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The Penn's Grove record., 1905-05-19
MURDERS RUSSIAN OFFICER,
Assassin Shoots Colonel of the Gendar-
merle at Mini NoYgorod.

merle at Mini Novgorod.
Mini Novgorod, Russia. Colonel
Greschner, of the gendarmerie, was
shot dead at the door of his home at
midnight as he was returning from the
theatre. The Waterman at G%reschner's
home was also shot and seriously
wounded. The assassin, a man named
Nikiforoff, was captured. He was
armed with a revolver.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-05-19

FITSpermanently cured. Motifs or nervous
n~essafter first days use Of DR.. Kline's Great
NerveRestorer S2trialbottle and treatise free
DR.. r. II. KLINE, Ltd. ,93I Arch St., Phila., Pa.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-05-19

1t is estimated that 800 motor omni-
buses will be running in London a
year hence. N.Y-20. ,
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-05-19

Civil Service Association Dinner.
The annual dinner of the Civil Ser
vice Reform Association was held at
the Hotel Astor in New York CITY.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-05-19

The sheep that has no wool comes from
Barbados.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-05-19

need Hoxsie's Group Cure for Pneumonia.
Diphtheria. Soc. A. P. Hoxsie, Buffalo, N. Y,
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-05-19

Big California Fruit Yield.
The fruit yield in California prom
ises to be heavier this year than in
1904.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-05-19

The Alhambra, in Spain, is in danger Of
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-05-19
QUICK RESULTS.

80 w. J. Hill, of Concord,
IA I n. c., Justice of the
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-05-19

A London electrician has established the
"wireless' in his house.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-05-19
More Strikes in Russia.
Labor World.

General strikes were begun in Sara
toff, Odessa and Liban, Russia.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-05-19

Mrs. Winslow'5 Soothing Syrup for children
teething soften the gums reduces in1amma-
tor. allaYsp pain cures wind collie. 25c. hottie.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-05-19

Increase in Union Pacific Stock.
Union Pacific stockholders voted to
issue an additional 500, 600, 900 of
stock.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-05-19

The British Admiralty has just made its
first dental appointment.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-05-19
COSSACKS WHIP WOMEN
Russian Socialists Plans For May
Day Result in Fiasco.
COUNTRY WAS GENERALLY QUIET

No Blood Shed-Minor Disorders in Ono
or Two Towns - St. Petersburg Au.
thorities Prepared With Elaborate
Precautions Cavalry Patrol tho
Streets and Disperse All Crowds,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-15
Doing Great Work.

Ward, Ark, March 6th.-(Special)
From all over the West reports come
of cures of different forms of Kidney
Disease by Dodd's Kidney Pills and
this place is not without evidence of
the great work the Great American
Kidney Remedy is doing
Among the cured here is Mr.. J. ".
Waggoner, a we'll known citizen, who,
in an interview, says: "Dodd's Kid
ney Pills have done wonders for me.
My kidneys and bladder were badly
out of order. l used many medicines
but got nothing to cure me till tried
Dodd's Kidney Pills. Two boxes Of
them fixed me up so that l have been
well ever since"
"Tell the poor kidney and bladder
diseased people to take Dodd's Kidney
Pills and get WELL"
No case of kidney complaint is too
far gone for Dodd's Kidney Pills to
cure. They are the only remedy that
has ever cured Brights Disease.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-15
Their Steering Gear.

