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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-04-05
GEOGRAPHICAL JoTrINGs.

The Malay states produce about seven
tenths of the worlds supply Of tin.
Bengal Is the most populous and pro-
ductive province In all British India.
Barley grows wild in the mountains
OF Himalaya. where it is apparently In
digenous.
Near the Panama c. aal exists gold
mines abandoned by Spain centuries
ago. They will soon be r%eopened.
Alden is the only fortified point be-
tween Egypt and Bombay, and Is re-
garded as an outpost of the Indian en-.
pire.
The principally of Lichtenstein, sit
uated between Austria and Switzerland,
is the only country in Europe without
an army.
Sea turtles are caught In very large
numbers on Ascension island. They
each weigh between 500 and 800 pounds.
and SO shillings Is their average price.
The soil of Siberia at the close Of the
summer Is found still frozen for Sc
inches beneath the surface, and the dead
that have lain in their collins for $50
years have been taken up unchanged
in the least.
Gheel. in Belgium, is a town of fools.
lmbeciles are sent there to an asylum,
but. instead Of being shut up and de-
prived OF the pleasures Of liberty, they
are allowed to enjoy themselves like rea-
sonable beings.
Roumania appears to be the most H.
literate country In Europe. The last
census shows that in a population of
about 100000 nearly 1000. 900 can nei-
ther read nor write, and that only a lit
tie over 1000, 900 have any education al
all
The British museum took it's start
from a bequest OF Sir Hans Slocum,
who had collected a large number of
works Of art, specimens of natural his
tory. curiosities. books and manu-
scripts, at a cost of about E5O,OOO
The collection was given to the Brit
ish government in 1853.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-04-05
MANY YEARS OF LABOR LOST.
Odd Experience Of a Man Who Once
Wrote a Book.

SvsSAS ~0SSNs
Il have been told" said a man Of
experiences, that it Is not unusual
Tor men to spend much thought and
toll over inventions Of one sort and
another, only to find when they took
these things to Washington to be pat
sented: that the same ideas had long
before been worked out by somebody
else and that patents had already
been sissued on them. I had that ex-
perience. once, with a book.
Il spent fourteen years, once. writ
ing a book and I had it all but com.
pleted. And then one day, stopping
at q secondhand book stall, I picked
up from among a lot Of books offered
at five cents each one that bore a title
in the very words that I had decided
upon for the title of my book; and the
opening sentence in this book was al.
most identical with that in my own.
Somebody else had had the same
idea that I had worked over SO long,
and had written and published a book
about It fifty years before"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-04-05

A Pittsburg man has invented a ma
pies q minute.
Among the latest inventions patent
ed Is a contrivance which, fitted to an
ordinary sewing machine, will fan and
massage the operator while she is
working.
An Italian engineer has invented a
successful elevator for raising sunken
vessels. 1t consists Of compressed air
chambers Of canvas and wire, each
equal to a lifting capacity OF 60 tons,
n 1t Is possible to attach as many of
these "a may be necessary.
Silicon, the most abundant metal in
the world, but hitherto little known
because OF the difficulty OF separating
1t from oxygen. has TO- been made
obtainable in quantities to meet any
demand by the electric furnace. 1t
gives to steel valuable electrical prop
critics. and is expected to assume i'm
portance in iron alloys.
Greater contrast In photographs is
claimed for q new single lens, which
causes the picture to stand IL in re-
lief as under the two lenses OF a stereo-
scope. The tense is convex-concave,
80 that the axe of the rays from dit
ferent parts OF the picture meet in
thy eye. and the focal length should
equal that q the Gamers taking the
photograph.
A novel method Of getting rid of
black smoke and at the same time
turning 1t to use is adopted In some
Belgian factories. The smoke is
driven by ans into a porous recepta-
Gle, yer which flows . stream of pc
troleum or similar liquid. The smoke
Is thus caught and turned into gas
that gives great heat, and can be used
for running gas engines.
A poor laboring man in Denmark
has made a new invention in iife-sav-
ing. He lmpregnates clothes with a
substance which will keep a ship
wrecked person afloat for several days
without losing It's property. A coat. q
vest, q travelling rug-in fact. any
piece OF wearing apparel i~mpregnated
with the stuff IL enough to keep any
one above water. The invention has
been successfully demonstrated. 90
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-04-05
A Sorry s0hemeF.

