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The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1907-05-29

The weapons discharged in the air
and, as William III. Garfield has re-
corded, "the keg of powder exploded
clearing the deck" All their possess
ions, except live stock and wagon,
went up in smoke, for they learned on
the heels of this catastrophe that they
were trespassers, as the land they
were occupying had been entered by
others months before they landed in
New York.
So they set off for the Wisconsin
river country, light in all the needs
of pioneers, except in the one matter
of experience. AS they reached the
summit of the bluffs on the Dane
county side of the river and looked
out ON the beautiful eXpanse of coun-
try comprising rich Sauk Prairie
Haraszthy gave expression to that eX-
clamation so often quoted since;
Eureka! Eureka! Italia! ItaliaW
This was near the middle of July,
1910, and they had wasted the earlier
part of the season. The best locations
on the river were already occupied
SO they bought small piece of land
from Burk Fairchild, one of the earli-
est settlers at what is now Sauk City,
and began the erection of a log house.
The authorities speak often of the
hired help engaged in making improv-
ments by Haraszthy and as often of
his prowess as a hunter, so it is q
fair inference that he spent more time
in the woods with dog and gun than
in the less laborious affairs of mater
ial developement. In the autumn the
adventures were joined by the two
Reintdorffs, about the beginning of
the German settlement in Sauk City. |
The Reintdorfs proved to be men of
sterling worth and brought about |
themselves many desirable country |
men and from this nucleus grew up
the strong, conservative German COM
munity in that section of Sauk coun-
ty.
Late in the fall of 1910 Harazsthy /
went to Milwaukee and made the ac-
r.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1907-05-29
END OF A ROMANCE

According to a message received in
Baraboo from Los Angeles, California,
Miss Bessie Spring and Pierce L.
Bishopwere married Thursday evening.
Miss Spring was connected with the
Baraboo postoffice for several years
and thereby hangs a romantic incident.
Three years ago Miss Spring was
selected as delegate from Baraboo to
attend the state meeting of postoffice
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1907-05-29
AGRICULTURAL OUTLOOK
Cold Weather Has Serious Result

i. d. Burtch reports that the acre
age in several lines will be cut down
by large per cent the coming season.
Barley acreage will be about 20% less,
oats 2O%5 less, and hay 15% less. Re-
gardlng corn the outlook is gloomy in
deed, althO' there will be an increase.
Much that has been planted has been
washed out by the last great storm, and
it is still too cool, and the ground is too
wet to do any planting, and on top of
all that the prospect for immediate
warm weather is not altogether prom
ising. Pasturage is very poor owing
to the continuous cold weather. On
account of the weather the acreage
which has not been planted to other
products will be put into sugar beets.
In other sections of the state many
acres that previously were planted to
tobacco are year by year going over to
the ranks of the sugar beet. The sugar
beet is profitable, and there is not the
risk from storms that there is in raising
tobacco. The potato acreage will also
continue to increase for the reason
that the ground has not been planted
to anything else.
The apples of the earlier varieties like
the duchess have been injur ed by the
last late frOsts, and the early harvest
will be practically nothing. The later
varieties are uninjured. Some black
berry plants were killed by the frost,
but whether the damage was general
is not yet known.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1907-05-29

clerks and while there met Mr.. Bishop
who was then clerk at Fond du Lac.
From the acquaintance made at that
time the marriage has resulted. Mr..
Bishop is now employed in the store
of the Southern Pacific railroad, Will
liam Dickinson, formerly of Baraboo
and who married Miss Springs sister,
being the general storekeeper for the
company.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1907-05-29
JEREMIAH BARNHART
A REEDSBURG PIONEER.

One Who has Seen the Second City
Grow From a Tamarack Swamp.
jeremiah Barnhart of Reedsburg, is
truly pioneer of that city. He has
watched the growth of the town from
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1907-05-29
Life

Life-What is it?
All, who knows?
Just a visit,
[ suppose;
Joy and sorrow
For a day,
Then tomorrow
We're away.
Youth, and morning,
Manhood, noon;
Age-the waning
Night comes soon;
Shines a star to
Light us; then
'Tis not far to
Home again.
-Exchangt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-21
oRAToRIcAL CONTEST AT
 THE HIGH SCHOOL.

