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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1913-01-24
Poverty In Lies Closing Years
Has Been Robbed of Its Ter.
lrors in Scotland.
oLD-AGE PENSIONS PRAISED
Gums Allotted Seem Small. but They
Make All the Difference Between
Comfort and Perjury and De-
psndsncs IN orudolno
Charity.

Old age has been partially robbed
Of It's terrors In Scotland since the
year 1908. when the old-age pension
law was adopted. Since this law men
and women both yearn for the 20
mark. Why not? For when that
mark is reached the years are a prof1t
and there is no such thing ~ Q PEN
niless old age.
A pound a month five dollars) may
not seem muniicent, but many an old
couple are getting along quite com
Portable on their $40, and many an
old lady who would otherwise be sent
to the poor farm is paying her board
at home, anu every care is taken to
keep her alive as long as possible.
for she Is a source of income to her
household.
At present there are v 5000
women In Glasgow city OF a mil
Hon MISUNDERSTANDING a weekly
sum from the government. and about
that same proportion in other cities.
This means that practically all the
old women In the poor district are
pensioners.
II Is a wonderful thing In the lives
OF the old people. this pension. A
giddy dame Of SO who lives at the top
OF the oldest tower on High street. In
Edinburgh. climbs UP and down MIN.
bly, enough every day, for she's TAX
en- q new lease OF life since she got
her pension. She had made up her
mind to die about Eve years ago. but
now her ambition 10 to live to be 100
the age OF her rival in years. a
veritable Witch Of Endor.
The pension goes only to those
whose income is less than $50 per
year, is graduated, according to need.
and paid weekly at the ~postofice.
This discrimination is the cause OF
some dissatisfaction among the
thrifty.
HIN. pensions" said an energetic
worker OF rs years. they're naught
but encouragement TO be lazy.
'Twould be better to reward them as
has shaved their lives and give them
a few extras"
In the Municipal Lodging House for
Women in Glasgow there Is a bene'
ficiary whom the IS a month made a
woman OF independence. Her name
was Granny Love. her occupation
scrubbing. She had lived In the
Municipal. House since its opening
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1913-01-24
United States Miners.

The total number OF men employed
In the coal mines Of the United States
In 1911, according to the United
States geological survey. was 722,335.
of whom 72,5S5 were employed In
the anthracite mines OF Pennsylvania
and 4s,750 in the bituminous and
Ignite mines. The anthracite miners
averaged more working time than the
bituminous miners. working 246 days,
as against 211 days for the bitumi-
nous miners.
The average production for each
man employed was 534 tons in the
anthracite mines-an exceptionally
large tonnage-and 73s tons in the
bituminous mines. The average daily
production for each man employed
was 2.13 short tons In the anthracite
and $50 tons In the bituminous
mines.
In most OF the bituminous mines
OF the United States the eight.hour
working day prevails. In 1911. out OF
n total Of 549,750 employees in the
bituminous coal mines. s30.o45 work
ed In mines that were operated eight
hours q day: 1881 worked In mines
that were operated nine hours q day.
and 137.576 worked In mines operat.
ed ten hours q day.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1913-01-24
End Days in Peace

NOR than 40 years ago. and was q
striking illustration of one who made
the most Of what the government
offered. She smokes her MONDAY
pipe In peace now.
Alone In the world at eighty-odd.
and still scrubbing, when she or the
rheumatism pleased. and living ON
her 'pund . month" she 10 the envy
Of less aged women.
Six cents q night gives her the com
forts Of q good bed, warm kitchen.
sitting room and laundry. That leaves
ten cents q day for food. Clothes
come from scrubbings or gifts left
at the lodgings. Granny IL cheerful
and independent and happy. and en-
joys . certain prestige among the
other dodgers.
Another significant case was that
4 an old couple whose two pounds q
month, recently granted, had lifted
them to opulence. Barely able to ex-
list on scant earnings, the addition Of
$3.50 q week meant comfort. For
such happiness to $4,000 or $4,000
aged people, Glasgow pays about
$4,000 a month. a fortune well In
vested.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1913-01-24
MUST KNOW WHEN TO STOP
Salesman Can overdo Efforts to Per.
suade Customer Into Buying
What He Has to Sell.

