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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-01-11
WATCH YOUR TIRES.
No Matter How Good They May Be
This Caution Is Necessary.

No Matter How Good They May Be
This Caution Is Necessary.
Many a car is sold on the representa-.
ton that "the Blankmobile will run
from 1000 to 10000 miles on a set of
tires" and the motorist thus CLEANS
the opinion that his tires need no at
tention for that length of time.
But no car dealers statement or tire
makers guarantee can influence good
or bad luck, and it is largely the work
Of the latter that places the bit of
broken glass, the sharp stone or the
protruding nail directly in the path of
the unwary tire. Such an obstacle
will not necessarily penetrate the tire
the chances are that it will not-but a
cut will be formed in the outer layer
of rubber or tread. which. like an in.
fectcd wound. will eventually spread
and 'inflame" the entire surface.
y few moments spent in examining.
cleaning and plugging the cut or hole
will add thousands Of miles to the life
of the tire. The inexperienced motor
list can form no conception of the readi-
ness with which mud. sand and water
can enter the slight opening in the sur.
face Of the tire and by gradually work
ing its way under the skin" will tend
to separate the tread from the outer
layer of canvas.
In a few hundred or thousand miles
this tread will be hanging in tapping
shrcds, worth no more than so much
old rubber, and in order to be reclaim
ed the tire must be retreaded or used
in connection with one of the several
detachable treads on the market.-H.
w. SlausOn. M. E., in Leslie's.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-01-11
SACRED TREE OF SPAIN.
And Its Connection With the Ancient
Euskarian Lanuuaue,

You all know about the Charter oak,
that tree that figured in the fight for
independence of the American colonies,
aud perhaps you have heard Of other
trees with nationa! significance.
Did you ever hear of the sacred tree
of Spain and the mean by which it is
perpetuated? 1t stands close to the
town of Guernica, in Biscay, and under
it's spreading foliage the general jun
tas are inaugurated. Several centu-
ries ago, when Spain was a loosely
tied bundle of more or less independent
states, the lords of Biscay took their
oath under n of the parents Of this
same tree, where a stone bench was
provided for their use, as symbolic of
the enduring solidity Of their reign.
In some respects the tree shows a deep
er symbolism than is to be found In
the bench of hewn stone, for both the
family dignity and the Euskarian Ian
guage are handed from father to son..
In that isolated region a form Of
speech that is utterly different from
both French and Spanish has been
maintained since the beginnings of Eu-
ropean civilization because each father
made it his business to instill into his
eldest son the idea that it was his
duty to perpetuate his language and
the peculiar institutions of his race.
The tree of the Basques is one of the
hardest Of all the hardy things to be
found around the bay of Biscay and
the Pyrenees mountains. The one that
is now standing was taken from the
parent Nee in 1880 and had been grow
ing for thirty years when its 300-year-
old %progenitor succumbed to age and a
hard windstorm. Another shoot was
started from this one forty years ago.
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-01-11
U FOR WORRY.

"HeIlo. Mandy" said his honor.
Flows Cerlas behaving himself these
days? Still on. the water wagon, l
hope"
"Well, jedge. your hunah, Ceph sholy
am havin' de time oy his life stickin'
Oh dat wagon. But lie do fall often so
many times dat he am dat crippled
NOSE ov de time dH, II" scarcely kin git
aroun' without crutch"s. IF dar wuz
Il bottle hid on dc wagon | do BELIEF
dat Ceph would hold his hold steddy.
The mob | hnbilate wild dat man de
mob mystifyin' he am to me. He got
Sech Il po' 'pinion oh watah, jedge, dat
it maiks him distracted ter wash his
face. Yes, sub. dats q fac'."-Rich-
mond Times Dispatch.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-01-11
CHINESE Letter CARRIERS.
Feats They Must Perform Would Tire
a Hercules.

