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Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-04-06
Separate skirts.

Separate skirts have come into fash
ion, after years of neglect. There's
reason. The universal top-coat, the
short chemise tunlc and the outside
blouse have contributed to the intro
duction of the separate skirt for all
hours of the day.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-04-06

There Is NO Art In Taking Medicine.
Just follow directions on every bot
tie Of plantation" Chill Tonic and
see how quickly those dreadful chills
will leave you. 1t leaves the liver In
healthy condition and yet contains no
Calomel. Price 50c.--Adv.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-04-06
Natural Sequence.

The teacher had explained that a
monarchy is a country ruled by a king.
The pupils got that.
''If the king dies, who rules?" the
teacher continued.
1.-THE queen" someone suggested.
"Yes under seAain circumstances
which I shall explain later, that Is true
Now, If the queen dies, who takes her
placer
Only one boy ventured to reply.
1.-THE jack" he said.-The Web.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-04-06
An ontlmIst-

He-Good heavens, the clock just
struck one, and I promised your
mother I'd leave at twelve.
She Comfortably We've
eleven hours yet
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-04-06

A salad always depends on the dress
in, in which connection a woman is a
bit like salad.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-04-06

If you have little success don't
camp on it for the rest Of your life.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-04-06

We never know how happy we are
until we aren't.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-04-06
In the Crowd.

"This is q jam! I"
eyes, we're in pickle. Heaven
preserve us!"
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-04-06

You miss getting many good things
by failing to ask for them.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-04-06
PAINS SHARP
and STABBING
Woman Thought She Would
Die. Cured by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.

Ogdensburg, Visit suffered from
female troubles which caused MERGING
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-04-06

VELVET BEANS--Large quantities early
speckled variety; " bus. sacks, $1,50 bus,
r. o. B. Brundldge. WATERS q PERSON.
Bpundidge Ala.
DIR, LAKES PREsCRIPTION-"A ood
medicine for Bad rheumatism" THE LIT
TIE CO.. p. o. Box 1862. Pittsburgh, Pa.
Sudan Seed TsCleiSDs Sa % sSPss RSass
Reference any bank Amarillo. Panhandle Graln Co.
w. N. u, MEMPHIS, NO. 14--t9t7.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-01-04

only to his agents here, and the est}
mates Of outsiders vary greatly. Som.
Of his holdings produce a high rate OF
income. while some are regarded as
very poor earners. The opinion of real
estate men as to the average income
from all Of the properties covers quite
IL wide range. Some suesses are that
Lord Astor receives not more than So,
100000 a year from these properties.
While other real estate men place his
annual receipts from this source at
twice that amount. II his holdings
bring in an average of Z per cent. not
taking taxes into account, that would
represent $3.50O,00O us an average
years income. Deducting from that
amount the 1916 taxes, calculated at
$1,250,000, there remains $2,25O,OOO o.
income upon which the Baron of He
yer can draw to pay his British taxes
Payment of taxes is not the only way
BY which the earnings of these Aston
properties have helped the British. AT
the time William Waldorf Astor at.
tanned to the peerage it was estimated
that he had given at least $5.O OO, 900 to
various objects in England. Since the
wal began he has given 100000 to the
Red Cross and $4,000 for bands to
stir interest in recruiting. It also is es-
timated that he has spent $1O,OOO,OOO
on Hever castle.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-01-04

BY the last legislature. Material
strengthening of the state normal
schools by raising requirements of ad.
mission to a full four!year high school
course and requiring more work be-
fore graduation.
Normal School Needed.
The immediate installation of this
proposed normal school at Dickinson
authorized by the vote of the people
November Z.
The reduction of the agricultural
college at Fargo to a farm and trade
school, with practically no f%our-year
courses leading to degrees except in
agriculture.
Removal of the department of tech
nical and professional engineering at
present existing at the agricultural
college to Grand Forks and combining
it with the college of engineering at
the state university.
Changes at Farm School.
No courses leading to degrees at
the agricultural college In the liberal
arts or sciences and the discontinuance
of the agricultural college courses in
architecture and architectural engin.
eering.
Discontinuance of the agricultural
high school at the agricultural college.
q strong preparatory course now given
there which has about $50 students.
Strengthening of the short courses
in trades and agriculture at the agri.
cultural college and the establishment
at both the university and agricultural
college of normal courses for training
high school teachers. school superin.
tendents, etc., making higher courses
than are offered at the normal schols.
For Survey by Regents.
School of science at Wahpeton to
be made a strong school Of secondary
grade in science, agriculture, mechanic
arts and household arts.
School of forestry at Bottineau to
be made primarily a farm school, the
forestry course to be removed to the
agricultural college.
Extension of the work of the state
library commission to include the esr
tablishment of a state library at each
county seat in the state with branch
libraries at smaller towns.
A survey of the public schools
should be made by the board of re
gents along the line of the survey by
The government of the higher educa
:ional institutions.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-01-04

