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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-06

! Fourteen members from Kansas
City arrived over the Rock Island at
one o'clock this afternoon, and were
taken in automobiles to the CONNER
cial club, where they were dined.
Others from Kansas City will arrive
in time for the banquet, making fifty
in all. A delegation from Wichita ar
rived over the Rock Island this aft
ernoOn. and were met by a delega-
ton Of local Rotarians in autos.
''Seeing Topeka Trip.
Immediately following the lunch
con at the Commercial club early this
afternoon, the Kansas Citians were
taken out on a Seeing Topeka" auto
mobile trip. The autos ere bedecked
with yellow Rotary pennants.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-06
Attention. Ncighbors.

The Royal Neishbors No. 14S are
requested to meet at their hall Sunday
1870 to attend Na.ghbor Whites fu-
neral. CARRIE E, SWAN,
Adv.1 Recorder.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-12
Faith and FatherIand.

In considering the history Of Pat
rick, we cannot exclude consideration
of the country because to christianize
for faith and fatherIand are inextrica-
bly, intertwined in the Emerald isle.
And this the more strongly, because
of the persecution of both. There is
rift in the clouds, however, and we
already behold the first glimmer Of
the promised dawn. Home rule seems
a matter of parliamentary procedure,
when the work of the brave men
whom we have known for their fidelity
and eXacting labor, shall, after thirty
years of strenuous effort, realize the
ambition Of their lives, in an Ireland
redeemed, rehabilitated and olsen
thralled. For this good work, the
Redmonds, billions and their confreres
deserve well of their country and
will be the exemplars Of future ages.
So, let Us rejoice that Ireland borne
down by centuries of oppression, shall
at last bask in the sunlight of peace;
that her fair daughters shall attune
the harp to notes Of Joy, and her
faithful sons forever guard with jeal-
Gus care the brighter hopes, the loft
lest ambitions and untarnished fame
of the Isle Of Destiny
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-12
FOR WHAT PURPOSE SAVED2
LeisureIy EngIishman at a Loss to IN
derstand Value of Those Precious
Four Minutes.

In no other metropolis of the world
are similar expenditures contemplated
for traffic purposes, and that for very
obvious reasons. Not only is the
physical conformation of New York
without parallel, but nowhere else is
there a public so insistent on the sub
ject of Saving time" Minutes spent
in transit must be cut down to the
irreducible minimum, no matter how
prodigally the saved time may be
wasted
In this connection, continues Alan
Sullivan in HaTper's Magazine, con-
slider an actual occurrence. An Eng
lishman who recently dropped in at a
friends Office in Twenty seventh
street, was asked to dine. At the near
est subway station they took a local
train to the Grand Central, there
dived across the platform into an eX-
press that disgorged them at Seventy.
second street, where they entered an
other local train that finally deposited
them at the door of the Gothamite' S
apartment at Broadway and Seventy
ninth street. Followed then smoke
and most leisureIy dinner. Halfway
through the dessert, the Briton looked
at his host
I've been wondering why we took
three trains to get here?"
why? We saved four minutes!"
The visitor pondered. Il say" he
questioned, thoughtfully, what are
you going to do with them?"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-12
RETURN OF GLORY
TO Old IRELAND
Happy Future Seems to Be in
Store for the Land Beloved
by st. Patrick.
GREAT CHANGE ALMOST HERE
Her Sons Al! Over the World VIII
Rejoice at the Return of Her Ma
tive srIiament-Outline of
the Saints Work In the
Conversion of Country.

