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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-19
directly over their heads, but did them

directly over their heads, but did them
no harm.
The officer cast quick glance at
his companion. He was not in the
least fiurried. He did not even quick
en- his pace
Presently they reached and entered
a battery which was the nearest of
all to the Austrian lines. 1t was filed
with dead and wounded soldiers. Only
one gun remained standing.
Calmly seating himself on a broken
gun carriage, the general gave the
corporal paper and quill and ink, and
commanded him to write as he began
to dictate letter.
The corporal's hand did not shake.
He wrote almost as rapidly as the
general spoke.
Suddenly, just as the letter was
finished, there was a deafening report,
and huge cannon ball passed close
above them and buried itself with a
dull thud in the earth beyond. The
wind caused by its passage overturned
the two, and dust and dirt completely
covered them.
The general picked himself up in
an instant. Calmly leaping upon the
ramparts, the corporal waved the fin
ished letter de1iantly toward the AUS
trian lines.
Thanks, my friends" he shouted,
'you have saved me the trouble of
blotting it,
A look of genuine admiration crept
into the eyes of the general.
"What is your name?" he asked,
harshly.
Corporal Junot, Of the Ninth Foot,
general"
''Say rather Captain Junot,' for l
cannot afford to let such fellows as
you remain corporals;" and Gen. Bona
parte-for it was he-clapped the
young man on the shoulder.
Eight years later Marshal Junot
was decoratedwith the grand cross Of
the Legion Of Honor by the Emperor
Napoleon.-St. Nicholas.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-19
WARMING THE MEETING HOUSE.


On one occasion, when Clarence
King, the geologist, was on a visit to
Georgia, during very cold weather, he
attended religious meeting Of a col
ored congregation assembled in
large, barn-like and frigid meeting.
house. without any heating facilities.
Mr.. King took an active part in the
proceedings, writes Mr.. Hague in
Clarence King Memoirs and adj
dressed the meeting He promised the
shivering congregation that as soon as
possible he would buy the biggest
stove he could find in Dahlonega, and
send it to them.
This promise was promptly perform
ell, and large four-foot stove, with
ample lengths Of circumfecting stove
pipe, sufficient to carry warmth TO
every part of the room, was soon in
stalled in the Westinghouse, much to
the delight of the worshipers there.
who greatly enjoyed their benefactor's
gift
Two or three years later Mr.. King
again had occasion to visit the neigh
borhood. As he journcyed from the
railway station to his destination.
few miles distant, he talked with the
driver of the conveyance, white
man, concerning matters Of local inter-
est, and inquired especially about the
colored church, and whether the stove
he had sent, in accordance with his
promise, was still doing we'll.
"Are you the man that sent that
stove down here?" inquired the driver,
somewhatreproachfully. Doing wellw
he continued. Il should say so. There
amt fence-rail left in this neighbour
hood within two miles of that meetin'-
housew
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-19

The permanent withdrawal of the
British garrisons from the fortresses
at Halifax and EsQuimalt has been
accomplished so quietly that North
America as a whole has been scarcely
conscious of the fact. 1t means, how
ever, that for the first time in centuries
the British soldier has left our con-
tinent entirely to its own military de-
vices, and this has historical signif-
canoe which does not escape the atten-
ton Of those who have in mind the
part the British soldier has played in
America. If you have the right kind
of an imagination it cannot fail to re-
spond to the stimulus Of this interest
ing, if conspicuous event; you think of
Braddock and Wolfe and Burgoyne and
Brock and the columns Of redcoats
that forever will march through the
pages Of our school histories.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-19

