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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-31
WATERLOO.
Grouchy WINS Solely tn blame For
the Downfall of Napoleon.

Napoleon would have won the battle
OF Waterloo had Grouchy prevented
the junction Of the Prussians with the
English army, because he would not
have had to fight two battles at once.
Few persons realize that the so called
battle OF Waterloo was In reality n
double battle, somewhat like Jena and
Auerstadt. Napoleon fought one bat
tie ut Waterloo against the English.
On the arrival of the Prussians he was
forced to go In person toward Planche-
mott and there fight another battle
against the Prussian army, leaving to
Ney the conduct Of the troops at Wa
terloo. 1t Is n well known maxim In
war that n very great or decisive vic
tory cannot be gained unless one com
mander makes a serious blunder of
which the other takes immediate adj
vantage. 1t Is very evident that the
fact of the emperor having to fight
two battles at once instead of concen
trnting his attention on one alone enor-
mously increased the possibility OF a
mistake. Moreover, Napoleon did not
have the able lieutenants of his former
campaigns. Desaix, Kleber, Lannes
and Bessleres were dead, Massena and
Macdonald had taken the oath of ale
glance to the Bourbons, and Murat had
split with the emperor. Napoleon's
personal attention was therefore i'm
perative. To Grouchy alone all blame
must be attributed, for had he prevent
ed the union Of the Prusslans with the
English the emperor would have had
to fight only II battle Mt n time and
could have given his entire personal
attention to that one battle.
In the second place, Napoleon would
not have been forced to fight with H.
DAT men against two armies numbering
about 125, 000-nearly two to one
against him. He would have had H.
DAT good soldiers pltted against a raw,
undlscipllned army Of 67,GG1 men un-
der the Duke Of Wellington, which was
not only inferior In mere numbers, but
far Inferior In morale and experience.
The chances would have been greatly
In favor Of the French. Then, too, the
French army was commanded by the
acknowledged master Of modern war
fare, whose brilliant successes at RI
vol, Marengo, Austerlltz, Jena, Fried
land, Wagram, the Borodino and Ores
den had dazzled the whole world. I'm
til then Napoleon had never been de-
feated in any great decisive battle ex-
cant Vntnala anl NhA ...I 1000
strong In their confidence Of the en-
peror's success. Two of the best writ
ers on the Waterloo campaign, Shaw
Kennedy and Slbourne. both English
men, concur In saying that had Grouchy
kept the Prussians away the English
army would have been badly beaten.
This view Is also held by the ablest
writer of all, Mr.. Ropes.-Unlted Serv-
Ice Review.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-31
anner

Manners are of more Importance
than laws. Upon them, in a great
measure, the laws depend. The law
touches them but here and there, now
and then, Manners are what vex or
soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or de-
base, barbarize or refine us, by a con
slant, steady, uniform, insensible op-
Grafton like that of the air we breathe
in. They give their whole form and
color to our lives. According to their
quality, they aid morals, they supply
them or they totally destroy them
Burke.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-31
Eggs.

Five million eggs are used by New
Workers in one month. And New York,
after all, is only n corner Of the
country in spite Of what the people who
live In New York may think. II New
York uses 100000 eggs every thirty
days some idea may be obtained of the
number that Is consumed by the entire
world in this period. The chicken
business is an important industry.
How important Is seldom realized I'M
til statistics like the above are thrown
at one.-Brockton Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-31

Quail starved to death by thousands
in the winter of 1904-05, but last win
ter they had an easy time except in
February and March. From Massa-
chusetts to Indiana the quail are 80
scarce that restocking has become nee
essary. The birds for this purpose are
hard to find. More than 100000 have
leen captured in Alabama and the
southwest. where they still occur In
abundance, and have been shipped
north for breeding. The quail is per
haps our most popular game bird, and
n market will be found for all that can
be produced. Complete success has
been had in raising them on n small
scale. Why should not some one go
into the business on such a scale that
he could turn out 100000 quail per
year?-Country Life In America.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-31
T IBEL IN DIVORCE.

