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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-04-27
4 Narrow Escape.

Thankful words written by Mrs.
Ada E Hart, of Groton, S. D., WAS
taken with a bad cold which settled
on my lungs; cough set in and finally
terminated in Consumption. Four
doctors gave me up, saying / could
live but a short time. / gave myself
up to my Savior, determined if | could
not stay with my friends on earth,
would meet my absent ones above.
My husband was advised to get DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consump-
ton, Coughs and Colds. | gave it a
trial, took in all eight bottles. 1t has
cured me, and thank God | am saved
and now well and healthy woman. :"
Trial bottles free at j. L. Benefits
drug store. Regular size so cents and
$100. Guaranteed or price refunded.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-04-27

Mccormick, the Standard.

During the last ten years there has
been a growing demand for cheap
goods. Firms that manufacture all
kinds of goods have seen this and
most Of them have made an effort to
catch the cheap trade. The conse-
quenees were buyers of cheap goods
soon found out they had been hum
bugged. The Mccormick Harvesting
Machine Company have been an ex-
ception. They have steadily main
tanned their price and kept their goods
up to a high standard. During the
season OF 1898 they made and sold
ls9. $50 machines. Other manufac-
turers. seeing this enormous sale. are
initiating the Mccormick machines
as nearly as it is possible for them to
do 50. They have put in the steel
platform, the open elevator and other
wise changed their machines so that
they may look as nearly as possible
like McCormicks. This shows one thing
sure. the best goods are always imi-
tied as nearlyas the patents viii al
], w. III. Rose sells them in Lam
caster. Come in and and see the new
models.
1t adds spice to dreary life, encour-
ages the human heart, lifts one out OF
despair, breathes new life and conf
dence. That's what Rocky Mountain
Tea viii do So cents. Stone & Has
sci and J. T. Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-04-27
6itu Residence For Sale.

Having purchased property else
where | viii sell my residence situated
at PIP North Adams ST., two blocks
northeast of Court house square.
The house is large and commodi-
Gus. the barn and other outbuildings
are convenient and in excellent con-
dition and the four lots comprised
render it very pleasant and desirable
residence located close to the business
portion of the city. This property
will be sold much below its real val
ne. Terms easy. Call and look over
the premises and satisfy Yourself.
If CHAs. III NYE.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-04-27
ADDITIONAL LOCAL ITEMS.

Miss Winifred Showalter rides a
new Iyanhoe bicycle bought at G. W.
Burr's.
DO you want the best. brightest
latest and most popular light for your
bicycle Get the electro-aeetylene
bicycle lamp q Thos Webb, Lancas-
ter, Wis They can also be used on
carriages aud buggies
The sale Of blooded stock byThas.
Tormey Of Fennimore last week was
the most notable event IF the kind
ever held in the county Fifty ami
mails sold for $50 One COW aud
calf brought 5000 AR. Chas BON
ham ii Hurricane bought four or five
81 the finest Of the herd
The Old Maids Convention last
week was great success ID every
way The evening receipts were
over one hundred dollars. giving net
profit for the Congregational church
society Of about eighty-hve dollars.
The costumes and antics u the old
maids aud Of Prot. Makeoy the To-
cal hits, aud the extraordinary trans
formations u the wonderful remodel
scope were very funny.
DIED Near Livingston, April lib.
1899. John Lisbie. infant son Of Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. 4. Taylor. aged II
days Burial II Hake cemetery on
Saturday April ID. An unusually
large assemblage Al the funeral at
tested the heartfelt sympathy OF the
community with the bereayed parents.
Dr. i. T. Edwards oilieiated Jesus
said .Suirer little children To come
unto me and forbid them not; for such
is the Kingdom Of Heaven
Ever since John Horsfall sold his
farm in Millville to Charles knapp
aud moved 70 Lancaster into fine
house which he had built on smiths
bill. for himself his heart has pinned
fer the old house IN Mllyille Yester-
Jay he went g Mr. Knapp and bought
The farm back. paying nve hundred
more Tor it than he SET for it. Mr..
Knapp had. after puying, rented the
farm for two wears to another man.
- that We 10 not know how John
will manage il with the renter Per-
haps be ean not occupy the farm for
tive years.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-04-27
THURSDAY, APRIL p, 1899.

