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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-14

vantages Of the country regions for
such persons have been urged. But
there have not been many practical
suggestions for the benefit of those who
are strangers to the country and whose
ideas about the differing conditions in
various parts of the United States are
necessarily hay. An investigation now
being made by the division of informa-
ton Of the bureau Of immigration is a
step in the right direction. A circular
letter TO the governors of the several
States has been sent out in which some
pertinent questions are asked. These
relate to the opportunities for new set
tiers. Inquiry is made about the need
OF workmen, the class Of labor demand
ed, the nationality preferred. There
are questions about the need of settlers
on land and the inducements offered
such settlers. The wisdom of this In
quiry is apparent. 1t is futile to talk
about immigrants settling In a State
where the price Of farm lands Is so
high that Is pays the owner better to
sell out and move to another State
where another farm may be obtained
for a much smaller amount. The aver
age immigrant of to-day does not have
enough money to buy farm lands in
some Of the Central States. On the
other hand, there are regions In the
United States where settlers are sought
and where special inducements are
held out to homeseekers. 1t Is a good
thing to have this information gath
cred by government officials. The pros
pectus Of the promoter is quite apt, TO
be Enthusiastically. The future glorieS
Of his dream and the stern realities Of
the present oftentines are far separat-
ed. But the early location of a salts
fed newcomer IN q place where he may
develop into a good citizen IS a matter
of moment to the government From
its point of view reliable and accurate
information is essential. The imml-
grant has hard enough time at best.
II he can be wisely directed by friend
" officials much will be gained. The
immigrants continue to pour into the
United States. Some Of them will sue
ceed II properly placed who will fail IL
they find the wrong environment. The
diversity of climate and products Of
the country is so marked that II is POS
sible to meet the needs Of each new
conner. Intelligent use Of the informa-
ton now being collected by the bureau
Of immigration ought to help much in
handling a problem Of increasing Inn
portance to the nation.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-14

4 German inventor has discovered
how to make the covering Of the lead
in the lead pencil out OF potato instead
OF wood, and he promises TO drive the
wooden article out Of the market. By
careful figuring he estimates that he
can make each pencil for $.0O92& 1t
would be a great pleasure and surprise
to mankind that has been paying five
cents for iss pencils to be able to step
up to the counter, hand the clerk
S.OO92S and walk away with a nice
pencil, or even to put down a cent
and wait for the change The human
race certainly would be happier with
cheaper pencils, and then, too, It would
feel more secure with markers made Of
potato, for the man who got lost In
the woods and was threatened with
starvation could eat his pencil and feel
much revived.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-14
NAIROBI, THE "TIN CITY"


''Tin City," from It's nickname,
should be an American boom town"
situated in Nebraska or the KlOndike !;
but 1t is not. 1t is q creation Of our
British cousins, who seem to have
found timed things so good to live on
that they are trying them to live in
Nairobi which is Tin City's proper
name, is a new railway town in the
British East African protectorate, and
consists Of street after street Of houses,
each built entirely Of sheets of gal
vanized iron, put up in London and
then knocked down and shipped to
Africa.
The new city is a fat town-that is,
it was made by governmental decree.
Sir George Whitehouse, chief engineer
of the Uganda railroad, was respon-
sible for 1t. He was out with his con-
struction party in the field, and camped
one night on a great plain beside Nal
robi creek. The ground for a long
way round was level. 1t was on a
plateau, well drained and healthful.
About 1t were gracefully ascending
hills, well wooded and watered
His assistants demurred to the To-
cation. 1t was dreary waste to them,
and they urged him to set up his tents
in the hills; but to this he replied that
the hills would do for the officers villas
and bungalows but that the city would
do better on the plain, and that there
1t should stand.
There, in fact, 1t does stand, as odd
a sight as Africa can show. The rail-
way company shipped in the houses for
it's employees, and they were set up In
orthodox, right-angled fashion. Two
Christian churches, two mosques and a
Hindu temple are among the buildings,
and there were In the town last De-
cember nearly 5000 people. 1t Is over
800 miles from Mombasa, the chief sea-
port and capital Of the protectorate,
and $50 miles from Port Florence, the
Lake Victoria terminus.
Already European farmers are set
Ting near the town to supply it with
provisions, and it seems destined to
have q prosperous future.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-14
when SOAP Was a Medicine.

