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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-12-30
PUSHED SCHOLAR 100 FAR.
Everything Would Have Been Lovely
1t Teacher Had Stopped with
the First. Verse. Il

A teacher In q Philadelphia Sunday
school was SO proud of her flock that
she invited several visiting ministers
and elders to attend one of her classes
and be encouraged and uplifted by
the observation of juvenile proficien-
cy in Scriptural studies.
The session opened auspiciously.
Little girls with yellow plaits and lit
tie girls with black braids lisped their
response in a manner to gladden. the
heart of any teacher of young ideas"
Then came the fall which invariably
follows pride
Turning to a bullet-headed, freckle-
faced little boy, whose ears seemed
about to carry off his head like an
aeroplane, she asked him to repeat a
verse from the Scripture, but her only
answer was a vacant stare.
"Come, come" said the teacher, do
you mean to tell me that you can't
repeat ever one verse;"
"Naw," replied the small boy, II
know one"
well, then, let me have it." said
the teacher, sharply.
"And Judas went out and hanged
HIMSELF repeated the young unregen-
crate. His teachers lips wreathed
themselves in a cynical smile as she
said: Very good, and can you give
me another?" The boy nodded vigor-
ously.
Sure" he replied.
Let me have it, then" responded
his teacher in her s%oftest, purring
tones.
To her CONSERVATION the little rep
rebate said: go thou and do like.
WISE" He enjoyed a holiday the rest
of that afternoon.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-12-30
The Essence Of Life.

. Life is not only for work. It is for
ones self and for ones friends. The
degree of Joy that a man finds in his
work is due to two things: The in
tensity and fulness of his vitality, and
the congenial character of the work
itself. When one is thoroughly well
and vigorous, the mere Joy of living,
of merely being alive, is very great.
At such a time the nature of the work
does not matter to a large extent. The
sense of having power at your COM
mand, and the delight of exerting it
even in coal shoveling or selling goods
Is enough. When one is full of life,
the mere feeling of fresh water or air
on the skin, the taste Of the plainest
food, the exertion of muscular effort,
the keenness of ones vision, the sight
Of color in the sky, or the sound Of
the wind or the waves-it takes moth
ing beyond these to make one jubi-
liant, enthusiastic.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-12-30
Thackeray and the Artist.

The Hon. Sir E. Chandos Leigh, X.
c., X. G. B., the former counsel to the
speaker of the house of commons, in
a speech full of interesting literary
"reminiscences at the opening of a free
library at Irchester, near Rushden,
the other day, told a Thackeray story.
II knew Thackeray pretty WE'LL" he
said. "Thackeray perfectly abomi-
mated anything in the nature of fiat
terry. 1 was with Thackeray one night
when a man came up and for five min.
utes administered to the great novel.
list the most fulsome fattery. When
the man had gone l said to Thack-
cray: Who is that?' Thackeray re-
piled: He calls himself an artist; but
l think he paints as much in 'butter''
as he does in Observation-Disclosures
Gazette.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-12-30
SOME CREDIT TO PROVIDENCE
Pompous ssIf-Mads Man Wmiino,to Ad.
nit He Might Have Received
ht. Slight Aid.

Andrew Carnegie, according to .
Pittsburg banker, once told a Thanks
giving story with q moral.
TOO many men," said Mr.. Carnegie,
ARE not thankful enough to Provi-
dence for their success. This ia es-
pecially true OF self.made men, who
are prouder, "a = rule. than kings and
dukes.
"A self-made man I knew was talk
Ing to q minister. The topic was, Of
course, his own success.
eyes. DOCTOR he said, I began life
. barefooted newsboy. At 20 l was
worth 5000. I was q millionaire at
81. And yet everybody was against
me. I have achieved my success, doc
tor, single-handed and by my own
unaided efforts
Here the proud self-made man
seemed to remember that, in convers-
Ing with q minister. he ought to adopt
q humber and more religious tone.
He said lightly. after q short pause.
"'Of course, I don't deny that Provi-
dence may, now and then, have been
OF some slight service"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-12-30
ORIGIN IN OLD MORSE LAW
How Common Expression "steppIne
Into Another's Shoes" Came Into
General Use.

