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The Detroit times., 1908-12-26
LAFAYETTE

For New Years week there will mo n
fne program In the Lafayette theater
commencing with Sunday matinee. The
principal vaudeville attractions will be
dance: Harry Moore and Henry Cooper
IN their new sketch. Coming Home, d"
and the acrobatic team. Wilson and
walters, In their challenge balancing
act. The new photologue company VIII
produce n thrilling meiodrama and sew
tral farccr. and an unusual number OF
moving pictures Will complete the pro-
grefn. An entire change ~ pFomls ed
The Detroit times., 1908-12-26
THE
PIttshurg Symphony Orchestra
THE

At Light Guard arniory, Tuesday even
ing, January 9th, viii play the follow
ing programi
Symphony in Il fiat. Haydn; Les Pro-
ludes, Liszt: Ballet Music from Car
men," Bizet. Capriccio Italien. Tschai-
kovsky; TIL Eulenspiegsl, Strauss
"Rienzi" Overture, Wagner.
Reserved seats from bOc to $500, on
sale mt GrinnelI Bros, saturday, Jan. q
The Detroit times., 1908-12-26

straighter life. About this time Adele
becomes involved in "a murder and the
police are after her Billy learns OF
her whereabouts over the wire, anu
tries to Kill the story by switching the
message onto his wire lie Is detected
and then illustrates the police by ruin
Ing the machines by contact with
high voltage wire. Several thrills are
promised. one OF the most thrilling
teirg the escape OF the heroine upon
the oowcatcher OF an express engine.
Matinees will be given daily except on
Wednesday.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-26

ehurchmen OF all denominations have
dilated on its tEcfnu from the pulpit,
md have called it not only the best ex-
position that the theater has ever had
On this grave subject, but have gone TO
the extent OF saying that IL would do
more than the pulpit has done to bring
to the people n realization OF the d.
vorce evil, which the latest statistics
show us is continually on the increase.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-26
MAJESTIC.

The innovation OF this week In the
| shape OF a double vaudeville ana pic
| ture show has proven to be a great
| drawing card in the Majestic. enabling
one To- see two entirely different shows
| each week, as one company plays atter
| moons during the FIRST half OF the week
| and evenings during the balance OF
| the week. while the company thal
| plays evenings during the first part
week Both shows are always very
| cYenlY balanced. and the past week
The Detroit times., 1908-12-26

The United States buys nearly 30
per cent OF the mica exported by Can.
ada. which industry has grown TO
nearly 1000, 900 pounds year.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-26
IA Nv LOCAL PLAYHOUSES =

toonist. Harry l.. Tighe & Co, In a
comedy skit. Violet Dale Co, In
musical skit; Six American Dancers
Casselli's midget performing dogs, VIII
lette Whitaker, and Wilbur Hill, etc.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-26

Tor Thursday. with a special New Years
novelty
The Detroit times., 1908-12-26

alter next week. tho engagement TO be-
pany IL pretty well known and the
The Detroit times., 1908-12-26

The coal mined IN the United States
each year. " piled together would make
A cube having sides OF ia yards.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-26
AVENUE.

Miners Merry Burlesquers" will
have their inning In the Avenue the
The Detroit times., 1908-12-26
TEMPLE,

Moore's meritorious vaudeville in the
Temple theater the comins week con-
tains three OF the best acts on the
stage. The first In Importance is Irene
The Detroit times., 1908-12-26
LYCEUM

The management OF the Lyceum the
alter promises one OF the strongest and
best attractions of the season next
week in the Ward and Vokes reunion
production, The Promoters. 1t is
Fortunate that this duo OF farceurs
have Joined hands again and In The
Promoters" theatergoers are assured
OF fast. tunetul and slightly evening
OF ridiculous nonsense. The style or
mirth offered by Hap Ward and Harry
Vokes, while OF the most frothy ma
ture, has nevertheless always been ir-
resistible in it's laughter producing
power In "TAe Promoters Ward x
Vokes rs Percy and Harold" are seen
impcrsonating two noblemen. They
are supposed TO be two stylish young
fellows very much in love with two
very rich girls. The father OF the girls
Is one Of those foolish old men who
think that his daughters are too good
for the young Americans, and he has
set out to marry them TO a couple or
no-good foreigners who have titles for
sale, The young lovers impersonate
the titled fortune hunters and manage
10 rush the marriage through before
tho appearance OF the real noblemen.
They then throw aside their disguise
and all Is forgiven. There will be a
novelty feature introduced in the Ward
& Vokes Ladies' band. The company,
all told, numbers 90 people, and. OF
course, embraces big girly singing
chorus Matinees Will be given on
Sunday, Wednesday and Saturday, with
a special perfoi nance New Years af-
ternOon.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-26