A learned but absent-minded pro-
lessor has q small son who is very
observant and inquisitive, and man.
servant who has fund Of Irish wit
and good humor. One day the small
boy was playing with cat in the
stable while Larry cleaned the har-
ness. Larry" he began, ''why do cats
always land on their feet!" ''They
shteer themselves wild their TAIL"
swell, how do rabbits steer them
selves? They haven't long tails-only
a Stub" vivid their ears. That's
phwat they have their long ears for"
"Well, how does bulldog steer him
self? He hasn't got long ears or a
long TAIL" ovid his bark" The boy
looked doubtful and was silent. Pres
emily he ran into his fathers study,
and in a few minutes came back to
the stable. Larry "Yis?" That's
true what you told me about bulldogs.
[ asked father, and he read something
to mother out Of book about 'barks
that steer against the wind"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-15
SYRIAN DIVERS.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The divers of the Syrian coast use
no apparatus except q heavy stone for
sinker and light line by which they
come up hand over hand. Some time
ago, when the United States cruisers
Brooklyn and San Francisco were an
chored at Beirut for five months, the
Americans had opportunity to witness
the skill and endurance Of the divers.
The cruisers were in sixteen or eigh-
teen fathoms Of water.
One day a midshipman, on duty at
the gangway, raised his sword belt too
high, and the shining blade, slipping
from it's scabbard, went circling to the
bottom of the sea. The water was be-
tween ninety and one hundred feet
deep at the spot. A diver was sent for,
and the spot where the sword went
down was pointed out lie stopped i'll
his little boat, pumped himself full of
air, seized his sinker disappeared in
the blue waters and fetched the sword
almost Immediately.
At another time boat load Of coal
was swamped beside the ship, and
sank to the bottom. Other divers came,
located the coal and the boat, and de
scending time after time in ninety feet
Of water, they placed the coal in bags,
and succeeded in saving both the coal
and the boat Officers on deck timed
these divers again and again, and
found that they frequently remained
under water as long as one minute
and fifty-five seconds.
But the greatest feat was perform
ed by another diver some weeks later.
when the United States collier Alexan-
ORA snapped her cable, and dropped her
anchor and forty fathoms of chain in
twenty fathhoms Of water. A diver
was sent for and rowed out to the
spot. After being directed to where
the anchor and chain lay, he Invested
himself Of his clothing, went through
his pumping process, and disappeared
In over one hundred and ten feet Of
water. One minute elapsed; it seemed
q long time. Then a second minute
was called of, which seemed a much
longer time. But not until two min
utes and fifteen seconds had elapsed
did the poor fellow come crawling up
the rope, greatly exhausted. But he
had found the chain, attached the Crap
pie and rope, and succeeded in recover
ing both anchor and chain at the first
dive. The officers Of the ships could
scarcely believe that any human frame
could stand the pressure of the water
at such depths, much less live through
the excessive variations Of pressure
involved in the descent and ascent Of
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-15

Il tell you. / felt mighty bad about
1t. l met Backbay once or twice and I
was tempted to apologize, but I
couldn't see that it would do any good.
Finally l crossed the street when I
saw him coming. I used to wonder if
he saw me and what he thought Of
me, anyway. 1t isn't a pleasant
thought to know that a man considers
you a deadbeat. 1 didn't see how he
could think me anything else. 1t began
to affect my appetite. l couldn't eat
my meals in peace
i shut off on some little extrava
gances l had-my evening cigar, for
instance. l had smoked one good cigar
after my dinner all my life. The brand
stands me in $40 hundred-10 cents
apiece. It didn't seem to me that a
man who owed $50 was justified in
smoking 10-cent cigars. A dime day
would amount to $3.50 in the course
OF the year. By the way, I got. in $35
once, but hated to turn it in So shy
and there were q lot of little things
pressing and SO it went otherwise.
And so it went for nearly q year.
| managed to rub along and pay ex
penses and keep up my insurance, but
l could never get the $50 ahead. At
last it got to be more than I could
bear. | went to loan shark and mort
gagged everything but my immortal soul
for $500 per cent per annum. And
then I sent Backbay money order for
the amount of the loan with heartfelt
thanks and regret that l hadn't sent
| it before"
The man with the worried look paus-
ed to grOan.
"Well?" said the friend inquiringly.
"Well, he wrote right back. He said
he supposed it was all right if said
so. but he hadn't the faintest recollec-
ton Of having lent me any money
What do you think of at?'-Chicago
Daily News.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-15
Her COntrar;naSs.

