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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05
THE NEBRASKA DESERT"
One PrOnounc yaIueless, 1t Now Pro-
duces Great Yields Of Wheat

duces Great Yields of Wheat
sThirty years ago Nebraska was
cart OF the great American desert in
che imagination of eastern people, and
even OF eastern people living as far
Yest az Chicago" remarked a long
whlskered stockman, as he looked
around the Chicago Union depot.
"D'ye ever hear OF T. ID Webster, who
gas private secretary TO Seward in
Eincoln's war cabinet? Well, T. d.
Webster was great man. He be-
longed to the old school OF politics
He came out to Omaha after the war,
and we were great friends, although
Webster was forty years older than /.
We only differed about one thing.
thought that Nebraska and Kansas
and all that western land might be
made to grow crops. Webster ar
gued that the whole scheme was nom
sensical. Tell you what III do he
said one day. You take a peck of
corn and plant it out there in that
claim Of yours. I'll take a box OF
Smiths lozenges and plant them on
a strip Joining your corn, and I'll bet
I'll raise the bigger crop. Well, that's
all; only last fall gathered eighty
bushels to the acre off of that 100
acres"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05
We All Think So

a Philadelphia exchange gives tho
following opinion of small girl. Tbs
words express what many older peo-
pie must have felt. In the waiting
room of q large railroad station sat a
grave and dignified little girl of per
haps five years. Presently a man in
railway uniform came in and bawled
out long list of perfectly unintelli-
gible names. The little girl looked al
him disapprovingly. Then she looked
at her uncle and said: Isn't that an
awful silly way for great big man to
talk"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05
MARCH AND APRIL
Ara the Most Disagreeablc Months OF
the Year In the North.

In the South. they are the pleasant
est and most agreeable. The trees and
shrubs put forth their buds and fow-
ers; early vegetables and fruits are
ready for eating, and in fact all nature
seems to have awakened from its win
ter sleep. The Louisville & Nashville
Railroad Company reaches the Garden
Spots of the South, and will on the
nrst and third Tuesdays of March and
April sell roundtrip tickets to all prin-
cipal points in Tennessee, Alabama,
Georgia and West Florida, at about
half rates. Write for particulars OF
excursions to P. Sid Jones, d. p. A.,
IN charge of immigration, Birming-
nam, Ala, or ]. K. Ridgely, n. w. P.
A, Chicago, Ill.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05
An Instance Of SeIf-Sacriflcn.


In the Philadelphia Press there Is a
brief record involving a lifelong re-
nunciation Of all that may sweeten and
crafty existence, of Mary Reed, an
American woman who went to India
in 1884 in connection with the Zenana
mission of the Methodist church. Miss
Reed worked in Chewufou and Gonda
until her health broke down, and she
came home in 1890 to rest. But while
endeavoring to recruit her strength
she discovered that she had contracted
leprosy, confirmed her suspicious by
consultation with doctor, and at
once, without even bidding farewell to
her family, she went back to India as
missionary to the lepers, and is now
the superintendent of the asylum OF
iepers at Chandag in the Himalayas.
Under her care this institution has
grown from a mere collection of huts,
in which some thirty-seven lepers
we're housed, to an establishment that
cares for ninety. The paper refers to
Miss Reed as Female Damien" and
abe surely Is as noble ar example OF
self-abnegation.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05
GOOD NIGHT
Sweet Soothing Slumber Mans
Greatest Blessing.
Nothing Kills so Quickly IS Loss Of Sleep
Rest Needed for Repairs. How 20
Obtain IL Without Fail

