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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-02-03
One of the Symptoms

Are you and Miss Calder still at
outs?"
I'm afraid SO. She still pretends
that she doesn't recognize my voice
when | call her over the telephone"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-02-03

Wayne-Dinkly tells me that he Is
worth $4,000.
Payne-Well, l believe he recently
inherited that amount. but as a matter
of fact he isn't worth ten cents.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-02-03
It's All Dark.

"A man should try to make the best
Of his misfortunes," remarked the
philosopher.
True enough" replied the nan
with a worried look. But when an
inexperienced motorist tries to change
a tire without assistance. there is
simply no brighter side to the per-
formance."
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-02-03
He Knew

He Knew.
Professor-Tell me what are some
Of the uses Of hot air?
Student (absently)-Well, in oratory
It is especially useful In warming up
an audience to the subject
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-02-03
Jealous.

"Is Bliggins a reformer?"
1.-THE worst kind"
what do you mean by the worst
kind'?"
There are Objectionable as we'll as
.praiseworthy reformers. Bliggins is
one Of those who hate graft because
they never had a chance at It,"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-02-03

AGRICULTURAL
1Aexperts predict
short corn crop this
| year. Farmers ad-
viSed to test every
grain of seed in
| order to avoid loss
situation serious
UW%
BY p. G. HOLDEN.

will be a short corn
crop this year and mil.
lions of dollars will be lost
to the farmers if great care
Is not taken in selecting
and testing the best ma.
tured corn for this seasons
planting.
We may we'll take the
warning to heart. for this
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-02-03
Painful Demonstration,

You say this motorist took you to
a hospital after he ran you down."
"Yes."
Nothing could be kinder"
Maybe not, but he didn't have to
run me down, did he. just to show me
he had q kind hearth"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-02-03

do you believe life is a game Of
give and take?"
ooh, yes" replied the meek looking
man, but you don't quite convey the
idea"
MOP"
i've found life a game Of give in
and take back"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-02-03

Dr. David Starr Jordan of Stanford university offers testimony IS to
what the care Of animals may do in building up the character of a boy in
the lamb playmates of his youth:
IT owe a great DEAL" he conesses, to a flock Of lambs that were put
shearing them all myself. giving each n a nane and keeping account Of
the amount of wool furnished by each one. Ever since this experience I
have regarded natural history q 8 q means of grace to q boy and girl. II can
show Itself in no better way than by making friends among animals"
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-12-07
Strength of a Gar.

A story is told which illustrates the
phenomenal physical strength of the
old czar. At a little station not far
from the capital the imperial train
was delayed for quite time, and the
car, being hungry, partook of some Of
the simple food of the buffet Mean
while the little daughter of the mayor
presented the empress with a bouquet,
the flowers of which were hastily gath
cred from private hothouses In the
neighborhood. The stalks being still
damp and earthly. the empress visibly
hesitated to take the bouquet in her
neatly gloved hand. The czar coolly
took up one of the heavy pewter plates
on the table, and twisting it as If 1t
were paper. made neat covering for
the stalks. There is nothing incredible
in the story. since the car had been
known to bend kitchen poker as an
ordinary man would a strip of tin
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-12-07
Spiders and the Stars.

Spiders as an aid to astronomy are
recognized to such an extent that GER
tain species are cultivated solely for
the fine threads they weave. No SUBJ
stitute for the spiders thread has yet
been found for bisecting the screw of
the micrometer used for determining
the positions and motions of the stars.
Not only because Of the remarkable
fineness of the thread are they valua-
bic, but because Of their durable quail
tiles. The threads of certain spiders
raised for astronomical purposes with
stand changes in temperature, so that
often in measuring sun spots they are
uninjured when the heat Is so great
that the lenses of the micrometer eye
pieces are cracked. These spider lines
are only one-fifth to One-seyenth Of a
thousandth of an inch in diameter,
compared with which the threads Of
the silkworm are large and clumsy.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-12-07
STEALING ELEPHANTS.
u Would Seem Difficult, Vet II 10 q
Regular Trade In Siam.

