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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-08-09

small chamber; 1 found the wind had
ceased blowing, and we lit our candles.
Strange to say, after this small cham
Der is reached there is no more wind in
any part of the cave.
A walk of about five minutes brought
us to the large chamber called the
post Office.
This chamber is most remarkable
freak of nature. The sides and top of
it are covered with hundreds of stone
boxes about the size of ordinary post
office boxes; almost every tourist who
has visited the cave has left card or
envelope in one of the boxes, until the
chamber looks like a real post Office.
After leaving the post office we
passed many pas ages leading off in all
directions. The guide informed me
that these passages were several miles
long. Again we came to stairway
leading downward we descended to
find ourselves on another floor or pas
sage, with many passages leading off
in all directions the same as the floor or
passage above us. This is floor No. q"
said my guide. Again we descended
by another stairway, down, down,
down, until floors Nos. 3, 4 and were
passed.
This" said the guide, SIS floor No
6, and the bottom of the cave, three
hundred and fifty feet below the sur
face of the earth"
looked around me. and what a
sight, Large passages leading off in
all directions: mammoth chambers
with snow white walls; huge banks Of
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-08-09

Sold by STONE 6 HAssELL,
Lancaster. Wis,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-08-09
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
Forest Fires.

Homesteaders were fiocking into
Prentice in large numbers from
the vicinity of Worcester and re-
ported that not one had been able
to save one dollars worth of
property from the forest fires which
were raging in every direction. I'm
less rain fell within twelve hours that
part Of Price county would have moth
ing left but charred timber. The
town of Clifford, on the 500 railroad.
was almost certain to be wiped out of
existence. Bridges on the railroad
were burned for miles in every direc-
ton and trains were suspended
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-08-09
100
FIR EE
WATCH 6!

Given by the Oldest Newspaper
in New York City.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-08-09
OUR NEW GRlST MILL

At the depot is filled with
machinery of the very latest
and best make. Fine flour
and feed always on hand.
Grist work promptly done.
Our Perfection brand of flour
cannot be surpassed in quality
or for baking purposes. Try
it. A sack of it will be given
to the one who brings to the
fair, the best bread made of
our PERFECTION.
LANCASTER MILLING COMPANY.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-08-09

When Mrs. George Brown, of Hazel
Green, returned home from short
visit to her neighbors she found her
two children, aged and 6, unconscious
upon the floor, Upon further exam
nation it was found they had been
poisoned. Where they obtained the
drug was a mystery. The younger
one died and the other was not ex-
pected TO live
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-08-09
Many Buildings Burned.

The most disastrous fire in the his
tory of Amigo destroyed over dozen
business houses in the center of the
town. Aid was asked of NASSAU and
Rhinelander, who responded as prompt
ly as possible, but did not arrive until
the fire was under control. fhe total
loss would reach about $4,000, with
$50 600 insurance, divided among sew
eral companies
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-08-09

The ADvFRTfsEH is the oldest newspaper IN
New York City. Its Weekly edition is published
in two sections snd comes out every Tuesday
ana Friday-lO4 times during the year; bag AK
TO eight pages cry issue IS wei printed has
plenty ~ pictures. short stories. teeerapbic
news financial and market reports, a woman :
page and the ables editorials published by any
New York paper II IL model home paper,
with elevatfnL 81 entertaining reading matter
devoid Of sensations aud Objectionable adver.
tisements. All for 500 year.
Specimen copies and Premium Lists with fun
particulars Of the Attractive inducements for
Agents, sent Free on application to
THE ADVERTISER,
2e PARK ROW NJ. v.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-08-09
only Few Obey +.

The Bad river Chippewa Indian res-
eryation is stirred up over the govern
Indians who have married according
to the Chippewa customs to remarry
in some Christian church. Only Ave
couples have obeyed out of ZOO Indians.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-08-09
Child Kun Over by . Rearer.

