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Arizona republican., 1912-07-25
WHAT'S THE IJSE

George Ade. Oliver Hereford and several others were once swapping stories, having for their basis the inability of the Briton to understand an American joke. The party laugh ed heartily at several of the tales, when "brimide" who chanced to be present offered this perfectly obvi- ous remark:
 Well. you always can tell an Eng lishman"
 "Of course you can,' said Ade, but it doesn't do any good"-Mother's Magazine
Arizona republican., 1912-07-25
LUCKY.

"Ah, Gustave. what luck?"
 "Excellcnt, Johann. I am writing four comic operas year"
 "Is it possible? Yet I have never seen one of your operas here in Vienna.
 q have never producteed one here. I furnish European successes for the American stage e"-Louisville Courier Journal.
Arizona republican., 1912-07-25
IMAGINATIVE ENERGY.

why do you want to found another political organization"
 T have just found new animal that would make a good party emblem and I hate to waste the idea. Wash ington Star.
Arizona republican., 1912-07-25

Hire a little salesman at The Re publican office. A Want Ad will see more customers than you can
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-12-05

L. p. Kimball is in Kansas
City this week, and Hugh Rob-
inson is the chief in charge. He
wants you to take notice that
YOU have some news this week
[Lakin] Kearney Co. Advocate.
Hugh Robinson will be remem-
bered by many of our people. 1t
gives us pleasure to note that he
is doing so nicely.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-12-05
Remember This

The frequent occurrence of
neutrality-suspicious. during the
summer serves to emphasize the
need of a thorough understand
ing of the principles underlying
resuscitation, and particularly
the fact that success ultimately
depends on preventing perma-
nent injury from lack of blood to
the brain. Efforts at resuscita.
ton should be used for at least
two hours after apparent death
says DR.. F. w. Hitchings of
Cleveland in a recent number of
The Journal of the American
Medical Association.
The heart may continueto beat
for as long time as five minutes
after cessation of respiration,
although It usually stops in two
or three minutes. Add to pos
sible five minutes the seven MIN
utes during Mbich the brain may
be completely resuscitated after
total cessation of the heartbeat,
a possible maximum of twelve
minutes of relative death may be
undergone with recovery.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-12-05
The Rev. Irl R. Hicks 1918
Almanac.

The Rev. Irl r. Hicks Alma
nae for 1913 is now ready. 1t is
the most SPLENDID number of
this popular Year Book ever
printed. Its vaIue has been more
than ever proven by remarkable
fulfillments of its storm, wealth
err and earthquake forecasts this
year. Professor Hicks justly
merits the confidence and sup
port of all the people. Don't
fail to send CSC for his 1913 AL
manac, or only one dollar for his
splendid Magazine and Almanac
one year. The best one dollar
investment possible in any home
or business. Send to Word and
Works Publishing Company,
34O1 Franklin Ave-, st. Louis,
Mo.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-12-05
Cheap Lots.
Nonresident says sell:

NOu-I eSlueHt says SSl'
Lot 7Bk. "a, First Add, South
west corner lot same block Fink
les residence, so fl. lot; good
title, Price $40.
Lots /, 2, } & 10 Blk. 3, Citizens
Add, just this side depot; has
brick sidewalk, $50 each, good
title, 5000.
Lot II Blk. 9, O. s., a business
lot, just East of McGuire's.s tore
500.
All good titles; on payments If
desired.
asst GEO. B. CONES.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-12-05

