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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-10
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.

NEVER put manure in close contact
with the roots in setting out trees.
GoosEBERRIEs and currants do best in
a very rich soil.
To be OF the best quality vegetables
must make quick growth.
A GOOD soil and thorough cultivation
viii in measure at least prevent mil
dew.
PLANTS raised in the hotbed should
be hardened off before being trans
planted
SPRAYING the apples for the codling
moth should be pushed as soon as the
fruit sets
BETTER prune annually and in this
way avoid the necessity for removing
larg limbs
LAND that cannot be profitably cul-
tivated may often be planted with
trees to advantage
TT hardly seems good economy to
wait until the trees in the old orchard
die before planting new one.
II given plenty Of room the white
and sugar naples are fine dooryard
trees for shade A lawn set with ma
pies and evergreens presents hand
some appearance
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-10
Rural Mali Delivery.

An interesting movement has been
projected in the attachment to the
post Office appropriation bill of an
amendment setting aside $50, 600 for the
purpose Of xperipenting with rural
free delivery With this amendment
there is another directing the post
master-general to report to the next
congress such measures as may be
deemed practicable for mail delivery in
the rural districts and their probable
cost The experiments thus foreeasted
will be watched with int rest, and mo-
where with greater attention than in
the country districts where rural free
delivery involves such important inter-
ests. The marked growth in city popu-
lation at the expense of the popula lion
of the country is in large measure due
to the present isolation of American
farm life and the difficulty of keeping
in touch with the outer world Rural
mail delivery would no doubt go far to
counterfeit this tendency.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-10

a European scientist, after much pains
taking and exhaustive Study, has dis
covered that the trouble is due to the
presence of a low form Of slime fungus
in the affected parts, causing them to
BECOME Swollen and distorted
Upon the d.scay Of the part affected,
tns spores Of the fungus scatter
throughout the soil, which is apt to
become impregnated with the germs
during the growth of q crop suscepti-
BILE TO the disease. AS the affected
parts of the plant are below ground,
and not to be readily reached by any
fungicide. a judiciQas rotation of crops
is wise pFecaution. Cabbage kale.
Brussels sprouts, kohlrabi, turnips or
radishes should not follow one another
if club root is prevalent.
If the crop is diseased all refuse at
harvest time of roots, stems and leaves
should be examined, and only healthy
plants used. The land should be kept
free from weeds, many of which are
liable to contract the disease and there
by spread it Lime used on the land
at the rate of seventy-five bushels to
the acre has been found effective, and
by its constant use cabbages and tur-
nips may be grown continuously On
the same soil.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-10
A USEFUL BUREAU.
What Has Been Done by the once of
Road Inquiry.


What Has Been Done by the once of
Road Inquiry.
The establishment of an office of
road inquiry by the United States de-
partment of agriculture was move in
the right direction. The work of in
quiring into and investigating the sys-
tenn of road management and the
methods of road making is steadily GO
ing on under the supervision of Roy
Stone, the special agent and engineer
in charge of that office A valuable
bulletin comprising the state laws re-
lating TO the management of roads
was recently compiled and issued by
him. The demand for this pamph,et
was so great that the supply was ex-
hausted and reprint has been ordered.
Material for further publications along
this line is being collected. Concern
ing the results already reached En-
gineer Stone says: 1T appears that,
while many short sections of good
highway are being built in various
parts of the country with gratifying
cheapness in cost and freedom from
burdensome taxation, in some of the
states serious setback to the move
ment has occurred through the failure
of legislation intended to advance it
The optional country road laws passed
in 1898 have nowhere proved accept
able to the county boards with the ex-
ception of two counties in Michigan.
Yet these boards are in touch with the
people and doubtless voice the popular
verdict on TINS legislation. 1t is clear,
therefore, that these laws are either in
advance of public education or at vari-
ance with the public Judgment in the
states concerned, and that new de-
parture must be taken to insure
any prompt and general advance in
highway construction in those states.
Under these circumstances the depart
ment he asked for infGrmajon and
suggestions regarding other lines of
legislation Fortunately it has been
able to point to the remarkable sue
cess of the state and local option law
Of NeY Jersey, and to commend il with
certain notifications to the considera-
ton of other states That law pro-
ceeds upon the theory that while the
country as whole may be unwilling to
embark in road building, those small
err communities which are themselves
willing to contribute fairly toward the
Improvement of their highways may
justly demand county and state aid in
carrying on such improvement. The
law provides for survey and estimate
Of the cost of building a road when a
petition, signed by owners of not less
than one-half of the lands AUDITING on
the road, is presented to the county
board of supervisors. 1t will be the
duty of the board to construct or i'm
prove the ROAD whenever the petition
ers file with the board map or de-
scription of the lands which they be-
lieve will be benefited, together with
the written consent of three-fifths of
the owners that these lands, and the
personal property in the district. be as
sessed for the cost"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-10
N.z llt TIN
HAND cULTIvAToR

