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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-28

A deputy game warden has discover
ed IA small herd Of buffalo in North
Park Routt county, one of the most
isolated regions Of Colorado. The herd
Is said to consist Of some two dozen of
the rare ANIMALS. In spite of the wild
ness Of their home they are very talno
and are fed regularly by some of the
few farmers who inhabit the lonely
park. These farmers have constituted
themselves special protectors of the
herd and will see that they ARE not ex
Terminated -DnnNnr NeWs
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-28

A lady had a fine parrot but, being
subject to headaches, she often put
him i'll the kitchen The cook oh
jected and said to Polly: You hor
rid thing wish you were dead r.
Polly soon learned this, and when
his mistress got better and took him
to her room he said; You horrid
thing! | wish you were dead ~
This shocked the lady. One day
she met the rector, and he sad,
How is Polly2'
Then she told him how Polly had
affected her nerves, The rector said
Send him to spend month with
my bird. He may forget it.
She accepted his offer. In due
time Polly was sent home, and as
soon as his mistress went to the cage
Polly saluted her with:
You horrid thing wish you
were dead We beseech thee to hear
us, good Lord Woman's Voice.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-16
Two Remarkable Cures.

An old Irish woman's COW was sick
unto death, so she turned to the priest
to save it. Il can't do anything to keep
-FOUR COW from dying" he said impa-
tiently.
Faith an begorra it's you that can if
any one can" the answered in simple
faith.
Unwilling to have her reverence in
him shaken, the old man went to her
cabin. The sick COW was brought out
into the yard and propped up. then the
priest began a solemn march around it,
chanting monotonously, If you die, you
die: if you live, you live" When at last
the tired priest sat down, the COW was
reviving, and it afterward lived to a
green old age. Some years later the
priest was at the point of death with a
terrible quinsy. when the old Irish WON.
N presented herself at the house and
told the doctor she could cure him.
She was laughed to scorn, but at last
had her OWE way. She insisted upon
having the dying mans bed brought on,
into the middle of the floor. and around
Il she slowly cantered, singing, IF you
live, you live, and if you die you die
The humor of the situation tickled the
suffering priest so that a hearty laugh
broke the quinsy, and he also lived-te
. green old age.-Springfeld Homestead
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-16
A Louisville Dog That swears.

- AVosoVsssC DVD
A Louisville railroad man has a dog
that distinguishes the days Of the week
and different railroad trains. On days
when Midget's owner makes his regular
trips the dog accompanies him to the
station, but never attempts to board the
train-just stays on the platform. an in
terested spectator, and wags his tail
cheerfully as the train 10Y out. On
other days and other trains-suburban
trains to Falkland or Pewee Valley
he hops aboard without hesitation, evil
IDENTIFY aware that the ride in prospect is
n that he may share. Midget swear
too; swears like a pirate.
The family understand him, but they
report that his language is too terrible
to be repeated. When things don't go
to suit him, he ~retires under a bed or
sofa and lies there rolling off oaths Of
fearful description for hours. A young
man who was attentive to Midgets
young mistress unintentionally offended
him. but the dog got even. He actually
broke off tine match. He knew the regu-
lar nights on which the youth appeared,
and at an early hour would %ensconce
himself under the parlor sofa, from
| which coign Of vantage he would growl
| forth such volleys Of personal and pro-
| fame remarks that the prospective lover
| became intimidated and ceased his at.
tentions. In recognition Of these serv.
| ices Midget's master gave him a beauti'
full silver charlottesville Courier
| Journal.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-16

Conversation by Noted Authors.
II heard distinguished people
talk non themselves but once" de-
clared a young lady the other day. but
then / was quite satisfied. 1t was even
more interesting than l had expected"
"What did they talk about:' asked
her companion curiously. land who were
they
The young lady named them-two
noted authors, q gentleman and q lady.
..And they talked" she added. with a
smile. "about pokers."-
..Pokersy' calculated the friend incred-
nlously.
..Pokersy' repeated the first speaker
asmly. ''The authoress had just built q
new house. and her furnace did not
work well. She thought her companion
I'D one Of the same kind in the house
md asked about it.
He gave her information and advice,
md then they branched of to pokers
end the iniquity Of manufacturers who
make them of soft iron 80 that they bend
out of shape the first time they are red
hot. You have always heard, haven't
You, that his style is exquisite and hit
English singularly clear and vigorous
Well, it is SO, l assure you, when he talks
of pokers, and she is charming when she
talks in a humorous vein about bacl
dampers and cold air boxes. was de
lighted 18th the entire conversation
though it certainly was not what ! an
ticipated."-Youth's Companion.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-16
A Deserter's Good Fortune.