Joe Wood spent last Thurs
day in Meade.
See Uncle Josh and Aunt Sarah
Hayseed in the Union Depot"
next week, Dec. / lth and 18th.
John Ballard was over from
Plains last Saturday.
E. M. Olson went to Bucklin
Friday on band business.
VIM. Jobling was down from
Fowler Saturday on business.
H. X. Jones made a trip to
Hutchinson Sunday, retaining
Tuesday.
Old clothes made new and new
clothes made too. Crowder the
Tailor.
Elder o. l.. Sumner, from
Cherryvale, Kansas, is visiting
at the home of his son, A. L.
Sumner. He expects to remain
a week or more.
Xmas will soon be here don't
you want a suit here to. Crowder
will tailor you right.
Don't forget to see the "Union
Depot" at the Opera House next
Tuesday and Wednesday nights
Dec. 18th and 18th.
o. T. Wood and wife, of Lib
eral were entertained Thanks
giving day at the home of Mr.,
Woods mother, Mrs. L. e.
Wood.
join the crowd and go to the
"Union Depot" next Tuesday
and Wednesday nights.
Mr.. John Becker, brother OF
Mrs. J. Frank Moore, and who
is in the railway mail service
passed through Meade Tuesday
4 See the old maid who marries
4 the widower with five children il
the "Union Depot" at the Oper;
y House Dec. 18th and 18th.
q Mr.. A. ] Olson, of Greens
burg. attended the band concer
IN Meade Thanksgiving night
given by the Meade band.
About fifty local characters
n will take part in the "Union De
pot"
There are sixty laughs min
ute and songs that you whistl
for six months in the "Unlol
Depot"
II. N. Holdema n was this weel
in attendance at the Good Road:
Convention held at Independence,
Kansas, where he went as del
egate, appointed by the Town
ship board.
Don't you need new suit o,
overcoat for Xmas. Better leav'
your order with Crowder nov
and you will get your money
worth.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-12-05

1t is wise to begin buying stock
for the Stocking of the Stocking
lust as soon as the stores lay in
Stockings Stock.
Already the M. & M. Drug Co.
are Stocked with Stocking Stock.
Stock up for Christmas.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-05-13

Dlgby, Nova Scotia, May l3.-
Acadia's legless man of mystery
died here the other day and with
his passing, death sealed a mys-
terry as hopeless of solution as the
mystery of the Man in the Iron
Mask.
Two slender clues were all that
might help to solve this mystery.
Two words:
"Gerope;;" Trieste"
For over % years the only pos
sible source of other clues was the
legless man who uttered those
words, the first in August, 1861, /
the second some years later.
For over SO years that man
kept his silence. Saving these
two proper names, no word pass
ed his lips in all those years.
The legless man came from the
sea. He was marooned on the
beach here in 1861, landed from
an unknown ship that beat into
the harbor and sent a dory ashore,
then put promptly to sea again.
A few hours later, in a seques-
tered inlet, fishermen found an
unconscious man on the beach,
lying just above the tide line. A
bottle of water and a few ships
biscuits were found by his side.
The mans legs had been cut off
apparently only a short time
before. The flesh of the stamps
was still raw.
To all questions the stranger
was silent till old RudieI Goneah /
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-05-13
TRIESTE?
Fifty Ago Legess Marooned on Coast Of
Nova Scotia by Mysterious Ship-For Fifty Years
the Man Spoke But Two Words.

oGS 4 W. NNOlSSs
asked him his name in Italian.
"Gerome," was the reply.
Then the castaway lapsed into
silence. From that day till he
died, half century later, he
spoke but once, and then only to
calculate Trieste" when some
one surprised him with the ques-
ten, where did you come
from?"
He accepted gratefully the food
and shelter that the Comeau fam
lily gave him. He chopped wood
for the household, welding the
ak powerfully and with skill.
Though he came from the sea
there was nothing about him to
mark him certainly as a sailor.
The Acadians believed him to be
an Italian, but they did not know.
Always his eyes were bent sea-
ward. Day after day he watched
the horizon. And when a strange
vessel hove in sight faint flicker
of interest was kindled in his in
scrutable eyes.
But strange sail was the only
thing under heaven that held any
interest for him. If he had any
hope in life it was the sea that
yelled it.
And when at last he came to die
he passed as grimly as he had
lived. Not even in death was his
tongue loosed to tell anything
about the strange prank that fate
had played with his destiny.
/ There only remain questions
that. intI4ita15lF 5Tise.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-12-13
English Plum Puddino.