The expression, stepping into an
others Shoes" like many another
common phrase, had its origin in an
ancient custom.
The old Morse law required that q
person to be adopted must step into
q previously prepared shoe. This shoe
was made from the skin taken from
the right hind leg of a three winter
old bull"
The skin was fayed from above the
hook, and out of this the shoe was
made. The person to be adopted
stepped into this shoe, taking into his
arms, n at a time it is presumed, the
younger sons Of the man making the
adoption. If there were also sons who
were of age, they stepped into the
shoe afterward, by this sign showing
their consent to the adoption.
A man in this way could adopt an H.
legitimate son, making him his lawful
heir; but in that cas the father was
was obliged to step into the shoe first.
II there were any %full-grown sons.
they STEPPED into the shoe a%fterward;
II there were no full-grown sons, then
the next of kin did the stepping, and
without his consent, by the way, this
special adoption could not be made.
Witnesses to the ceremony in the
use of the shoe were required to es-
tablish its legality.
It will be seen that this was consid-
cred an important ceremony, and
since SO much "shoe stepping" was
done, 1t is not strange that the ex-
preston as now used passed into com
mon speech.-The Sunday Magazine.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-12-30
Navel oranoes a5o Years Aoo.

Navel Oranges $50 Years Ago.
The first we know of the navel or
ange, which is very valuable not only
on account Of its fine quality and
taste, but also because of it's being
seedless, is Of a single tree that was
found growing on the northern shore
of the Mediterranean sea. This was
about the year 1865, or nearly $50
years ago.
A monk in . monastery in that far
away country painted a picture of the
fruit and wrote a description of it.
both Of which may be seen in the Ii.
brary Of the Roman Catholic univer-
sity. at Washington. Crafts of this
tree were taken to Spain, and from
Spain the trees we're carried to south
America by the spaniards.-St. Mich.
olas.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-12-30
AMERICAN WASTE OF MONEY
French Visitor Says Our People Do
Not Consider Value Of Small
Sume,

"one Of the things that strike a
foreigner visiting New York" said an
observant Frenchman the other day,
"is the fact that so many Americans
have no idea Of the value OF money.
They do not know how to economic
in little things Or If they do they do
not care to.
Saving five dollars may appeal to
to them. but saving five cents-no.
In France we believe that saving the
I've cents makes it possible for us to
save FIVE dollars"
Here is a case in point: The other
day I saw a woman, evidently of the
poorer class, and a child climb up the
stairway of the Sixth avenue elevated
station at Twenty-eighth street. She
got of the train at Twenty-third street.
She paid ten cents for the ride, and
she probably paid the same sum go
ing back. In Paris anybody would
have walked the distance.
II was amazed upon going out OF
my hotel the other day to see a big,
husky cab driver having his boots pol
ished. He probably paid ten cents
for the job. In Europe a cab driver
would have had his own brushes and
backing.
1T Is this saving habit that makes
France q rich country and gives our
people the w~herewithal to buy Ameri-
can securities. It is the absence of
the knowledge of how to save in small
things, or the putting of it into prac-
tice, that keeps SO many of your peo-
pleple from being thrifty and makes
the distance SO great between your
millionaires and your ordinary labor
ers."
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-12-30
Give Music SCHOLARSHIPS.

The Woman's Philharmonic society
of New York has adopted a plan Of
giving scholarships to poor but de-
serving persons who have talent, but
not the money, to get the necessary
musical education. AS a rule, the
scholarships in women's societies are
given to women, but this society is an
exception. One Of the scholarships
was given to the son Of a postman
who was found to have more than the
ordinary ability. The society has been
IN existence II years and the member.
shtD has increased from 40 to 16A.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-12-30
Dimes with a Statue.

There is an old man living near
Glasgow, Scotland, who has for sew
eral years dined daily with a statue.
He is a bachelor, and the statue is q
counterfeit presentiment of his sister,
with whom he lived, and who died sud-
denly Of heart failure. At her death
an exact model Of her in a sitting post
r was chiseled by a sculptor, and
this was attired in her clothes and
placed by her bereaved brother in q
chair in his dining-room. From that
day to this the statue has occupied a
seat at his dinner table, with a maid
servant standing beside 1t, whose duty
1t is to place food and drink for it at
every meal.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-12-30
Treasure in Old Mattress.