Have o ever lost a sale because
you talked too much? 1t is better to
say too little than too much. but the
best way is to say just enough to
"clinch" the sale: don't. through ner-
vousness or eagerness to make the
sale, put your foot in It." Know
enough to stop when you have won
your point.
Golfers tells Of a salesman who
tried to sell a piano to an old man
and his wife, living on a farm. The
old people had lost their only daugh-
ter. Mary. who left a little girl to
bring up. The child was musical and
was anxious to take piano lessons.
but the piano in the old farm house
was somewhat "tinpanny." The sales
man began his campaign. which at
first consisted OF playing on the old
piano in a way to exhibit its defects.
Then he took the old folks to town
and played beautifully on a new
piano. At a later meeting at the
farm house he practically closed the
sale, but Just before going made his
fatal error. Sitting down to the old
piano, he played Annie Laurie" and
played II with real feeling. almost az
fectionately, SO that ever on the old
instrument II sounded fairly well.
Tears welled up in the old lady's
eyes, and at the conclusion she turn
ed to her husband and said: "Why
paw. that's the piece our Mary used
to play-tust like that, on that piano.
Seems as II we can't let 1t 60" And
they didn't. The salesman did not
know enough to stop when he had
won his point.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1913-01-24
PRACTICE THAT IN THE LONG
RUN WILL BE FOUND TO PAY.
Any swervins From the Rigid Straight
Line 10 q Mistake for Which the
Worker VIII Suffer.

Are you "full-measure" honest or
"soant measure" honest? Are you one
who, while scorning to put your hand
In q mans pocket to steal his purse,
will make NO effort to locate the own
or Of a purse you happen to IND!
Perhaps you will say: Finding Ia
keeping and, anyway, I need the
money more than the owner OF the
purse" That sort Of reasoning Is
"acant measure" honesty. There 10 but
one thing to do In such a case. Every
possible effort should be made TO 10
cate the owner of the lost article.
After you have done this. II the article
is still unclaimed. then 1t Is yours,
and you can take possession OF II
with q clear conscience.
Let me give another illustration OF
"scant measure" honesty. or course
you know that all department stores
maintain lost and found depart
ments. where are deposited the many
things lost In the store each day by
careless shoppers. II Is a rule OF most
btOrob tuaI kOOus Tchinihihs
ed in the lost and found" at the end
OF 80 days are awarded to the employees
who found them. Now. I am sorry to
say that sometimes Il hope not oftenD
q salesman or saleswoman. instead OF
reporting at once the finding OF an
article, will hide II under the counter
for an hour or 30, or perhaps even
until the close Of the days business.
thereby running q better chance OF be-
coming the owner Of the article In .
months time. Tue shopper. not sure
where purse. umbrella or other article
has been left, at once inquiries ut the
"lost and found" and not finding II
there, gives up the search. II the clerk
10 reprimanded for delay in reporting
the lost article, the reply invariably
II: 81 was too busy" or u forgot It."
Don't you see how mean and under
hand such an action iss
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1913-01-24

Ocean telegraph cables cost $4,000
a mile. .
Worn out machinery is now repaired
by electric welding.
The first cable was laid at BirmingI
ham. England, In 1887. -.
California dates are now ripened
~artiacially in electric ovens.
More than half a million people Wis
tied he recent Boston electric show.
wireless communication between
oirships has been successfully tried
in Germany.
perry KAN, a town OF but 300 popu-
,a,ion. has a twenty-four hour cleo
trical service.
An electric motor has been devised
for a~pplication to sewing machines In
private homes.
An electric automobile was recently
run from Detroit to New Orleans, "
distance OF LOO miles.
The water courses of the state OF
washington have been estimated to be
.anable of supplying 100000 horse
CuBdpiN
power. n.,-,o uu,,,
,,o, n Massachusetts, man fasl
no,onted has a shock absorber con
cealed within II.
harness to enable a mar to carry.
- his hack a small electric motor
sor driving tools has been patented
by a Georgia man. -
rungsten lamp flaments Will LAST
,orger ~ a weak current be kept rum
ling through them. enough 70 keep
them at q dull red.
In the number Of telephones In pro-
,or,,on OF population, Iowa, Nebraska!
wash,ngton. Nevada and California
lad the other states. 49,
work has been started Tor tne
...c,,on OF the permanent hydro-eieci
GA. station ut the spillway OF aatun
Ann on the Panama canal.
r,sctr,cai crib warmers, In WHICH
,s~mperature 10 be regulated,
s.ve been installed In a hospitai for
ns,,Sren in Philadelphia.
cn,' sused exceeding two miles q min.
s.s heen made by cars on = snort
C ~. electric railroad built ~ army
o~nsrs for experimenting.
o%r ! t,rst electrically driven steam
,.,ne in the United States has
nIo sSded to the equipment OF tne
T SsS" York fre department.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1913-01-24
Place Honesty First

