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8 Gram 6ouw Heraia Entered April 30. 1903. at Lancaster. Wls. as second class matter under act of Congress Of March 3. 1879. OFFICIAL CITY PAPER. H. J. JOHNSON. Publisher. Saturday, Dec. 29, 1906 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE SI 50 PER YEAR THE BOY AND THE EARM. Boys leave the farm, but just why is a question more or less open to argument. The impression pre" vails that they tire of the life and want to get where there is more activity. There is no gainsaying the fact that the army of city busi ness men is recruited from the country-bred boys. They are not afraid of work; they are willing to learn, and for that reason the em ployer likes them An official of an eastern agricultural college recently set out to determine just why the farmer’s son was willing, and m many cases anxious, to forsake the farm and try his fortunes in the citv. fie succeeded in interviewing 155 young men on the subject, and sixty-two of them answered that they had enough experience on the farm to know that farming as a business did not pay. Seventeen of the lot expressed the opinion that the hours they were required to work on the farm were altogether too long. Twenty-six complained that the social advantages offered in the country were not equal to those offered in the city. Sixteen said they had a natural bent for some other kind of work. Some objected to the monotony of farm life, and fifteen declared that they liked farm life and were going to the city simply to make money with which to buy farms of their own. Those who left the farm laboring under the impression that farming does not pay were probably ignorant of the fact that the report of the Secretary of Agriculture is authori ty for the statement that the products of the soil in the United States last year exceeded six billion dollars. Those who complained of long hours will probably find that when they get into business in the cities that all their waking hours are devoted to work. For those who objected to the lack of social attractions it might be argued that they were as much to blame for the condition as were their neighbors and iriends. The sixteen who felt that they were best adapted to some other kind of work may find, aftei years of toil and struggle, that they were mistaken. As to the fifteen who are trying to earn in tie city money enough to buv a firm on their own account, they may succeed, but the chance is strong that a dozen years hence they will find that the boy who stayed by the farm owns his own farm while they, in the majority of cases, will have to be contented with employment under salary and with very little prospect of any thing else. If the ooy on the farm can be brought to realize that his business, if he earns it thoroughly, if he calls to his aid science and profits by the experience of others, is as profitable, as respectable and as full of pos sibilities as any other profession, there will be fewer boys who are anxious to forsake the farm for the attractions which the city has to offer. The agricultural college, the rural mail delivery, the telephone and the more intelligent manage ment of the farm are bringing the farmers’ sons to realize this fact, and the time is almost at hand when it will take more than the tinselry of the city and the shame offered in congested city life to at tract the boy from the farm. The newsimper men who are alarmed over the fact r hat their advertising transportation may be taken away from them next year should console themselves with the thought that travel on railways is becoming very dangerous. The death rate among passengers is in reusing at an alarming rate. With out free transportation the editors will run no risk. —The rural mail carriers have been given notice of a holiday New Years, consequently they will not make their regular trip next Tues day. The postoffice will be closed from 9 a. m. till noon and from 1.30 p. m. till 6. SUICIDE OF THE RACE Discussed by Two Educators i?. Opposition to the Rooso vcltian View. BCTH APir.OVE GF RESTKICTICN Chicago Kan EaysEeal Race Caiclda Is Industrialism. Wisconsin Wan Would WLil? Admitting That It Hasten* the Domination of the Dai k Races. • Springfield. TH., De-. 