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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08
OYSTERS a FOOT LONG.

Those Inhabltating Japanese Waters
Furhlsh Meal for Family.
If reports are to be believed, we are
soon to have something entirely new
in the culinary line. The Yezo oysters
Of Japan. which have as much of a
reputation in Japan as blue points
have on this side of the globe, are to
be transplantei to America. These
oysters grow to a foot in length, and
they will work a revolution in the
culinary department of American
household. For some time good cooks
have been in the condition of the small
prince who. having everything that
mortal could possibly need, had only
one something to cry for That
is the way it has been with the house
keeper who has rung the changes on
familiar dishes until there seemed
nothing new. Though it sounds some
what impossible-the serving of a
twelve-inch oyster on the half shell
yet it is probable that the Japanese
themselves eat them raw, for they eat
a great deal of their fish in that way
II is not long step from raw oysters
TO fish and but for the prejudice other
people might agree with them. But
We are not 70 get the big oysters in
this part of the country so soon that
We need speculate upon what we Will
do with them They are to be planted
in the tide waters at Washington and
Oregon. and il will be some time be-
fore We shall have Yezo oysters
shipped with our California fruits.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08
Both In the Same Box.

parson who occasionally breaches
in South London arrived to take the
place of the vicar, who had been called
away on account of some family be-
reavement, and found an old and rather
asthmatic lady struggling up the steps
which led to the front door. He cour-
teously gave her his arm to assist her
and when they reached the top the
dame asked him if he knew who was
going to preach. Mr., So-and-So," re-
piled the parson, giving his own name
oh, dear me-" exclaimed the old lady;
help me down again, if you please;
I'd rather listen to the grooming and
creakng of a windmill than sit under
him." and she prepared to descend. The
parson gently assisted her downstairs
and sighfully remarked as he babe her
good-by Il wouldn't go in, either, if !
weren't the preacher"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08
TOLD BY THE OLD CIRCUS MAN.
The Greatest of All Giants Bears . Hand
at Bricklaying.

at Bricklayipg.
Zone OF the things that somehow
used to please the old man very much"
said the old circus man, was to see
the greatest of all giants laying brick;
and when he was looking over a town
in advance, as he always did, to see
what opportunities there were for pre-
senting the giant most strikingly to
the mind and eye of the people by
comparison, he always kept an eye out
for buildings under construction; and
If he found a brick building going up
anywhere. that was up, say, two or
three stories, and that had bricklayers
at work on it, on a scaffolding, laying
brick, why, the old man never failed
to take that street into the route of
the morning parade even If we had to
leave out some more important street
nearer the center of the town. When
we'd come to that building on the line
OF march the giant would, apparently
discover 1t in passing; and the minute
he saw it he'd stop He'd look at the
iAANli Oll Tic OCdAOlQl4lS Will CNCly
dication of interest; and then the first
thing you know he'd step right out
of his place in the line and pick up
two or three bricks from the ground
and then straighten up his head and
shoulders up there above where the
men were at work, and then he'd take
a trowel right out of the hand OF one
Of the bricklayers-they' all stopped
work to look at him-and go to work
laying brick. OF course the old man
had halted the parade long before this,
and you'd see 1t strung along the road
looking on, with half the town looking
on, too, at the greatest of all giants
laying brick on a wall that had already
been carried up three stories, he stand
ing on the ground as he worked. His
arms were long enough so that he
could reach across over the platform
of the scaffold to the wall easily. He
might have taken bricks and mortar
from there, but he didn't; he would
bend down and take 'em from the
ground every time. AS a matter OF
fact, he was a very good bricklayer,
and think the giant always enjoyed
this work himself, and he'd lay a
course or two, between, say, two win
dows, in good shipshape manner and
in good time, and then he'd hand the
trowel back to the man on the scaffold
that he'd borrowed it from and step
back into the line Then the old man
would give the signal, and the band
would strike up, and the whole pro-
cession would face forward again, in
Guiding the branches, these being the
men that marched Immediately ahead
of the giant. carrying long poles with
crotches at the upper end, wherewlth
they lifted out OF the way and held
up while he passed under them, tree
branches that might otherwise have
impeded, him or compelled him TO
bend like an ordinary mortal in pass
ing under them, which we never per-
mtted him to do; and then away
they'd all go, the elephants and the
great giraffe, and the knights in armor
on horseback and the animals in
cages, and all the glittering attractions
OF a circus, but with the great brick
layer towering high. easily the great
est of them all.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08
Taught Polly n Nev Pbra..

