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The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-02-27

sterdam, capital Of Holland, the travel
er wishing to go to Cologne, $50 miles
inland in Germany, may find his way
by sea-faring steamer. At Strasburg,
300 miles inland, where yesterday only
the smallest water craft could be
seen, today may be observed boats
carrying 800 to 1000 tons. The chan
mel of the Main up to and beyond
Frankfort, the commercial metropolis
of Germany. has, az cost of $4,000.
900, been daepened from two feet, I'M
disable foY shipping, to nine feet in
order to give the industries of Frank
fort cheap transportation. Towns, sit
uated miles from a navigable stream,
accomplish the same result by digging
and operating canals.
10000 Boats Used Inland.
Most Americans are somewhat "a
miliar with the marvellous increase Of
the German merchant ocean ships. The
North German Lloyd, with it's steam
ships on every sea, and other mer.
chant marine companies, have devel-
oped at phenomenal rate. Less con.
spicuous but equally great has been
the growth of the inland merchant
fleet of Germany, the shipping en-
ployed on Its inland waterways. In
thirty years the tonnage of the German
inland fleet has nearly or quite quad
rupled. Twenty years ago the ton.
mage of the inland fleet was so per
cent. larger than that Of the ocean
fleet, now it is four times as large.
More than 10000 boats are employed
today on Germany's canals and rivers
with tonnage exceeding 100000.
Boats Large az Possible.
Germany has been quick to recog.
nize the economic value of the large
vessel. The Imperators of the ocean
have their humber and less snowy,
but equally important. counterparts
on the inland waterways. Boats of
100 tons and less have decreased in
number in the last ten years, while
large boats Of 800 tons and more have
increased in number ten fold The
small boat or barge Is being aban-
doned in Germany as out of date. The
present day boat is built of the largest
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-02-27
AMERICAN LOVE OF HOME
One Of the Strongest of the instincts
for Which the Nation Has
Made Itself a Name.

No other nation, except possibly the
English, gives such prominence and
affectionate interest to the house and
home as do the American people.
With all our supposed worship of
money, and love of change and ad-
venture, there are few among us who
do not feel at heart a deep.seated
love Of home. Even amid the en-
crossing and vital investigations and;
legislation at Washington, veteran
senators and ambitious congressman
find time to discuss the derivation
and to talk about the attraction and
sanctity of Home" The word home"
is not found in the language of any
Of the southern European countries;
in fact, 1t is not used in any modern
Latin tongue. 1t needs long winters
and severe climates that drive the
people indoors, within four walls, to
create that cheer within that neces-
STATED the word home" for northern
peoples. Whittier's "Snowbound" was
a classic, and first furnished
glimpse Of the real charm and power
of the hearth. One congressman re-
marked that all the real thinking of
the people worth while" is done
within the walls of their homes, for
every economic question and much
tariff and currency legislation has it's
origin and sphere Of action within the
home, and on that sphere public men
are striving today to focus their COM
prehension.
Questions that concern the home
never fail to awaken response and
the winter evenings are considered
the suspicious time to SOW the seeds
OF public sentiment. On the other
hand, Chautauqua speaker once In.
sisted that people do their thinking
In spring and summer, while the crops
are growing, following the lines of
nature, production beginning at seed
time and maturing at harvest: and
that seated on the hard benches I'm.
der the scorching canvas of the Chau.
tauqua tent the people are doing
their subconscious thinking that crys-
talizes into public opinion during the
winter months.
Here are two points Of view to
choose from, whether the winter or
summer is the open season for think
ing. Possibly both are right, for win
ter SHOWS are as necessary as sum.
mer rains. Both make for the protec.
ton of the home" which, immortal.
lied by John Howard Payne's song, is.
dear to all Anglo-Saxon hearts,-Ns,.
tnnal Magazine .
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-02-27

