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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-21
VALUE OF COMPLIMENT IN
MARRIED LIFE.
By Margaret E. SINISTER.

lovers having become husbands with
whom they have settled down into the
easy j0g-trot of double harness.
Think of the contrast WHAT Re
ceive Harry when he came to call Of
am evening. with tumbled hair, in a
dowdy gown. without a collar. a RIBBON
or Il frill and without 30 much as d
nittiue smile Of approval II is thus
received now Vzrr often. But then il
was different. Harry was then the
magnet Of every waking thought and
probably focused the fanCies Of ones
innocent dreams. Ethel was complete
ly ABSORBED I'm the lad and dominated
by his liGhtest wish Harry viii is
my law" she used TO say. with pride
If be did not admire a hat it was dis
garded in q flash. IT he liked pink
EtheTs summer mUslius blushed with
rosebuds- She would not have let him
see hsr i'm s0iled gloves OF torn
fiounces. If he preferred one dessert
10 another. EtheTs fair hands COM
pounded il on the day that he came
10 dinner. Had he gained "A promotion
or some forward step i'm business. she
praised him for il without grudgc or
reluctance for to Ethel Harry then
wore the glamour of q warrior return
ing with the SpOils from d hardly won
field.
EUt, on the other hand, score OF
years ago Harry seldom called empty
handed. He used TO bring flowers. bon
bOuS. Il new book or the latest maya
zine. and these were tributes laid at
EtheIs feet She never looked pretty
that he did not tell her so. i'm some
form of honey speech with variations
Her dainty tOiletJes were not lost on
him She dressed for his approval and
he knew it ard i8vished compliments
an return for { he pains she took
1t Us suppose that Harry. grown =
little bald, a little rotUnd. little red
IN the face. plainly middle-sged and
pater-famiias from the top of his hat
To the toe Of his boot. should again
look at Ethel through the eyes of the
Harry he used to b.. Supposing that
his means permit him, and he should
occasionally bring home roses as well
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-21

as packages from the grocer and mar
ket staH Suppose he should notice
her in new gown and comment upon
it, not wearing an air Of oblivion VIII n
she looks better or worse than other
women
To a certain middle-aged and really
devoted husband Of my acqus intauce
q woman friend once ventured to say:
Do YOU know that your wife is tn
worst-dressed woman in this town.
The man received the remark with in
credulOus aTaZenent. sIying. 1t
never occurs to me to think how she
looks. but I took it for granted that if
she wanted or whsn she wanted new
clothes she would buy them"
The good man. Well-to-dO and Sc
reneIy faithful. never gave a passing
thought 10 his Wife-S cost Ume. and she
happened to be too proud TO TIL him
that she required anything. The day
of compliment between those good peO-
pie had set in a sea of forgetCulness-
suppose that Ethsl. in these days
somewhat angular. somewhat thin and
sallOw. somewhat gone off az to good
looks, but with possibilities Of beauty
stiil, should array herself for HarTy's
eyes as she did twenty years ago. am
thinking of people ordinarily thrifty
and able to crafty their little lasts
Why should she not make an after
noon toilette for him; why should she
allow her young daughter TO mouopo-
lie all the fathers admiration The
wife has right to her husbands out
spoken devotion, as WEI as to that
tenderness which she knows abides for
her, a neyer-faiiinE spring of love. The
habit of paying compliments in home
life would preserve home happiness
from flaw. if it were only more gener-
ousiy pTaCjiced. The tongue unused TO
il might stammeT a little at first. but
II would soon cease TO stumble and ac-
custom It's If to the gentle and the fat
teriug phrase which would bring so
much gladUess to the nearer.
Nothing 20 eats into the fabric of
home content as continual indifference.
Fault-fiudinE and naEgiug follow swift
footed on the heels of this sin against
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-21

