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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-02

although you may have seen it before,
shall relate" said the poet laureate
Of all the Pascagoulas at the Grune,
valid the other day.
AT some distant period two Indian
youths, pursuing the pleasures of the
chase, were led to remote and un-
frequented part of the forest, where,
being fatigued and hungry, they sat
down to rest themselves and to dress
their victuals. While they were thus
employed the spirit Of the woods, at
tracted, as it is supposed, by the un-
usual and savory smell Of the venison,
approached them in the form of a beau
tiful female and seated herself beside
them. The youths, awed. by the pres
ence of so superior being and struck
with gratitude for the condescension
which she had shown them in becom-
ing their guest, presented to her in the
most respectful manner a share Of
their repast, which she was pleased
to accept, and upon it she RECALLED with
seeming satisfaction.
The repast being finished. the fe-
male spirit, having thanked them
cordially for their attention and in
formed them that if they would return
to the same place after the revolution
OF twelve moons they would find some
thing which would recompense their
kindness, disappeared from sight.
The youths, having watched the re-
volving moons and having returned at
the appointed time, found that upon
the place upon which the right arm of
goddess had reclined an ear of Indian
corn had sprung up; under her left a
stalk Of wheat and from the spot on
which she had been seated was grow
ing a f1ourishing plant Of tobacco
New Orleans Times-DemOcrat
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-02
Speed Of the Human Eve.

In order to play Weber's ''Moto
Perpetuo" pianist must be able to
read 4,541 notes in four minutes, or
nineteen in every second, and there
is one of Chopin's etudes which no
pianist can play who is unable to read
1850 notes in two minutes and half,
or thirty-six notes in second. Re-
peated experiments, however, have
shown that the human eye, no matter
how well trained it may be, is unable
to receive more than ten consecutive
impressions in second, and there
fore it naturally follows that in the
case Of very quick music the per-
former does not see each note separate
ly, but sees them in groups.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-02
Gould NOT Favor Unions.

The city of Toronto recently called
for bids for fremen's clothing and the
lowest competitor was the Crown Tail
oring Company. The contract, how
ever, was awarded at higher price
to a concern using the union label.
Thereupon the Crown Tailoring Com
pany obtained an injunction. In rem
dering a judgment Chancellor Boyd
declared that in issuing it's specifica-
tons the city could not demand the
use Of any particular union label and
thus discriminate against certain
classes of laborers who might be as
capable as those entitled to use the
label. The true test of ability, he
held, is not membership in a union.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-02

DR.. Tuckerman, classmate Of Will
liam Ellery Charming, was one Of
Channing's few intimate friends
through life. They were always ex-
tremely frank with one another, and
sometimes gave each other sharp an
swers. On at least one Of the recorded
occasions, says John w. Chadwick in
his life of the great preacher, DR..
Charming came out ahead.
DR.. Tuckerman, on one Of his fire.
quent visits, inquired for Mrs. Chan
ming, and was informed that she had
gone to Newport to open. the house for
the summer.
"Alone?" asked DIR. Tuckerman. DR..
Charming assented, and DIR. Tucker
man, responding, said:
do l understand you to say that
Mrs. Charming has gone into the coun-
try alone to open the house for the
SUMMER"
"That is what I said, DR.. Tucker
man."
'Well, DR.. Charming, you will per-
nit me to say that I should not think
of asking Mrs. Tuckerman to 60 to the
country alone to open the house for the
summer"
Then DR.. Charming laughed his
small, dry laugh and rejoined:
every likely, DR.. Tuckerman; ana IL
you should, most probably she would
not CO."
Thereupon questions Of large public
interest were taken up.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-02
UNWILLING 10 RECIPROCATE.

