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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-25
SHEDDING IN SWEDEN.

Only Country in Which the Sparkstot-
ting Is in Common Use.
The Swedes have made fine art of
shedding. Their fastest sled is called
the sparkstotting and is an exceed.
ingly light sled that the inhabitants
Of Norrland, a province situated at the
north Of Sweden, employ during the
winter as a means of locomotion.
The use Of it now extends through
out Sweden, where races upon this
original vehicle constitute one Of the
most highly appreciated sports Of win
ter. Among other people Of the north,
in Russia, Scotland and Germany, this
sport is entirely unknown, a fact that
is somewhat extraordinary, considering
that the sparkstotting can be employ
ed in all countries in which the rigors
of winter permit Of the use Of ordi-
nary sleds.
The sparkstotting is constructed en-
tirely Of Norway spruce. 1t is straight,
Of elongated form and weighs no more
than thirty pounds. 1t consists Of two
runners, curved upward in front, and
six and one-half feet in length. To
each Of the runners is fixed an upright
that serves both as point Of support
and a tiller. The entire affair is con-
nected by two or three crosspieces, one
Of which supports light seat placed
twelve inches above the surface.
The Norrland sled differs percepti-
bly, from the Vesterbotten type, in
which the runners, which are much
shorter, are not shod with iron, but
are we'll creased or impregnated with
boiling tar. . The lightest and best type
for racing is the one manufactured at
Umea, Norway. In order to push the
sparkstotting the racer, bearing with
both hands upon the extremities Of
the uprights, places his left foot upon
the runner to the left, and then with
the right foot strikes the ground at
regular intervals SO as to propel the
sled forward.
If the snow Is very hard and the
racer is not provided with spiked shoes
it is necessary for him to fix steel calks
to the soles. In recent times a hori-
zontal bar, breast high, has been placed
between the uprights. This modif1ca-
ton renders the steering easier and
besides permits of governing with
single hand. Upon level route the
sparkstotting reaches 9 pretty good
speed without great effort.
An experienced racer when the
snow Is In good condition, can easily
attain tie speed of a horse on trot.
In ascents it is necessary to push the
sparkstotting or to drag it, but this
does not cause much fatigue, owing
to it's lightness and the feeble surface
in contact with the snow. With this
sled it is possible to run very fast.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-25
An Honest Opinion.

Mineral, Idaho, Oct. 16.-(Special)--
That a sure cure has been discovered
for those sciatic pains that make so
many lives miserable, is the firm opin-
ion Of Mr.. D. S. Colson, well-known
resident of this place, and he does not
hesitate to say that cure is Dodd's Kid
ney Pills. The reason Mr. Colson is
so firm in his opinion Is that he had
those terrible pains and is cured.
Speaking Of the matter, he says:
II am only too happy to say Dodd's
Kidney Pills have done me lots of
good. I had awful pains in my hip SO
I could hardly walk. Dodd's Kidney
Pills stopped it entirely. I think they
are a grand medicine"
All Sciatic and Rheumatic pains are
caused by Uric Acid in the blood.
Dodd's Kidney Pills make healthy kid
neys ard healthy kidneys strain all the
Uric Acid out of the blood. With the
cause removed there can be no Rheu-
matiSm or Sciatica.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-25
Bone Put in a Bows Arm.

At the annual gathering Of the Glas-
gov University Club at Sunderland
recently Sir William Macewen, who
was concerned in an extraordinary op-
GRAFTON upon child over twenty years
ago, introduced the patient, now full
grown man, to the medical men pres
ent and explained the nature Of the re-
markable case.
The child. was born without a bone
in the right arm, the homeless limb
hanging helpless by it's side. The sur
geons determined to make an attempt
to save the limb.
Small sections Of the bone taken
from the tibia and other portions Of
the legs Of other patients who were
under treatment for the cure Of bow
leggedness were transferred to the
homeless arm, there to continue their
growth and to become amalgamated-
in fact, eventually supplying the place
Of the missing humerus.
Sir William Macewen kept in touch
with the boy, who at the age of Il left
Glasgow for Sunderland, where he had
worked since. The young man barred
his arm to the guests present and gave
the company abundant proof of the
sustained serviceableness Of the limb,
despite several accidents, including a
compound fracture, which had be-
fallen it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-25

Good Americans might commit to
memory the stanzas Of the late Henry
O. Bunner, which begin:
''Of with your hat when the flag goes
by!
And let the heart have it's say;
You're man enough for tear in your
eye
That you will not wipe away"
1t is reported that during the pa
rade In Paris, which escorted the bier
Of John Paul Jones, Frenchmen sa-
luted not only their own colors, but
took off their hats when the Ameri-
can flag went by. In unhappy con-
trast, some Americans saluted their
own flag, but not the French tri-color,
and others failed even to uncover to
Old Glory.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-25
DEATH RATE AMONG DOCTORS.
That of 1904 Was Higher than Normal
Among the Population of Boston.

