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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-14

a New York woman has been fined
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-02-29
Insurance and Hymen.

Grasse, a German authority on race
biology and life insurance, in a recent
number Of the Journal for Life In.
surance> Examiners, is of the-opinion
that life insurance may be made to
play an important part in the proven
ton Of the union in marriage of sick.
ly or otherwise unsuitable individu.
ais. He holds that the public should
be educated to expect that every
prospective bridegroom and bride be
insured before marriage; If insurance
were denied to either one it should
be necessary to prove to the parents
of the bride OF bridegroom, as the
case might be, that the grounds for
the refusal Of insurance were not
equally strong grounds against enter.
ing into the married state. .Grasse
says If this custom should become.
universal life insurance would become
a great factor in the preservation Of
the strength and health Of the ace.
Evidently Germany is doing some good
thinking In other lines than in merely
developing the commerce of the ma.
ton, and has a most practical way
of presenting the a in insurance az
we'll as in other lines. "The proper
study Of mankind Is man."
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-02-29
NURSES SHOULD NOT SHORE
Ono Of Them Tells How the Habit
Keeps Them From Holding
Good Places.

I'm all those months I was in the
hospital somebody ought to have
warned me, l think" said the trained
nurse. "Of course l had it from the
folks at home that l snored a little,
but l never took it seriously until l
went on my first case. l found then
that it is a serious matter for a nurse
to snore.
II took the case from a nurse whose
own health had broken down. The
patient was nervous and excited over
the contemplated change, and that
made my ordeal more severe; q brand
new case Of my own would have been
much easier. Still. we got along fairly
we'll together the first half of the
night. He vas a Kindly man, and soon
after midnight he insisted that I
should try to get some sleep. I didn't
think I'd catch a wink, but by and by
1 dozed of. 1t was a fatal sleep for
me. The next morning the patients
sister told me about the snoring.
"'James could not rest at ALL she
said. 4 heard you In the next ROOM
Before night l was looking for an
other job. OF course I did not have
to give up nursing entirely, but the
hard cases, where l. am required to
keep awake every second. are open to
me. All those soft snaps that give
you a chance to sleep half the night
are beyond the reach of the snoring
nurse"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-02-29
Not in the Library.

Mr.. Claptrap arrived at the circula.
ting library the other day with his
hands full Of small packages and as
cross as two sticks because his wife
had asked him to fulfill some commits.
sions for her while he was out. With
a look which was just as di~sagreeable
as he felt he handed to the little Ii.
brarian a list which he had made to
aid his memory.
my wife wants these books" he
said grufly. "Be quick about getting
them, if you please. I'm in a great
hurry"
The girl, who was a trife shy and
inexperienced, flushed, and, saying
that he should have the books direct.
ly, went to look for them. She was
gone some time and when she re.
turned he glared at her Indignantly
and asked IL she expected him to
"wait all day."
Pm very sorry," she apologized,
"but you see I've been looking for the
last book on the list. Here are the
other three, but 'Hairpins and Castor
OIL I can't find and-and I'm afraid it
isn't in the library"
"Good h~eavens!" groaned Mr.. Clap.
trap, quite crestfallen. did / put those
things down in the book list!"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-02-29
PIGEONS ON A JAMBoREE
Drink Liquor Spilled In tho Street and
Gave Real Exhibition Of
Drunkenness.

A heavy truck loaded high with
kegs of liquor was jolting across a
line Of downtown car tracks when one
of the kegs toppled and fell from the
top of the pile into the street. 1t
was thoroughly smashed, so the truck.
man whipped up his team and went
his way without stopping. The rum
flowed out over the street-one little
dent in the paving collecting a visible
puddle of it.
In a few minutes a pigeon came 1ut.
tering down to drink at the pool thus
fortunately provided for thirsty birds.
The initial taste was a surprise, but
a second and q third soon followed,
and soon the pigeon tottered futter.
ing away, too overcome to fly. Other
birds, seeing him there and anxious
to wet their parching Threats on so
sultry a day, followed their brother in
mis- path of wicked intemperance.
Five minutes later a passerby was
astonished to e a dozen pigeons in
the gutter of the otherwise deserted
street, some dancing drunkenly, others
already sound asleep. A few feet
away a hound of disreputable appear.
hnce was creeping up, slowly and a
trife ~unsteadily, on his unsuspecting
and bibulous quarry. AS he was al
most among the birds his feet went
suddenly In several directions and
he lay in the gutter among the pig
cons, growing sleepily to himself. for
pc, too, was drunk.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-02-29
theological tuberculosis"

