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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-02-03
Knew All About IL.

"How is the law nader" asked the
instructor in United States history.
"Oh," replied the maiden, cheerfully,
"the senate has to ratify it; and then
the president has to-has to veto it;
and then the house of representatives
has to"-she hesitated for moment,
and knit her pretty forehead. "Oh,
yes! l remember now" she said. "The
house of representatives has to adj
journ until the next session." -
Youths Companion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-02-03
A Costly Funeral.

The most costly state funeral which
has ever taken place was perhaps that
of Alexander the Great. A round mil
lion was spent in laying Alexander to
his rest. The body was placed in a
coffin of gold filed with costly aro-
mates, and a diadem was placed on
the head. The funeral car was embel-
lished with ornaments Of pure gold,
and its weight was so great that it
took eighty-four mules more than a
year to convey it from Babylon to
Syria.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-02-03
Peculiar Taxation In Holland.

Some of the most peculiar of taxa
tons recorded are to be found in the
archives of Holland. In 1871, for in
stance, there was in existence a tax
imposed on all passengers travelling in
Holland. In 1874 duty of 2 shillings
was levied on each person who enter
ed a tavern before noon, on those who
entered a place of entertainment, on
marriages and deaths and on many
other things. If a person was buried
out of the district to which he belong
ed the tax was payable twice over.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-02-03
Two Famous Musicians at Rheims.

Rheims cathedral. besides being 1.-The
ture," has played an important part in
the world of music. 1t was here that
the sublime Coronation Mass" of Che
rubini. which "brings tears to the eyes
Of those who listen to it," was first per-
formed at the coronation of that truly
of Gounod's trilOgies-the 'MOrs ct
vita"-far superior to his first in style
and grandeur of treatment, was in
spired by and partly composed in the
glorious church.-Westm Gazette.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-02-03
Her Birthstone.

s'Did julius give you stone set ring
for your birthday?'
"Yes. Isn't it a beauty? Blue
white"
.Rut Won were born in March. The
diamond is the birthstone for April"
"That's right, but as long as I know
julius my birth month is going to be
pril."-Judge.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-02-03
lnsfilI Justice

Justice is the great principle of the
business and social world, and you will
be rendering one of the greatest pos
sible services to your child if you i'm
plant it within his soul as a young
child. By this same principle of JUS
tice he will not only learn later what is
due to his fellows, and how to grant
1t, but will also know what is due to
himself, and how to exact it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-02-03
LOOK OUTSIDE.

IF you want to make the best Of
your life don't spend much time in
looking within and wondering if
your feelings are all right. Look
outside instead and see what you
are doing for others, what you are
saying about other people. how you
are behaving to those around you.
IF you are behaving kindly and
truly to your neighbor you will not
go far wrong.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-02-03
SAVING lime.

Everything had gone wrong with
Grumps that morning, and as he strobe
gloomily down the suburban road on
his way to the station he was simply
aching for an outlet for his temper.
Good morning." cheerfully called out
the man from the Films. overtaking
him. "Good morning, good afternoon,
good evening. Now we've made day
of it!'' snarled Grumps ViciOuSly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-02-03
YOUR OWN BURDENS.

They only can bear others bur-
dens who quietly and firmly bear
their own burdens. The principle
of service involves the possession of
strength. To stoop in pity one
must first have learned to stand
erect. Each one who bears his own
burden has added to him the fur
Their blessing that he may bear 9th
ers' burdens too.-F. G. Peabody.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-02-03
Same as Ever.

'What did the doctor tell you today
about old Uncle Jakes condition."
"He was telling us that his mean
temperature was
TELLING you about his mean tenn
perature, was he? That's no news.
Everybody who knows Uncle Jake
knows that he hasn't anything about
him that isn't mean" = Milwaukee
Leader.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-02-03

The opal used in jewelry is dlstln-
guished from other varieties of less
value by calling it precious or noble
opal. Opals differ very greatly in their
color effects, and these are known as
the pattern of the gem. The shape and
size Of the flashes of color vary from
very small, when the stone is called a
pins point opal, to larger, squarlsh
spangles, when it is a harlequin opal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-02-03
MARQUIS.

