davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-15

Mrs. Mcintosh of Fond du Lac
is guest of her daughter, Mrs. j.
A. Gault.
The Hinn-Hildebrand Co. at
Fennimore is now known as the
Him Brothers Co.
AT the annual meeting of the
Bloomington Farmers Mutual Fire
Insurance Co. Jan. 6, all the old Of
ficers were reelected for 1908, to-
wit: T. D. Maggie, President; Lin
coin Abraham, Secretary and Treas
urer; F. W. Klinkhammer, Cassville,
F. M. wager, Burton, I. Garthwaite,
Lancaster, w. G. Hickok, Beetown,
John Harris, Bagley, VIM White,
Mt. Hope, VIM. Ryan, North And
over, Directors. This is the fourth
consecutive time Pres. Maggie and
Secretary Abraham have been elect
ed to these responsible positions,
which speaks well for the careful
and wise manner in which they
have discharged their duties. There
was a large attendance at the meet
ing and several important changes
were made in the bylaws.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-15
One Dose Killed all Pain.

John B. Martin, an attorney of Covington,
Ind, says: "Dr. GossOm's Kidney and blad
der Cure is the only remedy that has given
me any relief from bladder trouble. The
first dose caused all pain to disappear" SOC
a box. Cure guaranteed. j. T. Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-15

FARM FOR SALE Consists OF
200 acres. Situated IA miles west OF
Lancaster. 100 acres under cultiva-
ton. Pasture we'll watered and all
we'll fenced Broom house and wood
shed. Good we'll with windmill. Good
barn and outbuildings. For further
particulars inquire at this office or
address, w. w. RITCHIE,
32-tf Lancaster, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-15
Business Locals.

STALLION FOR SALE:-A we'll
bred English Shire Stallion. Weight
about 1900. Color dark bay. Can be
seen at the Philips house barn. APP
ply to undersigned for further partlc-.
ulars. JOHN DECHow, Lancaster, Wis. tt
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-15
Pneumonia and LaGrippe.

Coughs cured quickly by Foley's Honey
and Tar. Refuse substitutes. Sold by j.
T. Bennett
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-15

HELLO! LANDSEEKERS:- have
land all the way from Clark county to
Manitoba for sale from So per acre up
Good land in the Red River valley in
Minnesota and Manitoba. Fine prairie
and timber land IS to So per acre.
Can furnish half-rates to land seekers,
and provide you with rigs. Can take
you where you can get good home
cheap. Call and see me. 3O-tf
w. FL. BURGESS, Lancaster, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-15

FOR SALE OR RENT:-Two good
farms. One is situated in Mt. Hope
and consists OF 243 acres. The other is
in Fennimore and has 1929 acres.
Call on or address, E. E. GRAHAM,
38-tf Lancaster, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-15

WANTED: Girl for general house
work in small family Apply to Geo.
Angus residence or at electric light
station. 47tf
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-15

HAY FOR SALE Choice, clean
timothy hay for horses. Glover and
timothy mixed for COWS. JOE WRIGHT,
33tf Union Phone II. Lancaster, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-15

WANTED: Laundry girl at Wright
house. Good wag es. Aft
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-15

LOST: A red lined goat robe be-
tween Lancaster and Frank Walkers
farm, two miles northeast of this city.
Finder leave at this office or with un-
dersigned FRANK WALKER
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-15

WE'LL! WE'LL! WE'LL! 1t beats
all. What beats all? Why, the Red
Trunk cigar. Aft :
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-15

NOW is the time to purchase season
able clothing at low price at Joeckel
Bros. Their dissolution sale continues
during the entire month.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-15

If YOU WANT some good business
or living rooms call on Ed HI. HYDE. tt
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-15

FOR RENT: 3 convenient rooms
Apply at this office. tt
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-15

CHAS. w. BURR will send bas-
ket to Afford Bros Steam Laundry
every Wednesday morning. Basket
will return Friday evening First-class
work. Your patronage is solicited. tt
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-15

DESIRABLE farm for sale or rent.
Inquire of G. H. Baxter at State Bank
of Grant county. Consists of $50
acres, all under cultivation except 5
acres timber. Good new house and
farm buildings. Price $500. Terms
easy. 47tf
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-15

FOR SALE:-Set of Blacksmith
Tools. HENRY DERSCH. 46-tf
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-15

FOR SALE first-class large house
in the best part of the city. Will rent
or exchange and pay the difference for
farm. JOE WRIGHT, Lancaster. 47-tf
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-15

JOECKEL BROS. are having good
trade during their dissolution sale.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-13
THE STAR THAT
NEVER MOVES.
How the Indians Explain why the
North Star Became Their Guide.

