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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-06-30


That at least one-twentieth of all
the stock bred on the open range of
the west dies before it reaches mar
ket age and that much of this loss
can be stopped is shown by results
reported from the national forests
service. This waste is said to add
millions of dollars to the peoples
meat bill and gives one more cause
of the high cost Of living. Winter
storms and summer droughts strew
the ranges with the bones of cattle
and sheep; predatory animals take
a heavy toll; poisonous plants some
times kill half the animals in a
herd. Cattle contract anthrax,
blackleg and other diseases, get
stuck in bog holes, slip off icy hill
sides; and sheep pile up and die of
suffocation. Insects which madden
and kill swell the total losses, as do
a multitude of other minor causes.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-06-30

1t takes more work and waste of
energy to fail than to succeed
Rams Horn.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-06-30

Between the great things that we
cannot do, and the small things we
will not do, the danger is that we
shall do nothing-Adolph Monod.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-06-30

He was so generally civil that no
one thanked him for it.-Samuel
johnson.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-06-30
THE ANDERSON OPERA SINGERS.

\HE Chautauqua bringing the
Company organized special reference
Chauauqua needs This will give the
specialists In
the will consist Of selections from
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-06-30
Our Business Directory

A. G. Swanson, D. V. N. Veteria
arian, Webster City, la. Office -
Wilkes garage, 713 Superior street
Ind. Office, l55. Res. 1854
Martin Office III. Res
$3.50. fto6.12-l4'
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-06-30

DR.. B. w. HOMAN.
Eye, Ear, Nose & Throa, Specla1ss
Spectales accurately ntted
Hours 9 to IL a. m. 2 70 ) p, K
Office n" Wilson Ave. Dr. Drakes
iormer location. Martin phones, D.
See $40, residence 140lIa. aH
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-10
"UNREsT IN THE BALKANS"

It can readily be believed that cable dispatch
says, there is great uneasiness in the Balkans 1t
would be most extraordinary If under existing crcum-
stances the Balkans should remain calm.
Belgium is described as 1.-The cockpit of Europe,
but this doubtful fame obtained by the
lence of the Belgians. The geographical situation of
the country simply made it the battle ground for other
nations.
The Balkan peninsula is another and much older
cockpit dating back to the days of Rome and Greece
and the battles fought there those of the Balkan
tribes among themselves in defense against the in
yader. In the mountains and valleys and plains of
the Balkans centuries of history made and the
martial spirit has descended through the generations
to that of the present day.
The world in the two Balkan what this
spirit capable of and what may be expected when
Balkan uneasness is translated into action. This may
happen at any moment and seems to depend the
fortunes of Russia in the If it is made evident
that Austria is be crushed by the might of Russia
there will be Balkan action. Servia engaged in
the war, will not be permitted to be the only Balkan
state to share in the spoils
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-10
KEEP WAR OUT OF THE SCHOOLS.
MARCH l, 1882.

The Philadelphia decree that far as the public
schools concerned there is in Europe is a
judicious and good example for other cities.
Children whose teachers among the tourists in
tho war zone will be disappointed to be entertained
by the personal experiences OF the schoolmaam but
In such narratives there would be partisan feelings
sure crop out and with pupils of different
nationalities including those of the begerent
tries this would battles In corridors and play
grounds
The classes in public schools are of mixed ma
tionates and the children share the sympathies and
prejudces of their parents. The feelings of child
should not be offended Teachers also vary In their
views of the war, according to nationality, and
their natural disposition would be to color their talk
to the children. From another point of view 1t may
be said that should be kept out of the thoughts
of the child at school The topic is unfit for school
children except 1t appear In the study of his
tory, which be approached merely in studous
spirit
Eventually this will be valuable In teaching
history and geography in the schools but not while
1t is being fought The history is still too in the
making and the geography even more in embryo
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-10
WASHINGTON LETTER

