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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1915-12-30
Cause for Rejoicing.

He gazed at her rapturously.
You are beautiful, he said.
She blushed.
You are as good az you are beauti-
full" he continued
But that is not what makes me
now so supremacy happy. which is, In.
deed the browning joy OF my life.
What is?" she murmured.
He drew himself up TO his full height.
This. he replied. Il am the only
college boy in the United States now
living whose parents think the girl he
is going to marry is good enough for
him Life
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1915-12-30
His Determination

Being Of no earthly use TO my
relatives and fellow townsmen. and
having exhausted my credit at the
stores and the patience of the eommu-
nifty, threatened Lop Lazzenberry, 4
thau start on an ocean-to-oeean walk
ing tour 5ust as soon as / can find q
hacker with ten thousand dollars. -
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1915-12-30
Farm and city property handled.
Your sales solicited.
FOR SALE

Several houses in all parts of the city o
Mineral Point.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1915-12-30
Lafayette County Farm 5
1l7-1GO-29O acre farms. improved

Also northern Wisconsin farms in Clark
jackson and EauClaire counties.
100 acres, 1 mile east from Humbird. 120 q
under cultivation; house 1SX26, wing 12x14i
barb 36X56 with basement; silo l6X30, One mi
from railroad station, creamery, cheese factory
and high school. Price $50 per acre. A great
many Swiss people are located in this com
munitv and are making II one of the great
dairy centers of Wisconsin. $1,000 or more
cash, balance per cent.
POS acre farm located miles from Fairchild
and miles from Augusta, Eau Claire county
Within reach of creameTies. 40 acres under
cultivation, balance heavy oak timber and
pasture. One SET OF fine buildings, also set
of old buildings. Two orchards. Clay loan
soil clay subsoil. Nearly all level except pas
ture which has a spring brook running thru
IL. Owner has for years made a business OF
raising clover seed and farm is in high state
of cultivation If you do not find that crops on
this farm (corn. clover, alfalfa potatoes and
small grains) compare favorably with crops
on Southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois
land valued at $3.50 TO $500 per acre we will pay
your car fare and all expenses in connection
with the trip. The price of the farm is only
$50 per acre.
$40 acres of wild land near town, good soil.
Price SIS per sore. About mi from Fairchild.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1915-12-30
Iowa County Farms

SPECIAL BARGAIN. 15l acres between
Cobb and Edmund, Running water. good
soil. fair buildings no timber; SIPS per acre,
In the heart of $50 per acre land.
81 acres. oue-half mile to town, improved.
100 acres, one mile to town. improved.
100 acres, 81 miles to town, improved.
100 acres. 80 miles TO town. improved.
200 acres, five miles to town. improved.
30 acres, one-half mile to station. improved
20 acres. one mile to town, unimproved.
so acres, two miles to town. unimproyed
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1915-12-30

Also northern Wisconsin farms in Clark,
jackson and EauClaire counties.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1915-12-30

Mama did you say the baby came
from heaven 2" eyes, why ?" II dom
think he came; | think he was fired.
How could angels sing with him putin
up that boiler all the time ?'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-03
Jayhawker Jots

