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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-03
From the Eish.Eve View

It occurred to Prof r. w. Wood re-
Gently to try to represent by under-wa.
ter photography the appearance of the
out-of-water world as viewed by the
eyes of fish. The results are very
curious, depending on the refraction
of light by water. For instance, with
a box filed with water, having a
Photographic plate at the back and a
pinhole covered with glass at the
front, the situation of a fish looking
out Of the side of an aquarium is inn
itated With such an arrangement
Prof. Wood found that all three sides
and the complete ceiling and floor Of
a room could be photographed at one
view. Placed at a point where three
streets meet at a right angle, it gave
a view looking down all three
streets, including the ground up to the
base of the tripod and the sky from
the horizon to the zenith. From a bal
loon such a camera would photograph
the whole visible surface of the earth
out to the horizon on all Sides
Youths Companion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-03
BE KIND TO ANIMALS.

Keep not the helpless animals in
insufficient shelter, and leave no Gre
vice through which the wintry air,
perhaps driven by biting wind and
laden with driving snow, may pene-
trate. Animals insufficiently housed
require more food. Nature is not de-
ceiVed. Forthwith she takes a due
portion of the food consumed, and
which otherwise would be converted
into strengthening muscle and con-
verts it into a fuel food, the purpose
Of which is to keep the body warm.
A horse needs rest the same as 3
human, and that rest he cannot get
any more than human being can If
he is insufficiently sheltered, underfed
or overworked, even. He becomes
grabbed, just as would a human being
under like conditions. His power to
work is materially lessened; he wears
out faster than if properly taken care
of; he deteriorates in value.-The DC
cident.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-03
DOG HAD APPENDICITIS.
FIinI1y, Mascot of Torpedo Boat, Ate
Too Much Muck.


Too Much Muck.
A vermiform appendix containing
some portion Of the West Indies was
taken from Flinkey mascot of the tor
pedo boat Hoskins, the other DAY by DR..
G. r. Hartman, says the Philadelphia
correspondent of the New York Mail.
The operation was performed at the
dog and cat hospital in the presence of
several bluejackets.
Flinkey is skye terrier, and is be-
lieved to be the first dog in the United
States navy to have appendicitis.
He always had a fine appetite, and
when the Hoskins was in West Indian
ports he would frequently get shore
leave, but as soon as the Hoskins set
sail for League Island the inactivity Of
sea life began to tell on him.
"FIinkey's seasick," said one of the
sailors.
"And it's dangerous in animals, too, .
nodded another. 1--WE heard tell Of cat
tie and horses dying of it, and any cir
Gus man will tell you that the minute
an elephant gets seasick they get the
tackle ready to have him overheard"
Permission was obtained to send Film
key to the sick bay, but the surgeon said
that he was not prepared to give the
case the scientific treatment it required.
He thought Flinkey had appendicitis,
and he prescribed a course of treatment
which kept him alive until the vessel
reached port.
This advice was taken and a delega-
ton was appointed to see that FIinkey
got fair play. He was laid on a table
and etheriZed. Then an incision was
made in his right side and his appendix
removed. The superfuous innard was
found to contain chunks of dirt and a
number of stones, all of which he must
have picked up in the West Indies.
Flinkey came out of the anesthetic in
good shape, and his physician predicts
that he will recover
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-03
Do THEY PLAY MARBLES

Perhaps the strangest material ever
used in building a school is that found
cheapest in the town of New England,
N. D. The structure is built entirely
of agates. Of course, we do not mean
such agates as small boys use in play
ing marbles. 1t is wholly Of petrified
wood which there is very plentiful up
on the prairies. 1t is said that the
material has been put together in
most artistic fashion, so as to bring
out it's beauty, and that when the
sun shines the building glistens like
crystal" Where the school house is
SO hard, probably the hardest of les.
sons will by contrast seem not really
hard at all. But, on the other hand,
with so bright a school house, how
dull must the brightest scholars ap-
pear!-St. Nicholas.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-03
Clocks.

The invention of clocks is by nc
means a modern one. Clocks which
were run by weights were used by the
Saracens at the time of the Crusades,
and some authorities state that they
were invented by Pacifcus as early as
the ninth century.
In the works of Dante are references
to machines which struck the hours,
and clocks must have been used in
Italy about the end of the thirteenth
century. The oldest clock Of which
there is any certain record was erected
in a tower in the palace of Charles V.
of France in 1864.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-03

Yesterday we were asked If we ever
saw a baldheaded woman. We answer
ed, NO." we never did, nor did we ever
Sc a woman Waiting around town In
her shirt sleeves with a cigar in her
teeth and running into every saloon she
saw. We have never seen a woman go
fishing with a bottle in her pocket, sit
on the damp ground all day and come
home drunk at night. Nor have we ever
seen woman yank off her coat and say
she could lick any man in town.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-03
A WOUNDED GRIZZLY.

