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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01
OLD-TIME RAIN GAUGES.
The Dairyman'S Milk Can and the
Ranckman's Wagon Box.

The Dairyman's Milk Can and the
Ranchman's Wagon Box.
'This thing of having a government
rain gauge to tell you exactly how much
it rains spoils the fun Of a shower"
said the man who was reared IN the
country. ''When l was a boy after a
rain everybody gathered down at the
postOffice to talk it over.
There must have been somewhere
about two inches and half of moisture
dropped, cause my wife left washpan
out and it was rained full. Of course,
1t was faring some at the edges, which
might make il look like it rained more
'en it really did began one.
''Then there was the farmer whose
way of judging rainfall was by two
gallon jar that sat just q few feet from
the corner Of the house. He always
prcfaced his figures. OF course you
can't exactly always tell about that jar,
for it was settin' purity close to the
caves and some might have got blowed
II. % it from the roof
'"There was Il dairyman who always
tried to tell how much water fell by
milk cans that were narrower at the
mouth than any place else. Tis esti-
mates were always smaller than his
neighbors, and the only way he could
explain the discrepancy was by the fact
that the cloud seemed to break when
1t got right over his farm. But If his
figures were conservative there was an
old ranchman who lived up on Sand
Greek, about three miles away, that
made up for them. He never got down
to the postoffice until about IL O'Clock.
alt was the dadbobdest rain l ever
saw he always began. Gully washer,
goslin' drownder, toad killer Of a rain
at always rained more up on his
ranch than anywhere else in the whole
country. His rain gauge was q tight
bottomed wagon box feet wide and II
feet long. After thunderstorm that
lasted about two hours. one morning.
he came in and said that wagon box
was rained clean full. Fourteen inches
in two hours That established 4 rec
ord that hasn't been bent yet to my
knowledge. As a further verifcation
Of the accuratencss OF his rain gauge
he said that the prairie dog holes in
the low places were spouting water
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01

Admiral RObley D. Evans was grad
uated from the United States Naval
Academy in 1868. He served in the
Civil War and In the war with Spain.
and has been attached to the navy for
more than forty years. When man
has had such an experience his retec-
lions on "Heroism in the Navy" will
naturally arouse much curiosity. What,
it will be inquired, were the acts that
appealed to him as being heroic? and
It is a significant fact that most OF them
were acts that have brought small re-
ward either in money or glory. The
conduct that made tie deepest impress
sion on his mind was that of DR.. Long
street at the assault of Fort Fisher, and
he tells his story as follows "As far
as the eye could reach the dead and
wounded lay upon the sand, and those
who had lost much blood cried out for
water. DR.. Longstreet was trying to
relieve this thirst by taking the can
teens from the dead and passing them
around among the brave lads; but the
bullets were singing around his head,
and 1 begged him to lie down. He
kept on at his work, and had just said,
We will have you all off the beach to-
night when a bullet struck him In the
head, killing him instantly" The adj
miraTs comment is that when he thinks
of Longstreet's constitutional bravery,
his sense of duty and manly courage
in trying to jolly along his comrades
who were half dead from their wounds,
he feels that no Drawer man ever lived.
'oThe help" he says, (which In crisis
like this was the first to come, the sim
pie. kindly, quiet devotion to duty, look
ing back at 1t now, has impressed me
as the one thing of more value in the
lesson of heroism than all the rest"
1t was undoubtedly an unconscious
heroism that Longstreet showed, and
it was of a kind fortunately that Is not
peculiar to armies or navies, but that
is frequently noticed In civil life. The
heroes may not be threatened with the
bullets of an emmy as the doctor was,
but, like him, they jolly others along,
are actuated by simple, kindly, quiet
devotion to duty" and are ready to sac
rifice themselves as matter of course.
They find many chances and take them,
and die heroes as truly as though they
had volunteered for some conspicuous
service on the field of battle.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01
GAME ABUNDANT IN CUBA.
Native Animals Few, but Varieties
of Birds Number 200.