1t isn't probable. thinks the Wilson
County Citizen. that the checker
champion IL any girls hero.
Don't be an innocent bystander.
urges the luke Index: he never does
anything and always gets hit.
Among the many accomplishments
of the young lady of today, baking
biscuits is perhaps the most neglected,
insists the Randall News.
If newspaper would criticize the
church people as severely rs the aver
age travelling evangelist does. as the
Harrington Times says, it's editor would
be tarred and feathered before the
next issue.
According to the Conway Springs
Star, an old fellow at Oxford takes SO
much pride in telling how long he has
him. admit that he dug the ditch for
the Arkansas river to run in.
Two Eureka girls are no longer
friends because one started a story on
the other that she had never been
kissed. tells the Eureka Herald, and
Il adds: Sweet sixteen and never
been KISSED" may be all right but
sweet twenty. well that is another
story
Pity the poor doctors, pleads the
Wathena Times. who have become ac-
customed to the speed, the luxury and
the ease of automobiles only to have
to go back to slow. plodding horses in
the worst weather of winter. often
driving day and night. Next to a dog,
the family doctor is about the most
faithful friend to man.
A Sabetha lady has a remarkable
cat, tells the Sabetha Star. BY an &C
cident he was locked in the pantry
Monday night with a plate of fish and
one of fresh meat in jumping reach
and both found nj hod Nop
the pantry door was opened il. the
morning. That cat has a better work
ing conscience than lots of people.
The Kansas Industrialist reported
recently that it had located the citing
lest man in fellow who was found
lathering his face with the ends of Lis
whiskers. And Charley Blakesley OF
the Kansas City Star suggests that the
Industrialist might have gone further
and represented him as shaving him.
self with his shoulder blades.
Something real in the thriller line
happened near Powhattan recently. A
farmer named Henderson saw q run
away horse dash by his place hitched
to a buggy containing a neighbor's
wife and child. Henderson Jumped in
to his auto and gave chase. He sue
ceeded in getting close enough to the
horse to grab a rein and then slowed
down both auto and horse.
some Ravei1ngs In the Marion Rec
ord: The man who doesn't like chill.
dren ought to have his soul examined
AT what age is a person entitled te
to quit growing. mentally? And dom
a lot of folks quit too soon?. .Ar
ounce of boosting is worth more thar
a pound of knocking. 49,. The othel
fellows job is mighty easy until yo,
try it,. :. This much. at least of thee
logy seems clear!the man who is n,
help in this world will not be needed
in Heaven.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-03
Kansas Comment
RAISE MORE CORN

The wheat yield of Kansas u pretty
fair. The last harvest probably re-
turned about twenty-five bushels 20
the acre the state over. The farmers
OF Kansas. in various ways. nave
learned how to produce wheat to tns
best advantage from their soils They
should w get busy with corn The
STATE has fallen lily behind in this
respect True there have been q con-
ple Of bad years but the climate II not
the only trouble. Corn soils in KAN
sas have been used 20 exhaustion
without much thought as to = renewal
of fertility. The seed used has been
allowed to deteriorate with the de-
creasing importance of the CROP
Methods OF tillage have not been inn
proved to keep pace with the care
given to wheat and alfalfa land. Kan
sas is producing around twenty BUSH
els OF corn to the acre from soils that
shiuld yield from fifty to seventy
five bushels. The brethren of the ag-
riculturcl colleges. the railways anx-
ious for more tonnage. and the agri-
cultural press in need of more sub
scriptions should get busy in this mat
ter. Kansas must produce corn up to
| t utmost capacity Of her soils II the
farmer is to he permanently prosper
Gus. Corn is a prerequisite for live
stock and Kansas must have live stock
! il she expects to stay rich.-Saifna
Union.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-03
GS6AR7z8AeEE 2 &@eGE)
W &S% 5Y MRS EANALfER < ]

she left the poor woman standing in
the road.
The same day Hester told her step
mother she was going to the next town
to buy food, land / will bring you
new cap, too" she said.
You are a good girl" said her step
mother; you are kinder to me than
my own daughter
Hester kissed her stepmother and
went down the road. On the way she
met the same beggar that Jane had
refused to help.
gar: Il am faint, and must have food"
II have no food to give you.' said
Hester. but will give you drink OF
cool water from the well yonder, and
il you will wait until I return from
town 1 will bring you food"
The old lady was glad to have the
water. and said she would wait until
Hester returned from town.
Hester hurried away, and bought the
food and the cap for her stepmother.
and when she returned there was the
old beggar waiting for her.
Hester gave her loaf of bread "You
can take. It home with you. and here is
an apple and some meal" said Hester.
And then the strangest thing happen
ed. AS she: handed the bread to the
old woman, loaf upon loaf piled up be-
side her: the ground was covered with
apples, bag of meal was lying on
the ground. and when Hester looked at
her basket 1t was filled, and SO heavy
she could not carry it.
You will need wagon to carry all
your things home," said the old woman.
This does not belong to me-" said
Hester.
Yes, it does" said the old woman;
land now you must have a horse and
wagon and she touched a big rock az
she spoke. and there stood the horse
and wagon. ready to take Hester and
her provisions home.
Hester began to pick UP the apples
and put them into the bottom of the
wagon, but the bag of meal was heavy.
and SO was the basket. but the old
woman touched them and Hester lifted
them without feeling their weight.
You are a good girl" said the old
woman; you shared your gold with
your selfish stepsister and you helped
a stranger, and, best of all you are
kind to your stepmothers who is fond
Of you. When you reach home do not
be surprised at anything that happens
for am your fairy godmother, and
buried the gold for you to find
Hester thanked her for all the good
luck that had come to her, and drove
home. and when she took the things
from the wagon there was so much that
part had to be stored in the barn
And instead of one cap for her stem.
| mother, there were two
her stepm0ther wondered how one
piece OF gold could purchase 10 much
and Hester told her about the fairy
| godmother.
The next day Jane returned from the
city without the silk gown. my gold
was stolen from me and 1 am tired and
hungry" she told them.
You do not deserve to be helped !"
said her mother: you were so selfish:
Dvt you are willing to do your share
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-03
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

