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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-04-20

the back are also symptoms that tell yor
the kidneys and bladder are out OF order
and need attention.
What To Do.
There is comfort in the knowledge so
often expressed, that DR.. Ki1Tner's
Swarnp-Root, the great kidney remedy,
fulflls almost every wish in correcting
rheumatism, pain in the back, kidneys,
liver, bladder and every part of the urinary
passage. Corrects inability to hold water
and scalding pain in passing it, or bad
effects following use of liquor, wine or
beer, and overcomes that unpleasant ne
cessity of being compelled to go often
through the day, and to get mp many
times during the night. The mild and
immediate effect of Swanp-ROet is
soon realized. IT stands the highest be-
cause ofits remarkable
health restoring prop - ~
critics. If you need 80. -
medicine you should - -
have the best Sold by ~ $3.50
druggists in ffty-cent
and one-dollar sizes as1s = s&s@e-Esot]
You may have q sample bottle sent free
by mail. Address Dr. Kilmer & Co., Bling
hamton, n. Y Mention this paper and
remember the name, DR.. Kilmer's swamp
Root, and the address, Binghamton.
y. Y, on every bottle.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-04-20

Easy Go Persuade Oneself.
We can persuade ourselves Of some
hing quicker than we can persuade
anybody else.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-04-20
TAYLOR'S GREENHOUSE
Lancaster, Wis.
SPECIAL s1.OO OFFER.

SPECIAL $1.oO OFFER.
Hardy Shrub
Crimson Rambler Rose.
Geraniums-1 pink. white.
Carnations red. white
Tomato plants-Ponderosa
Early Cabbage.
2Red Cabbage.
1 Dozen Celery.
Parsley.
Pepper-large red.
Hardy PhloX.
ASterS-miXed varieties.
Dozen Pansies-mixed varieties.
] COleus.
4English Daisies-a pink, 2 white.
Sweet William. red.
4Alyssums.
HollyhOck.
1 Verbena, red.
1 Forgetme not. hardy.
Hardy Chrysanthemum. white Pompon.
2 Sage.
japanese Air Plant.
This collection is worth $40 10 cents ex-
ira for postage.
SPECIAL soc OFFER.
4Ponderosa Tomato
4Cabbage, early
1 Cabbage. red
Pepper, large. red
Parsley
Celery
Rose hybrid perpetual, red
Geranium, red
PINK
/ DianthuS
6PanseS, mixed varieties
ASterS mixed varieties
/ COleus
1 Saliva
2 AlySSum
Xmas Cherry
/ Chrisanthemum yellow Pom Pom
HoarhOund
This collection is worth sl.35. cents ex-
ira for postage.
This is clean. healthy, first class stock. We
handle no other. These plants will be ready
May II. Orders received for these collec-
tions up to May %.
Call, phone or write.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-04-20
Thousands Have kidney
Trouble and Never Suspect II.
How TO Find OFT.

Fill bottle or common glass with your
water and LET it stand tMentY-fonr hours.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-08
The False Hair Craze.

From the Dallas News.
If half that is now being heard is true,
there will be an early end 10 the false
hair craze. OF course. the reports that
big houses in Chicago. New York. and
other places have ordered large couEiEH-
ments Of hair burned because fl came
from lepers or from other victims OF
contagious disease are not true: but & Is
true that many OF the physicians look
upon the fashion that has moved millions
Of women to heap upon their heads mar
velous stacks Of hair taken from numer-
Gus unknown persons poor enough 10 have
to part with IT. as one Of the most
hazardous Of all the schemes Dame Fash
ion has attempted
One anti-suffragist bases his argument
against "one vote for one woman" upon
the present craze for "insupportable hats
and unmentionable hair stacks"
i is pretty safe 10 say that nine men
in ten would vote 10 do away with the
enormous loads Of questionable hair and
with every hat which interferes with the
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-08
ACTOR LIKES AMERICAN PUSH
Standardization Says This Country
Is More Progressive.