Malcolm G.. McGifln VS.. Alice ii. McGifin.
No. los, November term, 1905. Pluries sub
poena in divorce.
JEFFERSON COUNTY, SIS:
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
To Alice ii. McGifin, Greetings;
We command you, as twice before you were
your proper person before our Judge at
Brookville, at our Court of Common Pleas,
there to be held on the second Monday of
November next, to show cause, IL any you
have, why your husband, Malcolm g. Nc
Giffin, should not be divorced from the bonds
OF matrimony which he hath contracted with
you the said Alice II. McGiffin, agreeable to
the petition and libel exhibited against you
before our said Court, and this you shall in
no case omit at your peril.
Witness The Hon John W. Reed, President
of out said Court at Brookville, the 18th day
of August, A. d., 1906.
Allowed by the Court,
CYRUS II. BLOOD, ProthOnotary
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-31
T IBEL IN DIVORCE.
Mary Z. DOnders w. z

Mary Z. Donders vs.. Peter Donders.
No. p, April term, 1905. pluries Subpoena
In Divorce.
JEFFERSON COUNTY. IS:
The Commonwealth OF pennsylvania
To Peter Donders, Greeting.
We command you, as twice before you were
commanded, that all matter OF business and
excuses being set aside. you be and appeal In
your. proper person before oui Judge at
.Brookville, at our Court of Common Pleas,
there to be held On the second Monday of
November next, to show cause, II any you
should not be divorced from the bonds of
matrlmOny which she hath contracted with
you, the said Peter Donders, agreeable TO the
Petition and Libel exhibited against you be-
fore our said Court. and this you shall In no
cas- eOmit at your peril.
Witness The Hon. John w. Reed, President
Of our said Court at Brookyille, the 10th day
OF August, A. d. 1906.
Allowed by the Court.
CYRUS II. BLOOD. Prothonotary.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-31
Matter and Electricity.

DR.. Henry G. Jones, professor of
physical chemistry at Johns Hopkins
university, In a new book on the al
legged electrical nature of matter says
that the line separating matter from
electricity is on the point of disappear
ing. The corpuscle, he says, is nothing
but a disembodied electrical charge and
contains nothing material. Instead of
speaking of the corpuscle we should
speak of the electron.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-31
(ERAzxRK1k w
G-MM ZSeZZANy)

d.. ID. Aitkin of Flint. Mich, is the
new president of the National Frater-
nal congress-. He is supreme counsel
or of the Knights of the Maccabees.
The National Fraternal congress will
meet next year in August in Duluth,
MINI. The Associated F%raternities Of
America will meet at the same time
and place.
The Knights Of Eternal Pleasure is
the name of the latest insurance soci-
ETY. to enter the field.
The fraternal societies of the Nation
al Fraternal "onorcss admitted BIS, 06a
qnsf&ambsesudprtpa aas zsaxl805.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-31
Where Poverty Is Unknown.

There is only II lunatic asylum in
the Gold Coast colony. and there are
no p%oorhouses or reformatories. The
colony's blue book, just issued, states
that poverty in the strict of the
term is hardly known.-London Tx
press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-31
ODD FELLOWS.

New Grand Sire of the O~rder-From
, Various jurisdictions.
Edwin s. Conway. recently elected
grand sire OF the sovereign grand lodge,
us well known to members OF the or
der throughout the United States, as
he has long been connected with the
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-31
Part of the Battle.

"A pleasant disposition goes a long
ways said Uncle Eben. 81 sympa-
thizes wifi de Indian, but ] don't believe
he'd have had near as much hard luck
if he'd er been good natured an learn
ed to play de ~banjo."-Washington Star.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-31
Donders, Greeting:

ToPeter Donders, Greeting:
You are hereby notified to appear before
the Honorable Judge of the Court Of Common
Pleas, at Brookvilie, Pa, on the second Mon
day OF November next, to answer as set forth
in the above subpoena.
GRANT SCHEAFNOCKER,
September 30, 1906. Sheriff.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-31

To Alice II. McGifin, Greeting:
You are hereby notified to appear before
the Honorable Judge of the Court of Common
Pleas. at ~Brookville, Pa, on the second Mon
day of November next, to answer as set forth
in the above subpoena.
GRANT sCHEAFNOCKER,
September 20. 1905 Sheriff,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-31

There is no duty we so much under
rate % tho duty Of being happy
Stevenson.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-05-19
Playing Politics.

