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The Harrison times., 1914-10-03
PORT OF ANTWERP
Most Important One on Cont
nent of Europe.
City Heavily Fortified, Grim and Gray
In Spite of It's ouantness--ccun-
try Roundabout Is Mostly
Peoped by the Dutch.

London.-The traveller slipping up
The reaches Of the Scheldt river to-
ward Antwerp in the misty small hours
Of the morning has ever been struck
with sense Of curious, of almost un-
canny, contrast, The city is heavily
fortified, grim and gray in spite of its
quaintness, The Scheldt flows through
a gentle country Of green meadow
lands and sleepy villages,
Antwerp is perhaps the most impor'
tant port on the continent Of Europe
In point OF commerce--a place very
much alive and very real, The
Scheldt is toy river meandering
through a Noahs ark landscape
The country is mostly Dutch-tho
Dutch Of the imagination and Of chill
drens picture books, Flat meadows
border the river, broken with cluster
ing villages, pert redroofed farm
houses, tiny church spires, windmills
everywhere and rows and rows Of reg
ular green trees made after the same
pattern and looking for all the world
like rows Of paper dolls cut all OF a
piece, that have delighted children
for generations Occasionally appears
a live thing--a COW, a dog or horse
modelled from the beasts In panto-
mime, and now and then little wood.
en- man or the little wooden ladies Of
his family. But over all is the quiet
of chlld's toy village after the child
is tucked in bed, and the whole coun.
try looks as If It were stood on edge
with its feet IN the water each morn.
ing and scrubbed behind the ears,
And yet Belgium and Holland, for all
their quaint charm and picture,book
quality, have been for centuries the
battle-ground Of the nations, Time
after time the great countries of Eu.
rope haze fought one another tooth
and nail, with these two little king
doms as pawns, their pleasant fields
the scene OF many a bloody battle,
Even now, though Holland has so far
escaped, Belgium is blood drenched,
her men moved down, her towns laid
waste, her peace and prosperity de-
stroyed and all because her powerful
neighbors have seen 1T to 80 to war,
70 take Antwerp would naturally be
q feather In tho cap Of the invading
force Occupying as II doesa position
80 close to the English ports OF Dover
and Harwich, challenging the suprem'
0cy Of the North sea- It's possession by
Germany at the end Of the war would
doubtless prove Of immense value in
securing concessions from the allies.
No longer ago than the early part Of
the nineteenth century Antwerp was
taken In an invading force, but It was
q tremendously superior force, and II
was to the French and English as al
lies that II fell captive,
The Dutch and the Belgans had for
some timo been united under ono
crown, with the Dutch well In the as
The Harrison times., 1914-10-03
MAKING MONEY ON THE FARM
Management and Foresight Have More
Influence over Success Than
Any Qualities OF SOIL

Making money on the farm Is made
possible more by farm management
than any qualities Of soil or location
OF land II IL true that the quality OF
the land and the advantage Of good,
all.year markets have their influence
and contribute greatly to the profit
able operation OF farming, All per
sons engaged IN similar occupations
are not money makers, says Twentieth
Contsry Farmer The faculty Of money
making or business management IL
strongly developed In one person,
while IN another II may be scarcely
porceptiblo
This feature Of adOptabllty TO oo.
cupatlon, or lack Of It, ig most pro
nounced condition In farm life today
because OF the land ownership craze
that has prompted persons OF all
classos OF education and training TO
become land occupants, through the In,
ducements OF homesteadlng tho cheap
government lands and the very rapid
advance IN farm land values over the
farming country There Ia nothing
now 30 desirable in the estimation OF
the man OF average intelligence as to
be the owner Of land, the owner OF
n good farm
Thousands Of persons have IN re
cent years become land owners and
land operators, assumed tho oeoupa
ton and management OF farms with
out ever having had any farm train,
Ing or experience In the management
Of farms, and are not making the
farm pay While this Ia true, there
are other persons who use the farm
az basls Of trading and dealing
operations, and by shFowd manage.
ment IN this line Of work nre making
money, The farmer who can SEQ n
bargain In what others produce and
avail himself OF opportunities OF buy.
Ing and developing hOa an oppor
tunity independent Of the usual pro,
duoing Advantages OF farm stock
preceding,
We often hear Of tho young
farmer who Goes around among his
neifhbora and buys up n bunch OF
calves during tho autumn season and
winters them through on his cheap
feed, strawstaeks, fodder, winter pas
turo, q little hay, etc, and In tho
spring has n nno LOT Of ycarllnga
that have attained at little eSpenae
300 pounds or moro Of growth, and
sold NJ big profit This ID one Of
the ways that some Of the farm busl.
ness sense Of dealer Ia used In max.
Ing the farm pay on other peoples
production The farmer who In al.
why's on tho lookout for something to
buy In tho line Of live stock at bar.
gain IL IN the line OF his opportunity
Of making money on the farm
The Harrison times., 1914-10-03

