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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-02-15
There's pretty girl in an Alpine hat,
A sweeter girl with sailor brim,
But the handsomest girl you'll ever
see, E
Is the sensible girl who uses Rocky
Mountain Tea. j. T. Bennett.
now Did He caet mere i:

Perceiving that the stranger in the
faultless evening attire seemed to be
watching the wearers OF the costly
jewelry, the master of ceremonies at
the charity ball stepped up to him.
Pardon me-" he said, "but you are
one of the detectives we engaged for
the evening, are you not?'
'Me?" said the other. mot at all.
I'm one of the personal property as
SCISSORS. "--Chica go Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-02-15

English SPAWN Liniment removes
all Hard, Soft or Calloused Lumps and
Blemishes from horses, Blood Spavins,
Curbs, Splints, Sweeney, Ring Bone,
Stiles, 'Sprains, all Swollen Threats,
Coughs, etc. Save $50 by use of one
bottle. Warranted the most wonder
full Blemish Cure ever known. Sold by
j. T. Bennett, Lancaster, Wis. 9S-6mo
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-02-15

It makes no difference how many
medicines have failed to cure you, if
you are troubled with headache, con-
stipation, kidney or liver troubles,
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea will
make you we'll. j. T. Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-02-15

Of the patients in the lunatic asy-
lum at Lahore, India. 33 per cent. are
believed to have been habitual hemp
drug takers.
Kyrle Fellew has invented a waist
coat without buttons for evening dress.
which he wears when playing the part
of Rafiies 4
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-02-15

Itch cured in 80 minutes by Wool
ford's Sanitary Lotion. Never fails.
Sold by J. I. Bennett, Lancaster, Wis.
9S-6mo
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08
Came of Initials.

A good game for you to play is this
Distribute paper and pencils among
the boys and girls, one for each, and
tell them to write down at the head of
their sheets Of paper their own in
itials. each one to write down his own
initials only.
Then read aloud the following ques-
lions for them to write down in the
order that you give them.
These questions they must answer
with words beginning with the initials.
After the questions have all been an.
swered, or after time is up" gather
all the papers and read the answers
aloud. Here is an example: One boys
initials were B. 0. P:
What do you like best to eat? Beans.
Otherwise Peas.
What is your worst fault? Boosting
OF Performances.
What is your greatest virtue? Be-
ing Occasionally Pious.
Many other questions may be given
such as What did you dislike most
rs child?" What do you most
read in the future?" What do you
most hope for in the future?' etc.
North American.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08

Such is the method adopted by the
whalebone whale. The sperm whale,
on the contrary. captures huge squids,
weighing often several tons. Like his
brother, the whalebone whale, he must
be constantly on the lookout for food
otnerwlse he would starve. AS many
as Ia seals have been taken from a 80
foot killer" Other fishes of enor-
nous appetites are not uncommon.
The bluefsh, for example, thrives on
sardlnes and other small fish. AS
sumlng that one bluefish eats 10 small
hsh day, it has been figured that it
requires 100000, 900 900 900 sardines
to feed 1.O00.00O.oOo.0 900 bluefish on
inc american coast every summer.
Most curios of all eaters is the HYDRA
"a strange creature that can be turn
ed inside out without impairing it's
appetite or its powers to eat.-Gc;den
Penny.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08
Mute Testimonies.

A little daughter of the tenements
whose mother was done at last witt
the work and worry that had killet
her, was left at fourteen years Of ag
with four younger ones to mother an,
nurse. And. faithful to her trust, sh
scrubbed and washed and cooked an,
mended, until the slender shoulder
bent and the thin face grew white
and almost before anyone noticed mucl
the little broken life lay waiting for re
lease. II haven't been able to do any
thing" she whispered to her favorit
girl friend. who lived just around tn
corner. II couldn't go to school be
cause Of the work. or to Sunday-scho4
because 1t took all father could spa
to keep the others in clothes. Wh9
the minister came to see me, he sail
I'd soon see Jesus, but I'm afraid
haven't done anything good, and
don't know anything to say to Him.
"And you needn't try to say anything
said the other, mot single word |
kissing the pitiful little face. "WheI
you See Him look at you, you just sho1
Him your hands,"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08
Paper Ball Battle.

