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everything they wore. including trousers
for the boys and caps and Jackets for
tho girls while little. I also helped them
an In their school work. and started
them IN mudc. &c. But az they grew
older got behind the times. never be-
ionged to . club or society or lodge. nor
went TO Anyons's house scarcely; there
wasn't time. In consequences. I knew
nothing that was going on in the town.
much less the events Of the country. and
at the same time my husband kept
growing in wisdom and knowledge. from
mixing with men and hearing. topics Of
tn, times discussed. At the beginning
Of our married life I had just a. quick
. mind to grasp things as he did. and
had more school education. having grad
uated from three-years' high school
Ny husband more and more declined to
discuss things with me, az he said. 7
didn't know anything about It" When
I'd ask. he'd say. oh. you wouldn't un-
derstand II I'd tell you So here 7 am.
at forty-hve years. hopelessly duh and
uninteresting. while he can mix with the
brightest minds In the country ~ an
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performs the duties that go with those
rights and that alone Justify her in
appealing to them. A cruel, selfish, or
licentious man IL an abhorrent member
of the community; but, after all. his
actions are no worse in the long run
than those Of the woman who Is content
to be a parasite on others, who is cold.
selfish, caring for nothing but frivolous
pleasure and ignoble ease.
. The law of worthy effort. the law Of
'service for a worthy end. without regard
to whether it brings pleasure or pain,
is the only right law of life, whether
for man or for woman. The man must
not be selfish; nor, il the woman is wise,
will she let the man grow selfish, AID
this not only for her own sake but for
his. One of the prime needs is to re-
member that almost every duty is conf
posed OF two seemingly conflicting e's-
ments. and that overinsistence on one,
to the exclusion of the other. may defeat
its own end. Any man who studies the
statistics of the birthrate among the
native Americans of New England, or
among the native French of France.
needs not to be told that when prudence
and forethought are carried to the point
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do 70; and that In consequence your nus.
band outgrew you. and that your chil.
dren look up TO him and not to you
and feel that they have outgrown You.
II these facts are 20. you have done .
great and wonderful work. and the only
explanation I can possibly give OF the
attitude you describe on the part Of your
husband and children Is that they do not
understand what It Ii that you have done.
empha tically believe In unselnshness.
but I also believe that II il q mistake
to let other people grow selfish, even
when the other people are husband and
children.
NOW, suggest that you take your
letter to me, Of which send you back
a copy. and this letter. and then select
out Of your family the one with whom
you feel most sympathy, whether II il
your husband or one Of your children.
Show the two letters to him or her.
and then have q frank talk about the
matter. II any man. As you say. be-
comes aehamed Of his wife because she
has lost her figure in bearing his chill
dren, then that man In Q hound and has
every cause to be ashamed Of himself.
am sending you o little book called
Mother" by Kathleen Norris. which
viii give you my views on the matter.
OF course. there are base and selfish
men, Just as there are. although be-
lieve in smaller number. base and selfish
women. Man and woman alike should
profit by the teachings In such q story
as this Of Mother" Sincerely yours,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
Sol Theodore Roosevelt:
Ny Dear Sir: Your letter came As q
surprise, for / wasn't expecting an an
swer. The next day the book came. and
thank you for your ready sympathy
and understanding. feel as though you
and Mrs. Roosevelt would think was
hardly loyal to my husband and chill
dren; but knowing Of no other way to
bring the idea which was SO strong in
my mind to your notice, told my per-
sonal story. II II will. In q small meas
ure, be the means Of helping some one
else by molding public opinion. through
you, shall be content. You have helped
me more than you know. Just having
you interested il as good as q tonic,
and braces me up till I feel as though
I shall refuse to be laid on the SHELF
To think that you'd bother to
send me q book! I shall always treasure
1t both for the text of the book and the
sender. I read 1t with absorbing inter-
est. The mother was SO splendid. She
was ideal. The situations are startingiy
real, just like what happens here every
day with variations. ."
narrative of facts is often more con-
vincing than q homily; and these two
letters Of my correspondent carry their
own lesson.