The Washington monument at the
national capital, highest of stone
structures, and designed by it's build.
ers to stand as long as the pyramids.
is suffering from a d~isintegration that,
while not Immediately fatal, will short.
en- it's life, says John S. Mosby, Jr..
in the December Popular Mechanics
Magazine.
The great shaft, 555 feet in height,
consists of walls Is feet thick at the
base. These walls are made up of an
outer facing of marble blocks and a
four-foot inner wall made of granite
and other hard stone. Between these
two walls there is a filling of heter.
ogeneous stone, held together by a ce'
ment. This describes the first 100
feet, which is. the part now affected.
This part was built continuously from
the beginning Of the structure. Then,
for years, the construction halted at
that height. 1t is the interior filling
between these walls that is now,
through the deadly effect of heat and
cold and dryness and dampness at.
lacking it alternately, beginning to
disintegrate and ooze out between
the joints of the outer wall and the
%crevices made by the action of the ele.
mentS. 3,
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-02-29
Knowing One Another.
ave a friend who says:

l lave d lIIcuu WHO says:
"When I first saw the Oriental rugs
of the professor Of our new red brick
high school buildings wife, hangin' on
the line, I says to myself: No. Not
that woman. I won't never vote for
her for president of the Ladies' Aid.
She amt one Of u.s. And while they
was votin' that day I set over in one
corner feelin' mean, and thinkin':
No. You don't get no ballot out OF
ME. You amt folks And then the
next mornin', while I was gettin'
breakfast she comes waikiki acrost
the yard between our two houses, and
she saids: ooh, Mis- Arthur, I'm ma,
kim Johnny Cake. and I can't tell
whether you put in soda or bakin
powder. Which do your And when
I'd told her how, and she'd started
back, I stood inside the screen door
just lookin' after her. And I thought:
Why, my land. Underneath your
Oriental rugs you was like that all
the time. Why, you're folks"
The thing is as simple as the light:
Getting to know one another is the
problem. Social centering is the way
to work it out. And at the last, de
mocracy is the answer.-Zona Gale in
La Follette's Magazine.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-02-29
Misleading Names.

Practically all the wooden clocks
called Dutch are made in the village
OF F%reyburg, in the Black Forest. This
misnomer is due to simple m%ispronun.
ciation-"Deutsch" meaning, of course,
German. Nothing is more natural
than to assume that India ink comes
from India, but it does not, and never
did, n more than does India rub
Der. India ink is a Chinese product,
and India rubber comes from South
America. Camel's hair brushes are
not made from the hair of camels,
but from the hair of the tails Of Rus.
sian and Siberian squirrels. Cancels
hair is, however, employed in the man.
ufacture of certain fabrics to be made
into shawls, ETC., and is sometimes
mixed with silk.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-02-29
Poor sophIa's Case.

DR.. Ronald H. Curtis, the wellknown
BIOLOGIST, said in a recent lecture in
Charleston:
II take no stock in all these yarns
about the disinterested affection OF
animals. An animals affection ia
parasitc-your dog loves you because
you feed 1t. Analyze these yarns about
animal affection, and they turn out
like Sophia's ase
There was a rich old maid who had
an il-natured cur named Sophia. The
old maid died, leaving her fortune to
her nephew, who had lived with her.
1 met the nephew one day, and ven
tured to offer him my sincere sym
pathy. He said:
eyes, it's sad. And the morning
after my aunt's decease the dog. So
phia, also died. r
"'Grief, I suppose?' said I.
"'No.' said he; 'prussic acid.'"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-02-29
NERVOUS IN PUBLIC
MANY WORLD-FAMED SPEAKERS
NEVER OVERCOME THIS.
With Some 1t Persists as Mannerisms
-Yawn and Handkerchief Of Late
Duke Of Devonshlre-GIad.
stones Peculiar Actions.