Congress by an amendment to the
constitution. Although it is a mat.
ter of great difficulty to secure a vote
j of two-thirds of both houses Of Con.
gress and the consen; Of the legisla.
lures Of three-fourths of the States to
such an amendment yet the crying
need of uniform marriage and divorce
laws, and of some means to destroy
polygamy, makes the object worth the
effort. The President in a message to
Congress has urged uniformity in State
laws on these subjects, and that is
much to be desired. But the advan-
tages of a national law are obvious.
1t would not only transfer the prosecu-
ton Of Mormon polygamists from
State to national courts, but it would
put an end to the scandal Of the re-
marriage in one State of divorced men
and women forbidden to marry by the
laws and courts Of the State in which
they were divorced. At present 1t is
not uncommon for persons divorced in
New York to go across the Hudson
river into New Jersey, contract anoth-
er marriage, return to New York and
live in open violation of the laws Of
that State. Those to whom divorce is
denied in one State can take up resi-
dence in another State, where the laws
are lax, secure divorce, return home
and marry. A national law would
not remove the desire for divorce but
it would deprive many foolish people,
to call them by no worse name, Of
the sanction Of the law in their marital
crimes. AS it will take some years
to amend the constitution, those who
seek to protect the purity Of the home
may find occupation, in the meantime,
in impressing on the young a proper
sense Of the dignity and sacredness Of
the marriage bond, and of the obliga-
tons involved.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-19

DR.. Hills, the Brooklyn pastor, is
considering the question whether or
not idiots should be killed at birth"
People Of these materialistlc tenden-
cies are always SO anxious to kill some
body! What's the matter with curing
them? We hear of much running to
and fro and we see much brandishing
about Of the torch of science, enlighten-
ment and civilization. To what pur-
pose, pray, IS all this cutlery if it leads
to the slaughter of the helpless or the
chloroforming Of the experienced? A
locomotive engineer once stated that
he hated to run over people, it mussed
his engine up so. So we hate to kill
people. 1t muses. up the national con-
science and the general warmth of
heart gets calluses on 1t.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-19
Plumage Hunters.

The United States revenue cutter
Thetis put in at Honolulu while ago,
says a writer in Field and Stream,
plumage hunters, who had been cap
tured on an American island while
engaged in their illegal operations. Be
fore the war with Russia broke out
they were sent out as hunters by a
Tokyo firm. Their destination was
Liniansky Island, known in many re-
gions as a wonderful nesting place for
plumage birds.
This island is in the mid-Pacific, not
far from Midway Island. The fact
that it belongs to the United States
did not seem to deter the Oriental
plumage hunters. There was, besides
the hunters, a corps of SINNERS and
taXidermists. They went to work in
January and collected many thousands
Of skins. Late in the same month an
ocean gale destroyed their schooner,
drowned some of the men, and left the
rest marooned upon the island.
a second japanese vessel brought
about forty more hunters, who were
left to join the others. The master
of the ship left word that he would
presently return, but he did not. Mean
while the war came on, but the
plumage hunters knew nothing Of it.
Perhaps they were forgotten. In any
case, they were very hungry when
finally discovered by the United States
revenue steamer, rescued and impris-
oned.
Captain Hamlet, of the Thetis, says
they had wrought an appalling amount
Of destruction. They had collected $50
cases of plumage, and in all likelihood
had destroyed more than 100000
plumage birds.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-19
ANTISEPTlC sURGERYS RISE.
Illustrated by the Growth of One Sur.
gica1 Dressing House.