ParentheticaIly, let me remark that
whenever \ man thinks that he has out
grown the woman who Is his mate. he
viii do well carefully to consider whether
his growth has not been downward in
stead of upward. whether the facts are
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BEVERIDGE WRITES OF MARSHALL

driving into town with his oxen and"
Bring your feet toward you, please;
they'll be out Of focus.)
(An right)-'inquired OF the estimable
Mr.. Epps. the innkeeper, where he could
find an honest"
(Mr. Hunt, please turn your hat up IN
front)-"an honest lawyer who could
ably defend him in a civil matter. Mr..
Ups went to the door Of his hosiery,
Better have a book in your hand to
add realism. Senator Beveridge.)
(Mr. Beveridge. you mean: and I sell
dom hold a book while debating. land
chard not many yards Distant" lis that
all rightO
(Yes. that will dol
what q rather portly man" chow
can look at the camera when I'm sup
posed to be talking to my stenographer0
dressed in knee breeches and wearing
linen roundabout after the fashion of
the period" (wait a moment; let me
take this sling on: it won't look well in
the picture)-"was filing his hat with
ripe fruit"
CHold still moment now; it will soon
be over.)
There said Mr.. Epps, IS the man
you want to see'." Qs it all overD
now, because 1t Is dark here and the
exposure must be two seconds)
Many Old Books.
Senator Beverage then ceased dictat-
ing the life of John Marshall until he
heard the information. "An over"
On q table set down in the center Of
the circle Of trees there were dozens of
dusty old books. From every library
the author has brought his textbooks
for research. Every now and then he
motors into Boston and browses about
the Public Library and out to Cam
bridge and visits the collections at Har-
ward.
He has visited, and in fact discovered.
the humble log cabin in Fauquier County,
Va, where John Marshall lived. His
previous publications are The Young
Man and the World" The Bible a.
Good Reading" Russian Advance"
Americans of Today and Tomorrow"
and Work and Habits"
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vide. A man must think well before
he marries. He must be a tender aai
considerable husband and realize that
there is no other human being to when
he owes SO much of love and regard ard
consideration as he does to the woman
who with pain bears and with labor
rears the children that are his. No
words can paint the scorn and contempt
which must be felt by all right-thinking
men, not only for the brutal husband.
but for the husband who fails to show
full loyalty and consideration to his
wife.
Moreover. he must work, he must do
his part in the world. On the other
hand, the woman must realize that she
has no more right to shirk the business
Of wifehood and motherhood than the
man has to shirk his business as bread
winner for the household. Women should
have free access to every field Of labor
which they can to enter, and when their
work is as valuable as that OF a man
it should be paid as highly. Yet nor
mally for the man and the woman whose
welfare is more important than the well
fare Of any other human beings. the
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OF cold selnshness and self-indulgeuce.
the race % bound to disappear. Taktng
into acDount the women who for good
reasons do not. marry. or who when
married are chiidless or are able to have
but one or two children, It ID evident that
the married woman able to have children
must on an average. have four or the
race viii not perpetuate itself. This V
the mere statement OF . sef-evident
truth. Yet foolish ind self-indulgent
people often resent this statement ~ II
il were In some way possible by de-
nunciation to reverse the facts Of nature;
and. on the other hand. improvident and
shiftless people. inconsiderate and brutal
people, treat the statement as II 1t tusti-
fed heads OF families In having enormous
plumbers of badly nourished. badly
brought up. and badly cared for children
for whom they make no effort to pro-
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Hcroism Of Mexican Cadets.

From Harper's Weekly.
Many incidents Of the Mexican war are
still recounted to IRE the hearts Of Mexi-
cans. One Of these occurred during the
defense Of Chapultepec. . defense that
was as gallant as was the attack. In this
attack forty-eight Mexican cadets, among
others, lost their lives. The story =
stirring one.
For many years the celebrated castle
of Chapultepec. where Montezuma held
his barbaric court in the surrounding
groves Of expresses, where. during nearly
three centuries, lived the successive vice.
roys Of Spain. and where MACMILLAN made
his imperial home. has been the West
Point Of Mexico.
When Gen. Scott had taken the place
by storm. and Gen. Bravo had surren-
dered. q Mexican cadet only fifteen years
of age. seeing the nag Of his country In
peril. most OF his comrades being already
slain, climbed the Flagstaff. tore the BAN
ner, from Its place. wound It around his
body, and slid down. Intending to plunge
over the pricipice. In order to save the
colors from falling into the hands Of the
enemy.