tAI HEN the domestic firm Of Self &
w Partner has come TO one OF those
particularly hard places where
the wheels drive heavily over a rough
and jolting road. try the efficacy of a
compliment Never mind whether the
moment IS suspicious or the reverse
IN the humdrUm monotony of coujusal
life, though both parties are iucompar-
ably loyal and there is a solid fOunda-
ton OF confidence underlying the days
and years. love does not fly out of the
window, but compliments do. CHANGING
back at the halCyou period of court
snip. how many husbands If candid
must confess that their behavior then
was in marked contrast with their be
havior now. that the manner of chiv-
airy, of admiration of effIoreSccut couT-
tesy which then fitted them as smooth
" a their evening clothes. had not the
most distant or the faiutest resem-
blance 70 the brusqUe, bearish and pos
ssibly bOorish manner that too often is
q blot upon married friendship
I use the word friendship advisedly,
for unless people are friends they have
TO right to be married. and marriage
10 those who have entered IL should
he the highest elimination of comrade-
ship between friends Unfortunately.
il is not always this for into thu free
dom of marriage crceps the poison of
TudeUess and incOnsiderate and i'll
timed frankueSs- A great deal of mos.
objectionable impOliteuess shelters IT,
self behind the mask Of fraukuesS. The
man takes il for granted that hiH wife
IS aware of his love. and is at no pains
10 assure her of its continuance in
word or act, out OF the commonplace.
And she is not free from blame ON her
side
IT truthful. some wives would be
forced to admit that their attitude to-
ward the lovers of their youth had
wholly changed. They were intention
ally attractive and pleasing in appear
ance and conversation when with these
= acknowledged lovers They do not now
take the trouble to be the same. the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-21
Safer Games Than Chess.
Lafayette 0nd) Journal.)

Checkers is a less dangerous game
than chess Few checker players go
crazy, although many are crazy 10 play.
y safer game than any of them is
seven-up, and there is nothing the mat
ter with foUr-handed euchre. And then
there are CTibbage and sixty-six. both
Of which are almost entirely safe as
very few cribbage or sixty-six players
ever get more than half crazy, and then
only when they lose seven or eight
games in succession. But perhaps the
game that allows the most latitude for
vigorous kicking without in any way
affecting the mentality of the kicker is
the game Of spade hearts, occasionally
played by inferior players at the Lin
coin club. in Boston and other places
Down East, where the game originated.
man must be of sound mind to be
able to play spade hearts. He can't
keep the queens off of him il he gets
ratified and queen counts twice as
much against him as a jack. king OF
any other heart. Men of ugly tempers
never play the game. To be a good
player one must be a cheerful loser and
keep still about it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-21

sort or various miscellaneous birds. who
doubtless secure much insect game
from its vanished branches. One
of the most enchanting sights that 7
ever saw was a fun lowered dogwood
among whose SNOWY blossoms a Grim
sou-coated cardinal was exchanging
WciyI-lties with couple OF male blue
birds whose feathers cleaned ike
NerItable jewels in the midst Of white
settings. The attitude toward one an
other ot all the parties present was
very evident from their aggressive.
emphatic and possibly prof8ne language
I'D the bird tongue, TO say nothing Of
flashing eyes. erect crests and crowns,
and expressive tail movements
After the pretty dogwood blossoms
have faded the leaves fall into line. or
rather r0Settes. for nearly all of them
spring in little clusters from the ter
miuals- f you believe in signs and
sayings. as soon as these leaves appear
you viii hasten to plant your Indian
corn and 50 insure TO yourself an
abundant harvest
The fruition of this familiar shrub is
quite as satisfactory from an artistic
standpoint as were its snowy flowers
The oval red berries appear in clusters
on the ends Of the twfgs and are very
eHectiFc bits of color as they nestle
against the gray boxes of embryo buds.
of wild fruit. they look much more ap-
petizinS than they taste for they are
possessed of a puuEeUt flavor anything
nut pleasant. and even hungry birds
hesitate TO tackle them save as a last
resort.
Inc u0SWuud'S fOndncss for display
- also carried into the rich colorinE Of
IT'S leaves At the very first hint OF
frost its foliage is stained with COR
Scous dyes. and the shrub looks as
though laden with scarlet. pink and
purple flowers In some species even
the branches take on "A richer crimson
IN winter, and against a snOw-Covered
hillside looks like narrow tongues of
flame from some internal furnace
There are several species Of cornell. the
family TO which the tree described be
longs. but none OF them are az SNOWY
as the Towering dogwood, and are
somewhat more local in the habitat.
Copyright, 1885. 10y The Nature story
Syndicate.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-21

