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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-09-30
II Parable

A subscriber to this paper read the
following in All Nations Monthly and
thinks it would be good thing for
other papers to use the same article
The News seldom ''duns' patrons in
the columns of the paper but many
will find the parable interesting read
ing never the-less, as will also milk
dealers and others who have many
small accounts. The parable is here
given:
"Once farmer had eight thousand
eight hundred bushels of wheat which
he sold not to single grain merchant,
but to eight thousand eight hundred
different dealers, a bushel each. A
few of them paid him in cash, but far
the greater number said it was not con-
venient then, but would pay later. A
few months passed and the man bank
account ran low. How is this?' he
said. My eight thousand eight hundred
bushels of grain should have kept nae
in affiuence until another crop is raised,
but have parted with the grain and
have instead only vast number of ae-
counts, so small and scattered that /
cannot get around and collect fast
enough to pay expenses So he post
ed up public notice and asked all those
who owed him to pay quickly. But
few came. The rest said, Mine is only
q small matter and | will go and pay
one of these days, forgetting that,
though each account was very small
when all were put together they meant
a large sum to the man. Things went
on thus; the man got to feeling 40 bad
ly that he fell out of bed and awoke,
and running to his granary found his
eight thousand eight hundred
bushels of wheat still safe
there. He had only been dreaming,
and hadn't sold his wheat at all.
Moral. The next day the man went
to the publishers of his paper and said:
Here, sir, is the pay for your paper;
and when next years subscription is
due you can depend on me to pay it
promptly. | stood in the position of an
editor last night, and know how it
feels to have ones honestly earned
money scattered all over the country in
small amounts. How does your All
Nations subscription stand?
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-09-30
Fair ahSuCce S

Crowds, fine weather and attractions
combine to make a county fair suc
cess. This year there was a combi-
nation of these and the result is most
gratifying to those who are responsible
for the annual show. There will nc
doubt be money available next year for
improvements and this will aid toward
building up a bigger fair. Many fairs
in Wisconsin were a failure this year
on account of the weather but the Bar
Aboo show can be said to be triumph.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-09-30
Where tie Moneg Goes

Prof. Bailey of the department Of
political economy in Yale university
as been studying the municipal finance g
of 146 American cities for a period OF
ten years ending with 1911. The most
important results of his long and labor
ious calculations are these:
That during the decade the ordinary
expenses of municipal govern
ment had increased from 272 millions to
449 millions, or from $13.O2 per capita
to $16.62;
That most of the cities are increasing
the valuation of their permanent prop
erty and public improvements faster
than their debts
But that the indebtedness of the
United States is $1O83 per capita,
while that of the 146 largest cities is
SGT. 81 per capita. Madison Journal.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-09-30
His Revenge

Two Irishmen employed in con-
struction work on the New York sub
way were engaged in con versation or
a Broadway surface car.
"You are becoming Industrious late
~, PATTI" said Mike.
"Shure an / have been," said Pat.
81 was arrested fer assaultin' O'Hars
last week n the joodge said if came
back on the same charge he'd foine me
twinty dollars. y
$50, came back Mike, you're work
n hard to keep your hands off
O'Hara.
'Divil bit, " exclaimed Pat, I'm
working to save up the twintY dollars,
bedad!',
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-09-30
Be Fair to TIE Birds

Don't shoot the birds which are
bothering your orchard and berry
patch. Scare them, if you must, but
don't kill them. You can't afford it.
For every dollars worth of fruit
which the birds eat or spoil, they save
FIVE dollars, even to the fruit-growers,
by eating weed seeds and insects, and
their value to the country at large il
past computation.
If the birds of the United States
were destroyed, the human inhabitant.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-09-30
Pertinent Questions

