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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-01-24
SAVED FROM PRISON
BY GRANDMOTHER

Lawrence Miller, the 17-year-old
southern boy who cut wide swath In
the city last fall, and who confessed
to forgery, was placed on parole by
Judge Connolly, Thursday afternoon,
and few hours later was ON hrs way
TO his home in Fairmont. W. Va, in
the company OF his grandmother.
Miller pleaded guilty when arraign'
ed Dec. 13, but sentence was deferred
pending the arrival OF his grandmother.
Mrs. Elizabeth Miller. The old lady
mortgaged her home and paid the
young mans debts.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-01-24
Mrs. Catherine tarkins Dead.

Mrs. Catherine Wood Larkins, Wild
ow Of Patrick Larkins. died wednes-
day in her home in the Central apart.
ments after an illness OF three days
from pneumonia. Three children,
George w. and Harriet w. Larkins,
OF Detroit, and John w. Larklns. OF
Plttsbprg. Pa survive. The frnernl
win take place Saturday morning at $
O'Clock from St Aloysius church
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-01-24
Honors Memory Of Old Friend.

At the fifty-ninth annual meeting Of
the Harmonic society. Thursday night.
August Marxhausen, the president.
made brief speech in memory of his
old friend, Julius Melchers. who came
to Detroit on the same train with Mr..
Marxhausen more than half century
ago. Mr.. Melchers was charter
member OF the Harmonic, and he and
Mr.. Marxhausen had been bosom
friends until the death OF the former
a short time ago. The society has
had prosperous year. exceeding its
membership limit OF 500, and paying
on It's current indebtedness OF $4,000.
besides making several thousand dol
lars worth OF improvements.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-01-24
Did Thev?

This notice was posted in a pleasure
boat OF a certain steamship company:
THE chairs In the cabin are for the
ladies. Gentlemen are requested not
to make use OF them till the ladies are
seated "-Harper's Weekly.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-01-24

ed his fiasco. AS a result OF this move
ment | predict that the rising genera
ton will be spared much litigation and
many fortunes will be saved from the
blight OF family dIscord.'
The evening world., 1908-03-13
MONSTER WAVE
FROM QUIET SEA
SWEEPS BIC SHIP
Clears Deck of the Allegheny.
Leaving is Inches of
Water in Cabin.

The fruit steamship Allegheny Of the
Hamburg American Company came in
to her dock at Pier /. North River,
to-day and her sole passenger, II. II.
Teed, from Santa Marta, Colombia,
who is en- route to Montreal. had to
tell of monster wave that came
down on the big fruiter when Two
days out of Port au Prince.
'It was early last Tuesday evening.
/ was on deck to get some air. The
lookout. called up TO the bridge BY
Second officer Hahn. first made out
the big wave. He spoke to Mr.. Hahn
and the latter called out TO me word
of warning l saw the big wall OF
water ahead coming toward us at great
speed and hurried into the companion
way but not soon enough TO save my
self from being drenched. The water
poured into the cabins until there was
eighteen inches of It smashing about
1.-The wave had broken over the deck,
carrying away everything movable, and
the men on the bridge We're almost
carried into the sea.
"The wave from its trough to Its
crest must have been at least thirty
feet. and the remarkable feature Is
that the sea had been quite smooth all
day. and after the wave had passed
US the surface of the water again re-
gained its quiet level"
The evening world., 1908-03-13
STOCK EXCHANGES SAFE
IN ROOSEVELT'S WAR.

WASHINGTON. March l3.-To cor
rect any misapprehension that may ex-
ist through the circulation OF erroneous
reports concerning the investigation
which Commissioner OF Corporations
Smith Is making into laws affecting
bucket shop operations Secretary
Straus, of the Department OF Com
merce and Labor. to-day issued the fol-
lowing statement:
Secretary Straus states in regard to
the matter Of bucket shops that the
President has simply referred the sub
1ect to this department. with the re-
quest to have Herbert Knox Smith.
Commissioner Of Corporations, examine
certain bills aimed at bucket shops and
TO report his views on the general sub
tect The President has not ordered
any general investigation OF stock ex-
changes. and Mr.. Smith has been in
structed 10 use his own judgment in
reporting upon the subject and getting
the facts that the President desires"
The evening world., 1908-03-13
WAGES OF $1,000 MORE
MILL WORKERS CUT.

