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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-07-18
FREEDOM IN Burma
No One Interferes in the Affairs
of Another.
Remarkable Trait of Burmese char,o
ter is Their UnwiIIingness to In
terfere in Other Peoples Busl.
ness-Each Acts for Self.

London.-A remarkable trait of N.
Burmese character is their unwilling.
ness to interfere in other peoule's
affairs. Whether it arises from their
religion of self-culture or no, cannot
say, but it is in full keeping with It
Every mans acts and thoughts are his
own affair, think the Burmans; each
man is free to go his own way, to
think his own thoughts, to act his own
acts, as long as he does not too much
annoy his neighbors. Each man is
responsible for himself and for him.
self alone, and there is no need for
him to try and be guardian also to his
fellows. And so the Burman likes to
20 his own way, to be free man
within certain limits; and the freedom
that he demands for himself he will
extend also to his peighbors He has
a very great and wide tolerance to-
ward all his neighbors, not thinking it
necessary to disapprove of his neigh
bors' acts because they may not be
the same as his own, never thinking
IL necessary u 4uCO11OAO Will HIS
neighbors as long as the laws are
not broken.
Our idea that what habits are diff.
ferent to our habits must be wrong,
and being wrong require. correction at
our hands, is very far from his
thoughts. He never desires to inter
fere with anyone. Certain as he is
that his own ideas are best, he is con-
tented with that knowledge, and is not
ceaselessly DESTROYS of proving it
upon other people.
And so a foreigner may go and live
In Burman village, may settle down
there and live his own life and follow
his own customs in perfect freedom;
may dress and eat and drink and pray
and die as he likes. No one will in
terfere. No one will try and correct
him; no one will be forever insisting
to him that he is an outeast, either
from civilization of from religion. The
people will accept him for what he
is and leave the matter there. If he
likes to change his ways and conform
to Burmese habits and Buddhist forms,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-07-18
BIG DAM ACROSS TIE NIL.

she greater Assoun dam. which will
store twice as much water as the first
section, which was completed in 1902.
is now finished. It will furnish
enough water from the Nile, the Lon
don Times states, to do away with the
system of basin irrigation. in use for
thousands of years, and the fertile
fields of Egypt can now be cultivated
all the year around, says the Balti-
more Sun The original dam, which
cost about $12,50O.000, provided a.
storage capacity of 984,000,000 cubic
meters of water, the present structure
for about 2,O0O,OOO,OOO. Ninety years
ago the Egyptian government took
the first steps for a greater water sup
ply, but it was not until 1889 that the
British engineers, headed by William
Willcocks, brought forth the solution
by proposing to dam the Nile at AS
souan. The project was too ambitious
to secure financial support until Sir
Ernest Cassel, in 1898, provided the
necessary funds. The first dam was
begun February, 1902, a year ahead
of time. 1t is the most important of
public works of Egypt since Menes
constructed the dixie across the river
at Memphis, making possible basin ir-
rigation, the wonder of engineers to
this day. Basin irrigation cost about
SIS an acre in 5000 acre areas; from
$25 to $50 on small tracts, and land
rented at from SIS to $25 an acre per
year. Irrigation all the year round,
now made possible, costs $22 an acre
and the rents are from $25 to $40.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-07-18

u
served from the position of the bones which
remained fast in place. that the skeleton lay on
its back that all parts of the skeleton were rep
resented, and that the whole did not occupy
more than extent of three feet in length
evidence that the body was in the CONTRACTED"
posture at death. complete skeleton, much
weathered and fragn1sntary, and in contracted
posture, could only be explained by supposing
that it had been buried The solution of the
lance from the site of the skeleton there were
found extensive remains of ancient fire hearths.
These lay Immediately over the stratum con-
tanning the skeleton, and under the everything or
fourth stratum. This level represented an old
land surface, and the skeleton probably one
of the men who sat round the hearths on that
old land surface. That is the explanation Mr.
Cook suggested at recent meeting of the Royal
Anthropological institute, when he gave an ac-
count Of his discoveries. Mr. A. S. Kennard,
who is our highest authority on the age of val
ley deposits, regards the strata over the Halling
man as late pleistocene in date. Mr.. Cook de-
scribed the flint implements found on the old land
surface. but they belong to type which was
used by paleolithic as well neolithic men.
The remains of the skeleton were forwarded to
Professor Keith of the Royal College of Surgeons,
for expert examination, and, as he explained to
the writer, close scrutiny revealed the surpris-
in every particular-brain capacity. conformation
of Skull long oval face pointed projecting chin
stature Give feet four inches) and general build
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-07-18

