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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-10-30
GOD AND THE UNIVERSE
America -!

Plaques and famines and wars
are fortuitous and not a part of
the regular order of health, or
growth, or development. They are
accidents of Nature. The cloud
burst that sends the creek out Of
it's banks is an accident in the
same sense; it Is an exceptional
occurrence. If the mountains Of
Nature were not full enough and
permanent enough to stand such
drains, or if the tendency in Ma
ture to a certain order and mod
Grafton were less marked, life
would disappear from the globe.
Natures capital Of life is inyes ted
in ten thousand enterprises and
the risks are many, but if the gains
did not exceed the losses, if more
seeds did not fall upon fertile pla-
ces than upon barren, if more
babies did not survive than perish,
what would become Of us? In our
human schemes we aim to cut
out loss and waste and delay and
failure, and we arraign God when
he does not follow the same meth
DDS. But so far as / can see, all
that God aims at in his vast bust
ness OF the universe is to keep
his capital unimpaired and live on
the income. The inroads which
storms, pestilence, earthquakes
and so on make upon it are soon
made good and some interest does
accrue. Life does advance. - John
Burrough in the Yale Review.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-10-30

dependence, that our prosperity is
just beginning, and that the a.
chievements of the future are GER
tain to outriyal those of the past.
The man who puts his faith in
America for "tne long pull can
endure passing fluctuations with
eQuanimity and confidence. Amer
lea has a golden future so much
greater than opportunities which
have, confronted nations in the
past as to be beyond comparison.
Whether it shall be grasped de-
ponds on American business men
and upon every American.
Be an American - boost for
America!
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-10-30

but he is born great-men build
monuments above the graves OF
their heroes to mark the end of a
great life-but women seek out the
birthplace and build their shrine
not where a great life had its end
ing but where it had its beginning.
Calvin Coolidge (Now President
of the United States).
A rare heritage in the way of
2 dozen bottles of well aged wine
is to come to Michael B. Olbrich
Madison attorney, by the terms OF
the will of Mary A. Potheriek,
widow of the late E. R. Potherick,
former Madison newspaper man.
Olbrich's law partner, Leo L. Sic
becker, son Of the late Supreme
Court Justice Marvin L. Siebecker,
is also a beneficiary of the will to
the extent of a half dozen bottles.
Walter Schroeder, who was elect
ed chaplain of Baraboo post of the
American Legion at a meeting on
Monday night, is probably the
only blind officer of any post in
the country. Mr.. Schroeder saw
over years service, only to be
taken i'll with spinal meningitis
when returning to Camp Grant to
be discharged. This illness left
him blind. He is the only eX-ser-
vice man in Sank county who is
totally disabled and the govern
ment provides him with an attend-
ant. Mr. Schroeder's home is near
Loganville
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-10-30
Thursday October 80 1924
JOBS FOR ALL

There will be a job for every
man who wants to work next win
ter, is the confident assertion Of
the director Of the employment
service of the United States de-
partment of labor. More than that,
he believes that the next few
months will be the best in years of
peace SO far as ready employment
is concerned.
Such prophesy is gratifying and
will refute the calamity howlers
who are always particularly ac-
tive in seasons Of presidential
campaigns.
In the readjustments through
which we are now passing it has
been unavoidable that there should
be certain disarrangements Of in
dustry But with continuance Of
q pronounced world shortage of
many materials and manufactured
articles it is inconceivable that
stagnation could be either gen
eral or prolonged
In discussing the commercial
and industrial situation the man
who dares to prophesy from day
to day or from week to week
flirts with discontinue. But the
man who prophesies for the long
pull will, il he is booster for
America not go far wrong. What
must be remembered is that the
United States is becoming more
and more the center of the worlds
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-10-30
LETTER WRITING