boards. The front one is to be foot
in diameter, and the other s inches in
diameter. The teeth of this cultivator.
as the c1t shows, are made of two old
forks, one three tined and the other
a four tined These FORKS had each
tine broken two inches shorter than
the rest. After the tines are shortened
so as TO be all of the same length, they
are heated and sharpened. and shank
bent, il necessary. to give it the proper
angle, about AS degrees; when inserted
in the beam this can be determined by
experiment.
Bore two or three holes in the back
of beam, by which the wheel can be
raised or lowered to regulate the depth
ofcultivation For the handles 4 inch
pine strips cut down to inches to give
hand holds. can be use !, or old plow or
cultiyator handles that may be on hand
will do instead, if not too heavy. b A.
Hills, in American Gardening.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-10
Wheels.

The most careful search thr ugh cy-
clopedias and similar works of reference,
fails % disclose when and where man
discovered that it was easier and swifter
to haul load on wheels than TO drag it
aleng the ground CT carry it in the
hands. But, though the origin of the
wheel is thus ancient. il is remarkable
that no advance was made in the appli-
cations of it to mechsnics or useful pur-
poses, for many ceturieS. The Greek.
the Egyptian, the AssYrian and the
Roman, each had his war chariot, but
be knew nothing of the elegant aud
luxurious carriages of our day. Wheel
ed vehicles, and every machine in which
wheels were used, renamed, down to the
early years of this century, in almost as
rude a state as ever The great awaken
er OF mechanical invention was the steam
engine, servant of man whose pow
er was limitless and its endurance mex
haustible. Did you ever think what
our world would be without Wheels?
No oeks, no watches, no carriages, no
steamboats,, no railroads To wheels is
due the existence of our great railway
SN stem sUCu rs Tue Duiitu- toA EeOu vs.
which mi es Chicago. st Louis, Denver,
Kansas CRY. St. Paul, Minneapolis, and
other principal cities of the west with q
steel highway. For ssfs. speedy and
5 atisfying travel, buy your tickets over
tie Burlington Route Your home
agent has them, or if not write to w. j..
c. Kenyon, Gea. Pass Agent, st Paul,
MINI.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-10

For the relief and cure of cold in
the head there is more potency in Ely $
Cream Balm than in anything else It is
possible to prescribe. This preparation
has for years past been msk ne bril-
liant success as remedy for cold in the
head. cstarlh and hay fever. Used in
the initial stages of these complaints
Cream Balm preIeats any serious de-
velopmtnt OF The symptoms, while al
most nunlberless cssas are on record of
radical cue, of chronic catarrh and
hay fever after all other treatments
have proved Of 20 avail,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-10
Cost d MakIng Good Roads.

One of the six hundred delegates to
the last Indiana Road congress said
that there are in his state about forty
thousand miles Of roads. Heestimated
that the roads could all be put in good
condition at a cost of $500 a mile. This
would entail an expense of S., 100000 or
81. 80 an acre for the land in the statS.
This cost could be distributed over ten
years, and would cost the owners or
the land % cents an acre each year.
He thought the expense would not be
Durdensome.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-10
STICKING LIMA BEANS.
How to Prevent Poles from Being Blown
Down by storms.

