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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-10-27
Prof. Treat Heads Teachers.

Appleton.-After spirited ballotins
and much preliminary campaign work
Prof. c. w. Treat, of Lawrence uni
versity, the only active college profes
sor affiliated with the association, was
elected president of the Northeast
Wisconsin Teachers association. The
other officers for the ensuing year
are: Vice president, G. II. Landgraef
Marinette; secretary, Miss b. Jones
Oshkosh; treasurer, ID. c. Gille, Marsh
field. The next place of meeting will
be chosen later by the executive com
mittee, consisting of w. f. Larson
Marinette; John Callahan, Neenah; >
B. Tobey, Wausau; H. S. Youkers
Grand Rapids, and c. w. Treat, Apple
ton
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-10-27
CHARGE Whisky In Candy.

Milwaukee. report that whiskey
in candy is being sold to children has
been made to the health department,
An investigation is being made.
When the state food commission
was asked whether it had jurisdiction
pver this matter it replied in the mega
tive. J.. @. Emery wrote the depart
ment that there is a law against sell
ing whiskey to minors and another
against selling without a license, I'M
der which he thinks that keepers of
candy stores may be prosecuted. Ar
rests may be made by the health de-
partment if more offenSes are reported.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-10-27
Accuse Farmers as Firebugs.

Kenosha-For the second time
within twelve months the clubhouse
of the Kenosha Gun Club, on the
Oplane river, was destroyed by in
cendiaries. The membeGs have
hired detectives in an effort to find
the incendiaries. For some time
there has been opposition to the club
house among the farmers in the neigh
borhood, and the club members de-
clare that these men were respon-
sible for the fire
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-10-27
New York Fond Of Amusement.

There is more money, per capita,
spent in New York city every year
for amusements than in any other
part Of the world. The people spend
u per cent. more than those in the
metropolis Of any other state or coun.
~, Is per cent. more than those IN
the next largest cities, 36 per cent
more than those IN smaller towns, ana
81 per cent. more than those in the
rural districts.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-10-27
May Leave Wisconsin University.

Charles X. Van Hise, who. 1t is re.
ported. may resign to become secre'
tary of the Smithsonian institution in
Washington, has been president of the
University of Wisconsin since 1908.
football and the rumor of his rcsjgna.
ton has been hailed with delight by
many Of the students, Or, Van Hise
WIS born at Fulton, Wis. May %
1887. He graduated from the state
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-10-27
Will Not Strike Sheboycan.

Sheboygan.-The Milwaukee North
ern has finally decided to ignore She
boygan and has withdrawn it's appli-
cation for franchise. 1t is expected
that the line will pass IA miles west
of this city and go through Plymouth
to Elkhart Lake. From Plymouth it
can connect with this city over the
local line 1t is also rumored that the
line TO Fond du Lac may be aban-
doned.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-10-27
CITY MAY BUILD PLANT.
Superior Aldermen Think That Coun-
ty Will Buy Up Bond Issue.

Superior.--The council voted to Ell
or buy the present plant, which is
owned by Z private corporation. The
ordinance provides for the purchase
of the present plant, if terms can be
agreed on. The feature of the ordi-
nance is that it provides for raising
only 25 per cent. of the cost by levy
or appropriation, while the other rs
per cent. is to be raised by issuing
special bonds against the plant.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-10-27
Will Contest Cost Is S1S4 600.

Milwaukee.-The will contest insti-
tuted by Mrs. Frank and Emil Schan-
dein cost the estate of their mother
Lizette Schandein, 1854 600 This fact
was brought out when an eXamina-
ton into the value of the estate was
begun before Judge Carpenter to de-
termiue the inheritance tax to be
paid. The state claims that the estate
was underyalued.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-10-27
Boy Killed by Live Wires.

New Richmond Constants
teau, aged II years, who had one foot
and both hands burned off by coming
in contact with electric power trans
mission wires of the Apple River
Power company, ut Riverdale, Is
dead. He lived % hours after receiv-
ing a shock that would have killed in
stantly most full grown men, accord
ing to local medical men.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-10-27
Bullet Wound Is Fatal.

