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The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-07-19

Mrs. John f. Carr. of Macon.
and Mrs. w. C. Chapman, of
of Gulfport, are in the city, the
guest of Mrs. II. c. War6eld.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-27

AS preventive
II ak
this which
cal chemist satisfactory condition.
of the having rubbed
solution
water in compromising the
water to the plate
follows No. 1rogac acid alcohol
compared with bromide papers, panope singuar free from those
mysterious which their
sh lights but yellow stains do occasionally and due either to
the use dirty developer which
70 the employment commercial murac acid hydc
Or to the insufficient immersion
staining with
used bottles
solution
the
the the
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-27
CLEVERLY CAUGHT.

~O~O00~

It was SO hot that all the passengers
on the dingy steamer plodding down
the Mississippi were below asleep,
says a writer in the Chicago Chron-
icle But when a town of gray frame
houses came in sight, the steamer sud-
denly whistled and an excited young
man with big telescope valise blum
dered up the companionway.
''I'll get off here, captain" he said.
''Your ticket amt for herer" the cap
tain growled.
Il know, but I've changed my
mind" said the youth.
A few minutes later he and his
valise were landed on the worm eaten
old wharf Of the town of Cicero, and
the dingy steamer was Flooding down
the river again.
She had gone about a mile when an
other young man rushed from below
wildeyed.
"My valise!' he cried. "Some one
has stolen my valise! There was one
thousand seven hundred dollars in it,"
The captain started. He looked back
at Cicero, which now lay hidden be-
hind a bend Of the river. He called
the mate, and told him to cover the
bow with some black tarpaulin, to
move certain pieces of cargo aft, and
to tie some white canvas round the
smoke-stack. Then he turned the
steamer round, and she began to move
upstream toward Cicero again She
looked like a different boat
At Cicero she stopped. On the de-
serted wharf there was one person
the young man with the valise who
had been landed there. He leaped
aboard now, the boat warped out into
the stream, and then the captain ap.
peared.
"Hellor' said the captain, calmly.
"Why, this is the same boat =
faltered the young man.
1T certainly is" said the captain,
with unmistakable emphasis, "and
this, 1 reckon, is the valise we came
back for"
He took the bag from the unresist-
ing hand of the young man. He OPEN
ed it, and there, in a wallet, lay the
stolen money, which the owner readily
identified.
Take that thief to the engine
room," the captain sternly commanded,
land put him in ironsI"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-27

end should be put through a hole
made in center of slab to prevent the
back slab fitting forward Hitch at d
the cross bars for ordinary work
hitch at Di and stand at E for ditch
cleaning or to make the drag move
more dirt. Face about one-half or
two-thirds of the right hand Of the
lower edge of the front slab with iron
AN old wagon tire, worn share of
road grader, or any piece of fat steel
will CO."
1t is stated that in the bulletin that
in Missouri some stretches of public
road have been kept in good condition
for years by the use of such drag,
without any expense to the public.
In a number of towns the drag is
also used to excellent advantage on
earthen streets, as at Salem, Ore. The
practice of dragging the roads, DR.. Lee
says, has spread from Missouri to nu-
merous other States, and gives salts
faction everywhere.
DR.. Lee says the drag is used to
best advantage after a rain, when the
road surface may be scraped easily,
and that the object is to fill ND ruts
and make the surface uniformly
smooth. By getting rid of the ruts
and making a smooth, curved surface,
water runs off as fast as it falls, and
the traffic is distributed over all parts
of the road. He says a trial will soon
convince any farmer or community of
the great merits of this simple system
OF treatment
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-27

densest matter known to us on earrn,
and its pressure more than 5000 times
greater, than that which any material
yet tried has been known. to sustain.
To get some. idea Of this conception
Of the ether, picture to yourself bill
lard table carefully packed from one
end to the other with line after line
Of billiard balls, each line so nicely
fitted or geared into the next that the
balls are packed almost as close to
each other as is possible, yet not so
very tightly as to prevent, absolutely,
all motion among them. Imagine,
again, that you have not one layer Of
balls, as on a billiard table, confined
by the sides of the table, but layer
upon layer piled one above the other
and extending absolutely without limit
in every direction. Remember that
these balls or grains are so minute
that, say, 11,2OO,OOO,O O,OOO,OOO,O Of
them laid side by side along a line
would only occupy a single inch, and
YOU will have picture, so far as may
be, Of Prof. Reynolds conception Of
the universal medium, ether.-Cornhill
MAGAZINE.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-27
Good Roads by Dragging.

