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The Washington times., 1923-09-19
HIGH CASTE IN
|. CHINA WEAR
2 WATCHES

0HINA is a country Of con-
slant surprises to a visitor
~ from the Western world. He
is, forever seeing some new and
interesting custom which aston
ishes him.
But these customs have not
changed for thousands Of years,
and each recalls to the stranger
the civilization which was China's
when the rest Of the world which
now prides itself on its civiliza-
ton was inhabited by primitive
men.
It was then that the Chinese
wore beautiful robes which they
made from silk-an unheard OF
fabric in Europe, for only tho
Chinese knew the secret of spin
ming silk. They had the compass,
understood the mysteries of
mathematics and played chess.
Culture was at high mark in
China years before the beginning
of the Christian era.
So naturally artistic were these
people that it was in their coun-
try that the first real art of the
world was developed = that OF
making the beautiful porcelains
and coloring them NexQuisitively.
No one has ever succeeded in
rivaling the Chinese in this
charming decorative art.
Even the Chinese dress Is
artistic. No more gorgeous at
tiIf is to be seen than that worn
by a Chinese gentleman of high
station or by a mandarin.
OF course, to the Westerner, q
Chinese gentleman's costume may
seem only adapted for a fancy
dress ball, but If he studies it
he will see that 1t Is not only
thing OF beauty, but that it is de-
signed for comfort.
Even the ornaments which
adorn the person of a rich Chi
nese gentleman are designed for
use as well as beauty.
No Chinese gentleman will ever
be in the position of not knowing
the time OF day-even IL his
watch has stopped. He guards
against this annoyance by a very
simple method. He wears two
watches!
This may appear amusing to
the visitor, but to the Chinese 1t
is simply a custom which has
existed since there were swatches.
So his two watches he wears as
unconsciously as a man in our
country wears two cuff links.
Copyright, 1923. by Newspaper
Feature Service. Incl
The Washington times., 1923-09-19
1t Might Be Worse.

X TILLERS point to $3.50 flour and unchanged bakers
IVh loaves. With materials costing half much the
price and weight of bread stick to habits. Prof
teers disdain both Newton and Ensten They believe
neither in gravity in relatively.
In their philosophy what goes up ne0er down
Rumanian banks lending money at 80 to so per
After listening soapbox orators paror socialists and
intending candidates. take squin the other fellows
fence and realize how much things could be.
Thank Providence that William T. Foster instead of put
ting his atrocous theories into practice is in Jail
City advocating revolution and confscaon of property
general strike might easily follow the York walk
out if different of officials in charge the
pressmen's union.
Suppose the earthquake belt encirced America or
$6O,OOOOO0 worth exactly German mark!
Consider consequences had Governor Pncho muffed
his chance And picture plight the United States
involved through league membership in chaos!
Factory chimneys automobile output railroad earnings
labor scarcity stock dividends levels bank balance
and health statistics derde Jeremiahs and chin bumpers
Take stock and cheer up!
The Washington times., 1923-09-19
OWNING ROD A HOAX, SAYS
MAGAZINE WRITER
Stories Of "Magcal Wands Are as Od as Hisory Itself

way: THE wizards seek
for veins with a divining rod
shaped like a fork; but its shape
makes no difference in the mat
ter 1t might be straight or OF some
other form-for 1t il not the form
of the twig that matter, but the
wizards lamentations which it
would not become me to repeat,
neither do wish to do So"
Scientists have given a great
deal Of attention to this subject,
an such men as LeBrun and
Michael Farraday are numbered
among the sincere and honest in
vestigators. The sum Of their
opinion seems to have been that
divining rod exhibitions were a
deliberate and clever hoax.
AS the principles of electro
magnetism and gravity came to
be recognized, there appeared
numerous scientists In Europe and
America who attributed the ac-
ton of divining rods to electrical
currents transmitted from the
ground through the body and in
ducing magnetic attraction be-
tween the rod and the ground.
There are on file at the United
States Patent Office, Nature Mag
azine points out. no less than
twenty-four patents for machines
of this nature, but none Of them
seem to have been sufficiently
effective to justify their manu-
facture.
Systematic magnetic observa-
tiOns and a. complete magnet sur
Tey of the earth have been car
ried on under the direction of
the Carnegie Institution OF Wash
ington without disclosing the ex-
istence of any such currents
which would give an indication
of underground conditions.
The Washington times., 1923-09-19

