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The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1905-09-01

JaCk droH- SidWcOur along anO
sakinv bis tn;So out OF his pocket, Gu
I roma ha hod stretched across th,
,ood Tht. q that had caused boti
hors.s 80 s,n W. e.
Mr. Crawcour was cunning enough ts
Zoo what 1,oL neant. and. seizing the
reins or b,s -, trap. they put 1t in
the middle OF ii 'u"peo In and
drove OF. T.
Jack" said =. "hen ne
| doomed - nrrs mt to slacken speed.
truly you show eo'efaoie ana
.I,J ha,o .,,, those fellows to look
out II they had been SO cocky. sir"
1T is n not tasAi Of =, "a speak"
What then, sid
..This last ont Se upon my person.
How could We been SO imposed
pnon 7 oo,not fear me that you
conno, N mona House I have
sco,ded Won caned you, / have
kent vo,, M Co,Iltry, 1 have birched
Won have ZOO Pned with you, but
without anv ton Die result and you
must Ioo,.a assical and CONNER
c,oI ocodan, You alter"
"I.,, SIR
"Who was your al 'his evil |
scheme?"
20 ., ~ bruited about the
school to NV a,soI vantage. and will
.No, = o.a IA be said, SIR"
hionr'
HE won't speak eeh MN TO-.
"By The wav TORE TO me my val
uahIes" Mr. CJWcour exclaimed,
thinking suddenly ''o'eh proper
ty.
Certainly cir iere is your grand
mothers watch n :, the signet ring and
the coin"
THE whatY'
.T w,sh vo,, ~ you'd cultivate ele-
CANT En,lis,, - CT dr. Crawcour in a
tone of remonstrof Your epithets '
ara oh,o,.Io.h,a bur nouns corrupt
and your adJectivej, ,,o "S' PosSl-
BILE taste bnt ya-,A the rising genera v
tio, a. ,a-or.o Sne II, and It alters n
not; / birch II, af,, III no a
change for the BETH
Presently thov ached Pomona Z,
House, and Jack nu 'he Dack a.
way to the schoolrJ VINO
had heer h,s 80 Ion In the Joke III
played upon the priA nnu ALREADY 81
arrived.
Jack received. a rom MI
Bedington warningf 'ha. III MS
misconduct continued "ouio De TAX ca
en- away fron, ,ha pol and sent to
sea. As motta-v course, Jack ia
showed th,s ,o..a hrvey.
Here's n lark, Did ne suiu' old In
Crawcour has SO w4 on 'ne gov
ernor that I,n, 30 sen II don't .
mend" an.
81 thought you'd eu 'ne cmef' I,
rep,ied Harvev "oIS was not going
to sav anvtbino az the highway n'
" say anything aoo q
menr' hts
"No more he is. Hans airaio ned "
GET laughed NJ eo- ho,Stopped by his ,.
own boys and gettinge sueh Junk "
so lie said n 7 woul6F say anything ,,n
he'd let 1t drop. bat was VIVA. he Su
said to my father tNe 'h"t "oout SIT
setting the place on fir 49,, ism
md in tho soma sh,. they'll have
~ - 49,. -. -...... HulERysNESzz>A-l ~
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-02-22
Easter Comes Late.

Only nine times in two and a
quarter centuries has Easter fallen
as late as it does this year Only
five times in this period has it come
later in the spring than it does i'll
1905!and it is never possible for,it
to fall more than two days later. In
all of the time from 1856 to 2013
there is no one occasion when it
falls later than April 25, and only
twice does it come on this day of
the month. During this period it
comes three times on April "a and
four times on the 23rd.
This year Easter Sunday will be
celebrated on April %. This is the
latest date since 1886, when it came
on April 25, the latest date possible.
AS result Of late Easter, Lent,
Of course falls correspondingly late,
and this means very long social
season this winter which will last
till March. Lent can come as early
as February 4, and as late as. March
10, but it more often begins from
the middle to the latter part of
February, thus cutting off the gay
ETY. of the social season right at its
height.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-02-22
HER SUFFERINGS DER.
Mrs. Geo. Benin Laid to Rest by SOr-
rowing Relatives and Friends.

