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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-09-15
A PIRATE POTETIATE.
From Secluded welsh Farm to the
Command of a Buccaneer Fleet
of Twelve ships.

Mr.. Frank r. Stockton, in his Buc-
cancers Of Our Coast" in St. Nicholas,
says:
I Sometime in the first half OF the sew
enteenth century, on secluded Welsh
farm WIS born little boy. His father
was farmer, and his mother churned
ami tended the cows and the chickens.
AMI there was no reason TO imagine
that this baby, born and reared in rural
/ solitude, would become a rover of the
seas and one of the most formidable
pirates that the world ever knew. Yet
such proved to be the case.
The baby's name was Henry Morgan,
and as he grew a distaste for farming
grew with him. So strong was his dis
like that wnen he became a young man
he ran away TO be sailor. He found a
ship bound for the West Indies, and in
this he started on his life's career. He
had no money to pay his passage, and
he therefore followed a usual custom of
those days and sold himself for a term
of three years TO an agent who was TAX
ing number Of men to work on the
plantations. These men when enlisted
were termed servants, and when they
had been set ashore in the new world
they were generally called slaves, and
certainly treated as such.
When young Morgan reached the
Barbardoes he was resold to planter,
and during his term of Office he prob
ably worked a good deal harder, and
was treated much more roughly, than
any of the laborers on his father farm.
But as soon as he was a free man he
went to Jamaica, ana there were few
places where a young man could be
more free and independent than this
lawless island.
Here were rollicking and clustering
"flibusters," and here the young man
determined to study piracy. He was
not q sailor and hunter who by the
force of circumstances gradually be-
came buccaneer, but he deliberately
selected his profession, and Immediate
ly set to work to acquire knowledge Of
its practice. There was buccaneer
ship about TO sail from Jamaica, and on
this Morgan enlisted. He was a clever
fellow, and very soon showed himself
to be brave and able sailor.
After three or four voyages he ac-
quiredareputation for remarkable cool
ness, and showed unusual ability to
take advantage of favorable circum-
stances. These traits became the foun-
dalton Of his success. He was also a
good business man, and having saved
considerable money, he joined with
other buccaneers, and bought ship, of
which he took command The ship soon
made itself q scourge in the Spanish
seas; no other buccaneering vessel was
So widely known and so greatly feared,
but the English people in those regions
were as proud of the dashing young
Capt Morgan as if he had been a reg
ularly commissioned admiral on a law
full cruise. Before long he was recog-
MED as buccaneer in chief of the West
Indies, and he very soon gathered to-
gether IL ships and roo men.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-09-15

gain, my doctor became uneasy. He did
something for which lean never thank him
enough.
He brought me box Of DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People and told me
they would do me more good than any
thing he knew of. He had used them with
great success in a case similar to mine.
The case in question was that Of L.
Phillips, Of Petersville.
:" Il all took nine boxes of the pills. /
need not go over my gradual recovery In
detail, bot you must imagine my JOY and
relief when, after two months of helpless
ness, felt life and strength return day by
day to my dead limbs. When had taken
the ninth box was completely cured.
II am hale and hearty to-day, with no
traces of my awful experience, and give
all the credit to DR.. Williams Pink Pills
for Pale People. They probably saved ne
from the grave"
Ar. Simpson, to give more strength to
his story, made affidavit to its truth Before
Abner Norman, Notary Public at Rugby.
he power of DR.. Williams Pink Pts
tor Pale People In the vast number Of dis
eases due to impure or poisoned blood or
to arrangements Of the nervous system. has
been demonstrated in thousands of in
stances as remarkable as the one related
above. No one who is suffering can right
tuily neglect this way to restore health.
Druggists everywhere self DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-09-15
IMPROVING LIE SOL.
clover VIII DO IL when All Other
Means Have FRiled.