Prom the Buffalo News.
How do conditions on the stage in
America compare with the prevailing
state Of affairs in England Forbes
Robertson was asked in the course Of
an interview.
You are progressing faster than we
are, I think. he replied. There is
more enterprise over here. Wonderful
things are being accomplished and we
have much 20 learn from you.
My first visit 20 this great country"
continued Mr.. Robertson. was made
twenty-five years ago. when came over
10 play leading parts with Mary Ander-
son. Since then I have crossed the At
lanuc many times, and always 90 find
that in the interval your energetic
American managers had evolved some
thing new 20 please and entertain the
public.
Miss Anderson's retirement was
great loss 70 the stage. in fact, do not
think the void il created has even been
nlled. She had what is so rare among
actresses in these days-a great classic
intuition and the decIamatory sense,
which is not nearly SO common as one
would think. Aside from being very
beautiful she was one Of the most in
telligent and cultured women I have
ever met. and a great student. and she
was the possessor Of a remarkably SYM
pathetic personality"
Mr.. Robertson relates many interest
ing "reminiscences Of NIodjeska. the great
ira dieure for whom, Ia was oreo rr.F
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-08

city, which before did not have any such
center.
When the Washngtonian had express
ed himself as having enjoyed TO the ut
most the boulevard itself. which is not
yet entirely completed toward its north
ern end az Randolph street, he was per
mitted 10 look over 10 the right and west
TO the outpost of buildings The Public
Library. the Art Institute. the municipal
courts building. the exclusive building OF
an endowed orchestra. the largest thea
ter in the West. four Of the most prom
inent clubs IN the city, buildings repre-
sentinE many kinds OF activity here in
compact line smile out on the lake and
extend their daily greeting TO the rising
sun
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-08
WINTERGREEN OIL.
Process of DistiIlntion from the
Bark of sweet Birch.

Bark of sweet Birch.
From the Bangor Commercial
OF OF wintergreen was formally distilled
from the leaves OF the wintergreen, COM
monty called in Maine boxberry or
checkerberry, and is worth about $ a
pound troy. Almost all Of the natural
OIL now on the market is obtained from
sweet birch, a tree growing al fits best
IN the Southern Appalachian Mountains.
The bark alone is used for the distilla-
ton OF the oil and il is essential that Il
be green. for il It is allowed 10 dry out
before distilling il becomes worthless for
the production Of oil
The bark Is stripped from the trunks
and stumps and the longer limbs. but the
twigs and the bark Of the smaller limbs
are not used. The bark is brought to the
distiller and put on the floor, around
which there is q narrow strip OF lumber
forming a shallow box. Here it Is
Clipped Up fine with axes. ready for dis
filling The disullery consists of a floor
on which the bark is Clipped and one or
more watts or stills with their condensers,
and these are rooted over with a frame
work Of poles covered with bark. This
serves to protect the birch bark from the
drying sun and the fires from the rain,
as well as shielding the workers from the
weather
The stills are three feet wide by four
feet long and three deep. They are con-
structed of wood with iron bottoms and
steamught tops that can be removed.
The still is placed in a position on two
parallel rows Of fat rocks, one under
each side Of the box. leaving a space
underneath TO place the fire. The smoke
escapes through a low rock chimney or
pipe ar the rear.
Inside the box and about four inches
above the iron bottom Is a grating Of
wooden strips four inches wide and
placed about one inch apart. Under this
grating water is boiled by a fire placed
on the ground under the iron bottom and
the Clipped bark rests on the grating.
The grating thus keeps the bark out OF
the water. and the steam alone as Il
rises through the stiu filled with bark
extracts the Oil
The condenser consists Of a straight
iron water pipe which is laid in a trough
through which the water from a brook
is detected. The condensed water and
oil is collected in a glass jar the mouth
Of which is covered with a cloth through
which the oil and water are strained.
The oil sinks TO the bottom Of the jar:
the smoky water as Il overfows returns
| by another pipe to the bottom of the still
and is boiled over again and keeps up
the necessary supply OF water for the
distillation.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-08

