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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16

A writer in one of the current maya
zines directs attention to a new pro-
fession that has arisen in this coun-
tly-the profession Of getting hurt, by
which money is extorted from rail-
roads and other corporations. If the
corporations would show more eager
ness to settle bona fide claims and a
disposition to pursue to the end the
prosecutor Of bogus ones public sym
pathy would aid them powerfully in
putting an end to the new profession.
The policy very often followed of
treating all claims alike and scaling
each down to the lowest cent after the
longest possible delay is responsible
not only for the growth of the get-hurt-
quick people, but for the comparative
lack Of public indignation at the new
species Of fraud.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16
A distinguished English physician is

A distinguished English physician is
authority for the statement that many
a headache, from which a woman suf-
fers upon returning from a shopping
tour, walk or a ride, is due to the
strain upon the leverage Of the roots
of the hair, caused by the action Of
the wind upon large hats. Headaches
hurt, but hats are handsome. Posi-
bly, some millinery genius Will invent
feminine headgear in which it will be
possible to take a double reef wnen
the winds blow high and low and call
for undue strain upon the hair roots
that make for women's crowns of
glory.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16
Some People Know.

"Well, it amt SO bad as it might be.
this hotel clerk job,'' said young man
who has recently taken place behind
the desk at a down town house. Il
wasn't on duty an hour before I saw
that 1 had a soft snap in a good many
ways. You see a clerk is in position
to advise the guests where to go for
amusement, where to shop, where to
go out for dinner, and so on. I've
been offered discounts on haberdash-
cry and clothing. I've got two passes
here from a theater and an annual pass
to a summer garden. I guess some
body knows little about a hotel
clerks position"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16
THESE TOADS ARE CANNIBAL.
Love for Flesh of Their Own Kind Got
Them Into Trouble.

Il
Them Into Trouble.
The muster roll of frogs in the
aquarium of the Zoo has been decreas-
ing Of late. Yesterday the cause was
found. A cannibal frog 1.-TWO Of them
in fact was at the bottom Of the
mystery. They had been living sumpt-
uousty.
One day last week two giant marine
toads from the West Indies went to
dwell in the aquarium. It was not
known at the time that they had can
nibalistic tendencies. They came from
the New York Zoo, but the donors
must have forgotten to warn the Phil
adelphia Zoo officials that the toads
were fond Of frog diet. Their recep-
ton in the frog colony was marked
with GOODNESS.
Bull frogs and piping frogs alike
eyed the newcomers with distrust.
They had ample cause, as was later
shown. One by one the smaller frogs
began to disappear. Two small alliga-
tors first came under the ban of sus-
picion They were removed That
night two more frogs vanished. A tur-
tie was next looked upon with distrust
and removed from the frog tank. Still
the small frogs continued to disappear.
Yesterday one Of the marine toads
was caught red-handed. Keeper Bow
ers was looking in the tank, when sud-
denly there was great commotion in
the water. The submarine ferns and
grass waved wildly. One toad-the
largest-was hunting and small frog
was swimming the race of his life. He
lost and the big fellow seemed to smile
As he gulped the little one down. 1t
will probably be the last frog he will
eat for long time unless he decides
to devour his mate. The marine toads
are now in a separate tank, spending
heir time looking regretfully across
the room at the home they left.
Another rare toad arrived in this
city under peculiar circumstances last
week and the Zoo is now its home. It,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16

The ancient belief in an elixir of
life Is not abandoned. A Chicago pro-
fessor is arguing gravely that it is not
impossible for modern men to live as
long as did Methuselah. All that Is
required is to discover what the DIFF
ferent tissues of the body need for
food and to give each tissue the exact
amount that is wanted. This scientist
believes, as the old alchemists did, that
man, having eaten Of the fruit Of the
tree Of knowledge, may be able to put
forth his hand and eat Of the tree Of
life, in spite Of the flaming sword
meant to keep man away from it. Our
eating is entirely empirical" says the
learned scientist. That is his way Of
stating the fact that we eat whatever
we please whenever we can get it. We
eat to appease our hunger and please
our palates, and know and care less
about the tissues and their needs than
Of any other earthly subject. Men eat
unscientifically and will continue to do
oO LII SpAtC VI any O(hSiilC VI OlClCliNH.
If we fed ourselves as nationally as
We feed our horses, or even our dogs,
we would undoubtedly have longer life
and better health. But human life is
more than merely physical. We have
life separate from that Of the animals.
The spirit has much to do in making
mans life long and more in making it
sweet. There are men and women
young at 90 and others old at so. The
physical health may be no better in
the one class than in the other. But
the difference lies in the mental and
tempermental makeup. The man young
at 90 has viewed the world sanely,
has fitted himself into his environ
ment, has had worthy purposes and
carried them out without unnecessary
friction. The truest elixir Of life con-
sists in a wholesome spirit. Every man
must be his own alchemist.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16

