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

Charles Champoiseau, who has died
at nearly 80 years of age, owed his
fame to the find of a single statue.
but one of the two or three most
beautiful in the world. It was he who
In 1853, discovered the "Victory of
Samothrace," which rivals the "Venus
di Milo" as the jewel of the Louvre
sculpture galleries. M. Champoiseau
was French consul in the Leyant
when he was sent to excavate in the
Isle of Samothrace. The wonderful
winged figure and the galley PROV
on which she is poised were found in
120 fragments-not at once, but bit
by bit. The excavations lasted sever.
al years and the pieces were brought
In different lots to France. The re.
construction of the fragments was q
long task, which was admirably done.
The head, the arms and a great part
of the wings are missing, and there
is no hope now of recovering them.
but the movement of the incomplete
figure is a marvel, and championships
find ranks with the greatest antiques
extant.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-08-12
Saved tho situation.


She raised her head from his shout.
der for q moment. 20
do you believe that exercise and
lotions and toilet preparations will i'm.
prove a woman's looks?" she asked.
He pressed her blond curls back
upon his chest.
,."They couldn't improve the looks Of
some women" he said.
"Whose?" she asked.
"Well, yours and Violet Cochrane's.
for instance" he replied thoughtlessly.
IT don't understand you," she said.
raising; her head for the second time
and chilling him with q look. I'VE
are not at all alike"
II mean" he replied. turning her
head for the second time and thinking
quickly, that your looks couldn't be
improved because they are perfect as
they are, and hers couldn't be i'm
proved because no amount of work
could make her pretty"
And the freight fickered knowing.
" az she sighed a great sigh Of con-
teutment and relief. while he drew .
deep breath.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-08-12
Robins Nest on Wheels.

A correspondent sends an account
of a robin building in a child's motor
car The toy car stood In the porch
of a house at Purley and. while there
it was noticed that there was a col
lection of leaves in the hood, but it
was not till the motor q was taken
to the other end Of the garden and
put away in the summer house that
the robin completed its nest undis.
turbed, for the car was not used, the
children being away from home. On
their return the motor car was taken
out and the boys were racing around
the lawn. one pedaling the machine
while the other pushed behind, when
to their establishment a robin few out
from the hood.
On looking in. q nest containing six
eggs was discovered, which in their
excitement the boys pulled out; but
happily the nest was replaced and the
car put back In the summer house and
although two eggs were taken the
robin did not forsake 1t but continued
to sit on her eggs eve though the
motor horn was sounded and many q
visitor came to see her. Country
Life.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-08-12
Tho Umbrella Conscience

An insurance man declares that he
tried this scheme the other day and
that 1t worked. He found himself
caught in a rainstorm and being in
too much Of a hurry to wait for It to
stop he was obliged to acquire an
umbrella right away, quick. He paused
under an awning and waited, he says,
until somebody came along who sized
up as a mar with a guilty conscience.
Then the insurance man stepped up to
the stranger. saying abruptly:
"Ill trouble you for my umbrella!"
The stranger stared at him a me.
ment. handed over the umbrella and
walked away, muttering a word of
apology.
OF course, the insurance man ad.
mits. the scheme might not always
work and q certain amount of dis.
examination should be used In the se.
lection Of the victim.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-08-12
Tramp Of Resource.

Much experience Of thirsty tramps
had caused the author of can English
Holiday" ]. J. Hissey. to foreknow al
most exactly what they would say to
him. One day, when sending his mo
tor-car slowly along q shady English
road, he met one Of this guild. who
accosted him with the preliminary
touch of his cap. Mr.. Hissey antici.
pated him by exclaiming:
IT be mortal thirsty! Have you,
good sir. the price Of q glass of ale
about your I've driven nearly so miles
today, and since the morning not q
bite of food has passed my lps."
The look Of establishment that
tramp gave me was a delight to OBJ.
serve. But this tramp was a man of
ready resource. and seeing I was q
hopeless case, he rose to the occasion
and promptly exclaimed with what
dignity he could command and with
a comically serious expression:
If there were a policeman in sight
1 would give you in charge for beg.
ging, that l would!"-Youth's Com
panion.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-08-12
New Compass for war.hIp,.