How the Indians Explain why the
North Star Became Their Guide.
Look up into the heavens on a star
ry night and in the north you will see
one star shining alone. 1t is the
North or Polar Star, and is practically
stationary in the sky, while all the
other stars move around it.
You can find this star easily by
getting some one to point out to you
the BIZ Dipper in the constellation of
the Great Bear. The two stars on the
side of the Dipper opposite the handle
are called the Pointers from the fact
that they point always toward the
North Star.
The Indians icall the North Star
''T-yn-sou-d a-go-err," the star that
never moves.
By the aid of it they were accus-
TONED to find their way over the
boundless prairies and through the
lowing story of how they first came
to know that the star was stationary
and could be used as a guide:
"A large party OF Indians wandered
for many moons in search for game
and found little, until at last they lost
their way entirely and camped by the
side of a river, exhausted with travel
and half dead for want of food.
1t was decided to hold a council
and see if they could not devise some
way of returning to their old home
They burned tobacco as a sacrifice
and, as the smoke of the plant curled
up into the air, they danced and sang
a weird chant. imploring the Great
Spirit to send them a guide.
While they danced, there appeared
to them a little girl who said she had
come to rescue the hunters from their
predicament.
So they broke camp and all that
night they Travelled, the little girl lead
ing them, going on ahead with a small
war club in her hand. At daybreak
she told them to rest and sleep, while
she would prepare food for them.
They did as they were told, and
when they awoke they found a great
feast ready for them, and they won
dered much where the child got the
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-13

| She's my princess. You are witch!
You are You are! You arei"
He and Trixy fought frantically to
reach each other, but their good fairy
must have been too busy elsewhere
to help. Edwards lifted the prince
without regard to his rank and carried
him out and placed him beyond the
! gates of the lawn.
! Who shall bar the courts of love?
| Trixy accepted all things as appro-
! pirate gifts from the gracious fates.
! Therefore she was complacently ready
when Hoppy sang his little trouba-
| dour song down by the brook
Il dunno why l doves yer but l DO,
1 Hoppy piped, and Trixy gurgling
with delight, crawled down the back
starts and toddled with all the speed
! of her four feet to the arms of the
prince who made such beautiful doll
houses of mud.
Trixy gurgied again.
Il love 90, Hoppy," she cried.
Then from round the bend of the
road came slowly a curtained buggy
driven by a lone man, and Hoppy
halted and frowned.
Oats my uncle" he whispered to
Trixy. He's not nice, but he showed
me your castle where the witch kept
you, and told me who you was. l
ought to love him cause he helped
me. but l don't. Let's hide.
They were too late; the man had
seen them. By the manner in which
he crept along the Swallowed lane
for them. He cried to them now III
a voice whose harshness his attempt
at genlality could hardly modulate.
THAT you, Prince? Well, l never.
So you won out! Was there ever such
a hero. And that's the little princess?
My SOUL amt she lovely! Rescued
from the dragons and witches at the
big castle-rescued by Hoppy all
alone. That's what it means to stand
in with the fairies and have a fairy
godmotheT to whisper In your ear
when you're sleeping. Amt she
sweet? And is the prince going home
to his kingdom to be married? Beau
tiful, beautiful But it's long way,
Prince. Wouldn't the sweet little
princess like to ride part of it?'
No" said Hoppy. with his thumb
in his mouth. and he looked doubtfully
upon the harsh-voiced man. Wen go
to sleep on a carpet and fly through
the air to my kingdom"
"Of course. bless you" the man in
stantly replied. Il passed the carpet
down the road quite a long way, too
far for you to walk. Jump in and I'll
drive you where it is"
"Ess," cried the trustful Trixy. y
wants to drive, cause my foots wob-
BILE"
The man jumped out and proceeded
to help her into the buggy. He lifted
her to the seat, and at once his manner
changed.
Now, you Hoppy, go home to your
crazy old grandad, quick. Your little
sweetheart's coming with me-"
The little dreamfu1 children under
stood Immediately that they We're to be
parted and screamed aloud. The man
leaped beside Trixy and pressed a
handkerchief to her nose and mouth,
so that she almost instantly was silent
and inert Then the kidnapper seized
the reins and was about to whirl about
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-13

