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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-05-07
OKLAHOMA TOWN BURNED.
Lawless Element in verden Start Fire
In Revenge.

Anadarko. Okla, May IA sup.
posed attempt. of the lawless element
in the little town of Verden, nine
miles east Of here, to take revenge on
City Marshal Gillespie for his policy
Of strict law enforcement resulted in
an incendiary fire which destroyed the
principal business section of the town,
burning a general merchandise store,
the First National bank, a grocery,
hardware, drug and harness store,
and causing a loss of $4,000.
The fire was discovered Friday fore.
noon in the grocery store of Protzman
& Co., owned by Marshal Gillespie.
Recently there have been numerous
threats against Gillespie for his strict
enforcement of the laws and many
expected that he might meet with per.
sonal violence.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-05-07
FLEET At anchor
IN MONTEREY BAY
CITIZENS OF CALIFORNIA TOWN
BEGIN ENTERTAINING THE
BLUEJACKETS.
Entry at Frisco Planned-Passage Of
United Atlantic and Pacific Fleets
Through Golden-Gate Will Be Stir.
ring Spectacle.

Monterey, CAL, May 2.-The Allan.
tic fleet of battleships steamed in here
Friday to give Monterey peninsula a
place in the history of the American
navy's record-breaking cruise around
the world. The residents of Monterey
and Pacific Grove and all the other
settlements of the vicinity made the
occasion Of the arrival a holiday.
They lined the water front when the
fleet dropped anchor at six o'clock in
the morning and fingered long to view
the beautiful marine spectacle Of the
16 ships drawn up in divisional for
mation-four lines of four ships each
with the, flagship Connecticut, Geor-
gia, Alabama and Missouri at the
heads of the column.
A great variety of entertainments
ashore, both for the men and the Off
GERS of the fleet, marked the first day
of the battleships' stay and the visit
of the %squadrons promises to be q
thoroughly enjoyable one.
Entry at Frisco to Be Fine.
New orders were issued covering
the entry of the fleet through the
Golden Gate into San Francisco bay
on Wednesday next. The revised
plans provide for the most picturesque
naval display in the history of the ma
ton. It Is now ordered that all Of the
vessels Of the Pacific fleet shall join
the Atlantic battleships outside the
Golden Gate and steam with them
through the harbor entrance to the
anchorage in the bay where the review
Of the navy is to be held. Practically
the entire fighting force Of the navy,
with the exception of a few newly
commissioned ships in the east and q
few gunboats in Philippine waters.
will be in the great column of white
and buff vessels that thread their way
between the headlands of the gateway
Point Bonita on the north and Point
Lobos on the south.
Forty-six vessels will be in line and
the long column will stretch as far out
to sea as the eye can see. The va
riety of fighting craft will range from
the massive 16, O00-ton Connecticut
down to the little destroyer Fox Of
only 154 tons. Battleships, armored
cruisers, protected cruisers, gunboats,
d%estroyers, torpedo boats and auxil-
iaries-in fact every class of vessel in
the navy save the obsolete monitors
will be represented in this remarkable
parade through the famous port entry.
Evans Will Be on Flagship.
The steaming of the ships through
the Golden Gate will be a far more i'm
pressive and enduring picture than
the review at anchor which is to be
held two days after the arrival, on
Friday next. Rear Admiral Robley
D. Evans will be either on the bridge
of the Connecticut or in the emergen-
cy cabin where he commands a full
view of the fleet, in entering San Fran
cisco bay.
The hour Of rendezvous outside the
Golden Gate-probably at the San
Francisco lightship-has been fixed
for nine q. m. on Wednesday next,
May 6. Three hours later, or as near
noon as the calculations of the navi-
gators can compute the broad white
bows of the Connecticut will appear
within the gateway.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-05-07
MIRROR LAKE is DRAINED.
Ideal Fishing Place Ruined by Going
Out of Dams.

Baraboo, Wis, May High water
carried away two dams and an iron
bridge on Doll creek Wednesday night,
putting two large Touring mills out of
business.
The going out of the dams also
drained Mirror lake, one Of the most
picturesque spots in Wisconsin,. This
was an ideal fishing place and all game
fish were swept into the Wisconsin
river. Several boat houses were also
carried away. The damage is heavy.
The dams and bridge will be rebuilt,
but it will take several years to put
the fishing on the basis it was before
the dams went out.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-05-07
Wise Child.

