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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-03
Roscoe Conkling's Big Fec.

! 1t is said that one day when Roscoe
Conkling was beginning to attain some
measure Of success he dropped into the
office Of Charles O'Conor, Of New York,
then one of the leaders of the bar
whats the troubleY' asked the lat
ter, as Conklng excitedly paced the
floor.
'I've just been subjected to the
worst insult l have ever received. This
is the first time a client ever objected
to my fee.
'.You know 1 defended Gibbons for
arson and put in some tremendous
work for him. He was convicted at
the trial, but we couldn't help 1t, and
/ took the case to the Superior Court,
and he lost there, then on to the SUI
preme Court, and that affirmed the con-
viction, and he has been given ten
years. Now, my fee only amounted
to $1,000, and the scoundrel actually
has the audacity to grumble about it,
saying it's too high. What do you
think Of that for impudencey'
We'll" said O'Conor, slowly, "of
course you did lot of work and 49,
600 is not a big fee, but to be frank
with. you, Mr.. Conkling, my opinion,
founded on mature consideration, is
that he might have been convicted for
less money"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-03
THIS CAT is A PARADOX.
Adopted Four Mice Instead of Making
Dinner of Them.

Dinner of Them.
Busy Body, big Maltese cat who
makes her home at the Indianapolis
Union Railway shops, and is the pet
of every one from the president down
to the humble employee of the road,
after establishing a record of killing
more than 10000 rats and mice, has,
with charming feline inconsistency,
adopted four tiny mice.
The case is one of the most remark
able on record and it is doubtful if
scientists OF menageries can point to
a like one.
Three weeks ago Busy Body gave
birth to four kittens and with them
seemed in an element of happiness.
But the little fellows required such
a large amount of nOurishment that
she began to look emaciated and a
good rat or mouse diet was suggested
for her.
Thursday afternoon workmen about
the shops discovered nest of six
mice in a sawdust pile, and, thinking
of the faithful "tabby," caught them
for her. They were alive and thrown
into her box and the men expected to
see an immediate slaughter.
Imagine their surprise when Busy
Body merely looked up rather sleepi-
ly, took look at the mice, carefully
licked them over and then as they
nestled beneath her, went back to
Sleep Since then she has looked after,
them tenderly, as much as she has her
kittens, and the kittens and mice take
their nourishment side by side.
One of the mice died and another
lost it's life through an experiment.
The men thought that if a cat would
act SO remarkably with mouse that
a dog would surely do likewise. One
Of them was carried to Fanny, a dog
who is nursing a litter of pups, for
her inspection. The inspection was
brief one, and before the men could
prevent her Fanny had swallowed the
mouse whole.
1t has not been decided what will
be done with the mice, should they
grow up, nor are the men about the
shops sure that Busy Body will not
regain her old appetite for rodents
and eat her adopted babies.
Busy Body belongs to Master Me
chanic O. H. Jackson and is years
old. She was taken to the Union rail
way shops three years ago after she
had lost an eye which disfgured her
countenance The shops were former
ly overrun with rats and mice, but
she has gained remarkable record
for killing them and it is asserted that
no less than 10000 is the number of
her Victims Indianapolis Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-03
RACE DONE9
Not a Bit Of It.

A man who thought his race was run
made a food find that brought him
back to perfect health.
"One year ago | was unable to per-
form any labor; in fact, was told by
my physicians that they could do moth
ing further for me. l was fast sinking
away, for an attack Of grip had left
my stomach so weak it could not digest
any food sufficient to keep me alive.
''There l was just wasting away,
growing thinner every day and weaker,
really being snuffed out simply because
could not get any nourishment from
food.
'sThen my sister got after me to try
Grape Nuts food which had done much
good for her and she finally persuaded
me, and although no other food had
done me the least bit of good my stom-
ach handled the Grape-Nuts from the
first and this food supplied the nourish-
ment had needed. In three months
was so strong | moved from Albany to
San Francisco and now on my three
meals of Grape-Nuts and cream every
day am strong and vigorous and do
fifteen hours work.
II believe the sickest person in the
world could do as do, eat three meals
of nothing but Grape-Nuts and cream
and soon be on their feet again in the
flush Of best health like me.
mot only am l in perfect physical
health again. but my brain is stronger
and clearer than it ever was on the old
diet. l hope you will write to the
names l send you about Grape-Nuts,
for l want to see my friends well and
strong.
Just think that year ago | was dy-
ing, but to day, although l am over So
years of age, most people take me to be
less than 40, and feel just as young as
| look" Name given by Postum Co.,
Battle Creek, Mich.
There's a reason.
Look for the little book, "The Road
to Wsllvilles" In each pkg.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-03

