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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-05-05

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He is noted for his honesty in dealing with
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If your case is incurable 'he will tell
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Stomach, Bowels, Liver. Kidneys. Bladder:
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-05-05
The Dreaded Call.

Call me what you will" said the
VIGOROUSLY lazy man, ''but don't call
me earlv."
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-13
Just a Sample.

Valentines, valentines,
Who can read between the lines?
Loving words look cold in type,
She won't believe you,
That's a pipe;
Valentines, valentines,
Some hack poet wrote the lines,
But what can tongue-tied lovers do!
That's why I'm sending this to you.
viii you get one under your plate
tomorrow morning?
A valentine, you know.
This is the day when Dan Cupid
gets about the worst deal he Is hand
ed at any time of the year, not ex-
pecting his busy days in June.
The lacy, frilly little missives with
burning words and hating rhymes
are displayed in every shop in town.
! and the dealers have been doing a
big business.
The old significance of the day
seems to have ben lost in the
shuttle, and this year some OF tho
valentines have degenerated into
nothing more than a postal card, will
perhaps a Teddy Bear instead O
Cupid.
The comics, too are still with us
in spite of the hammering they ge
every year.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-13

usuo, in the postoffice corridors, ana
lined up before the stamp window
and when one man meets his friend
ha hides something under his own
coat, and looks silly, and laughs UNI
comfortably, and pretends he doesn't
tnow that the other fellow knows
what he is doing, or that the other
fellow is doing ditto.
And tomorrow the girls have their
turn. No matter what came along
TO keep them UP a bit later thah
usual at night, they slip into kimonos
and hustle down stairs early tomor-
row morning
parlor windows seem like magnets'
and the dear girls, getting ready TO
he really surprised, peep around the
long lace curtains and bite their
fnper nails, and when the postman
starts diagonally across the street.
thew wildly dive for the door and ge'
II omen before he has time to nave
any fun blowing on his whistle Oh
ringing the door bell.
Guess Who Sent It.
Then they rush off to the seclusiof
If their boudoir and open it. 1t may
no only some celluloid thing PINK
tinted and adorned with white lace
tbat makes a frame for a little chal
With a necktie worn around his waist
but thew announce that 1t is "ez
ou;site." perfectly lovely 81
cute" and all those other things VIC
; men always say gifts are.
Then comes the funny part, Tor Tn
: daar girls will sit down and actuaii
CONVINCE themselves that they DID nc
,now who sent it. 81 wonder. now
VINO could have done ttP' fna'
what they ask when they trip dow
stairs again and show 1t to mothel
and mother. being wise in her generi
ton pretends to know no MOI
about it than her daughter, and pu
z,es too, over the handwriting.
But the little god who is such
crack shot, even though he is bin
loafs around and chuckles, ana know
his arrow went to the right heart
,eost so far as he is concerned.
II is the same thing over and oV'
and over, whether the valentine
naner celluloid, candy or flowers.
Happenings at Night
And tomorrow night, as SOON
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-13

These are the days when Cuplo
pastes postage stamps on his arrows
and uses the mail carrier for his bow
Tomorrow is his birthday and all the
world gets busy helping him to ceie-
brate it.
The love-lorn youth sits up far into
the night and labors DER the sonnet
to the lady Of his dreams. The sweet
young things look over the old letters
and qualify as handwriting experts,
in the endeavor to get line on the
sender of the package they know Is
coming round tomorrow. The small
boy chuckles in wicked glee. for the
days of getting square are at hand.
The teachers know what will greet
their eyes when they open that small
plain white envelope. The crusty ola
bachelor and the sour-visaged OLD
maid hesitates before hurrying to the
door to see what the post man
whistle means, for the faults ana
foibles of humanity will bob up IN
hidious pictures, and the self-compla'
cent will be put wise to the rac'
that, after all, part of the world is
on" to their shortcomings or theii
undesirable "long-comings.'
But despite the comic Valentine
Cupid is busiest sending out lace
covered hearts, boxes of candy ant
flowers of all kinds, from the modes
violet to the great red roses. ANT
somewhere about each package VII
be found the omnipresent rhyme
which, on this one day Of all the yea
manages to get standing as poetry
Receiving the Things.
Today there are more men tha'
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-13