DR.. w. r. Lee Of San Francisco,
Is doing good service in the interests
Of better roads by bringing the atten-
tlon OF farmers and others to the mer-
It's OF a Missouri device for improving
country highways. 1t is a drag which
any farmer may make for himself of
materials ready to hand, and at little
OF no cost other than time and labor.
In Missouri the dirt roads have been
vastly improved by the use of this
simple drag, the invention of D. Ward
King. Practical experience has shown
the unquestionable merits Of this plan
OF treatment. 1t is highly recommend
eel in a bulletin issued by the Mis-
souri, State Board of Agriculture Mr..
Kings plan is for each farmer to drag
the road from his own front gate to
that of his next neighbor, but a more
systematic plan is favored by the
Board, which recommends the making
Of contracts for the dragging Of roads
in each district. The drag makes even
the muddiest, stickiest roads available
for use by heavy teams, when without
it such roads would be impossible.
The diagram shows how to construct
a King drag, which is not patented
and not for sale anywhere Any one
is free to make the device Here are
the instructions from the Board of
Agriculture:
''Take the two halves Of a split log
ten or twelve inches thick and eight
or nine feet long. Set halves aa flat
side to the front, fasten thirty inches
apart with strong stakes BIB, the ends
Of which are wedged in two-inch
auger holes bored through the slab.
The hitch is made of strong wire or
chain, the long end fastened to stake
over top of the front slab. The short
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-27
THEORIES OF THE ETHER.
Scient at Explains Theory that We
Are All Waves in Space,

Scient at Explains Theory that We
Are All Waves in Space.
Of all the theories Of the ether. that
lately prOpOunded by Prof Osborne
Reynolds is perhaps the most startling.
1t inverts all our previous ideas on the
subject. According to this, the young
est theory Of ether, we must look upon
the ether as the one really substantial
thing in the universe, it's density being
10000 times greater than water,
while matter, which seems so substan-
tial, consists, so to speak, in an alb
sence of mass, and has the character
Of mere wave of ether. On this new
est view 1--WE are ali waves as the
author of the theory, bursting into
poetry exclaimed at the close Of the
eighth section Of his Rode lecture. This
astonishing proposition, which has cost
its author no less than twenty years Of
labor, asks us to imagine that the uni
verse, except those minor portions
which constitute matter, is built up,
like a bag of sand, Of grains of definite
shape and in size so inconceivaDly
small that their diameters are no great
er than the 00,00O-miIlionth part OF
the wave length of violet light, which
III its turn amounts TO only 16-mill-
ionths of an inch, and so closely pack
ed that, though not absolutely immov-
able, the 0,000-miliionth part of their
own diameter-would represent APP
proXimately the mean free path
through which these particles are free
to move. Prof. Reynolds tells us that
the density of this medium, far from
being almost Indefinitely small, is
nearly zoo times as great as that Of the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-27


parts as Dick Phenyl and Deacon Hog
gard, where he could also indulge in
a little pathos and a little emotional
stress. He' never sought to trade on
his peculiar ability nor allow it to mar
row his range Of usefulness.
Mr.. LeMOyne was born in Boston. of
French extraction, in 1881. He began
his stage career in Portland twenty
one years later. He was playing at
the Howard Athenaeum in Boston
when the civil war broke out, and he
at once enlisted in the 2Sth Massachu-
setts Volunteers. He rose to the rank
of captain, and fought till a severe
wound at South Mountain forced his
retirement. After his recovery he
again resumed his profession as an
actor, continuing it till his illness four
years ago. 1t is said that he played
at one time or another every male part
in Hamlet except that of the Dane
himself and Laertes. He was promi-
nent in Saints and Sinners, in Sweet
Lavender, and in many other come
dies. His range is thus seen to have
been wide, his mind agile and able to
keep abreast of the times, and adapta-
BILE to the changes in taste He was
one of those well-rounded players that
are becoming SO rare, and his death
marks wildly their decrease.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-27
CRUSHED BY BIG ENGINE.

