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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-05-20
SHADOW SKETCHES,
Nature Was the First Artist, Shadow
the First Picture.

Nature was the first artist, and a
shadow sketch was the first picture
made. She is still spreading her beau
tilul designs wherever a beautiful
object stands in the sunlight, and we
nre about to learn what she can
teach us of her method In going
along country roads and paths, have
you not admired the shadows that
the flowers and all graceful plants
cast on the ground? Those of leaves
and vines actually display the out
lines of the plants to even better
advantage than can be seen in the OBJ
jects themselves, because shadows
have no perspective and no shading.
An easy way to arrange a vase Of
flowers or of leafy twigs for drawing
is to study their shadow on a wall
while the vase is slowly turned, until
the shadow shows them to be suitab
ly placed.
AS rule objects like large leaves
and birds nests are best for simple
outlining, while delicate and compli-
Gated shadows like those cast by vines
and by most flowers are best for the
blackened surface of the silhouette.
Shadow outlines make good records
of flowers and plants If accompanied
by the usual notes on color and hab-
1t.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-05-20
A Ghost and Others.
Will Livingston Comfort.

Here was an earnest, sober young
man of twenty-five, Tom Crossman,
with eighty acres of fairly good land
BOON to become his own, tidy girl
promised to him, a considerable In
heritance coming from his father
having, in short, every reasonable
prospect for successful life In the
quiet way of the tillers. And yet in
one month his world tottered and
fell with a sickening crash about
him.
1t began with the elder Crossman
marrying again. The father was sew
enty and Toms mother had been
dead for a decade, when the country
side was astounded to hear of his
union with Eliza Grigsby, a spinster
of fifty, whose inclinations both to-
ward shrewishness and avarice were
uneQuivocal.
Undoubtedly 1t was Eliza Grigs-
by's closeness and cupidity which in
cited the old mans interest in the
first place. She appeared valuable
to him for the same reason that a
burner which saves pint Of kero-
sene In a month becomes an estima-
BILE source of profit in twenty years.
A man who is bound to the service
of the soil for twelve hours a day,
six days week, for fifty years,
knowing not, caring nothing for ma
ture save her yield, and who begins
his career with fixed calculations of
thrift, ends either with a complete
tarnish of soul or an out-andout
money madness. The elder Cross
ran had bent and withered his body
through toll, and diminished his nat
oral limitations of mind through a
half century's concentration upon the
one instinct to hoard, until he be-
came, all unobserved, a menace to
the community.
For two years before his marriag
he had been unable to work. Sitting
upon the porch in summer and be-
fore the fire in winter, his brain had
revolved steadily in the old and ever
concentrating circle. 1t readily can
be seen that his mind, or the brutal
ized remnant of it, was most arabic
to temptation whose fruition
meant an important addition to his
fifty years savings. Eliza came, lis
tened, speculated, encouraged-and
the thing was done.
A late afternoon in spring. Lafe
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-05-20

AS rule the money man doesn't
save by remaining bachelor would
be more than enough to- support wife
and ten children.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-05-19
GREECE WANTS VENIZELOS
Nation Is Despairing of Efforts of
Gounaris Cabinet.

London, May 14.-The Times orr
respondent at Sofia telegraphs: ''The
ministerial journals of Greece strike
a note of despair as consequence of
the failure of the Gounaris cabinet
to induce the entente powers to &C
cept conditions limiting their free
dom of action in regard to the future
redistribution of territory in the Bal
kans. The return of M. Venizelos to
power is now openly suggested and
the triumph of his policy is admitted.
According to the Tribuna of Salo-
Mica, NJ Venizelos, who is now at My
teiene, is organizing new sacred le-
gion of $4,000 men composed mainly
of Greek refugees for the purpose of
realizing the Hellenic program in
Asia Minor
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-05-19
RIOTS SWEEPING over
LONDON; LOOT RE|GNS
MObS Fill Streets and Wreck
German Shops Despite Police.

