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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-06-03

pleasant to the gentlemen of the Jury.
and they never attempted to get in
sight of the real object, but ike
blood hounds they were led by scent.
And John with his sore, tired,
sweaty feet stood convicted a.
public nuisance and there was no
need of it. Bakers Antiseptic would
have cured all this trouble. For
sale by j. 7. Bennett.-Adv.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-06-03

Say, old man, what is the use of
whining, whimpering and grunting
about your feet having such a ter
rife and penetrating odor when you
can knock it in Is seconds with
Barker's Antiseptic? For sale bv
]. T. Bennett. ADV.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-06-03
SAYINGS OF THE DAY

In times of discomfort, whether
vague or well-defined, the greatest
danger lies in the over-occupied or
dulled mind of the generation.-Wil
liam Jewett Tucker.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-06-03

When you hear dreamy-eyed Bohe-
milan talking about sacrificing every
thing for art" you can bet he's too
lazy to punch a time-clock six days a
week.-F Taylor Frazer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-06-03

Memories alone are quite dead
things. However numerous memories
one may. have, If he has no magma
ton he is no more than an encyclo-
pedia.-Yoshio Markino
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-06-03

The physician is becoming a scien-
fist. He is no longer dogmatist. The
various schools Of medicine are in the
throes of their final struggle for exis-
tence-R. L. Wilbur, NJ. D.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-06-03

A man may be theorist and yet
blunder; the man that is not a the.
orlst, and especially the man who
prides himself on not being theorist
is sure to blunder.-Fabian Franklin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-06-03

A mans philosophy is the most inn
portant thing about him. 1t determines
everything he does For it is the mold
from which his thoughts take their
shape; and thoughts are deeds in the
gristle.-Bouck White.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-06-03

The mere fact of realizing that the
Kingdom of Heaven is within" gives
to our highest motives and acts spir-
ltual significance, however material
they may seem at first sight For
whatever is accomplished by man
springs from the invisible realm Of
Observation-Disclosures Christian Ander-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-06-03

The individual who has knots at the
middle joints Of the fingers always has
a place for everything and everything
in it's place.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-06-03

The hard, wrinkled hand, which is
opened to its full extent with difficulty,
shows intractability, a mind without
pliancy.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-06-03

If the outer joint of the fingers
forms knot the person has we'll
arranged ideas
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-06-03

A palm too slim, narrow and feeble
indicates instinct without capacity.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-06-03

The social climber is naturally look.
ing for family tree.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-06-03

The person whose fingers are
smooth and pointed is guided wholly
by inspiration and never has a reason
for what he does
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-06-03

Smooth. conical fingers are a sign of
talkativeness and levity.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-06-03

An optimist is person who polishe.
up the dark side of life
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-06-03

Treat a man like dog and he wi
naturally growl about it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-06-03

Lancaster, Wis, May II, 1914.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-06-03

If the palm is too large the person i
coarse and animal.like.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-06-03

Many woman has lost a go
friend by marrying him.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-06-03

Intellect belongs to knotted fingers
grace to smooth ones.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-06-03
POINTS ON PALMISTRY

Broad nails show the owner to b
bashful and gentle.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-17
The Duty Dance versus the Pleasure
Dance

one Of the simplest arguments we have heard
against the dances is that they are pleasant
The really enjoy them: that shows how awful
they must be- exclaims a horrihed critic And by
gone visions Of countless husbands sweetheartS
and brothers dragged by the scru of their neck ont
upon the ballroom floor. there to two-step chastely
for their countrys good come TO mind TO explain
the past whereon is based this dsapprova Of the
present
There is however. a quite different point OF view.
In 1t dancing is pleasure, not duty. and quite AS
bithe a performance as whstling or tennis read
Ing Mr. James Stephens. for example And as it
happens, if You are reading Mr.. Stephenss latest
volume Here Are Ladies" you will find in it a truly
marvellous exposition of this very modern (and very
ancient theory of the dance.
ITO frolic when goes out for walk with
dog-that Is the beginning of dancing. asserts
Mr. Stephens. Children will dance upon the slight
est provocation he notes. Worms and members of
Parliament, between whom. in addition to their
high general culture, there is singular and subtle
correspondence" do not dance because "the in
elastic quality of their environment forbids any
thing in the nature of freedom" On the other
hand, frogs. dogs and very young mountains do
dance"
Against such real uducluS MI ctcphchs SITS I"''
Sun picture of dancing il practiscd until
lately by human beings:
The spectacle Of many men dancing is proVoca-
tive of pain They stand in the happy circle,
their features composed to iron gravity,
their hands rigid those Of craven image,
and then. the fatal moment having arrived. they
agate their legs with a cold fury which is dis
tnctly unpleasant.
This cold fury has distinctly departed and the
dancing of the hour comes fairly close 10 the
pleasure dancing which Mr.. Stephens celebrates
Yet who shall say that stern duty is any the
worse for being banshed from the ballroom?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-17
Postponing the Square Deal "''e"
Is Due to the Railroads.

