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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-10-22
ART OF LETTER-WRITING,
1t Takes Leisure to Properly Write
or Answer an Epistle.

Letter-writing is an art that
calls for that rare coin of the
modern world, abundant leisure
Leisure not only for the writer,
but, says Robert Adger Bowen, in
Gunton's Magazine, an apprecia-
tive leisure on the part of the re.
cipient which may react upon the
s%ensibility Of the writer. The woe
full decline in the worth of CORE
spondence of a social nature at
this day is due in part to the lack
of the instinct for leisure which
has become a characteristic of the
times. The inane note, scrawled
over fashionable paper, smelling
of the sachet and soulless conven-
ton, has replaced tie letter Of the
woman Of an older day, neatly
written and containing evidence
of heart and head, while the mas
cullne letter OF purely friendly
type has all but ceased to exist.
Even when a letter wins an
other letter in return, it is only
too common to find that it is in no
sense a reply or a fair exchange of
eplstolary courtesy. Questions
remain unanswered, assertions of
personal interest 90 unnoticed,
statements Of polite regard are
ignored, and the writer of the
original letter rests with the
comfortable assurance that he
has given bread for a stone.
Whatouragehas lost in it's inabil-
ity to produce among it's men of
letters--the term is used in it's
more specific scnse-such writer's
OF social correspondence as we're,
IN the past century, Byron and
Cowper and Charles Lamb, it is
not pleasant to consider.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-10-22
Age Averages.

Here is an estimate of the av.
crage age attained by men in va
rious European countries. Nor.
way and Sweden head the list
with so years. Then come Eng
land with 45t years, France AL,
Prussia 80, Nuremberg, 39, Ba-
yaria and other parts of Germany
SO. In Austria and Spain the in
habitants have the shortest lives,
the average age being only 80. -
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-10-22
Walked Around the World,

There are now in Milan an Irish
Canadian and his wife, named
O'Malley, though the lady is
Dutch by birth, who between 1897
and 1902 claim to have walked
round the world, covering on foot
a distance of 1920 miles with.
out any resources other than such
as they could obtain as they jour
neyed. They produce no fewer
than 81 volumes of documents at
testing their wanderings. At
present they are organizing in
Milan a series of lectures, which
they hope may yield money
enough to carry them back to
Canada.
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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-10-22
A
THIS Man Eas Never Had Life Insur-
ance T-.'.ed to Him.

"Spealiing Ct curious men, !
guess | am ;. a small curiosity
when you cC-,:e to think of it,"
said robustf>!l low, as he brushed
around the corner, according to
the New Orleans Times-DemO.
crat. "Now, what do you think Of
q man who las never had insur
ance talked e sim? What do you
think of the i1:low who has man
aged for al. these ycars-how
many I decli-a to say-to evade
the Industrious man who is hus-
Ting for hazards on mems lives?
l am the man. Nc insurance man
has ever talked to me. No insur-
ance man has ever called at my.
office, or held me up on the street.
Why? | do not know. l guess l
am lucky. Most men have more
of this kind of thing than they
care for. AS a rule, men are sim.
ply run to the earth by insurance
agents. But here | am-and I
have lived good long time-and
no man has ever talked insurance
to me. suppose l am lucky. May
be | am unlucky. l can't sayabout
that. l know have always want
ed to have my life insured. l have
always wanted to see an insur-
ance agent. My Office has always
been right in the business center
of the city. l have always been
thrown in contact with business
men. l know railroad men, mer-
chants, bankers, hotel men, bro
kers, newspaper men, lawyers,
doctors, men of all classes, but
am telling the plain, uncolored
truth when l say to you that I
have never met an insurance man.
Isn't that rather remarkable for
a man who leads an active life
right in tie heart Of a big city?
l think so. But it is a fact just
the same. My name and address?
Not much. There are a whole lot
of fellows in my fS--fellows who
Rad never had Insurance talked
to theE-Gnd really, you would
be surprised &c knew the number
of men who are situated as | am
in this respect. Talk to some in
surance man some time, and I'll
bet he will tell you that it is by
10 means a rare thing to tEd q
man who had never been talked
TO about insurance matters. Yet
the suggestion will probably
strike the average citizen as d lit.
tie curious. and that's why | say
l am a Curiosity. Don't give ne
away. Agents will be after me ii
g., you do. | want insurance. but
do not want to be run to tie earth
~ an army CT insurance men"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-10-22
PICTURES WITHOUT PENCIL.
Hot Poker Experiment the Beginning
of Art of Typography.

