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Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-07-11
Dantziq.

The old fortress of Dantzlg Is rich
in NapoleOnic lore. 1t was here that
the Man of Destiny failed to heed the
intimatIons of a grand council of his
marshals-Murat, Ney, and the rest,
that his star had passed perihelien; 1t
was here that he upbraided them for
having grown soft In prosperity, and
for opposing the invasion Of Russia !;
and 1t was from Danzig that his lie.
glons dumped orr for the ill-fated
Moscow campaign.
In a later day Dantzig was the
background and the base for the north
ern shear Of Mackensen's gray-green
pincers that took Warsaw. Look at
the map Of the blunt salient that Rus
sian Poland made into the heart Of
the central empires in the days before
the war, and the strategic value Of
the fortified city in the rear Of the in
vading Germans can readily be seen.
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LIVE IN STRANGE ABODES
Danes and Hoilanders Would Seem to
Take Big Chances in the
North Sea.

The worlds strangest dwelling
places are to be found in the North
sea, not far from Helgoland.
Centuries ago there was large and
prosperous island province, called
Nordstrand, Off the coast Of Schleswig-
Holstein. Storm and earthquake de-
stroyed it one Sunday night, and near
~ 5000 people were drowned.
In course of time, however, high
mounds emerged from the waters, and
ultimately venturesome Hollanders
built their cottages on the SUBMITS of
these mounds. BY sharing fowl and
wild duck. collecting eggs, oysters, and
seals, they managed to exc out living.
The sea-girt mounds are known as
"halligen." Except on GLAND, the larg-
est. there are no trees or fuel, except
that obtained from submerged beds
of peat, and no fresh water except
rain-water collected in butts.
Nevertheless, adventurous Danes
and Hollanders, attracted by the thou
sands Of wild fowl and fish, continue
to live on the "halligen," in spite Of
the fact that four months in the year
the coarse grass pastures, on which
cattle just manage to live, lie under
water. Sometimes all Is swept away.
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Great Wealth in Ivory.

To the northeast Of the mouth Of
the Lena-which is one of the great
rivers Of the, world, rising in east
ern Siberia and flowing northward to
the Arctic ocean-is u group Of islands
which must formerly have been con-
nected with the mainland There an
American naval expedition, which
sought survivors Of the Inflated JEAN
nette, found deposits of mammoth
tusks that were literal ivory mines.
The frozen soil Of the islands was
so crowded with mammoth skeletons
as to suggest that the mighty pachy-
derms must have had there a dying
place." to which, through thousands
of years, they resOrted when death ap-
preached. Lieutenant Schuetze, who
was member of the expedition, told
the writer that there was big for
tune to be gained by few adventur-
Gus men who should take a stanch
vessel through Boring strait Mt the
opening Of the arctic summer, dig for
ivory and return in half dozen
weeks. They would encounter perils.
however, for the coast is most inhos-
pitable and almost uninhabited.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-07-11
The Art Of TaIkinu,

The art Of talking is rare, but IL
one has the least spark Of talent II
may be improved. Time, thought, and
constant practice are necessary to de-
velop any faculty. We cannot hone
TO learn music, painting, or tennis
without practice, and so it is with con-
versntion. We cannot expect to talk
well In society If we are dull, silent,
taciturn at home. We must read the
best books to learn the fluent use of
language; we must learn to think and
to remember, to observe carefully:
we must keep In touch with the events
Of the day, not merely within q par-
row circle but in the wide world. Cen
eral knowledge Is necessary. Books.
magazines and newspapers are within
the reach of every one. An ideal con-
versat!onalist Is conscientious lis
tener. the first to see merit. the Inst
to censure faults. A very earnest
talker IS not always popular because
OF henviness; to be able to talk about
nothing In way to make that airy
subject interesting Is a talent. Small
talk Is valuable socially.
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even In Its primitive simplicity, as
1t came down from the rhapsodists
who celebrated the exploits of Her
cules and Theseus, was as great won
der as any 1t records. All the other
tongues that civilized man has spoken
are poor and feeble, and barbarous, in
comparison with it. It's compass and
fiexibility, its riches and its powers are
altogether unlimited. 1t not only ex-
presses with precision all that is
thought or. known at any given period,
but it enlarges itself naturally, with
the progress Of science, and affords, as
If without an effort, a new phrase, or
systematic nomenclature whenever
one Is called for.-Thomas Xeightly.
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WOMEN PREY OF LONELINESS
London Writer says That 10 the Cause
Of Their Tireless and Cease
less Toll.

