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THE NIGGER,

the los. For this was a mans ship. and mans job ana snort hands make ugly tempers and hard work, ano the thin veneer that towns and owners and papers to sign and little money to spend smears over seaman, of none too high a class slips like a forgotten cloak from his back when the sea is purrng threats in his ears, and danger stares the rail with unwnking eyes, and one mans dere. fiction of duty may the lives of all. This was no time to sleep and the captain knew it-but he knew too, the limits of mans endurance; and should he punish the Nigger now, there would come time when Beck could no longer keep his eyes open; when sleeping on duty would be his portion not with, but against, his will and then if danger had leaped the rail and stalked among them, and if the glass had been proved a true prophet .s.s. then might the just punishment of bring death to them all.
 So the captain did nothing but lash with his tongue, and that he used less paths and big words was comfort to the Nigger. It Is just as much of insult to call man something he cannot understand and to mean. it, to call him by the lowest epithets in the language with all of which he is familiar. When the captains anger had spent itself and something in the huge frame of the scowE ing negro, who could easily have done for them both with mighty hug of his terrible arms raised
 smile to Holroyds face he ended with calling him a blasted paralleopip pedonical pachyhermatous an achronisnn.h The Nigger's eyes flashed and he half raised his stthen dropped it, racial subserviency too strong for his anger
 It had been like this for the three days he had
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hotter And it's force just missed the .nr4ef on the port engine Had angel passed ne ,lisns have heard Niggers prayer; he would nave nesiI ii Ngger's moan. Had Davy Jones, who seehs q ,I 1al ors soul for the watery inferno he 1nnaplts in he would have slunk ashamed at the slgnt oI man in the pride of his sleek great strength sIano ing alone and cooking alive, while he Wnlrled lne wheels and shut of and the steam that saveo tne screws and the lives of the men above. Ana every time he throttled down, the steam came naIoeI through the break filling the room, vicious seetnine' cruelty killing. .s..
 Half an hour later the wind fell as it had come. ne The captain staggered, rather than walked, 10 tns engine room to see how Beck fared As ne looked into the cloud of steam which came through the open door, the engines gave shudderng sign and stopped. The steam was gone. Without waiting 70 inquire why, Horoyd had drag rigged and move to on the sea, now getting up mountain high. when he got back to the engine the steam was gone Beck, shrive1ed crsped, showed half above the grat ing.
 The black hound, the spawn of hell. the Nlgger, stood upright his ege1ess sockets looking straight at the bell the ring of which he would never hear. One hand was upon one throttle, one hand upon the other. Holroyd's face was face of suet as ne gazed. Then, as if he had waited for the captain to see that he had done his duty the enormous frame tumbed sank to the floor. and his nal1-nesn. less arms encircled the head of the man Wno mac curesa mn odad. Ior eur said the captain .The
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man who had cursed him, dead of fearful death. The terrific motion of the ship made his head swing could fairly hear him saying You spawn of hell! you-spawn of he'll" with every sickening roll and nod of the head
 Slowly the blood left his face his knees shook beneath him. and nasty pasty pallor replaced tho bronze of his clear black skin The Nigger was ter rorfzed. Sharp across his terror-crazed brain rang the tube bell. Habit was stronger than fear.
 aAye-aye sir" he called.
 Full speed starboard," came the word.
 The Niger turned slowly, the terror still on him. Then. perhaps it was merely latent manhood, per haps 1t was some ataviStc memory of great savage ancestors who fought to the last ditch and fought again while they died, who never gave up to any odds and who looked at death with laugh. and at obedience to the great impulse in all humanity to do the best we can for those whose lives are in our hands.
 The Nigger responded The "spawn of hell' nie began to turn
 Then began long, long fight. The mast and the boom were over the side and tailed along as a drogue at the wrong end pulling the vessel around and making her starboard engine work double tides Men were hacking with axes at the wreckage. Itcleared with jerk The starboard engine raced at that moment and the port nearly threw her beam to the Those seas might not have done much. but the wind would have torn her to ribbons and put her so deep with Davy Jones that not even her name would remain!
 Like flash the Nigger shut of steam on one and turned on nore at the other He seemed alert and alive and vital The fear gone. His color back, his knees no longer shook.
 -, Think um sea gwine make us 'fraid, huh?" He talked 10 himself Hellum wid um sea- No ole sea nor win ever blow gwine mak desc ayere en- zines go back una.'
 Every two three minutes one engine would race The Nigger had to stop it, and stop it quick. Lose um screw and we all git hellnm shore enuf, he whispered. Would, would yer?" This to the port engine, racing her vitals out Whrl went the throttle, of went the steam, and signing sob from the cylinders told of the fact. Then, the next min ute on went the steam the cylinder heads pounded with the blow, and of went the engine again. Thus for three hours On, of. On off.
 And then the final act, in this of death and destruction the last unpretty touch to unpretty tale Strained beyond endurance by the racking, and possibly weakened by the blow of the boom joint Tn the main steam pipe gave way-not utterly, but enough to flood the engine room with steam.
 Do you know what that means? It means, if it is pad enough, that the in the engine room cook to death the most horribly agonizing death man can die, and it is death man cannot run away from; for while life lasts the engineer must stick to his wheels that the ship may live.
 Tbe steam came not with rush, but with a whisper add it filled the slowly It got hotter
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By G. II. CIaudy,

