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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-06-07
DIR. MEA ES'
OF INTEREST TO STOCK RAlsERs.
Announcements by the Clemson College
Veterinarian.

Tho following letter from the votcri-
marian of Clemson College will bo Of
widespread interest to farmers and stock
raiscrs:
TO tho Editor of the State:
Please announce that tho FREQ clinics
are suspended and tho veterinary hos
pital at Clemson College closed until the
opening of next session in September.
1t should DO generally understood that
stock arc examined and treated hcro dur
ing session only, on Monday afternoons
from 2 to o'clock. When desired,
horses or other stock arc kept, treated
and cared for at tho owners expense.
This fall the experiment station will be-
gin inocnlating cattlo against acclimation
fever CTcxas fever, red watcr) and per-
sons who intend purchasing young cat
tic from the North or any section free
from cattle ticks would do well to cor
respond with mo regarding this disease.
Respectfully,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05

Grated by the ordinary steam or hy-
draulic power. 1t is worked by the
simple process of throwing over lever
and any child can do it. In some of
the skyscraplng Office buildings timid
persons who enter an elevated car
think that their last moment has come
just as soon as the elevator operator
begins to perform There is a cruel
scowl on his face generally, and he
whangs and bangs the gate as if he
wished it were a passenger. Before
starting the car he turns round and
glares hatefully at every one. Peo-
pie shrink as far from him as possible,
feeling that he may explode at any
moment and wreak terrible vengeance
upon some one. No one can under
stand what the boy elevator boy SAYS
when he talks. He has the same con-
tempt for the English language that
ne has for everything and every one
else. Ii passenger asks him a ques-
ton the reply is short sharp bark and
a snap. Those in the car jump with
Tear. Few care to beard the elevator
boy in his cage Elevator manufac-
turers all say that the girl elevator
boy is sure to arrive in all large cities
very shortly. The makers are hurry
ing things up so that she can work
the elevator with the least expenditure
OF force.-San Francisco Chronicle
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05
paris letter.

Visitors to the exposition who make
their entrance by the Place de la Con-
corde will probably wonder whether
they are the victims of hallucination
or the subject of a seasonable practi-
cal joke. They will be confronted
with a overlooking structure, which
momentary examination will show
them is in reality house.
But it is not an ordinary dwelling
place Architects usually have weak
ness for laying their foundations upon
solid substratum of earth. Not so
the designer of the Manor ZEN
vers." He has laid the foundations in
the clouds, and the only communiea-
ton with mother earth is by way of
the chimneys and turrets of his feudal
mansion. Nevertheless, there is no
danger of its falling into space with
its occupants, for, be it noted, this
topsy-turvey mansion is not uninhab-
tied.
The visitor draws closer and glances
at the windows; people dressed like
himself look out. To his establishment
they are as topsy-turvey as the house,
for their feet point skywards and
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05
Coffee In a New Form.

Take a pill from your pocket, drop ii
in a cup of hot water, and in a twink
ling of an eye have coffee as black as
your hat and as strong as team OF
Percherons. That sounds like an
apochryphal tale, but it is true. This
new preparation of caffeine, which is
to do away with all the boiling and
clarifying and fuss which make the
coffee barely worth while, has just been
discovered by two German chemists.
If their expectations are realized the
making of compound pellet, containing
the coffee ingredients. along with the
milk and sugar. This is only one of
the almost incredible triumphs of Ger
man chemistry which has already pro-
duced quinine which cannot be dis
tinguished. SO far as therapeutic quail
ity goes, from the original article.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05
A Years Progress In ths KlondtLa