Persons who are unaccustomed to
speak in public believe that their
nervousness is solely due to their in
experience, and that public men can
make speeches as coolly as they make
conversation. In some cases this may
be SO, but few speakers are ever able
Wholly able to cast of their rvo
ness. Sometimes it persists only in
the form OF a mannerism, attractive or
otherwise, but some old parliamentari-
ans never escape from the tremors
and terrors which shook them when
their maiden speech was delivered.
The late duke of Devonshire is usu.
ally spoken of as the perfect type of
the 1mpassive Englishman. When he
entered the house of commons as Lord
Cavendish, he distinguished himself
by p%refacing his maiden speech with
a p%rodigious yawn. But he was by no
means as languid in fact as he was
In appearance.
When he rose to speak he would
lean n arm on the nearest of the
two %iron-bound boxes on the table be.
tween the front benches. After a
slight hesitation and a few quiet
words, the other hand would steal to
the tail pocket of his coat and emerge
holding a neatly-folded white cambria
handkerchief. Without unfolding it
he would gently rub the corners of his
mouth, and this done, the hand, still
holding the handkerchief, would rest
on the hip or be thrown back.
Sitting "a him, one could observe
that the grip on his handkerchief
frightened, and that the muscles of the
hand were in continuous action. At
the close Of his speech the band
opened, and one saw not the clean,
folded cambria handkerchief, but only
a solid. greasy ball, which was quick
ly returned to the pocket. Here was
the safety valve for the impassive no.
bleman's nervousness.
Gladstone was one in whom nerv.
BUSINESS had become mannerism.
When he rose to speak he began with
a few gracious words on the speech
which was about to follow, or some
pointed remark as to the character
and importance of the subject. In
his earlier days this was, no doubt
to "get his BREATH"
His next act was to raise his right
hand his head with the thumb
bent down and gently scratch his
skull. That is rather common among
public speakers. The third action of
Mr. Gladstone was his peculiar and
individual sign. Throwing his arms
downward by his side, he would with
his fingers seize the cuffs of his coat
and draw these down, over his shirt
cuffs so as to conceal them complete.
ly. The ordinary practice is. just the
reverse, the desire being to expose
and not conceal the white linen of
the shirt cuffs. These were the in.
variable preludes to the great com.
moner's speeches.-Pall Mall Maya
zine.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-02-29
KIND HE WEARS HIMSELF
Clerk Sells the Editor Some "Non.
Itchy" Underwear But His
Veracity ls Doubted.

We believe in giving every man
the benefit of the doubt. We do not
like to attack anyone's veracity in
haste. Often men have deceived us
as to facts and conditions, but always
We have liked to think they we're mis-
taken. We have gone our way con-
fident that they had not Intentionally
led us astray.
But there is a certain clerk In q
certain underwear shop In this town
whom we would not believe again
under oath. We were In search of
some new white undergarments. We
hesitated in our choice. The clerk
saw that we were slipping from his
grasp, to-wit: that he was about to
lose a sale.
"Now this garment" says he, sis
one of the kind that I always wear
myself"
Pulling back his coat and shirt
sleeve he exhibited his undergarment.
Aside from the fact that 1t wasn't
quite as clean it looked like the very
stuff on the counter.
Does it itch?" was asked.
"Not a Bit" he replied. "That's the
beauty of this make. I've never had
any trouble. You can put a suit of
this right on and it won't bother you
a particle"
He looked SO honest and straight.
forward and frank when he said it
that we fell for his line of talk. That
we haven't known a moments peace
since we need not relate. What we
wish to emphasize is the fact that
that young man, with the honest coun.
tenance, must have had a back red
with itching and scratching when he
told us that unmitigated falsehood.
His legs and arms must have been
crimson with irritation, yet he stood
right up there and denied it. Either
that or he lied when he said that
he wore the Mind of flannels he sold
us. Even as we write we hardly
know whether to finish this sentence
or get up and scratch our back
against the door.--Detroit Free Press.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-02-29
Navajo Blankets.

Much unauthorized nonsense has
been written concerning the symbol
ism Of Navajo Indian blankets, and the
poetry, legend, tradition and history
woven by the squaw into it's fabric. 1t
is true that some designs have a SYM
bolic meaning, but Hopi, Zuni and
Apache symbols are used quite as
freely as those peculiar to the Nava-
jos. The Navajo squaw is one of the
least imaginative and least poetical'
of human beings, and 1t is quite safe
to say that ever when symbolic de-
signs are employed in basket weav-
ing 1t Is without the remotest refer
ence to their true significance.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-02-29
Hoodooed Her Hair.

