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in the chapel at Portsmouth, where it
still remains. ~ : &.
In December, 1901, it was taken
apart and sent to Boston to be exhib-
tied at the historical musical instru-
ment show, which opened Jan. II,
1902, in Horticultural hall. Before It
was returned it was put in thorough
repair.
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SMALLPOX in France

Smallpox IN France.
In 1908 smallpox occurred in fifty
departments of France out of seventy.
seven from which returns were re.
ceived.
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Both Unpopular.
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Too Much to Stand.

prson % defense
the 81 am
wife, hosewhipped
other bore all
atal
trout brook wouldn't
a halfounce minnow and him."
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No Necessity for Haste.


Philadelphia is
fanou in
another
During his vacation make short trip by on the
hat in the
ma
fool" skipper, "shs just
comin
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farmer $50 a
indicator before
The
wife
in
fifteen
hornet He dis
raised
nctea at $780,
farmer will occasionally
Verify the man
T~F&o,<S&&<v
grabbag said,
when with girl handy his big
is serving QUIT TO a socks!
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Had Them All Beaten.

of
all
i'm
girl whose
in
the adults The other little girls
When had
us house.
is "so don't
What's
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appeared him."
Last 50
bodies
aren
philosophical silence live lers
peimis will all this winter and the opin
eande
We herean
will to
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and he will break the glass
The joke atisian
nrthe
passed along the life the shadow of the
hase had a
to
in
being the
the moldy refer %
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H*fS5otC$<U
Appreciated Joke on Himself.

celebrated Covngton
usual he had story to tell This time the
andth
a
had @ candidate suited him.
and sad We'll, call
believe tell that
disguised
politician gentleman
the butter Of
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ADVANTAGE of Orat0ry.


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big The local introduced
At the end the worst
chez o the
The wereg a
but
best line
the after the meetin speaker
would a
f~{aoG&&u
Both Unpopular
the
met One aske
Hinnery Lane?'
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PHILOSOPHICAL OBsERY kTIO |,
By BYRON Will LEIlSl M

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with him the pleasure Of being laid o rest eternal Y
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-09
"BOTHERATION PRlMuS."

Argumentative Youth Gave the In
structor Something to Think About.
The dignity Of the old-time clergy
man Of small town enwrapped him
so entirely in the eyes of his people
that jests concerning the foibles Of his
youth were likely to be frowned upon
rather than cherished. But Of the col
lege days of the estimable and much
respected Nathaniel Niles, Of West
Fairlee, Vermont, who was gradual
ed from Princeton In 1866, N. n. With
ington in a recent interesting article
tells us that traditions still survive.
He and his younger brother Sam
uel were both Of them able but ex-
cessively argumentative youths, and
during their student days they were
known as "Botheration Primus" and
"Botheration Secundus."
Just how much of bother the first
botheration could be to an unwary pro-
fessor Is revealed in the famous anec-
dote Of the jack-knfe. 1t has been re-
lated of other men than Nathaniel
Niles; but at least If he cannot be
proved to be the one and only proper
hero Of it, his attested character lends
strong support to his claim.
His instructor in philosophy was lee
turing upon Identity" and had just
argued that parts Of whole might be
subtracted and other matter substi-
tuted, yet the whole would remain the
same, instancing the fact that every
part Of our bodies is changed in seven
years, yet we remain the same individ-
uals.
''Then," said Niles, ''if l had knife
and lost the blade and had new blade
put in, it would still be the identical
knife?'
Certainly" was the reply.
'Then if I should lose the handle
from the new blade and have another
handle made to fit it, the knife would
still be the same?"
THAT is so,' said the professor.
''Then, in that case," triumphantly
rejoined young Botheration Primus,
IF should find the old blade and the
old handle. and have the original parts
put together, wnat knife would that
be"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-09
The Fighting Race.

