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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-11-08
raising cotton in Egypt.

The cotton fields of Egypt are arti
fcially watered about eight times dur.
ing cultivation, generally by taking
the Nile water between the ridges on
which the plants are growing. The
general ripening Of the pods begins in
September and the cotton is ready for
the first picking in October.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-11-08
Election News .

THE Election lues,!aS was very
quiet one all over the county but it was
Que decIdeuy earnest Tor a / that.
There wac not much Z ectioneering
for voters had m AIDE up their minds be-
tore thy chme 20 the 100 |, OF line, and
they knew Mat they wanted. The
objscl lessons 81 ,he list eighteen
months gave good may an insight
in o the g,v@rninent al aff ) that made
them inink ~ bal TINY cast should
NJ. an >"ui-tnipg the vote all over the
c9un Y oSs this. L meant business
thlsliuIe
The returns 81 Nv Hill in New
YorS l. knocked Ca " ffou TN hua-
dfed 10 one huu, d ami tf thousand
plurahIy ) rang eit' tel Mayor OF
N9~ Yerg pGd Ian m IN, Is so badly
seooped thst Il 10 ) net know itself.
Ifnois cstne the republic m line
o. from tith - .e,n y thousand plural
ny ahu Chic1go n"tpvu oiear away toys
ID goUh 'hape. Ollu has a IL aiJrity SO
b g haf the democrats Z NJ OF see over
Il win telescope. Mas tcl usetts,
gives SKY thousand plurality for Gov
Oii5't 'tA'NIith eAid ~ nus u cfAltN IG
publican delegation TO Congress West
Virginia Is very close and cl inns Tariff
Bill " ii,on's arfeat tut there is nothing
certain Vt out il. Jerly SIMPSON wi be
~ titcttd t. Ctngrt - fcom Kansas,
and Net rtska mry eh G. the fusion
I cket by n small mi lrity.
WISE nsin Is put at from IS to 10000
puralns inr Upnam and there have
t,"eh solid republic ~ gairs all over tho
state. New rsey gains two republic
an G .ngrr'sm' n and gives a republican
pluIahv far state officers Thurman
Dem SAYS Ohm will 90 10000 repu0li-
c.n and u. c. 81 repuoiiean congress
men. Ne on h as 10000 plurali for
Gnv"inor IN Minnesnta Judge Denny
Iselee ed n theAshlsnd and Ky. district
by 1000 breckenridge voted tor him
and Ovens. Colorado is republican.
Uphsns plural t. is $4,000 and the
lsgislt u ein DO h branches is republican
and not single democrat is elect 81 to
Congr. S. feom ills state. though Bar
wig II the Dane C'u1ty Ds'rct made
close run He had 5000 majority to
art " t.. Da q COMFY wsnt republic
can bl about 1900 The rvs vii over
the state make the republicans glad
enough and the rebuke 10 the demo-
cratic adm nlstrations is8 singing one.
Wednesday evening AZ the reside Sc
OF the brides parents Miss Mary Scott
t mis- G ( to Mr. Alb IT Rreitlaupt of
Prairie du Cntn Rev. II u Smith
peifoimrd the G ENJOY.
Al good chiz ms ougt to ba interest
ed enough IN empe' a nce 20 attend the
Ice ures this week II the City Opera
Hous-, Pc utes and lectures free. most
nigh's.
Mr.. DIV e, the no'ed lady speaker
a Reeds Ooera House, this Thursday
evening s ats fr4p. Ladies ivnited TO
call during The day al Mrs. Rhodes
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-11-08

I've never been 70 sea" said Mr..
s<yzzlby, End SO I've never seen en-
shorten sal = a storm at sea; but ]
think can form . pretty good idea Of
how it's done. for live IL Fat, and
we seen the people take IN their wash.
ing on washdays when a shower came
NJ
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-11-08
sudden peath 81 ! Jonrnali.t.

CHICAGO, Oct. so.-William Henry
Park. for many years editor of the
Bankers Monthly. died suddenly Mon
dar of heart disease at his residence,
No. 2252 Wabash avenue.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-11-08
Foreigners, Ideas of America.

