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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-02
HATE TO QUIT LEPER COLONY.

Persons Ordered Away For Examina-
ton Want to Return, Even if Well.
One of the curious phases of life at
the Molokai leper settlement was il
Illustrated when seven persons from the
settlement were taken to Honolulu,
in Hawaii, a few days ago TO be re-
examined to determine whether they
are now afflicted with leprosy or not.
They are all persons who have been
at the settlement considerable time,
most of them several years. They are
to be re-examined because when the
members of the legislature visited the
settlement some weeks ago these indi-
viduals showed no outward sign of the
disease, and their denomination was
asked for by some of the legislators.
But when these seven were directed
by the superintendent of the settle
ment to get ready to go to Honolulu TO
be re-examined they all demurred.
They declared they did not want to
leave the settlement, even if it should
be proved that they were free from
the terrible disease. They asked that
assurances be given them that if they
were found free from leprosy they
would be permitted to return to the
settlement as kokuas or helpers TO
lepers.
This is not at all an unusual expert
ence Though the dread Of being sent
to the settlement is so great among
the Hawaiians that they hide their af-
f1icted until hiding is no longer pos
sible, once they live at the settlement
the life there is so care free, so well
provided in material comforts, that sell
dom is there any desire to leave.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-02

muffs, furs, gloves and dozen other
articles. 1t is said that part Of the
hide is used in the manufacture OF
gentlemen's stiff hats, and many of
the full hides go into homes as
housefurnishings
1t is a settled fact, although un-
known to the general public, that
more of the product Of the muskrat
hide is sold each year than that of
any other animal. It is used by
manufacturers as a substitute for 9TH
er fur goods, and hundreds of persons
have purchased at low prices fur ar
ticles which they think came from
the squirrel, fox or beaver, and which
in reality, are nothing more than
muskrat furs.
The manufacturers, however, are
forced by competition to use these
tricks of the trade as thepublic wants
low prices, and it gets them-and the
substitute. Another reason for this
substitution of names, is because it
is hard to sell the muskrat hide un-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-02

der it's right name The people don't
like to feel that they are wearing
something made from the hide of a
rat.
The value of muskrat varies, but
it never gets too low to make trap
ping the animals worthless. The pres
ent season has seen the price for
hides higher than it ever was, some
firms having offered as high as so
cents for a hide. The musk is sold
by the ounce, and there is no fixed
price. 1t depends on the market, and
with the hide it is the same. Each
season buyers of hides send out price
lists to trappers and they who offer
the best prices get the hunters
business. The average worth of a
muskrat to the trapper is 60 cents.
The meat is sold wholesale for about
ten cents for each rat and the musk
from a rat is worth from Is to 20
cents.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-02
DELIGHT FOR SEAG0ERS.
Butterflies to Entertain Passengers on
an Ocean Liner.

What will they have next on an
ocean liner? A few days ago truck
farms and strawberry beds were an
nounced as the latest novelties. When
they lengthen the ships just little
bit it may be that they will set up
sort Of forest preserve at one end,
where the gembok and the Thompson
gazelle may be hunted without the
necessity of going to Africa.
Now it is live butterfies-some or
them the size Of sparrows-which are
to f1utter about the Hamburg-Ameri-
can ship Kaiserin Augusta Victoria
and beautify the Ritz Carlton winter
garden. Perhaps in course Of time a
few humming birds will keep the but
terfies company. Who can tell?
When the brilliant lights are lit at
night the butterflies will come to life
and circle about among the diners and
the growing plants, the beautiful col
ors Of their wings blending pleasantly
with the illumination. The diners, OF
course, will be astonished and delight
ed. If now a few blue herons, ma
caws, golden pheasants and other birds
were freed upon the big ship the pic
ture would be even more attractive.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-02
FACTS ABOUT CENTURY PLANT
Blooms Once in Hundred Years, or
Any Other Time, and Then With
ers Away.

"The century plant, so named be-
cause of the popular idea that it
blooms but once in 100 years. in one
sense makes good its name, for it
blooms only once, then dies" said H.
F. Warren of Los Angeles, Cal. He
continued:
I'm the genial climate of southern
California it reaches maturity and
blooms in Is or 20 years, while in
cooler climates the period may range
from 40 to so years. There are many
species of the agave family native to
northern Mexico, where it is called
the maguey. The plant furnishes
'pulque, the national drink of Mex
leo.
''At the time of the blooming the
plant throws up a single stalk of rapid
growth to the height of II to 20 feet,
from which the tassel-like flowers
sprout forth. This great flower stalk
draws all the sap and vigor from the
body of the plant, which soon withers
and dies. At the base of the thick
green leaves are found little suckers
each with a root, which, when planted,
at once begin to grow. The edge
and end of the leaves are well armed
with stiff, sharp spines, the prick of
which is very painful. This is ma
lures way of protecting the plant
from the ravages of desert rodents"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-02

