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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-08-12

The different grains and grasses
should be equal in quantity to an ord
mary bundle, and the grains should
be stripped.
These exhibits must reach Bis
marck not later than August Is, 1909,
and should be shipped by express SO
as to prevent delay. Express
charges will be paid by this depart
ment.
All grains and grasses prepared
and shipped for this contest should
be packed in boxes, using as light
weight wood as possible, and the
boxes should have plenty of air space
SO as to prevent the exhibit from be-
coming damp or moldy,
w. G. GILBREATH,
Commissioner of Agriculture.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-08-12
Record.

Touching, eh?" said Thomas w.
Lawson at a shareholders meeting in
Boston. He referred to the defeat of
a motion he had opposed. ooh, yes,
it was very touching" he resumed,
satirically. CAS- touching, in fact, as
the obituary that the Tombstone Ep1-
taph printed about the notorious Her
bert Mannering.
"sThe deceased this epitaph touch
ingly concluded, will be greatly
missed. He leaves, indeed, IL widows
and u children to mourn his loss.'"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-08-12
Faint Praise.

A little girl taking her first e
trip was awakened from a sound sleep
one morning when the steamer was
close to a strip of coast where the
mountains tower sheer from the wa
ter's edge to height of thousands of
feet, presenting a majestic aspect not
to be equaled in many other places.
The little girls father, carrying her
to the deck, pointed to the great line
of mountains and asked her:
"Well-what do you think Of that?"
expecting, as was natural, that she
would be quite overwhelmed at the
sight.
Instead she just rubbed her sleepy
eyes.
sThey look" she muttered, dubi-
ously, 'like hills"
Whereupon she went to sleep again.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-08-12
Economy Of Air.

Economy Of Air.
The English had persisted in the
Black Hole Of Calcutta.
Poor fellows" we cried, evidently
they never roomed in a summer ho-
tel"
Here was seen the advantage Of
practice.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-08-12
A PRIZE T

The state of North Dakota offers the
following prizes for the largest and
best collection of grains and grasses
raised in North Dakota during the
year 1909 and exhibited by any one
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-06
A Helpful AIiusion.

There were times when the Rev.
Mr.. Pomfrct felt that he failed to
reach the hearts Of his Pensioners.
Sometimes he even failed TO reach
their ears. Therefore he was much
Cheered by something he saw in the
Elton pew one Sunday morning.
q couldn't help wondering.
Mr.. Elton" he said diffdentlv when
he met his parishioner the next
afternoon, "what it was in my ser
mon that-er-particularIv caught
your attention yesterday morning.
I happened to be looking your way,
and | saw Your face light up, and
you slapped your hand against your
knee as if something pleased YOU"
at did, said Mr. Elton cordially.
81 felt very grateful to YOU. When
YOU spoke Of Simeon it came over
in a fash that it was at Simeon
Davis | left my umbrella the last
time | went to town. It's been lost
for six weeks."-Youth's Compan-
ion.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-06
DUMPLINGS.
The Difference Between Drops" and
"Draps" EXPLAINED.

Some time ago we undertook a
study in luxury for the benefit of
our readers who are fond of the
best things to eat and explained
how to make drop dumplings."
They must be dough of real corn
meal and cooked in the boiling
liquor in an iron pot, out of which
the ham therein just boiled had
been lifted.
But we received from a person in
North Carolina named Pence this
communication:
"Iou are all off about them drop
dumplings. You can't have 'em
'ccpting with a billed hen"
1t is this man Pence who is off.
He has simply COMPOUNDED drop
dumplings, with an o." with drap
dumplings, with an "a" Your drop
dumping is made of cornmeal;
your drap dumping is made of
wheat -four. The one is cooked in
the liquor in which a ham is
boiled: the other is cooked in the
pot with a fat hen. Drop dumpligs
are to be eaten in the season be-
tween backbones and spareribs and
hog jowl and turnip green's, where
as drap dumplings come in be-
tween the black eyed pea soup of
the September and the backbones,
spareribs and sausage Of the early
December, Immediately succeeding
the glorious Indian summer.
Get your hen, and be sure. she Is
fat, so fat indeed that but two eggs
can be coaxed from her from a
Sunday to a Sunday. After she is
properly dressed separate her cor
poreal elements until YOU have
breast, back, neck, legs, wings. head.
feet and giblets, including the egg
bag. Put this on to stew in an iron
pot and add some rashers of fat
and properly cured bacon. Let it
simmer for hours and when about
done put IN some pods of okra, a
spoonful of boiled rice. black and
red pepper and salt to taste. Then
come Your dumplings-the dough
left yer from the sweet potato pie
crust. Drop them in, let it stew
till just done and then serve. That
is drap dumplings.
They are very good, but nothing
like as excellent as your drop
dumpIings, made Of cornmeal and
cooked in ham liquor. The one is
for surly March; the other is for
radiant autumn.-Washington Post.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-06
National Nicknsmes.