Aldrich seems to have succeeded at
last in playing politics with the rate
bill. He began it by making Tillman
leader in charge of the bill in the senate.
He expected that Tillman would show
his temper, lose his head and drive a
wedge that would split the unanimity
with which the bill went through the
house, and, incidently, create such a
rupture among senators as would either
defeat the bill or stick it full of loop
holes. His first efforts met with de-
served failure. There was evident a
disposition to regard the measure as a
business proposition, in which party pol
itics had neither chance nor room.
In this he has been aided by sundry
senators on his side who have very
plainly displayed, in spite of the thin
disguise they put, up a purpose to so
shape the bill as to leave as little starch
in it as possible; to what is essential.
These have, after their kind, taken
refuge behind the constitution and af-
fected apprehension lest the bill might
contain some feature obnoxious to that
instrument Even when completely I'M
horsed they have persisted, and, as a
first victory have, at this stage of the
bill, secured the use of preliminary in
functions to suspend orders of the com
missions, in spite of the we'll known
Raleigh, and in spite OF overwhelming
decisions of courts that the inferior
courts have only such powers and jur-
isdiction as congress confers.
Aldrich has been aided by the natural
desire of the president to maintain the
solidarity of his party, for which, as it's
official head, he felt himself responsible.
He saw that there was a widening gap
between the faction led by Aldrich, and
| that of which LaFollette was the advan-
ced and Dolliver, Clapp and others a
more moderate type. He undoubtedly
comprehended the purpose of the Aldrich
faction and tried to thwart it. But he
was playing in game with sharps.
The railroad gang" led by Aldrich,
| knew the cards and all the points of the
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-05-19
The Question.

The only question left by the state
ments made by the president today, and
that made by Senator Tillman last Sat
urday in the senate, regarding the
amending of the rate bill is whether ex-
Senator Chandler acted on the sugges-
ton Of the president as an intermediary
between him and the democratic leaders,
Tillman and Bailey, or whether Chandler
approached the president as the emissary
of the two senators. Thepresident says
that he was asked to see Chandler as
the repre- sentative of Tillman; Tillman
says Chandler came to him as the rep
resentative of the president. Chandler
says that he is preparing a statement
which he will make public after the rate
bill is passed, not wishing to complicate
it with this question. Chandler accepts
the only possible solution: that the
whole matter raises a question of verac-
ity between the president and himself.
It is unfortunate Chandler-tha
this is the issue-Dispatch.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-05-19
Disciplining A Senator.

The senate might properly be charac-
terized as a school of discipline.
New members thereof are supposed to
remain silent during their first terms
or. as an alternative be disciplined.
The process of disciplining is either
positive or negative according to the
personality of the new member. This
self-assumed duty of the senate has
been performed with marked success
upon the part of the "schooled'' por-
ton and with remarkable docility upon
the part-.of the new members until
A new member came from Wiscon-
sin. He had been congressman where
he had set aside the less rigorous rule
which prevails there, he had been gov
ernor three stormy terms and hence
was equipped with political exper-
fence exceptional in the senate. His
experience probably equipped him bet
ter for senatorial duties than those of
most of the old members thereof.
Hence he was not slow about saying
things and doing things The old mem
bers proposed to discipline the new
Badger member. They have had hard
time of it.
La Toilette appears to be lucky in
his conflicts. At every point he is op-
posed with foolish tactics. From the
time of his first senatorial act on the
Indian lands matter, until he proposed
an investigation into the actual value
of the railroads, his propositions have
been turned down in manner that has
brought La Toilette before the public
in stronger light than ever.
La Toilette may hold higher office
some day, and historians may say that
he twas made by his enemies. "
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-05-19
Straight Talk from Railway President

