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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-16
WHAT WATER is CAPABLE OF.


Six-inch Stream Generates 10000
Horse Power at Butte Creek, Cal.
Imagine a perpendicular column of
water more than One-third Of a mile
high, tWenty-siX inches in diameter at
the top and twenty-four inches in diam
eter at the bottom. Those remarkable
conditions are complied with, as far
as power goes, in the Mill Creek plant,
which operates under a head of 1869
feet, says the Philadelphia Ledger. This
little column of water, which, if liber-
ated, would be just about enough to
make a small trout stream, gives a
capacity of 5000 horse power, or
enough power to run a good-sized ocean
going vessel.
As the water strikes the buckets of
the WaterWheel it has a pressure of $50
pounds to the square inch. What this
pressure implies is evidenced by the
fact that the average locomotive car
ries steam at pressure of 100 or 200
pounds to the square inch. Were this
stream, as it issues from the nozzle,
turned upon hillside, the earth would
fade away before it like snow before
a jet Of steam. Huge powders, big as
city offices, would tumble into ravines
with as little effort as a clover burr
is carried before the hydrant stream
on front lawn. Brick walls would
crackle like paper and the hugest sky
scraperS crumble before stream like
that of the Mill Greek plant. 1t takes
a powerful waterWheel to withstand
the tremendous pressure.
At Butte Greek, Cal, a single jet of
water six inches in diameter issues
from the nozzle at the tremendous vel
ocity of 10000 feet a minute. 1t i'm
pinges on the buckets of what is said
to be the most powerful single water
wheel ever built, causing the latter to
travel at the rate Of ninety-four miles
an hour, making 400 revolutions a min
ute. This siX-inch stream has a capa-
city Of 10000 horse power. The water
for operating the plant is conveyed
from Butte Greek through a ditch and
discharged into a regulating reservoir
which is 1850 feet above the power
house. Two steel pressure pipe lines
thirty inches in diameter, conduct the
water to the power house.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-16
To Prevent Ships Rolling

A German engineer, Otto Won
Schliclz, who has been studying for
many years the prevention of ships
rolling, believes the solution lies in
gyroscope. Herr Schlick proposes to
steady ships by monhting the gyro-
scope in the hold, and his first expe-
riments on a large scale have been
undertaken with an old torpedo boat.
In this craft a gryoscope with a disc
weighing 1,036 pounds was mounted
with a steam turbine which would ro-
tate it at a speed of more than 1000
revolutions a minute. The oscillations
and pitching of the vessel were care
fully measured before the steam was
admitted to the turbine, and then when
the turbine was put in revolution the
motion practically ceased. So success
full were these experiments with the
sixty-tOn torpedo boat that it has been
decided to proceed with a larger craft.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-16

Nothing can contribute more to the
advancement CT agriculture than the
eradication of the old, stupid notion
that farming is mere physical drudgery
and to be despised and the incubation
of the truth that farming is a scientific
pursuit entitled to as much respect
and consideration as any other occupa-
ton when there is devoted to it the
amount of scientific knowledge and in
telligent judgment and discrimination
to which the business is entitled. To
the extent that the farmer boy and
farmer girl learn to look with pride
upon this occupation in that degree is
the business of farming benefited and
success assured.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-16
Fakirs of India.

The streets of the larger cities of
India are full of fakirs of all classes
and of every description. Originally
the word "falIir'' had a religious mean
ing, but to-day it is mostly applied to
the beggars, nondescripts and MONTE
banks of India. The sect was founded
on the phrase of Brahminism, though
saints" of similar name and practice
are now more common among Moham-
medans than among Hindus. Their
penances take strange and horrible
forms of expression-tying the hands
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-16
The Walk Cure.