Like individuals. the nations Of
the earth have nicknames. The ap-
propriatenesS Of some is quite evi-
dent. But to explain the origin Of
others would be difficult.
Englishmen have submitted to
the name Of John Bull As suited to
the national character. A Scotch
man is Sandy. The Irishman gets
his nickname. Paddy, from his ma
tional patron saint, while an an
cient nursery rhyme records the
fact that Tafv was a Welshman.
In England the Frenchman is some
times rather cOntemptuOuslv alIud-
ed to as John Crepaud. But in
France he is jacques Bonhomme or,
as a bourgeois, Monsieur Prud-
homme.
Cousin Michel is the nickname hv
which the German Is known 10 the
continental nations Nvrhnor Cloeh.
an anhroriatIor ~ Nicholas. :. the
mans apple" 10 H"IIaud"rs. and
the SwiL>or ,ai"irn- in 'ho l"uo ~
r"In Tamr"o.-R">,"n P,-'.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-06
"TWENTY-THREE."
An Old Circus Term That Originated
In a Gambling Game.

We had two shell games, a
"cloth" and a "roll out" team. I
don't have to explain the shell
game. / guess. "Coth" is an easy
monev dice game. The operator
nas before HIM 2 sheet " green
ioIt. marked of int" figured
uuarNs--ejghr to forry-eight. The
pIayrr throws eight dice, and The
dealer ,"mpares tive sum ~ the
spots lee has thrown with tie mum
bers on the cloth. Certain spaces
are marked for prizes, five or six
are marked conditional" and one,
No. 90, is marked close" The deal
er keeps his stack of coins over the
% space, 50 that it isn't noticed un-
til the time to show IT.
These spaces marked "condition-
all are used in a great many gam
bling games, such as spindle. They
are the most. useful thing in the
world for leading th]e+greenhorn on,
for when he throws conditional"
the dealer tells him that he is in
great luck. lie has thrown better
than a winning number. He has
only to double his bet and on the
next throw he will get four times
the indicated prize or, ifshe throws
a blank number, the equivalent of
his money. He is kept throwing
"conditionals" until his whole pile
is down-and then made to throw
20, the space whichhe failed to no
tice and which is marked 1ose."
You may ask how the dealer
makes the greenhorn throw just
what he wants. Simplest thing in
the world. The man is counted
out. The table is crowded with
boosters, all jostling and reaching
for the box, eager to play. The as
sistant dealer grabs up the dice,
adds them hurriedly, announces the
number that he wants to announce
and sweeps them back into the box.
If the greenhorn kicks a booster
reaches over next time the dice are
counted, says, "My play" and
muses. them up. The player.never
knows what he has thrown. Ndon't
need to say that "23," as slang,
comes from this game. The. circus
used it for yearslbefor e7itlwsesever
heard on Broadway. Saturday
EvemnglPost,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-06
4 HEROIC s7RUoaLF.
Tho Fight. ForALifsboSaths Grew offs
WrecksdfvNhaisr.


