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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-04-25
No Lack of Water.

Maj. Gillette's p%hilippics against the
water MASTERS fall at times upon deaf
ears. An inspector who was visiting
West Philadelphia dwellings to dis
cover who were guilty of wasting wa.
ter found in one house that a water
flush was constantly flowing. How
long has that water been running?" he
asked the tenant. How long?" echoed
the other in amazement. YES" II
don't know" Don't know" uueried
the inspector incredulously. mo.
I've been living here four years. It's
been running ever since I've been
here" A plumber has since received
a hurry call to that house.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-04-25
A Ninety-DoIIar Umbrella.

ION Name. Bernhardt's last visit to
U.S." said a manager, "she was be-
guiled one afternoon to a charity ba-
a at the st. Regis. She was beauti-
fully dressed in gray, with an UNI
brella of gray silk, and as she stood
at the embroidery booth she laid the
umbrella on the counter. Instantly
the girl who conducted the booth
seized the pretty umbrella, waved it
over her head, and cried: How much
am I bid for Nine. B%ernhardt's UNI
brella? Fifty? twenty-five? Ten?'
And while the actress looked on
smiling there ensued a spirited u
ton that ended in the umbrellas sale
to a western brewer for $780,"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-04-25
Slight MISUNDERSTANDING.

Talking of German opera, the Lon
don Telegraph relates the story of a
lady who brought her little son from
the country the other day to witness
the pantomime at Drury Lane, AMI
took him by mistake to Covent Garden,
where there was a matinee Of "Lohen-
grin." "The opening Of the first act
we are told, was voted dull by bosll
mother and son. But hope shcne
brightly when Lohengrin, drawn by
the swan, appeared, and little Johnny
in excitement called out, Oh, mother.
look at Sinbad chasing the duck"
Small wonder that 'devout Wagner
ties" who sat neal, were upset"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-04-25
WHY JUDGE WAS MERciFuL.
Knew What Prison Sentence Meant
to the Cripinal.

The judge and the district attorney
lunched together at the end of the
case. "Three MONTHS" said the dis
trict attorney, as he cut the omelette
hongroise, "was a merciful sentence,
sir" Perhaps, perhaps" the judge
agreed. He slipped his mineral water.
"Did you rel spend three months in
jail?" he asked. "Of course not!"
laughed the district attorney. "Well,
if you had" said the judge, perhaps
you wouldn't think so lightly of it,"
He knitted his brows. "The evil-tast-
ing food, the prison smell, the prison
morals-pah! l." he went on, spent
q week in Jail before 1 entered on my
%judgeship. 1 ate the prison food. 1
slept in a cell. I conformed with all,
the prison rules. I wore the prison.
clothes. l did prison work. Thus 1
learned the valle of the sentences
I was to mete out later on. l got to
know what a week, a month. a year,
in Jail meant. AS a result I an more
merciful than most judges. I think
it would be a good thing if every judge
before taking Office would spend a lit
tie while in Jail as | did. He then
would know the value of prison sen
fences, a thing he doesn't know now.
Now he is like a cashier who attempts
to pay out money in a coinage Of
which he is ignorant. In Baden this
thing l speak of must be DONE. Every
judge in Baden before he takes his
seat on the bench is required by law
to pass two weeks like a common pris-
oner in jail"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-04-25
Marrying vnder the Gallows.

In olden days, if a mar or wom-
an would consent to marry under the
gallows, a person condemned to
death might thereby be saved from
execution. This happened, according
to an old English ballad, to a Chi
chester merchant who was thus saved
by a loving maiden. In 1884 a Grim.
inal at New York escaped in the
same WY. (And all readers of Victor
Hugo's "Notre Dame" will remember
that powerful and dramatic scene
where Esmeralda saves Pierre Grin
goire.) But Pinkerton records a case
where the criminal refused to retain
life in this way. The story of this
intrepid refusal has been told in
lines which bear quotation.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-04-25
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE.