TvEN today we sometimes
hear of person who
claims to be able to locate
underground water, oil OF. other
valuable minerals by the use of
a forked twig called a divining
rod.
The operator usually appears
to hold the two branches of sthe
fork firmly in his two hands,
and the superstition is that when
he reaches a place beneath which
water, some sought-for mineral,
or a buried treasure is supposed
to lie, the butt end Of the rod
Will be attracted downwards.
Some persons even claim that
the twig will mark by witches
the distance Of the object below
the surface of the earth.
According to Arthur J. Ellis,
opinion as to the kind of wood
of which this twig consists has
varied greatly in different times
and places, but peach, willow,
hazel, and witch hazel have been
the common favorites.
Stories OF magical rods are as
old as the history of the world,
says Nature Magazine of Wash
tngton in an article based on ma
terial from the Unittd States Geo
logical Survey. Moses had such
a rod with which he produced
water for his famished nation,
but even before his time similar
stories have been recorded. In
deed, the divining rod mystery
was handed down thorugh the
generations until in the Middle
Ages 1t came to play quite an
important part in religious discus
sions and early scientific investi-
cations.
In the writing of Agricola $3.50
we find his opinion expressed this
The Washington times., 1923-09-19
Once-Overs
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Y YOUR DEBTS BEFORE YOU SPEND FREELY

by
PAY YOUR DEBTS BEFORE YOU SPEND FREELY.
How about paying that friend the small sum borrowed
from him?
Because he is good friend do you pay other bills first
spend your money for unnecessary things while you
make your friend wait for his money!
1t is easy to let debt when the one to whom
indebted some one who skes to ask you for the
money.
And you let it go and on
Perhaps you have owed some friend considerable
of money for long time.
In the meantime you have purchased articles for your
comfort and pleasure.
Is this the right thing do?
Pay your debts first You likely to lose that good
friend if you do not treat him fairly.
Men, and women, too who punctilious about big
and thoroughly trustworthy large deals
ingly.
Pay little bills promptly and keep your friends
The Washington times., 1923-09-19
Prospecting by Airplane
What Is Up North I

Hakon Hammer, business of Seattle is tempted
fly the North Pole and what it is like He
to Spzbrgen and flew around there for while under the
midnight He interested to below him what
have been the equator BE thinks his ameta
proposed trip is abandoned.
Mr. Hammer isn't merely interested in being able say
81 did it." He wants to make stops here and there
vesgate that northern territory and learn what
minerals it may possess Also he know what land
there the other side Of the Pole what anything
it is worth.
The world may yet North Pole gold craze with the
prospecto flying toward the gold instead travelling
carts Quite change since 1840.
The Washington times., 1923-09-19
Like Some Folks

I'M HE average ostrich can out
run the best Arab horse, If
IL the bird will continue on a
straight-away course, says Ma
ture Magazine of Washington.
The fact that wild ostriches like
to run in circles inVar iably leads
to capture, as well trained
Arabian horse will follow the
shortest course, knowing that
ultimately the fleeing ostrich will
turn in his direction. In sull
flight the adult ostrich often
shows a stride of twenty to TWEEN
ty-five feet, which affords one
explanation of it's remarkable
speed.
The Washington times., 1923-09-19
Poverty and Disease
Crime S Mother and Father.

Judge Lewis D. Gibbs declares that sevenyive per
Of all crime is byproduct of poverty Much crime be
traced to physical defects bad ton imperfect sight
Poverty is the mother of disease Disease weakness and
poverty combined crime The of giving proper
to children especially in the ms would be than made
by the saving of taxes used keep poorhouse hospitals
and prisons going Some day those who pay the will
realize it, and then the work viii be done Now children
are cheap-pleny in the sky whence they comeand
money dear and Or those that have it think
The Washington times., 1923-09-19
GoOd-by 81 Bill
Superstition Condemns You.

The United States Government seriously considers aban
donng the So bill because is unpopular unpopularty
based the belief that the So bill is unluc That super
son based in the fact that the So bill is quite
often given in mistake for 81 bill
It is easier to stop the twodoar bill to kill supersti
ton If that bill is to be stopped might well be replaced by
the cent piece and the twocent piece both which
were plentiful when Secretary Mellon little boy To
prevent confusion the threecent piece of nickel might
flat edges octagon shape
The Washington times., 1923-09-19
We Pay Millions
England Collects.

