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The Dermott news., 1917-05-24

close whether he wished to say any thing to show that he had always been faithful to the United States, he cried out. in fit of frenzy:
 "D-n the United Statesl I wish I may never hear of the United States againl"
 l suppose he did not know how the words shocked old Colonel Morgan, who was holding the court. Half the officers who sat in 1t had served through the Revolution. and their lives. not to say their necks, had been rlsked for the very idea which he so cavalierly cursed in his madness. He, on his part, had grown up in the West of those days. in the midst of spanish plot" "Orleans plot" and all the rest. Ills education. such as It was, had been perfected in commercial expedi- tions to Vera Cruz. and think he told me his father once hired an English man to be private tutor for winter on the plantation. He had spent half his youth with an older brother, hunt ing horses in Texas; and. in word. to him United States" was scarcely n reality. Yet he had been fed by Unit cd States" for all the. years since he had been in the army. He had sworn on his faith as Christian to be true to United States" It was United States" which gave him the uniform he wore. and the sword by his side. Nay. my poor Nolan, it was only because United States" had picked you out first as one of her own confidential men of honor, that "A. Burr" cared for you straw more than for the flat boat men who sailed his ark for him. l do not excuse Nolan; I only explain to the reader why he damnedl his coun- try, and wished he might rNyer hear her name again.
 He never did hear herr nt once again. From that mo- eptem- Der B. 1907. till the d. May
The Dermott news., 1917-05-24

which had been suggested to him by one of Fleehier's sermons, but Gener- ally he had the nervous, tired look of n heartwounded man.
 When Captain Shaw was coming home-if. as l say, it was Shaw-rath- CT to the surprise of everybody they made one of the Windward islands, and lay of and on for nearly week. The boys said the officers were sick of salt junk, and meant to have tur- tie soup before they came home. But after several days the Warren came to the same rendezvous; they exchanged signals; she sent to Phillips and these homeward-bound men letters and pa pers, and told them she was outward bound, perhaps to the Mediterranean, and took poor Nolan and his traps on the boat back to try his second cruise. He looked very blank when he was told to get ready to join her. He had known enough of the signs of the sky to know that till that moment he was going "home." But this was dis r1nct evidence of something he had net thought of. perhaps, that there was no going home for him, even to prison. And this was the first of some twenty such transfers, which brought him sooner or later into half our best yes sells, but which kept him all his life at least some hundred miles from the country he had hoped he might never hear of again.
 It may have been on that second cruise-it was once when he was up the Mediterranean-that Mrs. Graf, the celebrated Southern beauty of those days. danced with him. They had been lying long time in the Bay of Naples, and the officers were very intimate in the English fleet, and there had been great festivities, and our men thought they must give great ball on board the ship. How they ever did 1t on board the Warren I am sure do not know. Perhaps T. was
The Dermott news., 1917-05-24
Go Man Without @ A.(Ounhy @ @ Ed\uord Everett Hale

and poker were still unknown. But one day Nolan had his revenge. This time Burr came down the river. not as an attorney seeking q place for his office, but as q disguised conQueror. He had defeated know not how many district attorneys; he had dined at l know not how many public dinners; he had been heralded in 1 know not how many Weekly Arguses; and 1t was ru- mored that he had an army behind him and an empire before him. It was a great day-his arrival--to poor Nolan. Burr had not been at the fort an hour before he sent for him. That evening he asked Nolan to take him out in his skin, to show him cane-brake or n cottonwood tree. as he said, really to seduce him; and by the time the sail was over. Nolan was enlisted body and soul. From that time though he did not yet know it. he lived as "A Man without Country
 What Burr meant to do I know no more than you. dear reader. It is none of our business just now. Only, when the grand catastrophe came, and lief ferson and the House of Virginia of that day undertook to break on the wheel all the possible Clarences of the then House of York, by the great treason trial at Richmond. some of the lesser fry in that distant Mississippi valley, which was farther from us than Puget Sound is today, introduced the like novelty on their provincial stage. and, to while away the monotony of the summer at Fort Adams. got up. for spectacles, a string of Court-martials on the officers there. One and anoth- er of the colonels and majors were tried. and. to fill out the list. little No Ian. against whom. heaven knows, there was evidence enough, that he was sick of the service. had been will Ing to be false to Il, and would have obeyed any order to march anywhither with anyone who would follow him, had the order only been signed, By command of His Exc. A. Burr The courts dragged on. The big flies es- capped. rightly for all l know. Nolan was proved guilty enough. as I say :; yet you and I would never have heard of him. reader. but that, when the president of the court asked him at the
The Dermott news., 1917-05-24
Go Man Without @ A COunhy @
 V Eduard Everett Hale