II is conventionally late enough,
young man just happens to drop In"
And the sweet young thing takes him
into the parlor and gives him place
near the fireplace in a great comfort
able rocker, and they discuss all
manner of things with no reference
whatever to valentines.
And mother keeps away, and smiles
the smile that comes OF long expert
ence. for she knows that after
awhile the subject will come up In
the parlor, and that Ferdinand VIII
manage to let Genevieve know he
sent it, and that Genevieve will pre-
tend she trapped him into admission,
and did not know all the time that
he was the donor.
Cupid, encouraged by the develop
ments. will creep up between the two
and slip Ferinand's hand over on
Genevieve's and await developments,
Developments that he knows are GER
tain to follow.
Some Other Features.
There are some other features, too,
that mark the day, for the small boy
has his innings.
The old woman that chased him
away from the corner because nc
made SO much noise, gets a picture Of
an irate bag, and an old New England
duckling stool.
The old maid gets a picture OF
blondined female, angular and ungain
". with a green parasol and Sc
of verses telling how useless 1t is TO-
her to hunt another companion thai
the helpless cat that purrs by he
fire.
The crusty old chap that growl
, eternally gets his too, and the teach
. err discovers that little eyes hav
!. learned of her faults, her vanities, he
D little shortcomings. In fact, that
!. the mean thing about all these conf
: valentines, for, exaggerated as the
0 are, they jar one into realizing tina
y somebody is wise to him or her.
No Harm Done.
e Yet no harm is done and after al
v love, who laughs at locksmiths. bt
t skidoos when he sees the butcher DO
,, coming with a bill, rules the day.
S The Young folks have their vale
n tines and the sweet messages tn;
r, are all imprinted and unwritten, b.
A. conveyed rather through wireless
e system connecting hearts, and the
r. parents recall the days when the
were going through the same thin
a and having just as much fun as eve
d. And grandmother, nodding there
IS her easy chair, dreams Of the old, o
AZ DAYS. These were the days when b
roes came in knee breaches, wore S
pr yer buckles and powdered wigs.
is those days it was worth while, al
the valentines that memory sends al
perhaps, the best OF all.
as So, all in all, st. Valentines d
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-13
Trust In Providence.

When we meet one OF these Dig,
blazing motor headlights while riding
in the modest electric belonging to our
wife's relations, we just go ahead
trusting that Providence that watches
over children and drunkards will take
care Of us, too.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-13
SERVICES
At ST. MARYS CHURCH

st. Marys Episcopal church, corner
Ridgewood and Orange avenues
Rev. Robert Mckay, pastor:
1880 q. M, Holy communion every
Sunday.
HOO a. M, morning prayer ana
sermon.
Ash Wednesday, February 17th,
services at 1000 a. M, and at E3o
p. m.
Daily services during Lent at 400
D. M, except Wednesday, when the
service will be at 1880 p m.
Seats free, and hearty welcome
to all.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-13

does a great work, for 1t let's the
lovers tell sweet whispered nothings,
let's the small boy even up old scores,
and sends the world rolling along In
a better humor with itself and the
people on 1t.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-13
STUDY Of Farmina in Denmark.

Study of Farming In Denmark.
For about one hundred years Den
mark has had system Of agricultural
apprenticeship to teach the practical
side Of farming. The boys serve three
years on farms In different parts OF
the country, spending one year on
each farm and receiving small wage.
They report annually to the Royal
Danish Agricultural society. sending
in notes on their experience, instruc-
ton and observation.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-13
Celebrity Forgotten.

Celebrity ForuotteH'
It is remarked by the New YORK
World that probably not one person In
10 600 passing through John street,
that city, knows that it was named
for John Harpendingh. tanner, VINO
lived at the corner Of Broadway ana
Maiden lane 200 years ago.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-13
Do Your Beat In the Present.

