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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-01

measure. 81 that tho business men
and women and the girls Of Industrial
pursuits may visit the show from l.
TO ! O'clock They are welcome III
lany lime. however. but this hour IS
probably more convenient. This viii
continue every day, morning and aft.
ernOon. and every conceivable attrac-
ton which bears in any manner Oh
, the life of children is exploited in a
manner which cannot but fail to in
struct. Mothers and homes will be
reached in this manner and public
invitation is extended ali "a visit the
show this week At the organizations
cooperating in tn" expense of the
movement.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-01
Card Party.

Mrs Folk Mrt;rc and Miss MarE'rct
MCAtahun will be hnStcSScS tOm"rT""
afternoon at TIN, regular card party OF
tn, Ladies' Carroll Social club. The cHru
games will afford merry entertainments
and a, their conclusion. rttr"Shn"nlS
, will he served by Mrs. Niece" ana MISS
i Mcmahon.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-01
Yesterdays Program.

The Associated Charities and the
Florence Lriitcutou HON" had the pro-
gram Of yesterday afternoon. Miss
Elizabeth ltungrc. nf the latter. gave
IN OutIin. al the work and Mr.. W. Z.
Wilson represented the former in his
outline of The Associated Charities work.
He is president al IN" organization and
WAS the chairman ni tho afternoon. The
musical portion arranged by Mrs. w f.
Wunlcnwchrr was very delightful. Mrs.
Flora Williams sang during the chill
drcn'S hour and WAS chairman Of this
portion Of tho afternoon. Miss Martha
Derry entertained the youngsters with
some charminEly told tales. Mrs a. r.
Sinks and Mrs Fred Faris sang solo
numbers. int"rSp"rsiug the lectures. Mr..
II. t. ogden Sr"k" Of The Essentials
Of child Welfarc'' and told Of the phases
which go into making the child of to-
dnN. the ciiLzcn Of lo-mnrrnM.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-09-27
FRUGALITY ALWAYS In SEASON

Prudence in expenditure, partic-
ularly now, is evidence of sanity, Of
right living and right thinking" says
the Christian Herald
John Wanamaker's first pay was
only $1.2O a week, and he walked four
miles to and from work each day to
save part of it as a cornerstone for
the gigantic fortune he has built.
John D. Rockefeller still has the little
book in which he kept strict account
of every penny at a time when his sal
airy was infinitely smaller than that of
any of the vast army of men working
for him today.
mot all of us can be Wanamakers
or Rockefellers, nor want to be; but
their experiences point out very clear
ly the way to money-making; and
most of us can, if we will, go a reason
able length in that direction.
And for frugallty there are Otner
uses than getting rich. James A. Gar
field, teaching school at So month
saved money to carry him though col
lege. Young Abe Lincoln denied him.
self comforts and walked fifty miles to
buy a single book The notable in
stances Of frugality by which men
have worked themselves UP in the
world would fill volumes. Most of the
really great men of the past, and Of
the present, in all lines of endeavor,
are self-denial, fixed purpose and help
full habits.
"Stinginess and greed are to be
abhorred. They are at one extreme,
while profigacy and carelessness are
at the other The golden mean of
saving thrift is to be found half
way between.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-09-27
WATCH YOUR HEALTH

"Of course, it's a good thing to
guard against impure water, impure
milk tainted food. Of course, it's
good public policy to swat the fly and
eliminate the mosquito. Of course, it
is the wise thing to fumigate and to
quarantine.
'<But we venture the opinion,
strictly nonprofessional, that these
things are not the fundamentals. We
have an impression thatx despite all
precautions, the germs and bacilli
and other causes of disease Turk prac-
tically everywhere, and that we are
exposed to them every day. 1t is large
ly a question, we opine, whether the
system is sufficiently strong and
healthy to throw off the infection or
contagion.
eff that be true, the important
thing is to look after our own bodies
through our habits-to eat and drink
wisely, be of Clearly habit, to dress
properly, to live SO as to give our
bodies a chance to be strong and
wholesome, and they may repay us
with health and happiness. If we
give fair chance to our bodies we
can jeer at the germ and bluff the
bacilli.
''If we do not, disease settles down
on a weakened body, without power
of resistance, and the physician is
handicapped in his efforts from the
very outset. The wise thing to do is
to organize your own health depart
ment. Toledo News-Bee.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-09-27
HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOU
NEED TO BE HAPPY