When you talk about contrary peo-
pie said Uncle Jerry PEBBLES, sit a.
ways reminds me Of my Aunt Hepzi-
bah. She never had but one song,
and she was forever singing it. 1t
was, I would not live Away and I
reckon I've heard her sing it fifty
times day. Once she was taken sick
with lung fever, and we supposed, Of
course, she'd be crazy to have doc
tor right away. These people that
don't want to live Away usually are.
But she was as good as her singing.
She said she didn't have any conf
dence in doctors, and she was ready
to go, anyway"
"And she died?'' queried one of the
listeners.
NO; she was Just as contrary about
that as anything else. She pulled
through that fever and got well. She's
still singing, I would not live Away
and I'll bet money she'll live to be a
hundred. Chicago Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-15
When Lee Resigned.

In "Recollections and Letters of
General Lee" by his son, Captain r.
Il. Lee, a new light is thrown on the
great commander at the tine of his
resignation from the United States
army. In letter to his sister he saws.
with all my devotion to the Union
and the feeling Of loyalty and duty of
an American citizen, l have not been
able to make up my mind to raise nv
hand against my relatives, my chill.
dren, my home. | have therefore re-
signed my commission in the army.
and, save in defense of my native
State, with the sincere hope that nv
poor services may never be needed. ]
hope may never be called on to draw
my sword. know you will blame me
but you must think as kindly Of me as
you can and believe that | have Ell.
deavored to do what 1 thought right
That he really did not expect to fight
is shown by the following extract from
a letter to his wife: II do not know
what my position will be. | should
like to retire to private life if could
be with you and the children but If ]
can be Of any service to the State OF
her cause must continue"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-15
Aa 4 4

1--WE been in difficulties" said the
man with the worried look to the
friend he could confide in. Had a
good deal Of sickness in the family
about a year ago and got badly up
against 1t for ready cash."
"Why didn't you come to me?" ask
ed the friend.
"You were out Of town." said the
man with the worried look. Besides,
/ hate borrowing, anyway. That's one
thing I can say. I've always kept out
Of debt-until last year. 1t was a
lesson to me, too.
II went to Backbay. You know him,
don't you? We'd never been what you
might call thick, but we always got
on we'll together and knew he had
money and l knew that my rent had
to be paid and one or two other things
So l went to him and l said in an
off-hand way: 'Backbay, let me have
fifty, will your
with pleasure he said and he
pulled out his pocketbook and counted
out $50 in bills right there. 1t was
just as easy as that.
well, l calculated l would be able
to pay him the first of the next month,
when 1 made my collections, but col
lections were pretty light and when ]
figured everything out found that |
couldn't make it. Then it was that |
began to worry.
1T seemed to me that I actually
couldn't make him wait until the next
month. That would be too much Of a
good thing. He had acted decently
with me and the least l could do would
be to be decent with him. lay awake
nights trying to think up some scheme
that would bring me in enough to pay
him. Nothing occurred to me, though,
and so the days sped by until it was
the LIST Of the month again-and then,
by jacks, didn't have enough to pay
him.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-15
Do Not Take Exercise.

What exercise Russians take is usu-
ally more of a gentle promenade than
anything else. They will troll up and
down the principal street in the town
or In some small public square or
garden for hours quite contentedly.
Thus, in spite of the unique oppor-
tunity for skating which their long
winter gives them, it is rare to find
any Russian who can skate we'll, says
a writer in Cornhill's Magazine. If
you do find two or three good skaters.
you will probably learn on inquiry that
they are Englishmen or Germans. I
was, however, surprised to find most
Of the Englishmen who are in the
country on duty Gas 1 was, for the
purpose Of learning the language any
thing but pleased or contented with
the life they are obliged to lead.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-15
Extensive PloaSantrieS.