Men are amazingly and amusingly
Ignorant with respect to the mysterious
lie led by their mothers, wives. daugh-
tiers and aunts. For years at a time a
man may go on blindly with his work
lni his play and remain In total igno-
;':nce about the activities of these mex
piicabe beings. He is dimly and dubi-
ouSly aware that they are not idle. In
his i'aroxysms in intuition he guesses
that his comfort and even his happi-
ness III some fashion may depend upon
their labors. But. the greater part Of
his existence is passed in q sublime
Ignoring Of all the immense miracles
wrought by women every day Of his
life.
have come to the conclusion that
women are the loneliest of Gods creu-
lures, and that their loneliness Is the
great first cause of their tireless and
ceaseless toll, James Douglas writes In
London Opinion. Nearly every woman
goes about with a lonely look on her
face and the older she grows the lone
ller she looks. There are very few
lonely men, for men are gregarious.
They are also. upon the whole, less
imaginative than women. They live
more On the surface. They do not pos
sess that quality of power Of living a
secret inner life Of contemplation and
oroodingly retrospective passion. Men
i've in and for the hour; woman lives
III and for the past and the future.
lhey are ut war with their environ
lnent. Like Norah In 1.-THE Dolls
House" they are always waiting for
Inc miracle to happen. One seldom
sees the print Of tragic intensity on a
mans face. One seldom sees anything
eSe on woman's. 1t is this yelled
.Hhult OF the soul that drives women
'"'o frantic and feverish labors.
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EMULATION COUNTS IN LIFE
woman Evangelist Was Evidently
Aware Of the Fact, and Turned
1t to Advantage.

In an Indiana city. not long ago, u
woman evangelist held Il revival meet
Ing. She took no collections while the
services were In progress, but on the
final night she announced that Il free.
Will Offering would be In order. Inter
est In the meetings had been CROWN.
ana the church was crowded to capac-
ity. The ushers, with contribution
plates, started on their rounds. Tile
evangelist said she had instructed them
to say Amen" whenever % cents was
dropped into the plate; when so cents
the usher was to say "Hallelujah!" and
when 81 the usher was to say GLORY
hallelujah! !" in loud tone. The col
lection amount to $1,1OO.
If there had been no emulation the
total might have been small, but the
evangelist knew thut no person with
money to give would be content with
an Amen" when q neighbor, sitting in
the next pew. was acclaimed with q
GLORY hallelujah!" The same principle
holds good In everyday life. If one
man has fine vegetable garden it is
an incentive to his neighbors. The
interest women have in pretty frocks
is largely due to somebody getting one
and making the others desire some
thing equally becoming. Men would
care little for position If It were not
Tor the age-old lure that makes them
want better job than the other fell
low.
Without such emulation there would
be nothing to drag men and women
away from the commonplace things Of
life. There would be nothing to induce
one boy to seek for the head Of his
class or persuade him that he should
run Tor president later on. Many. Of
course. are content to have "Amen"
said to their efforts in life, but more
want to hear the "Glory hallelujah ~
Indianapolis News.
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Joyousncss.

How should 1t be otherwise? l can
bear a melancholy man, but never O
melancholy child. Into whatever quag-
mire the former sinks, he may raise
his eyes either to the realm of reason
or to that Of hope; but the little child
sinks and perishes I'm q single black
poison-drop Of the present time. Only
imagine child conducted to the scat
fo,d--Cupld in German cofIin-or
fancy butterfly crawling like cater
pillar with his four wings pulled off,
and you will feel what mean.-Ollver
Wendell Holmes.
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First "Dust" Explosion.

