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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-26
QUEER SToRlFS

The Sultan of Turkey requires that
Rll state documents and papers intend
ed for his perusal shall first pass
through a careful process of disinfec-
ton.
A curious sight in the streets of To-
kio is to see an old man seated on a
smooth piece of ground having round
him little piles Of sand Of different col"
Ors, red, blue, yellow, black, etc. Plac-
ing pinch from each pile in his right
hand, he will draw on the smooth
ground the figure of a man or woman,
the dress all properly colored by the
sand trickling through his fingers. 1t
is done with great rapidity and shows
remarkable dexterity.
An indication of a new tendency in
scientific study is furnished by the
plan Of the Geographical Society of
Baltimore to send to the Bahama ISL
ands a ship carrying q staff of fifty
persons, who will study the geology,
geography, botany, zoology, climatol-
ogy, physics and medical and hygienic
COuu1LtOL0 VA lIlOSc lSIdllNlS. l. llC pAA4PS
specially chartered for the purpose,
will be fitted and equipped as the home
and laboratory Of the party during the
entire trip.
Accounts of early writer's show that
squirrels must formerly have been
amazingly numerous. Golman says
that the gray coat was a fearful
scourge to the Colonial farmers and
that Pennsylvania paid $4,000 in boun-
ties for their scalps in 1749 alone. This
meant the destruction Of 100000 with
in a comparatively small district. In
the early days of Western settlement
regular hunts were organized by the
inhabitants, who would range the
woods in two companies from morning
till night, vying as to which band
should bring home the greatest num-
Der Of trophies. The quantities thus
killed are almost incredible now.
An African chiefs umbrella is Of
greater Importance than many people
imagine, apart from it's enormous size.
Its loss in battle more than equals the
loss Of standard of a European COM
mander. Some of the umbrellas are OF
prodigious dimensions, being no less
than % feet in diameter, with ribs
II feet inches long. They are made
of Lakewood, and the covering is Of
gorgeously colored chintZ in varied
sections Of crimson, yellow and blue.
The opening is performed by means of
Dulleys and ropes attached to the run
ner," this operation requiring the serv-
| ices of three or four men. The pole
or handle, is of BIRCH and is about II
or 10 feet high.
A new method Of discovering beds Of
ore hidden underground, in which cleo
tricity serves for a detective, is said
to have met with some success in
Wales and in Cornwall. A current OF
high potential-3O,0 or more volts
Is led to two metal rods set III the
ground. From these, lines of force
spread in all directions and can be de-
tected by means Of telephone rece1y-
err connected with another pair OF
metal rods, which may be placed In
any desired position. When no sounds,
Dr. only very faint ones, are heard, that
fact indicates a DETECTION Of the lines
Of force, and by shifting the place of
the rods the location of the metallic
masses which produce the detection
can be determined.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-26

Wait q moment, young man. You
say you haven't been given a fair
chance in life to make something of
yourself? Look at William e. Corey,
who has just been elected President
of the United States Steel corporation
at a salary that would make man
rich in a year. Do you think he had
80 pull" He did. Fifteen years ago
Corey was pushing a wheel barrow in
the yards Of one Of Carnegie's mills In
Braddock. And this was his pull"
Gle wheeled so much more iron III
day than the men at his elbow that he
was soon made foreman over them"
In other words Corey wasn't afraid to
''do So worth Of work for a dollar"
fea1. that besets many young men to-
day. When Corey became foreman 1t
WAS noticed that he got twice as much
work out Of his men as the other fore
men. He didn't swear at his men.
They never grumbled at their boss.
They respected him. Carnegie began
promoting Corey. And Corey worked
nara. lie udu only 1dII COIIulOjI-
school education. He studied at night
tle took up a course in a correspond
enc4 school. In time he became an eX-
pert chemist. By and ' he was an
authority on armour plate. He knew
more about armour plate than anyone
in the mills. There was only one thing
for Carnegie to do. He made Corey
superintendent of that department.
Corey increased the output. That's all.
Only remember this: HE wheeled so
much more iron than tie men at his
elbow
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-26

conceived the idea Of purchasing the
Bloomingdale, Ind, World, the paper
nalism, and Of moving back to her ma
tive town. Several attempts in that
direction failed before she at last at
tanned her object.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-26

A company in Boston is doing big
business selling abandoned farms.
Here lies the solution of the New En-
gland problem. Farms that q cen
fury or less ago easily sustained their
owners lave long since ceased to
sprout peas. What to do with them
became leading question which none
could satisfactorily answer. Now
comes along the abandoned farm"
genius. He has set out to corner the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-26

supply, which he proposes to work off
on the rich urban population Of the
north and down east as sites for coun-
try homes In time these deserted
farms will belong to the millionaires,
who will convert their barren fields
into game preserves and fish ponds. It
is stated that in Maine alone over D.
600 such farms are for sale.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-26

been engendered by the tone-poems of
Richard Strauss. He has sought to
make music express abstract thoughts
and emotions, to reproduce realistic
facts, to be philosophical, sensual, hui
morous, as demanded by the subject
matter. In doing so he has employed
not so much melody as harmonic de-
vices and instrumental combinations.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-26
Nothing Could Come Between Them.