That act Of heroism being frustrated.
the brave boy. with the banner stu
wrapped around him. fought until he was
cut In pieces. Forty-eight OF these school
boys. ranging In age from fourteen to
twenty years. lie buried in one grace At
the foot Of the hill Year by year tina
cadets Of Chapultepse strsw neWou 200
this saDulchaEs
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Former Senator Seeks lnspi-
ration in Forests, Where
He Believes Great Chief
Justice Thought Out His
Opinions.

Boston, Aug. e-Former Senator Albert
]. Beveridge. original fire-eater, opener
Of political campaigns. expansionist of
the expansionists, hater of railroads.
champion Of government control Of pub
lie utilities. and father Of child labor
laws and inheritance tax laws. is writ
ing a book.
Not that that is anything new for A. j.
Beverage. The fact is, he has written
five before. But this time he Is writing
the book And he is writing II out I'M
der the great pine trees of Dublin. N.
H., in a sort of wild nook. shut In by
virgin timber SO thick that the sun can
hardly find entrance overhead nor yet
the rain.
Looks Over Country.
Yet through the vernal arches he can
look out over miles Of country and catch
the breezes that sweep around Mount
Monadnock and inhale the smell OF the
pine needles which form a carpet for his
outdoor library.
Senator Beveridge told a reporter who
found him busy writing in his sylvan
den that he already had four publishers
who will take his book, and he is willing
to admit that when it is concluded 1t will
take its place upon the shelves Of Amer
lean history and literature and will al
ways remain there.
The work upon which Mr.. Beverage
Ii engaged Is an exhaustive and authC RI
tative life of Chief Justice John Marshall.
who in the early part OF the nineteenth
century laid, by his decisions in the
Supreme Court of the United States, tn .
broad foundation of M liam
In attaching his volume to fame there
10 no reason why this indefatigable work
er should not succeed. his experience in
authorship is deep. He Is a skilful law
yer. who was never known not to sift
the material to the last grain Of fact. He
should make his book complete. He has
q wonderful memory. That trait should
prove invaluable.
No Exhaustive Life.
But the chief point IL that there II no
exhaustive treatment Of the life Of John
Marshall. and the Hoosier Senator. who
broke in" to Congress at the age Of
thirty-six. viii be entitled to be con-
sidered tho real biographer Of the-to
veveridge-srestest Chief Justice who
ever lived.
Furthermore. Beverage has always
had the idea in the back of his read.
And when this intrepid reformer GETS
an idea In the back of his head Il v
going to come out some day-strong.
That man 10 q soldier" Beverage a.
q young man once asseverated to Ben
ator Mcdonald Of Indiana. N whose ONCE
he worked, while reading one Of Chief
Justice John Marshalrs decisions on mat
ters affecting the Constitution Of the
United States. The fnvincible logic of
It. the trumpet call Of It, its martial
cadence. even. suddenly came to the ear
Of the young law clerk.
/, Maybe he was" replied Mcdonald.
It MAS characteristic OF Albert Jere-
miah Beveridse that he found out But
he found out through dimculty. foe thsre
WAS No baographsr of John MARSHALL ~
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who give their lives to raise Q nice fam
ily.. and then who become bitter from the
injustice done us Don't let this 50 Into
the Waste-basket but think Il over.
Yours respectfuliy.-@
The Mans. Debt to the Mother OF
His Children.
New York. January II, 1913.
my Dear Mrs. -:
Most certainly your letter will not 80
into the waste-paper basket I shall
think II over and show 1t to Mrs. Roose-
welt VIII you let me say. in the first
place. that . woman who can write such
q letter 10 certainly not 'hopelessly dull
and unintsresting!" II the facts are a
you stats. than do not wonder that you
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Robert Bridges, the New Laureate

Robert Bridges, the New Laureate.
From the Providence journal
It Is probable that to many persons
the name of Robert Bridges. who u
understood to have accepted the lau.
reateship offered him By, Mr.. Asquith,
will scarcely be . familiar one. DR..
