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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-01-26
THE ONE GREAT PROBLEM.
Question of Distribution That Has t.
Be Solved. N

Be Solved.
George l.. McNutt, the prea---t
laborer and social economist, other
wise known as "Ihe Dinner Pal
Man. told recently Of a conversats-;
he once had with a multi-millionaire
After lecturing in the plutocrat's nan
sion on the inequalities and strug
giles OF life, he seized the occasion tc
investigate the rich mans point Of
view.
What's the matter with this old
world, anyway" he asked. did the
Creator overlook something in his
plans?"
That's not it at ALL" was the reply,
ITS all a question Of distribution. ]
made my money by handling just one
of the worlds many products-just
one-but every item Of waste was
eliminated from the handling. This
Wasteful duplication in distributing is
what picks our pockets and keeps the
poor man down. Why, grapes that ]
raise on my farm in the West cost to
produce Just n cent a pound, but to
put them on the table in New York
makes the price soar to twelve cents
a pound. In other words, God gives
us grapes for one CEN and our waste.
tul way of distributing them around
makes them cost us eleven times
more than they are actually worth.
You will say that our method OF
handling products makes work for
many men, but the high prices they
are obliged to pay for everything
it a game of taking in with one
hand and paying out with the other
There's no doubt of it, much of the
worlds misery hinges on this one
thing-the question of distribution"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-01-26

I'D like to pay the interest on the
brooch. ] cannot take it out just
now
The sweet voice stirred him
strangely. 1t was like a strain OF
sweet music, whose impelling beauty
is never forgotten. He had remem-
hered it all through the long year.
Backendorp had succeeded to his
fathers business by the natural law
OF heritage from father to son. It's
sordidness had not robbed his nature
OF its Inherent craving for, what might
be called for lack of a more appropri-
ate word, Sentiment"
Here was a woman of a different
type from the others-a different type
from his own wife, whose coarse
voice rang in his ears even now. He
fingered for a moment in the dark
eGed room behind the crescent-shaped
window, and then emerged from a
door next it, with something clutched
tightly in his hand. With one keen
glance he observed the shabbiness of
the poorly dressed woman before him.
They were alone in the deserted
outer room. The man leaned heavily
against the door leading to the hall
way and thence to the street.
Would you not rather have this
than your W plain brooch?" he
asked rapidly, hurriedly. Sect is
a diamond. And its setting is beauti-
full. 1t is of the best. You"
He moved toward her, attempting
to seize her hand.
"Stop!" she cried in a ringing
voice. II came here to pay the inter
est on my brooch.
He skunk through the half.opened
door then, the diamond heart seeming
to burn his fingers.
When she had gone, he sank into a
chair. "Confound it," he muttered,
and SO shabby, too"
Another year gone by, we, haven't
been sick amy to spake OF, an thapI,
God we didn't want for food" Mrs.
Mulllgan, was hostess tonight, and her
kindly face. fairly bcamed with IFS
hearty welcome and good will. the
| grace CT the New Year already an.
! pearing to have imprinted its insignia
upon it.
Nov, d%arlint, I'm goin' to sing Won
an old-fashioned Irish nursery song
Little Margaret smiled up at her
and With enc small fist tightly claspcd
in the others great rough one. pre-
pared to listen.
AS TIE grooming continued, its inter
minable length produced drowsiness
There was a luttering and an essay
ing, but the white lids would droor
over the sweet blue eyes. A Heaven
ly smile appeared on the baby face
And little Margaret, in spite OF he,
efforts, drifted peacefully into the
land Of dreams.
"Phwat do you Think" Mrs. Mulli
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-01-26
Day Story Pub. CO.

The two women sat late into the
night. They had been drawn one to
another by q common bond, the Eond
OF woman's suffering. Their rooms
a%djoined u another, and as they
toiled day after day, one at the wash
tub, the other at the machine, work
ing for the bare privilege OF exist
cnce, they encouraged one another
with cheering words, each essaying
to tighten the others burden.
"a Happy New Year." whispered
Mrs. Relevan softly. as the last tune
full chime rang out that night. "a
Happy New Year"
The same to you, darlint, an man
ny more O. thin" Mrs. Mulligan's
door closed softly. There was dark
ness and quiet in the stretch Of COON
between them.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-01-26
Copyright, 1901, by