How many Of our own postmen
would care to transfer their services to
the Chinese postotfice?
TO get into the postal service in Chi
na is not an easy matter.
In the first place an applicant must
have strength and courage, and in or
der to gain these he must he prepared
to undergo a very queer method of
training. He must wander through
mountains and valleys, forests and
coves. The exact time to be occupied
in a trip Of this sort is fixed by the
law, and Il very heavy fine is imposed
for any unnecessary delay.
The would be postman must repeat
these trips at night, and if he listens
to the bad spirit, thereby failing to ap-
pear at the required time at a specified
place he is sure to lose his chance of
being a postman.
But that is not all, for he is obliged
to carry enormous weights fer many
miles and must return with his burden
within a given time, though his road
usually takes him through districts
thick with bandits.
In training, the postman eats very lit
tle-though he is used to this-and tries
every training exercise. Then comes
his real examination, under the direc-
ton of the government officials. He is
taken into a large room, where, sus-
pended from Il high beam, are very
heavy sacks filled with rocks. He must
give a swinging motion to all these
sacks, run to and fro between them,
carefully guarding himself against 4
blow from the heavy weights.--London
Globe.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-01-11
Beethoven's Fits of Raae.

Beethoven's behavior was often afro.
cious. In giving lessons to young la
dies he would sometimes tear the
music to pieces and scatter it about the
floor or eve smash the furniture.
Once when playing in company there
was some interruption. 81 play no
longer for such hogs!" he cried and
left the piano. He once called Prince
Lobkowitz an ass because a bassoon
player happened to be absent.-Dole's
Famous COMPOSERS"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-01-11
A MODEL TEACHER
Must Be Stylish as Well as Pref
ty, Says Principal.
ICHAB0D CRANE TYPE EXTINCT

Brains, Beauty, Charm, Magnetism,
Attra~etiveness, Poise and an Over.
dose Of Common Sense Are General
Attributes For a Modern Instructor.
P. N. Fisher Of Oakland, Cal, Thinks.
Oakland, Cal.-''There goes u school.
marm. You can tell them by their
dowdy dress and their prim Manner"
"Oh, a you, thought asks Princi.
pal p. Nj. Fisher of the Oakland Tech.
nical high school, who has drawn up
the plans and measurements of the
ideal teacher and declares that more
and more Of them are conforming to
the standard. He has named the re
quirements necessary for the success
full %pedagogue, and those who are de.
fcient can spend their vacations in
catching up.
Brains. beauty, charm, magnetism,
attractiveness, poise and IN overdose
Of common are the general ut.
tributes. The old type of teacher is
extinct, he says.
1.-THE day Of the Ichabod Crane type
of teacher is gone," said Principal
Fisher to his teachers. 1.-The time
when the lame. the halt and the blind
were naturally elected as the custodi
m of the desk and the wieldcrs Of the
birch Is also passed. Today the teach.
er Is more likely to look like a fashion
model than like a trump. She has no
narrow views, no old maid ways. She
is brought into contact with many
sides Of life and to qualify she must
feel and understand. She must be su
perior not only mentally. but morally
and physically as we'll. She must be
a we'll poised expert. human and ell.
Gent"
In the scale in which Principal Fisher
would weigh the prospective teacher
personally would have to outbalance
education. 1t is also as important that
she be we'll formed as we'll Informed.
NO teacher needs to he a Venus;
neither should she dress like d dress
model the principal calculated, but
she must be wholesome and pleasant
to look at. and her dress should be both
becoming and businesslike without be.
ing designed especially to attract no.
tice on it's own account.
But that is not all. Though she have
the beauty of Helen of Troy, the style
OF Gaby DIES Lys, the brain of Nine. de-
Stael. still she would not qualify 100
per cent unless she had a voice tuncful
as a thrush. soothing as the tapping Of
summer waters OH a sandy beach.
THE voice should he free from al.
acid qualities. gentle and friendly" in
the opinion of the Oakland educator,
land in character the teacher must b,.
neither too insistent nor ovelstrenu
Gus. Her mission is to call out q re.
Spouse in her pupils, not to set them on
edge. The driving quality is too often
apt to drive diftident natures to the
wall. Instead of drawing them out she
Is likely to shut them up like CLAIMS.
LAS gentle us a nun. yet she must be
firm as a soldier. The pupil who tries
to get through school by lodging and
f~our1ushing she must call promptly"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-01-11
ARTHUR RACHEL,
PLAY ENACT0R
Woman's Club Lecture Course, at the
Hope Opera Mouse on the evening
Of Wednesday, January Path.