Native Animals Few, but Varieties
of Birds Number 200.
Throughout Cuba game is abundant.
Deer, though not native, have -four
ished and multiplied greatly. Rabbits
are plentiful; also wild boar, so called,
the wild pig, the wild dog and the wild
cat of the island. Wild fowl, especially
ducks and pigeons, abound, the former
crossing from the Southern States dur
ing the winter season, while the latter
remain on the island the year round.
Pheasants, quail, snipe, wild turkeys
and wild guinea fowl are also numer-
Gus, with several varieties of game
birds, such as the perdiz, tojosas, ra-
biches and the guanaros.
The only distinctive native animal Is
the iutia or. huntia, ratlike in appear
ance and black. 1t grows to length
of siXten or eighteen inches, not includ-
ing the tail While eatable, it is not es-
pecially palatable.
Cuba has more than 200 species of
native birds, including those already
mentioned as game birds, many pos
sesSing the most beautiful plumage, but
those with song are rare.
In swampy localities crOcOdiles and
American aligatOrS (caimanS) are
found, and although these frequently
grow to an enormous size but little at
tention is paid to them by the natives.
Chameleons, small lizards, tree toads
and similar harmless silurians of di-
minutive size are very common, while
occasionally the iguana and other large
varieties of the lizard species are seen.
Fed varieties of snakes exist IN Cuba.
One of these, the maja, from ten to
fourteen feet In length, is a semidomes-
ticated reptile, If such a term may be
used, for it is most frequently found
about the huts, farm houses and small
villages, its fayorite living place being
in the palm matches Of the old build
ings, while its fayOrite food is poultry.
Another snake, named the JUDO, is more
vicious in disposition than the maja
although never reaching more than one
third its size. 1t is not poisonous. The
other varieties are still smaller in size
are seldom seen and not Yenomous.-
Havana Post
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01

Officers of the army and navy are
forbidden to use their official titles in
the advertisements of business enter
prises with which they are connected.
Recently the naval authorities inform
ed q retired officer that he could not
have his title used as the name of a
appear on the list of directors his name
must be printed without the naval
rank. Now an officer of the army has
been instructed to withdraw from a
mining concern unless he can arrange
Il have his name associated prominent
" in the advertising matter of the bust
ness without mention of the military
title.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01
TEACHERS BECOME FARMERS.

New York Young Women Have
Tired of Doing Ordinary Things.
I'VE are just ordinary girls who be-
came tired of doing ordinary things.
Being free agents, we made up our
minds to embark in a business which
would in time net us q competence.
We were both tired of teaching school,
when the idea of owning a farm came
to us. We saved our money until we
were able to buy this place, which we
had long admired.
eve used to make peanut butter for
our own consumption while living in
boarding houses. 1t occurred to us that
it would be a good plan to make the
butter and sell it to other people. We
tried it in a small way and found that
there was a demand. Then we thought
why not make peanut butter on the
farm we had planned to buy?' We have
been here since June and are doing
well. Soon we shall need more help,
and then l suppose we shall have to
hire male assistance. SO far we have
got along without it.
Lonesome? Not a bit of it. Neither
are we afraid. We are able to take
care of ourselves. We keep pistols i
the house, and know how to use them"
Miss Florence E. Randolph was the
speaker. In partnership with Miss
Bertha Carleton, she has bought a 60
acre farm at BakersvilIe. Miss Mil
dred B. and Miss Ada L. Fairfield sis
ters, are the owners of a 4-acre place
at Terryville.
The Baskerville girls are known in
business as Randolph & Carleton, and
their speciality is the making of peanut
butter. Both are pretty. They manage
the farm without male help, excepting
12-year-old chore boy. The girls have
known each other five years, and have
long cherished the project they are
now enjoying.
The Fairfield girls at Terryville go
in for straight farming and vegetable
and flower raising Mildred Fairfield
was an inspector of tenements in New
York. She was dismissed for political
reasons. She sued the city for salary
due and won her case. The girls pur-
chased the farm last winter, and have
met with much success. This summer
they made considerable money by sell
ing flowers in New York They do all
the hard work on the farm and say
that they like it.
The two farms are about fifteen miles
from Waterbury, Conn, in one direc-
ton, and twenty in another They
were abandoned by their owners and
purchased by these young women, who
have set out to earn their living in an
unconventional manner.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01
IN HURRY FOR THE SHEETS.
Hotel Employee Said They Were
Wanted for Use as TabIecIOths.

