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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-08
DARING CYCLIST RISKS
DEATH TO AMUSE CROWD

The latest sensation in the cycling
world is the daredevil flight of Cyclist
Schreyer, who, after a swift run down
lattice-work chute, disengages him.
self from the machine and, like bolt,
shoots into space and dives into tank
of three feet of water terrible dis
lance below The turn of an inch,
or the fraction of one, and he would
be dashed to pieces. Yet he asserts
that the attempt is made under the
most pleasant of conditions and that
he remains perfectly cool-headed. 1t
is said the performance has never been
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-08
Lose Land to Minnesota.

P. Fl. Smith and F. r. Bradshaw of
West Superior are the Wisconsin men
who were recently declared losers in the
contest with the State for a strip of iron
land in northern Minnesota said to be
worth $1,000,00O. The strip which the
State is awarded as swamp land in
cludes about thirtysix acres. That is
only about one-fourth of the entire strip
which these men won out on only short
time ago, however. The land is near
Virginia, where an error was discovered
by Mr. Smith in the government sur
veys. The two surveys did not meet and
right alongside some of the most paying
mines on the range lay a strip mile i'll
length and 1000 feet in width at the
base, being triangular. 1t had taken sew
eral years for them to get possession.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-08
Planting Seeds by Cannon.

Nasmyth, landscape painter Of re-
pute, was held in great esteem as a
landscape gardener, and in this capa-
city helped to compose some Of the
finest park and forest scenery. The
estate Of the then duke of Athol was
disfgured by an unsightly crag, the
rocks Of which were inaccessible to
climbers. BY a happy thought Nasmyth
determined to make a bold bid for
success with a cannon, which was at
hand. BY his advice tin canisters were
prepared, and loaded with tree seeds.
Fired from the lannon's mouth, these
novel shells burst against the face Of
the crag, and scattered their fruitful
contents among the rocky crevices.
Nature carried on the work so clever
ly begun, and in the course Of years
those barren heights We're clothed and
crowned with trees of luxuriant
growth. Nasmyth's son, James, the
Scottish astronomer, is said to have
repeated the experiment with equal
success.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-08

continuation of mental labor and wOr-
ry into the small hours of the next
morning, until sheer inability>tO go on
compels q reluctant halt for sleep, are
evil modern phenomena that occur too
often. And the hurried midday lunch
is not worse for the digestion than it
is for the mind, which is thus cheated
of it's due pause for rest.
This is certainly not the way to get
most work done in the long run. The
men who have put most work into
their lives and been able to keep on
longest at it have been men, like Mr..
Gladstone who knew the full value Of
absolutely banishing work from their
minds for some time every day. In
the height of political excitement Mr..
Gladstone could always contrive to
shut out politics and official business
for an hour or two While he read
Greek or a novel.
One man may seek his relaxation
with tennis racket or Il bicycle, an
other with Il book, another in talk mot
ABOUT UuSlucSSJ, Uul COLIpictc IcldAd-
ton in some form every man should
have every day. And an entire and
absolute holiday long enough to count,
is no less Indispensable every year.
The meaning Of rest varies with the
individually; to one it is rest to climb
Alps or cycle fifty miles day, to an
other to lie under a tree or ON the
beach But in some form the rest is
inevitable, unless the breakdown is to
come. The hours from which business
weeks from which it is entirely eXclud-
pastures near them. The houses are
by the man who means to last.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-08
State Items of Interest.