a New York man, is one of the most
interesting. With it hedge that
formerly required five hours to trim
can be clipped in one hour, or one
man can do the work Of five. This APP
paratus consists Of a long rod with
a shoulder piece at one end and q
pair of shears at the other. Along
this rod is a drivewheel connecting
with the rotary pinion, which operates
the crank controlling shears. The de-
vice is held against the shoulder, by
means of handle in the middle.
Then the drivewheel is turned, and cy
means of the multiple gearing it opens
and closes the shears five times with
each revolution, thus making the ap-
paratus a saver of 80 per cent. in eth
er time or labor. ALI the operator
has to do is to keep turning the wheel
and moving the shears along the
hedgerow where it needs clipping.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-02
NOW EXIT THE FIGUREHEAD.
rnoVa from the Vessels of the
American Atlantic Fleet

Secretary Meyer has approved an or
der originating in the United States
bureau of construction for the re-
moval from all the vessels Of the At
lantic fleet of their figureheads. This
action is based purely on war-service
reasons. 1t is urged that in time of
peace for maneuver purposes the fig
ureheads, if gilded, afford a shining
mark to reveal to the constructive en-
envy the whereabouts of the ship and
in time of war, if painted with the pro-
tective war color, the artistic value of
the figurehead is wholly lost. Fur
thermore, figureheads cost a good deal
of money and have a good deal of
weight, and serve no practical value
whatever in warfare.
Even as far back as the times of the
Greeks and Romans and the Phoeni-
clans and Egyptians fgureheads, made
often in the image of the gods of war,
were regarded as important to their
triremes as oars or rudders. Great
Britain has at her navy yards at
Southampton, Portsmouth and other
points arranged fgureheads from the
old wooden ships of her navies as a
feature of naval museums. OF course
the figureheads from American battle
ships would be different thing. Most
of them are made of brass, and are in
some cases fine works of art.
The Agurehead on the Olympia,
which was designed by st. Gaudens,
cost $4,000; that on the Cincinnati,
which embodied the design of the
Olympia's figurehead, cost $500. The
ngurehead on the cruiser New York
is very fine model of the coat-of-arms
of the state. Some Of the largest Of
the figureheads weigh several tons,
and in that respect are Objectionable.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-02
Farmers Must Watch the Crop.

In order to determine what elements
of plant food are deficient in a soil,
it is necessary to carefully study the
growing crop. Many farmers seem to
be of the opinion that chemical an
alysis Of the soil will show the
amount of plant food contained there
in. This however, is a mistaken idea.
The chemist can only determine ap-
proximately the amount of nitrogen,
phosphoric acid and potash in soil,
without specifically showing what pro
portion of these elements can be taken
UP by the growing plant. A large per-
centage of these elements is not avail
able to plant food. Hence the neces-
sity for them in an available form. We
must turn, then, to the crop, and by
watching it closely during it's growth
and by a careful examination when
matured, see whether the soil is def
cient in plant food and what elements
are lacking.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-02
Obituary---Mrs. John Roth.
B. D. S.

Mrs. John Roth passed from the
earthly life on Thurdsay, May Goth,
1909 She was born in Holzhousa,
Darmstadt, Germany, May %. 1887.
Her funeral on Sunday afternoon May
% was held on her 72nd birthday.
Eda Anna. was one of Z daughters
of Nicholas and Mary Miller. who
also had sons in their family of 10
children. John Roth had c)me to
the United States in 1852. In 1850
he went to the fatherland for a visit.
On his return Miss Miller accompanied
him and on their arrival In Lancaster
they were united in marriage. Sept.
81, 1860. They settled on a farm in
South Lancaster where they made
their home for "a years, retiring to
Lancaster in 1894 Four children
were born to them, all of whom
survive. Caroline E, now Mrs.
Christian Bryhan, Carl, who represents
the fourth ward in the city council,
Herman, who is a successful farmer
in South Lancaster and John, who
has made his home with their mother,
but has Of late been experimenting
the development of tract of land in
North Dakota, in which several men
of Lancaster are interested.
Mr.. Roth died Dec. 9th, 1899.
Mrs. Roth has been a consistent and
faithful member of the German
Evangelical church and was buried
from that church, the pastor, Rev.
Louis Smith conducting the service
in the German language, Rev W. Fl.
Hannaford, of the Congregational
church speaking in English for the
benefit of those who do not use the
German. Mrs. Roth was an active
worker in the FVranen Verein" or
Ladies church society, and that body
acted as honorary pail bearers, and
sang an appropriate song before the
body was removed from the late
home. The church was filled with
those who assembled to show their
respect and love for their friend and
sympathy for her bereaved children.
Burial took place in Hillside ceme-
terry, where the body of her husband
had been laid nearly 10 years before.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-02
HumOr and
Philosophy
By DUNCAN n. SMITH
GREATER AND LESSER.

