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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-11-24
DOG LAWS IN NORWAY.
Ts Avoid Rabies They Demand Ger
tfncate of Health.

Ts Avoid Rabies They Demand Ger
tfncate of Health.
We do not believe that the country
will ever be free from rabies until far
more stringent measures have been
adopted. The danger arises mainly
from stray ours of uncertain owner
ship, and from dogs which, although
they might be claimed by somebody,
are not properly cared for by their
proprietors. We should like to see the
dog tax increased in amount, with due
indulgence to persons who requiredogs
for the issue of receipts in the form of
collar badges, the color of which might
be varied every year, and which would
enable a policeman to see at a glance
whether the tax for any particular dog
had been paid. If it had not, the dog
should be summarily destroyed. BY
the strict enforcement of such sys-
tenn we should obtain !. state Of things
analogous to that which exists in Nor
way, where not only rabies IS unknown,
but where the dogs seen in the street
are handsome, well bred, and we'll
care -for animals, not sufficiently nu-
merous to be the nuisance they often
are in London. The Norwegians adopt
very stringent precautions with regard
to dogs imported into their territory,
insisting upon ample certifcation of
health, and also, we believe, upon pc
Rod of quarantine; and, even in that
most democratic country, we have never
heard that the control of canine hygiene
is vested in local authorities, which
would be liable, in this matter, as in
many others, to oscillate between un-
reasoning indulgence and unreasoning
panic.-London Hospital.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-11-24

The men sent by the government to
Norway TO purchase the reindeer for the
Klondike have found great difficulty in
procuring hornless animals. The
spreading antlers, which sometimes
reach enormous proportions, would
make It impossible TO p;1* many of the
reindeer in freight car for shipping,
ind on this account, the war depart
ment has cabled instructions that the
horns be cut off before the animals are
placed on shipboard.-Albany Argus.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-11-24

For the first time in history Queen
Victoria has held reception for some
of her sailors. The affair took place at
Osborne house after the return of the
cruiser ST. George from three-years'
stay in South Africa. The crew had
had much fighting to do while there,
and after the ship reached Portsmouth
"a officers and 2s4 men were presented
to the queen personally.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-11-24
Makes Weak Women Strong
And Sick Women Wei


For. over thirty years this celebrated
remedy has been making women's lives
Representatives,
Many thousands of women have testified
to its wonderful effect
1t is the one medicine that can be de-
pended upon when there is any derange-
ment OF the distinctly feminine organism.
1t purihes, heals, soothes, builds up 1t
is needed when backaches make life mis-
erable-when sickening, dragging, bear
ing down feeling makes work a weary
agony and play impossible when disa-
greeable drains give proof of burning in
nammation-when sick headache, nervous
1rritability, loss of energy and appetite are
the reminder of unhealthful irregularity or
painful periods.
j" had female trouble for eight years" writes
Mrs L. Dennis, of S2S East College Street.
lacksonville, Ill. II so bad would lie
from day to day and long for death to come and
relieve my suffering. had internal inhainma-
ton; disagreeable drain, bearing-down pains
IN the lower part of my bowels, and such dis
tress every month, but now never have a pain
90 an my own work and am a strong and
nsaltny woman. Thanks TO your medicine I
never forget 70 recommend It to all suffering
women. I consider myself living testimonial
o. the benefits Of your Favorite Prescription"
DR.. Aeree's Pleasant Pellets help the
effect of all other medicines by keeping
the liver active and the bowels open. At
all dealers-gef 1ObGt you ask for.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-11-24
HANDY FARM GATE.
1t Is Strong and Light, Easily Com
structed and Not Apt to Get
Out of Order.

I present plan for making light
and handy farm gate. 1t is made of
one by three-inch strips dressed 10
seven-eighths of an inch in thickness.
/ use hemlock. The gate post CAY is
three by five inches. I mortise the
three long boards, the middle one being
marked B, and run strap to the hinge
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-11-24
After a Long Fight.