II would seem that an elephant
world be about the last thing In the
world man would he able to steal.
Yet in Siam one must keep u careful
watch on such elephants as he may
own, no matter what their size, lest
they be stolen from him.
Elephant stealing in Siam has al
ways been more or less prevalent and
for some time past has been source
of much anxiety to the officials. Reg
ulations were drawn up about fifteen
years ago by the British and Siamese
authorities with view to the suppress
sion OF this offense. Later these were
supplemented by additional regula-
tions, embodying definite rules for the
purchase and sale of elephants and
imposing penalties on all persons In
possession of elephants who are not
provided with sale papers properly ex-
ecnted before the local authorities.
Notwithstanding all these precau-
tions elephant stealing continues In
Siam, and in one year alone fifty ele-
plants were stolen from British for
esters. representing loss of some
$4,000.
The Karen tribesmen are the chief
offenders: but, though their somewhat
inaccessible villages are well known
to the near kwen, or district official,
in no single instance has the assist
ance rendered by the Siamese officials
led to the discovery of the elephant
stolen or of the thief. In short, re-
covery, when effected, has been due
to the activity and energy of the
British foresters and the searching
parties sent out by the British compa-
MES who employ the foresters.-Los
Angeles Times.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-12-07
BLEAcHES AND ACIDS.
They Whiten Fabrics, but Ruin Them
In the Long Run.

-
In the Long Run.
Experiments carried out by DR.. Far
agher at the University of Kansas on
various methods of laundering collars
prove that alkalis when used in IrOp
er proportions do only slight DAM
age to the fabric provided proper rims
ing follow their use.
The greatest damage is done by
bleaches and acids. Chlorine bleaches
injure wool and silk. but hydrosulphite
of soda does no harm. DR.. Herbert M.
Shilstone, official chemist of the Tri-
states Launderers' association, is quot
ed by the Scientific American as tell
ing his clients that ''the extensive use
Of oxalic acid in power laundries has
been the cause of the slow adoption by
the average housewife Of this class of
service"
The object of laundries that could
not use the sun as bleach was to
turn out white goods, and they chose
oxalic acid as the first substitute. "It
has taken years for you to awaken to
the fact that you have been producing
a nice white tablecloth or collar, but
that you were also greatly assisting
the department store and the mems
furnishers in disposing of their stock"
SAID DR.. Shilstone.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-12-07
RILEY AS A LION.
II Needed Plotting to Get the Poet t.
Attend GATHERINGS.


1t was mark OF our highest consid
Grafton to produce Riley at entertain
ments given in honor of distinguished
visitors. writes Meredith Nicholson In
the Atlantic Monthly, but this was not
always to be effected without cOnsid-
erabie plotting. Il have heard that In
Atlanta Uncle Remus" was even
greater problem to his fellow citizensD
Riley's innate modesty, always to be
reckoned with, was likely to smother
his companionableness In the presence
of ultra literary personages.
His respect for scholarship, for liter
ary sophistication, made him reluctant
to meet these who, he imagined,
breathed an ether to which he was un-
acclimated. At small dinner in honor
of Henry James he maintained a
strict silence until one of the other
guests, in an effort 20 draw out" the
novelist. mentioned Thomas Hardy
and the felicity of his titles, instancing
Under the Greenwood Tree and "a
Pair of Blue Eyes
Riley, for the first time addressing
the table, remarked quietly of the sec
ond of these. ITS an odd thing about
eyes, that they usually come in sets!'
a comment which did not, as l remem,
Der, strike Mr.. James as being funny.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-12-07
Duetinu.