when you don't sleep well. look out for
yourself
Nothing breaks down a person so quick
" as loss Of sleep. that boon of mankind
which gives the exhausted system rest for
repairs.
) Of the machinery. II is SO with the human
body
You are nervous have a load on your
chest, are troubled with unaccounta BILE
anxiety and forebodings OF evil, and roll
and toss all night.
from sheer exhaustion, awake in cold
sweat unrefreshed, pallid. trembling.
with a bad taste in your mouth and a
fleeing OF great weakness
Its your stomach, your liver. your bow
els.
move properly and your sleep Will be rest
full and refreshing and all repairs will be
attended to-
The way TO dc II Is 10 use a mild posi-
tive, harmless, vegetable laxative and
liver stimulant-C Candy Ca
thartic. They make the liver lively. pre-
vent sour stomach. purify the blood. regu-
right as they should be-
Go buy and try Cascarets to-day. It's
what they do, not what We say they'll do,
tfTat will please you. All druggists. l0c,
CSC or soc, or mailed for price Send for
booklet and free sample Address. Ster-
ling Remedy Co, Chicago; Montreal.
Can; or New York. .
let. Every tablet of the only
NFN | genuine Cascarets bears the
IL. IL, IL | magic letters &C G c." Look
n at the tablet before you buy,
NJ and beware OF frauds, imita-
lions and substitutes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05
INCONSISTENCIES EXCURSIONS.
March q, 90, April $, II. 1900, via
~. a. g. A. N nv.

On above dates Ronud Trip tickets,
good 2 days VIII be sold at rate of a
Bingle fare plus s. 90 to all points on
this line in Iowa, Minnesota and South
Dakota, north % and including Shell
Rock, Abbott Crossing and Waverly.
Write to Mr.. John Bows, Armstrong,
Ia, for full Information about Maple
Hill and I.uzoH Iowa, two new towns
on our Armstrong Baskerville line, or
60 Mr.. Thos. H. Brown, Sioux Falls,
SO. Oak, for descriptive matter about
Reading and Wilmont, MINI. towns
on our line now be;lg built from
WorthinGton - Hardwick, MINI.
Special inducements are offered to
oil classes OF business and professional
men. Call on nearest ticket agent for
Sockets and see that they read via the
B, G. 4. e n. Ry. Jno. G. Farmer,
a. g. +. & r. A., Cedar Rapids, la.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05
Cool. But Not Collected,

YES" said the man, after the nitro
glycerin explosion had scattered the
remains of the well-shooter over a
large section OF the petroleum region,
Doyle always was cool one. I've seen
him rattle over stony road with a
load of glycerin with no motS HAss
than If it had been a load OF hay"
Well" said the coroner, sadly, as he
thought of an escaped fee, "he may
have been cool, but he never will be
collected" Harlem Life
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05
FAMOUS RAT-HUNTERS.
Unusual sport Pursued by Natives %
Pacific Islands.

Racine Islands,
The native rat has a great enemy.
When brought into competition with
the common brown rat Of Europe, in
troduced by ships throughout the
world. it usually disappears an eX-
ample of the evils Of the influx of
aliens, says Chambers Journal The
depredations OF the latter are such
that in Funafuti the indigenous breed
has been driven from the village and
indeed almost eXterminated upon the
main isiet by the foreign rat: in many
OF the islands it has been completely
rooted out. Even more deadly on
slaught has been carried on against it
by the domestic cats, which, originally
brought over by missionaries and after
ward migrating to the bush, have
proved of service in destroying the
checked, rats literally overran most of
the islands of the Pacific. The natives
shoot the rats for sport. Fanna gooma,
or rat shooting. as practiced on Hoonga
in the Tonga group, apparently was
an amusement reserved for chiefs, and
was undertaken with much ceremony.
Attracted by bait previously distri-
buted, the rats were shot with formid
able unfeathered arrows six feet long.
The game was not an individual but a
party affair, the side first killing ten
rats were accounted the winner, and
if the rats were plentiful three or four
games were generally played.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05
10 California Quickly aud Comfortably

70 California Quickly and Comfortably
Via Chicago. Union Pacific and North
Western Line. The Overland Linn
Gted' leaves Chicago daily $50 p. m,
arrives San Francisco the afternoon of
ahird day, and Los Angeles next morn
ing. No change Of ears, All meals in
dining cars. Buffet, smoking and IL
Drary cars. with barber. The best Of
everything" The Pacific Express"
Ssayes Chicago daily l0:30 p. M, with
Sirst-class and through tourist sleepers
90 California. Personally conducted
Excursions every Thursday. All agents
Sell tickets via Chicago & Northwest
ora R'y. For full information and IL
iSstrated pamphlet apply to
w. y. Kniskern. - Fifth Avenue.
C&Scago, I'll.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05
HE LIKES WESTERN CANADA.
Duhamel, Jan. "a. 1900.