f1UW many IOlt6IS UCSAAf IT. =
been so busy that I haven't had a
chance to write" and how many
end, 81 haven't time now to write
more! And nearly every time
each Of those statements is I'M
true. It has been mental inertia
and Incidence rather than pres
sure OF business that has caused
the letter writer to postpone his
task; and it is mental and manual
laziness that causes him to bring it
to premature close.
The good letter is not one that
gives a bare recital of events. It
is one that is filled with comment
as. well as with news. To be a
mere reporter of happenings is to
be dull, whether in talk or in
letter writing. 1t is the opinions
you express, your descriptions or
Interpretation Of incident n d
character, the conclusions that you
draw from your experiences, that
give color and interest to your let
tiers. You will not write a good
letter if you are mentally churlish
and selfish, indisposed to put forth
the effort to make your reader
see and hear the things that you
have been especially interested in
seeing and hearing-or at least to
convey to him wildly the impress
sions that they produced upon you.
Your letter is interesting accord
ing to the degree in which it ex-
presses your thought and feeling.
It may be objected that to write
a letter of the quality indicated
calls for a capacity for expression
that few people possess. But if
you do not cultivate the power Of
expression by letter writing, you
are unlikely to acquire it in other
ways. So to try to write good let
ters should be not merely an oblf,
cation that you owe to your family
or friends but also one that you
owe to yourself for the sake of the
discipline it affords.-Youth's Com
panion.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-10-30

years ago. Not only in fixing up
his own lots but has lent a gen
erous hand in helping others. The
state council of the Knights of
Columbus are agitating the ques-
ton of rebuilding the little chapel,
st. Marys of the Pines. They would
preserve it in future years to the
memory of the patriarchal priest,
Father John Durward, as we'll as
a tribute to the piety and genious
of the entire Durward family. Let's
pray that their efforts may fructify.
note the absence of many
flowers that 40 years ago greeted
the eye at every turn, the fringed
gentian, for instance. used TO lux
uriate in the Glen can rarely now
be seen. The purple lady slippers
and some other orchids have en-
tirely disappeared under the tread
of civilizations feet. Miss Dur
ward should receive encourage
ment from every one visiting the
Glen in her efforts to restore and
preserve the flora.
AS the sun was setting in a nalo
of crimson clouds we left the
Gorge of beauty, sweetly nestled
'Mong the hills;
Far removed from sordid traffic,
Filled with springs forever weeping
Through the rocks in messy rills-
Shall my lowly memory linger
In thy keeping,
When this heart which now is
throbbing
Silence fills?"
HUGH KELLEY
Baraboo, Wis.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-10-30

Please, tourists, spare the flow
ers."
The above request, original as
it is beautiful, caught my eye on
entering Durwards Glen on a re-
cent visit. The manager, Miss
Durward, has expended much time
and energy this summer in brush,
ing and polishing up this spot so
richly endowed by nature. During
my short but eventful career
have many times visited this quiet
retreat but never was more charm
ed with it's beauties than on a per-
feet October day last week. OF
course Mrs. Dudley proved a miss
ing quantity, but we survived the
shock Every nook and corner
wore an inviting aspect. Leonard
Hull has made many successful eff
forts in celebrating the ugly scars
caused by the fire that swept
through the cemetery about two
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-10-30

With a displacement OF 2,164
tons and length of 341 feet, the
new u. S. submarine vi will be
able to cross the Atlantic and re-
turn without refueling.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-10-30

The visitor from Madison remark
ed that he thought this new way
i to dispose of an old lady.
* -
The white graduated sugar, used
at the present time. was novelty
soon after the Civil war. Previous
to that there was a white sugar
called Coffee A" which was damp
and lumpy. The first sugar Of
this kind came into Wisconsin near
the close of the Civil war. Pre-
yious to that time sugar used was
brown in color, there being many
shades, depending upon the quality
of the commodity. Brown sugar
was also damp and contained more
or less Jumps.
The Department of Agriculture
saws that sugar from sugar cane
was probably known in China 1000
wears before it was used in Eur
one. Several centuries before
Christ Greek physicians called su-
gar by the name of Indian salt"
and "honey made from reeds"
When merchants began to trade in
the Indies sugar was included
among the spices, perfumes and
other rare and costly things car
ried to the western countries of
Europe. At this time it was used
exclusively in the preparation of
medicines. When sugar was first
introduced as a food, it was re-
garded with suspicion. 1t was
said to be heating, to be bad for
the lungs and to cause apoplexy.
John Ringing was appointed by
Governor Hardee of Florida as one
Of the representative of the state
of Florida at the Pan-American
Commercial Congress, which was
recently held at Atlanta, Georgia.
Various Baraboo residents have
received four pencils for which
they are requested to return dol
lar for the benefit of certain ex-
service men. Commander George
Weber of the Baraboo post of the
American Legion states that the
Legion does not endorse this
means of collecting money. Mr.
Weber has had various inquiries
about the enterprise. One of the
duties which the Legion has as
sumed is the investigation of such
matters and a safe rule for those
who with to give to those soliciting
in this way is to find out whether
the enterprise has the endors9 E
ment of the Legion.
No man was ever meanly born
about his cradle is the wonder
full miracle of life-He mag des-
cend into the depths-He may live
in infamy and perish miserably-
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-10-30
By The Way