IF'rom tie Chicago News-1
Grievances and babies grow with nurs-
ing.
peacemaker-
1t takes an unusually cheerful liar 70
make q living at 1t.
And you may do . man n favor by not
giving him advice.
Hard work is the only sure cure for al
ingrowing crouch.
The way OF the ref0rmer II almost as
hard AZ that sof the transgTessor.
Before starting for the top the wins
man equips his person with a parachute
Marriage II sure to be failure It he
rocks the boats while she rocks the
cradle.
Philosophy may not be able to prevent .
man from falling in love, but love knocks
the corners on lot Of philosophy
Many misguided youth imagfnes that
q girl Il interested In his welfare. when
in reality sho n Interested only in his
farewell.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-03
Globe Sights
By THE ArcaIsoN GLOBE.

6 No man is wise amateur detective
tries to look.
One fact that is seldom concealed il the
engagement ring.
Travel is a great educator, and teaches
tramps how to avoid work.
If a lawyer ever hurries. he is undoubt-
eddy the gent who makes haste slowly.
Your political opinion probably Is the
weakest thing you are carrying around.
1t also takes q fine imagination to tell
which one of its parents the baby resem-
bles.
In the little matter of evening dress the
women SO often try to outstrip each
other.
II you haven't big feet how are you go
ing to leave real footprints on the sands
Of time?
A villain said this morning that a man
whose hobby is fishing also has the hobby
of lying.
An industrious woman has a great con-
tempt for any canned fruit that wasn't
canned at home.
A man doesn't need to be blessed with
much personal pulchritude to think he
takes a good picture.
Work also is more influential than con-
science when II comes to keeping a man
on the straight and narrow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-03


No doubt about Kansas being able
to cope with the foot and mouth dis
ease that has finally developed among
cattle in three or four counties. The
epidemic will probably be stamped
out before it gets anything like good
start. But there doesn't seem to be
much of 4 chance that the legislature
will take favorable action in the direc-
ton of frightening the terms of state
and county officials to four years and
thereby establish a most desirable
quarantine against the incessant rag
Inn of the foot and mouth disease
among the politicians and Office seek
ers that has come to be such an an
noyance to the rest of the people in
the commonwealth. And this obser-
walton calls to mind the distressing
fact that municipal campaigns will
soon be waxing vigorous in Topeka
and all the other Kansas cities.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-03
OUR "CAPITAL WARSHIPS., -

