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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-12-21

johnson fell across the table, reached
his instrument and telegraghed Idaho
Falls for help. Idaho Falls telephoned
Rexburg for doctor, who hurried to
Sugar City and found johnson bleed
ing profusely and in fainting condition
At times he had revived and wired
Idaho, Falls the details Of the shooting.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-12-21
Judge Didn't Want Them.

The late Chief Justice Doe Of New
Hampshire once excused two jurors
for deafness in quick succession
and without much examination into
the soundness of their excuse.
The clerk of court suggested to the
Judge the possibility of deceit on the
part of one or both.
! mo matter" snapped Judge Doe,
IF they're deaf we don't want them,
and II they're liars we don't want
them"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-30
QUICK WIT OF YANKEE GUNNER.
An Incident of Dewey's Fight in
Manila Bay.


Manila Bay.
A group Of army officers were dis
cussing the difference in naval smart
ness between the British and the Amer
lean bluejackets as shown during the
recent visit of Prince Louis Of Batten-
berg. A lieutenant who saw service
in the Spanish part Of the war in the
Philippines told this to point his
moral:
you remember how Dewey filed In
squadron formation past the Spanish
ships, firing as he went. The big guns
were firing in order, each one in its
turn.
Nov, maybe, you know how they
load big gun-frst, the projectile,
which is rammed in tight; then, two
bags Of powder The projectile is
ground exactly to fit the bore. The
least obstruction puts it out Of fit.
'The crew of a forward 8-inch gun
had fired early in the action, swabbed
out and loaded again. In cleaning they
missed a burned bit of canvas sacking
which nOluS the powder.
$50 the projectile didn't fit, but they
didn't find that out until they'd showed
in the powder sacks behind it. They
stuck an inch beyond their proper
place, and it was impossible to close
the breech and, of course, to fire that
shot.
There was only one way of getting
the load out. This was to haul the
muzzle close inboard and send a sailor
with 24-foot hammer to shove it out
1t would have taken a quarter of an
hour. The gun crew stood to undergo
the disgrace of losing their turn and
of going out Of action at a vital mo-
ment
1.-THE gunner in charge, without the
slightest hesitation, yelled:
Bill, give me a needle
"He whipped out his sailor knife,
ripped open the butt Of the nearest
sack and took out a double handful of
powder. He sewed up the rip, closed
the breech, and said:
Allow 1900 yards on that shot
letergo!'
1.-THE shot struck the hull of the tar
get ship, and the gun was behind its
turn by only two or three seconds.
Il believe this story is true. heard
it from the gun crew the week after
the fight And the question is: Would
any gunner except a.Yankee have had
the savvy to solve the problem in two
seconds of thinking?"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-30
Treating Wrong Disease.

Many times women call on their family
physicians, suffering, as they imagine.
one from dyspepsia, another from heart
disease, another from liver or kidney
disease, another from nervous exhaustion
or prostratton, another with pain here and
there, and in this way they all present
alike to, themselves and their easy-goina
ana indifferent, or over-busy doctor. sep
afate and distinct diseases, for which he,
assuming them to be such, preScribeS his
pills and potions. In reality, they are all
only symptoms caused by some uterine
Glsease. The physician, ignorant of the
cause OF suffering, encourages this prac-
glce until large bills are made. The suf-
1erlng patient gets no better, but probably
worse, by reason of the delay, wrong
treatment and consequent complications.
proper medicine like DR.. Pierce's Fa-
VOrite Prescription directed to the cause
would have entirely removed the disease,
thereby diSpelling all those distressing
symptoms, and instituting comfort in
stead of prolonged misery. It has been
well said, that 90 disease known is half
cured"
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is a
scientific medicine, carefully devised by
an experienced and skillful physician,
and adapted to woman's delicate system.
1t is made of native medicinal roots and
is perfectly harmless in its effects in ana
condition Of the system.
AS powerful invigOrating tonic wa
ro4lGO 1IeSCIlpGlOu" lmpdrGS strength to
the whole system and to the organs dis
tinctly. feminine in particular. For over
worked, WORKOUT" rundown" debili-
tated teachers, milliners, dressmakers,
seamstresses, "shop girls" house-keepers,
nursing mothers, and feeble women gem
orally, DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
is the greatest earthly boon, being I'M
equaled as an appetizing cordial and re-
storative tonic.
AS a soothing and strengthening nerv-
Inc "Favorite Prescription =" is unequaled
and is invaluable in allaying and sub
DUNG nervous excitability, Instability,
nervous exhaustion, nervous prostration,
neuralgia, hysteria, spasms, chorea, St.
VituS's dance, and other distressing, nerv-
Gus symptoms commonly attendant upon
functional and organic disease of the
uterus. 1t induces refreshing sleep and
relieves mental anxiety and dependency.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets fnvigorate
the stomach, liver and bowels One to
three dose. Easy to take as candy.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-30