~ nee more the round OF the sea-
ID sons brings the approach Of St
Patrick's day. AS the ancient
Celts, Is centuries ago waited in
strange unrest, not unmixed with
hope of deliverance from the mental
and moral subsection imposed upon
them by the horrible and degrading
practices of Druidism, for the coming
of the conqueror which had been fore
told by their magicians, so the Irish
people of the present day are stand
ing expeCtantly on the threshold OF
great change, hardening impatiently
to the tumuIt which delays the ad-
vent Of their nationhood and clogs the
wheels Of their recent wonderful prog
ress. The return Of her native paTlia-
ment, by shilling the political unrest
Of a century and satisfying the uncon-
querable aspirations Of her people,
will set the seal upon the marvellous
social regeneration which has trans
formed Ireland, in less than 90 years,
from a condition Of hopeless apathy
to a state of prosperity and conscious
power. A revivifying influence has
passed over the land. Intellectual I'M
rest, social improvement and an as
tonishing material progress have been
the result. The Naomi of the ma
lions has dried her tears and serenely
confronts the future of happy augury
which is opening to her gaze. Not
with forgetfulness of the past, but in
obedience to her destiny, Dark Rosa
leen has relinquished the rising Of
the moon" for "the dawning of the
day" May her coming glory strength
en- her soul and tighten her heart as
the gift Of Patrick purified and trans
formed the ancient Milesian land.
At the coming of st. Patrick, the
Celts were highly cultivated people,
then, as afterward, noted for their de-
votion to knowledge and their appre-
citation of learned men, Scholars,
poets and historians were held in
veneration. Much progress had been
made in decorative art, in the fash
ioning of gold and silver ornaments,
and in music The whole nation was
of an inquiring turn of mind and it is
interesting to note that Patrick's first
converts were among the learned men.
Patrick shone particularly as an
organizer. He journeyed necessarily
throughout the land, founding
churches and monasteries, baptizing
converts and consecrating bishops and
priests, accompanied always by his
scribes and architects, his goldsmiths
and carpenters. He adapted his meth
DDS to the genius and character of the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-12
EVER DANGER OF INFECTION
No Age Exempt From tuberculosis,
According to Physician Who Has
Made 1t Study,

Replying to an attack on the move
nent for local tuberculosis hospitals,
DR. Hermann M. Biggs, state commits
sioner of health of New York, says
in a statement published through the
Journal Of the Outdoor Life, the Off
cial organ of the National Association
for the Study and Prevention of Tu-
berculOsis: Tuberculosis is an in
fictitious and communicable disease.
No age is exempt, and no one is i'm
mune against tuberculosis infection,
but differences in susceptibility exist
at different ages. The frequency Of
infection increases rapidly from the
first year until at the age of fifteen
perhaps rs per cent of the population
show positive reaction to tubercu-
lin, although only a small proportion
have signs of the disease which can
be detected by other means.
The conviction has been gradually
strengthened that the first infections
from tuberculosis often occur during
infancy and childhood. It seems prob
able that many of those who develop
the disease in adult life have carried
the latent infection since childhood,
and have no recent and new infection
when the symptoms of the disease ap-
pear.
1T has also been found by expert
ment that it is difficult to re-infect an
animal that has already been previous
ly inoculated with tuberculosis. Hence,
i 1r,f J,o+ E
munity may be thus produced that
may serve to ward off bacilli which
might find Judgment in an individual
not previously infected. Therefore,
it will be understood how the mild in
fections, which are healed and pres
ent in most persons who have reached
adult age may, and presumably do,
offer some protection against further
limited invasiOns of the tubercIe ba-
cilli. While persons are in good health
the protection thus offered is on adj
vantage, having some resemblance to
vaccination, but only very limited in
nature, and not complete. Prolonged
or intimate exposure, however, or ex-
posture to a virulent type of tubercu-
Iosis, may result in a new infection,
even of those who have overcome a
previous mild infection. 1t is, more
over, by no means certain that in de-
bilitated conditions due to other dis
eases, to dissipation or to bad en-
virOnment, new infections may not oc
cur. We know positively that the
first childhood infection may under
such circumstances break out anew
and thus become a doubtful advan-
tage, a real sword with two edges"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-12
WATERY BLISTERS ON FACE