ing an account of Englishmen towards the close
of the pleistocene period. Between the Sussex
man and the Halling lies immensely
long stretch of time-the time necessary for carv-
ing out the greater part of that wide and deep
hollow between the North and South Downs In
that time man shed the last of his anthropoid
features and assumed his modern fornl-for the
Halling man is one of ourselves, and the Sussex
individual most certainly is not The impor-
lance of the present discovery is that, until now,
we knew very little of British predecessors
at the close of the pleistocene period
The Midway has played part in carving out
the Wsald of Sussex; it has cut the stbottleneck'
gorge In the North Downs at Rochester to reach
the valley of the Thames On its western bank,
some four miles above Rochester, stands the
little village of Halling-where the recent dscoy-
cry WAS made. Between the village and the river
lies stretch of marshland nearly half mile
in width; but as the village is approached the
land rises sharply to form terrace Is feet above
the level of the river. The terrace extends along
both sides of the valley; it is composed of strait
fed brick earths. In this terrace between the
marshland by the river and the village OF Halling,
the skeleton was exposed.
The discovery was due to fortunate mis-
chance During an excavation of some depth
Slip of the friable earth occurred, revealing the
greater part of skeleton lying in stu as shown
in the diagram. This landslip also disclosed q
fact of great Importance, namely, that the strata
above were unbroken and level as when depos-
lied In the course of many thousands of years.
There can thus be nc question as to the antiquity
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-07-18

The Musical Opinion, ever on the
lookout for promising new tendencies
in music, lovingly records the contri-
buttons of the moment to the devel-
opment of great art: Tortoise Pa
troll "Spooks' Parade" Chicken
Reel" "Shoe Ticker Rag" BODY
lops," Ma Gumelastic Girl" "Mer-
ry Monkeys" etc. The list, while prob.
ably not exhaustive. is impressive.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-07-18

The war over the authorship of
Shakespeare's plays goes on. but the
world is little troubled thereby, leav-
ing the battle to be fought by the
handful of theorists who see in it a
vital issue. The plays are the pos
session of all literature, and their au-
thorship at this day, when it is inn
possible to have lawsuits over the roy.
alties, is merely incidental
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-07-18
RosN7cW ar .MzZEz0W WzEW Eoz0lD

Of the remains, the I'M
disturbed condition of the
ground precluding the
idea of burial at a date
later than that in which
they were deposited.
The remains lay in a
stratum Of what is geolog-
ically known as brick
earth, though it will be.
readily inferred that
bricks have nothing to do
with it. 1t is but the rain
wash of centuries, the fine
particles being inter-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-07-18
REAL TROUBLE.

First Excited Railroad omcial-Heard the
news?
Second Same Thing Oh not so bad Only
five killed-two OF em brakemen.
F1rst-But, my heavens. didn't you know that
along with that vaudeville baggage we were
carrying Jungleo the 100000 trained baboon ;
The wreck drove him crazy, and the owners
getting ready to sue the road for his full value
Puck
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-07-18

Exchange asks: What has become
of the old-fashioned milkman who al
ways poured in an extra dipperful?"
AS the query is somewhat indefinite.
we refrain from making a direct an
swer. but will say that either the
milk trust or the dairy inspector got
him.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-07-18
JUST TO TRY THEM our.