Two years ago the difficulties of
reaching the klondike were thought to
be of such a nature as to preclude the
probability or even possibility of Daw-
son ever becoming a place of perma-
nent habitation. The trials of the Chill
koot and White passes were exploited
In magazine and journal from one end
OF the continent almost to the other,
and the wrecks of humanity, and par
ticularly of the thousands of beasts
that lay scattered along the trail-the
tribute to the Sahara turned to shame
were appealed to as. grim testimony
OF the almost insuperable barrier
which separated man from the object
of his search. To-day, and since July
6 of the past year QS99), steam rail-
way traverses the full forty-two miles
of the White Pass trail, and the trav-
eler enjoys the beauties of the sub
Arctic landscape in much the way that
he enjoys the trip through the Ale
ghany mountains in the east, or the
prairies in the west-From an article
by Prof. Angelo Heilprin, in Appleton's
Popular Science Monthly for February.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05

The antiquity OF man In America /.
an important problem, and W. 81
Holmes in The American Anthropol-
gist revives the evidence relating tc
auriferous gravel man In California
His conclusion Is that the TESTIMONY
furnished is greatly weakened by the
facts % that the finds on which 1t was
based were made almost wholly by
inexpert observers, and % that all
were recorded at second hand. Moth
Ing short Of expert testimony, amply
verified and vigorously stated, will
convince the critical mind that a
Tertiary race OF men, using SYN
metrically shaped and beautiful i'm
plements. wearing necklaces of wam-
pun and polished beads of marble or
travertine bored accurately with re-
velving drills, fishing with nets
weighted with neatly grooved stone
sinkers, and having religious system
so highly developed that at least two
forms of ceremonial stones had been
specialized, occupied the American
continent long enough to devolp this
marked degree OF culture without hav-
ing numerous and distinctive traces OF
its existence. All these objects re-
semble modern implements In every
essential respect. They are such as
may have fallen in the mines from
Indian camp sites or been carried In
BY the Indians themselves.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05
Organ Worked Hard,

In small church in little village
near Brighton, England, about forty
years ago, the congregation could not
afford to pay an organist, and bought a
self-acting organ, compact instru-
ment well suited to the purpose, and
constructed to play forty tunes. The
sexton had instructions how to set II
going, and how to stop 1t, but, unfor-
tunatey, he forgot the latter part OF
the business, and after singing the first
four verses of a hymn before the SER
mon, the organ could not be stopped
and it continued playing two verses
more. Then just as the clergyman
completed the words Let us pray" the
organ clicked and started new tune,
The minister sat it out patiently, and
then renewed his Introductory words
LET us pray" when click went the or
gan again, and started off on another
tune. The sexton and others contin-
ued their exertions to find out the
spring, but no man could put a stop
to it, so they got four of the strongest
men in the church to shoulder the per-
verse instrument, and they carried II
down the center aisle of the church,
playing away into the churchyard,
where it continued clicking and play
ing away until the whole forty tunes
were eXhaused
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05

Pekln. was seven years when l
started to school, and, of course. the
teacher was a man We sat on stools
with desks before us and studied
aloud. At 10 years old could write
very well, and had to learn every word
OF a long lesson by heart. The teacher
had stick, and sometimes, but not
often, he would punish a boy, either
by striking him on the hand or on the
seat Of his trousers, There are no bad
boys in China, as there are here in this
country. The boys are respectful and
polite to all who are older than them
selves, and while they have their plays
and their fun, they do not think it fun
to hurt any one. The boys here in
America do not know what long school
hours are. went to school early in
the morning before the birds began to
sing. After that we went to breakfast
and then TO dinner and in the evening
to supper Those were long, long
days, the boys here would say. but we
Chinese boys did not say ANYTHING
about it. We just sat on our stools
and sung out our lessons all at the
same time as loud as we could. Va
cation came along In the harvest time
when the rice was gathered. Then we
played at flying kites We did not, as
boys do here, fly kites any time. No.
there was season for it, and we flew
them at no other times. The boys in
China walk on stills just as boys do
here, and play at blindfold, hide and
seek and leap frog, but all in a differ
ent way from here. We had great
sport fighting beetles We would find
these on the fields and train them TO
fight, and we would lay wagers on
which would win just as you do here
on prizefighters. No neighborhood in
China can afford to have a bad boy in
it. Suppose at Chinese New Years
when we are all shooting frecrackers,
some one would shoot a revolver.
There would be great trouble. Not
only would the one who shot the re-
volver be punished, but his relatives
and neighbors and the magistrate OF
the district would be punished or rep
rimanded, because in China such things
must not happen. A stranger could
walk through my village day or night.
with no one to hurt him. He would
be safe all the time. 1t is not so in
this country. We had great sport in
shooting at sparrows with bow and
arrow, and nobody ever shot at per-
sons, as some boys do here with air
guns. The boys in China laugh great
deal, and laugh very loud sometimes.
but they have plenty OF sport without
hurting any one"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05
STOPPED DRiNxixG.
Now Orleans Drunkard Saw n verbatum
Report OF Ills Monologue.

