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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-09-21
WHERE WOMEN ALWAYS
WORK

mo woman in Palestine is too old
er too young to work" says the Chris
titan Herald "A girl of six tends her
small brothers or sisters, and the
grandmother weaves or spins until
the day she dies. AS is common
among Oriental women. those Of Pal
estine age early, and at Is the ordi-
nary woman of the laboring class is
wrinkled and bent, unless as water
bearer she preserves her erect car
rage and Queenly gait.
"The old woman spins wool as she
goes to her home or the fields where
the men till the ground or beat the
green olives from the trees. Her
costume is composed of two pieces,
unless she wears shoes, which is
neither necessary nor customary. The
full dress or tobe is gathered at the
waist by. belt of coarse cloth, and
is tied at the throat with a heavy
string, so that weather-beaten strip
Of neck can be seen below it. One
piece of goods forms the front and
another the back, and until Paris
fashions affect the laborers, as they
have already affected the drones in
the Levant, a triangular piece of
cloth, to give high-speed walking full
ness to the skirt, is the only mater
ial added.
"The veil is long and strong and
can be used to tie up fagots or to
contain such measures Of barley as
Ruth had from Boaz in the fields.
Coarse and durable embroidery may
decorate both tobs and veil, but
the young bride wears embroidery
for which rich tourists bargain in
vain.
"The thumb and forefnger of the
old woman are hard and polished
where they grasp the smooth-worn
spindle on which the coarse yarn
has been wound With a quick twirl
the spindle is set in motion, and the
yarn is stretched out and made even
by the hand with which she starts
the spindle. When the bobbin ceas-
es to spin, it is held against the
dress to prevent it from reversing
and unwinding the yarn which has
been made. After three feet or so of
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-09-21
WAS JAMES ]. HILL RIGHT

Among other things, James J. Hill,
the greet railroad magnate, said:
II you want to know whether
you are destined to be success
or not, you can easily find out
The test is simple and infalli-
BILE: Are you able to save mon
ey? If not, drop out You will
lose. You may think not, but
you will lose as sure as fate, for
the seed of success is not in you.
Was Hill right? No doubt the rail
read builder had in mind the finan-
3ial world when he made the state
ment as to making money, but there
are many men who do not make for
tunes that make a success in life.
Men who have been presidents of the
United States, men who have written
poems that will live forever, and men
who have. painted their way into
fame, have not accumulated dollars.
Some of these have names that will
last longer than that of Hill. But
all cannot be presidents or poets or
painters and for the average man
there is nothing so stable and COM
forting as a bank account or secure
investments. Hill was right from his
viewpoint and the viewpoint is worth
considering.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-09-21
DEMOCRACY AND THE PUBLIC
nc ~. cCu0OT G

No people can remain democratic
who do not have a fund of common
experiences in childhood and youth.
It is necessary that they shall know
each other can be obtained in the
In each other and like each other.
This acquaintance and touch" with
each other well and have confidence
best way only in childhood and in the
Grst flush of youth. School.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-09-21

Here is a story Of fifty-ffty in con-
nection with a Baraboo hunter:
A few evenings ago a number OF
hunting stories were being told and
the following was given as a true
tale in connection with Baraboo
attorney. While hunting ducks he
was able to bag a large number, and
his friends knew about it. On his
way to seek shelter at night he was
met by a stranger who informed the
man with the gun that he was game
warden and that the hunter had far
too many birds above the legal limit.
He told the hunter that it would cost
him at least two hundred and fifty
dollars, to which the attorney loudly
protested. They walked along and
met a friend Of the attorney who lis
tened to the case. They discussed
the affair with the warden and it was
at last arranged that one hundred
dollars should be paid. The Bara-
BOO attorney said he had only fifty
dollars, to which his friend agreed to
add fifty more, making the total one
hundred. The case was settled in
the usual way and the next evening
the Barahoo attorney-hunter was in.
vited to a champagne supper and
when the atmosphere had cleared the
hunter learned where his fifty had
vanished.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-09-21

lAge is worth 500 per cent more thar
the high school boy and about soc
per cent more than the common
school graduate.
This is the conclusion drawn from
a farm survey in Reno county, Kan
sas, by students of Reno County high
school under the direction of Prof.
L. C. Christie.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-09-21