told of some poor devil thrown against hot iron. The air was full of water--in the wheelhouse, every glass in spinters the floor the water washed the blood of the cut hands and faces before 1t fell
 Overhead was nothing but flying spume and wind and water the line of demarcation between sea and air was lost, and the two joined in smother of helrh white water that seethed and hissed and bub bled and came board and tore things loose and carried them away. All the boats went the after deckhouse was in splinters and mile away; there was wreckage everywhere.
 Then the starboard rail went, and carried the vangs of the big derrick with it: the boom swung twice from side to side then tore away, splintered the starboard side of the engine room snapped the shrouds of the mast like threads and it., too went by the board. Now none of these things were vital
 all could be remedied. and with a mast or with, out it, the engines should do the trick. Holroyd thought this like flash and comforted, even while his hair raise5 as he sensed, rather than saw. the following wave of the monster that now be- meath him. But Horoyd didn't know that the crash of the boom in the engine room had split the floor grating and that poor Beck had dropped through it where it broke and opened. and that it closed on him and crushed him as he went through, and that his life went out with choked of snarling scream too quick for the sudden agony to reach full speech
 And in the engineers shoes stood the Nigger the worthless spawn of hell" The Niger was dazed Things had happened too quickly for him. There at his feet his head and shoulders above the grating. ais feet and body below. was Beck the
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1.-THE CORRUPTION FUND, ;

LET NO MAN DO THIS! "Ten dollars for your votes! THE CORRUPTION FUND! THIEVES AND RASCALSi DOWN WITH GALLAGHER! GALLAGHER"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-01-18

1. Enumerate at least six OBJ
jects of the recitation.
2. What should be the purpose
of the recitation from the stand
point of the teacher?
3. What is the chief value of
an elementary course of study in
schools that have no supervision?
4. What are the duties of the
sub-director of township dis
tricts?
5. Designate the general aims
Of the school.
6. What is the minimum length
of the school year according to
law?
Z. The enumeration Of all the
youth of school age is carefully
taken each year. What is the
chief purpose of this enumera-
tion?
8. What branches of study do
you favor for forenoon work in
your school? Why?
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PHYSIOLOGY.

1. Name the five most import
ant chemical elements or constit-
uent parts of the body.
2. Define ptomaine, Roentgen
rays, thyroid and toxin.
3. Show clearly the difference
between infectious and a con-
tagious disease.
I a. Describe the composition Of
the coats of the stomach and
show the purpose of each coat.
5. What is bile? How is bile
an aid to digestion?
6. What are the comparative
lengths of the small and large
intestines?
Z. What is the normal temper
ature Of the body?
8. Name an emetic for acid
poison, for alkaline poison, for
metallic poisons.
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GEOGRAPHY.