A wounded grizzly is a mean thing
to fight, and if there is a tree handy
it is a pretty good thing to climb if
anything gets wrong with your shoot
ing irons. l do not think a grizzly
will climb a tree, though brown and
black bears will. Any bear is pref
ty sure to fight if crippled, but
know there is this difference between
a black or brown bear and a grizzly:
If you meet a black bear face to face
Unexpectedly, give him five seconds
and he will be out of sight, put meet
a grizzly the same way and give him
five seconds and you will be out Of
business.
About the most fascinating way to
hunt bear, which is even better than
night work, is to trail him right to
his home, and meet him in broad day.
light on his own doorstep, as it
were. 1t can be done, but everything
must be just right. The ground might
be covered with a light fall Of snow,
and the snow ought to be melting.
Then the tWigs won't break. One has
to be very careful, and when bruin
is found, which is generally at the
foot Of large tree, one must never
forget that instead of one there may
be two, and in that case, one must
be able to shoot fast and straight,
and implicit confidence in the gun he
carries is about the best stock in
trade man can possess About the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-03
AUTOMATIC DOOR.

Still another road pointing to lazi-
ness is a door which opens automat-
ically. Why anybody should be re-
iieved Of the little exertion necessary
TO open a door is hard to explain. OF
course. it is useful in a few ways. If
person is burdened with an armfuI OF
articles, it would be very advantageous
TO step on a button when approaching
the door and have 1t open without fur
tier effort. 4 San Diego, Cal, man has
invented a door which thus opens and
closes automatically. When about six
feet on either side of the door the per-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-03

ing" conversation; still another mast
fill every moment with some form Of
merry-making But so-called occupa:
ton Is not all of life. The world has
q message for the modern woman
which can be heard only by an attentive
ear, carefully practiced to catch the
whisper by cloud and forest, meadow
and mountain. Beside the great
thoughts written on wave and plain the
printed page must often seem trivial.
The secrets Of nature are not easily set
forth in words. The man who watches
year after year the changes of ocean,
the pageant of the heavens, the Oncom-
ing of spring and the fading brilliance
of autumn has learned more than he
can tell. Life death and Immortality
hold deeper meanings for him than for
his less reflective neighbor. On a won
derful June day, with the beauty Of
ocean and shore and mountain spread
out for human delight, q wise old
Scotchwoman caught sight of a young
girl, a college student, seated In the
midst OF the color and glory, absorbed
in book. She looked at her moment
in speechless wonder. Then she ex-
claimed: "Weel, weel, think Of maid
on morning like thees who wull de-.
deliberately sit down to DIGEST leetera-
turew The scornful accent on each
syllable of the word made clear the diff
ference she recognized between Gods
message and mans Interpretation of 1t.
Better the daffodil itself than Words
worth's praise Of it; better the cloud
than Shelley's painting of it; better the
unfathomable ocean than Byron's ode
to It.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-03

King Edward has lately added an
other man of American birth to the list
of those who hold British titles. This
most recent American baronet is Edgar
Speyer, a London banker, but son of
the founder of an American banking
house. Curtis Lampson, Yermonter,
one of the men who laid the first At
Iantic cable, was naturalized as an En-
glishman years ago, and died as Sir
Curtis LampsOn.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-03

A motor-man on a trolley-car was
killed in collision with another car in
q Pennsylvania town. When he was re-
leased from the wreck his hand was
found to be still tightly clasping the
brake. If the accident had been bat
tie, and the man had been found dead
on the field with the colors in his hand,
he would have been called national
hero. As it was, he died one of the he
roes of peace.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-03
FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN BIRDS.

FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN BIRDS.
A curious case of friendship be-
tween birds most strangely assorted
is reported in the London Globe from
Rosenberg, in Prussia. A hen had
just Matched a single chicken, when
one morning, nobody knows how,
there appeared in the nest a young
sparrow, just beginning to wear it's
first fluff of feather. The chick and
the sparrow became fast friends at
once, and the parent hen, taking kind
ly to the changeling, gave equal care
to both alike, the sparrow hopping
about the nest at first, and the hen
never going far away, and sheltering
both her young at night, until, as the
sparrow's wings grew stronger, he at
first INDUCED in little flights, return
ing to the sheltering wings at night,
and finally disappeared altogether in
to the sparrow world.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-03
It's Long Reach.

