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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-14
Down By
The Brook
By Susan Perry PGCkham

Bob said at the breakfast table,
Nov, you know, daddy, 1 must
be almost five years old, for I've
been four and a half such a long
time; and Dorothy must be nearly
seven, and-I want to ask you some
thing, daddy"
'WeIl, why don't you ask" said
bis father, paying attention.
'Its so important. thought about
tt In bed till was quite tired just
thinking"
'sFor PHYS sakei" said his father.
'You can get tired thinking" said
Bob, cant your"
YES" said his father. what was
& all about?"
Il want to know, daddy, 1 want to
know If you don't think you could
let Dorothy and me go down to play
by the brook. We're getting big, you
see, and it's Saturday morning; and
we wouldn't go near that deep place
Aelow the little island. We wouldn't
90 down as far as the island, would
we. Doffie?" And Dorothy said, mo,
daddy" So Bob asked
do you think you could let us
begin playing by the brook, and see
81 we would be careful?"
''NO," said Mr.. Mason. But both
children looked at him without max
ng any fuss, because they weren't
quite sure-there might be a joke in
their fathers mind. They waited
some time; then Bob said,-
Couldn't you try us once, even?"
NO" said his father. But
Dorothy and Bob sat straight up and
opened their eyes wide-'I'll tell you.
n your mother would go with us, and
& she would give us some luncheon
Cor the picnic, would come home
before lunch time today, and the
whole family would go down to that
Brook" Az 81
''Whoo-oop!" shouted Bob. 'Hi! l
never thought you'd do that"
Cant always tell" said his father.
tits grand morning" said Mrs.
Mason. Il think that will be love
1y." And Dorothy bounced up and
down on her toes and grabbed her
father tight around his neck. He
stood up and lifted her so high from
che floor that she didn't dare to let
herself drop. Then he said that he
must be off, and kissed them good
bye, but called back, 'T'n be here
by twelve, sharp"
SO when he came he found Doro-
thy and Bob waiting on the steps
and their mother ready, too, and
Peggie, too. Peggie was Mrs. Ma
sons Boston terrier. She was the
only one OF the party that had no
Iunch-basket to carry,-too little she
was, and too lively. Everybody in
the family loved Peggie, and she
loved them.
Mr.. Mason had two baskets. Bob
and Dorothy carried some of their
favorite things to dig with and play
with.
Fall into linel" said Mr.. Mason.
So they started. Peggie didn't fall
into line very well. Round the house
they went and on past the stable,
then down hill through thick grass
with big clovers and with hundreds
of grasshOppers; then over a fence
and through a rough potato patch and
q field where there wasn't much be-
sides pumpkins scattered around and
eWo men putting them into a cart.
BY the lowest part of that field ran
the brook,-the jolliest brOok!-hve-
Iy, making a good deal of noise
around stones, and bubbling and shin
ing-you might have thought 1t was
very glad to see the family
81 never saw such a good brook as
salis onsi" screamed Bob.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-14
Rows and Girls Flee.

A worried father notified the police Of
Milwaukee to look out for his son, Harvey
Reineke, aged II, whose home is in North
Fond du Lac. Otto Reineke, the father,
a merchant, said the boy left home Oct.
Is with another young man and two
young women Since that time there has
been no trace of him found. 1t is be-
lieved that the young people went TO Mil
waukee.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-14
WILL TEST FEED sTUFFs Law.
MiIIers Deny Right to Levy License
for Mill By-prOducts.

Claiming that the law is unconstitu-
tional, the Wisconsin Millers' Association
has taken steps in an effort to cause the
repeal of the Wisconsin feeding stufs
law. At meeting of the association In
Neenah it was announced that the test
case will be instituted at Amigo against
David Goldberg to be tried early in No
vember in the Circuit Court and that this
case later would be taken to the Supreme
Court. The law stipulates that all mill
ers shall be taxed for a license to sell
feeding stuffs which are enforced by-pro-
duets of -four mills. The association
claims that no license should be required
for reason that no license is required from
other manufacturers producing by-pro-
ducts.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-14
Candidate Fails Dead ON Car.