1. Name the townships of the
county in which you live.
2. Compare Ohio, Maine. and
California in area.
3. What is the area and popu.
lation of your county?
4. What is the approximate
annual rainfall in Ohio?
5. Name three important cities
and three large rivers of Ger.
lnany. -.
6. Discuss the government anc
important industries of France.
Z. Name the chief political di
visions of Asia, and the capita
of each.
8. Define river basin, water.
shed, tributary, monsoon, anC
isotherm.
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READING.

The examiner will conduct an
oral examination in reading, or
he may require the applicant to
write the answers to the ques-
tions in reading. These ques-
tions are suggestive for the oral
examination. Applicants for a
four-year provisional certificate
under the Hawkins law are re-
quired to write the examination
in reading.
This examination is based in
part on Briggs and Coffman's
Reading in the Public Schools"
/. Discuss the value Of phone.
grams in teaching reading.
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GRAM MAR.

1. Write the plural of the fol-
lowing words: Swine. cherub, ge-
MUS, index, analysis, beau, j, and
formula.
2. Illustrate by sentences, the
grammatical subject and the To-
gical subject.
8. Write a compound complex
sentence, and state why iC is SO
called.
4. Give the syntax of the ital-
ic words in the following SEN
tence: He must keep the water hot.
5. Name the modes of the verb
you would teach to an eighth
grade class.
6. What parts of grammar
would you emphasize and what
parts omit, when teaching the
eighth grade classes?
Z. Define a primitive word,
cognate objects, and predicate
noun.
8. Write the passive con5unc-
ton of strike in the imperative
mOdef
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arithmetic.

l. A man bought horses at $f2C
each. Ten per cent having died,
at what price per head must the
remainder be sold to gain 1917
on the entire cost?
2. A man was employed 16O
days at $2.75 for each day, and
agreed to forfeit SIPS a day
when absent from work. He re.
ceived $198. How many days
did he work?
3. The entire surface Of a cube
is one square foot and six square
inches. How long is the edge of
another cube 27 times as great?
4. A dealer bought a number
of horses for $500; 6 having
died, he sold 5 of the remainder
at cost, and received $3.50. How
many horses did he buys?
5. $4,000 worth 'sof3 41% bonds
were bought at $120 premium
The bonds were for $1,000 each,
payable in one, two, three, four,
and five years, respectively. What
was the actual rate of interest
received on the money invested
6. If the inclination Of the
earth were 250, what. would be
the width of the temperate zonesi
z. The average weight of 9
herd of 19 cattle is 1730 pounds,
The cattle were sold for $5.55 pei
hundred pounds. What was the
amount received for the cattle?
8. Oranges cost 10 cents pei
dozen, and were sold 5 oranges
for 9 cents; 80 cents was gained
in the transaction. How many
dozen oranges were sold?
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What Makes a Woman

One hundred and twenty pounds,
more or less, of bone and muscle
don't make a woman. It's a good
foundation. Put into it health and
strength and she may rule a king
dom. But that's just what Elec-
tric Bitters give her. Thousands
bless them for overcoming faint
ing and dizzy spells and for dis
spelling weakness, nervousness,
backache and tired, listless, worn
out feeling. Electric Bitters
have done me a world of good, +"
writes Eliza Pool, Depew, Okla,
"and I thank you, with all my
heart, for making such a good
medicine" Only SOC. Guaranteed
by VIM. Kipp's Sons Co.
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purpose is it made?
8. (a) Name a food rich in
protein, (b) in carbohydrates,
(c) in fat.
HIGH SCHOOL AGRICULTURE.