r. inspection, his efforts Of that day.
It was an animal-of that his mother
was sure-but just what kind was n
other question.
"A cow" volunteered the artist.
but 1t has no TAIL" replied his
mother, in surprise.
ooh. well, that don't hurt. Teacher
said for us to work for the general
effect and never mind detail"
At the age OF thirteen he left the
grades to enter the school of exper-
fence, an institution which we must
all o or later pass through. Here
he soon learned that ito eat, one must
work." and with hunger making crude
and primitive suggestions he landed
his first job. Not a position, mind you,
but a job. 1t vas during these form
alive years that the dream of some
day becoming an "enactor Of Plays
gave his mind much food for thought.
Slowly, with the dream ever in his
heart, he rose from bell hop to hotel
clerk and then to passenger brakeman
With many a knock between; from
pupil to a p~rofessorship in one of
Americas leading educational institu.
lions. A few weeks ago an Iowa
newspaper spoke of Mr.. Rachel in
this way: when he came, his was a
smile of Joy, and when he left ours
al q smile of regret"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-01-04
10000 BEES LOOSE IN
W0MEN'S BALLROOM
Apiarist Turns Out Swarm Before Club
Members, but No Stings
Follow.

Cleveland, DIN the nursery story
the queen sat in the parlor eating bread
and honey, but even Mother Goose new
CIR saw 10000 bees loose in Il ballroom.
But the latter sight was seer recently
when Ernest r. Root Of Medina, bee
and honey expert, shook out a swarm
of bees into the white and gold ball
room Of the Woman's club, this city, to
show members of the club how easily
the little honey makers may be han
died il one knows how.
There were swift glances toward the
door when Mr.. Root proposed to open
the little case that held the bees. Don't
be in the least afraid. They will not
sting you even if they should happen to
light on you," promised Mr.. Root.
He scooped up a handful Of the bees
out of the thick, moving brown mass,
put them in his hat, clapped his hat on
his head and went on with his talk.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-01-04
TWO BEDS REQUIRED
FOR A GIANT BOY OF IS
Prisoner Measuring Six Feet Four
Was Cause of Worry to New
York ChiIdren's Society.

New York. - Children's society Off.
Gals had all kinds of trouble with
iftcen-year-old Theodore Olsen. who
stands six feet four inches in his socks.
This young giant had not been able to
find Il bed III the place that would fit
him. He had been sleeping in two
beds placed together, with the cover
pieces out. Subterfuge had been dis
covered to make Theodore fit n of
the children's bathtubs or to find one
to fit him.
Olsen was arrested after he had call.
ed the janitor Of an apartment house
here to help him eXtinguish a blaze
II a he admits he started in the dumb
waiter shaft. He says lie had started
five similar fires in the D west
side, but had always extinguished
them himself, because his desire was
not to see the engines dash by. but
just to see the blaze.
Theodore left school because of the
embarrassment caused by his abnor-
NAL size. He became a delivery boy
for a grocer, and he says that after
delivering an order on the dumbwaiter
he would start a blaze at the bottom
of the shaft among the old papers and
other waste that lie frequently found
there. Theodore lives with his par
ents in this city.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-01-04
BIG CATCH OF SHARKS.
ApoIlo's Crew Hooks and Kills Nine
teen-Captain Gets Turtle.

Apollo's Crew Hooks and Kills Nine.
te~en-Captain Gets Turtle.
Baltimore. Catching sharks and
shooting immense sea turtles was the
pastime enjoyed by Captain Thomas
Thomassen and his crew during the
voyage of the Norwegian bark Apollo.
now in port with manganese ore from
Rio Janeiro. Nineteen sharks, the
largest eleven feet long, were captured
and dispatched by the ships crew.
cit was on June T." said Captain
Thomassen, that numerous sharks
lowered about the vessel, fighting each
other for the refuse from the ships
galley. made a hook about twelve
inches long on a two inch line. baited
it with pork and fastened it to a two
inch rope. The bait hardly reached the
water when a shark swallowed it, and
the tussle began. That day we caught
seven Of the monsters.
ut took five men to hoist a shark to
the ships deck. After killing the shark
with an ak it's fins were removed and
the carcass thrown overheard.
"a large sea turtle was sighted about
200 yards from the vessel on June 10
I took q shot with a rifle and struck a
vital part"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-01-04
CROSSING CONTINENT,
HEN SITS WILLINGLY
Three Chicks; Extricated When Crate
Arrives at Albany, N. Y.-Other
Eggs Show Signs.