A letter from Rev. and Mrs. C.
S. Williams, 2013 College street.
Cedar Falls, Iowa. states they are
very busy in their new field Rev.
Williams is student pastor and Mrs
Williams is director of religious
work for women at the Iowa State
Teachers college. The school has
four terms and the students change
much more than is usually the case.
During all of last year there were
S87 Presbyterians there and at the
present time there are 400.
The members of the family are
all we'll The children are happy
and busy-Newell with football and
Margarita with Latin, violin and
On the north shore of Long Is
land, the Radio Corporation of Am
erica has constructed Radio Cen
tral-a uperpower radio system
that simultaneously can send and
receive messages from the great
nations cf the world across the
ocean. This giant of radio, with
it's steel towers covering more than
ten square miles of land. has made
the United States the focal point
Of the world in the transmission
and reception of wireless intelli-
gence. 1t stands as monument
to American achievement, the
greatest milestone in the progress
of radio across the oceans.
y 3 =
The Sank County horticultural
society has more than 200 members
and is now the largest county or
ganization in the st~te. The large
growth of membership is due 20
the efforts of Attorney A. j. Gem
mill. He is much interested in
the society and has been success
full in arousing a like interest n
many others.
* - *
A BaraboO visitor from Madison
tells of an unusual occurrence a
few days ago at the Capital City.
An old lady resides with young
couple and when they went to the
golf links, they took her dog along.
A new arrival at the course motto
ed her in a car, a dog beside her
asleep. When the car was APP
preached, she asked that the door
be opened that she might leave the
machine. 1t was found that all
the doors were locked and evidently
the old lady was a prisoner in the
car. The caretaker of the golf
course was informed of the situa-
ton and to an inquiry replied, ooh,
yes, the young folks have locked
her in the car in order to keep her
from going about. They are play
ing golf and will return eventually.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-10-30

No man was ever meanly born
about his cradle is the wCnder-
full miracle of life-He mag des-
cend into the depths-He may live
in infamy and perish miserably-
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-10-30

CHEWING CUM DATES BACK
TO 1860
The chewing gum business in
America dates back to 1860.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-10-30
Ollapodriida
On Durward's Glen

THAT little children following you,
Throughout life's leisure hours,
May share in Natures beauties too
Please, tourists, spare the flow
ers."
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-10-30

John Ringing was appointed by
Governor Hardee of Florida as one
Of the representatives of the state
Of Florida at the Pan-American
Commercial Congress, which was
recently held at Atlanta, Georgia.
The Glenwood post., 1924-05-22
SYNOPSIS

a CHAPTER In sowo low :, stDslRf a,,
kayama. dissoiute son Of the wealthy
Aochi. Lord Of the Thunder Gate. boast.
stolen from his father). Following 4
fight in the place, drunken white
man. speaking perfect Jap.nasss. I, iStt
changes clothes with the uncohsoious
white man (te whom he bears . re-
markable resemblance. leaving = note
IN the garments promising him food.
shelter and money II he will impsr-
sonate him tKayamal for time
Leaving, Kayama Is robbed and slain
The white man, as Kayamp, IL taken,
unconscious, to the house OF Aochi. His
mama Il RahaEt WAllA
Shd passed his childhood in Japan)
awakes bewildered. but to. familiar
scenes. in Aochi's house. Aoohi. almost
sightless from age. does not perceive
the deception. He had determined his
unworthy son should be put to death.
but Wells department leads him to
think a reformation is possible. Aochi
dies that day. Wells finds Kayama's .
note, and understands. Priests remind
him of q bargain he has made, TO buy
4 girl
The Glenwood post., 1924-05-22

