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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1916-06-02
JAPANESE PATIENCE.
A Strong Mans Challenge to an Artist
and the Result.

Maruyama Okyo was the founder Of
the naturalistic school of Japanese
painting. He was born in 1875 and
died in 1895. In the International
Studio Mr.. Harad Jiro tells this story
about Okyo:
TanikaZe Kajimosuke was a cham
pion wrestler. One day he called on
Maruyama Okyo and proposed a trial
of strength, each according TO his own
line of pursuit. He would show the
greatest feat he was capable of by his
physical strength. and Okyo would
show his by his ability to paint. Okyo
agreed. The next morning he was
awakened by the sound Of something
falling outside the door OF his house.
He opened the door and found TAM
kaze standing by rock large enough
to tax the strength of a dozen ordi-
nary men. He had brought it, without
resting. all the way from Mount Ku-
rama, many miles distant.
Now it was Okyo's turn. He gave
lessons to his pupils as usual, but
spent every available minute in his
private atelier. working very far into
the night. Tanikaze called four or
five times, but was told that the paint
ing was not yet ready.
At last. after four months had pass
ed the wrestler said to the painter,
If you cannot show me your work
today think it is only fair to consider
myself as the winner of the contest.
l came here today prepared to take the
rock back to the mountain
Il have finished the work" answer
ed Okyo, with a smile. And he pre-
scented TO Tanikaze a roll of silk. TAM
kaze slowly unrolled tit was seven
feet long-and looked at it in amaze
ment. HAS this taken you four
months to paint?' he asked "Does
this represent your greatest skill?"
His surprise was not altogether un-
justified, for the artist had painted
nothing except stringed bow in its
actual size. Then Okyo calmly ex-
planned the matter as follows:
This is a picture Of the bow you re-
ceived from the emperor when you
had the honor of wrestling in the pal
ace grounds. The greatest achieve
ment in it is the drawing of this cord.
To draw a straight line over six feet
long without anything for guide Is
by no means an easy task. Just as
you brought the rock from the noun
tain without resting, so l have drawn
this line with a single stroke Of the
brush. Many a time in my attempts
the line faltered or the ink gave out
before the line was finished. | have
experienced with the brush a hardship
such as you encountered with the rock
on your way from Kurama. Come
and see the proof"
So saying he led Tanikaze to his
atelier and emptied large box full Of
papers and rolls Of silk that he had
spoiled in his endeavor to draw in a
single sweep Of the brush a straight
line over six feet In length. TanikaZe
was thoroughly convinced. He raised
the drawing to his brow I'm token Of
gratitude and left Okyo, promising
that he would treasure it and hand II
down TO his posterity and praising the
artist for his perseverance and stead
fastness Of purpose
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1916-06-02
Official Ignorance.

One Of the best of the many stories
Of English official ignorance Of the col
onies is recalled by L. A. Silburn in
"The Governance Of Empire" Lord
Palmerston was forming new minis
try and in preliminary council was
arranging its composition. He had
filed up all the portfolios with the ex-
ception of the colonial office. First one
name and then another was suggested
and thrown aside. At last he said to
Sir Arthur Helps: 81 suppose l must
take the thing myself. Come upstairs
with me and show me where these
places are on the maps"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1916-06-02
The Roman Forum.

The Forum was originally a market
place and only by degrees became the
center of Roman civic and political life.
About b. c. 40 it became the place OF
assembly of the people in their tribes
and was gradually adorned with tenn
pies and other great public buildings.
The Roman forum-the Acropolis at
Athens alone eXcepted-is perhaps the
most thrillingly interesting spot on
earth to such as know and appreciate
the teachings Of history. From the
forum came the august laws which
governed the then known world for
more than a thousand years.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1916-06-02
Working the Air Brake.