An astonishing discovery was made
at Hyde. England, by some lads who
we're given a couple of mattresses to
throw upon a bonfire which had been
made in honor Of Guy Fawkes' day.
AS the mattresses were being pre-
pared for the ordeal by fire they
were noticed to be very old and
mouldy, and came to pieces while
being carried. Then, to the aston
lshment of the exuberant youngsters,
q shower of yellow coins fell from
one of the mattresses, and when It
was discovered they were good Eng
lish sovereigns there was a wild strue-
gle for possession. The coins num-
bered over a hundred and the police
failed to trace the owner of tho
strangely hidden treasure.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-12-30
NO OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM
St. Peters Explanation to Rapacious
Business Man Who Would Have
Entered Paradise s

When the man saw ahead q gate
Of dazzling white, the thought ecu
red to him that he was dead. He re-
membered that in his youth he had
heard of a gate of such construction.
To be dead did not worry him much
except that he felt a pang Of pity for
the people left on earth. But he com.
forted himself by recalling that other
men had died. too. and people had
not suffered greatly.
WELL" he said, II must not be loi.
tering. It's up to me to get the other
side of that gate"
AS he approached he beheld a digni
fed angel on guard.
"St. Peter" he remarked blandly. 81
have heard of you"
1--WE heard Of you, too" responded
the guardian. I'm fact, we understood
that you were coming, and looked up
your record. We found you to be a
thief and murderer"
What? Say, you've got me mixed
with some other Jones. l never stole
a thing or killed anybody. Your sys.
tenn of records is faulty"
I'VE have had the books exported"
was the cold rejoinder. "They are cor.
rect. You dealt in ice and coal. When
the weather was so hot that babies
had to have ice, you raised the price
so high that many a mother had to
stand by and see her child perish. If
that was not theft and murder, what
was it And in winter you"
"Oh, come, now. Business is"
"You confirm the records. When re.
buked for your crimes you used to say,
Business is business So it is, and we
know ours"
The man stood mute.
"Now," continued the guardian,
there is no opening here for either
branch of your industry, but I can d.
rect you to a place where the demand
for ice is ever greater than the sup
ply, and you might do something in
COAL"
"You mean"
1--WE never mention it here, but that
is what I mean"
Then the man awoke.
We'll, business is business" he
said.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-12-30
An Appropriate weathervane.

Emblematic weathervanes are COM
mon enough. They are made in many
designs, representing things animate
and inanimate, suited to the business
carried on in, or to the occupancy of
the buildings over which they appear.
Perhaps as appropriate a weather
vane as any to be seen hereabout is
n surmounting a Flagstaff that rises
above a building occupied by a tailor
In New York, this gilded yane being
in the semblance of a partly opened
pair Of shears.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-12-30
Quest for Stuffed Butterfly.

A woman went into a New York
sporting goods store, Of all places, and
asked If any n there could tell her
whore a Stuffed butterfly" could be
had. II Eaan." said she "a dead but
terfy, mounted. promised a little
boy over In England that I'd bring
home a specimen American butterfly.
I've asked in a lot of department
stores, but they haven't any"
Some one suggested that she call
at the American Museum of Natural
History. and she left after saying ths1
In London any big store would be Like
ly to have Stuffed BUTTERFLIES" u
stock +,
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-12-30
Which?

A justifable rebellion was that OF
Isabel. She was on the grass in front
Of the house, playing with the baby.
aged two. Isabel herself, not more
than three times the others age, was
acting the part Of mother to perfec.
ton. Presently along came a young
man, who thought he understood chill
dren.
Good morning!" he said, elabor-
ately. taking off his hat. "How are
you ladies to-day?"
Isabel looked at him with dignity
and replied, Good m%orning!" and
went on attending to the baby.
The young man stopped down.
"Ah," he said, land which is
which,"
I'm Isabel" replied the older girl
'and that's which,"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-12-30
LITTLE MAN 10 Be PRouDo q
Kind #Ast q Ysansstsr4 That Delighted
ooeupants Of Philadelphia
Car,

