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331 people will earn these prizes

Around the fireside or about the
well-lighted family reading table dur
ing the winter evenings the children
and grown-ups can play with their
wits and see how many words can be
made.
20 people, making the greatest num-
Der Of words will each receive a little
box containing a $1,000 gold piece.
10 people will each win n box con-
tanning a $500 gold piece.
300 people will each win a box con-
tanning $1.00 in paper money and one
person who makes the highest number
of words owe all contestants will re-
ceive a box containing $4,000 in gold.
1t Is really a most fascinating bit Of
fun to take up the list evening after
evening and see how many words can
be added.
A few rules are necessary for abso-
lutte fair play.
Any word authorized by Webster's
dictionary will be counted, but no
name of person. Both the singular
and plural can be used, as for instance
grape" and grapes,
The letters in "Y-I-O-Grape-Nuts'
may be repeated in the same word.
Geographical names authorized by
Webster will be counted.
Arrange the words in alphabetical
classes. all those beginning with A to-
rether and those beginning with r to
,ome under E, etc.
When you are writing down the
Words leave some spaces, in the "A, e.
md other columns, to fill in later as
new words come to you, for they will
spring into mind every evening.
1t is almost, certain that some con.
testants will tie with others. In such
Eases a prize identical in value and
character with that offered in that
class shall be awarded toteach. Zach
,ne will be requested to send with the
list OF words a plainly written letter
describing the advantages of Crane.
Nuts, but the contestant Is not re-.
CURED to purchase a pkg. These LET.
tiers are not to contain poetry. or fancy
fourishes. but simple, truthful state.
ments of fact. For illustration. a
person may have experienced some
lncipient or chronic ails traceable IN
unwise selection of food that failed II
give the body and brain the energy
health and power desired. Seekinr
better conditions a change in food is
made and Grape-Nuts and cream used
in place Of the former diet. Suppose
n quits the meat, fried potatoea,
starchy, sticky messes Of half-cooked
oats or wheat and cuts out the cofae
Try. say, for breakfast q bit OF fruit. 4
dish Of Grape-Nuts and cream. two
sott-boilsd eggs. Q slice Of hard toast
and . cup Of Postum Food CoRee,
Some amateur says: "A man would
faint away on that. but, my dear
friend. We will put dollars 70 your Dsa.
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Believes Gold Djsintegrates.

Prof. Frederick soddy, of Glasgow
University, holds the theory that gold
is gradually disintegrating into other
Minerals. He has visited the gold de-
posts Of western Australia and New
Zealand and he expresses his convic-
ton that in all probability gold, like
radium, ;is AT toneesthe product Of some
other parent element. and is itself
changing to produce Offspring ele-
nents. The professor, slaments that
.;aaaldequacy Of his resources in the
way of gold upon which 70, expert
n,ent, and points to the tons OF gold
perhaps disintegrating in the vaults
OF the Bank Of England.
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FOR TIE VICTIM 81 poLHlcs