'When I was a boy" said the old
man, "they often made me take a little
soap as a medicine It did me good.
Soap was prescribed in the village for
cramps for sick headache, for half
dozen complaints. The people admit
ted that it was a nauseous dose, but on
the other hand they pointed to It's eff
cacy. When 1 was taken down my
mother would cut from the cake Of
yellow soap In the kitchen q chunk
about as big as a chestnut. Now, SON
n.y. she would say, 'swaller this and
she'd hold the yellow mOrsel in thumb
and forefnger close to my lips.
I'D begin to whimper. The smell Of
1t and the idea Of the lather that would
form in my mouth-the lather I'd have
to swallow-wOuld fill me with despair.
But my mother was inexorable. With
stiff lips I'd take the soap into my
mouth; I'd chew the soft and slippery
stuff little, and then, with a groap
and a dreadful gulp, I'd swallow it.
Horrors!
''Hcrrors!" said the old man, smil-
ing. 81 can still taste those doses Of
soap that were SO common in the vii
lage in my boyhood."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-14
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The bare announcement Is made that
II. G. Wells has just concluded a novel
bearing on present English social tend
encies.
G. X. Chesterton is completing an
''Epic Of Alfred" He has a new novel
nearly ready, called The Man Who
Was Thursday" and he is preparing a
"poetical play" for George Alexander.
Ralph Conner is now working on a
biographical volume, 1.-THE Life of
James Robertson, D. D." DR.. Robert
son was the inspirer, director and
hacker Of all the missionaries, who
went out into the Canadian Northwest.
William Dean HoweIls, the most
genial and catholic of critics, has dis
covered new novelist 'of SURPRISING
merit" Leonard Merriclx has been
writing for ten or fifteen years, but
to most American readers Mr.. HoWelPs
paper, 1.-THE Fiction Of Leonard Mer-
rick" in the North American Review
will have the charm of novelty.
Another interesting addition to the
Worlds Classics is Joseph and His
Brethren" the dramatic poem by
Charles Wells, the friend Of Keats.
The Oxford University Press has OBJ
tanned the right to use A. @. Swim
burne's predatory note to this poem,
which has long been out Of print. Mr..
Swinbu1ne describes Wells as only
one lesser than the greatest of his time
in some OF the greatest qualities Of his
art. and says that there are some lines
In the poem which might more natural
.ay be mistaken, even by an expert In
verse, for the work of the young
Shakespeare than any to be gathered
elsewhere in the fields Of English
poetry.
On account OF the welcome given to
Mark Twain at Oxford and London,
khey are telling many stories. One is
by Andrew Lang, although it has to
do with one Of Twain's books, not with
Twain himself 1t was some years
ago, and Andrew Lang was In a rail-
way car, on his way from Edinburgh
to Oxford. In the same compartment
with him was the great scholar Jowett
of Balliol. Lang had picked up at ran
dom, as he hastily boarded the train,
a little book entitled 1.-THE Celebrated
Jumping Frog" and as he read it he
was overcome with merriment. JOwett
looked at him with q sort Of solemn
curiosity, and Lang, coming to the last
page, handed him the book. Jowett
took 1t, read 1t patiently through from
beginning to end with absolute gravity
and without finding q suggestion Of
amusement, and then handed it back
without word
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-14
In a special circular the Department

In a special circular the Department
OF Agriculture requests Northern peo-
pie to protect ell kinds OF swallows
and martins, the great enemies Of the
cottOnrboll weevn. The birds nest In
the North. Either through q mistaken
belief that they do harm or from indif-
ference, Northern farmers have allowed
these useful birds to decrease. By re-
turning to the old picturesque practice
OF building martin boxes and leaving
holes In the barns for the barn gwal-
lows, people in the North can benefit
themselves and help their Southern
neighbors. Some birds which are harm
les In the North, like the bobolink,
are pests during their summer soJourn.
The swallow is mans friend every
where. In his Interstate relations he
has a perfect record.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-14
HEN CHEWs TOBACCO.
| Refuses to Hatch Out Chicks Unless
Provided with the Weed.