Jesuit College. and the Rev. Father
Van Antwerp, held that the play was
perfect In every detail. and doctrinally
sound from the Catholic standpoint
Miss Grace Van Studdiford who
comes here. direct from her triumphal
success at the Broadway theater. New
York. in deKoven and Smith most
pleasing comic opera. The Golden But
terhy" FOR an engagement OF one week
beginning Monday evening. Jan. 4, In
the Detroit opera house, has no peer
In this country in light opera.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-26

When presented here earlier IN the
season the Rev. Father stritoh, OF the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-30
LESS WHIsKEY DRUNK IN 1907
Decrease of $15,767, o38 In Internal
Revenue.

From the preliminary report of the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
it is apparent that the consump-
ton of whiskey and other ardent
spirits is on the decrease and that
the consumption Of beer is increas'
ing. During the fiscal year which
ended on June 60 last, $131, 7S9, 242
was paid to the Government as rev.
enue on whiskey and other spirituous
liquors. For the year previous $147,'
550,281 was paid, a loss in revenue
OF $15,767,03S. There was distilled
during the year which ended June 30,
last 1885, 02 gallons of distilled
spirits, a decrease over the previ-
Gus year of 14.333,672 gallons.
During the past year 5S,747,6SO
barrels of beer, ale, &C., were made
a gain of 2O1,569 over the preced-
ing year. On this beer, ale, &C.,
the Government received as revenue
the sum of $5S,747,6SO, gain OF
$201,569
The receipts from all Sources Of
gated S251 ,665,95O, being a decrease
of S17,99S,O72 from, the receipts for
the fiscal year which ended June 30,
1907.
Tobacco of all sorts yielded arevenue
of $49,S62,754, a loss of $1,94S,3l5,
the figures of the year which ended
June 80, 1907, being $51,S11,O69. This
year cigars contributed a total sum
of $2O,714,276; little cigars, $545,05O,
and cigarettes, $4,S79,346, and tobac-
CO of other kinds, including chew
ing and smoking, S21,846,563.
Oleomargarine paid revenue to tho
extent of $954,304, a gain of $66,663
over the previous year. This rep
resents 79,1O7,3O2 pounds consum-
ed.
Renovated butter was a close Sec
ond to oleomargarine, 50,24O,7OS
pounds being manufacture, upon
which $125,601 revenue was paid.
Filled cheese paid $1,271; mixed
flour, $3.50. Playing cards were
taxed for $549,S1O, a loss of $112,-
9O4 for the preceding year.
Collectors of internal revenue IN
New York are credited with the fol-
lowing collection: First district
New York, Collector Jordan, $685.
355; second, Collector Anderson, 3d..
965, 1862; third Collector Eidman, S.
483,6O4; fourteenth, Collector Ward,
$4,S14,5S9; twentylfourth. Collector
Garlick, $1,937,75S; twer&y-eighth,
Collector Sanders, $2,2O5,927.
Illinois, New York and Kentucky
respectively are the largest contribu-
tors of internal revenue. illinois
during the past year contributed $46,-
1854, New York $3O,359,597, Ken
lucky $26,S74.5S5 and Indiana is
close second to Kentucky with $780,
546,753. Thirty-eight States and two
Territories contributed to the total,
New Mexico having paid $105,209 and
Hawaii $56,S7S.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-30
ONE EMPLOYE rs KILLED.
Supt. f. II. Beers Punctured from
Head to Foot in Explosion.

Supt. f. It. Beers Punctured from
Head to Foot in Explosion.
One man was killed and the general
superintendent injured in an explosion in
the plant of the Atlantic Dynamite Com
pany, six miles from Ashland. Twenty
three hundred pounds of dynamite blew
up. d. r. Weber, employed in the neu-
Trailing plant, was blown to pieces. The
general superintendent, S. L. Beers, was
taken to Ashland on a special train with
a compound fracture of his leg. His head
was cut and a piece was torn out of his
leg, rendering him insensible for a time.
The explosion broke his glasses and the
glass cut his face. Beers has been super
intendent of the plant for year, coming
from Emporium, Pa. He was making his
daily inspection of the plant when neu-
Trailing house No. blew up. He was
a long distance from the house, but
liquid dynamite mixture was flowing in a
gutter and an explosion followed. Beers
weighs 250 pounds, but the explosion
picked him up and threw him over 100
feet. Doctors fear lockjaw. He is liter
ally punctured from head to foot.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-30
JA1L-BREAKING PLOT Is FoILED.
Turnkey Detects Trick in Time to
Prevent Wholesale Delivery.

