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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23
LEAF.CUTTING ANTS.
Action OF These South American In
sects Explained.

Action OF These South American In
sects Explained.
In the tropical countries there is q
species Of ant known as the leaf-cut
ter. It is the habit Of these ants to
go forth each day and cut the leaves
from trees and plants that grow in
their vicinity. In South America these
leaf-cutters have been known to de-
stroy whole groves Of quinine and cot
fee trees by stripping them bare OF
their foliage. Orange and mango trees,
also, suffer greatly from these ravag-
ers, according to the Philadelphia
Record.
But those who have made the ant
and his ways Of life a study tell us
the little insect does not work such de-
struction through mere wantonness.
Leaf-gathering is the means Of his
livelihood, as is the fruit and grain
gathering a means Of sustenance to
man.
After cutting the leaves the ants
carry them to their underground dwell
ings, where they bite them into small
bits and stack them in thick, close lay
ers to ferment. This process Of fer
mentation goes on sometimes in the
dark, damp place, and then there
springs from the rich leaf mold a tiny,
tender fungus. This crop Of fungus
is carefully watched by the ant farmer,
and when 1t is ripe it is cut and stored
away for food. AS the ants are ex-
tremely fond Of this diet, says the
Brooklyn Eagle, they work constantly
to keep an inexhaustible supply Of rot
ting leaves in their fungus fields. Often
when the ant settlement Is large one
they are obliged to go long distances
TO obtain leaves enough to supply
them, and it is quite wonderful to see
the splendid roads they make through
the forest. These roads are laid out as
straight as a chalk line and are kept
clean and smooth by the busy little
travellers. The leaf-cutter knows no
obstacle, for he goes around nothing
that happens to stretch across his path.
II a log or stone interferes with his
roadway he goes over it-neyer around
it. If a stretach Of unfit ground is
approached he tunnels beneath it, but
goes as straight on his way as though
he were held in by stone walls at eth
CIR side.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23

sists on spending his days is almost In
the shadow Of the great free boarding
and Industrial school which the gov
eminent has erected for the use Of In
dian boys and girls, and just as the
school typifies the modern Indian,
standing for the new order Of things,
the smoke begrimed tepee Of the old
chief points back to what the Indian
was in the long ago, when the farms
Of the Westerners were the grazing
lands Of the buffalo.
With the passing Of the opposition
Of Red Cloud to the innovations Of the
white man, long step has been taken
toward the disintegration Of the tribal
relations of the Sioux, who have been
held together by the iron will OF this,
the greatest Indian the West has ever
produced.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23

continue to suffer rather than submit
to examinations which so many physi-
clans propose in order to intelligently
treat the disease; and this is the rea-
son why SO many physicians fail to
cure female disease.
This is also the reason why thousands
upon thousands of women are CORE
spending with Mrs. Pinzham, at Lynn,
Mass. To her they can confide every
detail of their illness, and from
her great knowledge, obtained from
years of experience in treating female
Ills, Mrs. Pinkham can advise women
more wisely than the local physician.
Read how Mrs. Pinkham helped Mrs.
I. 9. Willadsen, of Manning, Ia. She
writes:
Dear Mrs Pinkham:-
81 can truly say that you have saved my
life, and l cannot express my gratitude in
words. Before | wrote to you telling YOU
how felt, had doctored for over two years
steady, and spent lots OF money in medicines
besides but it all failed to do me any good.
had female trouble and would daily have faint
ing spells backache, bearing-down pains, and
my monthly periods were very irregular and
finally ceased. / wrote to you for your adj
vice and received letter full Of instruction"
tust what to do and also commenced to take
Lydia e. Pinkhan's Vegetable Compound
ard have been restored to perfect health
Had it not been for you l would have been r=
my grave to-day"
Mountains Of proof establish the fact
thgt no medicine in the world equals
Lydia e. Pinkhams Vegetable Cour
Round for restoring women's hesitAs
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23

