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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-10-15
CLEANLINESS AND CLIMATE.
Gsw Orleans Show : Windows and
Thoss of Other Cities.

moss OF Orher C1LleS.
sThe show windows in New Or.
leans have a cleaner and brighter
appearance than those of any
other city in the country" e
marked a visitor in Canal street
to a writer for the New Orleans
Times-Democrat. 81 have been in
every principal city in the United
States, and have closely observed
the show windows of big estab-
lishments along the retail streets.
1t can be safely claimed by New
Dreams merchants that they keep
the neatest and cleanest show
windows in the whole country. l
do not know exactly why it is SC,
but it is a fact. Perhaps they give
more attention to show in the
Crescent City than in other cities,
and yet I am persuaded that this
is not true. Nor is more taste and
artistic @effect devoted to the
dressing of windows in this city
than in any other large city. In
fact, I should say that in Buffalo
and Philadelphia and other large
cities l have visited more art is to
be found in the show windows
than in New Orleans. But for
cleanliness and polish, this city
excels. The glass rares are
brighter, and clearer, and clean.
er than any | have seen.
Looking below the surface we
may be able to find a climatic ex-
PLANTATION for this condition. At
least I have given the subject just
a little thought, and, after all, it
may be demonstrate that the
New Orleans merchants are not
more Industrious than their
brothers Of other cities. 1t need
not be urged that there is a cer-
tain amount of dampness in the
atmosphere of the city. There is
an excess as compared to otEc"
cities, and it is especially heavy
at night. The air, in a measure,
perhaps, washes the surface of the
large window pancs along Canal
street. But there must be an.
other factor to make the process
complete and for some time | was
at a loss exactly as to what should
be added to dampness Of the at.
mosphere. Studying the weathe:
reports of the weather bureau, I
found that along the gulf and sea
coast nearer the equatorial line
there is a larger proportion o.
cloudless days, OF an excess Of
sunshine as compared to more in.
land localities. n sort of golden
fringe Of sunshine borders the
coast OF Georgia, the Gulf states,
and extends up the Pacific coast
to Middle California. Taking this
to be true, I evolved the theory to
be true that these two opposite in.
fuences operating together tend.
ed to destroy dirt, or rather to
remove it. We can easily under.
stand that excessive accumu!a.
ton of dust would be unlikely ur.
der such circumstances. In this
way l believe that the merchants
in NewOrleansareassisted by IA.
turc in keeping their show win.
dows clean and bright and neat"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-10-15
Big Wheat Market,

Ritzyillc, Wash, which lies a
little-southwest of Spokane, is de-
clared to be the largest local
wheat market in the United
States. 1t has a population Of
only 2,200, but annually ships an
average of 1,!50,00O bushels of
wheat from the Lalouse ana Big
Bend couutrL
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-10-15
Died from Old are.

Official returns show that dur
ing last year no fewer than $50
persons died in Steprcy, Eng.
from old age.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-10-15

Ellis.

1t is sometimes easier to meet
a bill than to dodge it.-Chicago
Daily News.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-10-15
No Exception to Rule.

Even a first mortgage isn't al
ways satisfied. - Chicago Daily
News. ar, ~,>s~9 s.sass .-asss
--.~ y 49,
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1903-05-22
or 4. CONAN DOYZH