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. L1IN..HL A az
"a pretty incident occurred the 9th
Of day on . street car, says the Phil.
adelphia Record. A young mother
with . curly.headed little boy, appar-
emily about six years old, boarded the
car. Farther up the street an old lady.
poorly dressed. got on. All the seats
were occupied, and tho little man,
without being prompted#b by the moth
er, ct once climbed down from his
seat and domng his zap, offered the
seat to the old woman. The latter
smiled gratefully. but hesitated in &C.
cepting the kindness Of the child. The
mother. pride beaming in her eyes,
insisted on the aged woman, who
could scarcely keep her feet in the
lurching car, taking the proffered
seat. The boy stood in the aisle hold
ing on to the back Of the chair and.
opening . paper bag, took out two or
anges and placed them in the lap Of
the old woman. with the observation:
please take these home to your little
boy" Tears welled in the dimmed
eyes ~ the woman replied: mo, my
dear little man. my little boy went to
sleep when he, was just your age"
Well. keep them anyhow" was the
quick response of the gallant little
man; 'he's sure to be hungry when
he wakes up" and he tripped out Of
the car holding his proud mothers
hand and followed BY the admiring
glances of the women. while the men
immersed themselves more deeply in
their newspapers.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-12-30
Not Quite That.

Frightful indeed was the disillusion.
ment Of the literary worshiper when
she heard that Kenneth Grahame, au.
thor Of 1.-THE Golden Age" that most
imaginative Of outdoor child stories,
was employed in the dingy precincts
Of the Bank of England.
Good %gracious!" she walled, in the
6rst rush Of her disappointment, II
suppose you'll tell me next that Jack
London. in private Life. ID. . silver.
Soicoa tenor!'"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-12-30
An Ink Point.

A girl bookkeeper displayed fingers
black and unsightly with ink stains.
"Now look" she said.
And, dipping her fingers in water,
she rubbed the head Of q match over
them. The result was magical. The
sulphur removed the stains as easily
% . dust cloth removes dust.
isn't that . good idea?" she said.
"A chemist taught It me. Thanks to
1t, ! never have to 60 home with inky
fingers"
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-12-04
Soccer Men Will
Practise To-Day

Although there Is no football match
this afternoon the soccer men will i.
the weather permits, travel out to the
League grounds and have practice
The ground * sure to be very muddy
and heavy but still the men can got
some good exercise and strengthen
their legs by trying to put the soldvn
ball
Next Saturday the soccer season
will start In earnest, and there will be
two games nj the League grounds. The
first will be between the Males and
the Honolulu Iron Works teams. ard
In the second game the PunahOus ana
High School will hitch mp for Il little
argument.
Roth games promise to be good ones
~ the players have all been training
for some time now, and are in gnnl
shape for the struggle ON Saturday
next
An attractive schedule of games has
been arranged for the coming season
and there will be two games each SAT
urday afternoon. All the captains Of
the four teams feel confident that Their
men can win ont In the championship.
and that being so, some good games
should be seen before the season Is
nan
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-12-04

The schedule for the season Is as
follows:
Dec. Il-Mailps vs.. Honolulu Iron
Works: Punahou vs.. High school.
Dec. 1S-High School vs. Males;
Punahou VS.. Honolulu Iron Works.
Dec. 2j.-Honolulu Iron Works W..
High school; punahou vs.. Males.
Jan. High School Va. Punahou;
Honolulu Iron Works vs. Males.
Jan S--Huno'ulu Iron Works VS..
Punahou; Males vs. High School.
Jan. l5-Mailes w. punahou: High
School vs. Honolulu Iron Works.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-12-04
MUSIC WASTED UPON
uNkpPREc:kTIvE EARS.

The ncighhors of Miss Annie keao.
nj at times may bn kindly disposed
80 the charms Of music but nevcrthe-
less they strongly object 10 the ieroc-
iGus brand nj melody presented by that
,oung lady last night The result was
nat police Interference was sought.
While engaged in the act Of carving
huge chunks out Of the moisture laden
atmosphere up Nuuaim way, the OH
crrs put in AN appearance and Annie
was bundled into the city ana county
fast Wagon and booked az the station
upun u charge Of disturbing the quiet
Of the night. 4 rcpri'nnnj and three
dollars and costs for the ride was as
s"sscd by Judge AnL'aln this morn
ing.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-12-04
DIPLOMAT IS GUEST.
OF LOCAL Chinese.
Dragon Flag Displayed;
Entertainments
Planned

