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The oasis., 1908-06-13
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ploy some part of their issue as currency. With two exceptiors, Chi cago and San Francisco, they were
 not among the half dozen largest cities in the country. New York,
 Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Bos- ton, whose combined issue was more than half of the total, did not use the certificates as currency. The figures afford no clue to what part of the certificates were used as cur rency, but it is interesting to note that the total issue of the cities which used any part in this way foots up $62,27S, 300, or about one- fourth of the aggregate issue of all cities, which was $24S,279,700. It Is, of course, true that the clearing
 houses did not provide all of the informal currency or what passed as such during the panic period. Some of the industrial corporations and railroads were able to issue checkr which played the part of currency. But if the recent panic is any indication the $500,0 ,0000,000 emergency currency that may be issued under the Aldrich- -Vreeland measure should leave sufficient for unforeseen contingent cies.
 The time that the clearing house certificates stayed out does not afford much suggestion as to the time that would be required for the retirement of currency taxed at an increasing rate each month.
 New York, which was one of the three cities to issue the certificates as early as Oct. 26, the other two being Philadelphia and Pittsburg, was the last to cease issuing. It put out certificates as late as Jan. 30, 1908, nineteen days after any other city. But that fact is not of great importance when 1t is ob- served that it began to cancel its certificates as early as Nov. fl, and had completed the cancella- ton late in March, while number of cities as late as May 1 reported a small number of certificates still put.
 The certificates period began the latter part of October It had not ended by the last of May. But the aggregate issue was considerably more than the maximum outstand-
 ng at any one time, which was 800. Many new certlf- ,ates were issued while old ones were being cancelled, and receiver ships, liquidations, and tardy re- turns served to spin the story out so greater length than it's actual substance would warrant.
The oasis., 1908-06-13
AccRUlNG BENEFITS.

The settlers along the Santa Cruz upon the lands included, of whom there fifty or more, will be pleased greatly at the information received
The oasis., 1908-06-13
ACCOUNTED.

The other day when Miss Helen Gould suspected a burglar in her estab- lishment, she promply turned in a police alarm. She is smarter than her married sister.-Arizona Democrat.
 Perhaps her superior smartness accounts for Helen's single blessed ness.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-24
willing to Try.

"Pulsatilla," said the young lawyer.
stirred by an emotion which he made
no pretense Of concealing, twill you
listen to me for a few minutes?"
She nodded.
81 am about to ask great deal Of
you-the most that any man can ask
of any woman"
Still she did not stop him. She
listened with downcast eyes.
81 am but beginner" he proceed
ed, Gin law as well as in love. While
| am confident Of ultimate success,
realize that there is no short cut to 1t.
The way is rough and thorny. Good
heavens, yes! Pulsatilla, do you
know there are 1000 lawyers in this
town starving to death? 1t is the old
contest that has ragged from the be-
ginning Of time. To the inexoraDle
law of the survival of the fttest there
are no exceptions. 1 must fight my
way up or be trodden under foot.
do not deceive myself as to the strug
gle that lies before me-"
w IpluS Luc pcISp1IdIIOn LIOu HIS
brow he resumed, but in a different
voice:
Dear girl, it would be unfair on my
part to ask you to unite your destiny
with mine without placing the case be-
fore you in all it's aspects. 1t would
be objectionable to assume that l am
able to support wife in luxury with
my present income But 1 have allow
ed myself to dream that love would
make all our burdens light. l have
dared to hope that 1 would have you
by my side to cheer me on my way.
Pulsatilla, dare you assume the risk
Of marrying a man who has nothing
to offer you but health, strength, dc
votion, and an unconquerable determ-
nation to achieve success in life and
make himself worthy Of you?"
81 am willing to make a stab at it,
Billy" she answered, raising her eyes
trustingly to his.-ChicagO Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-24
x-RAY USED AS DETECTIVE.
SmuSg1ers Exposed in French Gus
tom Houses.