Fat Man Had Remedy He Knew by
Experience Was Good.
1T is the funniest thing In the
world" remarked the detected look
Ing man as he sat opposite the fat
man in the smoking compartment.
Can / take 1t that yon refer to
politics?s asked the other:
"You can.
"And that you have lately been a
candidate for Officer
THAT is the case. 4 was a candi.
date for. the mayoralty in my town.
Shake" said the other as he
reached out a hand. "Pve been there.
First came a delegation of citizens
looking for an honest man. | was
the man. They begged of me to take
the nomination. / took it. Next came
q hurrah in the papers about Honest
DAN as they called me. Then the
wheelhorses gathered about me and
set the ball to rolling. Then the pop
ular enthusiasm was aroused. Then
came predictions that I would run the
other fellow thirty miles into the
woods. Then came my little cam
paign contribution of $4,000. Then
followed the"
The election said the detected
man.
Yes, the election. IShad press and
pulpit and the people with me- but"
you r showed under?"
Ten feet deep. l was thrown down.
1 was %pulverized. l was. paralyzed. l
was knocked out. / looked just like
you do. and I felt just like you do,
and"
and how did you get over it?".
The fat a leaned forward and
put his hand on the others shoulder
and whispered in his ear:
Took cod liver oil! Try it once
and you will use nothing else.'-Bal.
timore American.
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the center was a pen. and ink sketch
of herself and beneath the words,
Cali men look alike to me-"
Often copies of Gibson, Underwood
and Christy are sent and a little
dumpling of a girl once received a
yard of Fanny Cory's children.
The licorice buttons, which the chill
dren buy in a penny candy store, will
be sent in large punches to the maid
ems who never have time to sew on a
button. A ludicrous valentine which
was sent last year to a very fat girl
was a plump sofa cushion so pulled
and twisted as to look exactly like it's
recipient. And a very tall girl re-
ceived a scrap of music of the song.
"Just take a little bit off the top
for me-"
There is "a reckless disregard of
meter or rhythm in the poems which
accompany the valentines, but if the
hit is considered satisfactory. With
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MES that the noon hour will find q
man on our breakfast huskier and
with a stronger heartbeat and clearer
working brain than he ever had on
the old diet.
Suppose, II you have never really
made a move for absolutely clean
health that pushes you along each day
with a spring in your. step and. q re-
serve vlgor in muscle and brain that
makes the doing Of things a pleasure.
you join the army Of plain old COM
III sense" and start In now. Then
after you have been 2 or 8 weeks ON
the Grape-Nuts training you write q
statement of how you used to be and
how you are now. The simple facts
will interest others and surprise your
self. We never publish names except
on permission, but we often tell the
facts in the newspapers, and when
requested give the names by private
letter.
There is plenty Of time to get per.
sonal experience with Grape-Nuts and
write a sensible, truthful letter to be
sent in with the list Of words, as the
contest does not close until April Both.
1906. So start in as soon as you like
to building words, and start in using
Grape-Nuts. Cut this statement out
and Keep the letters Y-IO-Grape-Nuts
before you and when you write your
letter you will have some reason to
write on the subject, why I Owe
lsGrape-Nuts."
Remember 331 persons will win
prizes, which will be awarded in an
exact and just manner as soon as the
list can be counted after April S0th.
1906 Every contestant will be sent q
printed list OF names and addresses of
winners on application, in order to
have proof that the prizes are sent as
agreed. The company Is well known
ali over the world for absolute fidelity
to its agreements and every single one
of the 331 winners may depend on re-
ceiving the prize won.
Many persons might feel It useless
to contest, but when one remembers
the great number Of prizes-(331)-
the curiosity OF seeing how many
words can really be made UP evening
after evening and the good, natural
fun and education In the competition.
1t seems worth the trial; there IL no
cost, nothing to lose and q fine oppor-
tunity to win n Of the many boxes
Of gold or greenbacks.
We make the prediction that some
who win q prize Of gold or grsenbacks
will also win back health and strength
worth more to them than q wagon fun
OF money prizes.
There are no preliminasiss, cut ous
this statement and 30 ct &, ana senA
IN the list and lettsr befors April S0th.
1908. TO Postum Csssal CO. LAA.. ~.
tie Crssk. Mich. and let your name
! end a66fess b piain1y written.
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Wave Motor Patented to "Perpetrate'
Perpetual Motion.

in that way one gets perpetual motion
almost for nothing" is the way. In
ventor Sahlberg describes the child Of
his genius. when one has motion,
one can transform that to electricity,
heat and light in the regular way. The
invention a probably also be at
tached to ships and put to useful ac-
count. 1t is unnecessary to call atten-
ton to the great Importance of such
an invention that makes it possible
Tor mankind to take into service the
millions of horse powers buried in the
waves of the ocesn."-Chicago News.
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How She Could Get a Shock

One day an electric car was derailed
on the main street. The conductor
went to a nearby office and telephoned
for the work gang. When he return
ed to the scene Of the accident he
saw that the passengers were on one
side OF the track with the exception Of
one lady, who seemed to be afraid to
cross the rails.
When the conductor drew near she
asked, in a timid voice: would I get
a shock if l put my foot On that rai1?"
pointing to the nearest me-.
mo, madam" answered the conduc-
tor, politely, mot unless you put your
other foot on the trolley wire."-Bos-
ton Herald.
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Gloomy Wedding Proposal.


