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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-08-27
FOR BEST COUNTY EXHIBIT AT
STATE FAIR

Sterling silver cup. standing nearly
two feet high. presented by The Mil
waukee Journal for the best conntY
exhibit at the 1915 state fair.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-08-27

Sept.1
ia Ct oo
kesf freeon application Secretary
Remey. big features for
his dayv be motor the
bait in the sky aviators
andei attractions Ihree
inter
inesru n Milwaukee will
delegations this day
Harness andru begin on
bands
will be There will be
harness and the battle in
the avaors and the
attracto bands
StateF Fair on battle
in the sky betwee aviators and all
special bands
ponsibe for o this Rae
ing and all
battle in aviators
child the public
ground each e a
children will the
wela motorcycle
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-08-27
State FAIR DAYS ARE ANNOUNCED; I
ALL CHILDREN INVITED SEPT. IS
Battle in the Sky Between Two Aviators Will be
the Big Event Each Afternoon ---H Horse Racing
Begins on Tuesday Motorcycle Races to Be
Held on Monday Only.
syTV'srEzfEqTgKN

1915 State Fair have been an
been
as follows
o3dox (Id gOo chill hth
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-27
Ineflciency Of Slang

To those timorous lovers OF English
Undecided who have trembled for the
purity OF our somewhat cosmopolitan
speech. the recent remarks on slang by
Professor Thomas y. Knott. OF the Uni
rcrsiiy OF Chicago. should be parti-
cu!hr!y soothing. Professor Knott does
not view with any alarm whatsoever
the threatened invasion OF the English
language by slang terms. Very justly
he remarks that slang is merely the
evidence OF growth of language and
that it is therefore sign OF healthful
vigor.
lie might have gone further and
pointed out the ephe,neral nature of
slang, which is disable only when fresh
Old slang Is as distastetul as cold
fried egg. Slang must be served hot
Most of il. in fact. is thieves patter
or sport parlance lifted for a moment
into polite society. AS slang word
becomes generally popular 1t loses it's
distinction among It's former admirers
and Is at once old stuff" to be re-
placed by newer coinage. And so IL
goes. The great body OF the language
is tree: slang is the mushroom
growth at it's foot that indicates a
rich soil.
One slang term out OF 4 thousand,
possessed by 1t, becomes Incorporated
in the language. Language is largely
composed OF such happy coinage. To-
day the slang OF ancient Greece and
Rome queens II IN our dictionaries and
In our best literature, staring haught-
!ly out at the vulgar upstart slang OF
yesterday. But the latter may be the
potter speech OF the twenty-frst CEN
tury.-Chicago News.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-27
Bon Voyage, DIR. Dumba!

. ON voyage, DR.. Dumba! 1t is the Ian
- guage OF the sea, although the country
whence it comes is an enemy Of your country.
You will not expect the additional salutatio
au revoir, even automatically.
There are two incidents which preceded
your unambassadorial conduct that relieve
you OF being the first offende. from your
country. Because others OF your country Of
Tended most grievously, is all the more reason
why you should have escaped the rocks
1t was your country that nearly forced 4
rupture with the United States in 1913
Daniel Webster was Secretary of State. No
one In his position before or after him main
tanned the rights of his country with more
forceful dignity. There was a revolution in
Hungary. y National Democratic Conven-
ton was in session in this country at the
time. 1t put Il resolution in its platform cx-
pressing sympathy with the Hungarian cause.
Ihls government also, In concert with this
action, sent n special agent to Hungary to
observe the effect Of tho revolt
Your country, doctor, resented the appear
ance Of an American for the purpose of OBJ
servation, and sent protest to this country
me protest was not couched in conformity
with the diplomatic usage Of the time
Daniel Webster never uttered a sentence
or wrote state paper susceptible of more
imam one construction. On this occasion he
informed your country, doctor, that as COM
pared with the magnitude and Importance of
lHiS country, Austria was q small and in
significant spot on the map of Europe, and
that tho United States knew its business. and
that it would mainiGin it's rights at all
hazards Austria made no reply About tho
same time. Louis Kossuth, the leading shirt
OF the Hungarian revolution. came to this
country, and Secretary Webster to impress on
your country that he meant what he said,
saw to it that Kossuth was recognized and
entertained by the President and by tho
American Congress- Vienna chafed but re-
NAMED silent.
The other instance was that in which a
Hungarian, Martin Koszta, who had come to
America after the failure Of the revolution
and took steps to become naturalized re-
turned to Turkey OH business and was ar
rested by an Austrian order and placed in
chains on an Austrian brig. An American
soop OF war. the st. Louis, Captain Ingraham.
lay in the same harbor. Acting in conjunc-
ton with the American consul at Smyrna, he
demanded the surrender OF KoSzta by q given
hour a failure would be followed by an
attack on the Austrian brig by the American
sloop. a compromise was agreed upon, by
which Koszta was surrendered to the French
consul, and after some time, Secretary of
state Marcy tWebster was then dead) de-
manded that Austria return Koszta to tho
country OF which he was an adopted citizen.
Your country, rather ungraciously, gave I'm
its prisoner, and since this incident there has
been no trouble between the two countries
until you came over.
Bon voyage, Dr. Dumba!
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-27
The Voice of the People


