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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-07-20

town was twenty miles away, but
Jim stopped any one from going there
by saying:
Gentlemen, I was to be hung at 10
o'clock, and it's past the hour now. I
was to be hung with a rope, but you
haven't got any. I demand to be set
at liberty"
"And-and this is a technicality ?tt
queried the Judge with a blank face.
"She be, sir-two of 'em, and I
stand on both. Joe Thomas stole all
the rope in camp last night and hid
it, and if ye hang me with anything
else it'll be illegal"
There was an awkward and embar>
assing silence, and then the crowd be-
gan to back Jim up, and the judge saw
that the points were well taken and
said:
Jim, you've shorely got the bulge
on the crowd this time, and I'm goin'
to turn loose and ak We to drink with
us. That's plain law, jest as l give
you. Then the crowd is goin' to form
in line and each n help to boost
you out of town. That's a technical.
ity same as you worked on US. Cast
the prisoner loose and prepare to
drink and kick!'-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-07-20
Feats Of Indian JuSglery

Andrew Lang quotes in Longman's
Magazine a letter from India in which
a strange tale of jugglery is told:
Yesterday" says the writer, I'VE
were all marching in from Khimlasa
when we passed a village and on the
roadside a juggler was resting. We
said to him: 'Juggle!' We stood
within six feet of him, all round him,
all the time, and he was half-naked.
He. took a rudely carved little boat,
empty and unlocked, about 8 inches
by 4 inches, with one thwart across
it, with a hole for a mast. We all ex-
amined this boat and handed it round.
1t was empty. He then stuck a thin
bamboo stick about two feet long in
the hole and then took a c%ocoanut and
handed it round. This cocoanut was
empty, with three holes in it.
"He then stuck the nut, which we
had all seen and felt was empty, on
the bamboo, and stuck a little bamboo
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-07-20

Woman" he exclaimed, aghast.
yell be late for the duke"
Alexander Guthrie" said Margaret
solemnly, "ye're mayor of the town
and may have to make a fool of your
self. But Mondays the day for the
wash and it's going to be done, duke
or nc duke. Queen Victoria vas a
sensible body, and it's likely that the
duchess Of York would think far more
of a woman that did her weeks wash
at the proper time than she would If
l were to put on my best gown at this
hour of the morning. Now, OF with ye
to the %station!"
Alexander departed in sadness, for
he knew the quality Of his wife's
may" So it happened that when
Prince George and Princess May STEP
ped on the station Platoon at Clyde
they were greeted by a chief magis-
trate whose welcome had a subdued
and chastened note. But from the rear
platform of the departing train could
be seen the broad back of Margaret
Guthrie as she stood in the back yard
hanging out the clothes of the house.
hold
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-07-20
No Humor for the Eaole.

I cannot imagine even a touch Of hu.
NOR in the life Of the eagle. There was
a pair of blue jays that nested near the
eagles, and I imagine they came sneak.
ing around at times when the parents
were not at home, just to see what was
going on. One day I was sitting on
the edge Of the nest with my feet dan
Cling over, when one Of the curious
jays anne up from behind. He didn't
notice me till he alighted, squawking,
close by. His squawking valve closed
short off with a squeak of surprise; he
threw up his wings in horror and fell
backward. The bluejay himself would
have chuckeld in enjoyment at the
sight, if the joke had not been on him.
I enjoyed it hugely, but it was all
Creek to the eagles. Everything to
them is serious. Life is a cruel, harsh
reality; it is blood from birth to death
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-07-20

spout in n hole of the nut, and
stood five yards off, and said: Spout
and it spouted like l o'clock for a long
time. He said: Stop and it stopped;
Spout and it spouted. 1t spouted
much more water than could ever
have been in the nut or boat. All the
time the man, who had a monkeys
skull with him, kept on saying: Ban
dar ka kopra' C'monkey's skull) over
and over again"
Mr.. Lang tells another jugglery
story sent him by a friend. The Jug
gler was a Malay, who stroked with
his fingers the blade of a long knife
or kris. The observer saw water fall
drop by drop from the blade, which
became faced, like a strip of India
rubber. Thrown on the ground. It
bounced about. but was a knife-blade
again when lifted by the juggler. An
examination showed that there was
no water on the mat on which the OBJ.
server saw the drops falling.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-07-20
A Universal Newspaper.

