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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-03-26
A Statesman Defended.

"What is a statesman" asked the
youth.
"A statesman" answered the cynical
citizen. sis a man who can talk at
length on a subject without publicly
disclosing his ignorance concerning
it.n-Washington Star.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-03-26
MRS. RAT HIS BABY
Tired Mothers Touching Story of
Anxiety and Suffering.
Cuticura Brings Blessed Cure to Skin
Tortured Baby and Peace and Rest
to Its Worn Out Mother.

1t is no wonder that Mrs. Helena Rath was taken sick.
Single-handed, she did all the housework and washed, cooked and
mended for her husband, Hans, and their six children. After a
plucky fight to keep on her feet, Mrs. Rath had to yield, and early
in 1902 she took to her bed. What followed she told to a visitor,
who called at her tidy home, No. S21 Tenth Ave, New York City.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-03-26

II hired a girl to mind the. chill
dren and to do whatever else she
could. couldn't stay in bed long.
Sick as I was, it was easier for me
to crawl around than to lie and
worry about my little ones. So
I got up after a few days, and let
the girl go. I had noticed that she
had sores on her face, hands and
arms, but I paid no attention to that
until Charlie, my youngest, began to
pick and scratch himself. He was
then ten months old, and the girl
had paid more attention to him than
to any of the others. Charlie was fret
full and cross, but as he was cutting
teeth, 1 didn't think much of that.
Even when a rash broke out on his
face I wasn't frightened, because
everybody knows that that is quite
common with teething babies. Sew
eral of my others had it when little,
and 1 thought nothing about it.
"But the rash on Charles poor
little face spread to his neck, chest,
and back. I had never seen any
thing quite like it before. The skin
s. in little Jumps, and matter
came out. My baby's skin was hot,
and how he did suffer! He wouldn't
eat, and night after night I walked
the floor with him, weak as I was.
Often I had to stop because I felt
faint and my back throbbed with
pain. But the worst pain of all was
to e my poor little boy burning
with those nasty sores.
IL believed he had caught some
disease from the girl, but some of
the neighbors said he had eczema,
and that is not catching, they told
me. Yes, I gave him medicine, and
put salves and things on him. I
don't think they were all useless.
Once in a while the itching seemed
to let up a bit, but there was not
much change for the better until a
lady across the street asked me why
I didn't try the Cuticura Remedies.
I told her 1 had no faith in those
things you read about in the papers.
She said she didn't want me to go
on faith nor even to spend any
money at first. She gave me some
Cuticura Ointment think the
box was about half full and a
piece of Cuticura Soap. I followed
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-03-26

NV TeNAmonials from IS states and terrNorksa md valuable points or housep painting. sent
u WHITE LEAD CO. ST. Louis. No. Ask YOUR merchant for asarianw white Lead,
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-03-26

The agonizng, itching, and burning Of the skin as in eczema;
the frghtful scaling, as in psoriasis the loss of hail, and crusting
of the scalp as in SCALED head; the facial disfgurements, as in
pImples and ringworm; the awful suffering of infants, and anxiety
OF worn-out parents, as in milk crust, letter and salt rheum,-all
demand a remedy of almost superhuman virtues to successfully
cope with them. That Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Resolvent
are such stands proven beyond all doubt. No statement is made
regarding them that is not justified by the strongest evidence.
The purity and sweetness, the power to afford immediate relief,
the certainty OF speedy and permanent cure, the absolute safety
and great economy have made them the standard skin cures, blood
purifiers and humour remedies of the civilized world.
esIra0tm b. ME EHaRn Es IRE sold t%SpghoHt the civilized world: PRICES; CuHeuIa
Of the Blood Skin and Scalp, and How to Sure Them "a pages,S 800 Diseases witt InI rs
Depot 22s charerhsuses 3d. London, J. g French Depot, 5Raei g Ia Pn. Paris As
Sole PropetoS.B Boston, S s.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-01-31