To the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir,-Ailow me to give detailed, as
as to the wife OF former President Chester Alan
Arthur than either of the two previous ones
that you have published. President Arthur
married Miss Ellen Lewis Herndon, only child
United states Navy
Commander Herndon was brothcr-in-la law OF
Comma nder Matthew Fontaine Maury, Of the
who at that time in charge OF the National
Observatory at Washington. Owing to Maury's
suggestions and efforts. the expedition for the
exploration of the Amazon River and it's trib-
utarles was organized by the United States gov
eminent, and Herndon. then lieutenant. placed
IN command who. on his return, wrote n most
interesting and valuable book entitled, "Hcrn-
The following from the Life Of Matthew
Fontaine Maury. United States and Confederate
States Navies. is interesting:
c On the 18th OF September. 1857. the United
cd by William Lewis Herndon with California
mails. many passengers and crew and large
amount or treasure aboard. foundered in n ter
rible gale off Cane Hatteras.
'All the women and children were taken off
IN safety to a brig standing by Owing to the
roughness OF the sea, the return of the boa Is
TO the distressed ship was very dangerous. Just
before the Central America sank. rowboat ap-
preached; If she came alongside she would be
lost with the sinking vessel Herndon ordered
her to keep of. She did so. and was saved
ship" " "
In memory OF this true and noble officer the
onited states government erected a monument
winch now stands on the campus Annapolis;
struck in his honor.
MRS Lucy MAURY VAN DoREN
Youngest daughter OF Comma ndcr Mat
thew Fontane Maury, United States
and Confederate States Navies and
niece OF Commander William Lewis
Herndon. United States Navy
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-27
News Of Fifty Years Ago
tFrom Newspaper Files Sept. 27, /,

James Perkins the huckster who shot and
INSANITY Killed his wife the night of the
mn ana claimed that he fired upon the woman
IN tho dark, thinking she was a burglar who
naI entered the house. arrested yesterday
aiiu tharsed with the murder OF his Wife Tho
testimony satisfied the magistrate that Per1,in.
was guilty, and the prisoner was sent to jail
70 await the action OF the grand jury
IN tho Wirz trial yesterday the judge advo-
cate announced that the government would rcst
lot the present. reservinE the right to examine
Witnesses as to new matter and to Introduce
Mt Richmond with the management Of affairs
At Andersonvillc. including Mr.. Davis and Cen
eral Lee.
ono or the most important OF the pardons
sIanteu THIS week by President johnson was
that OF General Joseph r. Anderson of this
city, the head of the Trcdegar Iron Works
c riieIe was some embarrassment in the OF
Seherai emerson because OF his being of
tho special EXCEPTIONS" However tho Ircsi-
oeht pardoned him day before yesterday. and
now without further annoyance. General An
derson can give all of his attention to the man
ascment or the iron works. which are giving
e'hPloyment TO SO many men in this city.
OF the election in North Carolina for member,
OF the constitutional Convention. Governor Hol-
den telegraphs as follows: Half OF tho state
mas been heard from, and the results far
very gratifying. Such men as Pearson Eeodc
Moore. Warren. Docltery Caldwell, Settle Boy
den' Gillian. Grssom and others, as we'll and
faVorably known. arc elected"
j. a. Jones' OF the Eastern Shore. has been
arrested by tho military officers on direct order
from Washington and taken to Fort Monroe
Ihe only charge against Mr. Jones is said TO
be the allegation that he was for while, at
lcast, the private secretary of Secretary NAL
Tory. of Mr.. Davis's Cabinet.
Among the Virgnians pardoned by the rrcs-
Idcnt day before yesterday Tayettc Nc
mullen Alexander Campbell. Jr. DR.. j. Good
win and Gray Carroll.
Mrs NJ L. Longstrect. wife of General James
tonEstreet. has been pardoncd by President
Johnson. Hon. Kenneth Raynor OF North Car
DINA, has also been pardoned
Governor Joseph Z. Brown has reached his
nome In Macon, Ga. In 4 published statement
no expresses the opinion that prudent action
on the part OF the Southern people will speed-
lily restore them to the enjoyment equal ri hts
and their States to all Of the privileges NJ
other members of the Union.
In MONTGOMERY Ala. the military authorities
have found 1t necessary to adopt tho chain
gang system. so popular in the North. for the
punishment OF the disorderly negroes Of that
city
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-27