The star must have the limelight
In showing forth her part
To keep her in good nature
And stimulate her art.
The lesser luminaries
Must do with none at all.
They can't have finer feelings.
Their wages are too small.
The star must have her dresses
From Paris tailor made
That she her charms in settings
That fit them may parade.
The modest little maiden
With just minor part
May fashion her own garments.
Who cares if they are smart?
And yet the little sister
Who only reads a line
And who supports so meekly
The one who is, divine
May have as great a liking
For fancy toys and glare
And all the gaudy fixings
The actor ladies wear.
The great and mighty actress,
The pet of circumstance,
She isn't any better.
She only has a chance.
And yet she takes the limelight
AS though it was her due.
And others take the Ieavings.
She sees that they are few.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-02
Disciplined.

When you and were young, lad,
And life was all untried,
When good was good and bad was bad
And there was naught beside,
AS happy as the nestlings are,
We laughed and cried and worked
And raided mothers cooky jar,
And when we could we shirked.
But you and 1 are changed, lad.
Life's page shows blot on blot.
The good we find is oft half bad,
And bad with good is shot.
We see the mingling of the streams
OF hate and love and truth
And sadly mourn the vanished dreams,
The light and faith of youth.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-02
CARD OF THANKS.

We, the children of Mrs. John
Roth wish to cordially thank those
who so kindly and freely offered as
sistance and sympathy in these recent
days Of trial and sorrow; also for
flowers and songs and other services
in connection with our mother s
burial.
Mrs. Christian Bryhan, Carl, Her
man and John Roth
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-02
The Family Plate.

Little Eliza was in the first grade;
the teacher wrote the word "dish" on
the board and asked her what 1t was.
Eliza shook her head; then the
teacher thought he would help her out
and said, What did you eat off from
this morning?" Eliza spoke up and
said, 1--WE ate off from pancakes this
morning. The Delineator.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-02
PLAN FOR TRAINING TOMATOES
Plants Grow Through the Frame and
Fruit Is Kept from Ground
and in Clusters.

A practical method of training toma-
toes and keeping them from the ground
and in clusters is herewith given. Set
plants in straight row. When they
are IL to IA inches high drive stakes
each side about 8 feet apart. Nail on
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-02
Wei pc.

The Conversationalist Ito we'll
known authoress-I am so delighted to
meet you-it was only the other day
saw something Of yours-ebout
something or other-in some paper
The Sketch.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-02
Persona Grata.

The Old Bulldog-They're going to
chain US up on Sunday nights now.
The Young Bulldog-How's that,
governor?
The Old Bulldog-The new fellow
that's started calling on Miss Mamie
has got money.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-02
The Repeaters,

eve must do something to cure the
divorce evil"
''Is it an evil?"
''What would you call it?"
"It's a habit with some folks"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-02

Stats top of stakes, stretch any old
woven wire fencing over the top. The
plants will go through them, so your
fruit will be off the ground and hang
in clusters. You can prune them
handily. No strings to use, no sun
baked tomatoes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-02

Temperament without money can
get no action on itself
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-02
Obituary--Mrs Hattie Thorpe.

Hattie, beloved wife of Frank
Thorpe died at Beetown. Wis, May
Is, 1909, after a lingering illness.
The deceased was born at Mineral
Point February II, 1874. Was mar
ried to Frank Thorpe June 1906
Lived thereafter for time at Linden
then came to Beetown. Soon after
marriage symptoms of hereditary
tuberculosis appeared and since
October of last year, Hattie had been
almost exclusively confined to her
room. She was in the home of her
HUSBANDS people, who were much at
tached to her and showed her every
kindness. But the grand mother,
Mrs. E. Mott, was her loving, tender
nurse and constant attendant. Though
aged and crippled she untiringly gave
to the motherless sufferer a mother's
care and now mourns sincerely her
early departure.
Hattie was of a gentle, quiet
disposition, good natured, patient and
submissive through all the long
months of her trying iIlness-wantirg
to live, yet resigned to her fate if it
was the will of God She leaves to
mourn her loss the bereft husband,
father, two brothers and two sisters
and numerous friends. Brief service
was held at the home by Rev. J. A.
Jamison on the 18th of May, then &C
ompanied by her sorrowing husband
and his family the wasted remains
were conveyed to Mineral Point and
laid to rest with those of her departed
mother
The relatives desire hereby to ex-
press their heart felt thanks for the
generous assistance and many kind
nesses during the long sickness and
burial of their loved one.
Beyond the gloom there is light
That darkness cannot hide:
There dawnS day without night,
Where truth and love abide
Through dark or light. through joy or pain.
With faith I'll press my way. A
Until the resting place gain,
Is one eternal day
B. D. s.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-02
In Memory of Little Marie May SandIe-
back.

