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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-30
"Firbtinp Before Ladies'"

The Hon. Thomas ShaIkey, refereeing
a lightweight bout at the EnglewOod
carnival, rebuked too energetic pugi-
list. Remember" he said, severely,
you are fighting before ladies'"
Tie refining influence of women upon
all conflicts, from polo to politics, is a
pleasant theory. A greater man than
Sharkey once disputed it. Telling how
the wife Of an opponent had been adj
mitted to a famous ring side, he said :
''Refinin' influence of woman, huh I'd
got him good an licked when she sings
out Give it to him.! an in less'n min
ute he'd spiked me in the SHIN"
Women watched the fiercest jousts of
helmeted knights in the days of chival-
ry, when broken net.Es were not uncom-
mon. They witnessed the cOmbats of
gladiators, as they still do the bull
fights in Spain and Mexico. They JOY
in the hot fights q the football field, a
more prolific sourle Of injury than the
prize ring. WOMEN are the cause of
most private warfare, as land is the
cause of most national warfare.-New
York World.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-30

on the sunrise, but to-day the number
fell short by one. And, strangest Of
all, 1t was Speckle who was the delin-
quent. Speckle's big brown contribu-
ton to the common store was unmis-
taxable, but for once it was conspicu-
Gus by it's absence.
The next day the same thing hap
pened. The first omission had made
Miss Martha frown. The second set
her to thinking. Speckle did not want
to set, that was certain, and she was
not hen to take unreasonable freaks,
like foolish young pullet. There was
possibility that she had stolen her
nest, but Speckle had never done such
thing in all her decorous life. 81
thought she took it wonderfully cool
when 1 didn't let her have that egg"
said Martha to herself, her lip tighten
ing. II guess she'll bear watching"
And the pronoun did not refer to Spec
kle
Along In the forenoon Of the thEd
day Miss Martha put on her hat and
started down the hill In the direction
of the Bailey house, with a vague pur-
pose of meeting her girl neighbor and
dropping a hint which would stop her
in her dishonest career. But instead
it was Miss Martha who received the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-30
seIf-Evident Exoneration.

Ex-COngTessman Eddy of Mime
sofa, according to the Springfield Re
publican, was known as the homeliest
man in Congress. He wabbled on the
silver issue in 1896. A few years later
he was to speak in a small town, and
on arriving he saw In am opposition
newspaper a headline to the effect that
''Two-Faced Eddy Speaks Here To-
night" That evening, when he stood
before his audience, he said, in his
low, sympathetic voice: you know,
ladies and gentlemen, that I'm not the
man referred to in this paper. 1t must
be some one else, for there is no one
here who does not know that if had
two faces 1 would wear the other one"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-30

The stuff must be carried across the
porters, who think nothing Of dropping
their loads and deserving If the fancy
happens to seize them. The worst Of
the hunting is nothing to what such a
had my men shot down by hostile tribes
from ambush with poisoned arrows. I
have seen them die in agony from the
bites of noxious insects. 1 have been
attacked by bands of Dinkas, who knew
the value Of ivory as well as 1 did and
who tried to help themselves to mine
Everybody's Magazine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-30

check AS she advanced toward her
neighbours her eyes wandered to the
dilapidated side porch, overhung with
tangled vines, and there on the upper
step sat a speckled hen. Miss Martha
rubbed her eyes, but these trusted or
gans had not played her false. The
hen was Speckle, and even as her mis-
tress stood and stared, she rose to her
feet with the triumphant cackle which
had gladdened Miss Martha's heart so
often in the past. There was only
one explanation to the singular cir
cumstance- Speckle had taken it upon
herself to grant the favor her mistress
had refused!
Miss Martha turned and went home
with a strange sense Of bewilderment
She was too upset to prepare her usual
hearty dinner, and instead made her
self a cup Of tea, like anyone in the
world but a sensible spinster who had
kept house alone for a matter Of TWEEN
ty-five years. She was washing the
single cup and saucer when footsteps
the Bailey house came into the kitchen.
She held in her hand a tin dish con-
tanning three eggs, and she set them
down on the table.
az suppose I'd ought to have told you
before" she said, as Miss Martha
turned TREMENDOUSLY. your speckled
hens been stealing her nest. For the
last three days she's laid on our door
step"
She looked as If she did not expect
to be believed, but Miss Martha had
good reason for thinking the improba-
BILE story was true. won't you sit
DOWN." she said, appealingly.
The girl did not seem to hear the in
vitation. Il don't know as need to
tell you," she went on, "but 1 guess
1 will. I came near keeping those
eggs. 1 thought" her resolute yoNng
voice broke suddenly thought may
be the Lord had sent them"
"Oh, dear mep' cried Miss Martha.
She crossed the room and laid her
hand on the visitors arm. you sit
right down." she half commanded,
half entreated. 1--WE got to under
stand this"
The girl sank into the nearest chair
and began to cry. at was for mother
wanted the things" she sobbed. 1.-THE
doctor said she'd got to have nourish-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-30
FRIEND OF PLANT LIFE.
John RandOlph's Rebul<c OF a YOUTH
Who Had FeIIed a Young Hickory.