At last, after a quarter of O century,
there seems to be disposition among
British legislators 10 give the deceased
wife's sister bill a real chance. 1t is
stated that it will be taken up and
passed at the next session of parlia-
ment, thus taking away from the Brit
ish humorists one of their Oldest stand
bys.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-28
Private HansOms.

Private hansoms have come to be dis
tinctly the thing In New York this Spring.
1t is the height of fashion to possess one
and the acme of "smartness'' to be seen
in IL during certain hours for shopping
and getting about the city before noon,
or luncheon time: the coupe--and still less
the brougham-is no longer the vehicle In
proper vogue. The private hanson, to
Judge by the way it is being taken up by
the leaders of the sets has come to
stay.
The social law requires a well-equipped,
transformations two-wheeIer with "pri-
vate" evident in every appointment.
There must be a big. -stocky. horse. pref
erably bay, in the shafts, and a man
in the family livery on the box. On the
sides of the body. underneath the little
windows, is painted the crest. coat of
arms or monogram of the owner, and the
same device appears in deep relief on the
silver plates of the headstau.
Mrs. John Jacob Aston was noticed step
ping out of her new hansom-a trig and
smart new vehicle OF black with all
black running gear and a large bay horse.
Other women who have set up new ham
some of their own are Mrs Oliver III. p.
Belmont, who runs hers out at Hemp
stead; Mrs. Suffern Taller, Mrs. ]. Lee
Taller Mrs. John Sherman Hoyt and Mrs.
Sidney Smith.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-28
People With "FeetinEs."

There is no class Of people that is so I'M
comfortable to live with as the thin-skin-
ned individuals who have what are called
feelings and whose representative ma
lures are continually on the lookout for
grievances or fancied neglect or unkind-
ness on the part of those with whom they
are thrown in contact. 1t is a form of
egotism that is not generally recognized
as such. but which nevertheless. is as
self-centered as the conceit which springs
from vanity, which may be more AFRO
CANT but is hardly less provoking. In
fact. the latter is generally accompanied
by a cheerful disposition, which is the
natural result of self-confidence, and
which renders the owner a much more
pleasant companion than the morbid indi-
vidUal who is continually feeling mis-
understood and whose self-depreciation
is often aggravating to the last degree.
1t is impossible to argue with these peo-
pie. The woman who complains of
those who are '1nSultin- of her is not
more utterly unreasonable and irritating
than the meek, aggrieved spirit who goes
about with a sad face and unhealthy
self-communing brooding over trifies un-
til they assume exaggerated proportions
The fact Of the matter is that in this
workaday, practical world the less one
thinks about ones self and ones feelings
the better, and the best chance of hap
piness lies in forgetting our own indi-
vidnality altogether and living for others.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-28
THE PROBLEM SOLVED.
THE NEW MEDICAL DISCOVERY
TESTED.
Results of the Test In Various
Forms of Dyspepsia.

Chronic indigestion or dyspepsia, while
a very common trouble, has for some
time been looked upon by able physi-
clans as a serious thing, and that no
time should be lost in treating Ii properly
at the start. because recent researches
have shown that the most serious. fatal
and incurable diseases have their origin
in simple dyspepsia or indigestion.
Diabetes is simply one form of indi-
gestion. the sugar and starchy food not
being assimilated by the digestive or
gans. In Bright's disease the albumen
is not properly assimilated.
While consumption and dyspepsia are
twin diseases. and 1t is beyond question
that dyspepsia makes a fertile soil for
the seeds of consumption.
But the trouble has been to find a
remedy that could be depended upon to
cure dyspepsia. as it is VIGOROUSLY obsti-
nate and difficult to cure.
This has been the question which has
puzzled physicians and dySpeptics alike,
until the question was solved three years
ago by the appearance of a new dyspep-
STA cure in the medical world known as
Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets which ii was
claimed was a certain. reliable cure
for every form of stomach trouble
Physicians, however would not accept
such statements without first giving the
new remedy many tests and carefully OBJ
serving results.
For three years the remedy has been
thoroughly tested in every section of the
country, and with surprising and salts
factory results.
Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets can be hon
estly claimed to be specific, a radical
lasting cure for indigestion in the var
ious forms of acid dyspepsia or sour
stomach, gas or wind on stomach, too
much bile. undue fulness or pressure
after eating, and similar symptoms re-
sulting from disordered digestion.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets were not
placed before the public until this three
years trial left no doubt as to their
value, and they have recently been plac-
ed in the trade and can be found on
sale at all druggists at the nominal price
of so cents per package.
No extravagant claims are made for
the remedy. 1t will not cure rheuma-
tism, pneumonia, typhoid fever, nor any,
thing but just what ii is claimed to cure,
and that is every form of stomach trou-
BILE. a-s
No dieting is necessary; good. whole
some food and plenty OF it. and you may
rest assured that Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets will digest Ii.
Druggists claim for 1t that 1t Is pleas
ure to recommend II to dyspeptics, be-
cause 1t gives such Universal satisfac-
ton. ~
Little book on stomach diseases sent
free by addressing, Stuart Company
Marshall, Mich. q, la mhzssSoapA
NIL
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-28
"Sunny's" Lifelong Devotion,