Turnkey Detects Trick in Time to
Prevent Wholesale Delivery.
The shrewdness of Turnkey Patrick of
the Racine County Jail prevented what
might have been a wholesale Jail delivery.
Early on a recent morning he was arous-
ed by the cries of the prisoners, who in
formed him that Adam Yournice, held on
a charge of assault and intent to kill, was
badly hurt. The turnkey was about to
open the inner cell door when he noticed
that the supposed blood stains on the
shirt of the prisoner were made by some
chemical. After an investigation it was
ascertained that Frank Burket, held on a
charge of highway robbery, had planned
the delivery and that William Wheeler,
negro burglar, had stained the shirt of
Yournice. 1t was intended to slug and
kill Patrick when he came into the Jail
and the prisoners then were to escape.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-30
ABOUT RUGS.
Some Practical suggestions All the
Way From Calcutta.

Some Practical Suggestions All the
Way From Calcutta.
The United States buys each year
many thousand dollars worth of what
are known to the profession as
washed rugs" Brightly colored ORR
entail rugs are sometimes washed with
a solution of chloride of lime, which
treatment partially bleaches the col
ors and imparts a soft appearance to
the rug. This chemical treatment is
a process Of washing" which pro-
duces the effect of age and peculiar
sheen to the surface, which is pointed
out by the INSCRIPTIONS seller as a
proof of superior quality. The fact is
the process of washing as described
invariably weakens, and in some cases
destroys, the materials of the rug.
The progressive effect of the chemi'
Gals on the materials IN the rug is as
follows: The chlorine gas contained
in the chloride of lime attracts oXy-
gen and moisture from the air, by
which muriatic acid is formed, which
eats away the vitals of the rug. Soon
er or later the wool and cotton in the
rug become brittle and thus weaken
the warp and deteriorate the wool.
When this deterioration is complete
the pile Of the rug may be swept away
by the ordinary process of sweeping,
and the warp, which is the founda-
ton of the rug, becomes so weak that
holes appear here and there and very
soon the rug is worthless.
The question arises as to how this
disastrous treatment of rugs can be
avoided and still give to the lover of
antique effect what he desires. The
only answer must be that the antique
effect shall be obtained by scientific
ally correct dyeing and correct tech
nical blending OF the colors in the
rug. BY this method the perfect an
the same time a thoroughly desirable
rug be had-one that will equal tho
old Persian rug in appearance and
possess all the strength and vitality
that a rug can have.
1t not infrequentIy happens that a
PERSIAN rug g W stating III
stance, in red-and is not salable. The
interruptions dealer will subject the
rug to a series of washings in chemi-
cally prepared water, and in this way
turn out a rug possessing a soft and
antique sheen that is truly captivat-
ing and finds a ready purchaser at an
advanced price.
The existence of the Oriental rug
manufacture depends on the American
market. At one time London was the
rug market of the world. At the
present time comparatively few rugs
find an actual market in London
More fine rugs are taken by Germans,
who, by the way, manufacture the
tufted rug, which, when we'll made. IS
a beautiful and serviceable floor COW
ering.
The United States has become the
largest rug market of the world. This
fact should make Americans earnest
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-30
Tia Mark OF the Cross.


No longer does the world send forth
its call
For men to strive and suffer all
alone,
To stand for faith and fall as martyrs
tall,
Beneath the bitter blows of stone
on stone;
No longer-but the neighbor at your
side.
Who greets you every day with
smile all fair,
Would cause you to lock at him open
eyed,
Did you but know what marks his
shoulders bear!
And they who spend their strength
in mills and mart.
Who swing the sledge, or bend
above the books,
Or in the worlds great task do their
one part
In uhfrequented, hidden, dusty
noCks:
Who in high places rule, and they
who serve,
And often see their gold has turn
ed TO dross,
Who pay the toll of strength and soul
and nerve
Upon their shoulders is the chatting
cross.
And we need but look back adown
the years
To those old days now Swallowed
in our dreams,
Until we find the one who changed
our tears
To smiles that g!owed in daughters
brightest CLEANS,
And see the mother-patient, hope
full, fond
Who gave US of herself by day and
night,
And looked to the to-morrows far
beyond
Yet she would say her cross was
ever light.
TIT
And each and all, today, tomorrow
yes,
Through all the endless asenue or
time,
We bear our cross in pleasure or dis
tresS,
Though on the way we falter as
we climb.
No longer have we martyrs? Nay.
but then
1t boots not if we garner gain or
loss;
There is no one of all the sons of men
Whose shoulders show no markings
of the cross.
Walter B. Nesbitt, in Republic:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-30
| tell It, cut off the strangers ears.
both of them!"