London, May 14.-Rioting and pill
night The smoldering hatred and
suspicion of Germans living in Eng
land, famed to frenzy by the sinking
of the Lusitania, found expression in
the wrecking and looting of hundreds
of shops owned by Germans and the
iDjuring of many persons. One or two
shops were set afire. Report show that
there was hardly any district in Lon
don where there were no demonstra-
tions of more or less serious charact-
er Many English shops also suffered
in the melees.
Throughout the day the police, as
sisted by special constables, were kept
busy quelling disturbances, but with
evening the crowds in the streets grew
denser and more menacing and the
wholesale destruction of property be-
gan. The worst riot occurred in the
Camdentown district, extending from
Kings Cross northward. 1t is esti
mated that in this district at least $50
shops were damaged.
Demonstrations of serious char
acter also took place in the Poplar,
Canningtown, and Blackfriars dis
tricts, where window smashing and
riotous scenes kept the police busy
throughout the Who'll eevening. Many
cases of minor injuries of both police
and rioters were treated at the hos
pitfalls. The crowds often were sc
dense that vehicular traffic was stop
ped. At Canningtown a furniture
store was cleared of all it's goods,
while in Limehouse every window of
large furniture factory was smashed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-05-19
Clever Pickpocket

"Just to illustrate how clever pick
pockets are" said a police official. '1et
me tell you of an incident which oc-
CURED one night while was behind
the desk. A young fellow came in
and complained that his pocket had
been picked while riding on a surface
car. He had a wallet in his inside
pocket in which was some money in
bills. The car was crowded. he couldn't
get a seat, and occasionally he reached
up and held on to a strap. On one Of
these occasions a pickpocket extracted
the wallet from his inside pocket. took
the money out, slipped folded news
paper into the wallet and put the wal
let back in the victims pocket Can
you beat that?''-New York Sun.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-05-19
BRITISH WARSHIP
SUNK BY ENEMY
Goliath Goes Down in the Oar.
daneIIeS;; 800 Lost.

London, May 14.-The British battle
ship Goliath has been torpedoed in
the Dardanelles. 1t is feared 500 lives
have been lost.
Announcement of the torpedoing of
the warships was made in the house
OF commons by Winston Spencer
Churchill, first lord of the admiralty,
who said that while no definite list of
the number lost had been received, it
was feared it would total 500.
Mr. Churchill announced also that
the British submarine Ella had pene-
tTated through the Dardanelles and in
to the Sea of Marmora, sinking two
Turkish gunboats and Turkish trans
port.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-05-19
Lucky Jade.

Since early times the idea has ex-
listed in China that cup made of jade
gave health to him who drank it and
naturally would counteract a poison.
Indeed. the faintest drop of poison was
supposed to cause the liquid in which
it lay hidden to foam up when brought
in contact with jade Emperors. princes
governors and others who were ex-
posed to the underhand attacks of II
walls would, of course. give high prices
for cups of jade. In China jade is pre-
eminently the lucky stone. so that a
scepter carved out of it is one of the
gifts the emperor of China is apt to
make tc a man whom he wishes TO
honor.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-05-19
Rare Distinction.

Tourists-WhO's who in this town.
Native-AnyBody that's ever been
out Of itl-EXchange.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-05-19
PEACE ISSUE NOW
UP TO GERMANY
Washington Expects a Reply
Keeping Open Negotiations.
KAISER'S ATTITUDE UNKNOWN

Matter of Indemnity Thought Easy OF
Settlement, but Outcome May Turn
on Demand of Promise for Future
Wilson's Note Not Regarded as an
Uitimatum.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-05-19

Matter of Indemnity Thought Easy of
Settlement, but Outcome May Turn
on Demand of Promise for Future
Wilson's Note Not Regarded as an
Uitimatum.
Washington, May 14.-How will
Germany answer? Interest in this
question Overshadowed curiosity con-
corning the contents of President Viii.
sons message to the Berlin foreign
office.
The latter mad not been made public
but it was pretty well understood
what it contained-in brief, a demand
for reparatiOn for the destruction al
ready suffered of American lives and
property through German submarine
activity in the European war zone and
assurances that such occurrences
would not be repeated, so far as
Americans are concerned.
Possible Course of Germany.
The German attitude, however, was
wholly an unknown quantity. Three
possible forms of response were seen
by officials here /:
Acquiescence in Americas demands.
Such a reply as would lead to fur
ther negotiations.
A definite refusal politely worded or
otherwise, to grant what President
Wilson asks.
Perhaps the second of these theories
had the greatest number of support
ers. That the kaiser would go so
far as to admit himself in the wrong
and promise not to err again was not
generally believed. Yet in his latest
note relative to mistaken" German
submarine attacks on neutral vessels
some thought they saw an inclination
on his part not to assume an entirely
defiant attitude toward all the world.
Expect Further Negotiations.
The persons who took this view
thought he would grant indemnity
readily. Otherwise, it was their view
that he would so couch his reply as to
call, no matter how urgently the
Washington administration might wish
to expediate matters, for further ex-
changes of notes, possibly extending
the negotiations out over a consider
able period of time.
Not Regarded as UItimatum.
Officials construe the language of
the note as placing upon Germany
moral, legal and financial obligations
to the United States for the incidents
of the Falaba, the Gushing, the Gulf
light and the browning tragedy of the
Lusitania, but as leaving the door
open for Germany to make such argu-
ment as she may see fit as to future
policy.
In brief, the note is not regarded
as in the nature of an ultimatum, de-
spite efforts made by some close to
the president to create the impress
sion that it was of that character.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-05-19
Find Mrs. PIamondon,s Body.

