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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-09-14

Dairy Cows Enter Wisconsin Contest.
The entries in the Wisconsin dairy
COW competition have now reached
the three hundred mark Owing to
the very unfavorable pasture condi-
tons this season, a few OF the breed
ers withdrew one or more of their
COWS from the competition last month,
and the production of all the COWS was
greatly reduced, both on account of
the severe drought that farmers have
just passed through and because OF
the present advance of the lactatiOn
period of many of the COWS in the
competition.
The average production Of 256 COWS
whose records were received for the
full month Of July, was 9419 pounds
milk and 36.706 pounds fat; so COWS
produced more than SO pounds of but
ter fat during the month The largest
production was that of the Holstein
COW, Johanna Pauline Paul, 95S28,
owned by H. F. Schroeder of West
Bend, which was 2,095.4 pounds milk,
246.4 pounds solids and 70.405 pounds
butter fat average solids 11.76 per
cent, fat 1856 per cent? AS three
year-old she is entitled to an 18 per
cent. handicap under the rules OF the
competition, which gives her credit
for production of 83.078 pounds but
ter fat and wins for her owner the
Hoard's Dairyman special prize for
the month of July.
Johanna Pauline Paul was dropped
February II, 1907. Her dam was
Dora Pauline Paul, 8754O, and her sire
Sir Johanna DeKol Bessie, 5000; her
grand-sire, Sir Johanna DeKol, was
the sire of Cedar Lawn DeKol Jo-
hanna, the record cow for the month
of May.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-09-14
TREASURE WELL PROTECTED
ROW Uncle Sam Carefully Guards
the Gold and Silver i'm
His MINIS.


Inc precautions taken at the United
states minis against waste of the
precious metals are of a most extraor-
binary character. No miser could
guard his treasure with more sedulous
care than does your Uncle Samuel.
Every evening the floor of the melt
ing room is swept cleaner than a good
housewives kitchen. The dust is put
carefully aside, and about once in
tnree months the SCOT scraped from
every f1ue is transferred to the same
precious dust heap. This is then
burned and from it's ashes the govern
ment derives handsome income.
The earthenware crucibIes used in
melting are not employed more than
tnree times. Then they are crushed
under heavy rollers and in their por-
Gus sides are found fine flakes of fine
silver. Like Aladdin with his lamp,
uncle Sam would not exchange old
crucibles for new ones
In the melting room when the cast
ers raise their ladies' from the melting
pots shower of sparks flies from the
molten surface of the metal For the
most part they are bits of incandes-
cent carbon, but clinging to the car
Don is often a minute particle Of
metal. Lest such particles should es-
cape the ashes and clinkers below the
furnaces are gathered up at night. The
DEBRIS is ground into powder by a
steam crusher and then is sold to a
smelter, like ordinary ore, at a price
per ton warranted by the assayer.
The ladies' that stir the precious
metal, the big iron rods, the strainers
and the dippers all are tested in a
most curious fashion. After consider
able use they become covered with a
thin layer Of oxidized silver. which
looks for all the world like brown
rust. The implements are then laid
IN baths of a solution of sulphuric
acid, which eats away the iron and
steel and leaves the silver untouched.
Gradually the ladle, or whatever the
implement is, will disappear, and in
its place remains a hollow silver
counterpart of the original, delicate
as spun glass. These fragile casts re-
produce the ladle with perfect accur-
acy in all it's details, although their
surfaces are perforated with innumer-
able little holes. Scarcely have they
been nodded, however, before they are
cast into a crucible, to become in
time dollars, quarters and dimes.
There is large tank in one corner
of the melting room and into it newly
cast silver bars are dropped and left
to cool. Int1nitesimal flakes Of silver
scale off and rise to the surface of
the water, which acquires the metallic
lustre Of stagnant pool. Here is sill
yer which must not be lost, so beneath
the pipe through which the tank is
emptied is banked a thick layer of
mud AS the water filters through 1t
the mud retains the precious resi-
dunn.
Four times year this mud is re-
moved, and each experiment shows
that some $50 has been saved by this
Device
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-09-14
Speculation Closes Bank.