An event that happened in 1906
changed the whole naval situation; it
made obsolete all fighting ships then
afioat and led to the reconstruction OF
all navies, says the yorld's Work.
This event was the launching of the
Brit n 3att' ship Dreadnought.
The Dreadnought concentrated it's
fighting power upon the heaviest pos
sible guns. Instead of a miscellane-
GUS assortment, it had simply ten ~
inch guns. Its displacement, 1880
tons. was larger than that of any
other battleship then afioat; its armor
protector much greater; more i'm
portant still, it had a greater speed.
Up to that time, the average battle
ship co--tented itself with seventeen
or eighteen knots; the Dreadnought
could make twenty-one.
A fleet of drecdnauehts could easily
destroy any battlesl.p squadron that
had existed up to that time. Its
speed gave it tho power to choose
tie place and time OF battle and also,
| If necessary. to keep without the
range Of the enemy's gus. It's
heavy armament enabled it to out
range the old style ship and to in
| f:ct greater damage. The nation
| that possessed a considerable fleet of
d1 cadnaughts. therefore. easily ruled
the waves
! There are really two types Of dread
naugh.; the battleship dreadnaught.
and the cruiser dreadnaught This
latter ship is known as the battle
cruiser. Like the dresdnaught, its
heavy battery consisted Of all big
guns; like 1t, it had q great displace-
IT ,nt-17,5O tons; it differed only in
that it had not quite SO many big
gu,.s-eight instead Of ten-and had
much thinner armOr. 1t sacrificed
itself in these two details in order
that it might attain a much greater
speed. ~ to 20 knots
The naval auth titles use q generic
name to describe these two types:
dreadnaughts and Battle cruisers are
known as capital Ship II we wish
} to estimate he fighting qualities OF
any navy. therefore. the one import
an, question is this: How many
capital ships" does it possess? These
: capital ships. and these only. are
: ships CT the line"-ships that con.
: stitute the first battle line.
/ On July I, 1914. the office Of Nava
E Intelligence at Washington published
, a broadside showing the elative nava
o. st. ength Of the great naval Powers
, England had - dreadnaughts bull
e and II building, a total Of 4e. Ger
& many had II built an, IL building. 1
. total OF %. The United States hat
r built and building, total of IL
Z F-a e had af1oat and in progress
d of construction, q total OF ~. japan
: had 4 built and s building. = total o
10. Russia did not possess = iinsi'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-03
Euening Chat
When Comparis,oonIs Are osliouss
BY RUTH CAMERON.

When Comparisons Are Qklious.
Yes. they're both nice girls
caught myself saying the other day.
but l never liked the younger one
that last clause had left the tip of my
tongue L would have called it back II
1 had the power.
Comparisons are odious.
Such statement could do no good
and it might do harm. For. strange
there are everywhere happy people
waiting to pounce down on such a
statement and carry it where it will
give pain. My own faults are like the
sands of the sea in number, but i
must say 1 cannot even conceive the
cold-blOodedly goes to another and
says. "SO-and-sO said this or that dis
agreeable thing about yOu."
To return to the main theme, the
desire to compare and to measure, by
foot-rule of merit or liking is one OF
the most deep-rooted instincts of the
human mind.
''Take the One That You Love Best
Take the one that you love best
before you close your eyes to rest" we
chant at the age of six and watch the
selection with absorbed interest. II
popular device for the class to vote a.
to which member of it is the mos
popular, which the prettiest, which
the cleverest, etc. And the newspaper
editor who wants some device to slim.
ulate his readers into writing to thu
paper need not hunt for anything new
! He may always rely on the old plaI
Of having them express their opinion
| as to who is the greatest actress Of
the greatest ball player, or what arr
1 tho ten greatest books.
| Critics, again, always find it easier
! to awaken interest by comparing thu
merits of various books and play
than by discussing each book or pla!
as an entity to be judged entirely OF
its own merits.
I Measuring Distance by the Bushel.
OF course there is nothing wrong IL
this instructive desire for comparison
The only wrong is to Overdo it and Il
forget that there are many things tina
cannot be compared. Comparisons arr
odious when you forcibly try to meas
ure one thing by another of an entire
ly different nature. You cannot com
pare inches with volts or measure dis
as to whether q woman should low
j her children or her husband best is al
example Of this kind of forced AM
unnatural comparisons.
| If you ask little nephew of mfn'
which he likes best, his father o.
mother. he always smiles very sweet.
and says II like them both best" Tina
is certainly a very "canny way to dea
with an unfair question, and I thinl
many of us grownups would do well t.
copy his unwillingness to make com
PARSONS where comparisons shoul
> not be made.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-03
QUAKER MEDITAr1oNs.

From the Philadelphia Record.1
A beam in the hand is worth two notes
in the eye.
Goes to extremes-A hair pin that is
also USED as a button hook.
Don't let the grass grow under your
feet" is superfluous advice these days.
The henpecked husband must be an
optimist to feel that he has anything to
crow about.
Some men are SO destructive they will
even break record some other fellow
has made.
Perhaps after all it is better to have
your hammer out than to be some other
fellows anvil.
No. Maude. dear; in order to air your
views 1t isn't absolutely necessary to in
dulge in hot air.
Any young man can map out = career.
but It Is quite another matter to be q sue
cessful explorer.
Wigg-.That dog Of mine eats more
dachshund" Wigx-"WhyE' Waeg-"OE.
with a dachshund = little goes a long
way"
Little Willie had been invited out IL
want to make you feel quite At home. .
said his hostess. Hut 1 don't want to
feel At home." objected While. AT home
can only have one piece o. cake
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-03