~S'FNoo W. vV0J8OIP0s FL f.
The government of Germany has de.
cided to do away with the magnetic
compass on board the warships of her
navy and make use of the gyroscope
compass, an invention Of a native Of
the fatherland. The new compass
consists of a nine-pound wheel mount
ed with the compass card in a holder
of quicksilver, being rotated at the
rate Of $1,000 turns a minute by an
electric motor. Two hours are given
the compass to get up speed, and then
1t is set in the direction Of the math.
ematical meridian, which position It
keeps unchanged, as 1t is not affected
by iron and steel and is not deviated
by the rolling or vibration Of the yes.
sci. The gyroscope compass was
tested on a vessel some time ago and
although left entirely to itself for a
month, 1t maintained its true direc.
tion.-Pathfnder.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-08-12
FAME CANNOT BE ANALYzED.
Possible Only to Tak0 gIt at IL Faos
valus-Edoar Allan Poe q Case
tn Point.

lobe famous Ia. not necessarily to
be great. and to be great is not neces.
sarily to be famous. In the vernac.
ular, to be famous is to make q hit
The next question to be decided by
n authorities, self-appointed or 9th.
erwise, is whether the fame is de-
served. That invariably starts an ar.
gument. No fame was ever unani.
nous.
Fame. therefore. can be taken only
at It's face value. Just as soon as We
attempt to subject It to the critical
analysis OF different viewpoints, we
are embarked on the stormy sea OF
disputation without compass or quad.
rant, without destination or starting
point. doomed forever, like the Wan.
dering Jew, to float on and on to no.
where. 't. +4~ a. s.s
Bufeted thus aimlessly is the shade
of Poe. In the ordinary acceptatiou
OF the term, he was and is famous,
and the effort Of his d~etractors to
make out otherwise, only serves to in.
crease his fame. Whether he is Justly
or d~eservedly famous OF aot, is quite
another question. q question which ia
both irrelevant and indeterminate. /,
Is Irrelevant because fame is objec'
tive rather than subjective. If 1t Is
to be qualified, 1t takes it's quality
from the contemplating public and not
from the man under consideration,
bringing US to social introspection
and there we stick until some arbitra.
tor plenipotentiary leads us out,
Hence the question is also indeter.
inmate. since arbitrators plenipoten.
tiary disappeared with the divine
right" bubble.
In the matter of Poe's going into
the Hall Of Fame depends and should
depend upon those having the Hall OF
Fame in charge, whether they be An.
thony Comstocks. Battery Dams, John
L. Sullivans' or other gentlemen who
may have happened to become famous
In their chosen sphere. Others should
keep hands of.
Whatever the outcome. the Hall OF
Fame merely reflects the opinion of
those who have it in charge. No mat
ter how much public discussion there
may be, no matter how much outsid.
ers may engage in controversies in
which they have none but a bellicose
interest, the governors will still use
their own judgment. and we will be
supposed to infer that their selections
were deservedly famous. There Is no
danger of any ones deliberately start
ing a Hall Of Unjust Fame.
! The only other way would be to de.
eide 1t by referendum. If we should
vote him in and his fame was still un-
deserved, then, of course. 1t would
prove that we were q bad lot.-Lip.
pincott's.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-08-12
Egyptians earb a "petticoa.p

New York policemen are enjoying a
joke at the expense of one of their
number, Officer Fay, because he ar
rested a man he supposed was mas
q~uerading as a woman. The prison
er-John Annis he gave as his name
appeared in court wearing a red
fez, a small Elton jacket and a silk
skirt of white and brown.
Whats the charge against this
Egyptian" demanded Magistrate Ker-
nochan.
disappearing as a woman" re-
piled Fay.
How? What did he have on?"
What you see," the policeman an
swered, beginning to get nervous.
Just look at his pe%tticoat."
BAH" said the court. Hes not
masQuerading. Don't you know his
national dress?"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-08-12
OPIUM ATTRACTED. THE BEES.
Suburban DweIIer Learns with Sorrow
That Busy Insects Can Acquire
Bad Habits.