accumulated by the strange costume
which she wore. Her hair, black but
plentifully shot with grey was brushed
plainly back from her high forehead,
and was gathered under small round
felt hat, like that of a man, with one
sprig of feather in the band as a con-
cession to her sex double-breasted
jacket of some dark frieze-like material
fitted closely to her figure, while her
straight blue skirt, untrimmed and I'M
gathered, was cut SO short that the
lower curve of her finely turned legs
was plainly visible beneath 1t, terminal
ing In pair of broad fiat, low-heeled
and square-toed shoes. Such was the
lady who lounged at the gate of num-
Der three, under the curious eyes Of her
two opposite neighbors.
But if her conduct and appearance
had already somewhat Jared upon their
limited and precise sense of the fitness
Of things, what were they to think of
the next little act in this tableaux
vivant? The cabman, red and heavy
jowled, had come back from his labors,
and held out his hand for his fare.
The lady passed him coin, there was
moment of mumbling and gesticulat-
ing. and suddenly she had him with
both hands by the red cravat which grit
his neck, and was shaking him as
terrier would rat. Right across the
pavement she thrust him, and pushing
him up against the wheel, she banged
his head three several times against
the side of his own vehicle.
"Can l be of any use to you, aunt?"
asked the large youth, framing himself
in the open doorway.
mot the slightest" painted the en-
ragged lady. There you low black
guard. that will teach you to be imper-
tinent to LADY,
The cabman looked helplessly about
him with a bewildered questioning
gaze, as one to whom alone of all men
this unheard-of and extraordinary thing
had happened. Then, rubbing his head.
he mounted slowly on to the box, and
drove away with an uptossed hand APP
pealing to the. universe The lady
smoothed down her dress, pushed back
her hair under her little felt hat, and
STROBE in through the hall-door, which
she closed behind her.. AS with a whisk
her short skirts vanished into the
darkness, the two spectators-Miss
Bertha and Miss Monica Williams-sat
amazement For fifty years they had
peeped through that little window and
across that trim garden, but never yet
had such sight as this come to con-
found them.
81 wish" said Monica at last, that
we had kept the field"
Il am sure 1 wish we had" answered
her sister.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1903-05-22

had been a thought of township there,
when the Metropolis was still quite a
distant thing, old Mr.. Williams had in
habited 1.-THE Brambles,'' as the little
house was called, and had owned all
the fields about it. Six or eight such
cottages scattered over rolling coun-
try-side were all the houses to be found
there in the days when the century
was young. From afar, when the
breeze came from the north, the dull,
low roar of the great city might be
heard, like the breaking of the tide of
life, while along the horizon might be
seen the dim curtain of smoke, the grim
spray which that tide threw up. Grad
ually, however, as the years passed, the
city had thrown out long brick-feeler
here and there, curving, extending. and
coalescing. until at last the little cot
tages had been gripped round by these
red tentacles, and had been absorbed
to make room for the modern villa.
Field by field the estate of old Mr.. Will
liams had been sold to the speculative
builder and had borne rich crops of
snug suburban dwellings, arranged in
curving crescents and tree-lined ave-
nues. The father had passed away be-
fore his cottage was entirely bricked
round, but his two daughters, to whom
the property had descc aded, lived to see
the last vestige of country taken from
them. For years they had chung to the
one field which faced their windows.
and it was only after much argument
and many heartburnings, that they
had at last consented that it should
share the fate of the others. A broad
road was driven through their quiet
domain. the quarter was renamed
1.-THE Wilderness and three square.
staring, uncompromising villas began
to sprout up on the other side With
sore hearts. the two shy little old maids
watched their steady progress, and
speculated as to what fashion of neigh
bors chance would bring into the little
nook which had always been their own
and at last they were all three fin
ished. Wooden balconies and overhang-
ing caves had been added to them, so
that, In the language OF the advertise
ment. there were vacant three eligible
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1903-05-22
LIFE IN FAR-oFF OREGON.
What Old Friends Had to Relate
After a Long Separation.

What Old Friends Had to Relate
After a Long Separation.
AS reporter was walking down
Alder street yesterday man, whom
he did not at once recognize, accost-
that he was an old friend who had
been absent from the city for a num-
Der of years. AS they walked along
he asked the reporter if he remem-
bered the time Sandy Olds shot Emil
Weber. The reporter replied that he
remembered the incident.
Well" said the returned friend, II
happened along at Third and Alder
just in time to see the shooting and
the sight got onto my nerves and
rather badly ratified me. You came
along and remarked that l was look
ing pale and suggested that we go
down to the Reception and get a
drink to brace me up. We did so, .
he continued, land l would like to
return the compliment now"
81 had thought that incident was
closed" was the reply weber was
killed by Olds' shot and Odds after
serving a year in the penitentiary and
knocking about the coast as roust-
about gambler. for years finally died
OF consumption in Albina something
over year ago. How long is it since
that shooting occurred?"
"Oh, twelve to fifteen years."
We'll, that is a long time between
drinks, but the Reception has moved
and l have quit drinking, so we will
excuse the return of the compliment.
Your memory of the treat, however,
goes to show that there is something
OF the old saying, Cast your bread
upon the waters, and it will some
times return after many days,
though generally in a very soaked
condition.
Many old residents will remember
the shooting of Weber by Odds, but it
is doubtful if many of them have any
drink coming to them in connection
with the tragedy.-Portland Oregon
ian.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1903-05-22
A Problem for Scientists.