Another black mark has been
chalked down against number thir.
teen.
Il did up my hair the other night in
curl papers torn from an old calen-
dar," said the pretty girl, land in the
morning when I took it down 1 had a
row OF beautiful curls all around my
head except right over the left TEN.
pie. That lock was as straight as a
lead pencil, and I had dampened it
with lemon juice just like all the 9TH
ers, but when 1 unrolled the paper l
found out why it wouldn't curl. The
page. l had twisted it over was the
thirteenth Of the month"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-02-29
A Real DeJjcacy.

A New York clubman who prides
himself on his knowledge of things
%epicurean was much interested in an
item he discovered in the menu laid
before him on the occasion of his visit
to a town of the middle west. The
item "a "green bluefsh."
waiter" demanded the New York.
er, what sort of bluefish are green
bluef1sh?"
Fresh, SIR" quickly responded the
servitor. Right from the water"
"How dare you impose upon me?"
continued the clubman. "You know
we'll enough that bluef1sh are not ia.
ken at this season."
Whereupon the waiter picked up
the menu and gave it a careful scru.
tiny, as if by that action he would
solve the mystery. Then, with an air
Of n suddenly enlightened, he add.
ed:
ooh, that, sir? That's dollhouse blue.
fsh."-Lippincott's.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-02-29
In Praise Of Modesty.

Reginald De Koven told at a must.
Gale in Chicago a pretty story in
praise of modeHy.
"A group Of tourists" he said, wis.
tied Beethoven's house in Bonn. One
of the tourists, a girl of twenty or so,
sat down at Beethoven's piano and
played the moonlight Sonata none
too we'll. Beethoven's own work, in
his own room, on his own piano!
when the girl had finished, she
rose and said to the old caretaker:
"T suppose lots Of famous musicians
have been here and played on this in.
strument?'
"'Well, MISS the caretaker an.
swered gravely, 'Paderewski was here
last year, and his friends urged him
to play, but he shook his head and
said:
emo, I am not worthy"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-02-29
FREEING THE SLAVE
OLD JOE DIDN'T TAKE 1T IN THE
ORTHODOX MANNER.
instead Of Weeping and Begging to
Stay, He Gave Out Yell, Ran Away
and Never Was Heard Of
Again.

All present had heard, ever so many
times. those good old stories of how
the slave Of ante.bellum times, when
told that he was free-"Yes, free,
-scipio"-had thrown himself, sobbing,
at his masters feet, and begged, with
ear In his eyes, that he be not sent
aWay-that he be allowed to serve the
family In any capacity until the end
OF his days. Therefore all present
looked wise and resigned when the
southerner launched on his story.
Down at our old home in the
SOUTH" he said, there was an old ne.
gro called. Joe who had been on the
place as far back as any of us could
remember. In fact, so long had he
been there that he had grown to be
Just like member Of the family.
We children included him in all our
games and treated him exactly as we
would any other playmate, while his
long years of service had earned him
every sort Of special consideration
from the grown folks.
$50 m%eritorious was Joe that my
father decided one day to make him a
free man. He went about the neces.
sary formalities quietly, and, when
all was ready, resolved to give the
thing a dramatic setting.
$50 he called the family together,
likewise his slaves, and when they
were all there, grouped impressively
about him, he summoned Joe.
"The faithful old slave appeared.
Joe said my father solemnly, you
have served us long and we'll. We
have a great affection for YOU
I'VE all beamed approval. Joe's
face grew puzzled.
81 feel that We should show that
affection in some substantial way
continued my father. Then, after a
short pause, he said:
Joe, you are a free man.
Joe did not seem to understand.
He looked at my father and then at
the rest Of us in a %bewildered way.
.mopsslJ lno6 no6 eAIs T. co.,,
You are no longer a slave. am no
longer your MASTER said my father.
"The slaves face began to clear.
"'Free? he queried.
"'Yes,' said my father. =
"For n moment Joe stood there.
Then"
In his turn, the southerner made a
dramatic pause, even as his father had
done before him. His auditors were
listening, bored but polite.
"Then," he continued, that negro
gave one ungodly yell, swung his cap
about his head, and without SO much
as saying 'goodby' dashed out of the
house as fast as his legs could carry
him. We never so much as heard OF
him again."
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-02-29
Asbestos ShInaIes.