Keep the flies out of the house and
barn, Screens will do It,
A heap of warm spring rain must
fall to melt the frost out Of some
folks.
BY putting up lots Of vegetables you
can come very near having your gar
den all winter.
The grass may grow under a lazy
mans feet but that is about the ex'
tent of his crops,
When studying the currency ques-
tlon the pocket book is one Of the best
books of reference,
Hot air is a mighty poor substitute
for elbow grease for keeping things
moving on the farm,
1t is about this time that the last
spring graduates begin to be sorry
that their school days are over
It is good to learn that women can
vote and still be good cooks Some OF
us used to be afraid they couldn't.
The magnitude Of the growing boys
appetite should be source OF pleas
ure to his parents instead Of worry.
When looking for the material for
a good meal thrifty kitchen garden
is mighty useful to the tired eyes OF
the housekoeper,
The loafer has a lot Of time In
which to see things he would like TO
have but can't get without working
1t is quite a disadvantage.
In these days tho rural papers with
their budget Of good information are
much better reading than the old'fash
ioned mortgage which covered the
farm.
Just because bath rooms and run
ming water In the house were luxuries
I'm the time Of your grandfathers, II
does not excuse you for doing without
them, They are necessities nova
days,
II viii bo well for the young man
TO remember that the building Of a
good barb wire fence Is Just as good a
qualification for the presidents chair
az ever splitting rails was,
If the country boy knew fully about
the discomfort and hardship which
fills tho life Of the average city man,
he could hardly be persuaded to 80
TO the village after the mall
The Harrison times., 1914-10-03

tendency, the Delginns ohanng under
the yoke until they broke out IN
mimic warfare for their freedom, At
length the powers saw NJ 10 inter
ycno, and piece was patched up
granting Belgium ite integrity M 4 ma
ton, Holland was treated with much
consideration, but somehow she eluhs
TO Antwerp, tho last fruit OF her once
successful campaigns against her
neIghbor She natly refused TO eyNou
ate and nt length the powers decided
that she must be forced 10 yield, and
10 France and England was allotted
tho task Of Smelling out her defenders
Tho Siege was sueoesaful but 70
markable ono from " military point OF
view and II required force OF 10000
to dIhlodge u pitltul 5000 men,
Landing from an Atlantic liner,
after bteamins up the seheldt, the
traveller Ia impressed not with Ant
werp tho fortress, but with Antwerp
the commercial city, Miles of
wharyea and docks stretch along tho
water front, great piers are there,
ships leading and unloading, and all
with an entire absence OF the uheleah'
llhesH that marks the river front OF a
busy American city,
The Harrison times., 1914-10-03
FOUR MATRoNS IN REUNION
Each Ono 10 Accompanied by Two
chlldren-They Meet 40 Planned
Years Before,

g. Loula, Mo,=Nour women wear
Ing blue bows and accompanied each
by two children met IN front OF the
Grant monument In CITY Hall park at
two o'clock ono afternoon recently
In accordance with an agreement
made l0h years Ago,
On March |, 1904, Mollle Peters,
Lulu Atofek Agnes Herr and Media
Weber, ehums employed by a skirt
makers frm AT No, i1g5 Washington
avenue, the Oldest Of whom waH TWEEN.
ty, were lunchlng together
II wonder whoro we viii Nll be ton
years from now," Miss Weber mused,
After n few minutes pleasant con
lecture some one suggested that they
meet IN 1914 and see how the fortunes
Of each had changed Accordingly an
agreement wOa written ana each
signed IL, promising TO appear at III.
Grant monument, August 1, 1914
Media Weber's thirty.hrst birthday,
The Harrison times., 1914-10-03
THE CHICKENS CAN'T SLEEP
Consequently Deuded Duck That
Wants to Roost Is Imprisoned
Of 70 hlmsef.

