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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-03-05

A man who is experimental on from
day to day by a housewife or COOK
whose cakes fall on her before they
are ripe and whose pies have to be
operated on with a set Of surgical in
struments before they can be removed
from the pan, is destined to punctu-
ate prematu grave with blight
ed and ruined life behind him and an
undigested meal under his vest.
We remember d man whose wife
contracted the habit Of filling all the
prescriptions that she saw in the
recipe columns. She used to watch
the newspapers and magazines like
a hawk in the spring of the year, and
whenever she detected the plans and
specifications for an omelet that was
just making it's debut or pudding
that was touring the United States
for the first time she would get down
the rolling pin and the nutmeg-grater
and the Ratchet and the pepper-bOx
and the .tack-hammer and the ak and
the machine oil and fall to like pro-
fessional biscuit delineatOr on a busy
Saturday.
Every day she would get hold of
one of these receipts that are guaran-
teed to break up a home or money
cheerfully refunded:
''Take the yolks of three recently
laid eggs and stir in about four cents
worth of sour cream. In another yes
sci place a tablespoonful of red pep
per and add two tablespoonfuls of
black pepper. Stir well and then step
to the door and sneeze in a tenor
voice. Add to the pepper a cup of
graduated sugar and -sle juice of one
lemon. Add a dash of ready-made
glue and mix the contents of the
two vessels III a No. stewpan, after
which set on the stove to vulcanize
At the end of ten minutes shoot into
it with 32-caliber revolver. If done,
remove instantly. Serve with a club"
ga fine hasty pudding may be made
by taking a hat full of breadcrumbs
and a bottle of ink and beating to
a standstill. Grease with a lubricant
of some kind and stir for half a day.
Add baking powder or any other ex-
plosive to suit the taste and hide in
a cool place till the company comes.
Serve to the guests as the last num-
Der on the programme and defy them
not to eat it"
''Mince Pie.-Take quart of any
thing and stir in a small quantity of
anything else. Let stand few mo-
ments, and then add anything else
that happens to be around the pan
try for which you have no use. Spike
heavily, place in the oven and let
bake while you are out currying the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-03-05
GOATS FURNISH THE MILK.
The People of Malta Derive Their
Entire Supply of Lacteal Fluid
from the Animals.

The population of the island of
Malta, situated in the Mediterranean
sea, amounting to some 100000 souls,
derives it's entire milk supply from
the goat herds that abound in that
little speck of rock. 1t is estimated
that there are about 10000 goats on
the island. There are no regular
grazing fields for goats, but every
morning the herds are driven out
along the roads aud hillsides, where
they pick up whatever they can find
in the way of weeds or any other
edible matter, which, however, sell
dom includes grass. This is supple
mented by carob beans when the
herd is driven back to shelter at
night.
How the Maltese goat can give the
quantity and quality of milk which
it does upon this food is a matter
of frequent conjecture and it is out
of the question to get anything but
thin and watery milk from COWS I'M
der the same conditions An average
goat produces AZ pints of milk per
day and the animals cost from $40
to $25 each. No special effort seems
to be made by the natives to pre-
serve strains, but, nevertheless, the
Maltese goat manages to keep up it's
reputation for looks and productive
ness.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-03-05
NEW PENSION LEGISLATION.

The new pension legislation on which
the senate and house conferees have
agreed is in the interest of veterans
who have lost limbs in the service or
who are totally disabled 1t will in
volve an additional outlay of about
100000, the commissioner of pen
sions estimates, and the benefits will
go to about 1000 persons.
The bill increases the pensions Of
those who have lost one hand or one
foot, or who are totally disabled in the
same, from $50 to $45 month, an in
crease Of $3.50 year The number of
beneficial es under this provision now
on the rolls is 1868, and the cost of in
creasing their pensions to $45 month
will be $605, $40 per year. The second
provision embraces pensioners who
have lost an arm at or about the elbow
or leg at or about the knee, or been
totally disabled in the same, and pro-
vides an increase from $36 to $50 per
month. The 1887 pensioners in this
class now on the roll will receive an
additional sum of $393,O00 per year.
The third proposition takes in those
who have lost an arm at the shoulder
joint or leg at the hip joint, Or SO
near the shoulder or hip joint as to
prevent the use of an artificial limb,
and provides an increase of $3.50 per
year for this class The 1,724 pension
ers who will benefit from this change
will receive an additional sum of $31O,-
800 per year. The fourth provision in
creases the pension of those who have
lost one hand and one foot, or been
totally disabled in same, to $50 per
month. fifth proposition makes pro
vision for class of disabilities not
now recognized under existing law
The house proposed an amendment
permitting veterans who have been
pensioned under the act of June, 1890,
to get as high as $50 per month pen
sion when they can prove complete
disability from any cause. This was
rejected by the cOnferees. 1t may be-
come a law ultimately, but the feeling
in congress is that it should not be en-
acted while the government is still
carrying about 100000 pensioners on
the roll and disbursing among them
annually about $140,000,000.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-03-05