MANCHESTER, y. H, March 1s-
Notices were postei in the mills of the
An.oskeag Manufacturing Company to-
day announcing a wage reduction aver
aging 10 per cent. to take effect March
~. The A.noskeaG corporation has the
largest cotton manufacturing plant in
the world, and employs about 1900
operatives.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-25
DAZZLING SOCIETY BALL.

Goldfish Caught by Guests and Song
Birds Marble at Debutante's Debut.
With loOSed song birds fiuttering
about in the rare exotic foliage and
shimmering goldfish swimming in real
pools, Miss Dorothy Randolph of Phil
adelphia, one of the most feted and
petted debutantes of the season, made
her debut the other night at ball Civ
en- at the Bellevue-Stratford hotel in
Philadelphia by her father, Philip S. p.
Randolph, says the New York Ameri-
can.
Conservative estimates place the cost
OF the affair at $150,000, far above any
thing of the kind that has gone before,
exceeding the famous butterfly ball of
Miss Paul by about $4,000. The scene
was a beautiful woodland, with rustic
bridges over real pools and imitation
ones of mirrors, surrounded by won
derful plants and flowers. Fountains
were flowing, canaries warbling in the
foliage and all kinds of goldfish swim.
ming in the miniature ponds and
streams. Twelve hundred guests were
unanimous in the opinion that the
whole thing was exquisite"
Departing from precedent in some
other affairs of the kind, the little sing
sEs were carefully attended to.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-25
WINGS HITCH.

wheels furnished by the plOwmakerS
are about seven inches in diameter
too small, but useful. We started
1t occurred to me to adjust an old
wheel from a sulky pillow. Our black
smith did this for me, and then came
further thought. Why not put on
two wheels, as the Frenchmen do? l
found two that matched well, one
about thirty inches and one about
eighteen inches in diameter, and the
smith and 1 rudely adjusted them to Il
bit of one and One-quarter inch shaft
ing for an axle. A by inch block
went on this, and iron stirrups con-
nected it to the pillow beam. Thus one
wheel could go in the furrow, one on
the land, and it ought to steady the
pillow finely.
1 put the thing in the buggy and
FASTENED to the field. eager to test it.
We fastened it to the plow, and ca
gerly watched for results. The horses
started, rod was turned. and Frank
looked around with an astonished ex-
preston on his face. why, it's all
right" He went a few rods farther
and called back, Finest thing I've
ever seen!' The long and short of it
is that we are using that pillow today.
1t has turned now about sixty acres,
and much of the time it has been used
by an old man who could never have
endured holding an ordinary plow in
alfalfa sod The work of that plow is
perfect 1t matters very little indeed
whether one holds to the handles or
not, it runs along and does business
just the same. We made another car
riage better in that the one and one
quarter inch axle has turns in it that
make the wheels set on cranks, so that,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-25
Fat Men and Jobs.

Employment agents say it's about as
hard to get work for fat man as for
a gray-haired one. According to their
statements, employers of labor hold
that a fat man is indolent They as
sert that the hustler, the fast, nervous,
energetic worker, is sinewy rather
than fat, and does 80 per cent more
work than the soft, fat fellow. TT is
not uncommon for us to advise fat ap-
plicants to diet" said an employment
agent, and reduce their weight before
beginning to canvass for a job So
far as recorded, DR.. Osler has ex-
pressed no opinion on the expediency
of chlorofOrming men who are running
to adipose tissue.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-25

How" asked the young man who
had just bought the village paper and
desired to win prominence as an edi-
tor, 'can I get the public to become
interested in my journal? / know the
principal thing is to make good pa.
per, but if nobody takes it how will
anyone find out that it is good? Some
thing must be done to attract atten-
tion-to cause the people to under
stand that we are on earth "That'll
be easy" said the travelling printer,
who had stopped over to assist in put
ting the patient on it's feet Just print
an item saying that certain preacher
in this town will get into trouble if he
doesn't cease paying attentions to
certain married member of his flock
and cease quick. I'll bet the paper
containing that item won't be off the
press 40 minutes before there's
copy of it in every house in this
town. Chicago RecordHerald.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-25
First Opera Glasses.