Contrary to the general impression,
the air pressure used In the air brake
on railroad cars is applied to hold the
brake shoes away from the car wheels.
The instant that the air pressure Is
released the brake shoes are forced
against the car wheels, bringing the
car or train to a stop. 1t is the re-
leasing of the air or the passage Of the
air through the valves that causes the
whistling noise heard under the cars.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1916-06-02
The Great Chain,

The great chain," the links Of which
were two and one-half inches square
and one foot long, each link weighing
40 pounds, was stretched across the
Hudson river at West Point, just be-
low Fort Clinton, May 1, 1878, to pre-
vent the British warships from ascend
ing the river. The total weight of the
chain was $50 tons, and its length
was $50 yards. Parts of it are still
preserved at West Point
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1916-06-02
Where Ganneta Swarm.

One Of the most remarkable sights in
the world is Bird island, In South AZ
RIGA, for the reason that during some
months Of the year it is literally COW
cred with gannets. Not foot of ground
is to be seen anywhere. Day after day
thousands Of gannets strut around, and
they are SO close to each other that the
whole island seems actually alive.
Those who have seen this sight say
that it is one which can never be for
gotten
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1916-06-02
HOW'S This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
f. ]. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. o.
We the undersigned. have known +. j.
Cheney for the last 10 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his firm.
Toledo, ..
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. Testimonials
sent free Price rs cents per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1916-06-02
Breaking IL Gently.

He had just been accepted. Does
your father know l write poetry?' he
asked anxiously.
Not yet, dear" she replied. i've
told him all about your drinking and
your gambling debts. but couldn't tell
him everything at once."-Life.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1916-06-02
You Know Him.

NOW. old fellow, want to tell you
my side Of the whole case"
But ] thought you had already told
me-"
by Jove. SO did. Well. it won't do
any harm to go all over it again.
Judge.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1916-06-02
Narborina Pain.

A japanese proverb says, when you
take poison don't lick the plate" How
much happier place the world would
be if that advice were taken! The
principal reason the higher animals
suffer less than man Is that they do
not think about their sufferings.-H
per's Weekly.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1916-06-02
Freak Shadow.

One of the mountains in Ceylon has a
remarkable shadow. Instead Of lying
on the ground, 1t appears to rise up like
q veil In front Of the observer. This u
due to mist.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1916-06-02
Tears of Recreation,

do you ever make your wife cryr
Sure. buy her matinee tickets to
zee every emotional actress who comes
10 town."-Washington Star.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1916-06-02

Search others for their virtues and
Myself for thy v1ces.-rurler.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1916-06-02
Glendale Photo Shop
IS NOM OPEN

we'll equipped to till all your picture needs Fest Materials,
and Workmanship 80 years of picture experience. Our
expenses light and Laying up
eart therefore will pay you IS mills Glendale
for your pictures We will do your Developing and Printing
in way that will please you.
D. B. Horton
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1916-11-21

