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It was a severe blow to Mrs. Ham.
ilton and the lovers. Their visions
Of a snug little house in the suburbs
to take the place of their present.
lodgings had vanished Into thin air.
Gone also was Alfred's hope OF an
early marriage with Kate. Working
and waiting must: still be their por
ton.
One by n the guests departed, and
as Alfred and his mother were taking
their leave of the lawyer, that gentle.
man thrust a huge volume into the
young fellows hands. "You had bet.
ter take your legacy with you" he
said, smiling.
Alfred looked with disgust at the
thick, ponderous book, bound in leath.
or, and garnished with strong, brass
clasps. :-.s
Il suppose l must take It," he said,
and tucked it under his arm. On
reaching home he flung it into a closet
where his mother kept various odds
and ends of furniture. Alfred and
Kate remained faithful to each other,
and atleast had the pleasure of spend.
ing their evenings together. On one
Of these occasions Kate exclaimed:
Bring your legacy out, ALI, and let
us look at it. We have recovered from
our disappointment enough now to
be able to view 1t calmly"
A1fra6 1o,,rho1 Bo~S lo-,-- sS-.S
into the dark of the closet
producedgth ponderous volume, which
had Knocked their bright expectations.
"IfSyou only knew the time l wasted
onsthat thing he said, regarding the
book venomously, you wouldn't blame
me If I was to throw 1t in the fire."
Put 1t on the table and let me look
through it, for you know it is new
to me-" said Kate. Slowly she turned
the thick, heavy leaves; there were
newspaper clippings, and nothing but
clippings on each side of the page.
Suddenly the girl exclaimed. See
here, ALI, these two leaves are
gunmed together, and so are these.
Why, the leaves in the middle of the
book to be all gummed to.
gether!"
With her slender fingers she deity
separated leaf from leaf. Between the
first and second the onlookers per.
ceived something that brought forth a
universal cry of surprise. It was a
500 bill, carefully placed in the cen.
ter. The third and fourth pages were
opened with a similar result, and all
through the following leaves were dis.
covered bills of a like denomination,
until the total sum came to $4,000.
And to think that it was reserved
for Kate to find our fortune!" cried
Alfred, exultingly, as 500 as they had
recovered. from their establishment. Il
guess well move into that little house
in the suburbs without much further
delay, won't we, dearie?"
"As soon as ever you please. Alt
SAID the girl, as he stopped and kissed
her.
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AS A STATESMAN
Candidates. Scheme at Once Seen 70
i, Be the Production OFFS
Master Mind.

"Our end of the town is completely
without police protection said the
aldermanic candidate in q lively
speech. ELECT me and I promise to
have this section of the city literally
swarming with police" .
The next night he was denounced
by the opposition as a four fusher
and asked to outline his plan for Sc
curing proper protection.
ladies and gentlemen" he began
at the following meeting. 81 was
called a buffer by our friends, the op-
position. last night. I now propose to
show you how I will make good in my
promise. First Of all 1 will start the
movement for more police protection.
by hiring two new cooks. Let every
mar of family in this audience hire
one cook and keep her and we'll need
an exclusion act to keep the cops out
Of our territory!p"
Pandemonium broke loose. A new
Bolivar had appeared in their, midst
and at the election his rival was
swamped into oblivion.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-12-02
THE RULING PASSION STRONG
Physical Discomfort Counted Little
as Opposed to Miser's Love
Of Wealth.. /.

Dr.. Charles Mccormick, the physi-.
clan who says that "the man with the,
crouch" can not resist disease like
his more c~ontented brother, referred
again to this assertion at a recent din
ner.
"The man with a CROUCH" said he,
rs gloomy, and gloominess brings on
Ill health. weakness, dyspepsia.
"A confirmed crouch can't be got
rid Of: A grouchy person is governed
by his crouch as a miser Is governed
BY his meanness. And when It comes
to misers!" %g4f3 45ssx4 u
DR.. Mccormick laughed.
"A little, lean, pale miser Of Peca-
tonca," he said, was one evening OBJ
served fighting with the town black
smith. Though his nos was bleed
ing and one eye was closed, the miser
fought determinedly. The hurculean
blacksmith planted blow on blow, but
the little miser never bulged an inch.
Run. ye fool!' Missed q friend.
'Ye stand no chance here. RUM,
s"But the little miser, as he received
theorically a smashing left hook, an
swered in q low voice:
Run? Mkt I've got my foot on Z
1o-cent piece" u sft 5sgs s%
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-12-02
Modest Missionaries.

