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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-12-24

Prof. J. ]. Thomson's latest sugges-
ton on the subject of the source of the
energy emanating from radium is that
there are a few atoms in each mass
"in a condition in which stability
ceases, and which pass into some other
coniguration, giving out as they do
very large quantities of energy" The
energy of the radiations of this sub.
stance is SO great that one of the cleo.
irons thrown off by it, if set in chase
of a Mauser' bullet, would pass through
it as though it were standing still.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-12-24

A few years ago, when Gear Alex
ander III. was alive and his family in
Guided three sons, it almost seemed be.
yond a doubt that the succession to
the throne vas secured to his de-
scendants, and that it could hardly
pass to his brother or nephew. How.
ever, the eldest son, nov reigning as
Nicholas H., though married, is the
father of daughters only; the second
son is dead, and the third son, To- rs
years Of age, is unmarried and appar-
emily content to remain so.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-12-24
CURRENT ToPIcs

New York's German population Is
sos, 900 and Chicago's 440, 1000.
Holton, Mo-, with a population OF
$500, has seventeen churches.
1t costs about s6,235,OO0 to operate
the government printing office.
House of representatives costs 3d.
100000 a year and senate $1,40O, 900.
Nearly one-third of the $4,000 In
habitants of Cleveland were born in
Europe.
A child of five should weigh Al
pounds, be 41h inches in height and
have a chest girth of 1874 inches.
Tho proportional increase in the
population of the cities was less dur
Ing the last ten years than previously.
Twenty thousand young children,
daily and nightly, stand in the streets
Of London offering various articles for
sale.
The average age for men to marry
is highest in Sweden-31 years-and
the lowest in the United States-26A
years.
Papier mache mushrooms and toad
stools are now made for the purpose
Of demonstrating the difference be-
tween them.
The production of Pennsylvania oil
in June aggregated 89,2S9 barrels a
day. which is 5,452 barrels above the
daily average.
The longest telephone wire span in
the world is 5000 feet from pole to
pole, spanning the Susquehanna near
Lancaster, Pa.
In Lowell, Mass, there are 1900
machine tending operatives who care
for $4,000 spindles and earn over
$500, 900 a month.
There are 1.OS3,473 Odd Fellows in
the United States and Canada. 941,221
Freemasons and 92S,035 Of the Ancient
Order of Foresters.
Miss Helen Miller Gould gave q
Thanksgiving dinner to a number OF
boys at Woody Crest, her home at Irv'
ington-on-the-Hudson
Deaths from consumption are di
vided by age as follows: Under As
So per cent; As to 60, 20 per cent.
above 60, IL per cent.
In the opinion Of the health depart
ment Of Chicago every school in that
city should be provided with apparatus
to sterilize drinking water.
Sm0ke1esa nowder machine cune
and quick-flring rifles tend to make the
attacking Of small states by powerful
ones and more impossible.
At Washington five women are still
drawing pensions as widows of mer
who served in the war of the revolu
ton which ended 120 years Ago..
The London county council nov
makes s35O,0Oo e year from tramways
Leeds corporation secures from a sim
liar source an income of $1O0 900.
A new typewriting machine return.
the carriage automatically when tn,
end of a line Is reached so that tn,
operator is not compelled to pause.
Senator Stewart, of Nevada, is thu
only man In the senate who has neve
been shaved. His beard began t.
grow when he was 16 and has bee,
growing for 60 years.
The United States now produce,
more hops than any other country. o
the worlds crop of 1850, 900 hundred
weight the United States furnishe.
100000 hundredweight.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-12-24

An almost forgotten mystery Of the
Austrian Alps has at last been cleared
up. Thirteen years ago a guide named
Untemsteinen disappeared from Gross
vendiger, and nothing was again heard
of him until a few days since, when
his body was found thickly sheathed
in ice. He had evidently fallen into a
crevasse, and the body, forming
around itself an icy casing, had, dur
ing 13 years, followed the movements
Of the glacier, being at last recovered
at it's lowest extremity, where it
emerged to view.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-12-24

AS to the horse-car line, Mr.. Stuart
remarked before the annual meeting
Of the street railway accountants that
1t had been electricuted in almost ev-
cry city. While there were 81 COM
panies using animal power and ESQ
miles of track operated by such pow
er, there were only So companies
which used animal power exclusively,
and their single track amounted to 1853
miles, being an average of about three
miles for each company.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-12-24