This was not her real name. but when
a little pickaninny. way down Souf. -
she was such bright little creature that
she earned the name which she bore all
through her life. which lasted no one is
quite sure how many years.
When young miss" was married Mas
sa" gave sunny to her for a maid as
one of the best things he could give his
darling. and for a long time the girl
waited with love and tenderness upon her
new mistress. Then the little ones came
and sunny was nurse. playfellow and
anything their childish wants or wills
demanded.
They came North: sunny came too.
Through veal and through woe she stood
by "her children" Then odd miss died.
one daughter married. and still the
faithful negress was near her and ready
TO take in her arms another wee bundle.
though the arms were growing weak and
the step feeble. suddenly a change came
and from some unknown cause sunny
lost her mind. At last she had TO be
placed in a home. where she could be
watched and kept from wandering away.
one day news came that sunny had
wandered so far that she had reached
home and had been welcomed at her
Fathers house.
All her children mourned for her,
and with all the solemn rites of the
church she roved. and followed by those
she had lived for in life, sunny was
laid to rest in the family lot. near "old
miss" and beside some Of the babies
she had nursed and who had gone on
little before.
Only the true story of an old colored
servant. but it shows how real was the
devotion and love between MISTRESS and
maid in that intimate relationship of an
epoch now passed away.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-28
Ready when the Drums Roll
CFrom the Baltimore American.)


Baltimore has two crack regiments
and a veteran corps. who. like all good
soldiers. are not only ready. but eager
for the fray. should hard fate ordain
that war must come These soldiers.
when off duty. are like all other good
citizens in deprecating war and its
evils. and hoping that il may never
occur: but when they don their uni
form or hear the drum beats. the mar
tial ardOr is always uppermost. They
have drilled and marched and Camped
out annually for many years without
even catching sight of an enemy. and
if they now secretly fOndle the hope Of
a brush with an enemy, who viii blame
them?
1t is gratifying to reflect that if war
should come, Baltimore will be able TO
point to such a fine body of defenders.
Men have marched away from this city
in the past with the plaudits of the
people and the bright smiles of the fair
sex. but all former demonstrations Will
be cast into the shade by the magnif-
icent ovation that will be extended to
our present heroes should there be q
call for their services Should any con-
slider it necessary to disregard the call
OF duty. one glance at the glori1catiOn
of their comrades will make their lives
one long regret.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-28
Defenses of Our Coasts.