IS( SSlk@ AN
s. >ssse4111ventiOn|

A color scale prepared by ]. F. To
cher, r. 1. c., for classifying hair, rep
resents % different colors of human
hair.
To prevent train derailments Ger
man railroad official, Herr Gehricke,
has invented an adjustable rail, to be
attached to the trucks of cars parallel
with the axles, and carried about an
inch above the track rails. If the
wheels jump the track the cross rails
just described will Immediately rest
!. upon the track rails and prevent the
wheels from touching .Ae ground, and
the car will slide along, borne by the
cross rails. To diminish the jar the
cross rails are supplied with springs,
and projections beneath them are cal
culated ITO prevent the derailed car
from swinging aside from the track.
Not all fishes are dumb, but many
species emit Sounds and a few give re-
markable concerts. Instances of the
latter have been collected by Eenri
Coupin,. French author. On the
western coast of Borneo, Prayer one
night heard musical sounds varying
from the resonance of an organ to the
soft tones Of an Aeolian harp; and in
the China Sea, United States naval
officer was struck by an extraordinary
blending of the low notes of an organ,
the noise of bells and the sounds of
great harp, the intensity causing the
vessel to CULVER. The pogonias or
tambours Of the tropical western coast
of the Atlantic sometimes congregate
about vessels, producing a maddening
chorus
The destructive power Of naval
guns becomes every year more terrible
The latest type of gun introduced in
the British navy is remarkable for its
great length, over 81 feet, combined
with its relatively small diameter, SO
inches at the breech and. Is inches at
the muzzle, and it's comparative light
ness, % tons. It's bore is 90 inches,
its projectile weighs $50 pounds, and
at 5000 yards this missile can be driv-
ell through II inches Of Krupp. steel.
The barrel is made up of an inner
tube, enclosed in a jacket Of wound
steel wire. This gun is reckoned equal
in destructive power to the 131A-inch
bore guns that preceded it, which
have more than double it's weight. The
muzzle velocity of the projectile is q
900 feet per second.
The success of the OstrichfarmS in
California has recently led to the es-
tablishment of a similar farm in Ari-
iona and another in Florida. 1t is said
that the feathers of these American
raised birds are actually Of better quail
ity and command higher prices than
those Of South African ostriches. The
birds on the farms are larger than
those seen in travelling menageries,
their weight running from 200 to 400
pounds, and their full height, with
head appraised, from 6 to 8 feet. A
blow from an ostrich's foot is danger
Gus. but it may be avoided by STOPPING
low. as the birds cannot deliver an
effective kick under a height of three
feet. For this reason they are easily
driven by dogs. In Florida team of
ostriches, broken to harness, is said to
have paced a mile in 2:3O
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-03
MELON GROWING IN OKLAHOMA.
Better Ones and More of Them Can Be
Raised There Than at Rocky Ford.

Better Ones and More Of Them Can Be
Raised There Than at Rocky Ford.
j. B. Thoburn, secretary Of Okla
homa's State Board of Agriculture,
says that within the next two years
Oklahoma will outrank Rocky Ford as
producer Of fine melons. The rich
sandy loan lands OF the territory pro-
duce watermelons and cantaloupes in
perfection.
#. J. Weymouth Of Lincoln County,
one Of the most extensive growers Of
melons in the territory, says that the
conditions in his county are as favora-
BILE to the successful growing of canta-
loupes as in any part Of the United
States. Even in 1901, when the sea-
son was unusually dry, it was proven
that this is one Of the most profitable
crops that can be grown there. In that
year the crop paid net profit of from
$40 to $45 per acre. An acre of canta-
loupes should produce from 5000 to
1000 melons,. The past year the farm
ers received from to 3 cents each net
for the melons. Only the best and
earliest melons are profitable for ship
ping The Oklahoma crop, if on the
market by the last of June or the 1st Of
July, will be considerably ahead of
the Arkansas and Missouri crop. Mr.
Weymouth has found in shipping that
Oklahoma melons bring from SO cents
to 81 a crate more than the market
price in st. Louis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-03