1t is generally agreed that dueling
took its rise from the judicial combats
of the Celtic nations. The first formal
duel in England was that between VIII
liam Count of Eu and Godfrey Bay
nard about the year 1896 Dueling
was at its height in France about
1900, though it was pretty popular as
late as 1928, in which year Francis
I. sent challenge to Charles V. In
England dueling was checked in the
army in 1892 and gradually disappear
ed from civil life with the coming Of a
more enlightened public opinion Duel
ing was never as popular in this coun-
try as it was in Europe, but never
theless many famous duels have been
fought here. The code may be said
to have received its death sentence
when Burr killed Hamilton. The de-
cline after that was steady until It
practically died out-New York Amer
ican.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-12-07
PAGEANT IS PLANNED
FOR INAUGURATION DAY
Peace Triumphs to Be Shown
When President Takes
Oath Of Office.

II plans which certain civic leaders
in Washington have drawn up are
: adopted by the committee in charge of
the inaugural ceremonies the historic
inaugural parade will take on for the
first time the aspect of a pageant in
stead Of being purely military spec
tacle as in the past
The idea Of the trainers of this plan
is to have the parade next March de-
pict the development Of the country
along peaceful lines rather than to
have it emphasize the military side of
the nation. They believe that the ma
tion's capital would thus be setting
wholesome example to other cities of
the country.
Some precedent for such a spectacle
has been found in the ceremonies Incl
dent to Washington's Inauguration.
There were several floats in this pa
rade, one Of them "Ship Of State"
which, as it went along, received sa-
lutte of thirteen guns.
A nonpartisan committee has been
formed to advocate the plan for pa
geant, which, if adopted, will be on
scale heretofore not ATTEMPTED else
where.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-12-07

looking man. He was fat and common
and beefy, and Leslie knew that he
would have treated both the old ladies
badly, if he could have married both,
or either, if he could have married
either.
Punctually at nine, after breakfast,
Leslie would leave the house of Miss
Prudence and go to spend the day with
Miss Patience. And at nine at night
she would come back to Miss Patience,
to sleep.
She was not long in discovering that
the two singular old ladies were very
fond of each other, in spite of their
long quarrel. Each spoke of the other
as if she had died.
my dear sister Patience was the
best of the family" sighed Miss Pru-
dence. "It was a great blow to me
when she passed out of my life."
prudence was a dashing GIRL" Miss
Patience would say wistfully. "She
had all the men at her feet. missed
her sorely."
This went on for several months.
But one evening Leslie came running
in to Miss Patience's house before the
hour. Miss Prudence is ill; think
she is dying" she said.
"She died long ago." said Miss Pa
tience.
"She wants you," wept Leslie. "She
told me to ask you to come"
Miss Patience hesitated only a mo-
ment, and then she followed Leslie
into her sisters house. The doctor ar
rived simultaneously. 1t was uncertain
what had happened to Miss Prudence;
1t might be stroke or only heart
weakness. But when he was gone the
girl and Miss Patience sat beside the
sick woman in silence for long time,
till Prudence opened her eyes.
Sister" she said distinctly, address,
ing her for the first time, "when I am
gone you are to read the papers in the
drawer of my escritoire. I meant to
burn them, but now think you ought
to know. You must prepare for
shock. He-he was unworthy of you,
sisterw
Miss Patience gasped, and the color
flooded into her withered cheeks. "You
knew that all the time, PrudenceY
she demanded fiercely.
"You didn't know it, PatienceT
'That he had another"
"Wife already"
''Why did you hide it from me if you
knew?"
II knew I couldn't hide it. That's
why dared not speak to you. That's
why kept the wretch's portrait
"The same with me-" cried the other
Historically. 81 hated the sight of it.
But I thought the blow would have
killed you. You were such a delicate
girl. And you were only thinking, all
the time of me-"
"And you of me. Sister, 1 loved you;
1 was never jealous, only anxious for
YOU"
"Sister!"
And the two old ladies wept in each
others arms, while Leslie sat by the
bed, with all the thrill that child ex-
periences in the first unfolding of life.
When the doctor returned the next
morning he found Miss Prudence out of
bed, sweeping, and Miss Patience get
ting breakfast ready. He could not un-
derStand it.
But Leslie knew.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-12-07
Struggle For Expression.

