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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-09
"The White Mans BURDEN"

He had won his Ethel after a pro
tracted courtship, and now, although
he was filed with a sense of delighted
security, he thought it wise to ask one
or two questions.
II am sure you are not the sort Of
girl who would tell of domestic trou-
bles before man has eaten his din
ner," he said, with confidence, but
rising infection
mo, indeed" said Ethel
"And when / seem a trifle ruff1ed or
worried you'd be the very one to say
soothing things. Now, wouldn't your
proceeded Henry.
Certainly, should" said Ethel,
'and you'd like to do it, too, 1 know.
do what?" asked Henry, with a
sudden fall to earth.
"The soothing and comforting, and
putting me in good humor when the
cook had been called to her aunt's
funeral for the third time, and your
business friends were coming to din
ner," said Ethel, gently.
"Ye-es, of course I should try to-"
faltered Henry.
''And when you'd been bored at the
office with your cousins from the coun-
try you'd never speak of it till dinner
was all over, would x0p, dear Henry"
said the trusting Ethel. 81 knew the
sort of man you are, who wants to
carry his share of the burdens, don't
IY [
"I-I hope you do" said Henry, in
disheartened tone. 'Let us speak Of
the new magazines, Ethel, and why
not go out on the piazza, where it Is
erY'-Youth's Companion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-09
TALE OF THE EARLY DAYS.
Firss Fight or Wild Bill, Famed Des.
perado and Pioneer.


Wild Bill, whose real name was
James Hickok, first came West in
1857, and drove an OK team on the
plains for Majors & Russell In 1860.
He subsequently engaged himself to
the Overland Stage Company as stock
tender and was put in charge of
new stage station on Rock Creek,
near the old McKandlas station, which
was generally known as Robbers
Roost. This was the headquarters for
the McKandlas gang, a crowd that
had held together since the Missouri
Kansas border ruffian days and gen.
orally had things its own way. A man
named Ficlzlin, and a number one
stage hand, was the superintendent.
He tried to buy out the McKandlas
station, but failing in this, he built a
new one near by, putting young
EIickok in charge Up to that time
he had never experienced trouble with
anyone, and was not likely to have
friction, especially with the old station
keeper, McKandlas, or his men.
In tee winter Of 1SG0-61 McKandlas
and his nephew and four other men
passed by the new station on horse
back, leading an old man who was
afoot. They had rope around the
old fellows neck, and occasionally
they would take a few turns around
the horn Of the saddle, make a run
on the rope and jerk the old man
down and drag him on the ground
until he was nearly dead. The only
he was a North Methodist preacher.
If Wild Bill was anything he was an
abolitionist and free-soiler and loyal
to the United States The McKandlas
crowd was planning to make a raid
On several stations to secure the stock
and go south. They told young Hickok
they would take the stock. He replied
that he would be there.
When they returned late in the even
ing two stopped at the corral, two
went to the front and two to the back
door of the cabin or hut Hickok told
them he would shoot the first man
who took down the bars of the corral.
The elder McKandlas fired at Hickok,
but missed him. IIickok returned the
fire with a rifle and shot McKandlas
in the heart. The next shot from
Hickok killed the nephew, and the
two fSil at the front door. Just then
the two at the back door opened fire.
One shot from a double-barreled gun
lodged seven full-grown buckshot into
Hickok's right side and breast, two Of
which entered his lungs. The two men
who stopped at the corral came to the
assistance of the two men at the house
Hickok was then in a hand-to-hand
fight with four men. He killed three
OF them in the house and wounded
the other SO badly that he died oil the
prairie.-Denver Field and Farm
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-09
Chance for Woman inventor.

