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Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-05-24

pectcd it will be determined very soon now whether artesian water IS to DC secured there or not.
 Sims Ely, territorial auditor, has is- sued call on territorial banks ani building and loan associations for statement showing the condition of those institutions at the close of busi' ness May IA. That is tho same date for which the comptroller has issued call on the national banks.
 The first positive results of the Mari copa County Commercial club s fight for lower freight rates was realized We'd nesday. Traffic Manager r. A. Jones of the club was notified that the new rates on hay, grain, fruits, melons, etc, would become effective at once.
 Crude oil used in the mosquito cru sade in Tempe is bringing down the wrath of the ladies of that village on the heads of the luckless mosquito anni- | hilators. The women folks say the oil hns been scattered so lavishly on the streets and other public places that "high water" skirts are the only ones to escape stainless.
 Mrs. G. R. Andre and daughter of Tempe have left for Germany, where they will spend the summer.
 William Carroll and George Smith, the ''Klean Kids who were jailed in Phoenix on the charge of running ava! with a horse and buggy which did not belong to them, have been released. They secured money and paid the bills incident to their troubles.
 Five indictments against Griggs Carr and one against Fred Gardiner for using money in the Fourth ward on May , to bring about the election of Alderman Claude Cisney to the Phoenix city coun- ell, have been returned by the grand jury.
 The Bisbee Revisw, according to th1 Miner, has Topped ever to Douglas in the Cochise county seat squabble, and now advocates that the courthouse 5'
 moved to the Shelter city. It says Bis
 bee is too noisy and crowded to prop erlv entertain a courthouse accustomed
 to the sylvan quietude of the aneien' , Tombstone.
 Fire in the Hoffman bar at Bisbe' damaged goods and fixtures to the OK < tent of s3,000.
 The Verde mines and smelter ar , again running full time and the Jerom
 camp is experiencing something of
 boom.
 i, Money is now available for the con r templated additions to three of Tue
 son s school buildings and work will b
 started at once.
 n Tucson business men are eircuiatin r a petition to have the streets sprinkle
 before daylight, so that the water WI
 have a chance to soak in instead }. being drunk up at once by the ferven n summer sun of the Old Pueblo. }. The omnibus bill, recently passed D ' congress, authorizes the building of e new courthouse at Yuma. IS The question of politics brought on Ie clash between Sam Elder and c. c. D' d vidson in Douglas which lasted fro is 5 clock in the afternoon until x the evening and finally landed Davidsc
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-05-24

pected it will be determined very soon now whether artesian water IS 10 DC secured there or not.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-05-24

Sims Ely, territorial auditor, has is- sued call on territorial banks ani building and loan associations for . statement showing the condition Of those institutions at tho close of busi' ness May IA. That is tho same date for which the comptroller has issued call on the national banks.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-05-24

The Verde mines and shelter are again running full time and the Jerome camp is experiencing something of a boom.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-05-24

The Bisbee Revisw, according to tho Miner, has fopped ever to Douglas in the Cochise county seat squabble, and now advocates that the courthouse be moved to the Shelter city. It says Bis bee is too noisy and crowded to prop erly entertain a courthouse accustomed to the sylvan quietude of the ancient Tombstone.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-05-24

The first positive results of the Mari copa County Commercial clubs fight for lower freight rates was realized Wed nesday. Traffic Manager r. A. Jones of the club was notified that the new rates on hay, grain, fruits, melons, etc. would become effective at once.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-05-24

Fire in the Hoffman bar at Bisbee damaged goods and fixtures to the OK tent of s3,000.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-05-24

Five indictments against Griggs Carr and one against Fred Gardiner for using money in the Fourth ward on May , to bring about the election of Alderman Claude Cisney to the Phoenix city coun' ell, have been returned by the grand iury.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-05-24

I. G. Alexander of Douglas won ! s3,l25 cash prize in a Mexican lottery.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-05-24

Mrs. c. R. Andre and daughter Of Tempe have left for Germany, where they will spend the summer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-01
A SCRAP OF PAPER.
1t Was the Means of Bringing a
Murderer to Justice.