Friendship is a beautiful and
changeless thing" said the chairman
of the school board, in the course Of
his address to the boys and girls of
District No. 3.
'~1es," he continued, earnestly, II
hope you will all cultivate and prac-
tice true friendship toward one an
other, children, and read the stories
of the great friendships of sacred and
profane history. Take the lives Of
David ana Jonathan, Damon and
Pythias, and Scylla and Charybdis for
YOUR patterns. and you cannot go
amissr'
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-26
KinIing Corn cred.

Mr.. Rudyard Kipling's fOndness for
asking questions has led him OCCASION
ally into tight places. He once strolled
into a booksellers shop and commence
ed to turn over some volumes, con-
versing as he did so.
"Is this good?' he asked, taking up
George Moore's "Celibates."
Il don't know; l have not read it,"
replied the shopkeeper.
Kipling frowned.
"a BOOKSELLER" be said, "and you
don't read your own boOksY"
To which the other answered tartly:
"If | were a druggist, would you ex,
pect me to take my own drugsY
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-26

The author of "Curfew Shall Not
Ring Tonight" says the poem was
written in a room overlooking Gene
terry. This probably explains why
everybody wants to kill the amateur
elocutionist who recites it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-26
WIFE SINGS HIS SONGS.

A feature Of the Richard Strauss or
chestral concerts in New York is the
singing of his songs by his wife, a re-
markably pretty and talented woman.
Few musical compositions have ever
excited the discussions which have
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-26

The official head of the tobacco trust,
whose salary is $100,000>a year, says
II am paid for the mistakes | do not
make" The ability to avoid mistakes
is sometimes more valuable than the
ability to do things. Both combined
make the really great men in high po-
sitiOnS
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-26

An expert has discovered that the
extraction Of teeth causes blindness.
The experience of humanity has seem
ed to be the other way, if seeing stars
cqHhts for anything.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-26

King Edward says he wants the
bonds between this country and En-
gland strengthened Has Ed his eye
on something he thinks we don't want
him to take?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-26

How can you tell when a multi
millionaire has gained the whole world
and lost his own appreciation Of
things? When he doesn't get any fun
out of going in swimming.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-26

A man has been put in jail for strik-
ing his mother-in-law. No mobs of
Infatuated citizens have as yet, how
ever, threatened to lynch him.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-26
Embryo Mosquitoes.

Certain species Of mosquitoes hiber-
nate in the adult state, others in the
larvae state and some in the egg.
Larvae live through a winter in solid
ice.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-26
The Best Place for 1t.

1.-THE fytlXp, Bridget? What have
YOU done with it,"
"Sure, and put it in the Woodshed."
1.-THE woodshed? oh, Bridget! And
why?"
81 thought it would catch more flies
there "-Philadelphia Telegraph.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-26

A New York clubwoman recently re-
ferred to women as 1.-The silent sex" "
Excuse us a moment while we drop
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-26

"If the price Of potatoes goes too
high" says the Boston Globe, "eat
rice" Was there ever more painful
example Of disloyalty to the home food
staple?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-26
Milk in the Form OF Powder.

Milk is now reduced to a powder by
a new Swedish invention. Five quarts
of skim milk yield one pound Of pow.
der.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-26
How He Got 1t.

'How did he get his title of colonel?
Did he ever live in Kentucky, or was
he on some governors staff once?"
mo; he once had a half interest in
a race horse. New York World.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-26

The OWLS reputation for wisdom may
be due to the fact that he says one
thing and sticks to it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-26

Some one has said that talk is cheap,
yet we hear a good many extravagant
remarks.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-26

Few men have weak eyes from look
ing upon the bright side Of life.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-26

Sooner or later opportunity will come
to those who hustle while they wait.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-26

Give every person two chances. A
bad wife often makes a good widow.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-26

A barber isn't necessarily snob be-
cause he cuts an acquaintance.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-26

When a woman eats pickles she is t0
love-With the pickles
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-26

The centipede doesn't mind a little
thing like having one foot in the
grave.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-10-09
LITERARY NOTE.

