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! have no doubt, either, that it's ire
mendous outreach and conquering
courage have been greatly due to the
imaginative side of the temperament
of Henry H. Rogers. He has inherited
the pioneer spirit"
His Domestic Life.
A man always happy in his domes-
tic relations and devoted to his fam
ily Mr., Rogers has been accommodating
the patriarchal with the regularity of
his increase in other wealth. He has
been twice married, and his son,
Henry H. Rogers, Jr., and his three
surviving daughters, Mrs. Urban H.
Broughton, Mrs. w. r. Coe, and Mrs.
w. E. Benjamin, have already pro-
vided him with nine grandchildren.
And he is proud Of them in a way
usual to grandparents, and one may
find their pictures making cheerful
his roomy Office at 26 Broadway.
From this lovable domestic side
one travels easily to his general So
cial outlook. That can best be de-
scribed as frankly American. He is
too sensible of the value of his posi-
ton as a man of wealth to underes-
innate it's possibilities. He mixes
easily in society, entertains on a gen.
erous scale, with an eye to the ele-
gancies so easily within his reach, but
he enjoys most the company of the
gifted, the genial and the witty, for he
70 IN wiz
himself and is never happier than
when he applauds a smart saying or a
good story. A quiet game of cards
for the love of the game in congenial
company is his occasional pastime.
He has never developed the fondness
for field games that pleased him in
his youth. He has taken easily to the
automobile, but, like all good sons of
the saltwater, his liking for the sea
has grown with the years.
At Home on His Yacht.
Nowhere is he perhaps more genial
ly at home than on his yacht. No
hurry that sends men to express
trains is allowed to interfere with his
Yachting runs to Fairhaven. Hence
the Kanawha is about as well known
as Mr. Morgan's Corsair around the
waters of New York. But it is in
Fairhaven itself that he fairly revels
in life as he thinks he would like to
live it. There he was born and
reared, and his affection for the town
and the bay and the country road is
extravagant in it's manifestations
There, in his frequent visitings, it is
his delight to move about and chat
with all and sundry old cronies of half
a century gone, who call him Hen;
sons and daughters of old friends who
are middle-aged men and women
salute him as Mr. Rogers, and third
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cannot marry you; at least not now"
why can't you?" he asked, very
tenderly.
''Oh, can't tell you, and she burst
into fresh flood of tears.
For long time he coaxed and urged
her to impart her fatal secret, and for
long time she resisted all his impor.
tunities. At last she yielded.
You will not put me out of your
heart entirely if l tell you, will you ?"
she pleaded.
Certainly not, my darling" was his
brave reply, for men under such cir.
circumstances are not always in a
hurry to take risks even if they do
love.
1T is this, darling" she said, hiding
her face on his manly bosom: won
are the thirteenth man who has pro
posed to me, and 1 am afraid to accent
you with that unlucky numbers bale
full influence hanging over u.s.
With a ringing laugh, in which there
was only sunshine and joy and happi
ness, he kissed her eighteen times and
folded her in his strong arms. That's
all right, my own" he almost shouted;
You are the thirteenth girl have pro-
posed to, and that makes it quits
And they lived happily ever after.
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greatness of the country when m.
spires him with confidence i'll her fu-
ture and hence in his own. l speak
now more particularly of what may be
called the country schools, which |
know best. The high school boy has
had set for him a standard of good
conduct, and that give-and-take, which
is the necessity of all civilized social
conflict.
"His great advantage over the col.
1ege bred man is that he gets his
start in life at 16 or IL years of age.
as against the 81 or % years of the
college graduate The high school
graduate is proud enough in his way
of what he has accomplished in get
ting his class standing, but he does
not bring his pride with him when he
is going to work or looking for a Job.
On the other hand, the college man
who is not entering one of the profess
sions is apt to have more pride than
the situation warrants, and that is a
hampering thing. He is expecting the
world to come to him rather than he
should set out with eager heart to
discover the world.
Had Mechanical Bent.
GAS for myself, / was very eager to
go to work after graduating, s.nd in
fact did go to work, in less sha. a
week from the day left school IS a
graduate. My father ard were
agreed that should take up the trade
of machinist, but there was no chance.
Apprenticeship were limited even at
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public library as memorial. It is
called the Millicent library, and has
the highest record in the country for
books takeE out and read in proper
ton to the contents of its shelves.
The village wanted water works and
H. H. Rogers provided them. That
they might lie doubly useful to Fair
haven, he decided the income from
them to the Millicent library forever,
so that draughts from the pierian
spring might supplement satisfaction
of the ordinary thirst of the villagers.
Commissioner of Highways.
He built a grammar school and a
Unitarian church, with parish house
and parsonage, altogether one of the
most complete and handsome edifices
in Massachusetts. He became, at uni
versal request, commissioner of high
ways, and thereafter never were
streets so looked after He turned
low land into a park, beautif1ed the
highways and byways, furnished a
stone approach to the bridge over the
Acushnet river and, lest the traveller
might think i'll of Fairhaven's hostel
ries, erected the handsome Tabitha
Inn-name suggestive of New Eng
land neatness and quaintness.
1t was in 1856 that Henry Rogers
was graduated from the high school
at Fairhaven, and it appeared to him
that there was still something else to
build as the fiftieth anniversary of
that event approached. So he called
for his merry men all. and commits
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Neenah the Home of Paperma',ing.

