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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-20
Changing a Charter.

"HOw much money does it take to
make change for a quarter?" queried
the man whose fad is freak mathe-
MATES. twenty-five cents, eh? You're
away out. To change quarter in the
various ways it can be done requires
capital of 70 cents. If a fellow
wanted plenty of coin for his quarter
bed tax you for twenty-five pennies.
On the other hand, the man who want
ed the least loose change for his quar-
ter would come at you for two dimes
and a nickel. The chap who wanted
a diversity Of coin in his change would
get into you for two 5-cent pieces, one
dime, and five pennies, which would
allow him to jingle copper, silver, and
nickel in his jeans.
"Others might ask you to produce
four nickels and five pennies, three
nickels and ten pennies, two nickels
and fifteen pennies, or one nickel and
twenty pennies. If you escaped these
demands you might be requested to
come up with five nickels, three nickels
and one dime; one nickel one dime,
and ten pennies; one dime and fifteen
pennies. There are just twelve ways
Of breaking quarter of current Uni
ted States coin, and to be there with
the goods for any demand you require
twenty-five pennies two dimes, and five
nickels.-in all, 70 cents. Chicago
Inter-Ocean.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-20
Chili,s Mineral Wealth.

The famous coal mines Of Lota and
Coronel have an annual yield Of l.
100000 tons and employ some 5000 la
borers. This not only supplies Chili's
needs, but also Goals nearly all the
European steamers touching the bor-
ders. The coal is what is termed
"soft," but it is of good quality. The
country imports some hard coal. The
most important mineral industry is,
of course, the nitrate Of soda. Chill at
present has over 100 nitrate works.
The crude material, called caliche, is
found under cOnglomerate, in beds
varying from a few inches to twelve
feet in thickness. The process of ex-
traction is one Of teaching and rein
ing by capitalization. About 100000
metric tons Of 1904 pounds each ara
annually produced, estimated to be
worth $54,000O0O in Europe. About
four-ffths~ Of all the nitrate exported
goes to England and the continent,
Great Britain alone taking one-third
and Germany little less. A large
amount Of British capital is invested in
the nitrate fields, sixteen Of the larger
companies alone representing a capital
ization Of more than S40,000000. The
Chilean government exacts a duty OF
$11.52 ton on all nitrate exported
In metal mining, copper comes first
both as to present output and further
opportunity. The country needs mod
ern metallurgical processes and knowl-
edge of successful methods Of handling
lOW-grade ores. The present produc-
ton is about 10000 tons of copper
annually. Silver, once very highly
profitable, has declined; $4,000 kilo~
gramm6s Of silver were exported in
1900. Promising gold deposits exist,
especially in southern Chill; $30,O0O,-
600 in gold, gold ores and matte, have
been exported in the past ten years.
Evening Magazine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-20
QUEER yTIDt2lEE5

The learning of japanese will be
greatly facilitated by the abandonment
OF their peculiar way Of writing and
printing their language. Ten years ago
the universities inaugurated the re-
form; next year the use of English
letters will be begun in the public
schools; and this will soon lead to
their general use.
| One of the largest trees in New Eng
| land is an elm on the farm of Fred
Stanley in Berwick A foot from the
! ground this tree, which was measured
by William Harper Deering of Saco,
aged ninety -one, is thirtyfve feet and
eleven inches in circumference. If
this tree were manufactured into cord
wood it is estimated it would make
pile four feet wide, four feet high and
eighty feet long. There is lady now
living who says that her mother set
the tree out and as near as can be as
certained it was done in 1850.
]. II. Quincy, in an article in the
Ibis, discusses number of facts,
collected from various books and pa
pers, regarding the age to which birds
live. Mr.. Dresser, in his Birds Of
Europe" gives an instance Of raven
having lived sixty-nine years. Mr..
Meade Waldo has in captivity pair
Of eagle owls (Bubo maXimus), one Of
which is siXty-eight and the \, other
| fifty-three years old. Since 1864 these
birds have bred regularly, and have
now reared ninety three young ones.
A Bateleur eagle and a condor in the
Geological Gardens at Amsterdam are
still alive at the respective ages Of
fifty-fve and fifty-two. An imperial
eagle Of the age OF fifty six, a golden
eagle Of forty-six and a sea eagle of
forty-two and many other birds Of
the age of forty downward are also
recorded.
The first butterfly farm is said to
have been established only year or
two ago by the English entomologist,
William Watkins, at Eastbourne, but
already several similar farms have
come into existence in France. The
object is to rear rare genera of the
Bombycidae, the silk worm family.
They have, by crossing, obtained some
| new varieties, which are sought after
by museums c. natural history. They
are also endeavoring to acclimate in
| France species Of silk worms indigen-
Gus to other countries. The farms
! contain oaks, ailanthus trees, pines,
plum trees, castor oil plants and other
plants, the leaves Of which serve as
| food for the caterpillars. Cocoons are
Matched on branches protected by
gauze, and for the sake Of uniform
temperature, the insects are often kept
| in room until after the first moult-
ing, when they are placed on bushes
in the open air and protected from
birds by coverings of muslin or tulle.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-20
Not Worth the Money.