Straight Talk from Railway President.
President A. B. Stickney of the Chi
cago-Great Western railroad has long
been noted for his liberality Of thought
in the matter of railway control by the
government He is railroad president
who feels that railways must prosper or
not with the rest of the country. He
believes or appears to believe, that rail-
roads should be controlled for their own
good as we'll as for the protection of the
public. He appears to have ample faith
in the people. their good sense and hon
esty.
Mr.. Stickney seldom allows an oppor-
tunaty to pass where word might be
said along this line without saying it.
And what he says is always on a broad,
liberal scale. Note the following:
Washington, May IA. Senator Knute
Nelson today had read in the senate the
following telegram from A. B. Stickney
of St. Paul, president of the Chicago &
Great Western railway:
GAS you know, 1 am in full sympathy
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-05-19
Bidding McGillisn Adieu.

In another part of this issue is an
article on the assessment of railway
ties in stock and not intended for local
use. These ties, which are nothing
more nor less than merchandise Ger
tainly as much so as goods on mer-
chants shelves, are not-so the super
visor of assessments says subject to
assessment and taxation. If they are
not, what is?
The notion that these ties are not
assessable probably comes from the
same source as many other conclusions
that have caused smiles or promoted
profanity in the past, according to the
gravity of the situation. (
The News has referred to many of
these conclusions they all come from
the same source combined they are
known as McGillism, they are costly
always friendly to special interests,
always unfriendly to the people of the
county.
But the county and the community
are relieving themselves of the old
order of things. Ladysmith has done
with it, most of the communities shave
let go, the county of whole is about
doing so. 1t thus appears that McGill-
ism is soon to be a back chapter. in
Rusk county history, and motion to
erase it from the record would doubt
less secure unanimous consent.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-05-19

game. Roosevelt is not on adept n
such a gsme His strength, his pop
ularity, spring from his directness and
frankness. Such qualities fare hard
when set against men who regard in
direction and deception as legitimate
tricks of legislation. All that the pres
ident seems to have accomplished is to
have secured party harmony; the others
secured the object they sought.
The result is sharp division on party
lines, with the democrats holding to the
position the president had taken and
evidentlo aiming to shape the issue, for
1908. The bill is still in committee OF
the whole in the senate. 1t has yet to
undergo action in the senate, and then
in conference between the two houses.
What the ultimate result will be cannot
be predicted; only hoped for. Now one
thing is clear. A faction of republican
senators on this measure is cooperating
with Cannon and the standpat element
of the house to provide the opposition
with two issues on which to go to the
country in 1908, the inadequacy of the
rstd-control measure and the refusal to
reduce the tariff Dispatch.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-05-19

turning to Cleveland in 1884. We re-
print it in the absence Of time to pre-
pare an article:
One of the busiest lives of modern
times has just ebbed out in the last i'll
ness of Carl Schurz. None of the adopted
sons of America has shown more capac-
ity to grasp the fundamentals OF our
political institutions and none has con-
tributed more to their growth along
healthy lines than he. Coming to Amer
lea political fugitive. who had lost
his standing in his native land through
his devotion to liberty, he plunged into
the politics of this country when the
slavery debate was coming to head.
He began his political activities as a
German speaker, but soon began to
speak in English and was quickly
recognized as one of the most forceful
political orators in the country.
President Lincoln appointed him
minister to Spain, but he resigned to
enter the army, in which he rose to the
rank of major general. After the war
he removed to Missouri, where he be-
came to publisher of a German news
paper and where he was chosen to the
senate of the United States. He parted
with the Grant administration and
Joined the liberals in the ill-starred cam
paign to make Horace Greeley presi-
dent of the United States. Mr.. Schurz
was one of the few men who survived
that unfortunate political experiment of
trying to fuse republicans and demo-
Gratis so soon after the war. He re-
turned to the fold and became secretary
of the interior under President Hayes.
Before he held this office he had i'm
bibed the principles of civil service
reform and in his administration at
tempted to put some of them into prac-
tice. 1t should be noted also that he
was a pioneer in the movement for the
preservation of the forests on the pub
lie lands. That they have not been
preserved was not because the interior
department did not give early enough
warning of the fate that congress by
it's legislation was inviting.
Since his retirement from Office
holding Mr., Schurz has devoted him
self to newspaper work and to the in
terests of the civil service reform
league, of which he was an active men,
Der. He has written much on subjects
connected with the war against slavery.
His latest contribution to literature is
his autobiography appearing in serial
parts in a magazine. 1t shows the
sturdy German at his best. AS modest
as the memoirs of General Grant and
as full of adventure and incident as a
Hope novel, it is a delightful thing to
read.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-05-19