The single opera glass was first used
in the time of Louis XIV. 1t became
the rage, and everybody used one The
double opera glass (Jumelle) was in
vented in 1925, but did not at first find
favor with women. A treatise was
written in the early part of the nine
teenth century on Fart de lorgner, in
which it was shown that a woman
with fine arms would hold the glass
with both hands, if she were blessed
with fine hands she would take off her
gloves, if her neck were long she would
recline back in her chair, and so on. It
was quite a treatise on coquetry.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-25

any given stretch OF territory for the
purpose of doing the most good and
the least injury. If there is to be bet
ter protection for birds, it will be
worth while to know all possible about
the number there are in the country of
different varieties.
Already a start has been made to-
ward enumeration of the birds 1t has
been made in Indiana, under the direc-
ton of Professor Forbes, well known
In biological circles. 1t has to be done
by observation from one end of the
state to the other. seeing for them
selves how numerous relatively are
the different varieties aid consulting
with residents freely as TO the number
of birds observed about farmhouses
and other residences, the number of
mating pairs and the like.
The different states are doing great
deal for bird protection. but there still
remains much TO be done Large num-
berS are ruthleSsly slaughtered. One Of
the chief instrumentalities for killing
of birds are the Italian colonies that
are scattered about the country. along
railroads in repair or construction
principally. Birds are killed for food
by the million in Italy, and the Ital-
ians do the same thing here.
Before there can be any adequate
bird protection it will be necessary to
have international understanding and
regulations on the subject. SuggeS-
tons to undertake bird protection in
an international way have been made
from various countries, but this gov
eminent has given them little counte--
nance. The fact is, however, that
great numbers of the birds of the
United States are killed off while they
are away at their winter resorts in
South America. They are slaughtered
there largely for millinery uses, and
legiOns of birds that go down to the
equatorial regions when winter comes
on return only as ornaments TO be put
on the hats of women.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-25
Auction Bulletin.
ERVEN WARDS SALE.

Having decided to quit farming
will sell at auction on the old Pat
Morkin farm % miles south of Patch
Grove, on
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 9Th, 1908,
commencing at 10 a. M, the followin q:
Seven Horses Black mare coming
z, in foal to Grappin, weight 1900; grey
mare coming 3. weight 1850, 2-year old
fiIly, sired by Pampolais; 2-year old
gelding, sired by son of Cedarwood:
Minos sucking colt; good work team
mare and gelding, weight about 400
each.
36 Head of Cattle-Nearly all Dur
hams. Four mich COWS coming in
early; IL helfers, black and Z red,
coming yrs. old, supposed to be with
calf and fine bunch; spring calves;
black bull coming yrs. old. As Pol.
and China fall shoats.
Hay, Grain, etc-2OO bus. cats. rs
bus. barley and tons of hay.
Vehicles and Harness L..w wheel
truck wagon, 4-in. tire, In : ,ol shape;
single buggy; 2 sets of 115 in. work
harness, collars, brides, Nurse blank
cts. robes, odd straps. etc.
Machinery--M Mccormick binder: corn
binder, mower aud hay rake; Kingman
corn planter and riding stubble pillow;
2 riding corn plows, steel beam 14-in.
stubble pillow. disc harrow, section
steel lever drag, Superior seeder. corn
shelter, tanning mill, grindstone, forks,
shovels, etc.
Three heating sto YES. Terms as
usual. Lunch at noon.
ERVEN WARD, Prop,
r. N. HoSKINs, M.F. WooDHoUsE,
Auctioneer Clerk.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-25
Warm Little Ones Bed.

