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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-21

The dew and boar frost add rarest
loneliness to vegetation and to various
objects, while a snowfall changes the
aspect Of Nature over vast areas, i'm
parting chaste beauty to forest, noun
tain and plain.
Water Forms Depend on Temperature
The form that water assumes, whe-
Their fluid or solid, depends largely up
on it's temperature. Water molecules
possess poles, negative and positive,
which tend to draw them together in
certain alignments forming solids
{crystal forms) but most of them Call
those forming fluid water) are so dis
turbed by heat that they dart about
rapidly among themselves, making it
impossible for them to unite.
But when they attain relative de-
gree of quietude, under conditions OF
cold, their poles draw them together
and they remain fixed, pole to pole, in
regular order. The number and ar
rangement of the molecules in cry
stalls, determine their form, whether
hexagonal, pentagonal, or otherwise.
A crystallographic law DEGREES that
crystals which grow rapidly-the
branching snowflakes for example
tCuU " ull1C VI cIIlClAAllS 1O1 AllO COl1-
versely, those that grow slowly, in a
greater degree of cold, tend to assume
solid forms.
How DewdrOps Are Formed.
Dew is one of the most common
forms of fluid water formation, though
Jointly with the boar frost it is one of
the least as regards to quantity. 1t
is largely nighttime phenomenon
because then only can the water mol
ecules in the air become quiet enough
to gather and remain in swarm"
upon vegetal and other objects.
Although dewdrops, like raindrops,
lack variety of form, they exhibit
much variety of arrangement upon
plant leaves and other objects. The
myriads of opaIescent, iridiscent drops
sparkling over meadow and hillside on
a dewy morning create one of Natures
loveliest effects. Dewdrops collect
beautifully upon grass blades, straw
berry and clover leaves; but the dew
laden geometrical webs of the garden
spider are love, beyond description
and form masterpieces of dewy art.
HOarfrOst Natures Wonder.
Hoarfrost is, perhaps, the least, as
regards quantity, among the main div
isions of water forms; yet it provides
a world of beauty and diversity. 1t
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-21
Fascist Bars Masons.

ROME.-Free Masons cannot be-
long to Fascist organizations, the
grand Fascist council has decided.
After four hours Of heated debate 1t
passed this resolution:
an view Of recent political events,
certain attitudes and votes OF Free
Masons have given well founded rea-
son to suppose the Masonic program
and methods contrast with those in
spring all Fascist activities.
we therefore invite those Fascist
who are also Masons to choose be-
tween Masonry and Fascism because
there is for Fascism only one discip-
line, one hierarchy, one obedience to
chief and chiefs OF Fascism."
That's the way with good many
hierarchies the Fascist and Ku KluX
included. They bar allegiance to
everything else but their own bosses
and in some cases place the hierarchy
above the state.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-21
Parental Responsibility.

Rev. o. w. Haylor of the First NJ
e. church, Madison, in his sermon
Sunday said this:
Madison-"P Parents loss Of the con
fidence Of their children is the great
est tragedy OF modern times"
Many a father is too absorbed in
his business and many a mother is
giving her time and strength to the
lodge, the club, at the expense OF her
home and her children.
IF you want to know the price
fathers and mothers are paying for
this freedom, ask the police matrons
10 tell Won some Of the things that
are going on in our midst"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-21
The Magic Beauty Of
Snow and Dew

forms in the open on calm, cold nights
when the temperature goes below the
freezing point of water. When the de-
posits are copious, all outdoor Nature
is converted into a fairyland rivaling
that produced by an ice storm.
Yet the real masterpieces OF the
frost are wrought in the winter time
upon our window panes in cold rooms,
where all can see and admire them.
The tiny molecule artists create an
infinite variety of shapes, suggesting
trees, ferns, coral lace, starry f1rma-
ments, tropical forest effects, and
castles.
Behold the Snow Crystals
Of all the forms of water, however,
the tiny six-pointed crystals of ice
called snow, that form in such guam
titles within the clouds during storms,
are incomparably the most beautiful
and varied.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-21