to talk to-some one Of his own kind.
Some one to make him forget the BIT
terness Of the past. that welled I'D In
him. That white, friendly fingers
might touch the head which ached so.
And-he had yellow womani
II have been In foreign countries" !"
Wells said slowly, and unheeding her
look of surprise at his English words,
went on: II am told you understand
English. I. also" He pronounced
with infinite care, each letter 81" like
"r."
The girl gasped tried to speak; col
lected herself. Wells, waiting, heard
the women about the cooklng-fires: a
humble Of voices, then the old serving
woman's shrill, "He has gone to her
Yohl We're but young againp
Wells would have continued, to re-
assure her, but the girl looked at him
with hope pregnant in her eyes, and
words flowed from her in a frightened
metallic stream.
"Please-please," she whispered,
don't 4. touch me. please
can't you see :, don't you understand
:. you wouldn't want me l an
all white all white you
wouldn't want me :. :"
The Glenwood post., 1924-05-22
"You Wouldn't Want mo.
All WHITEHALL White.
Wouldn't Want Me-"

some words of the seIyo-jm language.
as you know"
He strode down the long corridor.
head erect. and entered the single
open room.
Arrayed In her fnery, FURNISHED
hair thrust through and through with
jeweled pins. the girl sat on silken
cushion, alone. OF what use to resist1
II only she could speak to this demon
f. explain +. the first tear. fore
runner of more to follow. splashed on
the mating, and so Wells found her.
His eyes ached. Tired The day
was long. and he approached the cll-
max to strange events. He'd explain,
quickly. that she was safe with him:
safe from him. That he would assist
her to return to her people In China.
He knelt before her. II she were
rnly white. He was lonely. Some one
The Glenwood post., 1924-05-22

only as wives. Later they may be
relegated to lesser position. But
each must be properly married. Ii
this satisfactory, Kayama-San" With
out permitting Wells to answer (and
Wells was already thinking Of the
form of his protest, having his own
Ideas as to the binding of marriage
ceremonies). he droned Immediately
into the ritual, as is proper for the
bridegroom must not see the woman
until they are actually married.
Complete, he told the shocked Wells
he had favor to ask. 1.-THE priests
have never seen such a woman, Ka-
yama-San. Is 1t permitted that they
gaze upon such beauty, that they
might remember it2"
What difference? Wells nodded as
sent.
Wells saw a seconds byplay, Just
as the curtain parted, that was not in
tended to be seen: the trembling
hands of priest touching bright hair I:
the twisting of woman's figure as If
to offer combat, then the dropping Of
a hopeless head.
"Goodi" he heard the priest say.
"Keep your eyes discreetly to the
floor. Walk slowly" and with guild
ing hand he led the girl into the room.
Fascinated, Wells eyes held to the
weirdness Of the picture, to this rose
In q Satsuma bowl. The priest was
willing that this moment Of awe, Of
expectation, be protracted, and. az
was natural, the first upward sweep
Of the girls eyes caught and held the
one bright spot in the room, Wells
brilliant robes.
"Yohi" shrieked the eldest priest
The Glenwood post., 1924-05-22

Hearing the Long lndrawn Breathe.
at 10 Not a. I Bald7"
1t not as I said7 Is she not q pome-
granate flower? Ael The eyes Of
polished jadel The FURNISHED hair |
Red as dream sunset. Soft as the
mist of the moon. Examine her poise"
eyes sought out the tiny bit of
curved neck that promised rounded
loveliness concealed below-"who says
Kayama-San is not beloved of the
gods?"
An old priest cackled. Here was
no Japanese woman. 1t was not nec-
essary to assume an attitude of po-
likeness.
"As white MS satin," the priest
called, carried away in his oratory.
"Throw down your kimono, as the
seiyo-jin women dress Aei
she does not understand :" and,
with his own kimono he demonstrated
what was intended.
For n full minute she gaped at him.
Her eyes were full of pain, so much
of anguish was in them that Wells
wondered why the gods did not strike
them all with thunderbolt. His face
was impassive. His eyes narrowed
with anger. giving him n more Japa-
nese expression.
The girl sobbed. threw up her
cleaning head, clutched the top of
her kimono, bent her head abruptly
for the weight of the cross, and drew
down her klmono.
The veins In Wells forehead
throbbed. stood out in beaded vari-
costly. What he had come for was
plain and ordered. He stood up GRIM
ly, gathering the kissing silk Of his
robes about him.
'"The Lord Of the Thunder Gate
speaks" he said dramatically. "Thls
Is his maid. Here" he flung the six
rolls Of gold upon the temple floor, 10
that they cascaded in glittering
whorls, scoop up the gold. Who 10
the lord Of the destinies Of this VII
lage7 Turn your heads from the maid.
It 10 not seemly that low eyes behold
her longer. Your curiosity IL sated.
Consider carefully In your cells that
Kayama has. In his bsnsvolsncs, Per
mttted you- to hahold the aplsndQr- Of
The Glenwood post., 1924-05-22
with age. It had been Written Sk119l5
after the death Of Bobby's mother.