Chicago, May IA cablegram re-
ceived by DR.. John B. Murphy an
nounced the finding of the body of
Mrs. Charles A. Plamondon of Chicago
near Question:, Ireland, where the
Lusitania was sunk.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-05-19
SCORE HAVE NARROW ESCAPE
Steamboat Dixie Sinks; Twenty on
Board Are Saved.

Keokuk, Ia, May 1.-THE steam
boat Dixie, towing barge, struck a
snag in the Mississippi river about
o'clock in the morning, opposite Mont
rose, Ia, and sank in three minutes.
The twenty persons on the boat
were saved by quick passage to
the barge, which did not sink.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-05-19
CAPTURE GERMAN COLONY
British Take Windhoek, Africa, and
Proclaim Martial Law.

London, May 14.-An official state
ment made public at Capetown and
received by the Reuter- Telegram COM
pany says that Windhoek, capital of
German Southwest Africa, was cap
tured Wednesday without resistance
by Union of South Africa forces under
General Botha.
The population of the town consists
of 5000 Europeans and $4,000 natives
General Botha's troops took a con
siderable quantity of railway rolling
stock Martial law has been pro-
claimed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-05-19
AROUND The COUNTY
PLATTEVILLE.
From the Journal.

From the Journal.
Mr.. and Mrs. James D. Hatch, and
DR.. and Mrs. j. A. Gault of Ian
caster, passed through here on Monday
to Dubuque to see the "All Star
CAST in the New Henrietta. !"
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar w. Wright and
Mrs. George Q. Sykes and Earl Ivey
of the same city, also attended, and
made PlattevIlle on their return trip.
Major and Mrs. James Lung
Bevans of Fort H. G. Wright, Fish
ers' Island, n. Y have issued invita-
tions to the marriage of their daugh
ter Dorothy Millikin, to Captain
Floyd Kraemer of the medical corps,
United States army, on Tuesday, the
25th of May, at p. m. Mr.. Bevans.
was former Platteville boy, and was
the son Of the late ]. H. Bevans,
"Janie Bevans," as ne was known
here, lived his boyhood days in
Platteville, and older residents will
remember him well. He is now major
in the u. S. army.
VIM. George Bruce, secretary of
the Merchants and Manufacturers
association of Milwaukee, will de-
liver the commencement address at
Mining school on the evening of May
%. Mr.. Bruce is a man of promin
ence in Wisconsin, and has had a
long experience with modern
tendencies for increased efficiency in
the business world. Mr.. Bruce's
subject will be "The Graduate and
Modern Demands.
Former Congressman J w. Murphy
received from Colombo, Island of Cey-
lon, most interesting souvenir. 1t
came from a cousin who is there, and
is native leaf, and on it is en-
broidered in colored silks, a cross
surrounded by flowers, the lily, for
get-me-not, pansy and rose. The
work is exquisitely done and was
made by the children of a sister
school there. Mr.. Murphy treasures
the remembrance, highly, and it is
certainly most unique piece of work.
From the Witness.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. A. Bishop were
in Galena on Sunday and visited the
old Gen. Grant homestead. This
historic place Is open to the public
with lady attendant in charge. In
the parlor, the carpet, furniture,
pictures, chandelier, etc., are the
same as when occupied by the general
and his family. The table and silver
ware in the dining room, and the
furnishings in the bedrooms are the
same as used by them.
A pleasant surprise occurred at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. David Weigel
of this city on Sunday last, it being
their 45th anniversary. Nine chill
dren and 21 grandchildren were
present: Mr.. and Mrs. Anton
Weigel and family; Mr.. and Mrs.
Will Johnson and family; Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Weigel and family; Mr..
and Mrs. Louis Weigel and family;
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Steinhoff and
family; Mr.. and Mrs. John Weigel
and family; Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Weigel; Mr.. and Mrs. David Weigel
and family, and Mr.. Edd Weigel and
Louis Helms. A splendid dinner and
supper were served, refreshments of
all kinds, including ice cream and
fruit. All reported a fine time.
The guests all departed wishing them
many more anniversaries.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-05-19
Don't Forget Your Feet

If sore. tired or sweaty with a
strong disagreeable odor. Bankers
Antiseptic will knock it in 15 sec
onds. For sale by J. 7. Bennett
Adv.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-05-19
Get $1,000 in Indiana Postoffice.

