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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-08-14

Course ! shan't be homesick there."
said the happy little girl. Goodbye,
mamma, dear.
Jasmine rode galIy away ii the fine
carriage. throwing a kiss from the VIM
dow to her mamma, who watched her
from the cottage door.
But the Carlton carriage stopped
again al the small house the very next
afternoon. and little girl, with a
sober face, rushed into her mothers
arms
I'm so glad 70 be home, She cried.
''oh mamma, il seems so good 70 hug
you
II am glad TO have you back again,
said mamma. Papa and I were very
lonesome last evening without our lit
tie girl. But l did not expect you so
soon. Did you enjoy your visit?'
No. mamma, said Jasmine. Il
tried to do as You said, but ! couldn't
please Pauline anyway-nobody could.
did every thing just as she wanted it,
and then she said l didn't do any thing
right She stamped her foot at the
nurse, and talked cross to Aunt Sarah,
until ! vas almost frightened. And,
mamma, because Aunt Sarah wouldn't
give her FIVE kinds of frosted cake, TO
play partySwith, she threw her beauti-
full tea-set on the floor and broke ever
SO many Of the dishes. | couldn't help
crying"
That is very sad, " said mamma.
I'm glad Mr.. Carlton isn't my papa,
said Jasmine Some men brought
him home in the evensng, and thought
he was sick, he talked SO queer, and
couldn't walk, but Pauline said twas
cause he drank so much wine. Wasn't
it dreadful, mamma?'
Very dreadful, said Mrs. Ferry
Then when we went TO bed Pauline
didn't know a single ayer-nobody
told her about IL And no mamma came
to kiss US. | cried myself to sleep"
How very strange, said mamma.
"When they have SO much money, why
couldn't Pauline have sent the nurse to
buy her q sweet temper, and nice papa,
who would not drink too much wine?
Why didn't she ask Aunt Sarah, or some
one, to buy her dear new mamma, to
kiss her at night, and love her always?"
Jasmine hid her face on mammals
shoulder.
Mamma Ferry!s she cried, I'd rather
have you, and papa, and my Claribel,
with her arm broken, and the paint
rubbed off her nose. and our little house
with no carpets or pictures-hardly-
than all the beautiful things at Pau
lines. l had truly"
Mamma smiled and said: Il told you
So dear We are rich-richer than the
Cartons. Julia D. Peck, in Golden
Rule
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-08-14
ArNIorE DEATH NOTICE.

The Church Times, of London. recent
" printed unique death notice. It
was as follows:
tOn the 18th inst, promoted from the
kindergarten Of earth to the High school
Of paradise, the sweet soul of Mary So
phia Horsley. wife Of the Rev. j. w.
Horsley Holy Trinity, Woolwich. :
The conception Of heaven as a high
school viii hardly commend itself TO
Christians generally, who rather look
upon heaven as a long vacation after
the school of earth, adds The New York
Herald.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-08-14
INSULTING DEBTORS LIVES

The fashion of insuring the life of a
debtor in favor Of his creditors, at the
latter's expense. OF course. is Just begin
ming to take hold in New York. In
England it has been known for a couple
of hundred years. When trading
vessel, in the olden times, was about 10
set sail on perilohs voyage. not only
was the ship insured in favor Of the
owner, but the captain himself was, in
such cases, partner in the venture,
and to the extent of his partnership a
debtor of the owner.
One of the best known restauranteurs
in the country ownes wine importing
houses in houses New York the tidy sum
of Sl4, 900 for goods had and received.
The agent of the wine house made an
offer, after fruitlessly trying for several
years to collect the debt. TO insure his
creditors life in his (the agents. favor.
not long ago, but the proposition was
met with an indignant refusal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-08-14
The Same Material.

