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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-03-22
LITERATURE AND ART

Rudyard Kipling used to be an expert
at.c%arpentering and has successfully con-
structed many miniature ships.
Mrs. Ogden Goelet has had made at an
enormous expense an edition de luxe OF
"Hyperion." 1t Is a limited edition OF
one and that will be placed in her library.
The heroine of Annie Laurie" was tho
daughter of Sir Walter Laurie, OF Max
welltown. The composer OF the song
was William Douglas, of England, in the
stewartry of Kirkcudbright.
Leonid Andreyev is a new Russian
author whose work is taking its place
alongside that Of Gorky in popularity.
He was born in 1871. and his literary
career did not begin until seven years
ago, after his failure as a lawyer.
Prof. White, OF Ithaca, N. Y, has ar.
rived in Berlin from Florence, Italy,
after he had succeeded in securing the
release from the Italian government OF
the valuable collection of books and art
objects left to Cornell university by Prof.
D. W. Fiske. the well-known Danish
scholar.
Harold Speed, the London artist. 10
pleasantly cynical and witty in speech.
One OF his sayings Is: mo gentleman Tin
the ordinary acceptation OF the word)
should be an artist, for either the gen.
tleman or the artist must suffer-" An.
other tavorite observation OF his: Look
a fool. but don't be one" Mr.. Speed 1,
a bit OF q dandy, but everything abou,
him betrays the artistic temperament,
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-03-22
ALPINE ~ToBOGGANING.
Lso9thY Course Over Which Almost
Nile q Minute Has Bssa
Made.

1t. NORTH 10 one OF the highest VII
lagos tn the Engadine. having an alti-
tude Of about 5000 feet, and il a great
center OF winter SPORTS; it is conse-
quently much freQaented by English
AM other n~ationailties who ENJOY the
sports OF skating. curling, tobogganlng.
shilling and Dandy, which can here be
Obtalned under the best conditions, says
the Electric Review. Coco iCblgganing
ma, Ds nau in other place, Dut at st.
NORTH 1t is carried to a fine art, and
only an expert can expect t O compete
successfully on the renowned "Cresta"
tobugkan run, with its Hou0erful curves
and banks. The name Cresta Is derived
from a small village Of that name Q
the finish OF the course.
The course is a little over three
ference OF ele ovation, from start TO finish,
of about 500 feet; the gradient varies at
different points, being most steep at the
church leap.
AS only n toboggan car occupy the
track at a time. the races are all decided
by the time taken to complete the course.
The record time from the start to the
finish is at present 81 6-10 %seconGs, this
entailing a speed OF 60 miles an hCur or
more on the fastest parts. The curves
Of frozen snow are built up with high
banks, accurately shaped. to allow the
tCbogeaner to go around them at the
greatest speed, the highest bank being
about rs feet in height. These different
banks have well-known names, such al
the Battledore and Shuttlecock, Scylla
and Charbydis and Bulpett's Corner.
The whole track is practically of ice.
and after passing the finish it has for q
short distance a steep upward gradient.
the great momentum obtained carrying
the tobogganer uphill.
The toboggans, used are Of the "skels-
ton" pattern. with steel runners, III
~tobogganer lying in a prone position and
steering with his feet, by means OF spikes
attached to the toes of his boots. The
principal race run on the Cresta is the
Grand National, which takes place at
the end Of February or beginning Of
March, and might be called the Derby
Of tobogganing. competitors coming
from Davos and other places to take part
in this contest.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-03-22
ODD BURIAL w

The custom Of burying without COT.
ms was formerly very prevalent on
the continent. A sheet was the only
covering used.
The feeling in favor OF buryins on
the south side Of . church is probably
a traditional one, dating back TO the
time OF sun worship.
The South American negroes have 4
queer way Of decorating the graves OF
their dead friends. 1t Ia the custom
down there to make a border around
the grave Of the medicine bottles used
during the dead ones last illness.
A very curious old custom is ascot
ated with interments in the cemetery
OF Labruck. Connemara, Ireland. A
box OF pipes-short clays-is brought
with the coffin, and q pipe with tobac.
co is served out to each mourner. The
pipes are smoked in silence after the
earth has been filed in and q mound
of stones raised above the grass. TIE
ashes are solemnly knocked out on thu
top and the pipes are broken or lef,
behind. t.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-03-22
RAREST AMERICAN o o
Not . Copy Of New England P1amss,
First Edition, known ,
to Exist. |

