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Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-26
miro his determination and persist
ance. which nrs referred to in that
celebrated rhyme.
The June bug he has golden wings.
The FIRE bug has the flame,
The bed bug has no wings at all
But he gets there just the same

Nov. sir. my plan is in brief this.
Let US inaugurate a campaign to raise
the standards Of living Of the Great
American bed bug.
Let US teach him the beauties Of a
purely vegetable die. Let us, by Sc
lective breeding and proper nutrition.
such as Is contained in this food,
which I have to dispose Of. increase
his size until he reaches the magnitude
Of an ordinary dinner plate. When
that is done sir, the bed bug will no
longer hide in cracks and crannies,
but will come boldly forth and"
you bet he WILL" said the chief
Holy Cats, think Of being bitten by a
bed bug as big as a swapping turtle.
Did I understand you to say that you
had a plan to bring this about?"
Eyes. sir. I have" declared the
stranger proudly.
The chief pressed q button. In.
stantly Sergeant Gray and Patrolman
Sullivan appeared.
II take back what I said about not
being troubled with bugs remarked
the chief firmly. and you're about the
buggiest bug I've seer In some time
On the other hand. II you're sane and
car do what you say you can, you're q
menace to society. Put him in No. ]
boys" he added to the two officers
and protesting vehemently the strang-
or was led out.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-26
VOTERS
MUST REGISTER
Polling Places Open Tornor-
row to Permit all to Quail
ify For Election.

Tomorrow is registration day. and
the election officials will be present at
each Of the polling places for the pure
pose Of registering voters whose
I'M are not already or the list
Under the law governing registra-
ton, each voter who appeared ut the
June primaries need not register at
this time. but those who did not par
ticipate in the June primary, must
register to qualify for participation in
the general election.
There IL a mistaken impression
among those who expect to employ
the absent voters" ballot. ReSiStra.
ton by these voters Is essential, else
their ballots will be thrown out.
They can register by either appear.
ing personally before the reRtstra.
ton board. or having their name pre-.
scented by some freeholder within tbs
ward.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-26
SETS A NE
Congress Closes Longest Continuous
Session in History.

IL
New York SUM-
With the end of this session Of con-
gress Is sight, probably on Wednesday
or Thursday Of next week, party lead
ers and others in Washington are
glancing backward and taking stock
on the remarkable legislative record
and political history that has been
made.
The session ending this week will
est continuous session in the history
of the Federal government. The rec
ord probably will exceed by 10 days
or more the first session Of the Fiji.
tieth congress. 1t will be Is or 20
days shorter than the second session
of the Fortieth congress, but the lat
ter, instead of being continuous, was
interrupted by several recesses.
When the present congress, the
sixty-third ends by limitation of law
at noon on March 4 next, 1t will hold
the record as the longest congress in
the history Of the country.
The adjournment this week will
show a record for the Sixty.third con-
gress of more than 562 working DAYS
and, with the duration Of the last ses-
sion. beginning in December, definite
ly fixed, 1t Is certain that when this
congress expires On March 4 1t will
have had a record of probably a lit
tie more than $50 days of actual work
Sundays.
] AS a matter Of fact. congress has
been in session almost continuously
tsince- ApFMta1BsEdot3,ashen freSddSrt
Wilson issued his DAT ff6af a. ipeSial
session e ed the tariff. This spe-
session which began last December.
and has continued until now, with the
execution Of a brief Christmas recess.
This congress has exceeded all rec
ords for h introduction Of bills and
resolutions. A little more than 20, 900
measures have been proposed in the
house and nearly $500 in the senate.
With another session yet to come it
Is likely that the total will exceed
10000 for the entire congress.
With the records of this session still
incomplete, about 210 public laws
have been enacted either in the form
Of bills or resolutions. Among them,
in addition to those heretofore enum-
Grated was the Alaskan railroad bill,
which authorized the government
building railroads in Alaska at a limit
Of cost OF ss5,oo0.o0: a bill authoriz-
ing the leasing of public coal lands in
Alaska: the bill for the repeal of the
Panama canal tolls, the employers
arbttrations act, various measures
supplemental to the federal reserve
act with a view Of removing the re-
!ections on the issue of currency, a
bill admitting foreign ships to Ameri-
can registry, a. bill establishing a war
risk insurance bureau in the treasury
department. a bill regulating sales Of
cotton for future delivery II the
various emergency measures incident
to the war in Europe, such as the ap-
preparations to bring home American
citizens stranded in the war zone.
Another measure g. owing out or an
emergency. which. congress readily
passed in response to the request. Of
tnc president, was the resolution re-
lat:ng to affairs in Mexico. which ap-
proved his course in landing troops. in
Vera Cruz,
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-26
THE KAIsER'S LUCKY RING.
(London Chronicle.)

