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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-04

great queen with her usual literary
Charm.l
In all the countries of the civilized
world there prevailed a spirit of sym
pathetic sadness. Over every city,
town and hamlet in England, Scotland
and Wales there hung a cloud In
great. rich, ancient London people
walked the streets with grave faces.
Festivities were postponed, social
plans were altered. In the old church
anthem was played with sorrowful
Softness which made it prayer in it.
self and those who heard passed out
into the air with tears. This because
one woman-one aged woman-lay dy.
ing.
1t was Ga years after night on
which a girl-a mere child creature in
her teens-was awakened from her
sleep to be told that she was the
queen of England. There is a popular
picture of the incident, in which she
stands, touchingly young and grave,
holding out hand that an old man
who kneels before her may kiss it in
doing homage to his sovereign.
Her sense of the responsibility Of
her position was a thing like genius.
In all things touching it she was al
ways grave, always sagacious and
beautifully earnest. A young girl
even a young woman-might have
been forgiven many things for which
born to rule was never called upon to
forgive her.
One very interesting feature of her
life was that people made no habit OF
speaking of her as brilliant woman.
1t has been said that she was good,
it has been accepted that she was
intelligent, but comparatively little
stress has been laid upon her brain
power. Yet there has been no other
queen in the history of the world
whose reign was SO marked by for
ward movement and who herself so
moved with her time and so strongly
influenced it, She had a genius for
rectitude, genius of the conscience,
and, it may be added, the genius of
a great heart. But she possessed also
a foresight that was extraordinary.
One truth is surely fixed-that in the
future no record of statecraft, politics
or social ethics can point to an act of
Victoria of England which was either
unjust, ignoble or careless. To each
thing she did she brought all that the
gods gave her of the reasoning Of
both heart and brain. All her use of
power tended to the development of
public good, to the aiding of humane
ends, to the broadening of the ways
for the intelligent, the striving ana
the sane in ambition. !
The time has gone by when for a
woman to be virtuous was all chat
was demanded of her. This time
passed in Victoria's day. It's passing
was the inevitable result of the de-
velopment of the race and of the in
crease of it's mental desires-but it
would not have passed with such ease
and rapidity in England If the woman
who sat upon the throne had been
merely a collection of moralities, how
soever excellent and necessary to So
cial safety. England-conservative,
obstinate, pugnaciously self-centered
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-28

your rooms into a sort OF furniture
warehouse, is to make your house I'M
comfortable at the expense OF art
But when the pictures, vases, clocks,
chandeliers, candlesticks, and other
so-called chimney ornam ents. are OF
the most crude manufacture and in
the most detestable taste, husband
who respects himself and his wife
ought to send away his family TO the
seaside, and go out and pawn all the
china and glass and Parian marble
figures he can lay hands on, and lose
the ticket and all memory of where
he has disposed Of them. He should
then buy a box of matches, and hav-
ing gone all over the house, and gath
cred together all the antimacassa-
mats, bulrushes. art muslin. bamboo
work, carved Swiss brackets. reed
curtains, Birmingham Japanese fans
and other eyesores and dust traps he
can lay hands on, he should make a
bonfire in his backyard. Foolish men,
who repeat the nonsense they hear,
are in the habit of saying, ut is easy
to discern a feminine hand about a
room.' 1t is and il had my way
a woman should have hand In sue
mischief as is found "for idle hands
to o."-From The Domestic Blunders
of Women" by A Mere Man.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-28