thrift, centralized direction and con-
troll. But no means has been more ef-
fective than its comprehensive system
Of cheap water transportation supple
menting the cheap transportation Of
its railways. The American visitor,
travelling from Brussels to Berlin,
from Cologne up the Rhine, from the
Rhine to Munich, in any direction, in
short, In Germany, cannot fail to be
impressed by the businesslike use Of
the waterways. Hundreds of barges
carrying thousands Of tons Of freight
are seen, a continual procession upon
the canalized rivers and artificially
constructed canals.
Puts the Rivers to Work.
Almost without a sea harbor, Ger
many has grown to be a great com.
mercial nation. With her chief fac.
tories located two or three hundred
miles inward, she has brought them
raw material by water at cheapest
rates and shipped the finished pro-
ducts. made in Germany" to compete
In the worlds markets successfully
with the products Of nations where
original conditions are far more favor
able. This has been done by putting
all the German rivers to work. While
Great Pritain, with the oldest and. at
one time, the best system Of water
ways in Europe, and the United
States, with water-courses unequaled
among great nations, have permitted
these waterways to fall into disuse,
the young giant Of Northern Europe
has developed for actual use even her
smallest streams and has dug canals
TO connect her most important centers
Of production. Hence, as contributing
cause at least, red cedar, taken from
an Ozark forest in Missouri, shipped
to Nuremburg, employed in the manu-.
facture of pencils. re.shipped to Amer.
fca, can be sold In competition with
American pencils. Hence, pig iron con.
sumption has grown in two decades in
Germany 265 per cent, while crude
steel production is fifty times as much
as twenty years ago. Hence-indus-
trial Germany.
Through the spectacles of German
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-02-27

the inland waters, rivers and canals,
of the German empire. The German
makes the most of everything, himself
included, and he has not overlooked
water transportation as an aid to econ.
omic progress and prosperity. The
present industrial greatness Of Ger
many, so phenomenally increased in
generation, and yet growing, is built
upon water.
Leads In Use Of Waterways.
Germany Is not alone among Euro
pean nations in development and util-
ization Of inland waterways. The Man.
chester ship canal, the deepening and
widening of the channels of the Clyde,
the Mersey and the Thames rivers in
Great Britain, making seaports of
cities far inland, the use of the canals
in the Netherlands, and the millions
expended by the republic Of France
each year upon canals and rivers as
public highways-these show the high
value attached In Europe to an asset,
which, through public indifference and
private railway greed and short-sight-
edness, has in the United States been
abandoned or neglected. Germany,
however, with characteristic painstak-
ing and thrift, has exploited her wa
ter resources to an extent unsurpassed
In other European lands.
Germany has employed a combina.
ton Of means to establish its indus.
trial position-the application of sci.
ence to industry, technical training.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-02-27
I'm married to him already. judge,

I'm married to him already, judge,
honest"
Just for an instant the Big Sister
closes her eyes and her lips set IN a
| firmer line She leans nearer the
child. The case goes over. The man
must be found now. And in the mean
time the girl steps down and faces
Big Sister for the first time. She
won't answer at first, but she is drawn
down Oh a bench and talked to until
slowly she begins to thaw. When she
is led away her face has lost little
of that awful misery.
Typical Case of Boy Misery.
The next cases are boys. On the
long bench little fellow sits on the
very edge, holding his ragged cap
tightly. His lips are pursed in a voice
less appeal Silently the tears run
down his cheeks. He catches the eyes.
of the Big Sister watching him and
gulps a sob.
The Big Brother is busy with the
case that is up for trial, so Mrs. Glib
son takes this one. 1t all comes out
in one blurted mass Of trouble. He
has broken window and played hook
ey, and the truant officers after him.
That's his mother sitting over yon-
der, he whispers, the skinny woman
with the shawl dropping off her Shout
ders. She looks blue, cause she had
to walk all the way up the BoWery
from Baxter street She spent the
last ten cents for bucket OF coal
this morning And there are SIX 9TH
er children.
You haven't got any undershirt on,
have you?" asks the Big Sister gently,
Sc the other boys wouldn't hear, but
he holds his torn shirt together and
shakes his head out of pride for the
mother who waits at the end OF the
first bench She doesn't see the
green bill tucked away in his dirty, lit
tie moist palm nor hear the hurried
compact of friendship.
Little Mothers" Case.
The next is a case of improper
guardianship. The father drinks. So
does the mother, and there are two
children. The elder has been kept out
of school to look after the baby. She
is only ten herself, typical little
mother, not at all pretty, but with a
curious, resigned look and tender
little smile.
And all in a moment the world
changes from gray to gold She lis
tens with wide eyes to the boyish
looking Judge. She is to be sent to
school under the care of a Big Sis
ter. Instead of forever being the big
sister, she is to have one, somebody
she can come to with all her trou-
bles.
Each day new Big Sister stands In
the enclosure before Judge Hoyt.
Thursdays the quietly CARRIED sweet
faced woman who waits for her girls to
be called for trial is Mrs. w. X. Van
derbilt.
So far over 500 girls have be
cared for, and in many gases
tire family. =
But the work is only begun hef0
In court" says Mrs Evans. I'VE pick
up the clues here, SO to speak, and
trace them along. And we've never
lost one yet. The girls don't want
TO be lost. All they need is love and
and fair chance, and
hat is what the Big Sisters aim to
give"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-02-27

