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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-04-01
A Vegetable Porcupine.

The best hated cactus in America
Is the cholla. The Mexicans say
that if you go near a cholla joint it
will Jump at you. Certainly if you
touch one it will stick, AMI when you
try to free yourself it will pierce
your other hand as we'll Each pen
dent joint seems to reach out for the
passerby, and the ground beneath the
broad cholla tree is strewn with
fallen fragments, many of which take
root and grow.
After one has felt the sharp spines
through heavy boots and seen gtheir
needle points, it is source of con-
tinual wonder to see the wild cattle
of Arizona quietly browsing on }chol-
las. The phrase cactus fed" as. ap-
piled to Arizona, is not a figure of
speech. During the years of drought
thousands Of cattle carry THEMSELVES
over until the next grass by eating
chollas. With their leathery tongues
and lips they strip the spiny Joints
from the trunk and leave the wide
spreading cactus a bare and woody
skeleton. 1t is only the range cat
tie, whose mouths have been harden
ed on the thorny mesquite and ron
wood browse, who will undertake to-
eat cactus, and cattlemen therefore
often burn the thorns from chollas
and nopals in order to tempt their
more fastidious animals to eat"
Country Life in America.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-04-01
Starved in Hold of Ship.

When the bottom hold of the steam.
ship Rappahannock was opened, Rob-
art Leslie, almost living skeleton,
was found among the cargo stored
there. When the ship was loading in
London an American named Leslie
crept aboard with a pint of water and
little bread and went down into the
hold for the purpose Of beating his
way across to this country. Merchan-
disc was placed in the hold until the
unfortunate man was slowed away
much more securely than he desired.
When the ship got under way and he
desired to go on deck to throw him
self upon the mercy of Captain Buck
ingham he found all means of egress
barred.
When the hold was opened Leslie
could hardly speak above a whisper.
and he now lies at the hospital at
Newport News at the verge of death.
He went into the hold of the Kappa
hammock a hale, hearty man, weighing
lao pounds. He came out looking
like a skeleton over which had been
drawn a parchment covering. He.
weighed hardly sixty pounds. Physi-
cal and mental suffering both have
eft an imprint upon his features, and
The physicians at the hospital are.
doubtful Of saving the mans life.
The mere fact that he passed through
The terrible ordeal without succumb-
ing, however, shows remarkable vital
ity, and they may be able to pull him
through indianapolis News.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-04-01

denoted by marks on the outer circle,
but two dots are required for five
minutes, because there are twice as
many characters on the face as on
the ordinary clock.
The dial is divided in the center
from the six mark to the opposite six
mark. The twelve hours of the day
are distinguished by light spaces and
the remaining twelve hours by dark
spaces. The hour hand is stationary
at the point which is made the cen
trail time while the minute hand re.
wolves as on the ordinary clock.
To determine the time it is only
necessary to locate the city or coun.
try on the red dial and read the time
in relation to its as on an ordinary
clock.-Jewellers Circular-Weekly.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-04-01
When Mature is Remiss.

Nature mods undoubtedly at times.
as in the case of the child born with
out a brain, whose case has been
made public this week. Not long ago
an infant was born and lived for
three weeks with a hole through it's
heart. Thousands of us are color
blind, others have no musical sense.
And there are many Laura Bridg-
mans, many Helen Kellers. The
queen of Roumania has or had at her
court in personal attendance upon
herself the daughter of blind noble
man. She could neither hear nor
speak and had to be taught to COM
municate by holding the throat of q
speaker and initiating the vibration
produced by the effort But what
grudge against nature must such a
one as Lyon Playfair discovered ever
feel!
Here was a girl who was blind,
deaf, dumb and could neither taste
nor smell. One might be pardoned
for asking if such life was worth
living. Yet there was a beautiful les
son in such an existence, as the great
warm heart of Playfair discovered.
He sent her a pretty finger ring, and
the poor mite replied in this pitifully
pretty letter: Dear Sir Lyon Play
fair; Sir Lyon Playfair sent Edith
ring in box Edith thank Sir Lyon
Playfair for ring. Sir Lyon Playfair
come to see Edith. Good-by Edith"
During his visit the child had closely
examined his hands, wrists, arms and
face, her touch being marVelloualy
accurate. A year later he went again,
to see her At first she did not recog-
nize him and no one betrayed his
identity. At length she turned back
the cuff of his shirt and touched his
wrist Her face lit up with intense
joy ut is the Englishman who gave
me the ring" she rapidly spelled out
on her fingers. And in a second she
had flung her little arms around his
neck and was weeping witt delight
at the recognition.-St. James Ga.
zette.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-04-01
A Queen as a Shopper.