How to Prevent Poles from Being Blown
Down by storms.
An ingenious plan for setting bean
poles III the most effectual way TO pre-
vent them from being blown by storms
is shown in the illustration from
sketches by A. C. Garnett. A forlxed
wooden spike made of seasoned young
oak or hickory, about one and one-half
inches in diameter and two and one
half feet in length, is driven slantingly
into the ground by means of a tough,
hardwood mallet. After heavy rain,
when The ground is wet as deep as re-
quired, give the spike some taps with
the mallet TO loosen it, then grasp it
where the branches fork, withdraw it.
and insert the bean pole, packing the
soil with the small end of the mallet.
The stakes or poles are set in the
ground, as seen in the sketch. the two
outer ones slanting to cross each other.
The pole in the middle is shorter and
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-10
A Library burned.

ASHLAND, Wis, April 80. "A midnight
fire Saturday night destroyed the
Vaughn library, one of the handsomest
structures in the city, and spread to
the neighboring buildings. The fire is
one Of the most ruinous in the history
of Ashland The loss will be sl00, 900.
Rrutes Pun ont Horses Tongue.
GALESA, H., April 27-John Engels
and Mike" Altfsh pulled the tongue
out Of a horse by tying rope to it and
pulling because the horse played out
under d heavy load The suffering
horse was SHOT and the meu fed to
avoid arrest
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-10
senator morgan.s VINO Is nead.

WASHINGTON, April 30 Mrs. Cornelia
C. Weir Morgan, wife of Senator Nor
gan, of Alabama, died of peritonitis at
the senator's home in this city Satur-
day afternoon She leaves son,
George W. Morgan, and two daughters,
Misses Marie and Nina I. Morgan The
remains will be inferred in Rock Creek
cemetery this afternoon.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-10
Free, DR.. Shops Restorative
Nerve Pills.

Sent to any address to prove, by ac-
tual test, the wonderful curative prop
critics these Pills have over Nervous
Diseases, Constipation, etc.
DR.. SHooP, Racine Wis.
Sold by STONE & HAssELL,
Lancaster. Wis,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-10
DESTRUCTIVE DISEASE.
Discovery of the Cause of Club Root and
the Best Remedy.

DIscoNery OF the Cause OF Club Root and
the Best Remedy.
The club root of the cabbage and
turnip is an old enemy which has been
known in Europe for more than CEN
tury. 1t has prevailed in this coun try
for many years. and while the west
and south have suffered to some extent,
it is in the east that the most injury
has been done. During 1898 it was so
very destructive in the truck regions
around New York and Philadelphia
that the New Jersey station has de-
voted its latest bulletin to considera-
ton OF the disease.
Until within the past twenty years
club root was attributed to insects, but
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-10
propped from the Paw Rolls.

WASHINGTON, April 80. The dismiss
al of forty employees of the cen
sus Office has taken effect; the changes
were ordered week ago The manu-
facturers' division, with a roll of sever
al hundred desks, viii probably be
abolished during May.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-10
HAND cULTivAToR.

Does the Work as Wen as Most OF the
High-PrIced Machines.
Take a piece of oak, ash, or some
wood Of similar firmness, 81 feet long
~ inches thick and inches wide; cut
a slot in the front end 2 inches wide
and 10 inches long, and in the back
end a similar slot inches long. These
slots are for the carrying wheels, which
are in this case made of ! inch pine
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-10
Judge Simpson

OF the Superior Court writes: From
mental exhaustion, my nervous system
became shattered. and | was utterly
unable to sleep nights Sulphur Bitters
cured me. and now my sleep is sound.
sweet, and refreshing.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-10

Not one minute elapses between the
taking of One Minute Cough Cure and
relief. Why shouldn't people take One
Minute Cough Cure? They should.
They do. j. T. Bennett,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-10
ResponsIbIe for Tniuries.

WAsHINGToN, May IA decision by
the supreme court in the case Of Mrs.
Jennie Campbell against the Pullman
Car company is in effect that transpor-
tation companies are responsible for
injuries or indignities inflicted by en-
ployes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-10

Cough Cream" is q scientific COM
pound fol- coughs and colds, prepared
by well-known druggist from the for
mula of a celebrated physician, and
must not be classed with the many
quack compounds in market. Your
druggist sells it. so cts.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-10

eHILOH'S CURE, the great Cough
and Group Cure, is IN great demand.
Pocket size contains twenty-five doses
only 25c. Children love it. Sold by
Druggis S.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-10

It's just as easy to try the Minute
Cough Cure as any thing else It's
easier t. cure severe cold or cough
with it. Let your next purchase Tor q
cough be One Minute Cough Cure.
Better medicine; better results; better
try it. j. L. Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-10
Five hundred Houses Destroyed.