You require serious surgical operation,
Il am not surprised"
All, you knew then by the way you felt Tho,
there was something serious the matter with
NO; expected would require an operation
when learned that you had purchased nexr
set Of surgical Instruments -"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-07-18

He village of Halling, situated on
the banks of the Midway some
four miles above Rochester, Eng
land, has sprung into fame
through the discovery of a prehis-
toric man; henceforth the name
Of Halling will be as full of mean
ing to genealogists and anthropol-
ogists as that of Galley Hill or
TiIbury of Neanderthal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-07-18

A Cincinnati man who attempted TO
dictate what his wife should wear is
now the defendant in divorce suit.
He's lucky to get OF that easy.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-07-18

China has a large area of barren
land, despite her dense population
The reason being that for many cen
turtles it has been necessary to give
the closest possible attention to every
square foot of land suited to agricul-
ture in order. that the people should
be fed. The Chinese have shown
themselves to be good agriculturists,
but in developing agriculture they
have sacrificed the forests on land
which could be cultivated and at the
same time have neglected to plant for
ests on the now barren mountains.
This has been because the govern
ment has taken no interest in the sub
ject, and forestry on anything like a
national scale is too big a proposition
for individual enterprise, even if in
China there had been spirit of en-
terprise. One of the signs of the new
order of things under the republic is
the recent application by the governor
of the province of Shantung to Major
,Ahern, the director of forestry in the
Philippines, for permission to send as
many Chinese students as possible to
the Los Banos forestry school.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-07-18

The fish story is still wandering on
Its old-fashioned, time-honored way.
In the midst of reform and progress
and knowledge and rejection of old
traditions, it holds it's own, undis-
turbed by modern iconoclasm and
still finding refuge in the hearts Of
men.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-07-18

are carefully considered, it is just Il
similarity to the living type that r..
Halling man so interesting and vail.
array Of details has been unearthed wiz
the investigators that they have here
OF an individual who long preceded Il
OF Stonehenge, a man who dates bad
to what is vaguely known as the earl
period, but who more probably lived
Gus life under the severe conditions
towards the end Of the paleolithic ag,re
with the mammoth, the woolly rhind
other aggressive creatures of the pleis
The famous skull discovered by MI.
Dawson in the Weald of Sussex last YET
to the first chapter of the history of t.
the discovery made recently at Halli
materials for much later chaDter--thSz-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-07-18
LET THE PUNISHMENT FIR THE cR,Mr

see Texas man has been nned thousand
dollars and sentenced to two wears IN tIe s
Tertiary for whipping an orphan. -
AND served him right Now I-hope the lav
VIII get after these people who feed fheir ch,r
dren parEnips and grapefruit >--o-- 0'.'s
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-07-18

"Slit skirts" have been forbidden In
Los Angeles schools, the old fogy au-
thorities having an idea that their
pupils should improve their under
standings by other methods
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-07-18

spersed with larger, which suggest pieces OF
brick Overlying this stratum was layer of
sand with layer Of more recent brick earth
above it, then red loan, and finally the vegetable
top soil-altogether four strata, averaging about
six feet in total thickness
The top of the stratum in which the remains
were found appears to have been the land surface
of the age in which the man lived. This is shown
by the fortunate discovery, some 80 yards away,
of the charred and blackened remains Of pre-
historic fire hearths, fragments Of burnt bones
and wood worked fints and many animal bones.
The worked fints have been submitted to expert
examination at the British museum. where the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-07-18

Coin to the gamer" appears to be
the burning question of the day,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-07-18

Gotham policemen are having their
own troubles these times, but one OF
the novel forms it is taking was ex-
emplified in the case of patrolman
placed on trial for INSTRUMENTATION in
refusing on demand to blow his
breath in his superior's face for
physical demonstration of the lat
ter's suspicious. 1t is well for the
strain on the public nerves that the
situation is not without its CLEANS
of humor.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-07-18

At first sight the finding of a human skeleton
strangely like the human skeleton of the pres
ent day-some six or seven feet below the sur
face does not appear an epoch-making event, but
when the conditions under which it was found
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-07-18

and many animal bones.
been submitted to expert
itish museum, where the
Pears to be in favor Of
,Ipaleolithic period, or, at
( transition between that
(which would place their
lsrs. Geological evidence,
Fill further back, for the
son the opposite side OF
led fossils of pleistocene
Mammoth, arctic fox, rein
.os roamed the land. The
hat we have here a paleo-
l that the skeleton was
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-07-18

pterred a short distance
while some religious sig
by the body being buried
asst.
remains come to lie in
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-01-22
A COLD WINTER.
The Old Settler Recalls the Weather
of 1885 SO in Nebraska.