Neenah the Home of Paperma'sing.
Although noted far and wide on ac-
count of the excellence of its cheese
and butter, its potatoes, fishing and
hunting, it has remained for it's
papermaking products to carry the
fame of Wisconsin to all parts of the
United States as we'll as to foreign
countries, and to Neenah belongs the
credit of being the birthplace of this
great industry. Twenty-seven years
ago DR.. Charles Robinson, now
deceased, and others rented of
Henry Sherry the old red sawmilI
on the Fox river here, remodeled the
structure and less than a month later
operated the first paper mill in the
state. The plant, while crude in all
its features, made money for it's own
ers and at the same time offered op-
portunities for money making that 10
cal people were not slow to appreci-
ate. Since those times the papermak-
ing industry has steadily progressed
to point where Wisconsin rivals the
world in this respect. Every kind of
paper desirable is produced, and
scarcely night passes without a
trainload of paper, consigned to differ
ent points in the country or in Europe
and Japan, leaving the Fox river val
ley. Many of the mills prepare their
own rags, but the pulpwood or sulphite
equipment is a feature of only a few
of the mills. Many of these wood pulp
mills are separate enterprises which
dispose of all their product to the pa
per mills. Thousands of carloads of
wood pulpwood is cut in the northern
forests each winter and RATED from
Canadian points to Green Bay, from
which place the product is distributed
among the mills in the Fox and Wis
consin river valleys. In the operation
of the papermaking industry through
out it's different departments no other
enterprise in the state employs as
much help, in this particular millions
OF dollars being expended each year.
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LIED TO NO PURPOSE.
Policeman Thought he Saw Something
Coming, but Alas!

The big bells and the little bells and
all the clocks in town were on the
point of striking midnight when the
policeman who was about to lean up
against a lamp post and catch a few
minutes sleep was approached by a
trampish-looking man who began:
Sir, 1 was in this town Is years
ago."
We'll, what of it?" asked the officer.
q was homeless, friendless and
stone broke"
you look that now
Not a place to shelter my head
not a penny to buy food. 1 was di-
couraged. I was ready to commit sui
cisSe. In fact, was on my way to the
river to end all when 1 encountered
you. Same man-same red hair and
whiskers-same sheer in his voice.
But you were good to me. You at first
started to club me, but when you saw
tears in my eyes you put your arm
around me and asked what was the
matteiS l confided all to you. When
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cRIMEAN WAR VETERAN DEAD.
Judge S. BirsIey, Man of Many Ex-
periences, Passes Away.