Always warm the bed of child be-
fore he enters it, especially when the
weather is cold. Many children suffer
from enfeebled vitality, especially
those who study hard and whose appe-
tiles are poor, and to such it is simply
torture to enter cold bed or to be in
a cold room.
A hot water bag or else hot brick
wrapped in flannel will not only re-
move the immediate discomfort, but
will also serve to induce sleep, which
under other conditions would be quite
nnattainable.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-25
w1xG's FRENCH Pillow IN USE.

it is readily adjustable to depth, and
this works with leveE The plow goet
along as exactly as a big plane.
Now. it seems to me that pillow manu-
facturers should take a hint from this.
Such an attachment as | have adapted
ought to be sold for less than SO and.
added to the already very good plows,
would make for perfect work.
If the manufacturers will not do this,
one can usually find old wheels either
on his own farm or in the junk shop
to make his own pillow carriage. We
find only one difficulty in adjustment.
1t is to keep the pillow level, rather
running a little on the land side, espe-
cially in tough alfalfa sod. This we
manage by inserting a thin wedge OF
wood under the beam when camping
it down. There is a better way. One
wheel might be arranged to be raised
or lowered Independently of the other.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-25
CENSUS OF OUR BIRDS
Biological Surveys Plan to Pro-
tect Them More Effectively.
TO APPEAL TO CONGRESS.

Necessary Authority and Money Need
ed Will Be Asked-Start Already
Made In Indiana Toward Enumera-
ton of Songsters.
A census of the bird population is
badly wanted by the United States
biological survey, and it is quite likely
one will be attempted. says a Wash
ington correspondent of the New York
Globe. Almost every other kind OF
census has been set on foot in the
Emitted States, but thus far there has
never been a count of the robins. the
swallows, the sparrows. the bluejays
and other pathological varieties.
Nobody has the faintest idea how
many birds are in the United States or
what kind of birds are the most numer-
Gus. There are various substantial
reasons, as the officials OF the biolog-
1cal survey say, why a bird census
should be taken, and it is expected the
necessary authority and whatever
money is needed for the task will be
asked OF congress when the regular
appropriation for the agricultural de-
Partment, of which the biological sur
VeY is part, is made up.
Protection of the birds of the coun-
try in a much more effective fashion
than is now afforded is the object back
OF the proposed bird census. Now,
there is little means OF knowing what
Is happening to the birds of different
species, whether one is increasing or
diminishing in numbers Nor can it be
reckOned whether certain species are
as numerous as is economically advan-
tageouS
Many birds are of value to the farm
or and to humankind generally, and
scientists who make a study of the
subject are able to say about how
many there should be per acre or to
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-25
DRAINING DEVICE.

drain device so constructed that it can
be readily attached to an ordinary
wash boiler. When so attached, as
shown in the Illustration, it catches
the drip from the clothes and drains it
into the tub or other vessel employed
for the purpose. By reason of its sim
plicity of construction this attachment
deserves the attention of all house
wives. By preventing the dirty drip
water falling on the floor. running the
floor covering and necessitating clean
ing the floor after the wash, it would
soon pay for it's cost
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-25
Farm, Field
qua Garden
PLOWS AND FLOWING.
Wings Adaptation From the French,
In Use In Alfalfa Sod.

Wings Adaptation From the French,
In Use In Alfalfa Sod.
-Four years ago. when first l went to
study French farming, their plows
made me smile, they looked so crude.
with their immense wheels and beams.
so awkward in design, says Joseph E.
Wing in the Breeders Gazette, Chi
cage.
This year | spent more time in
France and studied their plows more
carefully and at work. / now consider
the French pillow, with it's two wheels,
its rigid beam and all, as being a won
derfully effective tool and think it does
its work easily for the horses as well.
/ took hold of the handles of these
plows and found that they ran with
extraordinary steadineSS.
Last fall we had sixty acres of alfal-
IA sod to plOw, and alfalfa sod is no.
toriously hard stuff to manage. 1t
takes good plow, Il good team and Il
good plowman to plow alfalfa sod at
all. We learned that a walking plow
is best for alfalfa sod. We really
never had much success with riding
pillow in such use, but we had learned
that wheel under the beam steadied
the plow and was quite a help. The
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-25
Airship to Carry Hundred.