A tall woman with a determined eX.
preston, and surrounded by six chill.
dren of assorted sizes, approached the
attendant Of the menagerie and eyed
him with relentless gaze.
what nationality is that elephant?
she inquired, indicating one close al
hand.
Comes from Africa, ma'am," said
the attendant.
Hes dreadfully light colored to
have come from tropical parts" said
the woman, sternly. "And look here
she added, as the attendant started
away from her family group, they've
got mighty poor lot of camels here,
according to my lights. Not but one
hump OH any of 'em- except that Teller
that's SO old he keeps his eyes shut!'
Tho attendant again essayed to de-
part, but she clutched him by the
sleeve.
"You tell the owners of this show
what I sayv' she commanded. "You
tell EN- that when woman pays
fifty cents for herself and one fifty
for a mess of children she looks to see
more'n one double bumper, and more
hair on the single bumpers not have
'em look as if the moths had got into
'em. Now mind you tell emf
Youths Companion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-20
A Reasonable REQUEST.

One of the Georgia delegation in the
House recently received this letter
from a loyal constituent in a rural
section of his district:
"Dear Mister CONGRESSMAN: Sum
time ago writ yu, asking if there were
anything the government cud do to
make a fiten wife behave herself. /
amt herd frum w and things is no
better.
"Will VI please let me no If WI kin
git me on them poison snakes from
Afrika at the Cultural Department. l
hev alters voted for you and this is
mitey little to ask, specially wen a
mans wife is alers peckin' him."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-20
<'ztE58EzZ ~
90 ~

turn. 1 tell you that there isn't a
man and a householder in the broad
land who hasn't suffered from the
high-handed extortion Of this robber
coal trust. We are Just beginning to
awake to a realization of it and by
the time the commission gets through
we will have both eyes clear open.
Yes, sir. We've been robbed right
along and now the robbers justify
themselves by saying that we are to
blame for allowing it. That's what it
amounts to. Cheek! Why, it makes
my blood boil when I think of tip
Skinner down." counseled the man
in the hammock. What are you go
ing to do about it,"
"Going to do?" shouted the man
with the garden hose. You'll see.
The people will rise in their might and
sweep the trust out of existence like
chaff before a hurricane Baer will
get such hard, swift jolt he'll think
lightning's struck him.
"That's all right but what will the
effect be? He stands jolting pretty
well. He seems to regard it in the
light of beneficial exercise. I've seen
the people rise in their might and their
wrath before now-but they generally
sit down again"
you'll see the price of coal cut to
half" said the man with the hose,
doggedly. "I'm figuring on buying
hard coal for So anyway"
There was loud thump on the next
door porch. The man in the hammock
had tumDled out Of it.-Chicago Daily
News.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-20