1.-THE judges wife does keep awful
busy" Mrs. Taft admitted, reluctantly
''An' 1 do know but what she is a
philanthropist, as they call it. Sum-
mer folks always have lot
to say bout what she's done
for the town, such as put
ting up them cast-iron guide-posts-
that looks much like ol'-fashioned
cranes as any thing-an' having a
manual school on her place for the
children, an making 'em wear shoes
an stockings every day, an the rest
But she amt poplar with the village
folks; nowheres near as much as his
fust wife, who never done anything
but set in a rocker all day on the porch
an smile pleasant when you walked
past.
"We may be benin the times" Mrs.
Taft continued, "but most on us know
our way roun' this town without havin'
her point it out to us with her cast
iron signs. An l for one don't want
anybody comm an telling me where to
uuulR LILY OlOACA ClOSACAy Oil WACAC
not to. Nor smelling round my sink
dreen. an wondering in the same
breath why we haven't all died of
the plegue long ago. We've lived with
out disaffectants a considerable long
time, an nussed all the young ones
through scarlet fever without red cards
on our doors an bonfire afterward.a
"What?' said Mrs. Taft, in milder
voice, her listener having resented the
remark that the motives Of the judges
wife were excellent. Eyes, guess
she does mean we'll The trouble is
she amt our style But we wouldn't
mind that SO much if after all we've
done for her she had some sense O.
gratitude"
Sense Of gratitude?' repeated the
puzzled listener.
Mrs. Taft fastened to explain.
Maria Davis sized her up pretty WE'LL"
she said. Maria was going down the
road to a fun'ral. Her aunt's it was,
an she married one O. the leading men
in Saymouth. Marias poor's poverty,
but she always looks real kind O. lady
like, for she's facultied an she's got
ideas, an she said that seeing all the
trouble v'rybody in the village had
been put to by the judges wife, it was
only fair that she should make a re-
turn.
Turn about says Maria to me.
I'm going up there an ask her to lend
me that mourning pin she wears. l
can't afford to put on Grape for Aunt
Amy s. she, but I've fixed the sleeves
Of my cashmere, an dyed some Of my
fancy grass black to put on my bon
net in place of the fower-it looks
real melancholy s. she, sweeping
down over the side--an' with that pin
to kind Of set it all off, Maria says,
I do know but what I'll look IS well
IS anybody
"Well, Maria went up there, an the
long an short of it was the judges
wife wouldn't let her have that pin;
said 1T was a souvenir. Maria was
good deal put out, but she KEEP her
dignity. So says she, this is the
thanks I get, is it, Mis- Monroe, for
sending my children to whiting
school and making them wear your old
shoes an stockings?'
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-02
Facts About Suicide.

Married men are more prone to take
their lives than married women, but
more single, widowed and divorced
women commit suicide than men In
like conditions. Shooting is the most
favorite mode of suicide, and poison is
q close second.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-02
Showing Pi,y for Animals.

Nell-I'm in a dilemma. Of course
can't think Of marrying Jack LOWER,
but he says if I don't he'll go to the
dogs.
Believed, you can't help that.
Nell-That's just it. | know / can't
and I'm very fond Of dogs.-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-02

Will Laning, "a years old, shot and
instantly killed Miss Emma Buegler, %
years old, on the farm of Gus Hensley,
two and one-half miles south of Fair
water, and then killed himself with the
same revolver. 1t is said that Laning
asked the girl to marry him and that
she had written a letter refusing him.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-02

A farmer named Smith, while driving
home from GAINESVILLE the other night
with his family, saw a meteor fall not
far from the institute for the blind. The
fumes emitted from the meteor almost
overcame the party. Mr. Smith went
back to town, and later returned to the
spot where the meteor fell. accompanied
by a number of citizens, who, however
failed to locate it,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-02

George Bouska, aged 6S, a prominent
farmer of the town of Caledonia, was
found hanging from a rafter i'll the barn
by his daughter-in-law and the shock to
the young woman may prove fatal. Mr..
Bouska had long been resident of Ra-
cine County. For the past six. months
he had been respondent over his wife's
death
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-02
Assemblyman Cheny Dies.

A telegram received from Biloxi, Miss,
announces the death Of ID. d. Cheney Of
Sparta, who was spending the winter
there with his family. Mr.. Cheney was
one of the most prominent and wealthy
men of this part of the country, and was
the largest stakeholder in the bank at
Snar
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-02
THE TABiBA'S PATIENTS.