1t Was the Means of Bringing a
Murderer to Justice.
Scraps Of paper have on several oc-
casions been the means Of throwing a
light on some Of the greatest criminal
mysteries Of modern times. Had it
not been for the minuteSt scrap Of
tissue paper it is quite possible that
the notorious Franz Muller would have
remained a free man to the end Of his
days.
After foully numbering q Mr.. Briggs
in a railway carriage on the North
London line Muller made off with his
victims hat When caught several
months later a top hat declared to be
Mr.. Briggs was found in his posses
sion. It's shape, however, had been
considerably altered, and Muller in
sisted that the hat had been bought by
himself
Was 1t Mr.. Briggs hat?
eff It is Mr.. Briggs hat" said the
halter who supplied him, you may
find piece of tissue paper In the lin
ing. Mr.. Briggs hat was too large for
him, so put the paper in to make 1t
fit"
When the lining was turned down
scrap Of paper which had adhered to
the leather was discovered. Muller
had bigger head than Mr.. Briggs and
had therefore resolved to take the pa
per out. He left that little bit, how
ever, sufficient to establish the iden-
tity of the hat beyond all question as
that Mr.. Briggs was wearing when he
was murdered.
This is only one instance among
many where bits Of paper have solved
great Observation-Disclosures Answers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-01
METALS EFFECT ON MICROBES.

Disease Germs Die Quickly When
Plated Upon n Copper Coin.
Curious, indeed, is the effect Of met
ALLIE Welt sums up the experiments go
Ing on in several laboratories. As
cording to Uffelman, who smeared the
surfaces of copper coins with liquified
Jelly cultures Of cholera bacilll, the lat
ter were destroyed In seventeen min
utes while on a brass coin they were
alive for thirty hours, but dead after
sixty. Francks inoculated a tube OF
melted jelly with particular microbes,
and pouring the contents out on a
sterilized glass plate, laid bits of the
mtal under examination on the jelly
while 1t was still soft.
This latter investigator found that If
the metal has an inhibitory action on
the microbes, then a clear zone Is left
around the metal after the colonies
have developed In the other parts of
the jelly. The width Of this zone va
ried very considerably with different
organisms, as well as with different
metals. Thus carefully purified bits Of
silver produced In the case Of cholera
bacilli clear zone millimeters bread,
In the case of typhoid bacill1 a zone OF
about one millimeter, while with the
closely allied colon bacilli a zone of
about five millimeters was produced
In the case Of purified gold no inhibi-
lions was observed with these several
bacilli Freshly 'glowed gold had in
variably no inhibition. Pure nickel,
platinum wire and platinum black, alu-
minum, silicon and niObium, again, also
failed to give any reactions with most
Of the microbes examined.
Throughout the investigation 1t was
found that those metals that are resist
ent toward chemical reagents in gen.
eral failed to produce any effect on mi
crobes; while on the other hand, those
metals which are readily attacked by
chemical reagents all exhibit marked
inhibitory action upon the growth of
bacteria. The length of time 1t was
necessary to leave the metals in con-
tact with the jelly to produce an effect
on the microbes present, was tied with
brass, copper, cadmium and zinc on
colon bacilli. The clear space extend
ed over three millimeters.
Similar results were obtained with
zinc. With brass 1t required time to
produce a noticeable effect. And the
same was true with copper.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-01
Insanity on the Increase.

