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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-03-15
STILL WATCH FOR MoNTEzuMA.
Priests Tend Sacred Fire and Await
Return of King.

Frtesss Ieho sacred Fire and Await
Return of King.
Taos stands unique and distinct
from all the other pueblos, and is
unusually interesting to the student Of
%ethnology. It is there that the eter.
nal fire is said to be kept burning In
the estufa, or underground temple,
and there the priests climb daily to
the housetops and gaze toward the ris-
Ing sun. hoping to see the returning
Montezuma sailing toward them on
his eagle. The fire, it is said, was
removed to this village from Pecos
in the early part of the last century,
when the latter was abandoned. Ac-
cord1ng to rumor it is kept in a sa-
cred temple built in the bowels of
the earth and connected with the sur-
face by hidden passages and laby'
rtnths. The priests tend the sacred
fire carefully, and, if tradition is to be
believed, it has not been extinguished
since Montezuma left the earth for his
heavenly home. Taos was also the
home of Kit Carson, the famous scout
who led Gen. Fremont through the
wilds and whose name has been sung
In many tongues. He lived and died
In the little village, loved and respect
ed by all the Indians.-Southern
Workman.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-03-15
.Nirvana of Buddhism.

The Buddhist forbears to slaugh-
ter animals, be it for food, sport or
scientific purposes; he discredits the
theory that they have been created
for the use Of man, and that he has
any right over them. The Buddha
sat and taught that every human be-
ing, high or low, animal or human,
while transmigrating in any Of the ma
tertal, semi-material or nonmaterial
worlds, is subject to alternate misery
and Elusive happiness, and that last
ing bliss is found only in Nirvana.
He saw that the will to live to enjoy
was the Of transmigration with
its miseries: and that when through
enlightenment this will ceases, Mir
vana is attained and transmigration
OF incarnation in earthly bodies
ceases.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-03-15
HOW TO DEAL WITH HUSBANDS
Advice Probably Given by spinster,
But Here It Is.

Never tell your husband that you
give him this or that for dinner, and
not what he asks for, because you
know what is best for him. A man
will willingly yield to the woman he
loves. he will make any sacrifice she
may require, but he generally draws
the line at being told what is good
for him. OF this he will beg to re.
main the best judge, and tell you SO
frankly and firmly. Never complain
of your husband because he now and
then criticises your dress or your new
hat. On the contrary, return grateful
thanks that he takes notice of what
you wear. There are husbands who
allow their wives perfect freedom in
this respect, for the simple reason
that they are absolutely nothing
whether they have a garden of flow.
ers or an old saucepan on their heads.
Be grateful your husband is not one
OF those.-Exchange.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-03-15
TRUE STATEMENT OF COUNSEL
All In Courtroom Witnesses Of the
Judges Reversal.

Judges Reversal.
II once attended some legal pro-
ceedings in Nevada" says a Philadel-
phfa lawyer, (which were unconven-
tional, to say the least. The Judge
presiding made up what he lacked in
legal lore by a certain entertainingly
j~oviality. The case before him was
windy and long drawn out, and it was
plainly to be seen that he "a tired
and u~ninterested. To one of his de-
cisions counsel for the defendant
promptly took exception and his hon
or nodded carelessly and settled down
In his ample chair. For a moment or
two he quietly dropped off to sleep,
his chair tilted back against the wall.
Suddenly he fell yer backward, and,
scrambling to his dignity and his seat,
he sought to cloak his mishap by x
claiming abruptly and i~rrelevantly:
mo. counselor, I must adhere to my
decision of a moment ago.
Counsel for the defense arose, and,
with a serious bow, said: tAh, but
your honor has just reversed himself
most ~conclusively. '"-Harper's Week
".
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-03-15
The Late

An attorney in Philadelphia, who
makes a speciality of prosecuting suits
against railway companies growing
out of injuries due to accidents on
the line, tells of the trouble expert
enced in the cross-examination Of an
Irish witness. This witness had evil
IDENTIFY been carefully coached by coun-
sci for the company, for, when the
question was put to him: "Was the
man found IN the track a total
Stranger" the wary Celt replied:
Il should say not, sir. Seem that
his left leg was gone, l should say,
sir, that he were a partial stranger"
-Woman's Home Companion.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-03-15
The Baron Himself.