There ,are many missionaries whom
no board OF missions 10 supporting:
many who are not the recognized and
salariedaagents OF any o. the churches.
Whenever to any home the gospel Of
life and light ii brought whoever the
messenger may be.. ! missionary ssrv.
ice has been rendsrsd; and the mis-.
sionary spirit may be shown ~ truly
by the member Of the family who
tries to- beFibrave and cheerful under
difficulties AZ By those who carry to
China or to India . better code Of
ethics, q, higher order OF morality, .
more elevated standard Of fpreosptiand
practice.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-12-02
INSPIRED HIM WITH RESPECT
College Professor Recognized With
Appreciation the Intelligence /
Of the Beaver.

l have yet to meet the first mar
who can walk for the first time
through a beaver works, as the range
saof q colony Of beavers is called; and
mot. feel something of the sentiment
OF human association, says a writer in
BafleY.s magazine. .g
alt IS a8ssensation very similar to
what we feel when we come out UNI.
expectedlys into a woodland clearing
after a long day spent in the unbro.
ken s%olitudes.
] once. stood with a learned profes.
sor of Columbia college on the bank
of a stream in eastern Canada and
looked down on a freshly made bea.
yer dam-one of the best in point of
construction that l had ever seem. Ii
was, indeed, a really stupendous at.
fair for a beaver to have made. Built
of alder poles and brush, weighted
with mud and small stones, 1t was Sc
feet long, six feet high and ~raised#the.
level of the water by about go inches.
Seen from the upstream side It pre-
scented the appearance Of a more; or
less evenly disposed array of short
sticks protruding from a long mound
Of mud just level with the surface Of
the restrained water; from below the
brushwood supporting. the dam prop.
er va Al plainly visible. and the ingenu.
itye OF ITS placing at once apparent.
There was. Of course, none of that
frp1ledriving or basket weaving which
at one time played 50 large a part in
the picturesque descriptions by fanci.
fnl writer's, but despite its roughnese
1t, was a.-really remarkable. piece Of
animal engineering. My companion
inspected: it for several minutes in i'm.
pressed silence. :,
Il should be afraid to kill a thins
that knew so much" he said thought.
fully. &
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"a Surprising
' legacy.
Copyright 81 ". q. Chapman,
b George EP~ay

Copyright, BY ". q. Chapman.l
Il When Rev. Arthur Hamilton passed
over to the great majority Mrs. Ham
ilton and her only o forsook. the
little New England village that had
been their home for many happy years.
and. went to New York. The Widows
principal reason for selecting the me-
tropolis a. the scene Of their future
fortunes was that Alexander Hamil-
ton. her husbands brother. dwelt
therein. and she hoped to benefit by
his advice and assistance.
Alex Hamilton M i rich, old bach
elor, full Of whims and caprices, and
one OF whose great hobbies was that
Of collecting interesting extracts from
the current newspapers. No visitor
was 10 welcome 90 he who would
draw from his pocket strips Of news
papers bearing on the favorite topic
for the. time being. Their eccentric
relative received the widow and her
son pleasantly enough, but in a rather
matterIoffact way. He advised them
to look for inexpensive lodgings, said
that Alfred must try to ind something
TODD in tho city requested the lad to
pay him q weekly visit, and stated that
he wouldabe e1pectsd4to bring with
him any contributions cut from4the
daily papers which he thought would
be Of interest to his uncle.
Many weeks passed. The mother
and son would have been lonesome,
cruelty SO, had they not met a friend,
a former resident Of their own New
England village, who with his daugh-
ter Kate was almost their neighbor
once more, having lodgings in an ad-
5acent street. Alfred applied, but I'M
successfully, for every situation adj
vertised in the papers for which he
thought himself suited. It was a pc
Rod of bitter disappointment and
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-12-02
By Candle Time.

-. ,-3s0 g, a.F"gl .. 4E nee ~ itAeEt-- 3
1T did me good" observed a youaa
girl who had just returned from Eng.
land, ito zee. In real life, one Of the
old customs my grandfather used "a
tell me-, about-thes burning Of the
time candle at an auction. In Berk'
shire the old custom still prevails.
and when an auction IL in progress
and an article is put up for bidding q
short length Of candle IL lighted a
the bidding begins. The shouting con,
tinues until the candle burns out, and
the last bid before It fickers its last
is! the one that takes the cake. l
don't know but it has an advantage
over the going. going. gone variety.
but 1t ,is fearfully slow and un.Amsr
ican." 4
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-12-02
Judoed by Costume.