John RandOIph's Rebulxo OF a YOUTH
Who Had FeIIed a Young Hickory.
An old weather-beaten one-room
building standing in the courtyard ut
Kenbrldge, Lunenburg County, Va, is
the. office in which John Randolph OF
Roanoke practiced law, says the Youths
Companion. 1t was the custom Of the
times to build these little offices on the
courtyard green and many a famous
lawyer has worked up his case in such
an odd little shelter. No building OF
the kind, however, was ever occupied
by a lawyer of more interesting and
unique character than this little office
at Kenbridge One Of Randolph's pecu-
liarities is dwelt upon ky Powhatan
Bouldin and illustrated by an incident
which proves that the stern and eccen-
trio man formed a society, all by him
self, for the prevention Of cruelty to
plants. This story is told by a friend
Of Randolph's nephew:
"When 1 was a boy visited at Roam
oke. The house was completely envi-
roned by trees and underwood and
seemed to be in a dense virgin forest.
Mr.. Randolph would not permit even a
switch to be cut near the house.
without being aware of this one
day committed a serious trespass. My
friend Tudor and l were rowing about
when 1, perceiving a straight young
hickory about an inch thick, felled it.
Tudor said his uncle would be very
angry, so I Immediately went and In
formed him what had ignorantly done
and expressed my regret.
Mr.. Randolph took the stick and
looked pensively at it as if commiser-
ating it's fate. Then gazing at me he
said:
81 would not have had this done for
fifty Spanish milled dollars!"
had 70 cents and had entertained
some idea Of offering it, but when
heard about the fifty dollars 1 was
afraid Of insulting him by such meager
compensation.
did you want this for a cane?"
asked Mr.. Randolph.
mo, sir"
"No, you are not old enough to need
cane. Did you want it for any partic-
ular purpose"
"No, sir. only saw that 1t was a
pretty stick and thought I'd cut it.
1--WE can be justified in taking animal
life only to furnish food or to remove
a hurtful object. We cannot be justi'
fed in taking even vegetable life with
out some useful object in view. Now
God Almighty planted this thing and
you have killed it without any adequate
object. 1t would have grown into a
large nut tree and furnished food fol-
many squirrels. 1 hope and believe you
will never do so again"
"Never, sir, never!" cried.
He put the stick into a corner and ]
escaped to Tudor. 1t was some time
before l could cut a switch or fishing
rod without feeling l was doing some
sort Of violence to the vegetable king
dom.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-30
steel from tho Ore.

Two Australian inventors have found
a new process foI the continuous treat
ment of iron ore, which is to be exploit
eu throughout Ghe world. 1t is a pro-
cess for directly converting the ore into
malleable iron Or steel, and is said to
effect a saving Of % per cent. After
the ore is concentrated it is passed
through a revolving cylinder and
brought into contact with the deoxidiz-
ing gas; thence it falls into a bottle
of molten iron and is converted into
steel or malleable iron, the whole pro-
cess being automatic.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-30
VENOM OF THE MOSQUITO.
Agency In Spreading Disease Was
Discovered Many Years Ago.