Duhamel, Jan. "a, 1900.
Dear Sir and Friend-We had a
lucky trip, made good connections and
got to Wetaskiwin Monday afternoon
stayed there all night, bought pony
and saddle for the boy and hired a
three-seated rig for the balance Of US,
and got home to dinner next day;
caught the boys cleaning up and get
ting ready to come after US. Wednes-
day the snow was all gone and we had
bare ground and bright sunshine for
month, and it has been pleasant
weather ever since. The ground is
frozen about two feet and about six
inches OF snow-just enough for good
sleighing We had one cold spell in
December. The thermometer went
down to 80 below zero, but we did not
suffer with the cold at all. We have
worked every day all winter, are all
we'll and feeling we'll; have built log
house 1Sx1S, two log stables 16x1S, and
are now busy on we'll. We have 10
cows. three other cattle and six head
Of horses. The boys send their best
respects to Mr.. Huchison, and say they
will talk to him enough to pay for no;
writing when he gets up here; will
write you again next spring and tell
you all about the winter We all
unite in sending you and family our
best wishes and respects and hope this
will find you all WELL
Yours very respectfully,
(SignedD THOMAS TATE,
Duhamel, Alberta, Canada.
p. SIT has not been down to zero
this month, 1t is % above now.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05
What She D.ed OF.

district visitor was talking to a
poor woman whose sister had just
died in lunatic asylum. ooh, it amt
in the family" exclaimed the mourner.
What drove sister crazy was the con-
duct of her young man; and when she
died in the asylum they took her into
the slaughter house, post-mortared
her, and the verdict was love. Globe.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05

Percy Sappy The dashiag Mrs.
Makastrr has asked me to take the
pawf ~ dude in her amateur theat-
Sicals next month.
Jack Bluntley Well, you ought to
make q hit
Percy Sappy-l know should, but
Rave such deuced short time to study
che chavactah Puck.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05
nsnrt to Heart Conndence..

Pertie Goodwin Don't tell anybody,
FOR the world! See this ring! Art
Swasher slipped il on my finger last
night.
Meena Zevver-Yes, It's nice look
sos, but II will make black circle
around your finger before you've worn
1t a week. 1t did on mine.-Chicago
Tribune
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05
WaAted SYmpathY.

Kerrigan-Cheer up, Corrigan. How
a drink with me!
Corrigan-I can't cheer up! Me girl
has postponed the wedding for a
month!
Kerrigan-The divil! i was SYM
pathizing with we, thinking We were
married already!-Puck.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05
The GaEa~a Rachelnr.

Anyway" said the Sweet Young
Thing, sit is the man who is the most
scared at wedding"
'Of course" said the Savage Bache-
lor. 'He has the most sense. "-1ndi-
annapolis Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05
Do Four Feet Ache and Burn I?

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot
Ease, powder for the feet. 1t makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
Corns, Bunions, Swollen. Hot and
Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and
Shoe Stores, Csc. Sample sent FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted. LeRoy, N. Y.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05

The mind requires not, like an earth
en- vessel to be kept full; convenient
food aliment only will influence it with
a desire of knowledge and an ardent
love OF truth.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05

The Madeline feathers don't make
fine birds The Man-No, indeed, Since
millinery came in birds don't get a
chance to wear them-Sydney Towp
and Country Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05
Two Inuuiries.