Topeka Capital: Speaking of
cold winter, F." remarked the old settler,
those fellows who weren { here in
the winter of 1885 don't know a
thing about cold. Furthermore the
people down here in Kansas didn't get
it like we did up in northwest Neb-
raska. Say, that was certainly a
humdinger. Up 20 about the last of
December the weather was warm.
Two days before New Years it was
so warm that mosquito bar or cheese
cloth would have been plenty heavy.
Then it commenced to cloud up. The
wind turned round to the north and
the mercury fell so quick that you
could hear the sound of it when it
hit the bottom of the tube. I was
chopping up cottonwood into stove
wood lengths and sweating like a
work horse and complaining about the
heat when the change in the weather
came. In less than two minutes
was sweating hailstones the size of
hazel nuts My dog with with me,
lying stretched out near the log pant
ing on account of the heat and with
his tongue sticking out of his mouth
at least three inches when the weather
changed. Before the dog could get
his tongue into his mouth an inch of
the end of it was frozen solid. 1t
dropped off just as we started for the
house and he' was short that much
tongue always afterward. 1 got a
fire started as soon as ! could, but the
flame froze under the teakettle. ]
saw a jackrabbit that was out grazing
on the prairie when the blizzard came
whooping along 1t took him by sur
prise and he started for shelter
When he jumped into the air it gave
the blizzard full sweep at him aud he
was frozen stiff before he hit the
ground. The storm ragged for a week.
Everything on top of ground froze,
Cattle froze. hogs froze, chickens
froze My family froze l froze
The curious thing about it was that
it didn't kill US. seemed to freeze us
mp before we had time TO die. Same
way with the animals. We had six
Uilk cows ali of EN- froze, but came
out in pretty fair shape when they
thawed. But there was this curious
thing about it. Those cows, which
were thorough bred Jerseys, gave down
ice cream instead of milk for three
weeks after the storm was over. -
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-01-22
Helping Him Out.

The bridegroom of three months
baGe his wife adiau one morning and
departed on business trip to town
% miles distant The journey was to
be made by automobile and he promis
ed to return in time for seven O'Clock
dinner as usual.
But no husband appeared when
dinner was served and the anxious
wife watched the hands of the clock
as they journeyed on and announced
that the hour was midnight, and still
the husband failed to appear. The
frantic wife sent kilograms to six
friends of the groom living in the
town where he might have gone, ASK
ing if he was spending the night with
them. As dawn appeared a farm
wagon drove up containing a farmer
and the missing husband and furnish
ing motor power for a broken down
automobile that trailed behind.
Almost simultaneously came mes
senger boy with an anwser to one of
the telegrams, followed at intervals,
by five others and all of the kilograms
said:
John is spending the night with
me-
In loyalty what surpasses man?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-01-22
HOME MINSTREL SHOW
NOW IN PREPARATION
Country Club VIII Spring it
Some Time in February
Will Add Fresh Laurels to Those Al
ready Won by Local Artists
in Minstrelsy.

Lancaster is going to be treated to
another minstrel show, given by home
talent. To those who have had the
pleasure of attending local minstrel
performances in the past. as aged
under the auspices of The Country
Club, the simple announcement that
another one is In preparation is sufi-
Gent to awaken plessurable anticipa-
tions.
Four years ago was the last one and
it was greeted with capacity houses.
It is promised that the coming one.
the date of which is not yet fully
determined, but will probably be some
time in February, will be funnier
than its predecessors.
Lancaster has excellent thespian
talent and much of it shines at its
best in minstrelsy. The old favorites
and some new ones will be included
in the cast and there is surely some
good fun ahead.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-01-22
H. c. ORION COMPANY
FORMALLY LAUNCHED
Papers of Incorporation Filed
With Secretary of State.
H. c. Orion will be The Manager and
the Business Continued at
Old Stand.

