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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01
yellow pine lumber for the nothern

market.
In the southwestern part Of the state
lies the Acadian country. 1t IS land
of beautiful prairies and of magnificent
yellow pine forests, that in the DIS
lance look blue. This is the upland
of Louisiana, the foothills OF the 1T
tie Switzerland to the north. IL IS
the rice belt and cattle country OF the
state.
In Acadia the prairies are small, be-
ing ten or twelve miles long and tlve
or six miles wide. They are girded
round by yellow pine forests, through
which run bayous. 1t is fertile par
ish, but not as pretty to the eye as
Calcasieu. The Calcasieu prairie is the
largest in the state-about fifty miles
long and from five to forty miles wide.
The parish itself, which is also the
largest in the commonwealth, COM
prises 1000 square miles, and is about
two-thirds the size of Connecticut.
Here the land is firm and solid. In
digging wells the farmers have to go
deeper to find water than they do in
Wisconsin. The land, which is now
fifty or sixty feet above the gulf of
Mexico, was once its bed, and contains
a great deal of sand. The roads are
sometimes dry within twelve hours
after semi-tropical rain. There is SO
little mud, except in proximity to rice
marshes, that one may ride a bicycle
along a highway covered with water.
This is the upland, and yet it is the
rice country. The explanation is sim
pig From foot to two feet under the
soil lies bed of clay which is impervi-
Gus to water. Wherever land lies in
shallow saucer shape, so that its
edges are slightly higher than it's in
terror. the falling rain will fill it to the
rim and form marsh, because the
water cannot percolate through the I'M
DERIVING bed of clay and escape. In
Louisiana you often will find the low
grounds hard and dry and marches on
the ridges. This paradox puzzled the
| northern soldiers who were on Banks
Red river expedition They were in
country in which they were likely to
get lost.
The alluvial land which lies in the
Mississippi bottom seems to be planta-
tons part of the time and part Of the
time Mississippi river. Swamps are
not unknown there.
We are having a Louisiana biz
Yard, said nl.;hern settler in Cal
casieu parish. THE thermometer has
fallen to 20 degrees above zero"
The children in the country go to
school barefoot all winter. In
country school house, on a sharp mid
winter day, there was only one child
who wore shoes. All the children had
shoes at home, but they did not care
to wear them.
The well-to-do French farmer, with
laEa by the league and cattle by the
hundreds. with money buried in the
ground or hidden in hollow trees or
deposited in the bank, goes barefoot
the year round except when he visits
the parish town. His winter dress is
a straw hat, calico shirt and a pair Of
blue cotton trousers. He goes with
out collar, cravat and shoes. His feet
are as insensible to cold as are the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01
NO WONDER HE LAUGHED.
Reprimand Which Rear Admiral Luce
Turned to Ridicule.

When Rear-Admiral Stephen B.
Luce, Z. S. N, was a young man, an
ensign or a lieutenant-it matters not
where-it so happened one summer
that his ship for some days lay at
anchor off a well-knOwn seashore re-
sort, says the Philadelphia Post OF
course the officers, young and old.
were often ashore. One night after
some function or other a party of the
young officers, among whom was Mr..
Luce, set out for the ship. They had
had an excellent time and were feel
ing very jolly. laughing and talking
perhaps rather hilariously; they drew
up to the ship, and, leaving the boat,
clambered up the gangway, Mr.. Luce
in the lead The officer of the deck
hearing so much noise of mirth, met
them with severe glance as they
stepped on deck. He looked them over
one by one and then turning to Mr..
Luce, who was the life of the party,
he said: mir. Luce, | am surprised;
you are tight. sir" Quick as flash
came the answer: why, sir, / Go not
know what you mean, sir. If Stephen
b. Luce how can he be tight, sir?" A
ready answer turneth away wrath.
The officer of the deck walked away
laughing.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01
ENGLISH COUNTERS,
Peculiarly of the British Nation which
Is Increasing.