VII " lllloNis
Los Angeles, Cal-Mrs, Grosvenor
Marshall a member Of the famous
Marshall family Of Virginia, now resd'
ing in Glen Albyn drive, has duck
with the firm conviction that It Is a
thoroughbred sure 'nough chicken. 1t
has been necessary to ostracize him
to prevent the death OF the whole
brood OF chickens from loss Of sleep.
His name Is Clarence and he was
hatched through the kindness Of a
mother hen. There was otherwise
nothing in the early life Of Clarence
to distinguish him from other mem.
bors OF his species on the Marshall
hacienda,
But Clarence suddenly turned
against the other ducks on the place,
lie even deserted the little pond con-
structed especially for their benefit to
join In with the chickens,
IL was observed that Clarence in.
sister on taking the top perch when
tho chickens went to roost He found
II an uneasy resting place and his noe.
turnal antics banishod sleep from the
chickens, The brood became omaclat.
cd and several died, So Clarence was
given q stall to himself,
The Harrison times., 1914-10-03
ROCKING STUNE OF TlMDAL
Famous South American Rock Is No
More, Having Fallen Some
Time Ago.

Buenos Aires.-Everyone has heard
Of rocking stones-masses of rock so
delicately poised as to move backward
and forward upon the slightest i'm
pulse. Until quite recently the giant
among these curious phenomena was
the famous Rocking Stone of Tindal,
in South America which fell, for what
reason is unknown, few months ago.
Existing rocking stones were mere
marbles compared to the Tindal. 1t
weighed something like 700 tons, was
composed Of granite, paraboloid in
shape, and measured some five meters
in height, 1t was ingeniously poised
upon knob Of rock in low range Of
The Harrison times., 1914-10-03

accompany vcepesdmt into the chamber Now for unc
the chaplain makes Marshall think of
about Ave minutes prior the hour Of opening the senate
he tar o this with calm dolberaton
their by the time Marshall
his outlined lacks only minutes or less until
and the
the yIeepesdn
o his seat in due
the corridor s
the point his and by burst Of speed gets out the
chamber Chaplain
laughing the which W0uN
laughing then pulling his
while walking the few steps from us
doorto o
The Harrison times., 1914-10-03

gold hoop earrings, and tho other da'
played on hih breast Catholic medal
and cross, They ahutiled along list
lessly until, m they came TO the II
bFaFy, each stopped with sudden alert
ness to watch two tiny boys playing
on the grass. Each small chap had
on an indian 5uit OF brown cambrIc
with war bonnet Of turkey Qullls
And each waved tinsol steel tonta
hawk and danced exactly oe real In
dians don't do and never did, And
when one boy put his hatehet between
The Harrison times., 1914-10-03

the Frederick local due here from
Frederick, Md, at $3.50 o'clock,
Az usual, the train was crowded,
as was the HOgerstown train, follow
ing It, The engineer Of the Frederick
local Jammed on his emergency
brakes, when he saw Robert Shlpley,
who lives at Stott'a, near the district
line, frantieelly waving a red nag on
tho track ahead, not far from the
stott station
Quick work was necessary to- flag
aud hnil tha UnPpratnWn trnin hmm.
The Harrison times., 1914-10-03

Der to convene that body Of solemn
toilers he is apt to have half tnD'
pressed smile on his face and the
Rev. Forest j. Prettyman, the senate
chaplain, has even more difficulty In
maintaining the serious countenance
Of man about to lead In prayer
Here Is the way the thing works
out Along about 1880 Marshall
shifts from his office In the senate
office building to his room in the
capitol, A few minutes before noon
the chaplain comes to be IN readiness
The Harrison times., 1914-10-03
ooooIe. cauaed cow's Death,

Putnam Valley, N, Y,-A prize COW
valued at tl9,b00, upon which ia own
or, Homer + RollIson, Of Putnam Val
Icy, placed eolofed goggles as pre-
sorIbod for eye disease, was struck
ly u train ana killed The goggles II
Is believed, prevented the COW from
seeing the train IN time 10 save her
self,
The Harrison times., 1914-10-03

rcaren collision narrowly oyeod through
who put reont apee between himself ana the
train 10 stopping
piled
shp demanding know the danger unabashe
the track
return questioned closely but to further effect
nOg and tonmon unanimously admitted That
remarkable honest boy They added with
some bitterness that there times when too much hon
efiY the best policy
The Harrison times., 1914-10-03
Eleventh Hour Stories Of the Vice President

CPREsDENT MARSHALL has habit Of telling funny story the
until the eleventh hour and about
ha WHOM be Lho eham
The Harrison times., 1914-10-03
Small Boy Finds Red FIag Nearly Wrecks Train

TwELVEYEARoLD boy came near causing disastrous rearend col
Metropolitan branch Of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
The oher monng whom he Agge
The Harrison times., 1914-10-03
Sightseeing indians Amused at Boys Warfare

r. Sightseeing Capitol ln Both civilized to
the extent clothes that didn't h and small concessions
mLl bis aomhrero Also
The Harrison times., 1914-10-03
FeedIno a plo,