Be not anxious about tomorrow.
Do today's duty, fight today's tempta-
ton, and do not weaken and distract
yourself by looking forward to things
which you cannot see, and could not
understand If you saw them.-Charles
Kingsley.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-13

The Daily News, 15c per week.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-13
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-29
LONDON NORMAL
BUT EXPECTING
ZEPPELIN RAID
Visitors Surprised to Find
the People Cool, Despite
Pressure of War.
TO USE NEW KIND
OF SHE'LL IN AIR
BY HERBERT TEMPLE.

T ONDON, Eng, May 29.-Every neu-
trail visitor who comes to London
is surprised to find everything
here absolutely normal have just
had a talk with Danish colonel who
was in Berlin only a fortnight ago. He
expressed the greatest. surprise at
having found out that no one in Lon
don appears to give a moments
thought TO the great Zeppelin attack
on London to which all Berlin is look
ing forward with such expectation
LOndOners Expect Raid.
Now as a matter of fact most of US
do expect a Zeppelin attack. first be-
cause we feel that the German military
authorities are bound to undertake il
to save their own reputation and jus
tify some Of the boasts they have made.
tempt viii be an utter failure from
a military point Of view and that its
only effect will be TO give a much
needed stimulus to recruiting
We feel convinced too, that IL the
Zeppelius come they Will either get no
farther than the outlying London sub
urbs or several Of them will be brought
down, for the preparations made for
their reception in London itself are so
perfect that it will be impossible to
miss them
New Kind OF Shell.
I understand that a new kind of shell
which is sure to explode the moment it
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-29

rear, sixty millions OF japanese will
present the front OF the warrior nation
10 the white race and tell il TO get out
Of the Western Pacific-and some day
viii tell the French 20 get out Of Cochin
China and the British to get out Of
India
These are the aims OF Okuma- They
are not hay national ASPIRATIONS, but
active policies that Japan is working
every minute Of her time TO carry out
Okuma proclaimed them openly and
loudly when he was OF the party Of
the opposition On this platform Of
militarism he won his campaign in the
spring OF 1914 and ousted the Va
mamoto party. For a year he has been
in control and his hold is stronger than
ever.
Uses SOfteaed Words
Being at the head OF the nation his
words soften. He exudes honey to Great
Britain and sends messages breathing
the spirit Of peace TO the United states.
Japan is not deceived They have long
seen these two irrecOncilable currents
Of expression flow from OBuma's mouth
and they know which one TO believe.
They believe only the one which &C
cords with the spirit Of the samurai.
the two sword man."
In Japan both the mobiles and the
commoners are militaristic- Okuma is
a noble. but he has chosen to lead the
commoners Perhaps this is because
he came of neither of the two leading
clans which for many years absolutely
controlled Japan, but OF a weaker clan,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-29
Court 0kuma's Policy Is tot
Drive White Race From
ALI Asiatic Lands.
By MERRITr F. PRESTON.


" OKIO, Japan, May 29.-This Is
the year Of triumph for Japan.
4 It is especially the year OF
triumph for premier Shigenobu
Okuma, leader OF the party Of the
people, and for his war cry Asia for
the Asiatics."
There has been a little discomfort
at the compromise" with China This
was bound to be so in the most war
like nation on earth. But japanese who
are better informed know there has
been no compromise Group V may
have been left for later discussion"
but the Japanese leaders will exact
every demand embodied in it from time
to time
Money the Only Thing Needed
Thus Okuma, the one-legged Grand
Old Man Of Japan" sees his great idea
coming to fruitiOn He knows the Jap
anese people will willingly spend their
blood like water. All Japan has
needed for conquest is money. Japan
csc strategy is not Of the year Or the
millennium Money but not enough
has come out Of Corea and South Man
churia- Money-mOney for battleships
and siege guns. for submarines and
aeroplanes-wiu now flow China into
Japan.
Centuries ago, untutored Japan made
conquest on the mainland and adopted
Chinese culture. sixty years ago she
threw off the culture Of Japan for the
step further and with iron fist impose
western efficiency on China
VIII Drive White Race From Asia.
Modern wars are fought with fac
tories With 400, 600. 900 Chinese labor
ing 10 supply munitions Of war in her
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-29