In every country of the civilized world
Sisters of Charity are known. Not only
do they minister to the spiritual and
intellectual needs of the charges COM
mitted to their care, but they also
minister to their bodily needs.
With so many children to take care OF
and to protect from climate and disease,
these wise and prudent Sisters have
found Peruna never failing safeguard.
DIR. Hartman receives many letters
from Catholic Sisters from all over the
United States. A recommend recently
received from a Catholic institution in
Detroit, Mich, reads as follows:
DR.. S. B. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio:
Dear Sir:-"The young girl who used
the Peruna was suffering from iaryngi.
tbs, and loss of voice. The result OF
the treatment was most satisfactory.
She found great relief, and after
further use of the medicine we hope
to be able to say she is entirely cured. -
Sisters of Charity.
The young girl was under the care OF
the Sisters Of Charity and used Peruna
for catarrh of the throat with good re-
suits as the above letter testifies.
Send to The Peruna Medicine Co., Co
lumbus. Ohio, for free book written
by DIR. Hartman.
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KEEPING OUT DISEASE.
4 Government Service Which Keeps
Its Finger on the Pulse of
Every Nation.

No government undertaking more
distinctly reveals the compactness of
the world to-day than that of the pub
lie hedlth and marine hospital service,
which, is under the control of the
treasury department. So far as cpl
demic diseases are concerned, it's fin
ger is on the pulse of every nation; it's
bulletins each week report the num-
her of deaths from the great con-
fagious and infectious maladies If
livery city of prominence under the
PUN, says Youths Companion.
Formerly a raging epidemic in a
foreign country had little effect here,
beyond bringing out expressions of
sympathy, and in extreme cases, per-
haps, some material aid. Now, when
a missionary in Canton-and this in
cident actually occurred-discovers a
case of cholera, he reports it to Hong
Kong. The American consul there,
under systematic instructions, cables
the fact to Washington, and also
passes the word along to his associ-
ates on the Asiatic coast. Washing
ton promptly notifies by wire every
quarantine officer on the Pacific coast
of the United States, and informs
Honolulu by the next steamer. To be
forewarned is to be forearmed, even
when the weapons are disinfectants
and germicides.
One case of yellow fever anywhere
in Cuba is now regarded as of suffi-
cient importance to be reported by
cable. The mere rumor of an out
break of the plague in an inaccessible
corner of the orient usually results
in an order to the nearest consul to
make an investigation. In severe cpl
denies our medical experts are often
sent to the scene to study the bac-
THEOLOGICAL developments of the dis
ease. Such an expert, returning from
Vera Cruz few months ago, where
he had been studying yellow fever,
was stopped on the boundary line,
curiously enough, by an inspecting Of
ficer of the same service.
Most of the dread diseases against
which the quarantine is directed are
importations. To keep them out on
long coast lines, and with the tide of
immigration constantly pouring in,
is large task. Although no devices
insure perfect protection, the number
of cases which now get through the
quarantine mesh is proportionately
very small.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-01-31
The Liquid Fuel Que.aion.

The adoption of liquid in place of
solid fuel has not taken place so rap
idly as some experimenters antici-
pated. In the opinion of Mr.. Edwin L.
Orde, of the British Institution of
Mechanical Engineers, the trouble
arises from the exclusive use in boiler
furnaces of crude oil, which contains
q considerable percentage of water,
ten per cent. at least; and this de-
stroys the conditions necessary for
perfect combustion. 1t is averred that
some of the crude oil shipped from the
wells contains as much as 40 per
cent. of water. and when used on ship
board the constant agitation pre-
vents the separation of this water,
which consequently enters the fur
naces. The experiments of DIR. Paul
show that liquid fuel is capable Of
giving so per cent. more efficiency
than the best .coal.-Science.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-01-31
THE DEAR LITTLE GIRL KEWN

In the WONDERFUL calm of the twilight; in
the night when the day voices cease.
sit by the bank of the river, the marvel
Gus River of Peacs.
And out of the shadows there stealeth a
face with the morning aglow,
And the fragrance of blossoms that faded
in fields of the long, long ago.
Dim forms DER the river are floating in
banks that the shadows enfold,
And song through the silence is stealing,
a song unforgoiten and old;
White hands reaching out in caresses. the
hearts that were loving and true,
And the form, like phantom that blesses.
Of dear little girl that knew.
Oh, cold Is the heart OF the Northland, and
chill Is its winter of SHOWS,
And over the mound of her sleeping the
wind like a requiem blows.
Yet out of the grave and its silence she
comes through the pitiful night.
Ana her breath on my forehead is warmer
than wine that Is kissed by the light.
And her heart beats to mine like the music
Love plays on his harpwhen he wills,
Till.tf reaches to uttermost spaces, and the
Soul of creation 1t thrills.
And sitting where shadowy faces pass
BY me in phantom review.
sigh at the thought of the graces Of .
dear little girl that knew
OF. white was her hand. as the mantle
hat Winter has woven OF SHOWS;
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