B erlin, G er-
many.-The fu-
ture Of Germany
will be maintain
ed upon the wa
ter, is a senti-
m e ut expressed
by the German
emperor with his
u ual vigorous
insistence a n d
more thin his
usual cons / S t.
ency. The mas
t erful William
had the seas and
the German navy
in m / Il d. H e
might, however,
with equal or
larger truth, have
made the state
ment apply to
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-02-27

Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt Among the
Society Leaders Who Are Giving
Up Time and Money to the Best Of
AT Causes, me Saving or rne Chit
dren-Take Their Day In Court
and Listen to the Stories Of Mis-
cry and Wronsdoins Common in a
Big CITY, Then Give Practical Aid.
NJ EW YORk.-If you wanted a big
u sister where would you go to find
her-not when you're all grown
up and able to look after yourself Of
course, but when you're anywhere
from five to sixteen, and you're girl,
just an ordinary New York girl, East
side, anywhere at all?
And you needed big sister terribly.
You never thought you did until that
gray winter morning when they took
you down the narrow little stairs from
the detention room into the children's
court, writes lola Forester in the
Sunday Magazine OF the New York
World.
1t hadn't seemed really serious I'm.
til then. You had gone to moving pic.
ture shows instead of 10 school. You
had stayed out nights instead of 20.
ing home. And who wouldn't? What
did all these people know about the
place you called home-these men and
women sitting at the fat-topped desks,
writing, writing about children who
wouldn't be god?
What did the smooth.faced young
Judge up yorder know about YOU?
Wasn't that yur mother with the old
red, crocheted shawl around her,
ready to take he stand against you
and tell his hoor you must be sent
away because sc couldn't be bother.
ed with you?
Defiant Iood Natural.
The tears sprig to your eyes, and
you wipe them VI on your sleeve
quickly, defiantly Let them send YOU
away some place. Who cares?
And just then on catch some one
watching you. Sh has been standing
up on the little ,latform next to
where the cases az tried. Somehow
she looks at you different way
from anybody else. She almost looks
as If she cared, al you stare back
at her, suspiciouslYt first, then hun.
grily, until she smile and comes down
to sit beside you an talks as no one
has ever talked to gu before in all
your life.
And some way theittle gray court
room has grown bri,ter. Even the
Judge looks pleasasr. You catch
yourself telling her q about how II
happened, in queer. c,ky sentences.
half finished. but sh understands
And at last when the do lead YOU
up before the railing le stands be. |
side yoH and tells the tdge she will
be your friend, be reonsible for
you.
And that is how a BiSister finds
a Little Sister.
1t has only been goin on a little
while-two short years. Up to De.
cember, 1910, the little s!ers of the
children's court were ovlooked by
the forces of love. The pDation Off.
GERS took up their casesthe Judge
disposed of them.
Copied on big BrotFs."
But there was sometime lacking.
The Big Brother msvemenwas we'll
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-02-27

names. Standing near is Mrs Charles
lana Gibson. 1t is Tuesday-her day
In court. '
She Is taller than the other women
and slender, with sloping shoulders
There is the clear, fine profile tho
dropping eyelids, the beautiful draw.
ing IN OF the mouth and chin even
the soft waves of hair of the hiph
pred American girl whom Gibson mado
Imous.
Mother Against Her.
About two feet from her is q sto,;d
rosy-cheeked girl She is fifteen rath'
er pretty, but her small dark eves
seem absolutely expressionless AZ shs
listens to the charge against her She
will not work, her mother saws She
Is IN love. The man is already mar.
rled and has wife and four chill.
dren back in the old country. She
mas Deen whipped and it does no good
NOW her mother wants her sent away
for safe keeping.
The girl speaks Wstlessly.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-02-27
Noecrret,

Won Ratz-Yefinow, / haven't paid
out cent for rerrsI on my old car.
OCatz-Yes, the owner Of De
stew's garage tol me.-Texas Coyote.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-02-04
GREAT FEATURE AT GEM.
"Quo Vadls'' Produced in Eight
Reels Wednesday and Thursday.