Prof. Reitter recently introduced
to the Society for Internal Medicine
in Vienna woman with musical
heart For the last four years she
has suffered from palpitation, and
about eighteen months ago she MOTTO
ed for the first time a peculiar sing
ing noise in her breast, which was
also audible to other persons, and
rose and fell in strength and pitch.
The sound is said to be due to NAL
formation of the heart valves, which
sets up vibration.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1903-05-22
WOMEN WHO DRINK LIQUOR.
New York Minister Says the Vice 10
BECOMING Universal.

New York Minister Says the Vice 10
Becoming Universal.
The Rev. DR.. L. A. Banks, rector OF
Grace Methodist Episcopal church, at
One Hundred and Fourth street, near
Columbus avenue, told members Of the
New York conference In Poughkeep-
sic Sunday that drunkenness is alarm
ingly on the increase among the bet
ter class of women of our larger
cities.
Some of these days I will
give more startling facts" he said
yesterday IF the habit Of drinking
among women of the better and mid
die classes continues to increase
mean to make public names. | Will
say that every minister in New York
knows women-good women-who
drink. | have heard what the society
women do in Newport and Washing
ton, but l know what they do in New
York in the way of drinking.
Drinking among women has come
to be a matter of Indifference nova
days. 1t is prevalent among our
more respectable classes 1t has pro
crossed so far that we read every
day Of our rich women recuperating at
sanitariums. Their poorer sisters
must have recourse to alcoholic wards
in public hospitals. These records
show it. Cocktails, Of whisky, are
lowering the respectable level of the
women Of the middle class. They
take the place of the champagne and
hot wines among the rich.
Twenty years ago nothing passed
the lips but light wines and ales, and
then seldom except at christenings or
feasts. Now the women can be seen
any day in the week, and Sunday, al
ter and before church. at their hotel
and restaurant meals drinking cock
tails, glass for glass, with their men
companions. They show Indifference
to opinion, lack of modesty and OF
conscience
They want to be up to date and
think that is one way. Therefore we
have none of the good old-time tenn
perance."-New York World.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1903-05-22
saIicvIic Acid.

food preservative has been exhaus-
lively studied by Drs. MacAllister
and Bradshaw of Liverpool. Their
conclusions are positive that salicylic
acid, in the ways in which it is used
In the preparation of food products,
is not only not harmful but is a pres
ervation to health, inasmuch as the
process of decomposition which it
prevents would be far more danger
Gus. They show by their experiments
that digestion is scarcely perceptibly
hindered by saturated solutions of
salicylic acid, and that the effects of
small quantities on the living sub
jects are practically negligible.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1903-05-22
(To BE CONTINUED


Where will our sorrows receive the
same solace as in the bosom Of our fam
lily? Whose hand wipes the tear from
our cheek, or the chill of death from
our brow, with the same fondness as
that of the wife? If the raging elements
are contending without, here is a shell
ter If war is desolating the country,
here is peace and tranquility. Blissful
and happy hours, that unite us toEeth-
er In sweet and holy companionshiP.
bid you q joyful welcome.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1903-05-22
CHAPTER II.
BREAKING THE ICE.

H E COTTAGE
from the window of
which the Misses
Williams h a d
looked out stands,
and has stood for
many a year, in
that pleasant SUI
b u r b a n district
which lies between
Norwood, Anerley.
and Forest Hill.
Long before there
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1903-05-22
THE NEWCOMERS.

