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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-23

then sacrificed and religious services per-
formed, after which the procession re-
turned to the temple in the forest and
the mistletoe was deposited in the Druid
zeal arcanum.
Besides taking its place in the relig-
ious observances Of the Druids, the mis-
tletoe, which the priests gave a name
meaning 'all healing" was made into
many curious decoctions by processes in
which times and seasons and incanta-
tons were supposed to add to it's mystic
rious powers. These medicines were re-
garded as cures for human ills generally.
With the advance Of civilization and
the death of superstition mistletoe has
lost its religious character, but not it's
popularity, and the forests of England
and of our own Southern States are as
eagerly frequented by mistletoe gather
ers as ever were the dark woods of the
ancient Druids.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-23

the Squire and the turkey, and mother S
face was all pink and her brown eyes
looked big and bright, likes if there were
tears in them.
90, Jackie" she said, "you dear little
son! What would mother do without
her little man to manage thingsw
u +
Mother was laying the cloth for sup
per. Jackie was looking out of the win
dow. 1t had begun to snow-big, heavy
flakes that fell softly, silently, in the
gathering twilight. Suddenly Jackie gave
a glad little cry.
Here he comes, mother, turkey and
all! l can just see him through the
snow"
Jackie ran to the door and threw it
open. The Squire came slowly up the
path, like great snow man, with a bun
die under his arm.
"Come IN, called Jackie, cheerily, and
the Squire stepped into the narrow door
way, all covered with snow from head to
foot.
''You look just like Santa Claus" said
Jackie, smiling up at him. Hadn't you
better come in and shake yourself? Moth
er, this is the Squire.
Mother came forward with her hand
out; her face white and smiling in a
queer, nervous way.
Il am very glad to see you-Squire,"
she said, "and thank you
Jackie looked anxiously at the Squire.
Something must be wrong. Mother
seemed i'll. Then the queerest thing
happened. The Squire opened his arms
with little choking cry. "Margaret!
And mother ran to him and put both her
arms about his neck, and cried in her
sweet, tremulous voice, 80, father, faith
er, can you ever forgive me?" And all
the while Jackie stood holding the han
die OF the door, and staring with big.
round eyes at the mother, the Squire
and the bundle of turkey that had fallen
to the floor.
Then mother took down her arms and
turned to Jackie with such a happy look
on her face that he was almost afraid.
"This is your grandfather, Jackie
she said. "My father, darling. Come
and kiss him, DEAR
Jackie went up and put both his arms
round the Squire's neck, just as mother
had done, and kissed him gravely on
the cheek.
II am glad we found you, grandfath-
err" he said. 'You must stay for sup
per-"
Jackie thought that was the incest
supper he had ever eaten. He and
mother and the Squire all sat round the
little white table in the pretty, coy
kitchen, and everybody laughed, Jackie
most of all, and then he found out how
the Squire came to be his grandfather
1t seemed that long ago, most likely
before he was born, mother had run
away from grandfather 10 marry father
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-23
State News in Brief.

Mrs. Andrew Vanhollen, a pioneer res
ident of Osceola, died, aged so years
Amin w. Gardner, Bobby Beach, of
Beach Bowers, minstrel fame, died in
Watertown of paralysis.
Gilbert T. Hay, well-known resident
OF kenosha, dropped dead at his home
from heart disease, aged 36.
Rev. W. w. Webb, recently elected
bishop coadjutor of the Episcopal do
cese Of Milwaukee, has formally accept
ed the place.
Frank Kohler, sculptor, who went
insane while working on a statue of
Christ, escaped from the county asylum
at West Salem.
John Barr, a farmer near Darien,
lost all his buildings and contents by
fire. The loss is not definitely known,
but insurance covers it.
With three ribs broken and suffering
from other injuries, Peter Martin, aged
IS years, drove six miles to his home in
Racine and summoned physician
Two brothers named Hintz were re-
turning from a shoot in Baraboo and
one of them had a turkey. Going into
a saloon a bystander asked them if the
gun one of them carried was loaded. Be-
ing informed that it was not he pointed
it at the turkey and fired. The bird
was torn to pieces, one of the boys had
a finger blown off, and the other had a
number of shots imbedded in his body.
When VIM. Allen called at the farm
of John Weisman in Brighton hn dis
covered the legs of a man sticking up
out of a well, five feet deep and con-
tanning but oneand-a-half feet of water.
The body was that Of Mr.. Weisman.
The old man had left home to get water
for his cattle and the supposition is
that he lost his balance and drowned.
Mr.. Weisman was about 90 years old.
George H. Ripley, Minocqua pioneer.
died at Epson, aged 70, of cancer of the
stomach.
James Friend, recently arrested Just
as he stepped out of the Milwaukee
house of correction on a charge of for
gerry in La Crosse, has pleaded guilty
and was sentenced to Waupun for two
years.
The Schandein will contest will come
up i'll the Milwaukee Circuit Court in
January, an appeal having been taken
from the recent decision giving the ST.
100000 estate to Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob
Heyl
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-23
1.-THE CHRISTMAS PRESENCE"
SeasOnable Thought for AL Who Love
Christmas Season.

