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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-24

night Therefore, I say if you would
keep your best beau limit your hugs"
This is unqualified commentator
given by Mrs S. M. Cory, of the So
ciety for Political Study of DR.. T. S
Hanrahan's rules for courtship. The
doctor, rector of the Sacred Heart
church of West Fitchburg, Mass, out
lined his ideas of the curtailnent OF
tenderness in sermon to young
women.
Lights in the parlor,' he said
Should not be turned down too low
Don't be stingy with the gas. The fna
hug should be at 10 o'clock sharp
Young men should not stay later thar
this hour
81 thoroughly agree" declared Mrs
| Cory, with the 10 o'clock theory OF
stay-at-horne nights. [ am a firm be
lever in no chaperons, and [ think the
young man should take his girl out anc
entertain her during the period O.
courtship if anything in that line is tc
be expected of him as husband. L
| he is content to sit about the house al
| the time it is a bad sign.
"The matter of turning the lights low
| is largely dependent on how pretty the
| girl is. If she answers the description
of certainly plain, [ should suggest thai
a little softening of the illumination
might be a good thing.
"a mother and father cannot toe
thoroughly investigate the character o:
the man their daughter is to marry
And right here I should like to explode
the theory that good son makes {
good husband. I think, on the contrary
the good son is so wrapped up in the
virtues of mother that it frequently
blinds him to those of his wife.
GA long engagement is bound to be
bad Warmed-over sentiment is mucf
like warmed-over~ potatoes-fat ane
tasteless. The fire and spirit go out o.
the love-making, and there you are
| Despite this opinion Mrs. Cory
laughs at DR.. Hanrahan's Statement
that he cannot see what people find tt
talk about when they go together fol
| years.
"Love-making, which makes the low
ers such nui sance to Others" she ex
planned, "ie SC al1-absorbing that it sup
plies all conversational needs, as any
body who has ev.r been in love can ties
| tifv.'
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-24

GRANDSON OF PRESIDENT GARFIELD.
perhaps due to the fact that when his
father was Governor of the Philippines
this little chap picked up a knowledge
of four different languages.
Postmaster-General Cortelyou has
four handsome children. The two
youngest are girls with beautiful dark
eyes, while the eldest are boys and
boon companions Of the two sons of
Commissioner of Corporations Garfield,
a son of the martyr President and one
of the closest personal friends of Presi-
dent Roosevelt. Secretary of Agricul-
ture Wilson has several children, but
his daughter, Miss Flora, who was SO
prominent in the younger social circles
in Washington during the Mckinley
administration, has spent the past few
years in Paris. The American colony
at the French capital also includes the
Misses Shaw, daughters of the Secre-
tary Of the Treasury, but the son, Earl
Shaw, remains in this country.
The sons of many of the nations Off
Gals are enabled to earn handsome
salaries from Uncle Sam by acting as
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-24
FORESTRY A NECESSITY.
A BROAD, NATIONAL SYSTEM OF
PRESER NOT Il FAD
NOR A FANCY.
The Editor of the American Lumber
man Urges rigation and Forestry
Observation-Disclosures Some Noted
Authorities
CFrom the american Lumberman" of Dec 2, 1905.)