The designation marquis is the Sec
ond in the five orders of English nobil-
ity. The term originally indicated per-
sons who had the care Of the marches
of a country. The word marches IS
the plural of mark, which in its polit-
icaI 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, 1915-02-03
Good Bye, The Professor.

Most professors" have disappeared
from the faculty of the Wisconsin Col
lege of Agriculture. 1t is "Mr. !"
Moore, and ''Mr" Humphrey, and
Mr. Otis, which is as it should be.
When professorships are cheap and
common they don't mean much, and
really discourage true scholarship.
Wise Aqiculturist.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-02-03
Made Immediate Success.

The Arabian Nights" did not be-
come familiar to Europeans until 1904,
when Galland translated them into
French. Scholars cast doubt on the
authenticity of some of Galland's
work, accusing him-like Fitzgerald
and Omar Khayyam-of inventing
rather than translating, but with the
public the success Of the tales was
Immediate and immense
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-02-03
THE WORD NO"

There is one powerful word of
two letters that is not used as Of
ten as it should be. On the cor
nerstone Of that fabric which we
entitIe manhood is engraved the
monosyllable No" He who early
learns the use of that invaluable word
has already leaned the way to
peace and comfort and safety. An
easy compliance defeats everything.
Respect for others need not degen-
crate into serMtude, but respect for
oneself. That is the very alpha and
omega Of all inward command.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-02-03
He Wanted to Know.

Johnnie-Mother isn't blind, is she?
Pa-Of course not. What put that into
your head? Johnnie - Mrs. Bowser,
who was here today, said mother d
never see forty again.-BOstOn Tran
script.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-02-03
Complimentary.

The bishop of London, speaking re-
Gently, said that churches did not drop
down from heaven any more thar
bishops, though little girl in his con.
gregation, evidently under that delu-
sion, had recently said to her mother
during a firing sermon: II am tired
now, motker; can't the bishop go back
to heaven?"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-02-03
MAS = PriviIened Bee.

Hazel, aged four, was spending the
day with her aunt. While there bee
stung her When she returned home
that evening her father asked her il
she killed the bee and she replied:
''Why, no, papa; it was Aunt James
bee."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-02-03
Ie.GeOrge
t@E

Say George, Barker's Antlseptic
has done the work. My feet are finer
than silk and smell sweeter than
roses and l used it for that odor be-
meath my arms and it knocked it in Is
seconds. For sale by j. T. Bennett.
ADV.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-02-03
ParadoxicaI.

Reporter-What do you mean by
saying that use ''paradOxical express
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, 1915-02-03
Babv Giraffe,

A giraffe Immediately after its
birth measures six feet from it's hoofs
to the top of it's head.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-02-03
plaster of Paris,

Plaster of paris is so called because
it was originally obtained from Mont
martre, in Paris.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-02-03
A Matter of Finance.

Sometimes q man marries for mon
ey, but most times it is to get rid of
it.-Florida Times Union.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-02
ROW KANSAS LANDS LOOK
TO A FORMER KANSAN

The Peace Valley Farms Company,
of Florida, got ready to go after
some of the Kansas wheat money.
and their man gets on the ground
and goes for a license to do business,
and is informed by the Attorney
General that the whole State of
Florida is not worth a damn, and
he can't do business in Kansas
We know some mighty good peo-
pie that are here from Kansas that
would not go back for love or mon
ey, and IL a man had some Florida
land that he wanted to trade for
Kansas land and would stick an ad-
vertisement in the Florida Grower
classified columns he would go bank
iupt answering theinquiries.
The writer has q mortgage on
some Kansas dirt he could not be in
duced to swap for Florida land, and
sold Kansas farm to come to Flor
ida, and is not going back.
have crossed Kansas once \
month for whole year, and in go
ing across the State l have seen it
ia times in q Pullman car with the
electric fans going, and have seen
IL sixteen below zero, and the trains
held up for two days on account of
snow drifts.
The Rock Island railroad has miles
and miles Of big wooden structures
that look like hay racks along their
tracks that are for the purpose OF
making the snow drift at that point
instead of their tracks.
They have had grasshoppers so
lad that the railroads could not run,
and many settler has moved from
the east to Kansas, and couldn't
make go of it, and has been glad
to trade off one hundred and sixty
acres for mule, and insurance
companies and loan companies have
made loans in Kansas in the early
Gays, and lost most of the principal
and all of the interest and for
twenty-five years thereafter swore
that all of Kansas was not worth
damn.
We should think that the Attor-
ney-General of State that had gone
through so many trials, would be
more liberal, but because he is an
encouragement in Kansas does not
signify that the Lord blessed him
with brains.-Florida Grower.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-02
SOME HOT SHOT FOR
A SOCIALISTIC REFORMER

