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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-04-04

The editor Of the Fordville. KY.
Miscellaneous. writes as postscript
TO a business letter: Il was cured of
kidney trouble bv taking Foley's Kid
ney Cure Take nothing else.
Hatch Bros, and j L. Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-04-04
r,rn wnrs al Writinr.

Mrs. Bibbs-I declare. You men can't
write letter unless you have a regu-
lar desk ana office chair and big blot
ting pad aud don't know what all.
Mr.. Bibbs-Yes, and woman may
lave a $500 writing desk, with every
thing to match. and yet she'll sit down
on a stool and write ON al old book
New York Weekly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-04-04

Mr.. Courtenay Chatterinelyl ~ had
the blues awfully when | came here
tonight, Miss Fisher. but they are all
gone now. You are as good as inedi-
cine.
Miss Fishers Little Brother-Yes,
father says she will be drug iQ the
lIarket if she doesn't marry you.-Tit-
Bits.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-04-04

The typical Moro is never unarmed.
He fights equally well ON foot, on
horseback, in his fleet war canoe or in
the water, for he swims like fish and
dives like a penguin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-04-04

The kidneys are your
blood purifiers, they fill
ter out The waste or
impurities in the blood.
II they are sick or out
Of order, they fail 10 do
their work.
Pains, aches andrheu-
matism come from ex-
cess of uric acid in the
blood, due 10 neglected
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-04-04

k1Cney trouble.
Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady
heart beats, and makes one feel as though
they had heart trouble. because the heart is
over-working in pumping thick, kidney
poisoned blood through veins and arteries.
II used TO be considered that only urinary
troubles were 10 be traced to the kidneys,
but now modern science proves that nearly
all constitutional diseases have their begin
ming in kidney trouble.
If you are sick you can make no mistake
by first doctoring your kidneys The mild
and the extraordinary effect Of DR.. KilIner's
Swamp-ROot, the great kidney remedy is
soon realized. 1t stands the highest for its
wonderful cures Of the most distressing cases
and is sold on its merits G0
by all druggists in fifty e<sT=ss a NH:
cent and one-dollar siz- g s e
es. You may have a ~ a g 49, e
sample bottle by mail Home Of swampRoot
free. also pamphlet telling you how to find
out if you have kidney or bladder trouble.
Mention this paper when writing DR.. Kilmer
& Co., Binghamton, N. 7.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-04-04
So They DO.

Mr.. Pitt-Did the odontologists dis
cuss prosperity and adversely at their
convention!
Mr.. PENN don't see what such a
subject would have to do with den
tistry.
Mr.. Pitt-Don't you? Well. dentists
know what it is to look down in the
mouth.-PittsburgC hronicIe-Telegraph.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-04-04

That if every body would quit talk
ing politics. running down the town
and saving harsh things about neigh
bors and friends there's chance for
al all to be happy yeti
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-04-04
LaconSc Justice.

"Why did you shoot the plaintiffs
dogT'
Because he tried to bite me-"
Even a dog is entitled to a fair trial
You should only have tried to shoot
him. Twenty-Five dollars. Exchange
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-04-04
Made snre of the PIC.

A young girl who carried her dinner
was observed to eat her pie first When
asked why, she replied, We'll, if there's
anything left it won't be the pie. viii
it now ?''-Boston Christian Register.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-04-04

Before the discovery of sugar drinks
were sweetened with honey.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-04-04

That the majority Of the people Of
this town are pretty good sort Of peo-
pie any way YOU take them2
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-04-04
Over=Work Weakens
Your Kidneys.
Unheaithy kidneys Make Impure Blood.

All the blood in your body passes through
your kidneys once every three minutes.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-14
MIDSUMMER MELODY.
Seven Evenings Of Operate Song and
Story by the Olympia Company.

Seven Evenings Of operate Song and
Story by the Olympia Company
The opera Of "Girohe Giroha," with
which the week opened, has proved to be
one Of the most pleasing in the company
The story of this opera was probably
Suggested to lie Coco by the little game
which. since time innnemoral,, has beer
SO popular with the pupils In French
converts lin fact, with French chlaleh
eytrvwhere. II Is a ring game played
with flowers, the players making danclns
stems 10 the rhythm Of the song; 'Que w
M des bellies files Girohe Giroha.
Girohe is the French name Of the giuy
flower. .,-.,
throughout, in the plot composition as wen
lightness Of touch.
Miss Kendalls Glrohe was eNqulsltely
acted III she erred Mt all Il was on inc
Side of refinement In the tipsy scene. MISS
Keudnu is certainly both talented ana
beautiful and II Is interesting to know
that she Is near kinswonan aud name
sake al the great actress and grand woman,
Charlotte Cushmans
/ really believe Ben Lodge Is at his
hest as Bolero. hut then I've thought tnat
about every part I've seen him play, So,
where he Is concerned, my last opinion
Is always subject to revision.
Miss ThereBe Barker's appearance as
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-14
We haven't much to say, but we have the Big
gest Store in Houston full of the Biggest Bargains
! offered.
Special Sale Of 2l0 Dozen Ladies' Gowns