but all these fellows did then. and poor Nolan himself went on, still un- consciously or mechanically
 This Is my own. my native land!
 Then they all saw something was to pay but he expected to get through, I suppose. turned little pale, but plunged on
 Whose heart hath ne'er within him
 burned.
 As home his footsteps he hath turned From wandering on a foreign strdud2- If such there breathe. go, mark him well.
 By this time the men were all be- side themselves, wishing there was any way to make him turn over two pages :; but he had not quite presence of mind for that; he gagged little. coIored crimson. and staggered on:
 For him no minstrel raptlres swell: High though his titles proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can cIaGu, Despite these titles power and pef. The wretch eeneentercd sll iu self and here the poor fellow choked, could not go on. but started up. swung the book into the soa, vanished into his stateroom. and by love- said Phil lips, "we did not see him for two months again. And l had to make up some beggarly story to that English surgeon why l did not return his Wal ter Scott t0 him."
 That story shows about the time when Nolnns hrnggadocio n.St have broken down. Al first, they said, he took q very high tone. considered his imprisonment mere farce. affected to enjoy the voyage, and all that; but Phillips said that after he came out of his stateroom he never vas the same man again. He never read aloud again. unleSsit was the Bible or Shakespeare, or something else he was sure of But it was not that merely. He never en- tered in with the other young men eX- actly IS companion again. He was always shy afterWard. when l knew him, very seldom spoke, unless he was spoken to, except to Il very few I:'"nds. He lighted up oeeasie...-..' I remember 'atc in hi, life hearing him fairly eloquent on something
The Dermott news., 1917-05-24
FIRST INSTAlLMENT.
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No document in actual Amer lean history conveys moro powerful lesson of what citizen ship in this republic means, none delivers a more searching appeal to loyalty, than this fancifuI re- cital of the Man Without a Country. The unhappy creature whose living death it has oraved upon the memory of mankind was but a figure born of a writ er's imagination. Yet, the ac- count of his passionate outburst and of his dreadful expiation stirs the duIlest soul, and will awaken emotion in the minds of readers of generations yet un- born. There can be no more ar- resting lesson for the disloyai or the needless, no more inspiring appeal to the spirit of true Amer icanism, than this memorable work of literary art and high souIed patriotism.l
The Dermott news., 1917-05-24
Stickin'a.

When boy asks his mother if it Is wrong to play marbles for keeps. 1t Is a safe bet that he has come home with more than he started out with.
The Dermott news., 1917-05-24

A pneumatic hammer for jumping paving stones has been invented. e :
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25

tingencies are possible between now
and 1920 which would bring him to the
front. Lacking any crisis, assuming
the ordinary course of events, the
thing that will have the most serious
bearing on the possibility of nominal
ing Mr.. Roosevelt is the fact that he
has in turn deeply wounded both the
elements in the Republican party. OF
course Governor Johnson of California,
by reason Of the part California took
in the recent election, and by reason
of his own political career, would
necessarily be included in any discus
sion of presidential possibilities.
Thoughtful persons, however, do not
believe that he relieves the present
poverty of leadership in the Republican
party. He will be member of the
next session of the senate. In that
position he will have an opportunity
to make record and will be under
the intimate inspection of all the
leaders Of the country. Six months
or a year after he has arrived in the
senate it will be possible to tell wheth-
err or not he is of presidential size.
In the Democratic party the poverty
Of leadership is no less conspicuous.
Whenever a Democrat is asked who
stands second, to Wilson in the leader
ship of that party, and who in the
future is likely to succeed Wilson in
leadership, it is only possible to look
baffled and give it up. Undoubtedly,
as matters stand, Bryan is the second
man in leadership, but many persons
who would be willing to concede that
he is would be very unwilling to give
him fourth nomination for the presi-
dency. But after Byran, who else p
From Golfers for January 9th.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25

of the permit.
In passing an automobile license or
dinance there is no reason for the city
to make it a burden on the man who
owns a car. The fee could be placed
at ten cents a year If the council saw
fit. The fee is not what is sought but
the chance to regulate. A ten cent IL
cense when revoked is just as yalua.
BILE as one for which the man has paid
a lot more money. Power for regula-
ton of all kinds is best secured by
giving the city power to take away
the right to operate.
The Milwaukee idea appeals strong
" to men who operate automobiles for
pleasure and for profit. It will not
appeal to men who operate them fool
ishly and in violation of the laws. A
license on the driver will be protec-
ton, not only to the general public,
but it will be safeguard for the men
who want to run automobiles in a safe
and a sane manner and not one Of
these men will object to it. The OBJ
jections of the other class of Joy rid
.ers is not worthy of any great con-
sideration. As a tSafety First =
movement the license for the automo-
bile driver is entitled to first seat
position.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25
Sorrows Lessons.