One on ke.-Ike-"Hello! Tim; the
last time l saw you was in jail Tim
"Yes; l went there to see YOU" De
troit Free Press.
The Judge-"Did Col. Bluegrass no.
tify you of his objections verbal,y?"
The Major-"Well, perhaps it might
better be called NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Topics.
First Automobilist-"H you ever
met my father?" Second AUTOMOBILE
ist-"Does he keep horses?" "Yes."
'Why, ran across him only the other
day."-New Yorker.
Originality.-"What is there original
about that novelist's work." SWELL"
answered the publisher, ''the plot
isn't novel and the treatment isn't un-
usual. But the advertisements are all
our wn."-Washington Star.
The Customary Way.-She had de-
fed his authority and he was angry.
didn't you promise" he asked, ito
love, honor and obey me?" "Oh, yes"
she answered carelessly. II made
that promise, but it was with mental
reservation Chicago Post.
"It's remarkable in these days of
getting your moneys WORTH" says
the cynical codger, 'but I've noticed
that preachers who deliver the short
est sermons generally get the largest
salaries. "-Baltimore Herald.
Fanny-"I guess Henry thinks more
and more of me every day. He has
asked me to go a-riding with him in his
automobile" Constance-"Thinks SO
much of you that he wants to die in
your company. / hope you will enjoy
your ride, dear, ever and ever SO much.
Boston Transcript.
'I'm so glad the boys of your COM
pany gave you that handsome revol-
ver," said the wife of the militia cap
tain. 1--WE need have no fear of the
burglars who infest the neighborhood
now" That's So" replied the captain.
'I've got it locked up in the safe where
they can't get at it."-Philadelphia
Press.
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The Reward
Of Duty <<
no YOUR duty though the heav-
BY EDWARD .. CLARK.

nO YOUR duty though the heav-
ems fall" said the commandant
of cadets to the battalion of STRIPPING
soldiers. The commandant had a
curious way of mixing his aphorisms.
but he meant well.
Obedience and devotion to duty are
the keynotcs of the scale of life's har-
mony at West Point. Duty begins in
the morning when the student mon
com" reports his fellow cadet for hav-
ing forgotten to turn his wash bowl
upside down, and it ends at taps,
when the inspecting officer reports
some luckless one for being fraction
of second late in getting between
blankets. It's duty, hard duty, gen.
orally distasteful duty, but in the end
it generally pays in acquired discip-
line. Even at West Point, however, it
is sometimes possible to stretch the
idea of duty beyond the normal limit.
Billy Lang was first-class man.
Billy was a private. He probably
hadn't been caught the previous win
ter taking trip to Cold Spring over
the frozen surface of the Hudson.
That was the time Billy felt the re-
suit of an officers devotion to duty.
Billy took his punishment without a
murmur, for he was a "crank" on the
subject of duty. The commandments
lessons on the subject, especially as
applied to what it was ones duty to
do to others who happened to make
disciplinary slips, had made a deep
impression on Billy Lang's mind.
1t was in Rilly's "yearling" camp
that he met Frances Curtis. She was
a mighty pretty girl, who lived in New
York city and who had spent month
at the Point with her mother. Billy
had called on her in New York when
he went on his furlough as a second
class man, and now that he was in
first-class camp, here was Miss Curtis
back again with her mother at the old
hotel on the brow of the bluff over
looking the siege battery.
Billy Lang was the oldest man in
his class and consequently was called
dad" He was just under the age
limit when he entered and would be
witnir a month of &c when he grad
uated. Now Billy was in love with
Frances Curtis. There wasn't any
question about that at all, and he had
an idea that was not in the least dim
that Frances Curtis lad fallen victim
to his handsome face, soldierly bear
ing and brass bell buttons.
He was sitting with her now under
the trees near the camp guard tents.
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And red were her lips as the ruby that
urGer tropic sun glows;
And true was her heart as the truest that
ever Deaths finger has stilled;
And blue were her eyes as the bluest OF
skies that the day-fairies build:
And still through the silence she beareth
to-day and: its trials surcease,
AS sit by the bank of the river, the mar
Vicious River of Peace;
And her lips on my forehead fall lighter
and softer than beat of the dew.
As / dream of my beautiful darling, the
dear little girl that knew.
know not the love that enhaloes the ones
that in loving are blessed.
But still in the darkness and silence my
hips by my darling's are pressed.
No bliss and no rapture Of living ard low
ing my being have thrilled;
No heart to my warm heart Is beating
none heedeth the structure build;
But still when the twilight has gathered
l sit in the darkness alone,
And dream Of a face unforgotten. facs
that smiles back to my own,
And l know, though the world gave me
nothing, not vainly the swift mo-
ments flew,
Since they leave in my fond recollection
the dear little girl that knew.
Alfred ]. Warehouse, in N. Y. Times
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David Meek1SOn.
DIR. Hartman, one of the best known
physicians and surgeons in the United
States, was the first man to formulate
Peruna. It was through his genius and
perseverance that it was introduced to
the medical profession of this country.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving
full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable adj
vice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President o.
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, o.
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Fine Sarcasm.

