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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-06-28
The Holy Rollers

Apropos Of the article by Benz. ST.
monds in The Weekly News, concern
ing the old-fashioned camp meeting, /
would say there are here in Eureka
Springs, two strong branches of the
Apostolic, or more commonly known
as Holy Roller" faith. One branch
believes in trinity, while the other
recognizes Christ alone. Their man
ner Of worship is quite similar to that
described by Mr. Simonds, and is so
vehement at times as to constitute a
public nuisance. Indeed the members
of one branch have been once arrested
on these grounds, but the judge de-
clined to prosecute. However, prop
erty in the vicinity Of the two churches
is rendered almost unstable for resi-
dence purposes by the almost nightly
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OutcIassed

T. B. Towle, manager of the Excel
sior creamery, contributes the follow
ing lines from "The Salesman" thu
title of the poem being "Outclassed.
Outclassed
The Devil sat by the Lake of Fire,
On pile of sulphur kegs;
His head was bowed upon his breast
His tail between his legs.
A look of shame was on his face,
The sparks dripped from his eyes;
He had sent his resignation
To the throne up in the skies.
"I'm down and out" the Devil said,
He said it with a sob;
"There are others that outclass me,
And I want to quit my job.
Hell isn't in it with the land
That lies along the Rhine;
I'm a Has Been and a Piker,
And, therefore, / resign.
'"Those ammunition singers with
Their bloody shot and shell,
Know more about damnation
Than all the imps OF hell.
"Give my job to Kaiser Wilhelm
And his army of the Rhine,
Won Tirpitz or Hindenburg,
Or some such child O. mine.
81 hate to leave the old home,
The spot l love so well;
feel that I'm not up to date
In the art of running He'll"
And the Devil spit squirt of steam
At a birthstone humble bee,
And muttered that he guessed he'd g
And hunt up young John D.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-06-28
WHAT THE WAR WILL DO FOR
US

A writer in the July Woman's Home
Companion says:
"War is costly; war is terrible. Yet
to that nation which does it's part man
fully war brings certain compensa-
tons.
"The average man has a third of his
lung capacity which he never uses.
Only under the strain of some great
emotion does he learn to use his full
lung power
"What is true of men is true of ma
tions also. Only out of the strain Of
great crises do they come to their
fullest capacity for life and work.
eve shall come out of the war a
poorer people, more solemn people,
but people that has learned in the
hardest school in the world the les
sons of discipline, and of frugality,
and self-denial and thrift
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-06-28

functions, the leaves others, and Of
sap wood still others. In a man the
cells of the brain do certain things
and those of the stomach other things.
In the long ages ofevolution cells have
become diversified and are able to per-
form certain kinds of work. A cater
pillar goes into the pupa stage and
comes out a butterfiy-a wonderful
change. How does this form of life
change itself into beautiful winged
creature? The cells do the work. The
invisible parts are busy for several
weeks and produce a wonder This
transformation is considered one Of
the most wonderful acts in all nature.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-06-28
The Chrysalis

Most insects pass through three
stages of existence: First, the worm,
or caterpillar, then the chrysalis, then
the flying insect The most beautiful
one I know of is the second stage, |
think, of the black and red caterpillar,
whose third form is the common large
butterfly of brick red wings, irregular
fy streaked with black markings. This
chrysalis is hung up by small thread
to some branch in a sheltered nook.
It is about an inch long and little
over one-quarter of an inch in diam
eter, green in color, and ornamented
with shining crystals around the top
end. One day in the latter part of
summer, / found one, took it home,
and fixed it in my bookcase, which had
glass doors and faced squarely an east
window in my bed room. In about two
weeks the spotted wings of the coming
butterfly were plainly visible through
the walls of his house, SO | kept as
close watch as | could, hoping to see
him come out. So one morning as the
first streak Of daylight came, jumped
out of bed to look. | was just in
time. AS I opened the glass door he
burst his prison down the back and
quickly backed out and chung to the
outside The first moment he dis
charged some water from his body.
lis wings, which were in two little
punches on his back at once rapidly
expanded, and in two minutes they
were full size. Then he began to open
and Shut them, and in about seven
minutes he flew out into the room, ra-
dainty beautiful No rough winds or
storms had marked his respondent,
plumage. I opened the window and
joyously he few away. You may be
sure | was delighted.
l tried the same thing with another
specimen of the same kind, with ex-
actly the same result in every partic-
ular. He came out at the same break
of-day hour. BENZ. SIMONDS.
Baraboo.
Editors Note: All animal and veg
etabIe life is made up either of one or
more cells. Yeast plants, used in max
ing bread are one-celled. There are
many other germs and cells that are
their life and activities be-
ing invisible to the naked eye. A
cabbage, a COW, a tree or a. person is
composed Of many cells. In a plant
the cells of the roots perform certain
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Think about democracy. What
does representative government really
mean? What have women to do with
government? This is the gist of the
argument of letter sent out by the
Wisconsin Woman's Suffrage associa.
ton to all the women's clubs of the
state. The Suffragists are leading in
all sorts of patriotic activities, and
they are realizing the significance OF
the patriotic work Of women. They
believe that this is the time for WON
en- to consider the fundamental prin
ciples underlying this great war.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-06-28
Henry Ward Beecher's Great
EuIogy of Abraham Lincoln