28. At meeting of the State Te.ic' evs’ a tion here* Superintendent W. L. BoTne of Chicago, who has charge there o.’ compulsory education, too’; fssve with President Roosevelt on the race suicide question. He said in part: “La g* families that are the product of int o s siderate and improvident irarri: ges. particularly among the illiterate an I intemperate, are prolific of much mis ery and social harm. They contribute to juvenile delinquency and the trag edies of childhood. Fate decrees that small incomes almost invariably go with large families, and it drives many men to drink and desertion. Trn fhnt husbands make truant boys. The abandoned mother is forced into in fl’istfialism and the children are raised for th# street and the state. Ctlhrtot Change Human Nature. “We cannot change human nature. We have the childless home among ih“ rich and the homeless child among th? poor. Modem individualism has the right to govern its own domestic af fairs. Some people prefer quality to quantity, while others are fanatics on .progressive patriotism. Our be’ovel provident. Theodore Roosevelt, believes that race suicide is a national sin. but if It were applied more among some classes it would be a national blessing. Defines the “Heal Hace Suicide.** For the real race suicide today tn this republic is a growth of child-slav ery caused bv a parenthood that raises so many children as human commodi ties for the factories, and whose am bition is for the productive instead of the educative. Based upon years of experience in prosecuting parents wljq violated compulsory education laws, add jn asking for commitment of many children to cdVreclTve institutions. I have noticed that in the majority of cases they came from large families. Poverty and Vanity. “The future mothers of this nation are flocking into industrialism where they often work in insanitary places at a pittance of pay that is a menace to health and morals. For poverty is the meanest of masters and vanity is a cruel mistress.” BELIEVES IN RESTRICTION While Showing That It Hastens the “Yellow Peril.’* Providence. R. 1., Dec. 28. The Economic Association and the So-ini g ica! society held a joint sectional m< e - ing here. The subjects discussed were “Western civilization and the birth rate.” and “The extent of child labor In the United States.” Walter F. Wil cox. of Cornell, read a ptiper on the former subject. It wrs followed by a discussion by Professor Edward A. Ross, of the University of Wisconsin, in which he said that “A most mo mentous factor in shaping the future is the downward tendency in the birth rate of the Occidental peoples. In the United States in 1900 the proportion of chidTen under 5 to women of child bearing age was only three-quarters of What it was in iB6O. “The phenomenon Is due not so much to avoidance or postponement of mar riage as to willful restriction of the size of the family. The spirit of dem ocracy makes every one eager to rise in life, and to the climber children ap pear in the light of a handicap. The immediate consequence of a diminish ing birth rate are a rising plane of comfort among the masses, a reduction of infant mortality and an increase in the average prospect that popnhit’on pressure (hitherto the principal <-aus° of war. massed poverty, wolfish com petition ami < lass conflie. > will ce. se to shape social destinies. “The fall in the bi th rate in roomy New South Wales suggests that we may have to pension the mother of more than three chiiorer* If the *vh tr races cease to multiply and on fl >w into the backward lands the void wll' certainly be filled with the increase 045o 45 Ibe Mark, brown and yellow p< op’cs and the human type that has so far achieved the most will conir’.bute Jo'-s than it ought to the blood of (he ulti mate race that is to possess the gh bo •‘On the whole, however, restriction seems to be a salutary movement and the undoubted evils in its train appear to be minor, or transient, or self-lim ited. or curable.” (ar Shortage in Michjg»n. Escanaba. Mich.. Dec. 2S. Ti e «-rr whortagethrouirhoir the country is hav ing serious eff-ct vi on the shipping of the product> of various man’ fa' tur ing interests in this reg on. The I ; g plant of the I. Stephens, n comp, ny at Wells- (avuot get ore-half the cats which it needs. Murder Over a l ine t-’en**:*- North Vernon. Ind., ’hr. J' —As the result of a dispute-over a dividir g fence Eliajh Covert shot and insu-ntiy kTel Charles Thorp near here. Both men are prominent farmers. GRA>T COUN’’V HERALD. LANCASTER. WISCONSIN. DECEMBER 29. 