Death robbed the Democratic county
ticket Of its candidate for sheriff when
julius Kuehene, Mayor of Kaukauna,
dropped dead on an interurban car be-
tween Appleton and Kaukauna shortly af-
ter he and several friends had completed
a long walk in the country. 1t is believed
two weeks of strenuous campaigning ha4
undermined his health.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-14

Rev. John Joseph Rhode is dead at st.
Marus hospital in Oshkosh. He was the
oldest priest in the Green Bay diocese,
being rs years. old. His golden jubilee,
celebrated in 1907, brought him congratu-
lations by telegraph from Pope Plus X.
He was at one time a priest at st. Mary's
church in Oshkosh, but in late years was
at Green Bay.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-14
ROBBERS STEAL SILK.
Store of Luther Davies & Co. at OsI1-
kOSh Entered and $500 Taken.

Store of Luther Davies & Co. at OsI1-
kOsh Entered and $500 Taken.
A large quantity of silk, more than 400
yards, valued at over $500, wa stolen
from the dry goods store of Luther Da-
vies & Co. in Oshkosh. The robbers took
eleven part bolts of goods of which eight
were black, three were blue and one
brown. In this respect the robbery was
peculiar as they evidently wanted moth
ing but solid colors and did not touch
any of the fancy designs. They did not
open the money drawer which had Sc IN
it and no other goods excepting the silk,
were missing. Entrance TO the store was
secured through rear window by means
of a Jimmy. 1t is believed by the police
that the job is the work of men who have
been doing this sort of work throughout
the State, the robbery at Madison recent
ly, being similar to this one.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-14
GIRL STUDENT BURNED.
Nina johnson OF KO<Omo Seriously
Injured in Explosion.

While attempting to experiment in the
laboratory on the second floor of the
chemical building, Miss Nina Johnson of
Kokomo, Ind, senior in the university
in Madison, was seriously burned as a
result of the igniting Of bottle of car
bon disulphite which she had dropped to
the floor. Her hands and lips and face
were badly burned, but the doctors who
attended her see no reason for apprehen-
sion. She was taken to the Madison gen
eral hoSDital
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-14
DOUBLE CRIME IS MYSTERY.

Railroad Laborers Shot to Death i'm
Cook Shanty.
Two Macedonians employed by the
Milwaukee Electrical Railway Company
at the Waterville gravel pit were killed in
a mysterious shooting affair in the cook
shanty. They were Rompo Usranoff, the
cook, and Sperry Achisbroff, a laborer. A
report that the shooting resulted from a
quarrel over a woman is secuted by Rob
ert Louvre, the camp foreman.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-14
N.onona Assembly to Quit.

The Monona Lake assembly, second old
est Chautauqua of the United States, win
pass out of existence and its beautiful
lake shore park will be sold This was
decided at a meeting of the directors Of
the society in Madison. The Monona as
sembly has been on the decline and has
accumulated a large deficit. George w.
Walker, Madison was elected president
and Rev. George w. Case, Portage, sec
retarV.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-14
MAKING A TIGER SIT DOWN.
Maurice 3. Kirby Describes the Meth
DDS Used TO Train the Beast for
ChOw

Fifteen feet of slack rope were per-
mitted the animal as the trainer d.
rected him once more to the seat and
once more he failed to understand.
Then the order to hoist was given,
and. as the men pulled, the tiger
felt the collar tighten about his neck.
His head gradually was lifted up, un'
til his fore legs left the ground and
he pranced on his hind paws. With
the fear of strangulation and the in
stinct of selfpreservation his brain
became a mental mud-puddle. He
beat the air with his fore paws,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-14
FOLLOWS DOG IN DEATH.

Frank Spitz OF BIOOmeP Grieved
over Loss OF Canine Friend.
Frank Spitz, aged 60, was found dead
by the side of his dog near Bloomcr.
Whether death was due to broken heart
or suicide, the post-mortem examination
will develop Spitz' dog died five days
before and he refused to bury it because
of his love for it. Later authorities or
dered him to bury it and he took the dog
to the outskirts of the village and covered
it with some grass. 1t is supposed he died
shortly afterwards.
Gunnison news-champion., 1908-07-03