II an often asked" said New YorN
bookseller, states the Boston Post.
(which in the rarest American book.
ut is a puzzline question to answer,
for . dozen different works might b.
named-for example. the folio eft'ion
OF the Columbus letter, the c.'y ! Luwn
copy of which IL In the Lenox .iirary. on4
Fifth avenue, or Bayard's 'Journal1
New York: William Bradford, 1884
the first book printed in this city, long
supposed to be lost, but unearthed by a 4
American girl In 1902 among Cow
Fletcher's papers in the archives Of tho
public record ONCE in London, where 4
unique copy had rested in obscurity since
1t was forwarded by the New York govI'
ernor 211 years ago. |!
ITO my mind, the rarest American
book il, the New England Primer, the
little Bible OF New England a. it has
been called, which is SO rare that the
earliest printed editions have vanished
no n knowing, indeed. when and where
the first edition was actually issued.
"A few collectors think that the first
ed1tionwas printed in Cambridge. Mass,
In 1868, basdng their belief on a state
ment made BY Marmaduke johnson, a
printer in that town, who was sum-
moned beforethe general court in Boston
In September, 1868. to give an account OF
the books he had lately printed. In
Johnson's nswer to the council he
stated that he had printed the Primer
and this work may have been the long
lost first edition Of the book. No COPY,
however, has ever been found.
The late Paul Leicester Ford, who
published In 1897 an authoritative acn
count OF the New England Primer. beA
lieyed that the first edition was printed
in Boston about 20 years later by Ben
tamin Harris, a Protestant publisher,
who came from London to Boston about
the year 1856. and there began to make
and sell books.
THE value Of copies bearing early
dates is wonderfully high. In 1876, when
little attention was paid to the book,
the Lenox library gave five dollars for
copy Of the edition OF 1927. the earliest
known. Two years ago a firm of rare
book dealers in this city eeve 81. 500 for
: copy OF the edition Of 1875. the second
earliest known. selling it at a consider
able advance on that sum to . private
collector In Brooklyn"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-03-22
FIGURES AND FINDINGS.

The post Office Is the largest en-
ployer of labor in Great Britain.
Paris has the biggest debt OF any
city in the world. il amounts to $780,
600, 900.
In London out of 100 widowers who
marry again IL marry their house.
keepers.
Within the past Jour years France
has recorded $4,000 suicides. while In
Italy the number has peen only 5000.
More than 1000 people earn q living
in Paris by fortune-telling. and their
total yearly earnings are estimated at
94OO, 900.
Stockholm has the largest death
rate from the use of alcohol OF any city
In the world. The number OF deaths
from this cause is 80 in 1000.
The richest bed OF nitre In the world
is at Atacama. in Chill. 1t covers
5000 acres, contains Is, 900, 900 tons.
and is valued at $500, 0O0, 900.
On every shilling turned out the
mint makes q profit of nearly three
pence. On every ton Of penny pieces
taken out from the mint there 10 .
profit OF E232.
Over 49, 00 900 visits are paid every
year to London pawnbrokers. The ex-
act figures are on an average $4,000 q
day. Throughout the whole country
the number OF pledges II said to
amount to 100, 600, 900 per nnu
Our French neighbors are said to
$1,000 mr. nm
900 annually in tips. In Paris alone
Ell,20U a day, or rather more than
$4,000, 900 q year, ia said to md 1T
way into the pockets Of walters. cab.
men. porters and the many other per.
IONS who look upon tips a. their RICH,
and perquisite.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-03-22
Glass Workmanship.

One OF the greatest artistics marvsls
OF the world 10 to be seen in the mu-
scum at Harvard university. This GU
riosity consists OF. hundreds of speci-
mems OF flowers and plants formed Of
glass, but with such exquisite fidelity
to nature that they appear to be real.
every tint and marking, every tiniest
detail, beingfaithfullyr reproduced. They
are made by a secret process, the art
lists being a father and son in Germany,
who, it is said, may let their secret die
with them. AS an instance of the won-
derful workmanship. it may be men,
toned that the very hairs which ap-
pear on the stems on certain plants ara
reproduced on the glass limitations.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-03-22

a Tale With q Moral.
Opportunity knocked at the man'a
door.
But the man didn't hear It.
He al too busy inside knocking his
neighbors.
Moral-It pays to let up occasionally
on the anvil ehofus-Philadelphia Bull
letip,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1906-10-05