An American soldier who served in
the Spanish war tells, in the Portland
Oregonian, several stories Of the Irish
man as a soldier. Some Of them illus
trate the Irishman's ready wit.
A number of American officers at
Cavite were watching the arrival Of
a body Of Spanish prisoners of war,
tattered and hungry looking. One man
suddenly stepped from the ranks Of the
Spaniards, and saluting an American
officer, said in the strongest brogue,
amy chance Of getting a job in your
army? I think it's about all up with
this one"
A captain who had just got new
company was looking down the muster
roll, on which the names ran
"O'Brien," Murphy" Sullivan"
"O'Flaherty," and so on.
SIS every man in the company
Irish?" said the captain to the SER
geant
There's wan Swede, but he doesn't
have much to say" was the response
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-09

millionaire. Although his income is
reckoned at $1,000 day, at least, and
some people think it is twice that
amount, he has lived at the rate Of
$1,000 year or less, and his personal
expenses have not been $1,000 a year.
That is a very liberal estimate. He
has two suits Of clothes, one for week
days and the other for Sunday, and he
has worn them as long as anybody can
remember. He has not bought new
overcoat for Is or 20 years, and his hat
is quite as old as that if not older. A
few years ago he sent for gentleman
who had done him favor, and in
confidential way said that he was 60
ing to reward him with "tip" that he
could work for a profit. Then, to the
mans establishment, Mr.. Sage gave
him the address Of store on Seventh
avenue where he could get shoes for So
a pair.
To save time the Western Union
Telegraph Company serves a free
lunch to its operators, and Mr.. Sage
appeared every day at certain hour.
A seat was kept for him at a certain
table up to the last day he came down
town. He never paid fare on the ele
waited railroad, because he was direc-
tor, and the ticket takers had instruc-
lions to let him go by without paying.
He invariably helped himself to news
papers from the stand at Fiftieth
street in the morning when on his way
downtown, and did the same at Rec
tor street when he was going home in
the afternoon. He has stolen his news
papers for generation in the
same way, Of the same men, and they
never dared say a word about 1t. He
has always compelled the bootblacks
on the elevated stations to shine his
shoes for nothing. At first, years ago,
they used to demonstrate. He would
climb into one Of the chairs and wait
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-09
Stewed Beef.

Cut the beef into inch square pieces;
-four each; cut small carrot, small
turnip, and large onion into slices,
put the fat you trimmed off into
deep spider or a saucepan, let it get
very hot, lay in the vegetables, cover,
and leave them to brown mot burn,
stirring occasionally. When they are
all nicely Drowned, pour on them
pint Of boiling water, and lay in the
meat; put with it a moderate tea
spoonful of salt and one-half salt
spoonful of pepper, with two or three
coarse stalks of celery, if you have
them, cut fine. Let all stew very
gently for two hours at least, or until
the meat is quite tender, but remem-
Der, if it has boiled or stewed fast, 1t
will never be that, nor would it if you
made your stew of tenderloin. Skim
free from fat and serve.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-09
Natures ArmOred Cruisers.

Some Of the papers are poking fun
at the story which comes from the Bay
Of Biscay Of crabs weighing sixteen
pounds and possessing claws eighteen
inches in circumference. The joke
would have seemed the funnier, per-
haps, had the crabs been described as
opening and eating oysters. AS a mat
ter Of fact, there is a species which
does crack cocoanuts. AS students Of
Darwin will remember, this extraordi-
nary creature grows to an enormous
size; so large is it that in the larger
ones there is sufficient fat to yield a
quart of palm-oil, derived from their
diet on cocoanut. These nuts they
first denude of their tough fibrous COW
ering. then with their hammer-like
claws beat upon the shell until an
opening is made, and the rest is sinh
pie. These giants live on land, but
battle each night in the sea.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-09

until they served him. If they de-
manded pay he would threaten to have
them put off the platform.
The omnibus drivers and cabmen on
Fifth avenue point out crack across
the top pane of glass in one Of his
parlor windows which, they say, has
been there for 21 years. The story
goes that Mrs. Sage negotiated with
a giazier to replace it with a whole
pane for $12. Mr.. Sage would not pay
more than $40. The glazier would not
yield, and the deadlock has continued
for almost quarter Of century.
He has quiet little country place
down on Long Island, with a good deal
of lawn, but he does not keep the turf
shaved down like his neighbors. He
Tets the grass grow until it is high
enough to make good hay and then
sells it for SD to livery sta5lekeeper
in the vicinity.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-09
Music as Profession

Unless a man is rich he ought to
be regarded as a criminal if he per-
musicians. In the musical profession
there are few prizes not of the larg-
est, but for the largest number of
interpretative artists the life is one
of drudgery-the drugery Of learning,
the drudgery of pushing oneself into
notice and after ali the continual
drudgery of playing or singing just
the music the public wants. / rec
ommend no one to enter such a pro-
fession unless he or she loves music
to such a degree that the drudgery is
q pleasure.-John f. Runciman In
Saturday Review.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-09
Story of a Woman CrusOe.

