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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-06-24
Drinking Cups Of the Ancients.

Silver cups made by such famous
workmen as Myron, Myos and Mentor,
were preferred to gold cups. They
were beautifully engraved and OF
workmanship which has never been
equaled. When gold cups were en-
riched with precious stones, they
sometimes became peers Of the en-
graved silver vessels.
OF all sizes, shapes and designs
were these drinking cups, and their
value was measured by theil
form and design than the material OF
which they were made. Some had two
handles, some only and some none
at all. They were large and small
low and tall, narrow and oblong. They
were purely the product of the vary
ing fancy of that prodigious age
which seemed to scorn uniformity.
The early Greeks and Romans
drank hot water from cups, as we now
drink coffee and tea, these beverages
being unknown to them. Coffee orig
mated with the Assyrians, and tea
was first used by the Chinese at {
very early age.-National Food Mag
azine.
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HIVES OF HUMANITY
Some pENsELY POPULATED PoR.
rIoNs OF THE EARTH.
China, England and the United States
Each Have a Strip Of Territory
Wherein the People Are
Closely Packed.

That the population Of Berlin de-
clined 4,419 in 1908 is not a surpris-
ing result Of financial depression.
Although the German empire has
GA, 900, 900 people in an area much
smaller than Texas, no part Of it IL
very densely peopled. The new
Greater Berlin" which is planned on
an area more than twice New York's,
will not contain 80 many people. The
center Of densest population in Ger
many Is not Berlin but Crefeld, but
the industrial region of Rhenish Prus-
STA and Westphalia does not contain
more than 5000, 900 people.
Belgium, with more than 100000
people in an area less than Maryland's,
Is considered an example of extreme
density. She feeds 626 people to the
square mile by the aid Of vast manu-
featuring Industries. Java, with TO-
600, 900 people in a space less than
Iowa, supports 574 to the square mile
by agriculture alone. The inhabited
portion of Egypt supports by agricul-
ture nearly 1000 to the square mile.
4A0 OAAAC5C pAONAASO VI IAou6ou 10
supposed to support 35,000,0 900 people
in the area of Illinois, but there is no
exact census. Still, the portion of the
province running from Shanghai to
Marking along the railroad, the Grand
canal and the Yangtsekiang river, an
are like New Jerseys, Is one of the
three great hives of humanity known
to the world.
The other two are English and
American. A strip Of 22O miles by
40 connecting London and the coast
north of Liverpool contains in less
than New Hampshire's area more than
10000 900 people, nearly as many as
Brazil Or Spain. In the United
States a strip $50 miles by 40 whose
central line connects Boston and
Washington contains nearly $4,000, 600
people in a space rather more than a
third that of New York state.
This little strip Of American soil
includes Providence and the Rhode
Island valley towns, Hartford, New
Haven and the Connecticut manufac.
turing centers, New York, Newark.
Jersey City, Trenton, Philadelphia and
Baltimore. It has many ports and is
growing faster than any other impor'
tant population center of the world
toward %undoubted primacy.
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Pulpit Polnts.

Robert J.. Burdette is even more
popular and successful as a clergyman
than he used to be as a humorist. A
young divine Of Los Angeles, praising
Mr.. Burdette, said the other day:
"Humor is spontaneous with him. I
remember how one day I asked him
for advice on preaching and he ratified
gaily of:
"'Never be goody-goody. Never say,
for instance, II was reading last even
ing in dear Hebrews."
"'Keep your pictures accurate. I
once heard an old minister picture
Noah as sitting out in front Of the
ark reading his Bible.
"'Be simple in the pulpit as we'll
a friendly out Of it, or the old ladies
will describe you as invisible on week
days and incomprehensible on Sun
day."
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CHANGES IN FIGHTING SHIPS.
United States Naval Designers Have
Recently Made a Number OF
improvements.

