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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-25
is TURKEY TO BE CUT UP7
Present Situation in Sultan's Land
Cannot Last Much Longer.

Present Situation in Sulfan's Land
Cannot Last Much Longer.
There is an irrepressible conflict be-
tween dominant Turk and subject
Christian, says Prof. Harry Pratt Jud-
son in the World To-Day. 1t may be
granted that the Turk is not so black
as he is painted. 1t may be granted
that the subject races are turbulent,
are vindictive and cruel when victori-
Gus, even that their Independent states
have not warranted all the hopes with
which they began their new life among
the nations Still the present situation
in what remains of European Turkey
is impossible. There is radical in
compatibility between the ideas Of
orient and occident and sooner or later
the final steps must be taken and
Turkish authority eliminated from
European soil.
Bulgaria is an autonomous vassal
state, as were Servia, Montenegro and
Roumania. Absolute independence will
surely follow. Macedonia has a large
Servian and Bulgarian population.
Their emancipation from Turkey must
come and they cannot be kept per-
manently apart from their Servian
and Bulgarian brethren. The expert
ence Of eastern Roumania will but be
repeated.
The mutual jealousy among Greeks,
Servians and Bulgarians is thous
and years old, and is as keen as ever.
All are adherents Of the oriental
church. But each race claims a large
share Of the assets Of bankrupt Tur
key. Eachrclaims a large interest in
Macedonia. It is the yeXea question
Of the settlement Of these claims which
makes the Macedonian problem pc
culiarly difficult In the northern part
lies old Servia, the seat of the empire
of Stephan Dushan, Of whose hills and
valleys the Servian national poems
are filed with story and song.
Throughout all the vilayets the mass
Of agricultural peasants are Bulgari-
ans, the same stolid stock which has
survived all the brutalities Of Turkish
rule, which in 1885 scattered the Ser
Wan armies like chaff before the wind,
and which in free Bulgaria chafes at
sight Of their brethren enslaved. The
seaports and commercial towns are
filled with busy Greek merchants, who
love neither Serb nor Bulgar, but only
their own Hellenic kingdom.
The next act in the Balkan drama
must be the liberation Of Macedonia.
But what comes after-what the dis
trlbution Of the rescued land, what
share goes to Bulgaria, what to Ser
via, what, if any, to Greece, whether
perhaps Bosnia may reach as far as
Salonika, what becomes Of the lawless
Albanian mountaineers, and above all
what shall be the fate of CONSTANT
nOple-these are the questions which
fill the foreign offices of the European
powers with anxiety.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-25

Americans have occasion to regret
one excellent feature in British adj
ministration. Under the system long
in use by that government diplomacy
is a profession. Men start at the bot
tom as attaches or consuls and go up
by promotion or merit to the highest
place, which is ambassador. This Sc
cures in the service officers who are
acquainted with many countries, who
speak many languages and have the
skill in diplomacy acquired by expert
ence- 1t is far different from our
catch-as-catch-c system, which Of
fers no career either in consular or
diplomatic service.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-25

The reluctance with which some per-
sons took up the duties of life when
the holiday season ended has reminded
a correspondent that at the beginning
of September the men of the Scotch
shipyards sometimes resort to the
sporting method of a "tossup'' wheth-
er they shall return to work or not.
A brick is thrown into the air. If it
stays up the men 60 back to the yard.
If the brick comes down the holiday
Is extended. To tired persons wlsJ be-
lieve in "luck" and govern their lives
accordingly, this experiment can al
ways be depended upon to yield salts
factory results.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-25

In New York woman with three
children walked the streets searching
for a home. They found lodging in
a basement, and were told to move
on by the landlord. Her character
was all right. She had references.
The children were the ordinary kind
Of boys and girls healthy and noisy.
She had money. She couldn't pay for
a palace, but she was ready to settle
In advance for modest apartment.
The children were not wanted. They
were the obstacles, imped' nents, fiat
nuisances. That is why the landlords
said, "Move on" 1t is why they say
"move on" in other cities. 1t isn't
right. If our boosted civilization has
reached point where a place called
home has children blacklisted, 1t isn't
home at all If boycott on the little
folks Is to be part Of life, in a fiat,
then flats are by no means a bless
ing. This world Of averages. You
that you do not like, and you should
accept the noise made by the neigh
bors' children gracefully, and thank
God that they can laugh and shout
and romp and be happy. The man or
woman who is grouchy because Of chill
dren isn't right. There must be some
thing wrong inside. The life that
doesn't include joy in the reflected hap
piness Of boys and girls Is a narrow
life. Don't blame the landlords too
much. They didn't bar children be-
cause they are naturally hard hearted
Grumpy men and fretful women COM
planned that other peoples babies were
q nuisance. The gruff old bachelor
refused to find any music in the merry
laugh Of a child, and few women
found dogs better company than chill
dren. It Is business to supply a de-
mand, and so the landlords Of count
less fiat buildings rubbed their hands
and said to mothers and fathers Of
fine families: Every sorry, but we
can't rent to you because Of your
broods." Once upon a time France
discouraged children. 1t was the great
est mistake ever made by a nation.
France has not recovered from the
error to this day. Perhaps she never
will. Isn't there danger for America
in fiat regulations that provide that
mo children need apply"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-25