"Smith tried to make his wife
adopt sensible skirts by telling her
that all the doctors, agree that, per-
petually holding up the skirt makes
the hands large and bony and the
knuckles red"
by George! wait till I get home,
and I'll tell But say, how did it
work."
well he says it costs him about
live times as much for his wife's
clothes as 1t did before he told her
that yarn"
"The deuce! How's that?"
"Her skirts wear out quicker, drag
ging on the pavements."-Town Top
les.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-04-05
Happy Thought.

There is a pretty girl in Syracuse
who with the best of motives and most
kind intent, is generally, as she herself
expresses it, "in a mess" To a chum
she recently said:
81 seem to have offended Mr.. Ian
ccy, and l can't imagine how. 1 sent
him a little token IN his birthday, and
he acknowledged it in the coolest
manner"
What did you send?" r<friend in.
quired.
"Well," she explained, 81 wanted to
give something that would have some
connection with his lovely verses, you
know, and by what was almost an in
SEPARATION l thought of a rhyming die
tionary."-Harper's Weekly.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-04-05
BOTH ELOQUENT AND TOUCHING
Appeal Made by Gov. Andrew to Sec
rotary Of War Stanton.

PPoo 'HAoe py Gov. AnoreW 10 See'
rotary Of War Stanton.
Jonn A.. Andrew, the war governor
Of Massachusetts, wrote a letter to
EDWIN M. Stanton, President Lincoln's
secretary of war, in behalf of a cou-
pie OF lovers, one on the field in the
Twelfth Massachusetts volunteers, and
the other a young woman at the home
OF he parents, not many miles from
Newton.
Military necessity separated the
young people, and prevented them
from joining hands in marriage. The
soldier had four times asked for a fur
Tough, each time to be refused. The
war department refused the young
woman permission to go to the front.
even In company with her brother, to
solemnfze the betrothal, and to per.
NIT the wife to share the lot of the
husband. The young uni then
wrote an appeal to the governor,
which he forwarded to the secretary
OF war. with this Endorsement:
This case appeals to all our sym
pathies as patriots and gentlemen,
AND / appeal to the chivalry of the
department of war, which presides
over more heroes than Homer aver
dreamed of, and better and drawer
men than his muse ever sung. l pray
you to grant this request Of my fair
correspondent, and generations will
rise up and call us blessed."-Boston
Herald.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-04-05
True to His Greed.

"Blngley is a through-and-through
pessimist," observes F%adoogus.
eyes," responds M~igglebury.
eyes. Why, he had his photograph
taken last week to send to his rela-
tives, and what do you suppose he
did,"
"Scowled, of course, when the pho
tographer told him to look pleasant"
ITO be sure he did. And then, in
stead Of having the photos made up in
the usual way, he ordered every one
Of them finished in blue print"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-04-05
Hopping From World to World.

Hopping From World to World.
Few children reach the age of 8
years without having worked out a
cosmology of their, own and their own
system Of metaphysics. A group Of
youngsters Of that mature age were
going home from school the other day
when one began to instruct the others
what to do in case of a certain crisis.
when the end OF the world comes
do you know what you want to dog"
asked the manikin. ""Well, you want
to give a little jump like this. The
world will slip out from under you
and you'll light on the one a followin'
It and be all right" Then the young
sters began practicing the sort of jump
that was necessary to give them i'm
mortality.-Kansas City Times.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-04-05
Hits and Mrs.