A new and pretty game is Drawing
Room Blizzard" To enjoy it best go
into the hall, or longest room in the
house. Sometimes the door between
two small rooms may be opened, and
thus give plenty OF space.
Divide the players. Send half to
one end. half to the other.
Fasten two extra wide tapes near
each end for goals. For ball make a
large one of paper, something like
those used for shaving papers. Place
this ball in the middle of the room,
and at q given signal let each player,
previously armed with small fan, try
60 blow the ball over the opposite goal
The number of goals to a game must
he planned beforehand, and each sue
cess is scored to the winning side.
This game makes a wonderful lot of
fun, and soons every old, gray-haircd
nan and woman will be as earnestly
blowing away to get the ball over the
other goal as the children are.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08
Up to Snuff

After the battle of Vittoria. in
which Wellington won a complete vic
tory over the French QS13), the Brit
ish nearly captured Joseph Bonaparte,
the sham king of Spain. They actu-
ally came up with him in his carriage,
but he managed to take to horse and
ride off. But he left behind him all
the pictures and objects of art which
had been stolen from the churches and
palaces of Spain. This proved rare
spoil for the soldiers. Sir George Col
her found one soldier in the act of
picking out with the point of his bayo-
net the enamels of a Louis XIV. gold
snuff box, adorned with enameled par
els representing scenes from the novel
of "Gil Bias" Three of these panels
had already been extracted and could
not be found, but Sir George induced
the man to part with the box in ex-
change for as many guineas as would
cover the lid. 1t was not a bad bar
gain, for when the snuff-box was sold
by auction in London in 1904 it fetch
ed no less than 1850 guineas-prob-
ably something like 100 times as
much as Thomas Atkins received for
il
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08
Horse "Tarred and Stoned"

A van laden with tarred stones
vas passing down Oxford street. Lon
don, the other day, near the Marble
Arch, when an incident occurred which
The shafts suddenly gave way, SO that
the .tarry contents of the van were pre-
cipitated upon the back of the horse
The animal presented a curious spec
tacle, for the stones covered the great
er portion of his body, adhering by
means of the sticky composition. In
the end, all other efforts being of nc
avail, the fantastic creature was led
away to be operated upon. with suit
able chemicals.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08
Resemblance Led to crime.


In the famous case Of Martin
Guerre, the launching on a criminal
course was the result of an extraordi-
nary cnance and a sudden resolve.
martin Guerre was soldier. and was
mortally wounded in a skirmish in the
nortn OF France. Among his comrades
was man remarkably like him, and
with whom Guerre had contracted, a
great friendship. The two used to be
always together and enjoyed the joke
OF their strange resemblance.
Queries double was with him when
ne was dying and Guerre, with his last
breath, begged his comrade to carry
some little trinkets he had to his wife
at nome. The double assented and
proceeded to fulfill his promise faith
fully.
When he arrived at the village on
MS mission he learned that Queries
wife had, during her husbands abb
sence in the war, come into some lit
tie property through the death of a
relation. He began to envy Martin
Queries lot if he had lived. When
the villages saw him they began to
exclaim, Here's Martin Guerre!" BY
the time he arrived at the cottage
door he had decided to act Martins
part, provided the dead mans wife
was deceived by his similarity to her
husband. She was, and the impostor
took Martin Queries place. The wife
only discovered the truth some twelve
months later by the absence from the
impostors arm Of scar which Martin
had borne.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08

Plants at the Cape are often rare
and curious. There is one, stunted
and thorny, which, lighted at the end
when green, burns slowly and steadily
like wax candle. That is why it is
called the candle bush. On the slopes
OF some of the hills grow trees named
euphorbia. They may reach a height
OF forty feet, and stand up stiff and
straight as If made of metal. Their
branches are as severely formal as the
arms of candelabra, and the tree
has, on that account, been likened to
the Jewish candlestick carved on the
famous arch of Titus in Rome, which
pictures have made familiar to every
one. Travellers say that they look
quite uncanny when they ride through
a grove Of them at dusk.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08
Torpedo Owed Into Mud.