tefE It, cut off the strangers ears.
both OF them!"
"Those are the articles you see so
carefully preserved in that case. JUS
tice keeps them as evidence of GRIM
inality"
"But the young wife,"
wait! The fair countess exciaim-
ed, My dear, you are mistaken! My
dear, monsieur is a stranger! My dear
you have cut off one ear; spare the
other, 1 beseech you!' But you know
tigers are always still more
Infatuated by the sight Of
blood. Besides, the more his
young wife tried to soothe him the
more he imagined that she was in
league with the visitor. He did not
stop till both ears were hacked off"
well, what was the fellow doing
there?"
'I'll tell you. Did you ever read
story by Balzac called 'Message'?? A
young man is accused by a friend OF
carrying a letter to young married
woman Except for the existence of
4 secret love the situation was identi-
CAL The stranger who called at the
villa near Sceaux was bringing mes
sage. a letter from a boarding school
friend, which by chance he handed
to her just at the moment Othello ap-
peared on the scene. You know the
rest"
GA minister"
Eyes, but the young man, as you
may suppose, will not let the matter
rest there AS Comte de S. cannot give
back his ears he intends to make him
pay damages. Complaint has been
brought, with a demand for valuation
to serve as a basis for estimating the
damages. which will not be less than
two hundred thousand francs"
what are you saying? A hundred
thousand francs apiece. Come, that's
pretty dear!"
would you give yours for that
sum-"
''No, of course not; but that isn't
the question. We are wandering from
the drama. Permit me to return to
one boarding school friend to the 9TH
er? 1t must be known. The examina-
ton would not fail to revel it,
"The examination did reveal it,
since the message was opened and
read. The young beauty in Paris
wrote to her schoolmate in Sceaux:
have just consulted DR.. T., whom all
the young women in Paris are ques-
tioning about their compilations.
generously send you his prescription;
III you want to have a fresh complex
ion throughout the year. battle your
face daily, during the month of May,
every morning, with dandelion Juice.
Alice T."
what! Has dandelion juice been
the cause of a jealous husbands cut
ting off an innocent mans ears and
making the Palais de Justice echo
with the absurd lawsuit"
GAS you see, monsieur. From the
French. in Green Bag.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-30
suIToR SHOOTS THREE.
Man Tries to Stay Family When
His Plea Is Refused.

Tilted by an 1S-year-old girl, John
Smith of Calhoun shot and fatally wound
ed the mother of the girl, wounded the
girl herself, and then wounded the sheriff,
who came to arrest him. TIE injured are !:
Mrs. Augusta Grabow, shot three times,
probably fatally wounded; Olga Grabow,
shot twice: Sheriff George L. Dwinnel.
slightly wounded in arm and face Smith
was barricaded in the house where the
shooting took place. He fired a number
of bullets at a party of farmers who tried
to capture him after he had shot the
sheriff. Smith had a quarrel with Ora
bow as a result of the latter's refusal to
allow him to marry the girl, and when
he left the shop where both had been
working all day he went to the GrabOw
home, Mr.. GrabOw remaining behind to do
some little work before closing up. On
reaching the house, Smith went to the sec
ond floor, where the girl was, and soon
after the mother heard two shots fired in
rapid succession. The mother rushed up
stairs, but was wounded by bullet
which struck her in the right temple. An
other, following in quick succession, hit
her arm, while a third found Judgment in
her nose The sheriff and UndersherlH
Clancy hurried to the scene. In the mean
time Mrs. Grabow and the child had been
removed to the Schneider home where
their wounds were dressed. Sheriff OWN
mel went into the house and made thor
Ough search of the lower floor without
finding Smith. He then called up stairs
for Smith to surrender himself, but for
a reply received a bullet, which entered
his arm. Another followed which struck
him in the cheek and passed through the
lower jaw Leaving Clancy in charge,
the sheriff took Mrs. Grabow and the
girl to town. He later brought a posse to
the scene and captured Smith.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-30
FOSSIL CAMEL BONES.
Wild Horse Remains Also Uneartk Vi
on Chesapeake Bay.