=, e,o,ondino until September L. the lrc'S"' W
advances proposed by the Eastern IAN"
Interstate Commerce Commission mas uo'e'
,acond time Judgment OF vast import
husiness community. II has consuiteu '9 Wv"
vonience rather than the necessities ol INC ~
rcee situation and those Of the overourucn'u 'o'"
mon carriers 1t is apparently reluctant u can
holt IN the pocv Of crowding Obligations On luz
,,,-o.ds and nj the same time Withholding "o"
.,no tho resources with which TO meet their Nds"'
,-oosed charges Having worked so long on Tic
,heo-v that the railroads ought TO be starved lno
s,h,is<,on II is hard for the commission TO admit
although everybody else knows it-tnat 'ne i'ii' "
short rstions has been reached.
Whom Mr. Harlan made his report the other Gay
On the waste incurred by the railroads IN inaAi"s
allowances 10 spur lines into industrial piau's !"
was evident that the commission was oedli"e
around for plausible excuse for again hoidlng uP
tho Eastern freight increases. The rates 10 1huuS
trial SPURS have been filed for years past WIN ''c
commission and not until now has 1t been s''s'
cested that they involve censurable dNersioh u
railroad income II may be desirable for the ra"-
roads which have made such allowances 10 us
continue them as matter OF selfprotection, ana
railroad stockholders will be grateful to the COM
mission for calling attention so pointeuiF 10 tii'
onnortunifv for ecOnOmZlnC. But 10 Say lh"C '"'
main issue of letting or not letting the RAILROADS.
Darn an odcouate revenue on their regular business
hod he thrust aside in order to deal with an Incl
dental abuse in the operation Of spur tracks INTO
factories is 70 confuse a plain economic SITUATION
with special pleading.
The government has piled one charge after an
other on the railroads Its legislation and the css-
aion of the states have increased their taxes, COM
ucllcd them TO introduce steel and other costly
safety equipment and involved them in numerous
wage arhtrations in which they never failed 10
come out losers Not only has the government
influence been excrted TO multiply their expenses,
hut a finger Of warning has been raised in WASH
incton every time railroad has ventured 10 suS'
cest that its increasing outgo should be offset ny
LITTLE increase in the charges for service.
Tho commission should treat the applications for
increased freight rates solely their own merits.
Few ncople convcrsant with the railroad situation
doubt that the railroads have been too long beld
down 10 a slow starvation regimen. President VIII
son had the coura &c TO say in his last message 10
Congress that the prosperity Of the country is inter
locked with the prosperity Of the railroads. That
is an economic axiom which the Interstate Commits
sion has too lightly disregarded 1t should have the
courage 10 settle the rate increase question now,
not next September by giving long delayed square
deal 10 the railroads.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-17
THE ONE ETERNAL PROBLEM
Why Talk Of Unemployed Women,
When Homework Goes Begging?