(From the Cincinnati Enquirer
There is a great deal of humbug in
current talk about coast defenses. The
notion has been cultivated that be-
cause our thousands of miles of sea-
coast do not present an uninterrupted
line Of armor plate and heavy guns,
this country is an easy mark for any
foreign power that may choose to bonn
bard us.
Nothing is to be gained, though, by
shooting at the open country along the
coast. If Spain or any other naval
power wants to pillow the diyt up with
cannon balls, let her do it, Bombard-
ment will be child's play unless il is
directed at the great cities
How are they situated? d.
We are indebted to the World for
some highly suggestive matter as to
the defense of the principal seaport
the city of New York which. taken in
connection with other reflections, lead
10 an impregnable conclusion. The
longest theoretical range Of the great
guns is twelve miles, and they could not
obtain the elevation to be effective at
that distance. and would wear them
selves out in two or three discharges.
Six miles is the longest practical range,
and probably there is only sporadic
danger at that distance. Sixty miles
an hour is the speed Of a railway train
on occasions. but that speed is seldom
attained. Ii is so with guns. They will
not be kept continuously at high theo-
retical pitch when in action.
Sandy Hook is so strongly fortified
that a hostile warship couldn't get near
enough to throw shot further than the
lower bay: and even If the enemy could
defy the Sandy Hook equipment and
sail past. she would be inevitably stuck
in the channel or wrecked. and still be
twenty miles from New York proper.
Every boat intending to go through
would have to take a pilot in the open
sea. If all these formidable defenSes
could be passed, there are guns on
each side of the Narrows to make con-
ditions unfavorable to unwelcome Wis
itors. 1t is the opinion of naval ex-
perts that the Terror and Puritan (per
example) would be all the movable
fighting apparatus necessary to the de-
Tense of the Metropolis. There would
be remote possibility of damage to the
lighthouses the observation tower, and
1.-The elephant on Coney Island, but
they could be spared.
Boston is well provided for. Phila-
delphia is far mp river. To reach Bal
timore a hostile feet would have to
round in from the ocean in the face Of
much trouble the United States would
be able to make. and then sail many
miles UP the Chesapeake Bay. Wash
ington - approachable only in the same
way. A land movement against the
capital. like that in the war Of 1872,
would not be practicable.
On the Pacific Coast San Francisco
is the great defensive point, and that is
well fixed. An attacking fleet to be
effective, would have TO make its way
through the Golden Gate. To shoot
across country it would be at imprac-
ticable range.
Our cruisers and monitors could make
themselves useful at less important
points.
IL is a fact that we have tremendous
length of seacoast, but there is sat-
isfacion IN knowing that an enemy
attacking the whole line would have to
spread itself out diaphanously.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-28
A moment later the proprietor cat

a moment later the proprietor caE-
tiOusIy raised the window.
Gentlemen. gentlemen" he cried.
The navy revolver suddenly turned
in his direction.
Bang fell the door.
Again it was showed up.
Gentlemen, please
Another wave Of the revolver.
Bang, fell the door.
When the room was cleared and quiet
save for the terrified snOrts Of the
senator resumed their seats. the re-
vOlver was put back where it belonged,
and the drawl of the KentuCkian ming
led pleasantly with the Crisper accents
of the Yankee. As the guests eau
tiously reappeared in the doorway and
the proprietor once more opened his
office window they were greatly pleas
ed TO see the two COmbatants standing
up. each with a glass of water in his
hand. drinking to the Kentuckian's
toast:
Here's to our common country, sab;
God bless herr
And TO the very last hour Of their
stay the ''kunneI' and Mr.. HOar were
inseparable friends
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-28
wanted-A HeImsmau,

From the New York Commercial Advertiser.)
Great Britain can hardly fail to feel
the loss Of Lord Salisbury at this juno
ture. Russia is plainly crowding China
into practically ceding Port Arthur and
Talienwan and 1t is difficult to disasso-
ciate this peremptory action from that
premier. Unfortunately also, Great
Britain has no statesman at present
possessed Of the same firm grasp upon
the situation in the far East. Certain
ly the Duke of Deyonshire. whom Lon
don dispatches name as Lord Sails
burys successor. is not such a states
man, and Mr.. BalfOur has yet to dem
onstrate that he is. The British ship
of state is evidently entering upon
stormy seas in the far East.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-28
Petite Ankles.

