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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-08

sumed his normal condition. Being
carefully guarded, he seems in no dan
ger OF relapse. This plucky wife Is a
benefactor Of her sex, for she has
shown the way to deal with one Of the
most serious dangers to which connu-
bal felicity is exposed. The married
man who fancies he has found his af-
finity and is possessed by the idea that
he must give up everything in order to
live with her is suffering from a delu-
sion, and should be treated like other
lunatics until he has recovered. After
his head has been in Ice for a few
hours he will take a different view of
his responsibilities
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-08

the edge Of the book. The left-hand
margin of each sheet is provided with
adhesive material. To put the index
in telephone directory portion of
the margin is moistened and the sheets
inserted in their proper positions in
the book. To transfer the index from
an old directory to a new one it is only
necessary to tear loose the index
sheets, moisten a fresh portion of the
adhesive material and attach in posi-
ton as before. The length of the
gummed portion of each sheet is suf-
ficient to enable the index to be trans
ferred many times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-08
Agricultural Hints.

If you wish to raise good crop of
bachelors buttons, it will first be neces-
Eary to see that there are no widows
weeds in the vicinity.
A good hayrake has about fifteen
dependent, of course, on the
age of the rake.
Do not drain off your swamp land.
Plant tadpoles and raise frogs, and
ship the hops to Milwaukee Here we
may say that the hop is somewhat
larger than the skip though not Sc
large as the jump-Lippincott
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-08
NEW WASHINGTON LETTER.
Written in the Revolutions Final
Days and Hitherto Unpublished.

Written in the Revolutions Final
Days and Hitherto Unpublished.
A three-page folio revolutionary let
ter OF George Washington, said to be
unpublished heretofore, was recently
sold at auction in this city. 1t is dat
ed "HdQrs., New Windsor, May 5,
1891" and is addressed to Gen. James
Clinton.
Although not in Washington's hand
writing, it is signed and franked by
him. 1t is Of historical interest, as it
was written during the last campaign
of the revolution.
CORVALLIS, who was at Wilmington,
had begun his march into Virginia to
join Arnold and try to capture Lafay-
cite and his 5000 men. The American
army was in a greatly weakened condi-
ton and Washington's letter shows how
keenly he was alive to the situation.
He wrote:
Alarmed at the critical situation Of
the garrison Of Fort Schuyler, order
ed out of the small pittance in our mag
aZine fifty barrels of meat and the
same quantity of -four to be transport
ed from this army and instantly thrown
into that garrison, but the cOmmissary
reports that there are but thirty-four
barrels in store. have directed the
residue made up from fish recently bar
relied on the river. This is solely de-
signed for the relief Of the garrison Of
Fort Schuyler and sacredly to be ap-
propriated to that and no other pur-
pose whatever.
"The distresses of other troops in
your department must be relieved from
the counties Of Massachusetts which
are nearest to you. If you can obtain
shad, to be put up on contract for the
troops, you may draw on the store at
claverock for salt to pay for as we'll as
TO cure the fish. The contract must
be firmly made, faithfully executed and
the public salt not dissipated to no pur-
pose"
There soon came relies. however,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-08
Magnitude Of siberia.

Twelve interesting days were con-
sumed on the long trip across Siberia
and Manchuria to Moscow: in the same
length Of time it would be possible to
cross the continent Of North American
three times. This tremendous expanse
reminds the thoughtful traveller that
large as are the great plains of the
West of our own country, there yet re-
main in other continents even larger
areas for future development and set
Element The cars placed at the dis
posal of the American party were very
comfortable, being built with Il corridor
or aisle running along one side and with
seats so that the occupants faced each
other on the other side. The average
speed of the trains was good and the
road-bed was excellent, though the rails
are much lighter than those used in the
train stopped and the party made it a
habit to get out and stretch their legs.
Officials almost invariably took the OPP
portunity of saying a friendly word to
the American travellers, and the small
American boy discovered many
strange dish which he promptly sam
pied. Meals were served to the Amerl-
can travellers in a palatial dining car.
notwithstanding farms are met ev-
erywhere, the people appear prosperous
and happy and there is little to remind
the traveller Of exile or privatiOn.-
From Secretary Taft's Own Story Of
His Tour Around the World, in the Ma
tional Magazine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-08
PROF. ALEXANDER AGAss1z.
The Renowned Son of a Renowned
Father.