The principal changes r the re-
moval of bridges, the taking out OF
the old military masts and the sub
stitution for them of the new circular
latticework masts for carrying the,
f%re-control platforms. The after
bridge and its associate armored sig
nal tower have been removed and the
forward bridge has been greatly cut
down. The extensions of this bridge
on each side of the coming tower are
now SO arranged that they can be
quickly removed in time for battle,
the captain of the ship being hence
forth compelled to take his station
within the coming tower, where he
properly belongs. By the removal of
the top hamper it will be possible for
the captain to command the horizon,
except through that arc Of it which Is
shut out by the smoke-stacks, says a
writer in the Scientific American.
This change will remove one more
Of the picturesque and popular cpl
sodes Of the earlier days of sea fight
ing. The captain will no longer fight
his ship from the flying bridge and
in the open. The coming tower was
built for him, and a due regard for
the issues of the battle demands that
he remain within it. It was the
death of Admiral Without, of the Care
witch, that threw the Russian line into
disorder in the great sortie from Port
Arthur, at the very time when the
chances of shaking off the Japanese
seemed favorable. The captain of M
of the battleships in that fight told
us that the admiral was struck by a
she'll as he vas leaning with folded
arms upon the railing of the bridge
watching the Japanese line. That
shot also wrecked the coming tower,
it is true, but the latter was Of a de-
sign which would not be considered in
our navy.
In addition to the removal of top
hamper, the whole of the accumulated
layers of old paint throughout the
ships is being removed; and in future,
with a view to further reducing
weights, no ship will be allowed to
carry an accumulation of stores be-
yond the regular six months supply.
AS showing the absurdity Of the state
ment that the structural changes men
toned above are being. made in order
to bring the "deeply-laden ships" up
to a lighter draft, it may be mentioned
that when the alterations are com
pleted the draft will be only from
three-quarters Of an inch to III
inches less than before.
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EnIoyinu a Show.


Here's a hot one on Powell Hale.
He entertained in Whtteville, N. G.,
in April, so Edwin Weeks says, and a
negro boy went to the op'ry house
withhtmto tote his grip. After the show
was over and the Senegambian serv-
itor and good old Hale were meander-
Ing back to the drummer's home. the
entertainer said to SNOWFALL:
ibid you enjoy the show?"
eyes, sab. I 'joyed mos of it."
"You did not enjoy it all, you say?'
mo, sab; I 'joyed it all but de very
las piece what you spoke"
"Why, what was the matter with
that piece?"
well, sab, all dem white folks
LATED so loud dey KEEP me wake en-.
during de las piece."-The Lyceum.
ite.
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Uncle Sam Rejects own Stamps.

Thomas A. Daily, an Indianapolis
lawyer, was laughing at himself the
other day for sending stamps to the
government at Washington in pay
ment for q patent circular. A few days
later he received a letter stating that
stamps could not be accepted.
1T never occurred to me they could
not use stamps" he said laughing.
But they use a frank, and Of curse
they wouldn't want stamps. All the
government could do would be to sell
the stamps over again, and it might
as we'll get the money in the first
place."-Indianapolis Star.
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At a Casual Glance.

Don't you think my poetry resem.
bles Tennyson's?" said the confident
young writer.
1T Does" answered Miss Cayenne,
'in the capitalization and the arrange.
ment Of lines into varying lengths."
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Noted for Her Good Work,

Mrs. Clarence Burns Of New York
city is president Of the Little Moth
ers' club Of that city, and has done a
great deal in the aus Of philanthro-
py. She is recognized al n Of
the most successful club women in,
this work for the lettering Of chill
dren.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1909-03-12

Scripture Authority-Book OF Ezra
especially chapter eight.
Ezras Great Reform.-The great dis
unctive mission which Ezra performed on
his second visit to Jerusalem was the
breaking up of the promiscuous marriages
with the heather peoples about, and
which were in direct violation of the MO-
sale law, and threatened the very exist
ence of the Jewish nation. His first step
was to enforce separation from their
wives upon all who had made heathen
marriages, in which number We're lnclu-
ded many priests and Levites, as well as
other Israelites the list of the CHIEF OF
tenders being given in the last chapter
of the book. All this was effected IN nt-
tie more than six months after his arrlV
al at Jerusalem, showing the energy ana
the intense earnestness of the man. with
the detailed account of this important re-
form, Ezra's autobiography ends abrupt
ly, and we hear nothing more OF MIN uii
r13 years afterward, in the twentieth year
of Artaxerxes, we find him again at
Jerusalem with Nehemiah. the Tirshatna-
AS Ezra is not mentioned after Nenelm-
abs departure for Babylon in the thirty
second year of ArtaxerXes, and as every
thing fell into confusion during Nehem-
abs absence, it is not unlikely that Ezra
may have died or returned to Babylon
before that year.
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RATHER PAY THAN SERVE.
Citizen Soldiers Unique Idea Of the
Duties of Sentry.