Tseng Hal, the consular representa-.
tive for China at Honolulu. assisted by
other Chinese of much prominence In
business and financial circles In the
community. were hosts to His Excel
lency Chang Yin Tang the newly ap.
pointed Chinese minister to the United
States who Is now en- route to- Wash.
ington. ID. c.. where he will take up
the reins of Office at the legation.
The Minister is passenger on the
Pacific Mail liner Mongolia which is
now in port and expected to sail for
/ San Francisco at o'clock this after.
noon.
| The local Chinese colony have done
much In the brief space of time the
distinguished diplomat has remained
at the port. to make the stay of His
I Excellency and the members of his
suite pleasant and memorable one.
AT reception given the new min.
/ lister were present representatives of
the various Chinese organizations of
the city.
\ Accompanying the minister are for
4 ty-eight Chinese. including the wife OF
the minister and several other ladies'
and young gentlemen. Six young Chin.
esc accompany the minister as lega.
I ton guards. They wear dark green
\ uniforms with silver braid trimmings
and on the collar Is legend In white
4 letters. "Chinese Legation" They
, also wear military caps.
The departure of the minister this
afternoon will doubtless be marked by
considerable fanfare and the firing of
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-12-04
ROAD SUPERVISOR
Will SOON MOVE

Road Supervisor John Wilson and
his stan of assistants will soon be
nicely ensconsed in more commodious
quarters In the Kapiolani building. at
the corner Of King and Alakea streets.
The lease entered into by the City
and County of Honolulu and the trus.
tees Of the Kapiolani Estate has been
signed up. The new Offices will be
taken over by the City and County for
II term of fifteen months. rt
The removal of the road department
from the present city hall in the Nc
lntyrc building win leave more room
for the license ana auditors Office
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-12-04
More Prizes For
Walking Race

There are now thirty-five prizes
en- the list for the walking rprc. and
that does not seem TO be the finish
either. Yesterday Dick Sullivan
came through with a donation of
three bottles Of sherry. and the lucky
man who gets them Will be M
against the real stuff when he UNI
corks tbem
The Berrstrom Music Company
has presented n mandolin: the South
Seas Curio Store n tarimind collar
box. and the Palm Cafe one of their
famous cakes.
More entries have also been receiy-
ed for the race, and now II, Il. Hen
derson. Hang Chack. Dial Fahy and
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-12-04
STATION AS
POLITICAL CAMP
Kamahu Asking For Cam.
paien Funds; Police
Crumble

That Joe Loal, ex-chief of detectives,
was removed from Office through the
influence of a certain political crowd.
which Is trying to control the police
I'm the next campaign. Is the way the
men Of politics size 1t up.
This is evidenced by the fact that
While Jarrett was investigating the
charges against Leal, some of his Off
GERS were dcing politics along the
street corners, and at the fishmarket
According to one source of informa.
ton. the Police Station. which has
long been the center of political activ.
ity. IL being used as the political head.
quarters of certain men under Jarrett
During the month Of November, q
number of police officers were asked
to contribute $3.50 each, for carrying
on politics. The money thus collected
will supposedly be used exclusively
for securing the nomination and elec.
ton OF Jarrett, when the proper time
comes.
The man said to be making the col
lection for campaign funds Is Dan Ia.
mahu, one of the receiving station
clerks. Owing to his absence from
his desk at the station this morning.
MS side OF the story could not be oh.
tanned.
ABOUT SIX OF the Policemen who were
seen on the subject. admitted that
they were approached by Kaniahu.
VINO asked them to do something FOR
their chief tJarretD. None of them
would admit, however. that they had
pa'u ,he,r snare 10 the collector One
oi the Ola oiiicers. III speaking OF the
cainpaish iu,ihs ms morning, stated
.nht ne wouia MOI contribute 500, but
,nat when hamahu comes around TO
MN, ne would teii MN 10 mind his own
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-12-04

There is no use of having a walk
ing race scheduled II half the CON
testants trot all the way. Fair heel
and toe walking is fine to watch. and
" all the men In the race remember
To keep their knees locked and walk
erect. there should he Il good exhibit
ton of how to stride over the
ground
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-12-04
:. Il :. :. Il :. = :, :, y u :, :: :. :, Il :: :.

The vacation will also. give an addi.
tional room for the storage of ,iocu.
ments ana other valuable books and
papers. The transfer of the road de
rartment will take place within a few
l days.