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sned, firm. RiceGFirm. Molasses-Firms'
Butter-steady; extra creamery 1a6; state
dairy, 14M1Thc. Cbeese--stetdy; State. full
cream, fancy, small. lnrd. 10Ac, small. white.
Ios.r, Eses--Firm; State and Pennsylvania.
fancy, mixed. 21c.
Pointers steady: Long Island. Si.75d1.sT:
Jersey, 81 .62IlS7; Southern sl.e5m1.75. Viz
glnIn sweets, s1.75Gabo. Peanuts Steady;
fancy and hsndpicked. 4hc.; other domestic, 3a
4Hc Cabbagcs--Stcady Long Island. per i0O
S4I5. Cotton---By steam to Liverpool, 12c.
CHICAGO ILL.,, Aug. G.--There was only
moderate amount of business in the grain and
provision pits to-day. and after rather ner.
rious session wheat closed strong. Septembe. be
Ing, SmAc higher September corn was
changed; oats were up &C., but provisions were
from 2lh q l7ihc. lover.
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NAVAL STORES.

TURPBNTINE -Flrm at A0hc. bid: receipts, SO
casks. Rosin--Nothing doing; receipts, 2l7 bar
rels Crude Turpent1ne-Firm ut $1.75@3.25;
SAVANNAH, GA. Aug. e.-TURPENTINE---
Firm at 40c. receipts 1905 casks; sales, 10
casks exports, 122 casks. Rosin--Firm; re-
ceipts, 300 barrels; exports. 1870 barrels.
CHARLESTON, s. O., Aug, 6.-TURpENs
TINE1Norminal. Rosin-Steady.
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DRY GOODS MARKET.

NEW YORK, Aug 8--In tho dry goods mar
ket no improvement In first hand conditions ID
noted and buyers are still operating in hand
to-mouth ma ner. Jchbers continue to 90 an IN,
crease but 1t will be time before this
increase is reflected at first hands. There Ia no
doubt that with the Increased curtailment GER
tain lines will be difficult to secure, but no
famine Is expected.
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for England
AND ALL THE PRINCIPAL
EUROPEAN MARKETS.
SHIP TO
E.A. 0. KELLY g CO.,

OF coyent Garden, London (The Fruit
Auction Co, OF London), and 76-7s Park
VS. W. w Se" selected by the United states
Government 10 handle experimental ship
ments.
alton lthe most conservative in The
urther refer You to t sac ss9rstary e
ths ys 1Hs q 1an AEehey and any
'AS For Pr $ense ss et Ma6 ADDRESS
a. 7s-5S PARK Place, N, ~,
=. 6. GREHNwAY5 Gen'I Agent,
- charlottesville. va.
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RICHMOND STOCK MARKET. .
Richmond, Va. Aug, g. 1908.
SALES.

Virginia Carolina Chemical Co. preferred--s1a
shares ayNO; 40 shares at 90; 10 shares at 30; 2
shares at co. 10 shares at 90
Virginia Carolina Chemica! Co. common--6
shares at "a; 80 shares at 2ss4; 80 shares at
23E; 80 shares at q; share at 24i 100 shares
ct 23H; 80 shares at "a.
STATE SECURITIES: Bid. Asked.
North Carolina As, C............. lo2 ~.
Va. s's. New. G. and r., 1cS2.... ssh 50
Va. Centuries, 2s, Q, and R,.... sos S9%
RAILROAD BONDS;
A, g, L. n, r, Con, TT. 4's,...... o2 49,
Pet. Class A Us, r. c., 1925. -. l12 -.
Pet. GLASS y 6's, n. G., loea,,.... l20 ~.
g. A. l.. Con. list As. 1880. ....... II rs
g. A, L, Collateral TT. 5s, 1o11.. 100 1lol
Western n, @, LIST 6s. c., 1914. l15
RAILROAD STOCKS: Par,
Chesapeake and ohio..........1oo 20 -.
Norfolk and Western com .....loo so ~.
r., r. and P. Div. oblig ......1oo -. 2l5
eeaboard Air Line pfd ........1o0 81 IS
Beaboard Air Line com -...,...100s IN 5gy 101s
Southern Railway pfd........lo0 s0h 80.
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market has been very active recently with
nuctuating prices. Spanish peanuts, soc.; VIZ
ginias fancy stock. 3kc. Smelling stock 2Qc
2hc. There arc only about 10000 bags o.
Spanish peanuts In the hands of merchants, eno
this Is the smallest stock for many years.
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JOHN L.WlLLIAMS & SONS
BANKERS.
Dealers in RICHMOND VA,
SOUTHERN INVESTMENT
SECURITIES.
MUNICIPAL BONDS A SPECIALITY.
Correspondents invited
RA1r,NoRr srocK MARKET.