The annual report of Gov. Brodie, of
Arizona, is a brochure consisting of
27O pages of fine print and 225, 900
words. He gives the boundaries of his
territory, mentions it's latitude and
longitude, dimensions in miles, yards,
feet, rods and acres. His description
Of its is most enthusiastic.
The governor expresses the opinion
that the territory should be irrigated
and that his salary should be raised.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-12-24

The corn belt includes a little of
Northwestern Ohio, a considerable strip
across North-central Illinois, all of
Northern and Central illinois, the
whole state of Iowa, Northwestern Mis-
souri,, Northeastern Kansas and South
eastern Nebraska. On the map it
roughly resembles an elongated kite,
with the little end in Northwestern
Ohio and the widest part on Missouri
river.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-12-24

gloomily in the of the room
while the dancing light glinted along
the smoky rafters as if eager to dispel
all thought of loneliness.
Mrs. Cameron glanced upward. In
the years agone, when the rafters were
not so smoky and the dear old rooms
not 80 dingy as now, the Halfway
house was the social hub of the noun
:aih side. But now
A sturdy lad of L. years came bust
ling in with his arms full OF holly and
1ds pockets full OF mail.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-12-24

Thoman Z. Norris, a Philadelphia
septuagenarian, stricken with a mark.
ed case of consumption two years ago,
took to the life Of a tramp and fol-
lowed it with all its rigors for two
years. He has now returned to his
home perfectly cured.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-12-24
ON THE "DUDEv TRAIN.

Johnny Drummer, Who Is d
Tracked to let the Limited go by,
expresses his sentiments regard
ing hat Superb Train.
1T has been my dream of Joy supreme
To ride in plush and velvet splendor
Parlor car for a swell tailender
Platform fenced with a swell brass fender
On the Regular Limited Train
Electric bell right under your nose
Porter to come and brush your clothes
Grub in the diner the best that grows
A downy bunk for a nights repose
On the Regular Limited Train
Bif! Bang! a mile a minute
No other method of travel is in it
/ want to go ripping, skipping and tipping
Away on the Limited Train"
These lines are not original with me. They
are taken from a tuneful little ditty sung
in George AIDES comedy peggy from Paris"
The jingle danced through my brain the
other day as we lay on the siding at Prairie
Junction, or some such place, to let the
Santa Fe's west bound California Limited
go by. It was "a gorgeous train of palace
cars, and behindthe plate glass observation
windows beauty and fashion and youth and
old age were lolling among the luxuriant
cushions, some visiting, some reading, some
pleasantly doing, SOM making wreaths Of
cigar smoke, some gazing dreamily through
the windows at the passing cities, and
fields, and forests and rivers.
l stood on the rear platform of the last
car of our train and watched the California
Limited as she faded away toward the gold
en- west. And I thought of the difference
between travel now and travel in the days
of '49, when it took the gold-seeker half a
long, weary year, filled with all kinds of
hardships:, to travel the distance that is snow
covered in three days. l thought of the
the jolting, the thirst, the hunger, the
homesickness, the snaillike crossing of
plains, the laborious climbing of N Mountains,
the weary dragging weeks, the never ending
trail.
In these palaces that had just glided by
were people going to the same place to
spend the winter months where the climate
to endure a single hardship on the journey.
When night came they were to lie in beds
whose soft embrace makes sleep a luxury
and in the day time the velvet cushions of
their seats were to be made deeper still by
pillows-and thy were to spend a delightful
part of their time in the gilded and glittering
dining car, where every dainty that ever
tickled the palate is enticingly served-in
short, they were to have or the trip all the
home.
1 stood there and watched them pass out
of sight while my soul was consumed with
envy. But l derived some consolation out
of resolving, that sometime ], too, would
see California, and I promised myself that
if I ever did 60 there it would be over the
Santa Fe. JOHNNY DRUMMER"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-12-24

German scholars are noted for their
longevity, but vel few of them retain
their mental powers as long as Prof.
Edward Zeller, who, at the age of 49,,
has just brought out the last volume
OF the fourth edition of his history Of
Greek philosophy, with GO pages added.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-12-24