reawakening sense of the value OF the
beautiful, she is fortifying herself
against the insidious attacks OF time.
1t is everywhere a protest against
that modern demon of ugly utilita-
rianism who saps the foundations or
the palaces on the Grand canal with
the wash of his hideous municipal
steamers, now unhappily allowed to
profane the night as well IS the Day.
and disturbs the mysterious darkness
and peace of the side canals with
snorting motor boats, whose blatant
horns interrupt the serenade which
recall most gracious epoch. 1t IS
in the evening of these wonderful mid
summer serenades that the sense OF
beauty reasserts herself. Then the
putting steamers are banished for tie
nonce,' and Venice renews by night
her ancient glories.
All other Examinations seem pro-
sale and vulgar by comparison. The
Venetian does not blind you with a
blaze of red fire flashing in the ey IS,
but conceals the direct rays behind a
| metal screen, and only lets you see
the effect of the light reflected On his
string a few lanterns haphazard on a
boat, as we do when we have what
we call Venetian night, but builds
a floating palace of Aladdin to bear
hise Philharmonic orchestra seward
From beneath this fairy fabric OF
dreamland come the harmonics most
fitting to the hour and scene; all is
in accord with the occasion, nothing
blatant, fiaring, or oyer-done. The
Venetian has not, like the rest of the
world. lost the Greek sense of : !
value of harmonious proportion On
their great midsummer festival of tbs
Redentore, when the Grand canal and
the wider ship canal of the Giudecca
are bridged with a roadway built on
boats for the sacred procession from
San Marco 20 the church of the Re
dentore, the homelier coal and wood
barges are, with green wreaths and
ho"CiS chu q low paper idHtSIuS, C'I
pets and tables beneath them, made
into bowers of beauty, wherein Whole
families floating, sup and enjoy them
Iselves till dawn. But the elegantly
graceful black gondolas have no taw
dry decorations or strings of heteroge
lneous lights.
| Strange, dark water birds from
some gigantic fairy realm, theil
Igleaming polished steel prows rise
and fall, swanlike over the illuminat
led waters, emerge from the outel
darkness and disappear again mys
iteriously into shadows from whence
lthey came
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-28
Students Educate One Another.

1t is a great thing for hundreds of
splendid young men from all over
the country to be thrown intimately
together at the age of the greatest
expectancy, when life promises so
much, at an age when youths are full
of hope and ambition and feel strong
and vigorous There is an untold
advantage in the growth and expan-
sion which come from the constant
measuring of mind with mind. the at
triton of mentalities, the measuring
of brain power, the comparing Of
ability, of experiences, the temper
ing, the constant drill in self-mas-
terry, self-sacrifice, the constant prod
ding of ambition, the squirting Of lag
ging energy. All these things are
of untold advantage
I believe that the advantages of
mere book learning in college are
overestimated. That is. | believe
that a great deal of what is attribut-
ed to the studies themselves comes
from the association of the students
We hear great deal about the de-
velopment of personal power In soli-
tude; but, while certain amount Of
this is necessary, yet there is no sub
stitute for the growth and education
which come from intimate associa--
ton with human beings.
AS a rule, the men who pay their
own way through college are the most
practical men. On the other hand.
every man who has to devote a great
deal of his time to paying his way
suffers an immense loss from the lack
of larger association with the stu
dents
Many of these men who work their
way through college feel obliged to
go directly from the classroom to-
their own room. They can not enter
into many Of the sports with the
other students because they are
obliged to remain in their rooms and
study during evenings, Saturdays and
holidays alike.
believe that many college men
owe more to what they get from their
fellow students than from their
studies. In saying this, | do not
underestimate the great value OF what
comes from lectures and books. but
believe il is impossible to oyeresti-
mate the value of the social inter.
course of the college. 20. S. Marden
in Success Magazine
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-28
JAPANESE VS.. AMERICAN HOUSE
FURNISHINGS.

The clean and tidy little Japanese
have practically no furniture at all in
their houses. What they have is
brought out when it is required far
use, and when it has served its turn
lit Is folded up and put away in its
proper place This is also their habit
with decorations. When guest is
expected the walls are hung with pic
lures; when tea is served trays and
stools are brought in, and you finei
the house decorated with bronzes.
ivories, and flowers. If a guest were
Unexpectedly to return half an nour
after his departure, he would find
that the pictures had been rolled ub
and put away, and indeed, that the
gaily decorated room was perfectly
bare.
Now, do not go so far as to say
that you should strictly foilow out
these methods of those clean and tidy
little people, though they are ali ia
stinctively imbued with perfect taste
and are the greatest decorative t.
lists the world has ever known. hut
| do say that you might go long way
in initiating them with great advan-
tage to art and cleanliness. If a man
of sense and taste were to go roun.3
his house and note and price all the
hideous and superfiuous articles that
woman strews round house, he
would be simply Mortified We have
all great DEAF too much furniture.
even when it is of the very best, and
our walls are over-crowded with every
thing which can be stood against them
or hung upon them. To turn your
walls into the semblance of a bric-a-
brac shop or an exhibition. OF PICTURES
is In the worst of taste, and to make
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-28