+ OMMODORE Somerville Nicholson
of the United States Navy, in a
letter from 1887 r street, Northwest,
Washington, D. c., says:
"Your Peruna has been and is row
used by SO many of my friends and
acquaintanCeS as a sure cure for ca
tarrh that am convinced of It's Cura-
tive qualities and unheSitatingIy rec
0mmend it to all persons suffering
from that complaint"
Our army and our navy are the natural
projection Of our country.
Peruna is the natural protection of
the army and navy in the vicissitudes
OF climate and exposure.
We have on file thousands of testi-
ponials from prominent people in the
army and navy.
We can give our readers only a slight
glimpse of the vast array of unsolicited
endorsements DR.. Hartman is con-
stantly receiving for his widely known
and efficient remedy, Peruna.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna
write at once to DR.. S. 3. Hartman,
President of The Hartman Sanitarium,
Columbus, Ohio.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23
BEAVER FARM PAYS WELL

New Industry in California that Brings
Good Profit to the Promoters.
The raising Of beavers has become
a profitable industry In Los Angeles,
Cal. The idea was imported from the
Argentine Republic, where the only
other beaver farms in the world are
situated The owner of the Los An
geles enterprise, Will Frakes, brought
the nutrias to this country from South
America few years ago, and expects
The nutrias are species Of beaver
and from their skins beaver hats are
made
AIr. Frakes' farm is on the shores
of Elizabeth lake, a shallow body Of
water In the middle Of a desert. He
chose this place because the lake is
filled with tules, on the roots Of which
the little animals subsist. They sell
dom come onto dry land, living almost
entirely in the water. Besides eating
the tules, they make cunning little
Households Of them, binding the roots
together to form sort Of floating
nest.
Here the young nutrias are born in
filters Of from four to eight. They
are fully coated and of the same color
as the adults, with their eyes open
and their teeth cut. When only half
an hour old they are able to dive and
swim to perfection.
Mr.. Frakes has met with great sue
cess in his experiment, and now has
a large colony Of beavers. How many
they number he cannot tell, for they
are allowed to run wild and propagate
as they please.
In Argentine the natives have
slaughtered them by the millions, I'M
til now they are not SO plentiful as
once. They bring from 80 cents to
$1.5O apiece, according to the quality
Of the hide.
The natives hunt them with dogs.
In bands Of twenty or thirty they go
to swamp, where they set fire to the
dry tule tops. This makes the nutrias
dive beneath the surface, and as the
fire passes over the dogs follow close
ly in its wake and drive the little
animals together in droves, where the
hunters are able to kill them with
long lances.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23
Addressed to Smokers.

A firm in Fort Smith, Ark, has this
reading notice posted in the counting
room: eve are never busy. We like
the odor Of strong pipes; we like the
little dude cigarette; we like a cheap
cigar, but never smoke a genteel 10
cent cigar; we are not used to them; no
place of business or workshop Is COM
plete without the odor Of tobacco; if
you can't smoke, then chew; spit on
the stove desk or foor-anywhere ex-
cept out of DOORS"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23
Banana Il d Real Food

Professors of dietetics tell us that
the banana Is not, as so many fruits
are, a flavor and nothing more, bet i;
food and source of real nutriment
1t 10 at once useful and delicious. Ii
not only gratifies the palate, but sup
plies material for combustion and the
maintenance Of animal heat, while it
also builds up the muscles and re-
pairs the worn and threadbare nerves.
The -four made from it in it's dried
state Is equal in nutritive value to
rice, and how invigorating and sus-
tanning rice is has been demonstrated
in the recent achievements Of the Jap
anese. Dried and sprinkled with sug-
ar, form in which it has been re-
Gently introduced into this country,
the upstart banana is, weight for
weight, as nutritious as the vener.
able fig.
But it is in the fresh state, clad III
Its primrose tunic-the stripping off
OF which is in itself a fascinating OPP
eration-that the banana chiefly ap-
peals to us. It's creamy succulence
and delicate odor are inviting and it's
pleasant sapor is. prelude to good
digestion. Dependent as that sapor
LIS on an ethereal body which the coal
tar investigators have not yet been
able to initiate by any chemical es
sence, it is a subtle stimulus to all
subsequent alimentary processes. And
thus it is that the banana is an emf
nently digestible food. No sense Of
oppression or drowsiness follows a
meal Of 1t, and a meal Of it may
be made bulky enough.-Pall Mall Ga
zette.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23