hull, boilers and equipment upon ar
rival at a port, should be changed
in the opinions of some students OF
licensed officers should Immediately
communicate with owners and report
defects IN tho ship as well as report
TO the inspectors.
In section 1873 it is provided that il
is Illegal for any person to board q
ship until she is completely moored
without permission of the master. II
is suggested that this be changed Sc
that no person shall be allowed to
| board a ship at anchorage or dock
without obtaining consent of the cap-
tain or officer in charge.
In section 129 of the revised e]i-
tion Of the navigation laws It is pro-
vided that local inspectors shall des-
ignate the number of officers and en-
gineers' crew believed to be neces-
sary for the safe navigation of the
ship. On American ships 1t is claimed
inspectors have been putting on CON
siderable more men than is carried
by foreign ships especially In the
engine room. The American shin
owners claim that the number of men
carried on their ships should be lin
tied to the same number that similar
foreign ships are permanently re-
CURED to carry. The requirement
that ships of one thousand tons or
over shall carry three mates should
be changed, 1t is said, so that onlv
ships Of two thousand tons or over
should be required to carry three
mates
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-10
PERHAPS NO LORD MAYORS SHOW.

If London has to give up its lord mayors show
this year, then indeed will John Bull realize what war
means. This annual pageant has not been omitted
since the fourteenth century. 1t is of the cher
ished institutions of the worlds metropolis, and
London without a lord mayors show and Guildhall
banquet would hardly know itself. Devoting the
$4,000 which 1t to the relief of public distress
would amount to a patriotic sacrifice.
But London keenly realizes that this is the
time for extraordinary sefdenia and sacrifice, and
though the British metropolis and the traditional
lord mayors day will show aspects unfamiliar for
centuries the deprivation must be borne How would
It look, anyhow. for all this official hummery and
medieval pageant when London is edge about the
war. when the best youth of the land in France
engaged in a mortal struggle, when there thou
sands of bereaved English homes and appalling
uncertainty and dread rests upon the population?
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-10
OUR NATIONS uNouARDED FOOD SUPPLY.

nations food supply, and only Congress give that
authority Every other nation of the world except
has adopted measures to protect its food supply.
Is necessary for this nation to be the verge of
calamity before the be aroused to It's
duty?
The demand from Europe for foodstuffs
which is exerting such tremendous influence on
domestic prices, will keep increasing, and the
ships that added to commercial feet the
greater will be the outgo.
It should be remembered that the American people
by far the greater part of the nations agr-
cultural products. For the last five exported
only Is per cent of wheat. This year can
spare only about 800 900 900 bushels of wheat.
Europe will demand wheat far in of this
export and pay high for It, This is the gamblers
opportunity and the peril to the nations food supply,
which a supne government has thus far treated with
apparent Indifference.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-10


There never was a king with whom
the names of so many beautiful and
brilliant women are associated as
Louis XIV. The lovely La Valliere,
the witty and beautiful De Montespan
and the fascinating and intellectual
Madame de Maintenon, who shared
In turn the devotion of the king, were
among the most remarkable women
of France But the kings lawful
wife, Maria Theresa, whom he mar
ried when he was twenty-five years,
was a woman remarkable neither for
beauty nor charm. In fact Maria
Theresa, the Austrian princess who
for reasons of state was called to
marry her cousin, the King of
France, was said to be exceedingly
stupid and slow.
When she was married she entered
Paris with the king amidst the most
splendid of professions. Paris seemed
to have outdone itself to greet the
young woman who had come to be
queen.
The king himself was the most
powerful monarch of Europe. He was
fascinating and handsome cultivated
and a master of courtly manners.
Maria Theresa was beside herself
with happiness. When she took up
her abode in the kings palace, and
beheld the bewitching La Valliere
she did not understand and 1t was
only through an anonymous letter
sent to her that the poor queen I'M
derstood the real situation. Still the
king never openly neglected the
queen, in spite of the fact that every
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-10