E Oar share OF the surplus stock of of the manufacturers of
Ladies Unde9arnents IN MVD York City, These all beautiful
qualities and made of the V best MusnS and Can1brS
marked much under Their real Oaiue We your
judgment,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-14

bur the natives use ma ,hetcs "a long and
widc.hladed knife or sword WITH siurJ
handel IN cutting down grass AMI weeds.
The ground Is kept clean AMI nature docs
the resi-.
So conducive 10 the growth Of All ycEeta.
ton is the climate that one has but 10
no; desired when the results are crafty
ing almost beyond expectation Can make
few statements here, which are calaula' ell
10 arouse the suspicion of the average
exam, but are guaranteed as whole truths.
Three crops of corn are made In one year
upon the same ground; peaches mako two
and three crops; Tomatoes. pepper an slim.
liar garden plants bear continuously for
Years; rose bushes grow to the size az or
binary trees: fence posts when set lu the
ground any time In three months after
being cut lin the wet season. tax root
and grow, and the telegraph. line posts
IRE all of railroad iron for fear that II
Mood they would take root and grow 10
"a height OF hundred or more feet IN n
couple of years. Ia the rear of our host =
! set out IN February OF last year Rose
| bushes are now five 10 ten feet high. and
all manner Of lowering shrubs. Peach
trees that were but switches when get out
I sixteen months since ARE now ten feet high
and blooming for the second crop OF fruit,
I the first crop having Just been taken on
We saw an orange tree today with blooms,
/ small green fruit and ripe fruit upon Its
branches.
| season. beginning w December ana con
tiuuing until June. when tn rains set In.
Z During tho wet season or WINTER thl' ram
falls almost every day between noon anu
night though il rarely eve rains, Ia the
forenoon But whom once accustomed 10
the rain one does not let II Interfere with
any engagement A grAvellg soil ahsorbs
the moisture rapidly ana one can 90 about
without other protection than an umbrella
most any time.
here than In the States, though the ma
tivcs are bilssfully happy with Win fruits
for a diet and bamboo huts Ter n home.
Little attcnton \ paid 10 dress and shoes
are a n xury among The poorer class. with
the Weather people everything T. dinrrent,
aud their bills run up every day 10 an
amount far more than Is necessary 10 pro
classes In a weeks time. All manufactured
goods are worth two or three tines as much
as IN our country-in American geld, which
rs worth more than double the value OF
native money. To Illustrate An article
~ furniture that would cost $40 or SD at
home would be worth $50 here N naliNe
colu But In this city OF 10000 people we
And some worth millions and manv whosc
wealth is estimated by the hundreds or
thousands Most OF tho wealth l. conlrOued
hy foreigners, English predominatng'
though there sre wealthy Americans
! French. Spanish. Germans and others.
/ There are but few wealthy natives.
saliy In use and one who speaks nothing
| hut English feels lost indeed.
we have found n very comfortable 70
( sleep beneath two blankets IN n close room
1 every night since reaching San Jose, on &C
4 count OF the high altitude. but " ls
/ vide. where one can stand ana see N
/ Pacific ocean thirty miles west; anu IN
/ Atlantic. about 1870 miles east, with all the
| Intervening country.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-14
A Texan in
Central America.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The following letter Is from ] T. Rob
inson, editor OF the Kusse Cyclone. who
is visiting relatives IN Central America;
San Jose. Costa Rca G. A, June IT.
Ny last letter was mailed you ms ! landed
upon the Costa Rican coast at Port Iimon.
Only two hours werc spent IN this very
unhealthy little city OF 1000 people, as
we were Informed of fhe existence OF case
OF yellow fever there, ana we were anxious
to reach our destInation-san Jose.
After going through the custom house,
where every article in our trunks and
yallses was turned over ana cautiously ex
amined. we were allowed to put onr bag
gage aboaru the train aftPr drpOsitng 81
/ customs duties With the corpule1t inspec-
Tor, For trucking baggage nbou 100 yards
we were held mp for 81 more. and when
baggage was weighed az station we were
touched again 10 the tune OF 1910 for ex-
cess, The natives eYade this excess by
| Juggling great sacks OF stun into the
conchps when they travel about. Eight dol
| lals and thrtyhvP cents each paid our
! fare to san Jose, l02 nliles from IimOn.
! aud We were soon iostlirg over the narrow
| About half way up The line we bfcakfasted
/ upon beans, rice. beef liver bread and
! confee for which we paid 81 80 eacn, with
I 90 cents u bottle for beer extra
our first Impressions 0f the country on
| landing were not the best. but as we grad
/ naly drew away from sweltcring I.imon
! The cons' are considered unhealthy but a
| few miles ride finds Us following up a
| beautiful mountain river ~ which the
| w.rter, rlshes madly over rocks ana foams
| through narrow gOrges making scenery of
| ,he mos beautiful Kind. Waters clear and
| aithcr eide and an accBslNnal cataract
! ,nsbinr down 10 the river below. re minds
sne N Colorado's famous mountain scenery /.
! ~ we tourney along an oecasionhl stop
! ts n,ado 10 tnke on or discharge q few pas;
! sengrrs Large hananl plantations ana
! cofae estates are passed through, the yal-
] -, nov reach the producing stage. Ihls
.aonIres only few years time after hrst
! chnrinr M the land and setting onl lai
! 1900 during thtS time No ploNs ere. use
invent seen such 4 thing since landing :
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-14

