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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-08-12

hour, covering a distance of from nine
to eleven feet in their ordinary stride.
Their eggs are of the capacity of ten
hens eggs. and therefore each one
makes very respectable omelette.
The fresh eggs sent over from South
America are quite palatable, and by no
means so strong as those from the
Cape. The ostriches were brought
from Bahia Blanca when about six
months old, and apparently have
thriven in the English climate; at any
rate, they passed safely through the
recent severe winters, being, of course,
sheltered in their stables during frost
While on board ship their diet was
matter of grea difficulty, corn having
to be sown for them in the dark, so
that they might consume the green
shoots.
Once on dry land, however, they re-
gain their appetite, and live on pota-
toes, maize and green food of all kinds
They consume Il fair quantity of iron
nails and such unconsidered trifies, and
are not averse to an occasional nip of
whisky and water. The ostriches do
not attain to maturity till they are
three years old, and, it seems, never
acquire any remarkable amount of in
telligence, though they have learnt to
answer to their names, and they eX
hibit decided temper of their own.
They stoutly resist any liberties in the
way of Harvesting. one method of de-
feating this object being to lie on their
backs and kick. They jump a very
fair height, and descend opening their
wings like a parachute. Their antics
and attitudes, il fact, are innumerable,
and they have half d dozen ways OF
sitting down. One thing. however, they
do not do, is to hide their heads in the
sand or its English substitute. The
birds are excessively stupid in some
things-for instance, in trying TO ret
| through small apertures; and very
! low railing. about three feet high. s4f-
fees to keep them within bounds, in
spite Of their jumping powers They
show no disposition to roam. II can
not be said that they earn their living,
but they are amusing, and form
singular and attractive feature ID en-
English landscape. With the exception
Of a slight hiss, they are silent. which
is more than can be said Of peaeocks,
or many other ornamental birds. 1t Isl
quite possible that. as the ostriches get
regularly acclimatized in England,
they VIII develop an extra thicI crop
of feathers to resist the cold. and viii
therefore become more valuable.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-08-12
COOLING THE HOUSE.
BY 9 Little Care Intense Heat Can Ne
Greatly Modified.


How best to keep the house cool in
summer is d grave problem" writes
Mrs. S. T. Rorer in Ladies' Home
Journal. During the hot months the
house is much more livable if artificial
heat can be cut down to the minimum.
Use the stove early in the morning. pre-
pare certain foods that viii keep well,
and avoid the necessity of big fire
during the rest of the day. Bare floors
are very much more pleasant in summer
than straw mating, although the latter
is preferable 70 carpets or rugs. Where
one can command a water supply the
house is measurably cooled by reducing
the temperature of the pavement and
grounds around by copious sprinklings.
A goodly stream of new air should be
allowed to sweep through the entire
house morning and evening. The hot
air of midday viii condense quickly on
cold walls and cause mold or dampness,
consequently it should not be allowed
TO enter any portion of the house. All
the rooms in the house should be kept
scrupulously clean and neat.
IF the outside temperature is not
appreclably lower at night than during
the day it is almost impossible TO keep
sufficiently comfortable to obtain neces-
sary rest. The sleeping rooms may be
cooled by placing in the center of each
a tub two-thirds full of cool, or better.
ice water. This will absorb the heat OF
the room in a few hours, and will be
found particularly helpful where there
are children. If the heat continues dur
ing the night the changing of the water
will preserve an even temperature in
the room. Air your cellars at night
when it is possible. Close them at nine
in the morning and they will be cool
and dry the entire summer. Exceptions
to this rule are on windy days, as the
rapid motion of the air does not allow
condensation. Keep the cellar perfect
~ clean and fresh. Frequent coats of
whitewash with plenty of lime are of
the greatest value in summer"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-08-12
A DARNING SCREEN.

top. hung on wire just below the fin
ishing rail is sort of valence of fig
ured stuff, hiding another wire, on
Which stockings may be hung to air
when first brought up from the laundry.
On each panel is a bag, one being full
and gathered top and bottom, strong
elastic being run through the casing.
This viii hold miscellaneous work,
bits for patching, etc The other peck
ct is square and fiat like portfolio, and
the things which one likes to have
handy can slip in here, for they are
easily obtained when needed meri-
can Queen.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-08-12
HANDY THING TO HAVE.
DarninR screen That Can lie Made
at Small Expense.