Unless early and correct treatment q
applied the patient seldom survives
when once the disease Is fastened upon
her. We believe Lydia 3. Pinkham1
Vegetable Compound Is the most ef1~
Client treatment for chronic kidney
troubles Of women, and Is the only meds
icine especially prepared for thu
purpose.
When q woman is troubled with pain
or weight in 1oins, backache, frequent,
painful or scalding urination, swelling
Of limbs or feet, swelling under the
eyes, an uneasy, tired feeling in the
region of the kidneys or notices .
sediment in the urine, she should
lose no time IN commencing treatment
with Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, as It may be the means Of
saving her life.
For proof, read what Lydia E. Pinks
hams Vegetable Compound did for Mrs.
Sawyer.
4" cannot express the terrible suffering
had to endure. A arrangement of the female
organs developed nervous prostration and q
serious kidney trouble. The doctor attended
re for year, but kept getting verse, until
vas unable to do anything, and Raade up
my nind could not I've / finally decided
to trT Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetahls Com-
pound as last resort, and ana to-day well
woman. l cannot praise it TOO highly, anc !
tell every suffering woman about my case.
Mrs. Emma Sawyer, ConyeTs, Ga
Mrs. Pinkham gives free advice 10
women address in confidence, Lynn.
Mass.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-30
cockroacbes an Ancient Pest.

Housekeepers who detest cocl1roaches
will be interested to know that they
are a very ancient family and could
give Adam and Eve points on geneal-
ogy. DR.. e. II. Sellards Of the Uni
versity Of Florida, discussing '"The Geo
logical History Of Cockroaches" in the
Popular Science Monthly, finds the
structural characteristics Of the roach
pretty much the same to-day as in the
carboniferous period, when it was most
abundant and had it's largest develop
ment
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-30
BREAD DYSPEPSIA.

The Digesting Element Left Out.
Bread dyspepsia is common. 1t af-
fects the bowels because white bread is
nearly all starch, and starch is digest
ed in the intestines, not in the stomach
proper.
Up under the shell Of the wheat ber-
ry Nature has provided a curious de
post which Is turned into diastase
when it Is subjected to the saliva and
to the pancreatic juices in the human
mteStines.
This diastase is absolutely necessary
to digest starch and turn it into grape
sugar, which is the next form but that
part of the wheat berry makes dark
flour, and the modern miller cannot
readily sell dark -four, so Natures val
liable digester is thrown out and the
human system must handle the starch
as best it can, without the help that
Nature intended.
Small wonder that appendicitis, peri
tonitis, constipation, and all sorts of
trouble exist when we go SO contrary
to Natures law. The food experts that
perfected Grape-Nuts Food, knowing
these facts, made use in their expert
ments of the entire wheat and barley,
including all the parts, and subjected
them to moisture and long continued
warmth, which allows time and the
proper conditions for developing the
diastase, outside Of the human body.
In this way the starchy part is trans
formed into grape-sugar in a perfectly
natural manner, without the use of
chemicals or any outside ingredients.
The little sparkling crystals Of grape
sugar can be seen on the pieces Of
Grape-Nuts. This food therefore is nat
urally pre-digested and it's use in place
Of bread will quickly correct the trou-
bles that have been brought about by
the too free use of starch in the food,
and that is very common in the human
race to-day.
The effect of eating Grape-Nuts ten
days or two weeks and the discontin-
uance of ordinary white bread, is very
marked. The user will gain rapidly in
strength and physical and mental
health.
There's q reasons
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-30
Too Much dummy Business


