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The Washington herald., 1911-12-03
MISTRESS OF A
MOUSE FARM

III
Nv who handle serpents-
VA who do all SORTS OF strange and
" daring things that even men
would quail at-are not uncom-
mon. Yet, if q tiny mouse
scampers across the floor of the cage
where woman of exceptional courage is
putting a dozen savage beasts through
their tricks she screams with alarm and
rushes for the door
The woman who is not afraid of mice il
exceptional. The woman who raises mice
and rats for a living and who handles
hundreds of them every day is unique.
There is only one such woman mouse
farmer in America, if not in the world,
and that is Miss Abbie E. c. Lathrop,
of CRANKY, Mass. According to her letter
head, she is a breeder OF white and
fancy colored mice, English and Peruvian
CAVES, rabbits, rats and a general line Of
pet stock" CAVES are guinea pigs.
Miss Lathrop has grown passing wealthy
from her strange industry. She gets a
larger income from her ten acre mouse
farm than other New England agricul-
turists do from farms of a hundred
acres. The entire area of Miss Lathrop's
fields is not covered with rats and MICE
however. Most of the ground is devoted to
raising food for her rodents. Her crop of
mice and rats alone is about ten Thousand
annually.
One wonders what useful - ornamental
purpose so many of these animals can
serve. As a matter OF fact, in every
city there are one or more dealers who
sell rats and mice: not the common gray
rodents that scurry about at night in the
walls and ceiling, but pure white ones
with pink or blue eyes. Many of these
mice and rats are bought by the medical
research laboratories and are inoculated
with the germs of the various diseases
that the scientists are studying. They
are kept under observation and cared for
most carefully. In this way thousands
of them are sacrificed each year to the
cause of science.
Still others lead a happier and health
Ter life, although. they, too, az used for
experimental purposes. These mice are
of various coloTs, and in such places as
the Harvard Medical School and the
Rockefeller Institute experiments are be-
ing conducted in the mixing of the breeds
of these colored mice. just what useful
end is to be attained by this mixing OF
colors is hard TO imagine, but some very !
curious results have been arrived at.
The guinea pigs and rabbits are used
in much the same way in the medical
schools as are the mice and rats. Guinea
pigs are also employed by manufacturing
chemists, who experiment on the animals
with antitoxins before putting such rem |
edies on the market. A standard OF
strength has to be arrived at and main
tanned in every antitoxin. else there would
be variations that would be fatal when
they were used on humankind. Rabbits
are also employed in the study of anat-
omy.
Mis- Lathrop is fond of animals and is
opposed to any of her pets being tor
tured. Therefore she has insisted upon
obtaining from each medical school that
she supplies a statement that none of
The Washington herald., 1911-12-03
LET US LAUGH
AND BE MERRY

Vassar girl who came to him with a
request for flowers TO be placed in
two large windows.
They must be red and blue" said she
as she gave a critical glance about her at
the blooms displayed That lot of lobelias
will do very nicely. How much are theseT
she added, pointing to some flaming
"FIfteen cents, four for fifty cents,
said the florist. Mighty fine geraniums,
miss"
A glance Of pity was bestowed upon
him By the Vassar girl. Then, most deli
cately. as If not to wound the florist
fee6nes By the correction, she added
II win take = dozen of your best
Rerania."
The Washington herald., 1911-12-03
Her Dancing Mice.

Miss Lathrop'- pair of dancing mice
raised large family. At first she gave
the mice to youngsters, but she soon found
that there was a good market for them
and that she could get high prices for
those that were trained. Therefore she
began adding to the family income by sell
ing her pets in the nearby towns.
AS the years went on her father died
and she was left with an invalid mother
to support. Her fame as a mouse + .rmer
The Washington herald., 1911-12-03

Fresh air is highly essential to the sue
cessful growth of her crop, and so, every
bright day the cages, covered with wire
netting. are taken out in the fields and
left until nightfalL Then they are brought
back to the barns and stacked up in long
rows, looking in the dim light like lot Of
rude sectional bookcases.
1t takes tons and tons of carrots and
The Washington herald., 1911-12-03

G ENAToR John Sharp Williams tells
of an aged negro preacher In Missis-
sippi who was asked what he thought
of his two sons. both preachers, too.
well, sub" replied the old man,
George has better show in his shop
winder dan John; but den John he's cot
8 lager stock in his WarshOusa"
The Washington herald., 1911-12-03

and mice. A great deal Of hay and straw
is used also. These rodents are naturally
very cleanly. and fresh beds have to be
given them every day. They enjoy moth
ing 50 much as burrowing about in the
straw and making nests.
When feeding time comes the mice and
rats and guinea pigs all set up tremen-
dous squeakihg. They seem to know ex.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-03
IN ENCOUNTERED a 20,

