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by the loss of his brother he devoted himself to comforting others who had suffered similar affliction.
 A Fathers Sorrow.
 Tyree Wright. another victim of the disaster, was the son of one of the barn bosses at the plant. The father, while on the way to the punching house, was told that his son was dead.
 ''It's sad blow to us," said he, but such accidents will happen. I don't know that anyone is to blame"
 What caused the explosion can only be conjectured.
 P. B. Griffin, general manager of the mills, made this statement last night re- garding the accident:
 s. MT. Griffin's Statement.
 Five men, four of whom were white and one colored. were killed by an ex- plosion of dynamite in punching house No. at our plant this morning at 11:45 O oclock.
 "The cause of this deplorable accident do not know, and have no means even of conjecturing. A peculiar feature of all such tragedies is that dynamite explosions leave no possible trace or suggestion as to their cause. The shock is so terrific as to destroy the smallest as well as the largest evidence.
 "The accident occurred In one of our four punching houses. A punching house is the place where the powder Is punched into the dynamite sticks or cartridges.
 How the Work is Done.
 This work is done by hand. The pow der, which is composed of nftro-glycerine and its absorbents, is placed in a rub Der lined funnel and poured thence into cartridges.
 Every precaution known to the busi- ness has been taken at our plant to elim- mate risks of all kinds to our em- ployes.
 'The danger in the preparation of dyn- amte is that it may come in touch with something that will cause friction. To avoid this, all our houses are built with out metal of any kind, and are fioored and walled and ceiled with rubberoid. The men are searched each day for firearms. knives and everything else that might
 
 taken all reasonable all possible, precau- tions to avoid disaster of this kind And now as I try to conjecture what was the cause of the explosion, I cannot even imagine what 1t was
 Punching House No. I.
 Punching house No. was situated on the tram track about one mile east of the old Huntsville road. It was a small frame building about fifteen feet square and twenty feet high. It was built to accommodate six workmen. We have never let more than four men work in a punching house at one time.
 'I was at punching house No 1 at 10 o'clock this morning-a little more than an hour before the explosion. Everything then seemed to be in good condition. l left the place to go over to the power house across the mountain. On the way over I met Matt Knox, the negro who was killed Matt told me he was going down to the punching house to see if he
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couldn't borrow s10 from one of the men there I continued on the way to the power house.
 He Heard the Report.
 About 11:15 o'clock, was talking with our superintendent, S. B. Miller. Sudden Ter said:
 My God! That's the powder mll'
 Mo-, said I, it is not the powder mill. It's one of the punching houses
 A moment later I saw large volume of smoke rolling up over the hill. and l knew then what had happened. MT. Mill Ter and struck off at once for the punch ing house.
 "As I am little lame, and was far away from the punching house, many persons were there when I got to the scene. Per haps, loo of them. There was of course a great deal of excitement felt and sorrow manifested.
 'As soon as I took In the situation I ordered that all work be suspended in the punching and mixing houses Indeed, it was already suspended; the men shock ed by the explosion, had quit work and rushed to punching house No. 1.
 Sorrow for the Victims.
 'I cannot adequately express my sor- row for the death of our five faithful employees, and my sympathy with their families MT. B. B. Wright had been with us for five years and was receiving a bonus in addition to his fixed salary His brother, Oliver Wright. has also been with us five years. Young Tyree Wright was the son of our barn boss Coghlll and Dixon were good, true men, and we valued their services highly Matt Knox, the negro-wel every one at the mills had a good word for old Matt.
 Tn spite of this deplorable incident we shall promptly rebuild punching house No. 1 and resume business"
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THE WEATHER

Washington, December 13.-Following Is the forecast for Alabama: Rain and colder Thursday; fresh to brisk north winds; Friday fair.
 Weather Report.
 Temperature and precipitation as re- ported at the weather bureau for select southern stations during 24 hours ending at 10 a. m. Precip-
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VULCAN DEFICIT FUND.
Nearly $1400 of the Amount Called for
 Has Been Subscribed.