The missionary woman doctor In
Morocco-the Tabiba, as she is called
has no easy time in dealing with her
patients, whose ignorance is dense and
the variety of whose mistakes can new
er be foreseen. 1t is not possible to
entrust the patient with medicine
which in case of an error in the dose
would be deadly.
This alone is a serious hindrance to
the work of the physician, who thus
finds it impossible to employ many OF
the most useful drugs unless she can
personally administer each dose. Direy-
lions have to be repeated over and over
until they have penetrated the slow
brains, and even then there is no GER
tainty. At the door of the Office, af-
ter listening to painstaking, elaborate
and repeated instructions, the patient
who is being treated for external trou-
bles will turn, box of oil and sulphur
in hand, and ask, by way of parting
question:
Then l am to eat this ointment?v
They always eat the papers in which
pills or powders are wrapped. One
woman, to whom had been given salts
done up in neat little papers, one to be
taken each morning, mixed them all,
wrappers included, in big earthen
pot half full Of water, and took a
mouthful Of the mess every day for
a month-when she appeared again at
the Tabiba's Office to complain that she
felt no better.
A man was so pleased with the good
results Of pill he had taken that he
Immediately ate all the others in tie
box, naturally with quite an opposite
effect.
II a patient whom missionary had
doctored fails to recover, the friends of
the deceased, the next time they meet
the Tabiba, greet her with the cheer.
ing remark, "So-and-So has taken your
medicine, and it's killed him." I'M
It is the rule that although medi-
cines are dispensed free to the poor,
they must bring their own vessels to
hold them, or pay for the bottles. One
woman brought huge earthen water
pot, standing three feet high. my
daughter" she said, presenting Ii, II
want medicine"
Eyes, but I cannot give you medi.
cine in such great pot"
my daughter, have been three
days on the road, and / want much
medicine"
A ragged and forlorn old woman
begged for her medicine in a bottle
whining and entreating from ten to
half past eleven; but the doctor, know
ing the race, stood firm, despite pite-
Gus pleas Of II am too poor to buy
one, Look at me; am SO ill.,
until even the other missionaries were
moved to intercede in pity. Still the
wise Tabiba held out, and at noon, as
the last patient rose to go, the old
crone suddenly ceased whining, pulled
bottle from beneath the rags about
her waist and held it out to be filed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-02
Curious Street Name.

A remarkable specimen Of street
naming in Toledo, the ancient capital
Of Spain, is cited by correspondent.
1t is "Calle del Diablo Pertenece al
Ayuntamiento," or in English
The Devil-Belongs--to-t he-M unicipal.
Council-sreet.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-02
SUN Cure in Revolving Houses.

A French physician, who believes i'm
the sun cure for most diseases, has
had some houses built for his patients.
The houses are made on a pivot, one
wall being glass, so that by turning
the house the patient may be in the
sun all day.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-02
FEMALE SPIRIT WAS GOOD.

Gave Corn. Wheat and Tobacco in Re.
turn for Hospitality.
IT have been favored with an Indian
tradition concerning the origin Of to-
hacco. Indian corn and wheat, which.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-02

A man might as well shave himself
IS patronize deaf and dumb barber
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-02

Might may not make right, but it
usually manages to make good.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-02

| ed to offer a reward for the apprehension
of John J. Riley and John Cline, who
are alleged to have forged signatures to
| deed, thereby obtaining loan Of So
600 from George Hobbs Of Byron. The
men secured, through the A. G. Dana
agency, a loan Of $4,000 from Hobbs.
giving as security mortgage OH the
farm of Clifford Cease, in Metomen, for
which Riley and Cline held deed This,
it is claimed by Cease, is a forgery.
The remains of Henry Gamble of Sha-
wano, who died Dec. IL, 1908, were dis
inferred and an autopsy made. An in
quest was held upon request of one of his
sons. Mr.. Gamble was divorced from
his first wife and married again to a
young woman, to whom he willed all his
property, estimated at $4,000, giving his
oldest son $40, a daughter $40 and his
youngest son 500 only. The latter has
brought the inquest about, as he claims
undue influences had been brought on
his father when he made his last will.
Gamble died very suddenly.
Otto HI. Lonstorf. long resident of
Milwaukee, but now in the State of
Washington, has filed papers in suit
for divorce from his wife, Emma. The
Lonstorfs got their millions recently
through favorable decisions in the long
contested Minnesota mining suits.
There was panic in an electric car on
Fourteenth street, Racine. The car be-
came grounded and there was an cleo
trical display. with loud reports. The
car then caught fire, and fifteen passen-
gers crowded out, falling i'll the road on
top Of each other. Two or three women
were hurt.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-04-08

This fable, dealing with the fail OF
White. the Russian finance minister, "a
related In a recent brochure entitled
"a Glance at the Secrets OF Russian
Policy" published ut Vienna: ~rhe
Car dreamed the following singular
dream. lie saw thr'a cows. one fat
one lean. ana one blind. The next day
be sent for the metropolitan Paiihdiup
and begged him TO explain the dream,
but the metropolitan declined. The
Car then sent for Father John OF
Kronstadt, and made the same request
TO him. Father John stroked his long
curly hair with his hand and made re-
ply In the following wordsi Your
majesty. understand your dream In
this way; The fat cow Is the finance
minister. the lean one Is the RuBsian
people. ana the blind one Don't
be afraid; 20 on, said the Gar. The
blind COW is-your majestyr"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-04-08

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things.
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The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-04-08
oldest ship Anoat.