Provided with the Weed.
When SANDY" Hicks came to the vii
lage the other day and told how his star
leghorn hen, Lucy, had become so far
civilized that she could chew spruce
gum and tobacco, the folks took the
tale with a grain Of salt, says the New
York correspondent at MacwamOc,
Maine.
Il reckon SEEM is believin' and go
I'll show any of ye that's doubters,"
SANDY" declared.
John Hedges and Bert Brink hadn't
much to do except fish so they went
along out to "Sandy's" place where
they were greatly surprised to see that
Hicks was no nature faker.
There she is" said Sandy" mo-
tioning to a motherly old hen on nest
Of straw. "She's settin' and the only
way 1 can keep her on is to give her all
the gum and weed she wants"
whats she chewing now" asked
Frlnk.
"Gum," replied SANDY, ""but she'll
shift. You watch"
Taking bit of f1ne-cut tobacco from
his pocket Hicks rolled it into a ball
the size Of a pea and extended 1t to
Lucy. With a cackle Of Joy the old
hen gulped down the gum and was soon
mounting the morsel, working her bill
the way man works his jaws.
"I shouldn't think she could chaw
without teeth" observed Hedges ); that
is, not gum"
"Well, she can," replied Hicks. "She
sort Of lets the gum soak till it's soft
and then chews it real lively. AS for
the tobacco, that's easy. Why, | know
a hundred men without even store teeth
who just dote on the weed"
Toothless Lucy seemed to love the
sedative and the last Hicks and his
neighbors saw Of her that day she was
chewing away like veteran while she
Matched out her chicks.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-14
HOW MOUNTAIN SHEEP LEAP.

Ease with Which One of Them Rids
Himself OF Dogs in Pursuit.
Soon after we started a black bear
he ran along the foot Of cliff and past
q bunch Of mountain sheep up on the
cliffs, following one Of them to the
edge, writes D. @. Beaman In the Den
yer Post. It was big ram and when
he got near the edge Of the cliff he
came to bay, and for several minutes
stood off one Of the fox terriers which
had kept close to him. Pretty soon
fo1hound got up on top and Joined the
terrier, and they both made charge on
the sheep and 1t looked pretty bad for
him, as we thought but he did not seem
to think so, for he made a sidewise
spring straight out from the edge Of
the preciplce, apparently six or eight
feet, and then spread his feat in sort
of bracing way, and with his body In
perfectly horizontal position and par
allel to the face Of the cliff dropped
straight down to the foot Of the cliff.
There Is an old theory that mountain
sheep in jumping from cliff alight on
their horns, but that has long been ex-
ploded. However; many have supposed
that they jumped down in the ordi-
nary way, alighting first on their front
feet. This, believe, Is also an error,
except when the distance Is slight.
Where the distance Is at all great,
now entertain no doubt that they alight
on all their feet at once, and as square
ly as If standing still, just as this one
did. The position Of this sheep when
dropping was stiff legged, but the in
slant his feet touched the ground his
Joints gave way, with increasing re-
sistance, however, acting as springs,
until his belly almost touched the
ground, before the force Of the impact
was overcome by the muscular resist
ance. The philosophy of this Is OBJ
vious.
The hoofs Of the mountain sheep are
also heavily cushioned and are about
as elastic as a rubber ball. There
seemed to be no more Jar when this
sheep lit than II he had descended but
two or three feet. He was up and away
instantly, and was soon out Of reach
OF, the dogs, which wouldn't think Of
making the jump.
short distance to the left Of where
the sheep stood the cliff sloped of so
that he could have descended to the
foot Of 1t easily and without a leap Of
more than four or five feet, but the
dogs could have followed and thus kept
hot after him. This way down was IN
plain sight of the sheep and he was no
doubt perfectly familiar with It and
with all the features Of the cliff, as II
was his home. 1t seemed as If the sheep
decided that the only or best way to
battle the dogs was to do something that
they could not do. I would not dare to
assert that such was the case lest I
should run UP against some naturallsts
who claim that wild animals DO not rea-
son.
The dogs were afraid to approach
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-14