after the death Of Bobby's mother.
ssend the boy to me, II you wili. y
you want the little fellow educated =
America will see that 1t II done. -
sic would have liked It. He will NJ
be permitted to follow in his fathet1
footsteps. tell you that frankly. n
my way Of thinking. there IL more ~
ligion in bringing water to a dsseet
or housing the poor properly. than y
preaching to horde Of savages. Yoa
won't do this at once, Richard. You
were always obstinate. But. this II an
open offer. It isn't favor to you.
remember. 1t is for Elsie, and the boy"
Doctor Wells. from his window, the
letter upon the desk before him,
watched a mendicant, copper bowl
banging against skinny shanks, weary,
sore of feet, extend his bowl at the
doorway to Misako, begging handful
of rice, the scrapings of the bean-curd
pot, few shreds of fish. Whimper-
ing, the mendcant thanked MIisako
for her gift.
Doctor Wells heard her answer
that thanks be poured down upon her
great and reverej lord. Kayama-San.
Nonsense. Nonsense. What would
the boy cone to? Better swallow his
pride Suppose Bobbie were left alone.
What would happen? With sudden In
tent he clapped his hands.
"Send me my SON he ordered.
1--WE see little of each other, Rob
ert,' he said when the boy entered.
"Sit down, son. How" his voice fai
tered moment, show old are your
81 was born in tn, year of tha
Forty-third Blossoming of the Sacred
Plum, in the Season Of"
Doctor Wells, shivering slightly, cut
him short. English, Robertl Eng
lish |"
eighteen, father"
$50 soon. So soon . or
80 long ;" he paused, vacant-eysl
At eighteen. His own boyhood: tn
great square house In a commodlouD
yard, well shaded by leftover forea
trees, elm and walnut and beech, WITH
here and there line of leafy sycar
mores where the creek had been fllae
In. Goodness and quiet ordered day4
A well-marked program. not too sta1A..
ly delineated. Cookies in the kltchsn
Strange that he should remembsR
that The starchy gingham of his
mother. Her pride in him. ministsR
setting forth to strange lands. 10.
"Would you like to go to AmericaS
To a college for learning7"
aIf you command, father" =
II do not command, son. It IL Z
request. You should go. Yes i.
yes do command. You mus
CO." 2
Bobbte bowed his head. 'sThe so
refusing to obey his father shall b
punished with one hundred blows o1
the bamboo" he said sadly. "When u
1t you will that l depart"
"Why don't you want to go4
Are you only going because I order
your
"Yes, father"
"Why not?"
"only missionaries 60 to college.
The boy smiled sagely. "T would NOT
care to be missionary"
"Rather be a mock-lord, ruler Of Q
host-a host consisting of dodderins
servant, senile," Wells said harshly,
adding som5ariy. almost apologetical-
ly: "Your uncle would see to It that
you were not missionary" and -
planned what colleges were for.
Listening Misako. without the door.
her ears sharp for all the many van
ished seasons, heard Doctor Wells put
his question again. and sent up q wan
Of protest and anguish at Bobbie's d.
lighted answer.
ITO be continued)
The Glenwood post., 1924-05-22

ITO be continued)
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The Post does first class job print
ing. See samples and get prices.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-08
Auxiliary of Legion
Meets at Rice Home

A number of members of the
Women's Auxiliary of the Boyce
Aten Post of the American Legion
met las,t night at the home of Mrs.
John 7. Rice, where q business ses.
sion was held. Mrs. T. G. Dyer
presided, and various plans were
made for future activities.
Miss Nora Kreps, Americaniza
tion worker, was present and was
given q fund voted by the auxilia-
ry TO be used in connection with
her work. Nu@ "..
1t was decided that meetings will
be held monthly hereafter instead
of every swo weeks, and the next
gathering will be II pot-luck din
ner, to be served at the April meet
ing.
Mrs. Rice, assisted by Mrs.
Vaughn Thompson, served refresh
ments after the business had been
transacted.