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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-01
Letters From Miss Kate Schaefer,
Of Somers, Now in China,
Show Progress in Work.
BUILDS UP MANY SCHOOLS
The Result of Their Work During the
Last Decade Passes Even the
Anticipations of the
Mission Workers

Letters received in this city from
Miss Kate L. Schaeffer, of Somers,
who is now acting as a missionary
for the Presby terian church in the
Island of Hainan, China, tells of
wonderful progress of the work in the
Orient. Miss Schaeffer returned to
! China nearly two years ago and this
is the first public report of the work
that she has sent to her friends at
home.
While there have sbeen many dis
turbances of semi religious nature
, in differentsparts of China due to the
activities of the SO called Boxer party
these disturbances have not reached
the Island of Hainan ana Miss
Schaetfer has been allowed to con-
tinue her work without interruption.
Miss Schaeffer was sent to China by
the Presbyterian Missionary societies
of Somers and Milwaukee and the
following clipping from one of her
letters will be Of great interest to the
members of the church and to others
in the citypand county interested in
the progress of mission work in the
Chinese provinces:
"We are continuing our work very
peacefully in Hainan undisturbed by
the famine of the northern provinces
or by the unrest in other southern
provinces.
eve rejoice in the steady progress
which is noticed in the three stations
of the Presbyterian Mission on this
island and we also rejoice to see the
general awakening along educati
lines among the Chinese themselves.
"The difference is so great that I
am sure the present atmosphere would
have seemed ito us, ten years ago, as
one too progressive to be hoped for in
so short a time. s. The prevalence of
the foot-b;nding custom and of the
opium habit leave still great deal to
be desired in the way of civilization. :"
Recent reports of the Presbyterian
Board of Missions pays high tribute
to the work that is being done by
Miss Schaeffer and her companions in
Hainan, and the work which for years
has been under the direction of the
Kenosha county woman has been
among the most successful ever done
by foreign missionaries in China.
Miss Schaeffer has beer in the work
for more than ten years, and nearly
all of her time has been spent in the
Island of..Hainan. Her work has re-
suited in thenbuilding of schools and
colleges and the conversion of humid
reds Of the natives to the Christian
religion.
At the time Of the first Boxer out
break Miss Schaeffer was under fire
several times and she was forced to
make a midnight journey across the
country tosclaim the protection of the
English consul. However when peace
had been declared she returned to the
very territory from which the mis-
sionaries. : had been driven and re-
snmed her work. It is said that she
is one of the most popular women
among thes natives that ever worked
in the mission fields in China and she
is in high standing withlthe govern
ment party.
Miss Schaeffer has made no plans
to return to her home in Somers, and
it is understood that she will give her
life to the work of advancing the mis-
sion work in China and the provinces.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-01
GETS PHILIPPINE MONEY
Lieut.. Arthur Ho1derness Sends High
School Association Island Money

The first money issued by the
Philippine Government seen in Keno
sha has been received by the treas
nrer of the Kenosha High School AS
ISOLATION. The money was sent by
Lieutenant Arthur Holderness, a
member of the Association who is now
serving with the United States Army
in the Islands and the two peso bill
will be framed and hung up in the
Kenosha high school. Lieutenant
Holderness reached the Islands just a
day before he received the invitation
to attend the biennial reunion and he
is slated to remain in the Islands for
the next three years. He seems to be
we'll pleased with the army work in
the new American possessions in the
East.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-01
LIGHTNING Killed the Fish.

A peculiar result of stroke Of light
ming was noted near Dijon, France,
one summer. A flash Of lightning was
seen to strike a fish pond, and an in
vestigation made Immediately after
the storm had subsidized proved that
every fish that was in the little lake
had been killed. This is one of the
very few instances on record of light
ming striking fresh water.-London
Saturday Review.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-01

The worlds fashion arbiters in Paris
can never be brought to look upon ia
pan as one Of the great powers since
it has leaked out that the styles in wo
mems clothes in the mikado's realm
have not changed in $500 years.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-01
Breezy.