Messrs. Ainsworth & Company. Chi
cago, announce the early publication Of
1.-THE Thirty Years War on Silver
by Judge A. L. Fitzgerald Of tie Su-
prene Court of Nevada. The authors
declared purpose in adding to the long
list of books on the subject is the un-
folding and the establishment of truth
in monetary science; the incubation Of
patriotic principles; and the promotion
OF greater safety In business. He de-
clares that he now makes appeal from
the adverse Judgment of politicians.
with whom he has lobored unsuccess-
fully for many years, to the people,
''that august tribunal" by whose de-
cision after the question shall have
been properly presented he is perfectly
willing 10 abide.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-10-09
A HEALTHY SHOWING.
Comstock Has the Largest Pay
Day IN Years.

People who have been talking Of the
old Comstock as a dead town and as
being worked out must go 'wav back to
the door and back out. The pay day
for last month was the largest in twelve
years. amounting TO over $4,000.
And the amount is likely TO be in
creased as the development work now
under way assumes shape. There is
not a boom on the old town-not one
Of those skyrocket affairs-but a steady,
healthy growth. which has come to
stay. and which will put the greatest
mining camp Of them all again in the
front row Of producers. = Enterprise.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-10-09
500 Reward, 500.

The readers Of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being
a constitutional disease. requires a con
stitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally. acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system, thereby destroying the
foundation q the disease. and giving
the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in do
ing its work. The proprietors have SO
much faith in Its curative powers, that
they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that 1t fails to cure. Send for list
Of testimonials. Address.
F. J. CHENEY & Co.. Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-10-09
Do Good-It PAYS.

A Chicago man has observed that.
GOOD deeds are better that real estate
deeds-some of the latter are worth
less. Act kindly and gently. show
sympathy and lend a helping hand.
You cannot possibly lose by a it
Most men appreciate a kind word and
encouragement more than substantial
help. There are persons in this COM
munity who might truthfully say: "My
good friend, cheer up. 2. few doses of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy will rid
you Of your cold. and there is no dan
ger whatever from pneumonia when
you use that medicine. 1t always
cures. Know 1t for 1t has helped me
out many a time For sale by E.
Griswold.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-10-09
Ran a Ten-P Penny Nail
Through His Hand.

While opering a box. J. c.. Mount.
OF Three Mile Bay, N. r.. raj q ten
penny nail through the fleshy part of
his hand. Il thought at once Of all
the pain and soreness this would cause
me-" he says, land Immediately ap-
piled Chamberlain's Pain Balm and
occasionally afterwards. To my sur
prise 1t removed all pain and soreness
and the injured parts were soon
nealed." For sale BY E. Griswold.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-10-09
WRITE-UP
OF NEVADA
Southern Pacific Brings At
tention to States Won
derfu1 Resources.

From the folder, The New Me-
vada.' just published by the Southern
Pacific company for distribution in the
east, we take the following extract
"Nevada is not a new country in
fact, but it is in its opportunities. 1t Is
not crowded. The energetic man has
free scope. He has a thousand chances
to win a fortune by legitimate endeavor
to one in the more thickly settled
states. The advent Of irrigation, too,
offers business openings of a most at
~tractive kind. In many localities land
can be made valuable at small cost
and cultivated profitably or put on the
market. There is a fascination In
turning water upon this land. It re-
spends so magnlflcently, far out
stripping its promise. 1t is like the
Salt Lake valley in this; a desert in
appearance. irrigation made 1t an
oasis, a garden Of beauty and fertility.
II will here. And the independence of
the farmers life; the sense Of secur-
ity; the certainty Of crops, is worth
much. He is his own providence and
moisture spreads at his will. He not
only provides rain when he needs it,
but when his alfalfa needs the flood he
turns it on; when his beet field wants
to store up sugar from the u he
keeps it dry. And irrigation constant
ly enriches his soil, as 1t did for CEN
turtles in Egypt. 1t is the coming
method; the age Of irrigation is here,
and the man who is in an arid state
with water at command is strictly in
it, We dwell upon the farmers side
Of the question because farmers make
the state. Nevada's prosperity, If 1t is
to be permanent, must be built around
its farms.
1.-The wealth OF California. of Ore
gon, Of Indiana and Iowa is built upon
their agriculture. 1t takes a rural popu-
lation to make a city, and there is no
country on earth where men can find
fruitful soil and congenial climate where
good honest farming will not make a
successful and prosperous state. And
while Nevada's mines are an immense
storehouse of treasure, that genera
tons may not be able TO exhaust, this
stream Of golden coin will always be
passing into the channels of trade, and
the farmers in return will always have.
in the many towns and camps and in
the commercial cities which grow up
and around the great industry, q ready
and profitable market. Mining will in
crease ten fold in this state in the next
few years. but the farmer comes first
and after him the factory. the mill and
the rival railroad. There will be more
owners Of cattle, more stockmen, more
beef fattened for market; there Will be
sugar factories and starch factories
and creameries, but the farmer will be
back Of all. And 1t is our conviction
that no other state offers him richer
opportunities than he ear find in Me-
vada today. A new Comstock is de-
veloping. and irrigation is opening a
new era for the farmer. the stockman
and the fruit raiser, and a few years
will see a new Nevada"
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-10-09
BEST IN THE MARKET.