The total amount of $1S60 has been sub ing raised by the Commercial club. The club has only four more days in which to raise the 5000, the amount necessary to pay off the indebtedness and place the statue on a pedestal. If the full amount is not subscribed the proposition of Col. L. W. Johns to buy the statue for s2O00 will be accepted:
 The subscriptions up to date are as fol-
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THE SOUTHERN CLUB.
Officers Elected at Annual Meeting
 Last Night.

At the annual meeting of the Southern club last night James Weatherly was re- elected president and w. B. Leedy was reelected vice president.
 The following were chosen members of the board of governors: T. H. Benners, A. DeValcourt, W. H. Kettig, B. M, Allen and Ed NJ. Crawford The last named Is the only new member.
 secretary will be elected by the board of governors. J. J. Asbury holds the of- fee at present.
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HOLIDAY SALE AND LUNCHEON

The ladies of the Five Points Methodist church will conduct a holiday sale and serve luncheon at l3 N. 20th St. (building formerly oc- cupied by Postal Telegraph Col beginning Wednesday: Dec. 18th.
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Drank Whisky.

Jess Howell testified as follows:
 "Scroggins, West and Harmon left the Harris place together, and Harmon said that they were going to Scroggins' home to finish the game. Before left the store I saw Harmon put beer bottle in his pocket and Jim Ellis called me to one side and said that they (Scroggins and Harmon) were going to knock West In the head when they got him in the dark and take his money. When l went away Ellis and Patterson were talking. and the other three men had disappeared in the darkness. I remember that about 10 o'clock Sunday night while we were ali
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F. H. LATHROP.

by the loss of his brother, he devoted himself to comforting others who had suffered similar affliction.
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A growing account with this bank is the best way to pre- pare for the rainy day.
 Have you an account here?
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Total .... .............H,aso.oo
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-08-10
Written Appeal to Rats

Over on the west side Of the city
1 long row of old fashioned dwellings
las been torn down this spring to
make way for some modern business
buildings. While they were being de-
nolished the contractor in charge was
approached one day by a workman,
who handed him a soiled and worn
envelope which had been found among
The brick and plaster.
The faded inscription, "Mr. Gray
Rat" prompted the contractor to read
the letter. 1t ran:
Dear Mr.. Rat: Although we real
.ze that u house is greatly honored
by your presence and that Of your ex-
ceedingly numerous and sprightly
family, We feel that it is selfish of us
to expect to have a monopoly of your
society, and we would humbly suggest
that you vacate our premises and Sc
lect as your abode the residence of
DUR neighbor, number 1877, which we
are sure you will find a pleasant and
profitable place. With most sincere
assurances of our deep esteem. be-
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Human Neck Easily Broken

Speaking of curious accidents by
which persons lose their lives, the man
who fell out of bed and broke his
neck, while presenting an e%xtraordi-
larry case in some respects, will scarce.
ly attract more than passing notice."
said a thoughtful man, "for there have
been many cases equally remarkable.
Men are frequently killed by very
slight falls. recall one case where a
mans neck vas broken by a very
slight turn of his foot. He attempted
to catch himself that is, to preserve
his balance, and the effort was of
such violence that he broke his neck.
Many men have broken their necks
by a sudden stumble and a fall on the
sidewalk, or by being knocked down
by some hurrying pedestrian, or by a
street car or a vehicle of some sort.
1t is not at all uncommon for a police
man. with no intention of doing more
han to subdue an unruly member, to
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break an offenders neck by rapping
him over the head with his club.
Sometimes the fall which follows, and
sometimes the blow, breaks the neck
of the offender. Sometimes a sudden
violent motion of the head, a quick,
jerking motion, the kind we make when
lodging, will break the neck. I recall
an amusing case where a man threw
his neck out of joint, without breaking
it, by turning his head to one side'in
an effort to dodge a bullet fired at
him at short range. The bullet passed
through the rim of his hat. Ever
after that he carried his head tilted
over the right shoulder, and was never
able to straighten it. The neck is
easily broken, as a matter of fact, and
the wonder to me is that more men
Ire not killed in this way now, since
we are kept twisting, lodging, ducking
and cutting other more or less violent
capers.'-New Orleans Times-Demo.
Graf.
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Downfall Of the MOSQUITO