OUR boys and children's winter weara>
bles are included in this great cloth
ing slaughter during the October sale at the
Great Whale Clothing Success" All our
boys and childrens suits are to be sold at
prices 20 to SO per cent lower than that
by any of our competitors. This includes
all our boys and childrens suits. rain and
overcoats, listers, REFERS long pants, peg
top pants and knee pants This great Oc>
tober sale will be record breaker in the
history of all clothing sales
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1906-10-05

THIS great clothing slaughter for Octo|
Der will be heralded through this part
of the earth, magnet to draw thousands
of those in want of clothing. We have cut
the prices so that we are selling at 20 to
SO per cent under all others on fine suits,
overcoats, listers top coats, cravenette rain
coats, pants and peg top pants, fur and
buffalo cloth coats, rain and wind proof
jackets, blizzard shoppers and pelt lined
coats, vests and extra warm waist coats
and snow>water>proof trousers.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1906-10-05
Ending on Wednesday Evening, October 81

100000 worth of seaonabe clothing be sold from
this giant stock Little prices during October of
unusually large purchase Of fall and winter clothing and
obtain the necessary cash with which discount bills due
November TO- Also rafy the fortyrs anniversary Of
the "Od Man. marked reduction will be made the entire
clothing stock On all cash purchases Of clothing
how low the sale price 81 IN cash for every $40 paid will be
handed back to you during this great October SALE
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1906-10-05
$500

"zhe more you buy the more you SAGE"
Ten per cent OF all the cash y0u pay handed back
to you IN cash
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1906-10-05

''IHe more you 5,ly the more you sace''
Ten per cent Of all tie cash you pay handed back
to gou in cash
The Washington times., 1906-01-14

oral examination. 1t consists Of max
ink a record of the antecedents.
place of birth. age. and former en-
ployment of the patient, together
with a notation as to how long the
chief surgeon has thought it ad-
visable for the rest treatment TO
be administered
While this institution is designed
solely for the ministration to moral
ills. there is a department to treat
the less serious physical contusions
which the patient not infrequently
falls heir TO in his brief sojourn in
the land of lawIessness. Sometimes
it is a bad cut in the scalp, as was
the case of the patient shown III the
accompanying illustration.
After this routine has been ear
ried out the patient is full-fedge6
inmate of the simple life sanitaril,m
And 1T is here that the insurance
feature comes in, Every patient is
guaranteed an unmolested sojourn
in this institution for the length or
time that the sin surgeon has pre-
scribed. Even voluntary departure
from these surroundings is prevented
by the appliances shown on this
page. However much the patient
may desire to shorten the length
of his treatment. there are faithful
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Mexican Parrot Ranch

Martin Hollis, an American, who
established n parrot ranch near Vic
toria. Mexico, a few years ago, has
met with wonderful success and has
accumulated a fortune in the business
1t is probably the only parrot ranch
in the world; it is certainly the only
one in Mexico, says the san Fran
cisco Call.
Hollis was employed for several years
as a passenger conductor on the old
Monterey and Mexican Gulf railroad.
now a part Of the Mexican Central
system His division was between Vic
toria and the port Of TampicO, on the
gulf coast, through the heart OF the
parrot country. He was always inter
ested in the bright cOlored birds. and
while running as conductor he collect
ed many Of them and taught them to
speak English There were many tour
lists travelling up and down his line and
he did ii good side business by selling
the birds TO Americans and others.
The thought then occurred TO Hollis
that he might make more money by re-
firing from railroad work and deyoting
his time TO raising parrots He follow
ed this plan and purchased large
tract of forest land near Victoria
which was teeming with WILD parrots
He fitted up the ranch IN auniQue way
Wire netting was placed around and
over the trees and the birds were con-
fined therein. He has had the greatest
success in raising the birds
1t is in teaching the parrots to talk
that Hollis has made a unique success.
He is a nnguist, speaking English,
Spanish. French. and German fluently.
He divided his flock of several thou
sand birds into four classes-One for
each language. He then took a few
birds from each class and got 10 work
to teach them to talk. At the end Of
few months Hollis had taught a num-
Der OF birds English. Spanish, German
and French. and the educated birds
were placed in their respective sec
tions 1t was Hollis theory that by
doing this the educated birds would
teach their companions To talk. His
hopes were realized 10 the fullest eX-
tent. He says that at the end Of the
first year he had several hundred edu-
Gated parrots.
Hollis believes that the standard OF
intelligence Of parrots can be greatly
increased by proper attention TO breed
ing them. In his collection which
now numbers several thousands. he
saw several which are seemingly pos
sessed OF reasoning powers. These ed
ucated birds have been taught to carry
on a conversation with each other.
This conversation, in which each bird
knows his part thoroughly, covers
nearly thirty minutes Of time.
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As each patient walks into the
lobby of this institute he is exam
ined. The examination is ordinarily
confined to the clothing instead of
To the lungs. heart, etc. as in the
case of patients appearing for ad-
mission in the regular hospitals. AS
soon as this process is completed
the patient files to the desk of the
clerk. where he is put through
brief oral examination While this
institution combines the two pur-
poses of moral education and moral
health, none Of the patients ever
fails to make rising mark" in this
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sIxT2En DECEIVED MOTHERS.