Whether indoors or out, walking, rid
ing or rowing; whether in the cellar,
kitchen, parlor or bedroom, we see
thousands of things made of seemingly
strange material, which, if examined.
would show us the same stuff-the nat
ural produce of the earth-used by the
savages, but differently and dexterous-
ly combined by better educated hands.
This fur, which is used nowadays for
cloaks, hats, trimmings. rugs and
brushes, was at one time used for only
sort of shawl, being merely cut from
the animal and put to dry in the sun.
Wood, which with mud made the saw
ages home, or roughly whitfield made
his tools, is now fashioned into all kinds
of furniture, vehicles, instruments of
every shape and variety, machines and
countless other things
Iron, from which only money and
weapons were once made, is useful in
machinery, architecture and thousand
other branches.
Butter, which is almost indispensable
to the meal nowadays, was formerly
used solely as an ointment. Herodotus,
a Greek historian, is the first writer
who mentions butter, FIVE hundred years
before Christ. The Spartans treated it
very much the same as we do cologne,
and Plutarch tells how a hostess was
sickened al the sight Of one Of her visit
ors, a Spartan, who was saturated in
butter
The Scythians introduced the article
to the Greeks. and the Germans showed
the Romans how TO make it. But the
latter did not use it for food: they, like
the Spartans, anointej their bodies with
it-Santa Claus.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-08-14
ENGLISH TEACHING IN GERMANY

Prof. Goldburgman-Herr Kann-
stnicht, you viii the declension give in
the sentence, Il have a gold rhine"
Herr Kannstnicht-I have gold
mine; thou hast a gold thine; be has a
gold his; we,you, they have gold ours,
yours or theirs, as the case may be.
Prof. Goldburgman-You right are;
up head proceed. Should | what time
pleasant have. if all Herr Kannstnicht
ike we're Light.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-08-14
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AS RECOGNIZED
BY THE LAWS OF TIE UNITED STATES

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AS RECOGNIZED
BY TIE LAWS OF TIE UNITED STATES
NUMBER OF POUNDS IN 4 BUsHEL.
OF wheat, sixty pounds.
OF shelled corn. tifty-siX pounds
OF corn on the cob, seventy pounds.
OF corn meal, forty-eight pounds
OF rye, tiftySiX pounds.
OF oats, thirty-two pounds.
OF barley. fortY-Seven pounds.
OF Irish potatoes. sixty pounds.
OF sweet potatoes, iifty-tive pounds.
OF white beans, siXty-two pounds.
OF bran, twenty pounds.
OF clover seed, sixty-four pounds.
OF timothy seed. forty-tive pounds.
OF turnips tifty-iiye pounds.
Of flax seed, iifty-six pounds.
OF hemp seed, forty-four pounds.
OF buckwheat, tifty-two pounds.
OF orchard or blue grass seed. Il lbs.
OF castor beans, forty-six pounds.
OF dried peaches, forty-six pounds.
OF dried pears, thirty-three pounds.
OF dried apples, twenty-four pounds
OF onions. ilfty-four pounds.
OF salt, fifty pounds.
OF fine salt. tifty-tive pounds.
OF lucerne, sixty pounds.
OF millet seed, forty-eight pounds.
OF Hungarian grass, fifty pounds.
OF peas, SIXTY pounds
Ot ground peas twenty-four pounds.
OF red top, ten pounds.
OF matt, thirty-eight pounds.
OF blue grass seed, fourteen pounds.
Of unslacked lime, eighty pounds.
OF plaStering hair, eight pounds.
OF stone coal, eighty pounds.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-08-14

Frank G. Ives, the young billiardist,
has a sensational trick shot which is
thus described; HE places one of the
object balls under the table and then he
sends the cue ball. after scoring, of the
table so as to spin on the floor, roll back
and count on the ball underneath.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-08-14
The Hem and the Baby.

Once upon time, long ago, there was
an old-fashioned farmhouse with a very
large kitchen.
This kitchen had two doors, one open
ing into the yard, and one into the
orchard. where the hens were some
times let out to scratch about.
One morning there was dear little
baby girl sitting on the floor right in
the middle of the room, where she could
play with her spools and look out of
doors al the same time On one side
she could look out into the yard and
study the big pump, and on the other
she could watch the chickens running
about under the apple-trees.
When no one was at the pump she
liked the chickens best and tried to call
them to her
One day the little brown hen came up
to the door and looked in. All was still.
She could see no one but the brown-eyed
baby sitting fat on her blanket.
"Da! da!'' said baby.
"Cluck! cluckr said the little brown
hen.
Dial dat squealed little brown-eyes,
shaking her spools in delight.
The little brown hen cooked her head
on one side and looked at baby's little
red boots with the black buttons on
them.
They are good to eat, she concluded,
and hoped little nearer, and then
little nearer, until she came at last to
the little red shoes-and soon she was
Juggling at them with her bill, trying in
vain to get them off.
"Da! da"' said baby, pleased with her
new playmate and not bit afraid.
'Cluckl cluck!n said the hen, wonder
ing why these strange berries wouldn't
come off their stems, when "Shool
shoo!' came from behind and sent her
flying from the kitchen in hurry to
find the other hens and tell them of her
discovery.
And then baby began to cry because
she didn't like to have her caller driven
away so suddenly. Youths Companion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-08-14