the Belgians are greatly handicapped
If the people at large are not allowed
to fight. That resistance to invasion
is the inalienable right of a free peo-
pie has been recognized in The Hague
conventions, but the conditions agreed
upon under which the people NAV
take up arms are such as would lead
to endless controversy, and 1t is the
victor who decides each case. The
Germans are not a cruel people and
cannot relish having to conquer a
brave little unoffendlng nation by
endless butchery and the destruction
of cities. For motives of humanity,
therefore, as well as of interest, they
denounce popular" warfare; the or
ganized Belgian troops they count on
being able to defeat, either capturing
them or driving them into Antwerp
and treating Belgium thereafter as
though 1t were already part of Ger
many. But this program of benevo-
lent assimilation Is threatened by the
uncomfortable fury of the people. who
despite the admonitions of those in
authority, seem disposed to make des-
perate, ii futile, resistance to the
overwhelming and memorable invader
An army can be dealt with, but sup
pose free people should prefer death
to subjugation, and by their martyr
dom stir the righteous Indignation of
the world. Yes, the Germans have
every reason to detest a popular
war.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-10
when Some One Cares

When you disappointment an yer feelin kndo
blue;
When yer plans have all detracked friend has
proved untrue
When yer ong, praying struggling the bottom the
stairs
1t is like panacea--jest know that some
Some who appreciate ones efforts when he tries;
Some who understand-an sympathze;
Some Who when he's far away still wonders how he fares
Some who forget-some who really
1t will send thrill rapture through the framework the
heart;
1t will stir the ben till drops start
For this life is worth the Twin when yer sorrow
shares
Life is truly worth the Twin when you know that
Oh this world all sunshne-many days hard clouds dis
close;
There's for evry joy BELL an thorn fer evy rose
But the grevous the thorn the rosebud
An the clouds have silver nnswhen really cares
st Louis Globe Democrat.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-10

! of the panic of 1873. It came like
the approach of a thunderstorm. 1t
| was conquered after a short time, but
the remote effects of il lasted for
years. l suppose that if it had not
been for that panic the United States
would have had under way within two
or three years preparations for the
Improvement of the navigation of the
Mississippi river and of the Great
Lakes.
''It was one of the committee of the
Senate appointed for the purpose of
investigating the question of inn
proved navigation of the Mississippi
and the Great Lakes. John Sherman
was another member of that commit
tee, and so was Roscoe Conkling.
I'VE were in session at Buffalo, be-
cause that city is the Eastern term
inal of the Great Lakes navigation. 1t
was while we were in Congress that
we received intimations, | think from
one of the Buffalo newspapers first
that Jay Cooke & Co.. of Philadel-
phia had suspended and that a great
panic was in full sway In the finan-
cial centres.
1T remember that Senator Conkling
asked: Won't this make 1t neces-
sarv for us to suspend our investiga-
tions?'
II looked at Senator Sherman to
learn what he thought about the
matter. He said: We might Us
well adjourn. Congress will be in no
position to take up the matter of the
Improvement of the waterways It
present No one can tell Just how
far this disturbance will go, and II
cannot he perfectly adjusted until the
government provides for the resump-
Of cnnnin aY,f pta
is due to overexpansion of currency
and credit
I'VE did adjourn and the panic of
1873 procranstinated for many years
the important work of improving the
navigation of the Mississippi and the
Great lakes"
Copyright, 1914, by DR.. e. j.. Ed
wards All rights reserved.)
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-10
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
Panic That Halted Improvement in Navigation