The magnitude of this country is not
adequately appreciated by a great per-
centage of Europeans. Especially has
this been true in the past. An English
novel of a few years ago described the
glories of the Rockies as seen from New
Orleans II met German Brussels, "
said an acquaintance of the wEster,
who became much interested in me
when he learned that was an Ameri-
can, and all on account Of a friend he
had in the United States. Do you
know him? he asked, his name is
Henry Walter The name is not as
common as John Smith, and did know
a Henry Walter. Where does your
friend live?' ] asked. In Pittsburgh,
he replied. The Walter CHANGED to be
the same. But what remarkable oc-
currence! That German must have re-
manned with very insular ideas Of the
area of this country He probably
regards it as about the size of Staten
Island, or possibly, Hobenzollern.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-11-08

A Drial.
Sometimes I'm full OF woe,
Most bitter Is my cup,
When mamma cries: "Stt down.
And pa says: do sit upi"
--Rarpers Young People.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-11-08

People walking about in great city,
temporarily i'll, have often felt the
need of a place where they could step
in until refreshed. A shoemaker has
made move in the right direction by
announcing on card in his window:
ANY respectable man, woman or child
can have fit in this storep
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-11-08

Wednesday evening AZ the reside. sc
Of the brides parents Miss Mary Scott
Z mis- G t to Mr. Alb IT Rrethaupt OF
Prairie du Chitn Rev. IL - Smith
pei fefm~d tile G emo1y.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-28

Kelly himself, subject to the disposal Of
the Pennsylvania State league, and the
clubs Of that organization took advantage
of the situation to parcel out the goods.
That caused a call for the meeting of the
national board, but Kelly's club was af-
forded no relief. ~
The board decided that il any Pennsyl-
vania State league club wanted an ex-Al-
lentown player they could have him by
rendering a contract with salary equal
to what he got from the Allentown club.
AS Kelly's contract called for nominal
salary of 500 a month, it placed his royal
highness in most embarrassing position,
for $50 month would scarcely keep him
supplied with cigarettes and tolu. I be-
lieva johnson came to the rescue with a
little monetery inducement, and the Kelly
club will move to Yonkers- on the Hudson
next year, and as an Eastern league mem
Der act as feeder TO Johnson's newly ac-
quired street railroad and trolley lines in
that city. These trolley systems, it seems,
dispense with old broken down three
and four legged horses, but make room for
spawned baseball players and the Charley
horses of the passing baseball stars.
In the west the game goes merrily on
toward the end. In the Western associa-
ton particularly is there seen such a
struggle as has seldom been known in the
history Of the game. At one time six of
the eight clubs were punched, with only
GA per cent dividing the leader from the
sixth (Lincoln) club. The first five were
included in a difference of 4.6 per cent.
Tho stan6inp at that time WAS.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-28

fle club of San Francisco. In practice re-
Gently Carr performed some feats with a
pistol which would seem incredible if they
were not so we'll authenticated. Of course
they will not be accepted as records, but
they show that match between Petty
and Carr for the pistol championship of
the United States would be we'll worth
witnessing.
Some of Cars best work was made at
SO yards from an American standard tar
get, 1G shots to a string. The total num-
Der of shots he fired was 100, and he Sue
ceeded in scoring 90 out of a possible 100
on three different strings. So far as is
known, this record as never been equaled
Carr's total score for the 100 shots was 958
points, which also exceeds all previous
known performances. The highest ever
made heretofore was 914 by Massachu-
setts marksman.
The pistol used by Carr was built on
lines originated by himself. 1t was single
shot, with ''spliced" barrel 10 inches in
length and a three-quarter pound trigger
mil
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-28
is MARS SIGNALING US?
That Is What Lowell Observatory Astro
Omers Are Trying to Find Out.