hot Poker Experiment tle Beginning
of Art Of Typography.
About a century ago an artist
named Cranch was standing one
day in front of a fire in his home
at Administer. Over the fireplace
was an oaken mantelpiece, and it
occurred to Cranch that this ex-
panse of wood might be improved
by a little ornamentation. He
picked up the poker, heated it red
hot and began to sketch in Il bold
design, says London Answers.
The result pleased him so much
that he elaborated his work and
began to attempt other fire pic.
lures on panels of wood. These
met with a ready sale, and Cranch
soon gave all his time to his new
art. This was the beginning of
what is now known as ryrogra.
ply. The poker artist of today
uses many different shaped tools
anu has a special furnace in which
they are kept heated. The art has
been elaborated greatly. The
knots, curls and fbers of the wood
are often worked into the design
and delicate tinting produced by
scorching the panel.
There are many strange meth.
DDS in vogue of producing Eic
lures without the direct use of
pencil or brush. Some years ago
a certain Mr.. StraEer attracted
great attention by his swelled
wood pictures. Els method de.
pended On the fact that wood
swells when wettcd, and shrinks
again when dry. and that wood
tibers when pressed down dry ris.
permanently to their former leveI
if wetted.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-10-22
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Ask VONP HOME AGENT EOP
TICKETS VIA TIE RUPI INGTON
ROUTE N1M@ Nse MM@& HN.MaRM
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FISHING IN NEW ENGLAND.
rIany Lakes and Streams Situated
Near the Eastern Towns.

~ ~ ~N
Near the Eastern Towns.
1t is not an unusual occurrence
TO hear from an enthusiastic an
gler living in the east a disgrunt-
led opinion as to the lesser oppor-
tunities he enjoys when compared
with those offered in the far west
to the fraternity of fishermen. He
naturally, says the Sporting
News, but wrongly, reaches this
conclusion, because of the scores
reported from that section.
These r. made generally with
out reference to geographical de-
tail as to the location of waters
from which fish are taken. When
visiting the Pacific coast a few
years ago I not infrequently heard
anglers boast of the angling IA
cilities in waters "at their garden
gates" Such an assertion could
be made only by those living in a
country of magnificent distances,
where a fisherman thinks nothing
of a tramp of 20 miles or a bron-
co ride of 100 or more to a fishing
water.
The waters of the Pacific slope,
from the upper end of Puget
sound to lower California, and
eastward to the Rocky noun
tains, the Wasatch range and the
Colorado river, have been herald
ed as an anglers paradise for the
last half century. In them are
found % specimens of trout, five
species of salmon and many hun
dreds of other varietal forms liv-
ing in the fresh and salt waters.
But in estimating the anglers
pleasant work among this vast
army of hook and line fishes, the
fact should not be lost sight Of
that there III more than 100000
square miles in the territory
above named, and only 1874 lakes
and S3S fuvial waters; while in
the six New England states, con-
tanning only 1880 square miles,
there are 532 lakes and nearly 200
running waters, not estimating
the smaller creeks and brooks
which doubtless number thou
sands. In the state of New
Hampshire alone there are $50
lakes, and in the little state of
Connecticut G. fishing waters are
located without counting the al
most innumerable brooks con-
tanning trout.
Rhode Island, of which it is
said that migratory wild fowl fly
across it in 80 seconds, contrib
utes her share to the anglers
pastime, with II ponds and six
rivers, nearly all of which contain
the small-mouthed black bass,
than which no nobler game fish
swims.
Take it far and near the gar
den spot of the angler, the para
disc of the feather caster, is To-
Gated in the New England states,
when the number of game quail.
ties of the fish, the aggregate of
waters containing them and their
accessibility are considered.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-10-22

Take it far and near the gar
den spot of the angler, the para
disc of the feather caster, is To-
Gated in the New England states,
when the number Of game quail.
ties of the fish, the aggregate of
waters containing them and their
accessibility are considered.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-10-22
PECUL1AR1TIEs OF SPEECH.
Ienator Money Tells of Some of
Those of the Negro. I,