There is at present lying at New.
castle a schooner which is supposed to
be the oldest ship OF her kind sailing
under the Union Jack. Her name f.
the Dart; she was built az Carnarvon
seventy.eight years ago, and ever since
has been In constant employment AZ
one time she sailed between Carnarvon
and Liverpool; she Is now engaged in
the coastlng trade between Arbroath
and ports on the northeast coast OF
England
The Dart has another distinction be
sides her age, She is manned by the
oldest crew sailing the high seas. The
captain is seventy the mate seventy
two. the cook soventy-one and sea-
man slxty-one- total OF 852. They
have been with the Dart for some
years; and were all boys together
st. James's Gazette
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-04-08

Timber Is ON the increase In Kansas.
Any farmer win tell you 30. The
fences shield the young saplings and
The prairie fires ,that used to sweep the
undefurush and leave the young trees
unprotected come no longer. But the
81" pi the fences and the going OF
Ibe pIair Tvs have helped wolves.
+,' 're n &C. wolves IN the country
70" 2 VA there we're 'hlIty years ago
e Won IL smart. lie runs with his
leid u9Wn aud dodger under fences
The Hos runs TO the line" with his
heaa up re runs into fences that the
VOL mas led him TO- aud the dog is cut
up ana abandons the chase. There
should be larger bounty on wolves.
the slowth Of timber IN Kansas Will
more 'nan pay the extra bounty.-Em.
poria uAan) Gazette.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-04-08

The record Of what may be termed
unnatural deaths In the United States
In the year 1908 is a CHASTITY one. com
monts the Mirror ana Farmer There
was no war. civil or foreign, IN which
the lives Of Americans were sacrificed.
but the list of casualties by fire and
hood. upon railroads ana steamboats,.
In highways. among people employed
In factories and stores and In pleasure
seeking crowds, would be an appalling
one II It could be put into a statistical
exhibit During the year i0i persons
were lynched or murdered by mobs,
1913 were killed by authority OF law Tor
various crimes. sj07 committed suicide,
and there was large number OF muir
ders. including 1888 by burglars, robbers
and thieves. The statistics, which are
collected from newspaper dies are. Of
course. incomplete. but ms nearly as
can be ascertalned about 10000 people
went to their deaths by their own
hands or those OF others.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-04-08

Norway has established State
Norslngmcn's bank. which Is to loan
money at low interest Tor the purchase
OF workugmcn's homcstcads OF one
and a quarter to i've acres. and the
erection OF houses thereon at cost
not to exceed SsOL The interest
charge is three ana a half or four per
cont and the refunding is to occup.
for,y.two years.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-04-08

Governor Murphy speaks braycly and
truly IN his message TO the New Jcr.
seq Legislature on the subject Of child
labor lie has no sympathy with en-.
ploycrs who save money by paying
pltiful wages TO boys ana girls u
do not think says hr. "the time has
come In New Jersey when we can
sacrifice the wcll.belng Of the young
to the selfish interests OF any indus.
try" Such time can never como In
any State.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-04-08


Perhaps the oldest relic IN London Of
a medlaeyal kitchen is at Westminster
Abbey, though little remains 10 indl.
cate II save the rubblo foorlig the
buitery hatch, ana m adlolnl'ls cellai,
now the handsome dining han o. Can.
on Wilborforce. The monk who acted
as rrefecturlan hada respon.
slbiluy as great as any hotel manager
or chef in these days For among his
fellow monks, TO say nothing Of the
pensioners. were critics az keen as any
among the worldfamed diners OF to-
day Yet the Abbey kitchen was
scarcely more elaborate than any one
OF those which linger ON In the remote
cottages OF the rough Cornish coast or
on the Yorkshire moors, where the en-.
tire cooking OF the family IL done on n
dat hearth, with no other fuel than
turf, or peat. or twlgs, The broth.
pot hangs from a crane or stands on
a tripod, and Is most accommodating
IN ils uses. Would you make breadY
Lay the dough on clean iron plate
and ihNert the broth.pot over Il; then
heap up all round Il your lighted turf
or Wood Windsor Magazine.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-04-08

The discovery IN Texas of vast beds
OF kaolln. together with oil discover.
les. lead TO renewal Of the old Joke
that the best part Of Texas "a under
ground But seriously, the subterran
can resources OF Texas, az well a. the
utilization Of her vast territory. is
rapidly making her the Empire State
Of the American Union.