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The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-02-21

du,oe in reflections, II you can help It"
"Why, shouldn't even know how to
begin"
"ISl' show YOU. A dozen times day
YOU tell me things that interest me
greatly. Think Of that country walk
YOU were so happy over last week.
When YOU got home, you described the
blue sky with its little tufts OF woolly
clouds, the bank where you found ne
paticas; you told me exactly how you
scraped away the dead leaves and what
a ridiculous time you had In trying to
beg a string at the farmhouse.
.eThen you repeated the story OF the
poor little girl you met on the way
home. and said she remarked, as she
took some Of your luncheon, that she
liked fruit cake better than sandwich
es."
"But l couldn't put that in a compo
sitionw
"perhaps not, but the habit of writ
ing will not only help you to gain fuen-
CIV in the use of the pen, but 1t will
teach you to observe.
Besides, you will have in your note
book a stock Of material to which you
can turn when you have nothing to say.
Remember, above all things, to put
down only the exact truth-for nothing
that has not the ring Of reality Is
worth preserving-and not to indulge
in general reflections that had become
common-places before you were born.'
The book was bought, and Ethel, with
few relapses, kept it zealously. At
the end of six months she declared that
the plan was splendid" one. Per-
haps other young folks, forced to be-
come writer's against their will, might
think so, too-Chicago Daily News.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-08
WISDOM OF THE TALMUD.

When the OK falls down the butchers
are many.
1t is easy to lead a man on the way
which he desires to go.
If man does not seek wisdom, wis
dom will not seek him.
If your wife is small, bend down in
order to listen to her advice.
Do not wait to show honor to the
physician until you are taken sick.
Devotion with little prayer is better
than much prayer without devotion.
That which a child says beyond the
house, it has learned within the house.
Discord is like leak in a cistern.
Drop by drop all the water gradually
escapes.
He who seeks a brother without a
fault will have to remain without a
brother.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-08
ALL OVER THE WORLD.

The Tartar lady uses slice of onion
to prefume herself.
The government is the largest indi-
vidual purchaser of electric lamps in
the country. 1t buys $4,000 annually.
Bavarias chief manufacturing center
is Nuremberg, which, with the adjoin-
ing city of Furth, now has popula-
ton of nearly 100000.
There were 1860 foreigners at the
German universities during the winter
semesters, constituting S.3 per cent
of the total OF attendance.
1t is stated that Chinese officials are
trade is handled in that country, with
the idea of adopting similar regulations
for China.
Students who have graduated in Ger
many are being engaged for the Han
yang (China) iron works and arsenal
to improve the quality of the arms be-
ing turned out there.
Electric light fittings have reached
the WIuloE pdIdcc dI IekII, anu DFll-
liant installation is expected there
shortly. Some rooms of the building
have already been lighted by electricity.
Twenty years ago the fact was made
much of that New York City boosted
one hundred banks and trust compan-
les. To-day, however, the greater city
has no fewer than 212 institutions Of
this character.
The Chinese Board of Agriculture is
considering the ACCESSIBILITY of estab-
fishing department for the study and
encouragement of tea cultivation, with
branches in the provinces where tea Is
now produced.
Armed robbery is still rife IN tho
Kweilin district of China, despite the
efforts Of the authorities to suppress IL.
Over four hundred executions of often
ders for this crime have taken place
in this district alone during the last
twelve months.
The electric tramways of the City OF
Mexico have been chartered by COM
pany with 100000 cauital. Electric
light plants are being constructed at
Juchitan and Oaxaca, and light and
power plants on the Isthmus of TIE
huantepec
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-08
MERELY WANTED A TICKET.
Mild Old Gentleman the Cause of "a
Decided COmmOtiOn.