Joseph Petersen, an engineer OF Mil
waukee. died in st. Petersburg of small
pOx.
Grantsburg is the home town Of Jockey
Helgason, the winner of the American
Derby, and the place is wild over his
success.
The business men of Beloit have or
ganized an association for mutual protec-
ton at times Of strikes, and to steady
the conditions of labor.
The corner stone of the Fond du Lac
public library was laid. The building IS
TO cost $4,000, of which $50, 900 is Civ
en- by Andrew Carnegie.
The Oshkosh Common Council has I'M
der consideration an ordinance intended
to keep clairvoyants, fortune tellers and
mountebanks out of the city.
The Soldiers and Sailors Union of
Green County held its annual reunion at
Brodhead. Speeches were made by Capt.
Randell, Gen. Byers and others.
An effort has been launched to estab-
lish a county agricultural school for JEFF
ferson County Superintendent Cary of
Madison addressed q meeting of those
interested
Two tramps, giving their names as
Harry Mccoy and Charles Seigison, are
said to have burglarized the residence OF
Charles Huber in the town of Fort Win
nebago A watch and a sum of money
was secured. Mccoy was captured, but
Seigison escaped.
After q search of nearly six months
George Woods, suspected of implication
in the wholesale theft of castings from
the GAINESVILLE machine works, was cap
tured at Fond du Lac by the police oil
that city.
Department Commander j. 2. Rumble
Of Milwaukee is promulgating the orders
in regard to the per capita tax. This
is now 10 cents for each member of the
Grand Army in good standing. 1t was
reduced at the encampment held recently
at Chippewa Falls. There are now 9,071
members in the Wisconsin department il
good standing.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-08

thus giving him the same status as
a natural child. An adopted child and
the person legally adopting have all
the rights and are subject to all the
duties of the relation of parent and
child, including the right Of inherit
ance.
The duty of a child is, first of all,
honor and obedience. Failure to rem
der these, or ingratitude, may be pun
ished by disinherltance. The father
may cut his children off entirely, but
he cannot leave more than half his
property to charitable institutions if he
has a wife and children living. (This
is true in New York;
According to common law there is
no legal obligation resting upon a child
to support a parent, in case Of either a
minor or adult. In some States stat
utes have been enacted to enforce this
duty, with the result that the State
has been greatly relieved from the
care of paupers.
A father has right to the services
and earnings Of the child while the
child lives with him, and is main
tanned by nina right resting on the
parental duty of maintenance and fur
nishing some compensation for the
service he renders the child. How
long this right continues is open to
question, but certainly until the child
reaches the age Of II, and usually dur
ing the entire period of minority. But
where a father refuses or neglects to
support the child or compels him to
support himself, the right to his earn
ings ceases. At common law a mother
has no implied right to the service and
earnings of a child, as she was not
bound like the father for its mainte-
nance.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-08
WISCONSIN'S RECORD.
FAITHFULLY TOLD IN READABLE
SHAPE.
Hermit of the ississippi-Forced to
Give Up Strip of Swamp Land to
Minnesota-Saved from Injury-Pa-

About two miles south of Mineiesia, on
the bank of the Mississippi river, is a
mammoth and ugly shaped castle IN
which resides an old hermit with hair as
white as snow and with a beard reaching
nearly to his waist. This Rip Van Win
kle is said to be more than 100 years old
and no one knows his name or whence
he came. His home is called Crazy
Mans Castle and is built on piling from
driftwood and pieces of wrecked boats.
On the four corners are steeples tower
ing far above the rude roof. The build
ing is three stories high, the two upper
floors being reached by means of ladders.
At no time of the year is there stove in
the building and when the thermometer
begins to hover around the zero point
the old hermit seeks the friendly shell
ter of cave, where he made his home
before he constructed his rude house. 1t
is said that when the old man first land
ed in the vicinity he was we'll dressed
and appeared to be man of considerable
refinement. Immediately he Isolated him
self from mankind and soon adopted
habits but little above those of the abo-
rhymes and each year he has grown more
barbarfc i'm his way.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-08

equalcd, and Schreyer, to prove his IL
tie to the distinction, has a standing
offer of $1,000 to the wheelman who
will successfully duplicate it.
When the trip is Ito be made the
wheelman mounts his bicycle at the
top of the incline. Once started he
shoots through space at a terrific
speed, and when the end of the chute
is reached the man is going at the
breath-taking pace of two miles Il min
ute. 1t is at this time that the driver
must do rapid calculation, for in less
than a half-second he will have reach
ed the chute's end. 10 control his
wheel; to be alert; to jump at the mo-
ment the brink is opening beneath him
these are the requirements. So far
he has not failed to render them.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-08
The Bacillus of Suicide,