on Chesapeake Bay.
The discovery of the fossil remains
of a number of animals never before
supposed to have existed in the east
ern States is the result of the work
of exploration conducted along Chesa-
peake Bay by DR.. F. w. True and Will
liam Palmer, of the Smithsonian In
stitution.
"While we have not, as yet, COM
pared the specimens obtained, we are
looking forward to some noteworthy
additions to our knowledge of the pre-
historic animals of the United States"
said Mr.. Palmer. eve found the
remains of a creature of which no
specimen has, to my knowledge, here
tofore been found in America, al
though it belongs to group well
known and still existing in Europe.
"Some of the bones found may be-
long to a species of wild horse once
common in this region. The leg bones
of this creature closely approximate
the modern zebra. Other bones have
been supposed to be those Of pre-
historic camel Remains of fossil
horses or camels have never been
found in this region, though several
species of both are known to have
been once common in sections OF
North America. "-Washington Cd. O.
correspondence of the New YorK
World
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-30
NO. Is PROVES A HooDoo.

sued by III Luck While on Trip.
Thirteen" proved hoodoo to Edward
lander of Manitowoc on his trip to at
tend the convention Of the National Pos
tai Clerks Association at Birmingham,
Ala, from which he has just returned.
lander had berth No. 13 in sleeper Nc.
1913, and when the train was leaving
Dora, Ala, the engine left the track, de-
railing the train on the edge of a 300
foot gulley. Previous to the accident the
train was delayed three hours by an ac-
cident to another engine and there was a
third accident in pulling into Birmingham
when the train had to send another en-
CINE
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-30
FOREST FIRE BURNS TOWNS.
Gagen and WOOdbOrO Destroyed
RhineIander Is Threatened.

Gagen and WOOdbOrO Destroyed
RhineIander Is Threatened.
Fearing the fate that befell Gagen and
WoodborO, which were destroyed by for
est fires Sunday, the mayor of Rhine
lander requested Milwaukee to send a fire
engine to protect the city. The fire start
ed in the woods Sunday morning and
quickly reached Gagen and Woodboro.
Men, women and children fought valiantly
to save their homes, but without avail
Gagen and WoOdboro each had about
1000 residents and nearly all are home
less. Burned out of their homes, the
people began fleeing from the fire, which
grew more dangerous with each minute.
Women carrying children in their arms
and men and boys with packs on their
backs ran toward Rhinelander, many fall
ing PROSTATE in the heat, only to be help
ed on by the stronger refugees. Nearly
all of those burned out at Gagen reached
Rhinelander and were cared for. The fire
is a fresh one. When the blaze started
the wind was from the west and it was
feared Rhineander, with its homes for
1000 persons, was doomed also, but
change in the direction of the wind prob
ably has saved the city. The mayor and
members of the city council got together
when the danger seemed greatest and de-
cided to ask Milwaukee for aid. At that
time it was believed nothing could save
Rhinelander from the fire. The towns
of Gagen and Woodboro are on the 500
railway. Reports from the refugees say
nothing is left of Gagen.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-30
PLENTY OF PERGoLAs.
Every Happy Home Must Have one'
Even If II Is Made of Gas Pipes.

ENSIV EIdRPJ
Even If II Is Made of Gas Pipes.
There is a rage for pergolas, per-
golas constructed of anything from
gas pipes to chestnut rails, from Grim
son ramblers to French beans.
Only this morning, says a writer
in the GentIewoman, heard of one
or two simple expedients for achiev-
ing a pergola. On the top of two
veranda posts, if you have them, place
wooden brackets and across them
string two or three heavy wires from
which hang clusters of vines.
Grapevines are beautiful to behold,
but the common hop is beautiful toe
and bears the toughest treatment
grows insolently, flinging its pungeni
green tassels all around. Hops grow
on poles. are stem twisters, like the
bean and convolvulus tribe. Other
good climbers are adlumia, sweet
peas, nasturtiums, the Japanese AXE
bia and all varieties of clematis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-30
FAVoRs SUNDAY SPORT.
Bishop Grafton Says Sabbath Recre-
alton Is Matter of Conscience.


Replying to an attack on Sunday base
ball by Rev. H. G. Miller of the First
Baptist church of Fond du Lac Bishop
Grafton in statement declared that all
Sunday recreation is matter of indiyid-
ual conscience and that prohibiting Sum
day amusements would be wrong. He
said Whether any recreation on Sunday
is allowable must depend upon the indi-
vidual conscience. If recreation interferes
with his primal duty to God, then it
ought to be given up, and while num-
Der of devout Christians would abstain
from the recreation named, there are 9th
ers who look at baseball games or attend
a free concert at the park, which is not
harmful to their spiritual life, they having
done their duty by attending in the morn
ing the divine worship prescribed by
Christ. Sunday is a day of devotion, rest
and recreation. While the chruch forbids
all servile work that can be avoided it
does not interfere with any recreation
that does not interfere with Christians
devotional duty"