A carpenter, by the name of NJ. S.
Powers, fell from the roof Of house in
East Des Moines, Iowa, and sustained
a painful and serious spran of the
wrist, which he cured with one bottle Of
Chamberlain Pain Balm He says it
is worth S5 a bottle. 1t cost him 80 cts.
For sale by your Druggist
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-08-14

Mothers will find DR.. Winchen's
Teething Syrup Just the medicine TO
have in the house for the children; it
will cure Coughs, Colds, Sore Throat.
and Regulate the Bowels Try it.
15-3I
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-08-14
COOKING uPA REASON.

Life: Wife What DO you suppose
baby is thinking about2
The Brute-I 'spose he's thinking
what 10 cry about to night.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-08-14
ALL LAY DELEGATES.

She Cat the poultry FARM just see
what a convention OF hens!
He-Yes, 8 convention composed en-
tirelY of lay delegates burlington
Free Press
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-08-14
DRUNKENNESS LIQUOR HABiT---In all the
World there Is but one cure,
Dr. Hainesi Golden Spgcific


l. can be given in a cup OF Tea OF coffee with.
ool the knowledge OF the person taking 10,
ehccting speedy aud permanent cure. whether
the person il moderate driuker or an aico-
hole wreck. Thousands OF druukards have been
cured who have taken the Golden Specific in
theircofiee without their knowledge, and o.day
believe they quit drinking on their own free
viii. No harmful effect results from its admin
istration. Cures guaranteed. Send for circular
and full particulars. Address ID confidence,
GOLDEN SPECIFIC CO., iS5 Race s. Cincinnati o.
32--32
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-08-14
Children Cry for Pitchers Castoria.

When Baby was sick. we gave her Castoria
When she was Child, she cried for CastoriA,
When she became Miss, she chung TO Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-08-14
MAKES 4 DIFFERENCE.

Are you aware, sir. said the man
in the rear fiercely, that your umbrel-
Ia is poking me in the eye?'
1T isn't my umbrella, = replied the
man just in front with equal tierceness.
Its a borrowed one. sir.'-Chicago
Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-08-14
TWO POINTS OF VIEW

Good News Stranger-lf man falls
down an open coal hole, can be sue the
owner If the premises for damages?
Lawyer-Cerlainly, sir.lccrtainly. big
damages, and get them too. Give me
the particulars.
"Well, as my brother was passing
your house this morning he fell through
coal hole and broke his leg.
Hem. Did he use ordinary vigilance
TO prevent such accident? Did he look
at his feet as be walked? Did he stop
and examine the condition of the pave
ment before entering upon it? Answer
me that, sir
stop? Why no
"Ah. ha | thought so. Guilty of
criminal negligence. He might have
fallen on one Of my own family under
that coal hole might have killed us ali.
sir. As it is shall sue him fdf' damages
for mussing up my coal bin
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-08-14
A GENTLE HINT.

Miss Van Prim (40)-Don't you think
the census perfectly lovely, Mr. Weeks
Weeks Well. really
Miss Van Prim-They say it en-
braces 25,000,000 women,-American
Grocer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-08-14

No one can be much Of a Christian
without helping somebody,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-11-20

neighborhood of the passes in the Cali
fornia Alps, they become very shy. but
in the retired wild canyons and about
the almost inaccessible peaks, they are
no more timid than the sheep in farm
er's field. In the months of November
and December, and probably during a
considerable portion of midwinter, they
all flock together, male and female. old
and young.
In spring and summer the full-grown
rams form separate bands of from three
to twenty. and are usually found feed
ing along the edges of glacier meadows
or resting among the castle-ike crags
of the high SUBMITS; and whether
quietly feeding or scaling the wild cliffs
for pleasure, their noble forms and the
power and beauty of their movements
never fail to strike the beholder with
lively admiration.
Their resting place seems to be chosen
with reference to sunshine and a wide
outlook, and most of all to safety from
the attacks of wolves. Their feeding
grounds are among the most beautiful
of the wild gardens, bright with daisies
and gentians and mats of purple bayan-
thus, lying hidden away on rocky head
lands and canyon sides. where sunshine
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-11-20
WILD SHEEP IN THE SNOW.