Mild Old Gentleman the Cause of "a
Decided COmmOtiOn.
One of the most amusing accidents
Imaginable happened recently to an old
gentleman in large eastern city. He
was asked to buy a ticket to fire
mans ball and good-naturedly COM
piled. The next question was what to
do with it. He had two servants, either
one of whom would be glad to use it,
but he did not wish to show favoritism.
Then it occurred to him that he
might buy another ticket and give both
his servants pleasure. Not knowing
where the tickets were sold he inquired
of a policeman, and the officer sug-
gested that he go to the engine house.
SO the old gentleman went to the en-
CINE house that evening, but there was
no one in sight. He had never been in
such a place before, and stood for a
mement or so uncertain how to make
his presence known.
Presently he saw an electric button
on the side of the room, and he put his
thumb on it.
The effect was electrical in every
sense of the word. Through the cell
ing, down the stairs and from every
other direction firemen came running
and falling, the horses rushed out of
their stalls, and, in short, all the ma
chinery of modern engine house was
instantly in motion.
Amid all this uproar stood the innO-
cent old gentleman, who did not sus-
pect that he had touched the fire alarm
until the men clamored around him for
information as to the locolity ~of the
fire.
Then he said, mildly, 81 should like
to buy another ticket for the ball, if
you please"
The situation was so ludicrOus that
there was a general shout of laughter,
and the old gentleman bought his
ticket and the engine house resumed
it's former state of quiet.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-08
UNFAMILIAR FACTS.

Mary Brush, of Davenport, Iowa, in
vented a boneles corset.
Mrs. Kendall, the actress, invented a
very handsome and popular lampshade.
Mary Kies, in 1900, took out in Wash
ington the first patent for straw weav-
ing.
Mrs. William Porter, of Warren, O..
invented the noiseless slate cover.
The longest submarine cable in the
world in one stretch is that from VAN
couver to New Zealand.
Approximately 125OOO unskilled
Iaborers are affiliated with the General
Federation of Trade Unions in Ger
many.
Money has been advanced for the
purchase of hand-power spinning ma
chimes in Kahn, Persia, with a view to
spinning Persian wool for carpet and
rugmaking.
A Massachusetts boy, Nathan Samp-
son. has found a venerable turtle which
bears markings made by his grand
father, now 81 years old, which were
put on in 1840 and by his great-grand-
father, who marked the same turtle in
1916
The little deer from which the musk
is obtained ranges in the Himalayas
and Tibetan mountains, 5000 feet above
sea level. The male deer yields the
finest and greater quantity of musk
The deer are shy and alert and difficult
of capture.
A plan is under consideration in
Rangoon looking to the improvement in
the sanitary service in Burma (the
same as in India) which Will create a
bureau of sanitary inspection, and the
service of graduates of the sanitary
training school will be employed.
About 5000 acres of coal land in
Monterey county, Cal, about 200 miles
from San Francisco, are about to be
developed in an extensive maner. Most
of the coal of this section is Ignite in
character, but this tract is said to con-
tain vein of semibituminous fuel.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-08
ODDS AND ENDS.

Ceylon now has over $50 miles of
railway open for traffic.
In 1917 postage stamps were first
used in the United States.
Argentina has a 54-mile horse rail
way 1t is the largest in the world.
The heart is little larger than the
fist, and weighs about nine to eleven
ounces.
The metal point on your shoe-string
made a fortune for the woman who
thought it out.
Ice one and a half inches thick will
support man: Is inches thick will
support a railway train.
The German population is increasing
by 5000 year; the British by 100000 !;
our own by more than 100000.
The most wonderful, costly and mag
nificent garment in the world is the
state robe of the queen of Siam, which
she wears about once year
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-08
ArcHIsoN GLOBE sigh IS.

Anybody ever apologize to your
The average stepmother's left g.
must burn all the time.
There is always something pitiful
about man in corner
Domestics are becoming scarcer, and
stenOgraphers mere plentiful.
A woman is terribly jealous of the
praise given other wOmens children.
When you borrow an umbrella, for
heavens sake, why don't you return
it?
Il feel so goOd,'' said a man to-day,
that | wouldn't hit a baseball UNI
pire.''
Those pouting lips you read about in
novels: Don't they suggest projecting
teeth?
The mother of the mule colt should
be regarded more with pity than
anger
You often wonder that woman does
not pull her babys arm out at the
socket
A woman who gives her husband
letters to mail must stand the conse-
duences.
When a man of short stature is in au-
thority, it seems to be awfully easy to
hate him.
Somehow the applause given at anna
teur entertainments sounds terribly
like relief.
To young doctor the greatest ply
stefan in the world is the old one he
studied under
An old man read a red-hot love story
''How often I've been guiIty!'' he said,
in a musing way.
The average girl pays entirely too
much attention to the Importance OF
an arched instep.
A man who uses the word conf
dentially' good deal usually has very
uninteresting secrets.
If a reporter calls on you, and You
don't know. anything new, you can at
least say you're sorry.
Some women are such poor cooks
that their guests feel as if they were
eating a stage, dinner
After a man passes sixty, he has
three specialties: tire trusts, rheuma-
tism and the paper boy.
When some people keep a secret it is
less from sense of honor than de-
sire to prove that they can.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-08
VARIOUS WATER SPORTS.
Our COlOnists Show Wonderful Exht-
billions of Aquatic Skill.

