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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-03-24
AROUND The COUNTY
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POTOSI.
special Correspondence to the Herald.

special Correspondence TO the Herald.
Mrs. Isabel Leindecker for seventy
six years a resident of the town of
Potosi, is very i'll at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Hedley in Dubuque.
Mr.. and Mrs Henry Sedbrook after
almost years residence in Dubuque
have moved back to Potosi and are
occupying their nice home on the
farm on Boice Creek. Their May
friends here are pleased to see them
return.
A large number of people attended
mass at st. Thomas Catholic church
on st. Patrick's day. Rev. Father
Pape delivered very beautiful and
appropriate sermon for the occasion,
giving brief history of the life of
the patron saint of Ireland.
Frank Vincent, of Galena, was
looking after business affairs here
last week
A town caucus for the purpose of
nominating township off GERS for the
ensuing year will be held in the vii
lage of Potosi on Saturday, March
9th, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
Master Mack Hymer observed his
ninth birthday in quiet manner at
his home Sunday, March 21st.
The many friends of I'D Nickson
who was so severely injured some
time ago from a kick in the abdomen
by a horse, will be pleased to hear
that he Is now able to walk about
and will soon return to his home.
Mrs. Lille Meier and children of
Dubuque, are at the home of her
father, P. Blindert, in British
Hollow.
Henry Brake, residing in the south
part of the village, is suffering with a
severe attack of rheumatism.
Miss Ethel Thomas, a student at
the Lawrence university. at Apple
ton, Wis, arrived home Saturday for
a brief visit with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs E. C. Thomas.
Miss Mary Ennor after about four
months pleasure among friends in
various parts of the country has re-
turned home and her many friends are
pleased to see her familiar counten-
ance again.
Ed Gerhard and his recently welded
wife have gone to housekeeping and
are occupying the old Gerhard home
stead in Tennyson.
County Road Commissioner Mink
was in Potosi for brief period last
Tuesday.
Charles Hoffmeister, who about six
weeks ago underwent an operation for
appendicitis at the Finley hospital in
Dubuque, has so far recovered from
the effects that he came home last
Wednesday and is feeling very we'll.
Henry Winkler was confined to his
home with sickness last week. We
have known Henry for a great many
years and this is the first time in
our recollection that he had been
sick.
Mr. and Mrs. S. j. Hinson, of
Platteville were guests at the Will
mott home in Tennyson Sunday.
Miss Eva Wilmott came over from
Dickeyville Friday evening and stayed
over Sunday at the parental home.
Joe Harps, of Manchester, Iowa,
came here Saturday for a brief visit
with his sisters, Mesdames C. NJ
Smith and w. A. Lesser.
Herald want ads bring results.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-03-24
Marquis.

The designation marquis is the sec
ond in the FIVE orders of English nobil.
ity. The term originally indicated per
sons who aad the care of the marches
Of a country. The word marches is
the plural of mark, which in it's polit-
ical sense signifies boundaries. Such
were the lands on the borders Of Eng
land and Scotland and Of England and
Wales.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-03-24

Cassville will have wet and
"dry" campaign this spring. Any
having funds to bet, either side, are
to go to the river village and look for
takers The Index does not seem to
be inclined to take sides in the con-
test. but passes the whole PROPOSE
ton to the voters. Probably that is
the best the editor can do under the
circumstances.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-03-24
GETTING the Tense.

Teacher-The sentence, My father
had money" is in the past tense. Now,
Mary. what tense would you be speak
ing in if you said, MY father has
money! Little Mary-Oh, that would
ne pretense.-Hartford Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-03-24
ParadoxicaI.

Reporter-What do you mean by
saying that l use ''paradoxical expires
sions?" Editor mean that you say
impossible things. This story Of yours
for instance, contains the phrase bag
pipe music. "-Cleveland Leader.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-03-24
seareqate Art Treasures.

Why not set apart one country where
art treasures of the world can be segre
gated? Maybe Providence has been
using American millionaires as blind
instruments, in so far as they have
been active in removing European art
treasures to this country.
New Britain herald., 1915-04-07
Lynchings in f91i.
(Survey.)