1905 SWORD CF I_Vi JCNDS It, Is Now in the Cnstory of the Library of the Navy Department at _ Washington. Washington. Pec. 28. —In prneti-al ly the same condition as when it was I used by its distinguished owner th? ; sword of John Paul Jones now rests in ' the library of the navy department, 1 where it has been placed by Comman der Reginald Nicholson. It is believed that the weaixrn originally was given to Jones by the North Carolina family of that name at the time he changed his own name in compliment to them. The sword was given by Jones to Theodosia Burr, daughter of Aaron Burr. Theodosia Buit, after becoming the wife of Joseph Alston, a wealthy and talented young planter of South Carolina, who in after years became governor of the state, presented the sword to Judge Matthew Davis, of Chnr.eston. who gave it to Rev. Dr. Duca<’bet. of Philadelphia. The latter gave it to Commander Summerville Nich dson and the commodore gave it to Its present owner. Commander Nich olson. Boy Santa Claus Badly Burned. Rockford. 111.. Dec. 28.—Carl Works, the 9-year-old son of the late C. A. Works, played Santa Claus with disas trous results. He bad arranged the Christmas tree for the entertainment of the holiday guests and took the part of Santa Claus with imitation whiskers and garments stuffed with cotton. The flimsy material caught fire from a candle and before the garments were torn off lhe boy had been pain fully burned. Break in the Grain Tie-Up. Minneapolis. Dec. 28. — The backbone of the giain tie-up will.soon be t r; li en. as hundreds of cars of grain sn«» now coming into the city daily, par ticularly over the Great Northern. Northern I’aciflc and Soo. the roads which handle the most grain. Great Northern officials assert that they will have handled over 7,000 grain cars lo cally by the end of December, as against 3,000 in the month of Novem ber. Killed on His Wedding Eve. Girard, 111.. Dec. 28. —On the eve of his wedding Elmer Crane, a coal min er. 30 years old. fell beneath the wheels of a C., B. and Q. freight train .and was killed. The tragedy is a mys tery, though it is believed he fell from the cars when attempting to take a ride. Crane was not seen for some time prior to the accident. THE WEATHER Following is the official weather forecast up to S o’clock tonight: Illinois and Indiana—Rain in south, snow in snow portion: colder. Lower Michigan—Snow; decidedly colder. Wisconsin—Generally fair; warmer in north portion. I owa — Sn ow: wa rm er. THE MARKETS Chicago Grain. Chicago. Dec. 27. Following were the quotations on the Chicago Board of Trade today: Wheat —Open. High. Low. Close. Dec. ...$ .73% $ .74 $ .73% $ .74% May ... .77% .78% .77% .78% July ... .77% .77% .77% .77% Corn — Dec 41 .41 .40% .41 May ... .43% .43% .43% .43% July ... .43% .44 .43% .44 Oats — Dec 33% .34 .33% .34 May... .36 .36% .35% .36% July ... .33% .33% .33% .33% Pork— Jan. ...15.95 16.20 15.95 16.22% May ...16.45 16.80 16.45 16.77% I ard — Dec. ... 9.02% 9.22% 9.02% 9.22% Jan. ... 9.10 9.25 9.10 9.25 Short Ribs— Jan. ... 8.52% 8.72 8.50 8.72 Cash sales —Winter wheat —By sam ple: No. 2 red, 74%c; No. 3 red. 71 Cd 74c; No. 2 hard, 73% (7775 c No. 3 hard. 70@74c. * Spring wheat —By sampler No. 1 northern, 80@83c: No. 2 north ern, 766i82c; No. 3 spring. 74@81c. Corn —By sample: %c lower: No. 3. 39%(539*%c; No. 3 white. 39%(T/40c: No. 3 yellow. 39%(946c; No. 4. 38%@ 39%c. Oats —By sample: steady: No • 2. 35c: No. 2 white. 36(ft36%c: No. 3. 34%c; No. 3 white. 34@35%.c: No. ,4 white. 33%(fi34c; standard. 33%.