Ashland.-Judge Samuel Birsley, a
veteran of the Crimean war, died In
this city Wednesday at the age of SO
years. He spent three years in
Crimeap having previously served in
putting down the Irish rebellion. He
was shipwrecked at Sebastopol and
fought in the battles of Inkerman and
Alma. He also witnessed the charge
of the light brigade.
He served under Lord Raglan and
his successor, Lord Sifton. He was a
resident of Ashland for 20 years. He
was a prominent Catholic and all
prominent Catholic bishops and
church men throughout the state were
his personal friends. He was mem
Der of the order of Jesuits. He was a
prominent prohibitionist and one of
the best-known men in the northern
part of Wisconsin and throughout the
state He was the father of Is chill
dren and was very wealthy.
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clinch, and what, believe me, is most
important. the habit of victory"
Men like the heads of the Stand
ard Oil company are no accidents, !"
said a sharp observer. They were
tried out in a hundred ways before
they came to control 1t was the many.
sidedness of H. H. Rogers that made
his uprise a necessity in that remark
able group headed by John D. Rookie
Teller l don't know any of the quail
ties they possess that is not common
in the business world of America.
They are no better and no worse than
the thousands of men engaged in the
conduct of the higher business of the
country, but each one has had some
quality notably in excess of the aver
age. Their combination has been ir-
resistible, because its action has been
continuous. Its steady business pres
sure, its suave method, it's CONNER
cial reliability have been due, l have
no doubt, to John D. Rockefeller, but
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NEWS OF WISCONSIN
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST ~
THE VARIOUS TOWNS.
MILLION TO FARMERS
Annual Report oflCounry Clerk Shows
Enormous Revenue Derived from
Dairy MISUNDERSTANDING Places
Fond du Lac in Front.

Fond du Lac.-The annual report of
tent of the dairy industry in this
county shows that during the last year
the dairy farmers have received more
than $1,000000 for their milk and
cream, aside from the amount con-
sumed at home. This showing puts
Fond du Lac county in the front rank
of the dairy counties of the state.
The annual report of the dairy in
dustry is compiled from the returns Of
the assessors of various towns of the
county. These returns show that there
are "a creameries and Al cheese fac
tories in the county. The creameries
report 1920 patrons and 1887 cows
contributing to them. They received
during the year 60,101 ,567 pounds OF
milk and made 3,035, 1874 pounds of but
ter, for which they received 1854, 1884,
"a. The cheese factories report S31
patrons and S,059 COWS. They received
2S,667, 5S4 pounds of milk during the
year and made 3,O92,5S9 pounds of
cheese, for which they received 1884,
093.0S.
In addition to the output of the
creameries and cheese factories the
assessors report that the butter made
on the farms amounted TO $3O,001 dur
ing the year, there being 112,495
pounds. This would bring the total
valuation of the dairy products OF
the county up to $1,OOS, S19O3, leaving
out of the consideration entirely TO-
725 gallons of milk that was sold for
distribution in cities and villages.
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New York-When a man like
Henry II. Rogers drops out of the ac-
tive business world wherein he made
so striking a figure, his friends are
prone to become anecdotic about him.
Hence stories that take on a romantic
tinge in bank parlors and directors
rooms, and in the chatty corners of
the exchange, not to speak OF the
shipping Offices near the water front
II Mr.. Rogers feels like resuming the
ways of Bowling Green in few
months or so he will find recon
structed Rogers looking at him from
every corner, and whom he may have
some little difficulty in recognizing.
The tall, erect figure of a we'll
dressed man with whitening hair and
white moustache, who somehow re
fiected in his ripe age Of 81 the graces
that he cultivated a quarter Of cen
fury back, is, however, the figure that
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Must Levy a State Tax.

1t is practically assured that state
tax will be levied next year, and soon
the governor, secretary of state and
state treasurer will hold a meeting to
decide the question. In the last two
years, owing to the large increase Of
taxes from the railroads and other
large corporations, the tax has been
RENTED The building of the capitol
this year, together with large OUTLAWS
at the university and other state in
situations, will probably make it neces-
sary for the tax to be levied.
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Medics Want AffiIiation.