Beginning due west Of Point Con-
ception on the California coast and
continuing at irregular intervals as
far south as the Bay Of Todos Santos
in Lower California lie the Channel
islands. In this ideal region for the
yachtsman, the fisherman and the
hunter one comes to feel like a new
Crusoe on his primitive isle. And in
very truth Crusoe's semi-mythica!
story was enacted upon one of these
same islands, though minus the man
Friday and the happy ending.
The castaway in this case was a
woman, Danish emigrant, left ashore
through some mischance by the crew
Of a vessel that had sought shelter
behind San Nicholas during storm in
the early EOS. For over seventeen
years the lone creature had lived I'M
sought and forgotten, though the time
at length came when, on the days the
mist-clearing north winds blew, she
could climb to the islands highest
point and view the ranchers' herds
grazing upon the mainland.
And at last, when hope and reason
had both long died, the poor, wild,
gibbering creature was found In her
VOLTS burrow among the hills by the
advance guard Of the otter hunters
fraternity, who had long wondered at
the mysterious footprints they found
marked upon the lonely sands.-For-
est and Stream.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-09
Chop Suey.


Scrape all the meat from the bones
of half a chicken and cut into strips
one and half inches long and half
inch wide. Peel and slice one onion
thin; soak a handful of dried mush-
rooms in water for ten minutes and
cut off the stems; cut stalk of celery
into strips an inch long; wash and
slice six Chinese potatoes. Fry the
chicken until done; add the sliced
onions and cook for five minutes, then
put in the mushrooms and enough Chi
nese sauce to make the ingredients
brown Pour in a little water and
stew for ten minutes. Add the celery,
cook for one minute and put in the po-
tatoes. Last of all, add enough Toured
water to make a good gravy. Serve
hot with boiled rice.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-09

form a loop or blight, after which the
free extremity of the thus Enclosed
thread is carried around the two por-
lions Of the first thread interlocking
with itself. There are a number Of
modifying mechanisms on the mar
ket, used notably in connection with
farming machinery, such as binders,
but these are Of entirely different
type. The knot here shown is in
tended for use in connection with
weaving machinery, where for the
most part the knotting is done entire
ly by hand. In certain operations
many thousands OF knots have to be
made, and is done by experts who do
the work with marvellous dexterity and
rapidity. The feature Of the knot here
patented is that 1t lends itself read
lily to formation by the use of mechan-
ically manipulated metal fingers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-09
State News in Brief.

Claude Peer, the 6-year-old son of Her
man Peer of Blue River, was bitten on
the forearm by rattlesnake.
The State census returns give Beloit
a population Of 1866, which is an in
crease of 20 per cent in five years.
G. J. HOMESTEAD, an alleged forger,
has been captured in a small mill near
Frederick, where he had sought refuge
from the officers.
Edison Powell of Pound has been ar
rested for forgery for signing his faith
er's name to a note which he gave Henry
Zech in payment for horse last win
ter.
Fire destroyed a boathouse at the foot
of Irving street, Oshkosh, causing about
$500 worth of damage and destroying six
boats, one a gasoline launch. The owners
believe the blaze was of incendiary
origin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-09
B1ueberry Griddle Cakes.

For these cakes use one pint of sour
milk, one pint and half of -four, one
teaspoonful of soda, one teaspoonful
of salt, two tablespoonfuls of cold wa:
ter, and one pint of blueberries. Dis
solve the soda in the cold water Stir
this into the sour milk. Now add the
flour and salt, and beat WELL Stir the
berries in very gently. Fry the same
as any griddle cakes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-09
MOTHER OF A PRODIGY.
Her Trials Are Many When Public
Takes Possession of Child.