People looking back upon the dawn
Of, motoring will certainly remember
the coming Of the motor clothes. The
possibilities of the new sport demand.
ed something fierce and untamed in
the way of costume, something that
Is best described as a. cross between
q wild beast and . cave dweller.F Some
one has said that the motor OUTFIT IL
the only really new thing which viii
distinguish our unimportant era Of
Dress; and to this, we may now add
those aviation creations; hut Heaven
forbid that ages hence euy ta1S&
should be Judged ~ thsSsl oHa X
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-12-02
Court Make. Woman wIdow

San. Francisco.-Charles HI. Moore
formerly a prominent attorney OF thia
city. who went to Europe In 1901 ana.
when last heard. from. was In Paris.
has been declared legally dead by su.
periors Judge Graham. Special letters
of administration we're granted to the
widow, Mrs. Albina. Moore. to enable
her TO collects $4,000 Insurance pol
Icy on his life s,sss .4t.e Ig{f
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-12-02
Culprit in Luck.

Steady Baker was at one time NAV.
or OF Folkstone, England. Once a
boy was brought before him for steal.
Inc. gooseberries and Steady, aware OF
the Importance Of the case; turned
over the pages of the alphabetically
arranged BURNS Justice" TOR a prece.
dent. Failing to find one, he turned
to the culprit. my lad" said he, eat,s
lucky for ~you. that you were not
brought here for stealing . goose in.
stead Of for stealing gooseberriesg:
there. is = statute against stealing
geese, but 4 can't fndsanything about
gooseberries in all Burn, SO let the
prisoner be. discharged, for I suppose
It rs no offense."
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-12-02
Nc Eno.nem,nt.

Have you finished snumerating the
things youawon't dos. Inquired II Mrs..
Housekeep.
The prospective cook admitted that
i1ho had W. talA&5 9a Iff
Then perhaps you1l specify The
things you can'tSdo. Then I can tell
lf We can gst along Together
The prospsctivsaeook decided right
there Mat ithsy esuldA.G o.
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AIrroo tn0 PonoefouS Vol.
weary waiting. when he visited his
uncle the old man#woald greet him
with: & ~ NJ q
well. my boy. have YOU found any
thing to suit yoa IN the4papers yet??'
And whenaAlfred .despondingIy an
swered in the negative, the only com.
ment would be: well, we must all
bide u time, and yours is bound to
come some day, lad" As a matter of
fact. the old gentleman appeared to
take more interest in the newspaper
scraps which Alfred brought him than
In the present prospects Of his
nephew. III
Thus the weeks passed away, and
poor Alfred returned nightly to his
mother, weary in body, and discour.
aged in mind. Il have found nothing
a. yet, mother" said he, one evening,
land tomorrow is Sunday, when !
must again pay Uncle Alex my duty
visit. e he only invited you to din.
ner toccasionally. II could hu1noor his
newsDapsr sndapd contribute Ito ii
more willingly"
I'VE can only be patient, ALL" said
his mother, quietly.
IT Euessgnobody ian, find, fault, with
.us on that score" responded her son,
ruefully. ''Have you seen Kate It's:
day, mother?"
Eyes, she came In for a moment al;
her way back from the workroom. All,
Alfred: I never thought that you would
wish to marry the forewoman of a
dressmaker's shopl" W u
Mother, you. should not speak in
that way" returned her son. "You
know how good and honest and true
Kate is, and how much we love each
other. Is 1t not better that she should
work than be idle and dependent on
her old father? When we are able to
marry, think what aSgood daughter
you will have"
"Ay, when you are able!" sighed
Mr.. Hamilton, drearily.
At length Mr.. Alexander Hamilton
died quite suddenly and unexpected.
ly, and very anxious and uncertain
ware his numerous relatives. So nil.
merous. were these latter folk-for
cousins Of the fourth, and. sixth do.
gree even cropped up on the day 81
the old gentleman's funeral-that his
large dining:room could scarcely &C.
eommodate bis would-be heirs:
.yMtp. aL.Fr 4. 81 -aTtr IN 49,, FL
Altar, the last ceremony had been
performed. the lawyer proceeded to
read aloud the last will and tesla.
msnt Of Alexander Hamilton" To
each and all there was some token Of
remembrance. but no large sum e
any Individual. The last sentence
which the viii contained read az fol
Lows:
"And aI give and bequeath 20 my
nephew, Alfred Hamilton, my large
i bonndssyalpmes ot newspaper cuttings
the said Alfred Hamilton. having IS,
hiis' patient industry contributed mort
--~~7 .----,-
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School Doing Good Work.