Speculation and incompetent man
agement caused the closing of the
Farmers bank at Cuba City, Grant
county, by State Bank Commissioner
M. C. Bergh. He said that some of the
officers had diverted large sums to
their own uses and had put up INSULT
cient security. Much of this money
had been invested in lead mines which
were of doubtful value.
Whether the depositors would lose
any of their money would depend on
the value of the securities held by the
bank.
John Longbotham of Dickeyville is
president of the bank, John Clemens
of Cuba City vice-president, and H. E.
Scott of Cuba City cashier.
Three years ago Bank Commissioner
Bergh found the bank in bad condition
and closed it temporarily. However,
the capital stock was increased, the
bad paper taken up and the institution
put into such condition that it was al
lowed to be reopened. During the last
year the bank again got into trouble,
which gradually became worse until
the commissioner decided to close it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-09-14

Graduates Will Enter State University.
Vacation days are nearly over for
the young buds who graduated from
high school last June, and for most
Of them the serious problems of life
begin. To some these problems do
not take any form more unwonted
than that of going on to school and
acquiring a better education and
equipment for meeting the larger is
sues of life. Most parents living in
Madison whose children have finished
high school take advantage Of the
educational facilities the city affords
along the line of college training and
send their commencement darlings
directly into the arms of the state uni
versity.
When the new semester opens it's
doors for registering students there
will be found more than fifty Madison
high school boys and girls among the
incoming freshmen.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-09-14
MANY EXHIBITS
At STATE FAIR
Temporary Housing Arrange
mentS Made.
ADDS TO POULTRY BUILDING
Cattle Breeders to Ask the Legislature
to Authorize Another Building
Large Display of Machinery
Assured.
ADDS TO POULTRY BUILDING

MadisOn.-NO state fair ever held in
Wisconsin has opened it's gates with
such an overflow of exhibits as the
1910 state fair will
There is scarcely building on the
grounds capable of holding all of the
exhibits entered, and in several in
stances additions will be necessary,
and temporary housing arrangements
will have to be provided to take care
of the cattle and manufactured exhib-
it's. A temporary addition to the poul-
try building will be completed in time
for the opening.
Another cattle building is required
for the needs of the cattle breeders,
and a movement is taking form that
will result in the cattle breeders as
sociations of the state asking the next
legislature to appropriate funds to
build another cattle exposition build
ing of q size similar to the present
monster cattle shed, so that one of the
buildings may be used for the exhibit
ton of dairy cattle exclusively and
the other one be turned over to the
VI SSuSlS dIlO I'll UGGI CdLIlG.
There will be nearly 900 head of cattle
to be cared for.
In the departments of smaller live
stock, sheep, swine and Angora goats,
the same crowded conditions will pre-
vail at this years fair. The growth of
exhibits in the sheep, swine and An
CORA goat classes has been phenomenal
and the pens will afford but little COM
fort for the animals during their stay
on the grounds. The erection of a
swine Judging pavilion during the sum-
mer has greatly added to the convent
ence of interested farmers in this
years swine show, and nearly 100 head
of swine can be on exhibition in the
judging pavilion at a time, and seats
are provided for nearly 1000 persons.
David Wedgewood, superintendent Of
the machinery department, has plat
ted the old right of way used by. the
Chicago & Northwestern railroad, and
also the ten-acre machinery field, and
in addition to these two locations, he
has the new machinery building, 20Ox
400 feet, crowded to its capacity
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-09-14
Find Mounds Near Darlington.

Find Mounds Near Darlington.
In company with Prof. W. E. Leon
ard and Prof. H. B. Lathrop Of the
state university, Secretary G. E.
Brown of the Wisconsin Archaeological
society recently made a trip down the
picturesque Pecatonia river valley in
La Fayette county. During this trip
heretofore unrecorded groups of In
dian earthwOrks were located in the
vicinity of Darlington and at several
other points along the stream. The
ef1igies observed all proved to be Of
the bear type, widely distributed
form of Wisconsin animal shaped
earthwork Linear mounds of good
size were also found to occur in that
region. All were on hillsides and hill
tops.
Relic hunters are as reckless and
destructive in this region as anywhere
in Wisconsin, Almost every mound
visited showed traces of their greedy
and improbable digging for spoils.
Many fine works have been hopelessly
ruined by their unskilled operations.
Such persons richly deserve punish
ment. Owners of interesting Indian
monuments should take every precau-
ton to prevent such depredations. 1t
is quite a common but erroneous be-
lief Of the farmers in this region that
the linear mounds represent breast
works erected by the Sank Indians
during the period of the Black Hawk
war. None is of such elevation or so
disposed that it would be Of any serv-
ice as defenses.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-09-14
New Interpretations.