did it ever strike you that a mos
quito could become an inebriate?"
asked the observer of things. 1T
hasn't? Well, let me tell you one of
my experiences. l was working in
New Orleans several years ago with a
friend of mine. He was a hard drink
er, and whenever you saw him he was
literally saturated with booze. He
was a clever little fellow, though, and
for several months he worked in the
same office with me. We did consid-
cradle night work. Well, every night
Ed would come in drunk as a boiled
owl, sit down at his desk and begin
to peg away. Whether it was because
he was the booze artist in the office,
or from some other cause, his desk
was a mecca for the mosquitoes.
There was one big fellow l noticed
particularly. He attracted my atten-
ton one evening, when Ed was asleep
in his chair, and he the mOsquito)
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Simple Life in Iceland

There are no manufactures in the
country. Each home is a factory and
every member of the family a hand.
Shoes are made from goat skins.
The long stockings worn over these in
wading through the sno ware knitted
wading through the snow are knitted
by the women and children, and even
the beautiful broadcloth comes smooth
and perfect from the hand loom found
in every house.
The sweet simplicity of their ma
tional costume does away with the
necessity of fashion books. Young
girls who are about to be married
need take no thought as to where
withal shall they be clothed" When
they array themselves in the we'd
ding garments of their ancestors, two
or even three generations remote, they
are perfectly up to date in the matter
If attire.
This simple life is conducive to a
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state of high morals, higher probably
than in any other part of the world.
There is not a drop of liquor manu-
featured on the island, and for the
$4,000 population there is but one pc.
liceman. There is neither a Jail nor
any place of Incarceration for Grimm
ais; nor yet is there a court in which
a high crime could be tried.
The percentage of crime is so small
that it does not warrant the expense
of keeping up a court. When a
criminal trial becomes necessary the
offender is taken to Denmark to IN.
swer to the law for his misdeeds.
The women are among the most adj
vanced in the world. Their Woman's
Political League has a membership
of 1000, and they enjoy more civil
rights than the women of almost any
other country, having a voice in all
elections save that for members Of
their legislative body.-The Pilgrim.
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Thought Visitor Was Bum

The late Rev. Father Thomas j..
Scully of Cambridge used to tell OF
this experience he once had:
While going home from a town
where he had delivered a lecture he
was the only passenger on a horse
car that got stalled, because of a
heavy snow storm, in a lonesome To-
:ality.
Asking the conductor the location of
the nearest house, Father Scully
reached it after a weary half-mile walk
throgh the snow. Knocking on the
door, he asked and was granted the
privilege of entering by a kindly faced
woman. He did not disclose his iden-
tity, but while enjoying the warmth OF
the stove he asked for something to
eat and something hot to drink.
The good woman hustled about, and
soon the priest was %partaking of her
hospitable fare. Tugging at the Wom-
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lieve us, most respectfully yours,

lleve us, most respectfully yours,
THE SMITH FAMILY"
The laborer was puzzled, but the
contractor, after struggling with some
dim boyhood recollections, was able to
explain it. There is, or rather there
used to be, a sort of tradition that if
the tenant of a rat infested house
were to write a note to the rats,
couched in terms of extreme polite
ness, requesting them to go elsewhere,
and post it in a rat hole, the rats might
oblige.
The contractor remembered way
back in his childhood days in a coun-
try town writing just such a note, po-
litely asking a rat family to transfer
their attentions to a neighbor who
had been vindictive, and firmly believ-
ing, on their temporarily disappear.
ing, that it vas the note that did it.
The contractor took the letter home
to show his small boy that letters to
Santa Claus were not the only odd
epistles. and that there were other
places besides chimneys which could
serve as mail boxes.-New York Sun.
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ans skirts was a boy some 5 or 6 years
old. The priest beamed kindly on him
and asked him his name.
The boy began to cry vigorously.
Shame on ye," cried the woman;
Shame on We, Johnnie"
Still the youngster blbbered.
The priest went on eating. He was
decidedly hungry after his long ride
in a cold car, and his walk through
the snow rather jaded him.
AS the boy continued to cry, his
mother exclaimed: DRY up, We bold
little thing; dry up, I say, or the bum
will ate ye." and then in an appealing
way to the astonished Father Scully.
Won't We, bum; won't We ate Johnnie
if he don't hush his n,ise?"
When she learned who the supposed
bum really was the poor woman
was quite i~nconsolable. = Boston
Herald.
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EVER TREAT YOU so7
Coffee Acts the Jonah and Will Come