Father.
At the age of % most men regard
their life work as finished and are con-
tent to withdraw from the activities in
which they have so long participated.
devoting the little time allotted them
to restrospection. Not so with Prof.
Alexander Agassiz. At the age Of -
he has gone to Africa to make new ex-
plorations and studies along the lines
which all his life have engrossed him.
Alexander Agassiz, son of the world
famous Louis Agassiz, was born In
Switzerland In 1885 and was brought
by his father to this country in 1S4S.
He graduated from Harvard in 1855.
In 1859-6O he, with the United States
coast survey, made biological studies
along the coast Of California and Next
CO. His scientific knowledge and expe-
rience led him to make discoveries and
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-08
lAslgHIFlS,IE||s!L REa AEggY n
80 ) a1Y7
}f1GIBETsft


The wife of Count Tolstoi has kept
a journal of her husbands affairs, the
manuscript of which she has presented
to the Moscow Historical Museum,
where the manuscript Of most of Toll
stois novels was also placed. AS the
Countess journal is probably the most
intimate occount that will ever be writ
ten of Tolstoi's life the translation will
be of great interest and value if it ever
appears.
The cOmical songs In alice In Won
derland" have been set to music by
Nine. Liza Lehman and have been
sung at London concert. The musical
value of her work is a thing outside
the scope of these notes; but we may
quote as matter of literary interest
the Athenaeums statement that She
has dealt entertainingly with "Iou ars
old, Father William" (which planned
as duet for tenor and baritone, ex-
hibits pleading strains for the youth
contrasted with firm and dignified ut
terance on the part Of the old man
Very humorous, too, is the setting Of
They told me you had been to her.
interrupted by recitatives, in the style
Of the old-fashioned Italian opera
There were 7,701 books published IN
England during the year that recently
closed. Among them Poetry and the
Drama" number 335, against 395 III
1905. But according to an English au-
thOrity there was a slump in novels,
tales and Juvenile works from ?, 108 to
1862 The fall in fiction seems re-
markable, for larger number of new
writer's have appeared than usual. Few
have taken the world by storm, and
good writer's of the second rank do not
seem to have scored any remarkable
successes.
Now that the English copyright on
land" has expired, many publishers are
issuing it, and English children can
procure copies at low price. In this
connection says a writer in the Book
man, it is interesting to remember how
the book came to be written. A real
%AAANO was bAO hSPAAdCAOA anu ia NJ"
DOdgson's diary he records the very
day of its beginning: "July 4, 1862.
made an excursion up the river to God
stow with the three LiddellS. We had
tea on the bank there, and did not
reach Christ Church till half past eight.
On which occasion l told them the
fairy-tale of 'Alice'S Adventures Under
ground which undertook to write out
for Alice" After Mr.. Dodgson's death
the ''real Alice" wrote as follows about
that eventful day: "I believe the begin
ming of Alice was told one summer az.
ternOOD when the sun was so burning
that we had landed in the meadows,
deserving the boat to take refuge in the
only bit of shade to be found, which
was under new-made hayrick. Here
from all three came the old petition,
tell us a story and so began the ever
delightful tale.' On the same day,
three years after that happy picnic ut
GOdstow, the Alice who had helped to
plead for a story, the gentle Secunda
who hoped there would be nonsense in
it," received the first presentation copy
of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"
faithfully retOld in print
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-08

