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The Spectator., 1915-05-07

It seems probable that Lake Vii. lage will soon have sewer system and paved streets under the improve ment district plan.
The Spectator., 1915-05-07

The Jefferson County Farmers Club of Pine Bluff filed articles of incorpo- ration with a capital stock of s25,O0 of which $125 has been subscribed.
The Spectator., 1915-05-07

John NJ. Davis, State bank com missioner, has reported to Gov Geo w. Hays the gift of $1,35S.50 toward the fund to maintain Arkansas exhi- bit at the Panama-Pacifc Exposition, the money having been given by 95 banks of the state. The donations were made in response to the recent appeal for additional funds. Many banks and trust companies had made donations previously.
The Spectator., 1915-05-07

The Meyer-Fuess Investment Com. pany of Stuttgart, capitalized at s21.. 900, has filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state.
The Spectator., 1915-05-07

w. D. Ashcraft, who lives near Me na caught five wolf pups recently. Unless he is able to sell them alive he will kill them and get a bounty of s5 for each scalp.
The Spectator., 1915-05-07

Tapscott Gill of Little Rock has been elected editor in chief of the University of Arkansas Weekly for i915-16.
The Spectator., 1915-05-07

The Central Auto Company of Lit. tie Rock filed articles of incorpora- tion with capital stock of s10,000, of which S1.000 has been subscribed
The Spectator., 1915-05-07

Radish growers in southwestern Ar. kansas have been making shipments for several days and have received good prices.
The Spectator., 1915-05-07

George E. Cook. state superfntend. ent of public instruction. announced that the Board of Trustees of the Medical Department of the University of Arkansas had requested Governor Hays to issue proclamation author izing the expenditure of s!.50O to re pair the portion of the old statehouse occupied by the department and to purchase equipment to replace that destroyed the building month ago. The letter was signed by all members cf the board except Harry L. Ponder ot walnut Ridge.
The Spectator., 1915-05-07

The State Bank Commission issued call for all banks under its jurisdic- tion to file with the commission statements of their financial condi- tions at the close of business May l.
The Spectator., 1915-05-07

l.. Bond. supervisor of rural edu- cation, returned from Lonoke, where he attended the county commence ment exercises.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-03

good poem in the book was an Introduce
tlon IN prose by William Stanley Braith-
waite So this excellent young man. who
might nave gone quietly on to COM
Portable oblivion, or wealth, or both. in n
store or railroad, was able to attach
himself to the world as a poet. He had
10 die to do II, but even he succeeded in
puIlylng everybody and having his way.
really, no man ever truly lives tIlI ha
mas died. The real measure of MANS
worth lies in the length of time that he
can oblige people to remember him when
he Is gone. ''i'
But do not forget that a corpse has
certain responsibilities. Do not care
lessly leave million dollars 10 a town
or college. for a horsecar line or a
Iheaical school. Many a man with a
mead as hard as his heart is soft has
made TINS technical blunder. With tba
pest Intentions In the world, he has sub-
scrloed to the worst kind OF boss r,IIa
the tyranny of the dead. II does very
wen Just TO leave your million without
instructions for use. It NAV hannan
that electricity win come In soon aftar
you nave carefully satisfied yourself tbst
the horse Is the limit In loeomotinn
(ie isl The college you present viii a
nasium. sym
We would respectfully call the attain
ton or the dead to this safe rule of con-
quot; No class OF people know SO we'll
now to live as the living.
BURTON KLINE
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-03
Most Delicate Mechanism

A YOUNG girl in her growing years
"A is the most delicately poised piece
of mechanism with which any one has
to do.
The slightest shock will sometimes
make it lose it's balance, and then
there Is disaster. Sometimes it is trag-
edy from which there is no recovery;
and sometimes it is mere distortion Of
view, which, with rest and care, dis
appears.
There is no more difficult problem
for parents than the discovery OF the
proper treatment of the girl in this
period. And when they think they
have discovered 1t, and everything is
going smoothly, there is sudden
break in tine machinery. This is what
happened Saturday in the case Of the
15-year-old girl who, overwrought by
too much study, took her life. Wise
parents, with this disaster in mind,
will consider carefully the state of af-
fairs in their own households and get
expert advice as to the proper adjust
ment OF the delicate mechanism that
is in operation beside them.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-03
BOSSED BY THE DEAD
Reflections on the Real Measure of a
Mans Worth.

