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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-13
A USEFUL CONVERT.
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Peace lovers though we be, to us all
there is virtue in skillful fist-fghting
in just cause. Therefore the thrill is
at least pardonable which one feels on
reading this episode, which DR.. Rains
ford relates in his book, "a Preachers
Story Of His Work" The episode was
in the midst Of Dr. Rainsford's yigor-
GUS struggle on the East Side of New
York:
I remember one man in particular
a big, strong fellow. He came in and
sat down in the Sunday school. had
some Of the very best teachers could
find and l always put the best work
ers | had there. He began to talk
in way that a man should not talk
to lady. lie was a little drunk. I
saw the lady's face flush; I walked
over and told him to get out. He
would not move. I said:
1--WE are here to help you people; we
are paid nothing for it. Now you arc
enough Of man to respect a lady.
Why do you sit here and make It i'm
possible for her to teach those boysY'
He swore at me and would not get
out.
"You don't want ME to call a police
man, do you? Go out quietly"
He jumped to his feet, and I saw
| was in for row. He was as big
a man as am. did rot call a police
man, but hit him harder than / ever
hit a man in my life, and knocked
him down. Then 1 stood over him and
said:
Have you had enough?'
He said, "Yes.''
''All right" I answered. "Now get
out" And he went.
About three weeks after that we rot
into a scrimmage outside the Sunday
school room with some toughs, and to
my horror, | saw, eibowing his way
through the crowd, this same burly fell
low, and began to feel that between
him and the others I should be killed.
when, to my astonishment, he walked
up to the ringleader and said:
'sThe doctor and me can c.ean out
this saloon. You get out"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-13
THRIvES WELL IN ARIZONA.
Ostrich Has Become Acc1inated on the
Southwestern Plains.

Ostrich Has Become Acc1imated on the
Southwestern Plains.
A letter says that the ostrich indus
try in the Salt River valley, Arizona,
is fast becoming one of large CONNER
cial Importance. When the ostrich was
introduced from South Africa, eleven
years ago, it was feared that the ex-
pertinent wsAuld be failure. The
change Of food and climate did not
agree with the birds, and very little
progress was made during the first
years. The business also is one that
requires experience, and until those
engaged in it had learned everything
worth knowing about ostrich culture
they made little headway.
About five years ago the birds had
become acclimated, their care was
more thoroughly understood and they
began to thrive. 1t is believed that
they are doing better in the Salt River
valley than in South Africa. At any
rate, the American ostriches are sew
eral inches taller than those of South
Africa and their feathers are Of some
what finer quality. Full grown, they
stana eight feet high and weigh 200
pounds. The rich, black, glossy feath-
ers OF the male are far superior i'll
quality to the drab piumage Of the fe-
male, and the feathers plucked every
eight months are sold as high as 1925
a pound in the eastern markets. The
average yield is pound of feathers
to the bird.
Over 1000 ostriches are now on the
alfalfa pastures in the valley. feeding
contentedly on the rich heritage, which
makes them as fat as any ostrich
should be. The climate of the valley
seems to be particularly adapted to
ostrich-raising. These farms are not
far from the city Of Phoenix. and Wis.
itors often drive out to them to see
the birds by the hundreds on their pas
lures. About fifty Of them also are
kept on small display farm near the
city limits for the benefit of tourists.
who regard the birds as among the
sights Of the place. This little farm
pays for itself by the sales of plumage
TO yfSitOrS.-NeW York SIM.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-13
DIVER CHOSE STRANGE BED.
BibuIous Seaman Slept Under Water
for Five Days.