Evansville, Ind, May 14.-Robbers
blew open the safe in the postoffice
at Christney, Ind, with nitroglycerine
and got $1,000 in stamps and about
500 in cash. The men escaped on
hand car.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-09-10
GET RID OF WORMS IN HOGS
Salt. Coal, copperas and Sulphur Are
Beneficial II Given to Animals
in Proper Amount.

Every hog raiser has more or less
trouble in keeping his herd free from
worms Salt, coal. copperas and sui.
phur are beneficial if properly fed.
About half pound Of copperas to a
hundred pounds of slack coal makes
a good mixture. II they have never
eaten coal in any great quantity. care
must be taken In feeding it because
they may eat too much 1t is a good
plan to give the hogs about all they
viii eat up clean. This can be done
twice week. increasing the amount
at each time, and when they become
accustomed to this feed 1t can be given
more regularly. until in short time
II will be safe to let them eat as much
as they want.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-09-10
FLOOR FOR POULTRY HOUSE
Satisfactory Foundation May Be Sc
cured by Using Field Stones and
Putting on Cement Top.

II you have plenty OF small field,
stones. fill in the bottom of your hen
house floor with them The ground
being bit uneven in places. in one
mans house the stones we're three feet
deep These he laid in as we'll as he
could and pounded them down hard
Then he placed gravel from the creek
over the stones All that would rattle
down between the stones was worked
down Then on top of this he put a
layer OF cement. finishing Off we'll
That is a floor that rats never tackle
II is a floor easy to clean, Keep II
we'll supplied with litter and. when
this shows signs OF getting unclean
out II goes and fresh comes In. Litter
from the big barn floor is fine. The
hens like II and II Is good for them.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-09-10
Didn't Wear It.

A prominent New York business
man. who declines the use of his
name for reasons most obvious, is tell.
ing this one on his wife: On his
return from long tour of the west
this business mans wife was narrat-
ing to him the delightful times she
had while he was away
"One night was invited to din
ner party at smart cafe" she said,
land one of the guests was the Turk
ish ambassador. He was well in
formed on every subject and was one
of the most entertaining dinner com
panions ever knew"
Did he wear fez?" asked the hus
band.
NO, indeed" she replied. HE wal
clean7shaven." = Saturday Evening
Post.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-09-10
GERMANS NEARING
RUSSIAN CAPITAL
RUSSIANS PUTTING UP STUBBORN
DEFENSE, BUT ARE BEING
RAPIDLY DRIVEN BACK.
crodno, Evacuated by the czar's
Armies, Taken by the Germans,
Who Capture Only Four Hundred
Men After Street Fighting.

London.-The Germans In their Off
cial report claim to have carried by
assault the fortified bridgehead at
Lennewada, on the Dvina river be-
tween Friedrichstadt and Riga. This
is considered for the Russians the
most critial point on their whole
front, for should the Germans sue
coed in crossing the Dvina, the Rus
slams would be compelled to evacuate
Riga and their position between the
Dvina and Wilma and even southwest
of the latter city would be jeopar-
died.
However, the Germans do not yet
claim to have crossed the river, which
is being defended by a reinforced
army commanded by General Ruzsky,
who stopped the previous German adj
vance on the Bzura river in front OF
Warsaw. Military critics believe that
the Russians will make a stubborn
defense on the Dvina, the opinion be-
ing expressed that should they fail
here, the German fleet would gain
command of the Gulf of Riga, and by
landing troops at Pernau would con-
siderably shorten the protracted
march to Petrograd, which is under
stood to be the ultimate objective Of
the German higher command.
In view of the Importance of the
battle raging along the lower Dvina,
the fighting elsewhere loses some of
its interest. Grodno, which the Rus
slams evacuated, apparently proved an
empty shell to the Germans, as they
captured only 400 prisoners after
| street fighting. To the northwest OF
Wilma the Russians are on the often.
sive, and while the Germans say the
/ Russian counterattacks have been a
complete failure, it is said in Petro.
grad that the counteroffensive seri
ously threatens the German left flank
and communications with the army oil
Lieutenant General Won Eichhorn
The Russian center is still retiring
through the marshy districts. How.
ever, every day they are taking a toll
of their pursuers. The Russians also
German offensive in Galicia, and
southeastward of Lutsk they hold a
front of some fifty miles, intersected
by hills, woods and rivers which ar
ford splendid defensive cover.
Concerning the operations at the
Dardanelles, no official news has been
received since the report last We'd
nesday from General Sir Ian Hamil-
ton, commander of the British forces
on the peninsula. -
The continued successes of the Aus
tro-Germans in the east leads many
writer's to the conclusion that the sus-
tanned bombardment of the German
lines in the west means an early move
by the entente allies. The critics
point to this. the thorough redistribu-
ton of the British and French armies
and the Smelling of Zeebrugge some
days ago as heralding something at
least preliminary to aSgeneral often
siye.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-09-10

