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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-01-29

ASSEMBLYMAN MARON.
the minimum wage bill will be pass
ed after bitter fight. He says that
the measure will have to overcome
ignorance, selfshness and blind in
difference to pubic welfare, which he
considers the strongest opposition to
the enactment of progressive legisla-
ton in this or any other state.
Provisions of the Bill.
The minimum wage bill as it has
been drafted gives TO the state indus
trial commission powers similar to
those now vested in the Wisconsin
railroad commission in the fixing OF
rates for public utilities. Much of
the actual work of looking into condi-
lions will not be done by the indus
trial board, but that body will be the
final tribunal, unless the case at bar
is taken into the courts, in fixing a
minimum wage.
Under the provisions Of the bill as
it has been drawn at the suggestion
of Mr. Mahon, any woman or girl who
feels that she is not receiving proper
compensation for her work may file
a complaint with the Industrial com
mission, which shall then name
committee of investigation composed
of three members, one member to be
named by the person making the com
plant, one by the employer, and the
third by the commission. After prop
er investigation the committee will
file with the commission a report of
its findings, and upon the basis of this
report the board will fix a minimum
wage. This minimum wage may be
made applicable to one portion of the
state or to the entire state, the in
dustrial commission being vested
with wide discretionary power.
To Compensate Prisoners.
Assemblyman Fred l.. Holmes of
Madison will introduce a bill provid-
ing for state indemnity for innocent
persons who have been sent to prison
through an error in criminal justice.
The amount of indemnity shall not
exceed $4,000, and the bill establishes
certain restrictions which will furnish
ample protection to the state from
fraud in an attempt to secure COM
pensation.
The bill will provide that any per-
son who has been committed to pris-
on shall have the right, upon the ex-
piration of his term, to present to the
original court any evidence tending
to establish his innocence. If the
evidence is sufficient to show that an
error has been made, the court may
fix the amount of compensation to be
awarded to the injured person. Upon
the usual procedure of presenting the
claim to the county, then to the sec
rotary Of state and finally to the
state treasurer, the prisoner will re-
ceive the indemnity fixed by the
court.
1.-THE state faces a duty" said Mr..
Holmes, ''in all cases where an error
has been made in criminal justice.
In the course Of our enactment of
progressive legislation we have pro-
vided that employers shall compen-
safe persons who are injured while
at work. We regulate such compen-
sation through our present Industrial
compensation. If the state believes
that the individual employer or the
large manufacturer has this duty to
perform toward persons who are in
jured, the state cannot ignore that 1t
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-01-29
Another Sure Cure.

Pierre Lott says there is "too
much talk at dinner" Way to pre-,
vent it would be to enlist the services
of the hotel men and have it put on
the extra list along with bread and
butter-Philadelph Inquirer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-01-29
The Homesteaders Gamble is another aa . big

weeks issue. 1t is by w. J. Harsha, Colorado home
seader and it tells the whole homesteading proposition
from to z. Mr.. Harsha has been through the mill
and he says that a who stakes homestead and
hasn't the two Gs-gumption and grit-had better
quit. He says further that homeSteader will stand
better chance Of succeeding if he has $1,000 in cash.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-01-29

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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-01-29
A Word With the Women.

tlewoman''- farmers wife, mother, good house
keeper and intelligent all rolled into one-writes
article that full of helpful ideas and sensible advice This
week her subject is Farm CArs Clothing. This issue also
contains: Using The Kitchens Left OVers substantial way of
reducing the cost oflvng Ne00 Simple Furniture Showing that
economy, beauty and utility may be combned From Tough
Tender (meaty suggestions in the full of the word
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-22

