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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1911-11-09
FLYING FISHES ATTACK MEN
Attracted by Light, School Forces
Lobster catehers to Flee-Two
Men Ara Badly Bruised.

San Diego, Cal.-Flying fish by
thousands attacked Captain selley
and son of the lobster launch Audrey
just of the Coronado islands. accord
Ing to reports brought here. AS q
result, Captain selley is suffering
from q badly bruised head and his o
Is nursing numerous sore spots and
cuts and bruises.
The men were engaged in pulling in
their lobster nets at night, when the
school of winged fish arose like a
cloud from the water. They were at
tracted by a bright light aboard the
launch, and the occupants Of the boat
were completely enveloped by the
strange denizens Of the deep.
Captain Selley dropped his net and
sought shelter below. but his son, who
tried to handle the net alone, was
knocked to the deck. and had to crawl
to q place Of compare 70 safety.
The entire lobster catch VA lost,
but the act was saved because one
end was tied to the launch. Afraid to
venture on deck. the wounded lobster
hunters remained below. giving entire
possession of the craft to tho hsh,
which duttered a round the light until
morning.
bod" Martin. an old-time mariner,
employed at the customs ONCE, do
clared that he hac q similar expert
ence two years ago and almost los,
his life.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1911-11-09
Her Simplicity Appealed to Him.

0or simplicity Appealed 20 Him.
have an evening free. But you're so
popular that may never be-"
you're entirely mistaken replied
Inez. candidly. 4 know very few peo-
Pile here. I'd break any engagement
any time If you would only come
"'Ill come tomorrow night ex.
claimed Archie, delighted with her
candor, "and we will 60 to the art ex.
hibit together
'That visit was followed by many
Others"
did lnez know about the other sew.
en-" questioned Edith.
Yes. she was constantly teasing
him about the different girls. and told
him, If all the others refuse you, you
q depend upon me-"
':Inez talked perpetually and inces.
sanity about Arches charms until
the girls. not knowing they were spe.
cial friends. begged and implored her
to be diplomatic, to try to forget her
country manners. and become more
conservative. as men never cared for
girls who showed their feelings so
plain"
Didn't the girls have an idea he
was rushing herr"
mot the faintest! It was during
the last political campaign when he
was running for congressman, so he
led them to believe he waa busy with
the election"
How did he tell them?"
"Inez invited the girls to her home.
The seven came, but each had a pre-.
sentiment that Archie would call that
evening as the campaign would be
over then. So they explained they
couldn't stay late as they expected
different phone messages.
While they playing Bridge
Archie appeared. Each one thought
he came to call for the other. I'm.
agine their surprise and bewilder
ment when Inez threw her arms
around that handsome six-footer and
kissed him. They were speeches.!
1t seems they had all praised Inez tc
Archie, thinking she couldn't possibly
be q rival, and it sounded we'll fol
one girl to speak well Of another.
'Uf course Archie's sweetheart Il
musical. Archie would never marry
q girl who couldn't sing and play"
"She doesn't know q note. Archie
says Inez suits him all right and he'i
going to buy a pianola and a phono
graph"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1911-11-09
TOTAL ABSTINENCE IS BEST
Or. Fulton. Noted English Expert. Lee
lures on "Aicohoi and Tubercuio.
sis"-ornk Causes Poverty.

At the Tuberculosis exhibition. held
at Nottingham. England, Dr.. Fulton, .
noted expert. lectured to a large au-
dience on Alcohol and tuberculosis"
DR.. Fulton said that there was some
connection. direct and indirect, be-
tween alcohol and consumption. An
indirect way IN which the two were
connected was that alcohol was instru.
mental In placing people In unhealthy
surroundings. With insufficient food.
He would also show that there was
scientific evidence that there was q
direct connection between the two. Al
cohol was an Indirect cause Of con-
sumption. mainly because 1t was q
U Of poverty. He had long since
come to the conclusion that 1t was not
poverty that caused drink. but drink
that caused poverty and dirt. People
who were poor did not live In such good
rooms, as others. and they we're often
overcrowded. and infection was the
more dangerous under these condi-
lions. Money. too. was often spent on
alcohol which should be spent on food
and clothing. The difficulty Of dealing
with q consumptive who was addicted
TO alcoholism was instanced by the
lecturer. who spoke Of tho appetite
being ruined by drinking bouts. Alec.
boil predisposed to consumption BY
lowering the vitality Of the body, and
thus %lessening it, power Of resistance
10 disease germs. Experiments had
been made on animals which proved
that alcohol did reduce the resistance
Of the body to disease. Medical men
admitted that 1t did In cases Of pneu.
monia. erysipelas. and blood poison.
Ing; and yet some would not admit It
In Of consumption. although tho
diseases differed only in detail. Post
mortem examination had also
strengthened this argument. In con.
clusion. he illustrated the benefits Of
total abstinence on health. and com.
pared insurance tables on this subject,
showing the benefits OF abstinence
/ principles aud practice.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1911-11-09
CHILD PREVENTS BIG SPREE
BAD Man o. Nevada Meets Psnnilsss
Tot Shows Her the Sights and
Goes Home Sober.

