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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-12
AMBROSE CHANNEL.
Why GOtham's New HarbOr Water
way Received It's Name.

why GOtham's New HarbOr Water
way Received Its Name.
The name Of Ambrose channel was
given the new waterway by an act of
Congress passed in May, 1900, one year
after my fathers death, says Gather
inc Ambrose Shrady in the New York
Sun. The action Of Congress was in
spired by the Legislature of New York
from which the following is quoted:
whereas, During the last year
Providence has seen fit to call from the
midst of us the late John w. Ambrose
Of the city of New York, whose life of
unselfish public service has proved Of
such inestimable advantage to the citi-
zens Of that city and Of the entire State
by reason Of his securing new and ade-
quate channels leading from the ocean
into the port of New York, for the ac-
commodation Of our rapidly increasing
commerce, he having for that purpose
secured from the Federal government
during the past eighteen years apprO-
priatiOnS for the harbor of New York
aggregating the enormous sum of S.
100000; and
whereas, Mr.. Ambrose having held
no public Office, but animated solely by
patriotic motives, to which he gave his
pre-eminent abilities, by arousing gen
eral interest in such public improve
ments, not only of the harbor facilities
of New York, but also of the water
ways of the State at large, we now de-
sire to give pronounced expression in
this manner of our appreciation of his
services; now, be it
Resolved, That the State of New
York recognizes with gratitude and
warm appreciation the efforts of the
late John W. Ambrose, and commendS
his unselfish labors for the advance
ment of trade and commerce"
At the instigation of many inf1uen-
tial members of the Chamber of Com
merce, the Merchants Association, the
produce and maritime exchanges and
the leading representatives of the large
steamship companies, Senator Depew
introduced the bill in Congress to name
the new waterway Ambrose channel.
In conclusion l would say that nv
father was born in Ireland and came
to this country with his parents when
a very young child.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-12

OF the worlds lands 100000 acres
are in steppes.
The family wealth in Dutch Guiana
is put into jewelry, which the wife
wears.
Justus Granich, age 10, was recently
arrested in Philadelphia for wife de-
sertion.
Pitch pine, which has been consid-
cred almost worthless, is now in de-
mand for cranberry barrels.
B. ]. Lang, the Boston organist, is
20 years old. He began playing IN
churches when he was only 10.
All the revolvers taken from prison
ers at Portland, Ore, were melted up
and made into a stove for the police
station.
j. M. Wright, janitor of the 9th ave-
nue. public school at Columbus, Ohio,
has organized an orchestra from the
pupils of the school, and their playing
is said to have much merit.
Gangosa, a hitherto incuFable dis
ease in Guam, will be so no longer if
the discovery of Vice Consul Geiger
proves successful. He believes he has
found the cause of the disease and the
remedy.
Mrs. Susan Merrill of East Edding-
ton, Me-, has supported herself for ten
years and sent her two boys through
college by making feather beds of real
goose down and selling them in New
England.
Thomas f. Porter, the poet mayor of
Lynn, Mass, has written a poem in
praise of the muddy streets. The bur
den of his lay is that the mud gives the
tailors, the bootblacks and the laun-
dries work.
Marriage at an early age is frequent
in Mexico. Recently boy of 16 and a
girl of IA were married in the capital.
In the last two months there were thir-
ty-three persons from II to 20 years
married in that city.
Charles j. Cheney of Rumford Falls,
VT, celebrated his eighty-tifth birthday
anniversary recently. He was a spe-
cial policeman in Boston the night of
the celebrated riots over Anthony
Burns, the negro slave.
Alfred Nobel, who established the
Nobel prize award, never but twice Wis
tied the high explosive factory he es-
tablished in Scotland. He was broken
hearted because he was not elected a
member Of the Royal Society of Eng
land.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-12
He Knew What He Wanted.