ri saw them shoyeling out coal ct
your back gate the other day." said
The man with the garden hose to his
neighbor, who was in the hammock
on his porch.
Eyes, replied the man in the ham,
mock, II thought I'd be a little fore
handed this year. l generally wait
till the last minute and then take any,
thing they give me at any price they
choose to ask for it. Next winter I'm
going to stock up with ice for the
summer"
"That might not be such a bad
idea" said the man with the hose.
I'm not going to buy any coal,
though, until see how the cat is go
ing to jump. Have you been reading
about this interstate commerce COM
mission?'
'What about it?"
"Well, they're waking the people
up, that's all. l tell you the American
people is long-suffering, but there's a
limit to it's endurance. 1t isn't going
to allow men like this Baer to walk
over it all the time. Don't you think
it for a moment"
The man with the garden hose in
his excitement allowed a stream of
water to play on his own veranda
where his wife was sitting, and pro-
voKed a shrill remonstrance from the
lady.
$50 you think the worm will turn,
do you?' asked the man in the ham,
mock, when the commotion had SUBJ
sided.
Turn! It's going to do more than
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-20
FISHING THEIR SOLE PURSUIT.
People of Newfoundland Can Conceive
OF No Other Vocation.


OF No Other Vocation.
Newfoundland is famous for It's
dogs, its fogs and its fsheries-the lat
ter being the greatest in the world.
Other countries have recognized fish
ing centers, like Gloucester i'll New
England, Grimsby in Great Britain
and st. Malo in France. But New
foundland is one vast fishery depot,
the haven of the argosies from all the
nei2hbOring seas. It is region
unique, with a people still more so.
Larger in area than New York State,
its population is less than that Of Jer-
sey City-a scant 220,0 persons, dis
tributed around a coast line 5000 miles
III extent, with scarcely house be-
You'd sight Of the sea, whence all OBJ
tain livelihood.
But the sturdy, stubborn fisher folk
took root, increased and multiplied
slowly, it is true, because the sea and
the foe took dreadful toll OF them, but
none the less surely. owing to the
hardy stock OF which they were Sue
ceeding generations followed the bust
ness OF their forebears and there was
bred a people who for sheer daring
and absolute endurance have no equal
in the world to-day.
"Why haven't we got our wharf
money YETI" demanded a grizzled cod
man Of the inspector in a fishing ham
let three years ago, when the annual
grant for the repair of the public
wharf was in some manner delayed.
Il don't know" responded the Off
cial- Then, in joke: II suppose the
queen hasn't sent it out"
~Oh, well,' commented the gray
beard, taking this seriously, +" we can't
be too hard about it. Maybe she had
a bad fishery herself"
This represents their ideas Of the
outside world. They are as simple as
children and as guileless. Many have
never seen horse or cow The rail
road and the trolley car are beyond
their comprehension. A visit 10 st.
Johns is an event in the lives Of all,
and q merchants automobile from the
capital visiting an outpost twenty miles
away caused a panic among the
Inhabitants. The worlds great cities
are regarded as only so many fishing
villages Of larger growth.
An American tourist was asked last
year if they caught fish in New York
with squid OF caplin bait, while an
Englishman who announced himself as
from Liverpool was rendered speech
less by the query: Were you ever in
Gloucester, sir? I've got a cousin
there, fishing with Sol Jacobs" Dur
ing the late war it was commonly
thought in the smaller settlements that
the beers would attack ST Johns,
while union with Canada was rejected
owing to the arguments that the
Canadians would use Newfoundland
children as gun wads' for Their cam
non. Outing.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-20
His One Regret.

A fare was being ratified through a
Dublin suburb on a rickety, jaunting
car drawn by no less rickety horse.
Having proceeded some distance, the
horse, owing to apparent Old age and
sheer exhaustion, fell, never to rise
again. The fare was very profuse in
his sympathies toward the driver who.
however, appeared to take the whole
thing very cody and explained:
Its just Ike this to me, your honor.
I don't regret the old brute a bit.
He was bad from the start. But,
somehow or other, can't help thinking
Of the beautiful feed of oats l gave
him this morning.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-20
Athletes are in danger. So saws

Athletes are in danger. So says the
American, Medical Association. They
IRE threatened with arterios-clerosis-
a big word which names a formidable
disease. The overstrain of physical
exercise-the cinder path, the base ball
diamond, the football field-the the
aters Of strenuous life, cause the dis
ease. The doctors say the ailment is
having an alarming growth. And it
is incurable. It's symptoms are a stiff
iening and deterioration Of the ar
teries, causing premature old age and
q serious affection of the heart. 1t is
declared that many young college ath-
lctes are to-day as decrepit as their
grandfathers were at 70 years of age.
This is not new objection to ath-
letics, but a warning which ought to
be needed by college authorities and
trainers. Athletics like everything
else should be temperate. 1t is not
only a popular feature of college life,
but useful in the development of physi-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-20
DELIGHTFUL JAPANESE ART.
Dwarfing and Training of F1ower-Rear.
ing Trees Is ExquisiteIy Done.