with the main features of the amend
ment proposed to the interstate COM
merce act, but I desire to protest again
st the injustice of the proposed amend
ment imposing fine and imprisonment
on officers and agents of railway COM
panies for allowing rebates.
.'Such penalties can never be inflicted
on presidents and high officials of 16O,-
900 miles of railway of this country,
who live in New York and do not deal
directly with rates, while their demand
for more revenue will induce some
freight agent on salary of $1,000 or
50, 900 year to grant a rebate.
MAKE the penalty as high as you
please against the railway company.
This is the only way to reach the rail
way cars and grand dukes, The PEN
atty of Imprisonment was in existence
for many years, and only one man, a
poor freight agent, trying to support
his family on meager salary was i'm
prisoned."
While other railway presidents are OPP
posing all progress along the line of
control, Mr.. Stickney proposes heavy
penalties for the railway cars and
grand dukes" while appealing for the
fair treatment of the little fellows. J.,
It is cheerful
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-05-19
The Veteran Schurz.

Carl Schurz is dead at seventy-six
years of age. His whole life has been
one of labor, and the end came in the
midst of his employments. The fol-
lowing is fair history of his career
except that it does not mention his
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-05-19

Emerson was right when he said,
1--WE send our boys to school that the
teachers may educate them, but in
stead the boys whom they rect there
educate them" The greatest infiu-
eEces over boys are the examples and
sentiments Of their associates.-Ex-
change.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-05-19
Examples Influence Boys.

reduce the tariff. Dispatch.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-05-10

S. Katz, representing the Kuppen-
heimer Co., called at the Model on
Monday.
Try us on berries next Saturday.
We will use you right. McCracken
& Burgess.
Merit Bunnell is quarantined in a
pest house at Detroit with a attack OF
small pox.
Corn planters, cultivators, all kin DIS
of corn machinery at reduced prices at
G.. D. Marshall & Co.
Fred Dimond left for Spokane on
Tuesday. He expects to remain dur
ing the entire summer.
Moving time is here. I will move
your goods and guarantee satisfaction.
Phone 2O4. Mayberry the drayman.
Miss Lizzie Zapp, who has been
visiting relatives in st. Cloud for
several days, returned home on Tues
day. <,e,
Jap-a-lac, Varnishes and Enamels
for all surfaces, and the kinds that
always please. Hanson & Emerson,
the Corner Drug Store.
T. Sullivan and R. L. Palmer went
to Minneapolis today, and expect to
return this evening with the Sullivan
automobile.
The Ladies Aid of the Baptist church
will serve coffee at Mrs. M. ]. Mobiles
on Thursday, May II. All are, cor
daily invited to attend.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-05-10
Wash Your Ink Wells,

Keep your ink wells clean. Pour
out the ink once a week and thor
ougbly wash the bottle in hot water.
Then rub perfectly dry. If this is
carefully attended to, the pens well
wiped with a bit of chamois after
being used, you will cease to be
peevish at your desk when you have
a hurried note to write and find no
worthy material to use.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-05-10

To the persons bringing us
the most dozens of eggs be-
fore Saturday, May IL we are
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-05-10
A Good Answer.

When William Jennings Bryan was
in London a guide, showing him over
an arsenal, said, with malicious
chuckle, as he pointed to pair Of
rusty cannon:
IT suppose you know where we got
those?"
'No Where did you get them?"
Mr.. Bryan asked.
why" said the guide, I'VE took
them from you Yankees at Bunker
HILL"
Mr. Bryan smiled.
ST see," he said. you've got the
cannon. but we've got the hill"