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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-17

This story Is remarkable mainly because
It makes the Allegash flow In just the
opposite direction that Il appears on the
map by supposing that some great up
heavsl caused by the intense heat has
changed the direction Of the river. OF
laying this aside. the story Is not with
out its Interesting features. There is
something kecnIy amusing IN portions q
the reference 20 hundreds Of Wild ami
mails fleeing tefror-stricxcn before tbs
flames especially the line which refers
% hedgehog The hedgehog has hard
work 70 go as fast as man can walk.
and his especial fondness iH g. roli -
in a bail and play poszum. The spccta-
Gle Of one fleeing Wogid Certainly bs
worth going q long distance 20 wituera-
Wildcats are so numerous throuKhout
the AlIesssh region that they undouat-
ediy formed a large proportion % ths
hundreds OF fleeing animal. and % -
very proba re that the deer and moose
remained close enough 20 the blaze 70
ALLOW II 10 keep their launches warrs.
because tie spring has been an rrcep-
tionaliy cold one. and they are naturally
animals starving 70 death fran the lack
nonsense ysrissi nonsense. That 81. uafer
present conditions
The situation Is bad enoagk. there is 70
need for sEasseration Or creatior. and q
81 trite 20 quote IN this c0nnecaeu an
intervisw iu Ranger paper Saturday
with Forest C1muisrlener Charles -
Oak who had iust returned from tris
through Washingtan ard Aroosf9aE c0un-
ties where the wort ares have RACED
Il an confident thai fhe lose has been
enagNer8tea. II seems o. Do fhe es1erai
impression that az burned over isnd has
been valuable Frowth This 81 wreng.
ar 10 the majority - instsncss free hass
been raging over ground nat haa aireadV
been burned or oFer territory fhat has
been cut Or course. nEeh Fahlahfs
rro-th has hosn destroyed h1t u7f 80
great a. + Fupposfs Letter 20 periaa
Transcript
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-17
MAINE THE LIARS HOME.

II Is apparent that correspondents a.
Bangor have allowed some Of the hot
air so prevalent in the state of Maine
at this time 10 get mixed with the dis
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-17

Abilene chronieie. Some rHioa Psriso
raiiSav empioye haa sa ere e. fskfax
ths world ~ ssrY - parsit-e. BE aaasei
through Abasne or hallway vsi9eis.eie
upon which - had arraazca e. Easoiins
motor - % the purup8rF
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-17
Found out doubling up the

Public
garding the of the American
tobacco tranpanted to Southern soil in U. &s&G
Bondy & Lederer, with the added information AH&
these crops now being used in the Tom keene cigar. s
A wholesale price higher than all =
these goods. To
ahead certain
to be charging - ~
customers who have overlooked that kTISXM
the of the Tom Keene
in these announcements "22sssSsssSS~&~
Don't do it again, Gentlemen! F. 1"aES~"-
Bondy s. Lederer have accomplished substantial
effects which apparent to any smoker. They nave
plainly doubled the grade of popular priced generally
used product The fully recognizes it. Why
attempt to stop the natural results? 1t is futile and dis
tnctIy to your own disadvantage as a cigar dealer.
We want the Tom Keene sold at ) cents by all Dealers
New-York tribune., 1903-05-31

You will cut Oft your coattails or I'll cut of
your heads"' shouted Peter in a passion. The
courterS finally decided that their heads were
OF more consequence and sullenly obeyed. The
coattails came off Then the royal reformer or
dered the boards Oft This was heaping injury
insult.
What was more beautiful than a beard reach
ing TO the waist and covering the chest like a
shawl? asked the noble boyars. An insurrecti0n
was imminent. So Peter changed his tactics
slightly, but at the same time executed neat
business coup by taxing every long beard on a
noble S100. and that of the peasantry certain
small sum every time they passed the city
gates. At first the revenue was a handsome one,
but slowly the boards came off.
Fools said Peter the tax dwindled away.
They had rather have their boards pulled out
hair by hair than shave them off all at once"
Finally there were only two long boards left at
the court. and Peter caught these transgressors
one day and shaved them himself before court
filed with guests and ambassadors.
New-York tribune., 1903-05-31
SIR HENRY TRTING'S WIT.