NOICS N(lS IItV OHa aii0 WIN SSsisS
Up.
< A clergyman who pursues his noble
calling in a country parish in Iowa,
tells of his coffee experiences:
"My wife and l used coffee regular
ly for breakfast, frequently for dinner
and occasionally for supper-always
the very best quality-package coffee
never could find a place on u table.
"In the spring of 1896 my wife was
taken with violent vomiting which we
bad great difficulty in stopping.
st seemed to come from coffee
drinking but we could not decide.
"In the following July, however,
she was attacked a second time by
the vomiting. l was away from home
filing an appointment, at the time,
and on my return l found her very
low; she had literally vomited herself
almost to death, and it took some days
to quiet the trouble and restore her
stomach.
II had also experienced the same
trouble, but not so violently, and had
relieved it, each time, by a resort to
medicine.
But my wife's second attack salts
fed me that the use of COTE was at
the bottom of our troubles, and SO we
stopped it forthwith and took on
Postum Food Coffee. The old symp-
toms of disease disappeared and dur
ing the 9 years that we have been
using Postum instead of coffee we
never have had a recurrence of the
vomiting. We never weary Of Postum,
to which we know we owe u good
health. This is a simple statement
of facts" Name given by Postum
Company, Battle Creek, Mich.
Read the little book 1.-THE Road r.
Wa1lvilla." In each nk4.
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MISS ELLA OFF. INDIANAPOLIS. IND.
SUFFERED FOR MONTHS
.Pe-ru-na, the Remedy That
Cured.

Miss Ella Of, 1927 Linden st., 1ndi-
annapolis, Ind, writes:
~ suffered with a rundown c0nsfi.
tuition for several months, and feared
thai 1 would have to give up my work.
' "On seeking the advice of q physi-
clan, he prescribed q tonic. / found,
however, that 1t did me no good. Oh
seeking the advice of our druggist, he
asked me TO try Peruna. In q few
weeks I began to feel and act like q
different person. MY appetite in
creased, I did not have that w0rn-0ut
feeling, and / could sleep spIendidIy.
In a couple of months I was entirely
recovered. ! thank you for what your
medicine has done for me .".--EMa Off,
Write. DR.. Hartman, President Of The
Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio,
for free medical advice. All cores
pondence is held strictly confidential.
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A Modest Mans Perplexity

The day is dismal when in vain
l watch to see her pass: the skies
Are quickly frightened when l gain
A glance, in passing, from her eyes:
l wonder if she smiled because
She knew my thoughts or noticed how
Befuddled n how flushed I was?
Perhaps she's laughing at me now.
Sometimes I fancy that she knows
Her luscious beauty gladdens me;
Sometimes I fancy that she shows
A Willingness to let me see.
She smiled up at me when we met,
Then looked away and hurried by;
Sometimes ! gladly think-and yet
Perhaps-she smiled! I wonder whys
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Y soMERsAULTs.
How King Alfonso Amused Queen
Alexandra.