operating street cars and subway
trains, taXcabs and fiacres, manTgingV
shops, and serving as mattresses. In
the professions the French woman has
made astonishing strides, not alto
gether since the outbreak of the war, i
but in the last quarter of century,
For instance, the young dentiste who s
had taken charge of the American
dentists office where I called, couldT
not have provided me with sucA4
completely satisfactory gold crown
had her knowledge been acquired
solely since August, 1914.
lone of the most interesting and I
appealing practices of the war Is the
adoption Of groups of peasant soldlerSeS
by the well-to-do women of ParisAS
One acquaintance of mine, owning q
large estate on the outskirts of theN
capital, is godmother to $50 soldiersI
whose home before the war was in a
district now occupied by the enemyA
These soldiers make this estate their&
home whenever they are on a six
I, day furlough. She cares for them ex-
, actly as if they were her overgrown
children not only watchful of their
material comfort but solicitous about !
! their entertainment as we'll. When
these boyish soldiers return to the
trenches they never fail to write : tod
their 'chere Aimee, as they affeC-
tionately call her.
"In the beginning I said that the
| Americans had always under-e sti-
mated the courage and strength off
character of the French women be-
cause they were always judged as
frivolous on account of their attention.
! to personal adornment. 1t is worthy
| n changed
this instinct in the slightest. saw
! thousands of girls handling hSavX<
shells in the munition plants; everyS
one of them had her hair neatly
| dressed. and was otherwise observ-
ant of her personal appearance as be-
| fits a French woman. During my stay 4
in Paris my little stenOgrapher wore
! the same tailored suit every day, yeta
, it was always neatly pressed and aher
waist was always immaculate. Her
| high-heeled boots were always freshly
/ polished, and her cOiffure beautiful.
No, the French woman has sacrificed
none of her chic in the pursuit of hert
high calling as a war worker.
"Do you know that the imperial
f1eur de lys is no longer the national
| flower of France? 1t has been sup
planted by the beautiful 'tri-color or
the felds-the red poppy. the blue
cornfower. and the white daisy.
When 7 made my unforgettable visit
to the f1rst-line trenches the soldiers
! plucked these flowers growing on the
edge of the embankment and present
ed them to me as a token of the af-
lection in which France holds AL
those Americans who have given so
freely to mitigate the sufferings in.
hospitals, to aid those whose hoSpesS
have been DESTROYED, and to .succor
the widows and orphans Of those who
gladly died that France and French
civilization might live"
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1916-11-21
What Baths Will Do. ,

! The use of water and exercising
have always gone hand-in-hand with
health. The unclean who shun the
| magic effects of ablution are the
bearers of dirt and thus of disease,
J saws Louis Henry Levy in Pictorial
Review. Uncleanliness is the en-
courager of dirt and it is in dirt that
ne germs of disease live and thrive.
I; is the clean skin rather than 1.-The
clean clothes that make you feel
clean. A clean feeling is a healthy
feeIing-a feeling of comfort ana
case. But cleanliness means the
use of water. 1t is natures wise
PROVISION for the protection of man
against his enemies, the disease-pro-
Oucers.
Upon the surface of the skin, tho
w-ter acts in many ways. Although
the skin, to our unpenetrating eyes,
seems just covering for the body,
it is as busy and as active a place
n: any within the body. There is
constant come and go of blood to tho
tiniest vessels, unloading the waste
collected from every corner OF tho
body The millions Of pores are the
portals through which must PEGS
continuously this useless body rub
bish. The very finest of nerves penc-
trate right to the eGge of the skin
and carry their messages from the
outside world to the heart aNd
muscles stimulating and Calling
upon these for greater activity.
From other sources oily and watery
substances gather and If not regular
ly removed, accumulate at the pores
threatening to block them and stop
their useful function. To activate the
heart. to stimulate the nerves to
eradicate the body debris and to clear
+he pores, there is constantly at your
service-water.
The intelligent use Of water re-
oulres a proper working knowledge
of it's actions. You hear frequently
mentioned the hot bath. the cold
bath, the shower, sea bathing, the
Russian and Turkish baths, a con-
fusing, complicating tumble Of
words, valueless unless properly
sorted out and mentally indexed.
The first demand made Of water is
for cleansing purposes. The oils anS
dirt of the skin, even the dead skin,
must be regularly removed. Man T.,
constantly shedding his skin in minute
pieces instead of in large sheets such
AS are shed periodically by the htber-
mating snake. Just as the hair grows
and the nails grow, so does the skin
grow and by rubbing it when moist
the tiny lifeless pieces can easily be-
rubbed away.
The cleansing bath is not a hot
bath. 1t is the comforting warm or
tepid bath that soothes and Gains,
that sends gentle messages along
the nerves to other parts of the
body telling them to lessen their
work for few restful moments.
Such baths twice weekly except dur
ing the summertime suffice to keep
the body clean and refreshed. When
the hot days are at hand and per- 90
spiration necessarily bathes the body
with its excretions more frequent
bathing Is necessary.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1916-11-21
COLORADO AND CONNECTICUT.