To honor the memory of Emilio
CASTELAR,, the celebrated republican
orator and fo~aer president of the
Spanish republic, his friends intend to
raise a monument to him at Madrid.
Subscriptions for the purpose have
been received from all quarters of Eu-
rope, Mexico, Cuba and several coun-
tries of South America.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-12-24

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalli.
BILE medicine for coughs and colds:-N. W.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-12-24

"Did she return your affection?" "Yes.
unopened."-Detroit Free Press.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-12-24

You may follow luck to ruin, but not to
Euccess.-Gartield.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-12-24

Putnam Fadeless Dyes cost but 10 cents
per package.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-12-24

Stops the Cough
and works off the cold. Laxative Bromo
Quinine Tablets. Price Is cents
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-12-24

Sometimes, as many find to their cost,
something venture, nothing have.-Puck.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-12-24

They who court fame never win it,
Ram S Horn.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-12-24

HAS the doctor given I'D all hope?" ooh.
no; he thinks the estate will settle the bf]
4 his patient dies."-Gncinnati Times,
Star.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-12-24

In Dragging of the seed don't forget the
soil.-Judge.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-12-24
Well Remembered.

Valley City, N. Oak, Dec. 1.-TWO years
ago Mrs. Matilda M. Boucher of this place
suffered a great deal with a dizziness in her
head. She was cured of this by a remedy
called Dodd's Kidney Pills, and has not been
troubled since.
Shortly afterwards she had a bad bilious
attack and for this she used Diamond Din,
ner Pills and was completely cured in a
short time.
In January, 1908, she had an attack Of
Sciatica of which she says:
II was almost helpless with the Sciatica,
but remembering what Dodd's Kidney
Pills and Diamond Dinner Pills had done for
me before, I commenced a treatment of
these medicines and in three weeks ! was
completely restored to health. ]. have
great faith in these medicines for they have
been of so much benefit to me-"
Dodd's Kidney Pills are very popular in
Barnes County, having made a great many
splendid cures of Sciatica, Rheumatism and
Kidney Troubles. Many families use no
other medicine.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-12-24
AN EXPERT.
Ke wantod n Confidential Gluxs.ahsu
Because He Could Be Very
CONFIDENTIAL.

Secretary Shaw says that shortly after he
assumed his duties as head of the treasury
department he was called upon by an old
gentleman from his own state of Iowa, who
wanted an appointment as confidential clerk
to one of the assistant secretaries of that de-
partment.
"In spite Of the fact that I was very busy
at the time" says Mr.. Shaw, II gave the
Iowan the better part of an hour, for he was
as pleasant and entertaining an old chap as
one could meet..bright, clipper and witty"
On account of his age, the secretary felt
that he could not comply withthe request.
So, gently but firmly, he informed him that
he did not see his way clear to give him tho
appointment. This did not dampen the old
gentleman's spirit i'll the least.
"Now, .ir," said he, "as I feelmyself pecu-
liarly well qualified to fill one Of these con-
fdential cle;kships, l hope that you will con-
slider my application further"
Then, waggiNg his head most impressively,
he added earnestly:
ooh, sir, 1 could be SO confidential"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-12-24
Chorus

Bif! Bang! a mile a minute
No other method of travel is in it
l want to go ripping, skipping and tipping
Away on the Limited Train"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-12-24

1 stood there and watched them pass out
of sight while my soul was consumed with
envy. But I derived some consolation out
see California, and l promised myself that
if I ever did 60 there.it would he over the
Santa Fe. "JOHNNY DRUMMER"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-22
BURGLARS CAUGHT
Two Young Men of NOrthfcld Caught
Goods Found at Their House.