at Small Expense.
A common little two-panel clothes
horse about three feet high is the best
thing for the foundation upon which to
build this screen. It can be bought at
any house furnishing store for 80 cents
or even 25 cents. Stain it or enamel il
and let it dry thoroughly before mount
ing the materials, which, however, may
be prepared while the paint is drying.
The legs of the screen should be cut off
just below the first crossbar, so as TO
bring it near the floor. A stiff paste
board or thin wooden panel fitting into
each side of the screen should be COW
cred with some heavy material in plain
color, and when put in place should be
attached to the next to the top
of the crossbar by a series Of long brass
headed nails holding a band of fancy
ribbon; the lower corners are held in
place by cases tackled to the framework
into which the panel slips. Across the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-08-12
Pure Air Is More Emcacious Than the
Most Costly DruRR.

After all that is said of disinfectants
in the drug line, the best is pure air
and IN large volume. At least all other
disinfectants are very inefficient, un-
less plenty of pure air accompanies
them.
All rooms that are to be disinfected
should have plenty of air admitted to
them as the first requisite of beginning
operations. Often it will be found
quite sufficient in itself to disarm mild
contagion.
The majority of people are too sensi-
tive on the subject of letting pure air
into sick-rooms, where an abundance
of il will prove not only of immense
benefit to the sick one, but be the safe
guard of the whole household. Direct
drafts of air upon the patient are al
ways to be avoided, unless, perchance,
it is a case of suffocation, when air in
quite vigorous motion about the pa
tent is what he most needs. But there
are ways to keep the best of air in a
sick-room without putting the patient
in any peril, and ways that will prove
the means of getting him out of peril
from confined, unaerated contagion.
Certainly if the rest of the house is
filed with good air, it may enter from
this source and do much to purify and
disinfect the sick-room. a point never to
be neglected
AS for the sick-room itself, and hope
it has more than one window, would
advise that board the exact length of
the width of the window be placed I'M
der the lower sash This board should
be about six or eight inches wide, and
be a good fit. After two windows are
raised upon such boards, you will have
a good supply of air coming constantly
into the room-a fine interchange
never striking the patient direct.
Fires may be run and regulated so
that the patient undergoes no risk of
getting cold, and room is warmed
easier when it contains goodly por-
ton Of oxygen within its limits.-A. p.
Reed. NJ. D.. IN Ladies' World.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-08-12
oSTRIcHEs AS PETS.
Imported from south America by an
EnterprIsinE Irish Lady.

EnterprIsing Irish Lady.
There was once an astonishing pic
ture by Du Maurier in Punch, says a
London sketch writer. representing an
imaginary scene in the London streets
under the auspices of the Acchmatiza-
ton society. In this, if l remember
rightly, pair of ostriches were depict
ed as being harnessed and driven down
Piccadilly. We have not yet quite ar
rived at this pitch of civilization. though
the zebra has been seen in the park
However, an Irish lady, Mrs. Willough-
by Fox, has, during The past few years,
amused herself with importing few
of these birds and rearing them in Sur
rey. They have been brought over when
quite young from Bahia Blanca, in La
Plata, where there are immense numbers
of ostriches in wild state. They are
African congeners, and do not produce
such valuable plumes, though they
have mass of white feathers under
their wings which are used for boas-
Nor do they require the same extern
sive area as the Cape variety, for each
specimen of which the allowance is
said to be ten acres. Mrs. Fox's birds,
however, are by no means insignificant
fowl, and are not to be confused with
the smaller bird known as the rhea.
They stand about seven feet in height,
and can run at the rate of 25 miles an
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-08-12

Trunks should be packed as tightly
as possible 10 prevent the articles shift
ing about. Uuderclothing should be
packed in the bottom Of the trunk and
small articles take less space if rolled
up instead Of folded
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-08-12
storinr the siivpr,,or,.