Dwarfing and Training of Flower-Rear-
ing Trees Is Exquisite1y Done.
Among the many delightful arts and
studies of the Japanese none is more
strange, unique and ancient than that
of their training, cultivating and
dwarfing Of certain varieties Of their
fower-bearing trees. They seize upon
certain peculiarities of the tree. and
emphasize or eXaggerate this trait even
to the point Of caricature They aim
to express delicate meanings which a
Western imagination could scarcely
grasp; as, for instance, laboriously
training certain types Of trees to con-
yey the ideas Of peace, chastity. quiet
old age, connubial happiness ard the
sweetness of solitude.
While essentially artistic, Japanese
gardeners do not seek for rare flowers
or trees, however beautiful they NAV
be, but rather cultivate the cherry. the
plum, azalea, japonica and other com
mon Towering trees, and train these
into the rarest Of shapes, making fes-
tiyals of their blossoming-time, and
placing fairy plum and cherry trees in
pots III the guest-chamber as a token
of hospitality. The cultivated flowers
of Japan are the wild flowers, and the
cultivated trees are those most COM
monty known and understood,
1t would seem that the same per-
verse order Of things obtains in their
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-20
Time An Taken Up Eating,

"a friend of my youth, an Ohio
farmer, when he was about "a, made
his first visit to New York." said
Thomas A. Edison. 'He took room
at a good hotel, and after he had I'M
packed his Gladstone bag he went to
the desk to inquire about the meals.
"'What is the eatin hours in this
yere house?' he said to the clerk.
Breakfast the clerk answered.
seven to eleven; lunch, eleven to
three; dinner, three to eigat; supper,
eight to twelve
sJerusalumv said my friend when
am l goin' 10 GIT time to see the
town."
One good thing about the projecting
hats the women weaI--they can't get
their faces near enough together to
kiss.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-20

Each year sees a decrease in the
number of agriculturists that reach the
United States and marked increase
In the less desirable classes from
southern Europe, who settle in the
large cities, adding to the troubles of
those already there. The officials are
powerless to prevent this practice,
which is rapidly assuming alarming
proportions, but the time is not far dis
tant when steps will have to be taken
to regulate the traffic. Whether this
will be through the medium of uni
form citizenship laws in the various
States and mutual agreement as to
supervision of aliens remains to be
seen.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-20

The national hymn of China is so
long that it requires about half a day
to sing it. No foreigner ever desires
to hear it sung the second time. A
German, who once listened to it, said
'"Too much Of that is plenty" BY the
time the Chinese gets his hymn we'll
sung he finds the foreigner begins
laundering at the gates of Picking if
the foreigners left any gates last time
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-20

Sir JAS Browne, the emil
nent English authority on mental and
nervous diseases, has aligned himself
with those who have long demanded
that the marriage certificate be made
accompanied by a medical certificate
OF physical and mental fitness for the
marriage relation. This is no new
proposition in this country. 1t is not
without recognition in the statutes of
some of the States. In practically all
the States insanity is ground for
divorce, though in few of them is it in
its milder forms bar to marriage.
Sir James contends that a large part
of the mental and moral degeneracy
Of vast classes in the great cities, par
ticularly London, where he especially
observed, is due to marriage of the
unfit Insanity, epilepsy and weak
mindednass he declares to be in most
cases inherited. The army of the in
sane has been created, he contends, by
improper marriages, that the law
should prevent There can be no doubt
that society owes itself better pro-
tective measures. 1t is the common
thing to hear drunkenness, crime and
poverty, as we'll as mental and physi-
cal weaknesses, accounted for on the
ground Of heredity. If there is moth
ing in this commonly accepted theory
1t is time mankind were finding it out.
II it is true, it is time mankind were
doing something decisive to prevent
the perpetuation of the worst that is in
the species.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-20