The Yancey Literary society of the Bir- mingham High school held its third an- nual oratorcal contest on Wednesday evening for the medal that was offered by Mir Ned McCrossin, an old member of the society, and now student at the University of Pennsylvania.
 The following programme was pre- sented:
 Chatham's speech on '"The Taxation of America" William Marsh. Wolf Tones Dying Speech," Claude Estes.
 Grady's New South" Herbert Cobbs. :
 Cleveland's "Eulogy on Mckinley" Rufus Fell.
 "Catiline's Defiance," Charles Moffett.
 "Semlnoles Defiance" wyllys Roberts
 Bryan's Gross of Gold" George Cope land.
 The prize was presented by MT. Robert H. Thach, and the judges were MT. c. A. Brown, MT. Leadbeatter and Mir. Thach.
 The judges decided in favor of MT. Charles Moffett.
 This was indeed an honor, for this is the third year this oratorical contest has been held and, while the others have been very interesting, this has surpassed the proceeding ones.
 MT Moffett Is a sophomore, and he rem dered "Catilnes Defiance sp1endidly. It is the first time that an under-classma has won the medal, and speaks highly of Mir Moffett's ability as an orator. The medal is in the shape of Maltese cross and is of gold.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-21
JENKS-WAlkLEY,

Invitations have been received in this city to the marriage of Miss Clara n. Walklev, daughter of MT. and Mrs. D. w. Walkley of Wetumpka to MT. Earle Eugene Jenks of Mobile, which will be .solemnized in the evening of Tuesday the 3Otn day of April, at the brides beau tiful home in West Wetumpl1a. The bridal party will include Mrs. Leon Rice Robi- son, formerly Miss Maybelle Shackelford matron of honor and Miss Eugenia Walk ley, sister of the bride. maid of honor.
 The groom will be attended by Mir Oliver C. Humes of Mobile, and also by MT. William J. Conniff of Montgomery The ceremony will be performed by the Re- E. D. Cobbs, pastor of St. Johns Episcopal church of Montgomery.
 This will be a wedding of notable inter- est throughout the state, as both parties are we'll known and highly connected
 Miss Walkley has a number of friends in Birmingham. where she has visited as the guest of her uncle. MT. Christian Ems len She graduated with honors at the Alabama Polytechnical school in Auburn two years ago, and since her debut in
 MT. Jenks Is one of the rising young professional men of Mobile and a grad uato of the highest honors of both the Alabama Polytechnical institute and the Northern Illinois College of Opthalmology at Chicago. After the wedding a recep- ton will be held, after which MT. and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-21
SOCIETY.
BY ANNIE PERRY REID. Bell Telephone 1897.
SCHOOL OF DOMESTIC SERVICE.