-GSI ENCOUNTERED youthful sociol-
ogist in the slums," says a mission
worker, "in ragged youngster of ten.
Il had approached this youngster Just
as he was concluding what must have
been most Illuminating discussion with
references to the question of wealth VS..
poverty. congratulate myself that 1 was
enabled to get as much Of the converse
tion as l did.
"'Wot's de reason the lads companion
was asking, dat de poor is tallus willin'
to help US more'n de richF
Promptly and with great feeling my
youthful sociologist responded
Dem dat don't mind giyin' is de ones
wot stays poor"
The Washington herald., 1911-12-03

TT NAN whose illness threatened to
~ develop into typhoid was taken 30
the hospital Instead of growing
worse he improved. and at the end Of the
fourth day, when his wis visited him. be
asked 20 Be taken home.
Bur you have paid for week" replied
his thrifty spouse. They won't refund
the money. You had better stay your
week out
The Washington herald., 1911-12-03

aetly the hour. When Miss Lathrop's step
Is heard, the commotion in the cages is
extraordinary. 1t is a crescendo Of small
sounds that could not be heard anywhere
else except on a mouse farm.
Miss Lathrop still has her own especial
favorites among the thousands of rats and
mice that pass under her eyes every year
She is fond of taking these into her lap
or hey hand and feeding them and petting
them. They seem to respond with every
mark of affection In fact, Miss Lathrop
is inclined to ascribe greater intelligence
to these small animals than to dogs or cats
or horses.
Miss Lathrop does not raise very many
dancing mice now. She says that she
has no time to train them and that she
cannot find any one who can take her
place satisfactorily at this work. She
has developed another branch of her
industry, however, which seems likely
to prove very profitable so long as
women wear furs. That is the raising
of rats for their fur. A rat is one Of the
most prolific of animals, and white rats
are especially productive. Moreover, the
fur of white rats will take almost any
dye color perfectly. Therefore they are
highly esteemed by manufacturing fur
riers.
No Place for Cats.
Most Of Miss Lathrop's white rat skins
find their way across the Atlantic to
Leipsic. In this place there are several
factories that make a business of taking
white rat skins, dyeing the fur and trans
forming them into fur coats and other
things for women's wear. They come
back to America under many different
names. Probably no end of women are
wearing skins from Miss Lathrop's white
rats in the belief that they are the prod
uct of rare and most costly fur bearing
animals. The demand for these skins Is
so great that Miss Lathrop cannot raise
white rats fast enough.
1t is needless to say that there are nc
cats about Miss Lathrop's mouse farm
Miss Lathrop does not like cats. The
The Washington herald., 1911-12-03

TT DEAR little. thing Of Baltimore but
II recently married insisted that the
marketing for their first dinner at
home should be done by herself.
Nice quarter of lamb, ma'am," polite
" suggested the butcher when she had
announced her intention of seeing that
Henry was to have ''just the very best
dinner ever" Mice quarter Of lamb,
ma'am-"
The brides face Wrinkled IN. thought.
But" said she, there are only two Of
rs! Don't you think an eighth would
sufnceT'
The Washington herald., 1911-12-03

N South Carolina, where the dispen-
say system obtains, there flourish
various clubs" where thirsty souls
from other paris may after certain for
mazities obtain thsir liquid refreshments.
In this connection q prominent actor
tells Of his encounter with dusky ser
yitor in one such club.
what have you," the player had asked
of the darby, in the shape of period
icalST
''Corn liquor, sub, was the immediate
reply Of the attendant beer an wine,
but mostly corn liquor, sub"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-07-25
WOMEN MEET
AT STOCKHOLM
international Congress of SUIT
frage Workers Will Plan
Future Campaign.
VOTE NOT END OF ALL AS BEFORE.
Ready to Right Wrongs in Case
Votes Are Handed Out
To Them.
VOTE NOT END OF ALL AS BEFORE.