Sir Alfred Harmsworth, the owner
of thirty-two periodicals in England, is
perhaps the most enterprising of all
young British publishers. His princi.
pal organ is the London Daily Mail,
and in connection with it he has made
a novel departure. In order to enable
the Englishmen residing in the colo
MES and foreign countries to keep in
touch with the home news of the en-
pire, he has successfully established a
weekly summary, which has already
become known in all parts of the
world as the Overseas Daily Mail. 1t
has only been in existence sixteen
weeks, but now has a subscription list
Of %, 000.-Metropolitan Magazine.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-07-20
GETTYSBURG THE BLOODY.
Confederate Loss So Per Cent Of All
Engaged, Federal 81.

"The bloodiest battle of the Civil
war was the decisive one at Gettys-
burg, which turned the tide in favor
OF the North,' said a G. A. R. man on
his way to La Crosse. The losses were
enormous or both sides. Though they
nearly balanced each other in actual
number, the Confederate loss was pro-
portionately the larger, footing up the
almost unprecedented total of So per
cent, while the federal loss was ~ per
cent. Official reports place the federal
loss at 23,163 and the Confederate loss
at $4,000. Next to Gettysburg, the
hardest fought and bloodiest battle of
the war was Chickamauga. A full re.
port OF the. Confederate losses was
never made, but they have been esti-
mated at 20,950. The federal loss was
Observation-Disclosures Free Press.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-07-20
-Four Facts For
Sick Women
To Consider
Lydia E. Pinkhan's Vegetable Compound
Has an UnequoAed Recosd of Cures
Mrs. Pinkbom,s Aduice Is Contidsn.
fiaL Free, and ahoaps Helpful

FIRsr-That almost every operation
IA our hospitals performed upon ome
becomes necessary through neglect Of
such symptoms as backache, irregular
Nd painful menstruation, leucorrhoea,
displAcements OF the uterus, pain in
khe side, burning sensation insthe stom-
Ach, bearing-down pains nervousness,
dizziness and sleeplessness.
SEcoND.-The medicine that holds
che record for the largest number of
absolute cures of female ills is Lydia
q. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
II regulates, strengthens and cures
diseases of the female organism as
oothing else a I.
For thirty years it has been helping
women to be strong, curing backache,
nervousness, kidney troubles, all utter
e and displacements, regulating
ing it's pains. 1t has also proved itself
invaluable in preparing for childbirth
and the change of life.
~TMRD.-The great volume Of unso-
licited and grateful testimonials on file
at the Pinkham Laboratory at Lynn,
Mass, many of which are from time to
time published by permission, give alb
solute evidence of the. value of Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
Mrs. Pinkham's advice.
FouRrH.-Every ailing woman in the
United States is asked to accept the
following invitation. It is free, will
bring you health and may save your
life.
Mrs. Pinkham's Standing Invitation
observation-disclosures suffering from any
form OF female weakness are invited to
promptly communicate with Mrs. Pink
ham. at Lynn, Mass. All letters are
received, opened, read and answered
by women only. From symptoms given,
your trouble may be located and the
quickest and surest way of recovery
advised. Out of the vast volume of ex-
perience in treating female ills Mrs.
Pinkham probably has the very knowl-
edge that will help your case. Surely,
any woman, rich or poor, isvery foolish
If she does not take advantage of this
generous offer of assistance.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-07-20
The Trials of journalism

.' s.- ~
The wave of crime that followed.
Was awful to relate,
Some ruffians. holder than the rest.
Broke old man Johnson's gate.
The sewing circle loudly cried
That hell had broken loose,
And all admitted that the town
Was going to the deuce!
I kept the paper busy
With each appalling tale,
Till it scared the summer boardefs,
And the stores began TO wall.
Then Deacon Wiley said he knew
The cause of all the mess
Was what young Jones was writing
In the Granville Weekly Press.
They held a public meeting. 4
And cheered Elnathan West
When he said the town was nursing
A viper in it's breast.
They made me feel as though ! were
Arwelf. among the lambs
So ! cursed Jim Rogers and his rag,
And now I'm digging CLAIMS.
M Fitzgerald in New York Sun.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-07-20
Here Il Relief for Women.

Mother Gray, a nurse in New York,
discovered . pleasant herb remedy FOX
women's ills, called AUSTRALIAN
LEAF. Cures female weaknesses, Back
ache, Kidney, Bladder and Urinary
troubles. At all Druggists or by mail
Soc. Sample mailed FREE. Address.
The Mother Gray Co., Leroy, N. Y. #
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RARY's TERRIBLE SORE.