The funeral services of Mrs. Geo.
Benn, whose death was briefly an
nounced in Saturdays Herald, were
held at the home in the first ward
Monday at 2 p. M, Rev. Ralph of,
floating, and interment took place
at Hillside cemetery.
Deceased was. born Nov. 90, 1S43,
at Underhill, Vermont, and in 1856
came west to Milwaukee with her
parents. On Aug. %, 1862, she was
married to Geo. w. Benn. Soon
after the husband enlisted and
served throughout the war. In
1869 they came to Grant county
Mr.. Benn died in June. 1882.
Two sons and two, daughters,
Will, Arthur, Lulu and Carrie, are
the immediate surviving relatives.
A sister, Mrs. L. .Cressey, of Stryker,
Ohio, also remains.
A grandfather of deceased served
in the war Of 1912 and a great
grandfather in the Revolutionary
war,
The good woman who has gone
to her reward was kind indulgent
mother, an obhging neighbor and
her loss is deeply mourned.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-02-22
THE EGG MARKET.
Now Selling at % Cents and a Raise
Is Expected.

Lancaster house wives. who have
been paying Is cents for eggs
for the past few days, will be inter
ested to know that the price is not
at all unliable to go up still higher
before the warm weather comes on.
1t is expected that the present high
price of the hen fruit will keep up
until the first of April, when under
normal conditions, the hens will
begin laying again.
Some of the reports which are in
circulation say that there are nearly
forty-five millions of eggs in cold
storage at the present time; that the
great packers have forced the price
up to the place it stands at the pres
ent time, and that they will make a
big profit on the deal before the game
is over. It is said that Armour,
Swift, and number of others pur-
chased hundreds of thousands OF
cases last spring and summer, at
prices ranging from fifteen to seven
teen cents, and that they have
practically control of the market at
the present time.
A local dealer made the statement
this morning that the report OF the
trade journals and the market
sheets did not confirm the above
report in the least. On the con-
trary, merchants in South Water
street, Chicago, state that there are
no eggs to be found anywhere, and
that they can offer no relief in the
emergency. OF course, here in
Lancaster or any of the other small
er cities, the proposition is by no
means so serious one as it is in
Chicago, Cleveland, or New York,
but at the best it is anything but a
pleasant one, and house-w wives will
hail the day when the great Ameri-
Gun hen will begin to do business
again at the old stand.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-02-22

pected, and was the result of heart
failure. On the day Of his death he
was feeling exceedingly well, and
in the evening he hitched up a team
to take Mr.. and Mrs. Armsburger
to the village. The end came on the
return trip, and when the team
turned into the yard, his lifeless
body was found sitting in the
cutter.
The funeral services were held
last Sunday at the home, and the
attendance was exceedingly large,
Notwithstanding the bad roads.
Rev. F. W. Schoenfeld of Dodge
vile preached the funeral sermon,
and the members of Brodtville
lodge No. 50 |. O. O. F., of which
deceased was an honored member,
assisted by delegation from Bloom
ington lodge, conducted the services
at the grave. Music was rendered
by quartette, composed of Mr.. and
Mrs. Woodhouse, Mrs. BARLEY and
Mr.. Bishop, of Bloomington. He
was borne to his last resting place
by old neighbors-Sam'l Brodt, B.
Anderson, Eli Millin, VIM. Millin,
and M. Quick.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-02-22
Freight Traffic Resumed.

The snow blockade was broken in
so-far as freight and passenger
traffic on the Northwestern was
concerned on Sunday, and Lancas-
ter merchants and dealers are once
more supplied with groceries and
produce.
Conductor Whitney with two
engines brought IL loads to Mont
fort Sunday eve. Foar loads came
on to Lancaster. There are over so
carloads of merchandise still IN
Madison waiting to come west. The
blockade was the worst ever ex-
perienced on this division of the
road.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-02-22
High School Notes.