Agency In Spreading Disease Was
Discovered Many Years Ago.
At the time of the discovery of the
mosquitoes agency in breeding disease
it was not dreamed that far more than
the germ Of the truth had been reveal
ed many years before, says the New
York Sun. The truth was told in 1853
in the obscure columns of the Faceta
Office, published at the port of Camana,
Venezuela, and little later in a brief
note or two that the discoverer wrote
to the Academy Of Sciences in Paris.
1t was buried in those pages and for
gotten, and has now been reSurrected
by the Havana Cronica AIedico and the
British Medical Journal.
In May, 1853, Louis Daniel Beauper-
thug, a native of Guadalupe and
health officer at Camana, wrote to the
Gaceta Official that for fourteen years
he had made a microscopic study Of the
blood and secretions in every type Of
fever and had discovered that yellow
fever resulted from the stings of sew
quito plunges its proboscis into the skin
and introduces a poison which has
properties akin to that of snake venom.
1t softens the red blood corpuscles,
causes their rupture, and facilitates the
mixing of the coloring matter with the
serum"
Beauperthuy said a good word for
the much maligned swamp, whose repu-
tation as a breeder Of malaria and 9TH
er fevers was widespread. Marshes
do not communicate to the air any
thing more than humidity, and the
small amount of hydrogen they give
off does not cause in man the slight
est indisposition in equatorial and in
tertropical regions renowned for their
unhealthfuIness. Nor is it the putres-
cence of the water that makes it I'M
healthy, but the presence of mOsqui-
toes"
In one of his short communications
to the Paris Academy of Sciences, dat
ed from Camana, June Is, 1856, he
wrote that as early as 1889 his inves-
legations in unhealthy locations In
South America had convinced him that
the so-called marsh fevers were due to
a vegeto-animal virus 'inoculated into
man by mosquitoes"
Beauperthuy's facts and deductions
were so remote from all the medical
teachings of the day that they were
doubtless laughed at and promptly for
gotten. Probably the priority Of his
discovery will now be acknowledged,
but it might have been a profound
blessing to the world if scientific re-
search had been able in the middle Of
the last century to proceed along the
lines suggested by Beauperthuy's an
nOuncement.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-30
Tho Ivory Hunter.

First catch your ivory, then get it
home-if you can. A mans troubles
have barely begun when the tusls of
the fallen monsters are chopped out,
wrapped in sacking and taken back to
camp. Each weighs 80 or even 100
pounds. 1 have seen specimens that
are on record as tipping the scales at
go pounds. Suppose l have got to-
gether 100000 worth of fine ivory. l
nm perhaps a thousand miles from any
where with this load Of 10000 or 10000
pounds. There are no railroads, no
wheeled vehicles, even no draft animals.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-30
s A GREAT FIRE" OF LONG AGO
@~~@~~~@~@

@~@-~~-@~N
The recent disastrous fire at Chelsea,
Mass has called forth many anecdotes
and "reminiscences of previous cOnfa-
grations during the last twenty-five or
fifty years. Even further back, in
May, 1911, occurred the great fire at
old Newburyport, then one Of the larg-
est and wealthiest towns of Massachu-
sets. The fire began shortly after the
ringing Of the curfew-bell; and the
story Of that night of toll and terror
has been preserved, with curious vivid
hess and detail, for nearly century.
There was a high wind, following
several weeks of drought The towns
four hand-engines were promptly hur-
ried into service Every man of the
four volunteer fire companies hastily
snatched down the two leather fire
buckets, hanging, as the rules required,
iii his front hall, together with his
knapsack, containing two canvas bags
of a capacity of four bushels each, for
the removal of endangered property,
and rushed to the scene.
Ladders were plenty, kept by the
town, hung against fences at frequent
intervals, each with a slanting board,
for weather-guard, nailed above it.
Long lines of citizens formed to pass
the buckets. Everybody helped, even
women; merchants, servants, sailors,
children, fine ladies, freed negroes from
the Guinea" quarter, working eagerly
side by side.
The fire-wardens, armed with long
poles, gave orders and controlled the
crowd
As the full menace of the fire was
perceived, a powder squad was formed
to blow up buildings. The streets
were full Of terror-struck families,
carrying, hauling or driving away their
household goods.
There were the usual touches of
comedy. Little Eliza Bartlett, walked
to tumult and bright light, thought it
was party, and insistently demanded
her best-wrought muslin frock.
Little Hannah Andrews slept
through it all, and was so Mortified
next day at the thought Of having been
allowed no opportunity to collect her
treasures that she packed her dolls,
picture-books and toys into a basket,
which she carried or kept at hand,
ready for instant removal, during all
the ensuing summer.
An excited housekeeper bore, as she
supposed, load Of heavy and valuable
plate to a distant friends, only to find
OH her arrival that she had left the
silver behind, and was clasping three
| fat-irons
In the long ago, as to-day, neighbor-
ing towns sent help to fight the f1ames
and later to relieve the sufferers. But
sixteen and a half acres were burned
over, two hundred and fifty buildings
destroyed, and the money loss-which
proved a staggering blow to the bust
ness Of the community-reache the ap-
palling sum of ga whole million dol
lars!"
Methods, standards, values have
changed, but the spirit of the people
who face disaster, and Of those who
hasten to their help, has been the same
from the first, as one may proudly be-
lieve it will remain to the last.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-30
Ard the "Bear,, GrovvIs.