A few days before Christmas q num-
Der of children were congregated be-
fore the window of toy shop. Toys Of
all descriptions were displayed, from
dolls that coasted down a miniature
slide to a hairy COW that plaintively
munched make-believe hay and uttered
Moot" at stated intervals. One boy
about 8 seemed especially pleased. He
was on crutches, and when the crowd
thinned little, the writer saw that
he had but one leg. He was with some
friends, and their conversation revealed
that his name was Jim, and that for a
whole year he had been saving money
with which to buy his Christmas gift.
II can't decide what to buy" said
one of the boys. "I haven't any idea
what I'd like the most"
81 haven't, either" said another.
"Whatll you get, Jim?"
"Oh, L knOw!" answered Jim, smiling
brightly. 1--WE known for a year, be-
cause that's what I've been saving my
money for. I'll go in and get it now,
and show you when come out"
Jim looked happy, and hObbled gladly
through the door. In few minutes he
returned with a parcel tucked under
his arm, which he unwrapped with his
friends.
what is it, Jim?" asked one, and
then called incredulously as the paper
disclosed It's contents, Skates! Why,
Jim Phillips, what can you want with
skates? Ny, but they're beauties"
"Yes," said Jim, proudly, they're the
best l could get"
But you can't use 'em," said one Of
the boys.
THAT doesn't make any difference"
responded Jim, happily. I've always
wanted pair, and now I've got them.
I'll let all Of you borrow them, but of
course they will belong to me-" and
limping down the street, merry, most
Jim wrapped them again and went
contented little fellow.-Youth's Com
panion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-12
CHURCH BELLRINGERS.
bid Band that Dates Back to Ancient
Days In England.

bid Band that Dates Back to Ancient
Days In England.
The dispute between the rector OF
Stafford and his bellringers has
brought to mind once more the exist
ence OF a very ancient band that is
quite essential to the various services
Of the church, says a London letter to
the Philadelphia Record. The trouble
in the instance arose over the bellring-
ers' refusal to hand over the old jug
which had been in the ~belfry for a
full century. The rector dismissed the
ringers and they appealed to the town
council to intervene in the dispute. It
was explained to them, however, that
the corporation agreement for bglls to
be rung on state occasions was made
with the rector and church wardens
Since the dismissal of the ringers a
number of parishioners, who volunteer
ed their services, have been diligently
practicing the art of bell ringing.
James Storey Wright, of Spalding
claims to be the oldest bellringer in
England, having been 66 years at the
ropes of Spalding parish church. He
was born Feb. 2, 1927, and began ring
ing at II years Of age. For over thir-
ty years he had been captain of the
ringers at Spaulding Church and has
raised the treble for these fifty years.
He has rung bells in various parts Of
the eastern counties and among other
Iw11o - Dnt0 T1rrI1
Crowland Abbey, Boston, Louth, STAN
ford, Bourne, Deeping, Lynn, Sutton,
Wisbech, Holebeach, bennington, Cos
berton and the villages around. When
he attained his 10th birthday he was
the recipient Of many honors from fell
low campanologists throughout the
country.
DR.. Hearn, the incumbent of st.
AIMS Church, Shandon, has appealed
for funds to repair the historic BELLS
of Shandon," immortalized in the mu-
steal and ingenious lines Of Father
Prout, who lies buried at the foot Of
the belfry. 1t is curious that these ia
nous bells, like nearly all the interest
ing ecclesiastical antiques of Ireland,
belong not to the Roman Catholics, but
to the disestablished Irish church, the
clergy Of which also claims to be the
true descendants Of st. Patrick. But
Shandon bells are not very ancient, as
church bells go, for they were cast
about the middle of the eighteenth cen
fury, at Gloucester.
The old bells Of Tendring Parish
Church, three of which bear dates be-
tween 1913 and 1927, have been taken
down to make way for a new peal.
King Edward has sent his congratu-
lations to Henry Ellis of Huddensf1eld,
who has acted IS a bellringer at the
parish church for fifty years.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-12

to the British army regulations for an
officer to shave his upper lip. From
time to time the war department has
issued general orders expressing its
disapproval of the growing disregard Of
the regulations, and now it is reported
in London that King Edward is con-
templating some action which will COM
pei the officers to return to the old
custom. The mustache has long been
regarded as a military badge. Only
one regiment In the Austro- Hungarian
cavalry may go smoothfaced, and this
Is because during the Seven Years
War recruits were so scarce that this
regiment once had to go into battle
when there were nothing but beardless
boys In its ranks. 1t behaved with
such gallantry that its members re-
main beardless to this day. The de-
cline of the mustache In military En-
gland is said to be due to the prefer
ence of American girls for smooth
faces and the liking Of English army
officers for American girls, a combina-
ton which produces new fashions and
outlaws old customs.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-12
Tangled Bank Accounts.