- tHcTtdSlnSs
An observant philosopher, who has
lately been devoting considerable at
tention to the study of modern man
ners, has been much struck with the
habit of granting and coughing
which is growing among both sexes
and threatens to become a public null
sance wherever two or three men or
women are gathered together, says the
London Telegraph. When nobody has
anything to say, some one begins an
affected cough, which is merely the in
dication of mind with nothing in it,
or makes a cultural grunt, to prove
that its author is still alive The cor
respondent continues: "If people do
not exercise a little self-restraint and
check this perniciOuS habit we shall
soon be called a nation of snorters and
grunters. On Sunday last | was at
church, and Immediately behind me
sat a woman with her young children
and during the SCI mon to which | was
listening intently, my thoughts were
distracted by the woman behind me
constantly grunting possibly the doc
trine hit her too hard Her children
followed suit. When asked on the way
home why they grunted the elder of
the youngsters replied: Mummy
grunts, SO do L. Recently | was trav-
cling in a first-class railway carriage
with five other men. The one in the
far corner back seat set up his peculiar
grunt the man opposite him followed.
then the man next to me in the center
and then the man opposite him and
then the man opposite me- and they all
seemed to take it up again in their
turn, and to think. much more to read,
was out of the question and | felt in
clined to jump out of the carriage, but
as we were in Southwestern, which
is famous for the pace they travel, this
was quite out of the question and had
to endure the persecution until the
first stoppage, when | left the occu-
pants to grurt at each other to their
hearts content"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01

The 3 o'clock tea room, like Africa, Is
always producing something new, and
the latest thing Essays Madame, is the
Book Tea which seems to have
caught on with frightful intensity
among quite enlightened Londoners."
The idea is that every one who goes to
the tea party shall represent book.
and that every one shall guess every
other ones title. prizes being given for
the best representation and the highest
number of correct guesses. The writer
cites the case of a gentleman who en-
tered the room with his coat inside
out as Vice Versa" and a clerical
man who merely said nothing, as The
Silence of Dean Maitland" A young
man with a string OF cigarettes round
his neck was found to be The Virgin
ians." The Book Tea" has already
developed the Play Tea and the
Popular Song Tea" and others are
promised
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01
SLY REWARD.
A Fox Trap Which Is Tempting but Is
Always Suspected.

One of the systems quite frequently
resorted to to trap fox is to place a
large stone in the center of pool OF
water, just out of reach of fox, says
the Waterbury American. On this
stone is placed bait, meat or anything
fox likes. In the water near the
stone the el-jawed trap is placed and
piece OF green moss four or five
inches square is placed on the pan OF
the trap. The trap is under water and
the green moss hides it. The fox
doesn't care to go into the water. He
comes along, smells the bait and be-
gins to trot around the pool CT water
The stone with the bait on it is just
nicely out of reach and ne goes round
and round the pool, trying to reach the
bait on the stone. But he can't reach
it. If he is very hungry or if he is very
young by and by he will stop going
round and round, and size up the patch
Of innocent-lOoking green moss, easily
within reach of his paw, which finally
proves too much, and he reaches one
paw over and puts it on the patch or
moss and stretches his neck over to
the stone to grab the bait. The weight
which he bears on the trap springs 1T
and he is fast by the front leg. The
Tap is not fastened. and the fox re-
treats, carrying the trap on his leg with
him. The pain soon tires him and he
lies down and sometimes when there Is
a loose chain attached to the trap the
chain catches in the bushes or stumps
and the fox, realizing that he is caught,
gives up and lies down and in time is,
Of course, gathered in. Not all foxes,
however are caught or deceived by the
green patch of moss, for oftentimes
fox. in the winter, when the snow IS
on the ground Will go round and round
the pool of water until he has worn a
path around the pool, without once at
tempting to touch his foot on the moss.
Old dog foxes usually realize that the
bit of moss is a trouble breeder and let
1t severely alone, although the bait
may be SO tempting that they can't
tear themselves away from the scene.
Why they don't wade into the poo! and
skip the moss is not known, but they
don't. Perhaps they suspect the clear
water mayalso prove trouble-breeder
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01
WIFE OF GEN, BULLER.