Body Raw With Humor-caused Un.
told Agony-Doctors Did No Good
-Cuticura Cured at Once.
my child was a very delicate baby.
A terrible sore and humor broke out
on his body looking like raw flesh,
and causing the child untold agony.
My physician prescribed various rene
dies, none of which helped at all. l
became discouraged and took the mat
ter into my own hands and tried Cuti-
cura Soap and Cuticura Ointment
with almost immediate success Be-
fore the second week had passed the
soreness was gone, not leaving a trace
PSI Rosedale ST., Rochester, N. Y"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-07-20
PATENTS.

List of Patents Issued Last Week ia
e. Northwestern Inventors.
Reported by Lothrop & Johnson
patent lawyers, Oil and 912 Pioneer
Press Building, st. Paul, MINI.
Robert Cornell, Phillipsburg, Mont,
spring wire catch; William Jones,
Neenah, Wis. support for cooking
utensils; Charles Knapp, Winona,
Mimi, sleigh; Robert Lindsay, Seattle
Wash, bookcase or display rack.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-07-20

When first 1 tried to chronicle
The doings of our town.:
jim Rogers of the Granville Press
said: 40 the items down,
And be observant of events
That stir your busy hive.
Wen show the world that Muddycr1ck
Is very much alive .
r scarce had bought a notebook
And filled my fountain pen,
When news arrived that Mrs. Cooo ,
Had lost a setting hen.
The place was in a ferment-,
Folks knew not what to thlnk
Though Tommy Jenkins said he guessed
The culprit was the Chink.
Then silas Pegg was raided,
And though the found no rum.
The churches made an awful fuss,
And things began to num-.
The air was filled with rumors,
Some true, but mostly fakes
But none denied that Eli WOOD
Missed two fine quaghaug rakes.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-07-20
Not a Good

II tell you, my boy, it pay to go to
bed early. Look at me. Sixty-three
years old, and in bed every night at 8
o'clock"
Gee, when I'm as old as you are, !
don't s'pose I'll be able to hold my
eyes open after 4 o'clock.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-07-20
Or. J. II. RtNDLAUB (specialist)s
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat !,
Fargo, N. D. j
Her Retort.

II notice, my dear, that the courts
have decided that some Western man
is only half married. l wonder which
half it is, ha, .ha. hal"
"Well, hope it isn't the idiots bet
ter half.'-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-07-20
Requires Diplomacy.

A man doesn't have to be married
more than two years before he learns
that when his wife asks him if he
doesn't think another woman is pretty,
it isn't we'll for him to be more en-
t%husiastic than to say, ooh, so-so!"-
Somerville Journal.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-07-20
Had It Nn His Person.

A pupil in a Lynn, Mass, school was
asked by his teacher to give the def,
milton of a vacuum. 81 can't just de
scribe it," he said, "but I have it in
my head."-Lippincott's.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-07-20
A Short Lecture.

There's just one thing I wanted to
say to you," began Mrs. Acid to her
better half.
"Only one, M'ria?" queried he, so
%licitously. Aren't you feeling well?'
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-07-20
ATAXA -FOUR YEARS
FOLLOWS MALARIA OONTRACTEDm
SPANISH-ANERICAN WAR.