There is certain hardship in each
ages struggle to attain expression
against the overwhelming mass of ex-
preston already in existence. In no
other field of human effort does the
practitioner have to contend with
ghosts. A living general does not have
to array his battalions against Caesar
or Hannibal or Napoleon. A living ath-
lete does not go up against Heracles or
Milo. But book or picture or musical
composition has to fight not only against
Its natural rivals of the present, but
against all that has been preserved
from the past.-Charles Leonard Moore.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-12-07
THE CRESCENT MOON.
Artists Have a Kraet Of Getting n
Wrong In oi:tures.


1t is astonishing hoY many artists
spoil what otherwise mighr be good
pictures 10y erroneousiy depicting the
concave side of the moon turned to-
ward the place of sunset, writes Percy
Johnson in Popular Astronomy The
convex or lighted side OF her crescent
Is always presented to that part Of the
sky in which the sun is situated.
The new moon appears first as a deli.
cate crescent in the evening soon after
sunset and sets almost Immediately
The following morning 1t rises soon
after the sun. Night after night it ap-
pears as larger crescent farther and
the Illuminated side directed toward
the latter.
When about seven days old the moon
shows half her surface lighted up. She
is then in her first quarter and is
just on the meridian at sunset. The
gibbous phase Is now entered upon un-
til full moon, when she rises as the sun
sets and is on the meridian at midnight.
Now the light begins to disappear on
the side opposite the sun and the light
ed side is directed toward the east
She rises about midnight when she has
reached her last quarter" and gradu-
ally the crescent diminishes, and she
Is seen only in the light of the dawn.
Then she is lost in the suns rays to
emerge again few days later as a
new moon in the west
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-12-07
SPANISH CHAPEL BUILT HERE
King Of Spain Aided in Con.
struction of Rare Edifce.

"Where will we find a Spanish
church?'
That is the question that thousands
of Latin-Americans ask at hotels at
New York city, and there are thou
sands Of persons in this city who do
not know that here is the most inn
posing Spanish-C Catholic chapel in the
United States and one which for beau
ty of architecture and rare art treas
ures is unsurpassed in the great cities
of South America and Mexico, says
the New York Herald.
Nuestra Sonora de la Esperanza is
the name of the chapel. 1t is near
the corner Of One Hundred and Fifty
sixth street and Riverside drive, over
looking one of the grandest views to
be had in New York city. Unlike q
great majority of Spanish chapels. the
poor Of the Americas had little to do
with its building and few of the pen
MES Of the Spanish workingmen and
workingwomen went into its building
fund. Nuestra Sonora de la Esperan-
"a was built by the wealthy for the
poor.
Sonora Roua Manuela de Laverreni
de Barrill, wife of the one-time consul
general of Spain in this city, was in
strumental in its erection. AS result
Of the efforts Archer Huntington gave
the plot of ground and 5000 toward
the building.
The king of Spain, j. Pierpont Nor
gan, Mrs. Coils P. Huntington. Mrs.
Frederick Vanderbilt and more than q
score of other notable men and wom-
en- here contributed the money and
the art objects which have made
Neustra Sonora de la Esperanza SO
beautiful.
Hanging above the east chapel al
tar is picture of the Madonna, by
Mandraza. 1t was given to the church
by Mr.. Morgan. The sanctuary lamp,
which always is lighted, is the gift of
the king of Spain. On the rim of the
bowl are reproductions of the elements
in the collar of the Golden Fleece.
The gold-topped professional arch
is the gift of Mr.. and Mrs. Chauncey
NJ. Depew. The key of the chapel is
made of some of the jewels of Sonora
de Barril. The door is of gold and
green enamel, and the candlesticks,
which stand at either side of 1t, are
the gift of Mrs. Frederick Vanderbilt.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-12-07
BARRISTERS AND Boards.
In Former Days Lawyers In England
Were Forced to Shave.