Among the Population of Boston.
Among. the practicing physicians of
the United States and Canada, those
who are recognized by the government
boards Of medical examiners, the
death rate in 1904 was 17.14 per 1000,
according to the Journal of the Amer
lean Medical Association. This rate is
higher than for the two previous years
and is higher than the average death
rate among the population of Boston
There appears to have been the same
difficulty in obtaining accurate death
certificates Of physicians as in cases of
other people, and there is a large va
riety Of causes Of deaths.
The total number Of deaths in both
countries is 2,142. In the United States
there were 1925 registered physi-
clans and surgeons at the last census.
During the year 1902 there were
1,400 deaths among regular practicing
physicians; during 1908 there were
1,648, including the homeopathic and
eclect1cs. Thus the mortality rates
have been: 14.75 per 1000 in 1902,
1873 per cent in 1903 and TIA in
1904. In 1904 the American Medical
ASSOCIATE lost by death 1866 mem
bers. Heart disease leads the death
causes with 2O5, but this figure in
cludes deaths stated to have occurred
from "heart failure" etc.
Pneumonia heads the list of clearly
defined diseases with 172 deaths. or
rs per cent of the total mortality
Nephritis, including kidney diseases"
was responsible for 81 deaths and
uremia caused 16. CONSUMPTION is
said to have caused 80 deaths, all but
eight Of which were from tuberculosis
of the lungs.
Cancer caused 80 deaths; typhoid
fever, 81; septicemia, chiefly from on
Grafton wounds, %; diabetes, 20; gas
tritis, 16; appendicitis and meningitis
Is each; bronchitis and insanity. II
each. OF the total deaths, 143 were
Que to violence; of these 95 are charge
able to accidents, SO to suicides, poi
son caused q deaths, railway acct
dents II, falls IA, drowning 10. street
car accidents s and runaways Z. OF
the Sc physicians who committed sui
eide IA chose poison as the means: II.
firearms; 3, hemorrhages from cut ar
teries; 2, suffocatlon by gas; 1, drown
ing; 1, hanging. In four instances the
method employed is not stated
During the year twelve physicians
were murdered. This is three more
than in 1903, and one more than In
1902. AS to the ages at which death
occurred, 1t Is found to range between
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-25