y man told me last Monday that he
saw a flock of ducks flying over town.
He may have seen them and then a.
gain he may have been smoking.
His speaking of ducks reminds me of
a shot gun | owned at one time just
outside the city limits of Minneapolis.
This shot gun was the pride and JOY
OF my boyhood days. | purchased it
at a second hand store on Washington
avenue, paying two dollars in cash and
four in trade. The trade consisted of
a suit OF clothes, which stopped grow
ing before I did and a watch which
had been injured internally. l carried
my shot gun home after dark walking
by the lumber yards, confident of not
being held up when in such desperate
company. After getting home l Hooked
the gun over carefully with the assist
ance of the barn lantern and a few of
the neighbor boys. The barrels seemed
inclined to be bow-legged and n OF
them had accumulated a large sized
tumor about half way down the. side.
After consultation it was decided that
this "a no disadvantage as the shot
would have no opportunity to drop in
to the cavity as it was hurryiny out
on business of it's own. One of the
hammers refused to come up, but it
responded to treatment and after it
had been soaked in kerosene oil over
night it would allow itself to be pulled
back, but refused to stick. 1t would.
however, snap a cap when it was
turned loose and the trigger on this
side had no part in the working of the
gun. The left lung of my newly &C
quired f%ryingpan feeder seemed to be
in reasonable good health, with the ex-
ception OLA few dents, evidently made
by someone with an ak, backed up by
anger. The wood in the stock resem-
bled that used in bedroom furniture
in a l5c lodging house, but it had been
painted several times and had lost
part of its meanness. The first time |
shot this gun Off it blew a large hole
in the barn just over the head of a red
COW, whose name was Ellen. She had
her head down putting a calf to sleep
at the time. otherwise the hole in the
barn would probably have had horns
on it. This gun could hit every part
of a small pond with ease. When
generously loaded it would double up
with JOY on being discharged and a
handful of shot would hurry out ofsthe
general delivery and search around
for several minutes for something tC
hit. 1t seldom hit anything, one rea.
son being that the game got tired OF
waiting after hearing the report. The
noise that gun would make, when prop.
erly encouraged with black powder
would draw nails ont of a barn in the
next township. But kept it until il
had kicked my:.arm half off, when ]
sold it to a man who had a we'll to dig.
Grafton Record.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-04-05
Testimony From the Heart.

An old Welshman who, in his nine
ty-sighth year, saw fit to make q new
will, came to the point briefly and
specifically: II give to my old faith.
5ful servant, Esther Jones, the whole
that I am possessed of, either IN
personal property, land or otherwise.
She is a tolerable good woman, but
rwol1A be much better If she had not
20 .clamorous a tongue. She has, how
ever, n great virtue. which 10 a
vsil TO her foibles-strict honesty"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-04-05
Relatively Speaking.

ut is a shame and a disgrace the
way that things are wasted and mis-
managed on the Panama canal"
care you any relation to the Mr..
Bingleton who was summarily dis
missed from the employ of the canal
commission"
Eyes; he's my brother."-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-04-05
A smell Apprehen.ion.

II suppose they will make a lion Of
you when you strike American So
eiety."
"Well," answered the distinguished
parsonage who knows English but
slightly, Il hope they will stick to that
department. of the menagerie and not
endeavor to make a monkey of me-
WashingtonpStar.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-04-05
Children ~ Blessings.

Good Minister-And those beautiful
little ones out there with the nurse
+ yours? All, madam, children are
among Heavens choicest blessings.
Mrs. De Style-Yes, indeed. It's per-
feet bliss to shop for them.-N. Y.
Weekly.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-04-05
To BE Envied.

sCsstleton-I envy you!
Clubberly-What for?
Didn't you say you were obliged
to attend a deep philosophical dis
cussion lasting several hours?"
"But I don't see that's anything to
envy me for"
"Well, I've got to 60 to a society
function and talk about nothing
Detroit Free Press.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-04-05
For Concentration.

Desmond-If you buy this elegant
fur coat. Dorothy. how are we ever
going to pay for it?
Dorothy-Oh, Desmond, don't let's
talk about two things at once! Let's
talk about the coat.-Life.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-04-05
Shocking.