When Colorado visits Connecticut
there is JOY in the air. This is Colo
RADIOS day here. It is Colorado air,
Colorado sky, Colorado sunshine No
specialist could recommend anything
better. When such days occur who
shall say that the spirit of Colorado
is not ever ready to do homage to the
spirit of Connecticut? It is an estab-
lished law of physics that opposites
attract. That is why Colorado
pays court to Connecticut.
Busy little Connecticut, a mere dot
in the map of states; yet with enough
Industry to keep the nations wheels
ever turning. Colorado away up in
the mountains looks over broad ex-
panse Of states, sees the black smoke
from the tall chimneys, and sends its
crisp November air over to brush the
clouds away. And when the veil has
been removed Connecticut comes up
smiling to greet the chances Of her sis
ter state thousands Of miles away.
Such a day is the wedding of the
East and the West, the honeymoon of
the mountains, and the meadows, the
communion of raw material and fin
|tshed products. The clear crisp air
waves that brush the cheeks Of Pixies
Peak hover over New Britain. AS a
result men walk with their heads
higher, with an elasticity in their
steps, with the blood Of life tinglieg
sRnd bounding in their veins. It is a
thrill never to be forgotten when
colorado comes to Connecticut.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1916-11-21
Salaried Man, Living Costs.
(Meriden JOurnaI.

Much is being said about the plight
Of the salaried man in these times Of
high prices. The pinch does come
hard on a good many men whose wage
is stationary, but who are paying
higher for everything, particularly
this fall when food products are so
scarce
Yet If the salaried mans wages re-
main stationary while the pay of 9TH
er workers has increased let him not
altogether blame the fates and the
opposite political party. Perhaps he
has been at fault somewhere.
1t has generally been true, where a
man has been thoroughly on his job,
growing in efficiency and resourceful-
ness, that he has had his raise in
pay, largely compensating for the
higher scale Of prices. If he hasn't
had any, he may be the one to blame.
Perhaps he has spent too much time
reading about the high prices. when
he should have been thinking up
means Of charging his productive
ness.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1916-11-21

has come an increase in the cost of
operation. They claim they can no
longer continue in business unless
something is done to alleviate this
condition. They cannot get along un-
der a system of supervision that
makes them obey the laws of the Fed
eral Government and at the same time
bend to mandates Of forty eight separ-
ate and individual states in the union,
each state possessing different laws
on the material side the railroads are
handicapped by a shortage of cars
which makes 1t impossible for them to
handle all the freight business thrown
their way. Where they have cars the
locomotives are not sufficient in num-
Der to haul them, and whore cars and
locomotives are available terminal ia
cilities are not capable of taking care
plant of the railroads.
Yet those who have studied the
railroad problem with any degree Of
attention and sincerity know we'll
that the present day condition Of the
roads cannot be attributed alone to
the regulations imposed by the ma
tional government. The railroads
must be regulated. The regulation
did not come soon enough in this
case. If it had forestalled the posi-
bilfties Of such scandals as the New
Haven and others the roads today
would not be forced to utter such
walls. At this particular time they
are earning more money than ever be-
fore in their history, fact which they
fear will injure them in the eyes Of
the investigating committee, and yet
they tell us that one-sixth Of the rail-
road mileage Of the nation Is in the
hands of receivers. These are some
of the outstanding points in the rail-
road situation that face the Newlands
committee There is momentuous
work ahead and the hint Of govern
ment ownership is enough to make
every thinking man pause In his jour-
ney and listen to the arguments pro
and con. Government ownership in
other lands has proven all right, in
this country it would be beset with so
much political trickery and graft as
to start revolution. It would seem
then that Federal regulation in a
sensible manner is the way out Of the
problem.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1916-11-21
William Allen Whites View.