While Joseph Volk and his wife were
cutting grain in the town of Franklin
their 2-yesr-old boy wandered into the
field The little one was concealed in
the high grain and was run over by the
reaper and horribly mangled. He died
in few minutes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-08-09

It's just as easy TO try Ono Minu'e
Cough Cure as any thing else It's
easier TO cure a severe cold ur cough
with t. Let 3 ,ur next purchase for a
cough be One Minute Cough Cure. Bet
m pdirine; better results; better try
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-08-09

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g. UNIONS
Circuit Court, G nt county.
Anna G. Marsfl.
Plaintiff
vs..
VIM. Stephsns and Emma
A. Stephens. his WIFE aud
John H. Patterson
Defendants
The Sta.e Of Wisconsin. To IN defendants
You are hereby summoned 10 appear within
twenty days after service ii this summons. exciu
sive of the day OF service, and defend the above
entitled action in the Court af0resaid aad Ia cas-
of your failure so to DO Judgment ~Ill be render
ed against you according to the demand of the
complaint, Of which copy is herewith served
upor you.
HENRY " DROWN.
2s-27 Plaintiffs Attorneys.
p. o. Address, Lancaster, Grant Co, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-08-09

IN addition TO the numerous new and original
premiums offered 20 subscribers. propose to
present them with 100 Watches. all % which are
guaranteed by 7. Lynch. 18th y. and Union
Square, New York City. who furnishes them 10
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-02-16
An Armenian LEGEND,

Ararat, one of the most majestic
mountains in the world, rises II, 600
feet above the vast fiat plain which
bears its name and reigns over the sur
rounding mountains. Early in the morn
ing, while all the valleys of Ararat and
the neighboring mountains are buried
in shadow, the white top of the Scrip
tural mountain CLEANS beautiful in the
first beams of the sun.
The Armenian people tell this story
about the inhabitants of Pharbee:
Once the devil and a Pharbee mar
laid a wager as to which should first
see the sun. The one who saw it first
was to box the others ears. Very
we'll" said the Armenian, and he lay
down and slept sweetly, while the dew
il, itching to punish his enemy, stood
looking eastward. and with eager eyes
watched the whole night for the sunrise.
Early in the morning, the Pharbee man
rose, and pointing to the top of Ararat,
which was already shining in the sun,
cried joyfully, Il see it!' The devil
was ~vanquished. The Pharbee man,
with his strong hand, boxed the devils
ears. Ever since that time, the devil
has been afraid of the people of the Ar
menian village of Pharbee. -Woman's
Journal.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-02-16
Americas Only FrostIess Belt.

What is supposed to be the only FROST
less belt in the United States lies be-
tween the city Of Los Angeles and the
Pacific ocean. 1t t%raverses the foothills
of the Cahuenga range and has an ele-
walton of between 900 and 400 feet. In
breadth it is perhaps three miles. The
waters of the Pacific are visible from
it, and the proximity Of the ocean has
of course something to do with Danish
ing frosts. During the winter season
this tract produces tomatoes. peas,
beans and other tender vegetables, and
here the lemon f1ourishes, a tree that is
peculiarly susceptible to cold. Tropical
trees may be also cultivated with sue
cess, and in connection with this fact it
is interesting to know that a part of the
favored territory has been acquired by
Los Angeles for park purposes, and it
is only aquestion of time when the city
will have the unique distinction of pos
sessing the only tropical park in the
United States. Strange to say, only
the midway region of the Cahuenga
range is free from frost, the lower part
Of the valley being occasionally visited.
New York Evening Post.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-02-16
Congress Water.

How many people know that out by
the Greenough statue of Washington,
east of the capitol, is a vast and cav
ernous reservoir? Not one in a thou
sand, but there it is, down in the bow
els of the earth, and covered deep be-
meath the smooth surface Of asphaltum.
Away back in the thirties congress pur-
chased a spring over east of the present
site of Howard university. 1t is now
at the bottom of the unused distribut-
ing reservoir. From it pipes were laid
to the capitol, and in a pond east of the
building the water flowed and was held
for the use of the early Solons of the
hill. In 1876 the reservoir was arched
over and covered in, but there it is, and
if congress has been ~neglectful Of the
city's interests as to a water supply,
the reason is not hard to find. Congress
has its own private tap. Pipes run into
the capitol, furnishing the boilers, cool
ers and water for cleaning purposes.
There is an overflow pipe that rum into
the pretty little grottO below the senate
wing at one side OF the main sidewalk
and tinkles over the messy bank Ill d
miniature cascade. Post.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-02-16
Peter Cooper on Interest.