Another side Of the picture: The
other day an errand girl was present
ed with a purse containing $25, which
she had found In one OF the aisles q
month previous and took at once to
the lost and found" The child had
actually forgotten the incident, so the
reward vas a most pleasant surprise
to her. Her sense of honesty was so
keen that II did not occur TO her for
an instant to keep. or even hold for a
while. a thing that did not belong to
her.-New York Press.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1913-01-24

heater. 1t will heat 30 gallons In As
minutes at a cost of less than one.
half cent a gallon and with no odors
nor dangerous exhalations.
A switch controlling this heater may
be located In any place desired. 1t
may be placed upstairs. go that II is
not necessary to go to the cellar to
start the heater.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1913-01-24
TO TIGHTEN TROLLEY WIRES
Automatic Appliances Are Fastened
to the Wires by Means Of Chains
Passing over PulIeys.

Trolley wires provided with auto
matte tighteners, which compensate
changes In the length OF the wires
due to variations OF temperature. are
shown In the accompanying illustra-
ton, says the Engineer. The auto
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1913-01-24
EXCELLENT FOR WINTER USE
Device Arranged for Warming Beds
During Severe Cold Weather
Also for Nurses Lamp.

a device for making use OF an ordi.
nary incandescent lamp to warm up
the bed before retiring during the cold
fall and winter months is the subject
OF a patent issued to John Alden,
Boise. Idaho.
The lamp is mounted upon one wall
OF IN enclosing drum lined with
asbestos or other suitable material.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1913-01-24
ASHe@
FOR HEATING A WATER TANK
electrical Apparatus Takes Up Little
Room and 10 Easily Controlled
Cost 10 Small.

The tank heater, shown in the illus
tration below. ID an electrical device
for heating the contents of hot water
tanks.
The electric heater may be easily
installed under any tank supplying
hot water for household use. II ia
about two feet in length and three
inches In diameter.
This heater operates In the same
manner - q gas heater. the water
An the tank circulating through the
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1913-01-24
Automatic Tiehteners.

matte tightening is accomplished by
means of weights moving up and down
the poles and connected to the TROLLEY
wire by means OF chains passing over
pulleys.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1913-01-24
Wanted WIsdom.

"A rolling stone gathers no MOSS"
said the ready made philosopher.
Eyes" replied Mr.. Silliyoss. but
why should a man want to roll o rock
around when he could find so much
more musemen In hitting Q golf
ballf"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1913-01-24
Electric Time Service.

EIeCtrFc Time oeTS'ce'
BY combining IN electric clock WIN
q telephone cabinet an inventor a
enabled telephone companies to iur'
hish a time service to patrons WIN
out additional wires.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1913-01-24
New Electric Lamp.

A new electric lamp with n
30 closely wound that 1t resembles u
mantle for an incandescent gas lamp
has been successfully tested In the
french lighthouse service.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1913-01-24

Direct wireless communication nas
been established between two Chilean
cities. on opposite sides OF the Anaes
mountains without the use o. in's''
mediate stations
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1913-01-24
E,sotrle Pile Driver.

