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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18
HIS START IN LIFE.
Chicago Boy Was Getting Rich When
His Mother Interfered.

His Mother Interfered.
81 guess it can do no harm now"
remarked the well-fed clubman, who
was known to have a large rent roll,
'to tell how 1 started in business.
cts a true story, mind you," he
went ON to say, Ticking the ashes from
his cigar II was about twelve years
old at the time of the big fire Of 1871.
We managed to escape it by living
in a part of the city the fire didn't
touch, but l used to go and look at
the ruins every day, and one morning
it occurred to me that there might be
some money made by selling them.
There was such a tremendous stock on
hand that it looked like a pity to let it
all go to waste.
$50 I hired smaller boy to go
around and collect pieces Of melted
iron, glass and the like, and 1 set up
little store on an eligible corner, with
sign in front Of it, Ruins for Sale
The town was full of visitors and
drove a brisk business till my mother
found out what I was doing and put
stop to it, much to my grief, for
was beginning to get rich. The busi-
ness was all profit, and"
"But you had to pay the other boy
something, didn't your" interrupted a
listener
Certainly. I paid him in ruins
Chicago Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18
Nonsense About Sneezinc.

"When man sneezes heartily, he
may know himself to be healthy. No
person in poor health even sneezes,"
says the eminent doctor, Sir Jonathan
Hutchinson. This statement will be-
challenged by those familiar with the
plague, who know that hearty sneezing
is it's first symptom. Everyone knows
that a series of sneezes comes In the
first stages CT catching cold, and that
the hay fever victim sneezes to his
great discomfort.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18
a TURKISH GENTLEMAN.
European Thought and Dress Have
Become His Pattern.

European Thought and Dress Have
Become His Pattern.
Among the Turkish men, as every
one knows, the transformation Of the
exclusive Oriental into the accomplish
ed European is already become the
universal pattern of Turkish gentle
man. Whatever his party, whether
he belong to the old or the young
Turkey party, the Turk Of any pre-
tension to style or to social state
clothes himself in certain of the Euro
pean modes of thought, as he does,
sartorially, in European dress.
Whatever the laws governing the
standard of manners in Turkish life
may be their results prove them to be
beyond criticism. The Turk has not
only perfect manners, but he also has
this popularity among other Eastern
nations; however lowly his birth, once
he has arrived" he is transformed
into an aristocrat of deeply inrooted
conservative tendencies, who yet pre-
sents, outwardly, most engaging,
sympathetic Elasticity. Those whose
lineage has ancestral distinction re-
veal a most engaging social equip
ment. whenever 1 want to talk to a
man who understands everything, l
turn to B Bey," said a beautiful
woman recently to me in Rome. He
is as clever as Frenchman, as versa
tile as our American men, and he has
the sympathetic quality of a woman"
Anna Bowman Dodd, in Century.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18

seek access to the person OF the Prest
dent with, or without murderous In
tent. The crank" is superior to legis-
lation. When he has firmly fixed in
his head his one idea-that the Prest-
dent owes him job, or that he Is en-
gagged to the Presidents daughter, or
that his personal advice is necessary
for the country's safety, or whatever 1t
may be-no rule printed in the stat
ute books will serve to turn him aside.
Nor is there any way to distinguish
between a dangerous and a harmless
Crank" until he has actually started
to carry out his purposes. The protec-
ton Of the President from such per-
sons must therefore depend ON cease
less WatchfulneSS on the part Of the
secret service agents assigned to guard
him. The "crank" wave may swell or
fall, but vigilance must be ever main
tanned However much it inks the
President, he must endure his body
guard as something that Of necessity
goes with his Office. The bOdyguard
is even more necessary to protect the
President from deliberate assaSsins,
who, while much fewer in number
than the "cranks," are vastly more
dangerous. It is as against them that
special legislation may be passed by
Congress with some hope Of success.
A provision for the fine and punish
ment Of any one who advocates the
popriety or necessity Of killing the
head Of any civilized nation, or who
openly jusfifies the killing, would be
especially valuable. The prohibition Of
the immigration or naturalization Of
members of societies which oppose or
ganized government Is also desirable.
These provisions Of the defeated bill
Of last winter are worthy of new con-
sideration by Congress.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18
MRS. G. w. BROWNING.