SmithviIle, Ind.-"Six months ago
our baby girl, one year old, had a few
red pimples come on her face which
gradually spread causing her face to
become very irritated and a fiery red
color. The pimples on the child's face
were at first small watery blisters, just
a small blotch on the skin. She kept
scratching at this until in a few days
her whole cheeks were fiery red color
and instead of the little blisters the
skin was cracked and scaly looking
and seemed to itch and burn very
much.
1--WE used a number of remedies
which seemed to give relief for a short
time then leave her face worse than
ever. Finally we got a cake of Cuti-
cura Soap and a box of Cuticura Oint-
ment. I washed the childs face with
very warm water and Cuticura Soap,
then applied the Cuticura Ointment
very lightly. After doing this about
three times day the itching and
burning seemed entirely gone in two
days time Inside of two weeks time
her face seemed well. That was eight
months ago and there has been no re-
turn of the trouble" (Signed) Mrs.
A. K Wooden, Nov. 4, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston. ADV.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-12
Hihernian characteristics

There are no better citizens or kind
er or more generous friends than
those Of Ribernian origin The Irish
man is irrepressible, viVacious and op-
timistic. Poverty cannot engloom him.
He jests through his rags and over
them and at them. Imprison him, and
his lark-like song will rise to heaven
through the iron bars. He is ever en-
thusiastic and seldom thrifty. The
warm-hearted peasant who desired to
express his joy at O'Connell's liberia
ton from prison, and who was too
poor to send up rockets, or to ilIu-
inmate his cabin with candles, and
too proud and patriotic to allow his
house to remain dark, set fire to the
thatch and made a bonfire of his
home
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-12

nation, and gave a Christian direction
to the natural and lively curiosity Of
the Celt, which has never been weak
ened nor diverted. His influence and
teachings, touching magically on the
burning temperament of soul and ar
dent imagination, which are character
istic Of the Celt, made the Christian
Irish undoubtedly the most scholarly
and cultivated people of the middle
ages. At his death, after 80 years Of
glorious endeavor, Patrick left behind
him a veritable church militant, eager,
enthusiastic and undaunted in pursuit
of the only good.
Besides cleansing the Augean stable
of Irish Druidism from its many
dreadful and disgusting habits and
roofing out the revolving rites of pa
ganism, Patrick brought into the
country some knowledge CT Roman
civilization and, all over the island,
established schools and trained teach
ers in arts and letters. He revised
the Brehon laws of the kingdom
bringing them into harmony with
Christian teaching. A copy of this
famous code, which was known as
the law of Patrick" and as the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-12
Indefinite Question.

A contributor to Everybody's Maya
zine tells of two men who were work
ing on the highway in a small town in
Maine. AS they worked, they dis
cussed various people and affairs of
national Importance. Finally one of
them referred to the secretary Of war,
and the other asked:
Joe, who is the present secretary
of WARP"
why, 1 don't remember his name, "
replied Joe, "but here comes old Uncle
David Blake. Well ask him."
AS the old man drove up, the labor
ers called out: Uncle David, can you
tell us who the secretary of war is?''
Uncle David thought deeply for some
moments '"WeI, 1 ought ter know,
but, bless me, I can't seem ter remem-
ber." And he drove on, thinking deeply.
Soon the two men saw Uncle David
coming back, and when he came within
hailing distance, he called out:
Say, you fellers, what war did you
mean, anyway"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-12
LIES ROAD
Smoothed by Change of Food.

Worry is a big load to carry and an
unnecessary one. When accompanied
by indigestion it certainly is cause for
the blues.
But the whole trouble may be easily
thrown of and Hfe's road be made
easy and comfortable by proper eating
and the cultivation of good cheer.
Read what Troy woman says:
Two years ago I made the acquaint-
ance Of Grape-Nuts and have used the
food once a day and sometimes twice,
ever since.
AT the time began to use it life
was a burden. was for years affict-
ed with bilious sick headache, caused
by indigestion, and nothing seemed to
relieve me.
The trouble became so severe l
had to leave my work for days at a
time.
My nerves were in such state 1
could not sleep and the doctor said
was on the verge of nervous prostra-
ton. I saw an adv. concerning Grape
Nuts and bought a package for trial.
What Grape-Nuts has done for me
is certainly marvellous. l can now
sleep like a child, am entirely free
from the old trouble and have not had
a headache in over year. l feel like
a new person. I have recommended 1t
to others. One man I knew ate prin-
cipally Grape-Nuts while working on
the ice all winter, and said he never
felt better in his life"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read THE Road to
Wellville,' in pkgs. There's a Rea
SON.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-12
LEGEND OF ERIN.