The American Magazine asked this
question few months ago. The best
answers are published in the October
issue. One of them is:
How much money do l need to be
happy? That's easy, American Maya
zine. can answer that without even
taking time to stare into the fire or
bat an eyelash- $4,000 a year. That
is enough to live comfortably, save
soT1e, and do our share in the social
and religious life of which we are a
part. Friends, friends are the gift OF
God and can neither be bought nor
sold, so money cannot enter into this
phase of the question, for, whether
were lineup beggar, a bloated bond
holder or just a fair to middling ev-
eryday person, true friends are still
friends. Now, why the specific amount,
S2.08Oz a year? Why not $4,000 or So,
500? For the simple reason that So,
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-09-27
AN INTERESTING
TABLE OF NUMBERS

Expert mathematicians sometimes
amuse themselves by making numbers
do strange, unexpected things. Below
are given some rather interesting re-
suits obtained by a Harvard professor
by little simple manipulation Of the
digits, 1, 2, 8, 4, 5, 6, Z, 8, 8. Boys and
girls may we'll be thankful that these
are not included with the multiplica-
ton and other tables which they are
required to learn in school.
1 time plus 2 equals II.
IL times plus equals III
1913 times plus equals I'LL.
1894 times plus equals IT'LL.
12345 times plus equals Hill.
123456 times plus equals Hill.
1234567 times 8 plus 8 equals
111111111.
1234567S times 9 plus equals
1111111111.
time plus equals g.
12>times plus 2 equals SO.
1913 times plus 8 equals 987.
1894 times plus 4 equals 1876.
12345 times s plus equals 98765:
123456 times plus 6 equals 987654.
1234567 times s plus equals
9876543
12345679 times plus s equals
9S765432.
123456789 times plus 8 equals
987654321.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-09-27
The Eclipse

Many years ago, there was a total
eclipse Of the sun to pass through Illi-
nois, the total phase to be about 100
, mile from Baraboo, and I was very
anxious to see it, but there was no
railroad and l was very hard at work.
1t was to take place near l o'clock.
| smoked some glass to be ready to
see the eclipse. 1t came on exactly
on time, and when nearest to the point
of total at our place, it grew quite
shady and only very thin rim of the
sun was visible on the northeastern
edge, and the thermometer fell five de-
grees. 1t was very impressive, yet
,, how much more so it would have been
to have occupied an elevated position
at the total line and beheld the shadow
swiftly coming to envelope you for
about five minutes of real night. Now
all this shows the marvellous uniform
ity and exactness Of all motions of the
universe and the wonderful achieve
ments of science. Is it not then worth
while to study the sciences for part
Of our reading, rather than to read all
love stories that give us no real knowl-
edge, injure thought and destroy mem
Dry. I would also tell something of
the comet Of 1853. 1t was very bril-
liant and beautiful, and during most
Of the month of September, and to the
tenth of October, it lay horizontally
along the western sky with very long
and wide tail, as bright in all it's parts
as the full moon. After the tenth of
October it passed around the sun and
vas seen in the southern hemisphere.
IN the old days, people looked for signs
md wonders in the heavens as fore
telling some coming calamity. The
act is, all events have their own time
md place, and everything cannot take
place at the same time, and comet
)beys it's own laws and it is foolish to
borrow trouble.
AS well might the shining rainbow
bend
Athwart the darkened heaven
Without the suns bright glowing ray
The mighty cloud hath riven,
AS that the heart may cheerful be,
When clouds obscure the vision,
And no bright ray of golden light
Streams from a higher heaven.
BENZ. SIMONDS.
Rara hoo
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-09-27
Petrihed

The following clipping, from the
card, / found in my mail one day last
week. No name was signed, bot the
reverse side of the card carried "A
view in Durward's Glen SO | mistrust
my friend, Mrs. Dudley, is fishing
with a whale to catch sprat."
Find PetrifiedT Satan
He'll closed years ago and Satan
is dead
His petrified form has been un-
eartIed and is now at Elm Grove,
w. Va Later the curious find,
which has puzzled local scientists,
~yIewing the gruesome object, will
be shown noted scientists of the
country. With horns protruding
from the forehead, spiked tail and
cloven hoofs, ~the stone form is at
tracing great attention and Gre
ating a sensation.
Hunters dug up the petrified
monstrosity along Big Wheeling
creek near West Alexander while
investigating what was apparent
ly a ground hog hole. One hunter
unearthed first the head. Rush
ing to his companions, he excited
~ told them of his find. The en-
tire party then continued the
search and uncovered the whole
form Of his Satanic majesty.
Ten years ago my friend, Ed. Rich
came to me with a stone in the shape
CT a kidney that he was confident once
belonged to the Indian chief Black
Hawks anatomy I saw fit to give the
find quite a notice in this paper, and
would you believe it, inside Of week
two other men came to me with stones
precisely like the one found by Mr.
Rich and that they were positive haC
the same origin. I was puzzled, for
supposed we had but two kidneys
However. this was by first year in higf
school. and / was not as world wise as
| am today and consequently didn'1
know but an Indian might be bull
somewhat different from white man
So, to make sure, before saying any
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-09-27
SOCIALIST URGES SUPPORT OF
WAR
enumerated