HE prevalence Of suicidal mania in Washington IS
accounted for by hitherto unknown scientist, who
has studied the subject deeply and raed the microbe
Of suicide to its native lair, in the unreasonable
berry Clifford Howard is the name of the discoverer
bacillus of selfdeStructiOn. He is assistant sec
to the District Commissioners.
HoWard's methods of scientific nyeStiga ton are no
Unique than his conclusions, and his process Of rea
is admirably simple Suicides most frequent
spring Strawberries out Of season in the lati-
Of Washington in early spring. Unreasonable straw
IS eaten in Washington. Strawberries eaten out
invariably produce mental depression. proof
act not Giyen) Mental depression causes suicidal
hts Therefore the bacillus of suicide is tracked to
il in the strawberry.
jst remarkabl bic, however is Scientist Clifford How
discovery that the deadly mcrObe enters develops
strawberry only when the fruit is transported from
oper habitat to higher latitude. The April straw
is innocuous in Georgia, but may not be eaten in
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-08
A Se;f-Mdde Man.

- HERE many who proud of being self
made They carry their heads high and claim
4 that they have made their by their own
4 unaded efforts They claim that say that
they helped with loans of that they
boosted into positions by the strength of Others yet
this is all a mistake. No person made success in
life without being assisted by others Think Of the assist
ance given by the mother when the self-made was
helpless think of the helpful advice of the father
mother brothers and sisters, when the self-made
IMMATURE think of the inheritance from father moth
err grandfather back for thousand years
all of whom bequeathed to this socalled selfmade
man pecuarities which have aided him the road
These ancestors have bequeathed health and vgor
body strength of mind and the inclina-
ton virtue but further than this the sefmade has
assisted by those who have abored for him. What
manufacturer farmer, nurseryman editor physician
yer minister has been aided by others almost daily
throughout his life? No. may do much to improve our
conditions fe but entirely Independent
helpfuness Of others.-GreenS Fruit Grower
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-08

STATISTICAL paragraph in a paper which is care
full with its figures offers the rather remarkable
informa ion that there 81 ,53S divorced peo-
I pie in Tie United States, of whom two-thirds
women. This naturally rouses interest in the fate Of
men who divorced originally there must have
an equal number with the women. Did the husbands
and die under the blight Of divorce? Are they more
tive than the wives and unable to thrive when the
ing vines forcbly torn away by the county court
id the majority rush off and marry again, thus tax ing
selves out of the lists Of the divorced? But does
iage really take out Of such list? When a man
yorced is he not always divorced though he marry
4? If not, and second marriage wipes the early
mOnal record quite off the slate, why is it that
OF seek the same way of escape? Why do more Of
not marry and cease to be Divorces? Why-but
profits it to ask questions at random? The problem
fascinating and worthy Of serious Investigation by
teal experts. Why. OH why, out Of $1,000 divorced
ms are $4,000 of them women? Where are the miss
xhusbands Of 1000 OF these sisters? The mystery
ms the more it is Consdered.-Indanap0lis Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-08

community is immune from the Establishments of
the "getrich-quck' swndlers. All that is required
to make victim is. indeed, willingness to believe
that men having unusually good thing in
to give it away, and little Of the blind bodness
leads certain people to try such hazard and
comes of IT,
le truth cannot be too often stated that when
way of getting rich quick the last thing
with it is to tell strangers about it. He wants all
IS in it for himself possibly for his close friends
communicates the discovery in whisper; and never
seeks partners in the odd corners of the country.
sometimes people caught by the plausible though
pretCnse that he needs money to carry through his
that he has the scheme but has not the money, and
seeking the contributions of small capitalists every
=. If he cannot get capital from the men who
9 for moneymaling opportunities, it is because they
believe there is anything in his little plan and they
zen of ShreWdness and experience who infinitely
judges Of any such plan than the average outsider
ossibly be- When they shy at it, it is time for all
people to take to
good rule for the average Is to button his pocket
yht when the nsuuating stranger comes to him with
tory that if he will only let the said stranger hold
oney for little while he will get it back doubled
uped And ii is just as good rule when the nsin-
stranger approaches through the posofice as on
treet-Montreal Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-08
Useless Polar Expeditions.