Can democracy conduct war with
as great efficiency as an autocracy?
France has answered that.
Can democracy mobilize its indus
tries and supply credits for the national
defense without sacrificing the consti-
tutional rights of it's citizens?
England is answering that.
Can ademocracy subordinate CONNER
eialism and internal politics to the ma
tional honor and uphold that honor
without surrendering to militarism?
America must answer that. Kansas
City Star.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-09-30
PIONEER ENGINEER
DEAD At PORTAGE

o. H. Warmer, oldest locomotive en-
gineer in the state and pioneer Wis
consin mason, died at the age of 80
years at Portage. He had been failing
in health for some time, and had grown
weaker since fall eleven weeks ago,
in which his shoulder was broken. Mr..
Warmer was the oldest living engineer
on the Milwaukee road, with which he
hadIbeen connected from 1857 until a
few years ago.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-09-30
MOTHERS
WATCH IRRITABLE CHILDREN!

That fever, paleness, grinding of
teeth while asleep, and coated tongue
are indications that your child has
worms in its system. Kickapoo Worm
Killer quickly gets rid of these
parasites. 1t is perfectly safe for
even the most delicate children. 1t is
pleasant to take has three effective
medicinal qualities acts as laxative,
expels the worms, and tones up the
system. Begin treatment today anG
eliminate the cause of irritableness.
25c. ADV.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-09-30
Says Some Husbands De.
series Whipping=poSf

49, " 49, - SS~B~8~~'~C -
In the October Womans Home Com
panion Charles E. Jefferson, pastor of
Broadway Tabernacle, New York City,
writes a sermon to fathers in which he
tells as follows why some husbands de-
serve the whipping post:
''In his home, a man shows his inner
most self in the way he treats his wife.
If he is grained. selfish boor,
his boorishness will come out in his
conduct toward her. If he is Chris
tian gentleman, he will have daily OPP
portunities to prove it in his attitude to
her. If he puts on airs as the lord of
the house, ordering his wife around as
though she were a servant, speaking to
his children as though he were an
Oriental despot, all his religious pro-
fessions go'for nothing. Many men
and professedly good men at that-do
not realize how tyrannical and unap-
preciative and cruel they are. Of all
the tyrants on earth a tyrannical hus-
band is the most despicable. A man
who lords it over woman, keeping her
painfully conscious of her daily depend
ence on him, holding all the money in
his hand, and doing it out to her in re-
luctant pittances as though she were a
beggar, insulting her by disparaging
remarks in the presence of children, is
man who deserves the whipping
post.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-09-30

The attempt made by Clarence st.
Claire to break through the wall of the
county Jail recalls to the mind of
former Under-sheriff e. J. Battles an
attempt that was made when he filled
the above Office at the time Sheriff
William Stackhouse carried the keys.
One day note was dropped from an
upper window which stated there was
a hole in the wall on the inside and an
investigation should be made. Mr..
Stackhouse went on the inside of the
jail and could see nothing but a blank ct
hanging on the wall. When the prison
ers were asked why it was there the
reply promptly came that it had been
washed and W az hun e up to dry. This
did not satisfy the sheriff and he sent
for Mr.. Battles Both went in and
after a careful investigation found that
the bricks beneath the blanket had been
removed and when replaced the inter
vening places occupied by the mortar
had been filled with white soap. The
imitation was very deceptive and it re-
quired keen eve to detect what had
been done. They had been working
several nights and one more space be-
tween dusk and dawn would have let
them into free air. 1t was narrow es-
cape Men behind prison bars will
sometimes make desperate efforts to
get beyond them.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-09-30
WHAT CATARRH IS

1t has been said that every third
person has catarrh in some form.
Science has shown that nasal catarrh
often indicates a general weakness
of the body; and local treatments in
the form of snuffs and vapors do little,
if any good.
To correct catarrh you should treat its
cause by enriching your blood with the
oi1-food in SCOTS Emulsion which is a
medicinal food and building-tonic, free
from alcohol or any harmful drugs. Tryit.
Scott & Bovine. Bloomfield, NJ. Q
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-09-30

would be hard put to it to survive. 1t
is doubtful if any quantity of sprays
and insect poisons could take the place
of the busy songsters which feed on in
sect pests. Crops would be ruined,
forests killed, perhaps even prairie and
pastures turned into deserts-if it
were not for the birds. = Chicago Jour
nal.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-09-30

