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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-17

in mixed company is looked upon as
vulgar and common and emery and indica-
tive of measly rearing and innate wal
lowfulness and things.
But they're pants to me. all the same.
They were pants centuries before they
were trousers. and they're pants yet.
Trousers has got pussywillow, Pretty
Percy sound that you can have II you
want. 1 don't want 1t. l not only don't
want it, but l won't have it.
Just because a parcel of frumpish pur-
lists who think they've got the trusteeship
of the English language have held up
their hands in horror at the word pants
and told the world that trousers is the
real kazizz for pants-why, just because
this is so isn't any reason why I'm going
to be tagged or stampeded from the use
of pants
IF pants are good enough for me to
wear. they're good enough for me to talk
about when it's necessary to talk about
'em. You never hear a tailor calling 'em
trousers. Every tailor l ever met up with
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called 'em pants. and guess tailors ought
to know something about pants. Pants Is
part of their business. and their dictum
about pants Is as good as Lindley Muir
rays or Brander Matthews.
Yes. and I wear a vest. too. l don't
wear waistcoats. I wear vests. / never
wore anything but vest. and I never
shall Vest. vest Uh-huh. I know
that vest is just vulgarzation. as you
call It. Of waistcoat. Let 1t be. It's a
burned good word, whatever 1t is. and 1t
isn't full Of prunes or prisms. either. It's
a human. natural. serviceable, decent
word. v-e-s-t, vest. and it's good enough
for anybody. 'Waistcoat' may be insist
ed upon by Richard Harding Davis and
Marie Correlli and Elinor Glyn and those
people: but their insists are not binding
upon me, If / know anything about 1t,
and so it's always going to be vest for
me and not a waistcoat, and pants. not
trousers.
Yep. and it's always a-going to be leg.
Leg. leg, for me. and not limb. You
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don't have to tell me. son. that leg is in
delicate and hideous and improper and
all like that. I've heard all of that stuff.
Even at home my own wife used to make
Intellectual efforts to flag me from the
use Of leg She doesn't any more. for
reasons. A leg is good enough for me to
walk upon. and it's consequently good
enough for me to name. Leg. just like
that-a-way. Leg. Leg-leg. And. attach
ed to a woman it's just as much q leg.
Legs is legs, just as eggs is eggs. You
don't prowl around and try to frame up
some blamed affected. fool word for ARM
do you? You don't call your arm
'kmb' or 'bimb' or 'dimb' or anything
like that, do you? All right. Then why
should you call your leg limb? Pretty
much the same thing, legs and arms. only
used differently. A leg IL composed Of
bones and flesh and gristle and such like,
and SO Is an arm. All right. It's leg.
then. for me as long I'm sticking
around on top Of this footstool. and never
and nixy a limb.
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"D'jevver notice that heaps Of people
who are crazy over tripe are too infer
nally mushy- wushy to name it? They
just naturally try to flag the use Of the
word that expresses the thing they love
to eat. After a while. l suppose. these
ch-cleansers will he calling tripe 'por
cine corrugations' or 'aSphodellos or 'tri-
pellinos' or some such fool thing as that.
They can call tripe 'chrysanthemums' for
all care. It's t-r-i-p-e. trpe. TO me. al
ways has been. always will be
Yep and I live in fiat. too. Flat.
fiat. Not apartment or apartment
Just fiat. I pay $s5 month for my fat.
too. and still it's fiat. According to my
dope, flats series of rooms on one
floor that you get for from $40 to $3.50
per month. All series of rooms on one
floor above $3.50 are call apartments.
by the women folks particularly. All right.
Let 'em have their pahtmentS. Mines
fat When first moved into fiat / paid
S27.5O per lunar month for it. and 1 was
DANCED luckyeto have the $27. so per month
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1" fork over 10 the age.i when the dr.
I'D time Came around. All right The
mere fact that I'm now living in a dump
that costs a hull lot more money per
calendar month isn't going to make me
call II an apartment. Not on your da-
guerreotype- Nothing whatever like that.
If IL was a series Of rooms on one floor
1t I'D be a fiat to me and for me il l had
to come across with $1,000 per annum
for II. I'm not going TO let anybody
bulldoze or browbeat or bullyrae or
hector me out Of using plain, old fashion,
ed words that was reared on
Il wear a 'necktie. too. and nary era
vat. IL was necktie when l first bulged
into the world. and that's what Il Is vet
I'm not ag'in progress nor anything Of
that sort. but neckties a better word than
cravat, just as leg IL better than limb
and vest better than waistcoat and so on.
That's me- I reckon I'm pretty coarse
AMI common. but II so IL serves me right
and I'm glad ofsit"
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eating habit in this country
All we've got to do, they tell you. in
order to become robust and brawny and
things is to cut out the morning coffee
and rolls and the chop or the bacon and
eggs, and, presto! wen have Sandow
and the rest Of the bulge backs looking
puny in just a leetle while.
IOW keenly the inhabitants Of I'll OIL
1 Moo Yawk enjoy it when a noted fig.
ure in finance is rumored to be on the
financial rocks.
Last week a curb broker by the name
OF j. Keene. after some tall old fzgigging
around in Smelter stocks. went to smash.
causing quite little excitement among
the curb spectators. and. somehow or
another the word got out and into the
New York evening papers first editions
was broke Positively the town looked
delighted at the bit OF laundering. i'm
possible news! A little while later, when
1t was ascertained that it was not THE
keene who was broke. the town looked
quite disappointed. really. y'know. Folks
looked imposed upon. What right had
Jim Keene not to be broke. anyhow?
Still, when you come to think 1t over.
James r. keene has been pretty friendly
to this community. He has spent. all told.
a good many millions Of dollars around
here. He Is charitable in a big but UNI
ostentatious way; he is the sort Of a man
who stands by his friends. and he always
has been noted for distinctly and exclu-
sively minding his own business. Why.
then, should New Workers. have worn
such joyously sardonic smiles of con-
tentment when the unfounded rumor got
abroad that he was on the financial
rocks?
During the big panic here last year
the idiotic rumor was sprung that no
less a looming figure In the world Of
American finance than ]. Pierpont Nor
gan was also rocking on his financial
throne.
Dye know that New York positively
held its breath with apparently hopeful
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ments last week. and found him busy