There goes q man whom | reclaim
ed from the Demon Rum" remarked a
New Orleans court stenographer re-
Gently. 1t happened in this way. He
IS tip-top fellow, and has no end of
ability, but four or FIVE years ago he
began to let liquor get the best of him.
He had a fine position at the time, and
| don't think he exactly neglected his
work, but it got to be a common thing
to see him standing around barrooms
in the evening about two-thirds full
and talking foolish. A few of his close
friends took the liberty of giving him
quiet hint, and as usual in such cases
he got highly indignant and denied
the least under the influence of liquor.
All the same he kept increasing the
pace, until it became pretty easy to
predict where he was going to land,
and 1t was at this stage of the game
did my great reformation act. / was
sitting In a restaurant one evening
when he came in with some fellow and
took the next table, without seeing me.
He was just drunk enough to be talka-
tive about his private affairs, and on
the impulse Of the moment pulled out
my stenographer' note book and took
full shorthand report of every word
he said. 1t was the usual maudlin rot
OF our good fellow half seas over, shad-
Ing off in spots to boozy pathos, where
both gentlemen wept in their beer. and
including numerous highly candid de-
tails OF the speakers daily life. Next
morning | copied the whole thing neat
ly on the typewriter and sent 1t around
to his office. In less than ten minutes
he came tearing in, with his eyes fair
ly hanging out of their sockets. Great
heavens, Charley he gasped. what is
this anyhow It's a stenographic re-
port Of your monologue at IS last
evening / replied and gave him
brief explanation. Did | really talk
like that? he asked family. I assure
you 1t Is an absolutely verbatim re-
port, said l. He turned pale and walk
ed out. and from that day to this he
hasn't taken drink. His prospects at
present are splendid-in fact. he's one
Of our coming men. All that he needed
was to hear himself as others heard
him."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05
To Split Paper,

There are two ways of splitting a
piece of paper. One is to lay the sheet
of paper on a piece of glass, soak it
thoroughly with water, and then press
it smoothly all over the glass. With
little care the upper half of the sheet
can be peeled off, leaving the under
half on the glass. Let this dry, and
1t will come off the glass easily; of
course the glass must be perfectly
clean. The second way is better one,
but 1t requires some good practice
Paste a piece Of cloth or strong paper
on each side of the sheet to be split.
When it has thoroughly dried, pull the
two pieces of cloth apart suddenly and
violently. The paste can then be soft
ened with water, and the two halves
Of the sheet easily taken off the cloths.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05
Nsafnsss In Dpesg.

These are days when neatness in
dress goes under the name of smart
ness and the smartly gowned woman
owes her success to the fact that she
makes everything secure and tidy be-
fore she leaves her room, invariably
making a final careful scrutiny of her
attire as she stands, fully dressed, be-
fore her mirror. She who boasts that
it never takes her a minute to dress
may be fully assured that there will
be abundant shortcomings in her raj
ment to bear witness to the truth of
her statement. The bonnet and dress
covered with dust collected during yes
terday's walk; the veil badly adjusted;
hooks that seem to have a mortal an
tipathy for their corresponding eyes:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05
That Settled 1t.