Just after Charlie Adler, the some
time assemblyman from de Ate dis
trict, returned from a trip across the
continent, he told this story of him
self:
"On my arrival at San Francisco,
as a joke l sent to friend of mine,
we'll known for his aversion to spend
ing money, a telegram with charges
collect, reading: L am perfectly
healthy
THE information evidently was
gratifying to him, for about week
after sending the telegram an express
package was delivered at my room on
which l paid $3.50 charges. Upon
opening the package l found regula-
ton New York street paving block, on
which was pasted card which read
This is the weight which your re-
cent telegram lifted from my heart"
New York Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-15

The manner in which a gang of
forgers in Warsaw have been discov-
cred and broken up makes curious
reading. A domiciliary visit had to be
paid by the police to house, and on
the arrival Of the officers no opposition
was offered to their entry Inside
one Of the rooms, however, they found
a man playing a cabinet organ, and
all the time the visit lasted the man
remained at the organ. AS they were
about to leave the house the officer
in charge Of the police, being some
thing of musician himself, asked the
performer to play the Russian Nation
al Hymn before they left. This the
man did, but the officer was not
pleased with the performance, and
complained that the player did not put
enough expression into the melody.
The man explained that he was I'M
able to do so, as the loud pedal ar
rangement of the organ was out of
order. The officer at once volunteered
to repair it, and, in spite of the pro-
tests Of the performer, set to work to
do so, Great was his surprise on
opening the instrument to discover that
the pedal would not work because
bundles of forged notes had been
stuffed into the instrument. Arresting
every one in the house, the police care
sully examined the organ, and found,
besides the notes, documents which
revealed the membership of the gang
OF forgers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-15

The committee system in American
legislative bodies provides in the first
place for a division of work and re-
spOnsibility, on the theory that all the
members cannot be conversant with
every question that arises. In Con-
gress, the committees do even more
than that they form an important con-
Meeting link between the legislative
and the executive branches Of the
government. Members of the Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations for
example, enjoy in peculiar degree
the confidence Of the Secretary Of
State; the chairman Of the committee
is usually his constant adviser. The
Secretary also confers with the other
members, since the Senate must con-
sent to the ratification Of a treaty, and
without it's approval his work goes for
naught. The Finance Committee of
the Senate and the committees charged
with financial legislation in the House
of Representatives keep in close rela-
ton with the Secretary of the Treas
ury. He often appears before them
as an adviser. It is the same with 9TH
er committees and other departments.
Whenever a measure is sharply con-
tested in either house, members habit
ually look to the committee havin" it
in charge for an exposition of the view
Of the administration, or of the pur-
pose of the Executive Department. If
Congress and the administrat ton are
far apart in attitude, as sometimes
happens, the committee usually repre-
sents compromise position between
the two. This system lends a certain
elasticity to procedure. 1t gives most
Of the advantages Of the parliamentary
system, when cabinet minister may
rise from his place in the House of
Commons and tell what 1.-The govern
ment' in it's executive capacity is do
ing. The trainers of the Constitution
had little appreciation Of the import
ance which committees would assume
under their scheme of government.
They perhaps did not provide sufficient
machinery for the harmonious cooper
alton of the two great branches, the
legislative and the executive. But this
lack has been in large part supplied
by the growth Of the committee sys,
tenn.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-15
THE TRICKS
Coffee Plays ON Some.

1t hardly pays to laugh before you
humiliating to think of afterwards.
when [ was a young girl l was
lover of coffee but was sick so much
the doctor told me to quit and 1 did,
but after my marriage my husband
begged me to drink it again, as he did
not think it was the coffee caused the
troubles.
$50 I commenced it again and con-
tinued about months until my stom-
ach commenced acting bad and chok-
ing as if l had swallowed something
the size of an egg. One doctor said it
was neuralgia and indigestion.
"One day l took drive with my
husband three miles in the country and
| drank cup Of coffee for dinner. 1
thought sure l would die before l got
back to town to a doctor. / was drawn
double in the buggy and when my hus-
band hitched the horse to get me out
into the doctors office, misery came up
in my throat and seemed to shut my
breath off entirely, then left all in
flash and went to my heart The doe
tor pronounced it nervous heart trou-
BILE and when I got home l was so
weak l could not sit up.
my husband brought my supper to
my bedside with a nice cup Of hot
coffee, but | said: Take that back,
dear, | will never drink another cup
OF coffee if you gave me everything
you are worth, for it is just killing
me- He and the others laughed at me
and said:
The idea of coffee killing any
body
Well I said, it is nothing else
but coffee that is doing it,
In the grocery one day my husband
was persuaded to buy box Of Postum
which he brought home and l made it
for dinner and we both thought how
good it was but said nothing to the
hired men, and they thought they had
drank coffee, until we laughed and told
them. Well, we kept on with Postum.
and it was not long before the color
came back to my cheeks and | cot
stout and felt as good as l ever did in
my life. have no more stomach trou-
BILE and | know | owe it all to Postum
in place of coffee
My husband has gained good health
on Postum, as we'll as baby and /,
and we all think nothing is too good to
say about it," Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-15