Does the kaiser take with him to
the front the famous Hohenzollern
''luck%" Frederick the Great, on his
accession, found among his fathers
belongings a small box containing a
ring Set with q peculiar black stone
and 4 note by Frederick l., stating
that the ring had been given him by
his father on his deathbed, with the
injunction that 50 long as 1t remain
ed in the family the fortune Of the
H~ohenzollerns would prosper.
The ring was stolen from Frederick
William II. by his mistress. the Count
ess Lichtenau, and hence. say some.
the Prussian disasters of the Napole-
onic wars. 1t was restored in 1913.
the year OF Prussian liberation, and
Schneider, the ~biographer Of William
L.. declared that he saw 1t on that
monarch's hand during the great war
of 1870.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-26
old MAN TAKEN
TO COUNTY farm
John Conner Picked up near
Arvilla This Morning
Nearly Exhausted.

John Conner, a gray-haired tran
sient. was taken to Arvilla this after
moor and placed In the Grand Forks
county hospital. where he will be pro-
vided for.
Conner. who Il nearly 70 years old,
was picked up near Arvilla this morn
Ing and brought to the city by s. ].
Radcliffe. the Larimore attorney.
He was struggling along the road,
endeavoring to make headway to-
ward Grand Forks. Corners feet were
frozen last winter. and he never fully
recovered. When found this morning
he was almost exhausted from the
lack Of n~ourishment and warmth.
Radcliffe brought him to Grand
Forks and after an investigation 1t
was decided to send him to the county
farm. He has no relatives that can
be located. and Is without assistance
Of any kind.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-26

girls inquisitiveness concerning naval
matters generally made him a little
suspicious ardahe thought II wise to
inform his %superiors. Quiet inquiries
elected the tact that she had at
tempted a:feWSdays before to bride a
dockyard emflbye to steal certain
plans for. herr
1t has beenT1faid and probably with
a good deaIsof truth. that hidden
away In a safe in a government ONCE
in Germany are fairly accurate plans
Of Gibraltar's defense works, and
that they were made from rough
sketches supplied by a German girl.
who some years ago alighted at Glib
raltar for the .'beneft Of her heath"
After she had been on the rock for
some weeks tho officers there discov-
cred that she knew too much con-
corning quick-hring guns and other
things and in the long run she was
politely but firmly advised to seek
another health resort" It was
proved that She was a spy in the en-
plov Of Germany, and it Is pretty GER
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-26
MILLIONS FOR SPIES.
European Powers Have Tratnins
Schools for Secret Agents.
Ioduor


Schools for Secret Agents.
(Philadelphia Ledger.)
Protests have recently been made
against the action Of the British adj
miralty in. permitting foreigners to
compete at the sale Of old warehips,
held periodically in the various dock
yards Of Britain. At ordinary times
the alien Is kept at a good distance
from the yards. but when a sale
takes place he is practically given q
free run Of them. There is very
little doubt that among the foreign
ers who attend the ''warship auc-
tons" are several secret service
agents who are on the lookout for
information which will be valuable
to the powers they represent.
The main endeavors of foreign
spies to obtain valuable secrets are
devoted to naval stations and dock
yards. It was not so very many years
ago when American students were
permitted to attend British schools
Of naval architecture.
Women spies are said to haunt the
neighborhood OF British naval sta
tons and dockyards like so many
flies on a molasses barrel. and 1t was
not so very long ago when q certain
naval officer discovered that a pretty
young ladv he wac on very good terms
with was a secret service agent In
the employ OF a big power. The
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-26
THE MUSE.
Good Old Times.