rains now, nearly every night nice
shower. Crops look nice and have
not suffered in this locality, although
we have had but little rain during
the spring and early summer We
are on the mixed soil which holds
moisture much better than the light
land. South of here a few hundred
miles cattle are in bad shape for
food. No rain since April, and pas
lures dried up early. Our feed Is
fine here and the prairie is green as
in springtime We certainly are
lucky compared to other localities
y * s.
An effort is being made to preserve
the intagiio at Fort Atkinson, the
last one known to exist in the world.
ing the hearth and made an intaglio
by scraping out the soil in the shape
of an animal or bird. Years ago
there was an intaglio on the farm
owned by the late Major Charles III.
Williams, just south of Baraboo. The
Iu[3SllO at fDTt AlRlnSOn is Sn8peU
like an animal and lies on vacant
lot near the street The subject OK
its preservation was presented by
Charles E. Brown of Madison at the
joint meeting of-the Wisconsin Archeo-
logical society and the Sank County
Historical society at the lake early
in the month. He read a letter fronA
DR. A. y. Stout Of New York, former
~ Of Baraboo, urging that steps be
taken at once to secure the land
Mrs. G. w. Dexlleimer Of Fort Akin
son spoke for the movement. liz
case any readers of The News are
interested in the project they should
write to Mayor John H. Hager or Mrs.
Dexheimer at Fort Atkinson, Wis
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-09-21

Edison stands for a ten-hour day,
says the Brooklyn Eagle. He says
the eight-hour day means poor re-
suits, and does the working man no
good. He has always worked eight
cen hours a day, and by SO doing has
created $8,000,OOO,00O of wealth by
hls directing genius, without the aid
OF congress. 1t is not likely that
BdiSon should be trusted to shed light
on this matter. He is a genius-in a
class by himself. But if Edisons
should ever become common, laws
would have to be made to restrict
their output A race of individuals
of his caliber would overbalance the
centripetal force of collectivism The
competitive system furnishes the Edi-
sons with their incentive, and we are
now making war on that incentive.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-09-21

The report that highwaymen took
81, 900 from a Boston & Maine railway
station the other day makes the re-
ownership appear perilously near.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-09-21

difficult to get names spelled correct
~ and to obtain the correct ones.
This situation is not only encounter
ed in Baraboo, but wherever poll
lists are made.
fta .
Wilbur Bible will have something
to narrate around his family Preside
when he returns to Ironton. While
juryman on the Hackett case he
visited the county Jail and seeing
pair of handouts there decided to
try them on. While around his wrists
the lock was sprung and the key
could not be located. The hour for
court to be called was drawing nigh
and it was necessary to hurry TO
the Capener & Capener repair shop,
where a search was made for key,
but none could be found. For a time
it seemed that he must wear the
irons into court or have his arm am
putated, At last an old saw was
brought forth and the vexing situa-
ton was passed.
II y 4
Here is a kind note to The News
and an item of interest for Baraboo
people;
Spencer, South Dakota.-My wife
feels lost without The News. Her
brotherin-law, John Link. from your
town, is here and the change of elf
mate seems to agree with him as he
has been sickly for about eight years.
1t seems treat to him to feel as
well as he does. Yours very truly,
w. F. Peppmuller
X X .
Hickory nuts are rare On some
trees this season, while others are
loaded Those who seek nuts should
have in mind that disappolntments
hans on many of the boughs.
Il 4
Mrs. F. w. Bunker writes from
Dalhart, Texas: 1--WE are having fine
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-09-21
TO OUR PATRONS