Many people are beginning to regret
the fact that really childish child is
becoming something Of rarity. There
always have been, and no doubt will
continue to be, those children of abnor-
NAL mental development known as
prodigies. But they have been before
the public in astonishing numbers dur
ing the past twelvemonth, particularly
as musicians, and perhaps by very rea-
son of being overdone, the craze Of
prodigies will die natural death.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-15

street car fares, and takes no account
Of the little luxurles we all like to
have. Counting these in, the total
might run up couple Of hundred
higher. The mere running expenses of
houses in New York and Newport, &C.
cording to Mr.. MOffet, are $4,000 a
year. 1t costs $4,000 more to enter
tain ones friends respectfully and the
requirement and maintenance Of that
necessity Of all well-ordered homes. the
steam yacht, means another $4,000.
The annual clothing bill for the fam
lily is $4,000 and the other essentials
to comfort bring the aggregate yearly
expenditure to the figure named in the
preceding paragraph. AS we study
these interesting statistics, we rejoice
that we are not rich. AS Mrs. Mala-
prop once said, we could never afford
it OH our income.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-15

The girl that is popular is the girl
who laughs. Not the girl that sim
pers and Fuckers or giggles. but the
girl that laughs and means ii. The
girl that laughs can have candy and
flowers and theaters every day in the
week. Men flock about her. They
adore her. She laughs herself straight
into the hearts Of beauX and admirers
and straight into all the good times
that girl can dream Of. She laughs.
but she is careful when she laughs
She laughs with her beaux, but never
at them. She laughs at what they say
when they say it. but never afterward.
She laughs at their jokes, but never
about them. She never laughs at any
ones blunders or miSfortunes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-15

A little patience and a lot Of lung
power and you can perform the mar
velous trick Of making an egg leap
from one wine glass into another with
out using your hands. Place a hard
boiled egg in claret glass Gas shown
with a second wine glass close along
side. Now blow sharply down in the
direction Of the perpendicular arrow,
and you will see the egg vault safely
into the other glass. A china egg is
lighter, better. and, if your egg is not
properly hard boiled, cleaner.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-15

Usually it is unbecoming in the pot
to call the kettle black. Uncle Sam
has been urging the Cuban Congress to
clean the streets of the principal cities
of the island. Some of the Cuban Con-
gressmen visited New Orleans and st.
Louis last summer-although they
need not have picked out those par
ticular cities-and now they are
dancing gleefully and shouting back.
Clean your own"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-15

Cleveland Moffet has been to the
pains of finding out how much it costs
our weather. citizens to live His fig
ures are rather staggering to some of
us, but we suppose they are correct
He says they are, if anything, too con
sentative. 1t costs a moderately we'll
TODD member Of the 400 about 100000
year to support himself and his fam
lily. This figure includes only necessary
household and personal expenses, such
0s gTocers' bills. hired girls wages and
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-15

Heaven may forgive the man who
rises at $, summer and winter, spring
and fall; we never can. The early riser
Is not criminal, simply because the
law does not designate his offense as
crime. But it is admitted that the law
has it's defects.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-15

more than one hundred feet within two
minutes and fifteen seconds. But these
divers along the Syrian coast do their
work with comparative impunity, and
fairly sustain their ancient fame as
the most skillful divers in the world.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-15

Il WONDER" said the actress, who
could have sent me those beautiful
fowers?"
Il didn't know you cared about that
part of it, so long as l paid the BILL"
answered the patient manager. But
III send around AID get the florists
name. WASHINGTON Star.