Oshkosh.-Louis Conroy, the bar
tender shot by Michael Madl, a hack
driver, in Main street saloon. is
dead. An autopsy revealed the fact
that the bullet. which remained in the
body till death. must have necessarily
proved fatal. Conroy was { years of
age, and leaves wife and child. Madl
is held on q charge of murder.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-10-27
Asks Balm for Deception.

Kenosha Joseph Pacini was ar
rested here on the charge of having
promised to marry Alvina Ruppecht
Is years ago and refusing to carry
out the promise. Miss Ruppecht
cini would leave the state and get
beyond the jurisdiction of $4,000
suit for breach of promise which she
started She says Pacini has kept her
a prisoner for many years.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-10-27
Christian Workers to Meet.

Beaver Dam.-The eighth annual
meeting Of the Federation Of Christian
Workers of Wisconsin will be held in
the city hall October so to November
i. Rev Z. Z. Ferris, of Milwaukee,
and Or +. b Sanford, Of New York.
win speak at the opening meeting.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-10-27
Dane County Grows Richer.

Dano county NrONerty Is asSesseu
this year at s69,a9I726. which is an
increase of S3,673,959 over last year.
The greatest increase has been In the
city OF Madison The total value Of
all real estate in Dane county is SEQ.
o0o,262. The average value an acre
of land IN the county is $i5.26 an
acre.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-10-27
CHARGES Veteran With Libel.

Waupaca.-Capt. Smith, who made
the charges against the veterans
home, has been arrested on complaint
of Chaplain Brown. who charges Grim
inal libel. Smith has gone to Milwau-
kee to get help to start an investiga-
ton. A recent inquiry resulted in the
officials being eNonerated.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-10-27
Attorney General Explains.

Attorney General S,Hr1eNnt az
plains why. in his opinioa the money
received by Wisconsin from The fed
eral government FOR war Gains wae
turned into the general fun Instead
Of the trust fund He says tie money
was not originally borrowed from IN,
trust funds. but was raised on bond.
issued by the state The war refund
from the general government was COY
cred into the general fund OF the state
in accordance with an opinion ISSUED
BY the governor at the time the money
was received
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-10-27
Yellow OIeo Wins a Victory.

Milwaukee yellow oleomargarine
has won victory in Wisconsin.
Judge Clementson at Lancaster ruled
in test case that oleo that is not
colored artiticially may be sold in the
state. The decision upholds the CON
tention of the Chicago packers that
so long as the yellow tinge of the
product is natural it should not be
excluded from the market, even if
it does resemble June butter.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-10-27
Speaker uroes Good Roads.

Green Bay,-Col Moore, Of the Ma
tional Good Roads association, spoke
before the city council and citiZeas in
the interests of good roads conven.
tion. The Business Mems association
has agreed 10 lend It's influence IN the
movement
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-10-27
Oudensburq Founder Dead.

Waupaca Judge Caleb S Ogden, a
Waupaca county pioneer. died ut the
age of % years. He was county Judge
for Is years and held many other posi-
tons of trust He was the founder of
OgienSburg, Wis. and settled there SO
years ago, A widow and several grown
children survive.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-10-27
First Train Over New Sriaoe

Green Ray,-The frs; train over the
Northwestern roads new bridge was
run when President Hnsh!tt, Chief En-.
Eineer Ctr"er and 90 other officials
made the initial trip over the new ex.
tension as far as Manitowoc
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-10-27
Bandits Victim in DANGER.

observation-disclosures Armstrong. OF
this city, who was shot in an ARRAY
with tramps, Is still in a serious condi-
ton. only one bullet having been re-
moved. The desperadoes who did the
shooting are said to be "yeggmen, A
full kit of rude burglary tools was
found upon one of the men
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-10-27
Thieves Cut Windows; Steal Gems

kepoSha cut out the plate
glass windows in the r, II. Dale jewel
ny store and got away with valuable
diamonds. The burglary was most
daring. as the jewelry store is located
in the most central part of the city.
There is no clew To the robbers.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-10-27
Republicans Nominate W. c. Owen.