A story is told of very popular cav
airy officer. He was being tried for
drunkenness. and among other wit
nesses was his Irish orderly. The court,
anxious to give the officer every
chance, put several questions to this
witness with a view to eliciting any
facts that might be in his masters
favor When the orderly said that his
master, on going to bed, had expressed
wish to be called early, the members
OF the court-martial were distinctly
pleased. A man who gave special in
structions to be called early could not,
surely-they argued to themselves
have been drunk. Hoping to get favor
able particulars, the judge advocate put
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05
STRANGE SIGHTS AT WORLDS FAIP,

electric light crack. and piece of the
broken glass dropped upon the white
hot carbon points and was almost in
simultaneously melted. Thereupon he
had box or vat made, upon the in
terror of which were brought together
pairs of carbon rods, powerful currents
being sent through them to secure
great heat. Immediately below them
was a channel for the passage of sand
and other constituents of glass, and it
is found that these are reduced to the
vitreous state in as many minutes as
It requires hours to melt glass under
the old system.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05
Things Unfair In War.

International law forbids the firing
Of langrel, composed of knife blades,
Clipped fints. and scraped shot. al
though you may throw shells not
weighing less than IA ounces. contain
ing all OF these. To shoot an officer
dressed in multi, although to kill him
when in uniform Is Judged fair combat.
To poison the enemy's water or food.
To fire on a flag Of truce or Red
Cross hospital one. To search the mail
bag of neutral government. TIC
"hamstring" or to surreptiously cut the
muscles of the enemy's cavalry while
in their stables. But you may spring
submarine mine and send a whole
feet to perdition, and run ram into
an ironclad and send il to the bottom.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05

luckless hairpins hanging like the
sword OF Damocles, by a single hair
THESE are some Of the sins of omission
OF commission that tells us she devotes
lnsulhcient time to her toilet. Believe
US you may possess the most expen-
siVe OF gowns, bonnets, boots and
gloves yet if they are improperly cared
for and carelessly worn, your neat
little neighbor, with her "made-oyer"
dress and her last years bonnet, will
put you to shame in the matter of per-
sonal appearance. There is a gentilitv
about her which brings her the most
pleasing attentions, and men and
women ankle pay her homage because
she Is so neat and trim. She is a firm
believer in that last look in the mirror
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05
SOMETHING NEWAT BULL FIGHT
Some of tho Spectators May Lose The

Some of tho Spectators May Lose Their
Sight
A disgraceful scene was witnessed
in 4 bull ring, when there was strug-
gle between a small panther. an old
lioness, large bear, and powerful
bull, says a Madrid correspondent of
the London Standard. In a short time
tue lioness, but he had more trouble
with the bear, which required several
terrific tossings and wounds from
which blood flowed freely. before the
wretched animal gave in. The proceed
ings were witnessed by 10000 specta
tors of all ranks, who were SO much
engrossed in the fight and SO enthusi-
astic over the victory of the bull, that
they hardly noticed the report of gun
fired by the keeper to goad on the wild
beasts when at first they did not show
fight. About twenty persons, however,
hurriedly left one of the stone CALLER
les, and when the performance was
nearly over it was found that these
twenty spectators had been wounded,
several seriously, in the eyes and face
by the slugs fired at the animals. All
the injured We're instantly attended to
by the doctor Of the inirmary at the
bull-ring, who stated that one man
an Austrian baker-woald lose the
sight Of both eyes. while another would
not be able to see again with his left
eye. On hearing this the crowd be-
came very demonstrative toward the
tanner. who was at once arrested and
taken to the Office of the civil govern
or by the gendarmes. He is to be
prosecuted for having caused the in
juries to the occupants OF the gallery.
The Madrid papers denounce the au-
thorities for allowing the use OF fire.
arms in a crowded bull-ring, but only
Ell Correo and FL Correspondence have
the courage to lament the fact that
such scenes are possible In the capital
OF Spain. >
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05

tines-for to break this bag is to satu-
rate the flesh with musky odor and it
is then inedible, as though it had been
boiled in cologne. The muskrat is said
to be even cleaner in its eating than
the serpent. 1t washes all its food.
Green corn, tender young grass, salads,
apples, wheat, nuts and sweet potatoes
are the things it lives on.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05