man has lived for many years in a
two-story frame dwelling which the
government erected for him near to
the agency at Pine Ridge, but he has
constantly refused to accept an allot-
ment Of land, insisting that the gov
eminent owed the Sioux a living with
out the Indian working any, and that
he would starve before he would ac-
cept piece Of land and work like
squaw. And so bitter has the big
chief been against the whites that he
has always refused to learn a single
word Of English, and to-day can speak
only the Sioux language. But he now
says that he knows that he is wrong
and will learn the words and the talk
of his white brother
Although Red Cloud is the owner of
the best house on the reservation the
old fellow himself has refused to live
within it's walls, and, instead, sleeps
in a tepee in one corner Of the yard.
His squaw, Mary, and daughter, Susie
Kills Chief, sleep in the house and do
the cooking on government stove.
but Red Cloud loves the free outdoors
and refuses to enter the building ex-
cept when it is absolutely necessary
for him to do so.
The old man is going to have his
hair cut For the first time since he
was a papoose will Red Cloud visit a
barber shop. Never has pair Of scis-
sors or clippers touched the old fell
lows head, and his black, glossy locks
black despite his great age) reach far
down his back. On this point the old
Indian has long fought the edict of
the Indian department, that all In
dams should wear short hair He in
sisted that any man could wear long
hair if he wanted to, and he positive
~ refused to permit his own locks to
be shOrn.
Major Brennan, the Indian agent at
Pine Ridge, as we'll as the officials of
the department at Washington, are all
particularly we'll pleased over the de-
termination Of Red Cloud to accept
civilization, and expect that his ex-
ample will be followed by a number
of the older chiefs, who have taken
the cue from the great war leader and
themselves have refused to accept an
allotment of land. Many Of the young
er braves, too, who have sullenly ac-
cepted the benefits and gladly absorb
ed the vices Of the white civilization,
are now expected to follow the lead
ership Of old Red Cloud and go to
work for their livings.
Two years ago the government cut
off the supplies Of many of the able
bodied Sioux, forcing them to go TO
work and support themselves. But
their work has always been done in
a sullen, half-hearted manner, because
the leading chiefs of the tribe refused
to work, and, being old men, their RAJ
tons were continued. But this will
now be changed. since Red Cloud. the
greatest Of them all. has decided that
it is no disgrace to work.
Old Red Cloud has been q wonderful
man in his days. He was the fercest,
most bloodthirsty and most capable
leader of the red men on the plains
during the thirty years Of his warfare
against the white people. Beginning
life as a young, unknown brave, with
out a follower, he fought his way up
ward until at the age Of thirty years
he was the leading chief Of the Sioux
and was the war commander Of 90
poo braves.
The tepee In which Red Cloud In
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23
What To Do II Constipated
Summer Bowel and
Stomach Trouble
@. What Is the beginning Of sicknessf
A. Consultation.

Q. What Is the beginning Of sicknessf
A. Constipation.
@. What Is Constipation
A. Failure Of the bowels to carry or the
canal where it decays and peisons the en-
tire system. Eventually the results are
death under the name Of some other dis
ease. Note the deaths from typhoid fever
and appendicitis, stomach and bowel trou-
Bile, at the present time.
=. What causes Constipation?
A. Neglect to respond to the. call Of Ma
true promptly. Lack Of exercise. Exces.
proper diet. "OAA' 'a' sA "--4 49,
Q. What are the results of neglected
Constipation?
A. Constipation causes more suffering
than any other disease. It causes rheuma-
tism, colds, fevers, stomach, bowel, kidney,
lung and heart troubles, etc. 1t is the ono
disease that starts all others. Indigestion,
dyspepsia, diarrhea, loss Of sleep and
strength are it's symptoms-piles, appendi-
citis, and fstula, are caused by Constipa-
ton. It's consequences are known to all
physicians, but few sufferers realize their
condition until 1t is too late. Women be-
come confirmed invalids as a result Of Con-
stipation.
Q. Do physicians recognize this?
A. Yes. The first question your doctor
asks you is Are you ConstipatedY' That
ID the secret.
Q. Can it be cured?
A. Yes, with proper treatment. The
common error Is to resort to physics, such
as pills, salts, mineral water, castor oil, In
1ections, etc., every one Of which Is in
furious. They weaken and increase the
maiady. You know this by your own ex-
perience.
Q. What then sheuld be done to cure It?
A. Use the free coupon below at once.
MulPs Grape Tonic will positively cure Con-
stipation and in the shortest space Of time.
NO other remedy has before been known
to cure Constipation positively and perma-
nently.
Q. What is Mulls Grape Tonic?
A. 1t Is a Grape Compound that exerts
a peculiar healing influence upon the In
testines, strengthening the muscles Of the
alimentary canal SO that they can do their
work unaided. The process is gradual but
sure. 1t Is not a physic. 1t is unlike any
thing else you have ever used, but it cures
constipation, Dysentery, Stomach and
Bowel trouble. Having a rich, fruity grape
navor, 1t is pleasant to take. AS a hot
weather tonic it is unequalled, insuring the
system against diseases SO fatal in hot
weather.
9. Where can Mulrs Grape Tonic be
A. Your druggist sells it. The dollar
bottle contains nearly three times the 90
cent size, but if you write TO-DAY you
Will receive the first bottle free with III
structions. This test will prove its worth.
WRITE FOR THIS FREE BOTTLE TODAY
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23