1t came 10 pass the other day that a
certain Detrofter. while on visit to
the Thumb. was presented with a dog,
aged six weeks. Consigning the dog
10 a small box and the care Of his
young son, the Detroiter boarded
Detroit-bound train yesterday.
On the train were several infants.
The infants occasionally emitted shrieks
and anxious mothers hushed them as
rest they misht-drowsily-fo it was
early and all were going home after
.holidaying in the country"
Occasionally Pete" the pup. would
emit wall almost human in tone
and sixteen mothers would wake up and
shake sixteen babies to the tune or
whist now,
Finally Pete betrayed his race by
a series of barks-and sixteen babies
were shaken a little less and soon con
tinued their ehorus.-Detroit News.
The Washington times., 1906-01-14
Dinners Are Unconventional

The dietary system in this simple
life institute is very rigid. The pa
tient is given two meals a day. The
fare is wholesome and bountiful.
Breakfast is served at $50 Dinner
is served at the rather unconven-
tional hour of 2:45. Dutch suppers.
z o'clock dinners. and similar feasts
are strictly prohibited. The inmate
must always bear in mind that he
Is taking not only the rest cure but
is living the simple life" in the
most restricted sense of the word.
1.-THE word restricted is used adj
Yisedly, as may be imagined from
The view of iron gratings here
shown
Those patients whose maladies
have proven amenable to the treat
ment here furnished, are soon regis
tered among the cOnvalescents.
They are designated as trustees
Enormously spelt ''trusties"), and
are often enrolled as assistant at
tendants TO those whose diseases
OF temper prove more or less I'M
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"THE LOST SHEEP"

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De massa Oh de sheepfor.
Dat guard de sheepfor bin.
Look out in de glOOmerin' meadows
Where de long night rain begin
So he call TO de hiTelin' shepa'd,
Is my sheep. is dey all come in?
Oh, den says de hirelin' shepa'd,
Dey's some, dey's black and thin,
And some, dey's po' OF wedda's,
But de res dey's all brung in.
But de res deys all brung n
Den de massa oh de sheepfol,
Dat guard de sheepfOP bin,
Goes down in de gloomerin' meadows
Whar de long night rain begin
SO he Ie' down de ba's Oh de shepfor.
Calm sof, Come in. come in.
Calm sof, Come In, come i'm
Den up t'ro de gloomerin' meadows,
Trio de cor night rain an win,
And up t'ro de gloOmerin' rain PAT.
Nhar de sleet IA pie'cin thin.
De po los sheep oh de sheepfoF,
Dey all comes gadderin' in;
De po' los sheep oh de sheepfoF,
Dey All comes gadderin' In.
The poem was written by Sarah F
Greene, a native OF Connecticut. nov
living In Massachusetts. - Detroi
News. q
The Washington times., 1906-01-14
POINTERS.