The accompanying picture Is from
the latest photograph of Lady Audrey
Butler. the talented and gracious wife
of the English general who has been
fighting the Beers in South Africa,
Lady Butler is no longer young wom-
an, for she has a daughter who has
just made her debut into the London
social world She has nevertheless.
shown herself one Of the most ener-
getic Of the many English noolewomen
who have been interesting themselves
IN alternating the sufferngs Of the
English sick and wounded at the Cape.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01

Bayou Nez Pique, Acadia, La, cor
respondence: In Southern Louisiana
you may sit under an umbrella tree"
look at green roses and eat white
blackberries. You may watch the
chameleon turn scarlet, blue, green,
brown or gray. or hear the hooking
bird pour forth its wild melody from
the roof of veranda, or see fight of
white cranes descend, like great snow
fakes, on distant ricefield.
This subtropical land, with It's trees
ghostly with Spanish moss, It's bayous
ablaze with scarlet LEAKAGE, out of
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01
ARCADIA, THE BEAUTIFUL LAND.

No disgrace is equal to being fo,n,
New Years morning with an unnaid
debt. On the other hand, the crad dior
wko fails to collect his debts AZ tbi.
time may not press them again for
many months. He therefore pursues
his creditor far into the night contins
uing his search into the New yaar,.
day. if necessary. This he nav - -
he carries lighted lantern to indi.
cate that he is still engaged in last
nights business and las not discays
cred that the day has dawnad, w.
ems Home Companion
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01

little mountains, which rise sixty or
seventy feet above the surrounding
landscape. The highest peak in the
state is in this wild district, and it
towers $50 feet above the gulf of Mex
leo.
The hill country might make the
mountaineers of the Alps or the Andes
smile, but it is as serious fact in this
state as are the Highlands in Scotland
or the Catskill mountains in New York.
This mountainous country is the lum-
Der belt. 1t is full of sawmills, and
turns out vast quantities of handsome
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01
Baiieys Laxative Tablets Cures Constlpa-

The active principle is cascara sa-
grada, a plant found in California.
1t does not do the work for the bowels
but makes the bowels do their own
work. 1t gets the bowels back in the
habit of doing their own work. and
after they have been reused into a
state Of healthy activity, and the liver
and other organs also, they will con-
tinue on without medicine Thy
will cure sick headache, biliousness
and liver troubles and constipation
and remove poisonous matter from
the system. Put up in 10 and % cent
packages. For sale j. T. Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01
Bob',y WIS Victor,

Mrs. Bobby, you bad boy,
have you been fighting with Tomn y
Slimson again? Dear, aari l shall
have to get you a new suit"
Bobby-"That's nothing, ma. You
ought to see Tommy Slimson. His ma
may have to get her new boy."-Cin-
cinLati Enquirer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01
CHILDREN WHO WORK.

Increase In the Number In This
Country.
Between 1870 and 1880 the amount
of child labor in this country decidedly
increased. In 1870. out Of 5,6O4,OOO
children, between 10 and Is years old,
$4,000 were wage-earners; in 1880,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01
Aroused Her Anger.

Are you engaged?" said gentle
man to young lady at country
dance. Il was" she replied, with fash
ing eyes, "but if that Pete Thompson
thinks that I'm going to sit here and
see him squeeze that freckle-faced
Wilkins girls hand all evening. he'll
be mistaken, diamond or no diamond"
Ohio State Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01

The accompanying illustration IS
from photograph of the queen of
Swaziland. and shows her majesty sit
ting in front of the samboti, or royal
kraal, with a royal princess of the
Swazis on either nana. This royal
kraal is near Bremersdorp, and it is
interesting to know that this Is the
first photograph ever taken of the
queen, who is known to her people un-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01

der the name of Uhmlagovas. Swasi-
land, by the way, is one of the most
prosperous of the British dependencies
In Africa, for, unlike their cousins, the
Zulus, the Swasis prefer following ag-
ricultural and pastoral pursuits. They
are a hospitable and democratic peo-
pie, the women working in the fields
along with the men, and both living
on the fruits of their industry when
they have passed .aiddle life.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01

A TTORNETS- bushnell, WATKINS & MOSES
Practice in all State and United States
courts. Offices over State Bank OF rant Coun-
", Lancaster.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01
Thistle Down Cloth.