A deserter is not always a deserter,
even though branded with a great big
3D." according to the laws of Queen
Victoria's realm. Some time ago q well
known English resident of Wilmington.
Del, applied to the British consul here
for a pension, claiming to have served
his country in an Australian regiment.
He admitted having had his breast
branded with q red iron, with the letter
3D." which marked him forever as q de-
serter, but claimed to have rejoined his
regiment after his punishment and
served out the term of enlistment. The
British home Office found that he wa
right, and the pension has come to him
after q long wait.-PhiNdelphia Rec.
ord.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-16
Monday, October 16, 1888.


a.
.sThis here show business" said the
dime museum man. saint what It's
cracked up to be by a long shot. A
mans allus runnin agin things that do
him up"
whats troubling your" inquired the
advance agent.
''Why, that durn mermaid OF mine ID
eettin me into debt over my head. Now.
You know I've got the only genuine mer-
maid ON exhibition. She's a maid OF the
-, she is, a living example Of the
stoeied nymphs Of the wave OF old, as
my programmer says. pay her a big
salary, and she puts all my other attrac-
tons in the shade. It would put your
eye out to see the way the people look
at her. l tell You, she's the greatest
freak in the business, and the best OF 1t
is she's genooine. But to come down to
cases, as l wuz saying, she keeps me In
hot water all the time. There amt a
day that l don't have to do somethin
special for her. don't dast refuse, for
I can't get along without her in these
dull times. Sometimes, though, she
makes me crazy by her unreasonable
requests. What do you suppose She
wants now
Couldn't imagine" replied the ad'
vance agent, unless it is fresh sea water
every day or something like that"
'Huh!'' said the dime museum mar
disgustedlv, ''that would be easy. Thai
durn mermaid don't want a thing but &
pair of BIT tton white kid shoes. buffalo
Express.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-16

No people are SO well satisfied with pop
ular government as the people of Amer
icA. Indeed, if anything, our satisfac-
ton is too great, for there is no hope Of
progress unless through that divine dis
,eootent. that struggle for an ideal better
tAan the thing possessed, which has al
ssody brought the world from barbarian
inAo civilization, and which must bring
= hsreafter into still higher forms Of 90
eial and political life. The tzuest friend
q the republic, the wisest counselor. u
aok he who Aatters nj with the perfec-
ton Of our institutions, but he who
aows NJ wherein they are still deficient.
In what respect, then, has q own po-
lifical life realized the highest ideal, and
n what respect does it fall short Of that
which IL still attainable?
We call ourselves q democracy; 20 did
- Athenians, yet in Athens not one
aan in ten possessed political power.
We have enlarged the suffrage. All
1so Of full age, not subject to specified
Afaabiities may vote. Women are still
@eluded-Wiliam Dudley Foulko.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-16
HOW CATS OFTEN SPREAD DISEASE,
Mothers Should Teach Children Not "a
Rsndle Strange Animals.