Albany, N. "a hen which contin-
ued to sit While travelling across the
continent is the possession of J.. w.
Wolfrom OF this city.
The hen was sitting with motherly
devotion upon a nest Of Eggs which a
friend of Mr.. Wolfrom placed in a
crate in Riverside, Cal, and shipped
through a transcontinental express com.
paDy to this city. She continued to sit,
disturbed not in the least by the trans.
continental trip. Her protection was q
conspicuous placard on the box read
Ing: Sitting Hen-Eggs Expected to
Hatch-Handle With Care" The warn
ing was punctiliously observed by en-
press employees.
When the crate arrived at it's destina.
ton three downy chicks We're extri-
Gated from the shells and other eggs
gave forth evidences of Matching.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-01-04
ARTHUR RACHEL,
PLAY ENACT0R
Woman's Club Lecture Course, at the
Hope Opera house on the evening
Of Wednesday, January 24th.

Arthur Rachel, now standing at the
head Of the line Of artists who are
doing things worth WHILE" will ap-
pear on our lecture course this vim
ter. He is glad to come to us and
we are glad to have him. His mission
is twofold, for he not only entertains
but makes us think. Born Of German
parentage in the capital of Minnesota,
Mr.. Rachel began making his reputa-
ton ever as early as the graded
schools, not by q series Of triumphs
known the world over, but by a record
Of boyish pranks and dare devilness
such as many a small boy leaves be.
hind him, to smile at in the years to
come. In reading and arithmetic Ar.
thur stood well, but when it came to
drawing his mark was always poor"
One day he took home, for his moth.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-01-04
WILLIAM LIDO AsTOR.

shown therefore in his real estate
taxes, plus his income tax, no figures
about which are available.
A great many estimates have been
made as to the extent of the Astor real
estate holdings in this city, but it has
been difficult to get satisfactory infor-
nation until now. Confusion has over.
taken inquirers because Of the exten.
sive holdings Of the John Jacob Astor
estate as we'll as of William Waldorf
Astor. Some of these properties for
merly were held Jointly, and Lord AS
tor still appears as only part owner of
one of the most valuable of the Astor
properties, the Waldorf-Astoria hotel.
The records Of the department Of
taxes and assessments. however, have
been worked out so carefully that it is
now possible to get a definite idea Of
William Waldorf Astor's total real cs-
tate holdings.
Fifty million dollars, the official rec
ords show, is the approximate market
value of his various properties in Man
haitian and the Bronx. The bulk of
these holdings, as is generally known,
is in Manhattan, but Mr.. Astor has in
recent years added somewhat to his
holdings in the Bronx until these lat.
ter properties represent about $4,000.
900.
What annual income Lord Astor de.
rives from these properties is known
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-01-04
TELLS GIRLS TO PROPOSE.
Young Woman Who Is Studying Black
smithing Gives Her Reasons.

Young woman Who Is Studying Black.
smithing Gives Her Reasons.
Ames, Ia.-Miss Tura A. Hawk, Iowa
State colleges only girl student OF
blacksmithing, has further demonstrate
ed her versatility by winning the fac.
ulty cup for the best extemporaneous
address,, and she did it with the sub.
ject, why Women Should Propose"
"There are three reasons why women
should propose-physical, spiritual and
moral" said Miss Hawk.
II ask you, is there any reason why
u strong, able bodied woman should
not support a husband if she chooses?
No; only a time worn prejudice
itself against such a procedure.
"For the spiritual reason, there is the
great saying, Whatever ye would that
men should do unto you, do We even so
to them AS women should rightfully
be the manager of the oldest of all in
situations. the home, is it any more
than fair that she should be permitted
to ask the man of her ideals to help
her found and operate that home? Must
woman, because years of common prac.
tice have established a custom. wait
when she is ready to begin her life
work because only the men who are
not her ideal will propose?"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-01-04
THIRD ANNUAL POULTRY SHOW
Missouri Slope Association Meets Jan.
81 and Feb. I and 2.