when Count de Grasse proposed joint
operations between the American and
French in Virginia. Rochambeau's
French army from Newport joined him
and Washington marched his allied ar
mics, 5000 strong, to Virginia
With the troops already there he now
had 10000 men under his command be-
fore YORKTOWN and CORVALLIS was
obliged on Oct. 10, 1871, to surrender
his British army, more than 1000
strong.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-08

investments in coal and copper mines
which later made him wealthy.
On the death of his father in 1873 he
was made curator of the Museum of
Comparative Zoology at Harvard but
resigned in 1885 on account of poor
health. III 1896 his contributions to
the worlds scientific knowledge Won
him a distinguished decoration from
France and he was made an officer Of
the Legion of Honor. He belongs to
several scientific associations and has
done much important work III marine
dredging and deep sea zoology. He is
the author Of many valuable scientific
works
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-08

IN contact with the surface of the end
bricks. An upward pull upon the ham
die is necessary to lift the load. causing
the end plates, through the medium of
the connecting levers. to be forced
against the end bricks with pressure
approximately eGualing the weight to
be lifted 1t will be obvious, therefore,
that the pressure so eXerted against
the end bricks will so bind the inter
mediate bricks as to prevent their dis
placement while free of a support.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-08

TELEPHONE INDEX commercial stand
point. Moreover, the paper usually en-
ployed in such books being fiimsy re-
suits in rapid destruction of the books
and index. An economical means of
providing a telephone index is furnish
ed in the improved index shown here,
patented by a Pennsylvania man. 1t
is formed Of plurality of division
sheets of different sizes, carrying in
dex tabs, the latter projecting beyond
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-08

The common council of Newark, New
Jersey, has attacked the billboard nui-
Eance at a vulnerable point, by forbid
ding the display of representations of
crime and pictures that border upon
indecency. There are commercial post
ers which could rally defenders on the
ground that they are works Of art; but
theatrical advertising, of the kind that
the Newark authorities condemn, sell
dom rises above the esthetic and moral
standards OF a color-blind maniac.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-08

useless. A Pennsylvania machinist
conceived the idea of manufacturing a
glove having removable tips, which
could be renewed when worn or in
iured. He then designed the glove
shown in the Illustration. made of
leather. metallic clips and a resilient
wrist clamp, arranged to form a glove
adapted to protect the fingers from
rough and injurious surfaces with
which they might come in contact The
leather tips serve to protect the fingers
of the hand, while the back of the glove
and wrist clamp maintain the tips in
position.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-08
He Had No objection.

We've want you to marry us"
said the blushing young man, indicat-
ing a young woman with downcast eyes
and smiling face who stood a step be-
hind him.
Come in,' said the minister, and he
endeavored 10 ease their embarrass-
ment for a moment; but he soon de-
cided that 1t was useless to try.
"Will you be married with ringY"
he inquired.
The young man turned helpless
gaze on his companion, and then look
ed at the minister.
IF you've got one to spare and it
can come out o the two dollars, guess
she'd like it," he said, at last.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-08

1.-THE ingenuity of lawmakers, says
the Philadelphia Record, never quite
keeps step with the ingenuity of law
breakers" This may be due to the
fact that the ablest lawyers are hired
by the lawbreakers to look for the
technicalities.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-08

Notwithstanding the things that have
recently been happening TO Gould
stocks, Nine Anna is paying more Of
Count Bonl's debts. The dividends
must keep coming right along, even If
Wall street quotations are not as en-
couragirg as they might be-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-08

~ lifted has been
patented by a Kan
sas man, and is
shown in the &C.
companying illus
tration. In oper-
ating the litter a
number of bricks
are arranged in a
line, the plates at
each end Of the
litter being sepa-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-08
Certainly Would.