SAN FRANCISCO, April so. The steam
er Oceanic arrived from the Orient
bringing advices of a great fire in
Shanghai April 8, in which 500 houses,
covering an area of several hundred
yards wide by half mile long, were
destroyed So far as known no lives
Loot
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-10

set vertical to reach the two which are
crossed. BY this means when the vines
reach the point where the poles cross
they will entwine themselves so strong
ly around the three poles that with the
strong base they have and the firm
hold in the ground, q hu rrieane could
scarcely blow them down, and the
beans will flourish well. American
Agriculturist
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-10
SONS OF the RevoIution.

WASHINGTON, May 1.-Gen. Horace
Porter was reelected president of the
Sons of the Revolution at the annual
congress in this city yesterday in which
twenty eight states were represented.
1t was decided TO offer annually in the
schools medals for essays on American
bieforu
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-10

What makes a house home? The
mother well, the children rosy, the
father in good health and good humor
All brought about by the use Of De
Wits Salsapsrlla. 1t recommends
Itself
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-10

KARL'S BLOWER ROOT. the great
Blood Purifier, gives freshness and
clearness to the complexion and cures
Constipation, 25c., SOC.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-10

Friendlee-Do You intend moving the
first of May?
Crustee-No, you idiot, the first of
Nav suits me well enough right where
i is
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-10
sUckLlN's ARNlcA sALvE.

The best salve in the world for Cuts,
Beuises, Sores. Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter. Chapped Hands,
Chhblains, Corhs. and all Skin Erup
tions, and positively cures Piles, Or no
pay required. 1t is guaranteed % give
perfect satisfaction, or moneyIet lnded.
Price 70 cents per box. For sale by
.JosEPH r. BENNETT. 4Sly
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-10
PRINTING.

All sizes and qualities of
Envelopes and Paper furn-
ished and printed in neat style
at reasonable prices.
Bill Heads, Statements, or
any style of Notice printed
promptly.
Wedding Invitations, Ball
Programs, Tickets, with or
without coupons.
Sale Bills, Posters, in any
Color, at sizes and prices to
suit.
We can furnish anything
desired in the printing line at
short notice.
Give us a call,
THE HERALD.
Lancaster Wis
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-07-17
An Assault.

Mr.. Veith's version: "While
standing in Critzer Brothers store
yesterday at II 80 a. M, o. c. Cues
saz walked up to me, and made
some remark about the state shoot,
and with that dealt me a blow in
the eye, which felled me to the floor,
and while down, deliberately struck
me again blow behind the ear. l
was not armed, and it was an une-
quail match, as l weigh 135 pounds
and Guessaz weighs about 230."
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-07-17
Connecticut Valley Chautauoua.

NEW YORK, July 1.-THE eighth
annual session of the Connecticut
Valley Sunday school and Chau-
tauqua Assembly will be held at
Laurel park from today to July q.
In addition tie the large program
of interesting addresses on varied
subject days will be set apart for
special objects. July IL is to be
Farmers day, with Secretary Ses-
sions of the State Board of Agri-
culture, and B. G. Northrup, as
speakers. Grand Army Day, July
20, will be an occasion OF special in
terest and a large turnout of veter-
ans is anticiL lated. Chaplain John
Hogarth Lozier will deliver an ad-
dress on "Old Glory" July 81 will
be Children's Day, and the oath
will be devoted to Young Mems
Christian association interests. Re-
cognition Day is set for the 26th,
and that time a Chautauqua class
will be graduated. The 25th is
Temperance Day, with Demorest
prize speakings. On the 9th, Ma
tional Day, ex-Congressman Ros-
we'll G. Holt will lecture on "The
Labor problem" and DR.. r. S. Mac
Arthur will deliver an address.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-07-17
Ready to Restore Rates.