1akeS POSSESSION or Ch1lO.
This is one of the great seasons of
the infant prodigy phenomenon be-
coming more plentiful every year. But
behind the triumphs Of the infant
prodigy there is sometimes a pathetic
little family history, as witness the
following account of her life and that
Of her child given in the Pail Mall
Magazine by Nine. Annie Vicanti, the
mother Of Vivian Charles, whose VIC
lin playing is sending London mad.
Nobody" says the mother, would
believe how difficult it Is to be the
mother Of wunderkind. Everything
I do is wrong; everything the child
does is for effect everything we
say Is utterly untrue. II Viyien runs
up to me and kisses me hear it muir
INJURED that she is trained to do so.
So tell her never to do It again. I'm
mediately people remark how cold
am to the child. No, am not at all
happy. The dear child herself Is
spoilt by the compassion that visitors
lavish upon her and vaguely feels that
it is hard lines that she should be
wunderkind. On the other hand, II
suggest taking her violin away, she
shrieks and Is naughty. cannot pun
ish her, lest the neighbors should
think we are beating her to make her
practice. The child knows this and
cries whenever she wants anything
she ought not to have and her diges-
ton is utterly ruined by the amount
Of horrid things we allow her to eat
rather than that she should scream for
them.
"Of course, there are moments Of
thrilling happiness that compensate
for much anxiety and worry.
ut is great joy to see Viyien step
out on the platform where thou
sand people look at her and love her
for the music that she makes. When
the applause rises round her like a
storm her smile meets mine and my
heart beats loud with happiness at
the thought that the little girl belongs
to me.
"But does she really belong to me"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-09
Short Suggestions.

If clothes are damped with warm
water they give" sooner and iron bet
ter
Cakes will not stick to the tins if
placed on a damp cloth when removed
from the oven.
Lemons will keep good for SIX
months or even longer if kept under
glass shade.
Parsley may be kept fresh and green
for several days if it is put into a COW
cred earthenware jar in a cool place
1t will last much longer if kept in
water.
TO frost bathroom window dis
solve EPSON salts in vinegar, making
as strong solution as possible. Apply
this to the inside of the windowpanes
with brush, and when dry give il a
coat Of white varniSh.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-09
A Delicious Cold Sauce.

Oranges sweetened, boiled, rubbed
through a sieve and stiffened with
little gelatine provide very delicious
cold sauce. Four oranges pulp only,
four ounces of sugar, half pint Of wa
ter, boiled together for ten to fifteen
minutes, with two sheets Of gelatine
dissolved as boiling proceeds, make a
very nice quantity, and may be fla
vored with brandy OK liquor if SO de-
sired. The pulp must be rubbed
through sieve, and the flavoring add
ed after that.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-09
WEEDS an Indian Physician,

At the Oneida reservation near Apple
ton, big celebration followed the we'd
ding of Jean Smith, an Oneida Indian,
formerly student and football player
at the Lawrence university, and Miss
Marguerite Fahrenholz, pretty Mil
waul1ee girl. The groom is now known
as DR.. Jean Smith, having graduated
from a Milwaukee medical school after
his college course. He was married in
Milwaukee and brought his bride to the
reservation, where he will practice med
icine. On the arrival Of the bridal cou-
pie at the reservation they were greeted
by 500 Indians, most of whom were
dressed in gala clothes. The celebration
lasted all day. The brides father is
proud of his new son-in-law.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-09