Gazette of that tcwn says to the voters: will
iiamsourg has been back number long enough.
cast :; vote to take her out OF the rut and nut
her upon u plane with other towns of its size.
A vote Tor the bond issue is II vote 10" progr ess
ana Tor the future. a vote against the bond is
sue is a vote for rctrosrcssion and for k.epinr
inc town where 1t Il hundred years ago
your vote Will show Just where you stand and
what you stand for. There is middle ground.
you are either for progress or against it," IL
any other paper had dubbed Williamsburg n
back number" and intimated that it is now
standing Just where it WAS hundred years
ago the Gazette would have gotten on It's ear
and howled from way back
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-27
RICHMOND TIMES DISPATCH: MONDAY SEPTEMBER 27 1915

mcr resorts which are billed as pumpkin
pies Such pastry is delusion and a trick.
There is only one real pumpkin pie. and that
is made from the golden nugget that glad
dens the landscape. and soon after the beauty
is taken from the vine
One thing pore and we have done: The
pumpkin pie is no longer sectional For a
long time when ono thought spoke of the
delicacy one thought OF old New England.
But neither that section nor any other can
monopolize the product. Its vines reach out
from coast to coast. And 1t doesn't wait for
any particular day, once it has been nipped.
1t will always be on the Thanksgiving menu,
but it is in season long before the turkey
sheds its feathers.
One of The Times-Dispatch contemporaries
in welcoming the advent of pumpkin pic sea-
son says, cit began at o o'clock last night"
This is altogether too explicit. Pumpkin pie
is no stickler for conventionality 1t doesn't
count tho hours. when the frost is on the
punkin,' the "punkin' is ready to cut, mix
swcctcn and bake, regardless Of the clock
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-27
Jail for Drunken Motorists

IN Il Brooklyn criminal court, a defendant
1 convicted OF driving a motor car while
intoxicated was sentenced to serve six months
i'll the penitentiary. and the justices presiding
announced that future convictions would be
followed by the imposition of the maximum
punishment. This is $500 fine and years
imprisonment
We venture the prediction that if this pro-
gram is carried ont, the operation of motor
cars by men under the influence OF liquor
will become rare in the metropolis, and the
average duration of human life and the
safety of human limbs be correspondingly
increased.
That, indeed, is the sort automobile regu-
laticn in which we believe profoundly The
operation Of an engine, potentially highly dan
gerous should not be entrusted to man
drunken mentally or morally unbalanced or
lacking in proper skill. So far as this may
be effected by providing for the examination
OF motor car drivers. the examinations should
be held. In the residue OF cases the duty
will have to be entrusted 10 the courts. Their
assistance. represented by Il few year-in-,he-
penitentiary sentences, ought to be inva luahie
\ new fashion in woman's wear is the Gong
sleeve II is the blessed privilege of the sex
TO make their garments loud, bu; why unduly
noisy?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-27
Missing.
Missing.
His typewritcr's covered and silent, his