at is remarkable" said an old bank
emplOye, chow few people keep their
bank accounts absolutely correct. AT
ordinary times this failing is not con.
spicuOus, because books are usually
balanced when there is still a credit
to the depositor's account. When the
balanced book is received with the
vouchers the usual discrepancy IL
found after much labor in an omitted
entry, either deposit or check or in the
form of an error in addition or sub.
traction. The thing is usually settled
at home without our help. But when
a lot of women go to a bank, EACH
one with a check already made out
representing her balance, then look
out. Fortunately 1 have had on ex.
perience in that way, but 1 know that
not one woman in ten-and am char
liable with the figure keeps her boob
correctly, and many women keep nc
record at all. We have one depOsitoT
who used TO receive an Ovedraft no
tice regularly every month. Now, by
an arrangement with her, we give hel
notice when the balance nears the $1N
mark. Men laugh at the women fol
their failure to keep their bank ao
counts right, but except when a book
keeper does the work for them the
men are nearly as bad."-New YorE
Tribune
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-12

them from the rank and file is to make
q skeleton of steel, protected in its
turn with f1reproofng tile, or some sub
stitute system Of concrete protection,
with floors and partitions also of tile or
some incombustible substitute In all
else, arrangement Of parts, the decora-
tions, the furniture, nothing or very
little is done to stay the progress of
fire in most OF those buildings, and
usually their exterior is of granite or
stone or marble, any of which materi-
ais can be damaged beyond salvation
by fire. 1t is clear how much is APP
piled in our modern construction of
what we may know about fireproofng.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-12

In the war against bribery and
graft" Great Britain has gone long
way beyond this country. A single
glass Of beer given to a voter by any
one who is even constructively an
agent Of a successful candidate for
Parliament vitiates the election, al
though the member may have won by
a thousand majority. Now it is found
that the provisions of the prevention
OF corruption act of 1906 render it ille-
gal and punishable for a tradesman to
give a Christmas present to the ser
want of a man who patronizes him. 1t
has become a common practice for the
butcher and the grocer to send Christ
mas presents to cooks who trade with
them. OF course this is done to induce
'coOk" still to buy Of the sender-per-
haps also to cover up Overcharges.
This is one form of corruption that is
not common in the United States, but
there are so many other forms that
Americans cannot take much credit to
themselves OH that account.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-12
PANTRY CLEANED.
A way Some People Have.

A Way Some People Have.
A doctor said -
Before marriage my wife observed
in summer and country homes, coming
in touch with families of varied means,
culture, tastes and discriminating tend
encies, that the families using Postum
seemed to average better than those
using coffee.
when we were married two years
ago, Postum was among our first order
of groceries. We also put in some coffee
and tea for guests, but after both had
stood around the pantry about a year
untouched, they were thrown away, and
Postum used only.
up to the age of % l had been ac-
custOmed to drink coffee as a routine
habit and suffered constantly from in
digestion and all It's relative disorders.
Since using Postum all the old COM
plants have completely left me and
sometimes wonder if l ever had them"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek, Mich Read, The Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs. There's Reason"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-12
FIRE THE NATIONAL FOLLY.
No Other Nation Permits the Same
Criminal Waste by Flames.