Australians still tell stories of the
C. L. VS., although the war is far
memory One, a member of the Stock
Exchange, was left one wet and miser-
able night to guard a wagonload of
goods.
He shivered In the unsheltered place
for some hours bordering many things,
and then a bright thought struck him
just as the colonel came around on
his tour of inspection.
"Colonel," he asked, "how much is
this wagon WORTH"
Il don't know" was the answer.
Much or little, we can't afford to lose
IT,
We'll, but colonel" persisted the
amateur soldier, you might give me a
rough idea of the value"
About s200," said the Colonel
testify.
Every WE'LL" was the answer. Il
will come down to the camp and give
you check for the amount. Then I'll
turn In. l wouldn't catch my death OF
cold for twice that much
What the colonel said is not re-
corded. -Melbourn Times.
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Lost Articles Department.

Bridget, who had administered the
culinary affairs of the Morse household
for many years, was sometimes torn
between her devotion to her mistress
and loyalty to the small son OF the
house.
Bridget" said Mrs. Morse, in a
tone of wonder, after an inspection of
be storeroom, where have those
splendid red apples gone that the man
brought yesterday-those four big
ones?"
well, now, ma'am," said poor Bird
get, Il couldn't rightly say; but I'm
thinkin' if you was to find where my
loaf O. hot gingerbread is, likely thin
four red apples would be lynn right on
top of it, an I'm hopin his little STUN
mick can stand the sthrain. '-Youth's
Companion.
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THE STORY.

VARIB was face to face with the
j crisis of his life. AS he stood
out there under the stars he did not
know which way to turn. He feared
TO go home and break the news, and
he knew he could not go back on the
pledge which he had made that even
ing, as he had stood before the altar
while the smoke of the sacrifice was
ascending to heaven.
1t seemed like dream and yet he
knew it was all only too true. He had
never felt quite at ease since he had
taken to wife the daughter of the rich
Gentle merchant, and when Ezra the
scribe had pointed out Gods law, the
awfulness of his sin had swept over
him. He, priest and one Of the lead
ers among the people, had violated the
law of Moses and the sanctity of God s
service by his marriage to heather
woman, and in the remorse of the mo-
ment there had been but one thought,
and that was his sin against God
Then Shechaniah, transgressor like
himself and the others of the law, had
stood up and said unto Ezra:
We have trespassed against our
God. and have taken strange. wives of
the people of the land; yet there is
hope in Israel concerning this thing.
Now, therefore, let us make a COW
enant with our God to put away all
the wives, and such as are born of
them, according to the counsel of my
Lord, and of those that tremble at the
commandment of our God; and let
it be done according to the law. Arise,
for this matter belongeth unto thee;
we also will be with thee; be of good
courage and do it."
And then he had seen Ezra the
scribe arise. Never would he forget
the awful agony depicted in that face,
for the sin of the people seemed all
written there in its dreadful blackness.
The disheveled hair and the bare
places where Ezra in lis agony had
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1909-03-12
THE MEASURE OF TIME.
Day Spent with God Worth atThou'
sand Years of AimIess Life.

Zone day is with the Lord as a
thousand years. and a thousand years
as one day." 1t is not because he does
not care for time, but because ne
knows that millenniums are made up
of days, and that days expand in their
results as time flows on. They mlngle
with millenniums.
We throw a day away and think
nothing about it. 1t is only day, and
we are rich in time. Gods days have
no end, but he treasures and uses each
day as if it were a thousand years.
What would happen to us ii he left
us alone for one day?
He treasures each of our days. One
day spent we'll by even the poorest OF
us is much with him. 1t is much
with him, for he only knows how much
it really means for us. He knows
that after all, there is not so much
difference with us between one day
and a thousand years One days work
may leave it's mark upon a life-may
start it out upon course that God
only can forecast through eternity.
It would be easy to show that in a
day life may be blighted, but it may
be as profitable to remember that In
one day a life may be redeemed In
one day Matthew the publican left
"the seat of customs" and became
disciple. In one day Saul of Tarsus
ceased to be a prosecutor and was
called to be an apostle. If one day
in Gods house is better than another,
it is the first day, the day in which
the wanderer first realizes that he
has entered within the circle, and that
he is conscious of Gods love. 1t is
worth thousand years of aimless
life.
While God does not neglect the lit
tie things, even. the greatest are not
too great for him. If one day is with
him as a thousand years, thousand
wears are as one day. He does not
grow weary or impatient. He knows
how precious time is, but he inhabits
eternity. With untiring patience he
waits. 1t is because he changes not
that we are not consumed.
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SERMONETTE.

