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Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-12-02
AGAINST STATEWIDE
LOUISVILLE Minister GOES ON
RECORD AGAINST srAru.
TORY PROHIBITION,
Says Laws Can Not Mako Mon Tom
pstate and Believes In Local
Option.

.. Louisville, Ky.-Dr e. L. Powell
Tor twenty years ono Of the most bril-.
liant ministers In q local pastorate,
and a leader in the cause of good gov
eminent. has gone on record against
the principles of prohibitory laws.
IN a recent communication to tho
Louisville Courier Journal, DR.. Powell
says: Prohibition difrerentiates cul.
ture through restraint as contra dis
tinguished from culture through lib
erty From this standpoint the argu.
ment. Is still against prohibition.
statutory enactment is powerless to
make a man love Righteousness. It
was because the law was a failure.
both as prohibitive and injunctive, that
the Gospel was given unto man. en-
phasizing the great truth that not out.
ward conformity to statutory pro-
visions can make character, but only
love OF the right or obedience to the law
because of an educated moralistio
preference for the right.
Opposes Statewide.
Il am opposed to statewide prohi-
bition because legal prohibition does
not and can not change the existing
and confessedly recognized evils Of the
liquor traffic. The best that law can
do in the realm of moral conduct is to
regulate. No prohibitory statute of
any kind prohibits. The regulation of
the liquor traffic by means OF higl
license, and local option, Is the very
best that law can do at this time. At
one time I was member Of the Anti
Saloon league board OF the state, and.
although no longer a member Of the
board, I am just as honestly and sim
cerely temperance man, but I have
not believed. and do not believe, that
the evils Of the liquor traffic will ever
be eradicated by way Of prohibition" "
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-12-02

A poor laborer had curious
"dream one night. He dreamed tha.
he saw coming towards him four rats.
The arst was very fat, the two next
dean, and the last blind, To dream
about rats denotes calamity, and the
*man wss very uneasy and perpIexed
He appealed to bis wife to solve the
drenm, but she could not help him,
but bis son volunteered to interpret
1t as follows; The fat rst,' he said,
sis the man who keeps the saloon
you 60 to often, the two lean ones
ARE my mother and me, and the blind
srat Is my father"
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-12-02
The Truth
Well Told

Don't be afraid to speak i'll OF the
dead. No man that has lived should
be saved from deserved criticiem by
the commonplace fact of cessiug to
be aIive. Il should wish," said the
\ Cardinal de Bernis, "that every re-
gard OF politeness be preserved for
the living, but that it might be per-
mi'ted 10 speak freely ones mind OF
the dead"
From the lips OF our unworthy
teachers we bsve received a cluster
of proverbi.l folly. and among all
those follies there ore few aphorisms
better calculated to let we'll enough
al"ne than that reverend comm
"Concerning the dead, nothing but
good"
Gould anything be more ipgen-
uous9 Good men die as easily as
bad ones. aud yet the bad ask us to
regard death as their excust! Con-
ceal your iDiquity until you die, and
your reputation is secure. OF course;
II villain is as long dead az Caligu-
Ia, IT the worst that he did mas 1T
last followed bin into the grave, I
may point out bis wickod ness-un,il
some simple soul OF an historical
whitewAsher comes along with his
brush and pail.
But II political boss dies today,
| may not attack the infsmous deeds
hat survive him and they continue
TO work out their evil while the earth
's fresh above his corpse. II your
senator bought his seat at Washiug-
on, you may cay so at 90. m, hu,
If, at 9:l5. be falls, in drunken
stnpor, from bis train and is killed
On bis way to the capital, then you
must not warn his sucbessor, You
must not expose the briber, because
the briber is no more.
Let us look at this thing frankly.
Fill,d d as our lives are With dsilv
shaus, there is DO more absurd and
abominable sham about us than the
mask OF sorrow that We wear TO tho
funeral OF . rogue. As matter of
'Dct, the dead, being safe from phys.
lcal punit hment, should be the more
pen to such reprobation % their
ac,s may have courted.
In true sense, "the evil that meu
do l'vrs after tbem." TO oondone
the inults Of tho d. ad is to corrupt
h+ morality Of the Iiv'Og -R 'giusId
W, K uffmau, iu Toe Ooemopoli,an
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-12-02

Jimmy was laborer. Working
at . distance from his home, he took
shis dinner along as many laborers
bave to do,
Ooe day when be sat down TO eat
his dinner, be missed his bucket,
some one must have stolen it,"
''Boys", he eaid, "I've lost nv
'lnncb," then be gave q CHEEKY laugh,
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-12-02

occupied from II TO IA days, about the
number Of days it requires for corn to
germinate in the field when we have
unfavorablc conditions in the spring
at planting time. The question may
be asked, What per cent Of germina
ton would seed corn Of the average
farmer show when seed corn obtained
from farmers above the average only
showed about 70 per cent? The low
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-12-02
AneCdota|
Literature
By w. &.
By w. q.