SC1OOE UT OOM ES lO SEHNIOEs
 Mrs. Lily Haxworth Wallace of Brook lyn, lecturer on foods, md the pro- moter of the New York correspondence school of domestic science, will arrive in Birmingham today to spend the week among friends. As Miss Lily Haxworth she has visited this city on several oc- casions before
 Mrs. Wallace graduated from the Ma tional Training School of Cookery, Lon don, England. fifteen years ago. and lec- tured for five years, doing public school and philanthropic work for clubs and so- cieties. She has been in America since 1897, with her home in Brooklyn, NY. She has silver, bronze and gold medals, the gold medal being one of three ever awarded in England For excellence in lecturing and cooking" Besides being q lecturer. Mrs. Wallace is a fine eo- cutionist, the latter training being re- ceived from Harry Hawn. former Ala bama boy, who left Greensboro when very young, and has become a great sue- cess as instructor in elocution' in New York City.
 She has recently been to Mobile and Montgomery, where she has given q series of lessons in both cities in the art of cooking, and en route to her home will remain in this city during this week as a guest at the Hillman hotel
 Mrs Wallace gave q series of lectures and demonStrations at one of our Ala bama statef fairs several years ago. In these lectures she dwelt upon the fact That housekeeping was necessary art neglected, its effects upon home were disastrous to health and happiness. She also demonstrated the fact that economy and good management were co-partners. and indicated how a small salary could be used to give better results than often is occasioned by d bountiful supply. She emphasized the arrangement of the sim pie meal on Il well appointed table of in expensive ware.
 Never was there a more appropriate time for lessons in Domestic Science" than now, when the organization of our household is so disturbed by the serious problem of th~ servant. Have you q cook?" is the lusekeepers slogan now, and in many ances so much long -suf- fering has be endured until the ladies have resolved hey will at least have peace of mind by doing the work them selves. But unaccustomed to the rou- tine duty, the domestic work confronts them as a nightmare; the kitchen repre- sents to them hours of toll and drudgery.
 Training is needed to make the house. keeper assert her independence, and just as soon as she realizes that there is an art in method and system, then will her interest in domestic affairs make her conquerer of the situation. Dependence, no matter in what form presented to us, makes us feel a lack of ability, but en- 1ightenment on eny subject brings us to action. The lectures are a school ing, and we i the effects for good hereafter. Witt. Mrs. Wallace and Miss Craig of the Boston School of Cooking spending a week among the housekeepers of Birmingham, the problem of better preparations of foods and independence of the present day cooks should be easily solved
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-21
An Architectural Oversight.

Describing the priue-fight in Tonopah. New, on New Years day in the April Everybodys, Rex Beach says:
 "Huddled in hollow square close up against the ring were the newspaper men, fur-bundled and shivering, their breaths like steam, their pads and pencils before them. I elbowed my way into a seat beside the dean of sporting editors. and close beside the time-keepers gong. At the left of the sporting editor was a stenographer, for he reports fight by word of mouth, at the same time taking notes from which to write the story proper The game was old to him, and he swore softly because his feet were cold He blew upon his fingers, Kicked his toes against the board wall beneath the ring. and growled:
 VI Riley ought to know better than to boerd up the bottom of a ring this way. In a mining camp it ought to be left open underneath the platform. This is danger ous.'
 "Why? I questioned.
 [" Suppose some guy back there got sore at the referee and made gun-play, where could the newspaper men hide?''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-21
HIGHLAND BOOK CLUB.

The following Is contributed by a mem Der of the club:
 Once a year each member of the High land Book club can bring her husband to club meeting.
 As the poor fellows have to work hard all day providing the proverbial rabbit skin, the meeting for husbands must perforce be in the evening.
 This custom of allowing our husbands a share in our club life has proven of pleasure to them as well as profit.
 We take turns at playing hostess for them. Last week the happy chance fell to Mrs. Cartwright and her sister, Mrs. Sessions.
 These two women, the very flower of the southland. with Mir. Cartwright and Mir. Sessions at their side, entertained us at the beautiful house on the hill. The air was full of music and laden with the perfume of flowers and the gay laughter of men, released awhile from toll and care.
 It has been said no men anywhere work so hard as Birmingham husbands.
 Of course all husbands tease their wives about the ridiculous old things we study at club.
 Why" they say, should you be worrying over the edict of Nantes or the morals of Louis XIV, when such live issues are at stake as the servant proposition or how to make your allow ance hold out and keep money in the bank?"
 No woman in our club has proven to the satisfaction of each member that her lord and master remained awake and heard her read, from start to finish a paper prepared and perpetrated on the club.
 Knowing thisSof our husbands individu- ally, we dare not get them collectively and force them to listen to papers how ever erudite and even 1bsenic may be the production
 Hence to entertain properly the dear things is something of a task.
 Nut Mrs. Cartwright and Mrs. Sessions solved the problem when they decided on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-21