"Janet Ward" The frontispiece Of
the book, supposed to represent an
ideal girl, was really portrait Of Miss
Voolfolk, which had been used by her
permission. In her book Mrs. SangsteT
describes the ideal of the day as one
who is restless and who longs for a
career, but in the end finds true nap
piness in good mans true love and
her career bounded by the four walls
of home The girl in real life had
longed for the successes of an art ca.
reer, but like the girl in the book, en-
braced the sphere Of home-maker.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18

Until the millennium comes and
there is no more war and armies are
abolished and warships permitted to
rot at the docks Turkey under its pres
ent system must be regarded as very
useful to the nations Of the earth.
There is some advantage in concentra-
ton Of the worst forms Of meanness
and badness. The rest Of the peoples
know where to go stunning" and
if they do not want to have their
threats cut Or their pockets picked
they know where to keep away from.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18

It was kind-hearted farmer in the
Michigan fruit belt who turned the
nozzle Of the insect spraying hose
away from a plum tree in which q
robin with an appealing eye had it's
nest. The husbandman used the hose
on all his other plum trees, but when
he came to pick his crop, 10, the robin
tree yielded fourfold that Of the others.
The kindly farmer saw great light,
and now says it would be well If every
plum tree bore a robins nest.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18
BRIDE WHO WAS THE
IDEAL OF A NOVELIST

After the recent marriage in Chicago
Of Miss Carrie Voolfolk to Granville
w. Browning, it was divulged that she
had been the girl selected from all 9th
ers by Mrs. Margaret e. Sangster as
the living prototype of the ideal girl,
who is the heroine Of her latest novel,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18

Before travelling on that high-speed
railway in Berlin the passengers take
out big life insurance policies. And yet
we are called a swift and overstrenu-
Gus people!
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18