BALTIMORE. MD. Aug 8.-Scaboard ALI
Line common 10 asked; do. preferred, 34934h.
Seabosrd as, no sale. Atlantic Cost Line,
common and preferred. no sales.
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coTToSsEEp on MARKEr.

VENEER, being offered more freely for spot and
future delivery at lower prices. Prime crude
T. 0. b. mills, &c., new crop; prime sumner
yellow 4lE141Hc.; OF summer yellow. 3SHc.;
prime white, 47c'i prime winter yellow, 47c.
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RICHMOND PRODUCE MARKET.

RICHMOND PRODUCE MARKET.
(WholesaIe prices. Quotations corrected Iues.
days and Fridnysl. fpoord.r.
ToBACCo-Dnrkl Fired Tobacco heot ,is.
ed1.-Receipts liberal: market continues qmi n,,
Tobacco not in keeping order sells sonslaerapiy s
be low prices quoted. Brights-unchanSed ana
quiet. Sun -Sured--Receipts Commune ish.' 4"u
mar et quiet, but steady.
FIOUR-Co Continues very dull
RYE--Sew In fair demand; receipts Nght
WHEA'r-Receipts moderate and market ac'
ncsotRY--Graded corn steady of grades very
oATs-pull md lower. ~,
HAY-Our quotations are FOR ola hay' WIN
mora liberal receipts and light demand vhiues
arc lower low grades and common almost Nm
salable, new hay when cool and sweet is from
Sc to So under quotations for oln nay aat tsd
part OF new hay arriving more or less heateh,
It should be only shipped slowly and hsien nsnt
pressed and loaded SO as to give ventilation IN
the car. .4,- ,d+n ,r
"BuTrER-Steady. moderate receipts.
TRY--Receipts of chickens ihcIehslhg
md prices lower this week. Hens and large
ducks active.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. heavy, market oYeFstoeh'
ed and dull. ,.,,,o,
WoOIr-Actiye, light receipts,
RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEk--Wheat, po,eoo
bushels; corn, 44,2e6 bushels; oats 30, 104 bnsn;
eli; flour, 2,275 barrels; hay, COZ tons; mill
SThIrIS IN ELEyAToR--Wheat, $50 bushelsi
corn, N, 4o7 bushels; oats. o02s bushels.
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EAST LIBERTY. PA Aug. e.--cATIIE--
Slow Choice. s5.2o@5.85; prime s5Gb.16;
good Il Prime
workers. se.251e $50; light workers.. s8.80G e.35;
pigs ss.ao6G,35; ronghs. ..$AG5. sheep-Dnll.
Best wethers. So. So0t4; culls aud common 81 so
q g; yearlings, So q 4.5o; veal calves, $747.25.
CINCINNATI. o., Aug. CLIO Gs-.Activc and
lower at s465.5o. Cattle-Steady at S225GA.s5.
Sheep-Dull at S1.2543.25. Lambs-Dull at
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G, 1.,r,s Southwestern lists. ............ o1A
St. Louis Southwestern 2ds............. 81
San Antonio and Arkansas Pass 4s.......- ~
soutbern railway IS observation-disclosures. 111a
,r.a "a pact6c lists ....,., ia .
81 L. and western Sd .......... 7o7s
Union Pacific As Observation-Disclosures. 9oH
iyninn pacifc cony as ,,............. 93
wabash lists ......................... 1141i
wabash eds .................. 1881
wohash Deh MS Observation-Disclosures. 70
West sbores4s 10TH
wheeling and Lake Erie As ............- SO
WISCONSIN, Central As ..................- ssH
Continental Tobacco As ................. 56l5
Coinradn Fuel con. IS Observation-Disclosures. 1874
II & Steel ed 6s ............... 77h
pocjr Island IS Observation-Disclosures. 1914
Pennsylvania con. sIss ................... n4h
~, n Georgia ed Inc. "a
y yIssns e earona Rsss c. sR
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1YNcnnrna ronAcco MARKrr..