with his shotgun and challenged the
approaching stranger, as he sup
posed.
The young man. being deaf, made
no reply. but continued on his way.
The man in the doorway raised his
gun ana fired. The stranger fell
dead
THE father summoned his family
and the few remaining servants of the
plantation. An investigation was
held and the tragic truth revealed.
THE father, of course, was incon-
solable. He returned to his house
Whine the servants carried the life
less form Of his boy to the home that
had been awaiting his coming.
THE next day the invited guests
began to arrive. The father had given
orders that the tragedy should not be
mentioned until he himself told it,
Il do not recall what explanation
was made to the guests as to the alb
sence of him whom they were to
honor. But after the repast they
were told. and then they filed past
the dead
THE body was wrapt in the flag for
which the brave young man had
fought. The community was used to
funerals. Every private burial
ground had grave made by the un.
happy war. But no funeral like this
had ever taken place in the vicinity
and | doubt if it ever had counter
part in any state north or south. |
hope not-New York Sun.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-28
WHAT is LEGAL TENDERa
Even the Bank Cashier Is Not Quite
Clear.

Even the Bank Cashier Is Not Quite
Clear.
What is legal tender?"
The query came from a man who
had become involved In a dispute
over an account. The matter was to
be settled in court. and the mans
lawyer told him formally to offer
the creditor the amount due in legal
tender" When he went to make the
proffer he began to have doubts of
just what legal tender was, and he
was half ashamed to ask his lawyer.
His banker thought a moment, then
he said:
Now, really that's technical
question, and ! haven't the answer
right at the end of my tongue. But
Just minute and I'll get 1t for you"
He touched an electric buzzer and
boy answered.
Tell Mr.. Smith to come here. "
said the cashier. Then to his vis-
itor: He'll know all right. Smiths
our right-hand man when IT comes
TO technical questions. Funny though
that | don't know just what legal
tender is. He makes change for
those who have customs duties IN
pay. He'll know all right"
Smith appeared.
smith. what is legal tender?''
asked the cashier.
Legal tender," he said. awbv
legal tender isis anything but ma
tionai bank notes, and | think
You think Good gracious alive
mani | thought you knew" Thi,
rom the cashier Look 1t up and
let's both memorize It,"
smith went to look 1t up. In ,he
meantime the cashier found amono
of 1896. Danh ac'
Here 1t is he said. He read
paragraph which defined legal tenda,
as follows: 'o'ue'
told coin is legal tender for l.,
mon'hai value when not below m,
iniit OF tolerance In weight. who,
peiow That limit 1t is legal tender =
proportion to its weight: stando.,
silver dollars and treasury notas !
ioso are legal tender for all DOH,
puplc and private. excent whan,
otherwise expressly stipulated n ~
eohtract; subsidiary silver 10 ,oaa
tender to the extent of s1o n, esa
coins to the extent of % cents ~,
"'ed states notes for all debts mr.,
nc and private. except duties On p -.
ports and interest on the pub,io aah
Gold certificates. silver oo uep
Gates and national bank notes e'e e
noh-iegsi tender money. Both t,na
q certificates. however are r a,ala
aoie Tor all public dues exca,t 49,
On Imports, and may be naid ~, 49, :
an public dues. except interaet - !,
public debt. in'er9st o.
mere you are" said the cash,a,
'@is II an in nutshell, see2.
NO. ! guess don,ts Gaia !,
anxious inquirer 'T1l lust ,st ~ ~
.a"yer tender the legal tender -
me. Kansas City tars 70
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-28
sAoDEsT OF WAR STORIES.
son Shot by His Own Father on Re
|, turning Home.

