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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-24
Prosressive nppreciation.

Some Of the country flowers Illus
trate the truth that 1.-The prophet is
not without honor save in his own
country" as well as any person could
possibly do it.
One morning summer resident
started from Brookby with a bunch Of
flowers in her hand.
Going to tote that whiteweed into
the city," inquired the man who
drove her to the station, with evident
scorn.
YES" said the young woman, quite
unmoved by his opinion.
On the train she was Joined by an
other young woman who had formerly
lived in the city but had married a
Brookby man a few years before.
Those are pretty daisies you have"
she said, tolerantly.
"Yes, / think they are,' said the
sxnmer visitor, smiling to herself.
An hour later she handed the flow
ers to a friend in busy city office.
"Oh, what lovely margueritesl"
cried the recipient.
I'm glad you like Them" said the
young woman, quietly. L thought
Sou would"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-24

For some months there has been a
noticeable diminution- in the proper
ton Of filthy bank notes in circulation.
This is undoubtedly due to a grow
ing popular aversion to such notes, an
Increased demand on the treasury de-
partment for the redemption of soiled
notes. This is said to have proved
somewhat embarrassing to the depart
ment and to the banks, and we are
glad to be told that increased facili-
ties for the redemption are to be sup
piled. Let the people keep on demand
ing redemption if they wish to avoid
the danger-and certainly it is a real
danger-of contracting disease from
the circulating medium.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-24

and that he was in imminent danger
of being cut off and captured by the
Mexican cavalry, took one last look at
the Alamo and, turning the head Of
his tired horse in the direction of Con
zales, rode for his life, pursued by the
Mexican videttes, but avoided cap
ture, reached Gonzales in safety and
reported to General Houston the be-
sieged and desperate condition of Ira
Wis and his comrades at the Alamo.
General Houston at once and giving
the tired boy but little time to rest,
sent him, in company with a youth
named David B. Kent, with a second
dispatch to Fannin at Golaid, ordering
that officer to demolish the fort and
retire with his men to the east bank Of
the Guadalupe and form a junction
with him. This, as is we'll known,
Fannin stubbornly refused to do, and
was massacred with nearly his whole
command at that exposed post"
From 1888 until the Mexican war
broke out in 1916, Ben Highsmith was
many times engaged in conflicts with
the Comanche Indians. During the
war with Mexico he fought at the bat
ties of Palo Alto, Monterey and Buena
Vista. After the close Of the war Mr..
Highsmith rendered service on the
frontier as long as it was needed. The
old Texan ranger died in his 89th year,
and is described as gallant soldier,
volunteer for public service at all
times, and citizen above reproach.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-24
DISTINGUISHED Group.

An interesting photograph, taken
1867 at Fort Sanders, near Lama
station, Wyo., on the Union Pac
Railway, has been discovered. =
picture shows General q. S. CIR
and his party while making a tour
the region. There are twenty figm
among them, besides General Gre
being General William L. Sherm
General P. III. Sheridan, General CIR
vile NJ. Dodge, General John Glib
General William S. Harney, Gene
Adam Slemmer, Brigadier Gene
Frederick Dent, Brigadier Gene
James @. Potter, Brigadier Gene
Adam Kautz, Colonel L. Cass Hp
and a number of women and childr
wives and daughters of some of /
officers named. The picture Is an
teresting souvenir of the early dc
of the great railroad that has ira
formed the old overland route" Il
in the SOS was not traversed even
the mail in less than twenty three de
between st. Louis and San Francis
into d highway OF travel, over VIII,
express trains pass in three DAYS
tween Chicago and San Francisco.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-24