No Other Nation Permits the Same
Criminal Waste by Flames.
No other nation builds as much as
we do, but neither does any other ma
ton have to build so much, for none
permits the useless, ruthless, criminal
waste and destruction by fire, says APP
pleton's Magazine. Our much-vaunted
rapid growth and phenomenal building
booms give a false impression of the
real conditions. Nearly 90 per cent of
all our buildings go simply toward fill
ing up gaps made by fire. No other
people on earth permits such waste
or do we find anywhere else, in what
we call civilized countries, as much
rank stupidity in matters of construc-
ton.
We have evolved the skyscraper, we
easily lead the World in skilled struc-
tural engineering, we have more con-
veniences in our buildings and they are
better planned than those of any other
people, and artistically some of them
rank with the best in the world, but
when it comes to fire prevention, the
matter of safeguarding those very fine
buildings, we are at the bottom of the
scale and rank with China and Japan,
countries of bamboo and of paper.
Wood has been our curse. In earlier
times it was the handiest and most
easily manipulated material and our
pioneer fathers used it exclusively.
They marked us with it, SO to speak.
We show our hereditary strain and the
influence of environment. To-day wood
is almost a luxury; it has advanced
$50 per cent in cost in but q few years
time Yet when a man thinks Of build
ing it Is invariably wood that presents
itself to that mans mind as his princi-
pal medium of expression. The result
is that our cities are virtually cOllec-
lions of finder boxes. We realize it,
too, in q vague sort of helpless way,
but instead of attempting, even at this
late date, to stay the destruction, to
refrain at least from adding more fuel
to certain bonfres, we turn all our
splendid energies and so-called intelli-
gence In a childish manner toward a
cure, and the zone cure in our pharma-
copeia is water. We apply that cure
with great skill and our fire depart
ments are undoubtedly the best In the
world. If there were not so there would
soon be, no buildings for us to occupy,
In spite of our phenomenal yearly con-
structiOn.
In all our country we have 100000
buildings Gin Europe, Russia only
ranks with us in number of buildings)
and they are valued at $14,5OO,OOO, 600.
We hear a good deal about fireproof-
ing, and know that we easily lead the
world in ingenious systems Of protect
ing our steel frames, in devising fire.
detecting apparatus, window protec-
ton, sprinkling systems, and all that
sort of thing. But we also know that
of that vast number of buildings, we
have il, all the land but 5000 in which
any pretense has been made at fire
prevention! By some sort of spiritual
dispensation, those 5000 are called
"fireproof," and people innocently or
stupidity accept them as such. AS a
matter of fact usually the only thing
done in those buildings to differentiate
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-12

A student of prison affairs once said
that the prison population consists Of
two classes people who never ought
to have been sent to prison and people
who never ought to be allowed to leave
1t. 1t Is unfortunate that students In
terested in either one Of these classes
are too often apt to forget the impor-
lance Of the other. 1t Is one Of the
merits of Sir Robert Anderson, a for
mer high police official in Great Brit
ain, that In emphasizing the need Of
radical treatment Of professional Grim
inals he at the same time does much
to define clearly what particular types
Of criminals should be treated as pro-
fessional. In the Nineteenth Century
and After the latest book of this writ
er is discussed and Endorsed by Alfred
Wills. who for over twenty years has
sat in the trial of criminal cases as one
Of the judges Of the high court. There
are many habitual criminals, weak per-
sons readily giving way to temptation,
who, according to Anderson, should not
be classified as professionals. The
professionals are only those who DELHI
erately set about supporting themselves
by crime. These are the ones who are
among all criminals most unlikely to
change their ways, and 1t was for
their control that Anderson suggested
some years ago that after several con-
victions- such criminals should be given
a special trial to decide whether they
were true professionals or not, and If
they were they should be imprisoned
for life. later suggestion he makes
Is intended to remove a temptation
which the law now holds out to crime
by doing so little to compel restitution
when a thief has been convicted. Wher-
ever there Is reason to think stolen
property is in hiding he would have
the criminal given an opportunity to
deliver 1t up, or else stay in prison
for life. He does not think that the
life sentences Of professional criminals
in all England would be more numer-
GUS than the accommodations Of one
good-Sized prison could take care of I;
but he does think if such prison were
filled In that way a disproportionately
heavy reduction Of the amount Of
crime would result. If more attention
were given to professional crime and
If harsher methods were used in pro-
tecting society from 1t, the result
would be merciful in the end-merck
full both to the citizens protected from
such crime and to the men who, as
conditions now are, graduate every
year into such careers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-12
He Knew His Sister.