much easier living than following the
prescribed school course of other
children"
This kind of generosity is mistaken
and foolish. Nothing can be more
ruinous to anybody than to get the
idea that he is in some way entitled to
panhandle living in place of work
ing for it. Social service such as this
woman evidences is practical and is
worth while. All deserving people con-
tribute their share to the world in the
form of effort and reap proper and
respectable reward instead of gratu
tiles which any self-respecting person
should spurn.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-21

Snow crystals must be photo
graphed practically out of doors in
low temperature. One method is to
catch the snow flake on a piece of soft
black velvet The camera is then
placed over it, and the dark, contrast
ing background shows up the crystal
in all its beauty. The crystals shown
on this page are magnifed from s to
80 diameters.
Snow formation occurs usually, if
not invariably within all storms and
in all climes; but in the torrid zones,
and in the summer in temperate zones
it's formation is of course confined to
the frigid upper part of the storm
clouds. 1t melts and is converted into
rain when it falls below a certain al
titude, except upon high mountains.
The wondrous beauty of the tiny
individual crystals of snow attracted
attention in very early times for we
find references to them in many an
cient writings. And in the Scriptures,
in the book Of Job, we find the quota
ton. Hast thou entered into the
treasures of snow?" But it is only re-
Gently, since the advent of dry plate
photomicrography, that their beauty
has been fully realized and portrayed.
Beauty Supply Inexhaustible.
Although many snow crystals, both
of the same and of different forms,
strangely resemble one another and
possess features in common, new and
unique patterns are continually being
wrought in Natures cloudland labor
atory.
The greatest charm which this very
unique study possesses for those en-
tering it, is that these treasures of
snow are absolutely inexhaustible.
For all times this annual miracle of
snow will recur and the favored reg
ions of the Earth will be showered
with countless jewels of almost IN
believable beauty to delight and
thrill the observer.
Go to Nature to Study.
The marvellous beauty of the snow
crystals has been revealed in no
more than 1000 photomicrograph (no
two alike) secured by the writer dur
ing the past 81 years. jewelers., art
craft shops, metal workers, silk man
ufacturers, and schools are now using
these exquisite snow crystals for de-
signs and as objects for study.-Wil-
son A. Bentley in the National Geo
graphic Magazine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-21
A Sorry Joke.

News dispatches continually assert
that Washington, D. c, national cap
ital, contains as much violation of
the 18th amendment as any other
large center Perhaps more How
can we expect tile common people to
take the prohibition law seriously
when men who make the laws and
others who enforce them take the 18th
amendment as a joke?
We have a lot Of respect for the
sincere drys of this country even
though we think their zeal has car
ried them too far They mean well
and practice what they preach. We
have no respect at all for a legisla-
tor who helps pass dry laws and then
carries on his private life like a Bow
cry bum. 1t is said that prohibition
is not working because the intellec-
tuals of the country have set the seal
of disapproval or the act The COM
mon mind takes It's cue from the in
tellectual But this does not excuse
the legislator who passes laws for
political reasons and then fails to
live up to them himself His actions
are nothing short of contemplate.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-21
Tired OF Playing Sheik.

RodoIph Valentino, in Detroit,
Tuesday, with his latest wife, Wini-
fred Hudnut, shattered a number of
popular impressions with this:
This perfect lover stuff is pure
bunk. I'm a he man with an ambi-
ton for farming, but certain interests
under whose control l happen to be,
have made me sweet thing sitting
on velvet cushions and smoking per-
TUNED cigarets."
Rodo.pn, who is not the only sheik
in the world, is evidently tired OF
playlng romantic lover to emotional
and childless females whose thwarted
maternal instincts find outlets in va
rious queer ways. The public is tired
too and the desire for Rodolph to quit
goes double The fact is that he
man wearies Of the super lover stuff
after little while saying, this is all
very well but something tells me |
have more important work to do"
Then he goes and does it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-21