How many kinds of people are not
allowed to vote at State elections?
Women in all States except Colorado,
Idaho, Utah and Wyoming; idiots and
criminals in most States; Chinese in
Oregon, Nevada and California; In
dams in Mississippi, Montana and Ne
vada; Indians not taxed in Maine and
Washington, and In Minnesota when
they lack the customs of civilization"
Mississippi and Idaho exclude big
amists; Florida and Michigan bar duel
lists, and several States disqualify
United States soldiers and sailors. Wis
consin exludes those who bet on cleo
tons, and this clause ought to include
the silly forms of betting which entail
riding in wheelbarrows and letting the
hair grow.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-24

firm. I now increase the weight to
thirty pounds, and"
Crash! The plate broke. The audi
ence smiled.
But the faker, not at all disturbed,
went right on:
"And you will observe, ladies, that
the plate now breaks with ease, thus
giving us an opportunity to cement the
edges more firmly together whenever
it is desirable to do So"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-24

Nations are like variable stars.
While some are wading into brilliancy
or flashing into sudden prominence,
others are waning and burning out.
Norway becomes a separate entity,
with it's own king and its separate
government; Finland regains it's lost
liberties; and at the same time the
gorgeous and profigate empire of
Korea passes under the yoke" as
the Romans used to say. The estab-
lishment of a Japanese protectorate
over Korea was not unexpected. For
two years the fact has existed, al
though the fiction of independence,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-24

Mr.. Mccall said he would make good
the large amounts handed over to
ANDY" Hamilton if the Judge" didn't
return the money. Mccall has, how
ever, been careful to explain that he is
a poor man and has nothing but the
policy on his life.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-24

-
-~~-o-~-oOo@
AT the banquet given to MAJ
Twain on his SEVENTEEN anniyersar
125 writer's of prose fiction were a
sembled. And it is safe to saw th
none of these was greater than b
fellows that a number of ba,
counties were not represented.
AS we suspected, the Baroness v,
Hutton is going to continue the e
ventures of her charming but decide
IL unconventional heroine, PAM"
another novel, due next year. P,
was too original character to
abandoned with such scant ceremo3
Every one who watched her strug
against heredity and enYironm,
could but be anxious to know how
turned out"
Annie Hamilton Donnell, VIII
"Rebecca Nary is a pleasant study
child life, lives in a little semin.
settlement up among the hills
lakes Of Maine. Her life has b.
spent among books, and in the c,
partnership of teachers and write
She has four children, who are
tensely interested in her stories
are her most exacting critics. IT.
especially resent it if any Of her t.
are sent away without first hav.
been submitted to them at a priv
reading.
Opie Read, author of "Old L
Jucklin,' etc., is said to be very
perstitious. He was touring with B
King, when the poet died suddenly
Bowling Green, KY, on the night
recited eff 1 Should Die To-nigh
Commenting on this incident, n
Read recently said: "There was
curious chain of circumstances til
night. 1t was the thirteenth of t
month, it was the thirteenth town
our tour, thirteen sat down to the !.
BILE with us that night at supper, a
thirteen darkies, thinking that B
and l were going to give a minsb
show, sat on the front row Of the b
cony."
George Borrow, author of "Lave
gro," is credited with being more
less Of missionary, and with haVi
introduced the Bible into Spain.
new story about HIM recently fou
it's way into print. 1t seems Il
when he set out for Russia his s.
funds consisted of a five pound nc
change for which into gold his mott
procured for him at his reque
Writing to her from st. Petersbu
Borrow urged her to be more ca
full in the future as one of the +
sovereigns which she had given b
proved to be bad. However" ado
this strangest of missionaries, "tha
the Lord, succeeded in passing it
London"
There has been a small controves
over the question whether the late
d. Blackmore created the robber be
Of Exmoor that figures in 'Lol
Done" or whether he relied VI
well-founded traditions for his
count of the Doones. The Lone
Athenaeum recently published
lengthy and detailed statement s
Stimulating the latter view, made
the Rev. J. Charles Fox, a clergym
Of the Exmoor district. During
summer months this gentleman vi,
ed the parishes of the region of
Doones and made inquiries Of the
er Exmoor folk. He writes: "In
cry single case l met with a more
less indignant surprise that any
who knew the district could doubt
to the reality of band of Doone
bers infesting the Glare district, /
as to the stories of them being &C
monty prevalent years before
Blackmore wrote his novel,"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-24