The Queen, the Princess of Wales,
Princess Charles of Denmark and
Princess Victoria walked from the
castle into Windsor yesterday after
noon ind did some shopping.
The Princesses filled their pockets
with lovely things, the royal party
staying in the shops a considerable
time. They give as little trouble as
possible" said Mr. Barber, "and it is
a real pleasure to wait on them" The
Queen and the Princesses would not
even trouble the shopkeeper to have
some of the things wrapped in paper
They simply put the small purchases
into their pockets and asked for the
larger things to be sent on to the
castle.
Her Majesty and the Princesses
did not pay for their purchases in
hard cash, but the Queen remarked
to one tradesman, You can trust
me?" They seemed to make light
of the unpropitious weather and the
wet pavements, and tramped along
quite gayly, holding an animated con-
yersation and frequently stopping to
look at the wares displayed in the
shop windows of the High street.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-04-01
New Geographical Clock.

An interesting clock was recently
completed by Charles D. Davis, of
Chicago. Geographical clocks, or
clocks which indicate the time in ev-
cry part of the world, are by no
means new, but Mr.. Davis invention
is said to posses many novel features.
The dial is totally unlike that Of
the ordinary time recorder. in that
it contains $50 marks where the min
ute marks are usually placed, these
marks representing the SEQ degrees
en- the earth's surface. On the outer
circle of the dial, where the twelve
hour representations are unusually
placed, are twenty-four figures repre-
senting the full day. The minutes are
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-04-01
The Dimensions Of Noah,e ArE


Within the last ten years the gem
eral dimensions of the ark have been
closely followed by cargo steamship
builders for deep sea and the AIneri-
can Great Lakes service. According
to the Bible, the ark was 480 feet
long, 80 feet wide and 48 feet deep.
Her tonnage was lab, and she had
enough rooms for pairs of all the dis
tinct species of animals that are
classed by Buffon-244--and she GOULD
have accommodated a thousand per-
sons and then have plenty of room for
the storage of supplies. In the seven
teenth century Peter Jansen, a Hol-
lander, built a vessel of the exact pro
portions Of the ark, and she was sue
cessful, as the records of the times
show, in making money for her ewn-
ers. Noah, the Father of Naval
Architecture" is held in profound re-
spect by naval architects Of to-day,
who know how immeasurably the
Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans and
all other shipbuilders fell short of the
excellence of the type Of the ark as a
commodious, safe and economical YES
sel-Syren and Shipping.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-04-01