"I'm out Of health" said the man, de-
jectedly.
For an answer the doctor waved his
hand toward the door of his inner Of
fee, whereon were painted these words !:
"WaIk in"
So the man walked and walked, early
and late, and, sure enough, found him.
self, at last, in health once more.
This fable teaches that prescriptions
are not always the worse for being
misunderstanding
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-16

The progress of Japan carries with
1t a lesson which the other powers Of
the world will do we'll to learn. With
out the believed advantages of western
civilization, the land Of the Mikado
has made her way silently, without
pomp and announcement, in the family
Of nations. Hardly over three decades
ago Japan laid aside her samuri-her
traditions of the past-and began her
lesson as a pupil of the western ma
tons, retaining, however, the dipIo-
macy and strategy of the orient, until
now she presents perhaps the strong
est sight of the composite picture of
development and physical and intellec-
tual power. Now, after her success in
her struggle with Russia, she has al
ready aroused a feeling of fear and
suspicion among the other powers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-16

OF NUMBER OF nat
strips braided together. The strips are
formed of q non-combustible material.
One end of the fire escape is secured
to a stationary part of the building
and in case of fire the other end is
thrown out of the window. In it's nor
NAL condition it will extend to a point
considerably above the ground. Under
the weight OF a person descending it
expands to length sufficient to permit
the user to pass hand over hand, or
slide down until he reaches a safe
landing. The strips being galvanized
they are prevented from rusting or de-
teriorating, while the hollow tube al
lows a current of air at all times to
pass through and thus cannot easily be-
come Overheated. In use a person
grasps the tube and slides down, the
strips being fiat and leaving the tube
just sufficiently rough to permit of an
easy grip, while the surface is not un-
even enough to injure the hands. The
speed with which a party descends can
be regulated readily by the grip, a
firm pressure causing the tube to be
compressed so as to form a shoulder
and preventing the hands passing too
quickly over the surface. The tube be-
ing compressible it will occupy when
not in use a much smaller space than
an ordinary rope capable of accomplish
ing the same object. It would also be
much more durable than the rope.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-16

OFhA1o 11E 1Ec1I' DpNSGd With and
has devised a toothbrush which can
be placed in contact With the teeth,
bulb pressed and the tooth wash sup
piled to the teeth ready for the brush
ing. The brush is no different in shape
to the ordinary brushes, the handle be-
ing integral with the brush Through
the center of the handle and back is a
duct, the latter branching into about
a dozen smaller openings in the edges
of the back. Fitting over the end of
the handle is q rubber bulb which can
be filed with a liquid dentifrice.
tube at the end of the bulb connected
with the passageWay in the back of the
toothbrush. BY pressure on the bulb
the cleansing liquid is forced through
the duct and the openings, and sprayed
upon the gums and teeth. BY use Of
the brush in the ordinary way the teeth
can be cleansed, while the gums are
saturated without friction.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-16
THE MAN AT THE PLow HANDLE.

Just q thought in
recognition of a fell
low who seldom gets
into the newspapers.
He doesn't make much
news. He know S
mighty little about the
Getty ways" of MAX
ing money. He has a
fine liking for clean
financial methods and
a hearty scorn for all
that is crooked. Per-
haps it is his manner
Of living that makes
him want to be hon
est. Let that man see
a problem play, one
of those things that
serve to satisfy the
ia d e d appetites of
metropolitan people,
a n d you'll find a
splash of red on his
tanned cheek and he
will wonder how it is
possible for women to
be present. Tell him
about bribery and
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-16

There are more than fifty kinds of
headache" said physician, land suf-
ferers from the more common forms
may cure themselves by locating the
cause and treating themselves accord
ingly. The more frequent forms are a
dull pain across the forehead, due to
dyspepsia; a pain in the back of the
head due to the liver; a bursting pain
In both temples due to malnutrition /;
an ache on the top of the head, as
though a weight pressed on the skull,
due to overwork; an ache between the
brOws just above the base Of the nose
due to eye strain"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-16

jobbng of the
the public his faith in the natural goodness
humanity
citizen following 1t is
hard alOus the
destroys the ovas and
He uck the freedom of his life
brooks
They routine
He shoulders
He brother His
working
possible He is the head in which
pery. He is the creditor of
we'll in
bring of
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-16
FOUND OUT.
A Trained Nurse Discovered It's Eff
fects.