(§34c. Live Stock, Poultry and Hay. Chicago, Dec. 27. Ilogs—Receipts 23.000. Sales ranged at $6.30(?i6.35 choice to prime heavy. $6.20(5G.25 good to prime mixed. $6.00 (f/6.15 rough heavy packing. SG.OO(f< 6.15 poor to prime pigs. Cattle —Receipts 9.00 U. Quotations ranged at $6.75 (ft 7.40 prime shipping steers. $3.80@4.75 good to choice cows. s4.so(fi 5.00 prime heifers. $3.50^/4..T good to choice bulls. $7.75@8.50 go id to choice calves. Sheep—Receipts 20.000. Quotation* ranged at 55.30(f/ 6.00 good to prime na tive wethers, 8-5.255.75 good to prime native ewes. $2.25(Q4.25 bucks and st a gs. Live poultry—Turkeys, per IT). 10(17 11c: chickens, fowls. 9%c: springs. 9%(ql«'c: roosters. 6%c; geese. $5.00(f» 7.00: ducks. 10%(<711c. Hay—Choice timothy. $17.50(77 IS.OQ-. No. 1, sl6.oo<fi 17.00: No. 2. $14.50(7t 15.50: choice prairie. $16.00(7716.50: No. 1. $13.0047 14.0 U: No. 2. $10..50(77 12 00: No. 3, $9.004/1<>.00; No. 4. $5..".067 9.00 East Buffalo Live Stock. Dunning A Stevens, Live Stock Com mission Merchants. East Buffalo. N. Y.. quote as follows: Cattle—Receipts .5 cars; slow. Hogs—Receipts 4(> <-a s. slow: yorkers and heavy. $6.55(7/6.>0: pigs. $6.65. Sheep—Receipts 30 cats; slow; best. $7,754/7.80; yearlings. $6.25 £jb SU. Calves —S.vady; best. $9.00. The Greatest Opportunity Ever Offered in Lancaster 33 Per cent Off 33 From our low prices on all Ladies’, Misses’ and Children’s Coats and Furs. Also the same startling reduction on Men’s, Boy’s and Children’s Overcoats. Don’t fail to take advantage of this great offering. Sale starts SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29 and continues through the entire month of January. e The Boston Store Lancaster, SECRET SOCIETY. What is the moral effect of Free Masonry, Odd Fellowship, Knights of Labor and the numerous secret societies upon the home? Solomon, the wise man, said: “Discover not a secret to another,” and he had good reasons for laying such an in junction, for in his time, as at the present, there were people too much disposed to tell all they knew. One half the trouble in every community comes from the fact that so many people have not the capacity to keep their mouths shut. We hav& two ears but only one tongue which is suggestive of the fact that we should hear more than we tell. By the power of a secret society a great many neighborhoods and even na tions fly apart. By the power of a secret kept, great charities, reforma tory movements and Christian en terprises may be advanced. It is an often discussed question whether associations that do not have their work with closed doors, and admit their member with pass words, and greet each other with a secret grip are right or wrong. Our answer is that it depends entirely upon the object for which they meet. If it is to pass the hours in revelry and obscene talk, or to plot trouble to the stare, then we say with emphasis that it is wrong. But where the object is the improvement of the mind, the enlargement of the heart, the defense of rhe government, then we say with just as much emphasis that they are a blessing. There is no need for those who plan for right over wrong should publish to the world their intentions. Secrecy of plot and execution are wrong only when the object and end are nefari ous. Every family is a secret society, every business and every banking institution. Men who have no capacity to keep a se cret are unfit for positions of trust anywhere. Secret societies have done incalculable good. Some of the secret societies have poured a very heaven of sunshine and bene diction into the home of suffering. Some of them are founded in fidelity to good citizenship and the Bible. Christ has given us a rule by which we may judge, not only all in dividuals, but all secret societies. “By their fruits shall ye know them.” Bad societies make bad men. A bad man will not stay in > good society, and a good man will j not stay in bad society. Test these societies by two or three rules. Their influence on home. That wife soon loses her influence over her husband who looks upon all even ing absence as an assault on domesticity. That wife who be comes jealous of her husband’s at tention to art, or literature, or re ligion, or charity, is freaking her own sceptre of conjugal power. But