Victim Had Become Helpless When He
Tried DR.. Williams' Pink Pills, but
Was Cured In Four Months.
Because he did not know that there is
q remedy for ataxia, Mr.. Ariel endured
four years of weakness, pain and the
misery, of thinking his case incurable.
cat the outbreak of the Spanish.
American war;. he says, II went with
Company B, Eighth Regiment, M.v.M.,
into camp at Chickamauga, and while
there my system became thoroughly
mustered out, I carried that disease
home with me. After a while locomotor
ataxia appeared"
"How did the ataxia begin?"
II first noticed a pain in my ank1ea
and knee joints. This was followed by
a numb feeling in my legs. At times I
had to drag myself around; my legs
would shake or become perfectly dead.
had constant trouble in getting about
in the dark. I kept a light burning in
my room at4night as I could not balance
myself in the darkness. Even with the
aid of a light I wobbled, and would
reach out and catch hold of chairs to
prevent myself from falling?"
"How long were you a sufferer"
-Four years in all. During the last
three years I was confined to bed,
times for a week, again for three or four
weeks at a time. When I was lying
down the pain in my back was fire.
.quently so severe thatI had to be helped
"A and put in a chair to get a little re-
lief. I had considerable pain in my
bowels and no control over my kidneys.
The worst of all was that the doctor
could give me no hope of recovery"
"How were you cured?" .
81 read that DIR. Williams Pink
Pills had cured locomotor ataxia and
one or two friends spoke to me about
them. In the fall of 1908 I began to take
them for myself and I had not used
more than one box before I found that
the pains in my knees and ankles were
greatly relieved. Four months after
ward Ibecamea.aerfectly well man, and
I am today enjoying the best of health"
MI. Edward Fl. Ariel lives at No. 43
Powow street, Amesbury, Mass. Every
suffererfrom locomotor ataxia should try
DR.. Williams Pink Pills without delay.
Any druggist can supply them.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-07-20

A lady was at Bisbee and convinced
all the baldheads that her new discov-
cry would grow hair on billiard balls.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-07-20
Professional Advice

The new doctor had been called in
to see the lady with a swollen jaw.
Does it hurt you to talk?" asked the
pill d%ispenses.
EYES," she replied.
"Then DON'T" said the NJ. D. 1.-TWO
dollars, please."-Chicago Daily News.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-07-20
Spurred to Greater Fl

Spurred to Greater Effort.
Lawyer-1ll be frank with you. You
can't break your fathers will.
Clinet-Ill be frank with you. I
can't pay you unless it can be broken.
Lawyer-Well break that will if it
takes a leg.-Cleveland Leader.
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etc permanently cured. No nts or nervousness ann
UluO hrt days use OF Dr.. KIne's Great Nerve Reetor.
q. Send for FREE 02. 90 trial bottle and treaties,
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-07-20

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children %teething. eoftens the gums. reduces n.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-07-20

Catarrh Of the Bladder and Kidney Trouble
cured by DR.. David Kennedy's Favorit9
Remedy. World famous for over 80 years. a bottle
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-07-20

A pawnbroker who is always ad-
vancing is naturally progressive.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-07-20

Never try to tan a dogs hide with
his own bark.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-07-20

If a man doesn't wind up his bad
habits his health will soon run down.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-07-20

Beware of the man whose charitable
fits consist of sympathy only.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-07-20
Surprised.

Ella gets her beautiful complexion
from her mother"
els her mother a chemist ?'-Cleve.
land Plain Dealer.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-07-20

He who is unable to collect his wits
or his bills is In hard luck.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-13

of the head Of this department in reforming
existing abuses and making its machinery
more efficient, il will be serious pubic
loss. state 10 you what | have stated TO
others, that consider that II we could get
at the uniformed hief and the reformation
Of the detective bureau great stride would
lie made in advance. The people would
get a better service, the police would be
more efficient and the old abuses Of the
ward man would be abolished
AssemtlymHu Sheldon, at the request OF
Jacob Erich, a large New York city man
ufacturer and a member Of the Citizens
Union, introduced a bill to-day authorizing
the Commissioner Of Labor to make rules
requiring fire drills in factories where on
an average twenty-five or more persons
are employed 10 enforce this provision
six additional factory inspectors are 70 be
appointed at a salary Of 81 200 year each.
The Assembly Railroads Committee has
reported favorably Senator GoodselPs bill
permitting the New York Central to
straighten its tracks at Spuyten Duyvll.
Tho committee decided to give q hearing
next Wednesday on the two bills intro
duced at the request Of the Belmont syndi-
cate o q permitting the Steinway tunnel 70
end at FUrty-seCond street, New York city
aud the other permitting the abandonment
Of presumably improbable railroad routes
in he Bronx.
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VENEZUELFS REPLY.
while u Is Not ConcIlJatory II Cannot NJ
Considered Insnlent.