would have seemed elementary To an
audience Of school children" The Brit
ish Parliament grippcd him. lie heard
Randolph Churchill and Gladstone. he
noted the high tone Of debate and
clash. wherefore
10 was not = riddle that ~ tho tcs-
rooms and tho smoking rooms Greek and
Trojan could III together I'm friendly
occur a. IN" genial congratulations OK
tended by Gladstone 10 Joseph Chamber
lain over tho tine promise OF his son Aus
ten making las debut In Parliament, CON
crdtulailons extended when the two
statesmen were AT swords points
The chapter on Poets and Prophets"
-Longfcllow. Lowell. Holmes. Finer
son. Phillips Brooks. Alcott and his
daughter Hawthorne and others of the
New England groups one OF the best
in the book. Hawthorne. We learn. saw
ghost himself once I'm the reading
room ~ the Athcneum. the ghost OF IA
man perusing tho newspaper that con
tanned the announcement of his death
the day before.
Mr.. Hosmer aims at no more than
the chronicling of personal Impressions
with pertinent anecdote and comment
but within its scope the book is de-
cidedly worth while.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-22
ISLAM PLOT 6.

THE DEAGOMAN \ NovCl ~ George
* stiles. Emo. pp. ~ Harper *
Bros
Here's n tale Of tense adventure with
timely setting and plot IN Afri-
candcr. an Englishman born and
brought up IN Upper Egypt convcrsant
with the languages Of tho region, with
the immcmorial dialect OF the Eel
lahccn. and with the rites Of Islam IL
its hero. Thus he can easily pose as
the "Delivcrcr." the Arab prince who is
to lead the fanatics Of the desert
against the British oppressors. He has.
as he believes. disposed of the man
himself His venture mp the Nile To
the borders of Abyssinia Is originally
undertaken for the purpose of discoN-
ering the secret of the distribution of
firearms 10 the natives. but this end he
soon loses sight of in the far greater
enterprise of saving an American
woman from fate worse than death
in harem at the end of civilization.
She. too. believes him To be a native. "A
man of color, and Tor the sake of her
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-22
MILE. COCO
An Amusing Eighteenth Gen.
fury Actress.
Paris, February If.

PailS, February II.
"Mademoiselle Gogo' was the nick
name given 10 piquant actress. Mile
Beaumenard. who became subsequently,
by marriage Nine. Belle-Cour. and
whose extraordinary adventures dur
ing her career at the Coincide Fran
caise and during the memorable cam
paigns Of the Marechal de- SAKE are
thoroughly typical Of the second half
~ the eighteenth century. NJ Paul
Ginisty. Inspector General Of Historical
Monuments and former manag ger of the
Odeon Theatre has found letters and
records in the archives Of the Ministry
Of War. of the city o. Paris and Of the
city of Iiege that have enabled him
to retrace the life Of this talented and
frolicsome coincidence. which bristles
with anecdotes and romantic episodes
and reads like a novel.
"Mademoisele GoGo. 1880 80" is
a highly amusing little book If 800
pages illustrated with twelve plates.
and published by Fasquelle. Mile.
Beaumenard made her debut when al
most a child. She was one Of the most
popular condolences Of her time. be-
came favorite of Maurice de SAKE,
and accompanied him during his cam
pagns in Belgium Flanders and Ger
many. One finds here new anecdotes
concerning Beaumarchais, Noltare
Sedaine and the leading men and
women Of that happy -go-lucky pict-
uresque period. The closing chapters
are devoted To incidents of the Revolu-
ton, when Nine. Belle-Cour was the
"doyenne' OF the Theatre FRANCHISE
and was In close relations with promi-
nent political characters Of the day.
&. |. Il.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-22

told me that Lyon was the only one VI
any distinction who could be so classeo
among the men he knew.
Germany. whittier he went IN Jahu-
airy. 1870. for years study. he found
to be an armed camp, flaming with the
martial spirit and with patriotic ex-
al,ation. He found his honorable DIS
charge. his status as veteran, the pest
of introductions in that day, as ala
other Americans abroad. Passing
through Switzerland into France ne
saw hopeless determination in the eyes
below the kepis-the grim knowledge
that all WAS lost Of men who distrusted
the ability Of their leaders. Later ne
met the great German historians anu
those Of England among them free
man. who. invited 10 lecture at 81
Louis. addressed an audience OF natiNe
Americans with a sprinkling OF Ger
mans as if they were hdbnoHfs IN the
backwoods: His well-meant remarks
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-22
THREESCORE AND TEN
Thumbnail Sketches and Foot.
notes of a Long Life.