Peter Cooper was always a careful
and prudent business man. He was al
ways opposed to the methods of many
merchants, who launched out in extrav-
agant enterprises on borrowed money,
for which they paid exorbitant rates Of
interest. Once while talking about a
project with an acquaintance the latter
said he would have to borrow the money
for six months, paying interest at the
rate of 3 per cent. Why do you Dor
row for so short a timer" Mr.. Cooper
asked. Because the brokers will not
negotiate bills for longer" "Well, if
you wish" said Mr.. Cooper, Il will
discount your note at that rate for three
years" "Are You in earnest!'' asked
the would be borrower. Certainly |
am. l will discount your note for $10,-
600 for three years at that rate. Will
you do it!" ''Of course l will" said
the merchant. VERY WE'LL" said Mr..
Cooper, Just sign this note for $10,-
600, payable in three years, and give me
your check for $500, and the transac-
ton is complete" But where is the
money for me?" asked the astonished
merchant. "You don'tget any money"
was the reply. Your interest for SO
months at 3 per cent per month amounts
to 10S per cent, or $40, 800. Therefore
your check for $500 just makes us even"
The force of this practical illustration
of the folly of paying such an exorbi-
tant price for the use of money was
such that the merchant determined new
er to borrow at such ruinous rates, and
he frequently used to say that nothing
could have so fully convinced him as
this rather humorous proposal by Mr..
Cooper.-New York Post.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-02-16
An Evening With Andrew Lang.

The spelling of the name of Miss Agnes
Repplier and her singular felicity in
epigram and phrase inevitably suggest
her familiar namein Philadelphia, where
she lives. This is the ''replier." Her
dinner conversation in this respecti is Gel
ebrated among her friends. Miss Rep
plier, as is well known, worships at one
particular shrine, that of Andrew Lang.
Last summer Miss Repplier was in Eng
land and had the anticipated good for
June to be asked to meet Andrew Lang
at dinner. It would not have been hui
man for Miss Repplier not to have made
a mental toilet as she adorned her body
to meet Mr.. Lang. But a dinner, we are
told, i'll England is a serious matter.
Course after course passed unseasoned
by joke, unspiced by epigram and with
out the grace of felicitous allusion. 1t at
length came to an end. Nor did the con-
versation have any future The great
Andrew sat down on the flour and played
for the rest of the evening with a kitten.
New York Sun.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-02-16
A Workingman's Discovery.

Some years ago a tobacconist discov-
cred the utility of tinfoil for wrapping
tobaccos. Heretofore paper had been
exclusively used for the purpose, but it
did not serve to keep the moisture of
the atmosphere away from the tobacco
nor preserve the natural moisture of the
tobacco from the effects of q dry or
heated atmosphere. Paper also alb
Borbed the aroma of the weed and was
not sufficiently lasting. Therefore tin
foil was used for wrappers. But it be-
came costly and could only be rolled to
a certain thickness or thinness, beyond
which the ingenuity of man seemed to
find it impossible to go. The fact was
that nc rollers could be made to sustain
the pressure necessary to MASKING the
tinfoil to a leaf sufficiently thin to suit
the manufacturer.
Many ingenious inventors struggled
with the proposition for months and
gave up the problem as unsolvable, when
q simple workman about the shop one
day, after rolling two sheets to the GUS
tomary thickness, put the two sheets to-
gether into the rollers and made both.
halves as thin as they were before. This
was as simple as standing an egg on end.
but it created a revolution in the manu-
facture of tinfoil for ~tobacconists' use
and made a mint of money for the dis.
Observation-Disclosures Press.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-02-16
TRAINING BOTH HANDS ALIKE.
No Good Reason Yet Advanced Why Il
Should Not Be Done.