SERVING TIE BEER.
III one Of the companies Of Wis.,
econsin Militia Regiment are ten
students of Laurence College, who
are studying for the ministry. While
the regiment was at Camp Douglass
during tho summer of 1910 some OF
the boys of the company thought to
Shave little fun at the expense OF the
two sludents. Some one sent keg
~of beer to the regiment as treat. and
when the beer was 10 be served, they
asked the captain to let tho two stu
sdeots serve it, and he agreed.
The boys we're juhilant. One of
the. students refused, but the other
sPIivste Keith took the notice
which read-"The beer must be
served on the grounds, and no man
must get drunk Keith asked the
lieutenant if the company might be
held at parade while be served the
sbeer. He was assured that it should
be done.
Keith then rolled the keg 10 front
'of the company, and knock ked out the
bung. and let the beer run out on the
ground, turned TO his lieutenant,
-esluted and said:
"Lieutenant, have served the
beer on the grounds, and am sure no
eman is drunk"
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-12-02

The Bookseeper OF Stenogrspber
who bas the recommendation Of The
Mountain State Business College,
Parkersburg, w. Va, can always
secure employment. Write today
for their SO page Catslogue.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-12-02
SCHOOL AGRICULTURE.

The bulletin entitled School Agricul
ture, edited last year by Prof. D. w
Working, will be continued this year
by Prof. A. w. Nolan Of the depart.
ment Of agricultural education Of the
state university. The first issue will
reach all the teachers Of West Vir.
ginia some time this month. The sub.
jcct Of the September bulletin is. Sc.
lecting and Storing Seed Corn" ~
When China awakes, the whole
world will marvel at her 20 er.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-12-02
In JAIL For LIFE,

"Chauncey Depew got this of:
40 old negro was brought to trial
in Southern town for stealing a
chicken.
"Rastus," said the judge, "before
'pronounciDg senten ce, :I'm about to
give you two mon tbs in the work
house. Have you anything to say
for yourselt?"
"Good Lswd, bossl" exclei med the
.old man. 1.-TWO months! for stealing
one beh1"
"Hsve you anything to say?" re-
peated the judge sternly.
"All got to say. boss" declared
the Negro, "is, taios no use 10 GEN.
me to no Jail for two months for
-stsalin' one chicken, 'case, case of /
spent two mooths iu jsil for ev'ry
chicken I done stole. / might 90 we'll
done been bawu in jail"
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1911-01-20
NORTH MAGNETIC POLE.
II 10 Not q Stationary Point, buA %
Constantly Shifting.

II 10 Not q Stationary PoInt, bvt 10
Constantly Shifting.
Only the experts understand that the
north pole and the north magnetic pole
are two entirely different things. As a
matter Of fact. there are few localities
on the earth's surface where the CON-
pass points due north The reason Is
because the north magnetic pole or
area lies In the vicinity Of King VII
liam's Land. Just OF the arctic coast
Of North America, In Bothnia. When
this magnetic pole IL between US and
the north pole the compass points due,
north. As we 60 either east or west
from this line II Is easy to see that;
the compass is OF to q certain degree !
II We were to travel north Of the mag i
netic pole the needle would poin !
south: west Of 1t the needle woulj !
point east. Sir James Ross in 1851
located the north magnetic pole AZ !
proKimately at Q point up In Bothula
In 1908 Captain Road AmuDdsen in
the ship Gjoa set out on a three years
expedition. relocated the magnetic
pole and made the northwest pas.
sage" for which mariners have striven
since the days Of Henry Hudson. Ter
restrial magnetic force is different In
every part Of the earth's surface and
is not always the same at given
point. II Is subject to regular daily
and yearly changes. Amundsen post.
ed himself near the seat Of the mag.
netic power and for nineteen months.
day and night, with his party. took
readings Of their instruments, both In
clination and declination. He also
made short excursions into the region
Of the magnetic pole and was able by
the aid Of the declinstion observations
to prove that the magnetic north pole
does not have a stationary situation.
but is continually moving. But the
general location IL where Sir James
Ross nrst had the honor to place it,
Chicago Tribune.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1911-01-20
SUPREME COURT WORK,
He's ths Justlsss Prepare pselsiens
end Dissenting Opinions.