- 80 ~WU amer on Re
turning Home.
,'Ihe saddest war story that eve
occurred has never been fully told :,
tar as know said man who fol
lowed Lee to the surrender at Anno
mattox. Il believe that Mrs. Chest
nut IN her Diary from Dixie made
brief mention of the incident
u had forgotten it until | read m,
BOOK. Then 1t came back to me q,
! heard II from one who was at IN,
funeral The man who told II dice
twenty years ago.
The soldier had enlisted IL
Georgia from his home, where hi,
iather remained undisturbed during
the struggle. The young man had
fought through the war without =
scratch, save a slight wound which
had left him slightly deaf. This
a'iiction he had never referred to in
any OF his letters.
After the surrender he communi.
Gated with his father, saying he would
reach home on or about a certain
date. Travel then was uncertain and
he was not positive as to when he
would arrive.
his rather prepared to receive him
Relieving that his son would come ms
ne promised, he arranged a spread
such as the conditions of his surround.
ings at that time would permit. He
had brought out his best plate that
had been secreted for a long time
ana with gold which had been ex.
aumed he bought such delicacies and
suhstantials as the southern market
at that time afforded.
As many of the old.time neighbors
as were living in the vicinity were in.
Vited to the homecoming OF the re.
turning soldier. The ex-confederate
arrived on the old plantation the night
before the earliest date he had men.
toned In his last letter IL was late
aud his father and the family had re-
tired.
inc only creature on the old place
that seemed TO he awake was dog
as 'he soldier entered the gate OF
ihe grounds the dog began barking.
The sound aroused the owner Of
me money The country was over.
run at the time with stragglers. some
u whom had not hesitated to comm!,
The father OF the returning boz
arose He stood in his doorway
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-28
Reflections of a Bachelor.

The most fun that woman has in
being rich Is the way she can patron
Ize those who aren't.
When a man has lost lot of
money at poker he acts as If he had
invested in government bonds AMI
the government has defaulted.
A bachelor could be taxed rs per
cent OF his income by the govern.
ment ind sail have more money than
the man who is merely taxed by his
family.-New York Press.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-28
A VOICE.

A voice calls calmly to me
In accents lowly and sweet
Its source cannot now see
Nor hear the tread of her feet
II moves the song of my soul,
This voice of music divine
Touched by some affairs live coal,
Those lips, touched never by mine
A thrill throbs through my frail
frame,
A master smote my harp's strings.
Ny heart would thrill with her name
Her breath it speaks, but 1t sings
Doth soul transfigure her form?
Her form is fulness Of soul;
My breast is shaken with storm,
When beauties so over 1t roll;
When loneliness cometh so nigh,
What joy is the light Of mine eye!
II.
Sweet were thy welcome words,
Which DER the meadows called,
With sweeter voice than birds,
Which so mine ear enthralled.
Sweet was thy thoughtfulness,
Which mine may not forget,
Whose beauty sought to bless,
And seeketh ever yet.
Sweet in my memory still
Are love inspiring eyes,
Whose unsaid vows fulfil
The pledge that they disguise.
Sweet sunlight Of thy lips!
Now DER white roses roll,
Until their petal tips
| Are tinged with ruby soul;
My beauteous bird, good-bye!
Thy love to me swift fly
Perry Marshall.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-28

resulting from the decomposition of
the fresh vegetable matter. This
natural weathering of the soil grains
undoubtedly supplies a small amount
of mineral matter in form available
to plants, and hence there is con-
tinual addition to the quantity of min
eral elements In the vegetable matter
under natural conditions.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-28
LYRICS THAT ARE DEAR.
Great Songs Usually the Sole Pro
auctions of Their Authors.