E. L. Luckow, formerly of Baraboo
and now auditor Of the navy depart
ment at Washington, sends the follow
ing for the Ollapodrida department:
No words of the famous Henry Ward
Beecher were more eloquent than
those he pronounced on "The Effect
of the Death of Lincoln" the anniver-
sary of whose assassination is observ-
ed today. The following is an ex-
tract of the speech:
"You and / can comfort, but how
can / speak to that twilight million
to whom his name was as the name
of an angel of God? There will be
wailing in places which no minister
shall be able to reach. When, in howell
and in cot, in wood and in wilderness,
in the field throughout the South the
dusky children, who looked upon him
as the Moses whom God sent before
them to lead them out Of the land Of
bondage, learn that he has fallen, who
shall comfort them? O thou Shepherd
of Israel, that didst comfort thy peo-
helpless, the long-wronged and
grieyed.
"Cities and States His Pallbearers"
"And now the martyr is moving in
triumphal march, mightier than when
alive. The nation rises up at every
stage of his coming. Cities and states
are his pallbearers, and the cannon
beats the house with solemn progress
sion. Dead, dead, dead he yet speak
eth. Is Washington dead? Is Hamp-
ton dead? Is David dead? Is any
man that ever was fit to live dead?
Disseminated of flesh and risen in the
unobstructed sphere where passion
never comes, he begins his illimitable
work. His life now is grated upon
the infinite, and will be fruitful as
no earthly life can be. Pass on, thou
that hast overcome. Your sorrows, 0
people, are his peace. Your bells and
bands and muff1ed drums sound tri-
umph in his ear. Wall and weep here;
God made it echo joy and triumph
there. Pass on.
Plea of Martyrs Blood
-Four years ago, o Illinois, we took
your midst an untried man and from
among the people. We return him to
you a mighty conqueror. Not thine
any more, but the nations; not ours,
but the worlds. Give him place, O
We prairies. In the midst of this great
continent his dust shall rest; sacred
treasure to myriads who shall pilgrim
to that shrine to kindle anew their
zeal and patriotism. Ye winds that
move over the mighty places of the
West, chant his requiem. Ye people,
behold a martyr whose blood, as so
many articulate words, pleads for fl
deity for law, for liberty"
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THE IRISH CONVENTION

Every shade of opinion will be fair
ly represented in the Irish convention
Out of 101 members the British gov.
eminent will name only fifteen. 1t
cannot be charged that this is an un.
due proportion, more especially when
the representatives of the government
will themselves be Irishmen.
Each borough council will send a
delegate, and each city council two
The views of these men will vary with
the localities from which they come
John Redmond, nationalist leader, will
name five delegates; Sir John Ions
dale, Ulster leader, will name five
and the Sim Fem will name five. -Four
Catholic bishops will have place in
congress, together with the primate
and archbishop of Dublin, represent
ing the Protestant church, and the
moderator of the Presbyterian assem-.
bly, Five delegates are allotted labor
and the chambers of commerce of Bel
fast, Dublin and Cork will send repre-
sentatives.
If the Irish problem is solvable, this
gathering should be abe to find the
solution. For the first time the issue
is squarely put UP to Ireland. Only
men Of the bitterest partisanship can
deny that this is a fair chance for a
fair settlement There are those who
believe that the Irish temperament is
incapable of self-government. 1t now
has the opportunity to disprove this
charge If this convention conducts
itself with orderly wisdom; if it
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-06-28
JEFFERSON'S TEN RULES