Numerous honey bees have been for
some days puzzling me by their e1.
traordinary conduct in my flower gar
den," said a suburban dweller, "and
now q friend of mine who is wise
in the ways of the world has revealed
to me- the reason for that conduct,
and 1t has panied me deeply. Il
Il grew a big bed of peoples this
summer and they are now in abundant
and brilliant bloom. When the pop.
pies first appeared bees were working
all about the garden on flowers of va.
rious kinds. Then by and by I no.
ticed that they were abandoning these
and taking possession of the poppy
beds in swarms. They seemed not
only to seek the poppies exclusively,
but none of them showed an inclina.
ton to quit them when once at work
among them. Each lowered about the
bed in frantic effort to get places in
peoples, every one Of the scores Of
which were constantly occupied by
other bees, and these yer just al
eagerly struggling to keep their places
in the flower cups against those trying
to get in. e
"a peculiar drowsy, droning hum
was constant about the bed, making you
sleepy to hear it. It was evident
from the persistence with which the
bees assailed that poppy bed chung ia
their places or reluctantly now and
hen gave them up, that whoever It
was that owned them wasn't getting
much work done in his hives, and
knowing the reputation of bees for
being busy and improving each shin
ing hour, I wondered more and more
at this singular lapse from duty. Then
one day I showed the strange sight
to my friend, and voicing my wonder
at what it all meant. He gazed at
it a moment in a stony and cynical
sort of may, and then said:
What does it all mean? Why. its
plain enough. Each and every one of
those peoples is a natural opium joint
and the bees have hit up the dope,
and can't get away from it. That's
all 1t MEANS he said.
Il was sorry indeed to hear 1t, for
1t panied me deeply to learn that the
bee, the busy bee, ever held up az
an example of all that should be emu.
lated and admired, should be thus
prone to evil ways
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-08-12
LIGHTNING KILLS CAMPERS.
Four Are Fatally Injured When Bolt
Strikes Tent.

Carpio.-Word has Just reached
here that four men, who recently left
for western Canada to take up home
steads, were struck by lightning last
week, two of them being killed out
right and the other two probably ia
tally injured. The two men killed
were brothers, Thomas and Benjamin
Thompson. They resided near Barth.
old, N. D., for some time, and in
company with Nels Thompson, a
brother, and Kunte Mason, left for
Canada to live OF homesteads. The
four men were SO miles from a rail-
road and were in a tent when the
bolt Of lightning struck them.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-08-12
CITIES BRIGHT WITH COLOR.
camagusy and Santiago do Cuba Ar
Especially q DAYLIGHT TO the Eye
Of q Painter.

Not one OF the old Spanish towns Of
Cuba but Is q source Of inspiration te
a painter" writes Sir Henry Johnston
"Camaguey is nearly 400 years old al
q Spanish city. but 1t was q place o.
Indian settlement for q long antece
dent period. It 10 the 'all-white' town
where the $4,000 inhabitants are fol
the most part of pure Spanish, descent
and the handsomest people in Cuba,
No town In Spain is more Spanish OF
more picturesque. 1t has narrow
streets, projecting balconies screened
by carved wood or iron grilles, tiled
rooms, thick walls. porticos glowing
with sunlit vegetation, q sixteenth
and seventeenth century cathedral
churches. chapels, ~:nonasteries and
converts. The steeples and doorwaya
or some, of those churches land of q
good many Cuban buildings gen.
erally) almost suggest the Moorish in,
duence in architecture which pre-
vailed in southern Spain down to the
period Of Columbus voyage. Several
OF the ecclesiastical buildings OF
Camaguey contain magnificent altar
pieces and handsome shrines Of ham.
mered silver.
In Santiago, the eastern capital OF
Cuba, and now one of the most beau.
tlfui places in. the world, the solidly
constructed houses-the S~paniards
among many great qualities. had that
OF building appropriately and perma.
nently-were painted in tempera al.
most every attainable tint, combined
with white copings. window frames
ooorways. parapets and skirtings. One
mousse fs ultramarine blue and white
another dull mauve and white or pale
green. maize yellow, pink, terra Gotta
sky blue. green-blue, or apricot hue
and gray-brown.
This effect. combined with the
1ronds of palm trees and banana. the
dense foliage of figs. ilexes, mimosas
orange trees and giant laurels. the
brilliant flowers of bushes and Green
ers, the brown-red tiled roofs, the mar
pie seats and monuments, the grace
tul balconies, the w%hite-stone color
nades. the blue waters of the harbor
n the magnificent encircline noun.
talns. was daring, but eminently sue
cessful. One might undergo at San.
tiago de Cuba a color cure for melan.
chOlia."
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-08-12
Careful About His DRINKING,

Rev. ]. 8. Cutler, pastor of the Prov
idence Universalist church, who was
one OF the speakers at the Grant night
celebration Of the Middlesex club at
the Somerset the other night, prefaced
his remarks with the recital of a re-
cent talk with a Rhode Island farmer.
who was a heavy drinker.
Are you drinking much nowadays.
Ben" asked the minister,
NO, not much" came the answer,
When do you drink the most?"
! Wen" came the answer, 81 drink
only on two occasions-when I'm alone
ana when I'm with somebody."-Bos-
ton Journal.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-08-12
Her Want.