Count Zeppelin intends shortly to
ing 100 passengers, says special Ber-
lin cable dispatch to the New York
Times. His last airship. 49, yards long
and Is yards in diameter, carried
IL passengers and $500 pounds Of
ballast The new airship will have to
be only twenty-six yards longer and
three yards greater in diameter for his
carrying capacity to be increased suf-
6ciently to carey 100 persons.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-25
Old Fashioned Chicken Pie.

Cut chicken into small pieces and
stew in sailed water sufficient to cover
until the meat begins to separate from
the bones. Pick out the bones and put
the meat into large pudding dish.
Season the gravy, then thicken with 2
little cornstarch. Add lump of but
ter and pour the gravy over the chick
en-. Make rich baking powder bis
cult dough, spread it with the hands
until large enough to cover the pie,
place it on the meat and cut large
cross in the middle of the rust Bake
until rich golden brown-forty-f1
minutes to one hour.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-25
To Make Face Bleach.

One ounce each of glycerin and rec
tilted spirits, three drains of pure citric
acid and four ounces of strained hon
ey. Put the citric acid with the recti-
fed spirits. In a basin set into hot
water place the honey and glycerin.
As soon as these are thinned and min
gled remove the basin from the heat
and stir in the spirits. Perfume with
"a few drops of rose essence. To use,
massage into the face at night and
again in the morning.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-25
Little Journals.

The word petit in connection with
French newspapers always strikes the
foreigner. Its origin is in itself sig
nificant. The evening edition was call
ed Petit and originally was petit,
but the French newspaper reader has
come more and more to read his pa
per in the evening, and the petit edi-
ton has now become the chief one,
whereas the morning one is merely a
repetition with ''stop press" column.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-25
Simple Remedy for La Grippe.

La grippe coughs are dangerous as
they frequently develop into pneu-
monia. Foley's Honey and Tar not
only stops the cough but heals and
the lungs so that no ser
ious results need be feared. The gen
uine Foley's Honey and Tar contains
no harmful drugs and is in yellow
package. Refuse substitutes.
j. T. Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-25
How to Avoid Pneumonia.

You can avoid pneumonia and other
serious results from a cold by taking
Foley's Honey and Tar. 1t stops the
cough and expe's the cold from the
system as it is mildly laxative. Refuse
any bit the genuine in the yellow
package. j T. Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-25
Special Announcement Regarding the
National Pure Food and Drug Law.

We are pleased to announce that
Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs,
colds and lung troubles is not affected
by he National Pure Food and Drug
law as it contains no opiates or other
harmful drugs, and We recommend it
as safe remedy for children and
adults. j. Z. Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-25
How to Avoid Appendicitis.

Most victims of appendicitis are
those who are habitually constipated
Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup cures
chronic constipation by stimulating
the liver and bowels and restores the
natural action of the bowels. Or1no
Laxative Fruit Syrup does not
nauseate or grippe and is mild and
pleasant to take. Refuse substitutes
j. T. Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-25
Wash Boiler Attachment.

An attachment for wash boilers for
preventing splashing and spilling of
water on. the floor or stove when the
clothes are placed into or removed
from the boiler is the recent inven-
ton of Chicago man. The attach
ment is in the form of removable
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-25
settinq Himself Riqht.

Here is the man, your honor, who
was caught stealing the hog" Caught
in the act?" Yes, sir" ledge"
said the prisoner, dat man is lynn to
you IL WIZ in de fence corner whar
he kcGched me!"-Atlanta Constitu.
ton.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-25
Where Orchards Are Small.

In portions Of the country where in
dividual orchards are small, but stu
ated close together, central cooking
plant may often be used in co-opera-
ton or by an individual who supplies
the lime-sulphur wash during the
spraying season to the orchardists of
the community. The practicability Of
this plan has already been demonstrate
ed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-25
Double Best Man.

At a recent wedding when two sis
sers were married at the same time
the best man did duty for both bride
grooms. A dual best man is quite a
new idea, and provides very little mas
culinity for nevy of bridesmaids.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-25
Loulon,t Be Dome

YES said the man who gets things
crooked, Il hear heap O. people say
Ing they'll die for somebody else, if
necessary, but these people that PROM
Uses to die hardly ever lives up to it"