Since George Kleine made his enor-
nous success of the Cines photo drama
"QuO Vadis," a host of cheap imita-
tors have entered the field of competi.
ton. However, as the Kleine produc.
tion includes eight wonderful reels
and is only produced in the high class
theatres of the country and has never
been leased for State rights or ordi.
nary moving picture houses, the
general public have been quick to dis
crimir ate between the big aud little
"Quo Vadis.' In the big cities of the
East, Mr.. Kleine's production was
taken up by fashionable society and
theatre parties of the :'four hundred
we're frequent occurrence at the Aston
Theatre in New York. The George
Kleine production OF Quo Vadis will
be the attraction at the Gem Theatre
on Wednesday and Thursday, Feb.
and 5. The entertainment covers two
hours and fifteen minutes. Admission
25c. ADV.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-02-04
CORTLAND

Miss Amanda steinberg OF Elysisn
is visiting here ut the home of her
brother Emil. Eli
Mrs. VIM. Ginkel and Mrs. F. 1T.
Bruins visited at Mankato Wednesd az.
The Creamery Association here
awarded the Contract to Louis F..
Precht to fill their large refrigerator
With good river ice.
Miss Esther Zieske returned from
her visit west last Thursday.
There were quite number Of logs
hauled to the Reinhart Il Melzer's
Saw Mill last week and they will soon
start the works going again.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Rappley OF
Spiritwood N. Oak. visited here at
the home of E. z. Etter few days
last week.
The Creamery Property was sold at
Public Auction last Friday and every.
thing went at good price.
Theodor Dslger of st. Peter was a
business caller here a few days last
week.
G. w. Schlottmann received q
telephone message from Redwood
Falls last Friday, stating that Henry
Ahrens sr. died that morning. Mr..
Ahrens is we'll known by the older
settlers here.
Walter Norman who worked as
helper here 10 the Creamery has re.
signed and left {. for Faribault last
week. O:to Sommer succeeds Walter
as helper now.
Mrs. E. A. Gieseke died Sunday
night at II o'clock after being sick but
week.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-02-04
farmers Mutual has Prosperous
Year.

The members Of the Stark Farm
ers' Mutual Fire Insurance company
assembled Monday morning in the Of
fees Of Judge Cutting/at the munich
pal building in this city for their
Both annual meeting. This meeting,
aside from the fact that the regular
business of the company was trans
acted and a reelection Of officers took
place, was featured by the renewal
Of the company's charter with few
revlslons that had been in effect for
the past thirty years.
Up to the present time the COM
pany has been paying two-thirds of
the value on loses Of grain. This
payment was raised to three-fourths
Of the value at Mondays meeting.
Previously $500 was the maximum
amount paid for losses of cows. This
amount was raised to $40. Hereto
fore the company did not insure au-
tomoblles but at the meeting this
was authorized, allowing insurance
3or one-half value Of the car for a
period OF one year, the policy to be
renewed annually at a twenty per
cent decrease in policy value. The
salary OF the secretary, which has
always been $500, was raised to $500
and the presidents salary was raised
from SIS to $50. Out Of thirteen
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-02-04
clipper in Jail.