scott-Funny how differently people
act when they get mad. Ever notice
It?
Mott-Sure thing! The gas man
flares up, the dentist grinds his teeth,
the fireman gets hot, the miller turns
white and the beer drinker froths at
the mouth Boston Transcript.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-30
All Fixed.

'I want to tell you, old man." said
Krotchett, show thoroughly ashamed I
am of the temper l displayed last
night. Your wife and sister must have
thought me crazy"
'eNo; they didn't" replied Brightly,
"I fixed that all right"
"Ah; so good Of you, old man."
Eyes; 1 told them you were drunk"
Philadelphia Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-30

II the children look with suspicion
at a caller, 1t indicates that they are
accusing the caller Of having come be-
cause he heard the Ice cream freezer
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-30

Before girl marries, she prays that
she may make him a good wife after
she marries, she asks the Lord ID make
him a better husband
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-30
A Collector of Coin.

Ostend-Pa, what is a numismatist'
PA numismatist, my son, is a col
lector of coins.
Ostend-And, pa?
Pa-Well, my son?
Ostend-Is a head waiter q numis
matist3-Chicago News.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-30

braids are REINFORCED with strands Of
tow until they hang to the knees and
frequently below. On top of the head
the hair is delicately treated in mud
to make it stay in place.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-30

COUTURE EXTRAORDINARY.
This extraordinary cOiffure is COM
mon in the country Of the Ovambos, in
German Southwest Africa. The hair
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-30

Young blood is powerful; but it can
be 100 young.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-13
Picture Framing.

SALT LAKE PHOTO SUPPLY CO.
lf2 Main Street.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-13
OLA HAYDEN WILL
FIGHT HER CASE
ShopIifter's Companion Is to
Plead Not Guilty in Police
Court This Morning.
JUDGE DIEHL'S BUSY DAY
HIGHWAYMAN AND ALLEGED Ae.
DUCTOR TO BE ARRAIGNED.

The monotonous routine Of Judge
DiehTs court will be broken this MORN
ing by three cases which have attracted
interest. those of Ola Hayden and Jack
Davis, the alleged shoplifters; Charles
Lade, alias Scott. the highwayman,
and Oliver Bates, the Idaho ranchman
accused of the abduction of i7-year-
old Nettie Walker.
Despite a practical admission made
TO the police that she had worked as
the accompiice of Davis in several sbop
thefts, Ola Hayden will plead not
guilty and Will make a fight for her
freedom from the charge of grand lar
ceny- Although over $1,000 worth of
stolen goods were found in the room
occupied by the man and woman, the
charge will be based on the stuff stolen
from COINS store which was found
on Davis when he was arrested.
Lade, the negro who held up o. S.
Jones and George Clark Wednesday
night, and who is also suspected of
having robbed two other men earlier in
the evening on Commercial street, has
stated that lie will plead guilty. AS
Lade was only released from the state
prison about two months ago after
serving a ten years sentence for a
before the municipal court twice, once
on charge of petty larceny and again
for drawing a gun on two soldiers, ii
is likely that he will receive a stiff
sentence.
Oliver Bates. who was arrested Tues
day upon information from Burley.
Ida, that he was wanted there for alb
duction, secured his release from Gus
tody yesterday in the habeas corpus
proceedings brought before :, Judge
Armstrong. but was rearrested within
few minutes under a complaint filed
here charging him with abduction and
being q fugitive from justice.
At the hearing before Judge Arm
strong yesterday the court decided
that in the absence of a proper war
rant Bates was being unlawfully re-
strained. The court had hardly rem
dered its decision when Patrolman Dan
Grundvig displayed a warrant and at
tempted to rearrest Bates. Attorney
William Newton objected TO the arrest.
threatening contempt proceedings If
the warrant were served within the
court house
Patrolmen Grundvig and Pitts with
drew from the court room without
serving the warrant, but eagerly
watched for the departure of Bates
from the building. He was taken at
the southeast corner of the court house
few minutes later and returned TO
the city Jail
When arraigned before Judge Diehl
under the new complaint Attorney
Newton entered a plea of not guilty
for his client and asked that the case
be set for hearing at as early time
as possible.
The case will come up at 10 o'clock
this morning. Sheriff Biackenbury OF
Cassia county, Idaho. is in the city Tor
the purpose OF returning Bates TO
Idaho should the efforts to secure his
retention be successful. Nettie Walk
er. the girl whom it is alleged Bates
induced to leave her home at Burnley
and accompany him to Salt Lake as his
wife, has been taken back to her home
by her father. Charles Walker.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-13