lectOrs once. whether a measure of
public policy smacked Of Hamiltonian-
ism or Jefersonianism9 What he
of the local political oratory was prac
teal to degree.
At the political banquets. however
the real oratory was supposed to be
uncorked. and we always attended
these banquets. usually at from three
to five dollars "A throw" or a plate
as the more polite termed it. But the
science of after-dinner speaking-post-
prandial oratory. as it is called, is
largely dependent upon extraneous
conditions; and particularly as to the
state of receptivity on the part OF the
audience. After man has drunk,
say two or three glasses of sauterne
or FIVE or eleven glasses of cham
pasne he is usually in a very uncriti-
cal condition. And almost any
fiowery bunk" goes with him as some.
thing grand
But just let man stick to little
old aqua pura' all during the banquet,
let him up-end his glass and say
Nay. nav. Pauline" to the teeterine
walters who hover near with the Bac
chanalian fluids, and what d change
Is there, my country men" in his
judgment of the post stprandial slush
that is ladled out to him. The Joe
Miller iests and learned by heart or.
lamentations of the speakers fall on
an inattentive ear; and he cannot be
lured into wild and unreasoning ap-
plause over some wellknown quota
tion which has been delivered by an
orator with the air of I've Just
thought of that
Political oratory is composed of the
usual two classes of all oratorv. TO.
wit: prepared and imprompUu. Pre-
pared oratory is oratory which has
been admittedly gotten up beforehand
and which the speaker is ready no
hand out TO the reporters on type-writ-
ten sheets before the banquet In
promptu oratory is oratory which the
speaker has learned by heart and re-
fuses to give copies of. although lt
has been written out carefully This
compels the attendance of Shorthand
Gunnison news-champion., 1908-07-03
Niaht Not Build Cars. But hrre-fcs a
Has the Railroads.

At Briarclin Manor. the day before
said TO a reporter:
Here is good one on the fo-alEn
cars. Do you see that young uiEHH1-
aire with the strap and buckle ar.
rangement on his low shoes Well re
WIS doing the south last month I'M a
F<ench limousine.
Between two towns there vag n
steep. rough. soft hill With his haavv
limousine the millionaire got stUs. m
it. He had to turn back
We'll back there in the tow +rax
advised him to ship the limUrsine IN
in a fat car of the local FREIGHT taat
was just about TO pull out. He So.
Gunnison news-champion., 1908-07-03
ne Aggregation.

a useHltcr of the Chicago police force
last ~ees. a d.-isszafioH of his friends
bsrs; IN gg0n him While BE- vas a.
dinner aHd presented hiH with q
handsome might stick in honor OF his
popularity and th,air estcsm.
Completely bes .laered BY THIS unsx
f.ciea token. The rev policeman
nevertheless struggled 10 his feet and
stammered his appreciation.
friHas. ys have upset E4e wid ~
kindness. he said hourishiHg the
night stick. ~OiH try an do me duty
vid this httie shiilsly an J hope an
thrust th0t ivry Bioa heren live 4 feel
lie ufiouiuce
Gunnison news-champion., 1908-07-03

would he shufie at the other end of
the hall
Here he comes" and there ne is"
would be the whispers and signals.
and the great man or great men would
approach through the center aisle at
tended by Gordon of followers like
the attendant pilot fishes to his majes-
" the shark, OF more properly speak
ing. like the attendant porpoises on
the whale
The "silvertongued" bunk shooter"
would then grasp the hands of the
great men, to show how close he was
20 the throne. and would gently but
hrmly subside. and the Real Thing"
would proceed to address the meeting
Close attention was always shown to
the mayoralty and aldermanic candi-
dates and to no one else And what
the audience was always trying to
hgure out was what kind of man
! is he?' and not what are the issues ."
And so the orators scared in and out
of the issues like swallows flight
above river. and their analysis of the
questions of the day left as much an
impression on their hearers minds as
the birds flight does in the air above
the rivers current.
iut they were watching him. and
/ shreWdly or otherwise making up
their minds as to his sincerity. his
courage, his honesty and his general
ability to fill the Office he was seek
ing. The main issue was always some
thing that no one not even the orici-
nators of it, really understood. II was
usually based on "A strictly scientific
degree of accuracy. 1t started from
! seif-evident and bitterly contested con
clusion, and arrived in a labyrinth of
contradiction from which there was
no outlet. The celebrated traction is
sue, FOR instance. was one on which
several campaigns were fought. and
no honest man ever really pretended
/ TO understand il. The question had
as many angles to it as three-cushion
/ carom billiards. and as fast as one
| perfect solution to the puzzle was Of
| fered. something would bob up that
would change the status of affairs and
make it as much of a mystery as be
/ fore
The main uses of campaign oratory
| in the wards was TO enthuse the work
ers, to get the "hustlers" in the vari-
/ Gus precincts busy in getting out the
/ votes. To do this required that the
/ speaker descend from the high trap
eye of fowery defamation and talk
/ about the practical benefits to be de
/ rived by party victory. The thir-
/ teen struggling colonies" were all
4 right in their place, but that was
several years back, and what the
workers wanted TO hear about was the
patronage 10 be distributed. the pos
sibility Of jobs and positions when the
victory was gained. and what there
was in it for them"
The business and professional men
of the ward followed their callipgs
on precisely the same plan. They.
also. were looking in their line for pc.
cuniary rewards and emolument. Yet
they sneered at the politicians What
difference did il make TO a fellow who
was out of a place in the city col
Gunnison news-champion., 1908-07-03
ONE POINT IN OUR FAVOR

