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New Britain herald., 1916-12-15
CHEAP TOURS IN
 EUROPE AT END
Travel in Central Empires to Cost
 As Much As in.U. s.

Vienna. Dec. 15.-Cheap tours through Europe are considered over for ever by men qualified to speak on the subject says an Associated DPress correspondent. The days in ] which a dollar doubled and trebled in value by crossing a border are con- sidered gone. The increase in the cost of labor, taxation due to the war, l travel, augmented by the neglect ] which the war brought about, and the great and general economic loss and i waste incident to the present times have removed Central Europe from f"fhe list of places where one could kspend a few weeks in great comfort
 nd still save the price of first class $gteamer ticket. Travel after the war |Bwill be as expensive In Europe as in
 the United States, if not more so, some believe.
 i At the present time such a thing as an empty room in Vienna hotel has ceased to be. Nowadays a room worth having in a Vienna hotel can {be obtained only by getting ones name on the waiting list, and even ! this is impossible if the would-be pa ! tron fs unknown to the management. Visitors still under the impression that Vienna hotels are run on the 1I4 toe,
 their arrival trying to find q room and then end up by sleeping in some &hotel corridor on a cot at a price
 which formerly would give them a 4good room. Those unlucky enough kto reach Vienna with il night train &may spend their first night in the {Btatiot1 At one of the best Vienna lhotels the price for suite of two frootns and bath went tip by 2s crowns few days ago, this increase being incident to g general rise which Padded from two to five crowns to even the platnest rooms. In Buda-
 pest conditions are possibly trifle
 worse. Even Sofia is seeing q rise
 In prices in hotel accommodation (Which Is unprecedented in the Bal
 kans, and Constantinople, boasting of
 put two first class, and three second
 slass hotels, has become altogether bmpossible for the ordinary traveller.
 The cause for this Is the same
 Everywhere. The war prevents peo-
 pie from going to the wintering
 places in the south, and amusement
 s therefore sought in the large titieg. Refugees from districts in the Lyan zones, and the many officers on
 cave of absence or convalescense, not 1o mention innumerable government
 agents and purchasers, also make
 heavy demands on transient living
 auarters
 Vienna has opened two large hotels
 siEee the outbreak of the war, and is about to open still larger one, In
 Budapest a high class hotel was on
 the verge of going into bankruptcy
 pWfng to lack of business, when the
 war started. It is now running full l blast and making money.
 Taxteab sins may also be men,
 toned, Though most of them run on
 'meehanical" tires Of little or no
 shock-absorbing qualities and have knot been renovated internally since
 August, 1914, their drivers want Just four times what they charged before the war. Higher cost of fuel and liv-
 Ing Is the answer. The same factors
 caused slight increase In Vienna
 street carfares recently.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15

francs eighteen centimes, while Swiss money is at great premium in Paris, London and New York. In Paris, for example, a 100 franc Swiss note is worth IA to 118 francs today. Amer
 jeans living in Switzerland are losing by the exchange rates. The Tribune adds that the situation is extraordin- ary because, whereas America is full
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15
SWISS DOLLAR DWINDLES.

Geneva, Switzerland, Dec. 15.-"It is a veritable financial absurdity," says the Tribune De Geneve com- menting on the low price of the dol lar in Switzerland, which is now worth five francs fourteen centimes, whereas the normal price is five
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15

of gold and lending millions to the belligerent nations, Switzerland is surrounded by fighting nations and has contracted a debt, since the war, of over 70O,OOO,O0O francs, but it's credit is increasing as the war pro- gresses The Swiss government in tends shortly to raise another loan of 1OO,O0O,OO0 francs for mobilization and other purposes.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15

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New Britain herald., 1916-12-15

vation better than congress is able to do it for us.
 'On the home rule proposition, even including the selection of a governor, both parties have decisive blanks, and I shall feel no hesitation in making my appeal.'
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-01
RECON- MENDED 1T
TO HIS BETTER HALF
SIZE WAS VERY MISERABLE AND
ALWAYS SEEMED TIRED
AND WORKOUT