"The negro has no doubt been
nistreated in many ways; posi-.
bly, he has been lynched occasion
ally for an offense he did not COM
NIT; he has been deprived of his
political rights now and then, per-
haps; his pretended friends have
forced the responsibilities of cit
izenship upon him before he was
able to wear them; spellbinders
have caused him to conjure with
the foolish dream of equality, and
all that kind of thing" said Sen
ator Money, of Mississippi, the
other day to a Washington Star
reporter, "but these grievances
are small, indeed; they are mere
trashy nothings when compared
to others to which I desire to ad-
dress myself for the moment.
"Ofcourse, Icannot say how the
negroes feel about the things I
have in mind, but it seems to me
they should be inclined to offer
some kind of show of resentment.
The negro has individuality. 1t
is striking, even poetic, in some
respects. What is sweeter than
characteristic negro melodies?
Split up into ragtime, syncopated,
drawn and battered, it's natural
beauty is marred. The negro d.
alect is rich, musical, and limit.
less in both comic and poetic pos
sibilities. But, my! my! if there
is a letter in the English alphabet
for which the negro shows a pro-
nounced preference it is to the let
ter H. .
"This is notably true in the ne
sroe's use of is for are Again
we find him leaning toward the
thinner sound of a. as when he
will use ann instead of are the
"a in ann coming nearer to the
sound of Il than the "a in are
Gwine,' the negroes word for go
ing and, by the way, a word of
splendid euphony, infinitely
sweeter and more musical than
going is another illustration Of
the black mans preference for the
sound of H. So, too, 'ain't and
isn't are constantly and persist.
emily used by negroes instead of
'am not and lis not again show
ing the negroes preference for
what I have called the thin and
sharper sound. Did you ever
hear a negro say all for I? Well,
perhaps you have, but this is the
rare exception.
'The negro generally sounds
the II and sounds it thinly instead
Of broadening it into the sound Of
a. For instance: rs gwine' is a
very common way the negro has
for beginning asentence meaning:
4 am going.' The expression as a
rule ia thin and sharprI'sgwine.'
This peculiarly of negro speech
is not only overlooked by the jim.
gle builders who have flooded the
market with rag-time songs; the
dialecticians who are seeking to
preserve what beauty there is in
the language of this interesting
race by giving the negro a lasting
place in the literature of the coun-
try have fallen into the same err
ror.
Rob the negro of his peculiar
tiles of speech and change the
character of his music, and you
take from him all that is ludi.
crous, poetic and all the finer emo.
tional shades, all the tints and
colors which run the wide range
between light-hearted comedy
and the deeper shadowing Of the
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-10-22
Of No Use.

, "A mans knowledge is to little
or no purpose unless he utilizes it.
Chicago Daily News.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-14
MONTGOMERY COMMENDED.
Great Success of Recent Railroad
 Mems Meeting,

Mems Meeting.
 That the recent meeting of Railroad Organizations in Montgomery was a great success was apparent. It is pleas ant, however, to know that the meeting is regarded as one of the most successful ever held.
 In a letter to J. E. worswick. Deioss Everet Third Grand Engineer of the Brotherhood of Locomomtive Engineers, pays high tribute to Montgomery, and declares that the railroad men never had better meeting. Mir. Worswick was chairman of the Committee which ar ranged the big barbecue.
 Mir. Everett's letter is as follows:
 Cleveland, O., June 1o 1903. MT. J. E. Worswick, Montgomery, Ala {: Dear Friend-We have arrived in safe ty. Had very pleasant journey from your home to Cleveland. Ohio My main object in writing to you Is to thank you for your untiring efforts to administer to our comfort and happiness while in your far famed Southern city.
 Personally, I want to say that in all my experience in attending union meet ings, that never met any one so de- voted to the matter of entertaining us as you were at -.Aontgomery. As a citizen of your city you are certainly entitled to the everlasting thanks of our Brother hood. for your unceasing labors in our behalf I shall always remember the name of J. E. Worswick as being asso- ciated with one of the happiest events in my life.
 Then. again. I want to say to you frankly that we never had better meet ing of this kind in all our history than the one we have just participated In. in your city of the Sunny South
 With a hearty God bless you and all that helped in the noble work that you so grandly finished, remain,
 Your devoted friend.
 "Deloss Everett"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-14
We wash blankets for soc 6 pair.
 Montgomery Steam Laundry Go.
Patarsnn.Wada.