A Trained Nurse Discovered It's Ef-
fects.
No one is In better position to know
the value OF food and drink than q
trained nurse.
Speaking Of coffee a nurse of Wilkes
Barre, Pa, writes: 81 used to drink
strong coffee myself and suffered great
" from headaches and Indigestion.
While on a visit to my brothers I had
a good chance to try Postum Food Cof-
fee, for they drank 1t altogether in
place of ordinary coffee. In two weeks,
after using Postum, 1 found 1 was
much benefited and finally my head
aches disappeared and also the indiges-
ton.
Naturally l have since used Postum
among my patients, and have noticed a
marked benefit where coffee has been
left off and Postum used.
Il observed a curious fact about Pos
tum used among mothers. 1t greatly
helps the flow of milk in cases where
coffee is inclined to dry it up, and
where tea causes nervousness.
Il find trouble in getting servants to
make Postum properly. They most al
ways serve it before it has been boiled
long enough. 1t should be boiled Is or
20 minutes and served with cream.
when it is certainly a delicious bsY.
erage"
There's a reason" for Postum.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-16

The modern navies of this country,
Great Britain and Japan are alike at
least in one respect-that the accidents
Of peace have cost them rather more
in men and ships than the incidents
Of war. The loss with nearly 600 men
Of Admiral Togo's flagship, the power
full battleship Millasa, that bore the
brunt of the fighting in the late war,
was one of the most appalling calami-
ties that has overtaken any navy in
time of peace. In destruction of life
1t ranked with the loss of the British
turret ship Captain in the Bay Of
Biscay In the early days of the iron
clad and the sinking of the Victoria by
the Camperdown a few years ago. The
United States navy has in its annals
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-16

With reference to the present pOpu-
lar tendency to see graft everywhere
in other peoples business-and to de-
nounce it publicly-in other peoples
politics-one fact forces itself upon the
attention. This fact is that the most
conspicuous lapses from sound moral
standards have been among men who
were vociferous in their pretensions to
honest business and honest politics and
! were conspicuous in denouncing other
peoples lapses. To name specific in
stances would be unnecessary. They
will readily occur to all who think
back. Nor is the moral Of the tale
so obscure that he who runs may not
read it. If all the men who have been
frequent in sitting on good government
platforms and incessant in denouncing
graft in New York or Pennsylvania or
Colorado, or in other peoples affairs,
had kept their own hands unsOiled had
kept their own faces clean, we should
not have spread before US such a dis
graceful record as that shown at AL
bGny. We are not worse than other
people. Much that we here resent as
graft" or 'rakeoff" is regarded in Eu-
rOpean communities as mere commits
sions'' or business" But we might be
better, far better, than we are. How
ever, there is only one way for us to
| become better. That is for very jack
man of us to remember to sweep first
before his own door, and before point
ing the finger of scorn at a stranger
thousand miles off to be sure that
he is keeping his own face clean.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-16

OF course one should be polite and
considerate even toward those who are
in the grasp of the law, but Eastern
courtesy seems to go to unusual lengths
in Hawaii. A Hilo newspaper recent
" announced that some men who had
been arrested failed to appear in court,
and that the deputy sheriff explained
that he had invited them to come, but
they refused to go with him.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-16
The Need,

Here is another question that ought
to be brought before Congress-" said
the earnest citizen.
my dear sir" answered Senator Sor-
ghum, Congress now has all the ques-
lions it can take care of. What it needs
is some answers. "-Washington Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-16

A Philadelphia man attempted to
commit suicide because he had been
summoned for jury duty. Let US hope
the time may come when a man may
serve on a jury and still face his
friends without feeling that they re
gard him as one who has disgraced
himself.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-16
Remedial.