After October 1, 1915, the subserip-
ton price of the Baraboo Weekly
News will be $50 per year instead of
$1.25. We are now paying $3.50 a
month for the paper on which The
News is printed, while four months
ago it cost us $3.50 per month. The
price is still going up and we may
be forced to pay even higher price.
Other commodities that go to make
up paper have also risen in price
and an increase in the subscription
price of our paper is necessary if we
wish to continue in business.
In order to be- absolutely fair to-
ward our patrons, all who pay SIPS
before October /, 1915, will be cred
tied on the list and their subscriptions
extended one year from the present
OS1k0 VI cAQAhC1Ous NEW SUUSCT1uClO0S
will also be received at the present
price of s1.25 per year up to October
/. 1916 ANY who may wish to pay
one or several years ahead ON the
Weekly News may do so at the rate
of s1.25 per year if payment is made
before October /, 1916,
The News has been with you every
week for thirty-two years. Many Of
you have had it in your homes every
week Of that time. We have always
kept it clean family paper, to be
read with profit by any member of the
family. II you are friend Of the
News Aow is the time to grove your
loyalty.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-09-21

eff statesmen write letters that
should not be published, those are
the ones that should be published. -
Ex-senator Joseph w. Bailey, That's
what w. r. Hearst thought.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-09-21

yarn is spun to the desired twist, 1t
is wound around the spindle and
caught at the end as we catch thread
on the end of the SPOOL"
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-09-21

Massachusetts spent much less than
the appropriation at the Panama-Pa-
cihc exposition. From the point of
view Of some Of the other states, Mas
Sachusetts is always doing the unex-
pected
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-09-21

New Hampshire may save her "Old
Man of the Mountain" but Cy Sullo-
way, her "old Man of the Sea-" is a
gsner
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-09-21

Mrs. L. Towers and daughter Thel.
ma have gone to Okee, where they
will visit with Mrs Towers mother,
Mrs. William Sommers.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-09-21

Thousands of people who five or
six years ago couldn't afford horse
and buggy are now able to afford an
awtomobile.-Ed Howe.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-09-21

A merchant can get along without
advertising and so can wagon with
sut grease, but it goes slow.-Daily
News.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-09-21

Italy having declared war against
aewmany, it is understood that hostH-
iios will begin in couple of years.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-09-21

A Kansas farm boy who graduates
fRem high school is worth 70 per
cent more to himself than his broth
er who graduates only from the COM
mon schools. s>
A farm boy who goes through col
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-09-21

It appears that we might just as well
@ive up the idea that Denmark VIII
efer trading stamps.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-09-21

In a western city a man saved MS
nennies. His heirs blew in the dol
lars.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-09-21

One gathers that Senator Galiinger
xayorite flower is the Penrose.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-09-21

Next will come the November Tug
Of war.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-09-21

overcoats and furs are coming into
MAeir own.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-09-21

nithmar went through on the tast
cypress.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-09-21

that ignorance is bliss in taxation mat
tiers is not at all confined to the fed
era1 lawmakers.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-09-21

Judge James O'NeiIl, who is hold
ing court in Baraboo, spent his sum-
mer vacation along the st. Lawrence
river In the state of New York. The
Judge owns a tract of land on the
bank of the historic waterway and
often returns to visit there, his boy
hood home. He was accompanied by
Mrs. O-'Neill and one Of their pleas
ant recollections of the trip is a float
down among the Thousand Islands.
Northern New York is an attractive
place to go during the summer
months.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-09-21

According to official statements it
costs the people of Wisconsin nearly
a half million of dollars to hold a
primary election. This year there
were over 1000 precincts in the state
and the citizens are supposed to
gather to the number OF nearly a mil
lion to express their preference of
the various candidates. In fact, less
than 100000 exercised the privilege.
To conduct the election it required
the services Of some $4,000 election
officials, an army nearly three times
as large as the Wisconsin state mi
litia
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-09-21

Since the primary election, polling
lists have been printed and posted
by the city clerk. The lists we're
compiled by the election officers, and
it will be noted that the lists have
greatly increased. When the list was
printed in the third ward
it numbered 226, and the one just is
sued contains 373 names, an increase
Of lat. It is said that some of the
lists contain names Of people who
have died or moved away. 1t is very
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-09-21

Mrs F. W. Bunker writes from
Texas: 1--WE are having fine
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-09-21