Clover succeeds well on all soils where
there is sufficient moisture. 1t grows
in the eastern and central states, and
as far north as Minnesota, but succeeds
best on the heavy clay lands and dark
soils of the south. 1t also succeeds well
on soils too poor TO produce any other
crop of value. On cold clay uplands it
succeeds well if the surplus water is re-
moved by the drainage. 1t grows most
luxuriously IN dark, loamy soils Nth
a gravel or sand drainage, not too close
to the surface. Still by artificial drain
age, and the application of stable and
barn yard manure, it can be made to
produce a heavy crop on stiff clay lands.
In any system of first-class farming, on
soils that will produce grain crops reg
ularly, it can be made to play an i'm
portant part and produce profitable
crops. Its successful growth in the
west is only limited by the lack Of mois-
ture. II is out of the question to grow
it on soil too wet or too dry. 1t can be
grown successfully in rotation with all
farm crops-and we doubt not with
many of the garden crops. The part it
on the section of country in which it is
grown, and the crop most in demand.
Suffice it to say that we cannot get too
much of 1t. As a rule farmers are sat
isfied with too little. The shortest rota-
ton profitable, running through
series of years, is one in which it occu-
pies the land every third year Say in
rotation of corn, wheat and clover; or
ofpotatoes, wheat, and clover; or of corn,
rye and clover. Where the hay crop is
a profitable one, clover and timothy
can follow wheat. In the first crop of
hay the clover will predominant, the
second will be timothy In the main, the
fertilizing benefits of the clover stimu-
lating the timothy to remarkable de-
gree. It should be understood by farm
ers that in our great farming area,
where mixed farming is practiced, that
clover reaches the highest state of per-
lection the second year after sowing
Leaving it to occupy the land longer
than this results in loss. Very seldom
is the third years crop as good as the
second. Usually not much more than
one-half as good, aftentimes nearly q
complete failure. If there S a farmer
who grows wheat, corn and timothy on
his land, and thinks he cannot grow
clover, the best thing he can do is to
know why he cannot. by his system of
farming he or his progeny are sure to
come to wnnt with the increasing pow
erty Of the soil. On such lands, clover
will certainly thrive If the land is put
in proper mechanical condition. 1t viii
do work In improving the soil that no
other known agency will accomplish as
well and perfectly.-John NJ. Jamison,
in Prairie Farmer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-09-15
TIE BUNDLE BEE.
He Does sot Fear the Cold and Very
Frequently Is Found in the
arctic Region.

In St. Nicholas there is an article on
The Bundle Bee" written BIZ Bar
ney Hoskin Standish. Mr.. Standish
says:
This chunky, hairy, noisy fellow is
king of the cold. He STAYS with US
summer and winter, and is said to pre-
fer the Arctic region to the tropics.
l do not doubt this. for he will sleep
out Of doors any cold night of sping or
fall without asking for an extra blan-
ket. Indeed, he is homeless for nine
or ten months Of the year, lodging
wherever night overtakes him, on a
blossom, leaf, and even upon the
ground II he has any choice in the
matter l think he prefers the thistle,
where the spines are thickets. Per-
haps he is aware that these singers
will guard him from the skunk and the
snake while his own are in a body stiff
fened by cold and drowsy with sleep.
There are three kinds of humble bees
reared in a nest: queens. drones and
workers. The queens alone survive
the winter. They apparently spend
the first few weeks of spring waiting
for red clover to bloom, the first bios
som of which is the signal for nest
building. Before this they visit the
willows, hum a soft bass about the
lilacs, thrust their long tongues into
the honeysuckles and grow fat at the
exhaustless honey jars of the water
leaf, and then the play day ends and
labor begins.
Nest building with them does not
mean nest construction. One bee alone
could not do that: besides she is in a
big, busting hurry now; she has act
ually seen clover blossom Out and
in among the dead, matted grasses of
last years growth she goes hunting
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-09-15
HOW 20 Hypnoti1e q lien.

Did Nou ever hypnofIze a chIcken
Il i very easy thing g dc. just catch
Your hen, pace il on the floor in front
of i on. with its tail toward you, Take
q piece Of chalk and draw straight
line. beginning at a point Just under
the hens head and extending foot
aud hall or more. The bird will fas-
ten its eyes on the chalk, and in
twinkllng almost she is unconscious of
anything but this line. You can cuff
her about rs much as you please, but
her gaze VIII Immediately return 10
the chalk iine.-Rurai World.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-09-15
netter whect cnl,,vnt,,n