81 am greatly troubled with klepto-
mania,' exclaimed the fashionably
dressed woman as she buatled into the
drug department. "Now, what would
you advise me to take for it?'
your departure, madam, by all
MEANS" replied the fioorwalker, and
bowed her to the elevator.-Puck.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-16

an emergency re-
quires their u S e .
One of the most
practical has been
patented by a New
York inventor, an
illustration Of which
is shown here. This
fire escape consists
Of a hollow extern
sible and compress
sible tube composed
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-16

on that account.
To shake a little
powder in the
hand, or to pour a
little tooth wash
Oh the brush takes
but an instant.
Nevertheless a
Massachusetts man
thinks this part Of
the cleaning pro
cess should be dis
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-16

and feet together and rolling head over
heels for long distances (some travel
ing thus, if is said, for thousands of
miles, holding the hands about the
head until the limbs are withered,
walking on spikes, dragging about
heavy chains, or sitting in one position
until incapable of movement.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-16

OF peace the blowing up of the Maine
and the loss Of two ships of Admiral
Franklin's squadron in the Samoan
hurricane of the late SOS. Each of the
disasters enumerated cost the nation
concerned more lives than any naval
battle it has engaged in since steam
supplanted sails.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-16

A writer in a Washington paper says
that sleeping late on Sunday morning
is injurious. Certainly. Any ipregu
larity may lie said to be injurious. A
person should sleep late every morn
ing.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-16
a Suggestion.

The Mistress called again, has
he? Well, don't want to see him.
The Maid-I know, Miss, but 1 think
he'll find that out quicker if you dc
see him.-New York Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-16

After wearing medals for reticence,
H. II. Rogers must be heartbroken at
getting pumped out like a barrel of oil
in a grocery.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-16

Suppose that John D. Rockefeller
III reaches mans estate endowed with
the business ability Of his grandfather
and then do a little figuring.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-16

Chile recently borrowed $12,500,000.
She must have been able to present q
hot proposition.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-16

James Bryce sounds warning TO
the United States to stop immigration.
The present draft is a little hard on
EurOne.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-16

Secretary Taft is inclined to believe
that army ieutenants should not
marry. The girls will now decide that
the rank of captain should be the low
est in our army.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-16

A promoter is a man who sells some
thing ne doesn't own to somebody who
doesn't want it,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-16

Optimism is not dead in the world.
A Canadian is advertising for the re-
turn of a. lost umbrella.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-16

Strange how Geo. Washington over
looked the chance to say: yes, father,
l did it with my little hatchet, but my
saying so entities me to immunity"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-16
The Young Idea.

A young woman who teaches a class
in a Jersey City Sunday school was re-
Gently talking to her pupils relative to
the desirability Of Increasing its mem
bership. When she invited the cooper
alton to that end of the several mem
bers the yOungster nearest her shook
his head obviously.
Il might git one boy in our neighbor-
hood to come" he explained, hut all
the others kin lick me"-Harper'
Weekly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-16
Handy Fire Escape.

Innumerable fire escapes have been
put upon the market, but the majority
are so complicated as to be useless when
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-16

The ocean of life is filed with break
ers; that is why so many of us go
broke.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-16

Our choice between a stubborn man
and a mule leans toward the mule.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-16
seIf-Operating Toothbr,,sl,

The amount Of time involved i'll
cleaning the teeth is SO insignificant
hat nobody leaves the teeth unclaimed
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-16

When a woman goes insane. she
shows great anger when talking about
her husband. And, it might be added.
occasionally husband gets it from his
wife before she goes crazy.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-16

Interesting Cooking UtensiI.
Cooking utensils, especially pots,
have about reached perfection as far
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-16

Did you ever know man who didn't
do whole lot of unnecessary talk?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-16

as shape and construction are con-
cerned, and it would be exceedingly
difficult to improve them. To add to
their usefulness is still possible, which
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-16