BibuIous Seaman Slept Under Water
for Five Days.
Some queer yarns are told about the
men who wear the uniform of sailor
in the service Of Uncle Sam. Probably
the queerest is the one told of Gun
ners Mate Johnson, a strapping big
Swede, at present serving out an en-
listment on board a ship of war that
frequently visits San Francisco.
Johnson, it appears, is most con-
vivial soul and fond of his grog. He is
also a good sailor, but shines as a
diver. A short time ago, while his
ship was anchored near Mare Island, it
became necessary to send Johnson
down into the depths to take off some
of the growth from The hull. His first
dive lasted about an hour. When he
came upr.he told the executive officer
it would take about, WEEK to make
the ships bottom clean. He was given
the task and every day at 9 o'clock,
clad in rubber suit and helmet, he
slipped over the ships side. At "mess
gear" (meal time) he came up, had his
meal and at 100 o'clock went down
again, remaining down until "mess
gear sounded again.
For five days Johnson kept this up
and then the chief gunner grew a little
bit suspicious. About 8 o'clock one af-
ternoon he ordered second Divers
suit "broken out" This he donned
and went overheard. He came up in
about ten minutes and so did johnson.
When the cumbersome suits werD re-
moved the gunner ordered Johnson ito
the mast"
At this ships tribunal Johnson faced
the captain. What the skipper said to
him could not be heard, but at the
close Of the interview Johnson meekly
saluted and walked forward
The explanation came next day
when the gunner confided to a fellow
officer that Johnson, who had been Civ
ell every night ashore, spent them roy
STEERING about, then came aboard ship.
donned the helmet and suit and slipped
over the side Of the ship, ostensibly
to clean the ships bottom, but really
to sleep. His shipmates were in on it,
Of course.
The gunners suspicious had been
aroused when he noticed that the air
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-13

bubbles that always appear on the sur
faca directly over the diver did not
vary foot during all the time John
son was down. When he investigated
he found Johnson hanging like huge
barnacle to the side Of the ship. His
arms were dangling about in the water
and his reclining position was main
tanned by the aid of his signal lines,
one of which he had passed around his
shoulders and the other around his
feet.-San Francisco Call.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-13
HAWAIIAN FISHES.
strange Forms Found by the Steamer
A1batrOss.

Strange Forms Found by the Steamer
A1batross.
In the summer of 1902 the steamer
AlbatroSs cruised in Hawaiian waters,
under the auspices of the United States
Eish Commission, with the object of
extending the boundaries Of knowledge
concerning aquatic life in that part of
the world Captures were made from
depths as great as 45O feet, while
some specimens came from shadows.
The great majority of the fish which
were taken were identified as having
a place already in geological classified
ton. Twenty-Five new species and two
new genera were discovered, however.
DR.. Charles HI. Gilbert was in charge
Of the work, but the report now made
by Prof. John O. Snyder, OF Leland
Stanford, Jr., University, says DR..
David Starr Jordan assisted in naming
the additions to the enrolment of ich-
THEOLOGY, says the New York Tribune.
No fewer than five Of the uew spe-
cies belonged to the genus gymno-
thorax. These creatures are long and
slender like cells. Out of compliment
to 81. Louis Berndt, inspector of fish
cries at Honolulu, one was called
gymnothorax berndti. A fine specimen
of the species measured about thirty
two inches in length. A striking fea-
ture Of 1t is marked suggestion of
tortoise shell. The groundwork is white
or gray, but there are two sets of net
work everything it, one Of fine lines and
the other Of coarse brown bands. A
second species is striped like Bengal
tiger or a zebra. Twenty black bands
encircled this fish and stood out in
sharp contrast with the Intervening
yellowish white. Only a single speci-
men was found. 1t was not over four
and one-quarter inches long, and Prof.
Snyder thinks that possibly it may be
very young. The marine zebra has
been named, after the bay in which it
was discovered, gymnothorax waia-
luae.
New sharks and possibly relatives
OF the flying fish are among the other
odd kinds. One Of the queerest of the
latter, at least in appearance, belongs
to the genus antennarius, SO called be-
cause Of some popularity in the base
of the pectoral and yentral fins. The
body is covered with small prickles
There are markings on the side which
look like the scars of wounds. The APP
parent lack of any nose imparts a
particularly grotesque appearance to
the facial profile, while the existence Of
two very slender spines on the fore
head suggests an attempt on the part
of nature to produce marine rhinoc-
eros. However, there is no resemblance
in size between that animal and the
antennarius duescus, because the lat
ter seems to be only about two inches
long.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-13