The American specially of lynching colored men is apparently being boomed by the war. During the first seven months of last year the average monthly number of lynchings was between three and four; during the last five months it was between eight and nine. ....
 There is difference of opinion as to totals for the year. Tuslxegee re- ports fifty-two, the Chicago Tribune fifty-four and the Crisis seventy-four, of whom sixty-nine were colored. The count of the Crisis for 1913 was seventy mine, but for the two preced- ing years only sixty-three each. Mis- sissippi, Louisiana and Kentucky lead in the number of victims, with fifteen, thirteen and eleven. respectively. No other state had more than five. Thirty of the local were for murder, eight for rape or attempted rape. Dis cussing these lynchings. the Crisis says:- ."#..
 These lynchings produce the usual little pleasantries with which the American nation is so familiar Mur- der, for instance, sounds very awful and yet we must remember that one of those lynched for murder was killed in defense of colored woman's honor. In another case a marshal had already had man whom he was about to arrest The man then killed him and was promptly lynched. In two Florida cases proof that the lynched men were innocent came after they were dead. Bloodhounds und posses have been responsible for desperate resistance on the part of men afterward lynched. and in one case the man who had been respited on account of doubt of his guilt was promptly killed by the mob
New Britain herald., 1915-04-07
TO CuRTAIL LIBRARY ACTIVITIES

The Herald the other day called at tention to the conditions which would obtain at the Institute with the ap- propriation for it's maintenance re- duced. X part of the work is to be eliminated and for the first time In ward step will be taken in matter pertaining to education. Many will rom ember the drift of the discussion throughout the city when the instir tute, was made 2 free public library. Previous to that readers of books paid a certain sum for their use this money going to meet the expenses of the in stitution and providing new books and periodicals but when the vote was passed that the library be free this income ceased. The city has made an appropriation for the in- stitute ever since, not enough to meet all expenses because the institute has an income of few thousand dollars a year and not enough either to meet all it wants but sufficient to help keep it in fairly good shape and to keep it supplied with all necessary books, etc. The city however has now decided so far as the common council is con cerned not to keep up a sufficient al- 1owance and as a result the directors have no alternative but to curtail the supplies and lessen the expenses.
 There is no use spending money un- less there is some money to spend and there is no use of the directors as. suming expenses unless there is money to meet them. A statement is made in another column of the Herald to- day by MT. White which explains what the directors propose to do and the patrons of the library will hardly be pleased with it. There is, however. nothing else to be done. Unless the city meeting should see fit to restore to the library the appropriation cut off by the council the activities of tha: worthy institution will necessarily he curtailed during the year. That is far from being a pleasant prospect for the patrons of the library.
New Britain herald., 1915-04-07

postponed. He cited the amendment providing for the election of United States senators by popular vote and the income tax as samples. There fore, according to his dictum, when senators conclude that a majority of our people demand cloture in the senate, then and not earlier the sen- ate will adopt cloture--mild, easy cloture, something midway between the severe cloture of the house and the utter lack of cloture in the sen ate. They perhaps will adopt a rule that at the end of five or ten or fifteen or even twenty days of debate on any bill it will be in order to move the previous question on the bill or on the bill and all amendments to the final passage. Even that mild form of cloture is not likely to be adopted in q hurry, for the chances are that majority of senators do not believe that a majority of the people demand senatorial cloture.
 The average citizen considers lcgis- lative results more than legislative methods. So soon as he discovers, if he ever does, that beneficent and remedial legislation is blocked and defeated in the senate by reason of a lack of cloture5 he will force cloture, for in political and legisla- tive matters the average citizen is su- preme.
New Britain herald., 1915-04-07