That Sir Henry Irving IS quite capa6e OF mann
tanning his dignity under somewhat trying cir
cuInstances is shown by the following anecdote
which is told Of the tragedian by g r Kennedy Of
the 'EveTyman' company:
on one occasion Irvings company. having been
called to the theatre for rehearsal. found upon
their arrival that they considerably ahead of
time. As Sir Henry had not yet arrived. one Of
the actors in the company who was noted for his
accomplishments as a mimic proceeded to give
lively and elaborate imitation of Sir Henry's highly
characteristic acting. As ne finished his demon
stration a well known voice came from the depths
OF the darkened auditorium:
Very good" It said. VERY good indeed So
good in fact. that there is no need for both of Us
in this company. -(Harpers Weekly
New-York tribune., 1903-05-31
DETAINED THE N4HA! T.
Mrs. G0eLet's Yacht Held Up By
the Turk.

Abdul Hamid II. Sultan of Turkey. conferred
on Mrs Ogden GoeIet the other day the Gordon
of the Chefakat. The decoration came as i
sequel to the detention of her yacht Nahma for
forty-eight hours in the Dardanelles. The Turks.
who guard this strait and who try to ENFORCE
the rule that warshp shall pass without per
mission from the Sublime Porte. had thought
they foresaw at last the destruction OF Con-
stantnople. ship built the lines of
cruiser came steaming into the HeIlespont- It
was headed toward the Black Sea and the cIpi-
tai city of the Ottoman Empire 1t looked lie i
warship. 1t must be d warship they decIalei
1t had on its deck two cannon.
The Turks asked for the name Of the audu-
cious admiral who dared invade ConstantInople-
There was an American flag flying from he
taffrai! 1t might he possible that the ship
was loaded with American gold with which some
New-York syndicate had come TO buy the Holy
Land. How could they fathom such mystery?
What deep laid plot of war or finance
afoot2 When the ships captain announced that
neither an admiral nor the president of
poration was sailing the ship, but only woman
on a pleasure cruise on her steam yacht.
they were at first dumfounded Could woman
find anything TO interest her outside of her EN-
brOidery? Had she a husband or master who
was aware that she had run away with part
of a navy? Blessed Allah What manner Of
woman this?
According to dispatches. the Ottoman soIdLerA
only shook their heads a Mrs C;oeets eXpIana-
tions. Her answers We're extremely courteous
but quite incomprehensible. Although she said
she had no intention Of bombarding Constan
tinople or laying Stamboul waste. the Turks
only shook their heads Two days went by. and
still the guardians of the HelIespOnt were OJdu
rate. She must get an official permit. At last
the protestatOns of Mrs. Goelet reached the
Sultan. who Immediately sent word to let he
yacht pass and as an expression of regret lOI
her detention he empowered the Grand Vizer IN
person to present Mrs. Goelet with the order
of the Chefakat
inconsistent According to the popular idea tie
ruler of Turkey regards woman inferior
being to be reared for the harem and educated
merely to amuse her master. man: to spend most
of her time indoors, and, should she venture
out to mask her face with heavy wells.
Whatever may be the religious beliefs of Abdul
Hamid as the head of the Mahometan Chur'
his actions toward women since his accesso..
in 1876. have been far more respectful that
were manifested by any of his predecesse'7
Though he persists in the polygamy of his for
f. theirs and is a ladies man to the extent Il
some three hundred wives he appears to thlni
that woman has intellectual as well as meie
physical qualities The Sultan has even favored
New-York tribune., 1903-05-31

that is the most perfect and palatial summer
sort that 1 ever in"
you have paid your bill. sir" remarked che
proprietor.
Surely! Here is the receipt. may say TINT
considering what you give for the money. your
rates the lowest I have ever seen dou't
see how you make cert"
The proprietor gasped.
May 1 ask sir" he Observed "where you
have been living Iately?'
Certainly" replied the enthusiastic stranger
81 have just returned from the dedication ceTe-
monies of the St Louis Exposition tom Mas
son, in Life.
New-York tribune., 1903-05-31