A great Turkish player at a big
hotel in Constantinople had been
beating everybody within a wide ra.
dius at chess. One day a mean-look.
ing stranger watched the game. He
quietly offered to play. The Turk re.
marked, "Ill play you for a hundred
sequins!" The stranger said: Very
we'll" An unusual "gambit" was of.
fered by the stranger. Its acceptance
by the Turk caused the latter to lose
the game. He said: "Sir, I thought
there was only one man in Europe
who understood how to take advan-
tage Of that move-Baron Won Moltke."
"Sir," retorted the stranger, IT am
Baron Won Moltke, at your service"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-03-15
Narrow Escapes Of Soldiers.

Two tales of narrow escapes at
Lucknow during the Indian mutiny:
"Col. May told us many thrilling Incl
dents Of the siege, which brought the
scene more wildly before one. He
brought out a wall, against. which he
told me he "a sitting one day, when
suddenly a round shot struck the wall
between his legs. This, however, is
not to be compared with the escape
of a trooper in the relief force, who
had his saddle destroyed under him
by a blind shell which passed between
his thigh and the horses back, he HIM
self and his horse remaining unin-
jured."
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-03-15
How to Stop Gossip.

There are two words, simple enough
in themselves, that introduce untold
trouble into the world and are re,
sponsible for more gossip, scandal
and harm than any other two words
in the English language. These two
little words are nothing more than
"They say" They have done more
to ruin regulations than any other
thing. If you v quote what they
say" you may be quite certain you
are not a gossip. But If you find your
self telling your friends at all times
what they say" and at the same time
lifting your eyebrows and shaking
your head, you may rest assured you
are saying something the world would
be better for not hearing.-Exchange.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-03-15
Pumice Stone.

Pumice stone, aside from it's use as
a cleaning agent. belongs to the most
important polishing substances. While
emery is used for polishing tools, pol
fishing paper for stone and glass, OK
ide of iron for fine glassware and lime
for metals, pumice stone is employed
for polishing softer articles. Pumice
stone as found in nature is, according
to it's composition, nothing but lava
which has received it's foamlike poros-
ity through the fact that the volcanic
stone substance was cooled very rap
idly under strong development of
gases.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-03-15
The Girl and Her Prey.

When a girl discovers that she has
impressed some gentleman with the
firm conviction that there is not, new
er was, and never will be anyone else
like her in the world, and that impress
sion grows in strength the more he
knows her, she has him, as 1t were,
with a rope round his neck. It will
wear to a pack thread if she neglects
it. 1t wants daily looking to. AS to
the tame" husband, he will not OBJ.
ject. He will like it the more Sc
curely he is fastened up in this fash
ion. He is not a fool.-Exchange.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-03-15
WRITING a SUCCESSFUL BOOK.
Gertrude Atherton, the Authoress,
Tells How She Works.

Gertrude Atherton, the Authoress,
Tells How She Works.
Gertrude Anterior, whose pen has
been inactive for some months on &C.
count of a serious illness, has now
left Munich after a sojourn Of six
months, and has gone to seek a quiet
place in California, where she can
take up her literary work with re.
newed enthusiasm. Writing books
is very exacting," she said recently.
You must make up your mind to re-
nounce everything for the time being.
l live like a hermit in some little out.
ofthe-way spot when I am writing a
book. I rise every morning at 6, work
until noon. eat a rather hearty mid
day meal, rest and read for a couple
OF hours, and then back to work for
an hour or two. Some days l write
all day-write until I am all written
out. 1t takes me usually about three
to four months to write a book; after
that come the rewriting, the proof.
reading and all the innumerable ad-
ditions. I never know exactly what
sequence of incident Or characters is
going to follow until I am in the
throes of composition. OF course, I
decide on a motive, and have two or
three Of the principal characters pref
ty clearly in mind, but the rest of the
story works its own way out. When
am tired Of writing I take some ex-
ercise. walk a good deal-there ia
always something to see, you know
Chicago News.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-03-15
Ever Read a cento aook2

'"This volume" said the bibliophile.
els a cento. It is composed of de.
tached sentences taken from the
works Of Thackeray. 1t. makes a nov.
ell, sensible, but short, and it was
composed in seven years by a bedrid.
den baroness. The best-known cento
Is probably the Empress Eudoxia's
Life of Christ made entirely of lines
from Homer. There is a similar life.
composed by Ross, that consists Who'll.
ly of detached lines from Virgil. Cen
tos are often very valuable. One com.
piled by Alexander Hamilton from
Millions Paradise Lost sold not long
since for $500. The book was a his.
tory of America"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-03-15
Ammonia For Mosquito Bites.