A torpedo was fred recently from
the after starboard tube of the flag.
ship Wisconsin of the Asiatic squad
ron. 1t went straight until within 100
yards from the ship, when it dived
and buried itself in the mud. Until
the propellers stopped it created a
black whirlpool where it was burrow-
ing into the bottom. A buoy was
dropped and native divers were dis
pached to the scene. Some hours
later the torpedo was located and re-
turned to the ship. The tail of the
little destroyer was buried six feet
beneath the mud and it was difficult
task for the diver 20 make line fast
tt it.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08

At Gilmerton, near Edinburg, there
is a great deal of sandstone, very soft
and easy to work. In 1920 a black
smith named George Paterson re-
solved to make himself a house in the
rock. and after working for nearly five
years it was finished 1t consisted OF
a smithy, dining room six feet high,
seven feet wide. fourteen and half
feet long, with bench all around,
table, and bed in the wall, drink
ing room Of rather larger size, a kitch-
en- with bed in the wall, cellar and
washing house. All these things were
formed out of the living rock, each
room being lighted from a skylight.
Over the entrance, carved in stone,
ran this inscription: Here is house
and shop hewn in this rock with my
own hand. George Paterson" Then
followed some verses composed by
Alexander Penicuik, Of which two
lines will serve as sample:
On Jacobs pillow nightly lies my head
My house when living and my grave
when dead.
Paterson died in 1885, having dwelt
eleven years in his cave, which be-
came well-known resort of holiday
makers. Even judges used to take
drink in the stone parlor.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08

Oreamtn' Of the Old Days.
lhlnk about the time now when you'li
leave yer city ranch,
All Try 10 De q boy again awadin' in the
Splash" goes the water,
:, An every ripple seems
! prlng you back the sunshine
Ine sweetness of old dreams.
mink about the time now when youu
rest Where shadders creep. :
Do"n py the river. where the BOYS air
divin' deep.
splash goes the water.
= An the river, in its flow.
Is Slngin'-singin' to You
Inc songs Of long ago!
link about the time now-tne sweet
est time of all
wien you listened fer footstep where
the blossoms used to fan!
Find the old. sweet meadows
leave Leave yer city ranch!
All the boys air in the branch!
Atlanta Constitution,
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08
The Liquids Before and After Mixing.

dropped into water it will spread out,
and not be soluble in it at all while
in alcohol it will dissolve and leave
the liquid clear. at
Alcohol has curious trick when
mixed with water. Put some water
into graduated measuring tube. and
after pouring 1t into glass measure
the same quantity Of alcohol. II you
mix the two you will find a shrinkage,
as the two liquids will measure less
together than the sum OF the two
measured separately.
Drop into glass about teaspoon
full Of the raw white of an egg, and
over it pour tablespoonful OF alcohol
You will be amazed, no doubt, to see
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08
just M We Are.

We have read of an artist who saw
the streets Of Rome a beggar so L
terly abject and forlorn that he hire
him to sit for his picture, as a typic
beggar. The next day he came to hiT
quite transformed. He had hired II
clothes of a companion, in which
have his portrait taken. The arti
did not recognize him: and on learniI
that he was the beggar he had hire
he said: no. I hired beggar, an
him just as he was, or not at all
Christ, for different rea son, found
on the very constitution of our natuI|
wants us Just as we are, without al
effort at Transformation, that II
new creation may be Ito the praise
the glory of His grace,
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08

and pulls it away in every direction.
making slight indentation.
Fill glass with alcohol, and get at
q drug store some aniline dye in the
form of powder. Drop ever so little
OF the dye into the glass, and it will
reach down through the alcohol like q
thread of color. This will divide into
two branches. which will again divide
and subdivide, until your glass looks
as if It contained miniature inverted
plant, growing before your eyes.
II you will arrange mirrors to throw
the reflection Of It on the wall, the
shadow thrown will be much enlarged,
but the process is interesting to watch
In either way.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08
Conundrums for the Wise.

what black thing enlightens the
world? Ans-Ink.
Name something with two heads and
one body. Ans.-A barrel
Why is bread like the sun? Ans
Because it rises from the yeast.
LII you were to ride a donkey what
fruit would you resemble? Ans.-A
pair.
Why can't King Edward be buried
in Scotland? Ans.-Because he isn't
dead.
What is the best and cheapest light.
especially for painters? Ans.-Day-
light.
What is that which is heightened by
being cut at both ends? Ans.-A
ditch.
What coat is finished without but.
tons and put on wet? Ans.-A coat of
paint
If Dicks father be Johns son. what
relation is Dick to John? Ans.-His
grandson.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08
Odd Month Of February.