The prohibition authorities ask TEN MILLION DOL
LARS to enforce the dry law.
The English government is collecting many times million
dollars in the way of whkey the United
Safes In London Punch page advertisement by the Haig
Haig whikey people apologies for the supply Eng
land the ground that the stuff be shipped the
United States much profitaby.
refers to 1.-The attempt make America dry and the
greatly increased American demand wsey since
that attempt England calls prohibition success anyhow
The Washington times., 1923-09-19
Na1nedfOrNy1nph.

IKE the nymph Arethusa,
whom Diana caused to be
N changed into an overlooking
fountain in order to protect her
from the prosecutions of the love-
mad river god, the arethusa
chooses the springfield marshes
where her destroyers will be less
likely to follow, says Nature Mag
azine. Linnaeus, fancying this re-
semblance, gave to the flower this
name.
The Washington times., 1923-09-19
Is a Steel War Coming?

Not Unlikely.

When will the fight in steel prices begin?
Soon possibly Orders for steel in August unsatisfac
tory and they worst in September If keeps up
there will be composition which price cutting Judge
Gary wise and prefers general peace prosperity to
hight But his stockholders first He sell steel at
profit for less than costs the smaller companies make it,
And that's what he will do undoubtedly necessary
get business That interests builders and ought to warn
little, green stock gamblers.
The Washington times., 1923-09-19
NATURE NOW TURNS.
HER WRATH UPON
CALIFORNIA
By HERBERT KAUFMAN.

y 7rISFORTUNE still breaks on the Pacific First the
lV Japanese holocaust then United States naval dis
aster and forest fires that sweep
through half dozen California counties wipe entire
towns magnificent Estates great
ton Of Berkeley.
Half Of the bIanketed with smoke Fortunately
lives lost but the property damage will into
millions.
Nature seems bent demonstrating that human proves
shall prevail against her forces When aIs
said and done, what puny thing mans will IS!
flame and seek to propitiate their devastating RACES with
ritual and sacrifice
Mars, stated for the with blood offerings m
in peace
The Janna episode blows over Athens fires salutes
the allied fleet formally attends the funeral Of
boundary commissioners and concludes official
expation by having Premier Gounars pay his devo the
Italian minister.
The Washington times., 1923-09-19
The old Order Passeth.

0THER unmaginative folk will decry the slaughter Of
I 1000 buffalo at Wainwright National Park. The
Dominion government finds the bison herd outbreed-
ing its grazing ground.
So long there sufficient aboriginal cattle to stock
geological parks may well be disposed.
Compared with blooded strains, which no more to
raise, the bison is tough and inferior piece of beef
Those who bewail the ruthessness with which pelt
hunters extpate vast herds which spread living
rug from the Rockies to the Pan Handle remember
animals could occupy the space the
time
Half century after the clumsy beasts disappearance
fom prares we're already hard put to find sufficient
range for domestcated stock
Consciously not pioneer muskets served the memorable
law of survival by the fittest.
The Washington times., 1923-09-19
Reinging Monarchs and Rainy Days.

ELGRADE the world that the Fume question
practically settled, but s not optimistic the diff
cutes arising from the BulgarSerb quarrel which
disrbs Europe that Poincare and Baldwin find expeden
to confer the matter.
While they re confabbing, it would be well to consider
the growing desperation of Germany, daily manifest in
political riots and hunger raids Switzerland, alarmed
mounting violence closes her frontiers Marks
quoted at 25O,OOO,OO0 to the dollar.
Herr Hohenzolern however with snug fortune, cam
ny invested in guders and pounds has need to bother
about that Precedent teaches regnng monarchs to pre-
pare for rainy days.
the Prince of Wales makes bet the side il the
shape Of a Canadian ranch.
The Washington times., 1923-09-19
Weekend Trips to Cairo.

7HE teal duck and gerfacon are thrashed to FRAGILE
in their domain by Lieutenant Williams who, for
very feetng instant, holds the distinction Of flying
faster than any creature of the air.
Electrical devices attest his speed average of 24T
miles hour and for a little while at 266.
Those weekend trips Cairo draw steadily Like
wise the possibility of overnight invasion by European
enemies
Hereafter map distances with propeller not
yard stick
Jules Verne had possessed half an imagination, he'd
have written ssThe Tour of the World in Eighty Hours
The Washington times., 1923-09-19
TIE lessen of TlDO EDiLs.