In hot climates, where mosquitoes
abound, it is usual to carry a tiny bot
tie of ammonia in the pocket, which
is fitted with a little glass point on
the stopper, and, as soon as the enc
my has worked his wicked will, the
bottle is produced and a drop of the
liquid is applied to the spot. The
same beneficial effect is found from
treating the stings of midges with am
monia, and it is useful to know Of a
harmless and effectual remedy for
their aggravating attentions, which
often serious blood poisoning.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-03-15
picturesque California Women,

The women grape-pickers of Cali
fornia are picturesque. There is just
a dash of Indian to give color to the
cheek a touch Of Spanish, and just a
suspicion of the old blood that built
the wonderful cities ages ago in lower
Mexico, making a combination attrac-
tive to the lover of the picturesque.
Dark hair, flashing black eyes, intelli-
gent faces, perfect courtesy, intelli-
gence that but needs suggestion to
lead to higher grades, indeed, one
could not look at those pickers, these
cholos, as the tenderfoot called them,
picking grapes, to see that 1t required
but clothes and environment to make
a remarkable change.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-03-15
True Politeness.

An excellent suggestion was that
contained in the remark of a little
t~en-year-old girl from the country,
who had been visiting a friend in her
city home. did you have a good
time?" asked the child's mother when
the girl came back from her weeks
visit. Beautiful" replied the little
traveller, with great enthusiasm;
why, they were SO polite they made
me feel just as if I was the one that
was at home, and they were visiting.
I had a beautiful time!" That is
the secret of hospitality-making
friends feel at home.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-03-15
PAYS to Watch Small Thinas.

No matter what the general magni.
tude of a business may be, it is well
worth the while to look out for its
minor affairs. This may be an age
Of large things in general, but it is,
after all, from the handling of smaller
deals that the greatest profits are de-
rived: Small leakages are sure to slip
by unnoticed unless The business is 10
organized that ever "'ctail, no matter
Of how little az, ~ s~"niscance,
can be rrcrerly a:.e'.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-03-15
Amenities Of Lawbreakers.

No member Of the British parlia.
ment is permitted to say bluntly and
directly that another Is drunk. but he
may hint at the fact in periph7ase, as
when Mr.. Gladstone. replying to an
unconventional speech of Disraeli's,
remarked: "The right honorable gen.
tleman has evidently had access to
sources of inspiration that are not
open to me-" A violent scene has
been caused in the parliament of Vic.
toria, Australia, by a labor member
saying Of a legal colleague: "The hon.
orable and learned gentleman was
once called to the bar and he has
since gone frequently without being
called" The ansry barrister retort.
ed: "You tea-drin, ,g skunk!" Even.
tually both Withdrew and apologized.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-03-15
Fought with Cougar for Luncheon.

Fou9ht WIFI cougar TOR
John Leamy, a back flagman on the
Kettle Valley Railroad survey, now
engaged on the North Fork, a few days
ago risked his own life to protect the
lunch of the survey party. Leamy
was put in charge of the provisions Of
the party and while he was engaged
with the survey two mammoth cou
CARS attacked the lunch baskets of
the entire crew.
The young fagman upon returning
ct noon found the cougars enjoying
the sandwiches which had been care
fully prepared for the party, and.
choosing to risk his life rather than
face a party Of twenty hungry survey.
ors, he made a rush at the animals
and secured the major portion of tho
eatables.-Grand Forks correspond.
ence Portland Oregonian.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-03-15
HoMESEEKERS' EXCURSIONS
via
CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN RY,