Chicago. May 1.-The Washingtonian as
he turned out OF Monroe street and took
few steps down Michigan avenue felt
! himself at home for the first time since
he left the compressed Capital atmos-
phere of tho limited express. At first he
himself could not define the cause Of the
change of feeling. There was nothing OF
! Pennsylvania avenue m the appearance
Of the Windy City's skyscrapers.
/ As he strolled further. getting all the
\ while the more pCrmeated with that
sense OF at homeness. suddenly he divin-
/ ed the source OF Il. II was not building
/ nor boulevard nor lake nor man nor
/ woman. hut II was hats OF the men. for
! here II Is that that piece Of headgear
known as the derby, which claims mascu-
/ line Washington as its own nine months
out OF the year, here on Michigan ave-
/ nue. is the only place In Chicago that Il
/ is sure TO be found in plenltude Else
/ where on surface car on elevated. on
/ street, in hotel, theater lobby. all over
| town, the soft hat reigns, now dark
| gray banded with light and vice versa
now dark brown banded with light and
/ vice versa. The soft hat is not. however,
/ the badge OF Michigan avenue.
Makes His Comparisons.
Impressed as the Washlngtonian was
/ by this dominant fact. he found that
/ Chicagoans were indignant al the chief
| distinction he found in their Wanted
rival of the Champs Elysees and Inter
/ den Linden. II was then that he was
/ told just what Is this stretch OF avenue
/ from Randolph street south 10 Twelfth
/ street which within the last five years
has become the most beautiful mile OF
| city street in the world" as the Chi
! cagoan modestly puts 1t.
For about 5000 feet. straight as en-
! cheering skill can effect, reaches the
unbroken roadway. seventy-fve feet In
width. bounded on the left by the border
| land Of Grant Park. chosen for the mu-
/ nlcipalitys demonstration OF formal civic
/ beauty, and on the right by a line Of
/ buildings
! The visitor, having got well out into
| the roadway and from under the subtle
/ spell OF the derby hat, first concentrated
/ his attention on this feature OF the Won
] utI spot > IUIetlolu dllIdcllouS- j ne
| South Park commissioners have just fin
ished widening Michigan avenue slicing
OF nifty feet from Grant Park on the
| east and constructing a single wide drive.
! This gives a boulevard $50 feet in width
/ instead Of eighty. vigorously kept undec-
GRATED with fowerbeds or grass plots
/ OF the 80 feet thirty is given over 10
| the west sidewalk, which Chicagoans are
/ comparing 10 Atlantic City's Boardwalk.
and twenty-five TO a similar promenade
/ on the east
4 Combination ThOrOuRhfnre.
/ The great central roadway. seventy-fve
/ feet from curb 70 curb, includes three
! separate thoroughfares. an uptown and
a downtown path for moving vehicles.
| and a reserved space IN the center for
/ parking automobiles. Here nowadays in
| fine weather automobiles drawn up by
| hundreds present a novel spectacle 10 the
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-08
Plan Big Picnic.

The committee has had the matter un-
der consideration for some time past.
and contemplate q reception in the town
hall. Cavan, on Tuesday. September 6.
20 be followed during the week by mon
ster picnic, championship sports, pro
duction of plays specially written for the
occasion. and motor drives 10 the vari-
Gus places OF interest. thus providing an
altogether pleasant time for the visitors.
The aim of the County Cavan invasion
committee is 90 welcome the exiles and
all others coming across. The chief town
Of the county is Cavan. which IS almost
in the center Of Ireland and situate only
eishty-hve miles from Dublin. II is
served by two railway lines, the Midland
Great Western and the Great Northern.
Once in Cavan the tourist puts himself
in touch with the historic counties OF
Monaghan. Meath. Westmeath. Leitrim,
Longford, and Fermanagh. by which il
is surrounded. Visitors have therefore
a unique opportunity OF seeing al that
Is 10 be seeu-with the assurance that the
motives Of the organizers are altogether
outside monetary. considerations. and only
aiming AT making tn visit thoroughly
enjoyable
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-08
THIEVES WHO HIDE LOOT.
Recovered Later. and the Ex-Crim-
inaI Lives i'm Wealth.

