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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02

Child suicide has for years been Sc
rious problem in Germany. There ap-
pears to have been a steady increase
in the number of boys and girls of
school age who take their own lives I'M
der the influence of causes that seem
strangely trivial to adults failure In
examinations low marks. small disap-
pointmentS, etc. The explanation that
some nOn-German writer's generally
give is that the discipline in the Teu-
tonic schools and homes is so rigid.
and life is so harshly and completely
regulated, that children cannot endure
the thought of mourning censure or
falling short OF parental expectations.
Assuming that this theory contains a
certain amount of truth. 1t is clear
that it is inapplicable to the United
States. If American parents and teach
ers are open to criticism 1T is rather
on the score of overindulgence and in
attention to discipline than on the score
Of undue severity. Yet, according to
certain statisticians and others, the
suicide of boys and girls is decidedly
on the increase In this country. A re
cent statement indicated an Increase
Of 10 per cent in such suicides since
1900 for thirty-seven American cities
of over 100000 population. Unnatural
under any circumstances, self-destruc-
ton is, of course, particularly unnat-
ural I'm the young. Youth is hopeful,
enthusiastic, energetic, irrepressible.
Youth is full of dreams, ambitions,
plans. Suicide spells despair, weak
ness, terror, a shrinking from the trials
and difficulties Of life. There should be
no room for such feelings in young PEG
pie How, then, is the phenomenon in
question to be explained in the United
States? The director OF the Salvation
Army's anti-suicide bureau in New
York believes that our intense, strenu-
Gus, fast" life is responsible for child
suicide. Children, he says, study too
hard, take their recreation too serious
", are keyed up to the highest pitch
and do not know how to relax, how to
take things quietly, cheerfully, sensibly.
''The rush and roar Of the city, the hum
and hustle of life, take hold Of children
even as OF maturity" In certain classes
the drug habit is spreading with alarm
ing rapidity. And in our great cities
the vicious resorts, the sensational and
lurid picture shows. the lack of facili
ties for proper and wholesome play, are
undoubtedly among the minor contrib
utory causes. More repose in the
home, rational literature, the cultiva-
ton Of the habit of reading, campanion-
ship between parents and children are
the best anti-suicide measures which it
is possible to take.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02
The Dangerous House Fly.

Flies cause, in New York City alone.
about $50 deaths from typhoid fever
and about 1000 deaths yearly from 9TH
er diseases. Last year a fly was cap,
tured on South street, In New York
(not far from one Of the city's biggest
meat and fish markets), that was found
to be carrying In his mouth and on his
legs more than one hundred thousand
disease bacteria. Flies walk over de-
caying and fetid matter, for which they
have a natural affinity, and then, enter
ing meat markets and homes, travel
over the food, explore the milk pitcher,
and also light directly on the skin of
the seholders.-Success Magazine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02

who hope to compete, have had their
effect. This interest, In turn, has also
permeated the high schools and acade-
mics, and so extended the lesson OF
exercise. for the improvement in ply
sique is observable among those of al
most every walk in life. Something,
too, must be granted to the general in
terest in those outdoor sports in which
there is but mild competition-the golf,
bicycling, walking, tennis, canoeing,
camping and other forms Of recreation
which prosperous times and easier
hours of labor have made possible. 1t
is doubtful. however, if either of these
causes has had so wide an influence
for physical Improvement as the In
creased knowledge of food values, the
betterment of food products and the adj
vance in the art OF cooking. There are
now within the reach of all foods which
formerly none but the rich could OBJ
tain. Many staples of diet are so pre-
pared as to be both more palatable and
more easily digeSted. Fruit has come
to he recognized as of the greatest
dietetic value; and Americans are the
largest fruit eaters in the world. At
time when England had to consider the
problem of national physical deteriora-
ton. 1T is gratifying to know that the
tendency In this country is in the right
direction.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02
An Apology for baseball.