Albert, who it's five years old, was
recently accompanied by his grandma
to select a birthday present for his
mother. He wanted something use
full and, after many reflections, it was
suggested that they buy a pair of
opera slippers, when he promptly
said:
mo; mammals got too many of
them now. I wouldn't mind getting
button boots, for they can't be taken
off so easy"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-05-07
confscated Coffee Burned.

Nashville, Tenn, May Eleven
thousand pounds Of green coffee which
was recently conflscated here by the
United States government on the
ground that it contained deleterious
and adulterous substances. was burned
Thursday under the supervision of a
deputy marshal here. The coffee came
from New Orleans and was consigned
to Nashville parties.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-05-07
Prominent Railroad Man Dies.

New York, May al. P. Farmer,
chairman Of the Trunk Line associa-
ton and a prominent railroad man,
died suddenly at his home here Fri
day. His death is believed to have
resulted from apopleu.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-05-07
Exldence of odd Suicide.

Pittsburg, Pa, Apr. 2O.-The
whitened bones of a nan were found
in a furnace of the Crucible Steel
Company Saturday. None of the work
men are missing and it is believed
some Respondent person committed SUI
icide during q change Of crews.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-05-07
Accounted For.

Naturally she turned to her husband
for information.
"Why are so many of the police
mentioned as plain clothes men," she
asked.
II suppose" he answered, that
they're like the rest of us. 1t takes
all their pay to keep their wives from
being plain clothes women."-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-05-07
Uncomfort&bIe

Breaking in wooden underwear may
be a disagreeable task, but we opine
that it is real pleasure compared to
the Job of breaking in a porous plas-
ter.-Detroit Free Press.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-05-07
Bad Policy.

eBeggar-Mister. would yer give a
poor man a quarter t keep him from
dyin'?
Stranger wouldn't give him q
aickel. I'm an NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-05-07
Woman Sues for Treasure Trov'

V0THdTI 0USS TOT TTSdSUTC TTVVSs
Appleton, Wis, May 2.-While plow-
ing on his farm near New London re-
Gently, Louis Hoffman unearthed a pot
Of gold said to amount to 100000.
Hoffman had just purchased the farm
from Mrs. John Schmall, and Friday
she started suit to recover the gold,
saying she sold only the farm.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-03-20
cr,h Has 2Gnn.0 600 joints.

The crab known as the scale tailed
ous was believed to have become eX-
tnct In Great Britain fifty years ago.
tne last recorded specimens being tax
en- In the ponds on Hampstead heath.
But now 1t has turned up again In
some numbers In two ponds on Pres
ton Merse, near Southwick. in Kirk
cudbrightsbire. About two and a hail
inches long, the apus bears very
striking likeness 10 that remarkable
creature. the king crab. and this be
cause the fore part OF the body is GOV
cred by o great semIcircular shield OK
carapace. while, as IN the king crab
II swims on Its back. In the grea'
number OF It's legs the scale taller
apus has few rivals, while In the mum
ber of the points which these sharS
between them no other creature ca:
compare. The naturalist Schaner once
-ssayed the task OF counting them anc
made the magnificent total OF l.So2'
GOA. Latrelle put down the number
a round 100000 London Graphic.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-03-20
Dr,7J of Marble Portraits.

"One pcculiarity OF human nature
that am reminded Of daily" said q
sculptor. lis the disinclinaton OF the
Average man to look upon himself re-
produced in marble The sight strikes
him with positive dread. Ii makes
him feel as II lie were looking on hh
own Ii. eiess body. For that reason i
is difficult to persuade many persons
worth modelling to sit for IL sculptor.
Frequently am asked why n1st O..
my work is modelled after dead ana
gone subjects. The answer Is that liV'
ing people refuse to give me commits
sion. The art OF the sculptor differs
there from that of the painter. Every
body likes to be painted. The sight OF
ones face, ones figure, ones clothes, II
q picture evokes nothing but pleasure
bic emotions II well done, but to SEQ
oneself carved out Of marble produce
such an overpowering sense OF deaf.
that many sensitive persons put OF I'm
mortallzation at the hands OF a sculp
tor until they are really dead. New
York Press.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-03-20
A Madman's Strange Belief

An unfortunate maniac was confined
In one Of the Scottish lunatc asy.ums,
his particular infrmity being an un-
shakable belief that every day was
Christmas day and that he was din
ing sumptuously on turkey or roast
beef and good slice Of plum pud'
ding. His real diet. however, was OF
the plainest. he being served twice
daily with q dish OF oatmeal porridge.
After daily describing to his attendants
the pleasures he had tasted In his cut
OF turkey or what not he as regularly
added. "Yet. somehow or other. every
thing that | eat tastes OF porridge.
This story it was which gave rise to
the saying. "As palatable as the mad
mans porridge."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-03-20
unbelievable Taxes.