With future afiliation with the Uni
versity of Wisconsin as it's acknowl
edged aim and with the largest adj
vance enrolment of students in its
history, the Wisconsin College OF
Physicians and Surgeons has entered
upon it's fourteenth year. 1t is the
present hope of some of the trustees
and faculty members of the medical
college that two years from now the
legislature will take the action by
which the college will become a part
of the university.
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generation little ones, who regard him
open-eyed as the local representative
of magnificent providence. Said a
newspaper man recently: 81 couldn't
find anybody there who would say
anything but kindness of H. H. Rog-
ers.''
Generous to Fairhaven.
He surely has been good to Fair
haven, which picturesque village looks
across Buzzard's Bay to New Bedford,
ancient home of whalers and all the
romance and business that came of
their seafaring. There he built a
great mansion for himself amid beau
tiful grounds, and there he loves most
to live when away from work. But
he alone was not to be the only Fair
havenite who was finely housed. He
built and presented to the citizens q
handsome town hall and a Masonic
hall.
On the death of Millicent, a be-
loved daughter, he built a beautiful
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High School Best Outfit.
EvENED UP THE SCORE.
Fatal Number Was Mixed in the Love
Affairs of Both.

1t was a plain, everyday case of
mutual admiration. He admired the
girl and she admired him. 1t was much
more than admiration-they were in
love with each other. Of course, one
was more so than the other, for it can
not be otherwise, seeing that Cupid is
born with one leg shorter than the
other, but that is not an insuperable
obstacle to matrimony If it were, the
marriage license clerk would be COM
PEELED to retire from business. So it
came to pass that he proposed to her.
That seemed natural enough, but
when she burst into tears, he was
greatly disturbed.
MY darling" he exclaimed, as she
came to his arms, what is the mat
ter?"
Il am so superstitious, she sobbed.
What has that got to do with your
loving me, as love you?" he asked
wonderingly.
Nothing, DEAR she wept
'And you do love me, don't you?"
More than all the world; but
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Frats Are Objectionable.

In an interview, President Charles
r. Van Hise, of the University of Wis
consin scored the high school fra
ternity and commended the action
of school boards in abolishing them.
II think the steps taken by many of
the school boards in the large cities
in abolishing the high school fraterni-
ties is most wise and just one," said
the president. High school students
should not be bound together in
cliQues and have club rooms or chap
ter houses. Most of the students in
the high school live in the city in
which the school is located. They
have their homes to go to after they
have finished their daily work They
should spend their evenings to good
advantage at home instead of attend
ing fraternity functions or chapter
meetings. Another fault of the high
school fraternities in general is that
they are patterned after the college
fraternities. There is no need for a
fraternity in high school. In a col
lege where there are no mems dormi-
tories, fraternities serve such need.
College students usually do not live
in the city in which the college is To-
Gated and therefore have no home to
which they may go. The fraternities
furnish the home. When the univer-
sity in the future shall have quad
rangles for the students, each quad to
accommodate $50 to $50 students and
for each quad a common room and
dining hall the social needs of the stu
dents that can be thus accommodated
will even be better met than by fra
ternity houses. Of course, for many
years to come we cannot expect that
a sufficient number of quads will be
available to accommodate more than
a fraction of the students. You can
not say too emphatically that I do
not believe in high school fraternities
and believe they should be abolished. .
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Steamers Tear Away Piers.

Superior-The steamer Hoover and
Mason hit the center pier of the
Northern Pacific bridge at Duluth
when the draw was open The piers
were carried away and the draw dam
aged to such extent that 1t will take
three days to repair it. During that
time the only outlet for trains from
Duluth will be via the up river bridge
to West Duluth and traffic will be
greatly hampered.
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Pope Gives Away His Cap.

Sheboygan.-Mrs. Marie Gerend has
returned from an extended European
trip in company with her son, Rev.
Father Gerend of st. Francis. She is
SO years of age and is one of the old
est members of Holy Name Catholic
church of this city. In Rome she met
the pope and in audience with him he
removed his cap from his head and
presented it to her. 1t is a small
white cap of white silk and lined with
chamois. Mrs. Gerend prizes it
highly.
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Gain in Temperance Work.