"Now that the preserving season is
here" said the busy woman, q am
reminded of something that for a long
time / have been meaning to invent
and patent. 1t is to be called the
Never-Burn Cooking Spoon Of course
no home will be complete without it.
''This is the design: a broad, deep
bowl set at right angles to the adj
joining upright handle, which will be
as long as a preserving kettle is deep,
and then, at right angles to this again,
a second length of handle long enough
to permit the cook to stand away from
the steam and heat and yet stir the
contents Of her kettle as frequently as
she wishes.
1.-THE advantage is that with this
double right angle handle the whole
bowl Of the spoon, instead of just the
point of it is, sure to rest on the bot
tom Of the kettle and hence the stir
ring has the desired effect of prevent
ing the dreaded catching on that is
bound to ruin the flavor Of whatever
is being cooked.
II don't know why / have never vet
had a tinsmith carry out my idea.
Some day suppose some one else will
put such a scheme on the market and
1 shall be saying why didn't l do
that myself? "-New York Sun.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-09

That there are some conditions con-
nected with farming which do not per-
tain to other vocations cannot be gain
said. The day laborer, the wage
Garner, can compute to a certainty his
financial status at the end of the day
or month. The tradeSman knows the
cost of his stock in trade, the manu-
facturer Of his products, and they can
make sales for a certain net profit
The teacher, preacher, lawyer, or doc
tor, receives a stipulated sum for SER
vice rendered. The farmer knows not
whether little or much will be his for
labor. He may pillow and plant seed
and till ever so diligently, but frost Or
rain, heat or drouth, slugs and bugs
menace. Should nature smile and re-
ward with an abundant harvest, his
commodities are perishable; he can
not long hold for paying market, nor
set the price for the present sales. He
cannot say, II will take" but "What
will you give" Another, and not he,
determines the market value Of his
wares. Farm life has ample compen-
sations, however; there are satisfac-
tons deeper, enjoyments higher, than
can be counted in dollars and cents,
says the Agricultural Epitomist Coun-
try life gives a zest for simple pleas
ures. And there are the boys and
girls with strong, healthy bodies,
minds and hearts developed in bright
sunshine and pure air. amid the won
drous beauty Of forest and field. The
city with it's ceaseless noise and din,
it's turmoil and strife, has naught to
compare with these lads and lassies
from the farm homes Of the land. I'm
proved roads, the electric car, the tele-
phone, and rural mail delivery, have
brought to the country the advantages
Of the city without it's temptations it's
Initiated atmosphere, it's moil and toll
for daily bread. This is a strenuous
age; men rush here and there in their
haste to get rich quickly, to gain the
present emoluments of trade, of office
or position, to reap tomorrow what
they sow today. This is not the true,
rational philosophy of human life. Ma
ture is never impatient, and the farm
er works in accord with her plans.
But how can we make farm life more
attractive? By magnifying our call
ing by shortening the hours Of labor,
by taking frequent recreation. Let
the farmer study his calling, fit him
self for his profession as does the
doctor, lawyer, merchant or priest.
Send the boys and girls to agricultur-
al colleges, schools of technology, and
cooking schools, to develop and train
mind and hand under teachers with
the best of modern thought and re-
search, where the chemistry of food
and the science of agriculture can DE
learned, with the ideas to make of the
farm a factory. Thus can we keep
the boys on the farm, and the girls,
too, bless them.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-09
SUPERIORITY OF KOREANS.
Fetter Looking Than Chinese and
Japanese-Peace Lovers at Heart.