Martin j. Littleton of Brooklyn, who
won national fame as an orator in the
Democratic National Convention OF
1902, was seriously considered as a
fusion candidate for mayor of New
York this autumn. but he refused to
allow his name to go before the con,
vention.
"The situation reminds me of the
manner in which a Scotch beadle pro.
posed marriage" explained MI. Little.
ton to a friend. "He led the maiden
of his choice to a churchyard and,
pointing to the various headstones,
said:
"'My folks are all buried there,
Jennie. Wad We like to be buried
there, too?"-Under the Spreading
Chestnut Tree" Everybody's Maya.
zine Of January.
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Jokes AMONG COLLEGE GIRLS.
Have Much Fun Every Fourteenth
Dav If Eehruarv

Have Much Fun Every Fourteenth
Day Of February.
II it were not for the college girls
st. Valentine would be in danger of
becoming a cad, but they regard him
as a huge joke and jolly him unmerci-
fully. They do not let his day go by
1nnoticeo.
On the contrary they herald it with
10Y and make great preparations for
It, but there is hardly a bit of senti-
ment in their worship. For three or
four weeks before the 18th of Febru-
airy, huge signs appear on the bulletin
boards in the dormitories. soliciting
orders for valentines. for the girls
def fingers seize the opportunity to
make e little money and the girls who
have money are quite ready to pay for
an original valentine.
And a college valentine must be
original above everything else. Some
times the girl with money supplies
the idea and the taf:76ngered girl
works it out.
~. the character of these valentines lis
mostly in the way of a grind and it is
carried cut by every conceivable de-
vice; by water 7colors, BY sketches. "
poems, by i-congruous articles.
OF course there is the little fresh
man who feels bound to send her sen
ior crush" flowers aud confection.
ary, hut the true CO lsge va entine is
a sharp dig. Woe 10 the girl who
has %ohtrusivc manaer:s,rs, for she will
DE raped right and left. although the
r W haleftl. Cupid re.
yceives some attention, but it is Of
the frivolous sort for he is jeered and
sneered at.
Contrary to popular opinion, college
girls give and take knocks" as good
naturally as do college boys, and the
lazy girl who receives a bunch of fire.
crackers on st. Valentines day laughs
heartily 1t the. Joke.
The girl ,Withsa big ambition to join
one of the societies. an. ambition
which she has been trying to conceal,
lisa little Startled when she receives
an enormous Greek letter made out
Of redpaper nd on it in black let
tiers:
Sure as sin.
@ want a pin.
A clever valentine sent one year to
a young woman who vas extremely
popular with the men was a circle of
hearts with gthe face of one of her
men friends peering out of each. In
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-02-15
Her Valentine

Her Valentine.
Beneath the spread hof valentines.
A song unnoticed hay:
Yet too suggestive were its lines
For fate to hide away
Some careless hand. disclosed TO view
Its message. as a prayer,
For Old Times sake" nor ever knew
1t left a blessing there.
For deep within each heart there lies
The germ ofspreciouS seed;
And wistful. tender grew the eyes
OF one who CHANGED to read
The pleading words: For Old Times
sake
With pathos and with pain.
Sad mem!rieS in her breast did wake.
That night not sleep again.
For through the years there seemed to
Bright thoughts Of other days.
Until there came the. little rift
Where friends walked separate ways,
The heart owns what the lip denies.
Held close by Pride's stern ingerS.
And softly sings: True love ne'er
Its answering echo fingers.
And so at last, for Old Times sake,
The one wrote words full tender,
Despite vow she once did make.
Since lone would know the sender;
The other read that valentine,
Nor guessed that tears and kisses
Were fairly mingled in each line
BY one whose name she misses.
>, LILA ". SICKLER.
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There u moro Catarrhi In this secisn q the country
than all other diseases put together, and until the last
few years was supposed Ia. be tncnrsble. For ! great
many years doctors pronounced IL q local disease and
prescribed. local remedies, and by constantly failing
to cure with local pronounced It incurable.
Science has proven Catarrh to be q constitutional dis
ease and therefore requiresc constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure. manufactured by Ed Cheney
& Co., Toledo, Ohio, fs the only constitutional cure ON
the market. 1t Ia taken internally IN, doses from 10
drops TO q teaspoonful. 1T acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the system. They ofer one
hundred dollars for any case 1t fails to cure. Send
for circulars and testimonials.
Address,; f.. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 15c.
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5-At Last.

