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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-07-12
How 10 GirdIe Grape Vines.

The grdlng or ringing Of grapeyines
Is done to increase the size Of each
cluster. 1t Is not done generally. how
ever. although some find the method
profitable. The bark is entirely re
moved below the fruit cluster about Il
month before the period OF rlpcning
which hastens maturity about q week
or two and charges the bunch and
berries. The sap ascendS through the
pores Of the wood to Sustain growth
but the elaborated sap de> ,ands through
the wood and the bark and can 20 no
lower than the point at which the cir
die IS made where it stops and is util-
lied in feeding the grapes. Some in
jury IS done the vine below the g,rdle
and hence it may not pay ON an extern
siye scale.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-07-12
coping Calves Thrifty

calf kept winter and summer in
thrifty growth at 2 years will make as
much more beef than one neglectfullv
kept at twice that age. The profit Will
all be found on the 2-yea--old ard the
loss on the i.year-0ld yet owners Of
the latter have pursued such system :
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-07-12

the box. These tins Will prevent vermin
in the shape OF rats and mice from
easily climbing up the box and getting
Mt the grain. If desired the several
divisions may be lined inside so as to
make them more vermn proof. The IL
lustratlon shows how simple this grain
box indianapolis News.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-07-12
Save the Babies.

fANT MORTALITY is something fghl We hardly realize
all the children born in civilized countries twenty-five per cent nearly
oneuarte die before they reach year; tyseven per cent
than oneh before they fVe and onehf before they fifteen!
We do not hesitate say that timely Castoa would
oy these precious lives Neither do hesitate say that many these
nne deaths oconed by narcotic preparations Drops nctes
and soothing ups sold for chens complaints contain less um
morphine They considerable quantities. deadly po In any quantity
they spe ad circulation and lead gesOn Sickness DEATH Castoria
operates exactly the REVERSE but you that bears signature Of
Ch Fletcher Caia the blood circulate properly, opens the
pores of the skin and alays f5ver
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-07-12
Paget Pays Sro,5oo for Yearling Colt.

Sydney Paget bought yearling colt
by Ben Strome-Strychinia, full
brother to the lamented llighball, win
ner of the American Derby, at the sale
before the recess recently for $1,000
As in previous sales, high prices We're
rea lied,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-07-12
OPERATION AVOIDED
ExPERIENCEOF MISS MERKLEY
She Was Told That an Operation Was
Inevitable How She Escaped 1t.

When physician tells woman suf-
fering with serious feminine trouble
that an operation is necessary, the very
thought of the knife and the operating
table strikes terror to her heart, and
our hospitals are full OF women coming
for Just such operations,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-07-12

idea that they were saving money.
Keep the thrifty animal two years
longer in the same way, ana something
very handsome in the way of beef will
be the result, while the starycling can
feeding
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-07-12
oregon Evolution.

We must have mill Of some kind
and since the gin mills are compelled to
close their doors next month. we trust
some one will he good enough to build a
sawmill.-St. Helens Mist,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-07-12

The first deaf mute in this country to
become d nun is Miss Eta Mae Holman.
who was recently received into the Do
minican orler ut HUNS Point, n. Y.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-07-12

MRS wINSLOw'S SOOTHING SYRUP for
Children teethng: softens the gums reduces In
Illumination, allays pain, cures wind collie. %
cents bottle.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-07-12
For Town Travel.

A North London chemist has this win
dow announcement: ITO travellers by
NOTORIOUS, medicated. odorless wool,
suitable for ear stopping. London Tri-
bune.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-07-12

fowls. They are excellent layers, aver
aging from 100 to $50 eggs each in a
season. They are non-setters, hardy
easily raised and the earliest in matur-
Ing Of any ducks.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-07-12

Jumper TO Break Colts.
A Canadian farmer says that there
is nothing yet discovered 50 useful III
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-15
Weighing a Hair.