Since the presidents trace suicide
letter, in which he deplored the lack
of children in American families, was
printed he has been overwhelmed by
letters of congratulation from all parts
of the country. The most convincing
exhibit came lastweek. It was photo
graph from Bucyrus, 0. 1t showed a
sturdy man and his equally sturdy
wife, surrounded by twelve children,
all their own. Beneath the picture
was written the simple legend: "Not
guilty"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-03-05

The world is a perpetual struggle
between the weeds in the corn and the
man behind the pillow, between small
pox and vaccine, between poison and
antidOte, pip and condition powders,
between heat and refrigerators, be-
tween cold and coal, between light and
darkness, between the corporation and
the hold-up, between the hold-up and
corporation, between labor and capital,
between supply and demand, between
buyer and seller, between truth and
faisehoOd, between ignorance and wis
dom, between joy and sorrow, between
days and between nights Always
there is the struggle going on between
forces that create and forces that des-
troy. There could not be good without
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-03-05
Honduras Rubber Vines.

In the Pija mountains, Honduras,
grow vines varying in diameter from
four inches to two feet, and attaining
a length of 100 feet, from which can be
obtained a gum resembling that yield
ed by the india-rubber trees. Senior
David, the governor of the department
of Comayagua, recently visited the re-
gion where the vines abound. He says
that they thrive at great elevations as
we'll as at lower levels in the valleys,
and in his opinion the rubber produced
from them is superior in quality to the
Para article.-Youth's Companion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-03-05
UNCLE SAM TAKING LITTLE PHYSICAL CULTURE.

evil, and there could not be evil with
out good. The good cannot eradicate
the evil, and neither can the evil the
good. AS long as life endures on the
earth there will be the same old prob
lens and the same old contests, settled
sometimes we'll and sometimes not so
we'll, decided sometimes one way, some
times another, The best all can do is
to do the best Ghey can. So if you are
striving to do good be each in his
appointed place. diligent and watch
full If you are not trying to do good
please do not be quite so strenuous,
for doing the other thing.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-03-05

"Reminiscences are coming in from
all portions of the county against the
passage of Senator Burns Platteville
court bill, and is very improbable that
it will become law.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-03-05

An Honorable Career'-Dr. Gossom S Kid
ney and bladder Cure is made after the for
mula of the celebrated DR.. Gossom who used
it with astonishing success in his long prac-
tiCe. AZ years. Kidney trou bles can not exist
when Dr. Gosso1n's remedy is used. SOC a box
at Benefits.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-03-05

i For half a million dollars, third
down, and the balance when the goods
are delivered, we will furnish John D.
Rockefeller as fine stomach as ever
closed in on a rib-roast. If the old
man wants this job done before it is
everlastingly too late, he had better
get busy.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-03-05
Grant county Herald,
II. j. JOHNSON, Publisher.
THURSDAY, MAR. 5, 1908.
Notice Of Judicial Election.
OFFICE OF COUNTY CLERK, !
GRANT Co., WIS {


Notice is hereby given that pursuant to a
notice to me directed by the Secretary of
State. and in accordance with the laws of
the State of Wisconsin. d Judicial election
will be held in the several towns. wards,
villages and election districts in Grant
county on the first Tuesday in April, A D.,
1908, being the seventh day of said month
at which election the following officer is to
be elected, tO-wit:
A Justice of the Supreme Court, in place
of Honorable Charles v. Bardeen, whose
term of office will expire on the first Mon
day in January 1894
said election to be held and conducted,
votes CanVaSsed and returns made in &C
cOrdance with the laws Of the state of Wis
COnSin.
Dated at Lancaster, Wisconsin, this 9th
day of February 1903,
E. III. GRIFFIS, County Clerk.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-03-05
Her Odd Years.