Never put off until tomorrow what
you can do today.
Never trouble another for what you
can do for yourself.
Never spend money before you have
earned it.
Never buy what you don't want be-
cause it is cheap.
Pride costs more than hunger, thirst
and cold.
We seldom repent of having eaten
too little.
Nothing is troublesome that we do
willingly.
How much pain the evils have cost
us that have never happened.
Take things always by the smooth
handle.
When angry count 10 before you
speak; If very angry, count 100.
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Places the Blame

Many people object to the pro-
posal to reduce the alcoholic con-
tents of whisky and beer because +
they fear it may interfere with the
alcoholic content induced by those
erages.-Extract from Chicago
Herald, June 10, 1917.
81 am opposed to Ticker as a
beveridge, but littel for mechan-
ickle purposes tastes good."-Josh
Billings.
DID you ever stop to think, this
whole question of the prohibition Of
the sale or manufacture of Intoxicating
drinks could be forever settled, but for
the truth of the above extracts?
1t lies within the power Of individ-
uals to stop the traffic, if they will
only fight the battle out with their
own appetites. If no one touches the
damnable stuff, no one can profit in it's
sale or manufacture.
How often you hear one say, "Just
as long as it is made it will be used"
as an excuse for the traffic. Why not
say just as long as it is used it will be
made Instead Of shifting the blame
on the maker, manfully take the blame
on yourself, if you are a user Of some
thing you know to be of the greatest
harm, not to yourself alone, but to all
others you come in contact with, and
without the shadow of claim to be
necessary.
JOHN D. JONES.
5768 La Sale street.
Nhioaoo TIL
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-06-28

Dear Old Olla-Pod: AS an example
of what different meaning can be
placed on any statement taken from
its context, give the following ver-
batim extract from a communication
to the Chicago Journal from one of it's
readers, complaining Of the nuisance
arising from dry sweeping of the
streets.
There are days together when
everyone who comes over the
bridge when | do breathes an at
mosphere of dessicated horse ma
nure as disagreeable is not as
deadly as the Prussian poison
gas"
Now this by itself might convey the
idea the writer, like the skunk in the
schoolboy's composition, "smelt orful."
To change the subject, apropos to
Bro. Simond's remarks on the most
desired and easiest avocation in life,
would say the least desired is lack Of
any.
Satan finds some mischief still
for idle hands to do"
Just as the welcome News contain
ing Brother Simonds' contribution
came to hand, l was reading Their
Yesterdays" by Harold Bell Wright,
and this about Occupation:
"In all the world there is no
danger so menacing as the danger
of idleness; there is no privation
so cruel, no suffering so pitiful as
the need of occupation; there is
no demand so imperative, no ne :
cessity so dreadful, as the want Of
something to do. Occupation is
the very life of Life. AS nature
abhors a vacuum so life abhors
idleness. To be is to be occupied.
One has not to go far to prove the
truth of the foregoing. am firm be-
lever in the necessity of laws that
will make wilful idleness crime and
misdemeanor, and make it obligatory
on the part of every physically and
mentally sound person to "do their bitE
every day, irrespective of wealth or
position, and thus tighten the burdens
of those who now are overladen, and
denied their God-given right to neces-.
sary recreation. JOHN D. JONES.
5768 La Sale street.
Chicago, Ill. #
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-06-28
LEARN FRENCH