The horrible crime Of Sam Hose,
(colored) and his equally horrible
lynching BY Wild mob at Palmetto,
Georgia has been followed by the
lynching Of Strickland whom Hose
said bribed him, and 81 Albert sewell
negro who expressed himself to the
effect that the death Of every negro
should be avenged. The mob is said
to be hunting for more victims. Of
The crime of which Hose was guilty
there can be no excuse unless the very
atroclty and fiendishness are an indi-
cation of the insanity Of the wretch
who committed it. Neither is there
any valid excuse for the barbaric tor
ture TO which the white people Of the
community subjected Hose, nor for
the more inexcusable hanging Of
Strickland and Sewell. The whites
BY such atrocities are placing them
selves on level with arbarians
and sowing wind that is sure 70 re-
suit sooner or later in the reaping Of
a whirlwnd Of ire and slaughter.
The black race is an initiative race
and can learn, yes, and viii learn II
they do not already appreciate the
power Of ku klux methods and mob
violence to crafty spite and revenge
God help the sunny southland when
the colored people adopt those meth
DDS to redress the centuries Of oppres-
sion, cruelty and disgrace to which
the white man las subjected them. A
race war is too awful to contemplate,
but the violent element among whites
of the south is Fastening the day
when such a calamity i possible. The
frequency and fiendishncss Of recent
negro lynehings warrants an inyestiga
ton and if possible remedial legisla-
tion by congress. (T4ater reports
deny the hanging Of Sewell.)
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-04-27
Grant GoUntu Court--april IS.

Estate Of Geo Perkins. Blooming
ton. II, v Brown appointed guard,
an al litem Final account of admil..
i>tratorallowed.
Estate II Margaret \. Medley
platteviHe Final aceouu, allowed
and order made assigning estate
Estate I'd Grace stevens. Mpn.fart.
WI admitted lo probate john n
len and Erred Stevens named Us cxccu-
turs with bond Used nj Sl.Soa
Estate 50 treJ = Phelps. Lancaster
AHaiC Phelps Iatut6 Is eNecuiriN tVi.f
Bond fixed AZ S3l1
Estate s. AlarEa E5ve. M1nttart.
Final account allowed 8s amended
Estate II FreicricN Schneider. lau-
caster WI admitted % probate
Ghas Schneider aTt in;el eNeeu-al
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-04-27
The Hol

Family can get Shus at
my store
| hay every SIP frum
ulttllinS 10 tWelveS. -
We can fit father, moth
ar. sons and dawters
Ia perfeNlQn.
L. FEZER.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-04-27

called Grain-O. Itisa delicious appeuziug.
uouriShing food drink 10 take Tbs place 81
coffee. Sold by All grocerS and L scd by ali
who have used IL because Whe ! properly
prepared IL tastes Ike the finest coffee out
il free from all it. in furious properties,
Grain-O aids digestion ana str engtheus the
nerves. IL Is not Stimul2vt but health
huildcr. ana children a. WEB as adults can
drink il with great heurdt. Costs about =
.ts much 3s coffee. IL aud > cents.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-04-27
HOW TO FIND OFT.

Eli bottle or common glass with
Your water aud let ii stand twenty
four hours: a sediment or settling IN
dicates an unhealthy condition OF the
kidneys: If it stains youI linen it Is
evidence Of kidney trouble; too fire.
quent desire to pass it or pain in the
back Is also convincing proof that the
kidneys 4 nd bladder are out OF order
WHAT TO DO.
There is comfort in the knowledge
50 often expressed that DR.. Kilmer' :
Swamp-Root. the great kidney remedy
fulfills every wish in curing rheuma-
tism. pain in the back. kidneys, liver,
bladder and every part OF the urinary
passages. 1t corrects inability to
hold wster and scalding pain in pass
ing ii, or bad effects following use of
liquor, wine or beer and overcomes
that unpleasant necessity Of being
compelled TO 60 often during the day
and to get up many times during the
night The mild and the extraordi-
nary effect Of Swamp-Root is soon
realized. II you need a medicine you
should have the best. At druggists
SOC or S1.00.
You may have sample bottle and
a book that tells more about it, both
sent absolutely free by mail if you
send your address to DR.. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, n. Y. When writing be
sure and mention that you read this
generous offer in the Grant County
Herald.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-04-27