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: I nave Just read In Your sunday
edition the articles on unemployed
women.
think Miss Dreier is mistaken in the
reasons she gives for the Unemployment
of domestic servants.
There are two good reasons.
F'irst-The unreasonaby high wages
demanded by even the most incompetent.
which makes them impossible for people
of moderate means.
Second-Their refusal 10 go TO the coun-
try at any price. though plenty Of good
situations are open to them there
! personally know OF one case where
the mistress is kind and considerate and
the wages are high. in house with all
modern improvements. but no woman will
do the upstairs work Ghere is a cook,
because it is too lonesome In the coun-
try I should be glad to hear Of a suit
able person for this place.
There is really no need that work
should lee made" for servants out of
place. EMILY ID. NOREWOOD.
No. lj6 West 18th street, New York,
FED. Is. 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-17
THE WASTE OF PRISON
When Will the Public Learn the Evil
and Futility Of Present Methods?

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: news item in the morning papers
OF to-day informs us that Elmer Dillon
boy of seventeen, is being sent 10 col
lege at public expense for three Years
The college is Blackwell's Island AS a.
result OF his residence there and the in
struction which he will receive he will
doubtless return 10 town well eauipped
for inflicting on the public any variety OF
injury which may seem 70 him most
pleasing
This disposition OF his case temporarily
relieves the public by removing young
Dillon from its midst for a time. II he
had lived not so many years ago in Eng
land he would have been hanged and
would have thus been permanently dis
posed of. Considered as punishment.
this might have been excessive. but
whether we have improved the matter by
giving him free education I'm crime and
turning him loose is quite open 70 oues-
ton.
Very likely Dillon never had a
chance as the saying il: as a punish
ment he certainly does not deserve hang
ing, and no degree OF guilt could justify
the folly of the present disposition OF his
case. In saying this | mean no criticism
OF the magistrate. lie probably had no
other course open 10 him.
How long will il he before the public
realizes that It's own safety and the best
interests Of such Young men as Dillon are
served by putting them under permanent
supervision OF an Intelligent kind lie
probably. In common with many other OF
our criminals, is Of arrested mental de-
velopment. and might. with many others
OF the same kind. lead a reasonably happy
and useful life II held under such restraint
as might be necessary. instead OF vast
ing his time and increasing hts knowledge
Of evil ways By a succession Of short
prison terms until some larger crime
lands him for long term OF years i'm
states prison.
II appears from the reports that ne was
first arrested at the age OF thirteen. and
has been before the court on variety OF
charges at intervals since. Doubtless he
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-17
\ Great Emergency Inadcquatcly Met

There can bc no question of the sorry phgn' VI
the town as result Of the modest blzzard oi I'S0
Saturday Wagon traffic has been confined 10 'n'
main thoroughfarcs with hopeless congestion rs d
result. The strectcar systems have been democrat
lied And fire menace of grave proportions mas
faced us all.
Yet we think every fair minded citizen VIII he
slow 10 pack the blame the shoulders Of the ne"
commissioner Mr. Fctherston. The present cmcr-
gcncy Is by far the heaviest in many years.
snowfall of some fifteen inches was followed not
bv that friend Of street cleaning commissioners. q
thaw. but by continued and intense cold. For sucn
an exceptional combination of weather conditions
our snow removal system. inherited by Mr. fcthcr-
ston from his predecessors, anything but ade-
quatc 1t broke down completely. with widespread
hardship and Inconvenience as the result
Such unpreparcdness plainly must end. Rare a.
such snowfall IS in this climate the consequences
TO the city are far too serious TO be left to the
luck OF favoring sun The city will expect Mr..
Fetherston 10 plan at once against the future ana
will he slow TO forgive repetition Of the last few
DAYS mischance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-17
The Work of the Political System.