Electricity ia used In q pile driver
Invented by q New York engineer 70
hoist heavy mvtal balls In q Del con
veyor and drtp them rapidly ON 'op
OF q pile.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1913-01-24

The other end wall Is removable
making is possible to use the device
also as a nurses lamp, the BODY
around the lamp acting as a shield Tor
the light rays.-Popular Electricity
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1913-01-24
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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-07-12
Information polltica


NONBRANIIBNTOS PROPUESTOS.
Ell gobemador ha propuesto al Conse-
jo Executive los siguientes nombramien-
tOS:
Ell del Sr. Arturo Quinones Mayoral,
para Conceal de San German, en- lugar
del seior Jose Manuel Acosta, cuyo cargo
fue declaradO Nacante pOr ell COncejo Mu-
nipal de dicha ciudad, por haber dejado
de asistir tres sesiones~ ordnarias de
dicho ORGANISING; y
Ell del senior Carlos Toro, para miem-
bro de la Junta de Revision e Iguala-
mientO, pOr TN nuevO periodic de un
ano para tener efecto desde el % de
Julio actual
UNA VACANTE.
lei secretario de Puerto Rico ha to-
madO nOta de una vacante eXistente en-
ell Concejo Municipal de San Juan con
motive de la renuncia que.de SUI cargo
de Conceal presentara ell doctor don
Rafael Velez Lopez, quien ha traslada-
do su domiciIio a Guayama
FRANQUTCIAS APROBADAS.
Las siguientes 10 han sido por ell 60
bernador
Concediendo un permiso revocable a
la "Soller Sugar Company fin de
que pueda tomar y usar, para fines in
dustriales 50 itros de aqua por segun-
do del rio Cibao, en- ell municipio de Ca
muy; y
Concediendo permiso al municipio de
" Juncos para que tome toda el aqua de
la Quebrada Collores para ell acueducto
de la poblaci6n
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-07-12

THE KNEELAND SHOE.
San Francisco, 81.
LIBROS DE NIISA - CARTERAS
En- ell BOLETIN MERCANTIL"
Esquinas, Fortaleza y San Jose.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-07-12
Cine "Tres Banderas"

Esta noche Sc proyectara por vez
prlmera Ell ell popular cine la hermos;,
pellcula, que consta de dos parties. titu
lada "Por amor" Ell programa de hoy
10 completan otras magnifcas pel1c,-
las, y ell de manana, es interesantlsimo.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-11-20
At "A Clues Up
Become

Charleston, w. va. Special: Devil
Anse" Hatfield, one Of the best known
characters In West Virginia and uncle
OF Governor H. ID. Hatfield, las gone
into vaudeville. He is "a now and for
81 years has been leader OF the Hat
fields in the famous Hatfeld-McCoy
feud.
The other day, or Just before he
made his initial bow as a vaudeville
artist, Devil Anse'' recited the story
OF his life. He told how the feud
started way back In 1882, In Logan
county, near where he lives now. The
start of It was over a gang OF pigs,
as he tells 1t. A drove OF hogs belong
ing TO Anse's cousin was stolen or
taken In charge by the McCoys. The
law vas resorted to and the McCoys
were found guilty.
Ellison Hatfield was q lawyer and
prosecuted the accused, and II was
right after the hearing that the Nc
Coys swore vengeance. They got II n
lison Hatfield down in cold blood.
From that time things were kept lively
down In Logan and nearby counties,
for Devil Anse" was a sure shot, and
so were many OF the McCoys and their
relatives. They were ell real noun
taineers, and each was acquainted with
the fact that the best shot would get
away Will hAo INV WhCI Ol6 VI. IuG
members OF one faction met one of the
members OF the other. That accounts
for the finding OF mems bodies along
the pathways leading through the
mountains. The other fellow had seen
his quarry first.
Devil Anse" said that so far as he
Is concerned the war between the two
families Is over and he is only DESTROYS
of getting through life as conditions
will best permit. He SAYS he has Moth
ing to apologize for, and that he al
ways was able to protect himself and
his family when there was danger. De-
tectives, he said, induced by the liberal
rewards offered for the arrest OF Devil
Anse,t went after him In every manner
conceivable. The result OF 1t was Devil
Anse," lone handed, placed the whole
aggregation OF them under arrest, took
them before q Justice OF the peace and
had them bound over to keep the peace,
the claim being made that they had
threatened to dynamite his house.
Devil Anse" has q heat little cabin
home in the mountains now. He has
reared a family or IS boys. two of whom
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-11-20
PRINCE IS THRASHED
BY AMERICANS SON
Whereupon, Young Royalty Is
Delighted at His Elevation
to Democracy.