Wall, no, can't tell wha' he lives,
Because he don't live, you see;
Aeastways he's got out of the habit
Of Twin like you and me.
Whar' have you been for the last three
year
That you haven't heard folks tell
How Jimmy Bludso passed in his checks
The night of the Prairie Belle!
He weren't no saint-them engineers
Is pretty much alike
One wife in Natchez-under- the-hill,
Another one here in Pike.
"A keerfess man in his talk was Jim,
An awkward hand in row,
But he never funked, and he never lied
l reckon he never knowed how.
And this was all the religion he had,
To treat his engine we'll,
Never be passed on the river,
10 mind the pilots bell;
And If ever the Prairie Belle took fire
A thousand times he swore
He'd hold her nozzle agin the bank
Till the last soul got ashore.
All boats has their day on the Mssissip,
And her day come at last;
The Movastar was better boat,
But the Belle, she wouldn't be passed;
And so she come tarin' along that night
The oldest craft on the line
With niger squat on her safety valve,
And her furnace crammed rosin and
pine.
The fire bust out as she cleared the bar,
And burnt a hole in the night;
And quick as a flash, she turned and
made
For that willer bank on the right.
There was runnin' and cursin', but Jim
yelled out
Over all the internal roar:
I'll hold her nozzle agin the bank
Till the last galoot's ashore
Through the hot, black breath Of the
burnin' boat
Jim Bludso's voice was heard
And they all had trust in his cussedness,
And knowed he would keep his word;
And, sure's you're born, they all got off
Afore the smokestacxs fell
And Bludso's ghost went up alone
In the smoke Of the Prairie Belle.
He weren't no saint-but at judgment
I'd run my chance with Jim
'Longside of some pious gentlemen
That wouldn't shook hands with him.
He seen his duty, a dead sure thing
And went for it thar and then;
And Christ amt a-going to be too hard
On a man that died for men.
John Hay.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-09
Orient Pudding.

Quarter pound suet we'll chopped
and mixed with half pound Of flour and
two ounces of breadcrumbs. Add one
teaspoonful of baking powder and a
pinch of salt. Well mix in half a
pound sultanas. Beat up one egg in
half-pint of milk, favored with lemon
or vanilla to taste. Mix together, add
ing one tablespoonful of sugar. Grease
dish and bake one and half hours
until nicely brown. This pudding is
inexpensive, wholesome and satisfying.
The recipe is original.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-09
Cigarette Law Is Ignored.

SCOT the makins!' is heard as fire.
quently in Milwaukee streets, saloons
and offices as before the passage of the
alleged stringent anti-cigarette law. The
police take no notice Of the passing Of
cigarette papers about and the tobacco
can be purchased at any tobacco shop.
This is largely due to the fact that
cigarettes and papers can be obtained
at the regular prices by mail from Chi
cagO and that one firm in the East has
standing advertisement in all Milwau-
kee papers offering to send seven pack
ages of cigarette papers free to anyone
who will send his name and address,
Other firms are doing large mail-order
business also, thus obvating to a great
extent the necessity of borrowing.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-09
Sentence Girl to Stay In.

Mary Decker, 1G years old, is the
daughter of a well-known farmer in the
town of Bristol. A short time ago she
tired of life on the farm and went to
KenOsha, seeking the excitement of ''city
life She was arrested on a charge of
yagrancy. When the case was called
i'll court the father of the girl appeared
and asked that he be allowed to take his
daughter back to the farm. This the
court consented to, provided that the
girl would sign a written promise not
to appear in any public place without
the company of her father for the next
five years. The girl in signing the prom
Use, stated that she had seen enough of
the world and that she would be only too
glad to remain under the parental roof
with the protection of her father for
the remainder of her life.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-09
Cracker Jack.

One cup Of molasses, two cups Of
sugar, one tablespoonful of butter.
two tablespoonfuls Of vinegar. Boil
until a little dropped in cold water
cracks, then take from the fire, add a
half teaspoonful of baking soda, beat
briskly and pour into a pan upon
popped corn and chopped peanuts.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-09
PATENT ON A KNOT.
1t Is One, However, Which Is Tied by
Metal Fingers.

It is not often that the pages Of the
Patent Gazette are enlivened with
patents on methods Of tying knots,
yet the illustra ton herewith Is repro
duced from a recent issue. At first
thought it is difficult to understand
why an inventor should want to pro-
tect this peculiar knot or method Of
forming same, but a later patent dis
closing a modifying machine solves
the problem. The knot itself is ex-
ceedingly simple and yet effective.
One Of the two threads or strands to
be united is bent around the other to
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-09
PRINCE OF MISERS.
Incidents Which Illustrate the Mean
ness of Russell Sage

While many Of the stories that are
told Of Russell Sages miserly habits
and eccentricities are fictitious, none Of
them are exaggerations. 1t would be
almost impossible for anyone to
imagine a man more economical and
stingy than he, says a writer who has
been looking up facts about the multi