Baseball? 1 scorn to take it's part
On lesser grounds than those of Art.
l hear
Your Sneer
But why is not the wide, glad view
Of golden day, and action, too,
More than the little canvased square
That mimicry of Nature there,
Viewed in the stagnant gallery air2
Shall I not stay and let you go
To cast yourself before Corot,
And grovel low before Vatican?
If Angelo impressed his time,
Did not another Michael's prime?
A saint
In paint
Worth thousands is impressive? Well,
What sum did Boston give for Kel?
Oft have / heard, as you, mayhap,
From all the stands the thunderous clap
And Good boy, Kelly tip your capt."
Did ever public glad the soul
OF any saint in stock and stole
With Hi vi tip your aureole!"
Must Art be ancient ere it thrive?
Why, look you here is Art alivel
TO view
A hue
Like Titan loved, behold the head
OF Donahue, forenamed "The Red"
Here stands the Discus ThrOwer- speak.
Why better if he were antique?
Hibernian gods are good as Greek
Why should New York and its vicinity
Bow down before some Greek divinity
When they have had their own McGin'
nifty?
No matter of what school you be,
Tho Raphaelite, or Post or Pre-,
Take heart
Of Art.
For here it is and here its fruits;
Here Hector fights and Priam roots;
Here burns the fire Time may not
quench;
With brow a-frown and fist a-clench,
Achilles srlks upon the bench.
Look-look again: and again your fill
OF Art alive and feel its thrill:
Ajax defes the umpire still!
Success Magazine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02
Iceland,s Elder Ducks.

In Iceland Old certain islands, near
Reikiavik, the elder duck is raised IN
a systematic manner. It is really more
of small goose than duck. being So
Independent of fish and animal food as
to be able to support itself by grazing
on seaweed at the bottom of the sea at
a considerable depth. 1t is a splendid
diver, being as much at home under
the water as on the surface The great
value of the cider ducks down is we'll
known, and, owing to the birds tend
ency to pull out such large quantities
for lining it's nest that it leaves It's
lower breast almost bare when it is
setting, there is no difficulty in getting
good supply of these feathers with
out destroying the birds. In Iceland
it is strictly guarded against intrusion.
The inhabitants consider it a crime
worse than stealing deer in Scotland
for any person to shoot an elder duck.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02
A uirb Priced Sermon.

Four thousand nine hundred dollars
for one sermon! It's enough to make
wen the most prosperous clergyman en-
rious. That was the fee the preacher
Of Elberfeld, in Prussia. received for
his sermon on Whitsunday, which last
ed only an hour. In 1000 Baron Favort,
4 wealthy Frenchman, provided in his
will for an annual sermon to be preach
ed in the Protestant church Of the
town. The day fixed is the first Sun
day in June and the qualification to
obtain the prize is that the preacher
shall hold one Of the poorest parishes
IN the diocese and that he shall extol
The virtues of the benefactor.-Kan
City Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02

Once every three years the Sunday
school field is surveyed at convention
which brings together delegates from
all over the world. The latest has re-
Gently closed, at Louisville, Ky. Fig
ures given there are so surprising as to
be almost incredible, If they were not
80 well authenticated. For example,
during the last three years there has
been an increase in the membership of
the Sunday schools in North America
alone of one million pupils, the finan-
cial resources have been doubled, and
one million additions to the church
have come by way of the Sunday school
certainly an encouraging report.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02
AMERICA USES MANY BARRELS.
Few People Realize the Extent OF
This Great Industry