&1Cdl dressing mousse
Charles Edwin Wilson, who repre-
sents corporation devoted exclusive
ly to the manufacture Of surgical
dressings, talked interestingly Of this
important industry:
perhaps no variety of business has
made such strides in the last ten years
as the manufacture of surgical dress
ings," he said. 1T is only within a
decade that the art of surgery has
taken it's advanced place IN the world
Of science, and the dressings used in
that time have advanced from the
crude and often insanitary kind to the
chemically pure, antiseptic dressings
of to-day. A few years ago one tray
cling man could cover several States
for our company; now in great many
States we have man whose entire en-
ergies are devoted to that State. Our
business is one which does not bring
us in contact with the general public
Our dealings are with the physicians,
druggists, and especially with the hos
pitfalls.
can idea Of the magnitude to which
the business has grown may be gained
from the fact that there are four fac
tories in the country devoted to the
manufacture of surgical dressings. The
company which represent has So
buildings in it's plant, with floor area
Of 100000 square feet, or about IL
acres. More than 1000 operatives are
constantly employed at the plant.
last year, in the item of surgical
gauze alone, our company manufac-
tured 100000 yards. We manufac-
tured 100000 pounds Of absorbent
cotton, and 100000 porous plasters,
which, while they cannot properly be
called surgical dressings, are manufac
tured by those who make these goods
"The raw cotton fiber consumed in
our factory alone during the year
amounted to a little more than s.,
100000 pounds. SO that it is evident
that there is much greater demand
for surgical dressings and appliances
than there was a few years ago, and,
as I have said, our patrons demand
and will accept nothing but the best
and most improved dressings. Mil
waukee Sentinel
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-19

The happiest people are those who
do not need much government, and
not needing it, do not have it forced
upon them. The best President and
the best Congress are not always those
which do the most, but rather those
which are wise enough to discriminate
and do we'll the little that ought to be
done. Running the government as it
is regularly established, in it's unchang-
ing and perfunctory relations to the
people, is a big enough contract to
keep a great many capable men busy.
without the invention of new schemes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-19
A Cheerful View.

When Ozias Ransomc Of Potterville
saw the bill rendered by the physician
who had ministered to his ills fol-
three days in New York, he puckered
his lips and gave shrill whistle.
my stars, OH, you aren't going to
give that man any such sum O money
as that, now are your demanded his
wife, with much spirit. You know
it's eXtortion-you know" But to
her amazement Mr. Ransome placed
his hands in his pockets and tipped
back the hotel chair in a position that
indicated peace Of mind.
Nov see here, Eudory," he said
TRANQUILITY, II didn't sense it at first,
but when you consider that in Potter
vile I'd have had to be sick most six
months to run up a bill O. that size,
we've got something to be thankful
for that l was took with that spell
here, stead of at home"
Mrs. Ransome pressed her hand to
her forehead.
But supposing you had only been
sick those three days at home, and
she began, with bewildered air,
finding small comfort in her husbands
reasoning, why, then"
We've no need to suppose" said
Mr.. Ransome, with cheerful firmness.
We've got to take the DEGREES Of
Providence jest as they come. You
dwell on the thought Of my being
saved six months in bed right in the
heat O. summer"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-19
C|yEER SroRlB

s~~~NN~-~~~~S~~
Argentina has nearly one-third the
area Of the United States, but only
100000 population. Her resources
could easily support 100000 people.
A Pennsylvania man who is 81, and
who splits wood every day for exer-
else, says that he Is able to do so
because he has used tobacco freely all
his life, and has SO kept in good
health.
Women beggars in London, who
think that they can excite more pity,
and so get more money, if they have a
baby with them, can rent baby for
IL cents day at several places in
the city.
A Bible which was said to have
once belonged to Shakespeare, and
which had autographs of his in 1t, re-
Gently sold for 500 in London. 1t
was an imprint Of the second edition
Of the King James version.
Baron Hancko says that the well-to-
do Japanese live about the same as
Americans. For breakfast they have
coffee from the Philippines, condensed
milk from Chicago, bread made from
Minneapolis -four, a paper printed on
pulp from Wisconsin 9nd a cigarette
from Cairo.
A burglar recently broke into a
house in Switzerland, and during his
visit started to eat an apple. He only
bit into it, but left the marks Of his
teeth in the skin. The police took up
the clew, arrested the burglar from
his teeth marks, and the man con-
fessed the crime.
Victoria will probably be the first
British colony to levy tax on amuse-
ments to support local charitable insti-
tutions. Mr. Bent, the premier, pro-
poses a tax Of a penny on every shil-
ling spent for theater tickets, and the
theatrical managers are much alarmed
They say that it will cut off s per
cent Of their profits.
Mrs. Carrie Sawnee, living near Rog-
ers, Ark, has just completed a self
imposed fast of forty-eight days. She
weighed 24O pounds at the beginning
of her fast, and it was for the pur-
pose of reducing her weight that the
task was undertaken. She now weighs
200 pounds. She subsisted entirely ON
water, and is in the best Of health.
A man hopelessly lost in the bush
in South Australia, after wandering
about for four days, came across the
telegraph line between Adelaide and
Port Darwin. He had not the strength
to so further, but managed to break
the wire. He then made himself as
comfortable as possible and waited.
The telegraph repairers were sent
along the line, and they came to the
wanderer in time to save his life.
The Texarkana (Tex.) Courier pub
lished this problem in arithmetic for
the glory of the State Of Texas 'eThis
will help you to figure out just how
large Texas really is: If you have a
star mathematician in your family, tell
him the number of square miles there
are in the big State, then tell him the
population of the globe; then ask him
if all the people in the world were
placed in Texas and it's soil divided
out among them per capita, how large
would the mans farm be who had a
wife and two children! When he gets
through figuring, then whisper in his
ear: More than half an acre"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-19
CHURCHES GROWING STRONGER
Percentage of Growth Exceeds Ratio
of Increase in Population.