Lynchburg, VA Aug. O. 1908.
Warehouses of The city report light receipt.
for The past week, There has been no materia!
change in prices. Owing to the dry weather and
the fact that farmers are busy preparing for
tile new crop, 1t is expected that the market
viii continue dull.
The quotations are as follows;
DARK GRADES.
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NEW YORK, Aug. .-BEEvEs--Recepts. ~
head: dressed beef steady. City dressed, native
sides. general salss. OK @sAc. per pound;
Calyes-Receipts. 80 head; the market rated a
pounds: a bunch OF grassers and bulls at -;
Bupnalo calves at s4.25@7. City dressed veais,
Lnmbs-Recelpts, 4,Ol6 head sheep steady, but
more active: prime lambs slightly armer; other
grades, ls@Ac. higher Sheep sold at S2:1Sm
G37h; lambs at S496.25. Dressed mutton. gem
eral sales at 51a G74ac per pound; dressed lambs.
S11oi5c per pound. Hogs--Receipts, 1195
head; heavy hogs rated steady, other weights
firm A deck Of western hogs sold at SO per
100 pounds.
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Cotton, steady; mddllng. 1915; STOCK io'' ~
Total today at all seaports-Set receipts;
OK 200 bales; export to Great Britain. 100
bales: TO France, 100 bales; to the continent
Consolidated at all senports,Set recelr nss
4a5 bales; export 10 Great Srl'a.n, ~,
bales; to France, SO bales to the son'''eu'
Total since September LIST at all senpo Us !,
Set receints. 7.7ni. 100 bnlesi export to Grea!
Britain 27s4,7se bales; to France asS pa
10 the, Continent 2,sl7,7s3 bales; 10 Japan lo''
1873 bales.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Aug, 6.-,CoTToN n
Ssia, 500 bales; quotations reduced hc
Futures at the opening were ] Cd points lower
than yesterdays closing. 1t was scaipins
market during almost thu entire DAY; ana ~, me
ora; December opened at OBI. went to CAV
/ then up to o60; January opened at pos , ama
went to obl, then M to e,6l, Several features s
had depressing effect on prices, News o.
further declines In Wall Street and continuea
inuidation In the New York cotton market mane
the underone anything but strong, Rymsrs Ws te
that certain operators were trying 70 deiress me
cotton for New England mills at lower prices s
The weather conditions We're also favoraDie;
Trading was light The list at the close showed I'VE,
a aet loss on August Of % points. while the VIII
ter months had gained fpm b@7 points on 'he
day. ,oooea,o M.
September, 1o.IaGl0,7b October w a9 gs ~
nary, 9.eoGo,e2; February, s,e1 ae'os + haFeh'
n n %
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
PORT OF RICHMOND, AUG 0, 1908.
ARRIVED

ARRIVED.
Steamer Pocahontas, Graves. Norfolk and
James River landings. merchandise and passen.
gers Virginia Navigation Co.
Steamer Berkeley. Guy, Norfolk. merchandise
and passengers. old Dominion line,
SAILED.
Steamer Brekeley, Guy. Norfolk. merchandise
and passengers. Old Dominion line.
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RICHMOND GRAIN MARKET.
Richmond. Va, Aug. g. 1908.
IL r,r,p,r rY0Nc.
cIrrrr MARKETS.

CHICAGO. ILL. Aug. 6.-OATTL E-afark
slow and weak. Westerns, %; good to prime me
steers, s51oa55o; poor to medium. Ss.ooI I o 90;
$50; heifers. S2@4.75: Gamers. $1.5o92. 20;
bulls, s2,a5@a.eo; calves. s25o97; Texas fed S
Hogs-Receipts, 24.O0O head; tomorrow. 20. 900
head; market shade lower. Mixed and butch.
ers. s4.9565.e5; good to choice heavy s5.sog
$40; bulk Of sales. S5.15@54O. sheep--Re-
cepts, 5000 head. Sheep, 1og25c lover; lambs ss
fair to choice mixed, s2.bo9a.4o; native lambs.
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PETERSBURG TOBACCO MARKET.
Petersburg, Va, Aug. Q, 1908
I'm quotations for this market are a. fol-

lows:
Good Tugs ....'-..','.'.'''..,,. 10YY eSS
Medium, abort leaf .....,...... T00Ql 7.5O |
Medium 10 good wrappers. ...... 10000 1900 |
Good to due Wrappers ..,,....... COG $500 !
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MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.