London and Manchester are still dis
putting as to which is the greater Eu-
ropean center of population. Most peo-
pie would suppose that London owns
the title beyond peradventure. Even
If one draws a circle with a radius Of
thirty miles about Charing Cross sta
ton one gets a population of more
than 100000, as against 100000
within similar distance from the
Manchester exchange But protract-
ing a circle with forty-mile radius
one gets a greater Manchester that
shows a population of more than
100000, as against greater London
of only about 100000.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-13

"Leprosy Is as durable as typhoid or
yellow fever says DR.. Isadore Dyer,
the physician in charge Of the lepers'
home in Louisiana, and one of the
most distinguished leprosy experts in
the world Before the last Berlin con-
ference on leprosy, which DR.. Dyer
attended, few cases Of the disease
were known to have been cured. That
there were 10 more is due, in the
spinion of the Louisiana expert, to
he lack of proper treatment, which
consists in taking the case early and
Following it perslstently and unremit-
tingly for years. During the last two
years every case in the Louisiana
home, except those in the last stages,
has been improved, and three patients
will soon be discharged as cured.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-13
A WONDER WORKER.
Stories of c. p. Steinmetz, a Great
Electrical Worker

Stories of c. p. Steinmetz, Great
Electrical Worker
In the Worlds Work Arthur Good
rich tells some interesting stories about
Charles p. Steinmetz, one of the great
est electrical inventors. Steinmetz
has mathematical brain. One Of his
ablest assistants spent number of
days Of hard work in solving an intri-
cate mathematical problem. When he
had finished it he asked Steinmetz to
work it out. The inventor grasped the
problem at once, counted on his fingers
few times and gave the correct an
swer without touching pencil or paper.
Yet he remarked recently: 'Mathema-
tics is valuable only to obtain results.
Mathematics for mathematics sake is
foolishness."
Some years ago Steinmetz went into
the Adirondacks with a hunting party
Of friends. Not caring to hunt, he
was often left alone at little lodge
that was made the party's headquart-
ers. One night before the camp fire
mathematical question came into his
head. To settle it, he needed table
of logarithms, which could not have
been found within miles of the camp.
He remembered few figures, and in
short time had worked out an en-
tire table of logarithms for himself,
and from it solved the problem This
mathematical sense, which was origi-
nally trained by hard study at Breslau,
makes it possible for him to answer
quickly the rapid fire of questions his
aids hurl at him daily.
The laboratory workers come to him
constantly for advice and direction.
Eighteen thousand employees stand
ready to work out his IDEAS With
the men, he is always genial and demo-
cratic. When any business mattere
needs settling he does it in determined
fashion. He is as independent as he
is good natured. When the heads of
the works made rule against smok-
ing in the factory Mr.. Steinmetz said
he would smoke or leave. He did not
| lCtlNS. lie Cttu oICVllpllSu ulOiC lii
an hour" said one Of his assistants,
than l can do in a week" If some
difficult problem needs solution at the
works it is nearly always taken to
SteinmetZ.
Not long ago there was an explosion
in manhole in New York city, which
made great trouble for an electrical
railroad Many local engineers tried
to find the cause Of the trouble aid
gave various unsatisfactory explana-
TONS The matter was brought to
Mr.. Steinmetz's attention. In a few
moments he asked how certain ada
cent wires in the manhOle were cover
ed Here, indeed, was the trouble.
1t was simple, but no one else had
thought Of it. He takes the short cut
to the essential thing. 1t is character
istic of all his work.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-13

A more or less careful scrutiny of
the references to the insolvent Georgia
banker who shot himself q while ago
i'll order that his life insurance money
might be used to pay his debts, show
that the general trend of the comment
is that his ending was rather praise
worthy than otherwise. He is shown
20 have carried something over $1,000
800 insurance and the idea that the
companies were not undeservedly
"stuck" seems to prevail. There is
fothing yet to show that his heirs have
WY notion of using the windfall to
saake good his defalcatiors and 1t may
%ell be asked why their standard Of
Donor should be any higher than his
nwn. 1t is claimed he killed himself,
With a score of probable years yet to
1--WE and pay premiums, in order that
she money of his fellow members in
che insurance organizations might he
;lsed to square his liabilities. Why
should his heirs be expected to give
up the million, thus dropped into their
APPS, or any part of it, for that pur-
bose? This whole idea that man
HAY make way with himself with i'm
2unity if he only has a fine line of life
insurance is coming to be viewed with
4 strange tolerance. The fellow in
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-13