Nowhere was there more prejudice
against boards than at the Inns of
Court centuries ago. The BLACK
Books of Lincoln's inn of the six
teenth century are full of references
to offenders who were "fyned double
comens durynge such tyne as they
shall have any berde"
This proving ineffective. whole
batch of bearded barristers was in
1854 "banysshed from We Howse," and
shortly afterward a judges order was
obtained for the compulsory shaving
of some of the members. The inner
temple benchers were not quite so Sc
we're, for fine of 20 shillings was the
sole penalty imposed in 1555 for wear
ynG beardes of more than three weekes
growthe."
The war against bearded barristers
continued at the Inns of Court until the
seventeenth century. Long after this,
however, the prejudice against the un-
shaved barrister remained. The late
Vice Chancellor Bacon carried his dis
like so far that he always refused to
listen to bearded or mustached coun-
sci. pretending that he could not hear
them. Even now, although there are
plenty of bearded barristers and K. C.'s,
few have attained eminence.
The most brilliant exception was per-
haps the late Judah Philip Benjamin,
silver tongued Benjamin." who de-
spite his mustache and American
'goatee" earned the princely income of
$4,000 a year.-London Chronicle.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-12-07
The Old Maids
Conspiracy
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ByCEORCE MUNSON



SEopyright. 1916. by w. @. ChapmanJ
Tel her." said Miss Prudence to
ase lawyer, ~that shall be glad to re-
%s,tsxe my niece, Leslie, under my roof
4kn& give her mothers care, in the
hzsUe of her father, my dear brother.
R spite of family quarrels, my brother
Was dear to me. Now that his death
has left his daughter penniless, / shall
wish to do what is right"
Tell her." piped little Miss Patience,
from the other side of the table, "that
Il am willing to take care of my broth
defs child, conditionally upon her rec
dexnizing me as her sole guardian"
You might add" said Miss Pru-
'tence, shat, if she is obedient and dis
sSplined, all my money will 60 to her
AT DEATH"
and" said Miss Patience, II shall
aaexSe her everything possess, condi-
fsssaa1ly upon her obedience in all
aThlBgs.'
The lawyer could hardly suppress
ssmile. Despite the fact that they were
tSir sisters, Miss Patience and Miss
8rudence had not spoken to each other
1ar thirty years.
They occupied two prim little villas,
Get side by side, each one within its
rsfm little garden filled with closely
clipped yews and rose trees. What
xfear quarrel had been about in the be-
thinning nobody knew; but they pre-
1exred to ignore each other. Yet they
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-12-07
BOTH WERE SCARED.
Hard to Tell Whether the Man or IN
Bear Ran the Faster.

A prospector named Whately, Wn'
was collecting specimens near Cooke
Mont says the New York Evening
Post. worked too long and decided t.
spend the night in the mountains. ThsI
weather was warm and pleasant. anGl
he stood his rifle against a tree and|
Jay down to sleep. In the course OIL
the night he was awakened by the
heavy breathing of large animal ana
an oppressive and very disagreeabie
odor. Half conscious of something
standing over him, he lay perfectly
still.
Soon there was grunting and snun-
ing close by his head, and he under
stood that he was underneath a grizzly
hear, A cold sweat came over MIN,
and he was paralyzed with fright.
Whate,y's rite was out of reach. He
had no knife, and he feared That the
grizzly might attack him at any mo-
ment. Acting on a sudden impulse. ne
doubled up his knees and with all his
strength plunged both his fists ana
feet simultaneously against the stom-
.ach of the beast.
1t was complete surprise for the
grizzly. which was even more fright'
ened than the man. 1t ran squealins
and belowing into the timber, While
Whately, whose knees were knocking
together with fright. gathered up his
goods and struck out for Cooke City in
the dark. He did not dare to pause un-
til he was safe in the settlement.