The Offerle Promoter from Offerle, Kansas • 3

SHE ATE WHAT SHE ORDERED UNITED STATES TOMBSTONE Death of Mrs. I. H. Pollock Happenings Around Town It. Flint and wife spent Sunday Froze Walter With Stare When He Started to Explain Menu French.

Patriotic Indian Rejects Government Samples and Buys One to Suit Himself. Life is a very uncertain thing after all. and yet the knowledge that some one has suddenly been called from from our midst by the grim reaper I Death, comes to us as a shock. And such is our lot to record the sad oc currence. I Mrs.

Susan Pollock, wife of I. H. Pollock, died suddenly at her home Monday morning Nov. at about 10 o'clock. The deceased had been a sufferer from heart disease for sev eral years and following the last attack the end came suddenly.

Susan Buchanan was bore in Pennsylvania April 7, 184... From there the family moved to Kirksville, Iowa, where, a few years later, she was married to I. H. Pollock. Twelve children were born to them, ten of whom preceeded the mother in death The deceased is survived bv the husband and two children, Harry Pollock of Deuer and Mrs.

Fred Diers. The body was inttrred in the Offerle cemetery, funeral services being conducted at the grave by lU v. Roth. A self-possessed young woman 6troIled into one of the larger downtown cafes. She spoke to the waiter in that decisive tone which distinguishes the Initiated, and glanced over the French bill of fare with the nonchalant air of a Parisienne.

"I'll have," she began firmly, as she plunged into the sea of French dishes, "I'll have let me see Oh, yes, I'll have some bisque tortoni, a Sultana roll; pommes de terre, and a little of that fromage. And, garcon, you might as well bring me a cup of coffee." The waiter gasped. He started to speak but the young woman froze him with one of those Icy stares peculiar to the thoroughly sophisticated. And the order arrived two kinds of ices, boiled potatoes and a piece of cheese. But she ate it as if she had been used to that sort of diet all her life.

They say in restaurants, grill rooms and cafes that it's quite customary for guests to order boiled eggs and four varieties of stewed prunes when they really want a roast of pork and apple sauce. The young woman's mistake was not unusual. But still the head waiters and the chefs throw up their hands and with many gestures and with a perfectly good Swiss accent declare that the dear old langue du France will never be stricken from bill of fares as long as they have a skillet or a rolling pin to fight the project. On the Navajo reservation great efforts were made years ago to induce the Indians to abandon their custom of leaving the bodies of their dead above ground, and to adopt the white people's system of burial. One Indian agent's success, was encouraging, and arrangements were made by which the government should supply neat headstones.

A stock of them was laid in, and no sooner had they arrived when a tall Navajo appeared. He looked at the collection, but grunted "No" to each one. The agent suggested that, if the red man would indicate the special style he wished, it would be ordered for him. "Want United States headstone," was the laconic response. The agent was puzzled by this.

What the deuce could the Indian mean by "United States headstone?" Every effort to ascertain just what was in his mind met with the invariable reply: "Want United States headstone." At last, fearing that the red man's disappointment might result unfavorably to the scheme for introducing up-to-date burial methods, the agent gave some money to the Indian, bidding him to go and buy the kind of gravestone he liked. Some times later a party of hunters came to the agency. They had been to the lodge of the Navajo, who had lost his squaw, and had seen her grave. At the head of it was posted a gaudy red and white barber's pole! This was the Navajo's Idea of a "United States headstone." It was as near as he could come to a gravestone bearing the national colors, and as he was a very patriotic Indian, he was content. SOME VICTORIES OF SCIENCE World Today Owes Pasteur Millions of Men Saved From Ravages of Plague.

An Old Garret on a Stormy Day. I know no nobler forage ground for a romantic, venturesome, mischievous Jjoy, than the garret of an old family i ,3 t. lj aiUU UU iX UHf Ul SLU11L1. 11 IS tt i 'SCALAWAG WORD USE OF in Dodge City. Rev.

Roth has been on the list the past week. Little Wynne Kimes is on the sick list this week. Grandma Way has been quite sick the past week. Tom Darcey was a business visitor at Dodge Monday. F.

L. Hinds made a business trip to Syracuse Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Rich Thomas have returned from Wichita.

Mr. and Mrf. A. Ikukhart returned from Topeka Sunday morning. Harry Stephens of Ness City was a business visitor here Tuesday.

L. B. McPherson and Mac Franz returned from Syracuse Sunday. 1). M.

Kimes of Kinsley was in town on bu.sinos several days last week. I. II. Foliock and Henry Katz made a business trip toBucklin Wednesday W. II.

Overiio'ser's house is being treated to a new coat of paint this week. Jesse Bales who has been working here left for his home in Missouri Monday. Homer Bonner stopped over in Of-ferle Monday night ou his way to Oklahoma. J. A.

Baxter and wife spent Thursday with 1). U. Baxter and family at Kinsley. Mrs. Joe Herron of Spearville visited with friends here Tuesday and Wednesday.

Frank Moore, of Seward. was the guest of Ohas. Windmill and family last week. uite a number from Kinu --re piesent at the funeral of Mrs. Fob jck Wednesday.

Jim Speck and wife of Burdett were visiting with Rich Speck and family last week. Mrs. E. E. Waters left Thursday for an extended visit with friends and relatives in Oklahoma.

Mrs. Bogue of Raymond was here Saturday and Sunday visiting with friends and relatives. Noblit Son have installed a phonograph and as soon as the records arrive the machine will yet into action. Georye Stegman was run over by a colt Sunday morniny and sustained some painful thouyh not serious injuries. Werner Jockins and family left Monday morniny for a six weeks' visit with friends and relatives in Missouri.