stand up and let hundreds Of people
file in and shake his hand. This de-
generate survival Of the royal levee
has long been an outrageous nuisance.
It has been used as an advertising card
for Washington excursion business and
parties Of tourists have been taken tc
the receptions by a guide and put IN
line to shake hands with the president.
Our president is not a king or show
piece of any kind, but republican
magistrate, with important public bust
ness to attend to, and nobody ought
to have access to him for the graft
fication of idle curiosity.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-25

The Shah of Persia still has some
very old-fashioned notions. For one
thing, he insists on doing his own Off
cial poisoning when he wishes to put
any Of his loving subjects out Of the
way. Some crowned heads are so fussy
over these things.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-25

One hundred and fourteen miles an
hour was the speed attained by an
experimental train on a new military
railway in Germany, and it is hoped to
run a train at the rate Of two hun
dred miles in the same time. AS pre-
paredness for war means avoidance Of
it nowadays, this indicates the Ger
man disposition to hasten toward peace
at pretty rapid pace.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-25

The agreement between Great Bri-
tain and France for a treaty Of ar
bitration of commercial and political
differences is the most important vic
tory for the arbitral principle since
the establishment Of the tribunal Of
The Hague. Particularly is this agree
ment noteworthy because effected be-
tween traditional enemies who for
centuries have been at war.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-25
Not All.

Dad" said the Billville youngster,
"do poets an writer's all have long
hair"
mo, my son." replied the father as
he glanced at the old lady. "Some O.
them are married. Atlanta Consti-
tuition.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-25
Not Under Restriction.

"Does your mother allow you to
have two pieces Of pie when you are
at home, Willie?" asked his hostess.
mo, ma'am." "Well, do you think she
would like you to have two pieces
here?" ooh, she wouldn't care" said
Willie, confidently; this isn't her pie"
Rams Horn.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-25
On the BOTTOM Rung.

"Have 1 any rival in your affec-
tions?' he demanded ierccly.
"No-o," replied the lovely girl
thoughtfully. "At least l cannot think
of anybody else l regard with equal
Indifference. Flown Topics.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-25
Child Education.

ST. Petersburg is to have a worlds
fair devoted to child education, it's
growth, its achievements and it's most
methods" Seventeen mill
lion children in Russia have no school
opportunities at all.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-25

An investigator with a microscope
and large stock Of patience has found
out that there are 200 kinds of mos
quitoes. Some men are never happy
except when they are digging up trou-
BILE for other people.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-25
Tragedy in Punctuation.
$$$ he was after,


Longed for fashions swim,
But she said, with laughter,
She cared 0 for him.
he propounded,
Caused no exultation,
Then became dumfounded
At her
TWAS like heaping
Fire burning hot,
For he'd staked his soul on
Mari age with
Soon he made = for
Nearest exit gate,
Found he had no cash for
Dinner that he 8.
Quickly she relented,
Wrote that she'd be his,
Told him she repented
In { }
Now they're living double,
Happy, strong and well;
It seems the cause Of trouble
Was a deadly
Philadelphia Telegraph.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-25

AS safe blowers have learned to use
electricity to promote their ends, the
nimble pickpocket may acquire the art
Of the X-ray operator to locate the de-
sired purse. In the progress Of science
the wicked are not without their share.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-25
Place for the Colored Man.

Negroes are beginning to supplant
white men as janltors in the big office
buildings, in New York. Already over
fifty of the skyscrapers are being
cleaned up by colored porters.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-25

At any rate, Uncle Andy Carnegie
wasn't SO blamed anxious to die poor
that he accepted United States Steel
"preferred' instead of first mortgage
bonds.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-25

Capital punishment might restrain
crime il all murderers were put to
death, but no such execution of the
law is to be expected while human
nature is what is is now.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-25

TIE old superstition that Friday was
an unlucky day to get married on is
dying out, the people having discov-
cred that when it comes to bad luck
no particular day leads.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-25