Mortified. oct. 1S.--As sequel to the
burglary of the +. G. COlburn clothing
store, the creamery and the Mortified
News office Thursday night, Eugene Da-
Wis aged 20 years, and Neil Knapp aged
o. were arrested at the home of Davis
early Saturday morning. The matter of
the robbery was kept quiet and officer
Joseph Fitzgerald worked upon the case
until he was positive he knew who COM
mitted the burglary and also where the
goods were concealed. With the assistance
of Montpelier officers and NJ. Z. Chase,
F.. F.. Fuller and w. A. Shaw of this
town the house was surrounded shortly
after midnight and a demand made for
admission. The door was not readily
opened and Mrs. Antoine Miller, Davis s
mother, was heard to tell him that a
man persisted in getting into the house.
Davis was heard to converse with Knapp
and an upper window was opened. Upon
seeing that the house was surrounded the
young men attempted to escape by a
back way but seeing it was useless, de-
posted couple of dress suit cases under
a raised walk in the she'd They were
placed under arrest In the house was
found SlS5 worth of clothing and gentle
mems furnishing goods. which Mr.. Coburn
identified as having been taken from his
store the previous night Among the lot
were three fine overcoats. Davis and Mil
Ter were taken to Montpelier on the early
morning express and lodged in Jail.
The creamery was burglarized the same
night and 90 pound case of butter stolen.
This was found near the railroad track
to-day At the News office nothing but
few cents in the cash register was
taken. Entrance in each case was made
by prying up window.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-22

League. Few people knew Of his employ
ment by states Attorney G. 2. Tarbell
of Windsor county.
At this point John S. Eaton, a book
keeper for the Frederick Billings estate
at Woodstock, was put on the stand.
lie did not know Wilson but he knew
that the mans reputation in Woodstock
was not good. The witness heard Mr..
Clement speak at Woodstock but he could
not recall any reference to the White
River Junction shooting. When cross
examined he said he had learned of the
plaintiff being at Woodstock only by re-
port All the degrading talk he had
heard about Wilson occurred at the time
of II raid just before the shooting affair.
The last witness of the morning was
DR.. Elmer a. Barrows of Hartford, who
had heard Mr.. Clements speech at White
River junction and had attended Goshen
after the shooting. He was present at an
operation performed subsequently upon
Goshen when the course of the bullet
that caused death had been determined.
The ball entered the mans abdomen and
passed backward on a horizontal plane,
piercing several folds of the intestines
From this disclosure the witness judged
that the man who fired the shot, if he
were on the same level as his victim
held the weapon on level with the mid
die of his own body.
DR. Barrows heard Mr.. Clement talk
about the shooting. This was as far as
the witness was questioned as the court
took recess at 1915 until Monday after
noon at two o'clock.
Before excusing the jurors Judge Hoyt
II. Wheeler cautioned them not to hear
anything on the case nor to talk about II
until they returned to court. He consid-
cred this necessary owing to the general
interest in the case.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-22
TROMBLY JURY DISAGREE.
Case against DIR. Hardness for Forgery
VIII Not Come to Trial.

Montpelier, Oct S.--The jury in the
case of State VS.. Stephen T1ombley of
Northield, assault. failed to agree Satur-
day afternoon and We're discharged by
Judge Haselton shortly before five
o'clock. The wife and two small children
of the respondent who were around the
court room all day Saturday created no
little sympathy among the spectators,
Mrs Tromhley has not vet recovered
from tho murdcrous assault alleged to
have been committed on her several
weeks ago by Adelbert Martin. The jury
came in at three o'clock in the afternoon
disagreed. Judge Haselton asked them
to return to their room for further con-
sideration Of the case, urging upon them
the desra hility of reaching an agree
ment if it could consistently be done, that
the case was important to the State and
to the respondent. When the Jury re-
turned at five o'clock they reported no
hope of an agreement Trombley was re-
manded to jail and his family went to
Northiield on the evening tram. He Is
unable to raise any bail and unless q
special Jury should be summoned to again
try this case after the session of tho
supreme court. the respondent will be OBJ
liecd to remain in Jail until the March
torn.
In the case of State VS.. Angelo Scam
PM of Barre, breach of the peace, and
state W.. IL Iptl!IdIlln VI Nbpu
breach of the peace, both of which had
been on the docket for several years.
Acting States Attorney b. E. Bailey. by
permission of the court, entered a nolle
PROSE-.
The case of State VS. DR. w. r. Hank
ness, forgery. was called up Saturday
afternoon by Acting States Attorney
Bailey who said the State would be ready
to proceed with the trial of this case on
Monday W. A. Lord, counsel for DIR.
Hardness and Mr.. Bailey had a con-
ference with the court and it is under
stood there will be no trial in this case
although it will be disposed of before
the final adjournment of the September
term.
states Attorney Frank A Bailey, whose
condition had been such during the past
three days rs to give his friends and his
physicians considerable encoura cement
had a fourth hemorrhage of the lungs
Saturday morning The loss of blood at
this time was not very great but it agair
left Mr., Bailey Frustrated and his condi-
ton is considered very critical.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-22
BIG CONTRACT FOR GRANITE
Mortified Man to Furnish Material for
WashingtOn's Union station.