Nothing delights the people more
than to find a man who has done his
work well to set of against one who
has done his work i'll. We all like to
make these contrasts both for the
exaltation of the good worker and
Tor the confusion Of the poor worker.
The case against the bad man is
strengthened by our learning that
there is a good man in the same sort
Of position. If people seem to give
more prominence to crime than to vir-
tue, it is only because crime is rarer
and more dramatic. The very search
light that is thrown on wickedness ir-
radiates goodness as we'll. But the
light we must have, otherwise those
who love darkness because their deeds
are evil will be able to play their game
unhindered and undetected. So we do
not feel that the use Of exposure as
q remedy will be attended by any evil
consequences.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-25
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Five early Shakespeare Quartos, prop
erty of an English collector, were sold
in London recently.
It has been suggested that the chill
dren Of the nation, who knew and
loved the writings Of Mrs. Mary
Mapes Dodge, longtime editor OF st.
Nicholas, should unite in subscribing
funds for a memorial tribute in the
shape Of a monument.
Librarians have their own sources
Of amusement. At the New York IL
brary demand for Abraham Nights"
came from the heart Of the Jewish
section. young Soup Of Cargo"
was the approximation to 1.-THE Young
Supercargo" that a lad made. Miss
Johnstons ITO Have and to Hold" had
two original titles bestowed upon it,
"Get 1t and Keep IT, and "Two
Halves and Two Wholes."
Booth Harrington has among the
curios in his New York City apartment
q boomerang. A magazine editor said
Of the odd weapon the other day; IT
do not believe that native can han
die boomerang SO that it will return
to the precise spot it started FROM"
II believe it," said Harrington. "Why,
a magazine writer can do the very
same thing with his manuscript If he
incloses stamped envelope"
A suit for 5000, involving the dra-
matte rights in "a Corner in Coffee"
has just been brought by Rev. Cyrus
Townsend Brady against the Ess Ess
Publishing Company. The novelette,
was published in the Smart Set, and
DR.. Brady claims that he sold only the
serial rights in the story; the company
that it purchased also the right Of
dramatization. The royalties are to be
deposited with q trust company pend
ing the outcome Of the suit
The London Academy Is authority
for the statement that an appeal is
being made to the public by the
Bret Harte Assistance Fund" in be-
half OF Bret Harte's daughter, Ethel.
Harte died in poor circumstances, leav-
ing his daughter unprovided for. She
has been striving to earn living on
the concert platform and the stage,
but her health has broken down. The
genuineness Of the appeal Is guar
anteed by George Meredith, Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle, Sir George Newnes and
others of the committee.
Miss Myra Kelly, whose sketches of
East Side child life in New York ap-
peared in McClure's, and won her
great praise, was married to Allan
Macnaughton, Of Teaneck, N. J., late
in August. Miss Kelly is an Irish girl,
born in Dublin. Her father is a prac-
ticing physician in New York. She
taught school on the East Side and
there gathered material for the tales
that have made her a literary repu-
tation. Mr.. Macnaughton is manager
Of the Standard Coach and Horse
Company and lives at Teaneck on the
William Walter Phelps estate, which
comprises 200 acres Of the finest land
in New jersey.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-25
Cause of the Trouble.

An incident illustrating President
Lincoln's ever-present sense Of humor
Is given in "a Biographical Memorial
Of Gen. Daniel Butterfeld"
An immense amount Of correspond
ence had been sent to President Lin.
coin, in which were many accuse.
tons and counter-accusations, letters
and explanations concerning the fail.
ure to get the pontoons to Frederickg-
burg in time for Burnside.
Many thought Mr.. Lincoln would
remove or court-martial somebody.
He Endorsed the papers with the fol-
lowing sentence:
I'm my opinion, Mr.. Lee caused this
trouble"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-25
The Fate of Young Billups.

The old-time darkies may twist the
long words, which are their delight,
but they always make themselves In
telligible. The Atlanta Constitution
says it Is one Of their curious charac-
teristics.
"Aunt Dilsey," young Richmond
lady recently said to her NANNY"
"what has become of young Tom Bill
ups?"
"De lam sakes, Miss Baby" Aunt
Dilsey replied, with uplifted hands
and eyes like saucers, "he done run off
to de great imposition out West, but
we amt heard from him, nary line,
'cept'n it's one O. desc sump'n n'er
picture cards; an jes' believe, Miss
Baby, dat he's done been catnippedv'
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-25
FOR WON EN-.

Much that Every Woman Desires to
cura Works Wonders"
Too much stress cannot be placed
on the great value of Cuticura Soap,
Ointment and Pills in the antiseptic
cleansing Of the mucous surfaces and
Of the blood and circulating fluids,
thus affording pure, sweet and eco
nomical local and constitutional treat
ment for weakening discharges, ulcer
atoms, infammations, feelings, irrita-
tons, relaxations, displacements, pains
and Irregularities peculiar to females,
as well as such sympathetic affections
as anemia, chlorosis, hysteria, ner-
vOuSneSs and debility.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-25
SHlPYARDS ARE BUSY.

Army of 900 Men Rushing Work ON
New Vessels for Navy.
While the attention of the public
is attracted only at intervals to the
three big shipyards on the Delaware
River, there is an army of 10000 men
daily hammering, forging and weld
ing, bending every energy toward the
completion Of the great vessels under
construction here, says the Philadel-
phia Ledger. Never have the employees
Of Cramps, Neafle & Levy's and the
New York Shipbuilding Company been
buster than at present. Particularly
is this true Of Cramps, where twelve
different vessels are under construc-
ton. This yard alone is employing
$500 workmen.
The greater part of this work is
being done for Uncle Sam, seven
ships being under way here. Two Of
these, the armored cruiser Tennessee
at Cramps, and her sister ship, the
Washington, which is being built at
the South Camden yards of the New
York Shipbuilding Company, have at
tracted attention by the efforts which
the respective companies are making
to finish the contract first. Both are
now nearing completion, with the
Tennessee slightly in the lead.
Besides the work on the warships
six large passenger steamships are
also being built by the Cramps COM
pany. Four Of these are for the New
York and Cuban Mail line, while the
two remaining go to the Southern
Pacific Company.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-25
Not Always Orange Blossoms.