deW ths Justiees Prepare Decisions
snd Dissenting Opinions.
On Saturday evening each justice rs-
csives from the chief justice an en-
velops containing the names Of the
easss The chief justice has decided to
allow the justice to write the opinions
on. and the chief justice also notifies
the justices Of the hour Of the confer.
ence on Monday morning. The confer
ences are usually held In the confer
ence room under locked doors. The
chief Justice presidss, and cases are
taken up or postponed according to the
wishes lof the justices or their readi-
ness b consider them. Each justice
% Furnished with a lock book. In which
he may enter the details of case. the
record Of the vote on conference and
the fnal disposition. On a case be-
Ing assigned by the chief justice to a
Justice to write the opinion Of the
court the opinion when written must
be agreeable to the justices. II not
the dissatisfied justice will promptly
write q dissenting opinion. In some
instances four Of the justices have
each written dissenting opinion, but
the usual custom 10 for one to write
It and announce that the others con-
cur.
Before a case Is reached for argu.
ment the Justices familiarize them
selves with Its records and briefs. and
when one Is directed to write the opin-
ion he makes study Of the case, long
or short, as its gravity demands. This
may taks few days or months. The
opinion d dictated. and after being
typewritten It IN corrected, boiled
down and revised; another copy is then
made. further revised and sent to the
printer. In order that the COM
positon who set the type may not
know the decision of the case the
foreman sets up tho last few lines Of
the opinion. locks them In safe. and
after the opinion Is set up he adds
them 10 It. takes two proofs and for.
wards them under lock and key to the
justice II ID again read and revised
and sometimes completely altered and
returned to the printer. corrected BY
the latter and nine revises sent to the
Justice.
II the opinion Is now satisfactory to
the justice a copy is mailed to each
member Of the court These are re-
turned to the justice with the nota-
lions u the Justices. and the opinion is
revised or changed, II need be, TO con-
form to their views. II there be q
dissenting opinion the Justice writing
the majority opinion holds II until the
dissent 10 completed.
Then on some Monday. the court be-
ing In session, the justice announces
an opinion In the case. giving its num-
Der and title, and then proceeds to
read It at length to the dozen people
who may be present. II there be a
dissenting opinion the Justice writing
the dissent reads It and announces the
names Of the justices who concur with
him. Afterward the official reporter
Of the court sends q verified copy Of
the opinion to the publishers Of the
United States supreme court reports.
and the case finally becomes one Of
thousands in the law libraries 10 be
read and reread II Of moment or to be
forgotten II mere detail il-Independent.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1911-01-20
VOCAL TRAINING ABROAD.
The Handicap American Music Stu.
dents Face In Paris.

The Handicap American Music Stu.
dents Face In Paris.
The American voice 10 better han
died at home than abroad" ID the con-
clusion that years Of experience have
led Mr. Savage to reach. ..fer here u
is better understood than II Is there.
Vocal training acquired. Europe offers
the advantage OF generations Of tradi-
ton and an opportunity to crystallize
individual ideas Of Interpretation.
Here the singer has bis courses Of
technology; there he finds the Beaux
Arts for polishing.
zone thing that must be keenly felt
by Americans studying In Paris and
who for years have spent their money
and time there is the chauvinist1c at
titude Of the French toward American
singers.
'-Chere are, II seems. 5000 American
music students In Paris. You can
count on three fingers those IN that
number who will ever really arrive
In many cases their people are Shaving
at home to meet constant demands
for more money. Yet those students
have no more chance Of a Paris en-.
gagement than an icicle In regions
ultra tropical
AT the Paris Conservatoire. a most
excellent Institution. they bind native
pupils on conclusion Of study for years
Of appearances at French opera
houses. In Paris there are the Grand
Opera. the Opera Comique and the
Lyrique, all signing them for engage
ments From these they are In turn
sublet to such outlying theaters as
those Of Bordeaux, Lyons and else
where In the provinces. The French
do not want the money to 90 out Of
the country.
"And still the cry IL: Go 10 Paris to
study Go to Paris to studyr"-Wil-
liam Armstrong In Ainslee's.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1911-01-20
BOSTON LIGHT.
Il 10 Said 70 Bs the Oldest Harbor
Beacon In kmsrioa.