There are many things learned from
experience. Among them Is the fact
that stomach trouble. which may be
either Inherited or acquired. and which
produces indigestion. dyspepsia. pal
pitation OF the heart. gas or bloated
feeling. coated tongue. headache. back
ache. pains in the side. liver or kidney
trouble and rheumatism. can be most
successfully treated by the new herbal
system tonic. Plant Juice. This truly
remarkable preparation Is a combina-
ton OF roots. herbs. barks and berries.
which are gathered especially for H.
That Plant Juice Is bearing out the
reputation established. is attested by
the following signed testimonial from
Mr.. Orlando Dickson. who lives at
Derry. Pa. He said:
For two years my wife suffered a
great deal from nervousness. She al
WAYS seemed tired. could not sloep
and was entirely worn ont Her
appetite was very poor and what little
food she ate did not agree with her.
Gas would accumulate in her stomach
causing her to have shortnpss Of
breath and she was chronicallv con
supated. ! wish TO state that we had
spent great deal Of money treating
her. and have used different kinds OF
medicine. but she never received any
benefit Finally read about your
rant Juice and prevailed upon my
WE 10 try II. She has been taking
Flant Juice now for only n short time
ana u has been great benefit TO her
her appetite has returned: she does
nor suffer form gas on her stomach
ana the shortness Of breath has left
h'r inurely. Her nerves are strong
and she sleeps fine and IS entirely
cured We cheerfully recommend
Plant Juice to others.
Plant Juice is sold in Wheeling bv
all druggists. -
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-01

tnelr cluh rooms. A. $50 there vii,
ne eNahg' listic services In tho church
.til'h subject a Rofgue OF Lies
,,,,al ,"hSr" Gational singing Specisl
music hy our vested choir az 40 traincJ
HyiI'S. No better music in tho ri,,. f"
tb,,'N M crowd 20 tho red stone
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-01
PRESBYTERIAN

Vt'er Terry, minister, morning ~.
SUP 80, young peorlc.s u..tfnp . f,
NJ tN'NlhS worship AT 1880. srsrisf
N'uhesday evening service sf 90.
NI,'ltl music boy chorus choir conn.
anu worship with us. e''''o
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-01

Tho INirI TTeshvferIan -lr-.h 49,
I ,'lkhth and Jacob streets. Up Tst-
,un't ger pastor. The usual seryir.s
MI ~. ue n.ll sabbath. April End. Preach
LIS a. lN-"u n. IN. "Hsdesmtng 49,.
ltit. Mems Bible class al $50 n m
,,,a,.ain Sttg'! at 200 %. M. Junior
i'r'a.r-hlns al $50 p. m.-"The InsoI-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-01

Second United Presbyterian rru--n
corner 'haplinc and Fourteenth streets
lrtachl services at l0.4s A u5 ana
$50 ,. m. by Rev. j. l. Moore az Chest
-. W a sabbath school az $50 b. r
Dung People. meeting az D. m Mid
week services "wednesday al 4.f5 o. u
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-01
UNITED PRESBYTERIAN

d, hlL"d Presbyterian church IN.
ff"N- "; Hare. state slperIutsnd.nt on
iT anu saloon League OF MARYLAND
Viii conduct the services al r. ~ .''' =
n hipIe class and Sabbath school AZ
.S' "A. m. "Wednesday evening PRAYER
"'''lhs AT 80. No evening services.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-01

second Pr"shyte risn church. AprtI
M3th lnS sermon. "ChriSt's PRAYER
a'i ms ''"Ile. John xvii. evening ser
mon. Ih' Message From Ruth Dr
Nooht@ viii preach at both ssr,.fr,s
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-01
Ihe Great Clean.Up Sale
Women S and Misses
Spring Combination Dresses

Imperial French Serge i'm
combination with silk Tartan
Plaid
Bodies. new full flare skirt
effects.
Regular values $500.
Clean Up Sale Price $3.50
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-01

zion Lutheran church. alIV Market
street Rev. a. D.. B.uz.. pastor. fourfh
sunday 90 Lent. Sunday school a. s'lb
a. hi-, Chlef service az 1880 e. m Yes
f'TN az $3.50 %. M. The pastor viii
P''a'I w." sermons appropriate 90 rI.
season. 81 The morning seryIe. bis sub
If'i VIII Do. lNr Traitors KISS and bod.
tH' evening sword or sTtII..E. 90,
tuesday, evening ctfe,n.fIurT .I-fr..-
I"N a. On" church. on "Wednesday aff,r-
noon Mr. charles Gardner viii rf.r-
tain IN" Ladies Missionary society ia
'Nh. '.Nf"n TarlUr-. IsUfsn druD. ions
on N'dnt -faF evening 10 s.fI U.rIo.f.
LNf 'hlFrh council VIII conduct .r Irr.
I'r'auf meeting Immediately following
'l" r-rNlges uu M,Ir.-l4. ...rIr,
rho committee FOR raferHpftraT r..,.f.-r
VIII m'rt 100 the Luther league room r-.
w 'dueSdav evening. lecture for adult
caferhumcns on Friday evening az the
parsonage.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-01
Women S Silk Blouses

