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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1911-08-12
Class Ad History
LXXVI.-GETTING A GIRL.

One Of the problems Of the housekeeper is to find
competent help. There are many Missoula house
keepers who have learned by experience that the class
ad is the most effective way to get girl when one is
wanted Here is an illustration:
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1911-08-12

| WANTED--COMPET GIRL FOR
general housework. 332 South Sixth
east; phone 2S5 red.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1911-08-12
THE WEATHER.

Today--Fair.
Tomorrow--Showers.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1911-08-12

Continued on Page EighD
Evening star., 1911-01-22

this difficulty" Miss Octavia commanded
Simply this. Miss HOLSTER if must
answer. ! had offered to fight these three
gentlemen in order. 1t was agreed thai
the man who drew the jack Of clubs
from the pack with which they had been
playing should he my first victim. They
have shuff!ed their own cards and have
drawn the whole pack and there is no
jack of clubs in the pack. The only pos
sible explanation is one TO which | hest
tate to apply the obvious plain Saxon
terms
1T dropped out that's all, You don't
dare pretend that we threw out the jack
| though | saw from the glances the trio
exchanged that they suspected one an
other. Ormsby and Gorse bent down tc
look for the missing card, but before they
found it / stepped forward and drove my
fist upon the table with all the power
could put into the blow.
Stop" | cried. Il gave YOU every op
| portunity to stand up and take a trounc
| ing. but 1 need hardly say that after this
| contemplate knave-y I refuse to soil my
hands on your
do you insinuate'' began Henderson,
jumping to his feet
/ Gentlemen said Miss Hollister. lift
| ing the riding crop, lit is perfectly clear
| to me that Mr.. Ames has gone as far a.
honor. | do not offer myself as an
arbitrator here but / advise my young
friend that nothing further is required OF
him in this deplorable affair
With one sweep of her crop she brushed
to the floor the three piles of cards that
:. lay on the table as they had been stacked
when drawn.
Arnold she said. with indescriba ble
!, dignity. will you kindly attend me to my
horse?"
Evening star., 1911-01-22

1t had been marked down 10 40 cents
With SO good a forehead the voma n
must have had judgment enough TO know
that what she most needed I'm that shop
was a muffier for her poor unprotected
neck And there was a dignity about
ner that must have rebeled at the fool
lsnness that was making her consider a
rhinestone ring for fingers SO shriyeIed
and work-stained They were bare fin
gers that looked as if they had never
known the glamour of ring of any kind.
much less diamond that flashed blue
and yellow sparks
Maybe that was the reason that after
looking and looking at the shiny thing
and twisting IL TO catch the light at
every turn. she Went into a shabby hand
bag. counted out some dimes and pen
MES and handed them over to the sales
woman.
And another customer at the same
counter who was paying four times the
money for an everyday buckle with a
relia Bile pin sighed with envy
1T is splendid to he reckless-no
matter. about the repentance that fol-
lows after.
Which shows. dear Puck. what fools
We really be-
Evening star., 1911-01-22
What Is a Gentleman?
From the Savannah News.

the savannah News.
Too frequently a man wearing good
clothes and spending money freely IS
called a gentleman. when as a matter OF
fact lie is no s,rh thing. Even Satan has
been called gentleman because OF his
suavity of speech and engaging manners.
There isn't a villain on the stage but is
handsome well dressed and of charming
appearance. a stage villain that was not
polished would be failure from the very
start.
1t is not the clothes or the suavity or
the education or the birth that makes
tie gentleman. There is many Bill
Sykes in fashionable coat and patent
Feathers. and many an Admirable crirhtor
in greasy overals and jumpers. There
are those who will deny that man who
drinks coffee from his saucer or eats his
peas with a spoon is a gentleman Others
will say that the man who fails to take
off his hat in an elevator when ladies are
present is no gentleman. Again. giving
up seat in a street car may be made tbs
test There are thousand and one quail
ifications for the title. 1t matters moi
whether the man Is in jeans or denim o,
broadcloth. or whether re has 10 cent.
in his pocket o. $1,O0O.O0O in the bank
he Is a gentleman If he is kind, clean
considerate and brave.
Evening star., 1911-01-22
Concerning Lizards.