The farmer should endeavor to In
crease his production Of wheat by bet
ter cultivation. rather than by planting
more acres. The latter method is be-
ing adopted in other countries that
have the available area Our people
have IN immense arca Of wheat culture
in foreign lands 70 compete with, lands
whore labor Is cheap. Europe. except
perhaps in Russia and Roumunia. and
India. have dense populations and are
less dangerous competitors. European
and Nsiatie Russia. Argentina and, per-
hans before many Years. large u eas oi
Africa. Will Is in the market against
us We must diminish cost Of proauc-
ton hy improved methods. Rl.ral
World.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-09-15
LIGHT FARM GATE.

spaced, make the gate just feet high,
and the calculation is based on that
number. Six horizontal bars, by 4 by
II, equals - feet; two diagonal braces,
l by by 6hs, . feet; four upright braces
ane latch, ! by 4 by 5. feet. total
amount Of lumber. IS feet, al $3.50 per
hundred costs 81 cents; bolts and
hinges, p cents; nails. cents; hang
ing and making 1.-TWO hours) 20 cents;
total cost Of gate, SLOT This does not
include posts, as they are identical with
those used with other kinds of gates
In this locality two good black locust
posts Of proper size would cost about
20 TO g cents each. The one to which
the gate is hung should be put at least
: feet into the ground Cor. Breeders
Gazetteer
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-09-15

This is plain, straightforward account
OF a farmer who worked too hard, who
became helpless through a stroke Of pa
ralysis, but who had the good fortune 10
be attended by an honest doctor, who cured
him by prescribing DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People.
he farmer is William Simpson. His
farm IS near Rugby, Ind. Like thousand,
of other intelligent, Woodworking men OF
his vocation he owns valuable prouertv
and IS considered by bis neighbors we'll
TODD man.
Like thousands Of others he worked
through fair weather and fou1 to provide
comfortably for his household.
Like thousands of others, on arriving at
the age when the strain of toll should
slacken up and rest begin, the grim enemy
paralysis, clutched him.
His cure was so unexpected, so rapid and
complete, that it IS a neighborhood wonder.
While gathering heavy fall harvest"
he says, Il worked early and late. MY
hired help left me and finished the fall
work alone, but the end of the harvest
found me exhausted.
About the first Of December | had a
stroke Of paralysis. We called in the doctor.
he. said overwork had caused my trouble.
My Left leg was dead and helpless my
right leg was fast falling into the same con-
dition.
"After treating me week without any
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-09-15
II. : PARTS IN DETAIL.

height. Holes are bored through wind
lass directly above ends of box through
which runs n rope Cd b. and falls down
and is made forked; ONE end goes
through strip &c q one by four inches.
which is doyetailed at opposite end over
which loop end of forked rope passes.
When strip is placed underneath the
wagon boxa fitting lever tcl hangs down
with holes through it, which is placed
on spike driven into beam and holds
aloft the dog while lowering the box.
One end of dog is anchored TO cross
beam and passes through a slot in a
strip one by three inches. which serves
20 guide 1t to place. Two pieces, one by
i've inches. are nailed securely to cross
beam with large holes through them
and placed directly under ends of spoke
and serve to guide chain 10 place. In
Fig. i, h shows floor space overhead to
store vehicles; i is space through which
they are elevated The best style OF
chain is such as is used ON endless chain
pumps. This also serves as n handy
device 10 elevate beef when one has
occasion to butcher. The windlass
should be on opposite side from crib
i. Logan, in Farm and Home.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-09-15
THE MYSTERIOUS LOOP.
An Amusing Trick which Any bright
Boy or Girl Can Learn at the
First or Second Trial.

Almost any child can work out this
puzzle; in fact, its solution should be
plain atfirst sight to your practiced eyes
and minds. The drill you have had in
puzzles has sharpened your wits so that
you would readily undertake to solve
the most difficult. 1t is only the lazy
little lads or lassies to whom the sight
of puzzle is alarming; the bright ones
fairly delight in it.
A mysterious loop is here presented
threaded with string to each end of
which is fastened an oblong block.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-09-15
AsricnItnrnl Arnrnnrintlnn..