The Greatest Enemy of Good Roads


Among the elements and forces of
nature there are several enemies of
good roads, but the greatest of them
10 water. 1t washes away the material
CT the road. 1t soaks into the road and
softens it so that the wagon wheels cut
into the surface, making ruts and
holes. 1t permeates and softens the
surface of the road so that the surface
OF the road sinks or breaks up. In the
winter the water that is in the road
freezes, expands, and loosens and dis
integrates the road material.
The most important thing in the
building of roads is to lessen or pre-
vent the ravages Of water; yet no
feature Of the work is so neglected as
this. Many local road supervisors
seems to give no consideration to the
question of drainage, and the result is
regular mud blockage during several
weeks or months Of the year.
The following are few simple rules,
the observance Of which would go far
toward lettering the roads of this
country:
First. The road should be so loca-
ted and constructed as to avoid steep
grades down which the water rushes
during heavy rains, tearing up and
washing away the road material.
Second. The foundation Of the road
should be thoroughly drained by open
side bitches, which will carry off the
water, and where necessary tile drains
should be laid in the foundation itself.
Third. The surface of the road
should be hard and smooth and have
sufficient slope toward the sides to
shed the surface Vater.
Fourth. Ruts and holes on the sur
face of the finished road should be
filled as fast as made, so that no water
can lie on the surface to be worked up
into mud.
These rules are simple and easy to
follow, and any one who gives any SER
ious thought to the matter can see the
wisdom Of following them. Still they
are almost universally ignored as the
condition Of our roads abundantly
proves.
What this country needs is radical
change, a new era in road building.
The people have been moving in ruts
in more senses than one, and if each
local community is left to work out the
road problem alone, they will con-
tinue to move in the same ruts, and
every year millions of dollars will be
thrown into the mud, to say nothing
Of the losses resulting from the use of
bad roads. Lectures on road improve
ment seem to do very little good. Books
and bulletins on road building appear
to have very little effect.
What the local communities need is
practical object-lessons and actual as
sistance, and these can come only from
the State governments and the Federal
government 1t is for this reason that
road reformers everywhere are turn
ing toward State and National aid as
the only solution Of the road problem.
The bad roads of the United States
are blight, curse, a disgrace, and
all patriotic, progressive citizens should
make a grand united effort to wipe
them out and put our nation on level
with the advanced nations of Europe
in the matter Of roads.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-13
ClIyEER SToRlty
NN~

~~-~~-~-~-~ ~~~-~~
Nineteen million in migrants reached
the United States in the 80 years end
ing with 1900.
New Orleans is fighting white ants
Tor a pastime, and it is said that the
insects are fast deyouring some of the
wooden houses.
Five OF the seats of government or
capitals OF Provinces in the Domin-
ion OF Canada are named Regina after
the late Queen Victoria of England.
There is a tree just beyond the New
England railway arch on the Middle
bury road in Connecticut, which has
grown through a solid rock many tons
in weight, making large tissure,
which would require dynamite explo-
sion to duplicate.
The smallest inhabited island in the
world is that on which the Eddystone
lighthouse stands. At low water it is
80 feet in diameter at high water the
base of the lighthouse, the diameter Of
which is 2SA feet, is completely coy-
cred by the waves.
The house fly, with a total life of
about ten days, develops in these peri
DDS; egg from laying to Matching, one
third Of day; Matching of larva to
first moult, one day; second moult to
pupation, three days; pupation to is
suing Of the adult, five days.
In West Africa the natives hiss
when they are astonished; in the New
Hebrides when they see anything
beautiful. The Basutos applaud a pop
ular orator in the assemblies by kissing
at him. The japanese, again, show
their reverence by a hiss, which has
probably somewhat the force of the
''hush' with which we command ST.
lence. In this country the hiss only
has one ing-disapproval.
Consumption of earth as food is said
to be common not only in China, New
Caledonia and New Guinea, but in the
Malay archipelago as we'll. The testi-
mony of many travellers in the Orient
is that the yellow races are especially
addicted to the practice. In Java and
Sumatra the clay used undergoes a
preliminary preparation for consump-
ton, being mixed with water, reduced
to paste, and the sand and other hard
substances removed. The clay is then
formed into small cakes or tablets,
about as thick as a lead pencil, and
baked in an iron saucepan. When the
tablet energies from this process it re-
sembles a piece of dried pork. The
Jayanese frequently eat small figures
roughly modelled from clay, which re-
semble the animals turned out in our
pastry shops.
The woman who goes as a mission
airy to India must expect to put up
with strange fare. Miss Matte Bur-
CESS, a missionary just returned from
that country, says: "During the last
year of our stay in India we had beef
only once, mutton twice and fish about
eight times. Chickens are so common
we got tired Of them. In fact, chicken
is about the only meat to be had. The
natives are vegetarians and seldom eat
meat of any kind. A butcher came to
our city once a week and brought goat
meat, the only kind to be had. The
natives eat either rice or bread made
from wheat Or grain peculiar to the
country. In the grain districts they
have bread. 1t is a -meal-a-day
country. The rich people live we'll and
have dainties, but the poor people live
% Iice and vegetables. Neither knives
nor los are used"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-13

