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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05

Greatest Things Are the Simplest.
The trouble with us is that we look
too high and too far away for our
chances. We forget that the greatest
things are the simplest In hunting for
roses, we trample the daisies under our
feet. We are blind to the chances and
blessings near us because we are look
ing so far away for them. Every.
thing depends upon the power of the
mind to see opportunities. 1t is the
eye that can see the chance, the pluck
and determination to lay hold of it and
wiring from it every possibility that we
lack, rather than the chance ito make
od."-Success Magazine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05
OutWittif7s a Father.
OS~

YNf77 AIRY Ellen Hosmer! Marry
IM a perfect beggar! Why, Her
bert de Lisle. are you fool,
Or crazy, or what that you dare to
halk to me about that girl"
And old Ralph de Lisle brought his
DAnched fist down on the table beside
which he was sitting with an ener-
Eettc movement quite unusual to him,
while his low brow contracted, and
his spare. bloodless face grew purple
with rage.
Herbert de Lisle, his son, stood
proudly erect before him, not muscle
Df his noble, handsome face moving,
az he witnessed his fathers wrath.
Then you will not consent?" said
he, calmly.
Never" and the old, white-haired
father fairly roared the word. Have
4 tOiled and economical all these years
TO see my money thrown away on a
pauper7 We shall see about that, sir.
always said you had not particle
pf the De Lisle pride. You are Ran
dali all over. There's your mother,
now. I've no doubt she would rejoice
10 see you tied for life to that girl l
considered my promise to her dying
father fulfilled when 1 brought her
home to feed and clothe her, and it
was no plan Of mine that she should
be educated and taught to fill daugh-
ter's place in the family, where, by
rights, she should have been only a
mental. Still, did not object as I
should, and now the ungrateful mink
wants to step in as the future Mistress
De Lisle, does she? Away from me-!
and remember that Isabel Denver IS
the woman you are to marry; and
mind, too, that you have nothing more
10 say to that baby-faced creature Of
my bounty"
Herbert moved toward the door In
gcornful silence, which but aggravated
the old man the more.
Springing to his feet, he exclaimed,
wehemently:
II shall watch you, sir. There must
be no more billing and cooling, l can
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05

tell you that. If you but so much as
speak again to that girl, will cut you
Off with a dollarv'
For moment an angry tide swept
across the face of the younger De
Lisle. When it passed, his face was a
trife paler than before, and his lips
were slightly compressed, but there
was hooking CLEAN Of mischief in
Ills eyes as he answered.:
Father, shall marry Ellen yet, and
with your full permission"
The old man was more than ever en-
ragged, and his voice sounded hollow
and sepulchral, and every word he ut
tered was cut off with a pugilistic GEES
ture of his clinched fist.
when I give my consent to your
marriage with Ellen Hosmer l shall
be either an idiot or lunatic, and
she shall be at once installed mistress
of De Lisle Hail."
Ralph De Lisle was not to be hood
winked by any pretty devices Of the
young man or his mother. He follow
ed Herbert about the house like his
shadow. Mrs. De Lisle was vexed; her
son was angry.
"As old as l am" he muttered-
"nearly thirty-to be followed about
like a baby that's in danger of tum-
bling into the fire."
Ellen grew morbidly sensitive under
this constant espionage, and would run
away whenever she saw Herbert ap-
preaching.
If Mrs. De Lisle took Ellen under
her wing for a walk, and glanced cas-
ually on departing at her son, the old
man understood perfectly we'll that the
glance meant something" and Her
bert was kept as closely under his eye
as a cat ever kept the prey she had
doomed for her dinner.
But after q time Mrs. De Isle de
sisted from her strategic maneuvers
Herbert gave up all attempts to con
verse privately with Ellen, and be
gan absenting himself from the house
Tor whole days at time.
Not long after this, Ralph de Lisle'
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05
Migratory Sheep of Spain.