The story oftthe, crew of a whal-
ing vessel wrecked off Cape Parry
in a drifting fog is given in Mr.. A.
H. Harrison's book, I'm Search of
a Polar Continent" The Alexan-
der at the time was steaming at full
speed, and when first it struck the
crew, not seeing anything in front
of them, thought they had collided
with a piece of drifting ice. But
on striking again the vessel imme-
diately filled with water, so they
hardly had time to rush to the
boats, which they had great diff
Guilty in lowering.
1t was then that Captain Tilton
nearly lost his life. He was the last
man to leave the ship, and just as
the boats were being pushed off he
jumped from the vessel, but missed
the stern of the boat and fell into
the sea. Luckily, however, he man
aged to catch a rope that was
thrown to him, but it was not with
out difficulty that he was pulled
into the boat when he was dragged
alongside.
The mist was so dense that they
had no idea of their locality, but on
reaching the shore they saw the
rocky headland of Cape Parry loom
ing over them, and then they knew
that they had at least 400 miles to
travel before regaining Herschel
island, this. too, along a barren and
deserted coast line in open boats
and probably in a raging sea.
This wreck occurred on Aug. 16,
yet on Aug. % they arrived at Her
schel island, every one of them
strong and well and no whit the
worse for his adventure. They
made the whole journey through
rough seas and through gales of
wind. Every stitch on their backs
was constantly drenched.
Of supplies they carried only that
scanty portion which a whaleboat
always has on hand for an emergen-
cy. Nor are the emergencies con-
templated of such duration.
Every now and then they had to
put ashore to find fresh water and
to snatch a few winks of sleep, and
| can answer for it that putting
ashore here is no easy matter, for
there are many miles of coast line
along which it is almost impossible
to find a place for landing in a
strong wind.
These men doggedIy held on
their course, crossing two large
bays, Franklin bay and Liverpool
bay, until at last they reached the
Mackenzie delta, and, keeping well
to seward Of this, they arrived in
a storm which prevented ships from
putting to ga.
They had made fine, heroic eff
fort. 1t had been a case Of do or
die with all of them, and they had
carried on a desperate and unceas-
ing struggle and had accomplished
an average daily journey of forty
miles in an open boat.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-06
You Lose Weight During the Night.

Don't rush off at once to the doc
tor if YOU find that during your
sleep YOU have lost nearly four
pounds. And don't get worried if
you find that a brisk walk has in
volvcd a similar loss. Scientific in
vestigation shows that the healthy
human being is losing and gaining
weight through the whole twenty
four hour. You are Iightest just
before breakfast. but one hour later
You may have Gained twcnty-cight
ounces. vA.Ic, after losing and gain
ing or aud on during the day, a
good dinner in the evening will add
no les th"n thirtv-four ounces to
your ayoirdupojs. The biggest drop
takes rlacc while man is in the
arms Of Morpheus, tho average loss
being three and a half pounds
London Scraps.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-06
GROWTH OF CRYSTttS.
A Mystery Of Mature That Is . Pug
x!s to the Scientists.

IT'S to the Scientists.
One of the greatest mysteries in
the world is the growth of crystals,
and one of the.most-delightful occu-
pations Of men of science is the
search for the crystallic forms that
adorn the museums of geology and
mineralogy. There is something al
most startling in the suggestion Of
lifelike forces presented by the reg
ular shapes of many crystals.
There is a remarkable resem-
blance between crystalline growth
and the growth of animals and
plants, especially with reference to
the power of healing and repairing
injuries.
IF some Of the lowest and sim
plest forms of animal life are torn
asunder they are not killed, but
each separate part grows into a per-
feet animal form. In plants this
power is much more completely de-
veloped, while crystals possess it to
an astonishing degree. 1t has even
been shown that a crystal that has
been injured will under some cir
cumstances suspend its growth owe
the remainder of its surface until
the injured part has been repaired.
Yet there is no real life in the crys-
tai, but simply a force that causes
its particles to arrange themselves
in geometric forms.
Some CRYSTALS. it is believed, have
had their growth suspended during
millions of years, after which enor-
nous lapse of time the growth has
been renewed. Such a process would
be impossible to animals and plants,
although some imaginative story
writer's have treated their readers
to wonderful accounts Of suspended
animation in man.
In n respect, it has been point
ed out, crystals possess a great ad-
vantage over human beings-they
are able to renew their youth. This
is not because they have discovered
a counterpart of the marvellous
fountain that Ponce de Leon so
vainly searched for, but because the
forces of crvstallization are able to
renew their action even after the
greater part of a crystal has been
destroyed through age or accident.
Minneapolis Journal.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-06
& Economical.