ly did so. During the slow. steep
run the conductor and brakeman OF
the freight gathered about him and
his limousine on the fiat car He gave
them large, gold-tipped Egyptian Gig
arettes. and to please him the conduo.
tor said:
Fine car you've got there
Yes. said the millionaire It's
French car. We can't build them
Ike that in this country
No. maybe not said the conduc-
tor. bit nettled: we can build rail
roads. though, to take them up the
hills"
Gunnison news-champion., 1908-07-03

reporters 90 take it down When tn
stenoErapbers take 1t down, the i'm
promgtu orators will sometimes give
favored paper an exact copy of the
speech. 50 as to have IL printed cor
rectly.
II NAV be limited that all this sa
vors of the cynicism of the man who
enviss the accomplishment of oratory
TO the "silver-tongued tribe Par
from n, I have been there" Hora-
tio. aud have oa occasion aroused the
plaudifs of the banqueieers myself
The most pronounced success I ever
had in that way was a little impromp-
tn gem that | delivered before a stone
sober crowd one time. | had been
given my subject six months before.
and had written and rewritten my
talk all out at least d dozen times
had polished it, aud adorned II with
slavish care. and had blended with 1t
various thoughts and quotations from
the poets and the philosophers. You
don't have to use quotation marks IN
oratory and anyway, ! did not know
where these gentlemen had stolen
their stun from.
type-wrote this talk. and let II
lie a couple Of months. and then went
over it again. shortening some of the
long sentences, and rearranging and
shifting until ! got it down as fine as
it was possible for me to do. Then
learned il absolutely by heart. l
could say II backwards or forwards,
bagin In the middle and recite II eth
er way. knew 1t better than the mul-
! tiplication table or the alphabet. ]
Grated it" until ! had. as ! thought,
all the proper infections. even TO
little stumble, a little eloquent pause
where | was supposed to he overcome
by the strength of my emotions. II
was really very hard job, the getting
mp of this little 'impromptu.' and one
which ! should hardly care to tackle
again just for the sake of doing some
one favor.
Finally had the thing down letter
perfect. and the day and occasion ar
rived for my setting it on Now
some 'impromptu' speakers make the
mistake OF spelling" their piece
right on the hooks" without giving
themselves any time for Inspiration"
This is a fatal mistake. and even the
most obiuse will not be deceived If
YOU begin al top speed with your FIRE
works" But ! had heard too many
impromptu speakers to be lured into
such a false position. The proper
way is TO select something about the
particular occasion which may strike
your fancy and then start in with a
few halting sentences about that.
Something of this sort, for instance:
As stand on this spot to-day. | feel
incapable of adequately voicing the
feelings that the time and the occa-
sion would call up in the breast of
real orator" or Il am glad TO be with
you here. my friends. to-day; and this
audience. and the event which we are
called upon to celebrate. only makes
me feel my shortcomings as a speak.
err" or las entered the hall to-day
caught sight of" etc. etc.
And then. when you have edged in
with one or two airy common-places
YOU can come in with your 'siss, boom
All" verbal pyrotechnics, and give the
audience a sure-enough ''impromptu"
exhibition.
The uninitiated will say: Amt he
a corker'"
The man that lis next" will reply;
"G'wan: I'll bet it took him six months
to frame that up"
ERNEST M'GAFFEY.
/ fa,s 1 \
Gunnison news-champion., 1908-07-03
Huieiaes IN y stsl.