'This is not an election, it is a
war; said A. M. fSimons of the Wis
consin Loyalty legion, the principal
speaker at the opening Of the four
teenth consecutive year at the West
Minister Civic league at Westminster
Presbyterian church in Milwaukee.
"This is not a joint debate he de-
clared. This is no time for the ex-
change of wits. The boys are not go
ing to France to die, for any king.
They are going over there because
they feel this world is threatened with
calamity greater than since our in
situations began"
America must send 100000 men
and must expect three more years Of
war, was the statement made to Mr.
Simons recently by Charles E. Rus
sell, who accompanied the Root party
to Europe. There are three lines of
defense, Mr.. SimonS claimed-the
first represented by our army and
navy; the second, the economic or
ganization, and the third, the intel
lectual and spiritual organization.
''It is because / am pacifist that
| am willing to fight and drive from
the face of the earth this power that
menaces us all. There is only one
thing in the world today to save, our
selves and the German people from
the curse that has rested upon them.
The tyranny of the German autocracy
must be removed"
Mr.. Simons formerly resided in Bar
aboo and his parents are now citizens
here.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-09-27
LAWS COVERING
HUNTING SEASON

The season for hunting migratory
waterfowl in Wisconsin has opened.
The federal law and the Wisconsin
law both provide daily open season
from one-half hour before sunrise UNI
til shutdown
The law provides daily bag limit
of fifteen wild ducks, including Amer
lean coot or mudhen. In other words,
ducks and the American coot are all
classed as ducks, and fifteen of either
variety, or combined, constitute bag
limit. A mixed daily bag limit Of
twenty birds combining any two or
more of the varieties of ducks Tin
Guiding the American coot or mudhen)
wild goose, brant, plover, snipe, rail,
rice hen may be taken in one day 1t
is unlawful for any person to have in
possession more than the daily bag
limit Of any one variety. Wild goose
and brant, the daily bag limit is ten
birds. Plover, snipe, rail- rice hen
the daily bag limit for each variety is
fifteen birds, or mixed daily bag
limit Of twenty birds. The possession
of more than the, daily bag limit Of
any one variety is unlawful
There is a permanent closed season
on wood duck and quail, and closed
season on prairie chicken partridge
and grouse until the fall of 1919. 1t
is unlawful to carry in any vehicle any
gun, unless the same is knocked down
M. in q CARRYING casa
The penalty provided for the VIOLA
ton of any of the provisions relating
to game birds is fine Of not less than
$50 nor more than 500, and in addi-
ton thereto S. for each bird affected
by such violation, or by imprisonment
in the county jail not less than thirty
days nor more than six months, or
both such fine and Imprisonment.
The law also provides that any We
hicle used in transporting contraband
game may be seized and confiscated.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-09-27
HE HAD THE RIGHT IDEA

An old colored man charged with
stealing chickens was arraigned in
court and was discriminating himself
when the judge said
you ought to have a lawyer Where
is your lawyer?"
"Ah amt got no lawyer, jedge," said
the old man.
Every well, them said his honor,
'I'll assign lawyer to defend you"
ooh, no, sub; no. sub! Please
don't do dat!" the darby begged.
"Why not?" asked the judge. ut
won't cost you anything. Why don't
you want a lawyer"
WELL jedge, Ah'll tell you, sun, ="
said the old man, waving his tattered
old hat confidentially. Hits dis way.
All wan tab enjoy dem chickens
mahse'f. Chicago News.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-09-27
Signs CONTRACT
FOR ANOTHER YEAR