William Window resigned from the
Cabinet of President Arthur in order
to resume the seat in the Senate
which he had given up SO that he
might accept President Garfield's in
vitation to become secretary of the
treasury. The Minnesota Legislature
had not filled the vacancy caused by
Mr.. WINDOWS resignation, so that
there was the opportunity to re-elect
him as his own successor, something
that was without. precedent in the
history of the Senate.
After his term as Senator expired
Mr.. Window became much occupied
with business affairs, some of which
were concentrated in New York city.
He spent much of his time in New
York, and was always received with
DISTINGUISHED consideration In view
of the fact that he had been not only
Senator, but secretary of the treasury
and had conducted a very brilliant
financial achievement when he re-
funded the IS into 31s per cent. bonds,
which became colloquially known as
WINDOWS" | was chatting with Mr..
Window about two years after the
brief panic of New York city, which
was precipitated by the failure of
the firm of Grant & Ward, in which
former President Grant was a special
partner, a failure which swept away
General Grants entire fortune.
| asked Mr.. Window If there had
been any reason to suspect that con-
ditions were such as to justify APP
prehension of financial disturbance.
He said: Like all panics, the
climax in 1884 came suddenly, and
-l,A {. Il IN,
o, sort of volcanic or cyclonic dis
turbance, instantly created. From
one point of view 1t was. The APP
pearance of it was instantaneous, but
after the financial world had time to
think 1t realized that 1t was due
chiefly to overexpansion of railway
and therefore overex-
pansion of our credit in Europe.
How suddenly a panic affects not
only a community, but a nation l had
good opportunity to learn at the time
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-10
A WONDERFUL YEAR FOR THE FARMER.

The wheat growers of the United States have
fallen upon year of wonderful prosperity. In adj
dtion having the prolific yield of wheat In the
countrys history, the farmers getting unprece-
denied prices for It, and their gains in that respect
run into hundreds of millions.
To the farmer the has only given the oppor-
tunty for increased gain He has experienced little of
its bad effects With the profits of his farm, which
he receives in cash. he will be independent of borrow
ing, pay off mortgages and have big balance in
bank.
But agricultural prosperity is always reflected in
the factories. Hundreds of millions of the farmers
profits go for articles of manufacture for furn-
and carpets for clothing and boots and shoes,
for farming implements and tools and for all the
various things needed by the farmers family, not for
getting the automobile. There should be immense
demand very soon for motor In the country dis
tricts.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-10

1.-THE VOICE WITH THE SMILE WINS
BY oRIsoN SWEET MARDEN.
Author of "Pushing to the Front Etc.
Copyright 1914.

men have fallen in love with a tele-
phone operator because of her beaud-
full voice which has thrilled them over
the wire. Think, too, of the power
that some OF our great opera singers
have upon the puolic. The soul itself
seems audible in the modulations OF
the human voice.
What memories we all have of some
rare, sweet voice, which perhaps we
have heard over the telephone or in
some public place, the voice Of some
one, perhaps, to whom we have never
spoken, but the memory of wiaos;e
voice fingers in our minds for years!
Even animals, unable to understand
words, yet understand readily the Ian
Suage of the voice, the meaning Of lis
infections. Even the most affeetian-
ate, endearing words can be used with
an infection of the voice which win
convey exactly the opposite from what
they say; and on the other hand, the
simplest, even the crudest, language
can be rendered beautiful if used bv
a beautiful, sweetiy modulated voice
There is no sentiment to which a
tone of the voice cannot give express
sion. Isn't it strange then, that we
take so little pains to develop this
wonderful instrument? In training
the voice, the character can also be
@0AAlOhs anu lllC tOlAllOl Vi the VOICE
can be instrumental in the develop
ment of self-control and self-mastery.
No matter how vexing, how trying.
how exasperating your employees, or
now desperate or how tempted you
are to pour out the Walls of your
wrath upon them, If you would Just
make up your mind in the morning
that no matter what happens dur
ing the day, no matter what reproofs
or what criticism you feel compelled
to give, you will do this in a pleasant
tone of voice, half the battle of a
successful day will therein have been
Won. If you fling out your venom in
your words; IL you express your re-
sentiment, your evaporation, your
criticism in sharp, cutting tones, these
will only arouse similar sentiments
in others towards you. If you must
reprove or criticise, let 1t be done in
a gentle voice, with no bitterness, no
resentment In it. You viii in this
way have infinitely more influence;
You will make and keep more friends.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-10
pisposing OF q TarlG Mylh.