billions of Aquatic Skill.
Among our coloniStS the HaWallanS
are the greatest bathers, their water
sports being wonderful exhibitions of
aquatic skill. In the performance of
one of these feats they use black
polished board, about eight feet long
and is inches wide, with which they
swim out to sea, diving under the roll
ers until they reach the outer line of
breakers. Then, lying fiat upon their
boards, they balance themselves on the
forward slope of the highest breakers,
and in some wonderful manner ride
them toward the shore with the speed
of a race horse. The natives of the
upper Nile have a similar sport of
shooting the cataracts while balancing
themselves on logs.
The Philippines are paradise for
bathers, the sea water there being at
a temperature of about SO degrees the
year around The Malay tribes are all
fond of the water, and on any of their
feast days nearly the entire population
of a Tagal village will be seeli frolick-
ing in the water both sexes and all
ages mixed together, the children nude,
but the adults partly clothed, all be-
having themselves as decorOusly as the
bathers at Atlantic City or Newport.
Our Indians, while great swimmers,
have never been overload of outdoor
bathing for the sake of the sport it
self. The Pueblo tribes have for cen
turtles employed the bathing method
of the Russian peasantry. In special
lodges built for the purpose they ex-
pose themselves to extreme heat Until
IN profuse perspiratiOn, and then
run nude to a nearby stream and take
cold plunge.
The California Indians and many
other tribes had this same custom, the
sweat houses of the former being
built in the form of great bee hives,
from which they crawled through
small openings at the bottom.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-08
"sEEIN' THINGS AT NIGHT"
Explanation is Found i'm the Special
Conditions OF Night Vision.

Explanation is FOun0 IN the SpechaA
Conditions OF Night Vision.
Every one must at times have asked
why familiar objects in a dim light
tend to assume fantastic and often
times alarming appearances, says a
writer in the British Medical Journal.
The explanation is to be found in the
special conditions of night vision. The
pupils are widely dilated and, as in the
Photographic lens with large dia-
phragm, the apparatus of accommodate
ton can only focus for one plane. AS
the faculty of estimating distances is
in great measure lost in the ObScurity
we cannot focus with precision, and a
blurred, uncertain outline is thrown
upon the retina.
Then, too, cOlOrs viewed in a fading
light lose their distinguishing hue in a
fixed sequence until a point is reached
at which everything becomes of one
uniform gray tint.
1t follows that the images which are
profoundly modified in color and out
line, and as they enter the eye through
the widely dilated pupil at an alto
gether unusual angle, the movement of
lOcomotion gives them a peculiar mo-
bility.
Now, one relies on eXpel fence for the
Interpretation of Sensorial impressions,
and when these present themselves,
suddenly in an unusual form they Gre
ate a feeling of insecurity which finds
expression in mental perturbation and
more or less violent motor impulSion.
In fact, the subject finds himself in
the position of a horse which sees a
rapidly advancing automobile for the
first time and does not know what to
make of it.
Imagination aiding, these blurred,
mobile and uncertain images are sus-
ceptible of the most phantasmagoric
Interpretation, and in persons who are
not accustomed to control sensorial i'm
pressions by the exercise of the intelll-
gence the impressions are accepted as
realities and acted upon accordingly.
Gamekeepers and others who are ac-
customed to night work make allow
ance for phenomena of this class and
correct the visual deficiency by the aid
of other senses, such as hearing, which
are not dependent on light.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-08
SPLINTERS.
Good ADMINISTRATORS.