The advertising for the Annual is
all in and as much more was secur-
ed than before a good book is assur-
Ell and it is hoped it will be ready
soon. A call for copy will be made
to each advertiser and if possible
collection will be made. then.
Senior Laboratory classes had
their pictures taken Monday.
An examination In German COM
position will be given the Seniors
this week and then the study of
Minna Won Banheim will be start
The news report which was to be
given Tuesday morning by the
Freshmen was rather weak on the
part of the Freshmen but the Sen
iors and Sophmores helped out and
made good report.
The Juniors received their class
pins Monday night and Tuesday
were kept busy showing them.
They are perfectly plain, Roman
gold, diamond shaped pins with the
letters and numerals engraved on
them. They are very pretty and
many think them the neatest pin
selected by HI. S. class in several
years.
The members Of the football
teams of the last two seasons are
planning stag banquet to be held
soon. They plan to have it a strict
ly football affair and nothing but
football talk will be allowed.
The III. S. basket ball teams will
in all probability have to abandon
the game for this spring. Inquir-
les about other halls resulting in
finding out that Reeds opera house
the only hall large enough would
cost something over five dollars per
night, which made it almost impos-
sible for the teams to secure the
hall for practice.
a mistake was made in last
weeks notes. The contest orations
are to be in week from Monday
instead of next Monday.
The music for marching to classes
has been furnished throughout the
year by a couple of girls. There
are plenty more in school who could
play for the marching if they only
would, but so far efforts to get them
to do so have been unsuccessful. 1t
seems hardly fair that two girls
should do all Of this work.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-02-22
LICENSED TO WED.
Cupid's Franks as Recorded by County
Clerk Tuffley.

w. H. Brownell, Liberty, and
Leila Discon, Platteville.
Vernon 1rlplett, Lacrosse, and
Helen Bennett, Cassville.
Henry w. Gabel, Elk Grove, La
Fayette Co., and Edith Henkel,
Liberty.
Lloyd Wepking and Matilda Roth,
both of Fennimore.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-02-22

Over at Delavan they have a
creamery which has commenced
the work of making milk powder,
or milk -four. 1t is claimed that
this -four contains all the solids Of
the milk and is far better for use
than the original. Anyhow, for
the present We'll try and worry
along with Geo. Gamers best un-
til we are able to buy a bovine of
our own with a milk factory at
tached.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-02-22

DIR. Gault is in San Diego, Cal.
He reports that he and his family
are we'll and happy.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-02-22

CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-13
.JAYHA WKER JOTS

"Cranberries." says G. E. ingalls,. ARE
now selling at ten cents quart, but it is
beating you out of just ten cents"
Father Beck confesses that he never
heard anyone say nope" when he meant
no. and he claims to have mutilated the
English language himself. Did he never
GRAY county is coming to the front as
a wheat growing county. In 1900 the area
/ sown was 1892 acres. Last year 1909
acres were sown, and estimates place the
acres.
Since c. a. Kimball has purchased the
Manhattan Republic, he has placed the
| Courtiand REGISTER in charge of R. Cam
eron- Mr.. Cameron is a brother-in-laW
OF both Conner Davies of the Concordia
kansan and Tom Charles Of the Belle
vile Freeman.
Antoine F Haverkamp came to sher-
ldan county nineteen years ago without a
cent and more than $500 in debt. Now,
according to the FIoxie Sentinel. he is the
owner OF a little patch of $50 acres of
hne land, and he has just completed q
teh-Foom cottage, heated with hot water
ana with all the modern improvements.
An Erie young man, according to the
record. had an interesting experience the
other day when returning from a. neigh
boring town that has kept him guessing
ever since. Occupying seat just across
the aisle from him in the coach was a
comeiy and apparently troubled young
/ woman, WHO Seemed-tO take more than a
PASSING interest Ia her fellow passenger.
! SIe SSazed at hlfn sorrOWfuIy for several
minutes ana then burst into tears The
/ young man was duly distressed and asked
4 her II he could in any way aid her in
( her trouble. "Oh, I don't know, mister -
/ she sobbed, but you are SO much like
my dear husband who committed suicide
q couple OF weeks ago The young gen
4 tleman blushed the many coiors Of red
! ana stammered, Guess I don't know
/ him.
T Some time ago a Stafford man went out
/ to Oregon and last week a friend that he
/ mad left behind received a request for a
! little loan of $780, and accompanying the
request was this advices Stick to Kan
/ saS, old boy, Oregon Washington and
1aaho, all three, could not produce as
Huch IN three years as old Kansas does
/ IN one week. Have just closed big fair
/ mere and if Stafford county could not
/ make q better showing than the as-tttfte
state OF oregon Id be tempted to wire
/ you TO move. The people Of this state
would actually starve to death Cnce n
4 year IL they had to live on what the state
produces There is sorae fine timber here
4 Dut you can eat sawlogs. Hogs in this
! country are not fit to eat The beef is
not. and can't be, like the big beef steer
/ red on Kansas corn. Turkeys and chick
I ems are not fit for a niger to raise from
/ the roost He would smile a sicl1ly smile
when he went to jab his fork in the
! gray No good, juicy frys, roasts and
pfolls out here. Every fellow out here
/ IS looking for a chance to do the other
/ Fellow; IN fact. it's every fellow for him
self and the devil for EN- all. This is
my description, old man. and about
/ weighs the sugar as far as the country
/ is concerned BY all means while voll
are in the best state in the union. in
/ Cod country in grand old Kansas-stay,
stay, stay"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-13
THE Real SQUARE DEAL.