(From Il. w. Howe's Monthly
have received a letter from 81
gentleman named Gardner, who says
lie is "ineXpressibly saddened" be-
tause of some of my opinions.
Mr.. Gardner is an Advanced
Thinker" and here are some of the
advanced laws he advocates:
|. A law prohibiting any man
from working more than three and
a half hours day.
2. A law driving all banks out
cf business.
3. A law providing that any
marriage be cancelled at the request
Of both parties to 1t.
4. Abolition of the United States
senate, house Of representatives, SUI
preme court, Offices of president and
vice-president.
8. All laws enacted previous TO
1860 to run out in 1915.
6. A popular vote on the making
OF new Bible.
z. A law making a half dollar
dollar, and a quarter a half dollar.
These are only few Of the re-
form measures suggested by Mr..
Gardner, but all are equally alb
surd.
Mr.. Gardner is so unusual a
character that | have taken pains to
look him up.
As ! suspected. he amounts to
nothing.
He does not work, and is so.
cialist and agitator. That he is
= fool, his platform of principles in.
dicates.
That is loafer is plainly indi-
Gated by the fact that he advocat, 5
law prohibiting any man working
ilore than three and a half hours a
day; every such man is a loafer In
practice as well as in theory. AM
man of intelligence knows that We
need longer hours rather than
shorter hours.
What should be done with a man
like Gardner?
In certain states, insane and vic
icus persons are treated in such a
manner that they may not repro
dEce their kind. Should not tho
same treatment be accorded men like
Gardner? How far are men of this
kind removed fom actual insanity.
Are they not as dangerous as the in
sane, whom we lock up?
The modest fool is not dangerous.
but the big fool who lectures AMI
writes, and encourages the timid
fools in folly, should be dealt with
by the surgeon or state.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-02
SOME WINTER VISITORS

t4Ea
With the first. approach of cool
weather IN the north, the eyes of the
itinerant tpiker' are turned toward
the Sunny South. 1t is to be pre-
S, med that Florida will next season
as in former seasons be the tramp!ng
ground for many hundreds of people
who are DESTROYS of picking up AL
| easy living under ideal climatic con-
! Gltions. The chances are that nero
in St. Augustine the city authori-
ties will next winter take steps tot
| protest the business men and the
! people generally from the incessanc
solicitations and appeals on the part
of those who have no interest d.
rectly or indirectly in this city, or
the county, other than to enjoy a
winter in the south and at the same
time pay living expenses.
Over in Clearwater, where Willis
Powell's Evening Sun shines every
afternoon except Sunday, the van
guard Of the invading army has evil
IDENTIFY made its Introductory bow.
Here is the way the Sun tells the
story:
"A deaf mute with a fresh sheet
of paper, and a fresh notary state
ment to the effect that the bearer
was a 'deaf-mute and was raising
money to attend college, canvassed
Clearwater yesterday and made
about 500. He has been raising
money for his education for many
years and will continue to seek
light as long as he can work his
little game.
The season is approaching when
Clearwater will be overrun with all
manner of fakirs and imposters and
our people mrst learn to turn them
down.
like the deaf-mute, they pass the
word to their ilk that Clearwater
is a good thing and they all floch
here.
And why should one give money
to deaf-mute. He is able to work
in the fields, at any sort of manual
labor or at the bench or lathe, or as
{. carpenter.
There are plenty of deserving
loor in Clearwater The Associated
Charities would like to have that $40
handed this imToster CLEARWATER
Sun.
1t should be stated in justice ~
those who are deaf and dumb that
this form of imposition on the public
is very rare. AS the Evening Rec
ord has often noted, the deaf are
peculiarly sensitive with regard II
the work of fakirs of this kind, for
the reason that deaf-mutes can al
ways find employment or shelter in
institutions where they are trained
to take care of themselves instead of
being a burden on the public.-St.
Augustine Record.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-02
GERMAN SPY WAS ARRESTED
IN FLA. FOR VAGRANCY

