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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-01-25
Two Scholarships

The Pioneer has two st. Pau
Business College scholarships
to dispose of at a very reasonable
price. This is the opportunity
of lifetime for anyone desiring
a frstclass business education.
Call on or phone the Pioneer if
interested. Time will be given
to responsible parties on this
proposition.
Rev. Murchison of Hunter as
sisted in the special meetings in
the Methodist church this week.
Page Record. n
Phil Ward, formerly of this
city, was in town between trains
last night. He is at present
firing On the G.. N.
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DIl1E SOCIAL

The local w. G. T. U, will give
dime social at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. P. B. Wolcott on Fri
day evening Jan. e.. A literary
and musical program will be
rendered. Light refreshments
will be- served. All are cordially
invited. q,
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-01-25

That Aneta correspondent in
the Lakota Herald certainly
wields a caustic pen. The Mayor,
Alderman and police magistrates
and even the postmistress come
in for their share of roasts. The
servants Of the public surely
have a hard row to hoe in the
Queen City.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-01-25

Frank Tillotson lost a valuable
horse this morning. The animal
was sick with a complication of
lung and bowel trouble.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-01-25

Mr.. and Mrs. G.. w. Smith, of
Newport, Herkimer county, N. Y.
arrived this morning for short
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. L. w.
Fuller and other relatives. They
will leave in about a week for
Pasadena, California where they
will spend the balance of the
winter.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-01-25

A number of our contempor-
aries are waking up their coun-
try correspondents and as re
suit some very newsy columns are
in evidence.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-01-25
Pickups.

Mrs. L. @. King is quite sick
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
]. w. Wakeman.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-01-25

Cooperstown is well pleased
with it's new electric light service
which was recently installed.
The demand for lights has been
so great that the company will
soon be forced to put in addition.
al power.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-01-25
What Does This Mean?

The Great Northern has effect
ed settlement with JOS. LANCER
for the purchase of about thirty
three acres of land opposite their
depot, between the section line
road and the N. P. track, and will
soon have a large force of men at
work constructing a large reser-
voir for water. The probabilities
are that this is the beginning of
contemplated improvements that
may mean much to Casselton.-
Casselton Eye.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-01-25

A Ransom county man is said
to have been convicted of at
tempting to lick another mans
wife.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-01-25

Some parts of the slope coun-
try are going after the blind
swine. What next?
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-01-25

The Great Northern railway is
contemplating extensive i'm
provements in their yards at
Lakota in the spring. What
meaneth all this commotion?
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-01-25

The Catholic ladies of Hope
have organized a society to be
called THE Guild. The meet
ings are to be held at their homes
every two weeks. All are vel
come to join. The officers for
the year are as follows: Presi-
dent Mrs. L. J. Fullmer, Vice
Pres. Mrs. j. r. Beckerjeck,
Secy. and Treas. Mrs. d. j.
Gumb.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-01-25

The meeting of the State Dent
al Association, held at Fargo,
which closed last Thursday even
ing, was one of the most interest
ing and best attended sessions
ever held in the state.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-01-25

The PIONEER would be pleased
to have country correspond
ents.
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4, e
Imported Talcum

American talcum is gritty
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will
J.E
and stock The will be under ename Of the
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Rats Take to Morphine Habit.