4 lecturer, talking of economy,
cited the case of a leading lady as
told to him by her manager.
The manager n Monday night
entered a leading lady's dressing
room with a huge bouquet in his
hand.
"The florist just sent this over,
with the BILL" he murmurcd con-
identially behind his hand. "1ll
have it-er-thrown on at the end
Of the trial scene, eh?"
"NO, don't throw it on" said the
leading lady. Let an usher hand it
up. / want to use it all this week"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-06
Grsspina the Chance.

The pantomime in a provincial
town has fallen very fat, and tho
manager is extremely anxious not to
lose an opportunity of infusing en-
ergy into his cast.
Comedian can't go on for a
minute, sir. | feel funny.
Manager-Funny! Great Scott,
man! Go IN at once and make the
MT of it while it lasts.--London
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-05-06
CITY BUSINESS DIRECTORY
Z K. FISHER
LAWYER

Special attention given to titles Of Real Estate
and probate law. Office over First National
Bank. Miller. S. D..
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-10-16
COLLEGE LIBRARY
Open TO PUBLIC
Lots OF Good Things Maybe
Had From College
OF Hawaii

A few years ago practically all uf
the publications issued by the United
States Government were statistics
and dry assertions by officials that
had very little public interest.
During the last two or three year
however. the tone Appearance anu
manner Of practically all OF the Gov
eminent publications has changed
Statistics are prCscntrl IN az attrlc-
tive form wiihuJt too much detail. yet
sufficient Tor gek oral UGIu. lniing.
Live articles are wyittCl on all $40.
i1cts pertaining to tla Government
interests ana activities. Th9 Col Cge
OF Hawaii has been made Depository
for all Government /. ,h'ina'.uns and
during recent months large Quantity
of material both of general and of
local interest has arrived.
According to thc regulations OF the
Superintendent Ct rJCuuaatS ,bc3e
publications are not al owed to D.
loaned out Of the library but may b.
consulted freely ON the shelves and
in the reading room. The scope nI
these publications Is too broad 10 CT
able any brief and concise classified
ton to be made. The allotment cont
prIses a great many pamphlets and
books pertaining to many phases OF
science, engineering agriculture. San.
itation. Irrigation and the like.
There are also many books ana
pamphlets dealing with the work aud
activities of the various departments
including the Bureau OF Commerce
and Labor. The Census Bureau, AMI
the Bureau Of Standards. There are
also books and pamphlets rclfuu| 80
the activities If al the brancre= OF
amy. navy and marie hospital ,""y-
ice, also material Of interest TO Of, Is
and navigators contained in pam.
phleto giving coast charts. location
and kinds Of lights and related mat.
ter. There are a large number Of
publications rc.ating to and dclli.gt
with the commercial relations OF tho
u. :. with other countries including
the publications. o. the Bureau "
American Republics. All Of the acts.
resolutions, speeches and statistics Of
the Goth and Glst Congresses are AZ
hand. There are publications on ~
most every rubleot Ct interest, a5h
are of srcci1l ya,u1 to both the
business and profession public The
public IA cordially irvitaI to rake
such use OF these rubl,a ticas c3 th2ir
interests demand
The library is open b.tA during tho
day and early evening.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-10-16