II 10 Said 10 Bs the Oldest Harbor
Beacon In Amsrioa.
The outer light Of Boston harbor Is
Boston tight, eight miles below the
city and at the very outer end Of the
channel that ocean liners follow. II
stnnds on Little Brewster island, q
pile Of rocks partly grassed over In It's
gentle hollow on the sheltered side.
Three families live here--those Of the
head keeper and his two assistants.
In all the inhabitants number a dozen
souls.
The light itself ls said to be the old.
est In America, built In l715 by the
government Of England. II Ia Of
rough bowlder stone, hooped with
iron bands, and Its lean. whitewashed
form Is a landmark and seamark far
and wide.
A rustic iron railway for carrying
coal leads up from the waterside to
the engine house, where is an engine
and boilers In which steam Is kept up
continually to operate the siren fog.
horns. Their great trumpet-like forms
protrude through the wall of the build
ing on the seaward side. In foggy
weather one can hear from the open
windows the faroff mooing Of the fog.
horn on the Boston lightship. seven
miles away, as the keepers on the
hghtship can hear this one at Boston
light.
An old cannon lies on the ground
near the lighthouse. II was provided
by the Cunard Steamship company be-
fore the foghorn was installed to give
signals. II is unused now. But In
addition to the great revolving light
In the tower there is a set Of red and
white range lights that give the loca.
ton Of anchorage for vessels In the
channel. II they see red II means
that they are out Of their proper loca.
ton, but II white they are safe.--Nsw
York Mail.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1911-01-20
AN UNREAD REPORT.
The Msthsds Of Barney earnsse In HE
Mining Ventures

Ihe Meeheos OF Barney barnste IN MS
Mining Ventures
Barney Barnato before the tragic
termination Of his career was widely
known because Of his large fortune
won in mining ventures. His rapid
accumulation Of wealth was popularly
attributed to luck. but luck Of the per.
sistent variety usually rests upon a
more solid basis than mere chance.
An insight to Barnato's methods Is az
forded by an incident recently related
By A. A. Blow. an American enfeneer
once in Barnato's employ. After an
exhaustive examination Of mine
whose purchase was under considera.
ton Blow prepared an elaborate and
voluminous report II was accompa.
MED by maps and selections and was
Q piece Of work of which the engineer
felt that be could be Justly proud.
When II was handed to Barnato to
read, however. the latter laid 1t aside
unopened.
Tell me about It" he said
Blow proceeded to make an oral 10
port
Barnato doEed Finally he exclAim-
ed:
"I employed you because I think you
know something about this business.
and do not. Now. I do not want to
hear all Of this scientific rot about this
mine AL ! want you to tell me b
whether II is good businessr'
Blow told him "No."
''Then that settles t." said Barnato.
''You are willing to accept the respon.
sibility Of turning down this property
at the price offeredf"
"Yes." was Blows reply. but I
want you to examine the reports, maps,
assays, plans. etc. snd see the rea-
sons I have for my conclusions"
"why should I do thisr Barnato In.
quired you tell me that II Ii not
good business.' And as cannot un-
derstand your report why should I
waste my time on anything that d not
good business 7"-Moodys Magasine
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1911-01-20
The Sea captsin Librarian.

At the Melbourne university council
Justice Higgins remarked that he had
come across some queer librarians In
his time. he knew one Australian in
stitute that had appointed a retired sea
captain to the ONCE. That honest
worthy cstalogued Max Muller's
"Chips From q German Workshop
under tho heading OF Carpentry"
he should have some fun with Rus
kin's titles when II comes to classify
ing ''sheepfolds" and the Ethics Of
the Dust--London Chronicle.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1911-01-20
The Secluded Duchess.