An eminent physician says there is q
medical chest in the garden. He tells,
too, how to make use of it in treating
the ordinary ailments of mankind. f
you are wakeful eat lettuce. For affec-
tions of the skin and yellow skin eat
onions. Onions are also good for colds,
coughs and scrofula. For torpid liver
eat freely of asparagus. If the bowels
are diseased try blackberries. If ner-
vous and irritable eat celery. For con-
stipation eat fruits.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-09-30

Despite the fact that they have
plenty of room in the interior the
Mexicans persistently fight on the
border thus gratifying the old human
instinct for playing to an audience.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-09-30
I am an honest man.

am an honest man,
| am silent
| mind my own business.
am always above board.
I am a chessman.
The tuberculosis camp at Tomahawk
Lake is open for patients and mum
Der are already under care. Accomo-
dations for 80 patients have been ar
ranged, but the facilities will be in
creased as the demand justifies it. As
the camp is intended primarily for con
valescent cases, patients in the latte
stages of tuberculosis will not be re
ceived.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-09-30
Licensed 10 Marry

Leon Amos Mercer, Spring Green.
Helga Bell, Spring Green
Herman w. Schuette, Washington
Ella FL. Hinrichs, Dellona
Gilbert Gassner, Troy
Kate Accola, Prairie du Sac
John ". Corwith, Reedsburg
Nina Behn, Excelsior
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-09-30
This find That

Conversation on country road:
What makes you sit up there and
toot the horn?"
Charlie told me to, =" replied the fair
one, $50 / won't hear the things he
says while he's fixing the machine. -
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-09-30

Wine grapes by the thousands of
tons are to be fed to hogs this fall.
Many growers are drying their grapes
for this purpose, following the an
nouncement of the California Wine az
ISOLATION that grapes will not be pur-
chased this year because of the uncer-
tainty whether the war tax on fortified
and untortified wines, expiring Jan. l,
1916, will be re-enacted as it stands.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-09-30

tYass," said Uncle Silas, my son
Bill hez got back from special cour Sc
he's been a-takin' at college, with a
piece o'paper signed by the 'thorities
sayin' as how he's an A. M. | dunno
what an A. M. is, but I'm afeard they 8
some mistake about 1t, for judgin'
from the time he gets down to break
fast he behaves more like a p. m. ter
me-"
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-09-30

"Say, young man." asked the old
lady at the ticket office, what time
does the next train pull in here and how
long does it stay?"
From two to two to two-twO," was
the curt reply.
well, l declare! Be you the whis-
tle?"
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-09-30

Already the leaves are beginning to
fall, the trees predicting an early
autumn. But nature, too prevaricates
and makes errors as do the other
weather prophets.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-09-30
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 80. 1915.

Doubtless the old and bad kind OF
railroad officials have either died or
experienced a change of heart, and
anyway the old fashioned looting now
is more difficult but more unpopular.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-09-30
Song Of Taxis

Sing song of taxicabs
Standing in row,
To ride across the street in one,
Would cost you all your dough.
The figures on the meter
Commence their merry climb,
Every time the wheels go round
It means another dime.
The chauffeur makes the deeds of
Kidd
Appear q trifie dim,
No pirate captain ever did
Have anything on him.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-12-27