Sorrow is the common lot Of all at
some time. Sorrow for those who
have gone is heavy and sore. There is
a sorrow for the living that is heavier
to bear, and more bitter. We miss the
one who is gone. We long for the
companionship we have enjoyed. 1t is
self, for our own loss, that we grieve.
We think of happy hours spent in
company of one who is gone, Of the
kindness and love that were dear to us.
Have we regrets for negligence in do
ing all that we should have done?
Have we an unkindness or an injus-
tice to remember? Something in which
we might have added to his happiness
Or comfort? This adds to our bitter
ness Let sorrow for the dead make
us more tender to the living. Let us
be more thoughtful to be kind, to give
more Of gladness to those left to US.
Grieve we must, it is natural. But we
should not let grief make US forgetful
of trying to make happier those
about us. Our grief is "a flame to
purify our hearts of dross. "The gem
cannot be polished without friction,
nor man perfected without trials. =
Let us try to console ourselves by an
endeavor to give more gladness to the
living.-The Milwaukee Journal.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25

The first real thing for the new
building department. of the city is to
building up a real department. This
little work of architecture win go a
long ways toward making the depart
ment valuable. The first fellow who
fails to Live up to the demands of the
ordinance should be shown the bench
in the Municipal Court, 1t is wonder
full what few prosecutions will do to
bring respect to people in regard to
laws they consider unnecessary.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25
Where are the Leaders,

Not only is the lack of leadership
apparent IN the personnel of Congress.
1t is apparent in public life generally.
This becomes evident whenever people
discuss future presidential possibilities
in either or both parties. In the Re-
publican party Mr.. Hughes will hardly
be available again. Certain aspects of
his failure cause him to 60 into the
discard. He goes into the Alton B.
Parker class. Mr.. Roosevelt, of course,
y always with us, and certain con-
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25

Senator LaFollette may have lodged
the wet and dry issue when it came to
voting on conditions in the District of
Columbia, but it is going to be hard
for him to keep from going on record
when it comes to the question of pro-
hibition in his own bailiwick. But
then the senator is resourceful and he
may find way to blame it on to the
Stalwarts.'
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25

England does not seem to be so busy
making war with other people that
she is not willing to pull down a lit
tie easy money making shells for the
United States. Really war must be
something of joke in England when
the munition factory finds it has time
to go after foreign contracts. AT that
it shows up the greed for nrofits of the
American men who dabble in muni-
tions.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25

1t is to be hoped that the dream of
the outer breakwater has not been al
lowed to slip entirely away from the
minds of the aldermen. This work
should be started now. Of course, the
building of the breakwater will be a
matter of years, but start now may
reduce the number of years that the
people are forced to wait.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25

And if they really want something
good for the style show why not put
on exhibition block of the Main
street pavement. 1t would be an excel
lent example of the style of roads
found in cities in the year "one.o
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25

AS near as we can see the. main
function of this Lincoln Highway As
ISOLATION and the National Parks
Highway Association and lot of the
rest of them, is to do the publicity
work and let some one else build
the roads. It's great system if they
can get away with it.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25

Assemblyman Carl Hansen who failed
to land the support of the Wisconsin
Democracy as floor leader of his party,
promises to do just as much talking as
if he were a real leader. Well, he
has just as much right TO talk as any
one else and it takes up the time of
the session.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25

We quite agree with Assemblyman
Vincent. If the head of a normal
school or the state university wants
to lobby at Madison let him be regist-
cred the same as any other lobbyists.
Let play no favorites.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25

We are inclined to take the side of
the man who believes in paying for
school buildings in cash. Bonded in
debtedness is a bad thing for a lot
of places. It makes it too easy to
raise money for things which arc not
necessary,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25

Tt may be all right to refer to
President Van Hise of the University
of Wisconsin as Literary Coward"
but we never have been Of the opinion
that a state university was the place
to allow every fellow who has a
grievance against the government
chance to air it.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25

Aha: The millennium has arrived!
A man in Milwaukee signs his name to
letter in which he asserts that one
of the press in that city is without
a fault" This is some coming into
it's own for the Fourth Estate in Mil
waukee. Most people, however, will
be convinced that the fellow was an
employee of the "sheet.n
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25