IS compared with other lines 81 row
eminent appropliationsa agriculture has
always drawn quite Slenderly on the
public purse. The appropriations 81 the
past eight years show M as follows:
~ $500 the appropriation was ST 660. TO.
IN lS9l this was increased "a ST .-96. See.
III 1902 . great increase was asked for
and secured, the figure being 81. aas. 153.
This was again increased In fS9a to Sc.
2e@.oti III the next year. lSa4. the
high water mark Of agricultural appro-
priations was reached the figure being
$3.50, 500. In lsa5 this was reduced "a
s,226,ql5. In 1896 this was slightly IN.
creased, the total being $, .soa,7so. This
WIS reduced last year 10 s., es5. $50.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-09-15

perhaps for the abandoned nest of a
field mouse. 1t will be remembered
that these little animals build upon the
surface of the ground soft nests of
grasses, in which they winter. From
these they have runways leading in
different directions. The bee goes
down into the dead grass, scrambling
on US best she may, until she finds one
of these runways, following it up to
the nest. If it is occupied, she goes
elsewhere; if not, the mouse nest
straightway becomes bees nest and
the little creature begins her prepara-
tions for housekeeping.
She now collects mass of pollen in
which to deposit an egg. As the egg
matches and the baby bee grows she
keeps this mass moistened with honey,
and he helps himself, eating out a
cavity larger than a white bean. In
this he spins a complete cocoon. When
this is done he takes long nap, in
which he changes from a grub into a
humble bee, with wings and legs. Mean
time the parent removes the thin coat
ing of pollen from the upper half of the
cocoon and apparently spreads a yell
low secretion, or varnish, upon it, as
if to keep out moisture. She is also
now busy collecting more pollen and
laying eggs in it and constructing a
rude cell or two in which to place
honey, as if for rainy day. The first
bees that hatch are worker bees, and
at this time are downy, pale. and baby
like in appearance and behavior. In
later summer queens and drones are
raiSed
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-09-15
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STORING VEHICLES.
How to Construct a WindInss of an
Improved Pattern.

1T y NsA y tttNtFHs
In the making of plans for a wind
lass to elevate box from wagons or
sleighs, the first requisite is building
of proper dimensions and construction
TO make it practicable. Fig. portrays
one "a by 20 feet, and allows for corn
crib full length on one side. It re-
quires three sills and two plates, three
cross beams. nine posts eight feet long
and double doors at each end seven feet
wide; comfortable space is left to pass
between two wagons side by side. 4
post set in the ground at center or
where doors meet should be about eight
or ten inches high, with groove at both
sides to receive the end Of board placed
directly under the edge Of door, which
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-09-15
THE MYSTERIOUS LOOP.

How can we disengage the string from
the loop? First of all, make the loop of
flexible leather in the shape pictured.
Slash the piece of leather Iengthwise
at each side of the center, to form the
loop, and cut square hole in it below
the loop; then adjust the string or
thong of leather, and tie an oblong
piece of leather 10 each end. If you use
Irvine, oblongs of pasteboard may be
substituted for the leather. Simply
slip the string under the loop near the
bottom and then slip each end into the
square hole. a. pic ured in Fig. /.
The string is shown freed from the
loop At Fig. ., and II is released in
this wise: Pull the loop through the
square hole and with 1t one end az the
string with the oblong block attached
10 il, After this end has been slipped
out, one tug will force the entire string
through the loop, enough Of which has
been drawn through the square hole 10
admit the ohlong easily. Remember
that the leather must he plant. for
otherwise the string and loop will not
work easily.
This IS particularly simple trick.
which everybody can learn 1t the very
first trial, though should any of YOU
fail the first. or even the second. time
you must not give mp. The thirt. trial
will surely he successful. 4 lesson in
patience Will have been learned in the
event IL making repeated trials. besides
. puzzle solved, and none ct my little
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-09-15
SYSTEMATIC SAVING.
How Small Amounts OF Money Can BE
Made to Produce Really Sur
prtstng Results.

The following shows how easy it is
to accumulate a fortune, provided
proper steps are taken. Tie table
shows what would be the result at the
end vi 50 years by saving a certain
amount each day and putting it at in
terest At the ra4e of six per cent:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-09-15
DaIlv Saving .