let no man sacrifice home life to secret society life, as some do Some men are as genial as angels at the society room and as ugly as sin at home. Long distance conversion is the latest wrinkle to effect the machina tions of the evil one. Down in Illinois an evangelist speaks into a megaphone and his sermon is heard by the farmers miles away while they are seated cozily by the fire side. The contributions will be received in the same old way, ho w ever. We don’t know what arrangments the railroads intend making with the newspapers for their advertising dur ing the coming year but in our humble opinion they have the right to continue the old method in paying transportation regardless of the de cision of the interstate commerce commission. That tribunal has de cided that all transportation must be paid for in cash. How about checks? A check isn't cash. But if a man gave a railroad company a check in payment for a ticket would he be violating the law? Suppose that a railroad agent comes into this office and buys seventy-five dollars worth of space from us and hands us three thousand miles transportation in payment. Is there any law to pre vent our acceptance of the trans portation: Again suppose he gives us seventy five dollars in cash and we hand it back to him in exchange for mileage. And when we get our clutches on the mi 1 eage where is the statute that prohibits its ac ceptance by railroad conductors? The interstate commissioners seem ' to be human in the matter of mak-' ing mistakes. Wisconsin jWant Column| If You Want help Want a position Want to rent a house Want to buy or sell seed Want to sell household goods Want purchasers for real estate Want to buy or sell cattle or horses Want to sell fruit or vegetables Want to make a farm loan Want to trade anything Want a servant girl i Want a partner Want cash Try Us FARMS FOR SALE: I have two good farms, situated in Grant county that I will sell on reasonable terms. 51tf Jos. H. Bennett HORSES for Sale: 25 head of young horses weighing from 1000 to 1500, also some mares and colts. Joe Wright, 75tf FOk SALE: Farm of 108 aares good house, well, born and orchard. Situated at the old rock mill 5 mi. northeast of Cassville in the mining district. For further particulars in quire of Mbs. E. Groom, £2tf Cassville, Wis. DURING the vacation of Dr. J. H. Reed on his tour to the coast, all ac counts due him from any source will be received end receipted for by the First National bank. 98tf NOTICE OF SALE ON FORECLOSURE State of Wisconsin. Grant County, ss—ln Circuit Court. J. A. Haggerty, Plaintiff. Charles Horton. Maggie Horton, his wife. Henry Johnson, Amanda Johnson, his wife, John E. Adams and Jean L. Adams, his wife. Defendants. By virtue of a judgment of foreclosure and sale made in the above entitled acti< a on the 14th day of November. 1905. the under signed. Robert Glenn, sheriff of the County of Grant. State of W sconsin. or his succes sor in office, wiH offer for sale at public auction or vendue, to the highest bidder for cash, on the sth day of February. A. D, 1907. at 2 o’clock of that day. in the after noon. at the front door on the North side of the court house, in the citv of Lancaster, Grant County. Wisconsin, the real estate and mortgaged premises directed by said judgment to be sold, or so much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy the amount therein adjudged to be due to the plaintiff from the defendants together with interest thereon at the rate of 6 per cent, rrom the date of said judgment and all subsequent costs. The said real estate and mortgaged premises are describedin said judgment as follows; , , , The West one-half of Lots one and two and the whole of Lots three and four. Block. No. 20. in the Village, now city, of Lancaster, in the County of Grant. State of Wisconsin, according to the recorded plat or map of said city. . Dated at the sheriff s office m the city of Lancaster, in said county, th.s 19th cay of December. A. D ’«» ROBEitT GEENN Sheriff of Grant County. Wis. By F. B. Callis. Under Sheriff. Geo. T. Atwood. Plaintiff’s Attorrey, Gays Mills. Wisconsin. . Ist ins. Dec. 22: »ast ins. J in. 26.