grounded the line, and made them fast
and taut some feet farther away,
then he plunged into the house again.
The instrument was ticking cheer
fully with a call from the Philadelphia
and the tape was registering it ac-
curately. We answered the call, and
in another moment talk" began to
pass between the two ships-matters
Of interest to one ship or the other,
messages between passengers, ano
finally the news of the day from either
side. Two hours later the reading
by sound became difficult, the tape
began to miss, and the last faint good
bys were said.
Sometimes a vessel has been in al
most daily communication with others
all the way across. Such was re-
cent experience of the Ivernia. After
leaving Liverpool communication was
kept up with the Marconi station at
Waterloo until the Rosslare station
called the ship. On the following
-Wednesday-wh the liner was
80 miles off Queenstown, the admiral
tvs station at Roche's Point informed
her that the weather was too rough
to send the tender outside, which
necessitated entering the harbor. On
leaving Queenstown bay cOmmunica-
ton with an incoming steamer was
established and kept up for some time.
At noon messages were exchanged
with the Brow Haven station, IS miles
east, and rough weather and fog were
reported ahead.
About 80 miles off Brow Head it
was learned that second cabin pas
senger had lost her ticket. Queens
town was called, and it was learned
from the Office that the woman had
bought ticket, as she said. The
difficulty was satisfactorily adjusted
The same day a homeWard bound
steamer from New York was spoken,
and many messages were exchanged
between passengers. The next day an
other English ship sent word through
the air, and on Sunday German liner
was heard from, the vessels commu-
nicating for some time over a distance
of 100 miles. Immediately afterward
a Frenchman was heard talking with
the German. Monday was another
busy day for the Marconi operator,
for messages were exchanged with
the Umbria, the Minneapolis, the
Kroonland and Hamburg boat. The
Marconi man on this trip earned his
salary as we'll as the commentator
of the ships company.
The charge for transmitting mes
sages from ship to ship at sea is six
pence a word, and the address and
signature free. From ship to shore
the rate on the American side is 81
for ten words, and IL cents for each
additional word, with no charge for
address and signature, the regular
tolls for transmission from the office
on land to the final destination also
being collected on shipboard, of
course. On the English side the
charge for a marconigram from a
liner is six shillings for twelve words
and sixpence for each additional word,
the signature and address being charg-
ed for in this case.
The Marconi mans status on ship
board is that of ships officer His
duties are confined entirely to the
management and handling of his in
struments in the little Office on the
fiddley deck At meals he may mess
with the junior officers or sit with
the saloon passengers. If, therefore,
his work is arduous, he has at least
pleasant surroundings. = Winthrop
Packard, in the Worlds Work.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-04-01

Orders have recently been executed
in Japan for a supply of fishing nets
for Alaska, valued at $4,000.
The per capita wealth Of England
is $40; that of Canada $240.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-04-01

A bakers oven in France, which
is heated by electricity, is said to be
a success in every particular.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1904-08-25

The killed and MANNED in rail.
road wrecks during the past
twelve months furnishes an APP
palling record. The dead numb
er 10000, while the list of injured
runs up to 10000. This is a great
er total than ordinarily occurs
between two nations at war. The
imperative necessity Of safer
means Of transportation for hum
an freight is apparent and rail
road officials can no longer ignore
the conditions. The present sit
uation is criminal. The average
American is not an alarmist but
the pastyear's record is Impress
i've and will force a REFORM
Forum.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1904-08-25
ADDITIONAL LOCALS

The brick work on the new M.
Church is progressing rapidly
When completed the building
will be one of which the town
may well feelproud.
Edwards, Wood & Cos. local
Office will move from it's present
quarters to the basement of the
Woodward building as soon as
tie latter can be put into shape.
j. A.. johnson of Armenia, was
shaking hands with his old
friends in Hope last Monday. He
came up to look after his farming
interests here. J. A. is the same
genial fellow as of old.
Standley & Bergman put in a
cement walk in front of the new
store last week and will shortly
put in fifty feet for w. w.
Hazlett in front of his new shop
and across the vacant lot east.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1904-08-25
COUNTY
LEGISLATIVE CONVENTION

A Republican legislative con
vention in and for the Sixteenth
District of the state of North Da-
kota will be held at the court
house in Cooperstown, Griggs
county, on Saturday, September
10, 1904, at II o'clock am, for
the purpose Of placing in nomin-
alton three candidates for Repre-
s%entatives to represent the said
district in the state legislature.
The two counties comprising the
district to be entitled to the same
number Of delegates as in the
state convention, to-wit: Griggs
county s, Steele county G..
T. G.. ANDERSON, Chairman.
G.. A. MoNTEITH, Secretary,
Dated at Finley. N. D., Aug.
;23rd, 1904.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1904-08-25