A well-known Kentuckian tells OF
marriage ceremony that a justice Of
the peace in the Blue Grass State was
hurriedly called upon one day to per-
form.
It appears that the bridegroom,
big mountaineer very roughly dressed,
had brought his prospective bride with
him to the office Of the clerk Of the
court, thinking to secure his license and
have the ceremony performed at one
visit. When his license had been duly
grantd the mountaineer asked if there
was justice of the peace then in the
court house who could tie the. knot.
Upon being advised by the clerk that
he himself was a justice of the peace,
and that he was willing to join the two
lovers, the bridegroom said:
wall, then, we're ready; go ahead :"
"But you'll have to secure two wit
nesses," smilingly observed the clerk
and justice, "before 1 can proceed"
At this the mountainer demurred,
saying that he did not care for witness
es. Nevertheless, he was convinced in
a moment that this formanty was an
Indispensable one, and accordingly the
necessary witnesses were procured and
the ceremony began. When the cou-
PIE had promised to love, obey, ETC.,
together with the rest Of the service,
the justice Of the peace quite Innocent
ly observed that the bridegroom should
kiss the BRIDE"
Thereupon the mountaineer exhibited
fresh impotence at the exactions of the
official. Look here" he exclaimed,
angrily, cit seems to me that you're
draggin' in lot Of funny business in
this weddin'. Why, kissed her before
we came In "-Success Magazine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-30
His Natural Conclusion.

''I'm entertaining Miss Sniggs, the
most popular girl in our Glass;" said
the Bryn Mawr girl. I'D like you to
meet her."
mo, thank you," replied Dick, I'm
not interested in homely girls"
"Why, how did you know she was
homely?'
popular with you other girls; also, you
wouldn't want me to meet her."-Phil-
adelphia Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-30
A LAND OF OPPORTUNITIES.
Inducements Held Out by Western
Canada Are Powerful.


A recent number Of the Winnipeg
(Manitoba) Free Press contains an ex-
cellent article on the prospects in West
ern Canada, a portion Of which we are
pleased to reproduce.
The agents Of the Canadian Govern
ment, located at different centres in the
States, will be pleased to give any fur
Their information as to rates, and how
to reach these lands.
Just now there is a keener interest
than ever before on the part Of the
outside world in regard to the claims
Of the Canadian West as a field of set
Element. At no previous time has there
been such rush of immigration, and
the amount of information distributed
broadcast is unprecedentedly great.
In the majority Of the States of the
Union and in Great Britain the oppor-
tunities for home-making and the
achieving Of even a modest competence
are at the best limited. Moreover, &C
cording to the social and industrial con-
ditions prevalent in those communities,
the future holds out no promise Of bet
ter things. It is not strange, then, that
energetic young men should turn their
eyes to Canada's great wheat belt,
where every man can pursue fortune
without the hindrance Of any discour-
aging handicap.
'The inducements held out by West
ern Canada are powerful and made
manifest by the great movement now
i'll progress. That the prospects are
considerably more than reasonably GER
tain is borne out by the history Of the
country and it's residents. The prom
Use of gain is powerful, but when added
to it there is the prospect Of a CORE
spending social and civil elevation, it
should prove irresistible to young men
Of a particularly desirable class for
any new country.
The Canadian West is alive with OPP
portunities for the young man who
aims at becoming more than a mere
atom in the civil and national fabric.
Some Of the eager young fellows, who
arrive on the prairies daily, are des-
tined to become more than merely pros
porous farmers. In the near future
great municipal and Provincial develop
ment will be in the hands Of the peo-
pie. The stepping stone to both fnan-
cial prosperity and civil prominence is,
and will be, the farm. For every pro-
fessional opening there are hundreds
Of agricultural openings. The Cana
dian prairies are teeming with oppor-
tunities for the honest and Industrious
Of all classes, but they are specially
inviting to the ambitious young man
who seeks a field for the energy and
ability which he feels inherent within
him. The familiar cry Of Back to the
soil! is more than a vain sounding
phrase when applied to Western Can
ada"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-30
500 Reward. 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleased
to learn that. there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has ben able to cure in
all it's stages and that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now
known to the medical fraternity. catarrh
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces Of the
OF the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith in its cura-
tive powers that they offer One Hundred
Send for list of testimonials.
Address F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-30
LoNDoN'S GREAT PROBLEM.