It's n wise man who knows when he is
dead And It is surprising how few dead
men ever make that useful discovery. Not
long ago will was probated somewhere,
It left 100000 to Harvard University A
codicll attached to the same will promptly
bequeathed that same $500 900 TO some
other institution. The man who made that
will had read in his paper one day that a
few freshmen had, in the incontinent JOY
they experienced at one OF those formerly
tnfrequent Harvard football victories over
Yale, decided that nothing could express
their emotions so nicely as painting the
statue OF John Harvard a brilliant Grim
son. The paint rubbed off all right; but
so did that 100000. The man who had 1t
decided that any college which welcomed
and tolerated such a band of freshmen
was no safe custodian of his coin. In so
doing he made himself still more of a
freshman. He Joined the company of the
Vociferous dead
II is really scandalous how much We
are bossed and bullied by such people.
They sit all over US. There might be an
other Shakespeare but for one small de-
terring fact We have already had one.
And all succeeding candidates are dis
cOuraged. The original has refused TO
die. Even very little and noffenslve men
have made themselves mischievous when
dead
Some years ago there lived in Boston a
young Yagabond, who devoted all the
days Of his life and all the energies of
his person to becoming a poet He never
became one 80 long as he lived. He was
wont TO go about with fringe on his
sleeves, with window-seat ia his trous-
eFs and his pockets stuffed with manu-
scripts 1t was not for want OF trying
that he wasn't = poet. And yet he ANAL
ly became one ana achieved a little
fame. This he accomplished by dying. In
sense he never began to live until he
was dead. For the moment he had passed
on those who knew how hard he had
tried said, What a pity" And they
tendeFly gathered up his manuscripts and
published them in a book. and sold many
copies By subscription. OF course. the
Seems we're Al impossible" The only
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-03
Trifinp With a Ruzz-saw

TIME public was given to under
i stand that, $50 far as Mr.. Barnes
was concerned" the court battle with
Mr.. Roosevelt would be a fight to a
finish: and, so far as Mr.. Barnes is
concerned that is just what 1t prom
ises TO be.
Possibly Mr.. Barnes failed to attach
due Importance to the very obvious
fact that Mr. Roosevelt has brains. 1t
is usual. of course, for a brilliant law
yer to make even the most competent
witnesses appear foolish. The attorney
is clothed with an enormous advan-
tage, and perhaps one of the greatest
abuses in legal procedure is the man
ner in which witnesses are manhan-
died. Occasionally, however, a gentle
man gets TO the stand who is more
than a match for the tormentors. The
briiliancy OF Mr. Roosevelt in court
room obviously was underestimated
Without prejudging the case at all,
on its merits it is apparent that the
ex-President has been making a
monkey of somebody, even of two or
three somebodies. We were lament
ing recently that no Pennsylvania Mr..
Barnes was so sensitive as to apply to
the courts for relief from just critl-
eism. The progress of the case at
Syracuse indicates that our species of
boss through their hesitancy gave evil
denee of possessing most excellent
good Judgment.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-03