The English fashion of giving a
name to ones house is growing in pop
ularity on this side Of the ocean. Not
long ago an American with a sense
house on Long Island MOSTLY Hall"
because there was little else to the
house. About meal time the average
boy would be well content if his home
were known as MOSTLY Dining
Room"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-24

Surgeons opened the stomach of a
New York man few days ago and
took out lead pencil several inches
long. Finding no stuffed ballots or
other evidences Of fraud, they closed
the orifice and let the man go.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-24
returned the stoIen Iihrorv

When the troops of Catherine
took Warsaw they carried the SOO,t
volumes of the local library to
Petersburg, also the contents Of r
twill and other public libraries. Z
year the Russian government deci,
to return the Radziwill books. I.
were brought back in the unope
boxes in which they had been ia
away more than a century ago.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-24
Hone for Him.

$50 you enjoy seeing your son play
football?" "Yes," answered Farmer
Corntossel eff he ever gets into the
habit of workin' that hard, mebbe
We'll make the farm pay et."-Wash-
ington Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-24
Couldn't See Ii

do you believe in government own
ershlp?'
81 don't know" answered Mr.. Dus-
tin Stax. Il don't see why the public
should be in any desperate hurry to
take things out of the hands of the
capitalists and intrust them to the poll
ticians. w Washington Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-24

The most dignified deliberative body
on earth has ignored the death of Sen
ator Mitchell. Senator Mitchell permit
ted himself to be caught at it,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-24

For q look of downright gloom, no.
tice a woman who is wearing mourn
ing, when she says: Il am not going
out" meaning she does not go to balls
and afternoon card parties.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-24

We need not wonder that the auto
mobile is still imperfect in some par
ticulars, when we reflect upon the
length Of time it has taken to produce
the perfect horse.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-24

There isn't anything a boy pl
with that will make of him a pict
as pretty as a little girl makes !
her doll, and he suffers a sin
handicap when grown up.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-24

Switzerland has just elected a new
President without even stopping to
take a long breath. The only things
the Swiss people ever permit them
selves to get excited over is the arrival
of a new millionaire from America.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-24

Depew says he has no intention of
resigning his seat in the United States
Senate. He isn't foolishly making
plans, however, to try to be elected
again.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-24

The similarity in the nomenclature
Of Pullman cars and sailing vessels
leads one to believe that the same
romantic school girl christens both.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-24

The new head Of the steel trust will
have some excellent examples Of what
not to do if he wishes to remain in
that particular sphere of usefulness.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-24

The Sultan has yielded in principle,
but the Sultan is bit slow about
yielding anything in the line Of prin-
cipal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-24

Some colleges have almost decided
to give up teaching football and go
in for some of the lower branches Of
science.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-24

To crafty a fat woman, don't refer
to her as stout or even matronly; don't
say anything about It.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-24

Naturally the University of Chicago
does not want to see the game of foot
ball reformed until it has had a little
more time to gloat over that to 0
score.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-24

OF course, somebody had to come
along and invent nice new brand of
trouble that Russia hasn't had yet.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-24

Politics does more than make
strange bedfellows. 1t estranges bed
fellows.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-24

The trouble with Mr.. Perkins was
that he let his right hand know what
his left hand did.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-24

If man says he didn't sleeI
night, be a friend and don't disc
alarming noises in the night whic
never heard.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-24
ON a RocLing STONE.