MontevaHo, June 13-(Special.)-The marriage of Rev John Albert Peterson and Miss Barney May Wade was cele- brated June ii at the Baptist Church of Montevallo, Rev. Francis M. Peterson ofteiating assisted by Rev. J. W. Willis. This event is of interest to a very large circle of friends throughout the State, owing to the prominence of the contract ing parties. Miss Wade, has held po- sition three years in the Alabama Girls Industrial School. She was greatly es- tsemed by the Trustees for her efficiency as an instructress. and much loved by all her associates in the faculty and by the student body. She is well known in Mont gomery, that city being the home of her mother, sisters and brothers. Mrs. Peter son will prove as great an acquisition to the social and religious life of Eufaula as her departure has proved loss to the education and social life of Montevallo. pr. Peterson Is widely known in the re- Ilyious world as one of the ablest divines in the N. E. Church. South.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-14
Specials in Ladies lUaiStS,

Special inducements in White and Black ana this week These absolutely new clean strictly upto
  found quoted in this city for goods of the described below this week at
 LAWN WAISTS front of Lace Embroidery 1n buttons
 WHITE LAWN WAISTS front of tuks and two rows of emb insertion 65c
 & LADIES, BLACK AND WHITE WAISTS dainty de- signs pait and cool
 
 LADIES WAISTS tucked front trimmed with Val plait down front large pearl buns value, = WAISTS of four of embrod collar, showy, soe
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-14
BROKE THE RECORD
THE COOLEST JUNE WEATHER
 IN MONTGOMERY.
Temperature Went Down to SS But Warmer With Rain is Predict ed-Damaging to Cotton
 and Corn.

The cool spell of the last few days eliminated yesterday in record-breaking temperatures m Montgomery.
 Yesterday morning the thermometer at the Weather Bureau Observatory on the roof of the Government Building read as low as bS degrees. This Is the lowest ever recorded here during the second de- cade of June The next lowest for this decade being 5s Friday. and the same on June 18th in 1899.
 Temperature records for this decade were also broken at number of other stations in the South. The following were the lowest temprature yesterday at placed named: Atlanta. 46; Mobile, e0; Macon, 50; Knoxville, 42; Meridian, 52; Memphis. s4: New Orleans. s4; Char Iotte, 4S: Asheville. 42; Augusta, s.
 The cold snap was beginning to mod crate yesterday, the temperature rising slowly over most of the South, In ad- vance of a rain area then developing over Texas.
 The indications last night were that it would continue to warm here today, with probably rain by this morning.
 This has been almost a phenomenally cool season in this section, and cotton and corn, which were both small and late, will have another setback. In fact, in North Alabama the weather yes- terday was almost cool enough for light frost, though none was reported to the Weather Bureau.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-14
In Honor of pebutantes.

Geneva. June ls.-(Special.)-A debut party was given by Mir. and Mrs w. K. Kenon, Thursday evening from to E o'clock, at their home in honor or Miss Louise Kenon and Miss Mamie Chapman which was considered by many as me crowning event of the social season. socie- ty in Geneva having been very active Tor some months. The decorations were tasteful, and artistic skill of a high order was displayea in the arrangement of the eolors. blue, pink, and yellow. in the three --H--- s- ~-LlAh eatn&shmanfS were
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-14
Drives in silks and Faces.

offerings this week in silks and Laces that arewo o careful consideration:
 quality and beautifui line of fancy stripes, worth 5oc, this week. 2ec
 AT white ground with bue black green effects worth 65c, this week 37c
 HABUTAI SILK AT 4oc blue and black ground with sman figures, this week. 40c
 TAFFETA SILK, the kind that wel quality ruse fully guaranteed follows ls @ worth 5c esc; 72c 24 worth $ at sac in. $1 25 at e4c
 SALE OF LAcEs An elegant line of Trimming Aces this week onhrd on regu
 prices left from big Lace Sale last delay seeing them they arc going rapidly
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-14
Specials in Bcllsefurnisbiffas

Of
  when visit us.
 fringe zaxao ssc week, a
 ROBES ingsd hemsthed ne al $tS4 and $ibs
 CROCHET oUIITs fringd and plain hsed full worth 9i75 at $1.34. .5sF FACTORY TABLE SIX, white in to fraction of their value
 TRAYS, artistic desgns-6sh Howe heads, etc--ap S0c. JAPANEsE NAPKINS assorted paterns Is iaxisl-e, a
 BoBfNEr yard ae and 32c t8@
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-14
Eutaw School Closes.