Too much must not be expected Of
the liberal movement in Russia.
Spasms Of any kind are prone to be
short-lived. When the pressure Of the
present stress Is withdrawn the grand
ducal party will almost certainly re-
assert its reactionary influence. Every
reform that amounts to anything is a
matter of slow growth.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16
Hard 10 Get At.

An English barrister, arguing before
the criminal court, says Answers, re-
marked with much solemnity to the
presiding justice:
my lord, there is honor among
thieves"
The justice looked at him severely,
There is gold in sea-water," he re-
piled. "But it cannot be extracted in
profitable quantities. Go on, sir"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16

The periwak feather in the Prince Of
Wales coronet is said to be valued at
$4,000, but If they ever get popular
the millinery stores will have them at
$3.50.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16

Mr.. III. Lehr of Newport can't under
stand why there is so much hatred of
the rich by people who work. Not all
people who work hate the rich. There
Is Mr.. Lehr's friend, Willie X. Wander
bilt, Jr., for instance. 1t is reported
that he has recently gone to work.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16
HEADREST ON THE WASHSTAND.

Designed for the Aid of the Shampoo
Artist.
A very simple but efficient headrest
for the use Of the shampoo artist is
disclosed in a recent patent granted to
a Los Angeles man. Everyone has ex-
perienced the discomfort Of leaning
over the wash bowl while under the
manipulation of the barber, but despite
the millions of victims few have had
the ingenuity to suggest a simple form
of rest to relieve the cramped neck and
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16

An Oklahoma woman wants a d.
vorce because her husband has been
reading the Bible to a charming littl0
widow. Some women just can't thinls
Of having their sisters saved.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16

Another shot has been aimed at Mr..
Cleveland on account Of his onslaught
against women's clubs. The president
Of the New Jersey Federation stigma
ties him as "the greatest sage who
lives in the shadow Of a New Jersey
university" But, unfortunately, Mr..
Cleveland Is bombproof.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16

Russia's new Parliament may be all
right, but to outsiders it would seem
that body consisting Of a Gosudar-
stvennaia Duma and a Gosudarstven-
naia Soviet started out under an awful
handicap.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16
Philanthropy Defined.

Willie-What is philanthropy, dad?
Father-That feeling, my son, which
we have when we see somebody aw-
fully hard up which prompts us to ask
somebody else to relieve him.-New
Yorker.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16

Now that Lillian Russell has given
magazine readers her views on "How
to Keep a Husband" David Bennett
Hill might further edify them with an
article on "The Advantages Of Early
Marriage"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16
Abstemious General Booth,

General William Booth, Of the Sal
walton Army, neither smokes, drinks
nor eats meat and but OCCASIONALLY
tastes fruit
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16
LhOSing Lhassa.

A lhassie was lhost down in Lhassa,
A cowboy just tried to walk phassa,
She snatched all his cash
And was off with dash
But he lhassoed the lhass lhost
Lhassa.
New York Evening Sun.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16

A London paper says Mr.. Carnegie
is living like a duke. 1t was hardly
to be expected that he would live likq
q coachman.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16

An Indiana judge has decided that
the Anti Cigarette law is constitution
81, but that if man wants to smoke
he can. There must be Scotch blood
in the veins Of this jurist
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16

There are more hump-backed people
in Spain than anywhere else in tho
world. Sometimes we almost feel
ashamed Of having whipped Spain.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16

secure the result which they were seek
ing. She knows that no assistance Is
better than too much If we are to have
independent and self-reliant men for
the future
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16

Those who get their information
from theaters might imagine that
Japan lives in an atmosphere Of comic
opera. The powers know better.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16

When a tall girl announces her en-
gagement to an out Of town man, cv-
cry one inquiries, rs he as tall as she
isY
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16

The trusts will take their feet out Of
the trough whenever the people quit
feeding them.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16

OF course a bridegroom goes with
every bride, but be doesn't count for
any more than father at a mothers
congress.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16

We don't blame the children. We
have done worse than kick and scream
TO have our way.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16

1t is suspicion in every mans
mind that his family never gets half
the f:uit his wife puts up.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16

What has become of the old-fash,
toned farmer who wore q leatnea
stall on his sore finger?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16

Nan Patterson's abandonment Of her
stage career Is handsome tribute 10
American theatergoers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16
ScOrns to Own I'm.