 Yesterday was election day in Chi cago and the republicans carried the city by tremendous majorities, hun dreds of women who supported the democratic candidate forsmayor in the primaries voted for MT. Thompson, the republican nominee, and helped to give him the largest majority ever given any candidate for a principal office in the city, the figures being ex- pected to reach the neighborhood oi 140,000. This victory was anticipat- ed because national issues were dragged into the campaign; the peo- pie were told that the national ad- ministration was responsible for the large number out of work and this republicans. Almost a quarter of t million of women went to the polls yesterday and of this number about 147,00 voted for the republican nom inee for mayor and a little over S"- 900 voted for the dem mocratic candi- date. A peculiar feature of the cam paign was that the democratic candi- date for mayor had the largest num- Der of women supporters in the pri- maries but it appears that a great many deserted him at the polls.
 The activity if the women has oc" casioned much surprise because it had been elaine ed that they would not take an interest in the election and the voting feature was only fad which would soon be disposed of but the women showed that they are just as jealous for the success of good gov ernment in the big city as the men. They apparently were affected by the arguments offered during the cam paign for the reason that the republi- can nominee for mayor increased his vote from the women to about 10000 above that cast for him at tue primaries. That is an immense in crease. ......
 In Tyro, Kan, yesterday the Wo- mems administration was defeated by citizens ticket made up of men m dependent of party. It is claimed that fragrant misrepresentations regarding; the administration of the women is defeat. @ ...t
New Britain herald., 1915-04-07
SpatS.
(New York Times. )

Acute observers of the throngs on parade on Easter day noted that the feet of the women were as showy as their heads, their detachable shoe tops rivaling the new spring hats in variety and queerncss. The universal spat lent a new aspect to the sartorial spec
 tacle. Spat is brief for spatterdash, and the spattordashes of old were de- signed to keep the neither garments of equestrian and pedestrian freo from the mud of the road. Lcggins never had an aesthetic side. Even those traditionally worn by Viola in Twelfth Night" in order to keep within the supposed fashions of q Greek colony in q specified era, inn
 parted to the shapely limbs of the girl disguised as a boy an appearance so clumsy as to impel critics of sensi- bility to argue that as Shakespeare's 1llyria has no relation to time or place Cesario might as well wear trunks and hose. The offshoo of the spatterdash, however, the humble gaiter worn by our grandfathers to protect their ten der ankles from the chill air of out of-doors. has become purely orna- mental part of feminine footgear, made not for comfort but for looks. The poor scholar may still stick to his low shoes the year round and put on his rusty black spats for protection, but the white spats, the tan ones. the gay oncs arc worn by the ornamental sex merely for fashions sake.
 Formerly they endured all kinds of weather with their slender ankles shielded from the blast by only one thin layer of silk; now they will wear their cloth or linen spats in mid July it fashion says so. Yet there is noth
 ing attractive about a spat. 1t is an incumbrance, and it is not beautiful. The apattcrdaSh in it's best estate is q makeshift. a Ch cap substitute Tor Commodious pair of high boots which saves the economical wcarcr tn" trouble of changing his footg'ar when he goes indoors. The abbreviated spat worn for ornament has no such eco nomiCal use for it's existence, while It's ornamental quality is purely facti- tiouS. Ii is not artistic. \ white Spat invariably presents to the spectators mind tho idea of stocking which has fallen down over the foot. or course. with tho short skirts in fashion the cyc is not deceived. a" inc real stock ing is always plainly in evidence. IT the colored spats produce no such inl-
New Britain herald., 1915-04-07
Cancer. in the Family.
(Journal of, American Medical Asso
 ciation)

(Journal of American Medical Asso-
 ciation.)
 Perhaps nothing causes more need = less worry than the fact than one or more persons in given family nave died from cancer. This is commonly taken as proof that the disease is hereditary. This does not at all fol- low. There is probably no greater chance of inheriting cancer than there is of being killed by lightning or of breaking ones neck falling down stairs. Perhaps there are peo- pie who worry even about those con- tingencies. but the statisticians have shown that such fatal accidents are extremely rare People who are con- cerned because their relatives have succumbed to cancer fail to consider how widespread the disease is. A malady that causes one death out of every eight among women and one out of every fourteen among men over forty is fairly common. On this basis is does not take much arith- metic to figure out how likely it is that cancer will occur many times in some families. The eminent statis- ticians. King and Newsh olme, have
 