Hotel EmpIOye Said They Were
Wanted for Use as TabIecIOths.
DR.. Irving A. Watson, secretary Of
the New Hampshire State board Of
health, and Dr. Edward French, super
intendent of the Medfield Insane Asy-
lum, relate an interesting incident Of
their travels together some years ago
through the interior of Mexico
After a long horseback ride up
through the mountains they arrived in
a small village whose apology for q
public inn looked as though it had seen
the sorest of hard times But thor
oughIy tired out, the medical men were
very glad to find a place to rest for
the night and, retiring, told their host
that they should probably not arise
until late the next day.
Their prOtracted slumbers were
broken when the morning was we'll adj
vanced by pounding on the door.
whats the matter?" asked one of
the still sleepy doctors.
'It's most dinner time and we've got
to have those sheets for tablecloths,"
was the somewhat startling reply
Boston Herald.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01


no difficulty in purloining right and
left, watches, as a rule, being most
sought after. The ordinary watch
guard is not sufficient protection to the
wearer, but are really easy" even for
the amateur. What is wanted is some
thing like the safety watch pocket
shown here The most proficient pick
pocket would find it impossible to try
to lift a watch thus protected without
being detected. This pocket is shaped
like a triangle, and is placed on the
trousers in the usual position. It Is
in the form of a flap, and when open
ed out assumes the position indicated
by the dotted lines. Inside the flap is
the real pocket for holding the watch.
When the latter has been slipped into
place the flap is turned down and fas-
tened by suitable fasteners. The in
ner pocket is made just large enough
to hold the watch securely, the edges
being sewed to the edges of the flap
and the opening being made along the
edge where the flap bends.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01

Back to the farm as a plea from
James ]. Hill, the empire builder" is
a practical suggestion which takes into
account the transition of the farmer
from q rural resident who grows crops
for want of something to do to a bust
ness man who subscribes to the rules
Of commerce and adds to the modern
appliances he may purchase a native
ingenuity whose extent determines the
annual return he wreaks from the soil.
The leaning is to-day more strongly
back to the soil on the part of the
young men thus trained and they are
the ones on whom Mr.. Hill may de
pend for the execution of his plans
or the application of his ideas. As 4
matter Of fact farming is rapidly be-
coming 4 business and the farmer
business man. lie succeeds or fails
according to the quality and quantity
of his business acumen.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01
INSOMNIA CURED
Or. Williams Pink Pills RestorsS
Wrecked Nerves to Normal Con-
dition and Good Health Followed.

Or. Williams Fink Pills Restores
Wrecked Nerves to Normal Con-
dition and Good Health Followed.
The sufferer from sleeplessness too Of.
ten resorts to habit-forming drugs in
order to secure the coveted rest. But
sleep obtained by the use of opiates is
not refreshing and the benefit is but
temporary at best.
Mrs. H A. Fletcher, of 80 Blodget
street, Manchester, n. H, is living evil
dence of the truth Of this statement.
She says: CT received q shock Of an
apoplectic character. It was SO severe
that the sight of my right eye was af-
fected, causing me to see objects double.
I was confined to my bed about four
weeks, at one time being told by the doo-
tor that could not get well. When !
could leave my bed was i'll such a ner-
vous state that I could not sleep at night.
I would get up and sit Oh chair until
completely tired out and then go back to
bed and sleep from exhaustion.
"I had been under the Doctors care
for six weeks when my sister, Mrs.
Loveland, of Everett, persuaded me to
try DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People. began taking the pills with
the result that soon experienced relief.
one night soon alter taking them lay
awake only short time and the next
night rested well. From that time
slept we'll every night and soon got we'll
and strong. I have recommended DR..
Williams Pink Pills a number Of times,
and my niece has taken them for weak
nerves and poor blood and found them
very beneficial"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills have cured
many severe nervous troubles, headache,
neuralgia and sciatica as well as diseases
of the blood such as an@mia, rheumatism,
pale and sallow compilations and many
forms of weakness. All druggists sell
DIR. Williams Pink Pills, or they will be-
sent by mail postpaid, on receipt of price,
90 cents per box, six boxes for $3.50, by
the Dr. Williams Medicine Company
Schenectady. n. Y.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01
Real Name of "Gui1Iotine."