Traction Outfit Goes Through n
Bridge Upon Men at Lone Rock.
Crashing through the frail planking
and stringers of the approach to the
wagon bridge over the Wisconsin river.
a traction engine turned over, dropped
twelve feet on X. J. Hood of Spring
Green and Thomas McGill of Clyde,
crushing them to death in FIVE feet of
water. The men were returning from
q threshing tour and attempted to cross
the old bridge about a mile south of
Lone Rock. A hundred men were sum-
moned and cables were attached to the
wheels of the engine which was lifted
out of the water and the bodies were
released. The bodies were horribly mu-
tilated. Both men were single.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-27
HEYL Is INDICATED.
Court Declares Defendant Did Not
Exert Undue Influence.

Court Declares Defendant Did Not
Exert Undue Influence.
In Milwaukee Judge Carpenter in
lengthy decision sustained the will of
Mrs. Lisette Schanhein and admitted the
instrument to probate. The will makes
Mrs. Jacob Heyl the chief beneficiary
of the $1.000.000 estate, and Mrs. Ella
Frank and Emil Schandein. two other
children, were cut off with a small al
lowance. The contestants, Mrs. Frank
and Emil Schandein, sought to break
the will, alleging undue influence on the
part of Jacob Heyl. In his decision
Judge Carpenter reviews every bit Of
testimony offered at the lengthy and SEN
sational trial. After quoting various
opinions handed down in similar cases
bearing on the question of undue intiu-
ence, the judge says the question of
fraud can hardly be said to figure in
this case. But though the legal meaning
of the phrase ''undue influence is suff1-
GENTLY clear. the proof thereof varies as
widely as circumstances vary.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-27
All OYER the State.

Arthur j. FOntaine, former city clerk
of Green Bay. was acquitted ut Fond du
Lac Of TIE charge Of accepting a bride
Of $50.
The blacksmith shop and contents
owned by William Goeltz burned in
Picketts. The loss is $1,000. covered by
insurance. The origin is unknown.
The county board of supervisors has
voted $1,000 for the erection of sol.
diers' monument in the court house yard
in Jefferson and $500 for the mainte-
nance of q travelling library
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-27

tack came on in August, when Lucy
.Owings was visiting me at Seemore
cottage. You know she is an orphan.
I have thought for a long time that
she ought to marry and have q home
of her own, instead of living with her
guardian and his cranky housekeeper-
1t occurred to me that she and that
young Everettwere just suited to each
other. l concluded that If they could
only be together for time they would
become engaged. So l sent him an in
vitation to come for week OF two to
Seemore cottage.
when l told Lucy that he was COM
ing she seemed very much startled.
She asked, at once, why, how did you
happen to invite himY
''She looked at me so searchingly
that l feared she saw through my lit
tie plan and was quite embarrassed.
. y
Il couldn't tell whether she was
pleased or displeased at the idea of
his coming. When they met their
greeting was so stiff and formal that
/ began to think they disliked each
other. But I reflected that if they did
it would be all the more credit to me
if l made them see each others good
qualities.
''The first evening young Everett
was there he and l sat on the porch
after Lucy anu the children had gone
upstairs. l took the opportunity to tell
him my opinion of Lucy. OF course,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-27
LA CROSSE Is TO BOOM.

Railway Extension Means $780,
900 Expenditure in That City.
The building of the extension of the
Milwaukee and st. Paul to the coast is
expected to have an important effect To-
cally. Plans had been made in advance
for building large shops, erecting a new
roundhOuse and greatly extending the
switching yards in La Crosse, work on
the improvements to be started when
official announcement was made of the
extension to the Pacific. The expendi-
ture may reach $25O,OOO.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-27