When Erin's sons went out to war
In stirring times of old.
They had no waving battle-flag
To lead their heroes bold,
But with them rode a. harper gray,
Who bore a harp of gold.
The army camped at fall Of night
Within a dewy glade,
The harper found a messy couch
Beneath the blackthorn's shade,
And on a bed of shamrocks green,
His harp of gold he laid.
Behold! a square of emerald silk
Next morn before him lay,
And on it, 10! his golden harp
Returned the suns first ray,
The banner Ireland carries still
Upon st. Patrick's Day.
-Minna Irving in Leslie's.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-12
BRIGHT SCHEME WENT WRONG
Well Planned, But Next Time 1t Is
Probable Minister Will Use
Stronger Bag.

Nothing if not ambitious, the young
minister determined on a plan to
gain him greater popularity.
We'll, john" he said to the beadle
after service one Sunday, 81 was just
thinking it might greatly enhance my
sermons if you would ohlige by say.
ing Amen now and again"
Right! Right! l will, sir. But
hoo am I tae ken whaun tae say
.Amen'?" inquired sturdy John.
I'll have bag O. green peas be
side me, John, and if you just sit I'm,
der the pulpit I'll drop one when
wish you to speak, was the reply.
The following Sunday all went we'll
until of a sudden John exclaimed
hurriedly: Amen! amen! amen!
anne
Hush, john the minister whis
pered, "the bags burst!"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-12

"Seanchus Nor" is to be seen in the
Dublin museum. But it was as an in
spring leader, as the apostle and
prophet of a whole people, as the
Moses Of a nation. that St Patrick left
his mark on Ireland for all time
II his influence is so persisting and
inspiring among the far-fung Irish
race Of today, what must have been
its effect on his immediate successors
those ardent, devoted disciples who
had warmed their hearts and magma
tions at the blaze Of his genius, who
caught from his dying grasp the torch
Of erudition and religion which, passed
from hand to hand, was to gain
for Ireland the well-merited title Of
the Island Of Saints and Scholars?
In a troubled and darkened world.
plunged in intellectual gloom and dis
aster by the disintegration Of the
Greek and Roman civilizations, Ire
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-12
Beautiful Killarney,

The traveller who expects great
spreading bodies of water, like our
own Lake Superior, or even Lake
George, is disappointed in the lakes
Of Killarney, for they are small. 1t
is for this reason, though, that one
feels that he is right in the heart of
the lakes. He sees the rocky margins
in all directions and is master of the
beautiful scenery on all sides. The
rover, who recounts legend after le-
gend Of the district, points out the
Serpent lake, where st. Patrick threw
the last snake of Ireland. Of the
many rounded rocks that hem in the
clear water one is pointed out as the
very one upon which Colman leaped
when he jumped across the lake pur-
sued by O'Donaghue.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-12
Muscular Religion.

Bishop Cross said the other day Of
a clergyman who advocated stand
ign army:
Muscular Christianity is all very
well in its way, no doubt, but when
ever l see an ebulition of it 1 think
OF the reviYalist.
"A revivalist on street corner was
a good deal annoyed by group of
rough young men. Glaring at these
young men, he said:
Let US now kneel in prayer, and
If that young fellow with the hare
lip interferes with me again while I'm
praying III break his jaw, if I do
seven years hard labor for it."-New
Orleans States
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-12