Mrs. ~Biggun--I notice that you have
It last got acquainted with your next
door ncighbor, who has lived along.
side CT you for the past ten years.
Mrs. D'Avno-Yes: we were intro
duced to each other at the pyramids
Of Egypt, and | found her a delightful
companion. We became very init,
mate.
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britain and the Decimal system.

John Bull bids fair to learn of
France and be wise concerning the
decimal system. An important step
toward England's adoption Of a deci-
NAL system OF weights and measures
was taken by the board Of trade.
which, in response to a request of
the Association Of the Chamber OF
Commerce, has authorized weights Of
twenty, pounds. ten pounds and ave
pounds As altquot parts OF the cen.
(tal.
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rhymelet, peculiarly appropriate:

iuyulelel, peculiarly appropriate
AS you're always a sec,
You can use this peck.
To a chafing dish expert was once
sent a water color of a chatting dish
very ~cleverly painted, and near it was
a pink saucer in which reposed a very
large heart. Underneath was the in.
vitation:
Thou, lady Of the chatting dish,
I'd stake much on thy cookery;
Take my heart, my valentine,
n serve it in thy nookery.
An engaged girl once made the mis-
take of bidding her fiance good night
on a part of the piazza which was so
lighted as to throw their shadows
clearly on the snow. On Feb. Ia, to
her amazement, she received repre-
sensations of that good night in sill
houettes, water color and pen and ink
drawings, all SO we'll done that the
participants could not be mistaken.
The star golf player received from
an admiring freshman, with a framed
copy of a Gibson girl:
Though YOU are no cad,
You need a caddie;
Since that is your fad.
Let me be that laddie.
There are college maidens who
have the prom habit" which means
that they have numerous invitations
to proms at the mems colleges, and
are constantly asking leaFe of alb.
sence to attend. One of these maid
ems received a bunch of leave-of-ab.
sence blanks, cunningly copied in pen
and ink, and each one was made out,
the set giving her permission to go
to proms in every college in the coun.
try.
The eternal feminine crops out in
the keen observation of peculiarities
of dress. The girl who does not keep
her skirt and belt properly fastened in
the back, receives an enormous safe
ty pin; the girl who poses by wear.
ing her hair in a braid down her back
receives a water color of a tiny girl
with an immense pigtail, and the girl
who affects mannish attire receives
a tiny pair of trousers.
Some of the seniors who are begin.
ming to realize that college friendships
will soon be over, send one another
poems of friendship written on or
binary stationery, and art students
often send a bit Of their work to a
particularly beloved friend. Photo.
graphs of college scenes are sent to
alumnae, and popular members Of the
faculty receive pretty gifts. But for
the greater part, the college valen-
tine is a college Joke.
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Immense Rudders

The rudders of the two new giant
%Cunarders, which are being built at
|Clydebank and Wallsenid, weigh ev-
enty tons each. When completed and
fitted the rudder, stern frame and
brackets will weigh 22O tons.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-02-15

congestion. sharp
pain in the back,
headaches and at
tacks Of dizziness.
My eyes gave out,
and with the Ian.
guor and sleepless,
ness of the disease
upon me | wasted
from 1874 to 1872
pounds. At the
time started us.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-02-15
Rocky Ford cantalounes.

Twelve million six hundred thou
sand is the estimate Of the number Of
the famous Rock Ford ca%ntaloupes
shipped from the Rock Ford district, in
Colorado, this season. Seven hundred
cars were sent out, as against 592
carloads the previous year.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-02-15
Railroad Construction.

Reports for the year show that In
railway construction North Dakota
stood first in the whole list Of states,
with 525 miles of track, and Min.
nesota ranked fifth with POI miles.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-02-15

ing Doan's Kidney Pills an abscess
was forming on my right kidney.
The trouble vas quickly checked,
however, and the treatment cured me,
SO that | have been we'll since 1896
and weigh 1873 pounds"
Sold by all dealers. SO cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. y.
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Shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot-Ease, q powder. It cures pain.
full, smarting, feet and ingrowing
nails. It's the greatest comfort discovery
Of the age. Makes new shoes easy. A
certain cure for sweating feet. Sold by
all Druggists, 25c. Trial package FREE.
Address A. S.. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-02-15

a tiny g%rindstone which was sent to
a chronic fiunker was the jingle:
Your marks, my love. are fallen behind.
Grab the handle and begin to grind.
With a bunch Of all sorts tsof PEN
ellis, big and little, red and blue and
ordinary black, which was sent to a
girl who was secretary Of every or
ganization she belonged to, was the
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Fo.
Jewish Banker a Peer.

