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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-19
New Roadmaking Scheme.

1t may be said without exaggeration
that the prosperity Of the country is
intimately associated with the prob
lem Of good roads, says the American
Inventor, and each year more atten-
ton is being paid to the scientific con-
struction Of roadbeds.
There are two prime factors to be
considered in planning roads-the ne
cessity Of providing a secure footing
for draft animals and the equal ne
cessity Of providing a smooth surface
for the wheels Of wagons. These two
requirements call for Numerically
opposite qualities, and yet in a perfect
road both of these qualities should be
present. Until lately the problem Of
road building has been considered with
relation only to one or the other attri-
butte, and either the road has been too
smooth for the horse or too rough or
muddy for wagon wheels.
Within the past few years a solu-
ton Of these problems has been at
tempted by the use Of fat steel track
ways, flush with the road surface, but
these have the disadvantage that when
the road has been worn even slightly
lower than the trackways it is diff
cult for the wheels to mount thereon;
they are sheered along the edge Of the
track and tend thereby to cut out ruts
in the road, which rapidly increase in
depth and size.
The late David N. Long, Of Waynes-
boro, Pa, has devised and patented
a system Of road tracks which COM
bines the advantages Of the steel tracks
while apparently obviating the objec-
ton noted above. This system contem-
plates using a line of smooth-faced
paving blocks for the wheel track, and
essentially in setting these blocks di-
agonally the exterior and interior
edges Of each block will be presented
practically square to the face Of a
wagon tire as it moves to mount upon
the track. This diagonal setting of
the blocks forms series of
outer and inner projecting corners
which readily engage with wheel.
There are other minor features of con-
struction, but it is this diagonal set
ting of the bricks which seems to us
to be of the most Importance.
This invention illustrates the great
value that a comparatively small
change may have in rendering an idea
Of practical utility. 1t is also a sug-
gestion to inventors that their field of
work is not limited to purely mechan-
ical devices.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-19

Russell Sage has documents to prove
that no one chloroformed him at the
age Of sixty.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-19

When is a beef trust not beef
trust7 When? Why, right now.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-19
Helms a Lot

HE couldn't see the point Of my
best joke"
"You should have thrown in a CT
gar"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-19

A man can stand anything better
than temptation.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-19

Too much money or too little doesn't
beget happiness, so try just enough
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-19
Then It's to Weep.

Then It's to Weep.
When is joke not a joker"
"When it is a frost"
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-23

seen anything since but a base
imitation? The hot buiscuits.
the corn grits, mullins, red fish,
oysters, every vegetable before
seeds had sprouted in Columbus
gardens the abundance and
cleanliness of everything. And
the queenly grace, gentle sweet
We C m e Of beautiful Mrs.
Chidsey. Alas, how different
now. Modern civilization has
blotted out De Witt 5, {" and the
old stuff, and he, The Prince
of Artesia is Postmaster there,
but a mighty busy man at train
time. The community Of in
terest" idea has put the Mobile
and Ohio within the control of
The Northern Railroad Compa-
ny and Piedmont Morgan in New
York says what service it shall
give its patrons.
Perforce Bob Mitchell is doing
hotel business in his little cot
tage home. He began by shell
teriug friends, and now he is
crowded night and day -especi-
ally just before day, by the hap
less traveller who was not told -
when buying his railroad ticket
that the Mobile & Ohio Railroad
did not connect with itself at Ar
tesla.
1t has simply been awful get
ting into Columbu this winter
via. the Mobile & Ohio. You ar
rive at Artesia at midnight or
o'clock a. m: weather intensely
cold. or raining. a little passen-
/ ger station, waiting room wait
ing room is good, you certainly
hXaiD ten feet square, Mitchell's
block and a half away over a
narrow plank walk, al way 5
CREASED with prairie mud, Slick
as ice. Once there it is ali right,
the rooms are neat and clean,
cooking splendid. welcome cor
6ial. He would build a hotel
but he knows people ought not
to be detained there, and he
won t take the chance.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-23
NOT A PATENT MEDICINE.
HYomei. the Guaranteed Catarrrah
Cure, Prescribed BY Physicians.