Good ADMINISTRATORS
You can't stick to the straight and
narrow path on a spiral stairway.
It is usually the ten-cent man that
makes a noise like a million dollars.
Many a married man would be will
ing to pay bachelor tax.
First Witness-Did the lawyer ask
you many questions? Second Witness
Yes; he didn't know as much about
the case as l thought he did.
A man usually prays for the things
that he knows he cannot get
Sweet Girl-Would you be willing TO
die for me? Ardent Suitor-Yes;
poison me with kisses.
1t is a waste of time to lock the door
if you are going to leave the windows
open.
Adele-Gladys goes along the street
with her head up in the air. Estelle-
Yes, but her eyes are on every other
girls hat.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-08
The Left Hand Greeting.

Certain English critics are now dis
tressed because smart women show
signs of adopting the Frenchwoman's
custom of giving her left hand in init
mate greeting. British newspaper as
serts. Man, it appears, doesn't appreci-
ate this sprightly cordiality, which puts
him at a curious disadvantage and
makes him feel awkward. 1t is a
battling question to him to know
whether to offer his left hand or take
a woman's in his right. One young
man suggested that it would be bet
ter TO kiss the little gloved left hand,
and not try to shake it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-08
WITH THE SAGES.

Nothing is so infectious as example.
Kingsley.
Education is the apprenticeship of
life.-Willmott
Politeness is the outward garment of
goodwill.-Hare.
Be not merely good; be good for
something
He alone has energy who cannot be
deprived of it.-Lavater.
While thou Invest keep a good tongue
in thy ad.-Shakespeare.
One right 1 hold superior to the right
of love-duty.-M Craik.
The small courtesies sweeten life ;
the greater ennoble it-Bovee.
The truest wisdom, in general, is a
resolute Napoleon.
'Tis not what man does that eXalts
him, but what man would do-BrOwn-
ing.
The wise and active conquer diff
culties by daring to attempt them
Rowe.
The greater the difficulty, the great
er the glory in surmounting it.-Epi-
curious
What we can do is a small thing, but
we can will and aspire to great things.
Dante.
The fear of death is never strong in
him who has learned how to live
Written.
Innocence is better than repentance 4;
an unsullied life is better than pardon.
-SchOleS.
To be innocent is not to be guilty !;
but to be virtuOus is to overcome our
evil nclinations.-Penn.
Our doubts can never sustain us.
Cheer and courage are the first essen
tials in all accomplishments
What thou doest, do cheerfully.
Cheerfulness is the atmosphere in
which all good affections grow.-Bray.
Let us have faith that right makes
might, and in that faith let us dare to
do our duty as we understand it.-Lin-
coin.
This above all; to thine own self be
true; and it must follow, as the night
the day, thou canst not then be false to
any Shakespeare.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-08
A JEWISH CHARITY.
A Sample OF the BenevOIence OF New
York Hebrews.

A Sample of the BenevOIence of New
York Hebrews.
PreverbiaIly a Jew is a money get
ter who clings to his dollars with a
love rivaling that of ShylOck. In re-
atty there is ho race more given to
charity, none more generous in it's gifts
10 the unfortunate. New York has hun
dredS of Jewish societies the generos-
ity of which would put Christian or
CARNATIONS TO shame. As sample one
may take the Amelia Relief Society,
which devOteS itself TO the relief of the
poor of the upper East Side, between
9th avenue and the East river between
1O1st street and 1O5th street. Two
wealthy women, Mrs. Elias Meyers and
Mrs Kaufman Solomon. have spent
every day for years visiting families in
their district and many other women
devote part of their time to the work.
The society by no means confines it
self TO relieving actual distress. Each
poor boy or girl who is graduated re-
ceiveS new suit or a new dress, a
bouquet of flowers and ten dollars with
which to give a graduating party at
his or her home.
Usually gifted boys and girls longing
for higher education are sent to college.
White plague victims are shipped in
to the country and their families pro-
vided fer. Applicants at the sister
hood home who ask aims are given one
dollar to tide them over until the in
vestigator has reported on the case.
Recently the society moved into its
own building. large three-stOry struc-
ture of brick. 1t cost $65,50O, the
money being raised entirely within the
membership of 500. The building is
divided into meeting halls and class
rooms. These rooms are occupied
every hour of each day with mothers
meetings. neighbOrhoOd meetings, in
dustrial classes. classes in German,
French and dancing
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-08
How MUSIC Anects AnimaIs.