ers have passed the two-year-old
stage. Yearling heifers finish out even
more rapidly than do the steers, and
marketing them at this age is big
advantage since there is no other time
in their lives when markets will treat
them as favorably.
Fifth-The baby beef market at the
present time Is the most stable of all
the cattle markets. Baby beef has,
during the past few years, had mar
ket all its own, and probably in most
cases regardless of other cattle mar
ket conditions. Baby beeves will not
take on as high degree of finish as
will two-year-old cattle, but neverthe-
less the yearlings with somewhat less
finish have usually sold at higher
figure than two-year-olds.
During the past few years the
Christmas market has been very favor
able toward all cattle with quality and
prime finish, quite a proportion Of
which are baby beef. Most Of the
baby beef goes on the market during
the months of May, June and July.
Feede for sslgn Finish.
High quality feeds and variety are
essentials for proper finish in feeding
baby beef, The younger calves should
be given grain as soon as they will
take 1t. One feeder recommends equal
parts by measure of shelled corn and
oats. Many feeders prefer to grind or
crush these two feeds. Some feeders
prefer shelled corn to cornmeal or
crushed corn as feed for calves, as II
stimulates the secretion of the diges-
tive juices. For the period in the fall
after weaving time and before they
are put on full feed any one of the fol-
lowing rations wohld be recommended
for springborn calves. In feeding
these rations cowpea hay or alfalfa
may be substituted for the clover CIV
en- In the ration. Linseed meal also
may be substituted for the cottonseed
meal indicated:
(D Corn. pounds; clover hay, 9
pounds.
7 (2) Cottonseed meal, ~ pounds;
clover hay, 4 pounds; silage. Is to 1S
pounds.
(3) Corn, pounds; clover hay, 8
pounds; silage, Is to Is pounds.
(G Corn, 2 pounds; cottonseed
meal. IL pounds; cottonseed bulls. Z
pounds; mixed hay, pounds.
The same rations without the hay
and silage would be suitable for feed.
ing fall-born calves during the sum.
mer months.
Full Feed Ratlons.
The following rations would be suit.
able for the cattle while on full feed
Alfalfa or cowpea hay may be substi
tuted for the clover hay. Linseed meal
may be used In place of the cotton.
seed meal These substitutions can
be made on pound-for-pound basis:
G) Corn. IA pounds; clover hay,
pounds; oat straw, ad libitum.
CD Corn, 10 pounds; cottonseed
meal, 21s pounds; clover hay, 8
pounds; oat straw, ad libitum.
(3) Corn, 10 pounds; cottonseed
meal, 21s pounds; clover. Az pounds;
silage, Is to 20 pounds.
(4 Corn. pounds; cottonseed
meal, 3h pounds; cottonseed bulls, 10
pounds; miSed hay. pounds.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-09-10
How to Win Her Heart.

We know a boy who knows girls,
all right.
He's only years old, but he OBJ
serves things. We heard his mother
calling him down for rudeness at
play the other day, and our caves
dropping was rewarded with this:
Billie" cried the mother, Il want
you to quit teasing that little girl!
Aren't you ashamed of yourself?"
Well, l got to tease somebody,
am
You've got to tease somebody?
That's fine idea, must say! And
So"
Yes, n she wants to be leased.
If l quit she'd go play with some
other little boy cleveland Plain
Dealer.