The abnormal suicide wave which
Is passing over this country has been
rho:l eht, and II Is well that 1t should
be SO. In Natal within the past four
weeks there have been three suicides
of Europeans. which. on the basis of
population. Is four times greater than
the suicide rate In England and Wales.
a deplOrable state OF affairs indeed
In Durham few weeks ago IL was
stated that suicides we're taking place
ness
Gunnison news-champion., 1908-07-03

No other medicine has leen so
successful in relieving the suffering
Of women or received so many gem
uine testimonials as has Lydia T..
A'iskAssss'. :. = egct at.le { Cssssss-s0ssA.
In every community you Will ind
women who have been restored to
health by lydia r. Pinkham's Veg
etabe Compound. Almost every
one YOU meet has either been bene-
fitted by 1t, or has friends who have.
In the Pinkham Laboratory at
Lynn, Mass, any Ws,0sAa any day may
see the files containing over one mil
lion one hundred thousand letters
from women seeking health, and
here are the letters in which they
openly state over their own sigma
tures that they were cured hy lydia
Z. linkham's Vegetable Compound.
lydia 4. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has saved many women
from surgical operations.
Lydia 4. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound is made from roots and
herbs, without drugs, and is whole
some and harmless.
The reason why lydia f. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound is SO
successful II because II contains in.
gredients which act directly upon
the feminine organism, restoring it
to healthy normal condition.
Women who are suffering from
those distressing ills peculiar to their
sex should not lose sight of these
facts or doubt the ability Of Lydia
T. linkhan's Vegetable Compound
b restore their health.
Gunnison news-champion., 1908-07-03
A 2imple Remedy.

Il tell you we cannot pass law to
keep dogs from barking and disturb
ing people"
Won't the ordinary law against
barkers apply"
Gunnison news-champion., 1908-07-03

1t is a foolish habit to borrow trou-
BILE or meet IT half way. Cultivate
. cheerful mind and heart. and much
imaginary trouble will be avoided
Hedley.
Gunnison news-champion., 1908-07-03
Attrsctioos - Flowers.

A hower has an almost human way
Of first attracting insects. This is by
appealing to their fondness for sweet
things There is secreted in every
flower a store of honey. large or small.
as the case may be, to which the
midse. the butterfly. the bee. the blue
bottle fly and other insects are st-
tracted
Gunnison news-champion., 1908-07-03

No one is so blind to his own faultf
as man who has the habit OF detect.
ing the faults of others.-Faber.
Gunnison news-champion., 1908-07-03
IN . Pinch. use ALIENS eoovEAsE

powder. II cures painful. smart
ing. nervous feet and ingrowing nails.
Its the greatest comfort discovery of
the age. Makes new shoes easy. A
certain cure for sweating feet. Sold
hy all Druggists. Csc. Accent no sub
stitute. Trial package, FREE. Ad-
dress A. s Olmsted. lie Roy, n Y.
Gunnison news-champion., 1908-07-03
Not lncurablo.

Not lncvrable.
THAT man is a poet"
TOO bad"
Yes"
How did YOU discover it,"
Il didn't; he told me"
"Then perhaps he may get over IT,"
American.
Gunnison news-champion., 1908-07-03
Net Recorded.

Bill-Did they record that politi-
clans speech?
jill believe not They hadn't =
wind gauge. | believe.-Yonkers States
man
Gunnison news-champion., 1908-07-03

Mn. WsADsW's aessAsa9 Sypap.
For children teethinG. softeae the guYns reduces -
nsmmston. allsys psAn. csrvs wtaA c0lts. boste
Gunnison news-champion., 1908-07-03

FITS. Vt. vitus Dance and Nervous Diseases pr
manently cured by Dr. lines Great Nerve kestor~r
send for FREE y ~ trial bottle and treatise. Dr
Gunnison news-champion., 1908-07-03

Birthdays. holidays and weddings
are what keep the average man poor.
Gunnison news-champion., 1908-07-03
Niqher Than Mon1rch.

He who reigns within himself, and
rules passions. desires and fesrs, is
more than a king-Milton.
Gunnison news-champion., 1908-07-03
Try MvriWs evs AsmsHy

For Red. Weak, Weary, Watery Eyes.
Murine Doesn't Smart-SOothes Eye Pain.
All Druggists Sell Murine at Scots. The ~
Page Book in each Pkg. is worth Dollars
in every home. Ask your Druggist
Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago.
Gunnison news-champion., 1908-07-03

o0Oopao0a - 0ossoro.
Examine carefully every bottle q
CASTORIA q safe and sure remedy for
infants and childrea. and ses that II
signature se.'' enc satZNZE&
In Use For Over ~ Years.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Gunnison news-champion., 1908-07-03

orator Is a man
of verbal luXHriance. and
nearly aiWays the shallow
est OF suphists. There is
usually little to he. gained