PhyS1cal DeSeneracy that Has Come
About Through Poverty.
The following memorable scene is de-
scribed in Everybody's:
cat Millbank London, on the Middle
sex side of the Thames, half a mile
above the Parliament buildings, is
group of substantial lighthouses built
and owned by the London county coun-
Gil. The architecture is good, air and
light are provided for, the courts be-
tween are paved with asphalt, every
thing is clean, well-ordered, quiet, emf
nently respectable. In front is little
strip of park where the children play.
On Sunday, July 2, at noon there came
through one Of the asphalt courts a
young man, little boy, and a young
woman carrying baby. They were
dreadful to look upon, all Of them
clothed in dropping rags, emaciated,
tallowy and unclean. The woman had
vacant face and next to no chin; the
man had SlOping shoulders, one higher
than the other, and stopped. The boy
reproduced and exaggerated the physi-
cal defects Of the man and the woman.
The man slowly led the way down the
court, singing. have never known a
thing more grotesque and horrible. He
was singing Rock of Ages not to the
inappropriate air of Abt's to which it is
usually sung in America, but to the tune
used in the churches Of England. 1t
was. not that his voice was feeble, or
wailing, or pathetic. What struck ev
cry attentive listener with a kind of
horror was that it was not the voice of
human being.
They walked very slowly down the
court and looked up at the windows.
Two or three were opened and some
halfpence were thrown out, perhaps
FIVE. And thus, singing in this fright
full fashion, they took their rags and
their money out of sight
''They were the problem Of London,
those four, and they stood before the
best answer that London has yet been
able to make"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-30
Amendnent Reiected.

Laura" said Mr.. Ferguson, hurried
ly explaining matters in the kitchen,
Il didn't want to bring the man home
to dinner, but he kept staying and
staying at the Office, and I just had to
ask him. You will have to put as good
q face on it as you cam"
IF you think 1 am going to change
my face on his account, George Fer
guson, "3said his spouse, red and an
CRY, you'll have to think again! You
may bring him out to dinner right
now !"-Chicago Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-30
HE WENT ON CRUTCHES
All Medieines Failed Until Or. VIII
Hams Pink Pills Cured Hls
rheumatism.

"Some years ago." says Mr.. W. II.
Clark, a printer, living at 612 Buchanan
street, Topeka, Kans., ST had q bad at.
tack Of rheumatism and could not seem
to 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 aud
! had to go on orutches. 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 nam
afflicted as was and was so impressed
with it that determined to give the
medicine trial. For a year my rheu-
matism had been growing worse, but
after taking DIR. Williams Pink Pills
began to improve. The pain and swell
ing all disappeared and can truthfully
say that haven It felt better in the past
twenty years than do right now.
could name, off hand, a half-dozen peo-
pie who have used DR.. 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 and rheumatism at the same time.
They have also cured many cases Of
Rnamia, 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, 90 cents per
box, six boxes for So so, by the DR.. Will
iams Medicine Co., Schenectady, n. Y.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-30
LIMB RAW AS PIECE OF BEEF.