| Percentage of Growth Exceeds Ratio
of Increase in Population.
Nearly all religious sects, as their
figures Of growth for last year are
announced, show a larger percentage
Of increase than in previous years, and
in several denominations the ratio of
growth exceeds the usual ratio Of in
crease in the population. This is nota-
bly, the case in the Episcopal church,
says the New York Herald, which last
year gained 3 per cent on its mem
bership Of the previous year, while
the population growth is estimated at
about 2 per cent. The Episcopal church
has added 25,915 to its membership,
making its present figures SO7, 351.
In the Presbyterian church the in
crease in membership last year was
at the rate Of 27a per cent, the gain in
members being 27,431, and the total
number 1,094,908. The year before the
gain was 2 is per cent. TIE Southern
Presbyterian church, much smaller
body than the Northern, having but
239,8SS members, gained per cent last
year.
From advance sheets Of the Method
ist Year Book, published recently, it
Is learned that that body also gained
more in membership last year than
in the previous one. The ratio Is not
SO large as in the other bodies named,
but was 4-5 per cent or almost as
much as the estimated ratio Of popula-
ton growth. For the previous year
the Methodist ratio was only 1 per
cent. The body has now 1904, 735
members. of whom about 100000 are
connected with foreign conferences and
missions.
The Reformed Church Of America,
the first denomination to establish a
church on Manhattan Island, has long
been outstripped in numbers and
growth by other bodies although 1t
has remained fairly strong in New
York city and along the Hudson and
Mohawk valleys. 1t now has 1920
members, and it's growth last year was
at the rate Of ~ per cent.
A religious body that has been max
ing rapid strides in the last decade,
although it has not gained much
strength in this section, is the Dis
ciples of Christ, which is strongest in
the Middle West. Its membership, as
just reported, is 1,233,9S4, and it
gained last year 33, 143 members, per
centage Of nearly two and three-quar-
ters.
It Is stated in the Presbyterian
Handbook for 1905 that the religious
of the world have 1,430,000,O00 adher-
ents, divided as follows: Christianity,
AT, O8O, 1853; Confucianism, 100000;
Hinduism, 190,0OO,OO0; Mohammedan-
ism, 176S34, 1872; Buddhism, 147,900,-
OOO;Taoism and Shintoism, 100000;
Judaism, 100000, and various heath
en- faiths, 118,129,479.
The adherents of Christianity are di-
vided into the following branches: Ro-
man Catholic, 23O,S66, 533; Protestant,
143, 237, 625; Greek church, 9S,016,O00;
Church Of Abyssania, 100000; Coptic
church, 100000; Armenian church,
100000; HISTORIANS and Jacobites,
10000.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-19

An Oberlin doctor says man would
live to be $50 years old, and in full
possession Of his mental and physical
vigor, II he would observe the laws Of
health. Think how hard it would be
to live with a man who had passed
through $50 winters and still retained
his memory and powers of speech.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-19
Burglar Caught by Megaphore.