PEANUT MARKET.
PETERSBURG. VA. Aug, e,-Tho peanut
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CSC, Eutter-steady and unchanged. rs nss sn.
steady and unchanged. Cheese-Ftrm ana un'
CHANGED. suCar-Strong and unchanged
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MONEY AND EXCHANG'E-CLOsE
Money OH call. flrner. but closed steady
time money. firm: sixty days, 4 per cent:
ninety days. 4 1-2 per cent; six months.
8 1876 per cent; prime mercantile paper.
steady. at decline. with actual business In
bankers bills at s4.S5.45&s.S5.5 80 for demand
and with AS3&4.s3.d5 for sixty day bills:
posted rates, S4.Si and s4.s6 l-2; CONNER
cial bills. S4.S2 3-464.S2 rs. bar silver,
81 rs; Mexican dollars. AZ "a.
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higher on tho other options. Sales estimated AT
2I5, coo bales.
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CLOSING BOND oUoTATsIoN.

/ Chicago, Rock Island and Pac. 4s........ l w
| c. c. G. and St. Louis gen. 4s....-..'.' *
Chicago Terminal IS .....o. s. s.
Colorado and a., soGt raeds a As ....... o7ss
p zen alu IT, iI.o 40 .... 05la
Ere pr.or ne u, .......... soa
Fort Worth and Denver City lsts.--..... I Io9
Hooking VALLEY Is Iinided is.......... esh
inh con. gold 19 20
MeSican Cs inisa, - =. Inc 15A
ntAieHn 60 rts 40 0s
MINI, ana 81 a anas Texas 4c.......... o5l5
Missouri Kan. and Texas 2ds....-.-..... ~ 20
New 3oIk e Cant,a, cen. bs.......... l28K
New aersf T. La 40 a. 80 eoS
s Pacisc a. ...,.......... TOA
.,oi tu s, rra.torn con "a ...,.... 07
nost s,L h Han.,ei as .....,...... a4ss
- 1.eaG'hs Irnn Maintain con. 5s..... 11O7t
s,' I -, nnu "a 81 san Francisco 4s,........ a6K
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PORT OF VEST POINT, AUG, ., 1908,


PORT OF WEST POINT, AUG o, 1908,
ARRIVED.
Charlotte, Murphy. Baltimore. passengers and
general cargo.
Elm City Haynes, Mattapoui River landings.
passengers and general cargo.
SAILED.
Charlotte. Murphy. Baltimore. passengers and
Elm City. Haynes. Mattaponi River landings.
passengers and general cargo.
PORT OF NEWPORT NEWS, AUG. 8, 1908.
ARRIVED.
Schooner Nathaniel T. Palmer Boston,
Barge City OF Montreatl. Boston.
Barge Clintonia. Norfolk.
Steamer yacht Tarantula, London.
SAILED.
Schooner Marie Palmer, Boston.
Barge New York, Providence.
PORT BERMUDA HUNDRED AUG. s. loc<.
ARRIVED.
Barge Marjorie, Lille, TO load railroad ties
and lumber.
SAILED,
Schooner George r. Vreeland, Vaughan, loaded
railroad ties, Newark. N, J.
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The leading future, ranged a. Follows. .

Cash quotntlons were as follo-s: E1ou.s
s2c.; No. 3. 7ods0c.j No. 2 red, 7s@I9isc: No;
9 corn. s20t52Nc. No. yellow, 5sc. No.
oats. 33s.c.: No. 2 white. s5a a3she,; No.
mailing barley. 47d53c. No. fa1seed, 33c.;
no. / northwestern. a7hc.; prime Timothy seed,
per 100 pounds. s7.-od7.72h; short ribs sides
lloosol, s7,o2hd1.s7h dry, ssited Shoulders
tboKed, s7.5oG7:67i1; short clear sides tboxedl'
sI.3o Clover, contract grade. si2a125o. FL
ter--Stendy; crearnercs 1sIishc.; dairies,
12kM17c. Eggs--Easer at mark. cases includ.
ed. 1i@I3c. Cheese--Easier at 10a11hc.
BALTIMORE. ND. Aug. 6-FL0UR-Quiet,
unchanged Wheat--Frm; spot. contract, 7D% q
Soc; spot, No. 2 westt<n. SON 1s1c.; the morth.
79H assoc; southern by sample, $50 g =.
(orn-Stendy: spot and the month"; 55h I55Sc.;
southern white corn, b5Ibsc. Oats-Easier;
old, No. white ash1a9c. Re--Dull; No. 2,
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Spot cotton steadyi middl'nE np,h,,ns'
middling gulf, 1905 sales, l,oos p"'e''
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bales. Ne, receipts,
o75 800 bales; export to Great Brltain., a 100
bales; TO France. 100 balesi 20 wv No'.t'sN.'
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a.-oA III $