Since the engagement of his pretty
sister her small brother had been puz
zling his head to understand what il
meant.
why" exclaimed his mother, "Mr
Skaggs has asked sister to marry him
That means that he'll take care OF
her."
Buy her things?" asked the boy.
YES"
"Hats and dinners and ice cream
and everything?" he persisted.
"Yes," was the answer.
The. boy thought it all over for a
moment, and then he said:
"Well, that mans got lots of cOur-
age, hasn't he?''-Ladies' Home Jour
nal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-12

To give continuity of experience and
efficiency to the Department of State,
there is a permanent assistant secre-
tary, who holds his place Independent
OF shifts Of administration. 1t is pro-
posed, by the Postmaster General, that
a permanent superintendent of the
postal service be appointed, in order
to insure the same stability and con-
servation Of experience. While Presi-
dent Roosevelt has been in Office there
have been five Postmasters General.
Mr.. COrtelyOu and Mr.. Meyer are no.
tably good business men, and have
tried TO master the workings Of the
huge institution under their charge.
Others have done the same, and then
have left office, taking their expert
knowledge with them just when 1t was
ripest. Still others have felt that their
place was temporary, and so have lack
ed the incentive to master all the
branches OF the service. Such assist
ant secretaries as are permanent have
special work to do. The department
needs a general manager, free from
fluctuations of politics a man.
ager as would be thought indispensa-
bic in any other great business.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-12

A man who wrote the advertisements
for a fraudulent concern has been fined
$500 and sent to jail for eleven months.
The man who ran the concern will
probably be compelled to move to some
other town for the purpose of contiDu-
Ing his get-rich-Quick business.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-12
What We Really Need.

Each of US in our own small organ
ism possesses q germ or whatever you
like to call it which, properly devel-
oped, should eventually lead us to the
realization of all our ambitions. All
that is wanted are energy and concen-
tration.-London Ladies' Field.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-12

An American musical comedy has
been successfully produced In Paris.
1t may be that the French, like a good
many OF the people of this country,
think thing must be good If they are
unable to understand 1t.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-12

A Buffalo man named Zylidzyski
Zslazewddski fell a distance of fifty
feet and escaped serious injury. He
must have made a noise like a soda
fountain on his way down, however.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-12
when Bride and Groom Were Thin.

When Bride and Groom Were Thin.
In the year 1895 DR.. Douglas was
made master of Corpus Christi College
and then married Miss Mainwaring, a
daughter Of the Lady Margaret, pro-
fessor Of theology. AS both were very
thin, Mansel wrote as follows:
st. Paul has declared that persons.
though twain,
In marriage united one flesh shall re-
main,
But had he been by when, like Pharaoh's
kline, pairing,
DR.. Douglas of Benet espoused Miss
Mainwaring,
The apostle no doubt would have al
tered his tone
And cried, These two splinters shall
make but one bone -
Pail Mall Gazette.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-12

AS an example Of perseverance, the
New York man who has buried four
teen wives in row deserves to be held
up as a model. One of these days, we
hope, he will get one that will prove a
slayer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-12

A permit has been taken out for the
erection in Chicago OF the largest hotel
building In the West. 1t will be open
for business at least three years before
1912.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-12

A scientist is going to have the
world dry as the moon in 100000
years. He has our thanks for not be-
ing in hurry about 1t.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-12
Pessinaistic View.

Life" remarked tie optimist, "is
made up of sunshine and sorrow"
EYES," rejoined the pessimist, "but
the trouble is there are about nine
shadows to one sunshine"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-12

Booker Washington's advice to col
ored men to give their wages to their
wives holds good for many white men
an well.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-12

A mollycoddle would have said Of
the enlisted men, They are perfectly
lovely" President Roosevelt said,
''They are perfectly bully"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-12

It is alleged that Emperor William
picks out his wife's hats. There seems,
after all, to be some advantage in be-
Ing an emperor.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-12

There Is more than humor In the rise
and fall of the mustache, although the
country was amused several years ago
by a humorous lecturer, who dis
coursed on the subject. 1t is contrary