Until the summer of 1873 such a
thing as dust explosion" was I'm.
known. No doubt many such explo.
sions had occurred, but they were of
small account and no investigation
followed to disclose the true nature
Of the case.
In that summer the Washburn -four
Ing mills at Minneapolis, then the
largest In the world, exploded with
terrific violence.
Several massive buildings, with
granite walls two feet thick and Of
particularly strong mill construction,
were demolished as II by an immense
charge Of dynamite.
The flame of the first explosion was
communicated to two other mills,
which were destroyed in the con-
fiagration which followed.
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MUCH LIKE LIFE'S PATHWAY
eneetIVe Psr@SIe in Edward Everett
Hale'e Description Of Doings Of
Picnic Party.

lou all 90 out to picnic, and meet
"eether in some pleasant place In the
moous, and you put down the baskets
mere and leave the pail with the ice
I" 'he hahdiest place you can find, and
,o'ef 1t with the blanket. Then you
al set out In the great forest But
n Is only a few Of the party who
'hoose to start hand in hand along
gravel path which leads straight to
,ne well, and probably those few en-
Joy less and gain less from the days
EXCURSION than any Of the rest. The
.eS. break up into Indifferent knots.
"nu 90 some here, some there. as
u'e'r occasion and their genius call
..e'n' Some 60 after flowers, some
"i'er berries. some after butterflies ;
SvDne Knock the rocks to pieces; some
s"'no up to where there Is fine view,
so'ne sit down and copy the stumps,
sumo 60 into the water. some make
" hre' some find camp Of Indians
""o learn to make baskets. These all
Io,he back to the picnic camp in good
'rder each eager to tell what he has
,een and heard, each having satisfied
'' taste and genius and each and all
""''hS made vastly more Of their day
wan II they had held to the gravel
'",n and walked in column to the well
Hale.
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African Witch Doctors.

Africa is sick country-one Of the
sickest In the world. Malaria, tuber-
culosis and pneumonia fill the swamps
and forests with death. The fear Of
death Is so constant companion of
the black people that they have come
to consider their native witch doctor
as more important than the ruling for
sign government or the chief Of their
own tribe. But once the white man
sets foot on the fever trail the witch
doctor might just as well throw away
his crazy medicine. In his heart he
knows he Is q NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Herald.
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Latin Words In Use.

Many Latin words crept into our
language through Rome's military con-
quests. For instance, castro was tho
Latin word for camp, becoming ches-
ter In English. So Colchester, Dor
chester, Winchester, and similar names
Indicate English cities which were
once Roman camps. When the Pill
grlms came to America, they gave to
many new settlements the names Of
English towns which they still loved.
You Will find other equally interesting
words which have come into English
directly from Latin. And even now
you may like to know that there is n
real, though long-drawn-out connection
between our mother tongue and the
Latin language of the old Romans
Christian Science Monitor.
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Eats a Thousand Insects a Day.

"A cliff swallow will eat thousand
flies, mosquitoes, wheat midgets or bee
ties that injure fruit trees in day and
therefore Is to be encouraged" says
the American Forestry association Of
Washington.
'This bird Is also known as the cave
swallow, because it plasters its nest
on the outside Of barn or other build
Ing up under the caves. Colonies Of
several thousand will build their nests
together on the side of cliff. These
nests shaped like flattened gourd or
water bottle are made Of bits of clay
rolled into pellets and lined with straw
or feathers. This bird winters In the
tropics"
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Flying In FrankIln's Day.