For those who want their plum pud-
dings homemade the following recipe
may prove useful:
Take one-haf pound of finely shred
ded suet. one.half pound of washed and
dried currants. three fourths of pound
Of stoned raisins, four tablespoonful
Of dried and sifted breadcrumbs, three
tablespoonfuls Of warm sifted -four,
dve ounces of loaf sugar, three eggs.
three ounces of shredded citron. one
half nutmeg grated and teaspoon
full of brandy Mix these well tOgeth.
er, adding enough milk to make it Of
nice consistency. and boil for six or
eight hours
This pudding keeps admirably, and
when it is not to be used for some
time it should be boiled. say, for six
hours and then hung from hook in
the storeroom until about to be used
when it should again be placed in IT,
pan and boiled for an hour and half
or two hours longer
1t may be boiled in a mold basin
or cloth and must be kept in, which
ever is chosen until ready to be served
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-12-13
PRETTY CHRISTMAS TABLE.
An Old Fashioned Party For the Chill
dren.

An Old Fashioned Party For tho Chill
dren.
The arrangement of q table at a
Yuletide party was quite unusual, in
asmuch as it was an old fashioned
square one. heightened to accommo.
back against the wall. and at the back
was the largest sized Yule log candy
box, resting on a bed of holly and mis-
tletoe
On top Of the log was doll dressed
rs jester, called the Lord of Mis-
rule and attached to the front end
of the log by red ribbons were six
dolls dressed to represent the first six
months Of the year. Following after
the log were six more figures dressed
like the last six months At each plate
were holly paper covered horn and a
wee tree lit with red wax tapers.
The children were to blow out the
candles, making a wish for each one.
If they go out with the very first puff
the wish WILL come true. A white and
red Christmas ribbon goes 70 each
plate. fastened by a spray Of holly.
Then each child looks at the dolls and
says which one he or she thinks rep
resents the month in which they were
born.
If there should be two in the same
month the one who is the oldest gets
the doll for that month. AS there is
one for each guest, satisfactory ad-
justment is easily made. The YuIe log
also contains small favors for each
guest
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-12-13
Christmas Eve.

Christmas Eve.
The hoar Of time where the frost's gray
rime
In fantastic glamour lies:
4 sheen Of light on the cleaning white
That mirrors tho spangled skies;
u great cold star in the heavens afar
And q moon trail on the hills;
Tho earth nstilled with an awe fulfilled
And tho night with music thrilled
The carolers sing - the church bells rine.
While Mp in the organ loft
The sage owls Groom a. the calm, sweet
Comes swelling. but ever SOFT -.
The message flies through the changiae
BY changing time and tongue,
hut ever tho same Is tho tale that came
The shepherd mon among
Where the m1stletoe and the laurel bough
And the holly and bay are twined.
Where the hearth fire CLEANS an In an
cient dreams
One age is RAJ in mine
A. In modes,: dvaams the hearth fire
10. under ss,t easement still. ... l...
The car~:** Ia. be tower tongue .
Nam sssss .tsl wii,
q. t,...
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-12-13
Supplement- 10 the Little Fan. Her. Friday December 3 1912
The Yuletide Gif1

A favorite. poem made into booklet
makes Il charming gift.
A flat leather penwiper for his desk
makes an appropriate souvenir for the
business man or woman.
A bodkin case with three bodkins is
q useful Christmas gift for the needle
woman.
A homemade booklet of a dozen re-
liable chaing dish recipes will be
priced by the housewife.
A blotter, the upper side made of a
picture postcard of yourself, is a sim
pie yet valued gift for an intimate
friend.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-12-13
CHRISTMAS.

Christmas comes but once a year.
Let's enjoy it while it's here.
Eat your turkey without fear.
Never pause to shed tear.
Should you feel q trife queer
After wings or running gear.
Neck and bishops nose y-fers.
Take a pill a rAleck Thweatt.
He who never dares to eat
Waff1es. cakes or sausage meat.
Nothing sour. nothing sweet:
Lives a week on shredded corn,
Never smoked since he was born:
Waters all he ever drinks:
Living low. he highly thinka
Christmas turkey. Christmas pie.
Christmas pudding. Christmas sigh!
Merry Christmas! Merry week!
Happy New Year! Very meek!
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-12-13
CHRISTMAS GIFTS.
'-f-'-',s0 -. - .s., ~
FOR Her LADySA|P
Homemade Offerings That Almost
Any Woman Would Appreciate.