Mr.. Doubleduh-I suppose you know
it is now possible to see the person
with whom you are talking over the
telephone.
Mrs. Observation-Disclosures! And I
telephoned to Rev. ~Steenthly this
morning while my hair was in curl pa
pers!-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-04-05
Told the Truth.

"What did Freddy say when you
caught him coming out Of the pantry
with his hands stained red?"
He told me the truth by saying that
he had jammed his 6ngers."-Tit-BitI.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-04-05
Roaular Thing with Htm,

Il was nearly overcome by gas
again." remarked the man who had
come from the suburbs.
when did it occur?"
"At the usual time. When the COM
pany rendered its bill."-stray Sto-
rien,
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-04-05
Ths old, old Tale.

Bumptious-No, sir, l cannot under
stand how men allow themselves to be
led by the ose by their wives; and l
can u you. sir, that l drive my
family coach.
Sharpshins-That may be, but from
what I have heard your wife tells you
which way to drive.-Ally Sloper.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-04-05
An Explanation,

Hs-Your friend. Miss Dashway,
has quite a military afr about her.
She-No wonder. She has partici-
pated In NJ fewer than II engage
ments.-Chioago Daily News.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-04-05
The Principal Thing,

"How do you like your new board
ing place? Have you a good, square
landlady?"
II guess SO. She gives US good,
square meals."-Chicago Tribune.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-04-05
The Main Thinr,

did you see this? A Pennsylvania
woman stopped a fast mail train just
to ask the engineer the time of day?"
well what time was it.'-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-04-05
An Editors Appeal.

If the. editor OF every paper in the
Union will r%epublish these lines
there is no question but what DR.. S.
l.. Byers of Seeleyville, Ind, will
recover his little son who was stolen
from his home n year ago last May.
DR.. Byers has spent his entire re-
sources in search of his child and
unless the big hearted members of
the press come to his assistance his
son will grow up an outlaw and an
outcast among the lowest people of
the earth. 1t is a cause that should
appeal to everyone and no father
reading these lines can do so without
a quickening Of the heart and a sym
pathetic throb. 1t is believed that
if this article is reprinted in the
newspapers it will form an enless
chain that will the lost boys
concealment and return him to his
distracted parents. In doing this
the profession of journalism will be
fulfilling one of it's highest destinies.
A reward of $500, awaits any in
that will lead to the boys
recovery. No questions will be ask
ed and if the abductor himself would
deliver the boy to his parents he
would not be molested. The be-
reaved parents are heart broken with
grief and want only their child. If
each journal will reprint these lines,
they will travel to every exchange
table in the United Stated and bring
back to a wretched home a child who
is now no doubt suffering with cold,
unfed and wretched to a degree.
Think of what your own feelings
y ould be under. similar .circumstan-
ces! This appeal is indicted origin
ally by a publisher who saw DR.. Byers
only once, has nc personal interest
in his quest other than the bond OF
sympathy that makes the world akin,
and is inspired from the belief that
the lost boy C only be found
through the united effort of the coun-
try press of which he is proud to be a
member. His recovery will be a
triumph in advertising and no editor
who heart is placed right will re-
fuse this appeal. Remember, it may
be your child next!
The following is a description of
the lost boy:
DESCRIPTION.
Richard Byers, if alive was 6
e old last July, is of light COM
plexion, has gray eyes, left eye
noticibly crossed, has a small v
shaped nick in the edge of the left
ear, has a sharp chin and a narrow,
projecting forehead. He is rather
small for his age and is unusually
bright and. Intelligent, talking after
the manner of a boy much older.
DR.. Byers has searched among the
rowing bands. that frequent the u
enited' States and believes that his son
can be found among travelling junk
dealers, sc called horse traders or
movers. He does not think the boy
was stolen by genuine gipsies. He
thinks he was taken by a wandering
sc;band that used him for the purpose
Of begging in the towns along the
route. This child may o be in the
family of some farmer who would be
glad to give him up to his parents il
itheir5identity we're known. For after
a childreaches the age of J the gipsies
a~bandon'them or give them away.
Exchanges Please Copy.)
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-04-05
Magnetic compasses for Cavalry.