Good Old Times. "
Them old days. that used to be!
Them's the days that weary me.
For some chap comes croakin. round
Wheezin' with a mournful sound,
Tellin'. forty different wars.
Bout the lost but good old days.
Amt no doubt but they was good:
Bat let's have it understood
We amt Twin in 'em now;
And I'll tell. you,. anyhow,
Just today its hard to beat
II you're Twin clean and sweet.
Still we're bound to Rave, my friend,
Croakers with: us till the end.
Guess when finally there'n come
What's called the millennium,
Some will be sure to rise,
Dumps a-gloomin' in his eyes.
And with voice a%-drippin' woe,
He will say. "I'll let. you know -.
These amt times, az you a see,
Like them old times used to bel.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-26
Cranberry Pudding.

Cream half a cupful Of butter, add
slowly one cupful OF sugar, then add
three well-beaten eggs. Mix three
teaspoonfuls Of baking powder with
three and a half cupfuls Of -four: add
this to the mixture alternately with
half a cupful of milk. Add two cupful
OF cranberries which have been wash
ed, dried and, Toured with. some Of
the -four already measured. Turn
into a buttered mold, cover closely
and steam two hours. Serve with
hard sauce. -r'.- 80 =
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-26
SICKNESS AMONG SOLDIERS.

Washington, Oct. 26.-The per-
car military forces at Vera Cruz was
higher for the army. but lower for the
marines for the week ending October
81 than for the previous week. A
statement issued by tho war depart
ment showed that the sick rate for
the week ended October 81 was 1877
per cent for the army and 1.7s per
cen for the marine against 1877 per
cent for the army and 2.05 per cent
for the marines for the preceding
week. The number Of those remain
ing sick at the end Of the week was
70 compared with So for last week.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-26

Baron Houesin de Saint Laurent,
French consul at Chicago. has resign
ed his position to Join the colors for
the purpose of a%venging the death of
his brother. who raj killed at the
head of his men in the Nineteenth in
fantry.
II am not too old for the service
OF my country" says the baron.
France needs every man. The place
for every Frenchman is at, the front.
Every man must do his part"
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-26
Delicious Cranberry JelIy,

Pare. quarter and core ten large.
tart apples; cook In g. porcelain ket..
tie with two quarts Of ,cTanberries.
soft. Strain through q jelly bag and
add to the juice and pulp two pounds
OF coffee and suGlr, boil ~ for jelly
until It jells. skim OF all ffoth while
boiling; pour into !jelly Eliasea
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-26
A CAPTIw.

Paris. Oct. 26.-The Echo do Paris
reports that Gen. Won F1iese, the
commander of the 25th brigade Of tho
German artillery, who was captured
by the Moroccans during the fighting
settles with other German prisoners.
When captured recently and
brough to Paris. Gen. Won Fre&ue at
tempted to commit suicide by stabbing
himself in the stomach. J{-
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-26

who. to all appearances are opulent
and idle tourists, travel under COM
missions from the British wal office.
In this they are well justified, for
British agents exist In France and
Germany In large numbers. and a
good many Of them are women.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-26

It NAV ret so some time that a
patriot will refuse to take pay for it.
Our idea Of an unnecessary Of life
is a light overcoat.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-02
"Read the Eternities,"

The only large values are those in
which our ancestors participated. The
oldest of wonders is the greatest-life.
An ironclad, as such. is a commonplace
beside a ship, and society merely as so
ciety is a more ~stupendous fact than
Rome or England. The Iliad is less re-
markable than speech, and the aero
plane is only a mote in the sky. Land
scape, the family, the nation, religion
their origins are lost in the silence Of
a gray antiquity. The now-the pres
ent-is indeed sacred; but its sacred
ness is inappreciable to those who are
circumscribed by its limits; it is re
served for minds that escape its
bounds. do not read the times!' said
Thoreau, in words that become the
more memorable the less they are re-
membered; "read the eternities 20.
W. Firkins in Atlantic Monthly.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-02
Early Italian Surgery.