Bismarck.-The third annual prem
.um list Of the Missouri Slope Poultry
Association has just been issued from
he press, showing program and prem
.ums for the corn, poultry and alfalfa
show to be held at Bismarck three days
beginning January 81, 1917.
Numerous prizes are announced for
all departments, and the addition Of
corn and alfalfa to the range of exhi-
bits has been counted upon to attract
widespread interest among practical
agriculturists. The new premium list
is a very handsome one, full of use
.ull information to fanciers and eNhi-
oitors. 1t may be had upon application
q the associations secretary, Mr..
Frank Milholland at Bismarck.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-01-04
W. W. AST0R'S TAX
Required to Pay More In Eng
land Than In New York.
GAVE HELP IN OTHER WAYS.

At Time Self Expatriated American
Attained the Peerage 1t Was Esti-
mated He Gave 100000 to Various
Objects In England-Donated $780,
600 to Red Cross.
New York.-Not all Of William Wal
dorf Astor's income from his Ameri-
can investments will be required to
pay the $1,GSO,OO0 which the British
government is taxing him this year.
1t is a fact, however, that the tax
he pays abroad is greater by several
hundred thousand dollars than the
AMOUNT he pays on his properties here
IL New York.
In the tax collection now under way
Nh. Aston is required to pay $5G7,000 on
his real estate in Manhattan. This is
a semiannual payment. st that his
total for the year will be approximate.
ly $1,134,OOO for Manhattan. TO This
must be added his taxes in the Bronx,
MA ktuy his ,otal payments to the city
nearly $1,250,O0O this year.
Mr.. Astor, having expatriated him.
self and become Lord .Astor of Hover,
is not subjected to taxation here for
his personal property. What he has
to pay toward the expenses Of the city
and state which he left behind Is
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-01-04
MAY BOYCOTT A DEADBEAT.
Merchants Of Topeka, Kan, Plan to
Organize For That Purpose.

Topeka, Kan.-Attorney General S.
NJ. Brewster has announced a ruling
that the merchants Of a city or the
state could form Il trust or order IL boy
colt against the deadbeat. The Topeka
merchants have worked out Il scheme
whereby each merchant is to make a
report monthly Of his customers who
do not pay regularly or have not satis-
factorily adjusted their accounts.
These reports are then to be forward
ed to every other merchant in the local
association, and they are to refuse
credit to any Of those on the blacklist,
There Are some lawyers who have
held that the merchants could not form
an association to boycott the deadbeat
without violating the antitrust law
The plan of the Topeka organizati
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-01-04
KISSING MEGREsS COST $3.50,
Young Man Who SaIuted Her Was
Put Under Arrest,

Observation-Disclosures Watkins, TWEEN.
ty years old, of bonneville and his com.
panions We're standing on a street cor
ner in Munhall terrace recently chat.
ting and Joking when one Of Watkins
friends bet him 81 he did not dare to
kiss the first girl that came along.
Watkins put up the money and soon
got his chance to win a dollar.
Estelle Stanton, a negress, eighteen
years old, living in Munhall terrace,
walked along an instant later, and Wat.
kins seized his opportunity, accosted
the young woman and kissed her OH
the cheek. Watkins then turned to his
companions and collected the dollar,
A few hours later he was taken into
custody on a charge of disorderly con
Duct preferred by the girl. Watkins
paid the costs, $3.50. and was freed
Thus he lost $3.50.
Modernized,
BOY Tin acknowledgements had his Rru.
tus, Charles l. his Cromwell and
George Ill Professor-Go on Ar
thur, proceed even If you can't remem-
per the make of car George had.-Pitts.
burgh Press.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-01-04
Fargo High School Burns.