F YOU PLEASE,
num-" said the
voice of a domestic
from somewhere
round the angle Of
the door, number
three is moving in"
Two little old la
dies, who were sit
ting at either side
of a table, sprang
to their feet with
calculations of in
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1903-05-22

Lord Clarendon attributed success
and happiness in life to associating with
persons more learned and virtuous than
ourselves.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-09

place, and at the same time to care for
those of its patrons who desire to stop
over en- route to the Sapphire country,
on July l. 1900, completed and added to
its already noted system of hotels. The
Franklin, handsome and commodious
structure with accommodations for 200
guests, which, after a very successful sea-
son closed November LIST, was re-opened
April /, 1903. During the winter the
furnishing, which are second to none in
company has been engaged in beautifying
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Magnificent New Hotel The oxawy Just Opened and Trains Now Carrying
Crowds Over the New RaIoad~Fine Fishinq

Sapphire, N. c., August S.-The tide
has turned Like one mighty caravan the
turnpikes of this beautiful sapphire coun-
try present the picture of a steady stream
of tourists seeking the cooler cline here
in the veritable Garden of the Gods. The
weather is superb and every opportunity
for pleasant recreation-too numerous to
MENTIONS offered the guests in this
Land of the Sky. August and September
beauteous land.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has completed its line from Henderson
vile to Lake ToXaway. and now close
connection is made at Hendersonville with
all through trains of the Southern Rail
way Company and guests for Toxaway
Inn are able to reach that house from a
private station on the hotel grounds. The
grandeur of this region cannot be pictur-
ed by pen and no eye can appreciate the
full glory of this work of that Supreme
Hand which builded the mountain crag
and peak, thrust out the table land and
ledge from the very heavens, burrowed
the mountain gorge aGd cafpeted the
fertile valley, setting within it ali the
sparkling, winding rivulet and roaring wa
ter falls
Toxaway Lake, Fairfield Lake and
Sapphire Lake, each rivalling the others
in grandeur of scenic setting, each pro-
vided with the most modern of obstetrics
to care for the summer tourist. are the
largest bodies of water to be found at this
altitude in the Southland. All who visit
these lakes are impressed with the won
derful beauty and variety of scenery.
Suspended above them, as it were, are the
cliffs which rise abruptly from these lakes
and tower for more than a thousand feet
Immediately above the waters. Until
comparatively short time ago no provi-
sion was made for the accommodation OF
visitors to this delightful section of coun-
try. Now, however, entertainment Is of
fered by the magnificent hotel, ToXaway
Inn, (on Lake Toxaway), Fairfield Inn
Con Lake Fairfield), Sapphire Inn Con
Lake Sapphire), and Mountain Lodge Con
summit of Mt. Toxaway).
Nicely constructed, well graded roads
through this magnificent country afford
pleasant drive-ways between these pal
aces in the skies and to the points of in
terest which are innumerable in these
wids of nature. Good stable are main
tanned, making the place especially at
tractive to mountain parties. No supe
rior views of this gorgeous land are to be
had anywhere in the mountains than from
the isolated peaks in easy access from !
the hotels of the Toxaway Company one
of which, Mountain Lodge" is built on
the extreme summit. The character of
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-09