Stockholm, Sweden-The great
suffrage congress in Stockholm is the
sixth congress of the international
Woman Suffrage Alliance, with del
egates from twenty-four countries
and many more visitors from these
and unatiiliated countries.
Fraternal delegates from forty
odd national organizations sympa-
thizing with the cause or else afraid
to stay away, swell the numbers and
add to the significance of the gath
ering. And unless all the signs fail,
the sixth congress of the alliance is
certain to go down as significant
gathering.
EXTENDED COURTESY BUT!
When the invitation was given,
two years ago, for the congress of
1911 to meet in Stockholm, the Swed-
ish Parliament was not under such a
pressure, and the government bland
ly extended permission to use the
parliamentary building for the con-
gress meetings. Then, following
the London Congress, there came a
sudden turn Of popular opinion in
Sweden toward votes for women and
the government began to wish it
had not been so polite to the sister
hood. The nearer the time came,
the less the conservatives liked the
prospect of seeing that congress in
their front dooryard.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-07-25
At last the approaching horror
stung them.into action. With the

At last the approaching horror
stung them.into action. With the
energy of fright. the government
seized upon the newspaper reports
of what the English suffragettes
werendoing in the way of harrassing
Mr.. Asquith and other statesmen,
and spreading devastation through
out the British Isles, and pointing
to these deeds for justification, SOL
EMMY withdrew permission for the
use of Parliament House by the In
ternational Suffrage Congress.
As the suffragettes of England are
not affiliated with the alliance, and
the latter organization never has
been found with bombs on its person
the Swedish suffragists smarted I'M
der this public humiliation of them
by their government in the eyes of
the whole world.
But their protests were unayailing
and the congress will hold its exc
cutive meetings in the assembly hall
of the Grand Hotel-which, by the
way, directly faces the royal palace
and the aforesaid Parliament house
with naught to obstruct the view
and it's executive meetings in the
Cirkus, and at Skansen, the famous
open air museum.
VOTES NOT THE END.
1t will be found that the tendency
OF the Sixth Congress is to regard
the vote not so much an end as has
hitherto been the case. The pro-
gram has just been finally completed.
There are many speakers who are
identified with efforts to raise the
economic and industrial status of
women in all parts of the world.
In her address reviewing the pro-
gress of suffrage in all the countries
represented in the alliance and out
lining the policy for the immediate
future, the president went beyond
the ground previously chosen by her.
Economic slavery and industrial
oppression, will be pointed to as the
chief arguments for the ballot in the
hands of women, and the first pro-
blems calling for women's efforts to
solve.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-07-25

at Wheeling: recruiting of the Union
forces in Kentucky. following the cleo
ton of June 30. which proved Fed
eral victory; the definite assignment of
General John G. Fremont to the COM
mand Of the western army; the APP
pearance at the harbor of Cienfuegos
of the Confederate privateer Sumter
with eight American vessels she had
captured. having burned another at
sea. and the picking up of an Internal
machine in the Potomac, designed to
blow up the Union fotilla of gunboats.
Congress met at high noon on July
4 Twenty-Five states were represent
ed in the senate and twenty-five states
and seven territories in the house.
From Virginia came the two newly
elected senators. John S. Garlic and
William T. Wiley. chosen by the leg
islature then in session at Wheeling.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-07-25
Is Your Gazette Label
On Straight ?
To Old Subscribers /:

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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-07-25