/, Winnemucca, Nev.-The other day
Jack Woodruff mounted his horse at
Paradise. New. Is miles from Whine
'mucca-of the railroad. but on the
map-concluding to take in the circus
which showed here His intention
was. in addition to seeing the circus.
to make q day Of It after the manner
OF the reckless kind-not only shoot
ing up the town 40 in days Of yore.
but as near to 1T as modern civilized
conditions would hermit.
Everything. however. moved wrong
with Jack when he got to Whine.
mucca. and in a somewha' surly mood
he lounged to the circus lot early.
took In the side show, bought his tick.
ct for the big three-ringed event and
meandered toward the front door.
A little girl. trembling with excite
ment at the novel scenes about her.
was standing In his way. He halted
and said curiously:
"Str. amt you going to the circus?'
"Me." she timidly answered. 81
haven't got the money" Whereupon
Jack went back and bought . ticket
for the girl.
While the IRE engine was running
to the clowns ire and Rescue Hose
No. I was doing antics saving people
and the whole tent was In an uproar.
he turned to the little girl and said:
isis. how do you like the ~circus3"
All she replied was: ITS just beau.
tiful."
This was repeated in answering his
questions q halt dozen times. and
Jacks interest in the child became In.
tensified.
When the performance in the biz
tent was yer he seized her by the
hand and took her into the menagerie.
where she was mystihed and delight.
ed and wal loathe to leave, hanging
back and taking a last lingering looh
at the camels and elephants. When
Jack got her to the front door, OF
marque. he met the balloon boy and
bought the blue-eyed little girl in I
blue calico dress a blue balloon and
another bag Of popcorn.
Little girl. how did you like the
%cfrcus?" he finally inquired, smilingl,
and almost tenderly.
1T was Just beautiful" she answer
ed again. with tears running down hel
cheeks. And Jack. putting his hant
to his eyes. found tears running dowr
there. also. A moment later he callet
out. "Good-by. LITTLE GIRL and. getting
on his horse. rode back to Paradise
46 miles away.
When he reached homo his folk.
asked him how he liked the show
whereupon he answered somewha
softly for him:
1T was bully! Saved me q BIZ
drunk. somehow"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1911-11-09
That Chunk Of leo.

Yes. SIR" said the suburbanite, Il
found a hailstone as large as a goose
egg on my back porch this morning.
and"
Get QUIT" exclaimed his one man
audience. You must have been dream
ing"
Something like that" admitted the
other. II discovered later that the Ice
man had Left it."
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1911-11-09
Name for Roosevelt Baby.

San Francisco.-The little daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt.
Jr, IL to have a christening party
soon. but the precise date is not def
mite. The little girl 10 to be named
Grace Green Roosevelt. after her
grandmother. Mrs. H. Addison Alex.
ander. whose maiden name was Grace
Green. Mrs. Alexander Is here from
New York as the guest of her daugh.
ter. The latter ts In the best OF health.
receiving her friends who come to zee
the child. The baoy has received
a1tts 6om I'll over tho country.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1911-11-09

Intsmperancs and Poverty.
II W could sweep intemperance out
Of the country. there would DO hardly
poverty enough left TO give health ex.
ercise TO the charitable impulses.-
Phillips Brooks.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1911-11-09
CAUSE0FT00TAACHE
High Tension: Electrical Currents
Responsible for Suffering.
Physicians Havs Traced Many othss
Ailments 70 elsetrlclty-lnersas
Ing Use Causes Much
Apprehension.