Here" said the new copy reader,
lis story about man being picked
up by a Kansas cyclone and carried
six miles. Except that he bit off the
end Of his tongue when he fell he suf-
fered no injury"
"All right" replied the telegraph ed
itor. "Boil it down to about four or
i've lines, and we will run it under the
head of Breezy Bits. '"-C Chicago Rec
ord Herald
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-01

BY THE WAY, is there clause in
the franchise of the street railway
company which requires the company
to keep its right of way sprinkled so
that the residents on the streets along
which it passes may not be choked
to death by the dust raised by the
passing cars?
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-01

THE new negligence law is going
to make considerable difference IN
the trial of personal damage suits in
the courts, and the first cases under
the law are going to be closely
watched by all employers Of labor
throughout the state.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-01

1t remains for some enterprising am.
ateur world politician to evolve thee
ry that navy is to be sent to the Pa.
~cific in order to back Japan up in the
absorption of Asiatic territory.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-01

A New York woman was run down
and killed by street cfI while at
tempting to save her umbrella. This
is another argument against the pri
vate ownership of umbrellas, for NJ
one would sacrifice his life il the at
tempt to save a borrowed one.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-01

immigration beat all records in the
last fiscal year, but the demand for
laborers worth their price in field and
factory and especially in the kitchen
was never so great as it is now.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-01

THE plans to improve Market
Square meet with very general APP
prevail and it is not probable that
there will be much opposition to the
proposed improvement in the Council.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-01

One thousand japanese are reported
to be in Mexico ready to invade Texas
as soon as war is declared. Not {
large force, to be sure, but if they
tackle the Texas cucumber crop thai
number will be doubled, yells and ALL
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-01

After all, the fuss Of getting a bill.
honaire to court his conversation does
not usually amount to a chill OF
BEANS
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-01

Superintendent and Mrs. P. ]. zim-
mers, who have been spending their
vacation at Stigler, Indian Territory,
returned home Tuesday afternoon.
They report great trip through a
great country.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-01

FINE growing weather all through
the county, and the farmer is begin
ming to wear the smile that won't
come off
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-01

Those disgruntled wine growers Of
France have decided to Keep their
grievances bottled up for future use
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-01

Ida Tarbell would doubtless willing
~ hand Mr. Rockefeller a few points
on Standard Oil business affairs.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-01

When our Jap visitors, who cried
Peace, peacem 50 home and make
good We'll believe in them.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-01

The English people are now confident
that they can tell joke IL 1t has Mark
Twain's name to it.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-10-02
Autos DESTROYING Roads.

The Massachusetts automobile traf-
fic Is so heavy that it has caused mark
ed wear on the state highways, and
the commission having charge of these
roads states in its last annual report
that the destructive effect is extra
ordinary" Practically all the main
roads are thus affected. 1t has been
noticed that the binder is swept from
the road. and the stone from u to ~
inch in size has been disturbed, in
some cases standing on the surface,
and in other cases being left in wind
rows along the roadside. The effect of
wear OF this sort is such that the com
mission is satisfied a material change
in the methods of maintaining stone
roads must be made. The report indi-
Gates that the commission believes
some kind of treatment with tar will
probably be successful.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-10-02
THE CULTURE
OF ASPARAGUS
BY w. r. Beattie.

This crop can be grown on almost
any well-drained soil, but will do best
on deep, mellow, sandy loan. There
is little possibility of having the land
too rich, and liberal applications of
rotted barnyard manure should be
made before the plants are set. 1t is
usually more satisfactory to purchase
two-year-old roots from some seeds
man or dealer. The price of good
dred, and 100 to 200 plants will be
found sufficient to supply the ordinary
family. The roots should be trans
planted during the late autumn or
early spring. Before setting out the
plants the land should be loosened
very deeply, either by subsoil blowing
or deep spading. 1t is good plan to
remove the topsoil and spade manure
into the subsoil to depth of IA or 16
inches; then replace the topsoil and
add more manure. There are two
methods of setting an asparagus bed,
depending entirely upon the kind of
cultivation to be employed in the gar
den. If horse tools are to be used,
the plants should be set in rows three
and half feet apart and IA inches
apart in the row. On the other hand,
If the garden space is limited the
plants should be set in a solid bed,
one foot apart each way, and cult
waited by hand. In setting asparagus
the crowns should be covered to a
depth of four or five inches At the
north it will be desirable to mulch the
asparagus bed during the winter with
three or four inches of loose manure
or straw. In the south the covering
during the winter will not be neces-
sary. but the bed should receive a
dressing of manure or fertilizer at
some time each year, preferably in
the autumn.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-10-02
EFFECT OF SOILS ON
PLANTS
BY G. L. Allen.

While variations of climate produce
wonderful changes in vegetable forms,
it is well-established fact that any
vegetable grown in a given soil will
assume very different form when
grown on either heavier or a lighter
one. This has been shown in a re-
markable degree with. the cabbage.
given variety grown for long num-
Der of years on a heavy soil, with a
liberal supply of plant food, proper
care in growing the plants and in
transplanting them, and constant cul-
tivation until the crop is matured,
will develop type remarkable for
size and vigor, with excellent keeping
qualities, and be what is known as a
Late Fiat Dutch or Drumhead cab
bage. On the other hand, take the
same stock seed, grow it on a light
sandy soil, under the same climatic
influences, with the same care in cul-
tivation, always selecting with view
to earliness and solidity, and the re-
suit will be in the same number of
years variety of the same general
form but of smaller size and very
much earlier. Again, a soil inter-
mediate in character, from the same
stock, during the same period, with
the same care in selection, will give a
variety intermediate in character as
we'll as in period Of growth.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-10-02
A Cleaning Agent for CASTINGS.