WITH apologies to BARLEY Campells Back to the
NJ Mines, There11 Be No Strike this year.
The unions dom wait for signed agreements but
send their the shafts today. Which doesn't
that the publics fuel worries yet past.
Unless have especially mild winter, anthracite will
be than hens teeth and worth its weight eggs
Congress won't in time to pass special anti
profiteering measures mddemen and retailers will make
the most of shortages
Diet your furnace. Feed it sparingly Play SAFE and
lay in reasonable amount of bituminous coke. little
SCOT about the house, burntout crate lesser evils
than flu pneumonia.
Also keep the fight for Government supervision Of the
industry Otherwise history will continue repeat itself
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-10-24
BOSCOBEL

Genevieve Rogers, 6, daughter O.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Rogers of Bosco-
bel, had close call to serious if not
fatal injury last Wednesday after
noon when she was run down by an
automobile driven by Henry Knutson
of Watterstown township. The child
was in the act of crossing Wisconsin
avenue between Oak and Bluff streets
when struck. The car, Ford tour
ing, ran over her body. The victim
was quickly picked up by witnesses
and conveyed to DR.. Hayman's office
where an examination disclosed pain
full bruises but miraculously, no bones
were broken. To be run over by
1000 pound auto on concrete pave
ment and escape SO luckily is an ex-
perience seldom reported.
John Jenkins of Barnum, one of
Crawford county's pioneer settlers. IS
at Brookside hospital in a pitiable
plight. A couple of years ago Mr.. Jeu-
kins suffered a stroke of paralysis
which affected his right side and par
TALLY crippled him. One day last
week while getting into an autOmo-
bile he fell and fractured the hip on
his defective side, and was brought
to the hospital for treatment and care.
At his advanced age of 80 years his
condition is serious.
VIM. Chitwood, we'll known farme"
of Marietta, passed away at Brookside
hospital at an early hour Monday OF
tubercular meningitis. Mr.. ChitWood
was brought to the hospital about tw >
weeks ago in serious condition. All
efforts were made to thWart the prog
ress of the fatal malady but to no
avail. Had he lived to the 14th of next
month he would have been SO years CT
age. A wife and daughter survive.
Funeral services were held at the
Methodist church this afternoon.
DR.. c. S. Hayman has "come across
every fall for several years with the
expense of having a chimney cleaned
on the building containing his office.
With the approach of winter the
chimney sweep has made the rounds
and always collected of DR.. Hayman
for services in cleaning out that
chimney. Still it failed to draw
| lacked the proper draught and was in
clined to smoke when heavy atmos-
phere prevailed. When the chimney
sweep informed the physician the
other day that the chimney needed re-
pairs, the latter thought he would in
vestigate the matter little and as
cended to the roof with the workman
! The latter strobe directly to the Chin
ney he had been cleaning all these
years to show the doctor what was
needed. Imagine the surprise and dis
gust of the physician when the fact
was demonstrated that the chimney in
question was not his chimney at all,
but led to another apartment.-Dial
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-10-24
MONTFORT

The new waterworks bond issue of
$1,000 has been subscribed in full
mostly by local capital, and the bonds
will be issued from the Mail office this
week.
The Milwaukee Sunday Telegram
says Albert Heath, %, Fort Sheridan
soldier, was sentenced to three years
in the Green Bay reformatory By
Judge A. G. Backus, yesterday. Heath
was accused of breaking into the home
of William Benz, Oct T.
w. N. Billings, life long resident
of this vicinity until the last four
years when he and his wife moved t.
Madison, passed away at his home 713
w. Dayton street Saturday evening.
Although he has been an invalid 10
the past two years and his demiss
was expected a pail of gloom was cast
in our midst. He was station agent
for II years, thereafter conducting d
store for eight years, now operated by
the Fingerhut Brothers. He was
prominent as a merchant, none knew
him but loved him, both old and
young. Mr.. Billings had long been d
member of the Masonic lodge under
whose auspices funeral services were
held at the Cobb cemetery Tuesday
afternoon.-Mail.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-10-24
PLATTEVILLE

Mrs. Thomas James of Linden pass
ed away rather sudden on Tuesday
afternoon She has been living there
for a number Of years. She is sur
vived by her husband and a son and
some relatives.
Miss Edith Lavake recently sailed
from New York City for Porto Rico,
where she will teach for two years for
the government She is a sister Of
Mrs. D. Samter of this city, graduate
of the Platteville Normal and the Chi
cago University
Miss Durant has gone to Morris
town, Virginia to address the teachers
of Montgomery county on teaching
English in the grades, junior high
school and high school, During her
absence Mrs. Graham will have charge
of classes in the Normal.
DR.. Frank Fletcher has one peach
of black eye. He says it happened
when he was branding cattle for
Claude Griffith on his farm near Rev
ey. Mr.. Griffith was holding COW
when she jerked away striking DR..
Fletcher in the eye with her head and
horn. The cattle had reacted to the
tuberculin test and were being brand
ed to be sent to Milwaukee for slaugn-
ter. The doctor is very fortunate that
the injury is not permanent as it was
a very close call. Dempsey could not
have given him more beautifully
colored optic.-News.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-10-24
BLOOMINGTON