''Madge says she is twenty-odd years
DID,
THAT makes her more than 40"
''How do you make that out?
Count the even years, too."-New.
ark News.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-03-05

1t is now feared that the coal dealers
will now be pestered with more coal
than they can handle.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-03-05

The coal wa gon will soon be set back
but the ice wagon will be on your
hands.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-03-05

!: 8: !: !: !: ;: ): ) ]
Il lOIC WILL a dcS Zee VI
XM9A5H apprehension that up-to-
ASNfVAAN date cooking is the latest
YMSG3 rad to be taken up by the
Y Gu j girls and women of this
A country, and that ere long
the kitchen will become d
more fashionable place than the par
lor. 1t is also going to be very fash
ionable and quite the thing for the
men of this country to have large
dapple-gray cases of nightmare, and
punctuate the still midnight air with
a yelp of fright and a moan of agony
and shoot at the $4,000 menagerie of
imported curios that are sitting on
the footboard of the bed.
When you take a staid old house
hold necessity like cooking and make
a fad out of it and go to filling up
the men of this great nation with
sional soup and buckwheat cakes that
are stylish but of respondent dis
position, and experimental pies with
fashionable lids and stomach-proof
upholstering, and noodles that are
polite but would strangle you to
death if they got half a chance, and
two-year-old hash that has been
ripped up and made over again with
a plat of onions across the rear
breadths and yoke of ham and eggs
in front with ruffles of mutton and
veal down the sides and surcingle
of Goldfish and cabbage around the
waist; when you get to examining
these things down the threats of the
boys and men of this country, we
say, you are striking a dangerous
blow at the very foundation of the
republic No nation can thrive and
prosper very long when it's brave
sons are taxidermed two-thirds of
the time with society salad with hair
oil in it.
1t is wonderful how much a mans
whole life and conduct is influenced
by the kind of cooking he receives.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-03-05

Puts roses in her saucy ceeeks,
Makes her eyes grow bright with fun,
Makes months seem like weeks,
That's what Rocky Mountain Tea ha
done.-Jos. Bennett
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-03-05

When the frogs begin to sing you
may know that it is spring.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-03-05
HARRY DANIELS
=:=MINOR=
OBSERVATIONS
AMERICAS LATEST FAD UP-TO-
DATE COOKING.
Copyrig hit. 1903, by Harry Daniel.

E note with a degree Of
apprehension that up-to-
date cooking is the latest
rad to be taken up by the
girls and women of this
country, and that ere long
the kitchen will become a
Chicago eagle., 1903-10-24
CHAPTER, XXI

This. then. was the end of IL all! The
wnyfaring man. dead. in his upper room.
was not the Rev. Edwin &. Stiles. but
Sir Arthur Glcndcnning. the lost barO-
net.
Lost. Yes. indeed. lost to his friends.
lu, not murdered. And Dr. Elfcnstcin
felt Il thrill of joy pass over him rs the
next thought came. His employer was
row Sir Fitzroy Glcndcnning. and he
was entirely cleared of the hcnous crime
with which he had 80 long been charged.
lie was ready to be received joyfully
back to his own estate ard home.
Yes, his summons could bring him. for
he alone knew where he resided. He
should start for New York Immediately,
return voyage.
Then another thought cnme.-a
thought that made his heart ihrob tn.
multuously. and that thought was this:
His pledge had been fulfilled.
Sir Fitzroy's name was cleared. and
now he was free to WOO and wed the girl
Of his choice. But. as gladly ~ his heart
ihrohbcd one moment before. so suddenly
had it sunk again. like lead in his bosom.
Was this girl--this one girl that he so
ucNbtculN lDNtu--NVTINN. 1tuV SUp "
knowledge of that hidden crime? Was
her hand the one that nightly opened
those panels, and showed In that repul.
sivc food to n human hcing--a peer of
the English realm. Again. with smoth.
cred gronn he felt that it was she!
lie remembered her wild cntrcaty. that
he should neither light n candle mol
search that corridor. on that dreadful
night. And he had been fool enough t.
listen to her pleadnGs. lcs. lie was
convinced that she had aided the lnhu'
man brother in carrying out his wicked
purposes.
But again he ,hrus, away the idea;
and ut lat resolved to sec this girl. just
once more. accuse her of being an ac'
ccssory to this foul wrong. and then
hear her reasons for 80 doing. Possibly
there might bc some cStcnua,ing circum'
stances. some unexplained reason why
she had lent herself To this purpose.
Go he continued,
Chicago eagle., 1903-10-24
HOW SLEEP MAY BE WOOeD
Movements Of the Feet Will Quiet the
Ncrvou, Brain.