Especial Dispatch to The Washington Times
SACHS. S. D.. March Z-Dr. Molum.
of Sachs. permanently lost the patron
age Of one Of his steadiest patients
last night through a somewhat Pc
culiar chain of circumstances.
The patient, Otto Eisenbart, had been
quite sick for a long time of nervous
trouble and suffered much from insom-
MA He had resisted a: first taking
anything TO quiet his ner.es and make
him sleep, but at last the doctor over
came his scruples and left with him In
the evening when he went away quite
number of pills containing NOR
Ihine.
Eisenbart took two or three of these
at bed time and soon fell into sound
sleep. which lasted TIL near midnight
He awakened, however. a little before
the clock struck 12. and. still resisting
the idea OF taking oplates. tried 10 20
20 sleep again without aid from the
pills, b1t he could not accomplish IL.
and after tossing and tumbling about
for few minutes he rose and groped
his way across the room to where the
box OF pills sgood. intending to take
some more Of them.
When he vas half way from his bed
to the dresser where the little box had
been left standing he stepped on some
object lying on the floor-somethine
that felt soft, warm, and furry 10 his
foot. and which gave him such a start
that he cried out and sprang to one
side. But. as he did so, 'iis other foot
came down on top of a similar object.
and in a panic he sprang in another di-
rection and tired 10 find his way 10 the
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A small area was therefore chosen
for the reception of these illustrious
dead, and also for other great men
who might come after them. The
city bore all the expenses attending
the removal and reburying, and
sometimes provided the monument
In other cases, however, the friends
and admirers OF the deceased artists
undertook the erection of the mem
orial.
In view of the approaching CEN
tenary of the death Of Haydn Gin
1909 one of the city aldermen re-
Gently proposed that this great COM
poser's remains should be brought
from the small village churchyard,
where they were laid, and placed in
the midst of his distinguished as
socia.es. The alderman, however,
had overlooked the fact that the
great noble family OF Esterhazy had
removed Haydn's corpse fourteen
years after his death TO a magnifi-
cent tomb upon their estate at Eisen-
stadt. Haydn had been private or
ganist and music master to the
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tie Shupper, of Boldt. from her friend.
Mrs. G.. A. Missner, OF Grand Forks.
n. D., tells a very interesting story Of
the terrors Of blizzard in that cold
climate.
Mrs. Missner was formerly Miss Ad-
die Bly,. Of Boldt, and was married
last winter 10 Mr. Missner. and the
young couple went TO spend their
honeymoon on the ranch of the hus-
band, far out 10 the south OF Lang
don. n. D., on the boundless prairie.
The letter reads:
- And now TO tell you about
our splendid honeymoon on the ranch,
1T is q thirty-mile drive out 10 the
place from Langdon, over an almost
trackless prairie. but the weather was
beautiful and the horses made moth
ing Of the distance. We had a pleas
ant drive, nut. on arriving at TIE
ranch, were surprised 10 find that She
hired man whom George had left in
charge had deserted his post and
gone away. lea wing the stock uncared
for and everything in confusion.
George went TO work, however. and
quickly had everything about the place
in good shape. and none too soon. for
the weather changed all at once with
a suddenness that is common TO this
part OF the country. but which you
know nothing about back East. George
said that he thought there was bliz-
zard coming up. and l was rsther glad
OF IL. for / had heard so much about
those strange storms that ] wanted to
experience one for myself But 1 soon
got enough Of II and to spare. II was
terrible
The snow fell for quite a while, till
the ground was covered several inches
deep, and then a terrible wind. filled
with falling snow and flying snow,
came roaring over the prairie. and In
less time than II takes me TO tell it. we
were lost TO all the outer world III
mass OF snow so dense that we could
not see trees that stood only twenty
feet from the windows II was not
very cold az first. but rapidly grew
colder and the drifts piled up about the
place till they were something i'm
mense. Some that we measured later
were more than ten feet deep George
said thai the probabilities were that il
would continue 10 blow in just the
same terrible gale for two or three
days. and. being afraid that the drifts
would soon cut him of from getting
to the barn 10 feed the stock, he con-
cluded TO go down while he could and
put out as much feed for them as he
dared in - der that they might suffer
as little as possible
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Princess Esterhazy and they had,
therefore, provided this final resting
place for him.
The spot chosen for the Graves
Of Honor" has been tastefully laid
out and planted with choice trees
and shrubs and beautiful flowers. 1t
will shortly be still more beautifed
by the erection of a magnificent
church and eolonnades which will
cost nearly a million dollars. Accord
ing to the plans, which have just
been approved, the building and its
surroundings will give somewhat
similar effect to the great square Of
ST. Feter's in Rome. The church will
be of imposing proportions, its GID
ed cross rising some 200 feet above
the ground. The crypt will provide
space for forty graves.
Also in the colonnades inclosing
the area in front, there will be mural
graves after the custom of the Ro-
mans and early Christians. These
colonnades will be 1000 feet in
length and will afford space for
many interments. It is probable that
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ATELEGRAPftlC NEWS FROM OUR S&sF s$E
7TRNELING STAFF C0RREESPONDEN It $EE:!s < -