mothers should Teach Children Not to
Rsndle Strange Animals.
Since l have spoken in defense OF the
dog. let me say something more with
relation to that other favorite household
companion of mantle cat. l would
call your attention to the fact that the
cat il q beast far more useful to mankind
than the dog. Without the latter we
could get along, but if we had no cats
We should have q continual plague OF
rats and mice, which would overrun the
cities and devour the crops and small
live stock of the farmers.
At the same time You may Get 1t down
an indisputable truth that the domestic
cat is q prolific source of q great variety
of diseases. It breeds them and dis
seminates them-skin troubles partic-
ularly. Il carries about with it the con-
taRion Of diphtheria. n Of the most t.
tai Of human complaints, and it is seri-
ously suspected Of helping to SOW the
germs Of consumption. A trouble akin
to ringworm which attacks the scalp and
causes the hair to fall ont 10 frequently
conveyed by cats. Likewise It = with
scarlet fever, which, when it 10 in .
house. is always likely to be scattered
abroad by the pet pussies Of the estab-
lishment.
The way of it is this: When there Is
sickness in a house. old cloths are apt to
| be used for various purposes. These are
! commonly thrown afterward into some
| out of the way place, like the corner OF
q closet. Suppose that there is q tabby
| about that is on the point OF bringing
| into the world a litter of kittens. Fe-
male cats are constantly having kittens.
as you know, being among the most pro-
life of animals. She searches for Q Sc
ouestered nook for her ACCOMPLISHMENT
and is likely TO make her bed OF just
such a lot of old rags as have described.
As a natural consequence, not only is
the mother cat infected as to her fur
with the contagious disease, but all Of
her kittens are likewise. The latter are
fondled by the children. Pathogenie
germs seem to find a most favorable
breeding ground i'll the hair of cats. A!
a result the complaint is spread. I'm
fortunately the infection is not limited
to the house. It is spread abroad by thu
cats, which are notorious s~tragglers
Thus before many days have passed
there is an epidemic Of scarlet fever O
what not in the neighborhood. Nobod.
can imagine how it got about. Littl
Johnny dies of diphtheria, and nobod.
dreams that he contracted it by picking
up a strange cat.
Children have q way of picking u,
cats and holding them to their faces t
caress them. That accounts for man,
cases of that very disagreeable diseas
called ringworm. It is the same wa
with other skin troubles that are cor
tagious. Cats as we'll as dogs are liz
BILE to tuberculosis Of the lungs, othel
wise known as consumption. That the
communicate it to human beings is MOI
than suspected.-Washington Star.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-16
worse Than Wicked.

II more people understood that any
appearance Of haste OF carelessness was
out Of place in formal correspondence,
they would not use such expressions q
"many thanks" any more than the hard
" less Objectionable phrase. thanks"
in conversation. Such curtness Is like
the old story, "Worse than wicked; it's
vulgar."-Philadelphis Press.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-16
Wise Lad.

If fishes knew enough to live In the
a,ound instead Of water" remarked
Frank, ..they could get all the worms
thsy wanted without hooks in them."-
axrpers Young People.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-02-02
WOMAN RIDING MASTER.
She Illustrates Her Teachings by Her Own
Fine Performance.

She illustrates Her Teachings by Her Own
Fine Performance.
London has a woman riding master,
a Mrs. Hayes, who insists, notwith-
standing the traditional supremacy of
the English woman's Craftsmanship.
that you rarely see an English woman
sitting gracefully and firmly in her
saddle, and that French women are
really the more graceful equestriennes
Mrs. Hayes teaches in a modest boyish
costume without a skirt, and takes a
five-foot gate on her lively charger
without holding her reins at all Her
theory is that riding master can not
teach woman to set well on a side
saddle because he doesn't know how
himself except theoretically. She is
taught to rely first and foremost on her
reins, when it is not her reins at all
that save her when her horse SHES or
falls. The reins should never be given
to the pupil at all until she is perfectly
secure in her seat and has learned that
it is the grip on the crutches of the sad
die by the muscle of the knees and
ankles that gives her the firm seat
The reins are simply to guide the horse.
The stirrup should be shortened until
the knee presses firmly against the
leaping head 1t is to teach the posi-
ton of the legs that Mrs. Hayes rides
in the boys dress, and when woman
learns to use these members properly,
Mrs. Hayes claims that her seat is more
natural. more graceful and more secure
chan if she rode astride This lady
riding master is a daring rider, ac-
cepting most vicious mounts with fear
lessness, and stopping short of moth
ing, not even a zebra, in her expert
mentS-
On one occasion when they brought
her wild zebra from the menagerie in
a cage, she tanned the creature in two
lessons so that he was sufficiently sub
dued TO stand, with her on his back,
while the pair we<e photographed. N.
Y. Sun.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-02-02
woMAN's WORK AND WAYS.