SeasOnable Thought for AL Who Love
Christmas Season.
| couldn't seem to contemplate con-
tinuous Christmas of peace, nowadays,
when suddenly seemed to see the words
befo' me, differently spelled. Instid OF
"e-n-t-s" | saw ''e-n-c-e," an right befo'
my SPIRITUAL vision | saw, like sky
writin', The Christmas Presence
thess so.
Maybe it won't strike you, but it was
great thought to me, doctor, an
christmas all the year" had a new
sound to my ears.
Think of that, doctor-of livin' along
in the azurine blue, beholdin' the face
Of the Little One of the manager by the
near light of the Bethlehem star! Or
maybe SEEM the Beloved leanin' on a
pillar of clouds, illumination our listenin'
faces with the CLEAN of His countenance
while He'd maybe repeat the Sermon on
the Mount from the book of His Eter-
nal memory. Think of what an authors
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-23


Grandfather couldn't have liked father
very well because he was poor Well,
when mother married father, grandfath-
err was very angry, and said a great
many things. Then when father died,
mother had come right back to her old
home and rented the little cottage on
grandfather's estate, and grandfather
had pretended not to know her, because,
you see, he was not over being angry
yet. And then, it seemed, when Jackie
asked for the turkey, he had got sorry
all at once, and now they were all so
happy. And mother and Jackie were
going to live with grandfather up in the
big stone house, and they could have
turkey every day, grandfather said. And
Jackie concluded gravely, "and we've
got turkey for Christmas, mother, and
a grandfather, too!'-Montreal Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-23
DISEASE CLAIMS FOUR.
Pneumonia Epidemic Among Mar
bIehead Quarry Workers.

DIeneHO Quarry WOEAcrS'
Four children are dead and several
are seriously i'll as a result of an cpl
demic Of pneumonia in the town of Mar
blehead. The dead are three children
of John Sass and one child of John
Bartle. A local undertaken who has
had charge of several of the funerals
states that in his opinion the disease was
caused by lack of clothing. Many Of
the residents in Marblehead are Ital-
ians employed in the stone quarries, and
although they get good wages, it is said,
they do not pay much attention to their
children. In the summer, it is alleged,
the children are allowed to run about
without practically any clothing and in
the winter are poorly clad. Several ply
sicians who have been called to Marble
head say that the disease has taken the
form of an epidemic and that there are
about ten cases at the present time.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-23
CHARGES 100000 LAND FRAUD.
La Crosse LuInberman Gets Out War
rants for Six Alleged SwindIers.

La Crosse Luin herman Gets Out War
rants for Six Alleged Swind1ers.
Hiram Goddard, a wealthy lumber
man of La Crosse, swore out warrants
against six men whom he accuses of
swindling him out of Oregon lands
worth 100000. S. A. D. Puter, once
before convicted in a land fraud case;
H. III. Biggs, George Hibbard and Kay
McIAap are named in the warrants, and
the two other men, whose identity is
uncertain, are designated as John Doe
and Richard Roe. Horace J. Mckinley
of La Crosse is being sought in connec-
ton with the case. The swindle, it is
said, was perpetrated by means of forg
ed certificates. Many investors in Wis
consin and Minnesota were caught in
the same manner.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-23
SEEKS TAXES FROM RAILROADS.