A girl with a corni
She's a creature forlorn,
Her steps are six inches
Long, her shoe pinches
And if she is pretty,
She's an object Of pity,
For she'll never acknowledge that
corn!
Not she! Though the pain
Is intense, she'll explain
How her shoes are SO much
Too big, they don't touch
Her feet anywhere.
And that, she'll declare,
Is the cause of her limp-it's sprain!
Cleveland Leader.
First Lesson in A, B, C's.
A for apple,
Green and round;
B for Benny,
Tanned and Drowned;
G for collie,
Worst of ills;
D for doctor
With his pills.
Detroit Tribune.
So much that Is supposed to look
,coguettish really looks untidy.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16
First Lesson in A, B, C's.

So much that is supposed to look
,coguettish really looks untidy.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16
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trude Atherton has dedicated book 10
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-16
OLD ROCK ALUM
GREETS 0tD. FRIENDS
Progressive Euchre in Full Blast.
You Should All See the
Kelly Twins.
Especial to The Times Dispatch3

Especial to The Times DlSpatch,)
RocKBRIDGE ALUM SPRINGS. VA,
July 1A-Perhaps the charm that brings
me back to tho Rookbridge Alum year
after year is the feeling that despite I'M
provements certain things do not chance
There will still DO the old-fashioncd
lawn with It's wide circle OF white port.
cold hotels and cottages; tho same
white lady will glimmor down on you
from tho top of the spring house; and
the old Corners will return to help sou
catalogue all new arrivals; but best OF
all Miss Betty Clark will be there, whose
advent always heralds n good time and
gay card parties
Many who return yearly have bean
coming In during the past week.
Mrs, Eleanor Waddill, OF Richmond,
has Joined her daughters In the Gothic.
and Mrs. Charlie Mayer, Miss Mayer,
Miss Frances Mayer Eugene and Leon
ard Mayer, OF Norfolk, occupy cottage
In Kentucky Row.
Mrs. Harry l.. Lowenherg, with her
three children, Gladys. Lucille and De
Hruceton and maid, are In the Jefferson
cottage. #a
Mrs G, D. Wlngheld AfIss Eleanor and
Master Carey Wingneld, OF Richmond,
are also back this season,
Rocky Mount, N, G., continues to send
It's weekly quota, The arrivals from that
point since last week arc Mr.. and Mrs.
James @, Draswell, Master James and
Roland Braswell, Mrs. r, @. burton. Mr..
and Mrs. w. c. Woodland, and W, G,
Woodland. Jr,
Mr. and Mrs. q G, Mayo and child,
Nashville. Tenn, have taken a cottage in
Kentucky row.
Other arrivals OF tho week arc Miss
Kate Jones, Miss Hayes Or, Stuart
hlacI.ean, j: w. Stewart, ]. g, Hudgens,
Richmond; Gordon Bryan, New York;
Miss Betty Clark, Fredericksburg; !.
Goodlctt, spartanburg, 8 CT; Mrs. Good
lett. Atlanta, and Edwin Hobson, Jrn
Richmond,
merry coaching party arrived on
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-16

2 yfs9 * x
Charlotte, N. CT; Miss Grace King, Miss
Bertha Leeds. New Orleans; Miss Rob
inson. Evansville; Mrs r. c. Daley,
Texas; Mrs. S. Hughes schoolfleld. son
and maid S. c.; Mr.. and Mrs 3. J.
Kohman and son. Mrs A. Teah. Mobile,
Ala: st. George Seousset. sewaree,
Tenn: Thomas j. Murray and wife.
Lynchburg: Mr.. and Mrs. L. 6. Council.
Mrs. q. W. Council, Miss Annie Council.
Americus. Ca: Mrs James Pridgcn. At
lanta: i. G.. Brand, louisiana; T.. l..
Mays and son, Pembroke. Va: e.. :. G.
Mills and wife, G. g. Mills. Jr., Griffin.
Va. G.. A.. MCGOWAN and wife, louisiana a
f. M. Seldom. England; Mrs, W. T..
Luckert and son. Mr.. and Mrs j. w.
Compton and family. Vicksburg. Miss:
r.. i. Erambert and wife, Farmyille;
Miss Mary WILDER. a. 6. Elicit, w e..
seldom. C. J. Lewis. Alabama; Mrs. l..
~. Bailey and children. Miss J.. r. Hem
ming. Mrs. cassell. Mrs. George schoen,
Richmond; Misses Campbell.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-16