The love of shakes for music is ira
ditiOnal, though their sense of hear
ing is in general not acute. The East
Indian snake charmer plays a mo-
notOnOus tune on an instrument re-
sembing small clarinet, whereupon
the serpent energies from the basket
in which it is kept and erects body
as far as it can from the ground,
often swaying to and fro in measure
with the music. When in this condi-
ton it is not dangerous, and can be
handled without risk; it is only when
the music ceases that it is hazardous
to approach it. For that reason the
CLEANERS generally remove the poison
fangs before exhibiting their perilOus
pets.
Squirrels are particularly fond of
music. and prefer soft. sustained tones
to sounds that are at all loud or harsh.
Aud spiders are often drawn from
their webs by music. Gretry has left a
record of the spider that always ap-
peared OH his harpsichord when he
played.
Even the timid mouse forgets fear in
it's love for music. 1t will venture
boldly into a we'll lighted room under
its influence 1t often seems to be
hypnotized. Even after it ceases it is
motionless or moves only with difficult
ty. Singing mice, too, are not un-
known. They chirp in a high, clear
tone not unlike that of a canary,
though this is rare accomplishment.
Perhaps Adams downfall was due
to the fact that he had no mOther-in-
law to LOOK after him.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-08
The President and the children.

Mrs. Frederick Schoff has had re-
Gently an interview with President
Roosevelt, TO talk over what could be
done for the cause of the education
of children in this country. She says
in regard to this interview II told
the President that people wanted a
childrenS department of the govern
ment, but education could cover the
whole thing if it would. The Presi-
dent said if there was to be such a de-
partment in Washington he would put
a woman and mother at the head
of il. / also spoke about the immi-
grants.
Those people are coming from
every country to America, | pointed
out, and we are not doing anything to
help them when they get here. l had
visited one woman who had twelve
children-beautiful children as you
would want to see. She only had $15
a week and they were living in two
rooms. We accept that as 4 thing we
have to endure and we should not do
so.
II have prepared a letter addressed
to Mr.. Roosevelt and to be sent to
him by Commissioner Brown, embody-
ing these thoughts and suggestions
AS head of the bureau of education,
Commissioner Brown, at my request,
will send out leaflets printed in vari-
Gus languages for use in the education
of mothers in physical and moral care
of children"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-08
HIS TASTE IN ART.

Why He Cared no More for OutIand-
ish Wall Paper sand Carpets.
I'VE are proud of you, papa" said
the mans three handsome daughters.
"Oh, you are?" he said, beamingly.
"Wht have l done now?'
"You have acquired taste in art, :"
said the handsomest of the trio. 81
don't mind telling you now that there
was a time when we despaired of
your ever approaching the classic.
Thank goodness, you have improved
under our tuition until you can
pick out the really beautiful every time
Instead of admiring the razzle dazzle,
topsy-turvy designs III architecture
and decorations that formerly pleased
YOU, YOU now choose the simple, easy
line of pure art"
Thank you, my dears," chuckled
the man. Il am glad you kept ham
mering away at me so persistently."
When his daughters had left the
room the man took off his glasses and
rubbed them thoughtfully.
well, what do you think of that?"
he said. Il have become artistic, have
/? And why? Because my eyesight
is so poor That is the only reason.
Those fantastic, curlycue figures that
used to please my taste no longer APP
peal to me because they hurt my eyes.
am driven to classic lines in self-de-
fense Most people of my age are. l
once heard an art dealer say that half
the people who thought they had de-
yeloped the artistic temperament with
years had only ruined their eyes and
needed glasses. That is my case eX-
actly. l really like those Outlandish
patterns in wall papers and carpets
and things as well as ever, but ]
wouldn't have the girls know it for
dollar"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-08
UncIa In New York.

HIM" grunted Uncle Silas on a
visit to New York, as he stood before
a red-colored corner box, a letter
ready for postage in his hand, this
darn thing says Break the glass, take
out tn key, open tn door, and pull
down tn hook, then let go' Now
wouldn't that frost " tn way things
re gittin' in tn line O. new inventions
Jest see how complicated even them
new post boxes s gittin'! Wal, fol-
low y'r directions, as the fellar says,
an We can't git lost always; SO here
goes !"