''To number the hairs of your head is
not very difficult task" said the re-
finer of the assay office to friend re-
Gently. "A very close approximation
can be made by weighing the entire
amount Of hair on a mans head and
then weighing single hair. The weight
Of the former divided by that of the
latter will, of course, give the desired
number. If you will pluck out a hair
from your beard | can show you" A
long and struggling one was according
" detached, the refner putting it on a
scale which was inclosed in a glass
case and graduated with extreme ac-
curacy. With little weights Of alumni
ium he piled up one arm until an equi-
poise was reached. The hair weighed
three Kilograms. "If you reduce this
to figures" said the speaker, ait would
require 5000 hairs to weigh one ounce,
and, supposing you have six ounces,
you have $4,000 hairs. New York
Herald
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-15
Picking PAannfs

The seeds of the peanut are planted
like beans, and when the vines have
come up and the nuts are ready for
harvesting the farmer takes a cult
vator especially made for that pur-
pose and starts down the long rows.
On either side of this cultivator are
two long knives which sink into the
ground sufficiently to cut the taproot
of the vine. The same process is gone
through with on the other side of the
vine. The main root being thus sew
cred and the ground loosened, the
vines are lifted into shocks like corn.
They are cured by allowing them to
stand in the sun for about ten days,
when a colored woman and children
are sent into the field to pick the nuts
from the vines. An average picker
will pick about five bushels a day, for
which he is paid at the rate of 10
cents a bushel
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-15
Varying Weight of the Body.

A physician points out that several
fallacies are common with regard to
the weight of the human body The
man who congratulates himself on his
gain of several pounds in weight in a
given period may have no cause for
rejoicing, for he may be under delu-
sion. Very few persons, says the in
vestigator, have any correct idea of
their own weight. AS a matter of fact
the weight of the body is continually
changing owing to innumerable infu-
ences. On a warm day after break
fast a man will lose more than a third
of pound per hour. Seventy per cent
of the body contains water, and it's
weight varies constantly. The infer
ence to be drawn from the loss or gain
of pound or two may be mistrusted.
Fluctuations of a few ounces are a
sign that the body is in a healthy
state.-Milwaukee Citizen.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-15
Vitality A-pIenty In Monastic Life.

Vitality A-plenty In MOnastic Life.
Oh, my friend, you may pirate of
wasted lives and idleness and the para
sites of the church and all that sort Of
thing, but / fear it is little you know
about the vital forces that are feeding
and sustaining and strengthening it
every hour of the four and twenty.
If l could show you the letters that
came to me from that friar in the south
of Europe, letters bubbling over with
health and happiness and the sweetest
resignation, and then show you photo
graph of young man in tonsure and
cowl, with the calmest, clearest eyes
that ever looked out from under a
placid brow; if you could have felt Of
his knotted biceps and known the grasp
of his small but powerful hand and
heard the peal of his hearty laughter
for his spirit was bubbling over even
there in his serene solitude-you would
perhaps begin to understand why the
mOnaStic lite, in spite of its tranquility,
never stagnates and why the more you
contend against the spirit of the re-
ligious orders the more they live and
thrive.-From "a Fin de Steele Friar'
in National Magazine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-15
Known by Instinct,

To understand war, says the author
Of "A People at School" is an instinct
To illustrate the aph0rism he tells a
story of IN English general whose IN
Outstanding of sounds was phenome-
nal. one night, he says, after dinner
they were all sitting talking at head
quarters. They We're expecting an at
tack, and sentries and pickets were
posted far out beyond the stockade
Suddenly we heard one shot. OF
course every one jumped up. The bu-
giles sounded; the men fell in; the Off
GERS ran to their posts. General Sy-
mons alone had not moved. After listen
ing intently for a moment or two he
had sat down again. l myself was be
tween two minds whether to go out
with one of the parties hastily assem-
bling outside or to stay with the gen
eral So l stood irresolutely by the
door.
you can sit down." said Symons.
1T is nothing. A sentry has let off his
rifle by accident. That is ALL"
So it proved. While he was leaning
upon his rife it had gone off, and SO
had his fingers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-15
Local JOttingS.
"A Struggle for Gold. .