BENJAMIN Franklin, who closely re-
ported the aerial experiments he view
ed in France in 1888, wrote:
"The Improvement in the Construc-
tion and Management Of the Balloons
had already made rapid Progress ;
and one cannot say how far 1t may go.
"a few Months since the idea of
Witches riding thro' the Air upon a
Broomstick, and that Of Philosophers
upon Bag Of Smoke, would have APP
peared equally impossible and ridicu-
1ous.
"These Machines must always be
subject to be driven by the Winds.
Perhaps Mechanic Art may find easy
means to give them progressive Mo-
tion in Calm, and to slant them a
little in the Wind"
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herself to the top Of the ladder with
the agility Of squirrel.
Though Stanley Lees tongue had
been idle, his eyes had refused to 20
on sympathetic strike, and what he
saw was slight. almost boyish figure.
with mop Of short black hair, clad
IN becoming smock Of bright or
ahGe. Then he alphabetically spoke.
wouldn't my fussing around here
bother you any? You see, my aunt.
whom am visiting, isn't up yet, and
I'm nearly starved"
The lady Of the pigments. absorbed
In her work, replied that it would not
hot at all. But she did not add
what she was thinking, that this was
quite the handSOmest maa she had seen
Tor some time. Under her facile brush
the bright cOlors took shape, and In
Stanley Lees mind an intention took
Shape-nOt to leave on the next day
as he had intended, but to stay
while and cultivate this girls ac-
quaintance. Perhaps she would go to
some shows with him.
Even so, she did. Aunt Margaret
appeared opportunity and got together
some breakfast and insisted on Eve
lyn's participation in it, and Stanley
TOOK his courage in hand and suggest
ed that "shOw" idea; and they went
to the show, and more shows; and
not only to the theater, but once to
the opera and to concert and hunted
up several queer and interesting places
to dine together-and for a week
the Ethiopian over the kitchen
range remained blind as q mole for
want Of eyes, and it wasn't till Sunday
again that Evelyn got her breath and
insisted that the Ethiopian must be
finished.
So again she came with her
brushes and paints. and this time Stan
ley was on the alert and let her In at
the basement door In jiffy. But he
was stiff and silent, while the artist
girl busted herself with her prepara-
lions and quite forgot to leSd her q
hand as she climbed the stepladder.
For many minutes he watched the deft
hand giving sight and life to the blaz-
ing picture Of the slave. Then he
blurted: ..-----,.
you've made a man Of him; a regu-
lar, breathing. living man. But he
won't even say thank you, ma'am.'
You can do as much for me, Miss
Evelyn, If you will, and I'll be a heap
sight more willing slave to you than
that chap up there, happy as he looks.
Here you're just doing things for dead
walls-come out to Wyoming and fill
with warmth and color a human life! ="
Evelyn looked down at him from the
ladder for n long minute. Then she
climbed down and said: "Stan, that's
the biggest commission ever had.
I'll undertake it."
Do you wonder that they love the
Ethiopian and come back every year
for little fling in New York under his
grinning chaperonage?
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Tho Greeks.

Is impossible to contemplate the
,',m OF Greek literature and art
t".'oout being struck with them, as
hS,,! lar the most extraordinary and
a.. ,'',aht phenomena in the history Of
human mind. The very language,
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The
Ethiopian
r.
b. DORA H. NOLAN

Copyright. 1919. by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-11-25

Miss Mary Saraisiou of Cecarea
Mounjousoun, spoke at the First Uni
versalist church last evening for tn,
benefit of the near East Relief
The st. Paul train was several hour.
late last Thursday morning, on &C
count of the sleeper running off tn,
track, near Nekoosa. No one was in
jured.
AS usual, some one in northern Wis
consin has taken drop too much ant
has been seeing things. He claims tt
have seen two white deer, one a doe
and the other fawn. A year ago q
lighter dose, made a man see one white
deer.
| The state treasurer has given out
that the date upon which the cash
bonus will be paid to the soldiers
sailors, marines and others will de-
pend upon when the tax is to be paid
to the state treasurer-either the lat
ter part of March or the first part of
May.
The action of the city council of
Stevens Point, in closing up all places
VI uuShiCoo vi OuHudy, 10 dppdTtHtly
a dead issue. Billiard halls, ice cream
parlors, have been kept open regard
less of the action and no attention has
been paid them by the authorities. In
fact they have been doing an increased
business.
Earl T. Short, a well known Mercer
resident, was shot and killed at. Mercer
last Tuesday afternoon by Joseph
Carr, another Mercer resident. The
shooting occurred in Cars saloon
building at 2:30 o'clock Carr claims
he shot Short in self-defense and while
Short was attempting to assault his
(Carr's) wife.
John Schilling of the town of Nc
MILAN and Theo. Hackbarth of the
town of Eau Pleine, were called to
Wausau, Tuesday, charged with SELL
ing American cheese which contained
more than 40 per cent of water. This
was tie outcome of G.. H. Steuber,
deputy state dairy food inspector of
Madison visiting Marathon county and
looking over the various factories
They admitted the charge but said
1t was not done Intentionally. They
were fined s25 each and costs by
Judge Marchetti.
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PERSONALS