exercise in the development of lung
power. AS the little arms and legs get
hard and the chests are developed the
more advanced pupils are taught to
take the weaker ones across their
shoulders and carry them out of the
reach of the fancied flames. But the
ideal OF all the children who belong to
these classes is to develop strength and
skill enough to join the trick team, for
when the danger of disease has been
banished and the puny little figures
with narrow chests and round should
ers have been developed into erect,
sturdy bodies, then the gymnastic
feats of the more pretentious athletes
are attempted and achieved before adj
miring public audiences.
The development of muscle is at
tended with similar stimulation of
the moral side Of the child. and it is
to accomplish the latter that the penny
weekly fee is charged, giving the chill
dren a sense of membership and right.
full claim to the advantages Of. the:
club, which is lacking in the mere
charitable work, which does not per-
nit even the slight contribution of the
children themselves. The results of
this physical training are striking.
Children who, when they joined the
club, were too weak to endure even the
least firing Of the exercises, under this
regimen develop strong, healthy and
even athletic frames. Moreover, the
tendency to consumption is checked,
and with the increase sgof physical
strength there is a corresponding men
tai and moral development. Finally,
the lessons of the gymnasium, the
knowledge Of the proper method Of
breathing and Of walking, are remem-
bered long after the actual class work
has ended, and serve to keep the
health the exercise has won.-New
York Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-03
Wedding in Modern Style.

The modern bridegroom led the
modern bride to the altar. The mod.
ern clergyman was waiting for them
with his modern wedding ceremony
Twill you,' he said to the bride
groom, take this divorced woman to
be your social wife, to have and to
hold until you are both tired of each
other?"
II will" said the groom, with the
understanding that she is not to kick
up a row no matter who l bring home
with me, and that she turns over all
her available cash to help me out of
my scrapes."
And will you,' said the clergyman
to the woman, take this man to be
your companion in misery for so long
as you think best?"
II WILL said the woman, IF don't
have to nurse him when he is sick or
take breakfast with him."
us there any one" said the clergy
man, who objects?"
mo one" said the spokesman for
the congregation. 1--WE are all very
glad Of it. 1t makes gossip, and the
mere fact that we are here will en-
able us to have our names in the pa
pers. Let the ceremony proceed
''Therev' said the clergyman, II
pronounce you man and wife. Send
me check or cash by registered mail,
give your names and a description Of
your presents to the society reporters,
and when you want a divorce, here's
the card of the best lawyer in the
business. Life.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-03

Miss Nellie Holmes, treasurer
of the Young Woman's Temper
anCe Association OF Buffalo, N.Y.,
strongly advises all suffering
women to rely, as she did, up
on Lydia e. Pinkllam's Vege.
table Compound.
DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM - Your med
icine is indeed an ideal woman's medi-
cine, and by far the best l know to
restore lost health and strength. l
suffered misery for several years, being
troubled with menorrhagia. My back
ached, had bearing-down pains and
frequent headaches. l would often
wake from restful sleep, and in such
pain that l suffered for hours before
could go to sleep again. dreaded the
long nights as much as the weary days.
consulted two different physicians,
hoping to get relief but. finding that
their medicine did not seem to cure NE.
/ tried your Vegetable Compound
on the recommendation of friend
from the East who was visiting me.
~ am glad that I followed her adj
vice, for every ache and pain is gone,
and not only this, but my general
health is much improved. / have a
fine appetite and have gained in flesh.
My earnest advice to suffering women
is to put aside all other medicines and
to take Lydia u. Pinkham's Vcgc-
table Compound, - Miss NELLIE
HOLMES, $40 No. Division St., Buffalo,
N. $4,000 forfeit fonginai CT a6oye letter pro-
WnG CeEuinsncsS cannot be produced.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-03
Declined to Interfere.