John Muir. In the Atlantic.
Lizards bear acquaintance well. and
one likes them the better the longer
one looks into their beautiful, innocent
eyes. They are easily tanned, and one
soon learns to love them, as they dart
about on the hot rocks. swift as drag
onhles The eye can hardly follow
them: but they never make long-sus-
tanned runs. usually only about ten or
twelve feet, then sudden stop, and as
sudden a start again. going all their
Journeys by quick. jerking impulses
as rests. for they are short -winded
and when pursued steadily are soon
out OF breath, pant pitifully and are
easily caught. Their bodies are more
than half tail. but these tails are well
managed. never heavily dragged nor
curved up as II hard to carry: on the
contrary, they seem to follow the body
lightly Of their own will. Some are
colored like the sky. bright as blue
birds. others gray like the lichened
Even the horned toad of the plains is
mild. harmless creature, and so are
the snake-like species which glide in
curves with the true snake motion,
while their small undeveloped limbs
drag as useless appendages One spec
linen fourteen inches long which 1 OBJ
served closely made no use whatever
of its tender sprouting limbs, but glid-
ed with all the soft. sly ease and grace
of snake. Here comes a little gray
dusty fellow who seems to know and
trust me, running about my feet, and
looking up cunningly into my face
Carlo is watching, makes quick
pounce on him. for the fun of the
thing. / suppose. but Liz has shot away
from his paws like an arrow. and is
safe in the recesses Of a clump of chap
arral Gentle saurians, dragons, de-
scendants of an ancient and mighty
race, Heaven bless you all and make
your virtues known: for few of us
know as yet that scales may cover fell
Iow-creatures as gentle and lovablO a.
do feathers or hair or cloth.
Evening star., 1911-01-22
North American Review.

From the North American Review.
''As gold is a commodity. it must obey
the general law of supply and demand.
and that law alone governs its interest
rate. IL one confines himself TO interest
rates on bonds or loans payable at dis
tant date. 1t must be evident that a per-
son who believes in the quantitative the
ory of money. and also believes that the
gold production will increase. will natu-
rally not buy bonds, but will buy equities.
Therefore. people whv desire 10 issue
bonds must pay an Increased rate of In
terest To get their money SO as to COM
pensate an investor for taking the risk
Evening star., 1911-01-22

layer of Muntgummy county. She got
scared, Nanny did, an sont her TO Aunt
Tidy to take of her
What have you done with pap
pap, he's got him job diggin. an
he say he amt got no use for no ole
stringy hen desc days. He say he Is a
tukky genlm'n. he is
so it's safe TO bring the champeen
home is it,
NANNY she say it's safer-
whats wrong with Aunt Tildy?'
Aunt nothin' wrong with Aunt Tidy,
but her ole mans boss done laid him off.
am
The stout man chuckled. for. the two
reasons that he was good natured and
had nothing better to do.
The boys grin widened into black sun
Chesterfield could have surpassed the
politeness with which he accepted the
coin that brought the interview 10 an end.
signatures of President Jefferson and
Gen George Washington Take one
This hospitable invitation was not ac-
cepted by the customer who noticed the
cards on store counter. hut she took
them up long enough 10 monolOgue to
the woman with her:
IF l couldn't write "A better hand than
those tive I'd lose my job. They couldn't
make their salt directing envelopes. No
editor would stand for their copy and
the civil service would turn them down
TeChoH dlIcT 1eOTSe Is ali he > cIdChcu
up to be. but I don't see how any man
with an idea in his head would stop to
make all those curlymacues. l never did
have any use for the pen artist who could
wind up his signature with spread
eagle flourish without taking his pen OF
the paper. And when il comes to Jeffer-
sonian simplcity-what object do you
suppose he had in changing two small rs
into a capital W"
Which seemed to show that for one
posterity woman, anyhow, two great men
had lived in vain.
Chauffeur will this car. take US to the
Capitol?"
And the motorman answered that it
would.
She looked as il her salary was about
four dollars a week and she didn't get
it regularly.
And she was trying to tear herself
away from a diamond ring.
II was a cluster ring that flashed blue
and yellow sparks, and for that day only
Evening star., 1911-01-22

of an increased production of god and
CONSEQUENT rise in prices.
In the writer's opinion. one must come
10 the conclusion that so long as geld
continues to increase i'm production as il
has IN the past ten years. enc cannot
get away from deciding that the best
chance of return on his capital is an
investment in equities-that is toisay, he
must place his mcney where the invest
ment will carry the equity with 1t.
1T is most serious question and ought
TO be treated by our national government :
otherwise. at the rate of increase of the
gold production, IL will not be long before
the principal countries of the world will
appoint monetary commissions to deal
with the question of gold as they were
obliged to deal with the silver question. -
Evening star., 1911-01-22
Around the City