The Cheyto pagoda in Burmah is
built on hugh rocking stone poised
on s1other at height Of 1000 feet.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1906-06-21

a. White, 'S5. an ancient of the last cen, !,
turv, babbled in senile fashion OF olu
Prin. e. O.. Ham. who holds the same
,lsce in the hearts in this generation OF
pnoils that is reserved for Prof. Whitehill
nv the older alumni, responded 70 the
@Randolph High school in manner that
made evident his devotion to the pest m
terests 81 the Institution and bis apprecia-
tion Of It's loyal following. =,
The informal toasts oy =. " ~
Harry /. Ford, "a, were in decidedly witty
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1906-06-21
"A. E, Cushman
Real Estate Agent.
MO an Blk,
Randolph, Vermont

vein which begui'ed their listeners INTO
forgetting that Gin today already "aiA-
tomorrow by an hour and halt
Among those present were Mrs; hat ~. ~
fsm1th1 Wheeler of Boston, IS; Miss 4. +
Moore OF Big stone City, y. d., So Mrs
Elsie Powers Corwin Of Lowell, Miss
-. Mrs. Alice lPowers) Allls Of Brook
held. iss; Mrs. Grace tSantordl Abbott Or
Winchester, Mass, 500 Mrs. Sue lsanf0rd
Dubois Of Evanston, IN, 9li larry =
Eer5 ,al and Erwin = Whiteomp -
Rarr.' a8: John sse OF Boston, 5. Clinasfni
Eaton OF Boston, o.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-05-30
HAD GIVEN UP ALL HOPE,
CONFINED TO Her BED
WITH DYSPEPSIA,
wOweM to Pe-ru-na, ="
p SAYS Mrs. Hufaker.

Mrs. Mittie Hutfaker, Il. T. No. 8,
Columbia, Tenn, writes:
81 was afflicted with dyspepsia for
severai years and al last was confined
20 my bed, unable TO sit up.
1--WE tried several different doctors
without relief.
al had given up all hope of any re-
lief and was almost dead when my
husband bought me a bottle OF Pc
ruHd.
AT first I could not notice any ben
eft, but after taking several bottles l
was cured sound ana well.
"It is 10 Pcruna owe my life to-
day.
u checrfully recommend it to all
sufferers.
Revised Formula.
"For number OF years requests
have come to me from multitude of
grateful friends, urging that Peruna
be given slight laxative quality l
have been experimenting with a iaxa-
tive addition for quite u length OF
time, and now feel gratified to an
nounce to the friends of Peruna that
l have incorporated such quality in
the medicine which, in my opinion
can only enhance its well-known beEe
fetal character.
as. B. HARTMAN. NJ. D."
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-05-30
ONE uNvIoLATED RULE.
Club Servitor Had Seen Them An
Broken Into Bits, Save
That One.

A certain club, the name Of which
need not be mentioned. has strict reg
ulations against gambling, relates the
American Spectator.
A quartette of club members decid-
ed to break the rule by a game OF
poker for small stakes, so they ad-
journed to one of the small rooms and
told an old servant to bring a pack of
cards.
When he brought them one of the
members asked: John, I suppose il
would be something utterly new in
this club if we were to do such a thing
as play for money with these cards ?.
TIE negro scratched his head and
deliberated, finally answering: BOSS,
Use been wiz dis club a long time,
and Use seen many things
Eyes, but what have you SEEM"
GIVE seen ebry rule of dis club
vi'lated 'ceptin' one"
What is that one?"
de rule 'gainst gibbin' tips to de
servants"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-05-30
HE WENT ON CLUTCHES
All Medicines Failed Until Or. VIII.
iiams' Pink Pills Cured His
rheumatism.