Bolero's wife proved that she has been
ugly on purpose in The hurlesque parts
usually assigned her, and not because she
could not be beautiful She was certainly
m9se than pretty in "Giroae Giroha."
Mr, Weston looked quite picturesque in
the dress Of hazourk, the ferocious Moor.
one only regretted that the part of Mazuk
is musically so meagrc.
Miss Kcndalls benefit on Wednesday
night was a tremendous success IN every
WAY. The manifestation Of enthusiasm ia
the form Of flowers, etc, was without
precedent In my knowledge of Houston
audiences
Ihc strongest argument in favor Of the
Olympia Opera company Is not only the
high average " excellence. but the almost
even balance in the abilities of all the
principals. This just proportion Is surely
greatly 10 be preferred TO the pernicious
star system, under which structural sym
meiry OF the music and the relative char
acter values Of the drama are sure to
be destroyed
The triple bill for Monday night prom.
lses to be fitting crown 10 the CON,
pany's work here Willie Hutcheson
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-14
Some Notes
OF the Stage.

..rno Explorers," modern musical com.
Lie hook and lyrics by Bert Lesion TaE-
and music by Walter II. Lewis. was
W.. 'sonted for the first time on June 80 NJ
~. nearboln theater, Chicago.
1bs venture marked the second musical
,norlpc Of the Dearborn theater manage
u, .rrh, Burgonaster" being tie first.
t gg.rhe Lxplorers" is said TO be a more pre-
,itnys nroluction In every WY than was
VIM Rurgomastcr' as the music, book AMI
,,rIps arc cf such an order that not n
,n,,s,e individual feature or vaudeville snR
SIN mas been Introduced. The scelc.y
"a "a yrnstuncs are said TO be dazzling. The
srst AT hnppeus in Madagascar. The zee.
IN sct IS presented In the Hotel Limit,
GGbtcaro and the third in Lincoln park.
M, 40, I'm midwinter
~" story OF "The Explorers rev0lvr $
,rinel a picture Of Mazie Fields, queen
o. o. mi Iowa corn carniV /. Ii is printed
~ magazine aud is seen Ivy Lieutenant
Z Max NiX MS he stops on at Madagascar
-, bis way home from the south role IN II
pnuocp lie falls desperately In love with
h ~ and on his arrival in New Nork. tcle.
NJ, nor that he viii be in Chicago
s.bs Hotel Limit on st. Valentines Dat aud
tn,niores her to he his valentine Ma e..
~ addition to being beautiful, is wealthy
md Interested in Polar expeditions. As II
,.sssssosssssssssssssssssssss
POPULAR ACTOR-MANAGER.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-14
A,mstronn RifIes plsbanded.