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 e%ntertains
but makes US think. Born Of German
parentage in the capital of Minnesota,
Mr.. Rachel began making his reputa-
ton even as early al 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, 1917-01-11
During a Thunderstorm.

Do not use the telephone. The tele.
phone wires may receive Il heavy
charge.
Keep away from stoves, radiators
and the like. They are large metallic
masses, likely to become heavily
charged.
Avoid screen doors or other metallic
bodies connecting with the exterior OF
the building.
Keep away from chimncys and open
screened windows.
Out of doors the most dangerous
places are under isolated trees and near
wire fences in open fields.
Small sheds and other shelters are
dangerous if isolated from larger build,
ings.
Thick timber is undoubtedly the
safest place to seek out Of doors. since
a single tree in a forest is not so likely
to receive q stroke as Il single person
or an object in an open space Of equal
area.-Country Gentleman.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-01-11
Woman Chokes Rats.

,AtclilSo!. When Mrs. II. e.
~tiarvey OF this city discovered six full
!:ruW!! rats in Il barrel of chick feed
size Gid iiot scream and run. as mos,
women would do, but grabbed them by
the neck. II by one. and choked them
to death. There was a canvas covering
OH the barrel, and it had Il small hole
in the center. The rats We're choked as
they emerged from the hole in the can
vas.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-01-11
He Who Shirks His Wcrk.

The man who shirks his work, who
treats the service of labor with indif.
ference. who sacrifices his efficiency on
the altar of self indulgence. loafs on
his job and plans to see how little he
can do and not be caught, is % lie the
most pitied man Oh the face of the
earth.
lie thinks he is cheating his EN-.
ployer. But the employer is not the
MAJ he is cheating. Far from it. He
is cheating himself. More than cheat.
ing himself. he is as%sassinating onpor.
tunity and paving the way to utter
ruin and disgrace.
The man who III be trusted with
labor for which he is honestly paid is
just as despicable as the man who re.
fuses to pay for labor honestly per-
formed. The shirker is essentially dis.
honest. Unfaithful to himself. setting
the bomb that will sooner or later send
him to poverty, he is n menace and an
Observation-Disclosures Journal.
Munso Park.
line pioneer white mar in Africa
was Mungo Park. He began his trav.
els through the dark continent as ear.
~ as 1913. nearly twenty years before
Livingstone was born. Parks first
trip t. Africa occupied two years and
resulted in the very first definite
knowledge of Africa in modern times,
During his second trip he was killed
~ the natives near Rroussa. on the
Niger.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-01-11
**++++**+*+*++++
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
Treating Hives.

+ An attack of hives has usually
+ a beginning in some c~arelessness
+ due to eating. 1t is a very COM
+ mon thing to mix up %indigestible
4 foods in ones dietary. The par
+ taking of foods which cause in
+ digestion must be avoided.
+ Nothing destroys the appear
+ ance of the skin more readily
+ than repeated bilious attacks,
+ which are always brought on by
+ injudicious eating. The skin be-
+ comes thick, yellowish and pasty
+ looking and many times covered
+ with an eruption known rs urti-
+ caria or hives.
+ The hives will quickly disap-
+ pear if a good purgative medicine
4 is taken, such IS the effervescing
+ citrate Of magnesia, a half glass
+ three times a day between meals
+ for a day or two, or the effer-
+ vescing phosphate of sodium, two
+ heaping teaspoonfuls in Il tum-
+ blerful Of cold water three times
+ a day half an hour before meals.
+ The itching of the skin will be
+ relieved by bathing the skin sew
i eral times a day with a mixture
+ composed of vinegar, two table
+ spoonfuls, and hot water. four
+ tablespoonfuls.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-01-11
THE DEAD SEA-.
Some Interesting Facts About This
Curious Body of Water.