N~Sl 80
The man behind the little half-roon
window in the ~"Impecunious Loan Of
flee" glanced at the pathetically old
fashioned peculiarly carved brooch he
held in his hand, and with a swift
but hecting look into the sweet face
framed in the window, dropped his
eyes suddenly, and exclaimed i'll a
business like tone. three dollars"
Every WELL" The words were so
quietly spoken, so low, the man
scarcely heard. Three dollars" he
repeated again in a slightly raised
voice, and vas rewarded by q nod in
the affirmative, as he again absorbed
in that ieeting glance the beauty and
sadness Of the young face before him.
ut is the very last thing l had to
pawn" the woman murul,rcd as she
sped swiftly Eomeward through the
snowy streets. What the future will
bring-I dare G think"
The crowd that jostled and pushed
her hitiler and yen was q good
natured crowd, elated and cheered by
some Divine thought OF the approach
ing New Year.
Inhaling some of its spirit, the wom-
an %quickencd her steps. and stopped
pantingly at last in front of a Gecid-
cdly squalid-lcoki2g house in a power
ty-stricken quarter of the city.
"Ill get the things first" she smiled
family, and when she assembled the
stairs a little later her arms we're
filled with sundry mysterious pack
ages, topped by che great paper par
Gel, from which protruded %frivolously
some toothsomc chocolate cellars and
other daintles, fnterspersed here and
there by New Years candies of yari.
colored hues.
WAS she much trouble, Mrs. Multi
gan?" she asked. as in response 10
her knock a door to the left of the
dark hall was thrown open. and a
frowsy, betousled head thrust forth.
AN is that you, Mrs. Relevan?
Shure I'm glad you KEN home. No,
ma'am she wasn't the shloightest
thrubble-not the s%hloightest."
Mamma called a sweet, childish
voice, as a little white-rObed figure
bounded forward. "Oohs what lots O.
nice things you got. Can we have a
party, tomorrow, mamma, an can |
stay up tonight to hear the chimes
ring?"
First. supper, darling. and then
I'll see."
She set a dainty table-such q ia
BILE as seemed unfamiliar, SO long had
it been since she had seen one like
it-and when it was all complete, she
called Mrs. Mulligan.
"A taste. a faste." AS Mrs. Multi
gan stood in the doorway wiping her
g%listening red arms on her apron. she
locked a picture of good nature, good
cheer. Many a time had she given
Of her own limited store, rejecting
vehemently Mrs. Relevan's objections.
"Shure you'd do the same # you had
it, darlint. Toosh-don't- be foolish"
She was the life of the little party
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-01-26
MaximiIian's officer Saw Him Shot

Maximilian's Officer Saw Him Shot.
A beneficiary Of the will of Ferd.
inand Macmillan, emperor of Mexico
from 1864 to 1867, lives in Vineland,
N. j., in the person OF Rudolf Stinerter,
now 62 years old. He was a captain
OF artillery on the ship Penosola, and
was sixty-tiye miles off shore the
night Gen. Lopez betrayed the EN-.
peror. He started on land for his be.
loved commander with II guns and
$40 men, and cutting his way through
surrendered with 44O men and 8 guns.
Stinerter, with other officers, saw his
commander shot. He differs with his.
torians in describing the death scene.
He says Macmillan refused to have
his eyes bandaged, and stood up with
one hand on his heart. marking the
spot where the four soldiers were re.
Quested to fire, and with the other hand
o~utstretched fell back and expired
Immediately. Macmillan left each OF
his officers $500 a year in his will. The
only other officer Stinerter knows tc
be living is Baron Fulmer of Phila
delphia.-Philadelphia Public Ledger
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-01-26
To a Critic.

I sometimes wonder which the earliest
tllrived.
The mind creative or the analytic;
Whether he writer first arrived,
Or first the critic.
Ills certain that in Palcolithic times
Men fully understood the art of stating
And earlier than the birth of rhymes
They practiced rating.
Dear Critic. do not think we value less
The potency of YOUR perennial function
Because you sometimes curse and bless
In strange conjunction.
Ills true as the generations pass,
There is Il deal of reputation breaking
The ages write you down an ass,
And no installing.
But let not this disturb your candid mind
The .donkey's ears are very slow il
showing; :
The lions skin you hide behind
Is vast and flowing.
You need not think about posterity..
n FOSTERING the false OF scouting
To rectify your faults will be
Oblivion'S duty.
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-01-26
EuiaI Sorrow.