That Is What Lowell Observatory Astron-
omers Are Trying to Find Out.
Mars and the earth are coming closer
and closer together at this time, and if
people on the war planet are signaling
to us the astronomers of Lowell observa-
tory at Flagstaff, A. T., may soon be
aware of the fact The observatory is
1900 feet above the level Of the sea and
higher than any other large observatory
in the world. It is in dry belt Of coun-
try, and as there are very few warm
and cold currents in the atmosphere
the bugbears of the astronomer because
they are fatal to accurate vision-the
site is we'll adapted for accurate obser-
vations
The observatory has only been in
operation since May and was built for
the particular work of viewing Mars
when the planet gets in opposition to
the earth. The full face Of the planet
will be illuminated about Oct. 20, and
the red twink1er will then be only
about 35,000;000 miles away: During
the weeks when Mars is nearly in oppo-
sition he will be closely examined by
the IS inch, 10 inch and inch tele-
scopes Of Lowell observatory. Mars is
about one-sixth the size of the earth,
and being farther distant from the sun
is also much colder. The canals of Mars
have already been carefully scrutiniZed
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-28
A RECENT VIEW OF MARS.


by Observer Percival Lowell, who has
also had the good fortune to see the
Marian polar SHOWS melt and flow
northward, giving rise to the theory
that they flood the planets south tenn
perate zone. At the polar cap several
mountain peaks have been discerned.
The canals discovered by the Italian
astronomer Schiapareli are among the
most interesting features Of Mars. Their
regularity is SO pronounced that many
students Of the planet believe that they
are the great waterways of the planets
people. They intersect at points, like the
railroads Of the earth, and it is believed
that they may be used for transportation
and irrigation. As Mars is older and more
parched than the earth, the people, ii
people there be, would need all the irri-
CATION they could get in order to sustain
such life as exists on the earth. Observer
Lowell has counted 10 Of these canals
and expects to make more interesting
discoveries when the planet approaches
nearer to the earth. During the Marian
winter the canals are not conspicuous
but as summer approaches they swell IN
size IS Il filed BY the melting SHOWS 81
the polar regions.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-28
THE DECREASE OF OUR DEBT.

Under Protection We Increased Our Assets
and Lessened Our Liabilities.
Not only do nations or individuals
assets show progress and prosperity, but
the liabilities and their nature should
be considered as we'll. Our wealth and
savings have been tabulated and COM
pared with those Of previous periods, all
proving our marvellous progress under
protective tariff. But every nation has
debt and the United States is no ex-
ception to the rule though the showing
made by our country is most satisfac-
tory.
While foreign nations have increased
their debt, we have, in the same period,
decreased ours by nearly the same
amount as the foreign debts have in
creased. The average annual decrease
in the national debt Of the United States
during the last decade exceeded $780,
100000. The decrease per capita Of
combined national, state and local debt
during the same period was from $50. 70
to $780, 81, while other statistics showed
that the value Of property assessed for
taxation increased meanwhile from $17,-
900, 900, 900 to $25, 500, 900, 900, or so
per cent, indicating a reduction Of debt
and an increase Of wealth unprecedented
in modern times. So t is that protec-
ton works both ways. It not only in
creases our assets, but ecreases our liza
bilities
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-28
Gus Thomas New PLAY.

''New Blood,' a comedy in four acts
by Augustus Thomas, which was produced
at McVicker's theater, Chicago, recently,
involves family intrigue and treats of
capital and labor.
A shrewd and careful business man is op-
posed in his business methods by his son,
a sentimental young man, who believes
that philanthropy will not interfere with
business success They are partners in a
manufacturing business, to control which
a manufacturers trust is formed. The
father wishes to enter the trust, but the
son does not, preferring to establish a
business on independent lines and give
employees percentage of profits. The
young mans stepmother intrigues against
him, and there are several love threads in
the story. The father dies, the lover of
his daughter comes to the sons rescue in
a pecuniary trouble induced by the trust,
which is fighting his business, the young
mans ideas are finally carried out, and all
ends happily-of course.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-28


ever produced, is in excellent health for
one of his advanced age and is still &C.
tive in mind as we'll as body. His friends
believe he will live to be centenarian,
and, as he is in as good health now as
he was 10 years ago, the belief may not
prove unfounded.
The doctor is living at his beautiful
country home at Beverly Farms and is
still as great lover of life as he was
when his ''Autocrat'' and Professor"
were causing the smiles Of the whole
world. In 1889, on the SEVENTEEN birth
day of Julia Ward Howe, DR.. Holmes
said that to be 70 years young is some
times far more cheerful and hopeful
than to be 40 years old. He was then
over 80 years young, and although he is
now Is years past the allotted three
score and ten he preserves the same
cheerful, life prolopging philosophy. He
takes a long walk each day when the
weather is fair, and when it rains he
ventures forth in carriage. He believes
his practice Of spending as much time
as possible in the open air has greatly
prolonged his life and made comfortable
his old age. He is great admirer of
some of the new writers and halls
James Whitcomb Riley as a new Hosea
Biglow, ''quite as original as the latter
and more versatile in many respects. :"
The autocrat has ceased daring to write
as funny as he can since he tried those
famous lines on his servant, with disas-
trous effect, and now he is devoting all
his energies to trying to live as long as
he can.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-28
GREENROOM GOSSIP.