tFrom the American Lumberman" of Dec. 2, 1902
By request the American Lumber
man reprints in this issue a part Of
the speech of George H. Maxwell, ex-
ecutiVe chairman of the National Irri-
cation Association, delivered before
the American Forest Congress at Wash
ington, D. c., in the early part of jan
uary, 1905. This address has much
to commend it to the business men
of the country. It was termed the
sensational address of the congress,
and perhaps deservedly SO called be-
cause it sets forth in Illuminated
words the necessity of inaugurating a
systematic movement looking toward
the rehabilitation Of forest lands and
the planting Or treeless areas.
The gentleman who delivered this
able talk on forestry spoke from ex-
perience and close observation. He did
not dillydally around with the usual
commonplace platitudes about the i'm
portance Of forestry, but by illustra-
ton showed for what purposes the
forests were intended and the COM
mercial value Of their Importance as
compared with the recognized bulwarks
of the nation. While he conceded the
necessity of an army ana navy to
guard invasion and to protect and up
hold the rights Of the people in for
eign countries he called particular at
tention to the desirability of maintain
ing an adequate forested area in order
that the commercial interests of the
United States might in like manner
be preserved.
Mr.. Maxwelps arraignment of the
national lawmakers and his comments
on the shortsightedness of those in
charge Of business interests were time
ly. While not subscribing fully and
unreserVedly to the views expressed
the American Lumberman believes that
his severe condemnation of past and
present methods and practices will
bring forth good results and that it's
republication will again turn public
attention to the necessity Of adopting
laws which will correct evils in the
future and provide a system Of a juster
administration of the public land laws.
The attitude of the public toward
forestry and irrigation is a peculiar
one. Men evidently fail to recognize
any personal interests in such ques-
tions. Some are totally Indifferent;
others admit the desirability of es-
tablishing reserves but want to leave
it to those who are more directly
! concerned. Still others are lukewarm
and, while readily admitting the bene-
fits of forestry and irrigation pro-
jects, content themselves with waiting
until there is more visible likelihood
Of the movement being successful.
Still another faction is made up of
those who are openly opposed to all
forestry schemes, many national irri-
cation projects, and government inter
vention in such matters
Until within recent years the forests
Of the country as a whole have been
controlled by private owners. The
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-24

This English Actress Would Refuse Divorce to Couples
Who Have Children

the home should be permitted by law"
"But what of the many cases in which
repeated cruelty makes it impossible
for a wife to live with her husband?'
was asked.
Such domestic tragedies occur, it is
true, and occur with sad frequency"
Miss Nethersole replied. 'But even
then there should be no absolute dis
ruption Of the marriage tie. Separa-
ton solves the question. Let them
live apart, although still married, and
perhaps a reconciliation will take place,
and happiness come out of misery, in
the end. Then the children will still
have father and mother, although
they may spend most Of the time with
one Of their parents. There will at
least be no possibilities of placing
them under the care of another mother
or another father, by a second mar
rage. A spiritual nucleus, about which
the home again might unite, would still
exist.
uniformity is the first step that is
needed in the formation of the divorce
laws Of the United States. There are
different codes in almost every State,
and one may be a criminal in one and
not in another. Then the divorces are
easily granted on too many grounds.
In England there are three causes for
which divorce may be secured-infdel-
ity, cruelty and desertion.~ In this
country there seem to be half a dozen
or more. but America is ahead of
France at least in one respect. There
people who may have been divorced
may not remarry each other. Such a
law is sin, for in the reunion of the
pair lies the only hope for the saliva
ton of the hOme.''
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-24

preponderance of the country covered
with forests had deluded the people
into a belief that they were of minor
Importance as forests and of primary
Importance as manufacturing materials.
The result has been that under pri-
vate administration the forested areas
largely have disappeared and at the
present time little if any attention
is being given to providing for Sec
ond growth. In the north the fires
destroy what the loggers leave and
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-24
All eyes will be turned toward spai1

berg Princess Ena tne kOyaa
Beauty of England.
All eyes will be turned toward Spain
next May when the young King Al
fonso XIII. will take the most beautl-
full and popular princess of England to
be his queen.
The young girl who has at last been
selected to share the throne with AL
fonso is the Princess Ena of Batten-
berg, only daughter of Princess Henry,
the youngest sister of King Edward.
Ever since Alfonso became King Of
Spain, and even when his mother
acted as Queen Regent, his picturesque
personality has been the talk of two
continents. Long before he reached
the manageable age, even for a king,
new bride was picked out for him
every day, and to members of his suite
he would often say:
"Whom am | to marry to-day? The
newspapers surely have found me an
other wife!"
But now that question no longer
agitates AlfonsO's court, for the beau
tiful Princess Ena has been chosen
after search which led the young
monarch all over Europe. Country af-
ter country was visited, but the fas-
tidious young king was often con-
fronted by more fastidious young prin-
cesses, and after he had been out on
his search for while he found that
royal princesses were not so anxious
to become Queen of Spain as he had
thought back in his luxurious palace.
When Alfonso visited England a few
months ago there were dozens of young
noblewomen paraded for hi- inspec-
ton, but his eyes flew to tte young
Princess Ena, and Alfonso, the unim-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-24
FORESTS SHOULDBEPR OTE CTED.
An Address Before the American
Forest Congress.