Mrs. McKinney of Pueblo, was in town the latter part of last week visitiny relatives and friends. She may decide to locate here. Mrs. Harry Gould and children returned from Oklahoma Sunday.

They were accompanied by Mrs. Gould's yrandmother, Mrs. Agatha Biddle who will spend the winter here. Abe Soleman has finished threshing for the farmers around here and the first of the week pulled into town and loaded the outfit prepratory to ship-piny it to Rome, Kansas. He threshed 28 acres of alfalfa for Chas.

Wetzel that made 132 bushels of seed. A "Queen's Drawing" was held last week at the Sunflower Restaurant. The principal prizes were a gold watch, won by L. P. Whalam, the tonsorial artist; siver set, Laird Dally bracelet, Harry Gould, and a razor each by II.

Ditour and E. A. Gring. perfect field of chivalry. The heavy rafters and dashing rain, the piles of spare mattresses to carouse upon, the big trunks to hide in, the old white coats and hats hanging in obscure corners like ghosts are great! And it is so far away from the old lady, who keeps rule in the nursery, that there is no possible risk of a scolding for twisting off the fringe of a rug.

There is no baby in the garret to wake up. There is no "company" in the garret to be disturbed by the noise. There is no crotchety old uncle or grandma, with their everlasting "Boys boys!" and then a look of horror! Donald G. Mitchell. Louis Pasteur, a French chemist, Is the man of all others to whom the civilized world today owes its health and its absolute certainty that the great epidemics of the past Cholera, the plague, ship fever (smallpox was conquered by an earlier genius) cannot recur.

It is he who discovered the microparasitic origin of disease, or the germ theory as it is popularly called, upon which almost the entire science of preventive medicine is founded, and which has shown the way to many of tl.e greatest triumphs uf uit ci cure. It is as certain as anything can be in the domain of what has not actually happened that, were it not for the development and practical application of the truths established by Pasteur the world today would be mourning the loss of millions of men in every country in Europe and America from the ravages of the plague; the loss in money alone would have been Incalculable, while the paralysis of thought and of enterprise involved would have halted human progress for long years to come. Cholera would long since have burst the confines of Russia and spread over Europe, and traveling on ships from Europe in the east and the Philippines and continental Asia In the west it would have entered our land on both coasts (with such results as the statistics of the past may suggest to us) and taken its toll of those who had withstood or survived the plague. Good Housekeeping. Cauce of the Clash.

"What was the trouble between Swinton and his wife? Was it hif fault or hers that they were unable to get along together?" "It's rather hard to decide. It appears that whenever one of them had an irresistible impulse the other had an unalterable objection." In the South It Does Not Carry Reproach of Dishonest Character Old Political Term. A New York woman talking with a southern woman mentioned a well-known lawyer, a native of Virginia, but now a resident of New York. "Yes, I know him," said the southern woman. "He was a scalawag." "Oh!" gasped the New York woman.

"Surely not. At least, I never have heard a word against him. Are we talking about the same man? I always have understood that the one I mean is a man of unimpeachable honor." The southern woman smiled. "Yes, we are talking about the same man," she replied; "but I see we do not attach the same meaning to the word Evidently with you it means something dishonorable, or at least reprehensible. Did you never hear the southern use of It before?" The northern woman shook her head.

"I never heard it used in any w-ay except to indicate a man who would resort to trickery, or even actual dishonesty, to attain ai end." "I never have heard it used that way in the south. There it is an old political term. It originated just before the war. Down in Virginia, in those days, a man who had originally been a Democrat, but who became a Republican, or at least a Union man, was called a "Oh same as those we called 'Copperheads' in the north." "I think so. I'm not saying there was no reproach implied by the word In war times, but not the reproach of a dishonest character." Devil Wagon Defunct Thomas Dare.ey's auto is no move.

The remains lie in the road about a mile east of town and the why for thereof still remains a mystery. Mr. Darcey started forjvinsley Saturday morniny, but the. records do show that he got there. The Buick "devil wagon" apparently had a marked apathy to going in that direction and, when about a mile out of town it balked and in spite of much coaxing punctuated now and then with sundry cuss words refused to go on, the owner started back to town for the relief corps.

Just what was responsible for the intermediate happening is not known but when Mr. Darcey finally succeeded in rounding up Speck's auto ambulance and returned to the spot where the rebel ious motor had balked an hour before, nothing was to be seen but a cloud of smoke, a small pile ot ashes and that part of the machine that could not burn the iron. Galluses. It is claimed that the galluses ara disappearing as a feature of the apparel. They are not artistic, and certainly not aristocratic; that is what is claimed.

The idea is that if a trousers is properly cut and fitted it sets so neatly on the hips that it needs no support, and therefore the presence of suspenders indicates that the man's apparel Is the work of a cheap tailoc, which is certainly not aristocratic. If suspenders are to go, there is a better reason than this, and that is In the trick of the trade that leaves a weak point in the suspenders a place that is always breaking and annoying the wearer until his patience Is gone. Then he gets a belt and goes without suspenders, out of pure disgust. He would rather hitch up his trousers than tie up his galluses. But this article of apparel is not disappearingnot as long as ready-made clothing Is the joy of most men.

The suspenders necesarily go with this habit, since the kidlike adjustment about the hips is Impossible. A turkey shoot will be held at the farm of J. A. Sires, 4 miles southeast of Ofi'erle Tuesday, November 22 at one oclock. It you have anything to sell or trade let the people know it by placing an ad in tne colunms of The.