Wisconsin Railroad Commissioners
Thinks $433,137 Is Due.
Railroad Commissioner Thomas has
completed checking up the books of the
railroads operating in Wisconsin for the
years back to and including 1897. AS
a result, $1,O0O,OOO more has been add
ed to the amount omitted from the re
ports of the gross earnings of the road
as submitted to the State in the annual
reports for taxation. This makes a total
of $10,S2S,43S.6 on which the State
is seeking to recover taxes. At 4 per
cent, the rate Of railroad taxation I'M
der the license fee system, there is due
to the State, he says, back tax Of
$433, 1854.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-23

Body of Returning Immigrant Later
Found Strung UP In Barn.

Found Strung UP In Barn.
Oscar Martinson, % years old, en-
route from Kalispell, Mont, to his old
home in Christiania, Norway, jumped
from the Chicago limited train on the
Wisconsin Central road while the train
was running at high rate of speed
near New Richmond. Martinson did not
leap from the platform of the car, but
threw himself through both the outer
and inner windows. The train was stop
ped and a thorough search made, but
no trace of the man could be found.
The next day his dead body was found
hanging in barn several miles from
the place where he had leaped from the
train. Hans Thorsen, travelling COM
panion of Martinson, was unable to say
what had induced the man to take his
life. Besides having a ticket good to
the end Of his journey Martinson was
well supplied with money.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-23
readin' that would beam what an audi

readin' that would Bean what an audi
ence!
An it's this Christmas Presence tibet
inspires all our lovin' thoughts here be-
low, whether we discern it or not
An what We'll get on the other side'll
be realization-a clair vision with all the
mists of doubt dissolved
This is the thought tibet come to me
yesterday, doctor, out O. the cyclone of
playful good will tibet got me so ratified.
An it's come to stay.
An with it, how sweet it will be to
set an wait, with smile to welcome the
endurin' Christmas thet'll last "all the
year" an forever.-Century.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-23
Real Lessons of Christmas.

There can be no real love for God
which is unattended with love for man.
The final test of a Christian love is not
the worship of God, but always the love
of man for man. If the message of him
whose birth we celebrate at Christmas
teaches us one thing above all others, it
is not that we shall try to do for Him
as person, but that we shall seek to
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-23
Rejece site for state Normal.

The site offered by L. F. Easton for
the La Crosse normal school not hay
ing proved acceptable to the State board
of regents, the city is negotiating for
a new site of seven acres offered by
Mrs. Mary Schneider The site will
probably be accepted by the regents.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-23
ROB MORE PosTOFFICEs.
Random Lake officials Jewelry
Stock Is Raided

Another ShebOygan county postofIice
was looted by burglars. Close upon the
robbery Of the postofice at Waldo the
postoftice in the village of Random Lake
was entered and SIS worth of stamps,
seven watches and eighteen watch chains
from the postmaster's jewelry stock
were carried away.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-23
Steals Geese and Gets Two Years.

In pleading guilty to the charge of
breaking into a barn, stealing two live
geese and disposing of them for 81,
Charles Cline and Bernard Fletcher, SOL
diers of the Spanish-American war, were
sentenced at Racine to the State prison
for two years each.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-23
TRIES TO CATCH HOG; INJURED.

LOmira Man Is Victim of Unusual
Butchering Accident.
While Albert Radloff of Lomira and
his two sons attempted to butcher
hog, Mr.. Radloff, who attempted to cap
ture the fleeing animal, missed his hold
and fell 1t was not thought at first
Mr. Radloff was seriously hurt, but later
it was found that two ribs were broken.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-23
CONVICT MILWAUKEE soLoN.
Murphy Is Held Guilty OF

Alderman Murphy Is Held Guilty of
Accepting II Bride.
Former Alderman William Murphy of
Milwaukee was adjudged guilty of ac-
cepting bride of $50 when member
of the Common Council from Oscar Da
Wis for securing the passage of side
track ordinance. The trial was on an
indictment returned by the grand jury.
Sentence was deferred pending argument
for a new trial.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-23
Once wealthy but Now in Tolls.

Louis Halmrest, a once wealthy La
Crosse business man, is under arrest
charged with larceny from John L. John
son, q travelling man.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-23
STEAM EXPLODES IN PAIL.