j. A. Gregory received a carload Of
High Patent Flour from Ogden. which
is claimed to be the best -four in the
market. Housewives give 1t a trial
and be convinced. e
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-10-09
WANTED.

Some woman or family to take care
of a baby. Place where there are no
children Is preferred. Inquire at Jones'
butcher shop.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-08-05

10 misrno hombres que mujeres, Sc ha-
lien fatigadas por exceso de actividad 9
debilitados por las intemperancias que
lleva consigo la vida moderna, les aeon
sejamos hagan uso del vino de Quinium
Labarraque, & la dosis de una copita
despues de cada conida. pues dicho re-
medic es por ST nismo suficiente para
restablecer en- POGO tempo las suerzas.
aun en- las personas mas agotadas, y
para curar seguramente y sin sacudidas
los estados de languidez, de debilidad
6 de anemia, aun tratandose de los Ca
SOS mas tenaces y rebeldes q cuales-
quiera otros remedies.
Ell acuerdo, tan celebrado de la Aca
demia de Medicina de Paris, al apro-
bar la formula de este producto, reco-
mendandolo asi ala confanza de los
enfermos, es una recompensa suma-
mente codiciada y demuestra. la efcacis
del Quinium Labarraque, Ell cual sc
halla de venta en- todas las farmacias y
en- Ell Deposito Central: 10, rue Jacob
Paris, 4 cargo de Ia Casa Frere.
Y como cada botella suministra me-
dicamento para unos ounce dias proxi-
mamente. todavfa resulta que es el ma.
econcmico de los tratamientos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-08-05

~ La EUGENE BRUNIER nue-
va preparation ferruginosa debe su
gran poder reconstituyente al fosfoma-
nitato de hero puro. el cual. hasta en-
pequefias d6sis. tiene una e6cacidad
rnaravillosa. Por 10 tanto, los Medicos
que la han utilizado Ia proclaman cono
el remedio mas efcaz contra La anemia,
la clor6sis, etc.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-08-05

La Junts Superior de Sanidad pide
al Secretario del Gobierno que ordene
q los alcaldes la traslacion de los lepro-
SOS la colonia. pues las compafifas de
ferrocarriles y de vapores Sc niegan q
Su traSlacion.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-08-05

FL capitan Guerrero ha telegra6a-
do al jefe de la policfa insular MI
Hamil1 diciendole que necesita trasla-
darse esta Capital para declarsr en-
4 un juicio que ha de celebrarse hoy en-
1a Corte Federal
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-08-05

Maria Rios ha sido sentenciada por
el Juez de Paz de Catedral a treinta
dias de carcel, por entretenerse en- re-
psrtir escobazos q diestro v siuiestro
unaS vecinaS de la calle de San Jose.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-08-05
SANTIAGO B. PALMER
AboaaAs ' yNstasss.
Allea. n.

-. Eabrosos dulces en- almfbar de
varias classes, Sc yenden & todas horas
al lado del AyuntamientO, nGmero 80.
fente & Ia Plaza Principal D
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-08-05
NOticias

La Carniceria de Vieques ha sido
ferminada.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-20
BLANDFORD HOUSE.
London Home of the Duke and Duch-
 ess of Marlborough.

The future town house of the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough in London will cost, including fittings, but not furniture, $2, 300, 0oO After the title of the dukes eldest son, it will be named Blanford House. Situated in Curzon street, oppo- site Wharncliffe House. belonging to Lord Grove, it makes the latter old-fashioned two-story look like the gate lodge.
 The house, which is rectangular in shape, is 100 feet long by 65 feet broad. has five floors 100 windows. fifty rooms and a ballroom picture gallery 90 feet long The hall and grand staircase will be marble, ground floor tiled; panels of carved wood predominant.
 Sculpture will be the great feature of decorator, many inches being left inside for the reception of statues. It need scarcely be added that all modern ap- pointments in lifts, billiard rooms and self-contained bed-bathrooms will be there.
 The work has already been in progress two years, but, in spite of the duchess hopes for next season, the house will not be ready before the end of January all though there are 150 workmen employed. including a small batch of French stone and wood carvers