had sense enough not to bore him by
| gushing over her charms. | Just re-
marked in an off-hand way that l
thought it remarkable that a girl who
had received so much attention should
not be spoiled. l said, too, that any
man who wanted her would have to
look sharp, for she had too many adj
mirers to be easily won. He seemed
| quite impressed and said that he had
always understood her to be a very
| popular girl
Il was afraid that 1 had said too
much, so l added that I was sure the
right man needn't despair of getting
her. He glanced at me keenly, and |
felt that l had already awakened his
interest in her by my judicious re-
mark.
well, without making it too mark
ed, | tried to leave them alone together
as much as possible. 1 gave them the
use of the boat and pony trap. and
warned the children not to follow
them about. But they didn't appear to
get on we'll together, and l began to
think they would never come to an
understanding. They treated each 9TH
er with formality that was almost
GOODNESS. Any effort on my part to
put them on easier terms seemed 70
send them both into panic. 1 began
to believe that there was a strong an
tfpathy between them, and 1 regretted
them at the cottage together.
'While in this state Of mind l went
out to our little summer house one
evening with lantern to look for a
| book l had left there To nv I'M
| bounded surprise 1 found it occupied
by Lucy and young Everett. Lucy
had gone to her room early in the
evening and young Everett was, l SUD.
posed, smoking on the side porch.
They sprang away from each other.
and looking very guilty and embar-
rassed, got into the farthest opposite
corners Of the tiny house
Il tried to appear unaware of any
thing unsual, but Lucy began to cry
and young. Everett looked so uncom-
Portable that l asked rather brusquely.
perhaps, What's the matter with you
two innocents?
We are mar-married, and we
didn't want anyone to know it. sobbed
Lucy.
!" Married. I cried.
Yes, married. said young Everett,
| nI1t Of i,
reason why every one shouldn't know
1t. We were married in Michigan the
week before Lucy came up here but
she didn't want it known until the
match had her guardians approval.
You know he went to Europe and left
her with that fussy old housekeeper
Do you wonder that made her marry
meY
You've been so good to u.s. said
Lucy. I was almost sure you had
guessed our secret. If you had only
known it, what lovely time we could
have hadv she sighed.
Weren't you indignant?" asked the
caller. what did you do?"
81 just asked them to stay another
week and have a real honeymoon.
While they were there a kind message
came from Lucy's guardian, and so we
had the marriage announced in the
newspapers. l think they'll be happy
ever after, but | can't fatter myself
that l made the match. Chicago
News.
GOOD Memory.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-27
Wisconsin
State News
WAITS LONG FOR wIFE's RETURN

Wealthy Man Sues for Separation on
Charge of DesertiOn.
After waiting ten years for the return
of his wife, who, he alleges, deserted him
four days after their marriage, John S.
Moller, prominent Chicago man having
summer home at Powers Lake, has
filed an action in the courts at Kenosha
for an absolute divorce In his com
plant Moller claims that his wife and he
were married on-June /. 1895, and that
she left him on the 18th of the same
month. He alleged desertion Moller
is wealthy.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-27
THE SEASONS.

When comes spring?
When blithest the robins sing,
And the violet has her hour?
Not till the hearts in flower
Is it spring.
When comes June?
At the time of the thrush's tune,
OF all beauties below and above?
When reddens the rose of love,
Then comes June.
Autumn's when?
When grasses rasp in the fen,
And the face of the field is wan!
When joys are faded, gone,
Autumn's then.
Winter boar,
Comes he with the storm-wind's roar
And all lorn Natures ruth?
IT'S winter when love and youth
Are no more.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-27
A MATCHMAKER.

~a'M convinced that matchmaking is
not my FORTE" remarked young
- Mrs. Candy, as she and her caller
talked over the events of the last sum-
mer.
''Why, did you try your hand at that
dangerous Occupation"
well, / suppose every woman has
the fever some time or other. My at
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-27

MOyne breathed his
last. He was a
well-rounded play
er, a pupil Of
Booth, Forrest and
fletcher, and was
willing and able to
take a wide variety
of parts. He was
master of a certain
unctuous humor,
and liked best to
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-27
From Montana by waron.

After travelling seventy-six days in a
prairie schooner, Mrs. J. a. Porter and
daughter Ellen, two sons, Albert and
Allen, the oldest aged u, have arrived
at Washburn from Billings, Mont, to
live with Mrs. Porter's son. The party
suffered nothing from the trip.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-27
RoBBER USES A NEW METHOD.

Gets Woman Away from House and
Steals 500.
The residence of former Mayor Mi
chael Higgins in Racine was robbed by
thief who used new method. Going
to telephone, he called up Mrs. Hig-
gins, informing her that a certain lady
wanted to see her. Mrs. Higgins an
swered the summons. She was hardly
out of sight when a stranger looted the
house of valuables worth $400.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-27
STRIKES BED; NONE HURT.