Bridges has at no time IN his nearly
completed three-score and ten years OF
life been known outside . compare
lively small circle. Yet he has written
q considerable quantity Of delicate and
charming verse. at once lyric In feeling
and classical in temper, which has never
lacked the appreciation Of the chosen
few The honor IL deserved; though one
will find it difhcult to some extent to
conceive q gift 10 fine. almost tenuous,
az that Of the author Of such gently
plaintive songs a. 'Thou Didst Delight
My Eyes." or $50 Sweet Love Seemed. /"
being turned to the duties Of the
The selection indicates
considerable more ability to appreciate
q talent Of subtle favor than most per-
sons on this side Of the water would
have ascribed either to English royalty
or to the government
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along. cut him down, and threw him
back into the cell.
He remarks aimlessly that he him.
self got rheumatism pretty badly be.
fore he was moved to Great Meadow
Feeling all right now. though.
Pnroled from Rcformntories.
Go to the house in East Fifteenth
Street another day and you find g
whole lot of visitors-must be forty
young fellows seated all around the
front room and in the library in back
They've just been paroled from Elmirs
and Napanoch Reformatories.
Convicted of felony, they were sen
fenced to Elmira for terms of one &c
three years. Some were transferred &c
Napanoch because they were older. OF
because they had behaved badly at Ell.
mira. But finally they all attained the
industry, and a small measure Of
scholarship. AL had written letters
by the dozen to friends and possible
employers until each had got thu
promise Of a job. The agents of the
reformatories referred these offers o,
work to the Prison Association, which
Investigated them and threw out the
worthless ones. When the job hat
been o. KID for each man the reform
atories released the lot Of them. anc
they came down to New York. unac.
companied by any prison ofhcer, and
reported first, as was their duty, &c
the Prison Association.
The chief parole onicer Of one Of the
reformatories Is telling these young
fellows that every effort will be made
to help them keep straight, hold theii
jobs, earn Q reasonable amount Of
money, and by obeying q few sensible
rules gain their absolute release II
six months or SO. At least once {
month they must report in person. and
at fairly frequent intervals in .thost
first six months the parole Officers will
visit them at home and at their work
A few will be found to be deceivine
the parole men. But at least three
cut Of four Of these boys-they really
are that-will gain their absolute re-
lease in short order and become use
full members Of society.
That il the work of the Prison As
ISOLATION. These are the people OF
whom o. Henry might have written
an unbeatable story.
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Discussing Factors Of Success and Failure Former PresdeaI
Declares Unrestricted IndividuaEsm Means Ruin, Is
Does Elimination Of Indiuduaism. ~ n.

women on footing Of complete and en-
tire equal rights with manufacturing the
right to vote, the right to hold and use
property, and the right to enter any
profession she desires on the same terma
as the man. Yet when this has beer
done It will amount to little unless on
the one hand the man himself realizes
his duty to the woman. and unless on
the other hand the woman realizes that
she has no claim to rights unless she
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feel bitterly and that you feel that the
gravest kind OF injustice has been done
you. I have always tried to insist to
men that they should do their duty to
the women even more than the women
to them. Now. I hardly like to write
specifically about your husband, because
you might not like it yourself. 1t seems
to me almost increditable that any man
who Is the husband of a woman who has
borne him nine children. that you did
all your own work, including washing.
ironing. housekeeping. and the care Of
the little ones as they came along: that
you sewed everything they wore. includ-
ing trousers for the boys and caps and
jackets for the girls while little: that
you helped them all in their school work
and started them in music; but that as
they grew older you got behind the
times, that you never belonged to a club
or society or lodge, nor went to any
ones house. as you hardly had time to
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R.aay-Made Heae.

From the Boston Transui2t.
Her suitor-I wish to marry your
daughter. sir.
Her dad (sternly)-My daughter. Sir.
will continue under the parental roof.
Her suitor-Well sir. the parsutal roof
looks mod to M
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tributing editor. through the Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate. Copyright. 1915. BY the Outlook Com
pany. Al rights reserved. including rishts Of
translation)
The next instalment win appear in the Washing
ton Sunday Herald. August Il.