"The late William M. Evarts used to
tell a good story about himself. While
he was in the United States senate his
wife and children were in their noun
tain home in Vermont. One of the
latter was looking out of the window,
thinking of her father, and wishing
that she could see him, when a
donkey in a contiguous pasture came
to the fence, poked his head over the
top rail, and brayed most dolefully.
The child wiped a few lonesome tears
from her eyes and then called to the
donkey: "Never mind! Don't be lone
some, for papa will be home Saturday
eyening.'-Philadelphia Record.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-01-26
Onions as Weather Pronh.+s

-. "l.
One OF the rites performed by the
French peasants on New Years eve
is the forecasting of the weather for
the coming year by means of onions.
When the bells ring for midnight
mass they scoop out the middles OF
twelve onions and set them in a row
on the kitchen table, fill them with
salt and name them for the months
in the year. Then, when they return
from mass they examine the condition
of the salt. If it has melted in any OF
the months" those months will be
rainy; if the salt remains dry it ind
Gates drought; if half melted the first
fortnight of the month will be wet.
Tho peasants have such implicit,
faith in this means of foretelling the
weather that they plant their crops
in accordance with the prophecy Of
the onions.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-01-26
Deafness Cannot Be cures

eascd portion Of the ear. There is only one way 70
cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies
Deafness fs caused by an innamcd condition Of the
tube is inhamed you have a %runlhling sound or Inn
perfect hearing, and when 1t is entirely closed, Deaf.
ness is the result, and unless the can DO
taken out and this tube restored to is normal condi-
ton, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases
out of ten ore caused by tatarrh. which is nothing
but TN in1amed condition Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case Of
Deafness (causcd by catarrh) that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure, Send for circulars, free.
F.J CHENEY & CO., Toledo, a.
Sold By Drugg.sts. 1sc.
Take Hairs Family Pills for constipation.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-01-26
Had a Pass.

The spirit of independence rules In
'the girl of the period" in the State of
Illinois. Two beautiful daughters of
Judge H were driving out on the
plank road near Chicago, and stopped
at the toll gate and asked the keeper:
GLOW much is it,"
"For a man and a horse" replied the
gate keeper, "the charge is Is cents"
well, then, git out Of the way, for
we are two gals and a mare. Git up.
Jenny."-Philadelphia Public Ledger,
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-01-26
A GREAT SUFFERER
LAY HELPLESS AND sPEEOHLEsS
FOR HOURS AT A TIME.

Sinking Spells, Headaches, Rheumatism,
: All Caused by Poor Blood-Cured by
9 DIR. Williams Pink Pills.
When Mrs. Williams was asked for
some details of the fearful illness from
which she had so long suffered, she spoke
as follows:
Ever since had nervous prostration,
about thirteen years ago, T have had
periodical spells of complete.cxhaustion.
Any excitement or unusual activity
would throw me into q state of lifeless-
ness. At the beginning my strength.
would come back in q moderate time,
but the period Of weakness kept length
ening until at last I would lie helpless
as many as three hours at q stretch"
"You were under medical treatment,
Of course?'
"Yes, when I became so bad that l
had to give up my homework, in May Of
1908, I was being treated for kidney
trouble, and later the doctor Thought my
difficulties came from change of life. I
was not only weak, but I had dizzy
feelings, palpitation of the heart, misery
NA'rA SNCihS, hoV ustouCS, ActVOuS ucdu-
aches, rheumatic pains in the back md
hips. Tile doctor did me so little good
chat I gave up his treatment, and really
feared that my case was incurable.."
What saved you from your state of
hopelessl,ess?"
"In July of 1908 / had. q very bad
spell, and my husband came in one day
With 4 little book which told of remark :
able cures effected by a remedy for the
blood-and b eneryes, DR.. Williams Pink
Pills. Flo bought q box for me, and
that was the beginning of my return to
health. My appetite grew keen, my food
no longer distressed me, my nerves were
quoted, and my strength began to re-
vive."
GLOW long did you take this remedy?'
"For two months only. At the end
of that time I had regained my health
aud cheerfulness, and my friends say
that l am looking better than I have
done for the past fifteen years."
Mrs. Lizzie Williams is now living at
No. 4l6 Cedar street. Quincy, Illinois.
The pills which she praises so highly.
cure all diseases that come from i'm
poverished blood. If your system is all
run down, DR.. Williams Pink Pills r
the very best remedy to take. Any drug.
glst can supply them.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-01-26
An Office ldyt.