Milady will like the useful litt!e van.
fly case seen in the illustration which
IL made of ribbon. Just the proper
size to slip in her purse or hand bag.
For this. wide satin ribbon is select
cd and two pieces of it. with fat bit
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-12-13

Novelties For the Dressing Table.
A charming gift can be easily made
from picture frame. Buy a frame
any size you choose. but instead Of in
sertirg a picture put in piece of
bright chintz or cretonne. Then buy
two small brass handles and attach
one TO each end of the frame. When
this is finished tack piece of fine felt
across the back. This makes as pref
~ 8 tray as any one could wish. s
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-12-13
A Mean Holiday Spirit.

Do not gauge your Christmas giviuG
There is nothing more despicable than
to work off the back numbers or the
shabby. useless gifts or the girl who
"needs everything" and spend small
fortune on those who can spend on
themselves.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-12-13

Of cotto:, wadding laid between, are
stitched together on the edge.
On one side, extending almost half
way across, another piece of ribbon is
stitched to form small pocket into
which is slipped a small envelope of
rice powder and soft piece of cham
01s with which to apply it.
A small oblong mirror has it's edges
bound with ribbon and is then sewed
fast to the other side Of the case.
Very narrow ribbon encircles the
case and serves to fasten it together
when folded over like little book.
Illustrated is vanity case of still an
other variety. The inside of the case
Is shown, with a pocket and powder
puff on one flap and mirror on the
other.
Gift For the House.
1t is becoming quite popular to give
what is known as Christmas present
to the hOuse-that is. something that
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-12-13
Pretty Gift For lnvalids.

Pretty Gift For Invalids.
When planning the holiday gifts do
not forget the invalid.
Make bag Of dainty Powered silk
or cretonne, running inch wide satin
ribbon in the top for draw string and
lining 1t with delicately scented silk.
Have the drawstring very long SO
It can be hung on the bedpost in easy
reach of the invalid's hand without
the necessity Of her raising herself in
bed
In the bag is Il small paper pad, pen
a, handkerchief and anything she
may need that otherwise would have
to be handed to her by an attendant.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-12-13

is Jointly contributed to and enjoyed
by all the members of the household
The charming screen pictured would
make a delightful gift of this kind
It is of gold leaf finish and has top
of glass in which are set oval mirrors
to reflect the beauty of the apartment
in which it is placed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-20
FOR THE SCHOOL GIRL

TIE thing to remember in regard to
the schoolgirls wardrobe is service.
Her clothes must wear well, be OF SIM
pie but we'll cut style, and must be ap-
propriate for all school occasions. and
must of course, be becoming.
This season corduroy effects will be
seen in the majority of goods. although
the real corduroy will be but little used.
Velour delaine, peau de chamois and
peau d'agneau are the beautiful soft,
warm wooden materials for winter wear.
All of these are plain and fiat in effect,
but in the more expensive goods a striped
effect is given by the rough surface be-
ing cut away at regular parallel intervals,
giving the effect Of a fiat corduroy. Even
the reliable serges are made in corduroy
effects.
Often these are in one color. but an
added charm is given by a stripe of color
or underweave of color. Serge is always
an indispensable material for school
dresses in dark blue, gray-green or pale
green blue, according to the use to which
it Is to be put Ratine will be popular.
and also cheviots, which show a most
delightful mingling of colors.
Some good effects produced by trim
ming can be achieved by the use of plain
materials. A dark blue serge suit. coat
and skirt can be bordered by a half-inch
or inch of plain raspberry red. Tan or
wood color is vastly improved by the
same treatment in black. Gun metal or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-20
The Beggars Of Toledo.
". D. Howells. in Harper's.