No doubt there are young men and
women in Sank county who expect to
see active service in France. If these
young people have time it would be
an excellent thing to learn to speak
and read the French language. To
meet a person with an unfamiliar
tongue is a bar to fellowship The
French people in this war have shown
themselves to be heroes, to be self-sac-
rificing, to be able to sustain great
burdens-and all this without intrigues
and the things which make for enmity
from other nations. The French have
an excellent literature, great thinkers,
powerful writer's and men who stand
high in the affairs of the world. Know
ing something of the language before
crossing the Atlantic would be great
aid to acquiring more while beneath
the sky Of that republic. Young men
who are training for the army and
young women who are to engage in
Red Cross work, would do well to
spend a portion of the time while wait
ing in getting acquainted with the
tongue they will often hear.
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evolves working basis on which all
elements can agree, it will be mag
nificent demonstration of the justice
behind Ireland's demand for home
rule.
Our earnest hope it that it may. 1t
would be deplorable were it to break
up in a row. The hot-heads of both
sides should take example from the
splendid cooperation Of nationalist
and Ulster troops at the front. The
dramatic incident in which William
Redmond, dying from wounds, was
picked up by an Ulster ambulance and
cared for by Ulster men is, perhaps
the prophecy of better spirit and q
better day.-Chicago Evening Post.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-06-28

Henry Ford has subscribed for $5,-
10000 of Liberty Bonds, thus at last
doing something practical toward
getting the boys out of the trenches
by Christmas.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-06-28

Several Russian treaties have been
stolen and Germany will please note
that some countries make treaties
that are worth stealing.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-06-28
WHY WE ARE AT WAR

President Charles H. Van Hise spoke
of the war at the commencement ex-
ercises on Wednesday at the Univer-.
gity of Wisconsin, and as to why we
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-06-28

Now that Senator Lewis has advo
Gated Hanging" for food pirates, il
would be just like 'em to corner the
rope supply.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-06-28

The recent report that the Confed-
crate flag is flying over Washington
will probably cause the kaiser to is
sue another manifesto of good cheer.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-06-28
THURSDAY, JUNE 2S, 1917

AS food dictator Mr.. Hoover will
have power to do everything, except
fire the cook.
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are at war with Germany said:

are at war with Germany said:
"But why should the United States
have become involved in this war?
1t is because of the ethical principles
involved. The United States has as
vital an interest as the near neighbors
of Germany that her doctrine that
might makes right, which has been
her principle of action since the time
of Frederick the Great, shall not be
forced upon the world. 1t must be es-
tablished that the small nation has
the same right to follow it's natural
course of development as has it's giant
neignbor. Free peoples, organized
with the ideal of personal development,
must not be crushed by a nation armed
for aggression, the individuals of which
docilly submit to the will of autocratic
power.
Because freedom and democracy
are at stake, the war must be carried
on until these are safe. The contest
in which we have entered is indeed
gigantic. Already the dead of the bel
Iigerent nations number seven mill
lions of men, the wounded twenty mil
lions or more. Each of these millions
of dead and permanently MANNED is a
shocking tragedy to some family, the
heavy sorrow of which will deepen it's
imprint through years to come.
"The destruction of property has
been appalling. Perhaps the hardest
of all to forgive is the wanton destruc-
I ton of the Lourain library, the
Rheims cathedral, and other great
architectural monuments and their con-
tanned objects of art.
There is no sign that the war is
near it's end. 1t is certain that it will
continue months; and it is wholly pos,
sible that it may extend beyond the
end of the year 1918. In this event,
the United States will have contrlbut'
ed her hundreds of thousands of dead
and many billions of dollars to the
cause of world righteousness. We shall
indeed have made our contributions
of blood and treasure. But whatever
the cost, we must do our utmost along
every line of endeavor to make safe
the world ideals for which we are
lighting.
"The final cost of the war will in
deed be beyond human comprehension.
A large proportion of the millions OF
dead will have been the best and
most vigorous youth of the belligerent
nations. The disastrous effects OF
their loss upon the stamina of the peo-
pies will extend through many gener
atoms, indeed into the future indefin'
itely. Already among the dead are a
number of young men who had made
marvellous discoveries in science or
contributed great things to literature
Their loss alone is an unspedkable ca
lamity to the world.
"The gigantic debts of scores of bill,
lions of dollars, the vast wasteage OF
natural resources, the enormous de.
struction of permanent property, will
together place colossal burden upon
the people of the whole world"
| .------O--.---
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Republican Russia may still find
use for Siberia as a cozy anarchist re-
treat
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-06-28