SmuggIers Exposed in French Gus
tom Houses.
The French government has employ
ed the Roentgen ray in a peculiar and
certainly novel way. 1t is subjecttng
persons who pass through its custom
houses to the X-ray In order to de-
termine whether they are smuggling
articles upon which they should pay
duty. On one trial mentioned 1877 per-
sons were examined In fOrty-f1ve min
utes and on them were found jewels
and merchandise hidden for the eX-
pertinent A small jeweled locket was
revealed under young mans tongue.
Several watch chains were found in
the coils of a woman's hair. Card
cases spread out fat under the feet In
the shoes were revealed. Articles
wrapped in many thicknesses Of pa
per and wooden fabrics were discover
ed, and the account Of this trial says
these articles instead of being success
fully hidden might as well in nearly
every case have shouted out their ex-
istence and declared themselves on a
manifest.
What a fine thing it would be If the
Roentgen ray could be successfully APP
piled to proposed legislation and to
legislators, if it could be made to re-
veal the presence Of the little joker in
the bill and the consideration lodged
in the pocket of the legislator to in
duce him to pursue certain course Of
action! The X-ray Of publicity is all
right when properly applied, but it has
not yet been developed to as high a
degree Of efficiency as the interesting
scientific principle Of Roentgen ray
MinneaDOlis Journal
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-24
SEAL TAKES FISH OUT OF HAND.

Old Ben, Pet at Avalon HarbOr, as
Wise as a Trained Seal.
Old Ben, the famous old seal Of Ava
lon, is still in his old haunts among
the rowboats and launches that dot the
little harbor, says the Los Angeles
Times. He has been there for thirty
five years and in that time became as
tame as the seals which are confined In
parks and aquariums. He is as wise
as the trained seals of Ringling's cir
Gus, and were he to be captured and
put with them he would cost his keep
ers a tidy fortune, for he has the big
gest appetite of any of his kind ever
known.
Old Ben feasts on the big fish
brought in by the hundreds of anglers
that visit Catalina each summer. At
each meal he will consume half-dOzen
big albicore, or skipjacks, aggregating
125 pounds in weight. When he is
hungry he swims up near the boat land
ing, where his favorite befriender,
Charles Tompkins, has his boat stand.
After a glance at the fish rack he sets
to barking and diving about until he
has attracted the attention Of those on
the pier He will crawl clear up on
the float after food, but even when ex-
tremely hungry he cannot be induced
to remain there. AS soon as he has
seized his fish, he dives back into the
bay. rising to the surface now and then
TO give his food a vicious toss as he
tears out mouthfuls of flesh. At these
times he is often followed by other
smaller seals which are too timid to
approach the landing. Gulls also pur-
sue the old sea lion and seize the NOR
sells which are torn loose from the fish
as it is being consumed.
This old pet of the bay has attained
a great weight from the constant easy
supply of food within his reach. He
has never been on a scales, but esti-
mates of his weight, made by causing
him to cross planks up to size that
he would no longer break, give 1t close
to 400 pounds. His sleek, gray-brown
hack is often seen dashing between the
hathers. who scatter in wild conlmOtion
whenever he appears. He has an utter
disregard for people and things and
roams about the bay in whatever place
suits his fancy.
Before Catalina was made resort
Old Ben is supposed to have been the
chief of the colony on Seal rocks. Pre-
sumably he was vanquished by some
younger rival, and now leads the life
of an outcast He seems to find this
entirely agreeable, however, and has
succeeded in coaxing several others Of
the colony into the bay with him. His
face is SCARED with the marks of many
battles, and he has lost the sight OF
his right eye, but he rules his little
band in the bay as supremely as his
successor on the rocks governs the col
ony.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-24
WHEN YER MA AM ME GOT TIED.

EAaT Their want paSada
weddn breakfast weddin played
Want High weddn twas Sambos hide,
Cause yer grandad tied
string kerridges lined In front tn door,
old red suky with tn htched afcrei
BEDFORD while held out wide
eff she tumbed when an got tied
invites, Their want kinfolk
But youc a q9etlike affair,
px want behind tn like to died
Aseootin fer tn parsons when an me got tied
parson didn't robe, too many cloes
nightcap an tn his
An present, SOS couldn't be denied
did all hunky when an got tied
want nobody weepn ashakin hands around
But a smashin' sound,
weddn time to kiss tn BRIDE
his langwidgeit awful. when an me got tied
-LippncGtts Magazine
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-24
death to save me. I died thinking Of