4 female member of a theatrical
company which recently played in
Holyoke, brought a parrot with her.
She took the bird to her room in the
hotel and while she was at the theater
the parrot disported itself in various
ways, notably by sitting on chairbacks
and whistling to people who passed the
door. young man who had neigh
boring room conceived the idea that it
would be good plan to teach the par
rot a few polite swear words. and so
every time the parrot whistled the
young man called tack: Go to the
devil" But apparently Polly's moral
ity was spotless. for she never deigned
reply. The next day the woman who
owned the bird went to her room door
and knocked. Polly shouted. Come
in" The owner laughed in a pleased
manner, and knocked again: GO to
the devil" shouted Polly in return.
And now the actress is wondering who
taught moral Polly how to swear
Holyoke Globe.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08
AN IDIOTiC JOKE
by which 4. Sothern Kept Stage
I.mntY For Ono TrIn

by which 4 a. Sothern Kept Stage
Empty For One Trip.
THE late Edward A. Sothern,' said
c. H. Talcott Of Buffalo, at the Fifth
Avenue hotel, was known far and
wide as practical joker, and many OF
those he pcrpetrated found their way
INTO print He would go to any amount
of personal Inconvenience and trouble
to carry out one Of his jokes, and ] re-
member his telling me once with great
glee how he had got into an empty
stage in the lower part of Fifth avenue
ana succeeded in riding the length OF
the route and return without any one
getting aboard or the company receiy-
ing any fares except his own. The man
ner in which he accomplished this he
explained TO be as follows: The stage
had proceeded some three blocks, when
it stopped to pick up couple Of wom-
Ell who had signaled it, whereupon
Sothern, who could not of course, be
seen by the driver, began to dance up
and down the interior of the stage,
wave his arms about and grin and
chatter in idiOtic and expansive man
ner. The women decided that they
would have none of that particular
stage, as they did not consider riding
with a lunatic as conducive to either
health or quiet Of nerves. With every
subsequent wOuld-be passenger this
maneuyer was successfully repeated
until the stage had returned to the
original point where Sothern had
boarded it. when, luckily for the re-
oeipts of the company an important
engagement compelled him reluctantly
TO leave it. New York Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08
Testing The IIeannes. OF Air.

Prof. Dewar has recently devised a
new method of testing the contamina-
ton Of air. A short time ago he eX-
hibited before the Royal institution
two samples of liquid air in glass
tubes-one was made from air which
had been washed to purify it from dust,
SCOT, carbonic acid and other impuri-
ties This, when condensed, was a
pale blue liquid. The other sample
was made by condensing the air of the
lecture-room in which the audience
blackish fluid, resembling soup in APP
pearance.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08

A new method of lighting tunlels is
about to be adopted in one constructed
in Paris for an electric road. Electric
lamps will be turned on automa IDEALLY
as the train enters the tunnel and cut
off automatically as it energies. The
lights are arranged on each side on d
level with the windows of the cars, SO
that during daytime it will not be nee
essarry to turn on the light in the
cars. This mode has been devised by
French inventor. and doubtless will
be found of great utility.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08
A Gigantic Omeiet.

y company OF the bird African
French battalion stationed at Ker
(Tunis) has Just enjoyed the most
gigantic omelet ever made. At the
request OF the farmers in the neigh
horhood. the soldiers were sent On an
expedition to annihilate the swarms
Of sparrows which were playing havoc
with the crops Their work finished
they brought back as spells OF wal
5000 eggs, which the regimental cook
mixed with many pounds of other IN
gradients and made into an omelet
nearly seven feet in circumference.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08
CIiyaIry.