Feed the pig all he can eat without
pqueellng, This can be done only by
watching him cat aud knowing just
how much he need
The Harrison times., 1914-10-03

national existence the pubic uongs were
Commissions appointed by the se
treasury architect building and attended to all
construction The result that no fixed idea was car
earlier public buildings had uniformity design at all
has become architect on MS own
buildings The result that one may
federal buildings Of the country on gh by er
uniformity There is just enough diversity in detail TO prevent 100
much similarity.
roamed the whole world over to ind new
older federal buildings see every
Gothic the Romanesque But after trying them all
and English influence illustrated
this city, has been decided emDod
Ing n utility in architecture
the failures Of bgone days the old Wasnmg
Pennsylvania and the Municipal building which
architectural nightmare
the Romaesque style along the eighties ana
great and Cincinnati Then came along the
supervising architect with determination the style liz
office He did and the result speaks for se
The Harrison times., 1914-10-03

his teeth and cowd the attack pory black wo made
didn't know what the the real
thing looked at each other and ohucled
library there doubtless many books beautifully
illustrated that the red stole who has bee
Hmile
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-12-25
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Warranfv Deed

Hardwood Land & Improvement Co.
to John Kuzel, ME- swA 1860.
American immigration Co. to Jens
Jensen, eh nwH 21-35-9 49,. 80.
James A. Michaelson and wife to
Anton and Clara Petrick, lot 8, blk.
blk. 3, Corbetts End Add -. -.
E. H. Hobe and wife to- John Fjeseth,
swA swA 1854 -. 80. 80. =.
L. l.. Soules to A. r. Kleinert, lot
7. blk. 4, Sabin's Revised Add 49,.
Ira C. Graft to Clyde S. Graft, e1a
Walter M. Tatur and wife to ]. A.
Michaelson, lots 5 and 6, blk. g.,
East Park Add -. -. -. 49,.
Arvilla Hughes to IT. School Dist.
No. 1, lot 5, blk. 10, NJ w. w. Co.'S
Addition 49,. -. -. -.
George Van Den Ellen and wife to
Andrew Van Den Ellen, nwA nwA
1915 80. 49,. -. 49,.
Geo. A. Stevens and wife to Mae F..
Stevens, part of sell seA 26-34-S..
Mae F. Stevens and wife to Geo. A.
Stevens, part of se14 neA 26-34-S..
Allen Cocroft ct al to Edward OAR
mody, ct al, WIZ nwA, nh sWA
31-35-S and neA e1a nwA, nwA NV
a Sc, neA neA $3.50 -. -.
A. J. Edminster and wife to Peter
Robinson, und u WIZ swA 1885
M. w. w. Co. to T. F. Armstrong
Jr., lots and 10, blk. z, lot 8,
blk. II, NJ w. w. Co.'s 3rd Add. =.
Concordia Land Co. to S. c. Horton
and wife, s1a swA 1885 -. -.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-12-25
GLASS Of SALTS If
YOUR KIDNEYS HURT
Eat less meat if you feel Backachy or
have Bladder trouble -Salts
fine for Kidneys.

Meat forms uric acid which excites
and overworks the kidneys in their efforts
to filter it from the system. Regular eat
ers of meat must flush the kidneys occa-
sionally. You must relieve them like you
relieve your bowels; removing all the
acids, waste and poison, else you feel
dull misery in the kidney region, sharp
pains in the back or sick headache, dir
illness, your stomach sours, tongue is
coated and when the weather is bad you
have rheumatic twinges. The urine is
cloudy, full of sediment; the channels
often get irritated, obliging you to get
up two or three times during the night.
To neutralize these irritating acids
and flush off the body's urinous waste
get about four ounces of Jad Salts
from any pharmacy; take a table
spoonful in glass of water before break
fast for few days and your kidneys will
then act fine and bladder disorders dis
appear. This famous salts is made from
the acid of grapes and lemon juice, COM
bined with lithia, and has been used for
generations to clean and stimulate slug
gish kidneys and stop bladder irritation.
Jad Salts is inexpensive; harmless and
makes delightful effervescent lithia-
water drink which millions of men and
women take now and then, thus avoiding
serious kidney and bladder diseases.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-12-25
MARRIED