7 love Praise, appreciation. Outspoken
affection and demonstrativeneSs are
wonderful helpers in promoting real
/ joy in married lie.
Perhaps it is tTite to remark that it
is much better economy to give flow
] eTs TO the living than to stTew flowers
on a grave. If the dead could return
they would sometimes be surprised to
hear the estimation in which thsy were
! held while here by the bereaved. who
J celebrate their virtues and mourn their
loss in terms that only the suDsrla-
tive can express. Don't let Us keep our
superlatives for the hour when We sit
, alone longing for the touch of van
ished hand and the sound Of a voice
that is still We ind The means and
. the money To build monuments. Let
US find both TO make one another hap
by when there IS no question of monu-
ments, but only Of everyday living III
obscure places where We do our work
bring up our children and earn the
days wages
After all what is better than to
earn the days wages honora bly,. 70 do
the best W. can with what we have and
to be kind 10 those who are nearest
TO lis. those of. our own blood. who
bear our own Nance Whether we
serve in the lowlands or the hizhIands
we get the soldiers pay at the days
end. 1t is in our power to be suIIcn
and morose, or TO be anna bic ard
genial Compliments help on the lat
ter condition and blessedly exercise
the forn T
Says Robert Louis Stevenson: when
You have married your wife YOU would
think that you were got upon hilltop
and might begin to 90 downward by
an easy slope, but you have only end
ed counting to begin marriage. Falling
in love and winning love are often
difficult tasks TO overbearins and re-
belliOUS spirits. but to Keep in love
Is also business Of some importance
10 which both man and wife must
bring kindness and good VIII. The
true love story cOmmsnccs at the
altar
Copyright, 1905, by Joseph &. Bowlec)
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-21

D fu.l bloom. relieving the trIium Of
iu. coiorin- with its igzur5a.- display
81 white blossoms that I0ok like matches
IF pelatej snow I'm hiding from the
SUN. This handsome shrub grows ian
nearly an sections of the United States
and ON account Of its artistic arrange
ncUt and C0IoTiUC. appeals to all lovers
Of the beautiful iu nature.
I'm some parts of the country il is
allied lockwood" just why have
been una bic TO discover but 7 fancy
his title IS given IL ON account or the
urm of its winter buds which some
That resemble small boxes iu which are
securely packed away the material for
ne next seasons growth If YOU viii
AXE notice nature seems 10 be very
oath 10 repeat herself even iu her
.0rms. and nearly all of her plant
children are pat UD after a distinct
patterns of their Owl. differing only in
minor details The more closely one
observes these forms. however. the
more manifest viii the differences ap-
3ear.
IT. during the late summer. YOU viii
axe the trouble tu examine the dog
wood tWiES. beueat~ the rOSettes of
criminal leaves. You VIII see some box
ike gray buds that are cIeVcrIy con-
called by the foliage and which con-
aim the trees treasures I'm embryo.
Within these packages IS laid away the
Material that viii bo made I'M dur
ne the winter months and worn at the
'oraI opening In May IT has been the
Universal habit TO refer To winter as a
,eriod in which nature lies dormant OF
Z resting from her lzb0rS- but this is a
aIIaCy born OF ignorance and miSiu-
prpretatiou. for I'm reality IL Is her
usiest season, the time when she is
repairing for the gorgeous floral dis
lay So fun OF vital promise
Along in April The wee boxes begin to
well in preparation Of the great awak-
ming. Instead Of falling 20 tho ground
: do nearly all bud scales. The four
arted brown envelopes of the dog
food expand until they become the
lrge. white. peJS4-like affairs which
ender the shrub so conspicuous i'm
pringtime. ON the upper margin of
aCh of these petals" you viii always
nd a reddish brown spot. which was
ne bud covering throughout the win
ar and IS still retained as the scale
avelops. The real flow eTs are tightly
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-21