New Interpretations.
Articles of incorporation were filed
in the Office of Secretary of State
Frear as follows:
Brodhead Cooperative company,
Brodhead; capital, $4,000; incorpora-
tors, Burr Sprague, G. H. Conlon, w.
E. Bowles.
Sheboygan Ginger Ale Bottling COM
pany, Sheboygan; capital, $4,000; in
corporators, G. w. White, Bessie G..
Witte, H. Nehrlich.
Brodhead Hardware company, Brod-
head; capital, $4,000; incorporators,
G. R. Marshall, ]. B. Pierce.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-09-14
Mark Mounds at West AIIis.

The Wisconsin Archaeological so
ciety has secured permission to mark
with a metal tablet the group of two
Indian conica1 mounds preserved at
it's request several years ago in State
Fair park, West Allis. 1t probably
will be unveiled with simple but ap-
propriate ceremonies. These mounds
are within a short distance Of the adS
ministration building, near the bank
Of Honey creek. There originally
we're three mounds in this cluster, but
one was accidentally destroyed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-09-14

Mrs. Jacob Wilmert, Lincoln, I'll.
found her way back to perfect health.
She writes: Il suffered with kidney
trouble and backacke and my appetite
was very poor at times. A few week s
ago I got Foley Kidney Pills and gave
them a fair trial. They gave me
great relief, so continued. till now I
am again in perfect health.
j. T. Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-09-14
T. F. orion, Lancaster Distributor.

Your kidney trouble may be of long
standing, it may be either acute or
chronic, but whatever it is Foley's
Kidney Remedy will aid you to get
rid OF it quickly and restore your
natural health and vigor. One
bottle of Foley's Kidney Remedy
made me WE'LL said J. Sibbull of
Grant View. Wis, Commence taking
it now. J. T. Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-09-14
Horseshoers End Meeting.

SCSuOSIS GtA NCOGihSs
The Master Horseshoers of Wiscon-
sin concluded their annual convention
at Oconomowoc with a banquet. The
last days meeting was presided over
by William Morgan of Oshkosh, vice
president Addresses were made by
Lawrence Doolan, Milwaukee; Harry
Grokosky, Oconomowoc; G. D. Pro-
bert, president of the Oconomowoc
Business league; Henry Volkman, Mil
waukee; Fred Westphal, Milwaukee,
and Richard Curran, Edgerton.
The officers elected are: President
B. Koelzer, Milwaukee; vice-presidents,
Joseph Renk, Sheboygan, and G. E.
Wilkomm, Eau Claire; secretary and
treasurer, George Staples Of Oshkosh
Mr.. Staples also represented the ma
tional association at this meeting The
convention Of next year was given to
Fond du Lac. The matter of inducing
young men to take up the horseshoers'
trade was discussed and a resolution
will be presented at the national con-
vention in Grand Rapids, Mich, next
month. The newly elected officers
were installed by Past National Presi-
dent L. B. Doolan Of Milwaukee. The
convention closed with a banquet
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-09-14
A Baseball Bat Iran

Little Kate, watching her big broth.
er playing baseball. he being the
catcher and having a baseball mask
on his face, ran into the house to her
mother, exclaiming, oh, mamma,
mamma, come quick, Willie has got
his face caught in rat trap!"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-09-14
Remodel Building for Farm Exhibit.

EeHOuST bUIIdIH9 TOT arm EXhIbIt.
Under the direction of the Universe
ty of Wisconsin agricultural college
and experiment station faculty, the in
terror of the old dairy building on the
state fair grounds is undergoing nu-
merous changes to make it ready for
the college agricultural exhibit TWEEN
ty substantial, ornamental booths are
being erected under the direction of
Prof. R. A. Moore and Dean Russell,
and these will be decorated in appro-
pirate colors.
Fifteen departments of the agricul-
tural college will be represented in the
university show.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-09-14
Mans Sphere.