Corpus Christi Texas July il.-Aftet sew
erai efforts to maintain Its organization
the Armstrong Rifles, the local militia or
ganizatlOn. has been disbanded by Captain
Fowler. For some time past the members
have manifested a lack 81 Interest by not
attending drills which resulted In Its ultl-
mate dlsbandment. The guns, belts and
other appurtenanees belonging to the state
Volunteer Guard were shipped 70 Ad1n-
CAPTAIN A. r. W. Macmanus formerly
commander OF company L (Kenedy Rlhes).
First Texas during the Spanish American
war, but who for the last year OF two has
nina unlted States volunteers, In the
Philippines, has been relieved under the
new army bill and will probably return
en- route TO the United States now.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-14

must confirm not later than Octohcr |. by
VIII ch Mr.. frohman will bring to America
Mr.. Wyndham, with Miss Mary Moor" and
all his company, for a season OF twenty
In the course of this trip Mr. WIN ham
will produce a new play by MI Willian
which he will open the season In September
M London theater, He will also pro
ducc David Garrick" and his other Lon
MIR. Wyndham viii have b en- to America
for ten years and he is naturally eager TO
revisit his American friends.
Since the abrupt closing at the Shaftes'
lnny thpater, London, o. It's most success
III season, rimor has Teen busy with th'
futnre Of Miss Alice Nelson's 'Fortuns
Teller company; with the eIcepti9ph 90, %,
reoplc are under contract with Frank PR
iey who intends taking thu men tohr
through America as the Perley- Wlillah'
oi AS TO the rest res of the company, /! Is sail
that Miss Nelson is likely - sign W. T..
Frank Mckee "a star. Whilt MT buM
ulcnts to fake Miss Blanche Walsh out Oh
the road for the coming season.
~
Mary Mannering has never yet been seen
ON the stage In male garb. When her new
MAY. "Graustark,' is presented she VIII
have an opportunity tolappear as a Young u,
military officer In the Incident Wuele ~
princess Yetiye aids Grentall LOFTY antS
American. to escape from the Grausiarb
al 70 fha monastery on the mountain over
los king the city. Lorry Is charged VIZ
nc murder OF the princess uh;9'gu
.rorbod who 3 really murdered bN q
Jealous rival priuce on the eve q nj com II.
In, duel with the American champion OF
Yeuye.
yorkmen are engaged digging and blast
Ing hig pit forty feet long twenty Iee'
,,5do and twenty-four feet deep, under the
s,age ~ the Broadway theater, New 1oik
Sor the crystal palace scene I'm the DrntS
! ane nroduction az ''The Sleeping Beauty
and the Beast, which opens me resu'''
season al this house November 4.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-14
coLLEeIANs IN pUeLIc LIFE.
fifteen Of the Presidents Have Been Col
leue Men.

John Gllmer Speed In Ainslee's
TO be president OF the United States Is
the highest position to which an American
can attain. Tweniy-four men have reached
this exalted Office, and during moro than
half Of the ME OF the country college facii-
ltiek, were very difficult indeed. Yet NJ.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-14
Boys Department.

You can't afford to se4v for the bows
qDhen you can buy ready-n,ade goods at
these prices. Little Gents Percate and
Madras Shirts.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-14

teen OF these CHIEF executives have been
college men and only thrcc quite without
what we call academic training, which al
save two, Of the non graduates were mem
herS Of n learned procession The college
education does not appear TO have lhlct-
fcred with men seeking the highest polil
way that Is seif-cvident
Suppose We leave this field OF speculu.
ton which leads back TO the beginning "f
onr National life. and conhnc ourselves 10
the present hi the prescott cabinet OF
president Mckinley there are eight mrn-
boris Six of these are college men one,
himself "a non-THduatc, was professor
IN college when he entered the cab n &
The remaining eighth man hnlshCd hiN
education at an academy, which llkclN Ha
not ranked In scholarship with many ot
the colleges that confer degrees ln all the
dignity of a Lntln text that many n re
cjpicut would be stumped to put INTO
literal English. The administration OF MI
Mckinley himself moi college man,
thcrgh the graduate of law school ~
mainly conducted by men of college train
Ing There Us probably no man in N"
country, not q crank, who VIII say u is
any the worse for being so. Al The other
end Of Pennsylvania avenue. where mo
legislative ana judicial coordinate branches
OF the government do business. let ~ sec
what Is the collegiate condition ~ the
follows, with the college of each opposite
shief Justice Fuller, ,BowdOin.
Mr.. Justice Harlan, Center.
Mr. Justice Gray llAvari.
Mr. Justice Brewer. Yale.
Mr. Justice brown. Yaw.
Mr. Justice Shiras. Yale.
Mr. Justice White. Georgetown.
Mr. Justice Pcckham. Albany academy.
Mr. Justice McKenna, Bonlcn Collegiate
institute.
Here we see that the members OF our
highest court do not rank any higher Is
college men than the members Of the cnb-
met. though they are appointed nn1 con.
frmed to Office In large measure by reis"n
Of their great and sound intormatlor 70
branch Of learning that has been called ne
sum OF all knowledge. Indeed, tho maya
zine editors Of the country. aud the news
paper editors Of New York city. as VIII
presently he seen. In proportion have han
greater early scholastic advantages. The
supreme court justices, however press,uIimq..
ably on account Of the nature or their
work. are hard students all their lives, and
some men comparatively iliiteratc In me
beginning Of their career on nus eHa id,.,
before the end Of their service. Judges.
however. have better opportunities for self-
Improvement than almost any other meh
In active life"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-14
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,