Sing a song of shorthand,
A notebook full of "pi';
-Four and twenty letters
TO be written by and by.
When the Girl is ready,
And the keys begin to sing,
a pretty pile of work
She to the Man will bring.
The Man is in his sanctum,
Trying to make money;
Talking to a customer
In tones as sweet as honey.
The Boy? Ah,, he's a pirate,
Out on the stormy sea,
The Girl is busy with her work,
As happy as can be.
Alas for life's swift changes!
The Man no sale could make,
His heart is very heavy
And his looks would make you quake.
The Boy has hid the story
On which he fondly dotes,
The Girl is on the verge of tears
She cannot read her notes.
&C. o. L. in Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-01-26
Too MANY to Remember.

A gentleman about to move out of
the city and wishing information in
regard to help called on a friend and
sold:
you've been living in the suburbs
SO long I suppose you've had consider.
able experience with servant girls?"
"Well yes" replied the other. ITS
got so that when my wife is interview.
ing an applicant now she always be-
gins by asking: Were you ever EN-.
ployed by me before? If so, when and
for how long?"-Pkiladelphia Ledger.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-01-26

and Doan's Kidney
Pills relieve and
cure it.
H. B. Met Carver,
OF 2o1 Cherry ST.,
Portland, Ore, in
spector Of freight
for the Trans-C Con.
tinental Co., says:
II used Doan's Kid.
ney Pills for back
ache and other
symptoms of kid.
ney trouble which
had annoyed me
for months. I think
a c01d was rocnop.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-01-26

sible for the whole trouble. 1t seemed
to settle in my kidneys. Doan's Kid
ney Pills rooted it out. 1t is several
months since I used them, and up to
date there has been no recurrence or
the trouble"
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all
dealers. Price SO cents per box. Fos-
tcr.Milburn Co, Buffalo. N. Y.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-01-26
A Rare Good Thing.

"Am using ALIENS FoOT-EASE, aud
can truly say 1 would not AVE been without
it so long, had 1 known the relief it would
give my aching feet. i think it a rare good
thing for anyone having sore or tired feet
Mrs. Matilda Holtwert, Providence, r. L"
Sold By all Druggists, Csc. ask to-day.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-01-26
y. EIENtbVN w Ut
Take ualrs Family Pills for constipation.
No Pay.

"Well, sir" brusquely inquired the
girls father, what can I do for you?"
"Why-er-I called, sir" stammered
the timid sutton, ito see if-er-you
would give assent to my marriage with
your daughter"
Not a cent, sir; not a cent. Good
day.'-Philadelphia Press.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-01-26
Fox in a Dinino Room.

A fox, being hard pressed by the
Tidworth Hunt, washed through the
large window of the dining room OF
the residence of Major Foyle, r. E.,
at Netherayon, escaping through the
front door.-London Express.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-01-26
Useless Question.

Judge-Madam, did I understand
that you lost your pocketbook before
or after you were at the bargain coun-
ter?
Prosecuting Witness-I said there
was money in it, didn't I.-Detroit
Free Press.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-01-26

S'ae ShS 'NsN'S WIZ OTiHS-i Care
not think"
tonight, and little Margaret, climbing
into her lap. threw her diminutive
arms around her neck, and rested her
fair small head lovingly against her
ample shoulder. I'm going TO stay
Up to hear the chimes ring" she muir
INJURED sleepily. but eve; while she
spoke the last remnant of candy
dropepd from her small. clenched fist,
and she fell fast asleep.
can that divil," muttered Mrs. Null
ligan as her mother softly tucked the
%coverlet around the small. childish
form, could lave a choild like that.
Pc gorra, the min have no hearts
no hearts,"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-01-26

Lord Miner may, as soon as he gets
through in South Africa, be sem out
as viceroy of India. Such Englishmen
as William Waldorf Aston must won
der how a mar can stand it to keep
always doing time so far away from
the tight little island.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-01-26
HIS EXPERIENCE TEACHES THEM.
That Dodd's Kidney Pills Will Cure
eright's Disease. Remarkable case
Of George j. Barher.-Quick recov.