HARRowGATE, Tenn, July H.
The American Railway and Steam
ship association meets here today.
At the recent New York conven-
ton it was decided to restore rates
August l. They were unable to
agree upon a plan of action for
next year, and a committee was APP
pointed to confer with the repre-
sentatives of the lines opposed to
the form of the new contract, and
they will report at the meeting at
HarroWgate.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-07-17
A GREAT VICTORY.
How the Santa Fe Worked to Win
the Fight.

Major w. C. Lewis, Of the live
stock department Of the Gulf, Colo
RADIO and Santa Fe, arrived in the
city this morning from Austin.
He has been to Galveston and
Temple on this trip. "The road is
now ready to handle all kinds Of
business every way" said he to a
reporter for the LIGHT this morn
ing. During the boycott at Temple
there was not riot and the men
behaved very orderly. For a day
or two there was nobody but
the officials to make up
the trains and pull them
out. Our superintendent Of
transportation, Mr.. p. II. Downs,
Master Mechanic w. A. Hancock
and Yardmaster Taylor all took a
hand in it and fired trains
to Galveston. Now, however,
everybody is back at work, with
the exception of the A. r. L. men,
and | don't believe they'll ever get
back to work, unless they resign
from that order. 1t was a good
fight that of the Santa Fe and as we
have won, there's no doubt but
that all other roads in Texas have
benefited by it,"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-07-17
Two Conventions in Illinois.

QUINCEY, ILL.,, July lit is an
nounced with some certainty that
Colonel VIM. l.. Distin, ex-state
commander of the G. A. r., ex-
president of the Military Tract
association and the protector of
OF the ice railway at the Worlds
Fair, will be a candidate for Con-
gress on the Republican ticket in
this district. The present congress
man, William Marsh, Of Hancock,
and Colonel Distin, are the only
Republicans in the field here in
the Fifteenth District. The Demo-
cratic Congressional convention
will be held at Monmouth today,
and the Republicans will meet at
Bushnell today.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-07-17
THE HORSE.

Never in Good Condition Until Prop
erly shod.
While many Of our citizens are
aware that we have in our midst a
professional horse-shoer and black
smith in thu person of Mr.. Voll-
rath, whose shop is located at 2l7
South Flores street, yet in justice
to his ability and practical knowl-
edge of his trade it were not amiss
to inform the readers of the
"LIGRT" that Mr.. Vollrath, through
his close application to business
and many years study, has
gained reputation second to mono
in the south in the cure of all HOOP
DIsEAsAs PECULIAR TO THE HORSE.
His testimonials from some of
our best citizens and owners Of
fine horses, two OF which we pub
Iish will fully convince any one
needing Mr.. Vollrath services,
that he can accomplish cures where
others fail completely. He was
the first smith in San Antonio to
import and manufacture alumni
mum horse shoes.
Mr.. Vollrath has on exhibition
in his shop various styles and
shapes of shoes which to the
eye seem curious, yet with
the very shoes, he can
regulate any faulty gait or stop
. any kind of interfering or knock
ing, no matter how difficult. Mr..
V. makes a speciality of shoeing
race stock; and the celebrated
Madge Hatton, owned by Dryer
Bros, OF this city, was treated and
cured Of diseased hoofs by him.
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN.
This is to certify that blooded
stallion, formerly owned by me
and sold to Mr.. Frank Walsh,
stockman, valued at $500, was
treated for sluffing and loss OF
hoof, drought on by snagging his
foot" and that Mr.. F. HI. Vollrath
grew a new hoof on the horse with
in eight months.
Signed: FRED V. SMALL.
This is to certify that / took my
buggy horse to Mr.. +. H. Volrath
in March 1898 for treatment Of
quarter crack in back front hoofs,
each hoof being cracked from bot
tom to top and even up unto the
flesh rendering locomotion difficult
and very painful. 1t was but
short while until Mr.. Volrath had
the horse so he travelled well and
without pain, aud within five
months had cured him entirely.
1 take pleasure in stating this
above and believe that Mr.. Vol
rath can cure any trouble peculiar
to the hoofs of horses that can be
cured at all. j. l.. NEWTON
Mgr. w. L. Tel. office