MY dear sir. want to congrat tulate you
The proprietor, a man with a keen eye and
long whskers. showed by his looks that he was
not wise.
ION what. sir?' he finally managed TO ask
"On your hotel For summer hotel, it's the
best ever saw. The bed I slept on last
night was perfect and this morning. the de-
New-York tribune., 1903-05-31

lightful sea breeze waited itself through my
room, I uttered unconsciously pecan of thanks
to Providence for delightful slumber. AS for
your table. sir. it is superb. Never have tasted
such food. Since 1 have been here it has hardly
seemed necessary to tip any of your employees.
so Derfect is your discipline In word, sir.
New-York tribune., 1903-05-31
IN ENTHUSIASTIC PATRON,

few moments before the bus left the hotel
at Sandhurst- by -the-sea for the train to the
city one of the departing guests walked up to
the proprietor of the hotel and said
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-10-29

ready gone to the sentry's head, he
would not have consented, but as it
was he nodded a~cquiescence while he
took another swallow.
Gabriel, having deity loosened the
ropes which bound them, placed the
tray IN the chest which held the
candle and politely invited the pris-
oners to partake. This done. he
walked again to the door, the long
white cloth which had been doubled
over the tray in his hands.
He stood with his eyes fixed in ap-
parently dreamy carelessness upon
the soldier.
The opportune moment had ar
rived. The sentry stopped to pour
himself more wine. Gliding softly
behind him, the black skilfully threw
the cloth over his head and face and
drew the ends taut in the back. The
soldier, taken by surprise, would
have hurled himself upon his assail.
ant, but the latter was too quick for
him, and had him upon the floor be-
fore his brain, benumbed by the
drugged liquor, could appreciate just
what had happened.
: Worthington took in the situation
instantly and sprang to Gabriel's aid,
while the. general followed with the
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-10-29
THE LITTLE WHITE CHURCH.

The woodpeckers tap at Its weather-worn
gables,
The pigeons fit in at its belfry above;
The swallows build nests in the roofs of
its stables,
And round it the bees seek the blossoms
they love.
The, green-plumed old elms stand like
sentries before it,
Behind it the willows droop drowsy and
still,
And gently the breeze from the ocean
sings DER it
The little white Westinghouse under
the hill.
The golden-barred sunbeams, new-minted
Like falchions flash in at the windows
queer panes,
To fill the old church with a radiance
mellow,
And cut through the dust-drift fair star
powdered lanes.
They gild the high pews with a glittering
%splendor,
With halos of glory they dapple the
wall,
And on the quaint pulpit their touch falls
And soft as the peace that lies over it
all.
How often I've gazed at those bright
lanCeS streaming,
And fancied them ladders to mansions
of joy.
AS, in the old pew by the aisle, I sat
dreaming .
The wonderful dreams of a light-heart-
ed boy!
My eyes do but close, and again to their
Come trooping the shadowy figures I
The forms. well-remembered, the dearly
loved faces,
The faces and forms of the blest long
ago.
] hear round about me the hymn-book's
light rustic,
The lavendered gowns scent the fan
driven breeze,
And, through the faint murmur and soft
Sabbath hustle,
The sermon drones on like the buzzing
of bees.
Beside me the dear sweet-faced mother
is sitting.
The white-haired old grandsire, serene
and devput.
The brother with thoughts meath his
curls idly fitting
To where the blithe bluebird is singing
without.
Dear little home church,! tits a beautiful
story,
The picture you frame in the Sunbeam'S
red gold:
For through it is shining the God-given
glory,
The rest and the peace of those Sundays
of old.
And though in grand temples that tower
high above you,
Far, far from you portals they wor-
ship at will,
While memory lasts all your children
shall love you.
o little white Westinghouse under the
hill!
Joe Lincoln, in Youths Companion.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-10-29
May Build College,

The annual session of the Presbyter-
ian synod of North Dakota was held at
Grand Forks during which reports of
standing committees were submitted.
The Idea of a Presbyterian college
was Endorsed and a committee of
twelve was appointed and field work.
er was named later.
The Fargo presbytery recommended
the division of that presbytery and the
formation of a sixth presbytery in
North Dakota.
The new %presbtery will be known as
the Lisbon or'the LaMoure presbytery,
and will embrace the counties of Rich
land, Ransom, Sargent, LaMoure,
Dickey, Logan and Mcintosh. -.
The Fargo presbytery will consist of
the. counties of Cass, Trail, Barnes,
Steele, -Stutsman, Griggs, and por-
tions of Foster and Eddy counties,
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-10-29
THE SIGN OF THE FISH.
How 1T Came TO Be Used as q
Symbol by the Early
Christian Church.