No Good Reason Yet Advanced Why IL
Should Not BE Done.
In one of his essays in a book en-
titled "Brushwood, the late James r.
Fields wrote: eff l were a boy again, i
think ! would learn to use my left hand
just as freely as my right n 80 that
if anything happened to lame either of
them the other would be all ready to
write and handle things just as freely
as if nothing had occurred" And I'M
doubtedly a great many of us would
learn to use both hands alike if we had
our lives to live over again. Of all the
young who came under my in
struction while in charge of the School
Of Domestic Economy of the Iowa Ag-
ricultural college, not more than one in
twenty-five could sweep properly. The
ratio in this respect of those who came
under my instruction at Purdue univer-
sity was about the same. And as far
as my observation extends this ratio
will hold in regard to women generally.
AS a rule, women, old and young, do
not know how to handles broom. Their
right hands only have been trained.
Their left hands have been neglected.
When a women takes hold of a broom
it is with the right hand neal the top
of the handle and the left hand toward
the corn. and instead of changing and
reversing them as occasi n demands
she always keeps them in the same pu-
sition. Whether she sweeps to the right
nr f0 tho loft fhn t,ncitiop af how ho.1c
remains unchanged. And her body is
contorted and her muscles strained in
the performance of an operation that
would exercise these organs harmonious
ly, if the hands were SO trained that
they could be used at will and were
changed as demanded by the changes in
the position of the sweeper.
refer to wolnen sweeping merely to
illustrate my point. The same can be
said concerning the training of the
hands in numerous. other branches of
women's work that it is unnecessary to
mention, and SO far as the use OF the
left hand is concerned men are in no
better condition than women. Men and
women are in this respect MANNED and
handicapped alike. Why should such
a state of things exist? Why, in this
age of manual training, should we over
look and neglect the education of the
left hand and continue to train the
right hand at the expense of the left?
No physician or Psychologist has ever
given a sensible reason for SO doing,
and we seem to adhere to the custom
merely because it has been carried down
to us by our ancestors. -Jenness Miller
Monthly.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-02-16
THREE OLD DEATH SIGNS.
4 Case Where Their A Application Furnishes
Food For the superstitious.

Food For the superstitious.
Do you lAlieve in the supcrstiticns
connected with the house of dcatn?
The contributor confesses TINT he has
always been skeptical about them, Int
here are three old 81 MS which prophD-
sled death in a Wat, Jury homo, wAl,4
are almost remarkable in tn il %coinci-
dence, if not in supernatural signlA
cance.
A group Of people were sitting in "A
pleasant room IN evening in II Of the
suburbs Of Waterbury. where neighLor-
ly intercourse is often freer than in the
city itself. There was a knock at the
door, and another neighbor came ID on
an errand. Another knock and another
neighbor. and then a third. Then some
n remarked: "Three knocks and three
! callers. The next will come in without
knocking, and death will come in after
him." The next incomer opened the
door without a knock, and it was a
neighbours boy, as strong and healthy a
lad as one is likely to see anywhere.
And death was behind him, though
they did rot see him O think much of
! what NJ. Deen said.
This boys mother has always been
disturbed by an extraordinary anxiety
and restlessnes at the approach of daath
to any of her relatives. 1t has happen
ed several times that she has been pur-
sued, as it seemed, through the house.
from garnet to cellar and through all
the rooms. by an incorporeal something
which she tried to escape. No Il
could stop her or quiet her for a long
time. A day or two after the myster-
ious fourth call at the neighbours door,
this mother, who had heard nothing
about that incident, was seized with
this intangible fear and began her per-
picked wanderings through the house.
In and out, up and down, she walked,
with a frightened air, trying to escape
what? She did not know, but they
agreed that death was pursuing some
member of the family.
One day not long after, the boy who
was the fourth caller and whose mother
had had this premonition wa sick.
Not very, but a little. His father was
sent for in the city to come home. He
was detained and walked home in the
early evening. A strange cat followed
him home, crossing his track and wind
ing its way in and out OF his along the
road. AT home was another strange cat
which had followed a sister home.
They were stopped at the door and soon
were Joined by two more. The four
stood there on guard all night and all
next day with a dreadful patience and
persistence, craving admittance with
signs of horrid appetite, lodging into
the house whenever the door was open
ed, and kept at a distance only by great
difficulty. They might have been
stoned OF shot, but that is not the way
, the old superstition reads. The boy in
/ side grew worse and died the next day.
This is not a very remarkable story,
but it made a good deal of an impress
sion on the contributor as 1t was told to
him by a member of the family who
knew that those things had happened in
just this way, that they were old super
s~titions which still live, and who asked
him if he believed there was anything
in it.-Waterbury Conn., Republican.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-02-16
The Lamp Rock of Asia,