A man sat on the top of pole.
The mole shot up into the air ABOUT
civ S.or;es from it's base in the New
RALEIGH foundation, but the man didn I
mind a little altitude like that he
smol.ed his nine and dangled his feet
AGAINST the pole as nonchalantly as
though he we're on a park bench on
Sunday afternoon, instead OF pelhs
perched on the top of a dlzziiy hisn
mast, with a stiff wind blowing ana
the ground beneath so much frozen
mud.
Between whiffs, the man chaffed an
other man who was perched on scaf-
folding somewhat higher, put reas-
IssurinsIy lashed-neither of them In the
least disturbed by the up-craned necks
of bunch of people who were staring
at them from the earth below
Everybody knows about the providence
that takes care OF children and grape
vine twisters, but the man on the pole
must have been under the special
patronage of that sweet little cherub
that sits up aloft to keep watch for
the life of poor Jack
Unless tie sweet little cherub is mean
enough TO discriminate against the
Jack that climbs a steeple instead OF a
rigging at sea-
A colored boy shufIied along the Ave
nue.. carrying in his arms a speckied hen
4 stout man who was lounging at a
botel corner stopped him. apparently for
the reason that he had nothing else to
do.
"Hello. Sambo. what you doing around
here with that dominecker. huh?"
The hoy stopped and grinned.
Il les totin' her fun Aunt Tildy's out
nv Freedm'n's Hospital back to Munt-
gummy county. where we all lives"
"Reen visiting Aunt Tidy. has she?''
mo sub, she amt ben visitin' Man,
NV paid her bode. Pap got outer work
fore Chris'm's an he lowed he had a
mind to kill de ole hen an eater. Nanny
| saw IL he kill de hen she gwineter xiii
him 'cause dis hen is de chamneen ecg
Evening star., 1911-01-22
Some Korean Superstitions.
From the Wide World Magazine.

FROM the Wide World Magazine.
The widest superstitions are rife
among the natives Of Korea. Every
thing is ascribed to the good or evil
influences of invisible spirits whom
they strive to propitiate by incessant
petty sacrifices. The serpent ia
revered as sacred and fed as do
mestic pet. Marriage is a quest ion Of
etiquette, and is arranged by the par
ents. A live goose is given as a be-
trothal gift. as a symbol of fidelity
and long life. Filial piety is cultivated
to remarkable degree. a son consid-
ering ii his duty to follow his father
to prison or exile. Sacrifices OF pigs.
sheep and goats are offered to the FIR
mament, to which they pray for rain
or fair weather and the removal OF
plague and misfortunes.
Evening star., 1911-01-22
Thoughts.
the Fliegende Blatter

From the Fliegende Blatter.
But why do you cry SO, Frau Maier."
THE sight of Nesuvius reminds me SO
or my poor dear Henry; he. too, was ale
ways smoking"
Evening star., 1911-01-22

1t matters little what 1t is that YOU
want-whether a situation or a servant
"a want ad in The Star will reach the
person who will fill your need.
Evening star., 1911-01-22
Boys and Girls
So and $3.50 Values.

Nearly all our Boys
cadet" and IT r l.
WEAR" Regular Height
or High-cut b u C X e q
Storm Shoes.
Many of our Highest
Grade Girls Shoes, In
cluding Big Girls RITE
FORM" and Little Girls
Patent or Gun M e t a !
s5ass' ssESD-EEsY" $2.37
Evening star., 1911-01-22

Goodyear Welt. @ a k :
soled Boys Tan or Black
Calf and Patent Leather
Shoes, in 10 up-to-date
styles: sizes to 512.
Misses and Big Girls
Welted Button or Laced
Boots. in all feathers.
Children'S "R j T + :
FORM" High-cut Storm
Boots and Vici Kid
BEND EEsY" 81 ~
Boots. ........ - sOl
Evening star., 1911-01-22

"FLORSHE1M" Shoes ENJOY
world wide reputation for distinctive
fashion and excellent workmanship.
But we now offer IS of this season
most striking STYLES in tan or black
Viking. Blizzard or Winnipeg CAR ana
Cheral Patent Colt. Extreme slsles
of the more quiet" models
Evening star., 1911-01-22

AS a result of a timely
purchase we offer an at
tractive style of good
$3.50 Grade Tan Button
Shoes, with short vamp
and straight tip, Cuban
heel and slant top, at
500.
Evening star., 1911-01-22

IL winter styles of the Celebrated
''TRI-WEAR" $50 and 81 Double
Oak Soled Shoes. in Choicest Black or
Tan Calf. The Shoes about which we
printed those remarkable '.TESTIMO-
MAILS" this fall
20 additional styles in other $50
Grade Shoes-patent colt. vici kid, gun
metal or box calf: Single or Double
Sole kinds in all wanted shapes.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-11-08
RECENT DEATHS
Pierce.