To points in Alabama, Arkan--
sas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia,
Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louis
lana, Mexico, New Mexico, North
and South Carolina, Tennessee,
Texas and Virginia. Only one
fare plus $500 for the round
trip. Tickets on sale the first
and third Tuesdays of each
month to April 18th. For fur
ther information apply to r. r.
Jones, II. A., 223 Robert st. Far
go, N. D.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-03-15
Development Of the soudan,

The Soudan will be the great conn.
try of the future. Already companies
are being formed to acquire territory
and build up industries on the banks
of the White Nile. Several parties of
Americans have already gone to
Khartoum and chartered dahabeahs
to lake them to the great game coun-
try toward Fashoda. Lower Egypt
has been s overrun with sportsmen
that the game. has been practically
exterminated or driven away.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-03-15
stonewaII Jackson's Love Letters.

Great men have nearly always COM
pretended the Importance of letter
writing as an accomplishment, and
many of them have made it a recrea-
ton and a resource in times Of stress
and mental tension. And Stonewall
Jackson, whose name stands as a
synonym for the life strenuous, wrote
letters to his second wife (the first
n lived only fourteen months after
her marriage to him), brimful Of ar
dent love. My pet, my darling, my
sunshine, my little somebody, he
would call her, this great being whose
life was sacrificed for his country
Exchange.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-03-15
National Feeling in Norway.

One effect Of the erection of Nor.
way into an Independent kingdom has
been to foster nationalist feeling in
many unexpected directions. Just now
Ibsen and Bjornson are being taken
to task severely for having their
works published by a Danish instead
Of a Norwegian firm and thereby sane
tioning and perpetrating the spelling
Of many words in the Danish rather
than the Norwegian fashion. In tho
first week Of his reign King Haakon
was paternally rebuked by Bjornson
himself for making use Of Dauish
idioms.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-03-15
plsraell,a PICTURESQUE Metanhor,


Few men had a richer talent for
vivid picturesque metaphor than Dis
raeli. Often, no doubt, it was bizarre,
and sometimes even tawdry, but it sell
dom descended to the cheap. And
what could be more vivid than the
figure by which he pictured one of
the Gladstonian Ministries: "The Min
listers remind me of one of these ma
rine landscapes not very unusual on
the coast of South America. You be.
hold a range Of exhausted volcanoes.
Not a flame flickers on a single pallid
crest. But the situation is still dan
gerous. There are occasional earth
quakes, and ever and anon the dark
rumbling of the sea-"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-03-15
Favor Requested.

It is an interesting fact that 1t w&s
partly to aid MERGERS hospital in Dub
lin that Handel composed the Mes
siah." On the morning Of the produce
ton of the Messiah" this quaint no.
tics appeared in a Dublin journal:
''The stewards of the Charitable Must.
cal society request the favor of the
dadies not to come With hoops this
lay to the Music ri i, :ishamble
direct. The gnr.': - Il 4 , s.rsd to
come without Lee & g.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-03-15
Costly Supervision Necessary.

The United States government. will
spend a whole million If necessary to
investigate the causes and correct an
error in any of its financial depart
ments, even If no more than a cent is
involved. And it could not safely do
otherwise. It must dispel every sug-
gestion of laxness in discipline, and
to admit an error would be simply an
Invitation and a hint for open mouth
ed crooks to make money through
fraud.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-03-15
With plenty Of opportunities.

A teacher in a public school of Bos.
ton once had great difficulty in i'm
parting to a boy pupil of 10 certain
elementary principles Of grammar. In
class one day the instructor expert
enced more than the usual amount of
trouble with the lad. In desperation
the teacher finally blurted out the
question: "At least, you can tell me
why we study grammar"
Eyes, ma'am," returned the pupil;
1--WE study grammar so that we can
laugh at the mistakes of others."-
Harper's Weekly.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-03-15
WON WAGER BY BATTING VICTIM.
After Much P%rovocation Conductor
Was Caught Mapping.

Some time in the seventies a party
of friends en- route to Boston from
Portland on the Boston & Maine rail-
road, with Payson Tucker as conduc-
tor, Matched up a plot, and made a
wager of a quart bottle of wine that
Tucker couldn't be caught mapping.
One of the party said that he would
take the bet.
He separated from the others, and,
as the conductor came along, asked
what station they were then passing,
and on receiving the reply he an.
swered, "That's what I thought" This
act was repeated several times, and
finally Conductor Payson' became
very indignant, and said: do you
take me for a id fool?"
That's what 1 thought" replied the
other, who now owned a quart Of the
finest wine.-Boston Herald.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-03-15
Space Joke.