S. C. Hewett OF Rockland, Me-. who
has kept diary faithfully since 1859
has the following entry against Feb
%, 1900: February has been an ode
number. The month has but % days
although the year is the fourth after
leap year; there was no new moon
there was q thunder shower; it has
rained six times and had four stormy
Sundays. The thermometer ranged
from IA below to 46 above zero. Jan
uary and March each had two new
moons"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08
AMATEUR CHEMISTRY.

the white OF the egg cooked, as If by
heat. But you must not try eating it;
that you have cooked it without heat
is enough.
Now prepare basin of water, and
when it is very still drop some alcohol
on the surface. Where it strikes the
water little pit will be formed, like
dimple in the smooth surface. This
is because the fluid on the surface is
heavier and stronger than the alcohol,
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08
The Traveller.

The game Of Traveller can be played
by any number of persons, one of
others are numbered, and each re-
ceives several counters, or bits of pa
per bearing his number The traveller
then asks them, in order, for any III.
formation he chooses about the places
to which he is going. AS soon as he
is given some that is correct, he takes
a counter from whoever gives 1t, and
asks the next player different ques-
ton After specified time or number
Of rounds, the traveller examines the
counters in his possession, and the
player who gave him most information
becomes traveller in his turn.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08

At a service held by the departing
of religion at the Worlds Fair on
Sunday in September Chicago jew
rabbi made this statement; The 81
bath is and has been, the workiI
mans salvation. We may differ on !
manner Of it's observance, bdt its
sential Importance and its Divine nj
sion in the universal scheme Of hil|
cannot be ignored"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08

Alcohol is g very interesting liquid,
and many entertaining experiments
may be made with it, II you try to
dissolve various substances in it, for
example, you will find that those of an
oily or gummy nature, which will not
dissolve at all in water, will not only
dissolve in the alcohol, but actually dis
appear.
Take camphor as an illustration. II
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08
Prank Of an Educated Horse.

The other day there was only one
person present to see Berlin's edu-
Gated horse, Hans, do his tricks.
When Hans was asked how many peo-
pie were present, he let his hind hoofs
fly and kicked the spectator down,
thus replying "one." The unfortunate
was kicked in the face and very bad.
ly hurt
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08
Trick Learned from Butterflies.

TICK Learned from Butterflies.
One Of the bewildering tricks play
ed by the famous jugglers of India is
that of making boy disappear before
the eyes of the spectators One mo-
ment he is in plain view, dancing
around with his bright red or green
garments fiuttering wildly; the next
instant he fades away, and though
there is absolutely no place in which
he could hide, nobody can see him
anywhere
This trick has been borrowed by
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08

The other day three small boys we're
boasting Of the possessions OF their
fathers. One named over some horses,
q store and house which his father
owned. The second said his father
was a state officer. The last Of the
trio, who had just finished reading
Treasure Island" exclaimed. MY
father used to be . piratel"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08

the jugglers from an Indian butterfly
The butterfly has such gorgeous blue
and red wings that 1t is almost daz-
zling, and when 1t fits through the
jungle even the dullest and most care
less eye is attracted instantly by 1T.
Yet the moment it settles ON "a
twig it disappears utterly, and those
who are not aware of it's secret may
search as they will-they cannot find
it.
The secret is that the underside of
those gorgeous wings is not gorgeous
at all, but is the exact color and shape
of withered leaves, SO the moment the
insect folds it's wings it's glowing col
ors vanish, and it looks exactly like
any one of the thousands of leaves.
The trick Of the jugglers is worked
by the same simple means The brill
liant clothing Of the dancing boy has
reverse side that is pure white At
the proper moment the boy f1utters his
garments wildly, reverses them, and
squats close to white wall or against
group of white-clad jugglers.
At the same moment he rubs white
powder over his face, and by this ludi-
crously simple trick he deceives the
sharpest sight
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08
As Thin as Two.