Few People Realize the Extent of
This Great Industry
Upward of 150,000,000 barrels and
circular packages are manufactured in
the United States annually, according
to the American Grocer Few people,
except those whose business it is to
know, realize the extensiveness Of the
cooperage industry in this country.
The heaviest demand comes from the
cement business. The flour business
ranks next, closely followed by sugar
Containers for fence staples, bolts, nuts,
nails and packages of roasted coffee,
spices, crockery, fruits and vegetables
follow in the order named, while glass
manufacturers, baking powder compa-
MES, liquor distillers and candy, tobac-
co and cheese packers are big users of
barrels. The demand for barrels for
molasses, oil, lard and pork is also
enormous, while dry paint, glue, snuff,
oatmeal, screws, castings and general
hardware articles annually increase the
demand on the cOoperage supply.
While the amount of expenditure for
barrels can be quite closely estimated
for a given year, it is not possible to
say how many barrels are in actual use.
The life of barrel is put down at one
year by the trade, but this is far from
true. A majority Of barrels are used
many times. They begin as sugar or
-four barrels and are then sold to the
farmer for shipping his produce to the
market. 1t may be that they are re-
turned to him several times, carrying
potatoes to the market on the first trip
and tobacco or lettuce on the next, each
cargo being lighter in weight than the
previous one, owing to the weakened
condition of the barrel. Finally the
barrel may serve out its life work as a
refuse receptacle and in the end can be
used for fuel. Thus it may be said
that barrel fills as useful a career as
almost any other manufactured article
and it's life is much longer than a sea-
son.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02
SUN PUZZLES ASTRONOMERS.
Forever Hidden from View-What
We See Is She'll.

Forever Hidden from View-What
We See Is Shell.
The great ball of fire which we call
the sun is not really the sun. No one
has ever seen the sun A series of con-
centric shells envelOp q nucleus of
which we know absolutely nothing ex-
cent that it must be almost infinitely
hotter than the fiercest furnace, and
that It must amount to more than nine
tenths Of the solar mass, according to
a writer in Harper's Magazine. That
nucleus is the real sun, forever hidden
from us. The outermost Of the envel-
oping shells is about 5000 miles thick,
and is called the "chromosphere." 1t
is a gaseous flood, tinted with the scar
let glare Of hydrogen, and so furiously
active that It spurts up great tongues
Of glowing gas ''prominences') to a
height of thousands of miles. Time was
when this agitated sea Of crimson fire
could be seen to advantage only during
an eclipse; now special instruments are
used which enable astronomers to study
It in the full glare Of the sun. Beyond
the chromosphere, far beyond the prom
inences even, lies the nebulous pallid
corona" visible only during the van
ishing moments of total eclipse, aggre-
eating not more than seven days in a
century. No one has ever satisfactorily
explained how the highly attenuated
matter composing both the prominences
and the corona is supported with out
falling back into the sun under the pull
OF solar gravitation. Now that Arr
henius has cosmically applied the eff
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02

So wis nd far-sighted a body as the
manage mt of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road has seen fit to plant more than
two and a quarter million young trees
on its land along its tracks, and seeds
of both hardwood and cone-bearing
trees, In beds from which transplanta-
ton can be made. The purpose is one
of ecOnomy-to provide its own supply
Of ties by and by without drawing on
the forests.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02

Among those who have given any
thought to the matter, there has been a
general impression that the stature and
strength OF Americans is increasing.
The sons appear to be taller, on the
average, than their fathers, the daugh-
ters to overtop their mothers. 1t has
remained for DIR. Dudley A Sargent,
the director of the Harvard gymnasi-
um, to confirm by figures part of this
general impression. For twenty-five
years he has not only been studying the
physical powers and development of
students. but has kept records Of their
measurements. During that period the
average weight Of the undergraduate
student has increased from four to
eight pounds, and his average height
one inch. In 1882 about one-half the
students surpassed the average meas
urements of the young men who en-
listed I'm the Union army in 1861. Now
nearly two-thirds surpass those figures.
The reasons for this remarkable gain
are probably various. The increase OF
the interest IN athletics In the colleges,
and the training necessary for those
who compete, and endured by those
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02
Build Houses OF Corncobs.

In some parts of Europe corncobs are
used for building purposes. The cobs
are collected and taken to factory
where heavy cOmpressors crush and
mold them into blocks of various sizes,
lust as bricks are variOusly nodded.
These blocks are then bound with wire
so SIS to make them hold together. They
are then soaked in tar to make them
water tight, and are ready for use after
this treatment OF course, they are
much lighter than bricks, are always
dry and make good houses. This is but
one Of the very many ways in which
Europe shows a greater economy than
America does. There is little over there
which goes to waste. Even the refuse
and garbage of Paris is made to serve
purpose by being burned and convert
I'd into power-Kansas City Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02
Un TO Date.