When putting awav silyerware that
is not in use all the time do not neglect
to sprinkle a few tiny bits 81 camphor
gum in eacl case before rolling IL up;
then. if the silver is put away ia close
box it will not become discolored
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-08-12

Sufferers from neuralgia are warned
by ~ medical writer not to drink tea,
but to drink freely Of coffee, into
which the juice Of lemon has been
squeezed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-08-12

The advantage Of
a policeman over q
Burglar IS that the Of
ficer has the law on
his side. Health has
the same advantage
over disease. The
Law of Nature Is for
peopie TO be healthy.
When they are sick.
Nature helps to cure
them. Natures law
lis the guide for cur
ing sick people.
There is no way but
Natures way. What
the doctors call many
different disc a S { 8
Nature cures in one
way; by nourishing
the whole body with
rood ,ure rich rcd
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-08-12


blood. That is Natures way of curing
scrofula, erysipelas, kidney and liver COM
plant" consumption and every form of
eruptIve and wasting disease. When you
want TO help Nature with medicine the med
1cine must work the same way as Nature
works then It has the laws of Nature on its
side TO make il powerful. That is the
secret of DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery's wonderful cures. 1t assists Nature
according to her own laws il is on Natures
side and Nature helps it; it imparts new
power to the uutritive and blood making or
gans to create large quantity of fresh, red,
healthy blood which drives every germ of
disease out of the system and builds up
strong healthy tissues and solid flesh. The
Discovery" completely clears away every
form of blcod-diseSse from the system 1t
even cures consumption. 1t is the only true
radical cure for that disease; facts and testi-
mony to prove 1t.
Il would like to tell the whole world what your
Golden Medical Discovery has done for me.
The doctor, who IS considered expert on lung
troubles told me had consumption. He said
both my lungs were diseased and could not live
long. felt wn-hearted for have dear little
children to live for. Ijust went to him to get his
opinic1. az glad did for now know what
your medicine viii do. When ! started on the
second bottle was Detter in every way and was
aole to take a walk on every fine day. enjoyed
my sleep, my appetite was good, and by the time
] had finished the second bottle began to feel
like new woman. l still nad cough so got
third bottle and By the time it was half gone
was completely cured"
ors.,1<e'~--1S>zNez1
n Mary St.. Hamilton. Ont. Can.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-08-12
If you are
Particular

About the accommodation you
get when travelling, select the
Burlington Route as your line,
and you will be more than salts
fed.
Ii you are going beyond Chica-
90, st. Lewis, Denver, St. Paul
or Minneapolis, and don't know
the rate of fare. or the different
routes. time etc, write to Geo. P.
Lyman, Gen. Pass. Agent, St.
Paul, inn, and you viii get a
prompt reply. or call on any
agent Of the Burlington Route
they can be found in all principal
cities.
Reclining Chair Cars, Compart-
ment sleepers and Cafe Dining
Cars make combination I'M
equaled fvr comfort in travel.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-08-12
Cancer
OF the Breast.

Mr.. A. H. Crausby, of I53 Kerr St.,
Memphis, Tenn, says that his wife
paid no attention to small lump which
appeared in her breast, but it soon de-
veloped into a cancer of the worst type,
and notwithstanding the treatment of
the best physicians, it continued to
spread and grow rapidly, eating two
holes i'll her breast. The doctors
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-08-12

s Don pronounced
her incurable. A
celebrated New York
specialist then treat
ed her, but she con-
tinued to grow worse
and when informed
that both her aunt
and grandmother had
died from cancer he
gave the case up as
hopeless.
Someone then re-
commended SIS.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-08-12
The Northwestern
c. &N W. r. r. TIME GARD
LANCASTER.


Pass. for Mills; GOA. m.
p. for Galena S:l5p. IN.
Accomd n 230p. m
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-08-12
ARRIVE

Pas.from NIil6;O0p II.
T.. from Gal. ii:00 a, m.
iAccolud II 500 p. m.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-08-12

and though little hope remained, She
begun it, and an Improvement was no
ticed. The cancer commenced to heal and
when she had taken several bottles it
disappeared entirely, and although sew
era1 years have elapsed, no. sign of
the disease has ever returned.
The herald., 1897-06-02
THE MOST WISE JUDGE
1NsTRuCTs THn JURY HOW TO
ACT
Sugar Witness searlss Upheld in His
Refusal to Answer Questions
Asked by Senators