Some Interesting Facts About This
Curious Body Of Water.
For a number Of years many persons
have declared the Dead sea, in pales.
tine. is diminishing, but a recent care.
full survey by experts has established
beyond all doubt that the sea is steadi.
ly increasing.
At many points OH its southern and
eastern borders there are vast forests
with large trees becoming submerged.
The sea is about forty miles in length
and ten miles wide at the broadcast Dor
ton. Should it continue to enlarge il,
will take in valuable country. but. so
far as known. there is no way to pre.
vent this.
Mediterranean waters are 1900 feet
higher than the Dead sea level, but
this is no proof the waters of the Dead
sea are drying up.
a survey of the wonderful region Of
years ago shows islands that are now
gone. 1t is declared these are covered
There is SO much solid matter in the
water that it makes about one-fifth, or
20 per cent, Of the matter solid. 1t is
so intensely salt and bitter that no r
ture can live in it.
The bed of the sea is rich with min.
eral deposits. Salts, copper, lead and
zinc and marble are found in vast quar-
titles, and experts are Of the opinion
there is a great deposit Of petroleum
beneath the vast body of water.
roorf, 1,o1v 10 1;rl,%,. n~. IT.
amount of water it d%isplaces. and it is
therefore impossible for a person to
sink.
Vegetation is scarce and greatly
stunted for miles about the sea.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-01-11
The Difference.

"This paper" said I.anguid Lewis.
tells about Il horse running away with
Il woman. and she "a laid up for six
weeks"
THAT amt SO worse" rejoined Boast
tul Benjamin. "a friend of mine once
ran away with Il horse. and he was laid
up for six years."-Ncw York journal.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-01-11
FORTUNE AWAITS TWO GIRLS,
Man Will Leave $4,000 Estate to a
Maid and a Clerk.

~s~
Chlcago.-An unusual situation due
to the dearth in domestics came to
light recently when the Illinois free
employment office announced that q
mar worth $4,000 who is adding 81,
900 a year to his belongings is willing
to give his fortune at the death of him.
self and his wife to two girls, one a do.
nestle and another a clerk, if he can
find them.
He wants a girl, preferably of Swed.
ish or German descent, for general
homework and another for clerkinc in
his store. which is in a town Of 2,OOC
sixty miles from Chicago. He will paw
the girls 50 a week, with board and
lodging, while he Or his wife live.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-01-11

was fGnHl fifteen minutes later by his
s:ster-in-iaw. When the police arrived
Il the house they found Sederval's
helper holding the dead mans head
out of the water.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-01-11
An Old Bachelor.

I'm going to be married soon"
How old are you""
Eighteen"
You'll surprise people,"
YES; l guess 50. l don't know what
my bachelor chums will say."-Louis.
vile Courier.Journal.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-01-11
BROWNS IN SET TUB.
Despondent Over illness, t4e Commit,
Suicide In Novel Manner.

SuIcide IN Novel Manner.
New Britain, Conn.-In a fit of des.
pondency arising out of illness with
alcoholic gast,itis, Ricard Scdcrval,
aged twenty~seven years, committed
suicide by drowning. He lay across
set tubs in the cellar Of his brothers
home at 1902 Linwood street and held
his head under water until he died.
After returning home he put up a
pair of horses in the barn and then
went into the cellar of the house. He
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-01-11
Neck Tired.

He has n look of furtive care,
Like one of crime suspected,
AS he starts u at morn to
The tie his wife selected.
-WaShington Star.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-01-11

As small letters hurt the sight, so do
small matters him that is too much in
tent upon them.-Plutarch.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-01-11
Just Like Her.

Percy-She didn't remember me!
And only last summer we We're ell
gagged!
leggy-That's just like a woman,
old chap. She never a remember a
;oke!-Boston Globe.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-01-11

Humility is the part Of wisdom and
is most becoming in men. But let no
one discourage self reliance. 1t is of
all the greatest quality Of true manli-
ness.-Louis KOssuth.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-01-11
Evidently She Did.

Does your wife like pets?"
"She must. l rarely go home with.
out finding her in one."-Boston Tran
script.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-01-11
The ROYAL AiInen&

The Royal Ail'nent.
Achilles complained of his heel.
Never mind" we assured him.
Folks will take it for the fashionable
golfers foot."-New York Sun.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-23
LARGE BRANCH OF
KANE PINE GONE
Historic Tree Loses One of It's Limbs
Had Become Split and Was Taken
Of by Dynamite.