The United States spends annually,
in state and other public hospitals for
the insane, $21, 329, 22S.41. These insti-
tutions had, according to the census
returns up to Dec. 81, 1903, 150,151 In
mates. That is to say, out Of every
100000 population, a slightly larger
proportion than 1856 persons are insane
and under treatment in public asylums.
These figures do not include the feeble
minded, Of whom there were 1916 in
1904, also in public institutions.
While the compiler Of these statistics,
John Koren, expert special agent Of the
census bureau, is careful not to make
his differences too sweeping, owing to
the various elements which enter into
the apparent proportional increase In
the number Of insane, he declares that
the returns since 1880 permit but one
conclusion, namely, that the rate of in
crease (16.2 per 100000 from 1890 to
1909 Is greater for the insane In the
United States than it is for the general
population. The latest available sta
tistics Of most countries outside of the
United States point to a similar state
Of affairs.
The countries having the largest pro-
portional insane population Tin hos
pitals) are: Ireland, 1909 per 1OO,-
900; Scotland, 863.7; England and
Wales, 3401; Canada, 23S.6; Switzer-
land, 224.2f Germany, 1915; France,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-01
~~~~N~@0~~


Lions and tigers are too weak In
lung power to run more than half q
mile.
The average weight of ivory obtain
ed from an elephant is about fifty
pounds.
1t requires fifty pounds Of candles
to produce as much light as 1000 cubic
feet Of gas.
For penlnives the steel is tempered
at 40 degrees, for tableknives at $50
degrees, for saws at $50 degrees.
A man respires-that is, draws In
breath-sixteen to twenty times q
minute, or twenty thousand times q
day.
Organ grinders In Vienna are not
allowed to play in the morning or
evening-only between midday and
sunset.
George Stanbridge, Of Cleveland, O.,
says he has trained monkey to do
the family washing, and does not need
q Washerwoman.
III Belgium breeders are obliged to
keep a record Of all cattle raised by
them, and each animal has a registered
trade number, which is engraved on
the ring fastened. to It's ear.
Prof. Joseph Pache, director Of the
Baltimore Oratorio Society, has re-
ceived the decoration Of the Order of
the Red Eagle Of the fourth class from
Emperor William of Germany as a
mark Of recognition for his services in
fostering the study of German music
in a foreign land.
Cosima, the widow Of Richard Wag-
ner, whose health has been poor for
some time, is spoken of in letter re-
Gently written from her home as much
improved" The venerable woman he's
heart trouble, and despite the slight
Improvement, Is attended daily by Pro-
lessor Schweninger. There seems to
be little hope that she will be able
to attend the Bayreuth performance
next season.
On a tour In Canada Rudyard Kip
ling had a little disagreement with
the landlord of the hotel at which he
was staying, says Tit-Bits. Just be-
fore leaving the hotel the famous
author asked to see the proprietor,
and upon that worthy appearing he
was greeted thus al want to tell you
that Of all the hotels under the shin
ing sun 1 have never seen one that,
for unmitigated, all-round, unendur-
able discomfort, could equal yours"
When Kipling got his bill one item
in It read: ''To impudence, $3I"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-01
HOME FOR THE OLD HORSE.

Humane Work Done at Red Acre
Farm, Located at Stow, Mass.
Years ago a little girl filled with a
great love for animals, and especially
for horses, saddened frequently by the
sight Of cruelty to old and disabled
horses, made up her mind to establish
some day a home for wornout or sick
horses where they could be treated
with kindness and consideration and
where they could spend their last
years i'll peace and comfort. A beauti-
full thought for a child to originate
and remarkably realized in the now
famous Red Acre farm at Stow.
The history Of the establishing of
the place and its subsequent develop
ment, as told by Miss Harriet ]. Bird,
the originator and founder tof the
plan, who with her mother lives there
and personally superintends the work,
is so full: of tender interest that her
Boston audience the other day was
frequently moved to tears. The life of
the average horse is a tragedy toward
the last How little we realize what
the downfall process means until the
end is reached and the willing feet
can travel no more.
How many owners of a horse when
he reaches the stage where his pace
is unsatisfactory or he begins to show
signs of age think Of sending him to
an "old horses home" where for a
trifing sum he can be boarded and
taken care of for the rest Of his life
or from where he can be loaned to
responsible people who wiz give him
enough light work to keep him well,
to be returned to the home when his
usefulness is over?
That Is what Red Acre farm repre-
sents-a home for old horses. There
are a few faithful and honOred pen
sioners at Red Acre, notably among
whom is a horse from the Boston fire
department, remarkably intelligent and
much beloved. But the most pitiful
tales were those of the rescued-horses
bought from peddlers for 81 or more,