Samuel E. Pierce died very sud-
denly on Thursday at his home on
Pleasant street He had been in poor
health for the last nine years since
suffering a shock. but the end was
unexpected. Mr.. Pierce was born
in Melton, England, on January 8,
1882. He came to Canada 81 years
ago and so years ago married Eliza
beth Sizen, who survives him. OF
the nine children born to them eight
are living: Herman of ST. Johnsbury;
Walter of Littleton; Arthur of North
DanvilIe; Elbridge of Oakland, Cal;
Mrs. w. H. McFarlin of ST. Johns
bury: George of Springfield, Mass. !;
Stephen of Boston, and Mrs. Frank
Goss of ST. Johnsbury. Mr.. Pierce
also leaves 16 grandchildren. He
was a gardener by profession and
had lived in town for about IA years.
Before coming here he lived in Lit
Teton. Danville and North DanV1lle.
Mr.. Pierce was a kind husband and
father and will be greatly missed IN
in his home. The funeral was held
Sunday at one O'Clock at the First
Baptist church Rev. F. S. Tolman
oficiated and Miss Katherine Nor
rison sang two solos. Interment was
at North Danville.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-11-08

Newly Elected HfoS1uenG Oh lie yer"
mont State Horticultural Society.
There was the best showing of ap-
pies and vegetables ever made at
these shows. Speakers we're present
from Burlington, Washington, Mas
sachusetts Agricultural college,
also one speaker from the
Province of Quebec, who demon
strated how to pack apples. M. G..
Burritt of the U. S. department OF
agriculture gave one of the most
interesting papers on the raising OF
apples. He took three plots OF
ground ranging from four to 80 acres
and kept accurate account OF the
expenses of each orchard and also
gave the credit for the crops so as
to show how many years elapsed be-
fore the young orchards would be-
come profitable. A small profit in
the orchards was shown at the end
of the third year while at the end OF
the 4th year there was a larger bal
ance and at the end of the 9Th year
the orchard was showing good
profit. He demonstrated a cost sys-
tenn for the farmers to use so as to
enable them to see just how they
were standing.
Frank Wheeler of Concord, Mass,
gave an interesting lecture on as
| paragus.
This was the most interesting ses-
sion ever held as shown by the in
crease in exhibits. A dozen years
ago there were only a dozen plates
of apples while this year there were
over 200 plates of apples, 70 boxes
and Is barrels exhibited. These
boxes of apples were sold from Sz.oU
to $500 a box and the barrels
brought from $500 to $1,000 each
The summer meeting will be held
at some point to be determined later
possibly at Randolph, and the next
annual meeting will be held in Mid
dlebury.
Any one wishing to join the or
ganization at this time, will sreceiye
i a printed report containing all o.
j the papers read at the meeting Wh1cf
is worth much more than the mem
bership fee of 81. Applications cal
T. be sent to the president, E. IL. Hal
lett, St. Johnsbury Center.
Among the awards of prizes Wer'
the following: E. H. Hallett, st
Johnsbury, second prize for beets
first for celery and first for preserved
fruits.
Best barrel Vermont apples, R. W
Hemmenway, Bridgeport.
Best exhibit box collection for Yer
mont apples, r. w. HemmenWay
Bridgeport.
Best exhibit box collection for Yer
mont. w. N. Phelps; second, Stevens
Orwell.
Best packed barrel collection TO
market, w. N. Phelps, South Hero
second, Luther Putnam, Cambridge.
Best box of apples in Vermont
> John Stevens, Orwell, Addison cou1
l ty.
= Best plate of apples in Vernon
Luther Putnam, Cambridge.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-11-08

Mention The CaIedonian Ads when
you patroniZe an advertiser. He will
use you the better for it.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-11-08
HORTICULTURISTSMEET.
E. II. HalIett Chosen President of
the State Organization Good
Growth Shown This Year.

