.
Nov, that's between you and me,
Horace"
mo secrets here" said John. "Out
with itr'
Zone summer one of Bills steers got
mired in the swamp and was killed.
Bill wasn't going to miss the fun of
breaking the steers, so the next winter
he yoked himself up with the one that
was left. 1 met them coming down
over the crust like Sam Hill. Bill
yelled between gasps: Stop us! Stop
us! We're running away! I cornered
them in an angle of the wall. AS soon
as Bill got breath enough he said, For
goodness sake. Horace, unyoke the
other steer!"
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-04-30
BEING A GOOD FELLOW.
Il Is a Losing Game I'm the Long An,
For Mnsf Mem

&
II Is a Losing Game In the Long Rmn
For Most Men.
ANY sensible young man ought to
know that he can't be mp late nights
abusing his stomach and be in full pos
session OF his faculties for business the
next day. and he ought to know also
that man must be clear headed and
In full possession OF his faculties to
hold his own in the keen competition
of life. Your good fellow is popular
for the time being, but when his money
IL gone and he has lost his job and is
on his uppers the good fellow" bust
ness doesn't get him anything. It's
poor fellow" then-another good man
gone wrong, and 1.-THE boys are ready
to hail another good fellow who has
the price.
We don't mean by this to say that
''the boys" are mercenary. They don't
altogether pass up a good fellow
when he goes broke, but 1t isn't the
same. They say he hit the booze too
hard and couldn't stand the pace. They
feel sorry for him, but he is out of It,
His good fellowship doesn't excuse him
even in the eyes of his friends for hav-
ing thrown away his opportunity
The young man who gets the sleep
his system needs, is temperate In his
habits, lives within his means and
shows up for work In the morning with
a clear eye and active brain--that's the
man business men are looking for.
They want employees whom they can
trust. Having worked hard and laid
by a competence, they want to throw
some Of the burdens off, and they won't
throw them off on the employee who is
too much of good fellow
Cut it out, boys. There's nothing I'm
it. There's a whole lot Of nonsense in
that good fellow" business. You can't
fool the public very long by living be-
yond your means and keeping up APP
pearances. There must be a showdown
some time or other, and that means a
loss Of self respect and many bitter ex-
periences. Many a bright and promis-
ing business man has failed because
he tried to travel in too swift class,
whereas had he lived within his means
he might have become a highly success
full merchant.
The world doesn't give up its treas
ures easily. 1t isn't in the cards for all
Of us to be millionaires, and mighty
few of the good fellows" get into that
class. It's better to earn your way
first and go hunting for good times
when you have reached the point where
you can spare both the time and the
money. Then possibly you'll have
more sense and have different notion
about what a good time is.-Toiedo-
Bee.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-04-30

watching us and taking you to be rec
cruit / was enlisting for the Beers. At
Philadelphia the first thing he did was TO
find out all he could about newspaper
men. gave his name as Southgate and let
them think he was some lord in disguise
hooking for chances to invest money.
Can't you make something of this for
the paper? He is at the Grand Circular,
think. Cordially. Q. =.
p. S.-This goes by special messenger.
Wickham thought he could, and he
lost no time i'm saying SO to the city ed
itor. And that was how 1t came to
pass that next morning the Star had an
exclusive story of Mr.. Spragge-how
Mr.. Spragge. who had ostensibly ar
rived in the city the day before and
registered at the Grand Circular, had
really spent two days quietly at an OBJ
scure boarding house learning all he
could about things not obviously his
business; how he had played much the
same game in at least two other big
cities. all to make sure that the Boer
relief committees were not shipping
contrabands to the seat of war.
1t was a great thing for Wickham's
journalistic prospects, that story. but
1t hurt Spragge's career.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-04-30

Items of local interest taken from the columns
Of The Press, thirty years ago.l
May L. 1873.