Interior of ST. Patrick's Cathedral.
land alone kept the lamp Of learning
alight. Her schools were the resort
of students from all parts Of Europe
and Britain; her hearthstones the ref
uge and asylum of learned men, AL
frid king of Northumbria, and Da-
COLBERT II, king of France, were stu
dents at Clonmacnoise.
During this period Of four or five
centuries, from the death of Patrick
until the Danish invasions, the mon
asteries were unmolested. Learning
was cultivated and brought to the
highest state of perfection. Law and
philosophy, architecture and sculpture,
music and science fOurished and were
encouraged. Irish teachers were IN
demand throughout Europe. At the
court of Charlemagne they were de-
scribed as men incomparably skilled
in human learning"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-12
ing good health

ing good health now and owe it all to
your remedies. I take pleasure in tell
ing my friends and neighbors about
them. Mrs. MATTE HALEY, SOL Col
quhone Street, Danville, Va.
No woman suffering from any form
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This famous remedy, the medicinal
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vice. Your letter will be opened,
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and held in strict confidence.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-12
Wanted a Chance,

Mrs. Simpson-Jones wanted to be-
come suffragette, but her husband
objected
But" she pleaded, eff you only
knew what a lot one learns at their
meetings. All about referendums, and
recalls and"
I've said no, and that ends it,"
snapped Mr.. Simpson-Jones. "If you
women want to find things out why
don't you follow the advice of St.
Paul and ask your husbands? You
women are such fools"
This was too much for Mrs. Simp-
SOMEONE'S long humbled spirit.
That's just the trouble" she re-
turned. Women have been asking
their husbands for the last 1000 years,
and they're still fools "-Exchange
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-12
Prominent Antl-Saloonist.

Samuel P. Cary, one of the pioneers
of the anti-saloon movement in the
United States, was born 100 years
ago in Cincinnati He was educated
at Miami university and for many
years practiced law in his native city.
In 1914 he became a lecturer in the
interests of temperance reform and
as such was widely known throughout
the United States, Canada and Great
Britain. In 1860 he was elected to
congress from Ohio and ten years
later he was nominated for vice-pres-
ident of the United States on the In
dependent, or "Greenback" ticket.
Mr.. Cary's death occurred in Cincin-
natl in 1900.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-12
st. PatrIck's Two Letters.

That Patrick really lived is now be-
yond dispute. The important facts
about him, indeed, are in his own writ
ing. or at least exist as later manu-
script copies of documents he penned
himself. There are two of these. The
more Informative is his Confession, .
written when he was an old man, and
the other his Letter to Croticus,"
written against a British chieftain
who had carried off some Irish CON
yerts as slaves. Scholars who for
merly doubted the genuineness OF the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-12
NATIONS GREATEST NEED is MEN
nstiutiona Laws Governments and System All Necessary
but the UpbuiIding of Character viii Ever Remain
the Essential.

is in as great peril as the poorly paid
shopgirl.
Anything that weakens the will him
ders the progress of mankind. Any
thing that gives viri1ity, courage, san
ity and strength to the will helps the
race. To stand straight in a crooked
world is an achievement of the will
power in man. We al preach better
than we practice. To live the Bible is
better than to believe it and not live
it. Each man should take himself to
task and examine his moral purpose
and his capacity to bring this purpose
into contact with life. He is the real
~ good and great man who does the
truth.-EXchange
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-12
RuIinQ PaSsion.

An Adirondacks guide one day fell
asleep in the woods and bug crawled
into his ear A naturalist who was
one of the hunting party was able to
discern the insect with his micro
scope After a careful examination
he walked away without making any
attempt to relieve the guides dis
tTess.
Why didn't you take it out of his
ear?" asked one of his friends.
What did l want with it?" quer1ed
the absorbed naturalist. Il alerady
have a specimen of that kind of bug
in my collection
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-12
Cost Of L!yinu AGAIN.

Prosperous eX-German on visit to
the atherland-Donner ind bitten,
what are you given US? Forty pfenning
for this sausage! When I went away
a few years ago I used to pay only
20 pfennig.
The Waiter-They was different
Bausages.
The p. ex-G-Precisely the same.
The Waiter-No, you're wrong there.
The old ones was bigger.-New York
Evening Post.