Notice is hereby given that that GER
tain mortgage executed and delivered
by John A. Klovstad and Mayma B.
Kloystad his wife, Mortgagors to John
w. Laramore, Mortgages, dated the
9th day of May, A. D. 1903 and filed
for record in the office of the Register
of Deed of the County of Steele and
State OF North Dakota on the 18th day
of May AID. 1903 at 2:3O o'clockP.M,.
and recorded in book ''S'' of Mortgage
es at page s'l04" which saidmortgage
was thereafter by an instrument in
writing dated April 3, AID. 1907, duly
assigned by the said John W. Lara.
more to e. D. Washburn, which as
signment vas filed for record in the
office of the Register of Deeds in and
for the County of Steele and State of
North Dakota on the 4th day of April
A. D.. 1907 at ~ O'Clock P. NJ. and
duly recorded in book s'l5' of Mort
cages at page "2'', will be foreclosed
by a sale of the premises in such mort
gage and hereinafter described at the
front door OF the Court House in the
Village of Sherbrooke in the County
of Steele and State of North Dakota
at the hour of two (2) O'Clock p, M.
on Saturday the 18th day of May, A.
D. 1907 to satisfy the amount due upon
such mortgage on the day Of sale.
The premises described in such
mortgage and which will be sold to
satisfy the same are described as fol-
lows:
Lots numbered Thirteen (l3), -Four
teen az, Fifteen (15j, Sixteen (l6),
Seventeen l7), Eighteen (ls), Nineteen
90, Twenty (20l, Twenty-one (2l),
Twenty-Five (22), Twenty-three (23) ana
Iwenty-four "a in block Five (5) in
the original Townsite of the Town
NOV City of Hope, Steele County,
North Dakota.
There will be due on such mortgage
at the date of sale the sum of TWO
HUNDRED AND SIX DOLLARS
AND NINETY FOUR CENTS ($2O6.-
94).
Dated April 10th A D. 1907.
b. D. Washburn,
Assignee of Mortgagee,
g. S. Shippy,
Attorney for Assignee of Mortgage
Hope, N. Oak.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-04-25
Placing Stamps WRONGLY.

"The only way to stop people from
plastering a stamp at any old place
upon the envelope, except the right
one, is to do as is done in England.
There a letter which does not have
the stamp in the right position is
cast aside and handled only when
all other mail is sorted and ex-
changed This idea was advanced by
a postal clerk. we often lose con-
siderable time because of these let
ters," continued the clerk, "for often
we have to stop and turn over an en-
velope to find the stamp. The worst
offenders in this respect are not for
eigners, but those who have lived
here for years"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-04-25
Plate Of Phrances and Phranklin.

The letter IF" on the typewriter of
a well know novelist recently went
wrong. The author was equal to the
occasion, as will be seen from the fol-
lowing portion of his manuscript:
"Phairest oph the phair," sighed her
lover, "phancy my pheelings when |
phoresee the phearphul consequences
oph our phleeing phrom your phather's
phamily. Phew phellows could have
placed the music with as much phor-
titude as | have, and as pickle phor-
tune phails to smile on our love I
must phorego the pleasure oph be.
coming your husband. Phairest, Phran.
ces, pharewell, phorever!"
Hold, %Phranklin, hold" screamed
Phrancis; Il will phollow you phor-
ever!!"
But Phranklin had piled and Phran.
ees .Qhainted:
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-04-25
Terror of the Air.

Wilfred-"Pa, a man who is con
tinually on a ship is called a sea dog,
isn't he?" Gunbusta-"That's what
they call him, my boy" Wilfred-
"Well, if he's a lei dog, then a man
who is continually on an airship must
be a skye terrier."-Judge.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-04-25
Reassurinq Him.

The views I express about reli.
sion said the tiresome controversial.
~, may seem rather too broad to
most people, but
Not at ALL replied the candid man.
ITO most people they seem not Sc
broad as they are dat.'-Philadelphia
Press.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-04-25
WRITTEN in HEAVEN
LETTER HELD SACRED BY PENN.
SYLVANlA GERMANS.
Belief in the HimmeIsbrief Is a Cen.
tury-old superstition-Wise Ad-
Vice for Rules of Life in
Document.