Only in England, France and Amer.
lea is the orange blossom the bridal
flower. When the German fraulein
becomes a frau her head is garland
ed with myrtle, except in certain Sec
tons, where gaudy wreaths Of arti-
fetal flowers replace the natural
blooms and are treasured from genera
ton to generation. In Italy and the
French cantons of Switzerland white
roses are dedicated to the brides as
well as the dead, but in Spain red
roses and pinks lend an additional
touch Of color to the bridal dress Of
black and yellow. Greek brides are
garlanded, appropriately enough, with
vine leaves, and in Bohemia rosemary
Is supposed to bring luck to the bride
who wears it. In most Of the coun-
tries of Europe, however, the bridal
wreath is considered as essential as
the veil and pretty sentiment clusters
about the faded wreath that is laid
away, whether the wreath be Of
orange blossoms or laurel.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-25

The question whether a coeducation-
al university was likely to become a
young ladies' seminary was raised
some years ago by Mrs. Stanford, who
decided to protect the boys at the
Leland Stanford, Jr, University By
placing a limit on the admission Of
girls. Since then there have been sew
eral limitations from other institu-
tons Of learning that coeducation was
coming more and more to mean the
education Of women, and now DR.. An.
CELL declares that "the aggregate num-
Der Of women, nearly all pursuing the
course Of arts, is SO rapidly increas-
ing that the question is suggested
whether the old-fashioned liberal train
Ing is largely to be monopolized by
them" 1t appears, however, that the
men are not deprived absolutely Of tho
opportunities for education. They are
being driven, DR.. Angel says, into the
technical and professional schools, not
into the streets, which happens to be
the very thing that Is desired by some
Of our modern educators, who should
look upon the goods as the agents Of
a great reform. In fact, it would al
most seem as though fate were work
Ing out the solution Of this problem for
the salvation Of some Of our practical
professors who have been having an
awful struggle In their efforts to sat-
1sfy the demands Of the age. 1t will
not be necessary now for them to
grunt and sweat over a rearrange-
ment Of courses for the qualification
Of the commercial world. They need
not bother themselves with education
al theories. The one essential thing is
to encourage the invasion by the CO.
eds Of the realm Of liberal arts. Then.
when the moponoly is established, they
can simply say to their practical mon
itors that Latin and Greek and all that
old-fashioned lumber are relegated to
the annex. Though they appear in the
catalogue, they are entirely harmless,
because the young man is excluded
from their contemplation and con-
strained to become an apprentice to
some useful pursuit. We confess to
some lingering sympathy for the dev-
otees Of the old school, but let them
take comfort in the thought that cul-
ture is safe with the ladies' They have
been clubbing for culture these many
years until, If the expression may be
allowed, they are veterans in the sery-
Ice. At their intellectual feasts, fresh
from the encyclopedia and handbooks
of art and literature and Bulfnch's
age Of Fable" they have surveyed
the field from Homer and Aeschyrus
to the Sweet Singer Of Michigan and
Clyde Fitch for the modification of
man and the triumph Of their sex.
Hence they are merely coming into
their own while they are so happily ell
abling the practical professors to
square themselves with those greatest
Of educational experts, the captains
Of industry.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-25

Panama hats, SO called, are not made
In Panama, but hereafter they will be
made there If the plans Of the govern
ment work out successfully. A school
for hatmaking has been started in the
district Of ABRAHAM. Boys are to be
taught how to weave the grass, and
then they will go home and teach the
trade to those in their native village
who wish to learn. At present most
Of the Panama hats on the market are
made In Ecuador.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-25