The attendance at the annual con-
vention of the Wisconsin Christian
Temperance union at Portage was
unusually large, and the reports of the
officers shows that Sank county had
made the largest gain in membership
and Milwaukee county had the great
est loss. Treasurer Ida M. Cook re-
ported total receipts of year $3,659.S2
The organization has made large in,
creases during the year. Fifty-four
counties held reunions, and the officers
and delegates were the guests of the
Portage Motor Boat club in yacht
ride to the historic site of old Fort
Winnebago Mrs. Katherine Lente
Stevenson, of Boston, made an adj
dress, entitled, "Silver Chimes" Re-
ports by the board of directors will be
made.
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PLAY Hearts; Wins Heiress.

Appleton.-MisS Halle Ellen Ram
sey, daughter of the American branch
of a noble Scottish family, will on Oc-
tober 10 wed Barnum Watson Of New
York city at the home of the brides
millionaire mother here. The romance
began on a trip to Europe eight months
ago, the young couple meeting over
a game of hearts and in perfectly
appropriate manner losing their hearts
to each other
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Secretary True, of the state board
of agriculture said that the board had
a balance of 100000 with which to
start plans for the next state fair. He
said that the outstanding obligation
for new buildings amounted to about
SIC, GOO, which could be met by the re-
fund on premiums from the state and
that minor bills owed by the board
could be met with $4,000 due from as
sociations and societies for special
premiums II. is presumed that pre-
prations for next years exhibitions
will be begun at once.
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his friends will recognize. His photo
graphs have done him the doubtful
service of giving him a proud rather
naughty, air, as of one who marshals
hosts Of facts and figures and who is
always bent on hard achievement. 1t
is the familiar trick of the camera to
pick out in the self-conscious moment
that one stands before it the traits
that are at the root of character rather
than those that are familiar to every
Hu
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stoned them to build and equip the
finest high school ever, and as it
went up he watched it and nursed it
as a mother might a growing child.
And now, with it's wonderful fittings,
it's gymnasium, it's class rooms, it's of
fees, it is at once the most luxurious
and practical building of the kind in
the world.
What is at the bottom of all this
home love and passion for local adorn-
ment?" friend of his was asked.
1T is his Americanism," was the
answer. "He loves his people and
would see them second to none in the
world"
Taking Life Easy.
Mr.. Rogers is taking life easy now,
and obeys the behests of his doctor
with a smiling acquiescence that con-
ceals whatever Impotence he may
feel at unwonted restraint You no
ticed the other day that he had Mark
Twain with him on a short yacht
cruise. Well, that was not the first
time they had foregathered in the
cabin after day of steaming in the
open. Men like Mr.. Clemens and the
late Tom Reed are the type he most
prizes for companions-they should
be bright and brainy both. OF win
ter evening when he lives In town he
may spend a few hours at one of his
clubs-the Metropolitan, say. There
he would be apt to gather a group of
bright people and smoke a single
cigar while good things went around.
l heard him once tell of meeting a
whaling captain whom he had known
as lad 40 years before. He took his
old comrade about the town and the
countryside, identifying old land
marks together The captain had
been away six years from home and
was to sail on a new voyage the next
day. I'm going aboard now, Hen"
he remarked. "And won't you go
home first and tell your wife good
by?" l asked. "Blazes, no." replied
the whaler, I'm only to be gone two
years" That seemed, he said, the
most extraordinary utterance he had
ever heard. He saw the humor of it,
but to a home-lover it seemed sacri-
lege
When the new high school was
about to be opened / spent an after
noon with him, and our talk turned
quite naturally on education. What
he said then is about as good a key
to the man and his opinions as any
thing I can think of, and this is the
drift of it:
High School Best Outfit.
For the boy starting out lin life
who is anxious to succeed in business
l believe that the ordinary high school
education is the best outfit.
HE is master of the ordinary i'm
plements of business life, whether it
be mechanical or commercial-thati is,
he can read, write, spell and figure.
He has at least a foundation of gen.