State Treasurer Kennedy was not self-slain He
was victim of the political system which he served
His death is awful warning 10 the people of this
state against the scope and power of Murphysm
Mr. Kennedy was a kindly warm hearted man.
loyal friend, loving husband doting father a
good son Of his Church. His home life was cxem
plary. He had all the human virtues" He was
well-to-do financially. His accounts as state Treas
seem TO have been accurate. District Attorney
Whitman says that he had no evidence of dishonesty
or graft against him. Thus there existed none of
the customary reasons for suicide
But the dead man had been politician for years
He went into the Buffalo Board Of Aldermen because
Of ward acquaintance and ward popularity gained
through his saloon business He was one of "the
gang: he gave and took with them in the routine
commerce Of petty machine politics. In 1910 he was
picked Murphys candidate for State Treasurer
not because of fitness for the place but like all the
other the ticket which Murphy wrote in
Room 212" because he would fit in with Murphy
brand Of politics. He elected with Dix and
then reelected. The State Treasurer probably would
not have committed an illegal act Undoubtedly ne
never asked TO commit one-Murphyism does not
work that way. But the dead man was not made Of
the stuff TO oppose denounce illegal or nearly
illegal in others who happened to be lin right" His
entire political education had taught him that poll.
tics played for the insiders and that they de-
served the honest graft" Somebody must make
money out Of the state those who did it were lucky
it was the part of the Organization To help its
favored ones 10 that luck.
Dragged into the cesspool of graft which boss con-
troll made Of recent state administrations Kennedy
faithful 10 the end. In the face of this death
how futile seems talk Of reorganzing the Democratic
party under Leadership Of ideas which will leave
Murphy and his gang In control of "the mechanics OF
politics and how petty the partisan squabbes over
the legislative graft investigation Public business
has been rotten. 1t is time for every official who
calls himself honest TO help clean out the crafters
without any thought of shielding anybody or helping
anybody or bringing any advantage TO anybody
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-17
More Stubborn Facts for Mr.. Jones'

In another column We publish an extract from
1.-The Philippines Free Press" Of Manila. which
confirms what have already said on other
authority and which ought 10 be of interest 10 the
trlIstful Mr. Jones the chairman of the Insuar
Affairs Committee Of the House of Representatives.
He expressed himself last week delighted with
the capacity shown by the Filipino Legislature in
dealing with the annual insular appropriation meas
IRE. Information reaching us from source out
side the Manila press satisfied us that the work of
the Legislature the appropriation bill was awk
ward and laundering and that view is thoroughly
confirmed by what The Philippines Free Press
reluctantly says
The first appropriation measure to be framed by
Legislature under native control has been q
fiasyo and Governor General Harrison has been
put the modification OF having admit that he
had overestimated the capacity for self govern
ment OF the native element. Even if this depress
ing news reaches Mr.. Jones, it may shatter itself
in vain against his prepossessions. The further
aloof he keeps from actual knowledge of Philip
pine affairs the more comfortably he can endeavor
10 translate into legislation his mistaken conviction
that the Fpinos already completely fitted to
leSisate for themselves II will he long time be-
fore Philippine conditions will begin to harmonic
with the Jones theory.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-17
Proof or RctractiOn.

II w. j. Witty. secretary of the American Inst
tute Of Social Service has definite information. as
he claims, 10 the effect that patients in New York
hospitals have contracted tuberculosis, any other
disease as result Of experiments made upon them
while in hospitals il is his duty TO make that infor
nation public; his duty 10 give the name of the
ratlcnt and the name Of the physician who expert
mented upon him; the nature of the serum used the
time it was used and the time at which the patien.
contracted the disease. If he produce such evil
dence be has proved his case and the experiments In
our hospitals require Investigation.
II he cannot produce II. he should make public
retraction aud admit that bis charges have been
based on records ten and in some eases. twenty
years old. lie should admit that many Of these rec.
oris referred ~ foreign experiments. lie should adj
nit finally that h. cannot instance Il single case
supported by proper data, in which patient has
contracted disease the result of hospital expert
lnentation. Such rctraction. with frank admission
hat hls assertions we're based on what he believed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-17
A FANCY SKATER PR01EE
Conservatory Pond Should NJ
Closed to the Expert, II 10 UuA