PHYSICIAN w, DooLIrTLE NJ. D.
Special attention given TO diseases OF
women aud children. ONCE over Bennett 5
drug store. Phone - Lancaster. wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-04-27

Open the door, let in the air,
The winds are sweet the flowers
are fair,
Joy is abroad in the world for me
Since taking Rocky Mountain Tea.
Stone Il Hassel and }. L Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-04-27

Greatest spring tonic ever offered
suffering humanity. Drives away all
blood impurities. constipation, kidney
and liver troubles. Keeps you well
all summer. Rocky Mountain Tea
Stone & Hassell and j. 7. Bonnet
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-04-27
TROOPS SUFFER HEAVILY.
Col. Stotsenburg and Six Other Amer
leans Slain Near Malolos
by the Insurgents.
FORTY-NIRE MORE ARE BADLY WOUNDED
Battle the seyerest and Most Disas-
trous since Fighting in the Phil
ippines Hegan-Natiyes Flee from
Their Breastworks with slight
Loss-WiII Have Revenge.

Loss-MiI Have Revenge.
Manila, April 24.-In an encounter
with the Filipinos Sunday near Quinn
qua, about four miles northeast of Ma
lolos, seven Americans were killed and
40 wounded. The following were killed:
Col. John NJ. Stotsen burg, of the First
Nebraska regiment, formerly of the
Sixth cavalry.
Lieut.. Sisson, of the same regiment.
Two priyates of the Nebraska regi-
ment.
Three priyates Of the Fourth cavalry.
Most of the wounded belong to The
First Nebraska regiment.
The Filipinos retreated with small
loss.
Disastrous But Successful.
The engagement developed Tito a
disastrous, though successful, fight.
The insurgents had a horseshoe trench,
about a mile long, encircling a rice
field, on the edge Of wood. Maj. Bell,
with 40 cavalrymen, encountered
strong outpost One of his men was
killed and five were wounded by vol
ley The Americans retired, carrying
their wounded under fire and with
great difficulty, being closely pursued,
a fog enabling the enemy to creep up
to them.
brave officer Killed.
Finally the Second battalion arrived,
and then Col. stotsenburg, who had
spent the night with his family at Ma
Mia, came upon the field. The men i'm
mediately recognized him and raised
cheer Col Stotsenburg, deciding to
charge as the cheapest way out of the
difficulty, led the attack at the head of
his regiment. He fell with a bullet in
the breast, dying instantly, about 200
yards from the breastworks.
Lieut.. Sisson fell with a bullet in his
heart, the bullet striking him near the
from his neck.
In the meantime the artillery had
arrived and shelled the trenches. The
Filipinos stood until the Nebraska
troops were right on the trenches, and
then they bolted 10 the second line of
intrenchments, a mile back.
The Nebraska regiment lost two pri-
Yates killed and had many wounded,
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VIII Have Revenge.
The loss Of the Nebraska regiment
~ tue eompaish y the greatest sus-
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pateh received py secretary Long from
latter Is stun III the dark respecting the
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-02-09

IT is so nice to hear it said by
the press that prosperity has re-
turned. 1t makes me long to get
out and have my share of it.
Sometimes, however, [ read in the
papers accounts Of things that
make me believe that there is some
misunderstanding about the afore-
said prosperity. Accounts Of
people starving to death in the
large cities are not so scarce.
Lately a graduate Of a European
university broke the window of a
store, grabbed something and then
went inside and asked the people
to arrest him, as he was freez-
ing and starving to death. He was
sent to the penitentiary.
One night during the past week
hungry ex-prisoner Of the peni-
Tertiary returned to the prison
and asked for food.
There must be stacks of pros
perity lying around outside.
Maybe it is mostly lying
around"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-02-09
WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT US.