The e.. G. Orion Company, success
sors to the Orion Haley Co., has re-
ceived its incorporation papers frons
the Secretary of State and is novg
formally launched under the new re-
gime. H. g. Orion will be the ae-
tive manager, and Elmer Schmidt,
who now owns an interest in the bus
mess will be assistant manager and
bookkeeper. This store was estab-
lished sixteen years ago by the JOeckeR
Clothing Co.. and four years ago was
purchased by the orion Haley Co.,
the business being conducted under
such title until the fourth of the pres
ent month, when the company was re-
organized.
H. G. Orion is a native of Lancas-
ter, having been born here in 1874.
His education was obtained in the
Lancaster schools and he has had many
years of business training, first with
Baxter & Draper, later with his uncle,
VIM. E. Orion, also with r. Fl.
Chandler and for twelve years with
the Joeckel Company before the pur-
chase of the business from MIR. JoeckeI
by himself and partners four years
ago
He will conduct the business upon
the same high plane of excellence that
has characterized this store in the
past. always assuring patrons first
class goods and fair dealings
Elmer Schmidt is also a native
Lancaster boy. a graduate of the Gem
City Commercial College, of Quincy,
ILL.,, and has had four years connec-
ton with this store under ownership
of the Orion Haley Co.
The initial announcement of the
new company is made in a big clear
ing sale advertisement upon the sec
ond page of today's Herald
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-01-22
GROSS-CALVIN WEDDING
YESTERDAY AT NOON
Harry E. Gross, of the Gross Music
House United in Marriage to
Miss TeIah Calvin

beautiful wedding was that
which occurred at high noon yester-
day, January 81, at the home of MIR.
and Mrs. TheO. Calvin, in this city,
when their only daughter, Telah
May, was united in marriage to MIR.
Harry Gross. a young business man
of this city, in the presence of about
one hundred ami thirty guests as
sen bled for the ceremony.
Jesse Grafton, instructor in English
in the city high school, sang, ''Oh,
Promise Me!'' after which an orch
estra composed of Miss Emily Roberts
and Messrs. Roy Fischer, Ellis
Schmidt and Will Mccoy beautifully
rendered Mendellsohns wedding
march to the strains of which the
bridal party descended the stairway
and took their places under the
branches OF wide spreading palm in
the north parlor
The ribbon bearers with ropes of
smilax wers M ss1s Arminda Eastman,
Pearl Frye, Mae BrookeI and Mary
Warren. Miss Bessie Carter, of
Madison, was maid of honor, and Mr..
Frank Markus, of Wausau, ofticiated
as best man. The bride wore gown
of brocaded white satin and carried
white brides roses; the maid of honor
was attired in a gown of embroidered
70 In MI nd
carried pink carnations. The groom
and best man wore the conventional
black
The marriage ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. Chas, 7. Beers. pastor
of the local M. E. church, the i'm
pressivu ring service being used.
Guests from distance were Mrs.
Elizabeth Carter and daughter Bessie,
of Madison; Mrs. j. Allen Coombs
and daughter, Mrs. Jessie Harloff, of
the same city, and Mrs. Ryan. of
Montana. There were also numerous
relatives and friends uf the family
present from Bloomington and other
sections of the county in addition to
the local guests.
Following the ceremony and con.
gratulations Of friends a wedding
dinner was served. and then the happy
newly married couple in company
with lot of their friends hurried to
the train where, amid a shower of
rice and chorus of good wishes they
departed for Chicago. where they will
visit few days and then return to
make Lancaster their home.
The young people were recipients of
a large number of beautiful presents
from their admiring friends.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-01-22
PUBLIC TOWELS ARE
NOW UNDER THE BAN
Their Use is Forbidden on Trains, in
Depots and Similar Public
Places.
4 Friend.

The public towel has to go. An
edict has gone forth from Washington
to that effect and is being promptly
obeyed by railroad companies.
The agent for the Northwestern
road at this place, Geo S. Rockwell,
is in receipt of an order from Supt.
E. E. Nash, of Baraboo, in which
quotation from the federal law is
given as follows:
Common carriers shall not pro-
vide in cars. vehicles or conveyances
operated in interstate traffic, or in
depots. waiting rooms or other places,
used by passengers travelling from one
state or territory or in the District of
Columbia to another state. territory or
District of Columbia, any towel for
use by more than one person; provided
that towels may be used after having
been sterilized with boiling water. >
The order becomes effective at once
and public towels in the wash rooms
at this depot are now a thing of the
past