"Sir," began the nervous young man
rs he entered the presence of the dear
girls father, II want to marry your
daughter, and"
"Oh, don't come to me with your trou-
bles," interrupted the old man. She
told me six months ago that she intended
to marry you, so you will have to fight
it out between yourselves"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-03

Say, pa" queried little Johnny Bum
pernickle, what is the meaning Of com
mercial actiyity?"
Commercial activity, my SON. replied
the old man, SIS the borrowing of So for
a day and lodging the lender for six
months.v
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-03

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot Ease
powder for the feet. 1t makes tight or
New Shoes feel Easy. Cures Corns, Bun
Cons, Swollen, Hot and Sweating Feet At
all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample
sent FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted,
LIE Roy, N. Y.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-03

Oldbach-Your wife's arguments seem
to carry considerable weight.
Enpeck-You bet they do. She tips
the scales at $50 pounds.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-03

Lewis Single Binder" straight SC
cigar. No other brand Of cigars is so
popular with the smoker. He has learned
to rely upon its uniform high quality.
Lewis Factory. Peoria. Ill.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-03
VERY Low RATES TO BOSTON
AND RETURN
Via Lake Shore & Michigan Southern

Via Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
Ry.
Less than one fare for the round
trip. Tickets on sale Aug. IL, Is and
IA. Return limit may be extended to
Sept 80. Tickets will be sold via New
York if desired. Full information on
to L. F. Vosburgh, G. A.
p. D., $50 Clark street, Chicago, or G..
r. DAILY, Chief A. G. 2. A., Chicago.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-03

Honest, now. Jones, did you see a
burglar in your room when you called
the police?"
mo; my wife had shifted the mir
ror in my room and l didn't know it."
Detroit Free Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-03

There are two ways to purchase an
article, one is to have knowledge Of
the goods, another is to know who makes
'The Best" The National Casket Co.
make 1.-The Best"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-03
AN Morhers Arc Interested.

In another column Of this paper will
be found the advertisement of the Phoe-
nix Chair Company Sheboygan, Wis, in
which are set forth the merits Of the
Baby Walking Chair" which will be Of
interest to all mothers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-03
The Main Consideration.

Young man, have you stopped to
think where you will go when you
die?"
'Gad, no-I haven't even thought
where to go on my summer vacation"
Puck.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-03

can recommend Piso's Cure for Con-
sumption for Asthma. 1t has given me
great relief--W. l.. Wood, Farmersburg,
Ind, Sept. 8, 1901.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-03

Mrs. WinsIow's SOOTHING SYRUP for Children
teething scftens the gums, reduces Inflammation, al
lays pain, cures wind collie. 2j cents bottle.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-12-05
Fine Musical Program and Addresses Ap>
propriate to The Solemn And
Notable Occasion
TRIBUTE TO THE DEADLY A. B. REMEHAv
Elaborate Ceremonial Observances and Able Ad-
dresses BY Chief Justice Mills and
DR.. E. B. Shaw

The service In honor OF the depart.
ed members of the lodge, held by the
Elks last night at the opera house.
was an impressive and highly interest
ing one, The addresses were uncom.
monty fine, the musical program was
beautiful and tho ceremonial excr.
elses were solemn and appropriate.
Exalted Ruler Chas r Moore pre-.
sided The calling Of the roll Of de-.
ceased members. which occurred i'm.
mediately after the opening exercises,
was an Impressive part of the pro
gram.
The address Of A, u. Renehan of
Santa re, "Our Departed nrothers
was floquenily delivered Il appears
Ia full
Mrs II G Rankin sang THE Heav
emily Song, with exquisite expression
Fhe optic expected to publish Judge
NILS scholarly addreas dealing with
the principles Of Elkdom in full also,
d copy was especially prepared for
publication, but owing to a misunder
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-12-05
Dudley Dean
On Foot Bali