Man is that name of power which
rises above them all, and gives to ev-
eryone the right to be that which God
meant he should be.-Beecher.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-09-14
a EeM-

You will find all sorts of people in
the world, including a few who pre-
tend to like mineral water.-Atchison
Globe.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-09-14
Former Farm Students Meet at Fair

Former Farm Students Meet at Fair.
A state fair roundup" of the grad
yates and former students of the col
lege of agriculture of the University
of Wisconsin will be held this month
at the college of agriculture exhibit
at the state fair. Every alumnus Of
the college who attends the fair will
be present, and plans are being made
for brief meeting with short ad-
dresses by representatives of the col
lege.
Graduates of the long and middle
courses, the short course, dairy course
and other students who have attended
the college at any time will have an
opportunity to meet old friends and
TO get in touch again with the college.
The Washington herald., 1910-01-23
ADVICE ON SOCIAL,
CUSTOMS

friends and accompany them on a little
round Of paying calls. II you are not
contemplating a visit Of any length and
do not know the persons upon whom
the call IS made. your card is not left
if they are not at home. If you intend
to stay two weeks or more and il the
persons called upon present themselves,
one card should be left in the hall
If a special arrangement has been
made to call and thus introduce the
stranger. then cards are left as at any
other first call
When a formal morning call Is made
by a woman upon another woman for
a little business of a charitable nature,
only one card is sent up by the caller.
II the mistress be out, this and a short
explanation of the purpose Of the busl-
ness are given to the servant.
If you are a business woman and are
paying a business call upon another
woman. it is always best TO inscribe
upon your card a hint Of the nature OF
your call. In no case should you send a
card TO a man. The servant should be
given your name and a statement Of
your business. II you prefer. you may
write both upon a slip of paper.
I hope that women who have been a
ri,.Ie worried about their visiting cards
ill profit by this talk. A knowledge Of
this very formal institution is Just one
mark OF attention to the details Of social
life Master these facts and there need
be no halting and laundering at func-
tions where cards should be left.
The Washington herald., 1910-01-23
SOLUTIONS TO
SOCIAL PROBLEMS
InUitatioH to Dance

~ EAR Mrs. Adams.
Will you kindly tell me the proper
IL way in which to ask young lady
n go TO a dance or theater?
Being introduced TO q lady at a dance,
Is II proper TO ask her for the next dance?
II So n what manner IGNORANT
lVu may invite the young lady to
the theater or dance by sending her
a friendly note or asking her per-
sonally for the pleasure of her COM
pany.
1t is quite proper for a man, imme-
dIately on introduction 10 a woman,
to ask her for a dance, not necessarily
the next dance. May I put my name
down for a waltz, Miss Browp?' or.
i see you are not engaged for No. 5.
May I have it?" These are simple
The Washington herald., 1910-01-23
Turned Up Nose

Dear Mrs. SymeS.
an a Eirl OF u and an feet Il
inches tall and weigh so pounds. An
under the average weight. and II so, how
can I increase it,
What massage would you advise for
tuTned-up noSe2
What can I do 20 make my arms and
neck white and shapely7 HELENA c.
Your weight is hardly enough in
comparison with YOUR height, but you
are still very young girl and have
not had chance 20 develop, so I ad-
wise yOu 10 get plenty OF sleep. eat
wholesome food and take plenty OK
outdoor exercise.
The turned-up nose can be greatly
improved II it is rubbed with the
thumb and first finger from the
bridge Of the nose down to its very
tip
To improve the shape Of your arms
and neck. massage with cocoa but
ter. Deep breathing will I'LL out the
neck. To whiten the skin. battle with
buttermilk or water TO which lemon
juice has been added.
The Washington herald., 1910-01-23
HoHOav Cheeks

Win YOU kindly advise me how l can can
80 boIloy am only 10. ana every
one takes me for Il, WIN you kinddy, help
me to make myself look my own aget 20
II ycL wish to add flesh TO your
body, why don't you take table
spoonful Of olive oil before each meal!
Get out in the fresh ar as Inucn Las as
Massage \ our cheeks with the oil or
cocoa butter every evening. Both are
eYCeileI,t II Ssh builders,
The Washington herald., 1910-01-23

the corner and talk with a boy. II
would be better for him 10 walk along
with you If he has anything important
10 say 10 you.
1. He should leave at 1870 or II
o'clock at the very latest II he stays
later and cannot see by your unessiaess
that you are anxious for him 70 depart,
Il will be necessary for you 10 tell him
that you are enjoying his call. but your
father insists upon closing the house at
II O'Clock. and ask him 10 call again
soon
The Washington herald., 1910-01-23
Length Of Dresses