"You, boy!" exclaimed the colored
woman, what is you gwinter do wifi
dat watermillion?"
The urchin looked surprised for a
moment, then grieved, and then scorn-
full. Placing his burden of sweetness
on the curbstone, he replied:
use gwinter git can o. vahnish
an vahnish it; den Use gwinter git a
.yahd o. red ribbon an tie aroun' it an
hang it to de chanlier in de pahlor fob
a Ornament SOS we kin hook at it an
enjoy ourse'fs while ives estin' hahd.
tack."-Washington Star.
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81 ALWAYS DID ADMIRE A SOLDIERS
DEVOTION TO HIS DUTY"
Billy was on guard, though off post
for the time being.
''You see, Miss Curtis" he said, "the
second class being on furlough and the
'plebes' not being military enough yet
to do duty, we first-class men have to
walk post to help the 'yearlings' out.
When the 'plebes' are turned into the
battalion we will do guard duty only
as officers"
ut must be hard work, this walking
up and down all night long, Mr.. Lang"
said Frances, "but then it's duty, and
] always did admire soldiers devo-
ton to his duty"
"Yes, duty is everything; 1 was al
ways a great stickler for it," answered
Billy. "One should always do his
duty up to the handle, no matter what
direction it takes nor whom the doing
of it hits"
81 think you are right, Mr.. Lang.
There's certain nobility about it that
appeals to one"
Billy Lang was hugely pleased to
find that on the subject of duty
Frances Curtis ideas conceded with
his own. He changed the subject,
however, abruptly. II see that Mr..
jackson is here" he said, looking at
Frances in half-curious way.
"Yes," answered the girl, a touch of
color coming into her cheeks, "he
came up on the Powell yesterday and
is to stay here until tomorrow"
Frederick Jackson was civilian ad-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-01-31
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