The symbols upon early Christian
monuments, of which SO many have
been discovered this last century, are
curious and interesting, avs the
Philadelphia Public Ledger. One of
the most frequent is that of the fish.
The figure. of the fish is used, and
and also the Greek word for fish,
says DR.. A. w. Patten, who has
looked into the subject. Ramsay, in
his excavations in Asia Minor, has
found some very important inscrip-
tons in which the fish signs are fire.
quent.
But why was it that the early Chris
tians used the sign? The reason will
appear when we remember that they
found in the letters of the Greek
word fish an acrostic on the name of
the Savior. The word is "ichthus."
Each letter of the word in the
original Greek begins one of the
words in the following phrase:
"Jesus Christ, Son of God, the
Savior"
So the word "ichthus" came to
stand for a Christian, and it was used
as a mark of Christianity. 1t was
not only sculptured on burial monu-
ments, but came to be used on vari-
Gus utensils. A great many terra
Gotta lamps have been found,
especially at Spalato, on which is
found the impress of the fish. Many
Of these 'ichthus" lamps are found
49, 1---- Trl ----1 err
to be used also to describe a Chris
tian, and to call a man a fish was
equivalent to calling him a Christian.
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handed manner to divest Gen. Pierce
of his coat and thrust the British hat
and coat upon him.
'The breeches will do" he said;
"they will not be noticed in the dim
light, and with Bessemer's order in
your hand you + likely to be passed
without too much inspection. At any
rate, there is no time to change"
He pushed the general towards the
head Of the stairs, and the old man,
utterly b%ewildered, was passive in
his grasp. Then suddenly rousing
himself, he threw off the compelling
hands and faced the younger man in
a fury.
"Why, why, boy, you fool, you, do
you think I'm going to escape in
clothes provided for you?"
General, listen to me. You know
that I am taller than any man in
Bessemer's troop. If 1 attempt to
go, I shall be stopped, and it will not
only mean death for both of us, but
compromise for Miss Ellery and
possibly death for Gabriel here as
well. If you ma = the attempt, you
have every prospect of success and
can then gather some of our brave
fellows to come here and rescue me
before sunrise, the hour which we
were told Bessemer had fixed for our
execution"
AS he finished speaking Worthing-
ton stepped back into the room they
had formerly occupied, and closing
the door, drew a heavy chest across
it, thus etfectually shutting Pierce
out.
The old nan perceived with rising
choler the ruse the younger had en-
ployed. By imprisoning himself thus
in the room he cut off the others
arguments and made it imperative
for him to go or for both to be left
to their fate.
Gabriel, liking the change of plan
no better than the general, never
theless hurried him forward. elf
Massa Godfrey won't go, an you is,
you bettah hurry, sab. Oar amt no
time to STAN agitatin' heah no
longah. We ahIl be caught n strung
up, sah."
Still reluctant, the old man de.
scended the stairs.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-10-29
Copyright, 1907, by J. Lippincott Company
CHAPTER X.-CoNT1NUED.