Few trade movements Of recent
years have been more notable than
the increased demand Of our zone for
the productions Of the tropics. From
the United States is now bringing In
four times as many pounds OF coHee,
sugar and riceas it did in 1870, twice as
much tea, five times as much india
rubber, and twenty-six times as much
silk. Improvements in transportation
have enabled this remarkable develop
ment to take place. Better steamship
facilities, perfected cold storage ap-
pliances and the canning industry
have brought within reasonable price
many fruits which were formerly too
expensive for general use. Even ban
anas, which are easily transported,
sold for eight cents each in country
stores in 1870. A Harvard professor
relates that when he was student
in college he used to welcome an In
vitation to dine with a certain family
because they served bananas Many
other tropical products now abundant
" used were the luxuries Of genera
ton ago. Their lowering cost on one
side and the increased means Of the
American public on the other have re-
suited in an extraordinary increase In
their use. Sugar and other articles.
which only a few years ago were en-
ployed sparingly in many frugal house
holds, have become so cheap that there
is now little restraint on their use.
Similarly, there has been a great in
crease in the use Of wheat and kere-
sene oil by the people Of the tropics.
Very ittingly have the British made
botanical gardens a chief object Of
interest in many Of their tropical cities,
like Singapore, or like Handy in Cey-
Ion The familiar household names OF
their luxuriant trees and shrubs re-
mind the visitor Of the new depend
ence Of the modern world upon the pc
culiar growths of the perpetual sum-
mer
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-25
His Explanation.

ITO what do you attribute this al,
legged decline in the drama"
ITO a very simple fact" answered
Mr.. Stormington Barnes. TOO many
of our actors care more about playing
bridge whist or baseball than they do
about playing Hamlet washing
ton Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-25

The Sultan Of Turkey has levied
heavy war tax. Thought the old bird
hadn't even a pluckable pin feather;
but Abdul knows how to use tweezers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-25

An easy conscience is one which per-
mits you to violate the law with i'm
punity so long as the responsible OIL
Gals raise no objections.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-25

David M. Parry will go right ahead
solving the, labor problem unless he
can be diverted to the Mary and Ann
controversy.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-25

Thus we see that If an editor says
something severe about you in his pa
per, and you kill him, it is case OF
self defense.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-25

The frequency with which dangerous
cranks seek to gain access to the presi-
dent should put an end for all time
to those senseless public receptions at
(which the president Is expected to
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-25

Another expert has discovered the
secret Of determining sex at will, and
Nature will laugh him to scorn as she
has all his predecessors.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-25

Oh, horrors! We spend more on
chewing gum than on missions! An,
but by keeping some jaws busy, other
wise than in talk, we do, the best kind
Of mission work.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-25

Even though the government sci
entists prove that people eat too much,
it will be a difficult task to effect q
reformation unless hard times return.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-25

1t is a shock to see man with Grape
on his hat, and double shock if he Is
smoking a cigarette. u4,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-25

It is announced that Alaska's great
need is wagon roads. We thought eli
mate was it's principal lack.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-25

1t is quite probable that speedily
Forthcoming theatrical venture will be
1.-THE Van Wormer Brothers"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-25

It sometimes happens that the WON
an who is disappointed in love isn't
disappointed in marriage.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-25

When pretty girls don't turn their
heads to look at you, but old maids
and widows take a second look, it is
a very distressing sign. you are getting
along In years.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-25

Apparently It Is the open season in
Macedonia for almost everything.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-25
Didn't Deserve 1t.

He-Won't you give me just one
kiss before I go?
She-And if I give you just one will
you be satisfied?
He-Yes, darling.
She-Then you won't get it.-Buf-
falo News.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-01
May Cross Sahara In a Balloon

PARIS, Jan. NM. de Buraux and Castillon de Saint-victor have embark ed at Marseilles for Tunis, where they propose to send up two small balloons for the purpose of ascertaining whether the winds which prevail in winter will carry the airships across the Sahara desert. If this experiment is successful, the two explorers propose to attempt to cross the unexplored portion of the desert in a balloon. This plan receives the support of the French government, which supplies the balloons. The air ships to be used first are furnished with automatic registering instruments and carry requests written in several languages asking the finders to return them te She aas4heyltSea at Tunis.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-01

frequently in free for all fight in which fists only were used and after which nc arrests were made In those New Year days the "rumshops," as they were called. did a land office business. Whisky was plentiful and cheap, and the prejudice against drunkenness was by no means SC general then as now.
 The focal point of interest, however was the hiring out of negroes for the en suing year Now and then negroes were offered for public sale, but that practice was not so common then as. in the earlier part of the century.
 Planters neither hired out their slaves nor did they employ those of other peo pie. But those belonging to minor chil sGren and widows, as we'll as many whc were "chattels" of residents of the towns and villages were commonly hired out, especially if they had been taught trades or were good cooks or house servants Many town residents possessed slaves be yond their home needs, and these were "hired out" to others who might require &heir services. s.
 The contract lasted for the calendaa year only It must be renewed annually if desired by the contracting parties.
 Much misconception obtains as to tn, disagreeableness and shame of this prac tlce Masters had direct pecuniary in terest in their slaves, and it was to thei interest to see to it that these secured humane employers. As far as it was pos sible, each slave was permitted to chcos the person for whom he would work Some there were who remained with tn same employers year by year for man. years
 Those that were good servants had n difficulty in choosing desirable employers Very frequently the master left this mat Aor entirel- in the ha-J@ as tlA ->u~
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-01