The nickname "guillotine" might
have been 'louisette'-and would have
been if DR.. Guillotin's own wishes had
been consulted. He neither died by
the guillotine nor invented it, in spite
of the popular legend on both points.
What he did was to carry in the con-
stituent assembly of 1889 his proposal
that decapitation should be the form
of capital punishment for all classes,
and no longer the privilege of the arts
tocracy, and TO propose, on the ground
of humanity, that a machine should be
substituted for the Ak or sword.
Unfortunately his remark, with my
machine l have your head off IN the
twinkling of an eye, and without your
feeling the least PAIN" eXtinguished his
motion in laughter But afterwards
DR.. Louis, secretary of the Academy OF
Surgeons, to whom the question was
referred, recommended such q machine,
rough forms of which had been used IN
Scotland, England, and other eoun-
tries. So at first the national razor"
was called a "Iouisette."
But Guillotin's remark was remem-
bered, with "guillotine" as the resale
to his deep horror and disgust.-LOn-
don Chronicle.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01

There is no building material SC dur
able as we'll made bricks. In the Brit
ish museum are bricks taken from the
buildings in Nineveh and Babylon
which show no signs Of decay or disin-
tegration, although the ancients did not
burn or bake them, but dried them in
the sun. The baths of Caracalla and
Of Titus In Rome and the Thermae Of
Diocletian have endured the ravages
of time far better than the stone Of the
Coliseum.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01
cOFFEEIMPORTERs
Publish a Book Ahont Cone

Publish a Book About Coffee.
There has been much discussion az
to Coffee and Postum Lately, so much
In fact that some Of the coffee import
ers and roasters have taken to type to
promote the sale Of their wares and
check il possible the rapid growth OF
the use of Postum Food Coffee.
IN the coffee importers book a chap
ter is headed Coffee as a Medicine"
and advocates It's use as such.
Here is an admission Of the truth.
most important to all interested.
Every physician knows, and every
thoughtful person should know, that
habitual use of any medicine" Of the
drug stimulant type of coffee or whisky
quickly causes irritation Of the tissues
and organs stimulated and finally sets
up disease in the great majority Of
cases If persisted in. 1t may show in
any one of the many organs of the body
and in the great majority Of cases can
be directly traced to coffee in a most
unmistakable way by leaving off the
active irritant-cOffee-a using Pos
tum Food Coffee for a matter OF 10
days. If the result is relief from nerV-
Gus trouble. dyspepsia, bowel complaint
heart failure, weak eyes, or any other
malady set up by a poisoned nervous
system, you have your answer with the
accuracy Of a demonstration in mathe,
MATES.
There's q reason" for Postum,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01

Changers and others interested in
farm products have proposed that a
day be established which shall be OBJ
served as Apple day" To celebrate
this wholesome festival every good
housewife would provide apples in
some form, pie, baked, raw or sass"
There Is commercial side to the idea,
for the feast of the apple would mean
an additional consumption of many
thousand barrels. But beyond that
consideration the plan is a pleasant
one.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01

In the form of a loop and uniting it
by contact with the main feeding end
OF the wick Immediately below the en-
trance to the burner
Two sides of the wick are thus en-
abIed to feed the burner. The end Of
the wick forming the loop is attached
to the other end by a metal band. The
assures a maximum candle power and
the necessity of turning up the wick at
short intervals Is avoided.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01
Lnnc-Lived RuIgarians.