Among other things, James J. Hill
the greet railroad magnate, said:
Evening journal., 1916-01-31

the church altar and a sermon will
be delivered over their dead body.
Men, be consistent, die like the devil
and 90 where the devil goes.
At the funeral Of Ingersoll there
was no scripture read, no PRAYER Of
fered no sermon preached. Why
should there be? A man who had
devoted his life to ridiculing the
Bible and scoiIing at prayer. why
should these rites be performed over
his body? One or two OF his friends
arose and told what an eloquent man
he was. and then they went away.
That wife and daughter held on to
that decaying corpse. said one Of the
New York dailies. a few days after,
"until the health officers had TO go
into the house and by force take
away that body to the crematory TO be
burned" Say, man. is that the kind
OF a death you want to die? Is that
the kind OF a funeral you want to
have? What could one Of these min
listers OF the Gospel say, honestly
about you? Could he say. There was
a man that every one knew was a
Christian. whose life and influence and
example counted positively on the
right side
Contrast Ingersolls funeral with
the funeral Of Moody. | remember
the last time I heard Mr.. Moody
speak Il was only few months
before his death. He said. Some OF
these days. you will read that Mood.
is dead. Don't you believe it, said
he. "this body will be dead. but there
never will be a time when Moody viii
be as much alive as then" I heard
his own son. viii. tell the story OF
his fathers last day on earth. H'
said. THAT morning when I entered
the sick room my father looked NJ
at me and smiled and said, "Will
something tells me this is going L
be my coronation day. the day ! hav'
looked forward TO for years. h'
closed his eyes for a while and th'
family thought the end had come
They gathered around about his bed
They spoke to him and he looked nj
and said cheerfully, "lf this is death
! il is glorious" He bade goodbye Il
his children. one after the other. an'
then to his dear wife. who has sine
gone to join him in heaven. Then h
exclaimed. Earth is receding, heavel
is opening. God is callingl Good
bye!" and he was gone. That is sue
cess. the greatest success you AM
can have on this earth. He wa
reaping exactly as he sowed. Mer
begin today to SOW the right kind o
seed. Accent Christ as your Saviour
Evening journal., 1916-01-31

mother he. too. rushed
to the captain and asked to be allowed
to get of the boat.
To the Same Place.
And yet there are some people that
think everybody is going to go to the
same place. Mckinley and the man
who murdered him. Dwight l.. Moody
and Robert Ingersoll. going to the
same place. Why, friends. suppose in
one field there are beautiful, fragrant
flowers, and in another a decaying
carrion. dead hog or steer. Along
came some humming birds. to which
place would they go? You would say
They will go to the flowers" Sup
pose some buzzards would come
sweeping down. "They would go to
the carrion."
By your own choice you arc decid-
ing your own destiny. You are sep
arating yourselves either into hum
ming birds or buzzards.
Tho bird law-the law OF habit. is
the strongest OF all II is like. James
spoke OF habit worn paths" Even
physiOlogically every new impression
has to literally plow its way through
the brain tissue lt is like water
flowing down a hill. cutting its own
channel on the first first day. and
then using the same channel after
that. cutting It deeper and deeper az
time goes on.
So. my friend. by the universal law
OF habit you are fixing your own fate.
and for the same excuse that you
would turn your back on Jesus Christ
tonight and refuse to cross that quiz.
you would also do it tomorrow. and
the next day, and the next day after
that. AZ last your life becomes fixed
and you are either on the right side
or on the wrong side.
II YOU do not receive Jesus Christ
as your Lord and Saviour. God SAYS
you are on the wrong side and by
that law OF habit. when that gulf is
once fiNod, Il will be fixed forever"
When Louis Aggasiz was a boy in
Switzerland. the great bOtanist. with
a young brother. came upon crevice
In the glacier covered mountain.
Kneeling down he stretched his body
across the opening. letting his young
err brother crawl over his body to
safety. There was a great fire in a
New York tenement. The inmates in
the upper stories were at the win
dows. screaming for help. A brave,
brawny fireman crawled TO the top
most rung of the fire ladder, holding
to the scorching window ledge with
his bare hands and scores came down
over his shoulders to safety.
Christ Bridges the Gulf.
Oh. friends. tonight see Jesus
Christ. the Son OF God, hanging on
the cross OF Calvary, bridging that
gulf for you With one hand He
reaches up and clasps the hand O.
God. The other He extends to you
across the gulf ] beseech you, there
fore. in Christs name. be ye recon
ciled to God. Cross over that gulf to
night. DO il now. Get the assuranc
in your heart tonight that you ar
saved. that you are child of Cod 10
= when the gulf is once fxed II is &c
. ing to be fixed forever.
Evening journal., 1916-01-31