pictures-living pictures of lovely woman!
 All the year long we have been study ing about the women of the French sa- Ions. Rare creatures, who even after the lapse of centuries look a bit lurid to our provincial eyes. women whose moth- CTS had not taught them that pretty is as pretty does"
 We did not like to tell our husbands all we had read of some of the ladies, so our hostesses decided it would be wiser to show pictures of some of the better classes. Out here on the Highlands there are those whose maxim is 'When in doubt or in trouble, call upon Mrs. Lowell"
 If you want some one to help you do your French or your background, or if the perspective of your picture is all wrong, or if you wish help in arrang ing a tableaux, or if you are poor, hun gry and need refreshment for the body instead of the mind, she will furnish as- sistance.
 Only a few weeks ago Mrs. Lowell de- livered to our fortunate club an address on French art, which would have done credit to John Ruskin himself.
 The following is list of the numbers on the programme which Mrs Lowell prepared and carried through at this de- lightful meeting at Mrs. Cartwrights. All details of costumes and posing were perfect, and before each picture was ex- hibited Mrs Lowell gave charming lit- tie description and sketch Of the artlst.
 Your correspondent lacks the adjectives but not the enthusiasm to describe each number. Of all the lovely young women who delighted our husbands eyes, only one was a member of the club, and here we take occasion to thank those who as- sisted at the entertainment
 The programme was:
 The Shepherdess CWatteau), Miss Eva Conner.
 The Milkmaid (Greuze), Miss Mary Kirkpatrick.
 The Broken Pitcher CGreuze), Mrs. A. J. Bowron.
 The Empress Josephine CPrudhan), Miss Virginia Means.
 Madame Adelaide (Nattier), Miss Eliz abeth Morris.
 Madame Le Brun and Child, Mrs. ". M Jordan.
 Mme Mali Raymond (Mme. I4e Brun), Miss Marjorie Weatherly.
 Fabiola (Henner) Miss Elizabeth Nor ris
 The Maruuise La Pompadour CLa Pour), Miss Hannah Elliott
 Marie Antoinette Gle Brun), Mrs Gill (nee Miss Armes).
 Madame CLe Brun), Mrs. William B. Jordan.
 No parties ever given in Birmingham have been sources of more pleasure and inspiration than this one that Mrs. Cart wright and Mrs Sessions, with the able assistance of Mrs. Lowell, gave us; and the matinee, at which Mrs Bush so re- gently entertained the Cadmean circle and the Highland Book club.
 The two parties were perfect specimens of their kind and the memory of both occasions will finger with us like the smell of the violets or the sound of the lullabys we heard our mothers sing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-21
BIRTHDAY PARTY.

Masters Eugene and Richard Johnston gave a delightful party yesterday after noon in honor of their seventh and ninth borthday, respectively.
 About fifty of the younger coterie were invited and a delightful afternoon was spent
 Among the games played. was one where an old negro mammy's head was on a large pieces of canvas and each child tried to toss a bean bag into her mouth. The boys prize was a baseball. and the girls prize a pair of dainty pink sleeve supporters. Each of the others got a bean bag
 Another game was violet picking con test, and the one who succeeded in gath ering the greatest number was given a large basket of candy. Little Miss Mar garet Davis served punch. Every detail was carried out in pink and white. Two large birthday cakes adorned the table. I1ugenes bearing seven candles and Richards nine.
 These two little men are bright and at tractive fellows and made ideal hosts on this occasion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-21
WHARVES OF PHILADELPHIA