Magnetic compasses are to be SUP.
piled in future to al! British and ma
tive cavalry regiments in India at the
rate of four a squadron.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-04-05

VIM HFOKe the Eh8a8eIhent
She-But would never marry a man
who loved me for my good looks.
He-Of course not, dear. I never
thought of such a thing.-Philadelphia
Bulletin.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-04-05
Uses of tho treat

Great Caesar dead and turned to clay
Nay stop a crack to keep the wind away:
Napoleon gone. they slip his portrait In
To advertise a patent medicine.
Chicago Record-Herald. :.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-04-05

Read the ads. in the Pioneer
It will pay you to devote a few
moments to their perusal.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1906-06-08
DEMOCRATS AGAINST Nc
GRAW.

There is a general feeling every
where among West Virginians that
Democratic victory next fall would
mean the selection of John McGraw
as the successor of Senator Elkins.
Many Democrats admit this, and say
privately that they realize that he
dominates the situation among the
Democrats. Some of them say that
as between McGraw and Elkins they
prefer Elkins, and will stay at home
rather than TO aid McGraw in his
ambition to come to the Senate. 1t
is said that this feeling against Nc
Graw is so general among Wemo-
Gratis that there is practically no
danger that he will be able to elect
Legislature friendly to his am
billions. A Democrat said recently
that when the fight became one be-
tweeR ElSins and McGraw there
would be thousands of Democrats
who would prefer Elkins. 1t is said
that such men as William 3. Chill
ION a few days ago, conceded that
there is so much feeling among
Democrats against McGraw that if
the people come to regard him as the
successor of Senator Elkins the
legislature is lost before the fight
begins. And yet they can see no
way out of the difficulty. The i'm
preston has gotten abroad that Nc
Graw is the real opponent of Sen
ator Elkins, and it is abroad to stay.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1906-06-08
on THE RATE BILL.


Senator l.lkins is hard at work
on the rate bill, a. the chairman OF
the conference committee. lie
wants to see it come out OF confer
ence with all the good features left
in and IS confident that all the
amendments put IL by him will re-
maiu. 1t win be q satisfaction to
West Tirginians to know that after
all there was more put into the bill
By Senator Eltins than by any other
Senator. He expects The conference
to finish lis labors on The bill by
about the end of the present week.
This work has taken great deal Of
his time since the bill was sent to
conference, but at the same time he
has found time to look after the
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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1906-06-08
FIGHT FOR. EMPLOYEES.

Senator Elkins is to be highly
commended for his big fight in the
conference on the rate bill to pre-
vent the agreement on another pass
amendment, eliminating railroad
employees from the privilege Of be-
ing given free transportation The
conference committe voted to cut
out all passes and Senator Elkins
took the ground that the amendment
adopted in the Senate should be re-
tanned. Hc thinks that all the
classes excepted from the operation
of the amendment should be accept
ed. From first TO last he stood out
for it. particularly did he fight for
the railroad employees. He holds
that railroad transportation for en-
ploves and their families in a part
of their compensation and that to
prohibit them from receiving it is
an act Of the rankest injustice.
There are some twelve hundred
thousand families of railroad en-
ployes and their families is a part
they will be seriously affected by the
action of tile conference.
Senator Elkins will continue to
fight against the final passage OF the
amendment. He has some hopes oil
succeeding yet in having the agree
ment so modified as to allow rail-
road men and their families free
transportation. He regards it as
the greatest piece of injustice done
to railroad employees in the history
of Congress.
Six thousand telegraphic mess
ages sent to the Senate protesting
against the elimination of free
transportation for employees and
their families certainly shows that
the railroad men are against it and
emphasize the position taken By
Senator Elkins.