Annie Ward Tiffany will go with Helen
Dauvray's company, she having failed to
come to satisfactory arrangement with
Harrigan.
Georgia Cayvan was the guest of honor
at supper given at the Richelieu hotel,
Chicago, recently, by Roland P. Marks.
Frank Mayne, last season with De Wolf
Hopper, has been engaged by Charles A.
Loder to play the leading juvenile role in
"Oh, What a Night!''
Lottie Mortimer has re-engaged with
"A Trip to Chinatown"
Henry Jewett, an English actor, has
been engaged as leading man by Richard
Mansfield.
Frank Ranney, late of the Baker Opera
company, has joined the Bessie Bonehill
company.
In the No. 2 ''1492'' company Marx
Smith will be the Queen isabella, and
wonderfully we'll he is said to do her.
And perhaps Flora Finlayson, late of the
Bostonians, will essay the part rendered
memorable by Theresa Vaughn.
Lansing Rowan, formerly leading LADY
Of the Wagenhals and Kemper stock com
pany, has been engaged by E. J. Abram
as leading lady for Charles Dickson
Arthur Forrest, who has been spending
his holiday in England and on the CONT
nent, is expected to return soon
Elwyn A. Barron, dramatic editor of
the Chicago Inter Ocean, has written a
new play for Mile Rhea.
Dora Drew has been engaged by E. E.
Rice for ''l492.''
William Elnor Johns and wife ELIZA
beth Bouton, a sister Of Madeline Bou-
ton) will be members of Frederick
Warde's company.
''Sam'l of Posen" has been partially re-
written by Mr.. M. B. Curtis, who has in
troduced two new characters. The next
season s tour of the play will begin about
Sept. 1.
'The Passing Show" will soon close it's
engagement at the New York Casino.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-28
PITHY POINTS ON SUGAR.
a Few Facts That Demonstrate the Demo-
cratic Love For Trusts.

a Few Facts That Demonstrate the DemO-{
cratic Love For Trusts.
Under the Mckinley tariff the Amer
lean people have secured free sugar. Tho
treasury department. estimated our pop
ulation July at IS, 397, 900 persons,
the per capita consumption Of sugar at
63% pounds, and our total consumption
of sugar at 4, 343, 900, 500 pounds.
The total value of these 4, S43, 209,-
500 pounds of raw sugar at an average
price of ~ cents per pound would be
$119, 438, 261. An ad valorem tariff of
40 per cent upon this sum would be
$47, 775, 304. This would be the extent
of the direct sugar tax upon the break
fast table of the people without adding
any specific or differential duty upon re-
fined sugar. This tax has been proposed
by the Democratic representatives in
congress.
The interest upon the national debt
for the year ending June 30, 1892, was
1928, 37S, 116. The direct sugar tax would
be more than double that amount The
Democratic representatives in congress
propose to impose upon every person in
the country direct sugar tax of 70
cents per capita as compared with the
tax of only IS cents for payment of in
terest on the national debt The sugar
tax will be double the payments neces-
sary to sustain our national honor and
credit
The payments for pensions made by
the United States government during 81
years-1867-9 S-averaged $1.06 per
capita of our population. The sugar tax
proposed by the Democratic representa-
tives in congress will be almost 70 per
cent of the average per capita amount
paid to the defenders Of their country.
The amount of duties collected upon
all our imports during the year ending
June 80, 1892, was $l99, 143,678 The
sugar tax of $47,775, 304 will add al
most IS per cent to the total of these
duties collected upon all our imports.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-28
ssThe Shin of State. >