The down of thistles was spun by
the ancients to wake acanthine gar
nents.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE w. F. MEG oN1-
GAL. Also agent Tor six of the best Fire
insurance Companies in the United StattA.
ConveyaCing and Record Searches of Title
OF Real Estate in Grant County, a speciality.
ONCE in Mcdonald Block. Lancaster. Wis
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01

PHYSICIAN-F. NJ. CRoNIN. NJ. D.
ONCE over Ziegler'S hardware srore, east
of court house, Lancaster. Calls in city and
country promptly attended
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01

Good meat has a reddish brown
color and contains no clots Of blood.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01

ATTORNEY-D. w. CLARK.
VIII practice in all courts. Speciaities;
Collections and Settl, ment of estates Office
at CaSSville.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01
A TTORNEY-H. w. BROWN.

ATTORNEY-W f. HOWE
District Attorney of C rant County. Prac-
tees in all courts. Collections a specially.
BoScobel.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01

N OTARY PUBLIC. MAkTIN BURGESS.
Insurance and collections. Acknowledge
mentS. CaSSville. n
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01
The NOn-rritatin6
Cafharfic
o
Easy to take, easy to operate
Hoods Pills
Official f9irectorp.
.............. .LAWYERS.......

kTTORNEXS-LowRY s. CLEMENTsoN.
Practice in all courts Probating OF estates
and real estate collections a 81 ecialty. ONE
over Basic DIS store. in front Of court house.
Branch office at Fennimore.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01
AND THE
CHEAPEST KNOWN.

D~ THE WEEKLY INTER OCEAN cUPPLiEs ALL -
As'S TIE NEWS ARD pE3T CURRENT LITERATURE -
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-01
PUBLISHED OK
THURSDAY.

For over fifty eight
Years a National Fam
lily paper for farmers
and villagers, whose
readers have represent
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-17
THREE STORIES FROM The PHILIPPINES
THAT CONTAIN SIGNIFICANT FEATURES.

Manila Oct. IS. via HonG-KonC.-A de-
tachment of twenty men of III" Twenty
fourth Regiment. while engaged in !, pair
ing telegraph wires, October ~. AT "A point
near San Jose. Neuvo E'ijt Province. isia
de Luzcn, were s.. upon by 20 insurgents
and were overpowere,i and scattered. seven
Of the Americans reached san jose. but 4
is probable tnat the remainder were cap
iurcd
The enemy surprised party of scouts of
the Forty-thir, Infantry at Point three
miles from Takioban. Lryte Island. killing
three Of the Americans at the first v"liey.
Two escaped and gave the alarm, but the
enemy succeeded IN evading their pursuers.
CAPTAIN SHIEiD>S LOSS.
Washington. oct. IA cable dispatch
from Gcnera! Macarthur to-day SAYS that
Caf tain shields ~ the Twenty ninth
Inf .ntry and his men were cfptured hy the
Insurgents and aft"rvard r"S"u"h bT Cen
eral Harc's tyco,s. The list fol VS.:
hile Ser tr-'hrr i3, Company !. Twen-
ty-riuth X, ..ifncut. /. :. Y. in'3utry. VIII
liam Andrews. F.i,aorc T. NuCrar. Erwin
Niles: Srptcm5 Il. Frank WeiEand.
N"uAd.,!-S"Utember -. CAPTAIN pever-
euS Shields neck mouth and SHOULDER. Sc
rious; I.iown :. GOWN, hip. sight. Robert
10. n, on. Lead slight arm. ser GUS: jun
v. Po l.. head. sii=ht: John thc;, head and
wrist. slight, shoulder. serious.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-17
ELECTED NEW OFFICERS.
Telegraphers Fill the Places of
-.. Men Who Were DepOsed.

The Order of Railway Photographers yes
terday afternoon suspended the regular or
der of business which was the considera-
lion of the report of the special committee
on revision of the constitution. and pro-
ceeded To the election OF officers TO Ill the
places of taose deposed in earlier sessions
of the present grand council and TO Fix
the salaries of the grand officers.
The salary of the grand president was
fixed at s3.19 a year: the first vice presi-
dent at sl.5c. and the second and third
vice presidents at N.20i.
NJ. NJ. Dolphin of Kansas City was unan-
imousiy elected grand president in place OF
W. V. Powell. deposed. T. NJ Pierson OF
Division No. -. was elected first vice pres
i6ent, and assigned to the district east OF
the Mississippi River: s. J. Kelly Of Divis-
ion No. 81. was elected second vice pres
ident and assigned to the district west OF
the Mississippi River. F. G. Sinclair Of Di-
vision No. Z. was chosen third vice pres
ident and assigned to the district of Cam
ada.
F. w. Barron of Division No. 81 was
elected director in place of Charles Daniels.
deposed, and G. T.. Lsyman Of Division No.
IA was elected director in place of 5. &
Mahany, deposed.
NJ. Al. Dolphin. the new grand president.
was not present at the time Of his election.
having been called to Boston Saturday last
oaicia. business of the order. reso-
tuition was adopted by acclamation In
structins the secretary to send a telegram
TO Dolplin at once. notifying him OF MS
election.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-17
FIRST WIFE HOLDS
The WHINING HAND.
Unless Thompson Can Make Good
His Decree of Divorce, He
Is a Bigamist.


