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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-02-16
A PROSPECT OF PEACE

Whether or not the gifted CORES
pondents who are cabling peace re-
ports from various parts of the COM
pass have any information to go upon,
the time is the most prOpituOus one
for peace negotiations which has Oc-
Cured since the outbreak of the war.
Before the battle of the Marine Ger
many would not have considered it..
Immediately after that battle the al
lies terms would have been impossible
of acceptance. Indeed, until last May
the apparent collapse of Austria
seemed to presage a TeutOn catas-
trOphe.
Then came the tremendous AustrO-
German offensive which made the peo-
pies of those countries think that a
military victory was about to crown
their arms, while the allies still had
hopes of victory in Gallipoli or on the
western front.
At the present moment matters APP
pear to have reached deadlock.
The German general staff must have
despaired of taking Calias or Dover,
otherwise it would have tried to do
so. 1t also seems to have found it i'm
possible or not worth the risk to cap
ture Petrograd or Moscow or even
Kiev in Russia.
1t is a question whether the Ger
man offensive had not reached it's linn
it's even before troops were withdrawn
for the drive into Serbia.
The drive in Serbia has been sue
cessful to the extent of opening COM
munications with Constantinople and
of strengthening the pro-German party
in Greece and ROumania, at least to
the extent of keeping those countries
from joining the allies. 1t has saved
Turkey. 1t has not helped Germany
On the other hand, the allies great
offensive on the western front has been
developed and has failed.
1t is as nearly certain as anything
can be in war that the German war
machine is too we'll organized, toe
strong in material, numbers, and NOR
ale to be beaten down at any point by
any armies the allies can bring
against them.
1t also appears that the German ma
chine can gain ground in any direction
it may drive, but not that it can gain
enough ground to bring a military vic
tory
On the sea the British navy has
completed it's supremacy. Not only
has it suppressed most of the German
submarine activities but it has invaded
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-02-16

Others can bring you up carefully;
can give you equipment and education,
but at the end there is but one power
that DEGREES for or against your sue
cess, and that is yourself.
Stevenson said, Zone man / had to
make good Myself All others l have
to make happy,-if I can"
Yourself is your direct point of con-
tact with the world and those about
you. Yourself is the point that needs
study and adjustment because the
world by all the laws of physics and
metaphysics is bound to react upon
you as you affect it.
Were it not for the real serious bus
mess Of training and bringing the best
out of yourself the business of bring
ing happiness out of this world would
be automatic.
AS the world has grown complex,
more and more study of the relation
of each individual to his surroundings
has been necessary.
There are certain qualities that be-
long to you yourself. Your most de-
voted friend cannot force them on you.
Your most relentless enemy cannot
take them away. They are far more
potent and vital than any extraneous
gifts that Fortune or Chance can pos
sibly bring you They are free gift
of your inheritance. II you are well
endowed with them and also with the
fun spirit which will make the most
of than Won arc q fortunate soul
equipped to meet the world.
If your birth has been niggardly
with these qualities, then all your life
you work to disadvantage, but if your
self be mostly of the right spirit you
will triumph anyway.
Naught stands between you and the
world but yourself.
You say, specifically, 'My duty in
this world is to others,-not to my
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-02-16

the Baltic and is waging successful
submarine warfare in that ocean.
The pinch Of war is bitterly felt in
every country. France suffers partic-
ularly from the enemy occupying her
soil In Germany pure wheat bread
has not been tasted for more than a
year, and now meat has been taken
away as a regular diet Foreign trade
has collapsed, and it is hard to figure
how the German government can stag
ger under it's war debt.
Indeed, were victory in sight the
need of an enormous indemnity would
be Germany's greatest incentive for
continuing the war.
Russia, which has borne the great
bulk of the war on land has fought
all the central powers-Germany, Aus
tria, and Turkey-has been blocked
from commerce with the world over
her principal highways, the Black and
the Baltic seas. Her exports nave
dwindled to the vanishing point, and
the capacity of her open ports is ex-
hausted importing war material alone.
The least suffering of the contend
ing parties is England, and England,
| furthermore, has the tradition OF be-
| ing the most obstinate of fOemen. Yet
England herself has suffered terribly
and her political organization for
continuing warfare is not intact. She
is for the first time menaced in her
empire by the opening of cOmmun1ca-
tions between the central empires and
| their eastern allies, Bulgaria and Tur-
key. In a few months at the most the
Prussian general staff will be prepared
to strike across the BOsphorus for the
orient, and if the war continues she
will have to do this, as, surrounded
and blOckaded, she cannot afford to
stand on the defensive. Such a move
might bring about the collapse of the
British empire, which England can
not contemplate without horror.
Such a move might result in military
disaster, as such far sent expeditions
have usually done throughout history,
or it might, by drawing so many men
! far from the fatherland, weaken the
line of defense to the breaking point.
Either of these contingencies would
be fatal to Germany.
With the exhaustion on every hand,
with the deadlock on existing battle
fields, with the horror of another win
ter campaign to be faced, and with
the hitherto undreamed of pOssibili-
ties of an oriental campaign, is it not
possible that the chancellors of Europe
will find some ground upon which to
make Chicago Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-02-16
WHEN YOU'RE 21.