I shall enjoy the new leaf turning with my neighbors exceedingly"
 This information was what Mrs. Gold waite had talked philanthropy TOT two full hours for, and she took her leave, feeling that she was heroine of the first water. But Mrs. Berrie accompanied her caller to the front gate in her eagerness to talk more about the movement" 'It IS to elevate the toiers, I understand" she said, '.and to get in touch with our poorer neighbors?"
 .sY-e-s,'' answered Mrs. Goldwaite, hesi- tating to break up her luxurious New Years dream by pumping against the in- trusive fact that wGsnwomen and ditch diggers occupied the same planet together with the "frsts.'
 ganize you will accept the presidency?" and she got up an interested look, almost as good as the genuine.
 Certainly" was the reply II thank you for the honor," and Mrs. John Berrie pressed the callers hand fervently.
 The delegate was not very favorably in- fuenced with the young wife's enthusiasm over the question, and the pressure of her hand chilled, rather than thrilled, her festive heart.
 But one consoling thought ran through it all: they never would organize" It was only subterfuge to nose out some thing more substantial.
 Mrs Goldwaite tripped along to the turning, where she met Mrs. Wilton, who refined in her ponies to ask breathlessly: t'Did you find out?"
 | 'To be sure; it takes me to find out, and she tossed her head in triumph. 'EThey will have the dinner as usual. But Mrs Berrie, not being acquainted, could not write the invitations alone; and MT. Berrie could not help her until to-day"
 70, yes!" cried Mrs. Wilton, that ac counts for it all. We'll, we are ready and will be delighted to help turn the new leaf this year, because of the sweet l hostess" .......=.
 "She was wonderfully elated, though over the philanthropic work" and Mrs Goldwaite rolled up her eyes in mock l seriousness Both ladies giggled and clapped their hands, immensely amused at the adroitness of their "feint' and it success
 The expectant 'frsts' were all agol for few days, looking for invitations but, strange to say, not one of them re ceived the familiar square envelope witl the Berrie coat-of-arms in the corner and things were once more fast aseum ing the mysterious.
 But everything was made eyceedingl. plain, finally, by the bnxom Mrs. Meigs washer-wonan for . trio of t-e inlnacu
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-01

After all, though, there were those wht were unknown and many more who were practlcally worthless, and these were Tnred out at apetaoni to the highest bid der This, also, was commonly the prac- tice as to5"cort6eld Sniggers7 and un- skilled laborers generally, of both sexes.
 There were pathetic scenes now and tken when negroes were sold at public auc- tion on New Years day. Very rarely it chanced that. at such times members of the sanSsa fan nlil sSeaae x ssCad to masters widely separated
 It should appeal to the common sense of any man that slaves being valuable holdings, their owners would neither treat them cruelty nor permit them to be abused by others. Owners of valuable horses uni formly are kind to them, and horses are not human. "" 43''5t"t = i2uf
 Tn this Southern New Years day, too, men met to settle long due debts, to pay notes and to rent farm lands. Taken al- together, it was busy, busy day, full of it's comedies as we'll as it's dramas, and, sometimes, tragedies.
 At such times the slaves of the planta- tions enjoyed their annual two weeks vacation and these crowded the villages to buy all manner of gimcracks-cheap JeWelry, rlDDOnS ana laceS, ana, having 3 sweet tooth, cheap candies as we'll Any well-ordered slave could make overtime money, and it was very, sorry one, in deed, who had not a few dollars at the {, New Year, to throw away in folly upon a | wife or sweetheart. t'f' fH''f'' ] The 'swhite trash" gathered then solely with a view to looking on and to picking up what they could. As they were de spised by both the well-to-do whites and %ae negroes, of all degrees, they usually kept to themselves. They neither hired nor were hired, but in some manner con trived to secure their full share ot whisky
 Like the old general muster" day oi the ante-bellum days, the Eafo' de wah' New Year has passed away with all it: scenes x apdss shif filings, syet the memory O it remains, with the older residents as re hinder that one day at least, and that the initial one, of the Southland, was one O potential energy and signally characteris tic in it's incidents of the age and times.