The editor of THE PRISON MIRROR
has as yet failed to fall in line with
Minnesota'S other editors and advertise
for wood OH Observation-Disclosures
Independent.
No, this is a hot place.
THE PRISON MIRROR came to our
exchange table Monday. THE MIR
ROR is edited by the convicts in the
Minnesota State Prison at Saltwater,
and is one of the brightest papers in
the state.-Big Lake Herald.
1t is proposed to have all school text
books printed at the reformatory at ST..
cloud. Why not print them at Still
water and let the editor Of The PRISON
MIRROR furnish the copy? He could
do it and get out the paper on time ev-
cry week.-AmbOy Herald.
One would hardly look to publica-
ton published at the State Prison for
a standard of morals. 1t is neverthe-
less true that the editor of THE PRIs-
ON MIRROR, published at Saltwater,
has a higher opinion If what should be
and what should not be published in q
newspaper than many of his brothers
on the outside.-Mapleton Er.ter-
prise.
The PRISON MIRROR is one of the
most newsy and spicy papers which
comes to our desk. They don't need
advertising matter for their susten
ance and thus fill their columns with
news that pleases everybody. -Solway
Advocate.
THE PRISON MIRROR published at
the Minnesota State Prison is a model
little newspaper. Its Hits and Strikes
column and Passing Events by Hans
Miller are spicy enough to live forever.
Walsh Co. IN. d. Record.
One of the bright exchanges that has
reached the Globes exchange table for
a number of years is THE Prison MIR
RoR, published by the inmates of
the penitentiary at Saltwater, MINI.
1t contains many happy hits, and ia
cetiously remarks that its contributors
"were secured at great expense. "-Os.
kaIoosa Globe.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-02-09

merely on the community which
allowed crime to be committed
in the name Of law.
It is often said that God AL
mighty never made anything with
out beneficent purpose. Still it
is somewhat hard to see why He
made bedbugs, scorpions and kiln
dried reformers, from whom the
true love of God has been long
since evapo1ated- maybe it was as
a punishment for our sins. It is
the only theory I can think of.
In some dim, distant future when
the story Of America is being writ
ten from treasured fragments by
some learned Ethiopian he will
read of the curfew laws and learn
eddy descant on the denominations
which where rampant on the streets
of rural towns after nine o'clock,
which made it necessary to put
the children in prison if they ap-
peared on the streets after that
hour-in order to preserve their
morals. He will also tell how the
people were addicted to an unheard
vice, called cigarettes, which was
of such a soul-destroying and de-
basing nature that it was found
necessary to put children who
practiced it in prison. The license
for it's practice being confined to
ladies, gentlemen and dudes.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-02-09

OVER in Minneapolis the cops
grabbed poor newsy and hauled
him before Plate for smoking cof-
fn-nails. Tie kid was sent to
prison for five days. The reform"
press has been very enthusiastic
about this proceeding. 1 have
seen no dissenters. And yet it
would seem that if it is right for
men and women to make, sell and
smoke cigarettes, it could not be
ethicaIly wrong for a newsboy to
buy and smoke them. UDfortuna.
tely I have never learned to use
t.bacco in any form, hence the
solace it seems to give to it's de-
voices has been denied me. But
if other men, women or children
enjoy a smoke, 1 would raise no
objection. I have found that the
Performers" who howl for curfew
and cigarette laws are usually
those unfortunates whose early
incontinence have made them in
capable of further indulging their
own appetites, and their .pirit Of
mean and petty jealousy prompts
them ITO emasculate flowers and
enact laws against the innocent
enjoyments of others.
Of course, it does not matter to
these dessicated saints that the
boy in question had stain put
upon him in the eyes of himself
and his comrades-they not being
able to see that the shame was
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-02-09

In HIS opening address to the
Prison Congress at New Orleans,
Warden McClaughry, of Joliet;
gave voice to the following senti-
ment:-
mo just government will allow
conditions of prison life that make
increasing immortality certainty
For example,: Government, in the
name of law, violates law, and
commits a crime against God and
man, when it incarcerates mere
youth and hardened, accomplished
Williams in the same prisons. In
such cases government conducts
and supports normal schools of
vice and schools which
turn loose upon society graduates
in the arts of crime-good people,
by taxation, having paid for the
support and tuition of those who
learned, in prison, how to prey up
on them as soon as released"
Mr.. McClaughry is a man who
does not stand still or retrograde.
He is, in the matter of penology, a
generation ahead of his time. 1t
is pity that men like him cannot
have free hand to carry out their
ideas, but must waste their ener
gies on Legislators who are ever
changing and who, in general, do
not consider the prisoner in the
least in forming their laws, except
insofar as he may be made a
source of revenue to the state and
be kept out of competition with
the free labor of the common
wealth.
Mr.. McClaughry has, on other
occasions, advocated improvem ent
in the graded system, as at pres
ent existing, which have for their
object the gradual elevation of the
prisoner, while yet in prison, to a
condition which is as closely re-
sembling actual liberty as it is
possible to make Imprisonment
This, with the idea of making the
release from prison gradual, and
thus reduce the sudden exaltation
which takes possession of a sud-
denly released prisoner, and only
too often lead him to celebrate his
restoration to society with a de-
bauch.
To restore the prisoner to soci-
ETY., healthy in mind and body,
with the greatest possible oppor-
tunities of earning an honest, re-
spectacle living should be the aim
of the civilized state in the treat
ment of a prisoner.
To use him merely as beast of
burden for the benefit of certain
class may be profitable, but, as the
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-02-09
THE MIRROR is a weekly paper published