67-occurred at the age of go, followed
by 81 at the age Of 70; As at the ages
Of IS and So; 43 at the age Of 67; Al
at the ages Of rs and 76, and 40 at the
ages Of u and 70; 241 lived to be more
than 80 years old, 10 were more than
90 when they died. and three physi-
clans passed the age Of 100, the oldest
on record being 104 years. The aver
age age at death was more than 60
years, and the average length Of prac-
tice was more than 90 years.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-25

Ordinarily the reports of the Census
Bureau are not especially interesting
documents, but they sometimes con-
tain facts which warrant attention. 1t
Is shown, for example, that while i'm
migration increases, the American
birth rate decreases. 1t is maintained,
further, that one fact influences the
other. Students of the subject includ-
Ing General Francis Walker, Robert
Hunter and John r. Commons, argue
that the native American is dying out
because the immigrant is coming in to
do the work Of the country which in
the natural operation of economic law
American children would have been
born to perform. To put it in another
way. the decreasing size Of the amer
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-25
Got What He asked for.

"Say," queried the alleged funny
man. as he entered the butcher shop,
whats pork worth a yard"
Fifty cents" answered the butch
er.
"Well, I'll take a yard" said the A.
f. NJ, tossing a half-dollar on the
counter.
The butcher pocketed the coin and
handed the customer three pigs feet.
"Say, what are you giving meY'
asked the party Of the funny part, in
dignantly.
"a yard of pork-just what you ask
ed for" replied the butcher. 'Three
feet make a yard, you know"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-25
Gift of Time.

Zone day." related the jolly Aobo, 81
met man on de street and / told him
if he would give me thirty quail would
show him how to eat dem in thirty
days."
"And did he oblige you?' asked his
companion of the ties.
'No; he said he couldn't give me
thirty quail, but he'd give me thirty
days. He was a judge
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-25

can determination to maintain ths
American style of living, despite immi-
grant rivalry. Or, to put it still an
other way, American families cannot
afford to have many children if they
are to meet immigrant competition.
Such, at least, is the conclusion Of the
experts. This conclusion is by no
means final nor authoritative. 1t is
hypothetical and subject to challenge.
We cannot avoid the conviction, how
ever, that the great volume Of immi-
grafton which has poured into this
country during the last half century
must have exercised q powerful in
fuence upon the native population.
Whether it has operated toward the de-
crease Of the birth rate is still to
be demonstrated. Students Of the sub
ject at least make out a good prima
facie argument for their theory. We
know that though immigration contin-
ues In undiminished volume the In
crease Of population does not keep
pace with it. The Iowa census this
year shows a loss in population Of
10000 in the five years from 1900 to
1905. In the last decade Minnesota
gained 1877 per cent, or 3.37 per cent
in one year, but in the last five years
Of the decade it gained only 10 per
cent, Or at the rate Of &c per cent
per year. This was during the period
Of maximum immigration. Conse-
quently, the falling off cannot be
charged to decrease in immigration,
but to slump in the native birth
rate. Iowa and Minnesota are not the
only States that show a falling off IN
the rate Of increase. In Massachusetts,
the ratio Of increase has been cut In
two, and the same thing is true to a
less extent Of other States. While the
effect Of immigrat ton upon the native
birth rate remains to be demonstrated,
we are justified in fitting theories to
admitted facts. The result Is not en-
couraging to those who believe that our
national greatness Is based upon the
natural increase Of the population by
birth rather than through immigra-
ton.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-25

King Edward appeared on the prom
enade at Marienbad attired in a green
Tyrolese hat with a feather In it,
blue suit brown shoes and red tie,
which gives us simple-minded citizens
Of republic some idea of the i'm
mense scope the privileges Of royalty
have attained. He was not shot at.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-25
Heard at the Summer Resort.

NAV, is Mr.. Gouger the man what
keeps our hotel?"
Eyes, dear"
can they call him proprietor, DONE
they nav"
Eyes, my child"
"Why do they call him a proprietor,
maw?
"Out Of politeness, my son. To call
him highwayman would not sound
nice. Louisville Courier-Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-25

There is an unconfrmed rumor that
one Kansas farmer did not make
enough off Of his wheat crop this year
to pay for his farm. Some wildly i'm
probable stories come out Of Kansas.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-25
The Brute.

Mr.. Jawback-"Go to the devily'
Mrs. Jawback-"You brute! I shah
Just take you at your word and"
Mr.. Jawback-"And go straight
home to your mother, eh?"-CleYeland
Leader.