The Pioneer has been favored
with a copy of the quarterly bull
letin from the State University.
1t contains the catalogue for
10000, and announcements for
the coming school year. Copies
may be had by anyone address,
ing, The Registrar, University,
NJ. II.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1904-08-25

We should never have had the
Panama hat but for the quick
fingered Indians of the Isthmus
of Panama. Even today their
secret process of seasoning the
grass blades used in weaving
these hats remains unrivaled.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1904-08-25

The first knife was q flint flake,
and the earliest spoon a shell, to
which primitive man learned in
the course Of ages to fasten q
handle of wood.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1904-08-25

The state now has a school
population Of 1855 as against
114,482 last year, an increase of
4.333. Let the good work go on.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1904-08-25
Body Found.

! Hunters found the body Of a man in
a slough about six miles from the Ora
ham home near Minot. An inquest
wa ordered but word has not vet ar
rived regarding the verdict. 1t will be
remembered that about six weeks ago
William Graham is supposed in a fit Of
insanity t ihave murdered his wife,
who was found dead at her home. Ora
ham disappeared soon after,
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1904-08-25
Prison Brick.

Warden Boucher of the state peni.
Tertiary, has completed the delivery of
$4,000 brick for the contractors who
are building the addition to the state
capitol. The brick were all made in
The pe%netentiary yards and will com.
plete the number needed tor the north
EirG;
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1904-08-25
Hurts Trade.

North Dakotans are between the
devil and the deep sea on cattle ship
ments. The clearinghouse strike has
lessoned the demand for cattle, and
the fact that the Dakotas and Montana
ore under government quarantine
for cattle scab prevents the Shipment
of stock to feeders. The outlook is
not encouraging. r. NJ. Ruddick,
western manager of Armour, is invcs.
tigating conditions in this state.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1904-08-25
Dipping Tanks.

According to the st. Paul Pioneer
Press, a dipping plant is being con-
structed by the st. Paul Union Stock
yards for the purpose Of dipping cat
tie received from western states that
are under quarantine on account of an
epidemic of infectious diseases. By
the regulations of the United States
department of agriculture, cattle ship
ped from these states must be dipped
before they can be sold for feeding, al
though cattle can be shipped for kill
ing without being dipped. This is the
outcome of the meeting of United
States senators, Hansbrough and Nc
Cumber with Doctor Ramsey in Fargo.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1904-08-25
Republican Ticket.
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.

(B. S. Russell, Stutsman
r,, E.. Sam1 Richardson, Ward
Roger Allin, Walsh
(J.F.V. Kicbert, Oliver
- lThos. F. Marshall, Dickcy,
Soneiess- A ]. Gronna, Nelson.
Justices of Supreme N. c. Young, Cass,
Court Edward Engerud, Cass.
Governor E. Y Sarles, Trail
Lieutenant Governor David Bartlett.
Secretary of Statc-E E. F.. Porter, Foster.
Auditor b. L.. Holmes, Pembina.
Treasurcr-A Peterson, Sargent.
Supt ofPublic .S~tockwell,W Walsh
Attorney Generate c. N. Erich, Nelson.
Commissioner of insurance. q. Cooper, Grand
Forks.
Commissioned OF Agriculture and Labor w. C.
Gilbreath, Morton.
John Christensen. McHenry
Railroad Comm rsJ c.. =. Deisem, La Moure
Eric Stafne, Kichland
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1904-08-25

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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-16
L1GHTN1NG's QUEER PRANK.
Paints Image of steamer ON Mirror
Phenomenon Takes Place During
storm ON Tennessee River.