An American glassmaker has patent
ed an apparatus for the production OF
glass by electric furnace. and is said
to have adopted in its construction a
hint which he derived from an acct
dental breakage. Passing through his
works one day, he saw the globe OF al
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05

Muskrat meat, Pennsylvanians along
the Schuylkill valley say, Is more deli
cate and sweet than rabbit. Care has
to be taken, however, not to break the
bag Of musk-a pouch the size OF a
walnut, filled with highly perfumed
white paste and located in the intes-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05

he goes out after game, he is even
more skillful in bringing down food for
his larder. He can pick off with the
utmost unconcern a deer at a thou
sand yards, and while going full GAL
lop on horseback. Although the
younger generation of Beers are not.
perhaps, such expert marksmen as
their fathers, the present war in South
Africa has shown that their shooting
IL By no means to be ssspised.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05

The accompanying illustration is =
scene which goes to show just what an
expert sharpshooter the average Boer
still is. This scene represents the
Boer method of killing cattle for food.
The Boer does not poleax his beef, but
has it driven up by the herdsmen. He
then casually selects the animal he
wants and puts bullet through its
brain with thf Utmost nicely. When
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05

a further question. and why did the
major wish to be called early?" they
asked. Faith! an he tould me it
was because he was to be queen of the
May" came the answer. That settled
it.-Collier's Weekly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05

Papa (aiter the company is gomez
Dorothy, why did you not obey me
when l spoke to you? Dorothy-Oh.
papa. hated to before all those peo-
ple.-Truth.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05
Would Have Them,

Visitor Cooking at portraits)-
What lot Of ancestors you've got."
Porkenchopps- dead right I
didn't want so many, but Sarah she
insisted. Brooklyn Life.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05
0siisy's Laxative Tablets Cures Coassipss
ton

The active principle is cascara go
grada, q 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 q
state Of healthy activity. and the livet
and other organs also, they will con.
tinue on without medicine. They
will cure sick headache, billiousness
and liver troubles and constipation
and remove poisonous matter from
the system. Put up in 10 and rs cent?
packages. For sale J. T. Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05

Nixon--"Would you call Dickson a
contrary MANI" Neutrality-suspicious.
trary? Why, that man would try to
toboggan up Harper's Bazaar.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05
GIRLS RUN ELEVATORS.

City of Boston Has Them In That
Capacity.
Girl elevator boys are the latest
thing in Boston. In this respect the
city Is now ahead of New York. The
girl elevator boy is the product of the
electric elevator, which can be run
without much expenditure Of muscular
energy. The apparatus does not have
to be hauled up and down as when OPP
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05

uueea's Collection Of roils.
Queen Wilhelmlna has preserved her
dolls and adds constantly to her COL
lection.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05
Healthy Countries.

The only European country which
has lower death rate than England
is Norway.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05

PHYSICIAN-F. NJ. CRoNIN NJ. D.
once over Zieglers hardware srcre, east
of court house, Lancaster. Calls In city and
country promptly attended.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05
Official 99irector1.
LAWYERS

kTTORNEYS-BUsHNx WATKINS 4 Mosss
Practice In all State and Cnited States
courts. Ofices over State Bank Of Grant CouA-
ty, Lancaster.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05
BoYHooD DAYS OF Moy kEE.

Cninaman Talks OF His Childhood Dav.
In the Old Country.
When was boy" said Moy Kee
tea merchant, laundryman and inter
prefer to an Indianapolis News man.
went TO school in my native village
OF Shrinking, eighty-seven miles from
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05
fpbLlSnED ON
THURSDAY.

For over Gtty-elght
years a National Fam
lily paper for farmers
and villagers, whose