Mr.. Jagway, who had let himself in by
means of his latchkey and was stumbling
over the furniture in the hallway, called
to his wife.
Don't be shcared, m dear" he said.
"It'sh me-
'Oh, [ know it's you, Ebenezer," an
swered Mrs. Jagway, from her room Cd
the floor above. 81 can recognize you by
your breath"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-03
DOOR OPENS AUTOMATICALLY.

son steps on a button. This releases
a spring which slides the door open.
When he has passed through the door
way and reached a point six feet on
the other side, he steps on another but
ton. This operates another spring
which closes the door again. Weights
encased in the walls serve as the mo-
tive power.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-03
a nuinn Profession.

According to an ex-president of the
ROYAL College of Veterinary Surgeons
there will. in three years time, only
be employment for three hundred
vets. in London. The remainder will
have to follow the horse. In Lon
don alone. before the introduction of
motor cars and motor omnibIses,
there were six thousand veterinary
surgeons in regular employment
Motoring Illustrated.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-03

An Eastern paper says: 'The steel
trust bows to the railroad rate law"
This is an important concession. A
good many people supposed the steel
trust would annul the law and per-
haps imprison the people who made It.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-03
FIN WITH MELON SEEDS.

When you have a melon don't forget
to save the seeds, for they make very
pretty necklaces when they are strung
together with a needle and strong cot
ton. You can make bracelets by
threading the seeds point to point and
putting gilt beads between them.
When YOU are working with melon
seeds he careful that the mice do not
nibble them up-Home Notes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-03
" Rnn0nHrfe

Secretary Bonaparte recommends
death for anarchists. There is reason
to believe that it would be the most
effective cure that has so far been ad-
yocated.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-03

surest place to shoot a bear to stop
him quickly, to my way of thinking,
is directly in the brain. 1t is really
not a hard shot, usually at short
range, and it puts him out mighty
uuick.-Field and Stream.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-03
THE LAND OF Il FORGOT"

THE LAND OF Il FORGOT"
Little Trit-trot was a poor little slave
In the land of Il forgot"
He ran and he ran the livelong day,
Did little Trit-i-ty Trot,
Who lived with his mama just over
the way,
In the land of q forgot"
1t was 'Where is my hat and where
is my cap, i.
And where is my brand-new ball,
And where is my bat and my catch
ing glove?
1 cannot find them at ALL"
And he hunted and looked upstairs
and down,
In kitchen, chamber and hall.
The hat was found in the top of a
tree,
BY the side of tattered kite.
The cap was left in old Blackie's
nest,
When he gathered the eggs at
night.
The hat was wet and the cap was
torn,
And both were sorry sight.
The ball and the bat and the catching
glove
Were down in the pasture lot,
And the slate and sponge and strap
and books
Had hidden under the cot.
For this is the way things lose them
selves
In the land of 81 forgot"
Mary Morrison in Youths Compan-
ion,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-03

A few years ago Russia was annually
exporting more than $20O,O00,000 worth
of grain. Now she is importing grain.
There could be no more striking indica-
ton OF the ruin which the revolutionary
disturbances have brought upon her.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-03

A highwayman whose nerve failed de-
cided that 1.-The best way to rob man
was to kill him first" Almost anyone
of the great financiers could tell him
that such violence Is wholly unneces-
sary.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-03
His Difficulty.

Il see it costs 5000 a shot to fire off
one of those big guns in the navy"
Yes, cunning is very expensive.
That's why | stopped it,
Nonsense! Ordinary cunning isn't
expensive"
1T is, if you're forever hitting cows
and things like l did Philadelphia
Press
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-03

The census bureau announces that
it will keep all divorce secrets. By
which you may know that the census
bureau Is not a woman.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-03
Sacrifce.

Mrs. Sw0lldom = So she decided
against divorce?
Mrs. Upperton-Yes. She said she
didn't want to bring disgrace on her
darling little Fido.-Puck.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-03

The only person who does not seem
to be worrying over what the Presi-
dent shall DO after 1908 is Theodore
Roosevelt, Of Oyster Bay.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-03

King Alfonso has won a cup in clay
pigeon shooting contest. Happy the
land whose sovereign is content to find
his sport in the shooting of clay pig
cons
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-03

The people of this country are spend
Ing S4OO,O0O,OOO for automobiles. The
more prosperity we have the greater
the danger of being run over.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-03

Hetty Green declares that she has
no wish to enter society. The only
way in which society can ever annex
Hetty is to offer her cheap board and
lodgings.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-03

Yet, In order to be strictly logical and
consistent, the president will have to
change Roosevelt to "Rozyv'lt."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-03

The activity of American women is
ceaseless. One of them is never at ease
without a bit of needlework in her
hand; another must have a book; an
pther must be carrying on an "improY-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-03

Always something going on in the
earth or under it to blame on the goose
bone and the SunSpot.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-03

The way to show up a man who
thinks he knows it all is to get an s.
year-old boy to ask him questions.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-03

John d. Rockefeller is reported to be
clipper as a lark. Perhaps that is be-
cause he is no longer a robin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-03

When women gather up the remains
Of a picnic lunch, they always say
Mercy, there is enough here left over
for another picnic"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-03

England, France and italy intend to
reduce the size of their armies. Rus
sia's? Oh, Japan reduced that.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-03

Many a man thinks he would have
been rich if he hadn't been so honest.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-03

Naval progress is now so rapid that
a battleship becomes obsolete before 1t
Is built
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-03
The way of Architects.