= 49, - - CCAN4s
Monday, Sept. Bird is Labor dag.
Lancaster schools will likely
open Sept. 3rd.
Three more weeks Of suspense
for the candidates.
The Eagles have Milwaukee
captured this week.
VIM. Bestor and wife are visit
ing at Black Earth.
Miss Jessie McGonigal went to
Milwaukee yesterday.
Jacob Hartman, Of Potosi, was
& caller here Saturday.
-U.E. McReynolds, of Livingston,
was in town Monday.
-Gug C. Rogers, Of Fennimore,
was in Lancaster Monday.
ED. Grant, of British Hollow,
was in Lancaster Sunday.
Mildred Hughes, of Platteville,
is visiting LANCASTER friends.
Mrs. VIM. Barrows has very
nice fern she wishes to dispose OF.
M. W. Kolb, of Patch Grove,
was a business caller here Monday.
-Chas. Bennett was here from
West Allis for brief visit Sunday.
Clay Chapman, of Platteyille,
visited friends here the first Of the
week.
Mrs. Herman Cooper and chill
dren OF Dubuque are Lancaster
visitors.
Miss Carrie Miller went to
Richland Center for visit Monday
morning,
Mrs. James Graham and chill
dren are visiting relatives IN Du-
buque this week.
Some of these fellows who go
fishing do not know fish scale
from hay scale.
&C. H. Gribble and wife, of
Platteville, visited at the F.Schreiner
home over Sunday.
-Messrs. John Kelsch and Horace
Fawcett, of Platteville, called on
friends here Sunday.
Subscribe for the Herald and
We'll furnish you a free ticket to
any fair in Grant county.
Landlord and Mrs. John DechOw
and son and Miss Linda Durley are
visiting relatives at Spooner.
Fishing parties are numerous.
Some good catches are reported as
we'll as many disappointment,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-15
Trying to Charm Away Epilepsy.

We need not go to Servia or Natal or
farther than Devonshire to find super
stitions. Only the other day in Dew
onshire village a woman was supposed
to have had epilepsy exercised in the
following way: She went to the vii
lage church, accompanied by twenty
nine married men, who left her sitting
silent in the porch while they entered
the building for service. After service
each of the Twenty-Five as he passed
out dropped a penny in her lap, and
when the churchwarden had made
similar contribution the thirty pence in
copper were changed by him into sill
yer half crown, out of which he had a
ring forged to be worn by the epileptic
as an infallible charm against her dis
order. If, however. the woman uttered
a single word from the moment she left
her house till her return the charm
must fail.-T. P's Weekly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-15
Gold Horseshoes In Olden Times.

Roman writer's inform us that Com
modus caused the hoofs of his horses
to be covered with gold leaf and even
the fetlocks to be gilded. Nero's short
Journeys were invariably performed
on white mules wearing gold shoes on
their fore feet and silver behind. The
beasts which drew the chariots of his
wife, Poppae, were shOd all around
with gold. Several others among the
dignitaries and potentates of the riot
Gus days of the Roman empire shod
their horses with gold and used the
same material for bride bits, buckles,
SPURS etc
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-15

Wisdom and honor are the avenues
to happy immortality-Pl Plato
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-15
The Life Line ON the Foot.

Starting from the base of the big toe
there is a distinct line. That is the life
line. In one foot it will curve along
until it terminates under the instep far
toward the lower base of the little toe.
This means long life. If broken in the
hollow Of the foot it denotes a sickness
at middle age, and if it terminates in
the hollow of the foot it means a short
one on the foot. The experiments that
have been conducted have proved this
to be an almost unfailing reading of
longevity.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-15