ments last week. and found him busy
and gloomy.
"Whatchudooin'? asked I.
Boosting my annual estimates half a
million" said he.
AS this seemed to require explanation I
asked for 1t at once. 1t came.
I'm certain from what 1 hear" said
this bureau chief. that the democrats
are going to carry the House OF Repre-
sentatives this year and. as fully expect
they will economic in intelligence as
we'll as in money. I am going to try to get
a couple of pet projects through before
the deIuge. There would be no rush.
ordinarily. but If this premonition Of mine
comes true think I can convince a GER
tain bunch of appropriation committe
gentlemen that they'd better loosen up
while they can. II the republicans win
this item can be cut out for couple of
years and no harm done"
have found by circulating and con-
versing, that q whole lot Of folks in the
government service and out OF 1t are
pretty certain--pretty certain. mind you
that the House Of Representatives in the
Sixty-first Congress will be democratic.
This much everybody knows: there are
a scandalous number of doubtful districts
this year-and no man can tell which
way the labor cat is going to jump. Men
who usually know what Is going on give
It as their opinion that Taft will be
elected. but that the House OF Repre-
sentatives will be lost to the G. o. P.
All of which is interesting. If not con-
elusive.
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kind Of a hectic flush on them over the
progress of presidential campaign until
frankly say. Of unfulhlled promises. OF
platforms that are framed only to be
splintered after the votes are counted.
The revelation which shows that both of
the great parties are more or less made
UP to- by the corporations has been a
stunning blow to the enthusiasm Of po-
Iitical zealots over this way, too 1t pulled
the skids from beneath the political be-
lief of tens of thousands OF voters.
You can mingle with men all over New
York for twelve hours at a stretch these
days and never once hear a word OF
politics mentioned. 1 never knew that to
happen before at this stage Of presiden-
tial canvass. During other presidential
campaigns over here the political rag
chewers among all classes were wont to
become so heated In their arguments that
employers found themselves compelled to
stick big placards. reading. Don't Talk
Politics Here" all over their places OF
business. No need for anything of that
sort this year. certainly. The old red-fire:
Grassland. torchlight parading political
spirit seems to be dead and buried over
here. 1t has come to pass that the voters
of this electorate want to "see something
before they'll permit themselves to take
any campaign really and truly to heart.
Which. come to think of 1t. isn't 50 Nm
natural. Can you blame 'em?
\
THE Fasters' Club is tho latest fad
derine outfit to come to the fore over
here. 1t is composed Of more than zoo
men and women who. by various and sun.
dry methods Of reasoning. have reached
the conclusion that eating Is q foolish.
not to say a piffling. business at the best
They would willingly abandon altogether
the prac tice of eating II such q thing were
possible, they say: but as they feel that
they haven't quite yet attained the stage
of spiritual development which will per-
NIT Of their living entirely without food
why. they're all solemnly pledged. upon
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1P,'' said Mr.. Stub
burne. aggressively
sticking out his
protrusive square
jaw. Il Sal1
pants Pants.
pants. Just like
that. Pants. Not
trousers. Pants.
That's the way
| always write 1t,
too. Paints.
,,ants 1t dOcSnt
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I the first chilly
day, while he was
dressing for breaA-
fast, Mrs. Jobson,
watchful Of his in
terests, 8 u b m ! L
ted the matter OF
medium weight
underwear to Mr..
Jobson.
Its quite raw
out this morning
discovered I h a {
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where such a mori-
bund little prcsi-
Dental campaign
as this one Is In
New York. 1t
would be moro or
less Of a joke. this
general indiher-
ence to personali-
ties, issues. rOor-
backs and all the
rest OF the trim
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-17