Kate Field used to take daily les
sons in Latin from Walter Savage
Lander when she was in Florence, and
at her entrance into the room his
rugged expression invariably softened
and he became what his pupil called
"chivalry incarnate." One day he
dropped his spectacles, and as she
picked them up and handed them to
him he exclaimed: ooh, this is not
the first time that you have caught
my eyes. "-Argonaut.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08
SAC. 600 GIVEN AWAY.

When an able and experienced physi-
clan offers to give away $4,000 worth of a
New Personal Treatment for diseases of
the heart, nerves, stomach or dropsy, 1t
IS conclusive evidence that he has great
faith in it. And when hundreds of promi-
nenbmen and women freely testify to his
unusual skill and the superiority of his
improved system of treatment, his liber-
atty is certainly worthy of serious con-
alteration. Hon. G. M. Buck, Faribault,
Mimi, states: "Dr. Miles cured me after
six well-known physicians of Chicago and
elsewhere had completely failed" We
advise all those who wish $3.50 worth OF
Treatment especially prepared for their
case to write at once to The DR.. Miles
Medical Association, 2O1 to 2O9 State St.,
Chicago
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08
HOMESEEKERS' EXCURSIONS.

Feb. O, go, March @, 20, April 3, II,
1900, via H., c. X. & N. Ry.
On above dates Round Trip tickets,
good Il days, will be sold at rate of a
single fare plus $500 to all points on
this line in Iowa, Minnesota and South
Dakota, north of and including Shell
Rock. Abbott Crossing and Waverly.
Tickets will also be sold at this rate
to large number of cities and towns
IN Northern, Western and Southern
states. For further information call
on b., c. R. & N. agents or address
Jno. G. Farmer, A. G. P. & T. A..
Cedar Rapids, la.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08
JuCratiuious.

A country rector was showing a
party Of his Pensioners over the rec
tory, when they came to a small room
full of curios Pointing to a armlct
of dull gold, the clergyman said: That
ornament was found in tomb in Mex
leo. Central America The tomb was
probably 1000 years old" An old fell
low standing by fidgeted scratched his
head and then remarked: Scuse me.
sir. they must ave 'ad yer. America
wasn't discovered GOO year ago, let
alone 1900. Answers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08

Two newsboys witnessed perform
ance of Hamlet" In the last scenes,
after Hamlet has killed Laertes and
the king, and the queen has died OF
poison and Hamlet of a poisonous
wound. one of the boys exclaimed:
Say, Jim, what a great time that must
have been for extra editions"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08

When catarrh has reached the chronic
stage, of course it has gone beyond the
reach of all local remedies. Nothing but
a systemic remedy can reach it. Peruna
is the only remedy yet devised to meet
such cases. Peruna eradicates catarrh
from the system. 1t does its work
quietly, but surely. 1t cleanses the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08
Florida and Cuba,

Write J. c. Tucker, G. N. Agent Big
Four Route, 234 Clark ST.. Chicago, ILL.,,
for full information as to low rate ex-
cursion tickets to all winter resorts in
the Southeast. via Cincinnati, Louis
vile, Asheville, Atlanta, Jacksonville
and east and west coasts OF Florida. as
may be desired
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08
The use Of COR.

Think! Think! Oh, If you could
SnYy think" The proud girl in the
barge checked skirt turned a calcium
glare Of scorn on the chrysanthemum-
slecked youth. Then she continued;
But every time you try to think you
Soozle" And yet they say the golf
5alect serves 10 purpose Baltimore
American.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08
RIOO Reward. 800.

The readers OF this paper will be pleased 10
learn that there is ut least one dreaded disease
that science has been able TO cure in all its
stages and that IS Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is to-, only positive cure now known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being cOnstitu-
tional disease requires constitutional treat
ment. Hall Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces Of the system thereby destroying the
foundation OF hcdiSeaSe, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and
prietors have so much faith In its curative
powers that they offer one Hundred Dollars for
any case that II fails to cure Send for list Of
Testimonials
Sold by druggists 75c,
Halls Family Pills are the best
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08
lie Must Have Felt Grate,u,.