Over 800 has been obtained in this
village for making surveys for the Provi-
dence and Springfield railroad.
j. M. Horniss has commenced work
upon his new house, near the east end of
High street. Messrs. Lord and Carroll
have the contract for building 1t.
Few peas have been planted yet In this
vicinity. Parties have been waiting for
mild weather, not deeming overcoats,
arctics and mittens just the costume for
the work.
Oliver Dorman removes from this vii
lage this week to assume the proprietor
ship Of the Central House at Somers.
e. o. D.mock has removed his law Of
flee from Stafford Hollow to Tolland.
Born. stafford, (Orcuttvill-) April 90,
1878, daughter to Washington Graves.
MARRIRD.-At Staffordville, April "a,
1878, by Rev. d. B. Hubbard, Horatio
Bugbee Of Union and Mary Bicknell of
Staffordville.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-04-30
ENJOYING A SHOW.
a Charity Concert I'm London and TN
Audience II Attracted.

A Charity Concert In London and the
Audience 1t Attracted.
The audience certainly was terrify-
Ing one. The front rows of the big
hall were filed by old women very Sc
we're or else smiling the perpetual smile
Of vacancy. Then came grimy group
Of dock hands. Their wives, some of
them in charge of three babies apiece,
were all over the room. The girls came
in huge feathered hats and yelled high
pitched witticisms to the gangs of
young hooligans whose one desire
seemed to be to wreck the show. In
bly, TO the entertainment than did the
performers, while the clergy who pa
trolled up and down seemed on excel
lent terms with everybody, but quite
powerless to control a good part of the
audience.
Somebody opened with a piano solo.
Really people might have more sense
than to choose a Chopin nocturne for
such an audience. The pianist was
twice told to go and get an organ"
There was a shout for some tune I'M
known to us, and after that the render
ing of Chopin was permanently drown
ed in general and stentorian converse
ton. A girl with ambition to become
professional next sang. amid audible
comments on the plainness of her
frock, and she quilted the platform In
awful silence. BERTHE and his cello
had an even worse time. He was in
vited to get his hair cut" which was
certainly a piece of timely advice. and
at the first deep notes of his instru-
ment there were anxious inquiries IL
he was in pain. AS this had a percep-
tible effect on irritable BERTHE, there
were general offers to attend his funer-
al and more advice to the effect not to
take that old geezer out with you
when you go counting" By this time
the troupe were terrified, and the rec
tor had to mount the platform and re-
quest some sort of order.-Outlook.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-04-30
An Enemy OF Pansie..

There is one enemy for which the
pansy lover must watch like lynx,
and that is a little green worm that
seems made on purpose to devour pan
sizes. Where he comes from or why he
should exist at all is a mystery. But
If you find your little plants stop grow
ing and see the leaves perforated with
small holes and your blossoms gnawed
behold. your enemy is there. Eternal
vigilance alone will save you. Your
face must be brought to the surface Of
the ground. Kneel and turn up every
leaf. Doubtless you will find the small
green monster curled up and hiding,
sucking out all the juices of the plant
and so becoming exactly its color,
which makes him so difficult to find,
and IL not checked he will utterly de-
stroy it. He will devour it in a few
days.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-04-30
SHOPS IN JAPAN.
The Floors Are the Counters q
SQuatting Places of Buyers.

The Floors Are the Counters and
sQuatting Places of Buyers.
To start japanese shop is the sim
front off your house and arrange your
worldly possessions on the floor.
japanese floors are raised off the
street, though nothing is raised of
them. The transient customer sits on
the edge of the floor sidesaddle. A
real shopper who means to do the
thing properly climbs up on the floor
which is also the counter. and squats
ON his heels.
or windows or counters. Shop windows
in England do not leave much wall in
the frontage, but even an English shop
window does not take the whole front
Of the house.
The japanese have not many regular
shops. There are very few streets of
shops even In Tokyo. which is as large
as Berlin. Foreigners never buy any
thing but curios. If they are fools.
they deal with shops kept by Euro
peans; If they want bargains. they deal
with Cinnamon.
There are many Chinese shops In
treaty ports. The Chinaman is cheaper
and more reliable than the Japanese.
European shopkeepers do not set up In
japan for philanthropic reasons. Jap
anese shopkeepers are the lowest class
Of population except the outcasts.
Servants and laborers take precedence
Of them in society, and precedence Is
the hobby of the Japanese.
You have different bow and a diff
ferent salutation for man who is be-
low you or your equal. and several for
the people above you. You have even
a different language for each. and Jap
anese writing wriggles like carving on
their temples.-London Standard.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-04-30
The Boy.