|. Mrs. G. Fl. KreII has returned
from an extended visit with rela-
tives at La Crosse and Eau Claire.
W J. Eberhardt and family
took departure Sunday for Min
deapolis and other points on a visit.
The asylum trustees held a
regular monthly meeting yesterday
and transacted the usual routine of
business.
Mrs. L. A. Gardner was ad-
Judged insane and taken to Men
dota hospital Monday morning for
treatment.
Miss Elsie Robinson, of Fenni-
more, and Miss Leila Harker, who
is visiting at that city spent Sunday
in Lancaster.
There's threshing machine for
every square mile in this section Of
the county and competition must
indeed be lively.
Mrs. Bryton Bennett, of Chi
cago, who has been visiting rela-
tives and friends here returned to
here home Monday.
j. E. Shrake, of McGregor,
Iowa, was in town Monday. Mr..
Shrake was resident Of our city a
number Of years ago.
Harry Clark went to Highland
Mondry to operate peanut rooster
at the baseball tournament that
opened there yesterday.
Mrs. Irwin Brotherson and chill
dren Amy and Harold, of Milwau-
kee are visiting her brother Elmer
Garner, and other relatives 'here.
A joint meeting of the Con-
gregational church and society will
be held tomorrow evening at 7.20
o'clock for the purpose of calling a
pastor.
The Bourrette Mining company
has been incorporated with head
quarters at Platteville Incorpora-
tors are Fl. A. Rundell, 7. L. Behan
and B. F. Livingston.
We acknowledge receipt of
courtesies to the Mineral Point fair
which opens next Wednesday and
will probably be up to its usual
standard of excellence.
By paying a years subscription
to the Herald you can secure free
ticket to any fair in the county.
Pay two years and get two; pay six
and get enough for the whole family.
-Mox Sad Ali, formerly with
the Frank E. Long company and
we'll known here is member of
the "A Struggle for Gold" com
pany which holds down the boards
at Reeds opera house Monday, Aug.
9th.
Labor, Day, Monday, Sept. 8,
at Dubuque, will be given all the
honor its significance requires. The
Dubuque Trades and Labor con-
gress is making active preparations
for a grand demonstration; delega-
tions of visitors from Oelwein,
Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, Galena
and Cuba City, Wis, will be in the
line Of march and a half dozen
band will jolly up the visitors.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-15

Jules Simon said that the most eXcit-
ing moment of his life was when he
was trying to obtain a concession on
tariff from a foreign diplomat with
whom President Grevy was playing
billiards. He whispered to Grevy to
lose the game, but Grevy insisted on
playing to win and relented only when
he observed that the minister was i'll
anguish
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-15
Language of the Heart.

The language of the heart which
comes from the heart and goes to the
heart is always simple, graceful and
full of power, but no art of rhetoric
can teach it. 1t is at once the easiest
and most difficult language difficult
since it needs a heart to speak it; easy
and full of harmony, are still IN
Studied.-Bovee.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-15
Measure For NIeasure.

"And the name is to be- asked the
suaye minister as he approached the
font with the precious armful of fat
and fiounces.
Augustus Philip Ferdinand Codrin-
ton Chesterfield Livingstone Snooks."
Dear dear turning TO the sex
tom. "a little more water, Mr.. Per
kins, if you please. London Tit-Bits.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-15
Mr.. HasselI's Estimate of Budworth
For Sheriff.

The undersigned IS greatly pleased
to learn that Mr.. A. Budworth is a
candidate for the Office of sheriff.
l stop by the wayside to give my
reasons why and to emphasize the
fact that for five years he was city
marshall of the city of Lancaster,
appointed by myself and therefore
know whereof speak.
During this period of time I saw
him daily and learned to know him
thoroughly. We would not lose
faith in humanity if all men and
officers possessed the keen sense of
right and duty that controls the
daily life of this man and candi-
date.
Mr. Budworth has had a great
deal of experience and in his case
it has intensified his worth. He is
always to be found on the right
side, and with him justice is super
Tor to everything, and also with
him there is no "Variableness.
neither shadow of temerity;" he is
clean, conscientious, fearless and in
all things faithful.
would urge with all vigor pos
sible, all looking forlvaluable serv-
ices, to vote for Mr.. Budworth. He
has been well tried, is we'll known,
and therefore well fittedI to fill this
important office. | cordially and
earnestly recommend him as a man
and as an officer worthy Of the con-
fidence and esteem of every voter
in Grant county. S. E. HAsSELL.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-15
Material For 1900 Eggs In a Man.