India's coal fields cover an area of
10000 square miles.
At the close of the season there were
300, 900 tons of ice left in the Maine
warehouses.
The Liverpool docks will hold 10000
vessels of ordinary dimensions; those
of London about $4,000.
An Indiana inventor has patented
device by which horses hitched in their
stalls will be relieved automatically if
the stables catches fire.
The printing trades of Germany have
agreed on uniform wage scale and
working hours to govern the whole
German empire. The working hours
are fixed at nine per day, with "inter-
vals," but the actual working time
must not exceed eight hours day.
All disputes must be submitted to an
arbitration board composed equally of
employers and employees. Either side
mas the right to demand arbitration.
As compared with its population the
production of coal in the United King
dom still surpasses that in the United
States. 1t amounted to 5H tons per
head of the population in 1900 and 81
tons per head in 1901, while in the Uni
ted States it is still only just over 1-3
tons per head. In Belgium it also
amounts to about 1-3 tons per head;
in Germany, to rather less than two
tons per head, and in France to about
four-fifths of a ton per head.
Insects think as truly as men do,
although not, of course, on the same
scale. This is the belief of M. Forel.
a French neurologist, who has been
making observations of ants and bees
for relaxation. He thinks that, be-
tween the ideas of the naturalist who
regards insects as mere automatons
and those of the man who treats them
as if they had human intelligence,
there is happy medium of common
sense, and this he has tried to attain.
His observations teach him that, al
though most of the acts of insects can
be explained by instinct, there remain
what he calls "smaH plastic judg-
ments," by which they avoid difficult
ties and steer their way between dam
gers. The directive faculty of bees
especially and their wonderful men,
Dry for places, can hardly beexplained
on the theory of automatism.
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sources of both public and private supply with patrol
water boundaries changes should be introduced the
of milk supply to reduce the present enormous bacterial count
per cubic ceneter The meat supply should every
where be as carefully stamped Berlin
The of buildings city should be under the
legal oversight sanitary employed by boards OF
always be made primary consideration
forward the erection and ownership of garbage
which their smoke and odo and can tnere
fore be placed in accessible sections.
Schools the oversight of medical examiners trained
with should teachers with
unframed powers whether their
needed Hospitals for the of OF
should be built by municipalities and supplied with
modern facilities for minimizing time of isolation.
medical inspector of sleeping and other public conveyances
of disease and to
and occupied by consumpv and other in
thoroughly cleaned and dnfeced before being restored to
of the whsk broom sleepers should be dis
continued dslodges too freely dust that contain noxio
germs
Without attempting outline fully the general sanitary
methods which ommkers should understand promote let
suggest specific should opportunity offers They
acquire knowledge of the conditions which and
hinder growth of bacteria Such knowledge would impress
the importance of ng water and milk the OF which
questionable would them of the great necessity for
early complete isolation Of all of contagious disease and
reconcile them entad by publicity and dsiecon
following report to the board of health
Every housewife familiar with the odor color and
sisencv of good meat ONLY BY INTELLIGENT CARE ON THE
PART OF BUYERS CAN DEALERS BE MADE TO REALIZE
THAT THEY MUST FURNISH WHOLESOME FOOD.
versed sanitary construction they would be
able to select wisely which they live sanitary
cellar desderatum and with plumbing and good
ton every large vnating pipe should from the
cellar along inside the kitchen chimney furnishing
soil and cellar air and thus helping to maintain air
throughout the house. Every and teacher should study
school hygiene COPY OF THE SANITARY CODE OF THE
BOARD OF HEALTH SHOULD BE IN EVERY HOUSE, AND
IT'S ORDINANCES SHOULD BE GOSPEL
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-01-31

Inmates of an institute for the blind
at Sunderland, England, lately struck,
after having duly communicated with
the National League of the Blind, be-
cause the wages they received for
making ship cord tenders have bees
reduced.-N. Y. Sun.
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Proof Positive.

Wederly-What makes you think
the widow who just moved in next
door is childless?
Mrs. Wederly-I was talking to her
across the back fence yesterday, and
she told me how ought to raise my
little girl.-Chicago News.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-01-31

The New York City Record, an off,
cial publication, owned and issued by
the municipality, is the biggest news
paper in the world. 1t appears every
day in the year, Sundays and legal
holidays excepted, and sometimes con-
tains as many Is ss3 pages.-Boston
Budget.
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Gentlemen: 81
have used several
bottles of Peruna
and feel greatly
benefited there
by from my ca
tarrh of the head,
and feel encour-
aged to believe
t h at it s con-
tinued use will
fully eradicate a
disease of thirty
years standing. !"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-01-31

Watercress should be washed in
salt and water. for water alone 10 not
enough to destroy the insects that
may be in it.
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INCE public opinion, which rules the country, is rle
in the home, women should become thoroughly ac-
quainted with the requirements of public SANTA
= tion
The first great need of boards of health every
where is money. Again and again in the history
of every city important Investigations have had to
cease and measures which affected life and health
to be discontinued, for want of funds. This ought
not so to be.
Greater vigilance needs to be exercised at the