Letters p%urporting to have been
written in Heaven and by God Him.
self and which are treasured as
charms against everything evil are
peddled daily in the rural districts of
York, Lebanon and Berks counties,
where the Pennsylvania Germans are
numerous.
These writings are called the Him
melsbrief, meaning a letter from heav-
en-. Throughout the counties men
toned and in other parts of Pennsyl-
vania they are framed and hung on
the walls and carefully preserved.
Similar writings had a wide circula-
ton in Germany more than a century
ago. The tradition is that after the
letter was written by God it was
dropped from heaven 1t three places.
One of them fell on top of the Hartz
mountains in Germany. Another was
dropped on top of the Pyrenees in
Spain. Another was said to have fall
en- into the city of Magdeburg, Ger
many. 1t is this letter which is treas
ured among the Germans in Pennsyl-
vania.
Here is a copy of the letter:
THE man who works on Sunday is
cursed. I command that We do not
work on Sunday but go to church. Do
not primp your hair nor wear false
hair, and you should not be proud
from your riches. Give to the poor
and fully believe that this was written
in my W hand and was sent by
Christ and that you will not do like
cattle.
You have six days in the week
wherein you shall do your work, but
the seventh day (namely, Sunday you
shall keep holy. If you won't l will
send war, hunger and pestilence and a
lot of trouble and punishment. | COM
mand that it be your way, syoung and
o]d, rich and poor, that you never
work on Sunday.
You should confess our sins that
they may be forgiven you.
Wish not for silver and gold. Re-
member that l made you. Do not be
happy if your neighbor is poor and
needs help.
Honor your father and mother so
that you shall live long on earth.
Who does not believe this Is
damned.
II have written this with my own
hand. The person who speaks evil Of
men shall not expect help of me. He
who has this letter and does not give
it to his neighbors is cursed from the
holy church. If you have many sins
and are sorry in your heart your sins
Shall be forgiven. Who shall not be-
lieve shall die and be thrown into
purgatory.
I'm the last days 1 will call for your
sins and you must answer.
every person who carries this let
ter or has it in his house shall not be
struck by lightning, and he will surely
have abundance of water to drink.
He who teaches this letter to his chill
aren will receive his reward.
Hold this, my letter which I have
written, until the end of thy days.
Amen"
Immigrants from Germany say that
the letter was circulated in Germany
rs it is here. Those who believe in it
recount the wonders it has worked in
the way of staving off lawsuits, sick
ness and death.
Men involved in lawsuits, many of
them farmers from remote country dis.
tricts of the county, carry this letter
over their heart in the belief that they
cannot lose their case.
Arok Cfoioieoo
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-04-25
Goinq the Rounds.

Borrowby-"Let's see-do I owe you
anything" Morrowby-"Not a cent,
my boy. Going round paying your lit
tie debts" Borrowby-"No, l was 60
ing round seeing If l had overlooked
anybody. Lend me five till Saturday.
will you?"--Lippincott's.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-04-25

motel menus in your own handwriting.
1tlooks bad. reflects on your standing. makes
people think you can't afford q stenographer,
and is some ambiguous.
You can write out your letters-make out an
abStract-tu in aninSurance ~pOlicy-enter your
card memOS-make out your accounts, or a
hotel mehu-or do any kind of writing youneed.
on any kind. size or thickness OF paper. and
space any way you want on
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-04-25
You Can Easily Operate
This Typewriter Yourself
Don't worry your

Don't worry your
correspondents.
Don't write him
anything by hand
that takes him time
to make out-that
may leave him in
doubt t b a t b e
can't early read.
And don't fill out
legal p or card
m q k e
out or
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-04-25
TIE
OLIVER
Typewriter
The Standard Visible Writer

mi
You can write any of these things yourself
II you DO not happen to have a stenographer.
For you can ersily learn. with o little practice
10 write Just as rapidly, and as perfectly, as an
expert operator on the OLIVER. Because the
OLIVER is the simpliied typewriter And
you see every word you write. About 80 per
cent more durable than any other typewritter,
because it has about 80 per cent less wearing
points than most other typewriters.
~ per cent easier to write with than these
other complicated. intricate m chines that re-
cure humorlng" -.technica Neutrality-suspicious.
PRACTICE and special skill to operate.
Inan laachlneS which cannot be adjusted
70 any special space-with which it is impOssi-
Oie 70 Write abstracts. insurance policies, or
Oud-slZe documents except you buy expensive
operate. - - ~Nr' -" :"
You can adjust the OLIVER to any reason
aDie space-you can write on any reasonable
size and thickness OF paper, right out to the
very edge. without the aid OF any EXPENSIVE
attachment or special skill, and your work viii
De neat appearing. legible and clear.
for the OL1VERis the typewriter for the
doctor. the lawyer. the insurance agent. the
writing. o'
Write us now for our booklet on the simpli-
lied features OF the OLIVER. 1920
The OLIVER TYPEWRITER Co..
318 Second Ave South
Minneapolis, Minnesota
WILLIAM II. sABlN, Local Ag,t.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-24
PROBE DEEPER.