Miss Tsuda's English school for
girls In Tokyo Is said to be doing 4
pioneer work of much Importance in
Japan. She is really laying the foun-
dalton for higher education among
Japanese women. The enrolment fof
several years has hsep sbout $50 pu.
pills. ss.A
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-12-02
. Physical .lmpresslona.

"The new acquaintance we met yes
terday struck, me forcibly on the IN
slant" =
you're lucky. He struck mo -.
chilly on the back" IA sss4,.r,.-
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-23
RATHER YIELDS TO RATS.
Snake Killed by Two Rodents Intend
ed for His Breakfast.

Dalton, Ga.-Two big gray rats
fought battle with a rattlesnake
here and the rats won. The snake
was purchased by grocery firm for
window display. Early in the morn
ing two big rats were obtained as food
for the snake.
When the rats were placed In the
cage with the snake 1t made no ef-
fort to molest them. A crowd gather.
ed to witness the snake and the rats,
but it was over an hour before the
rattler moved to attack.
The rats showed flight from the
start. While the snake was after one
the other would be plunging its teeth
into the snakes body. After an hour
the snake succumbed. One rat was
nearly dead, while the other appar
emily was unharmed.
AS tribute to its valor, the un
hurt rat was released. The rattleI
measured seven feet in length.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-23
SIMPLE LITTLE AIDS
THAT WILL MAKE CHEEKS RED
AND CURE SHINY NOSES.
PallId Faces Made Red by Applying
Iced Pads After Washing Flesh in
Hot Water-Lotions of Water and
Zinc for Noses.

Sometimes the simplest little aids
will make a marked difference in
woman's appearance. For instance.
cpe whose hair IS unmanageble will
find that by applying a mixture of
one teaspoonfu. of glycerine to
five times as m Irl water to loose
ends of tresses these short strands
stay neatly in place. In putting on
the mixture it should be we'll shaken
and then applied to the hair with
a soft brush lust before the dressing.
When short hairs are Jbdurate the
the best me;h .ds OF training is to
put them on curriers'. Afterward
they should be conbed out until soft
and fluffy.
Another simple aid to beauty is
tie ice bath that makes pallid CHEEKS
red. To bring color into faces
use two round pads a trifie larger
than silver dollar. They should be
made from thick flannel covered
smoothly with linen.
While these are soaking in iced
water wash the face gently with
warm, not really hot water.
Then as soon as the skin Is dried,
which should be done Immediately
after the laving, the pads are taken
from their bath, shaken to throw off
superfluous wet and placed directly
on that part Of each cheek where
color Is desired. Tn. secret of sue
cess with this lies In the washing be-
ing done with really warm water and
tie congresses being Icy cold.
AS simple remedies will help to
beautify shiny noses that have such
an annoying habit of refusing to be
modified by powders, it Is we'll to ap-
ply one Of these liquid balms that
may be made at home. A lotion
that is said to effect a cure of the
trouble Is made of one ounce of dis
titled water, eight minims of distill-
ed tincture Of lavender and two
grains Of sulphate Of zinc.
This should be we'll mixed and ap-
piled about four times a day, never
allowing 1t to remain on over night.
Put 1t on with a piece of soft mus
lin.
For softening rough or coarse
skin on the hands common yellow
cornmeal Is an excellent cure. 1t
should be mixed in the proportion
of one ounce of orris root. powdered,
c. a pound of meal.
To apply 1t the hands should be
washed as usual. taking care to use
4 soap that is not drying; then the
meal Is poured into one hand and
this Is rubbed over the other with
tie same motion used in washing
using again the grains that should
nave fallen on a towel, box. &C., un.
til the skin is cutie dry.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-23
Why Women Ride Astride.

1T is the general opinion among
the physicians with whom l asso..
clate," writes a correspondent of the
New York Medical Journal, that the
fashion Oh women riding astride has
not had its origin In fad so much as
it has in the advice OF physicians of
>ur modern type.
THE fact that a person riding
astride can have more freedo from
jar and jolt than one riding on q
side saddle, should be a point in
favor of the astride method, aside
from the fact of it being safer and
easier for the rider.
"The fact that it might be con-
sidered immodest by those who are
Lot familiar with the astride method
of riding is no reason why 1t should
be condemned. The MAJ reason
why 1t Is becoming more popular IL
beause that physicians in general
see its good points over the old
method and are thus advising It,"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-23
Dodging the Trail i'm the Dance,