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The next installment Of Mr.. Roosevelt's Chap
tes Of Possible Autobiography is entitled The
New York Police"
published BY special susngement With the Out
look. Of which Theodore Roosevelt u the con-
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There's moment or two further talk
and then No. 3f3 Great Meadow says
goodby without having been able to
thank the young woman and Mr.. Lewis
for that job-it's hard to ind the words
some times.
The next arrival Is q pale-faced fellow
who looks a. II he had undergone hard.
shin Of pretty ssvsre kind. He's from
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-12-18
REAL ESTATE SALE.

STATE OF WISCONSIN, COUNTY
Court for Dane County-in Probate
In the Matter of the Estate of
James P. Cory, Deceased.
Notice Is Hereby Given, That by
virtue and in pursuance of an order
of license made in said matter by
said Court on the 9th day of Octo-
Der, 1913, the undersigned, admin
istrator, will, on the End day of Jam
uary 1914, at the hour Of II O'Clock
a. m, at the front door of the post
office in the Village of DexterviIIe,
in Wood County, Wisconsin, offer
for sale, and sell at Public Vendue
the following described lands, situ-
ate in the town of Cary in said
Wood County, viz:
The South half of the South West
quarter of Section Twelve (12), in
Township Twenty-three (23), North
of Range Two (2) East.
Terms and conditions made known
at time and place of sale.
Dated December 9Th, 1913
Thomas B. Johnson,
Administra tor,
Madison, Wis
Paul D. Carpenter & Gilbert
& Ella, Attorneys,
Madison, Wisconsin. 3W
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Joosten schools. 1t will begin at
80. There will be skating after
ward.
Miss Altha Whitman who has been
at Tomahawk for several years,
came down Wednesday noon to stay
with her pa3 onts, Mr. and Mrs. Lew
Whitman : the town of Linwood.
Mrs F W;itman. came down from
TomahaN k Wednesday night where
she had visited with her daughter,
Cassie, since Saturday.
Mr. ard Mrs. Louie Ivernash, Mrs
Fox, Mrs. Addie Schelfout returned
Wednesday evening from attending
the fuI reral CT Miss Beatrice Liver
nash in Necedah.
Mr.. and HRS. n G. RatelIe, attend
ed the funeral of the latter's aut,
Mrs. Mary j. Warren in Grand Rap
ids on Monday afternoon.
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SIGEL.

Miss Eva Peterson left on Friday
for Seattle, Washington, where she
will remain for an indefinite time.
Miss FIoy Berg of the Rapids,
spent Sunday with home folks.
Miss Signie Heden is expected
here this week from PittsviIle, to
spend the holidays.
Eric Newman was a week end Wis
itor at Grand Rapids.
Messrs. Graham and Ostermeyer of
Fruita, Colo, purchased the Herman
Hill 40 acre farm recently, and have
also taken possession of same
The marriage of Emma Pagel and
Andrew Schultz, both we'll known
young people, occurred on Thursday,
at the Lutheran church, Rev. Pautz
performing the ceremony. The
Misses Bertha Pagel and Freda New
| man were bridesmaids, and the
Messrs. Anton and Arthur Henke,
were groomsmen. Following the wed
ding ceremony the bridal party re
paired to the home of John PagaI,
where many relatives and friends as
sembled to celebrate the event the
afternoon and evening being spent
in dancing. The newly married couple
will make Sigel their home. Among
the out of town guests present We're
Mr. and Mrs Carl Gehrman, and son
CT Gresham, Mr.. and Mrs. Ben
PageI of Merrill, and Miss Freda
Newman of Chicago. Mr.. and Mrs
Schultz have many friends who ex-
tend congratulations.
Rob Heden is home from Biron,
where he has been employed
The Sunday school is planning on
a big Christmas program.
Sam Walters took his five year
old son to Wausau, on Saturday, to
undergo an operation for fractured
elbow
Gust Carlson of Eau Claire has
been visiting relatives here
Ernest Anderson came home on
Thursday from Biron where he has
been employed the past four weeks.
Jim Pelot of Sherry, has been u.s.
ing his wood saving outfit to adVant
age the past week, by disposing of
several plies of wood.
August Bauer is employed at
Sherry.
Miss Josie Yeskie left on Saturday
for Port Edwards, where she will
spend a week, visiting her sister,
MIS- Chas Millenlbach.