A boy is an odd piece Of furniture,
but he Is the ground and chief ingre-
dent of the man. Delude not yourself
with the belief that the boy is not all
he pretends to be, for he is great deal
more. He is an incomprehensible fell
low to any one but another boy, and
because he will presently grow into
the awkward between hay and grass
period that separates boyhood from
manhood. and to numbering idiot
then. don't signify that he is an idiot
now. He never is. But his chrysalis
state letters him and makes him seem
like one sometimes.
The boy is all right.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-04-30
THE PERlPATETlC BEAR.
Summer Outing of y Mother Graxx1y
and Her Young Ones.

Summer Outing of . Mother Grixxly
and Her Young Ones.
There is deal of discussion among
hunters after big game in the noun
tains concerning the sort of fathers and
husbands grizzly bears make. says a
writer In Outing. The consensus Of
opinion seems to be that bruin is an un-
faithful, heartless spouse and con-
temptible father. He will help Nine.
Bruin seek cave or an opening in the
rocks or mountain side, where their
cubs may be born, and he will carry
a dainty morsel, such as sheep. q
calf or part of a cows carcass there
for his mates food. However, a few
days after the cubs are born in the
family circle he will leave the home,
probably never having any further ac-
quaintance with his spouse and her
offspring Thereafter Nine. Bruin must
make her own way and provide for her
cubs. Unlike the black bear, which is
jolly. fun loving father that rolls and
frolics with his baby children. the male
grizzly will have nothing to do with
the cubs. Nine. Grizzly and her chill
dren are companions for two summers,
and they hibernate rolled together in
a ball of fur for about 100 days, dur
ing the coolest days of winter.
The mother bear and her young trav-
ell far and wide. moving principally at
night. Kit Carson said that the wide
range of family of healthy grizzlies
in summer season is almost incalcu-
liable. He had reason to know Of
mother grizzly and her two cubs that
once left their alternating cave among
the southern spurs of the Rocky noun
tains in New Mexico one spring In the
forties. crossed the Colorado and wy
oming. were seen in the mountains in
Montana and were back in New Mex
leo again for another winter before the
following October.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-04-30
Dtdn,t Patrontze Her Father.

A young woman living in suburban
village turned her graceful talent for
dancing to account by carrying on the
instruction of the young folks in the
neighborhood in that art. At the be-
ginning of the term her class was at
tended by an awkward. overgrown girl
who was much in need of such culture.
She was the daughter Of a local under
taker. After two lessons she discOn-
tinued attendance. and one of her ac-
quaintances asked her why she had
given up her lessons.
"Well,' said she. miss Blank never
patronizes my father, and SO / won't
patronize her school" = Philadelphia
Ledger
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-04-30
buying Prectou. stones.

In buying gems always beg, buy or
borrow a microscope and examine the
stone carefully through the telltale
lens. Flaws invisible to the naked eye
which depreciate or entirely destroy
the value Of the gem will be easily rec
ognized. 1t is really throwing money
away to invest in costly stones without
this examination, as many jewel lovers
have found to their cost.-Good House
keeping
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-04-30
Historic Confiagrat1ona.

A list of great cities burned would be
list of nearly all the great capitals OF
the world. Persepolis. the splendid res
idence of long series of rulers whose
tributary provinces extended from the
Indus to the Hellespont, was burned
with all its palaces and temples; Baby
lon and Carthage were so utterly de-
stroyed that their very location has be-
come matter of doubt. Rome was
burned eight times, Jerusalem four
times. and. though they rose from their
ashes.
The second temple is not like the first.
Athens. Syracuse, Bagdad. Alexan
dria and Antioch now exhibit only
shadow of their former grandeur. The
Phenicians, like the Spartans and As
syrians, disappeared with the ruin of
their capitals, but the most fateful con-
flagration recorded In the history of
the world is perhaps that of Moscow.
'They talk as if the fate of Europe
had been decided at Waterloo" says
De Bourienne in his memoirs Of the
first empire. IF Napoleon had beaten
Wellington and Butcher n dozen times.
it could not have retrieved the reverses
of tire three preceding years. The truth
is that the French Caesar and his for
tune were ruined by the burning of
Moscow. That city was the funeral
pile of the great nation"
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-04-30