9 do you think your sister likes me,
SSedde?"
Yes. She stood up for you at din
Ger''
'Stdod up for me! Was anybody
saying anything against me?"
mo; nothing much. Father said
Ne thought you were rather a dom
hey, bat Sis said you weren't, and told
father he ought to know better than
SVdge q man by his looks. STRAY
STORIES.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08

mucous membranes of the whole BODY.
1t produces regular functions. Peruna
restores perfect health in natural
way.
No one should neglect to procure one
of DIR. Hartman's free books ON catarrh
sent to any address by The Peruna
Medicine Company, Columbus, Ohio.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08
Domestic Rem nders.

Wife-Do you know what you re-
mind me of? Husband-No, but | do
know what you remind me Of. Wife
What? Husband-Of every little thing
l forget to attend to that you ask me
about-Detroit Free Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08
Not Particular.

Brown-"I hear Jones Is looking
around for new quarters"
Smith-"Oh, | guess he isn't particn-
lar about their newness. Ee borrowed
an old one from me this morning.
New York World.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08
The dictionary Habit.

Friend-What queer language your
husband uses. He pronounces every
word half dozen different ways.
Wife-Yes, he has a dozen different
dictionaries.-New York Weekly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08
Pretty Low Temperature.

Teacher-"What happens when a
mans temperature goes down as far as
1t can go?" Smart Scholar-"He has
cold feet. ma'am. "-Christian Regis
ter.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08

For Lung and chest diseases, Piso's Cure
Is the best medicine we have used-Mrs
J l.. Northcott. Windsor, Ont, Canada.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08

1t used TO be the custom to eat what
were called Gods cakes on New Years
day. They were of triangular shape,
about half an inch thick, and filled
with a kind of mincemeat.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08

Up to 1852 the 25th of March was the
beginning of the legal year, though the
LIST OF January was universally recog-
nized as New Years day.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08
Whirlwind of Dollars.

Many bearded fugitive from justice
has escaped by close shave
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08
IIer Husbands WIFE.

Ffom Moonshne: she thinks
good deal of her husband doesn't she?"
eyes. But she thinks still more of
4is wile.o
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08

This year famine in India covers
100000 square miles. and renders mis-
cradle 100000 people.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08

any wife Polly Evans she feels entirely sys.
standing She
directed and
advice She did expect be
years cured her grope
deal of Peruna last
praising tells We can
and recommend anyone afflicted catarh
As ever thy friend Evans Wabash Ind
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08

FITS Permanently Cured No fits nervousness after
first days II lr. kline's Great Nerve Restorer
Send for FREE $500 trial bottle and treatise
DR. X H. KLINE, Ltd, g3l Arch St., Philadelphia, Pc
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08

Good Americans when they die go
to Paris.-Thomas Appleton.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08

Certificates are for the most part
like ostrich eggs; the giver never
knows what is Matched out of them.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08

He only is well made man who has
a good determination. - Emerson.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08

Each pigeon used in the carrier serv-
ice of the British navy costs the gov
eminent 81 year.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08

The turn in the lane always comes
when we least expect it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08

When All Else Fails. Try Yi-Ki.
Cures COrns and RuntOns without pain. Never fails
Drug stores ormall l5c. Yiki Co.. Craw louisville Ind
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08

Do you want them9 Particulars FREE.
Zeno Mfg. Co., III n. Main st, Elkhart, Ind.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08

Browns Tcething Cordial secures rest for
Vie parents as well as the baby.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE Day.