There is a great deal of sound sense
in a few remarks which the Troy
Chief makes on the subject of the
square deal The Chief calls attention
to the fact that since President Roose-
welt has made the phrase popular it is
being overworked by any number Of
people with axes to grind. They are
anxious for a square deal for them
selves, but they are not so anxious for
the other fellow. That is not the
Roosevelt idea of a square deal, how
ever. AS the president has often
stated, he is in favor of a square deal
for the rich man as we'll as the poor,
and the poor as well as the rich.
"All that the square man asks =
says the Chief, ''is a square deal on
any proposition, but the man who is
not square and never has been. while
he may make the weIkin ring shouting
for square deal, don't want it, and
only seeks to use the phrase as a false
alarm in order that he may gain some
selfish end. If fellow of this kind
should get a square deal he would get
/ it where Jasper had the goitre.
TN a political contest a man may
become excited at times and easily led
to believe that the other fellow is as
crooked as a cork screw, but after the
contest is over and his mind is freed
from prejudice and excitement, things
/ take on a different hue. He begins to
see that his neighbor who held a diff
! ferent view from himself, is not such q
/ bad fellow after all and the bad stories
/ circulated about him had no founda-
ton in fact Little things had been
/ distorted and exaggerated in order to
work people and if really in favor of a
square deal he will drop his personal
spite and take his neighbor by the
hand. In nearly every community
there are a few men who think they
are cut out for statesmen ana because
they are not placed upon a pedestal
and showed into an office ahead OF
other and better men, become sore and
declare that they have not had a
square deal Year after year they
nurse their sore spots until they be-
come chronic Everything that is, is
wrong, from their point of view. They
see dishonesty and graft in everything
unless it should happen to favor them
in some way, and begin shouting for a
square deal. A square deal with them
means that they must get what they
want whether it is square to the other
fellow or not
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-13
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
TFrom the Chicago News. !

IFrom the Chicago News.l
Hush money is apt to talk pretty loud
at times.
When doctors disagree it's up to the
undertaken.
Occasionally a society bud developed
into n wall flower.
A man usually thinks of the wrong
excuse at the right time.
Only a fool worm would wait until
trodden uDon before turning.
Be sure of the obese veal before es-
saying the role Of prodigaI son.
It keeps a hypocrite busy trying to
convince himself that he is honest.
Every man knows Of a sure remedy
for a cold that be wouldn't try on him
sels.
Once q hero always a hero to the
hero hirnse44-but not to the tickle pop
ulace.
Some 1asn who swear eternal love
during the cegzEeship are eternally swear
ing after marriage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-13

It is easy to be cheerful
When the world is going wrong;
For adversely is thrilling
As challenge to the strong
ana the instinct rises in US
To give battle with a song.
When the night in gloom and shadow
Hides each friendly guide and mark
and familiar trees and bushes
Turn to figures grim and stark,
never yet has been a youngster
But would whistle in the dark
But when all the barns are bursting
with the harvest overflow,
When the shuttle of the weaver
w mrs unceasing to and fro
1hen 1t IS We hear the prophets
or calamity and woe:
We are growing far too wealthy,
and at far too fast a gait:
we are going to the b0WWoWs;
There is danger to the state:
AL existing things must tumble,
Better stop a while and watt
So when all the land is glowing
And the day dispels the night
w men prosperity is smiling
And the sun is shining bright
Try to grin and bear it, brother,
When the world is going right
New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-13
A ssFunning jump. .