] FROM lf-hlts
/ II is well known 10 the police that there
are a number Of ex-convicts who are
| literally rolling in riches and driving
about London and the provinces to-day in
their own motor cars and carriages. said
a detective 10 the writer the other day
The majority of these men are old en-
bezzlers and thSre seems 20 be little
doubt that they are able TO live well
and keep going lavishly furnished resi-
dences because the money they stole
was hidden by them before being ar
rested and sent TO prison.
It may surprise you TO know that thou
sands Of pounds worth OF valuable prop
erty looted by thieves from various
sources lies buried in odd corners OF
Britain and will probably only be re-
covered by the men themselves on their
release. Cases are constantly occurring
where an embezzler after running of
with large sum in gold refuses TO di-
vulge the hiding place Of his i'll gotten
gains. He IS sent TO prison and the loot
remains unrecovered. In nine cases out
Of ten the embezzIer finding arrest i'm
minent buries his stole property and
digs Il Up again when ..e ,Jmes out OF
prison.
A man who was for many years an in
mate Of one Of our prisons IS now living
in afluence In town Up north. He was
imprisoned for embezzling 10000 from
his employers and he declared at the trial
that he had spent every penny OF II. For
some time after his release from jail he
lived in a cheap lodging house at Hoxton
and then one day he declared that he
had come into a fortune, a brother In
Australia having died and left him some
thousands. AS matter Of fact, although
the police had no proof, he had re-
covered the money which he had en-
bezzled years before.
A man of considerable means now liv-
ing in the States served a term OF i'm
prisonment for forgery. having obtained
$1,000 by means Of false checks. Not a
penny Of the money was recovered by the
police. During the forced confinement of
the thief his wife, in pursuance OF a
previously agreed plan, went out to
service in a gentleman's family. AS soon
as the husband was liberated however
his wife resigned her position and the
pair sailed Immediately for the colonies.
1t Ultimately came to light that the money
which had been stolen by means Of the
forged checks had been buried under the
flooring of "A Soho house.
Some fifteen years ago a Hindo mer-
chant who had come to London TO make
purchases of gems was robbed of many
thousands OF pounds The thieves car
ried their i'll gotten wealth to a cheap
tenement in WhiteChapel. but finding the
police hot on their track they carried the
loot one dark night to a remote spot on
the Essex marshes and secretly buried it.
They then disappeared and have not been
seen since II is believed that the money
remains to this day where 1t was buried.
Not so very long ago a burglary was
committed by a couple Of well-known
thieves who got away with about $500 in
coin and banknotes. They were arrested,
but refused to state what they had done
with the money. although one darkly
limited that II had been buried in a
garden in suburb of London
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-08
Martins vs.. sparrows.

From the Philadelphia Record.
Two martin houses located IN Waynes-
boro were taken possession Of by a coll
ony Of English spaTows last fall when
the martins vacated them for their win
ter soiourn in the sunny South. The mar
tins returned on Saturday last and en-
gagged in pitched battle for possession
of their former nesting place. Although
the martins were outnumbered, they made
up the deficiency In avoirdupois. and this
made the fight all the more interesting.
The conflict not only waxed warm in
body blows, but the noise made was al
most deafening al times and attracted
many persons in the neighborhood to the
scene Of trouble. The martins won out
in the contention and regained possession
OF their homes.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-08
NEWSPAPER ESTIMATE OF MEN.

From the newspaper point OF
view, a college professor counts
less than "a professional gambler;
n gnmbler counts less than an re-
tresSi n good actress counts less
than n bad one; bad actress
counts less than prize-fighterI
n prize-hEhter counts less than
chImpnnzee that has been taught
TO smoke cigarettes. and an edu-
Gated chimpnnzee counts less
than n millionaire who suffers
from phrnnOia.
BY continuously bordering on
the horrors Of crime and vice. the
American people are reused 10
such hatred Of evil that some
editors receive n salary of $780,
600 n year.-Prof. Grundschmitt,
University Of Berlin.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-08