Material For L 200 Eggs In Man.
German scientists announce that the
material for a man weighing 80
pounds can be found in the whites and
yolks of 1,200 hens eggs. Reduced to
a fluid, the average man would yield
ninety-eight cubic meters of illuminat-
ing gas and hydrogen enough to fill a
balloon capable of lifting 155 pounds.
The normal human body has in it the
iron needed to make seven large nails,
the fat for fourteen pounds Of candles,
the carbon for sixty-four gross of cray
ons and phosphorus enough for $780,
900 matches. Out of it can be OBJ
tanned, besides, twenty teaspoons of
salt fifty Jumps of sugar and forty-two
liters of water.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-15
Ready For q Test.

DO you think that absence really
makes the heart grow fonder?" in
Quired the young man who was not a
particularly welcome caller
ST have never given the matter much
consideration" was the young lady's
response. Suppose you stay away
for five or six years and well see.'-
Pittsburg Post.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-10-16
ELEVEN GENTS COTTON.
The Price Continues Upward-The
Farmers Should Be Salts
fled.

|. Spot cotton is now bringing eleven
cents the pound. That is the price
fixed by the Farmers Union as the
minimum and should be satisfying
1t is true that since that meeting
at which the price was fixed there
has been considerable damage to the
crop but eleven cents is a fair price
and it will not be wise to hold for
higher price unless the obligation.
of the holders have been met. If tho
farmer owes no money ho can do as
he plcascs but it is not fair to thosc
he owes to hold his cotton.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-10-16
At Mimnau ,h's

The finest line of coats for ladies
ever brought to Newberry are on exhi-
bition and for sale at Mimnaugh Is
emporium. If any5lady in Newberry
county is thinking. of purchasing, a
coat and has not seen the line (which
he is offering, it will pay her to call
and look, at these before she pur-
chases. They ore very handsome
and Mimnaugh says he will sell them
at prices right. He also has a large
line of shoes, and other dry goods
and dress goods and his millinery
department is up-to-date.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-10-16

Quiet Marriage In New York In
Church Of Strangers-Will be at
Home in Newberry after No
vember /.

Mr.. and Mrs. John Lind McAtec
have issued cards announcing the mar
riage of their sister, Miss Antoinette
McAtee, to Mr.. John William Smith,
on Wednesday, October 10th, 1906, in
New York City. The wedding took
place ut the beautiful Deems Memor-
ial Church on Fifty Seventh Str,er.
New York, better known as the
Church of Strangers, and was charav-
terized by quiet elegance, only a few
being present OH account of both
bride and groom being far from their
respective homes. The ceremony was
performed in solemn and impress,
sive manner by the Rev. DR.. Asa D.
Blackburn, pastor of the church, him
self South Carolinian and one Of
the few Southern preachers in New
York. The couple were attended by
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh G. Martin, of
New York. Immediately after the
ceremony, which took place at high
noon, the bridal party were driven
to the Hotel Imperial, Broadway and
3lst street, where an elegant luncheon
was served, Mr.. and Mrs. Smith lcav-
ing on late afternoon train for an
extended tour Of eastern cities and
resorts before going to Newbcrry
where they will make their home. The
bride was dressed in becoming tail
or made costume of blueish gray ma
terial and wore diamonds, the gift
of the groom, and n magnificent pearl
brooch. an heirloom which her mother
wore when she married. Mrs. Smith
is the only daughter of the late Judge
McAtee Of the Oklahoma territorial
judiciary OF Oklahoma City. She is
southern born and western raised and
retains the grace and charm of both
sections, truly charming addition
to Newberry society. Mr.. Smith.
(better known by his close associates
as "Jim'O is business man of sterl-
ing worth and character. we'll known
all over the South, he having held
several important positions in the
railroad and steamship business both
in the South and the East and later
was president and general manager
of the Atlanta Art Glass Company
of Atlanta, Ga, which position he
recently resigned to enter business
III Newberry. Mr.. and Mrs. Smith
announce that they will be at home
i'll Newberry after November 1st.