Jane hurried to her brothers apart.
ment. 1t was not il the disorder tha'
most mems rooms would be, for Ed
ward was as neat as a girl. In truth,
he was girlish in many things; in his
delicate features am. small hands and
feet; in his lisping voice and mincing
walk and graceful ways.
Much of a fop, also, was lieutenant
.Ellery, and he had brought over with
him from England full half a dozen
more uniforms than he needed. There
had crossed with him from London
q brother officer who was quite as
foppish as he and had brought with
him likewise a surplus of apparel
lie had induced Edward to store his
extra suits along with his own and,
being a much larger man than Ed
ward, it was from his wardrobe that
Jane was pilfering.
The Ellery garnet was divided into
two rooms with Q passage-way be-
tween into which the stairs assembled.
The passage-way had a large window
which looked out into the night. A
sentry paced before the closed door
of one of the rooms. Within were
the two prisoners, each with his arms
bound.
Gabriel presented Col. Bessemer's
order with a flourish to the sentry.
An here am some 'freshments what
my missus sent you, sah," lifting
carefully from his tray a plate of
cake and a decanter of wine and
setting them down on the window
seat.
The sentry was thirsty; the cake
looked delicious; the wine was more
than tempting. He threw open the
o for the negro to enter. leave
the door open," he commanded.
"Yas, sab; suahly, sah," Gabriel
answered, as he crossed the threshold
with his tray and set it down upon a
box inside.
"Why, hello, Gabe," Worthington
called out; sis it your"
Oats what it am, Massa Godfrey,
Sarvas, Inassa; sarvas, massa GineraI.
Heah am some 'freshments what
1nissus sent you wild her accomplish
meuts; but lawsy me, how is you ah
goin' to eat wild you abs hands tiedo
Mistah Redcoat, sab, they suah will
have to have dey abs hands united.
Dey KNIT eat dis way"
The sentry had already taken two
big swallows of the wine, and he co1ld
scarcely wait to pour himself another
goblet before he took the third. Fas-
cinating stuff; never had he tasted
anything SO enticing.
Gabriel went to the door and gazed
at him with ~beseeching eyes. Mistan
Sentry, sab. KNIT 1 jes' loosen day
ahll hans a leetle so dey kin eat?"
Probably if the wine had not al
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-10-29
News Notes.

The Great Northern will dig a well
and plant a lot of trees at the Wheel
ock town site.
A new fiat house has been built at
Glenburn, and it is doing a horishinp
business already.
Incorporation is being talked of at
Bottineau.
A man named johnson was sentenc.
ed at Medora to a year in the penitent-
larry for shooting a horse.
The Wilton mine is turning out near
ly 1000 tons of coal a day from the old
shaft, and this quantity will be Ell
ceeded as soon as enough men can be
obtained.
There is a good deal of interest in
the territory adjacent.to the Fort Tot
ten reservation in the meeting which
is to be held for the purpose of discus
sing the opening Of the reservation.
The date of the meeting is not set, but
this will be arranged Soon.
The Grain Growers macaroni wheat
committee has received word from a
firm in the east that they ore ready to
contract for 10, 700 barrels of mncarani
-four. ...
Blind piggers and gamblers ha "a
quietly left Harvey IN a hint that their
presence was no longer desired, and
sot machines are idle.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-10-29
Hard To Bear.

Street in that city, says:
with my nightly rest broken, ow-
ing to irregularities OF the kidneys,
suffering intensely from severe pains
In the small Of my back and through
the kidneys, and annoyed by painful
passages of abnormal sec%retions, life
was anything but pleasant for me.
No amount of doctoring relieved this
condition, and for the reason that
nothing seemed to give me even tenn
porary relief, I became about dis
couraged. One day I noticed in the
newspapers the cas- of a man who
was afflicted as I was and vas cured
by the use of Doan's Kidney Pills.
His words of praise for this remedy
were so sincere that on the strength
of his statement I went to the Hugh
Murrey Drug Co.'S store and got q
box. I found that the medicine was
exactly as powerful a kidney remedy
as represented. I experienced quick
and lasting relief. Doan's Kidney
pills will prove a blessing to all suf-
ferers from kidney disorders who will
give them a fair trial"
A FREE TRIAL of this great kid
ney medicine which cured Mr.. Walls
will be mailed to any part Of the
United States on application. Adj
dress Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N.
Y. For sale by all druggists; price
so cents per box.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-10-29
Wrecked His ONCE,

One of the most d~astardly outrages
ever perpetrated in the state occurred
at Kensal when a gang Of lawless cha
racters entered the office of the Kensal
Journal and, after demolishing the
fixtures took all the type and threw it
in the street.
Much of the type went into mud
holes and cannot he recovered. The
loss amounts to $500.
Editor Allen has been making a war
on ~blindpiggers and other crooks and
the gang tried to force him out of BUSH
ness by starting another newspaper.
He continued to publish his paper
with the support of those in favor of
the law and order, and the hard cases
decided it Iwould require a holder effort
to cause his removal.