Of days more"
How many cylinder heads ala you
blow out?" sputtered the general
Il didn't have but two, and as they
really didn't belong to me- blew out only
one. The other side is running fine yet.
reckon"
Amos Rhinelander took the scene In
with an abundance of satisfied humor.
He was a big, wholesome fellow. Be
side him stood Seagrue, silent and OBJ
servant. Both before and after her father
introduced him, he ventured something OF
a compliment-tried as 1t were. for a
moment. to take the stage and seemed TO
await confidently an appreciation OF his
remark
But Helen, whether confused by her
much wilted plight. or engrossed by the
recollection of her adventure, could hardly
notice his effort to be agreeable. Storm
had gone 10 his engine. Her father was
helping his daughter back to the OBJ
servation platform. From It Helen looked
steadily back to Storm. now standing
down the track n the midst OF the wreck
age. The passenger engine sounded two
sharp blasts OF the whistle. Storm
looheu arounui tne pdSsShbtT hHh was
moving ahead lie saw in the group on
| the rear platform one figure-that Of n
slender girl In a wet jockey costume. a
smile lighting her face as she looked to-
ward him. She was lifting her hand 60
his bruised forehead and waved back her
greeting. Beside Helen stood Seagrue.
He DID not seem pleased with her attitude
and dropped an ironical remark in her
ear. This one she quite plainly heard
and understood: VERY gratifying" he
smiled. ito find a presidents daughter so
very clever. And" he added softly. she
seems to take a real interest in engine
menl"
Helen looked deliberately around at
him-but whatever may have been her
thoughts. she made no reply.
Go Be Continued.)
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-12-27

beach," he went on. slowly. you were
hurt-the miniature railroadi
She regarded him a moment in silence.
Then she spoke: rs 1t possible?'' she
murmured you are-?'
I'm the little boy" he smiled grimly.
It'll now, I've never seen the little girl
since"
sense of confusion assailed her; she
wanted TO escape his look. You are
hurt" she said, dismissing with an eff
fort all consciousness of their strange
meeting.
A cry of recognition and amazement cut
off their words. The passenger train had
backed down on the scene. Her father,
his friend Rhinelander. young Seagrue.
the signal station operator, the tug cap
tain and the train passengers crowded
the observation platform looking at her
and the shskcn-up fireman.
The flagman could hardly raise the
step-covcr au'ck enough to release
Holmes 20 that he might get down to his
daughter. He knew all-the operator had
told the story. He caught his daughter
In his arms with a shower OF misty re-
proaches. What" he cried Have you
lost your mind? Are You mad?' Hele0's
eyes fell before her fathers anger. She
was dutiful girl who's this boy?
he demanded. pointing to the grimed and
disfigured fireman. whats your manner
storm. General Holmes-George Storm
fireman." responded the boy. unmoved
What were yor sticking like leech
TO a runaway engine for-why didn't yor
go back with the rest Of the crew." de
ma nded the head OF the road severely.
Storm met the assault calmly. -
thought I might be able 70 set the all
pump going" he countered
did you do it7' asked Holmes, with
sarcasm.
I'D have done 1t II I'd had time" per
sisted the somewhat dismantled fireman
II guess " he added calmly. lookn back
at the mess OF cars, II needed couple
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-12-27

Al Is Helen had Lost none Of the
characteristics Of her childhood. They
were held IN deepest reserve. but they
were just as persistent Restrained BY
convention. she vas still adventurous IN
spirit. and her fathers one anxiety. old
soldier though he was. was that a spir-
tied horse or an ocean undertow would
some day Be his daughters undoine
General Holmes had but two interests In
life his daughter and his railroads.&c.
was BUILDER and an organizer OF rail-
roada
Closest emene her fathers friends, was
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-12-27
AUTHOR OF WHISPERING
SMITH" "THE MOUNTAIN
DIVIDE" STRATEGY OF
GREAT RAILROADS" ETC.