Marinette Girl Loses Eyesight and
Is Badly Scalded as Result.
Mary Arts of Marinette, aged Is, will
lose her eyesight and was frightfully
scalded by an explosion of steam which
generated in a closed pail containing a
solution of water and ashes. The girl
had been cleaning lamp burners and had
placed the cover on pail tightly. When
she removed it from the stove an explo-
sion took place.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-23
SETS FIRE TO CLOTHING.
Mother of Thirteen Children At
tempts Suicide.

tempts Suicide.
After making desperate attempt on
her own life, Mrs. Lewis Fanyon, wife
of Star Prairie farmer, has been taken
to the State hospital for the insane at
Mendoza. Within an hour after exam
lining physicians had left her house she
locked herself in her bedroom, got into
bed and set fire to her clothing. Her
eldest son smelled smoke and got an ak.
He succeeded in quenching the flames
before his mother was seriously hurt.
Mrs. Fanyon is IL years old, and the
mother Of thirteen children.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-23
Christmas Bills.

The Christmas bills
Give dad the chills;
He'll never climb
The heavenly hills
Nor wear the angels
Wings an frills
Because O. them
Same Christmas bills.
Atlanta Constitution.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-23
TO CORRESPONDENTS.

All communications for this paper should be accon,
panied by the Of the author not necessarily fo
publication but evidence Of good faith on the part
Of the writer. Write only side of the paper Be
particularly careful In giving and dates TO have
the letters and figures plain and distinct
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-23
An 1nsuperable objection.

II would like to give myself to you
as Christmas present." said young
Poore. to Miss Rocks.
Papa does not allow me to receive
expensive presents from young men," re.
piled the maiden.-Town Topics.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-23

The body of the 3-year-old son of
Robert Miles has been found. He stray
ed from his home in Pine Valley and
was lost in the woods.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-23

Dewitt Van Ostrand, president of the
National Manufacturers bank, and at
one time a leading politician, died in
Neenah.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-23
ILL; CRAWLS FROM FIRE.

LHUySIAIth F'aFme r Almost BURN Ell
i'm Home and Loses All.
William Besaw and wife, farmers,
barely escaped with their lives from
their burning home, four miles from
Ladysmith. Mrs. Besaw is an invalid
and had to crawl out Their effects
were entirely destroyed
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-23
WISCONSIN ZINC FIELDS DOOMED.
Oil Rock Underlying District May
Solve Fuel Problem.

A. NJ. Valentine Of GAINESVILLE, just re-
turned from the Platteville lead and zine
mining district, says that the apparent
success of experiments with oil-stone as
fuel promises to revolutionize business
there and make the Wisconsin district
the greatest in the country. The stone
underlies the whole region.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-23
Waldo Pioneer Dies, Aged "a.

Mrs. Ephraim Johnson, an early pio-
neer of Sheboygan county, is dead at
Waldo, aged 81. She leaves four chill
dren.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-23

the Squire and the turkey, and mothers
face was all pink and her brown eyes
looked big and bright, likes if there were
tears in them.
20, Jackie" she said, 'you dear little
son! What would mother do without
her little man to manage thingsw
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-23

Y ACKIE sat on the front door step
and pondered deeply. Tomorrow
was Christmas, and for Christmas
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-05-20
Substitutions of Leather.

Leather is becoming more and more of
q puzzle to retailers. Substitution of
feathers is now SO deftly practiced that
undoubtedly many buyer is completely
fooled. The tricks of the tanners are
innumerahle, and as these are masked
behind the practices of the shoe manu-
factu-er, the shoe retailer has tough
proposition TO ascertain whether or not
he is getting real or imitation goods
Cowhides and sheepskins are among
the cheapest of hides and skins in the
market, but by few clever manipula-
tons tanners make them valuable. \
cowhide is tanned Then it is put
through the splitting machine, which
machine is so delicately adjustable that
it will shave off leather rs fine as tissue
paper.
For the tanners practical purposes ii
splits leather into any weight desired: Il
fine kid for Il womau's shoe. Il heavier
calf weight for boys and mems shoes.
or even heavier stock for workingmenS
shoes. The light weight split is given
a vici kid finish. the medium velour
calf, while the heaviest weight may la
grained. Other splits may he chrome
tanned and given a patent finish. and
may he sold as patent colt.
y sheep leather. especially cahretta
stock, is made into imitation of kid. and
large quantities of it are sold as such
Sheep leather is even given a patent fin
ish and sold as colt aud kid.-Shue Ea-
taller
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-05-20
THE CITY SLEEPS.