A judge in Dallas, Texas, in sentenc-
ing "masher'' to a term in the peni-
tertiary, said: when you COMO out
you will be prepared to take your hat
off to women and will keep your hands
In your pockets" It should be worth
a term in Jail just to be able to per-
form such a remarkable feat.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18
A Farmers Point of View.
~~~~~~~~~

a
A farmer Of Dubuque Township, Ia,
recently stated the case for good roads
from the agricultural standpoint as fol-
lows:
ct consider them absolutely neces-
sary. Farmers are very often COM
PEELED to come to the city to sell pro-
duce for the purpose of getting money
with which to purchase necessaries. /
have known them to come to town for
this purpose when the wheels sank
down to the hubs in mud. I have been
farmer for many years and believe
I am safe in saying that what I have
said will be substantiated by nine
tenths of the farmers Of the county.
Farmers find it absolutely neces-
sary to come to town at all seasons Of
the year. They cannot afford when
the roads are in bad condition to wait
until they dry. This is absolutely true
Of the spring seasonal season when
the roads, as a rule, are in bad con-
dition owing to the breaking up Of
winter. To put the roads in such a
town at all seasons would cost a great
deal of money, but it would be money
we'll expended, provided 1t were jul
diciously expended.
'I don't believe you can find farm
er in the county who will tell you
that he is so situated that he can af-
ford, when the roads are bad, to wait
until they become good"
Batchel1er a Good Roads Advocate.
The annual meeting Of the town of
Greenwich, Conn, was marked by the
presence of Irving Bachelor, the au-
thor of "Eben Holden" and "D'Ri and
l." who spoke for the people of Sound
Beach, where he has resided 10 years,
and who were much interested in good
roads.
A resolution appropriating $1,000 for
macadamizing a road was nearly lost,
when he jumped to his feet and eX-
claimed: 81 have seen gardens spring
up where there were mud flats, man.
sions were there were ruins, roses
where weeds grew and people where
once were pollywogs. In behalf of
these successors to pollywogs l ask
for this appropriation. A bad road
tends to profanity, and if extended
long enough would lead to hell. This
resolution is In behalf Of public NOR
atty. It will enhance the beauty of
the township and induce cheerfulness
in the day Of taxes" Amid cheers
the resolution passed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18

Bishop Potter, Of New York, in ad-
dition to having recently married a
lady with a large fortune, has been
furnished with an assistant. It Is a
pleasure to see luck strike a good man
like that.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18

According to Mr. Rockefeller, the Sc
cret of success in life is to work hard
and hold on. But it is not every man
who can work other people as hard
as Mr.. Rockefeller does.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18

When the Gear and Emperor Fran
els met at Vienna "they kissed each
other twice." indicating that even roy
atty is not above the osculatory hypoc-
risy that in America is confined to 5
O'Clock teas
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18
Water Rights Involved.

At the dinner of the Associated
Press recently, Congressman Bede, OF
Minnesota, said that there was SO much
water in some of the present day trusts
that he doubted If the stockholders
could realize even the riparian rights,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18

Let the man who thinks that he has
troubles pick up the newspapers and
read the account Of the man who has
three wives.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18
SHOWED GRANT Hbw TO FISH.
Interesting Incident of the Campaign
Before Richmond in 1864.

Before Richmond in 1864.
keep this photograph always and
remember me-" said Ulysses S. Grant
to Isaac Banes, Bristolian, during the
Civil War. And thereby hangs a tale
Of how this former assistant engineer
of the well-known old steamboat John
A. Warner became acquainted with
the great General away back in the
eos, says the Philadelphia Record.
Mr.. Banes, who now lives a happy
life in retirement with his wife in
West Pond street, Bristol, showed
General Grant how to fish, and opened
oysters for the great commander while
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18

The late B. f. Jones, Of Pittsburg,
left fortune Of over SIT, 100000. If
there are any unmarried daughters En-
gland is ready to do the rest.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18

The reason we do not hear directly
from Mars may be that the people on
that planet have not got as far along
as wireless telegraphy yet.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18
Without Trimmings.

Payne, an examiner at Cambridge
University, whose questions were al
ways of a peculiarly exasperating ma
ture, once asked a student at special
examination to "give a definition Of
happiness"
can exemption from Payne" was
the reply.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18

Charley Ross has just been found in
Texas, but he is likely to turn up in
Maine or Montana by tomorrow.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18

It is only natural that trolley sleep
ers should be provided for our rest
less population.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18

Stated vanity Is what most people
mistake for success.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18
The WaV of a Maid.