why do you look so sad?" the art
list asked her as they promenaded the
brilliant avenues of Dreamland. This
Is a lovely place. 1t is not a place for
sadness. Is it?"
NO" she admitted, "but 1 can't
help this awful feeling Of sadness that
Is coming owe me. You remember
told you when we made arrange
ments for this outing that 1 would eat
SO much dinner l wouldn't want any
thing else to eat down here"
EYES," said he. paling visibly, "and
them"
Il want q hot dog" she vailed
New York Press.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-08-12
On the Job In slam.

Siam has electricity. and the
thoughtful manufacturers of it have
provided to the best of their ability
for every conceivable accident. For
instance, when the lights go out, the
remedy is to follow the directions in
the notice:
"Bangkok.-sir: For the case that
your electric light should fail we beg
to send you inclosed q postcard. which
please send us at nee when you find
your light out. The company will
then send you another postcard.
Yours truly, Manager, Siam Electricity
Company, Ltd."-Calcutta Times.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-08-12
WATERWAYS JuNk|ET SAILS
Z or COMMISSION WILL CONDUCT
lNvEsTlGATloN ABROAD.
canals Rivers and Great Commercial
Cbnters and Capitals Will be
Visited.

Washington, Aug. s.-seven Of the
p members Of the national waterways
commission, authorized by congress to
investigate not. only the waterways Of
Europe and Canada, but the water.
ways OF the United States. for the pur.
pose OF making recommendations for
the improvement Of the rivers, harbors
and canals Of our own country, will
sail this week IN a 10 weeks investi.
cation and examination Of the water.
ways Of Europe.
The personnel OF the party is as
follows: Senator Theo. e. Burton. Of
Ohio. chairman; Senator Jacob H.
Gallinger, of New Hampshire, vice
chairman, accompanied by his son,
William H. Gallinger; Senator F.. M.
Simmons, Of North Carolina. the new
chairman Of the rivers and harbors
committee Of the house; d. s. Alexan.
der and wife; Representative Freder-
lex g. Stevens and wife. Of Minnesota;
Representative Irving Wanger, Of
Pennsylvania; Representative Stephen
M. Sparkman, of Florida; Representa-.
tive and Mrs. James H. Cassiday, Of
Ohio; Prof. Roland G. Mcpherson, of
Johns Hopkins university; Prof. Emo
~ r. Johnson, of the University Of
Pennsylvania; Col. William H. Bixby,
OF the engineering corps, and Herbert
Knox Smith, chief Of the bureau Of
corporations, and the secretaries Of
the commission. Woodbury. Pulsifer
and Joseph Mccain.
It is the intention Of Senator Piles
Of Washington, Senator William Alden
Smith, Of Michigan; Senator Lorimer.
Of Illinois, and Representative Moon.
OF Tennessee, also memberA Of the va.
terways commission. to join the party
September 8, at strassburk, Germany.
where the committee will commence
an Investigation Of the Rhine.
The itinerary includes visits to the
great commercial centers of Europe
and the capitals Of the old world in
order that a frst-hand study may be
made not only Of the waterways. but
OF the transportation facilities which
are closely related to the water cours.
IS as freight and passenger carriers.
Emory R. johnson, who holds the
chair Of transportation and commerce
insthe university Of Pennsylvania. &C.
companies the party as thu r~epresen.
tatlVe OF the national rivers and har-
bors congress. MI. johnson win not
only submit his findings al an inde:
pendent observer
NtEaN# - I
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-08-12
REVENUES ARE HALF MILLION,

st. Paul.-Customs receipts for the
port Of Minneapolis amounted to $685..
487.15 In the fiscal year ended today,
This is a drop of s91,199.S6 as CONF
pared with 1908.
Clayton R. Cooley, collector, cannot
account for the deficiency, except that
last year was an unusual one. Not
w~ithstanding the decrease in receipts
there were 102 more separate entries
for immediate withdrawal than in
1908, or a total Of 1892.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-08-12
WANTED A GARDEN
AAR. cANDLEss MAKES THE AN.
NUAL RESOLUTION.
Aft@NSAs 4hAqf{hAE af &t%tl4- It4ll.
Intended to Raise His Own Vegetables,
20 He Takes a Day of and
Bravely commences-Qulck
Curtain.