,,ondov Consisting of Mr.. and Mrs. C.,
a1oNu". a,s. ,,ort,,o p,.ton
II. Fn*ton aHo fn'ss tn'.' We s." so'''
Natural Bridges Miss Nell Brockenoor'
ourh Lexington. and Miss Annie il
49,, go. :. o,,so,,,,,o MIA
Sha'''plat''' 1aphso"N"'e' - vi
Mrs Lowenberg enteFta'ns ct cares al
most daily at her attractive cottage,
Az. ronno,, ond Mrs sna,S,nc nre
.s' a,"on $50, 49,, a,oh.a
f. WHIST aeVoless wv sayeN'''aHu e"'1t'. :
and bridge keep others busy. The guests
assembled Tuesday evening for a euchre
- ~. = ~ A
p ,r OF s.A LADIES ~, 49,. - =
me p.hyofs Ware M, th I'm, MIS-, " 5,,,I y.
Mays, MFs, El.A,'or maeu',i. MIS-, :, t laI
~ b., A' NJ, nd lew" Ms Kn,,v Mrs
,p, ten Ms MI v a,h mr' rs a., ,s
touhR; hrs LoWeno HrIn Mrs' S sE
Mls' MoMs.ll Mrs, us t.tNu, MI ~, ,a IL
NJ Nooaala' Misses r Ilayss' Si iaah
aMiekar, INV az Aessrs' oAn ,, '''1o"'
oSpotHe, ~ auuI'i A,au NJ tu S,a. .,.o,
MISS be..S .,usN WI 49,. .au's3 ME- NJ.
NJ osporne wy ssn''st''un =, amo ~ ~,
reahpsrton 1enm ~" noAso''''oA l''AS'
Mrs, Inomas was se a,a,,o,nad o,rd.
a,sn ns.tF nn,n ou ~, hon" ~ - Ms
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-26
Goodbye, Old Walls!

ne t,,,ro aver was tln cyc-sofc, ali Of
fenslve cyc-sore, to the people Oh tl''s
community, 1t Is the charred remains Is
OF the rear end Of the Jefferson fiot ''1'
Those hideous old smoked walls nave
stood there for years, n constant AIRS ON
ia Tic enterprise Of this community anu
a grin notice 10 visitors that Richmond
was not able to maintain such q. hotei
as the jefferson was IN ITS or'g ll1hN
proportions 1t is an open secret thut
when the jefferson Hotel was destroyed
II had built up splendid patronage,
and was more than paying It's expenses
with every promise of5soon paying dlVi-
derds. But III spite Of that is was only
partially restored, and every guest VINO
IA mo was reminded not only that the
original hotel had been DESTROYED ny
fire, butrthnt the owners were either I'M
able or unwilling to restore II IN Whoie.
Richmond has had a season Of phenomo-
mi prospcrty, and there has been an
unprecedented building boom, yet there
the charred walls of the jefferson have
remained, as though monument to past
glorlcs and better days, a pitiful sisr
of decay. II was unfair to this city Of
progress ana prosperity, and we are
unspeakably gratlfied that the work Of
tearing away the begrlmed and uncallny
ruins has begun. Within a year The
beautiful building will have been re-
stored. The world will then know that
this great hotel was not too great for
Richmond, and that 1t was through no
fault OF Richmond that Il was not re-
built as soon as. possible after It was
destroyed.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-26
Roanoke INDICATED.