At the age of sixteen girl is as apt to
rave over dog as man
Many man would rather carry a
large jag than a small baby
When il comes TO drawing a Door
actor isn't IN 1t with a good porous
plaster.
Il a man Is a woman hater it's cinch
that he had the wrong KIND of a mother.
bachelor should learn to say No.
He can never tell when some widow
may propose TO him.
Cold dissolved in a woman's tears is
said TO make an excellent cement for
mending a broken heart
Many q poor woman who works eigh-
teen hours a day has a husband who
growls about what II costs him 10 sup
port her.
Nine out OF ten men who insist on
buying beer for you when you don
want 81 wouId't give you a nickel 10
buy bread II you did want it.-Detroit
News.
The Washington times., 1906-01-14
Patients Carefully Watched.

The patient is soon on his way to
the simple life institute. He is care
fully watched on the way, as it not
infrequently happens that he mani
tests other symptoms which might
lead one to believe he was not en-
tirely in accord with the views taken
by the chief surgeon.
The Washington times., 1906-01-14

but most frequently they come from
no particular place. but are the night
birds of the city's population. The
applicants for admission to this in
stitute usually make their needs
known during the hours between
sunset and sunrise.
II is not infTequently the case
that a man first eyinces a need for
the rest cure and simple life by be-
coming a devctee of Bacchus. A
few hours spent in close proximity
to the flowing bowl often causes one
to make excursions into the fields
of folly, which lie beyond the
boundaries of the kingdom of law
and order
AS soon as information reaches
the headquarters of the institute
that the excursion has been made,
the District government sends
coach with Iiveried attendants to
bring the tourists to those who have
charge of the Simple life" sani-
tarium. This conveyance in the
parlance OF the Gay has the rather
euphonious name of Black Maria. "
The routine of investigation to
determine whether or not the party
in question is entitled to apartments
in the simple life institute. is more
or less familiar TO the general pub
lie as the diagnosis goes on daily
in our local courts. There is first
the judge, then a jury of peers plus.
Before his board or twelve the
clinic takes place and the patients
conscience and motive are dissect-
a serious nature, he is more than
likely to be sent abroad (Mounds
vile, w Va, where the course of
treatment is more vigorous. In the
majority of cases, however, the
malady is of such a mild nature that
q rest cure of from thirty days 10
twelve months Is sufficient to restore
the patient TO a normal state of
mind and morals, After the class
of students. otherwise known as the
jury. is convinced OF the character
of the disease. the diagnosis is made
public, which in police court YER
naeular is known as justice. Then
comes the announcement of the
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The Gity's AightbKdS.

Those who are deemed worthy OF
treatment form heterogeneous and
motley crew of humanity They come
from the cutters and the slums of
the city. They are sometimes TO be
found in the homes of The well-to-do,
The Washington times., 1906-01-14

character and duration of the treat
ment, pronounced by the head sur
geon of sins, the judge. His pre-
nunciamento IS yclept Judgment
The Washington times., 1906-01-14

attendants who are always on hand
TO $50 that the doctors instructions
are implicitly obeyed."
The Washington times., 1906-01-14

~ WING to recent develop
a ments in the ms france
world. it seems rather
a paradox we do not as
sOciate simple life texts
with frenZied finance and yellow dog
fund companies. But there is an in
stitution in every well organized
community which insures to all pa
tients the leading of a strictly sim
pie life. The matriculation fee for a
course in this institution is nothing.
The only requisite for entrance is a
record of bad conduct. and the only
means of remaining a beneficiary of
the simple life course is to constant
~ infringe upon the rights of 9TH
ers.
Strange to say, the very simplicity
OF acquiring this training in simple
life makes the institution somewhat
unpopular with humanity as whole,
while those who have been living
amid the turmoil of high finance sell
dom take the cure. Although the lat
ter class not infreduently gives
striking evidence of need for such a
course of treatment. the individuals
composing the class seem TO be inn
munes in the sight or the board of
examiners.
The rest cure and simple life in
stitute is an essential feature of ev-
cry commonwealth existence. and
even the District of Columbia has
need for such an institution, as is
shown in the accompanying illustra-
tions
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tractable, and who do not yield
readily 10 treatment.
This institute, devoted 10 the
simple life treatment. and commonly
known as the District jail, is a pure
ly eleemosynary affair. There are no
charges either for the fare or the
service. In fact many cases are
recorded where those who have the
privilege of taking the cure gratis,
prefer TO contribute TO the mainte-
nance of the institute and continue
their strenuous existence on the
outside. No. these contributions are
not the much talked of yellow dog
funds, so popular in New York
State. but are known in the Dis
trict of Columbia as fines.
The Washington times., 1906-01-14

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