Life's race is never to the swift,
Nor yet to those who let things drift.
IT'S always lost and never won;
IT'S ended most before it's run.
Still, what do these things mean to
me?
I'm twenty-one today to see.
At twenty-one you don't care much
About life's race, and such and such;
You figure every ones your friend,
You have no broken heart to mend,
Your thoughts are kind, your life care
free;
And that's the way it is with me
I'm tWenty-One.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-02-16
THE TRAGEDY.

When brother Tommy shines his shoes
with very special care
And stands before the glass to choose
the tie that he shall wear,
When he discards the little caps that
perched above one ear
And says that all the other chaps are
wearing hats this year,
When he invests in scarfpins, made of
imitation pearl
His mothers mortally afraid that
TOmmy's got girl.
No more he sneers at light gray spats
or coats with swallow tails,
Nor calls the fellows sissy-cats that
clean their finger-nails.
He doesn't think it's wasting time to
brush his tOusled locks,
He doesn't hold that it's a crime for
boys to wear silk socks.
And viewing with extreme alarm his
newborn fear Of dirt,
His mother seeks the magic charm,
and finds tits a skirt.
And though she bravely makes believe
it brings her happiness
That she no longer has to grieve be-
cause he hates to dress,
And though she says that she is glad
that he's so trim and neat
Far more, indeed, than is his Dad
when he goes on the street,
Her eyes grow dim, for we'll she knows
that nothing can restore
Her little smudgy boy to her-the way
he was before.
Exchange.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-02-16
THE HOMESTEAD.

Here we came when love was young.
Now that love is old,
Shall we leave the floor unswept
And the hearth acold?
Here the hill wind in the dusk,
Wandering to and fro,
Moves the moOndowers, like ghost
Of the long ago.
Here from every doorway looks
A remembered face,
Every sill and panel wears
A familiar grace.
Let the windows smile again
To the morning light,
And the door stand open wide
When the moon is bright.
Let the breezes of twilight blow
Though the silent hall,
And the dreaming rafters hear
How the thrushes call.
Oh, be merciful and fond
To the house that gave
All it's best shelter love,
Built when love was brave!
Here we came when love was young
Now that love is old,
Never let it's day be lone
Nor it's heart acOld!
Bliss Carman in the Century.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-02-16

That small farm idea seems to have almost
been forgotten about in the last several years. At
one time all you could hear was ten-acre tracts,
planting orchards and making your living out Of
truck between the rows while the trees were ma
turing, and SO on. Most of our farms are alto
gether too big It seems to be the consensus Of
opinion that a farmer can do pretty well on
eighty acres, fairly 50 forty, and would starve
10 death on ten. What we need in Grant county
is smaller farms and more population The way
to get this is by going in for more dairying. We
have certain natural resources that make old
Grant county lead the world almost in this line
and while dairy farming is UNNECESSARILY hard
er than raising corn and hogs, the returns are
much higher and more certain. The dairy farm
ers whistled and kept drawing their cream
checks this year while the corn was being frost
cd and hogs were getting thinner all the time.
Natural blue grass, abundant spring water good
dairy COWS, and pure bred hogs are fine combin-
alton. we have the first two-we need more of
the latter
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-02-16
YOURSELF

self" The truth is, your preeminent
duty in this world is just to yourself.
Only by doing the very highest best
for yourself can you do the very high
est best for others.
No man can teach mathematics who
has not himself mastered mathematics.
You can only tach astronomy SO far
as you have studied the story Of the
stars.
You cannot hope to make others
cheerful unless you have made cheer
fulness your habit You cannot give
sympathy until you have acquired
sympathy.
Not until you have learned how to
help yourself can you be help to 9th
ers. The man who is not master of
himself cannot hope to be master over
men.
Emerson said the best thing a boy
got out Of college was a room to him
self.
A measure of meditation is whole
some to the growing soul.
The wise man as the wise merchant
always knows where he stands be-
cause he knows the worth of pause for
invoice. Take stock of yourself. If
on reviewing your shelves you fird
your stock of considerations for others
be low, or your jars of generosity be
empty, get more Of these commodities
in your stOrehouse. You need them to
make yourself good to yourself and
fborofOro COOd tn others
The merchant who is well equipped
for trade is not afraid to take stock
In his invoice he finds a satisfaction
that breeds strength.
1t is only the man who IS poorly
equipped to be good to himself and of
service to others who SHES at self
study. His timidity is the measure
Of his need Of self-refection.-M adi-
son State Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-02-16
THE LIMIT.
(From the Minneapolis Tribune.)