Benvenuto Cellini Q500-157D tells of
early Italian surgery. He had got a bit
of Clipped steel in his eye, $50 far into
the pupil that 1t was impossible to get
it out, so that l was in very great dan
ger of losing that eye. But the surgeon
came to the rescue with the pigeons.
The surgeon, making m lie upon my
back, with a little knife opened a vein
in each of their wings, so that the
blood ran into my eye, and l was there
by greatly relieved. In the space of
two days the bit of steel issued from
my eye, and l found that / had re-
ceived considerable ease and in a great
measure recovered my sight"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-02
First publication June II. 1910
NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT AND TO
DETERMINE INHERITANCE TAX

CTATE OF WISCONSIN. County Court for
~ Pierce County.-In Probate.
In the Matter ofthe estate of John 8. Cop
ley, deceased intestdte:
Notice is hereby given that at a special
term Of the County Court to be held in and for
said county at the Court Room in the village
OF Ellsworth. in said county, on the fret
Tuesday (being the 9TH day. of July, a. ID.
1914, at the opening of court on that day the
Glowing matter VIII be heard and considered
The application Of Roderick McGregor, adj
ministratOr of the estate of John. s. COpley,
deceased, late of the city Of River Falls, in
said county, for the examination and allowance
Of his final account and for the assignment
of the residue Of the estate of said deceased
to such persons as are by law entitled thereto:
and for the determination and adjudication of
the inheritance tax, if any, payable In said es-
tate.
Dated. June 9. 1914.
BY order of the Court.
ALI p. WELD. County Judge.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-02
NEW ZEALAND EELS.
Big Enough and Daring Enough to Kill
a Man or a Salmon.

Big Enough and Daring Enough to Xii.
a Man or a Salmon.
Eels can cause the death of a salmon
of considerable weight by the use OF
strategy. One will obtain the grip be
tween the dorsal fin and the tail and
then hold on like a bulldog, while the
unfortunate victim in vain throws it
self backward and forward, endeavor
ing to shake off its captor, until al
length its strength is exhausted anC
the eel proceeds TO make a meai at leis
ure.
Worse crimes than these are laid tc
their charge in New Zealand. A great
number Of bathing fatalities had take1
place at a certain spot, where the cur
rent ran with such strength that a
powerful swimmer could only Just
stem it. 1t was a favorite pastime to
have a tussle with the stream, but sew
eral times a bather disappeared before
help could reach him, and when his
body was found it had been eaten by
cells.
The cause of the fatalities remained
unknown for a long time, but at last il
was discovered that while the swim.
mer was almost stationary in the rapiC
stream a huge eel would seize him by
the foot or leg and drag him beneath
the surface. Eels attain an immense
size in those waters, twenty to thirty
pounds being no uncommon weight
Pittsburgh Press.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-02
Hard to Miss.

81 oversaw and overheard this de
lightful little thing in an alley running
north from Payne emu yesterday
says a more or less cryptic correspond
ent. '"Two boys were fighting. One
was a very fat boy and the other was
very skinny. The thin one had a back
er, however, who seemed to be very
wise to all the technicalities of the
manly art of self defense.
"sHit him in the solar plexus, kid,
shouted the second. Hit him in the
solar plexus, an you'll put tn big tub
out!'
where's his solar plexus at?' pant
ed the thin one.
cav, hit him anywhere-you can't
miss it! answered the backer.'-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-02
METHOD or TEACHING.
Wherein Our Educators Often Put the
Cart Before the Horse.

OdFE DSIOFG the nOTSSs
This simple principle spirit before
discipline we sometimes seem to lose
sight of in our education, consistently
putting the cart before the horse.
In the days of the renaissance,
when people had caught a vision of a
new world. they studied Greek with
avidity because they believed it was a
path into that world. We reverse the
process. We set our students to grind
ing Greek verbs in order that in an in
definite future they may come in con-
tact with the Hellenic spirit, when
what they wanted was a touch of the
Hellenic spirit to transform the Greek
grammar into a book of magic.
We set them to cutting up earth
worms when what they wanted first
was to have their thoughts turned to-
ward the mystery of physical life. We
put them to studying Italian, trusting
that in due time a knowledge of that
read Dante, never perceiving that a
craving for Dante might be made the
strongest incentive for studying Italian.
We red ink and blue pencil their com
positions, believing. with a touching
faith, that there is some intrinsic beau
ty in correct spelling and perfect pune
tuation that will appeal to the under
graduate mind, and all the while what
they needed was a sense, however dim,
of the wonder of literary creation
Harold G. Goddard in Century.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-02
Comparative Values.