In Rapid City at the Methodist
parsonage on Saturday evening, No
vember p, 1914, Knute Kleven and
Any Luella Stanton, both of Rapid
City, Rev. Homer Minish officiating.
The groom, who came from Wis
consin when the Lanphere-Hinrichs
mill was first built, is at present
an employee of the Warren-Lamb
Lumber Co., and spends much Of his
time in the lumber camp at McGee's
Siding. The bride, who came from
Wausau, Wis, last summer, was an
old-time friend of the groom, and a
renewal Of the acquaintance resulted
in the wedding above noted. They
will live this winter at McGee's Sid
ing, but in the spring will occupy the
groom's home in North Rapid.
The above is a clipping from a
Rapid City, S. D., paper. The bride
is a former Ladysmith girl and will
be remembered by many of our read
ers. She is a sister of O. G. Stan
ton, of this city, and her father, L..
H. Stanton, now a resident of Cor
don. Wis, was one of the first set
tiers here.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-12-25
FOR SALE OR TRADE

FARM, 55Ia acres, Is acres stumped
and in cultivation; 20 acres
cleared; Groom house; II mile from
r. r. town; on river. One Groom
modern house; city water and we'll.
One 7-room house; good barn and
fruit trees 2 lots, 100x165. Cement
sidewalks Also, 80 acres timber
land, miles from above property, in
Michigan. Will trade all Or part for
Ladysmith property. "A. M. McCOR-
MICK, Ladysmith, Wis, l.. B. 534,
Or enquire at Sanitary Market. 3S-41*
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-12-25
APOLLONIA

Special Correspondence
Teddy Bosteader is quite sick at
this writing.
Lilly Berger has been on the sick
list the last few days.
John Doughty was in the county
seat last Thursday on business.
Tom Tosland marketed hogs and
been in Ladysmith last Thursday
Mrs. Frank Hayward has arrived
home from an extended visit at her
old home in Iowa.
The F. J. Otis house burned down
last week, Wednesday. Nothing was
saved from the first floor.
Grandma Cameron arrived here
from her homestead in Montana
looking very well and strong.
Mrs F. J. Otis and family are
making their home with Mr.. and
Mrs. Dan Carmichael at present.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-12-25
RAILROADS APPEAL
TO PRESIDENT

The committee of railroad execu-
tives, headed by Mr.. Frank Trumbull,
representing thirty-five of the leading
railroad systems of the nation, recent
ly presented to President Wilson a
memorandum briefly reviewing the diff
ticulties now confronting the railroads
of the country and asking for the CO.
operation of the governmental authori-
ties and the public in supporting rail-
road credits and recognizing an emer-
gency which requires that the rail-
roads be given additional revenues.
The memorandum recites that the
European war has resulted in general
depression of business on the Ameri-
can continent and in the dislocation
of credits at home and abroad. With
revenues decreasing and interest rates
increasing the transportation systems
of the country face most serious
crisis and the memorandum is
strong presentation of the candle
burning at both ends and the perils
that must ultimately attend such a
confagration when the flames meet
is apparent to all. In their general
discussion the railroad representa-
tives say in part: "By reason of leg
islation and regulation by the federal
government and the forty-eight states
acting independently of each other, as
well as through the action of strong
public opinion, railroad expenses in
recent years have vastly increased.
No criticism is here made of the gen.
eral theory of governmental regula-
ton, but on the other hand, no in
genuity can relieve the carriers of ex-
penses created thereby"
President Wilson, in transmitting
the memorandum of the railroad
presidents to the public, character
ICES it as "a lucid statement of plain
truth" The president recognizing
the emergency as extraordinary, con-
tinuing, said in part:
You ask me to call the attention
of the country to the imperative need
that railway credits be sustained and
the railroads helped in every possible
way, whether by private cooperative
effort or by the action, wherever
feasible of governmental agencies, and
l am glad to do so because l think
the need very real"
The conference was certainly a
fortunate one for the nation and the
president is to be congratulated for
opening the gate to a new world of
effort in which everyone may cooper
ate.
There are many important prob
lens in our complex civilization that
will yield to cooperation which will
not lend themselves to arbitrary rul-
ings of commissions and financing
railroads is one of them The man
with the money is a factor that can
not be eliminated from any business
transaction and the public is an inter-
ested party that should always be con-
suited and happily the president has
invited all to participate in the solu-
ton of our railroad problems.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-12-25
RIVER SIDE I
Near Sheldon)

Special Correspondence
Lydia White is spending the holl-
days at home.
Co. supt O. E. Rice visited our
school one day last week.
James Libby made business trip
to Holcombe one day last week.
Mr.. West and Emmett Chalfont
made a business trip to Conrath
Monday.
Kenneth Shepherd, who has been
working in Vernon county, is here to
spend the winter with his parents.
Orlando Chalfont, who is attending
the Agricultural College at ST. Paul,
is spending the holidays with friends
here.
The Sunshine Society held bazaar
and supper at Sheldon Saturday af-
ternoon and evening. They took in
about $25.