THE LAST LEAF Observations. During
Seventy-hve Years of Men and Events
in America and Europe. ny James Ken
dali Iiosmer LID. Emo, PIP. ix $40.
q. p. Putnam's Sons.
Clergyman. educator. veteran Of The
war for the Union, historian and bioG-
rapher, Mr.. Hosmer gives us on the
threshold Of his eightieth year this vol
ume Of "reminiscences of the remarkably
long and crowded row Of notable men
he has met, with brief comment here
played their parts and the places and
circumstances in which he met them,
often only for moment. 1t is his last
book, he assures US. moving picture
of his times.
His earliest film developed from
memory is Of child looking up at legs
sturdily tramping. at mouths far above
him shouting for "Tippecanoe and
Tyler, too but his first "reminiscences
is Of Fillmore. an accidental Pres-
dent, who. according 10 one OF the
authors surviving contemporaries.
saved the country by signing the
Fugitive Slave Act. That act post
poned the Civil War ten years. Had it
come in 1850 as it assuredly would but
for that scratch Of F'ilmore's pen, the
Union would have gone by the board"
Mr.. Hosmer saw Fillmore and Lincoln
side by side in his fathers church. i'm
Buffalo, then Webster in Boston, and
the Aboitionist leaders, and Seward
and Sumner. OF the great commanders
Of the Civil War he had only fleeing
glimpses, but his acquaintance among
their lieutenants was large, and he was
with Butler in New Orleans. Among
our regular officers" he says. there
were few abolitionists. Rufus Saxton
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-22

con,ictions of his own: he has me'c'y
seen material for fiction In mixture
az really unconnected theories OF INC
leaders of the woman moNenleh, III
England and elsewhere. His heroine
is the daughter of Conservative NJ. r.
aspiring To knighthood, II not 10
pccrage. and the sister of most cor
rect Young barrister, bent on MAKING
his social way. She acts OH principe,
and even when she obeys an Impulse
she combines the two in the outcome
4 militant suifra gette she has herself
sort To- prison. with the usual result.
e;bo C,us i'm love with man whose
vito IS in a madhousc. forms with nm
q "lInion Ibrc." makes her way into
London official society. since 1t is gem
orally assumed that she is rcall% mar
ricd. the insane woman having been
hidden fnr years and practically for
gotten. then. in order to call pointed
.ttcutiou to the need of reform IN the
laws of marriage and divorce. proclaimS
her tr;ic status from the platform AT
the Kings Hall To crowded meeting.
This main plot. with its ingenious on j.
ing. is cnlvcncd b. some good-na,ureI-
Is satirical studies of character and
ykilmly told i'm the first person by a
mc,hodical. uncmotioral shrewd rcla-
fiyc of tic woman. who seeks through
out to prevent the social disaster she
courts
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-22
LITERARY NEWS
d no 81
a. CRITICISM @
CYCLOPS

CYCLOPS
/ tell YOU again. that strangers MUIR
The dirty spalpeen, who drenched me WIN
drink.
CHORUS
All, wines the chap to trip your legs
/ think.
The Loeb Library is TO embrace the
Greek and Latin classics from Homer
to the fall of Constantinople. The best
available critical texts will be used
but here. as in the matter Of transla-
tions, original scholarship will have
full scope whenever il is considered
necessary. The introductions To the vol
umes thus far published are adequate
to their purpose. but il might perhaps
have been we'll If the editors had sup
piled general introduction TO the
series. tracing the history of the study
of the classics. its periods of decline
and rehabilitation, from Alexandra TO
Rome and Byzantum. thence through
Syria and Araby to the Spain OF the
Moors. with. far in the north. that cen
ire OF the cult of the humaniues III
Ireland. whose influence was felt on the
continent as far as Vienna. Through
the Middle Ages. the Renaissance and
the Reformation, down to the END OF
the nineteenth century, the narrative
would prove that classical study mas
been in dire straits ere now. and has
regained its own, as. no doubt II VIII
emerge once more from the neglect into
which II has fallen to-day. Toward
this new renascence. devoutiy to ne
wished for. "Loeb's Classical Library
will unuuestionably be an impetus from
without. a popular, democratic one
as befts the spirit Of the times.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-22