0ME years ago the
writer hereof pro-
pounded in The
Star an inquiry
which went cata-
putting around the
world, viz:
why don't the
song writer's COM
pose a father song
or two? Why don't
they give the old
man a CHANGER
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make any sort of difference what sort OF
epistolary effort l am indulging H.
never fail to write it pants. pants.
I've never written the word trousers In
nv life. and, with the help of Providence
and a small battalion of marines. 1 never
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HERE'S just one
little reason why 1
have a laundering
TO see the House
of Representatives
go democratic this
coming election.
It's simply that.
in common with a
lot of other news
paper folks. I'd
give my shoes
to view the Hon
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A DEAR friend Of mine who has just
"A returned from a long stay in a SAM
tariun-he facetiously calls it nut fac
tory-was telling me t'other day about a
most remarkable kind Of a human bug he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-17
Special Correspondence of The Star.

NEW YORK, October i6. 1908.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29
CLAY RIDGE.

Special Correspondence to the Herald.
We have had quite bit of rainy
weather. but it is fine for pasture
and small grain.
Thompson Stoney improved the
looks of his house and barn by
putting new lightning rod on
them. Edwin Fisher put it on. It
is fine thing; just try one and see.
Charley Wamsley, Jr., and family,
Mr.. G. Wamsley. ST., and Mrs. T.
Eversoll, spent Sunday with Jerry
Wamsley.
Mrs. T. Eversoll is getting some
better; she is able to out for a ride
once in a while.
Artie Taylor purchased a new
saddle horse last week.
Tresa and Julia Elskamp Sunday
ed with Sally Walker.
Will Skate and family spent Sat-
urday night and Sunday with T.
Stoney, also Mr.. and Mrs. Flesch
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Donald
son and Cora, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Art. Retallick and son took dinner
with SGoney's family Sunday.
John Cranage is doing a fine
piece of grubbing for T. Stoney this
spring.
Miss Maine Shapell spent last
Thursday with her mother; it being
her mothers birthday.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29

Frank England has been laid up
with rheumatism the past week.
Frank Lewis is going into the
chicken business on large scale,
down on the Lewis ranch.
Paul Humphrey shipped four car.
loads of fat cattle of his own feed
ing Tuesday, also two loads of
sheep and lambs.
P. j. Hamilton has been quite
poorly this spring, but is gaining
strength under the skillful treat
ment of DR.. Miller.
Paul Humphrey and little daagh-
ter Valentine. expect to start for
California next Monday, called
there on account of the serious i'll,
ness of Pauis mother, Mrs. Mary
Humphrey.
Next J ears high school contest
will probably be held here.
Humphrey & Wetmore are hav-
ing their wool bagged in prepare
ton for shipments. They have
the basement of the Horton build
ing full.
Other towns are having cleaning.
days; let's have one here and get all
the streets cleaned up good. It
will look lots better and will pay.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29
DURABLE FENCE POSTS.
Woods Given Sixteen Years Additional
Service BY Preservation Treatment.