After pursuit through three
states, Harry Roby was arrested al
North Branch last Tuesday and now
occupies a cell in the Nicollet county
Jail. He is accused Of very serious
crime, that Of mistreating his step.
daughter, thirteen years old.
Roby formerly operated a render.
ing plant in Belgrade township, or
the outskirts of North Mankato. Last
fall he sold his business and moved
to Waterloo, Iowa. While living ir
Belgrade he became acquainted with
Esther Swensk of this city, niece
Of his wife. The young woman be.
came infatuated with Roby, and il
is said that they arranged an elope.
ment by letter. According to a pre-
arranged plan Roby hired livery rig
in Mankato on December 10th and
drove out to the young woman's
school in Belgrade.
Nothing was thought of the mat
ter at the time, but when the teacher
failed to reappear at the end Of the
Christmas vacation the school au-
thorities instituted an investigation.
Early in the present month Mrs.
Roby came to St. Peter from Water
loo and swore to a complaint charg-
ing her husband with the crime men,
toned. A warrant was placed in the
hands of Sheriff Aug. Olson on JAN
uary 10th, and he promptly began
his search for the missing couple.
Information was given him that,
on Dec. 18th, Miss Swensk drew out
$275 that she had on deposit in a
local bank, and the following Friday,
when Roby called for her, she was
paid $50 more by the school district.
Sheriff Olson traced the couple from
Mankato to New Ulm; thence to HUI
ron. S. D., and finally to Sioux City,
Iowa. There he lost the trail for a
few days, but eventually obtained a
clew that seemed to indicate that
he would locate his man at North
Branch, MINI.
1t proved reliable, and when he
went to North Branch he found the
fugitives at a hotel, where they had
registered as III. 0. Roby and wife"
Roby had obtained employment with
a Minneapolis firm, and was selling
pictures in and about North Branch,
having been at that place since Jan.
9Th. After being arrested his COM
panion accompanied him as far as
St. Paul
Roby now occupies cell in the
county Jail, and will have his hearing
before Justice Kettner on January
3Oth.-St. Peter Herald.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-02-04
candidates up for election the follow.

candidates up for election the follow
ing nine were chosen as directors:
John C. Hanson of Prairieville, H. j
Albrecht of Milford, Peter Carsten-
sen of Eden, Mic Schwartz of Leav.
enworth, VIM. Prechel of Burnstown
H. A. Hillesheim Of Sigel, Isido1
Haas Of Cottonwood and John Cut
ting of Home. The directors-elect
then organized and chose the follow
ing officers for the ensuing year;
President, Arnold Hillesheim; vice
president, Isidor Haas; secretary
John Cutting; treasurer, N. Schwartz
The directors also appointed the fol
lowing agents with territory assign.
ed: Hans Sigurdson for Albin, Mike
Krzmarzik for Mulligan, Jacob Lie
senfeld for Delton, j. L. Farrell for
Stately, J. J. Ryan for North Star
C. M. Moe for Burnstown, w. H.
Schultz for Brookville, A. w. Peter
sen for Bashaw, F. H. Fredricksen
for Lake Hanska and Clement Hal.
vorson for Linden.
During its thirty years of exist
ence the Stark Farmers Mutual Fire
Insurance company has had an al
most phenomenal career for success
When it was organized in 1884 there
were but twenty-five policy holders
At the present time this number has
increased to twenty-five hundred and
thirty-five, representing a money
value of $6,512,383.00. The losses
paid for the year 1913 amounted to
$6,854.82 or about one-tenth of one
per cent Of the policy face value
showing that the company is work.
ing on one mill basis practically
The first president Of the company
was Fred Benham and the first sec.
rotary was Herman Plath. Of the
thirty-five charter members seven
still remain in the ranks. They per-
haps had little thought at the time
they organized the company that its
growth would be so immense. This
insurance company stands credit te
this county and to the farmers who
are members of it. No fear need be
exercised as regards it's stability. II
stands as the "Gibraltar" of the in.
insurance interests of Brown County
Sleepy Eye Herald Dispatch.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-02-04
JOUR-, ACID STOMACHS.
GASES OR INDIGESTION
-ach "Pape's Diapepsin' dieests 5000
grains food, ending all stomach
misery in five minutes.

Time it! In five minutes all stom-
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heartburn, sourness or belching OF
gas, acid, or eructations of undigested
food, no dizziness, bloating, foul
breath Or headache.
Pape's Diapepsin is noted for it's
speed in regulating upset stomachs.
1t is the surest, quickest stomach rem
edy in the whole world and besides it
is harmless. Put an end to stomach
trouble forever by getting a large
lfty-cent case Of Pape's DiaDepsin
from any drug store. You realize in
FIVE minutes how needless it is tc suf-
fer from indigestion, dyspepsia or any
stomach disorder. It's the quickest,
surest and most harmless stomach
doctor in the world.