l. (a) What grades take First
Division" work in the elemental
ry schools? (b) How much time
per week does the State Course
require given to recitation work
in Nature Study-Agriculture in
this division?
2. (a) Make a brief outline to
show that you know what nature
work is required to be taught in
the first division. (b) How much
time is required to cover the
work of this division?
8. (a) Name two animals that
are harmful to the farmer. (b)
Two that are useful.
4. What is farm mechanics?
Why should it be a part of the
high school course in Agricul-,
ture?
5. What was the object of the
National Commission on Country
Life? Who appointed the com
mission?
6. What have L H. Bailey,
Clifford Pinchot, S. M. Babcock,
Luther Burbank, John L. Maca-
dam, and Cyrus H. Mccormick
done to promote Agriculture?
Z. What is meant by a System
of Spoilation in Agriculture?
8. Define the following terms
Epiphytes, kainite, gypsum, eau
liflower, vetches, and nutritive
ratio.
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Examination Questions
Used January g.
UNITED STATES HISTORY, IN
CLUDING CIVIL GOVERNMENT.

1. Describe the building of the
Erie Canal, as to the time, place,
and purpose of the canal.
2. Discuss the election of 1910,
and point out definitely why Van
Buren was defeated.
8. What qualifications does the
Constitution of the United States
require a candidate for president
to have, and what does the Con-
stitution say concerning the pre-
sident's salary?
A. What particular events made
the following men famous: Grant,
John Brown, w. T. Sherman, and
Dewey?
5. When, where and by whom
was the battleship maine" de-
stroyed?
6. Name the two important
candidates for president in 1904,
pointing out the chief political
issue.
z. When and by whom were
the following inventions made:
The cotton gin, the first steam
ship, the electric telegraph, and
the telephone?
8. Point out the important fea.
lures of the Mckinley Tariff of
1890, the Dingley Tariff Of 1897,
and the Payne-Aldrich Tariff of
1909.
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cREENvILLE, OHIO, THuRsDAY. JANUARY ls. 1912.

2. How much memory work dc
you recommend in connection
with the reading lesson in the
sixth, seventh and eighth grades?
8. Point out definitely many
values of memory work in con-
nection with the reading lesson.
A. How do you teach your lisp.
ing, stammering or suffering pu-
pills to read?
5. Show when and how you
teach a pupil to use the diction-
ary.
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ELEMENTARY AGRICULTURE.

l. What grades take First
Division" work in the elementa-
ry schools? How much time per
week does the State Course re-
quire given to recitation work in
Nature Study agriculture in this
divisionT
2. Make a brief outline to show
that you know what nature work
is required to be taught in this
first division. (b) How much
time is required to cover the
work of this division?
8. Define the following terms:
Mulch, green manure, nectarine,
ensilage, merino, and pasteuri-
zation.
4. What is the chief difference
between the beef type and the
dairy type of cattle? (b) Give
two examples Of each.
5. State briefly the provisions
Of the Cahill law. (b) The Warnes
law.
6. (a) How are the following
| insects valuable to the farmer
Ichneumon flies, dragon flies, la.
| dy bugs and damsel flies? (bl
How are toads valuable to tht
| farmer?
| 7. (a) How is the kerosene g
mulsion NADER (b) For wha
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VOL. OL.so-EstabIishedis32.

two, but there would be danger
in the election of any man fol
the third term.
Think of poor Mexico electing
General Diaz so many times, and
at last inaugurating a rebellion
to be rid of him. 1t is not safe
to give one man too much power
or too long career as ruler. We
think Theodore Roosevelt was in
power long enough for his own
good or the good of his country.
If people would quit bothering
the man he would not dream of
being president again.
President Taft is almost sure
to win in spite of some opposi-
tion. His administration, des-
pite some little drawbacks, com
mends him to the calm judgment
of the people. While he is not a
perfect man in Office, he is hon
est, fair, courteous and effective.
No man in the Republican party
is'so well equipped to serve for
another term. The common peo-
pie so think and when the con-
vention will come to nominate a
candidate VIM. H. Taft will be
the foremost candidate, and they
will ratify the peoples choice.
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LITERATURE.