Hydrofiuoric acid as a cleansing
agent for castings has been in general
use but short time, being treated a
lew years ago as a secret process.
Formulae for the acid containing sup
eriuous and innocuous ingredients to
mystify the purchaser have been sold
for considerable sums. Anything used
in connection with this pickle" aside
from the hydrofuoric acid and water.
is wholly unnecessary, the usual for
mula being one part of acid to ten of
water. In adding water, however, care
should be taken to know the strength
of the acid. The idea is to get a dip
that will remove the sand perfectly
and quickly, the operation requiring
10 to Is minutes.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-10-02
GOVERNMENT TO SUPPRESS
TRAFFIC In GIRL SLAVES

A SYSTEMATIC effort is to be
IA made by the bureau of immigra-
ten to put an end to what is popularity
known as the white slave traffic."
which, it Is asserted, has been con-
Quoted, especially in cities on the
Atlantic seaboard, for long time.
On recommendation of Robert
Watchorn, immigration commissioner
at Ellis Island, New York Miss Helen
NJ. Bulls has been appointed an i'm
migration inspector for the particular
garding this traffic. Miss Bulls re-
septly has been connected with the
Travellers Aid Society, and has done
much work along philanthropic and
sociological lines.
Commissioner Watchorn says that
despite the scrutiny with which i'm
migrants are examined as to their
right to enter the United States many
women of non-English speaking races
are being imported for immoral pur-
poses The method by which this is
accomplished is SO well devised that
the victims of the importers nearly
always avoid detection by reason Of
the thorough coaching they receive
prior to their embarkation for this
country.
Mr.. >Watchorn suggests that Miss
Bulls is in position to furnish the
department conclusive proof of the
existence of the traffic. This wonld
enable the immigration officials Lot
only to deport those who have been
brought unlawfully into the country,
but also to punish those who are re-
sponsible for this sort of immigra-
tiOu
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-10-02
FORESTRY BUREAU RULES
OVER MILLIONS OF ACRES

WASHINGTON.-Th Forestry Bu-
w reau, which now administers
more acres of land than any other
institution in the world and is. the
landlord branch of the Federal Gov
eminent, has just compiled it's report
covering statistics of grazing on the
public lands of the great West The
figures will give some idea of the scale
on which Uncle Sam has gone into the
land business, and are very comfort
ing because of their, very size, for if
the existing policy is unmolested the
vast areas of forest and mountain now
embraced in reserves will for all time
be administered in the interest of the
entire people.
There are now more than 156, 000,-
600 acres of land in the national for
ests. Grazing is permitted, but under
strict regulations, made in order that
the grass may not be destroyed by
overlooking. This, by the way, is
what has caused most of the friction
in the West Owners of flocks and
herds in that section of the country
for years have been accustomed to
grazing without restrictions of any
kind. Many of them in time came to
look upon the public domain as their
very own, in an important sense, and
they were quick to resent any effort
on the part of the government to con-
serve either forest or grazing land
But this friction is rapidly disappear
ing, as the western people see that
without such conservation the range
and forest in time will be destroyed
A glance at the regulations govern
Ing grazing on the government forests
will give the reader a very good idea
of the government forest policy and
how it is being administered Stock
men who desire to make use of the
range apply for permits stating the
kind of stock they have, the quantity
of it and the location of the range they
want. The forest officers then proceed
to make allotments. apportioning the
available pasture among the appli-
cants on as equitable a basis as prac-
ticable.
Sometimes stockmen who live near
forests or have stock near them allow
that stock to drift across lines If this
is done carelessly or wilfully it is con-
sidered trespass and the offender is
subject to fine and may also be sued
for damages. The number of tres
pass cases last year was 1873, of which
1853 were settled out of court. The
sum collected for these trespasses ag-
gregated $3.50. These trespass cases
have been another source of friction
between the government and the
grazers. 1t is difficult for the west
to realize that, the country now being
thickly populated, it is no longer pos
sible to maintain the old time free
range without destroying that range
The entire system of permits and fees
is for the purpose of enabling the
government to know that the range
within the reserves is not being over
fed.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-10-02
Wages I'M Great Britain.