outward, until about three-fourths Of a
circle is described. and until the fat
tened, blunt tips are about two feet
apart. Those of the female are f1attened
throughout their entire length. less
curved than those of the male, and
much smaller, measuring less than a
foot along the curve. The average
weight for a full-grown male is three
hundred and forty-four pounds.
Another difference from the tame
sheep is that the wild is bold, daring
and graceful, with every bit of the body
and feet as smooth and clean as the
grass of the mountain pastures. In the
writings of many Of the earliest travel
ers in America reference is made to the
''big horns.'' A Catholic missionary to
California in 1897 tells of wild deer
with head like sheep, that has flesh
tender and delicious to eat. Where
they have long been hunted. as In the
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-11-20

and the labor which the robbers ought
to have performed for tie com " In
order to get those horses honestly mas
not been performed they have con-
tributed nothing. and the farmer mas
nothing. Does it make no difference
then. that the $500 is still in the country,
and that ''this money finds its way back
into bank vaults?" The Ohio farmer
who spent his labor for naught thinks IL
makes great deal of difference
And it is upon such absurdities as
this that the crowning absurdisy OF PRO-
lection rests You rob poor man OF
the fruits of his labor by making him
pay Mckinley prices for his clothing
and other neceSsaries of life, and then
mock him by telling him his money is
still in the country.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-11-20
FAVORING THE RICH

How the Mckinley Bill DfecrfmInatS7
Against the Poor Man.
Mckinley's high tariff bill is called
''an act to reduce the revenue and
equalize duties on imports, and for
other purposes" In his report, when he
submitted the bill to Congress, he said:
THE committee submit what they be-
lieve TO be just and equitable revision
of the tariff"
Perhaps a few examples viii make
plain what Mckinley means by the
words. lust and equitable" Here arg
some of his duties for the rich and the
poor:
Rich Mainline cassimeres, advanced
25 per cent
Poor Man-Cotton corduroy, advanced
la per cent
Rich Man-Fine broadcloth, advanced
20 cent
Poor Man-Woolen cloth, advanced 81
per cent
Rich Mans Wife-Sealskin sacques
reduced SO per cent
Poor Mans Wife-Silk plush TO imi-
tate sealskin sacques, advanced 100 per
cent.
Rich Mans Wife-Silk velvet, no ad-
vance.
Poor Mans Wife-Cotton velvet ad.
vanced 100 per cent
Rich Mans Wife-Silk Iaces and
handke-chiefs, advanced 90 per cent
Poor Mans Wife@Cotton laces and
handkerchiefs. advanced fifty per cent
Rich Mans Wife-Black silk, no ad-
vance.
Poor Mans Wife-Cheap black alpaca,
advanced sixty-six per cent
Rich Mans Wife-Silk sleeve Innings
no advance
Poor Mans Wife-Slk striped cotton
sleeve Innings. advanced one hundred
and eighty-ive per cent
And that is the way Mckinley makea
a lust and equitable revision of the
tariff"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-11-20

AZ aouncant. or DOWN in shady glacier
valleys. along the banks of the streams
and lakes, where the p1ushy sod is
greenest- Here they feast all summer.
When winter storms set in, loading
their highland pastures with snow,
then, like the birds, they gather and go
to warmer climates, usually descending
the eastern flank of the range to the
rough, volcanic table-lands and treeless
ranges of the Great Basin adjacent to
the Sierre. They never make haste,
however, and seem to have no dread of
storms, many of the strongest only going
down leisurely to bare, wind-swept
ridges. to feed on bushes and dry bunch
grass. and then returning up into the
snow.
In the months of May and June they
bring forth their young in the most sol
itary and inaccessible crags, far above
the nesting-rocks of the eagle. 1 have
frequently come upon the beds of the
ewes and the lambs at an elevation of
from twelve thousand to thirteen thou
sand feet above sea level. These beds
are simply oval-shaped hollows, paved
out among loose, disintegrating rock
chips and sand, upon some sunny spot
commanding good outlook. and par
TALLY sheltered from the winds that
sweep those lofty peaks almost without
intermiSsion.
Like the ibex of Europe, the Rocky
mountain sheep do not hesitate to
plunge headlong down the face of a
precipice and alight on their horns.
The horns are SO large at the base that
they cover all the upper portion of the
head down nearly to level with the
eyes. and the skull is exceedingly
strong. But more often when making a
big jump the sheep will alight on their
feet Not only are their legs strongly
muscled, but on the bottom of the feet
are bullying pads. These serve to break
the shock of a jump and enable the
sheep also to keep their feet on an in
cline.
The only animal that may fairly be
regarded as a companion of the sheep is
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-11-20