I'm the past" said the tax assessor
governments were wiser. They levied
taxes that could not be sworn of.
There was, for instance, the English
birth tax Of the seventeenth century.
A laborer paid shillings as birth tax;
q duke paid f30. You couldn't get
round Il.
"Burials were taxed, according to
the station Of the dead, from shilling
TO f25. That, too could not be dodged.
MARRIAGES were taxed. A duke to
marry paid FOO; a common person,
like yourself, paid half crown.
"In those days you paid a tax on
every servant, on every dog, on every
horse, on your carriage, your hearth.
your windows, watches, clocks, wigs,
hair powder, plate, ribbons, bricks,
coal. gauze and candles. Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-03-20
Tho Eiret kmsriean Duel.

In the year 1880 occurred the first
duel known to have taken place on
American soil. The principals, Edward
DUty and Edward Leister, were sery-
ants of a Mr.. Hopkins, one Of the New
England colonists. The men had quar-
reled over some trlfing matter and re-
sorted to the field for It's settlement.
The affair was stopped by the authori-
ties, but not before one had been
wounded In the thigh and the other in
the hand. There was no law covering
such matters. but the governor Of the
province decided that the men should
be punished nevertheless. At his or
ders they were cent to have their heads
and feet tied together and lie In that
condition twenty-four hours without
food or drink. They suffered so much,
however, that they were released at
the end Of an hour.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-03-20
His Apprenticcship,

Yes said Mr.. Pater, with III con-
cealed pride, "my youngest boy makes
some smart remarks at times. Only re-
Gently be asked me what 1t meant to
be an apprentice. | told him that IT
meant the binding Of one person to an
other by agreement and that one per-
son so bound had to teach the other all
he could of his trade or profession,
while the other had to watch and learn
how things were done and had to make
himself useful IN every way possible"
What did he say to thatT asked one
Of the audience.
"Why, after few minutes the young
rascal looked up at me and said, Then
I suppose you're apprentced to mother,
aren't you, dady London Answers.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-03-20
Gnrmsn Universities.

The examination for the degree o.
doctor of philosophy In the German
universities will We sufficiently Illus
trated by giving In brief the require
ments IN the University of Jena. The
candidate after gaining permission to
enter for the degree presents snort
sketch of his life In Latin or Gerl an,
maturity certificate, evidence OF al
least three years of academical study.
evidence that he has enjOyed q gooa
reputation up to the, present time, an
original scientific treatise In German
i'm his own handwriting and written
declaration on word Of honor ana oath
that the thesis Is the candidates owa
composition. The payment of 30 marks
is required. In the oral examination
the subject Of chief Importance Is that
Of which the thesis treats. while the
candidate Is allowed to select two NH
nor subjects. After this examination
and the distribution OF $50 copies o.
the thesis 10 the faculty the degree u
conferred. - School B-lletin.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-03-20
What Makes the Heart Best7

Professor Jacques Loeb, the celebrat-
ed biologist, In his book, "Dynamics
Of Living Matter" has shown that q
strip cut from the ventricle OF the
heart put in a solution Of chloride OF
sodium will continue to beat for q
number OF days, until putrefaction sets
in. He says this can be done with an
ordinary muscle after 1t has been ex-
tirpated from the body. This would
tend to prove that the heart is cher
ical machine and that 1t Is all due &c
chemical action. The muscular con-
traction is probably due to the substi-
tuition of sodium for calcium salts In
the cells Of the muscles.
The difficulty Of this theory is that II
does not explain the control OF the
muscles. 1t Is plain that the problem
of control is not solved by the chem
ical theory.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-03-20

Natures Venueanco.