The Bismarck Bowling Alleys have
been entirely renovated and are now
open for the coming season.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-13
GATHERING OF
ELECTED ONES
Sherman Joins Taft at Virginia
ReS0rt-SeVeral P0liti-
clans Present.

Hot Springs. Va. Nov. 12.-President-
elect William II. Taft was joined here to-
day by Vice President-elect James s.
Sherman. who said he had come to the
Virginia mountains to rest and play for
week. He met Judge Taft en- the veran-
da of the Homestead hotel and the two
exchanged cordial greetings. Come ~
to the cottage and see me any time" sSAd
Mr.. Taft after the two had chatted
briefly.
Il viii do it and be glad to- responded
Mr.. Sherman.
But the vice president-elect occupied the
afternoon with game of golf with VIII
liam l. Ward. national committeeman
from New York, and the call was not
made today.
While no definite engagement has been
made for a game on the links between
the two men who are to head the next
administration. each has expressed a wish
to play the other, and the interesting
event may take place tomorrow.
Speaking seriously, Mr.. Sherman said
no matters of state had brought him here.
here at the suggestion of Mr.. Ward. Til.
son and daughter of the vice president
elect accompanied him.
Politicians Present.
Representative Theodore E. Burton
came on the midnight train last night ard
will remain here for ten days. Senator
Burkett of Nebraska spent the day here
ne came 10 ulsC4SS EOLDIR
Mr. Burkett said he found Judge Taft in
favor of pushing the. postal savings bank
bill at the next session of congress. He
| laid before the president-elect a plan for
| legislation authorizing the issuance OF
bonds to pay for permanent public i'm
provements.
Senator Scott of West Virginia and Mrs.
Scott came to spend some time, did
Senator Jonathan Bourne of Oregon Sem
ator Scott is in hearty favor of immediate
! tariff revision. He said today he believed
il could be accomplished at tie short ses-
sion of congress to begin next month
All Of these gentlemen doubtless will take
the opportunity 20 have talks with Mr.
Taft but the presdent-elect said tonight
that as far as he knew ne would not be
called upon to make any important plans
for the future for some time TO come He
still insists that this for him is vacation
time.
Ii was stated here today by those in a
position to know that the Republican
campaign fund was made up of between
II 600 and 1900 subscriptions. only thrs.,.
or four OF which were in amount greate.-
than the $1o.0o0 limit fixed b. Mr.. Bryan
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-10-28
SUBMARINES FOR THE PACIFIC

Lieutenant F. Fl. Sadler, and the
Thornton, Lieutenant Charles A. Blake
ley. Admiral Mclean, under whose
general direction as head of the board
Of inspection the tests are being con-
Quoted, is an officer of much reputa-
ton for his knowledge Of naval SCI
ence. He entered the navy from New
York state in 1864. His service in
cludes several years spent in giving
instruction at the Naval War college
at Newport. Some years ago he was
assigned to the command of a SQUAD
ron in Caribbean waters and exhibit
ed much discretion and diplomacy in
the manner in which he exercised his
powers. Several times he was called
upon to land b~luejackets in Central or
South American countries or to mix in
with the disputes Of contending states
or factions In order to protect the in
terests of Americans. Under his COM.
mand at this time we're the Cincin.
natl. Topeka. Marietta and Machias.
He also took part In a relief expedition
to the island Of Martinique.