There are about 100000 migratory
sheep in Spain which each year travel
as much as 200 miles from the plains
to the mountains. They are known
as transhumantes and their march,
resting-places and behavior are gov
erned by special regulations, dating
from the fourteenth century. At Ger.
tain times no one may travel the same
route as the sheep, which have the
right to Craze on all open and common
land on the way. For this purpose
a road ninety yards wide must be left
on all inclosed and private property
The shepherds lead their f1ocks, which
follow after and around. The f1ocks
are accompanied by provision mules
and by large dogs to guard agains
wolves. The merino sheep travel 4O(
miles to the mountains, and the tota
time spent on the migration there and
back Is fourteen weeks.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05
Farmer the Real Capitalist.

There is just so much land to be
had, and all the time the population
Of the United States and Of the world
Is increasing. AS the great bulk of
the land is in the hand Of the farm
ers, it looks as If the future belonged
to them. If he keeps on taxing the de-
post facilities Of the banks as he has
in recent years he will soon be the
greatest capitalistic power in the coun-
try. Even down in old Mississippi the
bank depositors have increased 300
per cent in the last eight years and
other agricultural States do better
than the average Of the increase for
the whole nation.
This rise of the farmer Is worth
thinking about when you have made
up your mind that things are going
from bad to worse in this republic
American Farmer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05

"but If Mrs. De Lisle and Ellen can
stand 1t, I'm sure I can. But he don't
go to the table with that thing on his
head, IL have to knock it off with my
cane. I'll teach the ignoramus a little
decorum." :.
The words were pronounced which
made Ellen Mrs. Somebody-old Ralph
neither knew nor cared what her new
name might be as long as she was we'll
out Of the way Of his son.
AS the little company were about
being led to the dining room to par
take Of the wedding dinner, Ralph
stepped up to the groom and said, as
politely as his rising choler would let
him:
"You will oblige me, sir, and bestow
trife more respect on your bride and
the company present, If you remove
your hat"
Certainly, sir. What forgetful
fellow I am, and what a boor they
must all think me-" returned the new
made husband, in tone which startled
Ralph strangely.
In trice the great, unsightly hat
was off, and the beard which had COM
pletely concealed the lower part Of tho
quondam sailors face was gone, and
Ralph de Lisle looked into the provok-
ingly calm face of his son. Before the
old man, in his amaZement and cha
= =
taken him by the arm and drawn him
aside.
Nov, father" said he, with comical
gravity, don't say word that will
make it unpleasant for my wife in her
new capacity as my wife. You know
married her with your consent, and
besides you know, that riches should
never be weighed against the heart and
its affections.
Ralph de Lisle came near choking
at first with rage and disappointment,
and we are very sure that the quantity
Of good things provided for the we'd
ding feast was not much diminished
or their quality appreciated by tho
gloomy visaged head Of the house."
but he followed his sons advice, and
said nothing, and soon learned to listen
to his wife's oft-repeated rehearsal OF
the old adage, what can't be cured
must be endured" with something like
acquiescence in the DEGREES Of Hymen.
In short time he became more than
reconciled to his sons choice, and when
he heard Of the marriage Of Isabel
Denver, he went so far as to say that
he actually felt sorry for her husband,
as Isabel was such a Tartar, and in
no way comparable to Ellen, his sons
wife.-New York Weekly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05
SNAKE DANG: DANGEROUS.
Indians with Ratt1ers in Their Hands
Are Often Bitten.