"Shes still waiting for the prince
''Then, who are those young fellows
I see her with from time to time"'
"Merely men at arms. Indian apo]is
News.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18

Nine million letters went to the dead
letter Office last year. Perhaps the one
you expected was in the bunch.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18
A Profession that Pays.

Blobbs-What is Skinnum's bust
ness?
Slobbs-He's a professional parter.
Blobbs-A professional parter?
Slobbs-Yes; he parts the fools and
their money.-Philadelp Record.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18

The inmates Of the poor house laugh
sometimes; in the women's ward, when
an old woman tells how the men used
to admire her, and run after her, the
other women laugh when she leaves
the room.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18

It is difficult to see how any legisla-
ton can be framed which will serve
70 lessen the number Of "cranks" who
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18

The Russian bear has swallowed his
tag and there is now no knowing
where he is bound for.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18

The child is father to the man; the
former builds a house Of blocks and
the latter builds a block Of houses.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18

What are you doctoripg for? Every
body Is doctoring for something.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18

Taking too much liberty may deprive
a man Of his liberty.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-12-24
SALT AS A FERTILIZER.
Has CuriOus Quality of PrOmOt X
Growth Of Some Plants and Him
derlng Others.

The action OF salt, or chloride Of
sodium, as fertilizer Is som etimes very
peculiar by reason of its apparently in
consistent influences. 1t has the effect
OF checking vegetable growth and at
the same time increasing the yield of
wheat and other crops to which it Ia
suited, says the Southern Farm Maya
zine.
Mangel wurzel, beans, cabbages and
onions flourish with liberal supplies of
salt. 1t is also highly advantageous to
the growth Of asparagus. 1t is found
In every cultivated plart, and, there
fore. may be considered, in small guam
titles. as generally desirable for all
crops. Lands which are near the sea-
coast are always literally supplied with
this ingredient by winds. which carry it
from the sea.
According to Henry Tanner, of the
royal agricultural college In England,
one OF the most important influences that
salt exerts on vegetation Is due to It's
power to check plant growth, possibly
arising from the action of the chlorine
which 1t contains. This Is a very i'm
portant factor In agriculture, and when
fully understood will be more generally
utilized. In the case. for instance, of a
wheat crop upon land that has been too
mighty MANFRED, the tendency Is to pro-
duce straw rather than grain, the grassy
character OF the plant being unduly en-
couraged.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-12-24
eB-oR. KuTcHIa IS NO STRANGER IN THIS COUNTY
WHAT On. kUTCnlu
DOES NOT DO,

WHAT Or. kU1CnM
DOES NOT DO.
He does not fright
en- people into doctor
ing by holding up .
plea Of Z speedy death
before their eyes. 10
1oes not urge the sick
to take treatment
when he knows them
to be incurable. Nei.
Their does he by false
pretenses hold the
sick under his caro-
month after month
while doing them no
good.
He does not per-
suade helpless NJ
curables to doctor
out the last month Of
their lives, or give up
their last dina for
medicine.
He does not take
patients under . 70.
called false
pretending TO charge
only for medicine and
taking ate or
amount he can get,
or make tho object OF
his life to 0Xtortmon.
ey from the sick.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-12-24
VAGARIES OF WATCHES.
Sttnl Energies of Timepieces Like
Those of Human beings at Low
Ebb Mt Night.

"You know that the vital energies
are at lower ebb at night than in the
daytime said an old matchmaker.
Would you believe that some watches
especially the cheaper ones-are sim
fairly affected?
You know good matchmaker al
ways wants several days in which to
regulate timepiece. That is because
the only way to regulate it properly
is to compare it with a chronometer at
the same hour every day. Otherwise
the variations in the speed OF the
watch will battle his efforts.
THE man to whom | was appren-
tlced told TO this, and | thought the
idea absurd. We were wording late
one night, and he called my attention
to lot of watches we had regulated
ana ready 10 deliver. 1t was near mid
night and every watch was slow.
The better watches had Jagged be-
hind some seconds. The cheaper
watches were minute or more out OF
the way Next morning every one of
the lot was exactly right.
The fact is, you can regulate
watch to make exactly "a hours day.
but you cant persuade 1t to make lust
90 minutes in each of the "a hours. Why
thls is no one can tell"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-12-24
NoPay Until

The doctor wonderful power Of dag
uosis, greatest of all gifts, enables INN
to determine the causes of obscure and
chronic ailments, and to apply remedies
which effect certain. speedy and perna-
nent cures.
X RAY examination in appropriate
cases upon reasonable notice.
HOPE FOR THE AFFLICTED.
Many hundl eds of sufferers pronounc-
cd by other physicians AZ hopelessly in
durable, have been restored to health by
DR.. Secrist.
Letters of Endorsement from many
prominent clergymen and hundreds of
grateful patients are on file IN his office