The Progressives may go right ahead
and slip just as r1uch as they want,
but the trip back to the pie counter
is being made indefinitely longer by
every split. Possibly we can stand it
as long as the rest of them.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25

After all is said and done it might
be just as well to submit those road
bond resolutions to the state commits
sion before calling the special election
The state body may not have any
more information than the town board
but it does seem that the resolutions
stick a lot better.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25

Don t expect the telephone company
to put out fire just because you pull
ed off the receiver and shouted fire,
fire. 1t is just possible that the
central operator may be slightly
confused as to just where to send the
department..
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25

Possibly the leak" investigation
has been postponed in order to allow
some of the favored ones little more
time to get under cover. It is going
to be some job to smoke 'em all out.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25

The man who makes bid to do
something for the city and then de-
declares that he will not sign con
tract, should be advised that in the
future he will not be permitted to bid.
Possibly a better way would be to
demand big checks from every con-
tractor.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25

Well, the soldiers are coming out of
Mexico and most every one will won
der just how long it will be before
Carranza-the recognized one-will
have to holler to Uncle Sam for help
again.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25

If the railway company can work
out way to extend it's service south
of Kenosha it is the duty Of the city
to help. You can not get too many
open avenues to bring trade into a
growing city like Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25

The report that Germany is holding
three Americans as prisoners will
probably result in another terrific
drain on the "note'' paper down in
Washington, A saving might be
effected by writing on both sides of
the paper.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25

We take it that the Socialistic
Milwaukee Leader is in favor of MAX
ing congress the Supreme Court of the
United States. We had not expected
anything else--from the Leader.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25

One way to support the Chamber Of
Commerce in Kenosha is to pay your
dues. A lot of fellows seem to think
that all the Chamber needed was the
prestige that would follow having
their name on the list. Prestige is all
right, but it takes money to run a
Chamber Of Commerce and run it right.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25

The Republican party is not nearly
so much in need Of a leader as a
uniter. Just at present there seems
to be some lack of appreciation of the
old adage about strength and union.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25

They are again arranging for a
series Of "peace meets. = The only
handicap to the plan is that none of
the nations at war have accepted
the invitation.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25

And the Marinette Eagle-Star saws:
"Mr. Bryan must be convinced that
the water wagon of today is going to
be the band wagon of 192O.n Not
so bad, chs
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25

The graduated income tax would
probably oe agreeable to every one if
they would start the graduation just
above what that particular fellow was
earning and make him exempt.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25

Horrors; Three Chicago policemen
were caught sitting in on a poker game.
Will they never reach the bottom of
police crookedness in the big town?
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25

Kenosha sent thirty-two men to the
state prison at Waupun last year,
Evidently the city can not be charged
with overlooking this institution.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25

These g drastic ordersn to relieve
the car shortage does not seem to
have had any effect in reducing the
price of coal
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25

The Hwar babieso do not appear In
the statistical report of the cities, but
at that they go long ways toward
keeping the cost of living up.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-20
SENATORS OPPOSE
APP DIN IMfNT
OF GRAYS0N
Republican Members Almost a
Unit Against His Confirmation
SOME DEMOCRATS DISplEASEp
Object to Promotion Of Presidents
Personal Friend Over Heads Of
Deserving Officers.

Washington. Jan. 19.-Decided op-
position developed in the Senate today
to the confirmation of DR.. Cary I.
Grayson, U. s. NJ, as Medical Di-
rector, with the rank of Rear Admiral.
DR.. Grayson, who is President VIII
sons physician and aid, was nominal
ed by the president yesterday over
1877 officers in intervening grades of
the naval medical assistant surgeon
with the rank of Lieutenant, but was
about to be promoted to surgeon with
the rank OF Lieutenant Commander
in regular course.
Senator De Witt opposed the bill. Sen
ate today discussed the question of
confirmation informally among them
selves, and a general agreement was
reached TO oppose the confirmation
1t Is practically certain, however. that
the opposition will by no means be
confined to the Republicans. There is
a feeling among many men on both
sides that DR.. Grayson should not
have been promoted over the heads of
so many men of greater experience
and his seniors IN ageand time of SER
vice, in spite of their personal liking
for the man himself and their belief
in his ability as a surgeon.
One Democratic Senator said this
afternoon that he had been told by a
Democratic colleague that he regard
ed the nomination as Outrageous,
and that this man at least did not in
tend to vote fer confirmation. Several
OF the Republican members were
much disturbed because they said
that an attempt was made yesterday
by scme of the Democrats TO rush the
confirmation through as soon as the
appointment was announced without
giving the Senate time to realize what
IL meant