The Republican committee OF the
Tenth senatorial district has filed a
declaration nominating Attorney Wal
ter c. Owen, of Maiden Rock. as the
Republican candidate jo I'm out The
unexplred term OF Senator James 4
Frear. OF Hudson Republican MONT
nee for secretary of sa.e
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-10-27

Madison A fine of 500 was i'm.
posed ~ State Commissioner OF Bank.
ing VI c Bergh upon one OF the hanks
which Was derelic. in promptly filing
certain REQUIRED reports
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-10-27
Breaks Up "Yeggmen's" Gang.

La Crosse.-Frank King. leader of a
gang of "yeggmen" that has been ter
rorizing western Wisconsin, was con
victed at Whitehall of the burglary of
the Pierson hardware store at Trem-
peauleau In 1904. King was arrested
at the time, but broke jail and was
conviction is expected to break up the
gang
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-10-27
spen, Little in Campaign.

Madison.-C. 5. Douglas. unsuccess.
ful candidate for the Republican nomi.
nation for senator In the jefferson
Walworth county district. filed state.
ment declaring that he snen- s6as4
for campaign expenses.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-10-27
CT. c. n. Van Hise.

university in 1879, The University of
Chicago gave him the degree doctor
Of laws in 1908. He has been contin.
uuusly connected with the University
VI Wisconsin since his graduation. He
Is the author of several standard
works on geology.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-10-27

Manitowoc.-Peter Fredericks. of
Detroit saved two small children from
death on Wisconsin Central trestle.
The man cleared the tresle Just as
the train grazed his foot.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-10-27

Kenosha.-The annual assessment
of property in Kenosha is completed
and the reports shows IN increase Of
50. 500 000.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-10-27
Small PoS at Two Rivers.

Two Rivers There is much small
pox In this city and at Manitowoc
and other towns are badly scared by
this and similar reports.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-10-27
Waupun Sentence for Burglar.

Whi,ehall.-Frank King has been
sentenced to Waupun for seven wears
for the burglary on August %. 1904, al
rrempealeau.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-10-27
Killed While Huntinq.

La Crosse.-Falling on his rifle
while hunting squirrels, Theodore
Udder aged II, OF Rockland. was
killed
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-05-19
Fn ing ~ - Art!!!?r' 4:a%

There is a fair prospect that the
mystery surrounding the Arthurian
legend will be cleared up within few
years. Dr. H. Oskar Somner, who,
fifteen years ago, reprinted Malory's
"Morte d'Arthur" from the original
edition by Caxton, and accompanied it
with most thorough examination of
the authors sources, has been sent
out by the Carnegie Institute at Wash
ington to continue, and, if possible, to
complete his researches. The institute
has devoted $4,000 to this work,
which is expected to occupy Doctor
Somner three years in English and
Continental libraries.
The influence the Arthurian ro-
mances have had on English and Eu-
ropean literature generally is not
easily measured, for it is enormous;
but notwithstanding its controlling
power, eXerted now for more than
four centuries, there is no agreement
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-05-19
Auntie's Limit.

'Auntie'' was showing off her little
nephew, aged two, tc an admirer, who
was calling upon ner for the second
time. He was very bright youngster
and during 4 pause in his perform
ances specially requested by "untie'
he suddenly remembered the way she
had been teasing him before the caller
arrived and decided TO turn the tables
On her. So he pointed chubby finger
at the floor and said, my rug!'
Auntie at once caught the spirit of
the thing cried amphatically, HNo,
my rug!"
my DRESS" said her little nephew,
pointing to auntie's gown.
mo, my Dress" replied auntie, de-
lighted to have an opportunity to
show how cute he was.
Then the little boy sided over to
the caller and pointing at him, cried,
MY mani"
Silence, on the part of auntie.-Ex-
change.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-05-19
Dress Allowance Of Royalty.