WASHINGTON. June 1.(Judee Brad
ley today decided the searies case. fling
an opinion. The Judge's opinion was ex-
haustive. It had been reduced to writ
ing. He pointed out that Searles testi-
fled specifically that no money had been
contributed by the sugar trust to the
national campaign or for the purpose Of
influencing legislation or the election Of
United States Senatora As to local
contributions, Searles testified that he
did not know how contributions had
been used, by whom and for what pur-
pose.
TIE questions put to the defendant
were claimed to be pertinent as to the
second and third divisions of the Sena-
torial inquiry-namely as to whether the
sugar truet contributed sums to the
campaign funds with the purpose of in
fluencing the election Of United States
Senators. and whether any Senator had
been party to a compact with the
sugar trust.
Certainly, the Judge said, simple
investigation as to whether the sugar
trust contributed to a campaign fund
would be an unwarranted search into
the private affairs of the company and
plainly beyond the power of the Senate.
The court, therefore, sustained the mo-
ton Of the defense and ordered the jury
to return a verdict Of acquittal. The
jury accordingly rendered a verdict of
acquittal and Searles was free. The
case of e. K. Edwards and John S. Shriv-
er, newspaper correspondents. was post
poned until next Monday.
The herald., 1897-06-02
Won Tausch's Trial

BERLIN, June 1.-The trial Of Herr
Won Tausch. the former chief of the Sc
cret political police, was continued this
morning. The prisoner is charged with
perjury, high treason and forgery.
Herr Hamman, a counsellor of lega ton,
testified to the discovery that Normann-
Schumann, an implicated newspaper
man, who escaped from Berlin last year
in time to avoid arrest and prosecution
with Baron Won Leutzow, was the au-
thor of the dangerous articles in the
Paris and Brussels newspapers concern
ing the health of Emperor William OF
Germany and the financial affairs of
General Won Caprivi, the former chan
cellor. Herr Hamman said Won Tausch
should have revealed these facts years
before, and he must have known the
publication of the articles was again st
the state. Herr Hamman said that there
was nothing to show that Prince Bis
marck or any one a Friedrichsruhe was
connected with Normann-Schumann
The herald., 1897-06-02
SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD

The plan for building a double drive
boulevard from Los Angeles to Santa
Monica, as recently outlined in The
Herald. is attracting much attention in
both cities interested 1t would seem
as though the Pasadena and Pacific
railroad would have sufficient interest
in the enterprise to back it with ma
terial assistance. The proposition is
not visionary one. Any good business
man can see that the proposed plan is
practical, the greatest drawback being
that it requires a large sum of moneyto
carry it out.
1t is possible that another route might
be more acceptable to the public and the
moneyed men desiring to embark in the
enterprise. If so, there is a good op-
portunity for the Traction company to
take hold of the enterprise and incor-
porate it with the proposed extension of
The herald., 1897-06-02
NOBLE METALS
United States Production During the
Past Year

United States Production During the
Past Year
WASHINGTON, June 1.-Mr. Pres
ton, the director of the mint, has about
completed his figures of the gold and
silver production in the United States
during the calendar year 1896. He finds
the production Of gold to have been
about $53000.0O0, an increase of over
s6,250,O00 as compared with 1895. The
production Of silver Is given as 81, 900 900
fine ounces. an increase of 1900, 900
ounces over 1895. The principal gold
producing states, with their product
last year. in ounces. as compared with
Mr. Preston's figures for 1895. are given
as follows:
California, 721.600; decrease, 571. Col
orado, 7oS, coo; increase, 64,372 Montana,
1s9,066; decrease. 1889. Arizona, 125. $50:
increase, 30,90S. Idaho, 104, ,265; increase,
1917. Utah, 97706; increase, 31,4S7.
Alaska, 97,445; increase, 1906.
The production of silver is given in
ounces as follows: Colorado, first. with
22,57S,000; decrease, 1926, 500 ounces Mon
tana, 4,432, 900; decrease, 3,137, 100. Utah,
100000; increase, $4,000. Idaho. 1850
900; increase, 1,4S9,4 400. Arizona, 1,705,-
coo; increase, 71S.000.
These figures will not be materially
changed by the final revision which ie
now being made.
The herald., 1897-06-02
THE CITY DIRECTORY