clustered together i'm the center of the
bractS and are often regarded as sta
mems by the uuinitiated. but if YOU will
examine them through a glass YOU viii
md that each one in itself Is a per-
feet blossom, with four petals. four sta
mems and minute pistiI This ar
ranEement in tours is characteristic Of
the doSWOod and distinguishes il from
the Viburuums that are invariably SUD
Piled with five petals and five StamPuS-
The Towering dogwOod Is a profuse
blooomer and hardy enough to obtain
and retain q f0Oth0ld in almost any
soil. hence IS a shrub that should be
more universally cultivated I'm gardens
When in full bloom II is d favorite re-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-21

Copyright, 1885. by The Nature story
Syndicate
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-21

Copyright, 1905, by Joseph &. BowleeJ
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-05-06
Rice Lake the first Of the week.
Atlanta.

May 4, 1905-Mr. and Mrs. G. A.
Jackish of Barron attended the Easter
ball at Bruce Friday.
The Rice Lake orchestra furnished
excellent music for the Easter ball.
The Atlanta band serenaded Mr..
J. G. Arpin Tuesday evening, the occa-
sion being his birthday anniversary.
Mrs. 7. O. Mason of Cumberland
visited her sisterMiss Carroll, this week.
Mrs. Turbine of Star Lake is the
guest of her sister, Mrs. Cleveland. J..
Mrs. Fish is entertaining sister
from Canton.
Miss De Nevers has been some what
indisposed the past few days.
J. M. Devereux Sundayed at his
home in Shell Lake.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-05-06

Fern, Wis, May Marshall Ser
geant and cousin, W. S., returned from
Ladysmith Thursday evening.
Frank Curtis moved last week to
Roy, he will occupy the house ow ned
by the Smith brothers.
Eugene Shanks of Ladysn1ith took
dinner at M. Sergeant's Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Carman and
daughter Hazel made a trip to Hol-
combe last week.
A. w. Lees went to the county seat
Sunday on business.
Rev. j. william preached at the Cox
school house Sunday evening and at the
Sergeant school house Monday, there
was good attendance at both places.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dickerson of Lady
smith were guests at Marshall Ser
geants Monday.
A meeting of the school board was
held at w. S. Sergeants May LIST to let
the contract for the building of new
school house on the Gates road. Mr..
Boyer was the lowest bidder.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-05-06
Industrial Activity.

There is nothing like optimism no
thing like good cheer. We are living
in an age of ambition where that ele-
ment of nature often takes the form of
greed. Then things don't go just right
don't dovetail together, and we be-
come morose and say times are getting
hard, that the future is dark everyone
begins to balk and theh-well then
there are hard times.
But at present there are no reasons
for dark anticipations. All the mach
merry of production are at work. that
is, the normal number and the con-
sumptive power of the people is taking
care that there shall be no overlooking
surplus.
Labor conditions are healthy. Aside
from the Chicago teamsters' strike,
peace prevails. The forces of organ
lied labor, under the sober and sensible
guidance of John Mitchell of the Miners
and John Gompers of the Federation,
are observing their we'll made and
thoroughly understood contracts with
employers. Parry's employers assoc
iation, with its features calculated to
provoke trouble, has been forgotten.
In every respect the labor situation is
as clear, if not clearer, than it has
been for many years-perhaps it may
be said that at no time since organized
labor became potent agency has the
labor and industrial sky been SO clear.
Market conditions are good. Trade
is steady. Prices are such all around
ones as to indicate healthy condition.
Slumps in Wall street and gatherings
in wheat are made more conspicuous in
the public prints than their Importance
warrants. They have little or no effect
upon general conditions.
Let the people especially of north
ern Wisconsin-push ahead and we
shall have a good year, accomplish
great progress, and feel better for the
influence of our good healthy optimism.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-05-06
Passes Prevail In Minnesota.