Fettcr Looking Than Chinese and
Japanese-Peace Lovers at Heart.
Of the three races, Chinese, Japa-
nese and Korean, the last is undoubt-
edly the finest physically. The Korean
IS tall, thickest and in many cases
good-looking; and although his sur
30undings are filthy and noisome in
he extreme, in his person he is not
lncleanly. 1t may be that this Is due
10 the national habit of dressing in
white, which necessitates continual
washing and scrubbing; and to see
him in the street you would not think
it possible that he could tolerate such
filthy and inSanitary surroundings.
The Korean, even il he can afford it,
knows better than to build himself a
decent and habitable dwelling. For
let the unfortunate tradesman show
the least sign of wealth, and the gov
ernor Of his province, OF the ever
ready tax collector, will pounce down
upon him and take the profits of years
In the form of loan, which will
never be repaid.
The result Of this system Of whole
sale pillage and eXtOrtiOn is to crush
all life and enterprise out of the peo-
pie and to cause the wealthy and the
poor man to live side by side in the
same manner, in the same red clay
hut, in the same muddy street, and
using the same insanitary well, into
which, as a rule, the refuse Of the
town finds it's way; all this simply
through fear Of the eXtortion Of the
central government at Seoul. The Ko-
rean loves peace and hates war. He
was not always SO peacefully inclined,
but centuries of oppression have rem
dered him unfit for strife, although in
the past he has fought brayely enough,
defeating both the Japanese and the
Chinese on frequent occasions. There
is a good reason to believe that, if he
were given a sound military and phys
zeal training, he would become eff
Gent, and quite brave enough to take
his place alongside of the troops Of
other nations.
: At present he is in the same posi-
ton as the Sudanese were after years
of dervish oppression. 1t is not to be
supposed that every Korean is indif-
ferent to the fate of his country.
Among the middle classes there has
been for some time a growing discon-
tent, and keen desire to find a rem
edy. The middle classes, comprising
the merchants and the small traders,
are brought more in contact. with out
side influences; it is they who feel
most severely the ever-increasing
Japanese competition, which is driving
them from their former occupations
and bringing fresh poverty into their
already impoverished homes. This
feeling Of repulsion toward the Japa-
nese is spreading rapidly all over Ko-
rea; but it is among the Christian
converts that the signs Of reaction
are most plainly to be seen. In no
other quarter Of the globe has mis-
siOnary endeavOr met with greater
success or fallen upon more fruitful
soil than among the Koreans
don Standard.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-09
rakine Che Law With Him.

The French Government has not
been the only one to yield to a coup
d'etat. Any smaller civil policy may
"cry smalP' If attacked with sufficient
vigor. A certain justice of the peace,
says the Louisville Herald, lived in
little town of remote district. He
was the only Republican Of the region,
and yet he happened, by some trick Of
fortune, to hold his office.
At last, at time of great political
excitement, it was determined to turn
him out and put in Democrat. The
ballot was about to be cast when the
squire appeared upon the scene.
Fellow citizens" said he, 81 want
to make you short speech"
He mounted a barrel and began:
Fellow citizens, I've ben a-looking
round here, and l see plain enough
what's going on I've ben justice o.
the peace here going on twenty years,
and good many times I've saved
some on We from going to the peniten-
tiary. Now you're a-trying to put me
out of office. But 1 just want to tell
you something. I've got the Constitu-
ton and the laws O. this State right
here in my pocket, an just as sure as
you turn me out of Office I'll burn 'em
UP and you may all go to ruin to-
gether."
The speech carried the day. The
justice was reelected by a large ma
jority.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-09
Cured Her Rheumatism.

Deep Valley, Pa, Oct. 31.-lSpecial)
There is deep interest in Green couri-
ty over the cure Of the little daughter
of |. N. Whipkey of Rheumatism. She
was great sufferer for five or sir
years and nothing seemed to do her
any good till she tried Dodd's Kidney,
Pills. She began to improve almost al
once and now she is cured and can run
and play as other children do. Mr..
Whipkey says: +
II am indeed thankful for what
Dodd's Kidney Pills have done for
my daughter; they saved her from be-
ing a cripple perhaps for life"
Dodd's Kidney Pills have proved
that Rheumatism is one Of the results
OF diseased Kidneys. Rheumatism is
caused by Uric Acid in the blood If
the Kidneys are right there can be no
Uric Acid in the blood and consequent
~ no Rheumatism. Doddss Kidney
Pills make the Kidneys right.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-09
MAPS AS a NERVE CURE.
Queer Method of Doctor to Help a
Patient.


Patient.
A well-known man in England had
among his ancestors a number of men
and women who committed suicide,
says the st. Louis Post Dispatch. He
himself became melancholy, and his
children, who knew the hereditary
taint were much worried about him.
A physician told him that mental ia
tigue was his trouble and persuaded
him to try an experiment The man
was d very busy man and scoffed at
the idea of taking nap in the middle
of the day. He finally agreed to the
following: He would sit up in his
easy chair eve! afternoon with his
hands over his X lees holding a dinner
bell in both his EInds. If he lost con-
seriousness and went to sleep, he would
be willing to sleep for so long time
as it would take for the dinner bell to
fall to the floor ard wake him up.
The doctor VIE suggested this ar
rangement declare that the mere men
tai relaxation Of going to sleep, if only
for few seconds, would suffice to
save him. He Invited his patient to
study the activity of the brain by no.
tcing how may things be could
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-09
Holidays Here and Abroad.