Andrew Johnson Wis in The senate
from Tennessee In the house We're
several representatives from western
Virginia and one from Tennessee. The
remainder of the seeded states were
not represented.
A glance at the membership of this
momentous congress reveals how short
Is the memory Of nation Most OF
the names are now scarcely known OF
are recalled only as names. Only
few of the most conspicuous have re
manned famous to our day. In The
chair of the senate was Vice President
Hannibal Hamlin. who. although he
held many important positions. is
noted now because he ran with Lin
coin. From Illinois the chair Of the
mighty Douglas was filled temporarily
by Orville Fl. Browning; His colleague
was Lyman Trumbull. Maine was rep
resented by Lot NJ Morrill, and VIII
liam Pitt Fessenden. Massachusetts, by
Charles Sumner and Henry Wilson and
Ohio by Benjamin F. Wade and John
Sherman. Some of the other senators
whose names may awaken an echo In
the memory Of the average reader
were James A. Bayard Of Delaware,
James Harlan Of Iowa. Zachariah
Chandler of Michigan, John P. Hale of
New Hampshire. Preston King of New
York, Edward d. Baker of Oregon. Da
vid Wilmot of Pennsylvania. Henry r.
Anthony Of Rhode Island, Jacob Col
lamer of Vermont and Timothy o
Howe Of Wisconsin.
Grow Elected Speaker.
In the house Galusha A. Grow was
elected speaker. He was only thirty
eight years old. yet despite his youth
had been member of that body for
ten years In previous session be
had introduced the homestead bill.
which 1t became his privilege to sign
during his term as speaker. After the
war Mr.. Grow was for a time presi-
dent of railroad i'll Texas. In 1894
he was again elected TO congress from
Pennsylvania and contii led for ten
years. From the beginning Of his
service In the house to the end of his
last term WAS therefore more than
half century. a record without a paral-
lei in American history.
Other far shining names belonging
to the house were Elihu B. Wash
burne. Owen Love1oy and John A. Lo-
gan Of Illinois; William 8. Holman,
George W. Julian. Daniel w. Voorhees,
and Schuyler Colfax Of Indiana;
James F. Wilson of Iowa, John j..
Crittenden Of kentucky. Arson p.
Morrill, of Maine. Henry L. Dawes Of
Massachusetts. William Window Of
Minnesota, Francis p. Blair of Mis-
souri,. Charles 81. Van Wyck. Erastus
Corning. William A. Wheeler. Roscoe
COnkling and Reuben q. Fenton Of
New York: George 81. Pendleton.
Clement L. Vallandigham, William Al
len. Samuel S. Cox. William P. Cut
Ter. Sidney Edgerton and John A.
Bingham of Ohio: William D. Kelley
and Thaddeus Stevens of Pennsylva-
MIA and Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont
The party divisions were as follows:
Senate-Republicans. 81; Democrats,
IL: Unionists. 5; vacancy, I. House
Republicans, 106; Democrats, e; I'm
ionists, %; vacancies, 2.
Lincoln's War Message.
The presidents message was con.
fined almost exclusively to review, Of
the events leading up to the crisis and
to an argument against the right Of
any state 70 90 out Of the Union with.
out the consent u tho other states
Following his lead. the congress de-
vstsd itpslf 70 ne ene subject ~ 80
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-07-25
By JAMES a. EDSENivr%.
copyright by American Press Associa-
ton. 1911.

- ULY, 1861, was a momentous
month in the unfolding drama
a. of the war. The week ending
July saw the assembling of
the Federal congress in extra session
and the movement of three Union ar
mics and preparations for the advance
of a fourth. 1t also witnessed fighting
at Falling Waters. Bealington, Harpers
Ferry and Buckhannon in what is now
West Virginia.; Great Falls and New
port News, Va, and Carthage, Mo.
Most Of these fights were mere Skin
mishes. but the actions at Falling Wa
tiers and Carthage were of enough i'm,
portance to be called battles Other
events Of the week were the meeting
of the legislature Of western Virginia
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-07-25
BABY DIES ON SUNDAY

Lester Matt Johnson, infant son
Of Mrs. Louise Johnson, died at
the home of Harry DeGoat Sunday
afternoon at 6 o'clock. Rev. C.
F. Martin conducted the funeral
services Monday afternoon, 8 o'clock.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-07-25

L is just as nice a
little city as it
ever was and has just
as nice people as it
ever had.
Do not give up be-
cause we have had a
dry spell of q weather.
All countries have a
back set now and then,
to let people know
that they are going too
fast. Be- thankful if
you have your dear
o n G s al i.v e and at
home.
We will not starve
if businessssis poor.
L expect to sell lots
of lumber this fall re-
Sardless of the dead
oats and live gsr a S S :
hoppers.
Yours,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-07-25
The War Fifty Years Ago

Congress Meets In Extra Session to Consider War Meas
- Galusha A. Grow of Pennsylvania Elected
Speaker - Many Members Afterward Famous In
House and Senate---In His Message Lincoln Argues
Against Right of Any State to Secede Without Consent
of the Other States--General Pattersons Army Again
Invades Virginia -Stonewa Jackson In Batte--Col-
one Franz Sieel Fights Superior Force of Confed
crates Near Carthage. Mo.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-07-25
Sigel's Fight In Missouri.