death to save me. died thinking %
you"
That was all, but LIES history can
be told In q few words. Carmichael
understood, as though he had heard the
whole story. The brilliant butterfly
creature, neither strong nor wise, but
meaning no evil. The temptation, the
sudden impulse, repented of almost as
soon as conceived. The swift retribu-
ton, which gave no time for explana-
ton or pardon, which left only the bare
truth In It's hideousneSs. Mr.. Dallas
had kept his terrible secret all these
years, kept 1t from everybody, even his
own son.
The next morning he sought an In
terview with Mr.. Dallas In the library.
He looked at the stern, proud old face,
miserable under all its pride; at the
restless. seeking eyes, and he was
thankful that at last the question they
asked could be answered in a way to
make for peace. As briefly as possible
be explained how he came into posses
sion of the paper he held, and then he
put In down on the table and turned
away.
AS Carmichael stood looking out Of
the window, he heard broken voice
sobbing, 'Thank Godl Thank God"
He saw the white head bowed on the
hands above that message from the
dead, and he went silently from the
room.--Black and White.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-24
FROM PILOT TO "SAMURAI. .


Money is being raised in Japan to
restore the monument of Will Adams,
the first English resident of that cOun-
try and the founder of the Japanese
fleet. No fiction of adventure is more
romantic and seemingly improbable
than Is the story of this Kentish pilot
Of the seventeenth century. Lafcadio
Hearn, in one of his books on Japan,
tells the tale of the young English
mans rise to fortune.
In 1000 Will Adams arrived in Japan
In command of a Dutch ship. Adams
had partazen of many a sea adventure
and had probably been brought i'll con-
tact with Hawkins, Drake, Sir Rich
vOyagers of that day. He says himself,
in his account of his life, that he ''serv-
cd for Master and Pilot in her Ma
jestie'S ships"
On landing in Japan Adams was TAX
en- prisoner and sent to Osaka to the
great Emperor Iyesyasu.
GAS soon as came before him he de-
manded Of me of what countrey we
were," says Adams. $50 answered
him on all points. He asked whether
our countrey had wares. | answered
him yea He asked as to the way we
came to the countrey. Having a chart
Of the whole world, l showed him
through the Straight of Magellan. He
viewed me we'll and seemed to be Won
derful favorable"
The emperor attached Adams to his
personal service, and later we read Of
The late pilot teaching his royal maste!'
Geometry and understanding of the art
Of mathematics"
Adams was well provided for, and
commanded to build ships for deep-sea
sailing Before long he was created
Samurai, and an estate was given him.
Surely no romance Of that romantic
age was stranger than the rise Of this
plain English pilot, with only his SIM
pie honesty and common sense to help
him. He was in such extraordinary
favor with the greatest and Shrewdest
of Japanese rulers that we read in
contemporary account: 'The Emperor
esteemeth hymn much, and he may goe
in and speake to hymn at all times when
Kynges and Princes are kept out
Adams only cause for regret in his
elevation to fortune was the fact that
he was never allowed to visit his na-
tive land. His services were regarded
as too precious to be spared. The en-
peror never refused him anything but
this one privilege, and Adams did not
dare urge the matter too hard, for, as
he writes, ''When / asked one too many
times the Ould Emperour was SILENT"
The older the man, the less he tries
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-24
DAY OF GAMBLERS GONE.
Men Are Now Ashamed to Admit
That They Play Poker.