On the shores of Lake Rangkul, in
the Cashgar mountains, in centra.
Asia, stands the famous Lamp Rock OF
Asia, which is so called from a cave iE
its side from which a constant stream
of pale, greenish light is emitted. Ney
Elias, the English adventurer, who pass
ed it in 1885, thinks it possible that the
light is due to some phosphorescent
mineral in the sides of the cavern neal
its opening. The natives of that section
have attempted to investigate the
matter, each seeming content with the
story told by his father, which is this;
THE cave is the dwelling place of a
demon, who guards vast treasures stored
there, and the light is from a diamond
worn in a band around his forehead" "
Elias explanation of the mystery is
probably the true one.-St. Louis Re-
public.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-02-16
ARTISTS OF THE ROUNDUP.
Gid Time Texas Cowboys Vastly Different
From Those of the Present Day.

From Those of the Present Day.
The old time cowboy is no more. He
PASSED n hjs checks with the free grass
custom. The big pasture has intro
duced a new order of cowboy, who sleeps
IN a house and 'obeys orders Of quits.
The old cowboy was the companion of
his boss and shared his pleasures and
his hardships.
No manager in this big headquarter
rockhouse reminded him Of is inferior
rank in society, o did any of the mod
ern ranch accessories mar the common
dangers, the pleasures and the freedom
and equality of the whilom cowboy and
cowman. But the ranch in the oldcu
time was a cottonwood loghouse to
cook in, and for roof and protection
from the weather the slicker was used.
and mother earth supplied their beds.
The broad range and the o~verhanging
sky answered for house and home. A
roundup in 1667-90 was not bounded
by wire fences, but the boys galloped out
of camp after breakfast, made a wide
sweep, and all then drove toward a
comIlon center, and 10! directly at that
point was gathered a herd of stock cat
tie of all brands. ready for the cut to
begin.
The high toned man was tabooed. !
remember such a man appeared at the
ranch of j. T., in Shackleford county,
in 1869. He was a city fellow, and
would say THANK you" and such like.
His intense politeness and high toned
nonsense aggravated the boys nightly.
Jim B. in particular-pOor fellow
was especially fretted by his nonsense,
as he called 1t, and tried to ridicule it
out of him, but in vain. AT last his
resentment ripened into genuine hatred
tween them, for the city fellow had
git too.
Well, one morning in 1869, at Noun
tain pass, in Taylor county, long before
n one lived in that section, Jim got
awfully mad and gave the city fellow a
cussing, ,%whereupon a row resulted and
blodshed was barely prevented there
and then. We got the city fellow to ride
off, and it looked like peace had return
ed, but one hour later Jim B. and his
amiable enemy met off at n side of
the roundup. happened to be near. In
a fash the city chap ran before Jim,
dismounted. leveled his gun on him and
demanded an apology or death.
Jim jerked out two six shooters, but
said nothing, and instantly the city
fellow fired. Poor Jim rolled off his
horse a dead | got to them just
IS Jim fell. He died instantly, shot
through the heart. His slayer mounted
his horse aud lit out We buried
Jim and went on with our herd, two
men short, but with no discordant ele-
ment among us.
Such was the old way. The boys were
courteous and kind, they were gener-
u and brave, industrious and honest,
but they would not stand any high toned
nonsense. A new era has set in. Which
is the better we cannot say, but one
thing is sure-with all his faults, and
they were many, the old time cowboy
was a man to be trusted in peace or
war and was the very soul of honor
Dallas News.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-02-16
FlagpOles.

With proper care a fagpole ought to
last a great many years in spite of the
incessant exposure to the elements. OF
course the best preventative of wood is
paint, and a man who has a flagstaff
which has cost him a good sum of
money should see that it is painted at
least once every 10 months. Flagpoles
generally rot at the bottom first, and
then have to be taken down to prevent
them from falling of their own weight.
The usual length of a pole on top of a
high building is from so to rs feet. 1t
is not difficult to get a pole in one piece
so feet long, but when a man wants to
add 25 feet to that he has to do it by
means of spIicing.-Boston Herald.