started early in life. first as trle-
graph operator i'm South America. then
as a transport driver in South Africa
chance meeting on the veldt' one
night. with Bull Run Russell decided
him 10 make a hazard Of new fortunes
in this country. Throughout this for
native period OF his career Mr.. Pagan
presents an interesting picture OF self
control and self direction. Of undcvi-
ating high purpose in tho moral life'
and of an unerrinG judgment Of men.
He became a railroad man in Massa-
chusetts, refusing promotion when II
came for the sake Of the opportunities
for scIf-developmcnt offered him by his
place as sgnal-man in n switching
tower lie read, then began TO write
short stories, only TO discover that he
did not even know the fundamentals OF
the art. His excellent vocabulary he
acquired from a dictionary which he
read through time and again:
took "Thc Tempest" as sort Of
model with which TO experiment !
studied the plot, the characters and the
scenes. When thoroughly familiar with
these features ! proceeded to write the
stories in my own words. being careful 10
leave nothing out. and weaving the whole
into a straightforward narrative, contain
ing about one thousand words ] wrot"
and rewiotc the story ~ least one nun
dred times In this task my ingenuity In
condensation and in the presentation OF
my material was taxed 10. the utmost
The time and labor, however, were well
spent
The chapters dealing with conditions
on the New England railroads in the
sos. and with the relations existing
between the men and their employers.
are interesting reading to-day. And, Of
course. this individualist ends with sSill
another plea for his creed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-22
THE ELITE OF CRoOkOoM.

THE TEMPTING OF TANEENAi\h
- r.. Phillips Oppenhcim. Illustrations
bv Edmund Frederick. Emo, pp. OBJ
Boston: Little. Brown & 60.
I'm this book Mr.. Opponheim puts an
other rafting story of adventure To his
credit. \ Young American cirl in Lon
don is put out of her lodging house,
penniloss and actually starving. \ fell
low lodger. self-contained Young
Briton. follows her out into the street
and befricuds her. obeyius an impulse
quite unlike his character as he himself
knows ii. BY midnight he is involved
i'm maze of mystery that later on
proves To Skirt crime. lie cannot eXtri-
cate himself: i'm fact he will not even
when an American detective shows a
strange familiarity with his affairs and
with those of the girl whom. in her eX-
tremity. he has provided with a humble
shelter. Love. only half-rcalized. since
il is complicated with an all but ire
sistible infatuation for another woman,
plays it's part. Among tho drdWdfis
p,,sOur arc beautiful adventures.
American like the faultlcssly groOmed,
Well-msuncred international crooks
with whom she associates; and among
the adventures are some exciting mo-
mcnts of danger To the detective. who.
on n special mission, is. Of course. sus-
picious and uncomfortable TO every
crook in London. Mr.. Oppenheim is an
adept at the mixing Of plots and their
development with steadily increasing
tension. He gives full measure here.
and overlooking.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-22

deliverance he must maintain the fic-
ton. great as is the cost To his growing
love. The author takes us among saw
ages. indeed the masquerading drago-
man employing their methods for his
own end. Protected by the sanctity Of
his assumed character. the small white
company passes from danger to danger,
the chances against them growing ever
more serious. Mr.. Stiles seems To
know the country, people and condi-
tons thoroughly. He certainly has told
a picturesque and desperate tale Of ID
venture.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-22

been and will be made specially for
this edition. that Of Euripides's "Cy-
clops," for instance, by Arthur 5. Way,
y. Lit, whose verse translations Of the
tragedies are used throughout. This
version Of Euripides's satyric drama is,
be Il pointed out. happy example OF
ingenious free" translation:
CYCLOPS
Ah-h my eyes turned to red-hot coal!
Oh my.
Well sung Encore. Encore. old saucer
CYCLOPs
Oh. backyard villains! Oh. They've
Don't think TO escape, you paltry ras-
calry, $50
out of this cave. and laugh at me. III
Here. barring the only door with either
manu- CHORUS.
Why bawl so, Google-eye?
CYCLOPS
I'm kilt intirely,
CHORUS.
You do look bad.
What's more, / feel so-difely.
CHORUS.
You fell face down in the fire when you
were tight?
CYCLOPS
No,-Nobodys killed me-
CHORUS.
No?--then you're all right.
CYCLOPs.
Nobody's blinded me!
CHORUS.
Then you can't be blind.
CYCLOPS.
wish you were.
CHORUS.
Please make II to my mind
Quite clear how nobody could poke your
eye out?
CYCLOPS.
You're chaffing me! Where's Nobody?
CHORUS.
Don't cry out,
Bscaus> hss nowhere. Blunderbore- don't
you ssef
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-22