of the harbor properties thus controlled by The Pennsy' the total rental paid by that railroad for these most important of all the wharyes in Philadelphia is s1O,- AZ, as against $22,000 paid for half the Rice street wharf and all of the Arch street wharf
 With such a clutch as this upon the city and state. it is plain to see how the railroad could carry out it's designs un- disturbed by any outcry from the people so keen was the concentration of effort on New York, and even on Baltimore. in answer to competition from other rail roaos. that the Quaker City was neglect- ed and discriminated against. Not only were freight rates in and out of Phila- delphia prohibitively unfair, but even then, the railroad made no effort to prop- erly handle such freight as offered. Car gocs' Inward bound, lay on the wharves until such time as the railroad saw fit to carry them to their destination, mean while. in many cases, paying wharf charges. Importers the country over, and even in Philadelphia, came to realize that they could get their goods more quickly IL they entered through New York. and so preferred to pay the additional freight charges rather than suffer delay. Grain and general freight for export, billed through Philadelphia, came in so slowly ana erratically that vessels had unwonted waits for cargo, and in many instances had to clear without the freight for which they were engaged. Naturally these con- ditons drove vessels from Philadelphia to ports where cargoes could be expedi- tiously handled. And, to the complaints from shippers and importers the railroads answered that the explanation lay in congestion of traffic and scarcity of cars. They did not advertise, however, that cc.s were scarce because they were be- ing sent to New York and Baltimore, and that IT. uch of the congestion was due to the volume of freight being hauled into those places. And the explanation lies in the existing competition in those ports Baltimcre's interests were being looked after by the Baltimore and Ohio railroad; and, in addition. was the competing serv- ice promised by the entrance of the Gould system. New York was also well looked after by the several competing railroads. Yet the Pennsylvania did more for those ports, particularly New York than 1t did for long suffering Philadelphia.
 The Pennsys fight against competi- tion did not stop With barring railroads. River and coastwise shipping have af- ways ben formidable rivals of the rail roads, and the road did not propose to have the necessary freight out of Phila- de.ohia fall to them. As the clutch of the railway fastened on the available wharves, the river boats in this trade were squeezed for landings and their number decreased alarmingly. Coastwise shipping found the same difficulty, and activities in this direction were so dis couraged that, in order to ship from Phil adelphia to points south of Norfolk, Va, 1t was, until recently, necessary that freight first be sent to New York, that 1t might be loaded upon vessels"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-21
WESLEY CHAPEL MUSICAL.

The Ladies' Aid society of Wesley chapel will give a musical tomorrow night, April p, in the Sunday school room of the church. An excellent programme has been arranged as follows:
 Piano Solo-Miss Lyon.
 Solo--Mr. Crabtree.
 Recitation-Mrs. Mlligan.
 Quartette
 Solo-Mrs Benham.
 Recitation-Miss HuffstutIer.
 Solo-Miss Bickley.
 Quartette.
 Recitation---Miss Ferguson.
 Solo-Mr. Farley.
 Recitation-Miss Huffstutler Solo-Mrs. Griffin.
 Solo-Mr. Crabtree.
 The evening promises to be a very en- joyable one to all who attend and every one is invited. The proceeds of this en- tertainment will be for the benefit of Wesley Chapel church.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-21
Men Who Are Doing Things.

Some of the men who are doing the big things in the world have been much written and talked about in a fragmen- tary way in the papers and in the maga- zines, little things printed about them from time to time in scattered para graphs, and many people who would like to know about them and their deeds are really ignorant of who and what they are. Occasionally a long article on the life and work of some man whose work has for the moment become conspicuous, appears in some periodical, but of the men who are really in the van of pro- gress all the time and who are yet shoot ing no fireworks to advertise themselves, there is too little known.
 In The Technical World Magazine for May, there is an exceedingly interesting leading feature which deals with men and their deeds in way which Is new and which has the double virtue of tell
 ing something about the men who are the pioneers of progress. as the editors call them, and at the same time keep ing within the limits of space which a busy reader can hope to cover at a sitting. And there is interest in every line of the accounts of these mems doings. The method of handling the DOT traits also is d-incidentally charac- terstic of this progressive periodicals method. Each portrait occupies a full page and occupies the whole of 1t. The face of the man is given the space, on the excellent theory that the face Is the part the reader wants to see and study, and the effect is very striking. Looking at these big portraits, one feels that he is face to face with the personalities back of these fine features and there is inspir- ation in the sight of them. This Is in keeping with the avowed object of The Technical World--to bring real knowl- edge of real men and their real doings to people who must read to know and who have not the time or opportunity for specialization in study. And it is an object that is accomplished most admir- ably.