Frank D. .Skiff's new American naval
play, "Saip Of State" will receive It's in
itial production on Sept. 80 at the Schiller
theater, Chicago. Much preparation and
great deal Of money have been expended
ON the forthcoming production. Il Is
promised that the scenic portion Of the
production will be particularly elaborate,
and the heavy scenes of the play are to
embody many novel stage features.
One Of the scenes, representing naval
battle, will show . feet Of ships occupying
the entire stage, maneuvering under full
sail and turning and crossing tho stage
1t Il intended to reproduce In this scene
Perry's naval battle on Lake Erie IN 1919.
The pieoe Is to be presented BY capable
company. s.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-28
WHICH SIDE rs TRUE Fl ! j,
STORY OF KATY MARSDEN,S WORK
AMONG SIBERIAN LE?ERS.

She Has Been Spoken of as a Second Flor
ence Nightingale Because of Her Work,
but Now Grave Charges Are Made
Against Her.
There are two sides to the story of
Miss Kate Marsden, the personable Eng
lish woman, no longer young, but not
yet old, upon whom the mantle of Flor
ence Nightingale has been declared to
have fallen. Miss Marsden became fa-
nous because of her Investigations of
leprosy as it exists in Siberia. The story
of those Investigations, as told by her.
self, makes her out to be brave, self sac
rifcing, with plenty of nerve and of ex-
traordinary endurance. It was in 1889
that she came to the front. She was then
in Berlin, and she was out of money.
She had heard of a wonderful plant
that grew in Siberia, which was spe-
cific for leprosy and with which some
Siberian lepers were curing themselves.
She longed to go to Siberia and find this
plant. At the same time she proposed
to look into the state Of the lepers them
selves. She had heard that because of
their poverty and ignorance but few
were able to avail themselves of it's po-
tency, and that most of them suffered
the fortunes of slow starvation by reason
OF the isolation insisted upon by the
communities in which they lived. She
had notion that it would be we'll to
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-28
The TrOtter AZOte.

One Of the most sensational young trot-
tiers of the season thus far is the bay geld
ing Azote, who has won nearly every race
in which he started. He began his cam
paign in the 2:15 class at the Detroit Blue
Ribbon meeting and easily disposed of II
fast competitors in straight heats, taking
the event into camp in impressive style
and trotting the three heats in 2:O9%,
2:12 and 2:12A.
In Cleveland Azote continued his win
ming streak in the same class, defeating a
field Of II in straight heats the fastest OF
which was negotiated in 2:10. In fact,
his mark of 1904 led the bettors to con.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-28
Willie DAYS Sad End.

The recent suicide of Willie Day, the
world famous runner, was great shock
to athletes all over the country. Day. S spe-
cialty was long distance running, and the
figures which he set up several years ago
for all the distances from ~ to miles,
inclusive, and for 10 miles, have not been
touched, although many a crack has had a
go at them. On Oct. S6, 1889, being then
in his twentieth year, Day created great
enthusiasm among the athletic circles of
the entire country bybreaking all previous
American amateur records in his great 10
mile performance at Staten Island of
1888 2-5
This record has not since been equaled.
The feat was followed up by another rec
ord breaking performance about month
later, when he established the present
American amateur record for four miles,
This was accomplished at Bergen Point in
the fine time of 20:15 as.
On May II, 1890, in New York, Day had
another try at the American records and
succeeded in putting up new figures for
all distances from ~ to miles, inclu-
sive, as follows: ~ miles-ti1ne $40; ~
miles-time, 7:02 as; ~ miles-time,
8:15 1-5; miles-timc, 9:32 3-5. On
May 30 following Day made new Aneri-
can records for ~ miles and miles also
with performances of 1870 3-5 and
1880 respectively. The championship
meeting Of the Amateur Athletic union,
held in Chicago on Sept. IL OF last year.
brought Day forward again as a cham pion
long distance runner, and he added the
five mile championship of America to his
list of running honors The time was
26:08 rs. With the possible exception
of T. P. Connect, Day was the greatest
distance runner in the world. An un-
founded charge of embezzlement broke
his heart and caused him to hang himself
Before his death was known his employers
announced to the newspapers that the &C.
cusation was the result of an error and
that Day was not an embezzler.