No one should cOnfound Hy-
Omei with the patent medicines
that are advertised to ur e
catarrh. 1t is as far superior
to them all as the diamond is
more valuable than cheap glass.
Their composition is secret, but
Hyomei gives its formula to all
reputable physicians.
It's base is the valuable eucal-
yptus oil, famous for its antisep
tic qualities. This is com bined
with aromatic and healing gums
and balsams, making a pure
liquid, which when used in the
Hyomei pocket inhaler, fills the
air you breathe with germ kill
ing, disease destroying and heal
ing powers that kills all catarrh-
al germs there may be in the
throat, nose and lungs.
How foolish it is to try and
cure catarrh by swallowing tab
lets or liquids. The only natur-
al way to cure this disease and
all other diseases of the respira-
tory organs is to breathe Hy-
Omei.
This treatment has been SO
successful, curing 80 per cent.
of all who have used it, that Hy-
omei is now sold by Mayo &
Weaver under an absolute guar
antee to refund the money if it
does not cure. You run no risk
whatever in buying Hyomei. II
it did not possess unusual powers
to cure, it could not be sold upon
this plan.
The complete Hyomei outfit
costs S1.O0 and comprises an in
haler, a bottle of Hyomei and q
dropper. The inhaler will last q
lifetime; and additional bottles OF
Hyomei can be obtained for sc
cents
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-23

a refinery and straightway the
legislature provided for one BIT
the trust still had the situation
through its pipe lines Then the
Kansas legislator, as Jack
Reeves would call it, decided to
make ali pipe lines common car.
riers and straightway the bill
was made a law Thus the trust
has lost two of it's powerful lev
ers by which it has forced the
situation in this State. 1t would
not be surprising for Kansas to
go a step further and declare all
private car lines common carriers
thus giving the home oil produc-
er a Whack at the great car priv
ilege. True there might be some
fine points of law in such a
course but then Kansas does not
stop in a little matter of this kind
when they want to jump on and
stamp the life out of a trust
which is depressing the people.
Who knows but that the exam
pie set by Kansas may result in
throttling the oil trust after all,
Even in Ohio already the senti-
ment for declaring pipe lines
common carriers and building
State refneries is rapidly grow
ing and it is said that it will be
done. Now if Congress will just
back up the good work by giving
to the country a law which will
prevent railroad rebates and adj
vantages, which will insure tC
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-23
The N. & 0. Schedule.

Mr.. EDITOR:-YOur editorial
yesterday on the railroad SEIZED
ule situation. has been most ia
voraoly commented on. Indeed,
1t has met universal approval. 1t
sounded like the voice of a
Journal of Commerce round
ing out the resolutions of a
Board Of Trade voicing the
sentiments of an over patient,
long suffering community.
Do you know that Columbus
and LOwndes county contributed
something like over $500, 100000
to the construction of the Mobile
and Ohio, back in the fifties,
when one dollar was worth more
than two now, which nearly paid
for the road hence to Artesia
Artesia. Artesia!" What res
ident of Columbus is not filed
with memories of Artesia? Not
long since a frequent visitor to
Columbus met the writer there
both on long wait for a train .
Having met there so often under
like conditions. he asked; Do
YOU live in Artesia? No, Co
lumbus is my home, but 1 spend
much of my time here.
In the old days W h e n
@'Chidsey" catered and De
Witt mixed EN-, a wait at Ar
tesla was not so bad a short
walk over the wide, smooth
plank e d way to De Wits,
What will you have, gentle
men : F" I'll take a little OF that
old So The same for me,
back to sit Gu the west side OF
Chidsey 5 under the shade of the
restless cotton woods, and be
famed with the cool, never ceas-
ing breezes Of the Prairie Seas.
Soon to De Wits again and
George, let US have another Of
that same old stuff. All right
boys. but this one with me.
Then to Chidsey's table Dc
you know he invented corn bee
hash, and that you have never
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-23

It's a wonder no com plant
has been made to the United
States Postal Department about
mail lying there from midnight
or 4 o'clock a. m, to II o'clock a.
m. Wonder some one has not
taken crack at the Express
Company. Indeed, its a fair
speculation to take a crack at the
Railroad Conn any itself, where
one has been influenced by the
flaming ads Of the Company in
New Orleans to buy one of its
tickets to Columbus, and at 4
o'clock in tie morning be dump
cd out is the cold and mud at
Artesia to wait until II O'Clock
for a train to Colum bus. This
ticket allows no stOp-over but
is for a continuous passage" L
such a contract binds the pas
senger. the courts might say II
binds the railroad. A Columbus
jury would.
Keep it up. Mr.. Editor, you
are doing good work for
"COLUMBUS. -
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-23