course, all burned. though George said
did not suffer. and L did not seem to
he more than five minutes from the
time the horse knocked the lantern
down till VIC were utterly homeless ana
without the least protection out on q
prairie I'VE miles from the nearest
nesghbor and with the drifts pied so
high we could not have walked half a
mile in them IL we had tried, and with
the cold increasing so rapidly that We
would be absolutely sure 10 freeze IL
we could not get under cover son a.
where What do yeu suppose We did,
az think George is the smartest man
in the world The snow was not frozen
hard enough so that We could make a
house by digging in the drifts. bur
just because he has got such good
brains George thought of the wen,
which was boarded up, was about four
feet square and only fifteen feet deep
and had a platform over it that had
been covered by snow so that the fire
had not burned II. although il had
burned the pump OF.
George pried up the platform, took
out the pump and then threw in some
rolls Of fence wire and rubbish until
the water was all covered and the
bottom was safe and dry. He scraped
up lot Of dry straw out OF the snow
and threw that in too, and then. there
being a ladder nailed 10 the side. he
made me get down on that and sit on
the straw, fixed the platform so that
he could let it down behind him and
then came down in the well himself,
after handing down all the food and
blankets and two jugs of water, and
there, down In the bottom OF well,
IN pitch darkness except when George
would go out occasionally TO clear the
snow of the platform. with Dakota
blizzard lowering over US and with a
degree Of cold outside that would havs
frozen US 10 death in no time II we
had been exposed to II, and after the
first day, with screaming and quarrel
ing OF the wolves and coyotes coming
family to our ears as they fought over
the carcaSses OF the stock, George and
] spent our honeymoon. and dear.
brave, jolly old fellow that he Is
don't believe any bride ever spent a
happier one anywhere
We were rescued the fourth day by
some neighbors who had seen with a
Telescope when the storm stopped thar
the house and barn were burned and
came over on horses 20 see II we were
burned too We heard them sbortiuz,
as We sat in the well. and Won may
De sure they were astonished when We
came up out of the ground"
LIE SUEUR LYRE
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certificate, and his certificate of mar
riage; and, besides this, the fact OF his
great age had been the common talk
of the neighborhood ever since he
passed ninety years. while several
members of his own family and quite
a number of the neighbors who had
known the family in Europe were stin
living.
Peritos throve. wonderfully under the
wise and kindly supervision of The
Peritos Antiquarian Association" as
the twelve men named their partner
ship. and. owing. no doubt, in a great
degree TO the successful effort they
made TO always surround him with
cheerful. jovial people. his life was as
happy as one could imagine that a life
might be.
He was kept from all work except
very gentle exercise. was allowed and
even urged to sleep a great many
hours a day. sometimes as many as
twelve or fifteen; had hundreds and
probably thousands of books read to
him, and was furnished with large.
clear print that he himself might read.
He was permitted TO smoke in moder-
alton, but his tobacco was gradually
weakened and made milder and milder,
without his being allowed to realize il,
till the smoking became but little be-
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as he used to do in the days of his
youth, and he was permitted to open
them himself in the Belief that they
came direct TO him from France.
Under this eccentric and painstaking
care. which cost his jocose benehciaries
nearly $500 year. on the average. Jar
vais Peritos remained in the land of
the living for thirty-seven years. out
living two sets of caretakers and seven
out of the twelve original members Of
the association. although the number
was always kept up TO the original
standard by the admission of new
members upon the death of the old:
and only last week. in the one hun
dredth and forty-first year of his life.
was the happy and cheerful old gentle
man at last called from this world 10
his long home. and the association dis
banded because its occupation was
gone. LIE SUEUR LYRE.
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Keeping q Centendridn.