In the American Lumberman'S eX.
haustive report of the proceedings of
the American Forest Congress. held in
| Washington, D. c., in January last
in the installment presented March "a
was given the address of George H
Maxwell, executive chairman of the
National Irrigation Association. In
view Of the early meeting of
congress Mr.. MaAwell's recommen-
dations, which follow, are timely and
valuable.
[ think the mistake we make today
and always have made is in looking
upon this question Of forestry as in
any sense sectional question. It is
necessarily as much a national ques-
ton as is the maintenance of an army
or the construction Of navy CAP
p1auSe.)
wish I had the power by some
telepathic process of impressing upon
the mind of every man present the
picture that is in my own mind as l
1 crossed the Mississippi river on my
way to the west a little over two years
cars; and as we crossed that great
river opposite the city of New Orleans,
during one of the greatest floods in
years, the water was almost up to the
tops of the 1evees on both sides of the
river: 1t was serious question
Whetner the city OF New orleans was
not in danger; and as we landed on
the west side of the river we looked
down over the bank and saw the plan
tations away down below the level of
the water and exposed to overflow and
destruction any moment that artificial
barrier might break. Before we had
gone tWenty-four hours farther west
the 1evee did break and one of those
great creVaSSeS was formed and it
practically destroyed the crop for that
season over a large area; though other
localities and the city of New Orleans
were saved by the diminished pressure
of the flood on the adjacent levees.
(Continued on next page
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-24
CHILDREN OF OFFICIALS.
THEYFOR1M ATTRACTIVE GROUP
OF JUVENILE SOCIETY AT
NATIONS CAPITAL.

Sons of Many Public Men Earn Good
Salaries and Acquire Prominence
by Acting as Private and Confiden-
tial Secretaries.
There is much truth in the oft-re-
peated observation that the real rulers
at Washington are the children who
constitute the sunlight in the homes of
many of the nations highest officials
and of the foreign diplomats resident
in the United States as Uncle Sans
alien guests. Moreover, there has
probably never been a time when the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-24

private secretaries to their fathers. A
son of Vice-President Fairbanks is as
ISOLATED in this capacity with the pre-
siding officer of the United States Sen
ate, while Jasper Wilson, son Of the
Secretary of Agriculture, has served
his father in such capacity for years
past. Likewise, Senator Foraker and
many members of both houses of Con-
gress have installed their sons as their
confidential assistants.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-24


Association.
On the subject the attitude of the
people as whole is this: Eyes, for
estry is mighty good thing, but I
am too busy with my little affairs to
take any personal interest in it and
then l would not be directly benefited
in any way. Let the other fellow who
is going to get some advantage from
it fight for it." It is about time for
the public to wake up and begin to
take notice. Mr.. MaxweIl's speech
strikes a high note and should create
sufficient noise thoroughly to awaken
the SIaenerS
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-24

Continued on next page,)
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-24
ADVISES LIMIT OF HUGS.
Woman Speaker Tells Girls How to
Keep SSS4 Ffan.

eff a man is obliged to stop in the
midst of an ecstasy he is likely to come
back again. Whereas, if he is stated he
is likely to hug another girl the next
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-11-23
VAIN FIeH! TO SAVE BOY.
Harold staser cremated in Parental
Home at DoWs.

tiaroid stager cremated in Parental
Home at DoWs.
Clarion. Harold StagSr, q 9-year-
cid boy OF Bows, Is dead and his faith
or, George Stager, IS in the hospital
:teriorsly burned as the result OF q
.f.ascline EXPLOSION. Stager runs g res
lalrant at Bows. his family living over
the place of business.
Tie gasoline stove In the kitchen
was left open during the evening and
when the proprietor entered the room
with lighted lamp an explosion oc-
Cured, setting fire TO the building. All
the inmates escaped except the boy.
who was forgotten In the excitement.
AS soon as the father learned his
son was IN the building he dashed
into the flames in vain attempt al
rescue, tut was driven back by the
3test. It was not until his left hand
and forearm were practically burned
on that Re desisted and fled to- save
bis own life. The charred remains
OF the son were found In the ruins
after the fire had burned out. The
father was taken to the hospital at
Iowa Falls. bu. recovery is doubtful.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-11-23
DEDICATE TWO MONUMENTS.
Party at Lookout Noun
tain and Sherman Heights.