Suffered for Three Years with Itching
Humor-Cruiser Newark, u. 8. n,
Man Cured by Cuticura.
II suffered with humor for about
three years OF and on. l finally saw
a doctor and he gave me remedies that
did me no good, so tried outicura
when my limb below the knee to the
ankle was as raw as a piece Of beef.
Ali I used was the Cuticura Soap and
the Ointment. I bathsd with Cuticura
Soap every day, and used about six
or seven boxes Of Cuticura Ointment.
| was thoroughly cured of the humer
in three weeks, and haven't been af-
feoted with it since. l use no other
Soap than Cuticura now. H. J. Ny
Ors, U. s. n, U. 8. S. Newark, New
York, July 8. 1905"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-30
People of the Philippines.

In the Philippines the density OF pop
ulation is sixty to the square
mile. In the United States it is TWEEN
ty-six to the square mile. The inhab-
itants Of the Philippines are usually
found on or near the coast, except III
the island of Luzon, where about half
the people live in the two rich valleys
In the interior. Only one-seventh OF
the civilized population live inland, but
the wild peoples are confined almost
entirely tO. the interior
In the archipelago there are 1890
barriOs, or villages, with an average
population Of 500 inhabitants. The av-
erage size of the barrio varies widely
In different provinces. A number OF
adjacent barrios form a pueblo, or
municipal unit, and thus there is prac-
tically no rural population. Three
fifths Of the population live in villages
of less than 1000 inhabitants and pei
cent in towns Of over 5000
There are four towns with popu-
lation exceeding 10000 each and thir-
ty-fve with a population exceeding
5000. Manila is the only incorporated
city in the islands and it's inhabitants
number 219,92S.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-30
slow TaIlxer, PROBABLY.

II know I'm late, DEAR" he apologized.
'Yeu see, was detained half an hour
or so by an old friend who just got back
to town after long absence. 1 had to
tell him all I knew"
''Indeed?" she snapped. 81 don't see
why that should have kept you SO long"
Philadelphia Press
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-30
A Bargain.

Mrs. Knicker-I thought you were
going abroad.
Mrs. Bocker-So l was, but my doc
tor offered me such a lovely bargain
in appendicitis-only $1,000-Harper's
Bazaar
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-30
Starting Him In.

New Clerk-Good morning, sir, I'm
ready to go to work. What would you
like me to do first? Stockson Bonds
The first fellow that calls.-San
Francisco Call.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-30
KIDNEY TROUBLES
Increasing Afieng Remen, Bae
Sufferers Need Not Despair
TKE BEST RDVlCE IS FRER

ofall the diseases known, with which
the female organism Is afflicted, kidney
disease is the most fatal, and statistics
show that this disease is on the incresss
among women.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-30

When a man is asked to give the an
nouncement Of his daughters engage
ment, he always says: Let the Wom-
en- folks attend to that"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-30

EfE FsF pGR RHEUMATISM n Moms Rsmef f
ltsnt relief guaranteed. Permanent Free booklet
THE MAGIC BATH CO., 800 9th Ave, New \ Ork
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-30

MEN and WOMEN Ro af s 81 : to 90 R: 5g9 in
SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY. Write for particulars.
Address J. II. CARPENTER CO., Boston, Mass
The daily Alaskan., 1906-09-19
WAKES UP
DOings of Skagwayans at
 New Railroad Town

A former Skagwayan writing to a friend at this place says:
 "Cordova is booming into life once more. There are about 500 men here at the present time and this pumber is being added to by the arrival of every steamer, many are coming here from Valdez and Seward.
 "Cordova was the first to receive an engine, a ten-wheel Baldwin of lmprov- ed pattern, it is presided over by H. R. Simpson, formerly of Skagway, while Ed. Foley, also q former SEagwayan performs the function of conductor. The engine is already in active opera tion.
 The Lelanaw has inst arrived with 10 miles of 6O-pound steel rails. + flat cars, 8 number of hand cars, one en- zine, 200 tons of coal and 4C0 tons of miscellaneous railroad supplies.
 Frank Lee states he will soon leave for Skagwsy. Charles MOriarty's brother is experimenting the work of track laying. Pat Mcclure has left tor Seattle. Jim English and J. Fl. Parker are doing well. Harry Hooper is firing an engine, and Ed. Carson is also in the train service as brakeman.