COPYRIGHT. 1918, BY FRANK II. spLNRrtAN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-15

in Austria. but from the imperial Aus
trian arsenal.
The following extract on this subject
were few arms for sale, even in the
arsenals of Europe, which Mr.. Cushing
had said would be open to the United
States and closed to the south. Aus
tria, however, had a considerable guam
diary proposed I should buy.
II knew something of the armament
of Austria, having visited Vienna IN
1859. with letter from the United
States War Department, which gave me
some facilities for observation. At first
1 considered the getting of anything
from an imperial Austrian arsenal as
chimerical But my. would-be inter
mediary was so persistent that finally
l accompanied him ITO Vienna and with
in a few days closed contract for
tern and ten batteries Of six pieces each
of field artillery with harness, COM
plete, ready for service, and a quantity
of ammunition. all to be delivered on
ship at Hamburg.
THE United States minister. Mr.. Mot
ley, protested in vain. He was told that
the makingsOf arms was an important
industry of Austria; that the same arms
government and declined and that, as
belligerents. the Confederate states
Were. by the usage of nations, lawful
buyers. However unsatisfactory this
answer may have been to Washington,
the arms were delivered and in due
time were shipped to Bermuda from
Hamburg. Mr.. Motley offered to buy
the whole consignment but was too
late. The Austrian government declined
to break faith with the purchasers.
Maj. Huse is mentioned by JEFFERSON
Davis in his important historical and
Biographical work, The Rise and Fall
of the Confederate Government" In
the Confederate records. to be found in
that stupendous government publica-
tion,- 1.-The Records of the WAR Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-15

6NHERE mas oeen a rereading of old
BOOKS and records touching for
q mer relations between Austria
and the United States in view of the
recent Austrian note concerning the
purchase of war supplies in the United
States by the nations at war with Ger
many, Austria and Turkey. The aues-
ton of the right of the citizens Of
neutral nations to sell munitions to
belligerents has been compi s 81 y
United States has been sustained by
every reading of international law.
Theodore S. Woolsey. writer on in
ternational law, has SAID that there IS
no humanitarian difference between
arming a neighbor by our exports in
preparation for war, and rearming him
during the war; that individual manu-
facturers may decide this question for
themselves as they please, but that the
fact remains that SO far as the law and
usage are concerned, every belligerent
has bought and every neutral has al
lowed it's citizens to sell munitions
since modern war began, and that to
refuse to sell to belligerents wanting
to buy and able to pay for supplies
would be- an. unneutral act against
them.
During the war between the north
and the south the Confederate govern
ment was purchaser of war NUM-
lions from Austria. One of the purcnas-
ing agents which the Richmond gov
eminent sent to Europe was Maj. Caleb
Huse, a graduate of West Point, and
who saw some service in the United
States Army before the outbreak of the
civil war..After the civil war and when
the history. Of that struggle became or
such interest to Americans and the
rest of the world, Mai. Huse wrote
book, to which he gave the title, The
Supplies for the Confederate ARMY IA
one part of that book he tells of buy
ing arms. not from private armsmakers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-15
WATERMELON SEASON MEANS IN BOYvILLE.
BILL TO STEVE
BY RING W. LARDNER.


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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-15

WHEN AUSTRIA SOLD GUNS TO CONFEDERATES

Rebellion" may be read references to
Confederate purchases of arms and
ammunition in Austria, and among
these records is a letter from Gen. Jo-
seph Gorgas, Confederate chief OF ord
nance, to the Confederate war depart
ment. in which he says that Huse had
shipped $1,000 Austrian rifles. with 81
guns and 10000 shrapnel shells for
them. At the same time there were
waiting in Vienna munitions to the
value of f117,500 sterling to be ship
ped when payment was made by the
Confederate government.
A writer on the relations between Aus
tria and the United States has said the
relations between the governments be-
came strained when the United States
told Napoleon III to take his soldiers
out of Mexico, and the United States
preparing to back up that demand with
its great and war-seasoned armies. the
empire of Macmillan came tumbling
down. Macmillan was the brother of
Emperor Francis Joseph, and the en-
peror, it Is said. has always believed
that Maximilians dreams Of empire
might have been realized had not the
United States demanded the with
drawal of the French.