City Man Ito villager) Wouldn't It
open your eyes if you were to look
across at that lot there and see one
of our city skyscrapers covering it?
Village Man-Wall, l guess it would,
SEEM as I've got twenty head O. cattle
grain there-The Bohemian.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-08

the button shoe,
and yet be as SER
viceable and prac-
teal as the laced
shoe. Everybody
is familiar with
the one objection
to the button fas-
tening the shoe
seldom fits the foot
properly until the
buttons are per-
fectly readjusted.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-08

5 O III e pfOIecLlOn
should be provided
for the hands. Or
binary / e q t b e r
& ] Ov e S will not
stand hard usage,
and, besides, are
too expensive for
the purpose. They
soon become worn
in the fingers when
subjected to much
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-08

AS a remedy for hard times 1t is pro-
posed that everybody economic. This
would doubtless work well if those who
get something for nothing would stop
getting it; but when economy sets in
among those who give something for
something, the inevitable effect is to
diminish mutual purchasing power and
thereby to make trade duller than ever
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-08
A RIunder.

Customer must say, waiter, this
is the first time I've ever had a really
tender steak here.
Waiter (aghast) Good gracious, I
must have given you the proprietor's
steak !-LOndon Standard.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-08

King Edward has ruled for seven
years, and owing to the fact that he
wisely permits the English people TO
shoulder most Of the responsibility not
q serious administrative mistake is
charged up against him.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-08

Some one has discovered that pains
In the feet produce wrinkles in the
face. Nevertheless, women will contin-
ne to take chances with tight shoes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-08

Cuba is to be turned to the Cubans
not later than Feb. I, 1909. In the
meantime, it may be supposed, every
able-bodied Cuban will go into training
to tit himself for public Office.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-08

One army officer has declared anoth-
er eccentric" because he tells the same
story over and over again. Judged by
that standard, we fear good many
men are in the eccentric class.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-08

We never could understand how peo-
pie can get any satisfaction out of talk
Ing about the size Of John D. Rockefel-
lars income.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-08

p h On G subscribers
must necessarily be
made as cheaply as
possible. Therefore,
the indexing OF such
books, with Uncut
margins, tabs pasted
to the leaves, are
not justifable from
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-08

In one respect men are wiser than
women. A girl, however poor she may
be, expects to marry a prince at least
A poor man never expects to marry q
princess.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-08

1t must be admitted, however, that
r1oting Is one OF the poorest ways in
which people can exhibit their fitness
for manhood suffrage
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-08

The proposed removal of the motto
-''In God We Trust from our coins
called the attention of thousands of
people to the fact that it was there
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-08

CAN also be man.
ipulated to cut off
q chew from the
plug of tobacco.
The box is made
of sheet metal
with a partition
in the ce n t er,
forming two COM
xNn~Ex1n AN4r MI nnO
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-08

The Detroit News is quite an Optiln-
Est. It predicts that lone of these days
. plot will be discovered in ST Peters
burg to save the cars life"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-08

A man who boosted that he hadn't
taken a vacation In forty years took
q day of last week to attend his own
funeral.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-08

According to the financial reports
Smoney Is easy" but the men who have
e are not
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-08
Novel Tobacco Box.

recent invention of a Maryland
man provides box not only for carry
ing tobacco in the pocket, but which
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-08
A Prospective snub.

Phoebe-"You would hardly know
Freddy since he got back from Monte
Carlo. He lost all his money there
and"
Evelyn-"Hardly know him. Why,
l shan't know him at all. ted
Bits.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-08
Adjustable shoe Fastener.

Numerous attempts have been made
by inventors to design a fastener for
shoes which will overcome the faults Of
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-08
For Lifting Bricks.

An exceedingly simple device by
which a number of bricks and similar
objects can be readily and convenient
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-08

A Western man has invented a bal
loon that will go sixty miles an hour
II nothing happens.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-08
TeIephone-RooL Index.

Telephone directories and similar
books which are reprinted at frequent
intervals and furnished free to tele-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-08

Ever know a man so fair that he
wouldn't twist his side Of the story a
little to his side?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-08

The women pay a terrible lot of inn
portance to getting a letter, consider
ing that nine IN ten have unpleasant
news in them.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-08

Quinine, according to the Rev. Dr..
Dixon, is a divine remedy. 1t has a
aiabolical taste, just the same
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-08
RrickIaxers, Glove.