The Memphis Scimitar says
the farmers Of Lowndes county
are taking little interest in the
movement to reduce acreage and
the Meridian Star wants to know
how about it. 1t is true. The
Lowndes county farmers are pre-
pairing their food crops first and
will then devote every available
acre to cotton. The only differ
ence between them and the rest
Of the farmers is that they are
not bowling that they are reduc-
ing their acreage.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-23
Are You Going to Be Married Soon?

We
We have o
N
ten fiteenp erCent.o
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-23
THE FIGHT IN KANSAS.

Following the exposure Of the
methods employed by the Stand
ard Oil Co. in their operations
over the country, the fight on in
Kansas between this com pany
and the people is just now at
tracing widespread attention.
Kansas hasa way of doing things
all her Own and it would not be
surprising after all if the people
of this great State would give the
trust very serious and severe
jolt.
The Kansas oil fields were de
veloped by the people, the trust
furnishing all of the facilities for
marketing the product such as
pipe lines, tank cars, refineries.
etc. A good liberal price was
paid for the crude product
until h field was fully
developed. The trust com
menced to shave the price and
the market value Of crude oil felI
so low that the average Kansas
found it almost Improbable t
pump oil The valuable oil field
of this section would soon have
+ been gobhled up had not Kansas
statesman come TO the rescue
| He said that the State must owl
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-23

the people the same advantages
enjoyed by the corporations, a
long stride towards a solu ion of
one of the problem of the coun-
try will have been made.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-23

1t is said that John w. Gates,
who has been shaking the wheat
pit for millions, is anxious to be-
come the king of bulls on cotton.
Come on, Mr.. Gates. the farmers
are wiling.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-23
Polsons in Food.

Perhaps You don t realize that many
pain poisons originate in your food,
but some day you may feel a twiuge of
dyspepsia that will convince Won. DR..
Kings New Life Pills are guaranteed
to cure all sickness due to pOisOus of
undigested foOd-Or money back. 25e
at Chapman x Mayfeld S drug store.
Try them
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-23

The editorial in Sunday 5 DIS
PATCH, calling attention to the
bad schedules on the NJ. 81 O., has
attracted attention and has re-
ceived the appreciation of the peo-
r. generally. One prominent
citizen rushes into print over the
situation, commencing the ar
ticle and urging US to keep it up.
THE DISPATCH is going to keep
it up. We are printing hundreds
of petitions to be distributed over
this city and county asking sig
natures; to be given to the trav-
cling men to be signed and when
all of these are collected we shall
ask that the board of trade or
business league or progressive
union send a committee straight
TO Ed Russell with the matter. II
he dilly dallies then we must &C
| the railroad commission.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-23

THE DISPATCH is glad to learn
that Mr. 2. Geraud, who has
been confined to his bed by la
grippe for the past ten days, is
cOnvaleScent.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-23

Mr.. L. L. Goodrich, cotton
buyer, had the misfortune to
shoot himself in the foot last
Saturday evening while out hunt
ing A slip on the ice was the
cause Of the accident, the shot
from a % calibre rifle, crushing
the bone just bove the big toe.
He has been confined to his room
all the week, but expects TO be
out in day or two. Macon
Herald.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-23
Greatly in Demand

Nothing is more in demand than q
medicine which meets modern require
ments for blood and system cleanser
such as DR. Kings New Life Pills.
They are just what you need To cure
stomach and liver troubles. Try
them. At Chapman * Maytield 'sdrug
store, Poe guaranteed
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-23
Fraud Exposed.

A few counterfeiters have lately been
making and trying to sell limitations OF
DIR. King S New Discovery for Con
sumption. Coughs and Colds. and
other medicines. thereby defrauding
the public. This is TO warn you to be-
ware of such people, who seek toproft
through stealing Interpolation ofreme-
dies which have been. successfully cur
ing disease, for over % years. A sure
protection, to you. is our name on the
wrapper. Look for it, on all DIR.
Kings, or Bucklen 5 remedies. as al
others are mere limitations Fl.
Bucklin & Co. Chicago, H., and
Windsor, Canada.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-06-23
VETERANS WHO WORE GRAY
They Reflect Their Old Officers at
Louisville.
Battle Abbey and Davis Monuments
Assured--Next Convention at
New Orleans.