AS soon as we got outside, the begears
of Toledo swarmed upon US: but l hope it
was not wholly from them I formed the
notion that the beauty of the place was
architectural and not personal though
these poor things were as deplorably
plain as they were obviously miserable.
The inhabitants who did not ask aims
we're of course, in the majority, but
neither were these impressive in looks or
bearing.
Rather should say, their average was
small and dark, and In color of eyes and
hair as we'll as skin suggested the Afri-
can race that had held Toledo for three
centuries. Neither here nor anywhere
else in Spain are there any traces of the
Jws who helped bring the Arabs in; once
for all, that people have been banished
40 perfectly that they do not show their
noses anywhere.
Possibly they exist, but they do not eX-
list openly, any more than the descendants
of the Moorish invaders practice their
Moslem rites. AS for the beggars to
whom return they constantly return
ed to us, it did not avail to do them
charity; that by no means dispersed
them: the thronging misery and mutila-
ton in the lame, the halt and the blind
was so great at our home coming to our
hotel as at our going out OF it. The very
school children interrupted their sports
to chance our charity; and it is still with
a pang that / remember the little girl
whom we denied a copper when she was
really asking for fiorecito out of the
nosegay that one of us carried. But how
could we suppose that it was little
flower and not little dog that she
wanted?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-20
The Hoosac Tunnels Rival.
From the New York World.


Forty years the Hoosac tunnel, five and
three-Quarters miles long, has held the
record for length upon the American con-
tinent, but it is now about to be ousted
by slightly longer bore at Truckee on
the Hartman system.
American railway engineers have had
much less difficulty with mountain tun-
a bit of line as that between Florence and
Bologna, with fifty-two tunnels to gain
fifty miles as the crow flies, some of them
of considerable length, Is scarcely known
in this country. The project of the Ital-
ian government to double-track the line
from Naples to Siracusa, on account of
the war in Tripoli, is no easy matter, as
one tunnel follows another much of the
way.
The st. Gothard tunnel. the Swiss CO.
temporary of the HOosac is more than
nine miles long, cost nine years work
and 500 lives. The recently completed
Simplon. opened in seven years at a cost
of sixty lives. is nearly thirteen miles
long. and double-tracked @ luxury not
proposed for the Truckee tube. Tunnels
of three and four miles are fairly COM
mon in Europe, even England having one
of three and one-half miles.
1t has meant something to the develop
ment of America that the New York
Central lines can unite Chicago and New
IF you kick a barrel of flour at Minne-
apolis 1t will roll to the Gulf Of Mexico"
as Stuyvesant Fish explained and that
the eastern slope Of the Rocky mountains
is generally as gradual A country where
railroad building is easy has a tremen-
envy others their record breaking tun-
neis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-20
Love at First Sight.
from the New York Globe

rom tue New York Globe.
II is lovely picture shown when rho
non lies down with the lamb. II also
warns the cookies Of ones heart to see
the cool scientist acknowledge the mad
diversity OF amOrous instinct So. when
Sir James Crichton. distinguished British
alenlst. scientist and eugenist, declares
that as cold-blOoded thinker he believes
IN romance and pits love at first sight
against reasonable pairing we are again
highly edited. and pleasurably remember
that this Is the time Of Bergson's vital
impulse. the era that gives grave weight
To instinct and doubts the validity of
science Va
We reflect that not only are Soma of
the foremost scientists doubling their
most fundamental laws, not only are
some or the foremost artists going back
Tor plastic form to primitive instincts and
ignoring the rules Of the academy, but
We are even almost willing to he human
and trust to destiny for the result.
This Is true of the doubt in Ali s;mn,e
souls. and In some scientific ones, i'm re-
gard to what is called the science of
eugenics. by which 1t has been hoped by
some MISGUIDED souls that we might by
reason improve the human breed as we
improve the breed Of horses and dogs by
scientific pairing But the dog or horse
Is bred for simple purpose, and their
nervous systems are simple
Man Is complex. and he is born not for
a simple but for an Infinitely complex
purpose. And he Is born into a COMPLEX
society, which IL continually Changing.
To breed man scientifically would require
an immensely greater knowledge than we
possess Of biology and of sociology. To
deliver the race over to ignorant scien-
lists when We have something so COM
pellins and simple as love as a substitute
would be sight for the gods to weep
at