Men Are Now Ashamed to Admit
/ That They Play Poker.
Gambling was the pastime Of rich
and poor for centuries, condemned only
by the fanatic and Puritan. The great
est names In English history are In
the betting books of Brooke's and
Whites, the clubs where fortunes asd
dice each night. In this country no
man lost esteem by reason of high
play until the coming of the present
generation.
That era has ended The law, sup
ported by public sentiment, caused the
gambling king" of America to offer
his 100000 hell at Saratoga. house
that cost him almost as much to build
and decorate in New York has been
unOccupied and unvisited for two years.
Richard Garfield is a man of educa-
ton; an appreciative lover of art; an
agreeable companion of men of equal
wealth and mental gifts. But his mil
lions cannot buy the possession of the
poorest laborer-the right to enter the
home of fellow man as a self-respect-
ing equal. He is an outcast. The
gamblers day Is done.
A century ago lotteries were ap-
proved in every community. The last
one has been crushed by the national
government, though it was intrenched
In the constitution of a State. The
policy vendor, forced to sell his chances
In secret, is looked upon as a meaner
criminal than the petty thief.
No people love the thoroughbred
horse more than Americans. But rae
Ing now is permitted in only four
States, and in those is taxed and re
stricted. Because it has been impos-
| sible to divest the sport of it's gambling
accompaniment, cities like Chicago and
st. Louis have forced the abandonment
OF tracks in which millions were in
vested. Tennessee, one Of the greatest
breeding States, has put the ban upon
all betting, and the persistent efforts
Of the past to legalize pool-selling in
other States, like Pennsylvania and
New Jersey, have proved more and
more hopeless every year.
The same class of men who sought
their amusement openly in the gam
bling bells, free to all Corners, half
century ago, would be ashamed to adj
NIT to-day that they were in the habit
of playing poker in private games
Gambling was regarded, at worst, as
an eXcusable weakness generations af-
ter it was recognized as a moral and
economic evil. 1t was condoned as
piracy, smuggling, moonshining each in
its heyday was condoned. And like
those wrongs, gambling in turn has be-
come disreputable
Public gambling is dead by action of
the law in every community where
there is no alliance between crime and
political corruption. Private gambling
cannot be obliterated wholly by any
law. But what the law cannot do pub
lie sentiment is fast doing.-Boston
Globe.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-24
Old FaVOriteS
i@@&8&&&$$&S&@6&G
Advice of POIonius.

Advice of PO1Onius.
Give thy thoughts no tongue,
Nor any unproportioned thought his act,
Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar.
The friends thou hast, and their adoption
tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hoops OK
steel;
But do not dull thy palm with entertain
ment
OF each new hatch'd, unfedg'd comrade.
Beware
OF entrance to a quarrel; but, being in,
Bear it, that the opposed may beware OF
thee,
Give every man thine ear, but few thy
voice;
Take each mans censure, but reserve thy
judgment
Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy,
But not expressed in fancy; rich, not
gaudy;
For the apparel oft proclaims the man;
And they in France, of the best rank and
station,
Are most select and generous, chief in
that
Neither a borrower nor a lender be:
For loan oft loses both itself and friend
And borrowing dulls the edge of hus-
bandry.
This above ALTO thine own self be true;
And it must follow, as the night the day.
Thou can'st not then be false to any man.
Farewell; my blessing season this in thee
William Shakespeare.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-24
Babies Club.

A Paris journalist has founded
babies club. 1t is a spacious and
pleasant building, with a garden, and
a club house, where games Of all kinds
are provided. There Is a Punch and
Judy show, with a cafe, where sweets,
cakes, tea, milk and various kinds of
lemonade are sold to members and their
parents, while there are also toy shops
and n theater
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-24
Treasures.

Let me count my treasures,
All my soul holds dear,
Given me by dark spirits
Whom l used to fear.
Through long days of anguish,
And sad nights, did Pain
Forge my shield, Endurance,
Bright and free from stain
Doubt, In misty caverns,
Mid dark horrors sought,
Till my peerless jewel,
Faith, to me she brought.
Sorrow, that I wearied
Should remain so long,
Wreathed my starry glory,
The bright Crown of Song.
Strife, that racked my spirit,
Without hope of rest,
Left the blooming flower,
Patience, on my breast.
Suffering, that / dreaded,
Ignorant Of her charIus,
Laid the fair child, Pity,
Smiling in my arms.
So 1 count my treasures,
Stored in days long past
And 1 thank the givers,
Whom I know at last.
Adelaide Anne Proctor.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-24
Extravagant.

Kind Lady-If 1 give you this penny
what will you do with it?
Beggar-Hire a motor cab and show
me friend Rigsby the town. ma'am.-Il-
Illustrated Bits.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-24

The older the man, the less he tries
to show of.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-24

You always knew what some people
will speak about when you see them
approaching: the weather.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-24

Girls chase the boys so hard here
lately that the boys are using their
mothers parlOrs more to-. entertain
them in.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-07-08
A HARMLESS CALUMNY.