People sometimes wonder what sum
is, put aside for dress by the, daugh-
ters Of royal houses. Before her. mar
.riage, /. read the other day, the duchess
of Fife was said to have a small dress
allowance and the sum Of $1,500: a
year was mentioned. Besides yachting
and every day dresses, and all the
usual costumes required by a girl of
the upper class, royal princesses5 have
also to wear the costly and elaborate
dresses which their rank demands at
the weddings Of their near relations:
. On the. whole, ut may be asserted
that a frugal princess may spend as
little as $4,000 "a year on her dress;
while her more wealthy and extrava-.
giant sister may I find. her dress bills
amount to ten times that sum: The
empress of Russia, who more than any
other European lady Isl able to indulge.
her wild est fancies, dresses with the.
greatest simp licit ii the. daytime
mostly 81 tailor mad Is coats and skirts,
S. the. evening genera 8 g purest.
white Tatle 4. .
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-05-19
Too Early for Gretchen.

During my school days" remarked
teacher ''the lowest class was
known as the "A B c. but it is; now
called the <1A.'> When both boys and
girls study in the same class, a mixed
class, it is described. by the symbols
s1AM' - =. :.
ssThe, other day German woman
brought her little: dalghter to school
The principal filed out the usual card
admitting the child to lam, and told
the mother to send the girl to school
the next morning. As the girl did not
appear messenger was sent to learn
the reason. The Indignant mother
sent note which read: -: ::.s + T = rs
"You dink I pc. crazy Iund sent
Gretchen at Won o'clock in de. morn
ing de school in? Aber + guess not,
49, ~ z%/*f4,$% y. :,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-05-19
0i1 i1f lir3F n1~
arr his nFf1H Hlr
l11prk uf fq11ru?

It is regarded as significant that
there is gap of nearly a generation
in the Saxon record of victory On the
British mainland, coinciding very
nearly with what came to be known
afterward as "the Peace of Mount
Badon." Badon is the modern Bath,
and there it was that Arthur, accord
ing to the disputed chronicles, finally
conquered the Saxons, who held sway
in the eastern side Of Britain.
Gildas mentions the battle of Mount
Badon, which is believed to have been
fought about the year SIG. The old
Welsh chronicler remarks that he was
born the same year, and says that he
is writing his history forty-four years
later. The Irish annals record the
death of Gildas as an exile. in $40.
Scholars generally have viewed the
history of Nannius with suspicion. Not
a few of them have declared the work
to be a forgery, but none as yet, ap-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-05-19
Auto Favorite Over Piano.

"There are not as many pianos
sold now as there used to be- said
a piano salesman. 1.-The money that
used to so into pianos now goes into
automobiles I think I shall aban-
don the former for the latter busi-
ness.
"People with money in the past
people with an income of $4,000 or
SIS 5000 year-invariably put $500 or
$700 in a piano. They had to have
one. The young lady daughter with
out piano was ont of it, simply out
of it, like an actress without dia-
mOndS.
But today the young lady daugh-
ter gladly foregoes piano if she can
have an automobile in it's stead. She
clamors for an automobile as in the
older days she clamored for a piano.
The automobile, not the piano, is in
1906 the badge of the well to do"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-05-19
Prince or Seroean+

The German papers are TELLING .
story OF the German crown prince. The
kaiser's heir had occasion recently to
speak to street sweeper near the
barracks of the r1t1emen of the guard
Good morning, sergeant. said the
sweeper, who did not recognize the
prince. He. said that his son was fight,
ing in southwest AT frica, but he hoped
soon to have him back. safe and sound
The prince, smiling, said, why. YES
I hope so, too!'" and pressed a i've:
mark piece into the old mans hand,
But the sweeper: looking >wistful]y at
the coin and then at The giyer, handed
1T back, saying, No, no, sergeant; I
doubt you have none too much of that
yourself!" = r>@
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-05-19
CALLS FOR SIMPLE SPELLING.
Reader Has What He Considers a
Real Grievance.


Real Grievance.
whats the use of the spelling re-
formers wasting their time trying to
simplify the spelling of words when
book writer's and their publishers are
opposing it," inquired the orthoghra-
phic tiend. 81 won't go into details,
but within the past week have read
two novels written by we'll known
writers-one a Virginia woman and
the. other Maine mana union OF
sections, so to speak, both issued by
prominent publishers, and in one l
find JAIL spelled 'ggao-l and in the
other wagon spelled with: two gs.
"What is the use of: it? Are the
writer's and publishers suffering with
Anglomania, for those spellings. are
local English? They certainly are not
according to the American spelling.
Neither do they conform to the spirit
of spelling reform. What good result
may be expected by releasing j and
from Jail and putting and in?
And what good may be secured by
loading our wagon until it breaks
down? I'm not writer or publisher,
but as reader have the right to
protest against the use Of words that
I know belong to somebody else"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-05-19
: Exasperated.