"Some years ago." says Mr.. W.. II.
Clark, printer, living at 612 Buchanan
street, Topeka, Kans., 81 had bad at
tack of rheumatism and could not seem
10 get over it. All sorts of medicines
failed to do me any good and my trouble
kept getting worse. My feet were so
swollen that I could not wear shoes and
had to go OH crutches. The pain was
terrible.
Zone day was setting the type of an
article for the paper telling what DR..
Williams Pink Pills had done for man
afflicted as was and was SO impressed
with it that determined to give the
medicine q trial. For a year my rheu-
matism had been growing worse, but
after taking DR.. Williams Pink Pills
began to improve. The pain and SWELL
ing all disappeared and can truthfully
say that I haven It felt better i'll the past
| twenty years than I do right now.
could name, off hand, half-dozen peo-
pie who have used DIR. Williams Pink
Pills at my suggestion and who have re-
ceived good results from them"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are guaran-
| teed to be safe and harmless to the most
| delicate constitution. They contain no
morphine, opiate, narcotic, nor any
| thing to cause drug habit. They do not
| act on the bowels but they actually make
new blood and strengthen the nerves.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills cure rheuma-
tism because they make rich, red blood
and no man or woman can have healthy
blood aud rheumatism at the same time.
They have also cured many cases of
anamia, neuralgia, sciatica, partial pa
| ralysis, locomotor ataXia and other dis
eases that have not yielded to ordinary
| treatment.
All druggists sell DR.. Williams Pink
Pills or they will be sent by mail, post
paid, on receipt of price, so cents per
box, six boxes for 80, by the DR.. Will
Hams Medicine Co., Schenectady, n. Y.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-05-30
A PUSH CART GUN
TO BE EQUIPPED
WITH MACHINE WEAPONS.
New Feature Of the United States Mil.
itary Equipment Which Will
Increase Efficiency of the
Army.

Profting by observations of the re-
cent war in the east, the officials of
the United States army have decided
to attach to every battalion of in
fantry and every squadron Of cavalry
one or more machine guns, and it is
expected that these weapons will
operate as powerful auxiliaries in bat
tie, one such gun being considered
equal in firing power to 200 men
armed with rifles.
In the war between Japan and Rus
STA, machine guns were used with ire
mendous effect by both armies, on
one occasion Russian battalion be-
ing wiped out by the fire of two of
these formidable weapons, which
throw rifle bullets in continuous
stream, like water from a hose. In
nearly all cases they were operated in
pairs in order that the outfit might
not be subject to the chance of being
rendered helpless by some accident.
For this reason it is. likely that each
battalion and each squadron in the
army will be supplied with two such
guns, which will be regarded as be-
longing to those individual units of
the fighting establishment. The rea-
son for this arrangement will be I'M
derstood Immediately when it is ex-
planned that machine cannon operate
ION their hook" so to speak, because
they would be likely to be cut off.
They can enter into action only with
the infantry and cavalry and covered
by them.
Hitherto, of course, the artillery
arm has been something separate and
by itself, cooperating with the cav
airy and infantry, but under the ar
rangement described machine guns
will actually become part and parcel
of the fighting force of the infantry
battalion or cavalry squadron. 1t is
not planned to initiate the plan adopt
ed by the Germans, who allow to each
infantry brigade eight machine gurs,
which operate as sort of battery,
forming a rapidly mobile firing re-
serve, to cover the advance and re-
treat of infantry, to operate in pur-
suit against the TANKS of the enemy
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-05-30
sYMPToMATlc OF SPRING.
When the Avfully Tired Man Hics
Him to the Water for Tussle
With ths Fish.

Yes, my dear; the nan is very
tired.
he has been working Awfully Hard
Tor the Past Year. Now lie will pro
coed to take a Rest
He will rest, I said. Tomorrow he
Will shoulder Fishingrod, lug can
OF Worms in one hand and O basket
Of Lul,ch in the other and HE him
self to the River for a Fishing Stunt
VIII that rest him?
He thinks IL will, and that Is
Enough. Five days a week for the
past year he has sat at a Desk three
Hours i'll the forenoon and three hours
in the afternoon, debating letters and
telling Other men what to do. This
has been very strenuous, and he is
Much Fatigqed. So tomorrow he will
tramp 'steen miles through mud and
sand and british, stand in the hot sun
drink river Awater, eat a Cold Lunch
full OF Ants and Bugs. and in the
evening he will drag himself home
wondering all the way if he will eve,
Get There.
In the morning he will arise az
stiff az a poker and as sore as a gum.
boil, but he, will be Rested. 1t was
a day off from the strenuous business
life, and that is Sufficient.
But it is Funny, isn't it, that a man
san get Rest out of that sort 81
thing?
No, he will not get any Fish.
He will get Sunhurn N"'"~'" anG
Chiggers; but he will get no Fish.