Father calling from head OF stairs
at 1870 p. m)-Jennie, don't you
think it's about time to go to bed?
Jennie-Yes, papa, dear What on
earth keeps you up SO late?-Chicago
Daily News.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05

Browns Teething Cordial is warranted
and is never returned as worthless.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05
Lanes Family Medicine.

Moves the bowels each day. In order
to be healthy this is necessary. Acts
gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures
sick headache. Price % and SOC.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05

Keep looking young and your hair, It's color
and beauty with PARKERs HAIR BALsAM.
HINpERCoRNs, the best cure for corns. i5cts
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05

A Liverpool physician has discovered
the bacillus of pinkeye In horses.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05

first days use Of DR.. Klines Great Nerve Restorer.
Send for FREE $500 trial bottle and treatise.
DR. r. II. KLINE, Ltd. e3l Arch ST.. ihilsdelphia Pa.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05

The world is calling for American
manufactures at the rate OF over 81
coo 900 day
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05

ago, stating my case 20 you.
~ had pains through my bowels,
headache, and backache, felt tired
and sleepy all the time, was troubled
with the whites, | followed your
advice, took your Vegetable Com.
pound, and it did me lots of good. /
now have baby girl. l certainly be-
tieve would have miscarried had it
not been for Lydia j. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound. i had a very easy
time was sick only short time. l
think your medicine is n godsend to
women in the condition in which l
was. recommend it to all as the best
medicine for women. Mrs MARY
LANE, Coytee, Tenn.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05
Drunkards In STATE Prisons.

OF 7,1O0 men who entered one of the
state prisons in a given time 5000 adj
mitted that they were drunkards.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05

You never know how good some men
are until you read their obituaries.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05

Inever used SO quick a cure os Piso's
Cure for Consumption.-J. B. Palmer,
Box HI, Seattle, Wash, Nov. 25, 1895.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05

The latest hiding place for microbe.
is in mustaches.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05

Although the Transvaal is 1000
miles nearer the equator the tempera-
ture averages much lower than at
Cane Town
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05

Dropsy treated free by DR.. Fl. II. Green's
Sons, of Atlanta, Ga. The greatest dropsy
specialists in the world. Read their adver-
tisement in another column of this paper
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05
tn CURr A cold IN ONE DAY,

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money IL Is fails to cure
Csc. Z. w. Groves signature on each box.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05

Send for "Cboice Recipes"
by Walter Baker & Co. Ltd, Dorchester, Mass
mailed free. Mention this paper.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05
Goes Cough Balsam

Columbus was the son of weaver
and a weaver himself.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05

The car of Russia's army is the only
one in Europe that can boast of femin-
Inc medical officers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05

Experience never teaches fools any
thing.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05

Two years ago the Beers had in their
pay Is German officers, 40 French and
40 Russians.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05

True friendship shows best against
a dark background
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05

No man is considered smart after
people discover how he did it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05

1t is a courageous woman who can
go to sleep without looking under the
bed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05

When All Else Fats. Try Yi-Kt.
Cures Corns and Bunions without pain. Never fails.
Drug stores mail l5c. YiKi Co.. Craw fordsviie Ind
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05

Is the oldes. and best II will break up cold quicker
than anything else 1t is always reliable. Try it,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05

these things as you can have free tr package
DO
down this minute write letter to M R. Zaegel
Wis.,
This will be sent by mail and
of this celebrated household
letter the postage this
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05

Mrs. Winssow's Soothing Syrup.
For children tecthine softens the gums, reduces I'm
Examination slaye pain cures wind collie. Csc bottle
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05