Asbestos shingles are now being
manufactured in this country with u
cess. and the trade has grown enor-
mously. The new products are of the
lightest weight, and flreproof up to a
temperature of 1000 and more de-
grees. They are proof against acids
and weather. and last as long as q
concrete building will.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-02-29
Railway Clerks Speciality.

Railway Clerks Speciality.
Among the voluntary helpers In the
work of compiling the Oxford English
dictionary. the most learned authority
on words and phrases of the Eliza
bethan period, according to DR.. r. A
Miers' principal of London university
WAS q railway clerk.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-02-29
A Good One,

us little Mrs. Bings' worthless hus.
band going to dine home on Thanks.
giving day?"
mo: I understand he is going to
stay away for a culinary reason"
"A culinary ~reason?"
Eyes. He knows his goose f.
cooked"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-02-29

Practical Philosophy.
my husband worries so over thu
gas"
Tell him he ought to make light Of
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-02-29
Logical Progress.

''The new show went like a breeze"
II was told the hacker had to send
q lot Of drafts"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-03-07
Think Rates Too High.

At an adjourned meeting of the
Head Camp of the Modern Wood
men of America held at Chicago in
January the rates in that society
were raised, in many cases, especial
ly the older members being al
most prohibitive All over the
country Woodmen are protesting
against this increase, believing that
so large an increase of rates is not
necessary. But here they are con-
fronted by what is known as the
Mobile schedule of rates, which
has been enacted into law in six
teen states, including Missouri. 1t
therefore becomes necessary to have
the Mobile law repealed in every
state where it is law, in order that
fraternal societies can exist, thus
making it appear that the law is in
the interest of the old line insur-
ance companies. 1t is up TO the
people who know that fraternal in
surance can be carried at a much
lower price than the old line and is
just as good, to get busy and have
this law repealed next January.
Ten of the twelve Camps of Monroe
County were representedNat a meet
ing held at Paris, Monday. A per-
manent County organization was
formed with j. H. Braytun. Pres, w
L. Crawford, Secy Each Camp
electing a member of the executive
committee This organization is
for the purpose of doing all in its
power to prevail on the head offic-
ers not to put into effect the rates
adopted at Chicago and to cooper
ate with other county organizations
organized for the same purpose,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-03-07
Honor Roll

OF Public Grade Schools for Feb
ruary.
Grade 1.-Francis Bull, Pauline
Tuley, Arlie Newell, Anetta Fay
johnson.
Grade 2. Helen Drescher, Jane
Guilford, Mamie Lee May.
Grade 3. Bessie May Jones, Mil
ton Redd
Grade d. Les Bricker, Ethelyn
Cline. Marie Humphreys. Arley
Schafer. Myrtle Settle. Everett Saun-
ders, Thomas Boulware, Gladys
Nesbit, Ollie Kirby.
Grades Roswell Johnson, George
Powers, Bessie Shank, Carrie Shank,
Donald Wilson.
Grade 7.-Aleen Orr.
Grade 8. Mildred Settle, Daisy
Crigler.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-03-07

Did you ever know that there are
three persons in the United States
who enjoy the privilege of receiving
and sending letters without being
Obliged to use postage stamps?
These are the widows of former
presidents Mrs. ,Ec3j0min Harri-
son, Mrs. Grover Cleveland and Mrs.
James A. Garfield By a special
act of Congress these three ladies
enjoy the privilege, so if you have
occasion to write them you need
not affiX any stamp to your letter.
Chronicle.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-03-07

Charles Baynum announces as a
candidate for Marshal. Mr.. Baynum
is an excellent young man with
many friends who feel that he will
make a good officer.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-03-07

Node Green announces himself
rs a candidate for City Collector.
Mr.. Green is fully qualified to fill
this important office and has many
friends who hope he will be elect
ed.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-03-07

G. L. Carpenter announces him
self as candidate for Mayor He
is successful business man ard
an honorable man and his friends
have faith in him making a good
Mayor.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-03-07
The Ladder to Wealth

consists largely in avoiding tempta-
ton to spend UNNECESSARILY. An
account at the Farmers & Mer-
chants Bank will do this for you
surprisingly Money in the bank
burns no hole like cash in the peck
ct. And the very act of drawing a
check makes you think twice be-
fore you spend once. Think it over
FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANK
Monroe City, Missouri.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-03-07

j. Fl. Willis announces this week
as a candidate for City Marshal.
This is an important Office and Mr..
Willis has many friends who think
he will I'll the position with entire
satisfaction