Louisville, KY, June 1.-THE United
Confederate Veterans reelected their
old officers as follows:
Commandments Lieut.-Gen. Ste
phen d. Lee, Mississippi; commander
transmississippi department, Lieut.
Gen. w. L. Cabell, Texas; commander
Army Of Tennessee department, Lieut.
Gen. Clement A. Evans, Georgia; COM
mander Army of Northern Virginia de-
partment, G. Irvine Walker, North
Carolina.
New Orleans had slight difficulty in
securing the convention for 1905.
At noon, the business of the conven-
ton, which began at $50 a. m, was
suspended, and an hour was devoted to
the customary memorial services in
honor Of the distinguished dead of the
year.
The annual address to the veterans
was delivered by Capt. N. E. Harris, of
Macon, Ga.
During the progress of the business
Of the day it was discovered that the
name Of federal officer, Col. S. G..
Russell, of Indian territory, was on the
committee on resolutions. Col. Rus
sell did not attend the convention, and
on the protest of Texas member of
the committee, Gen. Lee substituted
the name of j. j. Kendall, of Indian
territory.
Fraternal greetings were read from
| the state encampment of G. A. R. of
Indiana, in session at Madison. The
greetings were only moderately
cheered, and one delegate on the plat
form, with the remark that there sis
getting to be too much of this frater-
nalizing," took his hat and departed.
The history committee reported graf
flying progress in the matter of secur-
ing accurate histories for the use of the
southern schools.
The Battle Abbey is now assured It
will be built in Richmond.
The report of the Davis Monument
association says that $4,000 is now
in bank drawing interest, and the
monument to the dead chieftain is
therefore assured.
South Cardinals sponsor, Miss Eliza
beth Lumpkin, was given an ovation
by the old men in gray at the conclu-
sion of G. remarkable address Of greet
ing. The spectacular feature of the
reunion, the parade Of the remnants of
the souths once great army, took place
Friday.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-06-23
COMMERCIAL CONDITIONS.
With Warmer Weather Distributive
Trade and Crop Developments
Are Improving.

New York, June 17.-Bradstreet's
weekly review says:
Distributive trade and crop develop.
ments, while still on an irregular
character, hold and have perhaps add
ed to the improvement manifested last
week, for which warmer weather is re-
sponsible. Sales of summer goods are
more active and business for fall de-
livery appears well from all sections
save Texas, where impaired wheat CROP
returns have deterrent effect. Conf
dence in the future still continues. Elk.
port trade is good, railway earnings
are large, building is active and steel
mills engaged on the heavier forms Of
finished material will not close dowI
this summer. The labor situation
though disturbed here and there, is OIL
the whole pleasant one. Crop pros,
poets in general continue favorable, al
though corn conditions are spotted ant
the plant is very much behind.
Prices Of al products still seem tc
favor the agricultural interests.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-06-23
RECENT INVENTIONS.

A new and ingenious pocket cali
culator, automatic In its action, has
been designed by German inventor.
The device comprises a small case
about six inches in length made of
steel and aluminium. There is key
board Of nine figures corresponding to
the numerals, and it is additionally
provided with small spring for the
supply of the tens and hundreds.
There is also a small dial, and by
pressing the requisite keys the total
amount is recorded upon the dial.
The latest improvement in the way
of screwdriver provides for mon
key-wrench attachment for use when
powerful pressure must be brought to
bear where it is desired to remove
screws which have become securely
imbedded in their places by means of
rust or other reasons. This new i'm
plement is made with a square shank
of rather stout proportions and this
enables the workman to make use of
q monkey-wrench in conjunction with
the screwdriver, and thus the most
firmly imbedded screw may be easily
dislodged.
Richard Strut, son of Lord Ray
leigh, has invented a clock which, he
says, will run for 1000 years. The
motive power is a small piece of gold
leaf, which is electrified by means OF
very small quantity of radium salt.
The gold leaf bends away from the
metal substance and keeps moving
under this influence until 1t touches
the side of the containing vessel At
the moment of contact it loses its cleo
trical charge and then springs back
and is again electrified and the process
is repeated. 1t is thought that thor
| oughly reliable clock could be made
with the use of radium salt for $1,000.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-06-23
French AND
German RELATIONS
The Moroccan Question Is Attract
Ing the Attention Of tho
Entire World.
ENGLAND IN SYMPATHY With
FRANCE IN THE MATTER
Has COunseIed France, While Avoid
ing All Provocation, to Preserve
q Firm Attitude in the Face of
German AggressioE--The Chinese
Squadron Hurrying Home.