EAH3ter plays an all-important and
~ most benef1eent part in Natures
80 plan. Numerous bulky volumes
might be written telling of its many
relies in nearly all the activities occur
.ng upon the Earth 1t might proper
" be called the "life-giving fluid" for
lie in any form is not possible with
out it.
However profoundly one may be i'm
pressed by the vast tasks that water
performs, one is almost equally i'm
pressed at the marvellous beauty and
,4yerslty of its forms-in clouds, snow,
frost, ice, dew, rain, waterfalls, lakes
and glaciers. And these are not only
beautiful in themselves, but many Of
them, as snow, frost and dew, collect
upon and beautify various natural OBJ
jects.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-21
Practical Social Service.

The secretary of the Social Service
League of Oskaloosa, Iowa, lady,
writes to the local papers saying:
''This winter there has been a small
boy singing in the stores and for diff
ferent groups. His arm was broken
during the year but he has had the
best medical service and all it needs
now is use to give it strength. Many
people have sympathized with the boy
by doing what they felt was kindness
in helping him. Business men have
asked him to sing in their stores,e at
dances and before organizations. This
is resulting in the boy not taking any
interest in school, in his not being
able to keep up his grades and a gen
eral feeling on his part, and of the
parents, that the boy ean make a
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-21
FnYcrs High Birth Rate.

Arthur Brisbane says: What We
need now is population and women
must bear the burden"
The human race is capable of doub-
ling itself every ten years and in
27O years by 81 doubles there would
be 100000 offspring for every per-
son alive today.
The fact is, Brisbane to the con-
trary, what the world needs is not
more population but better popula-
ton. We need quality and not guam
tity. Nature Furnishes the very fecun-
dity she encourages by killing off
surplus population every now and
then Starvation, plague and disas-
ter take their toll and the balance is
restored.
Blind breeding will get the race no
where. Each little clique OF country
is encouraging big families because
it fears it will lose out. No attention
is paid to developing a race Of intell-
gent and healthy people whose broad
ness will prevent wars and whose
science will conquer and control the
forces of nature.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-21

room. 1t rolled under the bed, OF
course. She could not see it SO she
lighted a match and crawled under
The match fired the mattress, she
couldn't put out the fire and screamed
for nelp. The firemen saved the room
but the mattress was destroyed and
with it $500 in savings she had sewn
in it, all because a pesky nickle rolled
under the bed
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-21
GEO. B. CLEMENTSON
Does Age Bring Wisdom?

The night marshall of neighboring
city picked up a couple of aged tramps
in box car the other night when the
thermometer stood IL below zero. The
old gentlemen, half frozen, gave their
ages as II and 81. One wonders if
age brings wisdom when he sees two
old birds like these roosting in al box
car, going nowhere in particular,
when they might be warm and COM
Portable. Even an animal knows
enough to seek warm roost in the
winter
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-21
Rack To Canfain Kidd.

Booze pirates on the Atlantic coast,
travelling in a fast and rakish traw-
Ter, boarded a rum ship and made
away with half million dollars
worth OF liquor The pirates wore
handkerchiefs on their heads and
carried cutlasses, not for show but
for use.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-21
How to BE A Worker.

Nathan Strauss, the famous banker,
asked to give rule for success, said:
Work Hard and Marry Early Now
if Nathan had just said: Marry
Early"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-21
A Fellow Feeling.

Mrs. David Joyce, wife of a Chicago
millionaire, had the distressing bad
luck to lose $250,O0O in jewels at her
winter home at Miami We birds who
stay home and have difficulty in
scraping up two sleeve buttons Of the
same kind will know just how Mrs
Joyce feels about this. Losing our
ieWelry is simply awful.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-21

more than ignorance if a man doesn't
know how to convert them into cash.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-21
Some Farmers Are Lucky.