The committee of the Council which
investigated the charge that sealed
bids to furnish wood at the City Home
were tempered with has done well
as fa- as 1T has gone. but it has no:
gone far enough by any means.
The committee finds that the bids
were "unwarrantedly and unlawfully
opened when they were In the official
custody of I. Lovenstein, First As
sistant Superintendent OF the City
Home. and consequently either with
his connivance or due to his negli-
gence."
The public will not be satisfied
with that hallway report. It is con-
ceded that the envelopes were opened.
But by whom? And for what purpose {?
If Mr.. Lovenstein opened them. or If
they were opened with his conniv-
ance." he had a partner. Who was it?
If Mr.. Lovenstein had no knowledge
OF the transaction. il the envelopes
were opened through his negligence .
some one else did the Job. Who was
1t?
Other irregularities were limited at
during the investigation. What were
they? Why were SO many questions
asked abou. the measurement OF wood
sold to the City Home?
Tho Investigation must not stop. 1t
must go deeper. All the facts must be
brought to the surface, and all per-
sons connected with this shady trans
action must be exposed and brought To
justice. The good name and welfare OF
the city demand 1t.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-24
DEMONSTRATIONS FARMS.

In another column we publish a let
ter from Mr.. o. E. Peterson, of Pamp-
lin City, in which he tells us about
the good work that Mr.. T. o. Sandy
is doing with his demonstration farms.
The Times-Dispatch has referred
more than once to Mr.. Sai US work.
but our correspondent gives personal
testimony. He has demonstrated" to
his own satisfaction. and assures the
public that he is well pleased with the
result.
This work is being done under the
direction of the Virginia Cooperative
Association, and the Department OF
Agriculture in Washington. 1t Is Arst
rate educational work, 1t Is teaching
the farmers to make two stalks grow
where one grew before--or the equiv.
alent. 1t is teaching them to make
grass on lands that we're poor, and tt
raise stock. In doing this the farmer
is enabled TO increase his income, ant
increased incomes mean more none,
for the public schools.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-24
our MuN1c1pAL GOVERNMENT.

The Investigation at the City Home
attention once again to the need of
radical reforms In our system OF NUM-
cipal government. Even II there WINS
no corruption. there was objectionable
carelessness, and in this respect the
Council itself is not by any means
above criticism.
In recent issue Of The Times-Dis-
patch, the following statement was
made by one of our reporters:
General complaint has been made
heretofore regarding the slow method
by which important resolutions are
handled by committees and in Council,
and while all OF this may not be due
primarily to any obstinate feeling on
the part OF members, Il is q fact never
theless that the business of the city
departments suffers because of the
snail-like pace. Evidence of this came
to the surface at the meeting of the
at the City Home Monday nigh.
Recommendations from the superin-
tendent. all of which are urgent, have
been 'en the table for months 1t ap-
pearing that it is not the duty OF any
man In particular to look after their
passage. An instance was cited by DR..
E. G. Williams. The cook at the home
receives only SIS month. and to get
good results 1t was shown that this
amount had to be increased. The
baker receives SIS. Months ago the
committee recommended that the cooks
wages be incRased. but the matter
has been hung up somewhere. and
meanwhile the conditions are such that
changes are imperative. The services
Of a good man cannot be secured at
that price. and while there is no seri-
Gus objection to the plan for paying
more. the resolution has been shifted
from one committee to another, and
the effort to trace it is more difficult
than the average man familiar with
legislative methods would imagine
These are fair samples OF the manner
in which the city's affairs are carried
on. Business is attended to at the con-
venence of the Council. No matter how
trivial a matter is, the Council must act
on 1t. and no matter how important
matter u.s. the public must wait until
the Council gets good and ready to act.
Our present system OF municipal gov
eminent is the greatest absurdity of
the age and reflection upon our COM
mon sense.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-24
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