ever voted on for
United States Sem
ator, writes:
Dear Sirs: As
m a n y OF my
friends have used
Doan's Kid n 9 Y
Pills and have
been cured Of
bladder and kid
ney troubles, I
feel it nay duty to
recommend the
medicine to those
who suffer from
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23
From Bad to Worse.

1.-THE only objection I have to the
fat said the new tenant, lis that |
can always hear vague mutterings,
caused by the people talking in the
adjoining apartment"
ooh, that can easily be remedied,
madam" replied the agent. Ill have
the walls made thicker"
'"Thickerp' exclaimed the lady in
surprise. "Why, then couldn't hear
a thingv
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23
Masculine Ignorance.

Husband-If your feet are so tender,
yy dear, why don't you get shoes a size
larger and be comfortable?
Wife-That's just like a man. How
could any woman be comfortable If she
knew her shoes were a size too large?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23

You Can Get Aliens Foot-Ease FREE.
Write to-day to Allen S. Omsted, lie Toy,
n Y, for a FREE sample OF Aliens Foot
Ease, powder to shake into your shoc
1t cures tired, sweating, hot, swollen, acn-
ing feet. 1t makes new or tight shoes easy.
A certain cure for Corns and Bunions. All
Druggists and Shoe stores sell 1t. 26c.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23

such diseases. From personal expert
ence I thoroughly endorse your rem
edy, and am glad Of the opportunity
for saying so.
Yours truly,
(Signed)
MARY ELIZABETH LEASE.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. 7.
Sold by all dealers. Price 30 cents
DER box.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23
A WOMAN's Ordeal
BREADS DOCTOR'S QUEsTlOHs
thousands Write to Mrs Pinkhann, Lynn,
Mass, and Receive Valuable Advice
Absolutely CONFIDENTIAL and Free

There can be no more terrible ordeal
60 a delicate, sensitive, refined woman
than to be Obliged to answer certain
questions in regard to her private ills,
even when those questions are asked
by her family physician, and many
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23

FACTS are Gods arguments; we should
be careful never to misunderstood or
pervert them.-Tryon Edwards.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23

Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is
criminal, and he may properly be charg-
ed with evil who refuses to learn how
ho might prevent it.--Johnson.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23

have used Pisos Cure for C2zsurhp-
ton with good results. It is all right
John w. Henry, Box GAP, Fostoria, Ohio,
Oct. 4, 1901.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23
AMERICAS BRIGHTEST WOMAN.

Mary e. Lease Feels IT Her Duty to
Recommend Doan's Kidney Pills.
Mary 70. Lease, formerly political
leader and orator of Kansas, now au-
thor and lecturer-the only woman
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23

DR.. David Kennedy's FavOrite Remedy, the Great
Kidney and Liver Cure World Famous. Write DR..
ksnnOdys sons Rondout. N. " for free sample bottle
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23

If man isn't handy about the
house, he might as well be shorter In
stature than bis wiz
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23
FREE BOTTLE COUPON

The genuine has a date and number stamped
On the label-take no other from your druggist.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23

Do not wosk in poor light, and avoid
a glaring light, as it may be as bad as
too little light.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23

~Hrs. Winslow''s SOOTHING SYRUP for Children
teething softens the gums reduces Inflammation, aae
lays pain, cures wind collie. Is cents bottle.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23

An eel has two separate hearts. Opr
beats 60, the other 100 times a minute.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23

A. Your druggist sells it. The dollar
bottle contains nearly three times the 90
will receive the first bottle free with In
structions This test will prove its worth
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-19
BREAKS HOLYOKE'S STRING
NEW HAVEN GIVES LEADERS DE- FEAT AFTER ELEVEN VICTORIES.