Orriel Philbrick has returned from
Milwaukee, where he entered into a
contract with the Ford Motor company
to sell their cars for another year
Mr.. Philbrick has sold these popular
cars for several years and has been
unusually successful during the past
season, with the result that he has
been given an increase of territory,
which will now permit him to sell
cars in the villages of North Freedom
and La Rue. Several other dealers
have had their allotted territory cut
down. Mr.. Philbrick has contracted
for one hundred and twenty Fords
for the coming year, and has dis
posed of two carloads during the past
two weeks, selling one hundred and
forty-three cars during the past year
A new addition has been made to
the Ford family in the shape of an
auto truck a sample of which has just
reached the Philbrick garage. This
new truck has been tried out by the
Ford people for two years over all
kinds of roads, and much is claimed
for it in power and durability. 1t is
made wholly at the Ford factory and
has straight line or worm drive,
which gives it more efficiency than
some other forms of driving power.
Among those to receive Fords dur
ing the past two weeks are Frank
Prime, Fred Owens, Albert Ziegler j.
H. Erswell William Griffith, c. H.
Bair, Frank Herfort Canning COM
pany Touring car and truck, John
Alexander Charles Roick, H. H. KEEL
ley, Harry Watson, Stewart e Alexan-
der Lumber company (truck). A Ford
sedan is now on the way for Mr.. Phil
brick.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-09-27
The O'Connor-Horkan Case

Regarding an article Of circuit
court cases, published in the Baraboo
Daily News of September Is in which
Hugh O'Connor VS.. George Horkan
and Stephen Horkan, the statement,
''The farm in the meantime was sold
by the father for $4,000 to Harry
Kuykendall,' was given. This would
imply that Mr. Horkan found his own
buyer and closed the deal without Mr..
O'Connor's aid.
The fact is he appropriated Mr..
O'Connor's people who were brought
to Reedsburg at Mr.. O'Connor's ex-
pense. In his office, Mr.. O'Connor,
acting as agent, drew UP the contract
at George Horkan's request and clos
ing the deal satisfactory to father and
son at the time. If not why did they
sell (for it was not compulsory for
them to do so, and both were sup
posed to know what they were do
ing)? George Horkan knew Mr..
O'Connor's commission was three per
cent for selling real estate. The deal
closed, Mr.. O'Connor'S services faith
fully performed, George Horkan peck
cts the money and refuses Mr.. O'Con-
nor his commission.
In court the judge for some un-
known motive. releases George Hor-
kan The jury was instructed to de-
eide with a verdict, "Was the sale
of the farm at the price Of $4,000
made on terms satisfactory % Stephen
would rather the farm sold for $13,-
000( at which he had listed IT'D than
the $4,000 for which his father sold
it. That was no fault of Mr.. O'Con-
nor, but a stupid blunder made by
his father. Mr.. O'Connors duties as
real estate agent were faithfully rem
dered. All honest men must admit
Mr.. O'Connor~s entitled to his fees.
There can be only right or wrong to
amy question, and Mr.. O'Connor hav-
ing done his part the question is, Can
George Horkan cheat him out of~his
commission?
If a man cannot collect wages he
honestly earns, why labor? Is there
justice in our courts, or must we all
bow to Mammon?
Mrs. H. O'CONNOR.
800 Vine Street.
Reedsburg, Wis.
Editors Note: This office is in
formed by an attorney there is q new
law which provides that an agent must
have a written contract to sell prop
erty before he can collect commits
SION This may have had something
to do with the action Of the court in
this case
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-09-27
WHAT GERMANY'S VICTORY
MEANS

Tt means, as Irving S. Cobb sees it,
the triumph in the world of Prussian-
ism, Prussianism being another name
for despotism, cruelty and intolerance.
1t means the spread of kulture,
thing which seems to be good for
German, but which is fatal for any
body else.
It means the. denial of justice to
Belgium, to Serbia, to Poland to the
Russians
by force of arms upon the principle of
the Monroe doctrine.
1t means the greatest blow ever
, struck against the principle of repre-
: sentative government among the peo-
pies of the earth
1t means loss to France not only of
Alsace and Lorraine, but of her north
ern provinces.
It means the tearing down Of Great
, Britain as a great constructive and
civilizing force in the world. =
It means that this planet is to be
made an unfit place whereon to live
for men and women who believe that
intelligent human beings are capable
of self-goyernment
1t means the apotheosis of a half
mad despot. called kaiser, and his
degenerate first-born, called a crown
prince
1t means unrestricted murder Of
non-combatants on the high seas; in
discriminate and unrestricted slaugh-
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-09-27
Trip to Lake Mendoza
Baraboo.