Leadership has failed to divert the
people. We elected a democratic
president in 1912 through republican
chicanery. And it is evident that
the spirit of the West remains un-
changed today, in spite Of the futile
efforts of the leaders of the progress
sive movement. The people of the
West have not changed their purpose
The opportunity to vote as they wished
to vote was taken from a great body
of them when the progressive party
quit business.
But they would not vote with those
who distrusted the aspirations of the
people Not even the issue Of ma
tional honor swayed these political
crusa ders. Disheartened and asham ed
but with unbroken spirits and I'M
shaken convictions these people voted
for Hughes. But the folks in the
West refused to follow. They would
vote for a man and party that they
distrusted, even though they respected
it's candidate.
The West does not forget.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1916-11-21
When You Leave Your Mother.

(By Folger McKinsey).
When you leave your mother, when
you say good-by,
When you kiss and hug her and you
see her start to cry;
When she puts her arms around you
and looks off with saddened
It's then you start to thinking your
homes a lovely place.
Your father shakes hands With you,
Your brothers yell goOd-by;
But when you leave your mother
There's a real tear in your eye.
The dreams are fine and dandy and
your vision opens wide
To the effort and the action that
you've started to decide;
All your hopes are burning brightly,
and your skys a sunny sky,
But When you leave your motEe" if's
so hard to say good-by.
So hard to see her grieving.
AS she sits there, all, SO lone,
In her memories of the childhoods
That have blosscmed and have
flown
Smell be wondering what you're doing
every moment Of the day;
In the twilight she'll be standing
where the shadows gather gray.
Looking off toward the city where
you've gone to face your care,
And the night will find her kneeling
In her holy hour Of prayer.
When you leave your mother,
When your lips on hers are
pressed,
All, it makes all else so trifing,
AS you sob there on her breast.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1916-11-21
The Strange Caverns in the Azores.

Late forenoon found us heading
down-coast in our large dory toward
2 cavern called F'urna de Fernao
Jorge in an unsubmerged portion or
q crater ring whose seaWard side had
been broken Away by storms. We
rowed into this great amphltheater,
which had once vomited forth a hell
Of fire and then sucked in the waters
Of the Atlantic.
An ever-falling curtain Of water
from the caves Of the great semi
domed cavern ahead screened the mys-
ferrous darkness beyond. Through
this shower shot the dory, bringing
up on a steep-shelving cave floor OF
large water-rounded stones From
the arching wall hung festoons of
ferns, MOSES and small plants grew,
reeking in wetness. Tiny olive-green
canaries ficked by, and were lost in
the verdure or darkness. The sput-
ter Of Ervings birdgun, as he
brought down two specimens-the
first of our collection-had an UNI
canny, smothered sound; one almost
expected it's report to bring the ire
mendous suspended mass crushing
down upon us.
The dory's adrift!'
The subtle surge had worked it
from the steep beach into the fast
sweeping current With flying leap
and plunge John fortunately recov-
cred it, for the lonely cavern was no
place to be marooned at high tide.
Farther southwark, we aga 4 left
the bright sunlight and steered into
the Furna dos Enchareos-a colossal
cash in the side Of Flores At first
we rowed in the darkness of night.
Then the bases of the arching walls,
like the transparent water, took on
a peculiar ultra marine-dayligh
turned to shadow and oxidized by
nature. Cautiously for two hundred
feet we felt our way into the bowels
of the great cliff Here the cave, mar
rowing. terminated in an inner cham
be- The dory softly heaved to an
uncanny, subtle, under-sea notion.
Back water! Look there!' came
from the bow. From the inner cham
Der issued a peculiar rumbling; be-
fore the dory could be backed out of
the narrow corridor it became a see
thing caldron. From its center a gey-
ser shot kissing into the darkness,
telescoped, then all was still. We
warily reapproached this interesting
phenomenon, which, after a few mo-
ments' quiescence, returned again
ments' quiescence, REQUIRED again and
again. That inner chamber was a
weird, uncanny sight, an impression
Of direct connection with another
world.-Charles Wellington Furlong
in Harper's Magazine.