4 don't see why a fellow should kick
If he doesn't succeed. Every man IS the
architect Of his own fortune"
Yes, but did you ever know Of an
architect who didn't blame the builder
or some sub-contractOr for his own
failure?' Philadelphia Ledger.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-03

docs 1t pay to be beautiful" asks
q magazine writer. Never tried 1t.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-03

There are seventy-seven distinct
dialects spoken in Great Britain.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-23
Notice Of Sale on Foreclosure Of Mechanics
Lien

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN that by virture OF
the Judgment of foreclosure OF a mechanics
lien OF the Circuit Court OF Wood County.
Wisconsin, dated and duly entered on the
18th day OF May, 1906, wherein kellogg Bros.
Lumber Co., corporation, was plaintiff and
Emile Schenk, Ullrich Schenk, Amelia
Schenk his wife, Mary Schenk, John Schenk,
Fred Schenk, Benjamin Schenk, Frank
Schenk, Elizabeth Schenk and Elizabeth n.
DAILY were defendants, wherein among other
things it was adjudged and determined that
all right, title, and interest that the said de-
PENDANTS, or either OF any of them, had in or
TO the following described premises on the
18th day OF May, 1904, or which said defend
ants or any OF them and all persons claiming
under them or any OF them, have since said
date acquired, or so much thereof as may be
necessary, be sold at public auction by and
under the direction of the sheriff of Wood
County to satisfy the amount therein ad-
judged TO be due the plaintiff from the said
defendants, amounting TO Sll6.6S, together
with all the costs and expenses, and that the
sheriff give public notice of the time and
place OF sale in the manner provided by law
for the sale of real estate on execution:
Will on the 30th day OF August, 1906, at the
hour of 10 O'Clock in the forenoon of said
date, at the front door of the Court
House in the City of Grand Rapids, County
of Wood and State of Wisconsin, expose for
sale said premises, and sell the same at
public Vendue to the highest bidder for
cash, to satisfy said Judgment and costs and
expenses OF sale.
The following is a description OF said
premises, tO-Wit: the SEI of the NWA OF
Section 3, Township % North of Range East
in Wood County, Wisconsin.
Dated at the Sherif's office, Grand Rapids,
Wisconsin, this 18th day OF July, 1906.
w. E. LITTLE,
Sheriff OF Wood County, Wisconsin.
First publication July 10, expires Aug. 23.)
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-23
WISCONSIN STATE
CIVIL SERVICE

The State Civil Service Commission
issues notice of a general competitive
examination to be held on September
22ud, 1906 for the following positions:
Sten0gIaphers and typ2wTiters:
engineers of stationary steam boilers:
liremeE Of steam boilers: prison and
reformatory keepers and guards:
at the Green Bay RefOrmatory:
supervisors Of dairy tests: oil Inspector
at Prairie du Chien: machinists at the
University; attendants at the hospitals
for the insane and feeble minded; as
ssJant auditor at the University:
dctuary in the Inurance Department
The secretary Of the Commission
states that eligible lists prepared early
in the year for the positions of engi-
neerS, iiremen, prison guards and at
PENDANTS have become nearly ex-
hausttd. An insufficient number APP
piled for the position Of macniniSt;
there are at present only two names
ON the eligible list
There have been frequent calls for
good stenographerS and typewriterS,
and the present list will be exhausted
within the next few months. The
last legislature enacted law proyid-
ing that legislative Stenographers and
clerks with typewriting ability shall
he chosen by the Cayil Service Com.
mission. Only men are eligible for
these positions Legislative stenog-
raphers will receive $500 a day.
Clerks having typewriter ability, not
StenographerS, will receive 81 90 day
during the session of the legislature
Some twenty-five positions in the
legislature must be filled as a result of
This Forthcoming examination. The
secretary Of the Commission states
that the demand for good stenogra-
piers seems to exceed the supply.
The Commission has found ditncultv
in procuring Il sufficient number of
satisfactory applicants for positions as
laundreSseS, SeamStreSSeS and cooks in
the various state institutions.
Persons interested IN any of the
above named positions should i'm
mcdiately address the secretary of the
State Civil Service Commission at
Madison, Wisconsin,, stating position
desired and calling for blanks and
printed information.