In order that we may under
stand the seriousness OF the con-
ditions which had arisen at Je-
rusaIem we must remember that
the marriage of the Jews to the
GentiIes was strictly forbidden
by the Mosaic law (Deut. To, 81,
and that only the lower classes
were guilty in this matter, but
the practice was shared in by
many of the priests and the Le-
vites, as we'll as leading men
of the city. This great irregu-
Iarity would inevitably bring
MANY evils in its train; it would
encourage and increase idolatry,
as we'll as break down the bar
riers of distinction which, for
important purposes, God had
raised between the lsraelites and
all other people. Ezra foresaW
these dangerous consequences;
but was overwhelmed with a
sense of the difficulty of correct
ina the evil, when matrimonial
alliances had been formed, fam
lilies reared, affections engaged,
and important interests estab-
ished.
And the first thing that Ezra
did in the face of that awful sin
and great difficulty was to pray.
He prayed at the time of the
evening sacrifice when the peo-
pie would be gathered together
for worship, and he prayed so In
the Spirit that God moved on
the hearts of the people, and
some of the more penitent
of the leaders, realizing that there
was but one course to pursue IN
dealing with evil, suggested that
they put away the Gentle wives.
That is the only sure, safe way
to deal with any sin. 1t may be
like cutting the heart in two; it
may mean giving up all that life
seems to hold dear, but if it is
the thing that is standing be-
tween the soul and God it is the
thing which much be cut out.
Desperate diseases require des-
perate remedies, and while In
this case it seemed like repu-
diation of solemn obligations,
still it must be remembered that
Gods law came first, and that
no human obligation could pos
sibIy come before the obligation
to God. This was peculiarly SO
with the Jewish nation, for upon
the keeping of the nation pure
depended the coming of Christ
himself. Personal purity not
only involves the present but flu
ture generations.
The incident before us sug-
uests two New Testament ad-
monitions: "Be we not unequally
yoked together with unbelevers;
for what fellowship hath right
eousness with unrighteousness?"
and this: Wherefore come out
from among them, and be we sep
arate, saith the Lord, and touch
not the uncIean thing; and
will receive you"
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Our Reasonable Service.

/ beseech you that We pre-
sent your bodies living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God, which is
your reasonable service Rom xii. i.
It is only in the light of Calvary
that we can interpret the fullest sig
nificance to our own hearts of this
his call. It is reasonable that If he
purchased me he should have me; it
is reasonable that if for me he shed
his blood, my life should be yielded
to his service who paid the price;
1t is my reasonable service" that If
/ partake of his gifts should put my
life under his goyernment-Rev. J..
Stuart Holden.
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Mioht Look for Recovery.

The following was told Of the pa
tient of well-known New York ply.
stefan:
The patient, an elderly gentleman,
became quite i'll while the doctor was
absent upon vacation. the indisposi-
ton being the result of too frequent
rotations. A female nurse was at once
engaged to care for him in his hotel.
A lady, residing In the same hotel,
became aware of his illness, and In
terested herself to the extent OF one
morning inquiring concerning his con-
dition of the chambermaid.
"Shure, ma'am," replied Maggie,
an l think he do be getting along
very well. The nurse was sittin' on
his lap this mornin'!"
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1909-03-12
BABY HORRIBLY BURNED
BY Boiling Grease-skin All Came on
One Side of Face and Head
Thought Her Disfigureo for Life.
Used cuticura: No Scar Left.