- HE promised submarine expedition to the North Pole
is surprisingly unscentific for it's German source
Sir Clements Markham has already laid down the
reasonable and accepted attitude this matter. The
three centuries effort is he says complete We
already all that is to be known the
gons is vigorous than Sir Clements in de-
nouncng those who question the utility of Polar expora
Since his voyage half century steadily
supported the work and aided it by the soundness
theoretical advice Now he declares that further exped-
useless Any attempt the pole is now
foolhardy enterprise which is the personal the
explorer and entitled to support than the
ing Of the Atlantic in open boat the feats of
ing man. "-London Chronicle
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-08
4 = >
aren't and Child
Before the Law.


yery interesting paper on the
topic was given in a number
arper's Bazar, which sets forth
little known points Of law, re-
to the obligations Of father and
II to child.
father of an infant is bound to
lie him with neceSsaries, in
Y food, clothing and medical at
nee. If he does not provide such
sarics, a stranger who furnishes
can hold the father liable. The
ttion on the part of the parent
lintain the Child continues until
utter Is in a condition to provide
is own maintenance-generally
ing, as long as he remains a
But by the statute law Of the
nv this obligation only ends with
In the case Of children who are
lame or physically or morally
able Of providing their own sup
@"* 1t Is the purpose of the
lot to compel father to main
idle and lazy children in ease
audience, but to provide the
and inexperienced with the nur-
md sustenance to which they are
rly entitled from those who
,bt them into the world; this to
mo until they have gained
9Th and ability to care for them
s.
is doubtful to what extent a
or is bound to support her child
nneral. she would not be bound
so during the life of Its father
r some statutes an adult son is
elled to support his mother a
r cannot avoid his responsibility
the support Of his child, even
,b he may agree with the mother
so; and although wife, by hel
fault may forfeit her own claim
pport she cannot forfeit that OF
hildrcn.
tepfather Is not bound to support
tcpchild unless he practically
him by taking the child into
amily and providing for him.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-08
Farm Hand Saves Employer.

a farm hand employed by CharIes
Hanson, leading farmer, residing near
the Taylor orphan asylum, two and
half miles southwest Of Racine, saved
his employer and 2-year-old child from
being torn to pieces by a large New
foundland dog. Just as the father grasp
ed the child in his arms to save him
from being attacked the dog jumped and
was about to leap on the father and child
the farm hand discharged the contents of
a Shotgun and struck the animal in the
head and the body fell to the porch, a
foot from where the father stood
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-08


Their lived but short time after his
arrival there. The family was in poor
circumstances and young Elijah was
started out at the age Of II to make
his way III the world. He first went
to New Orleans, but, as he proudly
says: Il was like Abe. 1 could not
stand that Internal slavery"
Leaving New Orleans, Elijah went
to Robinson, ILL.,, where his mother
and brothers had moved during his
absence in the South. 1t was here
that he learned he had q cousin prac-
ticing law ia Springfield, H., the first
time the family had heard Of Abe
since he left his Indiana home at Lin
coin City Mr. Lincoln had started to
visit his cousin at Springfield, but met
a party going to Colorado, and being
informed there were riches in gold
and silver, decided to join the party.
They made the trip on horseback, and
when they reached Colorado several
in the party were sick. They had not
been there long when they heard the
Southern States had left the Union,
and that Indiana would probably be a
battle-ground in the coming struggle,
Lincoln started back to Indiana, and
when he arrived at Princeton, de-
cided to enlist in the Union army. He
joined the Fifty eighth Indiana regi-
ment. His comrades say there never
was harder fighter than Elijah Lin
coin. He served in the army three
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-08
Breach of Promise.