His term of training is ended and he
is now a finished man-of-war' s-man
eligible for admission into the most
highly trained body of enlisted men
in the World-that belonging to the
United States navy. He can re-enlist
at once if he wants TO, or he can take
a few months vacation first. IL he
has conducted himself we'll as an act
ing petty officer while an appren-
tice, he is made a permanent petty Of
ficer before he is discharged, and then,
if he enlistS again within four months,
the government makes him a present
of $120, and he begins his new enlist
ment with an advance in monthly pay.
In addition to this, an apprentice
when he ends his term of apprentice
ship, generally has several hundred
dollars on the books which have been
saved for him, and this he can draw
and spend as he pleases on his vaca-
ton.
If boy, for instance, graduates from
the training system with a permanent
appointment as third-class petty officer,
and after spending a couple of months
at his home, goes back to the navy, he
not only finds his job waiting for him.
but takes it with an increased petty
officers pay and is able to begin his
career with money in the bank or to
liletsAe ilDtIdi BttStnlS 70 Int OiQ lOthS
If they need the money.
The young mans ambition upon re-
enlisting should be, of course, to be-
come a warrant officer as soon as pos
sible AS an apprentice and as an en-
listed man the boy can make extra
money by winning the prizes which
are literally offered for good shooting,
and for every good conduct badge that
he gets his monthly pay is increased.
But after he is twenty-one the life of
the story of the apprentice becomes the
story of the sailor. The training sys-
TEN turns him out a finished product
and if he does not succeed after that it
is his own fault-Uncle Sam has done
everything for him that could be done.
Any ex-apprentice who, after trying
sailorizing awhile, decides to go into
civil life, gets the preference in all civil
service examinations if he seeks a
government berth. or, if he goes into
business of any kind, he finds that the
training he has received and the knowl-
edge he has acquired of how to handle
men is of great benefit to him.
But the government wants to enlist
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-13

when Hoppy sprang to the horses head.
The tiny urchin's black and tangled
hair did not reach above the shafts, but
he leaped high and held on valiantly,
shrieking. The frightened horse tossed
and plunged. The man. with a curse,
nipped the boy across the face with
the whip-lash. He held on, though the
blood trickled. and his screams awoke
the sleeping birds and reused the dis
tant dogs.
MY princess!" Hoppy yelled. '"You
dussent steal her She's mine! she's
mine! she's mine!'
The man stood up in the seat and
struck down viciously The child chung
desperately, with eyes shut, tears
streaming down his checks, his opened
lips uttering cry after cry. The VeXed
horse reared, dragging Hoppy in the
air, dropped up with the bit in his teeth
and holted.
One fearful scream of pain and re-
proach searched the woods and lanes as
the little dreamer dropped beneath the
hoOfs and wheels. The horse dashed
down the road, swerving from bank to
/ bank, and within fifty yards the buggy
was overturned. The man was thrown
on his head. Trixy was pitched on
/ the bank. The fastening parted. and
the realeased horse charged blindiy in
to the dusk. His gaIloping feet clat-
tered noisly into the distance and the
sound of them died away. Then the
/ three still figures lay silently under the
stars.
An old white-haired, hatless man
came across the road singing feebly
TO himself
She was a princess fair,
/ And he a poor shepherd,
But he loved. and she loved,
/ So dearly, so dearly"
! Every few steps he paused and
called unto the darkness:
"Hoppyl Hoppy boy! Come TO
supper"
TO the glowing woods he threw his
{ cry.
HAS anyone seen my little Prince
! HOppyt'
He came 10 the silent figures IN the
lane ANA stumbled across the body Of
the driver lie recolled With o pa
tbetic horror
JIM us jim" be- cried. Hen
I bring trouble he always does. Hes
/ no boy ~ mine. Hes thief Hes
+ p kidnapperi Hell be- hung some day.
Get uD and go away Jim Iil give
you mOEcy 10 go away"
De stopped over tbe figure ard
Slook D. ana rose wien "A whisper ID.
most joyful
lse's dad Jins aesd' Thank
Efsnng his hands nonly foFsihe1
ne efepf dosn fbe foaq aHd came 40
Heppf SING bleeding sba crushed
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-13
HOW UNCLE SAM
TEACHES HIS BOYS
TO BECOME SAILORS
No. s.
The Finished Man-O'-War'S Man.
BY H. IRVING KING.