Eutaw. June 1s.-(special.)-The Eutaw High School closed a useful session Mon day and Tuesday night, when diplomas were awarded to Misses Nellie Eatman. Bessie Barnes end Virginia Vim. Hon. W. B. Oliver delivered the diplomas with an appropriate speech, which was highly interesting end enjoyed by all. In the primary department little Ellen Gray Banks was awarded the medal for the highest general average and Wilkes Banks received a medal for highest gen. eral average in the High School depart unAnA.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-14
H Sale of PettieOdtS.

Petticoats special prices all clean goods we'll made dany styles made strictly hclass materials and entirely satisfactory All have dust ru prices quoted for this week:
 PETTIcoATs broad edged with three ucks and ac 56
 LADIES' PETTIcoATs, ruHis embroidery trimmed 65c
 PETTIcoATs tucked hounce edged with embroidery o3
 PErTIcoATs tucks and wide lacein rume of lace, 93c.
 finished with rue Of tucks ana embroidery, neat, Soc.
 nounce edged with wide lace rufde, o6c
 PETTICoATs rufAe of insertion tucks ana eoro beautiful garment, $l.oo
 three of heavy lace tucks $16b
 with fine small tuck four henschng embroidery edgng exquisite goods and fine, $l6b
 PETTIcoATs with five of wide finished with tucked andace trimmed u very sheer and airy $1.z6. . $24e $34s and $4.49.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-14

Secretary Wilson stated that he would
 be glad to send one to Mobile.
 Short talks on farming subjects were made by c. c. Abercrombie and R. R.
 Poole. %
 The following resolution, offered by J, c. Adams, was adopted:
 Resolved, That at the first monthly meeting of the club the Committee on Dairyins and Dairy Farming make It's re-
 port. and that an expert on the subject
 be invited to address the club; and fur
 ther, that at each monthly meeting the committees. in the order named in the oy. laws, make . report and that an expert
 be invited to address the club on the sub
 jects to be discussed"
 On motion of W. D. westcott. the con-
 stitution of the organization was so
 amended that in addition to the regular monthly meetings of the club semi monthly meetings will be held by the or ganixation.
 The Committee on Nominations then submitted its report as follows, which
 was adopted by . unanimous vote; President, M. B. Houghton; First Vice President. W. D. westcott; Second Vice President, Frank Mclean: Secretary, l.. l.. Gilbert; Treasurer. M. P. LeGrand. Objection was made by Mir. Hcughton
 to his name being placed in nomination. l which was promptly turned down by the members of the club after paying MT. aoughton a number of compliments President Houghton took the chair. Ar ter acknowledging the honor conferred on him, Mfr. Houghton talked several min
 utes on the labor system in Montgomery County. calling attention to the tendency of the farm hand to move from the coun- try to the city. He also spoke on the gen. eral awakening of farming interests all over the South and urged that the Mont gomery County farmers continue their progress.
 On motion of J. A. Barnes the Presi- dent was authorized to appoint an Ex- ecutive Committee.
 After deciding to hold the next meet ing of the club on the first Saturday in July, the club adjourned. President Houghton said yesterday that suitable rooms for the members or the | club will be secured in centrally To- cated part of Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-14
Rrandon Riflaa Tnsnected.

Luverne. June s.-(epeciai,) ,)-Captatn Johnson. U. s. A., accompanied by Cole mel W. w. Brandon and Colonel E. H. Graves. came here lest night to close the inspection of the Alabama National Guard with the inspection of Company I, Brandon Rifles. Forty-five men an- swered roll call and Captain Johnson compllmented the company very highly. After the inspection addresses vera nsds by Captain Johnston. Colonel Brandoa and Colonel Graves and Aatar C, n. Rrtcker-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-14
FACULTY IS CHOSEN.
Board of Trustees Elects Teachers for
 Demopolis School.

Demopoiis, June 12.-(speciai.)-The public school board of trustees met Fri day and elected for the ensuing year the following faculty: Professor w. A. Mo Leod, superintendent; Miss Margaret Booth, Miss Mary Taylor. Miss Etta Pegues, Miss Winnie Smith.
 These are all splendid teachers, and will again do excellent work. The only change made was the election of Miss Mary Tay- Tor. vice Miss Mallory, who was not an applicant for a second term. Miss Mary Taylor is the eldest daughter of Con gresunan George W. Taylor, and has been at the Johns Hopkins four years equip ping herself for the duties she is to under take. Being of lovely disposition and highly educated and trained she val make
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