Some Farmers Are Lucky.
A farmer bought a Jersey COW at a |
sale On the way home the COW gave |
birth to three calves and now the
farmer has a whole herd Of Jerseys.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-21

Should Have Tried A Bank.
An Iowa papers says Webster City
woman dropped a nickle in her bed
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-21
PEOPLES FORUM
District Attorney Rips the Lid.

In a communication to the Herald
Dist Atty Geo. B. Clementson rips
The lid on his feelings and tells some
whnInsnmp truths
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-09
BUSINESS LOCATIONS

Two rooms, 2d floor. corner 2d Ave. and goth St., fronting on both street and avenue
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NORWOOD

Six-room bungalow. with cozy breakfast room; hardwood floors. Arcola heat chance to buy a.. real home cheap. Sudduth. no N. Fist St. Main 3402. Resi- dence. Hemlock 1319-W.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-09
INVESTMENT

S256 month income on new Groom negro houses on big lot with room for more houses. Corner and just off paved street and car. This can be handled with about S5,O00 cash. No information over phone. MT. Beason, with Green Darden R. E. & Ins. Co., 2l24 1st Ave.
 FARMS AND LAND FOR SALE 9e,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-10
LONDON WOMAN QUITS SOCIETY FOR JUNGLE
Hates Dances, Social Strife, Etc,
 So Will Invade Wild

LONDON, Sept. 9.-(By Associated Press s.)-"Because l hate society life, the dinners and dances, and the con stant striving to wear a prettier dress than the other woman. Some people like it, but prefer the forest and the camp fire and the rough life" Such are the reasons given by Mrs. Diana Strickland. a we'll known so- ciety woman for organizing what she calls "an expedition of adventure and business" that will start soon for central Africa.
 The party will consist of two women, four men and 300 native porters. From Bona. on the west coast of Africa, it will make It's way on foot through the Bahuni country, which is practically unexplored. through the Ituri forest to the north east Congo, then east of Lake Ed ward, and finally to Kenya.
 We expect to be away for 12 months and shall travel 5000 miles, all on foot" said Mrs. Strickland.
 "The expedition is limited to six Europeans on account of the food difficulty, for we have to take 1t all tive porters for each person.
 We hope to trade in ivory and do some prospecting, and we are also making collection for the New York Geological gardens, and hope to get an okar~, a> gaint field hog and some pigmy elephants.
 We shall be pretty well armed, and even are taking a machine gun In case of serious attack. Of that there is little danger. Natives gen erally attack by stealth and in small numbers"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-10
URGED TO QUIT MIKADO
American Born Japanese Urged To
 Avoid Dual Citizenship


 HONOLULU. Sept, 9.-(By Asso- ciated Press .)-Amerlcan born Japa- nese have been urged to expatriate themselves from Japan, to avoid the evils of dual citizenship. by Keiichi Yamasaki, Japanese consul general here, in an address before the stu- dent teachers at the summer session of the territorial normal school
 He asked the teachers to explain to their American born pupils of Japanese parentage the difficulties arising from dual citizenship and to advise them to expatriate themselves. The misunderstanding regarding the citizenship of Americans born Jap anese arises from no fault of the United States holds with Great Brit the fundamental differences in the laws of the countries. he said. The United tSates holds with Great Brit ain that children are citizens of the country in which they are born. re- gardless of the citizenship of their parents, while Japan takes the attic tude of several continental European countries that the citizenship of chill dren born in foreign countries is that of their parents,
 The consul-general explained that Japanese girls may obtain expatria . ton at any age, but that boys must eXpatriate themselves before reach ing the age of IT or after the age of 37. He said that the next Diet would consider a bill to remove the age requirements, which are imposed because men between those ages are subject to military service.
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States constitution. He refused to answer, the narrative declares, and was temporarily dismissed.
 The military investigation Is known to have encountered numbers of witnesses who had apparently been given legal counsel before being summoned before the tribunal. II was this "continued opposition"f to the efforts of military authorities to obtain infirmation which Is admitted to have brought absolute martial law In Tulsa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-10
JAP CABINET IS .POWE RFU LII GROUP
 IA BILE STATESME
Reconstruction Period Of Nip poneSe To Be Faced By
 Brilliant Minds
BY JAMES M'CLAIN f TWfs-- HI