auctions of Their Authors.
There are famous writer's, the be-
ginning of whose renown has been
some lay or ballad thrown of in a
moment of inspiration. There are
many others, known only by one
poem, usually a sacred, sentimental,
patriotic or humorous lyric. The sew
en- medieval hymns, which by COM
mon consent are called the great
hymns of the ages, were for the most
part the sole production of their au.
thors
That grand hymn, THE Celestial
Country" which has inspired all mod
ern hymns of the new Jerusalem,
was written by an obscure nonk, Ber-
nard of Cluny, and was his ,nly poem
worthy of mention. OF modern
hymns. which, so far as popularity is
concerned, are esteemed the only
hymns of their authors laay be men
tened Toplady's Rock of Ages. Cardi-
nal Newman's Lead Kindly Light, and
Mrs. Adams Nearer My God to Thee.
OF patriotic hymns of this class
may be mentioned Wolfes Burial of
Sir John Moor Fitz-Green Halleck' S
Marco Bozzaris, Francis Scott Keys
Star Spangled Banner, Roguet De
Lisle's Marsesllaise Hymn which lea
on to Victory the warning host of the
great French revolution, and Mrs
Howe's Battle Hymn of the Republic
OF sentimental lyrics, which have
been thrown off as sudden inspira-
tons, there are many. In his callow
youth the man who was afterwards
known as Congressman English of In.
diana perpetrated the harmless little
song OF Ben Bolt, which was sung
everywhere, and which Du Maurier
quotes as having been sung by his
Heroine Trifby, In the almost forgot
ten novel of that name AS matter
loffact man of business and politics
Mr.. English became greatly ashamed
of this song. which his brother con-
lgressmen were in the habit of quot
ling just to annoy him.
Mrs. Elizabeth Pencil, in recent
biography OF her uncle. Charles God
frey Leland, the author of the famous
Hans Breitmann Ballads tells us that
mo lines were ever less premeGitated
than these At the time of writing
them Mr.. Leland was editor of Ora
hams Magazine and wishing TO fill
lGp blank space threw them off in a
flew moments.
| He lived to write several erudite
land dignified works on industrial art
Language and tradition, but none of
them ever had the vogue of the Brett
imam ballads which he refused to
take seriously and whose popularity
panied and mortified him to the end
of his life. These ballads were first
published In 1856 when the civil war
was imminent and our people needed
to be amused. DIR. Holmes described
them as The Breitmann Cure"
The ballads passed into innumer-
able editions in this country and in
Europe and. as Lowell says. created
IA new note to lyric humor. Mrs. PEN
nell says that Mr.. Leland put a great
deal OF poetry and erudition into
these seemingly nonsensical verses
which will liz e long as classics. Their
opening lines are as follows;
Hans Breitmann gife a harty-
Where ish dot barty now?
Where ish de lofely golden cloud
Dat float on de mountains prov
Where ieh de himmelstrahlende
stern
De stair of de sphiriss light7
All goned afay NIT de lager beer
Afay in de ewigkeit!
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-28

George. the room actually s-seems
to be getting 3 little w-warmer."
Yes, | can hear the janitor in the
basement making heated remarks TO
his wife. "-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-28
Feminine Intuition.

Knicker--l see there Is !, new sur
spot.
Mrs, Kmcker--I sur, Sc 1t Is or
the front breadth as usual.-New
York sun
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-28

No; never give advice"
why notg~
Its waste OF time II people don't
act on II: and n they do act on II. us
risky. louisville CourierNJournal
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-28

We're You ever down and ont
Like this pcripafefic feiTews
Have You wandered round about
And never heard a friendly .HeIfa.,
Are you In 90 awful tight,
nat from each haven you q re hornSe6,
fhen why don't you try and write
A good, pathetic Lost and Fourd
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-28

The average college campus ism
shaded by the tree of knowledge,
Tombstone epitaph., 1907-11-24
Colonel Greene
 Still Active

A Chihushua, Mexico, dispatch ds- ted Noves Der IS, says:
 Colonel Greene in an interview respecting the Greene Gold Silver company said
 "'You may say that a large reduc. tion in force has teen determined on the Cocheno mine and that 9 pc cent cut Tn wages vii! also be in force at once. The force will be reduced tC A great extent. The cut in wages vii amount to sl gold in the case o American laborers, who instead of re, ceiving S4 gold, as heretofore. . i'll re ceive B gold Mexican lahorers Vil get sl .75 Mexican money, instead o s2 50, which has heretofore been theil pay"
Tombstone epitaph., 1907-11-24
Outlaw Animals
 of Arizona

Northern Arizona and especially ;he granite mountains and towering crags of Yavspai county, long renowD- ei fer the richness Of mineral ores found therein, is now being secured by a representative of the sUithson- ian Institute, at Washington, in search of specimens of the strange beetle and insect life said to e1isit there, among which is an Arizor \ beetle embodying characteristics be- longing, biologists assert, to past age, and long thought to be ex- tinct
 This beetle, in many respects, re- sembles the rhinoceros beetle of the south Atlantic and southern states, but in many fundamental cha rac,eris- tics differing from them. Chiefly noticeable by the lsymen is the vari- ation in the besk or frontal append age of the two insects. That of the more common, or what is popularly known as the rhinoceros beetle, has q horn extending out and upward, exactly as has the rhinoceros, and which gives rise to it's name. The Arizona species on the other hand has two of these horns, the upper extend
  being met by corresponding lower growth curving upward. This second or lower beak, as it may be called, is srticulate, while the upper is station ary The throsx, the head and pos. terior section are covered with velvety growth of the finest texture.