= never heard Mr.. Woofer SO bitter
about women's spring styles as he was
tonight, ,':says one of the callers when
they had left. # II s,z*@<. s,** : =, -
b. He Wasyery severe, wasn't hep, :;
Yes. He talked Of nothing: else
al evening but the absurdity Of won
ans blind following the dictates of
fashion, an and all that sort Of thing"
s <. 8. Well 8 Mrs: Woofer whispered to
me. z e.. to pay no attention to him. i. I 4
see seems n s that his new suit arrived this
afternoon and the tailor had not made
the. Goa as long by. half an inch "a, a
y he.Wanted "a 1t, and he says win BE
ashamed wear he street ana
is consequently Out sofs shnm.,ot h.,t 81 80
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-05-19
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10 H1zuo &oo,z d11-ioo

parently, has advanced a motive for
the alleged fraud. Were any of the
tWenty-nine manuscripts reported to
exist Of evident recent date the motive
would be apparent, . for during the last
=centursys It is believed there were ffatbri3
Gated an immense number of forgeries
OF medieval manuscripts. That the
Nennius manuscripts in the keeping of
various European libraries are all of
very great age is a statement that
never has been controyerted. Yet there
are scores of students of medieval
literature who insist that Nennius is a
myth, and his history sadly jumbled
and Informed fiction.
A great deal of Nennius is, indeed,
the ba1dest fiction, as where he de-
! scrlbes the earliest inhabitants of
Britain as having been Trojans. Equal
~ fabulous accounts are given of the
origin of the Picts, Scots and Irish. If
Nennlus be discredited, however, there
will remain gap of two centuries in
| British history. This hiatus is filled
only by the chronicle of Nennius, and
1t is to this time that Arthur belongs.
Although the volumes bearing on
the Arthurian legend are legion, the
SUBJECT is so much involved and ex-
tends into so many ramifications that
almost every attempt that has been
made to clarity the matter has left it
more confused. From this, however.
we must except Doctor Somner's mas
terly study.
There is not now, after years of in
Vestigation, any agreement upon the
location of Camelot, for instance The
King Arthur Country is in Cornwall,
in Somersetshire or in Wales, accord:
ing to the literary camp to which
one adheres. Mallory said Winchester,
In Hampshire, was the ancient Came
lot. Caxton put it in Wales, and the
learned without number assign it to
Carlisle, in the north of England. The
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-05-19

Here, when all northern Europe was yet Immersed
in barbarism, and Rome was but emerging from
pagan darkness into the light of comparative edu-
cation, was the seat of western learning. The
nations of Asia had civilization of their own, but
one that could serve to lift Europe from her
low condition. while the life and arts Of the far east
were scarce known. Greece alone of the western
nations shone radiant for her high achievements in
the arts, and of Greece the Acropolis of Athens
the heart, the soul, the sanctuary.
OF the several splendid temples erected in the
Acropols the Parthenon is the only one that remains
today-even though a run-without having been
.razed restored. The smaller buildings like the
temple of Nike, that stand it (on the left
in the view given here), would have been lost to
the present age but for the panstaking labors of
heoogists who dug their stones from eneum-
bering earth and erected the1p again in whole or
part their former sites.
The Parthenon which dates from 438 B. c.. and is
described in guide books "the most perfect monu-
ment of ancient art, and even in ruins an imposing
and soul-srring object exceed all the other build
ings of the Acropos in the briancy of it's colored
and plastic embellishments the latter executed by
Phideas. The building is 22S feet long and lO1 feet
wide. 1t originally had 81 large and SO smaller col
umns, the hight of the larger columns being 34A
feet The material is marble.
The figure of the goddess which was worshiped in
the Parthenon was 80 feet high. Ivory was used
for the parts uncothed and solid gold for tho ress
and ornaments.