TN JAPAN almost every house has a
i statue of three monkeys. The hands
of one are over his eyes, those of an
other are over his ears and those of
the third are over his mouth. See no
evil, hear no evil. speak no evil, is
the Interpretation of them.
There are great men in the world,
but there are few great men who talk
much. When they do talk. they do
not utter idle words, hence little evil
creeps into their speech. There are
loved men in the world, generous and
plying, but they have no time to
listen to gossip and evil communica-
tions. There are other men who see
evil. not through morbid curiosity, but
with an eye to its correction; nor do
they impute evil and view with suspi-
cion all human actions except their
own.
Evil communications, seeing evil
hearing evil speaking evil, corrupt hu-
manity. There are many who can af-
ford to ape the three monkeys.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-03
BEST THOUGHT IN AMERICA
DIGEST OF THE MAGAZINES

The Survey co sums up English
press comments on the situation:
The London Spectator has come out
with long editorial, in which it advo-
Gates letting Scotland try national prohi-
bition-"of everything-beer and wines as
well as whisky" and then if it works
well, the measure should he transferred
to England. Truth declares that If men
like to drink their money away that is
their own affair, but drinking away their
country's energy In time of war is an
other matter The Manchester Guardian
declares that the liquor traffic must be
restricted, and all the papers write edi-
torials around the sprightly speech of Mr..
Lloyd-Georgc. 81 was talking with the
Russian Minister of Finance, a singularly
able man." said LloydGeorge. Il asked
What has been the result of prohibition"
He replied, The productivity has been
increased from 30 to so per cent I said,
How do they stand it?' Stand it?' he
replied, I have lost revenue up to G65,-
OOO,OOO but If l proposed to put it back
there would certainly be a revolution"
Wine, Woman and Song
Everybody's (3) gives concrete facts
and figures to demonstrate the results
of prohibition in this country:
Wine. woman and song has gone up
against dollars and cents in Lansing,
Mich, and the result is one of the most
notable achieved so far in America. The
leader of the drys is manager of the REQ
Motorcar Company. In the year 1910 in
the factory of the REQ Company, in a pc.
riod of 10 successive weeks, the employees
lost a total of 323 working days, and the
wages of those days, because of not being
able to recover promptly from pay nights
spent in saloons.
Lansing's changing from wet TO dry
has given everybody a wonderful chance
to compare costs First. as for the cost
of running the government: The cost of
feeding the prisoners in the county Jail
during the two years while Lansing was
dry had been $500. while during the two
ensuing years of wetness the cost of feed
ing them (at the same rate per person.
was Sll,SN. Quite difference for town
of 1000
Secretary Bryan is the most con-
spicuous exponent of sobriety and tenn
perance in this country. not only be-
cause of his position, but because of
his gift for getting himself talked
about. In an article in Golfers "a,
George Fitch gives some of the rea-
sons why Bryan is so unpopular in
Washington:
President Mckinley served water and
other fiat things happily and safely
through his Administration. 1t remained
for Mr.. Bryan to canonize absinthe frap-
pc, bitten cocktails and extract of taran-
tula in Washington by serving grape
juice. People who had never tasted the
stuh rushed out and drank It. in order to
loathe it with more vigor. If we were to
take too seriously the groans of Bryan's
dinner Victims we would think that in
times past people went to state dinners
for the purpose of being hauled out by
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-03
Who Is the Wise Man of Camden?

,HNHERE is wiser man somewhere
i in Camden than lives anywhere in
this city. If this were not so. Cam
den's fire department would not be
equipped with a larger number of mod
ern engines than are owned here, and
would not be arranging to discard all
OF it's old-fashioned apparatus in favor
of motor-driven engines and trucks.
Philadelphia has been most fortunate
in escaping great and disastrous fires,
but this has been due to the efficiency
of the fire fighting force rather than
to the fitness of the apparatus for the
uses to which it has to be put. 1t is
impossible even to get new hose to re-
place that which is rotten, to say moth
ing of automobile engines. But. If
Camden can do this, why cannot Phila-
delphia?
Who is the wise man across the
river who has persuaded the city to
use the best obtainable fire apparatus,
and who is the foolish man on this
side of the river who has succeeded in
blocking every effort of the men in
charge of the fire department to get
the necessary supplies?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-03
Sweeping Under the Bed