. The air yacht was gliding through
the vast distance between the earth
and Mars.
"Ahoy!" shouted the pilot through
the speaking tube. I'VE are approach.
ing.a star"
"Then let vi board it," replied the
millionaire yachtsman. 81 always had
q desire to be a star boardsr.
When they reached the earth again
the joke was &C =. zoe Miller
and six United 6 IS.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-03-15
IN kAPoLEoN's LAST EFFORT.
Six 6attalions of French Guard Made
Final Attack at Waterloo.

Six 6attalions Of French Guard Made
Final Attack at Waterloo.
Further light on the battle of Water.
loo is shed by Prof. c. Oman of Eng.
land. From the archives of the French
wal Offices he. has obtained informa-
tion-never before made public
which Is in the form of a return, sign.
ed by Deriot, on the morning of the
battles of Ligny and Quartre Bras. 1t
will be r%ecollected that M. Houssaye
has stated-and it has been generally
accepted-that only five battalions of
the French Guard were engaged in
Ney's final attack on the British light
center at Waterloo. He says that the
Fourth Chasseurs was a small regi-
ment originally, and suffered so severe
ly at Ligny that it was consolidated
into a single battalion on June 1S.
These assertions, Prof. Oman remarks,
are contradicted (1) by the fact that
1t certainly had LOAF bayonets-two
full b~attalions-on the morning of Lig-
ny, as shown by the new return which
has been discovered, and (2) by the
tables of M. Martinien, which DEM
onstrate that the regiment lost not
one single officer killed or wounded at
Ligny. It cannot possibly have had
more than twenty or thirty casualties
In the rank and file, probably less. At
Waterloo, therefore, it must have
been still Owe 1000 strong, and form.
ed two full battalions. Ney's attack.
therefore, was delivered by six, not
five, battalions, supported, as we be.
lieve, by two more of the Second Chas.
seurs somewhere to the real Of the
echelon formed by the others.-Brook.
lyn EAGLE.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-03-15
Umbrella as Burglars Tool.

In a jewelry robbery just effected
in London, the thieves apparently
commenced operations by drilling
through the flooring and ceiling and
then passing through the hole an UNI
brella.
This was then opened and held In
a position while the ceiling around
the hole was cut away, and used as a
receptacle for the falling pieces of
plaster and wood work.
The umbrella vas found below the
hole. together with a rope ladder
Stray Stories.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-03-15
HAD THEIR aRowL As USUAL

Tugboat Men over-susplcious Of Extra
Good Dinner.
I went to the high school with the
late Charles T. Yerkes," said a Phila.
delphian, "and afterward I saw a good
deal Of him while he was in the bank.
Ing business here.
What l liked about Mr.. Yerkes
was his disposition. He never com.
planned or growled. He hated to hear
growls or complaints. On this head
there is a story about him that few
old Philadelphians still remember.
"A tugboat captain at a banquet one
night said that tugboat men were the
champion GROWERS of the world. He
said they growled especially about
their food, that even at a banquet
they would find something to com.
plain of.
"Mr. Yerkes doubted this. He de.
clared it couldn't be true. There was
an argument, with the upshot that
the next week he took a run on the
tug and provided for the crew a sun,p.
tuous surprise dinner.
1T was a roast turkey dinner and
when 1t was set before the men Mr..
Yerkes and the captain were hidden
in a place where they could see and
hear all that went on.
"The men looked very s%uspiciously
at the fine roast repast. Then one
speared a big bird on a fork and hold.
ing it up said: eco slow on this,
boys. II 1t wuzn't cheaper'n salt pork
it wouldn't "a come our way"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-03-15
Superstition In China

Religious superstition asserts itself
in Chinese architecture, and the uni
versal 'sacredness of the numerals
three and nine is shown in the ar
rgngement of temple doors. There is
a triple gateway to each of the halls
Of the Imperial palace, and the same
order prevails at the. royal .tombs.
while the sacred person of the en-
peror can only be approached ever
by the highest officials after three
times three prostrations have been
given.