Dudley $. Dean, formerly of Las We.
gas, Il Harvard graduated the c'aas
OF 1891, famous in his day as quar-.
terback on The Crimson eleven, has
an article In tho December number Of
The Harvard Monthly lie treats the
coaching system IN Harvard football
without gloves, but at the same time
absolutely denies the stories of fayo"
itism in Harvard athletics thar have
been 50 current this year.
IN part, MIR. Dean says;
"A word should be said about fay -
itism and society influences at Ca n.
bridge as regards coacnes and as y.
CARDS players, Such accusations
against Harvard are absolute and ma.
licious lies.
There will always he in body of
men like Harvard university some
who are dlsgruntled The hardest
Thing, however. for an undergraduate
to appreciate is that the good of the
university. so far as athletics is con.
cerned. Is just as dear to the graduate
as to the undergraduate
'If disgruntied spirits ever bring
proof to representative Harvard
graduate Of athletic favortsm either
from society Influence or otherwise,
very short rope win bring the party
responsible to q point where he VIII
be staled out for good and where the
pasturage win not be over nutritious.
There is no criticism to make of
the honesty and The conscientlmsness
Of this Or any years coaching. bpt
there Is fault in the system or IN tha
lack Of system
Tho fault spoken Of has been lack
Of continuity and building for the "a.
ture, as well as for the year; lack Of
responsibility. tack Of breadth. lack of
discipline and the failure to bring ie
the running of big amateur spo 4
the decentralization and comm n
sense that would have been evlde, :
at once in any business In which the
same men or body OF men were On.
gagged The fault has not been In
any one year II has been annual .
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-12-05

standing il failed to reach The Optic
In time for publication today. The
'chief justice said many good things
which We're fully appreciated by tho
audience
DR., II. u. Shaws beautifully worded
address on charity appears at the
close OF this article
One of the features Of the musical
program was a duet. The Lord Is my
Light Dudley Buck, by Miss Mareth
Furro and George kinkel. The audi
cnce enjoyed the appreoIatively rem.
dcred number exceedingly
The success ol the musical program
was still further enhanced by music
by the Las Vegas Symphony orches-
ira and by choir composed OF Mrs.
Rankin Mrs. Kohn, Miss Furro. Mr..
Thfesher and Mr.. kinkel
Considering the inclement weather,
the audience was large. The exer-
eieea were Tho most elaborate ana en-
joyablo tho lodge has yet held
Continued on page ~
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-12-05
Electric Line
To Be improved

Don Margarito Romero, yieepre2i-
dent Of the electric line, is in receipt
% reliable adviees that President A.
II Duncan Of the line, also president
Of The Mayfield woolen mills in the
city of ST Louis, where he resides.
has fecently sold one-fourth interest
In a business, the sale netting him the
snug amount OF $350,000, for which
money he has no immediate use and
which will be expended In the i'm.
provement and betterment of the Las
Vegas electric line. If need be, TO put
il In proper shape for rapid transit
between the two sides and the hot
springs
Recently Mr. Romero has entertain.
ed at his home and shown around the
city and country Mr.. N +. Thye Of
Chicago, an electrical engineer who is
interested in several plants in callfor.
MIA, with view to supplying any
needed and necessary additions TO the
electrical apparatus Of the local line.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-12-05
Christmas Trees Scarce in the North.

Christmas Trees Scarce In the North.
From the Milwaukee sentinel.
II may he suporstltlous, but this
is my thirteenth trip with Christina !
trees TO Milwaukee. and believe ICY
last"
The speaker was Captain Martin
Coyne Of the scow Emily and Eliza,
"oored near the foot of Chicago
street with 2.400 Christmas trees
brought down from the Snow Islands,
In Lake Huron, near Detour, Mich.
Christmas trees are getting scare
or every year continued the skip
per as he III his pipe with twis
from a tree, Guess ought to know,
since have secured the northern
country for the last thirteen years.
You can not find any In Wisconsin,
and up In Michigan--you may not be-
lieve It. but to get those two fine
twenty-eight foot trees for the Gesu
church had to take team and four
men twenty miles inland.
Yes, sir. | supply almost every
church in Milwaukee with its Christ.
mas tree, Isn't II strange that nh
lrishma nshould have such com
missio nfrom Santa Claus? The small.
lest tree In the lot Is four feet In
height
when a sufficient number Of trees
are cut they are tied into bundles; US
ually six To eight will make bundle.
| used about 600 pounds of rope yarn
to tie the trees, This method is not
only convenience, but also retains
the shape Of the tree and its fresh
ness, otherwise we could not keep 1t
any length Of time. and IL was neces-
sary 10 spend several weeks before we
had enough TO make cargo our
crew worked about seven weeks be-
fore we had enough to make cargo,
# you figure mp the time used In cut
ting and coming down and the foAr
weeks We must lie here until We are
sold out then the interest on our In,
yastment you viii realize that our
profits are not SO large, e9on though
We apparently get a good price for the
trees. But as ! said before this may
be my last season IN this traffic.
Trees are too scarce