In glancing over the Clearwater
sun this week we came upon a pho
tograph of II. J. Pierce, who last
summer was a resident of Macclenny.
Mr.. Pierce now goes by the name
CT F. J. Hinman and is wanted by
the Morgan interests in New York
for helping plan the shooting of j.
P. Morgan. He is also charged with
Icing German spy, partner OF
Holt, the man who shot Morgan, and
is also charged with writing threat
ening letters to Morgan and with
being the man who planned the dy-
namitins at Washington and the
placing of explosives on ships boun d
for England. 1T is stated that the
Morgan interests have offered re-
ward of $1,000 for his capture.
Piece is a proven German spy and
has been in this country for some
time mostly in the big seaport cities
Early last summer he came to Mac
clenny and was arrested as a
vagrant. He was finally taken from
the Jail here by the citizens and gave
a job Of painting a drop curtain at
the school house. He remained
here several weeks painting signs
and houses. 1t is supposed that he
only came here to dodge United
States officials. He is we'll read
and highly educated man and con-
versed fiuently. -Macclenny Stand
ard.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-02
BOYS WORTH HAVING

The hope for the. future prosperity
lies with the boys of the present, and
they are learning from experience.
compared with which mere book
reading is of little value a lot of
things that are worth knowing.
Twelve hundred boys in Ohio, Wa
are told in the summer of 1914. ad-
ded 100000 to the productive
wealth of that state.
They were corn club boys. "Thev
raised the average yield of corn per
acre from thirty-fivc bushels to 81.
a net gain of s20,000,0OO a year to
the state says A. P, Sandles. presi-
dent of the Ohio Agricultural Com
mission
The people of Ohio showed their
appreciation. This will encourase
the boys of greater effort not in
stump speaking, but in raising corn.
The business men of the state went
deep into their pockets and sent the
entire 1900 boys to Washing ton. -
New York city. and later gave them
a trip to the big Panama show at
San Francisco.
Young Arnett Rose, of Lima, won
the honor of being the boy champion
corn grower of Ohio two years in
succession. raising l31 bushels on an
acre in 1918, and 1913 bushels in
1914. But the Ohio people under
stand that it was the entire 1900
boys who deserved their gratitude.
There was a real need for this
help. The corn crop of Ohio dimin-
ished 100000 bushels between
1912 and 1918. That was a very
grave loss. ohio's greater popu.a-
tior still lives in the country-and
her rural population embraces one
twentieth of that of the republic.
But Ohio is not alone in this
economic affliction; it is nation
wide. And the young generation.
between the ages of 10 and is. Ia
characterization splendidly or
ganized club movement, under the
direction of the United States de-
Pertinent of agriculture, is going to
pull the country up and out of its
dilema of failing crops.-Jackson
tMich.) Patriot
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-02
PITY THE EDITOR