"The sailor who said there was very
little wind, but what there was Of it
was very high, has rival in syntax
down in Virginia." said Mr.. Paul Kes-
ter 1.-THE last time | saw him he told
me OF mutual acquaintance who had
been in poor health and lost flesh
very noticeably.
"'You are thin said he, and / am
thin, but he is as thin as the two OF
us put together New York Herald
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08
Raindrona.

Hainnropo.
knocking against my window pane
Fell the drip drip OF the silver rain
Like tears by an angel wept
when teasing wind came rollicking by
And the raindrops fed with a farewell
sigh
But one in a rosebud crept,
IL lay like gem on her heart of gold,
And hearkened the tales that her lover
Breathed to this blushing flower
Then a sunbeam sped from his home on
high
And carried the raindrop up to the sky
Where he wooed her for one short hour.
Shent-Queen night came creeping down,
In search of a pearl for her jeweled
crown,
And she leaned DER the sunsets bar.
There In sea of amethyst,
She found the tear that the sunbeam
kissed
And fashioned 1T into star,
A gIittering silver star
Agnes Lockhart Hughes. in Recreation.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08
When the Whale Dimes.

The appetite Of a whale is phenom-
cnal. His chief diet consists of jelly
fish. He has simply to open his mouth
and paddle along leisurely in order to
lake in iellyfish By the wagonload.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08
All men ignored in me
This was | worth to God
Whose wheel the pitcher shaped.

1t is to such service, broad, true,
sympathetic, humanitarian, Christian,
that we commit ourselves to-day; it isl
in such service that we expect to find!
our privilege and joy, and from such
service that we hope to demonstrated
the reasOnableness of our united en-
leayOr
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-20

the genuine homeseeker- man who
wishes to carve his fortune with no
other instrument than the plow-the
Grow reservation will make the most
effective appeal. @
A Rich Region.
The Crow reservation is Just over
the northern boundary of Wyoming, In
Montana. 1t is one of the greatest
reservations in the country, and has
long been coveted by the white man.
The Brush-Alliance branch of the Bur-
lington Railroad, connecting with the
Northern Pacific, extends entirely.
through the reservation. There is
southwark branch of the Burlington,
at Toluca, extending to Cody, from
which one can make delightful jour-
ney through the reservation by the
new ''side door route" to Yellowstone
Park. Travellers who journey through
the reservation by trail are astounded
at the fertility of the scene that meets
their eyes. Under the magic touch Of
irrigation, rich farms-dot the landscape
of bare, brown hills. But for the to-
pees that raise their smoke Drowned
tops on either side Of the track, and
the Indians who are seen riding or
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-20
Women Dance for Mouse.

At exactly 9:45 o'clock Thursday
morning little brown mouse stole out
from the main corridor of the Nilsson
ri-Lincoln Trust building at Seventh
and Olive streets and took short con
stitutional of about twenty-five feet
west in Olive, says the st. Louis Post
Dispatch. In the course of that limo
cent jaunt he frightened so many
women that feminine panic ensued
and SO much screaming and scamper
ing about was done that the mouse
started back for the more masculine
calm of the Missouri Lincoln Trust
building.
As he gained the entrance, however
large and formidable looking WON
an espied him, and with wild Shrek
and frenzied grasping Of the skirts
began executing such remarkable
dance on the sill of the big skyscrapel
that the mouse lost his head and sour
ried clear across Olive street.
Arriving at the curb on the south
side, he passed under a carriage from
which two women were alighting and
emerged on the sidewalk simultane
ously with them. At once they gel
up an outcry and circled around on the
pavement In a dismayed minuet such
as has never before been seen in st
Louis. By this time big crowd had
gathered, and the laughter Of men and
boys mingled with the shrieking and
screaming Of women and girls. The
uproar became 20 appalling to the
mouse that finally, reckless of conse
uuences, he precipitated himself
through an open grating into a cellar
and has not been seen since. His un
usual and uncommon experience while
In quest Of little fresh air lasted JUS
i've minutes.