This is the sort of weather." said
Mr.. Candless, ."that makes me want
to be q farmer" Mrs. Candless
smiled.
1T would be nice, wouldn't it," she
said. I'VE wouldn't have to buy five
cents worth of milk from the Browns
every day. and when eggs are SO
cents we'd be getting them free"
Sure we would" responded Mr..
C%andless. approximately, land think
Of the garden we'd have"
Why not have a garden here?" in
terrupted Mrs. Candless. .We have
the whole back yard, and you re-
member the Davises had a fine one
last year"
+, I'll do it." said Mr.. Candless,
with enthusiasm. well have to.
matoes-'
And lettuce" said Mrs. Candless.
And beans and potatoes"
And pumpkins"
And peas and asparagus" finished
Mrs. Candless. You'd better start it
in time"
That night MI. Candless appeared
bearing. a palpably new hoe, spade
and rake, painted of blade, white of
handle and bearing stickers indicating
whence they came. Also his pockets
bulged with packets of seed.
I'm not going to the office to-mor-
row." he said. I'm going to make
8, garden. Be sure to set the clock at
six" ~.
The faithful clock did it's best, but
1t was nearly nine o'clock before Mr..
Candless arose. 1t was after ten when
ae had finished breakfast. -,
He put on his oldest clothes, took
the new hoe and rake and spade and
the packets Of seeds and went out to
look over the g~arden-to-be.
He rolled up his sleeves, and seiz-
Ing the hoe began breaking the weeds.
After a few strokes he leaned on the
hoe. He was Jared from heels to
head. He chopped down half a dozen
o weeds, threw down the new hoe
and went into the house.
Tired, dear?" asked Mrs. Candless.
did you finish it," Mr.. Candless
looked at her s~uspiciously, scraped his
feet against the coal scuttle and took
up a book.
After dinner he went forth again
and reviewed what he had done. 1t
was easier to see what he had not
done. He took a step toward the new
hoe, looked at his blistered hands.
and returned to the house.
Il must go to the office" ho
said. There's something there l have
to do
Mrs. Candless saw him depart. Then
she went to the telephone and called
up Mrs. Davis.
You remember the man that made
your garden last year?" she asked.
20, he's there now? Well, dear, please
tell him l want to see him Just as
soon as he gets through, will you.
What? Why, certainly l I'm. My gar
den will make yours look ashamed this
year."-Galveston News.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-08-12
FATAL WRECK AT MELVILLE.
Local and Gravel Train on Northern
Pacific In Collision.

Grand Forks.-One man was killed,
one is missing and a third is badly
though not seriously injured as a re-
suit Of a wreck On the Northern Pa
cifc at Melville, about ten miles east
of Crookston.
. The accident happened about nine
O'clock in the evening, when the local
due here about midnight ran into the
rear Of a gravel train.
y The dead man is Hockenson, a sec.
ton man. ~
Teddy Hogan, the fireman on the
local. is missing, and 8. s. Wilson, the
engineer, is badly injured.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-08-12
Sad Accident.

In an effort to shoe q fly OF his
nose and at the same time to grease
a wagon axle, James Horall, a well.
known Knox county farmer, suffered
a broken arm. He had axle grease
on his hand when . 6y settled on his
nose. In brushing at the pest with
his elbow the farmer accidentally
touched the handle Of . lifting jacl
which held up the wagon. The han.
die released the clutch and the
weight Of the wagon, suddenly freed.
caused the handles to fly up against
Horalrs right arm, breaktnS It nsas
the Notwithstanding
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-08-12
Unusual.

What makes you think your boy 10
different from other boys and destined
to make a hit In the world? Did he
distinguish himself In his studies at
college?"
mot particularly, but he did not
come home from college dressed like
q Niger Observation-Disclosures Post.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-08-12
Not Natural.

Redd-Have you yer timed your
automobile?
Greene-Oh, yes. It stood perfectly
still for # minutes IN the road t.
Gay. "ste.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-08-12
HELPFUL Suggestion.

The little darling seemed extremely
Ill. .s5l
run for a doctor!" cried the fright.
ened mother.
rive been eatin' plums," the young
ster managed .to.gasp. Maybe you'd
better run for q plumber"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-08-12
Practical Wisdom.

School Teacher-What lesson do w
learn from the busy bee?
Tommy Tunnut-Not to get stuuS.
STRAY Stories.
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An Invitation

He-I think I would like to kiss
you.
she-Do you always think twice be.
fore you act?"-Brooklyn Citizen.