Fargo.-Fire originating from an ex.
plosion of chemicals in a laboratory,
destroyed the Fargo high schoo! build.
ing and seriously damaged an adjoin.
ing grade school section at an estimat.
ed loss of $1,000 One hundred and
twenty-seven pupils and eight teachers
of night school, meeting in the build.
ing at the time, narrowly escaped in.
%juries. The building. with adjoining
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-01-04
was submitted TO the attorney general,
and he has advised the merchants that
such an organization would he legal.
CATTLE FEAR DOG.
Herd Ran Over a Horse and Buggy In
Their Terror.

tueIF terror
Arlington, Ky. u. w. Benson of
Rardwell had a novel experience the
other day. While driving along the
road out of Barlow, Mr.. Benson saw a
herd OF yearlings ahead Of him turn
into Il lane. In a few seconds he also
noticed Il dog sneaking in the direction
Of the cattle.
The dog made Il dive for the herd,
and they made Il run for the road. ar
irving there just as Mr.. Benson drove
up. and the cattle ran over the horse
and buggy, KNOCKED the horse down
and came near turning the buggy over.
In their mad haste to get away from
tile dog II of the calves fell, going
under the buggy. Mr.. Benson says
this is the first time he was ever run
over by n herd of cattle.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-01-04
FOR UNITY IN FARMING WORK
Agricultural Societies and Experiment
Station to Cooperate.

Grand Forks.-The Grand Forks
County Better Farming association
here will work in closer cooperation
with the state experiment station, in
the conduct Of it's hatter farming cam
paign, it was decided at a meeting
here. Thomas Copper, director of the
experiment station, speaking for the
association banquet, pleaded for unity
in the better farming work in tails
state.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-01-04
TEXT OF SURVEY IS RECEIVED
URGES BOARD TO CONTROL ALL
STATE SCHOOLS.
Abolition Of Superintendent's Office
and Strengthening Of NormaIs Advis-
ed-Would Reduce Rank of A. c.

Fargo.-The full text of the United
States government survey of North Da.
kota's institutions of higher education
has been received in Fargo. Its chief
recommendations are as follows: Abol-
ition OF the office of state superintend-
ent of schools and the placing of it's
duties in the hands of the new com.
missioner of education, an Office Gre
ated under the new boa-d of regents
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-01-04
HER BARE LEGS SHOCKED.
Stock;ngIess Woman Almost Caused
Riot In Cincinnati.

Cincinnati. O.-The eyes of down.
town crowds in the fashionable shop
ping district almost popped out CT their
sockets at the sight of Il richly dressed
III who stalkel with limbs barred
to the knees through the streets.
Police had to he called to dispense
the crowd and rescue the She
'efuScd her name.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-01-04
URGE FARMER FOR SPEAKER
Ward County Delegation Advocate:
II. r. Wood of Minot.

FargO.-Hcward r. Wood, a Minot
farmer, was advocated for the speak
ership of the North Dakota lower
house of the legislature, by legislature
members of the Ward county delega.
ton of the Non-Partisan league. Mr..
Wood will make his first appearance
in the legislature at the present ses.
sion.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-01-04
S%trategica Move.

Mrs. Close-1'm writing to ask the
Browns to meet the Joneses here at
dinner, and to the Joneses to meet the
Browns. We owe them both, you
know.
Close--But I've heard that they've
iust quarreled and don't speak.
Mrs. Close-I know. They'll refuse,
and we won't have to give a dinner
party at all.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-01-04
Rat Carries Away Glasses,

Evansville. Ind.-John Stark. a mer.
chant. struck ut a rat in his stable,
and his glasses fell in such a position
that they formed a yoke in the path
Of the rat, into which it ran. The
glasses stuck and the rat escaped into
a hole. carrying Stark's favorite lenses.
Stark dug into the hole. but found no
trace Of his glasses and is convinced
they still are being carried by the
rat.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-01-04

portion. was valued at $4,000. 1nsur.
ance cover 80 per cent of the loss,
The destroyed section was built in
1900.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-06-21
SHIPYARDS BRINGING
MANY new RESI-
DENTS

The government shipyard being
installed here by the Union Bridge
& Construction Company is bringing
many new people into Morgan City
and Berwick. Just at this time there
are about forty men employed at
the yard and in the Offices. This num-
Der is increasing daily and by the
time the six ways are completed and
ship construction begins, it is esti-
mated that about twelve hundred
men will be working. Mr.. Con Cole
man of Kansas City, superintendent
of the shipyard, reached here Tues
day and at once took charge Of oper-
atoms. Among other recent arrivals
who are connected with the Union
Bridge & Constructor Company are
Mr.. N. H. Lewis of New Orleans,
Mr.. w. L. Browne, Of Kansas City.
Mr.. J. Larsen of Kansas City, Mr..
M. D. Prouty and Mr.. S. E. Blum of
Kansas City. Mrs. Prouty and Mrs.
Blum are also here and Mr.. and Mrs.
Settler are expected in few days.