sales rooms attached to their club
houses, and h We arranged 10 have sales
exhibitions OF paintings Of the members,
offered at a fixed maximum price, gen
orally far below what the exhibitors
might normally expect to receive for
their work. The Pulchri studio. for ex-
ample, has had two such sales the first
with the maximum price set at $50. at
which $50 pictures were sold The sec
ond has Just been held: the prices were
fixed between $50 and $40. at which
20 paintings were disposed Of The
queen Of Netherlands bought u, the
prince consort eight and the queen
mother also eight AL the purchasers
were Dutch.
Too Good n Chance to Miss.
As the membership Of the Pulchri
studio consists or recognized, estab-
lished artists, the Dutch found the oc-
casion thus offered too good to let slip
The artists associations are employ
ing also their available relief funds to
purchase the pictures Of artists HARD
pressed to dispose Of their work
These will be held by the societies and
sold at auction after the war when II
is hoped that times will be better any
thing received over the price paid Dy
the society is TO go to the artist, when
the final sale is made The fund en-
plOyed for these purchases is con-
stantly being increased by the sale OF
paintings by artists of means. who can
e-A-SAA ~. anu w "a I@~A-- -A-N-- "a 80
70 the societies to be sold. the pro-
ceeds going 10 the relief fund
Hard Times for Dealers
While the artists are thus united 10
care for their brother craftsmen. the
dealers in pictures are without relief.
One Hague dealer specializing in en-
q avings and etchings told the Associ-
ated Press that he had not sold an etch-
ing for eight months. Prices are cut
in half, but to no avail There is less
rnW for dealers hnr-nr-nw q IL
is felt that theirs is purely a CONNER
cial risk which they must stand to-
gether with the many other businesses
injured by the war.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-29
Germans Send Balloons
With Air Torpedoes To
Destroy Russian Forts

Petrograd. Russia, May 29.-Germans
outside Osoweisz are trying air tOrpe-
does as a means of destroying the re
inforced concrete forts.
The air torpedOes are small dirigible
balloons, and are a substitute for the
Fat Bertha" shell and for the shells
from the Austrian y inch mortars
They carry no crew and are propelled
by a compressed air motor. They can
travel several miles The charge con-
sists Of about 80 pounds Of guncotton
in a thin sylinder. which is released
automatically after the torpedo has
travelled a certain distance. The lower
enc, of the cylinder is cone shaped
Two aerial torpedOes have been fired,
and both covered the full range to the
fCrtresses. but neither did any harm
10 forts or buildings The first fell 200
yards outside a fort into marshy
ground.
The second torpedo was DETECTED by
q gust Of wind. It fell on the Lyck
road and stunned a road repairer. who
was so yards away The small air
ships which carried the bombs rose in
the air and disappeared
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-29
FINE PAINTINGS
HI HOLLAND ARE
SELEINGF0RS20
Lack of Tourist Travel Is
Cause of Complete Stag
nation of Art Trade.
DEALERS SUFFERING
MORE THAN ARTISTS

"HE HAGUE, Netherlands, May %
The war has hit the artists and
art dealers Of Holland so severely
that fine paintings are selling as low
as $50. In these days Of enforced re-
trenchment, there is little spare money
for the purchase Of pictures and the
usual inflow Of tourists from the
United States. England and Germany,
whose arrival every spring was the
signal for the Dutch art dealers to put
up their prices has been checked by
war. Several dealers in The Hague and
Amsterdam have been forced to seek a
livelihood in other lines One Of the
leading dealers Of The Hague has closed
his shop. while another has gone into
the publication Of illustrated books,
largely on subjects germane TO the war,
for which there is still a market
To make matters worse, the Dutch
government has withdrawn its annual
fixed credit at the disposition OF the
state museums for the purchase Of
works Of art The poor artists, there
fore, have not even the recourse to state
aid in their need, which would be open
in ordinary times. DR.. HOfstede de
GrOOt, late director Of the print room
Of the Royal museum at Amsterdam,
and an art expert well known in the
United States. regrets this step by the
Netherlands government
Never in my memory" he told the
Associated Press, has there been such
extraordinary opportunities to secure
valuable paintings at low prices as
now. individuals cannot afford TO do
so. perhaps; but the government can.
An art book or a painting worth pur-
chasing for one Of the Royal museums
viii probably be bought sooner or later.
anyhow. The thing is that most Of
them can be bought for less money now
than later"
Artists Help Needy Ones.
The artists. themselves have under
taken the relief Of the more needy
among their fraternity. a number OF
these organizations have exhibition and
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-29