graphs ruled out Of evidence on the
ground OF decency. The press also serves
the cause Of public morals by holding up
to scorn the vices and extravagapces Of
the vulgar rich. whose il-used millions.
as many economists have pointed ont
are nothing more than what any Ameri-
can may look forward to, provided he
has courage and energy
Curious Methods Used.
The same ingenious method Of promot-
ing virtue by holding up vice 70 reproba-
ton Is pursued IN every other field The
newspapers do not print the names Of
men who support their wives but they
print the names Of the men who do not
or who support more than one They DO
not publish the photographs Of honest
bank clerks. but Of dishonest ones, and
Of these only when they have stolen a
very large sum. They pay no attention
20 a clergyman as long as he advocates
the brotherhood Of man. but they have
large headlines about the minister who
believes in the moderate use OF the
Scotch highball They overlook a college
professors epoch-making researches in
American history and take him up when
he comes out In favor Of an exclusive
diet Of raw spinach
oddly enough. the American people
freely criticise their newspapers. one Of
the commonest charges is that their edi-
tors write with great haste and little ac-
curate Information. But Herr Grund-
schnitt argued. IL IS unfair 20 insist that
newspapers shall be both forceful and
! accurate II IS true that the editors who
supply the American people with their
opinions think fast and write fast. but
I 1t is absurd 10 maintain that as a class
they are unreasonably set I'm their own
/ beliefs. Editors, as a matter OF fact.
change their opinions every little while.
In such cases they usually have no diff
Guilty in proving that. while their present
views are the right ones, their previous
views were also right. This makes for
consistency. Nor is there any reason for
maintaining, as is often done. that edl-
tors are FESTIVE under criticism.
Power of the Press.
/ The printed sheet is with man when
he wakes in the morning and when he
I falls asleep AT night and when he is az
/ the breakfast table with his wife. The
newspaper breaks up families and re-
unites other families. though # usually
misspells their names. Il chastises the
rascal and worries the honest man Al
can make a reputation In a day and de-
stroy a reputation in ten minutes. send
I ing It's owner into the grave or on the
vaudeville stage.
| Il teaches Presidents how 20 rule. wom-
en- how 20 win husbands. the church how
10 save souls. and middle-aged gentlemen
/ how TO reduce weight by exercising ten
minutes every day. Il knows nearly
everything and guesses at the rest II
| will say almost anything and publish the
rest at advertising rates Without IL
/ democratic government would be difficult
/ and travelling In the subway quite inn
/ possible The newspaper is the only i'm
stitution since the world began that sue
/ ceeds in being all things 10 all men Tor
/ the moderate sum of ] cent day. The
only universal things that come cheaper
are birth and death
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-08

Prof. Grundschnitt OF the University Of
Berlin has been in this country several
months studying American newspapers
in behalf Of the German government. He
has made his observations from the
standpoint Of a disinterested outsider
and strictly from an academic and sci
.entihc attitude.
PROT Gruudschnitt impaired some OF
his views Of the American newspaper 70
the New York Evening Post treating
the subject IN a vein Of good humor.
which gives 70 his views all the more
force The learned man from Berlin has
really an exalted idea OF the American
press, but ne is not blind 10 some OF its
faults and expresses himself with a tren-
chant wit refreshing as II is keen.
Has Trouble with Head Lines.
one OF the difficulties experienced by
the scientist was In gaining a reading
knowledge Of newspaper English. Such
headlines as sugar Barons Hand Uncle
sam a Lemon" was a good deal OF a
poser for a German professor who knew
English only from the writings Of
Shakespeare. Macaulay. and Ralph Wal
do Emerson. The professor worked four
DAYS on the problem, which he finally
solved.
one OF the conclusions reached by Herr
Grundschnitt Is that the red lines and
colored pictures used by some newsra-
I pers. especially the Sunday editions, are
"a remnant Of the practice Of 'tattooinC. %
and this he thinks explains the reason
why they appeal so largely TO the COM
mon people as compared with people OF
culture.
a curious trait OF newspapers Is that
they tell story backward This arises
from the desire 70 put the most impor-
tant thing first; and in this country It is
a rule that the thing which happens last
IS the most important
Press and Political Life.
What the professor was anxious 10
learn was Just how the newspapers shape
the national life to the remarkable ex-
tent they undoubtedly did He knew. OF
course, that the Americans are a free
people. and that they select their own
lawmakers and magistrates. He soon
discovered that when the people disjre 10
'Il''0f N'allf 'li' ~ A-t OAEL l-cln NllcA
name two. three. or more men for the
same Office. The newspapers then pro-
coed 10 accuse these men Of the viIest
crimes. and the one who comes out least
besmirched Is declared 10 be elected In
the sphere of social relations Herr
Grundschnitt learned. the newspapers
are mainly concerned with safeguarding
the purity and integrity OF the home
Most Of them do this by printing full &C
counts OF all murder and divorce trials
The professor said he could recall moth
ing IN literature that quite equals the
white heat OF indignation with which the
editor Of the Star once spoke Of the fes-
terinE national sore revealed I'm the pro-
ceedings Of the Dives divorce suit. the
neauseous details Of which the reader
will find in all their hideous complete
ness on the first three pages Of the pres
ent issue, together with all the photo
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-08
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