Special Dispatch 20 The Washington Times
ZUFFIELD. n. d. March 2e.-An en-
tirely unique business organization of
men, known as THE Peritos Antigua
rian Association" came to the end of
its existence out in zuffield last week
and disbanded. the object of it's forma-
ton and existence having been fully
accomplished Thirty-seven years ago
there drifted into the county poor
house a poor old pauper by the name
of Jarvais Peritos. who was discov-
cred by the superintendent TO be at
the time over a century old. having
been born in France in the year 1865.
on Friday, the 18th day of March
Peritos was in fair health ana quite
strong at the time he was compelled,
by the death of relatives who had
hitherto supported him, to- depend
upon public charity for his further
existence, and seemed to be In a fair
way to live several years longer, but
was. of course. entirely unable to pro-
vide for his own wants.
The superintendent of the poorhouse
was interested in naving-s so old a per
son under his charge, regarding him
as quite a curiosity, and mentioned
the matter to some of his acquaint-
ances in Zuffield, and one peculiar
genius among these acquaintances. a
man by the name OF Caleb Nestor,
suggested TO a number Of men with
whom he was on especially good
terms and who. together, formed a
sort OF informal social club, that II
would be an enter iaining plan to take
the old centenarian out of the poor
house, provide for him in the best
possible manner, and see how long it
would be possible to keep him alive.
The men to whom the plan was pro-
posed, twelve in number, and nearly
all of them in good circumstances, at
once agreed to the proposition, drew
up articles of partnership, took Peri
tos out of the poorhouse and placed
him under the care OF man and his
wife in Zuffield, With directions to do
everything for his comfort that could
possibly be done, and to keep good
phvsician at all times in such con-
slant supervision over the old gentle
mans well-being as should be deemed
advisable by the medical man.
There was not the least room for
doubt as TO the fact that Peritos was
of the age stated. for he had ample
family records to prove it. including
the family bible with the record OF his
birth inscribed therein. his baptismal
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II would not hear Of staying in the
house alone. ana begged him till he let
me bundle up and go with him, the
distance being only about a hundred
feet. II was then so dark that we took
a lantern. and while George was work
ing with. the stock one Of the horses
slipped its halter and ran across the
barn. knocking down the lantern that
had been hung on a hook ia the cell
ing When It fell it struck in a pile or
hay and against milking stool and
broke. and like q flash the flames
sprang up the side OF the barn into the
loft, where there were as many as
twenty tons OF hay George saw in a
moment that the barn was. doomed,
and, catching hold OF ms. dragged me
out through the smoke into the open
.ir and we ran TO the house as fast
as we could go. George shouting that
the wind was in such a direction that
the house would soon go. too. and we
must save something 20 keep US alive
and warm till the storm was over We
had not much time 70 work in, though,
for the barn burned terribly in the
wind, and II seemed that we had hard
~ reached the house before great
sheets OF fame sprang over the space
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Lives on Wood Diet
Finds the Honest Pulp q
Satisfactory Substitute for
Much VOunted Cereals