From the Boston Herald.
Professor f. w. Taussig, of the de-
partment of economies at Harvard,
has brought out in pamphlet form
the article which appeared in re-
cent number of The Quarterly Jour
nal of Economics, running down a
tariff observation commonly assigned
10 Abraham Lincoln. 1t is to the eff
feet that when we buy manufactured
goods abroad, we get the goods and
the foreigner gets the money, but
when we buy manufactured goods at
home, we get both the goods and the
money.
Mr.. Taussig has performed a pa
friotic service in saving the reputa-
ton of our foremost American from
responsibility for such an economic
sophistry as this, since nations have,
in the long run, no way in paying Tor
goods except in other goods. With
nations. as with individuals, in the
division of labor, exchanges may be
profitable to both sides, No one can
say that when we buy bananas Costa
Ricans get the money and we the
bananas In reality we get bana-
mas as and they get sewing ma
chimes and kerosene oil. II they
could not sell bananas they could not
buy these things.
This saying, quoted by all sorts of
Speople, has been everywhere attrib-
HIted to Lincoln. But it first saw the
Hight OF day ON June 20, 1894, in The
american Economist, and attributed
by 1t to The Independent, of Howard,
ILL.,, of June 8, 1894. A town of How
ard did appear on the maps of 1902,
in the northwestern part of Cham
paign County, but there never was
an Independent or any other news
paper printed there, and no other
town in Illinois has the name How
ard attached. Subsequent attempts
of The Economist to evade response
oility are related at some length. The
pamphlet will be of interest to all
who believe in getting at the bottom
If great historic assertion, no mat
ter where the truth cuts.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-10
1.-The stars incline, but do not compel.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER II, 1914.

This is lucky day If one beware
of entrance to a quarrel, Uranus
rules with power for good, while Nep-
tune and Saturn are both friendly.
Mars is mildly adverse.
The rule is for mentality and
thought. 1t is held to be time well
fitted for speculative reasoning, scien-
tific inquiry and the consideration of
great and important matters.
Uranus in kindly aspect is believed
to make for positive, Independent,
business-like action, while at the
same time 1t awakens the imaginative
faculties and leads the mind intd
original channels.
The rule is especially promising for
inventors and all who depend upon
ideas as assets in commercial or pro-
fessional life.
Under this government friendships
between men and women are said to
flourish. 1t imbues both sexes with
the power of seeing what is best In
human nature and imparts romance
to commonplace persons.
The aspect Is supposed to increase
the mesmeric or psychic powers. thus
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-10

The Bell Telephone Company is
using this sign throughout its offices
THE Voice With the Smile Wins
1t is curious thing that so few
people realize what a marvellous thing
the human voice is, and what power
it can WELD if rightly used. 1t re-
fleets all the fine shadings Of our
moods, interprets our subtlest
! thoughts, expresses our emotions, the
varying states of our mind.
1t would be a boon If some such
motto as the above could be hung in
the office of every subscriber, as well,
for 1t is noticeable that the telephone
| is lowering the standard Of business
manners.
metropolitan paper recently point
ed out that merchant who of old
would have conducted his business
! aifa1rs with the utmost formality will
now, many times in one working day,
instruct one of his aids to "call up
an acquaintance or a customer and
then keep the latter waiting until it
/ is quite convenient to communicate
with him over the wire. Similarly, a
busy man will frequently be sum-
moned to telephone to be asked
grurfly, Who is this talking?" The
erect OF this kind of rudeness is ex-
asperating to the most self possessed
individual. But there is q growing
tendency to disregard even the forms
OF courtesy when communicating with
person who cannot be seen. We
raise our voices and shout and storm
over the telephone as we never allow
ourselves to do to anyone directly In
our presence.
We often lose our tempers and talk
to man at 1.-THE other end of the
Wire az we would not dare to talk
to him face to face.
Ana there is nothing that will sting
quite so severely as a sarcastic, cut
ting, resentful voice. IT will stir up
all that Is meanest in those to whom
its sharpness is addressed
on the other hand, there is no Ill
humor in others that can finally with
stand the power of a sweet, persuasive
voice
1t is doubtful if ever we have real
lied the depth of meaning that can
be conveyed by the mere sound or
tone Of the human voice alone.
Time and again 1t has happened that