His typewriter's covered and silent, his
chair
Is empty his desk is in trim:
1t never was when he used to sit
there
And hammer out copy" with vim.
The cigarette stubs that he left in q
Are gone. and the table Is clean:
But give me the mess that the place
used TO show
And tho click of his busy machine.
He used to come in with his hat on
his
And a limp cigarette on his lip.
With n smile that was crooked. an eye
that was clear
And tongue that was fluent and
flip.
He'd hang up his coat on the hook
overhead.
Tilt his chair to the proper degree,
Run his hands through his hair. which
was curly and red.
And write like a cyclone set FREQ
And sometimes. when pegging away.
forget
That he isn't one of us STILL
And Ill start TO say, Jim. got good
cigarette?"
And turn toward his battered old
mill"
And then I'll remember that "30' is in
For him who once sat in that spot;
And-well 1 redouble my hurry and
din \
In writing the story I've got.
His fingers will nevermore clatter the
keys;
His life and his stories are done
Those stories as brisk as the keen
Western breeze
Another will take up his run.
Another will cover assignments he had.
He's gone. but the world mustn't
lose
Its tales of the sad and the bad and
the glad
Its regular quota OF news.
a newspaper mans always moving
lie seldom stays long in a place:
Ana yet when he leaves. why, YOU
haven't a doubt
That you'll see him again. face to
face;
fut this-well. it's different; this Is
the end,
And the Office won't seem just the
same,
My fellow reporter"-and also NV
friend
He is through with the newspaper
game.
-nerton Hraley. in Saturday Evening
F'ost.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-27
The Guides lucky Friend.

Newcomer asked the Capitol Square Guide
II he had been sick. he had seen him
at his post tho day before.
h"o Il day off 10 go to the buryin' OF a
nclShhor and 1xin' the ash-hopper in the tacn
yard when como back"
Newcomer offered his sympathics to the Guide
on tho loss of friend
Oh yes was the reply. You don't get one
OF ms kind every day. He never done me n
favor in his life, but he was the sort that helped
without dom anythin'. Reckon you've run
acrost scch 1t WIZ the way in which cvcrthin'
come his way that ust to encourage me. He
never had to wait very long, either it just fell
all over him. 1t was So up to his last hour
Tho day no was tookcn down the doctor was
pa*sin by his house. an all they had to do was
TO knock on the window. and the doctor was
thcre OH the job. Then the day my neighbor
died the hearse passn by lest comm back
frum another buryn, and they didn't even take
the harness off the horses. Yes, sub, Dave was
the luckest chap l ever knowed."
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-27

that the result is entirely satsfao-
tory.
~. The Trooper and Maid (Child No.
2g9)
This ballad Is reported from Ken
lucky and Is sometimes called The
Trooper" the maid asks the trooper
when they arc to be married. He re-
plies:
When cookie shells grow silver bells,
When fishes ~ and seas go dry,
When apple trees grow in the seas,
etc etc.
Any one OF these ballads. or any
fragment or them, rtll be q ver.table
trca trove to the Virginia Folk
Lore Society. VIII you not keep this
list before YOU and report to me, as
soon as possible? Nothing found in
books Is wanted. Ballads do not live
in books. They 1--we from heart TO
heart. from lip TO lip. and from CEN
fury TO century, without the aid OF
printers ink.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-27
Quest of the Lost Ballad

L ROM DR.. G. Alphonso Smith, Of the Uni
l versity OF Virginia The Times Dispatch
prints to-day an appeal to the people of the
State for assistance i'll recovering some of
the lost ballads once current and tenderly
esteemed i'll this part OF the world. At least
DR.. Smith assumes they must have been sung
in the younger days OF the Old Dominion
and knows that if they were they were loved
also.
1t is delightful adventure in which Dr.
Smith enga ges--this quest OF the ballads Of
lang Syne. He ought to have the helpful
assistance Of every antiquary and OF all in
whom appreciation of this quaint species Of
folk songs yet fingers.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-27
SEEN ON THE SIDE
A Hidden Compliment.


Our friend. Captain Papcn.
We thought had been rappin'
Our weakness in scrnppin'
Explains the mistake;
And his explanation
Clears the situation
or every veXation
We felt for his sake.
The word "idiotic,"
So swcetly neurotic,
This Teuton exotic
Felt sure would bcguilo:
He meant to impress us.
To fervently bless us.
So thought he'd confess us
Like hin:, all the while.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-27
A Tale OF Two Cities.

dont sec any eceptacles for waste paper
ana banana skins" said a Baltuorcan to 2
Richmond cop.
NO, SIR We are a clearly city. Nobody here
ever has any waste paper And when our citi
zens eat a. banana they don't stand on the street
corners as they do in Baltimore I've known :,
l''hmond man to go down TO the river If he
WAS very banana hungry, just to throw the skin
in the river
with all OF that" said the Baltimorean You
are not careful as we are in our CITY IL
sirpage can is not handy put the skins in
our pocket and carry them around with us until
we meet the cart"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-27
Pcrils Beneath the Streets