"Step up, gents! - cried the street
faker with the big telescope, IAN take a
view o. the big comet"
"Here!" Indignantly cried man who
had paid his nickel and had peep,
that's only a star it has no tail to it
at ALL"
Certainly not" said the faker: "this
is a modern tailless comet. "-philadel-
phia Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02
The Art OF Food.

suppose none Of us recognizes the
great part that is played In life by eat
ing and drinking. The appetite is so
imperiOus that we can stomach the
least interesting viands and pass off Il
dinner hour thankfully enough on
bread and water-just as there are
men who must read something, If it
were only "Brddshaw's Guide" But
there is romance about the matter, after
all. Probably the table has more devo-
tees than love, and 1 am sure that food
is much more generally entertaining
than scenery. Do you give in, as Walt
Whitman would say, that you are any
the less immortal for that? The true
materialism is to be ashamed of what
we are. To detect the flavor of an
olive is no less q piece Of human per-
lection than to find beauty in the col
ors of the sunset.-Robert Louis Stew
pnS0n
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02

The Japanese cabinet recently quit In
a body. One great advantage which
our kind of a cabinet has over the 9th
ers is that q member or two can get
mad and quit or be bounced without
even making 1t necessary to stop the
tennis game.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02

The man who tries to keep his boy
away from a swimming hole is pretty
sure to have the youngster regard him
as an old fOgy.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02

Every time woman and her daugh-
ter-ln-law invite each other to meals, it
is a waving OF the white flag. After
the dishes are cleared away, the battle
will be renewed with greater vigor.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02

Perhaps the KANSAS idea advertising
Tor harvest hands once year is mere
" shrewd scheme to get rid of the
tramp nuisance.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02

Reading the list Of dead and wound
ed, one can sympathize little with the
Englishman who said: I'm 1T76 the
United States declared its independence
Of Great Britain, and it has been pun
Eshing itself once a year ever since"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02

If some married men do not lie about
what keeps them out until 2 a. m. it's
probably because their wives are not st
home to ask them.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02

Married In Chicago the other day:
Thomas Topolewski and Pelagia Putty
skowslzi. So far as the names go, it is
hard to tell whether this is for better
or worse.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02
Only Broken Speech.

IF money talks" the beggar said,
1.-THE most I've heard it utter
Is just the poor infrequent dime
1t manages TO stutter."
philadelphia Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02

Don't judge a persons income by
clothes. The richest man and the poor
est woman are not always the shah
best.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02

And it sometimes happens that the
carpenter does better work on the stage
than the actor.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02

Nfnay a man who knows his place is
unable to keep Ii.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02

Instead of looking a gift mule in the
mouth, get at safe distance and keep
your eyes on his rear hoOfs.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02

Even a whispered call to duty can
be heard by a deaf man if there's an
obese salary attached.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02

If you want to make a man mad,
tell him not to lose his temper when
he has already lost 1t.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02

There would be less trouble If nobody
ever gave anybody advice.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02

Little drops of water make big dol
lars for the umbrella man.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02

The girl who expects love to come
after marriage places the cart before
the horse.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02

Often a mans wife is his only visible
means OF support.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02

Do people who kill time expect thu
dead past to bury the dead?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02

Many a man attempts to stand up
Tor his friends by lying.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02

They are using automobiles as hay
wagons This is the last straw.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02

Dare to do right and you will soon
have a reputation for being poor but
honest.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02

When a girl wants a man to kiss her
abe doesn't want him to think she Goes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02

A successful politician knows when
not to say anything for publication.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02

He is a wise man who knows what a
woman wants him to do without being
told
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02

BUDDHIST QUEER FACILITATE De
praying wheel used by Buddhsts consists of cylinder in which are
which the formula
characters The sheets be
the wheel motion
the writing of
which left
it held
London Sphere
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02

Why is it that we hear Of SO many
good people and meet SO few?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02

When a married woman SCOTS at
old maids, it is a pretty good sign
she hasn't helpful OLD maid sister
who has Noney in the bank
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02
A DeceitfuI Wretch.