London. Special: Prince Henry, the
Kings third son. is now quite settled
down at Eaton and Is treated by his
school fellows like any ordinary COM
moner, much to his delight.
He was greatly embarrassed at first,
particularly the first Sunday. when all
the boys awaited outside the lower
chapel after the morning service In
order to inspect him and see what he
really was like. Then he conceived the
brilliant idea OF being caned In order
to be brought down to the common
level. The idea proved most success
full. He was we'll walloped by Lord
Ivor Spencer Churchill, son OF the
Duchess OF Marlborough, the former
Consuelo Vanderbilt, for failing to re-
spond to the call of hoy" which, az
q fag. he is bound to do.
Since then the prince has been a
great 'pal' with all the boys of his
own age. He Is a great chatterbox and
has q fondness for letting loose wild
insects in the classrooms. He inherits
his mothers thrifty nature, and Ii
much chaffed by his chums. When he
goes to Rowland's famous Elton shop,
where eatable are bought, he Ia not one
whit perturbed by the free fight &c
reach the counter. He always argues
about the prices and tries to strike
a bargain.
Among his chums are Lord Worcester
heir OF the Duke OF Bedford; Lord Nor
ven Cavendish Bentinck, son OF the
Duke of Portland, and Victor Seeley
son OF the minister of war.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-11-20
LIVING COST UP So
PER CENT; WAGES rs
Government Investigator About
Kansas City. Makes Q
Striking Report.

Kansas city. Special: The cost OF
living In the region OF Kansas City
has Increased So per cent In 10 years
while the wages OF skilled workers
have been augmented a fraction more
than rs per cent, according to con-
illusions reached by George "A. Trayer,
agent OF the department OF labor. MT.
Trayer left for Washington. today to
prepare his report after an extended
survey of labor conditions and the cost
Of living In this district. Mr.. Trayer
said final reports on the result OF In
v~estigations being made In 40 OF the
larger cities OF the United States
would be issued January i. .For the
unskilled laborer," MI. TIayer said,
there has been almost no change in
wages. The supply being greater than
the demand, wages have not increased.
The common school has proved q
factor In increasing the cost of living
by teaching higher ideals, until we
cannot live as we did several years
ago. What raj luxury 10 years ago
now Is necessity.
I'm my own state. Virginia, where
the piano used to be considered a
luxury 1t now liz regarded as necessary.
The l6-year-old daughter Of a man
earning $2.50 a day, IL she has had
average training, desires q piano. He
must buy 1t for her on the installment
plan"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-11-20
NAIVE YUAN SHI KAT
EXPELS WHOLE PARTY
President Of China Finds 500 of
DR.. Suns Sympathizers in
Parliament Hindrance.

Peking-special-The struggle between
the Chinese parliament and President
Yuan Shi Kali has brought about drastic
action by the president, which, In the
opinion OF many, will have, a serious
effect on parliamentary government.
Lengthy parliament orders were issued
at midnight expclling the Kwo Ming Tang
party, numbering more than 800 members,
from parliament.
The proclamations recount the difficult
struggling since the Manchu regime and
parties such as the Kwo Ming Tang are
permitted to exist.
The Kwo Ming Tang party formerly
was headed by DIR, Sun Vat Sen, first
provisional president OF China, who now
is In exile, but in the recent rebellion was
required by Yuan Shi Kai TO dismiss its
southern leaders. Nevertheless, members
of the party continue to fight In parlia-
ment for the curtailment OF Yuan Shl
Kai's authority.
Martial law is in operation at Pc
king and the authorities are engaged
in making arrests and summary ex-
ecutions. The executions which have
been numerous since the rebellion be-
gan, 1t Is understood will continue
Preparations are under way for the
elder statesmen, who served under the
Manchus, to resume their positions In
the cabinet. At various legations
opinion Is held that only by strone
action can the president prevent the
disruption OF China by her own people
Disoders are spreading.