Alexandria.
Several old fashions have been re
vived at court, some of which had fall
en- into disuse since 1862, when the
late queen retired from social life,
says the Onlooker.
One of these is that the mistress OF
the robes should accompany the queen
to her bedroom door at the conclusion
Of a state ball. This practice was re-
vived on the occasion Of the state ball
which took place during the visit of
the king of Spain. 1t happened that
the Spanish monarch's sleeping apart
ment was in the same corridor as
that of Queen Alexandra.
The queen arrived at the door OF
her room, attended by the Duchess of
Portland, and the young king, who
had come up stairs at the same time,
wished her majesty good night. Then
he suddenly said, Il am an athlete;
would you like to see me perform?'
She said Eyes," Upon which the
youthful sovereign turned a succession
of somersaults, all down the corridor.
London Mail.
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She smiled at me when she and I
Met face5to face a while ago
She smiled at mel wonder why?
All, what would l not give to know!
A sweeter. fairer maid than she
Has never crossed the path l tread
A while ago she smiled at me;
1 wonder if my nose was red?
When I behold her lovely face
NY cares to all the winds are blown,
Her form is 1.-THE and full of grace,
The charms Of youth are ali her own;
The happy sod should yield a rose
Wllere'er it's pressed by her slim foot
l wonder if across my nose /.
There might have Dcen a streak OF
SCOT?
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PATENTS.
List Of Patents Issued Last Week q
Northwestern Inventors.

NorthWesterh IhVehtors.
Reported by Lothrop & Johnson,
patent lawyers, oil and 912 Pioneer
Press Building, St. Paul, MINI: Ed.
ward Firnhaber, GAINESVILLE, MINI,
animal trap; Arthur Hubbard, Mime
apolis, Mimi, wheelbarrow; John Kue.
bier, Mankato, Mimi, envelop; Alex.
ander McDouga1l, Duluth, Mimi, con
veying apparatus; Albin Nelson, Glad.
stone. Mimi, vessel; Peter Nelson.
Oldham, S. D., hame fastener; Hugh
Shedd, Red Wing, Mimi, calendar. 7
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Got lt From Her.

'Your husband" said the talkative
man, has such a mild disposition. l
suppose he inherited it from his
mother"
NO." replied Mrs. Henpeck, with
set jaw, Il think l can safely say it
was part of my dowry."-Philadelphia
Fress.
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Mean Thinu.

Bride-Clarence, dear, l have just
made my first pound cake.
Hubby-Good for you, Cordelia. I'll
take it down to the Office.
Bride-What for?
Hubby-For a paper weight
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Women never get over the sense of
dislike they feel for a man who once
laughs at them.
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Would Know Better.

"a mar never should tell a story
that he would be ashamed to repeat
in the presence of his wife"
"Yes, but suppose she was along
when he caught the fish,"
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Those Russian Names.

Those Russian Names.
They've changed one Of those very
prominent Russian army corps com.
manders again."
What is the new mans name?"
go long. I haven't mastered the
name of his predecessor yet."-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer
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"Elaine," by the U. S. Comedy Co.
LOOMS mouth has been sealed, and
he has been detailed to bring to Amer
lea the corpse Of Paul Jones. 1t will
be a solemn and suggestive spectacle
the dead, steered by the dumb,
went downward with the tide."-Co-
lumbia State.
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DR.. David X ennedy's Feyorite Remedy, the
Great Kidney and Liver Cure. World Famous. Wrike m
Ksnnedy's Sons, Rondout, N. Y, for free sample bottle
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was perched o. my friends nose, drill.
ing away for dear life. Pretty soon
he became even drunken than Ed and
flew away. He perched on the desk
where l was writing and his antics
were comical. He had a beautiful
load, if you'll pardon the street gam.
ms language, and al staggering
over the Idesk like a chicken with the
staggers. Honestly, 1 couldn't hell
laughing. l caught the mosquito and
pulled off just the tip of his wing, Sc
I would know him again. I saw hin
again the next and many night there
after. Ed was the only man in the
office he'd bite. If Ed didn't show up
the mosquito would perch on his desk,
assuming a mournful attitude that was
pitiful and laughable in one That
was one mosquito who became an in.
ebriate, and l could tell you Of but
his listeners had hied to the life-sav.
ing station across the street.
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Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
%hsmmation, allsys pain, cures wind collie. CSC bottle.
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Nowhere do souls SOU quicker than
in an ice box church.
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Thoroughly steriIized.
Aunt Beth-They say his money is
tainted.
Edith-Nonsense, aunt; I heard him
say he had just cleaned up another
million.
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Men who intend to be good to-mor-
row always die to-day.
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DR.. J. n. RlNDLAuB, (s%pecialist)
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat,
Fargo, N. D.