HE story Of action for breach of promise Of mar
riage is the story of all. Acquaintance rpens into
friendship and friendship into engagement. The
A engagement to end, whether from the
fault of of the parties Of the other of both IT,
however the final breach is clearly the fault of the
lady she if disposed her late lover and obtain
money damages, the amount of which depends many
circumstances apart from the wrong she has suffered The
other side Of the picture is far different The may
be treated heatessy he has the remedy
Any claim he might prefer would be laughed of court
The who asked publicly for golden save for injuries
done his heart would survive the worlds contempt
The question arises whether that women claim
ing equality in respects they ought not to submit
equality in this 1t of course be urged that the
custom Of proposal involves important distinction be-
tween the sexes and that is undenaby The woman
who has been Tilted cannot revenge herself by instantly
offering her hand to the false ones friend. But >the
other hand must not be forgotten the breach of promise
action is the of those who really suffer- but Of
those who by the fact of exposing their broken hearts
for the gayey of nations often suggest doubts to wheh
er their sentiments sincere-London Daily News
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-08
Leaps Against the Doctors Knife.

Leaping from an operating table at St.
I.uke's hospital in Racine, James Had
ding of Keokuk, Iowa, who was under
going an operation for throat trouble,
nearly met death on the knives the sur
geons were using. Hadding was given
chloroform, but the operation took longer
than was expected The physicians for
got to keep the patient under the anes-
thetic, and in the middle of the opera
ton he recovered consciousness.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-08
His ChauCe.

EXTRAORDINARILY it be funny if
should become a little boy again?
Bobbie-Maybe it wouldn't be so fun
ny for YOU pa. If you wuz to be hitler
II me l think I'd square up a few
ngs.-Philadelphia Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-08
ChoDs Off His Foot,

Mike Polda, farmer, chopped off half
of his right foot accidentally while cut
ting fence posts on his farm near Patch
Grove The blow split the bones from
the toes to and through the ankle. The
left foot was badly mangled in horse
power a few years ago.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-08
( WHERE LIFE is STRENUOUS.
Relaxation from Work Will Make a
Man Enjoy Life Longer.

There are men, and plenty of them,
who start the business of the day, or
thinking about the business of the
day, almost as soon as they are out of
bed, and keep it up with scarcely an
interval until, they turn in at night,
says the London Express. The bust
ness kilograms and letters brought to
the bedroom in the morning and the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-08
T()RIALS61


Washington pain Of inevitable mental depression and
probably suicide the Washington strawberry rpens
however any old strawberry be eaten by Washing
tonians with entire safety.
Scientist Towards advice to those who would abstain
from suicide that they refrain from eating Strawberries
until the fruit is home Wonderful the discover
les Of the amateur of scence-Philadelpha North
American
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-08
Wife Threw Away Savings.

George Wheeler of Milwaukee kept his
savings in a tin can. His wife cleaned
house recently and threw the can into
The alley. Later she remembered that
it had been used as a savings bank and
fastened to recover it. She found the
can, but the money, about $40, was miss
ing
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-08
High School Athletics Paw.

Under the system of graduate manage
ment of high school athletics in vogue
at GAINESVILLE the financial report entered
for the past year shows balance on
hand, when past years have produced as
great deficit. Coach w. b. Norris, an
instructor, has had entire financial con-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-08
Women Are Forbidden.

By order Of the city authorities the
practice of employing women to sift
refuse at the corporations depot, Let's
Wharf, Lambeth, London, is to be
gradually discontinued
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-08

a man Of broad
cha.ra cter and ami
able disposition, he
is quite similar to
his immortal rela-
tive.
Mr.. Lincoln was
born in Muskingum
County, Ohio, Sept.
II, 1882. When he
was 10 years old,
he moved with his
parents to Fort
Drn~1L I,1E J,SS Po
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-08
IlNCCLN'S COUSIN LIVES
IN AN INDIANA VILLAGE

Elijah Lincoln. a first cousin of
Abraham Lincoln, lives in the town Of
Fort Branch, near Evansville, Ind. AS
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-08

The fool shows his folly and knows
It not, but the wise guy knows his folly
and shows it not. .3t-4L-t,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-08
The Execution,

The Englishman-I understand you
Americans elect ali your rulers by bal
lot.
The Yes-all but our
wives.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-08

Branch, but his IA