(From the Minneapolis Trbune)
mo will himself unless he means to attack
says Ford Tell that to the messengers and
posoce guards and the bank teers in the smaller
the horse marines This is the clncher OF
argument that preparedness means war; 1t
comes from a who admits that he has given so lit
consideration to public affairs till he caught his peace
fever that though old enough to vote for
thiry-one years. voted but six times and
then only when my wife made me-" This is the man
who presumes declare the world the sentiment of
the American people the subject of national defense
may granted all the good intentions that his friends
claim for him-but that's the limit.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-02-16
THE EVENING FAD.
Detroit Free Pre5s.)

Detroit Free Press.)
Time was that when my day was done
The evening was a time for rest.
I puffed my pipe and watched the sun
In glory sinking in the west.
I knew cOntentment that was real
Not longer than two years ago,
But now when finished is the meal
She drags me to a picture show.
No more the splendid hour Of peace
That once [ knew l now possess.
When all my daily struggles cease
There is no balm of happiness
Refreshing, cool, to SOOthe my brow,
No restful hour that I may know,
For when we've finished dinner now
She drags me to picture show.
Each evening 1 must sit and see
The widows baby die;
Must gaze on acts of villany,
The soldiers put to death a spy.
A dam destroyed by dynamite,
Which drags from her frightened
"Oh!"
And every other dreadful sight
That constitutes a picture show.
I've gazed on Farnum's curly locks
Until l wish that he were bald;
I've seen the seIfsame pile of rocks
By every mountain title called.
I've seen him lick a dozen men
In combat with a single blow,
But after supper, once again
She drags me to the picture show.
o for the night that once / knew,
Before the picture craze began;
When once his daily tasks were
Through
There was no place to take man.
Then l could sit in real delight
And watch the people come and go,
But now-I'll bet again tonight
She'll drag me to a picture show.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-02-16
BEFORE THE SNOW.

Now soon, ah, very soon, know
The trumpets of the North will blow,
And the great winds will come to
bring
The pale wild riders Of the snow.
Darkening the sun with level flight,
At arrOWy speed, they will alight,
Unnumbered as the desert sands,
To bivouac on the edge Of night.
Then I within their sOmbre ring,
Shall hear a voice that seems to sing,
Deep. deep within my tranquil heart,
The valiant prophecy of spring.
Bliss Carman in the Atlantic Month
".
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-02-16

Governor Philip has appointed Wausau man
named Rosenberg to succeed Judge Barnes on
the Supreme bench The esteemed State Journal
Immediately raises the cry of corporation law
yer" Well, some lawyers aren't smart enough to
be employed for corporation work and it holds by
no means that man is not going to be fair with
the people regardless of whom he may have
worked for in the past. It may also be said that
about the silIiest game imaginable is the old dem
agogic cry Of wolf every time corporation is
mentioned There are good corporations and bad
corporations; good men and bad men; good news
papers and-the other kind But it's easy and
used to be popular, to denounce corporations just
Is though we hadn't created them ourselves and
that they were not composed Of human beings
lust like ourselves
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-02-16

The celebrated and terrible European war be-
gan overnight almost, and with lightning speed
the nations became involved and were killing each
other Some day it will end in the same manner
One day fighting and the next day-Peace.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-02-16

Abe Lincoln has been dead for almost htty-one
years, yet to-day his memory is brighter tnan
ever before. After all, it matters little how men
die or when they die. 1t matters great deal how
they have lived!
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-02-16

Again we sing the praises Of the moving pic
ture machine Travel subjects, drama, comedy,
art the worlds events and in fact all that the
largest city can give, is to-day possible for the
most retired small town or hamlet. The only re-
uuirement being that electricity is available The
movies will go long way toward helping save
the world.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-02-16

Eighty-two cadets kicked out of the Annapolis
academy for failing to even land 621A per cent on
their exams, indicate that our future naval OIL
GERS are not taking preparedness very seriously
They might, however, make the best officers at
that.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-02-16

One thing that can be said for President Viii
son is that he gets the same amount of abuse
from both British and German sympathizers
When a man gets HI from both sides it be-
gins to look like he is absolutely neutral
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-02-16

with all my worldly goods I thee
endow," doesn't seem to stir up the
fuss that is so often made over that
shortly and ugly word, "Obey.'
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-02-16