Indians with Rattlers in Their Hands
Are Often Bitten.
The snake dance, participated in by
the MOquis, an Indian tribe west Of
the Navajo reservation, is perhaps the
most dangerous ceremony still practic-
ed on American soil, says the Detroit
News-Tribune, and no edict has as yet
been issued against it. Usually the
ceremony begins at sunrise with foot
race Of the snake priests over course
four miles long. Prior to the race hun
dreds Of rattlesnakes are corralled by
the MOQuis every season in preparation
for the dance. One of the priests
stands at the end Of the course during
the race, holding crook in his right
hand, and in his left an earthen tray.
AS the runners pass him they touch
the crook with the palm of one hand
and pass on to what is known as the
kiva.
There is much silent smoking and
mysterious passing backward and for
ward between the priests and cele-
brants. Following comes the cere-
mony Of the washing Of the snakes
the more venomous the better. During
the afternoon the snake chief brings
into the kiva a large earthen vessel
for bathing the snakes. Taking some
common brown sand, the chief makes
a mound near the fireplace, while the
reptiles are placed in a tray Of meal
taken from the altar.
All the participants have meanwhile
rubbed themselves with an iron oxide
mixed with saliva. A red feather pro-
trudes from the hair of each individual
and no word above whisper is spoken
in the solemn conclave. Into the bowl
Is poured a liquid and with much ado
it is placed upon the mound. The Off
cial pipe-lighter then lights a pipe and
hands it to the chief Of the priests, who
puffs mOuthful of smoke upon the
liquid. Filing by in slow procession,
each priest does the same. Then the
meal is scattered on top Of the liquid,
over which a ceremonious incarnation
is performed.
With this everything is in readiness
for the baptizing or washing of the
snakes. Two rattlers are generally
handed to each of the six priests, who
are ranged around the bowl Then the
other priests begin slight movement
accompanied by warning chorus Of
rattles from the reused reptiles. This
Is followed by sort of humming Of
all present, the priests holding the
snakes keeping time, using the snakes
as batons.
The reptiles are firmly held six or
eight inches from the head, while they
coil their bodies around the arms of
their captors. The humming of the red
men gradually changes to a chant,
from a chant to wall, from a wall to
a loud song, growing gradually louder
and wilder, until the singers burst
forth into a pandemonium Of shieks.
Six men were bitten during the last
ceremony-one in the right cheek, and
another on the right arm. Strangely
enough, none Of the bitten men sue
cumbed, for, following the ceremony,
the dancers doff their regalia and drink
amazing quantities Of an antidote
which the tribeswomen have already
prepared.
This is most dangerous festivity,
and there is a movement on foot to
have the ban placed upon it, the same
as has been done with the Ponca sun
dance, which was also dangerously
fanatical ceremony.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05
.SCIAT|C TORTURE
PAIN SUFFERED BY MR.. MARSTON
AS GREAT AS MORTAL GAN STAND.
For Six Months He Could Not Turn In
Bed-He Tells of a Remedy Which
Has Given Perfect Relief

Gor SIX months de Could Not Turn In
Bed-He Tells of Remedy Which
Has Given Perfect Relief.
The case of Mr.. Marston shows that
sciatica can be cured, and no one afflicted
by it should allow himself to be dis
heartened. He was first stricken about q
year ago, and for six months he suffered
pain which he thinks the most intense
that any man could possibly stand.
Asked about the details of his remark
able recovery, Mr.. Marston gave the fol-
lowing account: 81 was attacked by a
numbness or dull feeling just back of my
right hip. I didn't know what the mat
ter was, but thought it was simply a
stiffness that would wear away in
short time. It didn't, however, and
soon the pain became SO very bad that
every step was torture for me. When I
finally succeeded i'll getting home, twas
just as much as could do to reach my
room and get to bed.
"The doctor was sent for, and when he
had examined me he said had sciatica.
He prescribed forme, and advised me not
w w ACnFO lily UCOs 4AO ttUf1C0 WIS
unnecessary for I couldn't get out of
bed if wanted to. It was impossible for
me to turn from one side to the other.
The moment I attempted to move any
part of my body, the pain became so ex-
cruciating that would have to lie per-
fectly motionless.
"I suffered this torture for six months
without getting any relief. Then / dis
charged the doctor, and on the advice of
friend bought a box of DIR. Williams
Pink Pills and began to take them, three
at dose, three times day. was de-
termined to give them thorough trial.
1.-TWO months after I began to use
them I was able to leave my bed and
walk about the house, and month later
was entirely cured and able to go about
my work as usual. think DR.. Williams
Pink Pills are the best medicine I ever
used, and heartily recommend them to
anyone who suffers from sciatica."
Mr.. Marston is prosperous farmer
and may be reached by mail addressed
TO Charles P. Marston, Hampton P. O.,
New Hampshire. DR.. Williams Pink
Pills have cured other painful nervous
disorders, such as neuralgia, partial par
alysis and locomotor ataxia,. They are
sold by all druggists.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05
Most dc adv of PoisOns.