A comparison Of the number Of holi-
days here and at London is interest
ing, and it will cause little surprise
to some people to learn that brokers
here are more literally provided with
days off than are the London brok-
ers. Here during the year we get nine
days that are legal holidays in the
State, and, besides, the governors of
the Stock Exchange have in recent
years been quite liberal in sanction
ing petitions that have come before
them for closing on a Saturday that
succeeds a Friday, or a Saturday that
precedes a Monday holiday. Our le-
gal holidays are Jan. 1, Feb. II, Feb.
%, May 80, July 4, Labor Day. Elec-
ton Day, Thanksgiving Day, and
Christmas Day. The legal HOLIDAYS
are nine, but it is quite probable that
brokers here get at least three more.
In London "bank" holidays, as they
are termed are Good Friday, Easter
Monday, Whit-Monday, the first Mon
day in August, and Christmas Day
and the day after, making six in all.
Besides these, London has three holt
DAYS that are peculiar to itself. These
are Jan. /, May /, and Nov. brook
lyn Eagle.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-09

The effectiveness Of a navy is deter
mined by the size of the force which
it may have to go against. If we are
convinced that the United States will
never have to measure strength with
a bigger nation than Spain, then the
present navy is all sufficient But if
we are to measure strength with Eng
land, Germany or France, then we
must have more ships and more fight
ing power. Measuring strength does
not necessarily mean fighting. The best
insurance a nation can have against
war is such military superiority that
ether nations will be 10th to attack it.
England Is supreme as sea power.
She has been exempt from war with
every other maritime nation. She
would be attacked within a year If by
any means her navy should become in
ferior.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-09
busting q Great Hotel.

In the sumptuous new hotel, ST..
Regis, built in New York, all the
sweeping is performed with the aid
of an automatic pneumatic sweeper.
A great system Of pipes runs through
out the hotel, with branch in every
one Of the hotels three hundred rooms.
These are in turn connected with pow
erful vacuum pumps in the basement.
With such an arrangement there is no
need of broom. The servant merely
attaches a small flexible hose to the
outlet and applies the end to the place
to be busted. The force Of the vacuum
pumps, perhaps eighteen stories be-
meath, at once sucks up the dirt. There
is no particle of dust raised as in
sweeping, ami the new method is
much quicker and far less trying. The
dust thus removed is drawn quickly
through the system Of hose and piping
to the basement, where it is deposited
in sacks, to ba carried away like the
ashes from the furnace.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-09

When three Belgian Catholic mis-
sionaries were murdered in China re-
Gently, the French minister Of foreign
affairs ordered the French minister in
Peking to demand the immediate pun
ishment Of the murders. This is not,
as it might seem, an unwarranted in
reference by France in the relations
of Belgium with China, but it is the
performance Of duty laid on France
by its agreement with the Roman
Catholic Church, under which it exer-
cises protectorate over the Catholic
missions in the far East.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-09
BY PROXY.
What the Baby Needed.


suffered from nervousness and
headache until one day about year
ago it suddenly occurred to me what
great coffee drinker 1 was and
thought may be this might have some
thing to do with nay trouble, SO shift
ed to tea for a while, but was not bet
ter, if any thing worse.
''At that time l had a baby four
months old that we had to feed on the
bottle, until an old lady friend told
me to try Postum Food Coffee. Three
months ago / commenced using Pos
tum, leaving off the tea and coffee,
and not only have my headaches and
nervous troubles entirely disappeared,
but since then have been giving plen-
ty of nurse for my baby and have a
large, healthy child now.
Il have no desire to drink anything
but Postum and know it has benefited
my children, and hope all who have
childNen will try Postum and find out
for themselves what a really wonder
full food drink it is" Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Both tea and coffee contain quaint.
ties of a poisonous drug called CAT
feline that directly affects the heart,
kidneys, stomach and nerves. Postum
is made from cereals only, scientific
ally blended to get the coffee flavor,
Ten days trial of Postum in place Of
tea or coffee will show a health secret
worth more than gold mine. There's
a reason.
Get the book, "The Road to Well
yille," in each pkg.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-09