Nobody ever told me that 1 was a
good dancer" declared Edward M.
Greenway. leader of cotillons. "But
I'll tell you a compliment a young
woman did pay me once. She said:
You took me through that crowd
without collision and without any
one treading on my skirt
well, I never had a dancing les
son in my life. But l used to prac-
tice dancing in the days when women
wore those great long trains, and it
was not considered good form to
pick them up. They trailed along
behind several yards. Those were
the days when you had to guide and
keeping moving with your partner
so as to keep that train following
gracefully
But how did you practice?"
Used to tie two sheets to an ordi.
nary chair and then dance In and
out among a dozen chairs scattered
over a dance floor" San francisco
Chronicle.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-23

name of Leon Bourgeois. former prem
Ter and former minister of foreign af.
fairs, is most frequently mentioned,
but his age and health are against him.
NJ. BRAND, minister of justice; NJ. Poin-
care, former minister of finance; NJ.
Millerand, former minister of com
merce; NJ. Pichon, minister of foreign
affairs; NJ. Barthou, minister of public
works, and NJ. Delcasse are also men
toned in the order named. The So
cialists naturally are overjoyed at Gle
menceau's downfall. NJ. Jaures, the
Socialist leader in the chamber, said,
with Clemenceau disappears the most
dangerous man in the republic" The
chamber Of deputies adjourned until
tomorrow,
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-23
ANTS SEND FALSE ALARMS
Kept Closing the Circuit with Their
Bodies and Routing Out
the Elrenen

Summit N. J.-There Is a red ant
colony in this city that has been send
ing in false alarms over the fire alarm
telegraph system and getting the fire.
men out of bed two and three times
at night right along. City Electrician
Walter F. Shapter stood watching
their researches the other night while
the firemen were jumping in and out
of bed as the whistle blew, and stop
ped for nearly an hour.
Shapter had been searching for the
cause of the pranks of the fire alarm
and had no success. But finally he
opened up box SO, at Waldron avenue
and Whittridge place, which is in the
locality where the trouble seemed to
exist, and there the whole secret was
revealed to him.
There must have been about a
thousand ants in that little box" said
Shapter They almost filled it. Most
of them were scurrying around SEEM
ingly with no object. but when l look
ed closer l found they were carrying
the dead away. Forming long lines,
they would run up to the bottom of
the box where there was a heap of
dead ants, each one would pick up one
of them and struggle out of a crevice
down the pole to the ground. At first
/ could not imagine what had killed
them, but as l watched l saw the
whole thing.
"While one detachment of the army
was carrying ava! the dead another
detachment was lining up for another
on the metal plate at the bottom OF
the box. Others would take positions
ahead Of them. and as the line
stretched out saw they were heading
for an exposed part of the circuit just
above. AS soon as the line was com.
pleted and the last little red ant took
his position, tail in the grip of his fol.
lower and fore feet at the exposed
part, the circuit would be shorted and
the whole of 1t would be going through
their little bodies. There was flash
and a sort OF a click. The whistle
blew in the distance and there was
heap of dead ants at the bottom OF
the box on which the carriers at once
began to busy themselves.
Fascinated, watched 1t for near
ly an hour and couldn't tell you how
many ants l saw go to their death.
marvelled at it and tried to guess
what their object was. I'm sorry the
men were bothered by the whistle. but
am glad l saw that wonderful sight.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-23

EASTERN LEAGUE.
At Toronto-Newark, IL; Toronto, 10 Q2
innings).
At Buffalo-Buffalo, l; Providence 0.
At Observation-Disclosures, 8; Baltimore, 2.
At Montreal-Jersey City, 8; Montreal, 8
(13 innings)
Second game - Jersey City, 6; Mont
real, 3.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-23
lNDING OF THE CLUBS,
WILL BE COUNTESS SOON.
Marriage of Miss Wanamaker to No
bleman Set For Early Date.

Philadelphia. July 21.-It is reported
that the marriage of Miss Fernando
Wanamaker, eldest daughter of Rod
man Wanamaker and granddaughter
of John Wanamaker, to Arturo Hee-
rem, son of Count Heeren of Paris and
Biarritz, will take place in the near
future.
Miss Wanamaker has spent the
greater part of her life abroad. She
was educated in Paris and spends six
months Of each year there. She is
now in Europe.
Rodman Wanamaker maintains a
handsome town house here and coun-
try seat on the main line, as we'll as a
cottage at Chelsea. Miss Wanamaker
made her debut in this city Dec. IA,
1906.
Mr.. Heeren is member of an old
aristocratic French family.