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: | read in this mornings Ir'1
the announcement OF the PARK pSS
ment that Conservatory Pond vcSA
be open TO fancy skaters unless me ~
pond was fit for use by the genera W
and this seems 10 me most uH''''
able course OF action.
The public contributes body o. W.
made up OF a quantity OF ever w
units. These people skate more . 1,
desultorily for exercise or recrealn :
although | think their chance , =
them Il seems too bad that, eons@,-'
that the number engaged in fan9 ~
ing IS fairly constant and unens4
and consid ,rins that It is ques'@
such small impcrt, the ayailaoe ~
tunity should not be given for ths =
opment OF an art at once so sraee. :
bealthful. aEw YORK;
New York. Feb. Il. 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-17
SHIFTING THE SMALL LOT OWNER
How Single Tax or the Herrick.Schaap
Bill Would Hit the Small Investor.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Mr.. Norwood, in his letter in to-
DAYS Tribune does we'll TO urge perusal
of Henry Georges epoch making work,
Progress and Poverty" and the litera-
ture Of the single tax movement.
In presenting the Herrick- Schasp bill
halying the tax on buildings as an in
ducement to owners of improved property
TO support the measure single takers APP
pear very much as Greeks bearing gifts.
Georges argument is predcared upon the
theory that private property in land is
morally and economically wrong. Recog-
nizing the objections 70 bald coniscation.
single takers propose increasing the land
tax until it entirely absorbs economic
(ground) rent. At this point the selling
or exchange value OF land ceases. The
theory that increasing land tax brings
decreasing selling value needs no further
demonstration than the experience or New
York City during recent years. Realty
experts agree that a , per cent land tax
marks the danger point. 10 be followed by
declining values.
The trouble with our enthusiastic single
tax friends is they prove too much Not
only would they smite the wicked specu-
lator in vacant land, but every property
owner 10 the full extent of the selling
value OF his plot
II would be interesting 10 have the
president OF our Tax Board, Lawson
Purdy, formerly president of the Man
haitian Single Tax Club. elucidate a prac-
teal fiscal programme for applying the
single tax in New York without bankrupt
ing the city. ;. B. TOWNSEND.
New York. Feb. II, 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-17
THE ASSEMBLYS FAlLu'
Blundering of Filipinos '"
the Appropriation AcE

From The Philippines FREQ Press ..
From the day OF the inaugirsuo ',. y
Assembly, the FREQ Press nSs
for II. defended II, commenoea
friended ii. ,.,.d n
From the FIRST we have treo "a
the good in IL and look WIN
eye on its shortcomings. "a ~
However, even benevolence 80, IL
genco have their limits, ana III LII ~.
have been reached IN the p1eo0"'
priation bill. .,.,.s a
That the Assembly WAS m lslc.
first place by its financial az, ',s
Phipps, and his tale OF woe AZ n
pletcd treasury, will be aduli,.o,h
also be admitted that the AsS. .hs ~
acting under great pressure y, nstrf
OF time. Nevertheless, after "A
allowance for those untoNs a. - ~
stances. the fact remains tnss G
priation bill as IL left the na a.scs 4
Assembly was a disSrdcei'' pr ]
islatiop. ,.,os,,,cn .
There seems 10 Doe a disposs Ara a
part OF some Assemolymen " IL
luton for their delin,insn. ing W J
responsibility for the Olll sins tsts
commission. Which - hv"a ,,,v st>
bic evasion of their pam WI Wi "a -
To prepare an approprl''en can 70 !
and fiaWless as human enos. ,o ~ B
Nor can refuge be sohsn' AsalrS
that they are not experts W u,<ts n
facts and fgures. For the Apps,h.t
their disposal. and there - ~, %
Initiating in calling upon tn,n ce1f
th. recent tariff discussion 'ss-,I
the services OF scores oi
rcquisitioneJ. :, tsf
of The Filipino people Nn.,t hsr
trial as never before, in,at,yr<
thought that ,heir represeh,ssssssa
nave done their utmost 20 ssss<rs
selves creditaDly. But we .s,<,sfr
hecn the case. And what 49,
oral Harrison. fresh from s,,,cs(p
which has been handling srsss
hills amounting 10 two billion Vsccf
link of the Assembly. ~
"a hich may best he left TO .~,hs
ton Nor is his opinion o. On. ~
likely 10 be enhanced from ,m ~
IN tho final analysis. on IN ~
the burden OF the work WIZ
o' Tb Suisse Assembly, can do tet,s,, -
year Nc trust IL viii do
mean time IN might not 90
to adopt Chairman Adrisu,y, "a ~
and annoint a committee urss<x
on, nov,r,d to conduct an
INTO the various departn'cns sas
Eminent and their workings, sss
TO submitting rccomme"1
next session.