A procession of carriages wended
it's slow way through our city streets
on the afternoon Of Saturday last.
Only babY's funeral Only tiny
white casket borne by clinging hands
But an event that left desolation and
heart break in home that had been
bright and happy but one short week
before. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Sandle-
back mourn the loss Of their only
child Marie May, born at Lancaster,
Wis, July Is, 1907, and left them at
their home in Mt. Hope for the home
of the angels May 81, 1909, after a
brief illness. Little Marie was of
that delicate mould dainty, beauti
full, and frail, like the early flowers
of spring whose sweet lives are so
brief. One of the children of whom
we often say ''she is too fair for
earth. - And yet around such darling
little ones entwine' the hearts
tenderest affections. All who knew
little Marie loved her, and with the
stricken parents, sorrow a very large
circle of relatives and many friends,
whose sympathy was shown in the
great abundant assistance rendered
during the illness of the little one
and the innumerabie' floral offerings
sent to the stricken home, from
whence, after a brief service, the
precious remains were conveyed to
the M. E. Church of this city, where
Rev. Vincent of Mt Hope spoke
beautifully and consolingly of the
passing of little children The church
choir rendered impressivelyss ap-
propriate hymns, and then a last fare
we'll and the lovely little couch casket
was forever closed. And now there
is another little grave at Hillside to
be believed with mothers tears.
Flowers of every delicate hue and of
many designs decked the alter. cover
ed and surrounded the tiny coffin
there was enough to fill the little
grave. And for all these lovely en-
blems of sympathy their artistic ar
rangement, for the innumerable acts
of kindness rendered by the people of
Mt. Hope and of Lancaster the bereft
parents are profoundly thankful.
The little one was a grand -daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. John Sandleback
and Mr.. and Mrs. James Treloar Of
this city.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-02
TO TRIM HEDGES RAPIDLY.
Novel Gearing Machine Which OPP.
crates Shears Rapidly and Does
the Work of Five.

Among the numerous time and la
Dor saving devices for gardeners use,
the geared hedge-trimmer, invented by
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-02

You can forgive a bore for anything
except making you hate yourself.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-02

Some men think that a good job
falls far short of being better than
none.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-02

81 offer you my love. Can you re-
turn itY'
ooh, yes, with pleasure. have no
use for it,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-02
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

Money is good for many things, but
it doesn't help a bad disposition much.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-02

Being lazy is extremely uncomfort
able for those who aren't.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-02

It is often as hard to understand
why some men butt in as it is unde-
sirable to have them do so.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-02
''Andis that all?


Is there no comfort for the aching heart?
No balm to ease, no hand to bind the smart?
Are all our hopes lost in a bleak. Unknown.
And is our baby wandering forth alone?
Our baby. whom we loved and tended so.
And soothed to sleep with mother croonings
low
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-02

The old, old
s tory is told
again every time
anybody is found
to stand for 1t.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-02

There is no danger of kidnapping be
coming fashionable If it can be shown
to be improbable.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-02
Nav. heart not ALL

Nay, heart. not all
For. see! beyond, in countries not unknown
Our baby waits. we'll loved and not alone!
A strong Hand guides her. lest her feet
should fall.
And loving ears are quick 10 hear her call:
She waits. full happy. safe from all alarms,
For Jesus took our baby in His arms
B. D. S.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-02

Being satisfied is all right provided
you are the satisfied one
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-02

An umbrella Is
a DIT Of personal
property that
sometimes makes
a b u S in e s s Of
keeping lent all
the year.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-02

The man who
makes a business
of recreation Is
the most worn
out creature i'm
agtnable.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-02

Her chatter is only used as an evil
dence that a pretty girl is around.
The state herald., 1909-04-02
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Rev, Clarks Lecture.

l.. X. Briggs, superintendent OF the
high school has arranged with Rev. j.
V. Clark, astronomer from Kansas City
Mo-. TO deliver his noted lecture on as
tronomy under the auspices Of the high
school. at the auditorium. Friday night
April 2. The lecture comes well rec
ommcnded from the press, colleges and
high schools throughout the country
where he has lectured. Rev Clark is
the astronomer who discovered what is
on the face OF the moon and holds u
photograph the first kind Of It's nature
ever taken In the United States. A free
view Mt the moon will be given through
the telescope to those who attend the
lecture. This lecture Is strictly scicn-
tiHc and and educational and the pupils
ms well ms the patrons OF the school
have nm opportunity by this lecture to
see and hear the latest advanced dis
coyerics made In nstronomic science.
Admission for school children i5c and
the public 25e. A part Of the proceeds
40 10 the high school.