LANCAs TER, WISCONSIN.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-16

H. J. JoHN5oN, Publisher.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-09-27
Church Services

METHODIST EPISCOPAL. Regular
~ =, Nicss every sunday. Morning at
:, :. : :. sl9ck' eNenilis {, $: Sunday-school
= : '9''i', MI are cordially invited.
1osEPlI W. OGDEN, Pastor.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-09-27

!, A'is9n l>alhersr vas {! awn from IN.
Tell coVntrA SATURDAY wjt5, NJ { )
his sheep the salne beng 4 l,sa'. ~ 5.
rams W'llch he 'iiSp sed n 81 >;,le
Nh'o'' WE ah9qt.lhe sotli,io.ts,l..r
leave Tor CvlfaN. Wash ~. '''i :
to make his home thero !, 80
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-09-27

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Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-09-27

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The Jewish outlook., 1906-06-08
Jewish Federation Of New York


Grafton was held on Sunday, May 9th, at
3 D. m., at the Young Men s Benevolent
Association with DR.. Keustaedter pre-
siding.
The propaganda committee on behalf
of the federation expressed thanks to the
Young Men s Benevolent Association for
allowing the weekly meetings of the fed
Grafton to be held in their auditorium,
and for the earnest work Of the executive
members in furthering the cause OF
Jewish union. This committee reported
that federations were being formed with
similar purposes in other states.
The meeting discussed the difficulties
that peddlers have in securing licenses on
which account they suffer from the po-
lice, who will not allow them to earn
livelihood unless they are constantly
bribed. AS this effects the welfare of
hundreds of our co-religionists it was de-
cided to treat this question at the next
meeting.
Mr.. Joseph Self, invited to address the
delegates, delivered a spirited talk in
which he showed the hardships that most
immigrants have to endure when com
ing to this country With feeling he de-
scribed the venality Of the guards on
the Russian frontier, who heartlessly
fleece the immigrants Of their little
money. He also alluded to the eXorbi-
tant charges Of hotelkeepers and others,
all Of which cause the immigrant to
reach these shores empty-handed In
view Of this he severely condemned the
immigration bill which passed the Sen
ate imposing a tax of five dollars. This,
he said, if it became law, makes this
great and rich country guilty Of increas-
ing the burden of the poor refugees,
which is already made intolerable by
Russian tyranny. He pointed to the alb
surdity Of the restrictionists arguments
that the immigration is injurious to the
aborers of this land and said the more
immigration we have in this spacious
country with room for all immigrants
the greater becomes the demand for la
Dor. The unequalled prosperity of this
country for the past decade proves this
beyond refutation.
The mass meeting Of the federation to
be held on June 4th in the Cooper Union
auditorium will be presided over by Ed
ward Lauterbach and addressed by Pres
ident Finley Of the City College Of New
York; Arthur Brisbane, editor of the
Evening journal; Congressman Bennett
Joseph Barondess, Joseph Self, and Rev.
Mosliansky. The Rev Madison G. Peters
will speak on ''The Advisability of Di-
ractinp the Tide Of Immigration to Parts
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-05-31

however, that where the fare Is paid
to the conductor the rate shall not
exceed cents per mile. except from
stations where no tickets are sold.
and that the minimum charge in no
case shall be less than % cents, and
provided further. that when the pas
senger fare does not end in five or
naught, the nearest sum so ending
shall be the fare: provided further,
that in no case shall children under
twelve years of age be charged a
higher rate than " cents per mile ,
provided further, that said Houston
and Texas Central Railroad Company
shall be required to keep its ticket
offices open half an hour prior to
the departure of trains, and upon
failure to do so shall not charge more
than 2 " cents per mile. This order
shall take effect July /, 1906.
"ALLISON MAYFIELD,
20. B. COLQUITT,
Commissioners.