That Dodd's Kidney Pills Will Cure
eright's Disease. Remarkable case
Of George J. Barher.-Quick recov'
cry after years of suffering.
E~stherville, Iowa, Jan. 23d.-(Spe
cial)-The experience Of MI. George
J. Barber, a well known citizen of this
place, justifes his friends in making
the announcement to the world
"Bright's Disease can be cured" Mr..
Barber had kidney trouble and it de-
veloped into Bright's Disease. He
treated it with Dodd's Kidney Pills
and to-day he is a well man. In an
interview he says:
Il can't say too much for Dodd's
Kidney Pills. I had Kidney Disease
for fifteen years and though I doctor
ed for it with the best doctors here
and in Chicago, it developed into
Brlght's Disease. Then I started to
use Dodd's Kidney Pills and two boxes
cured me completely. I think Dodd's
Kidney Pills are the best in the
world"
A remedy that will cure Bright's
Disease will cure any other form of
Kidney Disease. Dodd's Kidney Pills
never fail to cure Bright's Disease.
This world would be far more dis
nal than it is if the public found out
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-01-26

4 is easier to like where one does
not love than to love where one does
not like.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-01-26
CONSTANT ACHING.

Back aches all the time. Spells
your appetite, wearies the body, wor-
ries the mind. Kidneys aus 1t all
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-01-26

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All drug.
gi,ts refund the money If 1t fails to cure. +. VI. =,
Groves signature Is on each box. Csc.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-01-26
100000 EARMERs

iOO,OOO fAH MERS
receive e55 100000 as a result Of their Wheat Crop
alone.
Theroturns from Oats, Barley and other grains, a
we'll as cattle and horses. add considerably to this.
Secure a Free Homestead ut once, or purchase
from some reliable dealer while lands are selling h
presentlow prices.
Apply for Information to Superintendent of Immi.
grafton, Ottawa. Canada. or to authorized Canadian
government Agent-Charles Ptlling, Clifford Block.
Grand Forks, North Dakota.
Please say where ynn saw thi. advertisement.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-01-26

All ingrates are not coward1y, but
all towards are ungrateful.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-01-26
PATENTS.
List Of Patents Issued Last Week to
Northwestern Inventors.

NORTHWESTERN inventors.
Reported by Lothrop & johnson
patent lawyers, 911-912 Pioneer Press
building, st. Paul, Mimi: Syver Loe,
Minneapolis, Mimi, sack closing Crap
pie; Peter McGrath, Hibbing, Mimi,
siphon; Nels Peterson, Meckling, S. d.,
gate latch; 'Reimer soberg, Churchs
Ferry. N. D., binder reel; Norman
TraviSs, St. Thomas, N. D., gas en-
CINE; George Troost, Minneapolis,
Mimi, muffler; William Williams,
Welcome, MINI, ro%adgrader.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-01-26

The flour for the bread Of life is new
er packed in gun barrels.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-01-26

itching. Blind, bleeding or Protruding Piles. Your
druggist viii refund money If PAZO OINTMENT
Calls to cure you III g to ID days. SOC.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-01-26

This world would be far more dis
ma than it is if the public found out
about it every time anybody made a
fool of himself.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-01-26

Tie jewel of consistency is often of
she consistency of paste.
The Florida star., 1905-06-30
DAYToNA WINS BY 1910 3

The IAyL1ns baseball team PLAYED N.
Titusviiirs at this pisoe yesterday after
Bo0n and Morris men gave the home team
the worst drubhing they have hal, Ths
sSore stood IL IL ia favor Of DaytoaA.
The home boys took their defeat n
good style. and the kindlIest S-eiIR. pre-
Vaiiesi on both sides
rIGsville ooaId have done effective
~OTk. bat Captain Titus had b-en 90. aud
should Dot have played A. all hIm-r.f
The consequence ~As that our bows la-,
their nerve Al ihe start and c-su!I NOT r,-
gain 70
nAytoEAs played q iHs game and alaa-
AssSi It sell Their <Ork IA bedding
shoSed PTSctiCe-
Each team having Soa a game Ne hoy-
that the decisive Thiri coats~g cAu he
Arranged 70 De played with Ile FoGulsia
Cay boys Al an early date