New York.-Wireless toothache, due
to the high tension electrical currents
produced in sending wireless mes.
sages. 10 the latest disease discovered
by New York physicians. and II Is
said hundreds Of wireless operators.
professional and amateur. in this city
and its neighborhood are suffering
from it. Prediction 10 also made that
the heavy currents discharged BY the
wireless telegraph will produce other
nervous diseases among those who *
pose themselves too much to such
phenomena. There perhaps are thou
sands Of amateur wireless operators in
New York city. investigation dis
closes that many Of them have had
toothache since they began their wire
less studies and experiments. What
other diseases Of q nervous sort have
followed in the wake o: the current
only will be revealed by scientific in
vestigation.
A prominent European physician
discovered the wireless toothache. and
the bad effect of the high tension cur
rents on the nerves of his patients.
He predicts there will be q general
Increase Of nervous ailments. due to
that ause. That physician says the
neurotic elements are atfected 10 BY
the currents that a low grade nsuritis
10 produced which progresses accord
Ing to each patients general physical
condition. hygienic surroundings. 90.
cupationS and habits. The Europeon
Investigator points out that the slsc.
trtcity artificially permeates the sur
rounding atmosphere and that . pers
son brought in contact with 1t, day
after day. must have 4 good constitu'
ton to Withstand its effects. Weak
persons even may suffer from agra,
waited forms Of nervous disorder BY
the wireless process. he asserts.
When the European physician IN
nounced the discovery Of wireless
toothache be was @scoffed at by other
doctors. who had not studied the ques
ton as be had. The discovery. how
ever. is being regarded seriously or
both sides Of the Atlantic, and skilled
minds are seeking to discover what
other ailments may DO caused by such
high tension currents being loose In
the air.
It is recalled the x-ray affects the
skin and tissues insidiously and otter
d~isastrously. Nor is it any secret thai
persons who are compelled to pas,
long periods in rooms where big dyna
mos are in operation frequently show
neurotic tendencies. Physicians WHIT
use the ultraviolet. high tension ant
other forms of electricity In Treatment
often suffer neurotic affections. These
things indicate, 1t Is suggested, tina
disease producing qualities Turk II
electricity Of which little 10 known a,
yet. Third rails. live trolley wires
telephone and telegraph wire ant
other agencies are discharging int,
the air constantly currents Of cleo
tricity which pass through persons II
the streets and elsewhere, and Their,
are physicians who fear that az tn
use of electricity increases. wireless,
telegraphy and telephony get in full
swing. wireless toothache will b.
merely n Of a long list Of nervou
diseases directly traceable to excas
of electricity In the atmosphere.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1911-11-09
WAR ON GROUND SQUIRRELS
Government Officials Destroying Ro-
dents Infested With eubonic Plague
Germs-cats Warned Away.

Seattle. Wash.-Folowing the news
that ground squirrels caught along the
Columbia river were found to be in.
tested with germs Of the bubonic
government employees are 60.
Ing through farms and ranches poison
Ing and killing the squirrels by every
method yet devised.
The ground squirrels Of the Pacific
slope from southern California to Brit
ish Columbia have been found to pos.
sess the germs Of the plague. The To-
calities where the germ.laden SOUR
rels have been discovered are yet
widely separated. but the federal au.
thorities r taking no chances with
the pests carrying the disease farther
away.
The squirrels are being poisoned and
trapped by the federal employees. who
are making every effort to prevent
communication OF tho plague germ
to the rats Of the cities and towns
along the coast. Since embedded In
the black wharf rats of the coast cit.
les the danger Of a quick spread OF
the plague to human beings 10 almost
certain. 1t is said by experts that a
bite by the ground squirrel or rat in
fected by the germs would be sum
cient to transmit the disease to othe,
animals and to human beings.
Because of its prevalence in part.
Of the northwest, farmers who have
been employing cats to rid the field,
OF gophers and squirrels have beer
warned to keep the cats in, lest they
too. become infected. making 1t cas-,
to transmit the disease to the family
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1911-11-09
Drink In New South Wales.
A recent Sydney press dispatch con.

A recent Sydney press dispatch con.
tatns an estimate BY Archdeacon
Boyce Of that city Of tho amount Of
the drink bill Of New South Wales for
the year 1909. The figures which hs
gives r R6.317. $50. which would DO
more than $4,000. 900. This he esti-
mates to be . reduction Of about
a4b.ss7 from the amount expended in
the previous year.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1911-11-09
Feve

Invites Fever.
He that tempts me to drink beyond
my measure. oivtuy invites ms to q
IeyW-ORy Taytoe.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-17
A CLEVER coNFEDEnATE.
Got L. :. Greenbacks for Confederate
Bills-Took Place of Dead Yankee
md Dzew Hin pnN.