The estate connected with the hotels
covers an area of about thirty thousand
acres. stocked with various kinds of game,
where dashing waters afford uneXcelled
trout fishing, with orchards and carefully
cultivated farms to interest all, with ex-
tensive pastures where the cows and sheep
view 10 their excellence for the dairy,
which supplies fresh milk and cream in
abundance at all times. There are seven
ty-five miles or river and brook fishing
and within a radius of ten miles of Sap
phire are fifty waterfalls, all easily ac-
cessible the height ranging from fifty to
three hundred and seventy-five feet. Only
a personal visit can adequately portray
the beauties and infinite varieties of this
vast region.
Now that the subject OF fine fishing is
a;~itating the public generally the lakes
as are said to exist nowhere else in the
mountain region. TIE seventy five miles
oil rivers and brooks through the estate of
the Toxaway Company offer the finest
sport in trout fishing and already this sea
son some three pound mountain trout have
been landed and guests OF the various
hotels are making excellent records,
bringing in coed strings of the linuy tribe,
and also some good stories.
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try 1t has an altitude of $3.50 feet; is
forty miles from Asheville. N. c., and
is one of the most enterprising towns
of the State owing to the impetus given
it by the Pennsylvania Railroad and the
Toxaway Company.
1t is reached via the Southern Railway
to Hendersonville, n c., thence via the
Pennsylvania Railroad, one hours ride.
The Toxaway Company, approaching
the advantages of Brevard as resort,
and the desirabiity of having a, first-class
hotel in the town to accommodate the
numerous people who wish to visit the
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the view from this point battles descrip.
ton.
There is no need to tell in detail of the
service from these hostelries which have
been erected here. In dies. gn and finish each
is a model for beauty and convenience,
and provided with every modern improve
ment. Lake and mountain views present
themselves from every room, and this
latest creation of the Toxaway Company,
the Toxaway Inn, is one of the most ele-
CANT hostelries in the whole Southland
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The boating on the lakes gives additional
sport to the fishermen who are looking
Tor good times in the mountain Take it
ali In all if there is any exciting sport ex-
ceiling lifting" trout from these noun
tam streams the habitues of the Sap
phlre country know it not.
There is mile after mile of graded roads
around the margins of the lakes and over
the property, with a careful regard to Sc
views which cannot be surpassed for beau.
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being an isolated Peak of any mountain
point Of vantage in North Carolina, pro-
baby in the Allegheny chain. The mag
nifcent character OF this view bafles de-
scripton. It's grandeur and sublimity can
only be fully appreciated by those who
have seen it in person and felt the sooth-
ing magiv of its silent but irresistible in
fiuenCe.
THE FRANKLIN, BREVARD.
The town of Brevard, n. c., is Che
gateway of the beautiful Sapphire coun-
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either of the lake houses by nicely con-
structed and Well-graded road winding
back and forth along the sides of the
mountain for a distance of about three
and one-half miles. The accommodations
provided here for guests are of the most
satisfactory character.
There are good stables in connection,
making the place especially attractive for
mountain parties The view from this
Lodge, which is on the extreme summit
of the mountain, is the most extensive Gt
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Now Carrying

81 degrees, while a record of temperature
kept at Sapphire for the past four years
shows it to be an average of 60 degrees
for the entire summer.
Sapphire is reached over the Southern
Railway to HeBdersonville, thence over
the Pennsylvania Railroad to Lake Toxa-
way The drive from Lake Toxaway to
Sapphire, distance of six miles, is over
the new Sapphire turnpike, perfect road
making the drive one of ease and pleas
IRE.
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)
Of the pleasant trips to be taken in the
Sapphire country one must come here
SAPPHIRE INN.
Sapphire Inn. with cottages, will ac-
commodate fifty guests The grounds are
well kept The location is en- attractive
one. The approach is truly beau
tiful. Here the artist can sit in ecstacy.
With pencil and brush the hours pass and
he fingers 10th to leave. There on the
shores of Fairfield Lake is Fairfield Inn,
cellent water supply, good baths. electric
lights, etc. 1t has wide, spacious porches
ard commodious public rooms, while beau
tful grounds and parks delightful boating
End bathing, serpentine drives and shady
walks around and about the lake, makes
the spot an ideal one for health and pleas
ure-seekers. On the grounds are well
equipped bowling alleys, pool and billiard
rooms, tennis courts, boat and bath houses
and power house.
To the cast and across the lake, rises
Bald Rock majestically. To the southeast
is the head-waters, whose falls is but an
ADDED charm. Around the lake is q beau
tiful turnpike of four miles.
THE LODGE.
On the summit of Mt. Toxaway is the
Ledge The house is easily accessible from
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the park and pleasure grounds of the
hotel Among other attractions a beauti-
ful lake has been made IN the park, with
boat house and an ample supply of boats
for those Of its guests who are fond Of
this recreation.
The Franklin is built on the highest
point in Brevard overlooking the French
Broad river and valley, in the midst of
a park of eighty acres. No expense has
been spared in its appointments and
the South. Every room is an outside
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the undertaking which this company has
successfully carried to an end which re-
ceives the praise of every visitor.
Every detail connected with the man
agement of these handsomely constructed
hostelries is carefully arranged to give
that perfect service which will make every
visitor desire to return to this Land of
the Sky. ~
The railroad, through view, is already
one of the smoothest in the State and the
ride over this line offers the grandest
scenery in the State
For descriptive booklets, rates, ETC., adj
dress managers of the different hotels, or
The Toxaway Company, Brevard, N. c.