Everything in this world entails a sac
rifice even the possession of small ankles.
The woman who wants them can cultivate
them. but she must give up the dainty
slipper and the comfortable low shoe.
She must wear a laced boot in heat or
cold. rain or shine. and she must keep it
tightly laced about the ankle from the
time she gets up In the morning until she
goes to bed at night. but what good is
a small ankle IL one cannot show it off
above a pretty slipper" woman asks, and
very properly. After the ankle has been
reduced to the desired size. the possessor
can afford to sit around at home in the
evening in slippers or low shoes. but she
must walk about her own apartments
even with care, or else the muscles will
be exercised and the ankles begin to grow
again.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-28
a WOMHN'S
GHOST PARTIES
Invitations to Banquets Where
No Guests Are Expected.
other Schemes of Entertaining ai
Dinner Devised by Feminine
wit and Enterprise.

How is 1t that you manage to get en-
tertaining wives without their heavy hus-
bands at your dinners. or attractive mar
ried men unaccompanied by their
spouses?'' said a society woman envious-
ly to friend who apparently had cut the
Gordian knot successfully.
Through finesse" laughed the other.
Il wrote to Mrs. A, instead of her hus-
band. for instance. the other day, and
asked her to spare him to me. OF course,
if l had written to him direct. she would
have been furious, but my appeal TO her
saved her dignity and gratified her sense
of possession. so that she sent me a most
gracious little note and accepted for him
without hesitation. With Mrs. b. Ii was
more difficult. but. as luck would have
it, I dined with her somewhere not long
ago, and the conversation turned upon
people being asked at the last moment
to NIL places. 1 think one owes duty TO
society I'm that respect, she said. decided
w. 1t should never be taken otherwise
than as a compliment
:. This f. my chance / said to myself.
so a week or ten days later L scratched on
seemingly hasty scrawi to her. telling
guests. and begging her to do me. the
great favor of taking the place of my de-
linquent-. She fell into the trap at once.
OF course, she answered, it will give me
the greatest pleasure to be of any use to
you, and i shall have my reward by as
sisting at one of your delightful enter
tainmeRts.'
Yes, think the dinner was a success"
said the fair schemer, but fancy no " dull
il would have been IL 1 had had Mrs. A.
and Mr. B. As long as / seem to be max
ing confession" she continued. II think
] will make n clean breas it, I fear
must cry mea culpa in ar things,
for / simply cannot stand 40 wing dull,
dreary dinners. / find out peoples en-
gagements by all sorts of devices, and
time my invitations accordingly.
Dear. stupid. Mrs Dullard said to me
the other day. 1t is so unfortunate. but
every time you have asked us to dinner
We have been engaged. and I hear yours
are the most pleasure BILE functions given.
" You are too good. | muTmured; the
next time ] hope 1 shall be more for
tunate.'
ITO go on with my shocking confessions
] even have been known to give deliberate
ghost parties. What are those? Why,
entertainments which are never intended
to take place for the reason that every
one asked is already aged for that
evening"
What am TO think. then. II have an
engagement when I receive an invitation
from YOU demanded her friend. rather
Indignantly.
Why. Of course. dear. I would not have
told you II my precautions could possibly
apply 10 YOU answered Mrs. Machia-
Velh. and her tact saved her.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-28

pass along Sixth STREET three nights
without an insult. Three hundred
nights and more had she made the same
Journey. and on every occasion there
was prOvOcation for the use of the
weapon. But now that the blonde girl
was armed she was allowed to go her
way unmolested. But the fourth was
"he fatal night. Hardly had the yOunS
woman left her office when a we'll
dressed young man approached and
lifted his hat.
Good evening" he said.
No response came. The girl kept on
her way with firm and steady pace.
The masher followed. g. 49,.
Not going to speak to me. EN-" he
calculated. as he edged close UP to her
so that now his arm touched her.
Like a flash the girl executed a flank
movement, stepped back a-few feet
drew her little gun. and, taking deliber-
ate aim. fired direct for the fellows
face The full charge of pepper struck
his face. asted up his nose. mouth, and
eyes, and a howl of muffied agony es-
capped his lips as the girl quickly thrust
the weapon back into her pocket and
proceeded on her way just as though