Rev. DR.. John Watson. who died on
May 6 while on lecture tour In Amer
lea, endeared himself a dozen years
ago to English-speaking people by his
little book Of humorous and sentiment
Ell sketches; Beside the Bonnie Brier
Bush" With that book. at the age Of
"a, he entered into a career OF success
ful writing under the name Of Ian
Maclaren." He wrote several novels
and works OF religious character, but
none Of his later works caught and
held the fancy Of the world Like his
first famous book.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-14
His Concert Toilet.

A well-known musician, according to
the New York Tribune, was talking
about old-fashioned concerts "Some
Of the hits directed at these concerts
were merited," he said. Zone hit, and
a good one. was made by a Chicago
man. He called upstairs to his daugh-
tiers
"'What time you girls take getting
ready for the concert! Look at me a
bit Of wadding in each ear, and I'm all
ready"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-14

Walter Wellman says his airship has
a lifting capacity OF 1855 pounds.
Apparently he is figuring on bringing
the pole home with him If it doesn't
weigh too much.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-14
At the GUNNER Resort.

Polly-What makes that little Mrs.
Jinksby look so sad?
Dolly-Why, didn't you hear? She
lost ser husband last winter.
Polly-HoW careless -Somerville
Journal
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-14

A horse in a country town in ILL
nois saw an automobile for the first
time the other day, and five minutes
later dropped dead. "Poor old Bill !"
said the owner. "He always did have
q lot Of sense"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-14

The completion Of an irrigation pro-
1ect has made 1t possible to reclaim
10000 acres OF fine land IN New Mex
leo. People who live from hand to
mouth IN the overcrowded districts Of
great cities will wonder where fools
enough to occupy as much land as that
can ever be found.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-14

A New Jersey man has been sen
fenced to serve 100 days in the penI-
Tertiary for scorching In an automo-
Bile They must want to stop scorch-
Ing In New Jersey.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-14

No person knows what he would do
with suddenly acquired wealth--In-
dianRpoIis News. Our contemporary
is In error. Everybody knows that he
would buy an automobile the first
thing
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-14

According to the Richmond Journal,
Joaquin Miller, the poet, has made
his money out of mines" Another ter
rible blow to the long-haired geniuses
who looked upon Miller as living proof
that there IS money in poetry.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-14

Much has been written and said OF
late about the desirability of the prop
er distribution OF immigrants The
tendency of many Of the newcomers to
crowd into the large cities has been
particularly noted and the superior ad
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-14

Our army and navy officers appear
to have discovered how easy 1t is to
get their names into the newspapers
By predicting war with Japan.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-14

Higher education is constantly get
ting higher; the New York Law School
Is erecting an History building for the
exaltation Of Blackstone
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-14

A st. Louis girl has refused to marry
a man because his horse didn't win a
race. Sometimes the man who loses
q lucky.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-14

The President says he likes the man
who sings at his work. So do we.
What we object to is the man who
sings at ours.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-14
His Oversight.