1. Discuss briefly any book yol
have read that was written b!
Charles Dickens.
2. Quote at least four line
from Thanatopsis.
3. When and on what subjects
did Benjamin Franklin write?
A. Who wrote the following
books: "The Scarlet Letter, -
THE Tale of Two Cities, " "The
Spy" ''The Scottish Chiefs" f"
and ''Romola?"
5. What valuable teachings do
you draw from Shakespeare's
king Lear?"
6. In what writings are the
following characters found: "He-
pzabah," John Alden" " "Sun-
day." "Micawber," and 'Tcha-
bod Crane?"
Z. Quote at least six lines from
any one of the following poems:
1.-THE First Snowfall" ''The
Chambered Nautilus" or ''The
Psalm of Life"
8. Name the authors of the
poems mentioned in No. z.
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ORTHOGRAPHY.

The examination in orthogra
ply will consist of words pro-
nounced by the examiner. Spell:
Barrister, asphyxia, Galilee, os-
seous, purloin, erysipelas, gossa-
mer, roguish, calyx, sophomore,
narcissus. palisade, fictitious,
pseudonym, menagerie, requital,
tinsel, nectar, franchise, mullen,
mistletoe, ambulance, portable,
satan, pedestrian.
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WHITING.

Copy the following quotation
as a specimen of your best PEN
n1anship:
Be, good, sweet maid, and let who.
will be clever;
Do noble things. not dream them
all day long;
And 50 make life, death, and that
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Clearance Sale.

. It's our clearance sale time and
when we startito do a. thing we
always do i'll
Every winter garment for Men
and Boys must gol Nothing re-
served. How does 25% to soy
discount strike you?
The PROGRESS,
Graenville, Ohio.
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womsn Without Names.

"Womankind in Korea" says 3. G..
Kemp in "The Face of Manchuria," )"
suffers from a strange lack-the alb
6ence of names. A woman may pos
sess pet name: otherwise she has
none. Frequently she does not even
know her husbands name. If she be-
comes a Christian and receives bap-
tism she acquires name. and this
must give her quite new sense Of
dignity"
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The Choice of a Husband

is too important a matter for a
woman to be handicapped by
weakness, ' bad blood or fou
breath. Avoid these kill-hopes by
taking DR.. Kings Life Pills. New
strength, fine complexion, pure
breath. cheerful spirits things
that win men-follow their use.
Easy, safe, sure. 25c at VIM.
Kipp's Sons Co.
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Breaking Iron.

II A simple way of breaking mass Of
iron two feet square and four feet
long is to bore perpendicular hole
one inch in diameter and between
three and four inches deep. If this is
flied with water and closed with an
accurately fitting iron bolt one heavy
blow on the bolt will break the mass
into two pieces.
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Suits and Overcoats

At one-fourth to one-half off oul
former low prices. Your eyes,
your fingers and your good judg-
ment will say, BUY now." Ev.
cry Suit and Overcoat in the
house goes into this sale.
The PROGRESS,
27w2 Greenville, Ohio.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-01-18

"Now, If you follow my advice"
said one business man to another as
the wind caught the hat of the latter
from his head-"if you follow my ad-
vice your derby will stay on in any
wind that New York can produce,
When I buy a new hat heat it over
the gas jet. and while 1t is still warm
put it on and let it cool on my head.
Tie result is a perfect fit. Try it and
Bee."-New York Sun.
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Tho Battle of Barnet.

One of the greatest battles that ever
took place in England was fought on
an Easter SundayLthe great battle OF
Barnet, waged during the Wars of the
Roses. The exact day was April IA,
I471,
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The only wealth which will not de
cay is knowledge.-Langford.


Fortunate.
Pit seems his uncle fell out of a
hotel window in Europe.
Q.-Gractous! Any bones broken?
"No; he was merely drowned. 1t
happened in Venice. New York Jour
nal.