- n -
naS long peG uer uoi INC 10 equip an eX
70 Nix's telegram lie ms si,sn.d hinIy u
simply Nix which leads her to address IN :,
reply to "A DISTINGUISHED evniorer WIN
will arrive at the Hotel Limit. Chicnpo'
February IA
The man from whom Nix got tbo MAJ,
liue was Bur,ock Roof nornvidn
hydrogen salesman Root ertvcs ~ ,ho
Hotel Limit the morning Of St ValenlIne'a
Day Being fresh from Madnrascnr ami
as be saws. something of nm eynlorer Inn
hotel clerk gives him tho iet+er -
Thenceforwnrd the comedy = tunti,p MS mn,
based on Roots maSqucradlng rs $. Max
"u A A igop OH ~ Attempts to establish nlS
sage's safe arrival. Matte has MT p''s
duplicate 10 Mrs Fuller Prunes pr shsrt
y W,v tHs woman science club he orr winch
the real Xix bnt MS Root hna NE, reI, il,
first, Nix is nut down ms an imnostc,t md
Is arrested. In clearing tho nIof NfnIal, IL
given chonc" fn cboosc bo, WIN, ~ m 70
and bogus cXplornr ma t,l,os non,
cause. while hc is not an eyplnr, ia
always could be one. The part Of Root
is PLAYED bY Charles Dickson whose ciStcr
work as Tom Genowyn in "NTiStolSns Nit,
Happen" is we'll remembered In Wotstoii
~ ii"''''"
a.
MISS Adelaide ThurStnn. one of the Lady
Babbies Of The Little Minister" win
tppoar npyt season In as,
'' l''''' ''''NN'
'loNer' written for her by Marion Short
and Pauline phelps. Frank ] and Clox,or
Wstach chuse this nIay firm, sn,o,si ina,
were unget cons' leration as being especial
play Is said I'D III W laurston taients ins
Mi the ii nrre,iicr|s q coneiy Grami WIN
hTEhe aqthorcsses are not entirely unknown.
itsHhey nave turned out several highly M
tsuea one'act sketches. Miss Phelps IL
S SnoW d, 70 magazine readers as a wtlter o.
SnoIt Is q successful reader Plays by ia
MInle authors have been accepted by two
p'her wei known stars.
~
. - bohitace' Jr, has beer added
,nt llSt OF players who arr to appear
In '"lhe Cav MIR Goldstein - a Mar which
viii ne ssnt On - = p''l
van, ou tour nhuer HehrN Green
,h ait management. 1t was first expected
thll MI Bonrlce woul simply become
w,Cnret OF the company but different
NV NV OF Tie situation was taken Wien It
twtahe known that he was to he elevated
70 me stellar ranks, ana 1t will h. neces-
my 70 nave one of the parts enlarged
hence na csee that Il may he given pI9lhi-
Hampton aud Thomas Eeogh, tlr other
isasT This viii be the first time on
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-14

BRoCKMAN. Karnes City. Texas July
fi.-IAst night John w. Brockman, an Old
citizen OF this comfy, died NJ his hone
nbout twelve miles north Of this place. lie
leaves a family 10 mourn his death
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-14
Grand Sweeping Clearance
Sale of Ladies Shirt
Waists.

Oar entire stock, separated into sir
lots, and each lot marked at prices qvhich
makes them the greatest vaineS in Shirt
Waists eUer offered in Houston