CHICAGO, Sept 9. = Differences have been laid aside, clans and par ties have fused and power has been centralized through combination of cabinet portfolios to give Japan the strongest possible ministry to guide her through her period of recon struction.
 The first official report of the personnel of the new cabinet, which assum ed power at the height of the disaster in Tokio. has been received by diplomatic and consular envoys In this country from their govern ment. The cabinet includes:
 Premier and foreign minister-Ad- miral Count Yamamoto.
 Home minister-Viscount Shimpei Goto.
 Finance minister-Jonnosuka In- ouye.
 Agriculture and commerce minis ter and minister of justice-Baron Kenjuro Den.
 Communications minister Ichigai
 War minister-General Baron Giichi Tanaka.
 Navy minister-Admiral Heijo Takarabe.
 It Is a strong ministry formed from ultra -bureaucrats and ultra liberals, factions which could not be fused save In time of a crisis. It Is the greatest combination of brain. power and business ability that could be gotten together, and is modelled after the cabinets in the early days of modern Japan, when Ito, Inouye and Yamagata, the picturesque crea- tors of constitutional government, combined forces and offices to cen tralize authority and govern rigidly. Count Yamamoto, who was premier for a brief period In 1913-14, 1t ap- pears did not accept responsibility for the new cabinet until after the disaster fell upon Japan. Yamamo- to has long been credited with the keenest mind of any living Japa- nose statesman. Under the smoke clouds of the burning city, he also took upon himself the duties of for eign minister, releasing Viscount Goto slated for that post, to take charge of the home department. Goto, The Constructor.
 It was Goto, who as mayor or Tokio, built the city's first payments and sewers, organized transportation, built bridges. parks and modern municipal buildings, solved the labor problem and built up and improved the city along other lines. His work must all be done over, but from the cabinet he will be the guiding force in rebuilding not only Tokio, but Yokohama and the other wrecked cities.
 This change enabled the shifting
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of Inouye, governor of the bank or Japan, to the finance ministry, a post premiers have pleaded with him to accept for years. Inouye Is said by both Japanese and foreigners to jpossess the keenest financial and business mind of any Japanese Of the new generation. He has long been the guiding force in Japanese finance, was a leader in the formation of the Chinese consortium and the man who American bankers. dealing with Japan, most respected.
 Baron Den, who won fame through his enlightened administration in Formosa, Is an expert on agriculture and trade, which department he heads in addition to being minister of jus tice. Xxi Inukai, an ultraliberal. has been a leading statesman and busi ness man for years, but has always been on the wrong side of a ques tton to receive government recogni- tion. His big task will be the recon struction of communication lines and schools destroyed in the quake.
 Yamanouchi, like the premier, is a Satsuma man and strong bureau crat. He has been Yamamoto's lieu tenant for years, serving as cabinet secretary in 1914.
 General Tanaka, who resigned the war portfolio at the height of critic ism of the militaristic program, is virtually the head of the military or Choshu clan. Admiral Takarabe was naval minister for several months under Premier Kato.
 Gotta, Inouke, Den and Inukai are liberals In whom the people have the utmost confidence. The rest are bureaucrats.
 Cork is packed for shipping by sheets into bales
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-10

man chancellor speaks add nothing to the general lien on German in- dustry that the treaty of Versailles gives the allies. To these theoreti- cal rights, no matter how extensive they may be, we prefer the positive securities we have in hand"