Nest of the mental devices for Woo
Ing sleep have failed because they have
nearly always tried to resort 10 local
tIcatmcnt:' in other words. they have
made II homeopathic attempt TO stop
thinking by thinking about something
clsC-a process which might also be
called "cllminatlon by substitution"
But all thinking, spontaneous or forced,
draws iuorc or less blood To the brain,
prevents dep inhalations and bars the
gate to the kingdom Of dreams. Any
device ON the other hand, which viii
make one take deep, long breaths spon-
neously uhe invarlablc forcrunner "
| sleep may Dc counted upon rs u gen
| uine remedy for Insomnia. . Even deep
Breathing which Is forced Is better
than any purely mental attempt to win
sleep. Hut II the deep breathing can
bc produced involnntarily one IL sure
OF u passport to NOdland.
After several nights OF experiment
to this end the present writer decided
to apply the principle adopted by the
mnsscurs. who begin their manipula.
tions "at the point farthcst from the
seat of difficulty" which. In the case
| of insomnia. would BE- the feet. Lying
on the right side, with the knees to-
gethcr, AMI considerably fieXed, the
victim of insomnia should begin to
pedal both his feet slowly up and
down. with the movement entirely In
the ankles. The pcdallng should keep
time with the natural rhythm of res
plration and be continued until It Is
followed by deep and spontaneous
breathing.
Several people who have tried this
remedy report that involuntary deep
breathing invariably begins before they
| have pedalel up and down dozen
| times. In obstinate cases OF insomnia
the patient may need TO keep up the
| pcdn.ing two or three minutes. or even
more, with intcrmlsslOns, IL necessary.
The treatment may also he varied by
moving the feet alternately, instead Of
simultaneously, though the latter meth
oil has proved the more speedily cilica-
ciOus In the eases known to the writer.
The explanation of the result obtained
is probably simple. The blood IL pump.
ell from the head, and with the re-
mOval of brain tension a general re-
taxation follows, with n sequent deep
respiration and Its resulting sleep
Good Housekeeping.
Chicago eagle., 1903-10-24

There | slept and rested. There ! quiet.
ed my ovcrwrought nerves. and thanked
God for the blessed knife.
Morning came. and again | tried to
think. My brain seemed heavy. and |
could scarcely remember my own name.
hut it came to me after awhile. Rev.
Edwin e.. Stiles. minister of the gos.
pei But how could ! preach in these
thrcadbarc clothcsI must get suitable
garments. ] had money; | always had
had money. | had it in my pocket bool;
when east into prison. My prosecutors
did not rob me.
so | took the cars and went to I.iv.
crpool. where ! bought Il suit of clerical
clothes. aud books. and papers TO sell.
I bought also little wallet. in which
To lock up these pages. Something tells
me | must never part with these my pa.
pcrs.
Yes; have them safe. Now lying
here. the wallet is safe in my hands. |
returned 10 the village then. and must
have wandered around. selling my books
as Rev. Edwin &. Stiles.
But now. | am sane. Ny senses
have returned. am Sir Arthur Glen
dcnning. and am dying. know must
have been insane. or partly so. for the
last few weeks: but my mind is clear.
perfectly clear tonight.
"ln this cave was taken i'll. and could
scarcely move for days. I had food to
last for week or more. aui | crawlGl
out. once IN n while. for water.
But now food has gone. ! am too
weak to drag myself Ia the spring.
thirst. ] am burning with fever. | think
Chicago eagle., 1903-10-24
Dalnntng Evidence.