FEMALE stenographers are to serve
the parliaments of Norway and Sweden
AT Lexington, Miss, the postoffice
and telegraph office are in charge OF
woman; the chief express agent is a
woman, and her two assistants are
women.
LADY HENRY SOMERSET is to visit
India as delegate to the Worlds
Women Christian Temperance Union,
and she will teach total abstinence to
the native and foreign residents of that
country
MADAME DIAz, the wife of the Next
can president, will, at her own expense,
send to the Worlds fair next year a
woman's band OF forty-fye musicians.
1t Will comprise the most expert musi-
clans in Mexico.
FROM St Petersburg comes the sur
prising information that women may
be employed upon the state railways in
the future to the proportion Of 20 per
cent The nature of the work they are
to do is not specified and probably viii
be clerical. The concession is a re-
markable one for the ears dominion
THE Elizabeth Gamble Deaconness
Home in Cincinnati, which was dedi-
Gated four years ago, now has thirty.
three deaconnesses who give their lives
to benevolent work, without salary.
and who accomplish great good by vis-
iting prisons, the poor and suffering.
and by conducting special mission work
among the children
WoMEs are more ardent globe-trot.
tiers than men when once the craze as
serts itself Elizabeth Taylor started
alone from Winnipeg early last summer.
made the trip alone as far as the most
northern posts Of the Hudson Bay Co.
and stands on record as the hrst wom-
an explorer 10 venture into the Polar
regions en- her own account And now
a zoologist and his wife, an accom-
plished taxidermist, have started out to
explore Melanesia in the interest Of
science.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-02-02
TWO BUSINESS WOMEN.

One Runs Coasting Schooner, the Other
Carries on a Mandatory.
One of the many great schooners ply
ing between San Francisco and the
ports on the opposite side of the bay is
owned and managed by woman. Some
years ago Mrs Sims father became an
invalid and was obliged to put his ship
ping business in the hands of an agent
Through the dishonesty and careless
ness of agents the business had ceased
to be profitable, when Mrs Sims deter
mined to go on deck herself, and since
then has personally superintended the
stevedores and truckmen, bossed the
gang of sailors, given orders to the cap
tain, and managed the entire business
to keeping tally of the raw hides that
not infrequenHy form part Of the cargo,
negotiating far the tugboats and super.
intending repairs at drydocks. SYRIA
cuse has another successful business
woman, in rather different line. Sew
ersl years ago this woman's husband
failed in business, and on account OF
poor health was unable to support his
family. Assuming the burden of the
family, she began in small way te
knit goods for the wholesale trade, and
is to-day, through good management, a
prosperous manufacturer, employing
1000 women at work which may in
most cases be done at home.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-02-02
The Greenhouse Trade,

How many women are studying the
greenhouse trade in this countryq
None, SO far as we know; yet what a
peaceful and happy, as well as profta.
BILE field it is! 1t is one which is spec
tally adapted TO women, also, as the
large feminine correspondence of horti.
culture journals shows There is la.
dies horticultural college at Swanley,
England, where a few students are
taking a careful course in this work;
but they are so few that several recent
applications for ladies to take the en-
tire charge of greenhouses, lighthouses
and flower gardens could not be enter.
tained.-N Y. Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-02-02
IN CHICAGO SCHOOLS.
Women Figure Prominently as Teachers
in All Departments.


in All Departments.
A Chicago school-teacher wrote to the
Nation, complaining that so many of
the teachers and principals Of the Chi
cago public schools are women He
conceded the fitness of women to teach
"siX-year-olds how to spell cat, but
that large schools of a thousand or
more pupils should not be managed by
women entirely, many OF whom he pro-
nounced elderly, nervous, and desti-
tute of broad ideas" and he thought
this accounted for the small proportion
Of boys remaining in the schools until
completing the course. A reply to this
letter brings out the following facts:
Chicago has 100 grammar school prin-
cipals: II are women, 81 are men. From
those schools in charge of what Il. l..
NJ" speaks of as col ege-bred, men of
broad ideas, working for small pay and
small appreciation (save in their own
inner consciencel, IS per cent. Of the
graduates last year were boys, while
those in charge Of fussy. fgety, elderly,
nervous, unliterary, unscientifc old
women, destitute of culture or broad
ideas, but with a good political pull, IS
per cent. Of the graduates were boys.
The u largest grammar schools Of Chi
cago have an attendance Of l, $50 pupils
and upward; six of these have a man at
helm, IS 1-2 per cent OF whose gradu-
ates were boys, while the other six.
towed along by these same old women,
enfeebled bodies and uncultured minds.
graduated classes Of which IS per cent
were boys. In 10 grammar SCHOOLS more
boys than girls completed -se;
SIX Il these were in charge g. "a.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-02-02