He came to the city
Without his dear wife,
And soon he was having
The time of his life.
But when he went home he
Declared, as he kissed her,
She couldn't guess ever
How much he had missed her.
birmingham Age Herald.
The Washington times., 1908-03-19
BRANCH OFFICES.
NORTHWEST.

GoLDENBERG's 7th and K SITS NV.
8. KAHN, SONS & CO. SIN and Market space
GREEN'S CAPITAL A u Y Z X ISM q
AGENCY 1l46 18th 81. nv.
". z. McNULTH, Cigar store. 18th and p NV
RHODE ISLAND PHARMACY, Linton 4
Nelson, Proprietors; corner Rhode Island
axe, LIST ana 7 SIS. NV.
ROBERT T. PEIZOLD. Ths Harvard phar-
macy, nth and Harvard sts NV
W A. DARLING. cor. 14th and I SIS ,yv
J. FRENCH SIMPSON, cor. 9TH ST.. Rhode
Island ave. and Il st nv.
Il. T, BUTTS PHARMACY, 9Th st. ana
Mass. ave. NV.
sw. cor. 9TH and 81 SITS. nv.
sANFORD'S PHARMACY, New York ave.
and North Capitol street
r. A. VE1TCH, Goth and 81 SITS NV
OUIGLET'S PHARMACY, list ana g sfs M
s. n. WAGNER s. CO, list and II SIS nv
l. 7. TAYLOE. cor. 9Th and sts nv
NICHOLS PHARMACY. 18th and Pa ave nv
PARK ROAD PHARMACY. llth ana par.
road.
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TIMES WANTS
AND OTHER
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Lost and Sound. Wanted Miscellan-
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All other classificatfons-l5 cents a
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Advertisements viii be accepted
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Business ONCE, they may be teIe-
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collect without additional charge TO
the advertiser.
The Washington times., 1908-03-19
NnRrHRAsr

LADDON PHARMACY. 1900 FLORIDA ave. ne
CHAS- II BLUMER. y Cap. and r Sta ne
MeCHESNEX & JOACHIM, cor. 2d and Il SIS
kRAUS' PHARMACY. 9th and X sts
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The Washington times., 1908-03-19
PERSONAL.

NINE. CATHERINE. palmist. sI4 New York
ave, 10 a. IN. 10 ,. m: - ana 20 cents.
mhl5-7t
The Washington times., 1908-03-19
EDUCATIONAL

PRIVATE LESSONS IN mathematics.
sciences. languages, music. university grad
uates twenty years experience; literary
work revised. PROF. J.. Station G. BOX
5ls, city fe23-39t
The Washington times., 1908-03-19

WANTED-AGENTS.
WANTED-A good picture agent for country;
horse, buggy and board furnished. Address
LEE HOFFECKER, Lisbon, Nd mh1S-2t
SITUATIONS WANTED-MALE.
BOY-White. IS years old; work Of any kind.
1909 18th st. nv. mhIg-2t
WHITE unmarried man from country de-
sires work small farm near city; call be-
fore II any morning or write r. ". w 5l9
cd st. NV, II
HOUSE CLEANING done. LAWSON. Ia
Pierce st. NV. mhIS-St
AN ALL ROUND man for any class Of con-
tractor viii be at liberty in 10 days is
first-class and capable engineer. BOX -4O5,
Times Office. fnhls-st
BOY wants place to help around mouse Il
Grant place nWs EakI7-st
The Washington times., 1908-03-19
wANTED-CANvASSERS.

CANVASSERS- want hrst-class men to
canvass on a magazine premium proposition
having a commission OF zoe per order; only
men Of good appearance need apply: ex-
elusive territory given to responsible men of
ability. WILLIAM GENTRY, Box 1889, New
York city. IL