found in the most abject misery, beat
en-, starved, emaciated, almost at the
end of their endurance-these are the
ones that Red Acre ministers and de-
lights in retaining. Those that are
hopeless are mercifully killed, but
many recover marvelously.-Bos
Transcript.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-01

made in the top of the barrel, with a
hood over the opening for the purpose
Of guiding the animals. Pivoted in the
top of the barrel are slides which nor
mally entirely close the opening, the
opposing ends of the slides meeting in
the center. The supposltion is that
rats or other undesirable animals to
be trapped are induced to travel up
planks to the top Of the barrel, piece
of bait being suspended from the hood
for the purpose. When the animal pass
es the pivot point Of the slide, the lat
ter naturally tits, precipitating the anil
NAL into the barrel. If desirable, water
can be placed in the barrel, and the
sides Of the latter be lined with tin or
other material impervious to the at
tack of animals.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-01

the gripper to grasp the nail firmly,
causing it to slip out Of the jaws Of
the gripper. In the nail extractor
shown here the extremity Of the oper-
ating lever serves as one side Of the
jaw. The points Of the jaw are placed
on opposite sides Of the nail and the
hammer in the center operated to force
the ends of the jaw into the material,
after which pressure is applied on the
lever. The latter being pivoted, the
nail is forced upward and withdrawn.
1t will be particularly noted that in
this extractor the gripping forces pro-
vide form clamp on the shank of the
nail, making 1t readily adaptable for
extracting heaGess nails.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-01
WATCH IN cow KEEPS TIME.
BOssy's Respiration Winds Up the
Timepiece.

BOssy's Respiration Winds Up the
T1mepiece.
Axel Axelrud, prominent North Da-
kota7 farmer, tells a remarkable story
Of the recovery Of a valuable timepiece
lost many years ago. He says that
about seven years ago he was at work
in his barnyard, and the day being
warm, he removed his coat and vest,
hanging them on the fence. In tho
pocket Of the west was his gold watch.
A calf chewed out the pocket Of the
vest and swallowed the watch, al
though he did not suspect that this
was the case at the time he missed his
timepiece.
Last week AXelrud slaughtered the
calf, which had become a staid old
mich cow. In cutting it up he found
the watch imbedded in it's lungs. The
strangest part Of the story is his state
ment that the watch was still running.
He accounts for this fact by saying
that the position of the watch was such
that the process. Of respiration, the
closing and filling Of the lungs, kept
the watch, which was a stem-winder,
wound up.
Axelrud says that the watch had
lost only four minutes in the entire,
seven years.-Pioneer Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-01

edly been saved If each passenger hao
at hand a life preserver at the time of
the accident. 1t is manifestly incon
venient for each passenger to carry q
life preserver. Realizing the above
conditions, New York man has de-
sighed and patented a combined steam.
er chair and life preserver, shown here.
The steamer chair is in all practical
respects similar to the ordinary camp
stool, but Is constructed to serve as a
life preserver as well. The party using
the chair will have always at hand a
buoyant support in the event that it is
necessary to thrust himself into the
water. The chair is light and can be
folded to place, while as life preserv-
er it is always at hand for use when
ever the emergency requires.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-01
How Not to Sleep.

Don't sleep on your left side, for it
causes too great a pressure on the
heart.
Don't sleep on your right side, for 1t
interferes with the respiration Of that
lung.
Don't sleep on your stomach, for that
interferes with the respiration Of both
lungs and makes breathing difficult.
Don't sleep on your back, for this
method Of getting rest Is bad for the
nervous system.
Don't sleep sitting in a chair, for
your body falls into an unnatural po-
sition and you cannot get the necessary
relaxation.
Don't sleep standing up, for you may
topple over and crack your skull.
Don't sleep.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-01
Not a Regular Attendant.

DR.. Edward Everett Hale once asked
a certain senator with good deal of
solicitation If he was a church mem
Der. The senator was glad to be able
to say that he was. Two or three days
later, according to the story, DR.. Hale
required to the subject and asked the
name Of the church. The senator gave
a name. Two or three days later
again DR.. Hale remarked with regret
that he had looked up that church and
that he was sorry to find that it had
been burned down twelve years before
and never rebuilt.-Kansas City Star
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-01

blamed for not making the mails safe.
1t Is true that the post Office depart
ment might do more than it does to
bring knowledge of the money order
system to the knowledge of the uncom-
mercial portion Of the public, but peo-
pie themselves are generally to blame