1.-THE most dreadful poisons," said q
chemist, "are only known to a few
men. Mercury methide, for instance,
the inhalation of whose fumes pro-
duces incurable idiocy, can be manu-
featured by two Italians, and by no
one else in the world.
"Dhatoora is poison used in India.
It, too, produces incurable idiocy. A
British army officer told me Of a sad
Casa case of two rival tailors, one
Of whom gave the other small dose
Of dhatoora. The victim Of the drug
remained an idiot all the rest Of his
life. He sat and moved his empty
hands as though he were sewing. He
was a formidable rival no longer.
"Mercaptan produces a melancholy
so great as to terminate nearly al
ways in suicide. No government will
permit the manufacture and sale Of
this poison.
"Dhatoora, mercury methide, mer-
captain and some twenty other poisons
are neither made nor sold in any pub
lie way. They are only experimental
with. Such poisons would be formid-
able weapons in INSCRIPTIONS hands.
Driving their victims to suicide or to
insanity, they leave behind them
nothing suspicious or untoward. The
giver Of these poisons is secure from
any fear Of punishment.
Hence it Is no wonder, is it, that
the learned men who know such poi
sons keep their knowledge to them
selves? If dhatoora, for instance,
were obtainable, think how our opera
singers, our painters, our dressmak.
ers and our money kings might fill the
lunatic asylums with their rivals"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05
SALT RHEUM ON HANDS.

Suffered Agony and Had to Wear Band
ages All the Time-Another Cure by
Cuticura.
Another cure by Cuticura is told Of
by Mrs. Caroline Cable, of Waupaca,
Wis, in the following grateful letter.:
"My husband suffered agony with
salt rheum on his hands, and had
to keep them bandaged all the time.
We tried everything we could get, but
nothing helped him until he used Gu
ticura. One set Of Cuticura Soap;
Ointment, and Pills cured him entirely,
and his hands have been as smooth as
possible ever since. | do hope this
letter will be the means of helping
some other sufferer"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05
DEAR HANDS.

Roughened and worn with ceaseless toll and care
No perfumed grace. no dainty skill, had these;
They earned for whittier hands jeweled case,
And kept their unlovely for their share.
Patient and slow, they had the will to bear
The whole worlds burdens but no power to seize
The flying joys Of life the gifts that please
The gold and gems that others find so fair.
Dear hands, where bridal jewel never shone
Wherein no lovers kiss ever pressed,
Crossed in unwonted quiet the breast
see, through tears your glory newly won,
The golden circlet Of lifes work we'll done,
Set with the shining pearl of perfect rest.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05

Ger Of the Rebeccas,
Of Topeka, Kan, room
10, SIP Kansas ave-
nue.. writes: II used
Doan's Kidney Pills
during the past year,
for kidney trouble and
kindred ailments. I
was suffering from
pains in the back and
headaches, but found
after the use of one
box Of the remedy
that the troubles
gradually disappear
ed, so that before l
had finished a second
package / was well.
I, therefore, heartily
endorse YOUR remedy"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05
Macaroni wheat.

Salzer's strain of this Wheat is the kind
which laughs at droughts and the ele-
ments and positively mocks Black Rust,
that terrible scorch.
It's sure of yielding so bushels of finest
Wheat the sun shines on per acre on good
ILL.,, Ia, Mich, Wis, o., Pa, Mo-, Neb.
lands and 40 to 60 bushels on arid lands.
No rust, no insects, no failure. Catalog
tells all about it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05

You are not expected to know values
Of funeral goods, but if you know that
the National Casket Go. make "The
Best" you should ask the Undertaken
to furnish that kind.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05
A QUICK RECOVERY.

A Prominent Officer of the Rebeccas
Writes to Thank Doan's Kidney Pills
For 1t.
Mrs. G. e. Bumgardner, a local Off
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05

(Signed) MRS G. e. BUMGARDNER.
A FREE TRIAL-Address Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale
by all dealers. Price, so cents.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05

Lewis "Single Binder" straight sc
cigar, made of extra quality tobacco.
You pay 10c for cigars not so good.
Lewis Factory, Peoria, Ill.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05
The Most Valuable Land.