Dear Mrs Adams.
I am a girl OF thirteen and am i've feet
four inches in height. How long should I
wear my dresses
Are two and oue-half yards OF fouT-lnch
ribbon too much for a bow on my hair1
In introducing a boy ana a girl. whose
name should be mentioned srst?
How long should girl II years old and
I'VE feet seven and one-quarter Inches
tall wear her dresseS2 c. +. NJ.
c. J. A.
Your dresses should reach about two
or three inches above your shoetops
Your mother can decide the length
better than I, for she can tell what eff
feet a long or short skirt has on your
appearance.
Two and one-half yards would make
a very large bow, and any extreme
taste is not considered well-bred.
The girls name should be mentioned
first.
One inch above the shoetops should
be the proper length for your skirts.
The Washington herald., 1910-01-23
Gloves On or of?

Dear Mrs Adams.
Our minister shakes hands as 10
pass out the door from church Is II
more proper TO shake hands with gloves
on not7
/? Wien he says. ''G0od-eveaiug. Anne.
How DO YOU feel this evening" WlaL
would be The best answer f0r a girl %
am five feet four inches tall but
look very Young for my age. which IS -
years. How long should wear ny
skiTts7 -. &.
one braid rolled I'D and tied with nib
bon at the bacl. OF my neck -
!. As a woman usually keeps her
gloves on IN church, II is permissible 10
extend a glOved hand 10 the minister.
2 quite we'll thank you IS All YOU
need 20 say. II there isn't time Tor mess
few words a pleasant smile and sllght
bow Will be sufficient s..
z yorr dresses should extend 70 with
IN one inch OF your shoetops.
l. Not az all.
The Washington herald., 1910-01-23
WHEN LEAVING CARDS.

"ODAY card etiquette is so sin
pliaed and systematized that an
woman can follow il without
danger OF serious plumbers.
When once the fundamental principles
Of this are mastered. the occasional
changes may be made by those who
wish to keep in touch with these things.
a card is never taken into a drawing
room and presented 10 the hostess. II
IS left by tht caller on a tray in the
hall as she passes. II your call be
made on the first day at home" Of the
season. you will place in the tray one
card of your own and, if married, two
OF your husbands. After that. dur
ing the season, you need not leave any
cards II calls are made on at-home day,
Ii any special entertainment be given
by your hostess TO which your husband
IS invited, two Of his cards must be
left when making the return call This
rule obtains if the hostess be mar
ried woman.
n woman IS hostess at a formal
affair and is assisted Dy her unmar-
ried daughters, there are no cards left
for them, even though they have made
their bow TO society. II an Inmar-
ried woman is the hostess, then cards
are as carefully left as II she were a
matron.
II YOU are unmarried and are using a
separate calling card. ii Is sufficient TO
put n card into the tray for your host
ess and one for the friend that is re
ceiVmg with her. This Is done when the
call is the firsL of the season, or when
you are acknowledging any hospitality
by calling afterward. After this, a
young woman need not leave cards at
the DAYS at home" of her friends.
Remember that no woman leaves her
card for any men in q household. II a
visitor in a home be called upon, al
ways recognize the hostess, even If she
be unknown to you. and leave two
cards. one for her and one for your
friend
Now. suppose that you are visiting
The Washington herald., 1910-01-23
Dandruf and Short Hair

Dear Mrs Symes.
my hair to fall out very fast. I have been
using vaseline without relief. Ny hair Is
very dry and breaks when ! comb u.
I sm I6 years old and nv hair is i've or
FIX inches long. Is there any way l may
wear it7 A BLUE-EYED ONE.
Castor oil has been known 10 remove
dandrun. so l advise you to rub a few
drops on your scalp every night. The
oil viii also prevent the hair from
breaking Brush your hair often, for
the oil needs 10 be distributed through
out the strands.
Probably you can braid your hair in
two plaits in the back. Roll each plat
up and tie with a ribbon. II you Will
braid your hair in numerous little plalts
every night 1t will increase its growth.
The Washington herald., 1910-01-23
Entirely Too Young

III VIE NIdINs-
Is Il proper for me 70 walk 10 and from
church with q boy OF 49,
/ am past Is years Of age. and am I've
feet tall Should ! wear my dresses TO
NV shoet0us1 MARTHA
You are entirely too young to allow
q boy 20 escort you 20 and from
church.
Your dresses need not reach your
shoetops. If they are one inch OF so
above them there can be no criticism.