wv ITHOUT wishing to start
M tropical correspondence it Is
Wv conceivable that Newton
would have discovered the
laws of gravity by other means. II the
legendary apple had not happened TO
fall at that particular moment. He
could hardly have avoided doing so. for
instance, II he had taken UP skating.
In the case of John Maginn, however.
sometime inmate OF Mile-end workhouse.
in England. and. like Newton. prophet
of a new discovery. fate seems TO have
played a larger part.
For had John Maginn not been put
to work in the woodshed of the work
house II is conceivable that his great
discovery might have been delayed for
some centuries-nay, perhaps never have
been discovered and Maginn been spared
many severe internal pains which he
must undoubtedly have suffered in the
early experimental stages.
But these be vain imaginings while the
great discovery is still unannounced.
1t is that Mr.. Maginn has found that It
IS possible for the human body to sub
sist on wood. Perhaps IN the somewhat
unusual circumstances his own words
on the subject are best. In letter he
says:
Working In the frewood department
l have discovered that common deal
wood is a valuable food and medicine IL
cut small and eaten. Brown bread Is not
in it for its tonic and invigorating
effect"
At once a press representative. who IS
by the doctors orders, unfortunately
limited to four square meals a day
posted of TO Mile-end. but he was too
late
The night before Mr.. Maginn had risen
upon wind of prophecy and with a tin
box of firewood tablets in his wallet had
taken his discharge and issued forth
into the darkling night to spread his
great idea abroad and to find disciples
But though he has. alasi gone. there
are those remaining who witnessed the
birth and progress of the great dis
covery and who can certainly tell some
remarkably stories concerning it.
One or two old acQuaintances who
were questioned assert that Maginn's re-
markable powers first came to light
through a strange shortage being noticed
in the wood department Bundles OF
firewood seemed to disappear in a n>vs-
terious way, and at the same time Ma
a remarkable pace.
It was not. however cat least so the
tale goes). until he was actually seen
slipping some pieces of wood into his
ordinary fare that the real state of af-
fairs was discovered
After that. so far as the other in
mates were concerned. Maginn became
+ the human ostrich. the man with the
iron stomach and the whole OF the other
Barnum freaks rolled into one.
So far as Maginn himself was con-
cerned bundles of firewood were what
he really fancied. AS a special delicacy
nothing pleased him better than piece
of old oak wainscoting or a railway
sandwich though the latter frequently
gave him nightmare And now, Mr.
Maginn is in the workhouse infirmary,
where he viii receive the careful at
tention Of the medical staff
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when the area of the Graves of
Honor" begins TO be exhausted, Wen
mas illustrious dead will be accord
ed a resting place in the colonnades-
Vienna appeals to music lovers as
an admirable resting place for all
that is mortal of the great compos-
ers. Many memories cluster around
the last Gays of those who are buried
in Central Cemetery.
1t was the Austrian capital to
which Gluck retired after the pro-
duction of his great success, "Iphi-
genie en- Tauride" From 1880 until
the day of his death on November
%, 1887. ne resided here He was in
easy circumstances and throu ;hout
his last days he enjoyed the fruits
of well-earned rest He was
stricken with apoplexy late in 1857,
frim which he died.
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Eminent Composers
Rest In Graves of Honor

ing settled on him an annuity or
1000 forms (about s2,OOO). In De
eember, 1926, he contracted a severe
cold, which developed into pneu-
monia Two days after he took the
Roman Catholic sacraments he died
in great agony. The end came just
after he had shaken his clenched
fist in the air, during a terrific
thunderstorm His funeral was one
Of the most solemn ever witnessed in
Vienna, 10000 people following the
remains 70 Central Cemetery
Schubert's i'll health in the last
days of his life was brought on by
continued violations of ordinary
laws of physiology. He would fre-
quently work all day without taking
any food whatever Typhus fever
resulted in his death on November
19. 1928. AT his own request he was
buried near Beethoven.
To those not familiar with the his
tory of Mozart. the statement that
the resting place Of his body is not
known seems very singular The
last days OF this major divinity Of
music were clouded with supersti-
tion and want A short time before
his death he made tour of Europe.
but he was in such straitened cir
cumstances that he was forced to
pawn his plate in order to pay his
expenses. His last composition was
a requiem, ordered by a stranger
whom Mozart thought was a mes
senger of death.
During the funeral a violent rain
storm came up and the cortege turn
ed back, leaving the body TO be in
TERED in some spot which was never
afterward discovered. 1t is only
known that the grave is somewhere
in the ground allotted 70 paupers in
St Mary Cemetery.
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seven Of the mischievous rodents lay
in a sound sleep on the floor Of the
bedroom. and on three of these the
sick man had stepped
Eisenbart was In terrible state OF
nervousness all the remainder OF the
night. and when DIR. Molum called in
the morning TO see how he Was, the
patient drove him out of the house on
a run. shouting TO him that he need
not come there any more 20 try and
cure him with rat poison.
LIE SUEUR ,LYRE.
The Washington times., 1906-04-01

bed again. In doing this. however, he
stepped upon still another Of the
warm. furry objects. and with
scream of horror that reused all the
household he sprang into bed and
drew the clothes up over his head.
All the members OF the family came
running TO his room TO see what could
be the matter. and when they had
struck light they found that num-
Der Of the rats. with which the house
abounded. had found the morphine
pills during the night and eaten near
ly al of them. with the result that