Nearly every person wastes enough
iii 20 81 sc years. which. II saved and
carefully invested, would make fam
ily quite Independents; but the prin-
ciple OF small savings has been lost
sight IL in the general desire to be-
come wealthy-Farmers Union.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-09-15
MODEL FARM GATE.
Its Designer Calls 1t the Cheapest an d
Best or All.

inclose tor the consideration of your
readers a sketch of farm gate-the
lightest, cheapest and best Of ALL Il
there is weak spot IN it would like
to have il located. and if there is any
way &c make one with less lumber and
labor, the man who knows the fact
should prove his philanthropy by pub
fishing it. OF course the gate can be
made as tall or as low as may be de-
sired by using many or few horizontal
bars. In the sketch have employed
six which, cut by inches and properly
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-09-15
Helped by an
Honest Doctor.

Determined to restore heath to a man stricken
aczh PARALYSIS, tie physician prescribed tie remeay
that has fro9ed most pO0eyt1k in such cases and
elected complete are 4 Alarming and lesson
Lor ha1-d a00rseYs
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-09-15
Eczema!
The Only Cure.

Eczema is more than a skin disease,
and no skin remedies can cure it. The
doctors are unable to effect cure, and
their mineral mixtures are damaging
60 the most powerful constitution. The
whole trouble is in the blood, and
Swift's Specific is the only remedy
which can reach such deep-seated blood
diseases.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-09-15

Clothes from old Ropes
An English wooden manufacturer nas
begun making clothes from old ropes
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-09-15

sinued to spread Until
her head was entirely
covered. She was treated
By several good doctors.
but grew worse. and the
dreadful disease spread
70 her face. She was
taken 10 two celebrated
health springs. but re
ceived no henetlt. Many
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-09-15

patent medicines were taken, hut without re-
SUIT, until We decided to try $. s. s.. and by the
time the hrst bottle was finished. her head Ice
gan % heal; A dozen bottles cured her COM
pletely ana LETT her skin perfectly smooth She
IS now sixteen years old, and has q magnificent
growth Of hair. Not . sign Of the dreadful
disease has ever returned.
II Il Snnpr
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-09-15
Ito be Contlnued.)
DOG DAYS IN COURT.
Interesting Legal Rullngs About Our
Canine Friends

Interesting Legal Rullngs About Our
Canine Friends
From Case and Comment A pretty
costly dog in Michigan was found to
have devoured $40 worth Of meat at
one sitting-Cheney VS.. Russell, A
Michigan, 620 II dog greedily and
ruuely goes behind the counter of a
shop and there feloniously applies to
his own use bread and cheese left for
mice and rats, and dies from the ef-
fects Of poison spread upon the comes
tibles, his death does not lie at the
shopkeeper's door, though he die there.
Appleton, Oh. j., in State VS.. Harri-
man, rs Me, 562, 46 Am. Rep. 42S, Cit
ing Stansfeld VS.. Bolleng, 20 l.. T. Rep.
N. S. 100. Where a small dog was
away from home decollete, although
the statute required collar, and was
killed by large dog, and the defense
was that the killing was lawful because
of tho want Of collar, 1t was held by
the court that the big dog was not de
jure or de facto police officer or con-
stable, and was not shown to have ex-
amined the records to see whether or
not the little dog had been licensed to
travel without a collar.-Hesrod VS..
Hackett (Mich.) Cent. L, ]. 479. On
the prosecution Of negro for steal
ing dog with collar on, when de-
murrer to the indictment was sustained
because 1t was not larceny to steal a
dog, the prosecution claimed that he
also stole the collar that was on the
dog, but the defense claimed that the
negro took the dog only and the dog
took the collar. The prisoner was
finally discharged.-3 Cent, L. J. 554.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-09-15
Suckers Work Is Healthy.

1t is fact that the stokers on board
an ocean liner" provided the men
are steady in their habits, suffer
scarcely at all from their arduous la
bors. A stoker works four hours at a
stretch, and during that time the tenn
perature Of his surroundings varies
from 100 to 100 degrees. One stoker
usually has four furnaces to attend to,
and while feeding one furnace a. man
has to be extremely careful or his arm
will be burnt by the furnace behind
him. AS rule, man Is occupied for
about three minutes at each furnace,
and directly he had finished he rushes
to the air-pipe and awaits till his turn
comes round again. It has been found
that the work is least injurious to the
men who are regularly employed at It.
Burlington Hawkeye.