N WELLERS in great cities, i'll particular,
Il and in all towns. in general, have been
forcibly reminded again OF IL peril that always
menaces them TO some extent by the cave-in
of more than 100 feet of Broadway. in New
York on Saturday. Care, whether ordinary
or extraordinary on the part Of citizens can
generally avoid the dangers that abound on
the surface Of the streets, hut gainst hasty
ill-designed impcrfectly constructed work
of contractors beneath the streets pos
sible amount of care can be cffectual.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-27
New Tax Law
Won't Lose
POpularitY

correspondent of the Norfolk
Virginian-Piot that the dispute between the
examiners Of records and the State Tax AdvI-
sorry Board, as to how far the examiners should
go back In hunting delinquent intangibles,
might tend to bring the system into
disrepute. tho Governor replied: 4 have fear
az the effect on the popularity OF the
laws by a dispute in which the only question
is to whether Il few millions in ntangibles
out OF hundreds of millions pay taxes
hitherto omitted When $3.50. 000. 900 OF untaxed
property Is uncovered right here In Richmond
and Henrico County. and much more is uncov-
cred in other parts of the State. the need OF
the laws is demonstrated Until something
more than the assessment of few millions out
Of the grand total is involved. the popularity
Of the new laws is not at stake" That is
"sockdolaEcr." The people Judge by results
and pay little attention to processes The law
that brings taxable property to book and brings
into the State Treasury revenue that would
otherwise have escaped Is bound to he popular
law. It may fall into disrcpute with those who
are thus made to pay up. but 1t will receive
the plaudits OF tho masses.-Newport News
Press.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-27
The Prospect Pleasing.

Now fades the simmcrins summer from our
sight. and everything to please the appetite
VIII soon be drawing nigh.
The oyster is-next cider-pumpkin pie. Per-
chance IL you wait little while and save
enough TO raise the money pile.
You'll get your turkey and
possum yam. and ~ lot Of other things including
\ case of dyspepsia to beat the band
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-27
At the Luuch Coun,,r

Customer: see you have a sign in tho win
dow that this is the beginning of the pumni,I,
pic season.
Garcon: Yes, sub. We 'naugerate dat delicacv
dis berry day. Yu IL one oh de fust at de feast
was IN mere about three weeks ago. What
was that you gave me then that Won csII.d
pumpkin pic?'
Dat WIZ merely limitation. subj and YOU
Know dat de fotygraf man say dat mmltntlo,
am de real extract OBJ nattcry"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-27
Hard! ffardl

Fo-Can't YOU set this cook of ours to prepare
b!ucui:o like mother used to make?
Sho (who had tried some of them)-Not unless
NO lay in supply of Portland cement Tho
manufacture of such biscuit without that in
gredtent is Z lost art.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-27
When n Man Want, Too ,,,o,

The fine old specimen of Southern NANNY
answered the ring. The caller was Informed INA,
tho lady OF the house out. us 70 lookn. fob
rooms?' he was asked. He replied that he
wanted room with modern convenienccs such
a' not and cold water. private bath steam
heat, etc.
1aas sub: Well. it's dis way. Evything
20 mention is used by de family. an ennybody
dat teks Il room in dis house expected TO git
what 20 speak OF de outside"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-27

Tho Anglo French loan will not he moro
IMAM haii billion and will net the investor
more than > per cent, it is now announced
mo topping of OF u half billion from the orig
inal request is OF no consequence between
1nanCicrs
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-27
All Right for Hin,

20 you regard honesty as the best polcy?"
inquired the student of American institutions
IN my own case. certainly" replied the cap
tain OF Industry. 1T enables me to maintain
Fixed distinction between my business and that
OF my competitors"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-27
Chats With Virginia Editors

Lcsislators, says the Norfolk Ledger Dis
patch. appear to think that 1t is better to help
mo FARMER who votes than to educate the youth
VINO Goes not or course. this does refer
to Virginia Legislators.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-27
Fixed for the Winter.

Sing 4 SONG OF siXpcnce.
Cellar tull of coal,
Weather getting colder.
As the fall days roll:
When the cellars opened,
Tons Of coal appear
don't care a farthing.
How cold ii gets this year.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-27

Our venerable contemporary. the ST. Louis
l;cpubic, informs its readers that Colonel
l. r., III going 20 Canada. may kill the Moose
that laid the golden egg We fail to find in
any Of our books any information that would
put tho Moose in II with the bird that is in
the egg industry.