An old lady who lived on the out
skirts of Chicora, Pa, discovered
burglar in her home one night recent
", and Immediately mounted to the
roof with a megaphone. This she used
to such effect that she aroused the en-
tire neighborhood, with the result that
the burglar was captured.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-19

When the women see the heroine in
the hero's arms on the stage; when
they read in the last chapter of Il
book that the hero and heroine are
embracing, how they applaud! But
when they see the man next door kiss
his wife good-by before starting for
work, how they laugh, and wonder
thow long it will last"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-19

John L. Sullivan gives it as his opn-
ion that DR.. Osler is "a chump" John
L., too, is edging along toward the linn
Ii Of Notwithstanding to DR.. Os-
ler's theory, we mean, Of course.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-19

AS a result Of the conditions dis
closed by the testimony before the
committee that has been considering
the protests against allowing Reed
Smoot to represent Utah in the Senate,
the demand for national marriage
and divorce law has been revived. Be
fore such law can be passed it will
be necessary to extend the powers of
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-19

Prof. Barrett Wendell says the
Americans are the most idealistic peo-
pie on earth. Unfortunately, however,
there are a good many things that
make it pretty hard for us to achieve
our ideals.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-19

Who started that debate over the
question, "Shall the old clergyman be
shotW Whoever he was may find
grounds for proceeding against Mr..
Osler for infringement of copyright.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-19

The man who Wills money to col
lege is always considered by his rela-
tives to be crazy, Notwithstanding the
Stephen Girards, the Peter Coopers
and their likes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-19

a Partisan who sought a divorce
from his wife on the ground that she
played the piano from morning till
night was refused the divorce by the
court, which held that the grievance
was neither pertinent nor admissible"
How could the court tell that if it did
not hear her play?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-19

There is still some hope for the race.
A college student who was hazed is
suing the college for damages instead
OF proudly preserving the scars to ex-
hibit them so that the boys at home
might die of jealousy.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-19

A Harvard professor declares that
the solar system is tipping over Now
it's about time for people to get to-
gether and abolish the tipping custom
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-19

The Novoe Vremya says: "The Rus
sian army has not suffered defeat in
the full sense Of the word" Does de
feat mean less in Russian than it does
in English?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-19

A man asks for a divorce from his
wife because she makes heavy pan
cakes. Certainly this is a weighty rea-
son.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-19

An inquirer asks: "Why does the
world turn around?" Probably to see
what is going on.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-19
Way to Make Good Roads.

IT claim to have settled the good
roads question:" said D. w. King, of
Missouri, to State roundup farmers
institute in Battle Creek, Mich, "but
my solution is so simple that it is not
readily accepted" Then he went on
to tell his method. He insists that
roads may be made good and kept in
fine condition by the use Of very
simple implement called drag. He
exhibited a small model Of his road
machine, which is constructed more
like a raft than an ordinary farm
drag. A perfect road, he claimed, must
be oval, hard and smooth, all Of which
conditions are easily brought about by
the use Of this device, which is so
simple that a boy Of - may operate
it, and so inexpensive that every farm
er may own one. Some who were pres
ent signifed their intention of making
the experiment, although there was
general incredulity.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-19
WiIEingto Prove IL.

Are you certain you can keep a Sc
cret?"
positive. Give me a three days
trial and see'
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-19

There would be no complaint in this
age against the fast young man if he
would only go in the right direction.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-19
just on Trial.

We know that wealth is not worth while,
But under certain circumstances
Perhaps we might accept a pile
And take our chances.