Denison Bulletin. The Review reminds us of
Willie's old cigarette days and it leads to sus-
pect something.
The above was intended to be very
mean and to hurt our feelings and to
injure us in the mind of the com
munity.
We will confess that not very long
ago. although it seems long time.
such little fling would have hurt.
1t does not hurt now.
There are two reasons.
First: We know that we are not a
bit afraid Of all the spot-lights and
all the publicity the Bulletin cares
to turn on our present life and
actions.
Second. We have looked deep
down into the heart of this community
and we know that it is good. We
know that SANDER and malice do not
appeal to it. We know that it beats
with love and sympathy and kind
Illness. yea. we have looked even into
the neart of Mr.. Caswel and we
know that it is not so black as he
himself would paint it,
Therefore we repeat the above
lines from the Bulletin. unworthy of
Mr.. Caswell in his best moments, do
not affect us in the least.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-07-08
lust THE SAME HERE.

Manson Democrat: We regret to
be compelled to make the statement
that we are unable to get all the
social news of town the size of
Manson, but that is just about the
size of it. We have made Central S
life burden trying to get something
of interest to our readers and make
ourselves bore to the people who
are kind enough to give us such items
once in awhile. but we don't seem to
be able to get them anyway. We
asked a man last Wednesday morning
if he knew of any news. and he re-
piled emphatically that he did not.
We learned later in the day that he
and his wife were entertaining two
guests and that they had given a
party the night before. 1t is all
right, we suppose. but we don't like
to leave out things which interest
our readers, but will someone please
tell us how to remedy the situation
All we ask is that you write or tele-
phone your locals to us and tell US
about your goings and comings and
those of your guests. Of course they
don't interest you SO much, but other
people like to hear about them, and
YOU. can't imagine how much we
would appreciate your courtesy in
giving them to us. May we have
yours hereafter?
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-07-08
RICKETTS, ITEMS.

Mrs. Christian Schwers and niece
Miss Carrie returned Friday from a
two weeks visit with relatives al
Chicago.
P. H. Claussen. Anna Minister.
Mary Peterson and Thos. Minister
spent few hours at Soldier Saturday
forenoon seeing the parade and taking
In the celebration.
w. Pershing spent Sunday with
friends in Danbury.
Ida Jacobsen. from Charter Oak,
is visiting at the Gust Rabe home
this week.
John Koeppen and bride are here
from Chicago spending their honey
moon visiting relatives.
Edith Heller called on her parent.
at Wall Lake Friday.
Mrs. Ainsworth came up from UT,
Wednesday to visit her son Leslie.
Aug. Huffman and wife entertain
ed about fifteen of their friends
Thursday evening. Games wer,
played and after the dainty refresh
ments were served. the company left,
declaring Mr.. Kuhlman and wife
royal entertainers.
Mrs. l.. F. Kreymborg has beer
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-07-08
FOR DEBATE, NOT SOUABBLINC.

We regret that the Bulletin shows
decided symptoms of wishing to re-
turn Denison to the old days of a
persona newspaper war. For our
selves we should greatly regret the
Inauguration of such public calamity
and we shall not willingly indulge in
the luxury-This does not mean that
the Review will not report the news
of democracy, and when that news
concerns the editor of the Bulletin,
that it will not print it.
The Review has printed no cat
tacks'' on any democrat in Crawford
county this year. The files are open
and we challenge anyone to find line
derogatory to the character of any
democrat in Crawford county from
Caswell up to Shaw Van.
1t is true that the democratic
ticket is composed of old time pro-
fessional officeseekers who time after
time have united to foist them
selves no democracy. 1t is a fact
that many democrats are tired of
"Carey. Caswell. Collins and Faul'
business. 1t is fact that Caswell
opposed Meehan for Sheriff and Shaw
Van for Attorney and did his utmost
in quiet way to defeat both of
them 1t is facial least mem
Der of the committee to select dele
gates tells us so-that Caswell was
purposelv omitted from the last state
delegation.
The statement of these facts by
the Review is not in the nature OF
abuse or of personality.
The EDITORS heart is not attuned
to warfare or abuse. rather would we
dwell upon the goodness of man.
kind-of democrats and republicans
alike. We would recall all the acts
of friendship. of sympathy and of low
ing kindness. and would fain be at
peace with our neighbors.