Some time lack we poked a little fun
at Roanoke City on the score of a story
sent out from that place to the effect
that Bob Conway, a negro, who had
served Il term In the penitcntiary for
killing his wife, petItioned the court to
send him back to prison and let him
end his days there. as he preferred life
in that institution to life In Roanoke
City. The Roanoke Evening World
makes good natured reply, In which
ii says: but bear In mind. Bob did
not ask to ibc sent back and turned
loose in Richmond. That would have
been tough on Roanoke in fact" Elk
cellcnt thrust! "a hit, palpable hit"
Our witty contemporary then explains
that Bob had no objection to Roanoke
as place of residence, tho trouble
with him being that he has a grim
dread OF ghosts and feared that the
ghost OF his murdered wife would haunt
him We accept the explanation Mt It's
face value and receive II gladly. We
were genuinely distressed to hear hat
any man, no matter what his station
in life. preferred the pcnitcntiary to
Roanoke. We are also pleused that
our contemporary. in spite of Its IN
tense loyalty to Roanoke, Is able to take
a harmless joke in the spirit In which
ii was written. 1t Is not always tho
case with our Virginia contemporaries.
| our experience Is thai tho most serious
thing under tho sun. generally speaking.
lis a newspaper joke. when some person
| or place changes TO be lhe brlnt OF
II. But sometimes the temptation TO
poke n little fun at ncighkrlng town
Is too great to be overcome and In nine
out of ton such indiscrctions VIC have
to pay tho penalty by making an alb
| jcct apology. 1t Ia with pleasure that
we record tho Roanoke Joke ms rare
and honorable exception,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-26
Can Poverty Be Abolished2

IN Boston contemporary, Mr.. John
Graham Brooks, author OF "Tbe Social
Unrest" and well known as student
III economies discusses the question,
"Can Poverty be Aholishcd?" The sub
ject being rather n large ono, We could
scarcely expect to find II fully disposed
OF within the dimensions OF n newspaper
column. and Mr. Brooks has contcnted
himself with merely throwing out SEN
s.blc hint or two, He has laid his finger
or the crucial spot, however. in observing
| that tho real problem that ronfronts lls
| is not how TO abolish poverty, but how
to provide conditions under which pow
er,y might remain abolished A solution
to be Of value, must offer guarantees
of It's own permanence.
If the mere act Of doing away Will
poverty were all that had to DO con.
sidcred. the problem would be relatiyel,
simple. The Importantly 10 tackle 4
would be only the shccrest delight Il
the Socialists. It would be nothing butlt
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-26

every turn, but abe did not cornuer
the Czar, and 1t seems TO lis that tho
terms OF peace tete altogether quite
tavdrablo to Japan. q first Of all she
made Russia recognize the perpendicular
interest froiti political, military and s eco.
g,iot,cai pontss6f view Sof Jnph1, in 8t F!
5 TSmpra Of 1Sorest. This III the VoeV
i first article Of the treaty Japan ga,hlean1
Z the one thing for which SHE went %
war. In addition she made Rusaln
surrender all her rights III Manchursa,
Including Port Arthur and the rallfo'fl
md thus Russia Is mnde to terminate
hcr great sii,erinn road at vladieostoi;,
which Is during many months OF ny
year closed Il by impossible Ice. sNe
made Russia cede to her hnlf OF tIie
Island Of snkhallt.S sic acquired ya al ia
lie fishing rights made Russia pay t1 '''1
tho maintenance Of prisoners ana acdu'lr-
ed valuable property Of one sort or ; m q n,
other which will Yield her round sum II
Of money. She has effectunlly stopped
Russian cncronchmcnt nnd gained gained far
moro than shc could reasonably nave
. n . .
hoped to gain wien she began the
fight.
IS DR.. Rcnsch intimatcs that JAPAN was was
deprived or her advantage and mace la
to give up her demand for indemnity ntlt'r,
through tho superior: diplomacy OF M; NJ
1vitte, (. Not. so. During the war INC INC
sy,npathics OF the whole world were
largely with Japan. but when she uo-
mnntlcd an enormous Indemnity IN az Ruu-.
diton to all other demands, publlc sen
tlment failed to sustain her. And pup
Tic sentiment rules the world Vo o''
pot1ul vox del is not Il, edn IN 'es's'
n1,rnse. 1t Is Wiser and sobcrcr TO
lhearken to the voice OF a fair, minded min ls
people than to yield contrariwise TO the
dctum Of princes Japan knew t ma ny ny
great public did not Judge that she was
entitled 10 n war indemnity ana she sI
wisely Withdrew the deriinaid. 81,