TO 90 back TO the front. told me that
nothing has touched him more than
the splendid hospitality and kindness
with which he and his Comrades have
invariably been treated by the people
with whom they have been bs1leted in
spite OF the fact that many OF these can
III afford this extra expense and that
Inelr houses, rneir. barns and yards
have been invaded BY soldiers OF al
arms and legs for nine months
No Complaints Heard.
Never" he said, have I heard =
complaint anywhere We are as cor
daily received now as We were in
august and only smiling faces are to
be seen when a battalion arrives, while
everybody waves hats and handker-
chiefs when we depart
People do not realize how much
this kindness means to a soldier. but
I assure you that 1t more than any
thing else makes US forget the hard
ships and sufferinEs in the trenches
often when old people have given
up their best bedroom TO me I have
asked them il perhaps they had a son
al the front themselves and they have
looked at me in surprise as thew an
swered- NO. we have no son and none
Of ours is at the front but we don't
think II is any sacrifice to give up a
little comfort 10 the men who are Civ
ing their lives to France
Mother Pleads to Entertain Soldiers.
Once remember our battalion came
TO a small village and when everybody
had been provided for a woman in
deep mourning called on the officer IN
command and wanted TO know why no
soldiers had been sent to her house
The mayor OF the village. who had
arranged the biuets explained He had
thought he did the proper thing when
he did not send soldiers to the house
OF a mother who had just lost her
son in battle. fearing that the pres
ence OF them would remind her too
much OF her boy, whom she saw last
wearing the same uniform
" Oh cried the mother. YOU are
quite mistaken. monsieur le maire. the
presence OF these young soldiers at
my table and in my room would be a
few hours consolation
No sorrow IN Evidence.
The mayor understood and the Off
Ger in command sent a young corporal
Of the class OF 1915 TO the voman's
house He found it illuminated as for
some festival and he was conducted
into bedroom decked with freshly cut
flowers
at was my boys room the mother
said simply and not once during the
young corporals stay at her house did
she mention her dead boy again. but
tried to appear as gay as she was kind
to him
One should never mention those
who have fallen she said to the mayor
afterwards, to those who are going to
fight"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-29

the HiZen- Throughout his life he has
fought against the clan system and
in favor Of the constitutional mon
archy, now for many years strongly es-
tablshed.
Is q and Fiery.
At -. Okuma is still fiery and ener-
getic. he was a boy Of 90 living in a
small Japanese town. when the visit
Of commodore Perry and the granting
o. treaty rights TO foreigners by the
Shotgun set all japan to talking about
the red haired" barbarian Okuma
had a great curiosity TO learn about
the world outside Japan He heard
OF an American missionary, Dr.. Veer-
beck, and went to him secretly-nOt to
embrace Christianity. but to learn First
o. all he learned to read the bible. Then
came the one political document, the
devoted missionary possessed, the
declaration Of independence
Makes jefferson His Model.
His soul was set on fire. When 20
years old. he said The reading Of the
declaration Of independence when
was a boy made such an impression
upon my soul that the doctrines pro-
claimed by IL have ever been my guild
ing rule in life. Thomas Jefferson
became his model and he studied every
thing he could find about the Ameri-
can statesman.
In his youth came1the great Japanese
civil wars between the Mikado's party
and the old feudalists. Okuma left
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