Wages in Great Britain ave. age
much higher than on the continent
and in France and Germany wages are
higher than in Italy, Spain, or Austria
The district court at Carlsbad, Austria
recently fixed the daily wages of lab
orers of both sexes Ar the years 1907
1908 and 1909, as follows: Males, fore
men, 60 cents per day, others 40 cents
and apprentices and boys, 20 cents.
Females, women, % cents and juve
niles, Is cents. Servants of the state
4S cents. except servants of the post
and telegraph. who receive A cents.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-10-02
The Plug Puzzle.

shape. The object is to cut a plug
which will fit any and every one of
these holes. In the accompanying H.
lustration we illustrate what is prob
ably the simplest form of plug adapt
ed to fit the holes. The plug as shown
at A is in the form of chisel point.
II laid on its side, it will fit the square
hole B. The oblong hole c is closed
by inserting the sharp end of the plug
into it. The circular end of the plug
tits the hole D, and if the plug be
turned on its side at right angles to
its position at B, it will fit the triangu.
lar hole E.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-10-02

Red Cedar.-Red cedar, from which
pencils are made, has become so
scarce that it enjoys the unique dis
tinction of being bought and sold by
the pound. Most of this cedar comes
from Tennessee, Alabama and Florida
and the supply in Tennessee is nearly
gone. Fence rails that weathered the
civil war have gone into pencils.
Stumps have been dug up and sold for
more than the trees which were cut
firm them to make railroad ties.
Fence posts have given way to newer
kinds of wood and have been carted
to the pencil factory to be sold for
ten cents hundred pounds. And yet
this red cedar will grow anywhere in
the United States where the soil does
not contain too much sand or clay;
will flourish on land that is unfit for
agriculture, and will reach size fit
for pencil making when 25 years old.
Department of Agriculture.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-10-02
: TRACTION AUTOS TO BE
USED In WORK ON CANAL

r RACTION automobiles are the
l. latest thing for the Panama canal,
and their use, according to officials
of the canal in Washington, presages
the doom of the ancient and time
honored railroad veIocipede, now used
by track walkers and employees in
charge of switch lights in sparsely
populated communities. 1t. is not be-
yond the realm of probability, in the
opinion of some of them, that the run
ming of automobiles on railroad tracks
will become fad if the railroads will
stand for it.
The purchasing agent of the COM
mission has advertised for two such
machines for use on the railroad
across the Isthmus of Panama cap
able of carrying ten persons each and
able to make a speed of 40 miles an
hour on a level track with the engine
running at normal speed The en-
CINE must be stout enough to climb
a grade of eight per cent, and to in
crease their speed to 25 per cent
above normal, or, in other words, to
MAKE so miles an hour. The car must
burn ordinary stove gasoline and have
capacity to go 125 miles at full
speed and load. 1t is the purpose of
the commission to place these cars
n the inspection department for the
use of the chief engineer and his as
sistants, who now have to rely on
fassing passenger, freight, dirt Or
special trains in inspecting the work
along the canal.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-10-02
NEWSPAPERS FAST EATING
UP OUR SPRUCE FORESTS

r HE rapidity with which the news
paper is eating up the American
spruce forests has caused some alarm
who have been looking into the thing.
The conversion of spruce timber into
paper is going on at the rate of 1885,
900 feet for every working day in the
year. And most of this timber is cut
in the United States, although few
wood pulp logs are imported from
Canada
During 1905 the newspaper demand
alone consumed 100000 tons of manu-
featured white paper. This was one
third of the output of all the paper
mills in the country. To make it re-
quired an army of $4,000 men, who
drew 100000 in wages The mills
used raw material amounting to 1,300,-
600 cords. representing the cut Of
about 100000 acres.
The present tariff on lumber causes
this enormous drain to fall almost en-
tirely upon the forests of the United
States. 1t has been suggested that
It would, be wise political and eco,
nomlc move to remove this lumber
duty, and let the paper mills begin to
eat into the almost limitless forests of
Canada
incidentally the price of paper
would drop some, and the paper trust
would not have quite the monopoly on
affairs which it has to-day.
Increased size of newspapers and
magazines is laid by government ex-
perts to the introduction of the type
setting machine. In 1890 newspapers
and periodicals averaged ST. pages
each, on basis of weight, and in
1900 &C pages; 1905 they came to SIS
cages.
During the 25 years from 1880 to
1905 the number of newspapers and
periodicals of all classes in the United
states practically doubled. During
hat time 10000 publications were
added. During the last decade the
number of morning newspapers in.
creased IL per cent, while the mum.
Der OF evening newspapers increased
lib per cent.
During the last 20 years the evening
newspapers have increased more rap-
.dly than morning newspapers. A
hundred years ago there were $50
newspapers in the United States. hay.
ing an aggregate circulation of o.
'zl'ioo copies per annum.