Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-04-24


large horned cattle of America are
fast disappearing, owing to the use
of pure bred slres, having small or no
horns and whose progeny can be
shipped more easily and safely.
Mr.. Babcock is again chairman OF
the Republican Congressional COM
mlttee and having piloted the party
to victory in four successive cam
paigns, believes that he can do it
again.
DR.. Stempel of New York is about
to issue grammar OF the Tagalog or
Philippine language. together with
dictionary for the use of Americans
going to the islands. This is the first
work of the kind yet attempted.
Great corporations have engaged
the coantry's capital, potentially de-
veloped it's resources, completely en-
ployed it's labor and are making this
nation the granary, the factory and
the banking house of the world.
According to the census, Boston is
the fifth city in population in this
country, St. Louis being the fourth.
The Massachusetts legislature is now
considering a bill allowing any town
within ten miles of Boston state
house to Incorporate in the Greater
Boston, which would restore that city
to fourth place since St. Louis has
practically no SUBURBAN population.
Atlantic City has the Pennsylvania
railroad to thank for the prompt aid
of the Philadelphia fire department
which was on the scene So minutes
after the alarm was sent and got the
flames under control soon after it's ar
rival.
The list of spring publications ag-
gregates more than $50 TITLES. 1t
would take 25 years to read the lot at
the rate of ten hours day. There is
consolation in knowing that in the
mass of '.Spring literature" there is
not much of vital Importance.
For the first time in many years
there is no man from Ohio in the
presidents cabinet and none holding
diplomatic office or on the bench of
the supreme court. Iowa seems 10
have most plums at present.
A book collector in London found
pamphlet in secondhand store en-
titled lis she his Wife? or Something
Singular" 1t is play by Charles
Dickens and was bought for penny.
A few days ago it was sold to col
lector of Dickens editions for 1915 as
it proved to be the only known ex-
listing copy of the original imprint of
1887.
Disease is worse than war. We
have saved in single year in Cuba
more lives from death by pestilence
than were lost on both sides in the
war with Spain.
A Kansas law held that an express
agent could not deliver a G. O.. d.
package containing liquor as that
amounted to sale and was illegal in
the state. The supreme court has re-
versed the decision on the ground
that the privilege of such delivery
cannot be taken away from the ex-
press company.
During 1901 this country exported
1852, 900, 900 worth of farm products,
or 500, 000,0 900 more than in any pre-
vious year. The imports of such
products amounted to 1892, 200, 900
leaving balance of trade greatly in
our favor.
The perennial report that the peach
crop has been killed has already put
in it's annual appearance.
The real cause of the present rise
in the price of beef is said to be the
drouth that prevailed through the
West last summer, which has made
feed high. Cattle on the hoof have
brought $3.50 hundred pounds in
Chicago lately, the highest price since
April, 1882.
John Wanamaker was recently pre-
sented to the Emperor of Germany,