DACK of the cleanup movement Is
ID the determination to make this a
spotless town, and consequently a
town in which the health and comfort
OF the people are greater than in any
other community.
This is the third time that q week
has been set apart for gathering and
carting away the accumulated relics
Of housekeeping for dlsposlng Of which
there is no regular method. Many
families get rid of their broken furni-
ture at their own expense, instead Of
storing 1t in an unused room or letting
1t clutter UP the corner of used room.
And other families dispose of old news
papers and magazines every week in
stead of accumulating them to gather
dust. But the city arranges to cart
away without charge this week every
thing for which the householders have
no further use, no matter how large
or small It is.
The cleanup movement is part of
the general good housekeeping which
leads women to go through their be-
longings once a year and throw away
what is no longer of use. The man
does the same thing when he rakes
the leaves from his grass plot and
flower beds and burns them in cor
ner or buries them for compost. In
the course of time 1t is likely that the
demand for municipal cleanliness will
grow SO strong through the impetus
which 1t Is now receiving that the |
people Will stop littering the streets |
during the rest of the year, and 1t will |
be looked upon as an offense against
public decency to throw a newspaper
on the sidewalk or to allow broken
ash barrel to stand in the alley
to leak ashes in the street when the
ashman lifts 1t to his wagon.
Cleanup week is wholesome instl-
tuition, whatever way you may look
at 1t.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-03
ENJOYED THE IcE wArrp

from HarpeTs Magazine.
English men-of-war have no iee-mak-
ing machines on board. az do our shtps
and everybody knows how the English
fall to understand US on the subject OF
the use OF ice. especially In our drinks
An English of1eer was aboard one ot
our ships OF the Asiatlo fieet, and. on he
Ing served with an iced drink, Commenced
on the delights Of having cool water
aboard. The American officer respondei
with an offer OF a small cake Of ice
which was sent the following mornlns
Meeting the Englishman ashore a week
enjoyed the ice.
ENJOYED II, old top7 Why. do You
know, that was the first cold bawth I've
had ainos lsft EnElzna.s
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-03
Years bring totsdom ONLY to The oiso.
Let's Keep Our Heads While Longer

THESE are months when the United
i States should be hunting for rea-
sons for keeping out of war instead Of
for pretexts for mixing In with 1t.
The sinking of the Gulnight, presum-
ably by n German torpedo, would af-
ford an excellent pretext, if we were
searching for such things. The ship
is an American vessel, built on the
Delaware, bound from an American
port with an American cargo, manned
by an American crew, commanded by
an American captain. And it was at
tackled while on n peaceful voyage.
The captain and two of the crew are
dead.
The part OF wisdom is to learn all
the facts, first, and then to demand
reparation from whatever nation
caused the damage. After reparation
is refused there will be time for con-
siderlng the next step.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-03
Great GunsI

THE Germans at Liege proved that
1no existing Notifications could
Withstand attack by the 42-centimetre
guns which were used in the siege.
The shells destroyed the Notifications
as though they had been wrecked by
earthquake. Then the troops ad-
yaneed and took the city.
The great guns are apparently again
at work. The shells that have been
dropped into Dunkirk, tearing holes
IS feet in diameter and wreeking
buildings, have been fired from guns
with a range of something like 20
miles. The use of such weapons is
unprecedented, not because there is
any International agreement against IL,
put because they have not hitherto
been made for land operations. The
warships. however, are equipped with
guns with a range running up TO is
miles or more. and the battles fought
on the sea during this war have be-
gun when the ships were 10 miles apart.
aud most OF them have been finished
eithout the eombatants getting nearer
than flve or six miles to one another
War has evidently entered upon
asw stage. not only In the size OF the
sFmies employed. but IN the power OF
fhs weapons used. And death and de-
zzFa1tfon come without warning from
no eky. launched on their terrible mis-
Per from 50 great distance that It is
Innpssible to hear the explosion OF
Ihe charge which sends them on their
aa2
ne efeal guns justified their use
s EEese. Hhsn there vas . compare
E.fsly snall laEee q men 70 reaist the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-03

army that followed. II remains to be
seen whether they can be equally sue
cessful at Dunklrk. within reach OF
which are hundreds Of thousands Of
veteran soldiers prepared to beat back
an infantry rush.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-03