Mrs. Watkyns-The BlOhnsons are
not In real society, are they?
Mrs. Wylkyns-Mercy, no! Why,
they have show books on Il marble,top
center table In the parlor.-Somerville
journal.
Chicago eagle., 1903-10-24
CHAPTER M.


him. said:
This. Mrs. Clum. Is a little bag con.
tanning something very much valued by
the poor man who has just left this
world. I presume 1t will acquant us
with the residence nnd address of his
near relatives. In order that they may
be notified of his death. | deem it my
duty to Immediately examine its contents.
and as / do So. wish you to he pres.
ent, as n witness to the transaction"
The key TO the wallet Dr. Elfcnstcin
found tied close to the edge of the han.
die. Inserting this in the lock. he ut
once opened it and drew forth its con.
tents.
All that presented itself 10 his notice
was about fifty pounds In money. and a
package of closely written papers. These
were without address or signature. but
seemed n short journal of daily events.
Little did DR.. Elccns,cin dream, as he
50 coolly turned over these leaves, that
they contained matters so vitality impor.
tapt 70 himself and his future life.
Seeing no other mode of nsccr; aiming
who the dead man really was, the doe.
tor commenced at the beginning to read
as follows:
Thou foraokrn me- /. now almost daily
Inv cry. Alone. horribly. cruelty alone.
how can it be that still exist?
"Nearly eighteen years have | survived
this dreadful solitude. and pot until to.
day have | gained from my unnatural
keeper the slight boon of pen. ink and
paper. This gained, | will divert myself
by noting down some incidents of my life
But to what purpose do | write! Who
can ever read what. out OF an aching
heart. ! shall commit to these pages?
'ict. after my death. some person
may penetrate this living tomb. and then
they shall here nee recorded the terrible
wrong, the fearful fate that has thus be-
fallen an unhappy peer Of the realm.
Have I been missed from my home?
Has any one mourncd over my uncxplnin-
cd absence? Has my poor Constance
wcpt over my loss? And has my dear
brother Fitzroy forgiven my harshncss
now that he thinks me dead!
Dead? Yes: all think me dead. I
see clearly ut this late date the whole
If Rcginald's iicndish plot. Uc used that
dagger ON my arm to draw blood. in or.
dcr to leave the impression that I had
been murdered. before he shut me into
this living tomb.
yet | live. I. Sir Arthur Glcudrn.
ming. Bart. am aliv. to-day. incorcerat.
ed In this concealed room. built in the
ruined part of my own residence"
"IIa.' exclaimed Earle i.lfcnstein.
starting to his feet. rs he read thus far.
what have I hcrcy If this bc true. we
Chicago eagle., 1903-10-24

The average man cllngs tenaciously
to his own opinions, but he expects
other people to change theirs.
Chicago eagle., 1903-10-24
TestoO.

Tested.
Wlggles-Are those 50 shoes that you
have on?
Waggles-NO. They cost 81, hut they
are $50 shOes.-SOmervill Journal.
Chicago eagle., 1903-10-24

What doth 1t profit a man to have
brains II he lacketh the ability to use
t6em2
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-05-06
New Immigration Records.

The immigration figures for the
first 16 days of April have never
been exceeded at the port of New
York; In that time this year 64,-
600 have passed through the gate
way at Ellis Island, the number
coming for the month promising to
reach $4,000. New York receives
nearly three-fourths of the foreign
ers coming to this country. This
same proportion maintained at 9TH
or ports would indicate an April
immigration in the whole United
States of 10000 persons. So many
persons have not arrived in the
United States as immigrants at any
previous time in history. The num-
Der of immigrants arriving last year
was 648,000. This was the biggest
figure since 1882 The only ether
year that has surpassed last year
was 1881. 1t is apparent. there
fore. that the immigration 1move-I
ment this year bids fair to eclipse
anything that the country has ever
known. The rate of arrival this
year indicates an excess of proba-
bly, one.third over the figures of
last year. That would give 1882
close call. if it does not exceed it.
Fears are expressed about the num-
ber of foreigners coming to the
United States. The $4,000 who
arrived in 1882 are no longer
thought of as a menace to our in
stitution. Their children are grow.
ing up quite thoroughly identified
with the affairs and custom of the
country. The original immigrant
is lost in the great American civil
zation. So it will be with the rest.
We have here population now of
probably 80,000,0O0 To add to
that number in year 100000 for
eigners is to put one newcomer
down in a body of 100 people.
That is not enough foreign blood
to cause any alarm. The fact that
the foreign element has been ab-
sorbed without difficulty SO far is
enough to show that it will be ab-
sorbed again by the more populous
and busy country.