-VHc Big TaNTc FuIU
\ splendid collection of Plain
and Novelty Silk, boo lace trim.
med aud plain tailored STYLES
REGULAR values mp 90 $500
Clean Up Sale Price Csc
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-01

81 James Evangelical r.ufrr-ar
Chlr Do. lfl'-ffll 'faTiIUe street. Ron.
A. ". Werder. pastor. Rev VI l. -t.tl-
or. assistant pastor SUNDAY. On. /,
DID, sunday school and Bible rIaa4aa
English and German. M 800 a. m ser-
Vices lu the English Language. -.7U n.
in. s'r' l.r .u Eng Ii-h. MONDAY evening
meeting NJ tho SICK TeueHt gpuf.r.
W'Hn"sdF. evening German Tenteu e.--
woes IHIr-deN evening meeting %
the owing gfr~I-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-01
Women S White Blouses

Plain and corded Noilcs. en-
hroidorci and Lace trimmed
.nscrcs. dozens of styles, all
Sizes
Regular value 800 and sos
Clean Up Sale Price SIC
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-01
Women S and Misses
Spring Dresses

Ialfcta. Mo>>aiuc, Silk Poplins.
FouiardS. French ChallicS and
Scrgcs with Lace. Net and Silk
trimmings. Values mp To Slj.O
Clean Up Sale Price SI.9S
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-01
Women s White Waists

WUIUUU , WHO WdlHf8
I'm Wolfe and Dr,audic in
dozens of pretty STYLES Lace
and embroidery trimming.
Regular value D1e
Clean Up Sale Price gIc
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-01

North street " T.. church. Firth and
Market streets. John r. Hess, pastor
Tho services in this CHURCH April =. 10
which an rrC cordially invited ar. as
follows SUNDAY school $3.50 r. d, y
y Wilson. superintendent. Worship a.
lO.fo q. M. sermon hy th, pastor. topic
= The world and fl" Soul. Epworth
League az h.i5 r M. = 800 D. m anti
rh0nal service No o. "The King ~
kings Lont'u sermon Dos tho pastor
"Wednesday az -.f5 D. u.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-01

German Methodist church. Chariine
street. opposite High school. Rev. r. \.
Sneckman. tastor-Sunday school at
BIB a NJ: morning service in German
AT 1880. subject The Second Word on
ihe cross: the Promise OF Paradise
EpWorth League AZ y. IN. Mr.. Arch
l'ieper leader: evening service In Eng
fish at 1880. subject The Third Word
on the Cross: the New Relationship. "
wednesday evening the usual prayer
service at T;f5, First Epistia 81 Peter.
thlrd chapter. The Ladies' Ala Society
VIII hold their regular monthly meeting
ish house.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-24
DOES THE HERALD
ADVERTISING PAY I?

We believe that does believing thing and proving
it nearly always two entirely different propositions
You Mr. Non-Adverser who is friend and welwsher
hasn't yet been convinced of the pulling power of
paper advertising, this talk is directed to YOU
We want to cite instance of foreign advertiser con-
that is outside of the local field and certainly doesn't
paze because of interest desire to help the COM
muny. This advertises for RESULTS and results
the things that talk and convert casual customer into
steady
Shenandoah Iowa. They raise that Page cOu
t Ia and they have enormous seed houses doing millions
time they wrote stating that they
would give single tyout and that the results sat
That's the kind of talk like and accepted the challenge
Their ad successful they kept it up Read what
they wrote up on April 70, IL 10:
We haveb 80 pleased with results that
received the advertisement recently in
that going to give an advertisement to run
in of
"Kndy copy o your paper containing this adj
Versemen together with invoice for and Will
remit check by return mail.
every respectfully, y
RATEKIN'S SEED HOUSE."
Again on May 4, 1916
Dear MIR. Sherman:-
appreciate your letter of the Srd which is indeed
very pleasing herewith enclose check
for 1920 covering invoice of p inchesssu May
We received mighty nice results from paper this
season, will will remember again next
year when place advertising.
Very respectfully,
SEED HOUSE.
This is only one instance of the many show YOU
They to notice every day.
This is advertising the Herald because 1t pays
them to do and for no other
The Herald for country carries great GUAM
y OF P 1GFegH PaYs THEM o Us oR COL
UNNS you bet your last nckle they wouldn't do it.
Mind Mr. Merchant Mr. Farmer Mr. Mr. Business Man
the SELLING TALK in that space that BRINGS THEM
% R H sn DO it g ae here saP e DO 5 yoa
THINK THIS OVER!
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-24
UNION GUERNSEY PICNIC.
Two Big Associations Unite for Good
Time on June LIST.