The Duchesse du Maine. who held
her court at sceaux during the reign
Of the regent, was an imperious old
lady. One day. according to "A Prin-
cess Of Strategy" when she was III
che complained to the doctor that he
was not curing her quickly enough.
What was the good. she wanted to
know. Of compelling her to 90 without
20 many things and making her live In
seclusionf But" replied the doctor.
-your most serene highness has at pres
snt forty people at the chateaul"
"Forty or ffty peopler said the du-
ehesse. .Well, for q princess that u
practically seclusion."
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1911-01-20
Not q chancsI

A man told another man a few days
ago how be had been buttonlng bis
wife's dress for ave years and nnally.
In order to even the account be had
q shirt made 10 order with sixu-6ve
buttons down the back.
"Did you make her button itr
eagerly inquired the second party.
with q glad smile.
II tried 10 and fell down like siip-
ping On a banana skin" replied the
nrst party. "shs promptly told me to
button the top button and let the 9TH
ers slide. explaining that they would
DOT show when I had put on my coat"
Chicago Tribune.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1911-01-20
When IN. Press Wa, Restricted.

Many Of the restrictions that ham
pered the influence Of the press re-
manned In force until the close Of the
eighteenth century In England. II was
not till that period that newspapers
obtained the right to criticise the poll
cy Of ministers and Of the king. Mr..
Walter, the first editor Of the London
Times. was prosecuted for censuring
the Duke of York. He was sentenced
to pay Ans Of $3.50. stand In the pill
lory for an hour. be imprisoned for a
year and give security Tor his good be-
havior for seven years. The order
with regard to the pillory was cam
celed, but he had to serve bis term In
fail.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1911-01-20
Mshsnst,s pariamsn4

When Disraeli was In Egypt-ths
story 10 told In Mr.. Monypenny's b.
ography-he met Mehemst Ali, whs
desired b introduce parliamentary IN
stitutions into bis country. Il VIII
have q parliament" he said, and ]
VIII have a many parliamens as the
king OF England himself 30 saying.
bis highness produced two lists Of
names. see here" be said sHsrs
ere my pariiamentA But hare mads
up my mind. to prevent ineonvsnisnce
b elect than mysslf"
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1911-01-20
Sewage Disposal on the
Farm.

Ii sewage were properly nam
died, typhoid fever and many
other diseases would decrease
greatly, according to q bulletin
just published by the University
of Missouri. The Engineering
Experiment Station has made q
careful study Of the best methods
of disposing of sewage In the
country.
Perhaps the simplest and most
common method is by vault dug
in the ground. This has many
Objectionable features, chief
among which is the possibility of
spreading disease. Water from
it seeping through the ground
may carry disease germs to q well
or cistern. 1t has been proved
that in this way germs may travel
several hundred feet. Flies also
may carry the filth and disease
to food material in the kitchen.
Such q danger may be prevented
by the generous use CT air. Stacked
lime daily.
Another method not 80 common
in America but frequently used
in England is the cess-pool, usu-
ally built with a dry wall Of rock
or porous brick so that the liquid
may seep out into the surround.
ing soil. This is even worse than
the first method, because the dam
ger will last longer. Doctor Ba-
shore said Of the cess-pool meth
cd, "Iti is a relic Of medieval shift
lessness for which no excuse can
be offered"
To substitute for these old and
unsanitsry methods the Expert
ment Station has worked out
plans for several up-to- date
methods OF sewage disposal.
These are designed 10 suit the
needs of the moderate priced
country home whose builder de-
sires convenience and comfort.
The simplest method is one
much used in older countries,
called "dry closet" Plans are
given for a concrete catch basin
system which is said to give good
results. A system Of septic tanks
is described and explained, and
directions are given for building
it. The matter Of final disposal
Of the waste is thoroughly dis
cussed. Different methods Of re-
turning it to the land are shown.
There is also section which gives
general direction for installing
plumbing in the country house.
Estimates Of the average cost of
such systems are given.
The bulletin Is entitled "Sani-
tation and Sewage Disposal for
Country Homes" and its author
10 William G. Davidson. Copies
may be had free by sending a re-
quest to H. B. Shaw, director Of
the Engineering Experiment Sta
ton, Columbia, Mo.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1911-01-20
Sam. Thing.

Same Thing.
Mr.. Simpson was reading the news
paper. Here's . Chicago man got
into q drunken brswi aud was stab
bed to DEATH he said aloud.
His wife glanced up from her knit
ting and commented, ain some low
saloon. I suppose"
mo The paper says hs got stabbed
N the thorscic cavity"
-same thing. You'd think the po-
fice would close such place up."-Na-
tionai honthly.