TAKE.GP, Automatic BOBBIN WINDER, and
COMPLETE set Of best steel sttachmsnts carefully
packed In handsome VELVET lined case Weight Of
the machine, weather wrapped and Grated 10 about
no lbs shipped at frstelass rate The freight will
average about sl0 within so miles Of Chicago The
cabinet work y ornamental the drawers and Gov
Or beins HAND CARVED and highly finished, having
Each machine 10 carefully tested before leaving our
factory. A MEIBA sale to means new friend and
customer for our general line Of EVERYTHING Won
EAT, WEAR and USE; therefore We can afford TO sell
u on 9 close margin and fully GUARANTEE 1t for
p with eIamins,ion privilege any point in the u
machine, ell complete Is e1425.
OUR SPRING CATALOGUE Of 1000 illustrated
pages will Be scnt prepaid receipt OF is cents which
part Of express charges and will be- refunded on
receipt of first order This catalogue quotes wholesale
prices on ENEhfiHlNG you EAT, WEAR and USE.
Established JOHN NJ sMYTH CO.
1867. 1SO.16 so w. Madison ST..
Order By this No. A IL CHICAGO. II.L.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05
From Factory to USER,

ONE Profit. Our
He's ARM NJ ELBA
sewing Machine has all
the Up-to-Dsts Improve
ments, necessary Attach.
nlsnts and Accessories,
with choice OF oak or wal.
nut cabinet. lsfurnished
with tbs latest improved
AUTOMATIC SELF.
HhEApING SHUT.
TIE. by one movement
the shuttle is threaded
} ready for service. The
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05

When in doubt, don't do 1t.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-12
A Boom in Earns He,i es.

There is a deeiaed boom ii Burns relics, and the collector recently had an opportunity of purchasing at sothe- by's. London, two brass eandlestiekss 70 inches in height. formerly in pos- session of Burns. they are described as the state candiesticks of his little parlor at Ellesland lef8re lie came to Dunffies Their authenticity is borne out by a framed memorandum signed by the poets eldest son and name. sake and they realized Il guineas.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-12
LIGHT SMOKERS.

JaHanese Are Satisfied with small
 Quantities of Tobacco.
 You may have noticed that the Jap anese Xho visit America are very mod crate smokers, said 3 prominent Jap anese now traxeling in the United States to reporter recently. Those of my countrymen who do indulge in ..he weed mostly smoke cigarettes or preferably the smallest pipes filled with the mildest tobacco obtainable Of course there are Japanese who like some Americans, have such a craving for tobacco that nothing less than the strongest cigar or the largest pipe will satisfy them. But such smokers are exceptionally few among the Japanese, As rule, my eountrymen, while as home and abroad, are satisfied witt short smokes, such as a cigarette or {, tiny pipe affords. The Japanese art moderate smokers. not so much because they are small people, but for the req son that up to within recent years but very little tobacco came into Japan, and the tariff on it was very high. Be- ing poor but frugal race. the masses purchased only a limited quantity of the weed. which as a matter of econ omy. they have for generations been taught to smoke in only the tiniest of pipes. These pipes, the most popular of which hold about as much tobacco as would fill an ordinary thimble, are q survival of ina 1aF. vthnn= n, oD a1# was scarce, tobacco dear and the tariff high. In another generation or two when Japan shall have taken her place among the wealthy nations of the world, our countrymen will no doubt smoke large quantities of tobacco, and then the small pipes will be abandoned for big ones, such as Englishmen and Americans now smoke. Washington Star.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-12
Farm Raised It's Own Mortgage.

A queer story is told by a Lincoln lNeb.) paper of how misfortune of it's own accord turned into good luck for a Nebraska farmer. He was man from Missouri, who had invested his all in a big wheat field in Buffalo county, and then by means of mortgage on his land he raised $700 with which to raise wheat. It happened to be poor year for wheat, and the stand was not very good. Concluding that it wasn't worth harvesting, he pulled up his stakes and went back to Missouri, leaving the farm to fight the mortgage all by itself. The farm was equal to the occasion. The wheat ripened, fell down and deposited the seed in the soil again. Next spring the wheat began to grow lustily. Some of the neighbors were honest enough to write about it down to the fugitive in Missouri, and he got interested enough to come back and take look Then he stopped and harvested his voluntary crop. He sold it for enough to pay off tie mortgage and the rest of his debts and had tidy little sur plus over, with which he moved his family back. and now declares thera is no state like Nebraska