I knew by your talk you belonged
to the rabble,
pity you now-but continue your
babble;
Pay no notice to me, yes, talk when
talk,
You miserable. garrulous, plebian
clock.
Though they quiz you and hear you,
oh! do not believe
Their questions you answer or their
minds you relieve,
For each question they ask, they
give me a wink,
Az much as to say, Now what do
You think!
He's a babbling old fool, and he
never keeps still.
But let him go on while there's gold
In the till;
You are Capital, friend, that fellow
is Labor,
We are catering now for his vote,
o my neighbor.'
so what are you here beside me,
little clock,
Though you think You are much and
chatter and talk?
They respect me and fear me, but
you they can use;
II me they neglect. you for labor
do stand,
| for dollars and cents. you for mus
Gle and hand.
But III lose no more wit on you
ticking old thing.
am tempted to shove you plumb
of with my wing,
l can do It SO quickly and well II
There! you're wheeling and rattlins
and of on strike!"
II would rather be something than
stand for a billion;
You are poor, boastful owl, though
your master has million.
What are being and doing to hav.
ing. I wonder!
As Are is to smoke, or as lightning
to thunder!
Time lis money VIC say. yet you
scorn time and labor;
Beware OF your sawdust and feath-
ers, o neighbour"
More room do ! want" said the
banker one day;
II must move this old owl or our
time-piece away,
The owl We can spare. but We can.
not the clock"
So they took down the owl with its
helf and Its block,
And put them away in the vault
with the money
Up high In the corner, oh! wasn't
II funny? sa
'By e. s. Goodhue--Verses from
the Valley LIST ed. 1899.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-10-16

proper and right,
For | never go wrong-you may ask
whom you will.
And this is the reason I never kept
still.
80 --'-- i'if-- - - 90
The busy consult me, the idla !
warn
BY showing how quickly the eve
follows morn,
BY counting each moment of time
as It goes,
BY telling 1t over, when everyone
knows.
II licked only hours, the world
would go by
Like "A ship on the sea or cloud
In the sky,
And life would escape without
thought or cndeavor,
And minutes and seconds be lost us
forever.
But now every second | call men to
work,
With all of twice sixty less chances
to shirk.
Come, come" so I call, and they
haste to obey;
Come. come every second
solemnly say.
Though totals deceive us, the de-
tails will tell
Us fairly our standing, you know
very wei.
Our fortunes by dollars may quickly
be told
But by mills and by dimes they will
greatly unfold.
you sneer at my duties and think
they are small.
Because you are idle, and have none
o. at all.
But sphinx-like you stand on your
pedestal shelf,
Pulled up and all ruffed with glori-
Gus self,
rou are laid on the shelf more
senses than one;
II you ever were useful, your mis-
sion is done.
When the banker comes down In
the morning. he looks
At my face Just asecond, then takes
out his books,
For at seven precisely my orders
get.
And never one order shirk or for
get.
II you think / am useless keep
awake for one day,
And see how they watch me and
hear what ] say.
At six one consults me and sweeps
OF the floor;
At ten one consults me and opens
the door;
So they quiz me and ask me, What
hour all the day,
And the answer give them they
never gainsay."
"Oh! you are for labor" the sage
owl replied,
And pulled up his feathers In an
ger and pride;
"No gentleman truly, have at my
side.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-10-16
The Clock and The Owl
On two shelves in his ONCE banker

On two shelves In his Office banker
once kept
Cheek by jowl,
a clock and an owl.
The former for use and the latter
for shQy-55z,..s r. -.s.-., 49,. .,s.'s =
A hollow pretence one. of feathers,
you know:
An owl stuffed with sawdust, but
looking as well
As though it were sleeping at noon
in the dell.
Just MS wise as being can possibly
look,
Who never wears glasses nor reads
from a book!
But one night very late when the
bank lights were out,
The owl called the clock pesti-
ferrous lout,
"a thing quite uncalled for, especi-
ally when
Polite to its partner the time-piece
4 had been.
f'Oh when will you cease" sneered
n the owl with mock,
with your endless twaddle and
tiresome talk;
Cease holding the minutes Just OF
81 every hour
Like some old gauge holds the drops
~ of a shower
What good is It all, would like to
~ know,
TO measure out minutes-just SO
and 30?
You stand on the shelf and all
WI through the night
your pendulum sways from left
10 hand to right,
And your hands are held up to your
sallow face.
Like a child that has fallen into
disgrace.
Not often one designs to hear what
you say,
casual way;
put often see, ana OF nave
heard,
Jhat no one mas taken or trusted
your WORD.
As you point TO the hour ana strike
~ u again.