The most valuable building lots in
the world are those at Wall street
and Broadway, New York City, for
which $3.50 a square foot has been
cffered-equal to $19,602,OOO an acre.
The London Statist recently said that
the highest price known in that city
was $500 a square foot Possibly the
fact that thirty stories can be put
upon a lot In New York while the
legal limit is eight in London may
affect price Of land.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05

When you read that anything is sold
on "easy payments" remember there
is only one way to buy on easy pay
meuts." and that Is cash down.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05
|(717UVQNN
JUST SEND 1Oc AND THIS NOTICE

to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse,
Wis, and they will send you free sample
of this Wheat and other farm seeds, to-
gether with their great catalog, worth
$4,000 to any wide-awake farmer. [C. N. VI
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05

Mrs. Vinslow's SOOTHING SYRUP for Chidrsn
teethinz; softens the gums reduces Inflammation, Al
hays pain, cures wind collie. % cents 6ottLs
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-09
BOILERhAKERS STRIKE.
Action of hen Follows DisCharSe of
 Union Fore man.

New Haven. Feb All of the boil ermakors in the local shops of the New Haven road walked out of the shops yesterday noon with their kits under their arms, and were determined that they would not go back to work untii the company had discharged new man that had been put over them as foreman. He is said to be q non-union man and for that reason the boilermak- CTS object to working under his direc- ton.
 There arc about 100 men in this class of the roads repair gang. and they were on strike last spring. This strike was the most costly the road has ever had, for it has not recovered from the damage to it's motive power caused by the men who came here to take the places of the bOilermakers.
 These men insist upon having a union shop and two or three times since the settlement of their trouble last spring when they were out on strike for q couple of months, they have been on the point of. quitting again because some nOn-ll union man was put to work with them. In each in stance the men have had their way in the troubles and the objectionable em ploye was fired. The employment of 8 man who Is said to be opposed to unions was toe much for these men and when they went to work yesterday morning ant found this man on the job they decided to quit and when the whistle blew d noon they went out
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-09
nAcHINE.CUN BATTERY.
Reorganization. with Disbandmsnt
 of Two Sections.

By orders issued Tuesday from the adjutant generals office, two sections of the Machine Gun Battery are dis banded and the personnel of the other two sections is specified. The order is as follows:
 General Orders. No 6.
 In accordance with the decision of the board of organization. the Ma chine Gun Battery, C. \. G., shall con sist of: One captain, two first lieuten- ants. one first sergeant. one quarter master sergeant, four sergeants, eight corporals. one trumpeter, one artificer, two cooks. twenty four pi'ivates; total. .forty-five officers and enlisted men.
 Two guns shall be stationed in Hart ford and two in New Haven. The Third and Fourth sections. located at New London and Bridgeport. respec- lively. are hereby disbanded. First Lieutenant Thomas H. Cone and the enlisted men of said commands are hOnOrably discharged from the mill tary service of the state.
 The assistant quartermaster general is directed to have all property, charged to the commanding officers. Third and Fourth sections, turned in to the state arsenal. with the excep- ton of the two guns. The gun issued to the Fourth section will be shipped to Captain William H. Sears, New Ha- ven. and the gun issued to the Third section will be shipped to First Lieu tenant Henry A. Grimm. Hartford.
 By order of the commander-in-c chief.
 George NJ. Cole. Adiutant General
 Official: Wm F.. +. Landers.
 Assistant Adjutant General.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-09
BROOKLYN BRIEFS.

-Lenora and Gilbert Northey of Seymour street are on tile sick list.
 Charles Northrop of Beacon Falls was visiting friends in this section yes terday.
 Dennis Harrington is able to be around again, after a severe fit of sickness.
 Joseph Peters. 139 Washington avenue, is in Hoosicl Falls, \. Y., at tending the funeral of his mother
 We have what you ask for, we give you what you ask for. and we ask for 1t less price than you will be asked to pay elsewhere. We think there Is no question as to this. Our stock Is absolutely complete, our buying is careful and extensive, and our selling is at prices to please the people ana to bring them again. If you are not a customer of ours. failure to become one is costing you something. A. C. Walker, the druggist, 756 Bank street