nnu DseW Ills Pay.
tBy tho First Sergeant Of Company b.
Eifty.third Virginia %Infantry.)
All the boys remember when
Arinistcad,s Brigade got their position
IN Inc of battle at Gettysburg the
evening before the fatal charge, that
We had been on a forced march with
little or nothing to eat, and our supply
wagons with bareback and salt pork
mad not yet crossed the Potomac. we
were hungry and mad enough TO fight,
Dut there was no cnemy in sight.
Three others OF my company and my
SELF stole out of camp n went on
a sun hunt for something (anything
TO eat. About three miles northeast
OF camp Cline OF bnttlc) we found
a fine Dutch farm. trees loaded with
cherries and many other fruits. Re-
minding MS of a Home Sweet Home"
we had left, we could not resist the
temptation, and went to the house,
where we met n woman, who told us
nothing could he had to eat at that
place. we were hungry (wcre you ever
afflicted with that complaiut?) and one
or u marty yentured the assertion
that we were hungry and had to have:
something to eat" and / was bolo
enough to say. IF you will let us have
something ! will pay for it," Well, you
If she was a Yankee she had a heart,
and this proved IT was In her pocket
book. she was scared. I could see that
shc mad never seen a rebel before. She
- . a VII Gt' IN III ii u L
time returned with a Dutch cheese loaf
Of bread, about two and ne-half feet
across, and Il second lady came with
a large stone jar of apple butter (they
call 1t "smear"). and a third lady came
with "A large bowl of sweet milk, and
the three soon had us seated at a
table-think of it!-with the half loaf
sliced and smeared. O. I can almost
taste that meal now In a short time
we had that half loaf and Jar OF
smear (cnough for a dozen mem In
SIDE OF us. suggested in as gentle
manly way as ! could that the other
half loaf be sliced. sneared and mt
IN our haversacks, which was promt-
" done. and when ! called for the
bill was told that 81 would do. as we
thought 1t steep, nut when a man liz
hungry he doesn't stop at triflss, and |
handed the good lady a $50 Confed-
crate bill. with an apology for having
nothing, smaller. sho disappeared. and
fun and never felt batter. Soon she
returned with the change-s4s in
Treehhacks-which was readily accept
ed. and we. with many thanks. hastily
departed. fearing we might be missed
of bread and smear Was a sufficient
eNnianatton Of our absence.
The next day We had the light, and
had the Yankees whipped. but were
not supported. as we expected we
would be. n just concluded we would
not do all tho lighting. and started
on our return trip by way of Williams
port, with Mcclellan in close com
pany. but We kept him at n safe dis
lance. and the next YOU hear of
Armisted he is' at Kinston. y. G.. IN
winter quarters recruiting his brigade
OF hardly q regiment, and while there
an order came in for tho names OF all
Sealar'nE men TO be sent in to head
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-17

quarters. All of my officers having
hcen Ruled or captured. | was left IN
command OF my company, eight all
told. and all thai was left. ( found one
man who said he had crossed Ware
Creek once In Il canoe with -. c..
Richardson. your honorable Mayor,
VINO was then a boy. That was sum-
Client, and with his list I started for
the adtutant's tent, but before getting
there l put my own name on the list,
making w scafaring men from com-
pany b.. on the 24th day of December,
1868. about thirty men (scafariDS
men) from Armistead's Brigade start
"a. as VIC supposed, for Richmond, but
landed that night on the turtie-back.
lron-clad Raleigh at Wilmington. n.
q. where we bunkei in hammocksh
The next day being Christmas. / felt
Ike celebrating. and, asking no qucs-
tions. marched ashore and spent about
as fine a Christmas Day as any soldier
Or sailor wants. Let me tell YOU, the
girls of North Carolina can't be beat
! GUN no trouble getting acquainted
they learned I was from Virginia.
When night came on ! walked aboard
tho Raleigh, sa1uted the commanding
officer. told him what a time I had
He couldn't suppress a smile. and
turned on his heel. saying he would
see me IN the morning. The boatswLir
told me later that he had already
ci''h oAp'IS loI Ilc W bt tIdCeu uD.
but had countermanded the order.
Well. that turtlc-back Raleigh d,d
some good service. Before going down
she rammed and sunk several g%unboats
Fort Fisher. | (the writer went down
With her. but did not stay down, and
when Whining ION was evacuated I
was one of the ten men left TO IRE tho
shipSard. cotton press and all govern
ment property. was captured about
ten miles northwest OF Wilmington
and put in the military prison Getty
1al) to be held until court-martiaied
and shot as a ~privatecr. came near
being eaten IN with vermin III thin
prison. and believe / would have been
had not been put TO work making
Massachusetts, There L had n good
time compared with the prison. The
ankce Wished It was rebels they
were burying. and ! hoped ali OF them
would die, as 7 preferred making boxes
10 shooting Them. Sometimes we came
was killed.
I made some friends. ano while 1,
was true 7 was being held for court
martial to be shot. ~ was arranged
that when these fellows were mustered
ont ! was to take the place in line
when called. sign the payroll and
draw his money. and when we got Ia
Richmond have a good time with thai
noneF. ana as | wasn't anxious to he
shot. carried out this program to
the letter. when we reached Danvilie
on our way. we found the bridge
burned no fault OF inine). and the
Yankees had to go around by Lynch
burg. which I didn't cure 70 40. and
thHy iett me and tho money In Dan
vile. where 7 remained only q ahori
time. tramping and stealing rides
afraid to show my money!. until I
reached Richmond. and finally home
SAtMrdnN- nlidnirht 1ul, tC
This brief record Of my army and
navy life coulo he expanded into a
small volume. and while true VIC had
some hard times. there was much life
and pleasure in II. mi 7 woulCn't hest.
tate 10 enlist again tomorrow in IN,
same cause. "
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-17
lcontInued Frem Laat sundarl