She picked it up and found it was a
piece of gold. She pushed aside the
earth and found another piece; she
hurried into the house to show her
good luck to step-mOther and sister
where did you find it?" asked Jane
When Hester told her Jane hurried
out to the garden and dug around the
her eagerness to find the gold. but she
did not find it. and she came back to
the house feeling very Gloss.
You should give me one piece" she
told Hester. THE garden belongs to
me az much as to you.''
II shall spend it all for food" Hester
replied. land you will receive as much
as anyone"
But Jane was not satisfied She
wanted the gold; and so Hester gave
her one OF the pieces.
The next morning Jane said: IT am
going to the city to buy a silk gown.
You are selfish girl" said hel
mother. Hester has given you half Of
what she found and will spend the rest
for food. and you are going to the city
tc spend your gold for a dress fos
yourself.
II am tired of living here" replied
Jane, land I am going to buy q sill
gown and live in the city and she went
ont of the house without saying Good
by to her mother or Hester.
She had walked along only a short
distance when she met an old beggaI
woman.
please he'll me- said the begsar;
Il am faint with hunger"
II cannot help you. replied Jane; Il
am on my way to the city to buy silt
gown. and 1 cannot be bothered with
beggars-
.Wnl you help me to well, where
can get drink of cool water7" asked
the beggar.
II have no time to waste" replied
Jane. Il must hurry % the city" and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-03

capital ship. though she ,a<. II build
ing or authorized.
Assuming that, Ia these nix first
class" Powers. all The ships are armed
easily figure nut just where we stand
In July OF this year England and Ger
many SO far outclAssed us that only
national insanity would have forced
us into war against them. On the
other hand. We 30 considerably out
classed France and Japan that a ma
val engagement with either power
must almost necessarily end in our ia
vOr.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-03
HESTER AND HER GOLD.

Once upon a time there lived woman
who had two daughters, Jane, her own
daughter, and Hester, her step-daugh-
ter. Jane would never help her mother
and spoke cross to her many times; but
Hester was a good girl and helped her
step-mother and never said unkind
things.
They were very poor and one day
Hester was working in the garden
wondering If the vegetables would grow
and keep them from starving when she
saw something shining in the earth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-03
On the Spur
of the Moment
BY ROY. X, MOULTON.

Tough Luck.
I'd sit around the billiard hail
And loaf the whole day long,.
And life to me I'm sure would be
Just one long. grand sweet song.
L wouldn't hustle to the mill
Like any common lob;
l would be some aristocrat
III my wife had job.
I would not grab the dinner pail
And start to work at s;
I'd stick around the corner store,
And argue politics.
I'm sure 1 could become a boss,
In fact, a real nabob,
If could spend my time at it,
And my wife had job.
1 would become an autocrat,
I'd pass out advice;
I'd solve all knotty problems
Without money; without price.
I'd pose as one great financier;
With John D. I'd raise hob.
I could do all of that and more,
If my wife had job.
I guess that 1 can never join
The gang down at the store,
Who have been runnin' of this world
For twenty years or more.
I've got to work and earn my way,
I'm just common SlOb,
With no one to look out for me.
My wife amt got no job
Note ON q Friend.
I have one friend who's close to me.
A friend worth while. you will agree.
This friend stays with me every day,
In moments sad and moments gay.
This friend, there's not a doubt OF 1t.
Is next to me l must admit:
The friend is steadfast and is true
And sticks around and sees me through
Protecting me throughout the years,
Elapsing in this vale of tears.
This friend Of mines no new recruit,
Hut my old fleece-lined union suit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-03

Carranza also takes prominent
place among the optimists. He ex-
poets to conquer Villa in short order
and Zapata on the side. as WELL But
suppose he does? There will be plenty
others left in Mexico to start new rev.
olutions against his authority. And
that Is exactly what would happen.
Nothing like peace will ever prevail
in Mexico until the United States
adopts another policy towards the sit
uation there; or some other major
power relieves her of this duty