1.-THE great sphere of woman is the
home" says the st. Louis Globe Demo
crat. The great sphere of woman is
the big round world, and she is going
to have just as much Of it to move
around in as she wants. Don't try to
fence In woman and her activities, un-
less you're hunting trouble.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-13

Il can't make you cut at ALL" he
said, angrily; you're so tickle ard
cbangeable. You're just riddle to
me-
"Yes?" replied his finance. "Snce
you're so stupid, perhaps, you'd better
give me up.'-Philadelphia Public
Ledger.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-13

Ants that are fierce enemies of the
boil weevil are being brought to this
country from South America. In few
years there will be wild appeals for
somebody to discover how we may get
rid Of the ants.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-13
Complimentary.

Debutante-Now be sure to come,
won't you?
Society Man-Yes, indeed, if it's a
possible thing. But if not, I'll send a
ine-looking man in my place.
Debutante (sweetly)-Oh, no, we'd
much rather have you.-Detroit Free
Press
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-13

Now that we know what Rev.
George w. Brownback thinks Of his
new wife, it might be highly entertain
ing to be told after time what she
thinks of him.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-13
COuIdp,t Swim

Sim-Have you ever been abroad?
Jim-Only to Windsor.
Sim-That isn't far.
Jim-Perhaps not; but when I
found I hadn't a cent to get. back with,
It seemed long way from my board
ing house.--Detroit Free Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-13
Where Was the Harm.

Here, sir!' shouted Popley at his
seven-year-old, take that cigar stump
out of your mouth. How dare your
"Why, when you throwed it away
I thought you was done with it, re-
piled the youngster, with surprised
air.-Philadelphia Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-13
To the Point.

what are you here for:" inquired
the prison visitor.
''Ior two reasons" replied the Bos
ton burglar. Il was sent here for
breaking in; I'm still here for the rea-
son that have not broken out. "-Phil,
adelphia Public Ledger.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-13

Russell Sages life seems to have
been one long vacation, from the view
point Of the man who has never been
able to make both ends meet.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-13

According to the Progressive Health
Club, IF man loves his wife he will
eat her cooking But he will do the
same thing if he is afraid of her.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-13

However, it Is doubtful If Rockefel-
Ter could hold q crowd on a street cor
ner if he had no money and depended
solely on his ability as an orator.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-13

In recent decision the United
State Supreme Court splits two infini-
tives; but this will make no split in
the ranks Of the purists.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-13

Aunt Hetty Green denies that she
has given away the sum of 100000.
The denial is perfectly superfuous.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-13

The lay Of the average poet would
be more valuable if he could exchange
it for the lay of hen.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-13

Henry Watterson's duel against the
''pert paragraph" threatens to result
in q draw.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-13

John Kendrick Bangs, humorist, has
been made editor and general manager
Of Puck, and that's no joke at all.