Woods Given Sixteen Years Additional
Service By Preservation Treatment.
Fence posts of many kinds of
cheap woods which ordinarily would
soon decay if set in the ground can
be made to last for twenty years by
a simple treatment with creosote.
Most of the socalled inferior
woods are we'll adapted to the treat
ment, and this is especially true of
cottonwood, aspen, willow, syca-
more, low-grade pines, and some of
the gums. When properly treated,
these woods outlast untreated cedar
and oak, which are becoming too
scarce and too much in demand for
other uses to allow of their meeting
the demand for fence posts.
Impregnation with creosote has
been greatly cheapened by the in
PRODUCTION of the 'open tank, -
which can be installed at a cost of
from $50 to $45, or much less if an
old boiler is used. A tank with a
bottom IL square feet in area will
suffice for treatment 40 or so 6-inch
posts a day, or double this number
when two runs per day can be
made. The absorption of creosote
per post is about as follows: Eu-
calyptus, one tenth gallon; willow,
two tenths gallon; sassafras, ash,
hickory, red oak, water oak, elm
and maple, four-tenths gallon;
Douglas fir, quaklng aspen and
black walnut, six-tenths gallon;
sycamore, cottonwood and lodge
pole pine, seven tenths gallon. The
price of creosote is about ten cents
per gallon IN the East and Middle
West, Is cents per gallon on the
Pacific coast, and 81 cents per gallon
in the Rocky Mountain States. The
cost of treating post will therefore
vary from 4 to Is cents. Properly
treated, 1T should give service for at
least twenty years.
Experiments of the Forests Serv-
ice show that with preservative
treatment the durability of lodge
pole pine in Idaho is increased SIX
teen years. The cost of creOsote is
there relatively high, yet by treat
ing posts there is a saving, with in
terest at per cent, of 2 cents per
post yearly More important than
the saving, however, is the fact
that through preserYative treatment
other woods are fitted to take the
place of cedar, of which the supply
is rapidly becoming exhausted. A
detailed description Of experiments
in preserving fence posts together
with practical suggestions for treat
ing them on a commercial scale are
in Circular III of the
Forest Service. This publication
can be obtained upon application to
the Forester at Washington.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29
HOPKINS MEANDERED
A VERY MERRY PACE
Well Known Broker is a Fugitive.
From Justice.
Attained Fame in This Locality by His
Spectacular Efforts to Form
Mining Merger.

Wallace H. Hopkins, the Chicago
broker who is well known through
out the zinc district by his attempts
to consolidate the principal mines of
this section and those of the Joplin.
district, disappeared last week from
Chicago leaving behind him iabiI-
tiles amounting to about 5000, 900.
Indictments were voted against him
charging him with embezzlement,
but he fed before he could be ar
rested. The rise of Hopkins from an
obscure telegraph operator in Mil
waukee to that of becoming
a leading broker of the west, was
rapid. In fact his whole life
reads like a novel. He was first
class telegraph operator, then.
worked on a private wire for bro
ker, and later from his daily con-
tact with stock gamblers was put in.
a position to Lecome wealthy.
After leaving Milwaukee he went
to Chicago and opened an office of
his own. He prospered and later
established offices in different parts
of the country. His profits were
enormous and his rating became
higher and higher, year by year.
Last fall he represented that he had
consolidated the zinc mines of Mis-
souri, and Wisconsin, advertising
widely. One mine that he report
ed to have acquired was the Empire
of Platteville This was false and
Hopkins statement was publicly de-
MED by the management of the
Platteville company.
Such misrepresentation as this is
said to have been commonly used
by him in his attempts to float the
stock of the Consolidated Zinc Co.,
the capital of which he advertised
at $4,000, 900. On complaint of
several Lthat his advertising litera-
ture was misleading he will probab-
ly be arrested on a charge of fraud
ulent use of the mails.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29
Notice to Ice Consumers.

The general ice delivery season
will open on May 1. This year we
have adopted new plan for hand
ling ice and it will all be sold by
weight instead of by the month.
Coupon books good for 1000 pounds
will be on sale at our office at $3.50
each. Orders to non-holders of
books, 35c per hundred pounds.
There is big saving and better sa-
tisfaction by using coupons, and reg
ular delivery will not be- made to
those not purchasing books.
1912 j. E. BARNETT & Sons.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29
snoiled the PRAYER.