 hereditv to show that in one family five deaths occurred from cancer. By the very frequency of the disease, and the laws of chance. such cases would be expected even if no one had ever suggested the idea of heredity. It can be mathematicallv demonstrated that if sufficient number of people start to toss coins it is a certainty that at lonS st nf thpnl will 1 secutive heads So with cancer; given q sufficient number of families it is certain that many members of some few families will die of this dis ease. Therefore it is not necessary to assume that the disease is inherit ed to account for it's frequency. Sometimes this fallacv crops out when certain notable cases. such as that Of the Bonaparte family. are cited. It should be remembered that the rarity of such cases of apparent hereditN tends to prove the very opposite. Such cases are so noticeable that they are remembered If the cancer ten dency should disappear in such a fam ily no further attention would be paid to the supposed danger. If such family histories resulted from actually inherting the disease, rather than from chance. they would be far more commonly reported. It is pos siblc that certain forms of malignant disease may. under rare conditions, he transmitted to tho child. Cancer is very large word. covering num- Der of widely different discusses. It may be. also that under highly arti- ficial conditions of inbrceding mice certain susceptibility to tumors may be inherited. Nevertheless. aS ap piled to human beings and in the practical View. the foremost autnor- ities believe that hcrcditv in cancer may be regarded as negligible factor.
New Britain herald., 1915-04-07

square deal. It wouldn't be hard to name half-dozen fortunes made in West Virginia whose makers haNo been too busy spending the usufruct in New York or Washington to give any time to the people of the state. Here is one of the problems of Amer ican economic life that is going to trouble us q good deal What is to be done for the people of state whose resources are in the hands of a few great interests powerful enough, to say just how much they shall have from their hills and valleys and pleasant fields? Colorado is not the only example; Rhode Island is not the worst governed state in the coun- try. The tragedies written in West Virginia. hills must presently find an, accounting.
New Britain herald., 1915-04-07
How to Protect Chickens From Hawks

In the current issue of Farm and Preside, the natonal farm paper pub- lished at Springfield. Ohio, B. r. w. Thorpe writes an interesting article ertitned: safety First With This Years Chicks" He gives many suggestions of great value to the small poultryman. On the subject of protecting chickens from air marau- ders he says in part:
 "In some sections the hawk prob Icm is one of the hardest. A poultry yard with the top covered with wire netting is a sure protection. I have used such a yard, and 1t kept out cats as we'll as hawks. But it was ex- pensive to make and is not practical Cor large operations. Snotguns and sCarecrows are practical. One of the best scarecrows is a deead hawk hung on a pole near the chicken run.
 If you can't kill d hawk, make an artificial cne out of cloth. Bright tin cans hung where they will flash in the sun and also strike each other when the wnd blows are effective A life like dummy holding gun is good too, especially if you shoot at the hawks occasionally yourself Steel traps set on high piles so the chickens will not get caught are also good"
New Britain herald., 1915-04-07
West NirSinia's Flight.
(MilWaukce Journnl.D )

From the hills of West Virginia have come momoth fortunes. Her mines make great railroads prosper. No one can guess the wealth hidden behind the rocky slopes of the Alle- ghenies. Yet West Virginia is ''broke." The governor is serving without sal- ary. the schools are closing, the na- tional guard has been mustered out Nominally the trouble is the failure of the legislature to make appropria tions. II is hard not to think that the real trouble is that West Virgin ia s owners arc spending their time, their money and their ability else where.
 The population Of this rich state is small: very moderate return on the wealth that absentee owners have drawn from West Virginia would mean very full treasury. But the state and the people don't set
New Britain herald., 1915-04-07
Rights of Scrcnading Cats.
Philadelphia Inquirer


