Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-24
FACTS IN TABLOID FORM.


ulation can neither read nor write.
The Church of England Waits and
Strays Society has taken care Of 1916
children In the twenty-six years that
it has been IN operation.
Yuan Shi Kai is urging the Chinese
throne to establish a government de-
partment to deal with missionary af-
fairs, something that all mission work
ers will welcome.
The Protestant, Catholic and Jewish
denominations of Oakland, CAL, have
organized under one constitution so
ciety Of the pastors to help along the
church work of the city.
About forty different kinds of whales
and dolphins are known, and although
they live in the open sea and look like
fish they are not fish at all, but are true
mammals, breathing air and feeding
their young on milk, like cows and
horses.
The Belgians are the greatest drink
ers Of French champagne, Ill., hectic
liters being exported there last year.
The British showed a fondness for Boz
deaux wine, importing $4,000 hectoli-
ters,. against $4,000 sent to the United
States and 1900 to Germany.
France was Ia 1907 the worlds chief
wine producer as well as consumer.
The total crop for the year was 49,
100000 hectoliters OF this French
growers produced 66,0OO,Oo0 hectoliters.
Italy was represented by 100000,
Spain by 100000, Portugal by 4,000.-
600, Austria by 100000 and Ger
many by 100000.
Changes on the moons surface, espe-
cially near the crater Linnaeus, are
now recognized by Pickering, Barnard
and others. 1t is concluded that the
diminutien of a white patch must be
a melting Of boar frost at sunrise and
that the deposition and melting of frost
must be taking place In other parts OF
the moon.
One one occasion when in Congress
Gen. Benjamin Butler arose in his place
and intimated that the member who oc-
cupied the floor was transgressing the
limits of debate. why, general said
the member reproachfully, you divided
your time with me-" ~ know did"
rejoined Butler, grimly, but ] didn't
divide eternity with you"
To the long list of London clubs there
must now be added the Poets Club,
which has been formed for the purpose
Of revivifying the neglected art OIL verse
making. Henry Simpson is the first
president and the members already
elected include Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Crane, Horace Wyndham, Mr.. After
bury, Miss Helen Taylor and Frederick
Moore.
At an election meeting DR.. Macna-
mara, Of the British Parliament, was
tackled by woman, who inquired :
care You in favor of repeating the BIAS
phemy lawsY Madam" replied the
doctor, 81 am q golfer" Would you
give every woman a voter" asked an
other. Every woman should have
either a vote or voter" said DR.. Mac
namara. (Which do you preferY
French people have decided views re-
garding the responsibility Of men in
power. A butcher has been sent to
jail for year for supplying the army
with bad meat The damages assessed
by Paris court following recent au-
tomobile accident cost the owners $685.
900. When the Opera Comique burned
In 1887 the managing director was
fined $4,000 and sent to prison for
three months.
The sum of SALT an hour and no in
reference by trades unions, seems a
fairish wage, even for those in the
first rank of the bullfighting profess
sion. Whether the remuneration is adj
euuate in view Of the risks incurred
nay be open to discussion; certain 1t
is, an expert In the Madrid Epoca tells
u.s. that bullfighting is such an eminent
Iy healthful occupation that its follow
ers, if they retire unhurt, invariably
reach a green old age.
The question as to whether turned
I'D trousers had gone out Of style was
referred to the editor Of the Sartorial
Art Journal, who said that men who
have to walk in wet weather will turn
up their trousers as they always have
done and the fools who turn up their
trousers here In fair weather because
'ft's raining in London" will continue
TO do so until their mental condition
changes. But" he said, "the turned
I'D trousers for dress never were in
style"
A story of plot to kidnap Queen
Victoria and turn England into a re-
public is told In Peter Latouches book,
anarchy; Its Methods and Expo
nents," just published. This coup
d'etat was planned to take place 10
1888, the year of the great dock strike
in London, but was frustrated by the
success Of the strikers and the unex-
pected sympathy and help shown them
BY the moneyed classes This did much