tain and sherman nel9ntS.
Chattanooga, Tenn.-Forty-three
ears from the day the battle OF Look
out Mountain was fought. the state
Of Iowa yesterday dedicated a monu-
nent on the scene of the hardest
gnting. A large delegation from the
state, headed by Governor Cummins,
vas present.
The shaft commentaries the SER
vices OF William sons brigade, Oster-
haus' division, Fifteenth army corps,
to which the Fourth, Twenty-Fifth
IND Thirtieth Iowa infantry and First
Iowa battery belonged.
Addresses were made by Governor
Cummins, General ]. B. Weaver, and
Colonel Abernathy OF the Ninth Iowa.
Yesterday afternoon another monu-
Trent at Sherman Heights, on Mis-
.ionary Ridge was dedicated. It
1 onors the Fifty Infantry, Sixth In
iantry and Seventeenth Iowa volun-
teer infantry.
These monuments, which are elab.
,rate and costly. mark the right and
left Of the Union line attack in the
4 attic, raising the sefge Of Chatta-
5looga.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-11-23
eandaued ears Cause DEATH.

webster City.-ier head buniled
sup 50 that she could not hear, Miss
Pertha sheldahl Of Radclfff, hamil-
ton county, was Instantly killed at
Ellsworth by fast Northwestern
freight, MISS Sheldahl, who was Is
years old, was on her way home from
PRAYER meeting and on a.cornt OF the
Intense cold had wrapped her shawl
around her ears tightly. When she
reached the crossing by the depot
here she walked tstrSight across with
out looking up or down, and the en-
CINE caught her IN the middle Of the
tracks. She suffered q number Of
wounds and the tody was horribly
smangled Death must. however, have
been instantaneous. The train does
not stop al Ellsworth but rushes
ithrou ghs s H ~ lsSs ~
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-11-23
eyssa.dsr psh; C,
Autbsl1 sAIslntsrpr stsd.

A0Q9o1 AS0t0tsrPvUteOs
This o IN age Of illustrated books
md periodicals. and there has been
much complaint Of late that the art
lsts too often misinterpret the mean
lng OF an author. or wilfully misrepre
sent him In the perverse carrying out
Of their own ideas. Indeed. sometimes
Il seems as II the illustrator had not
read the passage he pretends to pic
ture. and has drawn entirely on his
Imagination for the work OF his pei.
ell. This complaint of the artists fail
ure to interpret properly the work Of
novelist or poet Is an old one. and In
the past numerous protests have been
made against the manner In which
works OF fiction have been Illustrated.
The New York Mail calls attention to
the fact that Charles Dickens indig.
nantly objected to Hablot X. Browns
manner of illustrating "Dombey 4
Son.. especially in his presentation OF
Paul and Mrs. Pipchin. He also found
fault with the caricatures of George
Cruikshank in his stories, and, indeed.
would not let some of them that we're
submitted to him appear. No doubt
many people got their idea Of Dick.
ems characters from the pictures Of
the famous caricaturist, and after the
break between the two men Cruik-
shank said that he was the originator
of some of the things that Dickens
claimed were his own original concep
lions. Dickens refused some draw
ings by Thackeray because he thought
they were not adapted to his crea.
lions, and there Is no doubt that
Dickens took little advice from his
contemporaries. though he did use
many Of the peculiarities Of his
friends In the people he introduced
into his novels. He was q realist. but
In n exaggerated vein, which has no
counterpart In the realism of our day,
and his father was burlesqued in VIII
kins Micawber and his mother in Mrs
Nickleby. while he made Leigh Hunt
masquerade - Harold Skinpole. The
dwarf. Miss Moucher. was taken from
real life. and the archetype was much
incensed over the fantastic dress In
which she was made to appear. Never
theless. Dickens did not want any mis-
takes made In the portraying OF his
characters by the pencil. any more
than he wanted his stories unsatisfac.
tortly dramatized for the stage. This
misrepresentation by artists, however.
could be reformed altogether. we be-
heve. II they would always consult
the authors before they completed
their tasks.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-11-23
THOMAS STAYS in PRISON.
Supreme Court Rules Against Him OF
Appeal in Murder Trial.