The old-fashioned school teacher
when a pupil had done a sum in
arithmetic, would require him to OBJ
tain the result by another method, thus
proving the example. The Los Angeles
City Directory for 1897 is out, and il
"proves" the city census recently taken,
and places the figures then submitted
beyond controversy.
There are in the directory 52,2S4
names, of which 1861 are those of cor
porations, firms, societies, ETC., leaving
47,323 names of individuals. The null
tiple now generally accepted for city
directories when the total population is
to be ascertained is "a. This is a con-
servative. safe figure, and it's use rem
ders the round total of over 100, 900 indis-
putable. Using this multiple Los An
geles is given a population of 1O6,477
Thus the city census taken in April last,
which gave the city population of
over 100000 is amply verified.
The directory publishers may pardon
dpiy eHtei tam d lee4lHS VI SId
over the corroboration of their esti-
mate of last year, which was based
upon their census made in 1895. The
same conservative multiple of 2N was
used in 1886, showing total population
of $685.. That total was then regarded
with suspicion by envious rivals and
uninfOrmed persons who were ma hle tC
grasp and comprehend the wonderful
growth and progress made by the
The herald., 1897-06-02
DISHoNoRED

The Herald desires to retract, in part,
a charge that has been frequently made
of late, that the Republican party set
ties all it's indebtedness by subordinat-
ing the interests of the people to the
contributors to its campaign corruption
fund. The party cannot show a receipt
in full signed by John Wanamaker.
Mr.. Wanamaker, it will be remem-
bered, during the first Harrison cam
paign raised a corruption fund of
100000. This money, raised at time
when the Republican party seemed to
be confronting almost certain defeat,
was sent to Indiana, where "Blocks-of-
Five" Dudley used it to redeem" the
Hoosier state. So effective were Mr.
Wanamaker's methods that he was
looked upon as tower of strength by
his associates, and his fame as party
politician outgrew his justly acquired
notoriety as a Sunday school teacher.
Mr.. Wanamaker was awarded with
the position of postmaster-genera1 in
President Harrison's cabinet. The pie
and the price were apparently salts
factory on both sides. The investment
was such a good one that Mr.. Wana-
the last campaign, and his milking tour
was again eminenty successful. This
time the gentlemanly political dairy
maid thought he would like to be United
States senator from Pennsylvania and
laid his plans in harmony with that
idea. But Boss Quay had planned 9TH
erwise, and Mr.. Wanamaker was turned
down with neatness and dispatch.
Then Wanamaker got real mad"
He vowed that he would not only not
Play any more, but that he would prop
erly condemn the corruption and
wickedness in the Republican party,
with which in more roseate times he
had been so intimately connected. He
was as good as his word and ever since
the dinner of the Philadelphia Reform
club, which was the scene of the Wana-
maker expose, the Mckinley cabinet has
dropped the Cuban question and de-
voted itself to denying the damaging
charges made by their whilom asso-
ciate.
So, here is a case where the Republican
party failed to pay a sight draft drawn
by one of its heavy creditors; but the re-
suit from the drafts going to protest
was SO sensational and 80 damaging
that it is not likely the error will soon
be repeated
The herald., 1897-06-02

metropolis Of Southern California The
increase shown over 1896. Of 9095. is a
triumph over hard times that is
vouchsafed to few cities in the same
class with Los Angeles.
The directory contains 154o pages,
of which 953 are devoted to the alpha
betical list of names. Unwieldiness in
the bulk Of the directory has been
avoided by printing the names in double
columns. minion and nonpareil type, In
stead of the long primer formerly used.
The historical and descriptive sketch
is of general interest, not only to
strangers. but to our own people, while
the map Of the city and Of Southern
California is new and UP to date. a
new feature Is the directory Of house
holders. This form, common in Europe.
exists in only four other directories In
the United States, and entails consid-
cradle outlay.
The directory presents many other
useful and interesting features, the by
products, so to speak. of its principal
theme and purpose. and the publishers
are to be congratulated upon its general
excellence.
Los Angeles may now look ahead to
the government census of 1900 without
fear or trembling. confident of showing,
as during the past seven years, greater
growth than any other
city of the first class in the country.
That result is one to which every citi-
zen of Los Angeles may contribute.
The herald., 1897-06-02
tII. w ey ItI. Il dI uIIy,
H. GAYLORD WILTSHIRE.
"Who Are the Anarchists Nowp"

To the Editor of the Los Angeles Her
ald-Webster defines anarchy as ''law-
lessness." Is not Alger's act in annull-
ing the laws of congress as clearly claw
lessness' as that of the bomb thrower2 ?
Is it not even more monstrous since it
attacks the very foundation of govern
ment? I think the anarchist has the
advantage in the comparison, since he
believes in equality, while shameless
Alger does not. Very truly
E. j. CHESS