Take Laxative Bromo Qunine Tablets. Az
druggists refund the money If Il fails to cure
25c. l.. w. Groves signature on each box.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08

Written words are the pictures o
thought
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08

Mrs. WinsiOw's Soothing Syrup.
For children teethng, softens the gums reduces I'm
Examination sllays pain cures wind collie. 2jc bottle
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08
4 Society Tragedy,

"TifIlngton had queer experience
on New Years day"
What was it?"
He is so popular every one thought
he would be invited somewhere else,
so he wasn't invited anywhere. In
dianapolis Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08
Goes Cough BaIsa n,

Microbes are not made by the
nOdiste.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08

h the oldest and best. Ii will break up cold quicker
;han any thing else. IL is always reliable. Try it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08

A physician says that love is mea-
sizes of the heart.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08

The Largest i'm the World
Walter Baker d. Co Ltd, Dorchester Mass are
she largest Mfrs of Cocoa and Chocolate In the world
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08
IN 3 OR q YEARS
AN INDEPENDENCE ASSURED

@
RiJJGtasYfeS5fN II you take up your
ESWSvHE Al homes in Western Can
Hsxk&< XII ada, the land of plenty.
I9pUSH EIA Illustrated pamphlets,
W. bAUTS giving experiences Of
EafHSktA S43 farmers who have be-
W. 6N<r33A come wealthy in grow
LDA3 A& ing wheat, reports OF
2u44kekA delegates, etc. and full
information as to reduc d railway rates can be
had on application TO the Superintendent OF
Immigration, Department Of Interior. Ottawa,
Canada or to c. j. Rroughton 1928 Monadnock
Blk, Chicago. or EFT. Holmes, indianapolis, Ind.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-03-08

Women are only as old as they look
The evening times., 1900-01-09
MORE POLICE CHANGES.
Major Sylvester Makes Some Addi-
tiOnal Transfers,

Additional changes in the personnel or
the Police Department have been ANNOUNCE
ed by Major Sylvester, as follows: Ser
geant Williams, now stationed at the
White House, TO go TO the Sixth precinct;
Sergeant Goss, now stationed at the Sixth
precinct, to replace Sergeant Williams at
the White House; Acting Sergeant Hodges
will be transferred from the First to the
Eighth precinct. Privates will be trans
ferred as follows: Private Sears, on post
duty at Fourteenth and Park Streets
northwest, to the Baltimore and Potomac
Depot; Private Lally, now at Baltimore
and Potomac Depot goes to Anacostia sub
station as assistant to Sergeant Anderson;'
Private Brown, now at the Third precinct,
and Private Smith. stationed at the Fifth
precinct, will be assigned to eght-hour
duty on F Street, from Eleventh to Fif-
teenth Streets northwest.
The latter two assignments of men for
special duty along + Street northwest is
a part of plan for the formation OF
squad of men TO perform special duty
along F Street and Pennsylvania Avenue
northwest. 1t is the intention Of Major
Sylvester to increase this special squad at
the earliest possible moment thereby Civ
ing extra protection to the many business
interests along those thoroughfares.
The evening times., 1900-01-09
CAUGHT BETWEEN CARS.
The Narrow Escape From Death o.
a Railroad EmplOye.

Michael F. Horne. car inspector in the
employ OF the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany. had a narrow escape from death
while at work in the Pennsylvania Railroad
station about 10 o'clock this morning. His
head was caught between the bumpers of
two heavy coaches and a serious laceration
of the scalp resulted. The patient is now
at the Emergency Hospital whera le was
taken Immediately after the accident. His
condition is not thought to be serious.
Horne is thirty-seyen years of age, mar
ried, and lives at 1908 New Jersey Avenue
southeast.
As car inspector il was the duty of Horne
to thoroughly examine the wheel trucks,
couplings, and airbrakes of all coaches of
the railroad company before they left the
station. He was thus engaged this morning
when the accident occurred.
Horne had inspected several of train of
coaches in the trainshed and was between
two coaches at the south end of the shed
examining the airbrake couplings. The
coaches were suddenly and without warn
ing bumped together. Horne was in a
STOPPING position, with his head raised to
such a height that when the car under
which he was working struck, the edge of
the bumpers caught his scalp and tore it
from the skull, inflicting that is known
as flap wound about six inches in length.