NOTICE TO CREDITORS, or IsArEILA
~ SPARKS deceased
state Of Wisconsin. Grant County. 81 County
Coart m and for said County
In the matter Of the Estate Of Isabella sparks.
deceased.
Letters documentary in said matter having
been issued to Frank a Elwell u Ca.-gitlc iu
Grant Comfy. Wisconsin on motion ~ Ed "
Lowry biz attorney II is ordered that from this
date until and including the 18th dsypf Septem-
Der . SOB be. and the same hereby f. al-
lowed &B luHi cd, for the creditors Of thc said
Isabella splrH- deceased. 70 exhibit and present
10 this Court, their claims and demands agans
said deceased, for examination and allowance;
that -uch claims ard demands viii be received
BY said Court az the Court House. In the City Of
Lancaster, in said County, al each te hereof
within said time. and 1rt
will examine and adjust tae sane. at
the general terms thereof u ne begun and held
At said Court House. on the frrt Tuesdays 81
May and September 2 b 1893 and notice Of al
which stall be given. by the publication o. this
order under the above caption. for Fonr &C
cessive weeks. In the Grant County Herald
weekly newspaper published a. the city n Ian
caster in said County, the first such publication
to be within fifteen days from this date.
Dated January oath 1893
By the Court.
49-52 GEO. b. CARTER,
JudUp
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-02-02
I, STATE LOUISA F srrAsr, deceased.

l. STATE LOUISA F. spEAsr, deceased
state Of Wisconsin, County Court of Grant
County-In Probate
Notice is hereby given, that at the special term
% the County Court. to be held in and for said
County, at the Court House in the CITY Of Iancaz
ter, IN said County, on tie Cd Tuesday 81 Fab q.
1898 being the 2ist day of February. 1888. Mt
the hour Of one O'Clock in the afternoon the fol-
lowing matter will be- heard aud considered
sbe application Of William f. Webb 90 admit
10 probate an Instrument in writing purpo-tng
70 be he last VIII and testament 81 Louisa n
SpeA~e ltte Of The town Of Ellcuboro. Grant
County Wisconsin, deceased
BY order Of the Cou-t.
43-5l GEO. b. CARTIER
Dated Jan. o. 1893 Coprt, l4gp.
Buchncr 81 Goodsen, Att'ys for Executor
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-02-02

four of men The school which gradu-
ated the largest percentage of boys, 60
per cent, was in charge of woman.
The schools presided over by the gentle
man whom the democrats honored with
the nomination for county superintend-
ent and who stands admittedly high in
his profession, graduated one boy and
Is girls-Springfeld Mass Republic
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-02-02
III a. ~
ARE MEAN
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SEWING MACHINES
POPULAR?
BECAUSE LADIES
BUY THEM LIKE THEM
AND TELL F FsIEHDs.

Many ladies have used our machines
twenty to thirty years in their family work,
and are still using the original machines
we furnished them a generation ago.
Many of our machines have run more
than twenty wears without repairs other
than needles. With proper care they
never wear out and seldom need repair.
We have built sewing machines for
more than forty years and have constantly
improved them. We build our machines
on honor, and they are recognized every
where as the most accurately fitted and
finely finished sewing machines in the
world. Our latest, the No. G" is the
result of our long experience. In conf
petition with the leading machines of the
world, it received the Grand Prize at the
Paris Exposition of 1850, as the best,
other machines receiving only compli,
mentary medals OF gold, silver and bronze.
The Grand Prize was what all sought for.
and our machine was awarded It.
Send for our illustrated catalogue. We
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For sale by J. A. DREW,
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-02-02

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