 There is widespread impression that squalling cat which keeps a law-abiding citizen awake at night is a nuisance, and that to end its cries quickly and painlessly makes a man a public benefactor. But Trenton resident, who tried that sort of treat ment on Il neighbours pet singer. has been sent to jail because Of his refus- al to pay the fine which was assessed on him by local judge. He considers himself martyr and says he will live on bread and water sooner than admit that he has done any wrong.
 This brings up mn issue which will interest sleepless men and women tie world over. There does not seem :o be any question us to the right of tho distracted person to say scat" to the serenading cats.- Indeed. his time-hon- ored privilege if hurllng bootjacixs, hair brushes. cakes Of soap, slippers and other articles of wea ring apparel and personal adornmcnt at lhe crfend- ing tabbies and tonm:es remains un- impaired. The real point at stake ls his right to shoot cats that disturb his slumber
 Most cats may be shot with impun- ity, but not all cats. In this, as in mony other mooted questions 1t ali depends upon whosc cat you shoot
New Britain herald., 1915-04-07
WHAT OTHERS SAY
Views on all sides of timely questions as discussed in ex- changes that come 10 Herald office.
"ClOturC"

(Champ Clark in North American
 ReVIeW.)
 The great argument against Cloture in the senate is that there should be some place in our system of govern mcnt where questions can be dis cussed fully-which is absolutely true: but even a good thing can be over done, and unGuestonably it is some times oNerdOne in the senate. Nero garrulity is not discussion, and in thc senate there is no limit to speech CX- ccpt human conference.-the cndur- ance of the senator who is doing the talking. When tilibust"r against a particular measure is carried to such an extreme as to defeat measures ah- Solutely necessary for the public wei 1arc. 1t becomes not only a farce, bat a nuisance, and should be abatCd.
 Public Opilion, when fully aroused, Is an irresistible force. I once heard a great senator say that no bill was ever defeated in the senate which Il clear majority of the American peo- pie really wanted. Ii might be d"- laycd. but could not be indefinitely
New Britain herald., 1915-04-07
PRIMARIES.

limaries yesterday brought Bonably good republican vote Iur lower wards with practi- Ssurprises except possibly in 5ward where August Berg He'd to be nominated for al- In the third o. F. Curtis nominated for councilman eIoseness of his competitors htlt they were not idle in the There has been some talk ect that the mayor has won Bn the primaries as all those k in whom he was especially < won but that is. something #best be determined later. < s not appear to be enough
 in the council to warrant z rent that he is opposed by & &ular faction. He has been veto resolutions that do him but there is no evi-
 his action is due to any 8Ainst those who supported e council. The nominations l the wards will in all proo- Ratified at the polls and the il will sec some new faces
 hich was familiar to those
 in city affairs some years Curtis will be back again fe betting that he will make
 come back speech at the ng.
 Eord the result of yester-
 on was u mixed victory in
 democrats carried the city epublicans the town whicl
 peculiar ending to what
 lewhat uninteresting elec-
 which the republicans are z ed to mourn over than the
 The result, however, has
 national significance. If
 political meaning at all it E Hartford democracy is
 ited as. it was in the last
 l when it won the mayor
New Britain herald., 1915-04-07
HucltIcbcrry Finn Is 20.
(Portland OreSonian.)

B. F. Finn. the original Huckle- berry Finn Of Mark Twain's books. has just celebrated his ninetieth birthday at his ranch on the Me- Kenzie river near herc, and is hale and hearty.
 He has vivid recollection of Mark Twain, with whom he worked on n Mississippi steamboat, but says Twain really didn't get much from himself of what he wrote about Huckleberry Finn except the name.
 We called Clemers Charley in those days" said Finn. He and I both worked on the steamer Shot well, running out of St Louis. I was nicknamed 'Huckleberry.' and Clemens seemed to take fancy tos the name. Tom Sawyer was my chum, but I was we'll grown before Clemens knew me-"
 Finn has lived on the Mckcn river here for forty years past. and seldom emergcs from his retreat.
New Britain herald., 1915-04-07
Told Easily
(National Monthly.)

witty political candidate. running In an agricultural district. after mak- ing d speech announced that he would be glad to answer any questions that might be put to him.
 A voice came from the audience.
 You seem to know d lot. sir, about q farmers difficulties. May I ask a question about a momentous one?"
 Certainly" replied the candidate, nervously.
 How can you tell a bad cgg?" went on the merciless voice.
 The candidate waited until the laughter died away. Then he re- piled:
 "If I had anything to tell a bad egg think l should break it gently"
 He won the place.