A west end man who had been out
with a party of friends slipping from
the bowl Of 10y more than usual stag
gered home, at loss to know how to
conduct himself to prevent his wife
knowing he was intoxicated. After
turning the question over In his mind
several times he decided that it would
be well for him to kneeI in prayer just
before retiring, as he sometimes did.
"What in the world are you doing
there, John?' asked his wife.
Praying"
'Well, your prayer might have more
effect If you took off that silk hat
st. Louis Republic.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29

injunction; Lowry & Carthew and G.
M. Dawes for pltff.; Bushnell. Watkins
& Moses and Hurd, LenehaD d Kiesel
for deft.
MI. Decker ct al, VS.. VIM. B. Morgan
ct al, partition; Bushnell, Watkins d
Moses for pltffs.; Lowry 81 Carthew
and Geo. B. Clementson for defts.
DIVORCE.
Margaret Conley VS.. James Conley;
7. l.. Cleary for pltff; D. j. Gardner
for deft.
Emeline Stein vs. VIM. Stein; w. j.
Palmer for pltff.
Eva Davis VS.. Thomas G. Davis;
Kopp & Brunckhort for pltff.
Emma OImstead VS.. Frank Ohm
stead; Kopp & Brunckhorst for pltff.
Letia Updyke vs. Jake Updyke; j, j.
Blaine for pltff.
ThirZa Swart VS.. James M. Swart;
Kopp & Brunckhorst for pltff.
Geo. w. Kenney VS.. Sarah Kenney;
M. S. Block for pltff
Eva M. Potter VS.. John Potter; Kopp
& Brunckhorst for pltff.
Elizabeth Hooks VS.. Calvin Hooks;
M. S. Block for pltff.
John w. Watson brings action In
Demurrer against Grant county. He
is represented by Bushnell, Watkins
& Moses and L. L. Cleary. FL. w.
Brown and Geo. B. ClemenCson are
for the county.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29

lusing and McGregor, Ia, Saturday
of each week, and a large steamer
will make regular trips. between
Dubuque and Prairie du Chen, stop
ping at all landings on both sides.
This is an excursion boat, and ride
on this steamer is considered by
many a great treat.
. & will try to comply, on the
fly, to fill your eye, with news, bye
and bye
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29
PATCH GROVE.

Special Correspondence to the Herald.
DR.. Miller is not going to leave
Patch Grove as mas been reported.
The doctor has made many friends
here.
J. G Scott came up from Galena
Sunday and is rusticating at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Geo. E.
Garside.
Bert Clark is putting up barn
for Lee Bailey at Bloomington.
Norm Streeter has been planting
some nice shade trees in the school
park. A good many around town
ale setting OUT trees this spring.
About forty from this community
attended the high school contest at
Mt Hope Saturday night.
A good many gardens have been
put in the past week. The farmers
are we'll along with their seeding.
The warm summer evenings will
soon be here. What is the matter
with having a band concert every
Saturday night9
There was no church service Sun
day morning, Rev Hooking was
called to Minneapolis by the death
of relative
Patch Grove will probably have
it's usual quota of summer visitors.
The Collins are expecting relatives
from England; DR.. Miller's are ex
pectlng a visit from relatives; Mr..
Edward Patch expects to be here
from Oregon.
AS we have no place here that
serves ice cream, 1T would be fine
thing if the ladies would serve ice
cream every Saturday night; the
money earned to go for the good of
the village. Mr.. Horton says his
new store room can be used for that
purpose.
Robt. Millin is having the cellar
dug for his new house. The material
is nearly all on the ground and
building will soon be begun.
Henry Glass is going to have the
house now occupied by August
Beckenier remodeled and an addi-
ton built on.
In the last few years many houses
in the village have been fixed up.
The old Palmer house now owned
bv Frank Curtis; the Sam Wetmore
house now owned by Alex. Robert
son: the old boarding house now
owned by Thee. Hope; the Tierney
house now owned by Bert Clark;
the old Goodman house now owned
by T. Millin ST.; the Osborn house
now owned by Jas. Fossblnder; the
old Chambers house now owned by
S. F. Brand; the Priors house now
owned by Robt. Millin torn down
and a new one will be built; a new
parsonage built; two large additions
have been built to the Humphrey
building now owned by Geo. Hor-
ton.
Walter Arnsberger has sold his
creamery to Hoffman, & Gierlach,
of Jefferson, Wis. Mr.. Glerlach
will operate the plant and has al
ready moved his family in and
taken charge. The Arnsbergers
have moved to their farm, the
John Anderson place.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29
oo@oooo0@oo0O00@Ooeooooo@a
q AROUND THE COUNTY 8
~ What Our Neighbors Are Doing, Reported by =
- The Herald's Correspondents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

yards near the depot with a load Of
hogs, a bur came off and the front
wheel came off. He had to get
another wagon to convey the hogs
to their destination as he was on
the other side of town.