his mark in the discussion OF one OF inc
great problems of our era. Now cores
his autobiography, which he boldly
stamps with his creed, that or indi-
vidualism. 1t is, one believes
dwindling creed in the worlds OF laoor
and its employment; nor VIII MI
Fsgan's praise of its merits IN an
earlier era, that Of his beginnings IN
railroad life. perceptibly hasten its re-
turn. Certainly not yet.
This. then, is confessedly the auto
biography Of an individualist. To those
Of different race il is TO an even greater
degree the autobiography of Scotch-
man of type that is far more ire
quently found among his own people
than anywhere else. Mr.. Pagan recog-
niZes this factor OF racial heredity. en-
yironment and training in the account
of his childhood. but thereafter does not
return to it, either forgetful or UNI
conscious Of its significance. He
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-22

Novel readers will like to know that
new story by Mr.. William de Morgan
is in process of making Time of pub
LEGATION and title are still undecided.
Young in Old Age.
Or. Alfred Russell Wallace has just
celebrated his nineteth birthday by the
completion of new book Social En-
vironment and Moral Progress. II is
10 be published Immediately.
Virginia After the War.
Mr.. \. 6. Bradley. son of Dean Brad
ley. spent some time in Virginia after
the civil War. and has included his
in his forthcoming book. entitled
Other Days: Recolections of Rural
England and Old Virginia. 1860 ="
On d. Maurier.
\ book on Du Maurier. 'Satirist of
the Nictorians.' Is on the way IL will
be welcome as prolonging what was
once the fame of "A brilliant. lovable and
now almost forgotten parsonage.
Congress Of Historical Studies.
Ii should not he forgotten That the
great International Congress of His
torical Studies will be held in London
in the coming April. Mr.. Bryce pre-
siding. and the vice-presidents includ-
ing Lord Morley, Lord Rosebery and
Sir George Trevelyan. Particularly in
teresting will be sections dealing with
modern history and legal and economic
history.
Mr.. Jacobs Hates Work.
The readers who have rejoiced in Mr..
W. W. Jacobss humorous stories will
mourn over the news that he has
ceased To deal with comic character.
II don't say" he declares, that | pre-
fer writing serious stories 10 humorous
ones, because, as matter or fact, l
hate work Of any description what
ever" All work, he asserts. Is an I'M
utterable bore
A Survivor.
Thirty years ago fifteen enthusiastic
admirers of Charles Dickens formed d
London Dickens Society, having In
mind an annual birthday visit TO the
novelist's grave in Westminster Abbey
and the placing thereon OF tributary
wreath. Every year the anniversary
has been thus faithfully observed, but
on that just passed-the 1Olst birthday
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-22
A SCOTCHMAN
The Story Of a Self-Made and
Self Chosen Career.

THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN INDI-
VlDUALIST. BY James o. Pagan
l?mo. PIP. go Boston; The Houghton
Miffiin Company.
Mr.. Pagan is sufficiently well known
as the author of Confessions OF a
Railroad Signal Man" and Labor and
the Railroads" These books have been
widely read and discussed. Many there
be who do not agree with their authors
views. but he has undoubtedly made
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-22
A DECORATION.
From The London Globe.

They do not always do these things
better in France. Distinguished women
artists, writer's and actresses may wait
In vain for the coveted decoration. "
while the government has admitted
Nine. Paquin, head of the celebra ted
firm of dressmakers. TO the member
ship of the Legion Of Honor. II is true
that the distinction is as deserved as
il generally IL. perhaps more so: but
the claims Of the great undecorated are
also worthy Of attention.