old colored man. One morning he
was hoeing in his field when his pas
tor came along the road. Good morn
ing Uncle Eh, what are you thinking
about this morning?" He looked up
with a tear glistening like a diamond
on his ebony cheek and said. Il was
just thinking, il the crumbs which
fall from the heavenly Fathers ta-
BILE are so good. what must the whole
loaf in glory be-" He had the ele-
ment Of receptivity.
You couldn't tell where these two
men we're going to spend eternity as
you saw them on the street Neither
could you tell IL by their funerals
There is more humbuggery and ny
pocrisy at the average funeral than
almost anywhere else on earth.
imagine this funeral of the rich man
was a great affair II must have
been something like the funeral oi
the baby of a prominent society won
an I'm a town where I lived in my boy
hood. There we're lots OF flowers and
fuss and display and show and when
that society woman came back from
the graveyard. she said to a friend
Wasn't that a grand SUGGEST"
imagine that the funeral OF this rich
man was a grand success.
II he had been living today he
probably would have been a lin
err and belonged to everythine
coming along. He would have, beer
Lord Sunrpmp King of the Royal Or.
der of Goats. or something else that
would have given him popularity. In
the summer time his Sundays would
have been spent at the lake; in the
winter time at the club. playing pok-
er and drinking. He was a hale fel-
low, well met. cheek by jowl with
everyone that came along Imagine
the whole crowd at the funeral sing
! ing at the top of their voices, Hail
hail. the gangs all here"
The Society Icycle.
The speaker carried his point anC
also provoked the laughter Of his
audience by telling of the death o
member OF the "Order OF the Norti
Pole" or Rising Sun" or some othel
organization. When she was to b.
buried. a member OF the order car
ried shoe box in. which was i'm
prisoned a little pigeon. Standin;
above the grave. she went through al
! the necessary rites and mummery
saying: LAS this pigeon. this whit
dove. sails into the azure blue. 81
will the soul Of our sister go to tn
Evening journal., 1916-01-31

moned from his office. The doctor
told the father that there was nothing
he could do for the boy He had but
little while to live. All the fathers
hopes were centered in that son. He
stood by the bedside, crushed in his
grief. He exclaimed. "Oh. Harry. is
there not something that can do for
you! Whatever ii is tell me, and
will do IT," The dying boy looked up
at his father and said. Father. ] am
not a Christian. Kneel here by my
bedside and pray for me" The father
turned away and went to the window
and stood biting his lip to the blood.
When he came back to the bedside
the boy was dead. He told a friend
the next day, Il would give every
dollar ] have in the world il I could
have my boy back with me and I
could pray for him" Father. what
kind Of seeds are you sowing? viii
that son of yours. by your influence,
be led to Christ?
Then there is the other side to this
great truth. II you SOW to the Spirit.
If you receive Jesus. the Son of God.
as your personal Saviour and Lord,
you may have the certain assurance
OF everlasting life. What is included
in this? Forsaking sin, making res
titution for sin. turning your back on
whatever God shows to you is wrong
breaking with the old life. surrender
ing your will to do Gods will. re-
ceiving and confessing Jesus as your
personal Saviour. Then you may be
assured that. come what may. all will
be well with you throughout eternity
That harvest you will reap will be
perennial. You will be gathering tho
fruits Of gladness and of JOY through.
out the ages.
Let me close this message with Z
contrast Of two funerals-the funera
of Robert G. lngersoll and Dwight L
Moody. Ingersoll. the infdel. and
Moody. the Christian worker. Everl
one will admit that Ingersoll was on,
Of the most brilliant orators Americ;
ever produced, but he used his talen
in attacking the Bible and blasphem
ing God But the funeral OF Inger
soil was consistent with his life.
cannot understood the inconsistencie
Of many funerals. Men who have ha,
no time for prayer or the reading o
the Bible, when they get to thei
deathbed are the first ones 10 sen,
for the preacher to come and pray 70
their lost souls. Men. that never at
tended church when they were living
eXDect that after thev are dead thei
collins will be carried and placed a