How the South grows! BY leaps and
bounds it's commerce broadens until
it has become q factor everywhere
Since 1880 the population Of the South
has increased about 60 per cent, the
while it's manufactured products have
increased 251 per cent, which is devel-
opment extraordinary. Railroad mileage
has increased 191 per cent and the pro-
duction Of pig iron 731 per cent. In
the coal industry alone the output has
jumped since 1880 from $4,000 annual
ly to $62,000,000. 1t is not necessary
to quote figures beyond those already
given. The development has been
steady in all lines, and has been as
marked in matters municipal and civic
as it has been in the growing of cotton
and corn. Time was when Southern
city was known by its peculiar types
of architecture. Now the skyscraper
has come to stay. The mule no longer
hauls the street car, for electricity has
been found as valuable an aid to prog
ress in Georgia as in Massachusetts.
Whatever is good enough for the East
has been found mono too good for the
inhabitants Of that vast territory that
ends with the coast of Florida. Money
is plentiful. The South is just learn
ing that she has gold mine in her
sunshine, and the North gladly sends
her uncounted millions for her fruits
and vegetables. Fortunes are made
every year in truck farming, and there
are still larger fortunes to be made,
for the market for this kind of prod
uce is limitless, and the science of
getting more and more out of the land
is becoming a matter of common
knowledge. The development of the
great West made the United States the
richest nation on the globe. The de-
yelopment of the South, carried out on
the present lines Of progression, will
put this country beyond dream of com.
petition.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-20

The strenuous sloshing round Of
Marse Henry of and concerning jour
nails and journalism comes mighty
near emitting him to be designated the
Mr.. Wigs Of the Newspaper Patch.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-20

A New York woman who was worth
$4,000 died the other day and left
her husband only S. because he hadn't
kissed her for nearly seven years. Per-
hitting the heart to grow cold doesn't
always pay.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-20

Secretary Hay says that if the press
OF the world should adopt the high
resolve that war should be no more,
the clamor Of arms would cease, 1t
might; but the newspaper men would
have to fight an indignant public de-
manding suppressed dispatches, and in
such fight gatling guns are not avail
able.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-20

A Japanese postcard has been pub
lished showing Russian admiral
standing OH the beach in Divers cos
tune with the inscription, "Going
down to review the fleet"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-20
kAFIRS MAKING A FIRE.
WATCHING FOR A FLAME.

The natives of South Africa still
build their fires in the primitive way
oil revolving a stick between the palms,
the friction on the horizontal stick,
held on the ground, being SO great as
to produce q flame.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-20

cal manhood. But there is limit.
If the trainer permits his men to 70
beyond the limit into overstrain the
means may defeat the very purpose
for which they were instituted.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-20

A church in Pennsylvania is almost
disrupted because tine women of the
congregation proposed serving deviled
eggs and angel cake at a sociable.
There's something, after ALL in name.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-20

Merely from neighborly curiosity
Uncle Sam would like to know what
Brazil expects to do with the big navy
1t is building.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-20

T The king Of Denmark has fine col
lection Of birds eggs worth about $751;
600. The king must have climbed
hundreds of trees.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-20

A woman. when she wants to get
out Of doing something for her
friends, wastes lots of time in look.
ing for an excuse, but a man doesn't
think he needs any.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-20

Under the latest Supreme Court de-
cision railroads kill employees with i'm
punity, SO long as they are not exc
cuted by direct order Of the manager
Oh president
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-20

The preparedness of tho Japanese
is well illustrated in the special gun
they invented to meet the peculiar
fighting tactics of the Cossacks.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-20

The enterprising tobaeconist may
make hit by pushing the brand Of
cigars that President Roosevelt would
smoke if he smoked at all.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-20

The man who has found lost Wag-
ner score in Germany affords another
instance of pernicious activity.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-20

A fond mother may considCT her son
the flower of the family-and the
neighbors may consider him bloom
ing idiot.