for the loss Of money in transit. Rough
ly speaking, one-half Of the post offices
Of the country are motley order offices.
in the large cities there are many
branch stations. The fee for money
order is from to cents for sums
under So A person wishing to send
money by mail can best look upon the
small fec charged as insurance. 1t is
only the occasional sender who In
trusts currency to the mail. Mer-
chants and others who have frequent
occasion to send money will, as
matter of course, use postal money or
derS, express money orders, or drafts.
The occasional sender can all the bet
ter afford to pay the fee than to run
the risk of loss 1t Is false economy
or 1t is sheer laZinesS to neglect this
precaution. To make all post offices
money order offices would increase the
danger of loss to the government by
fraud or robbery without any CORE
spending increase of convenience to the
public. Any person receiving money
order. If he lives in town too small
to have q money order office, is GER
tain to have business relations with
some one there who in turn has rela-
lions with q bank or mercantile house
in the neighbOring town where the
order is payable, and as money orders
pass through the bank like checks or
drafts. it is possible to secure the pay
ment of one, upon Identification every
where. Experienced men can always
detect the presence of money in a let
ter by feeling the envelope. 1t is a
constant temptation to them. In Spain
a person who sends currency by mail
not only has no claim against the gov
eminent if he loses it but is heavily
fined IL detected. The theory Is that
the sender Of currency Is doing an act
preiudicial to the service by offering
temptation and encouraging theft. The
magazine publishers and solicitors Of
charitable contributions who send out
heavy pasteboard cards with holes in
which to place coins are stimulating
theft The government spends thous-
ands Of dollars for spies upon its en-
Llcyes. A law like that of Spain
might place a part Of the burden Of
this expense upon those whose care
lessness causes it. AS to the sending
of valuables other than money by mail
it should not be forgotten that 1t is
not necessary even to go to post
office or postal station to register mail,
insuring receipt from the person TO
whom 1t is addressed Every letter
carrier Is Obliged by law to register
and receipt for letters and packages
W Which are handed him upon his regu-
lar route, provided that the necessary
stamps are affixed. 1t would seem that
there IS little more than the post Office
department could do to make the send
Ing Of money and valuableS safer. IN
view, however, of the large number
of new arrivals and other persons who
are ignorant of these facilities, it,
might be we'll to hit upon some plan to
keep the public posted. Every school
teacher can do something to help.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-01
Old avorites
asseeeeeeeeeeeeeEsseeGEeE
New Years Eve.
~%NO(ONON-OOO


Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,
The flying cloud, the frosty light;
The year Is dying in the night;
Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.
Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow;
The year is going, let him go:
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Ring out the grief that saps the mind,
For those that here we see no more;
Ring out the feud Of rich and poor,
Ring in redress to all mankind.
Ring out a slowly dying cause
And ancient forms of party strife;
Ring in the nobler modes of life,
With sweeter manners, purer laws.
Ring out the want the care, the sin,
The faithless GOODNESS of the times;
Ring out, ring out my mournful rhymes
But ring the fuller minstrel in.
Ring out false pride in place and blood.
The civic SANDER and the spite;
Ring in the love of truth and right,
Ring in the common love of good. -
Ring out old shapes of foul disease;
Ring out the narrowing lust of gold;
Ring out the thousand wars of old,
Ring in the thousand years of peace.
Ring in the valiant man and free,
The larger heart, the kindlier hand;
Ring out the darkness of the land,
Ring in the Christ that is to be.
Lord Tennyson.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-01

has been modelled
somewhat a f t e r
t h e old-fashioned
homemade traps
employed a gener-
alton back. New
ertheless It's sim
plicity assures per
feet operation. The
trap is secured to
the top of a barrel
or other recepta-
Gle. An opening Is
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-01
What Indeedf

A duchess requiring a lady's maid
had an interview with one, to whom,
after having examined her appearance,
she said, "Of course you will be able
to dress my hair for meT
ooh, yes" replied the girl; at never
takes me more than half an hour to
dress a lady's hair"
half an hour, my child" exclaimed
the duchess In accents Of terror. "And
what on earth, then, should I be able
to do with myself ali the remainder Of
the morning ?"-Dundee Advertiser.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-01

177.5; Netherlands, 1878. So that, ap-
parently, in spite of the American rush
and worry Of which our old-world
friends are so given to talking, we are
not yet quite so crazy as some of them.
-Leslie's Weekly.