Lightning DemOIishes Every Piece
of Furniture in Residences.
Lightning struck the residence of Will
liam Dagon at Loyal, and entering the
sleeping apartments tore the springs
from two iron beds, hurting the occu-
pants to the floor. 1t then passed
through the drawing room. Scarcely an
article of furniture remains intact but
the occupants sustained no serious in
juries.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-27
a Good Memory.

Lenditt-You borrowed SO of ME
last month and promised to pay in
two days. You must have a bad mem
DRY. Spenditt-Fierce! 1 remember it
perfectly Puck.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-27
Ptomnine Poison Her Death.

A post-mortem examination of the
body Of Miss Caroline Clifford of Osh-
kosh, who died recently in Marinette
after attending a church supper, deter
mines that her death was due to pto-
maine poisoning.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-27
HISTORIC HOUSE Quilted.
Vaughan Residence at Ashland Is
Enthusiastically Driven Out

The historic Vaughan residence in Ash
land was Quilted by fire at midnight, the
occupants, the family Of S. J. Cusson,
manager of the Hines Lumber Company,
being driven out into the storm in their
night clothes through drifts six feet deep.
The Vaughan residence was for years
the finest in Ashland, being occupied by
Mrs. Yaughan-Marquis up to the time
CT her death
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-27
FORCES FUSE; rs KILLED.
Loyal Man Blown to Bits by ExpIo-
sion of Dynamite.

While trying to force a fuse and cap
into stick of dynamite, William Egget
of Loyal was blown to bits by the ex-
plOsion which resulted. A short distance
away was Il pail containing ten pounds
Of dynamite. The pail was broken to
splinters, but the explosive was only
tossed on the ground and did not go off.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-27
NECK BROKEN BUT LIVED.
wealthy Farmer Dies Four Month
fteI. Tie a coilnnt

After the Accident.
John Gibson, a wealthy farmer, aged
30 years, has just died in Warren. On
July Gibson fell from a load Of hay.
breaking his neck and paralyzing his
body below the breast. Gibson was taken
to st. Paul.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-27
GOVERNOR BUYS A FARM.
Sixty Acres on Lake Mendoza Cost
La Toilette $4,000.

La Toilette $4,000.
Gov. La Toilette has purchased the
Sam Marshall farm on the north shore
of Lake Mendoza, about six miles from
Madison. The governor intends to make
the raising of horses the principal
branch of his agricultural pursuits. The
farm, which cost La Toilette $4,000,
contains only sixty acres, but it has
1,4O0 feet frontage on the lake. 1t IS
considered desirable FOR summer homes.
1t is one of the most beautiful farms
in Wisconsin,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-27
sTARvEs RATHER THAN BEG.
Aged Woman, Too Proud to Accept
Charity, Dies in Cabin.

Refusing charity from her neighbors.
and too proud to accept help from veal
thy relatives, Mrs. Serena Shaler, aged
60, died of starvation in little cabin
north of GAINESVILLE. Two sisters. Mrs.
HANNA of Albany and Mrs. Heller of
Amsterdam, and brother in Minnesota
were able to help her, but she would not
write them
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-27
MRS KREMBs GETS TEN YEARS.

Stevens Point Woman Pleads Guilty
to Shooting Clara Peterson.
Mrs. William Krembs was sentenced
to ten years in the State penitentiary
for shooting Clara Peterson in Stevens
Point. She pleaded guilty. Krembs, it
is said, went down to the restaurant
where Miss Peterson worked. The wife,
believing that the young woman in the
restaurant was too intimate with her
husband, followed him and shot the
woman, who has since recovered.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-27
HONEYMOON ON ENGINE PILOT.
Bride and Groom in Wild Ride At
ter Buggy Is Struck.

William Dolinsky and his bride were
picked up and carried four miles on an
engine pilot without the fact being
known to the train crew. When the
train reached Eland junction it was dis
covered that the top of their buggy was
wedged on the pilot and they were under
it. The buggy had been struck at
crossing four miles away. Both were Sc
riOusly injured, and it is feared they
may die.