A German statistician has made a
careful investigation to discover III
which countries the greatest age is at
tanned. The most amazing figures come
from that troublesome and turbulent
region known as the Balkan peninsula.
Servia has 573 persons who are more
than 100 years old, Roumania 1854 and
Bulgaria 1883. In other words, Bull
garia has a centenarian to every 100
inhabitants and thus holds the interna-
tionaI record for old people. In 1892
alone there died in Bulgaria $50 per-
sons who had exceeded the century.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01

the hero of the story bearing his name
grown to be an old man of 20 years
Of age-died not long ago in San Fran
cisco. Tom Sawyer is dead. The white
haired old fellow who was recently
buried, had his day. What fun he and
his chum, Sam Clemens, must have had
barring the house chores that must
be done. In the old, happy days at
Hannibal how they must have haunted
the levee. And there were rObber caves
to explore and secret societies to or
ganize and surreptitious cigars to smoke
And like other boys, they escaped an
unkind fate by the favor of Providence.
That was a long time ago. And that
Tom Sawyer lies low in his California
grave and that Sam Clemens is quite
an old boy now. But Long live Tom
Sawyer! The real boy of Hannibal lives
IN a countless thousand hearts, both
old and young. The flesh and blood
Tom Sawyers merely touched the button
of Clemens memory. The sweet fancy
of Mark Twain did the rest. How the
real Tom Sawyer touches us as If he
were flesh and bone! How the boy with
red blood in his veins-and the real
man-responds to that real Tom Saw
yer. Dear old Tom-the real Tom
will live so long as boys shall live or
so long as men shall be glad in calling
back the memory of cid and happy
days. Tom Sawyer is dead. Long live
Tom Sawyer!
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01

Illustration there is shown these i'm
proved reversible shears. They are
little different from the ordinary va
riety, except that each blade is made
with two edges, both of which are at
all times ready for immediate use.
When one set Of blades becomes dull
the handles are reversed in position,
bringing the two remaining blades into
use. In this way each pair of shears
lasts twice as long as the old kind.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01

the lamp TO smoke, endangers the CHM
ney and is otherwise Objectionable.
The object of the device shown in
the accompanying illustration is to
obviate these difficulties by providing
means for supplying the burner with
the requisite amount of oil at the con-
Stunning end of the wick. The inventor
accOmplishes this by bending the wick
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01
H0W'S This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh than cannot be cured
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the last 10 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his firm.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent
free. Price Toe per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01
Rad Rreak

"Back from de east, eh?'' greeted the
highwayman. "How did you make
out?"
Pretty rough" replied the pick
pocket. 81 got snapped up an de judge
was Just about to give me six months
when 1 thought I'd get off by telling
him l was an iceman."
Did de game wOrk?''
II should say not! When he heard
1 was an iceman he gave me year"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01

Two Pittsburg boys who stole sew
eral hundred thousand dollars from a
bank explained that they did it be-
cause they had to associate with mil
lionaires and couldn't make a decent
showing on the SEQ month that each
Of them was paid. 1t must be almost
terrible to have to live in a town where
even the grOcer's boy has to be a mil
lionaire.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01

were designed par
ticularly to be used
in cutting metals.
The strongest kind
of shears are re-
CURED for this
work, which soon
dulls the edges of
the blades, making
it absolutely neces-
sary to have them
con t II u ally re-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01
Insinuatfn&.

Sweet Singer-The heavy tragedian
seems so gloomy to-day.
Comedian-Yes, it is his birthday.
Sweet Singer-His birthday? Why,
I should think he would be in the best
Of spirits.
Comedian-Hardly. One OF his
friends sent him a cake with frost over
the top and he is just about to start on
an eastern tour.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01

single length Of
the wick is de-
pended upon is not
sufficient to sup
ply the burner. As
a consequence it
is common prac-
tice to turn up the
wick in an effort
to increase the IL
Illuminating power
of the lamp. This,
of course caI1SeS
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01

Mrs. Sage has given $1,000 to
church. 1t is the first bequest she has
made out of the S7O,OOO,OOO which was
left in trust to her. She will have
to pass it out more rapidly than this
If she expects to get rid of all of it
before she dies.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01
His Wealth.

Magistrate-You were begging in the
public streets, and yet you had fifteen
shillings in your pocket.
Prisoner-Yes, your worship. l may
not be as Industrious rs some. but I'm
no OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Express.