Get loans on your city property from M'yBIcH
AND GIINN. as they hare several amounts !
to lend at 6 and Q per cent.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-06-18
STUDY STATE ETIQUETTE.
British Records Contain Precedenta
for Almost Everything Ever
Heard Of.

I'm the quiet rooms of the lord cham.
berlain's Office" says a writer in
Household Words, 'men learned in
state etiquette, court dress and royal
functions reach down heavyvolumes to
see what was done on such and such an
occasion. Beautiful pictures, showing
with minutest exactness the details
OF the court costume under various cir.
cumstancees, are ready to their hands.
us the shah of Persia coming? Is
the kaiser soon to arrive? Is the king
going to receive the monarch of Siam?
is the coronation imminent? Is one
or the royal princesses to be married?
When any of these events happen the
officials at the lord chamberlain's of
ice know exactly what to do. And il
some point should crop up which has
not been raised for a century or more,
they have the records-great, heavy,
Official, but utterly faithful records
as to what was done on the last occa-
sion. Precedent! Yes, they live on
precedent, these sticklers for "cor-
r%ectness,' these abnormal haters Of
Irregularities They talk of 'prece-
dent as some men 'babble of green
fields Maybe in the silent watches of
the night they dream of precedent"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-06-18
INDIANS KNOW A W A
Aied skin Has a Way of Telling
Whether n White Man VIII
Fight Or Not.

An Oklahoma man once told an
lndianthata desperate white maj was
after his scalp. He smiled and shook
his head, relates the Kansas CITY
journal. A few days later we were
talking to the white man, when the
Indian came up to join the group.
He had spotted the stranger and
knew him by sight. Without saying
a word to him he walked up within
arms reach and struck the white
man in the face with a rough, heavy
glove. He paused for a few seconds
and hit him again. "Ugh!" he ex-
claimed as he wheeled around and
walked away. The white man looked
at the Indian in amazement, but
made no show of resentment. Later
in the day, when we asked the Indian
why he didn't follow up the insult
with blows, he told us the white man
was a coward. In explaining how he
knew it he said the mans "jaw drop
ped" when he struck him in the face
the second time with the glove, and
that this, with the Indian, was an un-
failing sign of ccwardice.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-06-18
GLACIAL AGE NEARS END.
Force of ~PonderOus Ice Fields Seems
to lie Diminishing Every
Year.

European engineers have been con-
graduating themselves that, although
the coal mines may fail, they have in
the Alpine glaciers inexhaustible
sources of energy. The melting of the
glacier ice gives rise to mountain tor
rents whose fall is being utilized more
and more, especially since the electric
transmission of power has morenearly
approached perfection. The glacier is
thus a mine of stored energy and it, ice
has been somewhat POLITICALLY termed
white COAL" says Success.
But If the researches of some recent
French and German scientific men are
to be relied or the glaciers may fail us
some day, as well as the coal mines. 1t
appears that the glaciers, not only Of
the Alps, but also of other continental
mountain ranges, are shrinking, in
SOME cases imperceptibly, and in 9TH
ers almost visibly. OF course this may
be only one swing of thependulum and
continued observation may show that
1t will be followed in future years by
a proportionate increase, so it may be
well not to indulge in too dismal fore
bpdings,
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-06-18
VIRTUES OF IVORY.
Into a Jelly in Eighteenth
I Century.