On an ordinary circular mirror, about
two feet in diameter in screen in a sa-
loon in Decatur, Ala, is the picture Of a
large Tennessee river steamer. Just
how the picture came to be on the mirror
is mystery.
The picture can only be accounted for
in this way: A few months ago the mir
ror was taken to Decatur on steamboat
from Chattanooga. 1t was on the lower
deck, the face turned toward the water.
On the trip heavy storm ragged at night.
and the lightning was vivid.
During the storm another steamer
passed, and just as it was passing vivid
flash of lightning reflected the image of
the passing steamer in the glass. 1t is
supposed that the lightning photo
graphed the image of the steamer on
the face of the looking glass.
The picture was only discovered a few
daysago by accident by customer. The
proprietors did not know of the picture
being there before. The picture will not
rub or wash of.
The picture can only be seen when a
person stands at certain angle from the
glass.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-16
SIZE OF ANIMALS NOT LESS.
ReSarding Proportions of The
Extinct Predecessors.

Prof. Ray Lancaster, Of London, in his
concluding lecture on extinct animals,
demonstrated at the Royal institution
how erroneous it is to suppose that liv-
ing animals are on the whole smaller in
size than their extinct predecessors were.
In the miocene strata remains had
been unearthed which proved that at
one time there existed elephants as small
as Shetland pony or Newfoundland
dog. The horses Of the present day, too,
especially the great Flemish dray horses,
were of far greater size than any fossil
horses" OF which we had information.
In former ages sharks attained i'm
mense proportions Some teeth of one
Of these monsters were exhibited in con-
trast with the teeth of shark known
to measure 80 feet long, and whose
mouth is two feet across. The fossil
teeth were four or five times as large,
and judging from this comparison and
other circumstances naturalists are of
the opinion that the extinct shark must
have measured 80 feet long and have
been capable of taking three or four
persons into Its mouth at once.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-16
REV THEORIES OF RAD1uM.
A Well known Russian Scientist
Causes Stir By Announcement Of
Possibilities of New Element.

New theories Of radium and Its pos
abilities as set forth by Prince
Tarkanor, the we'll known Russian sci
enlist, have electrified Russian scien-
tific circles. The prince holds that by
use of the rays Of the new element it
will be possible to solve the sex of
children, which Prof. Schenck failed to
solve, and that many human ills now
regarded as almost beyond the reach
Of the powers Of medicine and science
will be durable by means of radium.
At a recent lecture before the mill
tary association, at st. Petersburg, the
prince presented before his audience
two cancer patients which he claimed
had been cured of malignant growths
on the face as result Of the radium
treatment. The prince also said he had
prevented the development of hydro
phobia in dogs which had been inocu-
lated with virus by using radium.
The system Of modern warfare
would be revolutionized, according TO
the prince, if quantities Of radium were
available, as powder and other explo-
sives.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-16
MIND WANDERING A DISEASE.
DR.. Harper, of University of Chicago,
Tells Freshmen of Misfortune Of
. Straytng Mentality.

"The disease of mind wandering"
was phrase used by President Har-
per, Of the Chicago university, tho
other day in talk to the freshmen
about students who naturally appear
unable to concentrate their attention
on any subject.
by natural endowment there are
two classes, the orderly and the mind.
wandering" said the university presi-
dent. mind wandering is a disease.
marked by inability to concentrate at
tention. Some young men and young
women come to us able to read eight
or ten pages-to really read and keep
their minds on the subject-ot others can
read only five. and still others cannot
read a page and keep their attention
concentrated on the subject These
are afiicted with mind wandering.
Since the university was established
four men and four women, Of whose
cases know, have found 1t necessary
to leave the university on account Of
this failing.
''But it is habit of mind which can
be cured. Every one of you has will.
BY exerting your will power you can
overcome any leaning toward mind
wandering"
DR.. Harper wanted each freshman to
do some self analysis, classify himself,
and then act to develop himself as the
analysis shows need.
zone of our professors says he can
Judge character by handwriting with
out making a mistake" said DR.. Har.
per. 81 do not believe that. but you
can tell something about character in
that way"