There was a gathering of college
boys and girls, and the conversation
centered on sports OF all kinds. and
there were all kinds OF stories Of. feats
Of strength and agility. Some OF them
were marvelously far from truth, but a
little matter Of that kind does not both
er the average college boy or girl of
the present day.
They were all surprised when one of
the lady professors, gentle and of quiet
demanor always. said:
THE greatest feat I ever witnessed
was q running jump of 40 feet across a
ravine.''
..Forty feet?' they all ehorused.
Yes, exactly 40 feet" was the quiet
reply.
anyone to believe" ventured the ath-
lete of the crowd.
oh. it was not such a great jump.
considering the run that he made be-
fore jumping" said the lady professor.
wen, pray. please tell US how far a
man had to run, before jumping 10
feet =
"A little over seven miles" she said.
Los Angeles Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-13

In his last weekly letter to the kan
sas newspapers Mr.. r. L. Vandegrift,
in arguing against government control
of railroad rates. makes this statement:
The interstate commerce commission,
once invested with the authority to make
rates, would have powers of great scope,
beyond that of any other equal number
Of politically selected men in the Unit
ed States. They could regulate the
trade in one commodity in one section
they could exercise their authority in
the matter of all commodities and all
sections. There is no trade in this coun-
try. sufficient in volume to be worth
fighting for, that the interstate COM
meree commission could not regulate,
If it should be given this power, and
there is no manufacturer in this country.
who does anything more than a local
business, who. with this power menac-
ing him. might not wake up any morn
ing to find that the interstate commerce
commission had reached a decision that
deprived him Of a substantial part Of
his market"
Mr.. yandegrift's statement is about
correct. He might also have said that
the courts of the country have power
even many times greater than that
which he SAYS rate regulating COM
mission would have.
But all of this rate-regulating power
that MI Vandegrift tells about is now
vested in the hands of a few men just
the same as it would be under govern
ment control. But under government
control it would be exercised by disin-
terested men. and only when a rate
should be complained of as unjust. At
present it is exercised by a few men who
are extremely interested, and they
manipulate the rates in their own in
terests building up one community or
industry and tearing down another at
will With government commission
doing the regulating. the railroad men
would have an appeal to the courts If
they believed the commission were un-
/ just
Which would be the more fair all
around-the few interested railroad men.
or the disinterested government com
mission?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-13
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Washburn seems to have lost the plans
and specifications Of what It was gong
to do to X. u, and they fell into the
hands Of the Lawrence crowd.
It won't really do so much harm If you
just look upon the wine when it Is red,
and stop at that.
Among the other things that were
severely frostbitten last Tuesday night
was a promising presidential boom just
beginning to bud, the property OF one
Joseph Benson Foraker.
Cronstadt seems to be the Wyandotte
county of Russia.
Among others, the printers and proof
readers trust that Pobiedonosteim has
disappeared into oblivion and taken his
name with him.
The time OF year is rapidly coming this
way when people VIII get hot about the
cold street cars.
Governor Hoeh kicked of the ball all
right Saturday, and he also used the good
judgment to retire quickly and avoid the
rush.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-13
The Doctor

There is no one whose calls are more
dreaded nor whose visits are more vel
come than the doctor. We would glad
" exclude him forever from our homes
and vet we eagerly welcome him and
listen anxiously for every word he ut
ters. After a series of visits we part
from him with the warmest feeling of
gratitude and often affection, and with
the sfncerest wish that he may never
call again.
The doctor restricts our diet. gives
us at times nauseous drugs, lays down
irksone regulations and occasionally
cuts US I'D or mauls US, and we not
only submit to this tyranny but actu-
Hes paradox. is the doctor
Strange that one doctor can be q para
dox, isn't it? But let it pass.
The doctor is a friend in need, and
when needed is a friend indeed We
would gladly abolish the necessity, but
until that is possible we look upon his
profession as one of the highest call
ings ia the world.-Coiorado Springs
] Telegraph.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-13
MEN OF THE WEST.

Lusty and strong are the men OF the
stanch Is the heart in each pioneer
breast;
Hearty the hand that is held out to you,
Open, above board and candid are they
Clear are their eyes as the unclouded cay
Bluff, but with hearts that are kind
through and through.
Tanned by the winds are the men Of the
West,
Rough are their manners ana 50 are they
yet they are kind underneath the rough
shell;
When they are friends they are friends
you may trust,
For a true friend they viii all bite the
dust;
If you have onsfor friend It is wei.
Silent are they and but little they say.
Nature has taught them to travel that
kin to the plains and the mountains
Brothers are they to the moon and the
sun,
Comrades with an the tornadoes that run,
Lovers that WOO the white light OF the
star.
Square Deal.