Ivory was formerly us ed as a medi-
cine, but this was di"continu> d about
the end of the eighteenth or the be-
ginning of til. nineteen h century.
1t was certainly prescribed in 1746,
the date of til last edition of Castel-
los "Medicae Compendium" says
Stray Stories.
In S~chroder's Zoalcg', 1859, trans.
lated into English by T. Bateson, it
is thus described under the heading
"~Elephas:"
Ellis teeth are only used in medi-
cine, vulgarly called ivory. The vir.
tues: 1t cools and drys, moderately
binds cuts, strengthens the inward
parts. 1t is good for the jaundice, it
chaseth away wormes, it is good for
inveterate DISTINCTIONS; it takeA
away the pains and weakness of the
stomach; it heals the epilepsie, drives
away melancholy, ~resists ]rottenness
and poysons. 1t is used in ~infusions,
and the powder is given in substance.
The dose is half a dram. Preparation:
j. Burnt ivory, called Spodium. and
to distinguish it, from the mineral
Spoduim, %SpoGium of Ivory, ii.
Troches of S%podium."
Ivory ground fine. and made into q
sort of jelly, has been used as q
STRENGTHENING fo.d in more recent
times, by medical advice.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-06-18
DUELING FOR FUN.
The french Now Indulge In the Pms.
time of PrAddfng Each
Other with FOils.

Dueling. not for honor, but for fun,
is n of the latest pastimes indulged
in by the gayest Of nations. says Col
lier's Weekly. And they call this
fencing with buttonless foils, do the
merry Gauls, ia poule sa%nglante," /.
e., the bloody men. For these en-
%sanguined poultry contests, the fol-
lowing regulations have been laid
down: Swords with buttonless
blades, faces uncovered, right arm
barred, ordinary kid gloves if desired,
upper part of the body clothed in a
vest fitting tightly to the skin, belts
forbidden, each fencer to be assisted
by two seconds. The competitions
will consist of two-minute bouts, and
will stop at the first blood.
The first public event of this kind
took place early in March. at Neuilly,
near Paris, the fighting cocks lor
hens) to lead off being NJ. Laber-
desque and NJ. de Wiette. The latter
received a scratch on the forearm.
Then the police INTERVIEWED. After
a demonstration, the officers of the
law withdrew, and then the series of
duels continued and more of tho
brave Calls birds bled for fun.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-06-18
BIG pErR1F1ED STUMP.
One in Colorado That Is Twenty Feet
In Diameter and Ten Feet
High

The petrified stump Of a gigantic
redwood tree, which is in an almost
perfect state of petrifaction, is at
Florissant, not far from Cripple
Creek, Col, says the Wide World
Magazine.
Although numberless people have
taken specimens from this stump ag-
gregating many tons, it is still esti.
mated to weigh fully $40 tons. Tc
give a better idea of it's size it may
be well to state that it is 20 feet in
diameter and ten feet high.
There have been many attempts to
dig it up and place it upon exhibition,
the last being a scheme to exhibit it
ut the great exposition at St. Louis
in 1904. Owing to its great weight
however, this had to be abandoned,
as there are no railway cars capable
of carrying anywhere near its weight
What, perhaps, makes it more Of a
curiosity is the fact that this Rocky
mountain region is q country OF
small trees, and that there are no
giant redwoods within a thousand
miles of this stump-which goes to
show that nature has changed the
entire vegetable growth of this sec.
ton, as nothing requiring the semi,
tropical heat of aredwood tree would
grow at this altitude now.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-06-18
EXPRESSION IN TIE HAND.
That Member Is Frequently Far More
Eloquent Thnn the
Tongue.

There is a wealth of meaning in the
simple pressure of the hand. Not in
frequently a woman's nature and
breeding may be distinguished by the
manner in which she shakes a friends
hand. It may be due TO the fact that
there are more nerves between the
brain and the hand than between any
other two portions of the body, but
true it is that the hand is often more
eloquent than the tongue, a Washing
ton orator is quoted as saying. ant
when a woman once appreciates tho
Importance of this she will immediate
~ begin to study the expression Of
the land. One human touch If SYM
pathy or grasp CT the hand can and
frequently does mean more than a
volume CT worCs, and to possess this
quality, particularly in a woman, is no
light charm and a thing that lies with.
in the reach of every woman. Should
she not have it naturally she should
speedily cultivate expression of the
hand.
OF there arecertain hall marks
of a refined hand. beauty and texture
of skin, whiteness Of nails all essen
tial, but not half so important as ex-
preston. Graceful gesture and a touch
OF quick sympathy, these never lose
their charm or power.