Northfeld, oct BE. b. Ellis was to-
day informed that he has been awarded
the contract for furnishing, cutting and
setting the granite which Will enter into
the construction of the big union station
to he erected at Washington, ID. G, The
stone is Bethel granite from the quarries
owned by Mr.. Ellis at Bethel, The exact
figures of the contract are not made pub
lie here but it is understood to be be-
tween one and two million dollars and Is
said to be the largest contract for granite
ever awarded a granite manufacturer
The time limit is from three to four
years
Mr. Ellis will Immediately set more cut
tiers at work and enclose the new shed
which is partly constructed and it is pos
sible may erect another large shed which,
If done. will give him one of the largest
and most complete granite manufacturing
plants in the country. 1t means a ma
terial increase of business not only for
Mortified but Bethel as well, and will
likewise bring Northield into more prom
inence as one of the busy stations on the
line of the Central Vermont.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-22

of the former province. The vines cd
about $1,000 acres, half of which
situated on the northern and south
slopes Of the Reims Hills. There
some l5Vo plants, about two feet all
IRON one another, in each acre. on bd
gathered and sold to the wine merch
the grapes are Immediately pressed
the spot The first three DRESSINGS @
yield the win de cuVce" which will
ter"ard become champagne. The M
is az once despatched to the mercha1
establishments at Reims. Epernay
Avizo and Chalons The annual Weld
the champagne Vintagcs varies consic
ably, from 10000 to 900 900 hectoliti
The average for the past fifty We
has been 10000, and is increasing. ov
to new plantations The must after
mentation, settles when tho cold weat
sets IN, ana the wine is then drawn
two or three times. In the follow
spring commences the most delicate
Grafton mat of the "assemblage or CT
position. On this depends almost
tirely the eventual quality of the win
When the proper blending has h
effected bottling follows. a certain ar
tity of cane-sugIr being admixed IN
tie the wine fnrments again. the su
being once moro transformed into alec
and carbonic acid gas. A deposit vel
forms Is removed by an operation ca
mise sur pointe,' peculiar to spark
wines. Tho bottles arc placed neck do,
ward, slantwise. at an angle of fiftv
grces. Every day during At least n
months skilled workmcn shake each
tie by rapid sharp, and circular me
ment of the wrist. Gradually tho don
collects on the cork. 10 rernove IL
bottles are placed downward AT = do
of three inches in a rcfrleeratinp nixtt
which causes an icicle TO form In the n,
The cork is extracted carefully. and 9
1t comes the icicle in which is tho
post. Subsequent and final operati
are dosing" and corkng. The forl
merely consists in sweetcuinr 10 +,
when required. the wine after the
gorgement," as the operation is cal
being absolutely dry. Before dosing i
styled win brut.' The production
champagne in bottles annually 4fnoi
nowadays to an average Of 21.0n0 90
ties. representing $4,000 hectolitres
slightly over half the quantity vie
by the pressing of the grapes. The eel
of the syndicate contain some 1.oC
hectolitres. three-puarters Of which
bottled.-London Daily Telegraph.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-22
A QUARTETTE.

He-My dear Miss Smith--or may I 9
you Kitty?
Moon-(This promises, fear, to
quite tame.)
She-You oughtn't, but you make
sound so pretty;
Cupid-Crhey're starting in as usu
Same old game0
He-The moonlight paints with gold 70
fairy tresSes.
Moon-(Now wouldn't that just ma
you faint awayD
She-Only a poet thus his thought
presses!
Cupid-CWhat idiotic things some p,
pie sayD
He--Dear, if loved YOU, would you CO
TO know it?
Moon-(Now that, 7 must admit
rather good)
She-Oh, if / cared, ia be too shy
show it.
Cupid-CThey're doing better than
thought they wouldD
He--Ah-if I dared-but you're so
above me-
Moon-(Ahem I think III hide beh
this tree)
She-Love levels all ranks
He-Do you, can you love me?
Cupid-(Well, now they have no furt
use for me)
-CaroIyr Wells In 7 ~