The Minnesota legislature doesn't in
tend to pay fares. 1t refused to pass
the anti-pass bill that was up in the re-
cent session for the tenth or twelfth
time.
Instead of doing so, it played horse
with several proposed bills each house
pretending to be immune to railway
influence and both fighting shy of anti
pass legislation. Touching upon this
matter the Minneapolis Journal says:
Apologists are busy defending the
action of the late senate and house in
defeating the anti-pass bill. The chief
clerk of the house says in his news.
paper that the house members proved
they were not under railroad influence
when they passed the reciprocal demur-
rage bill and the passenger rate reduc-
ton bill.
Grant that; then by the same argu-
ment the senate, which killed both
bills, was subject torailroad influence.
what the influence was, is for the de-
tenders of the pass system to explain.
1t was evidently a strong one, and able
to defeat legislation for which the gen
eral public was clamoring. Whatever
it was, it should be removed.
1t is no doubt true, as some legisla-
tors maintain, that they are not in
fuenced in their votes by the fact that
they carry passes. That does not &C
count for the entire membership of the
legislature, and there are many men
whose friendly feeling can be won by
such courtesy. Coming down to the
last analysis such favors are given be-
cause the companies want the good will
of the members, and they expect in the
long run to get value received. If men
who carry passes vote for legislation
the railroads do not want, then they
are not returning the favor given, and
the passes have failed in their mission.
Why should the people take chances
with such business? Isn't it safer and
more satisfactory to have representa-
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tives who are under no sort of obliga-
ton to private interests? Of course
members are poorly paid, and the passes
are considered by many part of their
compensation. Is it right for a rail-
road company to furnish part of mem
ber's compensation? Shouldn' t the peo-
pie he represents insist on paying it all,
and having the sole claim upon his SER
vices.
No question is ever settled until it
is settled right, and the pass question
is far from settled. It may be attend
ed to by the next legislature; if not,
then it will come later. But it will
come.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-05-06
Straight Upper Circle Talk.

When anything IS pointedly by one of
the multitude about the dominance of
the great corporations, it is demagogy
the author meddler-a pertiferous in
dfvidual. The following from President
Stickney Of the Great Western railway,
to be found in his book entitled the
Railway Problem will hardly cause
him to be classed as a caf1kurotfs dis
turber. but it will interest many 8
reader:
This power {of railways, like a
government, has authority to make
tariffs and enforce their collections. 1t
claims right which no civilized govern
ment claims, and which no sovereign
has dared to exercise for centuries for
rebating a portion of its tariff, and thus
discriminating between it's subjects in
the collection of its revenues. 1t is
safe to say that if the congress of the
United States should enact a law which
established on any commodity one i'm
post duty for the city of New York,
and a different one for other cities. or
one duty for one firm and another duty
for another firm, no matter how slight
the difference the people would resort
to arms, if need be, rather than submit.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-05-06
We are seven.

The Ladysmith Publishing Company
has absorbed the good will, name and
advertising patronage Of the Ingram
News, formerly published by R. J.
Buckmaster and Company of Ingram
and the same has been launched with
the News. This still gives Gates County
six newspapers. -Appolonia Cause.
The Cause needs a notch-stick. It's
count is short. There are seven news
papers in Gates county. In the Ian
guage of the poet-"we are seven"