A German peasant had just lost his
faithful COW. His wife became SO
grieved over the loss that her heart
was broken and she, too, died. Scarce
~ was she buried when one of the
neighbors came and offered his daugh-
ter, another his sister, and d third his
niece, for a wife, ~whereupon the farm
er remarked:
"Well, / can easily see that it is bet
ter to lose a wife than a COW in this
town. As soon as my wife is dead a
choice of half a dozen wives is offered
me, but when my cow died they didn't
offer me a single one."-Youth's Com
panion.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-02
First publication July ?, l9l4.)
Notice To Creditors

STATE OF WISCONSIN, County Court for
Pierce County.
In the matter of the Will of Wellington Van
malta. deceased.-In Probate.
Notice is hereby given that letters testa-
mentary on the will of Wellington Vannatta,
deceased, late of the CITY ofRiver Falls, in SAID
county. having issued to Wellesley Vannatta OF
the CITY of River Falls in said cCuny, the
claims and demands of all persons against said
Wellington Vannatta, deceased. will be eX-
amined and adjusted by the County Court OF
said Pierce county at the regular term there
Of. TO be held at the County Court room in the
village OF Ellsworth, in said county, on the first
Tuesday, being the 5th day of January. A. ID.
1915. and that until and including the LIST day of
January, A. D. 1918. is the time allowed and
limited by said County Court for creditors OF
said Wellington Vannatta, deceased, TO pre-
sent their claims for examination and allow
ance
Dated June g. A. D. 1914.
BY order of the Court,
ALLEN P WELD. County Judge.
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KORNA
-. .s....I..t*...1 5..,........
Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph inertia
visited at F. 7. Korkorsky's Sunday.
Mrs. Frank Djmal of St. Paul is
here on a visit to relatives.
Emil Kordorsky went to Mirn.-
apoiis Tuesday.
Mrs. Joseph Hamm Of St. Paul
is visiting at the home of her mother,
Mrs. NJ. Nachazel.
Miss Anna Falteisek and Mr..
Thomas Brooks were married here
Tuesday, June 80, Rev. Father
Havrstadt officiating.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-02
(First publication June 10, l9l4.)
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

cTATE OF WISCONSIN,-County Court fol-
} Pierce County.
In the matter of the will of Mary F. Rollins,
deceased,-IN PROBATE
Notice Is hereby given that letters testamen-
tary on the will Of Mary F. Rollins. deceased
late of the city of River Falls, in said county,
having Issued to Mary White, of the town of
Kinnickinnic, in St. Croix County, the claims
and demands of all persons against said Mary
+ Rollins. deceased, will be examined and ad-
juSted by the County Court of said Pierce county
at the regular term thereof, to be held
at the County Court room in the village of
EllswOrt in said county, on the first Tuesday,
being the 18th day, of January A. d.. 1915, and
that until and including the 1st day of January.
A. D.. 1915. is the time allowed and
limited by said County Court for creditors of
said Mary f Rollins. deceased, to present
their claims for examination and allowance
Dated June IA, A. d. 1914.
BY order of the Court,
Ill p. WELD, County Judge.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-02
HOLES IN POTS AND PANS.
Quick and Easy Method of Repairing
Them at Home.

QUICK and Easy Method OF repairing
Them at Home.
Pots and pans, whether of iron or tir
(Which is only iron timed over, get
holes in their bottoms all too soon to
please the economical housekeeper.
Then it becomes necessary to call in
the tinsmith, who puts a lump of solder
in the hole. This soon melts, and the
hole is there again.
But nothing is easier than to repair
such holes at home and without the
aid of a tinsmith. First of all make
the hole round by inserting the point
Of a knife and twisting it back and
forth. Place the pot or pan upon any
firm, flat piece of metal, such as an
anvil, a bar of iron or an inverted fat
iron, so that the hole is Immediately
over and touching the latter. In the
middle of the hole place a shot of about
the size of the hole. Any piece of lead
will serve If the shot is not handy.
Now a few sharp blows with a ham,
mer will f1atten the shot and spread it
out, filling the hole tightly and over
tapping enough to hold it in place. A
few strokes with a file and a rub with
sandpaper complete the operation. The
repair is permanent.
1t is said that a hole as large as a
quarter of an inch In diameter can be
mended in this Way.-St. Louis Post
Dispatch.