appear III TJdJs g5sG
Des Moines. That Charles Thomas,
convicted Of the notorious Mabel
Schofield murder, must serve his life
sentence in the penitentiary is the rul
ing of the Iowa supreme court, which
has handed down its decision affirm.
ing the ruling i Of the lower court,
Each of the numerous points raised
by the attorneys for the defense was
overruled, the court summing up its
finding in the following words:
tOur full duty is discharged and
Justice is administered In accordance
with our system of law. which grants
to defendant the right OF jury trial
and the right to have every doubt
resolved in its favor, when we affirm
the Judgment OF conviction based on
the verdict Of q jury after finding that
he has had a fair trial to an Impartial
jury, that the verdict OF the jury has
support In the evidence, and that no
error Of law to his prejudice has been
committed during the trial.
I'VE are fully satisfied that defend.
ant has hal a fair trial. that there is
duElc 0VAuCACc ~ ouPpuIl luct veFuICL
and that no prejndicial error was com.
mitted by the trial court and convic.
ton is therefore affirmed
The case was one Of the most sen.
sational ever tried in Des Moines, and
was the outgrowth of the indictment
in December Of 1904 Of Charles Thorn.
as for the murder OF Mabel Schofield,
whose body was found in the Des
Moines river on Oct. %, 1899. For
years the case had remained an I'M
solved mystery. then came the indict.
3ment Of Thomas, bitterly fought
trial, a conviction, and a sentence to
4 life term in the penitentiary.
CHARGES OF misconduct Of counsel
for plaintiff, misconduct Of jurors and
the complaint that the court did not
Instruct the Jury with reference to al.
ieged demonstrations, such as kissing
and other Indications Of disapproval
OF objections and arguments made BY
defendants counsel fgEred largely in
the grounds advanced why a reversal
should be granted, but all met with
the same fate at the hands u the
higher court. l5 ;s
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-11-23
Four-Footed Thieves.


IN Winchester, England. 2 -
began to miss money from nis
and set his wife to watch. After w. ~
weeks the wife was not able g
tect the thief. though money
stolen almost every day. There 49, ..s'
two clerks In the store. ana u l:ss
grocer finally called them 49,
and discharged them. \.
When two Others had take, = s;i|
places the money continued ~ ..z
appear. and the case was given Y = l.;.s
police. An omcer who hid unssf =:
counter solved the problem.
found bits Of paper repress nj
about $50 that the mice had 49,
nests Of. They had entared ~ NJ.
through ! hole In the back ana - n
the bills one at . time. %
Tho two clerks who had % 3S
charged for dishonesty brougns .zs
tor damages. and the other oA 4. NJ
grocer was compelled 70 pay q h!
$500 each. " . sssl
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-11-23
GALEse,IRe Items.

Mr. Charlie Ande son and Mrs.
Allen left Saturday for their homes
in Canton after a pleasant visit with
friends here.
Miss Ia s. User enI Mr.. William
Corn were married November 10th at
the Baptist parse lage by Rev. Alex
ander. Both the bride and groom
IRE well and favorably known in
Galesburg. They went at once to
house keeping on W ite- boro stree
Mrs. George Kidd entertained in
honor Of Mrs. Anle son. Mrs. Allen
and Miss Jsbine OF & ,nton.
Mr.. Luther WI isms and James
= ardin of Monmouth spe Mt Sunday in
he city visiting tn r. friends.
Mrs. VIM. Easy entertained In
honor of Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. Allen
and Miss Jabine Of Canton.
Miss Jabine, who has been visiting
Yrs. w. Jackson left fer her home
in Canton. SATURDAY..
Harold Allen is confined to his hom
by sickness
The a. NJ. E. church will have en-.
eertainments e1ch night during
Thanksgiving vel tn witch the pub
Tic IS cordially Invited.
Mrs. Will Jackson give a recep-
ton In honor Of Nj. Allen, MI .s