Pliny informs US that twelve citea
In Asia Minor were swallowed up N
one night In the year 115 the city OF
Antioch and great part OF the ada
cent country were buried by an earth
quake. About 300 years after 1t was
again destroyed, along with 10000 In
habltants, and after an interval OF six
ty years was a third time overturned,
with the loss Of not less than 10000
souls. In 1902 the city Of Port Royal,
In Jamaica, was destroyed by an earth
quake, and the houses sank into gulf
forty fathoms deep. In 1903 an earth
quake occurred In Sicily which either
destroyed or greatly damaged fifty
four cities. The city OF Catalonia was
utterly overthrown, 10000 inhabitants
OF the city perishing In the ruins. In
1906 Lisbon was destroyed by an
earthquake, and It buried under Its
ruins above $4,000 inhabitants. In Au-
gust, 1922, two-thirds Of the city of
Aleppo, containing a population of 20o,-
900, were destroyed by an earthquake.
Thirty thousand Of its inha bitants were
buried In the ruins.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-03-20
Held Down the Speaker.

The sanctity Of the speaker Is an In
violable law Of parliamentary England,
yet once the necessities OF the nation
were so great that an assault and bat
terry had to be made upon his sacred
person. It was In the third parliament
OF Charles l. that the angry commons
framed their petition OF rights. This
cut at the very root Of the kings pre-
rogative, and among those In the house
who opposed 1t was Mr.. Speaker. Upon
Cir John Elliott moving It's acceptance
the speaker essayed to leave the chair,
which would. Of course, have proved
fatal to the bill. But they were ready
for him, and Hollis and Valentine SELF
ed him, one on ench side, and literally
held him IN the chair until the for
mallty Of the reading was over. 80
vital was the petition considered that
Cromwell said IN the lobby afterward,
Had we been defeated I should have
left England tonight. t."-LOndoD Chroni-
ola
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-03-20
I ~,yis Carroii's liurnor,

An English magazine gives some
amusing pieces Of Lewis CarrolTs hu
NOR from the forgotten pages Of OK
ford pamphlets. During the election q
Oxford in 1868 he gave vent to the fol
lowing Euclidean definition: PLAIN su
pc ficiality is the character Of speech
In which. any two points being taken
the speaker Is found to lie wholly will
regard 10 those two points" \ note i
also given on the r::,At appreciation o
examiners: a taxes H. tcl books anC
gets q third class; T. ::Ses In tie eX
aminers anu gets Il sccJaL Finl tn
value of the examiners in terms o
books. also thcir y@l"t IL terms wheT
no examination IS he'll
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-03-20
The ropsyturvydom Of Relieion.

At the opening of King Edward Wis
fist parliament he had 10 repeat after
the lord chancellor an oath which con
demned In almost brutal words al
things paplstical. Yet held aleft by q
Protestant peer FOR all Pro'"slants t.
reverence Was yeritaI g a5lem o.
papal supremacy-a qGai... little bon
net OF crimson velvet turned np Will
errllne. This Is the cap OF malnte-
nance, and so sacred Is II that ne
hands but royalty may finger II. Thus
the premier marquis, whose hereditary
right It Is to carry it. balanced 1t some
What after the fashion OF a conJure!
upon O white staff. This cap was
granted to Henry VIII. by Pope Leo
X. In the middle ages it was held as
symbolic Of the overload. only being
granted to vassas and feudatories
whom the lord wished TO honor, so that
ii implies as nothing else could the su-
premacy Of the pope over the kings of
England.-London Standard.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-03-20
Turkish E1rTiery.

Turkish hoIseshOeS are simply fat
plu.e of iron with 4 hole in the middle.
In his volume OF personal Adyen-
tures- Colonel ]. p. Robertson de-
scrIbes the extraordinary method or
preparing the horse to be shod.
The farrIer takes 4 good long rope,
doubles it and knots loop at the end
to about the size Of good large horse
collar. This is pat over the horses
head after the manner Of horse COL
lar. the knot resting on the horses
chest
Then the two ends Of rope are
brought between bis legs. Each rope.
then taken by man. IS hitched on 10
the fetlocks Of bis hind legs and
brought through the loop In front; then
By a hard, steady pull the hind legs are
drawn up to the fore legs. and tho
horse falls heavily on his side.
All four feet are then tied together
by the fetlocks. the horse is propped uI
ON his back. and the farrier sits quiet
" down beside him, takes OF all the
old shoes and puts or new. When the
work Is finished the horse is untiet
and allowed to get up.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-03-20
Whera the Shoe F.ir ahcG.