Tho Paris Eclair is responsible for the
statement that there IS living ct Tyeres an
Italian bey. between seven and eight years
of age, the pupils of whose eyes are sur
rounded by tho twelve hours OF tho olock
marked plainly In Roman figures.
Yale IL far less honored in England than
is Harvard. The residence OF Elhu Yals at
Pias Grano has been pulled down. and It Is
difficult to identify the site. Yale's tomb.
solid mass of masonry at tho base of
Wre1ham Church tower, Is almost hls sole
Visible memorial
O'Sell, Of the Rough Riders tho work OF
Scion H. Borslum has been erected in Pres
cc,t. Ark, And wax unveiled on the mint n
Anniversary OF the battle OF Santiago. In
which this officer lost HIS llfe,
A statistical report recently published by
tho British government shows that thero are
10000 Jows in Cepo Colony, 1900 In India
1000 In Ireland A Yiddiah paper com
mertlng on tho report says: 'Theso figures
look large. but they become small Wksr
| compared with New York, where there arc
| In two wards more American jews thar
| there arc British Jews all over the world
Eirhty-two per cent. OF tho workers en-
| gagged IN tho paper box industry OF thf
! United States arc women, Among tobacco
and cigar operators iwofthirds ara women
and Of the -bookbindaru moro than half.
| Ambassador Bryce Will bs tho prnoipn
speaker ut tho thirt'eth annual meeting o
| the American Bar Association. which vii
| be hsld Ia Portland. Me,, Wednesday. Au
| gust 2sth.
i George Horton. tho American coRsul-gen
/ eral at Athens, Is about TO take lsays O
absence and como "a tho United States
| Wfer~ hH IL to deliver n srries ~ lecture
dealing with his obesryhttonu and expert
auceS In modern Greece 80 F's4--%'
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-24

Ism. but the state should uso all 1e-
Ultimate powers to save delinquent
boys and girls from n criminal life.
Prevention is better than cure Juve-
nile courts are better than reforma-
tories. Our endeavor should be- to
save delinGuents from either Jails or
rcformatories. Tho way to do IT is to
have judge who knows and loves
boys and who will dca. with all youth
full criminals brought before him
as loving father would deal with his
own children. Probation Is the sensi-
should never be inflicted until 1t be
demonstrated that the offender is In
corrigible without 1t.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-24

Farms comes to the aid of the farmer
and supplies him with Just the infor-
nation no stands In need of--in-
formation that 1t has taken our
most progressive farmers years OF pa
tlent experimental work to acquire.
Tho value OF this Information placed
before the farmers in actual demon
stration work cannot be estimated. We
are very much impressed with the I'M
portance OF diversified farming as
urged by the directors, and think that
our farmers should produce all the
hay, corn, wheat and meat that our
people consume.
Who can estimate the amount OF
money sent to the North in exchange
for these commodities during the last
ten years? Probably enough to macada-
mize our principal roads. l very well
know with what anxiety we Northern
farmers always regarded statements In
the agricultural papers to the effect
that the farmers In the South were
changing their methods and would
soon produce their own hay. corn. pork,
etc. We hoped you wouldn't do 1t. we
wanted your dollars for these COM
modities, which 1t is amply demon
strated can be made in abundance here.
I am doing some demonstration work
under the direction OF Director T. o..
Sandy, of Burkeville. and have corn
that I would be proud to show to my
friends from the fertile Miami Valley.
OF Ohio, and trip to Mr.. Sandy's
farm will convince any one of the
possibilities OF Southside Virginia to
produce as heavy crops as can be grown
anywhere.
The success Of this demonstration
work seems to be assured. as evidenced
by the lively interest taken in 1T by
our progressive farmers. And we con-
graduate the Cooperative Association
of Virginia on their work which in
our humble opinion, will result In last
Ing good to the very excellent and
deserving class of people whom they
are seeking to assist AMI will greatly
help to restore to the OLD Dominion
her full share of prosperity.
o. E. PETERSON,
Pamplin City, Va. August 18th.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-24
MI. sandy,s Good Work.

Editor Of The Times-D tspatch:
Sir,-Perrnit me through the medium
of your valuable paper to express my
appreciation Of the Co-operdtive As
ISOLATION Of Virginia in establishing
demonstration farm work throughout
tho State.
I came to Southside Virginia about
two years ago, and am very much or
the opinion that it would be an easy
matter, on account OF the difference In
soils and general conditions that a
newcomer encounters and through his
lack OF knowledge rs to the hest
methods to get the results he seeks.
to become discouraged before he Is bic
to solve the most important problems
OF his farm for himself. This is where
the Department Of Demonstra ton