THE MIRROR is weekly paper published
In the Minnesota State Prison. 1t was founded
In 1887 by the prisoners and is edited and man.
aged by them. Its objects are to be home
newspaper; to encourage moral and intellectual
improvement among the prisoners; to acquaint
the public with the true STATUS of the prisoner;
to disseminate pathological information and to aid
In dispelling that prejudice which has ever been
the bar sinister to fallen mans self-redemption.
The paper is entirely dependent on the public for
its financial support If at any time there should
accrue surplus of funds, the money would be
expended in the interests of the prison library.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-02-09

IHE pTSonG SplTlC Ill COuCIOl
of The PRISON MIRROR has in a
great measure restored it's charac-
ter from the subserviency into
which it seemed to have fallen for
a year or two prior to the present
regime. It today is a bright and
radical journal and many of it's
articles are leading to a hope of
better conditions in economic at
fairs. It is non-partisan and is not
crammed with "Isms'' but seems
disposed to give truths unlabeled.
It's not unfair to say, however, that
it stops short of conclusions that
are Of vital import and that must
be reached before conditions can
be materially bettered. AS an ex-
ample we clip the following:
"The outlook for the workers of to-
day would be much more dreary than
it is were it not for those bugaboos,
the trusts" which they all seem so
much to fear. The trusts are working
to do away with competition. AS they
gradually invade one branch of in
dustry after another. the inevitable
conclusion will not be so long in com
ing. What the inevitable conclusion
will be l am unable to say. Let us
hope for the best.-PRIsON MIRROR.
It will be seen from this that
competition as means of just and
equitable distribution is con-
demned. The only logical deduc-
ton from this is that competition
is not a commendable way of pro-
duction or distribution. The pub
lie mind is. gradually but surely
grasping the truth that it is a
coarse, laundering, unscientifc
method-in fact not worthy to be
called a method-and only suited
to the spirit of gambling and hap
hazard chance.-Rural Center.
I am obliged for the kind COM
ments. But the editor Of the Ru-
raj Center has only proved that I
was right when I supposed that
my readers would be able to sup
ply the probable conclusion. 1t
is unnecessary to label truths, and
to some extent undesirable, be-
cause men and women often form
opinions which are based on the
condemnatory comments of the
capitalistic press on advanced
ideas. But if the idea is set forth,
ably and conscientiously, then
men and women will read it with
out preconceived bias, and the
chances are that they will find
and acknowledge the truth.
Why should truth have a label?
Does it not bear on its face the
mark Of it's origin? A purchased
and partisan press may rant
against a name. That is easy. 1t
may by continual hammering
change the name into one Of oblo-
guy, but the principles for which
the name stands are not SO
easily attacked, and they may at
anytime come forward to stand or
fall on their merits, unnamed.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-02-09
N 0 TICE E..

ALL PERSONS receiving copies of
THE MIRROR who are not Oh our
regular lists will please consider
such as sample copies. If, after
reading, you conclude that THE
MIRROR Is worthy of patronage
send your name to this Office for a
trial subscription at rates as pub.
lfshed above.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-02-09

good book says, while it tastes
sweet in the mouth, it will be bit
ter in the belly.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-02-09

The New Voice asks: els specula-
ton in stocks gamblingp" l should say
that it is not. It is sure thing. just
the same as the shell game. If you
are on the inside, you are sure to skin;
if on the outside, you are sure to get
skinned. No gambling about it. 1t is