DUE NOTICE ls SRRvRD.-Due notice Is
hereby served on the public generally that
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve is nhes.only
salve on the market that Is made from
the pure, unadulterated witch hazel. De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve has cured thou
sands OF cases Of piles that would not
yield to any other treatment, and this fact
has brought out many worthless counter
feits. Those persons who get the genuine
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve are never
disappointed, because it cures. w. D.
Heald.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-04-30

Coon For CHILDREN.-The pleasant to
take and harmless One Minute Cough
Cure gives immediate relief In all cases Of
Cough, Group and LaGrippe because 1t
does not pass Immediately into the stom-
ach, but takes effect right at the seat Of
the trouble. 1t draws out the infiamma
ton, heals and soOthes and cures perma-
nently by enabling the lungs to contribute
pure ife-giving and DEMONSTRATING oxygen
to the blood and tissues. w. ID. Heald.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-04-30
The Last Duelinx clerxymen.

when did clergymen cease to fight
duels?" is startling inquiry In Notes
and Queries. 1t will be news to many
Of us. that they were ever fond Of that
exhilarating pastime. But. as a mat
ter of fact. the Rev. Mr. Allan fought
a duel with Lloyd Delany. Esq, and
killed him in Hyde park in 1882. He
was convicted of manslaughter and
fined shilling plus six months in New
IN
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-04-30
In Holland.

Many of the country danes and dam
sells in Holland look as If they had been
brought up on soap and water. Their
faces glisten so preternaturally, their
pots and pans, the red tiles of their
floors, their tables and benches all bear
witness so Enthusiastically to their cleans
ing ardor. suppose fly in the butter
they were churning or mired foot on
the boards they have but just scrubbed
would be as nearly likely to give them
fit as anything could be.-Chambers'
Journal.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-04-30
HOW HUSBANDS SHOP.
A Blouse That 1t Was Certain WouI
Not Plelse the Indy.

a Blouse Th@t HI was Certain wOuk0
Not Please the Lady.
The pleasures of shopping are as rig
orously denied to "mere man. as are
the advantages Of whistling to fair wo-
man. The decree, being natures own,
Is universal, and the attempts made to
contravene it are few and unslccess-
full. An exception, more apparent than
real, was made few days ago by an
uxorious Berlin husband intent on pre-
senting his better half with a new
blouse. He hurriedly entered one of
the first shops in the capital and con-
fded his intention to the graceful young
lady assistant. Il want a blouse -
good one. You understand. 1t must be
silk-the best silk"
MAY l ask what color you prefer?"
inquired the superior young saleswom-
an, with smile.
"Oh, I'm not particular about the col
or, but may say that it may cost from
30 to 40 marks"
sand the cutY'
1.-The cut2 Well, really don't much
care. After all. it comes to the same
thing"
MAY ask about the lady for whom
1t is destined?"
why, she is my wife, Of course!
Whom else did you
II beg your pardon. What meant
was what is her size, at least approx
matelyW
'It doesn't matter in the least. Please
show me some blouses, one blouse, any
blouse, and let me go, for l am in
hurry to catch train"
with pleasure, sir, but If you can
not give me an idea of the color, cut or
size or anything else to guide me how
can hope to suit your
"Give me any blouse you like SO long
as the price is between 80 and 40 marks.
1t doesn't matter straw what cut or
color or size l choose, for in any case
it's certain to be changed. l told you
1t Is for lady"-London Telegraph.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-04-30
Related kindne..

Mr.. Smith lin street carl-Madam.
take my seat.
Mrs. Jones (who has been standing
fifteen minutes,-No. thanks. | get of
at the next corner.
MFR. Smith-That's all right. So do /.
Chicago Journal