The Southwest Wisconsin Guernsey
association unites with the Western
Guernsey association on Oak Hill
farm, Dale Rundell proprietor, 21S
miles southeast Of Livingston, Wiscon-
sin, on June 1st.
The Western association takes in
all of the middle west
Many prominent breeders are ex-
pected to be present. Good speaking
and music. Dinner furnished by the
ladies' aid
Through the generosity of the fol-
lowing Guernsey breeders: Rundel &
Nicholson, Charles Wilkins, Homer e
Dale Rundell, pure blood Guernsey
bull will be given to the boy under
16 years of age, winning first in the
Judging contest. Second prize, $500
cash. Third prize, $500 cash. The
public generally, is cordially invited.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-24
LITTLE GRANT.

Especial Correspondence to Herald.)
Henry Cliffs family were in Lam
caster, Thursday.
Charles Addison sold COW to Fred
Edwards, Monday.
Mrs. Thomas Beetham visited 4 few
days at the Ed Govier home last week.
Mike Woods realised fine barn on
Monday.
The strong wind of Monday blew
the wheel from James Addison's wind
mill
Mrs. Louis Cooley, Burnen and
Helen, visited at Charles Addisons
home, Sunday.
Several from this vicinity went to
the GOllmar Bros. show at Lancaster,
Thursday.
Orrin Hale and Will Bruce and Orlo
Pink has a new Dodge.
The wolves killed and wounded a
few sheep for Jack Jeidy, Wednesday
night. Get after 'em, boys.
Ed Govier took William Garthwaite
to Lancaster on Friday. William
remained over to attend Frank Mar
shall's funeral.
Hal Stephens of Beetown, and three
last Friday trying to get track of the
wolves that have been doing damage
around here.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-24

were tied up at the shore. The land
ing was the signal for the crew to let
loose. Many tale sill fingers in the
river towns Of their wild doings ashore
and their vet wilder doings when they
were paid off at the end of the jour-
ney and came back up the river on
the little raft boats which raced north
to the pineries as "gaily as a picnic
steamer"
sGAL TWO Mississippi River ------
The files of the MacGregor Times
for 1865 contains the following descrip-
ton of the little settlement Of North
MacGregor: ''The river banks are
piled with the pine products of the
Wisconsin streams of the north,
while many RATS of logs, lumber, lath
and shingles lie as yet unhandled at
the waters edge" The same story
could have been written of every river
town, in the Cos.
TOw-BOats Succeeded Floats.
1t was not until some years after
the war that two-boats came into use
as speedier and more efficient than
the slow unwieldly floats. Of late
years the use of the tow-boats, the lit
tie steer boat at the front and the
double deck raft boat at the stern has
prevailed. BY such an arrangement
RATS 1000 leet long and worth quar-
ter of "a million dollars have been
towed.
T safely guide these great unwield-
ly masses through and around reefs
and sand bars and the thousands turn
ings and windings of the river required
courage, a cool head, resource and
marvellous exact knowledge of the man
at the wheel. In the biggest days of
the industry electric searchlights
were unknown, the white diamond
boards which now mark the channel
were absent and river was full of
snages. At night the pilot had to
grope his way in blackness with only
the outline of the bluffs or such marks
as an isolated tree, projecting rock,
wood pile or cape of land to guide
him.
Great Skill Required Of Pilot.
Of late years the channel has been
marked with white diamond boards at
every crossing and lights are kept
burning on them at night. The boats
have had powerful electric search
lights with which at any moment the
great river could be swept from bluff
to bluff. Snags, the terror of early
days, are no longer a menace as the
government has snag pulling boats
constantly patroling the river. Yet
even with all these helps a skill, re-
source and courage has been required
of the men who have piloted the RATS
safely down the river which will new
er be demanded of the new pilots of
the modern freight carriers. With the
passing of the raft boats will pass also
the old river pilot and posterity will
know them only through the picture
Mark Twain has preserved in his "Old
Times on the Mississippi"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-24
END OF LOGGING ERA
Rivermen Say Upper Mississippi
Has Seen Her Last Raft.
RECALLS MEMORIES OF SOS
Steel Freight BargeS Have Succeeded
Picturesque Pioneers of Mississ-
ippi Navigation.