storms and most rigorous weather. they
show no evidence of suffering, but ap-
parently enjoy the best of health. Nat
uralists classify these wild sheep under
five distinct species. There is the
American big horn, or Rocky mountain
sheep; the argall, found in the principal
ranges of Asia; the burrhal of the Up
per Himalayas; the Corsican mouff1on,
and the African wild sheep. To the
American big horn species belongs the
wild sheep of the Sierra Nevada. They
are found in the Upper Missouri and
Yellowstone regions to the Rocky
mountains, south as far as the Rio
Grande and in the ranges of Washing
ton and Oregon. All the many mount
ain SUBMITS within these limits, rising
thousands of feet above the sea level,
are more or less inhabited by them.
Compared with the best-known domestic
breeds the wild sheep are more than
twice as large, with the wool covered
by smooth, soft, thick hair. The color
is brownish gray, with the under parts
and launches white, and the tail black,
bordered with yellow. The wool is al
ways white, and grows in beautiful
spirals down out of sight among the
straight. shining hair like delicate
climbing vines among stalks of corn.
The horns of the male are of immense
size, measuring in their greater diane
ter from five to six and one-half inches,
and from two and one-half to three feet
in length around the curve. They are
yellowish-white in color, and ridged
transversely, like those of the domestic
ram. Their cross-section near the base
is somewhat triangular in outline and
f1attened over toward the tip. In rising
from the head they curve gently back
ward and outward, then forward and
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-11-20

the Rocky mountain goat, which is
more antelope than goat. He, too, is a
brave and hardy climber, fearlessly &C
companying the sheep on the widest
SUBMITS and Drawing with him the
severest storms, but smaller and much
less dignified in demeanor. His Jet
black horns are only five or six inches
in length, and the long white hair with
which he is covered must obscure the
expression of his limbs. In some por-
lions of the Rocky and Cascade mount
aims it occurs in focks of considerable
size. where it is eagerly pursued by the
Indians, who make use of its skin in
various ways as clothing, that Of the
head with the horns attached being
sometimes worn as cap.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-11-20
THE KISSING GIRL.
An American Product That Should Be
come 3 Thing OF the Past.

An American Product That Should Be
come p Thing OF the Past.
No maiden in the world resents an
affront with more injured vigor than
the kissing girl. She has code of
morals all her own; she knows with
minute accuracy when it is infringed
upon. She is pretty and wholesome
looking, otherwise she would never be-
come kissing girl for lack of material
upon which to ply her art. She il
yonng, likewise unsophisticated. MOI
are her kisses to be bought; favor rests
upon their gift, for all kisses worth the
having go by favor.
If she were less unv0R7en tional she
would be naughty. AS it is, she is un.
aware that the spirit of propriety-a
powerful genius in it's way-sustains q
rude shock with every kiss she gives or
takes. Her complacency is her safe
guard. Fragile barrier that it is, il
stands her in rare good service, protect.
ing her from further folly if rude i'm.
pulse strives to break it down.
She is an American production, the
kissing girl, like Indian maize or the
domesticated turkey. You will find her
nowhere in Europe-nor in America, for
dle-claSS life that knows nothing OF
social Gistinctions-a life in it's way SO
Independent of conventional superiori:
ties that even if it would accept OF
recognize them its charm and individu-
atty would be broken thereby.
At her best, the kissing girl is found
in certain church societies, where she
is quick to express her opinion of a
sermons merit or raise her sweet voice
in sacred song. AS rule, she means
no harm. and nine times out Of ten she
does no harm; but all the same, it will
be matter for congratulation when
this peculiarly American product be-
comes thing of the past-Philadel-
phia Press.