The city sleeps and dreams, and dreams ar,
sweet.
How dark and still the street!
AT peace, the citizens all silent lie;
There is no FESTIVE eye;
The breath is calm, no hurried feet go by
Night falls and rest is sweet.
The strife and struggle of the garish day
The world of work and play,
The turmoil and the Nightingale is past.
Nor loves nor hates outlast
The wondrous shadow of the truce that's
cast
When night puts all away
As If the citizens were only boys
Grown tired of tasks and toys.
And seeking loving mothers knee, that
there,
With bedtime kiss and prayer,
They might forget the daylight's little care
And surfeitng of joys
0 peaceful stars, compassioning, watchful
eyes
Make low the Iullabies
That In vast unison the planets sing;
Let them wake not, nor bring
TOO soon the pitiless, mad dawn on wing
That, cleaning, stirs the skies!
And thou, pale moon, pass on with silent
tread
Thou st seen the world to bed.
DO We. mild winds. snuff out her little light
With big clouds. soft ana white,
As she upon the sleeping world shuts tight
The door, her good night" said.
And We black rivers, rolling to the sea,
Roll on most quietly,
Lest ye may wake the "ity, lying still,
Unconscious Of the i'll
Or good the morrow may bring forth to fill
It's cup--hlest mystery
And, last, o Father of the world look
down
With pity. not with frown,
And guard the city, proud and rich and
great.
Forgot is its estate;
In childlike innocence. immaculate,
1t slceps-Thy Peace is crown!
From The Outlook.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-05-20
Cairo the Gamblers Paradise.

Modern Cairo must be sort of gam
bler's paradise, judging from some facts
which | recently had from friend who
has been investigating the subject. In
one of the principal streets near Mo
hammed All Square. a gentleman who
knows the town well pointed out over
twenty first floors, over the shops, with
the names of bars upon them, every one
of which he knew to be a gambling hell
and a police official admitted to the in
yestigator that the town was full of
such places. The police do not seem to
be ut fault. They raid the places from
time to time, but the offenders, nearly
all foreigners, and mostly Greeks, are
protected by their consuls and let off
lightly. and return to the business the
next day.
/ should guess that the business is
chiefly carried on for foreigners as well
as by them. There is sort of cosmo-
politanism about gambling, and its vo-
taries are drawn from all corners of the
earth by the scent of the game. But
this seems to be one respect in which
Egypt has not improved under British
infiuence.-London Truth.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-05-20
Where Is Center of Population?

Experts in the United States CEN
sus bureau at Washington. ID. c.. are in
clined to believe that the center of popu-
lation has ceased it's westward march
and that it is eastward bound. If this is
not true, they are certain that the west
ward movement is slight. Censuses To-
be taken in a dozen states this summer
viii give a line on the matter and may
determine it entirely.
For the last 10 years there has been
a continued westward movement of the
center of population. varying from elga.
ty-one miles from 1850 to 1860 to four
teen miles from 1890 to 1900. the total
movement being 80 miles in ITO years;
The reasons given for the belief of the
reversal of conditions is the fact that
westward emigration has declined while
the population of the east and southeaSt
has increased. 1t is thought. however
that there is not much change in the
north or south direction. and it is be-
lieved that it is still near the thirty-ninJa
parallel of latitude
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-05-20
What Becomes of the Bibles.

The announcement of DIR. James Nor
row, secretary of the Pennsylvania Bible
society, that his organization alone dis
tributed 100000 Bibles last year.
while 100000 were sold by the trade
again calls attention to the immense cir
culation of the book. Where all the
Bibles issued go to is a wonder even
among the agencies that are concerned
in the work. Distributions are supposed
to cover, as far as possible. places and
persons not yet been reached, but it
would appear that there are no longer
any such places and persons left Even
supposing there were Bibles in the KNAPP
sacks of some or even all of the slaught-
cred thousands on the field or buried
with their clothes on at Port Arthur
and MukJen, that would be but a drop
in the ocean of production. The proper
ton of Bibles to be found on second
hand book stalls is not greater than of
other books, nor are they probably stored
away more than other books are. Per
sons who have investigated this question
says it is one of the unexplained mys-
teries.-Philadelphia Press.