When before have 10000 marched
through the streets on hot afternoon.
with no other incentive than the
cause? For the politicians to get out
crowd Of such magnitude usually
requires a raid on the breNeries. be-
fore ana aftsr ths cslsbna4ioa-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-03

the legs in a condition of alcoholic coma
whereas American state functions have
always been comparatively arid affairs.
1t simply became borne in on the amalga.
mated deplorers that there must be some-
thing blighting about sobriety because
Mr.. Bryan INDUCED in 1t.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-03

Our esteemed humorous contempo-
rary. OF London. is hoping that while
the British are swearing on stimulants
for the war they may make an sxcsp-
tion In favor OF punch.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-03

villa says that no has no thought
for glory. So far his attention seems
to have been given entirely to plunder.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-03

The weather man was just as kindly
disposed to the suffragists as he has
been to the ball players.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-03

Just word of praise for the police.
The crowds which turned out to see
the great parade Saturday We're per-
fectly handled.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-03

Even Teddy must have felt friendly
toward grandpa" in Williamstown
yesterday.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-03

One week from today the President
will attend the christening of 1000 new
citizens in this city.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-03

There is something the matter with
the Athletics, and the fans believe it
is in Trappe.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-03

The finding of the Syracuse jury
might fairly be verdict of 30 scents.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-03

Secretary Daniels idea of a navy
seems to be a water wagon.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-03

Men talk of peace. but there is no
peace. They have to fight TO get It,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-03

% Century--"War and Drink"
(2) Survey-"The English Press on
War and Alcohol"
(3) Everybodys Posted"
D Golfers - Bryan Democracy's
Goat"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-12-16
MEETING OF COW OWNERS

On Thursday, December %, there
will be a meeting of all dairy farmers
interested in forming a COW testing
association at the State College at
Brookings. Tuesday is Dairy Farmers
Day during the Farm and Home
Course.
The lecture on the advantages of
COW testing associations will be held
at 100, led by Prof. C. Larsen. At
400 that same afternoon o. L. Bran
son of Mitchell will lead the confer
ence.
During the afternoon efforts will be
made to form a COW testing ~associa-
ton. All members interested should
make it a point to be present.
(Signed) P. r. Crothers, Badger, S. d.
Chas. Gle, White, S. d.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-12-16
NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION THAT
REGULAR ADMINISTRATION BE
DISPENSED WITH

State OF South Dakota,
County of Brookings IS.
In County Court.
In the Matter Of the Estate OF Florence z.
King, deceased.
Pursuant to an order of this Court, made
on the goth day of November, 1915, notice Is
hereby given that the Goth day OF Decemo"r
1915, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon at the
office of the County Judge at the Court
House, in the City OF Bookings in said
county and state has been appointed by tn"
Judge of said Court. as the time and place
for hearing the petition OF James e. King,
praying that the regular administration or
the estate Of Florence E. King. deceased, he
dispensed with and that the Court max"
findings OF fact as in such case Is provided
and that upon said hearing the Court make
and enter a final decree OF distribution dis
tributing said estate to the persons thereto
entitled by law. at which time and place
any person interested In said estate as
creditors or otherwise may appear and show
cause why said petition should not be grant
ed and may contest the allegation that the
property belonging to said estate Is wholly
exempt and not subject to the payment OF
debts of said deceased.
Dated at Bookings, South Dakota, this
29th day OF November. 1915.
(Seal Of County Court) GEO. p. HALL
Judge OF the County Court