Here is an original essay in which
the hard lot of the editor is COM
Jared with the luxurious life of the
doctor. The essay was written, it Is
said, by small boy in an adjoiniu g
county. but anyway, it tells a
mournfully true story. 1t runs this
way.
Don't know how some newspapers
came to be in the world. I dom:
think God knows for He amt got
nothin to say about them or an edi-
tor in the Bible. I think the editor
is one of them missing links you
read about and stayed in the food
and came out and wrote the thin2
and has been here ever since. | don't
think he ever died.
eff the editor makes a mistake the
people say he ought to be hung, but
y. the doctor makes any mistakes he
buries them and the people assent,
say nothin9 heraues the doctoy cal
read and write Latin. When the
Editor makes one there is law
suit and swearing and a big fuss;
hut If doctor makes one there is a
funeral, cut flowers and perfect ST.
fence.
"A doctor can use a word a yard
long without him or anyone else
knowing what it means; but if the
edited uses one he has to spelit
If he doctor goes TO see another
mans wife. he charges for a visit
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-02
EOLLINGSWORTH ITEMS

We have a pup and his aame is
Rover and when he dies he dies all
ever" Any one who wants to hunt
rabbits and needs a dog, Buster
Brown will lend you his, he is is
some rabbit dog, believe me.
Raw chicken pillau is fine; they
had the chicken and the rice and
the other fixings but they had no
wood or pot to cook them in.
1t is astonishing how many frie l
chicken smells we smelled on Sat-
urday morning Of last week.
Quite a number Of our young
folks went to Galloway last Sunday
to the singing convention at Mt. Ia
Dor Baptist church.
We had very severe electrical
storm Saturday Of last week, accom-
panied with lots of rain-some said
as much as four inches.
Mr.. Berry Williams had one hog
killed and two more injured by
lightning.
Mr.. Patton Skinner and family
spent Sunday with relatives at
Christina on Sunday.
Miss Villa Williams and Miss
Helen Futch were callers at the
house on the hill Monday.
Glen Wilder was in the neigh bor-
hood watching q load of hay Tues
day.
Mrs. Brown, Miss Bertha Brown
and Miss Elsie Helm were callers
at the house on the hill Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hills, of Lakeland,
were callers on Mrs. Hills brother.
Mr.. w. S. Adsit on Monday.
SCRIBE
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-02
WHY THE VOGUE OF THE
EDITORIAL IS INCREASING

The opinion is sometimes ex-
pressed by those who resent the le-
gitimate and GROWING influence Of
the newspaper that the editorials are
rot read and consequently occupy
space that might be better given to
some other class of matter. Of course
the man behind the editorial largely
determines it's quality and popular
ity, just as the man behind the gun
determines the accuracy of the
shooting: but aside from that per-
sonal element in the question. 1t is
a matter of common knowledge
among all people of educated intel
ligence that the editorial page of the
newspaper has much wider vogue
now than ever before. The reason
for this is that more than ever Is
that page a human interest feature
Of the paper, in which live-wire talk
has been substituted for the fiatuleut
platitudes and pedantic generalities
of the Older Journalism
The old assumption that the edi-
tor was an opinion moulder'
through his editorials has gone to
the discard among up-to-date news
raper men and readers, and il is now
perfectly understood that it is
through the cumulative work of the
newspaper in all its departments in
its persistent impact upon the minds
of readers that its influence is OBJ
tanned. In this work the editorial
rage is factor whose strength is
largely determined by the character
of the page itself, and it is not prae-
ticahle to segregate that strength
from the rest of the paper in ap-
praising its value All the several
-crts of the machine must be con-
sidered together in weighing il as an
effective agency.
We have never seen this question
CT the value of an editorial page het-
ter stated in fewer words than in
the following at the conclusion of
an article in the Bradentown Her
aid discussing the country editor and
his work:
cit is safe to say that never be-
fore in the history of journalism
have editorials been more widely or
more carefully read, not, perhaps as
III the old days. to base an opinion
On the views Of the editor. but for
the purpose of getting all sido' Of
every question "
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-02

Harry Thaw is on the front page
again. He is now seeking a divorce
from Evelyn on, the ground Of in
fidelity, and considering the admit
ted facts in the case of that motor
ious young woman, it is not reason
able to blame him. With forty suits
OF new swell clothes and fat bank
account, a little thing like a mere
wife of the Evelyn brand should not
be permitted to stand in the way of
Harry's complete happiness.