Considered Insnlent.
WASHINGTON, April FIT was minated
to-day by Government officers that a de-
cision as TO the course the Administration
intended 10 pursue in connection with the
refusal Of Venezuela TO arbitrate the asphalt
case might be made and announced to-
morrow This indicates that Secretary Taft
is in communication with President Roose-
welt and that decisive action Is expected
Il was admitted that President Castro's
attitude appeared to make Il necessary for
this Cover nent to attempt to compromise
or use fore, and II did not want to do either
The text Of Nenezuela's response 20 Mr.
Bowen, which was received by mad yester-
day, was read by Secretary Taft Assistant
Secretary OF State LOOMS and other officials
to-day, hut they declined to make public
its contents or substance. But the bare
information was forthcoming that while
the Venezuelan response was mot con-
ciliatory,' il could not be called "insolent,
as il was understood to he here at the time
il was delivered to Mr. Bowen.
In the communication pertinent ques-
ton is asked a. TO the attitude Of the United
States toward the nobility Ontegrtyl
of the Venezuelan courts, which adiudi-
Gated the asphalt case. This question.
with some appropriate remarks on the sub
iect made IL p ain that Venezuela wishes
10 know whether this Government holds
that the courts Of that country are corrupt
II ia a rather emra RAISING question TO
answer, for while officials seem TO be firmly Of
the belief that the Nenezue an judiciary is
entirely under Castro's influence. they
would hesitate 10 say so in formal COM
munication TO the Venezuelan Govern
ment.
IL is the tone OF this part Of the vene-
zle'an response which docs not please
Washin gton officials and gave rise at first
10 the impression that the note was -inso-
lent
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MURDER SHERIFF IN JAIL.
Armed Cans shoot Him in the Attempt TO
Free a Prisoner.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, April l2.-Masked be-
yond identification and heavily armed,
six men entered the Tate County Jail at
Senatobia, Miss, at 2.SO O'Clock this MORN
ing and shot Sheriff j. +. Poag He died at
0 clock.
In an ante-mortem statement Sheriff
Poag said that the men came TO the lbil
and asked sdmittance, declaring that they
were friends Of the Sheriff and came with
prisoner He was suspicious and refused
them admittance until be had armed him
self. He then opened the door, when he
was confronted by six men. lie at once
lowered item with his p stol and began
firing, when they opened fusill6de Of shots
and brought him TO the floor.
They came to rescue Jim White, a white
man from Tate county, who is IN the jail
charged with murder In the first degree
They failed IN this, but made their escape
Jail guards, hearing the firing, rushed to
the assistance Of their chief, but came too
late.
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OVERWORK CAUSED MS DEATH
Collapse OF an instructor In the Cornell
COLLEGE Of Mechanical EnElneerlnE.

ITHACA, y. Y. April l2.-After working
for two periods Of forty-eight consecutive
hours each with only an intermission Of
six hours for sleep between them, upon
some scientific experiments which he was
conducting. Ralph q. Young, a graduate
Of Cornell in tho class Of " and an in
strIctor in the College Of Mechanical In
glneering, collapsed last Friday and died
to-day in the Cornell infrma Y OF pneu-
mona. He was considered one Of the
brightest and most enthusiast ste young
men in the Cornell faculty, and II wa
overenthueiasm for his work that caused
his death Work was suspended to-day
in his honor in the mechanical ngineerng
college and the students accompanied the
remains to the station, The Gy wis sent
to ,uug's former home IN San Antonio,
ToY
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Movements Of Naval vessels.

WASHINGTON, April l2.-The monitor
Wyon ing has arrived at Panama. the
gunboat Topeka II Hampton Roads and
the DESTROYER PTebie OF Mare Island
The crui ger CiaCi1nau has sailed from
CheTulpo for Shanghai the cruiser MAJ le-
head from Pa mana for Co. into, the ciui7e
Boston from Mare Island for Honolulu and
the collier Marcellus from Monte CIEt
for Lambart's Point
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orr EXPORT TRADE.
Continued Decline In the Volume Of Bread.
NuHS and Provisions.

WARRINGTON, April 1.-THE continued
decline in the volume Of breadstuYs ez-
Tort q is shown in the statistics for the nine
months ended March 81 which aggregate d
SIS 682 ,674 against 1920 l65 Ooe for the like
period Of last year or a loss Of $50, 1925, AS
nine months was sii2. ~. Os7, a comparative
dcCraS OF $40 $50 9I4, and of cotton, 3S05, =
40 Sg2, a decrease of S23, 6l6. 594.
In tho latter case the loss was due 10 the
lower price for cotton whicb averaged for
the Zine months SO cents peTpound, against
an aye rage OF II cents the last year, while
in volume there was an increase Of !, l75 s2l
bales in a total Of 6.572 $40 bales