Service on board a cruising man
Uncle Sam. Here the boy Associates
with men and becomes a man, putting
away childish things.
When he returns to visit his home
at the expiration of his first cruise as
member of the ships company of
some big battleship his parents have
hard work to realize that this big,
bronzed, seif-reliant young man, in
his petty officers uniform, is the
scrawny, spindly boy whom, with
many misgivings. they consigned to
the tender mercies of the Training
School
If they are poor the boy has, from
time to time. sent them money which
has enabled the old folks to have
many comforts which they could not
otherwise have procured, and now he
comes home with money in his pocket
and stores of gifts, bought in strange
lands for them.
After a boy has been a short time
lin a seagoing ship he is promoted to
be an apprentice of the first-class,
and if he is any way bright at all, he
is soon made a petty officer.
bright boy, who means to sue
coed, now has his education special
lied. If he shows ability as an officer
he is, after a time, sent to the petty
officers school at Newport, a school
established at the Training Station
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-13

the heights of Everest is less difficult.
as far as such obstacles are concern
ed. than that which leads to the sum-
nit of many mountains which have
been successfully and repeatedly as
cended.
That which has heretofore kept
mountain climbers from reaching the
top of Everest has been the inability
of the explorers to live in the higher
attitudes to which the mountain scars.
II is now proposed to go about the
enterprise scientifically and deliber-
ately, after the plan which has been
proposed frequently for reaching the
pole; that is, to stablish colonies. or
stations, where men shall live until
they become accustomed to their sur
roundings, and until nature adapts
their vital organs to the conditions
of life there prevailing.
As soon as the coloniSts become
so acclimated that they can endure
life in their first station without dis
comfort or danger, they will move
on to more advanced station, and
thus the end in view will be accom-
plished at last.
The dash for the pole" plan may
eventually succeed in Arctic work,
but it is believed that in the case of
Mount Everest the dash for the
peak" plan is impossible of success.
this conclusion having been reached
as the result of repeated attempts and
failures.
Many mountain climbers possess
exceptional and wonderful powers of
endurance i'm supporting life at
high attitudes. but it is believed that
no human being, accustomed TO
breathe the air of lower attitudes,
could possibly live in the rarefied at
mosphere which spreads it's thin man.
tie over the top Of Everest.
Several experienced mounta In
climbers, however. have expressed the
opinion that II is entirely feasible "a
inure men gradually to high attitudes
by having the Adventures make long
pauses, stopping as long az each sta
ton as experience shall prove neces-
sary
a party OF men especially selected
| for their experience IA mountain
climbing and their ability 10 endure
a rareled atmosphere. has now start
ed for the foot Of Mount Everest H.
begin the work which b. 90 precede
the actual attempt 20 scaling the
worlds loffiest peak
Heretofore the highest mountain
aFconded has BEEN Ap0ncHRua in the
AnheH. AnOnragua b. about 1000
feet high but The 5000 feet more
which pll have ~ b. overcome ~
resuh the iOu of Everest rrprrffnft
hn enormous dif1fulfH for the rnrfn-
cation 0f Ire afnf sphere lurffanef
Hiih great fapiQifg after One Eefl
aDyfe osrtHln levels.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-13
THE HUCKLEBERRY PICNIC.

Solution of the Rhyme With hidden
Characters Printed in Last sun
days Paper.
In the following verses you will
find the ten well-known characters
from books by the following authors
Dickens (three), Scott, James Feni-
more Cooper, Harriet B. Stowe,
Washington Irving, Mark Twain,
Marryat, and Thomas Hughes. By
putting together the words printed in
capitals, if Joined together prop
erly, they will make the following:
Tom Brown. Uncle Tom, Sam
Weller Rip Van Wrinkle, Little Nell,
Oliver Twist, Jacob Faithful Rob
Roy Huckleberry Finn and The
Pathfinder.
TOM and JACOB, SAM and ROY,
OLIVER and NELL:
Finished with their lessons, all
Scampered home, pell-mell.
UNCLE WRINKLE" cried the crowd,
We've splendid plan
Won't you take us berrying
In your new, BROWN VAN?
There's HUCKLEBERRY patch
Where the PATHWAYS TWIST;
If we hurry off at once
WE surely won't be missed"
And think" said TOM, 'how good
we've been;
How FAITHFUL to our books;
Now, Uncle, you will let US go
1 see it by your looks!"
WELLER, yes, I'd take you off
If 1 had span:
But only ROB" is here-You know
One horse can't houl the van.
Still, LITTLE RIP" is in the field;
Go see if you can FIND Err;
Pm sure she'll do her best with such
A merry crowd behind her!"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-13