Events were also moving In Nilsson
RI On July General Lyon started
his advance from Boonville to Spring
field, and on the 9th Colonel Franz
Sigel with 1000 men attacked q SUI
periof Confederate force at Brier
Forks, near Carthage The opposing
commanders were Generals Rains and
Price and Governor Jackson. Sigel
succeeded In silencing the Confederate
battery and by q maneuver pSevented
ifank movement He retired and by
this ruse succeeded IN drawing the
Confederate thanking party. consisting
fcf cavalry, into an exposed position.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-07-25

The presidents message was con-
fined almost exclusively to q review Of
the events leading up to the crisis and
to an argument against the right Of
any state 70 20 out Of the Union with
out TIE consent u tho other states.
Following his lead. the congress de-
vstad itself % he enc subject ~ 80
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1911-05-05

syobn $. Bolton, SffentIider $50.
tar. @run6eigenturn. Mgent fin
Beniionsmipriid)e. 3immer 9, ct.
Ssomes &oteI. Dft.&ouiton StraBe,
9ei6e Telephone $50,
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1911-05-05

8epor er ettpos ertpioern fonnte
bate Der Softor, iid leidt born
aber neieenb, bemerft: Gin 10 ea1er
| giihes @eitdt mie &errn Haitol
9aniens ideint mir IN cinen on
beren 2e6ensfreis binein 8ll geboral
als unter Slider unb @ouern."
Stun gift elm mebnHitiges 81.
deln INN oes 8eiprodenen Muno.
y@as beiBt enersiidJ? Soften siS
cs nidt ielber erfabren baben, hol
oos 2eben %5un1eiit paiiine gnergic
bon ltns berlal9t un0 MIR bodlt
ielten b%anbelnoe2"
Sci oieiem @orte fllbr Sorrirt
ouf: y9oiiipc gneraiel" rief tie meg
nerfeno, Dos beiBt mol in 0emli.
auf iiG neblnen, mos Menihen
nllo SftfiaI einem aiIfbiiroen al.
itatt, f1ibr Tie nit bcbenoer stimnle
fort, aein gnoe 5u morben uno ieine
3etten gu brehen.@
Gies .ipar in 10 tieier Grreeluns
aeiprohen, oaB 9anien nidt 5ipei-
feln fonnte, lie reoe fir iid ieIber.
@r iab lie perlmnoert an iitlo ein
@leifes tat Doftor ban Ser Smiiien.
MIR oieier pieaeiht nod inteniiper.
3ann iaete er Innaiam: .@eiBt On
mas man nit ben groBen, fetten.
brederloen 8eiitern mi, iest tuie
alleaeit2 Dan erridtet ibnen eit1en
Sheiterbaufen ooer ein areu5, ullb
Du, 9arriet bait aur Wartprerin
bod fein 9alent!"
(ssortleBuua fpIat.1
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1911-05-05

aartoffeln. COLORADO. $500; segas.
1925.
3piebeln, Eegns. 8ermuoas, $1.35 II.
$1.76, Segas, grbital @ag. $500.
9oIlaten. Sforioa, 6 gassets 50. 70
unb $500.
&obI, $1.75.
gnrien, Segas, SOC fir eit
1I3 NnfbeI.
9obnen. Stat green. 20 unb 25r pei
8uidel; Slnt Bag. S5 nn6 40e per Ia
9uideI; 8ounb Bag. 75c per Camper.
@riiner 8feffer,. $4,25 per 8 8ass
ietsgrdte.
Squafb, SOC per BOZ.
Seuerie, $1.25 per a9lihenb.
&nobIau@. Sc snb Zoe per Rfunb.
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GortiesMna foIet.)
Die Welt uar eritaunt.

als iie borte, mas 8udlen's arniea
Gable 81 f0nnen beaniprndte, absf
pier3ig Sabre bon tptanoerbarer Rl,-
rem baben dies beitdtiat. Sir nac
4rten bon @itnbe1t unerreibtes Mit-
tel. Sur 25c bel allen 9ruggiften.
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gs6reraeIu@.

8mei oeutid-engIiihe 2ebrer lpss
ben fir Die beioen ,tnterei1 aIpfien ii
Der Comforter 6hule eriuht. SduI
termin 10 Monate i'm Sabr. sc
baltsanipriihe iino Der 4pplifatiot
bei5ufiigen uno big ben 90. Mai .
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IS. @iebenfelb,
Comfort, aenSdH Co., Tegas
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Der @amoerer.

er perlieB Die 5eimot, oie Statte Ser
&inobeit,
Cling in Die @elt, gu finoen Sic
@abrbeit.
Or iaft nidt nod Sddsen, nod aui
Saib er ball-,
Sudte Elm MitteG gegen oas Slldeli
Ser Saut.
Or fano es. Same Sunt's Cure.
8reis SO Gents.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1911-05-05

3eitipeiie 8eritopfme lit ole
Tiir, ourd melde piele oft sefGhr.
lihe aranfbeiten eingeloiien pcr-
hen. Der gelegentli6e @ehroud,
RridIp @fb 9ittenrs beIei.
tist uno furiert oieien beoriidenoen
2uitano.