Sir Herbert de Stern, who was re.
Gently made q peer, is q Jewish bank
er in London, and is q SON Of Baron
Hermann de Stern. whose title was
Portuguese
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-02-15
OLD ROSE COMES TO ITS own.
Paris Hears 1t Will Be the Fashionable
st CoIor sor Snrinn

Paris Hears 1t Will Be the Fashionable
Color Cor Spring.
Opinions may differ about the fash
from the tidings which come from
Paris there will be no doubt of the
smart color for the spring. Lavender,
yiolets and mauves, greens, golden.
brown, and tan, must all go down be-.
fore old rose. Broadcloth is to contin-
lie the vogue for the fabric, but old
rose is crowned queen. Miss Roose-
welt will have an old rose broadcloth
among her walking suits, and it will
be trimmed with Persian embroidery.
Old rose is just beginning to glimmer
among the gowns at ultra-fashionable
gatherings, and it adorns only women
who are always in the vanguard of
style and who pay a big sum to Paris
modistes for the first hints of a coming
fashion. Mrs. Perry Belmont has an
old rose velvet which is one OF the
tandsomest toilets Of the winter.
Fatal Error.
Said a certain slick rascal from Ga,
A burglar. pickpocket and fa.,
On being captured one day:
ooh, how wrong was my way!
l should have run from you not ta."
The Pleasure Of, Autoing.
Mufied Voice (under the machine)
Say, Bill, back her up a little, will
yer?
Bill-What's the matter?
my face is caught in the works"
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Itching, Blind, Bleeding. Protrhdlng Piles. Drug.
gists are authorized to refund money II PAZO
falls to cure In 6 to II days. soc.
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Taken and Left.

A gentleman whose temper is easily
disturbed was travelling in England re-
Gently and was much annoyed at the
reply given him at a railway station.
The gentleman. noticing his baggage,
properly addressed, was left on tho
platform, called out:
why didn't you put my luggage in.
as / told you, you old fool?"
"Eh, man, yer luggage is ma sic Z
fule as yersel'," answered the porter:
"ye're T. the wrang train"
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~ E!E|ElRNNQ

The enormous crops Of our Northern
Grown Pedigree Seeds on our seed farma
the past year compel us to issue q spe-
cial catalogue called
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lost y POUNDS.

Was Fast Drifting Into the Fatal
Stages OF Kidney Sickness.
DR.. Melvin M. Page, Page Optical
Co, Erie, Pa. writes: Taking too
many iced drinks in New York in
1895 sent me home with a terrible at
tack of kidney trouble. I had acute
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-02-15

The Joker's %InaIlenable. Right.
Nothing is more pitiful than the
cant objection to a man laughing at
his own jokes. If a man may not
laugh at his own jokes. at whose
jokes may he laugh? May not an archi.
tect pray in his own cathedral.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-02-15

Always taking out of the meal tub
and never putting in soon comes to
the bottom.
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SALLENo oANOAI-N oEGO DOONs y
This is brim full of bargain seeds at bar.
gain prices.
SEND THIS NOTICE TO-DAY.
and receive free sufficient seed to grow D
tons of grass on your lot or farm this
summer and our great Bargain Seed Book
with its wonderful surprises and great
bargains in seeds at bargain prices.
Remit &c and we add a package Of Coz
mos, the most fashionable, serviceables
beautiful annual flower.
John A. salzer Seed Co., Lock Draw.
er W., La Crosse, Wis.
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She-How you have changed. Be-
fore we we're married you used to say
there was no one like me.
He-Yes, and l say so still.
5 Tons Grass Hay Free.

Everybody loves lots and lots of fodd0
for hogs. wv sheep and swine.
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Sure as sin,
/ want q min

A clever valentine sent one year to
a young woman who was extremely
popular with the men was a circle of
hearts with sthe face of one of her
men friends peering out of each. In
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SEND THIS NOTICE D

sALzER's BARGAIN sEED BOOK.
IT, :. l.:- ell &c la.na.. eaod. IL L.,