Howard Dessert of Mosinee, was
in the city Saturday.
Walter E. Curtis returned home
from Chicago, Friday.
Mrs. A Guenther has returned
from a brief visit with relatives at
Knowlton.
w. A. Won Berg and Geo. Robi-
cheau of Mosinee, were in the city
Saturday
Arnold Heise, who has been in
Flint, Mich, has returned to his home
in Wausau.
Mrs. A H. Reid, vino had been
visiting her daughter in Chicago, re-
turned home Thursday.
Oscar Eggebrecht was in Madison
the past week, to see his brother, Otto,
who is ill with appendicitis.
Clarence Goodwillie of Chicago,
was in the city Friday looking after
the Goodwillie interests in Wausau.
Miss Fay Aldrich returned from
West Salem, Thursday where she at
tended the Brown-Leicht wedding.
Mrs. A. P. Woodson went to Chi
cago Sunday evening, where she met
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. C. C.
Yawkey
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Tank of Mar
athon, were in the city on Thursday
Mr.. Tank is one of Marathon's sue
| cessful farmers.
George Foster, A. L. Kreutzer, w
H. Bissell and G. d. Jones, joined the
hunters at Lake Laura on Saturday
They drove up by auto.
Mrs. James Bell of Menomonie, ar
rived in the city Saturday to remain
with her parents until after Thanks
giving, on which day she will be joined
by Mr.. Bell.
Mrs. w. H. Vandeveer of Marsh
field is visiting at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Schmirler
Mr.. Vandeveer will join her to spend
the week end here.
S. B. Bissell of Laurel, Miss, ar
rived in the city Thursday on bust
ness and to visit his brother, w. Fl.
Bissell. He will remain several weeks
and then return south.
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ABOUT THE CENSUS

The Fourteenth Decennial Census is
to be taken during the month of jan
uary, 1920.
The first census of the United States
was taken in 1890, during the admins
tration of George Washington. 1t re-
lated solely to population
The Constitution of the United
States requires that census of the
United States be taken every ten
years. 1t is by this means that the
apportionment of members of the
House of Representative is made as
to states.
The Bureau of the Census is a part
OF the Department of Commerce. It
was established as a permanent Blu
reau in 1902. Prior to that time the
census work was done by a temporary
organization known as the Census
office.
A census of the country's manufac-
lures was made for the first time in
1910. Under the present law a manu-
features census is to be taken in con-
nection with the Fourteenth Decennial
Census and every two years thereafter.
United States marshals acted as
enumerators at the first nine decen-
NAL censuses. Each marshal had as
many assistants as were necessary to
properly cover his allotted territory.
About $50 people were engaged In
taking the first census of the United
States. The 1929 census will require
the services of 10000.
The statistics of the first census of
the United States were published in
one small volume consisting of SIS
pages. The statistics of the 1910 GEN.
sus required II volumes having an ag-
gregate of more than 10000 pages.
There were 6,361, SOP farms reported
at the last decennial census, valued at
more than 40 billions of dollars. The
1920 census is expected to show more
than 100000 farms.
The Census Bureau prints a special
supplement for each State in the Union
containing all the census figures relat-
ing to the State in question.
1t required Is months to complete
the enumeration work for the first
decennial census in 1880 In 1920 the
Census Bureau plans to complete the
enumeration work for the entire coun-
try in from two 70 four weeks and
announce the population figures in
less than three months from the date
the enumeration work is completed.
Every census has disclosed the fact
there are more men in the United
States than women.
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AGE NO BAR
Everybody in wausau Is Eligible

Old people stopped with suffering,
Middle age, courageously fighting.
Youth protesting impatiently;
Children, unable to explain;
All in misery from their kidneys.
Perhaps a little backache first.
Urinary disorders. dropsy may
quickly follow.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for weak
kidneys.
Are endorsed by thousands.
Here's Warsau testimony.
P A. Mcneil, fiagman, 629 Mcclellan
ST., says: About four months ago /
caught a cold in my kidneys and it
caused my back TO ache. When / went
to flag train, l got stitch in my
back trying TO get out of chair. My
back was lame all the time The kid
ney secretions passed too frequently
and were scanty. / got a box Of Doan' S
Kidney Pills and began using them.
To my surprise they relieved the
backache and stopped the burning SEN
sation. Doan's Kidney Pills are Just
fine
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