"She doesn't like you very we'll"
ST wonder why7 The last time I
spent the evening with her I praised
her music and her intellectual attain
ments to the skies"
"I know you did, and you never once
told her She was retty."-Houston
Post,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-14

".All is not gold that glitters." So
1t often comes to pass,
The golden rule" that most folk knOw.
Is nothing more than brass.
philadelphia Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-14

Arguments about race suicide read
differently in the check-book from the
textbook.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-14

The increased price of thread gives
our women folks another excuse for
not keeping our buttons sewed on.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-14

When an agent calls to collect, he
is not near as polite as he was when
he called to coax you into signing the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-14

Nineteen hundred and seven will go
down in history as the year without a
spring.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-14

A family is very useful to teach a
man not to throw away any money on
himself.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-14

There are as many excuses for the
errors Of the home team as a mother
can find for the mistakes Of her chill
dren.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-14

The trouble with so many walk
Ing encyclopedia is that you cannot
shut them UP.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-14

Thrift and stinginess are as similar
as they are different.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-14

A banquet hall the morning after
looks as bad as the guests feel.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-14

Some women scare US as much as
death.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-11-02
pUSSYFOOT TO
RETURN MONDAY

Muskogee, Nov. "Pussyfoot'
Johnson returns Monday to wreak
vengeance upon those who have swill-
ed booze and other things during his
absence. 1t is said the axe will fall
most heavily upon Eu.
faula and Tulsa for their wickedness
in rushing the can and getting upon
the outside of barrels of chill tonic.
Pussyfoot has been the recipient Of
high honors since he went to the east.
The prohibitionists Of Maryland al
most forced a gubernatorial nomina-
tion upon him and more than thrice
did he have to repel the kingly crown.
At the Lake Mohonk conference
Pussyfoot told his audience Of how
much stuff he had smashed In the
territory until the wise exclaimed
WAS there ever so much booze In all
the world?" At home in Indian Ter
rltory Pussyfoot and his deputies will
make whirlwind campaign, between
this date and the sixteenth of the
month.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-11-02
DALTON GOES BACK
TO LANSING PRISON

Topeka, Kan, Nov. Eminent
Dalton, the exCoffeyville bandit, who
was parolled by Governor Hoch last
July, that he might submit to a nec-
essary surgical operation, and who
has been clerk in local hotel since
he left the hospital, returned to the
Lansing penitentiary today.
1T is believed that Daltons parole
would have been extended if Governor
Hoch, who is in the east, could have
been located today. Dalton has not
entirely recovered from the operation,
but as his parole expired today, he in
sisted upon returning to the prison at
once.
He has made many friends during
his temporary release from prison. He
said: 4
"When | go back to prison, / will
tell the boys that it is up to them To
be good when they get out. II man
does what IS right when he is out, he
will geat square deal. "
Later The parole was extended to
November 7, by telephone.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-11-02
BANKS OPEN AGAIN
Five Guthrie Banks Ignore Holiday
and Resume Business No Run
Follows Opening.

Guthrie, Okla, Nov. 2-Guthrie
banks opened their doors yesterday af-
ternoon and at one o'clock aud are do-
ing business on the plan adopted by
the state bankers meeting here
Thursday night. At the meeting it
was decided to reopen the banks Mon
day morning or sooner. Tt is expect
ed that most Of the State and Nation
al banks of the territory will be open
ed today and that all will be doing
business Monday. There was no ex
citement when the five Guthrie banks
opened their doors without advance
notice yesterday.
Under a rule adopted by the banks
no more than SIS is paid on account
week nor five dollars day. Larger
amounts are paid only in cashiers
checks and 1t is upon these that most
OF the business OF the territory will be
done until financial conditions are
again normal.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-11-02

Read our want column.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-11-02
CHIEF ROGERS
SIGNING DEEDS

Muskogee, Nov. 2.-Chief VIM. @.
Rogers Of Skiatook, is in Muskogee
signing deeds to allotments to be dis
tributed among the Cherokees on ac-
count of the division Of the extra
acreage OF the intermarried whites.
There are six thousand Of the deeds
to be signed and the pieces of property
represented run all the way from fifty
acres up to one hundred and twenty.
The chief has so many Of these deeds
to sign that he has no time even to
read them.
As soon as the deed is signed it is
mailed to the patentee by Chief
Rogers, who acts as the governments
agent IN the transaction. The chief
will attend the meeting of the Trans
Mississippi Commercial Congress.