Bricklayers, hodcarriers and similar
artisans having rough and heavy arti-
cleS to handle begin to realize that
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-08

Did you ever have a thoroughly I'M
selfish friend? Were you ever the un-
selfish friend of anyone?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-08

If fathers could be sons to them
selves, what good sons they would bel
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-11


unexpected complications set in,
but he will be confined to his
bed for several months.
H Mr.. and Mrs. Sellers and a young
man of their eighborhood had been
attending evening services at the
Christian Science church and shortly
before nine O'Clock were driving
home. They were going west on
White avenue when suddenly a shaft
on the buggy broke, the horse be-
came frightened and ran away. The
young man jumped out and was un-
hurt, Mrs. Sellers was thrown out
just before the buggy reached Fifth
street. Mr.. Sellers attempted to hold
his seat and gain control of the
dist church the horse turned sharply
into Fifth street. the buggy was ov-
erturned, catching Mr.. Sellers under
| it.
The horse did not stop put drag
ging the buggy after him on up the
street. Mr.. Sellers was dragged for
some distance under the overturned
buggy.
People attending prayer meeting
at the Metho dist church and residents
of that section of the city were quick
ly on the scene. 1t was seen that
Mr.. Sellers was badly hurt. DR.. H.
S. Henderson was summoned and
was on the scene directly. A little
later several other physicians reached
the scene. DR.. Henderson ascertain
cd that Mr.. Sellers was suffering
from very serious fracture of the
bones of the right leg, the break was
just above the ankle but extended
into the ankle. The bone was pro-
truding from the flesh The right
shoulder was dislocSted and the left
wrist was badly wrenched. A large
but not dangerous cash on the fore
head and many minor bruises and
cuts were also sustained. The in
jured man retained consciousness and
in spite of his frightful injuries seem
ed to suffer but little intense pain.
He was anxious to know if Mrs. Sell
lers was hurt but was informed that
she was not. He was then removed
to st. Mary's hospital and his in
juries given attention by Dr. Hender-
son.
This morning DR.. Henderson re-
ports Mr.. Sellers getting along very
nicely and in no immediate danger.
The accident was one of the worst
of its kind that has occurred in the
city in many months. Mr.. Sellers is
about SIS years of age.
Mrs. Sellers received severe
snock and several small bruises and
cuts but was not seriously hurt. The
accident caused much excitement.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-11
LOCAL WEATHER REPORT.
U. S. Department of Agriculture,
Weather Bureau.

June 10, 6 p.m.-Temperature,
SO; relative humidity, 5; direction
of wind, southwest; velocity of wind.
s miles; precipitation, o; weather,
clear.
June II, G a.m.-Temperature,
54 relative humidity, 81: direction
of wind, northeast; velocity of wind
2 miles; precipitation, o; weather,
clear.
Maximum temperature yesterday,
92; minimum, So; mean, "A, or 3
above normal.
Forecast for Grand Junction and
vicinity (issued at Denver): Cen
orally fair tonight; partly cloudy to-
morrow.
r. NJ. HARDINGE,
Official in Charge
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-11

Mrs. Mary Gillette, a victim of the
patent medicine man, died at the
county hospital in Denver, where she
had been taken by the police sur
geon. She had not eaten anything
for several days. Her valise was
filled with patent medicines of all
kinds and literature telling of their
great good for all bodily ills that af-
feet man Nothing is known as to
who she was.-Denver Republican.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-11
A Recommendation.

We recommend this general store
that is for sale as being a money
maker and an investment in which
no wide-awake man can lose out.
Expenses low; profits good; climate
excellent; $4,000 will handle it; bal
ance at low rate of interest. What
more could you ask? w. S. Wallace,
$50 Main.