By a queer turn of the wheel of for
tune the year 1916 will not only wit
ness the beginning of a new CONNER
ciaI era on the Mississippi river by the
installation of a line of steel freight
barges between New Orleans and St.
Paul. but will also see the end of raft
ing on the upper Mississippi, the most
interesting and important feature of
the old order of things, says the FIT.
Madison, Iowa, Democrat.
The last raft that will ever pass
down the Missippi was taken to Fort
Madison by the steamer Ottumwa Belle
last summer, says the old river men.
1t was one of the only two on the
river in 1915. The season of 1916 now
Just beginning will not see one nor
ever again will the river people be-
hold one OF the great towns of logs
or lumber silently pass down in the
shadow of the hills, sight that has
been an essential part of the days
work to them since the opening of
the great river traffic in the early fiji
ties.
= Northern Pineries Depleted.
The immense stretches of timber In
northern Minnesota and Wisconsin,
empiric in extent in the beginning,
have been chopped and sawed away,
though the lumber industry which
grew to colossal proportions in hand
ling their supplies is now gasping IN
the last death pangs. The pineries
are depleted, the thousands of saws
that buzzed and screamed in the river
towns are hushed, the mills are aban-
doned, their army of workers scat
tered. What lumber is now cut is too
costly to risk the river and the dam
at Keokuk prevents the passage of
RATS beyond that point.
Old River Pilots 40 Years JObleSS.
The river pilots and raft men are
adrift without a business. 1--WE have
given our best years to it and now it
is gone. We feel like a man without
a country, said one who has been
plotting the Mississippi for forty years
and whose father was in the business
for twenty-five years before that. As
for the scores of towboats, they lie
idle on the shore or have sold their
birthright to excursion companies.
Passing OF Picturesque Era.
With the passing of the rafter there
disappears the last vistage of pictur-
esque old times on the Mississippi. 1t
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-24

was a life peculiar to itself that thus
ends. In the memory of the old tim
ers who are passing a dreamy old age
in the river towns, the scenes of the
pressing life still live wildly "The
rush, the hum, the shock of men,"
when the wonderful valley of the up
per Mississippi was opened to COM
merce left an indelible impression.
The new land thrilled with just such
a stir of life in those days as the
young Northwest is pulsing and swell
ing with to-day.
Lumber Boom Began i'll Early sos.
The railroads had not yet built
through. Until it did the Mississippi
river and its tributaries formed the
only connecting link between the pion-
GERS and the world they had left be-
hind. Passenger steamers crowded
immigratants, freight steamers piled
with supplies, two boats, barges,
downward press of the log and lumber
RATS filled the river. The lumber in
dustry was one of the first to boom.
In the fifties and sixties the banks of
every stream and river in Iowa, Min
nesota and Wisconsin, echoed the
woodman's axe and sent their logs
racing and jamming down to the Mis-
sissippi, where they were pinned to-
gether into great foes manned with
crew of oarsmen and pilot and start
ed on their long journey downstream.
These floats with their long sweep
of oal at bow and stern and little
shanty perched in the center where
the men ate and bunked, the shouts
of their red-shirted oarsmen as they
bent to the oars and pulled Justify in
response to the orders of the pilot
bawled in lurid English, the bolster
Gus dancing, singing, gambling with
which they whiled away the time not
spent at the oars-all these were fam
iIiar phases of the old-time Mississ-
ippi life.
Life On "FlOats" Typical.
One who lived near the waters edge
in those flush days tells the following
as typical of the life aboard these
floats. He was awakened one night
by singing and the sound of fiddle.
The river was flooded with full June
moon. In it's light log float was seen
drifting by with a score of raftsmen
dancing and singing around fiddler
in the center. The fiddler stopped,
one of the crowd shambled on top of
the shanty, struck the attitude of an
old-time Methodist preacher and be-
ginning with my Brethren" in SON.
orous tones, launched into an eXhort-
alton to righteous ways. A few mo-
ments later above the boisterous
laughter with which the harangue was
received the voice of man at the
oars sang out clear over the water,
go Tell Aunt Rhoady Her Old Gray
Goose is Dead" The preacher stop
ped, the singers cue was caught up,
and the float drifted out of view into
the shadows of the night wierd vol
ume of song came echoing from the
distance.
"High Jinks" on Pay Days.
In fogs and bad weather the floats
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-24

Sometimes a man does a sensible
thing by mistake.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-24

A shrewd man is waiting at the door
when he expects opportunity to knock
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-24

Money also helps the man who tries
to help himself.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-24

Judicious use OF soft soap has
prevented many a black eye.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-24

Give the average man advice and
he will pass it up.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-24

HIGH JIIlks OH Fay Ddys'
In fogs and bad weather the floats