food as well as at the skillfuI WAY, -.
: had prepared it. S"e
| After they had eaten, the little e-i,,
went away, but told them thai
nightfall she would come to lead tbooI
on their way again. So, when IN
stars came out in the sky, the lttie
girl came back and, after giving 60
of the hunters a magic drink out of II
leather bottle which made them "a "a
feel strong again, she led them ~
that night as before. Oil
At daybreak the hunters fou,,5
themselves on the edge of a. Iaroa
plain, where the little guide bad
them rest for the day, all except -
few of the most skillful hunters who
she took away to a place where the
was plenty of game which they killed
for the food of the party
Then she disappeared as befn,a
But at night she returned with ber
| own chief and a great number of her
own people, who were all little folks
not larger than small children, though
some of them We're very old.
She told the hunters that they We're.
now in the country of the pigmias
who would teach them a sign, alread,,
in the sky, by which they could III
ways guide themselves when tbe,,
went out hunting, and never get lost
any more.
Then the chief of the pigmies point-
ed out the Polar Star and said that far
in the north, where the sun never
came. and all the others stars wanda
around. this Particular star had its
home and always stood still to be tbe
Indians guide in his wanderings.
Follow it's light" said the CHIEF of
the pigmies, land you will come to
your own land, where you will find
plenty of game and where the corn is
now ripe"
So the hunters thanked the sood
pigmies and, travelling at night, guided
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-13
a DECOY DUCK
The Story of a Romantic Kid
naping.
ny. u Y al AC-
BY p. Y. BLACK.

THAT was very sweet of him." said
Mrs De Table. quite a nice thing
for him to do. And when the little boy
gave you the flowers. Trixy, 1 suppose
you thanked him properly!"
Il tissed him." said Trixy, calmly,
as she stuck more daisies in her moth
er's hair.
Bless me, said the great lady, do
you think the gift of flowers required
such an extreme measure of reward? I
hope he was clean boy"
Trixy was hesitatingly doubtful.
Me and Hoppy made a doll house,
we did, all of mud-so big, oh, so big
Hop Hoppy! Is that his name?
That can't be his name. Trix. Who
have you been playing with? I must
see nurse"
Mrs. De Tables brow darkened.
Trixy was more valuable to her than
her diamonds, and she knew, every mo-
ment, exactly where they were. She
was very much vexed at the thought
of dirty, mysterious Hoppies, who
might have scarlet fever. Doll houses
mud also. were beneath even the
pay lul I1bAl'E "a NAilluA eli u dl4N4GAiN
Huguenot blood. Nurse produced a
handkerchief and prepared to sob. when
the doorbell of the cottage rang. and
soon Edwards, the butler. was heard in
communion with an assured, If piping,
voice.
Them for Trixy.' said the voice
"She ordered me to get EN-, she did
An this. too. Don't you eat it. will
you? You'd better not. cause it's for
TriXy from the Prince"
Edwards entered the back drawing
room a few moments later, perplexity
and benignity warning on his face.
Miss Beatrice's orders were not to be
lightly obeyed in a castle where she
reigned queen. on a silver salver he
bore some Wild flowers from the woods
"a big, disordered posey, by whose side
lay stale gingerbread soldier.
For Miss Beatrice, num-" said Ed
wards solemnly.
Trixy squealed with delight. grabbed
the gingerbread and ran out to the pip
ing voice. Mrs. De Table gasped. The
nurse being unable to explain, wept in
the handkerchief.
WHO left them" the mother asked.
"A boy, num- said Edwards, cock
ing his eye at the flowers doubtfully, "a
small boy. mum, what says they're
from q Prince-a most percoachus boy,
num-"
Show him in" said Mrs. De Table.
'Hoppy entered-a ragged, barefoot,