REpI' BLIC SPECIAL.
Omaha Neb. oct. l6.-Chdrles L. Thomp-
son. Il rather handsome and well-1resSed
store in St Louis in 1895 and later. is in
the District Court here trying TO make good
a decree of divorce which he secured in
1885 and thus avoid the trouble of having
TWO wives
Eleven years ago Thompson married Miss
Mary Goodwin at Belleville, Ill. Later they
moved to ST. Louis. where Thompson had
such difficulty In making living that they
made their home with his wife's parents.
There they lived until 1895. when Thompson,
who had been working In department
store. is alleged TO have spent his earnings
in gambling. He couldn't hold the position
and his wife's parents declined TO support
him longer AT intervals he secured en-
ploymeut saving 81 "A week out of So. which
he contributed TO his wifes support.
Finally ne disappeared altogether. and
when he returned she went after him for
not supporting MS children He showed her
a decree of divorce and declined 10 pay her
any more money. The next she heard,
Thomson hal married Miss Margaret T..
Penny of Belleviile, Ill His first wife
learned, he had secured his divorce at
Omaha and she had the decree set aside
by an order of the court. on the ground
that Thomson was n resident of ST. Louis,
and had lived in Omaha merely for the pur-
pose %. fraudulently securing divorce
Now Thompson is lighting for the original
divorce. hoping that he may return to Mrs.
Thompson No. unmolested.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-17
INCREASE IN REGISTRATION
Last Days Enrolment brings Figure
IN Nbcut 10000.

Registration Ia the precincts closed last
night IA; > O'Clock. AS the returns VIII not
he rec. .iyed by the Board of Election Com
p,i>sionsrs until some time to-day. the ac
,l,aI figures Of the Inst day are rot yet
krown. Secretary Hoblitzche stated last
mig nj that the enrolment hdd been reported
lighter than GA the Two preceding DAYS.
he WAS not willing TO estimate yesterday
r, piStratlon but thought II would be about
= $40, and almost certainly exceed 2D.cV-
Assistants In the Office estimated tne en-
rutIm.nt ct -.st,O. 1900
Last tuesday. IesiStratOn vas i5?So. and
Iast SaluI.iy - -. Conservative persons
eSftn;at, the re..stJa:iCn III the main ol-
me-. at about 35.yrI. Inc total IeStStfdtivH,
accepting tne estimate OF l'-J'p. NO4.d oc
about 40 Isl. The total registration OF Io?o
WAS slightly more than l3l.vtr. showing an
Increase this year NhS SiHS "e'"'e" ''NV
ana li,No ,.,
W nile the registrations practically closed
last night those persons who iaileu 70
enroll for any good reason may nave 'neir
namss cntpr.t, in the new poll books by
applying to the Board of Election CoInfnis-
sioners in the lew city Hail. on NoNem-
Der l. or 3, when the board Will he IN
session as court Of appeals. Mistakes
that were made in registering persons in
the wrong precincts or WARDS, nupiicate
re registrations and all other errors OF oInis-
SD ms Will be corrected by the board on
these three days Ine CLERKS NH Deeln
cauvassiry the precincts to-day 10 check
hack the books and the Board of Revision
will meet ON October 20 The DOCKS y III
IL. returned on October 22. and the poiIins
places will be advertised on octoner -
The Democratic primaries Will be IN prog
ress to-day. and the convention Will be Held
to- morrow in the West End Coliseum ow-
ipI To- the action of the different leaders
in making CONCESSIONS. only one ucket VIII
be voted on to-day. saturday. October ~ Is
the last day tor fling nominations with
the Board OF Election Commissioners