Paris, June 1.-THE strained rela-
tons between France and Germany
over Morocco continue to give rise to
serious apprehension, but, while open
ly admitting that there are real Difficult
ties involved, the officials protest
against this being made the basis Of
exaggerated reports. Such reports have
been circulated for several days past
by small and uninfluential section of
the press, notably by the Patrie and
the Presse One report that Germany
had submitted an ultimatum brought
out formal denial from the foreign
Office.
Another report in the Patrie is that
Germany has demanded that France
and Great Britain complete guarantee
that the Anglo-French entente is not in
the nature of an armed alliance
against Germany. The Presse asserts
that M. Delcasse, when foreign min
lister, signed a secret offensive and de-
fensive alliance with Great Britain.
These reports are dismissed in au-
thoritative quarters as fanciful en-
largements of the situation, and an edi-
torial in the semi-official Temps gives
warning against what it terms "nerv-
GUS paroxysms."
At the same time the diplomatic
strain between France and Germany
is undeniably serious.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-06-23
young and Brainy."

The following advertisement, which
appeared in an English newspaper
fortnight ago, is suggestive: Wanted
-Editorreporter for old established
weekly experienced in public affairs,
and must be between 40 and 60. Young
ald 'brainy applicants need not ap-
ply" The idea that young and
"brainy" applicants are the only ap-
plicants worth having began to take
root in the late sixties, says me Provi-
dence Journal. In the First Read
er, grammar school grade, a bright
boy sought work at the Office of a
princely merchant who was doing his
own work The lad met with no en-
couragement, but on his way to the
street he stopped, picked up pin and
fnserted it in the lapel of his jacket.
The merchant, pleased with the youths
alertness and economical turn of mind,
called him back and offered him $500
week, which was accepted The news
OF this incident spread, and the next
hoy overdid it. He sowed the Office
floor with paper of pins, picked up
three of them, and was. thrown out
by the porter. However, the theory
has since obtained that there is very
little room in the world for men who
are too old and corpulent to stoop and
rescue lost pins, and it is refreshing
to learn that experience is still worth
something, at least in some quarters.
Young and "brainy" persons undoubt-
eddy know great deal more than their
elders, hut so much of it isn't worth
knowing that there is no sense il as
Stunning that the latter cannot hold
their own in most OF the walks Of
life.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-06-23
MISSOURI MAXIMUM
Freight rate Law
Judge Mcpherson, of U. S. Distric
Court, Issues Temporary
Injunction.
Restraints STATE OFFICIALS
FROM ENFORCING The Law
Done ut the Request OF Eighteen
Railroads Doing Business In the
State, On Ground That the Rates
Are PrOhibitive and Would
Amount to Confiscation.

Kansas City, Mo-, June 19.-Judge
Smith Mcpherson, in the United
States district court here, has issued a
temporary injunction restraining the
state railroad and warehouse commits
sioners of Missouri and the attorney
general of the state from enforcing
the maximum freight-rate law. Three
Kansas City shippers are also re-
strained from claiming penalties under
the law.
The injunction was granted at the
request of 18 railroads doing business
in Missouri, who brought suit against
he state officials on the ground that
the rates provided in the new law are
prohibitive, and would amount to the
confscation of their property
The suit against the three Kansas
Jity shippers is intended to cover all
shippers in the state as class, and the
order of the court against them will
prevent them from bringing action
against the railroads under the law.
The court order is made returnable
June &c, when the railroads will seek
to have it made permanent. At that
time District Judge John F. Phillips
will hear the case with Judge McPher-
son.