The annual meeting of the Yer
mont State Horticultural society
which was held in Montpelier, on
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of
last week drew an unusually large
attendance there being from 100 to
400 people present at each session.
Over 1900 school children visited the
show during the three days.
At the closing session the follow
ing officers were elected: President,
E. H. Hallett, st. Johnsbury; secre-
tary, M. B. Cummings, Burlington;
treasurer, A. M. Vaughn, Randolph;
auditor, W. S. Wright, Middlebury;
executive committee, G. L. Holmes,
Charlotte; Luther Putnam, Cam
bridge; George D. Aiken, Putney; E.
H. Hallett, ST. Johnsbury; M. B.
Cummings, Burlington.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-11-08
Bargain DAYS.

To say the least, we are consider
ably surprised the other day, when
the proprietor of one of the largest
dry goods stores in this city inform
ed US that the foreign buyers, that
is, those outside of our city, nearly
equalled the local customers in both
number and quantity of purchases.
We always understood that many
people from the neighboring cities
and towns came over to trade, but
we never realized that it was upon
this class that our merchants largely
depended for their business. Upon
learning this, we started a little
study of conditions in other cities,
situated like Dover, in the centre of
a large territory largely devoted to
agriculture and near numerous
smaller cities and towns.
What we discovered was very in
structive. Some of the schemes in
use might proitably be tried in this
city. Haverhill was the first to re-
ceive attention. Here the merchants
of all kinds have decided upon every
Saturday as a general bargain day.
Every Friday evening the Haverhill
Gazette, the only paper in that city,
is forced to print a paper nearly
Twice us norman size, SO noaVy is the
advertising for this bargain day.
One merchant alone, who takes only
an average amount of space in this
paper, there being many who adj
vertise more extensively, spends
$4,000 annually for this newspaper
publicity. And he finds that it pays,
as do all of the business men of
Haverhill, for every Saturday the
streets of that city are literally
crowded with people who have come
to attend these weekly sales common
to all merchants.
In Lowell, much the same method
has been in use for some time, and
it is still being used, sure sign
that it pays. It would be impossible
to compute the amount of money
taken in these two places by people
in nearby cities. 1t is however,
reckoned with five figures, be assur-
ed of that.
In Portland, slightly different
scheme has been tried very recently.
The Portland Press, a morning pap
er, covers Maine much as the Union
does New Hampshire, has started
something new. To all outsiders
who come to Portland to trade al
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-11-08
Knapp.

The remains of P1ynn Knapp~who
is remembered as the proprietor OF
the Cottage Hotel about 70 years
ago, were brought here on SATURDAY
for burial. He was native OF 81
Johnsbury, the son OF Mr.. and MIS-;
Putnam Knapp, and lived here until
he went to Springfield, Mass, ~
years ago. AS long as his health per
mitted he ran large lodging house
in Springfield. He had been SICK
since April with Bright's disease.
The remains were accompanied here
by his wife, his daughter, Elsie M.
knapp, his sister, Mrs. Elsie M. Har-
vey of Springfield, and his Wife,s
sister of Boston.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-11-08
VERMONT NEWS.
Cattle Commissioner Davis Finishing
Hort;r,rr of Cattle for the Year.

State Cattle Commissioner F. l..
Davis is in the southern end of the
state, where 500 head of cattle will
be tested for tuberculosis within the
next few days. This with the excep-
ton of a few herds which will be
tested, will finish up the work for
the year and no new applications
will be taken care of until after the
first of January as the appropriation
of $4,000 made by the state for the
benefit of the cattlemen, has been
practically expended. No money is
left for diseased meat claims either,
and for the remainder of the year the
loss will be borne by the owner of
cattle, whereas formerly the state
paid rs per cent. of the loss when
infected meat was found at the time
of the butchering. Mr.. Davis reports
very satisfactory progress IN the
work of stamping out the plague and
said that during the nine months
preceding September less than one
per cent of the cattle tested had been
found to be infected. The farmers
are still careless in some localities
about the certificate when the cattle
are purchased and thereby often in
troduce diseased animals into their
own herd and thus spoil the work
which has already been accomplish
ed ''If every buyer were careful
and bought only tested CATTLE" said
Mr.. Davis, there would hardly be a
trace of tuberculosis among the cat
tie of the entire state of Vermont. +"