New Yorks 400" is said to have gone crazy
over a new dance called the shadow" dance. The
good Lord lets some funny things live
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-02-16

man who knows said recently that the Ger
man and Scandinavian peoples become part OF
the soil and country quicker than any other race.
Begin to own homes, thrive and prosper and be-
come American citizens in the true sense of the
word The reason is economic Germans and
the Scandinavians go to the farms where the Lat
ms and the Slavs go to the city and factories The
soil tillers thrive because their wealth increases
even while they sleep. Owning land, owning a
home, makes man citizen because he is natur-
ally interested in the country where he has his
ALL Worry about the patriotism of these people
is foolish and futile
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-02-16

A crazy anarchist tried to murder large body
of innocent men the other evening in Chicago by
putting arsenic in their soup. The trouble with
these anarchists is that they do such stupid and
futile things What possible good could it have
done anyone had these hundred men been killed?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-02-16

Abe Lincoln didn't loaf around the pool halls,
shoot craps drink booze, play the dude or cut-up,
but kept right on saving wood and doing things
to improve himself and his opportunities. The
world always needs big men, but the trouble with
the average boy is that he would rather be small
fry.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-02-16

A trained nurse gets along splendid
ly when she meets up with trained
invalid.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-02-16

One of the sure signs, one almost might say
harbingers of spring, is the budding forth of the
candidate Already one man is speaking for the
office of county treasurer. Henry Roethe just
aches to be senator, and several other aspirants
infer that they may feel the call. Go to it boys,
and good luck to all of you!
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-02-16

That awful Highland Park case, occupying the
headlines, is the counterpart of thousands OF 9TH
er cases everywhere that just stop short OF such
terrible consequences, or are kept dark All come
from the stimulation our young people live under
and their ignorance of the forces of life and how
they STAY if not understood and controlled Poor
boy, and poor girl!
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-02-16

In this issue is published an article on the IN
creased cost of gasoline. Mr.. WEIGH, the writer,
should know whereof he speaks, for he has been
in the oil game for many years. This matter OF
oil regulation hasn't been settled yet by long
WAYS. and may not be until we get at trust regu-
lation in a sensible manner. Yes the people can
regulate even the most gigantic industries, but,
as ever eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-02-16

Some papers argue that the day of the country
weekly is passing and that the city papers can
better supply the rural communities with news
With news of a certain class; Of course they can
On the other hand nothing can take the place OF
the home paper and the desire of the public for
home news cannot be filled by any outside organ.
The country paper is more eagerly looked for
ward to by its constituency to-day than ever. And
the very good reason is that we very naturally
take more interest in our affairs than in any
thing else.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-02-16

Some of the most sickening drool we ever read
lis the series of articles called confessions OF a
wife" being published in some of the dailies.
This "stuff' has been running for the past sew
eral years and there seems to be no end to the
awful soul sufferings of Dick, the husband, and
the woman, named Elsie What they need is a
few children, or if that is impossible with such
emasculated types, a well applied paddle
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-02-16

That city of Necedah which was Quilted
throughout the business district by bad fire a
month or so ago, has ''come back" with surprising
rapidity Instead of having the unsafe and I'M
slightly wooden buildings as before the fire, the
merchants will build fine brick and tile struct-
ures that when completed will be an ornament to
the town. Fires are bad things but they some
times are the making of a town.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-02-16

Wide columns make easy reading and big type
save the eyes. The question is how to NIL en-
You see the columns being SO per cent WIDER re-
quire just half again the effort and brains. Want
ed: few ideas!
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1916-02-18
FROM ALPHA TO OMEGA

The editor of this paper, dur
ing an eventful and varied O.
reer of nearing half a century,
has crossed the deserts Of Arlzo-
ma, where the sands and winds
were hot and the water scarce;
has crossed the Great Divide and
journeyed through the sun-llt
orange groves of California; has
travelled through the Puget
Sound country and viewed the
beauties of fower-laiden Seattle;
has stood and watched the ever
restless Atlantic surging at the
Carolina shores as if still making
vain efforts to upheave the TAR
famed Atlantis; has stood and
watched the commerce of nations
pass to and fro through the
Golden Gate; has loitered along
the moon-lit shores of the Mexl-
can Gulf and heard the wild
waves echo "Pascagoula! Pacca-
goula!";; has trveled down to the
Land of the Montezumas; has
been compelled to move along by
many and varied conditions and
causes but today we are assault
ed by the mighty Ouachita, the
eldest son of the great Father OF
Waters, who is slowly, stealthily
but certainly creeping into our
back yard.