How old are you? The adage says
that women are as old as they look
and men as old as they feel. That's
wrong. A man and woman are as old
as they take themselves to be. Grow
ing old is largely a habit Of the mind.
"As man thinketh in his heart so is
he" If he begins shortly after middle
age to imagine himself growing old he
will be old. To keep oneself from
decrepitude Is somewhat a matter of
will power. The fates are kind to the
man who hangs on to life with both
hands. He who lets go, will go. Death
is slow only to tackle the tenacious.
Ponce de Leon searched in the wrong
place for the fountain of youth 1t is
in oneself. One must keep oneself
young inside. SO that while 1.-THE outer
man peTisheth the inner man is re-
newed day by day" When the human
is no longer an active interest in the
affairs of this life, when the human
stops reading and thinking and doing
the man, like a blasted tree. begins to
die at the top. 1t is the spiritual part
that keeps men alive. Let one give
himself over to the lowest forces of his
nature and he will soon die of animal
ism. Many man is dead on his feet
and is only walking about to save
funeral expenses. He has educated his
children, accumulated competence,
accomplished his ideal and he retires
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-09

Telegraph Editor..Here's a dispatch
from an observatory, saying that Blink
er's telescope comet has changed it's
course.
Able Editor DAILY Bustle)-Didn't
we print an item a few years ago saying
that if Binker's comet did not change
it's course it would hit something?
II believe So"
Good! Tell Spreader to get up full
page illustrated article showing the in
tluence of the Daily Bustle in celestial
affairs"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-09

Britannia not only rules the sea, but
within certain limits commands the
air and all it's waves. A new British
postal regulation forbids the use of the
air for wireless telegraphy except By
license from the postmaster general.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-09

If some of the people in this country
and other countries who are trying to
master the new universal language
would give their time and energy to
learning English they would acquire a
linguistic asset that is worth talking
about. Even in this busy age there are
men and women who have plenty of
time for almost everything, except
what they ought to do.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-09

The report that surgical operation
was necessary to compel Russell Sage
to pay out $3.50 to settle a lawsuit is
iIl-founded. 1t was merely case CT
paying $3.50 or $4,000.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-09

Joaquin Miller, the poet, has become
wealthy through the discovery of oil
on land that he owned in Texas. II
will surprise some people to hear that
a poet can make money even in oil.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-09

Mrs. Pat Campbell was shocked and
grieved at the attention which she at
tracted when she went shopping in a
low-necked gown. It was for the very
purpose of avoiding such attention, Of
course, that she selected that gown to
shOn in
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-09

Is 1t not marvellous how a nations
view as to what is contraband of war
always happens to coincide with its
own interests?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-09

BY this time, probably, Gen. Ger
bin has learned from the commander
in-chief of the army that it is not tie
policy Of this administration to dis
courage marriages.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-09

from his labors in order to linger and
die. Death readily accepts the invita-
ton. Slowly the world is learning the
secret of longevity. And the average
Of the years Of human life is being
raised no less by mind habit than by
improved conditions. You are as old
as you think you are. Keep the har-
ness ON. Your job is not done.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-09

George Meredith expected his re-
marks on the marriage question to
"stir up a devil Of a row." But any
fool could have guessed that.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-09


whose direction operations Arthur
the admiration bridge his
the
decorated of the Rising admiral
and they enhusastsic afaby tall
behind Shimamura
discipline Admiral martinez
his
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-09
A Frank Tribute.

"She is beautiful" said the studous
girl, but she is not accomplished
"My dear" answered Miss Cayenne,
there is no accomplishment more diff
cult than being beautiful" Washing
ton Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-09

women smoke? Why not?" asks
correspondent of the New York
Times Because it might give them
the tobacco heart.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-09

Large expenditures are being made
by the Canadian Pacific at Banff, ac-
cording to report, to develop the an
thracite coal fields discovered at that
point.