The Ole Kane pine on the Brattleboro
Retreat grounds on the upper West
Dummerston road lost one Of its i'm
mense branches, 80 feet long, yester-
day afternoon. 1t had become split,
for which reason it was secured with
a chain, but being near the road com
plants had been made that it might
fall and injure someone. The Retreat
officials did not consider il dangerous,
but had ii removed by H. r. Pratt. a
Retreat employe. Charges of powder
were used without the desired result,
so dynamite was resorted TO and the
limb was removed cleanlv without in
jury to the rest of the tree. which is
gratifying to everybody, because of its
historic associations
Under this tree DR.. Elisha Kent
Kane. the artic explorer, who came
here frequently for treatment at the
old watercure establishment. used to
SIT for hours making plans for journeys
which afterwards made him famous.
The big limb had become cracked and
threatening and it was blown off with
dynamite. BY good fortune the rest of
the tree was not damaged
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-23
OFFICERS CHOSEN
BY CIVIC LEAGUE
President to Confer with Board of
Trade, Woman's Club and Com
missioners About Lighting.

The annual meeting of the Brattle-
boro Civic league was held last even
ing at the home Of Mrs. George $.
Dowley Reports for the year were
given and cleanup week was discussed
Rev. ID. +. Trout was chosen to repre-
sent the league in comforting with the
board of trade, Woman 5 club and the
village commissioners on the subject
OF lighting Main street. These officers
were elected; Pres, Rev d. T. Trout;
vice pres, George L. Dunham; direc-
tors, Oscar f. Benson, Miss Jessie l..
Gregg, Mrs. J. G. Estey, Mrs L. f.
Adams; see, Miss Florence Hemenwav-
Wells; treas, Mrs G. c. Fits; chair
man Of committee on window gardens,
Carl s. Hopkins; committee on forest
ry, George Bishop; playground commit
tee, A. +. Merrill; committee on north
section, Mrs. George s. Dowley; south
section, W. J. Pentland, jr; Estey-
vile, Mrs. Frank W. Pier; Prospect
hill, Miss Emma Lundberg; West Brat
tleboro. David t. Perry.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-23
CLARK SAILED WITH
HORSES FOR FRANCE
Employe of ]. E. Rogers, Plumber, Did
Not Return at End of Vacation
Left Early in March.

1T was learned yesterday that Ron
aid Clark of Brattleboro, a resident
here since last July when he came
from Bellows Falls, had sailed from
Boston March 6 for La Pallice, France,
on board of the Siamese Prince, as
one of the hostlers in charge of 1000
horses for the French army. Clark
had been employed since coming to
Brattleboro by j. Z. Rogers, plumber.
Early in March the young man decided
to take a vacation of two weeks and
when he did not return it was remam-
bered by several of his friends and by
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. j. Larrabee, with
whom he made his home, that he had
said several times that he would like
to make a trip abroad while the war
was on. This resulted in an investi-
CATION that developed the information
that he had sailed soon after leaving
Brattleboro.
The men who sail in charge of the
animals are kept under guard while in
port on the other side and are sent
back on the first steamer sailing for the
United States. 1t is claimed that they
are given no opportunity to leave their
ships there.
Clark is well known in Bellows Falls.
where he conducted a milk route and
where he has many friends.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-23
OFFERS TO FURNISH
100 GARDENS FREE
l.. E. Holden Also Offers Cash Prizes to
Encourage Boys of Brattleboro in
Market Gardening.

There is no reason why any boy in
Brattleboro having a desire to try his
hand at raising vegetables should be
denied the privilege this year. A rare
chance for him to get botn profit and
experience is offered by l.. L. Holden
IN the following letter.
Editor Of The Reformer:-
In order to encourage the Boy Scouts
and other boys of Brattleboro in mar
ket gardening, | hereby offer to furnish
100 gardens of 1000 square feet each,
free of charge to the boys of Brattle-
boro under the age of II years, and
will offer to the boy who raises the
greatest amount of produce in value
during the season, prize of So, for the
boy rating second a prize of SO, third
50, and the fourth ST.
Each boy is to keep strict account
of what he spends for seeds, fertilizer,
etc., also of the amount of produce
grown, and q committee elected from
the Scout masters, who will have charge
of this contest, shall decide to whom
the prizes will be awarded.
If one hundred gardens will not an
swer the demand, l feel sure that there
is available land enough which l can
secure for as many more as is neces-
sary.
Very truly yours,
L. +. HOLDEN.
Brattleboro, March %, 1917.