"My baby was sitting beside the
fender and we were preparing the
breakfast when the frying-pan full of
boiling grease was upset and it went all
over one side of her face and head
Some one wiped the scald with a
towel, pulling the entire skin off. We
took her to a doctor. He tended her
a week and gave me some stuff to put
on. But it all festered and thought
the baby was ,disfigured for life. I
used about three boxes of Cuticura
Ointment and it was wonderful how
it healed. In about five weeks it was
better and there wasn't a mark to tell
where the scald had been. Her skin
is just like velvet. Mrs. Hare, l.,
Henry ST., South Shields, Durham,
England, March %, 190S.'
Potter Drug Chem. Corp, Sole Props, Boston.
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Thanks to the Rurrlar

The dark lantern flashed through
the fiat. Then came the CLEAN of a
revolver.
Hands up!" Kissed the head of the
family. You're burglar"
Yves gasped the intruder, as he
faced the cold steel.
What have you stolen?"
"Your wife's pug dog"
Him. Er-if that's all you may
sneak out quietly"
"And your motherin-law's parrot"
you don't say. Well, here is some
loose change"
and your daughters monograph"
Good, Here's some more loose
change"
also your sons punching bag"
What! Great Scot, man, come out
to the library and I'll open special
bottle. "-Tit-Bits.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1909-03-12

Depews After Dinner Pills cures all
liver ills. days treatment for 10 cents.
Mailed to any address. H. E. Walker
Drug Co., Corinth, Miss.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1909-03-12

The great secret of happiness is to
study to accommodate our own minds
to things external rather than accom-
modate things external to ourselves
Dugald Stewart.
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The Most Likely Place.

Money doesn't grow on bushes,
declared the purveyor of bromides.
That's right" assented the other
half of the sketch. mot even in the
gold fields. kansas City Journal.
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Onlv One of MANY.

That's queerly cut dinner Jacket
you have on"
This is not dinner jacket, it's 2
meal sack"
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In Her Own Terms,

Miss A-What is a rectangle?
PA rectangle, madam, is large
round space hemmed in by -four
straight lines.-Wisconsin Sphinx.
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ARTFuL BEccAR.

Miss Charity--If ! were to give you
quarter, what would you say?
Wandering JIM should tell every
gent that you were the prettiest lady
in all this town.
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She Named II.

She Casualty do you think
is the best fruit Of courtshir?
He (tenderly) 1.-The date.
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BROOKLYN, N. Y.

Address the Garfield Tea Co. as above
when writing for free samples OF CARRIED
Tea, the true remedy for constipation.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1909-03-12

Pneumonia and Consumption are al
ways preceded by an ordinary cold. Ham
Inns Wizard Oil rubbed into the chest
draws out the inflammation, breaks up
the cold and prevents all serious trouble.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1909-03-12
Trv Murtne Eve Remed,

For Red, Weak, Weary, Watery Eyes.
Compounded by Experienced Physicians.
Conforms to the Pure Food and Drugs
Law. Murine Doesn't Smart. Soothes Eye
Pain. Try Murine for Your Eyes.
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For Colds and Gripp-capudine.

The best remedy for Gripp and Colds is
Hicks Capudine. Relieves the aching and
feverishness Cures the cold-Headaches
also. It's Liquid-Effects immediately-1O,
25 and SOC at Drug Stores.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1909-03-12

A sacred burden is the life We bear.
Look on it, lift it, bear it solemnly
Stand up and walk beneath it stead,
tasty. -Kemble.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1909-03-12

When we are made witness OF the
power of evil, then 1t is time to set
about measuring our own strength
Royston.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1909-03-12

No life can be pure in its purpose
and strong in its strife, and all lie
not be purer and stronger thereby.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1909-03-12

Fortunate is the woman who remem-
bers that frowns beget more wrinkles
than smiles.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1909-03-12

Throat Trouble may follow a Cough, or
Hoarseness. Browns Bronchial Troches"
give relief. % cents a box. Samples free.
John /. Brown & Son, Boston, Mass.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1909-03-12

Is Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teething softens the gums, reduces In
fammation aays pain. cures wind collie. CSC bottle.
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1t Cures While You Walk
Aliens Foot Ease for and bunfons, hot sweaty
i callous aching feet. Csc all Druggists.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1909-03-12

Suspect the meaning and regard not
speeches. Socrates.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1909-03-12

A man who needs advice is apt I
get the kind he doesn't want.