t1tltlluc1 FROM Last EhnhaNt
NJ. p. for Tewkesbury in 1914; Join
cd his c%opartners in %esisnine tho
Bermudas to the o W November 20,
1913. Early In 1918 appeared a tract
called The Trades Increase" .'somn
points In which were very near thea
son. and all the rest very dangerous
February 20. 1916. at n meeting of the
j.. / Co, Sir Dudley said n book
should be set forth IN defense OF the
East India trade. which. had been at
tackled In tho said tract. And after
wards sir Dudley replied in Il mas
terry manner, in the same year. in !,
treatise entitled The Defense Of
Trade inscribed To his. kinsman. Sir
Thomas Smytno. the Governor of thu.
East India Company" lie aided in
sending the voyage for the discovery
OF the Northwest passage, which sail
cd in March. 1918. (William Balm
wrote an account of this voyaEc). Was
A member OF the Bermudas Company,
June 20. 1915, In 1916 he aided IN
sending another voyage on Northwest
discoveries. in which another cape
was named for him i'll 'latitude Ts de-
grecs. 80 minutes lie acquired The
manor and castle of Chilham. in Kent.
by marriage and purchase, where
about the year 1916 he erected n mag
nithcent cdiiice for his residence. We
lind him constantly Interested in Vir-
Einia. willing to advance the enter
prise by lotteries or by religion. lie
was ambassador to Russia April TO
October. 1918; oe of the commissions
ers in settling a treaty betw~n Tho
English and Dutch concerning thu
trade into the East indies. january
to June. 1919: one Of the committee
OF tho Virginia Co.. of London, for
compiling and reducing the standing
rules and orders for the government
of the Virginia Co. into ane entire
body. as more especially for constitute
inG laws. etc. (The result OF their
labor is reprinted in Force, I'D lie
was also, in 1879. one of the commit
ginia, being a waighty business. and
so create that an account OF their pro-
ceedinGs therein must be given to tho
State"
Sir Dudley Carleton. writing TO
Chamberlain from The Hague. IAN
uary 90, 1920 "prays him to show Sir
Dudley Digges the writer's Virginia
Papers, then return them to Carleton.
letting him know when there is n pas
sa ge to Virginia. for he has compass
sion OF poor Porto being hunger-starv-
cd for news and wishes TO send him
q letter"
Query: Where are Carleton's Vir-
ginia papers now?)
Sir Dudley Digges patented lands,
in 1920. iii Virginia: was II NJ. c. for
the N. f.. Co, November 3. 1920. He
was in Holland with Morris Abbott.
settling differences between the Eng
lish and Dutch East india Companies,
November, 1920, to February. 1921: NJ.
p. for Tewkesbury. 1G21-22; one of
commissioners in Ireland. March to
October. 1922. In December. 1922. he
was following the court hard. anal
was I'm hope somewhat would fall to
his lot: but for ar,Sht we sec yet. the
poor gentleman seems I'm tho sand" NJ
p. for Tewkcsbury in 162I-25, in 1875.
and in 1926. one OF tho commissioners
10 conduct tho Impeachment of Buck