Last Sunday afternoon the writer,
accompanied by G.. H. Stoddard and
Walter Brooks, took a trip to Pheasant
branch and enjoyed a boat ride on
Lake Mendoza, The whole way was
pleasantly pointed out and deschibed
by Mr. Stoddard There were about
twenty barns and houses that he had
moved from one location to another.
Here was a windmill and there anoth-
err which he had erected. A certain
church was also moved by him. Here
in our own town he moved forty-foot
silo from one foundation to another.
In fact, there are not many kinds OF
work that he has not done successful
1y He is jolly good companion and
a remarkable man of sc years. During
his four score OF years, he has never
tasted tobacco nor liquor. There is
more of interest to say of his dOings,
which / must defer to some other time
since you want to know about our
trip. Well, it was interesting to see
a f1ne field Of corn on one farm that
was rank and green, another would be
frostbitten. All the grain between the
river and the lake was stacked. Con-
siderable blowing and little threshing
was done in Roxbury. When we ar
rived at the boat landing, on the
boards, lighthouses, and everywhere
we saw grasshoppers by the hundred
When out in the middle Of the lake,
the surface was covered in every di-
rection with grasshoppers, averaging
one to every three or four feet square
of surface. We noticed an obiect~foat-
ing, and thought it worth investigating.
the boat was directed accordingly
Soon we saw a gull standing on a
piece of scantling about two feet long.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-09-27

thing, | went to the teacher in physi,
ology and she laughed and said, These
people are trying to- get a little free
advertising through you; no man, be
he white, Indian or Mormon, ever had
more than two kidneys" l took her
decision as infallible, and from that
day to this, whenever person comes
to me with something that is petrified
l simply shake my head and say,
"Nuthin' doin.'
OF course the devil may be dead and
hell closed, for ! have heard so-called
men Of God-men clad in the livery of
a servant of the Most High-proclaim-
ing from the pulpit that there is no
hell; that God is too kind and merciful
to create soul and then send it, to
the torments of the damned for all the
countless ages of eternity. And when |
look back over my past life, oh, how
| wish / could believe this theory. But
when | read the story of the incarna-
ton Of Jesus Christ and reflect on the
anguish of soul and the torture of body
that he suffered during those three and
Thirty years, and the final consumma-
ton on Calvary's cruel cross-all this
III atonement for the wickedness of a
sin-cursed woodland think that God
could so punish sin in the person of his
own beloved Son-then fear that the
lowest, foulest and most loathsome
dungeon in the depths of hell will not
be considered any too bad for us if we
neglect or reject Him in this life.
HUGH KELLEY
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-09-27
WORD FOR MOTHERS

Itisa grave mistake for mothers to neg
lect their aches ard pains and suffer IN
silence-this only leads to chronic sick
ness and often shortens life.
If your work is firing; if your nerves are
excitable; if you feel languid, weary CT
depressed, you should know that Scott 5
Emulsion overcomes just such conditions.
1t possesses in concentrated form the
very elements to invigorate the blood,
strengthen the tissues, nourish the nerves
and build strength.
SCOTS is strengthening thousands OF
1nothers-and will help you. No alcohol.
Scott & Bovine. Bloomfield. NJ.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-09-27
TOAST TO THE FLAG

Here's to the red of it
There's not a thread Of it,
No, not shred of it
In all the spread of it,
From foot to head,
But heroes b1ed for it,
Faced steel and lead for it,
Precious blood shed for it,
Bathing it red.
Here's to the white of it
Thrilled by the sight Of it,
Who knows the right of it,
But feels the might of it
Through day and night?
Womanhood's care for it,
Made manhood dare for it;
Puritys pray'r for it
Kept it so white.
Here's to the blue of it
Heavenly view of it,
Star-spangled hue of it,
Honesty's due of it,
Constant and true
Here's to the whole of 1t,
Stars, stripes and pole of it,
Here's to the soul of it
Red, white and blue.
New Britain Comm Herald
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-09-27
THE RIGHT KIND OF POLITICS

A Chicago man sends the Herald {
verse that ought to be the motto o.
every true patriot heart in the land
with the Republicans in or the
Republicans out,
Always be ready for Old Glory
to shout.
With the Democrats out or the
Democrats in,
Always be ready for Old Glory
to win.