The doctor has devoted much time
and attention in the French Hospitals to
the study OF
ALL SPECIAL DISEASES OF MEN,
and has imported many special medi
cines and appliances necessary to effect
certain cures Ill the worst cases OF
Physical Weakness, Varicocele, Impo-
tency, Nervous Debility, etc.
caused by youthful errors, night losses
general dissipation, improper treatment
and neglect.
The doctor will forfeit $500 where a
cure is guaranteed and not effected.
KIDNEY and BLADDER disease
treated by new and eminently success
full methods.
CATARRH in all its various forms;
positive, prompt and permanent cures
always effected
CLUB FEET. cross eyes and all other
leformltles treated with special care
and unfailing success.
NERVOUS DISEASES, Epilepsy and
diseases of the BLOOD AND SKIN al
ways yield to the doctors modern meth
DDS of treatment.
PILES cured permanently without de-
tention from business and without the
use of the knife
LUNG TROUBLES receive careful
attention and are always treated sue
cessfully wSien not too Icing neglected
DELAY is DANGEROUS Those
who are chronically ailing should lose
no time in consulting u special physician
whose reputation for skill is so well and
widely known.
Special attention given to
DISEASES PECULIAR TO WOMEN.
No unnecessary exposure No exam
nation. No sacrifice of modesty.
The doctor does not publish his pa
rients' anes except with their full con
sent and approval. English, French
and German spoken. Address,
DR. II. G.. SECRIST,
Chicago and Milwaukee.
Address all mail to the Chicago Office
MA Calume. Ave. Chicago. Estab-
lished 1880.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-12-24
Frederic II. COudert Buried.

New York. Dec. 22.-The funeral OF
Frederic r. Coudert. who died at
Washington last Sunday, was held from
st. Patrick's cathedral here Tuesday.
Delegations representing business In
situations. clubs and colleges, with
which Mr.. Coudert was identified during
his lifetime. were present. Low mass
was celebrated by Rev. M. J. Lavelle
and final absolution was given by Arch
bishop Farley.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-12-24
Govern m ent Pays less,

Washington, Dec. 22.-The postmas-
ter general has awarded the contract
for leather straps for letter carriers
bundles to Headley & Farmer, Of New
ark, N. j., the prices for the three sizes
used being four. five and six cents each,
or about one-third. 1t is stated at the
post office department, the amount paid
for the straps by A. w. Machen, former
superintendent OF the free delivery sys-
tenn
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-12-24
nanager Wanted

Trustworthy lady or gentleman to
manage business in this County and ad-
Joining territory for well and favorably
known House of solid financial standing.
$50. 90 straight cash salary and expenses,
paid each Monday by check direct from
headquarters.
Expense money advanced position per-
mant Address Manager, Gl0 Monon
Bid, Chicago. ILL., Sept 3. to Dec 81
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-12-24
CHRONIC DISEASES.

CHRONIC DISEASES.
makes a speciality OF chronic and long-standing
diseases Cases givon up by other doctors and
pronounced incurabie. he most desires to see
EXAMINATIONS FREE TO ALI.
Whenever II is known that DIR. Kutchin is
stopping Mt place. crowds gather 20 con.
-v!t him, ahc IL rs hot to be wondered NJ when
II Is romombs red that In diagnosing disease
feront diseases better than the sck can them
selves. Tits w onderfuI gift for anyone to
have created wonder throug hout the country.
lilo adopted tho following plan, which Is pc
culiar to the large hospitals, and Is not and
mover has been the practice of country doctors.
viz: he carefully notes the symptoms OF tho
patient, and ascertains the condition of tho In
ternnl organs, nll OF which no carefully records
In his register for future reference In TITS
way bo nscertnins the true nature uf the dis
ease and its cause. When sick people consult
him no readily tells thcm whether he can cure
or bofp them, or who Their they nre beyond hope.
HIS IMPROVED METHODS OF TREATMENT
Arc mild and pleasnnt; agree perfectly with
the most delicate Lady or Child; do not reduce
the greatest possible benefit In tho shortest
possible time. Patients can consult him or
communicate with him rs often US they choose.
during the whole time required for the cure,
without regard TO where they mny be, and with
out extra charge, thus rendering the treatment
Us successful and satisfactory as though they
were living next door to each other
Persons un.kinrnl,y treated by Ignorant
prctcnders who keep triiling with them month
alter month, giving poisonous ana Injurious
compounds, should call and SEQ the Doctor.
SPECIAIrGESs Catarrh, Skin Diseases,
Sores, Plmples, Scrofuln, Blood Iniuts, Eczema,
Cancer. Piles ana Disea 1908 OF Women Quickly
and Permaf emit Cured Ivy the latest approved
treatment n pursue. by leading specialists OF
America and Europe.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-12-24
ReDOrt Denied.

st. Petersburg. Dec. 22.-There Is no
truth In the report published by news
agency In the United States. that the
czarina recently gave birth to dead
son. The story is pronounced absurd
1t Is pointed out that she lives an abso-
lutely public life and any concealment
OF such an event as the one referred to
would be impossible.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-12-24

She seems to have no confidence in
her husband"
NO; she says she caught him telling
the truth the other day.-N. Y Sun.