KeIIy's Excellent Pitching Nearly
 shuts Paperweights out-New Lon-
 don Gives Meriden Eighteen Goose
 eggs-NOrwich Gets the Better of
 HartfOrd--springfeld Sends Bridge port Down to Fourth Place.
 Kelly's splendid pitching, supported by sharp fielding and timely hitting, enabled the New Ravens to bring to a
 close HoIyoke's string of eleven un- broken victories, and to cover them
 selves with the glory of defeating the 1 league leaders by the score of to 1. The pitching of Kelly, who hsld Hol- yoke down to one hit up to the eighth inning and to but four for the game, was a feature. The batting of Burns, who got three hits for five bases in four times up, and 8 beautiful catch of high line fly over his head by the same player were also features. Clean fielding and good base running, coupled
 with good hitting, characterized New Haven's play. New Haven scored in the first on Con-
 nell's safe hit, Sanfranandres sacrifice
 and Sherwood's single. In the second
 Burns led off with two-bagger. Cor
 coran sacrificed him to third and on the ! play Burns by clever bit of base run l ming stole home.
 Sherwood opened the fourth with
 hit for two bases ard was scored by
 Burns second two-bagger. The last ! tally for the locals came in the sixth. | With Sherwood down, Bunyan reached
 second on McCormick's error and SCOT ed on Burns third hit. Burns was, caught at the plate on an attempted double steal.
 Two hits by Mccormick in the third l and eighth was Holyoke's batting rec 1 ord up to the ninth. Then Kelly got into the only bad place he was in dur l ing the game and lost the chance for a shut-out Ramon opened with a sim gle. Kelly then passed Rementer. Lar l kin went out to Thiesen. Shincel went in to bat for McCabe and lined out a 1 two-bagger, scoring Bannon with Hol- yokes only tally. Kelly filled the bases ! by hitting Hoffman, Then, as the anx- iety of the fans was at fever pitch, Me ! Cormick cracked a hard liner to Hay | ward, who made a pretty catch, touch ! ed third. retiring Shincel, and complet- ed double play by getting the ball to first just ahead of Mccormick. The score:
 New Haven,
 r. fb no n O.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-19
YOUNG BALL PLAYERS ARRESTED
Five Boys Accused of Using Funds
 Which Did Not Belong to Them.

Five Boys Accused of Using Funds Which Did Not Belong to Them.
 Five boys, ranging in age from nine to fourteen years, were arrested last evening by Officer J. B. Roach and charged with theft. The boys are mem hers of the Young Joscelyn baseball team and the fact that they have just appeared in new uniforms caused con- siderable suspicion. It was learned, &C., l cording to the police, that Anthony Hoock of 294 Wallace street, one of the boys, had found s15 belonging to Co., Jumbo Gan1bardello, who runs store at 233 Wallace street, and that 1t was this money which had been used to pur- chase the new uniforms.
 The arrest of young Hoock on a charge of theft also lead to the arrest of the following four boys: Harry Cor Irigan of 1s2 Hamilton street, Anthony Mattello of IA Wallace street, William Ulap of 30 Walnut street, and Clifford Whaling of IS Walnut street. All the boys will appear before the city court this morning to tell how they got pos- session of the money.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-19
RUNAWAY TEAM

Broke Fire Box and Caused the Sound
 ing of One Stroke of the Alarm.
 A pair of horses attached to heavy truck belonging to Peck & Bishop ran away down Chapel street last evening and at the corner of Chapel and Olive streets they smashed int obox 313 at that corner and broke the box all to pieces causing one stroke on the fire alarm bell and also putting that sec- tton of the service out of business for the time being. Superintendent Grant repaired the box as far as possible last night and a new one will have to be put iii to-day. The horses were caught be- fore anu more damage had been done.