While trying to stand a pitchfo"k
up in the ground Helen Carter drove
one of the tines through one of her
feet last Friday. The wound has
nearly healed.
Grant Tubbs brought from his farm
west of town a twig about as large as
a lead pencil and two feet long, con-
tanning eight large greening apples. 1t
is a wonder how the little limb could
support it's load
The Alex Esser and Harry Zenz cars
collided down between the Peter Mer-
gen and Jack Mason farms Sunday
evening. Alexis car lost tenders and
running board on one side and
Harry's wheel and other injuries.
While driving on No. IS south OIL
town, John Thompson ran into Gull
vert in such manner as to tip his
Chevrolet over. The top, windshield
and several other things were dam
aged Poor lights caused the accident.
Record.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-10-24
PLATTEVILLE

At the annual meeting in Wausau
last week, Fred Dugdale of Platteville
was elected Chief Patriarch of the
Grand Encampment, l. o. 0. F. for the
state of Wisconsin. This is the high
est office that can be given in the Or
der of Odd Fellows, and Mr.. Dugdale
is to be congratulated on the honor
conferred upon him.
Rev. Boerger has at his home very
valuable collection of Indian relics.
This subject has been of great interest
to him since he was a boy and his col
lections range from that time. He has
some specimens that are valued by
authorities at more than SIS. Mr..
Boerger says it is very interesting to
trace their religious worship back TO
Egypt. which can readily be done by a
study of the relics. HeB states that
though there are many thousands OF
these choice relics, there are never
any two alike, even in arrow heads,
tinct individuality.
Guerdon Hayden, Is, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jas. Hayden, had a close call one
day last week. He went into stall TO
Get some side boards to a wagon,
where a bull was tied. The animal
stuck the boy, throwing him in the
corner, and then picked him up and
threw him out of the window, through
sash. glass and all. The lad was not
seriously injured, although his face
was cut and his thumb sprained. The
bull was a Holstein, 4 years old, and
while it had been cross, it was never
vicious before. Mr. Hayden mas
shipped him to Chicago, where he will
no doubt do no more harm to any one.
Journal
The Washington times., 1923-03-23
BOBBIE AND
HIS PA
BY William F.. Kirk

r AM glad to say in a general
way that there is a boom in
the u. S. A. sed Pa wen he
calm hoam last mite. Did you
motifs, wife sed Pa, that them lines
is pottery?
A.. What lines? sed Ma.
Them lines I jest speeked, sed
Pa, lissen. sed Pa, I am glad to
say in a general way that thare
Is a boom in the U. S. A.
Well. sed Ma what's the an
SER?
Deer. deer, sed Pa, isent that
jest like a woman?
At what are you driving at?
sed Ma. Ma looked kind Of huff
ferry.
made a cute little Jingle, a
Hoptimistic Jingle, sed Pa, & you
dident eeven motifs that it rhymed,
sed Pa. Lissen onst moar, sed
Pa, & lissen good. 1 am glad to
say in a general way that thare
is a boom in the u. S. A.
Well, sed Ma, what is the big
ddee?
This, sed Pa, II everybody wud
go around saying that liteI jim
gel, sed Pa, bizness wud soon be
SO booming that thare wuddent be
a single hobo in the whole Union
States. sed Pa.
But everybody wont lern it.,
will thay? sed Ma. So why all
the ex-site-ment & fuss & fethers?
sed Ma.
L believe / will subberside, sed
Pa. G. Pa sat down hard on the
sofy.
Then Pa began to look pies
ant and like he was Citing his
picter looked.
OF course, deerest, sed Pa. I
didn't stop to think that sum-
times / think too lofty thots for
a deer little bonehed like you. sed
Pa,
Who is a bonehed? sed Ma
kind of quick.
Old King Tut, .sed Pa.
Ridn't you jest call me a bone
he'd? said Ma.
Only in jest deer. .sed Pa.
] know you are anything but a
bonehed. You are as smart as
a steel trap. sed Pa, & jest as
snappy sumtirnos.
Us men has to he vary cairful
how we speak 10 wimmen. & I
think the less we speek the bet
ter it is for us n4en.