No ordinary mathematician can fig
ure out how long Champ Clark will be
able to hold the speakership.
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Ollapodrida
DEPARTMENT DEVOTED TO INTERESTS OF Jews READERS

you something timely topic, question
ask please send 1t to this department Limit all
muncations to 800 words or Iess
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-06-28

William Albers writes to the News
from Hale Center, Texas, as follows:
paper, as we formerly lived in Sank
county and we do not like to miss a
single copy of your good paper"
Thank you, Brother Albers.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-06-28

Mrs. L. A Dudley, Durwards Glen,
sends the following:
Ethel White, five-year-old of Seat
tie, hearing her old sisters and broth
er speaking Of trip they had taken
to Wisconsin, declared she too had
gone. No, Ethel, you didn't co. they
told her. After much arguing Ethel
finally appealed to her mother. mo,
Ethel, you weren't born at that time, -
said her mother ooh, Ma, / did too
go, before the doctor brought me to
your house,"
Nobody disputed this view.
i + + +
Ernest G. Savage, 424 South Seventh
street, st. Paul, Mimi, writes that he
has undergone an operation at a hos
pital He hopes to be out in a short
time.
+ + + +
Charles w. Ellis, publisher of the
Lackawanna IN. W Daily Journal, is
the first editor in New York state to
follow the lead Of the California news
papers in eliminating the title Dr. in
mentioning the names of physicians
who do not advertise.
The California editors believe that
doctors should use paid advertising
cards in the newspapers. They con-
tend if it be unethical for doctors to
use display space it would be a shame
to force free advertising down their
threats. Ellis agrees with them. And
SO "Dr. William Jones" will be plain
William Jones, when his name must
appear in connection with lodge no.
tice, a church reader or, in fact, in any
news item.
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Snow White

The pleasing melodrama Of the
above caption was neatly presented on
Wednesday last by the juvenile talent
of Miss CrandalIs kindergarten school,
and met the unanimous approval Of
nearly 400 people. Considering the
youthfulness and inexperience of the
numerous artists, as success, it was
marvelously brilliant. Mabel Woock
appeared in the title role with capti-
waiting effect, while her step-mother,
the queen, was well represented by
Florence Savage, and her attendants,
Masters Eyart Mckay, Percy McGin-
mis-, Vaugne Hapeman, Stacy Jones,
Harry Kimball Misses Helen Mckay,
Bell Marriott, Olive Waite, Margie
Jones, made very pretty appearance
and served the queen with charming
grace and dignity. The dwarfs, mas
ters Freddie Savage, Allie Jackson,
Lloyd McGinnis, Autie Reinking, Guy
Calvert, David Brown Willie Maa-
riott, in their grotesQue appearance,
reminded one of calithumpion pa
rade, and provoked the crowd to laugh
ter. Miss Florence Conway acted the
"old woman" to perfection. Willie
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Many Years Ago

Mrs. ]. G.. Train sends clipping
from Baraboo newspaper which tells
Of pleasing event which transpired
something like thirty-fve years ago.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-06-28

Recently Miss Della Payne passed
the examination for matron in a state
institution. In the civil service test
her grade was the third from the high
est.
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treat.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-09-21
WORK OF MILKING MACHINES
Test Made by United States Depart
nent Of Agriculture in Dairy
Regions Of Many States.

The United States department Of ag-
riculture has put out a bulletin on
milking machines. They made studies
In dairy regions in New York, Michi-
gan, Ohio and Illinois. They found
that in herds of Is cows or less the
average time required to milk a COW
by hand is a fraction over seven min
utes, and by machine a fraction under
five minutes. In herds Of so cows the
average time required is seven min
utes, but by machine just little more
than four minutes.
The cost per year to milk cow in
herd of Is cows or less is S10.91 by
hand, and $10.45 when the herd num-
bered so cows or more. With machines
the cost was $11.75 per COW in herds Of
Is cows or less, against 1874 per COW
per year with so cows or more in the
herd.
In computing these figures, total
of 156 farms were investigated. Inter-
est ON the investment, the value of
gas and oil, the cost of repairs, de-
probation and labor were all consid-
cred