It was easy for Mr. RC1da.i 70 Ecar
with his wife's remarkable decision o!
character at all times. but her 05sti-
macy he found most difficult 10 endure
Il can't quite comprehend her," he
conhded to his brother after one try
ing experience. Many years rs we
have been married. she still surprises
me. Why, all IN the same day, some
times In the same hour, she Will settle
q disturbance in the kitchen, put the
children just where they belong adjust
some matter in the church and then,
when her judgment ought 10 be at fts
best, display the most astounding Ob-
stinacy in attempting to regulate my
goings out or comings in. lists In
comprehensive"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-03-20
A Fair Chance.

Dressed In the latest and most ap-
proved motor cycling costume, with
goggles oil complete, the motor cyclis'
gayly toot-tooted his way by Regents
park toward the zoo. Suddenly hf
slackened, dismounted and said to a
small, grubby urchin:
II say. my boy, am 1 right for the
zooT'
The boy gasped at 30 strange sight
and thought 1t must be some new AMI
NAL for the gardens.
You may be ali right If they have
spare cage" be said when he could find
his tongue, but you'd ha' stood faI
better chance II you'd d tail"'-Lon
don Answers.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-03-20
Life In Chrlstianla.

Many Of the residences OF Chrlsuania
xtand villa-like I'm the midst OF pretty
gardens, which in summer are ruii OF
bloom and give the streets pecuiiar
charm and sense of openness. Within'
the people live simple. wholesome hVes,
kindly and hospitable, with that truest
hospitality which invites the guest 10
share In good cheer without ostentauoh
or display. Dinner is at or 4 O'CLOCK
served by trim, fresh looking maids'
and supper at 8, where, except on form
al occasions, the guest is free to forage
around the table for himself. Host
and hostess drink the health OF each
ouest with the word "skaal,' replied 10
by the eyes over the glass after drink
ing. AdJourning to the drawing ROOM
the guests thank both master and mis-
tress of the house, and on the next
meeting never fail to say. Thanks for
the last time" One is everywhere
struck by the frank and unaffected SIM
plictty of the life and the straightfor'
ward kindliness OF the peopls.-H. ii
u. Peirce in Atlantic.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-03-20
Eor Emerorne es.
NO IL

A banking reserve IS for use, nor
merely for show. It * for use in times
of emergency Yet some hlrkers look
upon their reserves very much as the
superintendent of 4 hospital regarded
its emergency bed. \ patient all bang
ed up in an accident was brought TO
the hospital one night ard was told
that there was no room for him. "Why
not put him in the emergency hed?' it
was suggested. "I1 we put him in the
emergency bed" 1t vas re died, then
we would have no emergeuey bed.
Wall Street Journal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-03-20

Prayer rugs were evidently invented
for the purpose Of providing the wT-
shippers with one absolutely clean place
on which 10 offer prayers. Ii Is not
lawful for 4 MoSlcn to pray on any
place not perfectly clean, and unless
each one has his own special rug be
is not certain that the spot has n Il
been polluted. 1t does not matter 70
these followers of Mohammed row
unclean q rug that Is on the floor nay
be. because over 1t they place the
prayer rug when their deyOtlOns 'Jegin.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-03-20
Answered.

Two ministerial candidates named
Adam and Low preached in a Scottish
church. Mr. Low preached IN .ne
morning end took for his text, ADAM
where art thouT'
He made a most excellent discourse
an, the congregation was much edi-
fed In the evening Mr.. Adam pfeacn'
Cd and took for bis text 10. here
a ~
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-03-20
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
For Sale.

We have just added TO our list the
following valuable Real Estate:
900 acres HIGH grade farm, with hne
Brick dwelling and 1875 acres OF NO. 1
timber.
135 acre farm excellent land and gocd
improyements-the above too farms IN
Loudoun county, Va.
1877 acre farm Of good land and. I'M
provemnts, large dwelling &c.
35 acre farm of good new dwelling
and excellent land and all necessary out
huildings-(above two farms IN Fau-
qder county, Vs.)
65 acre farm. near Woodstock with
fairly good improvements and good
fruit.
A new 2 room dwelling and l acre lot
on Nam street, Woodstock, Va, well
located, with electric lights and pure
mountain water IN the house.
A good dwelling Of Z rooms on large
corner lot in Edinburg, Va, veil locat
ed: If purchaser should desire to have
80 acres of fine land on the suburbs OF
the town, can sell him this also. =,
All the above properties Will be sold
ON easy terms at reasonable prices.
j. N. DAVIS & co.
Real Estate Agts.s
Woodstock, Va.